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Sufferers say joining forces is life-saver Invisible Disabilities Association supports those with ailments that aren’t readily apparent By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com
The Splash Pad at Centennial Center Park swarms with children on a typical summer day with temperatures reaching into the 90s. The water attraction opened May 27. Regular summer hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Photo by Alex DeWind
Summer is sweet at thriving park Gathering place has evolved into something for everyone By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com On an average summer day, Centennial Center Park radiates energy — children flock to the water playground, parents fix picnics at nearby tables, people lie on a grassy slope that faces the open amphitheater.
Since the 11-acre park opened in 2012, it’s transformed into a hub for citizens of Centennial. It is on Arapahoe Road east of Revere Parkway, adjacent to the Centennial Civic Center. “Before people thought of it as just a park,” said Mayor Cathy Noon. “Now it’s a special park that’s a total success story for our community.” The initial goal of the park was to create a central meeting place in Centennial, Noon said. Now the park has attractions for people of all ages.
It’s equipped with two shelter areas, three climbing walls, two playgrounds, one water playground, two nature areas, three water fountains and a two-story covered shelter. There are restrooms, picnic tables and barbecue grills, and there is electricity available. Two years ago, the city invested $1.12 million in a covered stage for the park’s outdoor amphitheater, which accommodates about 5,000 people.
Wayne Connell knew his wife, Sherri, was ill, but nobody else could tell. “We would park in disabled parking and people would yell at us for parking there,” Connell says. “We’d have people follow us all the way into the store, then my wife would sit in the scooter and they’d say ‘Oh.’” Connell’s wife, Sherri, has Lyme disease and primary progressive multiple sclerosis. The conditions forced her to quit working and left her fatigued and in pain, but without visible symptoms. Experiences the couple shared led Sherri to coin the term “invisible disabilities,” and the couple decided to share their story. Invisible continues on Page 5
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Annual muster fires up attendees Littleton event includes parade and firefighting demonstrations By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Volunteers John Borrratt, left, and Bruce Stanbaugh help 4-year-old Daniel Minjurez control the fire hose to put out a make-believe fire. The chance for children to handle a fire hose was among a number of activities available during the June 11 Fire Truck Muster at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton. Photo by Tom Munds
Spectators lined the sidewalk to watch the Fire Truck Muster Parade that rolled down Main Street in Littleton with red lights flashing and sirens wailing. The Littleton Fire Department’s 1914 truck led the June 11 parade of antique and state-of-the-art equipment in the event sponsored by Schomp Automotive and the Mile High Hook and Ladder antique fire truck club. Sarah Porter was visiting friends in Littleton, heard the sirens and came to see what was going on. Muster continues on Page 5
Sherri and Wayne Connell founded the Invisible Disabilities Association to support people with health problems that aren’t apparent to others. Courtesy photo
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Attendees weather heat and rain to enjoy music, performances and food By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com As 90-degree heat dissipated, thousands converged on downtown Littleton for the Main Street Block Party. The event saw record attendance in its 10th year, according to Greg Reinke, president of the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchant’s Association, who said between 26,000 and 28,000 people came. “We’ve surpassed everything we’ve thought,” Reinke said, standing by his “creepy freaky alley,” a haunted house-like experience that proved popular with kids and adults alike. Five bands played, with ‘80s hair metal cover band Mr. Steak drawing the biggest crowds from its stage at Main and Curtice streets. Heavy rain led most attendees to briefly seek cover in downtown shops and caused the bands to delay their performances. But as the rain subsided, they pulled the tarps off of their equipment and resumed playing. Boulder-based circus performance group Fractal Tribe drew large crowds throughout the night with acrobatics, fire-spinning, juggling and more. “These are some of the best circus performers in Colorado,” said George Peele of Denver, a stilt walker with the group. Ari Nicholson of Littleton was impressed with the performance. “It was really cool,” said Nicholson, at her first Littleton block party after moving from Chicago recently. “It was awesome.”
Some danced in the rain and some headed for cover as a storm broke out. Photos by Kyle Harding
Katie Mesmerie of Fractal Tribe spins a flaming hula hoop.
Todd Baldwin and his granddaughter, Jackie Dietrich, take in the ’80s heavy metal cover performance of Mr. Steak at the Littleton Main Street Block Party on June 11.
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In 1997, Connell started the Invisible Disabilities Advocate website to let people know that sometimes people who look healthy are in fact struggling with legitimate health problems, and to let the afflicted know they aren’t alone. The Parker resident says the site initially received 20,000 to 25,000 hits a month, and the organization grew organically from there. The group became a 501(c)(3) in 2004, and in 2008 changed its name to the Invisible Disabilities Association. The Invisible Disabilities Association Facebook page has 169,600 followers and, as a result of the group’s work, three states — Colorado, Wisconsin and Hawaii — now mark Invisible Disabilities Week every October, the same month the group hosts an annual honors gala. The organization hosts an online support group with over 4,100 members, invisibledisabilitiescommunity.org. The virtual support group gives members who have a difficult time getting around a chance to connect with others and offers digital companionship to people with a disability who live too far away for a physical meeting. Posts on the page discuss everything from how to talk to schools about a child with an unseen condition to stories of facing daily activities with conditions like chronic depression, fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis. “We’re hosting a conversation,” Connell says. Jane Brown began visiting the site in 2007. Brown quit working that year due to multiple sclerosis and Connell, Brown’s former co-worker, reached out to her about six months later. He invited her to check out the website. “I went on it so I could say that I did,” Brown says, admitting her initial skepticism. “It pulled me out of the doldrums, and for the next year I lived on that website.” As she became more involved in the group’s virtual discussions, Brown began to yearn for face-to-face contact with other members. In 2009 she started a gettogether, Disabled People Want to Meet Up Too. The group, and Brown, are still going strong, meeting weekly at Solid Grounds coffee shop in Littleton. The connection members find through the site and meetings often fills a void left when friends and family members cut ties. Connell and Brown both say it happens to most, if not all, people with invisible disabilities, leaving them isolated and feeling abandoned. “Everybody goes through that isolation,” Brown says. “After I quit work, my friends just disappeared.” Leia Tilton, a member of the group since 2011, says she has maintained friendships with only two people she knew before she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic
fatigue and chronic pain from a herniated thoracic disk. “They think we’re just making things up,” Tilton says. “The people who’ve known you as a healthy, active person just don’t understand how you became so different.” Tilton says she is a rare case in that despite losing friendships, she still has strong ties with her family. But for Jake Jacobs, the Invisible Disabilities Association is his family. Jacobs was exposed to radiation during military service in Australia, and now neurotoxins are slowly destroying the all soft tissue in his body. His symptoms have progressed to the point that he now uses canes to walk as well as a portable oxygen tank. His disability is now apparent to anyone he passes on the street, but he says he lost family and friends during years when he felt awful but appeared healthy, before doctors successfully diagnosed his rare condition. “It’s kind of like a divorce,” Jacobs says. “People scatter on both sides. Suddenly it becomes a situation where you’re untouchable.” Jacobs, Tilton and Connell say high rates of depression come with the isolation associated with invisible disabilities, or sometimes from the conditions themselves, such as bipolar disorder or PTSD. Because they all can relate to that sense of loneliness, members of the IDA take pride in looking out for each other that much more. “We try very hard to take care of our own,” Tilton says. “Getting together is a lifesaving thing for us.” “We make ourselves available around the clock,” Jacobs says, after recounting that he was up past midnight the previous night counseling a fellow member on the phone. Jacobs and Tilton began the group Disabled and Still Happy, a spinoff of Brown’s group, to provide a location for meetings in Parker. They say they still meet up with Brown occasionally and visit the online support group, and the number of groups that evolve from the IDA doesn’t make members any less of a community. “We’ll always be family,” Jacobs says. Despite the strength they find in each other, Brown, Jacobs and Tilton all say it is up to each member of the group, individually, to take the first step. “Reach out,” Brown says. “Get online, go to a meetup, or something. Nobody’s going to do it for you.” Jacobs says in addition to the support he gets from his Invisible Disabilities Association family, he tries to achieve three goals every day to stay positive. “One is to get both feet on the ground, two is to do something nice for someone and three is to learn something new,” he says, noting that, for him, staying active means staying positive. “Otherwise you just end up curled up in a ball, crying yourself to sleep,” he says. “And that’s not an option.”
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The addition was key to the park’s success in the community. “It’s been what we needed to help our community feel more united,” Noon said. This summer, the park’s schedule is a blend of annual events and first-time happenings. New events On July 21 and Aug. 18, the park will host “Savor Centennial,” an evening of food trucks, beverages and live music. From 5:30 to 8 p.m., the park will showcase local musicians and provide a relaxing atmosphere for family and friends. “Savor Centennial is a totally different event than what we’ve done before,” said Allison Wittern, the city’s public information manager The event falls on a weekday so it’s convenient for people commuting from work in downtown or South Metro Denver. “It’s a nice place to stop off and wait for traffic to die down,” said Wittern. The park will also have its first “Car Show & Movie Night” on June 25 from 6 to 10 p.m. The city’s discussed a car show for years, Wittern said. The event will showcase a collection of classic and exotic cars followed by live music by Six Foot Joe & The Red Hot Rhinos, a rock and blues band. The night will end with an outdoor screening of the family-friendly movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.” On July 16, the park will have its first Brew-N-Que BBQ & Beer Tasting Festival from 4 to 9 p.m. Barbecue food trucks sponsored by Roaming Hunger and beverages from local breweries will be stationed in the parking lot. Families are welcome but guests must be 21 or older to participate in the beer tasting. Wristbands may be purchased in advance at the city’s website, centennialco.gov/events. Noon is excited to see first-timers at the park this summer. “There are certainly a lot of new and exciting events,” she said. “There’s more of
For the kids It’s common to see groups of children in matching, bright-colored T-shirts playing at the water park known as the Splash Pad or eating lunch in the covered amphitheater. Cherry Creek School District uses Centennial Center Park for before- and after-school day-care programs to keep kids active, said Tustin Amole, the district’s director of communications. “It’s a way for kids to be outside,” she said, “and be active by using all of the different activities.” Wittern, who has children ages 2 and 6, takes her family on Centennial Center Park outings most weekends, she said. “They truly love it,” she said. “There’s equipment that they can both play on.” Tot-Land is for younger ages, with child-sized slides and steps. Climbing nets, swings and playgrounds are for the older kids. Aside from the physical amenities, the park has many educational components. Its design represents the passage of time, city officials say, with arches, spirals and circles. The main plaza has a historical timeline of the Cherry Creek Basin, fun facts and a map of the Cherry Creek Watershed. The amphitheater symbolizes four periods of history: Lithic, Archaic, Formative and Classic. “Not just a place to play, but also a place to learn,” the park’s brochure says, “Centennial Center Park is a treasuretrove of history.” Centennial Under The Stars Centennial Under the Stars, is returning for the 11th year, featuring Under a Blood Red Sky — The U2 Tribute. The Denver-based band will mirror U2, the Irish rock group known for its hits, such as “With or Without You” and “Beautiful Day.” The event, on Aug. 13 from 6 to 10 p.m., will also feature music by indie rock bands The Redlands and Chemistry Club, followed by a laser light show. The family-friendly event draws a crowd year after year. “It’s always fun to see people come to the park with their families and kids,” Wittern said, “and just have fun and enjoy it.”
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“This is a nice event. I just learned about the display down the street,” the Kansas resident said. “I am headed back to the house to get the kids and go to the event because all of them like fire trucks — and so do I.” The parade ended at Arapahoe Community College for the “muster” where spectators could catch a ride on a fire truck or get a close look at emergency equipment from a variety of eras.
This was Sean Butler’s third year attending the muster. “The family, particularly the kids, like the event because there is so much to see and do,” the Parker resident said. “My two boys are over there running through the water. They are laughing and splashing around, so I would guess they are keeping cool and having a good time.” Because of a scheduling conflict, this year’s muster had to be moved one week earlier in June, which resulted in a smaller turnout. Apparently, the change in date resulted in 15 trucks being unable to participate, organizers said. Still, there was a big crowd and plans are being made for the muster to be held again next year.
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Outdoor painters keep things fresh Plein air event stretches across two-day period
By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com For two sunny days, June 2 and 3, painters spread out through Littleton with easels, watercolor paint boxes, pastels, acrylics and oil paints to record what they saw in one or more particular spots in Littleton on those days. They focused on streetscapes, gardens, landscapes, historic buildings, the Littleton Museum grounds — and even an alley, which won first place. On the night of June 2, painters gathered at Littleton First Presbyterian Church to have a barbecue dinner and to get acquainted with the show’s juror, Carl Judson. Judson is a painter, teacher and author who runs a store catering to plein air artists called Judson’s Art Outfitters in LaPorte, Colorado. It carries every sort of equipment and paint available for the growing number of painters who want to work out of doors. He arrived in Littleton in his van marked “Guerilla Painter,” a complete shop on wheels. He talked to the assembled painters about his favorite book on painting — Winston Churchill’s “Painting as a Pastime” — and said he prefers “Why Paint?” books to “How To.” He gave a fast history of plein air painting that goes back 500 years and has a wide spectrum — starting with Da Vinci and French painter Claude Lorraine, who mixed his colors out of doors at sunup
and painted spectacular sunrises and sunsets. The slide he showed of a 1649 painting just glowed. The real father of plein air painting was Vallenciennes (1749), who painted the same subject at different times of day, in different seasons. (This was before squeezable tubes of paint were invented.) The Age of Enlightenment meant people looked at how things really worked and artists began to doubt the need for perspective. Serrusier, Vuillard and Whistler were rebels. Judson continued with slides as examples, on into abstract painters, foliage painters and those who were interested in architecture — and everything else in the world around them. On June 3, painters brought in finished work to Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery in the afternoon and Judson named four winners and five honorable mentions. Remarkably, framed paintings were on the walls by 5 p.m. and First Friday viewers began to arrive. • First place: Tim Peterson’s striking, strong watercolor, “Front Range Back Alley.” • Second place: Bob Spille’s oil painting, “Before the Court Convenes,” a view of the historic Littleton Courthouse on Littleton Boulevard. • Third place: Harold Deist’s soft oil painting “Garage in Shadow.” • Guerilla Painter Award of Excellence: Betsy Buckner’s pastel, “Monastery Madness.” • Honorable mentions went to Rita Bhasin, Lucy Strupp, Shirley Bales, Clare Scott and Robert Ellert. Unfortunately the show is over before press time. Since the response was so
“Front Range Back Alley,” an oil painting by Tim Peterson, won first place in the Plein Air Paint Out exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery. Photo courtesy of Peggy Dietz enthusiastic, I’m certain the event will be repeated in 2017.
NEWS IN A HURRY County seeks comment on polling sites Arapahoe County voters can provide the county clerk and recorder’s office with input on proposed polling locations for the Nov. 8 general election between now and June 24. The list of locations can be found at www.arapahoevotes.com/vspcplan and comment may be submitted at www.arapahoevotes.com/ comment, by email to elections@ arapahoegov.com or by mail to the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120. The county plans to offer 25 voter service and polling centers, of which 11 will be open from Oct. 24 through the election. The additional 14 will be open on Nov. 5, 7 and 8. Trails to Ales poker run The South Suburban Park Foundation will hold a “fun-raiser” along the Mary Carter Greenway on June 25. The Trails to Ales Poker Run will be a cycling event on an eight-mile loop, beginning and ending at River Point shopping center in Sheridan. Stops along the way include Bout Time Pub, The Pint Room, Breckenridge Brewery and St. Patrick’s Brewing Company. Riders will get their card stamped at the stops in an attempt to hold the winning hand. Registration is $35 per adult and $5 per child. Sign-in begins at 11 a.m. and participants must return by 3 p.m. Visit www.sspf.org for more information.
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Parker Days packs ’em in By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Parker Days festival was the biggest yet for the town, with cooperative weather and a large turnout. “It was a great year,” said Sara Crowe, special events director for the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce. “Watching kids interact with Captain Jack Sparrow, the little kids in the tractors and equipment on Mainstreet, it’s just fun to see all of those little pieces add up to the big picture.” Classic rockers 38 Special kicked off the festivities the evening of June 9 at the main stage in O’Brien Park. “This looks like the place to be on a Thursday night, huh?” said Don Barnes, guitarist and vocalist for the band, to a roar of applause. Joe Miranda, a Parker resident for 14 years, said the bands, and the festival, keep getting bigger and better every year. “It’s awesome,” Miranda said as he watched his son playing one of the games of skill at the fair. He added this was his fifth year attending Parker Days. “The bands are bigger names and the rides and everything. They just keep getting better every time.”
Crowe said local bands were a hit too. “We’re lucky to live in a community where the local artists are great but we can pull from outside the area as well,” Crowe said. Crowe added the weather helped drive a large turnout this year. Streaks of lightning lit the sky north of the Ferris wheel on opening night and a 10-minute downpour punctuated proceedings Sunday afternoon, but otherwise the only precipitation was the storm of cottonwood seeds that drifted through the air and piled up along sidewalks like clumps of discarded cotton candy. Despite the turnout and scope of the festival, barely a trace remained by Monday morning. Crowe said that local Boy Scouts of America troops saw to that. The scouts volunteered to keep the festival grounds clear of litter throughout the weekend, and Monday they were back at work finishing up the job. With Parker Days 2016 behind her, Crowe said it’s already time for her to look ahead to 2017. “I’ll be doing ‘thank yous,’ ” she said. “Then it’s time to start figuring out what it will look like for next year.”
Emily Sloan, 2, left, and her sister Kalynn, 5, enjoy a funnel cake at the Parker Days Festival on June 11. Photos by Tom Skelley Kerry Green fails to live up to his name as he prepares for the parade at the Parker Days festival on June 11. Green, dressed as the “MileHigh Monster,” walked with the Alzheimer’s Association.
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June 17, 2016
‘I want to have a voice’ Immigrants pursue dream of citizenship through Littleton class
ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT RESOURCES CENTER The Littleton Immigrant Resources Center is a division of Bemis Public Library. It was established in 2009 after the city and the Littleton Immigration Integration Initiative received a $50,000 grant from the Migration Policy Institute.
By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com In a conference room in the basement of Bemis Public Library, a group of hopeful people spend their Tuesday mornings preparing for the moment that will determine whether they become United States citizens. “I want to have a voice,” said Ruth Alonso of Denver, who emigrated from Mexico six years ago. Alonso is a student in a citizenship class at the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center, preparing for her naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers. Reasons for becoming a citizen vary, but the desire to vote is commonly cited in election years, said Petula McShiras, an attorney and the supervisor of the center, which is housed in the library and offers legal assistance and Englishas-a-second-language courses in addition to the citizenship classes. Other reasons include the ability to petition for a green card for family members, McShiras said, as well as a sense of security. “They want to say `Yes, I am an American,’ ” she said. Deb Schaffer, the citizenship program coordinator, prepares students for their interview, during which they must pass a test on speaking, reading and writing English as well as an oral exam on American civics. “It’s hard to prepare people for whom English is a struggle,” Schaffer said, noting that they may misunderstand the questions asked during the interview.
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Previously, the Immigration Integration Initiative, or LI3, now known as Immigrant Pathways Colorado, had operated an information center at the library with funding from nonprofit foundation The Colorado Trust.
Citienship Program Coordiantor Deb Schaffer helps aspiring U.S. citizens prepare for questions they may face in their naturalization interview at the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center, located at Bemis Public Library. Photo by Kyle Harding All five students in the June 7 class came from Latin America, but Schaffer said classes will often include students from Asian and European countries as well. The class runs for eight months, but students can come back as many times as they need to be prepared for the interview. Currently, citizen hopefuls’ interviews are scheduled eight to 10 weeks out from when their applications are sent in. “People really want to change their lives,” Schaffer said. “But it’s my job to make sure they’re ready.” Schaffer prepares students by running through a battery of sample questions, sometimes in the form of a game, such as throwing a ball around the class, with the person it is tossed to being asked a question.
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Questions cover topics such as the names of key government figures, the powers and responsibilities of the three branches of government and what rights are protected by the First Amendment. Eleazar Rios, who passed his citizenship interview on June 6, attended the class for four months and said the program prepared him well. Rios returned to class the day after his interview with a big smile and a tray of enchiladas to share his success. “I’m feeling good,” said Rios, who lives in Parker and emigrated from Mexico 16 years ago. Another Mexican immigrant who recently earned his citizenship continues to come to class as a volunteer to help others prepare for their interview. “I like to help people,” said Jose Hernandez-Pimental, who passed his
The center receives funding from the city of Littleton, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the American Library Association, the Financial Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation, the Colorado Department of Education, Littleton Public Schools, Arapahoe County community development block grants and several nonprofit foundations. interview in April after deciding last August to pursue his dream of becoming a citizen with more focus. He helps tutor students who need additional help with English, including Candida Ortiz, an El Salvadoran immigrant who has her interview later in June. Hernandez-Pimental, a diesel mechanic at Denver International Airport, had worked towards becoming a citizen before, but family and work obligations got in the way. In addition to classes at the library, he credits his wife and inlaws with supporting him. One reason he became a citizen is that it allows him to apply for government jobs. “Last year I decided I have to do it,” he said. He got a CD to help him study for the test while he drove. “No matter where I was going,” he said, “that was playing.”
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If it’s going to be, it’s up to me Over the Memorial Day weekend, as I was visiting family and friends out in Montauk, New York, we stopped by the local grocery store to pick up some things for the weekend picnic and barbecue. It was a perfect beach day, the weather was phenomenal and the morning sun was already melting away the remnants of spring. As expected, the grocery store was packed with other people who had made the trek out to the easternmost tip of Long Island for the weekend. As we maneuvered through the mayhem and crowd while maneuvering our cart to avoid other shoppers, children, and display cases, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between a bread vendor and a local regular customer. The customer and the vendor were discussing how busy the store was and how it was just the beginning of the summer season. And the vendor, with a big smile of genuine gratitude and appreciation on his face, looked at the customer and said, “We wait for this all year don’t we?” This was the time of the year when local businesses make their money. Tourists pour into town from Memorial Day through Labor Day and the shops, restaurants, bars, and area attractions wait all year to capitalize on this season. It’s kind of like our ski towns
here in Colorado, although many of the ski areas and towns are also awesome in the summertime as well — some may argue even better than the winter. I couldn’t help but think about the vendor’s comment, “We wait for this all year, don’t we?” And I Michael Norton wondered if there was something I wait for WINNING all year too. Is there a WORDS season that I wait for? Is there an event I wait for? Is there a person I am waiting for? And if I am waiting, why am I waiting? Shouldn’t I be doing something to maximize my potential or pursue other opportunities, challenges or adventures while I am waiting? When it comes to certain things I can be extremely patient. However, when it comes to waiting for something else to happen in order for me to achieve success or accomplish a task, I am not very patient at all. By putting my success in the hands of another person, a season or event, I am leaving my
success to chance rather than being the driver and force that determines whether I succeed or fail. And as that old saying goes, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me.” And with an attitude of “If it’s to be, it’s up to me,” we can hold ourselves accountable for taking the actions necessary to control our own success and destiny instead of waiting for and maybe even blaming outside sources or influences when we miss out on an opportunity. The time to pursue our goals and dreams is now. Not after the summer, not after the kids go back to school, not after the election, not after the holidays, not just at the New Year, but now and I mean right now. So what are you waiting for? If it was a nudge, I hope this was it. If it was something more I would love to hear all about it or help you set a path toward achieving your goals and dreams. You can email me at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we live life with an attitude of “If it’s to be, it’s up to me” it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
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Avoiding raindrops in stormy political season Wake me up when it’s all over. But it never will be over, will it? I promised I wouldn’t write about the election again. I lied. The day after the election, the loser’s party will start carping about something that the winner said the night before. The carping may begin, but it will be no match for what is going on now. I went to my doctor and said, “Doc, it hurts when I hit my head with a hammer.” And he said, “Stop hitting your head with a hammer. That will be $500. Pay on your way out.” The daily news is hitting my head with a hammer. I am spending far too much time with a man named Wolf. But I like the Wolf Man. He has absolutely no sense of humor, but he gets the job done without waving his hands all around or punching the air. The candidates wave their arms around and punch the air. Maybe you saw or heard that Wolf con-
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Others were going to move to Canada if Clinton or Obama was elected. A lot of people were affected during those presidencies. I wasn’t. Oh, affirmative action may have limited my job mobility. But I retired in a college town in Colorado, didn’t I? Not a college town in North Carolina, or worse, Mississippi.
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They will talk about what they learned, how they grew as people, what wonderful ideas they have come upon as writers, readers, scientists, mathematicians, artists. “It’s this idea of passage,” Judy says, of “moving on.” Life’s journey, after all, could be defined as a series of passages: College graduation. First car. First job. Marriage. First child. This year, like her students, Judy, too, will be moving on. After 40 years of teaching, she is retiring. It is, she says, “another part of my passage.” •
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Principal Chad Burns tells this story to illustrate the essence of Judy’s teaching. He’s at school on a Saturday, working. Judy and her husband, Joe, pull into the parking lot with a pickup truck filled with bags of mulch for the school garden, which Judy’s students have chosen as their service project for the year. They heap the bags onto the sidewalk near the playground. “Where do you want me to take it?” Burns asks. “Oh, no,” Judy answers. The mulch stays here. “They’ll figure it out.” The following Monday, before school starts, the second- and third-graders are marching across the playground in assembly-line formation, carrying the bags and dropping them in the garden. “She gives the kids the right amount of support,” Burns says. “But even when you’re 8 years old, it’s OK — you’ll figure it out.” When she retired June 3, Judy was the oldest — at 65 — and the most veteran staff member in terms of longevity — at 20 years — of the low-slung school tucked in a south Denver residential neighborhood. She was a pioneering member of the program, supported by five school districts — Littleton, Douglas County, Cherry Creek, Denver and Aurora — and the nonprofit Public Education and Business Coalition. The curriculum is built on the principles of Outward Bound and teaches curriculum with multidisciplinary learning expeditions or in-depth field trips for areas of study. Students showcase what they’ve learned in unit-ending projects they present to the community. Judy will tell you she has no patience for today’s focus on testing and evaluation metrics, of the loss of play as a daily part of learning, of the emphasis on singular standards rather than the “wholeness” of a child. At the Expeditionary school, she found a place that let her do it her way, to instill a love for learning by letting kids be kids. Those around her watched — and
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I know I would have befriended good people back there — down there — and I probably could have found a good dachshund. But Colorado never embarrasses me. And that’s saying something. Hickenlooper is our best governor since Lamm. Hickenlooper has a book out. “The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics.” The title on the cover was handwritten. I think it’s a reflection of Hickenlooper’s approach to things. Thoreau said, “Simplify, simplify.” Some (former) governors are in prison,
or were disgraced in office. Not this guy. And no one is bashing him because he married a woman who is 26 years younger than he is. If you fall in love, you fall in love, unless it’s your 13-year-old first cousin once removed. Jerry Lee Lewis will be 81 in September. I don’t even know what a once removed cousin is, but it sounds like a punch line. I sure wanted to remove one of my cousins. He was slurring his polysyllables at a
family reunion. He told my sister that he was a magician. “Look,” he said. “I can make my lap disappear.” He stood up. That was it. The conventions are around the corner. I can’t watch yahoos in red, white and blue stovepipe hats yapping it up. I’ll just play catch-up with the Wolf Man.
learned, too. “Judy finds the balance in everything the educational landscape has demanded,” Burns says, as he lists the alphabet of standardized testing over the years — TCAP, CMAS, PARCC and more. “She taught students how to love learning first. This love then manifested into a solid understanding of each content.” And her kids have excelled. Over the past five years, Burns says, more than 90 percent of her students have scored proficient or advanced in reading, for instance. The 2014 standardized test results put the statewide average for students who had met or exceeded grade-level expectations in reading at 72 percent. A new high school math teacher painted one of Judy’s favorite sayings on a cabinet in his classroom: “Play is the engine that drives learning.” But it all starts with a fundamental understanding that has nothing to do with academics. “What a child needs first in their life, before they can do anything, is to know that someone cares,” Burns says. “That is the foundational fabric of Judy’s classroom … Every student knows, every day, no matter if it’s a bad day or a good day, that Judy loves and cares about them.”
our energy out in the morning … stretch, play a game, then ready to learn.” And then, from Tesla: “We’ll miss her. But she deserves to retire. She’s been working hard for a while.” Judy isn’t sure what she’ll do next. She would love to stay in education in some way — she feels like she still has so much more to give. But something unexpected could surprise her. “I told myself to keep open eyes, open ears, make sure I’m open to anything that comes along and feels good and right,” Judy says. She doesn’t have a bucket list. She prefers to let things happen when they happen. She will just figure it out.
On the last day of classes, Judy sends her students off with a simple, cheerful directive: “Have a fantastic summer!” That means no academics allowed. Read a book, she suggests. Lie in the grass and watch the clouds. Fly a kite. Make sure you find someone you can help. Find something you’ve never done before — challenge yourself. She doesn’t worry, though. Like her, she knows they’ll figure it out.
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Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
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In the classroom, Judy’s crew — as the classes are called — has come back to the rug from their groups. The students have shared their feedback, offered advice and are ready for a playground break. “I thought all of you did a great job of helping one another, listening, supporting,” Judy tells them as she looks around the energetic circle. She’s proud of her kids, of the community they’ve built together. The best advice she could give a new teacher? To create community, a place where kids feel safe and where they belong with each other. “With 7- and 8-year-olds, it’s an everyday piece … that character piece,” Judy says. “If you didn’t have that — a strong crew — they’re not learning or they’re always in conflict or there’s always something going on. The actual teaching of content comes after you’ve established a safe community.” The students know Judy won’t be back next year. The reasons they give for missing her reflect — in their simplicity — unwitting insights into good teaching. “I’m sad,” Tim says. “She was like a RMSEL legend, and she takes us on really, really fun camping trips. … She treats students like students, and doesn’t just do it for them.” “She’s really nice,” Tesla says. “And she teaches us really good stuff.” Dawson: “She made us be kind, then she would help us a lot in math.” Ainsley: “She teaches things that are actually important instead of studying something that isn’t that important and you could learn without your teacher.” “She’s smart,” says Landon. “She gets
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Cowboy Landon Mecham looks down from the chutes at 939 Ridiculousness, his draw for the saddle bronc ride at the Elizabeth Stampede on June 4. Mecham and fellow cowboy Chase Bennett drove eight hours from Utah to ride in the eight-second event. Photos by Rick Gustafson
The horse is anticipating just as you are. The older they get, the more aware they are of what they’re about to do. ” — Landon Mecham, Rodeo cowboy
Crucial 8 seconds Long day on road is part of routine for Utah cowboy By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media
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odeo cowboys Landon Mecham and Chase Bennett roll out of Salt Lake City a little after 8 a.m., eight-plus hours on the road ahead of them. Their route through the heart of the Rockies will land them in the rolling hills of Colorado’s eastern plains for the June 4 evening performance of the Elizabeth Stampede and Rodeo. That’s 16 hours of travel for half that number of seconds on the back of a saddle bronc named 939 Ridiculousness, and a payday ranging from zero to $1,272. At 30 years old, Mecham is in the prime of his rodeo career. And the Elizabeth Stampede is one of about 20 rodeos he will enter in June. “Traveling on the circuit, it’s a lot of long hours driving, a lot of time, late nights,” Mecham said. “It’s a lot of fun being on the road with good friends.” Mecham and Bennett, among the thousands of cowboys who hope to compete on the rodeo circuit each year, are ingrained in a way of life that has them loving the dirt and hurt that inevitably comes with the job, always dreaming of the big wins that make the journey worth it. To prepare for his ride at the Elizabeth Stampede, Mecham sits in his saddle on the floor of the competitors’ tent, toes in the stirrups, legs extended, his left hand grasping the
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Bucking horse 939 Ridiculousness goes vertical. Landon Mecham’s score of 77.5 earned him a tie for a fourth place over all at the Elizabeth Stampede the first weekend in June. hack rein attached to a heavy-duty halter lying between his feet. Eyes closed, he rocks back in the saddle. “You just go through your routine every time,” he said. “Everybody’s different. Some guys need to get pumped up; some guys like to stay more relaxed. You find where you
the animal a head start
Here is a quick run-down of some of the terms used in the rodeo world:
Bronc rein (hack rein) — a thick, single rein (rope) attached to the saddle bronc’s halter
Added money — purse money added to entry fees by the rodeo committee
Chute — the pen holding a bull or bronc where the rider mounts for his ride
Barrier (calf roping) — a rope stretched across the front of the box from which the roper or steer wrestler’s horse emerges; the rope is attached to the steer or calf giving
Dally (team roping) — a turn at the end of the rope around the saddle horn after the animal is caught Header (team roping) — the rider who ropes the front of the steer
perform your best and just try and get there every time.” Outside the tent, steer wrestling has ended. Country music fills the arena, and the crowd packing the grandstand cheers for rodeo clown J.W. Winklepleck’s giveaway of a pair of Justin boots. Images of dancing
Heeler (team roping) — the rider who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header turns the steer Hazer (steer wrestling/bulldogging) — a cowboy who rides beside a steer on the opposite side of the steer wrestler to keep the steer running straight and close to the contestant’s horse Pickup man — a mounted cowboy who helps the rider off a bronc when the ride is completed, removes the flank strap from the bronc, and leads
spectators competing for the boots flash across the Jumbotron until the camera zooms in on the winner, a gyrating woman in a fuchsia T-shirt. The time has come for Mecham to make his way to the chutes, the pen holding the bronc called 939 Ridiculousness that he will ride. “It’s pretty well routine if everything goes right,” Mecham said. “You sit down in there; the horse doesn’t give you no fits. You don’t want to be in the chute any longer than you have to. The horse is anticipating just as you are. The older they get, the more aware they are of what they’re about to do.” Mecham began his rodeo career as a way of life, growing up around rodeos, rodeo cowboys and ranch
it out of the arena Re-ride — a second ride that may be granted by the judges if the rider is “fouled” on the chutes or if the horse fails to buck hard enough to give the rider a fair chance Rank — a bull or bronc that is difficult to ride Rowel — a circular, notched portion of a spur; in bareback and saddle bronc competitions, rowels are dull and loose to roll over the horse’s hide; bull-riding rowels are dull and
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loosely locked to help the bull rider stay on Score — the length of the head start given to the steer or calf in timed events Slack — competitors who draw “slack” ride either late at night or early in the morning; a reflection of a limited number of slots during a rodeo performance, not a reflection of a rider’s ability or ranking Sources: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Cowboy Way
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Left: Tia Yaryan serves drinks at one of the pubs at the festival. Below: Alice Miller traveled from Pennsylvania to work the summer at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Photos by Shanna Fortier
Renaissance Festival opens for season Festival will run every weekend through Aug. 7 By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com Knights, tavern wenches, jesters, pirates, fairies and royalty mingled June 11 and 12 at the opening weekend of the 40th anniversary celebration of Colorado
Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. Inside the castle walls, sword fights were taking over the street; bagpipes and drums were creating high spirited, Celtic music; the smell of turkey legs wafted through the air; and the line at the pub grew long. Near the Rose Stage, one of 10 stages at the festival, Tia Yaryan poured beer at the pub. The math teacher has worked the festival for 12 years to make extra money
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hands. He began mutton bustin’ (sheep riding) as a boy and progressed to calves. Following a short stint of riding bulls in high school, he found his niche riding saddle broncs. “Tropic, Utah, is where I’m from,” he said. “My parents did rodeo. My dad was a team roper. He rode bulls in his younger years, and then he was a pickup man. My mom was a rodeo secretary in Utah at amateur rodeos.” Like Mecham, 8-year-old Boedy Lambert of Wiggins, Colorado, is growing up in the rodeo culture. His father, Ricky Lambert, travels the circuit as a tie-down roper and brought his son to the Stampede in Elizabeth the first week in June. Boedy has been competing as a
Landon Mecham of Tropic, Utah, shows off the type of boots he and other saddle bronc riders wear during competitions. Photo by Rick Gustafson breakaway roper since age 5 and plans to start riding bulls next summer. “I’m going to do miniature bulls at
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The 30-acre village includes stages featuring jugglers and acrobatics, the village hypnotist, dancing and singing, music, food and drink, carnival games and a tournament joust. The festival also has a marketplace of more than 200 artisans, crafters and vendors selling handcrafted items. Artists can also be found demonstrating their skills in pottery throwing, glassblowing and leather-making.
the Circle A Rodeo next year,” he said from the back of his horse. At the north end of the arena, Mecham calls for the start of his saddle bronc ride with a nod of his head. The gateman opens the Medved Auto chute door and 939 Ridiculousness bucks and takes a stutter step, jumping vertically with his head down. The change in direction briefly knocks Mecham out of rhythm. Mecham squares his body and keeps his feet moving and 939 Ridiculousness bucks steadily throughout the remaining six seconds of the ride. When the buzzer sounds, the pickup man rides in and helps Mecham from the horse. “The eight seconds … is like a sprint, it’s like a 100-yard sprint is what I would compare it to,” Mecham said. “When you’re first learning, there is quite a bit of adrenaline factor there and a lot of times it’s hard to keep it all gathered mentally. The more you do it, the more you’re able to stay controlled.”
Two judges score Mecham’s ride, evaluating both horse and rider from one to 25 for a combined 100 possible points. “There’s an expression, you always try to be 90, because that’s pretty much a winning score,” Mecham said. “One hundred would be perfect, in a perfect world — that’s kind of impossible. There’s always going to be a flaw somewhere in something. To be in the 90s is where you strive to be every time.” Mecham’s ride earns him 77.5, enough to put him in a tie for fourth place out of the 36 saddle bronc riders who competed in the Stampede over the weekend. His traveling partner Chase Bennett’s score of 82 earns him third place. The following week, Mecham and Bennett travel to rodeos in Idaho, Utah and back to Colorado for the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo in Cortez. Mecham’s paycheck for the night totals $366. And when asked if it is worth it, he said: “Definitely, I don’t know what I’d rather be doing if I wasn’t doing this.”
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“Highly Illogical Behavior” is a Young Adult title by John Corey Whaley, who appeared on May 12 at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove in a conversation with new store owner Len Vlahos, author of “The Scar Boys.” (Well-written YA books are enjoying popularity with teens and adults in bookstores across the nation currently.) This tale of an agoraphobic “Star Trek” fan named Solomon Reed offers a view of anxiety disorder from an award-winning author of contemporary Young Adult fiction who’s been there and back. Inspired by Whaley’s personal struggles with anxiety, the novel gives a reader some insights on how it feels to be anxious and depressed. Solomon, 16, has not left the house to attend school — or for any other reason — nor had contact with his classmates for three years, since he had a panic attack at school and climbed into the fountain in front. He successfully masters online courses and dwells on “Star Trek” stories, settings and characters — interspersed with periodic meltdowns. We meet prospective psychology major Lisa, a former classmate, who remembers the fountain incident when she sees a photograph in his mother’s dental office. Lisa feels some compassion over his isolation and a confidence that she can “fix” him — and the reader realizes the importance of connection to the world for all concerned. And then there’s the matter of an essay Lisa needs to submit in her search for a full-ride college scholarship — and a way out of her dull small-town life. Lisa’s boyfriend Clark, her unhappy mother and Solomon’s understanding but frustrated parents each add another perspective to Whaley’s often humorous and solidly written novel. It gives the reader sympathetic characters and a storyline with insights. Lisa, and at times, Clark, visit Solomon
John Corey Whaley, author of “Highly Illogical Behavior,” recently appeared at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove to talk about his new Young Adult book and his related experiences. Courtesy photo
and play games he likes — and encourage him to use the backyard swimming pool his loving grandmother has built for him. Solomon is up and down and learning more about himself as he enjoys their company. Whaley also wrote “Where Things Come Back,” a book that won the 2012 Printz Award and was recognized as one of the Best Young Adult novels of all time. He also wrote “Noggin,” which was a National Book Award finalist. While touring with “Noggin,” he felt that anxiety “and how misunderstood anxiety and mental illness really are. With `Highly Illogical Behavior,’ I wanted to share my experience of anxiety — that it is eternally confusing, frustrating and almost always illogical in nature. I also wanted to show how outsiders respond to mental illness — how they talk about it, or don’t talk about it — and what that says about all of us.” I think this would be a good choice for a book group discussion for any age of readers. Young readers might find it helpful in understanding troubled classmates, while parents would also find insights.
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‘4000 Miles’ is engaging look at leftist grandmother Pulitzer-winning play runs in Denver through June 26 By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com A colorful front door is centrally located on the simple set at Cherry Creek Theatre and the adjacent living room is empty as the audience settles in for “4000 Miles.” When her West Village doorbell rings in the middle of the night, 91-year-old Vera (the excellent Billie McBride) is confused as she opens the door for her strung-out 20-something grandson, Leo (Kevin Kantor), who is standing there, looking needy. Leo has ridden his bike from the West Coast and seen a close friend die en route — and he needs a place to crash. Vera isn’t wearing her hearing aid, which adds to the confusion as the two argue and sort things out, then settle in for the night. Birds are singing as the lights signify the start of the next day. Leo is reading
Kevin Kantor plays Leo, who bicycled from California and is visiting his elderly leftist grandmother Vera (Billie McBride) in her apartment in the East Village of New York City. Courtesy photo
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from Vera’s collection of leftist books as she returns from a funeral. “The last of my octogenarian acquaintances — he used to make passes at me,” she says. “Your mother called. I didn’t tell her you were here.” Interactions with his Minnesota parents had been strained, he’d told her. Vera is fashioned after playwright Amy Herzog’s leftist grandmother, Leepee, whom she describes as “not grandmotherly.” Curious Theatre audiences met her several years ago in Herzog’s “After the Revolu-
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Art Encounters pieces will appear in Douglas County Douglas County art lovers will be seeing results of the 2016 Art Encounters program appearing at public venues throughout the county. Among the first is “Touching Sound,” an interactive sculpture by Maureen Hearty, installed at the James H. Larue Library in Highlands Ranch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd. Sculpted aluminum pipes with different tones, based on diameter and length, invite the viewer to create a sound picture. Hearty also has an exhibit of her work at Hudson Gardens this summer. (Admission is free.) ‘52’ gets underway Highlands Ranch sculptor Shohini Ghosh opens an exhibit of her work at Littleton Museum on June 24, the result of a commitment to create one new piece a week for one year, in the style of “Au premier coup,” each stroke is final. The 52 pieces represent people in various poses, in quiet moments. She will speak about her process on Aug. 4 at the museum (7 p.m.) and the exhibit is open during museum hours. About ‘Centennial’ The Highlands Historical Society will hear a lecture about “James Michener’s Fictional Geography of Colorado” at 7 p.m. on June 20 by John Dietz, who taught geography at the University of Northern
Colorado for 35 years. He taught Colorado geography, which led to an interest in Michener’s book “Centennial.” He used the book for summer workshops and lectures around the state. (There is Sonya Ellingboe no specific model town for CentenSONYA’S nial, but the author combined events SAMPLER and personalities.) Dietz’s daughter, Molly, her husband, Jamie, and their children live in Highlands Ranch. The lecture will be at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Members free, a $2 donation suggested for visitors. Register: constantcontacts@thehrhs.org. Nature walks as inspiration “Create Your Map of Nature” is a series of 2½ -hour introductory-level walks for adults at South Platte Park, 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton, with naturalist Pam Roth O’Mara. Observe, listen, learn, draw, paint, journal as you see the park’s inhabitants and plantings: June 18-23 Northern
Wildlife Area; June 28 East Trail; July 23 Southern Lakes. Fees: $19 to $49. Contact: victorias@sspr.org. Ridgegate Summer Beats Free concerts are held on the third Thursdays in June and July at Prairie Sky Park, 9381 Crossington Way, Lone Tree. Presented by South Suburban Parks and Recreation District. Activities begin at 5 p.m., band plays at 6 p.m. June 16: The Tom Petty Project; July 21: Mostly Harmless. Entertainment, fitness games, food trucks, art activities. Bring blanket, lawn chairs, kids. ‘Big Wonderful’ The “Big Wonderful” will be at Geneva Lake Park, 2255 W. Berry Ave., Littleton, from 2 to 8 p.m. on June 24-25. Entertainment, flea market, beer garden, food trucks, lawn games, arts and crafts. Free admission, donation $5 for bands suggested. History lecture The Englewood Historic Preservation Society’s June meetings will present David Gilbert and Reed Underwood at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on June 27, speaking about the “Alexander Industries film and aircraft company and the big fire of 1928.” The
afternoon program will be at the Englewood Library, in the Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway; the evening lecture will be at Brew on Broadway, 3445 S. Broadway. See historicenglewood.org.
Library board appointment Best-selling author Eleanor Brown, of Highlands Ranch, was appointed by the Douglas County commissioners to the Douglas County Library Board of Trustees B on March 22. She joins current trustees c Jon Beckwith, Ron Cole, John Howe, Bob Morris, Janiece Murphy and Dave g Williams. Her second book, “The Light of Paris,” will be published this summer and a book launch program is planned a at the Highlands Ranch James H. LaRue e Library at 7 p.m. on July 15. (Registration C required: douglascountylibraries.org) w Falcon Fest/Father’s Day r Dads and families are invited to an up o close and personal meeting with a falcon i at Audubon Nature Center, 11280 Water- t ton Road., Littleton, from 8:30 to 11:30 v a.m. on June 19. Continental breakfast, d raptor hikes, Colorado Wild Art Show, raptors by HawkQuest. Tickets: member dads, free; non-member dads, $3; adults, teens, $16; under 12, $8. Registration required, denveraudubon.org, 303-9739530.
CURTAIN TIME Readers may enjoy including one or more of our mountain theaters on Colorado excursions. Look up these online and book or call for more information.: • Thingamajig Theatre, 2313 Eagle Drive, Pasgosa Springs, offers “The Little Mermaid” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “Cabaret” and “Always, Patsy Cline.” Call
970-731-7469 for dates and ticket prices, or see pagosacenter.org (look for 2016 schedule.) • Creede Repertory Theatre, 124 N. Main St., Creede, offers a season of outstanding theater each summer in a former mining town. “The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence”; The History Room” (world premiere); “Kind of Red” (world premiere); “Private Lives”;
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”; and two brand new plays in its Headwaters Festival — “Lone Riders” by Carol Wright Krause and “General Store” by Brian Watkins — will be performed on August 26 and 27 as part of the National New Play Network organization. 719-658-2540, creederep.org. • Theatre Aspen, The Hurst Theatre, 470 Rio Grande Place,
Aspen, performs “Mama Mia;” “Buyer and Cellar,” “Dear Edwina.” 970-300-4474, theatreaspen.org. • Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre, 800 Grand Ave., Grand Lake, has a new theater built a few years ago, although the company has been around for years. “Disney’s Little Mermaid”; “Rock of Ages”; “Titanic”; “Million Dollar Quartet.”
970-627-3421, rockymountainrep.com. • Backstage Theatre Breckenridge, 121 Ridge, Breckenridge. “Chicago”; “Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike”; “Hairspray”; “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” 970453-0199, backstagetheatre. org.
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June 17, 2016
Locals bring talent, excitement to fifth annual Denver Comic Con
By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com
In the realm of nerd, one can always go a little deeper. And for area self-proclaimed nerds and fans of the pop culture phenomenon, that’s where the Denver Comic Con comes in. “We’re putting on a show that we’d want to attend,” said Christina Angel, director of Denver Comic Con. “That’s one of the beautiful things about maintaining an independent con. We’re unique in the landscape of cons, reflecting Denver’s pop culture interests, but we’re also different each year with new themes and
focus.” Beginning Friday, June 17, local fans, artists, cosplayers, game designers and authors will descend upon the fifth annual Denver Comic Con, a convention focused on the popular culture of comic book, graphic novel, science fiction, fantasy and animé worlds. Founded by Pop Culture Classroom, a charitable organization that uses comic book media to promote student literacy, it also offers specific programs, panels, vendors and artists, along with celebrity photo ops and signings. A big part of the fun is cosplaying, where fans dress up in elaborately designed, often handmade, costumes of their favorite characters. Last year, more than 100,000 people attended the Denver convention, making it one of the fastest-growing in the country. This year’s convention runs through Sunday, June 19, at the Colo-
rado Convention Center. But the con’s not-so-secret mission is education. “The coolest thing about this year’s con is the same thing that is cool about it every year,” Angel said. “PCC (Pop Culture Classroom) is in the Colorado community year-round, engaging kids in literacy and education through its programs that use comics and pop culture in the classroom.” Proceeds from the Comic Con pay for staffing, supplies and infrastructure of the program, which is offered for free to schools. For area educators, such as Elle Skelton, who teaches seventh-grade English at Pinnacle Charter School in Federal Heights, the con is an amusing and educational experience. “Most people don’t realize the people who put on the Comic Con have a big focus on education,” she said. “I’m go-
ing there to find ways to incorporate pop culture and comic books into my classroom and using them for literature purposes.” The con’s educational mission, said Arvada fan Robin Melberg, is one she accepts with her whole heart. “It’s the only nonprofit con and it all goes to kid’s literacy and reading,” she said. “It makes you feel so good.” From video game design to meeting the godfather of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, and everything imaginable in between, fans will be immersed in an overwhelming sea of nerd, one many local con-goers say is the place to be. “Comic Con is a way to embrace different personalities,” said Katie Hartkopp, a Wheat Ridge author and fan of nerdy things. “It’s a chance to say it’s OK to be whoever you want … it’s a group celebration of individuality.”
CON-GOERS OPEN UP Name: Zac Skellington Conley
Night-time Monsters” by Jason M. Adams, which I illustrated.
I’m not a big convention goer, but I love the artist collaboration and the Superpower: I’m Batexposure my work gets at cons like man this. I’ve shown at Denver all five Guild info: SkellOArt years, and was at San Diego and Long is my business, Sisters Beach’s cons before that. At this year’s of Mercy Monster Denver Comic Con, our booth will Carnival is my comic, and I’m part feature 10 different people showof 5280Geek, a network casing their work. From of artists, designers, elegant Japanese brush Meet a few of professional and selfpaintings and photograDenver Comic proclaimed “geeks.” phy, to illustrations, jewCon fans and find elry and signing cosplayout why they love Origin Story: I do a little ers up for the Colorado the genre. For bit of everything, and this Cosplay Registry, we’ve the non-initiated, year, that’s exactly what got it all — and the best “Superpower” reour booth, No. 615, will part is — it’s a fundraiser. fers to the power be too. you’d have if you We’re raising money for For the past 20 years I’ve could, “Guild Cap for Kids, a Colorado been a professional artinfo” means nonprofit that sends ist, selling my sketches, profession and superheroes to children paintings, sculptures, “Origin Story” is a in area hospitals. photographs, illustraperson’s bio. tions, toys and tattoo If there’s a cosplayer at designs. I also was the art the Con, I want them to director for several nacome to this booth. They’ll be able to tional campaigns, including “Coyote register on the cosplayer registry and Ugly.” My most current projects are support Cap for Kids, which is seeka 60-foot 3D mural at the Wizard’s ing cosplayers to join their ranks of Chest in Denver with two dragons, visiting superheroes. I’m trying to get some baby dragons and a couple of all the cosplayers I can to come and knights guarding the stairwell and donate the change in their pockets to launching the children’s book, “The this charity. Age: 42
Name: Kristian Yeager
Guild info: Celebrity Huntress
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Origin story: My entire life has revolved around comic books, really since I can remember.
Superpower: Poison Ivy’s, only because when it comes down to it, she can make anything grow out of dead soil. So I would never go hungry and could survive anything that is thrown my way.
Name: Nathan Trujillo Age: 29 Superpower: Magneto’s power Guild info: Crafty ConGoer Origin story: I’ve been attending all sorts of SciFi, Fantasy and Comic Cons for years, it’s really cool. So five years ago, when Comic Con first came to Denver, there was no question, we had to go.
I love Wonder Woman, Batman, Spider-Man and X-Men, so it’s really cool to go, see the art and the costumes. I love watching cosplayers and seeing all the intricacies of their costumes. A lot of time and artwork goes into those. I also love the celebrities. We’ve
Originally I hail from Thornton, but now claim Wheat Ridge as my domain. For me it’s always an interesting and fun experience. I design and make props and costumes — usually two a year — for friends and various cosplayers who attend the con. And at my first con, I was walking around with an Iron Man helmet and this guy, Colin Ferguson, who played in “Firefly,” came up to me — hopped up on energy — and asked to see my helmet. He tried it on and began posing
been going to the con since it started and meeting all the celebrities has been awesome. We’ve met George Takei, the original Batman voice actor, Kevin Conroy, and the original “Darkwing Duck” voice actor, Jim Cummings, among many others. While I don’t dress up, I love taking pictures of and with cosplayers and celebrities. To me, it’s a great environment — it’s a giant family.
with it in pictures. Ever since then, I’ve had several of my pieces sold or on display at the Con. I even sold a Thor Hammer to Lou Ferrigno, aka “The Hulk.” Later he came to the Con and we chatted for quite a long time about it. It was awesome. This year I’m most looking forward to seeing Stan Lee. I have stuff signed by him, but nothing that I made, and it would be cool to have something that I made signed by him.
COMIC CON FAMILY
Name: The Melberg Family, Mitch, Robin, Zoey and Leia Ages: 34, 34, 11 and 7
Superpowers: Mitch — Super strength, there’s nothing that beats throwing cars at people. Robin — Oh I’d be Rogue — you can take other things, just borrow powers. Zoey — The four elements. It’s cool to have fire and water powers and also air. Just cool to control the elements. Leia — I’d be invisible, so I can sneak up on my sister and scare her. Guild info: House of Alter Egos Origin story: We meet our hero family, The Melbergs, in a local beverage establishment just three short years after they moved here from North Dakota where, well, nerd culture wasn’t really a big thing.
The patriarch hailed from the local town of Arvada, Colorado, where he now resides with his personal hero, Robin, and their two heroes in training — daughters Zoey and Leia. Just like their parents, the two heroesin-training now have a passion for science fiction, fantasy and comic book characters.
Each spring, the family dons a different set of costumes for each of the three days of the Denver Comic Con. Once in disguise the family ventures upon the convention to show the world their creative mastery. From “Ghostbusters” and “Star Wars”’ Hans Solo to Princess Bubblegum and Honey Lemon from Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” the family dashes into the costumed culture around them, seeking out fellow characters, and of course, heroes in disguise.
Batman Day for the 2014 Denver Comic Con Courtesy photos
Day of the Doctor for 2015 Denver Comic Con
2016 Denver Comic Con Star Wars day costumes - (From LEFT TO RIGHT: Mitch, Zoe, Robin and Leia)
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Mark your calendars for Classic Car Show Community event features one-of-a-kind cars, motorcycles By Alex DeWind adewind@colorado communitymedia.com
Kristen Lowden and her daughter pose in front of her beloved Volkswagen Microbus at last year’s Classic Car Show. “We recently did a few upgrades and added a sun roof which is 110 inches so the whole top of my bus opens up,” she said. Photo courtesy of Kristen Lowden The car show has a dedicated following. “We go every year,” said Highlands Ranch resident Nancy VanGosen, “and I know someone who shows a car.” VanGosen doesn’t know the
make of car, she said, but recognizes it year after year. Lowden’s displayed her bus in more than 20 car shows, but the Cherry Hills event holds a special significance. Last year’s marked her 18-month-old
daughter’s first car show. Participants can pre-register by mail, online or in-person at Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., until noon on June 17. Cost is $20. Registrations will be accepted day of for $25.
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The Highlands Ranch Classic Car Show is by far Lowden’s favorite. “It’s really the people that make this car show the best,” she said. “The community itself is great.”
Enjoy these summertime concerts out on the grass with free live music, food trucks and activities. It’s all happening in Prairie Sky Park, just west of the Lone Tree Recreation Center in RidgeGate, courtesy of the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District. Bring your picnic or grab something to eat at a food truck, participate in interactive family friendly fitness and art activities, and enjoy the summer sounds.
Thursday, July 21, 5-8pm — Mostly Harmless
Tunes on the Terrace at the Lone Tree Arts Center RidgeGate is again proud to sponsor Lone Tree Art Center’s Tunes on the Terrace– an outdoor evening concert series that will bring your summer nights to life. Performances range from bluegrass to jazz, and everything in between. Check out the schedule and buy tickets at www.lonetreeartscenter.org.
Friday, June 24, 8-10pm — Ultraphonic Jazz Orchestra, Big Band Jazz Saturday, July 9, 8-10pm — Kevin Fitzgerald, Comedian; inside on Main Stage Friday, July 15, 8-10pm — FACE, Acapella Vocal Rock Friday, July 29, 8-10pm — Mary Louise Lee Band, R&B and Soul
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Among RidgeGate’s cultural facilities is the 38-acre historic Schweiger Ranch, located just east of the RidgeGate Parkway and I-25 interchange. The historic restoration of the ranch and its buildings, led by the nonprofit Schweiger Ranch Foundation, gives us an important glimpse into the settlers’ lives in the late 1800s. Today, Schweiger Ranch is open to the public for self-guided visits each weekend (Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5pm) as well as free guided tours with the caretaker of the property. Register for or learn more about these events at ridgegate.com.
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Kristen Lowden bought her 1968 Volkswagen Microbus in California, where she’s originally from. She and her husband moved to Highlands Ranch from Oregon about four years ago, and she still has her baby-blue bus. “It’s lived many places over the years that I’ve owned it,” Lowden said. It’s also a regular at the Highlands Ranch Classic Car Show, which is just around the corner: Lowden’s bus will make its third appearance at the 16th annual event on June 18. The car show, hosted by the Highlands Ranch Cultural Association and sponsored by Groove Auto, runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cherry Hills Community Church, 3900 Grace Blvd. Admission is free. Community members will showcase their beloved vehicles, including classic, antique or new cars and motorcycles. The celebration includes music, food, prizes, goodie bags and awards for first, second and third place in multiple categories. Lowden placed second in her category last year and first the year before. She keeps the trophies in her living room.
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THEATER/FILM
Legally Blonde, the Musical The last production in Town Hall Arts Center’s 2015-2016 season is “Legally Blonde, the Musical.” Based on the movie, the musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 19. For tickets, stop by the Town Hall Arts Center box office, call 303-794-2787 ext. 5 or go to townhallartscenter.org. Comedy Juggling Team Physical comedian Reid Belstock and juggling ace Warren Hammond perform their new show “Smirk!” Reid has a maniacal goofball to Warren’s straight man. Show is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Go to www.AmazingShows.com. Auditions for ‘Grease,’ ‘Grinch’ Spotlight Performing Arts Center will have auditioning for its upcoming productions of “Grease, The Full Length Musical Production” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Full Length Musical Production.” “Grease” auditions are open to ages 8 to 18 years and take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. Auditions for “Grinch” are open to ages 7 to 18 years and take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23. All auditions, rehearsals, classes and performances take place at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E County Line Road, Highlands Ranch. Call 720-44-DANCE (720-443-2623) or visit www. spotlightperformers.com for information and tuition rates.
Momma Bear Workshop Moms Fight Back and S2S Training are partnering to teach moms and kids how to skillfully deal with any level of conflict with confidence, courage and composure. The kids (moms welcome to stay, too) workshop is from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. A workshop for moms only (no kids, please) is from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 19. Both workshops are at MuyLab-DTC, 7475 E. Arapahoe Road, Unit 1, Centennial. Register for the June workshop at https://www. eventbrite.com/e/momma-bear-workshopfor-kids-tickets-25430412047#tickets. Register for the July workshop at https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/momma-bearworkshop-for-moms-and-teens-tickets25702396560#tickets.
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Fictional Geography of Colorado Highlands Ranch Historical Society presents James Michener’s Fictional Geography of Colorado from the 1974 book “Centennial” from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Program shows how real world Colorado provided the setting for the fictional book “Centennial.” Speaker is John Dietz. Go to http://thehrhs.org/ or call 641-715-3900, ext 147406#.
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Refugee Documentary Mollner and Meade will host a happy hour screening of “This is the Camp” at Café 180, a pay-what-you-can restaurant in Englewood. Guests can enjoy free wine, provided by Peak Beverage, and ask questions about the film. Half of all dinner proceeds will support the production of “This is the Camp” and half will support the mission of Café 180. The screening is from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, with conversation to follow. RSVP on Facebook to ensure accurate food counts.
Art Stop on the Go Budding artists ages 6-12 can cultivate their inner Picasso at Art Stop on the Go, during which an artist from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art presents a book and then leads participants in a literature-based art project. Program is at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Douglas County Libraries’ branch in Roxborough, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
Cocktails and Couture Lone Tree Arts Center Guild presents its annual fashion show “Cocktails and Couture” from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Fashions provided by Rosey’s by Diane at Park Meadows. Doug Tisdale, former mayor of Cherry Hills Village, will be the emcee. Tickets include fashion show, appetizers, drink ticket, gift bag and a chance to win door prizes. Reserve tickets by June 17 at www.lonetreeartscenterguild. org or call 303-489-5533. Fiction Festival Novelcon, a fiction festival for book lovers and pop culture enthusiasts of all ages, is an immersive, interactive event where you can dress up as your favorite fictional character and enter the NovelCon Cosplay contest. Event takes place at 6 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Douglas County Libraries’ Philip S. Miller branch, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
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Savor Centennial Urban Kind, an acoustic trio with a mix of upbeat music with blended vocals stretching from the 50s to today, will kick off the Savor Centennial series from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Entry is free, and food and beverages will be available for purchase. Go to http://www.centennialco.gov/Things-To-Do/calendar. aspx. Savor Centennial is presented the third Thursday of each month this summer. The Thursday, July 21, event features Branden Sipes. The Thursday, Aug. 18 event features Jason Vigil. Music Arts Festival The Highlands Ranch Concert Band presents the 11th annual Music Arts Festival, a free event that features a variety of music groups, with jazz and swing performances along with concert and symphonic performances. Types of music will include Sousa, patriotic music, show tunes, movie music and classics. Event runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 25; and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Go to www.hrmafestival.org, or contact Randy at 303-805-7404.
‘Wild Colorado’ Art Show The Audubon Society of Greater Denver and Roxborough Arts Council present “Wild Colorado,” an art show featuring two- and three-dimensional work from Colorado artists, at the Audubon Nature Center, 11280 S. Waterton Road. Show is open from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, June 17; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19; and noon to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 20-21. The final day of the show will coincide with Swallow Hill’s Make Music Denver event. Art show entry is free, and artwork will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Contact the Audubon Society of Greater Denver by e-mailing info@denveraudubon.org or calling 303-973-9530.
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Littleton Football Golf Tournament The Littleton High School football team is raising money to help support its upcoming season with equipment, travel and other items the school does not cover. The annual golf tournament is Friday, June 17 at the Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock. Contact Kurt Krantz, 303-210-9515 or cchs1975@live.com. Good Night, Lone Tree Douglas County Libraries plans a celebration at 4 p.m. Friday, June 17, at 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, to give families a chance to say goodbye to the existing Lone Tree Library before the new one opens. Celebration includes light snacks, arts and crafts, and a storytime for kids. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Magic of Reading Master magician Mark Strivings is a roller coaster of laughs and amazement for kids of all ages while learning about the fun of reading. Show times are 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Douglas County Libraries’ James H. LaRue Branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Part of the district’s summer reading program. Space is limited. Registration is required at 303791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Author Presentation Best-selling author Rinker Buck will discuss his book “The Oregon Trail,” a true account of driving a mule team and covered wagon across the Oregon Trail with his brother, Nick, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Books will be sold at the event, courtesy of Tattered Cover Book Store, with a book signing to follow discussion. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www. DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Woof & Wine The Humane Society of the South Platte Valley plans Woof and Wine from 7-10 p.m. Friday, June 17, at Schomp MINI, 1001 Plum Valley Lane, Highlands Ranch. Adoptable shelter pets will be available. For information and tickets, call 303-703-2938 or go to https://hsspv.org/woofandwine/. Chili Cookoff, Tasting Castlewood Canyon State Park volunteers challenge the Franktown Fire
Department to the third annual friendly chili cookoff and tasting from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at 4635 Limestone Road. Volunteers and firefighters bring their tastiest chili and ask park visitors to taste each chili and vote for their favorite. Certificates (and probably prizes) will be awarded to the winners. Park visitors can meet the firefighters, the staff and volunteers of Castlewood Canyon State Park. Tasting is free with valid park pass but donations are encouraged. Donations will benefit the non-profit Friends of Castlewood Canyon. Go to http://www.state.co.us. Father’s Day Falcon Fest Treat your dad, pop, father, or papa to a one-of-a-kind experience for the whole family at the Father’s Day Falcon Fest from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 19, at the outdoor Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Event attendees will receive a close and personal encounter with live raptors presented by Hawkquest. Registration required. Go to www. denveraudubon.org, or call the Audubon Society of Greater Denver at 303973-9530 or email info@denveraudubon.org. For the Bird Lovers Bird lovers and enthusiasts learn about all things bird at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at the Douglas County Libraries’ branch in Parker, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Topics include local birds, best and worst bird foods, and birdhouses. Refreshments will be served. Registration is required; call 303791-7323 or go to DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Charity Golf Tournament Shiloh House plans its “It’s All About the Kids” charity golf tournament Monday, June 27, at the Highlands Ranch Golf Club, 9000 Creekside Way, Highlands Ranch. Shotgun start is at 1:30 p.m. Secure a foursome by Monday, June 20 at www.shilohhouse.org/donations (include player info in the comments section. Entry fee includes four-man scramble, cart, range and dinner. Hole contests include closes to pin, longest drive, putting and hole-in-one. Junior Toms Camp Girls from preschool to eighth grade will learn new dances and techniques at a three-day mini-camp from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, to Wednesday, June 22, at Newton Middle School on 4001 E. Arapahoe Road, Littleton. The camp is taught by Arapahoe High School Tom-Toms team members, and a showcase will be shared on the last day of camp. Camp is a fundraiser for the AHS Tom-Toms. To register, go to http://toms.ahswarriors.org/, then click “Register.” Contact Kim Amen, 720-988-5737. Spices From the bland diets of Europeans in the early 16th century to the myriad culinary flavors available today, spices have had a huge impact in the world. Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, June 24, as we trace the rise of spices from colonialism and the spice trade to the hundreds of varieties that are commonly stocked in nearby supermarkets. Program takes place at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. Car Show, Movie Night Centennial plans its first car show and movie night from 6-19 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Classic and exotic cars will be on display, with live music by Six Foot Joe & the Red Hot Rhinos starting at 7 p.m. An outdoor screening of “Alvin and the Chipmuks: The Road Chip” begins at dusk. Food and beverages available for purchase. Don’t forget your chairs and blankets. Grave Site Dedication The Ancient and Honorable E Clampus Vitus Al Packer Chapter 100 invites the community of Littleton to join us in the plaque dedication of the grave site of Albert G. Packer. Ceremony is at 11:01 a.m. Saturday, June 25 at the Littleton Cemetery. Event is free to the public. Shirts and pins will be available for purchase. E Clampus Vitus is a nationwide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Western history. The organization also provides services for the local community. Contact Keith Butts at 408406-2778 or Keith Kelser at 208-284-2483. Youth, Teen Mini Triathlon Youth ages 6-15 are invited to participate in the sixth youth and teen mini triathlon Saturday, June 25 at Lookout Pool, 5455 S. Riviera Way, Centennial. Event includes swimming, biking and running and the goal is to encourage kids to be active and have fun. Prizes and refreshments will follow the event. Go to http://www.aprd.org/ for information and registration. Tuesday Morning Women’s Golf League The Englewood Women’s Golf Association is accepting applications for the 2016 season. The women play Tuesday mornings at Broken Tee Englewood golf course. Contact the membership chair for information, ewga18@gmail. com.
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Survive Today’s Food Jungle Food has changed more in the last 50 years than it has I the last 10,000. Food today is entirely different than it was in your grandparent’s day. From the way it’s grown to the way it’s processed and packaged, everything has changed (including the nutritional value). Knowing how to choose the highest-quality foods is key to caring for your health. Kate Sheets, MNT, leads How to Survive Today’s Food Jungle from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 18, at Natural Grocers, 6770 S. University Blvd., Centennial. BreakFAST Veggies Start your day off right with, you guessed it, vegetables. We’ll show you quick and easy ways to pack a nutrient dense punch in the morning. Put the fast, and healthy, back in breakfast. Join the good4urevolution on Saturday, June 25. Program offered from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 25, at Natural Grocers, 6770 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-694-3000; and again from 3-4:15 p.m. at Natural Grocers, 1265 Stg. John Stiles Drive, Suite M, Highlands Ranch, 303-471-9400. Turmeric: Quick and Good4U What’s so nutritious about turmeric, anyway? And why is it called the Spice of Life? We’ll answer all your questions and more when you attend our terrific turmeric class fro 5:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, at Natural Grocers, 6770 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Led by Kate Sheets, MNT. Call 303-6943000. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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Cherry Creek junior catcher Andrew Chavez hits a single down the third base line in the seventh inning of the Colorado Rockies High School All-Stars/ Futures game June 6 at Coors Field. Chavez was hitting against his teammate, senior pitcher Nate Sweeney, and knew what Sweeney liked to throw. He was expecting an inside fastball, which he got, and hit it down the line for a single. The Seniors rallied in the bottom of the ninth to score a run to earn a 5-5 tie with the Underclass team in the game. Photo by Jim Benton
By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com It was bound to happen in the Colorado Rockies’ All-Star/Futures Game. The game was held June 6 at Coors Field and pitted a team of graduating seniors against and an underclass club assembled from some of the state’s best players from a variety of different classifications. So teammate vs. teammate was a possibility, and it happened when junior catcher Andrew Chavez of Cherry Creek came to the plate and hit against a former battery mate in Bruins’ pitcher Nate Sweeney, who will be going to Arizona to study and play baseball. Chavez singled off Sweeney, who was summoned from shortstop to pitch for two-thirds of an inning. He only allowed the hit to Chavez. “It felt good,” Chavez said. “It’s just funny that I know him so much. I know his pitches. I know he likes to come in a little bit on people and that’s what I did. I got ahead of the pitch and put it down the line. It’s a great experience to play here in a big league ball park.” The seniors scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to earn a 5-5 tie against their underclass counterparts in an entertaining game with wood bats that interrupted a busy schedule of club baseball for most of the players. “We’re playing a lot of games, a lot of out-of-state games,” said Chavez who is playing for Cherry Creek’s U18 Connie Mack team. “It’s going to be a lot of baseball. We’ve played 15 games already. My goal will be to keep doing what I’m doing now: hitting the ball and getting runners in. And there’s always something to improve on.”
Ralston Valley junior outfielder Levi Leisenring tripled in the third inning and scored the first run for the underclass team. “It was special,” said Leisenring, whose sophomore brother Luke was also on the team. “I got to play with some guys I hadn’t played with before. Getting to play in this game is a privilege so it was nice. “It was my fourth game in a week. I play (club ball) for the Rough Riders. We will play 60 games this summer and we will play in South Carolina, Atlanta and Arizona. It’s going to be a busy one.”
Heritage sophomore Riley Egloff, who will play for Creek’s summer team, relieved in the ninth inning and almost worked out of a jam, but a bloop hit over the pitcher’s mound drove in the tying run for the Seniors. “It was amazing to play here,” Egloff said. “It’s nerve wracking to be a reliever. It’s scary. But, I love to come in and keep the game alive.” For the seniors, Sweeney, Green Mountain’s Wyatt Featherston and Ralston Valley’s Peter Carlson were on the roster, and those three players combined to go 0-for-5 but Carlson did
score one of his team’s runs. There were nine players and three pitchers from local schools on the underclass roster. Levi Leisenring, Rock Canyon’s Matt Givin, Luke Ziegler of Valor Christian, ThunderRidge’s Brody Perkins and Cherry Creek second baseman Cody Schultz each had one hit in the game for the underclassmen. Besides Egloff, Ralston Valley’s Drake Davis and Davis Heller of Valor Christian pitched for the underclass team. Davis and Heller each worked scoreless innings.
Should he stay or should he go? Griffin Jax knew about the demands of attending the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Now the Minnesota Jim Benton Twins will be OVERTIME demanding a decision from Jax, a right-handed pitcher for the Falcons, after he was drafted as the 93rd overall pick in the third round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft on June 10. Jax was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 12th round of the 2013 draft as a senior at Cherry Creek High School, but drew more addition attention from big league scouts after a banner 2016 collegiate season. However, from a statement released by the Air Force Academy, it appears Jax has already made a decision. “I am grateful to the Minnesota Twins organization for believing in me and allowing me to fulfill my dreams of serving my country and having the opportunity to play baseball at the highest level,” Jax said. “I look forward to completing my education at the Air Force Academy this next
year and exploring my options after graduation.” If he does turn down the Twins’ offer — which likely would include a signing bonus of more than $600,000 — he can play for Air Force next season and hope he is again drafted. The signing deadline is July 15. After his two-year military commitment he will be able to play professional baseball but he will be 24 years old. Jax was the co-Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year in the 2016 season with a 9-2 record and was the league leader with a 2.05 earned run average and was second with 90 strikeouts. He pitched 105.2 innings with six complete games and two shutouts. He was twice the MWC Pitcher of the Week and compiled streaks of 24.1 and 23 innings without an earned run during the season. Dalbec helps Arizona advance Bobby Dalbec, the former Legend High school baseball and basketball player, was picked by the Boston Red Sox as a third baseman in the fourth round of the draft. But is the Arizona junior a third baseman or pitcher? Dalbec helped the Wildcats earn a College World Series berth starting June 18 in Omaha with two noteworthy performances
in upsetting Mississippi State in the Super Regional in Starkville, Mississippi. He started the opening game, worked out of trouble early when the Bulldogs left seven runners on base but pitched 8 2/3 innings of shutout baseball in a 1-0 win. In the next game, he belted a solo home run and went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in while playing third base in the Wildcats’ 6-5, 11-inning victory which sent Arizona packing to Omaha. Dalbec hit .319 with a teamleading 53 RBIs as a sophomore while going 3-7 on the mound with five saves. His hitting tailed off this season but he has proved to be valuable as a pitcher. He is hitting .271 with seven home runs and 39 RBI for the 2016 season but is 10-4 on the mound with seven saves and a 2.93 ERA.
Nick Shumpert, who played at Highlands Ranch and San Jacinto, a junior college in Texas, was picked in the 28th round by the Atlanta Braves. Ex-ThunderRidge player Brody Westmoreland, now at the College of Southern Nevada, went to the Houston Astros in the 30th round. Tyler Honahan, a 2012 Legend graduate who played at Stony Brook University in New York, was tabbed in the 36th round by the New York Yankees. Two 2016 graduates were chosen. Nate Sweeney of Cherry Creek, who has signed to play at Arizona, was picked by the Chicago Cubs in the 33rd round and Green Mountain’s Wyatt Featherston, who is committed to play at Western Kentucky, was the 34th-round pick of the Colorado Rockies.
More local players drafted Besides Jax and Dalbec, six other players with ties to local schools were selected in the MLB draft. Right-handed pitcher Max Kuhns, who graduated from Chaparral and plays for Santa Clara University in California, was tabbed in the 21st round by the New York Mets. During the 2016 season, Kuhns was 1-4 with 14 saves and a 2.21 earned run average.
Former Littleton basketball star dies Former Littleton High School basketball star and ex-Texas-San Antonio men’s basketball coach Brooks Thompson passed away last week at age 45. Thompson led Littleton to a 24-0 record and the 1989 Class 4A state championship. He played college basketball at Texas A&M and Oklahoma State and was a two-time All-Big Eight player for the Cowboys.
He was drafted by Orlando as the 27th pick of the 1994 NBA draft. He played for Orlando, Utah, Denver, Phoenix and New York during his four-season NBA career. Thompson’s best season was with the Nuggets in 1996-97 with the Nuggets when he averaged 6.8 points and 2.8 assists while playing in 65 games. No cause of death was reported but Thompson had been suffering with double organ failure in recent months. Valor golfers finish eighth, ninth Tim Amundson and David Leede, who played last season for Valor Christian, were the top local finishers at the American Junior Golf Association’s Hale Irwin Colorado Open, which was held June 6-9 at Highlands Ranch Golf Club. Amundson, who will attend Colorado Mines in the fall, finished eighth on the par-72 course with a 4-under-par 212 total after rounds of 69, 72, 71. Leede was ninth at 214 following rounds of 74, 70 and 70. 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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Lions take part in summer scrimmage C m Littleton, Englewood, Lincoln players test their gridiron skills By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Summer baseball is in full swing but about 80 Littleton High School athletes donned pads and helmets June 10 to clash with Englewood and Lincoln as the schools met for the annual summer scrimmage. “We are coming along and we have a lot of kids out this season,” Littleton coach Kurt Krantz said as he watched his team scrimmage. “We are a young team with only eight or nine seniors. The other players are sophomores and juniors.” He said the team’s strength is its attitude. He said the players like each other and they all seem to love the game of football. “We have had 40 or more kids in the weight room from 6 to 8 a.m. each morning, the most we have had since I have been the head coach,” he said. “Our guys did some good things out here today. It is a good starting point we feel we can build on as we get ready for the season.” The Lions showed good speed on both sides of the ball in the scrimmages. Krantz said the team is changing the offensive philosophy a bit with a simplified run game that will make it better for the guys up front doing the blocking. He said the Lions will be a run-based offense but will go to the air when the opportunity presents itself. Zack Marquez, a junior, returns as the Lions’ starting quarterback. “I was a sophomore last year and I don’t think I was ready to handle the speed of varsity play,” he said. “I learned a lot last season that I feel will make me a better quarterback this season.” He said he has worked in the offseason and he feels he had made the most improvement in making the fakes to
Littleton quarterback Zack Marquez rolls out to pass during a June 10 scrimmage against Englewood. The Lions are a young team and the scrimmage provided the chance to test their gridiron skills on both sides of the ball against the Pirates and against Lincoln. Photo by Tom Munds confuse the defense before handing the ball to the back who will carry it. He also said he had improved his quickness to deal with the speed of the game. “I like to throw the ball, but we are mostly a running team so I have adapted my play to become a running quarterback,” he said. “I like to hand the ball off to another back but I also like
to hold onto the ball and run it myself when the opportunity is right.” Marquez said he has set goals for the
season as he wants to run a 4.7 second 40-yard dash and he wants to throw for 200 yards or more in a game.
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Co-op standout makes her points Davis, of Chaparral squad, is South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year
school so I really wanted to follow in all their footsteps.” In April, Davis scored 14 goals and had 22 points in back-to-back games against Valor Christian and Heritage/Littleton. She finished her high school career as Chaparral’s all-time leading scorer with 282 points on 161 goals and 121 assists. Last season, she was sixth in the state in points, fourth in assists and 10th in goals. In six league games, Davis averaged 7.7 points a game with 25 goals and 46 points. “I didn’t achieve my final goal because I wanted to get to 50-50 (goals and assists),” she said. “ I got All-State (CHSAANow.com) this year, All-American (U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American), league Player of the Year and those were all things I wanted to achieve by the time I graduated from high school, so I’m pretty happy with what I did.” Davis didn’t mind commuting to Chaparral from Ponderosa for practices with the co-op team. “I thought the season went really well and I really liked the team I played with,” she said. “It was better on the field and off the field because I met so many players from other teams. Playing on a co-op team is a great way to meet new people.”
By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lexi Davis followed in her family’s footsteps when she decided to play lacrosse. Davis, a senior at Ponderosa who played for the Chaparral co-op team, impressed many people on the lacrosse field and earned a scholarship to Longwood University in Virginia. She is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year. Davis was the Continental League’s Most Valuable Player and led the league with 94 points on 55 goals and 39 assists, the most in the league, for Chaparral which finished with a 10-6 overall record. “I have played almost every sport,” Davis said. “I played basketball and softball growing up, but my dad, my uncles and all my guy cousins played lacrosse growing up, so I wanted to that too. And my dad coached me a little bit when I was younger and he also coached this year in high
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I thought the season went really well and I really liked the team I played with. It was better on the field and off the field because I met so many players from other teams. Playing on a co-op team is a great way to meet new people.”
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Lexi Davis, who played for the Chaparral co-op team, is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year. Courtesy photo
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By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Davis Heller, with help from his friends, turned in a remarkable season for Valor Christian’s state championship baseball team. Heller was a freshman, showed steady improvement in his first season of varsity action and has been named the Colorado Community Media South Metro Pitcher of the Year. He was 10-0, the most wins for Class 4A pitcher in the state. Heller finished with a 2.24 earned run average and struck out 55 batters in 50 innings pitched. “Everything was a little nerve-racking at the beginning, being a freshman, but I definitely settled in towards the end,”
said Heller. “It was just my teammates telling me constantly that they had my back. “Whenever I struggled a little bit they would always give me run support to help me settle back in and hopefully do whatever I could to win the game. It was ultimately my teammates having my back and my coaches having my back that was the biggest thing for me.” In the 10 games that Heller won, the Eagles averaged 10 runs, and he didn’t expect to have an unbeaten campaign as a freshman. “No not at all,” he answered. “I was just trying to do my best and whatever I could for my team this year. We ended up winning the state title and that was the ultimate goal for us. “I felt pretty good. I definitely felt a lot more confident and relaxed towards the end of the season. I could have my teammates’ back.”
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Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov
First Publication: 6/2/2016 Last Publication: 6/30/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
Public Notices Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov
DATE: 04/06/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee
Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0233-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 6, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Linda R. Calkins Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Citibank, F.S.B. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust September 16, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 27, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6138885 Original Principal Amount $37,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $17,830.09 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 126, THE KNOLLS WEST, FILING NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7097 S Knolls Way, 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, 07/27/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/2/2016 Last Publication: 6/30/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 04/06/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
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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Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO160105 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.: 0233-2016 First Publication: 6/2/2016 Last Publication: 6/30/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0238-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 8, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Walter L. Denoyelles, Cheryl Freeman-Denoyelles Original Beneficiary(ies) Washington Mutual Bank, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust August 30, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 08, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4159871 Original Principal Amount $100,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $91,126.45 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. THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOTS 43 AND 44 AND THAT PART OF LOT 45, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 45; THENCE EAST 20 FEET; THENCE NORTH 11 FEET ; THENCE WEST 20 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN BLOCK 1, ROSE ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 3121 S Logan St, Littleton, CO 80120. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/27/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/2/2016 Last Publication: 6/30/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
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RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/03/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
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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: 04/08/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly Shilliday #24423 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 Courtney Wright #45482 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-16-706538-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0238-2016 First Publication: 6/2/2016 Last Publication: 6/30/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0253-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 15, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) PHILLIP J. CHAVEZ and SANDRA S. CHAVEZ Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust October 18, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 22, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3131201 Original Principal Amount $413,359.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $404,232.26 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 52, HOMESTEAD IN THE WILLOWS FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6909 E FREMONT AVE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/03/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
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First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov
Original Principal Amount $264,804.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $235,109.43
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.
Original Grantor(s) RANDALL R SCOTT and DAWN J SCOTT Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR METRO FUNDING CORPORATION, To advertise your notices call 303-566-4100 ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOTpublic BE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt A FIRST LIEN. DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Date of Deed of Trust LOT 114, OAKBROOK 1ST FILING, August 05, 2005 COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF County of Recording COLORADO. Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust Also known by street and number as: August 18, 2005 619 E Kettle Ave, Littleton, CO 80122. Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN B5122733 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CUROriginal Principal Amount RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN $354,200.00 OF THE DEED OF TRUST. Outstanding Principal Balance $349,483.85 NOTICE OF SALE
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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.
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/10/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 04/15/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
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
Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 16-011425 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.: 0253-2016 First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0258-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 19, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) ANNAMARIE STOWERS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust February 24, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 25, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9018397 Original Principal Amount $264,804.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $235,109.43 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 114, OAKBROOK 1ST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
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On April 22, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 04/19/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 16-011447 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.: 0258-2016 First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0276-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 22, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) RANDALL R SCOTT and DAWN J SCOTT Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR METRO FUNDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Date of Deed of Trust August 05, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 18, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5122733 Original Principal Amount $354,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $349,483.85
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 49, BLOCK 1, OVERLOOK AT PLATTE VALLEY, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: COUNTY: 207731102005
Also known by street and number as: LITTLETON, CO 80128.
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, 08/10/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 04/22/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 16-011189 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.: 0276-2016 First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
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Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO160105
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.: 0233-2016 First Publication: 6/2/2016 Last Publication: 6/30/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
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: 04/08/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Read the Notices! Holly Shilliday #24423 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 Courtney Wright #45482 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Jennifer Rogers #34682
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First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov
Also known by street and number as: 619 E Kettle Ave, Littleton, 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, 08/10/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
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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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 49, BLOCK 1, OVERLOOK AT PLATTE VALLEY, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: COUNTY: 207731102005
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First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
Also known by street and number as: LITTLETON, CO 80128. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
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