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PACE show looks at cyberbullying ‘Out of Bounds’ equips parents, teens with tools

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Kristy Arellano knew her daughter was struggling with depression. She had no idea her daughter was suicidal.

Parents are often the last to know when their teen is being bullied online. Threats and taunts are made within the social media sphere, often out of view from adults, and can take on a life of their own. In the days before she attempted suicide, Kiana Arellano was the victim of such bullying.

“The week before and the night before is when it turned nasty,” Kristy Arellano says. “When we discovered that, we knew it was the tipping point.”

The Highlands Ranch teen’s story, as told by her mom, helped convince the Colorado General Assembly last year to pass “Kiana’s Law,” which includes cyberbullying in a harassment statute and makes it a misdemeanor crime punishable by up to six months in jail.

The National Conference of State Legislatures says more than 30 states have adopted cyberbullying laws in the last few years.

Now Kristy Arellano is using her

voice to reach a regional audience during the “Out of Bounds” presentation Feb. 3 at the PACE Center in downtown Parker.

The production is based on interviews with real cyberbullying victims and uses humor and dramatic storytelling to drive home the point. It’s followed by a panel discussion with bullying experts from local agencies, including the Douglas County School District. “Out of Bounds” is intended to equip teens and their parents with the tools necessary to combat a problem that few know how to handle.

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Postal clerk gets proper send-off Colleagues, customers deliver surprise party for retirement

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com After spending nearly 25 years as a postal clerk, Jerry Batsell decided to call it a career. But not before his co-workers and customers could organize a proper send-off.

During the few hours that Batsell wasn’t working at the Franktown Post Office in recent weeks, postmaster Susan Halbrook would hang signs informing customers of the upcoming surprise retirement celebration for the 67-year-old.

The signs would come down before his return. Halbrook didn’t want Batsell to know, in part because the latter explicitly said he didn’t want a party.

“I’m kind of a ‘ride-away-into-the-sunset’ guy,” Batsell says.

While some customers mistook his dry sense of humor for a gruff persona, others gravitated toward Batsell, a Vietnam veteran who earned both a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Regular visitors became Batsell’s friends, so much so that the Denver Broncos season ticket-holder would occasionally give up his seats to an appreciative fan who otherwise wouldn’t have a chance to go. Batsell revealed himself to those closest to him as a soft-hearted person, Halbrook said.

So when it came time to say goodbye to the man who spent the last 15 years of his career at the Franktown Post Office, co-workers and customers wanted to do it right.

“I felt like so many customers were asking and wanted to say goodbye to him and wanted to know when his last day was,” Halbrook said. “They wanted to do Clerk continues on Page 4

GET INTO ‘OUT OF BOUNDS’ The Working Group Theatre Company partnered with the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health and developed the “Out of Bounds” program with the help of experts, professors and students. Case studies, news events involving cyberbullying, and content borrowed from viral bullying videos on YouTube were incorporated into the show.

The Working Group Theatre Company created a show for adults and a show for kids, but the Feb. 3 presentation at the PACE Center is intended for both audiences. Tickets are $12 for adults. Youths 18 and younger will be admitted for free. Seats still must be reserved by calling 303-805-6800, or by going online to www.ParkerArts.org.

2016 ELBERT COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S RACE

Second Republican announces candidacy Thayer will face Wills, with Ross still possible

By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Postal clerk Jerry Batsell and postmaster Susan Halbrook were all grins on Batsell’s final day at work. His coworkers and customers of the Franktown Post Office threw him a surprise retirement party Jan. 15. Courtesy photo

In what could turn out to be a threeway race for the Republican nomination, Grant E. Thayer has announced his candidacy for the District 3 post as an Elbert County commissioner, up for election in November. Thayer made his announcement at the Conservative Breakfast Association on Jan. 9.

“I’m 68 years old,” Thayer told the Elbert County News. “I don’t Thayer need a job, but I need to do something that’s important. The government for this county needs to be updated and made better.

Based on my business experience, I think, I know I can do it.”

Thayer holds a degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming as well as a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He began his career as a junior engineer, and his work in the oil and gas industry took him to Canada, North Africa, and around the United States.

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Events Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’ With the Banks children running rampant, a magical nanny flies in to save the day in this fantastical musical.

Featuring songs you know and love like “Chim Chim Cheree,” and “A Spoonful of Sugar.” All the fun of the film is brought to life on stage in this “Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious” production. Show runs through Sunday, Jan. 31 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. A sensory-friendly performance is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. For times, tickets and information, go to www.

ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Business Plan Basics The Small Business Development Center of South Metro Denver presents Business Plan Basics at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Registration required; go to www. smallbusinessdenver.com/events.cfm.

Out of Bounds In this honest play about cyber bullying, a 14-year-old girl and her peers open a discussion about bullying, friendship, past mistakes, and forgiveness. Out of Bounds combines video footage, graphic illustrations, and stories from parents, teachers, and others who have faced the challenges of bullying. Performances are at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 3, and 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303805-6800.

Monthly Adult Lecture Series The Parker Cultural and Scientific Commission sponsors talks on topics that impact Colorado and Douglas County residents. The intent of these talks is to increase the understanding of how science and technology address issues facing the community. RSVP required; call the PACE Center box office at 303-805-6800. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Thursday, Feb. 4, Mining in Colorado, presented by Colorado Mining Association. Guest speaker is Stuart Sanderson. From the time we get up in the morning to the time we go to bed at night, we use mineral products. Even more surprising, perhaps, is that many of these are produced here in Colorado. Colorado ranks 11th among the states in coal

production, fourth in gold, and first in molybdenum. Overall, mining generates $8.8 billion in revenue for Colorado and produces more than 73,000 jobs. Thursday, March 3, Human Viruses and Vaccines: Who wins the race?

Guest speaker is Dr. Sonia Flores, professor of medicine, University of Colorado Denver. Viruses are small bags of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein shell. Viruses are responsible for many serious, often deadly, diseases including AIDS, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, hepatitis, the flu and chicken pox. How can viruses cause so much trouble?

What makes us so vulnerable to them, and what makes them spread? Lecture will focus on the biology of known human viruses and how they have evolved to escape our own defenses, and will conclude with a discussion of how vaccines trigger an immune response that will recognize the virus as a threat and neutralize it before it can cause disease. Thursday, April 7, What Does Your DNA Have To Say? A general discussion on big data and biology with guest speaker Dr. Michael Edwards, assistant professor of medicine, University of Colorado Denver. The information contained in our DNA can be used to trace ancestry across the planet, to convict someone of murder or to predict the potential for a terminal disease later on in life.

This lecture will attempt to summarize the state of genetic analysis and to explain how all this information will completely change the way we do science and medicine in the future. Thursday, May 5, Living with Wildlife. Mary K. McCormac, education and watchable wildlife coordinator (Northeast Region), will lead a discussion on how and why human-wildlife conflicts happen, how to minimize potential problems, and how to protect wild animals, people and pets.

Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom Spirit of Freedom tells the story of Irish independence, beginning 100 years ago with the Easter Rising. Through music, song, dance, and storytelling, Celtic Nights honors the struggle of a people fighting to gain freedom, independence, and true democracy. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, and Saturday, Feb. 6 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-8056800.

British Comedy The British are coming to the Theatre of Dreams in Castle Rock. Keith Fields, comedy magician, stars in “A Brit of Magic,” an interactive show that includes magic, comedy and stunts. He will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6.

Reservations required for all shows, as seating is limited.

Go to www.Tickets.AmazingShows.com or call 303-6606799. Theatre of Dreams is at 735 Park St., Suites C & D, Castle Rock. Go to www.AmazingShows.com.

AREA CLUBS Ongoing Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

The Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office.

As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large.

For more information or a membership application, go to www. elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

Elizabeth American Legion Post 82, a 96-year veterans association supporting veterans, their families, their survivors and the community, meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Legion Post Hall at South Banner Street and Elm Street in Elizabeth. All veterans are invited to attend these meetings to learn of their eligibility for membership in the National American Legion Organization.

The Elizabeth Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m.

Other times by appointment.

Finding Our Way Together, a brand new group for anyone who is alone, left out, picked on or overwhelmed by life. Since it is just forming, the group will evolve to fit the needs of the participants. Group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturdays at 34061 Forest Park Drive, in the lower level of Elizabeth Family Health. Leaders are Mary, 720-638-9770, and Karen, 303-243-3658, and both welcome phone calls. Group participation is free, and building is accessible.

Kiowa Creek Food Pantry is a distribution site for the State of Colorado TEFAP food program. Food is distributed monthly to low income individuals/families that qualify. We also distribute low income senior food boxes for the state; those 60 and older may qualify for a monthly supplement. If you are in need of food assistance or know someone who is, we may be able to qualify you for one of these programs. Call the food pantry for more information at 303-621-2376, or come by from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; we are located in the Fellowship Hall at 231 Cheyenne Street, Kiowa.

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Pot states ponder investments Number of guns taken on planes sees spike California’s upcoming vote spurs lawmakers to act

By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press

States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to get in the weed business, saying the industry’s ongoing difficulty in banking means they need new options to finance expansion.

The four states that allow recreational pot sales — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington — have another big reason to take a new look at pot investment. That’s California, the nation’s most populous state and largest marijuana producer, though it allows the drug only for people with certain medical ailments.

California voters could approve recreational pot this fall, giving the nascent pot industries in the other states reason to want to attract investment now, before a giant enters the picture.

California has no ban on out-of-state owners, pressuring other pot states to loosen the rules before California opens for business.

Colorado leaders speak out “There’s only so many people willing to invest in this risky and new industry, so allowing people from out of state to become investors in this business ... seems like a good idea,” said Colorado state Sen. Chris Holbert, R-Parker, the sponsor of a bill to allow out-of-state ownership of marijuana businesses.

The head of the Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce was more blunt.

“We can’t go get a loan from the bank to grow our business to help us accelerate,” Tyler Henson said. “We are susceptible to falling behind other states.”

But the prospect of big out-of-state money flowing into legal pot states still

gives regulators pause.

Pot-business residency ownership requirements generally date to the early days of regulated pot, when they were intended as a safeguard against investment by foreign drug cartels.

Those fears have largely dissipated, but public officials have hung onto the residency requirements because they believe it keeps the industry small and easier to manage.

Pot regulators also cite the U.S. Department of Justice, which has repeatedly warned pot states they must keep drug money out of interstate commerce or face a crackdown.

“The regulators will say, ‘Do we have money flying cross-country to be deposited in the pot industry? Let’s just keep it local,’” said Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, which oversees legalization campaigns in many states.

Alaska’s pot regulators voted last year to ease residency requirements for pot industry investment, then backtracked in December. The regulators ended up using the more stringent standards needed to qualify to receive a yearly check from Alaska’s oil wealth fund.

Residency requirements range from six months in Washington to two years in the other states.

In Washington and Colorado, those requirements apply to business applicants and investors. But Washington’s Liquor and Cannabis Board announced this month that it intends to drop the ban on out-of-state investment to make it easier for marijuana businesses to raise money. The change would take effect in March if it’s approved as expected.

In Oregon, majority ownership must rest with Oregon residents. Outside investment is allowed there, but nonresident owners can’t be directly involved in a business’s operation or management. A bill currently pending in the Oregon Legislature would change that.

Marijuana businesses and activists believe that marijuana residency

requirements are an endangered breed, though. Lindsey argued that state marijuana protections will one day be as illegal as any other kind of business protectionism.

And residency requirement can simply invite shadowy financing “schemes,” said another sponsor of Colorado’s residency bill. In Colorado, for example, some investors pour money into ancillary pot businesses, such as warehouses or lighting companies, then exact heavy kickbacks from the in-state pot growers.

Background checks for investors?

“I want to make sure that we have background checks on those investors,” said Colorado state Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver. “To me, this is a transparency measure to allow what is already happening in Colorado, but to do it above-board.”

One prominent Denver marijuana attorney called the removal of marijuana ownership requirements a logical next step in the industry’s maturation.

As long as interested pot investors can’t have a say in how a company is run, they’re unlikely to pour much money into it, Brian Vicente said.

“Residents of other states are already allowed to loan money to these businesses. Given the risk they are assuming in this uncertain industry, they should be able to hold equity in the companies as well,” Vicente said.

But the change won’t be easy, neither for regulators nor for the existing marijuana businesses in legal states.

“I think the industry has always liked the idea of being a homegrown industry,” said Jason Warf of the Southern Colorado Cannabis Council. “This definitely opens the door for your larger out-of-state venture capitalists to walk right in. If we have folks with much more capital than our owners who are able to walk in, when our owners have had to meet these requirements for many years, it would just be an unfair advantage.”

Record amount of fliers tried to carry guns on planes in 2015

By Associated Press Federal officials say a record number of airline passengers were caught last year trying to take guns on planes, and most of the weapons were loaded.

The Transportation Security Administration says 2,653 firearms were found in carry-on bags in 2015, a 20 percent increase over the previous year, which had been a record. More than four out of five were loaded.

Airports with the most gun discoveries were Dallas-Fort Worth, 153; HartsfieldJackson Atlanta, 144; Houston George Bush, 100; Denver, 90, and Phoenix, 73.

TSA screened 708 million passengers in 2015, 40 million more than in 2014.

Weapons of any kind are prohibited in carry-on bags. However, passengers can take guns with them when they fly if they are in checked bags, unloaded, properly packed and declared to the airline.

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director of the Working Group Theatre Company, which created “Out of Bounds,” said the key is to immediately draw in the audience with humor and entertainment. The message is contained within the narrative acted out on stage.

Lewis was originally working on a production that dealt with sports and masculinity when his direction changed completely. It happened when he and a colleague interviewed a teen girl who was being bullied.

“There was a point at the end of the interview where I asked what she was doing for the summer,” Lewis said. “She just said, ‘I’m not going to

January 28, 2016 do anything. None of my friends will talk to me.’”

That was the moment Lewis knew that he had to give a voice to the voiceless. Using gripping, reallife stories would be the linchpin.

Conflicts often escalate online and boil over at school, Lewis said, creating a new issue that hasn’t been adequately addressed.

Kiana Arellano was 14 at the time of her suicide attempt. She survived but suffered a severe brain injury that left her nonverbal. She can answer “yes” and “no” questions and is learning to speak via a device that vocalizes words based on her eye movements.

Kiana gave her mother permission to use her story as part of the “Out of Bounds” production in Parker, and she will attend the Feb. 3 show. Kristy Arellano said she was like a lot of Douglas County moms

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He was later selected as the CEO of Concert Capital, a firm owned by Morgan Stanley, to engineer a turnaround of the company.

Thayer has served on the boards of both public and private entities, and in Elbert County has sat on the library board and served on the planning commission for 14 years, most that of time as its chair.

Thayer resigned from the planning commission in July 2013, when in a 2-1 vote, the Board of County Commissioners voted down a set of revised oil and gas regulations developed and approved by the planning commission.

Thayer said that he has been considering a run for county commissioner for a while but became motivated after seeing how the current government is going.

“It just seems to me that someone who is educated, professional and dedicated could do a better job,” he said. “I want to return the Elbert County Board of Commissioners to the status of providing leadership, and moving the county forward into a time when it’s managed by professionals.”

who think they are leading an ideal life. It wasn’t until after Kiana’s suicide attempt that she realized how serious things had gotten; Kiana’s friends later came forward with the messages that had been sent to her on social media. That point will be part of Arellano’s message, which encourages teens, friends and parents to open the lines of communication.

“Had somebody alerted an adult prior, we would have been aware of what was going on and been able to deal with it more effectively,” she said.

However, Arellano believes she would not have known how to handle such a situation and would have sought the advice of professionals to get her daughter help. Effective communication and knowing what to do can prevent situations from getting out of hand, she said.

In addition to the issues of water and oil and gas, Thayer believes one of the primary issues facing Elbert County is good governance.

“Governance, that’s kind of a broad statement, but you look underneath of that, there’s water issues, and the Master Plan, all of these items, that you fold together and make sure that they’re managed in a way that is beneficial to all of the citizens of the county,” he said. “The real deal is to make sure that the county government is transparent to all of the citizens and serves all of the citizens in a dedicated and professional manner.”

If Thayer hopes to be on the ballot in November, he must first secure delegates at the March 1 Republican caucuses, who will then vote at the Elbert County Assembly on March 19. Candidates receiving 30 percent support from the 150 delegates plus seven committee officers will face off in a Republican primary this June.

Thayer will face Republican Scott Wills, who announced his candidacy for the District 3 commissioner seat last November, and possibly incumbent Republican Commissioner Larry Ross, who has not yet announced a run for re-election.

“If elected, I will be committed to doing a good job,” Thayer said. “I don’t need the job, but I sure like the idea of a challenge.”

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RESOURCE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ‘OUT OF BOUNDS’ PROGRAM • Douglas County Schools

• Douglas County Libraries

• Douglas County Sheriff’s Office — Youth Education and Safety in Schools (Y.E.S.S.)

• Dragon Heart Martial Arts

• Douglas County Youth Initiative

• Elbert County Coalition for Outreach • Elbert County Sheriff’s Office • Kelli Korn Counseling

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

• Parker Pediatrics

• Children’s Hospital Pediatric Mental Health Institute

• Pines and Plains Library — Elizabeth

• Colorado Department of Education

• Southeast Christian Church

• Parker Police Department

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something for him and I wanted to do that for the community.”

Halbrook and a few others spent more than a month organizing the party and signing their best wishes on a massive card. One customer bought Batsell a retirement countdown clock, and Batsell enjoyed marking off the last few hundred days one by one. Another regular customer who knew that Batsell wanted to travel after retiring offered his cottage in New Zealand for a free stay.

Batsell, a resident of Elbert County, was “totally surprised” by the party, which attracted more than 50 people Jan. 15. Two other groups of friends also threw retirement celebrations. Batsell says he had a wonderful time chatting with so many who had become friends over the years.

Halbrook points out that Batsell worked at the post office not because he needed money, but because he’s a social person; Batsell confirms the statement. He looked forward to working the clerk’s window because he had the chance to converse with (mostly) friendly people. Batsell looks back on his 24 years with the United States Postal Service as a “humbling” experience that he “wouldn’t change for the world,” but a few months back, he decided it was time to retire.

“It’s going to be nice waking up and not have to work six days a week. I want to travel and see my grandkids and enjoy life for as long as I can,” he said. “When I came back from Vietnam, that’s all I said was I wanted to live life to the fullest and make as many people happy as I can.”

Batsell has plans to vacation in Hawaii and New Zealand and visit his family in Oregon. Perhaps his most monumental goal is visiting every Major League Baseball park in the country.

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Colorado officials leery of wolf reintroduction

Wildlife officials speak out against possible release

Many ranchers and officials are opposed to a plan to reintroduce wolves in Colorado.

Photo by Getty Images/ Courtesy of Metro Creative Graphics

By Dan Elliott Associated Press Suspicion over federal plans to restore endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has spread to Colorado and Utah, where ranchers and officials are fiercely resisting any attempt to import the predators.

About 110 Mexican gray wolves — a smaller subspecies of the gray wolf — now roam a portion of Arizona and New Mexico, nearly two decades after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 11 wolves there to restart a population that had nearly vanished.

The agency hopes to complete a comprehensive recovery plan for the Mexican wolf in 2017, and officials say they’ve made no decision about releasing them in Colorado or Utah.

But neither state is waiting. Their governors joined the chief executives of Arizona and New Mexico in November to accuse the Fish and Wildlife Service of using flawed science and biased experts. They demanded that no Mexican wolves be released outside the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.

Wildlife commissioners in Utah and Colorado also spoke out against releasing Mexican wolves in their states — the Utah Wildlife Board in December and the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on Jan. 13.

The Fish and Wildlife Service defended the experts and the process.

Mexican wolves have been contentious in Arizona and New Mexico for years. New Mexico officials are resisting proposals to release more wolves. Arizona lawmakers tried but failed to allow ranchers to kill federally protected wolves in self-defense.

Environmental groups, meanwhile, are pushing for the release of more captivebred wolves to bolster the population in those states.

In Colorado and Utah, opponents argue that wolves would inflict costly and cruel

losses on cattle and sheep and decimate big game herds that support the lucrative hunting industry. They also say Mexican wolves aren’t native to their states, and bringing them in could taint the gene pool if they bred with gray wolves roaming down from the northern Rockies.

“We don’t need to introduce another large predatory carnivore to the state,” Colorado Wool Growers Association director Bonnie Brown told the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission earlier this month.

Mountain lions are already killing pets in urban areas bordering open country.

Wolf advocates say the fears are overblown, and that Mexican wolves need more ranges to avoid extinction. Parts of Colorado and Utah would be ideal for wolves, said Jonathan Proctor of Defenders of Wildlife, and he argued that both states are within the wolves’ historical range.

The West needs wolves to help restore balance to the environment, he said.

“It’s we humans who have eradicated all the wolves from the West,” Proctor said.

“It’s our responsibility to bring this animal back.”

Wolves have long been deeply divisive

subject in the region. They were hunted, trapped or driven out of many areas by the end of the last century and were regarded as a menace to largely defenseless sheep and cattle. But they also became a symbol for the environmental movement, a noble if fearsome avatar of the wild.

To support their arguments, both sides point to the northern Rockies, where the Fish and Wildlife Service estimates about 1,800 gray wolves live in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.

Wolves began killing hundreds of sheep and cattle after their release in the northern Rockies about 20 years ago, and big game populations fell drastically in some areas, officials said.

But they say cattle deaths are declining and game herds are rebounding since wolves were removed from Endangered Species Act protection in Idaho and Montana in 2011. The Fish and Wildlife Service then turned over wolf management to the states, which allow some hunting and sometimes remove or kill problem wolves.

“We know the wolf population is doing fine and continues to expand,” said Mike Jimenez, northern Rockies wolf coordi-

nator for the Fish and Wildlife Service. “We use lethal control on wolves that are causing big problems.”

Overall agricultural losses are low, but to an individual rancher, they can be devastating, he said.

In Idaho, elk numbers have begun to rebound since the state began managing wolves, state Fish and Game spokesman Mike Keckler said.

“And we still have a very sustainable wolf population in our state,” he said. “So we feel like we’re making progress in bringing balance.”

Wolves were briefly removed from federal protection in Wyoming, but safeguards were restored after environmental groups filed lawsuits challenging state management plans. The state is appealing the decision.

Legal wrangling is part of what makes wolves so aggravating, said Jim Magagna, executive vice president of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association.

“We have learned to live with them,” he said of the estimated 330 wolves in Wyoming. “We have not learned to live with the never-ending process.”

Chaparral graduate in submarine service

Leg veins are not just a cosmetic concern

Electronics technician who joined Navy maintains systems

David M. Verebelyi, MD Medical Director Colorado Skin & Vein

Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin Brandes, a 2012 Chaparral High School graduate and Parker native, is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a crew working aboard one of the world’s most advanced ballistic missile submarines, the USS Wyoming.

Brandes is an electronics technician serving aboard one of 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines. A Navy electronics technician is responsible for maintaining various systems on board such as atmosphere monitoring and internal communications.

“I enjoy the unique nature of the job,” Brandes said. “Most civilians don’t get the chance to travel aboard a nuclear submarine.”

Measuring 560 feet long, 42 feet wide and weighing more than 16,500 tons, the boat has a nuclear-powered propulsion system to push it through the water at more than 20 knots.

The Navy’s ballistic missile submarines, often referred to as “boomers,” serve as an undetectable launch platform for intercontinental ballistic missiles.

They are designed specifically for stealth, extended patrols and the precise delivery of missiles if directed by the president.

“We demand the highest standards from our sailors — both professionally and personally,” said Rear Adm. Randy Crites, commander of Submarine Group Ten in Kings Bay, Georgia. “Petty Officer Brandes’ chain of command, family and our great nation take immense pride in his devotion and service to his country.”

Brandes is part of the boat’s gold crew, one of two rotating crews, which allow the

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January 28, 2016

New brewery brings English-style beer to town Castle Rock Beer Company is first microbrewery to open in Colorado in 2016

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Caslte Rock Beer Co. owner Mark Quinnell tests levels on a beer that is currently in the brewing process. Photos by Shanna Fortier

With Irish and German roots, Mark Quinnell says beer is in his blood.

As a home brewer for 10 years, Quinnell gravitated toward the English ales and beers that were more malt-focused.

He shared his brews with friends and family in his basement taproom, and everyone agreed more people should enjoy his award-winning brews.

That’s when he took a look at turning his hobby into a career.

“We’re just so excited to finally be able to share our brews with the community,” Quinnell said.

Quinnell’s dream of owning a microbrewery started four years ago. It became reality Jan. 16 when Castle Rock Beer Co. opened for business with four beers. Two more beers were added in the following two days.

“Opening weekend was an absolute zoo in the best possible way,” Quinnell said.

The brewery is at 514 Perry St., a unique building with a red Acme water tower on the roof that sits at the bottom of the Perry Street bridge.

Quinnell began leasing the space in June. During the months he waited for state and federal licensing approval, he worked — using as many local materials as possible — to make the empty space a place to sit and drink with friends. The bar inside is built with stone from Castle Rock manufacturer Sunset Stone and topped with finished Colorado beetle-kill pine.

The federal brewers license arrived around noon on Dec. 31. Quinnell and his wife, Jessica, started brewing their first batch of beer on Jan. 2.

Castle Rock Beer Co. is the 281st microbrewery to open in Colorado and the first to open in 2016, according to Stephen Adams of COBeerGeek.com.

It is one of about 20 in Douglas County and the third in Castle Rock.

The growing brewery presence is a positive addition to the community’s economic and social scenes, said Pam Ridler, president of the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce.

“I think that bringing in additional businesses that cause for more activity in the evening is great for downtown,” she said. “I think the addition of a microbrew is great for downtown in general. We have seen other communities that have them and it brings a vibrancy to the area and also diversifies the age group of the visitors that come into downtown.”

Castle Rock Beer Co. offer three sizes of pours; 4 ounces, 10 ounces or a traditional American pint of 16 ounces. on the menu come in between 3 and 4.2 percent.

“The English viewpoint on beer is that we’re not going out to get drunk, but we want to be able to have four to five beers at a pub and then walk out and feel fine,” Quinnell said. “It’s called session drinking. You’re here to enjoy a beer, but also enjoy company — that’s what pubs and taprooms are for.”

Castle Rock resident Philip Jankouskas has been looking forward to the opening of Castle Rock Beer Co. “So far I’ve tried every one of their brews,” Jankouskas said. The Irish red ale is currently his favorite. “I think it’s really great to have a brewery that is local, number one, and to have different tastes. Especially this one, because they feature British ales, which is different than most other brew pubs. It’s a great place and I’m looking forward to coming here and sampling other brews.”

The brewery can make three beers at a time, but since English ales typically take about a week from start to finish, Quinnell hopes to have six to eight beers on tap at all times. He runs a two-barrel system, which Quinnell says is small in the grand scheme of beer making.

“We’re nano,” he said. “But it’s such a small batch that it’s easy to tweak. We want feedback.”

One of the bonuses to being small, Quinnell said, is experimentation.

“It’s fun,” he said. “And it’s not cost prohibitive to try different stuff and see what people think.”

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About English-style beer Sticking with Quinnell’s heritage, Castle Rock Beer Co. is focused on British empire style beer with brews found traditionally in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

“It’s anything that the British empire controlled for a while,” Quinnell said.

“They had a massive influence on beer and the travel and spread of beer. From that, a lot of styles came into play.”

The beer menu includes a brown porter, Irish red ale, Scottish export, dark mild, English golden IPA and UK session pale ale. Since most English brews are relatively low in alcohol content, the brew with the highest alcohol by volume is the English Golden IPA coming in at 6 percent. That brew also scored the highest on the bitterness scale. Alcohol content of all other beers

Becoming a destination But the brewery does have plans to grow.

Long-term plans include an outdoor patio, live music and food trucks.

Eventually, bigger equipment will be added to allow for distribution to local restaurants and, possibly, food and beer pairings.

“A lot of people from Castle Rock would travel because there wasn’t much here,” said Quinnell, who grew up in Monument and Castle Rock. “But the craft beer world is working in Colorado because people love it. When Maddie’s Biergarten opened up, that helped immensely because people were able to fill that want for a craft beer locally.”

But Quinnell believes the market potential for a Castle Rock brewery expands beyond the local community.

Tourists who visit the state to sample its breweries bypass Castle Rock on their way from Denver to Colorado Springs, he said. “Now, with us and 105 West (which opened in November), there’s a couple small breweries out here and Castle Rock can start becoming not just a pass-though, but a destination.”

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January 28, 2016

State enters 2016 with abortion debates Reproductive issues could make or break candidates

By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press Colorado Republicans could be forgiven for thinking that several years of fiery political contests over abortion and reproductive rights, which helped Democrats win several elections in this socially liberal swing state, were behind them.

Then, last year, a pregnant woman close to giving birth was gruesomely attacked with a knife, and a few months later an anti-abortion zealot opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, killing three.

Think those cases won’t affect the 2016 races? Not a chance.

Abortion and reproductive rights are never far from the nerve in this battleground state, where party affiliation is roughly even between Democrats and Republicans and statewide contests often come down to the votes of suburban women who belong to neither party.

That key demographic generally favors moderate candidates who back conservative spending but also abortion rights.

With a U.S. Senate seat and control of the U.S. House delegation on the line in Colorado, plus the prospect of Hillary

Clinton becoming the first major-party female presidential nominee, gender politics could easily make the difference.

“It is a bit of a dog-whistle issue for a narrow minority, but it is one that does have political power,” said Gregoriah Hartman of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado. “We’re expecting to see more and not less in 2016.”

Battle lines have already been drawn in Colorado’s hottest contests.

In the U.S. Senate race, Tim Neville, a Republican state senator from south Jefferson County, kicked off his campaign against Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet by talking about abortion politics.

“When an organization like Planned Parenthood ignores the law, kills the unborn, sells their body parts for profit and we have both parties that can’t even come together to end this tragedy, we have an issue with leadership,” Neville told supporters, referencing videos taken by anti-abortion activists they said showed Planned Parenthood personnel negotiating the sale of fetal organs.

Issue paid off for Bennet Bennet likely won’t mind if the debate stays on Planned Parenthood.

The state’s senior senator won his last contest in large part because of reproductive rights. Bennet faced a conservative Tea Party favorite in 2010, one who

appeared to be winning in polls until Democrats pounded him for supporting ballot measures to ban abortion by defining fertilized embryos as people, a concept described as “personhood.”

Bennet’s victory ensured that Democrats for the next five years would try tying Republicans to the “personhood” movement. The focus on reproductive rights grew so intense that during the 2014 Senate campaign, reporters and Republicans derisively dubbed former Sen. Mark Udall “Mark Uterus.” Udall was defeated for a second term by Republican Cory Gardner, who once supported a “personhood” measure but convincingly told the public he’d changed his mind.

The Udall defeat was seen by many as the last time Colorado Democrats would focus so heavily on reproductive rights.

But events have dictated otherwise.

In addition to the Planned Parenthood shootings, motivated apparently by the confessed gunman’s opposition to abortion, Colorado is preparing to try a woman for cutting an unborn baby out of a Longmont woman last year. The accused attacker goes on trial this spring in a case Republicans are saying highlights the state’s inadequate penalties for killing unborn babies.

Coffman race in spotlight Women’s reproductive rights are playing out in a pitched congressional

contest, too. Democrats are trying to oust a suburban Republican, Rep. Mike Coffman, who joined Republican colleagues last year and voted to defund Planned Parenthood. The contest will likely determine which party controls Colorado’s U.S. House delegation, where the GOP currently has a 4-3 edge.

Democratic contender Morgan Carroll, who is challenging Coffman, called his Planned Parenthood vote “appalling.” She has received the backing of Emily’s List, a national political group focused on electing Democratic women who support abortion rights.

Glamour magazine recently described the Coffman-Carroll race one that “women everywhere should also have their eye on.”

Inspired by the attack on the pregnant woman and the Planned Parenthood shootings, the Colorado Legislature this year is going to offer plenty of opportunities for candidates to score political points on women’s reproductive rights.

Lawmakers will debate an outright ban on abortion, along with a GOP plan to make killing a fetus eligible for a homicide charge. Democrats, meanwhile, will be defending a plan by the Democratic administration to use tax money to increase teenage access to longacting reversible contraception such as intrauterine devices.

Aurora theater shooter moved to another state

By Associated Press Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has apparently been transferred to a prison in another state, but officials won’t say where or why.

Adrienne Jacobson, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections, said Jan. 20 that Holmes’ move was part of an agreement with another prison

to exchange inmates, which can happen for a variety of reasons. Jacobson says revealing his location would thwart the purpose of the agreement.

The lack of information frustrated 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who prosecuted the case. He says victims have a right to know if Holmes is being housed in their state.

Holmes was sentenced in August to

life in prison for killing 12 people and injuring 70 others when he opened fire on a crowded suburban Denver movie theater in July 2012.

It is at least the third time in five months that prison officials have moved Holmes.

He had been held most recently in San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo after being transferred from the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, the state’s highest security prison, where Holmes had his own cell and was heavily supervised.

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January 28, 2016

VOICES

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Changing doesn’t require billions The recent Powerball drawing of $1.6 billion had a lot of people talking about what they would do with the money. I mean, reporters were visiting different cities and interviewing hopeful winners and asking the question, “How would you spend the money?” Social media was buzzing with tweets and posts about how to spend the money or making sure their causes were represented in the event someone won and would be willing to share some of those winnings.

I happened to be traveling that week and spent time in airplanes, taxis, shuttle buses and airports. I overheard many of the same conversations taking place and some of the answers were self-serving, with some stating all of the luxury items that they would buy for themselves. Others talked about eliminating debt, helping friends and family, and supporting their favorite cause.

More than a few talked about giving at least half of the winnings away to their favorite charities or making a significant donation through their church our house of worship.

We had many of those same questions at our own house and shared our own thoughts on how winning such a large sum of money could and would change our lives.

Now here is the real question, “How would it change who you are?” Many of the people being interviewed and in many of the conversations I overheard or took part in, people said that it wouldn’t change them as a person at all. Maybe that’s true, maybe it’s not,

I really didn’t know the people personally so I couldn’t say if I believed they wouldn’t or couldn’t be changed by money. I mean, money does crazy things to people and $1.6 billion is a crazy sum of money.

What I do know is that there are many Michael Norton people who are very happy and comfortable WINNING with who they are and WORDS where they are. And that they are grounded through a solid belief system and hold close to their values. And then there are others who really would like to make some change or improvement in their lives. So does it take winning the lottery to make those changes? I don’t believe so. True change happens or doesn’t happen when we are committed to our values and disciplined enough to set and pursue our goals.

Money, and I mean a lot of money, can do many things for people and certainly make a difference in how we live and how we secure our future. But if it changes who we are, we have never been comfortable and grounded in who we were in the first place.

Now I am not judging nor am I being a hypocrite. I invested more than a few dollars

in the recent Powerball drawing, as you have to be in it to win it, right? But when I recognize a change I want to make, identify a new goal I want to pursue, or dream I wish to make a reality, I invest the time in myself to make those changes, not just in hoping that one day lightning will strike and I will win the lottery.

And it starts with where we see ourselves.

Zig Ziglar used to say, “If you don’t like who you are, what you are, and where you are, you can change who you are, what you are, and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.” Filling our mind, our field of vision, our ears, and our surroundings with positive thoughts and attitude coupled with a strategic and tactical plan that will help us become who we are will have a greater impact and more realistic impact on our lives than investing our time and money in hoping and waiting to win the lottery.

How about you? Would $1.6 billion change you as a person? Are there changes that you would like to make in your life, big or small, and just don’t know where to start? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can acknowledge where true and meaningful change comes from, we will achieve our goals and realize our dreams, making it a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

The heat is on, as it ought to be

It is colder than a well digger’s bottom in the Klondike.

I have cleaned up my father’s expression somewhat.

It’s 4 degrees.

The snow melted, then froze, the ice melted, then froze.

The side streets are a mess, but once you get out on University or Quebec, it’s all clear to the highways.

The trick is to get out on University or Quebec without meeting up with a high school student who has had his license for about three days.

The car is a mess. The garage is a mess.

Smitty’s paw prints are visible on the wood flooring.

The furnace runs all day and all night.

I refuse to write wearing a parka over a hoodie.

I am not going to win any awards for conservation.

It’s warm in my home in the winter, and it’s cool in the summer.

One of my neighbors could store furs in her house right now.

This is a very interior time of the year.

I don’t get very far away anyhow, but particularly not at this time of year.

There’s no yard work to be done.

It’s the only time of the year when everyone’s yard looks the same.

Tell me what is better on a winter’s day than listening to the Electric Light Orchestra, loud,

and starting a fresh painting on a custom-made canvas?

I know that’s probably not your idea of a good time, but for me it can’t be beat.

One of these days (March 13), we’ll have to change our clocks, and it will still be daylight at 5 and 6. And Craig Marshall Smith then 7 and 8.

It will start to QUIET smell food DESPERATION outsidelikemylawn grocery store.

I hold on to these days and nights.

There are no impediments in the spring and the summer, meaning I can just get in the car and go, without concerns about the weather.

Bill Murray was in town recently, and predicted eight more weeks of winter.

My friends seem farther away from me at this time of year.

Lunches have to be rescheduled because of the road conditions.

I like to see weather in films, specifically rain and snow.

A lot of film snow isn’t snow at all. It once was crushed cornflakes.

“It’s a Wonderful Life” was filmed in southern California, in Culver City and Encino, dur-

ing a heat wave.

RKO created “chemical snow.”

There are very few of the original sets left.

But the swimming pool that was used in the film is still in use, at Beverly Hills High School.

Remember? The floor opens when Carl Switzer (“Alfalfa” in the “Little Rascals” movies), turns the key to get back at Jimmy Stewart.

This is just enough, this weather.

On the other hand, there’s “Dr. Zhivago” weather.

I wouldn’t care for extremes like that. Unless, of course, Julie Christie were nearby.

(Julie is 75.)

I check the paper every morning, to find out when the sun will rise and set.

Incrementally it changes every day, and then, wham, we have to spring forward an entire hour in March.

I can guarantee an article or two about the nuisance of Daylight Saving Time. Should it be gotten rid of? Yes. Will it be? No. Some of my clocks change all by themselves.

A day or two afterward, it’s forgotten. We’ll be in the midst of March Madness, hoping that someone can knock off Duke.

In the meantime, I am as happy as a snowman in the Upper Peninsula.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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Thanks for service, and free speech This morning, I sat down to write about the presidential campaign. The Iowa Caucus is just a few days away on Feb. 1, and the New Hampshire primary is Feb. 9. The American electorate voting machine is firing up in earnest, with far-reaching and long-standing implications for our country.

However, as I settled into my spot at the breakfast cafe where I pen such thoughts, I asked my server — an extraordinarily pleasant and cheerful woman — about her tattoo, a series of small Chinese characters. “Strong woman,” she replied.

“I was in the military,” she explained, “and when we were discharged, we all went to get tattoos. The guys got ‘strong man’ and I got ‘strong woman.’” She had served in the Army in Bosnia, with a humanitarian aid unit. “We were the first in and the first out. It wasn’t

pretty,” she said. She was the only woman in her family to enter the military, although generations of her family had served before her.

“Thank you for your service,” I said simply.

I meant it. Such service is one of the reasons why I can write week after week to Andrea Doray express my opinions about those who curALCHEMY rently run our government, those who have run it, and those who want to run it next. It’s never, ever lost on me that writers and journalists around the

world practice their crafts in peril of persecution, kidnapping, imprisonment and murder in their own countries.

And, horrifically, the gruesome execution of journalist James Foley and the recent release from prison of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian are only two examples of American citizens who have also suffered for their work because of oppressive regimes or militant extremists.

Obviously, I don’t fear such a fate. And as much as I yearn to serve as a foreign correspondent — and perhaps someday I will — for now, I’m safe in my comfortable cafe with my notebook and my pen, because free speech and freedom of the press are among my rights in the United States, no matter Doray continues on Page 9

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Elbert County News 9

January 28, 2016

Concerts to support youth music instruction Castle Pines events help give kids opportunities

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Two February concerts will showcase and support elementary music instruction in Douglas County.

The first one is set for Feb. 5, when the Castle Pines Arts and Cultural Foundation will partner with the Colorado Chamber Orchestra to present music played by kids in the program at the Castle Pines Community Center. Included will be a symphony composed by 8-year-old Emma Spears, which “is as good as the music Mozart wrote at that age,” according to Colorado Chamber Orchestra Director Thomas Blomster. Also performing will be high school student Fionn Cool, who plays trombone and French horn and has played at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver. (He started in this program in sixth grade.)

Several years ago, budget cuts spelled

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Lawyers at the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.

Mystery Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org.

The Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG

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who is running the country.

Both of my parents served in World War II, my dad in Europe and North Africa, and my mother in the Philippines and New Guinea, for freedom and for safety in the U.S. and the world. Neither of them talked much about it and I wish now that I had taken down the oral history of their experiences. Perhaps sometime my sister and I can combine our recollections to develop a more comprehensive narrative.

Unlike my server, I did not follow my family’s example, although many of my friends and classmates did enter the mili-

the end of elementary school band and orchestra instruction as part of the school day. It became an extracurricular, afterschool experience, priced at $41 a month plus instrument rental. For some families, even in relatively Troy well-off Douglas County, music classes were out of reach. But a solution was discovered through a local professional orchestra.

The Castle Pines Arts and Cultural Foundation partnered with the Colorado Chamber Orchestra in CCOEIM (Colorado Chamber Orchestra Early Instrumental Music). It has grown to provide elementary band classes before or after school from 200 children in one (high school) feeder area to 1,432 children in six Douglas County feeder areas.

About 10 percent of district students qualify for free lunch and need financial assistance to learn to play an instrument. Educators say that musical trainoffice at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit www. outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club is open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. We meet regularly throughout the month on various weekday evenings and weekends. Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery). Contact Alison Collins at 720-2124788 for information or find us online at www. meetup.com/Parker-Franktown-ElizabethPaper-Crafting-Club/.

Seniors meet in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month.

Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-6463425 for information.

Sky Cliff Adult Day Center Support Groups: Stoke Victors meets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month.

Lunch is provided. Contact Sue Parson, 303814-2863. Evening Stroke Victors meets from 6-7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Cookies and coffee provided. Contact Sue Parson, 303-814-2863. Caregivers

tary. And young people of all ethnicities and backgrounds continue to serve not only to help keep America safe, but also to render aid and to provide strength for those who are oppressed around the globe.

A simplistic view? Sure, I’m not naive. America’s military action around the world deserves much more scrutiny than it publicly receives. But for the strong women and the strong men who put on the uniform, in any capacity, so that I can sit here and write these words, I have only one thing to say … and I mean it: “Thank you for your service.”

Andrea Doray is a writer who realizes now that to be an astronaut (right up there with foreign correspondent), she should have joined the Air Force. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

‘For the strong women and the strong men who put on the uniform, in any capacity, so that I can sit here and write these words, I have only one thing to say … and I mean it: “Thank you for your service.”’

IF YOU GO The Feb. 5 concert by young musicians will be at 7 p.m. at the Castle Pines Community Center, 7404 Yorkshire Drive, Castle Pines. The Feb. 26 event with the Hank Troy Trio will be at the Daniels Gate Club House, 6450 Daniels Gate Road, Castle Pines. Tickets cost $60/two for $110.

They may be purchased online at castlepinesarts.org. ing “helps increase many educational disciplines, including math and reading, as well as instill a tremendous sense of self-worth and accomplishment,” according to Debbie Davidson-Stanfill, who directs the Colorado Chamber Orchestra’s Outreach program. She provides matching scholarships.

Proceeds from these concerts will go toward scholarships. “Last year, we raised $5,000,” said Cheryl McGovern of the Support Group meets from 10-11:30 a.m.

Tuesdays. All groups meet at Sky Cliff Adult Day Center in Castle Rock. Contact Sky Cliff at 303-814-2863. Visit www.skycliff.org.

Therapeutic riding. Promise Ranch Therapeutic Riding in Parker offers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled adults and children. Scholarship money is available for Douglas County residents to provide 10 therapeutic riding lessons. Call 303-841-5007 or visit www.promiseranchtherapeuticriding. com.

VFW Post 10649 meets monthly at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of every month at 24325 Main St., Elbert. Go to www.vfwpost10649. org. Contact Alan Beebe at 303-435-2560 for questions.

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The second concert, “Save the Music!

An evening of Jazz, Wine and Eats,” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26, will be at the Daniels Gate Club House. The first 15 minutes will present a short performance by young musicians, who will be followed by the well-known Hank Troy Trio. (No drinks will be served until the kids have performed and departed.) Tickets cost $60 each or two for $110.

For an additional $20, guests can pull a number for a bottle of mystery wine, valued from $15 to $100. (It cannot be consumed at the event.)

Pianist Hank Troy, a local jazz legend, began presenting ragtime concerts and accompanying silent films in Denver in 1971. Ten years later, he joined the Queen City Jazz Band and he also plays for other groups, stage shows and musical theater.

The Colorado Chamber Orchestra, directed by Thomas Blomster, now makes its home at the Arvada Center. The professional orchestra’s mission includes in-school education. presented the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Meet in the community room.

Check in from 8-8:30 a.m.; workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources. Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. For information, contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com.

OBITUARIES GODLEY

Ralph T. “Hap” Godley Sep. 22, 1920 - Dec. 29 2015

Hap Godley passed away at his home in Casper, Wyoming on December 29th, 2015. Hap grew up ranching in Colorado, and was involved with cattle and horses his entire life.

Hap was involved with real estate and auctioneering for much of his life, and was truly a self-made man.

After his discharge from the U.S. Navy in 1946 he married Shirley Moreland

of Kiowa, Colorado, in 1947. In 1980 they moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, and to Casper, Wyoming in 1991. Hap will always be remembered for his

creative thinking, entrepreneurship, as a mentor to young people, and his love of animals.

Services and interment were held at Elizabeth Presbyterian Church and the Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Colorado on January 9th, 2016.

Hap is survived by his wife Shirley Godley, his son Gary Godley, and daughter in law, Cheryl Godley.

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LIFE

LOCAL

January 28, 2016

FA I T H HEALTH CULTURE FA M I L Y FOOD

Parker resident Mark Hague, left, talks to Purgatory Cellars co-owner Gary Tassler about the wine served at the winery. Photos by Chris Michlewicz

T

he offer and the wine were sufficiently convincing to pull Gary Tassler away from an idyllic life.

“I was living in Europe, didn’t really have a job, wasn’t doing much of anything,” Tassler said. “I was drinking wine and drinking beer and riding a bicycle.”

This was Tassler’s life for five years after he abruptly decided to turn down a new position at the major package delivery company where he was a finance and accounting manager. He’d been working 100 to 120 hours a week for years and was completely burned out. So he traded a hectic corporate life for early retirement.

That is, until Marko Copic brought him back to the Denver area with an offer.

How it all started It’s funny how things work out. Copic, a native of Croatia and brother of one of Tassler’s employees at the delivery company, was planning to open a winery with his sibling.

Tassler knew of the business plan and that the Copics had shipped their winemaking equipment to the United States. They were looking to buy an existing winery in the Denver metro area, but decided to start their own and landed on an empty space two doors down from a brewery in Parker.

The Copics asked Tassler if he was interested in helping them launch the winery.

“They knew I didn’t have a job and they knew I was dumb enough to work 120 hours a week,” Tassler said with a hearty laugh.

Reluctant to end his five-year vacation, Tassler initially turned down the offer, but relented after realizing he would enjoy being a part of building something fresh and exciting from the ground up. He planned to be the finance guy. However, after Copic’s brother sold Tassler his share, a new partnership was born.

The result?

Tassler once again found himself working more than 100 hours a week. He and Copic spent 83 consecutive days making 35,000 bottles of wine in-house to last Purgatory Cellars through 2016.

“There were probably 20 nights where we didn’t go home,” Tassler said. “It was just the two of us.”

Uncorking a dream Purgatory Cellars, so named for an abandoned mining town in southwestern Colorado where the partners searched for wine-making grapes, opened last April to unexpected fanfare. The posting of six photos to a brand-new Facebook page before opening elicited an encouraging response: 3,600 organic views within 24 hours.

It created an anticipatory buzz and

Winery uncorks a dream

Purgatory Cellars opened at Parker location in 2015

ABOUT PURGATORY CELLARS Owners: Gary Tassler and Marko Copic Hours: Sunday-Thursday, noon to 9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Address: 18921 Plaza Drive, Suite 100, Parker Website: www.purgatorycellarscolorado. com Phone: 303-600-8209 Email: info@purgatorycellars.net

By Chris Michlewicz | cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com proved Copic was correct in his answer to the commonly asked question: Why open a winery in Parker? “Because Parker needs a winery.”

“So it appears that Parker really did need a winery,” Tassler said, paraphrasing Copic’s answer.

Mark Hague, who moved to Parker two years ago, stopped by Purgatory Cellars in early January after hearing about the winery from a friend. Tassler promptly provided a tour of the wine list. Hague said he occasionally stops by Vines Wine Bar in downtown Parker, but said “it’s nice to know there is another place to go” to entertain visitors from out of town or gather with friends on a Friday or Saturday night.

With the exception of the plumbing, the duo transformed Purgatory Cellars into what it is today: an elegant-yet-rustic meeting ground in which barrels full of aging wine tower in plain view over visitors.

Purgatory was meant to be a winery with a tasting room, but the tasting room has morphed into a wine bar because of the sizable crowds on evenings and weekends.

Things have gone so well, in fact, that the owners decided to cut off all outside sales.

Purgatory Cellars wine cannot be found at restaurants, festivals or stores yet. Even though the duo made 9,000 bottles of wine to start things out, it has found that demand is outpacing supply.

“I would say things for us have gone very, very well so far,” Tassler said. “And at the rate it’s going, it looks like it’s going to get a whole lot better.”

A perfect pour The success is not simply due to the fact that Parker finally has a winery. The 14 wines on the menu — from a Riesling made using an ancient Egyptian technique to an incredibly popular Malbec with hints of prunes, molasses and spice — have re-

Facebook: www.facebook.com/purgatorycellarsofcolorado

A display of wine bottles at Purgatory Cellars helps set the ambience. ceived rave reviews from connoisseurs and novices alike. The wines are made mostly with grapes grown in Colorado.

The concoctions are the culmination of a long-standing family tradition and 20 years of Copic honing his skills. He reads a lot of books on winemaking and has learned through trial and error. He’s also known to buck tradition.

“Sometimes you need to be brave,” Copic said during a phone call from Croatia, where he is buying more equipment and visiting family.

The wine has attracted admirers from across the country, Tassler said, and dozens are on the waiting list once Purgatory launches its wine-of-the-month club. But when you ask Copic, he insists that winemaking has been a hobby for much of his life.

“He might call himself a hobbyist,” Tassler warned. “Don’t let him kid you.”

The winery is preparing to bottle 30 different wines, including a Zinfandel port that Tassler calls “absolutely gorgeous,” and will release them in the coming months. Going from making 9,000 bottles in 2014 to 35,000 bottles in 2015 was a significant uptick in production. But it’s nothing compared to the next round of winemaking later this year, in which Copic believes the pair can produce 100,000 bottles.

Purgatory will expand into the vacant space next door so it can host wedding receptions and other gatherings without closing down the wine bar. Tassler believes the winery will double its sales when the new space is unveiled later this year, and that estimate doesn’t include sales at restaurants, festivals or the wine-of-the-month club.

When asked if 100,000 bottles will be enough, Tassler smiled when delivering his answer: “We’re going to cut it really close.”

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January 28, 2016

Indie book shop keeps pages turning Poor Richard’s in downtown Parker fills niche

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Having grown up without a television, Richard Fitch’s main source of entertainment was classic stories by renowned authors.

Even today, he finds himself surrounded by books — 20,000 of them, to be approximate. Fitch is the proprietor of Poor Richard’s Book Shoppe, a back-alley establishment in downtown Parker that opened in fall 2008.

A growing number of people might view paper books as a dying medium, and while the store isn’t racking up thousands in sales per day, there is still a thirst for the real thing. Fitch admits to feeling a sense of duty to be a local source for new and used titles, many of them contemporary works, and believes books will remain “as long as us old people are around.”

But he also acknowledges that today’s treasure might be tomorrow’s trash, and aptly compares the transition to digital to the process in which “sci-fi eventually becomes science nonfiction.”

“In all honesty, it’s a hobby for me.

It gives me a reason to get out of bed and get out of the house,” says Fitch, whose amiable personality and friendly smile produce a welcoming air at Poor Richard’s. “I like to meet people and just be around books. As long as it pays its way, I don’t need to make a million dollars.”

A portion of the customers at Poor Richard’s are actually local high school students seeking books for reading assignments. The most popular titles each year are fairly consistent — “The Great Gatsby,” “Catcher in the Rye,” “Lord of the Flies” and “1984.” However, one novel that Fitch says “transcends ages” is always at the top: Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

There was a brief period three or four years ago in which sales took a major hit.

It was the holiday season when the Nook and Kindle were popular gifts. But sales rebounded and have been steady ever since. Fitch, a Kindle owner himself, admits to being a klutz and says he worries about dropping the electronic device in the ocean or on a sidewalk.

That’s why, when he goes on weeklong excursions to Mexico, he brings as many as 10 paperback titles with him.

Fitch grew up on classics like “Robin Hood” and “Black Beauty” and now steers toward action-adventure novels by authors like Clive Cussler and David Baldacci.

Poor Richard’s carries everything from obscure books to top sellers by Nora Roberts and Janet Evanovich. Its shelves also hold works by local authors like Naomi Gaede-Penner, Sandy Whelchel and Virginia White, a retired teacher whose recent book, “Warren the Honking Cat,” is prominently displayed.

Richard Fitch says running Poor Richard’s Book Shoppe is not a money-making venture, but rather an enjoyable hobby. Photos by Chris Michlewicz Opening up The former high school Spanish teacher didn’t envision owning a bookstore until he was laid up in the late 1990s with health problems. His recovery gave him an opportunity to dive into reading for pleasure again. He was further inspired by a series of books by Denver author John Dunning starring Cliff Janeway, an ex-cop turned bookstore proprietor.

Fitch amassed a collection of 4,500 books, and when his wife insisted he clear them out, he suggested opening a bookstore in downtown Wellington, Kansas, where the shop operated for three years. After his wife passed away, Fitch moved his life and his store to Parker, a place where he has family. He first discovered Parker in 1975 while briefly working for the concrete company that paved roads in the Pinery. It was always a goal of his to come to Parker.

Fitch finds his alcove behind Parker Garage and just off Mainstreet to be the ideal spot. The weekly farmers’ market and many festivals in downtown Parker during the summer bring a stream of pedestrians past (and sometimes through) his door. It’s not too busy and not overly quiet. Fitch gets occasional help from a part-time employee, but outside of that, he mans the shop throughout the week.

“I enjoy the work, but don’t want to have to work too hard,” he says with a laugh.

Poor Richard’s Book Shoppe, which opened in downtown Parker in 2008, carries many of the classics.

CURTAIN TIME

Pulitzer winner - The Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Gin Game” by D.L. Coburn will be presented l for one weekend only, Jan. 29-31, at the historic Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. 0 Simpson St., Lafayette. Performed by Eln len Ranson and Gary Crow-Willard for the Silver Circuit, which offers two-person stage productions at senior facilities n along the Front Range. Presented by The Theater Company of Lafayette. Perfort mances: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29; 2 p.m. Jan. 30 - and 31. Tickets: $10-$16, 1-800-838-3006, - tclstage.org.

w Memories!

“Reunion ’85” plays through Feb. 13 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Performances: 7:30 Jan. 28, e Feb. 4 and 11 and Monday, Feb. 1; 8 p.m. s Jan. 29, 30, Feb. 5, 12, 13; 1:30 p.m. Jan. 31.

Tickets: lonetreeartscenter.org.

Now, that’s Fuddy “Fuddy Meers” by David LindsayAbaire will be presented by Phamaly Theatre Company at two venues. First is Feb. 6-21 at Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Monday, Feb. 15; 2 p.m. Sundays Feb. 14 and 21.

Second is Feb. 26-28 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-27; 2 p.m. Feb. 28. Tickets: phamaly.org; tickets various prices up to $36.

King and LBJ “All the Way” by Robert Schenkkan plays Feb. 5 to 28 at the Stage Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

Performances: 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays; 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 8 p.m. Sat. Feb 20; 6:30 p.m. Sun. Feb 14; 1:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 6 and 27. Denvercenter.org, tickets start at $32.

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Big band brings big bang for no bucks The U.S. Air Force Academy’s Falconaires big band will perform at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. This jazz ensemble is more than 30 years old and consists of 18 full-time jazz musicians.

They play traditional and contemporary big band jazz, including some original compositions. The band takes pride in cultivating our national heritage through its only indigenous musical genre — jazz. As part of LUMC’s Fine Arts Series, the admis-

CELTIC NIGHTS Spirit of Freedom

Feb. 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.

COMEDY AND COCKTAILS

The Schoolhouse Theater Featuring Jordan Doll

Feb. 13 at 8:00 p.m.

sion is free. Littletonumc.org or 303-7946379.

Reminder: Mozart “It’s All About Mozart!” is an Englewood Arts Presents program set for 2 p.m. on Jan. 30 at Hampden Hall, Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Peter Cooper, principal oboist with the Colorado Symphony, will be featured with the Ainomae Quartet in Mozart’s “Oboe Quintet in C Minor,” K. 388/406, and two other works by the composer. Tickets: $20 adults/$15 seniors/free under 18.

Englewoodarts.org or at the door one hour prior to concert.

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Swanson show “Polysemic,” artist Joel Swanson’s one-person show at the Museum Outdoor Arts, will be the topic of his discussion with the audience at 2 p.m. on Feb. 6 in Hampden Hall, second floor of Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Admission is free, but the MOA would like a reservation in advance: Jessica Brack, 303-806-0444, ext. 0, or jbrack@moaonline. org. The exhibit will run through Feb. 27.

Set to the Music of David Bowie and Queen Feb. 13 and 14

Hooking Up with

THE SECOND CITY Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

PARKER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Stately art Arvada Center’s second “Art of the State” juried exhibition is open and runs through March 27 in all the galleries (over 10,000 feet). Gallery director Colin Parson said there were 1,434 entries from 511 artists. Jurors were Gwen Chanzit, modern art curator, Denver Art Museum; Michael Chavez, public art program manager, Denver Arts and Venues; and Parson. Panel discussions with artists will be at 11 a.m. Feb. 6; 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25; 11 a.m. March 19. Info: arvadacenter.org/galleries-special-events.

(More here on the exhibit next week.)

PSO Goes to the Movies Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

IRISH STEP DANCERS

Bennett School of Irish Dance

The Schoolhouse Theater

March 5 at 10:00 a.m.

COMEDY AND COCKTAILS

The Schoolhouse Theater Featuring Sam Tallent March 5 at 8:00 p.m.

BUY TICKETS AT www.ParkerArts.org OR CALL 303.805.6800

Student creations Art by Littleton Public Schools students is exhibited at Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts through Feb. 9. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 9. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; Tuesdays until 7 p.m. Admission is free.

The USAF Falconaires will perform a free big band jazz concert at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Littleton United Methodist Church. The band will play traditional, contemporary and original works. Courtesy photo directed by teacher Mark Middlebrooks.

Songs from “Grease,” “Matilda,” “My Fair Lady” and more. Held at Cherry Hills Community Church, 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Tickets: $7 advance; $10 at the door if not sold out: HRCAonline.org or 303-791-8958.

Gardener get together The Littleton Garden Club will hear Linda M. Hellow speak about “Tools and Techniques for Older Gardeners” at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 at the Littleton Public Schools Education Services Center lunchroom, 5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton. (Enter on the south.) Guests are welcome. Social time is at 6 p.m., program at 6:30 p.m. Hellow is a lifetime gardener who has certificates in horticultural therapy. Information: littletongardenclub.org or president Liz Wuest, famwuest4@gmail.com.

On PACE for music “Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom” plays at the PACE Center in Parker at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 and 6. The performance tells the story of Irish independence through music, song, dance and storytelling. Tickets: $40/$45, parkerarts.org, 303-805-6800.

Family law clinic Arapahoe Community College Paralegal Club, in connection with the 18th Judicial District Access to Justice Committee, will host a free family law clinic from 3 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 10 in Summit Room M1900 in college’s Main Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Offered to parties in Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties who are without an attorney. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions. Information: Jodi Terwilliger-Stacey, Esq., ACC Paralegal Program, jodi.terwilliger-stacey@arapahoe. edu, 303-797-5878.

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January 28, 2016

Get the most out of your

Game day

spread Texas chili is sure to please your Big Game partygoers Metro Creative Connection

J

anuary marks the dawn of a new year, but for football fans, the first month of the calendar year also means the playoffs are about to begin.

Football gatherings can be fun for ardent and novice fans alike.

One of the reasons such get-togethers appeal to so many people is food, which typically plays a big role on game days.

Hosts who want to wow their guests with homemade chili can try their hands at the following recipe for “Texas Chili With Chipotle Cream” from Neal Corman’s “Virgil’s Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook” (St. Martin’s Press).

Photos courtesy of Metro Creative Connection

Texas Chili With Chipotle Cream Serves 4 to 6 Chipotle Cream 10 1⁄2 ounces goat cheese 2 tablespoons pureed chipotle in adobo sauce 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream Juice of 1⁄2 lemon Juice of 2 limes Zest of 1⁄2 lime 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt Chili 2 tablespoons Texas Chili Spice Mix (see below) 1⁄4 cup canola oil 2 pounds skirt steak 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1⁄3 pound sliced bacon, diced 4 cups finely diced yellow onions 2 cups finely diced green peppers 1⁄2 cup chopped garlic

1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes, drained 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons dried Mexican oregano 2 tablespoons Texas-style chili powder (use 3 to 4 tablespoons for a thicker chili) 3 tomatillos, rinsed and diced 3 tablespoons corn masa flour (recommended: Masaca) 2 tablespoons pureed chipotle in adobo sauce 5 cups beef broth 2 16-ounce cans black beans 1⁄2 bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped, divided 1 13-ounce bag tortilla chips, crushed 1. Combine all the ingredients for the chipotle cream — except for the zest — in a food processor. Process until evenly incorporated.

2. Remove to a medium bowl and fold in the zest. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

3. Mix the Texas Chili Spice Mix with the oil to make a paste. Dust the skirt steak with salt, then baste with the paste.

4. Marinate for 1 hour and then grill over high heat to medium rare. Set aside and allow to rest.

5. In a large, heavy-bottom pot, ren-

der the diced bacon until it is crispy. Add the onions, green peppers and garlic, and sauté until slightly brown.

6. Add the tomatoes, brown sugar, oregano, chili powder, tomatillos, flour, and chipotle. Heat for 3 minutes, or until the mixture begins to thicken.

7. Add the beef broth, bring to a boil, and reduce to a simmer. Simmer uncovered for 1 hour.

8. Cut the steak against the grain into small cubes. Add the steak and beans to the chili, and simmer for an additional 20 minutes.

9. Add most of the chopped cilantro and serve over crushed tortilla chips with a dollop of chipotle cream and a sprinkling of fresh cilantro on top.

Texas Chili Spice Mix Makes 1 cup 2 tablespoons guajillo chili powder 2 tablespoons chipotle powder 6 tablespoons ground cumin 4 tablespoons dry Mexican oregano 4 tablespoons sweet paprika Combine all the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Transfer to a covered container and store in a cool, dry place.

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THE 6TH PM, COUNTY OF ELBERT, STATE OF COLORADO, SHOWN AND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL B1 OF THE HUNT ADMINISTRATIVE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT EXHIBIT RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 488871, TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO A 60.00 FOOT WIDE NONEXCLUSIVE INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT, SAID EASEMENT BEING 30.00 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED CENTERLINE; BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL A AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED JUNE 22, 1999 IN BOOK 566 AT PAGE 524, ELBERT COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE N88º11’54”W ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE 623.56 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT AND ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 211.28 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 2000.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 06º03’10”; THENCE S85º44’56”W ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 576.94 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 393.29 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS 900.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 25º02’15”; THENCE N69º12’49”W ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 244.14 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 322.26 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 1500.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 12º18’34” THENCE N56º54’15”W ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 383.10 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT AND ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 111.77 FEET; SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 192.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 33º21’13” TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD AND TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, AND SUBJECT TO A 30.00 FOOT EASEMENT SITUATED IN SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO, THE CENTERLINE OF WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 28 AND CONSIDERING THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 28 TO BEAR N 00º08’09”E W ITH AL L BEAR IN G C ON TAIN ED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO, THENCE N 00º08’09”E ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 1759.78 FEET; THENCE S 83º22’14”E A DISTANCE OF 1187.97 FEET; THENCE N 00º08’09”E A DISTANCE OF 1050.19 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SUBJECT CENTERLINE; THENCE N 15º50’14”E A DISTANCE OF 62.25 FEET; THENCE N 14º14’06”E A DISTANCE OF 89.84 FEET; THENCE N 41º40’07” A DISTANCE OF 71.02 FEET; THENCE N 59º11’10”E A DISTANCE OF 65.86 FEET; THENCE N 40º06’36”E A DISTANCE OF 42.73 FEET; THENCE N 02º17’50”E A DISTANCE OF 160.39 FEET; THENCE N 04º14’22”W A DISTANCE OF 132.58 FEET; THENCE N 05º44’38”W A DISTANCE OF 131.60 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A 60.00 FOOT WIDE INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT AND TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, COUNTY OF ELBERT, STATE OF COLORADO.

2015, Plaintiff was owed the total amount of $1,202,877.79, plus additional accrued and unpaid interest from April 30, 2015 until the judgment has been paid in full or the foreclosure sale has been completed.

Further, additional fees and costs (including legal fees) have also been incurred and are due and owing.

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Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of G. Herman Schacht, aka Guenter Hermann Schacht, aka Guenter H. Schacht, aka Guenter Schacht, aka Herman Guenter Schacht, aka Herman G. Schacht, aka Herman Schacht, Deceased Case Number: 15 PR 30045 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before May 28, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Wanda Schacht Personal Representative c/o Mark D. Master, Esq. 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No: 23341 First Publication: January 28, 2016 Last Publication: February 11, 2016 Publisher: Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, ELBERT COUNTY STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014CV30002 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Successor Trustee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Bear Sterns Mortgage Funding Trust 2006-AC1, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-AC1, Plaintiff v.

MARK BARENTS, KELLY R. STRICKLAND; ROBERT M. SINGER, Trustee of the Robert M. Singer Trust; 217 Ventures, LLC; HUNT FAMILY, LLC and RICK PETTITT, or his successor, in his official capacity as Public Trustee for Elbert County, State of Colorado, Defendants.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to advise you the above-captioned action is pending. A Second Amended Order Entering Default Judgment and Entry of Decree of Foreclosure (the “Decree”) has been entered in this action concerning a judgment in favor of Plaintiff.

The real property which is the subject matter of this litigation, which is the property subject to the Decree, is situated in Elbert County, Colorado, and described as follows, to-wit:

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Located in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, and also known as 5370 Hunt Circle, Elizabeth, Colorado 80108 (the “Property”).

The Plaintiff named above is the judgA PORTION OF SECTION 28, TOWNment creditor in this action. As of April 30, SHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF 2015, Plaintiff was owed the total amount THE 6TH PM, COUNTY OF ELBERT, of $1,202,877.79, plus additional accrued STATE OF COLORADO, SHOWN AND and unpaid interest from April 30, 2015 DESCRIBED AS PARCEL B1 OF THE until the judgment has been paid in full or HUNT ADMINISTRATIVE LOT LINE ADthe foreclosure sale has been completed.

JUSTMENT EXHIBIT RECORDED ON Further, additional fees and costs (includSEPTEMBER 20, 2007 AT RECEPTION ing legal fees) have also been incurred NO. 488871, TOGETHER WITH AND and are due and owing.

SUBJECT TO A 60.00 FOOT WIDE NONEXCLUSIVE INGRESS-EGRESS EASEI shall offer for public sale to the highest MENT, SAID EASEMENT BEING 30.00 bidder, for cash, at public auction, all the FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE FOLLOWright, title and interest of the Defendants in ING DESCRIBED CENTERLINE; BEGINsaid property on March 9, 2016 at NING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER 10:00AM at the Elbert County Sheriff’s OfOF PARCEL A AS DESCRIBED IN DEED fice, 751 Ute Ave, Kiowa, CO 80117 RECORDED JUNE 22, 1999 IN BOOK 566 AT PAGE 524, ELBERT COUNTY THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MY RECORDS; THENCE N88º11’54”W NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE 623.56 FEET TO A POINT OF YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF REAL PROPERTY BEING FOREA CURVE TO THE LEFT AND ALONG CLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES 211.28 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT, PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATSAID C U R VE H AS A R AD IU S OF UTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORE2000.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE CLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT OF 06º03’10”; THENCE S85º44’56”W TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISOR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO TANCE OF 576.94 FEET TO A POINT OF CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A A CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND ALONG COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTI393.29 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT, TUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS 900.00 RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED HERETO, ELBERTOF COUNTY SALARIES FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DE2 5 º 0 2’ 1 5 ” ; T H E N C E N 6 9 º 1 2 ’ 4 9 ” W TERMINED

BY PREVIOUS STATUTES. Fund SAID Department 2015 Salary ALONG CENTERLINE ATitle DISYOU MAY WISH TO SEEK THE ADVICE TANCE OF 244.14 FEET TO A POINT OF OF YOUR OWN ATTORNEY$54,501.24 CONCERN10 Accounting/Payroll Finance CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF Specialist ING YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION Finance Specialist $46,250.00TO A 10 CURVEAccounting/Payroll TO THE RIGHT AND ALONG THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING. 10 CENTERLINE Assessors A DISTANCE Chief $3,601.88 SAID OFAppraiser/Deputy 10 FEET Assessors Assessor $49,700.04 322.26 TO A POINT OF TANGENT, IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED 10 C UAssessors Specialist/ AG Inspector $41,745.60TO SAID R VE H AS A R AD IUGIS S OF LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE 10 Assessors Deputy/TitleAClerk $47,724.00TO 1500.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE 10 12º18’34” Assessors Appraiser/Commercial $40,004.64 OF THENCE N56º54’15”W BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED 10 Assessors $40,004.64TO ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AAppraiser DISCURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. 10 CDS Building Inspector $14,745.12 TANCE OF 383.10 FEET TO A POINT OF 10 CDS Planner $36,000.00 CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF II, Flood Plains Manager INTENT to cure and redeem, as provided Senior Planner $44,717.75 A 10 CURVECDS TO THE LEFT AND ALONG by the aforementioned laws, must be dir10 CENTERLINE CDS Office Manager $42,999.96 SAID A DISTANCE OF ected to or conducted at the Office of the 111.77 RADI- of Community 10 FEET; CDSSAID CURVE HAS ADirector Sheriff of the County Elbert County US OF 192.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL Development Services $78,630.72 Sheriff’s Office, 751 Ute Ave, Kiowa, ANGLE OF 33º21’13” TO A POINT ONVehicle Clerk 10 Clerk And Recorder Motor $6,737.33CO 80117 THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE OFVehicle 10 EAST Clerk And Recorder Motor Clerk $36,393.00 COUNTY ROADAnd AND TO THE POINT OF Clerk/ Recorder 10 Clerk Recorder Deputy $37,086.00 SALE DATE: March 9, 2016 at 10:00am.

TERMINUS, AND 30.00Vehicle 10 Clerk AndSUBJECT Recorder TO AMotor $30,153.84 TheClerk place of the Sheriff’s Sale is: at the FOOT SITUATED INClerk SEC-and Recorder 10 EASEMENT Clerk And Recorder $49,700.04 Elbert County Sheriff’s Office in the lobby TION 6 SOUTH, RANGE 10 28, TOWNSHIP Clerk And Recorder Motor Vehicle ClerkUte Avenue, Kiowa, CO $30,153.84 of 751 80117.

6410WESTClerk OF THE 6TH P.M., ELBERT And Recorder Motor Vehicle Clerk $18,318.00 COUNTY, COLORADO, THE CENTER10 Commissioners Commissioner District 2 IF THE BORROWER $4,141.67 NOTICE: BELINE OF WHICH IS MORE PARTICU10 Commissioners Commissioner DistrictTHAT 1 $49,700.04 LIEVES A LENDER OR SERLARLY DESCRIBED 10 CommissionersAS FOLLOWS: Commissioner District 3 $49,700.04 VICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIRECOMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST 10 Commissioners Commissioner District 2 A SINGLE POINT $49,700.04 MENTS FOR OF CONCORNER OF SECTION 28 AND Deputy CON- Coroner 10 Coroner $20,000.04 TACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE SIDERING THE WEST LINE OFCoroner SAID 10 Coroner $22,100.04 IN PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING SECTION 28 TOAttorney BEAR N 00º08’09”E 10 County County Attorney $94,375.91 SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWW10 I TH ALCSU Extension Office L B E A R I N G C O N T A4H Department Specialist IN E D $37,327.68 ER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO, THENCE 10 CSU Extension Office Office Manager COLORADO ATTORNEY $37,889.28 GENERAL, N 10 00º08’09”E SAID WESTDirector LINE of IT DataALONG Specialist $75,000.00 THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANA 10 D I S T AElections N C E O F 1 7 5 9 . 7 8 FAsst.

E E TTreasurer/ ; CIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFBP), THENCE S 83º22’14”E A DISTANCE OF Public Deputy Trustee/Elections Clerk $7,128.00 OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COM1187.97 FEET; THENCE N 00º08’09”E A Manager 10 Elections Elections PLAINT WILL NOT STOP $34,369.92 THE FOREDISTANCE OF 1050.19 FEET TOFacilities THE Manager 10 Fairgrounds $16,666.65 CLOSURE PROCESS. TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SUB10 Fairgrounds Maintenance Technician $8,095.78 J E10 C T C Law E N TEnforcement ERLINE; THENC E NDeputy Patrol Colorado Attorney General$44,688.00 15º50’14”E A DISTANCE OF 62.25 FEET; 10 Law Enforcement Detentions 1300 Specialist $37,666.65 Broadway, 10th Floor THENCE N 14º14’06”E A DISTANCE OF 10 Law Enforcement Patrol Deputy Denver, Colorado 80203 $41,666.61 89.84 FEET; THENCE N 41º40’07” A DIS10 Law71.02 Enforcement PatrolNDeputy $38,810.53 (800) 222-4444 TANCE OF FEET; THENCE 10 Law Enforcement Detentions Deputy $37,836.03 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov 59º11’10”E A DISTANCE OF 65.86 FEET; 10 Maintenance Maintenance Technician $44,928.00 THENCE N 40º06’36”E A DISTANCE OF Federal Consumer Financial 10 OEM Director of Emergency Management $54,999.96 42.73 FEET; THENCE N 02º17’50”E A Protection Bureau 10 Other Admin FEET; THENCE County Works Director $108,999.96 DISTANCE OF 160.39 N Manager/Public P.O. Box 4503 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $1,524.60 04º14’22”W A DISTANCE OF 132.58 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 10 Patrol/Investigation $2,652.00 FEET; THENCE N 05º44’38”W AUnder DIS- Sheriff (855) 411-2372 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $7,448.00 TANCE OF 131.60 FEET TO THE www.consumerfinance.gov$18,333.35 10 Patrol/Investigation CENTERLINE OF A 60.00 FOOT Patrol WIDEDeputy 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Deputy $14,666.64 INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT AND TO DATED at Elbert 10 POINT Patrol/Investigation Chaplain/Administrative Staff County, Colorado $23,333.31this THE OF TERMINUS, COUNTY Day of January, 2016. $23,333.31 10ELBERT, Patrol/Investigation Detentions 6th Deputy OF STATE OF COLORADO. 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $36,666.70 Bidders are required to have$37,240.00 cash or certi10 Investigator Located inPatrol/Investigation the County of Elbert, State of fied funds to cover their highest bid at the 10 Patrol/Investigation $40,964.00 Colorado, and also known as 5370Traffic Deputy Hunt time of sale. Certified funds$13,034.00 are payable 10 Patrol/Investigation Cook Circle, Elizabeth, Colorado 80108 (the to the registry of the Elbert County District 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Deputy $52,799.16 “Property”).

10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Court.

Lieutenant $61,980.24 The Plaintiff named above is the judgShayne Heap, Sheriff ment creditor in this action. As of April 30, County of Elbert, State of Colorado 2015, Plaintiff was owed the total amount By: Sheriff Shayne Heap

I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction, all the right, title and interest of the Defendants in said property on March 9, 2016 at 10:00AM at the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, 751 Ute Ave, Kiowa, CO 80117 THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED HERETO, HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES. YOU MAY WISH TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR OWN ATTORNEY CONCERNING YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING. IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. INTENT to cure and redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be directed to or conducted at the Office of the Sheriff of the County Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, 751 Ute Ave, Kiowa, CO 80117 SALE DATE: March 9, 2016 at 10:00am.

The place of the Sheriff’s Sale is: at the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office in the lobby of 751 Ute Avenue, Kiowa, CO 80117.

NOTICE: IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Notices

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: CHARLES ADAMS AND TERRY ADAMS You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to PAMELA L MOSER the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 17 Township: 6 Range: 60Subdivision: COTTONWOOD ESTATES (FALCON RANCH) Lot: 0024B413 P327 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to PAMELA L MOSER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) o f CHARLES ADAMS AND TERRY ADAMS for said year 2011.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said PAMELA L MOSER at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 2nd day of May, A.D.2016, 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 4th day of January, 2016 A. D. Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23321 First Publication: January 14, 2016 Last Publication: January 28, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01599

DATED at Elbert County, Colorado this 6th Day of January, 2016.

Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover their highest bid at the time of sale. Certified funds are payable to the registry of the Elbert County District Court.

Shayne Heap, Sheriff County of Elbert, State of Colorado By: Sheriff Shayne Heap Legal Notice No.: 23320 First Publication: January 14, 2016 Last Publication: February 11, 2016 Published in: Elbert County News

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01604 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: JH SCHROEDER You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to PAMELA L MOSER the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 6 Township: 8 Range: 64Subdivision: RURALA PAR IN NW4: 6 8 64 DESC B692 P128 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to PAMELA L MOSER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JH SCHROEDER for said year 2011.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said PAMELA L MOSER at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 2nd day of May, A.D.2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

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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 5th day of January, 2016 A. D.

Public Notice

CHARLES ADAMS AND TERRY ADAMS You and each of you are hereby notified Richard Pettitt 10 on Patrol/Investigation Sheriff $66,600.00 that the 20th day of November A.D. County Treasurer of Elbert County 10 Patrol/Investigation Investigations/ Patrol Lieutenant $61,980.00 2012 the then County Treasurer of the 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Deputy County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, Legal Notice No.: 23322 $21,747.88 10 at public Patrol/Investigation Administrative Staff $43,622.16 sold tax lien sale to PAMELA L First Publication: January 14, 2016 10 Patrol/Investigation $52,938.84 MOSER the following described Detentions real es- Sergeant Last Publication: January 28, 2016 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Staff Sergeant $57,994.92 tate situate in the County of Elbert, State Publisher: The Elbert County News 10Colorado, Patrol/Investigation Under Sheriff $64,847.28 of to wit: 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Corporal $46,985.16 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Corporal $50,400.00 Legal Description: 10 Patrol/Investigation Investigations Sergeant $53,199.96 Section: 17 Township: 6 Range: 60Subdi10 Patrol/Investigation Executive $47,000.04 vision: COTTONWOOD ESTATES (FAL- Assistant to the Sheriff 10 RANCH) Patrol/Investigation Traffic Lieutenant $61,680.00 CON Lot: 0024B413 P327 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Deputy $44,688.00 10 saidPatrol/Investigation Assistance Coordinator $50,406.96 and County Treasurer issuedVictim a certi10 Administrative Staff $12,000.00 ficate of Patrol/Investigation purchase therefore to PAMELA L 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions $52,500.00 MOSER. That said tax lien sale was made Sergeant to the delinquent taxes assessed 10satisfyPatrol/Investigation Investigator $44,688.00 against said real estate for the year 2011; 10 Patrol/Investigation Investigator; Professional Standards $50,000.04 10 Patrol/Investigation Traffic Sergeant $52,500.00 That real estate was taxed Traffic Deputy or spe10 said Patrol/Investigation $44,000.04 cially assessed in the name(s) 10 Patrol/Investigation Victim of Assistant $40,000.08 CHARLES ADAMS AND TERRY Patrol ADAMS 10 Patrol/Investigation Deputy $39,999.96 for 2011.

10 said year Patrol/Investigation Patrol Corporal $50,400.00 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $40,333.30 That Deed will be issued for Administrative Staff 10 a Treasurer’s Patrol/Investigation Detentions $39,416.65 said estate to the said PAMELA L Deputy 10 realPatrol/Investigation Detentions $39,999.96 MOSER at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 2nd 10 Patrol/Investigation Administrative Staff $30,462.43 day A.D.2016, unless the same 10 of May, Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $44,000.04 has redeemed.

10 been Patrol/Investigation Traffic Deputy $34,697.60 10 Patrol/Investigation Detentions Deputy $25,672.11 Said may be redeemed from said 10 property Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $12,739.10 sale time prior to the actualDetentions execu- Deputy 10 at any Patrol/Investigation $8,693.62 tion Treasurer’s Deed. Witness 10 of said Patrol/Investigation Patrolmy Deputy $3,256.83 hand this 4th day of January, 2016 A. D. 10 Patrol/Investigation Patrol Deputy $5,596.27 10 Personnel/Benefits Personnel Benefits Coordinator $23,625.00 Richard Pettitt 10 Surveyor Surveyor $183.33 County Treasurer 10 Surveyor of Elbert CountySurveyor $2,199.96 10 Treasurer Assistant Treasurer/ Legal Notice No.: 23321 Deputy to Public Trustee $26,250.03 First 10 Publication: TreasurerJanuary 14, 2016Deputy Treasurer/ Last Publication: January 28, 2016 Deputy to Public Trustee $48,999.96 Publisher: The Elbert County News 10 Treasurer Assistant Treasurer/ Deputy to Public Trustee $39,999.96 10 Treasurer Treasurer $49,700.04 15 Public Health Environmental Health Specialist $49,758.03 15 Public Health Director of Public Health $5,114.74 35 Public Trustee Public Trustee $12,500.00 20 Road And Bridge Truck Driver/Equipment Operator $17,169.96 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator $22,896.90 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator $18,433.20 20 Road And Bridge Sign Installer/Driveway Inspector $22,400.28 20 Road And Bridge Truck Driver/Equipment Operator $33,308.20 20 Road And Bridge Truck Driver/Equipment Operator $32,167.41 20 Road And Bridge Administrative Assistant $51,500.04 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator $44,205.00 20 Road And Bridge Road Foreman $52,199.88 20 Road And Bridge Truck Driver/Equipment Operator $44,205.00 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator $45,986.52 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator $43,767.36 20 Road And Bridge Truck Driver/Equipment Operator $44,279.88 20 Road And Bridge Truck Driver/Equipment Operator $47,394.12

Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to PAMELA L MOSER the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

January 28, 2016

Legal Description: Section: 6 Township: 8 Range: 64Subdivision: RURALA PAR IN NW4: 6 8 64 DESC B692 P128

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to PAMELA L MOSER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes asPublic Notice To said advertise your notices call 303-566-4100 sessed against real estate for public the year 2011; CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ELIZABETH FIRE That said real estate was taxed or spePROTECTION DISTRICT cially assessed in the name(s) of JH SCHROEDER for said year 2011.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the eligible electors of the That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for Elizabeth Fire Protection District said real estate to the said PAMELA L ("District") of Elbert County, Colorado.

MOSER at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 2nd day of May, A.D.2016, unless the same NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a polling has been redeemed. place election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2016, between the hours of 7:00 Said property may be redeemed from said a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three dirsale at any time prior to the actual execuectors will be elected to serve four-year tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my terms on the Board of Directors hand this 5th day of January, 2016 A. D. In order to be a candidate for one of the Richard Pettitt director positions, a qualified individual County Treasurer of Elbert County must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. Self-Nomination and AcLegal Notice No.: 23322 ceptance Forms are available from Gay First Publication: January 14, 2016 Kris, Designated Election Official of the Last Publication: January 28, 2016 District. Contact information is as follows: Publisher: The Elbert County News Gay Kriz P.O. Box 441, 155 W. Kiowa Ave PUBLIC NOTICE Elizabeth, Co. 80107 Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Phone: 303-646-3800 § 1-13.5-501, C.R.S. Fax: 303-688-6994 E-mail: gkz@elizabethfire.com TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Elkhorn The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Ranch Metropolitan District No. 1 (the Form must be returned to the Designated “District”), Elbert County, Colorado.

Election Official by close of business on Friday, February 26, 2016. A Self-NominNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an ation and Acceptance Form that is not sufelection will be held on the 3rd day of ficient may be amended or corrected at May, 2016, between the hours of 7:00 any time before close of business, on FriA.M. and 7:00 P.M. At that time two (2) day, February 26, 2016. Earlier submittal directors will be elected to serve 4-year is encouraged as the deadline will not perterms for the District and one (1) directmit correcting a form that is deemed insufor will be elected to serve a 2-year term ficient for the District.

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Eligible electors of the District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from Bradley Neiman, the Designated Election Official of the District (the “DEO”), at the offices of Miller & Associates Law Offices, LLC, 1641 California Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 285-5320, business days between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that application for an absentee ballot may be filed with Gay Kris, Designated Election Official, at the contact information referenced above, no later than the close of business on Friday, April 29, 2016.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms, or letters which meet the requirements of § 1-13.5-501, C.R.S., are to be returned to the DEO not less than sixty-seven (67) days prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 26, 2016. If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form once, at any time prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 26, 2016.

Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. A person who wishes to be a write-in candidate shall file an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate with the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the sixtyfourth (64th) day before the election, which date is Monday, February 29, 2016.

Legal Notice No.: 23326 First Publication: January 28, 2016 Last Publication: January 28, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for and return of absentee ballots may be filed with the DEO until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the election, which date is Friday, April 29, 2016.

ELKHORN RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 By: /s/Bradley Neiman, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 23325 First Publication: January 28, 2016 Last Publication: January 28, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

ELIZABETH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Gay Kriz, Designated Election Official

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 2015 OF CLEARWATER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget amendment for the 2015 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Clearwater Metropolitan District, of the County of Elbert, State of Colorado; that a copy of the amendment has been filed in the office of the District Management located at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine P.C., 40 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, Colorado 80112, (303) 792-5595, where the same is open for public inspection, and that such Proposed Budget Amendment will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on February 24, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. at Blackstone Country Club, 7777 S. Country Club Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80016. Any interested elector of the Clearwater Metropolitan District may inspect the budget amendment, and file or register any objection thereto prior to the adoption of the 2015 Budget Amendment.

This Meeting is open to the public and any member of the public may address the board.

Public Notice

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLEARWATER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ELIZABETH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the eligible electors of the Elizabeth Fire Protection District ("District") of Elbert County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a polling place election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2016, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three directors will be elected to serve four-year terms on the Board of Directors

/s/ BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH JARDINE, P.C. Legal Notice No.: 23332 First Publication: January 28, 2016 Last Publication: February 4, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

In order to be a candidate for one of the director positions, a qualified individual 20must submit Road And Bridge Blade a Self-Nomination and Operator Ac20ceptance Road And Bridge Blade Form.

Self-Nomination and Operator Ac20ceptance Road And Bridge Forms are available Mechanic from Gay 20Kris, Designated Road And Bridge Blade Election Official of Operator the 20District.Road And Bridge Road Foreman Contact information is as follows: 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator 20Gay Kriz Road And Bridge Blade Operator 20P.O. Box Road And Bridge Assistant Road Foreman 441, 155 W. Kiowa Ave 20Elizabeth, RoadCo. And Bridge Blade Operator 80107 20Hours:Road 9:00 And a.m.Bridge to 5:00 p.m. Sign Installer/Driveway Inspector 20Phone:Road And Bridge Crew Lead 303-646-3800 20Fax: 303-688-6994 Road And Bridge Blade Operator 20E-mail:Road And Bridge gkz@elizabethfire.comBlade Operator 20 Road And Bridge Blade Operator 20The Self-Nomination Road And Bridge and Acceptance Truck Driver/Equipment Operator 20Form must Roadbe And Bridge to the Designated Assistant Road Foreman returned Official by close of business on 20Election Road And Bridge Blade Operator February 26, 2016. A Self-Nomin20Friday,Road And Bridge Assistant Mechanic Acceptance Form that Crew is not Lead suf20ation and Road And Bridge may be at 20ficient Road Andamended Bridge or corrected Administrative Assistant before of business, onLabor Fri20any time Road Andclose Bridge Crew day, February 26, 2016.

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Ponderosa wrestlers keep league streak intact Mustangs win final match to edge Legend

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Ponderosa’s Hunter Matney knew what was at stake when he walked onto the mat for the final match in the Continental League dual meet against Legend Jan. 20 in the Titans’ Coliseum.

Legend led the Mustangs 37-34, putting Ponderosa’s 22-season unbeaten Continental League dual-meet winning streak in jeopardy.

Ponderosa hadn’t lost a league dual meet since 1994, and the Mustangs had compiled a 180-0 dual meet record against league teams.

Matney, however, loves pressure and needed a major decision, a technical fall or pin, to prolong the Ponderosa streak.

The 120-pound junior pinned Legend’s SheaVon

Scott in 2:18 of the third period to boost Ponderosa to a 40-37 victory in a match that featured a combined nine pins for both teams. “‘There’s a lot of tradition, so just go out and win,’ was what I was thinking,” said Matney, who was the 2015 state runner-up at 106 pounds. “I have a pretty good cut on my finger, and that’s why it was a pretty good fight, more than I would have liked it to be.

“I was excited. It was fun. I was not very happy before my match so I was pretty pumped up. The pressure made me wrestle so much better.”

Legend had pins from Shane Kroner at 160 pounds, 170-pounder Moah Strahan, 285-pounder Broden Baker and 113-pounder Dustin Mervin, who gave the Titans a three-point edge heading into the final match.

“My kids went out and wrestled,” said Legend coach Nick Rider. “I thought this year we had a chance. We had some chances to do some things, and some kids filled the role. We had a couple spots in our lineup where we had some JV kids.

“I’m proud of the kids. The seniors, this is my first class, and I wanted it for them. My first year I came in here we lost 69-6 to Ponderosa. That’s how far we’ve come in three or four seasons.”

Besides Matney’s pin, Elijah Schwartz (132), Jayden Woodruff (145), Ian Clear (182) and Cohlton Schultz (220) also had 6-point falls.

“We didn’t have our best night, but Legend came out to compete,” said Ponderosa coach Corey McNellis.

“Hand it to them for coming out and punching us in the mouth. It was a good lesson for our guys. You have to be prepared.

“It’s a long streak and a proud streak, but it goes to show you if you’re not prepared to wrestle, you can lose anytime,” McNellis said. “Legend is tough. They have a good squad.”

Ponderosa’s next big challenge toward expanding its run to 23 consecutive league titles will come Feb. 4, when the Mustangs wrestle against rival Chaparral.

Salomess Stars Salome FOR RELEASE WEEK OF JAN. 25, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Single Lambs looking for romance could find Cupid especially accommodating this week. Paired partners also find their relationships benefiting from the chubby cherub’s attention.

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You should get some news later in the week that might answer some questions.

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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Taking on a new responsibility might seem like the politically correct thing to do. But even with the promise of support, was it the wisest? Consider reassessing your upcoming decision.

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VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A business agreement from the past might need to be looked at again. Use this unexpected development to check out other matters related to it. A weekend venture proves to be rewarding.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Don’t ignore that uneasy feeling about making a commitment. It could be a case of understandably cold feet, or a warning that something isn’t as right as it should be.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 2015 OF CLEARWATER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget amendment for the 2015 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Clearwater Metropolitan District, of the County of Elbert, State of Colorado; that a copy of the amendment has been filed in the office of the District Management located at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine P.C., 40 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, Colorado 80112, (303) 792-5595, where the same is open for public inspection, and that such Proposed Budget Amendment will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on February 24, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. at Blackstone Country Club, 7777 S. Country Club Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80016. Any interested elector of the Clearwater Metropolitan District may inspect the budget amendment, and file or register any objection thereto prior to the adoption of the 2015 Budget Amendment.

This Meeting is open to the public and any member of the public may address the board.

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Legal Notice No.: 23332 First Publication: January 28, 2016 Last Publication: February 4, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 2015 OF THE NORTH PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget amendment for the 2015 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the North Pines Metropolitan District, of the County of Elbert, State of Colorado; that a copy of the amendment has been filed in the office of the District Management located at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine P.C., 40 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, Colorado 80112, (303) 792-5595, where the same is open for public inspection, and that such Proposed Budget Amendment will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on February 24, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Blackstone Country Club, 7777 S. Country Club Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80016. Any interested elector of the North Pines Metropolitan District may inspect the budget amendment, and file or register any objection thereto prior to the adoption of the 2015 Budget Amendment.

This Meeting is open to the public and any member of the public may address the board.

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Answers PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 2015 OF THE NORTH PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget amendment for the 2015 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the North Pines Metropolitan District, of the County of Elbert, State of Colorado; that a copy of the amendment has been filed in the office of the District Management located at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine P.C., 40 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, Colorado 80112, (303) 792-5595, where the same is open for public inspection, and that such Proposed Budget Amendment will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on February 24, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Blackstone Country Club, 7777 S. Country Club Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80016. Any interested elector of the North Pines Metropolitan District may inspect the budget amendment, and file or register any objection thereto prior to the adoption of the 2015 Budget Amendment.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE NORTH PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH JARDINE, P.C. Legal Notice No.: 23333 First Publication: January 28, 2016 Last Publication: February 4, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE ESTRAY - One red & white LHX heifer, no brand, 800 - 850 lbs; One red steer, no brand, 550 - 600 lbs, red tag 1331 in left ear; One black heifer, no brand, 850-900 lbs, bangs tag right ear; and One black heifer, branded "Bw S stacked Bar stacked E" left hip, 850-900 lbs, bangs tag right ear, white tag 827 in left ear. Livestock must be claimed by legal owner within 10 days or will be sold by Colorado Brand Board. For information call 303648-3469 or 303-869-9160.

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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A long-overdue expression of appreciation could be offered soon. But admit it: You never really expected it would happen, right? Meanwhile, keep your weekend options open.

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Elbert 68, Pikes Peak Christian 27 The Bulldogs beat the Eagles in a road conference game Jan. 15.

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Pueblo West 56, Elizabeth 31 Olivia Whitworth scored 13 points in the Jan. 16 nonconference game.

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Graycee Lee. BOYS BASKETBALL Elbert 51, Pikes Peak Christian 48 The Bulldogs earned a victory in a close road conference game Jan. 15.

Key performers: Junior Joel Smith scored 19 points and 12 rebounds, and senior Jared Smith scored 12 points.

Elbert 42, Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind 14 The Bulldogs won a home conference game Jan. 21.

Key performers: Junior Joel Smith and freshman Clyde Bolejack combined for 15 points and nine rebounds in the victory.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Fort Morgan 34, Elizabeth 30 Olivia Whitworth scored 15 points in the Jan. 19 conference game.

Key performers: Kristina Patchell scored 10 points and Whitworth had five rebounds.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Elbert 65, Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind 2 The Bulldogs won a home conference game Jan. 21.

Key performers: Freshman Casey Cornelius had 18 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Graycee Lee scored 12 points and pulled down nine rebounds.

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Vista PEAK Prep 44, Elizabeth 40 Rachel Rucker scored 10 points in the Jan. 15 conference game.

Key performers: Christey

Swiegart scored eight points, Jordan Speicher had seven rebounds and Olivia Whitworth had six steals.

BOYS BASKETBALL Fort Morgan 63, Elizabeth 34 Gage Smith scored 11 points in the Jan. 19 conference game.

Key performers: Garett Hawkins had 13 rebounds and Jake Boss had five assists.

Vista PEAK Prep 82, Elizabeth 43 Elizabeth was outscored in the Jan. 15 conference game.

Key performers: Garett Hawkins scored eight points, had 11 rebounds and two steals. Cameron Moon had eight rebounds and four assists.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Kiowa 48, Calhan 38 Tawna Upchurch scored 16 points in the Jan. 16 conference game.

Key performers: Helen Janes scored 13 points and Melanie Deering scored 12.

BOYS BASKETBALL Kiowa 60, Calhan 46 Landon Morehead scored 22 points in the Jan. 16 conference game.

Key performers: Jacob Gabriel and Logan Link each scored 15 points. Link also had 14 rebounds.

Burlington 42, Kiowa 35 Kiowa was outscored in the Jan. 15 nonconference game.

Key performers: Melanie Deering scored 10 points and had 11 rebounds.

Burlington 61, Kiowa 42 Landon Morehead scored 12 points in the Jan. 15 nonconference game.

Key performers: Coby Lane and Jacob Gabriel each scored nine points. Logan Link had eight rebounds.

SIMLA CUBS GIRLS BASKETBALL Ellicott 54, Simla 42 The Cubs lost to the Thunderhawks Jan. 21 during a road conference game.

Key performers: Freshman Kegan Hamacher scored 14 points and sophomore Jerraldawn Rector and junior Ashley Robison combined for 23 rebounds.

game Jan. 15.

Key performers: Sophomore Jerraldawn Rector scored 21 points and 10 rebounds and junior Ashley Robison had 11 rebounds.

Simla 36, Peyton 29 The Cubs defeated the Panthers in a home conference

21.

Key performers: Simla did not enter stats for the game.

BOYS BASKETBALL Simla 59, Peyton 37 The Cubs defeated the Panthers in a home conference game Jan. 15.

Burlington 42, Simla 34 The Cubs lost to the Cougars Key performers: Simla did not enter stats for the game. during a road nonconference game Jan. 19.

Evangelical Christian 42, Key performers: SophoSimla 35 mores Jerraldawn Rector The Cubs lost to the Eagles and Hannah Kerst comin a home conference game bined for 23 points.

Jan. 16.

Key performers: Simla did Evangelical Christian 32, not enter stats for the game.

Simla 30 The narrowly lost to the Burlington 56, Simla 42 Eagles during a home conThe Cubs lost a road nonference game Jan. 16. conference game Jan. 19.

Key performers: SophoKey performers: Simla did more Jerraldawn Rector not enter stats for the game. scored 12 points and sophoEllicott 57, Simla 41 more Chloe Duffy scored six The Cubs were defeated in a points. road conference game Jan.

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