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Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon watches a video presentation that highlighted 2014 as the year of great performances. The video was part of Noon’s speech for the 11th annual State of the City address, which took place April 16 at the Embassy Suites in Centennial. Photos by Christy Steadman
The Boulder Flash Mob, in white with arms in the air, surprised guests during Centennial’s State of the City with a quick dance routine. Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon wanted to lighten the mood of the event, and introduced 2014 as the year of great performances.
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By Christy Steadman | csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.comXXXX Centennial enjoyed a “year of great performances” in 2014. That was the theme of the 11th annual State of the City address, which drew hundreds of people April 16 to the Embassy Suites in Centennial. “From the spectacular community events the city hosted,
National and local recognition in 2014 Some highlights: The city ranked as the 13th best place to live in America by Money Magazine and was rated 26th among the 50 best places to live by USA Today. Centennial Center Park was named best playground in 5280’s “Top of the Town” issue.
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… ribbon cuttings and ground breakings of wonderful local businesses, to the city and our park receiving national recognition,” Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon said, “this was the year we got to enjoy seeing years of hard work come together, creating the year of great performances.”
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Successful economic development, and superb public safety were highlighted. “Homes are selling quickly, and record-high building permits show strong remodeling and construction activity. The city remains debt free, continues to see an increase in sales tax revenues, maintains a high credit rating and prides itself on doing economic development differently,” Noon said. “Public safety is something of great importance to all of us. Centennial remains as one of the safest cities in Colorado with a population of more than 75,000. Thank you to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. Our three fire districts do not disappoint either—they continue to keep us all safe and do brave, outstanding work.”
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2015: The year of innovation Centennial is one of 14 worldwide cities awarded a Bloomberg Foundation Innovation Grant. The city has the lowest population of all that received the grant, which includes Boston, Los Angeles and Seattle, and the Israeli cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Additionally, Centennial became one of the 32 inaugural American cities joining together to in the National Broadband Initiative. “While 2014 was undoubtedly a year of great performances,” Noon said, “2015 is all about thinking outside of the box, being innovative, doing things differently and better.”
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Superintendent says he planned earlier exit Arapahoe High tragedy kept him at district an extra year By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series looking at the legacy of Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Scott Murphy, who will retire in June. Next week: Murphy reflects on a long career in education. When Scott Murphy announced last October — just 10 months after the tragedy at Arapahoe High School — that he would be retiring at the end of this school year, he knew people would question the timing. Murphy He has a very emphatic answer for those people. “I didn’t leave because of Arapahoe, I stayed because of Arapahoe,” he said. “Like the captain of a ship, even though you’re in a hurricane or a storm, they need to know they can count on you to help get them back to port with the confidence and knowledge of a sailor. You don’t look at your crew and say, `I’m abandoning the ship.’ I
could not do that. Anybody who knows me, knows that.” Murphy, 62, told the board in October that he had intended to retire at the end of last school year. His grandfather died at 56; his father at 64. His wife retired 18 months ago. “She’s been waiting for me, and I’d like to spend some quality time with her,” he said. Murphy wants people to know why he sums up his career with a quote from TS Eliot: “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” It’s because, he says, of a life-changing event that happened when he was a young man, behind the wheel of the car in a fatal accident. “My girlfriend was in the car, and she died next to me on a gurney,” he said, struggling with tears. “I learned about struggles as a young person, trying to make sense out of loss, out of death. The wound was open and very painful at the time. Over time, the wound heals, but the scar doesn’t ever leave you. And it’s not all bad. It reminds you of the event. It’s something I can give back to others who need it.” It’s an experience that led him to study Murphy continues on Page 9
Arapahoe High School students Ethan Anderson, Elise Albeck and Laura Friedrich took the top three spots in this year’s Littleton Optimists essay contest. Courtesy photo
Arapahoe High kids sweep Optimists’ essay contest Junior advances to district competition Staff report Marlys Ferrill must be doing something right, because all three winners of this year’s Littleton Optimist essay contest are juniors in her language-arts class at Arapahoe High School.
“Optimism Should Be a Priority” was this year’s theme. First-place winner Ethan Anderson nailed it in his essay, which he read for members, family and guests at the club’s April 1 meeting at Littleton United Methodist Church. “It is knowing that staying positive through the trials of life can result in great happiness,” wrote Anderson, adding that Essays continues on Page 9
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Birthday celebration planned for May 4 Staff reportj Arapahoe Community College will send something into the future to celebrate its past on May 4. A time capsule filled with surprise items suggested by students will be dedicated at 2:30 p.m. in the college’s
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new Espresso Yourself Café on that date, the 50th anniversary of ACC’s grand opening in 1965. “We have taken your suggestions, now come see what’s going inside,” said Jeff Duggan, director of communications, in a news release that hints at other surprises. He said the time capsule will be locked away, never to be seen again until the 75th anniversary celebration in 2040.
Founded in 1965 through a grassroots movement by members of the Littleton community, ACC was the first community college to open in the Denver area.
What began as Arapahoe Junior College with 550 students has grown into a community college serving more than 22,000 credit, non-credit and online students.
Classes were originally held in the former West Elementary School, in some houses and in other downtown Littleton buildings.
By 1974, the main campus building, designed by architect Eugene Sternberg, was completed and most classes moved into it.
Today, ACC offers nearly 100 degree and certificate programs and more than 200 online classes.
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jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia. com Michael and Desiree Davis, the parents of slain Arapahoe High School student Claire Davis, have launched a website in support of two pieces of proposed legislation designed to increase school safety and accountability. “Thank you for all of the support you’ve provided us in the 16 months since a very troubled Arapahoe High School student, Karl Pierson, killed our daughter, Claire,” they wrote in an email announcing the website, www.SafeColoradoSchools.com, on April 10. “You may have read that Littleton Public Schools has agreed to participate in an arbitrated discovery process, which should help us learn about all of the events surrounding Claire’s death. While we’re pleased with this development, our top priority now is the enactment of two bills that will go a long way toward making our schools safer.” The first bill, SB 213, would recognize the responsibility of schools to protect their students, faculty and staff from reasonably foreseeable acts of violence with-
in school facilities and at school-sponsored events. The measure also provides a narrow definition of the circumstances in which a lawsuit could be brought against a school for breaching that responsibility and sets a cap on the damages that can be recovered. “The General Assembly acknowledges that times have changed in this country and in this state because there have been so many acts of school violence in which students and teachers have been killed and injured,” reads the bill. “Parents have a reasonable expectation that when they send their children to a public school that the school and its employees will have taken steps to keep the children safe.” The second bill, SB 214, would create a permanent committee on school safety and youth mental health and charge it with examining ways to improve how schools and the mental-health system deal with troubled youths. “If you agree that it’s time to enact new incentives for Colorado schools to keep students and staff safe, and to produce meaningful changes in how we deal with troubled young people, we hope you’ll express your support to lawmakers,” the Davises wrote. Both bills have passed out of committee and are awaiting a vote by the Senate. If passed, they will head over to the House side.
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Students frustrated by number of tests Littleton High School group takes its concerns to board By Jennifer Smith
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-jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com a n Led by Littleton High School senior t Jackie Lombardi, a small group of students y spent the school year researching the reale life impact that standardized testing has on their lives. s y “The purpose of these tests is to show nhow well a student is progressing in their hsubjects, but they’re losing valuable indstructional time in order to take these tests, ewhich is a very ironic fact,” Lombardi told ymembers of the Littleton Public Schools tBoard of Education during its April 9 meeteing. Lombardi is the student-body vice presiedent and active with the LHS Political Acytion Committee. Like many parents, the tstudents are concerned about the addition of yet another test this year, the Partnership m
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for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, or PARCC. They took the first part in March and will finish it up in May. “We understand that some standardized testing is obviously needed to measure the growth of students, but when we’re taking three relatively similar examinations in one year, when exactly do these results become redundant?” Lombardi said. There are at least six other mandatory tests issued each year, and the LHS students calculate that 40 hours of instructional time is lost just administering them. That doesn’t include teacher time or prep work at the administration level. “This is the equivalent of approximately 6 percent of the school year,” said Lombardi. “The time spent testing — keep in mind, this does not include breaks or extended lunch hours — is equivalent to 10 school days.” A state task force in January agreed that’s a lot of time. “Findings from research studies and public input made it clear that Colorado’s current system of state and local assess-
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ments has created far too many demands on time, logistics and finances that are impacting the teaching and learning process in schools and undermining public support for the assessment system as a whole,” concluded a state task force in January. Legislation is winding its way through the state Capitol that seeks to rein in some of the testing, or at least let districts opt out. It’s been endorsed by Gov. John Hickenlooper and the state board of education, and especially by the kids who have to take them. Lombardi told the board the tests themselves are fraught with technical glitches, vagueness and confusing instructions, and they sometimes ask questions about things the students haven’t yet been taught. “Not only were students losing class time to take a test, but many of them were simply sitting in a room unable to do anything for long periods of time,” she said. “(And) different students may be taking various courses despite being in the same grade — one student might be in a physics class while another is in a chemistry class,
but the test this year focused mainly on earth science and very few other subjects. This poses the question of how accurate the results of these tests are.” The students also researched the financial impacts of testing on LPS. For starters, the district spent $1 million this year so each student could have a computer on which to take the online-only tests. “We would suggest the funds being dedicated to standardized testing could be going towards purchasing supplies, funding new teachers or reducing class sizes,” said Lombardi. Members of the school board congratulated the kids on their effort, and encouraged them to testify before the state Legislature when the bill progresses. “However passionate we are about this issue, we find it important to present our concerns to you from the perspective of high school students, the people who are most affected by mandated standardized examinations,” Lombardi said.
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Chase-case trial gets underway with video Ryan Stone faces more than 20 charges, including attempted murder By Jane Reuter
jreuter@colorado communitymedia.com The trial of a man suspected of leading police on a 75-mile chase and injuring a state trooper began with testimony from 850KOA radio’s traffic reporter, who witnessed most of the March 2014 morning rush-hour flight on metro-area highways. Ryan Stone faces 25 counts in the 90-minute pursuit that started in Longmont with the alleged theft of a car that contained a 4-year-old boy and ended in northern Douglas County with a multicar crash and foot chase. A Colorado State Patrol trooper also was seriously injured when he attempted to stop a car Stone allegedly was driving — which brought about the most serious charge against Stone, attempted first-degree murder. Other charges
include first-degree assault and second-degree kidnapping. John Morrissey broadcast most of the chase live from the KOA helicopter, with television stations picking up the story. “It’s just amazing to me no one was hurt — other than the trooper — or killed because there were so many instance when the vehicle was so close to other traffic, either in a head-on situation or driving on the shoulStone der or median, (going the) wrong way,” Morrissey said in court April 21. “We don’t see that sort of thing in Denver. To see a vehicle doing that kind of maneuvering in traffic was crazy.” Stone, 29 of Centennial, who has previously appeared in court wearing a striped jail uniform, wore a gray suit, tie and a fresh haircut for the first day of the scheduled two-week Douglas County District Court trial. The jury heard from Morrissey, and fire-
fighter Mike Major, among others. Major, who works for the City of Longmont, said Stone approached the fire truck on which he was an officer at about 5 a.m. March 12. Stone appeared cold and looked as though he’d been out all night, Major testified. He asked the firefighter for a ride, and Major offered to take him to a city warming station. “I remember him saying something about having issues with his girlfriend, having been kicked out,” Major said. “He was very talkative. It seemed like he had a lot of energy for five o’clock in the morning, was my thought.” En route to the warming shelter, Major testified Stone asked instead to be dropped off at a convenience store. Firefighters dropped him off at the Bradley gas station, from which the first of several vehicles Stone allegedly stole was taken less than an hour later. That Ford Edge, left running while the female driver went inside the store, contained the woman’s 4-year-old son. Major said he connected the man he’d picked up with the auto theft and kidnap-
ping when the call about the incidents came into the fire station at about 6:30 a.m. Jurors also spent about an hour April 21 watching the video of the chase. Prosecuting attorneys emphasized the video evidence and the driver’s repeated failure to stop, despite frequent efforts by police to get him to do so. Defense attorneys pointed out that the videos don’t show Stone’s mental state. Evidence of Stone’s mental state is needed to convict him, said defense attorney Danielle McCarthy. The defense had suggested Stone experienced a methamphetamine-induced psychosis that influenced his actions, and a toxicology test showed he tested positive for meth, marijuana and Lorazepam, an anti-anxiety medication. But a judge rejected voluntary intoxication as a defense during an April 2 hearing. Stone was arrested in an unincorporated part of the county off Lincoln Avenue, between Lone Tree and Parker. The trial was expected to last up to two weeks.
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Arapahoe Community College has been named a Top 100 Workplace in Colorado for 2015 by The Denver Post. ACC is ranked No. 6 on the list of employers with more than 500 local employees. ACC also received the paper’s Work/ Life Flexibility award, based on employee responses on a survey. The Top Workplaces are determined solely on employee feedback via an employee survey conducted by WorkplaceDynamics, LLP, a leading research firm on organizational health and employee engagement. Metrics include company leadership, communication, career opportunities, working environment, managerial skills, pay and benefits.
Parks compete for $20,000
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Heritage senior’s art recognized
Heritage High School senior Whitney Kendall’s acrylic “Inside the Isle of View II” won second place in the Congressional Art Contest in U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s Sixth Congressional District. It will be displayed for one year in the Cannon Tunnel at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The contest is a nationwide high school visual-art competition that recognizes and encourages artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. “Fine arts programs wouldn’t be possible without dedicated teachers,” Coffman said in a media release. “Our community is lucky to have such talented students and dedicated teachers.”
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Exchange students experience American culture Family has participated in program since 1992
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED About 15 foreign exchange students with Youth for Understanding will be coming to the south-metro area for school next year, and they are in need of host families. The goal is to match the international students with a host family by June, for their arrival in early August.
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Terri and Rich Elms aren’t called mom and dad just by their five children, but by at least 15 international students as well. “I call it 15 kids and counting,” Terri said. “They become a friend, and a family member.” The Elms have been a host family with Youth for Understanding, a nonprofit international educational organization, since 1992. With this year’s two exchange students, the Elms household in Highlands Ranch consists of: Faith, 9; Adrianna, 11; Conner, 14; Madison, 15; and Makayla, 17; and Emi Osada, 17, of Japan; and Jens Krause, 16, of Germany. When the students first arrive, they probably feel like visitors, said Terri, the organization’s south-metro area coordinator. But then relationships form and they become part of the family, a connection that lasts long after they return to their home countries. On average, Youth for Understanding brings about 2,000 high school students, ages 15 through 18, from about 60 different countries each school year. Students can participate in any course offerings and extracurricular activities, with the only classes the organization requires being English and American history. “Not everybody can have two homes, in two different countries,” Osada said. “I have one brother in Japan, but now I have six siblings.” In Europe, a person sees American culture in movies, Krause said, but “you don’t really know what it’s like until you experience it.” “They come here to live and experience everyday life,” Terri said. And “your ordinary life is extraordinary to an exchange student. For them, each experience is unique.” But the experience is unique for the host family’s children, also. “Our normal, everyday routine is so special to share with them,” Madison said. “We wouldn’t have those experiences without them.”
Host families provide a bedroom, which can be shared with a person of the same gender and near the same age, a study area, three meals a day and access to transportation. Families may host up to two students per school year.
The Elms Family, of Highlands Ranch, during the 2014-15 school year. Front row, from left, host mom Terri, Faith, 9; Emi Osada, 17, of Japan; Madison, 15; and Adrianna, 11. Back row, from left, host dad Rich, Makayla, 17; Jens Krause, 16, of Germany; and Conner, 14. Photo by Christy Steadman Faith likes teaching the international students to make s’mores. Adrianna likes having water-balloon fights in the backyard. And Conner and Jens go mountain biking quite a bit. In fact, Jens brought his bike from Germany. “Seeing the students’ reactions when they get to experience something new,” is Makayla’s favorite part — such as when they try peanut butter or root beer for the first time. The Elms value family time in the evenings, after homework is done, Rich said. Often, it is spent in the kitchen, talking about the day, doing crafts or cooking meals together. “There’s a lot of energy in the kitchen,” he said. Saying goodbye at the end of the school year is often the most difficult part about the experience for exchange students and host families, Terri said. But sometimes the farewell isn’t forever. During the 2012-13 school year, the Elms hosted an exchange student from Japan named Ataka Inuoe, who paid the family a surprise visit in February. “He walked through the front door, just as if he was family,” Terri said. “Although he had been gone for three years, he still had a piece of American culture in him.”
Emi Osada, of Japan, one of the Elms Family’s 2014-15 exchange students, and Ataka Inuoe, of Japan, the Elms Family’s 2012-2013 exchange student, make homemade Udon noodles, a staple in Japanese cuisine. Inuoe surprised the Elms Family, of Highlands Ranch, with a visit in February. “Although Emi and Ataka had never met before,” host mom Terri Elms said, “they now share in common the fact that they both spent a year here in the U.S. with the Elms Family.” Courtesy photo
To learn more about Youth for Understanding, visit www.yfu-usa.org. Any questions about hosting a foreign exchange student can be directed to Terri Elms, the organization’s southmetro area coordinator. Elms can be contacted at 703-973-4501 or elmsonthemove@gmail.com.
Jens Krause, of Germany, displays an American flag that he made at Arts on Fire, an art sudio in Highlands Ranch. Krause is a foreign exchange student who will return to Germany at the end of the school year. He stayed with the Elms Family, of Highlands Ranch, during his time in the U.S. Courtesy photo
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Mackintosh Academy enlightens kids, literally Student-driven effort results in 70 percent savings on electricity By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com A celebration at Mackintosh Academy went on as planned on April 16, even though the guest of honor failed to show up. “There is one conspicuous absence for a solar celebration, and that is, of course, the sun,” said teacher Joe Pausback, as spring snow fell outside the IB World school. But the real stars of the day were the six students whose bright idea literally lit up the room. Delia Guilbert, Nicholas Booth, Sydney Gelman, Skyler Bernard, Allie O’Brien and Aria Marizza put their heads together and came up with a truly illuminating plan. “The journey to today started just a little bit over a year ago when six sixth-graders decided to dream big,” said Diane Dunne, head of school. “They wanted to think about what would make their school a better place, what would make Colorado a bet-
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ter state, and the world a better place. But they didn’t stop at dreaming, they rolled up their sleeves and got to work.” Their hard work resulted in the installation of 97 solar panels on the school’s campus, reducing the school’s electric bill by 70 percent, or about $225,000. It’s saving the equivalent of 40,000 pounds of coal, or 4,400 trees, each year. “It’s a miracle,” said Bernard. “It’s like something out of a dream. I can look up at the solar panels and think, `We did this!’ It may seem small to everyone else, but to us, it means the world.” The kids knew they were going to have to come up with a hefty chunk of change to make their dream a reality, and none of them had allowances big enough to cover the $95,950 required. But they had mad grant-writing skills, as it turns out, and the State Farm Youth Advisory Board gladly wrote a check. “Can I just say wow!” said Guilbert. “Realizing that we actually got the grant seemed so unreal, I could hardly believe it. But with the solar panels being up, it just brings to light this amazing accomplishment.” For kids so young, their legacy will be long-lasting, and not just on the roofs of
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the buildings, but also in the minds of the students who will follow in their footsteps. The school is working with the National Energy Renewal Laboratory to develop a curriculum around solar power, and some of the savings realized from the panels will go toward tuition assistance and scholarships to the school, which specializes in teaching gifted and creative children. “It will allow more students to attend, and maybe some students who really, really need to be here,” said Kristi Holmes Espiñeira, chair of the Mackintosh board of trustees, praising the kids for their confidence and inspiration. But they are still just kids, so the celebration ended with the whole schools’ stunning production of a “Solar Medley,” featuring fun songs like “Here Comes the Sun” and “Walking on Sunshine.” Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec invited the students to next get to work helping him figure out how to get an overpass from Main Street across Santa Fe. “You recognize that our life is what speaks to the world through our actions,” he said. “… I’m always thrilled when I see young folks who have been able to put all those pieces together.”
The consulting and accounting firm EY is aggressively recruiting on college campuses this spring. The company formerly known as Ernst & Young plans to hire 9,000 graduates from U.S. universities this year, up from 7,500 in 2014. But recruiting isn’t as easy as it used to be. “I’m seeing a lot more competition” from rival employers, says Dan Black, EY’s Americas recruiting leader. That’s good news for college seniors and graduate students preparing to accept diplomas this spring, and a sign that new graduates will fare better than they did in 2014. The Labor Department reported last week that the unemployment rate for Americans in their 20s who received a four-year or advanced degree last year rose to 12.4 percent from 10.9 percent in 2013. “This is a real breakout year,” said Philip Gardner, director of Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute. In a survey of employers last fall, the employment center found that hiring of graduates with four-year degrees will rise 16 percent this year. “It’s led by the ones you would expect — engineering and business,’’ Gardner said. “But there seems to be a lot of room for everybody… Even arts and humanities are making a comeback.” Employers have more openings to fill because Baby Boomers are retiring and more workers are feeling confident enough about the economy to switch jobs. Overall, the United States generated 3.1 million jobs last year, the most since 1999. The overall unemployment rate has fallen to 5.5 percent in March from 6.7 percent at the end of 2013.
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Invisibility may have some unseen benefits So this past Sunday before heading to church we decided to go out to breakfast. And as we entered the restaurant the staff was happily greeting each guest who arrived and let them know they would be right with them. However, for whatever reason, when we walked in there was dead silence as they busied themselves with the work immediately in front of them. Now I get that they were very busy, yet when the people behind us walked in they also received the warm and courteous greeting. I didn’t take it personally, as I am sure we were just caught in a moment of the staff being super busy. But I will share that for a moment it felt like we were invisible. Have you ever felt that way? You know what I mean, right? That feeling when others around you may be receiving a little extra attention or being waited on or taken care of and you are left there wondering what you did and if you possibly offended anyone. Do I look different? Am I reeking of body odor? Or am I just invisible today? There are times when we want to be invisible. There are situations or events happening around us where we just hope and pray no one calls on us or asks us a question, or God forbid, asks us to participate in some way. And we certainly want to be invisible when asked to volunteer for a project or opportunity that just doesn’t fit
in with who we are or creates a conflict in our social calendar. “You want me to do what? When?” … “I am very sorry, you see that was the day I was going to rearrange my sock drawer, paint my garbage cans, create a database for my soup recipes alphabetically, phonetically, numerically, and categorize each by ingredient. And, if I could squeeze it in, list all the people I know who have seen the movie ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ at least 10 times. So you see, I would love to help but I am just very busy.” We can make a million excuses and make ourselves invisible when and if we really want to, can’t we? Let’s think about this in a slightly different way. How about when we give anonymously or do some kind of random act of kindness? Doing things for others when no one else knows that we did it, contributing to a great cause and not attaching our name to the message or posting. Are we invisible when we do those things? Yes we
are, and I have to share with you those are probably the times we feel the best. It’s easy to feel offended or hurt when others are receiving special attention and we feel like we have been overlooked or forgotten, when we feel like maybe we are invisible in the eyes of people, companies, our friends, and sometimes even our own families. And even though the excuses come fairly easily, we probably feel some sense of guilt for not volunteering or making ourselves invisible when our friend calls and needs our help moving for the third time in two years. And when we determine that we want to be invisible for a good cause, when we do something for the greater good, or for even one person or family and they had no idea that we did it, it’s in those moments of invisibility that we receive the greatest joy and satisfaction. How about you? Are you conveniently invisible when you want to be or do you intentionally make yourself invisible for a good cause? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we choose to become visible for the right reasons, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corp., a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
Got a little list of things that would be missed Don’t know much about history. Don’t know much biology. I know what a slide rule is for, but you can have it. It’s looking like I am going to exit with some serious gaps. I am in the wading pool of scholarship. I am still learning, mind you, but it’s mostly in bits and pieces without a serious effort. I try to watch programs that are factbased, especially documentaries. I don’t watch any dramas or situation comedies. I have never watched “CSI.” Doesn’t interest me. I don’t want to escape. I want to stay right here, and know what is going on in the real world, as disturbing as it almost always is. I woke to the news and the video of a South Carolina cop being charged with murder. The whole wide world is watching (white) police officers right now, and he goes and guns down a (black) man — in the back. Once a year I make a list. It’s my “What Makes Life Worth Living” list. I recommend one. Mine hasn’t changed very much since October 13, 2011. That’s the night I met Jennifer at the Curtis Arts & Humanities Center in Greenwood Village, where I was giving a painting demonstration. Of course, I didn’t know that she would be on my list that night. It took a little over a month. If you are a longtime reader of “Quiet
Desperation,” you can probably guess what is on my list. (Please don’t bug me about the whereabouts of God. I keep it to myself.) Jennifer and Smitty top it. I have two best friends too. Two may not sound like much, but they are more than enough. Constant and true. I don’t get to see either one of them very often, but I always know that they are there. Painting and writing. Writing and painting. They are neck and neck. I never would have guessed. This little column is on my list. I never underestimate the opportunity, or my responsibility, as a journalist. Six hundred words a week, across topics that are generally unplanned, and just wander into my head. I was thinking about Sam Cooke this morning. That’s how this one got started. “Don’t know much about history.” Cooke was great. Details about death remain unclear. He was shot to death at a hotel on Figueroa in Los Angeles, by the hotel manager.
Cooke was only 33. Cooke and Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding sang songs that I still listen to. Have you ever heard Jeff Buckley sing Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah”? Buckley died when he was only 30, and his father Tim died when he was only 28. Both are nearly forgotten, but shouldn’t be. I am listening to Mozart piano. Music will always be on my list. Films and nonfiction likewise. “Over a dog,” Jack Nicholson’s character says in “As Good as It Gets.” Dogs are as good as it gets. The year is off to a bumpy start with terrorist videos, the university attack in Kenya and that sabotaged plane in the Alps. The trials of the Boston Marathon bomber and the Aurora theater murderer bring back bad memories. That’s when a dog comes in handy. I’m telling you. Waking sober will always be on my list. If you know, then you know, and good luck, my friend. This time I am going to add the rabbits in the neighborhood. They are all over the place before the sun comes up. I think they are looking to add to the population. Just by hopping around with each other, sitting in the street obliviously, they get my day off to a good start. What’s on your list? Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net.
Plan could fix veterans’ health care system Want to know how the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital system is doing? Colorado residents need only look to the VA hospital under construction in Aurora. It is now years behind schedule, and the VA says it needs hundreds of millions of additional tax dollars to continue construction. Never mind that the hospital’s initial $328 million price tag has now ballooned to $1.73 billion. This fiasco is just one of many problems that have plagued veterans’ care in the state of Colorado. Shortly after the Phoenix VA scandal erupted last year, we learned that VA staffers in Colorado were also guilty of falsifying data and keeping secret wait lists to make average patient wait times look better. And amazingly, VA officials knew staffers were cooking the books as far back as 2013, yet failed to address it, according to CNN. In response to these scandals, Congress
FORMER CONGRESSMAN JIM MARSHALL GUEST COLUMN passed and funded the Veterans Access, Accountability and Care Act of 2014, but as of this month, wait times in Colorado remain among the worst in the nation, according to VA data. This isn’t surprising, since the Veterans Health Administration is a historic anomaly. It was created and vital when America’s civilian health care system lacked the competence and capacity to satisfy veterans’ health care entitlements. But now the VHA is utterly dwarfed by the convenience,
efficiency and competence of America’s civilian-sector health care system. And as a legacy bureaucracy, the VHA struggles with change and worries about survival and relevance. Demographics alone assure these worries will not subside. VA projects that the sheer number of veterans will decline drastically during the next 20 years. And with the passing of Vietnam-era veterans like me, a much smaller percentage of veterans will seek and/or be entitled to care through the VA. Given these truths, VA health care must either be blended into America’s civilian sector, or it will inevitably become dramatically more expensive per patient, more incompetent, more inconvenient or, more likely, suffer a combination of these three ills. Veterans continues on Page 9
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social work, he says, and one he drew on in the aftermath of shooting on Dec. 13, 2013. That’s the day Karl Pierson fatally gunned down Claire Davis in a hallway before taking his own life in the school library. “With the car accident, it can bring me to tears today,” he said. “But it’s about resiliency, not about forgetting. You have to learn from it, and ask the little questions and the big ones. I don’t know all the answers, and I want to be fair to all people.” It’s been difficult for him to remain as silent as he has regarding the incident, he
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optimism is a mindset and can drive people to be their best and do what they love. Ethan’s essay moves on to the district competition, where first place is a $2,500
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VAACA, though well-intended, is an expensive and inefficient attempt to address only the wait time and inconvenience symptoms of VHA’s basic, legacy malaise. What’s been needed for some time is fundamental VHA reform that both improves care for veterans and saves tax dollars. That’s where the Veterans Independence Act comes in. Proposed by Concerned Veterans for America and its partners in the Fixing Veterans Health Care
says. “One of the hardest things I’ve had to do is not talk to you so much,” he said. “There’s so much we don’t know, and we gave the sheriff everything. We waited 10 months for the report. … I know what sells newspapers. But respect was really important to me. And there are a whole lot of people who want to tell you what to do, including insurance companies.” He and others in the district had the same reaction to the sheriff’s report as many in the general public, he said. “The diary stunned us,” he said. “It makes us realize there are kids who are deeply troubled. The issue is, how do we see it?” To that end, Murphy found himself back at his beginnings, but with greater under-
standing. He ordered the creation of the security and mental health advisory committee, which is taking a hard look at that question and others. “The question we will always have is, why?,” he said. “We know what happened, the question is, why?” He notes that there have been plenty of other rough tides during his time in the district. “We’ve focused a lot on Arapahoe, but I’ve been in emergency wards too many times, and I’m not sure I’ve always understood why,” he said. During one night in the 1990s, six kids in a car all died when they were hit by a train. A boy in the early part of this century was run over and killed by the car that was towing him on his skateboard. There have been
overdoses, deaths from illness, a gang murder and many suicides. “The suicides always haunt me,” he said. “But I didn’t leave. Because I’m proud of this place. This is my family, and there’s no place like home. And you never leave home.” Murphy hopes Brian Ewert, his successor, can continue the work toward healing. “He’ll need to help the community weather and grow out of crisis and trauma,” said Murphy. “I want people to know there is nothing sacred that we won’t look at, even the brutal facts. One of the most wonderful things in life is 20/20 hindsight. We’re taking time to look back. They can count on us to always work to do the best thing. Can we say something won’t happen again? No. But we can actively put pieces in place that we need.”
scholarship. Second-place winner Elise Albeck wrote in her essay that a positive perspective creates a life that is full and rewarding, stressing that a positive life is a happy life. She added that optimism “will help you become a stronger leader, a healthier person, and a better you.” Third-place winner Laura Friedrich reflected on the optimism of Dr. Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. as he led the struggle against racial discrimination. She believes true optimists “understand optimism is not the only necessary quality to put ideas into action. …. Perseverance and optimism must always go hand in hand.” Each student received an engraved medallion, a certificate, and a monetary award for their work. One mission of the Optimists is to en-
courage youth to express their ideas and opinions through writing. Members volunteer at local schools and support scholastic competitions, such as the essay contest. LUMC Optimists meet for an hour on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St.
Taskforce, this proposed law would effect real and permanent VHA reform. First and foremost, the Veterans Independence Act would expand veterans’ health care choices. At present, veterans need the VA’s approval to use their health care benefits, and it rarely allows them to seek private treatment. The Veterans Independence Act allows veterans to use VA benefits at private practices wherever and whenever they want. It separates the VA’s payor and provider functions, greatly lessening VA’s bureaucratic tendency to protect its budget by finding more and more things to spend it on. The Veterans Independence Act would
move the VA’s provider function (the hospitals, clinics, staff, equipment, etc.) into a not-for-profit, quasi-private entity that would compete for veterans’ health dollars and have the independence to make management decisions to increase efficiency, quality and customer service. Basically, the Veterans Independence Act puts the veteran in the driver’s seat. Either go to the VA or go elsewhere: It’s the vet’s call, not the bureaucrat’s. For the Veterans Independence Act to become law, we need Colorado’s 390,000 veterans to join together to fight for it. Concerned Veterans for America intends to lead that fight — and I hope you’ll join
them. We shared this important reform in Denver on April 17. CVA and others who share their concerns showed local veterans and military families how the Veterans Independence Act would help them secure the well-being they were promised. Together, we can ensure that Colorado’s veterans get quality health care when and where they need it — not after years of delays and billions of wasted dollars.
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Political
NOON HOUR, a weekly event that allows the residents of Centennial to connect and communicate with Mayor Cathy Noon, is from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Civic Center building located at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road. ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-877-2940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303909-7104.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women,
Littleton-South Metro Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings are usually the second Monday of each month, September through May, at Southglenn Library, Vine and University, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative speakers on variety of subjects. Call Linda Joseph at 303794-8630.
ARAPAHOE SALES Professionals meets Thursdays for a business breakfast, business speaker and business networking. Meetings are at 7:30 a.m. at The Egg & I, 2630 W. Belleview (Santa Fe and Belleview). Meeting fee includes breakfast. Contact Jody Aiton, 303-808-8223. BNI CONNECTIONS (www.
thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.
CENTENNIAL TRUSTED
Leads is a professional referral organization that meets for breakfast at The Egg & I, 6890 S. University, Centennial, the first and third Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. Call 303-972-4164 or visit www.trustedleads.com
THE LEAGUE of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-7982939. LITTLETON LETIP meets from 7:16-8:31 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at Luciles, 2852 W. Bowles Ave., to exchange qualified business leads. Call Bob Hier at 303-660-6426 or e-mail hierb@yahoo.com. NON-PRACTICING AND
Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-7940354.
Recreation
SALTY DOG Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.
Social
THE COLUMBINE Genea-
logical and Historical Society meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Program meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Genealogy workshop programs and early-bird meetings are the third Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Visit www. ColumbineGenealogy.com or contact
Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com.
DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from September through May at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce at the Streets at SouthGlenn, Centennial. If you are interested in attending or have questions regarding eligibility, contact Krispin at Krispin_L_Andersen@Q.com or Merry Snyder at mcs.dar88@comcast.net. DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Mount Rosa Chapter typically meets at 1 p.m. every first Monday of the month at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. Call Gina Moore at 303-779-8762 for information or visit http://mountrosa.coloradodar. org/. DAUGHTERS OF the British Empire is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the United States who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. Nationally and locally, members contribute significantly to the good of their community and to the support of a retirement home established by DBE. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-6836154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available. DTC ROTARY Club meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. the first, third and fourth Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club, 110 Cherry Hills Village. Guests are welcome. Contact Dana Arell at 720-339-7367 or visit www.dtcrotary.org. INTRODUCTION TO
Square Dance class offered from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at Grandview Grange, 2280 Noble Place, Centennial. Visit www.SquareDanceEtc.com.
Former Congressman Jim Marshall (DGeorgia, 2003-2011) is a past president of the United States Institute of Peace and a member of the United States Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
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OBITUARIES FISCHER
August “Junior” Fischer April 28, 1928 – April 18, 2015
August “Junior” Fischer of Littleton, passed peacefully in his home in the early morning hours Saturday April 18, 2015. He was born in Grainfield, Kansas on April 28, 1928 to Herman August Fischer and Mary Amolia Fischer. The Fischers’ arrived in Littleton Colorado July 15, 1937. He graduated from Littleton High School May 28, 1947. He worked a trap line along the Platte River, delivered coal in the winter, and on harvest crews in the Summer. He worked in the carpentry and construction business with CHING Linda Ching
Mar. 17, 1945 – Apr. 17, 2015
Memorial service will be held 12:30pm Friday, May 1, 2015 at Olinger Chapel Hill, 6601 S. Colorado Blvd., Centennial, CO 80121
SMITH
James E. Smith
Feb. 15, 1947 - Mar. 28, 2015
Jim Smith, 68, of Centennial, husband 39 years to Lila Greaves, father to sons Jesse, 26, and Laine, 22, GreavesSmith. Real estate developer, builder, appraiser, Boy Scout leader, Arapahoe Highlands Civic Association Board. Memorial Service May 2. Full obituary- evergreenmemorialpark. com.
his father and brothers for many years. Later, Junior worked with his father, brother Del, and son Andy at the Electron Foundry where he continued to work until retirement in 1999. He served his Country from December 10, 1952 to October 20, 1954 in the Korean Conflict where during his tour he attained the rank of Sergeant in the 999th Field Artillery Battalion as FDC Specialist. He is survived by his brothers Del Fischer and Marvin Fischer; Children, Molly J Fischer-Hlousek, Mary Dee Fischer Mer-
vich, Andrew A. Fischer and Brooke M. Fischer; Grandchildren Amanda Dee Mervich, Miranda A. Fischer, Katy Ann Mervich, Joseph L.A. Mervich, and numerous nieces and nephews. His family was his life and inspiration. He loved to hunt and fish on his Gunnison property and ride his Harley. He will be missed by a very large number of friends. The family will host an open house at Junior’s home on Sunday, April 26, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
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Games strive for inclusion Centennial group helps those with special needs stay active By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@colorado communitymedia.com The moment Terry Bickel takes the field, she is swarmed with hugs. Everyone, it seems, is glad to see her, and for good reason. She is one of the people who makes sure those on the field are included. Minutes later, Bickel is swiftly escorting Brianna Bowland around the kickball bases in her wheelchair. Both seem to be having the time of their lives. Smiles abound and joyful shouts bounce through the rafters at the Parker Fieldhouse. Bickel, the individuals with disabilities coordinator for the Parker Parks and Recreation Department, is spending her Thursday afternoon like she always does. This time around, it’s a group from HighPointe Centers, a Centennial-based group that runs a day program for adults with special needs. Along with Bickel, staff members from HighPointe make sure everyone has the chance to participate. It’s part of a goal to maintain an active body and mind for each person. “It relieves stress, it’s fun, and there are a whole bunch of social interactions that go along with the sports aspect,” said Toby Gerard, director of curriculum for HighPointe Centers. “It’s really holistic and hits everything our clients need.” Rules are an afterthought. It’s the inclusive atmosphere that matters most, and this group knows that more than anyone. Because needs vary widely based on the disability, one-on-one work is essential. But no one seems to mind the necessary game breaks to accommodate everyone. “We work it out. If we’re playing softball or kickball, we have a runner, and we have them run around the bases with the wheelchair, and if they physically can’t kick, we put (the ball) by their foot and help them kick, so we just adapt to what they can and can’t do,” Bickel says. Sideline-sitters are nudged into the game. HighPointe staffer Tina Baker brings Danny Schirmer to his feet and out of his shell. Before long, he is greeted at home plate with high-fives and hugs. The activity changes every week. Sometimes they go to the Parker Recreation Center to swim. Other times it’s basketball in the Parker Fieldhouse gymnasium, soccer on a local field, or even camping in the mountains. The Town of Parker applies each year for an “individuals with disabilities” grant from Douglas County — last year’s was around $20,000 — which means many of the athletic activities for people with special needs are free, said Mary Colton, recreation manager for Parker. The local Mountain Pines Women’s Club also has a craft fair every year that raises more than $1,000 for scholarships. Parker sought out the financial resources for people with cognitive deficiencies and
HighPointe Centers staff member Tina Baker encourages Amy Robinson during a kickball game at the Parker Fieldhouse last month. The town’s recreation department provides scholarships so those with special needs can get involved. Photos by Chris Michlewicz
Terry Bickel, the Parker Recreation Department’s individuals with disabilities coordinator, helps Brianna Bowland participate in a game of kickball last month. Bickel makes sure everyone gets a chance to participate.
Patrick Auerbach rolls a kickball toward Christopher Strange, left, as Terry Bickel looks on. Bickel oversees special needs programming for Parker’s recreatioin department. physical limitations in part to assist a demographic whose money often goes toward medical bills and care. The town identified a gap in recreational opportunities for those
with special needs and is acting to broaden its offerings, Colton said. The town plans to add a full-time employee who specializes in adaptive recreation.
“As a town, we’ve committed and it’s been a high priority of mine since I got here eight years ago,” Colton said. “They are wonderful to work with, and you can just see how much joy and satisfaction and reward they get out of participation.” Even when assisted, sports foster a sense of independence. Parker’s programs make sure that a population that sometimes gets overlooked is included, Gerard said. The hugs and smiles come naturally. “That’s why I do it,” Bickel says. “That’s everything.”
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April 24, 2015
Man reflects on 100 years of life Willard Mounts marks birthday with family, friends and stories By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Sunlight pours through a picture window, lending a brilliant gleam to Willard Mounts’ crystal-clear blue eyes. They are the knowing eyes of someone who has seen it all, and they are intensely present while he recalls his youth, complete with dates and minute details. Willard pauses his storytelling as, one after another, visitors stop by his recliner to wish him a happy 100th birthday. Willard greets them with WILLARD MOUNTS’ a friendly elbow-bump — an effective way of avoiding 7 KEYS TO LONGEVITY germs — and confesses that he isn’t feeling too well. He • Not worrying too much is fighting the excruciating • Drinking lots of water pain of shingles, which first arrived on his 100th birth- • Staying away from alcohol (since day a few weeks earlier and 1942) caused him to postpone the • Not smoking party until April 12. But in spite of not sleep- • Regular physical activity ing well the night before, Willard is jovial and sharp as • Eating healthy, including lots of ever, and he is surrounded vegetables by family and friends at his • Continuous learning daughter’s rural home on Parker’s eastern flank. They are marking the occasion with style and plenty of good food. Willard is eager to talk about his days growing up in coalmining country on the border of West Virginia and Kentucky. For those who want the long version, they can read the first part of his 67-page autobiography, which is being given to any guest who wants one. He has written three books, including a 400-year history of the families of Daniel Boone and Abraham Lincoln that’s in its third printing. Willard is not just a writer; he is a devoted consumer of books. “I still read every day now,” he says. Incredibly, he does this without the aid of glasses. Cataract surgery saw to that. Willard was a longtime presence at the local library after he retired as a comptroller in 1980, and now he calls employees on the phone when he wants some information. Most recently, he inquired about John Denver’s hometown and final resting place. Willard doesn’t know the helpful employees from Douglas County Libraries by name, but they know him, and a handful even attended his 100th birthday party. At times, Willard seems surprised by his own longevity
Willard Mounts bumps elbows with his nephew, Steve Crandall, of Loveland. Photo by Chris Michlewicz and ability to do everyday tasks. “Do you know any 100-year-olds that still write?” he asks while signing his autobiography for a relative. When someone answers that they, in fact, don’t know any 100-year-olds at all, he responds: “I’m the only one I ever knew, too.” Willard attributes his long life to several factors, and the first suggestion he has for people who want the same is “never worry about anything,” he says. He says healthy eating, an active lifestyle, and a constant thirst for knowledge are important. His daughter, Linda Williams, points out that “the Lord has a lot to do with it.” Willard was driving up until three years ago, and a fall limited his ability to get around easily. But he still goes to church every Sunday, and rides an exercise bike and lifts weights regularly.
The man who was born just three years after the Titanic sank is no stranger to adventure. He served as a Boy Scout master for 32 years, and even arranged for a group of Scouts to travel to Russia shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His outgoing and inquisitive personality has afforded him the chance to do some improbable things. Williams recalls the time her dad was given permission to remove the glass from the top viewing deck of the Statue of Liberty so he could get better photos. Another time, and one that Willard remembers well, he asked the captain of a cruise liner if he could pilot the boat for a few minutes. Soon after, Willard found himself navigating through Alaska’s famed Inside Passage. While recounting stories during his party, Willard realizes something: he might have to update his autobiography, he says.
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New to 9News, Fallon freaks at banter bout
Tattoo parlor creates buzz
Think Tank’s owner, Matt Sager, has always been artisitic but got interested in tattooing as a career after spending four years in the U.S. Air Force. Photos by Jennifer Smith
Think Tank opens doors in downtown Littleton By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Matt Sager wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He has no intentions of turning Main Street into Colfax Avenue. “Downtown Littleton is becoming something bigger than what it was,” he said on April 15, six days after opening Think Tank tattoo parlor above Penzey’s Spices. “It’s a gem down here. The health inspector told me we really knocked this out of the park, and that it’s the nicest tattoo shop he’d ever seen in Colorado.” With brick walls and hardwood floors, the store is more reminiscent of a warm and inviting downtown salon than a brash biker hangout, which is what some residents and even city officials were somewhat concerned about. “I put a lot of work and time into this place to make it what it is for our clients,” Sager said. “And we reflect that in the quality of our work, as well.” The walls are filled with colorful pieces done by Sager and his other three artists, some quirky, some elegant. He hopes to eventually employ two more people to serve clients, many of whom have followed
“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon’s peeps intercepted a live shot exchange between 9News meteorologist Kathy Sabine and anchor Kyle Clark discussing the weather forecast recently. If you’ve caught their act before, you know that Sabine and Clark love to banter during the newscast. But for a 9News newbie, the exchange was a bit prickly. Standing in the “backyard” set, Sabine says that something smells like orange blossoms. Clark retorted that he thought the odor was Sabine’s hairspray. “You don’t have any product (in your hair)?” Sabine asked Clark as she stroked his locks. Clark: “Don’t ever touch me again.” Fallon’s line: “The forecast is cloudy with a chance of go to hell, Brenda.” See for yourself at www.kbco.com/ onair/the-bco-morning-show-49696/9news-team-becomes-world-famous-13489876/.
Elder Manning, Griese at event
On May 5 at the Judi’s House Inaugural Speakers Series Luncheon “Strength in the Face of Adversity,” former NFL quarterback legends Archie Manning and Bob Griese will engage in a personal conversation about how the loss of their fathers at a young age affected their personal and professional journeys as athletes, fathers, husbands and men. Former NFL quarterback and cofounder of Judi’s House, Brian Griese, will lead the conversation with these two remarkable men, and take the audience from the depths of their personal struggles to the peak of their professional triumphs. The luncheon takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 5 at the Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California St. Event chairs are Sheila and Hassan Salem and Mimi and Ed Roberson. Honorees are Sharon Magness Blake and Ernie Blake. More information at www.judishouse. org.
City Park Jazz’s 29th season Rick Brown (left) and Teddy Safarian, two of Think Tank’s four tattoo artists, work on designs. The shop has space to employ six artists eventually. from Think Tank’s Denver location, which has been operating for 13 years. Sager said many of them were young professionals from the south-metro region in the first place, so the move seemed logical. “There was nothing down here,” he said. “And it’s a really cool, quaint, unique area.” One reason there’s no nearby competition is that tattoo parlors were not allowed downtown until Sager dug his heels in to get the city’s planning board and city council to change the zoning. Finalized in February, the new ordinance limits the spacing between tattoo parlors in such a way that Think Tank is likely to be the only one. “We had to jump through a lot of hoops,” said Sager. Sager just turned 30 and lives in Englewood, but is looking for a home to buy in Littleton. He’s always been artistic, but he didn’t get interested in tattooing until after his four-year stint in the Air Force. “I started getting back into graphic design, but I saw how the tattoo industry had changed,” he said. “There are a lot of artists in the industry. It’s a career, a legitimate career.” He takes pride in helping clients know the difference between high-quality tattoo design and run-of-the-mill work.
“Stuff on paper doesn’t necessarily make the most sense on a certain body part,” he said. “We try to educate clients who come in and ask questions. Their idea might be on track to something bigger and better.” Look for Sager and his team at community events, starting with the Ladies Only Sample Tour on May 7. They’ll be handing out small framed pieces of art they hope will appeal to the women who will flood Main Street that day. They’ll also welcome the community to several gallery shows throughout the year, so that even those who don’t want a tattoo get a chance to appreciate their art. Fundraisers for local nonprofits are also on Sager’s to-do list. “Everyone’s been really welcoming, and we want to be an active part of the community,” he said. Think Tanks hopes everyone will stop by the store for a grand-opening celebration from 5 to 6 p.m. May 1, with a visit from the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Party Bar. Afterward, the celebration will head east to Ds’ Tavern on Littleton Boulevard. “We want to give the community a chance to check us out, and the city staff a chance to see what they’ve worked so hard to help me get,” Sager said.
City Park Jazz heads into its 29th season with a great lineup of free Sunday concerts in the park. Spanning 10 weeks across June, July and August, the collection of local musicians in this year’s lineup crosses cultures, styles and genres in a way that reflects the musical and cultural diversity of Denver. “We’re really excited about this year’s slate of amazing performers,” said Bob Nelson, president of the nonprofit City Park Jazz Board of Directors. “We open with longtime Denver favorite Selina Albright, we have a very funky newcomer to our stage in The Messers and we’re closing out with the Sammy Mayfield Revue. We’ve got a great, eclectic and culturally diverse mix of bands sprinkled in between.” The season runs every Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. starting June 7. The free concerts are staged at the bandshell in City Park. For information, visit www.cityparkjazz.org.
Bliss on Broadway
Ella Bliss Beauty Bar, a new salon, spa and bar, celebrates its grand opening on May 2 at Sixth and Broadway. Ella Bliss should help fill the void left by the longstanding “Beauty Bar” that recently closed in Capitol Hill. Ella Bliss also holds a full liquor license and will feature Parker continues on Page 13
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Pottery show, sale to be held over three days The Colorado Potters Guild, a presence on the metro art scene since 1964, will hold its Annual Spring Show and Sale April 30-May 2 at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado Blvd. (at Hampden Ave.), Cherry Hills Village. Potters will have mugs, casseroles, platters and other functional wares, as well as sculptural works. Hours: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 30; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 1; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2. Group members work in an old creamery on South Pearl Street, but do not offer any classes. They hold two sales a year and participate in some community charity events.
Choral festival set Christian Munck plays the intellectually-challenged Michal and Kevin Leonard is his older, storytelling brother, Katurian in “The Pillowman,” presented by 11 minutes Theatre Company at the Bug Theatre through May 2. Courtesy photo
‘Pillowman’ doesn’t help one sleep By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com I have been fairly consistent for many years in avoiding books, films and plays that verged on horror. But, Martin McDonagh is one of our el primo playwrights — so seeing his play, “The Pillowman” seemed like the thing to do. It is presented through May 2 at the Bug Theatre by the relatively new 11 Minutes Theatre Company, directed by Janine Ann Kehlenbach. It’s been a week since I saw it and it’s still haunting me. The production was so good, despite the small stage and sound limitations of the aging Bug, that it stays with one. I can hear my late friend Carolyn Peterson reassuring me that “it’s just a story.” But … it really is a play about storytelling and its power over the listeners. “The Pillowman,” which won the Olivier Award in Britain for best new play, is set in an interrogation room in an unnamed eastern European country. Katurian (Kevin Leonard), the protagonist, is author of some 400 stories — only one published. They are stacked in a box and threatened with burning.
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IF YOU GO “The Pillowman” plays through May 2 at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver Highlands. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and industry night, April 30. Tickets: $20, $12 on industry night. For mature audiences. 11minutestheatre.com, 720-230-3304.
Many deal with gruesome murders of children. The stories have caused his arrest and that of his mentally defective brother Michal (Christian Munck). The policemen — calm but frightening Tupolski (Patrick Brownson) and angry, explosive Ariel (Andrew Neary) — have good reason to suspect Katurian of similar murders that have occurred in the area. Projections designed by Leonard add to the staging. Each character has stories to tell that explain the adult he is now and they lead the audience up and down, in and out — adding more facets to a splintered work. Katurian’s relationship with Michal is bound up with storytelling as well. As the play crashes to an end, one is uncertain about what really might have happened. And that’s probably McDonagh’s point.
ACC free concerts Arapahoe Community College Music Department announces three free concerts, all starting at 7 p.m. and held in the college’s Houstoun Waring Theatre (M2900). May 1, ACC String Orchestra, directed by Rene Knetsch; May 8, ACC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Cecil Lewis; May 11, ACC Choir, directed by Ron Kientz. For information, contact Dr. Hidemi Matsushita, hidemi. matsushita@arapahoe.edu. 303-797-5867.
Young Voices Young Voices of Colorado holds its Spring Concert, “The Beauty of Life,” at 4 p.m. May 3 at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., University of Denver campus. Tickets: Newman Center box office: 303-871-7720. Young Voices is starting two new choral programs: New Voices, for children ages 3-5, and First Voices, for grades K-2. 303-797-7464.
New to birdwatching? The Audubon Nature Center, 9308 S.
Heritage Guild Art Show
Members of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will hold their Annual Juried Art Show May 1 to 28 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Open during library hours in the lower level galleries, it will feature realistic, stylized and abstract styles in watercolor, pencil, oil and acrylics. Juror is Julie Williams, teacher and portrait artist. Free.
Parker Chorale “Magical Mystery Tour” is the concert title for Parker Chorale’s May 2 concert at 7:30 p.m. at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: ParkerArts.org
First Friday moves south
The Downtown Littleton Arts District will initiate First Friday openings on May 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. — with 11 galleries coordinating in the event, scheduled through the summer: May 1, June 5, July 3 and August 7. More information at LittletonRocks. com. Included: Colorado Gallery of the Arts at ACC, Depot Art Gallery, Colorado Frame and Savvy Stuff, Curtice Street Art Co Op, Curtice Street Marketplace, Kaleidoscope Design Studio, Outnumbered, Pottery Studio Gallery, Steve Adams Gallery, Town Hall Arts Center, Willow— an Artisan’s Market.
Overheard Eavesdropping on a kid and his mom in the check-out line at Albertsons: “We learned about North Korea today in social studies, Mom!” “Nice. So how was baseball practice? Did you get to hit?” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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Haunting production on stage in Bug Theatre
The Rocky Mountain Choristers Guild will host its 63rd Annual Choral Festival for Children and Youth on April 25 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. They will sing all day under the direction of Dr. John Yarrington from Houston. At 2 p.m. they will sing in a Festival Worship Service in the church sanctuary. Open to the public, the service is the final event in the season for the LUMC Fine Arts Series. Free.
Wadsworth Blvd., offers a Beginning Bird Watching Class, starting with a 7-9 p.m. classroom session on April 30 — followed by field trips through June. Registration required: $150 members; $175 non-members (includes membership.) Graduates of this class may drop in at $20 per field trip. Call 303-973-9530 or see denveraudubon.org.
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Summer shows and concerts make for pleasin’ season Concerts set for venues around south metro area By Staff report With Colorado’s beautiful evenings approaching, announcements of summer concert series arrive in our office. A preliminary listing here:
Hudson Gardens The venue located at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Prices vary for these tickets, available exclusively through Altitude Tickets. Shows are at 6:30 p.m. except July 3 and 4, when they are at 7 p.m., followed by fireworks. • May 31 — Creedence Clearwater Revisited • June 7 — Three Dog Night • June 14 — George Thorogood and Brian Setzer • June 21 — 38 Special
• June 28 — Joan Jett and the Blackhearts • July 3 — Firefall • July 4 — Super Diamond: The Neil Diamond Tribute • July 12 — The Bangles • July 19 — The Temptations • July 26 — Lonestar • Aug. 2 — Lynyrd Skynyrd • Aug. 9 — Clint Black • Aug. 15 —Brent Michaels • Aug. 16 — Kenny Loggins • Aug. 23 — Boyz II Men • Aug. 30 — Chris Isaak
Littleton Museum
The museum is at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton; 303-795-3950. Concerts are free. All at 7 p.m. • June 3 — Tim Stiles • June 10 — Slopeside • June 17 — Juice O’ The Barley • June 24 — Tuesday Night Blues Band • July 1 — That Damn Sasquatch • July 8 — Edwards and Company • July 15 — Dawson James
• July 22 — Mariachi Sol de Mi Tierra • July 29 — 101st Army Dixieland Band
• Aug. 14 — Rokslide • Aug. 21 — The JV3 • Aug. 28 — The Long Run: Eagles Tribute • Sept. 4 — The Champions • Sept. 11 — The Samples • Sept. 18 — Funkiphino • Sept. 25 —TBD
View House Centennial
The venue is at 7101 S. Clinton St., Centennial. Concerts by local bands are from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday nights; viewhouse.com, 303-790-8439. • April 24 — That 80s Band • May 1 — The Country Music Project • May 8 — Tunisia • May 15 — The Samples • May 22 — The JV3 • May 29 — Message in a Bottle: Police Tribute • June 5 — Tent Show Kings • June 12 — X Factor’s Jeff Brinkman • June 19 — Phat Daddy • June 26 — That 80s Band • July 3 — Ben Marshal • July 10 — So What Brothers • July 17 — Soul School • July 24 — Urban Dance Theory • July 31 — Dragondeer • Aug. 7 — Stereo Clone
Lone Tree Arts Center
The center is holding its Tunes on the Terrace series at 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. (Five-ticket series: $100. Single tickets on sale May 4, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.) CSO Summer Pops requires a separate ticket. • June 20 — Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band, with Erica Brown • June 27 — Jazz vocalist Kathy Kosins • July 10 — Switchback (American Roots, Celtic Soul) • July 25 — Comedian Sam Adams • Aug. 2 — Colorado Symphony Summer Pops (Mainstage) • Aug. 7 — Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience
CURTAIN TIME Irish musical
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“A Man of No Importance” by Terrence McNally, with music by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, appears in a regional premiere April 28 through May 17 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Irish folk band Colcannon will play live music. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Director is Rod A. Lansberry. Tickets: 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.
At The Edge
“Jerusalem” by British playwright Jez Butterworth plays April 24 to May 24 in a regional premiere at The Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Warren Sherrill directs. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays and Monday, May 11 (no
show Sunday, May 10). Tickets: $26/$16 on industry night, May 11. 303-232-0363, theedgetheater.com.
Boulder. Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays. Call for times and ticket prices: 303-449-6000, bdstage.com.
Return visit
Dungeons and Dragons
“Motherhood Out Loud” by various writers returns to the Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver, April 24 to May 31. Directed by Dave Shirley, it offers numerous, mostly comedic, vignettes on parenthood by a panel of readers/actors. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $26.50/$23.50, 303321-5925, avenuetheater.com.
Plaid well-played
“Forever Plaid,” the ever-popular 1950s-era musical about a boy group, plays through May 10 at BDT Stage (Boulder’s Dinner Theatre), 5501 Arapahoe Road,
“She Kills Monsters,” a new play inspired by Dungeons and Dragons games, plays at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave. Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. (16 and over/adult material.) Tickets: 303-739-1970, aurorafoxartscenter.org.
Back for more
“Godspell (the Revival)” plays through May 3 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays (2 p.m. May 3). Tickets: 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.
Serving the southeast Denver area
Castle Rock/Franktown
Greenwood Village
Highlands Ranch
Services:
Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Congregation Beth Shalom Serving the Southeast Denver area
Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org
303-794-6643
Highlands Ranch
Christ’s Episcopal Church
615 4th Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.5185
www.ChristsEpiscopalChurch.org TWITTER: @CECCastleRock
Trinity
Open and Affirming
Sunday Worship
8:00 AM Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 AM Sanctuary 10:20 AM St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am
Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Currently meeting at: Lone Tree Elementary School 9375 Heritage Hills Circle Lone Tree CO 80124 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com
Lutheran Church & School
Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School Bible Study 9:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)
303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org
Curious about the Catholic Church & what Catholics believe? Have you missed the Sacrament of the Eucharist? The friendly family of St Mark Catholic Church of Highlands Ranch invites you to learn more about becoming a Catholic Christian. Monthly inquirer sessions will begin on April 16th at 7:30 p.m. In September, meetings will begin on a weekly basis. Call Karol Seydel at St Mark Catholic Church 720-348-9700 ext 216 9905 Foothills Canyon Blvd. Highlands Ranch, CO 80129.
Parker
303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510 9203 S. University Blvd. Highlands Ranch, 80126
Joy Lutheran Church
Parker Parker
Church of Christ
www.st-andrew-umc.com
Sunday Services a.m. &8:00 10:30 a.m.
Parker
Lone Tree
First United Methodist Church 1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org
Lone Tree
Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet
Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve
Sunday Worship
8:45 am & 10:30 am
303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop 10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808
9030 MILLER ROAD PARKER, CO 80138 3038412125 www.pepc.org
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Welcome Home!
Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life
Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org
worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co
303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us
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HELP WANTED Turf Farm in need of Installers for Natural and Artificial surfaces - Temporary positions available now thru Nov 1, 2015. Prepare soil, sod, operate equipment; cut, fertilize, lawn maintenance; clean up. Landscape or carpet installation experience a plus. Must be able to lift 50lbs. $13.52/hr; $20.28/hr OT; 40hrs/ wk, OT Varies – Some weekends req’d; Transportation provided from central location to multiple jobsites. Please call 800-280-8873 to apply
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is hiring for several non-instuctional postions including: Before & After School Substitute Aides & Leaders Substitute Teachers / Substitute Para Educators Nutrition Services - Substitute Cook / Cashiers Seasonal Grounds Bus Drivers Please join us at our Spring Job Fair April 24, 2015 9:00am-12:00noon Education Support Center 1500 E. 128th Avenue Thornton, CO 80241 www.adams12.org 720-972-4066
Caregivers to provide in-home care to senior citizens who need assistance with activities of daily living. Call Today 303-736-6688 www.visitingangels.com /employment Castle Pines Golf Club Be a part of our elite team at the exclusive Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock. Full time, part time and weekend positions available for Housekeeping, Laundry, Kitchen, Line Cooks and Dishwashers. Interviews by appointment only Call Housekeeping 303-814-6252 or Kitchen 303-814-6257
FULL-TIME, BENEFITED Emergency Management Coordinator Salary: $74,626 - $94,533 per year Closes: 4/27/15 Secretary – PWU – Street Maintenance Salary: $35,767 - $47,065 per year Closes: 4/27/15 HOURLY, NON-BENEFITED Dietitian Salary: $27.07 - $31.13 per hour Closes: 5/4/15 SEASONAL, NON-BENEFITED Seasonal Laborer/Specialist - Parks Salary: $9.49 - $13.41 per hour Closes: 4/27/15 Submit City of Westminster online applications thru 8:30 a.m. on close date http://www.cityofwestminster.us/jobs EOE
Civil Engineering Position Available Castle Pines Metropolitan District The District is seeking a certified civil engineer with 2 year of experience to assist its outside engineers and to perform development plan reviews, development and drainage compliance inspections, report preparation, & provide misc. engineering design support to the District. Requirements: computer experience including MS Office, AutoCAD, and ArcView; excellent verbal / written communication. Skills: must have and maintain valid Colorado driver’s license. Full-time position, excellent benefits. Salary dependent on license and experience. Fax resume to C. Frainier at 303-688-8339 or send to cfrainier@castlepinesmetro.com.
Craftsmen / Remodelers
Experienced craftsmen needed • Work close to home • Set your own hours • Stay independent • $30+/hr. • Immediate openings • Call Mr. Woods today
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Delivery Driver – Local routes available immediately for FedEx Home Delivery Contractor. Tue to Sat work week. Must have 1 year of verifiable commercial driving experience in the last 3 years, clean driving record, no felonies or DUI, and pass a DOT physical & drug test. Send resume or qualifications to: eric@s4-h.com Yard Guys!! Good Pay! Benefits avail! CDL-A, good driving record req'd. 800-936-6770 x112
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT Life Care Center of Evergreen Sign-on bonus available! Full-time position available for a Colorado-certified nursing assistant. Long-term care experience preferred. We offer great pay and benefits in a team-oriented environment. Leanne Lysne 303-674-4500 | 303-674-8436 Fax 2987 Bergen Peak Dr. | Evergreen, CO 80439 Leanne_Lysne@LCCA.com LifeCareCareers.com EOE/M/F/V/D – 57005
LEGITIMATE WORK AT HOME No Sales, no Investment, No Risk, Free training, Free website. Contact Susan at 303-646-4171 or fill out form at www.wisechoice4u.com Medical Needed part time MA, LPN or RN in Highlands Ranch/Ken Caryl area for busy pediatric office. Includes Saturday mornings Please fax resume to Nita 303-791-7756
Senior Care At Home Seeking Personal Care Workers and Care Associates who want to make a difference. Call 303-777-7870 for interview and job fair information.
Digital/Assistant Editor
Are you seeking a management level position and like wearing multiple hats? Have the skills to run our digital platform while also being an able Assistant Editor? Colorado Community Media seeks a versatile Digital/Assistant Editor to help us grow our digital platform while performing traditional Assistant Editor duties for our print products. What you will do: Work with Publisher and Executive Editor on increasing the presence of our digital platforms; Innovate new digital offerings; Work with our digital CMS provider to implement changes and improvements; Upload content to our websites; Work with advertising to innovate, implement and maintain advertising/ revenue digital offerings; Keep an eye out and implement changes to increase our SEO performance; Copy edit reporters stories for grammar, style and facts; Assist the Editors in our Highlands Ranch and Golden locations on deadline days; Proof print pages prior to going to press; Increase stickiness of our websites; Help staff grow our presence on all of our social media platforms. What you will need to be successful: Thrive in a fast paced environment; Like multitasking; Thorough knowledge of grammar and AP style; Ability to self-pace to meet deadlines; A bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications or a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience; At least one year of editing experience; At least one year of digital experience; Previous management experience a plus; Some HTML knowledge a plus; Be adept at social media; Be positive and have an enthusiastic attitude; Be an out of the box thinker. Contact: Email cover, including an explanation as to why you will be successful, resume and any other supporting documents to: ahealey@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com Please include job title in subject line. No phone calls, please.
Classified Assistant This position will assist in our classified department handling order entry, processing of proofs and assistant with daily duties as needed for both our legal and classified departments. Strong customer service skills and proficient in Windows products required. Position is part time 20-25 hours per week located in our Highlands Ranch office. Hourly pay. Contact: Email cover letter and resumes to: eaddenbrooke@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com Please include job title in subject line. No phone calls, please.
Advertising Specialist This position is an inside/outside advertising sales position that is responsible for growing new business revenue. New business includes inactive advertisers and undeveloped business categories. This position will spend 80% of each work week actively selling Colorado Community Media print and digital advertising solutions to local clients. Full Time. Contact: Email cover letter and resumes to: eaddenbrooke@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com Please include job title in subject line. No phone calls, please.
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Bestselling writer Andrew Gross has chosen to send his globe-trotting troubleshooter Ty Hauck to Colorado for his latest adventure. And Gross will appear at Tattered Cover’s new location in Aspen Grove to talk with readers about his latest thriller, “One Mile Under,” at 7 p.m. April 27 — and to sign copies for them. He obviously spent some time in the Carbondale/Aspen area and in Weld County and the Wattenberg oil field territory in the high, dry plains. Descriptions of the surroundings show some homework — as does his integration of the techniques and divisive opinions on fracking into this tale. As a skilled storyteller, he can absorb the looks and politics of his surroundings, then plant the characters he invents and send them into action. We initially meet expert whitewater rafting guide Dani Whalen as she discover the body of a friend, Trey Watkins, along the edge of the Roaring Fork River. She knows that as an experienced rafter and new father, he wouldn’t have crashed in this location — and furthermore, he would not have been on the river without a helmet. Then a balloon crash, a seeming mishap, occurs, and Dani links the two events, which are quickly ruled “accidents” by the local sheriff — and Dani’s ex-stepfather. As she keeps questioning, she is arrested and jailed and her father — out of the country on business — calls on his old friend Ty Hauck to rescue her. “Uncle” Ty Hauck flies in to assist her and the action moves to a mythical high plains town called Templeton, devastated by drought and saddened that the farming Watkins family has lost a son. The plot thickens with the appearance here and in nearby Greeley of ex-military heavies, hired by a rogue oil company to keep their operation running without obstacles. And, there’s a crusading female lawyer. The action turns wild soon after the funeral and Gross goes into “page-turner” mode with brutal action and hairraising escapes — the master storyteller at work. Personalities are descriptively presented — although most are obviously “white hat” or “black hat.” The final chapters are the kind that keep a reader up late … I wonder if the movie rights are sold?
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Buildings open doors for rare opportunity Architecture is star of show for two-day event By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com Denver Architectural Foundation will headquarter at Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St., on April 25 and 26, as it offers visits to more than 50 federal, state and city structures, IF YOU GO repurposed buildings, Readers can visit the website churches, doorsopendenver.com for libraries and a chart listing all buildings mansions with addresses, open hours, in defined districts building type, neighborhood throughout and descriptions, as well the city. Bikas information on special ing, walking tours. Plan your own tour. An and driving architectural guidebook is tours are available at Union Station. scheduled and most buildings are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Self-guided tours are free and one can go to Union Station and sign up for special Insider Tours — if available. Many of these sites are not ordinarily open to the public. Among suggestions listed on the inclusive doorsopendenver.com website are these from “Dr. Colorado,” Tom Noel: • Byers-Evans Mansion, 1310 Bannock St., “opens door on the lives of Denver’s greatest developer (Gov. John Evans) and
The Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion, 400 E. 8th Ave. is included among the sites one can visit during Doors open Denver. Courtesy photo greatest promoter (Rocky Mountain News founder-editor William Newton Byers).” • Equitable Building, 730 17th St. “Ever since 1892, the Equitable has reigned as Denver’s finest office building. Now being restored, it has a fantastic lobby. You can pick up here a fine, free history of the Equitable and its ghosts.” • St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St. “A visit to this heavenly
place will give you a special blessing. Don’t miss the Adam and Eve stained glass window in the corner of the sanctuary. This seductive Eve there had to be sent back to the stained glass factory to add a strategic rose bush so church goers would not be aroused.” • Slatterpaull Architects/Denver Engine House No. 5, 1331 19th St. “A leading historic preservation firm practices what
it preaches and restored this handsome but abandoned and derelict fire station into their spectacular new architecture offices.” • Kirkland Museum, 1311 Pearl St. “Hugh Grant has restored a handsome old art studio into an awesome collection of fine and decorative arts, both world-famous works and that of Colorado artists.”
Buntport comes through again ‘Middle Aged People in Boxes’ is another winner
IF YOU GO “Middle Aged People in Boxes” plays through May 2 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 3 p.m. April 26. Tickets: $16/$20 closing night. Reservations recommended, 720-946-1388, buntport.com.
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sellingboe@coloradoc ommunitymedia.com A clothesline full of drying garments hangs across the backdrop. Four large rectangular shapes are draped in black or white fabric and a stack of small cardboard cartons is next to the farthest one. What — or who — will be inside? Stage lights go up and an unseen hand pulls the drapes in through a hole in each box — and who should we find but Erik Edborg, Erin Rollman, Hannah Duggan and Brian
Colonna — the four onstage members of Buntport Theater Company. (The fifth, SamAnTha Schmitz, is behind the scenes operating lights and sound.) Thus begins “Middle Aged People in Boxes.” Rollman, seated on a stool in an upright box. begins with a discourse on middle age. “It’s hard to define. If you lived in Sierra Leone, you’d have to consider yourself middle aged at 18 …” She is in charge of a class reunion. “I’m doing my thing — was a class officer 25 years ago — did it to spruce up my college application …” Edborg, seated cross-legged in a lower, wider box and
endlessly unpacking unrelated items he has just moved, chimes in with “I distrust signs of aging — it’s only true because you declare it about yourself ...” He spouts entertaining comments on what he finds in his boxes as the evening progresses: kitchen utensils packed with a decorative pillow, etc. “Is this a mid-life crisis? I might have too many kitchen gadgets …” In the meantime, from the first breath, Brian Colonna, clad in shirt and underpants, is on terminal hold on the phone, trailing around the long white cord as he searches for his socks. (One must put socks on first, then pants!) “They say they can’t find me in their system,” he mutters as he tries to file a complaint. He can stick his feet through a hole in the bottom of his box and walk it around. Hannah Duggan is intent on her laptop, “checking Fortune 500 companies for diversity …. It’s my job.” She is able to reach out and operate a vacuum on the carpet. The quartet keeps talking for about 90 minutes, referring to things like card catalogs that date them clearly. This as the clever kind of original production Buntport creates and performs so well — it’s why they have built a large following over the years. But you have to be there to fully appreciate.
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THINGS DO THEATER/SHOWS Marvelous Wonderettes
Town Hall Arts Center presents “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” an off-Broadway hit that takes you back to the 1958 Springfield High School prom. The production opens continues through Sunday, April 26. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are available at the center’s box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/marvelous-wonderettes.
Magician, Showroom Star
Theatre of Dreams presents Tony Clark, magician and casino showroom star, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at 735 Park St., Castle Rock. In June, the theater welcomes Jeff McBride at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 7. Reservations required; buy tickets online at tickets.amazingshows.com or call 303-660-6799. Go to www. AmazingShows.com.
golf club, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., 303-790-0202. At the Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, will be June Carbone’s exhibit Moments in Time, featuring watercolors, acrylics, water based oils and pastels. The works of the South Suburban Therapeutic Adaptive Recreation (STAR) Hobby Club will be displayed at the Douglas H. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787.
Quilt Festival
The Denver National Quilt Festival is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30, to Saturday, May 2, at the Denver Mart. The theme is “Attitude @ Altitude.” The festival includes more than 500 quilts, garments and works of textile art. The festival also presents workshops and lectures for beginners to advanced textile artists. Go to www.quiltfest.com.
Sounds of Music Dinner Theater Parker Family Discovery Day
Learn to strengthen your family ties across generations at Parker Family Discovery Days from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at 7160 Bayou Gulch Road, Parker. Attendance is free. Families are invited to participate in demo booths, computer labs and activities for all ages. Beginner to advanced classes with live speakers and recorded classes from the 2015 Roots Tech Conference. Boy Scouts can attend a class to receive their genealogy merit badge. Hot dog lunch provided. Sign up at www.lds. org/familydiscoveryday.
Good Ol’ Fashioned Hoedown
Spend an afternoon in the country without leaving town. The Right Step presents a good old fashioned hoedown, featuring horse rides, horse painting, music, dancing, food, drinks, craft fair, equestrian fashion show, therapeutic riding demonstrations, a silent auction and more. The event runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Coventry Farms, 7990 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. The Right Step is a therapeutic riding facility committed to equine therapy. Clients are all ages, with disabilities ranging from autism to traumatic brain injury. Tickets are available at www.therightstepinc.org. Contact Ted Coons at 720-980-4490.
Wonderbound - Boomtown
The wildly creative and inspirational dance company Wonderbound makes its Lone Tree Arts Center debut in this Coloradothemed performance. Collaborating with Chimney Choir, the company asks you to journey into the realms of personal myth and the power of place. Performance is at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1007 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.
Spring Cabaret
The basement of the Sanctuary in Castle Rock will become a cabaret, complete with table seating, refreshments and a floorshow, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at Christ’s Episcopal Church, 615 Fourth St., Castle Rock. The spring cabaret, presented by Christ’s Episcopal Church Community Concerts, features the church’s best vocalists singing standards from your favorite Broadway musicals, other popular songs, and a few great tunes you may not know so well. Admission can be purchased at the door. Proceeds support the church’s community ministries. For cost and other information, call 303-688-5185.
St. Andrew United Methodist Church presents “The Sounds of Music,” a dinner theater presentation featuring selections from “The Sound of Music,”“Les Miserable,”“Phantom of the Opera,” and more. Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend as the Charles Wesley Choir, the hand bell choirs, St. Andrew Sisters and other musicians perform at 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, and at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Tickets include a professionally catered meal and musical presentation. Tickets are available online only at www.st-andrew-umc.com, and are on sale until Monday, May 4.
MUSIC/CONCERTS Ballroom Dance Party
Adventures in Dance presents its Fabulous 50s Ballroom Dance Party from 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Unit 207, Littleton. Dress in your 50s wear; refreshments and beverages will be served. Go to www.adventuresindance.com/events.php.
Jarrod Spector Concert
The star of Jersey Boys, Jarrod Spector played the iconic “Frankie Valli” for four years on Broadway, garnering standing ovations night after night. Now starring in Broadway’s “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” Jarrod earned his first Tony nomination for his portrayal of Barry Mann. His concert features some of the most recognizable songs from the 60’s through today including “Splish Splash”, “Even Now,”“Hallelujah,”“Misery” with even a little Led Zep and Bon Jovi thrown in. Jarrod will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1007 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.
Pianist Performs Free Concert
Pianist Stephen Fiess performs at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The concert is free and open to the public. Fiess has a master’s degree in piano performance and a doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance, pedagogy and literature. He is an organist at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Centennial.
Deep Space Comedy
Deep Space Theatre presents Comedy Night shows that feature improve, stand-up comedians, videos and more. Next show is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. For these shows, reserve a table for your party, and then you bring your own dinner (or order from a local restaurant). Water and soda will be available for purchase. Call 720-675-7932.
Music Arts Festival
Vendors and artists are needed to set up booths at the 10th annual Highlands Ranch Music Arts Festival. Register now through Friday, May 8. The festival is Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Contact info@hrmafestival.org or visit www.hrmafestival.org.
Club Miami Concert
The Miksch-Helmer Cabin is the oldest-standing structure in the Chatfield area. Built in the 1860s by Amos Miksch, the historic cabin will be among a pair of stops for history buffs on May 2. Photo courtesy of Douglas County.
Guided History Tours
A PAIR of free tours on Saturday, May 2 will give area
history buffs the opportunity to learn about some of Douglas County’s first inhabitants, from the mammoths of prehistoric times to the pioneering homesteaders of the 1860s. The guided tours will visit the Lamb Spring Archeological Preserve as well as the Miksch-Helmer Cabin, the latter of which is the oldest-standing structure in the Chatfield area. Registration is required; RSVP at www.lambspring.org. Call 303-660-7460 for information. Tours begin at 9:30 a.m.
Castle Rock Orchestra presents its Club Miami concert, a tribute to Latin American dance, at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at First United Methodist Church, 1200 South St., Castle Rock. Concert will feature several tangos, including the famous La Cumparsita. Dance music from Cuba, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil will be highlighted, including both popular Danzon pieces by composers Marquez and Copland. Visit www. CastleRockOrchestra.org.
Young Voices Spring Concert
Young Voices of Colorado presents its annual spring concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, on the University of Denver campus. Tickets available at www.newmantix.com. Young Voices is a premier children’s choir celebrating its 25th season in the metro area. Go to www.youngvoices.org.
ART Spring Pottery Sale
Arapahoe Community College’s Clay Club hosts the annual Arapahoe Ceramic Guild spring pottery sale from Thursday, April 23, to Saturday, April 25, at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts. An opening reception is Thursday, April 23. Admission is free, and the sale is open to the public. Parking is free in all campus lots during the sale. Gallery hours are 4-8 p.m. Thursday, April 23; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 24; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 25. The gallery is on the first floor of the ACC Annex. Contact Vicky Smith at victoria.smith@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5948.
Jewelry Sale
Members of the Helmer family stand at the cabin circa 1910. Photo courtesy of the Douglas County History Research Center
Check out a new jewelry line at the Chloe & Isabel Trunk Show is planned from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at Blue Spruce Brewing Company, 1415 E. County Line Road, Centennial. Pick up gifts for Mother’s Day, graduation, birthdays, weddings. Receive a free beer with any purchase. The jewelry is hypoallergenic, lead-safe and nickel-free. It also comes with a lifetime replacement guarantee. Items available for order and will arrive within 5-7 business days. Go to http://www.gerisgemscandi.com.
Rec District Art Shows
South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s centers and the Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel feature month-long exhibits by local artists. Through April 30, Shel Spiegleman’s photographs will be on display at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, 303-708-3500. Spiegleman’s work also will on display through Aug. 30, at the
‘Temple of Apollo,’ a mixed media work by Linda Metcalf, will be included in the Heritage Fine Arts Guild spring show at Bemis Public Library. Courtesy photo
Fine Arts Guild Spring Show
The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will have its annual, juried spring art show from May 1-28 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Exhibit showcases watercolor, pencil, pastel, oil and acrylic artwork in realistic, stylized and abstract styles. The exhibit is free and open to the public. All works may be purchased directly from the artists. An artists reception is plan from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the library. Go to www.heritage-guild.com.
Featured Artists
Sharon Chinn, Fredia Cox and Suzanne Maxwell will be the featured artists in May at Solid Grounds Coffee House, 6504 S. Broadway, Littleton. Show runs from May 1-29; hours are 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. A variety of sizes and mediums of art are featured. Also during the month, artists will paint at the coffee house and will be available to discuss their art. All three artists are members of the Littleton Paint Box Guild. Go to http://paintboxguildlittleton.org/Paint_Box_Guild_Littleton/Welcome.html.
EVENTS Home Expo
Highlands Ranch Community Association presents its annual Home Expo from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26, at the Recreation Center at Eastridge, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Parking and admission are free. Exhibitors and industry resources will show their latest products, equipment and ideas to help homeowners find what they need to upgrade their home and improve their lives. Call 303-791-2500 or go to www. HRCAonline.org/Events.
Be Involved, Give Day
Friends, family, schools, businesses and community members are invited to give a morning of volunteer time. The Be Involved, Give Day, led by the South Metro Chamber of Commerce, is Saturday, April 25. Celebrate the day, the South Suburban Park Foundation and the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District will be hosting community trail clean-ups where we live, work and play. Grab your work gloves and come help clean the trails we all use and love. For information, or to register, go to www.sspf. org, or register through http://www.meetup.com/bestchamber/events/220652613/.
Bird Observatory Open
Visitors to the Audubon Nature Center in May can watch research in action while seeing warblers, sparrows, woodpeckers, thrushes and other songbirds at Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory’s bird banding station, which is open from 7:30-11 a.m. from Saturday, April 25, to Sunday, May 31. An ornithologist (bird researcher) will attach bands onto the legs of wild birds to help track their migratory path throughout the United States and beyond. The center is at 11280 S. Waterton Road. Contact info@ denveraudubon.org or call 303-973-9530.
Travel Cheap
Learn the secrets of traveling in style on a limited budget from travel columnist and author Ron Stern. Program is from 2-3:30 p.m. Monday, April 27, at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Discover how to obtain great deals on airfares, accommodations, cruises, entertainment, and creative lodging ideas, all for a fraction of the usual cost. The Internet can be a great tool if you know where to find the best websites to save you money. Find out about airline tips and secrets that can save you a bundle, zero dollar ($0) airline pricing “glitches,” how to fly within Europe for only $99, ways to cruise exotic ports for weeks at the same price as a typical 7-day cruise, where to find Broadway tickets for half price, and how to stay in a country home or castle for free, anywhere in the world. Call 303-795-3961.
Plum Creek Reconstruction Open House
Learn more about the reconstruction project of Plum Creek Boulevard, from Emerald Drive and Cherry Plum Way, at an open house from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at D.C. Oakes High School, 961 Plum Creek Blvd. No formal presentation is planned; residents are welcome to ask questions. Learn more at CRgov.com/pmp.
Moonlight Classic Bike Ride
The InnovAge Moonlight Classic is a late-night, casual 10-mile cycling fundraiser through historic Denver neighborhoods. Proceeds benefit the InnovAge Foundation and its mission to increase community awareness and support for InnovAge’s broad spectrum of programs and services that help aging adults. The ride is from 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, July 18. Early bird registration runs through Thursday, April 30; go to www.moonlight-classic.com. Calendar continues on Page 18
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Roaring 20s Dinner, Fundraiser
The Weston Masonic Temple Association preservation committee presents The Roaring 20s dinner and entertainment fundraiser Saturday, May 2, at 5718 S. Rapp St., Littleton. Dinner (herb-baked chicken with tarragon mushroom sauce) is served from 4-6:30 p.m. Entertainment is from 4-5:30 p.m. by the Encore Jazz Band, and the silent auction. For tickets and information, call 303-794-4192 or 303-875-6851 by April 27.
Furry Scurry
The Dumb Friends League plans its Furry Scurry dog walk Saturday, May 2, at Washington Park in Denver. Animal lovers and their dogs are invited to enjoy a beautiful spring day while participating in the two-mile walk, followed by refreshments, contests, demonstrations and more than 150 pet-related vendors and sponsors at the “Flealess Market.” Registration includes a Furry Scurry event T-shirt. Participants can register as an individual or get a group together to form a team. Registration can be completed online at FurryScurry.org, at one of the Dumb Friends League shelter locations, or on event day starting at 7 a.m. The walk begins at 9 a.m. Participants are encouraged to collect additional donations from friends, family and co-workers to help make an even bigger difference for homeless pets.
Kentucky Derby Celebration
A Kentucky Derby celebration is planned from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Cherokee Ranch & Castle, 6113 Daniels Park Road, Sedalia. Enjoy appetizers, cocktails, lawn games and photo opportunities with real horses while supporting the Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation. Bowties and hats encouraged. RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/kentucky-derby-celebrationtickets-15897581093.
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Companion Planting
Have you hear of the Three Sisters of the garden? According to the Iroquois legend, corn, beans and squash are three inseparable sisters that only thrive when planted together. Roses love garlic, and tomatoes love basil. There is usually more than one reason why. Learn the science and the lore, and make companion planting a natural part of your garden. Program runs from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.
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Cherry Creek’s Max Spiegel works to complete this dive during the April 18 eight-team invitational swimming and diving meet at Cherry Creek High School. Spiegel finished fifth in the field of 12 competitors in the diving competition. Photos by Tom Munds
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Bruin swimmers posted first-place wins in four individual events and in two relays and had teammates score points in other events as they outpointed the seven teams in the team standings at the April 18 Cherry Creek Invitational Swimming and Diving meet. “Our team strength is depth with a lot of talent,” Bruins Coach Chris Loftis said before the finals started. “We are a young team with a lot of underclassmen who are contributing now and we expect to contribute in the future. We are looking at this as a year that we will be building for the future. We have been second for eight years and we are looking to change that.” There were almost 200 athletes from eight teams at the competition. The preliminary competitions were held April 17 to determine seeding for the April 18 finals. On April 18 there were A, B and C finals in most individual swimming events. Cherry Creek amassed points by having athletes place high enough to earn team points, helping the Bruins amass 1.163 points to take top honors in team standings, ahead of runnerup Highlands Ranch that finished with 963 points. The A heat was the championship finals. Cherry Creek’s Sam Coffman took first in both the 100- and the 200-meter freestyle while teammates Jake Watkins won the 100 breaststroke and Hunter Fuqua won the 50 freestyle. Bruin teams also won the championship heats in the 200-meter freestyle relay and
Bruin swimmer Elliott Schwinn checks out the scoreboard after completing the 500-meter freestyle championship finals. Schwinn won the event and finished second in the 200-meter individual medley at the Cherry Creek Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet. Bruin teammates form a circle and cheer as the Bruins prepare to compete with seven other teams in the Cherry Creek Invitational Swimming and Diving meet. The team was not good hosts as it won the meet team championship.
the 400-meter freestyle relay events. Coffman said he played some baseball and some football, but as a freshman he decided swimming was his sport. “I liked the team aspect of swimming the best,” he said. “Also, I guess I have always been a fish at heart.” Swimming and diving teams are in the home stretch of the season. Cherry Creek’s next big meet will be the Centennial League Championships on May 8 and 9 with the Class 5A state meet scheduled May 5 and 6 at the Air Force Academy pool.
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Heritage 2, Highlands Ranch 1 - Heritage defeated league-opponent Highlands Ranch to move above .500 in league play after a home win on April 18. All three goals in the game came in the first half with Jordan Allen and Samantha Manelis scoring for the Eagles. Manelis assisted Allen’s goal and Cassie Moser provided the assist for Manelis. Littleton 1, Standley Lake 0 - The Lions claimed a third-consecutive 1-0 decision in league play with this win coming on the
road over Standley Lake on April 15. Freshman Sarah Gray provided the lone goal, for the second-straight game, from an assist from Taylor Hancock. Shayna Watkins kept up her stellar play in goal with 12 saves. Regis Jesuit 4, Arapahoe 1 - The Warriors were defeated for only the second time this season to non-league opponent Regis Jesuit at home on April 18. Daisy Mercer scored the lone goal for Arapahoe. Arapahoe 2, Eaglecrest 0 - Hannah Archuleta kept her eighth clean sheet in nine games this season in goal for the Warriors
as they defeated the Raptors at Legacy Stadium on April 14. The win is Arapahoe’s first in 5A/4A Continental league play. Cherry Creek 4, Fairview 1 - The Bruins moved above .500 on the season in a home upset of 10th-ranked Fairview on April 18. Libby Geraghty scored twice and Alexa Groesser found the net for Cherry Creek. Annie Grillo added her first goal of the season in the win. Cherry Creek 1, Mullen 0 - Cherry Creek’s first half goal was enough to knock off previously undefeated Mullen at home
on April 14 in league play. Mullen entered the match 7-0 and ranked fifth in CHSAANow.com’s Class 4A rankings. Englewood 4, Alameda 0 - Englewood shook off a loss the day previous to score three times before the halftime break and win a league match at home on April 14 over Alameda. Englewood moved to within one game of 4A Colorado 7 league-leaders Elizabeth following the win. Roundup continues on Page 20
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Golden 6, Englewood 1 - Jena Korinek scored in the second half for the Pirates to pull a goal back, but the Demons scored four times in the second half of an Englewood home loss on April 13.
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Cherry Creek 8, Regis Jesuit 3 - Cherry Creek, ranked atop the Class 5A Boys Lacrosse rankings, scored three times in the first quarter and three more in the third to defeat No. 2 Regis Jesuit on the road on April 18. Cherry Creek 16, Eaglecrest 4 - Topranked Cherry Creek dominated Eaglecrest at the Stutler Bowl in a league contest on April 17. Cherry Creek 18, Smoky Hill 2 - Cherry Creek, still sitting atop CHSAANow.com’s 5A Boys Lacrosse rankings, scored seven goals in each of the first two quarters to ride a 14-1 halftime lead to a league win at home over Smoky Hill on April 15. Arapahoe 12, Cherokee Trail 10 - Arapahoe remained undefeated in league play with a road win over Cherokee Trail on April 15. Charlie Leonard won 11-of-16 faceoffs and claimed 14 ground balls and Brian Wilson scored five goals for Arapahoe. Dylan Calkins made nine saves in goal. Heritage 14, Dakota Ridge 13 (OT) Keaton Komatz and Landon Baird combined for 11 goals to lead the Eagles to their first win of the season in overtime on April 18. Kyle Gershon was vital in goal collecting 12 saves in the win. Regis Jesuit 18, Heritage 3 - Landon Baird, Tristan Kelln, and Keaton Komatz each scored one goal as Heritage fell at home to CHSAANow.com’s second-ranked Class 5A Lacrosse team, Regis Jesuit. Englewood 14, Kennedy 12 -After defeating Kennedy on the road on April 15, the Pirates have won six-of seven matches, including five straight in league play and sit one win shy of tying the win total from the last two seasons combined. Englewood 15, Lutheran 8 - Jacob Medina scored with each of the five shots he took and Englewood remained undefeated in league play with a home win over Lutheran on April 14. Littleton 12, Fountain Valley/Colorado
April 24, 2015 Springs 4 - Joe Timm scored four goals and Case Bouck scored twice and assisted two goals to lift Littleton to its third consecutive league win at home on the road on April 15. Matt Simonton and Seth Goldstein split halves in goal allowing only two goals each and combining for six saves. Littleton 14, Overland 8 - Littleton outscored Overland 10-6 in the second half to win at home on April 13. Donovan Crabtree recorded six points, five goals and an assist, with Nathan Goddard, three goals and an assist, and Morgan Harris, a goal and three assists, recorded four points each.
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Cherry Creek 17, Smoky Hill 1 - Cherry Creek, ranked in the top position in CHSAANow.com’s Girl Lacrosse rankings, received three goals, five assists, and three ground balls from Eliza Radochonski in a dismantling of Smoky Hill at the Stutler Bowl on April 15. Hope Adams scored three times and Caroline Perry and Audrey Hummel each scored twice in the league win. Arapahoe 20, Cherokee Trail 8 - Four Warriors scored three or more goals as fifthranked Arapahoe defeated Cherokee Trail in a contest at Newton Middle School on April 15. Alexis Linhardt scored five times, Kienan Linhardt and Atlee Witt scored four goals, and Riley Cooke scored three times in the win. Dakota Ridge 15, Heritage/Littleton 14 (OT) - For the second time this season, the Gryphons fell in overtime this time at home on April 18. It was a hard-luck loss for the Gryphons as the overcame a second-half deficit to force overtime but are still looking for their first win this season. Chaparral 12, Heritage/Littleton 4 Heritage/Littleton dropped its league contest with Chaparral at Sports Authority Stadium on April 15. Valor Christian 15, Heritage/Littleton 10 - The Gryphons lost a hard-fought league game at home to Valor on April 14.
Baseball
Cherry Creek 12, Smoky Hill 2 - Nate Sweeney hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot, and Aeneas Roberson hit his second solo home run in as many games in a five inning victory for the fourth-ranked Bruins on April 14. Blake Goldsberry finished 2-for-2 at the plate with two RBIs while also tossing two scoreless innings on the mound. Grandview 3, Arapahoe 2 - Arapahoe
scored twice in the bottom of the first, but manufactured no other offense, and Grandview scored the game-winning run in the sixth inning of a Warrior home loss on April 14. Legend 4, Heritage 2 - The Eagles are still searching for their first league win after dropping a road, league contest with Legend on April 15. Casey Opitz and Keith Heimbrock scored the only runs as Heritage was held to four hits. ThunderRidge 3, Heritage 2 (8 innings) - Tom Skufca pitched into the eighth inning for the Eagles, but could not prevent a walkoff win from the Grizzlies on April 13. Skufca finished with seven strikeouts in seven innings allowing three runs, two earned, on nine hits to take the loss. Jack Brouillette went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, RBI, and run scored. Weld Central 18, Englewood 1 - Englewood fell in five innings in a home, league contest with Weld Central on April 15. Englewood 4, Bruce Randolph 3 - The Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak in walkoff fashion in a home win over Bruce Randolph on April 13. D’Evelyn 17, Littleton 0 - The Lions were no-hit in a five-inning loss to D’Evelyn, ranked second in CHSAANow.com’s Class 4A Baseball rankings, at home on April 15. Green Mountain 16, Littleton 1 - Littleton was held to two hits and an unearned run by Green Mountain, the top-ranked 4A baseball team in CHSAANow.com’s ranking, on April 13. Christian Corah recorded a double and came around to score in the first inning. Joe Drennan’s triple was the only other hit for the Lions.
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Regional Sites: Littleton, Englewood Littleton and Englewood will participate in Class 4A Region 2 play at Kent Denver on April 29 and April 30. Cherry Creek 7, Eaglecrest 0 - The Bruins won their 10th-straight contest, seventh in league play, by taking all seven matches over Eaglecrest on April 15. Emily Zislis won 2 Singles in three sets with a 6-2,2-6,13-11 hardfought win. Arapahoe 7, Cherokee Trail 0 - Arapahoe swept each of its seven matches with Cherokee Trail in straight sets to win on April 14. The Warriors improved to 3-1 in league play with the win. Regis Jesuit 5, Heritage 2 - Heritage won
both the 3 Singles and 3 Doubles matches, but was defeated by Regis Jesuit on April 14. Valor Christian 6, Littleton 1 - Littleton lost for the first time this season against Valor on April 14. Junai Testa earned the lone win for the Lions with a 6-3,4-6,6-2 win in 1 Singles.
Boys Track and Field
Dakota Ridge Invitational - Cherry Creek (2nd), Heritage (9th) - Cherry Creek won three events to finish as runner-up out of 26 teams competing at the Dakota Ridge Invitational on April 18. Daniel Book won the 400m, Kyle Moran won the 3200m, and the 4 x 400m relay team won for the Bruins. Heritage’s Weston Gardner finished third in the shot put and discus. Grandview Invitational - Arapahoe (4th), Littleton (15th) - The Warriors wrapped up a fourth-place finish, out of 17 teams, behind five top-three finishes at the Grandview Invitational on April 18. Austin Lienemann won the 300m hurdles and finished third in the 110m hurdles. Zachary Ray won the pole vault. Steven Goldy took second in the 3200m and Christian Delaney did likewise in the shot put. Andrew Smith recorded Littleton’s best individual finish with a fourth-place finish in the 400m and the 4 x 400m relay team took second for the best finish for the Lions.
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Train heritage symposium set Rocky Mountain society holding event at Malley Center By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Continuing efforts to save historic railroad structures, the Rocky Mountain Railroad Heritage Society will hold its annual symposium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2 at the Malley Senior Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. “Our society has projects to try to save a dozen historic railroad buildings,” said Jim Jordan, event organizer. “All the buildings are more than 100 years old with the exception of the Craig Depot that is 98 years old.” The symposium is an annual event to bring attention to the need to save and restore aging Colorado railroad historical structures. Some of the structures the so-
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The Dumont Depot is one of the historic railroad structures the Rocky Mountain Railroad Historical Society is working to save and restore. The society is holding its annual symposium on May 2 at the Malley Senior Recreation Center. Courtesy photo
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A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
Public Notices Public Trustees Public Notice NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0786-2014 To: Record Owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust and Notice of Election and Demand: Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled Joseph A George Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner's interest 7108 S Bryant Street, Littleton, CO 80120 Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 21, 2013 Recording Information D3034843 Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand July 08, 2014 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand D4059662 Legal Description of Property LOT 82, BLOCK 1, WOLHURST LANDING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Street Address of Property 7108 S Bryant Street, Littleton, CO 80120 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS
I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 1/14/15, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and, unless the funds are claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within five years from the date of sale, the funds due to you will be transferred to the general fund of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, or to the State Treasurer as part of the "Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law. First Publication: 4/2/15 Last Publication: 4/30/15 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date: 2/23/15 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO. 0786-2014 First Publication: 4/2/15 Last Publication: 4/30/15 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0040-2015
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 27, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Verona Justine Scott Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for AMPRO MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust August 19, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5128315 Original Principal Amount $145,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $158,814.15 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 34, BLOCK 28, BURNS AURORA, FOURTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 11612 Del Mar Parkway, Aurora, CO 80120. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/20/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/26/2015 Last Publication: 4/23/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444
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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0054-2015
Public Trustees
Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 4, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
DATE: 01/27/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lauren Tew #45041 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 Attorney File # 9696.100327.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Original Grantor(s) MIGUEL J. PORRAS and SANDRA C. PORRAS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PINNACLE MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Date of Deed of Trust March 12, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 23, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7036908 Original Principal Amount $164,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $149,209.73
Legal Notice NO.: 0040-2015 First Publication: 3/26/2015 Last Publication: 4/23/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 4, BLOCK 8, STARK BROTHERS WOODLAWN ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5636 SOUTH ELMWOOD STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80120. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0058-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 6, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Paul E. Howald and Kathryn L. Howald Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BOJO, LLC Date of Deed of Trust August 31, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 09, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4161260 Original Principal Amount $65,250.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $137,443.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS 460 FILING NO. 6 AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2844 E. Nichols Circle, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/27/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 4/2/2015 Last Publication: 4/30/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/27/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 4/2/2015 Last Publication: 4/30/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
DATE: 02/04/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-004410 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
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Legal Notice NO.: 0054-2015 First Publication: 4/2/2015 Last Publication: 4/30/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 02/06/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Joseph A. Murr #14427 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 410 17th St, #2400, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 5342277 Attorney File # 8460.002 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0058-2015 First Publication: 4/2/2015 Last Publication: 4/30/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0054-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0084-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 18, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Ivan Leonard Fears Jr Original Beneficiary(ies) Liberty Savings Bank, F.S.B. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Liberty Savings Bank, F.S.B.. Date of Deed of Trust March 24, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 07, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8040425 Original Principal Amount $79,100.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $65,336.79 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and oth-
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Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Liberty Savings Bank, F.S.B.. Date of Deed of Trust March 24, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 07, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8040425 Original Principal Amount $79,100.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $65,336.79
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Also known by street and number as: 7110 S Gaylord St K04, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
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NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/10/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 4/16/2015 Last Publication: 5/14/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 02/18/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Irvin Borenstein #10860 Michelle Tanner #19409 Borenstein & Associates, LLC 13111 East Briarwood Ave., Suite 340, Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 768-0200 Attorney File # 14-00490 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 0084-2015 Exhibit A SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. K-4, THE GLENN OAKS CONDOMINIUMS PHASE ONE ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION RECORDED JANUARY 28, 1980 IN THE BOOK 3161 AT PAGE 436, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED FEBRUARY 01, 1980 IN BOOK 3164 AT PAGE 454 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED JANUARY 28, 1980 IN PLAT BOOK 43 AT PAGES 29 THROUGH 45, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0084-2015 First Publication: 4/16/2015 Last Publication: 5/14/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0108-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 25, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) TIMOTHY PEEPGRASS, HENRY F PEEPGRASS, and CHRISTINE D PEEPGRASS Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust April 25, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 07, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2049118 Original Principal Amount $255,697.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $245,087.66 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 9, BLOCK 26, FIRST AMENDED PLAT OF SOUTHWIND SUBDIVISION FILING NO, 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7164 S PENNSYLVANIA ST, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and
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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 9, BLOCK 26, FIRST AMENDED PLAT OF SOUTHWIND SUBDIVISION FILING NO, 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 4/23/2015 Last Publication: 5/21/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
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Also known by street and number as: 7164 S PENNSYLVANIA ST, CENTENNIIF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A AL, CO 80122. LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLTHE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN ATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURSINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN ToOF advertise notices call 303-566-4100 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBIOF THE DEED TRUST. your publicTION TION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER NOTICE OF SALE MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, The current holder of the Evidence of Debt THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANsecured by the Deed of Trust, described CIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), herein, has filed Notice of Election and OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMDemand for sale as provided by law and PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FOREin said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given CLOSURE PROCESS. that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. Colorado Attorney General on Wednesday, 06/17/2015, at the East 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Hearing Room, County Administration Denver, Colorado 80203 Building, 5334 South Prince Street, (800) 222-4444 Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real propFederal Consumer Financial erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Protection Bureau Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for P.O. Box 4503 the purpose of paying the indebtedness Iowa City, Iowa 52244 provided in said Evidence of Debt se(855) 411-2372 cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' DATE: 02/27/2015 fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purCynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorprovided by law. ado First Publication: 4/23/2015 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Last Publication: 5/21/2015 The name, address, business telephone Name of Publication: Littleton Independent number and bar registration number of the IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO attorney(s) representing the legal holder of A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO the indebtedness is: FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO Holly Shilliday #24423 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Iman Tehrani #44076 IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A Joan Olson #28078 LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLErin Robson #46557 ATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E ArSINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECapahoe Road, Suite 150, Centennial, CO TION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBI80112 (877) 369-6122 TION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECAttorney File # CO-14-654115-JS TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER The Attorney above is acting as a debt MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE collector and is attempting to collect a COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINAN©Public Trustees' Association CIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMof Colorado Revised 1/2015 PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. 0109-2015 Exhibit A CONDOMINIUM UNIT F-7, THE GLENN Colorado Attorney General OAKS CONDOMINIUM PHASE THREE, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION Denver, Colorado 80203 RECORDED FEBRUARY 28, 1980 IN (800) 222-4444 BOOK 3161 AT PAGE 436, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION REFederal Consumer Financial CORDED FEBRUARY 1, 1980 IN BOOK Protection Bureau 3164 AT PAGE 454, SECOND AMENDP.O. Box 4503 MENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED Iowa City, Iowa 52244 MARCH 27, 1950 IN BOOK 3293 AT (855) 411-2372 PAGE 68, THIRD AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED MAY 28, 1980 DATE: 02/25/2015 IN BOOK 3221 AT PAGE 762, AND Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO DECLARAthe County of Arapahoe, State of ColorTION RECORDED MAY 28, 1980 IN ado BOOK 3221 AT PAGE 777 AND THE By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee MAP OF THE GLENN OAKS CONThe name, address, business telephone DOMINIUM PHASE THREE RECORDED number and bar registration number of the MAY 28, 1980 IN BOOK 45 AT PAGE 21, attorney(s) representing the legal holder of COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 2077-26-4-25-007 the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Legal Notice No.: 0109-2015 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 First Publication: 4/23/2015 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Last Publication: 5/21/2015 David R. Doughty #40042 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 15-006245 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
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Legal Notice NO.: 0108-2015 First Publication: 4/23/2015 Last Publication: 5/21/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0109-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 27, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Patricia J. Mauro Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Financial Colorado, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Financial Colorado, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust March 19, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 09, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8041145 Original Principal Amount $137,368.68 Outstanding Principal Balance $135,321.90 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Please see the attached Exhibit A for the legal description. Also known by street and number as: 7165 S Gaylord St #F-7, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/17/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 4/23/2015 Last Publication: 5/21/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COM-
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