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— those that combine uses like residential, retail, restaurants and office space — have potential to open in other city areas.

The Jones District is one of them, a 42-acre swath of land along a heavily business-oriented corridor near Interstate 25, on East Mineral Avenue just north of IKEA. Its first effort, The Glenn apartments, started leasing at the end of February and had

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“People want destinations,” said Neil Marciniak, economic development manager for Centennial.

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its first resident move in March 15. The rest of the project — a gargantuan amount of square footage of space intended for office, hotel and ground-floor retail use — could unfold over a period of up to 20 more years.

Here’s a look at the details and how it plays into the broader, changing Centennial landscape and economy.

Out of a legacy The Jones District sits in the area of the since-closed Jones International University, which is considered to be the first regionally accredited university to exist fully online. It was founded in 1993, gained accreditation

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Family story is face-off of fear and faith

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Tyler and Kendal Conley spend time with their twin babies in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

The babies, born nine weeks premature, are six weeks old in these photos. They experienced the serious and rare Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome while they were in the uterus, which can be deadly if not treated.

his is the girls’ story.

That’s what doctors told Kendal and Tyler Conley as they worried and prayed and waited for their twin babies, fighting a rare medical condition, to be born.

This is a story, too, about the marvels of medicine: That’s what Kendal and Tyler will tell you saved their babies.

But more than anything, this is a story about family. And love.

And faith that a happy ending would be written.

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Meet the Conleys: Kendal is 33, an account manager for a wine and liquor distributor. Tyler, 38, in software sales, works from home. They live in Golden and have a 2-year-old son, Beckham, whom they call “little man.”

Beckham now also has two little sisters, whose story began June 25, when Kendal’s home pregnancy test unequivocally read “PREGNANT.” Eight weeks later, the ultrasound technician began laughing. “Do you have twins in the family?” she asked Kendal and Tyler.

“Nooo....,” Kendal said. And then, “Oh, my gosh.”

“Yes,” the technician said, “there’s two in there.”

Kendal and Tyler were ecstatic. Beck-

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ham ran around the doctor’s office in circles.

But a hint of concern shadowed the happiness when the ultrasound also showed the fetuses, who were identical twins each in their own amniotic sacs — bags of fluid in which the fetuses grow and develop —were sharing one placenta.

That meant a higher risk for the rare and serious Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, or TTTS, which in simple terms means babies share blood vessels that lead to one baby receiving extra blood flow and the other baby getting too little. Untreated, one or both of the babies die 80 to 100 percent of the time.

But with treatment, the outcome is drastically different: One or both of the fetuses survive in 96.5 percent of preg-

nancies; both survive in 83 percent of pregnancies, a recent review of cases at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora shows. Most cases, however, have one or more complicating factors that can reduce survival rates.

At 12 weeks, the couple began consulting with specialists from Children’s Colorado Fetal Care Center.

“We know that when they share a placenta . . . almost all the time you’re going to see interconnecting vessels, but about 15 percent of the time, that will cause problems,” said Dr. Nicholas Behrendt, one of the maternal fetal medicine specialists working with the Conleys. “We watch these babies very closely.”

From then on, doctors ordered ultrasounds every three days to monitor any

changes in the amount of fluid in the amniotic sacs and make sure kidneys, bladders and hearts were working properly. If TTTS were to kick in, the kidneys of the baby receiving too much blood flow would essentially work overtime, filling up the sac with the extra urine being excreted.

The bladder would be larger; the heart would beat faster to help the kidneys work harder.

Anxiety began to consume Kendal.

A pit of worry settled in her stomach.

She didn’t want to name the girls: “I was scared to get attached.”

Tyler, unsure the babies would survive, didn’t tell anyone, except for family and close friends, that Kendal was pregnant.

“Every time we went, we worried,” Tyler said. “How are their bladders? Are there heartbeats? We were waiting for the bad, bad news.”

Between 13 and 17 weeks, the ultrasounds showed some discrepancy in fluid between the babies, but it would self-correct, and the worry would ease.

At 21 weeks, however, Kendal’s stomach became so swollen and taut she felt like a huge balloon. The ultrasound showed one baby floating in a pool of fluid. The other looked shrink-wrapped.

Doctors said the condition had progressed so fast the only option was laser surgery to separate the blood vessels.

The babies underwent a battery of tests to ensure their hearts and brains were healthy enough for the procedure. Behrendt and Dr. Henry Galan explained the condition, the plan, the risks, the options.

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The High Line Canal Conservancy has launched the second phase of planning for the High Line Canal, a 71-mile regional trail that meanders through Adams, Denver, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

The initiative follows the Community Vision Plan, completed in early 2017, which focuses on a Framework Plan, a five- to 10-year comprehensive

implementation plan, to help ensure that the canal continues to be an environmental, recreational, social, historic and economic asset.

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Democrats underscore differences at forum in governor’s race Kennedy, Polis, Lynne, Johnston discuss energy, transportation, health care

REPUBLICANS APPEARED IN FEBRUARY The Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Business Roundtable hosted a candidates’ forum for the Republican gubernatorial candidates Feb. 21 at the History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway, Denver.

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A crowded governor’s race that has seen more than three dozen declared candidates has pared down to a handful of top contenders, and those on the Democratic side carved out different niches for themselves just weeks away from the state assembly.

“I’m applying for a very small promotion,” said Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, to laughs from the audience at the Democratic Governor Candidate Forum in Denver.

The event at the History Colorado Center on March 29 saw Lynne playing up her experience in her secondto-the-governor role, as U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder cast himself as keeping businesses on his mind and former state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, took the audience into the details on policy.

Former state treasurer Cary Kennedy — who is giving Polis a run for his money in polling and grassroots support — made the most plays for relatability in the forum, which was hosted by the Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Business Round-

Candidates featured included Walker Stapleton, state treasurer; Victor Mitchell, former state representative of Castle Rock; Doug Robinson, former investment banker; and Cynthia Coffman, state attorney general.

Former state Sen. Mike Johnston, of Denver, stands to answer a question during the Democratic Governor Candidate Forum hosted by the Colorado Business Roundtable on March 29. The other candidates at the forum were, from left, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and former state Treasurer Cary Kennedy.

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“Medicare for all” is alive and kicking in Polis’ and Kennedy’s platforms, while Johnston and especially Lynne are more conservative in their ideas.

“Particularly on the Western Slope, I hear from families spending $2,000 a month, $3,000 a month,” Kennedy said. Some Colorado counties have among the highest costs in the nation, she added, referring to premiums in mountain and western counties.

Kennedy wants to open up Medicaid for anyone and also make available the plans currently available to state employees. She said the Medicaid initiative wouldn’t cost taxpayers anything — analyses of similar proposals say government spending would need to increase, although health care costs overall could drop due to eliminated need for advertising and administrative spending in the private sector. How the trade-off would turn out is hotly debated. Kennedy also said the state would have leverage to negotiate lower costs with health-care providers.

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Council, residents ‘not pleased’ about Aurora dispensary Starbuds marijuana shop slated to open in area flanked by Centennial

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Longtime residents may know Aurora has a standalone swath of property at the intersection of Arapahoe and Parker roads — including the Arapahoe Crossings and Cornerstar shopping centers.

A pot dispensary is scheduled to open April 19 at 14655 E. Arapahoe Road, a few blocks west of Parker Road, near Jordan Road.

“This puts a marijuana dispensary right in the center of our city,” said Councilmember Ron Weidmann at the March 19 Centennial City Council meeting. The area is roughly surrounded by Centennial to the east and west.

Centennial passed a prohibition on medical marijuana businesses in 2011 and on all marijuana businesses and facilities in 2014.

“We have spoken to the City of Aurora previously,” said Weidmann, who represents District 4, the nearby northeastern part of Centennial. “It’s a difficult situation, as the City of Centennial doesn’t want this type of use on our city borders, but ultimately this property is zoned for retail sales,

A sign marking a boundary of Aurora near Arapahoe and Parker roads, April 1. In an area mostly surrounded

by Centennial, a pot dispensary is scheduled to open soon on nearby Aurora property.

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Surrounding Centennial neighborhoods are “not pleased” with a dispensary opening at the location, Weidmann said.

“Having a dispensary smack in the middle of our city is generating a lot of animosity toward Aurora,” said Andrea Suhaka, secretary of the Centennial Council of Neighborhoods, or CenCON. “Of course, they’re not listening to anyone in Centennial, and that’s more bad blood.”

At least a year ago, city officials from Aurora and Centennial held a

neighborhood meeting at the nearby Valley Country Club clubhouse about a proposed cannabis shop at the location, where Starbuds is now scheduled to open. Bob Roth, Aurora city councilmember for the area, estimated that at least 100 community members attended the meeting.

“The general breakdown was that the Centennial folks had strong concerns that this was in a location basically surrounded by Centennial but in Aurora, and that their citizens would be confused about whose jurisdiction the facility was in,” Roth said. “Both communities were concerned that there would be negative connotations in regards to the facility and that it would adversely affect people’s views of the area. There were also concerns about specific businesses in the area being affected and about the possibility of underage purchases of retail cannabis.”

Aurora has an exceptionally stringent policy in place to regulate the retail marijuana business, Roth said.

For example, state law doesn’t allow an operator to have a felony drug conviction, but Aurora goes further and bars any felony conviction, or any misdemeanor drug conviction, Roth said.

The vote in 2012 for Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution, which legalized retail marijuana and recreational use in Colorado, was about 55 percent in favor and 45 percent against statewide. In Centennial, a larger

proportion of residents voted against the amendment, but only slightly, with about 51 percent opposed and 49 percent in favor. District 4 showed a small majority of votes in favor, and other support was intermittent throughout the rest of the city, but most residents closest to where the new shop is scheduled to open were opposed.

Spurred by the location of the future shop, Centennial City Council plans to send a letter to its counterpart in Aurora.

“The city attorney is drafting a letter from the Centennial City Council to the Aurora City Council,” Weidmann said. “The letter is simply an intra-governmental relations item reinforcing that we work together on mutual issues.”

The business met the highest standards of Aurora’s request for proposal for retail ownership, all state standards and other city requirements for a business in Aurora — like the city’s other dispensaries, Roth said.

“I know that there are many citizens who are still adamantly opposed to this industry,” said Roth, adding he recognizes their right to their opinion.

In Aurora, “the vote of the people was almost identical to the statewide vote,” so “we did not feel it was right to bypass that will by making policy decisions in contrast to the election.

“So we chose to legislate this with great caution, which we have done,” Roth said.

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Andrew Romanoff was once the speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Now he’s the CEO of Mental Health Colorado, an advocacy group looking to improve conditions for people with mental illness.

The difference between working with lawmakers and people with mental illness?

“Mental illness is treatable,” Romanoff said.

Romanoff painted a broad picture of the challenges facing mental health providers and their patients in Colorado at a meeting of the Littleton Kiwanis Club on March 28.

Perhaps 250,000 people in Colorado alone suffer from “severe” mental illness, Romanoff said, and about a million Coloradans live with a diagnosable disorder or substance abuse.

Of those, roughly 60 percent aren’t getting the care they need.

“If only half the population with cancer got treatment, there would be a national outcry,” Romanoff said.

Mental illness is a big driver of homelessness and imprisonment, Romanoff said, dating back to the trend toward “deinstitutionalization” in the 1950s and 1960s, when large, state-run mental health hospitals were closed down or greatly reduced in size, pushing patients onto the streets or into jails.

“The biggest source of treatment in Colorado is the Department of Corrections,” Romanoff said. “It’s the most expensive way to treat mental illness, and the least therapeutic. There are more than 5,000 inmates in our state and local prisons with severe mental illness, but only a quarter as many hospital beds.”

People tend to think of this as a sorry fact of life, Romanoff said.

“This is a decision we’ve made, though,” Romanoff said. “There’s no law of nature, no divine commandment or act of God saying to use your criminal justice system as a warehouse for people with mental illness. This is a choice we’ve made because of the laws we’ve passed and the budget priorities we’ve made. It’s the kind of choice we can change.”

Romanoff said addressing shortages in care will require a multifaceted approach, starting with identifying why people who need mental health care don’t get it.

Roughly half of people with mental illness show signs by age 14, Romanoff said, and three-quarters show signs by 24. Prevention and intervention are key, he said.

“We should be doing more to engage family members, to train teachers to spot symptoms, and enact mental health screenings for kids in school like we do for hearing or vision,” Romanoff said. “We should also equip

Mental Health Colorado CEO Andrew Romanoff addresses the Littleton Kiwanis Club on March 28.

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MORE RESOURCES The Colorado Crisis Line, at 844-493-8255, provides free, round-the-clock support for people experiencing a mental health crisis, or friends and family concerned about someone else.

You can also text the Crisis Line at 38255.

Mental Health First Aid Colorado hosts “mental health first aid” training courses around the state to help attendees recognize signs of mental health crisis and where to find help. Go to mhfaco.org to sign up.

Mental Health Colorado is building a statewide network of advocates called the Brain Wave, with volunteers who will help identify local barriers to care, suggest solutions, and engage policymakers. More info is at mentalhealthcolorado.org. schools with social workers, psychologists and counselors. We only have half as many as we need.”

A biennial state survey spelled out more barriers to care, Romanoff said: More than half of those who needed mental health care but didn’t receive said they couldn’t afford it, and almost as many said they didn’t have insurance or didn’t think their insurance covered it. A third said they couldn’t find a provider, and a similar number said they were worried what people would think if they found out.

The insurance and monetary barriers are frustrating, Romanoff said.

“We’ve spent the last 20 years passing laws telling insurance companies they have to provide equal coverage for mental health as they do for physical care, and provide adequate networks of mental health professionals,” Romanoff said. “But those laws are useless unless you enforce them. We don’t need to pass another law saying we really meant it the first time. We should say we’ll enforce what we’ve got.”

Improving conditions for people with mental illness is a matter of life and death, Romanoff said, because people suffering from severe mental illness have significantly reduced lifespans, and because Colorado has one of the higher suicide rates in the nation.

Getting the state to allocate more money to mental health care will prove crucial, Romanoff said.

“It costs money to treat mental illness, but it costs a whole lot more to ignore it or criminalize it.”

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Engineering

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The South Metro High School Chapter of the Girls in STEM club enjoys a private tour of the Colorado School of Mines’ chemical engineering lab. The club was founded in 2014 and exists to inspire middle and high school-aged girls to visualize and empower them to pursue STEM careers. Learn more at www.gstemdenver.org.

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Numbers of women in STEM fields growing, but equality elusive

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

W

endy Weiman’s high school counselors suggested social work as a good career for her.

But even as a child, Weiman knew she wanted to become an engineer. And as she got older, her curiosity for how things work only grew.

“I just liked it,” Weiman, 49, said.

“I had a desire to learn math and science — specifically civil engineering. You get to design and see things happen. You get to be a part of it all.”

Weiman has done just that: She’s the project engineer for North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District, overseeing the district’s projects and new development.

But the path to get there — in fields long dominated by men — wasn’t always easy.

“When you’re the only woman, sometimes it’s difficult,” Weiman said. “But as more women enter STEM careers, I anticipate that a lot of the prejudices will go away.”

Fighting culture, gender bias The number of women in the engineering field has grown since Weiman graduated with a civil engineering degree from Colo-

rado School of Mines in 1996, but women remain drastically underrepresented in science and engineering careers.

According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, women in 2015 filled 47 percent of all U.S. jobs but only 24 percent of STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math — jobs.

Studies point to cultural and gender stereotypes and biases that eventually discourage interested girls from pursuing those careers and social and environmental prejudices that can make the workplace difficult for success.

“Not only are people more likely to associate math and science with men than with women, people often hold negative opinions of women in ‘masculine’ positions, like scientists or engineers,” a 2010 report by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) concluded. “When a woman is clearly competent in a ‘masculine’ job, she is considered less likable.

Because both likability and competence are needed for success in the workplace, women in STEM fields can find themselves in a double bind.”

But a growing awareness around the importance of supporting

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“We believe that teams having diverse perspectives and complementary skill sets generate the best solutions and innovations,” said Mines President Paul Johnson, who is driving an effort to increase

female enrollment from its current 29 percent to 40 percent by 2024, the school’s 150th anniversary. “Thus, we should have a STEM workforce that more closely mirrors our general population. This means we need to roughly double the number of women pursuing STEM careers.”

Many of the women entering the field say they are determined to make that happen.

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“Don’t be afraid of the reputation that there are no women in STEM because there are,” said Miranda Schiffbauer, a 2017 Arvada West graduate pursuing a degree in civil engineering at Mines, a world-renowned teaching and research university in the engineering and applied science fields that offers expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth’s natural resources. “And it’s growing.”

Her fellow Arvada West graduate Leigh Robinson, studying chemical and biological engineering at Mines, agrees.

“If I can be somebody who is a strong leader in perhaps an area that is known to be male-dominated,” she said, “I’ll feel that that is a great accomplishment.”

Situations can be challenging According to the 2010 report by the American Association of University Women, girls and boys take math and science courses in roughly equal numbers in elementary, middle and high school, and graduate equally prepared to pursue science and engineering majors in college.

However, the report states that fewer women than men pursue those careers and only 20 percent of college graduates who earn a bachelor’s degree in physics, engineering and computer science are women. Their representation continues to decline at the graduate level and again in the transition to the workplace.

Percentages of women studying in STEM fields at several area universities vary, but overall indicate a higher number of women enrolling and graduating in those areas.

Of the 1,034 bachelor’s degrees in 13 different engineering disciplines that Mines awarded in the 2017 graduation fiscal year — which includes summer and fall 2016 and spring 2017 — nearly 27 percent of them were earned by women. At the University of Denver, 296 degrees in engineering, computer science, natural sciences and math-

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ematics were awarded in the 2017 graduation fiscal year, and slightly more than 52 percent of them went to women.

Graduation data show the number of female graduates has increased almost every year since 2014, and enrollment figures at several universities show more women are enrolling in STEM fields.

About 27 percent of Metropolitan State University of Denver’s 19,500 students are pursuing a STEM degree — 40 percent of those are female.

At University of Colorado-Boulder, 38 percent of students in first-year engineering classes are women.

These numbers suggest that more women pursue STEM degrees in Colorado in comparison to the rest of the nation. This could be because the state has a multitude of K-12 STEM school choices and excellent colleges and universities that offer science and technology degrees, said Ana Cross, who leads Lockheed Martin’s Crew Module Engineering Integration Team on Orion and is a director for civil programs at Stellar Solutions.

In addition, the state has a number of career choices that offer good pay for doing work in exciting areas, such as space exploration, Cross added. For example, she said, Jefferson County is ranked second in the nation for the private aerospace employment.

Young female students need “to know that working in a STEM field is an option for them,” Cross said.

Whether it be STEM or non-STEM, it’s important that society shows women that they can pursue and accomplish whatever they want, said Meagen Puryer, 24, a grad student at the University of Denver focusing on mechanical engineering with a concentration in fluids.

Puryer will be the first in her immediate family to earn a college degree.

“We don’t have to perform one way to fit into society,” she said. “There’s no reason it shouldn’t be equal in the workforce.”

Still, the stereotypes exist, showing up in sometimes small ways.

Puryer recalled a comment from a male student who sat next to her on her first day of college. Although

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he didn’t object to her presence, he did express surprise to see a woman studying mechanical engineering.

Since then, Puryer has twice been the only female in her classes. But none of her professors or fellow students has treated her any differently, she said.

Christine Reilly, 21, who is pursuing a master’s in aerospace engineering from the University of ColoradoBoulder, said people have told her certain opportunities were given to her because she’s a woman, rather than because of her qualifications.

Others expect her to be the note-taker on a project rather than doing a more hands-on job.

“It’s not that they intend to do it,” said Reilly, one of about 20 women of the 130 or 140 students in her senior project class. But they are surprised that a woman is pursuing a degree field primarily dominated by men.

Reilly also said she has been fortunate to have professors and mentors of both genders who are passionate about their students’ success.

“The amount of passion they bring really convinces me that we (women) belong here,” Reilly said.

Kylie Auerbach, 13, of Littleton, who says STEM subjects are a good fit for her, is counting on women such as Reilly and Puryer to lead the way.

“My parents always talked to me about the importance of STEM for the future,” Auerbach said. “Especially because they noticed I was interested in math and science more than any other subject.”

Auerbach’s best guess is that most of her classes at th e STEM School in Highlands Ranch consist of about 60 percent boys.

“But,” she said, “the girls tend to push themselves more and gravitate toward the more accelerated courses.”

Simi Basu, a middle school computer science teacher and cyber security coach for kindergarten through 12th grade at the STEM School, notes how important it is to encourage girls’ interests in science and technology areas.

“Girls really do want to make a difference, and we need to give them a hand to show them how relevant and how fun STEM can be,” Basu said. “Both girls and boys can explore curiosity and make a change in the world.”

Basu came to the U.S. from India after earning a master’s in information technology and an MBA in business administration. For about 14 years, she worked in the corporate computer science field for IBM. SEE STEM, P9

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Presenting a unified front Although gains still must be made to even the gender balance in STEM fields, the U.S. is at least open to women holding leadership roles in those careers as compared to some other countries.

That’s what Nikki van den Heever found.

She will graduate from the University of Colorado-Boulder this December with a master’s in civil systems engineering with a focus on engineering in developing communities.

Van den Heever runs CU-Boulder’s Engineers Without Borders, and in the summer of 2015, she was the project manager for a project in

Rwanda that implemented rainwater catchment systems.

The CU-Boulder team consisted of van den Heever and three men.

But in Rwanda, they worked with an additional eight or nine men on the project.

“I was making the calls and decisions, but I felt some resistance (from the Rwandan team) because of the cultural differences,” van den Heever said.

So she and the rest of her team discussed the issue and discovered the best way to resolve it was to demonstrate a unified approach to van den Heever’s lead.

Nikki van den Heever, center, plays with a group of children in Rwanda in the summer of 2015, when she and a group of University of Colorado-Boulder students involved with the school’s Engineers Without Borders visited the African country to implement rainwater catchment systems. COURTESY PHOTO “I really appreciated the support of my male teammates. We presented a strong team front and built our credentials as a whole team,” van

den Heever said.

“And by the end of our time there, they (the Rwandan team) recognized my jurisdiction as a project manager.”

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Heather McKay is the Orion launch abort system manager at Lockheed Martin. McKay, 33, has known she would pursue a career in aerospace since she was 10, when she met astronaut Bruce McCandless.

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“We need to close that misconception that only men pursue those jobs,” Basu said. “If girls are engaged and motivated, it can help close the gap in the workforce.”

Support programs and role models are key Mentors and and role models of females interested in STEM at a young age must take charge to keep the girls interested in these subjects as they grow older, educators and STEM professionals say.

Especially when they begin to think about their future career aspirations.

“Getting involved with a STEM career is different than sticking with a STEM career,” said Angela Fioretti, a former graduate research assistant at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden. She is now in Switzerland doing a postdoctoral fellowship where she works with electrical contact material for solar cells.

“It’s really important for younger women to see other women in senior positions in STEM careers so that they know it’s a viable path,” said Fioretti, who earned her PhD in material science from Mines in December 2016.

Beginning in about middle school, there are STEM-related clubs, extracurricular activities and academic programs that do just that. One of them in the Denver-area is Girls in STEM. After about 20 years working as a licensed mechanical engineer, Wendy Merchant realized there were still more men than women entering STEM careers. So in 2014, she founded Girls in STEM, a local nonprofit that works to inspire middle and high school-aged girls to visualize and empower them to pursue STEM careers.

Nowadays, big companies and colleges are looking at ways to attract and retain women to even the numbers in STEM professions, said Karen Ramon, director of operations and teacher adviser for Girls in STEM. “They’re doing their part, but it needs to start earlier than college,” Ramon said. “It’s important for younger girls to know they have a voice, and that they’re not being judged for enjoying STEM subjects. Our goal is to expose them to everything. It’s all about the exposure.”

Kim Medina, director of admissions at Mines, agrees.

Through partnerships with local schools and community groups, Mines has implemented a number of outreach programs and initiatives to get younger girls more interested and involved with STEM subjects. Special events include Girls and Science at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which took place March 3, and Girl Scouts Engineering Day. At the University of Denver, annual Engineering Summer Camps and CodeART Workshops aim to get students excited about careers in engineering, mathematics and other science-related fields through hands-on activities.

Both camps have specific weeks that they are offered exclusively to female middle and high school students.

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WHEN DID STEM BECOME A THING? A 2015 blog post by Liana Heitin Loewus in “Education Week,” a national newspaper that covers K-12 education, notes that Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) became a common educational term — even recognized by Congress — within the first decade of the 2000s, but that educators were starting to combine the subjects before 2001.

Another successful program is Mines’ Discover-Explore-Create Technology (DECTech). It is led by female Mines students and designed to foster an interest in STEM among young girls through creative and interactive activities.

DECTech was founded in 2012 by Tracy Camp, a professor and the head of Mines’ Computer Science Department, in response to studies that show girls’ interest in science and engineering starts to decline the closer they get to middle school.

But Heather McKay, 33, defied the odds: She knew she wanted to pursue a career in aerospace since middle school.

“I just thought space was cool,” said McKay of Littleton, who pursued her dreams and graduated from Mines in 2006 with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned her master’s in systems engineering from Mines in 2007. She has worked at Lockheed Martin for about 10 years.

Being inspired by a relatable role model helped maintain her interest, McKay said.

McKay’s mother, Carol Angel, was an influencer in her life, she said. Angel was a single mom when she started at Lockheed Martin as an administrative assistant and over her 30-year career there, she worked her way up and retired as an engineer.

One day, Angel brought McKay to work with her for Lockheed Martin’s annual Young Minds at Work day, which is similar to a bring-your-childto-work day. McKay, who was 10 at the time, got to meet the late Bruce McCandless, a former astronaut who in February 1984 became known for being the first person to fly untethered in space.

Now, McKay is the Orion launch abort system manager and works with a team of about 30 people. About 10 are women. At Lockheed Martin, McKay said, men and women have equal opportunity to contribute and succeed in the workplace.

“I get to be a part of a team that is

DID YOU KNOW? Florence Caldwell Jones, the first female student at Colorado School of Mines, graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1898. accomplishing something that has never been done before. We’re trying to go to Mars,” she said. “We need everybody. It takes a whole team to accomplish such a big goal like exploring the universe.”

Similarly, eighth-grader Sophia Eakes’ interest in STEM started in fifth grade.

She enjoys the teamwork aspect of her STEM courses at Bell Middle School in Golden.

“I get to do stuff that I have never gotten to do in any other class,” Eakes said. “It’s so much fun and you realize you can do so many things.”

In the sixth grade, she started to learn some basic programming skills, and last year seventh grade, she and her fellow students in an engineering class built a high-quality video game.

This year, Eakes is programming robots.

And, she said, she plans on continuing her STEM education until she someday becomes a surgeon.

Eakes has been involved with Bell Middle School’s Girls in iSTEM Club for about two years. In February last year, she and her friend Maddie Rice won the Jefferson County Public Library’s Girls in STEM Competition.

About 50 girls presented 18 projects at the competition, which was judged by Mines’ DECTech.

Eakes and Rice won for a bionic hand designed for the biomedical engineering field.

“I like solving problems and putting things together,” Eakes said. “I enjoy applying my knowledge to real-world problems that scientists and engineers are working on right now.”

Combating misperceptions Despite all these efforts, a change isn’t going to happen overnight, Ramon said, noting that Girls in STEM is still too new of a club to know its effectiveness.

And even though Mines is slightly above the national average for women attending the school to pursue a STEM degree, the number of females in freshman and transfer undergraduate classes has plateaued in the past 10 years, Medina said.

In 2016, about 28 percent were women, and in 2015, the number was

about 31 percent, she said.

Part of the reason for the plateau at Mines may be that female students might have a misperception of what attending Mines would be like, Medina said. She added that females may think, because their male counterparts outnumber them, they would not have many as opportunities to get involved in extracurricular clubs or activities.

But it’s actually quite the opposite, Medina said.

Aside from its four sororities, Mines hosts an active Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics office on campus and is home to the largest membership of Society of Women Engineers compared to any other campus in the nation, Medina said.

The school strongly encourages campus visits from female high schoolers to help combat any misperceptions, she added.

“We’re trying to get them on campus to show them what it’s really like,” she said. “Sometimes, it takes seeing it to believe it.”

One example is Girls Lead the Way at the Colorado School of Mines, which took place Feb. 10 this year.

The event is an annual conference focused on women in STEM careers, put on in partnership with Mines and the Society of Women Engineers, during which, on average, more than 100 high school girls attend.

‘Diversity makes us richer’ Despite the work still to be done, there’s no doubt progress has been made, academics and professionals say.

When Barb Goodman was attending Mines in the 1980s, it was rare for a woman to pursue and enter a STEM career. She was often the only woman in her classes.

“Back then, if you liked science or math, you’d go to school to become a teacher,” Goodman said, “rather than a researcher or engineer.”

But as a single mother, she wanted a viable career with which to support her two children. She worked two jobs while in college — tutoring math and waiting tables in a restaurant. Often, she and her children did their homework together at the kitchen table.

And when Goodman had academic assignments that required a computer, she would hire a babysitter so she could spend the late-night hours — sometimes until 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. — using the school’s computer lab.

“It was a lot of hard work for the four years that I was there,” Goodman remembered. “But I was passionate.”

Goodman graduated in 1984 with degrees in chemical engineering and petroleum refining engineering. Now in her 60s, Goodman is executive director of institutional planning, integration and development at NREL, where she has spent nearly 33 years.

As technology evolves, new thoughts and skillsets will become extremely important to solve future issues and challenges, Goodman said.

And more women are needed to bring new and different perspectives.

“Diversity makes us richer,” she said, and that “will lead us to a better and brighter future.”

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INS AND OUTS OF THE JONES DISTRICT

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in 1999 and announced its closure in 2015.

In the years before the online-education innovator closed, it faced steep competition — the number of institutions offering online learning, including public schools, had been climbing since the early 2000s.

But Glenn Jones, a cable-industry pioneer who founded the school and died in 2015 at age 85, also had a vision for a mixed-use type of development in the area.

Plans were submitted to the city in March 2013 for the project, which could cost more than $200 million to build out and will include buildings up to 15 stories tall.

The right mix The project aims to blend the indoors and outdoors “to truly maximize the Colorado lifestyle experi-

In fall 2013, Centennial City Council approved redevelopment and zoning agreements for The Jones District, an ambitious 1.8 million-square-foot effort that will be the city’s largest commercial development.

The council in 2014 passed approved a $9.5 million, 25-year tax credit for the developers of The Jones

District. That tax-incentive package requires adhering to the city’s development regulations and will cover the cost of construction use taxes for infrastructure that benefits the general public — such as lighting, signs and streets.

The 42-acre project, defined in Centennial’s 2011 landdevelopment code as an “urban center,” will be

ence,” its website says.

What sets it apart is its location, just a few minutes’ walk away from the RTD Dry Creek light-rail station.

It’s Centennial’s first transit-oriented development — a type of area designed with proximity to transit and walkability in mind — and with what Marciniak called “experiential retail” in the cards, it’s the kind of area that

ABOUT GLENN R. JONES built on land Glenn Jones owned near Interstate 25, which was the city’s largest undeveloped parcel of land under single ownership.

Initially, the project was estimated to take 20 to 25 years to complete.

Two companies, The Opus Group and Cushman & Wakefield, oversee the project.

Some noteworthy items about the late Glenn R. Jones, who was the founder of Jones International University and CEO of Jones International Ltd.: • Graduated from the University of Colorado law school in 1961.

• Founded Jones Intercable Inc. in 1969. The tiny cable TV company grew to more than 1.5 million customers before it was sold to Comcast in 1999.

• Launched a cable network in 1987 that enabled college students to take courses via TV.

could have a positive impact on Cen• Founded Jones International University in tennial’s sales-tax revenues.

1993.

Restaurants, which The Jones District expects to add, are part of that • Was a 2013 inductee into the Colorado Busikind of retail, which includes things ness Hall of Fame. “that you can’t do online,” Marciniak said, where people can “get out and do • Jones died on July 7, 2015, at age 85. something.”

The Glenn apartment complex — still undergoing work and expecting to president and general manager of have all its space prepared for moving Opus Development Company, develin by June — is the only use so far oper for the project. that’s nearly complete. That arm of Transit-oriented developments — or the work broke ground in 2016 and will culminate in 306 units of housing. TODs for short — are a significant Retail is expected on the bottom level element in the nation’s infrastructure, — most likely a coffee shop, bakery or said Doug Tisdale, executive vice café. president of economic development at Other uses haven’t broken ground the South Metro Denver Chamber of yet because they’re dependent on the Commerce. Tisdale chairs the board market — it’s up to businesses wantof directors for RTD, or Regional ing to commit there, Marciniak said.

Transportation District.

Progress could be “TODs that work well a few months out, are always mixed-use or a few years. and almost invariBut as work ably include a housing continues, the area component, responsive expects to see a to the needs and desires harmony of uses of a younger commutcomplete with ing public for something a central green that is walkable and public space, wide convenient,” Tisdale sidewalks and a said. Mixed uses “create pedestrian-friendly an energy” that spurs street grid. value for the developer, Former Mayor the transit agency and Cathy Noon has the local government, Mary Bliss he added. described the project as “a well In Centennial, the city VP of real estate and facilities for thought-out, coheexpects more business Jones International Ltd. and population growth, sive development with magnificent and that means added potential.” density. In urban areas, “We’re looking mixed-use developments to create a lively nighttime community, are seen as desirable, Marciniak said. one that doesn’t go dark at 5 o’clock,” “That’s been replicated out in the said Mary Bliss, a vice president of suburbs, like Centennial,” Marciniak real estate and facilities for Jones Insaid. Residents could see redevelopternational Ltd., to city council in 2013. ment of less dense areas into more dense, mixed-use developments.

Trend emerging Those are being contemplated for In the middle of a rising business areas along Centennial’s major roadcorridor, The Jones District could pull ways, such as East Arapahoe Road or more people to the Centennial area.

South University Boulevard, MarcinThe business-park areas surroundiak said, where commercial uses are ing The Jones District have shown already in place. Many of Centennial’s strong growth, said Matt Sturgeon, shopping centers are candidates for Centennial city manager. such redevelopment, with dramatic That includes “Panorama Corporate changes in the retail industry impactCenter, Southgate Business Park and ing them, Marciniak said.

INOVA Dry Creek,” Sturgeon said.

The city isn’t “dropping” more “These business parks have seen an dense uses in the middle of a neighinflux of thousands of jobs from comborhood, though, Marciniak said. pany expansions including Comcast As the project has unfolded, Coakley and Fast Enterprises as well as Arrow has expressed enthusiasm for Jones’ Electronics’ corporate headquarters.” namesake and carrying out his vision.

Access to public transit is “a differ“He set the bar very high, and we entiator” for businesses, Peter Coakare excited to bring that to bear,” ley has said. Coakley is the senior vice Coakley said.

“We’re looking to create a lively nighttime community, one that doesn’t go dark at 5 o’clock.”

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proved by voters in Colorado. importance of multimodal trans“It can’t just all be private pay or portation — which generally means user pay,” Kennedy said. “We have to including mass transit like light rail make the investment in — in bolstering rural roads (and) highColorado’s infraways.” structure.

Lynne echoed that Polis supports — saying that the state efforts toward needs to pass a tax to a rail line that prevent revenue problems serves the Front that could arise when, Range, poteninevitably, the next recestially connecting sion comes — and also places between said transportation needs Fort Collins and may change.

Pueblo. Johnston “If we finance somebrought up the thing with a 20-year view, “last-mile” issue, which I’m not opposed to, commuters needwe need to take teching a solution to nology into account,” connect to their destination after Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne said Lynne, adding that using certain Gubernatorial candidate advancements like selfdriving cars could be transit. factors.

Kennedy talked up more funding Move to renewables for transportaPolis and Johnston support moving tion projects, lamenting the reliance Colorado to 100 percent renewable on private fees to use roadways in lieu energy by 2040, while Kennedy and of tax increases, which must be ap-

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the issue of people going to emergency rooms and shifting costs onto others.

On the other hand, Lynne, a former Kaiser Permanente executive, favors opening the state-employee plan to small businesses, areas with high costs that lack coverage choices and local-government entities.

“Twenty-six states already do this,” Lynne said, “opening it up to local communities, counties, towns, school districts.”

Johnston said those who would pay more than a certain percentage of their income — his website says roughly 10 percent — on premiums should be able to buy into Medicaid.

He’s also for tax incentives to bring health providers to rural communities.

“If we finance something with a 20-year view, which I’m not opposed to, we need to take technology into account.”

Modes of transportation All candidates acknowledged the

Lynne don’t go so far.

“It reduces long-term rates,” Johnston said, adding that drilling shouldn’t take place in “environmentally sensitive” places.

The move would bring green jobs that can’t be outsourced, Polis said.

“There are tremendous opportunities for job growth and savings for consumers,” Polis said of the plan that’s become the hallmark of his campaign, to much criticism from conservatives.

Colorado would be irresponsible to talk too far into the future, said Lynne, who has in the past highlighted efforts

by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration to support renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.

But, Lynne said, “We have to be realistic.” Similarly, Kennedy said Colorado “is and should continue to be” transitioning to renewable energy sources.

“That doesn’t mean the oil and gas industry aren’t important. We are one of the biggest producers in the country,” Kennedy said, adding, “I am not one of the folks you’d see wanting to do harm.”

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A week later, a team of specialists including Behrendt and Galan performed a successful 2-minute, 34-second laser surgery that separated 11 blood vessels. They also drained 2 1/2 liters of fluid.

But to separate those vessels, it was necessary to rupture the membrane that divided the babies’ amniotic sacs, which put the twins at high risk of entangling their umbilical cords.

As a precaution, Kendal went on bedrest at home. At 26 weeks, she moved to the maternal fetal center at Children’s, where she continued on closely monitored bed rest. Ultrasounds three times a day checked the babies’ heartbeats and made sure their cords remained untangled.

And despite being afraid to get attached, Kendal and Tyler got to know their babies well: Baby A, as she was called, was a spitfire, a wiggle worm who kicked and hiccupped and rolled around all the time.

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On Jan. 2, fluid began to build up again, igniting concern that some vessels might still be attached. So two days later, on Jan. 4 at 11:25 a.m., doctors performed a C-section and delivered two little girls.

Kendal didn’t see the babies before they were whisked away — each with her own eight-member team of neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists and pharmacist — to the room next door. But when she heard them both cry, she cried, too.

The babies were immediately put on ventilators to help them breathe — lungs don’t fully develop until 36 weeks

— for the first 24 hours.

Tyler drifted back and forth, between mom and babies, like a passenger following directions. He actually doesn’t remember much.

When she finally met her babies, Kendal felt her anxiety ease.

Baby A, the one receiving the extra blood flow, became Kenna. She weighed 4 pounds. Baby B — Zoey — weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces.

On March 2, just four days before their original due date, Kenna and Zoey left their side-by-side cribs in the neonatal intensive care unit and went home.

Kenna weighed 8 pounds, Zoey 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Their parents brought with them oxygen equipment to help them breathe, a stethoscope to monitor heartrates, the meds and supplements needed to add calories to breast milk.

In the first 10 days home, the babies woke at night and slept during the day.

Kendal and Tyler estimate their sleep totaled 15 to 20 hours during that same time. But the babies are growing and will soon not need the extra oxygen help.

Life, Kendal said, “is beautifully chaotic.”

••••• When she and Tyler look back on the journey, they say they have witnessed two miracles.

The first is the medicine — the doctors that educated and included them in the process and the procedures and care that gave their children life.

“Seeing how these babies started and seeing how good they are — 20 years ago these babies wouldn’t have survived,” Tyler said. “What’s incredible is how medicine saved these girls.”

The second is the girls themselves.

“They’re little miracle babies,” Kendal said simply. “We are overjoyed.”

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Ann Macari Healey writes about people, places and issues of everyday life. An award-winning columnist, she can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia or 303-566-4100.

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One baby, called the recipient, receives too much blood supply and the other baby, called the donor, receives too little.

“We watch these babies very closely, every two weeks at least, starting at 16 weeks to the end of pregnancy,” said Dr. Nicholas Behrendt, 37, a maternal fetal specialist and fetal surgeon at the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“If the imbalance occurs, both babies can become very sick from the disease,” he said. “If the disease

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Before ultrasounds, the condition was diagnosed only after the babies’ deaths, Behrendt said. The laser surgery to separate the blood vessels has been

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“It’s a satisfying feeling . . . to be able to take care of these patients,” Behrendt said.

The Colorado Fetal Care Center, which opened in 2010, performs between 100 and 130 TTTS laser procedures a year involving families from throughout the country.

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If you’re not watching for dog food falling from the sky, you should be QUIET DESPERATION

Craig Marshall Smith

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eads-up.

Your dog food might be on its way down.

Amazon (our new neighbors?) just received a patent for packages with inflatable air bags.

Amazon wants to make deliveries by drone from as high as 25 feet. Why not have the drones come in for a landing? It uses too much of the drone’s power.

I have always wondered how Amazon (and others) make home deliveries to remote areas, up mountain roads, in the sticks, to off-themap places. It can’t be cost-effective.

Drones might be the answer.

I thrive on unintended consequences to fuel these articles, and it would seem that aerial drone drop deliveries would be full of them.

All it would take is the wrong house number, and Buzz up the street gets clunked with your case of Gaines-burgers.

Or what if the incoming dog food encounters a flock of seagulls in midair?

Or your delivery is scheduled for 2 p.m., but the drone is early while you’re out back drinking 40s. The bag doesn’t inflate and you are felled by dog food. How does that look in your obituary?

I benefit from new technologies, certainly, but maybe we have enough of them. Maybe I

have enough of them.

Thoreau would be throwing up.

“Simplify, simplify,” he said.

“Complicate, complicate,” is what we’re doing.

In Tempe, Arizona, a fully autonomous car killed a 49-year-old woman as she walked her bicycle across a street. CNN reported the investigation does not show the vehicle slowing before the crash. A 44-year-old Uber test driver was behind the wheel.

There was a driver, but the car was on selfdrive.

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W LETTER TO THE EDITOR Make informed choices Because of term limits, three of the five seats on the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s Board of Directors are open for election on May 8. Over the next four years, the three newly elected board members will be responsible for overseeing the District’s $70-plus million annual budget and nearly $140 million in capital improvement projects. The board’s decisions will shape recreational experiences of 150,000-plus district residents and influence property values and the economic health of our entire south metro community. So voters should choose wisely.

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tions. We ask you to consider these candidates in casting your votes: • Susan Pye, chair of Centennial’s Senior Commission, is respected in our community for her advocacy of seniors and development of programs that keep seniors safe, active, healthy and independent.

Susan is skilled in working with budgets and area municipalities and would be a productive board leader.

• Pete Barrett, executive director of the Littleton Soccer Club, is an ardent district supporter and advocate of youth sports, believing that lessons learned early through team play form a valuable foundation for life. Pete’s knowledge of the district and youth sports would benefit the board’s actions.

• Dave Lawful, Chair of the Lone

Tree Citizens’ Recreation Advisory Committee, is a cyclist highly familiar with South Suburban’s extensive trail system, and his knowledge would be a board asset.

District residents and property owners may vote either at the polls on May 8 or by applying for a mail ballot then returning the ballot by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Poll locations, the ballot application, and bios of all nine candidates running for these three open seats can be found at www.ssprd.org.

Scott LaBrash Current vice chair, SSPRD Board of Directors Sue Rosser SSPRD boardmember 2008-2016 Kay Geitner SSPRD Boardmember 2004-2012 Dennis Reynolds SSPRD Boardmember 2000-2008

e have all had this conversation, haven’t we? You know the one I am talking about, when we run into someone we haven’t seen in a while, it sounds something like this, “Hey, how’s it going, how you been, what’s new?” and the other person responds politely and says, “Great to see you too, everything WINNING is pretty much the same, WORDS what’s new with you?”

The question, “What’s new with you?” has been around forever.

And most times the responses are exactly like the scenario above, “Not much, same-old-same-old going on around here.”

I think that sometimes Michael Norton we reply in this way because we feel like we don’t want to share what is new in our lives. And I think that other times, we really don’t think about all the new things happening or we do not have a full appreciation for them.

And maybe, the new things going on in our life are new, but maybe they aren’t necessarily good things that are going on and we would rather not share that part of what’s new with others just yet.

So new doesn’t always connect with being good, but most times it does. A new car, a new dress, a new suit, a new restaurant, a

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new friend, a new or renewed love, a new attitude built on the pure, the clean, the powerful, and the positive.

The new way we look at each other, the new way we see the world and all the beauty that comes with it.

You see, the marketing slogan “New and Improved” isn’t just for businesses, “New and Improved” should be and can be about us too.

Now for most people there seems to be two times a year when they think of things being new and maybe put a little more effort and emphasis on the

SMITH FROM PAGE 14

Did anyone else foresee this, or just Old Craig?

Even carefully thought out technologies can go wrong. I watch something called “Air Disasters,” primarily because of the forensics involved in determining why an airplane crashed.

Frequently there is something wrong in the design. It might even be a bolt.

One plane lost all of its hydraulics.

“One in a billion,” a pilot said.

The fault was in the design, and the design was corrected.

Maybe there will never, ever be another death caused by an autonomously driven automobile.

newness of life.

New Year’s Eve is one as we set goals and talk about resolutions, dropping bad habits and picking up new and healthier habits.

And the other time of the year is right around now, springtime and Easter.

With springtime come the flowers, the budding of the leaves on the trees, extra daylight, warmer weather, a little more spring in our step and bounce in our ounce, and maybe even a new and positive attitude.

And at Easter we know that all things are made new as we celebrate the newness that the meaning of Easter brings.

Are you prepared for the question,

“So what’s new with you?” I’ll bet if you really think about it, the response will not be, “Not much, just the sameold-same-old around here.”

I’ll bet you can think of something that is new, something you are doing in your life, whether it is at home or at work, that has you energized and hopeful.

Something that is putting a little extra spring in your step and bounce in your ounce.

The “What’s new with you?” question can also be a newfound appreciation and sense of gratitude. Maybe it’s this year, this spring, right now that we can recognize just how grateful we are and how we fully and deeply appreciate all the people, sights and

sounds, and things that we have been blessed with in our lives.

If this is a new concept for you, give it a shot as gratitude and appreciation are two of the healthiest of all our emotions.

What’s new with you? I really would love to hear what’s new with you and your “new” story at gotonorton@ gmail.com.

And when we can identify and appreciate the feeling of something new, it really will be a better than good week.

“The self-driving industry,” CNN said, “has found quicker-success with highway driving” than dealing with pedestrians and bicyclists.

I used to think that my father’s car’s cruise control feature was both unnecessary and kind of decadent.

Until later in life when I drove through Nebraska.

Even so, whenever I have used cruise control, I’ve felt some guilt.

It is not what Henry Ford intended.

The true automobile experience is betrayed.

The same goes for the films I watch on television. Films were meant to be watched on a big screen with big sound in a big theater.

And they weren’t meant to be watched in intervals, or interrupted with trips to the kitchen, or to let the dog out They were meant to enrobe you from start to finish, completely, and without qualification.

I apologize to Auguste and Louis Lumiere, French pioneers in filmmaking, every time I watch a film on my little flat screen, and go back and forth to my office or to my studio.

We seek convenience at every turn, and I am no exception.

But I can tell you right now what would to happen to my Gaines-burgers. They would land on my roof.

One Book 4 Colorado returns to Arapahoe Libraries STAFFREPORT

Young children who visit an Arapahoe Libraries branch from April 9-23 will receive a free book as part of the One Book 4 Colorado program. The title of the picture book, available in English or Spanish, will be announced April 9.

More than 75,000 books will be distributed to Colorado’s public and military libraries this year as part of One

Book 4 Colorado, a statewide initiative aiming to support family reading at home and instill a love of learning in Colorado children.

Reading together every day helps get kids ready to learn to read in kindergarten, and getting free books into homes makes that easier. To ensure school readiness, it is critical that young children have frequent and routine access to books and that they be read to consistently.

Two showings of suicide prevention film planned STAFF REPORT

The Douglas Arapahoe Suicide Prevention Alliance presents two viewings of “Suicide: The Ripple Effect,” a film by Kevin Hines. The showings are suitable for anyone interested in suicide prevention.

Tickets must be purchased online at least a week ahead of time, and a minimum of 40 tickets must be sold for each viewing or it will be canceled.

Both showings will begin at 7:30 p.m.,

and showings will take place at Meadows Stadium 12, 9355 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree.

To purchase tickets for the April 30 showing, go to https://gathr.us/ screening/23094. Reservations must be made by April 22.

To purchase tickets for the May 10 showing, go to https://gathr.us/ screening/23071. Reservations must be made May 2.

Watch the trailer at http://suicide therippleeffect.com/

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Firefighters experience ‘dementia simulator’ Exercise helps give insight so responders can provide better service

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton firefighters got an empathy lesson at the Highline Place memory care facility on March 28 as they made their way through a “virtual dementia tour,” designed to simulate the sensory experience of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or other mental degenerative disorders.

Firefighters were tasked with completing a simple set of commands, like counting out change, folding clothes, or setting a table. The catch? They had to do so while wearing heavy gloves, dark glasses, and shoe inserts that jabbed spikes into their feet. In their ears wailed the sounds of sirens, ringing phones and babbling gibberish.

Add a darkened room with flashing strobe lights, and suddenly simple tasks become much more difficult. At the facility in Littleton, the firefighters bumbled and stumbled through the tasks, struggling to remember instructions and fumbling with simple movements.

“It’s sensory deprivation and sensory overload at the same time,” said Reid McKinney, a firefighter paramedic. “This was a test in patience that helps me understand what a dementia patient might be going through when I’m trying to help them. Me asking a simple question might be compounded by everything else going on in their heads.”

Collecting necessary information

Firefighters Austin Hein and Roxy Ligrani try to fold a pile of clothes. from dementia patients while on an emergency call can be challenging, said Capt. Michael Ryan.

“One thing I took from this experience is to take it slow and take everything one step at a time,” Ryan said.

“If I say too much at once, I might overwhelm them.”

Going through the dementia tour is useful for anyone who works with people with degenerative mental issues, said Highline Place spokeswoman Kristin Walker.

“The number of people with dementia is growing all the time,” Walker said, “and there just aren’t enough caregivers to meet the need. Helping to instill empathy and understanding in people who work with this population goes a long way.”

Firefighter Reid McKinney fumbles to fill a coin purse with exactly 17 cents, without being able to directly lift the coins from the table. PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT Littleton firefighters Rico Perez, left, Roxy Ligrani, Michael Ryan, Reid McKinney and Austin Hein don dementia simulation gear while Kim Paul of Synergy Home Care reads off their list of tasks before entering the dementia simulation room.

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Meet the candidates for the South Suburban Park and Recreation District board of directors and find out why they are running at an upcoming candidate forum.

Presented by the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe/Douglas Counties, the April 21 forum will last from 1 to 3 p.m. at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

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Littleton neurologist develops new approach to brain surgery Robotic procedure decreases fear, increases effectiveness for Parkinson’s patients, others

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Linda Richeson missed her husband’s smile.

Linda’s husband of 53 years, Ray, was slowly succumbing to Parkinson’s disease. He shuffled when he walked, tossed and turned at night, and his face was robbed of expression.

Then, on the day of the Great American Eclipse last year, Ray Richeson underwent deep brain stimulation surgery at Littleton Adventist Hos-

pital, where a robot precisely sited a pair of electrodes in his brain, setting back his Parkinson’s symptoms by nearly a decade.

Richeson, 74, got his smile back, and was almost as glad as his wife.

“I’m a salesman — good grief, I want to be able to smile at people,” Richeson said.

Richeson might not have undergone the procedure if it hadn’t been for a revolutionary new method developed

by Dr. David VanSickle, a neurologist at Littleton Adventist, whose techniques have eliminated much of the fear and hassle from an old surgery that can mean a surge in quality of life for sufferers of several neurologic diseases.

Where prior versions of the surgery took many hours and required the

Dr. David VanSickle, a neurosurgeon at Littleton Adventist Hospital, draws a diagram of how he — with the help of a robot — finds the right spot to implant electrodes in patients’ brains, which can alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonia and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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Irish band delivers unique blend of music

S Conservators working at the IAA’s Dead Sea Scrolls Conservation Laboratory. The scrolls were discovered in 1947, and are making their first visit to Denver.

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A once-in-a-lifetime reading assignment Dead Sea Scrolls make first visit to Denver

The Dead Sea Scrolls will be on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science through Sept. 3. Visitors can see 10 scrolls, and the scrolls will then be switched out to preserve them.

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At just a cursory glance, one could almost be forgiven for being unimpressed by the Dead Sea Scrolls. After all, they appear as indecipherable writing — unless one speaks Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek — on scraps of paper to the untrained eye.

But when one considers these papers survived for more than 2,000 years and contain excerpts from some of history’s most important documents, they start to look a lot more impressive.

For the first time, Denver residents have the opportunity to not only examine some of the scrolls up close, but also hundreds of other artifacts from the same era in Israel at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

“People say the discovery of the scrolls was one of the great archaeological discoveries of the 20th century,” said the museum’s archaeol-

An example of the kind of jar the Dead Sea Scrolls were kept in for thousands of years before they were discovered.

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ogy curator, Dr. Steve Nash.

“You can take away 20th century and replace it with all time.”

The scrolls can be seen at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd. in Denver, through Sept. 3. This is the first time these documents have stopped in the Mile High City — the closest they’ve come before was Salt Lake City in Utah. The exhibition is organized by the Israeli Antiquities Authority.

These oldest-known biblical documents were

discovered in 1947 by young Bedouin goatherders, who wandered into a cave along the shore of the Dead Sea, near the site of the ancient settlement of Qumran. They found an assortment of clay jars, inside of which were scrolls wrapped in linen.

Over the next nine years, archaeologists and Bedouins searched the surrounding caves. After extensive excavation, more than 900 remarkably preserved scrolls were recovered.

Before the discoveries of the scrolls, Nash said, the oldest biblical texts were from about 900 in the Middle Ages.

For the exhibit, the scrolls are presented within a massive exhibit case featuring carefully regulated individual chambers, along with the full English translation.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: The Dead Sea Scrolls WHERE: Denver Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver WHEN: March 16 through Sept. 3 Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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t. Patrick’s Day weekend was a busy one for Adam Goldstein, CL Morden and Kenny Martinez. But that’s not much of a surprise when you’re in an Irish band.

Which makes the trio — better known as Avourneen — even more excited about its upcoming performance at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, at Swallow Hill’s Quinlan Café, 71 E. COMING Ave. in Denver.

ATTRACTIONS Yale “We were playing pubs, and when that’s the case, you’re working extra hard to be heard and get people dancing,” Goldstein said with a laugh. “But at a place like this, which has been so significant to artists Clarke Reader in the community, it gives us a chance to play some of the calmer, slower stuff.”

Avourneen started in 2014, when guitarist and vocalist Goldstein and violinist and pianist Morden met as part of another Irish band. They loved the music of the Emerald Isle, but came at it from different angles — that’s how Avourneen came to life.

“We wanted to blend trad (traditional), energetic music with some of the more ballady stuff and inject some pop into it,” Goldstein said. “When I fell in love with Irish music, it was that blend of musical chops and sentiments. You can have all this energy and then the most heartrending content.”

Goldstein and Morden were recently joined by Martinez on stand-up bass and vocals, which has given the group new creative avenues to explore.

They’re looking at new ways to explore the Irish music that audiences might be familiar with — songs like “Sparrow,” “Banks of the Liffey,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Come Out Ye Black and Tans” and “Drowsy Maggie.”

The band has discovered a passionate fanbase for this kind of music all over Colorado and have some exciting concerts this spring and summer, not only in this state, but also in Omaha, Nebraska and New Mexico.

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Englewood artist exhibits in Smoky Hill Library Marlea Taylor mosaics show favorite scenes from her travels

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Marlea Taylor said, “For 31 years, my world was a classroom. Now, my classroom is the world.” She was once a printmaker, as well as a teacher (including at All Souls School in Englewood) and now also works with the ancient art form of mosaic, which she said is “on the floor of Midas’ Palace and on the walls of St. Peter’s Basilica.” She creates new pieces in her light, color-filled home studio in Englewood.

During the month of April, a special selection of her artwork, an exhibit called “Shadows,” will be displayed on the walls of the café at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial.

IF YOU GO Smoky Hill Library, part of the Arapahoe Library District, is at 5430 Biscay Circle, Centennial. Taylor’s “Shadows” exhibit will hang there through the month of April. Library hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.

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Since her retirement, a focus on travel has carried Marlea and her husband, Bob, across many miles, in many directions, and the mosaics in “Shadows” reflect some favorite photos shot “in wonderful places” — each with the shadow made by the figures depicted.

“My modern materials include tile, glass, metal and porcelain,” she says. And a look at her website brings up some really skillful applications of her craft: helmets, coffee table, kitchen backsplash, hanging lamp, mail slot and a suitcase! (Just to see if

she could?)

She lectured at the PACE Center in Parker in 2015 about “Modern Mosaics,” related to an “Assemblage” exhibit, and participated in constructing a beautiful panel that hangs at Children’s Hospital Colorado, a Colorado Mosaic Artists group project.

The exhibited artworks at the Smoky Hill Library are framed and hung on the café walls. They reflect visits to Beijing, Alexandria, New York, London, Venice, Copenhagen, York in England — on sunny days — hence the shadows.

Each location is identified in this exhibit, Taylor said, adding that the wall at the library is “beautiful and well-lighted.”

Other favorite locations include Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy (including the trading spot, Ancient Ostia, near Rome, which is filed with mosaic examples in former baths, commercial and domestic buildings and a theater), Sicily, Spain, Germany …

An active member of Colorado Mosaic Artists, previous exhibits-group and solo-include: ”Cutting Edges,” a CMA show at Highlands Ranch Library (2013), as well as a solo “Retrospective Show” at Highlands Ranch Library in 2010; “Art of the State” at the Arvada Center (2012); and “Earth, Air, Fire and Water” at the NCAR Gallery in Boulder (2017).

The Taylors are happily planning the next excursion: a river trip in Russia that will include St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as some less-traveled canals and waterways.

It is a tour operated by a Russian company, with accommodations reminiscent of an old Pullman car, including a long corridor and bunks — NOT one of those huge cruising ships, the Taylors emphasized.

There will no doubt be videos of this next adventure added to the artist’s website, which now contains records of previous happy travels, filmed by Bob Taylor: visit MarleaTaylor.com.

‘Divergent Divas’ exhibit features works by three women artists Littleton gallery has variety of pieces on display through May 11

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Co-curators Moira Casey and Karina Elrod have organized a spring exhibit, “Divergent Divas,” to relate to the well-known musical, “Sisters of Swing,” a story of the Andrews Sisters, which plays April 6 through May 6 at Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton.

“Divergent Divas” features works in varied subject matter, styles and mediums that make visual harmony together, just as Laverne, Patty and Maxine did with their voices in the 1940s. Think “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” or the sentimental “Apple Blossom Time.”

Artists Teri McCans, Wendy Seebohar and Jennifer M. Collins bring varied backgrounds and a love for artistic storytelling to their exhibit, which hangs through May 11 in the Stanton Gallery at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center.

They will host an artists’ reception to meet the public prior to the April 13 performance (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.). The gallery is open weekdays and during performances.

• Wendy Seebohar grew up in Littleton and currently lives with her husband and three children in Roxborough, where she is inspired by the foothills and mountain landscape.

She writes that she began her career in arts as a jewelry designer and metalsmith and started painting to satisfy a need to work at a larger scale.

She painted for family and friends for a few years and made a career change

as a self-taught artist who works with gouache, acrylic, pastel and pencil, “creating layers of color, form, texture and markings …” With a B.S. degree from Colorado State University, she is represented by the Rox Gallery and, until its recent closure, by Outnumbered Gallery in Littleton. She also has exhibited at local art walks in Colorado. wendyseebohar.com.

• Teri McCans’ visual language reflects a complex world she inhabits and witnesses. She grew up in rural New Jersey, surrounded by beauty, quiet and family support to develop her skills. Her dedication to and study of art began early and was interrupted when, after the 9/11 tragedy, she felt a desire to contribute to her country’s security and safety and joined the military.

She had multiple deployments to Iraq and kept up with creative work and college study when possible, earning a BFA from the College of New Jersey. She studies stability vs. fragility, strength vs. weakness, male vs. female, working in strong black and white and color. In 2014 she moved west to Colorado, where she works in law enforcement and continues to explore her world in art. She belongs to the American Watercolor Society, Denver’s Art Network and the Veterans’ Artist Alliance of Culver City, California. TeriMcCans.com.

• Jennifer M. Collins’ studio is named Juniper Moon. With mixed media, she interprets contemporary themes of “shelter and ravens, layers of collected collage, intricate patterns, transparent colors and thick impasto …”; elements of watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite and found object become “part of every painting and every figure. My work is expressive of journeys and guidance, shelter and pathways. Colors harmonize and patterns move to lure you.”

IF YOU GO The Stanton Gallery is in the Town Hall Arts Center at 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and during performances. 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.org.

(Artwork is for sale, with a percentage benefiting Town Hall.)

“Roadside Attraction” by J.M. Collins, 36”x36” is included in the “Divergent Divas” exhibit at Town Hall Arts Center.

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Collins works full-time at a graphic design agency and paints part-time in her studio, surrounded by “old maps, buttons, sticks+stones, love letters and

wonderful colors that all join to create the artistic expression.” Her works are shown in galleries and in corporate collections. Junipermoonart.com.

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Cherokee Castle has geology on agenda in two lectures

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he Cherokee Castle property, at 6113 N. Daniels Park Road, Sedalia, contains a petrified forest with preserved fossil logs — and some were “harvested” and incorporated into the castle architecture. In recent years, an expert has identi- SONYA’S fied several distinct SAMPLER species that would indicate a very different climate than that of today. At 6:30 p.m. on April 11, there will be a lecture, “Secrets of our Petrified Log Forest Revealed.”

Admission: $18, free for students with ID and educators.

Sonya Ellingboe For reservations: cherokeeranch.org, 303-688-5555. The same website and phone number can be used for reservations to another presentation, on May 16, when Dr. Al Koch, director of the Cherokee Ranch Science Institute, will talk about nearby geological gold placer deposits: “The History and Geology of Gold in Douglas County.”

Doors open at 6 p.m. for lectures.

published and award-winning writers of fiction, poetry, non-fiction will fill morning and afternoon sessions.

Lunchtime will feature readings by workshop faculty. Books will be available for sale. An open mic for festival participants will conclude the day from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. See Arapahoe.edu/litfest for listing. For reservations, contact andrea.mason@arapahoe.edu and send check or money order by April 12 to: ACC Writers Studio Literary Festival, c/o Andrea Mason-Campus Box 32, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, P.O. Box 9002, Littleton, CO 80160-9002. Fee: $50 full day, non-ACC student; $30 half day non-ACC student; $20 ACC student. Pay by credit card — call Mason, 303-797-5857, or use URL above.

Student art The Arapahoe Community College Fine Art Juried Student Exhibition runs through April 12 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Annex, first floor, Littleton Campus. Closing reception is 5-7 p.m. April 12. Awards donated by Heritage Fine Arts Guild. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Books for tots One Book 4 Colorado returns to area libraries this year April 9-23, with a free picture book for families with young children (title TBA). More than 75,000 books will be distributed at Colorado’s public and military libraries this year, to support reading

Literary festival Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, hosts the Writers Studio annual Literary Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 14 in the Half Moon, Littleton Campus. Morning and afternoon workshops with nationally

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Visit your local library.

Depot Gallery Littleton’s Depot Gallery hosts its annual “$100 or Less” exhibit at 2069 W. Powers Ave. through April 22.

303-795-0781. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays through Saturdays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

High Line Canal April open houses will continue to explore the future of the 71-mile High Line Canal, according to the completed Community Vision Process.

Help with forming the Framework Plan from 4-7:30 p.m. April 10 at the Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., or on April 26 at the main Aurora Public Library, 14949 E. Alameda Parkway. (September open houses will be announced.) Users will continue with input. For information, see highlinecanal.org.

Senior Resource Fair Visit the Senior Resource Fair at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial, sponsored by the Centennial Senior Commission, from 10 a.m. to noon on April 6. Before the fair, from 9-10 a.m., TLC Meals on Wheels will present how to live independently with Meals on Wheels, which offers volunteer visits and wellness checks.

(Reserve a spot for this program: 303542-7279 or visit arapahoelibraries. org/events.)

Concertmaster needed The Lone Tree Symphony seeks applications for a Concertmaster because the present one is retiring. (Feefor-service.) Send resume to Jacinda Bouton, Conductor/Music Director: Jacinda.Bouton@sprint.com and Mary Barnes, Vice President: Music@ Barnes.net.

Genealogy meetings Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society April meetings: April 10, 1-3 p.m., “Using Social History for Genealogy: Filling in the Gaps

between Birth, Marriage and Death” presented by Noel G. Ferre, program chair, Castle Rock Genealogical Society; April 17, 1-3 p.m., “Mapping Your Ancestors,” presented by Kirsten Canfield and Summer Greenwood from Arapahoe Libraries. ColumbineGenealogy.com.

Littleton Symphony “Great Music From the Arts — From Literature” is the title for Littleton Symphony’s concert at 7 p.m.

April 13 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Tickets: littletonsymphony.org, 303933-6824.

Readings Finalists in mystery, science fiction/ fantasy, thriller categories will read at 7 p.m. April 6 at the Book Bar, 4280 Tennyson St., Denver. ($5 Blood Orange Sangrias, while they last. Previous winner Carter Wilson will emcee.) Barbara Nickless, Charlotte Hinger, Margaret Mizushima, L.D. Colter, Michael Haspil, Laura E. Reeve, John A. Daly, Chris Goff, Peg Brantley will read.

Winners will be celebrated at 4:30 p.m.

June 2 at the Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. $20 ticket includes reception and readings by winners.

Indian Wars The annual Denver Indian Wars Symposium will be held May 12 at the Colorado National Guard Headquarters, 6868 S. Revere Parkway, Centennial. Speakers, authors, booksellers, buffet lunch and morning coffee and doughnuts included. To reserve a place: send check for $35 to: OIW, P.O. Box 1650, Johnstown, CO 80534.

Nick Sugar directs “Passing Strange,” a musical in a regional premiere at The Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, from April 13 to May 13, will be directed by Nick Sugar, well-known at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays (no show on Sunday, April 15).

Tickets: 303-739-1970, aurorafox.org.

Seniors can learn about local resources at fair STAFF REPORT

Experts on various senior lifestyle opportunities will be available to chat with visitors to the annual Senior Resource Fair at Koelbel Library.

Co-sponsored by Arapahoe Libraries and the Centennial Senior Commission, the open-house-style fair will be open from 10 a.m. to noon April 6 at 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

From 9-10 a.m., TLC Meals on Wheels will give a presentation about how to live independently with Meals on Wheels, which offers volunteer visits and wellness checks.

Reservations for the presentation can be made by calling 303-542-7279 or

going online to arapahoelibraries.org/ events.

In addition to TLC Meals on Wheels and the Centennial Senior Commission, participating organizations include the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado; Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office Crime Prevention Unit; Arapahoe County Housing, Community Development and Senior Resources; A-3 Empowering People with Vision Loss; Colorado Bureau of Investigation; Colorado Talking Book Library; Consumer Fraud Protection Office of the District Attorney; Denver Regional Mobility and Access Council; Primetimers; and South Suburban Parks and Recreation.

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Religious art, gifts soothe souls Creator Mundi offers articles of faith without judgment

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After watching a man peer through the window for a while, Hildegard Letbetter welcomed him into her store, a shop that sold religious gifts and was then located on Third Avenue in Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood.

“I don’t know what I’m doing here,” the man said.

He told Letbetter he’s Muslim, not someone who would be looking at Christian art.

“Oh — we have the same God,” Letbetter replied. The man replied that he’s a professor of theology and that he’d never seen anything like the collection in the store. He bought a Christian symbol for his wife, also Muslim.

Letbetter and the man corresponded afterward.

Hildegard Letbetter, owner of Creator Mundi, talks about an art piece in her shop at 901 Englewood Parkway, Suite 112, on March 20. Letbetter discussed the history of her business a few weeks before its celebration of 30 years of business April 7.

ELLIS ARNOLD “I knew nothing about, or very little about, the Muslim faith,” said Letbetter, owner of Creator Mundi, a business she started at home and then opened in Littleton, then Denver and now Englewood in 2015. But “we together, we’re all trying to go through life with God

guiding us, and it doesn’t really matter whether we are Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist.”

Letbetter recalled that story from years ago while sitting in her current location at 901 Englewood Parkway, about three weeks from her store’s

30th anniversary celebration. She’s seen growth, change and shifting religious trends over the decades, but she’s still sticking to the mission she set out with in 1987.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age Requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 Global Orphan Relief: Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world.

Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

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patient to lie awake while doctors operated on their brains, VanSickle’s new method allows patients to sleep through the whole thing while a robot cuts down on guesswork in the delicate procedure.

Deep brain stimulation surgery can treat Parkinson’s, tremors, dystonia — a disorder that causes body parts to twist the wrong way — and even obsessive compulsive disor-

faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

GraceFull Community Café: Provides a place in Littleton where people of all backgrounds can gather, eat well and be inspired to give back. Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull Foundation.

Need: Opportunities for food preparation, guest service, cleaning and dishwashing.

Location: 5610 Curtice St., Littleton Contact: Sign up for volunteer opportunities at http://gracefullcafe.com/volunteer/ Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble

der, VanSickle said, but traditional methods scared off many people who could potentially derive great benefit from it.

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, has existed in some form since the 1960s, VanSickle said.

“It works by inhibiting an area of the brain that’s overreacting,” VanSickle said. “With Parkinson’s, for instance, a lack of the neurotransmitter dopamine causes brain circuits to overreact, causing tremors and other symptoms. We install electrodes in a precise location, which fires faster than the neurons

at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Highlands Ranch Community Association: Works with Therapeutic Recreation Program and Special Olympics.

Need: Volunteers to help teach classes, coach Special Olympics, provide athletes support during Special Olympics practices, assist with special events, and help participats succeed in the therapeutic recreation program.

Contact: Summer Aden, 303-471-7043 or www.hrcaonline.org/tr Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

Contact: 303-698-6404 Hospice of Covenant Care: Nonprofit, faithbased hospice.

can respond. They wear out, get tired, and it slows them down.”

The earliest form of the surgery essentially killed off a part of the brain, VanSickle said, but the most widespread version practiced today requires patients to lie awake on an operating table while surgeons drill into their heads and seek out the right spot to install the electrodes.

“A lot of people don’t want to do that,” VanSickle said. Under this method, the patient needs to be conscious so doctors can test responses to different spots where they might install the electrode in the brain.

Though the spots are evident on a brain scan, they’re so small — often only millimeters wide — that even a minor deviation can negate the procedure’s effectiveness, or even cause new symptoms like more tremors or decreased eyesight.

Even with the patient awake and able to respond to doctors, surgeons couldn’t fully trust they were hitting the sweet spot.

“There are only a few things you could test for while the person’s head was bolted down to the bed,” VanSickle said. “You can’t test walking, facial expression, long-term response, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.”

What’s more, the surgery could take upwards of eight hours — per side of the brain.

“There weren’t a lot of people signing up for this,” VanSickle said.

VanSickle brought a newer method to Littleton Adventist, in which the patient goes under general anesthesia, cutting down on the fear factor.

“I liked the method, but it wasn’t precise enough to hit the target every time,” VanSickle said. “I adapted a robot called MAZOR to the surgery.

It looks like a Coke can that straps to your head, with arms coming off of it. I did the first surgery with the patient asleep and using the robot in 2014. It just took off from there. I’ve got it down to where I can be done in an hour and a half.”

The surgery can set back symptoms of neurologic disorders back by upwards of seven to 10 years, VanSickle said, which means a huge jump in quality of life for sufferers, who may be losing their ability to

Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Lone Tree Police Department Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS): Provides assistance within the Police Department in both Administrative and Patrol functions.

Need: Volunteers are needed to assist with many areas within the Police Department to include patrol functions, fingerprinting, and fleet maintenance.

Requirements: Must attend the Lone Tree Police Department Citizen’s Police Academy, and submit to a background check. Additional training is provided based on area of interest. Patrol volunteers must commit to a minimum monthly hour requirement.

Contact: Tim.Beals@cityoflonetree.com or 720-509-1159.

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Ray Richeson points to the spot on his skull where Dr. VanSickle drilled a hole to implant an electrode in Richeson’s brain, which has lessened his Parkinson’s disease symptoms.

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write, use computer keyboards, or feed themselves.

Of the disorders approved for treatment by DBS, only obsessivecompulsive disorder is not covered by insurance, VanSickle said.

“There’s no reason for that other than mental health bias,” he said.

“Nobody’s marching in the streets for that. What’s even more painful is that OCD patients are often more intelligent than the average person.

They know the prison they live in.”

Without insurance, the surgery can run upward of $80,000, VanSickle said.

Word has gotten out about VanSickle’s method, and he now performs nearly 100 such procedures a year, with patients travelling from around the country to receive it. VanSickle said he’s trained a surgeon at Stanford on the method, and would like to see it spread worldwide.

“Only about 4,000 people a year get any form of DBS,” VanSickle said. “It should be 40,000. A clinic set up for this in a place with great need, say in China or India, could do six surgeries a day.”

In the meantime, patients like Richeson are thrilled with the results.

“I can’t tell you how happy I am to be able to walk along a golf course again,” Richeson said, a big smile stretching across his face.

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Social

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, doo-wop and show tunes. For more information, call Dan George at 303-663-7111, send an e-mail 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.

We are a social organization with many interesting and fun activities. For information, email our new member chairperson at southmetronewcomers@gmail.com or visit southmetronewcomersclub.com.

South Suburban Chapter 3838 of AARP meets the third Tuesday of each month at St. Thomas More Center, 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial. Meetings start promptly at 1 p.m. Speaker, refreshments and social hour make it enjoyable. Come and learn about the ever-changing medical laws; keep up on senior scams and frauds. All are welcome.

Contact Gail Marsh at 303-797-9251.

South Suburban Toastmasters is a high energy, fun, supportive learning place to practice speaking and leadership skills.

Group meets from 7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays at Toast Restaurant, 2700 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton. Contact Leigh Miller at 720-2722853.

SSTM Public Speaking Club: 7-8:30 a.m.

Thursdays at Toast, 2700 W. Bowles Ave., Suite B, Littleton. All ages and all walks of life with the common goal of becoming a more effective communicator. Meeting cost includes breakfast. First-time guests are free. Contact millerleigh13@gmail.com.

Queens of Spades Garden Club meets at 1 p.m. the first Friday of the month at various locations in Centennial and Littleton. Call Lynn at 303-347-1765.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1106 meets 9 a.m. the first Saturday of every month at the South Metro Fire and Rescue Building, 9195 E. Mineral Ave., Centennial.

Call 303-859-8867 or see www.vva1106.org.

Support

Find AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-3224440, or go to www.daccaa.org.

Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon, for those who love someone with a drinking problem, meets Mondays from 5-6 p.m. at

Lord of the Hills Church, 21755 E. Smoky Hill Road, Centennial.

help with addiction counseling. Call for free assessments or referrals, 800-431-1754.

Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industryspecific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/ womens-guide-paying-for-college/.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

Alzheimer’s Association Caregivers’ Support Group meets one mile north of Park Meadows in Centennial, on the first Thursday evening of each month from 7-9 p.m. Support, discussion, and care giving strategies and resources are shared in a confidential setting by family members and friends of those having Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The group meets at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, one block west of Yosemite/Dry Creek intersection. Contact Sue at 720-201-9358 or Deb at 303-549-1886 for more information.

Colorado Symphony Guild, Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree chapter, meets at 1 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Room 212, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. The group is the largest support group of the Colorado Symphony. Contact 303-3082462, admin@coloradosymphonyguild.org or www.coloradosymphonyguild.org.

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous HOW, a 12 step recovery program offering a structured approach for anyone who wants to stop eating compulsively, meets 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 9:30 a.m. Fridays at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 South Holly Street, Centennial. No dues, fees or weigh-ins.

For information, call Pat at 303-798-5075 or visit www.ceahow.org. It also meets at 9 a.m. Saturdays at All Saints Lutheran Church, 15625 E. Iliff, Aurora.

EMPOWER Colorado, South Metro Support Group for parents of children with mental illness. Learn how to handle mental health challenges within the family and how to collaborate with the school system. Find out how to access resources for mental health care services. E-mail listserv and educational classes are also available.

Meetings are from 6-8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, 155 Inverness Drive West, 2nd floor, one block East of Dry Creek (next to DirecTV and the Light Rail) Englewood, CO 80112. Dinner will be served (usually pizza or Subway). Contact Carol Villa at kyvilla@aol.com or 1-866-213-4631.

Free Healthy Community Dinner: 6-7 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. No reservations are required. Call 303-798-1389 or go to fpcl. org/dinner.

Narconon reminds families that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your loved ones help if they are at risk. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs addiction for all types of drugs.

Narconon also offers free assessments and referrals. Call 800-431-1754 or go to DrugAbuseSolution.com. Narconon also can

Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group The Denver Branch meets from 3:30-5 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of every month at Christ Church United Methodist, 690 Colorado Blvd., Denver; parking and entrance in the back. For information about the Denver Branch meetings, call Dorothy Miller at 303-814-2112 or email dorthy_miller@ hotmail.com.

Sky Cliff Center Caregiver Support Group: 10-11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month at 4600 E. Highway 86, Castle Rock.

Caregiving for adults can be challenging at times, and you’re not alone. For information, or to let the center know if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 or email skycliffctr@ skycliff.org. Go to www.skycliff.org.

Sky Cliff Center Stroke Support Group: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month at Christlife Community Church, 5451 E. Highway 86, Franktown (lunch provided). 10-11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 Ridge Gate Parkway, Lone Tree. Call Sky Cliff Center at 303-814-2863.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): 9:3010:30 p.m. Saturdays at Wolhurst Adult Community Clubhouse, 8201 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Real people. Real weight loss. Affordable, effective weight-loss

support. Try it free. Call 720-202-4568. Call 800-923-8677 or go to www.tops.org.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 6, serving the Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree and Littleton areas, is a social group that offers a variety of activities for its members. Group meets for happy hour at 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Salsa Brava, 52 W. Springer Drive, Highlands Ranch. Call Kay 303-749-0169 or Dorothy 303-484-8811.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 8: 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Las Brisas Restaurant, 6787 S. Clinton St., Greenwood Village. Features card and game groups, theater and concert events, outdoor activities, special dining and local sight-seeing.

Call Shirley at 303-741-5484. Serves the Centennial, Aurora, Greenwood Village, Parker and South Denver area.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 10, meets for a social hour and activities sign-up at 4:20 p.m. Thursdays at the Sporting News Grill, Holiday Inn, Hampden & Wadsworth. Call 303-798-5850.

Widowed Men and Women of America, a nonprofit organization of the state based in Denver, has more than 5o0 members. The group sponsors social events for members to make new friends and have fun with people who have shared life experiences.

Members live in the Denver metro area and surrounding communities. Members are encouraged to visit different links to find the best fit for their interests. Contact Dorothy at 303-794-7547 or Les at 303-797-1209, or go to www.widowedamerica.org.

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GIFTS

Art pieces on display at Creator Mundi, a fine-art gallery and gift shop near the Englewood Civic Center, on March 20.

The business offers carefully picked religious and spiritual gifts and art.

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“It wasn’t we have Christian gifts, or we have (Jewish) gifts,” said Letbetter, who wanted to bring people together.

“This is a store speaking the great wonder of God and the mystery of God. It’s not about, ‘here, I have this denomination and you have this denomination.’

“I wanted this community to say, ‘you have part of the truth, you have part of the truth, we all have a part of the truth,’” Letbetter said.

Letbetter’s steadfast and openarmed worldview took a long, globetrotting road to get to Englewood. She grew up a child without enough to eat or drink in the aftermath of World War II in Cologne, Germany — her family received care packages from the United States. Since she was a small child, she said, “I’m going to America.”

“I think (the packages) made me think, oh, they have enough to eat,” Letbetter, 78, said with a laugh.

Her older brothers later studied in the U.S., staying with different households. A family from Indiana visited Letbetter’s and offered to bring her stateside, but Letbetter said her parents didn’t have the means.

The next month, a ticket from the family arrived in the mail. The year after, in 1964, she taught at DePauw University in Indiana after getting an assistantship offer.

She met her husband during that time, and after he served a stint in the Vietnam War, they relocated and she

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taught German at the University of Texas.

“In 1970-71, there was an economic downturn — no jobs anywhere,” Letbetter said. So she and her husband, who ultimately divorced, came to Denver and started over.

Years later, she started her religiousgifts business in her home in 1987, opening on Main Street in Littleton around the start of the ‘90s.

Letbetter wanted to start something special.

“I went around, and I only saw items that didn’t make you feel good about your faith, or were kitschy, as we say in Germany,” Letbetter said. “That’s where the seed was planted.”

Next time she went to Germany, she made connections, offering to sell items from a monastery. They sold fast, and during the next trip she made, Letbetter visited other places

with items she could bring to the U.S. Today, her store sells art from countries like Poland, Italy, Austria, Ireland and Canada.

Quality religious gifts are few and far between, said Patrick, who’s worked for Creator Mundi since 2001.

People “confuse price with value,” said Patrick, who wished to be identified by his first name. “That’s where we come in.”

Popular items include the tree of life symbol, wedding crosses and baptism crosses — one of the most popular is a $2.50 pewter angel. The range of products between $50 and $100 is wide, Letbetter said.

“I cannot do art myself, but I have an eye” for it, said Letbetter, who studied theology in Germany.

She grew up inspired by experiences she had in the Cologne Cathedral around the time of World War II, but

also confused by the religious messages she heard as a child.

“I grew up with ‘Thou shalt not,’ and it didn’t make sense to me because everything that was fun, it was ‘Thou shalt not,’” Letbetter laughed. She started asking questions of adults around her, but “they couldn’t give me any answers. When I went to university, I said, this is what I need to find out.”

Through the years, she’s seen generational change in how people interpret both religion and the art that comes from it.

“Today, it’s not about the theology,” but how people live together, Letbetter said. “How you fashion your life in the spirit of Jesus.”

Millennials tend to buy gifts in her store for others, rather than seeking a religious symbol for their homes, Letbetter said.

“A lot of younger people struggle with the traditional religions,” Letbetter said. “They will buy something spiritual,” like a piece representing seasons.

Customers are much more open to abstract items now — “where they can look at an item and dream about it,” Letbetter said.

A customer March 20 came in to buy pieces for first communion and confirmation, and the young boy and girl tagging along toddled around to different art for the occasion.

“You go to a religious shop, and it’s kind of the stuff you always see,” said Rochelle Anderson, 47, from Denver, who came with the children. But she enjoyed Letbetter’s selection.

“It’s just a little more creative,” Anderson said.

The Littleton Symphony Orchestra Jurgen de Lemos, Conducting

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Great Music from Literature with Rainer Eudeikis, Cello The LSO and Salt Lake City principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis take you on a tour of great literary works with Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote and Dvorak’s opus 94 Rondo. The concert concludes with Steven Taylor singing another version of Don Quixote, The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha.

Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm Littleton United Methodist Church 5894 South Datura Street

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Ten scrolls will be displayed when the exhibition opens. Because of strict preservation requirements, 10 different scrolls will arrive halfway through the run to replace the 10 initial scrolls.

Each rotation includes a scroll that has never before been on public display. For this first rotation, the neverbefore-seen scroll is Tohorot (Purities) A. This text focuses on ritual purity, a common topic of the Hebrew Bible.

“If guests look only at the scrolls, they’re only getting one perspective on one religion at the time,” Nash said.

“The goal is to give some context to what was happening at the time, to show how the writers of the scrolls were influenced, and the world they influenced.”

More than 600 artifacts from the ancient Middle East give visitors a background in the historic traditions and beliefs that continue to impact world cultures today.

Objects on display include inscriptions and seals, weapons, stone carvings, terra cotta figurines, remains of religious symbols, coins, shoes, textiles, mosaics, ceramics, jewelry and a three-ton stone from the Western Wall in Jerusalem, believed to have fallen

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“Irish music has made such an impact on the popular music people listen to today, from folk in the ‘60s and beyond,” Goldstein said. “I think some audiences are surprised at how engaging this material is and how complex and earnest it’s always been.”

To learn more about Avourneen, visit www.avourneen.com. And for tickets to the Swallow Hill performance, go to www.connect.swallowhillmusic. org/EventTicket/EventDetail/3104/ avourneen.

Chris Hardwick, talking, in Denver You might recognize Chris Hardwick as that guy you’ve seen talking about some of your favorite shows like “The Walking Dead” or “Better Call Saul.” Or, you might recognize his voice from the popular Nerdist podcast, one of the most downloaded podcasts online.

He also serves as host and executive producer of various shows including NBC’s “The Wall” and the upcoming “The Awesome Show.” Previously, Hardwick served as host and executive producer of Comedy Central’s two-time Emmy Award-winning nightly comedy game show @midnight, which aired its 600th and final episode in August 2017.

Hardwick has maintained a connection to his standup roots throughout his ever-changing career, and will be performing at Comedy Works in Denver’s Larimer Square, 1226 15th St. He has shows at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7.

For tickets, visit www.comedyworks. com/comedians/chris-hardwick.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Dan Auerbach at Paramount Theatre

The Dead Sea Scrolls require all kinds of maintenance and protection to keep them safe.

Due to strict preservation requirements, 10 different scrolls will arrive halfway through the run to replace the 10 initial scrolls.

COURTESY OF ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY in 70 CE (Common Era).

“Just like at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, guests are leaving notes and prayers in the cracks. When the exhibits is finished, they’ll be sent to Jerusalem, to the real wall,” Nash said. “There’s also a live feed where people can watch what’s going on at the Western Wall in Jerusalem while they see the stone here.”

Unlike many exhibits that come

through the museum, what each person takes away from seeing the scrolls depends on their own beliefs. But there’s no contesting the impact these documents have had on the world and its three enormous faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

“This exhibit is really about the epic sweep of humanity,” Nash said.

“History is always more complicated, messier and more interesting.”

Most people are familiar with guitarist, singer and songwriter Dan Auerbach as half of the blues rock duo, The Black Keys. But Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have been on hiatus for the past few years, taking time to do their own thing.

For Auerbach, he’s had the chance to embrace the rock and country sounds of Nashville, where his Easy Eye Sound Studio is located. Last year, he released his second solo album, “Waiting on a Song,” and he’s stopping by the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5.

Attendees will get more than a performance by Auerbach — the tour is named The Easy Eye Sound Revue and features Robert Finley, Shannon Shaw and Shannon and the Clams Date and Time, all who have played in the studio.

Auerbach has been making music with sessions legends like drummer Gene Chrisman and keyboardist Bobby Wood, musicians who have played with titans like Elvis. He’s taken that passion for honest music and brought it on his tour. Finley, 64, worked as a carpenter in Louisiana until three years ago, when he started going blind. He was performing on the street when he was discovered by the Music Maker Relief Foundation, according to an article in “Rolling Stone.”

For tickets, visit www.altitudetickets. com/events/detail/dan-auerbach.

year, the winners will be announced on June 2.

Colorado Book Awards finalists in the Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller categories will participate in a reading at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 6, at BookBar, 4280 Tennyson St. in Denver. The emcee for the evening is two-time Colorado Book Award winner in the Thriller category, Carter Wilson.

Some of the authors reading will be Barbara Nickless, who will read from her mystery novel “Dead Stop;” Charlotte Hinger, who will read from her mystery novel “Fractured Families;” and Michael F. Haspil, who will read from his science fiction/fantasy novel “Graveyard Shift.”

To learn more, call 303-894-7951 or visit coloradohumanities.org.

Colorado Book Award finalist reading Every year, the Colorado Humanities organization hosts the Colorado Book Awards to celebrate the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators and photographers.

Awards are presented in at least 10 categories including anthology/collection, biography, children’s, creative nonfiction, fiction, history, nonfiction, pictorial, poetry and young adult. This

Join the Mile High Soul Club at the opera Soul and R&B music is one of the best and most overlooked genres in contemporary society. There was a time, in the ‘50s and ‘60s, when soul was the style of music for artists looking to explore the height of their creativity and simultaneously make music you could really dance to.

The Mile High Soul Club is one of the best ways for Mile High residents to tap into that energy, with their monthly soul nights. DJs Tyler Jacobson, DogBoy, Steve Cervantes and Jason Heller play classic soul, R&B and funk vinyl 45s that are guaranteed to get you on the dance floor.

This month’s Mile High Soul Club part is at 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at the Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway in Denver.

For more information, visit www. milehighsoulclub.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

April 6, 2018

THINGS to DO THEATER

Little Shop of Horrors: 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, April 6-7 and April 13-14 at Highlands Ranch High School. Tickets: hrhsthespians.com.

Sisters of Swing, Musical Revue: April 6 to May 6 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 303-7942787 or townhallartscenter.org.

Colorado Renaissance Festival Auditions: Saturday, April 7, Larkspur Fire Department, 9414 S. Spruce Mountain Road. Musicians/singers: prepare 2-3 minute piece. Contact Eric Mindykowki, eric.mindykowski@gmail.com.

Wiley and the Hairy Man: 10-11:10 a.m. Saturday, April 7 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Go to http://parkerarts. org/

An Orphan Named Annie: auditions at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. For ages 5-18. Info: 720-44-DANCE or www.spotlightperformers.com.

Henry and Mudge: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Based on book series by Cynthia Rylant. Info: http://parkerarts.org.

ART/CRAFTS

Watercolor Workshop: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 5-7, at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Led by watercolorist Don Andrews. Info: www. heritage-guild.com.

Under the Sea Crafts: 4-5 p.m.

Saturday, April 6 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Info: arapahoelibraries.org.

Best of PAG Spring Show: Sunday, April 8 to Saturday, May 5 at Deep Space Gallery, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. Opening reception, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8; community open house, 5:30-8 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18; and First Friday Art Walk season opener, 5:30-8 p.m.

Friday, May 4. Info: 720675-7932 or galv56@ gmail.com.

Artist’s Reception: 4-6 p.m.

Thursday, April 12, Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Talk to artists from Englewood Public Schools. Info: www.englewoodlibrary.org/

Thursday, April 26 at the Aurora Public Library, 14949 E. Alameda Parkway. Learn more at http:// highlinecanal.org/planning/ framework/

this week’s TOP FIVE Parenting Safe Children Workshop: 1-5 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 at Developmental Pathways, 325 Inverness Drive South, Englewood. Program of Mothers of Multiples Society. For information and to register, go to www.mothersofmultiples.com MOPS Children’s Consignment Sale: Thursday and Friday, April 12-13 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch.

Presale for pregnant and new moms, consignor and volunteers open from 5:308:30 p.m. April 12. Sale open to the public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 13. Go to www.CLCNewToYouSale.org.

Great Music from the Arts, From Literature: 7:30

Open Studio: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 13 at Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Go to www. dcl.org.

SteamWorks: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Go to www. dcl.org Lessons and Lemonade: 9:30-11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Saturdays at Hobby Lobby, 10901 S. Parker Road, Parker. Parker Artist Guild classes for children in grades 4-8. Upcoming classes are April 14, Mixed Media-Textures with Peggy Jackson; May 12, Art Tissue Landscape with Judy Dvorak; and June 23, BrockArt with Toni Brock. Registration required; go to www.parkerartistsguild.com/classes/youth. Contact judypendleton4@gmail.com.

MUSIC

Potluck Ballroom & Latin Dance Party: 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 6 at Adventures In Dance Studio, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd. Suite 207, Littleton. Go to https:// www.adventuresindance. com/event/potluck-ballroomlatin-danceparty-4/.

Irish Dance Celebration: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Registration required; 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Gypsy Flamenco Fire: 7-9 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at Hampden Hall at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

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p.m. Friday, April 13 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Call 303933-6824 or go to www.littletonsymphony.org.

Chicago Long Form Improv: 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, The Studio at Mainstreet, 19600 Mainstreet, Parker. Info: parkerplayersimprov@ gmail.com. Tickets at Eventbrite. com; search for Parker events.

“Westward Ho: Trailblazers of Douglas County” Exhibit Grand Opening: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at the Castle Rock Museum, 420 Elbert St. Meet Mountain Men and see the equipment needed for a venture across Colorado in the 1800s. Info: 303814-3164 or www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

String Quartet Ethel and Flutist Robert Mirabal: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: 303-805-6800 or parkerarts. ticketforce.com.

FILM/MOVIES

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Coco: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Info: arapahoelibraries.org.

READING/WRITING

Thursday Sundown Book Club: 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Book is “Bossypants,” by Tina Fey. Info: http://www.englewoodlibrary. org/

S. Waterton Road, Littleton.

Registration required. Go to www. denveraudubon.org.

FAN-tastic Fest: Pop Culture Con and Costume Fair: 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7, Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Info: 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Come Fish With Us, Lake Lehow: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, April 7; and 5-8 p.m.

May 16, at Waterton Canyon, 11300 Waterton Road, Littleton. Program of Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

Go to www.cutthroatctu.org/.

Live Independently with Meals on Wheels: 9-10 a.m. Friday, April 6 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Info: arapahoelibraries.org.

Macaroni Kid Douglas County Summer Camp and Activities Fair: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 8 at CU South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker. Go to bit.ly/ MKDC2018SCF to register.

Tour the Universe: 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 6, James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Ages 9 and up.

Registration required; 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Castle Pines Storm Swim Parent/Swimmer Meeting: 2-4 p.m.

Sunday, April 8 at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Go to www.castlepinesstorm.com.

Senior Resource Fair: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 6 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Info: arapahoelibraries.org.

Co-sponsored by the Centennial Senior Commission.

Lifetree Café Discussion Group: 5-6 p.m. Monday, April 9 (In the News; topic TBD); Monday, April 16 (How to Live Before You Die); Monday, April 23 (Pass or Fail?

The State of Education); Monday, April 30 (Emergency! Make Room for God) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-8140142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

EVENTS

eLibrary: Doing Downloadables: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7, Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Info: http:// www.englewoodlibrary.org/ Birding Insights Adult Workshop: 9 a.m. to noon April 7 at Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield, 11280

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Speak Up for the High Line Canal: 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Goodson Recreation Center 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial; or 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Redwoods: Nature’s Tupperware for Carbon Storage: 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 10 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Bemis and students from Red Rocks Community College’s Park Ranger Interpretation program are presenting a series of programs about wildlife and natural resources. Call 303-795-3961.

Using Social History for Genealogy: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Info: www.ColumbineGenealogy.com.

Spirit Trees: Windows into the Past: 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Bemis and students from Red Rocks Community College’s Park Ranger Interpretation program are presenting a series of programs about wildlife and natural resources.

Call 303-795-3961.

Buddhism: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Tattered Cover, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Active Minds program. Call 303-470-7050 for information.

Legends of the Aurora Borealis: 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Bemis and students from Red Rocks Community College’s Park Ranger Interpretation program are presenting a series of programs about wildlife and natural resources. Call 303-7953961.

Coffee: A Brief History: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Active Minds program.

Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. Active Aging Expo: 3-6 p.m.

Thursday, April 12, Malley Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood.

Wellness, health, safety, volunteering, active aging, aging in place and more. Free. Call 303762-2660.

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The Stephen Long Expedition: Thursday, April 12 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Presented by local historian Kent Brandebery, in honor of the new Castle Rock Museum exhibit on early explorers in Douglas County. Go to www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org Business Plan in a Day: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 13 at Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Go to www.aurorasouthmetrosbdc.com/training Shred-a-Thon: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 14, Newton Middle School, 4001 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial. Info: http://www. arapahoecu.org/shred.

April 6, 2018A Spring Fly Tying Fest: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Orvis Park Meadows. Meet 25 of the best fly tiers in the Rocky Mountains. Go to http://www.orvis.com/s/parkmeadows-colorado-orvis-retailstore/620?group_id=41829 Learn About: Rocky Mountain Gardening: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to dcl.org.

Summer J.I.V.E. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 14 at Colorado Early Colleges, 10235 Parkglenn Way, Parker. Job, Internship, Volunteer Expo for students ages 14-19 and their parents. Workshop at 11:30 helps students with resumes. Register at www.bit.ly/ JIVEFair. Businesses can register at www.bit.ly/JIVEFairBusiness.

Researching Swedish Ancestors: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Parker Library, 20105 Mainstreet, Parker.

Led by Cheryl Johnson, Parker

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Women’s Divorce Workshop covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce and is presented the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Meet in the community room. Check in from 8-8:30 a.m.; workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Register online

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Home & Garden Expo: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Info: https:// hrcaonline.org/ Monday Morning Links Ladies Golf League: Accepting applications for the Monday morning 9-hole golf group. Group is open to women golfers ages 21 and older. Applications and more information available at The Links Golf Course Pro Shop. Contact Sherrie Mitchell at 303-799-4583 or email mmlinksladies18@gmail.com.

Broken Tee Women’s 9 Hole Monday Golf League is seeking new members. League plays on Monday mornings from April to September at Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. This is the league’s 40th anniversary. Contact Sharron Quirin at 303-549-8545.

at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources.

Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support,

EDUCATION

English Conversation Circle: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 14, Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. For beginning and intermediate English language learners. Info: http:// www.englewoodlibrary.org/ 20th Anniversary Celebration: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Buffalo Ridge Elementary, 7075 N. Shoreham Drive, Castle Pines.

Lunch catered by Fire Canyon BBQ. Games, silent and live auction. The live auction is from 1-2 p.m. in the cafeteria. Get tickets online at https://tinyurl.com/ ybk5aesv, or bring a check to the school.

Fiscal Crisis in Rock Canyon Feeder Schools: 7-8:30 p.m.

Monday, April 16 at Rock Canyon High School, 5810 McArthur Ranch Road, Lone Tree. Contact Barbara.Cocetti@dcsdk12.org or call 303-387-3004.

HEALTH

IMPACT Program: new semester begins April 12. Courses offered are Purpose and Potential 1, Money & Me, Boundaries, and Training for Effective Parenting.

Deadline to sign up is April 5; call 303-794-5683 or go to www. loveinclittleton.com. Courses offered at no cost; however, donations are welcome. Program of Love INC (In the Name of Christ).

Learn About: Yoga: 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Friday, April 13 at James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Ages 50-plus.

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Job Seekers group meets from 8-9:30 a.m.

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League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-608-3932 or jolvs10s@gmail. com for details.

Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-8772940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

Meet Mayor Piko, a weekly event that allows the residents of Centennial to connect and communicate with Centennial’s mayor, is from 10-11 a.m. every Tuesday at the Civic Center building, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. For details on upcoming events and membership information contact 2president1719@gmail.com.

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

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

For information see our page on Facebook or email JEDougan@aol.com.

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

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Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults.

Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@ gmail.com Denver Walking Tours Denver area residents and visitors are invited to experience downtown Denver through a free walking tour, a two-hour excursion that starts in Civic Center Park, winds through downtown past more than a dozen of Denver’s distinctive landmarks and ends in front of Coors Field.

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SPORTS

Spring weather causing hectic rescheduling spree

T Above, Heritage junior Mason Mitchell, 13, smiles as he heads down the third base line for home after hitting the game-winning home run as the Eagles edged Arapahoe 4-2 in a non-conference baseball game March 23. Mitchell’s two-run homer broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom half of the seventh inning. Below, Arapahoe senior Preston Scheidt fires the ground ball he scooped up across the diamond to the Warrior first baseman during game. The throw beat the Eagles runner for the out.

PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS

Eagles win diamond thriller over Warriors Arapahoe-Heritage rivalry produces another exciting baseball game

BY BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe and Heritage renewed their long rivalry on the baseball diamond March 23 in a game that lived up to expectations. The excellent pitching on both sides made runs hard to come by, but the game ended in dramatic fashion as Heritage won in the home half of the seventh inning 4-2 on Mason Mitchell’s two-run, walk-off homer.

Heritage took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and Arapahoe tied the score in the top of the third inning. The Eagles made the score 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning and Arapahoe tied it up with a run in the top of the sixth inning. It was looking like the game was going to go into extra innings when with one out, one on in the bottom of the seventh, Mitchell hit a towering drive over the left center field fence for the two-run homer and the Eagles’ 4-2 win.

“I saw the pitch coming in low and inside,” Mitchell said after he and teammates celebrated the win. “I swung and that is the hardest I have hit a baseball in a while. I watched

it clear the fence and it felt really amazing to hit that homer in a rivalry game like this.”

In “gratitude” for his home run, Mitchell’s teammates gave him a Gatorade shower.

Arapahoe had 10 hits. Preston Scheidt and Brandon Dryer had two hits each. Tyler Pratt and Ryan Nouse each drove in a run for the Warriors.

The Eagles had eight hits. Mitchell and Connor Cumminsky each had two hits for Heritage. Mitchell also drove in two runs The mound performances were solid for both teams.

Riley Egloff went the distance for the Eagles. He gave up eight hits and one earned run but didn’t issue a walk and struck out six.

Drew Hayes was the starting pitcher for the Warriors. He pitched five innings, gave up six hits, no earned runs, walked two and struck out five.

Tyler Banks came on in relief. He pitched one inning, gave up two hits, one earned run, issued two walks and struck out two.

Before the game, both coaches said pitching would be strength for their teams this season.

“We have a solid group of senior leaders who will work hard to move guys on the bases and manufacture runs,” Arapahoe Coach James Dolloghan said before the game. “This is my second year as coach and this is the best pitching we have had in a while. We have three talented pitchers, our kids work hard and play very good defense, so we expect to have a good season.”

Eagles Coach Tyler Munro’s comments about his team were similar.

“We are pitching heavy with seven or eight players who can do good jobs on the mound this season. At least early in the season, pitching and defense will be our team strengths, and that wins games,” he said before the game. “At the same time, we are working on our hitting and we will see how that develops.”

This is Munro’s first year at Heritage. He said it helps that he and the former head coach who is still at Heritage are longtime friends, and that is a big plus for him and for his players.

“We are off to a good start,” he said. “It is a better start that has gone smoothly as we are working to be a strong, competitive team this season.”

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c his is not breaking news because everybody knows by now g that spring weather in ColoC rado can be unpredictable.

P A warm pleasant day with the temperature in the 70s is followed by heavy, wet snow and rain the next day. c I once had an assignment to write s a poem in elemen- f tary school and my OVERTIME rhyme went some- g thing like this: Wheni it’s springtime in thet Rockies and muddy on the streets, please help your mother and clean your feet.

That was the case a couple days last week when snow Jim Benton storms moved across the Denver area on March 26 and March 28, which forced six of the seven spring sports to scramble to secure indoor practice space. Boys swimming is an indoor sport and is not affected by the weather.

This involved mostly Douglas County schools last week since Cherry Creek, Littleton, Jeffco and Adams 12 schools were on spring break.

“We ended up creating an indoor weather schedule so teams come in and use the gym or the commons,” said Legend athletic director Kevin Boley. “Girls golf will go upstairs to the wrestling room. They have something like a birdie ball that they can hit. Indoor type things. The tennis team was hitting balls into the curtain in the gym or off the wall to work on technique. Everybody can do conditioning in the hallway.”

Baseball teams can sometimes rent a facility to take batting practice, and it isn’t unusual to see athletes running over hurdles in the hallways.

Rock Canyon athletic director Tom Brieske was at Shea Stadium on March 28 watching as the turf got covered with snow during a girls soccer game and wound up postponing the ensuing boys soccer game against Colorado Academy.

“It gets real hectic,” said Brieske.

“There are a lot of moving parts. The safety of the kids is the prerequisite.

You have to get creative. It’s a balancing act.”

Rescheduling for three levels of each sport can be challenging for coaches and ADs. Available venues and officials have to be secured, and that’s just for the sports other than baseball. For baseball, Mother Nature needs to help dry off the diamonds.

SEE BENTON, P33

Centennial Citizen 33

April 6, 2018

Area teams use break to sharpen skills Baseball players get chance to shine in warm-weather locations

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

South metro-area baseball teams are anxious to open league play after tuning up with spring break trips to Arizona, California and Florida.

Twelve teams from area schools compiled a 30-19 record in out-of-state games during spring break.

Highlands Ranch went 4-1 in the Coach Bob National Invitational in Phoenix.

“Our trip went well,” said Falcons coach Joe Gleason. “We feel like we saw competition that will prepare us for league play back here in Colorado.”

In the Falcons’ final tournament game, senior Zac Dammel pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win in an 8-6, eight-inning win over

Long Beach Poly. Sean Arnold collected three hits in the victory.

“It was nice to be able to play five days in a row without a worry of weather and on very nice fields,” Gleason said. “Playing five days in a row also gave us an opportunity to see all of our players in a competitive varsity setting.

“As a team we were able to spend time together and have team events.

We had a lot of fun together and grew as a group. Overall, it was a great experience for our kids and we grew as a program because of it.”

Castle View, which plays Regis Jesuit in its Continental League opener on April 9, won three of four games in the Coach Bob tourney.

“We played some good teams,” said Sabercats coach Jose Diaz. “The trip was helpful. We got to play, see new teams, the weather was good, our kids were exposed because there were scouts at the games and the competition was there.

“We play the same teams over and over here, so we got to see other teams

On campus: Arapahoe • The boys lacrosse team (5-1) was scheduled to play fourth-ranked Kent Denver April 4 after two impressive wins on a spring break trip to California. The Warriors, ranked fifth in the CHSAANow.com poll, defeated San Ramon Valley of Danville, California, 13-6, on March 27 and followed with a 13-10 triumph over De La Salle of Concord, California, on March 29. Junior Bobby Baltzer had three goals against San Ramon and three goals and five points in the De La Salle contest. Jake Hall and Josh Carlson also had hat tricks in the contest against the Spartans.

• The baseball team (4-3), fresh off three wins in Phoenix, was scheduled to open Centennial League play against Mullen on April 3 and faced a non-league game against ThunderRidge on April 5 and a league contest against Grandview on April 7.

Cherry Creek • Girls basketball coach Chris Curneen announced he is retiring from coaching. Curneen has been the Bruins head coach for the past seven seasons and compiled a 130-61 record. Creek has posted the job opening and sophomore guard Jana Van Gytenbeek heads a list of 11 players who saw at least one game of varsity action last season on Creek’s team that compiled a 19-6 record.

• The baseball team went into spring

from out of state and that keeps us sharp.”

Arapahoe went 3-0 in Arizona and was scheduled to open Centennial League play April 3 against Mullen.

In a 19-12 win over Thurston (Springfield, Oregon) on March 29, Spye Turnbeagh entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs but worked his way out of the inning without giving up a run. He pitched three inning to earn his first varsity victory.

Heritage was 2-0 in a pair of games in Phoenix. Justin Perry pitched three innings of scoreless relief in a 7-4 win over Potomac (Dunfries, Virginia) on March 26 and the Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh in a 6-5 victory over Gresham (Oregon) on March 27.

The Eagles open Continental League play April 9 against Highlands Ranch.

Douglas County headed south early and went 3-1 in four games in the Coach Bob National Invitational. The Huskies will be idle for 22 days before facing Chaparral in its Continental League opener on April 13.

News and notes from local high school sports programs

break with a 4-2 record and four of the teams played by the Bruins are ranked in the top 10 of the CHSAA.now com Class 5A poll. And Creek is scheduled to play two more ranked teams in Rocky Mountain and Heritage. The Bruins’ offense has been good, with a .322 team batting average, scoring 51 runs with 26 extra-base hits. However, the team pitching earned run average is 5.78.

• Former athletic director and Highlands Ranch resident Randy McCall was one of the officials during the NCAA basketball Final Four.

Heritage • Defending No. 3 state singles champion Lauren Thomas has lost only one game in winning her first three matches of the season.

• The boys lacrosse team has an April 4 game against Mullen after coming off two spring break wins in California. Ian Kelly scored three goals and had an assist and Logan Cox also had a hat trick in a 15-3 victory over University (San Francisco) on March 28. Cole LeMieux tallied two goals in a 9-0 triumph over Gunn (Palo Alto, California) on March 30.

• Senior Caitlin Brown scored the soccer team’s lone goal in a 1-1 Continental League tie against Chaparral on March 29 as the Eagles’ overall record remained even at 3-3-1. The Eagles will be out to snap a two-game losing streak against Regis Jesuit when the teams meet April 5.

Littleton • The baseball team went 2-2 in a spring break trip to the Greenway

Festival in Arizona.

The team was scheduled to play Aurora Central April 4 and the Lions were 3-0 all-time against the Trojans heading into the contest.

• The soccer team (4-2-0) took a two-game losing streak into an April 3 game against Valor Christian and will be out to snap a two-game losing streak against D’Evelyn on April 6.

Senior Sarah Gray was tied for the Jeffco 4A goal scoring lead with six goals heading into the week.

BENTON FROM PAGE 32

Change to transfer rule proposed There are 27 proposals and 14 committee reports that will be voted on at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Council meeting on April 26.

CHSAANow.com has listed the agenda and one noteworthy proposal is designed to create a clearer, consistent and stricter transfer rule. Midseason and summer transfers are currently administered differently.

The proposal would give students junior varsity or below eligibility after 365 days from the date of transfer. The option of having 50 percent varsity eligibility would go away.

In other words, athletes that transfer without moving in a new district and not due to hardship would be ineligible for a year from the day they transfer.

The hope is the proposal would eliminate the rising numbers of summer transfers that could sit out for half the following season but still be eligible for the state playoffs.

However, the next step that needs to be taken is some kind of measure to curtail recruiting of middle school athletes who can open enroll at the school of their choice. There is also a proposal, supported by the Equity Committee, that would extend the limit of softball games to 23 which would match the limit of baseball games that was approved in January.

The hockey committee recommended a new alignment and approved new varsity programs at Colorado Academy and Glenwood Springs.

The swimming committee is recommending a change from the top 16 for finals at state events to the top 20. Additionally the boys 4A and 5A championships would be at one site starting in 2019.

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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Registration now open for PGA Junior League STAFF REPORT

Boys and girls of all backgrounds and skill levels are invited to register for the PGA Junior League. The program offers team golf experiences with expert coaching and instruction from PGA and LPGA professionals in the Denver area.

The two-person scramble format encourages mentorship, builds confidence and promotes sportsmanship.

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The PGA Junior League reported record-setting numbers last year, with 42,000 boys and girls playing on 3,400 teams nationwide. Of those players, 80 percent were beginner or recreational golfers.

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Event will get fly fishermen ready for the spring season

Get ready to fill your fly boxes for the start of spring fishing with an allday fly-tying extravaganza.

Twenty-four of the biggest names in fly tying will give away their fly fishing and tying secrets at the Orvis Park Meadows Spring Fly Tying Fest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14. Many tiers will be there all day, while others will cycle in for four-hour shifts. Drop in any time and watch some of the best tiers around. Orvis is located at 8433

Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree.

In addition to talking fly fishing and tying flies, customers will enjoy free chili, Lone Tree Brewing Co. beer, wine, snacks and more. Those who attend also can win fly boxes with flies tied by these experts, fly tying materials, and other items in the afternoon raffle.

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PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Public Notices Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0001-2018

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 5, 2018, 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) 2143, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Original Beneficiary(ies) Equable Investment Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Equable Investment Corporation Date of Deed of Trust May 03, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 04, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7050717 Original Principal Amount $480,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $480,000.00

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. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED. Also known by street and number as: 4286 S Akron St., Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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, 05/09/2018, 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: 3/15/2018 Last Publication: 4/12/2018 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: 01/05/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

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

Notices

LOT 243, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW II, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 8242 SOUTH FILLMORE CIRCLE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

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

DATE: 01/05/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

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.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/02/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Public Trustees

Robert W Hatch II #16888 Christopher J. Conant #40269 Hatch Ray Olsen Conant LLC 730 Seventeenth Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 2981800 Attorney File # 4286 S AKRON ST 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.

NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustees

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

First Publication: 3/8/2018 Last Publication: 4/5/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

0001-2018 EXHIBIT A Lot 10, Block 15, Cherry Creek Village - Fourth Filing, together with that part vacated South Akron Street adjoining said Lot 10 on the West described as follows:

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;

Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 10; thence North 6.92 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence along the arc of a curve to the left whose Radius is 30.00 feet and whose Central Angle is 90 degrees, a distance of 47.12 feet; thence North and parallel to the center line of South Akron Street, a distance of 47.12 feet; thence North and parallel to the center line of South Akron Street, a distance of 6.40 feet; thence Northwesterly along the Northwesterly line of said Lot 10 Projected, a distance of 82.86 feet to the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 10; thence Southwesterly along the Arc of a Curve to the right whose Radius if 50.00 feet and whose central angle is 114 degrees 35 Minutes 30 Seconds, a distance of 100 feet to the True point of Beginning, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

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.

Commonly known and numbered as: 4286 S Akron St., Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Legal Notice NO.: 0001-2018 First Publication: 3/15/2018 Last Publication: 4/12/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0708-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 2, 2018, 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) JOHN DEYOUNG Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA MORTGAGE LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 14, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 15, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6075872 Original Principal Amount $255,290.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $252,112.07 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 243, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW II, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8242 SOUTH FILLMORE CIRCLE, 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, 05/02/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

DATE: 01/02/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007121288 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.: 0708-2017 First Publication: 3/8/2018 Last Publication: 4/5/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0015-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 16, 2018, 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) ANGELA K. HOLZKAMP Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CT X MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Date of Deed of Trust October 12, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 27, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5162273 Original Principal Amount $307,196.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $311,677.27 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 evid-

SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CTX MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Date of Deed of Trust October 12, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 27, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5162273 To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 Original Principal Amount $307,196.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $311,677.27 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0021-2018 hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given pay principal and interest when due together with regard to the following described Deed of with all other payments provided for in the evidTrust: ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

On January 17, 2018, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described FIRST LIEN. below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

LOT 43, CASTLEWOOD FILING NO. 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF Original Grantor(s) RECORDED ON JULY 16, 2004 AT Margaret Dvoretsky RECEPTION NO. B4127329, Original Beneficiary(ies) COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., STATE OF COLORADO. as nominee for BBMC Mortgage, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Also known by street and number as: Arvest Central Mortgage Company 6495 SOUTH POTOMAC COURT, Date of Deed of Trust CENTENNIAL, CO 80112.

September 24, 2015 County of Recording THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL Arapahoe OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENRecording Date of Deed of Trust CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF September 28, 2015 TRUST. Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) NOTICE OF SALE D5110327 Book: n/a Page: Original Principal Amount The current holder of the Evidence of Debt se$187,500.00 cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, Outstanding Principal Balance has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale $180,993.92 as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, trust have been violated as follows: failure to 05/16/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County pay principal and interest when due together Administration Building, 5334 South Prince with all other payments provided for in the evidStreet, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and highest and best bidder for cash, the said real other violations thereof. property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in FIRST LIEN. said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A and other items allowed by law, and will issue to Also known by street and number as: the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as 8253 S High Court, Unit B, provided by law.

Centennial, CO 80122.

April 6, 2018A

Public Trustees

First Publication: 3/22/2018 Last Publication: 4/19/2018 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: 01/16/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, 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 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-017519 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.: 0015-2018 First Publication: 3/22/2018 Last Publication: 4/19/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0021-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees

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, 05/16/2018, 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: 3/22/2018 Last Publication: 4/19/2018 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: 01/17/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, 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 W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

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County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado April 6, 2018 By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 17CO00525-1

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

0021-2018 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION Condominium Unit B in Condominium Building 4, The Pointe (a Condominiums), according to the Condominium Map thereof recorded May 25, 1984 in Book 75 at Page 34, in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for The Point (a Condominium) recorded on February 29, 1984 in Book 4099 at Page 208, in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Legal Notice NO.: 0021-2018 First Publication: 3/22/2018 Last Publication: 4/19/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0042-2018

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 24, 2018, 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) Judith A Stewart Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-21 Date of Deed of Trust September 06, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 21, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6136125 Original Principal Amount $204,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $191,188.74

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.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 25, BLOCK 5, BELVUE HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7526 S Elati 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

Also known by street and number as: 7526 S Elati St, Littleton, CO 80120.

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

Public Trustees 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, 05/23/2018, 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: 3/29/2018 Last Publication: 4/26/2018 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: 01/24/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Nigel G Tibbles #43177 THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO180016 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.: 0042-2018 First Publication: 3/29/2018 Last Publication: 4/26/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0043-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 24, 2018, 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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0043-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees

On January 24, 2018, 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 G STONE Original Beneficiary(ies) METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Date of Deed of Trust July 22, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 27, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9080803 Original Principal Amount $592,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $525,918.05 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.

CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Public Trustees

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

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.

DATE: 01/24/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000006805360 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.

LOT 4, BLOCK 1, WILLOW CREEK, FILING NO.7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Legal Notice NO.: 0043-2018 First Publication: 3/29/2018 Last Publication: 4/26/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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, 05/23/2018, 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: 3/29/2018 Last Publication: 4/26/2018 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.

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Also known by street and number as: 7862 S Logan St, Littleton, CO 80122.

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

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

LOT 140, OAKBROOK FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Also known by street and number as: 7934 SOUTH TRENTON STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112.

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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0055-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 31, 2018, 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) A. Warren Floyd Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Ditech Financial LLC Date of Deed of Trust October 02, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 21, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3230096 Original Principal Amount $206,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $165,031.76 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. L O T 1 4 0 , O A K B R O O K F I R S T F I L I N G, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7862 S Logan St, Littleton, CO 80122.

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/30/2018, 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: 4/5/2018 Last Publication: 5/3/2018 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: 01/31/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-805036-LL 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.: 0055-2018 First Publication: 4/5/2018 Last Publication: 5/3/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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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, 05/23/2018, 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: 3/29/2018 Last Publication: 4/26/2018 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;

Original Grantor(s) MICHAEL G STONE Original Beneficiary(ies) METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Date of Deed of Trust July 22, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 27, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9080803 Original Principal Amount $592,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $525,918.05

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

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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

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: 01/24/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000006805360

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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

LOT 4, BLOCK 1, WILLOW CREEK, FILING

Legal Notice NO.: 0043-2018

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, 05/30/2018, 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.

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First Publication: 4/5/2018 Last Publication: 5/3/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE

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April 6, 2018A and parts of Jefferson County.

Need: Regular and substitute drivers, kitchen and office volunteers.

Requirements: Drivers must be 18 or older and background check is required.

Contact: Complete application online at http://tlcmealsonwheels.org/apply/.

Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program: We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home.

Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufficiency and helping them learn about their new home.

Requirements: Must be 18 or older (although children of volunteers are welcome to participate). One-hour training and orientation required.

Contact: David Cornish, 303-225-0199 or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; go to www.lfsrm. org.

Neighbor Network: Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County.

Need: Volunteers who can provide transportation, light housekeeping, handyman and companion services to seniors.

Requirements: Must be at least 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Contact: 303-814-4300, neighbornetwork@douglas.co.us or dcneighbornetwork.org.

Meals on Wheels: Delivers meals to residents in south metro Denver, including Littleton, western Centennial, Englewood,

Nonprofit Wildlife Group: Works to protect native wildlife in Greenwood Village.

Need: Volunteers help protect wildlife.

Requirements: Must work two hours per week, schedule flexible.

Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org Outreach Uganda: Empowers impoverished people in Uganda, especially women and children, to overcome poverty through income generation, education, training and other holistic endeavors.

Need: Volunteers weekly to provide office support with fair trade craft show preparation, mailings and miscellaneous office work.

Office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Office located at 9457 S. University Blvd., Suite 410, Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Jennifer Dent, 303-683-8450 or office@outreachuganda.org.

Paladin Rescue Alliance: Christian nongovernment organization dedicated to rescuing human trafficking victims and building alliances to combat trafficking locally, nationally and internationally.

Need: Volunteers to help organize supplies;

donations of supplies. All donations are tax-deductible. Needed items include cleansers, skin cream, ointment, disinfectants, dressings, bandages, rolls, sponges, pads, dressing tape, gloves, alcohol pads, asprin, Tylenol.

Age Requirement: All ages can participate.

Contact: www.paladinrescue.org; Paladin Rescue Alliance, P.O. Box 79, Littleton, CO 80160; 888-327-3063.

Parker Senior Center: Provides services to local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to the center for a hot meal, to appointments, to the grocery store, and more.

Contact: Louise West at 303-841-5370.

PeopleFirst Hospice: Denver hospice.

Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921