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Recent theft in which 20 rifles were taken is one of many in recent months BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Thieves recently made off with 20 semiautomatic rifles from Warhorse Firearms of the Rockies in Littleton, the latest in a series of “smash-and-grab” burglaries at area gun stores in recent months. Three or four suspects broke a large window and climbed a staircase into the store, located on the second floor above Grand Prix Motorsports at 3105 W. County Line Road a little after 2 a.m. July 26, according to the Littleton Police Department. Investigators are looking for a dark twodoor Honda with a black spoiler on the back. The rash of burglaries, which has included stores in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, is part of a larger trend of gun thefts from dealers statewide, authorities say. More than 270 guns were stolen in 2016, up from 121 in 2015 and 56 in 2014, according to information provided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The trend also is reflected nationwide, with 9,281 guns stolen from dealers across the country in 2016, up from 6,163 in 2015. The Denver-area burglaries are the No. 1 priority of investigators at the Denver field office of the ATF, said spokeswoman Lisa Meiman, adding that while it’s too early to say if the burglaries are a pattern or committed by the same group of people, there’s clearly thought behind them. “These are not impulse crimes,” Meiman said. “We’re seeing an uptick pattern that’s very concerning. Anywhere there’s a sizable urban area with a lot of gun stores, you’re seeing this upward trend in gun thefts.”
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Nicaraguan athletes receive baseball gear from Colorado Equipment donated by Grandview, Regis familes delivered to schools BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Athletes in four schools in northern Nicaragua used words like “thank those who provided the equipment and those who delivered it” as they looked over bats, baseballs and other gear provided to their schools. The deliveries culminated a project that began in early July when Grandview High School players, families, friends and alumni took part in a June 28 equipment collection to gather gear. They held the collection to provide baseball equipment that Casa Unida Foundation members could take to Nicaragua and distribute during their July 16-28 trip to the northern mountains area of the Central American country. While baseball is now Nicaragua’s No. 1 sport, the public schools receive no money for sports equipment, but the athletes still play the sport. The foundation provided the school with about 15 gloves, five aluminum bats, five batting helmets, complete catcher gear, a dozen new baseballs, about two dozen used baseballs and 15 pairs of cleats. There are 370 students at Julio Cesar Castollo Ubau High School in the community of Totogalpa. The school’s only baseball equipment was a long tree limb for a bat and a ball made out of rolled-up socks. The coach said the athletes often used work gloves or no gloves when they practiced. As they unloaded the equipment, one player was heard to say, “Now that I have a glove, it means I won’t hurt my hand when I catch the baseball.” Principal Lidia Amparo Lopez Soto said the equipment was a great blessing to the students, the school and the community. She presented a certificate thanking those who provided the equipment and those who delivered it. A similar list of equipment was delivered to Cristo Rey High School in the village of San Lucas.
Coaches of the Instituto National Aubusto C. Sandino High School in Telepaneca, Nicaragua look over the equipment delivered to the school by members of the Lakewood-based Casa Unida Foundation. Much of this equipment and similar equipment delivered to three other schools was provided to the foundation by players, friends and alumni of Centennial’s Grandview High School. PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS Several days after the equipment delivery, Juan Lira, a teacher at Cristo Rey High School, sent an email to the Casa Unida Foundation about what the delivery meant to the players, their school and their community. “The students use the equipment to play baseball every day now,” he wrote. “They always take time to thank God, Casa Unida Foundation and those who provided the equipment they use to play the sport.” Providing equipment to outfit a team to Northern Nicaraguan high schools is one of several foundation projects. “Sports are an important part of high school activities in our country,” said Bob Moore, foundation president. “It is hard to practice and play baseball with no equipment. We saw a need to help the Nicaraguan athletes and three years ago, Englewood High School players donated gloves and balls and we were able to add some bats to the gear we took to a school in Northern Nicaragua.” He said the Lakewood-based, all-
volunteer foundation decided to add baseball equipment deliveries plans for other trip efforts like building construction and providing clean, safe drinking water. The foundation had delivered equipment to nine high schools prior to the July trip. The effort got a major boost thanks to Grandview High School. Matt Kitashima, assistant Wolves baseball coach, and his wife Molly learned about the foundation project from Moore. They enlisted the assistance of the booster club for the equipment collection on the day the team played Regis and the Wolves invited the Raiders players to add equipment to the collection. The results was an equipment collection that included more than 200 aluminum bats, about 75 batting helmets and about 125 gloves as well as uniforms, batting gloves, bases and even scorebooks. The foundation’s next trip is planned in February and plans are to once again deliver baseball equipment to Northern Nicaraguan schools.
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Jorge Hilaio Pichardo, a student at the high school in the Nicaraguan community of Los Sabanas, reached up to make a catch during the demonstration of the use of the baseball equipment delivered to the high school by Lakewood-based Casa Unida Foundation. Pichardo is wearing catcher gear donated to the foundation by players, family, friends and alumni of Centennial’s Grandview High School.
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Links to other crimes? An Aurora man, Eric Perez, 20, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after his blood was found at the scene of a burglary at Colorado Gun Broker in south Jefferson County last year. Two of the stolen guns were found in his bedroom, and he was sentenced to six years in prison. Law enforcement agencies in Colorado have recovered 70 guns stolen from dealers since the beginning of 2017, Meiman said. One was recovered after a teenage boy allegedly shot another teenager with it in Edgewater in July. “We’ve seen a few turn up in crimes,” Meiman said. “Stolen guns are often bartered or traded for drugs, given to criminal friends and associates. Some are sold, but the vast majority are never seen again.” Besides the ATF, numerous agencies are working in close contact on the cases, said Littleton Police Department Division Chief Kim Ferber. “County sheriffs, city police, gun dealers — this is big for all of us,” Ferber said. “We’re looking at forensics, monitoring social media — we’re working this a lot of different ways.”
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Ferber said there were burglaries at a gas station on Broadway and another store on Littleton Boulevard almost at the same time as the Warhorse burglary, though investigators aren’t sure if they’re related. Littleton police tried to stop a red Ford pickup in one of the burglaries, but it got away. The truck, listed as stolen from Aurora, had the license plate 764-ITS. Security ‘recommendations’ Gun dealers can help prevent thefts with robust
burglary at his shop or on the security practices, Meiman store’s security. said . The ATF, which licenses “We tell our gun stores: the gun dealers, issues best truly determined thieves are practices guidelines for gun difficult to stop,” Meiman dealers but has no security said. “But if you can slow requirements. them down, prevent them The recommendations from getting in easy, prevent include securing all firearms them from being able to after business hours, investobtain guns easily within the ing in motion-detecting camstore, that makes all the difera systems and reinforcing ference. Criminals only have all windows and frames. a couple minutes before they “They’re all recommendahave to run out.” tions,” Meiman said. “InWarhorse Firearms mansurance might have other agerTony Zajicek would 7209-152_CityOfEnglewood_4.73x6_PROD.pdf 1 thoughts.” not comment on the recent
Particle board covers the window thieves smashed to gain access to Warhorse Firearms of the Rockies on July 26. DAVID GILBERT
HOW TO HELP The ATF is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in this year’s burglaries. Anyone with information can call the tip line at 1-800-ATF-GUNS, or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP. They can also submit a tip at reportit.com or through the 6/28/17 PM ATF’s 1:01 “reportit” app.
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Coffman holds town hall after GOP failures on healthcare Support for wall draws boos, while support for immigrants spurs cheers
‘Most districts are so red or so blue. They have no reason to compromise.’
BY JAMES ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
It was Round Two for U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, who, unlike many congressional Republicans, engaged once again with anxious voters in the 6th Congressional District. Coffman, who hosted a contentious April town hall, held another Aug. 1 with several hundred constituents who filled half of a high school gymnasium in Brighton — one of the Adams County cities in a purple district that also includes Aurora, Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Centennial. The event came after the GOP-led Congress failed to act on President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. And it came as Coffman’s Colorado GOP colleague, Rep. Ken Buck, of Windsor, declared the Republican Party dead in a Denver Post commentary. Buck said the party has accomplished little in Congress and “no longer has a vision for a better America.” Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake, in a newly released book, “Conscience of a Conservative,” echoes that judgment, saying conservatives have abandoned limited-government tenets for their
Mike Coffman, U.S. representative own self-interests in a dysfunctional government. Democrats are equally to blame, Flake says. Coffman, an Aurora resident, ventured that gerrymandered congressional districts that create safe seats are to blame. “Most districts are so red or so blue. They have no reason to compromise,” Coffman said of both party leaders and the vast bulk of members of Congress. His own district, in contrast, remains highly competitive, though Coffman has fended off a succession of Democratic challengers. He said he was considering, along with other lawmakers he didn’t name, filing a brief in support of a lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the way districts in Wisconsin — and potentially across the country — are drawn. There were hoots and boos for his support of a wall along the Mexican
border and his insistence that Obama’s health law be repealed. There were cheers for his support for immigrants, especially U.S. military veterans facing deportation, and his efforts to ensure children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents are able to stay. Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, asked what Coffman would do if independent counsel Robert Mueller, investigating possible Russian influence in the 2016 election, were fired. “It would be a disaster,” Coffman replied. Like Coffman’s April event, the Aug. 1 attendees needed tickets and photo IDs to get in. No signs bigger than a sheet of paper were allowed. A lottery determined who asked questions, though everyone with a question Aug. 1 had the chance to ask it. “No yelling, shouting or disruptive behavior,” read the congressman’s invitation.
Coffman, first elected in 2008 in a district that now has more Democrats than Republicans, previously avoided town halls, favoring private meetings with constituents or more scripted telephone town halls. He bucked the House Republican majority by voting against healthcare legislation that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said would deprive millions of insurance. While favoring replacing the law, he wants to ensure continued coverage for preexisting conditions. Coffman also has criticized President Donald Trump’s threats to end subsidies to insurance companies. The congressman has opposed efforts to cut Medicaid coverage not only for those who enrolled under the Obama law’s Medicaid expansion but for those covered before the law. Coffman has called for separating debate over cutting health law taxes for the wealthy from changes to the health law and including it in tax reform legislation. He wants a bipartisan effort to support struggling state health insurance markets. Colorado state auditors say Colorado’s own health insurance exchange, which enrolls 178,000 people, may be financially sustainable for the next few years. But participating insurers have proposed drastic premium hikes for individuals next year, and many counties, especially on the Western Slope, have just one insurer in the exchange.
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How food can transform community Local farmers’ markets provide ways to help out the greater community
IF YOU GO A look at some of the south metro area farmers’ markets: • Castle Rock Farmer’s Market: 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, through Sept. 29, at 314 Fourth Street between Wilcox and Perry streets.
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athan Mudd is a former attorney, and his wife Kimberly used to work as an accountant. But the two have always had a special dedication to the local economy and local food. “Our passion is to increase local food in the state,” Kimberly Mudd said. “The demand is there, and the supply will grow as we connect urban and rural communities.” Now, the two run the Main Street Markets — which operate farmers’ markets in Arvada and Westminster — and have a public-private partnership with the City of Brighton to operate a 10-acre working historic farm called Bromley Local Foods Campus. Their focus on bringing healthy food to communities is part of a surging trend across the state and country that reflects a growing demand for knowing where your food comes from, supporting local growers and — perhaps most importantly — ensuring affordable access to healthy food across all income levels. “Hunger is a silent problem,” said Jenna Metzinger, the farmers’ market Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) coordinator with Jefferson County Public Health. “It affects more people and families than we realize.” The farm-to-table movement, in essence, has become more than just about supporting and eating locally sourced food. With its varying forms of programs sprouting up, it is transforming community, whether by connecting rural and urban populations with each other or providing ways to give back while battling food insecurity. Strides to SNAP out hunger More local farmers’ markets are accepting SNAP benefits, including Main Street Markets and Metro Denver Farmers’ Markets, which has an Arapahoe County location in Littleton, a Douglas County location in Highlands
• Parker Farmer’s Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out, every Sunday from Mother’s Day through the end of October, at Mainstreet and Victorian Drive. • Highlands Ranch Farmers’ and Street Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays, through Oct. 29, at Town Center South, 9288 Dorchester St. • Southwest Plaza Farmer’s Market: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. or sellout on Saturdays, through Oct. 28, at Wadsworth Boulevard and Bowles Avenue.
Chris Krabbenhoeft, a market grower with the Chatfield Botanic gardens who helps out with the Chatfield Farms Veterans Farm Program, loads the fresh veggies that will be available for purchase at one of the program’s food stands in Denver. PHOTO BY SCOTT DRESSEL-MARTIN COURTESY OF THE DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS
Ranch and a Jefferson County location in Lakewood. SNAP is the former federal food stamp program, which offers offers nutrition assistance to eligible, low-income individuals and families. “In my experience, most people want to eat healthy,” Metzinger said, but added that most SNAP recipients receive only $1.41 per meal or $4.23 per day in benefits, making it a challenge to have enough money to buy healthy food for an entire month. Last summer, SNAP launched a new incentive program called Double Up Food Bucks Colorado, also known as Double Up. It allows SNAP recipients who shop at participating farmers’ markets to have their purchase matched with a voucher worth up to $20 per visit, providing them with more access to fresh, healthy food options, Metzinger said. Double Up started as a statewide partnership effort led by LiveWell Colorado, the Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado Farmers Market Association, Cooking MattersColorado, the City of Greeley and Boulder County Public Health.
In its inaugural year, 38 farmers’ markets and farm stand locations participated in Double Up. This year, 70 farmers’ markets statewide now offer Double Up. Among the newcomers is the Golden Chamber of Commerce’s Golden Farmers Market, which is managed by Colorado Fresh Markets. “Golden has done a wonderful thing by creating a more welcoming, inclusive farmers’ market,” Metzinger said. Veterans lend a helping hand In the spring and fall each year, the Denver Botanic Gardens and a Colorado-based organization called Veterans to Farmers work collaboratively to bring the Chatfield Farms Veterans Farm Program to men and women who have served the country. The benefit to veterans is two-fold, said Erin Bird, communication manager for Denver Botanic Gardens. It provides horticulture therapy and an opportunity to learn the necessary skills to pursue a career in agriculture after leaving the armed forces. SEE BUSINESS, P15
• Littleton Farmer’s Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sellout on Wednesdays, through Oct. 11, at Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive. • Boulder’s Market: 3 to 7 p.m. on Fridays, through Sept. 29, Reinke Bros., 5663 S. Prince St., Littleton. • O’Toole’s Farmer’s Market: Noon to 6 p.m. year-round, O’Toole’s Garden Center, 5201 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton Here are some other markets in the greater metro area: Denver Human Services and Chatfield Farms Veterans Farm Program farm stands: • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through October at Denver Human Services’ Richard T. Castro Center, 1200 Federal Blvd. • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through October at Wellington E. Webb Office Building, 201 E. Colfax Ave. • 10 a.m. to 1.p.m. Fridays through October: Denver Human Services’ Arie P. Taylor Montbello Office, 4685 Peoria St. • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through October at Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St.
IN THEIR BUSINESS • HealthONE opened its first Parker clinic in July at the intersection of Parker and Hilltop roads. The clinic is open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Learn more at CareNowDenver.com. •The Perfect Fit, a children’s shoe store, opened the last wek of July at 10350 Progress Way, Suite 101, in Parker. The store offers
all varieties of dress and casual shoes for children, including shoes for schools with dress codes. For more information, go to perfectfitshoesforkids.com or call 720-7586108. • The Used Tire Store recently opened a new location at Englewood at 4700 S. Broadway. The store, which has another location in Aurora, offers new and used tires and bills itself as the “home of the $25
tire.” Check theusedtirestore.com or call 720-381-0176. • Scented Studio, where customers can create their own perfumes and colognes, recently opened at a new location at 3437 S. Broadway in Englewood. Customers can also customize fragrances to scent other bath and body products Scented Studio offers like lotion, body wash, massage oil and candles. For more information, go to scentedstudio.
com or call 303-333-3315. • DartMania, an entertainment center that offers foam dart-tag games with obstacle-filled rooms, will have a grand opening in late August at 301 Englewood Parkway. For more information, visit dartmania.com or call 303-761-5555. • Keller Williams DTC, a Realtor office, opened its recently remodeled Centennial Location at 6300 S. Syracuse Way, unit #150.
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Annual cycling race draws hundreds to downtown Littleton Littleton Criterium’s six races included two pro events that were ‘exciting to watch’ BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Stretches of several streets belonged exclusively to cyclists speeding around the course during the six races that comprised the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. A criterium is a timed bicycle race around a closed course. Racers competing in the Littleton Twilight Criterium sped around an L-shaped eight-tenths-of-a-mile course that wound through portions of the downtown area with the start-finish line at Prince and Main streets. The event included six races. Each race was for specific category racers. Racer FOR MORE categories are based on skill level and Local grads earn experience. their way in cycling, P25 Race times varied from 40 minutes for some classifications to one hour for the professional women’s race and 80 minutes for the professional men’s race. Racers recorded top speeds of about 30 miles an hour. “This is the fifth year for the Littleton Criterium and my third year as race director,” Aaron Hugen said. “One change I have noticed in my three years directing the race is everything is more organized, plus the event is drawing more spectators.” About 120 people volunteered to assist with tasks like allowing spectators to use the crosswalks only when the track was clear and deal with many of the other tasks necessary to put on the event. “The cooperation and assistance of the City of Littleton was a huge help in putting on the event,” Hugen, of Parker, said. Besides watching the races, spectators could enjoy live bands, a beer garden, food trucks and for children, a climbing wall and face painting. Most retail shops and restaurants along the course also were open. Spectators lined up along the race barriers, ringing cow bells and cheering on racers. Rain led to a short suspension of racing and sent spectators scrambling for cover. But the rain let up and racing resumed and more spectators began gathering for the later races. The pro women’s race ran an hour and began at 7:55 p.m. as it was getting dark. The men’s pro race started at 9:05 p.m. and was run entirely under the lights. The pro races drew the largest crowds. Spectators stood shoulder to shoulder along many stretches of the course and the crowd was three and four deep in the areas around
Riders use skill and balance to make the 90-degree turns in the course during the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. There were six races on the L-shaped course that covered eight-tenths of a mile. A criterium is a timed event with riders making as many laps as possible during the time limit. PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS
Sydney Bar, 12, tests her skill on the climbing wall that was among a number of activities available for spectators in the area just off the race track during the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. Activities for children included the climbing wall and face painting, plus there was live music, food trucks and a beer garden. the start finish line. “I like bike racing but this is the first time I have come to watch a criterium,” Mike Ballentine said as he watched the pro women’s race. “The riders really push their bikes, and that last lap the rider in second place was in line and inches behind the first-place rider. And the announcer said they were traveling at close to 30 miles an hour. That is exciting to watch.” The Centennial resident said he likes the criterium better than watching a road race because the racers pass you many times and you can watch the maneuvers they make to move up in the pack. “It is just a lot of fun to watch because there are only small breaks in the action going on right in front of you,” he said. The racing isn’t just for fun. Top
Lily Freitas, 6, pushes off at the start of the cruiser ride that was part of the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. More than 100 adults and children took the opportunity to ride their bikes around the L-shaped course that was set up for the bike racers. There were six events during the criterium and the cruiser ride was the only event that wasn’t a race.
Two couples move in close to the stage to listen to the band Message in a Bottle that was one of three groups providing live music during the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. Hundreds of spectators lined the barriers to watch the bike races and live music, and a number of activities for children were available for individuals who wanted something to do between races. finishers receive prizes including cash and merchandise. The winners of each race also received a yellow winner’s jersey. George Simpson received the yellow jersey as the winner of the men’s pro race with Greg Hecht
finishing second and Zack Allison third. Skylar Schneider won the women’s pro race with Stephanie Roorda and Slylar’s sister, Samantha Schneider, finishing second and third, respectively.
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‘They should expect a party’ Smash Mouth set to rock the Discovery Park stage Aug. 19
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Smash Mouth will kick off the Parker Arts 2017-2018 season with a performance at Discovery Park on Aug. 19. COURTESY PHOTO
Alternative rock aficionados are no doubt marking their calendars for Parker Arts’ first concert of the 2017-18 season, as Smash Mouth is slated to bring its style of rock ‘n’ roll to the Discovery Park stage on Aug. 19.
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Twenty years after its debut album “Fush Yu Mang,” the band is preparing to release a package of the original album and a semi-acoustic version of
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Museum Outdoor Arts outdoes itself once more Emerging creators offer works that show power of imagination BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A small group of early elementary age children, in bright turquoise matching shirts, stopped wide-eyed at the entrance to the indoor galleries at the Museum Outdoor Arts in Englewood on Aug. 1. On the right and left are original works by
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artist-in-residence Cory Gilstrap, a master teacher. Centrally located is “Milestones,” a giant collaborative sculptural piece that looks like a cairn made of huge rocks. “How did they do that?” “Milestones,” created with papiermache and paint, represents a cairn, used since ancient times “as a reference point for future navigation. They serve as markers for where we have been, where we are and where we are going …” It creates the significance of the journey — an appropriate introduction to a visually exciting exhibit entitled “Inspire. Ignite. Innovate.” It will run through Sept. 22, and “Milestones” is a particular contrast to some of the small, beautifully crafted individual works, such as “Study in Weaving” by textile artist Keenan Ferguson, who explores traditional weaving techniques in an especially well-presented and lighted piece. The “emerging artists” who participated this summer focused on creating collaborative public art as a team, based on their individual skills and philosophies. Materials, lighting, installation and other concerns they will face as professional artists were addressed, with creative solutions. “Reliquias” by Marcelo Alejandro Ramirez Garcia-Rojas — small paintings mounted in hinged wooden
boxes — “depicts the images of the Archangels St. Michael and St. Gabriel in my own likeness and that of my brother, respectively. The piece commemorates our ancestors, the martyrs, Ezequiel and Salvador Huerta Gutierrez …” Larger collaborative works lead the eye toward the rear, including “Support for the Millennial Youth,” a floor-to-ceiling poster in the style of Soviet propaganda, a collection of portraits, a mysterious bit of mossy forest, a series of ceiling-high color spectrums … In the very back gallery, lead artist Gilstrap and Kamla Presswalla of Imagined Creations invite the viewer into a magical aspen forest. It still smells earthy. Just look from the edges, a sign asks — which will be pretty tough for little people to accept! In the dark back gallery is “Nexus,” another collaborative work, which symbolizes the need for human connection. Tiny lights, representing individuals, fade and relight in staggered timing, “signifying that energy and life is not stagnant, but constantly dimming, reemerging and syncing within a network of relationships.” It represents the show’s message. Also featured: works by three program alumni in the atrium and “The Sculptured Buildings of Charles Deaton” in the Sound Gallery.
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NEWS IN A HURRY Deadline near for bike plan Just a few days remain to share your thoughts on Arapahoe County’s draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The plan, in the works since May 2016, will lay out goals for biking and walking in Arapahoe County and provide a framework for a bicycle and trail network. A draft is available at arapahoebikeped.com, and public comments can be provided on the website until Aug. 16. For more info, email Ray Winn at rwinn@arapahoegov.com or call 720-874-6551. Help sought to ID suspects The Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s
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don’t know about Hannah Baker, the fictional character in “13 Reasons Why.” I just now read about the Netflix series and why there has been a huge spike in searches for “suicide.” The series was a success, and even though Baker ended her life, she is returning for the sequel. I no longer underestimate the profit motive in some of us. Am I qualified to make informed remarks about suicide? Absolutely not, but it has crossed my mind: I think it should, just like a lot of other challenging subjects we all contemplate in life. But I know that there is a World Suicide Prevention Day, a National Suicide Preven-
tion Week, and a Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. I don’t get it. It seems to me that it should be yeararound. But we do like to compartmentalize some things, like Mother’s Day. Mother’s damn day is three hundred and sixty-five. The possible causes of suicide I will leave to scholars, but I know depression is one of them. Things (people) constantly depress me, but I do not have chronic depression. I know people who do, and when it takes over, the outcome can be tragic. What makes life worth living? And what makes life worth dying? Again, I am underqualified. But if I were a teenager right now, and knew what was going
on here and in the world, I might need all the help I could find. And all of the help that could find me. The country has never been more divided, and it gets more so all the time. An 11-day White House communications director said things, on record, that were so vile they had to be bleeped when they were reported. Almost daily, some segment of the population is undermined or denunciated. For example, the LGBT community. Maybe Baker was jilted. Overweight? Not pretty enough? How we are treated and SEE SMITH, P13
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t’s not where you start, it is where you finish that counts.” — Zig Ziglar “Begin with the end in mind.” — Dr. Stephen Covey
These have been two of my own personal “Go To” quotes for many years. These were quick hitting powerful reminders that helped me shape my goals and to define success of the opportunities and projects I was involved in at the time. Basically, knowing what success looks like before we even begin. As I have been speaking with differ-
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ent groups of people and individuals recently, it has become increasingly apparent that too many of us do not even know or understand what success looks like in the future or what they are hoping to accomplish in the near term, let alone down the road. Now before the Ziglar and Covey fans reading this column shout heresy, you should remember that one of Mr. Ziglar’s other quotes is this, “People who never take step one, can never take step two.” At first glance, these quotes may SEE NORTON, P13
Scrutinizing Coffman’s plan In response to “Plan has potential of moving ACA replacement forward,” a guest column by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman: Representative Coffman’s proposal for repealing and replacing the ACA presents information on healthcare and tax legislation in such a way that readers might come away misinformed on several issues. Mr. Coffman’s refers to “able-bodied adults” now covered through the Medicaid expansion. This terminology implies that these folks do not deserve assistance. Yet, the Kaiser Family Foundation research finds most are working, but earning only up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. They cannot afford coverage. Mr. Coffman goes on to say that “it makes no sense … that the federal government would favor (funding) able-bodied adults over all other Medicaid recipients such as disabled children, whose costs are reimbursed at 50 percent ....” The 90 percent federal funding for expansion was necessary to get states to buy into the program. As a result,
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the rate of uninsured American adults has fallen to 11.7 percent. If the federal contribution for the Medicaid expansion were to go to 50 percent, as Mr. Coffman proposes, it is likely that states now participating would not continue to do so and we would see our uninsured rates skyrocket once again. Mr. Coffman proposes that taxes funding the healthcare exchange subsidies be addressed through tax reform; not healthcare legislation. GOP tax reform proposals focus only on cutting taxes; not on revenue to fund the health of the American public (Information from the Tax Foundation). Finally, Mr. Coffman suggests he is ready for a bipartisan effort to lower health insurance costs. This is his sixth term as U.S. representative from CD 6. Why has he waited so long and voted so consistently against legislation that would support the well-being of so many “able-bodied adults” and disabled children? Barbara Barlow Highlands Ranch SEE LETTERS P13
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seem to contradict one another, but they really do not. The truth is that they complement each other quite nicely. Let’s think about this for a minute. It is awesome to have a vision for the future, I highly encourage it. What I am hearing from some of you is that the world is changing so much and with such frequency that it is hard to think about goals and future plans. As difficult as it is for some of us, this may still be short-sighted thinking. Maybe we can agree that it is important to have all; short-term goals, mid-range goals, and long-term goals. Before we can set any of our goals, long or short, we do at least have to know what we hope to accomplish at any level. The excuse or cop-out is thinking that it’s OK to justify, explain, or defend the position of, “I don’t know what it is that I want to be or do in this life.” So now we go full circle, do we start with the end in mind or do we begin with the beginning in mind? You may already have your own system for this, but if you don’t I would suggest
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We have a management problem This comment responds to U.S. Rep Mike Coffman’s recent guest column regarding ACA replacement. I read independent reviews of healthcare systems in tier 1 countries. Other nations score higher than us on an “outcomes” basis. And citizens of those countries pay onehalf or less than us. What a boon to our economy given the quality and cost of other tier 1 countries. We have a management problem: 1. U.S. healthcare has multiple systems. This defeats cost management and efficiency. Our systems include: insurance companies, the VA, the U.S. Congress, Medicare and Medicaid, local systems. Efficiency would be possible with a single system. If the GOP rejects a federal option, give the whole thing to Kaiser-Permanente. I think a system
looking at all three types of goals and write down only one thing in each area. Simply fill in the blank: My one short-term goal is ______. My one mid-range goal is ______. My one long-term goal is _______. Really, do not overcomplicate this, just think of one thing for each level of your goals. And if we want to get even more specific, my immediate goal is _______. It is a pity if we are lost or get lost in the blur of a fuzzy future because we may never take step one. All we need is one little thought that we can build upon. Just a seed of an idea that motivates us enough to take only the first step. And when we do, steps two, three, four, and more will follow. So how about you? Do you know how to get started and are already well on your way to achieving your hopes and dreams? Or are you in the place where you need to start with that first step? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can begin with the beginning in mind, it really will be a better than good day.
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mistreated by others when we are young can mean everything. Actor George Sanders left three suicides notes, but only one of them gets quoted. “Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.” In the film “Wonder Boys,” Toby Maguire’s character recites all of Hollywood’s suicides, including Sanders’, by cause, in alphabetical order. Suicides have been featured in films for as long as there have been films. One, “The Children’s Hour,” was very controversial for its time (1961), because it focuses on two women who run a girls’ school who are accused of being lovers. One of the women commits suicide.
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
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.
like Kaiser could work. 2. Healthcare is a basic need for everyone — it should not be tied to a profit. The agenda of insurance companies is to make a profit. I have no problem with private companies making a profit – they must or go out of business. But healthcare should have one agenda: the patient. 3. Remember the double-digit increases in medical insurance premiums, year after year, prior to the ACA? We’ve already tried the private sector running healthcare. Why did the ACA become law? Why return to a failed system? And please recall the rate of increases in medical premiums has decreased under the ACA. 4. Do you know people who would leave their job or elect early retirement and start a new venture – but don’t because they would lose employer-sponsored insurance? Consider the entrepreneurial explosion (and the boost in employment) if the U.S. had universal health insurance! Jim Rankin Littleton
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In 2015, California became the fifth state to allow physician-assisted suicide. I had a friend who often asked me to take her to Oregon. Oregon was the first to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill, mentally competent adults. None of the five makes provisions for disconnected youth. It’s a good thing. Aren’t we all disconnected at one time or another, especially in high school? My own circumstances — single, older, retired male — are ripe for checking out, too. I have no plans. Many of us find comfort in faith, and then read about some faiths being targeted by graffiti, desecrations and violence. What would I say to my son or daughter about suicide? Perhaps nothing. I would listen first.
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from June to October. “The community is thrilled to have this come to those who are in need,” Bird said. “And it’s a great way to engage and support as many people as we can in the Denver area.” Creating economic partnerships Creating partnerships among local and regional food vendors is also key to meeting the clamor for healthy food, while growing the local food economy. “The demand is there, and the supply will grow as we connect urban and rural communities,” Kimberly Mudd said. Farmers market shoppers tend to pay attention to their products’ food miles — a way to measure the transport of a food item from producer to consumer, Nathan Mudd said. But, because not everything can be grown in Colorado, some vendors with Main Street Markets — where 90 percent of vendors sell food — have partnerships with other regional farmers. For example, cherries from Colorado are already done for the season, but are still at their peak in Montana, Nathan Mudd pointed out. Having a partnership with a Montana cherry farmer can bring the product to Colorado farmers’ markets, while still providing shoppers with the knowledge of the food miles. “If we can keep our food identity preserved with regional partners, then we’re allowing the shopper to always know where their food comes from,” Nathan Mudd said. “It’s a statewide and regional solution.”
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Connecting community The main goal of the Edgewater Farmers Market is creating a true neighbor-to-market experience, said Anthony Murray, the City of Edgewater’s market coordinator. The market uniquely takes place on Thursday evenings — most other markets run during the daytime hours on the weekends — in a historic shopping district. People enjoy the variety of fruits and vegetable vendors, most of which come from within a 10-mile radius of the Denver metro area. Among them is Sprout City Farms, a nonprofit organization that accepts SNAP and has the mission to cultivate education and urban farms to engage and strengthen communities. But some of the produce to be found at the market also comes from Edgewa-
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hirley Bradsby remembers when shopping for school supplies for her children — all now grown — was much simpler. And cheaper. These days, with longer lists that include technology and earbuds, getting kids ready for school can dig a deep hole in your pocket. Especially with the pressure for children to have the coolest and latest designs and styles. “Just to get all the supplies for one child can cost more than $100,” Bradsby said. “In this day and age there has to be a way to help others who are struggling, because we all really want the best for the kids.” So Bradsby, along with countless other people in the metro area, found a way to give back — by donating school supplies. Organizations like The Action Center in Jefferson County, where Bradsby volunteers, and Integrated Family Community Services in Arapahoe County; businesses like Larry H. Miller dealerships in Denver, Lakewood, Thornton, Littleton and Highlands Ranch; and county governments and school districts like Douglas County and Westminster Public Schools all host school supply drives to make sure students have everything they need to be successful in class. “We want to offer what resources we can to our community and our students,” said Rand Clark, Community of Care navigator with Douglas County, which helps organize two Strive to Thrive Resource Fairs a year for families in the county. “We have a wonderful community with a lot of organizations who want to help, and we want residents to know help is available.” Need is apparent With high housing costs in most metro communities, the need for school supply help certainly ex-
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ists. During the Aug. 1 Strive to Thrive event at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, 347 backpacks were handed out to students in need. And in Westminster, Steve Saunders, chief communications officer with Westminster Public Schools, said the district received 850 backpack donations from Staples for students. Integrated Family Community Services in Englewood, which covers Arapahoe County and northern Douglas County helps about a thousand students a year by taking two approaches, Director of Development Todd McPherson said. About 600 students are sponsored by businesses, organizations and churches, and have a
backpack and supplies picked out specifically for them by their sponsors. The other 400 or so students receive a generic backpack with generic supplies. “For a family to participate, they need to be in our coverage area and be able to demonstrate financial need,” McPherson said. “We’ve been doing this program for decades, and it helps a lot of kids.” By working with 9News and the Volunteers of America Colorado branch, Larry H. Miller dealerships have hosted a “Stuff for Students” school supply drive for three years. School supply donations are collected throughout August and are distributed to more than 15 school districts around the state. Approximately 23 percent of the
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‘If you saw a boat, you were lucky’ 99-year-old British veteran gives his account of Dunkirk rescue BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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ritics and historians alike have praised the Christopher Nolan motion picture “Dunkirk” for its inspiring and accurate account of an important moral victory in the early months of World War II, when civilian mariners were called upon to sail whatever boats were available across the English Channel to rescue approximately 340,000 British troops from certain capture or defeat in northern France. But John Carpenter didn’t need to see the blockbuster film to know what happened at Dunkirk in 1940. He was there. “It was chaos,” Carpenter said. “If you saw a boat, you were lucky.” Carpenter, 99, was a private in the 48th Regiment of the British Army and has lived in Parker for seven years. His daughter, Pat Cowan, moved to the United States after marrying a member of the United States Air Force in 1956, and in the 1970s Carpenter and his late wife came across the Atlantic Ocean to be with them. But at the outset of the war, he was stationed in the French town of Lille. When his commander learned that the German army was about to surround British forces, the captain gave carpenter an order he almost couldn’t believe. “He said `Get back to the beach as
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Colorado school districts identify nearly 25,000 students statewide who are experiencing homelessness. “We’ve received more than $26,000 in donations at our dealership locations,” said Todd Hoskins, general manager of Larry H. Miller Ford Lakewood. “We’re a pay-it-forward organization, and education is very important to us. We want to make sure we take care of everyone.” Social media creates peer pressure Such items as backpacks, notebooks, pencils and other standard items are in demand, and will always be in demand, according to Barbara Penning, director of volunteer programs and in-kind donations with the Action Center. “There’s all kinds of pressure for kids’ supplies to stay current with what’s popular, and they get even more from social media,” she said. “Parents can sometimes skip a mort-
A photo shows the young Private Christopher John Carpenter of 48th Regiment of the British Army, taken near the beginning of World War II. Carpenter survived the Dunkirk rescue and served in the American Red Cross after being honorably discharged from the British Army. COURTESY PHOTOY
John Carpenter, 99, holds court in his Parker apartment and recounts his experiences in World War II. Carpenter was initially reluctant to see the film “Dunkirk,” which recounts a massive rescue of British troops at the outset of World War II, which he survived, but afterward said the movie was “excellent.” TOM SKELLEY
fast as you can,’ ” Carpenter said. “It was every man for himself.” His captain disappeared after giving the order, leaving Carpenter and his friend Wally to find their way from Lille to the beach at Dunkirk alone. Carpenter contends the film’s depiction of the evacuation was excellent, though it didn’t match his experience. When he and Wally eventually made it to the waterfront, there was no dock and no officers to direct troops to ships. “Every man was all pushing and shoving,” Carpenter said. “We lost a lot of men, young boys really, all 20 and 21… The boys were just on their
own.” As he and Wally sat against a sand dune, resigned that they would be killed by a sniper’s bullet or one of the German Messerschmitt planes strafing the beach, they were surprised to see help on the way. “It was a shock to me, because I said `that is a pleasure boat coming
gage or rent payment to pay for supplies, and that’s not a choice we want them to make.” A key tenet of the Action Center’s approach is giving families a chance to shop for the supplies themselves during a five-day distribution event. All supplies are free for the families, and volunteers make Stevens Elementary’s gym look like a store where parents and children can pick out the items they need. “We accept donations year-round to make sure we have enough supplies for everyone, and we get businesses and organizations who donate hundreds to thousands of items,” Penning added. “We have all kinds of volunteers who work hard to get everything and ready out to families in need in a dignified manner.” Which is where people like Bradsby come in, donating their time and resources to help in any way they can. “With what we do, school supplies become one huge expense they don’t have to worry about,” she said of helping at the Action Center. “We all want to help our neighbors, and that’s who these people are — our neighbors.”
in,’ ” he said. “Then I was made to understand there were a lot of small boats coming.” Unable to swim, Carpenter was pulled onto the steamer, where dozens of other men lay trembling with cold and fear. German planes attacked the boats, including Carpenter’s, but he felt safe when the boat’s captain brought the men a cup of tea. Upon his return to England, Carpenter and many other Dunkirk survivors were discharged with what would now be referred to as posttraumatic stress disorder. But he couldn’t sit out the war, so he joined the American Red Cross, crossing the English Channel to transport wounded soldiers to safety. After the Allied victory, Carpenter largely put the war, and the events at Dunkirk, out of his mind. Though there was one reunion, by chance, on a London sidewalk, that he cherishes. “He looked at me and said `Carpenter!’ ” It was Capt. Wright, the officer who gave him the evacuation order in Lille and promptly disappeared. “I went to salute him,” he said. Wright grabbed Carpenter’s arm to prevent the salute and embraced his former private. “He got hold of me and said `Good boy, you got out alive.’ ”
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he recently renovated Lone Tree Hub (former Lone Tree Library) was filled with music on July 27, as the Lone Tree Symphony held an “Open SymphoSONYA’S ny” event, where musicians are SAMPLER invited to come and play with the orchestra. More than 80 from across the state participated, including percussionist Amelia Webster of Highlands Ranch, who looks forward to auditioning. The orchestra Sonya Ellingboe will audition for violin, viola, bass, fourth horn, percussion on Aug. 12. If interested, contact personnel director Gary L Wilhelm, GJAZZworks@comcast.net, or visit the website: lonetreesymphony.org. Author! Wendy Terrien, Young Adult author
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“Celine,” about a private eye who reunites families — based partly on his mother’s life. Tattered Cover will have books available for sale and signing. Also, Castle Rock Library, 100 Wilcox St., will host a Local Authors Showcase at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Ten writers will talk about their books.
Dance Colorado Ballet will perform its annual “Evening Under the Stars” with excerpts from upcoming and past productions, at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, kicking off the next season in an informal way. Tickets: $15 to $44, arvadacenter.org.
More auditions Colorado Wind Ensemble will hold auditions at 5 p.m. Aug 29 for regular musicians: baritone sax, trumpet, horn; and alternates: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, piano, string bass, harp. Notify of interest by Aug. 11. Go to coloradowindensemble. org.
New venue Arapahoe Philharmonic has announced a new venue: the Fisher Auditorium on the Englewood Campus, 3800 S. Logan St., Englewood. The season starts on Sept. 16, with Brahms’ “Symphony No. 1” and “Four Last Songs” by Strauss. Tickets: arapahoe-phil.org, 303-781-1892.
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CURTAIN TIME Amazing coat “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” plays through Aug. 19 at BDT Stage (was Boulder Dinner Theatre), 5501 E. Arapahoe, Boulder. A 40th Anniversary repeat of the opening production for this longrunning theater, with performances Wednesdays through Sundays at various times, matinees and evenings. For tickets and information: 303-449-6000, BDTStage.com. Good family fare. Mountain theater Creede Repertory Theatre, known for its very professional performances, continues into mid-September: “Talley’s Folly” (Pulitzer Prize); “General Store” (a new play). Information and tickets: creederep.org or 719-658-2540. Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre, 800 Grand Ave. in Grand Lake, plays through late August: “Mama Mia,” “Newsies,” “West Side Story.” In September, “Almost Heaven” plays almost daily. Go to rockymountainrep.com, 970-627-3421. Prince Charming “Cinderella: The Slipper and the Rose” is the regional premiere of a musical by the Sherman Brothers (Disney’s songwriting team) about a couple in love at the Colorado Candlelight dinner theater in Johnstown. Sarah Gover and Matt LaFontaine (a recent Henry Award winner) play the lead parts, with Tom Mullin and Annie Dwyer as King and Fairy Godmother. Plays: evenings, Thursdays, Fridays Saturdays; matinees, Saturdays, Sundays. Dinner and show tickets, $52.95-$62.95; children $29.50. 970-744-3747, ColoradoCandlelight. com. The theatre is at 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown (exit I-25 at 254, just south of Johnson’s Corner). Family complications “August Osage County” by Tracy Letts, a Pulitzer Prize winner, opens Sept 1 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Director is Bernie Cardell. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com. More family issues “Appropriate” by Branden JacobsJenkins, about race, family and the possibility of history staying in the past, plays Sept. 2 to Oct. 14 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Go to curioustheatre.org. Miranda’s first musical “In the Heights” by Lin Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”) plays Sept. 8 to Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Set in New York’s Washington Heights. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Go to townhallartscenter.org, 303-794-2747, ext. 5.
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What could be more appropriate for an art exhibit celebrating Western Welcome Week than a collection of works by two outstanding local equestrian artists? Sarah Phippen and Rachel Saunders have long ago mastered the knowledge of painting and the anatomy of a horse and have moved on to the storytelling aspects of their work, inviting a viewer into their distinctive worlds. Phippen, who grew up “surrounded by livestock and wildlife at the base of the Rocky Mountains,” also grew up with the artistic legacy of her grandfather, painter George Phippen, to inspire her. (Note the Phippen Museum in Prescott, Arizona.) She began formal lessons at 14 and creates paintings and sculptures that are nationally recognized. Her technically skilled oil on canvas paintings show her empathy with horses. Her subjects include “horses and cattle, cowboys and land — but especially horses,” according to her website. She pictures them at work and at play. “I find everything horses do interesting. Their emotions become a kind of allegory to my own experiences,” she writes. Saunders, focused on the connections between horse and rider, writes that she “went to school to become an art historian, but found myself making a living as an artisan and muralist, eventually running my own decorative painting company.” “In recent years I have returned
“The Dreamer,” oil on canvas by well recognized western painter Sarah Phippen, is exhibited at Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery through August. COURTESY IMAGE
IF YOU GO “EAST MEETS WEST,” the Western Heritage art exhibit celebrating Western Welcome Week, with works by equestrian painters Sarah Phippen and Rachel Saunders, runs through August at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main Street in downtown Littleton. Admission is free. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and during performances. 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.org. to my original passion, painting on canvas,” she writes. “Initially I worked across a broad range of subject matter but found myself returning to the horse again and again. As a rider myself I have a deep passion for the equine human relationship …”
Eclipse is the best kind of shady deal BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On Aug. 21, the U.S will experience its first total eclipse in more than 38 years. Next one to pass over Colorado will be in 2045. The effect won’t be total in the Denver area — a wee crescent will remain, but it’s really close and excitement will grow as the date draws near. (To experience in totality, one would have to travel north, such as to Casper, Wyoming, where accommodations have been booked for months, as they are all across the nation in targeted spots.) Locally, some libraries (Arapahoe and Douglas County that we know of) are hosting related story and craft sessions in advance for children. “Coming to a Sky Near You” at Arapahoe’s branches includes facts and myths and a take-home eclipse viewer. For details, go to arapahoelibraries.org or call 303-LIBRARY. And, a follow-up: at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 28, Araphoe offers “Sun and Moon Stories,” describing how ancient civilizations explained why the moon is eating the sun and more (ages 5-12). Libraries in both districts will host viewing parties at 9 a.m. on Aug.
21. (Douglas County will have special viewing glasses until they run out.) Important: Proper eclipse-viewing glasses are essential and sunglasses are NOT adequate protection from severe burns and even blindness. (A scientist on NPR half-joked that in a location like ours, one could get a crescent-shaped burn.) The American Astronomical Society says to be certain the disposable glasses are ISO-certified. (It says so on the inside.) Suggested brands are: Rainbow Symphony, American Paper Optics and Thousand Oaks Optical, and they will be available in stores and from Amazon, but a scam warning says non-certified brands will also be around — be careful. Arapahoe Community College’s Astronomy faculty head, Jennifer Jones, who some may have met at her Star Parties, says there will be a viewing event on the west patio at ACC from 9 a.m. on, with filters on the college’s two telescopes, to provide safe images. The college is at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Aug. 21 is also the first day of classes at ACC, so it may get a bit hectic there. SEE ECLIPSE, P21
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It will be possible to download pictures from the telescopes, Jones said. Students from the active ACC Astronomy Club will head to Casper, to join other students across the nation with cameras mounted in NASA balloons. The club presently has about 12 members, she said, and new students will be welcome to join its activities, including space projects and monthly Star Par-
ties (monthly in Littleton and once a semester at Castle Rock Campus — the public is welcomed to these as well). Parker’s PACE Center also offers some astronomy instruction. Some advanced reading with children about the related mythology could be fun. Ancient people were really astonished and frightened by eclipses and invented imaginative and sometimes wacky tales to explain. Observe animals as well — they may have unusual responses, according to writings ancient and modern.
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MILESTONES Elaine Ruth Barella, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at William Jewell College. Barella is a junior majoring in nursing. Erica Leigh Blair, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Maddie Jack Bredehoeft, of Centennial, was named a Presidential Scholar for the spring 2017 semester at Clarkson University. Bredehoeft is a freshman majoring in environmental engineering, Austin Butterfield, of Centennial, earned spring 2017 semester honors at Kansas State University. Trinity Cerza, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Erin Nicole Cooper, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Rachel G. Conn, of Centennial, was
named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Iowa State University. Joy Elizabeth Dafoe, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Madeline Elaine Doucet, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. John Grunst, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Simone Haines, of Centennial, earned spring 2017 semester honors at Kansas State University. Matthew Thomas Horn, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Kate Leeuwenburg, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Kayla A Lewis, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s aca-
demic honor roll at Baylor University. Grace Maddock, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Jake Mayo, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Grant Connor McGinty, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Lydia Milliken, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Vermont. Jordan D Millhollin, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Victor Ortiz, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Carrie Plank, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Jenna Lynn Russell, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Robert Shepherd, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Joseph Martin Stanton, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Iowa State University. Lanie Sumlin, of Centennial, was named to one of the spring 2017 hon-
or’s lists at Montana State University. Kylie Watson, of Centennial, earned spring 2017 semester honors at Kansas State University. Cole A. Wesselman, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Iowa State University. Cooper Lee Youngs, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Daniel Daeyoung Ko, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Samuel Deline, of Greenwood Village, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University. Kaitlyn Alexa Kotelko, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Thomas Patrick Moran, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Alissa L Nebergall, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Leah Abigail Sobernheim, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University. Alyssa Louise Witter, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University.
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Prairie Home ‘Love and Comedy’ Show: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Presented by Garrison Keillor. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Go to www.botanicgardens.org. Elf The Musical Auditions: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. Children ages 6-18 will spend 15 weeks learning singing, dancing and acting techniques while preparing “Elf the Musical.” Classes will take place from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays from Aug. 15 through November. Performances are Dec. 1-2. Go to www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE.
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Hudson Gardens Concert: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Tickets on sale at www.altitudetickets. com. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. For information, call 303-797-8565 or go to www.hudsongardens.org. Parking is free. Lineup includes: Saturday, Aug. 19, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Sunday, Aug. 20, Kool & The Gang; Sunday, Aug. 27, The B-52s; Sunday, Sept. 3, YES featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman. Outdoor Concert: 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 on the front lawn at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Spinphony is an allfemale string quartet that plays a dynamic mix of rock, classical, pop and original tunes complete with choreography. The quartet has performed throughout the United States and internationally to rave reviews. Call 303-7953961.
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Learn Origami: 4-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Learn and practice the art of folding paper creatively. Great for families. No registration required; more info at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org. Juried Art Show Entries: Tuesday, Aug. 15 is the deadline for entries for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s annual This is Colorado juried art show. The show is open to all
this week’s TOP FIVE Western Welcome Week: Friday, Aug. 11 to Sunday, Aug 20 in downtown Littleton. Festival Day, which includes the Littleton Firefighter’s Children’s Parade, the 89th Grand Parade, the 58th annual Arts & Crafts and Home Improvement Fair, free entertainment and concessions, will be Saturday, Aug. 19. Go to http:// westernwelcomeweek.org/ for information. Household Chemical Roundup: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Shea Stadium, 3270 Redstone Park Circle, Highlands Ranch. Douglas County residents can dispose of household chemicals, oil and batteries, among other items. Proof of residency required; $25 per vehicle. A second roundup is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Town of Castle Rock Utilities, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock. Go to www.tchd.org/ hcroundup for a list of acceptable items. Call 303846-6249. Centennial Under the Stars: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. The 12th annual event features a concert and laser light show featuring live music by the Tom Petty Project. Food trucks, face painting and a laser light show. Bring chairs and blankets. Colorado residents and runs from Oct. 10 to Nov. 2. A prospectus and entry form are available at www.heritage-guild.com or contact show director Mary Kay Jacobus at 303-594-4667. Save the Kiln: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Roxborough Fire Station Community Room, 6222 Roxborough Park Road. Enjoy a presentation about the history and efforts to preserve the Silica Kiln, while raising money to match the grant from History Colorado State Historical Fund to restore the kiln. Presented by the Roxborough Area Historical Society. Original bricks made in the kiln will be on display and available.
EVENTS
Colorado Foodways: A Celebration of Local Food: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Celebrate Colorado history, music, food and cocktails featuring local chefs, tours and live music. Go to www.botanicgardens. org.
Kids Consignment Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Presented by Mothers of Multiples Society. Expecting moms and moms with babies under 6 months old may shop the new moms presale starting at 9 a.m. Go to www.mothersofmultiples.com. Six Blocks for SECOR: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, starting at the Parker Fieldhouse and ending at Elk Mountain Brewery. The entire entry fee will go directly to SECOR (www.secorcares.com), which helps about 1,000 a month who are upside down. Start with doughnuts and pastries, and end with pizza and beer. A first aid station will be set up at the 3-block mark, with nurses or doctors with stethoscopes, because walkers will be exhausted by then. Parker Police officers will walk and hold doughnuts. Go to https://www.classy.org/parker/ events/1st-annual-parker-1k-six-blocks-for-secor/ e136710
Walk ‘n’ Roll 3K: 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at Robert F. Clement Park, 7306 Bowles Ave., Littleton. Organized by the Rocky Mountain Rett Association to raise awareness and money to help find a cure for Rett Syndrome. Registration opens at 9 a.m.; free chuck wagon lunch, silent and live auctions, face painting, balloon magician, and fairy princesses for the kids. Registration available at rmra. org; sponsorship information also available at www.rmrett.org. Hog Roast: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at Tony’s Meats and Market, 874 W. Happy Canyon Road, Castle Rock. Lunch plates include handmade sides such as potato salad, coleslaw and baked beans. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ events/190756854795003. Wildfires: 7-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. For those who live in areas subject to fire, few things can be more frightening. Join Active Minds as we as we address the issue of wildfires from a variety of perspectives. Call 303-542-7279 to RSVP. Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 (Coping with Grief); Monday, Aug. 21 (They Hijacked my Life); and Monday, Aug. 28 (Cocussions: A Former NFL Player Speaks Out) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-8140142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com. Third Thursday Mystery Group: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 at
Lone Tree Grill and Patio, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Group will discuss Charles Finch’s book “Home by Nightfall,” his eighth book in the Charles Lenox detective series. Lenox is a Victorian detective. Forensics are different then, and he must solve mysteries using deductive skills, like Sherlock Holmes did. The mysteries take place in 1870s London. Call Sue at 303-641-3534. Evening with NYT Bestselling Author: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Peter Heller, author of “The Painter” and “The Dog Stars,” will talk about his newest novel “Celine.” Registration required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.
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103 of Littleton. Newly elected commander Al Rodriguez will lead the post through July 2018. Post members also will participate in the Littleton Welcome Week Parade on Saturday, Aug. 19. Exploration and Potluck: 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, presented by Castle Rock Unitarian Universalist Community. Meeting place is 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Guest speaker is Kenny Wiley, “A UU Theology of Brokenness.” Go to www.cruuc.org.
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Butterflies at Chatfield: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sept. 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. This seasonal habitat, in partnership with Butterfly Pavilion, is home to hundreds of native butterflies, such as swallowtails, monarchs, mourning cloaks and painted ladies. There are more than 50 native plant species in this garden. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.
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Car Seat Safety Event: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Meet with certified child passenger safety technicians to discuss proper use of a car seat, including installation, daily use, and proper car seat selection as the child grows. No appointment needed; just drop by. Go to www.mothersofmultiples.com. ‘ROAD CarFit for Seniors: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month through September, at Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing, 3401 Eudora St., Denver. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month through September, at AAA-Colorado Southglenn, 700 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Presented by the Reaching Older Adults Program, the 20-minute checkup is free but registration is requested. Call 303-991-5740 for an appointment.
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Brews Bazaar: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19 at The Farm House Restaurant at Breckenridge Brewery, 2990 Brewery Lane, Littleton. Contact Lauren Roadman or Alexa Taylor at 303-803-1380. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ breckenridgebreweryfarmhouse/ Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the George C. Evans American Legion Post
Eyes and Ears: Lifelong Learning Fridays: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Learn about eye and ear health from local doctors. For adults 50-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org. 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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Arapahoe High graduates left tour, but still racing ‘The Ginger Twins’ work in bike industry, compete in races such as the Littleton Criterium BY BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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ompeting in the men’s pro race at the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium bicycle race was like a homecoming for Arapahoe High School graduates Kevin and Conor Mullervy. “It was a lot of fun riding in one of Colorado’s biggest bike race so close to where we grew up,” Kevin said the day after the race. “We rode for the Clifbar team in the race. Our team did well and Conor finished 10th. I did pretty well and I think I was 22nd in the field of about 75 racers.” The red-headed twin brothers graduated from Arapahoe High School in 2006 and got
Kevin Mullervy moves in behind the leader of the Senior Men’s Professional Race that was part of the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. Mullervy and his brother, Conor, grew up in Littleton and are part of the Clifbar Racing team. Conor finished 10th in the race and Kevin finished 22nd in the field of about 75 racers. TOM MUNDS started bike racing while playing soccer for the Warriors. “A good friend of ours was a bike racer. We went to watch him — bike racing looked like a cool sport so we joined
a team our senior year at Arapahoe High School,” Kevin said. “We graduated from Mesa State and then became professional bike racers for six years.”
The duo, called the Ginger Twins because of their red hair, raced as members of the Tex Energy team and later for the Championship Systems team. They were members of pro
bike racing teams that travel all over the world and often compete in as many as 90 SEE CYCLING, P29
Denver Bulldogs take football down under Aussie Rules team one of best in league BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There was a lot about Melbourne, Australia, that Troy Kirk missed when he moved to Colorado years ago with his wife — family, friends and football. “I missed everything about the sport when I moved here but an old coach had told me there was an amateur league over here,” Kirk remembers. “I contacted the boys out here, and the rest is history.” The boys he’s referring to are the Denver Bulldogs, Colorado’s only Australian Football club. The club has a men’s division one team, men’s division four team, and a women’s team, and was founded in 1997 — just a year after the United States Australian Football League (USAFL) was founded. “Aussie Rules Football is very different to American Football, and in terms of movement is more like soccer or basketball, where the movement can be 360 degrees,” said Casey Robertson, co-coach of the Bulldogs’ division one team. “If someone wants
The Denver Bulldogs practices and plays in Lakewood’s Washington Heights Park and Denver City Park, and people are encouraged to attend and learn about the sport. PHOTO COURTESY OF TROY KIRK
to watch a continuous game, unlike American Football, there is a lot of physical contact, spectacular plays and high scoring then a Bulldogs match is where to go.” In Aussie Rules Football, the main method to move the ball is to kick it. Kicks can be anywhere from 10 yards to about 60 yards in length, but players can also move the football with what
is called a “hand ball,” Robertson explained. A hand ball is when one player punches the ball to a teammate. Teams accumulate points by kicking a goal or a point. The goals are four upright posts: two tall posts in the middle and a shorter post on either side of the large posts. A team scores a goal (worth six points) when they kick the ball between the two tall posts. A
point (worth a single point) is when a team kicks the ball between one of the tall posts and one of the short posts. “It’s a mix of all American sports — if you take baseball, soccer, basketball, ultimate Frisbee, hockey, running, and football, put it in a blender, you would have Australian Rules football,” said Andy Vanica, another member of the Bulldogs. “It’s very different from NFL as there are no pads, the field is round, and there are no set downs. It is often described as a game of hot-potato that looks like chaos.” The USAFL is home to about 39 teams from all over the county, and the season usually runs from late May to mid-October. In the 20 years since the club’s founding, the men’s team has won eight national championships, and the women’s team has won six, making the Bulldogs one of the most successful teams in the league, Kirk said. One of the best things about the sport, according to the players, is the openness of the club and the culture if fosters. Club members come from all over the Denver Metro Area and beyond. Training sessions and games are held at Washington Heights Park, 6375 W. 1st Ave. in Lakewood, and at SEE BULLDOGS, P29
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Denver City Park, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, on Saturdays. Not only are people encouraged to watch the training sessions, but they can participate if interested. “I wish more people knew how much fun competing is, and the club is in general,” Robertson said. “The fact that the sport is full contact is loved by our American players as many of them have not played a full contact sport since high school or college. Our club is very welcoming to everyone, whether you are an athlete or not, a good player or not, experienced or inexperienced, young
or old. If you just want to be part of the club off the field then we are happy to have you.” For Kirk, Robertson and Vanica, football has given them another family and community to be a part of. “It’s a very tough game, both physically and mentally, and there is a mutual respect that develops among teammates,” Vanica said. “The football club sports culture in Australia is also unique where entire communities and towns will revolve around the football club. It’s very special.” With at least two months of games left, Kirk hopes more people will come out and see what Aussie Rules is all about. “Australian Football is one of the most fast paced, exciting games in the world,” he said. “People will fall in love after one game.”
The Denver Bulldogs Aussie Rules Football club’s season runs through mid-October, which allows plenty of time for people to check out the sport that one player describes as “a game of hot-potato that looks like chaos.” PHOTO COURTESY OF TROY KIRK
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The Mullervy twins push their bikes around a corner during a recent training session. The brothers grew up in Littleton and are nicknamed the Ginger Twins because of their red hair. They raced professionally and toured the world for six years. They left the circuit, continue racing and competed in the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. COURTESY PHOTO
events a year. When not in competition, the team members train 15 to 40 hours a week. Kevin said he and his brother eventually decided to leave the professional circuit. “We did travel all over the world and saw a lot of places and things we may not have seen otherwise,” he said. “While that sounds like a great life, it really isn’t. That is because for 10 months you are constantly moving from place to place and living out of a suitcase. Conor and I finally decided it
was time to leave the tour.” Kevin noted that racing at the professional level requires special equipment. He rides an Aragon 18 top-of-the-line racing bike that is all carbon fiber and weighs about 13 pounds. The price tag is about $12,000. The brothers now have careers in the bike racing industry. Both work for Stags Cycling, a Boulder company that manufactures and sells wattage meters for racing bikes. Wattage meters are a way to measure the energy a rider is generating during a workout or in competition. “We still enjoy racing,” Kevin said Aug. 6. “It was a lot of fun to compete in the Littleton race yesterday and we are racing in the Bannock Criterium today.”
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Original Grantor(s) Michael W Pollard and Jennisty L Pollard Original Beneficiary(ies) New Century Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-NC1 Date of Deed of Trust April 21, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 25, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6063046 Original Principal Amount $155,200.00 Outstanding Balance BY Principal TOM SKELLEY $171,203.08
‘Get out here once a week and sweat’ COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0290-2017
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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
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Original Grantor(s) THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Fieldhouse’s inline hockMichael W Pollard and Jennisty L Pollard Parker FIRST LIEN. Original Beneficiary(ies) ey league don’t resemble those New Century Mortgage Corporation Lot 1, Block 4, 2nd Amended Plat of CentenCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt nial Acres, though County of Arapahoe, State be of Colstereotypes, they may U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for orado as feisty as icebound players. Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series Also get known by street and number as: “They ornery,” says Debbie 2006-NC1 3352 W Laurel Ln, Littleton, CO 80123. Rickard, Fieldhouse employee of Date of Deed of Trust April 21, 2006 PROPERTY HEREIN IS ALL eight THE years who DESCRIBED keeps score, and County of Recording OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENArapahoe THEpenalty LIEN OF THE DEED OF keepsCUMBERED track ofBYthe clock. Recording Date of Deed of Trust TRUST. “Some of them are more ornery April 25, 2006 Information (Reception No. and/or NOTICE OF SALE than others.” Ron Firman ofRecording the team Dragonfl y Book/Page No.) TheThe fieldhouse 10-game moves the puck up the rink as C.J. Piz B6063046 current holder hosts of the Evidence of Debt seCOMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Original Principal Amount cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, CRS §38-38-103 seasons forNotice men’s andand coed watches the defensive C.J. Piz, left, skates past Mike Dalonski during an inline hockey game as referee Emily $155,200.00 zone on July 31. has filed of Election Demand for sale FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0290-2017 Principal Balance as provided by law and in said year, Deed of ofTrust. leagues throughout the the game to Twine Time Redgate looks on at the Parker Fieldhouse on July 31. Checking is officially prohibited in the Dragonfly lostOutstanding $171,203.08 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given feringTHEREFORE, all the speed, and Hockey league, though physicality is still a part of the game. PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEYdescribed Notice Is energy Hereby Given that I will with regard to the following Deedby of a score of 7-5. Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you competition are at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Trust: of hockey without hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of 09/20/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County trust have been violated as follows: failure to ice. Administration Building, 5334 South Prince On May 31, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustthe Teams play four-on-four pay principal and interest when due together Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand and there nobidder stoppages insaid real with all other payments provided for in the evidhighest are and best for cash, the relating to the Deed of Trust described below to ence of debt secured by the deed of trust play and property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. for icing or offsides, which other violations thereof. Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the suits purpose Evan ofMeredith just fine. paying the indebtedness provided in Original Grantor(s) THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Michael W Pollard and Jennisty L Pollard “It’ssaid more open, there’s moreof sale FIRST LIEN. Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses Original Beneficiary(ies) items allowed by law, and for will issue to New Century Mortgage Corporation room and … other There’s more time Lot 1, Block 4, 2nd Amended Plat of Cententhe purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Current Holder of Evidence of Debt handling and stuff like nial Acres, County of Arapahoe, State of stick Colprovided by law. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for orado Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, that,”First says Meredith, who’s Publication: 7/27/2017 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series Also known by street and number as: played atPublication: the fieldhouse rink for Last 8/24/2017 2006-NC1 3352 W Laurel Ln, Littleton, CO 80123. Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date of Deed of Trust almost 10 years. “It’s a lot of fun, April 21, 2006 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS to ALLgetIFout THEhere SALE once DATE IS County of Recording a CONTINUED week andTO A OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENLATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOArapahoe a little bit.” TO CURE BY THOSE CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEEDsweat OF TICE OF INTENT Recording Date of Deed of Trust TRUST. PARTIES ENTITLED TO CUREon MAYthe ALSO BE April 25, 2006 For more information EXTENDED; Recording Information (Reception No. and/or NOTICE OF SALE Book/Page No.) leagues, visit the Parker RecIF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A B6063046 Department The current holder of the Evidence of Debtreation seLENDER OR SERVICERwebsite HAS VIOLATED THE COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Original Principal Amount cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CRS §38-38-103 $155,200.00 at parkerrec.com/1145/Inlinehas filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0290-2017 Outstanding Principal Balance Hockey. as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SEC$171,203.08 TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given A goalie at the Monday night inline hockey league at the THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO with regard to the following described Deed of Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are at public auction, at 10:00 a A.M. on Wednesday, ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONTrust: hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of a smile Players’ inline skates, more colorful than their icy counterparts, Parker Fieldhouse gives the referee after making 09/20/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU trust have been violated as follows: failure to stand poised for the drop of the puck during a face off. Administration Building, 5334 South Prince (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMOn May 31, 2017, the undersigned Public Trust- save. pay principal and interest when due together Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSee caused the Notice of Election and Demand with all other payments provided for in the evidhighest and best bidder for cash, the said real URE PROCESS. relating to the Deed of Trust described below to ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. other violations thereof. Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the Colorado Attorney General purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Original Grantor(s) 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Michael W Pollard and Jennisty L Pollard Denver, Colorado 80203 FIRST LIEN. Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale (800) 222-4444 Original Beneficiary(ies) and other items allowed by law, and will issue to www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov New Century Mortgage Corporation Lot 1, Block 4, 2nd Amended Plat of Cententhe purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Current Holder of Evidence of Debt nial Acres, County of Arapahoe, State of Colprovided by law. Federal Consumer Financial U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for orado Protection Bureau Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, First Publication: 7/27/2017 P.O. Box 4503 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series Also known by street and number as: Last Publication: 8/24/2017 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 2006-NC1 3352 W Laurel Ln, Littleton, CO 80123. To advertise your(855) public notices call 303-566-4100 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 411-2372 Date of Deed of Trust www.consumerfinance.gov April 21, 2006 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A County of Recording OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENLATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NODATE: 05/31/2017 Arapahoe CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE Public Trustee in and for the County of ArRecording Date of Deed of Trust TRUST. PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE apahoe, State of Colorado April 25, 2006 EXTENDED; By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Recording Information (Reception No. and/or NOTICE OF SALE Trustee Book/Page No.) IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A B6063046 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seLENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION The name, address, business telephone numOriginal Principal Amount cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CRS §38-38-103 ber and bar registration number of the $155,200.00 has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0290-2017 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the Outstanding Principal Balance as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECindebtedness is: $171,203.08 TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO with regard to the following described Deed of Eve Grina #43658 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONTrust: Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of 09/20/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU Holly Shilliday #24423 trust have been violated as follows: failure to Administration Building, 5334 South Prince (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMOn May 31, 2017, the undersigned Public TrustCourtney Wright #45482 pay principal and interest when due together Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSee caused the Notice of Election and Demand Erin Robson #46557 with all other payments provided for in the evidhighest and best bidder for cash, the said real URE PROCESS. relating to the Deed of Trust described below to Jennifer Rogers #34682 ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe other violations thereof. Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the Colorado Attorney General Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Original Grantor(s) 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A 369-6122 said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Michael W Pollard and Jennisty L Pollard Denver, Colorado 80203 FIRST LIEN. Attorney File # CO-17-771837-LL Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale (800) 222-4444 Original Beneficiary(ies) and other items allowed by law, and will issue to www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov New Century Mortgage Corporation The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Lot 1, Block 4, 2nd Amended Plat of Cententhe purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Current Holder of Evidence of Debt and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informanial Acres, County of Arapahoe, State of Colprovided by law. Federal Consumer Financial U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for tion provided may be used for that purpose. orado Protection Bureau Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, First Publication: 7/27/2017 P.O. Box 4503 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series ©Public Trustees' Association Also known by street and number as: Last Publication: 8/24/2017 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 2006-NC1 of Colorado Revised 1/2015 3352 W Laurel Ln, Littleton, CO 80123. 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