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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 11, Issue 44

Police chief search begins City pays severance to fired top officer By Jane Reuter

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Author Nicholas Sparks speaks to a crowd of hundreds on Nov. 10 at Cielo at Castle Pines. The writer told the crowd how he became an author, shared some personal tales that have inspired his works, and took questions.

SPARKING FAN INTEREST PHOTOS BY RYAN BOLDREY

Courtesy of the Tattered Cover Book Store in Highlands Ranch, all 16 of Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novels were available for purchase at Cielo at Castle Pines. The author signed books for hundreds of fans at the gathering, which was arranged by Douglas County Libraries.

Best-selling author Nicholas Sparks doesn’t believe in “traditional readings.” Making the joke that most of his fans know how to read, he instead treated a packed house Nov. 10 at Cielo at Castle Pines to his own personal story of how he became a writer, offered insight into the inspiration behind his works and engaged the audience in a questionand-answer period. Sparks, who has written 16 best-sellers, including “The Notebook,” “A Walk to Remember” and “Message in a Bottle,” appeared as part of Douglas County Libraries’ Project Live! Series. Several of Sparks’ books have been made into major motion pictures.

Lone Tree may bar marijuana sales City officials weigh options, await clarification by state By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree likely will bar the city gates on legalized marijuana, Mayor Jim Gunning said in the wake of the Nov. 6 election. Colorado voters passed a referendum legalizing marijuana, though Amendment 64 failed in Douglas County with only 45 percent in favor of it. The amendment allows individual communities to ban marijuana retail stores, but those over 21 still could legally possess and grow small amounts of the drug in their homes. “We’ll have to have a council discussion,” Gunning said. “But my personal position is that we’ll pursue opting out. I think it’s a value judgment for our community.” Such a move would be consistent with Lone Tree’s stance to date on marijuana: It adopted a ban on medical marijuana dis-

HOW AMENDMENT 64 FARED A look at the vote in metro-area counties: Arapahoe County No: 54 percent Yes: 53 percent Jefferson County No: 47 percent Yes: 54 percent Douglas County No: 46 percent Yes: 44.5 percent Statewide No: 55.5 percent Yes: 55 percent Elbert County No: 45 percent Yes: 46 percent pensaries in 2011. Gunning said some discussion or action on the issue is likely during the council’s next meeting on Nov. 20. Other Lone Tree council members said they want to hear the state’s take on marijuana legalization before taking any action. Marijuana is illegal under federal law, and it’s unclear how the U.S. Justice Department will respond to voters’ approval of recreational marijuana legislation in both Colorado and Washington. “I think the state needs to provide some real leadership in resolving the will of the people in Colorado in terms of federal law,” Councilmember Jackie Millet said. Millet, the mother of two teenagers, said her parental instincts come into play as

well. “As a mother, I’m very disappointed in the vote,” she said. “I think it will increase the availability to kids. “As a legislator, I recognize I need to represent the community. At the same time, it’s still against federal law.” Councilmember Kim Monson said she objects to the method marijuana advocates took toward legalization. “The primary reason I was opposed to that is that I think a constitution is a very special document, and I felt that this should not be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution,” said Monson. “It’s a more complicated issue from there on out.” Councilmember Susan Squyer said the issue’s failure in Douglas County shouldn’t be overlooked. “We think different than some other parts of the metro area,” she said. “I think our culture is overall conservative.” Millet agreed. “People reached out to me more on this than any other state issue in my four years on council,” she said. “It is not something that fits with the values in our community.”

The City of Lone Tree has cut a $136,000 severance check to its ousted former Police Chief Steve Hasler, and launched the search for a new chief. Acting Police Chief Ron Pinson said he doesn’t know yet if he’ll apply for the position. Hasler was fired without cause from his post as the city’s first and only chief Aug. 29, and city officials never have offered a reason for his dismissal. Hasler Hasler charged it was retaliation by City Manager Jack Hidahl, stemming from a 2011 hostility complaint against Hidahl filed by a female police department employee. Hidahl said he won’t further explain his decision to fire Hasler out of respect for the former chief. Immediately following his dismissal, Hasler said he wanted his job back, saying members of the police force were like family to him. The next chief will lead a force of 47 officers in one of the fastest-growing, most affluent communities in Colorado. Starting pay for the position ranges from about $104,000 to $135,500. Police chief continues on Page 11

Schools plan no cuts for 2013-14 Announcement breaks five-year string of decreases By Jane Reuter

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Bolstered by a cheerful state revenue forecast, the Douglas County School District announced it foresees no budget cuts for the 2013-14 academic year. It will mark the first time in five years the district — and most schools statewide — has not had to make do with less. Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen also credited sound fiscal management at the local level for the good news. Instead of pondering cuts, she wrote in a Nov. 5 email to DCSD staff, “I hope your spring budget season is filled with conversations about what to do with the money we hope to add to your schools. What a refreshing change after so many years of inSchools continues on Page 11

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First time at polls is vote of confidence As Sianna Elmanouzi sat at the kitchen table in early October marking her pick for president on her mail-in ballot, her mind rewound to fifth grade, when her teacher conducted a class poll on who students would vote for if they could. And then she fast-forwarded. “Wow,” she thought. “I’m 18 years old and I’m voting. This is so cool.” Jake Price, 20, walked into a voting booth on the University of Colorado campus on Halloween to make his choice. The feeling that followed took him a bit by surprise. “To finally vote was very empowering,” he said. And regardless of who was voting for whom, “you could kind of feel this unity that we were all there expressing our American rights. That was pretty cool.” Unquestionably cool. The first time I voted, in 1980, I was 20, a junior in college and Ronald Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter in a historic landslide. Back then, voting booths had curtains to ensure privacy, and I remember the excitement, the goosebumpy-feeling that my vote gave me an influential seat at the country’s table. Since then, I’ve cast my ballot for president eight more times. Incredible, really, when you think about it, that we live in a country in which the four-year cycle of popular elections has continued uninterrupted and unchallenged since just after the 1788 ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The privilege is profound. And there’s nothing quite like exercising it for the first time. “You really feel the power that your vote has — your voice,“ said Chrissy Faessen of

Rock the Vote, the national organization that spearheaded efforts to register voters between 18 and 29 years old. Sianna, who is studying political science at CU, and Jake, a finance major, agree. So do Kyle Tosch, 19, an environmental and civil engineering student at Colorado State University, Chace Griffin, 20, a business finance major at CSU, and Grace Shea, 19, a history and secondary education major at CU. “It’s exciting to feel that you actually mattered,” Kyle said. Kyle and his peers are part of the muchtouted 46 million-strong youth vote that helped shaped this election’s outcome — 19 percent of all votes came from the 18- to 29-year-old sector, 1 percent more than in 2008. They favored Obama by 60 percent to 36 percent and swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Virginia were won by voters under the age of 30, Rock the Vote numbers show. Faessen wasn’t surprised. The organization’s 25-city national bus tour found energy and enthusiasm on college campuses, she said, and an understanding of what was at stake — students’ potential livelihood. A sense of urgency permeated the decision-making process. Sianna and Grace became involved in

campaigns — Sianna with Romney’s, Grace with Obama’s. They manned phone lines, sent out mailings, canvassed neighborhoods. Along with Chace, Kyle and Jake, they watched the debates and conducted their own independent research, searching for information free from bias. “We wanted to make sure we were all educated and not just voting the way our parents voted,” Kyle said. The issues of paying for college education, health care, the economy and jobs weighed heavily. “It’s scary to think if one candidate leads us down the wrong road how impactful that will be,” Jake said. “Not only for me, but I think about having children some day and what the economy is going to be then and what the overall cultural environment will be.” Grace has watched her mother, who dealt with health care issues when she was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago, also struggle financially. “Depending on which direction you go,” she said, “life could be really different for some of us.” They all believe their votes, regardless of whom they supported, made a difference. “We are the ones who are going to be dealing with the consequences,” Grace said. “We need to have our voices heard.” “It’s a domino effect,” Chace said. “My single vote may not matter, but if I don’t vote, that may influence others to not vote and, in the grand scheme of things, a group not voting will definitely have an impact.” On election night, Kyle and Chace sat in their living room, doing homework and switching between the Nuggets game and election returns on TV. Grace nervously

watched CNN in her sorority house. Jake dejectedly listened to a scratchy car radio broadcast returning from a church meeting. And, depending on where she was, Sianna followed results on TV, her laptop and her phone. Wearing a 2012 Romney T-shirt, she didn’t realize Obama had won until she walked into her dorm lobby, crowded with cheering students. “I felt defeated,” she said. “With so many fiscal issues at stake, I thought Romney was the better candidate.” Grace and Kyle were elated. “I had a great sense of pride that our voices … were heard and made a difference in this election,” Grace said. Regardless of which candidate they supported, all five students say this first election experience inspired confidence in their nation and fueled a sense of patriotic pride and civic duty. “Feeling as though you have a voice in the say of your country is a rather rare commodity in this world,” Jake said. Research shows casting a ballot as a young voter makes one more likely to become a lifelong voter. As Faessen said: “It’s not just about voting every four years for the president of the United States. It’s really about your continued participation and influence on shaping your country’s democracy.” These young voices make it clear our democracy is in excellent hands. And that is unquestionably cool.

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

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For all of the bitter attack ads commissioned by Senate and House candidates, there was one Colorado district that remained virtually silent throughout the run-up to the 2012 election. The race for state House District 44, which contains Parker, Lone Tree and bits of unincorporated Douglas County, was largely uncontested: It pitted conservative incumbent Chris HolHolbert bert against Jarrod Austin, a Libertarian candidate who did not run a visible campaign and acknowledged in a questionand-answer session that he was probably not the correct person for the job. Holbert ended up with about threefourths of the vote and claimed one of the most decisive victories in this year’s election. When asked whether he was surprised that the Democrats failed to put an HD 44 candidate on the ballot, Holbert said he did

not think much about it and surmised that a political battle in Republican-dominated Douglas County would be a losing one. “In Douglas County, we’re blessed to have a voter registration that makes it challenging for the Democrats to advance a candidate and win,” he said. During the 2012 legislative session, Holbert co-sponsored House Bill 1029, which provides a business personal property tax exemption and is meant to boost job creation. The bipartisan effort, a part of the “Save Colorado Jobs Act,” passed unanimously and has helped spur business growth, particularly in Douglas County. Holbert says cooperation between state legislators and elected officials at the local level, such as county commissioners, is key to making things happen. “We’re bringing businesses here and, to some degree, that’s because of the cooperation of local folks,” he said. “We’re passing legislation that’s had a good effect in the real world. It’s now a fact that it’s had a direct positive impact in the effort to bring jobs to Douglas County.” Holbert says collaborating with Democrats, who now have control of the House and Senate, is also important in moving forward. However, he said that rather than coming to a compromise that forces each side to give up half of what they want, new and better ideas should be generated among top players in the two parties.

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Tough play. “Time Stands Still” explores the visible and invisible wounds that can come home from a war zone. Page 12

Marijuana musings. Lots of people smoke marijuana without going off the deep end, writes columnist Craig Marshall Smith. Page 8 Payouts eyed. After top Douglas County school officials got payouts for not using their entire seven weeks of time off in the last school year, the board may cap such payments in the future. Page 6

Chance to share. Two organizations offer ways to give to people suffering misfortune in the holiday season. Page 22

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Economy takes toll after 27 years By Rhonda Moore

rmoore@ourcoloradonews.com The economy caught up with a regional drug task force in place for nearly 30 years, leading to the dissolution of the South Metro Drug Task Force. The task force dissolved after nearly 27 years of street-level drug enforcement in a decision officials call difficult but well-considered. The Arapahoe and Douglas sheriff’s offices announced the decision to disband the regional task force Nov. 8, about two months after the board voted to dissolve the unit that was the primary narcotics agency for Douglas, Arapahoe and Elbert counties. About 14 agencies participated in the task force, providing resources that included officers who primarily served as undercover agents paid for by local taxpayers, federal grants and asset forfeiture seizures. At its peak, about 10 agents, a sergeant and commander from the Douglas and Arapahoe sheriff’s of-

fices provided the lion’s share of the resources to the task force, with staff contributions from the participating police departments, said Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson. Robinson served as the chairman of the task force board. In July, when dissolution discussions began, the task force was made up of seven agents, a sergeant and commander, with contributing officers from the Littleton, Parker, Englewood and Greenwood Village police departments, Robinson said. “The difficulty we had is we’ve never been able to get the resource numbers up to a level we would have liked to,” Robinson said. “That’s just life. There are other priorities people need to focus attention on.” Douglas County shifted its task force agents to the pattern crimes unit, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The unit was established in 2005 to address crimes that are committed by semi-organized, habitual or career criminals who commit crimes with a repetitive pattern in Douglas County. As a result of the dissolution of the South Metro Drug Task Force, the pattern crimes unit is composed of 10

investigators, including officers from the Parker, Lone Tree and Castle Rock police departments. “We will continue to investigate illegal drugs, intervene on drug sales and enforce drug laws here and across county borders,” said Douglas County Sheriff Dave Weaver. “This changes nothing in the way that we share information and partner with other agencies.” Arapahoe County poured its South Metro Drug Task Force resources into its crime unit, calling the broadened scope of drug investigations a more “holistic” approach to law enforcement, Robinson said. “The task force did wonderful work and they made a difference, but their focus was a drug-specific crime,” Robinson said. “With the reallocation of resources, we will be investigating a drug deal from a more holistic approach we feel will be much more effective and cause our communities to be even safer. “It was a well-considered decision and certainly it’s difficult to disband a unit that’s been in place this amount of time,” he said. “Although it created a challenge, it has presented a unique opportunity for public safety in our community.”

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Payouts to school brass may be capped Board to weigh change in next year’s contracts By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com School officials say they’ll likely do away with contracts that allowed five-figure payouts for unused time off to some top administrators this year. The Douglas County School Board will approve new contracts by year’s end, and the proposal it will consider would cap the amount those employees can be paid for unused time off. Legal counsel Rob Ross received a $16,730 payout and assistant superintendent of elementary education Christian Cutter got $15,577 for unused time off. All told, Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen and five of the six senior members of the district’s cabinet received nearly $46,000 for time not used in 2011-12, in addition to their salaries. All six senior cabinet members are paid $151,500 annually. Fagen’s salary is just under $270,000. Senior staff get no specific allowance for sick or vacation days, instead having a bank of 35 days of paid time off to use as they see fit. Top administrators also received the 1 percent retention bonus and 1 percent raise recently awarded to teachers and other district staff. But in the last five years, the overall budget for leadership-team salaries dropped significantly as the number of full-time positions declined from 66 to 46, school officials said. A DCSD chart shows salaries to those considered part of the district’s overall leadership team down from $6.4 million in 2007-08 to $5.1 million this year. Under the previous administration, the district matched contributions for its top six administrators to the Public Employees’

Retirement Association, the public worker’s equivalent of Social Security. That practice, which cost the district about $70,000 annually, stopped with the 2010-11 academic year when Fagen and other members of the current administration came on board. “We believe we are doing more with less,” said chief financial officer Bonnie Betz, who received $7,211 for time off that she didn’t take. Fagen, the highest-paid superintendent in the state, received $2,262 for unused time off. Brian Cesare, chief human resources officer, was paid $3,260 for his unused time off. With the exception of Chief Operations Officer Bill Moffitt, who received $652 for unused time off and was hired by the district in 1984, those given extra pay were hired in 2010 and 2011. Though Betz said the practice of paying top school staff for unused time off is common, representatives of neighboring districts and the Colorado Association of School Boards aren’t familiar with it. “The only time you would get a payout of unused vacation is when somebody retires or leaves,” said Lynn Setzer, spokeswoman for Jefferson County Schools. Departing employees are then eligible for only a portion of that time. “If you’re currently employed, I’ve never heard of that,” she said. Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman Tustin Amole echoed that statement. Betz also said top DCSD staff is paid below market, but most salaries for senior staff at Cherry Creek and Jeffco school districts are similar, and in many cases lower. The only notable exception is Cherry Creek’s chief financial officer, paid $168,500 after nearly 20 years in the position. The Colorado Department of Education shows a fall 2011 average salary for highlevel administrators in Colorado’s largest school districts of about $123,500. For a closer look at current and past administration salaries, visit the district’s financial transparency website at dcsdk12. org/BusinessServices/financialtransparency.

Partridge ready for commissioner role Republican relies on experience in county planning By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com After claiming 63 percent of the vote in the Nov. 6 general election, Republican Roger Partridge is ready to begin serving as Douglas County’s newest commissioner. The Sedalia resident, who narrowly defeated former Castle Rock Mayor Randy Reed in the District 2 primary, handily defeated Democrat Terry Krow (31 percent) and Libertarian Matthew Hess (6 percent). Partridge joins incumbents Jack Hilbert and Jill Repella on the board of county commissioners. All Partridge three are Republicans. “I’m certainly excited and pleased for our results,” Partridge said. “On a national level I would like to have seen a different result, but there is no doubt we are a great country and we’ll all work together and hopefully continue to see our economy grow.” Partridge, a former two-term board member and chairman of the Douglas County Planning Commission, commended Repella and Hilbert for their recent work in helping to grow Douglas County’s economy, while at the same time maintaining a high quality of life for residents. “I’ve known both of them for a long time, and they have been very welcoming to me,” he said. “I look forward to continuing a positive working relationship with them as we continue to move this county forward. “We have a very good county staff that works very hard, they are very personable people and they take their jobs serious.

‘I look forward to continuing a positive working relationship with them as we continue to move this county forward.’

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I think it is nice to come into a position where you already have such a great group of people working for the county.” A longtime Castle Rock business owner, Partridge said that as a planning commissioner he gained valuable experience in making decisions involving water rights, transportation, law enforcement, special districts and rezoning. None of those issues, he added, are bigger right now than those pertaining to water. “Getting more dependent upon aquifers is a concern for us all,” he said, pointing to the continued growth of the county and the importance of having a sufficient renewable water supply available to new developments. “We’re seeing some great possibilities with projects such as the Chatfield Reallocation Project that are hopefully coming to fruition here in a little bit.” Partridge, who has called Douglas County home for 17 years, takes over for the term-limited Steve Boand, who had represented the district since 2004. The district encompasses Castle Rock, Castle Pines and some unincorporated parts of the county.

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November 15, 2012

Police, public helped solve C-470 mystery Lone Tree officer credits teamwork that led to arrest By Jane Reuter

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The scene was perplexing: Two h mangled vehicles, one driver dead, the other missing, a stroller among the debris strewn across the t highway. e But skilled police work and the testie mony of the first person on scene led pos lice 16 hours later to Finn the Lakewood door of suspect Erin Finn, and her arrest on suspicion of vehicular homicide. Dennis Dolce, 51, of unincorporats ed Jefferson County, died in the crash at 3 a.m. Nov. 1 on C-470 near Interf state 25. Though that is Lone Tree Police’s f jurisdiction, a host of agencies worked s together at the site and throughout n the metro area to solve what initially was a grisly mystery. -

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Authorities have arrested a woman suspected of embezzling nearly $26,000 from the Faith Lutheran Church preschool, in a case that allegedly t began about a month after she was hired as the preschool director. Melissa Miles, 39, was arrested around noon Nov. 8 during a traffic stop, after a Miles resident reported her whereabouts at a Castle Rock fast food outlet, said Clinton McKinzie of the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The DA’s office filed charges against Miles following an investigation by the Castle Rock Police Department that was released in an 18-page arrest af-

fidavit. The affidavit alleges Miles, who was hired by Faith Lutheran as the preschool director in November 2011, made her first personal purchase with the preschool’s debit card on Dec. 22, 2011, at Kohl’s in Castle Rock. By the time the financial discrepancies were discovered by church officials, Miles had made 109 personal purchases totaling $18,418.22, according to Castle Rock investigators. Castle Rock police provided a spreadsheet detailing Miles’ personal purchases, which ranged from $7.77 at Chick-fil-A in Castle Rock, to $1,327.17 at the Great Indoors in Lone Tree. Among her reported expenditures were seven airline tickets, hosting family members and friends in July on a round-trip flight from Denver to Los Angeles; a June purchase for $801.50 at Bluebird Estate Liquidation, where she allegedly bought a wine refrigerator and bicycle; and a May expenditure at Castle Rock municipal court to pay court fees for a traffic accident. Castle Rock officials obtained documentation from traffic court indicating Miles was issued a ticket under

the last name of Malone, which is the name on her driver’s license, according to Castle Rock Detective Jason Maes. The amount of her embezzlement charges escalated when she reportedly arranged a $7,500 payment to herself, over and above her annual salary, for a summer preschool camp that never happened, according to the arrest affidavit. While church officials originally brought a case to investigators for an alleged $60,000 embezzlement case, investigators estimated the total loss to the preschool was $25,918.22. That number does not include $1,700 in King Soopers gift cards that Miles reportedly took for personal use before being confronted and providing reimbursement. While Miles reportedly offered church officials $8,000 to “make the case go away,” according to the arrest affidavit, she refused to talk to investigators and referred all questions to her attorney. Miles was charged with one count of Class 3 felony theft, for a theft of more than $20,000.

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They cross-referenced that image with her driver’s license photograph, accessed through state files. Lakewood Police notified them that the license plate of a car Finn reported stolen early Nov. 1 matched the driver-less car at the scene. Finn said she’d come home from a Halloween party early Nov. 1 with two men, passed out and woke to find her purse and car gone. “We were able to get some very good information that contradicted what she was saying in her Lakewood report, and led us to believe she didn’t just wake up off the couch,” Pinson said. Finn, police learned, is the mother of a young child, tying in the stroller. Pinson said the investigation was a team effort that didn’t stop with law enforcement. “While it’s great police work, and I don’t want to take anything away from the officers, it’s the public,” he said. “Cops can only do as good a job as the information they’re able to obtain. It comes back to getting our citizens to be comfortable in coming forth with information. “It’s very similar to the Jessica Ridgeway case. Getting information from citizens is what gets these cases solved.”

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Police believe Finn’s westbound car crossed the median and was airborne when it hit Dolce’s SUV. The 20-yearold Finn likely was wearing a seatbelt, Pinson said. He’s not sure about Dolce, but said a seat belt could not have saved the father of three. “The violence of that collision would definitely make anybody believe the person in (Finn’s) vehicle probably would have been visibly injured, maybe tossed from the car,” said acting Lone Tree Police Chief Ron Pinson. Not in this case. Though police and firefighters searched in vain for the body they thought must be near the site, Finn, dressed in a black Halloween costume, walked away from her mangled vehicle. She asked the driver first on scene for a ride. The man had called 911 and let Finn wait in his car while he talked to police. He didn’t mention Finn, and gave her a ride to a 7-Eleven near the accident site on Lincoln Avenue. Pinson doesn’t fault the man for not telling them Finn was in his car initially, speculating he likely was in shock. Later on Nov. 1, the man called police with that vital information. Police went to the 7-Eleven and watched surveillance camera video of a woman matching Finn’s description.

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November 15, 2012

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Day of healing a time to overcome loss to suicide On Nov. 17, a day of healing will be marked for people who have lost a family member or friend to suicide. We highlight this event — titled the International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day — because suicide is one of life’s common heartbreaks not so often reflected in our newspapers or even so much in everyday conversation. Those who lose loved ones to suicide sometimes suffer privately and don’t seek grief counseling or find others to help them come to terms with a loss. Years ago we completed a series on suicide and explained how suicide as a cause of death is rarely noted in obituaries due to understandable concerns from families who often just want to highlight and remember the good times. Sometimes a suicide is so much part of a story — or a suicide involves a public of-

OUR VIEW ficial or someone else who is considered in the public light — that we do report the cause of death. But in so many cases it is considered a private matter and little is said. Sometimes this cause of death is even omitted from eulogies. We urge people who have struggled with the loss of a loved one to suicide to take advantage of this day. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will have an event at 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 17 at Jubilee Fellowship Church, 8200 Southpark Circle in Highlands Ranch. Write to colorado@afsp.org for more details.

And we urge our readers to seek other activities that may appear locally in church newsletters or through service groups. And for general information about the day, visit American Foundation for Suicide Prevention at afsp.org. Unfortunately this issue is not going away. The rate of suicide has been increasing every year since 2000 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The suicide rate increased 3.9 percent during 2009 to equal about 12.4 suicides per 100,000 people. There were 38,364 suicide deaths in 2010 nationwide. Consider: • Every 13.7 minutes someone in the United States dies by suicide. • Nearly 1,000,000 people make a suicide attempt every year. • 90 percent of people who die by suicide

have a diagnosable and treatable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. • Recent data puts yearly medical costs for suicide at nearly $100 million (2005). • Men are nearly four times more likely to die by suicide than women. Women attempt suicide three times as often as men. • Suicide rates are highest for people between the ages of 40 and 59. • American Indians are most likely to die by suicide, followed by whites. We encourage readers to take advantage of this event. We venture that knowledge and comfort gained in support group settings by people who are suffering from loss of a loved one to suicide can in some measure help to prevent suicides. Step forward and take the opportunity to talk and heal together with people with the same heartaches.

That’s just how some of us roll There was an impromptu celebration at the Cheetos factory in Colorado in the early morning hours after Election Day when Amendment 64 had passed. Sales will skyrocket. Joke writers all across America burned the late night, uh, oil to come up with jokes for Letterman, Stewart, and Fallon. Google those guys and save me the punch line inserts here. If you do, I promise I won’t say anything about Rocky Mountain high. I don’t smoke dope. Do you? It’s fine with me if you do. And it’s fine with me if you don’t, or that you are adamantly opposed to its legalization. I know a lot of people who do smoke marijuana. They are, or were, all lawbreakers. I drank like a fish, and I could legally obtain an aquarium full of vodka within 10 minutes of my home. There are five liquor stores within five miles of me. None of the marijuana users I know has ever gone off the deep end. I went off the deep end every afternoon. Without a snorkel. We tried prohibition once (1920-33). It was a failure. It led to bootlegging, and organized crime took control of alcohol distribution. There are still some “dry” spots in the United States, but there are always ways to get your Silver Bullet. In films and TV commercials, alcohol is glamorized like a Siren, which it can be. Many people can drink and behave. Many people drink and can’t behave. They continue to drink — or walk on the road to Recovery. It’s a mighty long road, and you never really reach Recovery. Unless you die clean. That’s my plan. There’s still a madness about reefers, a stigma. Maybe it’s because it can’t be advertised the ways that liquor can be: “Stay thirsty, my friends.” Every other film and commercial is soaking in booze. Not just alcohol-themed films like “Leaving Las Vegas” and “The Days of Wine and Roses,” but many, many others, like “Lost in Translation,” are wading in it. Watch a pro football game. By halftime you would be “cut off” if you followed the instructions the brewers were giving you. “Great times are waiting. Grab some Buds.” Every commercial has an itty-bitty dis-

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claimer: “Drink responsibly.” Really? Often the commercials feature improbably shaped and undressed women and rock `n’ roll. It doesn’t take much to add it all up. If you drink our spirits you’ll be in like Flynn, flying with the Deuce, and prepping for a primo tat. You’ll go to “Pleasure Island” where you’ll find Lampwick and Pinocchio. If marijuana were legalized I don’t think the marketing campaigns would include babes. Maybe chips? Ding Dongs? See what I mean? It’s a much more benign involvement. Not always. We can misuse almost anything. A friend of mine relapsed on vanilla extract. Another one drank Nyquil. Nyquil is 25 percent alcohol. Did you know that? That means it’s 50 proof. Your next glass of cabernet sauvignon will be 11-14 percent alcohol. Crazy, huh? Marijuana might contribute to lethargic behavior, neglected schoolwork, and some poor decisions on the highway. Not unlike alcohol. Further, alcohol can make some of us try to surf stair railings or try to fly with imaginary wings. You might be surprised by who is on the “I smoked weed” list. It’s a long list. And there’s a long list of voters who will vote forever against the legalization of marijuana. I wonder if any of them drink. Drink in moderation. Or drink and overflow. Like I said, I don’t smoke dope, and I wouldn’t light up in protest for the legalization of it, or protest against it. I think my position is that I am just not against it. But honestly, I would love to see a few of their TV commercials. Quote: “Say no to drugs. Then again if you’re talking to drugs you’re probably already high.” Anonymous (Wavy Gravy?). Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

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November 15, 2012

Change may cut airport noise FAA moving some Centennial departures By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com The Federal Aviation Administration plans to change the way some planes depart Centennial Airport, and neighbors are hopeful it will reduce noise over residential areas. Airport executive director Robert Olislagers said the changes are a result of a two-year FAA study, called Area Navigation, designed to improve safety and efficiency of the airspace surrounding Denver International Airport, but also has benefits for those left on terra firma. “The change mostly affects aircraft departing to the north,” said Olislagers. “Those aircraft using an instrument departure will be required to gain altitude faster and will be directed farther to the east of the airport, over the Cherry Creek State Park area, and that will most likely help cut some of the noise on takeoff.” Pilots would be given very precise way points over the area and then directed toward their intended destination. However, planes not using instrument procedures do not have to follow the new procedure.

“Generally, the new flight path will impact those aircraft that operate commercially, such as charter jets,” said Olislagers. Among other changes, approaching aircraft will see the standard stepped-down descent replaced with a smoother, more stabilized rate of descent, enabling pilots to use less power, save fuel and reduce pollution. The study is part of the FAA’s effort to modernize the National Airspace System, the common network of air navigation facilities and equipment paving the way for satellite-based navigation and better use of airspace capacity. Olislagers said the FAA changes will be implemented in two phases, with the first occurring on Nov. 15 and impacting only DIA. The second phase, which affects Centennial, will be implemented sometime next year. Centennial Airport is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the nation, with more than 11 million gallons of fuel pumped between five fixed-base operations, and more than 300,000 takeoffs and landings in 2011. The flight path changes follow an earlier announcement by Olislagers that the airport will soon install a series of noise monitoring devices in the surrounding area to collect data and better pinpoint troublesome areas.

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Courtesy of the Highlands Ranch American Legion Post 1260, the Presentation of Colors kicked off the 2012 Highlands Ranch Veterans Day Celebration on Nov. 9. Photos by Ryan Boldrey

November 15, 2012

From left, author Carron Barrella and World War II veterans Joe Weinmeier, Max Brown, Jim Blane and Don Whipple field questions from the audience at the Highlands Ranch Veterans Day Celebration. The four former Marines, all of whom served at Iwo Jima, are featured in Barrella’s book, “More than 36 Days.”

Highlands Ranch salutes its veterans

Iwo Jima survivors share stories at library

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Barrella, author of “More Than 36 Days,” led a discussion and a question-and-answer period with the four men depicted in her book — Iwo Jima survivors Joe Weinmeier, Max Brown, Don Whipple and Jim Blane. The four former Marines did not know each other while serving in Iwo Jima, but all of them reside in Colorado now and have become extremely close. If they had a message to share, in addition to offering their own personal insights into war and what it was like to serve at Iwo Jima, it was to say “thank you” to today’s warriors. “Validate their service for them, that’s the best thing you can do,” Whipple said. “These are some of the greatest warriors we’ve ever had go out into the field.” For more information on the Highlands Ranch Veterans Memorial, go to www.hrvets.org.

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On a Friday night two days before Veterans Day, Laura Di Rito and her fiance, Marine Cpl. Neal Hamilton, spent some idle time walking through the Highlands Ranch Veterans Memorial. Di Rito, after all, has an extremely personal connection to the memorial. Of the 504 tiles presently representing veterans — both living and dead — with some connection to Highlands Ranch, two of them

belong to her grandfathers. Her maternal grandfather, Earl Harris, spent three and a half years in a prison camp during World War II after surviving the Bataan Death March. Her paternal grandfather, John Di Rito, served in Korea, earning the Medal of Commendation. “Look at how many heroes we have here,” she said. “It’s sad to see some of these that are pretty recent, but it’s a cool place for the families to be able to come, because a lot of times military gets buried somewhere else, so it’s a nice remembrance for them.” “It’s nice to be recognized and remembered,” echoed Hamilton, who served from 2003-2007. “That Highlands Ranch has something like this, it’s always here, and you can always come, not just on Veterans Day. To me, it means that it was worth something, that somebody noticed and

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November 15, 2012

Voucher-case arguments loom

Court of Appeals will consider DCSD program By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com The Douglas County School District’s voucher program gets another day in court Nov. 19. Attorneys on both sides of the issue will make oral arguments to the Colorado Court of Appeals. The voucher program, which the

district calls the Choice Scholarship Program, allowed a limited number of Douglas County students to use public funds toward tuition at private schools. Launched in March 2011, it was halted in August by a Denver District Court judge who said the use of taxpayer money for private and religious educations violated the Colorado Constitution and school finance act. Despite that ruling, both sides are confident the appeals court will side with them. “The district court’s decision was well thought out and we believe we will prevail,” said president of Taxpayers for Public Education Cindy Barnard, one of many plaintiffs who filed

suit to stop the program. “We believe the state and intervening parents have made a strong case for the Court of Appeals to uphold the pilot program,” said Rob Ross, legal counsel for DCSD. “Parents exercising the independent choice of where to direct their education dollars to best meet their students’ unique needs is central to our position.” Both sides successfully petitioned the court for extra time in which to state their case. Originally, each side was allotted 15 minutes; they now will be allowed 30 minutes each. The hour of testimony is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Colorado Court of Appeals, 101 W. Colfax Ave. in Denver.

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cessant budget reductions!” Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed a budget for 2013-14 that would boost K-12 education by $201.6 million. In Douglas County, per-pupil funding likely would grow by almost $176 from this year’s $6,218 to $6,394. That proposal is many months away from approval. But when DCSD officials weighed the proposal against its own budget and possible increased costs, they found cause for celebration. The district last year faced an $18 million shortfall, and met it in part by finding money in over-budgeted line items, as well as making cuts to central administration and the high schools. High schools shifted to a block, or 6-of-8 schedule, requiring teachers to teach six out of eight periods instead of five out of seven. The schedule shifted many classes from 45 to 90 minutes, and left many students with long open periods. It’s too soon to say whether the improved funding forecast could allow high schools to switch direction and return to a schedule that some teachers and parents preferred. High schools are free to do so, Fagen wrote, as long as they limit class sizes to no more than 30 students.

“We heard this priority loud and clear from our students and parents, and we are committed to meeting their expectations,” she wrote. Highlands Ranch High School Principal Jerry Goings said it’s a consideration, but with budget numbers far from solid, a premature one. “When we went into this schedule, we said we would evaluate everything at some point during the first part of second semester,” he said. “If I get $175 (per student) back, or even more, I think we can really seriously consider going back and looking at a 5-of-7 kind of schedule. “But I want to also look at all the benefits we have right now. We already understand and see the benefits of lower class sizes. More money in the budget might give us more flexibility in some things. As we move through the year, we’ll be evaluating both the effectiveness of the schedule and second, what kind of money we have coming into our system.” Districtwide, DCSD spokeswoman Cinamon Watson said the goal is to keep bringing teachers’ salaries up to offset the years of pay freezes and retain and draw top-quality teachers. “The philosophy of this board is every dollar goes into the classroom,” she said. Teachers received a 3 percent raise this year.

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South MetroLIFE Ex-gridder didn’t fritter

Tara Falk and Daniel Morgan in Curious Theatre’s “Time Stands Still” by Donald Margulies. Courtesy photo

Photographer is picture of pain ‘Time Stands Still’ on stage at Curious By Sonya Ellingboe

IF YOU GO “Time Stands Still” by Donald Margulies plays through Dec. 15 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $18-$44. Curioustheatre.org or 303-623-0524.

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com A spacious New York apartment is too confining for international photojournalist Sarah, who returned from Iraq carrying visible and invisible wounds. Her partner of eight years, James, wants to build a marriage and perhaps a family, as does their publisher/friend Richard. But Sarah is edgy and ready to return to work as soon as she recovers from her painful wounds—always tense and thinking ahead. Experienced actress Tara Falk, new to Denver stages, gives a fine, subtle performance as Sarah, showing the anguish

she feels in Donald Margulies’ wonderfully crafted dialogue in “Time Stands Still,” open at Curious Theatre. She combines strength and great fragility in her portrayal of this woman who is not comfortable in her skin anymore. In answer to concern about her viewing and photographing atrocities, she asks — who will know what happened in the future unless she does so? Michael Morgan, as her partner, also a journalist, is the more vulnerable, nurturing one in the relationship, who carries the

audience along in his painful adjustment to Sarah’s needs. David Russell, as Richard, and Devon James, as his young blond Mandy, offer a contrast in a newly married and pregnant couple. The publisher envisions a book with Sarah’s photos and James’ writing that he would put together and “take around.” Too simple. Caitlyn Ayer’s set is polished and believable, supported by lighting and sound design with Curious’ usual fine production values. Director Christy Montour-Larson has shaped this small-scale, intense drama by award-winning playwright Donald Margulies into another socially relevant, thoughtprovoking, finely tuned evening of theater at Curious. This play certainly won’t send one out humming a tune, but with thoughts of another lifestyle. Could one handle it?

Goodness! Gracious! has focus on good and grace New theater company based in Douglas County By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Marilyn Spittler has grown from a little kid who loved the spotlight through all phases of comIF YOU GO munity theater “It’s a Wonderful Life: A — actor, director, Radio Play” plays from Nov. producer and more, 23 through Dec. 23: Fridays to become a proand Saturdays at 8 p.m.; fessional producer Saturdays and Sundays at 3 (and grandmother) p.m. at the Sherman Event who has launched Center, 1770 Sherman her own stage and St. Tickets cost $25, with film company discounts available. Prebased in Douglas show is a half-hour ahead County. It’s the realof curtain. Tickets may be ization of a lifelong purchased at goodnessgradream. cious.org or 303-968-4157. Goodness! GraParking is available at cious! Productions modest prices. started as a youth theater in 2002 and will launch its first professional production, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play” on Nov. 23 at the Sherman Events Center in Denver, 1770 Sherman St.

Brandon Keller as George and Lanie Novack as Mary in the Goodness! Gracious! production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: a Radio Play.” Courtesy photo by Nikki Cimino The popular holiday story about idealistic George Bailey’s Christmas Eve experience offers an ideal family outing, Spittler says, and she is marketing it in Denver and metro-wide, hoping to reach area families and some visiting in Denver for a holiday. “It’s important to have affordable, welldone family entertainment. It fills a unique niche.”

Performances begin with a special “red carpet” pre-show a half-hour in advance of curtain time. Cast members portraying reporters, photographers, radio stars and other characters will accompany attendees in a 1940s gala spirit. Patrons can pre-arrange for a special message to go to a guest, for a minimal fee. Even the elevator operator will be an actor, she says — the studio is on the fourth floor. The company pays its actors and crew, except for college interns, she said, and is “trying to invest in community talent.” The set will be simple — a radio station — and she’s confident in her tech director. Barbara Porecca, who has been involved with the Parker Arts Council is director. Looking to the future, Spittler describes a three-point business plan. Productions slated for 2013 include “Harvey,” to be directed by Scott Belott, playing the first two weeks in March; “Charlotte’s Web,” “Dracula” and “Miracle on 34th Street.” The professional and semi-professional entertainment to be offered will be “culturally relevant, empathetic, inclusive of all people and always void of profanity, nudity and graphic violence,” the company’s statement says. Next, she will launch a touring company Theater continues on Page 19

There are plenty of stories about former Broncos who lived the high life only to crash and burn post their NFL career. But former wide receiver Rod Smith has avoided slipping into the “fortune, fame then falling flat on his face” cycle. His story is told as part of an Oct. 31 Forbes story headlined, “Not broke: How NFL players stay financially stable after the game ends.” To read the whole story, go to forbes.com and enter “NFL” in the search field. Smith recounts being 10 years old and watching an episode of “Where Are They Now?” on HBO. “There was a guy on the show who played in the NFL and then became homeless. ... When I saw that, I thought, `When I get into the NFL, there is no way I’m going broke,’” Smith told Forbes. Forbes also cited a 2009 Sports Illustrated report that said within two years of retiring, 78 percent of NFL players face financial stress. Smith hung onto his frugality throughout his 14-year NFL career in part because he joined the pros as an undrafted player in 1994. At his alma mater, Missouri Southern State University, he completed three degrees in business, economics and finance, and marketing and management, the story said. “I didn’t get drafted, so that helped me build financial stability,” Smith told Forbes. “I had a chance to be in the NFL, but not a chance to be in the NFL lifestyle, because I didn’t have the income for it.” On the Broncos practice squad making $60,000 a year, Smith didn’t attempt to keep up with the financial luxuries of other players in the locker room. Now in retirement, Smith has kept up a practice he started in the Broncos locker room under the leadership of former head coach Mike Shanahan of mentoring younger players about financial responsibility. “I appreciate Shanahan because he let me teach a financial class to the rookies,” Smith said in the story. “Nobody was teaching me these principles. I learned them from watching people.”

Il Mondo Vecchio bids arrivederci

Il Mondo Vecchio, the much-lauded Denver salumi producer, will shut its doors on Nov. 30 due to increased regulatory requirements and pressures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The production facility at 1174 S. Cherokee St. famously produced salami, pepperoni, bresaola and other cured meats along with fresh sausages for local restaurants and markets, as well as for eateries in out-of-state cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Houston. Mark DeNittis and business partner Gennaro DeSantis have owned and operated Il Mondo Vecchio under the local USDA watchdog for three years. When a representative from the national USDA went on an inspection, the salumeria was put under more fierce scrutiny. “Il Mondo Vecchio has had three solid years of uninterrupted business growth and has never had one instance of food safety violation, issue or complaint,” DeNittis said in a written statement. “In August, the USDA imposed additional requirements on Il Mondo Vecchio’s production methods. After two months of sharing information and collaboration back and Parker continues on Page 19

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Residential Property Managers and the National Association of Realtors. I also hold the Certified Distressed Property Expert designation. What does that mean? It means my company can offer solutions that are unique. We can sell your home, or lease your home, and find you a new home. Prism Realty offers full Spectrum Service. What is the most challenging part of what you do? The most challenging aspect of my career is balancing time between clients, staff, and my family. I have a wonderful business partner, Janet Smith. She covers the bases for me when I need it and develops new business plans with me. What do you most enjoy doing when you are not working? When not working, I like to travel with my family and friends. We own an RV and love to explore the American West. We do a lot of hiking, biking, camping, and fishing. I am also a Broncomaniac and love to tailgate and go to the games.

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Sat. 9am-3pm & Sun. 9am-3pm 12095 W. 53rd Place, Arvada Furniture, DVD's and other items

Christmas Gift & Craft Fair November 17th 9am-4pm Over 20 crafters & food concessions

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Estate Sales Saturday November 17th 8am4pm 20248 Willowbend Lane Parker, Bedroom sets, TV w/Surround Sound, Dining set, Grandfather Clock, 89' Buick, Southwest furniture & pictures, garage & patio, tools, videos, books, wheelchair and much more.

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Fri, Sat & Sun Nov. 16, 17 & 18 8am-4:30pm 4570 Quay St., Wheat Ridge Lots of homemade items & gifts

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Commercial, stainless steel US Range with double oven, 4 burners, and 36" griddle. Restaurant Range, natural gas. 4 burners 25" x 36" Griddle Double oven, each 21" x 26.5" with racks 36" high Back guard with shelf total dimensions 60" L x 31"W x 59.5"H Was working when bought from restaurant, we haven't used. We had intentions of remodeling our kitchen. Those plans have changed. These double ovens with the great griddle sell for around $2,000. We are asking $700 to move it quickly. 303-243-1425

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Firearms Douglas County Commemorative Winchester Rifle. #4 of 10, 24K gold plated, engraved, $2,000. Serious inquires call 719-783-2234.

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Parker: More celebrities at Rockmount Parker continues from Page 12

forth between Il Mondo Vecchio and the USDA as well as various attempts to modify the production methods, Il Mondo Vecchio has determined that the impact of the regulatory requirements on dry cured sausage products was detrimental to the quality of the product and therefore, (we) are forced to close the doors.” DeNittis said that his company and the USDA came to an impasse. “(We) could either change (our) methods to a process that has been validated by the USDA such as fermenting (cooking the product) or adding nitrites, nitrates, acids or copious amounts of salt, all resulting in what IMV believes to be an inferior product or stop production.” They chose the latter. The public is still invited to attend the weekly Friday afternoon Loading Dock Friday product sales until the end of this month. All proceeds benefit the Denver Scholarship Foundation and its mission to inspire and empower Denver Public Schools students to achieve their quest for college. For tickets, contact Abigail Whiteing at 303-640-6568 or e-mail awhiteing@denverscholarship.org. More information at www.denverscholarship.org.

He ‘otter’ be a spokesmouth

Former Denver daily newspaper sports columnist and stand-up comedian Sam Adams is one of the new “spokesmouths” for the Samsung (get it?) OtterBox, the safety cover for the company’s smartphones. “This holiday season, keep me safe in an OtterBox cuz I’m better than any wingman you’ve ever partied with,” Adams says under the post of his video pitch at www.otterbox.com/ wrapme. Click on “above average Joe.”

Rev up for Restaurant Week(s)

The ninth annual Denver Restaurant Week(s) will be held from Feb. 23 to March 8. DRW restaurant participants will once again offer diners a multi-course dinner for two for the “Mile High” price of $52.80, not including tax and tip. Registration for Denver Restaurant Week for restaurants were to open this week. Questions: Contact Valerie Farrell at 303-571-936 or email drw@ visitdenver.com.

Wily Weil

Rockmount Ranch Wear owner Steve Weil never met a celebrity he didn’t like, especially if they buy and wear his shirts in concert. So recently when rock icons Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler were

on tour for two shows in Denver, Knopfler and the band stopped and shopped at Rockmount in LoDo. The bass player wore his Rockmount denim shirt (No. 640-DT, Weil tells me) at the show. “This is one perk at Rockmount, not knowing who is going to drop by unexpectedly,” Weil said. Dylan has been to Rockmount and has many shirts, including the one he wore when he received the Medal of Honor from President Obama earlier this year.

Early bird gets best prices

Come to Lakewood’s recreation centers from 3-9 a.m. Nov. 23 (yes, you read that right) to save up to 50 percent on recreation passes, classes and leagues. Carmody Recreation Center will open at 3 a.m., and the other three facilities will open at 5 a.m. The first 250 people to take advantage of the deals will receive a mystery goodie bag and a chance to win a $750 Belmar gift certificate. For more information, visit www.Lakewood.org/BlackFriday.

Entertainment awaits!

Tickets at your own PACE. Build your own package at www.PACEcenteronline.org 303.805.6800

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@ blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, CO 80138

Theater: Spittler envisions ‘Small Town America Project’ Theater continues from Page 12

throughout the Rocky Mountain region. (Possibly “Harvey” would be a place to start.) They will bring a show to you.

in Wyoming, where she grew up. Then, Direct to DVD productions are in the pipeline — from the faithbased arm of the business. This grows out of an educational focus on literacy — all part of the mission and the dream.

CURTAIN TIME Holiday miracle

“Miracle at Tepeyac,” written and directed by Su Teatro’s Anthony J. Garcia some years ago, is a holiday tradition. It tells the story of the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe to the Indio Juan Diego in a folk drama with music directed by Tony Silva. Plays Dec. 6-23 at Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $20/$17. 303-269-0219, suteatro.org.

‘Musical Shenanigans’

In 2016, she envisions a “Small Town America Project.” Goodness! Gracious! Productions will send a crew to a small town to help locals incorporate talent in a production. She envisions this as possible across the country eventually, but thinks of beginning

Equinox Theatre Company teams up with the Krewe of Chaos for the

fourth annual “Musical Shenanigans” at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 only at the Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo St., Denver Highlands. Company actors and musicians will entertain and the Krewe of Chaos, a nonprofit, will have decorated trees and wreaths for auction to benefit Rainbow Alley and Equinox — and one special tree for Children’s Hospital. Tickets: $15, equinoxtheatredenver.com.

Religious tension

“Greetings!” by Tom Dudak is a holiday production at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington St., Golden, playing through Dec. 23.

MSU Denver Auraria Campus

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, Thursdays after Dec. 6; 2 p.m. Sundays. Rita Broderick directs a story about a Catholic family and a Jewish fiancee. Tickets: $19-$26.50. minersalley. com, 303-935-3044.

MSU Denver Extended Campus offers two additional campus locations that can help you balance work, family and school. Evening, weekend, and self-paced online courses

Musical at Arvada

Arvada Center will present its “Miracle on 34th St., the Musical” by Meredith Willson from Nov. 27 to Dec. 23 at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets: $59-$73. Arvadacenter.org, or 720-898-7200.

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An evening of music, dance and drama celebrating the Christmas season. Evening Performances: $8-$15 Friday, December 7, 7 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 7 p.m. Sunday, December 9, 6 p.m. Family Matinee Performance: $6-$13 Saturday, December 8, 3 p.m. Tickets now on sale. Select your reserved seats online at ticketswest.com, at local King Soopers, or by phone at 866.464.2626. For groups of 10 or more, tickets may be purchased with a discount of $2.00 per ticket plus the per ticket handling charge.

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LET US CELEBRATE WITH YOU Have a wedding, anniversary, engagement, birth and special occasion coming up? Share it! Colorado Community Media invites you to place an announcement to share your news. Go to ourcoloradonews.com/celebrations for package and pricing information. Deadline is 10 a.m. Tuesdays the week preceding the announcement.

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Welcome to the jungle, ballet style

“A Children’s Rainforest Odyssey” is David Taylor’s lovely fantasy ballet set in the canopy and ground of the jungle. Costumes by George Peters are exceptional and music by Jesse Manno was especially composed for this trademark piece that Dawson|Wallace Dance Project bought when they bought the company a few years ago. (Look also for the delightful “Nutcracker” in December.) “A Children’s Rainforest Odyssey” will be presented at Hampden Hall, Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, at 7 p.m. November 16. Tickets: $10/ adults; $5/children. You can find a study guide on the DawsonWallace. org website. Tickets: rainforesttickets. eventbrite.com.

100” and Prokofiev: “Symphony No. 5.” Tickets: $10 to $25, www.arapahoephil.org/, or 303-781-1892.

Free children’s concert set

Fielder celebrates in Ranch

Littleton Symphony Orchestra, with Jurgen de Lemos as music director and conductor, presents “So You Want to be a Conductor!” in its annual free children’s concert at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. The audience will take a tour through the sections and instruments of the orchestra via Benjamin Britten’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” Maestro de Lemos will also talk about how one person controls up to 70 musicians. There will be opportunities for kids to try conducting, drawings for prizes and treats following the concert. Information: littletonsymphony.org or call 303-933-6824.

Santa arrives at Southglenn

Santa will arrive parade-fashion, pulled by a pair of Clydesdales, at the Streets at Southglenn on Nov. 16 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Starting at the main corner of Whole Foods, the parade will proceed west to Commons Park and the main fountain for the tree lighting. The Trans Siberian Orchestra will play and Santa will hold court in the Guest Service building. Crafts for kids. Free.

Arapahoe Philharmonic at church

“The People’s Choice” is the next Arapahoe Philharmonic Concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Mission Hills Church, 620 S. Park Drive, Littleton. Anthony Spain of Seattle, music director of the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, will conduct. The program includes Haydn: “March for the Society of Royal Musicians” and “Symphony

“A Children’s Rainforest Odyssey” will be presented at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center on Nov. 16. Courtesy photo

Photographer John Fielder celebrates the 20th anniversary of Great Outdoor Colorado and his continued involvement in conservation. He will bring two new books to the Nov. 19 meeting of the Highlands Ranch Historical Society: “Colorado’s Great Outdoors” and “John Fielder’s Guide to Colorado’s Great Outdoors.” Photos of GOCO sites will be featured, accompanied by music, Fielder’s narration and photographic tips and techniques. Some other books will be available for holiday gift shopping. Free to members, $1 donation suggested for guests. To RSVP: 641-7153900 ext 147406# or hrhistoricalsociety@comcast.net.

the Lone Tree Arts Center. Application deadline is Dec. 7. It is a contract position, $500 per month, requires some evening and weekend time. Works with staff in development, implementation, and evaluation of public art objectives for the city, the Arts Center and the Arts Commission. Arranges and installs exhibitions. Master’s degree in fine arts and experience preferred. Applications at cityoflonetree. com/jobapp.

Local artists featured

Three screenings of Warren Miller’s new “Flow State” are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, 20, 21 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: lonetreeartscenter.org or 720-509-1000.

• Sue Shehan’s exhibit, “The Journey,” includes pastel paintings at the Douglas A. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 Powers Ave., Littleton, through November. • Nancy Meisner’s exhibit is called “Colorado Aspens” at the Goodson Recreation Center, 6215 S. University Blvd., Centennial. • Maria Bouziane’s exhibit of oils and acrylics, landscapes and portraits, is at Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree. Artists who wish to display work at South Suburban’s facilities will find guidelines and an application form at sspr.org or by contacting Vickie Willis, 303-483-7072.

Stephen Fiess in concert

Schutz exhibit at DAM

Warren Miller ski film scheduled

“Impressionism in Arts and Music” is Dr. Stephen Fiess’ title for a piano recital, accompanied by slides of Impressionist paintings. He will perform at 2 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Freewill offering.

Public art curator sought

The City of Lone Tree will hire a part-time curator for the city’s public art programs, including exhibitions at

“Dana Schutz: If the Face had Wheels” is open at the Denver Art Museum through Jan. 13, 2013. Included in museum admission.

Christian musician to appear

Jamie Daniel of Centennial will sing at the World of Life Christian Center, 8700 E. Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 for a Thanksgiving Communion Service and again at 6 p.m. Dec. 7.

THINGS TO DO THROUGH NOV. 29 LOCAL ARTISTS. South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s Buck, Goodson and Lone Tree recreation centers feature temporary art exhibitions by local artists Nov. 1-29. Sue Shehan’s exhibit “The Journey” consists of paintings in soft pastels. It will be on display at Douglas A. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787.

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Nancy Meisner’s exhibit is titled “Colorado Aspens” and will be at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476. Maria Bouziane’s exhibit of paintings titled “My Viewpoint” can be seen at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-708-3500.

THROUGH NOV. 30 DRIVER SAFETY. AARP is offering

a free drivers safety classroom course from Nov. 1-30 to veterans. The class is open to all veterans regardless of age who serve or have served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard/Reserves or Coast Guard. Their spouses, widows/widowers and children may also take the free class. The AARP driver safety course is the nation’s first and largest course for drivers ages 50 and older. Classes are available all over

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THROUGH DEC. 29 SOFT TOY fundraiser. The annual IKEA Soft Toys for Education campaign is ongoing through Dec. 29. One Euro ($1.30) will be donated to UNICEF and Save the Children for every IKEA soft toy sold to help children around the world gain access to a quality education. Since the start of the Soft Toys for Education program in 2003, IKEA has raised more than $61 million, helping more than 8 million children in close to 40 countries. THROUGH DEC. 24 SANTA PARTY. Santa Claus will be in Santa’s Alpine Village in the Vistas from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 24 when he departs on his sleigh to deliver gifts around the world before returning to the North Pole.

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‘Soldier Dogs’ tells story of local hero Highlands Ranch Marine was killed in Afghanistan By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com A glimpse into the world of the U.S. military’s canine units, “Soldier Dogs” begins with Marine Cpl. Max Donahue following his dog down a dirt trail in Afghanistan. Fenji, who takes point in this platoon, is leashed to a D-ring that is attached to Donahue, a war hero from Highlands Ranch. Donahue follows six feet behind his dog, rifle ready, while the rest of his platoon trails behind him. Fenji’s job, as author Maria Goodavage describes, is to use her nose to sniff out improvised explosive devices. In the opening pages of Goodavage’s best-seller, Donahue Fenji sniffs out more than one IED, saving numerous lives that day. That’s, Goodavage says, what she does. In fact, it’s what all soldier dogs do. And it’s why she wrote the book. Of interest to local readers, though, is likely Fenji’s handler. In the true-to-life ac-

Fenji, Cpl. Max Donahue’s dog, is trained to sniff out improvised explosive devices. Donahue was working with Fenji when the Marine from Highlands Ranch was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.

Fellow U.S. Marines and handlers mourn the death of Cpl. Max Donahue, one of three service members from Highlands Ranch to be killed in the war on terror. Donahue’s story, and that of his dog Fenji, is a predominant tale that threads together Maria Goodavage’s best-selling work of non-fiction, “Soldier Dogs.” Courtesy photos by Cpl. Skyler Tooker count of America’s front-line canines, it is Donahue’s story that carries the story from beginning to end. Donahue, one of three people from Highlands Ranch killed in action during the war on terror, died Aug. 4, 2010, after losing both of his legs and his right arm to an IED. “Soldier Dogs” puts Donahue’s personality, passion and life on display. “He wasn’t the type of person who was a wallflower and would walk into a room and

had numerous tearful conversations with Donahue’s mother, Julie Schrock. “I don’t cry easily,” Goodavage said, “but Max’s is a story that moves you. I’m really touched and honored to get to be part of telling his story. They could make a movie out of his life and I hope someday they will. “He was a scamp at times, he wasn’t always an angel, but he was a good person and he was someone who always had your back.” Goodavage’s book is available locally at Tattered Cover and online at www.soldierdogs.com and at www.amazon.com.

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Holiday programs help kids, seniors Groups offer ways to give By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com As the holidays approach, many people begin to think outside the box. Two charitable organizations, Operation Christmas Child and Home Instead Senior Care, are busy trying to get

people thinking about the importance of filling boxes. Established in North Carolina in 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and hand-delivered more than 94 million shoeboxes full of toys, school supplies and hygiene items for needy children in 130 countries. The organization hopes to give 9 million more gifts this year and has a goal of collecting 15,000 of those in the Denver area while its collection sites are open — through Nov. 19. According to Brooke Schmidt, a volunteer with OCC, there are five collection sites in the south metro area, including Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch and Jubilee Fellowship Church in Lone Tree. Another drop-off site is GracePoint Community Church in Littleton. “The sites will be bustling with activity as thousands of shoeboxes packed full of goodies for needy kids overseas are dropped off by local individuals and families,” Schmidt said, adding that anyone can donate. “For many children, the shoebox gift will be the first gift they have ever received.” Schmidt said those who want to see where their gifts end up can “follow” their box to its destination by filling out the donation form at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ. For information on exact locations and drop-off hours, visit the website or call 303-745-9179, ext. 1787. On the other end of the age gap, Home Instead Senior Care is focused on the elderly. HISC has partnered with two Castle Rock Walgreens, 14 E. Allen St. and 355 S. Wilcox St., to implement its nationwide “Be a Santa to a Senior” program that will make sure isolated local seniors receive gifts and companionship over the holidays. “Seniors faced with medical bills and the high cost of living can find they have little left at the end of the year,” said Chance Parker, owner of the Castle Rock Home Instead Senior Care that serves Douglas and Elbert counties. “Helping

Operation Christmas Child is a project that uses simple gift-filled shoeboxes to let hurting children know that they are loved, and not forgotten over the holidays. There are participating locations in Highlands Ranch, Littleton and Lone Tree. Courtesy photo by Operation Christmas Child

a needy older adult can bring fulfillment to the giver as well as the receiver.” The program runs from Nov. 15-Dec. 15. Christmas trees at the stores will feature ornaments with the first names of the seniors and their gift requests. Shoppers are asked to pick an ornament off the tree, buy items on the list and return them to the store. Gifts will be wrapped and distributed by volunteers in time for Christmas. For more information, visit www.beasantatoasenior. com or call 303-688-7852.

Chamber Expo Builds Remarkable Relationships between South Metro Business Leaders The 91st Annual South Metro Denver Chamber Business Expo was a fantastic event with business leaders from throughout the area attending the Open Board Meeting, Seminars throughout the day, the Business Expo Exhibit Hall, the 91st Annual Leadership Awards luncheon and the After EXPO Party. The event was held on Tuesday, October 30th at the Marriott DTC. The Annual Open Board Meeting gave Chamber Investors the chance to meet the new directors who were installed in September and vice-versa. Board Chair Lisa D’Ambrosia spoke regarding the board’s emphasis on building “Remarkable Relationships.” Other topics of interest to the board included economic and infrastructure development, the “Fix the Debt” initiative, and education – with a reinvigorated STEM program bringing education and businesses together. Updates from Investors included the Chamber’s new brand from Linda Hill of hill aevium who designed the new logo. Gina Kaelin-Westcott of Connect Selling updated the board on the Women in Leadership Group and John Vachalek of Webolutions spoke regarding the Social Marketing for Business Group. Karl Brummert with the Audubon Society of Greater Denver brought into focus the efforts of the Chamber’s Non-Profit & Business Partnership and Kristi Nelson, RE/MAX updated on the young professionals group, HYPE. Dick Franklin with the Clean Tech Open updated the board on this initiative’s growth over the last five years and the promising technologies it has presented, Jeff Keener of Halo Branded Solutions spoke on the Chamber’s Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure Council goals for the coming year. KC Keefer of Keefer Photography spoke to the board during the open mic session: “I’m thankful for the Chamber in helping grow my business from sitting and watching the phone to being steadily productive. The Chamber is what you make of it – If you’re involved, there’s something here for you.” A host of seminars and panels were presented throughout the day. Over 200 people learned from experts on topics such as partnering with other businesses, identifying deception and fraud, SEO & social media, employee satisfaction, branding, transparency marketing, business theft, key business relationships, and more. Open throughout the day, the Expo Exhibit Hall featured

80 Chamber investors showing their products, services and creativity in booth design. A profusion of information mixed with outrageous costuming and lots of give-aways and samples provided Expo-goers an excellent opportunity to find vendor partners and products for business as well as personal use. Experience Pros Radio did a live broadcast from their booth, interviewing Chamber Investors. Angel Tuccy always enjoys the event. “I wouldn’t miss this event – everyone is so energized and excited to be a part of this great Chamber. This expo is the only live broadcast we ever do.” Suzanne Crawford, owner of Just ShutterUp – Get in and Grin, a portable photo booth which is a standard at many Chamber events had a great time. “We are proud to partner with the Chamber and capture all of the energy at the expo. We always have a great time here and get our booth noticed. This year we are featuring the Chamber’s Expo theme ‘Cirque du Chamber’ on our photos.” The 91st Annual Leadership Awards Luncheon was an extraordinary event with 350 South Metro Denver Business Leaders witnessing the honor of Chamber Investors being recognized for their volunteer efforts over the last year. Prior to the awards being announced, a special acknowledgment of the passing of Ron Skinner was recognized with LEADapalooza group members coming on stage to raise a toast to an incredibly giving and warm person. The Leadership in Motion Awards acknowledge Investors who “…contribute significantly to the transformation, empowerment and prospering of the Chamber by contributing their time and talents in a positive, dependable way.” The award winners were: Alison Oyler-Mitch of Fresh Events, Maria Pearson with Inter-Faith Community Services, Pierre Powell with Chinook Tavern, Brian Olson with Conversation Starters, and Suzanne Crawford owner of Just ShutterUp. Program Volunteers of the Year Awardees were Women in Leadership Volunteer of the Year: Becky Takeda-Tinker of CSU Global, Small Business Development Center Volunteer of the Year: Stefanie Dalgar of Dalgar Communications; and the Economic Development Group Volunteer of the Year went to a company, Citywide Banks for “…going beyond the call of duty in volunteering to a variety of Economic Development Causes.” The Outstanding Volunteer of the

Year went to Wendy Woods of Nexus Financial Services. Wendy is a staple of hard work and effort in many aspects of Chamber life including serving on the Board of Directors, work with the Chamber Connectors and LEADapalooza Leads Group, Women in Leadership, and the Chamber Branding Committee. The luncheon concluded with not one, but four keynote addresses by Lisa D’Ambrosia, Chamber Board Chair and Director at Minor & Brown; Arapahoe County Commissioner Susan Beckman; Centennial Airport Executive Director Robert Olislagers; and Rick Jory, President and CEO of Sandhill Scientific. The speakers shared their wealth of knowledge and experience as it related to creating “Remarkable Relationships.” A relaxed and fun end to the day came with the monthly Business after Hours. Over 200 gathered in the hotel’s atrium for great beverages and appetizers provided by the Marriott DTC and rockin’ vibes coming from Swallow Hill Music’s Rob Drabkin Band. Swallow Hill Music Association was also the winner of Max Radio’s advertising package give away during the festivities. The Chamber’s Annual Business Expo brings business owners, executives, investors, staff and clients together to build “Remarkable Relationships”. For more information on this and other Chamber events, visit their web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

Dick Franklin gives the Chamber Board an update on the Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open.

Eric Reamer and Angel Tuccy broadcast their radio show live from the EXPO floor.

Wendy Woods of Nexus Financial Services was named the 2012 Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.

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OUT OF BOUNDS

BY THE NUMBERS Number of seconds it took Ponderosa to score 14 points in the Mustangs’ firstround win over Green Mountain in the Class 4A playoffs. Ponderosa capatilized on a blocked punt and a fumble to put together the scoring burst.

The number of games the Lutheran volleyball team lost during the 2012 season. The Lions didn’t drop a single match, going 28-0 while capturing the 2A state title last Saturday night.

ThunderRidge’s Brody Westmoreland runs for a touchdown Nov. 9 against Cherry Creek. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen | ckuhlen@ourcoloradonews.com

ThunderRidge’s Mark Hopper makes a reception Nov. 9. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen | ckuhlen@ourcoloradonews.com

Grizzlies narrowly avoid upset ThunderRidge wins two-overtime thriller against Cherry Creek By Daniel P. Johnson

djohnson@ourcoloradonews. com GREENWOOD VILLAGE - Presented with a second chance at ending what turned out to be a wild night, ThunderRidge wasn’t going to be denied. In a Class 5A second round

football game that had a little bit of everything - from a 21-point comeback by No. 17 Cherry Creek, to a last-minute drive to force overtime by the top-seeded Grizzlies, to a justmissed 39-yard field goal in regulation by the Bruins - it was fitting that the game’s ultimate play was anything but easy. After Jake Hand converted on a 1-yard touchdown run on fourth down in the second overtime, ThunderRidge chose to go for two points and the win,

ThunderRidge’s Chase Harvey, No. 75, hoists Jake Hand in celebration of a fourthquarter touchdown Nov. 9. The resulting PAT tied up the game and forced Cherry Creek into overtime. ThunderRidge won 57-56. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen | ckuhlen@ ourcoloradonews.com

rather than kick an extra point which would’ve set up a third overtime period. On the two-point conversion play, ThunderRidge quarterback Brody Westmoreland (who scored four touchdowns) rolled to his right and threw a pass in the end zone towards Jesse Krieger. The ball came out a little low but Krieger alertly dove to his right, got his hands under the ball, cradled it to his chest and fell to the ground. The back judge raised both of his arms, signaling a successful catch and the Grizzlies escaped the Stutler Bowl with an epic 57-56 double-overtime victory over a devastated Cherry Creek squad. “Brody has made some big throws for us, and made some gutsy plays,” a relieved ThunderRidge coach Joe Johnson said of his quarterback, who threw for 124 yards and ran for 142 yards. “That was definitely a big play. We wanted to go for (two) on the last drive in regulation, but the penalty (a false start) changed the plan.” The Grizzlies (10-1) advanced to the 5A quarterfinals with the victory, and will host No. 9 Grandview (8-3) at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Shea Stadium. “I couldn’t be more proud of the kids … the way they came back,” said Cherry Creek coach Dave Logan, whose team finished the year with a 6-5 record. “This is a tough one.” Logan’s team nearly won the game on the last play of regulation. A quality kick return by David Knight set the Bruins up with good field position, and, after four completions by quarterback Luke Papilion, they had moved the ball down to the ThunderRidge 23-yard line. James Simpson came on to attempt a 39-yard field goal. Unfortunately for Simpson and the Bruins, he was kicking directly into a stiff wind that had

picked up velocity throughout the second half. Simpson’s kick was on-line, but fell just short. “The wind was dead into him,” Logan said. The missed kick left the score knotted at 42-42 as the teams entered overtime. On the first play of overtime, Westmoreland ran in from 10 yards out to put the Grizzlies up 49-42. Cherry Creek answered back with a Tahj Willingham run, and the game moved to a second overtime. The Bruins had the ball first and, as they had the entire second half, moved the ball with ease and scored on the second run of the series by Daryl McNeil, which made the score 56-49 and set the stage for ThunderRidge’s dramatic final drive. “We learned a lot about ourselves,” Westmoreland said. “We have to stick together and it takes a total team effort to win these kind of games.” Based on the first half, it didn’t appear the Nov. 9 contest would be close. ThunderRidge raced out to a 28-7 lead by halftime, and, after a Westmoreland 13-yard touchdown run, led 35-14 early in the third quarter. Cherry Creek then proceeded to score 28 unanswered points and took a 42-35 lead when Papilion raced 73 yards down the left sideline with 3:35 to play. It was the third-straight touchdown scored by the senior quarterback, who finished with 133 passing yards, 101 rushing yards and four touchdowns. McNeil gained 118 yards and scored two touchdowns, while Willingham added 90 yards and two scores for the Bruins. Steve Ray ran for 117 yards on 28 carries and a touchdown for ThunderRidge. The two teams combined for 959 yards of total offense. “What a great effort on both sides,” Johnson said.

Scoring average for the ThunderRidge football team during the Grizzlies past six games. ThunderRidge will host Grandview Friday night in the Class 5A quarterfinals.

51.3

GAME OF THE WEEK FOOTBALL

ThunderRidge (10-1) vs. Grandview (8-3), Friday, 7 p.m. at Shea Stadium The top-seeded Grizzlies continue on their march toward the 5A state title by hosting the Wolves of Grandview in a quarterfinal contest. THEY SAID IT “We like to chop down the field and keep wearing the defense down and every now and then get that big play.” Ponderosa quarterback Tanner Augustine talking about the Mustangs’ offensive philosophy

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Valor Christian’s Luke Del Rio gets off a pass under defensive pressure Nov. 10. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen | ckuhlen@ourcoloradonews.com

Valor’s Christian McCaffrey, right, shakes a Regis Jesuit defender Nov. 10 during Valor’s 44-3 victory. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen | ckuhlen@ ourcoloradonews.com

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In their Class 5A state football second round game Nov. 11, the No. 20 Raiders didn’t allow the No. 5 Eagles any plays over 40 yards. Valor Christian, after being held without a point in the first quarter, made the necessary adjustments and went on to defeat Regis Jesuit 44-3 at Lou Kellogg Stadium. With the win, Valor Christian (9-2) advanced to the 5A quarterfinals, where they play host to No. 4 Arapahoe (10-1) at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Valor Christian Stadium. “I don’t know why, we really struggled in the red zone early and we had an early turnover,” said Valor Christian coach, Brent Vieselmeyer, whose team won its ninthstraight game. “Regis played a good game defensively, but I thought our guys on defense were good, too.” To wit, the Eagles had three interceptions (one each by Justin Falls, Nick Rigali and Levi Waddell) and linebacker Carlos Aviles recovered a fumble. The turnovers on defense eventually led to points by the Valor Christian offense. Running backs Daryl Hawkins and Christian McCaffrey did most of the heavy lifting, in particular the senior Hawkins, who finished with 97 yards on just nine carries, caught three passes and scored a pair of touchdowns. “I thought Daryl was unbelievable, he really was,” Vieselmeyer said. “Any time you have a back like Christian, he’s going to get keyed on. (Regis Jesuit) was going to stop him and they did as much as they could, but he still got loose here and there, but I think Daryl really picked up the slack. “That’s what is nice when you have a couple of guys that can do it and a strong offensive line.”

Quarterback Luke Del Rio was a steadying presence in the huddle, and delivered his second-straight quality start in the playoffs. Del Rio threw for 144 yards, with one touchdown and no interceptions. “Luke had a couple of incredible scrambles and we just missed a couple of big plays,” Vieselmeyer said. “He’s really got command of the offense and knows where he wants to go with the football on every play, and is able to make a play if something breaks down.” Regis Jesuit, which ends its 2012 season with a 5-6 record, put its lone points up on the board on the final play of the first half with a field goal.

Valor’s Chaz Polson runs the ball Nov. 10. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen | ckuhlen@ ourcoloradonews.com

Football: Local state playoff capsules By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Ponderosa coach Jamie Woodruff has a simple formula for success in the Colorado state football playoffs. “You have to get better through the playoffs,” said Woodruff. “When we’ve done well, that’s what we’ve done. You need to get better and better.” Undefeated Ponderosa is one of two Douglas County teams still alive in the playoffs. The Mustangs, the No. 2 seed, plays at Mesa Ridge Friday night in the Class 4A quarterfinal game and top-seeded ThunderRidge will host No. 9 Grandview in a Class 5A quarterfinal matchup at Shea Stadium. Valor Christian of Highlands Ranch will host Arapahoe in another 5A quarterfinal. Here is a capsule glance at the playoff games featuring local teams: Class 5A ThunderRidge (10-1) vs. Grandview(8-3) When, where: 7 p.m., Friday at Shea Stadium Game plan: The Grizzlies defense, which has allowed 90 points in two playoff victories, will have to play much better to contain elusive quarterback Reece Weber and the Grandview offense. Weber has rushed for 673 yards and averaged 5.85 yards per carry. He’s passed for 1,645 yards and can count on Cassius Davis and Isaiah

Jackson for ground support. Tanner Gentry has caught 47 passes for 980 yards, an average of 20.85 yards per reception. Extra point: ThunderRidge’s offense, led by Brody Westmoreland, Steve Ray, Jake Hand, Mark Hopper and Jesse Krieger, can put points on the score board as evidenced by 308 points in the past six games. But this game will probably come down to which defense can rise to the occasion. Grandview will have a revenge motive since ThunderRidge beat the Wolves 34-20 earlier this season on Sept. 13. Arapahoe (10-1) vs. Valor Christian (9-2) When, where: 7 p.m., Friday at Valor Christian Stadium Game plan: Arapahoe will look to keep a nice balance on offense with quarterback Taven Sparks (98-of-167 for 1,387 yards with 12 touchdowns and four interceptions) throwing the ball to tight end Ethan Brunhofer (36-571-7) and wide receiver Michael Babb (29-504-3), and running back Jose Cancanon (204 carries, 1,281 yards and 15 touchdowns) doing the work on the ground. The same holds true for the Valor Christian offense, which has scored 40-plus points in every game of its current nine-game winning streak. Quarterback Luke Del Rio continues to dominate opposing defenses; he’s thrown just three interceptions on the year, compared with

21 touchdowns. Running backs Daryl Hawkins and Christian McCaffrey will likely split carries as they did a week ago against Regis Jesuit. Extra point: The offensive stars get all the attention, but pay close attention to the defense. That’s where this game will be one. Which defense can stop the opposing offense and maybe force a couple of turnovers? The team that imposes its will defensively will win the game and move on to the semifinals. Class 4A Ponderosa (11-0) vs. Mesa Ridge (8-3) When, where: 7 p.m., Friday, C.A. Foster Stadium Game plan: Mesa Ridge picked up its first playoff win in school history last week and the Grizzlies, who are averaging 38.8 points per game, will offer a stiff test for the Ponderosa defense. Tremell Stanley had nine tackles and two sacks in the first round win over Montrose and he has rushed for 1,077 yards on the season. Curtis Crockett is averaging 8.19 yards per carry and quarterback Cody Groff has passed for 1,419 yards and 25 touchdowns. Extra point: Ponderosa has a versatile offense that can score in many ways but it’s been the Mustang defense that has been strong in recent games. Mesa Ridge, however, made two early goal line stands against Montrose which sparked the 35-14 victory for the tenth-seeded Grizzlies.

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Ranch gives Spartans a handful Falcons take eventual champs to five sets By Craig Harper

sports@ourcoloradonews.com DENVER - Before the season, Lou Krauss didn’t envision his Highlands Ranch volleyball team qualifying for the Class 5A state tournament. But the Falcons made it as a No. 8 seed, then almost pulled off the improbable, taking heavily favored and eventual unbeaten champion Doherty to five sets before bowing out with a 0-2 mark in the tournament. “I thought we played about as good as we can play,’’ Krauss said after the Falcons overcame a 2-0 deficit against the Spartans before falling 25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 156. “They’re just a little more talented, bigger. Yeah, I would have liked to have won. But if you play your best and you don’t win, you’ve got to be happy with that.’’ Doherty, which finished 25-0, had lost just four sets coming into the state tournament - all of them to 4A finalists Cheyenne Mountain and Lewis-Palmer. But first Highlands Ranch (19-8 and a regional champion after tying for fourth place in the Continental League) and then Cherry Creek made the Spartans go the distance en route to their state title. “Believe it or not, they have a lot of weak spots, but you have to be able to exploit those,’’ Krauss said. “We were able to do that for a while. But I think as the match wears on you get tired but you don’t get shorter. So height kind of pays off in a five-game match.’’ Doherty, with a frontline that includes 6-4 Haleigh Washington (Penn State’s top recruit) and 6-3 Gabby Simpson, dominated the first set and pulled away in the second half of the second for what appeared to be a comfortable

2-0 lead. It looked even better for the Spartans when they built a 19-13 lead in the third set. But, aided by some unforced errors by Doherty, Highlands Ranch ran off six unanswered points and, after three more ties, won the final four points. The Falcons withstood a similar comeback by the Spartans in the fourth set, almost losing all of a 19-13 lead. Doherty got to within 21-20 but, again, victimized itself with unforced errors down the stretch. In the fifth and deciding set, Doherty took control behind Washington and Simpson, scoring 10 of the final 12 points. Krauss only wished Highlands Ranch had duplicated that effort in its tournament opener, a 3-1 loss (25-14, 2518, 22-25, 25-22) to 12th-seeded Chatfield on Friday in which the Falcons also dropped the first two sets. “That was not a good match for us,’’ Krauss said. “The first two sets, it was like we were sleepwalking. The last two sets were really competitive, but we gave the first to away. It wasn’t a matter of them beating us, it was a matter of us losing. It was 8 a.m. (starting time) for both teams, but it seemed to affect us more.’’ Highlands Ranch returned to the state tournament after a one-year absence (second in 2009, 0-2 in 2010). The Falcons tied Heritage for fourth place (the Eagles won the head-to-head match) in the demanding Continental League, and posted non-league wins over conference foes Chaparral and Legend. “I’m pretty happy with the season because going into it with half our team being sophomores, I didn’t really know what to expect,’’ Krauss said. “I didn’t expect to go to state then, from the very first tournament we played at Regis. But everyone kind of picked up the level, so it exceeded preseason expectations.’’ Krauss isn’t sure what to expect for 2013. The Falcons will have to replace setter Kristen Conor, the glue of the team, along with kills leaders Rachel Szczepanski and Brit-

Big stage too much for Golden Eagles By Craig Harper

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DENVER - Mountain Vista had been to the Class 5A state volleyball tournament before. Problem was, the last time was 2008, so this was the first appearance for all the members of its 2012 team, which boasted just three seniors to boot. As a result, the Golden Eagles suffered a case of stage fright, going 0-2 as the No. 5 seed despite bringing an eight-match winning streak (and 12 of 13 since a loss to Chaparral). “The Coliseum got to us a little bit,’’ coach Lindsey Miller said after Mountain Vista lost in straight sets to No. 9 Lakewood (25-20, 25-20, 25-23) on Friday and 3-1 to No. 4 Cherry Creek (25-15, 26-28, 25-22, 2513) on Saturday. “It’s a really young group and I don’t think they were as prepared as they thought they were to be here. They were going up against teams that have been here for years and know what it’s like.’’ Miller was more upset with her team’s performance against Lakewood in its Denver Coliseum debut. “We killed ourselves. lWe weren’t focused,’’ she said. “We talked about it all week. But as much as you try to get kids prepared, they’re still teenage girls, so it’s really hard sometimes. s “I would like to take that match back and think the results may be a little different. But you can’t, that’s part of the game. We’ll etake it as a learning experience.’’ d The state tournament aside, the season was a success for Mountain Vista. “This team last year went 7-16 and didn’t even get nto regionals,’’ she said. “And then they came back and went 207, beat some huge teams in our league and were regional champs.’’ Indeed, the Golden Eagles posted wins over 5A seeds Highlands Ranch and Heritage, and 4A seed Ponderosa. Four of its pfive regular-season losses were to 5A tourynament teams, including season bookend losses to Cherry Creek. The second time around, Mountain Vis.ta made it closer against Creek, which won dthe season opener 3-0 and took unbeaten champion Doherty to five sets in the semifinals. “I thought we came out strong to-

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Mountain Vista’s Carinne Turner (12) and Mikalah Mckean go up for a block during the Golden Eagles match with Lakewood in the Class 5A state volleyball tournament. Photo by Jonathan Maness day,’’ Miller said of the rematch. “Creek is an amazing team. They’re very resilient. They’ve been here many times before and they never give up. I think we just didn’t give everything we could at the right times, and they kind of took advantage of that.’’ The Golden Eagles needed three set points to even the match at 1-1 after building a 23-20 lead, then rallied from a 22-13 deficit to within 23-22 before Creek pulled out the third set. The Bruins led all the way in the fourth set. Miller didn’t hesitate naming juniors Amanda Waterman and Gillian Wahleithner as Mountain Vista’s outstanding players of the tournament. They led the Golden Eagles in kills for the season, and Waterman was first in digs and service aces. With all but three players due back, Mountain Vista figures to be improved in 2012 and more comfortable if it returns to the state tournament. But, said Miller, “All I’m expecting is that the girls come back and they work hard.’’ “This team, I think when they truly believe in themselves, they can do it,’’ Miller said. “We’re not the strongest team here by any means. But this group of girls play really well together, they care about each other and they communicate well.”

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DENVER - The Valor Christian Eagles may not have won the Class 4A state volleyball title, but they definitely made it interesting. The No. 5 Eagles swept their pool, topping Ponderosa in three sets and then upsetting fourth-seeded Windsor in five sets. They even gave top-seeded Cheyenne Mountain, and the would-be state champions some trouble in the semifinals. Losing to the Mountain Lions in four sets, 22-25, 19-25, 25-22, 13-25. Cheyenne Mountain only lost two games in the state tournament, and won the state title for the fifth consecutive year. Brooke Haskins and Kate Gibson led the way for Valor Christian. Haskins had 11 kills and seven blocks to help the Eagles upset Windsor, while Gibson had 16 kills against Cheyenne Mountain. Gibson topped the team with 39 kills in the tournament, while Haskins had nine blocks. The Eagles finished the season 20-8 overall. “Valor is a good team, they know how to expose your weakness,” Ponderosa coach Rob Graham said. Ponderosa (11-16) may have snuck into the state playoffs, but the Mustangs didn’t go down without a fight. After falling to Valor Christian in three games on Friday, the Mustangs gave Windsor everything they had - with three of the four sets being decided by two points. The Wizards took the first set 25-19, but Ponderosa answered to take the second. Kills by freshman Allison Smith and sopho-

Valor Christian’s Kate Gibson blocks a kill attempt during the Eagles match with Windsor on Saturday during the Class 4A state volleyball tournament. Photo by Jonathan Maness

more Ellise Lech helped seal the 26-24 victory for Ponderosa. The Mustangs jumped out to a 16-12 advantage in the third set, but Windsor rallied back to win 26-24. In the fourth game, Christy Fast had an ace and a block by Anne Severson evened the score at 24 but Windsor scored three of the next four points to steal the win. “We had errors at the inopportune times,” Graham said. “We worked hard, but it was a rough ending. We were hoping our team was not satisfied and judging by the effort they were not.” Smith had 24 kills to lead the Mustangs at state, while Lech added 19.

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Chaparral’s Hayley Ferguson (17) and Hannah Reynolds (20) go up for a block during their match against Cherokee Trail during the Class 5A state volleyball tournament on Saturday. Photo by Jonathan Maness

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Wolverines’ three-peat bid falls short Chaparral advances to semifinals despite Shelton’s injury By Craig Harper

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DENVER — You’d be hard-pressed to find a team that showed more resolve than Chaparral in the Class 5A state volleyball tournament, which helps to explain why the Wolverines were the two-time defending champions. Though seeded third, coach T.R. Ellis’ team had to overcome an 11-7 fifth-set deficit in its opener against No. 10 Legend on Friday, then the loss of star player Abby Shelton during a first-set loss to No. 6 Cherokee Trail on Saturday just to reach the semifinals against No. 7 Grandview. Not to mention a general size disadvantage against the top teams in the tournament, which eventually wore down the Wolverines in a 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19) loss to the Wolves that ended their bid for a three-peat. “We did (overcome a lot),’’ Ellis said. “To come back after Legend had us down 11-7 and to play (and win) without Abby against Cherokee Trail, a quality opponent, was amazing. And to even be in the semifinals without the towers that everyone else has … We have two (players who stand 5-11),

and one of them was injured for most of the season and was just getting back.’’ Still, Chaparral finished the season 23-5 and won its third straight Continental League title outright before coming up short in its bid for a shot at a third straight state title. “That would’ve really been something, because across the board we really didn’t have the height at the net that the top teams have,’’ Ellis said. “But we battled, and I’m really proud of the girls for fighting for every point even though we don’t have the tallest kids that teams like Grandview, Doherty and Cherry Creek have.’’ That competitive spirit was epitomized by Shelton, a senior outside hitter who has defied her 5-9 stature to become one of the state’s best players along with 5-10 Morgan Stanley. With her team trailing Cherokee Trail 14-13 in the first set Saturday, Shelton dislocated her left kneecap - an injury that she had suffered before, including once at practice this season. After she helped Chaparral beat Legend 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 19-25, 15-12, Shelton cheered her team to a 19-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 victory over Cherokee Trail from the bench. But she wasn’t about to miss what she hoped would be the final two games of her high school career. The kneecap was slid back into place and Shelton returned hours later and played the entire semifinal Grandview with a

brace on the knee. “I didn’t want to go out my senior year not playing,’’ Shelton said. “We have depth on our team, but I’m really glad I had the opportunity to come back and play. When I hurt it, it was one of those things that you know how fortunate you are to have the opportunity to be able to play. When I got to go back out there, it was that much better.’’ Ellis said Shelton’s return provided her team with a big lift, though Grandview controlled the match with four 6-footers who combined for 42 of the Wolves’ 53 kills. “She’s the heart and soul of our team,’’ Ellis said. “We have a lot of players that have a lot of energy, but she definitely is the heart and soul. They needed her in there to play, and I thought she did great. She got some quality hits and great serves. They were just better than us.’’ Down 23-16 in the second set, Chaparral scored five straight points before losing it by four. The Wolverines scored the last four points - including a kill and an ace by Shelton - to win the third but ran out of gas in the fourth. “I definitely believe that we had the talent and ability to play in the championship match,’’ Shelton said. “It’s disappointing that we didn’t do it, but it doesn’t change the courage that our team has. I think we made it

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extremely far. I’m proud of every girl on my team and I love them all to death.’’ In addition to Shelton and Stanley, Ellis must replace setter Sarah Ellis along with two primary ballhandlers, Ahren Moydell and Maddie

Thorpe. “We don’t rebuild, we reload,’’ Ellis said. “Our varsity won the league and our JV won the league, and that’s a very tough, competitive league. We’ve got great players waiting in the wing.’’ After coming close to knocking off Chaparral in its first state tournament

appearance, Legend was eliminated by Cherokee Trail 3-1 (16-25, 25-23, 2523, 25-22), though the Titans would have qualified for a three-way playoff for the pool’s berth in the semifinals if the Wolverines had lost to Cherokee Trail. The Titans finished 18-8 and second in the Continental League with wins

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Occupant - 185 Caprice LLC, a Colorado limited liability company aka 185 Caprice LLC - Bank of America NA Attn: Lauren Chaney - Daniel D Reynolds c/o Garfield & Hecht PC - Dill Ski Aspen III LLC aka Dill Ski Aspen III LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Garfield & Hecht PC Jack D England DOPC PSP - Jason P Rietz c/o Overturf McGath Hull & Doherty, PC - John E Gravina - JP Morgan Chase Bank NA - Krista L Riley, Manager 185 Caprice LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company – Krista L Riley, Manager, c/o Ray’s Collision Inc - Krista L Whetten aka Krista Whetten - Matthew R Whetten Matthew R Whetten, President c/o Ray's Collision Inc a Colorado Corporation Natasha Saypol - Natasha Saypol, Attorney in Fact for Dill Ski Aspen III LLC Public Trustee of Douglas County - Ray's Collision Inc aka Rays Collision Inc, a Corporation - Rays Collision Inc a Colorado Corporation - Rays Collision Inc et al Richard Judd Esq. c/o Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio - Rider12, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Ronald Garfield c/o Garfield & Hecht PC - Sherman & Howard LLC - Town of Castle Rock -Vectra Bank Colo NA You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November 2008 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Jack D England DOPC PSP the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: CONDOMINIUM UNIT D CAPRICE PARK CONDOS A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 2A 2B AND 2C A REPLAT OF KOLANCNYS ADDITION LOT 2 AND LOT 3 TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 2369 SQ FT M/L TOTAL ACREAGE 0.054 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Jack D England DOPC PSP. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007;That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Ray's Collision Inc for said year 2007.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Jack D England DOPC PSP at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 21st day of February 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 30th day of October 2012. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926527 First Publication: November 8, 2012 Last Publication: November 22, 2012 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No.: 926538 First Publication: November 15, 2012 Last Publication: November 15, 2012 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

Public Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 8, 2012, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and WL CONTRACTORS, INC for the PEDESTRIAN FLASHER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF 2011 034 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said WL CONTRACTORS, INC. 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 December 8, 2012, 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 Principal Traffic Engineer, Robert L Kenny, Community Planning and Sustainable Development, Engineering Division Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement wil 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.: 926545 First Publication: November 8, 2012 Second Publication: November 15, 2012 Account Number: 00012184 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice Notice of Public Hearing: Douglas County Public Trustee 2013 Budget

Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to 29 -1-106 C.R.S., the adoption of the 2013 Public Trustee Budget will be considered at a public hearing on Wednesday November 28, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., in the Public Trustee’s Office, 402 Wilcox Street Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Any interested elector of Douglas County may also file written comments or objections to the proposed budget at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget by the Douglas County Public Trustee tentatively scheduled for December 5th, 2012. Documents are available for review in the Public Trustee’s Office, or on the Office website at www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/, under “Financials.” Published by the Order of the Office of Douglas County Public Trustee George J. Kennedy, Public Trustee Legal Notice No.: 926561 First Publication: November 15, 2012 Last Publication: November 15, 2012 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 20, 2012 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the 2012 adopted budget. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed amendment to the budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us. Legal Notice No.: 926760 First Publication: November 15, 2012 Last Publication: November 15, 2012 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

28 Lone Tree Voice

November 15, 2012

Emotional rite honors veterans

Community gathers at Littleton WWII Memorial

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com

Despite the cold weather, church and a Broncos game, Littleton roused a proud battalion of residents to the World War II Memorial in Ketring Park at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when Veterans Day has been observed since World War II. “Our gathering here is just one small spark in the flame of pride that glows across the nation today,” said Jack Woodman, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Pat Hannon Post 4666. Woodman thanked the veterans present, and those who were there only in spirit, for making America’s armed forces the most respected in the world. “They didn’t go to war because they loved fighting,” he said. “They felt called to be part of something larger than themselves.”

Littleton’s World War II Memorial at Ketring Park was dedicated in November 2000.

Veterans lined up behind the flags of their respective branches of service. Photos by Jennifer Smith Right on cue, three warplanes graced the crowd with a flyover, garnering cheers and thumbs-up from the boots on the ground. In one of them was a member of Littleton’s deep-rooted Trujillo family. Air Force Lt. Col. Pat Hanlon has flown an F-15 over the ceremony for the last several years. “We’re very proud,” said his aunt, Phyllis Trujillo. “We think it’s wonderful, and he’s

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Romero’s voice broke as he implored those present to always tend to the needs of the country’s vets. “Today’s tattered veteran in the street was yesterday’s toast of the town,” he reminded them. “We can do better. We must. … Remember that next time you see a homeless person in the street or a man in a wheelchair or a difficult co-worker that’s experiencing PTSD. … Nothing they ever do will eclipse their military service, and they do have the right stuff.”

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