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Mineral Station options explored City at beginning of long, hard look By Jennifer Smith

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ELEVATING HIS GAME

Heritage pole vaulter Otto Lucas clears the bar during the April 26 event at the Liberty Bell Invitational Track and Field Meet. Lucas finished 18th in the event, clearing the bar at 10 feet. A total of 51 teams took part in the two-day meet at Littleton Public Schools Stadium. For more coverage, turn to Page 25. Photo by Tom Munds

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jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, Littleton Adventist Hospital announced on April 24 a $30 million project that will renovate the atrium, expand cardiac services and add parking. “Our community continues to grow, and unfortunately there are some disease states that continue to grow,” CEO Brett Spenst told a group of community leaders attending a meeting of the Littleton Business Coalition. “What we’re trying to do is prepare for the future.” Spenst explained that the hospital will go forward with a focus on “population health,” defined as the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of those outcomes. He noted that the age group of 55 to 85 is the most rapidly growing in the south-metro area, and they are most in need of medical services. To that end, the hospital is expanding cancer care, cardiac and surgical services and radiology. There will also be added “hybrid” operating rooms, which Spenst called a less expensive environment than a traditional OR. Earlier, the group heard from the hospital’s Dr. David Vansickle, a leading expert in deep-brain stimulation. It’s a process of inserting electrodes into the brain to control symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, essential tremors and similar neurological disorders. POSTAL ADDRESS

Littleton Adventist Hospital announced on April 24 a $30 million project that will renovate the atrium, expand cardiac services and add parking. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando He explained that the very first such procedure done robotically was performed at Littleton Adventist, allowing the patient to sleep through it for the first time. “It was sort of the holy grail,” said Vansickle. Jason Dunkel, the hospital’s director of business development, said it’s a great example of the hospital’s positive presence in the medical community. “Clearly we have grown up, and we’re proud of our hospital and the service we offer,” he said. He said this round of renovations will be lean projects designed to improve efficiencies rather than big, obvious additions as in the past.

“We will need a parking structure eventually,” he said. Most obvious to the general public will be a modernized lobby and more conference space, often used by outside groups like LBC. He noted that the health of the community is an important consideration for business leaders, affecting sick time and cost of benefits. “Our mission is around spiritual care,” he said of the hospital’s Adventist affiliation. “… There are many patients who come into our care with diseases that can’t be cured, but they can leave healed. Our highest priority is making sure we hire people who are a good cultural fit.”

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The City of Littleton has begun to lay the groundwork for the future of the 17acre Mineral Station, recruiting a team from the Urban Land Institute to visualize what the light-rail station parking lot and the surrounding area could someday be. “We took a look at how the site could redevelop, and some of the nuts and bolts of how that could happen,” Renee Martinez-Stone told members of city council and the planning board during a joint meeting at Littleton Museum on April 22. The panel’s work is a precursor to a more major study the city will undertake this summer, funded by a grant from DRCOG. It could result in the area being designated “blighted” and ripe for attention from the city’s newly rejuvenated urban-renewal authority. The ULI panel envisions a coordinated effort among RTD, the city, Aspen Grove and the owners of the 111 acres south of the RTD lot at Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive known as the Ensor property, which might result in what Bill Sirois of RTD said is that entity’s new philosophy around light rail. “Transit-oriented communities are better than just surface parking lots,” he said. The panel suggests the area can support more small retailers and a grocery. It could also help fill a growing demand for multifamily housing, say the members, adding that the city should offer financial incentives of some sort to attract those uses. Doug Elenowitz, a managing partner at investment firm Raindrop Partners, said forming a metropolitan district that might encompass everything from the future Breckenridge Brewery site at Briarwood Avenue south to the county line could incentivize uniformity and a sense of community throughout the area. “If you could get that 17-acre site connected to Aspen Grove, that would be good for everybody,” agreed developer Stephen Clarke, president of Prime West. “There’s an even bigger opportunity with Ensor. You could conceptually go all the way south to the (Wolhurst) trailer park.” Steve Wilensky, a principal with civilengineering firm AECOM, envisions a normal city-block street grid over at least the RTD site and the undeveloped overflow lot. Since metro districts can own Mineral continues on Page 7

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World of homeless youths hits home From the apartment balcony, in the hours just past midnight, he could see beams of light from patrol cars cutting through the blackness in the grassy area near Denver Skate Park. Cops looking for the homeless, he guessed. A few hours later, as the day began to awaken, Nick Santulli, 18, and his two companions left their friend’s apartment to burn some time near downtown Denver before heading back to their suburban Castle Rock homes. A young man and his friends, their shirts stained with dirt, bulging backpacks on their shoulders, passed them on the sidewalk. “You guys want to come get some breakfast?” the young man asked. Without hesitation, a curious Nick said OK. A chance encounter. A risk taken. A turning point. The simple yes would build a bridge between two vastly different worlds and, in the end, make a difference in both. “It was the defining moment of my senior year,” Nick said. “It’s not necessarily changed my life, but it’s altered my life and how I see things and the kind of direction in which I want to live my life.” ••• On that early July morning, they caught a bus, then the light rail. A 30-minute trip to a brick building near the 16th Street Mall. A line of young people waited to step inside, where another 100 or so ate breakfast burritos in the kitchen or clustered in the lobby, seeking the simple comforts of food, sanctuary and fellowship. The sight of so many girls and boys in their teens and early 20s without a place to call home or a family to care for them struck Nick hard. As he sat at a table and ate, he asked questions and listened. Intently. A boy told him how he and his mother, although she was no longer in his life, had been on and off the streets for most of his 17 years. Another young man recounted how he’d jumped from foster home to foster home, from friend’s couch to friend’s

couch, finally, to the street. It was, Nick thought, the tales of heartrending movies and songs. When he returned home later that day, just 30 miles south yet so very far away, he brought their stories with him. “You wouldn’t guess where I ate breakfast this morning,” Nick said to his mom. “A homeless shelter.” ••• Urban Peak. It is the only nonprofit that offers a full convergence of services to homeless youths in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Last year, it helped 1,700 youths from 15 through 24 years of age, providing food, clothing, GED instruction and a multitude of other educational, mental health and job services. Its drop-in center is always busy, its 40-bed shelter usually full. A 2013 Denver-area survey found 921 youths on the streets. They are there for all kinds of reasons: physical, sexual and emotional abuse; parents who sell them for drugs and alcohol; mental illness. Some, at 18, have aged out of the foster care system. Others have been kicked out of homes because of their sexual orientation. The tragedies are staggering. As Dan Hanley, director of development and public affairs, recently said: “We are the voice of the 1,700 youth who don’t have one.” ••• In August, just after the start of the new school year, Nick — a passionate musician and shy transplant from Texas who favors shoulder-length hair and cowboy boots — sat in a circle of students on the floor

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at all. … It is so powerful to see people your age care about this issue and be passionate about doing something.” Mid-week, Annerino, Hanley and three others from the organization spent the day talking to 33 classes about the issue of youth homelessness. By the end of the week, students had raised $12,168. “It’s remarkable,” said Chris Weiss, Urban Peak’s development manager. “Castle Rock is 30 miles away from the epicenter of homelessness. To raise $12,000 for us is remarkable.” ••• In less than a month, Nick graduates. He is headed to college and a life, he hopes, where he has the opportunity to help others. It is an ambition nurtured by what evolved from a chance encounter with some homeless youths one early summer morning. “I didn’t imagine it would have been the major direction of my senior year,” he said. “If I hadn’t have done that article and done MAD Week, I probably wouldn’t have stayed on track as much. It kept me kind of headed straight, I guess.” Urban Peak, for its part, never imagined the kindness that would surge from a suburban high school in a community so removed from the everyday struggles of the discarded youths it serves. The connection, Weiss said, makes this world a better place. Nick wants to do more at Urban Peak in the coming year. “I’d really like to work in the kitchen,” he said. Where he first saw the reality of wounded humanity. And where this unfinished story of compassion began. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303-5664110.

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of his newsmagazine classroom at Castle View High School, sharing highlights from the summer. As he quietly described his encounter with the homeless, the staff became intrigued. The story inspired a theme for the first issue — “Going Outside the CVHS Bubble” — with Nick writing the main story about homeless teens. He reached out to Urban Peak, toured the facility, learned about its services. He later explored the grassy space near Denver Skate Park and the 16th Street Mall to find homeless youths to interview. “It was really hard to approach them,” Nick remembered. “I mean, I’m going to high school in Castle Rock and they’re on the streets in Denver.” He returned to Denver three times for more interviews to make sure he understood how to tell their stories. “It was weird at first,” Nick said of walking up to strangers to ask such personal questions. But “I would call it a pivotal moment in my life.” ••• On April 14, the school kicked off Make a Difference Week. More than 1,800 students crowded onto the gym bleachers. A selection process had winnowed about 10 charities and nonprofit organizations to three finalists, including Urban Peak, nominated by the newsmagazine staff. Students overwhelmingly voted it the recipient of this year’s fundraising efforts. The goal: $15,000, a few thousand more than needed to keep Urban Peak open for a day. “We want to turn this outside of our walls for one week,” student government adviser Bob Sutterer said to the students. “These are people just like you who are also talented, who also have great energy, who need a little bit of help.” Charlie Annerino, a representative from Urban Peak, walked to the middle of the floor. “A lot of times, they (homeless youths) feel like they don’t have any support,” he told the young audience. “Just looking around at this gym, that’s not true

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though the board voted unanimously to let the project move forward, they added several requirements suggested by city staff. One of them — a road that could someday connect Platte Canyon Road to Middlefield Road — could cause Neese to pull the plan entirely. “We’re not willing to move forward if there is potential for this road to occur,” said Neese. He says he prefers the project have an “enclave feel,” and neighbors are vehemently against the cut-through traffic they feel it will create from people trying to avoid the often busy Platte Canyon/ Bowles intersection. But town planner Phil Sieber insists on inclusion of the road, and he doesn’t believe cut-through traffic will be a big issue. “The staff is concerned that a restriction on vehicular access will continue a questionable practice of isolating the

town’s neighborhoods, a practice that violates the spirit of the master plan, which emphasizes continuity,” reads his staff report to the board. The connection would hinge on how the adjacent Jurgelonis property develops, and it’s currently on the market. Neese is in negotiations to buy it, and says he could propose something that would satisfy everyone should he be successful. But Sieber says there’s no guarantee of that, and the board should not tie the hands of future boards to conform to the master plan. “If somebody comes in and they’re going to build a mansion on there, and they don’t want anything to do with a street, then the issue goes away,” he said. Neese, a Columbine Valley resident himself, can still make his case to the board of trustees, which has the final say. He’s says he’s trying to work with neigh-

boring properties to create a golf-cart path that could be used for access, possibly atop the Nevada Ditch. It runs along the eastern border of Wilder, separating it from Jurgelonis. The town’s master plan envisions a density of “low to high” development on the site, meaning there really is no upper limit. It defines high density as “greater than 2.4 units per acre.” PCP’s plan is 3.9 units per acre, with nearly an acre reserved for open space. That’s four times as dense as what’s expected at the 105-acre Tuck property on the south end of town, where the master plan calls for one unit per acre. Toll Brothers plans to build single-family homes in the $700,000 to $1.25 million range, but the final number has yet to be announced. Neese said his homes, arranged around a central park, will likely sell in the $600,000 range.

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South Suburban candidates meet in forum Challengers say district should back off private business By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com At least some of the eight candidates for the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District Board of Directors feel like the district is overstepping its bounds, according to comments made during the League of Women Voters candidate forum held at Goodson Recreation Center in Centennial on April 26. Travis Nicks, John Watson and Tom Woods, all challenging incumbents Mike Anderson, Pam Eller and John Ostermiller, suggested the district should stop trying to compete with local businesses that offer similar services, like gyms and fitness classes, in favor of amenities like parks, soccer fields and open space that can’t be provided by the private sector. “I don’t believe the proper role of a special district is to compete or try to drive out private business,” said Nicks, a former chair of the state’s Libertarian party who unsuccessfully tried to win a seat on Littleton City Council in 2009. “The board has had conversations around a private ice rink that’s done very well.” “I don’t think it’s important to squeeze the voters for more money,” agreed Watson, adding that government should limit itself to infrastructure issues. “I’ve heard friends and neighbors criticize the fee structure for being too high. We’re competing with other gyms, and we don’t need to be.” To be fair, none of the candidates said raising taxes was a favored idea, with the incumbents saying increasing participation in fee-based programs and services is the way to go. They stress that the district conducts extensive research on what offerings are important to its residents and adjusts accordingly all the time. “When the Goodson center was built,

From left, candidates for South Suburban Parks and Recreation board Tom Woods, John Watson, Stan Szabelak, John Ostermiller, Travis Nicks, Pam Eller and Mike Anderson. Photo by Jennifer Smith there were no private gyms,” said Ostermiller, a former Littleton mayor. “If we closed Goodson, do you think there wouldn’t be a total uproar throughout the district?” Newcomer Stan Szabelak said he would push for evaluating all services if he is elected. “I look at my hand, and I think, `Which finger would I want to cut off?’ I wouldn’t want to cut off any of them,” he said. Sheridan resident Sally Daigle, who in November 2013 was elected to a second term on the Sheridan School Board, did not attend the forum. All of the candidates who were there agreed that setting policy and overseeing the budget are the most important duties of the board. They also agree that the current board

has no real problems with transparency, although everyone wishes more people were looking through that transparent window, as Szabelak put it. “Sometimes we think apathy translates into a vote of confidence, but that might not always be true,” said Eller. “It’s not necessarily just apathy,” countered Nicks. “It might be that you’ve got a service that was needed 50 years ago, that today is not so needed.” Watson, who lost a bid for Littleton City Council in 2013, said he does have concerns about how SSPR handles executive sessions. He supported a citizen initiative last year that basically eliminated closed-door meetings for Littleton’s councilmembers. The candidates are vying for three spots on the board in the May 6 election.

Polling centers • Littleton Golf & Tennis Center, 5800 S. Federal Blvd. • Buck Community Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave. • Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd. • South Suburban Golf

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South Suburban Park and Recreation District held its 24th Annual Volunteer Recognition Ceremony on April 9, honoring volunteers who served at least 50 hours. Of 3,685 total volunteers, 11 outstanding volunteers and members of South Suburban’s Public Art Committee were nominated by South Suburban staff. The most tenured volunteer of the group is Eleanor Pickering of Littleton, who has been volunteering at South Platte Park for 22 years. She coordinates the park’s bird data management and breeding bird tracking efforts.

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Arapahoe Community College’s Workforce Training Program will hold its annual open house for the Colorado First and Existing Industry Training Grant Program from 5 to 7 p.m. May 21 in Room M4140 at the ACC Littleton Campus. The program provides grants to local businesses that meet certain criteria are eligible to apply for two types of grants. One is for companies that are relocating to, or expanding in, the state of Colorado, and the other is for those that are adding technology or changing their business strategies in an effort to stay competitive in the market. Attendees receive the application forms and can participate in a questionand-answer session. This event is free and open to public, and light refreshments will be provided. RSVP by May 16. For more information, contact the ACC Workforce Training Program at workforce@arapahoe.edu or 303.734.3701.

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South Suburban will host its 33rd annual High Line Canal Run on May 10 in deKoevend Park. The event features a 10K at 8 a.m., and a 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m.

Participants can walk or run along the scenic and relatively flat High Line Canal Trail. Children and friendly dogs are welcome. Registration includes a pancake breakfast, race shirt, goody bag and prize drawings. Awards will be given to top male and female finishers in both the 10K and 5K race. Race fee is $30, pre-race day; and $35 on race day. Register online at www. RunningGuru.com/Event/HighLine. For information, visit www.sspr.org

SSPR needs kid volunteers

South Suburban Park and Recreation District is looking for students to serve on its newly established Youth Commission, which will advise the district on what’s important to youth and teens who live and play in the area. Spots are open to kids in grades 8-12 who live in the district and have a least a 2.0 gradepoint average. Youths must be drug and alcohol free, be willing to share ideas in group settings and be accepting of others and their ideas. For more information, contact Allison Boyd at Allisonb@sspr.org or 303483-7037. Applications are due May 23.

Teen’s essay read at Legislature

The Colorado House and Senate recently heard an essay authored by Littleton High senior Adam Butterman as part of House Joint Resolution 14-1015, which commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Week in Colorado. Butterman’s essay reflected on his journey last summer to the concentration camps in Poland and then Israel. His essay was selected from many submissions. After each session, several members of the Legislature introduced themselves and congratulated Butterman.

City ready to pick up your junk

The City of Littleton’s popular “Keep Littleton Beautiful” Summer Cleanup & RECYCLE Program will begin taking calls May 21. Call 303-795-3744 to schedule an appointment for a crew

to come to your home and haul away all your junk. The city will continue to schedule pickups until all time slots are full, so call early to ensure a pickup time. For information on what items are accepted, visit www.littletongov. org. For more information, call Senior Code Specialist Rebecca Thompson at 303-795-3831.

Suicide survivor to speak

Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network will host the 13th Annual Mental Health Benefit Luncheon on May 9 at the Inverness Hotel & Conference Center. Registration opens at 11 a.m. and the program begins at 11:30 a.m. This year’s keynote speaker is Kevin Hines, who survived a suicide attempt jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. He now travels extensively and speaks about his struggles with mental illness and the recovery he has achieved. He advocates for mental health awareness, treatment and suicide prevention. Zach Smith will accept the Pat Echtermeyer Community Hero Award during the event. At the age when most boys are busy playing video games, Smith was collecting gently used kids sports gear to donate to families who are clients of A/DMHN. Proceeds from the event will provide direct services to those in the community who are uninsured, and to support A/DMHN’s suicide-prevention services.

LWV talking politics

The League of Women Voters wants everyone to attend its May 7 forum, “Money and Politics: Who Owns Democracy?” at 6:30 p.m. at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. Chantell Taylor, an attorney specializing in campaign finance and government regulations, will be the featured speaker, discussing the role of campaign contributions in elections. The program is free, but reservations are required. To RSVP or for more information, call 303798-2939 or visit www.lwvarapahoe.org.

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Bill an opening to greater transparency A bill introduced late this legislative session deserves support from all who want to ensure public officials make their decisions in the open and preserve the right to call them out in court if they don’t. House Bill 14-1390 clarifies Colorado’s open meetings law, stating that anyone can challenge a perceived violation of the law, not only those directly affected by the action. In the equivalent of the session’s ninth inning — the General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn May 7 — the bill was introduced last week and quickly passed its first committee. It remains to be seen whether the bipartisan measure, sponsored in the House by Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, and Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, can gain final passage before the session’s conclusion.

our view We’re hoping it does, or at least is revisited next January. If not, a Jefferson County judge’s head-shaking ruling in late March could set a dangerous precedent. In January, Arvada’s mayor and city council held a special meeting to fill a vacant seat. The process the officials used to fill the opening on the council prompted an Arvada resident to file a complaint. “The Mayor and Council decided to vote by secret ballot, and employed a process of elimination of any candidate(s) who

letter to the editor Vote for South Suburban incumbents

As the two members of South Suburban’s Board of Directors who are not up for re-election on May 6, we are nonetheless highly invested in the outcome of this election. We ask voters to re-elect our three fellow board members: John Ostermiller, Pam Eller and Mike Anderson. John, Pam and Mike are exemplary board members, who over the past four years have consistently demonstrated a commitment and passion for the district that have been of immeasurable value to the South Suburban residents whom we five board members serve. Each of the three spends hours studying his/her board packet prior to each board meeting, and each serves on numerous committees that promote collaborative relationships between South Suburban and the municipalities and other entities that the district serves. All three have consistently built upon the experience and knowledge they first brought to the board four years ago, and their expertise going forward into the next four years will be invaluable in making

critical decisions on the budget, and on available programs and amenities that South Suburban offers to our district residents. We ask you to join us in casting your three votes to re-elect John Ostermiller, Pam Eller, and Mike Anderson on Election Day, May 6, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can vote at any one of South Suburban’s five polling places: Littleton Golf & Tennis Center, Buck Community Recreation Center, Goodson Recreation Center, South Suburban Golf, and the Lone Tree Civic Center. For polling place addresses and other election information, please visit www.ssprd.org or call 303-798-5131. While at the polls, you may request that your name be added to South Suburban’s permanent absentee ballot list, to then automatically receive an absentee ballot for all future South Suburban elections. Thank you for taking the time to vote! Sue Rosser and Scott LaBrash South Suburban Parks and Recreation Board of Directors

Wishing that some old ways would BRB Social media has created an environment and culture of fun, intrigue, gossip, slander, adventure, mystery and more. It is almost a “no rules apply” phenomenon where whatever we say or do can be posted or “hashtagged” within seconds. Just keeping up with the acronyms is hard enough. Over the years and having raised teenage children through the cell phone/smart phone era and having managed some folks that would fall into the Generation Y category, I thought that I had at least a grasp on what they were saying via text or on sites such as Facebook. Things like LOL, ROFL, TTYL, BRB, and hundreds more. Recently I became aware of TBT, or Throw Back Thursday. I became aware of TBT because someone had shared a picture of me on Facebook from 34 years ago. And thanks to everyone for the “likes” of “comments” on Facebook, your kindness and sarcasm were both greatly appreciated. It is a picture of me at my high school prom or junior cotillion. As I looked at the picture I was immediately transported back in time to the days of my youth, the friends that I kept, the dreams that I had, and as I reflected on each I was quickly reminded of this fact, that was then and this is now. No one could have predicted the future and what would happen in the world, let alone in our small circle of friends that we grew up with. The lens that we viewed life through at the time was based on the information we had, the communications we received, and the interaction we had with one another. Storytelling even in the 1970s

and 1980s was alive and well, just as it was hundreds and thousands of years ago. I loved hearing my grandfather tell stories of our family’s past or an aunt or uncle of a friend share their life stories. Technology has given us many advantages, it has certainly made many things much easier, and access to information has never been faster. But as I looked back on that picture from 34 years ago, I am a bit saddened by what technology may also be depriving us of. That was then and this is now, I get that, but when I watch how my children interact with others, as I go to the gym and look around at everyone plugged into their own iPod and ear buds, there is something wrong and missing. Human interaction and conversation seems to have given way to texting and postings. Am I being nostalgic or melancholy for days gone by? Maybe? Probably. Definitely. Now I am a fan of Facebook, Skype, FaceTime, and other technologies that allow me to reconnect with family and friends, co-workers and people and clients from all over the world in a virtual environment. I am grateful Norton continues on Page 9

received an insufficient number of votes in each round (the votes for each round were tallied publicly but the identity of the individuals casting each vote was not disclosed),” District Court Judge Margie Enquist wrote in her March 30 finding. Sounds like the plaintiff was on to something — state law forbids secret ballots in most cases. But hold on: The judge found that Russell Weisfield did not “have standing to bring his claim.” The reason? He did not “articulate any direct, specific impact this voting procedure had on him or his legally-protected interests.” Case dismissed. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. Are we to assume that only the unsuccessful finalists for the council position could have legally challenged the process?

If so, that’s an enemy of the very transparency elected leaders so often, at least publicly, espouse these days. Allowing only a select few to protest the actions of public officials is disenfranchising to the masses. “The very point of the (open meetings law) is transparency in government for all citizens, not just people who are directly affected,” Gardner told the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition last month. “Every citizen ought to have standing.” While the judge ruled that Weisfield was not injured by the council’s actions, HB 14-1390 would take any such idea out of play, stating that any person denied rights under the open meetings law has “suffered an injury in fact.” We hope state lawmakers will — very publicly and very quickly — vote for that.

Stuck in a groove because of Top 40 No wonder I am out of whack: I listened to Top 40 radio. I had no choice. We had no choices. WSAI in Cincinnati, and hundreds of AM stations across the country, played 40 songs a week, in constant rotation. It is kind of unbelievable now, because we have many, many choices. I have an AirPort, so I can listen to my CDs, Internet channels and iTunes stations upstairs and downstairs, and never hear the same song twice in one week. There are songs and performances on YouTube. It’s wonderful. But in the early and mid-’60s, we had one choice, and that was Top 40. Of course, you could have a record collection, and I had an IHOP-high stack of 45s. They were about a dollar each. Up until recently you could download a song for 99 cents on iTunes. The playlists were completely nuts, surreal. You would hear something erotic and visceral like “Satisfaction” by the Stones, then three commercials, then “Dominique” by The Singing Nun. Back to back I would hear a great Carole King song by the Shirelles, and “See the Funny Little Clown,” by Bobby Goldsboro. Bobby sang one disturbing hit after another. Remember “Watching Scotty Grow”? Goldsboro, 73, is a painter now. The Top 40 would penetrate your life, and those songs still do. They are used over and over in films, and often wind up being film titles. Here are a few: “Stand By Me,” “Sixteen Candles,” “My Girl,” “Pretty Woman,” “Ode to Billie Joe,” “Blue Velvet,” “Corrina, Corrina,” “Sea of Love,” “La

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Bamba” and “Walk the Line.” The film “Stand by Me” was based on a novella by Stephen King. The song “Stand by Me” was recorded by the great Ben E. King, who was once the lead singer of the Drifters. I loved the Drifters. “When this old world starts getting me down, and people are just too much for me to face.” That’s the way “Up On the Roof” begins. It was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. King’s musical contributions are extraordinary. Some of her songs include, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”, “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Some Kind of Wonderful” “The Loco-Motion,” “Crying in the Rain,” “Chains,” “One Fine Day,” “I’m Into Something Good,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “You’ve Got a Friend.” Later she became a zillion-selling recording artist herself. You would hear something seductive by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and they would follow it with “Big Bad John.” That was Jimmy Dean’s biggest hit, and Smith continues on Page 9

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Mall manager calls talks with city ‘ongoing’ Southwest Plaza remodel is well under way By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Gregory Sims, senior general manager of Southwest Plaza, is seriously excited about what he calls the most all-consuming remodel of a mall he’s seen in his 20 years in the business. “This, by far, is the most positive and exciting development to the property probably since the development itself was built,” he said during a tour of the project on April 25. General Growth Properties has not released how much it’s spending on the project, just calling it a multimillion-dollar venture. Sims confirmed it is purely a private undertaking, while acknowledging what sources told Colorado Community Media in January about a possible public/ private partnership. “They have had conversations with Littleton and other interested parties,” said Sims. “Those talks are ongoing. They’ve had conversations, so we’ll see.” Southwest Plaza is located in unincorporated south Jefferson County. Although almost every nook and cranny of the mall will undergo some type of change, many of the stores remain open, including all five anchors: Dillard’s, JCPenney, Macy’s, Sears and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Perhaps the most noticeable change will be a more open feel, with sight lines widened down the main corridor and

Southwest Plaza is undergoing extensive remodeling, but several stores, including all five anchors, remain open during construction. Photo by Jennifer Smith airier treatment of the ceilings. “We’re taking out corners and hard lines that are restricting to traffic flow on both levels,” said Sims. The food court, renamed Mountain Terrace, will, of course, have views of the mountains. There will be two fire features, a wi-fi zone and a variety of seating choices, giving it the flavor of an outdoor dining patio. The restaurants themselves will be floor-to-ceiling glass instead of the isolated

little boxes they are now, contributing to the outdoor bar feel. “It will really be Colorado modern, embracing the Colorado lifestyle, the openness, the air, the lifestyle, the natural products,” he said. “We didn’t want to replicate Park Meadows, our sister mall. It will be a different look.” However, Sims stresses that while some of the spaces will have an outdoor presence, as Panera Bread does now, the entire

mall is staying an indoor mall. “We are staying an enclosed shopping center,” he said. “But we want to bring the outdoors in and the indoors out. I think our clientele will appreciate that. … People still like to go out and shop. There’s a healthy balance between online and bricks-andmortar. We like to be around other people, we’re social beings.” There will be some boutique-type shops facing outward along a “terrace” next to the southeast entrance, where Tokyo Joe’s is. “They will be those things where you’re just going in for that,” he said, like perhaps a salon or deli. The square footage and number of stores will stay about the same, said Sims, while still declining to confirm what new ones will appear. The footprint of the building is not changing at all, he said, other than the return of a main entrance on the northwest side where Borders used to be - it went out of business in 2011. “We really wanted to reactivate that northeast side,” he said. A grand opening of all the stores is planned for fall 2015, though Sims again stresses that many of the stores will remain open throughout. “We want to open all at once,” he said. “Where’s the excitement if you stagger them?” Sims expects the total number of employees with the mall’s walls to increase after the project, along with the amount of sales tax it contributes to Jefferson County’s economy. “We’re repositioning ourselves to be the anchor of the southwest Denver market,” he said.

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to be able to still see my kids and loved ones when I am traveling either through a FaceTime chat or through the exchanges of pictures, and yes kids, even my selfies. That was then and this is now. How

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long before he started selling sausages. AM radio began to break apart in the late ‘60s, fortunately, but it would be years before MTV, iTunes and YouTube. I had hundreds of LPs, alphabetized (See: “High Fidelity”). They’re all gone except “Meet the Beatles” and a rare album by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Were the Beatles named after the Crickets? AM and FM radio ratings have been in a steady decline. We have too many other

about you — what do you miss most or enjoy most about where we were then and where we are today? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can bring the good things from our past into our future, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www.candogo.com.

options. I have listened to KBCO ever since I moved here in 1977, but I wince every time they play “Landslide.” I think they play it every day. I wanted to be a DJ. I wanted to have a late-night program that had a theme every night. I have a voice - and a face - for radio. Some of those Top 40 songs still get to me. “Tonight you’re mine completely, you give your love so sweetly, tonight the light of love is in your eyes, but will you love me tomorrow?” Yes. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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Wilfred L. (Bill) DeRocher, Jr., 89, passed away on Good Friday, April 18, 2014, peacefully at his home. He was born on June 4, 1924 is Avon, Massachusetts to Wilfred Leroy and Mary Victoria (Day) DeRocher. Bill was raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada until he joined the United States Navy during World War II. Among other assignments he served on the Subchaser SC 737 in the South Pacific. After completing college at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he spent his working career as an aerospace engineer. He worked for the NACA (later NASA) in Cleveland, OH where he met and married Mildred Ada Cooke. They moved to North Tonawanda, NY where Bill worked for Bell Aircraft and they started their family. This was followed by a few years in Huntington Station on Long Island where they added the twins to the family. Bill and his wife Millie completed the raising of their three children during the 25 years they spent in Littleton, CO while Bill worked at what was then Martin Marietta Corporation. They retired to

Prescott, AZ in 1988. Bill has been a lifelong Episcopalian and in their retirement has enjoyed a wide range of activities from working on his computer through helping his church with financial analysis, helping Habitat For Humanity build houses by driving nails and painting. He particularly liked to solve problems. He and his wife Millie enjoyed hiking, golfing, traveling and visiting their children and grandchildren. Survivors include his son David DeRocher and his wife Janice of Aurora, CO, daughter Denise Vogels and her husband Robert of Littleton, CO, and daughter Dawn Garrett and her husband James of Nampa, ID, and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Millie, and his sister Mary Fagan of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Memorial services will be on May 2, at 2:00 pm at St. Timothy’s Episcopal church located at 1401 East Dry Creek Road in Littleton, CO. In lieu of flowers please make donations to St. Luke’s Episcopal church in Prescott, AZ or to the charity of your choice.

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More than $30 million — money earmarked for education that has been sitting idle for four years — will be freed up to help low- and middle-income students pay for college, under a bill that unanimously passed the House last week. House Bill 1384 creates the Colorado Opportunity Pipeline Fund, which would provide need-based scholarships and grants for in-state college students. Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, a bill sponsor, said the bill would help students who may not qualify for existing need-based financial aid programs, because their household earnings exceed qualifying income standards. “What we often miss are those kids who are just on the bubble,” McNulty said. “The kids whose families make just enough money that they don’t qualify for many scholarships and grants, but not enough money that they are priced out of college.” McNulty said that “a significant portion” of the new scholarships will be dedicated to students whose incomes are 100 percent

to 250 percent of the poverty line. The dollars for the new program would come from found money that has been buried in the state education budget since 2010. That money came about from the state’s sale of its College Invest Loan Portfolio, when it was moving away from providing state-backed college loans. Scott Wasserman, chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia, said the sale of the state’s loan portfolio required that the proceeds could only go toward tuition assistance, but that the accompanying language provided an “ambiguous mandate.” “This (bill) transfers the money and clarifies what the money is for,” he said. The bill provides a one-time transfer of $33 million to the new loan pipeline. A newly-created board would determine how the money gets awarded. The bill includes a legislative declaration, which requests that the General Assembly provide fresh funding for the program each year. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, a bill co-sponsor, said the bill “is very personal to me.” Pettersen, who was the first member of her family to attend college, was over-

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GOP hopefuls target Hickenlooper in debate But candidates may have to overcome image problem to win the seat By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls tried to stand apart from one another — while getting in plenty of shots at Gov. John Hickenlooper along the way — during an April 24 debate held two months before voters cast ballots in the GOP primary. The event yielded few surprises, with the candidates speaking in near lockstep on issues that included gun control and the Affordable Care Act — issues they believe will resonate with voters in a general elec-

tion. But the candidates also addressed a confounding reality for the Republican Party — the fact that they’ve held the governor’s seat just once over the last 40 years. There was a little bit of soul-searching going on when asked whether they felt their party has branding problems. “We have not articulated our values in a practical and positive way,” said Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Three of the four GOP candidates for governor took part in the KUSA-TV debate in Denver: Gessler; former Congressman Bob Beauprez; and former state Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp. Former Congressman Tom Tancredo did not take part in the debate.

To take over the governor’s mansion again, Republicans will have to win the seat from a sitting governor who currently is the favorite in the race. A Quinnipiac University poll released the day before the debate shows that Hickenlooper enjoys a 7 percentage-point advantage over his closest Republican competitor. Beauprez acknowledged that the last several years have been “a tough era” for Republicans. But he contends that the GOP is finally in a good position to win over voters, due in part to a state and federal government that he feels has overreached in several areas. “At this moment in time, I think our brand is on the rise for a very obvious reason,” he said.

“There’s two philosophies. One believes that people are the problem and that they need to be regulated and controlled. The other believes the people are the solution.” The candidates all took shots at Hickenlooper’s leadership style. Though they acknowledged that Hickenlooper showed leadership following the Aurora theater shooting, they criticized the governor for later signing gun-control legislation as a response to the massacre. All three candidates said they would work to repeal those gun laws, if elected. And Kopp said that Hickenlooper hasn’t done enough on wildfire-mitigation efforts. “The fact of the matter is, the governor has not shown leadership on this,” Kopp said. “His big announcement this spring regarding his wildfire reforms was a big nothing burger.”

the value of immunization before opting their kids out of vaccinations for personal or religious beliefs. Numerous changes were made before the bill made it to the Senate floor. Supporters say the bill still creates good policy because it allows parents to see vaccination records at schools and day care centers, to see how many children have received vaccinations for preventable illnesses like measles or whooping cough. That could be important information to a parent of a child with a weakened immune system. That child may not be able to receive vaccinations and would be particularly susceptible to illnesses carried by other students whose parents opted them out of receiving immunizations. “This is really a service to medically fragile children,” said state Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, a bill sponsor. Bill supporters said that by schools being required to have immunization data available to the public, parents will be able

to make better decisions as to where they send their kids to school. “This bill will have an impact on the (immunization) rates and will be able to protect children from vaccine preventable childhood diseases,” said Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, D-Black Hawk. But the bill has fewer teeth than when it was introduced in the House in February. The original bill would have required parents who want to opt their children out of being vaccinated to first consult with a doctor about the benefits and risks of immunization. It would also have required an opt-out child to watch an online video having to do with immunization benefits and risks. The original legislation received bipartisan support in the House, passing that chamber on a vote of 42-19. But after the requirements that were part of the House bill were stripped away by the Senate, Aguilar said she did not have the support to get the original bill through

the Senate. Many Republicans like Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, still opposed the bill, even after it had been stripped of much of the original language that concerned GOP members. Hill said that it’s not the government’s business to dictate to parents that their children should receive vaccinations that are “unscientifically proven.” “I am concerned that we’re setting a dangerous precedent here that somehow we know what’s best; that somehow we in this room can determine what parents should and shouldn’t be doing,” Hill said. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 19-16, with just one Republican — Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango — voting with all Democrats. Aguilar assured Republicans that she would not agree to the original requirements making their way back on to the bill, through work of a post-passage conference committee.

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Vaccination bill should sting a bit less Senate passes watered down effort to bolster immunization rates By By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com For those who were adamantly opposed to a bill that would require parents to be better educated about child vaccinations, the possible final version of the legislation shouldn’t hurt a bit. What began as legislation aimed at increasing vaccination rates in Colorado wound up being a record-keeping access bill, with the state Senate on April 23 instead passing a watered-down version of an immunization awareness bill. The original version of House Bill 1288 would have required parents of school children to become better educated about

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GLYI tells business leaders it takes a village Littleton Adventist donates $150,000 to mental health research By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Members of the Greater Littleton Youth Initiative visited Littleton Adventist Hospital during the Littleton Business Coalition’s April 24 meeting to help the hospital celebrate 25 years and thank its leaders for the ongoing support of GLYI’s mission to keep kids in the south-metro area safe and healthy. “Arapahoe High School once again has reminded us that this will not just go away, but there’s no magic bullet,” said Sue Chandler,

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As far as policy, the three candidates sounded familiar, conservative themes for positions on issues that separate them from Hickenlooper and other Democrats. They blasted the Affordable Care Act, with Kopp saying he would push for legislation that would allow Colorado to opt out of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange program. “I don’t want to be a party of implementing such bad policy,” Kopp said. “We’re adding a new level of government and to me two wrongs don’t make a right.” The debate over Obamacare prompted the debate’s only sharp exchange. As Senate minority leader, Kopp fought

president of GLYI. GLYI was formed after the 1999 tragedy at Columbine High School in south Jefferson County. “Littleton was deeply traumatized by that event,” said Brian Vogt, CEO of Denver Botanic Gardens and a founding member of GLYI. “The world was deeply traumatized by that event. All eyes were on Littleton. We just felt desperate to fix it.” But on Dec. 13, 2013, the community was hit hard with the realization that lightning can indeed strike twice when Karl Pierson entered AHS with a gun and took the life of a fellow student, Claire Davis, along with his own. It happened at a time when GLYI has been at a crossroads, working toward being able to sustain itself rather than depending on a $100,000 annual budget from the city of

Littleton. “It needs manpower, woman power, brain power,” said Vogt. “It’s probably become way too dependent on the City of Littleton. We really need to reinvigorate this.” To that end, the hospital recently donated $150,000 over three years to work on suicide and mental-health issues. GLYI identifies programs that are scientifically verified to be successful in keeping kids safe. Known as “blueprint” programs, they include suicide prevention, early childhood education, nursing services, truancy prevention and more. Estimates suggest that such programs provide a good return on investment. Functional Family Therapy, for example, can save a community nearly $12 for every $1 spent, on things like housing prisoners and providing emergency medical services.

“Money up front is a lot cheaper than money at the end,” said Chandler. In the last two years, the group has elected a governing board, sought out grants, updated its bylaws and worked to increase its visibility in the community. “The issues have not gone away. If anything, they continue to incline,” said Chandler. “We are a community that cares, but it takes all of us to be involved. There’s a greater need to reach kids outside of the school system.” Norman Stucker, president of the Littleton Business Coalition, reminded business leaders in the room that the community’s kids are everyone’s issue. “Let’s not just support them with our hearts, but with our checkbooks,” he said. For more information, contact Chandler at suechandler51@aol.com

against Obamacare implementation. But Gessler said that those efforts weren’t good enough. “What we need is someone who is going to lead to overturn that,” Gessler said. “Despite the efforts heard earlier, we’ve failed in this state.” That drew a terse response from Kopp. “Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, when I was advancing this agenda you were nowhere to be seen,” Kopp said. They also said they would move forward with the execution of Nathan Dunlap — a death row inmate who killed four people at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1996. Hickenlooper has taken heat from Republicans since he granted Dunlap a temporary reprieve last year. The candidates said they did not support raising taxes to generate money for schools or prisons. And they all said they would push to repeal a law from last year that allows undocumented students liv-

ing in Colorado to attend state colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates. For the most part, the candidates wanted nothing to do with gay rights issues. Beauprez and Kopp said they had no intention of overturning last year’s law that created civil unions in Colorado. Although Gessler said he would “have to look at the bill,” he did indicate that overturning the law “is on the table.” The candidates all affirmed their prolife stances, but Beauprez didn’t seem very interested in talking about abortion. He said that pursuing a law to outlaw abortion “would not be on the agenda right now for anyone on this campaign.” “I think it’s an issue that is trumped up in every political campaign for obvious reasons — to divide good people on a very difficult issue that really isn’t simply resolved,” he said. Kopp had no problem talking about his desire for an abortion ban.

“I am pro-life and would absolutely stand up for legislation that creates life without exceptions,” he said. The candidates were also asked about the baggage they might bring to the race. Beauprez — who lost badly in a 2006 gubernatorial race with Bill Ritter — said he has learned from his mistakes in that “very difficult” campaign. Gessler was asked whether a cloudy ethics image would be a barrier in the campaign. He was found to have violated ethics laws by the state’s ethics commission for using state money to attend a Republican event in 2012. Gessler said the ethics commission is unethical itself. “We have a corrupt ethics commission in the state of Colorado,” Gessler said. “It is controlled and dominated and run by Hickenlooper re-election supporters who are personally financially interested in seeing him re-elected.”

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Teens know dreams lead to success Optimists honor essay winners from area By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Breakfast Optimist Club of Littleton knows that teenagers are natural-born dreamers, and that it’s a good thing. Hoping to inspire some big dreams, the club recently held an essay contest with the theme “How Dreams Lead to Success,” and local kids didn’t disappoint. “Success is defined in the eye of the beholder, and that is why it is import for each person to dream,” writes first-place winner Mia Green, a student at Cherokee Trail High School. “… The point is, someone had to dream and be brave enough to carry it out. The history of America has been made by dreamers. If it weren’t for dreamers and risk-takers, we wouldn’t be where we are today.” She went on to describe the dreams and achievements of greats like Martin Luther King Jr., Neil Armstrong and Steve Jobs. All three winning essays mentioned

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King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. “King’s dream came true,” writes second-place winner Shivani Chauhon, who attends Rock Canyon High. “Today we live in a post-racial America, where policies prohibit discrimination. Although America will never be completely free of racism, significant advancement has been made since King’s 1963 `I Have a Dream’ speech. But many dreams are never realized.” Though that’s true, third-place winner Mary Hinton, Heritage High School, said it’s important to dream early and often. “What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question asked by loved ones persistently, in hopes of planting a dream in their minds early on,” writes third-place winner Mary Hinton, of Heritage High School. “They don’t actually expect a carefree 5-year-old to have an accurate reading of where his or her life is headed. The point is to plant the idea of a dream inside that carefree little mind, to inspire and end goal, to direct them towards success.” The Optimists honored the winners at a ceremony on April 11 at the Bistro Restaurant at Aspen Grove. Green and Hinton attended with their parents, and went home with medallions

Mary Hinton, left, and Mia Green were winners in the Breakfast Optimist Club of Littleton’s essay contest. Shivani Chauhon was another, but she was unable to attend the ceremony. Courtesy Photo and prize money. Chauhon was unable to attend, but the Optimists said they’d make sure she got her prizes. “We were very impressed, not only with their essays, but also with their maturity,

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Bill addresses isolated confinement for prisoners Legislation comes as a result of murder of former DOC director By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Another prison reform bill, spurred by last year’s murder of a Department of Corrections director, is advancing through the Legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature. Senate Bill 64 would prohibit prisons from placing inmates who have serious mental illnesses in isolated confinement, unless exigent circumstances persist. The bill aims to shed better light on mental health issues behind bars, especially since most inmates end up being released back into their communities. “These individuals, some of them have spent years in administrative segregation,” said Rep. Joe Salazar, D-

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Thornton, a bill sponsor, during an April 21 House Judiciary Committee hearing. Salazar’s bill — which has the support of the DOC and the American Civil Liberties Union — also creates a board that will examine issues pertaining to mentally ill inmates and isolated confinement. Denise Maes of ACLU Colorado told the committee that inmates can sometimes spend more than 20 hours of their day in solitary confinement, inside “cells that are a little bigger than a king size bed.” Those inmates, Maes said, are seven times more likely to commit suicide than those who reside in the general prison population. “This kind of confinement will only render one even more mentally ill,” Maes said. “I’ve often said, `If you are not mentally ill going into solitary confinement, you certainly will be when you come out.’” Ten percent of the Colorado prison population have serious mental illnesses, while about 35 percent have at least some sort of mental health needs, according to Kelly Wasco, the DOC’s director of clinical services.

Wasco said that the DOC, beginning with Clements and continuing with current director Rick Raemisch, has taken steps in recent years to reduce the numbers of prisoners with mental illnesses who are placed in solitary confinement. The department has implemented a program that moves inmates with mental health problems from isolated confinement to in-house treatment. What lawmakers and DOC officials all want to avoid is another Evan Ebel. Ebel spent much of time in prison in solitary confinement. Ebel was released and was suspected of gunning down former DOC director Tom Clements outside of his Monument home last year. He was also suspected of killing a pizza delivery driver and fled the state after the murders before being killed during a shoot-out with Texas authorities. The bill passed the committee unanimously. It then received initial approval following a voice vote in the House on April 25 and passed the chamber 63-2 on April 28. The legislation had previously passed the Senate, where it was sponsored by Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Commerce City.

Jury’s decision sends sex offender back to jail Former day-care worker didn’t register, panel finds By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com On April 24, a jury found convicted child molester Paul James Kerr guilty of failing to register as a sex offender, sending him back to jail. On Sept. 20, 2013, Kerr was booked into jail after Aurora detectives realized he hadn’t registered at the address in that city where he told police he would be living, following his earlier release from jail on Aug. 14, 2013. “What we asked of Paul Kerr is to tell us how to find him. That’s all we ask,” said prosecutor Amy Ferrin. “He didn’t follow the rules.” Defense attorney Angela Colaiuta suggested Kerr might have registered in a different jurisdiction, despite the fact that he didn’t show up on the

statewide database. “They’re essentially trying to prove a negative,” she told Judge Kurt Horton, asking him to acquit due to insufficient evidence. He declined, sending the case on to Kerr the jury. Kerr declined to testify during the trial, as his mother and the mother of one of his victims looked on. Kerr was originally arrested in April 2011, when he was a lead teacher at the KinderCare at 5472 S. Federal Circle in Littleton. A 9-year-old girl told her parents that Kerr touched her sexually under the guise of checking her for physical abuse, and Littleton police found out about crimes against two other girls during the investigation. Kerr had garnered a plea deal that

required him to participate in Sex Offender Intensive Supervised Probation for four years and to spend 10 years on probation. As part of the deal, he confessed to the abuse. The program required Kerr to undergo treatment and routine polygraphs and have no unapproved contact with children. It also imposed curfews and geographic boundaries. The felony would have been dismissed if he had been successful in the program, but Ferrin said she expected the new guilty verdict would also result in the revocation of Kerr’s probation. Sentencing was set for May 29. Kerr, 35, had worked at the day care since July 2010, and prior to that had been an elementary-school substitute teacher in the Jefferson County and Denver school districts since 2005. Before coming to Colorado, he was a summer church-camp counselor in Branson, Mo., from 1997 to 2005.

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This photo, “Ready to Go,” by Rob Lace of Lakewood is included in “The Eye of the Camera Best of Show” exhibit at the Littleton Museum. Courtesy photos

Have Mersey: ‘1964’ coming to Red Rocks Tickets are on sale for “1964” The Tribute, celebrating the iconic music of the Beatles and the Fab Four’s Colorado debut concert at Red Rocks. The tribute to the British Invasion starts at 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). Here’s your chance to relive musical history with what’s being touted as “the No. 1 Beatles show in the world” that is “hailed by critics and fans alike as the most authentic and enduring Beatles concert live on stage.” In celebration of this historical event, “1964” will kick off the evening with the 10 songs the Beatles performed at Red Rocks in 1964. Come experience what it was like at the beginning. For more information on “1964” The Tribute, go to www.1964site.com. This concert is a benefit for Colorado Public Television 12. Tickets are $32 (plus service charges) for general admission (the original 1964 concert tickets were $6) and are available at www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster centers. To charge tickets by phone, call 1-800-745-3000. Group sales through Channel 12 at www. cpt12.org or by calling 303-296-1212 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

‘Memphis’ meets Arvada

For its 38th season, the Arvada Center announced a three-play, three-musical lineup, led by the first locally staged production of the Tony Award-winning best musical, Memphis. The Arvada Center is reducing its total show output next season, while maintaining its ongoing collaboration with Creede Repertory Theatre. “As one of the region’s largest professional theaters, we are committed to artistic excellence and to producing inspiring work that will engage our audiences’ hearts and minds,” Arvada Center Executive Director Philip C. Sneed said in a press release. “As we look to the future, we must also ensure our financial sustainability, so that we can continue to provide the quality our patrons have come to expect.” The Arvada Center has had seven shows each of the past four seasons. Next year the total will be six. This year’s Arvada schedule also includes: She Loves Me, The Last Romance, Harvey, The Archbishop’s Ceiling and A Man of No Importance.

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Larkburger, the popular local burger joint, has been getting lots of tweets from Colorado students attending colleges out of state hoping for a Larkburger being sent to their dorm. So, Larkburger teamed with Frontier Airlines to bring a Colorado student back for a taste of home. To enter “Craving Colorado,” entrants must submit a video via Larkburger’s Facebook page (or post to Instagram and Twitter using #CravingColorado) in which they explain what they miss about their home state. The winner will receive a free meal at Larkburger, $300 toward a Frontier Airlines flight and other Colorado goodies. Parker continues on Page 17

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Photographers’ entries exhibited in Littleton By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Littleton’s Fine Arts Board rewards artists who win Best in Show ribbons with an opportunity to exhibit a collection of works — which is also a reward to viewers, who can enjoy a broader view of that artist’s skills. Since three Best of Show ribbons are IF YOU GO given in the annual Eye of the CamThe Best of Show/Eye era exhibit, held in of the Camera winners February, the show from the 2013 exhibit that opened April will hang through May 18 at the Littleton 25 at the Littleton Museum is packed Museum, 6028 S. with intriguing and Gallup St., Littleton. widely varied imHours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ages, displayed in a Mondays through Frimix from the three days; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. winners: Charles Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Lehman, Mike BeSundays. Admission is renson and Rob free. 303-795-3950. Lace. B e r e n s o n’s award was for Color Digital and his selection includes a number of dazzling night sky images, his specialty, as well as some shot in daylight hours. Included is his “Lenticular Mountain Milky Way,” which was the Best of Show winner at last year’s Lone Tree Photography Show. Also shown is Berenson’s “Milky Way from Sand Dunes Colorado,” about which he writes: “With a mission to improve on

This photo, “Milky Way Gold From Great Sand Dunes National Monument,” by Mike Berenson of Littleton is in “The Eye of the Camera Best of Show Exhibit” at the Littleton Museum. an earlier effort, I went on a late night mission into Great Sand Dunes National Park to capture a glowing scene under the stars. With some subtle light painting, I was able to illuminate some lines on the dunes under the Milky Way skies above — all while clouds on the right side glow from light pollution coming from the little town of Alamosa, Colorado.” Rob Lace won his ribbon for Black and White Digital, but we were charmed by his “Ready to Go” color image of an elderly dog, seated in an elderly Chevy truck, eager to ride somewhere — anywhere. Lace said it is his father-in-law’s dog and truck, parked out in the country, and indeed ready to go.

Charles Lehman is the third winner for Darkroom Processing. His photo was submitted in the Black and White category, but is unique these days because he works with film and develops it himself in a darkroom. His images include landscapes, architecture and people, all with subtle effects from another era. We found his “Cliff Dwelling” especially striking as a story of a long-deserted place where someone once lived. One almost sees ghosts. The gallery is filled with striking images — proof that the award-worthy shots are not a one-time incident. The viewer is challenged to make up stories as they stroll along.

‘Three G’s’ show will go, go, go Jazz pianist to play with Lone Tree Symphony By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Jazz pianist Dana Landry will be featured in the Lone Tree Symphony’s May 9 concert, “The Three G’s,” performing George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Also on the program will be Ferde Grofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite” and Louis Morreau Gottschalk’s “Night in the Tropics.” The orchestra is in its 14th season and is led by Lone Tree resident Jacinda Bou-

ton. “This is an opportunity to highlight American music and in particular, American jazz,” she said. Dana Landry is director of jazz studies and professor of music at the University of Northern Landry Colorado. He teaches graduate courses and jazz piano, directs the UNC Jazz Band and coleads the Jazz Orchestra. He is also director of the large UNC Jazz Festival and director of the UNC Jazz Press. Landry has performed with Milt Jackson, Bela Fleck, Eddie Daniels, Rufus Reid and more, across the U.S. and in Europe

IF YOU GO The Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 9 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets cost $12/adults and $6/children, plus a $3 ticket fee and are available at the box office, 720-509-1000 or at LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. For more information about the LTSO, see lonetreesymphony.org.

and Australia. He is an active classical pianist and appears with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with the Nashville Symphony, Tennessee Philharmonic and Stones River Chamber Players.

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‘Light’ glows at arts center he thinks, probably spring 2015. Randall wrote about his jurying experience. He began by looking to see that each photo fit the category in which it was entered: Landscape, Motion, Abstract, AniBy Sonya Ellingboe mals. Then, he examined the technical sellingboe quality: sharpness, softness, exposure … @coloradocommunitymedia.com and finally he considered impact. “A fresh subject, one that we rarely see, It almost seems that the or a new take on an old subject, change of name affected the won more points than a stanif you go entries. dard view of a familiar subject, “Exploring the Light” The Lone Tree Photo Club no matter how spectacular it will be exhibited at and Lone Tree Arts Commismight once have seemed. The the Lone Tree Arts sion changed the name of their difficulty of making the shot annual photography show to Center, 10075 Comalso played in my decision.” “Exploring the Light,” and while He held a seminar for local mons St., through light is always a major element, photographers on April 26 at June 8. Open 10 a.m. this collection of 62 images — the Lone Tree Arts Center. to 4 p.m. Mondays chosen by juror Glenn Randall Randall awarded the Landthrough Fridays and from 438 entries submitted by scape First Place/Best of Show during performances. 150 photographers — seems to ribbon to Todd Miller of LakeSales are handled truly brighten the room. wood for his luminous “Gemithrough the box office. The exhibit will be in place nid Showers Over Double LoneTreeArtsCenter. until June 8 and we really urge Arch,” shot in Arches National org or 720-509-1000. readers to enjoy a visit there — Monument. He said it was bewhether one knows the techtween 3 and 6 a.m., after the nical niceties of cameras or not. It’s just a moon had set, on Dec. 13. The temperavisual treat. And the show’s presentation ture was 5 degrees and he knew just where is improved by observing Lone Tree cura- to stand for the meteor shower. He writes tor Sally Perisho’s request that they hang that “this image is the combination of sev15 fewer photos than last year, to give the eral images taken over a nearly three-hour works more breathing space. Her installa- period before astronomical dawn with my tion adds to the quality of the exhibit. Canon 70 D camera on a tripod.” The result Randall, of Boulder, said he was free- is magical. lancing in 1979, just out of college with a Miller’s bio says he has enjoyed outdoor journalism degree, when he lost an assign- hiking and exploring since childhood and ment because his photos were not good went on vacations to Colorado and Wyoenough. “I got serious,” he said. ming with his family, falling in love with the He now uses a 4X5 field camera and spe- landscape and animals of the Mountain cializes in wilderness landscapes — mostly West. He and his wife were able to move to Colorado, some in Utah. His work has ap- Colorado in 1995. “Photography has been a peared widely in magazines, including passion for 20 years,” he said. He will have National Geographic, Audubon and Sierra a one-man show as a reward for his win. Club, and he has 71 credits for covers. Watch for an announcement. He recently finished a new book, “SunRandall’s other first place awards were: rise from the Summit,” which has taken the Motion: “Cycles” by Fernando Boza, past seven years as he shot sunrise — or in a who also exhibits his image “Yguaza (Big few cases, sunset — from the summit of all Water),” which won Best of Show in Little54 Colorado Fourteeners. The publication ton’s most recent Eye of the Camera show. date is not set yet, but will be within a year, Abstract: “Alien” by Craig Patterson, an

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“Geminid Showers Over Double Arch” by Todd Miller of Lakewood won Best of Show in “Exploring the Light,” the 12th annual Lone Tree photo show. Courtesy photo imaginative play on auto headlight images. Animals: “Home Schooling” by Winn Halverhout, which depicts a large male lion

and a very young cub — it looks like growling lessons are going on! Very appealing and makes a viewer want to create a story.

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Lone Tree center gets the ‘Big Band Blues’ The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra wraps up its successful season at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 7:30 p.m. May 12 with “Big Band Blues.” The orchestra will play all forms of blues and will feature a guest vocalist. Tickets cost $20 plus a $3 ticket fee. LoneTreeArtsCenter.org, 720-5091000.

Summer camps scheduled Cherokee Ranch and Castle will offer three weeklong Youth Science and Nature Summer Camps, held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 2-6, June 16-20 and July 21-25. Reservations: $300 per camper (limit 20 per week). How many summer camps boast a real castle and enchanted forest? Cherokeeranch.org, 303-6884600.

Birds and more The Audubon Society of Greater Denver invites families to the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield for a Mother’s Day Bird Banding Breakfast. Two events are scheduled, from 9 to 11 a.m. on May 10 and 11. After a light continental breakfast, take a leisurely hike to the Bird Banding Research Station, operated by the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, to see songbirds up close. (It is open

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Sounds a lot like those days when college kids would cross state lines to buy cases of Coors beer? Guess Larkburger is keeping up a state tradition.

Wargin leaving 9News Has 9News installed a revolving door at its entrance? Kirk Montgomery is leaving; former Rocky Mountain News columnist Sam Adams and ex-Fox 31 anchor and former 9News sports anchor Ron Zappolo are joining forces on a regular weekend gig at Channel 9; and David Krause left 9News to return to The Denver Post). And now longtime weekday morning sports anchor Susie Wargin is leaving to join the real estate business, The Post reported. Wargin told The Post she’s had her real-

Ron Kientz; ACC Vocal Ensemble, directed by Mayumi Yotsumoto. For information, contact Dr. Hidemi Matsushita, hidemi.matsushita@arapahoe.edu. The college is at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton.

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on Saturday mornings through June for visitors.) Fee: mothers free; adult/$15; child $8. Call 303-973-9530 for reservations. The center is at 11280 Waterton Road south of Littleton. Also noted in the May Audubon newsletter: Check out the new Chatfield Beaver Cam via the Teens4Oceans Chatfield Beaver Ecology Project Facebook page, facebook.com/ pages/Teens4Oceans-Chatfield-BeaverEcology-Project/293844624107760.

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Arapahoe Community College music students will perform three free concerts in May in the Waring Theatre (M2900). Each is at 7 p.m: • May 6 — ACC String Orchestra, directed by Rene Knetsch. • May 9 — ACC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Cecil Lewis. • May 12 — ACC Choir, directed by

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Young Voices of Colorado will perform its Spring Concert, “It Takes a Village,” at 4 p.m. May 4 at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. All 200 singers will take part in a finale honoring Nelson Mandela. Tickets: newmantix.com or 303-871-7720.

Dream machines The Colorado Custom and Vintage Bicycle Expo will be held in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Regional Camera Show at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on May 4. The fairgrounds are at 15200 W. Sixth Ave., Golden. For information, go to coloradobicycleexpo.com.

Curtis anniversary celebrated Curtis Arts and Humanities Center will celebrate its 100th anniversary from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 3 at the Center and Curtis Park next door, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village. Admission is free, 25-cent hot dogs, 10-cent popcorn,

5-cent lemonade. 303-797-1779.

Theater trustees named Front Range Theatre Company, now located in Highlands Ranch, announced its board members, according to executive director Laurilea Williams: Cathy Russell, Parrish Salyers (youth ambassador), Heather Spillman, Sally Wakefield and Michael Wakefield. Williams says the “High School Musical” summer camp is sold out and spaces remain for “Cinderella.” See: FrontRangeTheatre.org.

Robinson troupe to perform “Dance Africa” is presented by the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble with guest artists at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, 191 Park Avenue West, Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. May 2, 3; 1:30 p.m. May 3, 4. Tickets: $38/$35/$30, 303-295-1759, ext. 13.

Winning essays The Littleton Breakfast Optimists honored three essay winners on April 11 at the club’s meeting at the Bistro/Aspen Grove. They were: first place, Mia Green, who won $100; second place, Shivani Chauhon, who won $75; and third place, Mary Hinton, who won $50. Each also received a medallion and certificate.

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Summer programs all about theater St. Luke’s in Highlands Ranch offers variety of activities By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Local students can look forward to magic carpet rides, “artful dodging,” 1950s Baltimore and Kipling’s world this summer through the Performing Arts Academy at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch. Director James Ramsey, who expects over 500 students through the summer, says the academy is looking for more spaces for outreach. There will be a two- week intensive program at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch for a production of “Oliver!” and at East Elementary School in Littleton for “Jungle Book.” For all the intensive programs, PAA faculty will teach choreography, blocking and

music rehearsals in addition to classes in voice, acting improvisation, dance technique and music theory. “Aladdin” (grades 2-6) and “Hairspray”(grades 7-12) will be rehearsed and performed at St. Luke’s. They are both full, with more than 100 students participating. Students come from throughout the south suburbs and from Denver. They may start their stage experience as a plant or animal, enjoy learning to sing and dance and eventually become a prince or other sort of human as they learn through imagination and build skills. “We simply focus on the needs of students and nourishment of their skills and confidence while building character and community through the performing arts,” Ramsey said. The PAA has more than 40 educators and professional faculty and staff. Available programs will include: Band camp (July); orchestra camp (July); School of Rock Camp (July); key-

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St. Luke’s Performing Arts Academy will again offer arts programs this summer. The academy has been known to put on productions such as this 2013 version of “Cinderella.” Courtesy photo board classes (June and July); musical theater intensives of “Jungle Book” and “Oliver!” (June and July); acting workshop of one-act plays (July); and summer camps for children ages 3-6 that explore theater through books, songs and crafts. (June and July). Visit stlukespaa.org for information and

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things to do Editor’S notE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis. May 2-31 art Exhibit The Paint Box Guild of Littleton will have an exhibit from Friday, May 2, to Saturday, May 31, at the Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Media included are oil, watercolor, pastel and mixed. May 3 bbQ SuppEr Free entertainment and a barbecue supper is planned from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Littleton Masonic Temple. 5718 S. Rapp St., Littleton. Sponsored by the Temple Preservation Committee of the Weston Masonic Temple Association. RSVP to 303-794-4192 or dclloyd@earthlink.net no later than April 25. May 3 tEEn choir Dynamix, a vocal ensemble of 12 teenagers, will perform from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Call 303-795-3961. May 3

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Come support a local community and congregation! Bring some non-perishable food for the food drive! Meet local business owners and do some Mother's Day shopping! your ONE STOP shop for finding that special gift for the Mother in your life!

Enter to win a Cash Prize of $100.00!!

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

Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo

quartered, halves and whole

719-775-8742

Locally raised, grass fed and grain finished Beef & Pork. Quarters, halves, wholes available. Can deliver 720-434-1322 schmidtfamilyfarms.com

Feed, Seed, Grain, Hay Horse hay for sale

$11.00 65 lb bales Brome Orchard 303-618-9744 Franktown

Garage Sales Arvada

BIG MOVING SALE Fri., Sat., Sun. - May 2, 3 & 4 8am-4pm 11834 West 56th Drive Off Ward Road Patio Furniture, Grill, Lawn Tools, Snow Blower, Power Tools, Kitchen/Housewares, Furniture, Camping Equipment, Fishing Rods/Gear, Books, CD's, Cross Country Skis, Ski Machine, Much More Cash Only

Castle Rock Community Garage Sale Plum Creek / Fairway Vistas II Friday May 2, Saturday May 3 8am-1pm Amazing Everything! Plum Creek Pkwy to Emerald to Stafford Circle Watch Signs at Cul-de-Sacs Castle Rock 6322 Millbridge Ave. – Castle Rock Friday, May 2nd & Saturday May 3rd - 8am-3pm. EVERYTHING MUST GO! NO JUNK! All in excellent condition. Antiques, power tools, household, patio, office furniture, lawn mower, snow blower, chainsaw, liquor furniture, Fluval fish tank filters and Diatom filter, aquarium stand and much more.

Garage Sales

Health and Beauty

Lakewood Quilt Shop Fabric and Notions Retail Fixtures and Office Equip. Also Multi-Family Household Goods May 2nd & 3rd from 9am-5pm No Early Birds Cash Only 10000 13th Place (13th Place & Kippling) See itemized list on Craigslist

Health Professional expanding in Denver area seeking 5 wellness focused individuals - enthusiastic collaborative for business partners. Exceptionally fun work, Limitless Income 303-666-6186

Lone Tree Large Sale, Name Brand/Good Condition/High Quality Clothes, Toys, Sporting Gear, Exercise Equipment 7422 Indian Wells Court (Terra Ridge sub division) Friday May 2nd & Saturday May 3rd 8am NO EARLY BIRDS

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Cats

Centennial NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE IN CHERRY KNOLLS Arapahoe Rd & E Nobles Rd 70+ Homes! Maps Available Fri & Sat, May 2 & 3 SAVE THE DATE!

Free to good home: 5 year old long-hair spayed female with the world's cutest face. Needs home with no other cats. Will provide a year's worth of free food. 719.248.8023.

NORTHGLENN UNITED CHURCH Annual Church, Garage & Bake Sale. Friday May 9th 8am-4pm and Saturday May 10th 8am-3pm 10500 Grant Dr. Northglenn 80233

TRANSPORTATION Autos for Sale

Vendor Trunk Craft Show Saturday May 10 from 10-2 Vogel Auto & Diesel Lot 720 Jerry Street Last minute Mother's Day gifts. Raffle prices and freebies. Handmade items by local artisans and more!!!

1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief 4x4 360 Engine, Less than 82,000 original miles New tires, new tint, new CD player and speakers, Great Condition, $9800 (805)310-4565

Estate Sales

2007 Buick Lucerne CXL 61,000 miles, very clean, silver, $9800 (303)926-9645

Classic/Antique Cars

Arts & Crafts Spring Arts & Crafts Show at Ward Road Baptist Church 5858 Ward Road, Arvada May 3rd 10am-4pm Gifts, Food, Home Decor Free admission Free crafts for the kids Just in time for Mother's Day

True muscle car needs new home for someone to enjoy. 1966 Chevelle SS 396/360HP 4 speed car. Red/Red 90% Origional 303220-1371

Bicycles

RV’s and Campers Dont miss this! Why buy new, barely used 2010 Keystone Hideout 27' w/slide out Trvl trailer, over 1k extra accessories incl. $14,999. 303-771-1688

Wanted

ELECTRIC BIKES Adult 2-Wheel Bicycles & & 3 wheel Trikes No Drivers License, Registration or Gas needed 303-257-0164

Cash for all Cars and Trucks Under $1000 Running or not. Any condition

Furniture

(303)741-0762

Reclining couch and matching recliner/rocker, great condition, no smoking or pets. Coffee table, two end tables, one end table has some damage on top but can be covered up. $800. 303-660-9771.

bestcashforcars.com

DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK, BOAT, RV; Running or not, to www.developmentaldisabled.org Tax deductible! 303-659-8086. 14 years of service

SUMMERTIME MEANS GARAGE SALE TIME!

“Showtime on Ice” enters its 41st season with a show that will entertain families May 9 to 11 at the South Suburban Ice Arena. A collaboration between the Denver Figure Skating Club and the Colorado Skating Club, the show will include more than 130 local skaters and guest artists Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, 2013 U.S. pairs silver medalists, and Courtney Hicks, individual skating competitor and 2014 Olympic Team alternate. The performance opens with local Stars of the Show and guest skaters Scimeca and Knierim, followed by a Willy Wonka series of scenes: Candy Shop, Golden Tickets, Charlie’s Golden Ticket, Factory Tour, Candy Adventure and Charlie’s Good Deed. Following intermission and ice resurfacing will be a Beatles tribute, with these scenes: Yellow Submarine, Ticket to Ride, All You Need is Love and Penny Lane. Completing the program are an ice dance number, a father/daughter piece, guest skater Courtney Hicks and a Twist and Shout scene. The show will run about two hours.

The South Suburban Ice Arena is at 6580 S. Vine St., Centennial. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9; 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10; and 1 p.m. Sunday, May 11. Tickets include general admission and reserved rinkside and bleacher seating. They cost $10 to $20, showtimeonice.com. With the exception of show directors, choreographers, costume designers, prop designers and graphic talent, this production is run by parent volunteers. It is the nation’s largest amateur ice show, according to publicist Madeline Daley. Performance director is Amy Schneider and the director of choreography is Kelly Corcoran Smith. Both bring extensive experience in performing and directing. Skaters come from across the metro area, with the south suburbs heavily represented: 25 from Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree; 23 from Centennial; 13 from Castle Rock/Castle Pines; 10 from Aurora; seven from Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village and Englewood; six from Denver and five each from Littleton and Parker. The rest are from the learn-to-skate program, and Daley didn’t have their hometowns available.

LONE TREE BREAST CENTER Grand Opening Lone Tree Health Center cordially invites you to celebrate our new state-of-the-art Breast Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house. Thursday, May 1, 2014 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. - Ribbon Cutting and Remarks Join us for a tour of our new facility and learn about our many offerings: 3D mammography, breast diagnostics including breast ultrasound, stereotactic and ultrasound core biopsy, breast MRI and MRI guided biopsy. We also house a full spectrum of provider services from a dedicated Breast Surgery practice, Breast Reconstructive Surgeon, Oncologist, Genetic Counselors, and Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Our convenient location in the South Metro area provides patients easy access to the highest-level of breast care services in the region. We are affiliated with University of Colorado Cancer Center; Colorado’s only NCI-designated cancer program. Please RSVP to Amy Hurley at 720-553-1127 or email amy.hurley@uchealth.org to reserve your spot.

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if you go

By Sonya Ellingboe

Moving Sale! Friday and Saturday May 2nd and 3rd from 9am-1pm. Furniture, appliances, tools, and much more. 20203 E. Shady Ridge Rd. Parker. 970-946-4542

ESTATE SALE! Saturday May 3rd & Sunday May 4th 8am-3pm. Some furniture, books, china, dishes and much more. 2262 W. Briarwood Ave. Littleton

Skaters in the May 9-11 “Showtime on Ice” at South Suburban Ice Arena include (from left) Reese Gautsche, Janie Ochitwa, Chloe Maciolek, Daniel Arsenault, Emily Fredrickson, Mia Maciolek, Isabelle Booth and Tamara Valdez. Courtesy photo

Wonka, Beatles themes ice show

MOVING SALE! First of several sales. Fri & Sat May 2nd & 3rd. 11935 Humboldt Drive Northglenn, lot's & lot's of stuff, antiques, furniture, glassware, women's coats & clothing, books, shoes, purses, hardware stuff, quilts, sheets, yard stuff. Next sale is the 16th & 17th!

Garage Sale at

12033 West 71st Avenue, Arvada Friday & Saturday 8am-3pm Motorcyle helmets and parts, camping items, wire field welder, 4x4 ATV w/plow, Happy Jack camper system, fishing gear, household items. Lots to look at and buy.

PETS

303-566-4091

Address: Lone Tree Breast Center 9544 Park Meadows Drive, Ste. 100 Lone Tree, CO 80124 See back of invitation for map and directions

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May 1, 2014

Growing up was never easy ‘Spring Awakening’ brings painful past to life

if you go “Spring Awakening” plays through May 4 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Mai n St., Littleton. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $20-$40, 303-794-2787 ext 5; TownHallArtsCenter.com.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com A blocky, stepped-up wooden stage is backed by a row of bare trees. Tree shadows are painted on the stage floor. Behind the trees is a row of seats for Donna Debreceni and her five excellent musicians, who add depth and tone to the fine production of “Spring Awakening” at Town Hall Arts Center. Sensitively and skillfully directed and choreographed by Nick Sugar, “Spring Awakening,” the winner of eight Tony Awards in 2006, tells a sad coming-of-age story, based on a controversial play written in 1891 in Germany by Frank Wedenkind. Sugar comments in his director’s notes that this musical, by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, has “become the new anthems for every young actor, just as the songs from `Hair,’ `Tommy’ and `RENT’ did in generations past.” Adolescents are tightly restricted by society as their bodies discover desire, while they are kept ignorant of anything about sexual issues and how to manage them. Against a background of rigid schooling for young men, intelligent Melchior Gabor

Heather Doris plays Wendla Bergman and Casey Andree portrays Melchior Gabor in “Spring Awakening” at Town Hall Arts Center. Courtesy photo (Casey Andree) rebels and questions in and out of the schoolroom even as he memorizes and recites the required Latin verses. Distracted Moritz Stiefel (talented newcomer Jake Brasch) who asks his intellectual friend, Melchior, to write up a brief sexual manual — with illustrations — has trouble memorizing, as he deals with raging hormones. Strict teacher Scott McClean, who plays

all the adult men, is totally unsympathetic as he drills his students and singles out Moritz as one more student than the school can hold. Sweet, innocent Wendla Bergmann (Heather Doris) begs her mother to explain how babies are made, when her sister bears a new little girl — she’s sure the stork story isn’t right. Her mother, played by Margie Lamb, who plays all the adult woman

parts, can only answer “she must love her husband …” Throughout the performance, the strong cast moves in and out of the scene, precisely choreographed by Sugar and dramatically lighted by Seth Alison. Linda Morken’s costumes are especially effective and detailed, including the schoolboy suits with knickers and anklehigh boots and prim calico dresses. The play addresses a botched abortion, a girl abused by her father, an anxiety-ridden boy whose parents are unable to forgive failure in school, a girl who is kicked out by her parents — all too similar to stories we hear regularly in today’s news. Perhaps some are able to discuss more freely a century and more later — but not all. This is a beautifully staged production, with a strong score, talented cast and knockout band. It does manage to offend some in the audience because of content and language. We were delighted to see a large class of teens — presumably drama students — in the audience. It’s their show.

The B.I.G. Day – Community Tradition Continues Calendar of Events For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events and for more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

Thursday, May 1st: A crew from the LEADAPALOOZA leads group plant leeks at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield.

It was a day of giving and gratitude, sweat equity and camaraderie, dirty hands and warm smiles as the Fourth Annual B.I.G. Day (B.I.G. stands for Be Involved, Give) proved that community spirit is alive and very well in South Metro Denver. The Chamber’s Non-profit & Business Partnership lead by Steve Bocher of Catch Fire Marketing as Chair, and Laurian Horowitz of Colorado Life Lessons as Event Chair continued the community tradition. This year’s volunteer count of 600 almost doubled last year’s count making this one of the most successful Chamber events of the year. Activities ran the gamut from planting vegetables at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, to packing winter clothing and rolling out the spring/summer clothing at SheShe’s Corner and planting trees and weeding at the Denver Botanic Gardens community garden. Medical supplies were sorted at Project CURE for shipment to 3rd world hospitals, and food boxes were packed at the Jeffco Action Center. The American Cancer Society had volunteers brain-storming and phoning participants for their upcoming Relay for Life events while The Home Builders Foundation built a wheelchair ramp for a person in need. Interfaith Community Services was aided in stocking and sorting their food-bank. Brien Darby, Manager of the Denver Botanic Gardens community gardening program was thrilled with the experience. “I presented them with some very big tasks with a lot of digging and heavy lifting and they were just about the most enthusiastic group I have ever worked with! We completed all the tasks I had planned and even started on a few additional projects. I really appreciate the level of teamwork and “ready for anything” attitude that we consistently receive from volunteers participating in the BIG help day.” The Audubon Society of Greater Denver got trails cleaned up and readied for the summer months, Alternatives Pregnancy Center got their offices ship-shape in record

After their morning efforts, B.I.G. Day volunteers gathered at the Chamber to celebrate their accomplishments and volunteerism.

time, and TLC Meals on Wheels of Littleton got much needed help with the preparation and delivery of meals to their elderly clients. South Suburban Parks got a sprucing up through the South Suburban Park Foundation volunteers while crowd-funding materials were assembled for Spa 4 the Pink. Castlewood Canyon State Park was assisted with their spring fire mitigation and Friends of Dinosaur Ridge trails in Morrison were readied for the summer crowds. Denver Rescue Mission got help in cleaning and organizing their pantry while the playground and outside areas of the Littleton YMCA got a sprucing-up from volunteers. Shannon Bertram, Executive Director of the Littleton YMCA was grateful for the volunteer sweat-equity. “Thank you to the volunteers that helped at the Y- the playground looks great! What an incredible effort for so many to go out and help the local non-profits....We appreciate you!” After all of the hard work, it was time to blow off some steam as many of the volunteers gathered at the Chamber Center to celebrate the day. Enjoying a delicious lunch buffet served by event sponsor McCormick & Schmick’s with beverages and desserts sponsored by The Tilted Kilt, the group watched as Brian Olson of Conversation Starters had a video already prepared showing the day’s activities. The crowd gave a cheer of support for the B.I.G. Day and many expressed that this was just a beginning with many more hours of volunteer efforts were to come. Chamber Nonprofit and Business Partnership Chair Steve Bocher of Catch Fire Marketing thanked the B.I.G. Day Organizing Committee members: Chair Laurian Horowitz of Colorado Life Lessons, Brian Olson of Conversation Starters, and Sue Kenfield of See It Thrive as well as all of the volunteers past and present. “ ...while the official tally isn’t in, you should take great pride in knowing that over the past three years over 10,000 volunteer hours have been

B.I.G. Day volunteers take a break from cleaning and mulching to get an understanding of what the Audubon Center is all about.

FastTracks New Investor Orientation WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Kimberly Alexander’s The Results Book Signing WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Lone Tree Breast Center Grand Opening Celebration 9544 Park Meadows Dr., Lone Tree

Monday, May 5th: Chamber Ambassadors Meeting Volunteers scour the creek at Progress Park for trash, for the South Suburban Park Foundation.

spent making our community a better, more prosperous place...and that thousands of lives have been touched because of the work that was accomplished during the B.I.G. Day. And also significant, thousands of people have been exposed to the great work of dozens of non-profits and many have stayed connected to these organizations and gone back to support them again!”

WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Tuesday, May 6th: Business Bible Study The Library at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Wednesday, May 7th: STEM-EC Open Board of Advisors Meeting WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial 29th Annual Small Business Leadership Awards The Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village

Thursday, May 8th: Women in Leadership: Embracing Life’s Challenges: The Expected & Unexpected WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial E.L.I.T.E. Executive Brain Tank: Michael Maloney, CEO of KOTA Longboards KOTA Longboards, 3440 Walnut St., Denver

Friday, May 9th: Economic Development Group Breakfast WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Greater Littleton Youth Initiative WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

May 1, 2014

scribed Deed of Trust: On January 29, 2014, 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): William R. Goodier and Doris R. Goodier Original Beneficiary(ies): Norwest Mortgage, Inc., A California Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: March 02, 2000 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 14, 2000 Recording Information (Reception Number): B0030413 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2013 Re-Recording Information (Reception Number): D3092900 Original Principal Amount: $312,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $199,167.68 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 47, BLOCK 18, SOUTHGLENN FOURTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6873 South High Street, Littleton, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 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; DATE: 01/29/2014 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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Reagan Larkin #42309 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 14-00196 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 9/2012

Public Notices Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0158-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 11, 2014, 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): Krista Marie Holder Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bank of America, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: June 10, 2005 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 14, 2005 Recording Information (Reception Number): B5087222 Original Principal Amount: $87,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $76,356.33 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 5250 South Huron #10-103, Littleton, CO 80120. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/11/2014, 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: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 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; DATE: 02/11/2014 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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 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. Attorney File # 14-00393 ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 0158-2014 * EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT 103, IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 10, HICKORY PLACE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON MARCH 5, 1984, IN BOOK 72 AT PAGES 75 THROUGH 77 AND THE 10TH SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 30, 1989, IN BOOK 102 AT PAGES 64 THROUGH 67 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR HICKORY PLACE CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON MARCH 14, 1984 IN BOOK 4110 AT PAGE 592, AND AMENDED DECLARATION RECORDED AUGUST 7, 1984 IN BOOK 4230 AT PAGE 282, AND THE 9TH ANNEXATION RECORDED NOVEMBER 20, 1989, IN BOOK 5823 AT PAGE 584, IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0158-2014 First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0090-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 29, 2014, 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): William R. Goodier and Doris R. Goodier Original Beneficiary(ies): Norwest Mortgage, Inc., A California Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: March 02, 2000 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 14, 2000 Recording Information (Reception Number): B0030413 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2013 Re-Recording Information (Reception Number): D3092900 Original Principal Amount: $312,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $199,167.68 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as

Public Trustees

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/28/2014, 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: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 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; DATE: 01/29/2014 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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Reagan Larkin #42309 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 13-08384 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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0090-2014 First Publication: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0092-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 29, 2014, 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): Roger S Pierce and Kendra L Pierce Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA Date of Deed of Trust: May 22, 2009 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 08, 2009 Recording Information (Reception Number): B9060371 Original Principal Amount: $204,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $190,118.72 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: TOWNHOUSE UNIT NO. 49, BLOCK 11, COLUMBINE LAKES, PHASE IV, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4314 West Pondview Drive, Littleton, CO 80123. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/28/2014, 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: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 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; DATE: 01/29/2014 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

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Legal Notice NO.: 0092-2014 First Publication: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0104-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 30, 2014, 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): Curtis R. Lawson Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Innovative Lending Solutions Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Flagstar Bank, FSB Date of Deed of Trust: July 31, 2008 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: August 08, 2008 Recording Information (Reception Number): B8090187 Original Principal Amount: $104,523.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $96,313.23 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 2740 E Otero Pl Unit 23, 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, 05/28/2014, 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: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 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; DATE: 01/30/2014 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: Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Emily Jensik #31294 Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 8131177 Attorney File # 2245.100002.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 9/2012 0104-2014 Exhibit A BUILDING 6, UNIT 23, AND PARKING UNIT 142, OTERO RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR OTERO RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 28, 2000 AS RECEPTION NO. B0167417 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON DECEMBER 28, 2000 AS RECEPTION NO. B0167418 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO , COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0104-2014 First Publication: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0107-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 30, 2014, 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): Cynthia S Hawkinson Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 30, 2014, 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): Cynthia S Hawkinson Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: May 23, 2008 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 05, 2008 Recording Information (Reception Number): B8063957 Original Principal Amount: $188,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $173,762.41 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 11, BLOCK 4, WILLOW CREEK FILING NO.11, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8193 South Trenton Way, Centennial, CO 80112. 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, 05/28/2014, 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: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 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; DATE: 01/30/2014 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: Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Emily Jensik #31294 Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 8131177 Attorney File # 9105.100128.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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0107-2014 First Publication: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0119-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 4, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s): Linda S Young Original Beneficiary(ies): Washington Mutual Bank, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: June 30, 2003 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 16, 2003 Recording Information (Reception Number): B3153207 Original Principal Amount: $189,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $167,353.77 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 6, BLOCK 3, EUCLID HEIGHTS FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6623 South Buffalo Drive, Littleton, CO 80120. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/04/2014, 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: 4/10/2014 Last Publication: 5/8/2014 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

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 Public Notice in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. CRS §38-38-103 on Wednesday, 06/04/2014, at the East FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0144-2014 Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and given with regard to the following debest bidder for cash, the said real propscribed Deed of Trust: erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), On February 7, 2014, the undersigned Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for Public Trustee caused the Notice of Electhe purpose of paying the indebtedness tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in provided in said Evidence of Debt seTo advertise publicthe notices 303-566-4100 County call of Arapahoe records. cured by the Deed of Trust, plusyour attorneys' Original Grantor(s): Jeffrey B Hanson fees, the expenses of sale and other items Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Elecallowed by law, and will issue to the purtronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as inee for FIRST FRANKLIN A DIVISION provided by law. OF NATIONAL CITY BANK First Publication: 4/10/2014 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Last Publication: 5/8/2014 Bank National Association,, as trustee, in Name of Publication: Littleton Independent trust for registered holders of First Frank● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO lin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO FF18 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Date of Deed of Trust: October 16, 2006 DATE: 02/04/2014 County of Recording: Arapahoe Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October the County of Arapahoe, State of Color23, 2006 ado Recording Information (Reception By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Number): B6151398 The name, address, business telephone Original Principal Amount: $180,000.00 number and bar registration number of the Outstanding Principal Balance: attorney(s) representing the legal holder of $175,566.39 the indebtedness is: Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 are hereby notified that the covenants of Lisa Cancanon #42043 the deed of trust have been violated as Emily Jensik #31294 follows: failure to pay principal and inJoan Olson, Esq. #28078 terest when due together with all other Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 payments provided for in the evidence of Monica Kadrmas #34904 debt secured by the deed of trust and othCatherine A. Hildreth #40975 er violations thereof. Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BanTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE nock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 813A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: 1177 LOT 16, BLOCK 12, NOB HILL, FIRST Attorney File # 9104.100031.F01 FILING AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARThe Attorney above is acting as a debt APAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. collector and is attempting to collect a Also known by street and number as: debt. Any information provided may be 4119 E Easter Avenue, Centennial, CO used for that purpose. 80122. ©Public Trustees' Association THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN of Colorado Revised 9/2012 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Legal Notice NO.: 0119-2014 First Publication: 4/10/2014 OF THE DEED OF TRUST. Last Publication: 5/8/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described Public Notice herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION in said Deed of Trust. CRS §38-38-103 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0134-2014 that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/04/2014, at the East To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Hearing Room, County Administration given with regard to the following deBuilding, 5334 South Prince Street, scribed Deed of Trust: Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and On February 4, 2014, the undersigned best bidder for cash, the said real propPublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elecerty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for Trust described below to be recorded in the purpose of paying the indebtedness the County of Arapahoe records. provided in said Evidence of Debt seOriginal Grantor(s): John C Soderlund cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' and Edwin Soderlund and Cornelia Soderfees, the expenses of sale and other items lund allowed by law, and will issue to the purOriginal Beneficiary(ies): ALLIANCE chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORAprovided by law. TION First Publication: 4/10/2014 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK Last Publication: 5/8/2014 OF AMERICA, N.A. Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date of Deed of Trust: February 15, 1996 ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED County of Recording: Arapahoe TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO Recording Date of Deed of Trust: FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE February 27, 1996 BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO Recording Information (Reception CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Number): A6023172 DATE: 02/07/2014 Original Principal Amount: $91,000.00 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Outstanding Principal Balance: the County of Arapahoe, State of Color$61,429.70 ado Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee are hereby notified that the covenants of The name, address, business telephone the deed of trust have been violated as number and bar registration number of the follows: failure to pay principal and inattorney(s) representing the legal holder of terest when due together with all other the indebtedness is: payments provided for in the evidence of Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 debt secured by the deed of trust and othDeanna L. Westfall #23449 er violations thereof. Jennifer Griest #34830 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Britney Beall-Eder #34935 A FIRST LIEN. Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 The property to be foreclosed is: Reagan Larkin #42309 LOT 14, BLOCK 4, HALLCRAFT'S WALChristopher T. Groen #39976 NUT HILLS - FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF Cynthia Lowery #34145 ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Also known by street and number as: Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 7456 East Fremont Drive, Centennial, CO 865-1400 80112. Attorney File # 14-00144 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN The Attorney above is acting as a debt IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURcollector and is attempting to collect a RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN debt. Any information provided may be OF THE DEED OF TRUST. used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association NOTICE OF SALE of Colorado Revised 9/2012 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described Legal Notice NO.: 0144-2014 herein, has filed Notice of Election and First Publication: 4/10/2014 Demand for sale as provided by law and Last Publication: 5/8/2014 in said Deed of Trust. Name of Publication: Littleton Independent THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/04/2014, at the East Public Notice Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and CRS §38-38-103 best bidder for cash, the said real propFORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0171-2014 erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is the purpose of paying the indebtedness given with regard to the following deprovided in said Evidence of Debt sescribed Deed of Trust: cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' On February 11, 2014, the undersigned fees, the expenses of sale and other items Public Trustee caused the Notice of Elecallowed by law, and will issue to the purtion and Demand relating to the Deed of chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Trust described below to be recorded in provided by law. the County of Arapahoe records. First Publication: 4/10/2014 Original Grantor(s): Andrew P Lahana and Last Publication: 5/8/2014 Sonja Lahana Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Elec● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED tronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO solely as nominee for STONECREEK FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FUNDING CORPORATION BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA DATE: 02/04/2014 THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTCynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorOF CWABS, INC., ASSET BACKED CERado TIFICATES, SERIES 2004-AB2 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Date of Deed of Trust: September 20, The name, address, business telephone 2004 number and bar registration number of the County of Recording: Arapahoe attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Recording Date of Deed of Trust: Septemthe indebtedness is: ber 27, 2004 Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 Recording Information (Reception Lisa Cancanon #42043 Number): B4169877 Emily Jensik #31294 Original Principal Amount: $397,000.00 Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 Outstanding Principal Balance: Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 $411,496.67 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 are hereby notified that the covenants of Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 Banthe deed of trust have been violated as nock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 813follows: failure to pay principal and in1177 terest when due together with all other Attorney File # 1269.100110.F01 payments provided for in the evidence of The Attorney above is acting as a debt debt secured by the deed of trust and othcollector and is attempting to collect a er violations thereof. debt. Any information provided may be THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE used for that purpose. A FIRST LIEN. ©Public Trustees' Association The property to be foreclosed is: of Colorado Revised 9/2012 LOT 91, HOMESTEAD FARM FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE Legal Notice NO.: 0134-2014 OF COLORADO. First Publication: 4/10/2014 Also known by street and number as: Last Publication: 5/8/2014 6288 East Jamison Drive, Centennial, CO Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURPublic Notice RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 NOTICE OF SALE FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0144-2014

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 7, 2014, 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): Jeffrey B Hanson Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for FIRST FRANKLIN A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association,, as trustee, in trust for registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-

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, 06/11/2014, 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

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, 06/11/2014, 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: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 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; DATE: 02/11/2014 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: Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Emily Jensik #31294 Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 8131177 Attorney File # 1269.09161 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 9/2012

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Legal Notice NO.: 0171-2014 First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0188-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 12, 2014, 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): KAREN S FIELD Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust: September 01, 2011 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 12, 2011 Recording Information (Reception Number): D1086899 Original Principal Amount: $270,882.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $262,997.58 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 9, BLOCK 3. WILLOW CREEK FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7516 S ROSEMARY CIR, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/11/2014, 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: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 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; DATE: 02/12/2014 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 Eve M. Grina #43658 Allison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Jennifer K. Cruseturner #44452 Sheila J. Finn #36637 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-000492 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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0188-2014 First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0233-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 25, 2014, 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): Robert Weatherford, and Vickie Weatherford Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Date of Deed of Trust: March 24, 2006 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 04, 2006 Recording Information (Reception Number): B6051284 Original Principal Amount: $220,620.00

Original Grantor(s): Robert Weatherford, and Vickie Weatherford Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Date of Deed of Trust: March 24, 2006 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 04, 2006 Recording Information (Reception Number): B6051284 Original Principal Amount: $220,620.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $208,877.20 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 3, BLOCK 1, VISTA VERDE ESTATES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 323 E Briarwood Dr, 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, 06/25/2014, 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: 5/1/2014 Last Publication: 5/29/2014 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. DATE: 02/25/2014 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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 10-20356R 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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0233-2014 First Publication: 5/1/2014 Last Publication: 5/29/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0205-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 18, 2014, 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): Andrew W Spaulding and Julie C Spaulding Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Everbank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: April 19, 2006 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 26, 2006 Recording Information (Reception Number): B6063973 Original Principal Amount: $270,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $240,039.93 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 18, BLOCK 29, SOUTHGLENN FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1019 E Easter Way, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/18/2014, 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: 4/24/2014 Last Publication: 5/22/2014 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; DATE: 02/18/2014 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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400

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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 14-00757 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 9/2012

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Public Notice NO.: 0205-2014 First Publication: 4/24/2014 Last Publication: 5/22/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0255-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 26, 2014, 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): Scott D Gohr Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: June 30, 2003 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: August 12, 2003 Recording Information (Reception Number): B3176095 Original Principal Amount: $184,683.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $151,644.50 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 9, BLOCK 3, VISTA VERDE EST A T E S C O U N T Y O F A R A P A H O E, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 6835 S Logan 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 in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/25/2014, 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: 5/1/2014 Last Publication: 5/29/2014 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. DATE: 02/26/2014 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: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 14-00603 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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0255-2014 First Publication: 5/1/2014 Last Publication: 5/29/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

aka Peter Guthery, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30294

22 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition Name Changes for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 31, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Leslie Carolyn Hays be changed to Leslie Carolyn Starbuck. Case No.: 2014 C 163 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16048 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 9, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Michael Kelly Murphy be changed to Kelly Anne Murphy Case No.: 2014 C 300246 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16050 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 4, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Beth Virginia Naeseth be changed to Beth Virginia Kahananui Case No.: 2014 C 300245 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Trisha Scott, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16053 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 10, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Seth Dosh Mattison be changed to Seth Charles Dosh. Case No.: 2014 C 300260 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Sharon Calhoun, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16054 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 14, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Geffen M. Ber Ferszt be changed to Geffen Moser. Case No.: 2014 C 300271 By: Judge C. N. Chauche Legal Notice No: 16060 First Publication: April 24, 2014 Last Publication: May 8, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 24, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Cordelia Chinenyenwa Ikwuegbu be changed to Cordelia Chinenyenwa Chukwuma. Case No.: 2014 C 100150 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16066 First Publication: April 24, 2014 Last Publication: May 8, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado 80120

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Brigette Reed For Minor Child: Jadah Dashawn Anderson To Change the Child’s Name to: Jadah Lashawn Weeams Case Number: 2014 C 100017 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Duane P. Anderson, non custodial parent. Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: May 10, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Division A Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Jadah Dashawn Anderson. At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child. To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing. Date: 3.12.14 Updated 3.31.14 Brigette Reed Legal Notice No.: 16019 First Publication: April 3, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 31, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public notice is given on April 21, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Chasity Lee Vela be changed to Chasity Lea Welch. Case No.: 2014 C 300318 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16085 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 18, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Rachel Kabat Cook be changed to Rachel Kabat Trucano. Case No.: 2014 C 300309 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16086 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 18, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Name Changes

Public notice is given on April 18, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Dabakh Ba be changed to Abdul-Aziz Ndiaye Case No.: 2014 C 300310 By: Judge Christine Chauche Legal Notice No: 16092 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 21, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Jeffrey Daniel Cooke be changed to Coltin Adalard Wilde Case No.: 2014 C 300319 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16096 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 22, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Maureen Ann Klink be changed to Maureen Ann Alden. Case No.: 2014 C 300330 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16100 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 24, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Kathleen Jane Selby be changed to Kathleen Jane Shanley. Case No.: 2014 C 300345 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 16103 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William F. Packard, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30244 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 25, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Shelly Thompson, Esq. On behalf of the Estate of William F. Packard Allen & Vellone P.C. 1600 Stout Street, No. 1100 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No: 16062 First Publication: April 24, 2014 Last Publication: May 8, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary A. Ramirez, a/k/a Mary Angeline Ramirez, a/k/a Mary Ramirez, Deceased Case Number 14PR30258 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 18, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred. Rex Ramirez Co-Personal Representative 3821 S. Argonne Street Aurora, CO 80013 or Donna Damers Co-Personal Representative 1086 Dawson Street Aurora, CO 80011 Legal Notice No.: 16042 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOROTHY T. CHORNEY a/k/a DOROTHY CHORNEY and DOROTHY THERESA CHORNEY, Deceased Case Number: 2014PR30268 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before August 18, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred. Personal Representative: Daniel E. Chorney 6470 South Jamaica Circle Englewood, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 16051 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peter C. Guthery, aka Peter Charles Guthery, aka Peter Guthery, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30294 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 25, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Jean A. Guthery Personal Representative 2222 S. Alton Way Denver, Colorado 80231-3408

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 25, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

May 1, 2014

Notice To Creditors

Jean A. Guthery Personal Representative 2222 S. Alton Way Denver, Colorado 80231-3408

Legal Notice No: 16063 First Publication: April 24, 2014 Last Publication: May 8, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joe O. Clark, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30295 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 25, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Gary Brooks Clark Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, Esq. 6060 S. Greenwood Plaza Blvd., No. 700 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No: 16064 First Publication: April 24, 2014 Last Publication: May 8, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James J. Peters, aka James John Peters, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30263 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 1, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Sandra S. Peters Personal Representative 3433 East Jamison Place Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No: 16080 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Alan Damrell, aka David A. Damrell, aka David Damrell, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30321 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 2, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. David A. Simmental, Esq. Personal Representative 5655 South Yosemite Street, Suite 350 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No: 16090 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lynn R. Burnett, aka L. Robert Burnett, aka Lynn Robert Burnett, aka Lynn Burnett aka Bob Burnett, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30323 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 2, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Lynda R. Anderson Co-Personal Representative 628 Golden Eagle Circle Golden, Colorado 80401 Diana G. Harper, Co-Personal Representative 10760 West 102nd Place Westminster, Colorado 80021 Legal Notice No: 16091 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ruth G. Smullen, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 929 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Successor Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 2, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Successor Personal Representative: Cyndi L. Lyen, As Successor Personal Representative 1777 S. Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, Colorado 80210 (303) 333-7733 Legal Notice No: 16098 First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL CASE NO. 2013CV30428, Division 202 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: TRAIL RIDGE ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation v. Defendants: KAREN A. NICKS a/k/a KAREN STEELE-NICKS a/k/a KAREN A. COOPER; BANK OF DENVER, a Colorado corporation; CYNTHIA D. MARES as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee; and OCCUPANT(S). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; Please take notice: This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order re Settlement Stipulation with Confession of Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, dated September 13, 2013 and the Order re Affidavit of Default Motion for Entry of Decree of Foreclosure, dated January 23, 2014, and C.R.S. § 3838-101 et seq., by Trail Ridge Association, Inc., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien recorded on November 16, 2012 at Reception No. D2132543 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure was initiated due to default under the covenants contained within the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Trail Ridge Sub-

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May 1, 2014

Englewood students tackle serious drama ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’ set for school stage By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Twelve Angry Jurors” by Reginald Rose is the spring play chosen by the Englewood High School theater department. It will be presented at 7 p.m. May 8 and 9 and at 6 p.m. May 10 at EHS, 3800 S. Logan St. Director Dan Carlson said the students are “enjoying the opportunity to tell a different kind of story in the first serious drama produced for many years.” He also cautions that there will be only 92 seats available for each performance, due to the intimate setting required for this tale set in a jury room. The play — wellknown as “Twelve Angry Men” — is often retitled in productionsPublic featuring Notice female roles. TheDISTRICT play was originally written by Rose, a screen and COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, television writer, as well as a playwright, as a one-hour STATE OF COLORADO television Henry Fonda offered to co-produce with CIVIL CASEscript. NO. 2013CV30428, Public Notice Division 202 Rose for the stage and played theDISTRICT memorable 8 role, COURT, Juror ARAPAHOE NOTICE OFin SHERIFF’S SALE COUNTY,Justin STATE Willson. OF COLORADO portrayed this production by junior CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013CV676, Plaintiff: RIDGE 202 man TheTRAIL scene is aASSOCIATION, New York City courtDivision/Courtroom in 1957. A young INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation and the SALE death v.is accused of murdering his father NOTICE OFfaces SHERIFF'S OFpenREAL Defendants: KAREN A. NICKS a/k/a alty. All but Juror 8 vote “guilty”PROPERTY in a preliminary straw vote KAREN STEELE-NICKS a/k/a KAREN A. PENINSULA CONDOMINIUM COOPER; OF DENVER, a ColorASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, — eachBANK reflecting prejudices and a differing background/ ado corporation; CYNTHIA D. MARES as v. life story.County Public Trustee; and RENE A. ESTRADA; FIRST FRANKLIN A the Arapahoe OCCUPANT(S). DIVISION OF NAT. CITY BANK OF IN; Juror 8 questions the evidence andELECTRONIC leads theREGISTRAothers MORTGAGE TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDTION SYSTEMS, INC.; DEPARTMENT through detailed discussions of the prosecution’s case. ANTS; Please take notice: OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVThis is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order re Settlement Stipulation with Confession of Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, dated September 13, 2013 and the Order re Affidavit of Default Motion for Entry of Decree of Foreclosure, dated January 23, 2014, and C.R.S. § 3838-101 et seq., by Trail Ridge Association, Inc., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien recorded on November 16, 2012 at Reception No. D2132543 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure was initiated due to default under the covenants contained within the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Trail Ridge Subdivision, recorded on April 19, 1985 in the office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder at Reception No. 2523061 and the First Amendment to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Trail Ridge Subdivision recorded on April 26, 1985 in the office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder at Reception No. 2525486. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Trail Ridge Association, Inc.

ENUE SERVICE; AND CYNTHIA D. MARES AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO. Defendant(s).

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Englewood High School cast members rehearse for their production of the play, “Twelve Angry Jurors.” The actors, from left, are Jade Bagola, Kelly Erbentraut, Keenan Cower, Justin Willson, Correen Martinez, Gabe Gravagno and Ethan Hsieh. There will be productions May 8, 9 and 10 at the Englewood Middle School Auditorium. Photo by Tom Munds

if you go “Twelve Angry Jurors” will play at 7 p.m. May 8, 9 and at 6 p.m. May 10 at Notice3800 S. Logan Englewood Public High School, St., Englewood. Tickets cost $4 for stuDISTRICT COURT,

dents and seniors/$6 for adults, with a $1 discount for advance purchase. Call 303-806-7075 for information and reservations.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 11CV2066 Plaintiff: HILL TOWNHOUSE JurorQUINCY 3 is aggressive and hot-tempered. Arianna PrangeASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit Rozet plays that role, while Correen Martinez is Juror 1, the corporation,

foreperson, who tries to maintain order. Sophie VamVakias

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THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit:

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Also known as: 320 Granby Way, #A, Aurora, CO 80011. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 12th day of June, 2014, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3851. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

Lot 11, Block 3, Trail Ridge Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado also known as 5876 South Quatar Circle, Aurora, CO 80015.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on May 29, 2014, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $14,039.16.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the Civil Section of the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (720) 874-3851. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is:

Dated: March 12, 2014 David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

Reagan Larkin, Esq. Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC 1125 17th Street, Suite 2100 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 296-3377 Dated: February 20, 2014. David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 15932 First Publication: April 3, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Published in: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013CV676, Division/Courtroom 202 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PENINSULA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. RENE A. ESTRADA; FIRST FRANKLIN A DIVISION OF NAT. CITY BANK OF IN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; AND CYNTHIA D. MARES AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO. Defendant(s). Regarding: Unit A, Building 15, The Peninsula Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded on October 4, 2005 at Reception No. B5149641, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for The Peninsula Condominiums recorded on May 16, 2003 at Reception No. B3107352 in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado; Also known as: 320 Granby Way, #A, Aurora, CO 80011. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS,

Legal Notice No.: 15983 First Publication: April 17, 2014 Last Publication: May 15, 2014 Published In: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 11CV2066 Plaintiff: QUINCY HILL TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Defendant: LLOYD E. HOPKINS; FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION; CITIFINANCIAL CORPORATION; CAPITAL ONE BANK; LVNV FUNDING, LLC; ANA MARIA PETERS RUDDICK, AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM, AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Stephane R. Dupont, Esq., #39425 Address: 1660 Lincoln, Suite 1550, Denver, CO 80264 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Fax Number: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered May 7, 2012 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Lloyd E. Hopkins Original Lienor: Quincy Hill Townhouse Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Quincy Hill Townhouse Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: September 15, 2006 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: September 27, 2006 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: B6138742 Balance of the secured Original Principal indebtedness: $2,388.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof:

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Public Notice Defendant: LLOYD E. HOPKINS; FIRST HORIZON LOAN CORPORAis Juror 2HOME and Keenea Cowger is Juror 4. TION; CITIFINANCIAL CORPORATION; DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE Vanessa Morado Juror 5; Cinthia Gomez is Juror 6 and CAPITAL ONE BANK; LVNV is FUNDING, COUNTY, COLORADO LLC; ANA MARIA PETERS RUDDICK, Court Address: Jade Bagola is Juror 7. Each has individual characteristics AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE 7325 S. Potomac Street C OU N T Yversion. ; SUE SANDSTROM, AS Centennial, Colorado 80112 Public Notice in this TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE Archery and Shotgun COUNTY; TENANT(S) HOMEOWNERS ARAPAHOE COUNTY GabeUNKNOWN Gravagno is JurorIN9 and Aleny Espinoza is Juror Plaintiff: CHURCHILLSPRING POSSESSION. ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non- Now Open Through May 31 DISTRICT COURT, COLORADO 10, who racist tendencies, speaking of theStreet accused profit corporation TURKEY Attorneys forexhibits Plaintiff: 7325 S. Potomac W Z E N B Uof R Gthem.” , L E F F , Kelly P U R V I Erbentraut S & DOUGLAS INVESTMENTS, Centennial, 80112 asI N“one is JurorColorado 11 and Ethan Defendants: INC.; JAMES FORREST DOUGLAS; MIPAYNE, LLP CHAEL P. HUNTER; WELLS FARGO Stephane R. Dupont, #39425 Plaintiff: Moore BANK OFand AMERICA, N.A., As Hsieh is Juror Esq., 12. The judge is Shelby Charlotte HOME MORTGAGE, INC.; PACK VALUE, Address: 1660 Lincoln, Suite 1550, Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Verastro plays the guard at the Servicing, jury room door. INC.; US CAPITAL FUNDING, Denver, CO 80264 LP FKA Countrywide Home DEERINC.; DEApplication Periods Start June 9 OF THE TREASURY – INPhone Number: (303) 863-1870 Loans Servicing, LP Playwright Rose (1920-2002)v. was born in New York City PARTMENT TERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; STATE Fax Number: (303) 863-1872 OF COLORADO and CYNTHIA D. Defendants: BANK OF a THE WEST, a and drew on his city for material. His father was lawyer.] MARES CYNTHIA D. MARES the ARSHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE foreign corporation, and APAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE SUSANNA GRIGORYAN, an individual, Under an Order and Decree for JudiARARAT NAZARIAN, an individual, Attorney for Plaintiff cial Foreclosure entered May 7, 2012 in ASHOT GALSTIAN, an individual, and TRAVIS B. KEENAN, P.C. the above- captioned action, I am ARMOND TRAKARIAN, an individual Travis B. Keenan, # 41354 ordered to sell certain real property as Address: 10200 E. Girard Ave., #C255 follows: Attorneys for Plaintiff Denver, CO 80231 Patrick Q. Hustead, Esq. Phone Number: (303) 695-6600 Original Lienee: Lloyd E. Hopkins Christopher J. Shannon, Esq. Fax: (303) 695-0300 Original Lienor: Quincy Hill Townhouse The Hustead Law Firm, A Professional Email: tkeenan@tbkpc.com Association Corporation Current Holder of the evidence of debt: 4643 S. Ulster Street, Suite 1250, Case No.: 2013CV31024 Quincy Hill Townhouse Association Denver, CO 80237 Courtroom: 202 Date of Lien being foreclosed: September Telephone: 303-721-5000 N314-035238-4_5Youth-BW_379x4.indd 1 4/15/14 9:28 AM 15, 2006 Hustead Atty. Reg. No.: 16905 Date of Recording of Lien being foreAMENDED SUMMONS Shannon Atty. Reg. No.: 39096 closed: September 27, 2006 Publications: County of Recording: Arapahoe The N314-035238-4 People of the State ($5 of Colorado Public Notice Case No.: 14CV30022 Youth Print Ad) Recording Information: B6138742 To the Defendant named above: Division: 309 Colorado Press Association BW Balance of the secured Original Principal You Color: are summoned and required to file NOTICE TO BIDDERS indebtedness: $2,388.00 with the clerk of this court an answer or SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION (2 Col) 3.79" x 4"attached Complaint Outstanding Principal Balance of the seotherSize: response to the Sealed Proposals in single, endorsed enSIZE A"Platte Canyon Water and Sanitcured indebtedness as of the date hereof: within 21 days after this summons is velope, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE $14,935.61 served on you in the State of Colorado, or ation District - Construction of 6" WaOF COLORADO TO THE Amount of Judgment entered May 7, within 35 days after this summons is ter Main Replacement On South Chase ABOVE-NAMED served on you outside the State of Color2012: $17,235.71 Way In Columbine Knolls Filing No. 5 DEFENDANT(S): ARARAT NAZARIAN; ado. And In Columbine Grove Filing No. 1", ASHOT GALSTIAN; If you fail to file your answer or other reDescription of property to be forewill be received at the office of the and ARMOND TRAKARIAN sponse to the complaint in writing within closed: Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation the applicable time period, judgment by District, 8739 Coal Mine Road, Littleton, Lot 6, Block 1, Quincy Hill Subdivision, FilYou are hereby summoned and required default may be entered against you by the Colorado 80123, until 1:30 PM, Friday, ing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of to appear and defend against the claims court for the relief demanded in the comMay 16, 2014 , at which time and place Colorado. of the Complaint filed with the court in this plaint, without any further notice to you. bids will be publicly opened and read Also known as: 4374 S. Blackhawk Way, action, by filing with the clerk of this court aloud in the presence of Bidders or their Aurora, CO 80015. an answer or other response. You are reThe following document is also served duly authorized representatives. quired to file your answer or other rewith this summons: AMENDED COMTHE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED sponse within 35 days after the service of PLAINT FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSSpecifications and forms for preparing AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF this summons upon you. Service of this URE AND FOR DAMAGES, AND bids may be obtained at the office of ENS THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENsummons shall be complete on the day of AMENDED DISTRICT CIVIL CASE COVConsulting L.L.C., Consulting Engineers, CUMBERED BY THE LIEN. the last publication. A copy of the ComER SHEET. 1200 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 100, THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY plaint may be obtained from the clerk of Lakewood, Colorado 80232. A deposit of NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. the court. Dated this 24th day of February, 2014 Twenty Dollars ($20.00) will be required Travis B. Keenan, #41354 for each set. This deposit will be returned The covenants of Plaintiff have been violIf you fail to file your answer or other reon only one set of specifications to those ated as follows: failure to make payments sponse to the Complaint in writing within This amended summons is issued pursusubmitting bids. Upon return of each set on said indebtedness when the same 35 days after the date of the last publicaant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. by anyone not submitting a general bid on were due and owing. tion, judgment by default may be rendered A copy of the complaint must be served or before the time set for opening of bids, against you by the court for the relief deTHEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVwith this summons. Ten Dollars ($10.00) will be returned by manded in the Complaint without further EN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on June the Engineer. No refund will be made on notice. 26, 2014, at the Arapahoe County Legal Notice No.: 16102 plans and specifications returned after the Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101E. BronFirst Publication: May 1, 2014 date and time set for opening of bids. This is an action for judicial foreclosure cos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, teleLast Publication: May 29, 2014 seeking to foreclose a deed of trust, which phone 720-874-3851, sell to the highest Publisher: Littleton Independent All bids must be accompanied by a certisecures a promissory note held by and best bidder for cash, the said real fied check payable to the Platte Canyon Plaintiff, Bank of America. property described above, and all interest Water and Sanitation District in an amount of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of at least ten percent (10%) of the Bid, Dated: March 26, 2014. of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying drawn on a bank which is a member of the the judgment amount entered herein, and Federal Reserve System or a Bidder's The Hustead Law Firm will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Bond in like amount. The check or bond A Professional Corporation Public Notice Purchase, all as provided by law. will be retained by the District as liquidThe Original Signature is on File at ated damages if the successful bidder reat The Hustead Law Firm, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND fuses or fails to enter into a Contract and **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A Professional Corporation SECURITY provide a Performance, Payment and CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFIFEDERAL EMERGENCY Maintenance Bond in accordance with his CIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID /s/Christopher Shannon MANAGEMENT AGENCY bid when notified of the award. AT TIME OF SALE.** Patrick Q. Hustead, Esq. Christopher J. Shannon, Esq. Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations 1. Furnish and install 6" DR 18 C-900 or Dated: March 20, 2014 Attorneys for Plaintiff for the City of Centennial & the UnincorClass 235 C-909 PVC Pipe including David C. Walcher, Sheriff porated Areas of Arapahoe County, CO, squeegee bedding, 1565 L.F. Arapahoe County, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 16012 and Case No. 13-08-1142P The Depart2. Furnish and install 8" DR 18 C-900 or First Publication: April 3, 2014. ment of Homeland Security’s Federal Class 235 C-909 PVC Pipe including By: Sgt. James Osborn Last Publication: May 1, 2014. Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) squeegee bedding, 70 L.F. Deputy Sheriff Published in the Littleton Independent. solicits technical information or comments 3. Furnish and install 6" 0.25” wall thickon proposed flood hazard determinations ness, Ductile Iron Pipe including 8 mil poly Legal Notice No.: 15998 for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), wrap and squeegee bedding, 36 L.F. First Publication: May 1, 2014 Public Notice and where applicable, the Flood Insur4. Furnish and install gate valves and Last Publication: May 29, 2014 ance Study (FIS) report for your comboxes, 6 EA. Published in: Littleton Independent, 9137 DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE munity. These flood hazard determina5. Furnish and install tie-ins to existing waS. Ridgeline Blvd, #210, Highlands Ranch, COUNTY, COLORADO tions may include the addition or modificaCO 80129 ter main, 3 EA. Court Address: tion of Base Flood Elevations, base flood 6. Furnish and install fire hydrants, 3 EA. 7325 S. Potomac Street depths, Special Flood Hazard Area 7. Transfer service taps, 28 EA. Centennial, Colorado 80112 Public Notice boundaries or zone designations, or the 8. Cut and replace trench asphalt (4" regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if apdeep), 1100 S.Y. Plaintiff: CHURCHILL HOMEOWNERS ARAPAHOE COUNTY plicable, the FIS report have been revised 9. Rotomill and asphalt overlay (2" deep), ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonDISTRICT COURT, COLORADO to reflect these flood hazard determina2850 S.Y. profit corporation 7325 S. Potomac Street tions through issuance of a Letter of Map 10. Miscellaneous work and material Defendants: DOUGLAS INVESTMENTS, Centennial, Colorado 80112 Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title INC.; JAMES FORREST DOUGLAS; MI44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal ReguBids may not be withdrawn for a period of CHAEL P. HUNTER; WELLS FARGO Plaintiff: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., As lations. These determinations are the forty-five (45) days after the time fixed for HOME MORTGAGE, INC.; PACK VALUE, Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans basis for the floodplain management closing them. The District reserves the INC.; US CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.; DEServicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home measures that your community is reright to waive irregularities, to waive techPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY – INLoans Servicing, LP quired to adopt or show evidence of havnical defects accordingly as the best inTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; STATE v. ing in effect to qualify or remain qualified terest of the District may be served and OF COLORADO and CYNTHIA D. Defendants: BANK OF THE WEST, a for participation in the National Flood Inmay reject any and all bids. MARES CYNTHIA D. MARES the ARforeign corporation, and surance Program. For more information APAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE SUSANNA GRIGORYAN, an individual, on the proposed flood hazard determinaCompletion of Construction shall NOT ARARAT NAZARIAN, an individual, tions and information on the statutory 90BE LATER THAN AUGUST 1, 2014. Attorney for Plaintiff ASHOT GALSTIAN, an individual, and day period provided for appeals, please TRAVIS B. KEENAN, P.C. ARMOND TRAKARIAN, an individual visit FEMA’s website at BY ORDER OF THE PLATTE CANYON Travis B. Keenan, # 41354 www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT Address: 10200 E. Girard Ave., #C255 Attorneys for Plaintiff call the FEMA Map Information eXchange Denver, CO 80231 Patrick Q. Hustead, Esq. toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336ATTEST: Pat Fitzgerald, Manager Phone Number: (303) 695-6600 Christopher J. Shannon, Esq. 2627). Fax: (303) 695-0300 The Hustead Law Firm, A Professional Legal Notice No.: 16101 Email: tkeenan@tbkpc.com Corporation Legal Notice No.: 16097 First Publication: May 1, 2014 4643 S. Ulster Street, Suite 1250, First Publication: May 1, 2014 Last Publication: May 1, 2014 Case No.: 2013CV31024 Denver, CO 80237 Last Publication: May 8, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Courtroom: 202 Telephone: 303-721-5000 Publisher: Littleton Independent Hustead Atty. Reg. No.: 16905 AMENDED SUMMONS Shannon Atty. Reg. No.: 39096

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Liberty Bell draws 51 schools to meet Big field creates championship-like atmosphere on track By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Liberty Bell Invitational Track Meet drew big crowds of competitors and spectators alike to Littleton Public Schools Stadium. Team canopies occupied portions of the stands April 25 and 26 for the two-day event and the areas bordering the track also provided shade and gathering points for athletes from the 51 attending schools who competed in 18 total events. Fountain Fort Carson won the boys division with 77 points, while Highlands Ranch came in third with 45 points as the top local finisher. In the girls division, Fort Collins scored points in a variety of events to amass 75 points and win the team trophy. ThunderRidge finished sixth and Valor Christian was ninth, leading the local charge. According to www.co.milesplit.com, 52 athletes either met or exceeded national elite standards at the meet. Area athletes who did so included Jennifer Calascione of Chaparral and Haley Showalter of Valor Christian in the discus. Showalter threw 168 feet, 9 inches and Calascione threw 124-5. Connor Turnage of Highlands Ranch achieved national elite status in the long jump with a jump of 22-6 while Blake Jacobs of ThunderRidge won the shot put competition and earned national elite designation with his throw of 55-5. The Liberty Bell traditionally draws a large field of teams to provide top-level competition in the final weeks leading up to the state meet in mid-May. “It is a huge task organizing and setting up everything for a meet this size,” meet coordinator Kevin Young said. “Fortunately, it is made a lot easier for me because of all the people from Arapahoe, Heritage and Littleton high schools. It seems each group is ready to handle one specific aspect of preparing for the Liberty Bell.” Young said that 75 to 80 volunteers step in to help run the meet. Coaches and former coaches are among the volunteers and most of the young people are students at one of the three Littleton schools. “We have adults running each of the events and kids helping them,” he said. “We also have alumni who volunteer to

LEFT: Heritage’s Mattie McGuire (4) takes the baton handoff from Anna Gains in the 4x100 relay during the April 26 portion of the Liberty Bell Invitational Track and Field Meet. RIGHT: Arapahoe’s Ben Hanson takes his turn in the April 26 discus competition throwing for 110 feet, 8 inches. A total of 51 teams competed in the two-day meet at Littleton Public Schools Stadium. Photos by Tom Munds

Littleton’s Elena Mathys warms up for the high jump competition at the Liberty Bell Invitational Track and Field Meet April 26 at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.

help us.” He said technology is a key part of the preparation and staging of a meet this size. “Computers are essential so we can

keep track of every set of results, post them in the stadium and also quickly put them on the web,” he said. “Like organizing any big event, a glitch can cause disruptions.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP Regional golf

Qualifying tournaments for the Class 4A and 5A girls state golf tournaments will begin May 5. The Class 5A regional tournament will be held at Broken Tee in Englewood with the Southern 5A at the Colorado Springs Country Club, the Western 5A at Fox Hollow and the Northern 5A at Highland Meadows on May 7. Valor Christian, Englewood and Ponderosa will be at the Class 4A Metro-West regional May 8 at Indian Tree. Each region will have two automatic team qualifiers plus roughly 15 individuals not on a qualifying team make the field. The Class 5A state tournament will be held May 19-20 at Raccoon Creek in Littleton while the 4A state tourney will be May 19-20 at the County Club of Colorado in Colorado Springs.

Mooney honored

Whitworth University junior Saryn Mooney, an Arapahoe High School graduate, was named to the first team All-Northwest Conference team. Mooney was an ITA singles and doubles West Regional finalist in the fall and ranked as high as No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles in the Division III West region. She competed for the Pirates at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions.

Freshman of the Year

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singles champion Hayden Sabatka, the firstyear University of New Mexico standout from Highlands Ranch High School, was named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year. Sabatka played in the No. 1-3 singles positions for New Mexico and compiled a 23-11 record.

Change at the top

For the second straight week, Pine Creek was ranked as the No. 1 girls soccer team according to the CHSAANow.com poll that was released April 28. Defending state champion Mountain Vista (10-1-1) is again second with Rock Canyon in the third spot. Cherry Creek is eighth and Arapahoe ninth in the latest rankings. Valor Christian is fifth in the Class 4A soccer poll while unbeaten Englewood is ninth. Continental League-leading Regis Jesuit is top-ranked in the Class 5A baseball poll with Mountain Vista fourth, ThunderRidge seventh, Chaparral ninth and Cherry Creek 10th. Valor is seventh in the Class 4A rankings and Lutheran seventh in the Class 2A poll. Cherry Creek is the second-ranked boys lacrosse team with Mountain Vista climbing to third. Arapahoe is fifth and Chaparral 10th. Ponderosa remained second in the Class 4A poll with Valor holding the sixth position. Arapahoe is fourth and Cherry Creek fifth in the girls Class 5A rankings.

For us, the biggest glitch would be one or more of the computers going down.” Results for the meet are available on the web at www.co.milesplit.com.

ARAPAHOE HIGH SCHOOL Girls lacrosse Arapahoe 12, Cherry Creek 11 The Warriors met Cherry Creek in an evening game, most of which was played in a driving rain a t the Stutler Bowl. Cherry Creek seized momentum in the first half, and was ahead 8-4 at half time. In the second half, the momentum shifted to Arapahoe. Arapahoe dominated ball possession in the second half, and outscored Cherry Creek 8-3. Arapahoe scored its final goal with 7 seconds left in the game to win 12-11. Kate Englert (4 goals), Kienan Linhardt (3 goals; 1 assist), Britt Klosterman (2 goals), Alexy DaHarb (1 goal; 3 assists), and Chandler Ramsey (1 goal; 2 assists) led Arapahoe’s offense. Chandler Ramsey (7 draw controls) and Isley Walker (5 draw controls) helped the Warriors to dominate the draw circle in the second half. Goalie Brooke Engel had 15 saves. Arapahoe 15, Smoky Hill 3 Arapahoe defeated Smoky Hill 15-3 in the Warriors’ final league game of the 2014 season. Arapahoe finished league play with a 7-0 record to win its

first Centennial League girls lacrosse championship. Nine Warriors scored goals. Atlee Witt led the Warriors with 3 goals, while Alexy DaHarb, Kate Englert, Chandler Ramsey and Isley Walker each had 2 goals. Atlee Witt had 8 draw controls. Goalie Brooke Engel had 7 saves for a 70 percent save percentage.

Heritage/Littleton Gryphons Girls lacrosse

Heritage/Littleton 11, Regis 8 The Gryphons came away with a conference win over Regis in this match-up of teams tied for the league lead. H/L had a balanced attack anchored by seniors Stacey Zuppa and Rhodes Ford.

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Mountain Vista and Heritage got together for the final regular season match of the season April 24 with the Continental League girls tennis title at stake. Both teams entered the showdown with 8-1 Continental League dual meet records and Mountain Vista prevailed over the host Eagles, 5-2, to secure the league crown and earn the host role in the Region 3 state regional tournament which was held April 30-May 1 at Ken Caryl Ranch. “As a coach I’ve never had it happen that the league championship has come down to the final match of the season,” said Mountain Vista coach James Flanigan, who took over coaching the girls this spring in addition to tutoring the boys team in the fall. “It was really fun. We played really well. The girls realized what was at stake but they also realized they had to have fun. No matter what happened, it would be fun. Even the matches we lost, I felt everybody played well.” Heritage’s Kristi Brethauer has never coached in a match with as much importance late in the regular season either. “I’ve been a coach for 10 years and that’s never happened,” she said. “That was exciting, it made it worth something, since both teams were really strong throughout the season.” Mountain Vista’s No. l singles player, freshman Casey Zhong, got the Golden Eagles off to a good start with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Joanna Kempton. Zhong, a left-hander whose solid groundstrokes keep opponents retrieving shots from the baseline, raised her record to 10-1 this season. “I played all right,” said Zhong. “I had just come back from a tournament in Las Vegas and there was an altitude difference. It was a good match. It’s been a good season. I’m really excited. The regionals will be fun. The competition will be a little bit harder. That makes me play better when I play better people.” In the No. 2 singles match, Vista sophomore Kendra Lavallee defeated Alannah Gates, 6-3, 6-1, and Leia Krebsbach notched a 6-2, 6-3 win for the Golden Eagles in the No. 3 singles match over Heritage’s Caroline McLeod. Heritage’s No 1 doubles team of seniors Ginny Hancock and Mollie Gopsill improved their season record to 10-0 with a 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2 conquest of Tyla Stewart and Jordan Wade. Vista’s Amy Zhou and Hannah Murphy defeated Heritage’s Meccah Jackson and Katy Cohen, 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 2 doubles match and the Golden Eagles duo of Mari Dudek and Maddie Eccher won 6-4, 6-3 over Erin Myles and Caitlin Jackson in the No. 3 doubles match. The league title had already been decided by the time the No. 4 doubles match concluded. Heritage’s Kendall Jackson and Peyton Pendleton downed Hannah Smith and Amy Zhong 5-7, 6-3, 10-5. “We’re a younger team and it’s nice to see the growth and how they have done and what we’ve been able to accomplish,” said Brethauer. “The season is not over, we’re going to regionals and hopefully we’ll qualify a bunch (of girls) for state.” The top two finishers in the seven positions in each of the eight region tournaments will qualify for the Class 5A state tournament that will be held May 8-10 at Gates Tennis Center in Denver. Six of the eight Class 5A regional tournaments were scheduled for April 30-May 1. Mountain Vista and Highlands Ranch were slated to be among the seven teams competing in the Region 3 tourney at Ken Caryl Ranch. Heritage was slotted to join Denver League champion Denver East in the Region 5 tournament at City Park. ThunderRidge, the fifth-place Continental League finisher was to be another of the eight teams in the Region 5 meet. Centennial League champion Cherry Creek earned the right to host the Region 1 tournament at the Bruins’ courts. Rock Canyon and Douglas County, meanwhile, were headed for the Region 2 meet at Fossil Ridge while Legend was headed to Boulder Fairview for the Region 4 tourney. Arapahoe was slated to be the host school for the Region 7 tourney at Redstone Park. The Region 6 and 8 tournaments will take place May 1-2. Littleton will be in the Region 6 meet in Grand Junction while Ponderosa, Castle View and Chaparral will compete in the Region 8 event at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs. In the Class 4A regional tournaments, Valor Christian was to be in the Region 1 tourney April 30 and May 1-2 at Colorado Academy. Lutheran and Englewood were scheduled to be in the Region 2 meet set for April 30May 1 at Kent Denver.

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hgarcia@coloradocommunitymedia.com Late on a Thursday morning, with the door just unlocked and the “open” sign just flicked on, the clanging of pans and voices bouncing around the hard surfaces of the kitchen can be heard in the empty dining room of one of Highlands Ranch’s newest restaurants. Beso Tapas and Wine Bar, located at 32 W. Springer Drive, has been open for around three weeks, and already owners Beth and Julio Escobar are soaking in their newfound success. “We both have over 30 years’ experience in the hospitality industry and it’s always been a dream of ours to open a restaurant,” Beth Escobar said. “We thought this would be the perfect time and spot to do that.” Julio Escobar has traveled around Europe, including Spain, and those influences show up in the menu that the proprietor developed with chef Toby Rhoton and sous chef Kathryn Bartholomew. The the menus a blend of Spanish and English, Julio Escobar said that the restaurant can boast “truly Spanish tapas.” “We had customers who visited Barcelona 10 years ago and they said our food has just took them back,” Beth Escobar said. Julio Escobar even makes the house

Beth and Julio Escobar opened Beso Tapas and Wine Bar in early April. Photo by Hannah Garcia sangrias, one white and one red, himself. “The menu is made up of local ingredients in a nod to northern Spanish cuisine,” Rhoton said. “It really is just from the heart. Everything is made in-house,

nothing from a jar or out of a bottle.” Rhoton said staff tends to enjoy cured meats and “anything on the bone.” The menu also features a lot of Colorado ingredients, including potatoes and goat

cheeses. “We really wanted to promote and support those mom-and-pop vendors because we are mom-and-pop ourselves,” Julio Escobar said. He said his favorite dish is the salmon ahumado, a cold tapa with fried capers and tarragon aioli, which is also something he’s made at home. “The passion is there. Not one item is the same.” In a market saturated with fast food and chain restaurants, the Escobars said that the community response has been largely positive. “The best part is when people thank us for opening this kind of place,” Julio Escobar said. “The community has really embraced us and what we’re trying to do here.” As far as wine selections go, the couple said they plan on offering up to 36 bottles, ranging from South American to European selections. “The goal, I think, is to have a constantly growing and undulating list to accompany the food,” Rhoton said. “It will be an evolving list.” The dining room is spacious and rustic with lots of wood. The couple renovated the space — formerly home to Romano’s Grill — themselves, including building a new, granite-topped bar. A private room will be available soon for parties and banquets, Beth Escobar said. The restaurant also plans to offer cooking classes and wine tastings. “We don’t want this to just be for us, but for the people around us as well,” Julio Escobar said.