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Littleton eyes changes, revenue Business consultant says city has gotten reputation for difficulty

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Littleton City Council got a look at a proposed economic-development strategy April 22 during a meeting that was part pep rally, part motivational speech, part psy-

chology class and, according to Councilor Jerry Valdes, part brainwashing.

If council adopts the document, it will be taking a much more proactive approach to increasing the city’s revenue. It proposes a wide array of tactics, including an urbanrenewal authority, incentives and grants to entice redevelopment, increased density, encouraging mixed-use projects and more.

“It’s not your property, but it is your city, so it is open for you to influence,” said Tom Wootten, executive managing director of Global Corporate Services at Newmark

Grubb Knight Frank. He’s worked with Mayor Debbie Brinkman and others for the last year on an “economic think tank” tasked with recommending strategy.

The document also suggests taxing a variety of Cernanec things — from rental units to candy and soda, employment to lodging — which requires voter approval. More revenue will be needed to sup-

port the increased activity and to maintain the amenities the city has now, said Wootten.

“We have an enviable set of assets, there’s no doubt about that,” said Councilor Phil Cernanec. “The question is, how do we carry that on into the future?”

Wootten said Littleton has, over the last decade, earned a reputation as a difficult place to do business. He blames that on inaction and the tendency of some to not want change to happen, despite what he Council continues on Page 27

Pot issues sparking division Legalization could come back to ballot

By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com A late legislative session effort that could put Amendment 64 back on the ballot led to a finger-pointing exercise in political theater late last week — a wild turn of events in marijuana regulation activity that capped an eventful period of pot-related action at the Capitol.

News of an Amendment 64 repeal effort generated buzz, just two days after the first piece of legislation that seeks to set up a regulatory model for the new recreational pot industry passed a legislative committee.

The effort — if it ever gets off the ground — would ask voters to repeal Amendment Report 64, if they fail to support the tax rates tied to retail marijuana purchases.

However, it remains to be seen whether the repeal effort has any legs, or if it’s dead on arrival in either legislative chamber.

Repeal effort rumblings led to a tense April 26 press conference outside the Capitol, where Amendment 64 proponents clashed with an advocacy group that seeks to restrict access to marijuana in the state.

Later that day, House lawmakers approved preliminary passage of House Bill 1317, an omnibus bill that puts in place Amendment 64’s regulatory framework.

And, earlier in the week, a House committee voted to tack on a controversial driving-stoned standard to House Bill 1317 — one day after a Senate committee killed legislation that sought to do the same thing.

An early draft of the repeal effort asks voters to repeal last November’s initiative that legalized recreational marijuana use in the state, if they reject the tax model tied to Amendment 64 implementation.

That tax framework is in the form of House Bill 1318, which in its original form

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Harrison Rice discovers a little something about propulsion by launching a two-liter soda bottle full of water into the air during Lockheed Martin’s Young Minds at Work Day. About 1,500 youngsters — almost all of them children of Lockheed Martin workers — visited the company’s Waterton Canyon campus on April 25. Photo by Jennifer Smith

Kids have a blast at space company Lockheed hosts hands-on Young Minds at Work Day

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Take Your Kid to Work Day is a truly astronomical experience at Lockheed Martin.

“This event is awesome,” said Joe Rice, Lockheed’s director of government relations. “It’s supporting our future. It gets kids excited, then they’re motivated to learn.

Then in 20 years, they’ll be building our satellites and space crafts.”

Rice’s two kids, Harrison and Lexie, and their friends were just four of the 1,500 kids who visited Lockheed’s Waterton Canyon campus April 25, Young Minds at Work Day, almost all of them children of the 3,800 people who work there. A variety of science POSTAL ADDRESS

and technology activities entertained them, from blasting off two-liter soda bottles to launching marshmallows Angry Bird-style to virtually working on a motorcycle in a 3D cave.

Perhaps the most popular event was getting to visit with real-live astronaut Rex Walheim, who’s been on three shuttle missions — the last as a mission specialist on the final flight of the shuttle program. He’s currently the astronaut representative to the Orion Program, which will carry humans to Mars in 2021.

The kids, ages 6 to 18, asked smart, curious questions — everything from how electricity works in space (solar power or fuel cells) to how astronauts use the restroom (very carefully) to how they get water to drink.

The answer to that last one might have made some kids change their minds about

how cool it is to be an astronaut. Visiting spacecraft take water to the space station, but conservation is key when you’re 220 miles above the Earth for months at a time.

“You guys are going to think this is really gross,” laughed Walheim. “You see where I’m going with this, right?” (Let’s just say today’s drink of water gets recycled into tomorrow’s drink of water.)

Walheim said he enjoys the chance to get out of Houston to get to know the people who make his work possible, and this event afforded him the added opportunity to meet their kids, as well. He recalled meeting astronaut Charles Duke as a youngster, then again last year.

“You always wonder if you really do ever get to inspire a kid,” he said. “I got to tell Charlie, you really did inspire a kid.”

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Teen stage production isn’t child’s play They file onto the stage, in red-andwhite collared shirts, 10 young women and men intent on provoking indignation among the hundreds of sophomores in the audience.

Their words overlap into layers, resounding, pulsing, reverberating: It is happening.

It is around us.

There is abuse.

There is assault.

We are victims.

We can fight it …

Feel the outrage in this room.

Then: “If you are holding a card with the number five on it, please stand.” Across the auditorium, boys and girls slowly, unsurely, rise.

One in five high school students reports being physically or sexually abused, or both, by a dating partner, students are told.

“If you are standing,” a voice says from the stage, “you are giving our statistic a visual image. Standing does not necessarily depict your future.”

But, if you don’t pay attention, it could.

On a recent morning, the Encore Players, an acting troupe comprised of juniors and seniors from Chaparral High School in Parker, presented a 20-minute performance called “The Outrage” to sophomore students at another school. Its purpose is to educate about teen dating violence, a problem on the rise — to define in no uncertain terms the meaning of rape and sexual assault.

“It’s such a powerful message to share with kids,” said Ann Carter, director of the Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center in Douglas County.

It becomes even more powerful when teens themselves tell the story.

Initially, there was a bit of awkwardness among the actors.

“I was a little uncomfortable with it at first,” junior Alex Soto said. “It covers topics people don’t usually bring up. You don’t talk about things like this in everyday

conversation.”

But then came the education piece: “I was pretty shocked,” senior Sam Larson said.

“I had no idea the extent to which this is a problem.”

And, finally, the realization they could make a difference: “A theater isn’t necessarily for entertainment purposes,” junior Anne Heart said. “It’s for getting a message across.”

Their teacher, David Peterson, agreed.

Besides dealing with an issue that could affect them, he said, the production “is a wonderful experience for students to learn about the social change that can come from an art form like theater. … Hearing that your performance has helped someone is a powerful experience.”

“The Outrage” also demonstrates the power of community working together to create change, in this case an organization that works to prevent domestic violence and a school district.

Carter, from the women’s center, had seen a YouTube clip of “The Outrage” and immediately thought it would be an effective educational tool.

“Teen violence tends to get hidden — they think that’s just part of growing up, that it’s not a big deal,” Carter said. But it’s learned behavior, and that can carry into adulthood.

So, the center bought the rights to the script about two years ago and approached Peterson about having his students perform it at a gala fundraiser. The performance touched several audience members so much they provided seed money to

produce it in high schools.

The Douglas County School District agreed to pilot it this school year in three high schools. Next school year, the Encore Players will perform for sophomores in all of the district’s high schools, always accompanied by someone from the women’s center to answer questions and provide resources.

“Relationship safety … is a topic we all value, and all our kids could benefit from hearing about it,” said Staci McCormack, the district’s student wellness coordinator.

“Kids might not be in it (violence), but they are affected, they are impacted, because it is around them.”

And because of technology, “our generation has a lot more diverse forms of dating violence,” junior Kirsten Brandes said.

Texting. The Internet. Social media.

They all can make it easier for abuse to happen. Lynn Adams from the women’s center told students at the performance the story of a 10th-grade girl who received 17 threatening texts, including one of a gun, from her ex-boyfriend because they broke up.

“When things like that happen, it’s pretty serious,” she said. “It could potentially ruin your life.”

The incidence of dating violence among teens is growing, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It reports 25 percent of teens say they are victims of dating violence, whether it be emotional, psychological, physical or sexual, and 54 percent have witnessed such violence among their peers.

Carter wants teens to know unequivocally those relationships are not OK. “You need to have a respectful relationship where both parties have a voice, where both parties are empowered to make decisions to have the relationship go in the way they both want it to go.”

In its 20 minutes, “The Outrage” covers a lot of ground. Woven among short scenes that depict a boyfriend’s physical abuse and how to get help are these eye-opening statements:

• One in four teenage girls in a relationship say they have gone further sexually than they wanted to because of pressure • Eighty percent of teens consider verbal abuse “a serious issue” for their age group • Fifty-four percent of parents say they have not talked to their child about dating violence • One in three teenagers say they know a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped, strangled or physically hurt by his or her partner • Eight of 10 female survivors of rape know their rapist as a boyfriend, friend or casual acquaintance And then there’s this one: One woman is abused every nine seconds. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine.

To the Encore members, the statistics on the page have become real.

Brandes said: “They are people.”

They line the stage, in their red-andwhite shirts, young faces with hopeful hearts and a message intended to shock into action.

The words overlap. They resound. Pulse.

Reverberate. They envelop the listening students.

Education …

Strength …

Courage …

This is the change.

It is happening.

It is around us.

There is abuse.

There is assault.

We will stop it.

We will fight it.

Change the rage in this room.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303566-4110.

State budget rejuvenates programs Funding restored in wake of recession

By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com Next year’s state budget was signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on April 29, a $20.5 billion plan that restores funding to many programs that had been cut during the recent recession.

Hickenlooper signed the so-called “long bill” at a Capitol press event, where he expressed optimism in Colorado’s economic direction, while also acknowledging the cloudier fiscal period that the state is emerging from.

“We are enacting a budget in a unique time in our history where we are coming back from this incredible recession,” Hickenlooper said, with members of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee standing behind him. “Colorado’s economy is outperforming the nation’s economy and I think we are now ... able to catch up in a number of places.”

Funding is not only being restored to areas of last year’s budget that were cut, it also puts more money into savings. Next year’s budget adds $80 million to the state’s General Fund reserve, a 1 percent savings increase from last year.

“Our intention is to continue to add to that reserve each year, so we can soften the actions those recessions create,” the governor said.

Public schools will see a per-pupil funding increase of about $172 in next year’s budget — an increase that is tied to a tax hike associated with the School Finance Act, which voters still must approve once Hickenlooper signs the measure into law.

There also will be more than $5 million added in financial aid for college students, and more than $100 million for higher education maintenance projects.

And, state workers will receive a 2 percent pay increase, their first pay raises in years.

Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, said the Department of Human Services “is a real winner in this year’s budget.” The Joint Budget Com-

mittee chairman touted the $13.3 million funding increase that will go toward the state’s child welfare system, and toward services geared toward people with developmental disabilities.

Steadman also referenced the nearly $20 million that will go toward establishing a statewide mental health crisis system, which will include crisis phone hotlines available 24 hours a day.

Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, also a Joint Budget Committee member, said the budget provides more funding for affordable housing, legal aid programs for people who cannot afford lawyers, and restores $2 million in grant funding for libraries in rural areas.

Though the budget did receive some Republican support in the House, it did not garner a single Republican vote in the Senate.

Many Republicans argued that the new budget’s spending would exceed growth. Their votes also were an extension of their resentment toward Democrats’ efforts on gun-control legislation.

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Navy Seal’s spirit drives nonprofit Father of slain fighter strives to share values

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Dan Dietz Sr. knows something about difficult kids.

His son, Danny Jr., gave him a few fits growing up — ditching, experimenting with drinking and drugs, finally ending up at Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School.

“He did a lot of kid stuff because he was bored,” said Dietz Sr. But that was before he buckled down on his lifelong goal of becoming a Navy Seal, which he did just months after graduating from Heritage High School in 1999.

“This is what Danny wanted to do, and if I’d taken that away from that young man, he would have held it against me for the rest of his life,” said Dietz Sr. Six years later, the Navy Seal and two of his comrades died on a mountaintop in Afghanistan in a horrific gunbattle against Taliban fighters. The only survivor, Marcus Luttrell, recounts in his book, “Lone Survivor,” the staggering bravery Dietz and the others displayed, never giving up until their last breaths despite being mortally wounded.

Now Dietz Sr. wants to pass that fortitude along to a new generation. Last spring, he formed a nonprofit in his son’s honor, the Danny Dietz Leadership and Training Foundation.

“By holding close to the values and disci-

Dan Dietz Sr. motivates a student during an intense workout. Dietz has started a nonprofit to teach teamwork, leadership skills and discipline through intellectual and physical challenges. Photo by Jennifer Smith pline modeled by Danny himself, the organization strives to create a safe and positive environment in which young people can learn teamwork, leadership skills, and learn to achieve more through intellectual and physical challenges,” reads the website.

The part about physical challenges is quite an understatement. On April 24, most of the students were sporting bloody elbows because during the April 22 class, they dragged themselves around the track by them.

“There’s never been an easy day in this class,” said Robert Wilson, 22. “It just sucks in a completely different way every time, and we just keep coming.”

Wilson says before the class, he wasn’t

motivated to stick with anything, but now the word “quitting” isn’t even in his vocabulary.

“Knowing what Danny did up on that mountain and how he never gave up taught me to never give up, knowing or not knowing what the outcome will be,” agreed 19-year-old Ty Pomeroy, who is leaving for the Air Force in the fall.

Not all of Dietz’s students are kids. At 56, Matthew Luoma is the oldest, a triathlete and on the foundation’s board.

“There is something special about the way Dan teaches the class,” he said. “He is able to channel Danny’s `never give up’ spirit. It motivates the students, including me, to keep going when the going gets

tough. He is not able to connect with every potential student, but for those that he does connect with, the connection is noticeable in their attitude and their demeanor toward a difficult task.”

Dietz Sr. ends each class with a motivational speech based concepts like freedom, justice and honor.

“I teach them how to think, not what to think,” he said. “I teach them to think for themselves instead of being poured into a mold and crystallized.”

On June 28 — the anniversary of Dietz Jr.’s death — the foundation is hosting a fundraising workout competition between Heritage and Chatfield high-school football teams at the Littleton Public Schools Stadium.

“The kids know that they are honoring a fallen hero,” said Luoma.

“They display a spirit and almost a reverence in the performance of the event. It makes you feel good about the future with kids like that preparing to enter the adult world.”

Afterward, stop by the Texas Roadhouse restaurant on the stretch of Santa Fe Drive that was officially renamed Danny Dietz Highway in 2009. The restaurant, home to a display of Dietz memorabilia, is holding a day-long fundraiser for the foundation.

Additionally, look for the “Lone Survivor” feature film in October, and a book on about Danny Dietz’s life later this year. Proceeds from the book will benefit the Danny Dietz Scholarship Fund and the Danny Dietz Leadership and Training Foundation.

For more information, visit www.dannydietzinstitute.com.

SO MUCH INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT THIS WEEK Spring outing. A rose-pruning workshop in Littleton shared knowledge and reduced the workload for South Suburban employees. Page 4

Tough competition.

Athletes from schools around the state took part in the Liberty Bell Invitational Track Meet.

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Art award.

A Littleton man won Best of Show in the Lone Tree Photographic Art Show and Sale. Page 12

Outdoor scenes.

A local woman who traveled the High Line Canal Trail is exhibiting paintings from her journey at Koelbel Library.

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Training session is bed of roses Pruning workshop cuts down on employees’ tasks

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Larry Hurd knows all about deadheads, buds and glue, and he wants to share.

We’re talking roses, of course.

Hurd is the horticulture foreman for South Suburban Parks and Recreation, and on April 27 he led a free pruning workshop at the War Memorial Rose Garden across Bemis Street from Sterne Park.

“He’s the greatest teacher of rose culture I’ve ever encountered,” said Bill Mygdal, one of the 50 or so people who spent four hours learning by doing on the first beautiful spring day of the season. Hurd admits to a somewhat hidden agenda — the students do in one morning what it would take his whole staff two full weeks to accomplish.

There are more than 1,900 roses representing 286 varieties in the garden, with names like “Betty Boop” and “Honey Perfume,” a favorite of the honeybees that keep the flowers pollinated.

Hurd said they live in the big old cottonwood trees abundant

in the neighborhood, and a huge swarm passes through every May. Not all bugs in the garden are good for it, though. Japanese beetles are a huge problem, attacking the roses and leaving behind skeletonized leaves and large, irregular holes. Last year, SSPR staff plucked hundreds of them off the bushes and dumped them into buckets of soapy water, the best way to get rid of them.

Cane borers are also a common pest.

The larvae carve out tunnels under the bark, causing stems to die or break at wounded sites.

That’s where the glue comes in — a little dab on the end after pruning keeps them out.

Hurd says it’s best to finish pruning by Mother’s Day, and fertilize around Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and the middle of August.

Then just leave the bushes alone until spring — the stems store the chlorophyll that provides energy to survive the cold winter.

“By July Fourth, they should be in full bloom,” said Hurd.

“It might be a little late this year, especially if we get another May frost.”

Everyone agreed the workshop was helpful, even Susan Riehl, who is already a Douglas County master gardener.

Even Susan Riehl, a Douglas County master gardener, learned some new tricks at South Suburban’s free rose-pruning workshop on April 27 at War Memorial Rose Garden, which holds more than 1,900 roses. Photo by Jennifer Smith “I’ll be back to see the fruits of our labor,” said Cathy Robinson.

Hurd enjoys seeing people

“People work really hard to make them look nice. We’re here for you.”

gathering in the park and encourages everyone to get out for a look.

“They’re your parks,” he said.

Evangelicals urge compassion for immigrants Christian high school hosts panel discussion

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Loving your neighbors means loving immigrants, says Maureen Shannon, executive director of North Littleton Promise for the last six years.

Shannon was part of a panel discussing an evangelical perspective on immigration at Front Range Christian High School on April 26.

“Six years ago, I didn’t know anything about what the Bible said about immigration,” she told an auditorium full of teenagers. “But I did know the Bible says to love your neighbor, and these are my neighbors.”

NLP provides after-school activities for about 40 elementary-school kids and 20 middle-schoolers, many of them children of immigrants, in space donated by Church of God Holiness on Delaware Street. In colorful rooms piled high with books, volunteers help with homework, serve up snacks, teach hymns and much more.

Shannon was joined on stage by Francine Kanyinda of Africa Hope and Sarah Jackson of Casa de Paz. “We help women and their families to integrate in the culture and help them reach their highest potential and reach their dreams and also strengthen their ties to their homeland,” said Kanyinda. She urges her clients to give back to the countries they came from, strengthening them for those who remain.

Jackson’s organization serves detainees at the federal immigration lockup in Auro-

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and Vioneth Ramirez of Denver Seminary and Pastor Nick Lillo of Waterstone Community Church.

“As a pastor, my job is to help people understand how the Bible applies in this day and age,” said Lillo in a statement. “The Scriptures make it very clear that we are to care for those who are vulnerable and marginalized, and consistently mention the alien or the immigrant as a key part of that group. We have no option but to treat theStaff immigrant with fairness and compassion, as we ourselves would want to be treated. A The issues around immigration are issuesporte of justice and compassion.” viole Back at the high school, that point washims hitting home for the students. Abby Klimawith said it helped her to put a face on a statistic.fice s “With people right in front of me, I real- Th ized a lot of the injustice they encounter istreat undeserved,” she said. after Adve cidal man man pital reat ays o pdate cord Little Our exclusive Tune-Up process rejuvenates cabinets in only 1 day! adm An affordable new look for 40-60% less than a new kitchen.

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“We find volunteers to go say hi and who can be a companion to them in the middle of this nightmare they’re living,” she said.

The event was part of a two-day conference that capped off 40 days of prayer and meditation on the subject organized by the Evangelical Immigration Table.

“This unprecedented, nationwide evangelical gathering on immigration will show a unified evangelical voice echoing a biblical vision for immigration reform that respects the rule of law, reunites families and upholds human dignity,” reads a press release from organization.

The group sent hundreds of pastors from throughout the nation to Washington, D.C., on April 17 for the national Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action on Immigration Reform. Among them were Littleton’s Wilmer

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As Colorado details how pot smokers can legally light up, homeowner associations and apartment complexes are starting to feel the effects.

While Amendment 64 permits recreational use of marijuana by adults, as well as the indoor cultivation of up to six plants, some property management companies are already threatening fines for those who use or grow in their units.

Many newer properties have already banned smoking entirely.

Alta Aspen Grove, Littleton’s newest complex, is 100 percent smokefree. Tenants sign an addendum to their lease that allows the company to fine them $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second and evict them on the third. The building is LEED Silver certified.

“It attracts kind of a different demographic,” said Carissa DeKeyser, assistant community manager.

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“I’m probably not going to have as nice of a place, but if this is the way it’s going to go down, I don’t feel I have a choice.”

But problems with marijuana use in properties where tenants share a common wall are more than just smoke, according to Molly Foley-Healy, special counsel for Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis and Payne who specializes in property law.

“Problems include the distinctive smell of not just pot when it’s smoked, but also when it’s growing,” said Foley-Healy, adding that other concerns include mold, excessive use of water for hydroponics, light pollution from grow lights as well as electrical hazards from overloaded wall outlets. And just like many municipalities, property managers are torn between two governing jurisdictions.

“The real sticky wicket comes when

you look at most contracts signed by the tenant,” explained Foley-Healey.

“Most communities, when you buy or rent, will have you sign a document agreeing to the association’s governing documents and most require tenants and residents to abide by all laws — meaning federal, state and local laws.”

While pot may be legal under state law, the fact is, it’s still illegal under federal law.

According to Foley-Healing, the other looming question for property managers is the issue of enforcement.

She said it’s a fine line, and she encourages her clients to defer matters to local authorities.

“Just like when tenants have problems with loud music or unleashed dogs, there are usually municipal codes that already exist to deal with these kinds of things,” she said.

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e uns day “The re to marthe that t theStaff report sion, ated. A Highlands Ranch man who ressuesportedly made threats of mass gun violence in early April has checked washimself into a hospital, a spokesman limawith the Douglas County Sheriff’s Ofistic.fice said. real- The 24-year-old’s decision to seek ter istreatment on April 26 came just days after he was released from Littleton Adventist Hospital on a hold for suicidal and homicidal thoughts. The man had made threats to “shoot as many people” as he could at the hospital and at a random Target store, according to a safety alert issued by the Littleton Police Department. He was admitted to the hospital from April 6-22.

A loaded AR-15 rifle and several loaded magazines were found at his

Was previously admitted for suicidal, homicidal thoughts

home, then placed with a relative for safekeeping, the alert stated.

Colorado Community Media is not releasing the name of the individual because he has not been charged with a crime.

However, the man’s name was used in reports by several other media outlets throughout the day on April 25 after, according to law enforcement officials, the safety alert inadvertently reached the public.

“Regarding today’s limited distribution of a Safety Alert, the Littleton Police Department routinely releases such information to affected parties, as a precautionary measure and a courtesy,” Littleton police said in a written statement. “It is not uncommon in law enforcement to share information about threats, suspicious behavior, criminal activity, health concerns and other issues with other law enforcement agencies, hospitals, fire departments, family members, former employers, etc. The Littleton Police Department disseminates this information to those who may be most

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During the time he was out of the hospital, Littleton police kept tabs on the man’s whereabouts but had no reason to apprehend him since he had not committed a crime. Littleton Adventist also employed armed security as a precaution.

Littleton police had no further comment on April 26, but Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chad Teller confirmed the man was seeking help.

The location of the hospital was not released.

“At the present time, we do not believe he is a threat to the general public,” Teller wrote in a news release.

Littleton Adventist remains in a cautious mode, as evidenced by an April 26 Facebook posting.

“At this time and to the best of our knowledge, the suspect is no longer a threat, according to law enforcement.

However, we have implemented additional security measures for our entire campus that will continue for the foreseeable future.”

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Taking the Right Step for a good cause Horse-therapy program holds hoedown fundraiser

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com The Right Step stepped out and stepped up April 27 with its second annual OldFashioned Hoedown, complete with pony rides, barbecue and a Western-wear fashion show.

But the main event was a demonstration of why The Right Step exists. The nonprofit offers equine therapy for those with emotional and physical disorders — people like 10-year-old Aidan Lindley, who has a genetic disorder that his mom says isn’t consistent with any known syndrome. Aidan has been riding once a week for five years, and couldn’t wait to take his turn showing off his skills for the visitors.

“It’s helped a lot with core strength and balance,” said Cheryn Lindley.

“But lately we’ve been focusing mostly on the sense of independence and the sense of responsibility he gets from taking care of the horse.”

Assisted by 12-year-old volunteer Emily Fraser and riding Vinnie the horse, Aidan practiced riding slowly with no hands and even got in some trotting.

Aidan Lindley is saddled up and ready to go with a little help from Emily Fraser on April 27 during The Right Step’s annual fundraiser. Photo by Jennifer Smith Aidan said he’s not quite ready for galloping yet, but he knows he’ll get there with some hard work.

According to the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship Interna-

tional, of which The Right Step is a member, voicing commands to the horses helps with speech and riding tones up core muscles.

Because horses have individual personalities — kind of like giant kittens — emotion-

al bonds can be formed.

“They’re lovable,” said Fraser, who loves her job helping train the horses to be calm and safe around the kids.

“For individuals with emotional challenges, the unique relationship formed with the horse can lead to increased confidence, patience and self-esteem,” according to PATH’s website.

It’s also good for the animals, said Sheryl Clossen, who’s been involved with The Right Step nearly since its inception in 2008. Many of the program’s horses are approaching their expected life span of 25 to 33 years. Clossen they’ve lived longer than a lot of horses because in addition to lots of social interaction and exercise, they get babied.

Cheryn Lindley said they were relieved to find a program closer to their Jefferson County home after driving to Parker the first year. The Right Step operates out of Coventry Farms, tucked away at Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive.

It’s like a little suburban oasis where the biggest worry seems to be watching where you step.

Proceeds from the hoedown go toward scholarships for students. Volunteers and donations are always welcome. For more information, visit www.therightstep.org or call 303-904-7261.

State treasurer cites PERA ‘math problem’ Legislation seeks to Pension plan not prune HOA powers sound, Stapleton tells gathering

Bills would limit foreclosure ability, require credentials

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews. com Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton says the state’s public employee retirement program doesn’t have a partisan problem.

It has a math problem — a math problem, he says, that taxpayers might be solving with their wallets.

Stapleton spoke to attendees at an April 20 town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Spencer Swalm, R-Centennial, at the Koelbel Library. Stapleton said PERA — the Public Employees’ Retirement Association — is not “fiscally sound” and that changes are needed immediately.

“PERA is not structurally sound, and we’re all on the on the hook should the system fail,” said the fiscally conservative Republican. “General Motors and United Airlines both went bankrupt.

There’s no Chapter 11 for public pension plans — taxpayers will have to cover the bill.”

According to Stapleton, two issues bug him the most, the first being the guaranteed 8 percent assumed rate of return upon which PERA is hoping to fund current and future retirements.

“In the real world, you won’t find anyone who’ll guarantee investors an 8 percent rate of return today,” he said. “I doubt you’d even find a 7 percent rate of return, maybe something closer to 6.5.”

While Stapleton admits PERA’s promised 8 percent rate of return for the next 30 years is attractive, he said the problem occurs when returns are less.

“The state’s pension system

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com

State Treasurer Walker Stapleton says the retirement fund for state employees has more of a math problem than it does a partisan problem. Stapleton spoke at a town hall meeting hosted by fellow Republican Spencer Swalm, a member of the state House of Representatives, on April 20 at the Koelbel Library in Centennial. Photo by Deborah Grigsby has promised its members a result that is based on unrealistic returns,” he said. “As long as PERA continues chasing a higher rate of return, the more they’ll have to rely on higher-risk investments.”

“With the comprehensive reforms in SB 10-001, PERA’s unfunded liabilities are projected to be paid off in approximately 30 years,” Katie Kaufmanis, a PERA spokeswoman, wrote in an email. “Even at a lower assumed rate of return of 6.5 percent, PERA will be fully funded, it will just take longer.”

PERA currently has an unfunded liability of $25 billion.

The second issue that keeps him up at night, said Stapleton, is SB 13-213, the pending legislation that seeks to overhaul how Colorado finances public education.

Introduced by Sen. Mike John-

ston, D-Denver, the bill comes with a price tag of approximately $1 billion.

But Stapleton says voters are not getting the whole picture and that PERA reform should be tied to this, and any, legislation that seeks additional revenue for education, suggesting the two are inextricably linked.

“What I don’t want this to be is a bait-and-switch kind of deal,” he said. “I think that if we are going to ask people to invest in better education, then that money should be going into the classroom and not cover unfunded pension liabilities.”

Stapleton said he wants a guarantee as to how the money will be used.

He said passing the bill would “do nothing more than to continue to pour money down a black hole to fund an unsustainable retirement system.”

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As the legislative season draws to a close, lawmakers are mulling over two bills that would limit the ability of many Colorado homeowners associations to foreclose on properties over delinquent fees, as well as require community managers to be professionally credentialed.

Molly Foley-Healy, chair of the Colorado Legislative Action Committee, says HB 1176 would provide homeowners who have become delinquent in their HOA dues a one-time opportunity to enter into a six-month payment plan before the association could take other action to collect the debt.

“It’s important to remember that HOAs are nonprofit organizations,” said Westwind Property Association Business Manager Jessica Hanson. “We’re not out there to make money off the hard times of others. Any way we can work with people to get them caught up on their dues is good for the whole community.”

The bill would also require what would equal six months of past due assessments be accrued before an association or third party could foreclose on the association’s lien.

“Foreclosure should only be used as a last resort,” explained Foley-Healy, who is also an attorney practicing general community association and real estate law.

“It all sounds good, like they have my best intrest at heart, but I’m not not really convinced,” said Angelica Adams, who owns a Cen-

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On the other hand, HB 1277 would require community association managers and management companies to be licensed, a move that Foley-Healy thinks could actually help build better relationships between HOAs and residents.

She said, currently, the industry has a wide variety of skill levels among its managers and should the bill pass, association management professionals would be required to hold the Certified Manager of Community Associations designation as a mininimum.

“Some associations’ managers have experience and credentials, and some do not,” said FoleyHealy. “Some just fell into the position and this is a way to make sure there is a basic level of compentency.”

Hanson, who already holds the CMCA certification, said the credentialing process will also help keep HOA costs down.

Better educated managers can better resolve issues and advise their client HOA boards, she said.

“It’s ususally the homeowners that wind up paying for lawsuits and settlements,” said Hanson.

“Higher professional standards may help advert this.”

Hanson estimated those association managers looking to obtain initial certification should expect to invest close to $1,000.

According to the Colorado Division of Real Estate, there are approximately 12,000 HOAs in Colorado, more than 60,000 homeowners elected to serve on the boards which govern their associations, and close to 2 million people who live in HOA communities.

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canBy Ryan Boldrey dviserboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com aid. wners The partnership between Wind Crest suitsRetirement Community and Eldorado Elnson.ementary School in Highlands Ranch has dardsbeen one that’s spanned the ages.

While the partnership itself has only been around for six years, each day, at least assobtainone of 22 Wind Crest residents can be seen xpectvolunteering their time at the school, helping out teachers, tutoring students or reado Di-ing to children. The kids, in appreciation, arehost luncheons for the volunteers twice s ina year and also raise money through bake ome-sales to help pay for the Wind Crest shuttle theto bring over seniors who no longer drive. ocia- For the past four school years, students eoplehave also participated in a living biography project in which the entire sixth-grade class . visits Wind Crest to interview residents about where they were raised and what their lives have been like. Each of the students is assigned to two seniors as part of the project, and after the day is done, writes up reports about their elders and shares copies of what they wrote.

“They were very nice and courteous and smiled a lot,” Steve Walters, 90, said of a recent visit. “They had their questions all written down, and every time I answered one, they quickly wrote down what I said. I told them some of what I remembered from being a young man and suggested they con-

sider going into the health-care field.”

Walters, a former hospital administrator from Texas, said he hopes his message sunk in with the kids, as there is a continuously growing need for nurses and doctors.

“It’s not a field that is going to fill up like other fields,” he said. “People are living a lot longer these days and there are a lot more folks who are old and beat up like me.”

As for the project, Walters said, it was nice to see the kids and it gives them a chance to talk to the seniors and see how they behave.

“You think it’s going to be boring at first because they are so much older and you don’t think you are going to have anything in common,” said Eldorado sixth-grader Rachel Erickson, whose grandmother also lives at Wind Crest. “But the stuff that they shared really had an effect on me. It’s amazing how much they could tell us.”

Rachel said she received advice on how to deal with loss as well as what an enriching experience college can be, and said the overall experience has helped make her relationship with her grandmother a stronger one.

“The seniors have such amazing life stories, and the students have a lot of love and respect for them. It’s really a joyful time,” said Rachel’s teacher, Camille McCullough, adding that the volunteer program is also an eye-opener for the kids.

“The kids are always so amazed at how interesting their lives are and how active they still are,” she said. “They start to see them as real people that can help them, and it really helps them grow.”

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Turning the gun debate to mental illness The 2012 mass shootings at the Aurora movie theater and at Sandy Hook Elementary School sparked discussion of the role mental illness may have played in the tragedies.

What can be done to improve treatment for the mentally ill? How can we make sure those whose illness manifests itself in violent tendencies don’t have access to guns?

That debate was quickly overshadowed by gun-control measures in Congress and in state legislatures that frequently became arguments over the Second Amendment. In Colorado, the 2013 legislative session, now less than a week from its scheduled end, will be remembered most for Democrats pushing through several gun-control bills to the outrage of Republicans.

But the mental illness aspect hasn’t gone away. We were reminded of this by last

OUR VIEW week’s scare in Littleton in which a policeissued safety alert cautioned that a man with access to a semiautomatic rifle had, weeks earlier, made threats to shoot people at the local hospital and at a big-box store.

The 24-year-old Highlands Ranch man had spent more than two weeks in the same hospital he threatened after being admitted on a mandatory hold for having homicidal or suicidal thoughts.

We know these details only because the safety alert inadvertently, police say, made its way into the hands of the public, largely because of various media reports. The alert, issued April 25, had been intended just for

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

After recent news events, how safe do you feel?

Colorado Community Media surveyed four people at random to determine whether

recent national tragedies have impacted their thoughts on personal safety.

“I feel perfectly safe, but I’m kind of a red-blooded American. Unfortunately, with the Boston bombings, when it’s people in U.S., it’s difficult to pre-emptively stop those.

We can’t get everything.”

— Lee Nordhold, Denver

“I feel safe. Yesterday, I heard the five surviving presidents speak and that made me feel safe. It seemed like they are all on the same page, which made me feel good.”

— Marguerite Langstaff, Littleton

“I just came back from Boston, and seeing the state of readiness and so many different authorities that got together to make sure security was buttoned up made me feel safe.”

— Kevin Humes, Aurora

“We’ve gone through Columbine and the Aurora theater shooting, but I don’t feel like I’m in danger when I go out or anything. There are always going to be crazy wackos out there.”

— Tommy Weber, Littleton

Heart and soul of a dachshund Are you in a bad mood? Take one dachshund and call me in the morning. It’s impossible to look at a real dachshund or a photograph of one and not feel better. Go ahead. Google “dachshund” and you will see what I mean.

They weren’t designed, yes designed, to lift your spirits. They were designed to track badgers. I suppose a standard-sized dachshund would stand a chance, but a small standard, like Smitty, or a miniature, would be torn to shreds.

I think Smitty would have a 50-50 chance of whipping a box of Wheat Thins.

If you’re planning to buy or adopt a dachshund, do your research first. Some of them can be nippy, and some of them will only focus on one member of the family.

Smitty is here in the room with me, so I have to be careful about what I say. I will sneak in a subliminal message. Dachshunds are German-engineered, the word “dachshund” means “badger hound,” (they are very, very funny looking), and they like to burrow under blankets.

Don’t go calling them wiener dogs around me. Hardy har har. How would you like to be called “crab man” or “crab woman” just because you resembled one? Or “chameleon boy” just because you changed colors now and then? You wouldn’t.

If you look into the eyes of a dachshund, you are looking into the heart and soul of life. I know I tumbled overboard the first time I saw Smitty’s cognac-colored eyes.

He begged to be adored and I lost control, the way a fool would do.

I have a good friend who has a dog that doesn’t look like a dog. She sends pictures and I have nightmares. It weighs 124 pounds. That’s 8 pounds more than Jennifer, my girlfriend, weighs. And it’s 108 pounds more than Smitty weighs. Think about it. The amount of food. The amount of poop. I want a lap dog, not Smokey the

Bear.

Another good friend just went through a nasty divorce, and custody of the dog was big. I actually think there was more contention over Scrapple than there was over the children. Dogs will do that to you.

It’s been said over and over that dogs don’t know or care if you have had a bad day.

They are here to make your day better no matter what.

I am on my third dachshund. My childhood dachshund, Hexe, was an antidote for just about everything from the anxieties of growing up, to the Wrath of Shirley. My mother made some days very difficult. If you know what an anal retentive is, mom was varsity, first team, All American, Hall of Fame. She lettered all four years that I was in high school.

Hexe snuggled. Shirley scolded. Hexe snuggled.

No matter what anyone says, no one is going to give you unconditional love.

Something, some thing, will invariably rub your unconditional lover the wrong way. Just because you drink salad dressing out of the bottle doesn’t make you a bad person.

Just because you sing “Moon River” in a falsetto with a spoon on your nose doesn’t make you a bad person.

Smitty wouldn’t care one way or another. He is here to dispense love. That’s his assignment.

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the people deemed most affected, such as the hospital, the man’s relatives and his former employer. It was distributed as “a precautionary measure and a courtesy,” Littleton police said, and the man had not been charged with a crime.

A day after the bulletin was issued, the man checked himself into a hospital seeking treatment and was not considered a threat, authorities said.

Media organizations and the public were given a peek behind the curtain at something that surely happens more often than we would like to think. Because of privacy laws, neither the media nor the public are privy to much of what happens before someone who is mentally ill commits a crime.

Let’s be clear: The vast majority of mentally ill people do not commit crimes, and

may actually be more prone to being victimized, experts say. But some individuals with certain types of mental illness are driven to hurt people. And they should not have legal access to guns.

We have no way of knowing whether the subject of last week’s safety alert actually planned to hurt anyone or whether he is even mentally ill. But the mere notion of someone with bad intentions and access to a firearm fuels thoughts of another tragedy.

What can be done? How can public safety best be protected without trampling on an individual’s rights?

There are lawmakers in Congress and in the Colorado General Assembly having this discussion. We hope they will put the same passion into these talks that we saw in earlier gun-control debates, sans the partisan politics.

Rewrite of election law is a looming train wreck Following a secret, months-long process and without any input from my office, voters, or Republican legislators, Democrats rammed through legislation that fundamentally changes how we run our elections. Unfortunately, this election-law rewrite will lead to disaster.

To begin, the bill forces Colorado into election policy that performs worse than our current system. The new bill mandates mail ballots for every voter and Election Day registration. Currently, Colorado ranks third best in voter turnout nationwide — one of the few states that increased turnout in this last election. Colorado outperforms every all-mail-ballot state in the country.

And we outperform six of the eight Election Day registration states.

But even if you like the policy, this bill is a rush to failure. Some may remember Denver voters waiting in line for hours in 2006. Denver’s own analysis blamed much of the failure on vote centers and the rushed development of an Internet-only poll book. That analysis criticized the short time frame — eight months — to deploy the system.

By contrast, this bill’s unrealistic 100-day timeline will result in a sloppy, untested system that puts our voters at risk. Other states attempting this project have allowed themselves anywhere from 13 months to two years.

Additionally, the bill bans neighborhood polling places in exchange for scattered, big-box voting clearinghouses. By rushing development and mandating these clearinghouses, the legislature is repeating every mistake that led to voters waiting in line for hours in Denver in 2006.

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Election Day registration still opens the door to fraud. Because Colorado has weak identification requirements — an easily forged utility bill is enough to vote — cheaters will be able to vote twice using different names.

These worries aren’t theoretical. This last election, El Paso County caught a person who registered five times using false information. County officials caught him, but only because they had 29 days before the election to investigate the registration fraud. Under an Election Day registration scheme, this person would have been able to vote several times. Also in 2012, Colorado saw instances of people from other states trying to illegally vote in our battleground state. And in 2004 the city of Milwaukee saw over 4,000 more votes than registered voters. The resulting 68-page Milwaukee police report targeted Wisconsin’s Election Day voter registration as the problem.

And finally, mandatory mail ballots remove choice and open the door to voter intimidation. Despite best efforts by all political parties and county registrars, about 1 million Coloradans reject voting by mail, and instead vote in person. In fact, Gessler continues on Page 9

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‘Ah-ha moments’ are creativity generators

Seems like even at this stage of my life I still find myself having those “ah-ha moments.” You know that movic-ment when the light bulb has gone off vidu-in your head and you suddenly get it, s areor a solution to a problem pops into d notyour head.

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The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” We must always be willing to learn.

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Colorado saw a spike in provisional ballots this last election, because people changed their minds and wanted to vote in person, rather than by mail.

But now everyone will receive a mail ballot — even if they don’t want one because they fear intimidation.

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Some of us get carried away and put costumes on our dogs.

I wouldn’t dare, but I have seen pictures of dachshunds in foam hot

THROUGH JUNE 21; JULY 19-20

“Ah-ha moments” can come at any time. There have been nights where I have gone to sleep trying to remember an event, a name, or with a major project or opportunity spinning around in my head. I wake up in the middle of the night with the answer, or idea for a workable solution. I keep a notepad close by just in case these “ah-ha moments” happen in the middle of the night and I can capture my thoughts.

My “ah-ha moments” have happened while driving, at church, eating a meal, or other random places. The point is that when they happen, we have to recognize them as an “ah-ha moment” and not write it off as just another miscellaneous or obscure thought.

The other thing I have really come to appreciate is when I observe someone else enjoying their “ah-ha Even now, the Town of Center faces vote fraud charges because, as one witness said: “Once everyone gets a mail ballot in their mailbox, in some communities like mine, the bad guys will be there to intimidate them. They don’t get to say, `I don’t get a mail ballot. I go to the polls.’”

We should take time to get it right, because we can fix many problems.

But the Democratic majority refuses to compromise. We should take the time to get it right. Photo identification and proof of citizenship for late dog buns with a foam squiggle of mustard. People, ex-friends, have sent these pictures to me. Hardy har har.

Good-bye. Hang by your thumbs.

Sure, they look ridiculous, but they’re not. They are fine and decent and thoughtful little men and women, intent upon salving the wounds of existence.

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moment.” When we see the light bulb go off for one of our children, a friend or a customer it is so rewarding. And instead of just watching them “get it,” the best thing we can do is talk them through it, ask questions, get them to expand upon it. Because it is in those moments of expanded thinking where the true learning takes place and they have a chance to internalize and own the idea for themselves.

And we should be open to all “ahha moments” large and small and maybe even grandiose. Sometimes just that little spark of an idea can blossom into something much bigger that is in alignment with our personal and professional goals.

And even our large or grandiose “ah-ha moments” can help us fulfill the biggest and wildest dreams of our hearts.

I would love to hear all about your recent “ah-ha moments” at gotonorton@gmail.com and when the light bulb goes off this week for you, I am sure it will be a better than good week.

Lt Colonel Rollin Ray Shoe- Air Force Outstanding Unit maker (Retired) was born in Award with Valor, the RepubGreeley, Colorado to Har- lic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross riet and Floyd Shoemaker with Palm, and the Republic on October 16th 1934. He at- of Vietnam Campaign Medal. tended South High School He retired from active duty in and graduated in 1952. He 1982 and became the JROTC was awarded the Presidential instructor at Peoria High Medal of Achievement in 1950 School, Peoria Arizona teachfor 4H work on soil conserva- ing from 1983 to 1996. He retion and erosion followed by ceived his Master’s in Social the National 4H Achievement Science: Public AdministraMedal in 1952. He was the ca- tion from Colorado State Unidet Wing Commander for the versity in 1979 and did work ROTC program at Colorado toward a Doctorate in EducaState University where he tion while residing in Arizona. graduated in 1956 with a deHe is survived by his wife gree in Agronomy. He married of 57 years Julianne, his six Julianne Lindsay on February living children - Gregory, DarMichael Norton, a resident of High11, 1956 in Boulder Colorado. lene, Gene, Richard, Robert, lands Ranch, is the former president of He spent a year (1956-57) in DM and his six grandchilthe Zig Ziglar organization and CEO northwestern India as an ag- dren Robert, Lindsay, Eamon, and founder of www.candogo.com ricultural advisor affiliated to Lara, Celia, and Blythe. He the International Farm Youth will be interred at Fort Logan Exchange.

National Cemetery in Denregistrations dramatically reduce the He was commissioned into ver Colorado beside his son chances for fraud, but Democrats the US Air Force as a 2nd Lieu- Glenn. A full military honors refuse to even consider that. And tenant on June 2, 1957. He was interment of Lt Colonel Rollin Colorado should allow people the a 25 year veteran of the Air Ray Shoemaker will be at Fort option to refuse a mail ballot and vote Force attaining the rank of Logan Cemetery on Thursday, in person.

Lt Colonel with the following April 25, 2013 at 2:00pm. The From the start, Democrats have military honors - the Bronze meeting place will be at stagfrozen out anyone who might disStar, Meritorious Service ing area “A” at the cemetery. agree with them, refusing commonsense compromises.

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QUILT ENTRIES. Firehouse Quilts is looking for quilt entries for its eighth annual quilt show to support its mission of helping children in crisis in Colorado.

Early bird entries submitted by May 17 are taken at a discounted entry fee ($15). Otherwise, the fee is $18 per item, and the final deadline is June 21. This year’s show has a special theme, Patriotic, along with 13 other categories. The show is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 19-20 at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock. All forms and instructions are available at www.firehousequilts.org; click on the Quilt Show link at the top.

MAY 6, 10, 13 ACC CONCERTS. Arapahoe Community College’s music department will host concerts at 7 p.m. May 6, May 10 and May 13 in Waring Theatre, Room M2900, at ACC. A string orchestra, along with the ACC chorus, will perform May 6. The ACC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Cecil Lewis, and the Affinity Quartet will perform May 10.

The ACC spring chorus concert will be May 13. All show are open to the public. Contact Dr. Hidemi Matsushita at hidemi.matsushita@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5867.

Visit www.arapahoe.edu.

MAY 7 CIVIL WAR program. Patricia Richard, a Civil War scholar and professor, will share a lighter and more romantic side of the Civil War years at 7 p.m. May 7 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. She will tell the story behind the advertisements that were placed by soldiers in many newspapers of the time requesting correspondence with young women. The ads became quite a phenomenon and were as popular as Internet dating is today. The wartime environment allowed few opportunities for soldiers to meet honorable women and they hoped to remedy their situation through correspondence requests seeking “fun, love or matrimony”.

Dr. Richard will share a number of entertaining accounts of specific advertisements submitted by individual

soldiers. She has written a book and numerous articles on the Civil War period of American history and was the guest lecturer at the recent Bemis Civil War Discussion Group. Call 303-795-3961.

MAY 7, 14, 21, 28 FAMILY CAREGIVER workshops. Are you caring for an

aging parent or relative with Alzheimer’s disease. Find out about what causes dementia and the signs to watch for a free Alzheimer’s family caregiver workshops from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in May at Home Instead Senior Care, 2095 S. Pontiac Way, Denver. Call 303-389-5700; RSVP by the Friday before the workshop you want to attend.

MAY 8 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the constitutionality of affirmative action in the area of higher education admissions, join Active Minds for an in-depth look at the origins, history, and future of affirmative action in the United States.

Born out of the legacy of slavery in the United States, affirmative action has been a part of our culture for decades. Proponents claim it is necessary to even the playing field given past disadvantages while others argue that it just creates a new uneven playing field.

We will examine both these arguments and more as we attempt to understand this complicated and important issue. The free program will take place from 3-4 p.m.

May 8 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. RSVP at 303-797-0600.

MAY 9, MAY 22, JUNE 5 MEDIA MARKETING. South Metro Health Alliance presents Social Media Marketing Made Simple from 9-11 a.m. May 9 at Doctors Care in Littleton.

This seminar, presented by The Great Online, will review the essential strategies and best practices an organization should understand in order to successfully get started with social media marketing. The second and third workshops will be May 22 and June 5, and

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will concentrate on the dos and don’ts when running both a personal Facebook profile and an organization’s Facebook page. The instructor will be Traci Jones, communications specialist with SMHA. Reserve your place by going to http://www.southmetrohealthalliance.org.

MAY 14 SERENGETI PROGRAM. Renowned documentary and nature photographer Boyd Norton will show photographs and videos of East Africa’s Serengeti at 7 p.m. May 14 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. The Serengeti is one of the 10 natural travel wonders of the world and is home to more than 70 mammal species, including its large lion population.

Norton will discuss some major threats to the Serengeti, and the elephant and rhino poaching that has become rampant across Africa in the past few years. Come and enjoy a lively, and sometimes humorous, presentation on this magnificent ecosystem. Norton is the author and photographer of over sixteen books ranging in topics from African Elephants to Siberia’s Lake Baikal.

His recent Serengeti book has received acclaim from such notables as Jane Goodall. He has played a key role in establishing numerous wilderness areas in the Rocky Mountains, new national parks in Alaska, and in the designation of Siberia’s Lake Baikal as a World Heritage Site. Copies of Norton’s books will be available for purchase and signing. Call the library at 303-795-3961 for information.

MAY 15 OPEN HOUSE. Arapahoe Community College’s Workforce Training Program plans its annual open house for the Colorado First and Existing Industry Training Grant Program from 5-7 p.m. May 15 at the ACC Parker Campus, 15653 Brookstone Drive. Attendance and parking are free, and refreshments will be provided. RSVP

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Old Martin Plastics site changes hands New developer going forward with apartment plans

‘We look forward to working with city officials as we move forward with

By Tom Munds

the project.’

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com

Mary Manley, a Littleton Police Citizen Academy Alumni Association volunteer, stands with the permanent drug-collection box in the Littleton Center parking lot. She wants everyone to know they can get rid of unused or outdated drugs anytime, not just on National Drug Take Back Day, which was April 27. By noon on the day of the event, volunteers estimated they had collected about 300 pounds of unwanted drugs. Photo by Jennifer Smith

Littleton Capital Partners, which had planned to develop apartments at the old Martin Plastics site, is selling the property to Las Vegas-based Fore Property Co. The new owner pledges to follow through with plans for an apartment complex on the site at West Oxford Avenue and South Windermere Street, and Englewood City Council has agreed to shift a redevelopment assistance agreement from Littleton Capital Partners to Fore Property.

Representatives of both companies explained the sale to the Englewood City Council at the April 15 meeting, and the council approved a resolution needed to extend the redevelopment assistance agreement to the new owner.

Darren Hollingsworth, city economic development manager, told the council the approved planned-unit-development zoning followed the property, but the city council must approve extending the development assistance to the new owner.

The council-approved incentives include: Rebating use taxes not to exceed $260,000 or 55 percent of the building use tax paid on the project.

Rebating 100 percent of use tax on furniture, fixtures and equipment not to exceed $17,500.

Waiving 50 percent of the building permit fees not to exceed $44,500 Reduce the fees in lieu of parks by 50 percent, not to exceed $48,500 “The incentives were approved to promote the project development,” Hollingsworth said. “When the project is completed, the city will receive an estimated $213,880 in property taxes over the first 10 years. Also, even with the incentives, it is estimated the city will still receive about $300,000 in revenues from use taxes, permit fees and fees in lieu of parks.”

He added it is expected the new resi-

Lee Novak, vice president with Fore Property Co. dents also will shop and do business in Englewood, thus increasing the city sales tax revenues.

Jonathan Bush, managing partner of Littleton Capital Partners, said the company was exploring financing and equity partners for the project when they met with Fore Property.

Fore Property representative Lee Novak said the firm is excited about the project.

“We look forward to working with city officials as we move forward with the project,” the vice president for western regional development said. “We currently are constructing a similar project at Mississippi and Broadway. It also will be 240 to 260 apartments.”

He said work has to be done to complete the sale, and the best preliminary estimate is that work on the project should begin in late summer or early fall.

The council then discussed the request to extend the development incentives to the new property owner.

Councilmember Joe Jefferson said he would vote for the proposal even though he doesn’t favor the council exceeding the policy of rebating 50 percent of use taxes and waiving half the payment in lieu of parks fees.

However, Mayor Randy Penn said the city benefits from the rebate of 50 percent of the parks fees because this will be the first time the city has ever collected any fees in lieu of parks.

After the discussion, the council voted unanimously to approve extending the development assistance agreement to the new owner of the Martin Plastics site.

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Police ID victim in motorcycle crash Alcohol not seen as factor in fatal accident Staff report Police have identified the victim in a fatal accident on Santa Fe Drive as Robert Pattie, 28.

Pattie was traveling southbound on Santa Fe with a passenger on a 2011 Harley-Davidson motorcycle just before noon on April 14. A 16-year-old male driving a vehicle in the northbound lane turned left at the light into Aspen Grove, and police say the motorcycle hit the vehicle.

Pattie and his passen-

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asks voters to approve a model where retail pot would be subject to an excise tax and a separate retail tax of up to 15 percent each. That’s in addition to a standard 2.9 percent state sales tax and whatever other taxes municipalities that allow retail pot sales may tack on.

The first $40 million collected annually through the excise tax will go to school construction funding.

Also, the bill was recently amended to allow municipalities to receive a 15 percent “share back” of the retail sales taxes collected by the state, up from the 10 percent that was originally included in the bill.

Amendment 64 proponents are furious at the repeal effort — which had not been introduced in any form of legislation as of April 26.

“The proposal to repeal Amendment 64 is extortion,” Mason Tvert, an author of Amendment 64, said at press conference. “The proposal tells voters that they must agree to the tax rate being proposed by legislators, otherwise the constitutional amendment they adopted last November will be repealed.”

Tvert strongly urged legislators to move away from a 15 percent retail pot tax ceiling, and instead seek a 10 percent limit, something that he and his group believes will be more palatable to voters.

Tvert also took aim at a group called Smart Colorado, a group that has sought strict limits on marijuana access, whom Tvert said is behind the repeal effort.

Representatives from Smart Colorado followed up with their own press conference, where they denied being the driving force behind the repeal push, but acknowledged that they have been a part of the process.

They say that Amendment 64 proponents’ anger could end up being much ado about nothing.

“This just gives the option, that if there is not the money to fund the regulatory costs, then (Amendment) 64 should not be implemented,” said Diane Carlson of Smart Colorado.

The two sides ended up engaging in a testy back-and-forth after their press conferences.

ger were transported to a nearby hospital, where Pattie was pronounced dead.

Pattie, formerly a resident of Silver Lake, Wis., was an Air Force and Army Reserve veteran who moved to Denver in 2010, according to an obituary from Strang Funeral Home in Antioch, Ill.

He was a firefighter at Buckley Air Force Base, where a memorial service was held on April 27.

Cmdr. Trent Cooper of the Littleton Police Department says there was nothing to indicate alcohol was a factor in the accident on the part of either driver, and the investigation continues into the exact circumstances.

‘This is not for a monopoly, but to let the Department of Revenue get used to a new era.’

State Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver Tax rates spark debate

As of last week, it was unknown which specific lawmakers would join in crafting a repeal measure, which probably would come in the form of a joint Senate and House resolution.

Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, said he “wouldn’t have a problem” with asking for an Amendment 64 repeal if the voters don’t approve the taxes tied to its regulation.

“There is a strong concern that if the tax doesn’t pass, then families and small businesses are going to be saddled with the cost of implementing legalized pot,” McNulty told Colorado Community Media. “I don’t think that’s right.”

Some Republicans have argued that the proposed 15 percent excise and retail sales taxes might be too high for voters’ liking. And, even if voters approve the taxes, the rates could have unintended consequences.

“I would rather us do something prudent out of the gate to not create that stronger black market,” said Rep. Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, during an April 25 House Finance Committee hearing on House Bill 1318.

But those who support the 15 percent rate argue that there’s just no telling how much it’s going to cost to regulate the new industry, and that it’s better to ask for a higher tax rate now, and then possibly adjust to a lower rate down the road.

Still, Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, the sponsor of House Bill 1318, said he is “willing to talk about different (tax) models that might work better.”

Singer said that’s a lot better than seeking a repeal, which not only would do away with the retail marijuana industry, but also would strip other popular aspects of Amendment 64, such as decriminalization for small-time pot-related offenses.

“The voters went out there, they got the signatures, they got this on the ballot,” Singer told Colorado Community Media.

“So, for the state legislature to turn around a year later and say, `Let’s do

a mulligan,’ ... apart from looking bad, it takes so little credence for what the voters actually did in 2012.”

Singer’s bill passed the Finance Committee. The bill was expected to be voted on by the entire House this week.

Driving limit returns

The two bills that seek to put in place regulations for recreational marijuana — House Bill 1317 and Senate Bill 283 — passed separate committees last week, following lengthy hearings.

One of the more contentious areas of House Bill 1317 is a proposed head start that existing medical marijuana dispensaries would have in entering into the new retail pot market. Medical marijuana licensees would be allowed to apply for retail licenses on Oct. 1, while everyone else must wait until Jan. 1, 2014.

Some Republicans argued that allowing existing dispensaries to get a jump on other businesses would give them an unfair advantage over pot shops just entering the market.

But Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, the bill’s sponsor, said there needs to be some easing into the market to help regulators deal with the new industry.

“This is not for a monopoly, but to let the Department of Revenue get used to a new era,” Pabon said during an April 25 House Finance Committee hearing.

Also, a key amendment was added to Pabon’s bill at that same hearing, which would set a blood standard for being too stoned to drive.

The standard would limit drivers to 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood for THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient.

The effort had failed in a previous committee, after concerns were raised that the standard would unfairly affect medical marijuana patients, and that it would lead to police enforcement issues about blood sampling.

The driving-stoned amendment still must survive the Senate, where the effort has died before.

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”Lenticular Mountain Milky Way” by Mike Berenson won Best of Show at the 2013 Lone Tree Photographic Show and Sale on April 20. Courtesy photo by Mike Berenson

Nighttime photographer enchants Littleton man’s work named Best of Show in Lone Tree

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “We expected 370 or so and there were over 600,” juror Weldon Lee said of entries at the April 20 opening of the 2013 Lone Tree Photographic Art Show and Sale. “It was overwhelming — I went through them again and again. I needed to narrow to 90 … it hurt to take images out ....”

In the end, he focused on images that told a story over those that were technically perfect.

The 93 images are thoughtfully displayed in the lobby and on adjacent hallway walls at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

Lee awarded the teal Best of Show ribbon to Littleton photographer Mike Berenson, who specializes in capturing the Rocky Mountains at night — a magical world. His “Lenticular Mountain Milky Way” was shot at 4 a.m. on a moonless night at a ridgeline en route to Grizzly Peak.

Berenson said he got a special permit from the state transportation department to leave his car at a parking spot off Loveland Pass and hiked three hours, with a

IF YOU GO The 2013 Lone Tree Photographic Art Show and Sale runs through June 9 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. It is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mondays through Fridays and during performances.

(When you visit, cast your vote for the People’s Choice award, to be given at the end of the show.) Information: LoneTreeArtsCenter, 720-509-1000. Admission is free. companion, to reach this particular spot, where he knew the sky and reflections on the snow would be just so. (“Lenticular” is defined as relating to a lens.)

A visit to his website illustrates his fascination with the night, and his remarkable skill in capturing starry expanses.

Lee, who also selected 12 images by Rock Canyon High School students for display, will offer a seminar for interested photographers from 3-6 p.m. May 18 at Lone Tree Arts Center. ($30) Register at the box office, 720-509-1000, or online at LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

He has traveled around the world photographing exotic wildlife, and has images in museums and private collections, in magazines and natural history books and on television.

Lee’s other awards in the four categories for 2013 offer a rewarding potpourri of cre-

ative vision: • Wild Animals — First Place, Karen Kirkpatrick for “Nourishing Flora,” a closeup of a bee in a white echinecea flower.

(Kirpatrick also won 2012 Best of Show Black and White in the Littleton Eye of the Camera show and has a joint exhibit with Color winner Fee Chin at the Littleton Museum.). Second Place, “Three Eagles” by Brenda Hablutzel, a trio perched together against a blue sky. Third Place, “Sharks of Galapagos” by Leslie Superchi. Honorable Mentions, Brenda Hablutzel and Richard Goluch.

• People, Travel and Places — First Place, Pat Tryon, “An Old Friend.” Second Place, Laura Bennett, “Face of Freedom.” Third Place, Robert Lace, “Ready to Go.” Honorable Mentions, Alice Wagoner and Beth McCarley.

• Landscape and Nature — First Place, Doug Bennett, “Fall at Wilson Peak.” Second Place, Kristal Kraft, “Red House on Snowy Day.” Third Place, Ryan Wright, “Glacial Fire.” Honorable Mentions, Joseph Kovarik and Laura Bennett.

• Digital Art — Shane Bechler, “Flaming Tiger.” Second Place, Panagiotis Chrysovergis, “Heterotopia 1.” Third Place, Andi Salen, “Into the Light.” Honorable Mention, Michael Guttman and Shane Bechler.

‘Collective Nest’ dedicated at Hudson Gardens Outdoor sculpture represents protective space for wildlife

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Sculptor Joshua Wiener recently explained his concept for “Collective Nest,” his new piece of public art installed at Hudson Gardens and Event Center.

It uses contrasting curved and straight lines to form a giant nest that protects wildlife.

The nest and supporting post are milled steel, which has already formed a coat of rust, which will protect it from further dete-

rioration, he said.

The fish and hawk in the nest are made of stainless steel and will not oxidize, providing contrast.

Members of South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s Public Art Committee hosted a dedication of the 22-foot-tall sculpture on April 21 for friends, family, the public and SSPR representatives.

It is placed west of the amphitheater, where it will be enjoyed by concert audiences and is high enough to be visible from the Mary Carter Greenway as well.

Close beyond it is the new Songbird Garden, which last fall had feeders, trees and shrubs installed that will attract birds. Soon, a group of perennials will go in, which also

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will provide food and nectar for birds. Said feathered friends will probably be seen perching on the giant nest.

The garden area around the sculpture had been recently cleared with a prescribed burn and looked a bit bleak, but it should soon be filled again with blossoms and greenery next to the water garden. Visitors may enjoy watching it redevelop.

Wiener, a Boulder resident, is the son of sculptor Madeline Wiener, who has a work in front of the Goodson Recreation Center.

He teaches at Denver Art Students League and has works created in various materials across Colorado, including a cycling team in Durango and gates to the Carson Nature Center in Littleton.

Inside scoop: Oprah Winfrey, yes, that Oprah, will make a special appearance at Douglas County-based satellite company Dish Network’s annual retailer convention in San Antonio in mid-May. She’s supposed to be taping a 30-minute show during the event. Also entertaining during that event is comedian Bill Engvall of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, and the band Train.

Team Summit — the name of the conference — will be held May 14-16. Oprah will make her appearance on May 14. Jill Arrington from Fox Sports will be cohosting the entire week with Amir Ahmed, senior vice president of indirect sales for Dish.

Don’t have details, but I’m told by a super-secret double-probation source that Oprah’s rider (meaning what she needs before and after her appearance) is crazy!

Tons of diva-like demands. If I hear more, I will “dish” the deets.

Bonanno adds new pizzeria

Chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno was set to open his latest joint, Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria, on April 27 at The Vistas at Park Meadows. It’s his first venture outside of Denver, and the 10th addition to his rapidly growing empire, which includes Mizuna, Luca d’Italia, Bones, Osteria Marco, Green Russell, Lou’s Food Bar, Russell’s Smokehouse and Vesper Lounge.

Say what you want about Bonanno, but his record with successful eateries speaks for itself.

Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria will feature an open kitchen with an Italian wood-fire oven that will showcase pizza makers, cheese mongers and charcutiers.

“The menu at Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria started as something simple — unifying standout items from Osteria Marco with some of our cherished appetizers from Luca d’Italia,” Bonanno said. “The entire menu represents the food I always look forward to sharing with my family.”

Hours are 11 a.m. to close on Monday through Sunday with happy hour from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday. For more information, go to www.bonannobrotherspizzeria.com.

Oh, ick!

First Avenue Hotel and El Diablo and Sketch restaurant owner Jesse Morreale has far from come to terms with the city of Denver over alleged “safety violations” regarding his places of business.

On April 25, Morreale lost yet another legal battle that said, barring improvements to the property, the city will have him shut down at First and Broadway on May 3. His attorney, David Foster, however, is fighting the order.

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What is one tip you have for someone looking to buy a house?

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On our first meeting, they were adamant in saying, “Heather, do NOT show us anything in Highlands Ranch!” From everything they told me they wanted and were looking for in a house, I knew of just the perfect house and you guessed it – it was in Highlands Ranch!

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Given this environment the mathematics are definitely waited in favor of purchasing. From a mathematical standpoint if someone rented a home today at $1200 per month and if rent increases by 3% per year, over the next 30 years a person would have spent over $680,000 for housing and would own nothing.

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Garage Sales

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Feed, Seed, Grain, Hay Horse hay for sale

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Garage Sales Community Garage Sale Brownstones at Town Center Lucent & Burgundy Street Highlands Ranch Saturday May 4th, 8am-2pm

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May 3rd and 4th starting 8 AM 9241 W 100th Way Westminster- Crown Pointe Coca-Cola collectables, furniture, anitques, file cabinets, xmas decorations, craft supplies MUCH, MUCH MORE

Garage/ Moving Sale

3 Family sale Fri May 3rd 7-4 Sat May 4th 7-2 Household items, furniture, clothing, knick knacks, tools, much more!

12665 W. 83rd Way Arvada 80005 Moving Sale Friday & Saturday 26th and 27th 9-3 19758 Centerville Court Parker- Country Meadows Furniture, tables, bench, office furniture, bar & stools, lawn furniture, baking and kitchen supplies

Genesee Crossing Multi-Family Wide variety of great stuff!

This Saturday, 5/4, 9-3.

I-70 west to exit 254, turn right then the 2nd right into our neighborhood NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE THIS WEEKEND! Cherry Knolls Neighborhood Southglenn/Centennial Arapahoe Rd & E. Nobles Rd 80+ Homes!

Maps Available Fri & Sat, May 3 & 4 NORTHGLENN UNITED CHURCH Annual Church, Garage & Bake Sale.

Friday May 3rd 8am-4pm and Saturday May 4th 8am-3pm 10500 Grant Dr. Northglenn 80233

Big Sale American Legion Post 178 1655 Simms St, Lakewood Sale dates will be Friday and Saturday May 3 & 4 from 9-5.

Space rental is 10.00 additional $5.00 for table rental.

Please contact Sheri Tucker 303.585.1841 for information.

Saturday we will have Rocky Mountain Oysters plates and/or Catfish plates for sale for $6.00.

HUGE moving & garage sale!

Furniture, art, housewares, and more!

Sat. May 4th 9am-4pm Sunday, May 5th 10am-3pm 23112 Bay Oaks Ave. Parker

Estate Sales Huge Estate Sale

Tools, Furniture, Art, Kitchen items Downsizing- everything must go!

Friday, Saturday, Sunday May 3-5 12200 W. 35th Ave.Wheatridge, CO

7731 York Street, Denver Modern retro antique furniture, glassware, household items, clothing & more!

Appliances Appliance Trio for sale

Lawn and Garden 4' round Meadowcraft glasstop patio table, 5 chairs,cushions, Umbrella Great condition! ($500)

Household Goods 38x12x75" china cabinets, 23 Stag Horn frosted glasses, 15 brandy snifters, cranberry & gold different glasses $600 Marty (303)995-2995

$600.00 OBO Almond side-by-side fridge w/ice maker Dishwasher and oven/stove combo All in excellent working order We remodeled and they need a good home. Lone Tree/ Highlands Ranch Area d.witanski@msn.com 720-560-0273

Fine China 22k gold leaf pattern.

Serves 12, extra pieces (75 total) $150 Gold flatware service for 8 including beautiful gold storage case. $75. Light wood rocking chair w/pad $25

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$3.00 to $10.00 sq ft Closeout while they last Erection Information Available Source# 18X 800-964-8335

Flowers/Plants/Trees HAPPY TRANSPLANT GARDEN CLUB PLANTS SALE 2013 SATURDAY MAY 11TH 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM or until sold out Perennials*Annuals*Vegetables Parking Lot of Vectra Bank 3300 W. 72nd Avenue Westminster For additional info 303-423-2923

Furniture Quality used furniture, fair prices Entertainment Ctr solid oak 3pcs.$700 orig.$5,000 Sofa,teal plaid, 92"x39" $150; 2 Thomasville lite wood end tables with matching glass top coffee table $50 ea. Oak computer desk 60"x20" $60; pool table w/accessories, new,$900; queen mattress/box spgs. $50; 2 oak bar stools $25ea. All items in excellent condition.

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Cats Needing loving home 2 spayed female short haired adult cats. Beautiful green eyes.

Indoor/ Outdoor Call Sandy 303-989-8438 leave msg Would like to tray and keep them together

Dogs Dachshund Mini puppy

Girl, Chocolate/Tan, $400 Ready now (720)218-1676

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sleeps 9! One Owner. Bunkhouse floor plan with master queen private bedroom, 3 bunks in the rear. Storage under bed, couch and dinette convert to beds. Kitchen dinette, storage and oven, refrigerator, sink, microwave, full tub/shower, foot flush toilet. Options include a/c, awning, jacks, TV antenna and cable hook up , gas/electric water heater and fridge, tub surround, outside shower. 720-425-5888 or s.coposky@gmail.com

Wanted Olde English Bulldogge puppies IOEBA Registered $800.00 (620)664-4616

Autos for Sale 2000 A6 Audi Avant

Runs/Looks great 190,000 miles.

Reduced $2000 for quick sale Marty (303)995-2995

96 Olds Regency Elite

Loaded, 72K actual miles, like new. $3500 (303)781-4054 Majestic Towing & Recovery, LLC 999 Vallejo Street, Denver, CO 80204 720-775-2702 Please be advised the following vehicle is for sale: 01. 2008 Red Yamaha v star 1300 #006038 02. 1998 Silver Honda Civic #000729 03. 2000 Black Intrigue Oldsmobile #348685

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Castle Rock plant, A national Manufacturer of brick products has 3 labor job opportunities.

Equal opportunity employer, in a drug free work place Call Karen at 303-688-6951 opt 4.

Administrative Assistant PT

Assist small Real Estate firm, Green Mountain area. Hourly rate, no benefits. Send resume to PO Box 280281 Lakewood CO 80228

Administrative Assistant Busy Real Estate Office in Douglas County. Part-time .

Must be Organized, Flexible, Have good Communication Skills.

Call 303-865-5197 for more information.

BANKING

FIRSTBANK Founders Parkway Branch F/T position for Teller, Includes Saturdays, $11.00/hr plus benefits.

If interested please apply at: Founders Parkway Branch 4775 Front St., Castle Rock Visit us at efirstbank.com Equal Opportunity Employer

Caregivers to provide in-home care to senior citizens who need assistance with activities of daily living.

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Coordinator P/T:

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Independent contract drivers needed to deliver flowers for Mother's Day holiday. Must use your own vehicle and provide MVR, insurance & license. Contact Mike at (720) 229-6800.

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Saturday May 4, 9AM to 5PM Sunday May 5, 9AM to 4PM Colorado Springs Event Center, Academy Blvd. and Palmer Par k.

Colorado Springs CO. Prospector s Ser toma 719-630-3976

OWNER OPERATORS - Home daily or ever y other day. Dedicated, recession-proof freight (grocer y). Lease purchase program, 100% fuel surcharge to driver and more! 1 year driving experience & CDL Class A. Call Michael 866-478-9972.

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S o Colorado Li qu idation Sale! 60 acres - only $ 3 9 , 9 0 0 Rocky Mtn views.

Sur veyed, utilities, low bank financing. Owner must sell! Call anytime 866-696-5263

ADOPTION - Happily married, natureloving couple wishes to adopt a baby.

We promise love, laughter, education, and security. Expenses paid. www.DonaldAndEsther.com. (Se habla español.) 1-800-965-5617

Help Wanted

*Golf Operation Positions *Retail/Shop Attendants *Ranger/Player Assistants Great work environment For more information visit

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Applications to Faye Whade Fwhade@glenmoorcc.org

Heavy Equipment Mine Mechanic Harrison Western Construction a leader in underground mining construction for over forty years, has an openings for a Experienced Shop Mechanic, in Lakewood, CO Experience with mining equipment preferred, must be able to repair diesel equipment, hydraulics, pneumatics pumps, cylinders, able to weld. Maintain detailed, accurate and complete maintenance logs.

Applicants must be able to pass a pre-placement drug screen and physical.

Please email resume to HYPERLINK "mailto:dwalburn@harwest.com" dwalburn@harwest.com or fax to 303-237-9868.

Highlands Ranch CPA firm

seeking full-time Administrative Assistant. Prefer an outgoing, highly organized person with QuickBooks knowledge. Please e-mail your resume to brashierfosscpa@yahoo.com.

Part Time Snack Bar Position

Weekend Evening Schedule plus fill-ins and extra coverage needs Contact Rita or Ana at The Bingo Company (303) 467-0986 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon

GUN SHOW

HELP WANTED / DRIVERS

Saturday May 4, 9AM to 5PM Sunday May 5, 9AM to 4PM Colorado Springs Event Center, Academy Blvd. and Palmer Par k.

Colorado Springs CO. Prospector s Ser toma 719-630-3976

OWNER OPERATORS - Home daily or ever y other day. Dedicated, recession-proof freight (grocer y). Lease purchase program, 100% fuel surcharge to driver and more! 1 year driving experience & CDL Class A. Call Michael 866-478-9972.

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WORK ON JET ENGINES - Train for hands on Aviation Car eer. FAA approved progr am.

Financial aid if qualified - Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-481-8612.

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WANTED / DRIVERS

Driver - One Cent Raise after 6 and 12 months. $0.03 Enhanced Quar ter ly Bonus.

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House Cleaners

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- Network Support Engineers (131361) to configure policies on network firewalls, internet proxy servers, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS/IPS), and Network Access Control servers to protect Visa networks, assets and ensure compliance to corporate policies. Some travel may be required to work on projects at various, unanticipated sites throughout the United States.

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WORK ON JET ENGINES - Train for hands on Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-481-8612.

MODULAR / MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

Inovant, LLC, a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, Colorado location for:

Savio House needs foster parents to provide temporary care for troubled teens ages 12-18.

Training, 24 hour support and $1900/month provided. Must complete precertification training and pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check.

Call Michelle 303-225-4073 or visit saviohouse.org.

MISC./CAREER TRAINING

HELP WANTED / DRIVERS

Full Time Teller Position

available for locally owned community bank. Competitive salary and great benefits. Cash handling and customer service preferred.

Fax resume to Robin at 303-6889882. EOE

To place a 25-word COSCAN network ad in 82 Colorado newspapers for only $250, contact your local newspaper or call SYNC2 Media at 303-571-5117.

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Kennel Tech:

Indoor/outdoor kennel chores.

After school, weekends, holidays.

Indiana & 72nd Ave. area.

Call 8am-12 noon weekdays

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LEGITIMATE WORK AT HOME No Sales, no Investment, No Risk, Free training, Free website. Contact Susan at 303-646-4171 or fill out form at www.wisechoice4u.com

Outside Sales

BF Sales Engineering, Inc. is looking for an Outside Sales Person with experience in Pumps and Process Equipment.

Employer located in Golden.

Please email resume to: jhasse@bfsales.com Please, no phone calls.

We are growing & hiring • Professional Massage Therapist • Professional Hair Stylist • Professional Nail Tech

Expectations Salon

719-488-9203 Monument Booth Rent/Or Commission

Maintenance Tech 1

Enjoy working outside in beautiful surroundings? Castle Pines Metro District is looking for a positive, motivated, team oriented person to fill a Maintenance Tech 1 position. Duties include landscape maintenance; signage repair; storm drainage maintenance; water and sewer maintenance; snow removal; some OT. Must have 6 months to 1 year of experience, high school diploma or GED, valid CO driver's license and clean MVR. Full time (Monday-Friday), starting salary $30,000 per year + full benefits + retirement plan.

Fax current resume to C. Frainier, 303-688-8339, or email to cfrainier@castlepinesmetro.com PROJECT MANAGER FOR INTERNATIONAL PKG DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT/ DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Two-Four years experience in project management necessary, degree necessary, work with sales staff, customers, and supply chain to manage large projects in the supply of retail packaging. Requires strong computer skills (Access experience desirable), strong organizational skills and must be detail oriented. Full time, salaried position. Salary history requested.

E-mail resume to: packaging@dunwiddie.com Fax resume to: (303) 799-3560 attention Dave Dunwiddie Website: www.dunwiddie.com Dunwiddie Custom Packaging, Inc. 6341 S. Troy Circle Centennial, CO 80111 RN's,LPN's caring, compassionate, reliable/dependable nurses needed.

12 hr. P.T night shifts.

Fri, Sat or Sun in peaceful, loving home.

North Parker. Call 303-646-3020

SENIORS HELPING SENIORS®

Would you love to help someone else?

Flexible hours…prior experience caring for seniors helpful.

We’re looking for loving, compassionate people who live in South Metro Denver!

Call 303-990-4561 today!

SUMMER WORK!!!

Western Summit

Constructors, Inc. is seeking Formwork Carpenters & Laborers, Concrete Finishers, Pipefitters, and Millwrights (process equipment installations) for large wastewater project located in Denver area.

Applications will be taken at 9780 Pyramid Ct, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112, from 8-5 M-F. Send resumes to Careers@westernsummit.com or call (303)325-0325.

WSCI is an EEO Employer.

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Painter views the High Line

By Sonya Ellingboe

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sellingboe@ourcoloradonews. com “From its humble beginnings, through the rocky crags of Waterton Canyon to its desolate and dry end just west of Denver International Airport, the High Line Canal is a treasure passing through the Front Range of Colorado,” artist Jennifer Riefenberg writes.

Riefenberg, a longtime member of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, which operates the Depot Art Center, has lived near the High Line Canal for the past 20 years, enjoying a strong connection to its beauty.

She has been a member of the High Line Canal Preservation Association and at the same time, she has been doing a lot of plein air painting (painting outdoors).

She conceived the idea of walking the length of the canal and recording its spaces and seasons in a series of small oil paintings.

“I just decided to start and I never got sick of painting. I could probably do 1,000 and never get tired of the beauty” Riefenberg said.

She expressed concern to her husband that she might end up with a great many paintings that looked

Jennifer Riefenberg’s exhibit, “The High Line Canal: a 66 mile Journey of Plein Air Paintings” will be at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial, through May 31. Open during library hours. alike, but each day was different.

Oil paint was the medium of choice because it withstands summer’s dry heat and winter’s cold better than other mediums.

Riefenberg’s paintings will be displayed at Koelbel Library in Centennial through May, with a public reception from 2-4 p.m.

May 4. She has a total of about 60 paintings, but is not certain they will all fit. The show is called “The High Line Canal: a 66 mile Journey of Plein Air Painting.”

She tried to paint one day in every week at some point along the canal. “I jumped around and used the small wire-bound `Guide to the High Line Canal Trail,’ published by Denver Water as a guide,” Riefenberg said. She spent one and a half years and walked almost every mile.

On each day, she wasn’t sure what she’d paint until she got there. One rule of thumb was that the canal or trail must appear in

every painting. Sometimes, the view to the west was so striking that it tempted her eyes away.

Zero mile in Waterton Canyon brings the water tumbling through a tunnel from the South Platte River. She slogged around in winter mud near 64th Avenue since there is no trail access to the dried out end of the canal.

The trail guide helped her with places to park along the way and other useful information. It is available at bookstores. The south part — Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills — is the most difficult for parking spots and involved some long hikes.

People she met along the way, especially in Denver and Aurora, were “a pleasurable experience — the kids were a blast.” Some skateboarders on paved sections in Aurora thought her project was “so cool.”

Riefenberg has self-published a book about the project, with her commentary along the way. It will be available to order for anyone interested and contains reproductions of the paintings plus her running text.

“It’s such a treasure to so many people,” she says of the canal she now knows so well.

“Mile 2” in Jennifer Riefenberg’s series of paintings of the High Line Canal, exhibited at Koelbel Library. Courtesy image

Ballet goes from swing to rock Parker

The Castle Rock Orchestra presents its Spring Concert, “Broadway!” at 3 p.m. May 5 at First United Methodist Church, 1200 South St., Castle Rock.

Show tunes from “Sound of Music,” “Oklahoma,” “West Side Story” and more are suitable for all ages. Admission: $5.

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stays open, because I think that space has been a real plus to that part of town.

Kelly Parmenter, choral and orchestral conductor at Arapahoe High School, will conduct the Colorado Choir’s Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m.

May 3 and 4 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. The a capella choir will perform J. S. Bach’s “Jesu, Priceless Treasure” and works by Britten, Christiansen and Franck. Tickets: $20/$15/$8: 303-3884962, augustanaarts.org.

“The Birth of Rock and Roll” is a new ballet about the evolution of music and culture from the 1930s to 1950s, told through the eyes of a traveling musician, as danced by Peter Strand. Ballet Ariel presents the new work by director Ilena Norton. The ballet will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. May 4 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in downtown Parker. The work will run later in the summer at the Arvada Center. The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, directed

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Writing group to meet

The Parker Writers Group meets with author Janet Wise presenting “Writing With Your Unique Voice” at 2-4 p.m. May 12 at Parker Library, 10851 Crossroads Drive, Parker. She started writing fiction while working in international development, living and working in six countries and traveling in over 30. Everyone is welcome — no registration is needed.

Dancer Peter Strand appears in Ballet Ariel’s “The Birth of Rock and Roll,” coming May 4 to the PACE Center in Parker. Courtesy photo of the Civil War at 7 p.m. May 7 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. She will tell stories about advertisements placed by soldiers in many newspapers requesting correspondence with young women. As with Internet dating today, the correspondence sought fun, love or matrimony.

Rec-center art exhibits

South Suburban’s recreation centers feature temporary exhibitions by area artists during May. • Cathy Lester’s drawings of animals are at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. • Donna Lefferdo presents acrylics, watercolors and mixed media at Lone Tree Art Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. • Sally Van der Kamp’s exhibit is called “Touch of Glass,” at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

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Beer fest coming to Jeffco

Beer lovers in Denver’s southern suburbs will love South Denver Beer Fest, an outdoor beer festival featuring more than 60 brewers from all over the nation. The festival will be May 4-5 at Clement Park in Jefferson County.

Tickets — $40 advance general admission ($50 at the door) and $85 VIP ($90 at the door) — can be purchased at www. southdenverbeerfest.com.

General admission is from 2-5 p.m.; VIPs will get early entry at 1 p.m. Clement Park is located at 7306 West Bowles Ave. Bring a canned food item for Carpenters Cupboard Food Bank and you will receive a free beer.

Lone Tree photo show returns

The Lone Tree Photographic Art Show & Sale started on April 20, but runs through June 9, and visitors can view nearly 100 images from local and international photographers at the Lone Tree Arts Center. More than 600 images from 214 photographers were entered for the show.

Juror Weldon Lee said: “The number of great images submitted for this year’s Lone Tree art show was staggering, which made the jury process extremely challenging. Every category was packed with outstanding photographs.”

Guests who attend the show can vote for the People’s Choice Award.

For the first time, the show’s entries were divided into four categories: wildlife; digital art; nature and landscape; and people, places and travel. Each category will have first-, second- and third-place finishers and honorable mention.

On May 18, Lee will present a photo seminar,

“Photographing the Magical World of Wildlife,” from 3-6 p.m. Registration is $30 and is open to all levels of photographers. Photographers may register online at www.LoneTreeArtsCenter. org or by calling the LTAC box office at 720-509-1000.

Lee has traveled the world’s most exotic locations photographing wildlife and capturing their personalities on film. Lee’s work can be seen at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. His images also have appeared in magazines such as Mature Outlook, National Wildlife, Backpacker, National Parks Magazine, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Outdoor Photographer, Petersen’s PHOTOgraphic, and Nature Photographer.

Eco Devo Corp. rakes in award

The Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. was recently recognized for achievement in business retention as part of Business Facilities magazine’s 2013 Economic Development Awards Competition.

Each year, Business Facilities selects the organizations that have established and consistently executed the best practices in the economic development industry, bringing measurable success in targeted economic development to locations they represent.

The Achievement Awards put the spotlight on agencies and organizations that have established the best practices in their categories. For a complete list of winners, go to www. businessfacilities.com.

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyparker.blacktie-colorado. com. She can be reached at parkerp1953@gmail.com or at 303-619-5209.

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Artists show works crafted in Italy Journey to La Romita pays off in Littleton

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By Sonya Ellingboe

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These painters in Italy’s Umbria region are two of the 10 who are exhibiting their work at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center. Courtesy photo by Sally Elliott

Surrounded by sunshine, ancient architecture and olive groves, artist/instructor Susan Elliott and 11 former students and colleagues were in Italy last year for a twoweek workshop at La Romita, an art school situated in a 16th-century monastery in the Umbria region that once housed the Capuchin Order of Friars Minor.

Because all were professionals, they had no instructor, but worked on their own projects in watercolor, oil, pastel and acrylic.

The group is exhibiting resulting paintings in the Stanton Gallery at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center through June 18, with a public reception planned from 5-8 p.m. May 10.

La Romita offers about 10 two-week workshops in various art disciplines and at various levels of skill each year, Elliott said.

A visit to the La Romita website, laromita.org, shows a traditional stone house with red tile roof, surrounded by shrubs and trees. The owners write that it was a monastery until the early 19th century and has been in private ownership since the grand-

The exhibit of paintings from Umbria runs through June 18. Admission is free. Town Hall Arts Center is located at 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Stanton Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and during performances. (“Hair” opens May 17.) 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.com.

parents of the present owners, Enza and Paola Quargnali, bought it for a summer home and farm for olive and olive oil production.

Artists were transported to surrounding hill towns to paint, including Orvieto, Assisi, Todi, Perugia and Spoleto, as well as ancient sites — and enjoyed “three scrumptious meals a day, prepared in northern Italian style,” said Elliott.

Participating artists were from the Denver area, with one exception, and most were from the south metro area. Many were Elliott’s students at Arapahoe Community College, and she was joined by art department colleague Marsha Wooley, of Parker.

Others were Bob Barr, Denise Eiseman, Cilla Englert, Sherri Hofland, Barbara Kloehn, Arlene Kunz and John Sandifer of Seattle.

(Two others who traveled with the group will not be exhibiting.)

Elliott said she retired from ACC last year after many years of teaching drawing and other courses.

The B.I.G. Day – Community Tradition Continues It was a day of giving and gratitude, sweat equity and camaraderie, dirty hands and warm smiles as the third 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. Although the turnout was smaller than last year’s recordbreaking event, the almost 337 volunteers were very motivated with some nonprofits having to create additional projects as the planned ones were accomplished in record time.

Activities ran the gamut from planting vegetables at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, to building storage racks and organizing 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.

Thomas Messina of Mountaintop Acupuncture enjoyed getting dirty at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield: “It was great getting into the dirt to plant onions, I would work in the garden on a regular basis. It’s good to help the community. I want to thank the Chamber and everyone involved in making this happen.

The Audubon Society of Greater Denver got trails cleaned up and readied for the summer months, and volunteers accomplished spring cleaning at Boys Hope Girls Hope. Alternatives Pregnancy

Center got their offices ship-shape in record time, and TLC Meals on Wheels of Littleton got must needed help with the preparation and delivery of meals to their elderly clients. South Suburban Parks got a sprucing up through the South Suburban Parks & Recreation Foundation volunteers while “spa boxes” were assembled for cancer patients at Spa 4 the Pink.

“I’m a firm believer in giving to the community and whatever we give always seems to come back ten-fold. It also just plain feels good! Wonderful program!

Great people! Thanks for facilitating and coordinating such an incredible event!

Kudos to Lauren, the committee and all the sponsors,” stated Heidi Winter of European Wax Center who helped out at SheShe’s Corner.

Many businesses and organizations came together and organized teams and groups of volunteers for the B.I.G. Day activities. CliftonLarsonAllen, InfoCubic, Webolutions, Silpada Designs, Leadapalooza Leads Group, The Leading Edge, Rotary Club of Littleton Sunrise, Catch Fire Marketing, Dream Catcher Affinity Group, American Heritage Girls, Sierra Ridge Networks, and NAMI Arapahoe/ Douglas County all came out in force to make the day a success.

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.”

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. With a delicious lunch buffet served by event sponsor McCormick & Schmick’s, 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 Investor LokalMotion was also a sponsor of the event making it the best post-B.I.G. Day celebration yet.

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 Sandy Coen of SheShe’s Corner 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 9,000-10,000 volunteer hours have been 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!”

Marsha Wooley’s “View of Orvieto” is included in the Town Hall exhibit of art created in Umbria, Italy. Courtesy image She taught a course this year for the OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, sponsored by DU) program on Van Gogh and is currently teaching one on Georgia O’Keeffe, in conjunction with Denver Art Museum exhibits.

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 2nd FastTracks New Investor Orientation The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Friday, May 3rd Denver South Economic Development Partnership Luncheon Hyatt Regency DTC, 7800 E. Tufts Ave., Denver 5280 Drug Testing Ribbon Cutting & Birthday Bash 4600 S. Syracuse St., Denver Sunday, May 5th 2013 Spring Fundraiser for Spa4ThePink’s “Mind Your Game” PGA Tour Superstore, 9451 East Arapahoe Rd., Greenwood Village Monday, May 6th State of Our Workforce with Arapahoe/Douglas Works! and Jeffco Workforce The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Tuesday, May 7th Business Bible Study The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Wednesday, May 8th Centennial Business Coalition Leadership Meeting The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

The Jeffco Action Center got a boost with B.I.G. Day volunteers sorting and packing food boxes for their food bank.

Ryan Bok, Penny Lentz of the Chamber, Lou Arellano of L. James & Associates, and Chamber CEO John Brackney organize the store room at SheShe’s Corner.

Thursday, May 9th Women in Leadership: 1st Annual Tea Party at Cherokee Ranch & Castle 6113 Daniels Park Rd., Sedalia

The B.I.G. Day crew at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield gathers for a photo prior to getting their hands dirty planting vegetables.

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

B.I.G. Day volunteers wrestle with getting a tree in place at Denver Botanic Gardens York Street community garden.

Friday, May 10th Economic Development Group Investor Breakfast The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Washington update from Senator Mark Udall The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Greater Littleton Youth Initiative The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

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22 The Independent

CURTAIN TIME

Englewood artist, teacher at heart of exhibit ‘Sandra Kaplan and Friends’ runs through June in Denver

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com

Stories on Stage

“I believe that the stronger the exploration of a personal perspective becomes, the more interesting the resultant paintings will be,” said well-known local artist/teacher Sandra Kaplan, an Englewood resident.

While some teachers are flattered when students imitate them, she says she is much happier when her students develop their own distinct voices.

A collection of works by Kaplan’s students, plus work by the artist, “Sandra Kaplan and Friends,” will be exhibited May 3 through June 30 at Theodore Schultz Architectural Offices, 863 Santa Fe Drive, second floor, in Denver.

The artists will be present on First Friday, May 3, from 5-9 p.m.; at an opening celebration May 11, 2-5 p.m.; and on First Friday, June 7, 5-9 p.m. The exhibit will be on view during normal office hours Mondays through Fridays or by appointment with one of the artists.

Participating artists are: Tim Alcock,

IF YOU GO “Sandra Kaplan and Friends” is exhibited through June 30 at Theodore Schultz Architectural Offices, 863 Santa Fe Drive, second floor, Denver. Artists will be present on First Fridays, May 3 and June 7 (5-9 p.m.), and for the opening celebration, May 11 (2-5 p.m.).

Castle Rock

“Cliffhangers” brings a group of stories calculated to keep one in suspense: “The Girls” by Joy Williams, read by Martha Harmon Pardee; “Before” by Gary Schanbacher, read by John Hutton; “The Cousins” by Joyce Carol Oates, read by Kathy Brady and Robin Moseley, at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

May 5.

Performances at El Centro Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Tickets: $25/$15 students, 303-494-0523, storiesonstage.org.

Bach in Boulder “New Breed” is a collage by Sandra Kaplan of Englewood, who will exhibit her work and that of her students through June 30 in Denver’s Arts District along Santa Fe Drive. Courtesy photo acrylic; Courtney Ahn, mixed media; Young Hee Back, oil; Rob Davenport, acrylic; Pricilla Garrett, watercolor; Matt Hardwick, acrylic; Sandra Kaplan, collage and watercolor; Nancy Kembel, watercolor; Suzanne Mills Kramer, mixed media; Gwen Marie, watercolor; Elke McGuire, acrylic; Patty Ramey, oil; Dale Smith, acrylic; and Patti Spranger, acrylic.

Sandra Kaplan teaches at the Art Students League of Denver and offers private critiques and workshops. A graduate of Pratt Institute in New York City, she is a

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Littleton

Cincinnati native, who has lived in Denver since 1971. She has exhibited nationally and her work is collected internationally.

She has served on the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and on a national committee that decides on NEA grants. She also serves as a juror for local exhibits — in Littleton and at Curtis Arts Center recently.

She has two workshops scheduled in 2013: in Paonia, Colo., in July and in Provence in October. For information, contact her at sankapl@yahoo.com.

Parker

“Bach at Leipzig” is presented May 3-18 by the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company at Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets: $25/$22/$19, 303-444-7328, betc. org.

Reza regional premiere

“Life X 3” by award-winner Yasmina Reza is presented by 11 Minutes Theatre Company at the Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, in its Denverarea premiere. Performances: May 3-19, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m, Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets: 720-333-3499, jjj103125@gmail. com.

Parker

Parker

First United Methodist Church 1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

Services:

Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 8am, 9:15am, 10:30am Sunday School 9:15am Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

Open and Welcoming

Sunday Worship Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

worship Time 10:30AM sundays

8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com

Castle Rock Recreation Center 2301 Woodlands Blvd, Castle Rock

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

www.OurCenterforSpiritualLiving.org 720-851-0265

Abiding Word Lutheran Church 8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

An Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Sunday Worship 10:30  4825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. Castle Rock • canyonscc.org  303-663-5751

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Lutheran Church & School

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Sunday Worship

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Rockin Out for Jesus

A Contemporary Christian Choir Camp June 3-7 – Grades 1-8 M – F: 9am–12pm – Free of Charge – sueeby@gracepointcc.us

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

Sunday 8:00 & 10:3Oam

EduCatiOn Sunday 9:15am

Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org

9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org

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GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 9:00 & 10:45 am

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

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Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

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Parker evangelical Presbyterian church

Pastor David Fisher Parker

Community Church of Religious Science Hilltop United Church Of Christ 10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO 10am Worship Service www.hilltopucc.org 303-841-2808

Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel at the Parker Mainstreet Center

...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138

Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:45 am 5755 Valley Hi Drive Parker, CO 303-941-0668

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New Thought...Ancient Wisdom Sunday Service

& Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

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Trinity

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Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PM Bible Study: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults

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LittletonSPORTS 23-Sports-B&W

The Independent 23 May 2, 2013

Competition tough at Liberty Bell Top athletes tested in continuing bid to land a state meet berth

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Athletes from schools around the state traveled to Littleton April 26 and 27 for the Liberty Bell Invitational Track Meet for the opportunity to match their talents against some of the best competition in the state.

“This is one of the final big meets before state, the competition level is high and so kids making bids to go to state get to see the caliber of competition they will face there,” said Larry Lienemann, one of the meet founders.

Sixty-two schools were represented at the meet so the battles were fierce for the top spot in every event.

Cherry Creek’s girls won the team title for the second year in a row. The Bruins were first in the standings with 76 points and the Arapahoe girls were second with 64 points while ThunderRidge finished third with 42 points.

Rock Canyon finished 11th with 26 points and Highlands Ranch was 20th with 12.5 points.

In the boys division, Fountain-Fort Carson topped the team title with 84 points.

Arapahoe and Cherry Creek tied for fourth with 32 points each and a host of local teams finished in the top 20 with Valor Christian eighth, Heritage 11th, Mountain Vista 12th, Highlands Ranch 14th, Castle View 15th and Douglas County 16th.

Freshman Ashley Miller did her share to help Cherry Creek’s girls win the team title as she finished first in the 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles and joined forces with Jessica Daubert, Megan McCabe and Emily Romo to win the 4x100 relay.

“When I started doing track a couple years ago, I thought it was cool to jump over stuff so I started running the hurdle events,” Miller said. “I am getting better at the events because I am getting faster and I am putting in more work to improve the techniques you need to be competitive in the hurdles.”

Arapahoe’s Jonathan Johannsen pushes to stay ahead of Heritage runner Andrew Hunter in the 4 X 800-meter relay at the April 27 Liberty Bell meet. Sixty-two schools were represented at the meet. Photo by Tom Munds The freshman said the competition at the Liberty Bell was challenging and helped her take another step to drop her time in the 100 hurdles to 13.5 seconds.

Arapahoe scored a lot of points in the relays to help the Warriors take runner-up honors in the girls division. Arapahoe took first place in the 4x400 relay and the 4x800 relay and was second in the 4x200 relay.

Taryn Phillips helped the Warrior cause by winning the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.62 seconds.

Littleton’s Barry Visser and teammates Jake Bergman, Jack Bobb and D’Angelo De-

Niro finished sixth in the 4x400-meter relay, Visser’s favorite event.

“I started running track to get in shape for soccer but my brother graduated two years ago, he ran track so I decided to run track too,” he said.

“It turned out to be fun. I really like the 4x400 relay because it is an interesting race plus my teammates are my brothers and we battle to help each other.”

Valor Christian’s Marybeth Sant won the 100-meter dash in record-meet time of 11.65 seconds and her teammate Hailey Showalter won the discus with a throw of

145 feet, 4 inches.

On the track, a pair of ThunderRidge girls, Cassidy Bowers and Carly Paul, finished third and fourth respectively in the 300-meter hurdles.

In boys competition, Tanner Townsend of Castle View took first place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.93 seconds while Douglas County’s Trey Smith ran a 10.95-second race to finish third in the 100-meter dash.

In the 200-meter dash, Rock Canyon’s Brian Goldberg took runner-up honors with a time of 22.27 seconds.

Annual track meet draws huge field Athletes from 62 schools face tough track competition

‘We put things together over the years so we are

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Athletes wearing uniforms of all the colors of the rainbow filled the football field while friends, families and teammates occupied just about every Littleton High School Stadium seat April 27 at the Liberty Bell Invitational Track and Field Meet.

“This is a major meet because it is late in the season and there isn’t a lot of time left to qualify for state,” said Sherri Rossing, Heritage girls track coach and one of the event organizers. “It is a challenge logistically to put on a meet this size and we couldn’t do this without a lot of volunteers. We have 142 kids on the track team and all their parents are helping us put on this meet by staffing the gates, working the concessions or other needed tasks. We have a big field, the competition will be top caliber so it should be a great meet.”

Heritage track coach Nick Hayes started the Liberty Bell meet in 1973.

“Back then it was a boys-only meet,” said Larry Lienemann, one of the meet’s founders. “Back then, we had two classifications by school size and we had 21 teams total at that first meet. We started at 3:30 in the afternoon. All the timing and scoring was done by hand and we has so many heats to run that the meet didn’t wrap up until after 3 a.m.”

The meet grew over the years but remained a boys-only meet with two classifications.

In 2006, there was a section added for

pretty well organized for this meet.’

Larry Lienemann, meet founder

Littleton’s D’Angelo Deniro takes the baton handoff from Derek Zen in the 4 X 200 relay at the April 27 Liberty Bell track meet. Photo by Tom Muns girls teams and in 2008, organizers went to a single boys division and a single girls division for all participants, regardless of school size.

Lienemann said another reason the Liberty Bell is popular is the change in the method to qualify for the state meet.

For decades, the qualifying competition was the league meet. In the late 1990s, the

state changed the system to the one that is still used.

Now, the state establishes qualifying standards and an athlete or relay team must meet that standard to be considered for a spot at the state meet.

Qualifying can only be done at meets that have the state-required equipment operating.

All the athletes and relay teams that meet the standards at a qualifying meet are then eligible for state but only the top 16 in each event advance to compete for a state title.

“We put things together over the years so we are pretty well organized for this meet,” Lienemann said.

“Of course, computers have helped streamline so much of the operation, including establishing seeding for heat races and recording the results. It used to be there were people with stopwatches to record times for every athlete in every race. Now, there is no one at the finish line because the electronic equipment is so much better that it really makes the logistics of recording times and establishing results so much more efficient.”

He said the schools like the meet so he expects the Liberty Bell Invitational Track Meet will continue to draw a large field of schools as one of the toughest invitational meets of the year.

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24 The Independent

May 2, 2013

Open house introduces bike program Arapahoe nonprofit similar to operations in Denver, Boulder

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com The April 22 display of the Bcycle program drew quite a few people before Mother Nature put a damper on the scene with a cold temperatures and snow.

The event was organized by Joel Phillips, who is executive director of Arapahoe County B-cycles, the organization seeking to bring the share-a-bike program to Englewood and other communities. He said quite a few people stopped by and took test rides on the bikes during the nice weather early in the day.

“Few people stopped by after the cold weather set in,” he said “When we were getting visitors, city officials and a number of other people told me they were excited about the effort to bring the share-a-bike program to our community.”

Englewood Mayor Randy Penn took a test ride on one of the bikes.

He said he found it easy to pedal and easy to steer.

“I think the B-cycle program would be great for our community,” he said. “It is a way to make

This trailer and station were set up April 22 to introduce the Bcycle program to Englewood. The display launched an effort to bring the share-abike program to Arapahoe County. Photo by Tom Munds it more convenient to get from place to place without getting into a car.”

Phillips said the open house and display kicked off the project, and the next step is to raise the

needed financing, about $1.5 million.

“We are just getting started, but it seems doors are starting to open for our fundraising effort,” he said.

“We are looking at grant possibili-

ties, and they are many. One of our volunteers is doing the research and writing the grant proposals.”

Phillips said he also will seek support from corporations in the form of advertising dollars.

There are almost a dozen possible ad spaces on each bicycle.

Phillips said the cost of ad placement is tax-deductible because the Arapahoe County B-Cycle project is a nonprofit organization.

“We feel the ad spaces on the bikes could generate about $2,100 a month in revenues,” Phillips said. “That money would help make sure the project is sustainable.”

He pointed out that share-abike programs have worked well in other communities, including Denver and Boulder, reducing pollution by getting cars off the road and providing exercise for the riders.

Phillips said tentative phase one plans would set up 10 stations located near the light rail stations in Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan.

The expanded phase would establish stations in Greenwood Village, Centennial and Aurora.

The program allows regular uses to purchase an annual, monthly or weekly membership, plus the occasional rider can use one of the available bikes on a walk-up basis.

For more information about the effort to bring B-cycles to Arapahoe county, visit www.bcycle.com or call Phillips at 720-2039370.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women, LittletonEnglewood Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings usually are Mondays each month, September through May, at Koelbel Library, Orchard Road and Holly Street, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative program on subjects ranging from public policy issues to poetry. Call Pam Hansen, 303-753-0838.

DEER CREEK Women’s Golf Association. The 2010 golf season is just around the corner and we’re looking forward to a terrific new year! If you’re looking for a challenging course and the company of friendly women on Tuesday mornings, please consider joining our league. We’ve got the best deal in town. If interested please contact Chris Jackson at chris.dcwga@q.com or 303-347-9193.

SERVICES

AMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT Guild, Colorado Columbine Chapter, meets third Mondays each month, except August and December. Call Doris at 303-403-8703.

AMERICAN BUSINESS Women’s Association meets on

the second Wednesday each month at 6:30 p.m. welcoming women, working or not, to Success Chapter programs for success and positive living. Call Lori Smith at 303-688-3100 ext. 360 or e-mail loris@intermountain-rea.com for upcoming speakers and events at Marriott Denver South, 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton.

CONTACTS UNLIMITED is a business and professional leads

group that meets at Courtesy Ford, 8252 S. Broadway, Littleton in the meeting room on the first, second, and third Thursday of every month. Meeting time is 8-9:15 a.m. Visitors are welcome.

Call Jenifer at 303-221-6550.

DESTINATION SUCCESS provides an opportunity for profes-

sionals to gather, form connections, expand relationships and exchange information. Business Success meets every fourth Tuesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Bear Rock Cafe, 7903 South Broadway, Suite B, Littleton. As with other networking groups, membership and referrals are not required. To RSVP and for information, e-mail Info@behindthemooninc.com or call 303-250-4528.

NURSE LINK/NON-PRACTICING and Part-Time Nurses’ Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Grace Presbyterian Church, 251 Sterne Blvd., Littleton. All nurses are invited to join us for a medical presentation. For further information, call Mary Callaway at 303-471-2243.

WOMEN INVESTMENT Group Master Mind Group meets to

empower all women to build a real financial freedom through the power of real estate in any market condition. We network, share ideas, leads, resources and encourage each other. We meet once a month. For meeting information, call Lorena 303981-6539 or e-mail WomenInvestmentGroup@comcast.net.

HOMESTEAD 9-HOLE Golf Women’s Golf League is accepting

membership applications for the 2012 season. You do not need a GHIN number to join, but can acquire one as you play.

We golf Monday mornings, April through October. To join this fun and active group, contact Barbara McGovern, barbmc30@ gmail.com. Homestead Golf Course is at South Kipling and W. Hampden Ave., 11500 W. Hampden. Call 720-963-5181.

LADIES GOLF League at Raccoon Creek Golf Course, Littleton,

is accepting new members. Call 303-973-4653.

MEADOWS WOMEN’S Golf League offers relaxing Tuesday

mornings of friendly golf for ladies at the Meadows Golf Course, 6937 S. Simms St., near Ken-Caryl Ranch. The league plays 18 holes weekly from mid-April to mid-October. This fun group competes for prizes while playing from the red tees. Afterward, lunch can be ordered on the patio overlooking the course. Call Laura at 303-526-9598.

REC AND Rock for ages 10-14 meets from 7-11 p.m. every first and third Saturdays at the Goodson Recreation Center in Littleton. The cost is $6. Call 303-798-2476 ext. 11.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Basketball Academy club, expert training for youth basketball players grades fifth through 12th meets twice per week and operates all year. Play in leagues and tournaments. Send inquiries to ronkburgin@yahoo.com.

STROLLER STRIDES is a group fitness program that provides

moms with a challenging workout and the opportunity to build relationships and gain the emotional support needed to adjust to the tremendous life change called motherhood.

Classes are offered at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at DeKoevend Park, near University and Arapahoe, and at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Clement Park, near Wadsworth and Bowles. For more information, visit the Stroller Strides Web site at www.strollerstrides.com or call Kathy or Karen Zawadzki at 888-684-0641 or e-mail kandk@

CREATIVE COUNSELING Center is a network of mental

health providers with offices in Denver, Aurora, Lakewood and Littleton. To meet therapists or to learn about locations, scheduling and fees, visit www.ccc-denver.com or call 303-267-2310.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION Sessions. Go to the Bemis Public Library Friday mornings from 9-10:30 a.m. to practice English in an informal group and learn about American culture. No registration is required. Call 303-795-3961.

HOMECOMING INC. offers caregivers of low-income seniors who are frail, disabled or unable to live alone without care in Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Denver counties respite care. Assistance includes personal care and homemaking. Call Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson or Trini Martinez at 303-526-2318 for an application and information.

NUTRITION CLASSES. Free bootcamp class meets at 8:30 a.m. three Saturdays per month at L-Town Nutrition, 1360 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to the park for a fun, energizing start to the weekend. Visit our Facebook pages for updates: Littleton 24Fit Club or L-Town Nutrition. Also offered is a Body Exchange Challenge. This consists of weekly meetings to discuss both nutrition and fitness. We deliver all of the tools that you need to help you reach your goal. There is an optional fitness class offered after the class. The class meets Wednesdays at noon or 6 p.m. You can join the challenge anytime, the fees are prorated. Visit L-Town Nutrition, call Gen McKenna at 303-7302038 or email ltownnutrition@gmail.com to sign up.

SINGLE DADS Resource Center Inc., a nonprofit organization, offers free parenting classes such as “The Ins and Outs of Single Fathering Parenting” focused on single fathers. Classes are from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 6322 S. Lakeview St., Littleton. Call Jamey O’Donnell, founder and executive director of the group, at 720-298-2021 or e-mail info@sdrci.org.

SUMMIT CANCER Solutions is a nonprofit organization that offers exercise programs in the Denver Metro area to adult cancer survivors. Our goal is to improve the health and well being of cancer survivors through exercise. Contact us at 303409-2206, e-mail us at info@summitcancersolutions.org or visit www.summitcancersolutions.org.

ANTIQUE CLUB meets the second Saturday each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Antique Gallery, 5501 S. Broadway, Littleton.

Call 303-794-8100.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY Young Democrats meetings are the third Thursday each month. Call Benjamin Godfrey at 303-7453418 or e-mail bhgodfrey@qwest.net.

AMAZING TITAN Toastmasters meets from 6-8 p.m. Mondays at Marie Callender’s, Dry Creek Court and Broadway. Call Art Gomen at 303-762-9726.

AARP GREATER Littleton Chapter meets at 1 p.m. the third Monday each month at Douglas H. Buck Community Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave. Meetings feature informational programs or entertainment, refreshments and social time. July and December meetings feature potlucks. Anyone 50 and older can join. Local chapter dues are $5 per year. For information on meetings, call 303-578-2669.

BEMIS EVENING Book Group meets at the library, 6014 S. Datura St., in Littleton, the third Monday each month at 7 p.m.

Call 303-795-3961.

BEMIS KNITTING Group invites knitters to the library’s knitting group, which meets Fridays at 2 p.m. in Sophie’s Place. Just bring a pair of needles and a skein of yarn. Beginners learn skills such as casting on, knitting, pearling, and casting off, while experienced knitters get project ideas and provide hints and tips. The group is creating mittens, scarves and hats for elderly library users at Bemis’ sister libraries in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

BEMIS NONFICTION Writers’ Group. Unpublished nonfiction writers of personal essays and/or articles meet the second Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. in the café area of Sophie’s Place at the library. Take a pencil and five copies of a recent essay, no longer than 650 words, to share and read aloud. Elaine Kallos, a language arts instructor, facilitates the group.

BENEVOLENT AND Protective Order of Elks Lodge No.1650 meets at 8 p.m. Thursdays at 5749 S. Curtice St., Littleton. Call 303-794-1811.

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-203-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, 06/19/2013, 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 see cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' t and 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. h from First Publication: 4/25/2013 Publication: 5/23/2013 tleton. Last 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 he BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; -745- CURE DATE: 02/19/2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado ondays By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee name, address, business telephone Art The number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: L. Decker #32647 hird Holly Toni M.N. Dale #30580 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 eation Union Blvd., Suite 302, Lakewood, CO nal 80228 (303) 223-7883 The Attorney above is acting as a debt e. July collector and is attempting to collect a Any information provided may be older debt. used for that purpose. on on Attorney File # 13-049-23848 ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

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THORITY Date of Deed of Trust: October 08, 2010 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October 21, 2010 Recording Information (Reception Number): D0106849 Original Principal Amount $177,608.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $172,617.39 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 19, BROADMOOR 4TH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 207715313007 The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 5790 SOUTH CHEROKEE STREET, 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.

21, 2010 Recording Information (Reception Number): D0106849 Original Principal Amount $177,608.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $172,617.39 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 19, BROADMOOR 4TH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 207715313007 The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 5790 SOUTH CHEROKEE STREET, 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, 05/29/2013, 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: 4/4/2013 Last Publication: 5/2/2013 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: 01/28/2013 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: Daniel S. Blum #34950 Sheila J. Finn #36637 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 David R. Doughty #40042 Janeway Law Firm PC 19201 E. Main Street, Suite 205, Parker, CO 801349092 (303) 706-9990 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.

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Legal Notice NO.: 0188-2013 First Publication: 4/4/2013 Last Publication: 5/2/2013 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0261-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 8, 2013, 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): Eric Tennessee Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Bank, a Federal Savings Bank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bank of America, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: December 23, 2009 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 28, 2009 Recording Information (Reception Number): B9139297 Original Principal Amount: $276,892.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $265,668.41 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. LOT 5, BLOCK 6, SOUTHCREEK FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 7847 South Joplin Court, Englewood, 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, 06/05/2013, 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: 4/11/2013 Last Publication: 5/9/2013 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: 02/08/2013 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 Barbara A. Bader #10394 Katharine E. Fisher #39230 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Camille Y. Harlan #43789 Reagan Larkin #42309 Deanne R. Stodden #33214 Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Joanna D. Studeny #41740 Cynthia Lowery #34145 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Alison L. Berry #34531 J.P. Goeschel #37988 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.

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO tion and Demand relating to the Deed of CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 25-Color Trust described below to be recorded in DATE: 02/08/2013 the County of Arapahoe records.

Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Original Grantor(s): Valerie L. Elliott the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Elecado tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomBy: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee inee for Securitynational Mortgage ComThe name, address, business telephone pany, a Utah Corporation number and bar registration number of the Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bank attorney(s) representing the legal holder of of America, N.A. the indebtedness is: Date of Deed of Trust: April 26, 2004 Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 County of Recording: Arapahoe Barbara A. Bader #10394 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: May 10, Katharine E. Fisher #39230 2004 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Recording Information (Reception Camille Y. Harlan #43789 Number): B4085801 Reagan Larkin #42309 Original Principal Amount: $125,779.00 Deanne R. Stodden #33214 Outstanding Principal Balance: Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 $114,083.66 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you Joanna D. Studeny #41740 are hereby notified that the covenants of Cynthia Lowery #34145 the deed of trust have been violated as Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 follows: failure to pay principal and inBritney Beall-Eder #34935 terest when due together with all other Deanna L. Westfall #23449 payments provided for in the evidence of Alison L. Berry #34531 debt secured by the deed of trust and othJ.P. Goeschel #37988 er violations thereof.

The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) A FIRST LIEN. 865-1400 SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO The Attorney above is acting as a debt AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFcollector and is attempting to collect a ERENCE debt. Any information provided may be The property to be foreclosed is: used for that purpose.

Also known by street and number as: Attorney File # 13-00845 7440 South Blackhawk St. #4-106, Engle©Public Trustees' Association wood, CO 80112. of Colorado Revised 9/2012 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURLegal Notice NO.: 0261-2013 RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN First Publication: 4/11/2013 OF THE DEED OF TRUST. Last Publication: 5/9/2013 NOTICE OF SALE Name of Publication: Littleton Independent The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Public Notice Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given CRS §38-38-103 that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0264-2013 on Wednesday, 06/19/2013, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Building, 5334 South Prince Street, given with regard to the following deLittleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and scribed Deed of Trust: best bidder for cash, the said real propOn February 8, 2013, the undersigned erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for tion and Demand relating to the Deed of the purpose of paying the indebtedness Trust described below to be recorded in provided in said Evidence of Debt sethe County of Arapahoe records. cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' Original Grantor(s): MARGARET J. CARL fees, the expenses of sale and other items Origin al Beneficiary(ies): FINANCIAL allowed by law, and will issue to the purFREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as PORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF INDY provided by law.

MAC BANK, F.S.B. First Publication: 4/25/2013 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Last Publication: 5/23/2013 ONEWEST BANK, FSB Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date of Deed of Trust: ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED September 01, 2005 TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO County of Recording: Arapahoe FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Recording Date of Deed of Trust: SeptemBY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO ber 21, 2005 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Recording Information (Reception DATE: 02/19/2013 Number): B5142226 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Original Principal Amount: $304,500.00 the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorOutstanding Principal Balance: ado $156,125.04 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you The name, address, business telephone are hereby notified that the covenants of number and bar registration number of the the deed of trust have been violated as attorney(s) representing the legal holder of follows: failure to pay principal and inthe indebtedness is: terest when due together with all other Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 payments provided for in the evidence of Barbara A. Bader #10394 debt secured by the deed of trust and othKatharine E. Fisher #39230 er violations thereof.

Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Camille Y. Harlan #43789 A FIRST LIEN. Reagan Larkin #42309 LOT 19, BLOCK 4, KASSLER ADDITION, Deanne R. Stodden #33214 SECOND FILING, A RESUBDIVISION OF Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 BLOCKS 1 TO 4 AND 10 TO 13, Christopher T. Groen #39976 KASSLER ADDITION. COUNTY OF ARJoanna D. Studeny #41740 APAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Cynthia Lowery #34145 The property to be foreclosed is: Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Also known by street and number as: Britney Beall-Eder #34935 3415 WEST POWERS PLACE, Deanna L. Westfall #23449 LITTLETON, CO 80123.

Alison L. Berry #34531 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN J.P. Goeschel #37988 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURThe Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) OF THE DEED OF TRUST. 865-1400 NOTICE OF SALE The Attorney above is acting as a debt The current holder of the Evidence of Debt collector and is attempting to collect a secured by the Deed of Trust, described debt. Any information provided may be herein, has filed Notice of Election and used for that purpose.

Demand for sale as provided by law and Attorney File # 13-00320 in said Deed of Trust. ©Public Trustees' Association THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given of Colorado Revised 9/2012 that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/05/2013, at the East 0320-2013 EXHIBIT A Hearing Room, County Administration CONDOMINIUM UNIT R-4-106, WINDBuilding, 5334 South Prince Street, MILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 1, ACLittleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and CORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP best bidder for cash, the said real propRECORDED ON JULY 15, 2002, AT REerty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), CEPTION NO. B2128075, AND AS Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE the purpose of paying the indebtedness CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR provided in said Evidence of Debt seWINDMILL CREEK RECORDED JANUcured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' ARY 3, 2002, AT RECEPTION NO. fees, the expenses of sale and other items B2001524, IN THE OFFICE OF THE allowed by law, and will issue to the purCLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, provided by law.

AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND First Publication: 4/11/2013 SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY Last Publication: 5/9/2013 OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORName of Publication: Littleton Independent ADO. ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO Legal Notice NO.: 0320-2013 FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE First Publication: 4/25/2013

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO Last Publication: 5/23/2013 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Name of Publication: Littleton Independent DATE: 02/08/2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorPublic Notice ado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION The name, address, business telephone CRS §38-38-103 number and bar registration number of the FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0325-2013 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Daniel S. Blum #34950 given with regard to the following deSheila J. Finn #36637 scribed Deed of Trust: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 On February 20, 2013, the undersigned David R. Doughty #40042 Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecJaneway Law Firm PC 19201 E. Main tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Street, Suite 205, Parker, CO 80134Trust described below to be recorded in 9092 (303) 706-9990 the County of Arapahoe records.

The Attorney above is acting as a debt Original Grantor(s): TKO LLC, a Colorado collector and is attempting to collect a limited liability company debt. Any information provided may be Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO used for that purpose.

BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Attorney File # 15478 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ©Public Trustees' Association WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASof Colorado Revised 9/2012 SOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust: September 25, Legal Notice NO.: 0264-2013 2009 First Publication: 4/11/2013 County of Recording: Arapahoe Last Publication: 5/9/2013 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: Name of Publication: Littleton Independent September 28, 2009 Recording Information (Reception Number): B9106661 Public Notice Original Principal Amount: $805,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION $697,666.80 CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you NO. 0320-2013 are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is follows: failure to pay principal and ingiven with regard to the following deterest when due together with all other scribed Deed of Trust: payments provided for in the evidence of On February 19, 2013, the undersigned debt secured by the deed of trust and othPublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elecer violations thereof. tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE the County of Arapahoe records.

A FIRST LIEN. Original Grantor(s): Valerie L. Elliott LOT 7, BLOCK 12, BOW-MAR SOUTH, Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage ElecSECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARtronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. The property to be foreclosed is: inee for Securitynational Mortgage ComAlso known by street and number as: pany, a Utah Corporation 4917 Tule Lake Drive, Littleton, CO Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bank 80123. of America, N.A. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN Date of Deed of Trust: April 26, 2004 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURCounty of Recording: Arapahoe RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Recording Date of Deed of Trust: May 10, OF THE DEED OF TRUST. 2004 NOTICE OF SALE Recording Information (Reception The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Number): B4085801 secured by the Deed of Trust, described Original Principal Amount: $125,779.00 herein, has filed Notice of Election and Outstanding Principal Balance: Demand for sale as provided by law and $114,083.66 in said Deed of Trust.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given are hereby notified that the covenants of that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. the deed of trust have been violated as on Wednesday, 06/19/2013, at the East follows: failure to pay principal and inHearing Room, County Administration terest when due together with all other Building, 5334 South Prince Street, payments provided for in the evidence of Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and debt secured by the deed of trust and othbest bidder for cash, the said real proper violations thereof. erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for A FIRST LIEN. the purpose of paying the indebtedness SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO provided in said Evidence of Debt seAND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFcured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' ERENCE fees, the expenses of sale and other items The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: allowed by law, and will issue to the pur-

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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 12, BOW-MAR SOUTH, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 4917 Tule Lake 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, 06/19/2013, 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: 4/25/2013 Last Publication: 5/23/2013 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: 02/20/2013 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: Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown, Berardini & Dunning PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 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 # 3112-080 D ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

Public Trustees

Legal Notice NO.: 0325-2013 First Publication: 4/25/2013 Last Publication: 5/23/2013 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0363-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 28, 2013, 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): Anthony W Knowles, and Leslie Anderson Knowles Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2002-37, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-37 Date of Deed of Trust: December 18, 2002 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 24, 2002 Recording Information (Reception Number): B2247724 Original Principal Amount: $363,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $404,144.52 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 1, ABERDEEN VILLAGE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 520 W Aberdeen Ave, 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, 06/26/2013, 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: 5/2/2013 Last Publication: 5/30/2013 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: 02/28/2013 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 Barbara A. Bader #10394 Katharine E. Fisher #39230 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Camille Y. Harlan #43789 Reagan Larkin #42309 Deanne R. Stodden #33214 Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Joanna D. Studeny #41740 Cynthia Lowery #34145 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Alison L. Berry #34531 J.P. Goeschel #37988 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 # 10-06048R ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0363-2013 First Publication: 5/2/2013 Last Publication: 5/30/2013 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0362-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 28, 2013, 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): Chantelle Matthews and Greg Matthews 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: September 29, 2008 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October 27, 2008 Recording Information (Reception Number): B8120002 Original Principal Amount: $148,046.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $145,601.20 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. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 7690 South Steele Street, 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, 06/26/2013, 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: 5/2/2013 Last Publication: 5/30/2013 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: 02/28/2013 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 Barbara A. Bader #10394 Katharine E. Fisher #39230 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Camille Y. Harlan #43789 Reagan Larkin #42309 Deanne R. Stodden #33214 Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Joanna D. Studeny #41740 Cynthia Lowery #34145 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Alison L. Berry #34531 J.P. Goeschel #37988 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 # 10-20566R ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 0362-2013 EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT 92, BUILDING 17, MONTEREY CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 2, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED JULY 26, 1983 IN BOOK 3924 AT PAGE 1, AMENDED SEPTEMBER 19, 1963 IN BOOK 3971 AT PAGE 592 AND ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF DISCOVERY AT MONTEREY PHASE 2 RECORDED AUGUST 18, 1983 IN PLAT BOOK 67 AT PAGE 1 THROUGH 6, ALL IN THE RECORDS OF THE ARAPAHOE C O U N T Y C L E R K A N D RECORDER,COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0362-2013 First Publication: 5/2/2013 Last Publication: 5/30/2013 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 3102-2012 Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 4, 2013, 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): Gregory A. Pharr Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA Date of Deed of Trust: March 02, 2007 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 05, 2007 Recording Information (Reception

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): Gregory A. Pharr Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA Date of Deed of Trust: March 02, 2007 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 05, 2007 Recording Information (Reception Number): B7027643 Original Principal Amount: $181,184.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $195,634.04 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 9059 East Panorama Circle #401, 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, 06/05/2013, 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: 4/11/2013 Last Publication: 5/9/2013 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: 02/04/2013 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 Barbara A. Bader #10394 Katharine E. Fisher #39230 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Camille Y. Harlan #43789 Reagan Larkin #42309 Deanne R. Stodden #33214 Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Joanna D. Studeny #41740 Cynthia Lowery #34145 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Alison L. Berry #34531 J.P. Goeschel #37988 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 # 12-10814 ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

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Public Trustees

3102-2012 EXHIBIT A BUILDING B, CONDOMINIUM UNIT 401, DRY CREEK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR DRY CREEK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM AND OF EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF DRY CREEK CROSSING, RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2006, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO, AT RECEPTION NO. B6126819 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR DRY CREEK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JANUARY 25, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. B7010901, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. BUILDING B, GARAGE UNIT 174, DRY CREEK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR DRY CREEK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM AND OF EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF DRY CREEK CROSSING, RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2006, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO, AT RECEPTION NO. B6126819 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR DRY CREEK CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JANUARY 25, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. B7010901, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice No.: 3102-2012 First Publication: 4/11/2013 Last Publication: 5/9/2013 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0278-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 11, 2013, 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): Eddie C. Jacobsen and Julie A. Jacobsen Original Beneficiary(ies): Commercial Federal Bank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Bank of the West, successor to Commercial Federal Bank Date of Deed of Trust: May 14, 2002 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: May 23, 2002 Recording Information (Reception Number): B2096032 Original Principal Amount: $81,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $73,707.23 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. Lot 4, Block 6, Euclid Heights, 2nd Filing, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 454 W. Acoma Dr., Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN

are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 4, Block 6, Euclid Heights, 2nd Filing, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

The property to be foreclosed is: Also known by street and number as: 454 W. Acoma Dr., 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, 06/12/2013, 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: 4/18/2013 Last Publication: 5/16/2013 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: 02/11/2013 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: John A. Lobus #3648 the Law Firm of John A Lobus 710 Kipling Street, Suite 402, Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 232-5606 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 # Jacobsen ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

Public Trustees

Legal Notice NO.: 0278-2013 First Publication: 4/18/2013 Last Publication: 5/16/2013 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE

26-Color Public notice is given on April 15, 2013 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Case No.: 2013 C 100213

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 23, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: Margaret Simmer Deputy Clerk

Alice J. Anderson Personal Representative 7100 S. Normandy Circle Littleton, Colorado 80123

Legal Notice No: 15169 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 15151 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gwenne Lea Christenson Rogers, aka Gwenne Lea Rogers, aka Gwenne L. Rogers, aka Gwenne Rogers, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 430

Name Changes

The petition requests that the name of Ashley Gearner Hawes be changed to Ashley Gail Luttrell.

Public notice is given on April 22, 2013 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 Jonathan Michael be changed to Jonathan Michael Kadarisman.

Case No.: 2013 C 100223 Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: John Jesse Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15175 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 24, 2013 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 Brake Gebreselassie Kassa be changed to Biruk Gebreselassie Kassa.

Case No.: 2013 C 100230 Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: Margaret Simmer Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15176 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on April 8, 2013 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael Thomas Sears, Michael T. Sears, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 371

The petition requests that the name of Abadub Dawit Yacob be changed to Yeabkal Dawit Yacob.

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 28, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Case No.: 2013 C 100195 Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: Margaret Simmer Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15142 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 2 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 8, 2013 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 Fereshteh Akhtari-Hadavi be changed to Fereshteh Moshfegh-Akhtari.

Case No.: 2013 C 100197 Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: John Jesse Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15144 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Sally M. Ezell-Sears Personal Representative 3679 S. Grant Street Englewood, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No: 15162 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 9, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Ruth Heron Allen, Ruth H. Allen, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 311 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 18, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ original signature on file in office of Palmer, Goertzel & Associates, P.C. Victoria A. Griffith Personal Representative 2770 S. Franklin Denver, Colorado 80210 303-759-8607 Legal Notice No: 15143 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on March 25, 2013 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Eleanor Bailey Witt, Deceased Case Number: 13PR370

The petition requests that the name of Pedro Ibanez Navarro be changed to Pedro Navarro Aguilera.

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 31, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Case No.: 2013 C 100172 Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: Julie Rich Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15155 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 23, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 16, 2013 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Karen Gail Treece, Esq. Personal Representative Treece Alfrey Musat PC 999 18th St., Suite 1600 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No: 15147 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Ralph Thomas Walker, Deceased Case Number: 2012 PR 1569

Notice To Creditors

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, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael M. Katz Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 15159 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 9, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christopher C. Wilson, aka Christopher Campbell Wilson, aka Christopher Wilson, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 524 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, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Devon C. Burch Personal Representative 19804 5th Avenue N.E. Shoreline, Washington, 98155 Legal Notice No: 15160 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 9, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Russell Bartlett, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 303 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 S. Potomac, Englewood, Colorado 80112, on or before August 25, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ original signature on file in office of Tamra, A. Palmer Personal Representative 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., No. 200 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 303-789-2899 Legal Notice No: 15163 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 9, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bonnie Sue Miller, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 419 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 9, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

John F. Miller, Personal Representative P.O. BOX 340454 San Antonio, TX 78234-0454 Attorney for Personal Representative: Todd A. Jansen, Esq. Law Office of Todd A. Jansen 2455 S. Oakland Circle Aurora, CO 80014-1887 (303) 337-0838 Legal Notice No: 15173 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of THERESE S. SHAW, aka THERESE SUSANNE SHAW, aka THERESE SUZANNE SHAW, aka THERESE SHAW, Deceased Case Number: 13 PR 541

Legal Notice No: 15174 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marian Lee Fagerstrom, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 537

Claudia Walker Personal Representative 7784 South Oneida Court Centennial, Colorado 80112

Eric J. Fagerstrom Personal Representative 655 S. Bryant Street Denver, Colorado 80219

Legal Notice No: 15156 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 9, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 15150 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 15177 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Albert E. Anderson, aka Albert Eugene Anderson, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 442

Case No.: 2013 C 100213 Tammera Herivel

Alice J. Anderson

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 10CV2773, Division 201 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM Tollgate Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Plaintiff, v.

New Town Tollgate, LLC, et al.

Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANTS, New Town Tollgate LLC, US Bank National Association, and Public Trustee of Arapahoe County; Please take notice: This notice is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order dated February 1, 2013, C.R.S. 38-33.3-316 et seq., and C.R.S. 38 -38-101 et seq., by Tollgate Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 (plaintiff), the current holder of a statutory and perpetual lien recorded on June 16, 2009 at Rec. No. B90642B7 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure was initiated due to a default under the Resolution setting general operations, recreation and landscape maintenance fees recorded on January 23, 2009 at Rec. No. B9006201 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The property described in this notice is all of the property designated in the Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure in Case Number 10CV2773. The Order establishes that Tollgate Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 is entitled to a decree of judicial foreclosure ordering the Arapahoe County Sheriff to sell at foreclosure the following real property: * LOTS 21 THROUGH 48, BLOCK 1 * LOTS 1 THROUGH 45, BLOCK 2 * LOTS 1,3,5,9,11 AND 13 THROUGH 35, BLOCK 3 * LOTS 1 THROUGH 14, BLOCK 4 * LOTS 1 THROUGH 14, BLOCK 5, TOLLGATE CROSSING SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO * LOT 1, BLOCK 1, TOLLGATE CROSSIN G SU BD IVISION FILIN G N O. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO A Sheriff's Sale of the above referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 13th day of June, 2013, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, Colorado 80112, phone number (720) 8743851, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranties, express or implied, relating to title, condition, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janice Lynn Pinzenscham, Deceased Case Number: 13PR504 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 5, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

May 2, 2013 Misc. Private Legals Public Notice COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120

Clubs

Plaintiff: UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS vs.

Defendant(s): AUDREY E. MORESI David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913 Case Number: 07C314814 NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the judgment entered in the instant matter on October 5, 2007 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) which judgment remains unsatisfied, be revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), AUDREY E. MORESI , shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any he/she/they has/have, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.

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WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, this 5th day of March, 2013.

says realit “D Legal Notice No.: 15108 or d First Publication: April 4, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 men Publisher: Littleton Independent Pe Public Notice back DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF has ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO calle CASE NO: 2010CV1600 DIV./CTRM.: 408 proc Plaintiff: CHEROKEE I HOMEOWNERSwebs ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation netw v.

Defendants: BRIDGET TURNBOUGH;thou MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-actio TION SYSTEMS, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR SCMEour c /s/ Tammy Herivel Clerk of the Court

MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC.; COLORADO HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION; FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA; HDS MORTGAGE; and ANA MARIA PETERS-RUDDICK as Public Trustee of Arapahoe County COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Decree of Foreclosure and Order to Vacate Trial Date, dated October 5, 2011, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Cherokee I Homeowners Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on September 14, 2007, at Reception No. B7120018. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Parker Landing (A P.U.D.) recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on October 20, 1981, at Reception No. 2115861 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Cherokee I Homeowners Association, Inc., against the property legally described as follows:

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

Lot 121, Block 1, Parker Landing Subdivision Filing No. 2, Together with the exclusive right to use Garage No. 1211A and 1211B, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $444,990.00.

Also known by street and number as: 11902 E. Cornell Circle, Aurora, Colorado 80014

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the above referenced 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: J. Andrew Ausmus, Atty. Reg. # 22267 Ausmus Law Firm P.C. 6400 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303-694-4248 DATED: March 11, 2013.

J. Grayson Robinson, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

Public Notice

Tammera Herivel Clerk of the Court By: Sharon Calhoun Deputy Clerk

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 23, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 15178 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

WILLIAM E. SHAW PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE 591 N. RANDOM ROAD CONIFER, CO 80421

Case No.: 2013 C 100215

The petition requests that the name of Ashley Gearner Hawes be changed to Ashley Gail Luttrell.

John W. Dalton, Attorney for James L. Hanrahan as Personal Representative of the Estate of Janice Lynn Pinzenscham P.O. Box 836 Buena Vista, CO 81211

Legal Notice No.: 15074 First Publication: April 18, 2013 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Published In: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd, #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

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, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

Public notice is given on April 15, 2013 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Notice To Creditors

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 12, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

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, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Angelica Chandraisha Danae Carrier be changed to Angelica Danae Carrier Johnson.

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 5, 2013 or the claims may be forever barred.

COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on May 9, 2013, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112, telephone (720) 874-3851.

At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, 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. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to 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: Bujar Ahmeti, #42373, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: March 28, 2013.

J. Grayson Robinson, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

Plaintiff: UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS vs.

Defendant(s): BRENDA E. SCHAFER David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913

Legal Notice No.: 15114 First Publication date: April 4, 2013 Last Publication date: May 2, 2013 Published in: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd, #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Case Number: 07 C 306350

Public Notice

NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE

COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the judgment entered in the instant matter on May 18, 2007 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) which judgment remains unsatisfied, be revived, NOW THEREFORE,

Plaintiff: CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. vs.

Defendant(s): PEDRO HERNANDEZ

IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), BRENDA E. SCHAFER , shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any he/she/they has/have, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.

David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913 Case Number: 07 C 305233

WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, this 12th day of October, 2012.

NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE

/s/ Tammy Herivel Clerk of the Court Legal Notice No.: 15107 First Publication: April 4, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the judgment entered in the instant matter on June 1, 2007 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) which judgment remains unsatisfied, be revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), PEDRO HERNANDEZ , shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any he

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second Saturday of each month at Maggiano’s at 7401 S. Clinton Street, Englewood at 9 a.m. Arrival is 8:30 a.m. and buffet starts at 9 a.m. Must RSVP the Hotline at 303-794-3332 for reservation.

BOARDS OF Directors of the Southgate Water District and the Southgate Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, meet at 4 p.m. the second Tuesday COFFEE AND Conversation Group connects people each month at office of the districts, 3722 E. Orchard in you the community whocaplike to discuss books, current This is to advise that the above tioned action The Plaintiff, Road, Littleton. Agenda information for each meeting is is pending. and any topiconofbeinterest. The group meets OCWEN LOANevents SERVICING, LLC posted at Southgate office not less than 24 hours half before of The Bank Newa.m.

Yorkthe Mellon, fromof10-11 second Monday of each month in successor in interest to JPMORGAN meetings.

Sophie’s Place atFOR Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura CHASE, N.A. AS TRUSTEE THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF NovaStar St., Littleton.

Free snacks and beverages are provided.

BOY SCOUTS of America Pack 633 welcomesMortgage all first- Funding Trust, Series 2006MTA1, NovaStar Home Equity Loan AsCall 303-795-3961. through fifth-graders to join any time during the year. Notes, Series 2006-MTA1 is set-Backed the judgment creditor in this action and Call Nick Erlenburg at 303-471-4172.

COLUMBINE Genealogical and Historical Society current owner ofTHE the evidence of debt (the judgment entered secured by the hasherein) aand program meeting on the second Tuesday of each THE BREAKFAST Club Singles 50 Plus meetsproperty on the being sold; as of January 28, the outstanding balance due and owing was $156,695.85.

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COLUMBINE LADIES Join the Columbine Ladies and enjoy playing duplicate or regular bridge, canasta, pinochle, and Mah Jongg. Classes are offered as well. We also have quarterly socials, monthly luncheons and lots of fun. (We also contribute to The Shiloh House, Journey for Teen Moms Program.) Come check us out. For further information on membership call Iris McMullen at 303794-3739.

ASCENT HOME A Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure LOANS, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONhas been entered in this action concernIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; and Civic Canopy — they like their Main Street, their liing a Deed of Trust executed

by Mary coTHE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE Jane Groves for the benefit of PAUL FINCOUNTY, COLORADO. director Bill Fulton brary, their museum, their Omnibus.

ANCIAL, LLC dated November 14, 2005 Defendant(s). and recorded November 23,his 2005,presentadocustarted “That part is the center part, that’s ment number B5176987 of the real estate Regarding: Condominium Unit No. 202, tionofby records in the office the explaining Clerk and Re- the the soul, that’s why we’re here and Building No. 4, Robinwood CondominiContinued from Page 1 corder of Arapahoe County, Colorado. ums, in accordance with the Declaration physical reasons peowhy we stay,” Brinkman said, recorded on June 22, 1981 in that’s Book 3434 The name, address and telephone numat to the added Desays is a complete transformation of ple experience “fightPage 647, First Supplementbut that without change, the ber of the attorneys representing the ownclaration recorded August 27, 1982 in reality. er of the Deed of being foreclosed orTrust flight” when isfaced city can’t support that core.

Book 3479 at Page 468, Second SuppleVaden Law Firm, LLC, 2015 York Street, ment to Declaration recorded on Decem“Do you want it to happen Denver, to you, with a (303) threat, saying After Colorado 80205, 377-2933. ber 31, 1981 in Book 3555 at Page 470 viewing a cartoon about a and re-recorded March 29, 1982 in Book iceberg, Councilor Peggy Cole or do you want to guide develop- human brains are melting The real property which is the subject mat3599 at Page 455 and First Amendment to ment?” he asked council. ter of this litigation, which is all of thefor prop- that Condominium Declaration recorded April hard-wired noted that the penguins that lived on erty currently being encumbered by the 26, 1982 in Book 3614 at Page 195 and Perhaps anticipating someDeed pushreaction. it took of Trust described in said Judgment Condominium Map recorded on June 22,pains to reassure their children and Decree of Foreclosure, is situatedon’t in 1981 in Book at Pages 35-37, and back on the new approach, council “Our brains know the51differthat change would be good.

Arapahoe County, Colorado and is deAmended Map recorded October 30, 1981 has been working with a company scribed as follows: in Book 53 atand Pageso51, and theShe First suggested more outreach to ence between physical threat to the Condominium Map recalled The Civic Canopy on a visioning heConsaid. Amendment Littleton’s youth might promote easier Unit D, Building cial 7180,threat,” Moon Shadow corded August 27, 1981 in Book 52 at to the Declaration Page 50 and the First Supplement to con- from their parents and grandprocess for the city. Accordingdominiums, to its according So when talking about change, he buy-in of Covenants, Conditions, and Restricdominium Map recorded August 27, 1981 website, the company “is an inclusive tions of Moon Shadow re- not in Book 52 at Pages 51-52 Second said, Condominiums it’s important to sugarcoat or and parents. corded March 14, 2002, at Reception No. Supplement recorded December 31, 1981 network of partners that engages in andexaggerate. call it brainwashing,” said Valdes.

B2048814 the Condominium Map in Book 54 at Pages 53-54 and“IFirst thereof recorded October 2002 continually at Reamended to the Second Supplement rethoughtful dialogue and collaborative “You4,hear in communi“I would encourage all young people ception No. B2187269 in the records of corded March 29, 1982 in Book 55 at action to increase the civic health of andties the Clerk Recorder, Arapahoe Page 60 of the Arapahoe Color- and to become logical in their that are well loved, people don’t County, to read County, State of Colorado ado records, together with the exclusive our communities.” want it to change,”rightsaid own elethinking.”

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court to useBrinkman the following common also known by street and number as 7180 pursuant to said rules of civil procedure ments: Parking Space No. 378 and 391, South Wenatchee Way, No. 6D, Aurora, that the judgment entered in the instant County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Colorado 80016 (the “Property”) matter on June 1, 2007 in favor of the DISTRICT COURT, Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Also known as: 18133 East Kentucky AvTHE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY which judgment remains unsatisfied, be ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO enue, #202, Aurora, CO 80017.

NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. revived, NOW THEREFORE, Court Address: TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, NOTICE OF SALE IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), 7325 S. Potomac Street Please take notice: Notice is hereby given I shall offer for pubPEDRO HERNANDEZ , shall show cause Englewood, Colorado 80112 within fourteen (14) days from the service lic sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at Plaintiff: KEN CARYL GLASS, INC., You and each of you are hereby notified public auction, all the rights, title and inof this Notice to Show Cause if any he a Colorado corporation that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced terest of the Defendants in said property has, why the judgment heretofore entered property is to be conducted by the Civil DiDefendants: GREG L. NEW; LARRY on June 6, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at 13101 should not be revived with like force and vision of the Sheriff's Department of ArGIRAULT MCGEE; NEW CONCEPT E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Coloreffect. apahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., CONCRETE, INC., a Colorado corporaado 80112 for the purpose of paying the on the 13th day of June, 2013, at 13101 tion; and ELITE GROUP OF COMPANindebtedness, plus attorney fees, the exWITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO IES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability compenses of sale, and other items allowed of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, this 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At pany; ARAPAHOE BANK AND TRUST; by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a 8th day of November, 2012. which sale, the above described real propFIRST NATIONAL BANK; FIRE PROTECCertificate of Purchase, all as provided by erty and improvements thereon will be TION CONCEPTS, INC.; JOHN CANOY; law. /s/ Clerk of the Court sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes CONVERGINT TECHNOLOGIES; GOOD Clerk of the Court no warranty relating to title, possession, or PLUMBING SERVICE COMPANY; and ***BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE quiet enjoyment in and to said real propLegal Notice No.: 15132 DIANA SPRINGFIELD the ARAPAHOE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFIerty in connection with this sale.

First Publication: April 11, 2013 COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE CIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID Last Publication: May 9, 2013 WILDER & KEENAN, P.C. AT TIME OF SALE*** BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE Publisher: Littleton Independent E. James Wilder, #29526 CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFINOTICE OF RIGHTS Travis B. Keenan, # 41354 CIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE Address: 10200 E. Girard Ave., #C255 AT THE TIME OF SALE. Public Notice REAL PROPERTY BEING FOREDenver, CO 80231 CLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS Phone Number: (303) 695-6600 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES Fax: (303) 695-0300 FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATEmail: tkeenan@wilderkeenan.com LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Arapahoe County Justice Center UTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FOREJudgment is in the amount of $7,875.35.

7325 S. Potomac Street CLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE Case No.: 13CV1 Centennial, Colorado 80112 RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPDATED April 2, 2013 CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 2011CV2020 ERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT SUMMONS TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE J. Grayson Robinson Plaintiff: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, DEED OF TRUST BEING FOREThe People of the State of Colorado Sheriff of Arapahoe County, LLC on behalf of The Bank of New York CLOSED. To the Defendants named above: State of Colorado Mellon, successor in interest to JPMORGAN CHASE, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR Questions regarding the sale should be You are summoned and required to file THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF NovaStBy: Sgt. James Osborn addressed to the Civil Division, telephone with the clerk of this court an answer or ar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2006720-874-3935. other response to the attached Complaint MTA1, NovaStar Home Equity Loan AsLegal Notice No.: 15140 within 21 days after this summons is set-Backed Notes, Series 2006-MTA1 First Publication: April 18, 2013 served on you in the State of Colorado, or DATED at Centennial, Colorado, this 29th v.

Last Publication: May 16, 2013 within 35 days after this summons is day of March, 2013, Defendant(s): MARY JANE GROVES; Published In: The Littleton Independent, served on you outside the State of ColorMORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210, ado.

J. GRAYSON ROBINSON, Sheriff, TION SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware CorHighlands Ranch, CO 80129 If you fail to file your answer or other reArapahoe County, Colorado poration acting solely as nominee for sponse to the complaint in writing within PAUL FINANCIAL, LLC, a Delaware CorPublic Notice the applicable time period, judgment by By: Sgt. James Osborn poration; ANA MARIA PETERS-RUDdefault may be entered against you by the Deputy Sheriff DICK, as Public Trustee of Arapahoe District Court, Arapahoe court for the relief demanded in the comCounty, Colorado; and ALL UNKNOWN County, Colorado plaint, without any further notice to you.

Legal Notice No.: 15133 PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST The following documents are also served First Publication: April 11, 2013 IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACCourt Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., with this summons: Complaint; District Last Publication: May 9, 2013 TION Centennial, CO 80112 Civil Case Cover Sheet; and Lis Pendens.

Published In: Littleton Independent Phone Number: 303-649-6355 9137 S Ridgeline Blvd, Suite 210, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 Dated January 2, 2013.

This is to advise you that the above capHILDA SANDOVAL, Mother and WILDER & KEENAN, P.C. tioned action is pending. The Plaintiff, EDWIN SANDOVAL, Step-parent, OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC on bePublic Notice Petitioners E. James Wilder, #29526 half of The Bank of New York Mellon, Travis B. Keenan, #41354 successor in interest to JPMORGAN DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE Attorney for Petitioner: CHASE, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Pickard & Associates, P.C. This summons is issued pursuant to Rule REGISTERED HOLDER OF NovaStar CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012CV1882, (Joe Pickard/Kerry Simpson/Justin Ross) 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2006Division/Courtroom 207 10146 W. San Juan Way, #200 complaint must be served with this sumMTA1, NovaStar Home Equity Loan AsLittleton, Colorado 80127 mons. set-Backed Notes, Series 2006-MTA1 is NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL Phone Number: (303) 989-6655 the judgment creditor in this action and PROPERTY E-Mail: law@lawpickard.com Legal Notice No.: 15146 current owner of the evidence of debt (the Fax Number: (303) 989-6773 First Publication: April 18, 2013 judgment entered herein) secured by the ROBINWOOD CONDOMINIUM Atty. Reg.#: 12476/35514/38573 Last Publication: May 16, 2013 property being sold; and as of January 28, ASSOCIATION, INC. (AFS) Publisher: Littleton Independent the outstanding balance due and owing Plaintiff, Case No: 13JA9 * Div.: 22 was $156,695.85. v.

NOTICE OF HEARING Public Notice DOMINIC APODACA; ASCENT HOME A Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure LOANS, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONTo: Eduardo Alvarez Arapahoe County District Court has been entered in this action concernIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; and (Full Name of Parent).

7325 S. Potomac St ing a Deed of Trust executed by Mary THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE Centennial, CO 80112 Jane Groves for the benefit of PAUL FINCOUNTY, COLORADO. Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are Civil Action No. 2012CV2014 ANCIAL, LLC dated November 14, 2005 Defendant(s). hereby notified that the above-named Peand recorded November 23, 2005, docutitioner(s) has/have filed in this Court a SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE ment number B5176987 of the real estate Regarding: Condominium Unit No. 202, verified Petition seeking to adopt a child. records in the office of the Clerk and ReBuilding No. 4, Robinwood CondominiThe Petition alleges that you have abanPlaintiff: Cherry Creek Farm Filing No. corder of Arapahoe County, Colorado. ums, in accordance with the Declaration doned the child for a period of one year or 5 Association recorded on June 22, 1981 in Book 3434 more and/or have failed without cause to Defendant(s): Stacey R. Wiley-Greaney The name, address and telephone numat Page 647, First Supplement to the Deprovide reasonable support for the child and Colorado Housing Finance ber of the attorneys representing the ownclaration recorded August 27, 1982 in for one year or more.

Authority er of the Deed of Trust being foreclosed is Book 3479 at Page 468, Second SuppleVaden Law Firm, LLC, 2015 York Street, ment to Declaration recorded on DecemYou are further notified that an Adoption TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This NoDenver, Colorado 80205, (303) 377-2933. ber 31, 1981 in Book 3555 at Page 470 hearing is set on June 18, 2013, at 8:45 tice is given with regard to the Assessand re-recorded March 29, 1982 in Book a.m. in the court location identified above. ment Lien of Cherry Creek Farm Filing No. The real property which is the subject mat3599 at Page 455 and First Amendment to 5 Association. ter of this litigation, which is all of the propCondominium Declaration recorded April You are further notified that if you fail to A Sheriff’s Sale proceeding has been erty currently being encumbered by the 26, 1982 in Book 3614 at Page 195 and appear for said hearing, the Court may commenced at the office of the underDeed of Trust described in said Judgment Condominium Map recorded on June 22, terminate your parental rights and grant signed Sheriff. The real property situate in and Decree of Foreclosure, is situate in 1981 in Book 51 at Pages 35-37, and the adoption as sought by the the County of ARAPAHOE, State of ColorArapahoe County, Colorado and is deAmended Map recorded October 30, 1981 Petitioner(s). ado, which is all of the property enscribed as follows: in Book 53 at Page 51, and the First cumbered by said Lien, is described as Amendment to the Condominium Map rePICKARD & ASSOCIATES, P.C. follows: Unit D, Building 7180, Moon Shadow Concorded August 27, 1981 in Book 52 at dominiums, according to the Declaration Page 50 and the First Supplement to conBy: /s/ Kerry Simpson LOT 4, BLOCK 16, CHERRY CREEK of Covenants, Conditions, and Restricdominium Map recorded August 27, 1981 Kerry Simpson #35514 FARM SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 5 tions of Moon Shadow Condominiums rein Book 52 at Pages 51-52 and Second Attorneys for Petitioner COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF corded March 14, 2002, at Reception No. Supplement recorded December 31, 1981 COLORADO B2048814 and the Condominium Map in Book 54 at Pages 53-54 and First Legal Notice No.: 15145 Also known by street and number as: thereof recorded October 4, 2002 at Reamended to the Second Supplement reFirst Publication: April 18, 2013 10139 East Peakview Ave, Englewood, ception No. B2187269 in the records of corded March 29, 1982 in Book 55 at Last Publication: May 16, 2013 Co. 80111 (the “Property”). the Clerk and Recorder, Arapahoe Page 60 of the Arapahoe County, ColorPublisher: Littleton Independent County, State of Colorado ado records, together with the exclusive NOTICE OF SALE right to use the following common elealso known by street and number as 7180 Public Notice ments: Parking Space No. 378 and 391, Under a Judgment and Decree In ForeSouth Wenatchee Way, No. 6D, Aurora, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. closure entered on January 28, 2013 in Colorado 80016 (the “Property”) DISTRICT COURT, the above entitled action, I am ordered to 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Also known as: 18133 East Kentucky Avsell the following property which is all of THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO enue, #202, Aurora, CO 80017. the property currently encumbered by the NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Assessment Lien described in said JudgCourt Address: TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, ment and Decree.

NOTICE OF SALE 7325 S. Potomac Street Please take notice: Notice is hereby given I shall offer for pubEnglewood, Colorado 80112 The Plaintiff named above is the creditor lic sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at Plaintiff: KEN CARYL GLASS, INC., You and each of you are hereby notified in this action and the current holder of the public auction, all the rights, title and ina Colorado corporation that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced lien secured by the property being sold; terest of the Defendants in said property property is to be conducted by the Civil Di-

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ing Walheim the same thing someday. The 10-year-old wants to be a pilot like his grandpa and great-grandpa before him.

“I found out pretty much everything I wanted to find out, so it’s been a pretty fun day,” he said.

Lockheed employees are a passionate bunch and were excited to see the children soaking up the knowledge while thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Allan Cheuvront helped his 8-year-old grandson, Braeden Dobbins, launch a soda bottle, explaining the physics behind the blast.

“I think it’s safe to say we’re an aging workforce,” he said.

“Kids today have more ability and capability than I ever did.”

Cheuvront has worked at Lockheed for 33 years and is currently helping design the Osiris Rex, which will launch in 2016 and bring back samples from a near-earth asteroid in 2023.

“Asteroids are the direct remnants of the original building blocks of the terrestrial planets,” reads a fact sheet about the project.

“Knowledge of their nature is fundamental to underTO WHOM ITplanet MAY CONCERN: This Nostanding formation and the origin of life.” tice is given with regard to the AssesssaysFarm hisFiling older mentCheuvront Lien of Cherry Creek No. grandson, 11-year-old Ben, al5 Association. ready knows he wants to carry on grandpa’s good work.

A Sheriff’s Sale proceeding has been commenced at the office of the under“In theory, these kids could bring Osiris Rex back,” he signed Sheriff. The real property situate in said. the County of ARAPAHOE, State of Color-

ado, which is all of the property encumbered by said Lien, is described as follows:

LOT 4, BLOCK 16, CHERRY CREEK FARM SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 5 COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 10139 East Peakview Ave, Englewood, Co. 80111 (the “Property”).

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NOTICE OF SALE Under a Judgment and Decree In Foreclosure entered on January 28, 2013 in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell the following property which is all of the property currently encumbered by the Assessment Lien described in said Judgment and Decree.

The Plaintiff named above is the creditor in this action and the current holder of the lien secured by the property being sold; and as of January 28, 2013, the outstanding principal due and owing on said judgment was $10,159.18.

I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction, all the right, title, and interest of the Defendants in said properties on June 6, 2013, at 10:00 O’clock A.M. at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112. Telephone number 720-874-3851.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. *BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.* Name, address, telephone number and email address of the attorney representing the owner of the indebtedness and foreclosing lienor: James M. Harm Attorney At Law 1554 Emerson Street Denver, CO 80218 303-832-9476 jmharm@qwestoffice.net Dated: March 25, 2013.

J. Grayson Robinson, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Public Notice: 15109 First Publication: April 11, 2013 Last Publication: May 9, 2013 Published in: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd, #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Government Legals Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado, and Case No. 13-080083P The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-3362627).

Legal Notice No.: 15152 First Publication: April 25, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Proposals in single, endorsed envelope, "Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District - Construction of 8" Water

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Proposals in single, endorsed envelope, "Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District - Construction of 8" Water Main Replacement On South Jay Drive In Columbine Hill Filing No. 4 And 4" Water Main Replacement On South Quay Court In Columbine West Filing No. 3 ", will be received at the office of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 Coal Mine Road, Littleton, Colorado 80123, until 1:30 PM, Friday, May 17, 2013, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the presence of Bidders or their duly authorized representatives.

Specifications and forms for preparing bids may be obtained at the office of ENS Consulting L.L.C., Consulting Engineers, 1200 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80232. A deposit of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) will be required for each set. This deposit will be returned on only one set of specifications to those submitting bids. Upon return of each set by anyone not submitting a general bid on or before the time set for opening of bids, Ten Dollars ($10.00) will be returned by the Engineer. No refund will be made on plans and specifications returned after the date and time set for opening of bids.

All bids must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District in an amount of at least ten percent (10%) of the Bid, drawn on a bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System or a Bidder's Bond in like amount. The check or bond will be retained by the District as liquidated damages if the successful bidder refuses or fails to enter into a Contract and provide a Performance, Payment and Maintenance Bond in accordance with his bid when notified of the award.

The extent of the work is approximately as follows: SCHEDULE NO. 1 - South Jay Drive Columbine Hills Filing No. 4 1. Furnish and install 8" DR 18 C-900 or Class 235 C-909 PVC Pipe including squeegee bedding, 785 L.F. 2. Furnish and install 6" 0.25” wall thickness, Ductile Iron Pipe including 8 mil poly wrap and squeegee bedding, 20 L.F. 3. Furnish and install gate valves and boxes, 3 EA. 4. Furnish and install tie-ins to existing water main, 2 EA. 5. Furnish and install fire hydrants, 1 EA. 6. Transfer service taps, 12 EA. 7. Cut and replace trench asphalt (4" deep), 530 S.Y. 8. Rotomill and asphalt overlay (2" deep), 1310 S.Y. 9. Miscellaneous work and material SCHEDULE NO. 2 – South Quay Court – Columbine West Filing No. 3 1. Furnish and install 4” DR 14 C-900 or Class 305 C-909, PVC Pipe including squeegee bedding, 360 L.F. 2. Furnish and install gate valves and boxes, 1 EA. 3. Furnish and install tie-ins to existing water main, 1 EA. 4. Transfer service taps, 9 EA. 5. Cut and replace trench asphalt, (4" deep), 270 S.Y. 6. Rotomill and asphalt overlay (2" deep), 780 S.Y. 7. Miscellaneous work and material Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the time fixed for closing them. The District reserves the right to waive irregularities, to waive technical defects accordingly as the best interest of the District may be served and may reject any and all bids.

Completion of Construction shall NOT BE LATER THAN AUGUST 1, 2013.

BY ORDER OF THE PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ATTEST: Pat Fitzgerald, Manager Legal Notice No.: 15168 First Publication: May 2, 2013 Last Publication: May 2, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Littleton Independent

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