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May 23, 2013

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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 19

Time to buckle up or fork it over Police heighten focus on seat-belt enforcement

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree Police don’t want to write citations during their Click It or Ticket campaign; they just want drivers to wear their seatbelts.

“Our goal is not to issue tickets,” Sgt. Scott Cavenah said. “I’d rather stop 100 people and only write one ticket than stop 100 people and write 99.

“Our whole thing is about reducing driver and passenger fatalities and injuries.

If we can get people to buckle up, it helps save lives.”

Lone Tree is among several law enforcement agencies that received a grant to step up enforcement during the May 20 to June 2 campaign.

“As we kick-off the busy summer driving season, it’s important that everyone buckles up every time they go out, both day and night — no excuses,” said Lone Tree Police

Chief Jeffrey Streeter. “Our officers are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt.”

The fine for a driver or passenger seatbelt citation is $35; for an unrestrained child, the fine is $100.

To prove officers are more interested in safety than citations, Lone Tree Police released a description of the cars it will use during the campaign and the streets on which it will focus.

An unmarked red Ford Crown Victoria and silver Ford Explorer will patrol all major thoroughfares, including Interstate 25, C-470, Lincoln Avenue, Yosemite Street, RidgeGate Parkway, County Line Road, Park Meadows Drive and Park Meadows Center Drive.

“This has never been nor will it ever be about revenue,” Streeter said. “This is about compliance.”

Seat belts saved nearly 12,000 lives in 2011, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which also shows seat belt use at an all-time high of 86 percent in 2012.

Research shows lap seat belts reduce the risk of front-seat passenger fatalities 45 per-

Lone Tree’s variable message signs warn drivers of the seat-belt enforcement campaign. Photo by Jane Reuter cent, and the risk of injury 50 percent.

In addition to physical trauma, accidents take a large financial toll in property damage, lost earnings, legal expenses,

emergency services and medical care.

Parker and Castle Rock police departments also received a Click It or Ticket grant.

County urges emergency preparation Fire danger still predicted to be high this summer

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com

Amanda Wilson, left, with teacher Andee Ahrens, celebrate Wilson’s graduation from the Bridge program May 13 at Rocky Heights Middle School. Photo by Jane Reuter

Students cross graduation bridge Developmentally disabled young people move forward

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Julie Wilson’s mind traveled back over the course of her daughter’s life as she watched her daughter Amanda graduate May 13. But her memories were different from those of most mothers.

The memories started with the moment she learned her 3-day-old baby had both Down syndrome and a heart defect a doctor said likely would kill her, and continued to include the now 21-year-old Amanda accepting a certificate of graduation from the Douglas County School District’s Bridge program.

“I was back here crying,” said Julie Wilson, of Parker. “Twenty-one years just flashed through my mind all at once.”

Amanda, meanwhile, was near tears for

a very different reason.

“It feels exciting,” she said. “I just don’t want to leave because I’ll miss my friends and my boyfriend.”

Amanda was among 20 developmentally disabled adults who graduated during the ceremony at Rocky Heights Middle School.

The evening marked the end of a threeyear program aimed at transitioning them from high school to adult life. The federally mandated program is designed for students who have graduated from high school, but require additional support to transition to adulthood.

DCSD’s Bridge program includes three sites in Parker, Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock, but most of the training takes place outside those locations. Students go into their communities to learn life and work skills, including laundry, cooking and budgeting, and work a volunteer job.

Some of the students, like Amanda, may live independently someday; others will not.

“Our goal is whether they’re living independently or not, that they’re having a very, very full life,” said teacher Andee Ahrens.

The program has helped Sarah Yourtz do just that, said parents Kay and Michael Yourtz of Highlands Ranch.

“It moves kids along and keeps them focused on learning a skill and other just wonderful things,” Kay Yourtz said. “The social aspect of the program is great.”

Sarah Yourtz has worked at the Littleton Goodwill Industries for two years. Though she likely never will live alone, Michael Yourtz said the Bridge program has made a remarkable difference in the quality of her life.

“Her growth has been unbelievable,” he said.

Sad as she is to leave the Bridge program, Amanda is looking forward to the next phase of her life.

Bridge continues on Page 11

As Colorado braces for what — despite the recent moisture — experts are still predicting to be a severe fire season, officials are asking people to take caution.

“Without trying to be too dramatic, we want the point to be hard-hitting,” said Tim Johnson, Douglas County Director of Emergency Management. “We want to be in people’s faces a little bit and say: `Look, this is real, people can die, so pay attention. Take notice of what is going on around you.’”

In a concerted effort to do just that, the county is preparing to launch a series of public service commercials with footage of a family driving out of last year’s Lower North Fork Fire as well as homes burning during the Waldo Canyon Fire.

The message of the videos, which can be viewed at www.ourcoloradonews.com, is not just to show how real and scary wildfire can be, said Douglas County spokeswoman Wendy Holmes, but to prepare residents for disaster by getting them to sign up for Code Red, the county’s emergency notification system.

In the spot that features a young family driving out of the flames and smoke of the Lower North Fork Fire, the viewer hears the voiceover say: “You may think this is the one call you never want to get, ‘Your area is being evacuated due to wildfire, leave immediately’; actually, it’s the one call you do want to get.”

In another commercial, the viewer catches a glimpse of homes burning during the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, while statistics appear on the screen demFire continues on Page 11

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May 23, 2013

Student overwhelmed by scholarship win L

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ThunderRidge senior chosen for award from Daniels Fund

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com As the only Douglas County student to win a 2013 Daniels Fund scholarship, Emily Thermos stood alone at the state Capitol on April 22.

When the winners’ names were announced, she burst into tears. A photograph of that moment wound up on “The Tonight Show,” with host Jay Leno quipping it appeared the lone crying girl hadn’t won the scholarship.

Emily remembers the moment as overwhelming.

“I’ve saved money baby-sitting and was going to take out loans,” the ThunderRidge High School senior said. “It was such a relief to know I’m going to be able to enjoy college without having to worry so much.”

Emily’s dad David, who went with Emily to the Capitol, had a similar reaction.

“I immediately broke out into tears,” he said. “I hugged the guy next to me and I didn’t even know him.”

The four-year Daniels Fund scholarship is based on academic achievement, financial need and character, and is awarded to about 250 students annually in a four-state area.

Emily Thermos, right, is the only 2013 Daniels Fund scholarship recipient from a Douglas County school. From left are Katie, David, Mara and Emily Thermos. Courtesy photo Emily, who volunteers in Littleton Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, plans to attend Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu to study nursing.

“I want to be a baby nurse,” she said. “I always knew that’s what I wanted to do be-

cause that’s what I was.”

Weighing less than three pounds at birth, Emily spent her first moments in an NICU. She and her twin sister, Katie, were raised with a strong work ethic.

“I learned early on that to be successful,

you have to work hard,” she said.

In addition to her hospital volunteerism, Emily is president of the National Honor Society, plays three sports and is a violinist B in the school orchestra.

“I’m not good at relaxing,” Emily said.r “Time management was a big thing I learned early on.”

Knowing she would have to finance thet bulk of her college education, she securedp scholarships to cover about one-third ofO her tuition, planning to work and take oute loans to cover the rest. That plan now hasM changed.

David and Mara Thermos credit Emilyfi for seeking out the Daniels Fund scholar-s ship. With both girls headed to college ins the fall, the family’s need was significant. b “I wish we weren’t in the position where we were needing that to happen, but wew y did,” David Thermos said.

“This provided an opportunity for usw to help her sister out more. (Without thea scholarship), it was going to be very dif-h ficult for them both to get through.” Thet Thermos twins are close but not alike. Em-w ily is introverted and scientific, and Katie — who will attend CU-Boulder — flamboyanth o and artistic.

“They shared the same womb and theyS shared the same bedroom for 18 years,” he said. “Now they’re going to be 3,000 milest c apart.”

Emily already anticipates homesickness.c “I’m going all by myself,” she said. “It’sJ bittersweet. I have so much ahead of me,t w but it’s hard to leave.” i

so much inside the voice this week Helping hands.

Douglas County Libraries volunteers, including hundreds of teens, are gaining job experience and becoming an important part of the community. Page 4

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Hanging around. “SPUN: Adventures in Textiles” is a campus-wide collection of exhibits at the Denver Art Museum. Page 20

Doing his part. Rick Burtt, a Colorado Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, is planning a hike of the 486-mile Colorado Trail to assist the Wounded Warrior Project. Page12

Going strong. The ThunderRidge High School baseball team is undefeated heading into the Class 5A state championships. Page 26

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May 23, 2013

Law enforcement agencies honor officers

First joint ceremony in history of departments

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By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com

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For the first time in the history of the two agencies, the Castle Rock Police Dedpartment and the Douglas County Sheriff’s fOffice came together for a joint awards certemony, fittingly on National Peace Officers sMemorial Day. On an evening that saw more than 40 ofyficers recognized and 20 area high school -students awarded scholarships, there were stories filled with sacrifice and service from beginning to end.

Whether it was CRPD Officer Ben Leach, who saved two lives over the course of the year, or Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Aguilar who, swhile off-duty, heard the cries for help from ea man who had been lying on the floor of his apartment for three days, and got him ethe necessary help, the overriding theme was filled with dedication.

“Every day, what you say, what you do has the ability to leave an impact on someone’s life forever,” said Douglas County ySheriff David A. Weaver. e On a night when departments across the country were remembering those officers who sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens they serve, Castle Rock Police Chief sJack Cauley took a moment to recognize the 120 American law enforcement officers who lost their lives while on duty in 2012, including six in Colorado.

Since 1869, 280 Colorado law enforcement officers died while doing their job, he said.

“We are here tonight to honor those who

2013 medal of valor recipientS Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Dan McMillan, Deputy John Glassburner, Deputy Greg Black, Deputy John Spezzano, Agent Jason Walter, CRPD Cpl. Timothy Grandy, CRPD Officer Adrian Mendez, CRPD Officer Thomas O’Donnell, Parker Police Officer Max Keeler, Lone Tree Police Sgt. Dan Brite, Aurora Police Officer Richard Romero, South Metro Fire Department Medic Jason Schierkolk and SMFD Medic Brian McCoy Castle Rock Police Department Officer Weston Body, Officer Jacob Boyle, Officer Lee Gizzi, Officer Thomas O’Donnell and Officer Todd Thompson came before us and gave the ultimate sacrifice as they protect us,” Cauley said. “We are also recognizing officers who are risking their lives day in and day out, those that are going into danger, while others are running out.”

No incident garnered more attention at the May 15 ceremony than a late-night shooting incident on July 4, 2012, in Castle Rock, and both departments recognized numerous officers who arrived on scene in search of an armed suspect who fired at members from the Douglas County Regional SWAT team as well as Castle Rock police officers.

In what was described by Castle Rock Police Cmdr. John Anderson as a “very complex, multi-jurisdictional incident,” and by Douglas County Undersheriff Tony Spurlock as “an example of bravery at its highest,” 32 officers were honored for their part in the evening, including 13 who received the notable Medal of Valor from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and five, the Medal of Valor from the CRPD. Other awards of note included the Dep-

Detective Shawn Cronce, second from right, receives the Deputy Ron King Memorial Award May 15 at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Castle Rock Police Department Joint Awards Ceremony, for her work protecting children as part of the pattern crimes unit. Presenting the award to Cronce is Sheriff David Weaver, right; the daughters of the late Ron King, Amanda Smith, left, and Kim King, second from left; and Ron King’s sister, Patsy King. Photo by Ryan Boldrey uty Ron King Memorial Law Enforcement Award that went to Douglas County Sheriff’s Detective Shawn Cronce, for her work in investigating Internet crimes against children; the DCSO Purple Heart Award,

Deputy Wes Clements; DCSO Life-Saving Award, Deputy Robert Simonich; the CRPD Life-Saving Award, Officers David Cornell and Lee Gizzi; and the DCSO Sheriff’s Cross Award, Sgt. Chris Washburn.

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Sheriff shifts command staff for ‘well-rounded workforce’ Weaver says rotation has goal of cooperation

By Rhonda Moore

rmoore@ourcoloradonews.com Douglas County Sheriff David Weaver has swapped the command staff among has agency’s departments in a move intended to encourage cooperation in his leadership team. Weaver in early May rotated his command division, changing the leadership in each department of the sheriff’s office.

He made the move as his term as sheriff begins to sunset, with about 18 months remaining in his eight years as sheriff.

“I’ve done this before,” Weaver Weaver said. “I want to leave everyone with the experience they need to make them successful. They get the opportunity to see what the other commanders are dealing with.”

The sheriff has rotated his leadership staff among divisions more than once since he became sheriff in 2006. The most recent sweeping change was in August 2010, said Capt. Darren Weekly.

Weekly was among the command staff to receive a new assignment. Formerly the head of professional standards, Weekly now leads the patrol division.

“The sheriff likes to make sure command has experience in different areas of the sheriff’s office so we’re well-rounded and have a global view of the sheriff’s office,” Weekly said. “It’s important to understand the issues the other divisions are having.”

The practice among law enforcement agencies of rotating command staff has become an industry standard in recent decades as a way to rejuvenate division commanders, said retired Westminster Police Chief Dan Montgomery, owner and chief executive officer of Professional Police Consulting LLC in Westminster.

“You get a different perspective brought into the different divisions. If you do it every three to five years, that’s a good amount of time for a command officer to get settled, learn the ropes and do their job effectively,”

Montgomery said. “The rotation just gives the command staff the opportunity to rejuvenate themselves, get into a new assignment and look at these new assignments with a fresh set of eyes. Ultimately you want to improve the organization and that, to me, is the best way to improve the organization.”

Part of Weaver’s goal in adopting rotations is to ensure all commanders are working together toward a common goal, Weaver said. A working knowledge of the responsibilities and demands in each division gives commanders a common ground, he said.

“I like to have a well-rounded workforce,” Weaver said. “Any captain can take a division and apply their leadership to it. But do they have the ability to learn and command other divisions too? This makes wellrounded individuals.”

The changes among the sheriff’s office captains include Attila Denes, formerly head of support services, now in charge of detentions; Jason Kennedy, formerly detentions commander, now oversees investigations; Brad Heyden, formerly in charge of investigations, now in charge of professional standards; Robert McMahan, formerly patrol, now support services; and Weekly, formerly professional standards, now patrol. Detentions includes oversight of the jail; professional standards includes internal affairs; and support services includes technology and records.

“Every captain brings new and different ideas to each division,” Weekly said. “Essentially it’s a different take on the position as well as an opportunity to gain an understanding of the other divisions.”

Additional changes in the command staff placed Lts. Ron Harvey and Adam Cataffo in the detentions and patrol divisions, respectively; Sgts. Eric Johnson and Gary Romberger in detentions; Sgt. Jenny McMillian in investigations, including cold cases; Sgts. Michael Choi, Jeff Engel and Les Steveson in patrol; and Sgt. Chris O’Neal in professional standards.

“The change makes a better officer and it makes a better commander,” Weaver said.

“I like to develop people and their talent. I don’t want anyone getting stagnant in their position. This gives each of them a new challenge and a new opportunity.”

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May 23, 2013

Helping libraries, one hour at a time Volunteers assist with programs, learn skills

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com Anyone who has stepped foot in a library in the last 15 years knows that it’s about more than just books.

What some might not be aware of is the opportunity for career preparedness. A core group of motivated volunteers knows that working in a professional setting is a great way to gain job experience and become an important part of the community.

Ali Ayres, district volunteer services supervisor for Douglas County Libraries, helps oversee the work of around 1,400 volunteers each year, of which 500 are teens.

Some youths stick around long enough to earn the 20 hours of community service required for graduation, while others, like Lauren Hallstrom and Pranathi Durgempudi, are in it for the long haul.

They are two members of the Teen Library Council and combined, Hallstrom and Durgempudi have racked up nearly 500 volunteer hours.

Durgempudi, a 14-year-old from Highlands Ranch, joined last June on the recommendation of a friend’s older sibling, who found the work rewarding. Since then, the Mountain Vista High School freshman

has helped with everything from shelving books to assisting autistic children during Sensory-Enhanced Storytimes.

“Every kid is different. Their abilities are all over the spectrum and it’s interesting to see how they react to things,” she said.

The responsibility, coupled with the chance to observe the special-needs children firsthand, will lend itself nicely to Durgempudi’s desired career field of medicine, where she has a general but noble goal to “help people.”

She and 15-year-old Parker resident Hallstrom are also part of the Reading Buddies program, which pairs teens with young kids struggling with literacy and reading comprehension.

Hallstrom, a librarian in the making, began volunteering at the Parker Library in 2010 and envisions herself as part of the Douglas County Library system at least through high school.

Hallstrom is assigned day-to-day tasks, but she gets to participate in programs like Slick Science, an event dedicated to experiments of all kinds.

“It’s definitely a great way to get out there and start doing something and be more active in the community,” said Hallstrom, who has accrued an estimated 300 volunteer hours.

Douglas County Libraries tallies more than 33,000 hours of support annually from the volunteers, many of whom are seniors wanting to pitch in where they can. Ayres

Prananthi Durgempudi, left, and Sami Palma create paper cut-outs ahead of Sensory-Enhanced Storytime at the Highlands Ranch Library. Durgempudi, 14, began volunteering last June and is one of many teens who donate their time regularly. Courtesy photo says the older population is an invaluable resource, with some volunteering regularly for more than 10 years. People serving court-ordered community service for misdemeanors are also welcome.

Aside from having the chance to build a resume and the opportunity to give back, the volunteers act as ambassadors for Douglas County Libraries’ seven branches.

“They’re important mouthpieces for the

community,” Ayres said. “They’re extending our reach by getting the word out about what they’re accomplishing.”

The volunteers were recognized for their contributions during National Volunteer Week in late April. There are always plenty of opportunities to get involved, Ayres said.

Call 303-791-7323 or visit www.douglascountylibraries.org and click on the “volunteer” link at the bottom of the page.

Proposal calls for adjusting commissioner districts Douglas County looks to eliminate split precincts

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com In an effort to ensure no precincts in Douglas County are split between two commissioner districts, Clerk and Recorder Jack Arrowsmith has proposed minor changes to the board of county commissioners that would re-establish district lines prior to the 2014 election.

The commissioner districts were last redrawn in 2011 as a result of the 2010 census, but following the state and federal redistricting that was done, six Douglas County precincts wound up split between Jack Hilbert’s District 1 to the north and Roger Partidge’s District 2 to the south.

“A precinct has to be entirely within a single U.S. Congressional district, a single U.S. Senate district and entirely in a state House and state Senate district,” Arrowsmith said.

“You can’t split within two of any of those districts. … So we had to go back and redraw our precincts again inside of the lines of state and U.S. House and Senate districts, and once we redesigned our precincts we discovered that our original districts had certain precincts that sat in more than one commissioner district.”

And while it is legal to split a precinct between two commissioners, Arrowsmith said it makes administration easier to have each precinct in one commissioner district, and that his proposal is basically a clean-up effort that has taken into account population as well as the tidying up of some of the district boundaries that spanned communities.

In addition to ensuring that there would be just one commissioner per precinct, the proposed change would also place the Highlands Ranch Open Space Conservation Area on the southwest side of Highlands Ranch, currently in District 2, into Jill Repella’s District 3, where the rest of Highlands Ranch is.

The Rueter-Hess Reservoir, which was recently annexed into Parker, would also move out of District 2 and into District 1, where the remainder of all Parker addresses would be with the proposed changes.

Because of the change involving the OSCA space, there would be one new precinct created, bringing the total number of precincts in the county up to 145.

Additionally, the number of households would remain close to even with 36,967 in District 1, 36,877 in District 2 and 36,029 in District 3.

“I think we are right on target here,” said

Hilbert. “The entire town of Parker is in one specific district and we get the OSCA open space of Highlands Ranch into the district that oversees Highlands Ranch. That’s good.”

Partridge also supported the changes, saying that the clerk and recorder’s office made a complicated process look easy and that he could only imagine how good they all are at jigsaw puzzles.

Repella was not present when the clerk and recorder’s office presented the proposed changes at the May 14 commissioners’ meeting.

To see a map of the proposed changes, please visit www.douglas.co.us/elections.

Public comment on the proposed districts is open until June 13. Citizens can mail comment to Clerk and Recorder, Elections Division, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock, CO 80109, email elections@douglas. co.us, or call 303-663-6279.

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May 23, 2013

School-finance overhaul signed Fate of measure will be in hands of voters

By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com

Colorado public schools are a step closer to a major funding overhaul after Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 21 signed a new school finance act that proponents say would provide a long-overdue modernization of an antiquated school funding formula for classrooms across the state.

But the governor’s signature doesn’t make the reform measure a done deal.

Voters must give the go-ahead to the legislation’s price tag of about $1 billion in new taxes, something that Republican lawmakers are sure to rally against in the fall. If a vote falls short this November, the proposal could come back for funding votes through 2017.

Hickenlooper, who was flanked t at the Capitol bill-signing by legislative co-sponsors of Senate Bill 213, dubbed the “Future School Finance r Act,” hailed the legislation as a way to “allow Colorado to vault to the top of every state” when it comes to school - financing and transparency.

- “This bill really positions Colorado to be the national leader in terms of school reform, in terms of school effectiveness,” Hickenlooper said.

The legislation would mark the most sweeping change to the state’s school finance formula that’s been

seen in decades.

The act would fund full-day kindergarten, provide preschool for at-risk children and would increase needsbased programs for special education students and children who are learning English.

The legislation also would provide more funding for students who are involved in gifted and talented school programs.

The bill would give school districts greater flexibility in being allowed the opportunity to have longer school years and school days, Hickenlooper if they choose to do so.

The bill also is expected to increase per-pupil funding for most school districts across the state by way of a funding system that supporters say is a more equitable way of divvying up money.

Under the new formula, the state would determine how much revenue individual school districts are able to raise, with the state backfilling the difference. The state also would provide more support for local mill levymatching.

And, the bill would create a new teacher evaluation formula that supporters say is badly needed.

Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, was the main driver behind the legislative effort.

The former Thornton High School principal said the bill marks a “tre-

mendous step forward” in making Colorado a school reform model for the nation.

“Instead of forcing (students and teachers) to work in a system that was created before the Internet, email and cell phones ... they instead will work in a system that is built for the 21st century,” Johnston said.

But Johnston’s efforts could be all for naught if voters do not approve funding, which would come in the form of some sort of tax increase. Rep. Millie Hamner, D-Dillon, a bill sponsor, acknowledged that “the biggest challenge” will be in convincing voters to provide funding for the measure.

Backers of the act don’t yet know what the tax measure will look like on the fall ballot.

Hickenlooper would not say which tax measure he preferred, but did say that he “certainly” will campaign for the effort.

The governor shouldn’t expect many Republican lawmakers to join him on the campaign trail. Republicans during the legislative session denounced the reform measure as a bloated effort that would lead to greater bureaucracy and doesn’t do enough to put in place necessary school reform measures.

They also say the bill is nothing more than a $1 billion tax increase on the people of Colorado.

The new school finance model would not take effect until the 20152016 school year. The 2013-2014 school funding model came in a separate piece of legislation.

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Leadership program seeks applicants

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By Jane Reuter

kjreuter@ourcoloradonews.com

- Leadership Douglas County is looking for its Class of 2013-14. ,Program leaders are accepting applications through June 15 for the -10-month program that kicks off nin September and continues with -monthly meetings through June 2014. e The program is a two-year com.mitment designed for the county’s up-and-coming and current leaders.

Class members also are required to attend monthly steering committee meetings in their second year to help plan sessions for the incoming class.

Leadership Douglas County gives

students hands-on education about Douglas County’s key organizations, processes, issues and history.

Participants visit police stations, fire departments, schools, the coroner’s office and other sites, and while there’s some lecturing, most of the education comes from doing, program director Carrie Buchan said.

“Last month, we had fire and emergency services day at South Metro Fire Rescue,” she said. “We learned how to rappel, how to use a fire extinguisher and about backboarding.

“They get often to see a lot of areas the general public doesn’t get to see,” she said. “On law enforcement day, we go to the Douglas County Justice Center.

They get tours within the jail which is really eye-opening, and come away

with quite a new appreciation and respect for the jobs these people are doing.”

Students also will explore ground and air transportation, with visits to Centennial Airport and other sites.

The class meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All classes must be attended in their entirety.

The program fee is $495 per person. While employers often spring for the cost, scholarships are available.

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The program is designed to bring people with varying backgrounds together to learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

For more information, or to apply, visit: CastleRock.org/leadership.htm.

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Shared workplace concept launched Entrepreneur opens site in downtown Parker

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com A Parker entrepreneur is counting on community collaboration to blast his latest venture into the stratosphere.

Actually, Brian Dickman is hoping to go beyond with Deep Space Workplace & Event Center, a place in downtown Parker that enables home-based business owners to get into an office setting. Deep Space utilizes the co-working concept, which encourages cooperation and idea-sharing among those stationed within.

Dickman, the founder of Deep Space and a handful of tech start-ups, has ideas as expansive as the final frontier itself. He wants to use the center as a business hub by day, but by night, he wants to turn the spacious lower level of the Victorian Peaks building into a breeding ground for young techies interested in STEM education, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math.

Dickman’s development design company, Cleverlike Inc., was based out of an office in Centennial with similar-minded colleagues before moving to Parker earlier this month. The “symbiotic” relationships that developed benefited everyone and promoted business success.

“We worked together on projects and it was just a collaborative, fun work environment,” he said. “Everyone really enjoyed the atmosphere.”

Parker entrepreneur Brian Dickman talks on May 8 about his new Deep Space Workplace and Event Center. Photo by Chris Michlewicz Not all workers based out of Deep Space are expected to engage in team-building conversations. They will find the most value in getting out of the house and away from distractions.

“It was really nice to not have to be working home alone, or dealing with the dogs, the kids, the to-do list, the refrigerator, the loneliness, the boredom and stuff like that,” Dickman says.

“It’s good to get up and get out of bed and get to an office, then go home and spend time with the family. It gives you good work

and life balance.”

An office setting can also legitimize a home-based business, particularly during visits with clients or when the business address is listed on Google Maps.

A dedicated workspace costs $400 per month and shared workspaces are $250 per month. Dickman points out that the costs are far less than those associated with renting out a high-dollar unit for one company.

He and co-founder Mona Daniels believed Parker would be the ideal place to open a centralized workplace. It eliminates

the need to commute far from home, wasting time and money in the process. Deep Space also contains the necessary tools to work efficiently, including high-speed Internet connections, copiers, a meeting room, lounge-friendly furniture, white boards and a presentation stage. The unit was previously occupied by a nightclub and an antique shop.

The decor suggests a light atmosphere based around a space theme. Minutes after Dickman points out a geeky binary clock, “Weird Science” movie poster and homemade paintings of Pac Man characters hanging on the wall, his phone’s ringtone comes alive with an eerie-alien sound effect from a 1950s sci-fi thriller.

Deep Space opened for business May 1 and currently has six people based there. A grand opening planned for 5-9 p.m. May 16 is combined with a robotics open house for local clubs.

The kids who will take classes and gather for projects at Deep Space will be known as Space Cadets, Dickman said.

The basement, with a capacity of 500, will be a good spot for robotics exhibitions in the future, as well as brainstorming sessions leading to competitions.

“My experience with technology, learning about computers from a young age and going to trade shows, it made a big impact on my career and where my life has taken me,” Dickman said. “I thought it would be great to create that in this community, to bring in the expertise and programs and learn things together.”

For more information or to rent out the space for meetings or birthday parties, visit deepspace.me or call 720-675-7932.

Castle Rock breaks ground on regional park 225-acre site set to be showcase investment

By Rhonda Moore

rmoore@ourcoloradonews.com The day they broke ground on the Philip S. Miller Park, town leaders called it the crown jewel of Castle Rock.

With the promise of a 225-acre park that includes a 60,000 square-foot fieldhouse, water features, amphitheater and up to five miles of trails, the town on May 15 hosted a ceremony among the park’s peaks to celebrate the start of construction.

The ceremony marked day one of what is a multi-year project, said Mayor Paul Donahue.

“Philip S. Miller Park will be a crown jewel in our inventory of parks,” Donahue said.

“We’re looking forward to the final project.”

Phase one of the final project coincides with construction of a $9 million fieldhouse — a 50,000 square-foot building to feature indoor synthetic turfs — a play adventure area and swimming pools.

The start of construction of the fieldhouse was accelerated to coincide with the park’s groundbreaking in hopes of celebrating a 2014 grand opening of the park and the fieldhouse.

“This (groundbreaking) is a culmination of over two years of hard work by the community and town staff,” said Rob Hanna, director of parks and recreation. “I’m looking forward to the enjoyment (of the park by) the community and visitors for generations

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Construction of the park will take place in multiple phases over the next several years, according to the town of Castle Rock.

The $10 million park and accompanying fieldhouse was the town’s top park priority and was one of the town’s top five considerations in Castle Rock’s 2013 budget.

The 225-acre park is on Plum Creek Parkway, northwest of the Interstate 25 interchange.

Construction of the fieldhouse will begin in late summer and will be visible from Plum Creek Parkway.

“This is the largest project we’ve undertaken,” said Jeff Smullen, superintendent of parks planning and construction. “We don’t have anything else like it.”

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Teachers have mixed feelings on evaluations

Impressions range from sarbitrary to instructive

-By Jane Reuter

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As Douglas County teachers learn their ratings under the district’s new evaluation esystem, many are crying foul.

Even some who received the top “highly ,effective” rank say they found the evaluations confusing, time-consuming and poorly explained. It’s consistent, many say, with other changes the district has made in its effort at education reform.

“The board of education was talking about making teachers accountable,” said Aseven-year Castle View High School teacher 6Thor Kjeseth. “I don’t think any of us object rto that. But we need them to have some sort of accountability for this absolutely failed evaluation process, which has caused great sproblems with morale and driven a stake between administrators and teachers.”

Kjeseth said he’s enjoyed repeated high performance reviews — until this year.

“I’ve asked for evidence — if my drop is due to data, test scores, parent complaints,” he said. “There’s no data that supports this ddrop.” t While not everyone shares Kjeseth’s feelings, many do. Teacher after teacher said they’ve felt concerned and overwhelmed oby a series of recent district-level changes, with the evaluations a tipping point.

“The instrument for evaluating was given to us without any guidelines and without specific criteria of what we were going to be evaluated on,” said Arrowwood Elementary teacher Tara Holst.

“In the 20 years I’ve been teaching, this is the first year it’s been hard for me to come to work. It’s been a very frustrating year with everything that’s been piled on us.”

John Kissingford, a chairman of Chaparral High School’s English department, said the evaluations have “created an inordinate amount of tension and anxiety.

As a department chair, I’ve been trying to calm those tensions and focus (teachers) on what’s important. It’s really taken away from people’s ability to focus on kids.”

The evaluations are part of the Douglas

County School District’s pay-for-performance program. Based on self-evaluations, meeting with principals and other factors, each teacher was assigned a rating ranging from “highly effective” to “ineffective.” Pay increases are tied to that rating, and also to a new market-based pay scale.

The Douglas County School District developed its own evaluation system, which it says is significantly less cumbersome than the state model.

Under Senate Bill 191, all districts are required to adopt either the state’s new teacher evaluation program, or create their own by 2013-14.

Other teachers came away with a different take on the evaluations.

At Legend High School, teacher Tina Stroman said administrators talked to staff about the evaluations repeatedly throughout the school year.

“For me, that was really, really helpful,” she said. “I felt it was a constant conversation and constant work-in-progress. We were probably at an advantage that way.”

Stroman felt her evaluation was fair, giving her a clear understanding of areas in which she should focus further. But she hopes it is not a static process.

“I don’t think anything is in its perfect form anytime it comes out,” she said. “In time, with good feedback from everybody, I think it can only get better.”

Rock Canyon High School teacher Kristi Piccone said the process sharpened her focus.

“I definitely like that there are a lot of criteria because that gives me a lot of places for improvement,” she said. “I have a very open mind when it comes to improvement because I love making things awesome for my students. I love reflection, and I spent a lot of time with it.

“That tool just became something that my evaluators could use to help me improve. I think that’s the best thing I can do.”

But Clear Sky Elementary teacher Pam Pitman said she felt the time required to complete the evaluation was excessive.

“I can spend all this time uploading lessons plans to prove I’m highly effective, or I can actually be highly effective and meet the needs of my kids,” she said. “I decided my valuable time was going to go to my kids.”

Most teachers rated ‘effective’ School leaders say evaluations changing performance definitions

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About 35 percent of the district’s teachers now are paid above market rate, according to DCSD-provided statistics; about 28 percent are paid at market rate; and about 37 percent are paid below market rate.

The news that just 15 percent of its teacher qualified as “highly effective” may seem at odds in a school district long-known for high-quality education. But Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Dan McMinimee said teacher quality hasn’t diminished.

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Rankings were left to the discretion of school principals, with no cap on those rated “highly effective.”

“Never did I feel I was held to a quota,” said Douglas County High School Principal Tony Kappas. “Everything I always felt and heard was ‘be accurate, be honest.’”

Ten percent of his teachers were ranked “highly effective,” which Kappas attributes in part to the system’s newness.

“In my heart, I’m sure we have a higher percentage” of highly effective, he said. “But there are higher expectations with the new tool. I think with higher expectations, we’re going to have higher quality (but) we’re being asked to look at a lot more data.

“I look at a couple teachers in our building and I have no doubt a year from now they’ll be ‘highly effective’ because they know where the bar has been set, what to reach for.”

District staff will work with the small percentage of teachers rated “ineffective,” McMinimee said.

“The intent of the (evaluation) tool is to work with people around how can you get better,” he said. “Anywhere a person falls on the evaluation, our principals are going to be working on that with them.”

Kappas believes the evaluations will work well as both teachers and administrators become familiar with them.

“If we could spin time backward, I wish we would have had more time to fully grasp this tool,” he said. “My dad used to say it’s like drinking water from a fire hydrant.

There’s been a lot of change. I could not be more proud of our faculty for how they’ve embraced the change.”

The changes aren’t yet over. In 2013-14, teacher evaluations will shift again when state law requires the criteria to expand to include student achievement.

District says evaluation process not set in stone Time, input expected to bring changes

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com A Douglas County School District administrator said he’s disappointed to learn some teachers are confused by the new teacher evaluation system, which he said was created with ample teacher input and careful consideration.

“That saddens me to a certain aspect,” said Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education Christian Cutter, who oversaw the program’s development. “We worked so diligently this year with our principals and evaluators. We are adamant in maintaining an attention to the clarity of this document.”

It also surprises Cutter, who said he’s heard largely positive comments.

“I would say that the feedback we’ve gotten so far has not led us to believe any large-scale changes would be made,” he said. “I’ve heard from principals it’s some of the best conversations they’ve had (with teachers).”

Nevertheless, Cutter said the program is not cast in concrete.

“We will look at areas that weren’t articulated in the hopes of addressing that element clearly, and we will refine it,” Cutter said.

“It’s never going to be a permanent document.”

The evaluations are designed to motivate teachers to improve instructional techniques and, consequently, student performance, according to the district. It’s also intended to be a two-way process, with teachers working with evaluators to create an accurate reflection of their performance.

“It’s the teacher’s responsibility as well as the principal’s to be a collaborative member of the discussion around the evaluation,” said Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Dan McMinimee. “There are so many other opportunities now for a teacher to bring information to the evaluator to share with them how they meet those marks.”

Dozens of teachers, who were paid for the additional time, helped create aspects of the program.

“Over the past year, we have probably had hundreds of opportunities for teachers to be involved in various things that are going on,” Cutter said. “In terms of the evaluation, there have been years of teacher input.”

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May 23, 2013

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As tassels turn, students punch their tickets The book “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss is often gift-wrapped by wellwishers and then unwrapped by graduates.

The title is suitably upbeat for a celebration. After all, the line that follows “Oh, the places you’ll go!” is “There is fun to be done.” Later the story reads, “KID YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!” We appreciate the spirit of the season.

Graduation commencements are so fun, and the rows of students all look so brilliant.

“You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead,” the book assures us.

But we take a moment to pause and remind the graduates — younger students take note — that the book also states, “You will come to a place where the streets are not marked,” and “When you are alone, there’s a very good chance you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.”

So students of all ages, tighten your

our view belts and prepare well.

About 40 percent of Colorado’s high school class of 2011 needed remedial courses, although down from 41 percent the year before. And at four-year-level schools in the state, the retention rate for students not assigned to remediation was 79 percent, compared with 60 percent for those needing remediation.

That’s not good, and it costs money — a lot of money.

The estimated cost associated with remedial courses was about $58 million in 2011-12, with the state’s share at $19 million, according to the Colorado Department of Higher Education 2012 Legislative Report on Remedial Education executive summary.

Critics can say by the time students

question of the week

What movie do you most want to see?

Colorado Community Media visited Reinke Bros. in downtown Littleton and Hollywood Theaters at the Streets at South-

glenn recently to ask people what movie they’re most looking forward to seeing this summer and why.

“ ‘The Great Gatsby.’ I think it’s a good role for Leonardo DiCaprio, because he seems like him already.”

— Amy Taylor, Great Barrington, Mass.

“ ‘The Hangover 3,’ because it resembles my life. I’ve got to be happy, and I’ve got to do what I can to get by.”

— Scotty Buchanan, Centennial

“ ‘Star Trek Into Darkness.’ I saw the first one, and I really liked it. And somebody said they characterize Spock and Kirk without caricaturizing them.” — Jan Taylor, Littleton

“ ‘Star Trek Into Darkness.’

I just think they’ve done a great job, and they’re doing a prequel, and they’re bringing back the original characters but with new faces. And it’s family-friendly.”

— Greg Reinke, Littleton

Here are some of the funniest bumper stickers out there right now. I don’t know who voted. Shecky Greene? Red Buttons?

Blue Moon Odom?

“Hang on to something.”

“Be nice to America or we’ll bring democracy to your country.”

“Fat people are hard to kidnap.”

“Don’t worry what people think. They don’t do it very often.”

“Hang up and drive.” I guess that’s not really meant to be funny, is it? It’s just a hopeless hope of mine. “‘Ewe were meant for me,’ the sheepherder said.”

“My child is an honor student.” You knew there would be a backlash.

“My zombie ate your honor student.”

“My Brittany is smarter than your Brittany.”

There’s pith too. “If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.”

“The one who loves least controls the relationship.”

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”

Kierkegaard said that.

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

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into a direction and dig in.

Do your best to see that your courses are accountable to provide the training for the needed skill sets and the knowledge to understand the changing world. Learn as much as you can, and be competitive in earning door-opening good grades.

So that’s our skinny to students on their journeys.

And a final thought — in contrast to “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” which has the words “you” or “your” more than 100 times — the future can be less self-centric and involve a direction to help someone or to seek an important answer.

The words of neurologist Viktor Frankl, author of “Man’s Search of Meaning,” sometimes find their way into some of our favorite commencement speeches.

“Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual,” he wrote.

Oh, the people you can help.

‘Go time’ is time to get up and go This week there were a couple of quotes or sayings that for whatever reason I had heard repeatedly. The first one was, “If it were easy everyone would be doing it.”

And the second saying was, “Good things come to those who wait, but not for those who wait too late.”

I saw these words of encouragement in emails, and one was highlighted in a book that a friend had sent me. Other friends and associates used them on different calls and meetings. Coincidence — or am I being sent a message?

The timing could not be better as I have been putting off some major decisions, projects, and goals. There has been so much going on that the excuses seemed easier than the activity required to get things accomplished.

It’s go time. Time to get after things,

time to stop daydreaming and getting lost in aimless thoughts and trying to come up with one more creative excuse. It’s go time.

Is it “go time” for you?

You see, I know where the starting line is, I know how to get myself fired up and ready for action. I am also typically self-

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Letter to the editor Survey doesn’t tell whole story

Bumper stickers bore, score You can learn a lot in a traffic jam. You can learn a lot about people when you’re parked on the freeway.

You can find out where someone went to college, or where someone wishes they had gone to college, by their decals. Is it a misdemeanor to pretend you went to USC? I think it should be a misdemeanor to attend USC, but that’s because I went to UCLA. The Trojans are as lowlife as Chinese raccoons.

I saw an “I Like Ike” sticker on a Corvair.

I figured the driver would be a seniorsenior citizen. He wasn’t. It was a kid who was playing drums, or pretending to. I’m sure he was listening to The Who. The illegitimate son of Keith Moon.

We like to use our cars to preach to many choirs. Our car signs reflect strong opinions about the government, specific politicians, the economy, jobs, firearms, immigration and same-sex marriages.

I never see stickers that advocate drain cleaners or Q-tips.

Now and then I see a fish on legs. A Sturgis sticker. You know what that means.

There are also comic bumper stickers.

Bumpers are a good place to show others that humor, wit and satire are much more difficult than most people realize. I have watched a few minutes of Craig Ferguson and I just stare.

Our bumpers enable us to think that we are amusing by acquisition, rather than by fact. You can buy humor, you just can’t do it on your own. That’s why we have laff riot greeting cards. I return all laff riot cards to the senders.

“I’m not 40. I’m 18 with 22 years of experience.”

“Have an udderly wonderful birthday.”

The card shows a picture of a cow.

If that made you laugh, please put down this column and go put on an apron.

have graduated from high school they have already gone a lot of “places” — academically — compared with other countries, such as China, where electives are fewer and core skills are stronger.

The world doesn’t wait for everyone to be road ready or then provide a smooth ride. So to the students who have a good idea of a place they want to go, we encourage them to follow their ambitions without reservation.

To the rest, don’t be swayed by the notion that there is this vast amusement park of career fields to sample after high school before committing.

Instead consider making a choice with 4G speed, and don’t back away from your instincts by the idea that you might not want to stay in that chosen field for a lifetime.

The somewhat questionable general statistic that the average American will experience seven careers in a lifetime can be comforting or disturbing — depending on your point of view. We say ignore it, dig

In a recent edition of the paper, the school district lauded a survey in which teachers said they enjoyed their school environment. Unfortunately, the survey did not ask a single question about what teachers felt about the school district as a whole or the school board.

In fact, the district actively ignores an earlier survey which did ask teachers about the district and school board and in which the teachers did, indeed, say they were incredibly dissatisfied by the direction of the district — indeed, only 14 percent said they were happy with the culture and direction

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of the district (and in talking to teachers, that number seems incredibly high).

Funny how the board ignores that.

But if you really want to know what teachers think of our district — ask them.

Not in an email, where the district will read it and then use their answers to fire them, and not in a group setting where their words can be twisted and used against them, but one-on-one and face to face.

Then you will find the truth about what is happening in our district — no survey needed.

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District attorney reviews cases Here is a summary of the major cases we have prosecuted since Jan. 8 when I took office as your new district attorney. If you are wondering why we are not updating you on several of the major cases in your jurisdiction, it is because we are prevented from discussing them by pre-trial media orders issued by the judges in each case.

Douglas County

• Reese Slade was sentenced to 108 years in the Department of Corrections for assault in the first degree on Douglas County Sheriff Office Deputy Jason Jarrett, attempted assault in the first degree on another officer and menacing on DCSO Deputy Kevin Nichols. He was also convicted of DUI, possession of methamphetamine and Oxycodone. At a prior hearing, he had been determined to be a habitual offender.

On February 5, 2010, defendant Slade was pulled over pursuant to a REDDI report of a DUI and refused to comply with Deputy Jarrett’s repeated orders to get out of his car. Eventually, when Jarrett tried to pull him out, Slade resisted him and drove off with Deputy Jarrett hanging out of Slade’s car, and crashed into a fence. Then, defendant placed his car in reverse and drove backwards, with Jarrett still hanging out of the driver’s side door.

Slade’s car crashed into a trailer and a fence, pinning Deputy Jarrett between the car door and the trailer. One of the officers and his K9 were also nearly struck by the car as Slade drove it in reverse. Eventually, the officers were able to place Slade under arrest. In a subsequent search of defendant’s car, they recovered a loaded handgun, a quarter-pound of methamphetamine and some Oxycodone. At the time of his arrest, Slade had several prior convictions including: felony possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance (from 2006) and felony theft from the elderly (from 1995).

• A warning to parents of children 9using smartphones with geolocators: We held a press conference to make a public safety announcement jointly with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. DCSO has discovered a disturbing

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blind.”

“Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.”

If you know where this comes from, you’re one of us. “Vote for Pedro.”

I have a personalized plate and

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motivated and the coach or motivator for others. I know how to do this and what to do. But maybe like many of you reading this, I temporarily lost my inspiration or drive. I have allowed self-prescribed downtime to start becoming a habit instead of a respite.

It’s “go time!”

The term has been used in locker rooms by coaches before a big game.

trend of predatory adult behavior using smartphone apps with geolocator functions. Adults are texting and then meeting with children and having sex with them. Since these apps can be anonymously downloaded by anyone, anywhere, law enforcement can’t identify or catch the offenders. Often the children go onto the sites and pretend to be over 18 and meet with adults, sometimes without considering the potential health hazards of unprotected sexual activity. I have issued a statement warning predators: “We are watching you and will find you!”

• In March 2012, Thomas Hild stole $480,000 worth of jewelry in Parker by digging a tunnel from the neighboring business into the Apex jewelry store and then drilling open their substantial safe. The evidence presented at trial included video surveillance footage of the defendant committing the theft.

Hild was convicted by a jury of theft, conspiracy to commit theft, seconddegree burglary, criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit seconddegree burglary. His sentencing is set for June 14, and he will be sentenced as a habitual criminal.

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• On Feb. 22, Conner Donohue pleaded guilty to the hit-and-run death of Officer Jeremy Bitner of the Englewood Police Department. On May 28, 2012, Mr. Donohue, while intoxicated, struck Officer Bitner with his Nissan Pathfinder while Bitner was performing a traffic stop of another driver on Broadway near Belleview Avenue. That second driver was also injured by Mr. Donohue. Sentencing is scheduled for May 31, occurring within days of the one-year anniversary of Officer Bitner’s death. I led the prosecution team in this case.

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When I meet someone, one of the first things I do is look at their refrigerator.

If I see holograms of Jesus or squirrels, I excuse myself right away.

If I see spell-out magnets I am gone. Letter magnets or word magnets are red flags. Post-its on a refrigerator annoy me.

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It has been used by boxing managers prior to walking into the ring for a big fight. Businessmen and women have said the words, “It’s go time,” just before entering a meeting. And for those of you like me who have found themselves bordering on a rut or prolonged procrastination, we say it to ourselves as we wake up and take that first look in the mirror. “It’s go time!”

I may not be an expert on this, but what I do know is that it just takes a little inertia to spark momentum.

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ecute Daniel Lopez for the murder of Yong Soon Kirk, a 65-year-old widow, in her Aurora home in 2007. Lopez was convicted by a jury on three felony counts: murder in the first degree (after deliberation), murder in the first degree (felony murder) and first-degree burglary. The homicide investigation, spearheaded by the Aurora Police Department Major Crime Unit, identified the genetic profile of the suspect early in the investigation. Detectives and analysts from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation eliminated more than 50 possible suspects over the course of two years. Detective Miller was notified in February 2009 that Lopez was a possible suspect after Lopez’s DNA was added to the statewide DNA database after a felony drug conviction. DNA, including blood on the victim’s underwear, and palm prints from the crime scene were later directly matched to Lopez.

• Here is a chilling story of domestic violence. DeSean Owens was found guilty of six counts of violence against his former girlfriend. They included assault, kidnapping, menacing and violating a protection order. The events took place on April 3, 2011, in Aurora.

In a series of violent acts against his former girlfriend, Owens pulled the victim out of her apartment at knifepoint, and severed most of her finger when the victim put her hands in front of her face and screamed for help.

He forced her into his truck and then drove her to a park where she believed the defendant would kill her. She secretly dialed 911 and was rescued by the police. Mr. Owens has nine prior felony convictions and faces a potential sentence of from 15-96 years in the Department of Corrections.

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George Brauchler is the district attorney for Colorado’s 18th Judicial District, which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

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Gun deaths take steady toll Colorado Springs neighborhood has state’s worst numbers

By Kevin Vaughan I-News Network

Tragedies like those at Columbine and Aurora drive the public debate about guns, but the truth in Colorado is that the state experienced an unremitting loss of life involving firearms — 6,258 deaths — over the 12 calendar years that fell between those mass shootings.

That’s 10 gun deaths a week — every week — during that span.

And the area that experienced the most gun deaths from 2000 through 2011 was not a gang-weary section of Denver or Aurora but a southeast Colorado Springs neighborhood of 1960s tract homes, apartments and schools where postcard-perfect views of Pikes Peak frame the skyline, an I-News analysis of health and census data found.

The area is designated by the federal government as Census Tract 54.00, one of 1,249 geographically distinct districts in the state.

And from 2000 through 2011, 24 of its residents died of gunshot wounds.

The next deadliest census tract, with 20 deaths, was located in Grand Junction, and another in Denver had 19, I-News found.

Five of the top six neighborhoods for gun homicides were in the Denver or Aurora, while the top four neighborhoods for gun suicides were in Grand Junction, Montrose or Mesa County.

Over that span, 76 percent of the state’s gun deaths were suicides, 20 percent homicides.

“It is a public health issue,” said state Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, the mother of a son murdered by gunfire.

“We pay for it in the end. Society — we pay for the medical treatment, the loss of productivity. It’s a ripple effect. When someone gets murdered or harmed by gun violence, it affects the family, it affects the community — not just that one person.”

The death toll for residents of Census Tract 54.00, part of the Colorado Springs neighborhood known as Pikes Peak Park, included 12 homicides and 12 suicides.

That made it an anomaly among the deadliest neighborhoods in that it had as many homicides as suicides.

The second deadliest tract, in Grand Junction, had 17 suicides and three homicides.

The tract in Denver’s Platte Park area that experienced 19 deaths had 10 suicides, eight homicides and one classified as “other” — a police shooting, accident or undetermined fatality.

Four other tracts had 17 gun deaths during the 12-year span — three in Grand Junction, Montrose and Teller County driven by suicides and one in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood driven by homicides.

The I-News investigation of Colorado’s shooting deaths found a strong relationship between poverty and firearms homicides — and no discernible link between being poor

A graffiti-ridden Neighborhood Watch sign stands at the edge of Census Tract 54:00 in Colorado Springs. This section of southeast Colorado Spring was Colorado’s deadliest neighborhood during the 12 years between the mass shooting tragedies at Columbine and Aurora. The neighborhood’s 24 gun deaths were more than any other census tract in Colorado during the period. Photo by Joe Mahoney/I-News Network at Rocky Mountain PBS and gun suicides.

For example, the average poverty rate in 656 census tracts with no gun homicides was 10 percent. It jumped to 16 percent in neighborhoods with at least one gun homicide, to 22 percent in tracts with at least three, and to 24 percent in areas with at least four.

It was vastly different with suicides: The average poverty rate fluctuated around 12.7 percent in neighborhoods with no gun suicides and up to and including those with four or more.

In that way, Census Tract 54.00 fell in line with homicide statistics and bucked suicide statistics.

The area, developed in the 1960s, includes ranch and multi-level suburban homes, apartment complexes, a commercial district, and four schools. And its 5,615 residents face serious socio-economic challenges.

The median family income was $29,313 in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau — down significantly from 1980, when median family income was the equivalent of $40,010 in today’s dollars.

More than 20 percent of families — and nearly 44 percent of children — live in poverty.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment data included the census tract where each victim lived but, because death certificates are not public, not the identities of those who died.

I-News was able to identify many using police, court and coroner’s records and other public documents.

The loss of life in Census Tract 54.00 was a mosaic: A father who shot his teenage son while trying to teach him gun safety. A gangland slaying. Solitary suicides. A jealous former boyfriend who fired blindly through a door.

Four domestic violence murder-suicides. And an utterly random shooting carried out by a Fort Carson-based U.S. Army soldier.

“Some of them, they are domestic-related and they are very personal, to the very random or motivated through drugs or through property crimes or through any number of things,” said Colorado Springs Police Cmdr. Kirk Wilson, whose division includes Census Tract 54.00.

“There is no pattern, if you will, for why some of these homicides take place.”

Joy Kelly-Blackwell, whose sister, Leslie Brown, was murdered in 2004 by a former boyfriend, grew up in south Colorado Springs and has a sober view of life there.

“Where there’s poverty, there’s drugs — drugs and alcohol,” she said.

“Where there’s drugs and alcohol, there will be guns. Therefore there will be crime.”

Poverty and guns are definitely a part of life in Pikes Peak Park — and it is nothing new.

“These children were at war,” said Rich Caruth, who managed an apartment complex in the neighborhood for years and initiated an anti-gang program. “When they’d go outside their house, they had to worry about a drive-by shooting. They had to worry about being robbed and losing their tennis shoes.”

But the neighborhood’s problems aren’t only economic.

Transience is a way of life — an I-News examination of property records found that nearly 30 percent of the 1,181 single-family homes are rentals, and the neighborhood includes 772 apartment units and 131 townhome and condominium units.

People come and go often, tearing at the sense of “community” — the perception of belonging to a place and caring about it.

Katherine Giuffre, chair of the sociology department at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, knows transience — she lives next to a rental home, where tenants have come and gone every three months or four months for 17 years.

“I don’t even bother to know who they are because they’ll be out soon,” Giuffre said. “I’m not baking a banana bread and

going over there.”

Poverty, transience, and neighborhood violence confront the teachers and administrators at the four public schools in the tract — Centennial, Monterey and Pikes Peak elementary schools and Carmel Middle.

There, the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced lunch is high — 81.5 at Carmel, 87.1 at Monterey, 90.5 at Centennial, 90.6 at Pikes Peak.

The vast majority qualify for free lunches, meaning family income in the 2011-12 school year totaled $29,055 or less for a family of four.

Wendy Birhanzel, Centennial’s principal, and other educators in the area’s schools have a simple goal: Remove the obstacles between students and success.

That means making sure they have backpacks and jackets, or even taking up a collection to help a family pay its utility bill.

It also means monthly events — like “Science Night” or “Movie Night” — aimed at building relationship with families.

And while data shows that the schools are safe places, they can’t escape the neighborhood around them.

This spring, a student’s father was shot to death.

“That is reality,” Birhanzel said. “Homicides and shootings are not just happening to people we don’t know.”

Against that backdrop, thoughts on addressing gun deaths vary.

“We have all these laws and proposals and whatever to try and handle what’s happening,” said Dr. Manish Sethi, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee who frequently operates on gunshot victims.

“And I just feel like we need community solutions.”

So he and a colleague won a small grant for a pilot program that teaches conflict resolution strategies in schools.

The initial results were encouraging, and now they are seeking money to extend the program to 10 schools.

“Some of these children, once these things happen to them, their lives are over,” said Sethi, who has lectured on gun violence.

“They’re done, and the world that they knew is gone.”

Fields, the state representative from Aurora, applauded that kind of work. But she also touted new laws — she sponsored a measure extending background checks to private gun sales.

“I would agree that legislation is not the sole avenue … but I do think that legislation is one tool to help us address those that use guns when they’re committing crimes, and how they go about purchasing their guns, and how we regulate guns,” Fields said.

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I-News senior reporter Burt Hubbard contributed data analysis and additional reporting. To read the narrative version of this story and to see additional components, please go to inewsnetwork.org.

Contact Kevin Vaughan at 303-446-4936 or kvaughan@inewsnetwork.org.

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Also of importance, Johnson said, is that if a notification does go out, people need to fight the urge to call dispatch for verification of an ongoing incident. Doing so, he said, will impair those on the emergency management team from working on the situation at hand and getting new updates out in a timely manner.

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Soldier will hike to help others Wounded Warrior Project assists veterans

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com When Lt. Col Rick Burtt takes his first steps onto the Colorado Trail July 5 it will be the beginning of a 24-day, 486-mile journey in which every step will help to raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Burtt, a 40-year-old with many years of service in the Army and Colorado Army National Guard, had long desired to do something big, and he couldn’t think of a better foundation to tip his hat to in the process.

As a company commander in Iraq in 2003, Burtt watched firsthand as soldiers in his company suffered from everything from minor injuries to lost limbs to death. And for those who did return home, many have suffered since with post-traumatic stress disorder, including to an extent, Burtt.

“I had some weird dreams, social anxiety for a little bit when I first got home,” he said. “There were a lot of guys who had a real hard time adjusting to life, that were really impacted by PTSD. It always stays in the back of your mind.”

And while issues with PTSD have surfaced more in recent years, Burtt points out that what today’s warriors face is no

different from what veterans of past wars endured.

“I think we are just more attuned to those issues today,” he said. “If anything, I’m grateful that all the focus now on the mental health and occupational health of today’s soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines has shined a little bit of light on previous generations of veterans and the struggles that they have gone through.”

The Wounded Warrior Project works to help wounded service members of all wars acclimate in modern society, provides aid and assistance, and offers a variety of unique programs and services.

“It’s important that people remember after all the homecomings and the parades and the fanfare is done, we have a lot of (service members) who are struggling in a lot of ways that most people don’t understand,” Burtt said. “Where there isn’t a governmental program in place, the good folks at the Wounded Warriors Project take these guys to the finish line in getting their life back in order.”

Burtt, who has been training for his hike primarily at Jefferson County Open Space sites and Castlewood Canyon State Park, plans to hike an average of 20.25 miles a day. He will spend much of his journey alone, but will be joined by his neighbor, Air Force Maj. Robert Carreon, as well as a couple other friends at different spots along the way. He will also have a seven-

Highlands Ranch resident Rick Burtt is preparing to hike the 486-mile Colorado Trail. Photo by Ryan Boldrey

person resupply team that will meet him at trailheads and road crossings to bring him clean clothes, cooking fuel and food.

Burtt’s only luxurious stops include a night at Mount Princeton Hot Springs and a night at a friend’s condo in Frisco, likely the

only time he will have a bed to sleep on.

To learn more about Burtt’s journey or donate to the Wounded Warrior Project in his name, please visit www.facebook.com/ HealingThroughHiking or search for his fundraiser at www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

Memorial Day ceremonies scheduled around area Observances set for Littleton, Fort Logan

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Three Memorial Day ceremonies, held as formal tributes to fallen veterans, will be held May 27, two of them in Littleton and one at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

The tradition that established the Memorial Day events state that it is “to honor all veterans laid to rest in this sacred national cemetery, to all the prisoners of war and those missing in action who never returned, to all who have served and those who, even now, guard the gates of freedom worldwide.”

The first ceremony of the day starts at 8 a.m. in the Veterans’ Circle located in the Littleton Cemetery at 6155 S. Prince St. A

second, mirror-image service will be held at 10 a.m. at the Littleton World War II Memorial in Ketring Park, 6000 S. Gallup St. At 11 a.m. there will be a ceremony near the lake at Fort Logan National Cemetery, 3698 S. Sheridan Blvd.

Both ceremonies in Littleton, sponsored by the Pat Hannon Post Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4666 and the George C. Evans American Legion Post 103, follow the same program with the El Jebel Pipe Band playing “Amazing Grace” and the All Veterans Honor Guard firing a 21-gun salute.

The ceremonies will include reading of the poem “In Flanders Field” and the poem “My Plea” written by Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Hannon, the first Littleton resident to die in the Vietnam War. There will also be a reading of a poem written by Navy SEAL Danny Dietz.

At 11 a.m., Fort Logan National Cemetery will hold its annual Memorial Day observance that is sponsored by the Associat-

ed Veterans of Colorado. Featured speakers include Arthur Smith of the National Cemetery Administration and keynote speaker will be Col. Daniel Bant, commander of 460 Space Wing at Buckley Air Force Base.

A group representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Retired Enlisted Association Auxiliary and the Gold Star Wives will place a ceremonial wreath at a symbolic grave marker, the honor guard will raise their rifles, fire the 21-gun salute and the bugle will play “Taps,” sending the echo across the rows and rows of gleaming white markers standing in arrow-straight rows.

In case the weather is bad, the services will be held at Verle Huffman VFW Post 9644 at 2680 W. Hampden Ave. in Sheridan.

After the Fort Logan ceremonies, VFW Post 9644 and its Ladies Auxiliary will host a luncheon at the facility that is two blocks east of Federal on Hampden Avenue.

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Logan begin May 25 when volunteers, most of them young people from a variety of Scouting organizations, place a small American flag adjacent to each of the more than 54,000 headstones at the national cemetery. The same day, flags will be placed on the graves of veterans buried at the Littleton Cemetery.

The first official ceremonies honoring fallen veterans were held when Civil War Union Gen. John Alexander Logan, who is the individual Fort Logan is named for, was commander of the Union veterans group the Grand Army of the Republic. He issued an order that asked all members to decorate the graves of American veterans on May 30, 1868, to honor those who died serving their country. After World War I, Decoration Day became an official holiday and later, the name was changed to Memorial Day. In 1971, Congress passed the holiday act that, among other things, made Memorial Day the last Monday in May.

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textiles stretch through time Denver Art Museum exhibit will run until end of summer

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “SPUN: Adventures in Textiles,” a campus-wide collection of exhibits at the Denver Art Museum, runs through Sept. 22 and will require more than one visit if one wants to really absorb the vast array of wonderful objects included.

And then there’s the Institute for Figuring’s growing crochet coral reef, which visitors are invited to add to. Preliminary publicity has not addressed crochet much, but whimsical works snake throughout the complex and are delightful to contemplate — look up, as well as to the side. It’s a traveling exhibit called “Hyperbolic Crochet Reef.”

Start with “Cover Story” on the sixth floor of the North (Ponti) Building, since that’s where director Christoph Heinrich started his planning. The museum received gifts from the Andrew F. Mellon Foundation and from the Avenir Foundation to continue transformation and expansion of the textile department to six times its size. In addition to expansion, the endowment will support a full-time textile conservator, Alice Zrebiec, and a fellowship in conservation.

“Cover Story,” in space that had been storage, illustrates the depth of the museum’s collection. It includes elaborate embroidered Asian silks, woven carpets, a French paisley shawl and a contemporary tapestry by Polish artist Stefan Galowski.

The eye leads the visitor to a bright, nearby Thread Studio, with items one can touch and a PreVIEW room where conservators can be observed as they work on large pieces. On Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., the doors will be open for those who register in advance. On other days, one can watch through wide windows.

Also in the North Building: “Irresistible: Multicolored Textiles from Asia”; “Common Threads: Portraits by August Sander and Seydou Keita” — a look at what people wore at a moment in time; “Western Duds: How Clothing Helped Create an Archetype,” Western Art Gallery, level 7; “Fashion Fusion: Native Textiles in Spanish Colonial

“Walking in Venus Blue Cave” by Ernesto Neto, an installation included in the “Material World” section of SPUN. Courtesy photo Art”; “Flash of Red, Glint of Gold: Woven Riches of South America”; “Pattern Play: the Contemporary Designs of Jacqueline Groag” (a British contemporary designer).

Cross the bridge to the Hamilton Building and continue the adventure: On level 2, “Red, White and Bold: Masterworks of Navajo Design, 1840 to 1870” is a stunning display in the steep, angled Martin McCormick Gallery, of rugs featuring the red yarn obtained by unraveling German fabric; “Material World” on level 4 features imaginative works by contemporary artists made with found materials, including yarns and fabrics.

Example, a large wall piece made from deconstructed teddy bears and a painterly Lucas Samaras sewn piece made from textiles; on level 3, “Bruce Price: Works on Paper” is a collection of works by a local artist/ teacher, who includes textiles, especially gingham in his works.

“We are inviting visitors to look at tex-

tiles in a new way,” said Nancy Blomberg, curator of native arts at the DAM. “There are many unexpected elements — a photograph, for example — that connect to this medium that will surprise and delight our guests. We want people to tap into their creativity as well and try their hand at weaving, quilting, sewing — anything and everything related to thread.”

A drop-in Quilt Studio on level 1 and collaborative projects with artists and creative groups will be offered every weekend. Participants can design a block for the SPUN Community Quilt.

Also, watch as a Pop-up Dye Garden grows through the summer on the plaza, illustrating plants from the back yard that provide bright dye colors.

Admission to all the sections of SPUN is included in general admission. For information on admission, hours, programs, see denverartmuseum.org or call 720-9130130, or email info@denverartmuseum.org.

CNN Travel recently ranked beer towns in the U.S., and deemed Denver as No. 5.

Now, we could argue with that — especially considering that our governor helped put this cow town on the beer map — but national exposure is all good.

CNN says “not all cities are carbonated equal. Some have begun to take beer personally, innovating its craft and consumption and throwing festivals to honor the finest ales and lagers — creating a blueprint for the rest of the country to follow.

Still others have been doing this all along.”

To check out the story, go to cnn.com and enter “best beer towns” in the search bar.

Memorial to be dedicated

The Colorado Freedom Memorial in Aurora is soon to be dedicated to Colorado and the nearly 6,000 Colorado Gold Star Families whose loved ones make up the memorial’s roll call.

Beginning with the Gold Star Concert on May 25, and carrying through to the Home with Honor Dedication on May 26, the Colorado Freedom Memorial will proudly stand in honor of those who gave all in service to their country.

The dedication weekend events that are open to the public include: The Gold Star Concert from 5 to 7 p.m. May 25, celebrating “Heroic Lives” with performances by the 101st Army Band, Face Vocal Band and Mollie Weaver on The Great Lawn at the Aurora Municipal Building, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway.

Tickets are limited and available at www.militaryevents.us/rsvp using event code: CFM. On May 26 at 2 p.m., the dedication will begin with the arrival of the dedication processions at the memorial. The procession will include a horse-drawn caisson, full military honors, representatives from each branch of the military, VIPs and Colorado Gold Star Family representatives.

The dedication ceremony will feature VIP guest speakers, representatives of Colorado’s legislative delegation, honor guard and color posting, a wreath-laying ceremony, bird release and performances by the 101th Army Band.

The dedication ceremony is open to the public, and will be held at the Colorado Freedom Memorial/Springhill Community Park, 756 N. Telluride St., Aurora.

Going for ‘Big Break’

Former University of Colorado AllAmerican women’s golfer Emily Talley is participating on Golf Channel’s reality show “Big Break.” And, after the airing of just one show (May 13), Talley already has seen an elevated level of fame.

“I posted that I was going to be on the show on Facebook and it was the most response I have ever had,” Talley said. “I don’t think I could say I’m getting married and get that much response. But it’s fun, you see how many people love the show, how many people are rooting for you.

“A lot of people you don’t know connect with you on a TV show, you have a lot of people rooting for you,” Talley said.

“Maybe I made them laugh or maybe they felt my frustration.”

“Big Break,” which was filmed at an Iberostar resort about 45 minutes south of Cancun in Mexico, airs at 7 p.m. Mondays on the Golf Channel.

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Summer concerts fill air with music Plenty of shows set for south metro area

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Early June means the start of outdoor summer concerts throughout the south area. Pack a picnic, gather up chairs or blankets and head out to the collection of pleasant south metro venues that have grown through the years.

Some concerts are free, while others charge varying ticket prices — especially for big national acts.

Listed are venues that have notified us.

Note that you are not allowed by Colorado law to bring alcoholic beverages into any of these venues.

Hudson Gardens

Hudson Gardens and Event Center is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Unless noted, gates open at 5 p.m. and concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. (The Gardens close early on these Sunday concert dates.) Ticket prices vary and can be purchased through TicketHorse.com. Information: 303-7958565 ext. 316, hudsongardens.org.

• June 2 — The Orchestra, former members of the Electric Light Orchestra, play “symphonic rock.”

• June 9 — Nazareth, founded in Scotland in 1968 and on their first tour here in five years. British legends.

• June 16 — Firefall, Boulder-based band gives a Rocky Mountain flavor to its wide range of styles.

• June 23 — War, dating from the late 1960s, part of pop culture’s landscape.

• June 30 — 38 Special, Southern rock for over three decades.

• July 3 — Super Diamond, Alternative Neil Diamond Experience. Fireworks at dusk.

• July 7 — Little River Band, one of Australia’s most significant bands.

• July 14 — Bret Michaels, formerly of the glam-metal band Poison, singer, songwriter, TV star.

• July 21 — Kenny Loggins, featuring Blue Sky Riders.

• July 28 — Boz Scaggs, blues, R&B, rock, jazz, American roots.

• Aug. 4 — Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.

She’s an early female rock legend and he is a musician, producer and songwriter who considers his wife, Benatar, his muse.

• Aug. 11 — Foreigner, founded in 1976 by lead guitarist Mick Jones.

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Last July, Talley heard she had made the first round of cuts and would be brought in for an interview. But it wasn’t until November that she heard anything. She was at the Arizona State Open when she got a call saying that she had made it to the third round of interviews. Then after missing her LPGA card by three strokes at the third

• Aug. 18 — Styx, began in Chicago in the 1970s.

• Aug. 25—Three Dog Night, recorded 21 consecutive Top 40 hits.

Englewood

Englewood Sounds of Summer is a free concert series held on Thursdays at Englewood CityCenter Amphitheater, at the base of the light-rail station, next to Englewood Civic Center. In case of inclement weather, call 303-762-2598 for notice of postponement.

• June 13 — Boomers, classic rock.

• June 20 — Tumbling Dice, old and new country.

• June 27 — Solar, alternative pop and rock.

• July 11 — Willie and the Po Boys, rock, Motown, jazz, funk, blues.

• July 18 — Bluzinators, jump blues, bigband swing, traditional blues.

• July 25 — Better Than Biscuits, original, fun, contemporary folk.

• Aug. 1 — Colorado Swing, big band and swing.

• Aug. 8 — Off the Record, variety dance band.

Highlands Ranch

Highlands Ranch Community Association free concert series is on Thursdays at Highland Heritage Regional Park on South Quebec Street. Concerts run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The title for the series is The New Classics. hrcaonline/programs and activities.

• June 6 — Margarita Brothers.

• June 13 — Steve Thomas Band.

• June 20 — The New Classics.

• June 27 — Chris Daniels and the Kings.

• July 11 — Tunisia.

• July 18 — 6MDB. • July 25 — Forever in Blue Jeans.

Lone Tree

Lone Tree Arts Center Tunes on the Terrace. Ticket prices vary and are quoted for chair (reserved — LTAS chairs only) and lawn seating (bring blankets). All concerts are at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. on Fridays or Saturdays. Ticket prices vary. See: LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. Address: 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

• June 22 — Barron’s Little Band, jazz from Frank Sinatra to Michael Buble, with vocals by Barron Steffen, backed by a seven piece “Little Band.”

• June 29 — Tropical Coyotes, island music for all ages.

• July 12 — Colorado Symphony’s Tribute to the Boston Pops.

stage of qualifying school, she got the call that would change her life.

“You don’t hear anything forever,” Talley said. “I had a feeling they were waiting for Stage 3 to be over, because if you do well there, you have your card, you don’t need your Big Break.”

It was then another six weeks before she would leave for the filming of the show, which took 3½ weeks.

“It was a stressful situation,” Talley said.

“But it was some of the best fun I’ve ever had. We had to get up at 4:30 a.m. every

Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo, her producer, songwriter, arranger and husband, will perform at Hudson Gardens Aug. 4.

Courtesy photo • July 27 — Sons and Brothers, Western swing, bluegrass and rockabilly.

• Aug. 2 — Allan Harris Band, New Yorkbased romantic jazz vocalist.

• Aug. 16 — Soul X, Colorado party band, top pop and rock hits.

Littleton

Littleton Museum Summer Concert Series. Free concerts are held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings on the Littleton Museum’s lawn, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton.

Bring picnics, chairs, blankets. For information: 303-795-3950. Arrive early for nearby parking. Rain dates are Thursdays July 18 and 25. Call the museum for bands that may have been rescheduled.

• June 5 — Dakota Blonde.

• June 12 — Jon Chandler & Friends (Ernie Martinez and Dana Vernon).

• June 19 — Jazz vocalist Camilla with the Peneplain Jazz Trio.

• June 26 — Blue Canyon Boys.

• July 3 — Willson and McKee. • July 10 — Six Foot Joe and the Red Hot Rhinos.

• July 14 — Mile High Banjo Society.

• July 24 — Denver Concert Band.

• July 31 — After Midnight Jazz Band.

• Aug. 11 (Saturday) — Western Welcome

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• June 27 — Rae Miller, blues, funk and rock and roll.

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• Aug. 22 — Phat Daddy, back by popular demand.

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In addition to these south metro venues, there will be concerts at Denver Botanic Gardens, the Arvada Center, Four Mile Historic Park (Swallow Hill), and Lakewood’s Bonfils-Stanton Amphitheatre. All require tickets.

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May 23, 2013

For those in town over the holiday Events scheduled for downtown Denver

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Free, nearby family activities hold a good bit of appeal for those of us who have experienced snow and freezing temperatures during attempts to camp on Memorial Day Weekend.

In addition to south area memorial services, a quick trip into Denver offers free ongoing music and arts — plus a parade during the weekend that stretches from May 24 to 27.

Load on the sunscreen, wear comfortable shoes, catch the light rail and enjoy a day downtown.

At Civic Center, there will be a gathering at 11:30 a.m., a parade and a tribute at the Veterans Monument on May 25.

The Downtown Denver Arts Festival moves back to its original location at the Denver Performing Arts Complex as it celebrates its 15th year.

Artists, including several from the south area, such as ceramic artist Peggy Crago and photographer Andy Marquez, will be

for more information For more information go to denver.org and pick up detailed information on which artists are participating in the two shows and where your favorite band will be playing—as well as numerous other suggestions of ways to play close to home. located in the Sculpture Park and in the Galleria.

The nonprofit partner for 2013 is Project C.U.R.E, which is headquartered in Centennial. The organization focuses on providing medical supplies and care in resource-poor communities around the world.

Visitors can learn of ways they can participate and volunteer in these wide-ranging projects.

Arts Festival hours: 4 to 8 p.m. May 24; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 25; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

May 26.

Art Stir, a new event, will occupy the Pavilions (Glenarm Place between 15th and 17th streets) with a display of art by Colorado Creatives: painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, textiles, furnishings, mixed media. Hours: 4 to 8 p.m. May 24; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 25; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 26-27.

Five stages will hold local and national

Day of Rock 2012 will be repeated with 25 bands on May 25 in downtown Denver. Courtesy photo rock bands on Denver’s Day of Rock in the afternoon and evening of May 25. Stages are Arapahoe Street Skyline Park 1 and 2; Curtis Street Stage; Champa Street Stage and Welton Street Stage.

Denver Botanic Gardens 2013 Summer Concert Series Announced Denver Botanic Gardens and Swallow Hill Music, the Gardens’ concert producing partner, have announce the 2013 Summer Concert Series lineup.

Situated inside one of the nation’s top botanic gardens, the 2013 Summer Concert Series at Denver Botanic Gardens’ UMB Bank Amphitheater, named one of the “5 Best Outdoor Venues in Colorado” in 2012 by Westword, will offer an unrivaled ambience of thousands of blooming plants and the crystal clear music of some of the world’s most sought-after artists.

Two concerts will also take place at Chatfield Green at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield.

The concert schedule is: Monday, June 17 - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell; Tuesday, June 18 & Wednesday, June 19 - Tony Bennett with Antonia Bennett; Sunday, July 14 - Arlo Guthrie with The Trishas; Thursday, July 18 - Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers; Wednesday, July 24 - Elephant Revival and Carolina Chocolate Drops; Sunday, Aug. 4 - The Indigo Girls with Von Grey;

Calendar of Events

Tuesday, Aug. 6 Bruce Cockburn and Suzanne Vega; Monday, Aug. 12 - Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band; Wednesday, Aug. 28 - Michael McDonald with the Hazel Miller Band; Friday, Aug. 30 - Chris Isaak; The Denver Botanic Gardens Concert Series will again fill the gardens Tuesday, Sept. 3 with music this year. photo by Scott Dressel-Martin Melissa Etheridge All shows start per show allowed. Membership to the at 7 p.m.; gates open at 6 p.m. unless Gardens does not guarantee availotherwise noted. Ticket prices range ability of tickets. Ticket sale dates are from $45-$105. based upon Denver Botanic Gardens Concerts scheduled for Chatfield Membership Levels. For more inforGreen at Denver Botanic Gardens mation visit the Gardens’ web site at at Chatfield are: Saturday, July 13 www.botanicgardens.org.

- David Byrne & St. Vincent; and Tickets can be purchased the folSaturday, July 20 - Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring lowing ways: Online at concerts. botanicgardens.org (recommended Edie Brickell. These shows start at 7 method), phone – 1-877-435p.m. with gates opening at 5 p.m.

Ticket sales for Denver Botanic Gar- 9849 (convenience fees apply), or dens members began on April 22 with walk-in to the box office at Swallow Hill Music, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver. a six tickets per membership limit,

Free Document-Shredding Event June 1st in Highlands Ranch

By Jerry Brown, JerryBrownPR Do you have a big stack of personal or business documents that need to be shredded but don’t want to spend hours doing it yourself?

You can bring up to two full file boxes of them to a free community shredding event between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2013, in the parking lot of 1745 Shea Center Drive, at the corner of Lucent Blvd. and Plaza Drive in Highlands Ranch.

The event is being sponsored by 21 companies who are all members of the South Metro Denver Chamber’s LEADapalooza leads group and will benefit Boy Scout Troop 628.

“We’ve done these in the past and they’ve been very popular,” said Cheryl Braunschweiger, mortgage professional with ALMC Mortgage and one of the event’s organizers.

“It’s a safe, hassle-free, environmentally friendly way to get rid of those confidential personal and business documents that have been taking up space in your home or office. People love it.”

Shred-It, a company that special-

izes in on-site document shredding, will provide a truck and security professionals who will do the shredding.

The free shredding event is being sponsored by: 303 Denver Chiropractic, 5280 Drug Testing, ALMC Mortgage, Arrow B Architecture, Centennial Leasing & Sales, C Squared Computer Services, Dream Catcher Affinity Group, eTravel Unlimited, Experience Pros Radio Show, JerryBrownPR, Law offices of E.C. Lewis, Liberty Tax Services, Major Mom, Nexus Financial Services, Pearle

Among the bands performing on the Champa Street Stage is the Mary Louise Lee Band at 4:55 to 5:55 p.m. Lee is also recognized as the wife of Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock.

Vision SouthGlenn, PROformance Apparel, RE/MAX Professionals, RMK Cartridge, SG Associates, Shred It and Trinity Title.

LEADapalooza is one of seven LEADs groups at the South Metro Denver Chamber and one of the oldest and most active. This tight-knit group meets weekly to share business leads and listen to a presentation by one of their members. For more information on the Chamber LEADs groups call 303-795-0142.

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 23rd Littleton Business Coalition Happy Hour Old Chicago, 7961 S. Broadway, Littleton Monday, May 27th Chamber Offices will be closed for Memorial Day Tuesday, May 28th Business Bible Study The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Speed Raceway is Back! Eat, Drink & Be Speedy!

8532 Concord Center Drive, Englewood Wednesday, May 29th Funding in Focus Education Forum University of Colorado School of Business, 1475 Lawrence St., Denver Creating Business Opportunities Here & Abroad The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Thursday, May 30th Celebrate our New, Neighboring Golf Investor!

Southglenn Country Club, 1489 E. Easter Ave., Centennial Friday, May 31st President’s Leadership Forum The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Chamber Unplugged hosted by Human Resources Plus The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Littleton’s Old Chicago restaurant has undergone a dramatic renovation and to celebrate, General Manager Jessica Spillman invited a crowd of fellow Chamber Dr. Jeffrey Schmidt joined with family, friends, clients and fellow Chamber Investors as the Investors to share in cutting a “pizza-dough ribbon.” traditional ribbon was cut in celebration of Schmidt Facial Plastic Surgery’s new space in DTC. The participants were treated to beverages and food The surgeon and his staff have a deep commitment to community through foundations helping samples featuring the restaurant’s new menu and beer wounded service members and abuse victims. www.schmidtplasticsurgery.com choices. www.oldchicago.com/locations/littleton

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Parker artist shows her work at CORE “Platteville,” a mixed-media acrylic and collage painting by Parker artist Theresa Luego, will be included in a collection of her artwork exhibited at CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, from May 30 to June 16. There will be an artist’s reception from 6 to 9 p.m. May 31 and on First Friday, June 7. Luego, a member of Parker’s Arts Guild, is also a member of CORE Gallery.

She has exhibited in Korea, California and Texas. Hours: Thursdays noon to 6 p.m.; Fridays noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 6 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. 303-297-8428.

Romero art

Littleton artist Ann Romero has paintings in the DeColores Art Show at Regis University’s Dayton Library through May 31.

Gold-medal art

Ceramic pieces by ThunderRidge art teacher Cathy Ormiston and elementary teacher Tracie Archibold are exhibited upstairs at the Highlands Ranch Library (by the stairs, behind the librarian and in the study areas). The library is at 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd. Exhibit is in place only until June 1.

June 1 to apply. See stars4castlerock.com.

Questions: Email starsfordouglascounty@ gmail.com.

• Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition.

Exhibition dates July 8-31. Submissions due 9 to 11 a.m. on July 6 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts, in the Arapahoe Community College Annex, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Jurying same day, 1 to 3 p.m. All media accepted. Submit actual work. $10 per entry, exact cash please. Questions: Trish Sangelo. Trish.Sangelo@arapahoe.edu.

Calls for artists

Jazz on the Green

Ceramic art

e • Stars for Douglas County, a nonprofit initiative to raise funds for county art stu-dents, seeks artists to design and paint sevlen large metal stars and five smaller stars to be exhibited in Castle Rock and auctioned at the organization’s 2013 Gala. Deadline is

Castle Rock

The Highlands Ranch Concert Band’s own big band group, Swing Shift, will perform a free concert, “Jazz on the Green: Swingin’ Into Summer” at 6:30 p.m. June 1 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. hrconcertband.org.

Highlands Ranch

Littleton

of works by gallery artists May 24-26. Also available: a selection of prints from the Colonial Gallery in Oklahoma City. Extended hours: Friday, 3 to 8 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 303-3962787.

Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, has an exhibit featuring winners from the past five years of the All Colorado Art Show through June 7. Included artists: Kathryn Cole, Joellyn Duesberry, Robert Gratiot, Sharon Holsapple and Irene Delka McCray. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

303-797-1779.

Denver Comic Con

Community art

CVA events

The annual Community Education Art Show at Arapahoe Community College will be held from May 30 to June 27 in Colorado Gallery of the Arts in the Annex Building.

The juror is Rachel Basye, Executive Director of Denver Art Students League. An artists reception will be 5 to 7 p.m. May 30.

Admission is free. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Summer sale

The Great Western Art Gallery, 1455 Curtis St., Denver, will hold a summer sale

Parker

The three-day Denver Comic Con fan convention will be May 31 to June 2 at the Colorado Convention Center. It features TV personalities, movies, toys, gaming, scifi/fantasy and comic books — and raises money to teach kids to read through comic books. Stan Lee is guest of honor. Tickets: denvercomiccon.com.

“Metrosphere” is a celebration of work published in Metropolitan State University’s annual literary and visual art magazine, “Metrosphere,” running May 30 to June 22 at the Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. All visual artists published are invited to exhibit and readings are planned for writers at 7 p.m. May 30, the opening reception. At 3 p.m. June 1, Daniel Nilsson will lecture on “Unicorns and Other Sparkly Gardens.” Admission is free. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. 303-294-5207.

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

www.st-andrew-umc.com

Affiliated with United Church of Religious Science

303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510

Castle Rock Recreation Center 2301 Woodlands Blvd, Castle Rock

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Sunday Services 10 a.m.

www.OurCenterforSpiritualLiving.org 720-851-0265

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

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(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

Welcome Home!

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life:

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

Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am

303-791-3315

pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org

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First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

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Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am

Sunday 9:30am

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

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

www.SpiritofHopeLCMC.org

New Thought...Ancient Wisdom Sunday Service

& Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

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

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

(Across from Murdochs)

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

303-798-8485

 303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org

Connect – Grow – Serve – Love

SErviCES:

Saturday 5:30pm

303.805.9890

www.gracecolorado.com

Lutheran Church & School

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church

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

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

LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

www.P a r k er C C R S.org

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Trinity

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

303 798 6387

A place for you

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4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836

www.gracepointcc.us

“Loving God - Making A Difference”

Franktown

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

9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton co

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Joy

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Sunday

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ourcoloradonews.com.

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Much ado about Shakespeare PHOTOS BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY Students at the Ambleside School in Centennial took a day to honor the works of William Shakespeare with live performances of not only his most memorable sonnets, but also “Julius Caesar,” a tragedy that portrays a conspiracy against the infamous Roman dictator and his assassination. Students crafted many of the props and costumes themselves, and later hosted a community luncheon for the audience. The event held May 17 was the third annual Shakespeare festival for the private school that uses great works of art, music and science to complement regular classroom learning activities.

Julius Caesar, played by Drew Guetig, center, addresses members of the Roman Senate. Students at the Ambleside School, located in Centennial, held their third annual Shakespeare festival May 17 and celebrated with live performances of the Bard’s famous works.

Sammy Lorden mourns the death of Julius Caesar, played

by Drew Guetig. Lorden and Guetig are students at the Ambleside School in Centennial.

Elementary students at the Ambleside School enjoy a dramatic scene from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.”

The private school is located in Centennial.

THINGS TO DO MAY 23 IPAD WORKSHOP. Weldon Dodd, owner of Rewind Technol-

ogy, will conduct an introductory seminar on the Apple iPad from 6-7:30 p.m. May 23 at the Castle Pines Chamber Office, 562 Castle Pines Parkway, Suite C-1. Space is limited; RSVP to Sharon at 303-688-3359 or Sharon@castlepineschamber.com.

MAY 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.

JUNE 1 CAFÉ LA Papa E.T.C. The Parker Arts Council’s Café La Papa E.T.C. presents “Waiting for Godot,” by Samuel Beckett, May

11 at the Highlands Ranch Library; May 18 at the Lone Tree Library; and June 1 at the Parker Library. Shows begin at 6 p.m. Admission is free but donations are accepted to help defray production costs. Former Parker Mayor David Casiano is the founder of Café La Papa E.T.C. (Experimental Theater Company), which will the libraries throughout the year.

horse to help special needs kids. Join HorsePower for its gala from 6-10 p.m. June 8 at the Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Food, cash bar, live music and a silent auction are on the agenda. The special part of the night will be to hear from and meet the special kids and their parents. Visit www.coloradohorsepower.org.

JUNE 4

THROUGH JUNE 21; July 19-20

HUNK-TA-BUNK-TA. KATHERINE Dines has performed around the globe since 1992. Featuring songs from her 11 award-winning Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta albums, Katherine engages audiences of all sizes with movement, story songs, sign language, sing-alongs, percussion, zany props and more for a uniquely entertaining and educational experience. Her Seedlings performance is at 11 a.m. June 4 in the event hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Tickets are $3.

Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

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.

JUNE 8 HORSEPOWER GALA. HorsePower uses the power of the

JUNE 22 BIG BAND. Tunes on the Terrace season tickets are available now; single tickets available May 15. From Frank Sinatra to Michael Buble, enjoy great jazz throughout the decades! Vocals

by Barron Steffen backed by a seven piece “little big band.

Barron’s Little Big Band performs at 8 p.m. June 22 in the Terrace Theater at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Tickets are $15 (lawn) and $20 (chair). Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

JUNE 22 TROPICAL COYOTES. Tunes on the Terrace season tickets available now; single tickets available May 15. Fun, island music for all ages. The Tropical Coyotes were formed in 1998 specifically to provide top quality, fun, island friendly live music. From Calypso to Jimmy Buffett, Latin sounds to Beach Boys, the Tropical Coyotes will get everyone aged 2 to 102 up and dancing. Tropical Coyotes performs at 8 p.m. June 29 in the Terrace Theater at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Tickets are $15 (lawn) and $20 (chair). Visit www.

LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

ONGOING

LOCAL ARTISTS. South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s Buck, Goodson and Lone Tree recreation centers feature temporary art exhibitions by local artists. Visit www.sspr.org or contact Vickie Willis at 303-483-7072.

SUMMER CAMP. Register now for South Suburban Parks and Recreation summer camps. More than 200 themed day and weekly camps are offered. Visit www.sspr.org for information and to register.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: Lone Tree Voice. No attachments. Listings are free and run as space is available.

CURTAIN TIME

Married, with a dog

Located on the grounds of Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, and overlooking the majestic Rocky Mountains, The Memorial Garden accepts cremated remains in niches or a common urn. Cherry Hills is committed to serving our community by offering peace of mind through a loving and integrated approach to end of life care.

Please contact us to schedule a tour at 303.325.8306. chcc.org/MemorialGarden

“Sylvia,“ the engaging comedy by A.R. Gurney, plays May 25 to June 29 at the John Hand Theatre, presented in collaboration

by Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company. Katie Mangett directs. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. The theater is at 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Tickets: $20/$18, 720-880-8727, thisisspotlight.com.

Oh, baby

“Baby! The Musical” with music by Shire and Maltby, plays May 31 through June 23 at Shaver-Ramsey Showroom, 2414 E. Third

Ave., Denver. Directed by Pat Payne. Three generations face nature’s miracle. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $28/$25. 303-8006578, cherrycreektheatre.org.

Sisters of St. Andreas

“And Then There Was Nun” by Richard T. Witter and Bruce W. Gilray plays through June 16 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. It’s a parody of Dame Agatha Christie’s thrillers, directed by Peter Hughes. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25, $20 in advance, 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com.

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High-school racers get ready to drag Teens push cars to the red line at Bandimere

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Normally frowned-on activities like speeding and smoking the tires is encouraged May 27 for drivers competing in the Pepsi High School Drag Races at Bandimere Speedway. Mike Lawson said he has his pickup truck ready to race.

“My older brother raced our truck last year and did OK,” the Littleton homeschool student said. “I want to do better than OK. I have been working to beef up the engine and I took some runs down the strip last year to learn how the race works. I think I am ready to go out and win some rounds of racing May 27.”

Of course, winning rounds of competition will present a challenge because there will be several hundred young men and women pursuing the same goal.

The majority of students are from the metro area and usually there is good representation from high schools such as Cherry Creek, Lakewood, Douglas County, Wheat Ridge and Englewood.

But each year, there are drivers from other portions of the state as well as a handful of entries from neighboring states.

Racing at the high school drags is limited to current high school students and 2013 graduates. There is also the opportunity for those 19 to 23 to drag-race in the alumni classification. To enter, the person behind the wheel must be a licensed driver.

Rules also require the car to be equipped with seat belts, and the car must pass a technical inspection where the vehicle is checked to ensure the seat belts are securely fastened to the frame, the brakes are good and there is plenty of tread on the tires.

The driver of any vehicle that makes runs down the quarter-mile strip faster than 14 seconds is required to wear a helmet.

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Drivers await their turns on the starting line at last year’s high school drag races at Bandimere Speedway. This year’s event will be held on May 27. File photo This year the gates open at 10 a.m., time trials begin at 11 and elimination races begin about 2 p.m.

The event always draws a crowd on the track and in the stands. Last year, for example, even with the high cost of gasoline, about 450 drivers represented about 50 different schools in the drag racing competition.

In addition to the races, there are contests to select the best-appearing car and the best-appearing crew. There are also opportunities to line up and race against a police officer through the Race a Cop program. For information on ticket prices and more about the event, visit the website at www.bandimere.com or call the track at

303-697-6001.

The annual event is very popular and drivers show up to race with all kinds of “wheels,” ranging from a hot rod that they drive in weekly races at the track to the family’s station wagon or sports utility vehicle.

So, to make the competition as fair as possible, entries are divided into two high school classes, one for the cars, trucks and motorcycles the kids drive on the street, and a different division for the drivers who will be behind the wheel of vehicles built to compete in drag races.

Also, a handicap system called a dial-in is necessary because the field includes such a wide variety of vehicles.

The dial-in time is set in time trials and

the handicap system allows the slower vehicle in the head-to-head drag race to leave the starting line first. But, running faster than the “dial-in time” is called breaking out and could cost a driver the race.

Winning means moving on to the next round.

Losing means it’s time to go home. Drivers get merchandise prizes each time they advance. The elimination races continue until a single driver captures the day’s championship.

There a multitude of prizes given out during the competition and the day’s champion earns a shot at returning Labor Day to vie for the grand prize, a trip to Frank Hawley’s drag racing school in Florida.

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May 23, 2013

Lone TreeSPORTS

Grizzlies grab final-four spot ThunderRidge yet to lose in playoffs as it seeks baseball crown

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com ThunderRidge saved some of its best baseball for late in the season.

The Grizzlies will be the only undefeated team when the four final schools meet May 24 and 25 at All-City Stadium in Denver to determine the Class 5A state champion.

ThunderRidge won its first three games in the double elimination, two-weekend portion of the state tournament and will have to lose twice to be denied taking the state championship trophy back to Highlands Ranch.

Defending state champion Cherry Creek, Grandview and Rocky Mountain are the other Final Four teams, but each has been saddled with a loss.

Still, ThunderRidge is aware that the team, which has been undefeated heading into the final two days of the tournament the past two years, has failed to win the state title.

“You are talking about Grandview, Rocky Mountain and Cherry Creek and they have high-quality teams,” said ThunderRidge coach Joe White. “We know we have our hands full.”

ThunderRidge (19-5) will play Cherry Creek (21-3) at noon May 24 at All-City Stadium in Denver. Rocky Mountain (20-3) and Grandview (19-4) will meet at 2:30 p.m.

The winners will clash at 10 a.m. May 25 at the same site. If ThunderRidge should lose against Creek, the state title game will be played at 12:30 p.m.

“We’re on a roll,” said ThunderRidge senior catcher Jake Hand. “These playoff games have been the best we’ve played as a team all season. It is definitely good to have no losses because we’re playing so good but we know it’s the state tournament and you can’t let anyone get past you.”

Hand was 7-for-8 with five runs batted in as ThunderRidge edged Legend, 7-5, and

Tyler Loptien pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in two of the three ThunderRidge High School playoff wins. Photo by Jim Benton whipped Mountain Vista, 16-3, in games played May 17 at Machebeuf High School.

The Grizzlies scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to snap a tie and defeat Grandview, 12-6, May 18 at All-City Stadium.

Tyler Loptien relieved starting pitcher A. J. Jones and earned the win over Legend.

Loptien, a junior right-hander who started the game as the designated hitter, was summoned to the mound with two outs, runners on first and second and the scored tied at 6-all in the top of the fifth inning.

Adam Ausmus popped out to end the Legend rally and Loptien went on to retire six consecutive batters. The Grizzlies took their one-run lead on Jones’ solo homer in the bottom of the fifth and Loptien got Tanner Thompson to fly out to end the game after issuing back-to-back walks put the potential tying run on second base in the seventh.

Besides Jones’ game-winning homer, Josh Newell hit a solo homer in the fourth for ThunderRidge and Jake Hand delivered a key two-run double in the Grizzlies’ fourrun third inning against Legend.

Connor Lambert and Hand each had three hits in the rout of Mountain Vista, and Lambert, who has seen limited action on the mound because of a strained rotator cuff, settled down after a rough start and didn’t allow Grandview a hit for four innings after the Wolves had jumped to a 6-2 lead.

ThunderRidge sent 11 batters to the plate in the seventh-inning uprising and Loptien hurled a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

“I come in and do my job of throwing strikes and getting ahead of batters,” said Loptien. “I just wanted to be quick throwing and change up pitches to batters so they don’t see the same thing. All those runs are a comfort to a pitcher. It makes you feel

comfortable going out there.”

Hand, who was 7-for-8 with five RBIs in the three wins, led off the decisive seventh inning against Grandview with a double.

The Grizzlies had two doubles, four singles, a walk and a three-run homer by A.J. Jacobs during the rally. Hand got up twice during the inning and contributed an RBI single during his second at-bat.

“I had to do something,” said Hand of ThunderRidge’s seventh-inning outburst.

“I was on deck and coach (Joe) White was walking to the third base coaching box and he said, `Hey, hit a double and then we’ll score you.’ The first pitch, I hit a double and then scored.”

White didn’t have any doubts that ThunderRidge would come back from the fourrun deficit and remain unbeaten.

“We just have character kids that work hard, don’t give up and they hang in there,” Grizzlies continues on Page 27

Mountain Vista, Rock Canyon play for title Highlands Ranch schools had only two losses between them

wheRe to find Results Results of the May 22 5A girls soccer state championship game between Mountain Vista and Rock Canyon were not available at press time. For coverage, go to ourhighlandsranchnews.com.

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Mountain Vista benefited from a close call, and part of Rock Canyon’s stretch surge has been keyed by a player who missed 11 games.

Mountain Vista (18-1-0) and Rock Canyon (16-1-1) made for an All-Continental League — and all-Highlands Ranch — Class 5A girls state championship soccer game May 22 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

Both teams had revenge on their mind entering the title game.

Mountain Vista beat Rock Canyon 2-0 in a Continental League match April 12, but the Jaguars upset the top-seeded Golden Eagles in a quarterfinal shootout during last season’s state playoffs.

The Golden Eagles’ only loss this season was a 1-0 setback to Pine Creek the night after the victory over Rock Canyon. It was the third game in three nights and Mountain Vista didn’t play several regulars. It was the closest game for coach Theresa Echtermeyer’s team until a 3-2 quarterfinal victory over Fort Collins May 15 at Shea Stadium.

Megan Massey scored twice for Mountain Vista against Fort Collins, but it took Gabbi Miranda’s goal on a penalty kick with 7:35 remaining in the game for the Golden Eagles to escape.

Katy Couperus, the Lambkins’ leading scorer, was the keeper on the penalty

Rock Canyon’s Erin Webb (16) has five goals and two assists in six games since returning from an ankle injury.

Photo by Jim Benton kick as she briefly replaced starting goalie Jordan Leone, who was forced to leave the game with an injury.

“It did us good,” said Miranda of the narrow win. “It put us in a situation where we had to find the courage in ourselves and in each other. It was a game where we were tested and it was the first game where it was back and forth. It gave us a nice wake-up call. Not every game is a walk in the park.”

In a semifinal game against Fossil Ridge

May 18 at Denver’s All-City Stadium, Mountain Vista found itself behind 1-0 after only 101 seconds, but the Golden Eagles responded with three goals in 6:10 and advanced to the championship game with a 6-2 win over the Sabercats.

Mountain Vista, which has made the state playoffs nine consecutive seasons, won the state championship in 2005 and 2011 and used two goals from freshman Mallory Pugh to help usher the Golden Ea-

gles into another title match. Massey also had a goal in the semifinal win.

“Mallory is a special player,” said Echtermeyer. “She hadn’t had a goal in a while and I sort of predicted that she was going to unleash. The Fort Collins game put us through some tough times and that was good for us.

That lit a fire for us.

“We definitely would have been disappointed not to make it to the championship game but we didn’t count on it. There are a lot of things about being the No. 1 ranked team, which we’ve been two years in a row, that hovers over our heads, but we don’t think about that really. We just think about wanting to take care of the opponent today.”

Mountain Vista goalie Danielle Cushing suffered a concussion when she dove for a ball during warm-ups and hit her head on the goal post. She went to the hospital and Torrell Stewart, who usually plays one half and Cushing the other, played the entire game against Fossil Ridge.

Rock Canyon, a semifinal loser last season, has taken care of 11 straight opponents since its setback to Mountain Vista. The Jaguars blanked Liberty 4-0 May 15 at Shea Stadium and then shut out Legacy 2-0 in the semifinals May 18 at All-City Stadium.

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to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: DENVER HOSPITALITY, L.P., A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP chael Klein had seven RBIs in the fifth and Original Beneficiary: SPECIALTY FINANCE GROUP LLC, A GEORGIA LIM-to spark the win. He hit a grand sixth inning ITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("SFG") slam homer Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: 2010-in the fifth and belted a three1 SFG VENTURE LLC, A DELAWARE run inA Nthe LIMITED LIABILIT Y CHR OMP Y sixth.

Continued from Page 26 ("LENDER") “They had been throwing around me all Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/13/2008 said Klein. “We had the bases loaded Recording Date of DOT:day,” 6/17/2008 No. of DOT: 2008042966 he said. “Playing in our leagueReception (Continenthat one time and they were still throwing DOT Recorded in Douglas County. tal) helps us a lot. It helps us Original get ready toAmount Principal of Evidence around me.of The pitcher got deep in the Debt: $17,371,745.00 go.”

Outstanding Principal count Amount as of the and had to come to me and he left it date hereof: $16,345,538.45 The Continental League’s Pursuant three other right there and I took advantage of it. They to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of teams that qualified for the double eliminawere pitching to me in the sixth inning, I the deed of trust have been violated as tion part of the state playoffs lost twice and ofdon’t follows: A violation the covenants knowofwhy, they threw me some nice said Deed to Trust, namely: 1. Borrower were eliminated. fastballs has failed to pay sums due under theand Note I took advantage of that too.” andlost the other documents evidencing and Chaparral, the second seed, twice The Golden Eagles, however, lost to securing the Loan; and 2. Borrower has and the league co-champions finished with failed to comply with terms or conditions of ThunderRidge later on May 17 and dropped the Deed of Trust and other loan docua 17-6 record. Legend, last year’s mentsClass relating5A to the a real property de- to Cherry Creek May 18.

9-7 decision scribed below; state runner-up, and Mountain Vistaherein each the THE LIEN FORECLOSED After MAY NOT BE loss to ThunderRidge, Legend went 1-2. The Titans ended their A FIRSTseason LIEN. came back May 18 at All-City Stadium with The property described herein is all of the with a 15-9 record while the Golden property Eagles encumbered a by 1-0, the lien of the eight-inning elimination-game vicdeed of trust. were 14-9. tory over Chaparral.

Legal Description of Real Property: Parcel One: Lot 10A, Park Meadows - FilMountain Vista opened with a 9-7 win Jordan doubled to lead off the ing No. 2, 22nd Amendment, CountyStephens of over Chaparral May 17 at Machebeuf D o u g l a as s , MiS t a t e top o f Cof o l othe r a d o eighth . inning and scored the Parcel Two: Non-exclusive easement for reciprocal ingress and egress as set forth and more fully described in that certain Amended and Restated Cross Access Easement Agreement recorded June 23, inatthe first807. game of the season, had an assist 1997, in Book 1441 Page Parcel Three: Non-exclusive easement for against Liberty and tallied Rock Canyon’s pedestrian and vehicular cross access, infirst against Legacy. She has five goals gress and egress, utilities and goal drainage as set forth and more fully described in the and two assists in the six games since recertain Declaration of Easement recorded Continued from Page 26 J u n e 2 , 2 0 0 8 , a t turning R e c e p t i o nfrom N o . the injury.

2008039056. Parcel Four: Non-exclusive You are hereby notified that a easements for parking as “I set sprained forth and petition has been filedit which that my ankle and wasalleges pretty more fully described in the Restrictive the above-named children are dependent Five different players accounted for the bad,” will Missouri Covenants recorded June 26,said 1998,Webb, in or who neglected as play per thefor facts set forth in Dependency and Neglect Petition, a 1566 with at Page 942.

Rock Canyon goals in the two Book games, next season. “I the really wanted to play but I copy of which may be obtained at the offreshman Kaycie Young scoring a has goaltheinaddress fice above address.

Which of: confidence 9985 Park had inof John my Thirkell, team.at Itheknew they Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 both the quarterfinal and semifinal match- were going to doA well and MyJune ankle hearing hasstep been up. set for 3rd, NOTICE OF SALE at 9:00 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas The current holder of the Evidence of Debt es. isTrust finedescribed now. The2013, whole season we’ve been County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, secured by the Deed of Erin Webb, who suffered an herein, anklehas injury filed written election and working tode-get Castle backRock, andColorado, have a80109. chance to mand for sale as provided by law and in Your presence before this court is resaid Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given quired to defend against the claims in this that on the first possible sale date (unless petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedCOURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABnesday, July 10, 2013, at the Public SENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucHEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGtion to the highest and best bidder for MENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUcash, the said real property and all inDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEterest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs PENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said You have the right to request a trial by jury Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of at the adjudicatory stage of this petition.

Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses You also have the right to legal representof sale and other items allowed by law, ation at every stage of the proceedings by and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificcounsel of your own choosing, or if you n ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. are without sufficient financial means, apFirst Publication: 5/16/2013 pointment of counsel by the Court. TerLast Publication: 6/13/2013 mination of your parent-child legal relaPublisher: Douglas County News Press tionship to free your children for adoption Dated: 3/20/2013 is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If GEORGE J KENNEDY that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee a hearing before a Judge. You also have s the right, if you are indigent, to have the The name, address and telephone numCourt appoint, at no expense to you, one bers of the attorney(s) representing the expert witness of your own choosing at legal holder of the indebtedness is: e any hearing on the termination of your MARK E BAKER parent-child relationship. If you are a Colorado Registration #: 32243 PUBLIC NOTICE minor, you have the right to the appointTH E TABOR C EN TER 1 2 0 0 1 7 TH ment of a Guardian ad litem to represent Lone Tree STR EET, your best interests.

NOTICE OF SALE DENVER, COLORADO 80202 .

Phone #: (303) 572-6568 You have the right to have this matter Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0199 Fax #: 1 (720) 904-7667 Attorney File #: 2010-1 SFG heard by a district court judge rather than To Whom It May Concern: On 3/20/2013 dthe undersigned Public Trustee caused *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE by the magistrate. You may waive that SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webright, and in doing so, you will be bound the Notice of Election and Demand relatsite: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustby the findings and recommendations of ing to the Deed of Trust described below ee/ the magistrate, subject to review as to be recorded in Douglas County. provided by sec. 19-1-108(5), C.R.S. Original Grantor: DENVER HOSPITALITY, L.P., A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERLegal Notice No. 2013-0199 2009, and subsequently, to the right of apSHIP First Publication: 5/16/2013 peal as provided by Colorado Appellate Original Beneficiary: SPECIALTY FINLast Publication: 6/13/2013 Rule 3.4.

ANCE GROUP LLC, A GEORGIA LIMPublisher: Douglas County News Press ITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("SFG") This summons is being initiated by the Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: 2010Douglas County Department of Human 1 SFG VENTURE LLC, A DELAWARE Services through its counsel. kL I M I T E D L I A B I L I T Y C O M P A N Y ("LENDER") Dated: May 14, 2013 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/13/2008 ss//John Thirkel Recording Date of DOT: 6/17/2008 John Thirkell, #13865 Public Notice Reception No. of DOT: 2008042966 Assistant Douglas County Attorney DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

District Court, Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Legal Notice No.: 921593 Douglas County, Colorado Debt: $17,371,745.00 First Publication: May 23, 2013 Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Outstanding Principal Amount as of the Last Publication: May 23, 2013 Castle Rock, CO 80109 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press date hereof: $16,345,538.45 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE are hereby notified that the covenants of OF COLORADO Public Notice the deed of trust have been violated as follows: A violation of the covenants of In the Interest of: said Deed to Trust, namely: 1. Borrower BRANDON TAMURA, DOUGLAS COUNTY has failed to pay sums due under the Note D.O.B. 07/26/1994, Child DISTRICT COURT and the other documents evidencing and And concerning: 4000 Justice Way securing the Loan; and 2. Borrower has ERIN GRABOWSKI, Mother Castle Rock, CO failed to comply with terms or conditions of RODNEY TAMURA, Father Douglas County, CO 80109 the Deed of Trust and other loan docuJERRY GRABOWSKI, ments relating to the real property deMaternal Grandfather THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE scribed herein below; ANDREA GRABOWSKI, OF COLORADO THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Maternal Step Grandmother In the Interest of: A FIRST LIEN. Respondents, ALAN FURLER, The property described herein is all of the Counsel for Douglas County Department D.O.B. 04/05/2010, Child property encumbered by the lien of the of Human Services deed of trust.

John Thirkell And concerning: Legal Description of Real Property: 4400 Castleton Ct. CASSIE FURLER, Mother Parcel One: Lot 10A, Park Meadows - FilCastle Rock, CO 80109 And RYAN FENNEY, Father ing No. 2, 22nd Amendment, County of 303-663-7726 Respondents, And Douglas, State of Colorado.

303-688-5894 (fax) RUSSELL FURLER, Maternal Parcel Two: Non-exclusive easement for jthirkel@douglas.co.us Grandfather, oreciprocal ingress and egress as set forth JAMES VELDON McMILLIN and more fully described in that certain Case Number: 12JV145 * Division 2 and SYLVIA MARGO McMILLIN, Amended and Restated Cross Access Special Respondents Easement Agreement recorded June 23, DEPENDENCY SUMMONS And 1997, in Book 1441 at Page 807.

This Summons is initiated pursuant to BRIAN MCMILLIN, Intervenor Parcel Three: Non-exclusive easement for Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of JuvenCounsel for Douglas County Departpedestrian and vehicular cross access, inile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado ment of Human Services gress and egress, utilities and drainage as Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19set forth and more fully described in the 3-503, C.R.S. 2011.

John Thirkell Declaration of Easement recorded 4400 Castleton Ct. .certain June 2, 2008, at Reception No. TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMED Castle Rock, CO 80109 2008039056. Parcel Four: Non-exclusive ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a 303-663-7726 easements for parking as set forth and petition has been filed which alleges that 303-688-5894 (fax) more fully described in the Restrictive the above-named children are dependent jthirkel@douglas.co.us Covenants recorded June 26, 1998, in or neglected as per the facts set forth in pBook 1566 at Page 942. the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a Case Number: 12JV115 * Division 2 copy of which may be obtained at the ofWhich has the address of: 9985 Park fice of John Thirkell, at the above address.

DEPENDENCY SUMMONS Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 NOTICE OF SALE A hearing has been set for June 3rd, This Summons is initiated pursuant to ,The current holder of the Evidence of Debt 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvensecured by the Deed of Trust described County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, ile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado herein, has filed written election and deCastle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19mand for sale as provided by law and in 3-503, C.R.S. 2011. said Deed of Trust.

Your presence before this court is reTHEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given quired to defend against the claims in this TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMED that on the first possible sale date (unless petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedCOURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABpetition has been filed which alleges that nesday, July 10, 2013, at the Public SENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, the above-named children are dependent Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY or neglected as per the facts set forth in Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucHEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGthe Dependency and Neglect Petition, a tion to the highest and best bidder for MENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUcopy of which may be obtained at the ofcash, the said real property and all inDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEfice of John Thirkell, at the above address. terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs PENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. and assigns therein, for the purpose of A hearing has been set for June 3rd, paying the indebtedness provided in said You have the right to request a trial by jury 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of at the adjudicatory stage of this petition.

County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses You also have the right to legal representCastle Rock, Colorado, 80109. of sale and other items allowed by law, ation at every stage of the proceedings by and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificcounsel of your own choosing, or if you Your presence before this court is reof Purchase, all as provided by law. are without sufficient financial means, apquired to defend against the claims in this -ate First Publication: 5/16/2013 pointment of counsel by the Court. Terpetition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE Last Publication: 6/13/2013 mination of your parent-child legal relaCOURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABPublisher: Douglas County News Press tionship to free your children for adoption SENCE, WITHOUR FURTHER NOTICE, Dated: 3/20/2013 is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY GEORGE J KENNEDY that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGaDOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee a hearing before a Judge. You also have MENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUThe name, address and telephone numthe right, if you are indigent, to have the DICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEbers of the attorney(s) representing the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one PENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. legal holder of the indebtedness is: expert witness of your own choosing at MARK E BAKER any hearing on the termination of your You have the right to request a trial by jury Colorado Registration #: 32243 parent-child relationship. If you are a at the adjudicatory stage of this petition.

TH E TABOR C EN TER 1 2 0 0 1 7 TH minor, you have the right to the appoint-

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game’s lone run on Tanner Thompson’s single.

Bobby Dalbec pitched all eight innings for the Titans and was matched against the Wolverines’ Max Kuhns in a classic pitching duel. Dalbec, bound for the University of Arizona, struck out 14 batters and allowed only two hits. Kuhns, who will be playing at Santa Clara next spring, surrendered five hits and struck out seven Legend batters.

“Dalbec pitched a heck of a game and Kuhns did too,” said Legend coach Scott Fellers. “They both struggled the first couple innings with 3-2 counts but got out of trouble. Bobby caught fire in the fourth inning, started throwing strikes and worked ahead of people. `’ Legend was eliminated hours after its win over Chaparral as Spencer Iberra hit a solo homer in the top of the seventh to give Rocky Mountain a 5-4 win. All five Lobo runs came with two outs.

Dalbec had a two-run homer for the Titans. Mickey Peterson and Anthony Kaasch had the other Legend RBIs. “We’ve got some good players down in the lower levels and we’ve got a good nucleus coming back,” said Fellers. “We’ve got our one, two and four hitters back. We have our two pitchers Baird (Mike) and Remy (Peyton) back. It’s going to be fun the next couple years.”

“We came out this year and started 1-4.

We played good baseball from then on. We played great the last couple weeks. “ Chaparral, which owned regular season wins over both Legend and Mountain Vista, lost two games by a total of three runs.

“We lose a lot of guys,” said Wolverines coach Tony Persichina. “We lose our one and two pitchers. We lose some great leaders. But, hopefully the thing we talk about all the time is passing it down. Every year we’ve made strides.”

win state.” transported to the hospital.

“We’ve been talking about focus being Rock Canyon coach Matt Henbest says Webb has played an important role since such an important part of the game,” Henbest said. her return.

“That bit of practice helped. During the “She’s scored a goal in every game but one since she has been back,” he said. “It’s playoffs we’ve scored in the first five, six or seven minutes of the games and that’s been a key component of our resurgence.”

Rock Canyon’s semifinal game was de- helped us be able to take control.

L Wiesnerplaying & DEPENDENCY SUMMONSafter halftime for a light- - Daniel “We’re our best soccer at the layed 30 minutes Michelle D Wiesner, joint tenants - Larry right -time.

It was in the back of our minds ning delay and another 20tominutes late in J Howarth J Howarth and Amy The PubThis Summons is initiated pursuant lic Trustee, Douglas County - Wells Fargo Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juventhat we might get a chance to see Vista the game when Brooke Bank Williams NA - INA Group, LLC ile Procedure, Rule 4 ofLegacy’s the Colorado The Department of Human Services of Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19was hit hard by a ball in the face and was again.”

You and each of you are hereby notified Douglas County Government, hereinafter 3-503, C.R.S. 2011.

T O T H E R E S P O N D E N T S N A M ED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address.

A hearing has been set for June 3rd, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUR FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

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You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition.

You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5), C.R.S. 2009, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: May 15, 2013 ss//John Thirkel John Thirkell, #13865 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 921603 First Publication: May 23, 2013 Last Publication: May 23, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Daniel L Wiesner & Michelle D Wiesner - Daniel L Wiesner & Michelle D Wiesner, joint tenants - Larry J Howarth and Amy J Howarth - The Public Trustee, Douglas County - Wells Fargo Bank NA - INA Group, LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to INA Group, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 220 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 25 0.974 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to INA Group, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Daniel L Wiesner & Michelle D Wiesner for said year 2008.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said INA Group, LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of August 2013, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 6th day of May 2013.

that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to INA Group, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 220 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 25 0.974 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to INA Group, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Daniel L Wiesner & Michelle D Wiesner for said year 2008.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said INA Group, LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of August 2013, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 6th day of May 2013.

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/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 921535 First Publication: May 16, 2013 Last Publication: May 30, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on June 15, 2013 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Chato’s Concrete, LLC for the 2012 Sidewalk Repair and Handicap Retrofit Throughout Douglas County – Phase 1, Douglas County Project Number CI 2012005 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Chato’s Concrete, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions , provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said June 15, 2013, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Engineering Services, with a copy to the Project Engineer Terry Gruber, Community Planning and Sustainable Development, Engineering Division, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., Director of Engineering Services.

Legal Notice No.: 921557 First Publication: May 16, 2013 Last Publication: May 23, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) NO. 020-13 PROJECT AND SYSTEM COORDINATOR The Department of Human Services of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified individuals or firms to provide general project and system management.

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

Proposal responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2013 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Five (5) copies of your proposal response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “RFP No. 020-13, Project and System Coordinator” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed proposals will not be accepted. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any proposals so received will

referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified individuals or firms to provide general project and system management.

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

Proposal responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2013 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Five (5) copies of your proposal response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “RFP No. 020-13, Project and System Coordinator” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed proposals will not be accepted. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Government Legals

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful firm.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7430 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 921606 First Publication: May 23, 2013 Last Publication: May 23, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NO. 023-13 STABILIZING, RESTORING OR REHABILITATING DOUGLAS COUNTY-OWNED HISTORIC STRUCTURES

Douglas County is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from Building Contractors who are interested in stabilizing, restoring, and rehabilitating (repairing) County-owned historic (fifty-years old and older) structures. The Submitter must demonstrate that they are familiar with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the 2012 International Building Codes.

The Submitter must be a licensed contractor with the Douglas County Building Services Division and able to comply with the County insurance requirements.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

RFQ responses will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2013 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Five (5) original hard copies of your RFQ response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “RFQ No. 02313, Stabilizing, Restoring or Rehabilitating Douglas County-owned Historic Structures” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed proposals will not be accepted. RFQ responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any responses so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful firm.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7430 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 921607 First Publication: May 23, 2013 Last Publication: May 30, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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