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Missy Franklin: ‘I’m very much a homebody’

Missy Franklin, the 20-year-old, four-time Olympic gold medalist, talks about managing her time as a professional swimmer. “I’m a very old soul,” she said. “In my free time I’m usually sitting at home, drinking tea and reading a book.” Photo by Alex DeWind

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I’m a huge baker — I love to bake things. I’ll bake a huge batch of cookies and have one, and then I have to get them out of the house so I bring them to my teammates.”

Olympic swimming gold medalist talks about life in and out of the water

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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lympic gold medalist Missy Franklin calls herself an old soul: To her, the simple things matter most.

A cup of hot tea after a long day.

A good book.

A dinner and a movie on her own.

“I’m very much a homebody,” the 20-year-old said. “My idea of a fun day is sitting at home, drinking tea, reading books and just being quiet … Having that time for me

sort of fills me up so when I’m back around people I can really enjoy it.”

But that time is limited.

Franklin, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, has 10, two-hour workouts in the water and three, one-hour dry-land workouts per

week. She also incorporates hot yoga into her training, which she was reluctant to try at first.

“I thought I was going to hate hot yoga,” she said. “And the first couple of classes I really did. I Franklin continues on Page 6

MAKING THE GRADE

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HOOP DREAMS

Area college students earn academic honors and diplomas on PAGE 2.

Cupcakes have become increasingly trendy confections.

Read more about them on PAGE 12.

Cherry Creek’s girls played a close one in the state tournament. Find out how they did on PAGE 21.

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2 Centennial Citizen MILESTONES Education Andrew Brooks, of Centennial, served in ministry through the Center for Student Action during the fall 2015 semester at Azusa Pacific University. Brooks is an international business major.

Kevin Burke, of Centennial, has earned highest honors for the fall 2015 academic year at the University of New Hampshire Kathryn Ciccolo, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Gonzaga University.

Alicia Cohorst, of Centennial, served in local ministries through the Center for Student Action during the fall 2015 semester.

Cohorst is a biology major at Azusa Pacific University.

Macy Conant, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Kathryn Cooper, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Gonzaga University.

Katherine Drexelius, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Rebecca Eberlin, of Centennial, graduated in December from Montana State University.

Emily Ezra, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Maria Farrier, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Christylynne Grenz, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming.

Shane Guy, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Gonzaga University.

James Hall, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology. Hall is studying in the packaging science program.

Cole Huggins, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 honor list at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Kyle Larson, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology. Larson is studying in the game design and development program.

Clara Liddick, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 honors list at Mary Baldwin College.

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Cody Lippert, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Gonzaga University.

Charles Marks, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Katherine Moore, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Saoli Nash, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Emerson College.

Nash is majoring in film production.

Carly Nelson, of Centennial, served in local ministries through the Center for Student Action during the fall 2015 semester. Nelson is an undeclared major at Azusa Pacific University.

Madison Rose, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Gonzaga University.

Joseph Rutkowski, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming.

Abby Schellpfeffer, of Centennial, is on the Concordia University a cappella choir that will travel to Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota, Oregon and Montana in early March for a tour. Schellpfeffer is an alto II. Victoria Shaw, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Peter Sherman, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Gonzaga University.

Blake Strobel, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s honor list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Strobel studies materials engineering.

Hamilton Sutton, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at LeTourneau University. Sutton is a senior majoring in engineering.

Gillian Wahleithner, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Tufts University.

Danielle Beeman, of Greenwood Village, earned a bachelor’s degree in dance from the University of Iowa.

Sabrina Congel, of Greenwood Village, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Bucknell University.

Jacqueline Murphy, of Greenwood Village, was named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Gonzaga University.

Dena Smith kisses her husband, Cesar Nufio, after he received his certificate of citizenship at a special Presidents Day naturalization ceremony Feb. 17 at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. Photo by Christy Steadman

Ceremony welcomes 49 new U.S. citizens Six continents, 25 countries represented at Denver event

By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com Hundreds of people sat smiling in rows of folding chairs set up in a large room at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. The first few rows were filled with 49 of the United States’ newest citizens.

In honor of Presidents Day, the 49 new citizens joined nearly 20,000 others like them across the country to take the Oath of Allegiance at more than 180 naturalization ceremonies held between Feb. 12 and Feb. 22 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In Colorado, Immigration Judge Melanie Corrin administered the oath on Feb. 17.

The new citizens represented 25 different countries from six of the world’s seven continents. They came from cities throughout the Denver-metro area, including Arvada, Englewood, Lakewood,

Northglenn, Thornton, Westminster and Wheat Ridge. Some traveled from Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.

No matter what country they originated from, all had to complete a series of steps to gain citizenship, said Andy Lambrecht, director of the Denver field office of citizen and immigration services.

They each have their own story and their own reason for pursuing citizenship, he added.

The first most important action on Feb. 17 was to raise their right hands and recite the oath, said Scott Koenigsberg, a supervisory immigration services officer.

The second, he added, was to register to vote.

President Barack Obama welcomed the new citizens through a short video presentation, and representatives from the offices of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet read a welcome letter or speeches.

“By being here today,” Bennet’s letter read, “you have demonstrated that you can achieve great things.”

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Belly dancers enjoy moving experience Englewood Recreation Center offers classes in ancient art

By David Gilbert Special to Colorado Community Media By day, Christina Donovan is a homeowners’ claims adjuster. But at night, she heads to the Englewood Recreation Center, dons a jangly belt called a hip wrap and becomes Zeina Azara, joining a tradition of belly dancers whose ancient origins are lost to history.

“You teach yourself things you never thought you’d be able to do,” Donovan said recently after an energetic routine in a dance studio at the recreation center. “It teaches self-confidence. It’s about being feminine, vulnerable and emotive.”

Donovan, who has been belly dancing for more than five years, attends the women’s belly dancing classes at the Englewood Recreation Center, taught by Jessica Stokes, who goes by the dance name Adina.

“This sisterhood that quickly forms among belly dancers is so cool to be part of,” Stokes said. “Every size, shape and age is represented.”

Stokes said the roots of belly dancing are from the Middle East, though the origins are unknown.

“There are cave paintings depicting women doing something like belly dancing,” Stokes said.

Though the dance has a reputation for being erotic and seductive, Stokes said it got that reputation upon gaining popularity in America, and that American belly dancers are sometimes asked if they’re prostitutes.

But belly dancing is about personal transformation and empowerment, said guest instructor Lisa Kraemer, who goes by the dance name Aziza, of Las Vegas.

Kraemer is an IT project manager by

day, and said that belly dance makes her feel OK to express her femininity.

“You can be beautiful and powerful,” Kraemer said. “You can let go of your fears and be confident.”

Everything about belly dancing is challenging, but the rewards are great, said Indica Barnett, a 16-year-old Littleton High School student on her fourth lesson in Stokes’ class.

“This is a big community, so women can connect with women all over the world,” she said. “Martial arts or marching band aren’t like that.”

In the long term, Barnett, who goes by the dance name Zuli, would like to dance in Europe during a planned student-exchange trip her senior year, but in the meantime, “I just want to get my shimmies down,” she said.

The four women in the dance studio practiced different moves and routines with precision and enthusiasm, their movements accentuated by flowing veils. Belly dancing is centered in the hips, said Stokes, but also involves chest work and fluid full-body movements.

There are many types of belly dance around the world, and Stokes’ group practices the Cabaret style, with origins in Egyptian dance.

Stokes also leads the Sadakat dance troupe, which practices at the Englewood Recreation Center on Monday nights, and will be performing with another troupe next month at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret in the old D&F Tower in Denver next month. She also teaches lessons at the Maha Soul yoga studio in Littleton.

Beginner and intermediate belly dance classes are held Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 7:30. A month of classes costs $42 for residents and $46 for nonresidents. Advanced classes are Monday from 6 p.m. to 7:30, and a month of lessons cost $48 for residents and $52 for non-residents. Anyone interested can call Stokes at 303-883-1861.

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Christina Donovan, who belly dances under the name Zeina Azara, practices at the Englewood Recreation Center on Feb. 23. Photo by David Gilbert

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Special Olympian stays busy Atkinson’s life features lengthy list of activities, including competitive skiing

By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Like many 21-year-olds, Hanna Atkinson has a busy schedule.

The Littleton resident works part-time at Olive Garden, volunteers at her church and skis every weekend.

Hanna, who has Down syndrome, has competed in skiing in the Special Olympics since she was 13. She also cycles, and played unified Special Olympics basketball at Heritage High School, where she used to swim and play basketball.

“Skiing is my all-time favorite,” the 2014 Heritage graduate said.

Hanna and her teammates practice every Saturday.

“We ski until our bones are no longer able to ski,” she said. “It’s really fun, everybody’s there cheering each other on.”

Hanna hopes to ski in the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria next year.

She inherited her love of skiing from her dad, Tim, a former high school state champion in Wisconsin and college skier who now helps coach his daughter on the Cherry Creek Alpine Ski team. The arm amputee was also a U.S. Paralympic champion.

Tim began teaching Hanna how to ski when she was just 5.

“Since then, I’ve been a skier, and never went to the dark side of snowboarding,” Hanna said with a laugh.

Tim’s involvement in teaching athletics to both physically and developmentally disabled people dates back to before Hanna’s birth. He began instructing skiing at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in the late 1970s.

“The fact that Hanna came along almost 20 years later with Down syndrome is

Special Olympics skier Hanna Atkinson and her dad and coach, Tim, show off the new jackets their team got for the Special Olympics Colorado Winter Games. Photo by Kyle Harding just total serendipity,” he said.

Tim marvels at how far Special Olympics has come.

“When I started working with intellectually disabled students back in the late ’70s, Special Olympics skiing was four orange cones and a hug,” he said. “When Hanna started ski racing for them, they were launching off the top of the same runs that the Junior National racers ski on.”

At Heritage, Hanna played on a unified basketball team — meaning that Special Olympics athletes played alongside classmates who are not disabled. She also swam on the high school’s junior varsity team.

“The stands were full, there were cheerleaders there,” Tim said.

Hanna’s involvement in sports is not limited to competition. In December, she and another athlete began reporting on Special Olympics for ABC affiliate Denver7.

Hanna and Connor Long of Louisville work alongside anchor Eric Kahnert and producer Jaime Berg, helping to interview

athletes and coaches.

Berg said Hanna’s outgoing nature makes her a perfect fit for the position.

She also speaks at fundraising events as a global messenger for Special Olympics.

Hanna works three days a week at Olive Garden at the Southwest Plaza shopping mall.

According to Special Olympics Colorado spokeswoman Amy Turner, 63 percent of the state’s Special Olympics athletes are employed, compared to just 10 percent of intellectually disabled people who are not involved with sports or leadership programs.

Kirk Keling, Olive Garden general manager, said he has seen Hanna’s confidence grow in the six months she has worked at the restaurant.

“She does everything with the same expectations as every other host we have on staff,” he said.

Hanna said that her job gives her the opportunity to do one of her favorite things — interact with people.

“It’s just a plain-out awesome job,” she

Skier Hanna Atkinson won silver and bronze medals last weekend at the Special Olympics Colorado Winter Games at Copper Mountain. Photo by Bill Luster

SILVER AND BRONZE Heritage High School graduate Hanna Atkinson won medals in two events at the Special Olympics Colorado Winter Games over the weekend. She placed second in slalom advanced skiing and third in giant slalom at the games at Copper Mountain.

said. “I just love it.”

Hanna also teaches fitness and nutrition for The Healthy Me Project, a Parker nonprofit organization that helps developmentally disabled people lead healthy lifestyles.

She also has ambitions of publishing her own cookbook.

“We’re going to sell bottles of Hanna energy,” Tim said after his daughter rattled off a list of her activities.

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• Physical blocking sunscreens (zinc oxide and titanium dioxide) with an SPF of at least 30 are best.

• Physical blockers work the instant they are applied to the skin. They stay on top of the skin blocking the sun’s harmful rays and are not absorbed into the blood stream like many chemical sunscreens.

Doesn’t my make-up or moisturizer have enough coverage?

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Jon Garnett, owner of Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles in Parker, talks about the surge in the popularity of comic books and the superheroes that animate their pages.

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By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Jon Garnett spends each day surrounded by the relics of his youth.

At Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles, which opened in November in an industrial area northeast of Dransfeldt Road and Plaza Drive, Garnett is also Comics continues on Page 8

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thought, ‘I’m going to faint, this is so embarrassing.’”

Franklin, who sat down recently with Colorado Community Media to talk about life in and out of the water, is in training mode for the upcoming Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics in August.

That includes her diet. She learned to cook from her mother, “the best cook in the whole world.” She eats five to six meals a day — her daily intake is 4,000 to 5,000 calories — and considers cooking a fun challenge.

She could splurge on a fast-food hamburger after swimming 13,000 meters, but she knows it wouldn’t be beneficial to her body, she said.

“Nutrition is almost as important as what we do in the pool,” she said. “You have to fuel your body with the right things.”

Franklin’s passion for swimming hasn’t diminished since four years ago, when she set a world record and won four gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics.

“You have to keep that love,” she said.

“That’s why I’m still here — I love to swim, I love to practice every day.”

Franklin was born in Pasadena, California, and moved to Colorado when she was 2 days old. She’s lived in the same house in Centennial for the majority of her life.

She found her faith while attending Regis Jesuit High School. Before every race, she prays that she will do her best.

“For me — more than anything — it helps keep things in perspective,” she said. “In any elite position, it’s so easy to get caught up in everything.”

Swimming has opened doors to many different worlds.

She’s traveled across the globe. She was featured as a cameo in the teen sensation “Pretty Little Liars.” And she’s been endorsed by major athletic brands, including Speedo.

• June 2016: To compete in the Rio Olympic trials.

• 2015-16 Arena Pro Swim Series: Currently second on leaderboard for women.

Next race is March 3-5 in Orlando.

• 2015 AT&T Winter Nationals: Winner of the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke and runner-up in the 200-meter freestyle.

• 2015 FINA World Championships: silver in the 200-meter backstroke and bronze in the 200-meter freestyle.

• 2015 NCAA Swimmer of the Year, Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and Honda Awardwinner as the top female swimmer in the country.

Missy Franklin dances on stage at a ceremony in Centennial honoring her and other Colorado Olympians returning from London in August 2012. File photo But she hasn’t let the stardom get to her head.

Franklin turned down endorsements after the 2012 Olympics, in part, so she could be on a college swimming team. If an athlete turns professional, he or she loses eligibility to compete in collegiate athletics.

The decision was difficult because the offers could’ve financially supported her for the rest of her life, she said.

“My parents let me make my own decisions,” Franklin said, “but they make sure I have every ounce of knowledge about the situation.”

She kept her amateur status for two years of college at University of California, Berkeley.

She would’ve made the same decision 100 times over, she said.

But in March 2015, Franklin decided to begin swimming professionally with the Rio Olympics in mind. It would’ve been difficult to go through two Olympics with an amateur status, she said.

She took time off from school to train

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No matter what it is — whether it’s swimming, art, music, dance — you’re going to invest a lot of time in it and you have to make sure your heart is in it.”

and will return this fall to complete her degree.

“I can’t wait,” she said. “I miss it so much.”

Franklin plans to compete through the 2020 Olympics. But, first, she will take a much-needed break after Rio this year.

“I haven’t done that before,” she said, “and the older you get the more important it is to have those breaks.”

The day she stops learning from swimming is the day she stops competing.

And although she’s nervous for that time, she’s also excited: “It will give me extra time to invest myself in other things that I am really passionate about.”

• Won three individual titles and was on two winning relays for Cal at the 2015 NCAA meet.

• 2014 Pan Pacific Games: Gold in the 4x200-meter and silver in the 4x100-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter medley.

• 2012 Olympic Games: Gold in the 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, 4x100-meter medley and 4x200meter medley; bronze in the 4x100-meter freestyle.

• 2011 FINA Swimmer of the Year Award • 2011 National Championships: titles in 100-meter backstroke and 100-meter freestyle.

• World records: 200-meter backstroke and the 4x100-meter medley relay.

Source: www.teamusa.org/usa-swimming/ athletes/missy-franklin

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Everyone in Hollywood right now is so much shorter than you think they are. I’m so accustomed to being around big people.”

More thoughts from Missy...

On college: After Missy Franklin won four gold medals in the London 2012 Olympics, she had the opportunity to turn professional — she was 17. But when an athlete becomes a professional, he or she is no longer eligible for collegiate athletics. After many conversations with her parents, Franklin decided to turn down endorsements and keep her amateur status so she could be on a college swimming team.

“My parents had to be honest in telling me that I was turning down money that could sustain me and my family for the rest of my life — money that could send my kids to college,” she said.

But she wanted to be a freshman, live in the dorms and belong to a college swim team. She chose University of California, Berkeley where she experienced challenges and formed relationships she will have for the rest of her life, she said.

“I had the most unbelievable two years.

I’m going back in the fall — which I’m so excited about — to finish up and get my degree.”

Missy Franklin, 20, won four gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics. When she’s not in the spotlight, she prefers to be at home, sipping tea and reading. “Having that time for me sort of fills me up so when I’m back around people I can really enjoy it,” she said. Courtesy photo

On swimming: Franklin finds swimming “incredibly therapeutic.” Whether she’s had a good or bad day, the water will always be there for her, she said.

“It gives me a space to work through

stuff or to not think at all,” she said.

Sometimes she sings songs, counts her strokes or reviews lists. Other times, she doesn’t think about anything.

To Franklin, the water has been her therapist and friend for the past 20 years.

“The water is nonjudgmental,” she said.

“When you dive in, nothing matter except who’s there in that moment.”

On professional sports: Franklin had the chance to attend this year’s Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco. She saw a professional sporting event from a different perspective — as a spectator in the stands.

“It was so interesting watching a major athletic performance on one of the greatest stages in the world after competing on one,” she said. “I was trying to imagine how Peyton (Manning) was feeling in the locker room.”

She soon realized it was just another football game. The only difference was the media and the attention.

“You have to figure out a way to use that to motivate and excite you,” Franklin said.

Professional sporting events are special, she said, but athletes can’t let the game get too far ahead of them.

“Don’t ever feel like you’re not big enough to be there, because you are there and you made it.”

IF YOU COULD ASK MISSY ANY QUESTION, WHAT WOULD IT BE? “I would have to say something about college. When she was in college how (did she) balance her social life with swimming and the media and everything?”

Abby Kochevar, Rock Canyon High School senior and two-time state champion in the 100-yard backstroke Franklin: “It’s all about prioritization. There are some weeks where swimming is my top priority and others where school is my main priority. There are also weeks when I need to find some time for myself, so it’s really learning how to balance all three.”

“I think if I met Missy Franklin I would ask her what is her favorite kind of swimming set? Or I would ask her if she could’ve done any other sport what would she have done?”

Lydia VanKooten, Littleton High School sophomore ranked 65th in the state by College Swimming Franklin: “My favorite set is a lactate set where you do all-out effort with a lot of rest because I love having race scenarios in practice. If I wasn’t a swimmer, I’d play volleyball.”

“If you had it all to do over again, would you swim high school swimming?

Kylie Andrews, sophomore at Heritage High School, 5A state champion in 100-yard freestyle Franklin: “I loved swimming at Regis and wouldn’t change a thing. Being a part of that team was so important to me and was an important part of my high school experience. It’s also a big reason why I wanted to swim in college so much! I knew I would get a very similar team experience!”

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Wind Crest Women’s Club uses creativity to build community outreach

Jeanne Hoskins shows off hand-knit baby caps.

“These are especially nice for the little girls,” she said. “And the Broncos colors are nice for the little boys.”

Photos by Alex DeWind

Ladies spread sunshine in their wake

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Last year, Wind Crest Women’s Club knit 262 caps for newborns at Littleton Adventist Hospital and 312 chemotherapy caps for Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. They used the leftover yarn to crochet scarves for the Denver Rescue Mission.

No doubt about it, the club is living its goal to help others.

“Our purpose originally was to do things for friends in the community,” club treasurer Mary Ellen Patrick said. “Now it’s turned into an outreach program.”

The Women’s Club started in 2008 as a social meetup and creative outlet for residents at Wind Crest, a retirement community near Santa Fe Drive and C-470. Founder Grace Breffle, who died last year, had a closetful of arts and crafts, club members say.

“She was very creative in making something out of nothing,” Liz Yount said.

About 30 women ages 66 to 98 meet every Monday for an hour-anda-half in Wind Crest’s Town Center game room.

They make food-tray favors for residents in Mill Vista, a nearby memory care unit. They design colorful vests and delicate necklaces for one another. They knit and sew. They collect aluminum tabs to exchange for money used for donations. And they create “Welcome” bookmarks for new residents.

Four club members spend weekly meetings sorting through used greeting cards. They recycle the scraps into new cards — similar to the style of those at Hallmark or Papyrus —

that sell for just $1.

“My granddaughter can’t wait to get a card from Wind Crest,” said Grace Stanton, who’s been in the Wind Crest Women’s Club for two years.

Cards are the money-maker, the women say: Last week they sold 30 in one day. They also host a fall bake sale and sell their creations at Wind Crest’s annual “Mini Mall.”

All proceeds go towards local scholarships, libraries and a staff-appreciation fund that is split between Wind Crest employees.

Some say the company is the best part of the Women’s Club. Others say it’s the satisfaction of helping others.

“We are friends,” Donna LoDico said. “And we are a group that tries to bring some sunshine to other people.”

Mary Ellen Patrick shows a fellow member’s handmade necklace. The women’s creations are for the yearly Wind Crest Mini-Mall, a crafts show held at Wind Crest in the fall.

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A box of comics at Hall of Justice on Dransfeldt Road near Plaza Drive.

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surrounded by people just like him, in that they’ve had a nearly lifelong obsession with comic books and their characters.

But classic comics — featuring favorites like Swamp Thing and the Flash — aren’t the only items that fill the many jam-packed boxes and shelves. There has been a tsunamic resurgence in comic books, and it’s been buoyed by the success of movies and TV shows featuring a growing list of compelling superheroes with background stories as complex as their outfits.

“It’s crazy now because comics are cool, and when I was a kid, it wasn’t cool,” Garnett said.

Hall of Justice is the first store in Parker solely dedicated to comic books. Garnett drove to Aurora and Littleton to visit shops that specialized in comic books before opening his own store. He started

the business two years ago and operated online, wheeling and dealing on eBay and his own website, www.hallofjusticecomics.com.

The 35-year-old married father of one knew he would eventually open a brick-and-mortar store; it was simply a matter of finding an affordable spot in Parker, his home for the last five years. And so he landed in a somewhat hidden, 1,000-square-foot space just off Dransfeldt Road. Nevertheless, people seem to be finding him.

“So far (business has) been above and beyond our expecta-

tions,” said Garnett, a collector since elementary school.

Todd Proffit drove an hour from Colorado Springs to pay his first visit to Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles Feb. 25 after seeing ads on Yelp and Craigslist. He likes that the store has all the current titles, like “Batman,” “Deadpool” and “The Walking Dead,” but also enjoys the fact that it carries the comic books that started it all — what Proffit calls “back stuff.” He says there are several shops in the Springs, but points out that a little

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bit of expertise goes a long way.

“You can have all the inventory in the world,” he said, “but having a good person to talk to about comic books helps out.”

“I try not to be Comic Book Guy,” Garnett quickly interjected, referring to the pretentious, knowit-all comic book store owner on “The Simpsons.”

Critics believed the Kindle and iPad would be a “death knell” for comics, Garnett says, but studies indicate that readers use those tools to find titles they’re interested in. There is an “inherent” need to collect physical issues, Garnett said, adding: “You can’t beat holding something paper in your hand.”

The ones that Garnett prefers to hold the most are “Aquaman,” “Swamp Thing” and “Hellboy.”

He dresses as Hellboy for conventions like Denver ComicCon, and last year ran a booth there in character. His wife, Carissa, patiently helps him apply the necessary red makeup. She also

tolerated a basement full of comic books as her husband collected thousands of titles to sell.

“She’s glad to have it all out,” said Garnett, who left a career as a salesman of aquarium chemicals to start his venture.

Garnett comprises one-third of a team that hosts a weekly podcast about comic books called “Thinking Outside the Long Box.” With the popularity of comic books soaring, there is plenty to talk about.

Independent publishers are earning more of a market share from DC Comics and Marvel, the two largest publishers of comic books for decades. The people writing and illustrating the comic books are passionate about their craft and the result has been broadening interest — and the opening of new comic book stores.

“It’s a very cool time. It’s nice to see that it’s not all superhero stuff — there’s room for horror, sci-fi, romance,” he said. “It’s just neat to be part of this time frame.”

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Columbine shooter’s mother shares regrets Klebold fears copycats could follow son’s path

By Sadie Gurman Associated Press Sue Klebold doesn’t break down in tears anymore when she learns about another mass shooting. The attacks have become too common in the 17 years since her own son killed 12 of his classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in south Jefferson County.

Now, she is analytical, wondering if the gunman hid weapons at home the way her son Dylan did. Whether there were warning signs like the ones she missed with him.

Most painfully, Klebold wonders if the shooter used images of her son and details of his crime, still widely available online, as a model to gain fame through the slaughter of innocent people.

“Every time I see a photograph of Dylan on the (Columbine) surveillance tapes, I cringe,” Klebold said.

“Because every time that occurs, somewhere there is a disenfranchised individual that is using that as a blueprint.”

Klebold spoke to The Associated Press on Feb. 22, a week after the release of her memoir, “A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy,” exploring the causes of her son’s violence and ways to prevent future attacks through mental health awareness.

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire at the Jefferson County school on April 20, 1999, killing 13 people before taking their own lives. Another 24 people were injured in the attack.

Sue Klebold knew her son had some problems but wrote in her book that she dismissed them as teenage angst while he quietly plotted the killings and detailed the depths of his pain in journals she only discovered after his death.

“I wish I had learned how to communicate differently with him and how to listen better,” Klebold said. “I wish I had realized that things can seem perfectly fine when they are not, and the other lesson I wish I had learned is to shut up and listen.”

With the book, Klebold said she tried to commemorate his life without glamorizing his troubled final years in a way that would inspire copycats.

In the years after the Columbine attack, she and her ex-husband Tom Klebold vigorously fought the release of videos that her son and Harris filmed in her basement

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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office destroyed the tapes in 2011, a fact not publicly acknowledged for four years.

Other mass killers have been obsessed with the Columbine attack, drawing on a wealth of information in books and movies, fan websites dedicated the shooters, and even a Broadway show. Klebold said she still receives mail from young women across the country professing their love for her son.

To Klebold, conversations in the media and elsewhere that followed other mass shootings have been frustrating. They seemed to dwell on the gory, voyeuristic details of a shooter’s life while avoiding the larger problems that made the person want to kill and allowed it to happen.

She said she published her book after finally mustering the courage at a time when the public seemed eager to talk about violence and mental health.

“People who engage in acts such as this are not well, they are having significant malfunction going on,” she said. “This is the result of a mental or brain health condition that escalated to a stage-four lethal condition.”

She is donating any profits from the book to mental health charities and research, hoping for solutions that will help parents and professionals spot and thwart signs of trouble. That could be as simple as doctors’ offices requiring mental health screenings during routine checkups or having school officials undergo suicide-awareness training, she said.

Speaking out has been cathartic, she said. And some victims found it helpful to hear from her, too.

Coni Sanders, whose father, Dave Sanders, a Columbine teacher, was killed in the attack, said it’s a relief to hear a less sensational conversation about the shooting.

“We seek answers, and she doesn’t have a magic answer for what happened, and people needed to know that,” Sanders said. “There is no magic answer. These are important issues that we need to continue to look at.”

Right-to-die bill falls short for second year Sponsors pull measure due to lack of support in House

By James Anderson Associated Press

The sponsors of a Colorado right-to-die bill that would let terminally ill people end their own lives abruptly withdrew the proposal on Feb. 24, tearfully and angrily conceding they Westminster Office didn’t have the votes for Space For Lease it to pass the Democrat-led state House.

Democratic Reps. Joann Ginal of Fort Collins and Lois Court of Denver vowed before a hushed House chamber that they will introduce legislation again next year.

Citing polls that suggest most Colorado voters support a right-to-die law, they also told colleagues they were doing “Motivated Seller” them a bitter political favor by not forcing a voice vote on the House floor to reveal where each member stood on the issue this election year.

“I am profoundly disappointed that we have gotten to this point, and I am profoundly disappointed in you, colleagues, because you have disappointed 65 percent of your constituents,” Court said. “But make no mistake. The voice of this state will be heard. You will hear from your constituents.”

The bill, cosponsored by Democratic Sen. Michael Merrifield of Colorado Springs, required that a mentally competent patient have a six-month prognosis and get two doctors to sign off after three requests for life-ending medication.

It calls for safe storage of lethal drugs and recognizes that a patient can change his or her mind.

Oregon, Washington, Vermont and California have passed right-to-die laws. New York, Arizona and Maryland are considering legislation. Montana’s state Supreme Court has ruled that doctors could use a patient’s request for life-ending medication as a defense against any criminal charges linked to the death.

“I want to empower people to decide how best to manage their life without being criminalized,” Ginal said as she tearfully described the death of a brother of blood cancer last year.

Opponents argued the bill would facilitate doctor-assisted suicides, especially after mistaken terminal diagnoses, and they insisted existing hospice and palliative care for the dying is sufficient. The arguments helped defeat a similar proposal last year.

During hours of testimony this month, lawmakers asked pointed questions about tracking lethal drugs once they are prescribed; the influence doctors or family — wittingly or unwittingly — can have on patients’ decision-making; and the consequences for disabled patients suffering depression, among other issues.

Supporters had hoped to send the bill back to the Republican-controlled Senate, where a committee rejected legislation on a party-line vote earlier in February.

“To those who have testified, I’m sorry that we could not help you. I’m sorry that this state Legislature has failed you,” Ginal said Feb. 24.

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We’re human, and we make mistakes You know those moments in life where we wish we hadn’t done something, where we’re sorry we said what we said, or where we failed to act or speak when we had the chance? We wish we could turn back the hands of time, pull the words back into our mouths, or relive the moments where we could have done something more about a given situation.

And for some of us guilt sets in, our overdeveloped sense of obligation takes over and we stew over the mistakes we made in life. I mean we stress and worry about them to the point of making ourselves sick, losing sleep, and eating poorly. Now just remember, 98 percent of all the things we worry about are not worth worrying about. First, they have already happened and there is nothing we can do about them; or second, they will never happen. Therefore, wait to worry, regardless of the mistakes we make.

Oh the mistakes we have made, and oh the mistakes we will certainly make again in the future.

And when it comes to mistakes, I am probably right at the top of the leaderboard.

I can’t tell you how many times I have said to myself, “Oh Michael” or “Oh the mistakes you have made.” But here’s the good news when it comes to the mistakes we make or even the mistakes others make that have a direct impact on us.

First, we can choose to learn from each mistake. When we find ourselves in the

same circumstance or familiar position, we can remember what happened last time, acknowledge the mistake, and make a choice to respond or react differently — so when we walk away from the situation we can be proud that we had a growth moment.

Michael Norton Second, we can offer the necessary WINNING apologies and we can WORDS forgive ourselves of the mistakes and errors that we make, regardless of how often we make those mistakes, as some of us just take longer to learn from the error of our ways while others happen to be very fast learners. We also need to accept the forgiveness of others when we do something wrong or say anything that may have been considered hurtful to another person. If they are big enough to forgive us, we need to be big enough to accept it.

Third, we can choose to forgive those who have made mistakes that directly and adversely impact us. Holding on to anger or maintaining an upset position only causes us further grief and stress. And the likelihood is that we too have made the same mistake or

similar mistakes at some point. Or maybe a close friend or family member screwed up in a major way. We would expect understanding and forgiveness in those situations, so why not choose to live and forgive when mistakes happen that affect us as well?

Oh the mistakes we have made and the mistakes we will make and what to do about them. Learn from them, forgive yourself, accept forgiveness from others, and offer forgiveness to others. The hands of time won’t be turned back, words that have been spoken or sent in a text can’t get pulled back into our mouths or into our phones, and our inaction cannot be relived. The mistakes will happen; let’s just be better prepared to deal with them and move ahead.

How about you? Are you living in the shadow and shackles of mistakes you have made?

Or have you learned from those mistakes, offered apologies, accepted forgiveness, and forgiven yourself? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com.

And when we realize that we can move beyond the mistakes that we make and that 98 percent of all the things we worry about are not worth worrying about at all, 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.

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March is like the Midwest: You just get through it When you think about March, what comes to mind? If anything.

March is the connective tissue between winter and spring, at least around here.

In England, it might be different.

Charles Dickens Craig Marshall Smith wrote in “Great ExQUIET pectations”: “It was DESPERATION one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”

It is not a very glamorous month.

However, it is notable for a few things.

March 27 is Easter Sunday, or is that redundant?

There’s March Madness — the NCAA basketball tournament. But if you know college basketball, you know that the tournament climaxes in April.

We are expected to do something in March that I resent every year.

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on March 13.

It’s dumb.

Most of my clocks change on their own now, as if a Time Fairy comes through here in the middle of the night.

In New York and other cities, there will be big, bright and woozy parades on Thursday, March 17.

If you decide to parade to a bar in metro Denver, have a plan because the DUI team will be out in big numbers.

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Some of my students and I were in New York, specifically at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on St. Patrick’s Day in 2002.

We all ate lunch in the old cafeteria, which was much better than the new one.

Most of us had corned beef and cabbage,

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Right-to-die bill falls short for second year Sponsors pull measure due to lack of support in House

By James Anderson Associated Press The sponsors of a Colorado rightto-die bill that would let terminally ill people end their own lives abruptly withdrew the proposal on Feb. 24, tearfully and angrily conceding they didn’t have the votes for it to pass the Democrat-led state House.

Democratic Reps. Joann Ginal of Fort Collins and Lois Court of Denver vowed before a hushed House chamber that they will introduce legislation again next year.

Citing polls that suggest most Colo-

rado voters support a right-to-die law, they also told colleagues they were doing them a bitter political favor by not forcing a voice vote on the House floor to reveal where each member stood on the issue this election year.

“I am profoundly disappointed that we have gotten to this point, and I am profoundly disappointed in you, colleagues, because you have disappointed 65 percent of your constituents,” Court said. “But make no mistake. The voice of this state will be heard. You will hear from your constituents.”

The bill, cosponsored by Democratic Sen. Michael Merrifield of Colorado Springs, required that a mentally competent patient have a six-month prognosis and get two doctors to sign off after three requests for life-ending medication. It

calls for safe storage of lethal drugs and recognizes that a patient can change his or her mind.

Oregon, Washington, Vermont and California have passed right-to-die laws.

New York, Arizona and Maryland are considering legislation. Montana’s state Supreme Court has ruled that doctors could use a patient’s request for life-ending medication as a defense against any criminal charges linked to the death.

“I want to empower people to decide how best to manage their life without being criminalized,” Ginal said as she tearfully described the death of a brother of blood cancer last year.

Opponents argued the bill would facilitate doctor-assisted suicides, especially after mistaken terminal diagnoses, and they insisted existing hospice and

palliative care for the dying is sufficient.

The arguments helped defeat a similar proposal last year.

During hours of testimony this month, lawmakers asked pointed questions about tracking lethal drugs once they are prescribed; the influence doctors or family — wittingly or unwittingly — can have on patients’ decision-making; and the consequences for disabled patients suffering depression, among other issues.

Supporters had hoped to send the bill back to the Republican-controlled Senate, where a committee rejected legislation on a party-line vote earlier in February.

“To those who have testified, I’m sorry that we could not help you. I’m sorry that this state Legislature has failed you,” Ginal said Feb. 24.

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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 president, at Joyce4Books@ gmail.com.

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 303-794-3332 and leave a message; someone will call back. New members always welcome.

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can be of use. There’s a bill in the Colorado Senate, which passed the Colorado House on Feb. 9. This bill requires that the state develop “specific measurable goals, the achievement of which will either reduce Colorado’s greenhouse gas emissions or increase Colorado’s adaptive capability to respond to climate change….” This bill, House Bill 1004 of the year 2016 would also implement

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and closed our eyes and smiled with every bite.

The Met is on the parade route, so we could see the bands and the twirlers and the bleary-eyed blarneys in colorful review.

March 7 is a state holiday in Illinois.

You’ll never guess.

It’s Casimir Pulaski Day. Pulaski was the offensive tackle on the Chicago Bears 1986 Super Bowl team.

That’s not true.

Pulaski (1745-79) was the “father of the American cavalry.”

He was a Revolutionary War officer who was born in Poland.

President Obama made Pulaski an honorary American citizen in 2009.

March 31 is a state holiday in California. It is an optional holiday in Colorado.

It’s Cesar Chavez Day. I have a feeling that it will grow to be a national holiday someday.

I was in college during Chavez’s most active years, and had a lot of admiration for him.

What else about March?

The March Hare, of course, in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” who was

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.

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.

DTC Rotary Club meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. the first, third and fourth Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club, 110 Cherry Hills Village.

Guests are welcome. Contact Dana Arell at 720339-7367 or visit www.dtcrotary.org.

Introduction to Square Dance class offered from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at Grandview Grange, 2280 Noble Place, Centennial. Visit www.SquareDanceEtc.com.

Newcomers Club of Centennial, for people new to the area, meets regularly for parties, classes, movies, lunches, coffees and more. Email new-

comersdenver@msn.com.

MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) meets from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Child care is provided on-site for children ages birth to 4 years. The first meeting is free. Come enjoy breakfast, support and encouragement, and meet some new friends.

Call Holly at 303-249-3633.

Original Ports of Call Singles Club for ages 55 and older is a great way to meet new friends and get out among others in your situation! We call our selves a” Circle of Friends. We have a variety of interests, cards, theater, tours, dinners, lunches, golf , bowling and dances etc. It meets every second Monday at Sr. Ric on Miss. from 4-6 p.m. in Aurora. Call JoAnn at 303-751-5195 or just come.

It meets every fourth Tuesday at Chads South of Sixth Avenue in Lakewood form 4-6 p.m. Call Mary Riney at 303-985-8937. The third Wednesday at the Three Margaritas at 5130 S. Wadsworth Blvd. from 5-7 p.m. Call Jean Fox 303-730-2804.

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deadlines by which the goals must be attained and would require the general assembly to create an analysis of the regulations’ progress.

This bill is important to our nation’s progress regarding climate change and I hope you’ll find yourself supporting it. If you’re interested in helping to pass this legislation, you can sign a petition online at http://goo.gl/forms/avEViDaVlI or contact your district senators (senator contact information can be found at leg. state.co.us).

Hannah Templin Student at Littleton High School and Arapahoe Community College

“mad” at the tea party.

If you are as mad as a March hare, it’s partly because you are feeling amorous.

March is the beginning of the long breeding season for rabbits.

Otherwise, March will come and go and we will be staring wistfully at April, and wondering where winter went, looking at tax day, and the opening of the baseball season.

The Rockies open on the road on April 1. No fooling.

I don’t have any attachments to March.

I like the word, however.

It is a noun and a verb.

It’s the last name of a great actor. Fredric March, who won an Academy Award for his remarkable performance in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” He was both.

Later March starred in “The Best Years of Our Lives.”

I think he has been forgotten. But at one time he was an A-list actor.

It’s hard to get excited about the month of March.

As English essayist A.C. Benson said, “When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”

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

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CULTURE FA I T H FA M I L Y FOOD HEALTH

Wyatt Heiman, 3, of Denver, devours a birthday cake-flavored cupcake at Gigi’s Cupcakes in Littleton. The shop in Aspen Grove has been open since 2010. Photos by Chris Michlewicz

Little cakes bring big smiles Exotic flavors help cupcakes return to the table as pop-culture phenomenon

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com

AREA CUPCAKE SHOPS

J

ustin Swartz, co-owner of the Gigi’s Cupcakes franchise at Aspen Grove shopping center in Littleton and another in Denver, never envisioned owning a cupcake shop. But business is so good, he’s considering opening another location in Colorado Springs.

“We were really in there at the ground floor of it,” said Swartz, who grew up in Littleton and opened his store in August 2010, just as the cupcake craze was gaining steam.

It seems like just yesterday cupcakes were a simple go-to treat for classroom birthday parties in elementary school. These days, cupcakes are all grown up, and some are leading quite a posh life.

The advent of reality TV shows like “Cupcake Wars” and “DC Cupcakes” precipitated the explosive popularity of cupcakes in the late 2000s. Some believed cupcake shops would be a passing fad. But the phenomenon has endured and, for many, the business model has been sustainable.

Gigi Butler, founder of the national Gigi’s Cupcakes franchise, says on her website she received the same response four times when asking for a bank loan: “A cupcake shop — are you kidding?”

Gigi’s started with a single shop in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2008. Today, it has more than 100 locations in 23 states and, according to multiple media reports, enjoys more than $30 million in annual sales. The Denver and Littleton locations were stores No. 7 and No. 8, respectively.

Some Denver-area shops dedicated to the art of cupcake-making have been around for more than five years, and business continues to grow for many, despite operating in Colorado’s health-conscious climate.

Swartz — who actively seeks outside business, from corporate events to the 300 weddings he supplies with cupcakes per year — makes sugar-free and gluten-free varieties to cater to everyone’s needs.

Cupcake boutiques decorate Main Street thoroughfares and roads less traveled, and have varying degrees of success. Passing pedestrians make up a portion of the sales at Nomelie Cupcakes in downtown Parker, said Soumya Sen, who owns the business with his wife, Avantika. But it’s often large orders for birthday parties, Cupcakes continues on Page 13

Gigi’s Cupcakes of Littleton Address: 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Suite 625, Littleton Phone: 303-797-2253 Website: www.gigiscupcakesusa.com/LittletonCo Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m. -7 p.m. | Sun: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Nomelie Cupcakes Address: 19751 Mainstreet, Parker Phone: 303-805-2607 Website: www.viewmenu.com/nomelie-cupcakes/ menu Hours: Mon-Thurs 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. | Fri-Sat 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. | Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Posh Pastries Address: 10471 S. Parker Road, Parker Phone: 303-840-1251 Website: www.poshpastriesbakery.com Hours: Tues-Sat 6 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Sun and Mon Closed Sweet ‘Ness Cupcakes Address: 10655 S. Parker Road, Parker Phone: 720-561-1511 Website: www.locu.com Hours: Mon-Tues Closed | Wed-Fri 1:30 - 6 p.m. | SatSun 12:30 - 5 p.m.

Emilee Hafler, an employee at Gigi’s Cupcakes in Littleton, serves up a tray of some of the shop’s most popular flavors.

“

We just found this place one day and the cupcakes are fantastic, so it’s like an enjoyable, relaxing treat to come here.”

Julie Phipps, Parker resident

Smallcakes Address: 7600 Park Meadows Center Drive, #1100, Lone Tree Phone: 720-387-7284 Website: www.smallcakescolorado.com Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

The Bundt Shoppe Address: 7437 Village Square Drive #125, Castle Rock Phone: 303-422-8638 Website: www.thebundtshoppe.com Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Sat 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Sun Closed The Makery Cake Company Address: 8203 S. Holly St., Centennial Phone: 720-270-4042 Website: www.themakery.com Hours: Tues-Thurs 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Fri-Sat 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. |Sun 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Mon Closed

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#FreeKesha and standing alongside women A guiding principle of my life comes from Scottish author Ian MacLaren — “Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

Pop recording artist Kesha’s fight is among the hardest.

A Feb. 19 court decision has made her battle the epicenter of an intense discussion about disregarding women’s claims against their abusers.

For those unfamiliar with the singer, Kesha is the voice behind some of this decade’s biggest pop smashes, including “Tik Tok” and “Die Young.” She records under Sony and Kemosabe, the record label created and run by Dr. Luke, the stage name of songwriter and producer Lukasz Gottwald.

Here’s a primer for the situation between the 28-year-old musician and producer: In 2014, Kesha alleged in a lawsuit Dr. Luke drugged and raped her when she was 18 years old and continued to sexually and verbally abuse her throughout their work relationship. In her suit against the producer, she included Sony as a codefendant.

Dr. Luke and Sony countersued, alleging Kesha’s claims were false and a move by the singer to renegotiate her contract.

As a result, she has been unable to record

any music or tour until the situation is resolved. She doesn’t, understandably, want to work with someone she says has been abusing her for years.

Time is fleeting in the music industry. And silence Clarke Reader from an artist for too long can lead to LINER loss of interest from NOTES fans, along with serious financial losses.

Aware of this fact, Kesha filed a preliminary injunction in February 2015 so she could record outside of her contract with Sony and Kemosabe. But on Feb. 19, New York Supreme Court Judge Shirley Kornreich ruled against Kesha, saying the injunction was an effort to “decimate a contract that was heavily negotiated and typical for the industry.”

That means any attempts to make music must be with Dr. Luke and Sony.

As an onlooker, I can only imagine the horror Kesha must have felt at the decision.

Cupcakes

Decisions, decisions With 60-plus flavors, Nomelie customers sometimes find it hard to choose. But it’s no problem for those with an adventurous spirit. Phipps became hooked six years ago after biting into a red velvet cupcake at Nomelie, which opened in 2009. She now finds herself trying exotic concoctions and tried-and-true flavors like coconut cream.

“We just found this place one day and the cupcakes are fantastic,” she said, “so it’s like an enjoyable, relaxing treat to come here.”

Karstin Painter, of Denver, had the same delighted impression of gourmet cupcakes upon first trying them as many people do.

The cotton candy-flavored cupcake is “disturbingly good,” said Painter, who visited Gigi’s Cupcakes in Littleton Feb. 18 with her husband and 3-year-old son.

Gigi’s serves more than 200 flavors of cupcakes out of traditional storefronts in Littleton and Denver, but reaches the masses with kiosks at Sports Authority Field, the Pepsi Center and the Colorado Convention Center, as well as two food

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ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Selection: The 1975’s “ I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it,” released on Interscope records.

Review: The sophomore album from The 1975 is an early contender for most ridiculous album title of the year, but it’s also the year’s most dynamic pop record so far. The band hits ‘80s pop, acoustic singer-songwriter and shoegaze all on one album, and it manages to hold together, thanks to the craft of every song.

Favorite song: “Paris” The real reason people write songs: “I got my pen and thought that I’d write A melody and line for you tonight.

I think that’s how I make things feel alright.”

-from the song “Nana”

As a man with many strong and vibrant women in my life who inspire me daily, I felt sickened to my stomach.

The judge and Sony say Kesha has been free to record without Dr. Luke, a statement Kesha’s lawyer denies, stating Sony wouldn’t support any music she recorded without Dr. Luke, according to reporting by Buzzfeed.

Since the ruling, a #FreeKesha movement has taken over social media, with such major artists as Adele and Taylor Swift lending their support.

Accepting the word of accused abusers over their victims isn’t restricted to the music or arts worlds only. But it is extraordinarily disheartening to see the American legal system fail another rape and abuse victim who has the courage to come forward.

According to statistics from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, only a 16.3 percent chance exists that a reported rapist will end up in prison. Once unreported rapes are factored in, which account for 61 percent of rapes and sexual assaults, only about 6 percent of rapists — 1 out of 16 — will ever spend a day in jail.

In a Feb. 19 article from the women’s activist blog Jezebel, author Madeleine Davies wrote, “It’s likely that ‘commercially reasonable’ will almost always beat out ‘ethically reasonable’ and is certain Reader continues on Page 14

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weddings and corporate events that help maintain a steady stream of income.

There are the die-hards, though, the people who pop in every couple of weeks to indulge their sweet tooth.

Julie Phipps, of Parker, cops to being one of those.

When asked how often she stops by Nomelie, Phipps gives a guilty grin and delivers a deliciously vague answer: “More often than I should, probably.”

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Gigi’s Cupcakes offers this flavorful banana nut cake baked with dark chocolate, topped with fresh banana butter cream, and dipped in smooth chocolate ganache.

CAKE 4 ripe bananas, mashed

A platter of popular cupcakes from Gigi’s Cupcakes in Littleton. Photo by Chris Michlewicz trucks that post up at festivals and fundraisers.

It didn’t matter to Painter’s son, Wyatt Heiman, where his cupcake came from.

For 10 minutes, the rest of the world disappeared and his sole focus was a birthday cake-flavored cupcake he devoured voraciously. He started with a fork and was shoveling fistfuls of cake into his mouth by the end.

Community involvement It’s not just a vast selection or unique flavors — like the maple bacon and chai tea varieties baked at Smallcakes in Lone Tree — that keep people coming back.

Proper customer service is a must, Sen of Nomelie Cupcakes said, and fresh ingredients make all the difference.

Connecting with local schools and organizations has helped Nomelie build bonds and become ingrained in Parker’s social fabric, Sen said. It partners with the PACE Center and wedding venues like Villa Parker, and relies heavily on word of mouth from satisfied customers.

2 cups sugar 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup oil 2.5 cups flour 1.5 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1.5 cups chopped pecans 1 cup dark chocolate chips FROSTING 1 cup butter, softened 1 small banana, mashed 2 pounds powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

GANACHE 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 1/3 cup heavy cream Dried banana chips Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, mix by hand bananas, sugar, eggs and oil in a bowl until well blended. Add flour, baking soda and salt; mix until combined. Fold in pecans and dark chocolate chips.

Dip batter into cupcake liners, 2/3 full. Bake for 26 minutes. Test with toothpick or cake tester before removing from the oven.

In a stand mixer, beat butter and banana on medium speed until butter is smooth.

Slowly add powdered sugar.

Add vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.

If frosting is stiff, add milk by the tablespoon. If soft, add

Nomelie is also creating a referral network of respected Parker businesses by enabling customers to rate the services, much like users of Lyft and Uber do.

When a little boy with severe food allergies stopped in with his mom to ask whether Nomelie made vegan cupcakes, the boy was disappointed with the answer.

But Avantika Sen took it as a challenge and made a special shopping trip to get

powdered sugar slowly.

When cupcakes are cool, pile the banana butter cream high on top with a pastry bag using a large, round frosting tip. Place frosted cupcakes in refrigerator for 10 minutes until the frosting is slightly stiff.

While cupcakes are in the refrigerator, mix the semisweet chocolate chips and the heavy cream in a double boiler. Stir constantly until all the chocolate chips are melted. Place banana chip on top of banana buttercream and drizzle ganache over cupcake.

Allow the cupcakes to return to room temperature, and top with a dried banana chip.

Source: www.gigiscupcakes usa.com

the ingredients to make vegan cupcakes.

“He was very sad and I felt bad for him,” she said, “because he has no choice.”

Nomelie not only baked a batch of vegan cupcakes, but made them a regular offering every Friday through Sunday, naming them after the boy — Quinn Cupcakes.

They are a hot seller.

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Guild offers workshops for wide range of artists Two March gatherings will be held in Littleton

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com

Artist Sidney Ann Pitchford, a Highlands Ranch resident, will conduct a March 5 workshop for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County titled “Colorful Landscapes.”

Pitchford recently moved to Colorado from Florida, where she taught, owned an art supply store and exhibited her work. Courtesy photo

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to beat ‘morally reasonable.’ Our courts and culture have a hard enough time believing women’s accusations of sexual assault in the most clear-cut of circumstances, so what chance do we have at legal, emotional, and physical protection when details are contested and a corporation stands to lose millions?

When a woman as powerful and high status as Kesha can’t win, the rest of us

stand even less of a chance.”

Whether you like Kesha’s music or not, or even know who she is, this judge’s ruling should be troubling to everyone.

We all have mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins and friends who are women.

Most of the important women in my life have shared stories about being harassed, having sex used as a bargaining chip against them or being made to feel unsafe because they’re a woman.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network statistics, one of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed

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The long-running Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County, organized in 1974, offers Saturday workshops for artists who may have an interest in exploring a new technique or sharing a professional painter’s vision and color sense.

Late winter would seem to be an ideal time to learn something new that could be carried into a summer of painting.

Two sessions are available in March at Littleton First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton.

Reserve space with Beatrice Drury, btdrury@q.com, 303-796-8110. Workshops run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with doors open at 8:30 a.m. Artists 18 and older may attend, with the cost: $30/guild members $50/nonmembers. (Membership fee is $35.)

For complete details, a supply list and registration form, see: heritage-guild. com/current-workshops.

The first session will be held on March 5, when Sidney Ann Pitchford will conduct a workshop on “Colorful Landscapes.”

She will emphasize composition as rape in her lifetime For the women in our lives, and all those yet to come, we must unflaggingly stand behind women when they speak about abuse and unfair treatment.

We need to support organizations like the Athena Project, a Denver-based nonprofit that works to bring more opportunities to women in all artistic areas.

We need to not only listen to victims, but also make sure they are heard and their abusers are held responsible for their actions.

Kesha said this in a statement released on Feb. 24: “I think about young girls today — I don’t want my future

well as how to mix vibrant colors and use value to make paintings stand out.

Participants should bring several simple reference photos and 16-by-20inch or 18-by-24-inch canvases.

She will demonstrate in oil paints, but participants are free to use acrylics with a slow-dry medium, if they wish.

Pitchford studied art at the University of Evansville and Indiana State University.

The second session will be held on March 12, when Lee Wasilik will demonstrate water-soluble paints in “Painting With Water-Miscible Oils.”

Newly available on the market, these paints enable artists to achieve the look of oil paintings with the convenience of water-based mixing and clean-up.

A graduate of Black Hills State University in South Dakota, Wasilik has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. The award-winning painter has been president of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild for 14 years.

The group hosts spring and fall exhibits at Bemis Library, and exhibits at several local Adventist hospitals and the annual “This is Colorado” show at Arapahoe Community College in the fall.

Membership is open to artists at all levels of expertise.

The group also holds monthly meetings, with a critique or demonstration and weekly group painting sessions. daughter — or your daughter — or any person to be afraid that they will be punished if they speak out about being abused, especially if their abuser is in a position of power.”

Kesha’s voice — and so many others’ — must be heard.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he stands with Kesha. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share your favorite Kesha song at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Snow and sunshine light up this winter landscape by photographer Joseph Roybal, who will speak to the Englewood Camera Club on March 8 about “Passion Behind the Lens: The Power of Envisioning Your Workflow from Beginning to End.” Courtesy photo

Photographer to talk about keeping creativity alive Historic Littleton Inc. (A lecture series will follow on the first Thursday of the month: next is Mike McPhee on April 7, talking about his Dana Crawford book.) Admission free. 303-795-3950.

Photographer Joseph Roybal will present: “Passion Behind the Lens: The Power of Envisioning Your Workflow from Beginning to End,” focusing on his landscape photography, for the meeting of the Englewood Camera Club at 7 p.m. March 8 at Lutheran Church of the Holy dSpirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. (Doors open at 6:15 p.m.) He will discuss his theory on keeping creativity and passion alive, plus equipment. He may have some samples to give away. Guests are welcome.

Plein-air Paintout The Depot Art Gallery will extend the Plein-air Paintout it began last year to two days of painting in the Littleton area in 2016: June 2 and 3. A display and sale of the resulting works will be from June 3 to 12 at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Open to all plein-air painters, working in any medium. Juror Carl Judson, author of “A Guerrilla Painter’s Notebook,” will award cash prizes at the Paintout Dinner on June 2.

Information and registration form are at depotartgallery. org. Registration includes dinner and a T-shirt. For questions, call Paul Nutting, 720-982-7269.

Art internships The Englewood-based Museum Outdoor Art is accepting applications for its Design and Build summer internships through April 15. Undergraduate college art students and high school seniors are eligible for this eight-week intensive summer program. Interns work daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a master teacher in the MOA laboratory and create a body of collaborative public art as well as related individual works. There is a $1,500 stipend and college credit may be available. A late summer exhibit will display the resulting art. See MOAonline.org/design-and-build.

Reminder to opera fans The Denver Lyric Opera Guild 32nd Competition for Colorado Singers will be from 1 to 5 p.m. March 5 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Open to the public.

Lecture series begins Gary Huibregtse, juror for the Eye of the Camera Exhibit at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, will speak at 7 p.m. on March 10 on “Thoughts on Photography in the 21st Century.” The photographic medium has evolved during the first portion of the 21st century. Huibregtse will look at previous milestones. He creates large-scale color prints from large-format film negatives, addressing the built environment of the Western states. Cosponsored by the Littleton Museum and

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All about Pluto Planetary scientist Dr. Andrew Steffl will talk about the New Horizons Mission and show recent images of Pluto at 7 p.m. March 8 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. 303-795-3961. Free.

Celebrate St. Patrick • “Celtic Tales of Love and War” by the Denver Brass, with Celtic Colorado Pipes and Drums, Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers, Wick School of Irish Dance, the Hydes fiddles and tenor Tod Teske will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 11 and 12 and at 2 p.m. March 13 at Newman Center, Iliff Avenue and University Boulevard. Tickets from $22, denverbrass.org, 303-832-4676.

• Cherish the Ladies band brings Irish music and step dancing to the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 8 p.m. on March 19. Tickets: $33-$51, lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

Magic in Castle Rock Hannibal appears at 7:30 p.m. March 12 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park Ave., Castle Rock. He is an award-winning magician with a family show. Tickets: $22.50-$25, 303-660-6799, amazingshows.com. (The summer Wizard Camp is taking applications also: June, July, August sessions.)

Ballet Ariel in Englewood “Peter and the Wolf and Other Dances” are on the program when Ballet Ariel appears at 3 p.m. March 20 at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Admission is $5 for adults, free for children. The troupe will also appear at 7 p.m. March 19 at the D.L. Parsons Theater at the Northglenn Recreation Center.

Friday night bands ViewHouse Centennial announces Friday night live music from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.: March 4 — Ben Marshal; March 11 — Moses Jones Band; March 18 — Rascal Martinez; March 26 — The JV3. Location: 7101 S. Clinton St., 303-790-8439.

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March 4, 2016

Gentleman caller?

“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, an American classic, will be presented March 4-27 by Cherry Creek Theatre at Shaver-Ramsey Gallery, 2414 E. Third Ave., Denver. Pat Payne is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 303800-6578, cherrycreektheater.org.

Buntport imagination “10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products” is the first full-length

show in Buntport Theater Company’s 15th season — an original script written and directed by Buntport’s imaginative members, with a band in a bathtub.

Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; Monday, March 12; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: Buntport.com.

A different stripe “Tigers Be Still” by Kim Rosenstock will play March 10 to April 2 at Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. John Ashton is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thurs-

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Racetrack scene “Champaign Charlie Stakes” by Bruce Graham plays through March 19 at the John Hand Theater/Colorado Free University, 7653 E. First Place, Lowry, Denver.

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Stories on Stage “Fractured Fairy Tales,” an irreverent retelling of classic tales, will be performed

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March 11 at the Chatauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, and at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. March 13 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver’s Arts District. Tickets: $28 adult/$15 student.

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‘Eye of Camera’ includes variety of images Littleton Museum is home of exhibit for 50th time

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Photographers mingled with viewers at the crowded Feb. 18 opening of the 50th annual “Through the Eye of the Camera” exhibit, presented at the Littleton Museum by the Littleton Fine Arts Board.

The late Gene Kramer of Littleton, an original art committee member-and art director for a Denver company, with numerous contacts in the local arts community, proposed the photography exhibit soon after Bemis Library was opened with display space for art — a feature the committee had requested. It has grown in quantity and quality.

In 2016, there were 318 entries by 104 artists, according to Curator of Collections Terri White, who said juror Gary Huibregtse selected 56 widely varied images by 41 artists for inclusion in the exhibit, which will be open at the Littleton Museum until March 27.

The award for Best of Show/Color went to Chuck Rascoe of Arvada for his “Night Train,” a view of the brightly lit newest platform at Union Station, waiting for the train to arrive, with city lights beyond, framed by the serpentine canopy above it. Rascoe’s website says he mostly shoots landscapes, but this cityscape is a distinctive look at a frequently photographed part of Denver.

Best of Show/Black and White was awarded to Denver-based photographer Steve Hirsch for his “Night Mining,” which pictures the skeletal remains of an old Colorado mine structure against a starfilled sky. He said he shot it near Leadville about 11 p.m.

Other awards chosen by the juror: • Best of Show/Darkroom Processing: “Platner Grain Co. Study IV,” by James Sidinger, which depicts a lonely old building in McCook, Nebraska. It looks deserted and sad.

• “No Menu” shows the lighted entrance to a restaurant in a row of city town houses, with an inviting front door. By Matthew Lewis, it won First Place/Black and White.

• “Weaving Its Way to the Heavens,” shows the pattern created by a woven wood fence, with wide slats. Winn Halver-

“Night Train” by Chuck Rascoe of Arvada won Best of Show/Color in the 2016 “Through the Eye of the Camera” exhibit at the Littleton Museum. It offers his perspective on the much-photographed Union Station in Denver. Courtesy photo hout created this digital winner of Second Place/Black and White.

• First Place/Color was awarded to Gabrial Reising for the chilly “Winter is Light.”

It shows a desolate snowy area with a rock outcropping.

• David Parks’ “Old Brewery” won Second Place/Color. The corner of an old brick building juts against the blue Colorado sky, with a triangular iron form above it and a tree branch framing it. Nice composition.

The juror exhibits two from his image series, “New West, Revisited”: “St. George, Utah #2” and “St George, Utah # 7.” They show mountains in the distance behind a rather dreary cityscape with contemporary business buildings that could be anywhere — a pointed commentary on today’s West.

Juror gives insight into process

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Through the Eye of the Camera” juror Gary Huibregtse spoke briefly to the opening crowd on Feb. 18 about the process of judging a show. “It can depend on what the juror had for breakfast, placement of the photograph, photographic language …” He looks at individual pictures, versus experiencing the body of works: “light reflecting, creating the images, how the camera is used — and makes a best guess.”

Despite the mass media photographic shorthand that abounds, he “thinks there

will always be a place for fine art photography.”

He is a professor in the art department at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, where he has been coordinator of the Photo Image Making Program since 1985.

He is represented by Robischon Gallery in Denver.

He will lecture at the Littleton Museum at 7 p.m. March 10 on “Thoughts on Photography in the 21st Century.” He will place photography’s evolution into “a mediumspecific historical context.” Open to the public. Admission free; 303-795-3950.

IF YOU GO “Through the Eye of the Camera” is exhibited through March 27 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Open during museum hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 303-795-3950. Admission is free.

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Lengthy art festival puts the focus on females Athena Project events take place around Denver metro area

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Athena Project Arts Festival (March 4 to April 10) includes a great many moving parts, all of them

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Consider exploring some new art in the Denver area.

First, there is the winner of last year’s Plays in Progress competition: “The Ghosts of Us” by Rebecca Gorman O’Neill, which runs in a full production from March 11 to April 10 at the Byron Theatre in the Newman Center at the University of Denver, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. (8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; industry night March 28 [$15]). Tickets:

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Four new Plays in Progress will each have two workshop-level productions at DU’s Byron Theatre on March 31 to April 7, with one to be chosen for full production in 2017. (See address/contact information above. Tickets: $12.) They are: • “Crane Dance” by Julie Excell, who teaches at Metro State University in Denver. April 7, 7 p.m.; April 9, 4 p.m.

• “Tightrope” by Megan Fevurly, a Denver-based dramaturge and playwright, who is earning an MFA at the University of Idaho. March 31, 7 p.m.; April 2, 4 p.m.

• “The Wave That Set the Fire” by Ellen K. Graham, which has been a semifinalist at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and elsewhere. Set in the notso-distant future. April 2, 1 p.m.; April 3, 7 p.m.

• “Companions LLC” by Mercedes Segesvary, an MFA student at Cal State University, Los Angeles. April 9, 1 p.m.; April 10, 7 p.m.

• “Girls Write PIP Series” is an ongoing playwriting program for seventh-grade girls. A performance of short works-in-progress will be at 10 a.m. March 20 at Denver Center Conservatory of the Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver. Free.

There will also be: an “Evening of Jazz” at Dazzle Jazz on March 12; visual art by Diane Christiansen at the Museum Outdoor Arts opening March 19 plus a dance performance inspired by the “The Ghosts of Us” play; an “Evening of Dance” at Armstrong Center for Dance, 1075 Santa Fe Drive, Denver (Colorado Ballet), at 8 p.m. March 26 with pieces by a number of choreographers, inspired by “The Ghosts of Us.” Tickets: $15/$12.

Finally: Pop-Up Art Performances are scheduled March 19 along the light rail, culminating in a celebration at the Museum Outdoor Arts in the evening (1000 Englewood Parkway/the Englewood Station light rail stop.). The performances are on the W Line, starting at 11 a.m. at 13th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard, and at 6 p.m. on the D Line at the Theater/ Convention Center stop. There will be spoken word, fashion, music, dance. Buy an all-day light rail ticket for $5.

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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.

Google for Genealogical Research The Internet is increasingly a first resource for family history researchers. Although not a genealogy-specific website, Google is among the most powerful tools for finding online ancestor information. The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society presentation on “Using Google for Genealogical Research” is at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Sandee Brookes, of the Littleton Family History Center, will demonstrate how Google can help break through brick walls and assist in finding elusive ancestors and their stories. Contact Joyce B. Lohse, president, at Joyce4Books@gmail. com.

Exploring Pluto: The Latest Discoveries See spectacular recent images of Pluto and learn about the findings of the New Horizons mission to the planet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8, at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Planetary scientist Dr. Andrew Steffl, a member of the New Horizons mission team, will discuss the history of the project, recently discovered moons of Pluto, new information on the geology and atmosphere of the planet, and what lies ahead for the New Horizons spacecraft. The satellite came within 7,800 miles of the planet on July 14, 2015, and produced detailed high resolution images of the surface — the first close-up views of Pluto ever seen. Steffl works at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder and has published numerous articles on Pluto and its moons. Call 303795-3961.

Practical End-of-Life Workshop Just before the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival in nearby Nederland, Heflebower Funeral Services & Seven Stones present “Laughing and Learning: A Practical End-of-Life Workshop” from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 10, at the Recreation Center at Eastridge, Telluride Room, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The workshop provides the tools and inspiration to take practical steps for outlining your funeral plans/memorial celebration, drafting your own obituary and/or famous last words, and preparing advance medical directives. Workshop is led by Gail Rubin, a certified thanatologist and certified funeral celebrant. She is the author of “A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning fo r Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, (2010).”

RSVP by Wednesday, March 9. Go to www.

AGoodGoodbye.com. Call Mike Heflebower at 720-344-6087 for information or to RSV P. Parents’ Night Out National headlining comedians Karen Morgan and Jim Colliton join together in this funny show about parenting, marriage and family. Through stand-up comedy and hilarious audience participation, Karen and Jim take you on a wild ride through the insane world that is family. Program is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

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THEATER/SHOWS

‘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.

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. through Saturday, March 5, with a 1 p.m. matinee Saturday, March 5. Go to www.seatyourself.biz/castleview for tickets and information.

Tribute to Silent Movies

Join the Castle Rock Historical Society on Thursday, March 10, for a Tribute to Silent Movies in honor of the Academy Awards. Enjoy a 21-minute Buster Keaton movie and some Oscar trivia. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 p.m. with the presentation starting at 7 p.m. in the conference room at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock.

Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-8143164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety. org or www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Admission is free.

Hannibal Performs Chris Hannibal performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 11-12 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Hannibal provides shows infused with magic, humor and street savvy. Tickets are available at www. tickets.amazingshows.com. Parking is free. Comedy juggler David Deeble performs at 7:30 p.m. April 1. Theatre of Dreams also presents its annual Wizard Camp from 9:30 a.m. to noon June 20-23, July 11-14 and Aug. 1-4. Cost includes all supplies and a recital show for the family. Go to www.

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‘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

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 9, St. Andrew Sisters, vocal ensemble; and March 16, Ellen Shamas-Brandt, concert pianist.

Super Diamond, The Neil Diamond Tribute Say “Hello Again” to the music of Neil Diamond. Super Diamond delivers a glittering, smoke-filled show performing Neil’s classics such as “Cracklin’ Rosie,” “Sweet Caroline,” “Forever in Blue Jeans” and many others. Performance is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt. org or call 303-805-6800.

Music Students Perform Students of the Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association will perform from 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Lincoln Meadows Senior Retirement Center, 10001 S. Oswego St., Parker. The students also will perform from 2-3 p.m. March 19 at Parker Bible Church, 4391 Mainstreet, Parker.

The public is invited. Call Ann Riggs at 303-841-2976.

Chamber Music Concert Dvorak’s Serenade, written for a small chamber ensemble of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, French horns, cello and bass, blends Dvorak’s signature melodies with vibrant, moving musical themes into a composition so unique that it touches your heart. The Castlewood Chamber Ensemble, under the leadership of Castle Rock oboist Cheryl Poules, will perform the Serenade as part of the “Winds of March” program at 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 13, at The Sanctuary, Christ’s Episcopal Church, 615 4th St. (between Cantril and Lewis) in downtown Castle Rock. The Castlewood Chamber Ensemble is a gathering of musicians from the Parker, Lone Tree, Arapahoe, and Littleton orchestras, the Colorado Wind Ensemble, and the Denver Concert Band. The afternoon program will includes performances by three other chamber groups and two soloists. Call 303-688-5185.

Rocky Mountain Brassworks: Tam O’Shanter’s Ride Celebrate Celtic heritage with this spirited production featuring bagpipes, Scottish and Irish dancers, and the musical flair of Rocky Mountain Brassworks. Show is at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt. org or call 303-805-6800.

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 nonauditioned 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.

Arts Guild Painting Workshops The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County offers painting workshops at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton.

Workshops are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Colorful Landscapes,” with Sidney Ann Pitchford, is Saturday, March 5; and “Painting with Water Miscible Oils,” with Lee Wasilik, is Saturday, March 12. For details, a supply list and a registration form, go to www.heritage-guild.com/current-workshops. html. Registration and payment required to reserve space. Classes are for ages 18 and older. Contact Beatrice Drury, workshop director, at btdrury@q.com or 303-796-8110.

‘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

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. Remembering Veterans Meeting Vietnam veteran Army nurse Patti Ehline will speak at the “Remembering Our Veterans” meeting at 1 p.m. Friday, March 4, in the Panorama Hall of the Castle Rock Senior Center. She will tell the history of post-traumatic stress disorder, beginning with World War II, the symptoms and consequences of PTSD, how veterans with PTSD are treated today and her role in helping such veterans.

Career Fair Arapahoe Community College plans its annual career fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Summit room of the Littleton campus, Event is free and open to the public. Meet with more than 50 employees about job and internship opportunities. Contact careers@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5805.

Pope Francis Pope Francis has a favorability rating that is among the highest in modern papal history. Join Active Minds from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, as we seek to understand why Catholics and much of the non-Catholic world find Pope Francis so appealing. We will cover his background as the first pope from the Americas, his impact so far since becoming pope in 2013, and what the future may hold for the Catholic Church under his leadership. Program takes place at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. 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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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: Friday, March 4, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Monday, March 7, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Burns & McDonnell, G116, 9785 Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Centennial; Monday, March 7, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Pulte Mortgage, 7390 S. Iola, Englewood; Monday, March 7, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Whole Foods Southglenn, 6853 S. York St., Suite 119, Littleton; Wednesday, March 9, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m., Quadrant Building, 5445 DTC Parkway, Centennial; Wednesday, March 9, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Greenwood Corporate Plaza, 7951 E. Maplewood Ave., Building 3, Greenwood Village; Thursday, March 10, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 Ridgegate Parkway, Lone Tree; Saturday, March 12, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3 p.m., Whole Foods, 5155 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton; Sunday, March 13, 8 a.m. to noon, Ascension Lutheran Church, 1701 W. Caley Ave., Littleton (Dawn Munson, 303-794-4636).

Relay for Life Learn about Relay for Life of Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree at a kickoff event from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at Grist Brewing Co., 9150 Commerce Center Circle, Unit 300, Highlands Ranch.

Relay for Life of Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree was the largest Relay event in Colorado last year when nearly 700 participants raised more than $100,000 to fight cancer. Hear from a survivor and get details about this year’s event, which will take place June 18 at Shea Stadium at Redstone Park. Contact Farrah Salisbury at farrah. salisbury@cancer.org.

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 Retirement Planning Workshops

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Classic Car Auction Saturday March 5th Memorabilia 9am Open 8am

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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 303791-7323 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.

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Join the Halcyon Hospice volunteer team and impact a patient’s life.

Volunteers share their time as companions, provide shopping assistance, bereavement support, office assistance and much more!

All training is provided and you can serve near your home, weekdays or weekends.

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Bids

Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

Astronomy Star Parties Explore the night sky with Arapahoe Community College faculty member Jennifer Jones from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fridays, March 11 and April 8, at the Littleton campus, and Thursday, April 14 at the Parker campus. Star parties are free and open to the public.

Complimentary hot cocoa served. Contact jennifer.jones@arapahoe. edu or 303-797-5839.

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.

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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, Tuesday, March 29, Wednesday, April 20, and Tuesday, April 26; from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5; and from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 12. Reservations can be made by calling 303-468-2820.

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 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.

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SPORTS

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STATE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Class 5A Girls Arapahoe 45, Fossil Ridge 42: Arapahoe won the second game of the state playoffs on the road Feb. 26. Katie Crowley scored 16 points and Elianna Kearby had six rebounds.

Arapahoe 57, Pomona 39: Arapahoe opened the state playoffs with a home victory Feb. 23. Madelyn Matthews scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds.

Katie Crowley added 13 points.

Cherry Creek 56, Mountain Vista 44: After a first-round bye, Cherry Creek won their second-round state playoff game at home Feb. 26.

Bear Creek 55, Heritage 38: Heritage lost the first game of the state playoffs at home Feb. 23. Haily Cechini scored 18 points and Olivia Woods had six rebounds.

Boys Rock Canyon 58, Arapahoe 43: Arapahoe lost the second game of the state playoffs away on Feb. 26. Kyle Lukasiewicz scored 15 points and Jared Johnson had six rebounds.

Arapahoe 77, Pomona 56: Arapahoe opened the state playoffs with a home victory Feb. 24. James Walsh scored 17 points and Ryan King scored 15.

Cherry Creek 68, Rampart 40: After a first-round bye, Cherry Creek won the second round of the state playoffs at home Feb. 27. Will Halfon scored 18 points.

Aurora Central 63, Heritage 50: The Eagles lost the first game of the state playoffs on the road Feb. 24.

Class 4A Girls Valor Christian 68, Berthoud 36: Valor Christian won the second game of the state playoffs at home Feb. 27. Tess Boade scored 15 points and Heidi Hammond scored 14 points.

Valor Christian 85, Fort Morgan 31: Valor Christian won the first game of state playoffs at home Feb. 26. Tess Boade and Madison McCoy each scored 16 points. Kim Childress scored 15 points.

Boys Valor Christian 53, Holy Family 37: Valor Christian won the second game of the state playoffs at home Feb. 27. Kayle Knuckles scored 14 points and Jalen Sanders scored 10 points.

Valor Christian 70, Glenwood Springs 36: Valor Christian won the first game of state playoffs at home Feb. 26.

Dylan McCaffrey scored 22 points and Jalen Sanders scored 20 points.

Arapahoe’s Joey Kleeman (22) races down court with Rock Canyon’s Sam Masten in pursuit during the Feb. 27 secondround Class 5A playoff game at the Jaguars’ Jungle. Rock Canyon advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 5844 victory.

Photo by Jim Benton

Mountain Vista’s Abby Walz looks for way around the defense of Cherry Creek’s Lauren McMillen (11) during the Feb. 26 Class 5A playoff game at the Bruins’ gym. The Bruins advanced with a 56-44 victory. Photo by Jim Benton

Bruins win pressure-packed game Cherry Creek advances with 56-44 win over Mountain Vista

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Mountain Vista put pressure on Cherry Creek, but the Bruins pulled together to secure a 56-44 victory in a Class 5A second-round girls playoff game Feb. 26.

Vista’s press forced nine turnovers in the first 12:30 of the game played at Cherry Creek before the Bruins began to move the ball around and took over.

“Sometimes when you have girls as talented as I have, they try and do it all by themselves instead of moving the ball and playing as a team,” said Creek coach Chris Curneen. “It took us a long time to figure out where the mismatch was and how to attack it. Vista did a great job, they are aggressive and press hard.”

Vista held a 19-17 lead with 3:30 remaining in the second quarter, but the Golden Eagles didn’t score the rest of the half as Creek went on a 7-0 run. The Bruins outscored the visitors 6-0 in the first 4:45 of the third quarter, and the com-

bined 13-0 surge over 6:45 gave Creek a 30-19 lead.

“They pressed us so well that we got flustered in the first half, and halftime was really good,” explained Curneen.

“We got to calm down, talk about it, and we handled it pretty well for the next five or six minutes of the third quarter, and that’s when we went on the run and got the separation we needed.”

Lauren McMillen scored 20 points to spark the Bruins while Sydney Mech had 14 and Laura Pranger 10. McMillen is a 6-foot-1 junior, Mech a 6-1 sophomore and Pranger a 6-2 junior.

“Obviously their size affected us,” said Mountain Vista coach Mike Willahan.

“They are tall. I don’t know where Chris finds them. He has like 10 6-footers in his program.”

Chelsea Pearson, a 5-8 senior, had 21 points for Mountain Vista and scored 19 of the Golden Eagles’ 25 second half points.

“I don’t think our height is what sets us apart,” said McMillen. “I think we want to win every game and work together. We play together, which defines us as a team. Every game we say we can’t

play individually.”

Curneen claims the Bruins are improving at attacking pressing defenses.

“We struggle against the press at times because we are trying to get across half court by ourselves instead of moving the ball like we can,’’ he said. “We’re getting better at it. Our goal is to always be the best in the last three weeks. We’re close.

You get to the Coliseum, and who knows what will happen?”

Willahan felt his team played well at times.

“The first quarter we played the tempo we wanted to play,” he admitted. “We made them make mistakes. There was a stretch in the second quarter when we had three or four steals in about five possessions. We could have increased our lead to maybe even double figures, but we didn’t capitalize. We gave it right back to them. You can’t make those mistakes in the playoffs.”

Cherry Creek (18-6) played a Sweet 16 game March 1 against Poudre in Fort Collins. The Class 5A Great 8 will be played March 4 at the Denver Coliseum.

Mountain Vista ended the season with a 15-10 record.

Rock Canyon free throws sink Arapahoe Warriors lose in second round of state playoffs

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Arapahoe was close in its second-round Class 5A boys state playoff game against Rock Canyon Feb. 27 in the Jungle, but the Warriors couldn’t defend against the Jaguars’ free-throw shooting down the stretch.

Rock Canyon made 16-of-22 free throws in the final 5:44 of the game, and advanced with a 58-43 win over the Warriors. Arapahoe, which plays in the tough Centennial League, saw its season end with a 12-13 record, which

was a jump up from the 7-17 record in 201415.

“We’ve said all year we’ve been close,” said Arapahoe coach Brad Jansen, whose team whipped Rocky Mountain 77-56 in the opening round. “We lose to Eaglecrest twice by a total of nine points. We have Cherokee Trail on the ropes and Overland. We get to play those teams six times, and that’s three of the top six teams in the state.

“It’s a tough league, but these guys didn’t back down. They fought and every game we were out there, we were in it. We fell a little short. We wanted to keep rolling, but there’s only one winner at the end.”

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Mountain Vista’s hockey team is finally going to play in the Frozen Four.

After years of being ousted in either the first round or quarterfinals of the state playoffs, the Golden Eagles beat defending state champion Cherry Creek 4-3 on Feb. 27 at the South Suburban Ice Arena to advance to the semifinals.

“This is the first time our program has made it to the final four,” said coach Kevin Insana. “A lot of the seniors have been on this team for a while, and for four years they have worked hard for it, so I’m happy for them.”

Mountain Vista (14-5-0) will play Regis Jesuit (20-1-0) in a 7 p.m. semifinal game March 3 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. Ralston Valley (19-2-0) will challenge Mon-

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Arapahoe trailed 38-35 and appeared to have the ability to make the Rock Canyon contest another close game.

That’s when Rock Canyon’s Isaac Hirsch went to the line to shoot a pair of free throws with 5:44 on the clock, and the game got away from the Warriors.

Hirsch made the first free throw, and Rock Canyon had only one player on the line to rebound. Hirsch missed the second, but the Jaguars’ 6-foot-4 senior Noah Beck got the rebound and was fouled. Arapahoe’s Jared Johnson, in a moment of frustration, slapped the ball down, which hit Beck, who had been knocked to the floor.

Johnson was called for a technical foul. Beck sank two free throws. Sam Masten converted both technical charity tosses, and Rock Canyon’s three-point advantage swelled to eight points, which started the Jaguars’ parade to the foul line to seal the victory over the final five min-

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arch (20-0-0) in the first semifinal contest at 5 p.m.

The state championship game is set for 1 p.m. March 5 at the Budweiser Events Center.

Mountain Vista took a three-game losing streak into the playoffs. The Golden Eagles lost to Denver East 4-2 on Feb. 15 and dropped a 4-3 decision to Regis on Feb. 19 before losing 3-2 to Cherry Creek on Feb. 20.

The Golden Eagles opened the playoffs at South Suburban with a 4-3 win over Aspen Feb. 26, and Kaden Stewart’s goal at the 12:14 mark of the third period off assists from Michael Karas and Jordan Cox boosted Vista to the win over Creek and into the semifinals.

“It was a phenomenal team effort, and it took everyone to win the game,” said Insana. “It was probably the most complete game we’ve played all year. We had a stretch at the end where we played a lot of top teams, and it got us ready for the playoffs. We’re playing our best hockey right now.”

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Rock Canyon made 21-of-28 free throws during the game compared to 7-of-12 for the Warriors.

“They hit shots down the stretch,” said Jansen. “We were down three and they came up with an offensive rebound, and then the technical really hurt us. Rock Canyon is just so solid, and when you make a mistake they are going to make you pay for it. That’s what happened.

“When you get in that situation and it gets in their hands, they are very disciplined, take care of the ball and don’t try to do too much. Then we fouled and look what they did down the stretch. There’s the game right there.”

Junior Kyle Lukasiewicz, the Warriors leading scorer this season with a 15.6 points-per-game average, had 15 points against Rock Canyon, and junior Ryan King contributed 10 points.

“We played really hard and that’s what I’ve asked them to do all year,” added Jansen. “The jump these guys made from last year to this year was immeasurable. I really hurt for my senior class. They never complained about playing time ever. We had eight of them, and I hurt for them.”

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quarterfinals with a 7-0 first-round win over Liberty.

Regis played excellent defense in a 10-0 first-round win over Cheyenne Mountain and an 8-0 blanking of Steamboat Springs in two playoff games at Family Sports Arena. The Raiders will be making their ninth straight appearance in the state semifinals.

Ralston Valley whipped Valor Christian 10-1 in a first-round game, and Tony Salazar’s goal in the second overtime gave the Mustangs a 4-3 win over Resurrection Christian in a quarterfinal matchup at Big Bear North. Ralston Valley won back-toback state championships in 2013 and 2014.

Shane McGregor’s second-period power-play goal was the only tally for Heritage, which lost 9-1 to undefeated Monarch in the first round.

Monarch, which lost to Cherry Creek in three overtimes in the 2015 state championship game, beat Dakota Ridge 5-2 on Feb. 27 at Boulder Valley Ice. Monarch beat Ralston Valley 5-1 on Jan. 26.

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Oh mercy, lopsided scores call for change It’s time to consider a high school basketball mercy rule in Colorado.

Lopsided scores have been frequent this season, especially in girls games, and some of those blowout scores were evident in the first two Jim Benton rounds of the girls and boys state playoffs.

OVERTIME The Colorado High School Activities Association board of directors has sent out a survey to member schools to determine whether there is interest in establishing a mercy rule. The change would mean a running clock if a team were to get down by a certain number of points, possibly 30 or more, in the second half of a regular-season or playoff game.

Early rounds of Class 5A playoff games show there is merit to this idea.

The average margin of victory in 16 opening-round girls game was 22.6 points, with 52-, 37- and 33-point wins among the most lopsided. Second-round games were closer with an average victory margin of 20.3 points, but there were two 48-point wins and a 41-point rout.

Following a first-round bye, the topranked Highlands Ranch girls opened the 5A playoffs with a 48-point victory. During the season, the Falcons enjoyed victories by scores of 94-28, 88-19 and 90-35, just to name a few blowouts.

Victory margins in boys first-round games were tighter with a 16.3 margin of victory. However, there were two 30-point victories. The second-round average victory gap was 15.3 points.

In the 4A boys and girls competition, the victory margins were smaller in the first two rounds, but there were a combined six games that were decided by 30 or more points. Valor Christian’s girls won

Valor Christian’s Tess Boade (10) goes up for the jumper as Fort Morgan’s Riley Bauman (24) tries to swat the ball away in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs Feb. 26. Valor went on to win 85-31 and then took a 68-36 victory over Berthoud to advance to the Great Eight round against Mullen on March 4. Photo by Paul DiSalvo their opener by a 54-point margin — which included a 29-4 lead after the first quarter — over Fort Morgan on Feb. 26.

I’m all in favor of anything that can help get these lopsided games over with more quickly. Having top teams pile on the points only adds to the embarrassment for the losing squads, many of which are simply at a major talent disadvantage.

Lutheran standout more than scoring leader Kristen Vigil has played basketball at

Lutheran High School in Parker for four seasons, but this is the first time she has led the Lions in scoring.

Still, the 5-foot-8 senior, became the school’s career scoring leader when she registered 13 points in Lutheran’s 67-23 win over Jefferson Academy Feb. 25 in a district tournament.

Vigil tallied 25 points in a 58-47 triumph over Faith Christian in the district finals Feb. 27 and now has 1,058 points to break the old career scoring mark of 1,031 held by Meshach Rhodes from 1993-97.

“Kristen has really evolved as a player throughout her career,” said coach Mark Duitsman. “She has always been an outstanding perimeter shooter, but over the years she has developed the ability to score in many other ways. Her scoring earns her a lot of publicity, but I’ve always thought it’s her on-the-ball defense that makes her a standout basketball player.

“It’s amazing how many deflections and steals she gets while also keeping a low foul count. What I’ve been most pleased with this season is how she has taken that aggressiveness to the boards and it is not uncommon for her to lead us in rebounds on any given night.”

Graham moving to Grandview Rob Graham, who has been Ponderosa’s head volleyball coach for 16 seasons and compiled a 171-79 record during the past nine campaigns, has accepted the position as the head volleyball coach at Grandview.

Graham’s Mustangs won the 4A state championship in 2009, were the state runners-up in 2014 and twice finished third.

Hall of Fame coaches at Littleton Littleton will have a baseball team to watch in the Jeffco 4A League this spring with a legendary coaching staff.

Bob Bote — who graduated in 1971

from Littleton, where he was a threesport letterman — is the Lions’ new head coach, and he will have former Eaton mentor Jim Danley as his pitching coach.

Bote won 459 games and five state championships at Niwot, and has also been an assistant coach at Erie and Faith Christian.

Danley compiled an 807-163-2 record with 11 state championships at Eaton as Colorado’s winningest baseball coach, but was ousted last fall for not signing a 13-point improvement plan than was drawn up by the school board. He’s a friend of Bote’s and the two were rival coaches in summer games.

Don’t be surprised to see Littleton pitchers start throwing knuckle curves, a pitch Danley had his pitchers use at Eaton. It is really a standard curve thrown with one or more fingers bent to provide a better grip on the ball, which results in a tighter spin and more movement.

Littleton teams have gone 46-103 over the past eight seasons, but the Lions were 11-9 in 2015, and seven pitchers from a year ago who saw varsity action were underclassmen.

Dowis takes over at Castle View Scott Dowis, a first-year business teacher at Castle View who coached high school volleyball for eight years in Kansas, was introduced as the new head coach for the Sabercats’ volleyball program.

Spring is here Official spring practice for baseball, girls golf, boys and girls lacrosse, girls soccer, boys swimming, girls tennis and boys and girls track began Feb. 29. The first contests can start March 10.

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.

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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. The club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Thursday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Centennial.

Ranch Raconteurs Toastmasters. Learn to improve your personal and public speaking skills, listen effectively, develop leadership abilities and build your confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Group meets at 6:55 p.m. every Thursday at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visitors welcome. Contact Debbie Fuller at vpm-873616@toastmastersclub.org.

The Rotary Club of Centennial, meets for breakfast from 7-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Embassy Suites Hotel, 10250 E Costilla Ave, Centennial.

Professional men and women come together to provide local and global humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, build goodwill and peace in the world. First meeting is complimentary. For more info: www.bestrotary.com or call John Gile at 303-523-9998, or email john_gile@comcast.net.

Sound of the Rockies, Colorado’s Premier Men’s A Cappella Chorus, meets every Thursday from 7-10 p.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 7691 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Men of all ages and walks of life gather to blend their voices in unaccompanied four part harmony. Song styles span the gamut and include patriotic, gospel, contemporary, doowop and show tunes. For more information, call Dan George at 303-663-7111, send an email to sing@soundoftherockies.com, and visit www.soundoftherockies.com.

Southglenn Sertoma Club meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Southglenn Country Club, 1489 E. Easter Ave., Centennial. Contact Terry Boucher at 303-880-7559 or bouchertp@ aol.com.

South Metro Newcomers Club We welcome women who are new to the area as well as women looking to meet new friends.

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Mixologist eager to shake his shaker Resident plans to be behind the bar when he opens Englewood Grand

Owner Phil Zierke, center, stands at the bar as friends Stacy Sturdy, left, and Matt Sturdy help put the finishing touches on the Englewood Grand bar at 3433 S. Broadway on Feb. 18.

Zierke said he expects to open early this month.

Photo by David Gilbert

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Ten years of dreaming about owning his own special kind of watering hole nears reality as Phil Zierke prepares to open the Englewood Grand at 3433 S. Broadway.

“I have been in the service industry since I was 13, and for the last 10 years I have wanted to create a special neighborhood place for residents and visitors,” the Englewood resident said. “I want it to be a place where people feel comfortable dropping by to enjoy a brew or, if it is more to their liking, order a classic cocktail that will be mixed right and served without the sticker shock.”

Zierke, who plans to open the bar early this month, has lived in Englewood for seven years, and he said he is seeing the community undergo some changes. He noted there are still many longtime residents in the city, but ongoing construction projects will bring new individuals to the community. Zierke said he wants the Englewood Grand to be a meeting place for residents of all ages.

Opening his business has been a hands-on experience, as Zierke spent almost every day overseeing the project as well as working alongside the crews transforming the building at 3433 S. Broadway, which he said he believes is the perfect location.

“I have a great sense of history, and I want to help the owner of the Oddfellows buildings maintain the look and historic feel of the space I am in. My hope is to create a place that has the look and feel of what it would have been if it had been here 100 years ago,” he said. “We want a

transitional space as you come in from the street, pass under the tile arch that says Englewood into an area of soft lights, dark wood and a welcoming atmosphere where people will feel comfortable. I will even have some of the benches from the Oddfellows Hall here.”

As he planned the layout, Zierke decided he wanted to install a very special wooden floor, which presented a challenge.

“I couldn’t find exactly what I wanted

on the market so I decided to do it myself,” he said. “I bought 117, 8-foot long Douglas fir 4-by-4s and crosscut them to create the tiles. I now have 16,000 of those tiles that will be put in place, sanded and sealed with walnut stain. I saw that style floor at the art museum and always wanted to have one when I opened my own place. I haven’t had much luck finding someone who has put in this type of floor, so doing it here will be another construction adventure for me.”

Zierke will frequently be behind the bar and assures customers he has a lot of experience in the business. He said he has worked in small, neighborhood bars as well as lounges where the orders are more for a classic cocktails like martinis and Manhattans than for draft beer.

“We will have craft beers as well as the traditional brands, plus we will have a wide variety of spirits available we will be able to properly blend into the cocktails our customers order,” he said.

Salomess Stars Salome FOR RELEASE WEEK OF FEB. 29, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Whatever decisions you’re faced with this week, rely on your strong Aries instincts, and base them on your honest feelings, not necessarily on what others might expect you to do.

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Centennial Citizen 27

March 4, 2016

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

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

Public Trustees

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 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 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 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. 0016-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0016-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2016, 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 F. Gross and Allison L. Townsend Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for RAMP 2005-RS1 Date of Deed of Trust November 03, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 16, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4199726 Original Principal Amount $227,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $204,378.49 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 54, WALNUT HILLS, FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 8026 East Fremont Avenue, 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, 04/27/2016, 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: 3/3/2016 Last Publication: 3/31/2016 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: 01/08/2016 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: David A. Shore #19973 Martin H. Shore #1800 Stephen A Hall #38186 Hellerstein and Shore PC 5347 S. Valentia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 573-1080 Attorney File # 15-00954SH 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.: 0016-2016 First Publication: 3/3/2016 Last Publication: 3/31/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0818-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0818-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: 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.

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. 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. 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: 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 # 15-914-28883 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

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0827-2015

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Public Trustees

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

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0847-2015

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.

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

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 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.

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; 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: 12/22/2015 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. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0827-2015 First Publication: 2/18/2016 Last Publication: 3/17/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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 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

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: 12/29/2015 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 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-15-696607-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

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

Be informed. Please read the legal notices!

On January 8, 2016, 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 F. Gross and Allison L. Townsend

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.

Original Grantor(s) MICHELE M. ROBINSON

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)

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