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Library’s resources speak volumes Some go for the books, others the programs — and some just to get away

By David Gilbert Special to Colorado Community Media Dr. Bill Betzner sat at a table in Englewood Public Library on a lazy Saturday afternoon, filling worn notebooks with observations on the many colleges he’s attended. Betzner has lived an eclectic life — he was stationed in Italy in the Air Force, taught music to ranchers’ kids in Montana who came to school by helicopter, and put his doctorate in holistic centrist science to use as a naturopathic doctor.

But these days, the retired 77-yearold often finds himself deep in thought beneath the library’s stained glass panels depicting Englewood history.

Englewood’s 30,000-square-foot, 87,000-volume library means lots of things to its patrons, but to Betzner, it’s a haven for philosophic thought.

“Have you heard of four-fold logic?”

Betzner asked. “We tend toward black and white, true or false thinking. But if we disagree, you think you’re right and I’m wrong. I think I’m right and you’re wrong. But there are more than two sides: on the third, we’re both wrong. On the fourth, we’re both right. In the middle of this comes understanding, and that’s wisdom.”

The old doctor’s wisdom seems fitting

for a library, where one patron may be working on a master’s thesis, another setting up their first-ever email address, while kindergartners squat on a rug for storytime.

“The answer to what the library means to the community is as varied as the community itself,” said Dorothy Hargrove, the library’s director. “We meet so many people where they are.”

A place to go, grow Hargrove said the library is an increasingly vital resource in a time when dispersed families and contracted civic life have reduced places for people to go beyond work and home.

Library continues on Page 7

Dr. Bill Betzner, a retired naturopathic doctor, studies at the Englewood Public Library on March 5. Photo by David Gilbert

WHAT’S INSIDE

From Littleton to the world: Local stages were the springboard for larger fame for three women .

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Rylee Munoz sings the song “The Climb” as she competes in the March 13 Night of Stars Talent Competition State Finals. Munoz was a firstplace winner at the Englewood Night of Stars competition. She competed in the third- to fifth-grade group at the state competition and she won first place in that group’s vocal category. Photo by Tom Munds

Talent shines at Night of Stars

Four Englewood performers win their talent categories

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Four of the seven Englewood-area performers who earned spots in the March 13 Night of Stars talent competition state finals won their categories in their age groups.

Rylee Munoz won the vocal category in the third- through fifth-grade group, Andrew Jung won the instrumental music category in the sixth- through eighthgrade group, Andrew’s sister Hannah Jung

won the instrumental music category in the ninth- through 12th-grade group, and Kaitlyn Tejero won the vocal category in the ninth- through 12th-grade group.

Friends, family members and fellow competitors raised the roof with cheers and applause for the 34 acts who took part in the Night of Stars state finals, which were held on the stage of Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice auditorium in Englewood.

“This is the 10th anniversary of the competition, and since we started the event and hosted the first one here in Englewood, we felt it would be right to have the 10th anniversary competition here,” said Tara Micheli, Englewood’s member of the event committee. “We have 34 acts here tonight,

and all of them are the first-place winners from local talent competitions held by the recreation departments in Northglenn, Lakewood, Englewood and Brighton/Commerce City.”

Micheli has worked with the competition since it started 10 years ago.

“The first year we only had a few entries and all entries were vocals,” she said.

“There is a lot more variety of talent among the entries today. Also the caliber of competition has really improved, and it seems the performers are more professional and more competitive. We were pleased when other recreation centers joined us in hosting local talent shows, and we were able to Talent continues on Page 7

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Want to help others?

FACES AMONG US

Dear readers: Brian Granley is a father of three, ages 17, 14 and 10, who wants to teach his children the value of helping others.

“However, even with church and other activities,” he said, “it is difficult to find something that is a match for my family where we can all participate.”’

So Granley recently suggested to Colorado Community Media that we start a feature that lists volunteer opportunities.

“I think our community of ‘willing helpers’ could more easily be matched up with those who can use the assistance,” he said. “The result would be a more connected community where needs are met and volunteers are engaged to give.”

We couldn’t agree more — what a great idea!

So we are kicking off “How to Make a Difference” this week.

But we need your help: If your organization needs volunteers to help make your mission happen, then

Suddee Floyd in her Littleton business, Outnumbered Gallery. Photo by Kyle Harding

HELLO

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My Name Is

A glimpse of the people in our community

SUDDEE FLOYD Owner of Outnumbered Gallery in Littleton A welcoming place We opened in August of 2014. I chose Littleton because I like the area. It’s just an inviting, fun space. It’s got some history to it.

It always seemed very welcoming, I like the people. It seemed like a fun space to have a business.

Passion for art I have always loved art. I’ve been a collector; I have dabbled in all kinds of art myself.

I just felt like there’s always been some art represented here in downtown Littleton. I think that in the last economic fallout, fine art is one of the first things to go, so the

stores didn’t survive.

Before owning Outnumbered . . .

I was a stay-at-home mom. I did a lot of art stuff on the side and I did a lot of volunteering and did a lot of fundraising. My children are all grown and out of the house and so I needed something that I could really sink my teeth into. It was not only something for me to do that I loved — being around great art — but I’m able to help artists showcase their work so that they can continue to produce work. And I’m able to help the public appreciate it.

send us your information.

Let us know: • Who you are • What you do • What kind of help you need • The appropriate age range for your activity • Your address and contact information Email your information to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com or calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. Write “Giving Back” in the subject line. Please be concise so that we can include as many organizations as possible.

Thanks in advance for helping us create a more connected community.

— Ann Macari Healey, executive editor

Tell us what you think Every newspaper has three critical components: readers, advertisers and employees. But it all begins with readers — and we want to learn more about you.

We are in the middle of our first reader survey in many years, and your input is very important to us.

And we are giving a $250 Visa gift card to one lucky survey respondent.

The company we have hired for this survey is Circulation Verification Council (CVC) and they do this for newspapers around the country.

Once completed, we will know a whole lot more about what our readers want from us and lots of useful

About the art We have a variety of artists. I get them from all over the country. It’s not really about where they’re from, it’s about their art. We try to keep a huge diverse group of types of work because when people come in I want everybody to find something that they can relate to or like or learn about.

Most of my artists are more of an emerging artist. They’re not big names, which is nice because the price points are good for people who are buying art.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is..., contact Kyle Harding at kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

information for our advertisers, too.

CVC tells us we need a minimum of 500 people to respond. We are about halfway there. I ask that you spend a few minutes to take the survey, which will close soon. Did I mention we have a drawing for a $250 Visa gift card?

The survey is easy to complete. Just go to www.research. net/r/019080.

If many of you take the survey right now, we might be able to hit our minimum goal this week.

Thank you.

— Jerry Healey, publisher

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Littleton launched three on bright acting careers Welch, Ashford, Benoist got start on local stages

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Three women who once appeared locally in Littleton have climbed to the top in a highly competitive theater world, and their stories should provide encouragement to young area actors who are now rehearsing for the spring musical or play in their high school drama departments.

The three are opera singer Elizabeth Welch, stage and screen actress Annaleigh Ashford and television actress Melissa Benoist.

Welch was an accomplished young singer who appeared in several shows at Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton — at times, with her husband, Tim, who is also a singer. In 2008, the couple moved to New York with baby Vivian, and Elizabeth joined the national tour of “Phantom of the Opera” as Christine and traveled until 2010. In 2010, she joined the Broadway company of “Phantom of the Opera” in the ensemble and as understudy to Christine.

Now, she is in Oberhausen, Germany, playing the lead in “Das Phantom der Opera,” which opened in November. It’s the 25th anniversary of “Phantom of the Opera,” which gives it a special meaning for Welch. She had studied and performed in Germany and Austria previously and had considerable command of German language as she learned the script, although German lessons were scheduled.

The family has made Maplewood, New Jersey, home base and a story from the “Village Green” newspaper reports that her family visited at Christmas and will return in summer, when Vivian will stay with her mother for a period. Tim Welch, who is a voice teacher, performer and producer, will visit as well and Elizabeth will be able to return to New York to watch Vivian perform with the Lincoln Center Middle School Jazz Academy. (Actor Brent

Operatic singer Elizabeth Welch, who performed locally for several years, has moved to Oberhausen, Germany, to sing the lead Christine role in “Das Phantom der Opera” for a year. She has been performing in the Broadway cast of “Phantom.” Courtesy photos Barrett reprises the role of the Phantom.)

Annaleigh Ashford performed as Annaleigh Swanson in “Cinderella” and other productions at Town Hall Arts Center and Country Dinner Playhouse while she was a student at Wheat Ridge High School.

(She graduated in three years.) Her next stop was at Marymount Manhattan College, where she earned a theater degree in three years while making Broadway connections.

Soon after she graduated, she joined the touring cast of the hit Broadway show “Wicked,” in the ensemble and as understudy for the lead role of Glinda for 10 months. Next in order, in 2007, was a place in the original cast of “Legally Blonde” on Broadway, as Margot. Before 2007 ended, she took over the leading role of Glinda in “Wicked” on Broadway. She is married to Joe Tapper.

She won a Tony for her role in “You Can’t Take It With You,” played in “Kinky Boots” and “Hair,” and recently starred

in the lead role as the lovable stray dog in “Sylvia” by A.R. Guthrie, with Matthew Broderick — showing off her skills as a comic. That ended in January. She has an ongoing role as Betty in “Masters of Sex” on television and an original cabaret revue, “Lost in the Stars.”

As of January, she is involved in shooting a made-for-TV version of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” for Fox. She’ll play the role of Columbia in the film, which will air sometime this fall. We’ll watch for it!

Melissa Benoist is at present seen Mondays at 7 p.m. on CBS as “Supergirl.”

Born October 4, 1988, in Littleton, she grew up attending theater classes at the Academy of Theatre Arts, then owned by Paul Dwyer and Alann Estes (now owned

by Mary Dailey, who knew Melissa when Mary taught at Arapahoe High School).

She graduated from Arapahoe in 2007 and attended Marymount Manhattan College also, while starting to get performing jobs in New York.

Annaleigh Ashford, a Wheat Ridge High School graduate and Tony-winning actress, who performed at Town Hall and Country Dinner Playhouse while a high school student, will be seen in a made-forTV filming of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” while will air sometime this fall.

She is married to Blake Jenner, with whom she co-starred in the very popular television show “Glee.” She has appeared in other TV shows and won the “Supergirl” role in January 2015.

She’s found the role empowering and was a superhero fan growing up — Michael Keaton in “Batman,” for instance, rather than comics. Her website quotes her as saying she had to learn to hit someone without getting hurt herself — hard to believe after watching a strong Monday night performance!

Another bit of input from Mary Dailey is that her son Matthew, also an Arapahoe 2007 graduate and former Town Hall performer, is touring as Tommy Di Vito in the national company of “Jersey Boys.” An ongoing friend of Melissa’s, he visited her in Los Angeles recently and got to visit her “Supergirl” set.

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Some neighbors concerned about additional traffic

tenance costs.

Board chair John Ostermiller defended the district’s process, saying there had been numerous community meetings on the plan.

And Giron, who said annual maintenance for the first phase will be approximately $5,600, added that the district is not planning any other developments in the open space.

“We’re not proposing to do anything besides a trail,” he said.

Rob Hanna, the district’s executive director, doesn’t believe additional traffic along the trail would contribute to a rise in crime — and in fact could reduce it.

“I’ve worked with law enforcement in public parks for 25 years and the first thing they will tell you is the more people that are around the less crime you’re going to have, because it’s more people, more eyes,” he said.

Though part of the district’s rationale for improving the trail is safety, along with accessibility, district legal counsel James Collins noted that, counterintuitively, improved trails can actually bring more liability.

“Once you improve a trail, (people) have an expectation that it’s safer,” he said.

Ultimately the board approved the first phase of the plan 3-1, with director Pamela Eller absent. Director Susan Rosser made a motion to approve all three phases, but the motion failed because it was not seconded. Rosser was the lone director in opposition because the plan only included the first phase.

Giron expects work to begin in July and be completed in October.

Trail improvements get green light

By Kyle Harding kharding@colorado communitymedia.com The South Suburban Parks and Recreation District will begin work this year to transform a mile-long stretch of a two-track dirt trail in Centennial into an 8-foot-wide improved path.

The Highlands 460 Trail System Master Plan goes back to 2007, when the city identified it as a priority improvement project, as it was again in 2014 by a district citizen advisory committee.

The district’s board of directors approved the first phase of the plan at the March 9 meeting. The district and the city will split the cost, estimated at about $517,000. Proposed later phases include improving another 0.9 mile of the trail and a pair of creek crossings.

“We know (the trails) would be more accessible at more times of the year if they were maintained,” park planner Chad Giron said.

The trail meanders in a roughly U-shaped pattern through an area of open space between University and Colorado boulevards and Dry Creek and County Line roads, leading into Arapahoe Park. The improvement mainly involves replacing the tracks with a path of crusher fines, a finely-ground gravel byproduct.

Some residents with houses backing up to the trail worry

Courtesy of South Suburban Parks and Recreation that a nicer trail will bring more people, leading to privacy and property crime concerns.

One homeowner, David Franzblau, sees the trail plan as a

slippery slope that could lead to more development in the open space, such as playgrounds, bathrooms and concrete trails.

“I fear that this is the camel’s

nose under the tent,” he said.

Franzblau also said the district had not provided enough public information about the project, including ongoing main-

Photographer and Colorado State University professor Gary Huibregtse stands in front of one of his works on display at Littleton Museum. Photo by Kyle Harding

Photographer surveys history of medium CSU professor who juried show speaks at Littleton Museum

By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Gary Huibregtse sees a bright future for photography as an art form, even in an age in which more and more amateurs are taking photos.

“Today, more photography than ever is being done,” the Colorado State University art professor said in his lecture at Littleton Museum on March 10. “There’s a lot of really boring stuff out there, but there’s a lot of very rich stuff out there, too.”

He recently juried the museum’s 50th annual “Eye of the Camera” exhibit, which runs through March 27.

The Wisconsin native considers Colorado his adopted home, and it suits his photography style well. He enjoys taking images of what he calls “the New West,” which often feature the encroachment of

suburbia on the wide open spaces of the American West.

Before showing a few of his own photos, taken in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, Huibregtse showed pictures taken by other artists, going back to the advent of photography in the 19th century, and spoke about the meaning behind them.

“The great thing about photography is we get to see things in parts of the world we’ve never been and will probably never be,” he said, showing a frigid-looking scene from remote Siberia taken by Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti.

The advent of social media has contributed to a boom in the sheer number of pictures taken, Huibregtse said, and technological advances in cameras have made it easier to take a suitable snapshot.

“A naive photographer can pick up a camera and make a pretty solid thing,” he said.

However, he does not believe the art has been “dumbed down.”

“I don’t think it will ever get stale,” he said.

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March 17, 2016

I-25 widening complete in Douglas County Road project included range of partnerships

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Interstate 25 widening project between Lincoln Avenue and County Line Road in Douglas County in now complete, with four lanes of traffic traveling in each direction.

The section is the last portion of I-25 to be widened between the Broadway/Santa Fe Drive area in Denver and south Castle Rock.

The emphasis with this road project is the importance of multi-agency and private partnering. Funding for the project came from partnerships with Colorado Department of Transportation, Douglas County, the Denver Regional Council of Governments, the Denver South Transportation Management Association, the Southeast Public Improvement Metropolitan District, the City of Lone Tree and Park Meadows.

“We live in a different world today when it comes to transportation funding,” said CDOT Executive Director Shailen Bhatt. “We know we can’t rely solely on revenue sources like gas taxes, tolls or vehicle registration fees. That’s why CDOT is appreciative when partners… step up to the plate to help make it possible to

Since the northbound I-25 lanes opened, there has been a 270 percent increase in peak-hour travel speed. Photo by Shanna Fortier deliver projects like this one.”

As the primary route between Douglas County and major employment developments like the Meridian International Business Center, the Denver Tech Center and downtown Denver, Bhatt said this is a vital stretch of highway to drivers.

This stretch of I-25 carried about 120,000 vehicles in both directions each day, not only providing a transportation link within the Denver metropolitan area,

but it also serves as the state’s only northsouth interstate highway connecting New Mexico and Wyoming.

“Not only does this project improve travel on I-25 between County Line Road and Lincoln Avenue,” he said, “but the improved ramp access to and from each of the interchanges along this stretch of highway will go a long way toward enhancing regional mobility.”

Now that the project is substantially

complete, the northbound average peak hour travel speeds through the project have improved from 16 mph to 43 mph, according to Dole Grebenik, CDOT resident engineer. This saves approximately $29,000 in road user costs every day and an equal amount for southbound.

“This project is now saving $58,000 in road user costs on a daily basis,” Grebenik said. “The project will pay for itself, in soft numbers, in less than two years.”

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March 17, 2016

Candidates make case at youth forum Inspire Colorado holds its first gathering in Denver

By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com The questions to the state Legislature candidates covered a wide range of topics, but the focus on relevancy to a younger generation was clear: “How,” Cherry Creek High School junior Sarah Hait wanted to know at the the inaugural Inspire Colorado candidate forum, “are you going to engage a new demographic in politics?”

Hait posed the question to the candidates vying for Senate District 26 — state Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, and Arapahoe County District 1 Commissioner Nancy Doty, a Republican from Littleton. Kagan was in attendance, and Doty, who missed the March 8 forum due to a death in her family, gave her answers to Colorado Community Media by email.

To Hait’s question, Kagan encouraged students to visit the Capitol to see the Judiciary Committee he chairs at work or to take a tour.

“I love it when young people take an interest in politics,” he said. “I cherish that.”

Doty said she would embrace social media networks that younger people use.

“Young people today get a lot of their information from social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat,” she said. “Let’s use those forms of communication to educate those folks on the issues that face us.”

The forum, held at History Colorado Center in Denver, drew about 50 students,

State Senate District 26 candidate Daniel Kagan speaks at the Inspire Colorado candidate forum at History Colorado Center on March 8. Photo by Kyle Harding giving them a chance to meet and ask questions of a slate of state legislature candidates.

Senate District 26 covers Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, west Centennial and parts of Aurora. The candidates are vying for the seat in the November election Doty because state Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton, is term-limited.

Also present were candidates for House District 8, covering northeast Denver, and House District 32, covering north

central Denver.

The forum was moderated by Luc Hatlestead, editor-at-large of 5280 magazine, and included opening remarks from Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who assured the teenagers that, despite their age, they can affect the political process. He told them Kagan about his own experience getting involved in politics as a high school student in Virginia.

About 50 students from around the Denver metro area attended.

Candidates answered a variety of ques-

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Rani Puccini does her interpertive presentation of a poem by Maya Angelou as she takes part in the March 13 Night of Stars Talent Competition State Finals. Puccini won first place at the Englewood Night of Stars competition and finished second at the state competition. Photo by Tom Munds

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“I have had people write me thank-you notes saying they finished writing their book here or finished their dissertation here, because as much as they love their children, they cannot write at home, because somebody’s screaming at them,” Hargrove said. “Our meeting rooms are full all the time. Just try to book a meeting room here. It’s knitting groups, community associations, dog lovers, Celtic harp players; people with shared interests come together at the library and meet their neighbors.”

Hargrove said seldom is her job more rewarding than when she or her staff are able to help people build skills they need to participate in 21st-century society.

“I had a gentleman who was looking for a job as a cook or a busboy who didn’t understand the concept of a password,” Hargrove said. “How do you function in a digital age when you don’t know that?

The public library was able to spend some time with him, and open a whole world for him.”

The library also offers a variety of job skills classes, including resume building and interview practice.

“To think we’re opening doors here, I think that’s why we work here,” Hargrove said.

A matter of location The library’s accommodations, spread across the first floor of the Englewood Civic Center, could be subject to change. The three-story building — which also houses the Hampden Hall performance space, Museum of Outdoor Arts, city council chambers, court and various other offices — was listed for sale last year

by Englewood City Manager Eric Keck.

It’s currently priced at $18.6 million on loopnet.com. Though city leaders say talk of a sale has a long way to go, city council members have bandied about ideas for the building, including courting a hotel or retail or restaurant space.

If the library were moved elsewhere, it might find itself in tighter quarters. “[T]here is a lot of space [in] our present library that is not used,” Mayor Pro Tem Rick Gillit said in a post on nextdoor.com. “If we made our new one a little smaller we could keep everything that we have in our present library and put it in a smaller better laid out one.”

Home is where the heart is, said Hargrove.

“Wherever the library is, is the center of the community in my book,” Hargrove said. “Whether that’s here or another spot, so long as it’s still accessible, comfortable, and beautiful, I’m not attached to this particular spot.”

The library’s location in the Civic Center, which it has occupied since

establish the state finals, which brings all the first-place winners from each of the shows together.”

The competition is divided into four groups based on school class: kindergarten through second grade, third through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade, and ninth through 12th grade. The talent categories in each of the groups were variety, voice and instrumental music.

Three judges determined the winner in each talent category for each group. The Night of Stars criteria for judging performers include appearance and costume, showmanship, level of skill, and

2000, has pros and cons, Hargrove said.

“This is not a good place for a family to walk to the library,” Hargrove said. “It doesn’t feel safe after dark, even though we’ve never had any specific problems.

If the library were in a more residential area, I think pedestrians and bicyclists would feel safer coming here. We don’t get a lot of after-school traffic. It’s a little intimidating. With the light rail, people are always coming and going. Is that as family-friendly as we’d like it to be?

On the other hand, when we have big events, we’re happy to advertise that you can just hop on the light rail to get here.”

Homeless people use the library as a place to access computers or just for a place to be, said library manager Jon Solomon.

“First and foremost, anyone is welcome in our library,” Solomon said. “Like any library, we have a code of conduct we expect everyone to follow. One of our policies is how much baggage you can bring in, but that’s a safety issue. We might ask them to remove their bags or leave, but that could be anybody.”

Hargrove said she enforces the nosleeping rule.

“We understand people need a place to sleep, but it interferes with the ability of others to enjoy and use the library,” Hargrove said. “That’s what our rules of conduct are based on. If other people find their neighbors uncomfortable, one of the nice things about this facility is

tions about views on college affordability, criminal justice reform, veteran unemployment and homelessness, gun control and job creation.

Kagan repeatedly referenced his position as chair of the House Judiciary Committee and described laws he has helped pass as a state representative.

In response to a question about criminal justice, he said he helped pass a bill leading to more widespread usage of police body cameras and his committee is working on a bill banning chokeholds by police officers.

Kagan also noted his role in expanding background checks to private gun sales and banning magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.

“Our belief was, the only reason you need more than 15 rounds is you want to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time,” he said of his committee. “You don’t need it for hunting, you don’t need it for self-defense.”

Doty said lawmakers must focus on keeping weapons away from the mentally ill.

“I am inspired by the work of Michael and Desiree Davis on this issue of gun safety and mental health,” she said, referring to the parents of Claire Davis, who was killed in a 2013 shooting at Arapahoe High School.

Closing the event, Kagan lauded the students for taking an interest in politics.

“You care enough to come out here and pay attention,” he said. “That’s rare and that’s beautiful.”

overall impression.

Andrew Jung, a veteran of the Englewood talent show, competed at state in the instrumental music category of the sixth- through eighthgrade group.

“I chose to play the violin in tonight’s competition,” he said before the start of the event. “My sister Hannah started playing the violin first. I liked it and started taking lessons. I have been taking lessons for about eight years.”

The Cherry Creek Campus Middle School student said he started playing classical music on the violin and then took up playing other instruments.

“In addition to the violin, I play the cello, the viola, and I used to play the flute and the piano,” he said. “I like the violin because it is fun to play, but my favorite instrument is the cello because I really like the way it sounds.” that there’s a lot of space, so you don’t have to sit on the same couch with someone you don’t want to be near.”

‘A lot of space here’ The library seems to ably live up to Hargrove’s idea of a vital resource for many patrons.

“I was out of commission and unable to work for five weeks,” said Margo Casey, a pastoral counselor and medical social worker. “This place sustained me.”

Casey said her job can get pretty heavy, but she can escape into literature at the library.

“The library makes me so happy,” Casey said. “What a treat.”

Still others are just discovering the library. Katie Tran, a biology major at CU-Denver, was visiting for the first time on a recent Saturday to study for her physics midterm.

“I’ve been looking for a peaceful place to study,” Tran said. “Normally, I study at Starbucks or the DU library, but they’re too crowded. There’s a lot of space here.”

“I just got my library card today,” said Eren Ramirez, an accounting student at Regis University. “I’ve been studying here lately, so I figured I might as well get one. I’ve been really curious about what else is in this building. I mean, there’s an art museum? That’s pretty cool.”

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Species protections come under scrutiny

By Dan Elliott Associated Press The nation needs to change the way it protects endangered species because the current practice is bogged down in lawsuits and weakened by mistrust, the head of the Western Governors Association said.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said on March 9 that the problem is nationwide and that he hopes to build bipartisan support for changes in the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary tool for protecting species on the brink of extinction.

He stopped short of suggesting specific changes but said years-long legal battles frustrate landowners, local governments and industry and eat up resources that could be used to protect other species.

Mead, a Republican serving a one-year term as chairman of the Western Governors Association, said the problem is partly in the law itself and partly in the way it’s put into practice. Deciding whether to protect a

species is nearly always a long, contentious struggle because federal intervention can result in rules that limit oil and gas drilling, mining, agriculture and other land uses.

“I don’t think it’s collapsing, but I do think there’s definite chinks,” Mead said after speaking to wildlife managers, conservationists and business interests meeting in Denver to review how well the Endangered Species Act works. Mead directed the Western Governors Association to conduct the review.

Mead’s initiative comes as Southwestern states are battling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over reintroducing endangered Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico, and the federal government is attempting to lift protection from grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, agreed that decisions about protecting individual species drag on too long with no definitive conclusion. “There’s got to be a point ... where we can declare victory,”

he said.

Hickenlooper, who also spoke at the March 9 gathering, declined to say whether the law needs major or minor changes.

Eric Holst of the Environmental Defense Fund agreed the process of protecting species should be faster and less complicated, but he said changes could be made without rewriting the law.

“We believe that the law has sufficient flexibility in it to solve some of the legitimate problems that folks in this forum (in Denver) have pointed out,” he said.

Mead and Hickenlooper cited a sweeping conservation effort just getting under way to save the greater sage grouse as a model for how endangered species can be protected with support and guidance from a wide range of interest groups.

The federal government decided in September not to list the ground-dwelling sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act, instead opting for new rules and land use policies for federal lands.

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The birds, known for their elaborate mating ritual, range across a 257,000-squaremile region spanning 11 states.

Environmental groups, mining companies, ranchers and some state governments have filed multiple lawsuits challenging the conservation plan, arguing it either goes too far or not far enough.

Mead said such protected legal battles threaten to leave residents and state and local officials disillusioned.

Mead also argued that court challenges make it too difficult to remove a species from protection, even if it has recovered.

Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, only 1.4 percent of the 2,200 protected species have been removed from the list because they have recovered, he said.

He pointed to wolves, which were briefly removed from federal protection in Wyoming but then put then returned to protected status after environmental groups filed lawsuits challenging state management plans.

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NEWS IN A HURRY ACC hosting student fine art exhibition Arapahoe Community College art students will display their work at the school’s annual Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition from March 28 to April 13.

Admission to the exhibit is free and it will be open Monday through Friday — from 12 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and 12 to 5 p.m. on the other days. It will take place in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, on the first floor of the ACC annex building.

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An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. March 31.

Broadway Square gets new owner Broadway Square Shopping Center in Littleton has been

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LPS students named Presidential Scholar Candidates Two area high school seniors are in the running for a prestigious academic award.

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Gymnastics draws boys for team competition South Suburban rec center is young athletes’ practice site

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Dozens of young girls assemble at Goodson Recreation Center for gymnastics practice on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. There’s also a group of boys among the crowd at the Centennial facility.

They are the Spartans — one of the few competitive boys gymnastics teams in the south metro area.

“We had a successful boys program up until the mid-’90s,” said Andrea Miesen, head coach of the South Suburban gymnastics program. “It disappeared for a while because we didn’t have anyone interested in coaching the boys.”

South Suburban’s boys program came back about three years ago due to public interest. It’s now in the Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics Gymnastics League, a competitive program for girls and boys, ages 7-18.

CARA is more relaxed than other competitive gymnastics programs, said Miesen.

“Everybody is welcome,” she said. “And the boys are able to compete as long as they are willing to work hard and be safe.”

The Spartans, eight boys ages 8-12, practice year-round, twice a week from 6-7:30 p.m., and compete from early June to late July. They average about seven meets.

They start practice with a 10-minute jog and stretch. On Tuesdays, they focus on one set of events, such as bars and balance beams, and on Wednesdays, they do an alternate set, such as vault and tumbling.

Ben Ratico, 12, likes the pull-up and high bars, two components that require upper-body strength.

“I just want to progress as far as I can,” he said.

Jerry Burkey, one of three boys gymnastics coaches for South Suburban, hopes the program inspires boys to com-

Caleb Liban, one of eight Spartans, perfects his front-flip in Goodson Recreation Center’s busy gymnasium on March 9. Photos by Alex DeWind pete at a collegiate level, since the sport isn’t offered in nearby high schools.

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Homeless camp razed as Denver gets glitzy Changing neighborhood is site of city crackdown

By Colleen Slevin Associated Press People camping near Denver’s homeless shelters packed up their belongings March 8 before city workers started removing bags, tarps, shopping carts and other items left on sidewalks.

The Mile High City is another fastgrowing metropolis struggling with what to do about homeless camps as affordable housing becomes scarcer.

Construction cranes dot the skyline, but people drawn to Denver’s outdoor, yet urban lifestyle are willing to pay rising rents.

The city has spent months urging the campers on the edge of downtown near the Coors Field baseball stadium

to move into shelters and get rid of makeshift structures that officials say pose a health hazard. They posted notice of the crackdown March 7.

The area has long been a hub for homelessness, with the city’s two shelters located there, but the neighborhood is changing. More apartments are going up, and it is becoming increasingly popular for bars and restaurants.

Some of the campers who remained until March 8 said they would move elsewhere rather than sleep in a crowded shelter. Shirley Cherrysseed said the city should set aside a designated area for homeless people to camp.

“It is just stupid. They are being unreasonable,” she said before the cleanup started.

Police accompanied the city crews clearing the sidewalks. A half-dozen

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Officials stressed that things, not people, were being removed. Until recently, the area was lined with many more camps, some with tarps tied to trees for shelter.

Crews have been cleaning the area three times a week, finding human waste, needles and discarded food, and the situation is nearing a crisis, city spokeswoman Julie Smith said.

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Part-time effort leads to part-time results In a recent conversation with a longtime friend and client, our discussion became centered on the effort it takes to achieve success. And as we talked about our daily and weekly schedules and goals, it became abundantly clear that my friend had become quite comfortable in his work ethic and lifestyle and he had actually hit the wall as far as his potential — or better yet, potential for growth.

It’s probably important that you understand that my friend would be considered very successful by most people’s standards.

However, as we got deeper into our discussion, he was no longer successful by his own standards. He recognized long ago that he had established himself in the business community and had a great customer base and following. And the more that his customer base had grown, the more complacent he had become. He shared with me that he felt like he was now putting in a part-time effort.

Now here’s the deal: He not only realized he had been “phoning it in” or putting in a part-time effort, but it became exceedingly apparent that regardless of how he had defined success for himself, how much more successful could he have been had he continued with the same work ethic that he used to build his business in the first place.

So here’s the question: How many of us have gotten to a place, intentionally or unintentionally, where we start to coast or put in that part-time effort? Is it always a bad thing? The answer is no. But regardless if it is our career, where we volunteer, a friendship, Michael Norton or a personal relationWINNING ship, if we look at each situation in our lives WORDS and ask ourselves if we started to “phone it in” or relax, we then have to ask, what are we compromising or willing to compromise in our pursuit of success?

Can you imagine that if we feel like we have built a great business, have awesome friendships, incredible clients, and a fabulously loving relationship and we have achieved this all through a part-time effort, what the results would look like if we put in a full-time effort? Think about that for a minute: What would happen if we stopped giving only a portion of what we are capable of and gave it everything we have as we pursue hap-

piness, success, and fulfillment?

I am going to help you with the easy answers: The results would be fantastic.

Now that we agree that our results are much greater when we can give it our all, what we have to do is recognize the barriers, the attitudes, and the behaviors that we fall victim to and that give us justifiable rationale for taking it easy or slacking in our efforts. Is it time, is it complacency, is it comfort, is it lack of focus, is it competing priorities, or is it any other number of reasons or excuses?

Again, if it is time for you to take it easy, ride out the rest of your career or life, than that’s OK. However, if that’s not you, please consider what’s stopping you and act upon it sooner rather than later.

How about you? Is it time to coast or time to keep your foot on the accelerator? Either way, I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we understand and act upon the fact that a part-time effort will yield part-time results, it really will be a better than good week.

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From the 1980s through the end of the 20th century, most Americans expected their prosperity to improve automatically.

Certainly each generation since World War II proved to be better off than their parents.

However, that pattern is changing.

A prosperous retirement may have meant a gold watch and a pension … both things of the past. A successful rate of return in investments used to mean about a 10 percent return per year. This is another bygone. Fifty years ago, owning your own home (usually your first home) was a reasonable goal. But that likely meant not moving to something better every few years.

Today prosperity is measured in different ways. Perhaps getting student loans paid off or keeping a job long enough to be vested in the 401(k) plan are signs of financial success. Having unlimited financial resources may make you rich, but if your health is failing and your family is estranged, do you feel prosperous?

These shifts should cause investors to seek different opportunities than in the past. Look what has happened to health insurance. Most companies no longer offer retiree benefits and many employers reduced their contribution to group health plans. Prosperity for me would be a good, affordable health-care plan.

Many Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t think they will ever retire. They might not care about a big house or a paid-off car, Kummer continues on Page 13

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Maybe we should throw out the baby with the bathwater Enough.

The next time I hear someone say “wow factor” around me, I am going to hit them over the head with a palindrome.

The same goes for “no worries.”

I live on the outskirts of Clicheville, and I want to keep it that way.

I know that for some it’s tempting to take out an old sweater, like “It is what it is,” and “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” but please try to resist temptation.

What happens in Las Vegas (I am uncomfortable with the absence of “Las”) isn’t me.

I would rather eat a bowl of dryer sheets.

All of us grizzled and veteran writers wish that we could coin a word or a phase that becomes a part of contemporary language, and may even be adopted by a major dictionary, like the Oxford.

Wouldn’t that be something?

Local journalist Dick Kreck — I have always thought that was an unfortunate name — coined “LoDo” for lower downtown.

I want to try to create a language legacy of my own, so I have created some catchy phrases that I would like you to start dropping into conversations.

I am not sure what they mean. That will be determined later.

I think the important thing is just to air them

out.

Here goes.

“Dry clean the monkey.”

“Exacerbate the hamburger phone.”

“Think outside the Shriner.”

I’ll have some more in a New York minute.

The first time I Craig Marshall Smith heard that, I thought QUIET it was kind of clever.

DESPERATION Now it makes me grind my teeth.

And then there is “Sunday chicken.”

I think it will sweep the nation. Maybe not in my lifetime, but it will be on the lips of your grandchildren.

“She treats me like a Sunday chicken.”

I have worked on something like “LoDo” and it’s not easy.

I have been unable to do anything with “Highlands Ranch.” It just doesn’t truncate.

“Highlands” contains the word “glands,” but what are you going to do with that, and not raise eyebrows?

Smith continues on Page 13

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Zero suicides in Colorado? Really?

There is probably not one person reading this who has not been touched by suicide in some way, either by an attempt or completion of someone they know.

With the latest count of 1,058 Coloradans dying by suicide in 2014 (the seventhhighest rate in the country), would it ever be possible to get that down to zero?

Some think, “Of course not.” Others say, “Why would we even try? Didn’t those people choose to die?” But it seems the majority of us think that as long as our suicide death rate is so high, we have a serious problem, and it should be all hands on deck for each of us.

So, what can we do? Due to our research on the Suicide Prevention Commission, we have put forth a recommendation, and now I’ve introduced Senate Bill-147, Reducing Suicides through the Zero Suicide Model. The research shows: • More than 30 percent of people who die of suicide are receiving mental health care at the time of death.

• Forty-five percent see their primary care provider within the month before death.

• Twenty-five percent go to the emergency department in the month before death.

Although these could be opportuniLinda Newell ties for a therapist, GUEST physician or hospital staff to ask the COLUMN right questions and possibly prevent a suicide, initial research shows that none of these professionals routinely get training specifically on suicide risk assessment or intervention, and some receive no training at all.

To be clear, we are fortunate to have numerous providers who seek professional

development in the latest promising and best practices, and many of us are alive and well to thank them for their initiative to do that. With this, we are encouraging every professional to take suicide-specific training to help prevent or intervene after an attempt via a new national model: Zero Suicide.

This model is based on a principle that suicide is most often preventable for persons who are in the care of the healthcare/behavioral health systems. It is not expected that we will see no suicides altogether, but the goal is to reduce the number of persons at risk from “falling through the cracks.” So far, the Zero Suicide model in other health systems has shown up to an 80 percent reduction in suicides of those in care!

The Office of Suicide Prevention will collaborate with its sister health agencies and the private healthcare systems to foster the model. A wide variety of health and behavioral health systems (including

community mental health centers, HMOs, hospitals, substance abuse treatment facilities, and the statewide crisis services system) will be encouraged to adopt the seven tenets of Zero Suicide: leadership, training, identification and assessment, patient engagement, treatment, transition, and quality improvement.

Zero? Probably not. But shouldn’t we be doing everything we can to ensure people don’t die in anguish? So far, there are 29 organizations in support of this legislative proposal. To add your organization or name, please email me. Thanks for the continued support of critical Colorado issues.

Linda Newell is the state senator for Senate District 26, which includes Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, west Centennial, and parts of Aurora. She can be reached at 303866-4846 or Linda.newell.senate@gmail. com

Adjustment issues shouldn’t prohibit help for veterans Today, thousands of servicemen and servicewomen and recent military veterans have seen combat on multiple deployments. Many have seen their buddies killed or witnessed death up close. Many have also been wounded and had to endure extended and frequently painful and difficult recoveries. These are the types of events that can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder and other types of mental illness.

It is absolutely vital that we as a nation address the twin crisis of veteran suicide and mental health issues. That’s why I have introduced two bills that will improve access to mental health services for our combat veterans, specifically those combat veterans diagnosed with PTSD who are separated from service with a less-than-honorable discharge due to misconduct attributable to their

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I am new to this, but I have an appreciation for the pioneers, like John Lennon.

Give a listen to “I Am the Walrus.”

It’s full of words and phrases that we could be saying instead of “wow factor” and the rest.

“Yellow matter custard,” “crabalocker fishwife,” and “expert texpert choking smokers” sure are better.

And certainly “elementary penguin” surpasses “anyhoo” all day and all night.

I cannot abide “anyhoo.” It’s felonious.

If anyone you know says “anyhoo,” terminate the relationship. Unless it is your superior.

In that case, leave an ant colony on the hood of their car.

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but high-speed Internet, Pandora, Twitter and Netflix are absolute necessities. A pension plan will be obsolete for them as they may not want to retire if they are mobile and can work from anywhere at any time of the day or night.

Investors should shift their focus to what will make life easier, simpler and healthier.

Having a bigger house or a fancy car may not be as important as living space on one floor and Uber on your speed dial.

It is no longer important that the banks don’t pay interest on a savings account.

Many people don’t use brick and mortar banks. They can pay bills, transfer money and apply for loans from their phone. They can open a money market from an institution in the cloud with no employees and no phone number.

Businesses should think about what will be obsolete in the future. Phone systems, large office space, desktop computers and copy machines will go by the wayside. Digi-

mental health issues.

Often, PTSD symptoms lead to inappropriate behaviors that result in an “other than honorable” discharge. Such a discharge can disqualify these combat veterans U.S. Rep. for subsequent Mike Coffman VA benefits. Since 2001, more than GUEST 100,000 veterans COLUMN have left the military with a lessthan-honorable discharge, or “bad paper” discharge. It is estimated that as many as 22,000 of We drink from language troughs filled with Flint water.

Heck. Has anyone used “Flint water” as a comparative? I don’t think so.

It’s mine now.

“Her resume is like Flint water.”

It’s good. It’s very good.

But I am sure someone will scam it from me, and claim that it is theirs.

I feel more than a little proprietary because I was born in Flint.

It was a nice community when I was extruded after the war.

At least that’s what I was told.

It had an unpleasant examination for the first time in Roger Moore’s “Roger & Me.” You probably remember the rabbit scene.

I sat there in the theater and said, “This snorkels the burrito.”

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net. tal storage and software systems are taking the place of file cabinets, calendars and notepads. The iPad is replacing textbooks.

Think about what makes you feel prosperous. Is it a large bank account or a large group of friends? Is it being able to give your kids money or teach them how to be selfsufficient?

Look for opportunities for non-traditional housing, for those kids with student loans or empty nesters. Seek preventive health care; opportunities to learn at any age; and the ability to use technology to be better.

These are things that empower you, that are largely in your control and will likely make you happier. These are the types of ideas that will fuel future investing.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 29 years and is President of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www. kummerfinancial.com for more information or call the economic hotline at 303683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

these discharges may to be attributable to PTSD. The Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a program to provide initial mental health assessments and urgent healthcare services to combat veterans at risk of suicide or harming others, even if they have a “bad paper” discharge.

The Fairness for Veterans Act is a complementary bill, which ensures the most vulnerable veteran population receives the care and benefits they have earned. Currently, combat veterans with a less-than-honorable discharge may not be eligible for a broad range of health care and benefits, including critical mental health care services. In the case of combat veterans with severe depression and other problems, these benefits may HEMBRE

be life-saving. When our combat veterans return to the civilian world and reach out for help — the VA must reach back.

Addressing this issue is a bipartisan effort and, as a combat veteran myself, I am proud to have support from both Republicans and Democrats on these bills as well as a number of veteran service organizations.

Increasing access to mental health care services is a critical step to combating PTSD. Tragically, 22 veterans die from suicide each day. This number is far too high. My goal is for all veterans to receive the access to the quality mental health care they earned.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman represents the 6th Congressional District, which includes Aurora, Centennial, Littleton and Highlands Ranch.

Donald Ray Hembre

March 27, 1932 – March 7, 2016

Donald Ray Hembre, age 83, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016. He was the eldest of four children of Invald Oscar Hembre and Margit Serine Fond, born on Easter of 1932, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. At age 15 the family moved from Barron to Madison and Don graduated from West High in 1950. He attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota for two years where he met his wife-to-be, Carol Halsor.

They transferred to the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he earned BS and MS degrees in Geology in 1954 and 1955.

Don began his career in petroleum geology working for Standard Oil of California in Los Angeles. After six years his family (wife and then three children) moved to Littleton where he began to work for Franco Western Oil in Denver. Soon after the move their youngest child, Susan, was born and

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they have lived in Littleton ever since, 54 years. All four of their children graduated from South Elementary, Grant Junior High and Littleton High School. In their early years in Littleton Don, served on the Library Board which guided the creation of Bemis Public Library in 1965. Professionally, he later worked with Amoco Oil and Midwest Oil before founding his own company, Lewis & Clark Exploration in 1974. Lewis & Clark’s expertise focused on prospects in the Rocky Mountain West for over 40 years. Don loved the outdoors and sports of all kinds. He played baseball

Alva ‘Tex’ Freeman,Jr.

July 15, 1926 – March 4, 2016

Alva ‘Tex’ Freeman,Jr. 89, of Littleton, ‘graduated’ on Mar. 4. He was preceded in death by his wife, Colleen and one daughter, Linda.

He is survived by his sons, David Freeman and Gary Freeman; daughters, Susan LeBlanc, Julia Kunse, and Nancy Swingle; Memorial services will be held at

St. James Presbyterian in Littleton on Sat. Mar. 19 at 10AM. Donations may be made to: The Gideon International, Denver Columbine Camp, PO Box 1742, Englewood, Colorado 80150.

and football into his college years, and enjoyed skiing, playing tennis and golf until he was eighty. He and Carol loved to travel with family, play bridge with friends and were active in their neighborhood, church and the Littleton community. Don is survived by his wife of 62 years Carol and their four children (spouses) and eight grandchildren: Robert T. (Patrica L.) and children Kristin, Erik (Leah), Lisa and Michael of Johnson City, TN; David E. (Jill M. McGowan) and son Theo of Falmouth, ME; Kristine E. and daughter Elise of Frisco, CO; and Susan L. (Robert McKeen) and children Brynne and Connor of Campbell, CA. A memorial service will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Littleton on Saturday, March 26 at 4 pm. A reception at the church will follow. Please share condolences at HoranCares.com

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Children play on AWE Digital Learning Solutions devices — equipped with programs for early learners — at the James H. LaRue Library in Highlands Ranch. “There is a time limit of 30 minutes,” said Sue Klinke, youth services librarian. Photo by Alex DeWind

Technological triumph?

Digital tools bridge worlds for children with developmental challenges But finding right balance of on- and off-screen time is crucial to healthy growth

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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erry Neff’s 7-year-old son was diagnosed with bilateral integration disorder — the inability to coordinate the body’s left and right sides — in preschool. Modern technology, specifically a tablet, helped him overcome the challenge.

When he’s using it, he has to sit up, hold the tablet with his left hand and maneuver it with his right.

“The tablet itself helped tremendously,” she said. “It forced him to use both sides regardless of shortcuts he tried to use to avoid it.”

Neff, of Highlands Ranch, views technology as a helpful tool for her son.

Other parents see benefits in the classroom and at home, but some worry about overuse and dependence.

Children are growing up in the digital age and it’s likely someone in the household owns a digital device. Pew Research Center reports 68 percent of U.S. adults have a smartphone, up from 35 percent in 2011, and 45 percent own a tablet.

And a 2011 study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, a research lab in New York that studies children in a media landscape, reported a dramatic increase of digital media use among children: Of the 25 percent of children under 5 who used the Internet, 80 percent used it at least once a week. By age 3, a quarter of those children went online daily.

Technology can be useful for young children with developmental challenges, such as Neff’s son, because it helps them pace activities according to their needs, said Lynn Schofield Clark,

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DIGITAL PROGRAMS TO CONSIDER: Highlands Ranch resident Dana Malensky said her 3-year-old daughter taught herself another language from YouTube Kids. “My daughter knows Spanish thanks to her iPad and not me.”

Angie Dout, a Highlands Ranch resident who has a 2-year-old son, recommends Monkey Preschool Lunchbox, the No. 1 preschool app on iTunes that has simple matching and counting games. She also likes E Flash apps — available on the Internet, YouTube and smartphones — that teach early childhood development through flash cards, nursery rhymes and games. “Both are educational and fun,” Dout said.

Sue Klinke, a Douglas County youth services librarian, recommends the Early Literacy Station, a computer-like device for ages 2-8 with a 30-minute limit.

“We have them at all the libraries,” she said.

— percent of U.S. children who first play with a mobile device when they are still in diapers

80,000 — number of

education apps for every grade level and learning style designed for the iPad

7 — hours per day

children spend on entertainment media, including televisions, computers, phones and other electronic devices Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, Apple

professor and chair of the Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver. She also is the author of “The Parent App: Understanding Families in the Digital Age.” Screen time on a digital device can also help children with autism or Asperger’s learn facial recognition, the ability to identify an individual by features or expressions.

“It’s something that a lot of us take for granted but for some people that’s a real challenge,” said Schofield Clark.

“Some digital programs can help kids create a cognitive bridge that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.”

They’ve helped stay-at-home mom Karyn Kasprzak-Powell, whose 4-yearold son was diagnosed at 2 years old Digital continues on Page 17

What professionals recommend Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: No more than one to two hours per day of quality programming at home, school or childcare.

American Academy of Pediatrics: Parents should set a “screenfree” zone at home and make sure there are no TVs, computers or video games in the children’s bedroom.

Ages 3-18 should have one to two hours of screen time per day. Children 2 and younger should have none.

Common Sense Media: There’s

no “magic number that is just right.”

Pay attention to how children act during and after screen time. Check if they are using high-quality, ageappropriate media. If there’s too much screen time in the home, set weekly screen-time limits and guidelines.

Harvard School of Public Health: Limit any media viewing in the childcare setting to 30 minutes per week for children 2 and older, since many children already have excessive amounts of screen time at home.

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March 17, 2016

Yeezy taught me — to believe in myself Kanye West is easily one of the most polarizing figures in music and ranks up there on the list of most discussed popular music stars ever — with interesting ideas and points on all sides of the debate that includes vile, hateful talk as well.

So it goes in the age of the Internet.

West’s extravagant ideas in all areas of his creative life were on display a month ago at his Madison Square Garden unveiling of the Yeezy Season 3 clothing line/”The Life of Pablo” album release party, an event streamed live to theaters throughout the country. I joined about two dozen others at Lakewood’s Belmar movie theater.

The event managed to simultaneously come off as slapdash and over-planned, and featured West at his most grandiose, with hundreds of models wearing his new clothes in a scene that looked straight out of “The Hunger Games.”

Most of us were there to hear West’s new album for the first time. And it was almost a community-building experience to share that first listen with strangers in the dark. We laughed at the same lines, wooed at others and fully immersed ourselves in West’s latest sonic world.

As I watched, I realized one of my biggest frustrations with all the talk about West is how little of it focuses on his music. This is due in large part to West’s own restless actions, which have seen him take steps outside of the art into design, fashion and creative development — moves he often gets blasted for.

As if anyone as creative as West is could possibly stay in one lane.

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with a disorder that inhibits his speech and with autism at 4. He uses an iPad at school and at home.

“Being mostly non-verbal, using pictures and videos is how he has been able to communicate his wants and needs,” Kasprzak-Powell said. “The iPad has been an amazing tool for communication for him.”

Generally, because “it’s part of their world,” limiting children’s exposure to technology can be difficult, Highlands Ranch resident and mother Sarah Peters said.

She let her 2-year-old son play with her iPhone for the first time a few weeks ago.

But she notices her son’s attitude is much

If you’ve met me, you know I don’t care about fashion.

And I especially didn’t back in my college days when I first delved into West’s music. So, for me (and I’d argue most of his fans) music is what I always think about Clarke Reader when I think about Kanye West.

LINER And in music, he NOTES is unassailable.

West is the only true genius working any genre of music right now. There are many extremely talented people, but genius is a whole other ball game. His every release (and we’re up to eight now) have been the epicenter of major musical shifts — not just in rap, but music as a whole. Particular credit goes to his 2008 album, “808s & Heartbreak,” panned by many critics and casual listeners at the time, but which has become perhaps his most influential record. It was even Elton John’s favorite album that year.

We wouldn’t have such artists as Drake and Future, among countless others, if not for West’s pushing of emotive, synthy rap.

Frankly, if you haven’t given West’s music an honest, open listen, it’s time to do so.

What most rubs people the wrong way about West is his earnestness — especially when it comes to his belief in himself. better when he’s outdoors and limits his time on the device.

Professionals in the field also recommend limiting screen time.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says parents should establish a “screenfree” zone at home and have no televisions, computers or video games in children’s bedrooms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 3- to 5-year-olds should have no more than one to two hours per day of quality screen time at home, school or child care.

But setting limits isn’t always easy.

Angela Ferrario Anderson, a Highlands Ranch resident and stay-at-home mom, has 6-, 5- and 2-year-old boys. She was on strict bed rest when she was pregnant with her youngest two years ago and let her oldest child play on her phone to distract him.

“It was too expensive to have both

Digital tools such as the iPad shown here can be used to aid children with developmental challenges. However, many experts recommend keeping close tabs on the amount of time kids spend using these devices. Photo by Shutterstock

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled unamstered.,” released on TDE/Aftermath/ Interscope records.

Review: Lamar released this EP of demos from his “To Pimp A Butterfly” recording sessions as a surprise on Feb. 11, and it’s still better than most rapper’s full albums.

The EP is a powerful blend of free jazz, funk and hip-hop with some of Lamar’s most versatile and relaxed verses.

Favorite song: “untitled 06 │06.30.2014.”

Lyric that hits me the hardest: “Why you wanna see a good man with a broken heart?”

— from “untitled 05 | 09.21.2014.”

The man has never been anything less that vocal about his talent and skill levels.

Even a cursory Google search of West will show some pretty hilarious memes about his self-confidence.

And although he sometimes veers into grandiosity, when it comes to music he’s absolutely correct. He’s far from the first musician with this kind of hubris: Check out John Lennon’s ego or some of the best soundbites from Oasis in its prime. But it’s unusual for a black artist to be this vocal, which may be a large, unadmitted part of it for many people.

“The Life of Pablo” is messier than most of West’s albums, but still features (kids) at daycare,” she said, “so he would play toys for a while then end up on the Android tablet playing Angry Birds.”

The smartphone helps with her son’s vocabulary, she said, but she worries about long-term effects.

The key, media experts and parents say, is to find the right balance.

What’s important is the quality of

the artist scaling some of his highest heights and falling to his dumbest moves.

For an artist who helped rap kick its prominent homophobia in the mid2000s, the lazy misogyny is even more glaring — especially when he’s been called on it so many times. For any other artist, this would be enough to erase him or her from the pop culture lexicon.

But it’s a testament to West’s music and production that you’re able to excuse it, if not condone it. He still has a lot of growing to do in some areas.

The best part of the Madison Square Garden event wasn’t the celebrity cameos or even the music, but watching West behind his laptop, rapping and dancing along with his music. His joy was contagious.

West has taken a lot of flak lately, some of it rightfully so. But those moments highlighted what his best work can do — make you believe in yourself and let go of inhibitions to create what you want.

One of my favorite Kanye West quotes isn’t from any song, but from an interview with Zane Lowe on the BBC in 2013: “If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself. You will believe in yourself. I’m just the espresso.”

Thanks for that lesson, Yeezy.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he’s ready for the haters. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share your favorite Kanye West song at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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“There really is no magic number that’s `just right,’ ” it said. “… It’s still important for kids’ overall healthy development to balance their lives with enriching experiences found off screens.”

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Fish gets fried on Fridays at All Souls Funds from Lent dinners benefit area charities

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com The deep fryers set up at the edge of the parking lot at All Souls Catholic Church, 4951 S. Logan St., were kept busy on March 12 as Knights of Columbus volunteers cooked up two of the key items for the weekly fish fry.

“This is the ninth year our Knights of Columbus council has held the fish fry,” Dave Ohnmacht said. “It has gotten more popular every year. We set it up for the members of our parish, but a lot of neighborhood people stop by to have dinner with us.”

The event is held each Friday during the observation of Lent. Every Friday, volunteers outside the building fry fish and French fries. But the menu also offers choices of fried or baked fish, and French fries or baked potato, as well as coleslaw and macaroni and cheese.

There was a time when members of the Catholic Church abstained from eating the meat of warm-blooded animals on Fridays during Lent. Fish, however, are not only cold-blooded, but hold a symbolic role in Christianity.

The fish dinners are served in the church school’s cafeteria, and Lila Letofsky was in line on March 12, waiting her turn to get her food.

“I was visiting a friend who lives in the area a couple years ago, and we came to the fish fry here at All Souls,” the Sheridan resident said. “I really liked the food when I ate here the first time, and I usually come back at least a couple times each year. I just wish they kept it going the rest of the year.”

Ed Newell, Grand Knight of the St. Louis Council, said the volunteers cook about 100 pounds of fish and 100 pounds of potatoes each week.

“We need to cook that much food because we serve between 190 and 230 peo-

Knights of Columbus volunteers Jeff Fraiser, left, and Scott Marsh make sure the deep fat fryer is kept busy as they prepare food for the fish fry at All Souls Church in Englewood. The event is held from 6 to 8 p.m. each Friday of Lent and about 200 people per week attend. Photos by Tom Munds ple each week. We give them good helpings on the plate when they first come to the window, but if they want more, they can come up and get it,” he said as he put one of the trays into the dishwasher. “The Knights of Columbus do this event to raise money that we donate to various charities. The meal is $8 per adult, and we try to keep the price as low as possible and still raise money for our programs.”

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Samurai armor goes on display in Denver Museum exhibits 140 objects owned

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By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Dramatic storytelling in a new exhibit at the Denver Art Museum includes exquisite craftsmanship, huge murals created from Japanese woodcuts, fierce-looking armored warriors, war regalia and a sense of pageantry.

“At first, it sounds like wild warriors — ninja — but actually, they were sophisticated. Compare them to the Renaissance,” said museum director Christoph Heinrich as he introduced the recently opened “Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection,” which has taken over the second floor main gallery.

He also introduced the Dallasbased owners of the collection, which contains 140 objects from their more than 800 total items of samurai armor and accoutrements, including elaborate horse trappings. They date from the 1100s through 1800s.

The exhibit has been on tour in Europe and the U.S. for five years.

Gabriel Barbier-Mueller spoke of a visit to the Wallace Collection in London at age 14, where he first saw a samurai figure in armor.

Later, he saw an exhibit in Paris — and bought his first suit of armor, which has grown to 800 pieces.

“They were banished from the house to space in office buildings where we have a museum,” he said.

“We want to share them with children …” He was happy to see the many children visiting the museum on the day of the press tour, March 3.

Jiao Tianlong, the museum’s new curator of Asian art, also interpreted the exhibit, which runs through June 5.

Figures are in glass cases, carefully lighted. On the far side, there is a display of masks, representing Japanese “otherness,” BarbierMueller said.

“They went from mounted archers to fighting with bullets. The suits all collapse into the chest armor for travel,” he continued. “The second half (of the exhibit) is about beauty as the samurai became statesmen …”

He focused on the ornate helmets: each has a round bowl, “big on design.” Included: a scallop shell, dorsal fin, crested wave, deer antlers, a rhino horn, a seal’s head and more — each a work of art.

Later ones were influenced by contact with “barbarians,” Portuguese, Spaniards …

Tianlong spoke of the samurais’ need for utter control over the mind. They incorporated images of deities in the armor to gain spiri-

Collection owner Gabriel Barbier-Mueller speaks as he and curator Jiao Tianlong lead a tour of the samurai exhibit at the Denver Art Museum on March 3, near a mural and suit of armor. Courtesy photo tual power. “The unique warrior class continued into the late 19th century,” he said, “involved in politics and culture, contributing to Japanese art, with respect for art and literature …”

The education department at the museum has planned a Japanese Just for Fun Family Center in the Duncan Pavilion in the North Building. The wall there shows off a new mural of downtown Tokyo and there are giant components for composing your own Japanese garden, stone sculptures to balance, equipment to make your mark and add to an ink-painted screen, to design and wear a samurai-inspired helmet and try on pieces of Samurai armor to learn how complicated it was to get dressed.

There is also a new Tactile Table which will be available on the second Friday and Saturday of the month (next: April 8 and 9). Tactile artist Ann Cunningham, who teaches at the School for the Blind in Littleton, has developed exhibit items and was working on carving clay for a patterned piece of costume/armor when we visited. The docents will be trained to share the exhibit with visitors.

Include this magical show in a Spring Break museum visit: March 19 to April 3. Also available to aid in interpretation: an audio guide is issued with each ticket, with commentary for children and adults; label copy booklets in Spanish, large print and Braille.

Nimaitachido tosei gusoko armor, Mid-Edo period, late 18th century.

Made by Unkai Mitsuhisa.

IF YOU GO The Denver Art Museum is on 12th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock Street.

The samurai exhibit is timeticketed at an extra fee above general admission, and tickets can be reserved in advance. See denverartmuseum.org.

On April 12 at 6:30 p.m., Andreas Marks, from the Minneapolis Institute of Art will speak about: “Lethal Beauty — Design Elements in Samurai Suits of Armor” in the Sharp auditorium.

Free, but reservation required: email blittle@denverartmuseum.org, or call 720-913-0040.

Enjoy the Samurai Shop as you exit the exhibit.

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Ballet to enchant audiences The Denver Ballet Theatre will present “Paquita,” a great ballet from the classical repertoire, on April 14 and 15 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Three Sonya Ellingboe professional SONYA’S dancers will join the DBT SAMPLER ensemble of 50 to retell the story, which originated at the Paris Opera in 1846.

Performances: 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

April 14 and 15. Tickets: $18-$36, 303805-6800, parkerarts.ticketforce.com.

Indoor out-of-doors March 19 is a big arts day in Englewood: In addition to the Hampden Hall anniversary concert, the Museum Outdoor Arts indoor gallery will celebrate the opening of “Daniel Sprick: Painting Out-Of-Doors” with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Performance by Tim Brother, opening of an installation

by Diane Christiansen in the White Box Gallery, debut of a new short process film and short performance by Lauren Beale in collaboration with the Athena Project. moaonline.org, 303-806-0444.

Kirkland, Myhren join forces An exhibit called “Pushing Boundaries: Early Women Artists of Colorado” opens from 5 to 7 p.m. on March 24 at the University of Denver’s Myhren Gallery, 2121 E. Asbury Ave., Denver.

It represents research collaboration between DU’s art department and the Kirkland Museum, which will be closing May 1 to prepare for the move to its new building, under construction at 12th Avenue and South Bannock Street, just west of the Denver Art Museum. It will reopen in mid-2017

“Paquita” will be performed at the PACE Center on April 14 and 15 by the Denver Ballet Theatre, directed by David Taylor. It is a famous ballet from the classic repertoire.

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Littleton Symphony “The Four Elements: Fire” will be presented by the Littleton Symphony at 7:30 p.m. April 1 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. “Ritual Fire Dance” by de Falla will open the concert, followed by newly appointed University of Denver cello professor Matthew Zalkind playing Prokfiev’s “Symphony-Concerto in E Minor,” written under political fire from the Soviet Union. Also on the program: selection from Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks”; Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” and Josef Strauss’ “Feuerfest Polka.” Tickets: $18/$15, free under 21, littletonsymphony.org; or at Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec St., B-206, Centennial, 303-933-6824.

‘Frozen’ chosen A “Frozen” sing-along and special screening of “Frozen,” the Academy Award-winning film, is planned on March 26 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Based on Hans Chris-

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Tom Noel speaks “Colorado, the Highest State,” with speaker Tom Noel, will offer unusual stories and photos from Colorado’s history at 7 p.m. March 22 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Free. 303-795-3961. Also scheduled at Bemis is a screening of “Bridge of Spies” at 2 p.m. March 26. Free.

Contemporary ballet Colorado Ballet will close its season with “Director’s Choice,” a collection of contemporary works, on March 25-27 at the June Swaner Gates Concert Hall at DU’s Newman Center and on April 1 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. The program includes Dominic Walsh’s “Wolfgang (for Webb),” with music by Mozart; two pas de deux: Amy Walsh’s “It’s Not a Cry” and Gerald Arpino’s “Light Rain”; and the world premiere of Colorado Ballet Ballet Mistress Lorita Traviglia’s “Angel of Buenos Aires,” with live music by the Austin Piazzolla Quintet. Tickets: $30 to $155, coloradoballet.org, 303-837-8888, lonetreeartscenter.org.

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She is a 2011 graduate of Chaparral High School in Parker and will receive her BFA in photography on May 14.

Her show, “Today I Saw a Butterfly,” includes digital photographs, home video and vintage photographs — her reflections on her relationship with her paternal grandmother, Rosemary, who experienced Alzheimer’s disease for 12 years before her death in 2005.

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Confounding production staged at Buntport Open-source story provided inspiration for latest show

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com

It helps — or not — to know that inspiration for Buntport’s latest original production came from a non-linear, opensource tale called “Riding Sidesaddle” by musician Miriam Suzanne, published under the name Eric M. Suzanne. It’s printed on 250 3-by-5 index cards to be read in no particular order. Copies of those cards were displayed in Buntport’s entry lobby on opening night, March 4.

Buntport’s four actor/writer/directors — Erik Edborg, Brian Colonna, Hannah Duggan and Erin Rollman — were joined by two accomplished local actors, Diana Dresser and Michael Morgan, who also participated in the company’s collaborative writing process to create “10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products.”

The production, carefully staged as always, takes place in a brightly lit, centrally -located bathroom, with shadowy action continuing to each side. Three members

IF YOU GO “10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products” plays through March 26 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver.

Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

Buntport.com. (Shaffer’s interview also reported that the group had taken a 9-month hiatus to write a book on collaborative writing, which they have done successfully for many years now, since they graduated from Colorado College and determined to form a theater company.) Two more productions are promised in fairly rapid succession: “The Rembrandt Room” April 8-30 and “Greetings From Camp Katabasis” May 13 to June 4.

of the Teacup Gorilla Band are in the bathtub, strumming, playing chords … including author Miriam Suzanne. Actors peer out through the “fourth wall” as they talk and primp.

“We’ve taken the same characters and

many of the plot points and built more of the world,” say the program notes. “Like the novel, the play is about memory, myth and these absurd carcasses we all live in …” Six characters alternate brushing teeth, applying eye liner, brushing hair and occasionally trying to urinate — combined with subtle actions in the two far corners, which the audience needs to keep an eye on too.

Diana Dresser (Sam) appears first, looking in the mirror, grouchy, and applying eye makeup. When she’s not in the bathroom, she retreats to a dark corner where she continually changes clothes, getting ready for bed …

She’s joined by Jenny (Hannah Duggan), who enters from the other side, which has a television showing Sam dressing and undressing and a spread of casseroles for snacking. Sam is joined by an androgynous Herman (Erik Edborg) and they merge into the mythological characters of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, who become “one being of both sexes.”

The audience sees them acting as one being, but a bit of additional explanation in the notes might have helped.

(I found Tracy Witherspoon’s interview with Rollman, Colonna and Suzanne

online, which spells it out — there is a brief mention of Hermaphroditus in the script.)

Erin Rollman’s character Jolene carries a “ghost” arm, which we aren’t supposed to see. Michael Morgan, as Edward, is a bit awkward and has some funny lines and a quizzical air.

In the tub are Dan Eisenstat on guitar, Miriam Suzanne on bass and Sondra Eby on drums. They keep a background thrum going and do burst into song on occasion.

The band’s website describes them as “Americana, Indie, Post Punk … A petite and ground-dwelling band that inhabits the china shops of Denver with angular riffs, twisted stories and obtuse stomping.” (You’ll want to hear them perform at a Denver club, which they frequently do.)

They were also involved in creating this play.

“There might be something in the water,” Herman observes near the end.

Perhaps that’s it!

While a bit harder to grasp than some earlier productions, a clever and skewed picture of a particular world does emerge, inhabited by characters worth meeting.

Technical support, as usual, is by SamAnTha Schmitz, who handles backstage duties with skill.

Sundays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

Directed by Chip Walton. First of a series of three stories about Elliot Ortiz and his Puerto Rican/American family. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m.

Sundays. Tickets start at $18, 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.

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Clothes call “The Emperor’s New Clothes” at Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden, 1224 Washing, ton Ave., runs through April 30, and is one , of two plays in the area staged for children with professional casts. Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen and directed by Rory Pierce, who ran the children’s theater at Heritage Square for nearly 25 years. Performances at 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets: $10, n 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.

Pooch production “Art Dog” is presented by Denver Chils dren’s Theatre at Mizel Arts and Culture - Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver, and is another production for children with a -

professional cast. Based on Thatcher Hurd’s book about the theft of a painting by Leonardo Dog Vinci, it plays most weekdays at 10 a.m. for schools and 1 p.m. on Sundays March 20, April 3, 10, May 1. Tickets: Public performances: $10/children, $12 adults.

303-316-6360, maccjcc.org/denver-childrens-theatre/dct/.

About Martin Luther King “The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall plays March 22 to April 17 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Directed

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Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through

Athena Project “Ghosts of Us” is the Athena Project Festival winner from 2015 and is in a full production at the Newman Center through March 28. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays (no show Easter, March 27), 8 p.m. Monday, March 28. Tickets: athenaprojectfestival.org.

Serial storytelling “Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue” by Quiara Alegria Hudes pays through April 23 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver.

Unusual comedy “Tigers Be Still” by Kim Rosenstock is described as “a comedy about depression.”

It plays through April 2 at Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave, Denver. John Ashton is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20. Tickets: $27.50, 303-321-5925, avenuetheater.com

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Michael Jackson Tribute The Toad Tavern presents “The Gloved One: A Tribute to Michael Jackson” at 8 p.m. Friday, March 18, at 5302 S. Federal Circle, Littleton.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets available online and at the door. Go to www. toadtavern.ticketfly.com.

Comedy Juggler Performs Comedy juggler David Deeble performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Tickets are available at www.tickets.amazingshows.com. Parking is free. Theatre of Dreams also presents its annual Wizard Camp from 9:30 a.m. to noon June 20-23, July 11-14 and Aug. 1-4. Cost includes all supplies and a recital show for the family. Go to www.AmazingShows.com.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Arapahoe Philharmonic Presents ‘Fate’s Celebration’ The Arapahoe Philharmonic presents “Fate’s Celebration” at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 18, at Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. A pre-concert talk is at 6:45 p.m. All concert attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the concert for Orchestras Feeding America month. Items will be donated to the Mission Hills Church Food Bank. Visit www.arapahoe-phil.org or call 303-781-1892.

Colorado: The Highest State Well-known Colorado historian Tom Noel will present entertaining stories and photos about unusual aspects of Colorado history.

Program is from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. A prolific author, Noel has written more than 40 books about Colorado. His latest book, “Colorado: A Historical Atlas,” condenses 50 years of researching, writing and prowling every nook and cranny of the state. Noel’s presentation will cover a wide range of topics from breweries to lynchings, Mesa Verde to DIA, notable pioneer women to sports stars.

Noel, a professor of history at the University of Colorado Denver, writes a history column for the Sunday Denver Post and appears on Channel 9’s Colorado & Company as Dr. Colorado. Call 303-795-3961.

Of Legend and Lore The Highlands Ranch Concert Band presents its second performance of its 2016 concert series at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 (Palm Sunday), at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The free program, “Of Legend and Lore!” and will include a selection of music that captures fantasy, romance, legend and adventure.

‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, presents “Violet” through Sunday, March 20. Celebrated theatre critic Sheridan Whiteside is in the midst of a cross-country lecturing tour when he slips on ice, breaking his leg and is forced to stay a bit longer at the home of his host family, ultimately taking over the house with his demands and visiting Broadway luminary friends. Rich with witty tongue-twisting dialogue and sharp zingers, The Man Who Came to Dinner is simply one of the funniest scripts of all time. Tickets available at the box office, 303-794-2787, ext. 5, or online at www.TownHallArtsCenter.org.

HR Then & Now The Highlands Ranch Historical Society presents “HR Then & Now: Birth of the Master Planned Community” from 7-8:30 p.m.

Monday, March 21, at the Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9950 E. Gateway Drive, Highlands Ranch. A tour of the mansion precedes the program, from 6-7 p.m. James Toepfer, the first president of the Colorado Division of Mission Viejo, presents the early history of the master-planned community. Go to www.

TheHRHS.org.

Writers Group Hears About Brainstorming Author and speaker Pam McCutcheon presents “Goal, Motivation, and Conflict: Brainstorming” at the Castle Rock Writers meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Bring writing materials. RSVP to castlerockwriters@ gmail.com or call Alice Aldridge-Dennis at 303-521-8615. The group meets one Monday each month. The April 18 meeting is an author’s celebration, featuring club members sharing about their recently published work.

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Music Students Perform Students of the Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association will perform from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Parker Bible Church, 4391 Mainstreet, Parker. The public is invited. Call Ann Riggs at 303-841-2976.

Ballet Ariel Dance Show Ballet Ariel presents “Peter and the Wolf” and other dances at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the D.L. Parsons Theatre, Northglenn Recreation Center, 11801 Community Center Drive; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Call 303-945-4388 or visit www.balletariel.org.

Highlands Ranch Encore Chorale The winter/spring session of the Highlands Ranch Encore Chorale is under way. Rehearsals are offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon Fridays through May 13 at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. The chorale is a non-auditioned community chorus that is open to anyone ages 55 and older, with or without choral experience. Email Brian@5280plus-encore.org or Cindy@5280plus-encore.org. To register call 303-471-8818 and reference Activity Number 157806.

ART/CRAFTS

‘Lasting Impressions’ Exhibit Town Hall Arts Center presents “Lasting Impressions,” an art exhibition featuring work by Kathy Crammer, Bronwen Jones, Kathleen Lanzoni and Charlotte Strauss. The exhibit runs through Wednesday, March 30, in the Stanton Art Gallery inside Town Hall Arts Center. Go to www. townhallartscenter.org/stanton-art-gallery/.

Weekly Painting Sessions The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County invites member and non-member artists to participate in Paint Day, the guild’s weekly group painting sessions. Artists bring their own media and supplies; Paint Day runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays in the lower level of Ascension Lutheran Church, 1701 W. Caley Ave. in Littleton. Contact Bob Yackel, 303-794-2722 or yackelrobert@gmail.com.

Drop-in Classes Drop in and learn a craft, home improvement skill or what to read next at Saturday Surprise, at 10 a.m. every Saturday at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. No registration is required; information at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

EVENTS

Lenten Fish Fry The Knights of Columbus will have a fish fry every Friday night through March 18. Food is served from 4-6:30 p.m. Fried fish, baked fish or nuggets with coleslaw, fried or baked potato, mac and cheese, and dinner rolls are on the menu. Beverage choices include iced tea, lemonade and coffee. Cost for dinner is $5 for ages 5-12; $10 for 12 and older; $29 for the family; free for children younger than 5. Homemade desserts cost from 50 cents to $1. Takeout and drivethrough are available. Dinner is available in Brownstein Hall at Ave Maria Church, Parker.

Special Needs Sports Camp Learn the skills necessary to play a variety of sports at the spring break sports camp for ages 8 and older. Campers will learn the rules of the games, focusing on good sportsmanship and teamwork. Camp takes place from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, March 21, and Wednesday, March 23, at the Recreation Center at Southridge. Call 303-471-7043 or go to

www.hrcaonline.org/tr.

Artifact Dedication Event The Honor Bell Foundation is creating a community of veterans to foster public appreciation of military service and honor their fellow veterans with a proper, final tribute. “Forged from Honor: An Artifact Dedication Event” is at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. The Honor Bell is a 1,000-pound bronze bell cast with artifacts from Colorado’s military servicemen and women, and rung by Colorado’s veterans at graveside and memorial services. Artifacts include service-related items such as dog tags, medals and badges earned by veterans of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah and donated by their families to be included in the bell. When the bell is cast in May 2016, these items will be dropped into the molten bronze, making the Honor Bell truly “forged from honor.” When the bell tolls in memoriam, the legacy of those veterans will forever ring. To purchase tickets, or for more information, go to HonorBell.org or call 303-717-6974.

Country Rock Night Two-step your way to Country Rock Night at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24 at the Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9950 E. Gateway Drive, Highlands Ranch. Grab a date or a couple of friends. Dance instructors will be available to teach you the latest moves. Guests must be 21 and over.

Beer, wine and gourmet snacks will be available for purchase. Visit www. highlandsranchmansion.com for information or to purchase tickets. Call 303-791-0177.

Golf League Meeting An introductory meeting for the Thursday Morning 9-Hole League is at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Practice rounds run from March 31 to April 21, and the season runs from April to September. Potluck luncheons planned each month. Contact ltl9hole@gmail.com.

Daniels Park Cleanup Volunteers will work to clean up Daniels Park, just in time for New Hope Presbyterian Church’s Sunrise Service on Easter morning at the park.

The cleanup is from 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday, March 26. A Denver Park Service member will be there to give a safety briefing and provide trash grabbers and bags. Volunteers must be at the safety briefing. All ages are welcome, but children must be closely supervised by their parents.

Breakfast burritos, coffee and doughnuts will be provided. Bring work gloves, boots or sturdy closed-toed shoes, long pants, a long-sleeved shirt and a water bottle. Volunteers are asked to sign up so the church knows how many supplies to bring. To sign up, contact Dorothy Smith at dsmith366@gmail.com or 303-814-9207. Go to www.families4hope.com.

Easter at Thrive Thrive Church presents four Easter worship experiences at 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 26, and 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Mammoth Heights Elementary School, 9500 Stonegate Parkway, Parker. Festivities include Easter egg hunts, candy and prizes for the children, along with Starbucks and Krispy Kreme doughnuts for the adults. Go to www.thrivechurch.com/easter-at-thrive. Thrive Church is led by pastors Jacob and Hannah Ouellette.

Saturday Golf Club Broken Tee is now forming its women’s 18-hole Saturday Golf Club. The women play on Saturday mornings in accordance with USGA rules. Play will begin Saturday, April 2. Club is good for Monday to Friday working women. Contact btwsgc@aol.com.

Tuesday Morning Women’s Golf League The Englewood Women’s Golf Association is accepting applications for the 2016 season. The women play Tuesday mornings at Broken Tee Englewood golf course. Contact the membership chair for information, ewga18@gmail.com.

HEALTH

South Metro Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, March 19, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 3350 White Bay Drive, Highlands Ranch (Charles Green, 720-231-7908); Sunday, March 20, 8 a.m. to noon, Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village; Sunday, March 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., REI, 9637 E. County Line Rd., Englewood (Carolyn Carlson, 303-858-1726); Sunday, March 20, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., ChristLife Community Church, 5451 CO-86, Franktown (Diana Brown, 720-224-1484); Tuesday, March 22, 12:30-6 p.m., Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; Thursday, March 24, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., South Metro Denver REALTOR Association, 7899 S. Lincoln Court, Littleton; Friday, March 25, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker; Sunday, March 27, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options at ACC, call 303-797-5850.

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Black Cube picks artists as fellows Nomadic museum focuses on ‘pop-up art experiences’

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Historical Castle Rock garage available for free

to interested parties willing to incur all costs associated with its relocation. Current owners hope to build a new 3 car garage sometime this year in place of their older 20 x 20 garage which may have some historical value. We believe the existing garage was built between 1929 and 1936. The garage is not entirely in its original form. It has been painted, has a new roof and the original accordion push style door was replaced with a single electric door. See Photos below. Parties interested in relocating the garage should email csugrad75@gmail.com no later than April 5th, 2016.

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Last summer, we received news about the Black Cube, a nomadic museum that would hold pop-up exhibits at various locations, beginning in September with the Trading Post at Red Rocks.

A new group of Artist Fellows has been announced for 2016 and the first exhibit, called “Mock Pavilion,” opened March 5 at Sala Diaz, an experimental nonprofit in San Antonio in an exchange program for that city’s Contemporary Art Month. Ceramic artist Stephanie Kantor has installed a site-specific ceramic exhibit in a “repurposed domestic space,” i.e. and old house.

The organization’s director and chief curator, Courtney Zell, sent this definition of the Black Cube, which will host pop-up exhibitions including mining town interventions, an earthwork, a neon tumbleweed sculpture and an immersive ceramic installation (the Mock Pavilion, which “explores points of cultural transition through the interpretation of historic design motifs from Europe, the Middle East and Asia,” according to Zell): “Black Cube is a nonprofit, experimental art museum that operates nomadically. Without the traditional boundaries of a physical building, Black Cube exists primarily through partnering with our artist fellows to commission pop-up art experiences. At Black Cube, we see ourselves as an unconventional museum pursuing the most effective ways to engage audiences while supporting individual artists with critical professional guidance.”

Kantor received her MFA in ceramics from the University of Colorado-Boulder

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in 2015. She is interested in “exploring the paradoxical aspects of culture, both expansive and local.” A glance at photos of her installation shows a variety of sources of inspiration.

Other Artist Fellows include: Molly Berger of Denver, who was artist in residence at the Carbondale Clay Center where she had her first solo show called “A Thing Like Home.” It “confronted the ways in which we form identity through objects, memory and the domestic space.”

John P. Geiger, who currently resides in the Detroit area. His work “centers on the mysticism of the American West, the power of the land, the frontier spirit, often challenging their origins and place in the imagination.”

SANGREE is an artistic collaboration between Rene Godinez Pozas and Carlos Lara, both of Mexico City. “Between iconoclasm and minimal aesthetics, anthropology and Land Art, the work of SANGREE investigates human’s traces in nature.”

Eric Stewart is an interdisciplinary multimedia artist and educator. He works predominantly with 16mm film and invokes photochemical and darkroom processes to investigate landscape, place and cultural identity in the American West.

There is an actual “Black Cube” — a shipping container that may be at the pop-up site as a mini-shop with related items produced by the exhibiting Fellow.

We will try to keep the reader informed of locations. There will also be some related lectures to stimulate discourse and thinking.

At this point, we can’t list an “if you go” destination, but will plan to in the future, as we get word (unless you plan to be in San Antonio this month — Sala Diaz is at 517 Stieren St. and holds 1,600 hand-painted tiles, 36 ceramic vessels, tapestries and custom wallpapers).

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Vietnam It’s been more than 50 years since U.S. soldiers began fighting a ground war in Vietnam. Half a century later, Vietnam is a different country with a rapidly growing economy and relatively friendly relations with the United States. Join Active Minds from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, as we take a look back at the evolution of Vietnam today. We will cover the history as well as Vietnam’s current and future role in the region. Program takes place at the Inn at Greenwood Village, 5565 S. Yosemite St., Greenwood Village. Call 303-327-7340 to RSVP. Seating is limited.

Estate Planning Workshops Estate planning is a complex area of law, with countless rules that can change from year to year. Staying on top of the latest changes is crucial to protect your money and your family. A free workshop will examine five simple estate planning strategies to keep your money in your family. RSVP required; call 720-440-2774. Sessions are offered from 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 23, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree.

Tibet With an average elevation higher than the tallest peaks of Colorado, Tibet has been called the “Roof of the World.” Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, March 25, as we explore the history and controversy that surrounds this unique region. China claims that Tibet has been part of China for centuries, while Tibet maintains that China illegally invaded the independent country in 1949. We will cover the role of the Dalai Lama and the views of China and the international community as we seek to understand the situation there. Program takes place at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. If parking in the lot, get pass from inside center.

Retirement Planning Workshops Seniors outliving their savings or pension or social security is a hot topic in Colorado, which has one of

the fastest growing populations of people aged 65 or older. These issues and more are addressed at free Lunch and Learn seminars, “Aging and Long Term Care: How Am I Going to Pay For It?” at Koelbel Library, 5955 Holly St., Centennial. Lunch is catered by Panera Bread. Seminars are from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, Wednesday, April 20, and Tuesday, April 26; from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5; and from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 12.

Reservations can be made by calling 303-468-2820.

English Practice Practice your English gives mixed-level English language learners an opportunity to practice speaking English. Adults from all levels and language backgrounds are welcome at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, and at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. No registration is required; information at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

GED Prep Classes Students ages 17 and older may attend GED prep classes at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, and 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Continuing Education Program Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver. edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More information on Facebook www.

Facebook.com/msudenverlearnoninitiative.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis.

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LOCAL

Lions cruise in season opener Littleton posts victory in its first game of girls soccer season

By Tom Munds tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Littleton came out, set the tempo of play, controlled the ball and posted a 6-0 win over Thomas Jefferson in the March 10 girls soccer season opener for both teams.

The Lions scored a goal early in the first half, and led 2-0 at halftime. Littleton continued to press the attack, adding four second-half goals for the season-opening win.

“We bring back 14 players from last year’s team that was pretty successful,” Lions coach Terry Banfield said before the game. “We lost some key players to graduation from last year’s team, so we are eager to see how the girls step up to fill those important positions in a game situation.”

Key moments Littleton played ball control the whole game, and the Lions’ attack kept the ball on Thomas Jefferson’s end of the field for the entire 80 minutes.

Sarah Gray got a pass from Jae Banfield early in the first half and put the ball past the diving Spartans’ goalie. The goal would hold up as the winner, and the Lions would continue to control play throughout the game.

Key players/statistics Gray scored two goals and had an assist, and teammate Lizzy Hernandez scored a pair of goals. Sarah Payson and Zoe Girkin each scored a goal for

Littleton’s Sarah Gray drives a free kick toward the goal during the March 10 season-opening girls soccer game against Thomas Jefferson. Gray’s kick sailed into the net as she scored two goals, helping the Lions win the game, 6-0. Photo by Tom Munds the Lions, while Anna Newby had a pair of assists and Katie Puchino Banfield had one assist.

The Lions pressed the attack and had 16 shots on goal in the first half and 22 shots in the second half. Littleton’s control of the ball made it a quiet day for goalie Lily Jensen, who scored the shutout without needing to make a single save.

They said it Coach Banfield said he expects his team to do well, but

acknowledged it will be a challenging season.

“We were ranked sixth going into the playoffs last year, and we want to do good things again this season,” he said.

“However, we are in the Jefferson County 4A league and, in the preseason polls, just about all league teams are rated in the top 17 in the state, so it will be a challenge. But we have six seniors who will provide good leadership, and we should be a strong team again this season.”

Lauren Cox, one of the

senior leaders, said the game against Thomas Jefferson was an opportunity to for all the players to get back into the season, and get used to playing together as a team.

Cox is the starter at the center defense position for the third season.

“I love to play defense,” she said. “I guess that is because I am good at passing the ball and helping set the rhythm of the game for our team.”

She said she and her teammates are looking forward to

working hard and winning as many games as possible with a goal of getting into the playoffs.

Going forward The season is only about two months long, so the schedule moves quickly. The Lions play a nonleague on the road March 18 against Smoky Hill and, following spring break, return to action against league opponent Wheat Ridge on April 1. They play a league game at home April 5 against Golden.

Creek coach ready to start new chapter

Jim Benton

OVERTIME

It will be strange to visit Cherry Creek and not see Mike Brookhart either coaching on the sidelines or visiting with someone while watching a Bruins athletic team compete.

I can remember covering games decades ago while writing for the Rocky Mountain News and Brookhart was play-

ing for the Bruins.

Brookhart, a 1979 Cherry Creek graduate and three-sport letterman who went on to play baseball at Northern Colorado, has resigned after 14 seasons as the Cherry Creek boys basketball coach.

He said he would like to continue coaching.

“I just won’t be coaching at Cherry Creek,” he said.

Brookhart was a teacher and dean at Creek but retired before this school year.

He stayed on as basketball coach, and the Bruins advanced to the state quarterfinals, where they lost in overtime to Chatfield earlier this month.

He also doubled as the Bruins’ head

football coach for four seasons, stepping down after the 2011 campaign.

Now, he’s made a tough decision to move on to another school.

“I’m going to coach,” Brookhart said.

“I told our principal that this was going to be my last year at Cherry Creek. I need a change. It is not only good for the individual but the program too.

“I’ll be OK with that. I’ll miss it and it’s been nothing but a great career. I’ll always be a Bruin and I wish them success in everything they do. I’ve been really happy.”

So what’s the next coaching job for the 55-year-old Brookhart?

“Nothing that I can talk about this second,” he said.

Back on the pitch Area teams ranked in the preseason CHSAANow.com girls soccer poll are off to a hot start, going 10-2-2 after the first week of the season.

In Class 5A, Mountain Vista (2-0-0) was ranked third, Cherry Creek (1-1-0) fourth, ThunderRidge (2-0-0) seventh, Ralston Valley (2-0-0) eighth and Rock Canyon (1-0-0) 10th.

Preseason rankings in Class 4A had Ponderosa (1-0-1) seventh, Standley Lake (1-1-0) eighth and Wheat Ridge ninth (00-1) ninth.

Mountain Vista and Cherry Creek squared off, with the Golden Eagles earning a 3-1 win. And, Ponderosa and Wheat Ridge tied 1-1 in another top 10 matchup.

Lutheran football coach moves on Blair Hubbard’s tenure as Lutheran’s football coach was two seasons.

Hubbard has been named the new football coach at Class 4A Broomfield and the Lions are now searching for a replacement.

In his first season as Lions coach in 2014, Lutheran was undefeated until a loss in the first round of the playoffs.

Hubbard’s two-year record was 16-5 at the Parker school.

Hubbard coached for 15 seasons at Faith Christian before coming to Lutheran.

Rugby player goes 10-for-10 Sophomore Duncan Swanson, who was the kicker last season for the Douglas County football team, accomplished an amazing feat by converting 10-of-10 conversions on a windy day March 5 for the Castle Rock Pirates rugby team in a win over Summit County.

“I’ve been around rugby for a long time and I’ve never witnessed that before, and what made it even more unbelievable is the wind running at about 20 mph,”

said Pirates coach Robbie Winter.

A rugby conversion is like kicking the extra point in football. But in rugby, the conversion kick is taken from a perpendicular line making the conversions much harder.

Swanson scored two tries and had 30 points during the game.

Vista wins Western Slope Open Mountain Vista opened the girls tennis season March 12 by winning the Western Slope Open in Grand Junction.

The Golden Eagles amassed 197 points to win the tournament with Heritage coming in third and Ralston Valley was fifth.

Vista had champions in five different categories of competition.

Casey Zhong won the No. 1 singles championship for Vista and Madi Allen was the No. 3 singles winner. Ashlen Grote and Alex Begler won at No. 1 doubles for Vista, while Amy Zhong and Sami Bheemreddy were first at No. 3 doubles.

Hannah Smith and Hunter Ernest were the No. 4 doubles winners.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

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Valor Christian repeats as champs Eagles girls team defeats Evergreen in Class 4A title game

By Jim Benton jbenton@colorado communitymedia.com There were many who doubted that Valor Christian could repeat as Class 4A state basketball champions after the Eagles graduated 68 percent of its scoring and 79 percent of its rebounding from the 2015 title team.

Still, Valor won its second-consecutive 4A championship with a 55-40 win over Evergreen on March 12 at the Coors Events Center. It marked the third straight championship appearance for the Eagles, who finished the season with a 27-1 record and a 27-game winning streak.

“We lost a lot, and a lot of people didn’t think we would be in this position and the girls just refused to buy into that,” said second-year Valor coach Jessika Caldwell, who had to regroup to replace last season’s standouts Kendall Bradbury, Caroline Bryan and Makenna Roth.

“Three of my seniors (Madison McCoy, Heidi Hammond and Sara Gibson) were at the Final Four their sophomore year, lost it that year, won it last year and then won it again. For them, three out of their four years to be in the position they were in speaks highly of our basketball program.”

Valor had beaten Evergreen, a Jeffco 4A opponent, twice during the regular season, and never trailed in making it three wins over the Cougars, who turned the ball over 25 times and were hampered when inside players Samantha Kisiel and Claudia Dillon got into foul trouble.

Senior Kim Childress, a transfer from Highlands Ranch, led the Eagles with 19 points and six rebounds as the Eagles tweaked their offense a little to provide Childress a chance to score.

“I was really on,” said Childress “But we all contributed very well. One of the biggest things was keeping them out of the middle in our full-court trap. If we kept them on the sidelines with our trap we were going to be OK.” Valor had 42 defensive stops and scored 21 points off turnovers. The Eagles also outscored the Cougars 23-9 from the foul line.

“That was not necessarily our natural pressure,” added Caldwell. “We knew they have strong guards, talented guards that could dribble through the pressure.

We actually had to play a little smarter and pick and choose our times. Our girls did a good job executing.”

McCoy finished with 14 points, five rebounds and two steals.

“This season was great all the way,

Valor Christian players raise the state championship trophy after their 55-40 victory over Evergreen on March 12 at the Coors Event Center in Boulder. Photo by Paul DiSalvo and this was a great win,” she said. “They were taller than us, and we just had to go out and run. The key this season has been the unity we have built, and we are all the best of friends. We just wanted to go out and not have any letdowns.”

Hammond, who scored 19 points in a 63-30 semifinal win over Holy Family on March 10, had 11 points in the win.

“We just thought about where we wanted to get back to and worked to get there,” said Hammond. “For me being a senior, it’s absolutely incredible.”

After a season-opening loss to Class 5A Fossil Ridge, Valor won the next 27 games and averaged 65.4 points per game. Over the past two seasons, the Eagles have won 39 of 40 games played. The final game of the regular season last year was a forfeit to D’Evelyn because of Valor’s overscheduling error.

“We came out a little bit slow that first game (this season), but after that we flipped the switch,” explained Hammond. “We didn’t want to feel that again, and we came out each and every game and pushed as hard as we possibly could.”

Valor Christian’s Tess Boade drives around Evergreen’s Baylee Galan-Browne.

The Eagles went on to win the title over the Cougars 55-40. Photo by Paul DiSalvo

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We just thought about where we wanted to get back to and worked to get there.”

Heidi Hammond, Valor Christian senior basketball player

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Pirates open season with pair of wins Englewood rallies against Denver South, defeats Bruce Randolph 10-0

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com A one-hit pitching performance by Nate Andrews, timely hits and aggressive base running earned Englewood its second win of the baseball season on March 12 as the Pirates outscored the Bruce Randolph team 10-0.

“We have a pretty seasoned team this season,” Pirates coach T.J. Harris said.

“We have strong pitching, great hitting and we play pretty good defense, but we are working to get better. We are a seasoned team, and I feel we will be competitive and we could take a couple steps up this year.”

Key moments Englewood ran the bases aggressively and capitalized on miscue opportunities to go up 1-0 in the first inning; then the Pirates added three runs in the third inning and three more in the fourth. The Pirates closed things out in the home half of the fifth inning, when they loaded the bases and Izaiah Kovach hit a stand-up triple to the wall in left field to send three teammates across the plate for the 10-0 win.

Key players/statistics Englewood collected eight hits. Mason Moore and Nate Andrews each had a pair of hits. Cecil Ondack’s only hit was a double that scored two teammates, and Sam Westra collected an RBI with a single.

Andrews and Westra each stole a base.

Andrews, a junior, pitched five innings for the Pirates. He gave up one hit, didn’t walk a batter and recorded nine strikeouts.

They said it Andrews smiled as he left the field at the end of the game.

Mason Moore slides across home plate safely to score a run for Englewood during the March 12 game against Bruce Randolph Charter School. The Pirates got one-hit pitching and banged out nine hits as they won the game 10-0 in five innings. Photos by Tom Munds Nate Andrews warms up for Englewood during the March 12 game against Bruce Randolph Charter School.

Andrew pitched five innings, gave up just one hit and struck out nine as the Pirates won in five innings, 10-0.

“This was one of the most exciting games I have ever played,” he said. “I threw a one-hitter, and that is something I have never done before.”

He said he just kept the rhythm and pounded the strike zone. He said his primary pitch is a fastball, which he moves around in the strike zone. He also throws a curve ball and occasionally will throw a change-up.

“This feels so great,” he said. “It was almost a perfect game in my first game of the season. That is a great start for me individually, and it is a great start for our team. We just want to keep rolling and keep winning games.”

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SPORTS ROUNDUP LITTLETON LIONS BASEBALL Littleton 4, Farmington 2 The Lions improved to 2-1 on the season with the March 12 road win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

Piedra Vista 12, Littleton 0 The Lions fell to 1-1 on the

season with the March 11 tournament loss.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

Littleton 12, Uintah 8 The Lions started the season 1-0 after the March 10 tournament win.

Key performers: No individu-

al statistics were reported for this game.

beth Sanson each scored goals in the game.

GIRLS SOCCER Littleton 3, Pomona 0 The Lions improved to 2-0 on the season with the March 12 home win.

Key performers: Maddie Fuchs, Sarah Gray and Elisa-

Littleton 6, Thomas Jefferson o The Lions started the season 1-0 with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: Lizzy Hernandez scored two goals.

Sarah Gray scored two goals.

HERITAGE EAGLES GIRLS SOCCER Heritage 2, Chatfield 1 The Eagles improved to 1-1 on the season with the March 12 home win.

Key performers: Faith Lucas scored a goal. Sophie West scored a goal.

Fossil Ridge 2, Heritage 1 The Eagles started the season 0-1 after the March 10 road loss.

Key performers: Madelyn Allen scored a goal.

BOY’S LACROSSE

Heritage 13, Stevenson 6 The Eagles started the season 1-0 with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

GIRLS LACROSSE Heritage/Littleton 13, Golden 7 The Gryphons improved to 1-1 on the season with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

ENGLEWOOD PIRATES BASEBALL Englewood 10, Bruce Randolph 0 The Pirates improved to 2-0 on the season with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: Cecil Ondack had a hit and drove in two

runs. Izaiah Kovach droved in three runs.

Englewood 8, Denver South 7 The Pirates started the season 1-0 with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: Sam Westra had a hit and drove in two runs. Jason Klipka also drove in two runs.

GIRLS SOCCER St. Mary’s Academy 3,

Englewood 2 The Pirates started the season 0-1 after the March 10 road loss.

Key performers: Courtney Schauer scored and goal. Tina Selimagic scored a goal.

statistics were reported for this game.

GIRLS SOCCER Mountain Vista 3, Cherry Creek 1 The Bruins fell to 1-1

on the season with the March 12 tournament loss.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

Cherry Creek 5, Denver South 0

GIRLS SOCCER Arapahoe 2, Castle View 1 The Warriors started the season 1-0 after their win on the road March 10.

Key performers: Haley Archuleta and Audrey Weiss each scored goals in the win.

BOYS LACROSSE Arapahoe 13, Monarch 10 The Warriors started the season 1-0 with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: Riley Moynihan scored four goals. Ryan Carlson scored three goals.

GIRLS LACROSSE Kent Denver 17, Arapahoe 10 The Warriors started the season 0-1 after the March 11 home loss.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

Pirates Continued from Page 28

The Pirates got their first win of the season March 10 against Denver South. The Rebels built a 7-0 advantage, but the Pirates stormed back to win the game 8-7.

CHERRY CREEK BRUINS BASEBALL Cherry Creek 5, Dakota Ridge 4 The Bruins started their season 1-0 with the March 12 home win.

Key performers: No individual

ARAPAHOE WARRIORS

The Bruins started the season 1-0 with the March 10 home win.

Key performers: Meg Halvorson scored two goals. Annie Grillo scored a goal.

Going forward The league season starts quickly for the Pirates as they play the second of two games against Fort Morgan on March 18. The team returns to action after spring break with a nonleague game March 28 on the road at Jefferson.

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TAURUS (April 30 to May 20) Seasonal change creates a new look for the outdoors.

It also inspires Taureans to redo their own environments, and this is a good week to start redoing both your home and workplace. Enjoy.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A misunderstanding needs to be straightened out so the wrong impression isn’t allowed to stand. If necessary, offer to support the use of a third party to act as an impartial arbitrator.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A career change offering what you want in money and responsibilities could involve moving to a new location.

Discuss this with family members before making a decision.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Feeling miffed over how you believe you were treated is understandable. But before you decide to “set things straight,” make sure the whole thing wasn’t just a misinterpretation of the facts.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Showing you care makes it easier to build trust and gain an advantage in handling a delicate situation.

What you learn from this experience also will help you understand yourself better.

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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Planning for the future is fine, especially if you include the roles that family members may be asked to play. Don’t be surprised if some hidden emotions are revealed in the process.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Making choices highlights much of the week, and you have a head start here, thanks to your ability to grasp the facts of a situation and interpret them in a clear-cut manner.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Carrying a torch can be a two-way situation: It can either keep you tied to the past or help light your way to the future. The choice, as always, has to be yours.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your watchwords this week are: “Focus.” “Focus.” “Focus.” Don’t let yourself be distracted from what you set out to do. There’ll be time later to look over other possibilities.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A workplace opportunity might require changes you’re not keen on making. Discuss the plusses and minuses with someone familiar with the situation before you make a decision.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Love and romance are strong in your aspect this week.

If you’ve already met the right person, expect your relationship to grow. And if you’re still looking, odds are you’ll soon be finding it.

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FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0046-2016

32 The Independent • The Herald

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Notices COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0016-2016

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0850-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 30, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) LINDI LYONS PRUTCH Original Beneficiary(ies) CITIMORTGAGE, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CITIMORTGAGE, INC Date of Deed of Trust May 28, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 18, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3130318 Original Principal Amount $322,700.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $286,347.73 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 1, FOXRIDGE FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7960 SOUTH POPLAR WAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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 (CFPB), 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 DATE: 12/30/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

On January 8, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Public Trustees

Original Grantor(s) Michael F. Gross and Allison L. Townsend Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for RAMP 2005-RS1 Date of Deed of Trust November 03, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 16, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4199726 Original Principal Amount $227,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $204,378.49 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 54, WALNUT HILLS, FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 8026 East Fremont Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/27/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/3/2016 Last Publication: 3/31/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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 (CFPB), 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

On January 20, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Gerald B Ryan and Stephanie A Ryan Original Beneficiary(ies) Ameriquest Mortgage Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LSF9 Master Participation Trust Date of Deed of Trust January 05, 2001 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 16, 2001 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B1006272 Original Principal Amount $151,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $147,529.18

Public Trustees

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 38, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4B, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2059 E Phillips Ln, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/17/2016 Last Publication: 4/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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 (CFPB), 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 DATE: 01/20/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

DATE: 01/08/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee

Lauren Tew #45041 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 3125.100127.F01

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

David A. Shore #19973 Martin H. Shore #1800 Stephen A Hall #38186 Hellerstein and Shore PC 5347 S. Valentia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 573-1080 Attorney File # 15-00954SH

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0046-2016 First Publication: 3/17/2016 Last Publication: 4/14/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Holly L. Decker #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Jolene Guignet #46144 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 15-049-28922

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice NO.: 0016-2016 First Publication: 3/3/2016 Last Publication: 3/31/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

On December 22, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0046-2016

Original Grantor(s) JERRY REYES and JEANINE REYES Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust June 09, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 08, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1064335 Original Principal Amount $209,070.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $192,999.73

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0850-2015 First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0016-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Michael F. Gross and Allison L. Townsend Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys-

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 20, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Gerald B Ryan and Stephanie A Ryan Original Beneficiary(ies) Ameriquest Mortgage Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LSF9 Master Participation Trust Date of Deed of Trust January 05, 2001 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 16, 2001

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0827-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and in-

Notices

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust June 09, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 08, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1064335 Original Principal Amount $209,070.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $192,999.73

Public Trustees

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 4, BLOCK 23, BROADMOOR-FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5945 S BANNOCK ST, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/13/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/18/2016 Last Publication: 3/17/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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 (CFPB), 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 DATE: 12/22/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 15-009572 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0827-2015 First Publication: 2/18/2016 Last Publication: 3/17/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0847-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 29, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Katherine Eve Karlin Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust February 24, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 02, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1021178 Original Principal Amount $150,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $138,921.01 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 27, SOUTHBRIDGE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF AR-

March 17, 2016

Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 02, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1021178 Original Principal Amount $150,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $138,921.01

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure pay principal andpublic inTo to advertise your notices call 303-566-4100 terest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of PUBLIC NOTICE debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Public notice is given on February 23, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name LOT 27, SOUTHBRIDGE SUBDIVISION, of an adult has been filed with the FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARArapahoe County Court.

APAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO The petition requests that the name of Also known by street and number as: Arion Sky Kunkler be changed to 519 W Jamison Circle, Littleton, CO Arion Sky Garrett 80120.

Case No.: 16 C 100166

Public Trustees

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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 (CFPB), 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 DATE: 12/29/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly Shilliday #24423 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 Courtney Wright #45482 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-15-696607-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0847-2015 First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

Tammera Herivel By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57324 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 29, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Christy Kanwai Olowojoba be changed to Christy Kanwai Case No.: 16 C 100181 Tammera Herivel By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57333 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name (Adult)

Public notice is given this 29th day of February, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Esther Elisabeth Brans-Ebner be changed to Esther Elisabeth Brans.

Case No.: 16 C 33202 Clerk of the Court By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Dana J. Murray, County Court Judge/ Magistrate Legal Notice No: 57337 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 26, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult / a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Arifur Sumon Rahman be changed to Sumon Arifur Ramann Case No.: 16 C 100178 Tammera Herivela By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57345 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 26, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult / a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Ginelle Ann Rahman be changed to Ginelle Ann Ramann Case No.: 16 C 100180 Tammera Herivela By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57346 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Name Changes

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on March 7, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Joshua Neal Allen be changed to Joshua Neal Kelten Case No.: 16 C 100188 Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57357 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Jennifer Ruth Kelty be changed to Jennifer Ruth Kelten Case No.: 16 C 100186 Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57358 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 23, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Scott Michael Latham be changed to Heather Michelle Latham Case No.: 2016 C 100193 Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57364 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 7, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Skylar Roy Lazzara be changed to Christina Sky Lazzara Case No.: 2016 C 100191 Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57365 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 7, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Rian Rebecca Perea be changed to Rian Rebecca Kalush Case No.: 2016 C 100192

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Public notice is given on March 7, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Name Changes

The petition requests that the name of Rian Rebecca Perea be changed to Rian Rebecca Kalush Case No.: 2016 C 100192

Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57369 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Steven Marquette Porter be changed to Stephen Marquette Porter Case No.: 2016 C 100190 Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 57372 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Keya Jantelle Redwood be changed to Keya Janelle Hatchett Case No.: 16 C 100185 By: Judge Dana E. Murray Legal Notice No: 57374 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jody Ketchum Briola, Deceased Case Number: 2016PR030118 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before July 5, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven M. Briola Personal Representative 1472 S. Yampa Way Aurora, CO 80017 Legal Notice No.: 57214 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent

ative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 22, 2016 (date)*, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leif Williams Houkom Personal Representative 19446 E. Hinsdale Place Centennial, CO 80016

Notice To Creditors

Legal Notice No.: 57315 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rita M. McAloon, Deceased Case Number 2016PR30164 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

John C. Stewart Attorney for the Personal Representative 1660 S. Albion St., #918 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No.: 57318 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Valdeene Gail Miller, aka Valdeene G. Miller, Deceased Case Number 2016PR30021 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

John C. Stewart Attorney for the Personal Representative 1660 S. Albion St., #918 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No.: 57319 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Irene Mary Lewis, a/k/a Mary Lewis, a/k/a Irene Mary Hess, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30149 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

William S. Lewis Personal Representative 533 Tiara Drive Grand Junction, CO 81507 Legal Notice No.: 57325 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROY A. BROWN, Deceased Case Number: 2016PR30116

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RUTH COLLETTE BERGLIN, a/k/A RUTH C. BERGLIN, a/k/a RUTH COLLETTE TILGER, a/k/a RUTH C. TILGER, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30084

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before July 2, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Royalyn L. Allen Personal Representative c/o WARREN, CARLSON & MOORE, LLP PO Box 610 Niwot, CO 80544-0610

/s/ Audrey A. Galloway Audrey A. Galloway, #38128: Attorney for ROBERT A. BERGLIN Personal Representative c/o Lawyers|West Council Tree Ave., #242 Fort Collins, CO 80525

Legal Notice No.: 57329 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 57312 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Joseph Gregory, aka William J. Gregory, aka William Gregory, Deceased Case Number 2016PR30083 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Silvia Personal Representative C/O 598 S. Gilpin St. Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No.: 57313 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Jean Houkom, Deceased Case Number: 2015PR30965

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before July 22, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leif Williams Houkom Personal Representative 19446 E. Hinsdale Place Centennial, CO 80016 Legal Notice No.: 57314 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Leif Arnold Houkom, Deceased Case Number: 2015PR30964

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 22, 2016 (date)*, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leif Williams Houkom Personal Representative 19446 E. Hinsdale Place Centennial, CO 80016 Legal Notice No.: 57315 First Publication: March 3, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of G. DON HARRIS, a/k/a Gaye Don Harris, a/k/a Don Harris, Deceased Case Number: 2016PR30143 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court in and for Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet N. Harris, Personal Representative c/o Holland & Hart LLP PO Box 8749 Denver, CO 80201-8749 Legal Notice No.: 57336 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Estate of Harold Flear, Deceased Case Number: 2016-PR-30101 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe , County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Grant Flear Personal Representative c/o Barbara E. Cashman, Esq. Barbara Cashman, LLC 7955 East Arapahoe Ct., #3000 Centennial, CO 80112 Phone Number: 720-242-8133 e-mail: Barb@DenverElderLaw.org Legal Notice No.: 57349 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James B. Kurtz, a/k/a James B. Kurtz Sr., a/k/a James Biggs Kurtz, a/k/a James Biggs Kurtz Sr., a/k/a James Kurtz, a/k/a James Kurtz Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 31146 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 14, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katharine C. Kurtz and Katharine D. Kurtz, Co-Personal Representatives c/o Nancy R. Crow, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400

above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 14, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Katharine C. Kurtz and Katharine D. Kurtz, Co-Personal Representatives c/o Nancy R. Crow, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No.: 57351 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Steven G. Reed, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 030782 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Cecilia T. Reed, Personal Representative 2213 S. Zeno St. Aurora, CO 80013 Legal Notice No: 57356 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rosemarie Shelton, Deceased Case Number: 16 PR 30120 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Timothy J. Lamb Attorney to the Personal Representative 1401 – 17th Street, Suite 330 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No: 57320 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carole J. Mackall, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30061 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeanine Hinesly Co-Personal Representative 550 E. Country Club Drive Union, Washington 98592 Sandra Sweep Co-Personal Representative 44 East 125th Street Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 Legal Notice No: 57322 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bette McGee, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 31043 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Ann Dorsher Personal Representative 4877 East Lake Harriet Parkway Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55149 Legal Notice No: 57330 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lana Diane McKune, aka Lana D. McKune, aka Lana McKune, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 030145 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jason McKune Personal Representative 5442 Sweet Grass Court Castle Rock, Colorado 80109 Legal Notice No: 57331 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lorene Hilda Meinecke, aka Lorene H. Meinecke, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30150 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Flora Ann Sheeran Personal Representative 2312 South Platte River Road Sedalia, Colorado 80135 Legal Notice No: 57332 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gladys M. Collom, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30167 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

John A. Collom III Personal Representative P.O. Box 3359 Mesquite, NV 89024 Legal Notice No: 57341 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Plaintiff: HERITAGE GREENS

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Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary C. Bjork, aka Mary Carlo Bjork, and Mary Bjork, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30160 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Debbie L. B. Moloznik Personal Representative 6428 S. Glencoe Court Centennial, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No: 57334 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Glenn Clemence Bergen, Aka Glenn C. Bergen, Aka Glenn Bergen, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30015 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Geoffrey Bergen Personal Representative 21171 E. Jefferson Avenue Aurora, Colorado 80013 Legal Notice No: 57343 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sylvia Carol Millerd Brammer, aka Sylvia C. Brammer, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 78 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Paul Dean Brammer Personal Representative 3526 Avenida Sierra Escondido, CA 92029-7942 Legal Notice No: 57344 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Moore, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 94 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Patti Jo Weber Personal Representative P.O. Box 498 Kittredge, Colorado 80457 Legal Notice No: 57347 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary L. Jensen, aka Mary Jensen, Deceased Case Number: 16 PR 93 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Kathleen Sherwood Personal Representative 7572 S. Franklin Street Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No: 57350 First Publication: March 10, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Randy M. Schneiderman, aka Randy Schneiderman, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30187

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Delbert A. Sexton, Jr. Personal Representative c/o: Glatstein & O’Brien, LLP 2696 So. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222 303-757-4342 Legal Notice No: 57378 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Forrest J. Jensen Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 103 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Kathleen Sherwood Personal Representative 7572 S. Franklin Street Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No: 57379 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 57382 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Anna M. Tousley, aka Anna Tousley, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30199 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No.: 57212 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Published In: Littleton Independent 2550 W. Main St., Littleton, CO 80120

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120 Plaintiff: CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC vs.

Defendant: LINDA Y. ARHBAL David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913 Case Number: 04 C 111174 NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the original judgment entered in the instant matter on August 20, 2004 and thereafter revived with like force and effect on April 28, 2010 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s), which judgment remains unsatisfied, be again revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s) , LINDA Y. ARHBAL, shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any she has, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be again revived with like force and effect.

/s/ Tammy Herivel Clerk of the Court

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No.: 57295 First Publication: February 25, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Delbert A. Sexton, Jr. Personal Representative c/o: Glatstein & O’Brien, LLP 2696 So. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 350

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

Legal Notice No: 57384 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Monica M. Kastan Personal Representative 2301 East Fremont Avenue, No. X3 Centennial, Colorado 80122

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

DATED in Colorado this 27th day of January, 2016.

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda L. Royce, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30127

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

Susan Lash Personal Representative 2737 W. Greens Drive Littleton, Colorado 80123

To: Juan James Snook, a/k/a Juan J. Snook, a/k/a Juan Snook, a/k/a JJ Snook: You are notified that you have 10 days after publication for this notice of levy to file your claim of exemption with the County Court of Arapahoe County, 1790 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton CO 80120 in Case 13C 43626 entitled: Tidewater Finance Company, d/b/a Tidewater Motor Credit, d/b/a Tidewater Credit Services vs.

Juan James Snook, a/k/a Juan J. Snook, a/k/a Juan Snook, a/k/a JJ Snook $191.81 garnished at Wells Fargo Bank in Longmont, CO 80501. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

PUBLIC NOTICE

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

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

Legal Notice No.: 57213 First Publication: March 3, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 57376 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher:Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Also known as: 7896 South Fairfax Court, Centennial, CO 80122.

Patricia Erickson Personal Representative 6147 S. Josephine Way Centennial, Colorado 80121

Sandy Schissler Personal Representative 9242 W. Chatfield Place Littleton, Colorado 80128

PUBLIC NOTICE

Regarding: LOT 26, BLOCK 6, HERITAGE GREENS FILING NO. 4. ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 11, 1984 IN PLAT BOOK 76 AT PAGE I UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2417244, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Evan Ingling, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 107

WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, dated this 17th day of November, 2015.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert M. Kastan, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30178

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You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 28th day of April, 2016, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number (720)874-3935. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

PUBLIC NOTICE

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 57368 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 31, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Defendants: HENRY W. DORNSEIF III; PHYLLIS DORNSEIF; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; BNC MORTGAGE, INC.; BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST SERIES 2003-BC7; U.S. BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST SERIES 2003-BC7; LIBERTY ACQUISITIONS, LLC; CYNTHIA D. MARES AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO; ANY PARTY IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY; AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY

PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015CV031725 DIVISION NO. 14 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Plaintiff: HERITAGE GREENS ASSOCIATION v.

Defendants: HENRY W. DORNSEIF III; PHYLLIS DORNSEIF; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; BNC MORTGAGE, INC.; BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN

PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: BRADLEY PAUL SHAKESHAFT FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Attorney for Petitioner: Timothy J. Eirich Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone Number: 303-679-8266 E-mail: Tim@GrobEirich FAX Number: 303-679-8960 Atty. Reg.#: 35670 NOTICE CONCERNING PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENT-CHILD LEGAL RELATIONSHIP AND PETITION FOR STEPPARENT ADOPTION

TO: BAJRAM RECICA, also known as BAJRAM REQICA

You are hereby notified that the District Court in this county will hold a hearing on the Petition for Stepparent Adoption and Petition to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship filed by the Petitioner involving the child, Enes Bejta, born on March 20, 2006, in the country of Kosovo.

The Court will hold the hearing on the 17th day of June 2016, at 9:00 AM in Division 24 of the Arapahoe County District Court, State of Colorado.

Unless within thirty-five (35) days after the publication of this Notice you file an answer with the Court, or appear before the Court, your parental right to the Child may likely be terminated. You have the right to waive your right to appear and contest, and your failure to appear and contest, either in person or by a representative, will result in the Court forever terminating your parent-child legal relationship and granting the requested adoption.

Timothy J. Eirich Attorney for Petitioner Legal Notice No.: 57359 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice given to Denver Protection Services LLC & Robyn Levine to remove all items left at 7726 S Joplin Ct, Englewood, CO 80112. If not removed by 4/1/2016, items will be sent to the dump.

Call 303-332-5354.

Legal Notice No.: 57380 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 24, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO FEBRUARY 2016 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of FEBRUARY 2016 for each County affected.

16CW3021 (Case Nos. 99CW158, 08CW136) THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, a municipal corporation of the Counties of Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise (“Aurora”) 15151 East Alameda Avenue, Suite 3600, Aurora,

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water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of FEBRUARY 2016 for each County affected.

time to time to irrigate the subject Spring

Hill Golf Course. Certain increments of 34 The Independent • The Herald the water applied for irrigation purposes in

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1 6 C W 3 0 2 1 ( C a s e N os . 9 9 C W1 5 8 , 08CW136) THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, a municipal corporation of the Counties of Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise (“Aurora”) 15151 East Alameda Avenue, Suite 3600, Aurora, Colorado 80012-1555. Attorneys: John M. Dingess and Teri L. Petitt, Hamre, Rodriguez, Ostrander & Dingess, PC, 3600 S. Yosemite Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80237-1829 (Telephone 303-779-0200).

APPLICATION TO MAKE ABSOLUTE OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR A FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. Introduction: Applicant, the City of Aurora, Colorado, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise (“Aurora” or “Applicant”) seeks an absolute decree for water rights of exchange decreed conditional in Case No. 99-CW-158 on June 11, 2002. Under the decree in Case No. 99-CW-158, exchanges were decreed at a total maximum rate of 1.2 cfs along Sand Creek in Adams and Arapahoe counties to the Spring Hill Golf Course Well Nos. 1 and 2 for irrigation use only at Aurora’s Spring Hill Golf Course. In said decree, all of the exchanges were decreed absolute except for those using reusable lawn irrigation return flows (“LIRFs”) accruing to Sand Creek as a replacement source for the exchanges. The LIRF portion of the exchanges was decreed conditional and is now the subject of Application. Pursuant to the decree in Case No. 99-CW-158, Aurora could not use the LIRFs as a replacement source until Aurora studied the timing, amounts and reusability of the LIRFs and obtained a decree confirming Aurora’s right of reuse. On September 25, 2008, Aurora obtained a decree in Case No. 02-CW-341, Water Division 1, allowing it to reuse the Sand Creek lawn irrigation return flows. In the alternative should this Court not award the requested absolute right, Applicant requests a decree finding Aurora was diligent in the development of the rights and the conditional rights are therefore continued. 2. Name and Legal Descriptions of Structures and Replacement Locations: 2.1. Structures: 2.1.1. Aurora Spring Hill Golf Course Well No. 1 (Well Permit No. 7765-F issued on September 19, 1957). 2.1.1.1. Location: SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 4, T4S, R66W, 6th P.M., 1480 feet from the North section line, 1140 feet from the East section line, in Arapahoe County, Colorado. 2.1.1.2.

Source: Alluvium of Sand Creek, a tributary to the South Platte River. 2.1.1.3. Appropriation Date: September 19, 1957.

2.1.1.4. 250 gpm. 2.1.1.5. Permitted Uses: Irrigation. 2.1.2. Aurora Spring Hill Golf Course Well No. 2 (Well Permit No. 7769-F issued on September 26, 1957).

2.1.2.1. Location: SW1/4 of NE1/4, Section 4, T4S, R66W, 6th P.M., 1390 feet from the North section line, 1370 feet from the East section line, in Arapahoe County, Colorado. 2.1.2.2. Source: Alluvium of Sand Creek, a tributary to the South Platte River. 2.1.2.3. Appropriation Date: September 24, 1957. 2.1.2.4. Amount: 250 gpm. 2.1.2.5. Permitted Uses: Irrigation. 2.2. Replacement Locations: 2.2.1.

Sand Creek at Colfax Avenue. This location is on Sand Creek immediately downstream of Colfax Avenue which is located at the border between Section 33, T3S, R66W, 6th P.M., and Section 4, T4S, R66W, 6th P.M. which is also at the border between Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Colorado. 2.2.2. Confluence of Sand Creek and the South Platte River.

The confluence is generally located in the SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 1, T3S, R68W, of the 6th P.M., in Adams County, Colorado. This location is capable of receiving water from each of the above-described delivery locations. 3. Description of Conditional Water Rights 3.1. Original Decree: Case No. 99-CW-158, Water Division 1, dated June 11, 2002. 3.2. Diligence Decree: Case No. 08-CW-136, Water Division 1, dated February 11, 2010. 3.3. Exchange Reaches: Under the exchange decreed for use of LIRFs as a replacement source, water pumped from the Spring Hill Golf Course Well Nos. 1 and 2 is replaced with Aurora’s LIRFs delivered to the “Exchange From” points described below. The “Exchange To” point is the uppermost point on Sand Creek where depletions resulting from pumping the Aurora Spring Hill Golf Course Well Nos. 1 and 2 impact the stream. See Exhibits A and B attached hereto. 3.3.1. “Exchange To” Point: Sand Creek at Colfax Avenue, described in subparagraph 2.2.1, above. 3.3.2. “Exchange From” Point: The confluence of Sand Creek and the South Platte River, described in subparagraph 2.2.2, above. 3.4. Appropriation Date and Amount: October 11, 1999 for 1.2 cfs, conditional regarding the reuse of irrigation return flows accruing to Sand Creek as a replacement source. 3.4.1.

Pursuant to the original decree in Case No. 99-CW-158, the cumulative rate of exchange for all the exchanges decreed therein combined may not exceed 1.2 c.f.s. 3.4.2. The original decree in Case No. 99-CW-158 confirmed absolute exchanges from the outfall of the Aurora Sand Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and from the confluence of Sand Creek and the South Platte River, both to Sand Creek at Colfax Avenue, including the exchange at issue in this Application except the exchanges using LIRFs as the replacement source. The combined rate of exchange for all these exchanges may not exceed 1.2 c.f.s. 3.5. Use: Irrigation. 3.6.

Sources of Exchange Water: 3.6.1. Aurora is the Utility Enterprise of a Colorado municipal corporation whose boundaries encompass land located within the Counties of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas. Aurora owns and maintains water service facilities to provide municipal water service to its inhabitants and those with whom it has agreements to serve.

Aurora either individually or in cooperation with others is the owner of numerous water rights, water diversion and storage facilities that either arise in or are located within the Colorado, Arkansas and South Platte River Basins. Aurora is the owner and operator of Aurora Spring Hill Golf Course Well Nos. 1 and 2 that are located on and have historically been used to irrigate the Spring Hill Golf Course located in Section 4, T4S, R66W, 6th P.M., in Arapahoe County in the Upper Sand Creek basin. Aurora proposes the continued use of the two wells along with other water resources it may legally use for irrigation of the golf course. Aurora Spring Hill Golf Course Well Nos. 1 and 2 are tributary to Sand Creek and are the points of withdrawal for water under the exchanges herein. The “exchange to” upstream point for diversion of water for the exchanges discussed in subparagraph 3.3.1, is the uppermost point on Sand Creek where depletions resulting from pumping the Aurora Spring Hill Golf Course Well Nos. 1 and 2 impact the stream. 3.6.2. A portion of Aurora’s municipal customers are located within the Sand Creek drainage basin. A portion of the treated water supplied to customers within the Sand Creek drainage basin is used for irrigation purposes. Treated water is also used from time to time to irrigate the subject Spring Hill Golf Course. Certain increments of the water applied for irrigation purposes in the Sand Creek drainage basin either runs off directly to Sand Creek or percolates into the soil and migrates into the ground water of the Sand Creek alluvium. 3.6.3.

Sources of Water for this Portion of the Exchange: Reusable LIRFs accruing to Sand Creek and its tributaries above Sand Creek’s confluence with the South Platte River from that portion of the present and

the Sand Creek drainage basin either runs off directly to Sand Creek or percolates into the soil and migrates into the ground water of the Sand Creek alluvium. 3.6.3.

Sources of Water for this Portion of the Exchange: Reusable LIRFs accruing to Sand Creek and its tributaries above Sand Creek’s confluence with the South Platte River from that portion of the present and future boundaries of the City of Aurora that are tributary to Sand Creek, said water derived from the sources described in paragraphs 11.2 and 13.3 of the original decree entered in Case No. 99-CW-158.

All use of LIRFs as a replacement source under these exchanges is subject to the terms and conditions of the original decree. Specifically, paragraph 13.11.3 of the original decree provided in relevant part that Aurora would not use the LIRFs from the sources described in paragraph 11.2.1 of the original decree as a replacement source under these exchanges until Aurora conducted studies establishing the timing, amounts and reusability of returns to Sand Creek and obtained a decree confirming Aurora’s right to reuse of these irrigation return flows to Sand Creek. Aurora has since completed a study that quantified and determined the reusability of irrigation return flows to Sand Creek and was granted a decree in Case No. 02CW-341 confirming its right to reuse those return flows. No change or modification to the decree granted in 02-CW-341 is requested herein. 4. Detailed Outline of What Was Done Toward Completion of the Appropriation and Application of Water to a Beneficial Use as Conditionally Decreed, Including Expenditures. 4.1.

Project Specific Efforts: During this diligence period, Aurora completed and/or proceeded with reasonable diligence toward completion of that part of the originally decreed conditional rights, described in paragraph 3 above. (Expenditure numbers are rounded to the nearest $1,000.)

4.1.1. Quantification and Determination of Lawn Irrigation Return Flows: Aurora obtained a decree in Case No. 02-CW-341, Water Division 1, on September 25, 2008, quantifying LIRFs from its municipal system (and subsequent requantifications as required by the Decree in 02-CW-341), including those from Sand Creek, generated as a result of use of transmountain water rights, fully consumable in-basin water rights, decreed and permitted non-tributary sources and any other fully consumable water available to Aurora. Thus Aurora complied with the terms of 99-CW158 and an absolute right for the LIRF exchange should be awarded. During this diligence period, Aurora has expended over $464,670 in engineering costs quantifying (and requantifying) the LIRFs adjudicated in Case No. 02-CW-341 available for exchange. In addition to the engineering costs, Aurora expended over $13,500 in legal fees regarding the LIRF quantification (and requantification). 4.2. Systemwide Efforts: During the diligence period, Aurora has accomplished at least the following systemwide efforts that will be used to operate or benefit the conditional rights.

(Expenditure numbers are rounded to the nearest $1,000.) 4.2.1. Arkansas River Basin: Aurora made the following diligent efforts with regard to maintaining and enlarging its water supply system components in the Arkansas River Basin which are necessary for continuation of its reuseable supplies from the Arkansas River Basin. 4.2.1.1. Payment for purchase and lease of Rocky Ford Ditch shares: Aurora spent more than $3,250,000 during this diligence period for repayment of bonds, including principal and interest, that were issued or refunded for purchase of original Rocky Ford Ditch shares changed in Case No. 83-CW-18, that are a reusable source for the exchanges herein. 4.2.1.2. Revegetation: Aurora has expended at least $717,000 during this diligence period for revegetation, including expenditures for expert revegetation classifications and reports, actual revegetation and weed control costs, as well as farm equipment purchases, office overhead and personnel costs, under Case No. 83-CW-18. Aurora also expended an additional $579,000 for revegetation and continued farming of historically irrigated lands pursuant to the decree in Case No. 99-CW-169(A). 4.2.1.3.

Payments to Otero County. Aurora and Otero County entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement on February 22, 1994, and amended that Agreement on October 29, 2001 under which Amendment Aurora agreed to make annual payments to Otero County concerning the Rocky Ford Ditch shares that are a reusable source for the exchanges herein. During this diligence period, Aurora made payments in excess of $227,000.

4.2.1.4. Payments to Rocky Ford School District R-2: Aurora and the Rocky Ford School District R-2 entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement on February 7, 2005 under which Aurora agreed to make annual payments to the School District concerning the Rocky Ford Ditch shares that are a reusable source for the exchanges herein.

During this diligence period, Aurora made payments of $1,200,000. 4.2.1.5. Pueblo Reservoir Storage: During this diligence period, Aurora paid the Bureau of Reclamation more than $3,180,000 for use of Pueblo Reservoir in the storage and exchange of Arkansas River Basin water upstream for transport and use by Aurora in the South Platte Basin. 4.2.1.6. Intergovernmental Agreement with SECWCD: On October 3, 2003, Aurora entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (“SECWCD”), replacing an agreement between the parties dated December 7, 2001. Aurora’s use of Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities for certain water rights is discussed under this IGA. During this diligence period, Aurora has made payments of more than $935,000 to SECWCD under this IGA. 4.2.1.7. Agreements for Use of the Holbrook System Facilities: On March 1, 2005, Aurora entered into two agreements pertaining to the use of the diversion, conveyance and storage facilities of the Holbrook Mutual Irrigating Company (“Holbrook”). Aurora and Holbrook extended this agreement on February 2, 2010. These agreements implement a program to recapture and store yield from foregone diversions of senior water rights. Aurora completed structural modifications to the Holbrook system facilities and filed a Substitute Water Supply Plan necessary to implement the program.

Further, Aurora initiated a study to examine enlargement of the Holbrook Reservoir to further facilitate operations. During this diligence period, Aurora made payments of approximately $184,000 to Holbrook under this agreement. 4.2.1.8. Intergovernmental Agreement with LAVWCD: Pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservation District (“LAVWCD”), Aurora paid approximately $1,000,000 to LAVWCD for the identification and implementation of infrastructure improvements, research, and investigations designed to assist in the permitting or implementation of water leasing programs in the Lower Arkansas Valley, as well as remediation and restoration efforts in the Fountain Creek Corridor. 4.2.1.9.

Gravel Pit Storage. Aurora is pursuing gravel pit storage options on the Arkansas River downstream from Pueblo Reservoir to allow storage of its water rights for eventual exchange to Pueblo Reservoir.

These stored rights will facilitate Aurora’s Arkansas River Basin operation, including delivery of the reusable water for the exchanges herein. During this diligence period, Aurora spent approximately $100,000 toward this effort. 4.2.2. Colorado River Basin: Aurora made the following diligent efforts with regard the its water supply system components in the Colorado River Basin that are necessary for

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voir to allow storage of its water rights for eventual exchange to Pueblo Reservoir.

These stored rights will facilitate Aurora’s Arkansas River Basin operation, including delivery of the reusable water for the exchanges herein. During this diligence period, Aurora spent approximately $100,000 toward this effort. 4.2.2. Colorado River Basin: Aurora made the following diligent efforts with regard the its water supply system components in the Colorado River Basin that are necessary for continuation of its reusable supplies from the Colorado River Basin. 4.2.2.1. During this diligence period, Aurora and the City of Colorado Springs negotiated with Objectors in Case No. 95CW272(A), Water Division 5, and entered into Stipulations with many of the Objectors in that case, which adjudicated changes of water rights and augmentation plans and exchanges involving the Homestake water rights. A decree was granted in this matter on March 16, 2011. 4.2.2.2. Aurora has continued to pursue development of a joint project or projects as contemplated in a 1998 Memorandum of Understanding with Vail Associates, Upper Eagle River Regional Water Authority, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, Cypress Climax Mining Company and the Colorado River Water Conservation District. On June 21, 2004, the City of Aurora entered into an additional Water Exchange Agreement with the Eagle Park Reservoir Company, the Colorado River Water Conservation District, the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, and Vail Associates, Inc. to supplement a 1998 Water Exchange Agreement. This agreement affects operations of the Homestake water rights and deliveries of reusable water to Aurora for use in the exchanges herein. On January 5, 2010, the City of Aurora entered into a Consolidated Water Exchange Agreement to supplement, merge and consolidate the 1998 and 2004 agreements. Aurora seeks to further maximize the operations of the Homestake water rights with these projects. 4.2.2.3. Homestake Project: During this diligence period, work was done on the Homestake Diversion Channel to reduce erosion, including riprap and installation of a new roadway culvert. Additionally, Homestake Reservoir underwent resurfacing and improvement. Once water is transported over the continental divide through the Otero Pump Station and Homestake Pipeline, it is then transported to Spinney Mountain Reservoir in the South Platte Basin. 4.2.2.4.

During this diligence period, Aurora prosecuted Case No. 2009CW17, Water Division 5. On October 10, 2010, the Division 5 Water Court entered a decree confirming diligence and continuing in effect the conditional water rights originally decreed in Case No. 98CW270, which comprise part of the Homestake Project. 4.2.2.5.

During this diligence period, Aurora has negotiated and executed a Recovery Action Plan Participation Agreement with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and a Ruedi Insurance Water Cost Participation Agreement with the City and County of Denver. The purpose of these agreements is to mitigate the impacts of transmountain diversions to Colorado’s front range in order to support the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin. 4.2.3. South Platte River Basin: Aurora made the following diligent efforts with regard its water supply system components in the South Platte River Basin which are necessary for continuation of its reusable supplies from the South Platte River Basin. 4.2.3.1. Griswold Water Treatment Plant Renovations: This facility treats a portion of the raw water before it is delivered to Aurora’s customers. Over $1,107,000 was spent by Aurora during this diligence period for improvements to this facility. 4.2.3.2. Wemlinger Water Treatment Plant Expansion: During this diligence period, Aurora spent over $24,275,000 on expansion of the Wemlinger Water Treatment Plant.

4.2.3.3. Automated Meter Reading System: Aurora spent more than $1,162,000 during this diligence period for conversion of its manual utility reading system to a fully automated system. 4.2.3.4. Prairie Waters Project: During this diligence period, Aurora has expended over $73,940,000 on the construction of several elements of its Prairie Waters Project which allows additional reuse of the subject water rights. 4.2.3.5. Construction of Northern Treatment Plant: Aurora is a member of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (“Metro”). Metro is currently constructing its Northern Treatment Plant, which is projected to be operational by 2016. This will facilitate further reuse of the subject water rights. 4.2.3.6. Sand Creek Water Reuse Plant: Aurora operates this 5-million-gallon per day facility to provide treated water for irrigation throughout the city. During this diligence period, Aurora expended over $2,691,000 on improvements and expansion of this facility. 4.2.3.7. Water System Master Plan: Aurora updates its Master Plan every five years to identify water storage, transmission, and pumping system improvements needed to meet future growth. Aurora expended over $124,000 during the subject diligence period on this effort. 4.2.3.8.

South Platte Exchange: On September 22, 2013, Aurora obtained a decree in Case No. 08CW253, Water Division 1, granting a finding of reasonable diligence and making absolute portions of conditional exchange rights. These water rights allow Aurora to exchange certain reusable water from the confluence of Tarryall Creek and the South Platte River to Spinney Mountain Reservoir. 4.2.4. Legal Fees for System Enlargement. During the diligence period Aurora expended over $1,217,000 in legal fees for developing additional water sources for its system.

4.2.5. Protection Efforts: During this diligence period, Aurora spent more than $580,000 for legal services for participation in Water Divisions 1, 2 and 5 cases to protect the rights and interests of Aurora with regard to its water supply system, including the subject exchanges. 4.3. Other: Aurora reserves the right to identify additional relevant efforts that may be later discovered or to make upward adjustments to amounts expended on certain projects. Aurora has an extensive water rights portfolio, an extensive and complex water supply, collection, treatment and reuse system, and an extensive number of agreements, contracts, leases, etc. related to its facilities and the use, reuse and storage of its water rights. Aurora is involved in many legal actions related to the collection, treatment, reuse and protection of its water rights. Further, the management, protection, and operation of the water rights and the facilities system involve numerous City of Aurora departments and staff members throughout the state. Aurora made diligent efforts with regard to this Application to determine and quantify all efforts made by the City toward completion of the appropriations and application of the water rights decreed in Case No. 99-CW-158 to beneficial use.

However, it is reasonably possible that relevant efforts or expenditures may have been overlooked or need further upward adjustment. WHEREFORE, Aurora respectfully requests that the Court find Aurora has complied with the terms and conditions of the original decree in Case No. 99-CW-158 and decree ABSOLUTE the appropriative rights of exchange at issue herein. In the alternative should the Court not award an absolute decree, Aurora respectfully requests the Court find diligence in the development of the appropriative rights of exchange not previously made absolute, and continue the conditional decree for said structures and remaining conditional amounts for the statutory period. Aurora further requests that this Court also grant such additional relief that the Court deems necessary and ap-

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appropriative rights of exchange at issue herein. In the alternative should the Court not award an absolute decree, Aurora respectfully requests the Court find diligence in the development of the appropriative rights of exchange not previously made absolute, and continue the conditional decree for said structures and remaining conditional amounts for the statutory period. Aurora further requests that this Court also grant such additional relief that the Court deems necessary and appropriate to further the purposes of the appropriations herein requested. (Application and attachments are 14 pages)

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THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of APRIL 2016 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS: 1. You have been identified by Katrina Kulhanek as the possible birth father of her child who is expected to be born on or about March 3, 2016 in Colorado.

2. Ms. Kulhanek plans to relinquish her parental rights to the child on an expedited basis in the Douglas County District Court, State of Colorado, where the adoption agency has an office, pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-103.5 in order to make the child available for adoption.

Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s) parent-child legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that pursuant to a court order, all rights powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

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3. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights.

4. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST: • Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Hope’s Promise at the above addresses or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390, Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twentyone (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

OR • Request and return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person to Hope’s Promise, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission.

YOU MUST ALSO: • File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Hope’s Promise pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twentyone (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

5. You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the child. If you do not believe that you are the father of this child, please check the appropriate box on the reply form.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Liberty Hill Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Heather Lemay 2 Year Term Until May 2018

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1- 13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Dove Valley Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

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NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6) 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

/s/ Lisa A. Jacoby (Designated Election Official)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 113.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Patrick Fitzgerald (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com

Contact Person for the District: Patrick Fitzgerald (303) 979-2333 8739 W. Coal Mine Ave. Littleton, CO 80123 District Facsimile Number: (720) 7265042 District Email: info@swmetrowater.org Legal Notice No.: 57367 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Panorama Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office: Clay Lamar Boelz: Second Regular Election, May 2020 Vacant: Second Regular Election, May 2020 Krystal Arceneaux: Next Regular Election, May 2018 /s/ A.J. Beckman (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: A.J. Beckman 303-987-0835 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: abeckman@smdsi.com

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

Walter A. Koelbel Jr.: Four (4) year term Mary Lynn Thompson: Four (4) year term

Legal Notice No.: 57370 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE BOW MAR WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Bow Mar Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Bryan Sperry: Four-Year Term Jonathan Bush: Four-Year Term Dave Osborne: Four-Year Term Scott Wagner: Two-Year Term BOW MAR WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 57385 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

The following candidates are declared elected:

Legal Notice No.: 57375 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Richard A. Muniz, Sr.: Two-Year Term Vacant: Four-Year Term Vacant: Four-Year Term

PUBLIC NOTICE

SHERIDAN SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2016, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Legal Notice No.: 57386 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent

Keith L. Neale: Four (4) year term

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cherry Hills Heights Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

Jeffrey G. Sheets: Four (4) year term By: /s/ Donette B. Hunter Designated Election Official Orchard Valley Metropolitan District

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by SOUTH ENGLEWOOD SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE CHERRY HILLS HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

Craig S. Ralston, Jr.: Four-Year Term Vacant: Four-Year Term Vacant: Four-Year Term Vacant: Two-Year Term CHERRY HILLS HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 57387 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Public Notice

John Anderson, Jr.: 4-year term until May, 2020 Debora K. Weems: 4-year term until May, 2020 Original Signature on File at the Law Office of Donald E. Marturano Donald E. Marturano, Designated Election Official

Public Notice

The following candidates are declared elected:

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Centennial 25 Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2016, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

By: /s/ Donette B. Hunter Designated Election Official Centennial 25, Metropolitan District

Contact Person for the District: Lisa A. Jacoby 303-987-0835 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: ljacoby@sdmsi.com

Legal Notice No.: 57377 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No.: 57381 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sheridan Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

Bernard J. Sebastian, Jr.: 2 year term until May, 2018

Contact Person for the District: Donald E. Marturano (303) 797-6200 P.O. Box 2858, Centennial, Colorado 80161-2858 District Facsimile Number: (303) 797-6240 District Email: donmarturano@comcast.net

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIA FOR THE SHERIDAN SANITATION DISTRICT

Deborah Noble: Second Regular Election, May 2020 Glenn Sandler: Second Regular Election, May 2020

/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official

PUBLIC NOTICE

By: /s/ Donette B. Hunter Designated Election Official Greenwood South Metropolitan District

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

Charles Hause: 4 year term until May, 2020

Legal Notice No.: 57362 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Peter Culshaw: Four (4) year term Francis A. Nemecek: Four (4) year ter Donald E. Siecke: Four (4) year term

PUBLIC NOTICE

Kenton C. Ensor, Jr.: 4 year term until May, 2020

Lori Tolle 4 Year Term Until May 2020

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Greenwood South Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2016, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Legal Notice No.: 57371 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the TrailMark Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S.

Trustee Bill # 1, Series 2016; a bill concerning building codes was passed by the Town of Columbine Valley Board of Trustees on February 16, 2016. A copy of the ordinance is available in the Town Office at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123.

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

Public Notice

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John Anderson, Jr.: 4-year term until May, 2020 Debora K. Weems: 4-year term until May, 2020

Government Legals

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No.: 57363 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

declared elected:

Original Signature on File at the Law Office of Donald E. Marturano Donald E. Marturano, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No.: 57370 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Contact Person for the District: A.J. Beckman 303-987-0835 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: abeckman@smdsi.com

Patrick Fitzgerald (Designated Election Official)

Cameron McDonnell 4 Year Term Until May 2020

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION

PUBLIC NOTICE

Government Legals

Richard Rock: 4 year term until May, 2020

Andrea Bobb 4 Year Term Until May 2020

Legal Notice No.: 57361 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 57399 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Government Legals

/s/ A.J. Beckman (Designated Election Official)

William D. Buckner: 4 year term until May, 2020

Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com

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By: /s/ Donette B. Hunter Designated Election Official Centennial 25, Metropolitan District

George E. Hamblin Jr.: 2 year term until May, 2018

Elizabeth (Betty) Thomsen 2 Year Term Until May 2018

Public Notice

Mary Lynn Thompson: Four (4) year term

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Sheldon McDonnell 2 Year Term Until May 2018

Legal Notice No.: 57398 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Second Regular Election, May 2020 Vacant: Second Regular Election, May 2020 Krystal Arceneaux: Next Regular Election, May 2018

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Polo Reserve Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Government Legals

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Polo Reserve Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: William D. Steigers: Four-Year Term Steven A. Wagner: Four-Year Term Michael Iiams: Two-Year Term Vacant: Two-Year Term POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 57388 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE SOUTH-EAST ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the South-East Englewood Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Harold R. Thyfault: Four-Year Term Vacant: Four-Year Term SOUTH-EAST ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 57389 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southern Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Kenneth W. Carmann: Four year term to 2020 Robert D. Colwell: Four year term to 2020 Mary Ann Foster: Four year term to 2020 SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Micki L. Wadhams Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 57401 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Normandy Estates Metropolitan Recreation District, Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Janice M. Bird: Four year term to 2020 Brian Estey: Four year term to 2020 Margrit (Peggy) Merrill: Four year term to 2020 NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Carey Wirtzfeld Designated Election Official Legal Notice No: 57383 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Balancing Government Actions....

Legal Notice No.: 57363 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Contact Person for the District: Donald E. Marturano (303) 797-6200 P.O. Box 2858, Centennial, Colorado 80161-2858 District Facsimile Number: (303) 797-6240 District Email: donmarturano@comcast.net

....With your right to know!

Legal Notice No.: 57381 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent

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The following candidates are declared elected:

William D. Steigers: Four-Year Term Steven A. Wagner: Four-Year Term Michael Iiams: Two-Year Term Vacant: Two-Year Term POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No.: 57388 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: March 17, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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