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Ehmann named new county manager BOCC appoints public works director to newly created position

By George Lurie Staff writer

Ed Ehmann, Elbert County’s public works director, will have to get some new business cards.

On Feb. 26 at their regular meeting, the Board of County Commissioners chose Ehmann to be the county’s new manager.

But the decision to promote Ehmann was not unanimous.

Saying that he “was conflicted” and “very much respected” Ehmann, Commissioner Larry Ross voted against the appointment, explaining, “I think the resources would be better spent getting our financial house in order.”

Commissioners Kurt Schlegel and Robert Rowland voted in favor of promoting

Ehmann, who also will continue to oversee the county’s public works department, at least for the next six months.

“We’re going to consolidate some things and streamline operations,” Ehmann said.

“This fall, we’ll re-evaluate where we’re at and possibly make some bigger changes then.”

Ehmann, 46, has worked for the county for seven years. Since the departure of former finance director Stan Wilmer in November 2013, he has “effectively been functioning as the county manager,” Rowland said at the Feb. 26 meeting. “We could not have gotten through the 2014 budget process without Ed taking the lead.”

Ehmann, a fourth-generation Coloradan who grew up in Sedalia, will be paid an annual base salary of $109,000 in his new position.

“I appreciate the opportunity and the confidence you have in me in performing the job,” Ehmann told the commissioners.

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Ed Ehmann addresses the BOCC on Feb. 26, just prior to being appointed Elbert’s new county manager. Ehmann has been serving as the county’s public works director. Photo by George Lurie

Gardner pursuing Senate

Congressman to run for Udall’s seat, others drop out

By Vic Vela Staff writer

County commissioners pose with Eagle Scout candidate Chris Kelly, who wants to build a set of monuments on the courthouse grounds. Photo by George Lurie

Teen asks to build monuments Eagle Scout project would honor Trappers Trail as well as Elbert County veterans

By George Lurie Staff writer

Chris Kelly, an area Boy Scout, made an unusual request to the Board of County Commissioners at their Feb. 26 meeting.

A member of Scout Troop 148 in Aurora and an Eagle Scout candidate, Kelly, 16, asked the commissioners to approve his

Eagle Scout project, in which he proposes to build two monuments on the west side of the courthouse in Kiowa.

The larger of the two monuments, Kelly explained, would commemorate those who traveled more than 100 years ago through Elbert County along what was known as the Trappers Trail.

Kelly told commissioners that the trail, sometimes referred to as the Cherokee Trail, was a popular north-south route that predated the Smoky Hill Trail. Home to a number of early trading posts, the Trappers Trail ran along the eastern base of the Rocky

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Mountains, linking “Bent’s Fort in the south to Fort Laramie in the north.”

Travelers on this historic trail, Kelly said, included Native Americans, about 500 members of the Mormon Battalion known as the “Sick Detachment,” African-American Buffalo Soldiers, early Spanish settlers of the area as well as pioneers from the east making their way further west.

A second, smaller monument, located adjacent to the larger one, “would be erected to honor the men and women from Elbert County who have served in the armed forces of the U.S. military,” Kelly said.

The young man proposed using rocks gathered “from the sites of historic forts from Santa Fe on the south to Fort Laramie in the north” to build the veterans’ memorial.

“I am (proposing) this project because I like the idea of preserving Colorado history and learning about it myself,” Kelly told commissioners.

During his presentation, Kelly showed commissioners samples of signage and materials that would be used to construct the Project continues on Page 11

A head-spinning development in Colorado politics from a game of musical chairs on Feb. 26 resulted in a consensus frontrunner emerging in the Republican field of U.S. Senate candidates.

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner dropped his reelection bid and now has his sights set on unseating Democratic Sen. Mark Udall.

Gardner, who represents the state’s 4th Congressional District, takes the place of Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck in the Republican field. Buck — who lost a tight race to Sen. Michael Bennet in 2010 — dropped his Senate bid to run for Gardner’s House seat.

“We need to replace Mark Udall in the Senate, and I believe CongressGardner man Cory Gardner is in the strongest position to make that happen,” Buck said in a Feb. 26 news release.

Gardner, who officially announced his candidacy at a press conference in Denver on March 1, was elected to the House in 2010 after defeating incumbent Rep. Betsy Markey. Before that, Gardner served in the state House. The Yuma resident is known as a rising star in the GOP and has been an outspoken critic of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. With Buck out and Gardner in, the Republicans stand a better shot at taking Udall’s seat, according to one long-time Colorado political scientist.

“I would say Cory Gardner is the strongest (Republican) candidate in the race at the moment,” said Bob Loevy, a retired Colorado College political science professor.

“Having a sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the race, that’s a big improvement for the Republicans.”

Loevy, a Republican who is well-respected among politicos for his impartial analysis, said the party is better off not having Buck involved in another Senate race.

Buck made national headlines in 2010 for Gardner continues on Page 11

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Dreams over time, one at a time He has always dreamed.

Of what could be.

When he was 8, picking strawberries in the fields of his Mexican town.

When, at 12, he left home for the big city to sell popsicles and snow cones to help his parents provide for their family.

When, at 17, he walked from Tijuana over the mountain range into California, wanting the American dream.

“Era muy triste — la pobreza,” he says.

The poverty — it was very sad. “And it made me very sad. My dreams were different.”

What he saw was a life of possibility — and music.

Singing.

Performing.

Applause.

And although it may not be exactly the original dream, what Ruben Escalera has now, at 54, is close enough to make him happy.

By most days, Ruben is a school custodian who takes pride in keeping his Douglas County high school neat, clean, ready for the students who fill its halls. Other days, he trades his working polo shirt for a crisp button-down, his white baseball cap for a black cowboy hat, and steps onto a stage to croon norteño music in a deep, resonant voice before crowd-packed venues in several Mexican states.

He is a wiry, compact man, a divorced father of three with brushes of gray in his sideburns and a closely trimmed beard and mustache. He walks with a measured step, and speaks with quiet assurance born of devout faith that seeks good in what comes his way.

“Gracias a Dios, nunca me di por ven-

cido,” he says. Thanks be to God, I never gave up. “Luché, luché, luché, luché.”

He fought, always.

And there was much to fight.

He lived in Corona, a rural town in Michoacán, a state just west of Mexico City.

He was one of 13 children of a homemaker mother and a father who did everything from plumbing to bricklaying and construction.

Some of his brothers cut sugar cane; Ruben did, too. Mostly he picked strawberries with two of his sisters. He’d arrive at the field at 7 in the morning and pick for an hour, then head to school. At noon, he’d leave school and return to the fields for another two hours, before finishing out the afternoon with play and homework — “the typical life of a boy of 8 years old.”

Because he had to leave school to help his father, he repeated first grade four times.

He never made it to second grade.

“Es una tristeza,” he says softly. “It is a sadness.”

That reality derailed an early dream to be a priest, to study in a seminary. Instead, at 12, he left home for Mexico City to sell popsicles and snow cones. He lived with

seven others who rented a house together.

“I believed that was the best way I could help my parents,” he says.

But another dream — the one in which he was a singer — stayed quietly alive.

It was born in his home, among the instruments dispersed in corners — the guitar, the violin, the guitarrón of the mariachi tradition. His father played them all. His mother sang with “a precious voice.” And his brothers and he joined in also.

“Nos traían esa herencia,” he says. They gave us that heritage.

And much happiness.

At 9, he had won his first singing competition at the local theater, the first of many such performances in those young years.

But at 17, searching for a better life, he crossed the border illegally to join his brother in Los Angeles. He washed dishes and cars, worked in metal and carpet factories.

He also learned to play the bass guitar and joined a mariachi group that performed in Mexican neighborhood nightclubs. It became a second, welcome source of income.

His voice, smooth and sonorous, brought him work in variety shows in Los Angeles and Las Vegas on long weekends.

When he married at 25, he turned to norteño music, most comparable to American country music, Ruben says. And for seven years he performed with a band. During that time, in 1986, Ronald Reagan’s immigration policy, which provided amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants, opened the door for Ruben to become a legal resident.

But then came the “sickness in his throat.” Cancer.

He stopped performing for two years to treat it, then joined another band, the

most successful one, with which he toured throughout the U.S. and Mexico for four years.

In 1999, the cancer returned. And “with all the pain in my soul, I had to leave the band.” For much of two years, he communicated only by writing, praying that God would let him keep his voice. Eventually, his throat healed.

That twist in the road, however, brought him to Colorado and to the job he now holds and which, he says, he loves.

Six years ago, working hard to improve his English, he became a U.S. citizen.

Five years ago, he began to sing again.

The first time he performed, he cried. “It was a very big emotion, very big, very big. … The people, they liked my work, accepted my style. … I was happy.”

He calls himself “El Vale de Michoacán,” after the nickname his late father called him as a child — val-ay, buddy. Two to three times a year he heads to Mexico to perform.

Life is good. He is content.

But he harbors one more dream, to one day dedicate himself only to his music.

Dreams are important, he says.

“When you know you can be someone, but you don’t have the means, well, it is dreams that one uses to fight.”

Like Ruben did.

Un sueño, one dream, at a time.

To listen to Ruben Escalera sing, go to www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ZWysVfyFmog.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews. com or 303-566-4110.

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e theBy George Lurie mmu-Staff writer God y, his The county has hired Wade Gateley, a Colorado Springs-based attorughtney with more than three decades of nowexperience, to replace Alex Beltz as county attorney. prove New County Manager Ed Ehmann confirmed on Feb. 28 that Gateley had in. accepted the position. d. “It “Wade has practiced law for 31 y big.years,” said Ehmann. “He worked for cept-Kit Carson County for a number of years and has extensive experience cán,”with county land-use law and oil and alledgas regulations. We’re really excited threeto bring him on board and believe he orm.will be a great addition to the county’s team.” o one Gateley is currently living in Colorado Springs and said he is “not sure yet” if he and his family will move to eone,Elbert County. it is

“I just accepted the job yesterday and am still trying to get my bearings,” Gateley said.

“My wife has a job here in the Springs so, at least for a while, I will commute back and forth.”

Gateley, 56, was born in Japan while his father was stationed at an Air Force base there, but said he considers himself a “semi-native of Colorado,” having come to Denver to attend the University of Denver Law School and staying ever since.

Asked what interested him about the opportunity in Elbert County, Gateley said, “For a number of years, I was a part-time county attorney in Kit Carson County and I like the challenges that come with practicing in that kind of environment.”

Gateley’s annual salary will be $85,000, Ehmann said.

Ehmann said Beltz, whose last official day on the job was Feb. 27, will be meeting with Gateley during the first part of March “to help bring him up to speed.”

“Alex has offered to help any way he can during the transition,” Ehmann said. “He will be greatly missed

around here.”

Beltz, the county’s lawyer for the past two years, resigned earlier this month in order to accept a position with a downtown Denver law firm.

Ehmann said the county received “multiple” applications for the county attorney position and interviewed three applicants on Feb. 27. Beltz and Commissioners Robert Rowland and Larry Ross also took part in those interviews.

“Even though I start my new job on March 3, I still want to help the county any way I can,” Beltz said on Feb. 26, while attending his final BOCC meeting.

At the end of that meeting, the three commissioners, a number of county staffers and more than two dozen others in attendance, gave Beltz a standing ovation.

“Alex has done a tremendous job for us and we wish him well,” said Rowland.

Ehmann said Gateley’s first official day on the job will be March 10.

George Lurie can be reached at (303) 566-4109 or glurie@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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Support ‘right to know’ in challenging times The latest developments in digital communications were discussed at length at the Colorado Press Association annual convention Feb. 21 in Denver. While the expanding modes of obtaining news continues in an extended renaissance period, it appears while more and more information is literally at hand, the information that is so important to the public’s right to know is not flowing so freely.

One discussion led by experts in media law focused on current challenges obtaining public records from government entities.

Journalists’ heads nodded to comments that the cost of obtaining documents often remains a barrier. Heads nodded that

our view information is sometimes being held back based on how the provider thinks the media may present it —such as putting it online — while the public’s right to know should not be limited by who wants it and how it may be used.

And heads nodded when media experts said the state appellate courts are no longer on “our” side — meaning specifically the media — thwarting our role to obtain infor-

letter to the editor Thank you for health article

I want to thank reporter Chris Michlewicz for the recent story titled “Screening saves man’s life.”

I am a principal at Frontier Valley Elementary in Parker. I am married and have four children. On April 11, 2012, at the age of 43, I was admitted to Parker Adventist after scans revealed an intestinal blockage.

Dr. Sun came to my rescue and performed surgery that revealed I had three large cancerous tumors in my colon.

Stage 3 Colon Cancer! Dr. Sun was amazing and with his expertise and with the support of my oncologist, Dr. Todd Capizzi, I am now cancer free and able to enjoy life with a new perspective! Thank you much for your story and I hope your male readers realize the importance of getting a colonoscopy every five years after reaching the age of 40. There is nobody better than surgeon John Sun, M.D. Ty Muma Parker

Seeking significance in a signature I have worked very hard on my signature. Have you? It’s imperative to have a snappy signature, if you are an artist.

I understood this pretension at a very young age, so once a year, I signed the blank pages in the front of my dictionary. If I had amounted to anything big as an artist, those pages would be worth some good money now.

The signatures perceptively changed little by little every year. The signatures I use now have been in use for about 35 years.

I have two signatures, no, three. When I sign one of those credit card screens, I just draw a horizontal line. I have seen people try to spell out their name diligently, as if the screen can tell if you are a forger.

I sign “cm smith” on checks, letters, and forms. I sign “cms” on all of my artwork.

I took a calligraphy workshop at the Denver Art Museum. A very petite Asian woman was the instructor. The class was full, and I had a good time because I appreciate calligraphy. I try to include flowing line work in all of my paintings, and that includes my signature.

I watch “Pawn Stars.” Periodically someone comes in with a celebrity’s autograph.

One guy had Chuck Berry’s signature on a cheap guitar and wanted thousands of dollars.

If I inherited autographs, fine. Otherwise I would never ask for anyone’s autograph, or be an autograph collector. I have said so before. I just don’t get it.

Why would I want the autograph of someone who doesn’t even know me?

People have asked me to sign my book for them. I sign “cms.” I don’t add anything else, like, “Bon voyage, Omar and Flo.” Picasso had a great signature. He signed “Picasso” on everything he did, and he did a lot. His birth name on a canvas was out of the question. Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

Artist Oscar Kokoschka signed his paintings “O. K.” Georgia O’Keeffe didn’t sign her paintings on the front. “Would you sign your face?” she said.

Signatures have become an afterthought, because cursive has become an

afterthought. About the only time that some of us handwrite anything, is when we sign our names. Everything else is done on a computer.

A signature can give you a heads up about someone. In “L. A. Story,” Sarah Jessica Parker’s character, Sandy, signs her name like this: “SanDee*.” I would excuse myself and leave by the lavatory window.

Freshmen in my drawing classes had the largest signatures, and they liked to sign their names, not discreetly on a corner, but right up there next to the image.

Advanced drawing students knew better, and kept it simple, in a corner.

What are the world’s most valuable autographs? If you have Neil Armstrong’s you have a very good investment. Babe Ruth’s went for $150,000 in 2005.

There are only six existing signatures belonging to William Shakespeare. You’re looking at $3,000,000 or more, if you own one. Shakespeare’s signature is the most valuable one in the world.

“Shoeless” Joe Jackson’s signature is highly prized as well, partly because he couldn’t write.

It always amuses me when I see a celebrity or an athlete sign something. It is often done without looking.

I think Stephen Wright signs his name with invisible ink. You can make invisible ink right at home. Squeeze a lemon into a bowl and add a few drops of water. Write something on a piece of white paper with a cotton swab that was dipped into the lemon juice. Let it dry. When the piece of paper is held up to a light, you will be able to read the message.

Mae West had another thought about all of this. “A man’s kiss is his signature.”

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@ comcast.net.

mation and be a watchdog on government.

The whys of the present climate can be contemplated, but we agree with the general notion that the impact of 9/11 turned tides to tightening of information to media and compromising privacy of the public.

We profess media is not so beloved by the masses, but when we write informative stories, we know our work is valued. For this reason, we agree with the notion that the work of maintaining strong open records laws and the public’s right to know may soon involve more effort from the public itself, perhaps even in the form of a public initiative on the ballot someday.

We have editorialized often about the importance of the First Amendment and

the public’s right to know, so today we share a pitch for you to take a look at a relatively new nonprofit group in Colorado called the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.

The organization wants to serve the media and emphasized it wants to serve those in the general public facing challenges obtaining information. Please visit the FOIC website, which has been online less than a year. Yes, full participation involves a modest membership fee, but we strongly commend the work the coalition is doing at the early stage.

Take a moment to think about the work we do and the information you need while viewing the content at coloradofoic.org.

Losing the little things, finding the big things It seems as over the past 12 months I have lost or misplaced a half-dozen cellphone chargers. Whether it is the wall charger or the car charger, they just seem to disappear from the wall, my car, my backpack, or my mind. Regardless of where they went, the result is that I find myself right back in the store purchasing another one.

Maybe it’s just my memory getting slower and I just can’t remember where I placed them. Perhaps I have left my energy source in any number of power outlets in hotels or airports along the way. All I do know is that they were considered lost and then out of necessity, replaced.

Well wouldn’t you know it? At least half of them were found in a recent reorganization of my home and office. So for now I am flush with chargers and ready for technological mobility once again. And there was much rejoicing.

Now phone chargers and other small miscellaneous items that get lost are one thing, and if not found they can usually be replaced. We may experience some minor heartburn and headaches, however we usually get past those in a very brief period of time. It becomes a little harder when we think about other things we have lost along the way like relationships, friendships, faith, hope and love.

If we only put as much time and effort into finding those lost relationships, mending friendship fences, and restoring hope and faith as we did in finding our cellphone chargers and other small and less meaningful items, I truly believe there would be even more rejoicing.

Now a teenager may argue that their cellphone charger is right up there with the five food groups, oxygen, and money on

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the scale of importance. I mean have you ever been on a long car ride with a teenager when their cell phone ran out of power?

I was fortunate to have found some of my “little” things like my chargers as my home and office were reorganized. Now it has left me thinking about taking the time, putting in the extra effort to reach out to lost relationships and friends who I have been out of touch with for far too long. It has re-energized my belief system as I reorganize and recollect my passion for hope, encouragement, faith and love.

These relationships were not necessarily lost, I would say more misplaced for a period of time. And at the moment, knowing things can be lost, but that they can also be found, the strategy now has to become focused on keeping and maintaining them so they do not get lost again.

The keys are intention, focus, desire, communication and commitment. This means we are purposeful, these are priorities, we want the outcomes to improve, we open up and maintain lines of communication, and that our dedication to our effort to finding what was lost and keeping it is sincere.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former President of the Zig Ziglar Corp. and the CEO/Founder of www. candogo.com.

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Hickenlooper touts ‘rigorous’ new oil and gas rules Says air will be cleaner `than it was before fracking’

share ivelyBy Vic Vela d thevvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com oaliGov. John Hickenlooper was lauded by me-energy industry leaders and environmenhosetal groups on Feb. 25, two days after a state s ob-commission approved sweeping new air FOICpollution rules that will regulate oil and gas han aactivity in the state. mod- The new rules will make Colorado the com-first state to impose regulations designed to t thedetect and reduce climate-harming methane emissions. work “They are the strongest rules on air polwhilelution ever adopted in the U.S.,” said Fred g.

Krupp, the national leader of the Environmental Defense Fund. “It is really a model for the nation.”

The rules, approved by an 8-1 vote of the Colorado Air Quality Commission on Feb. 23, came as a result of Hickenlooper’s calls for tougher rules aimed at protecting Colorado’s air.

“We (now) have the most rigorous air and water regulations around oil and gas in the country, without question,” the governor said at a Capitol press conference.

“I think that goes a long way toward demonstrating to people that this trio of (environmental) nonprofits, the (oil and gas) industry, and the government, that if we work hard enough and are willing to make those compromises, we can make real progress.”

Larry Wolk, director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said the adoption of the new regulations “truly are a significant achievement.”

Wolk said the new rules will reduce more than 92,000 tons of organic compound

emissions annually. The VOC emissions contribute to “ground-level” ozone depletion and smog, which can lead to health affects such as increased asthma attacks and respiratory conditions.

The rules will also reduce 60,000 tons of methane emissions each year. The natural gas causes a greenhouse effect when it leaks into the atmosphere. In addition, the rules target hydrocarbon emissions that also have ozone and climate change impacts.

The new rules are expected to take effect mid-April. However, Wolk said it will take several years to implement all the regulations. The key will be the installation of infrared cameras that will be used to detect air pollution at oil and gas sites, he said.

The work in getting the regulations put in place made for strange bedfellows among environmental advocates and those in the energy industry.

“What this is about is smart and costeffective regulations,” said Ted Brown of Noble Energy.

“What this is about is making sure that oil and natural gas is developed in the safest way possible.”

Not everyone is in love with the new rules. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association argued for softer regulations. However, COGA’s Tisha Schuler, who attended the press conference, said her group is ready to move on.

“We did not get everything we wanted in this rule, but the rule passed so we’re focused on moving forward,” she said. “And we’re going to emphasize how can we implement these rules cost effectively.”

Hickenlooper also used the press conference to maintain his support of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Colorado.

Fracking has received a great deal of attention of late, with five cities in the state

NEWS IN A HURRY Treasurer delivers upbeat six-month report

County Treasurer Rick Pettitt delivered his bi-annual report to commissioners at the Feb. 26 BOCC meeting. “We’re pretty much where we thought we would be in terms of receipts and disbursements,” said Pettitt, summarizing the report, which covers the period from July 1, 2013 to Jan. 1, 2014.

Of the report’s unaudited results, Pettitt said that the county ended 2013 with “a positive balance of $82,000.”

“That’s good news,” said BOCC Chairman Kurt Schlegel. “We’ve got our nose above the water and are in the black instead of in the red.”

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“We have a great team in Elbert County. Our staff is what is going to make this work.”

As director of public works, Ehmann managed the county’s road and bridge department and Schlegel complimented him on getting that department’s operations — and finances — in order.

“You’ve made some extreme improvements in road and bridge and over the last eight or nine months, have really functioned as county manager,” Schlegel said.

“You’ve gone through one of the toughest job interviews I could ever imagine.”

Schlegel called Ehmann’s promotion “long overdue,” adding, “I don’t think the job could have gone to a better person.”

Although he voted against the appointment — and did not support the board’s move earlier this year to create the county manager job — Ross said Ehmann was wellrespected by county staff and his appointment “will certainly boost morale.”

“Based on the complexion of this board

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In a presentation to commissioners at their Feb. 26 meeting, Library District Director Kari May reported that 145,000 items had been checked out in 2013, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.

May said that there has been a significant increase in the use of system’s e-books and audio books.

For its Early Literacy program, May said the library district was awarded $5,600 from the state and an additional $3,000 per school district was awarded in the county to improve literacy among schoolchildren.

This represents a 1000 percent increase for the agate schools, May reported. That district’s entire budget last year was $300.

of county commissioners, I don’t doubt that it would be helpful to have a county manager,” Ross said at the meeting.

In his new position, Ehmann will oversee day-to-day operation of the county’s various departments.

“We just don’t have the money to go out and hire a bunch of new department heads,” Rowland said. “Given our lack of financial resources, this is a wise investment in the future.”

Rowland did acknowledge the new position will raise Ehmann’s profile in the county.

“It takes courage to move into this role,” he said.

“It’s highly visible and subject to the election cycles here in Elbert County.”

Schlegel emphasized that the BOCC will still retain ultimate decision-making authority.

“As elected officials, we will set the direction of the county,” Schlegel said. “Ed and the staff will take care of the tactics to get it done.”

George Lurie can be reached at (303) 5664109 or glurie@coloradocommunitymedia. com

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Gov. John Hickenlooper touts new rules for oil and gas activities during a Feb. 25 Capitol press conference, as Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Director Larry Wolk (right) and Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund (center) listen. Photo by Vic Vela having placed some form of ban or limitations on the practice — the state is currently suing the city of Longmont over its voterapproved fracking ban.

Add to that, a potential November ballot initiative would ask Colorado voters to give municipalities the ability to decide for themselves what kinds of activities occur within city limits, including fracking.

The governor, who is a geologist, acknowledged the “friction” surrounding the fracking issue while voicing support of the practice.

“There is a group that wants to ban all hydrocarbons; they want to ban fracking,”

he said. “I think what we demonstrated (through the new rules) is that we’re going to make the air cleaner than it was before fracking.”

Hickenlooper talked about the oftencontentious split estate issues, where dual property ownership can lead to “character of neighborhood versus the value of retirement” battles over residents’ and mineral rights.

“These are closely held values that are hard to negotiate,” he said. “But in the end, when they’re in conflict, we’ve got to figure out how to negotiate and how to find a compromise.”

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Bill seeks to ban cigarette sales to those under 21 Some lawmakers call it a `nanny state’ measure

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Cigarette sales to persons under 21 would be illegal under a bipartisan bill that is making its way through the Legislature.

But whether the measure becomes law is another story as the effort is certain to receive push back from members of the bill spon-

sor’s own party who say the prohibition is an example of “nanny state” government.

State Rep. Cheri Gerou, R-Evergreen, calls her effort to make it more difficult for kids to smoke “a battle worth having.”

Right now, persons who are at least 18 can purchase and possess cigarettes. That would change under Gerou’s bill.

The bill provides a grandfather clause for those who are 18 when the law would go into effect on July 1.

“We’re not going to change the habits of people

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER

“Administrative Plata Amendment” Notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of April, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, the Community Development Services Director will act upon the Administrative Plat Amendment applications on file with Elbert County Community & Development Services, 215 Comanche Street, Kiowa, Col orado 80117, Telephone: 303-621-3136, by Rankin, Amendment, PA 14-0004 and Mason, Amendment PA 14-0005, for a plat amendment to each pursuant to the current Elbert County Subdivision Regulations. The affected property is located at Section 27, Township 7, Range 65. Any comments must be submitted in writing to Elbert County Community & Development Services, P. O. Box 7, Kiowa, CO 80117 (date before hearing) 31, March 2014.

Project Name and Number: Rankin Amendment, PA 14-0004 and Mason Amendment, PA 14-0005.

Legal Description of Property: Section 27, Township 7, Range 65.

Reason for Amendment: Re-locate cul-de-sac 296’ feet to south and adjust easements as illustrated on the Exhibits.

Date of Application: January 28, 2014

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18, that’s why we put in the grandfather clause,” Gerou said. “The point of the bill is to take it out of high schools.”

Gerou said that 90 percent of people who smoke into adulthood pick up the habit when they are young teenagers.

Gerou’s bill aims to put a dent in the number of youths who begin smoking at young ages.

“Granted, they’re still going to find out a way to get (cigarettes), but if we can diminish that, that’s the point of the bill,” she said.

Gerou said the bill could be amended to allow persons under 21 to smoke if

they have a military I.D. A Senate Republican, Steve King of Grand Junction, and two Democrats have joined as co-sponsors of the bill, which recently passed the Democrat majority House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee following a party-line vote.

The bill has to pass through a couple more committees before it reaches the House floor.

But some Republicans see the bill as government overreach.

“It just seems to me that we’re trying to prohibit each and every thing that has been the norm in society

for some time,” said Rep. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs.

“It’s the equivalent to prohibition to me.”

Rep. Chris Holbert, RParker, echoed Gardner’s sentiments.

“I think it is increasing troubling that we are limiting choice for law-abiding citizens,” he said.

“Does that mean I lack compassion for kids who get cancer? No, but its not the proper role of government to make those decisions for people, especially adults.”

The bill faces a tough road, if a recent House vote on a separate “nanny state”

effort provides any indication.

The House recently passed a bill that would ban youths under 18 from using tanning beds. All GOP members, including Gerou, joined four Democrats in voting against the bill. The bill will face a tough road in the Senate.

Gerou said she is “fully expecting” arguments against her bill that were similar to those made against the tanning bill.

“I’m expecting to be beaten up about it,” Gerou said. “I always survive. I don’t know if the bill will, but it’s a battle worth having.”

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Down the rabbit hole they go Littleton Youth Ballet’s annual Storybook Ballet will be “Alice in Wonderland” with performances at 6 p.m. March 22 and at noon and 5 p.m. March 23 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Tickets range from $16 to $23, plus a $3 surcharge. Call 720-509-1000 or visit lonetreeartscenter.org. Dancers Alyssa Palazzo and Jenna Armstrong will alternate in the role of Alice.

A Mad Hatters Tea Party will kick off the season of Alice at 3 p.m. March 9 at Littleton Dance Academy, 5239 Rio Grande St. in Littleton. Guests will enjoy treats, a performance and tea with Alice, the Mad Hatter and others. Tickets for tea cost $10 and can be obtained by calling 303-794-6649.

Watercolors in Lone Tree

The Colorado Watercolor Society’s annual state exhibition is taking place through March 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The exhibition includes work by 88 Colorado water-media painters and was juried by Carl Dalio. An opening reception will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. March 7.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and prior to performances. 720-509-1000. Admission is free.

Learning the lens

A pair of antique gas pumps along State Highway 86 in Kiowa appear frozen in time, still displaying gas for sale for 24.9 cents a gallon. In recent weeks, fuel prices around the county have been rising, with a gallon of regular unleaded gas now selling for north of $3.50 a gallon at Kiowa’s Sinclair station. Photo by George Lurie

The Englewood Camera Club will present Terry Mieger’s program on “Adobe Lightroom 5, Essential for the Serious Photographer” at 7 p.m. March 11 (doors open at 6:30) at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Guests always welcome. Contact club president Steve Johnson, stevej46@comcast.net, for more information.

As a follow up: the Colorado Council of Camera Clubs presents an all-day workshop on Digital Workflow, which will have more information on editing with Adobe Lightroom 5 and Photoshop 6 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 15, at Epiphany Lutheran Church Basement, 790 Corona St., Denver.

Cost: $15 members, $25 non-members. www.Englewoodcameraclub.net.

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`… if it ain’t got that swing’

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia. com The bandstand is at the back of center stage, featuring six fine musicians knocking out one great swing era number after another from the 1930s and 40s, as they form a live backdrop for vocalists and dancers.

The audience sees assorted signs: “Savoy,” “USO,” “Rialto Room,” etc. as they tour to venues where music and dance are happening and melody surrounds. This swing music is in set arrangements, rather than the jazz improvisational performances we often hear today, so a choreographer can design a piece that will work every time.

It’s “Swing!” the musical, conceived by Paul Kelly and originally directed and choreographed by award-winning Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Littleton High graduate who made it big-time on Broadway — with this show and many more.

It opened in 1999 at the St. James Theatre in New York and is unique in that it consists entirely of lively song and dance,

if you go “Swing!” plays through March 23 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Downtown Littleton. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m.

Sundays and 3/8. Tickets: $20-$40, 303-794-2787, ext 5; www.townhallartscenter.com. (Ten value seats at $10 each will be available one hour prior to curtain time on a first come-first serve basis.)

with no storyline or dialogue, thus requiring a very specific cast.

Swing dance is enjoying a new round of popularity, so this should appeal to more folks than just those of us who enjoyed it on the first pass.

Director/dancer Matthew Peters has assembled four singers and eight dancers who work together smoothly, with dancers managing lightening costume changes and acrobatic numbers, one after the other.

Multi-talented Seth Caikowski is a sort of singing, dancing emcee who strings acts together and harmonizes with vocalists Anna

High, Traci Kern and De Thomas, who each bring a distinctive solo style to the show.

Dancers include Peters, Stephen Bertles, Joseph DeMers (a Lindy Hop/Blues specialist who owns the Overstreet Dance Gallery in Littleton), Ronni Gallup, Rae Klapperich, Matt LaFontaine, Emma Martin and Brenda Thistle.

Some numbers, such as “Jersey Bounce,” engage all eight, while others, like “Harlem Nocturne,” with Martin and Fontaine showcase a duo, as did “Dancers in Love” with Emma Martin and DeMers. Choreography is demanding throughout and these dancers are up to it.

Vocalists have the different styles of the era mastered as well. I particularly enjoyed the bit of scat singing by Kern and Thomas — “Bli-Blip” done with skill and a sense of humor.

Instrumentalists, such as trumpeter Rob Reynolds had an occasional chance to shine and the strong beat throughout sent an audience dancing out the doors after the company’s finale number: “It Don’t Mean a Thing, If It Ain’t Got That Swing.”

Actor Michael Milligan brings his one man play, “Mercy Killers” to Colorado with multiple performances planned. A man’s wife is diagnosed with cancer and the insurance company refuses to pay. Sponsored by the Health Care for All Colorado at 7 p.m. each night: March 6: Mercury Café; March 7: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre; March 8: CU Denver; March 9: Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. More information: www.Hcacfoundation.org.

Black Forest fire tales

The Palmer Lake Historical Society hosts a public meeting at 7 p.m. March 11 to hear Terry Stokka present a documentary of the 2013 Black Forest Fire. He is chairman of the Black Forest History Committee. Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley Crescent, Palmer Lake.

`Ragtime and Beyond’

“Ragtime and Beyond” is Scott Kirby’s concert title when he performs for the Ragtime Society of Colorado at 2 p.m. March 16 at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver.

Parking is on south side of building, entrance on the west. Tickets: $20/$15 can be purchased at the door or by mailing a check to Coleen Vander Hoek, 8360 Zephyr St., Littleton CO, 80128.

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Foreclosure sale

County Treasurer Rick Pettitt (center) conducts a foreclosure sale on Feb. 26 in his office. Richard Perry (left) of the Buy-Out Company, was the sole bidder, purchasing the property, a house in Kiowa, for $239,747. Foreclosures in Elbert County peaked in 2011, according to Pettitt, and have been falling steadily for the past two years. Photo by George Lurie

THINGS TO DO

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 space-available basis.

MARCH 11 LEGAL CLINIC A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney will be offered from 6-9 p.m. March 11 at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. The clinic is presented the second Tuesday of each month. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome, and everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.

Future dates are April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8, Aug. 12, Sept.

9, Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Dec. 9.

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I’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY MY HUMAN WON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT HER LEASH. I THINK SHE’S AFRAlD OF GETTING LOST. BUT IT’S OK, I KIND OF LIKE SHOWING HER AROUND.

— HARPER adopted 08-18-09

BUSINESS AFTER hours Enjoy visiting with local businesses at the next business after hours from 5-7 p.m. March 13 at Amazing Fibers LLC, 4325 PVT RD 160, Elizabeth. Great networking tool. Bring your business cards.

MARCH 19

BLOOD DRIVE Walmart Community Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 19 inside Bonfils’ mobile bus at 2100 Legacy Circle, Elizabeth. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfils’ Appointment Center at (303) 363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.

MARCH 22 GARDENING GROUP Gather with fellow gardeners, share your knowledge of gardening and get new ideas at the Simla Library Gardening Group meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 22 at the library.

APRIL 9, April 10 THE OUTBACK Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackexpress.tripod.com.

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milestones Education Trevor Boss, of Elizabeth, was awarded the Founders Scholarship to attend Cornell College.

Rachael Lee, of Elizabeth, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Northwestern College. Lee is a sophomore nursing major at Northwestern. She is the daughter of Dean and Bonnie Lee, of Elizabeth.

Carly Kloack, of Parker, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list with a 3.9 GPA at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Kloack, a sophomore at Baylor, is a 2012 graduate of Chaparral High School. She is also a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honor Society at Baylor. Carly plays women’s club lacrosse.

Sara Culhane, of Parker, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at New England College, in Henniker, N.H. Sara is a freshman and is majoring in kinesiology.

Rachel Albin-Davis, of Parker, was awarded the Founders Scholarship to attend Cornell College.

Lauren Richardson, of Parker, was named to the fall 2013 honor roll with high distinction at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Richardson is a firstyear student at Southern Methodist.

Blake Bishop, of Parker, has obtained an internship with Weston Golf Club for the spring 2014 semester. Bishop is a student at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts.

Jill Meyer, of Parker, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Texas State University.

Allison Calascione, of Parker, was recognized as a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta First Year Honor Society at Becker College. Calascione is working toward a bachelor of arts in design and graphic design.

Tara Rabinek, of Castle Rock, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. Rabinek is a junior at Notre Dame.

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WriTinG conTesT Creative Communication is accepting submissions for its essay contest, with divisions for grades 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, through Feb. 18; and its poetry contest, with divisions for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, through April 10. Top 10 winners will be named in each division. Essays must be between 100 and 250 words on any non-fiction topic. Poetry must be 21 lines or less in English. Entries can made online at www.poeticpower.com or mail entries, labeled Poetry Contest or Essay Contest, to 159 N. Main, Smithfield UT 84335. Include author’s name, address, city, state and ZIP, current grade, school name, school address and teacher’s name. Home school students are welcome to enter. Selected entries of merit will be invited to be published in an anthology.

An art contest for grades K-12 also is coming up. To enter, take a photo of your original artwork and enter it at www.celebratingart.com; deadline is April 9. Full contest information is available online, or call 435-713-4411. divorce and Post-Decree Clinic. Elbert and Lincoln County Pro Se Divorce Clinic is offered from 9 a.m. to noon the third Friday of each month at the Elbert County Justice Center, 751 Ute St., in Kiowa. For information, call 303-520-6088 or email morgan@hayday.org. The clinic is free for parties who have no attorney and who are going through dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or post-decree cases. All walk-ins are welcome, and will be assisted on a first-come, first-served basis. douGlas-elBerT counTy Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street.

All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn,

The elBerT County Sheriffs Posse is a nonprofit volun-

teer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriffs Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriffs Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large. Membership is open to anyone without a criminal record. It meets the last Monday of the month at the Elbert County Sheriffs Office at 7 p.m.

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

The elizaBeTh Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment. elizaBeTh GuiTar Group. Elizabeth guitar circle will meet on the first and second Wednesday of each month at the Elizabeth Library. Traditional protocol/ courtesy. Country, pop, bluegrass, cowboy, Beatles, 50s, 60s, 70s, blues, jazz and more. We who play for pleasure would love to meet more of same. Acoustic or power down. Come prepared to share a few songs, perform, play along, sing along with others. Enjoy new guitar friends to jam with. Gerry Vinson hosts on the first Wednesday from 6:30-9 p.m., and Laurie Smith hosts on the second Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. Uncertain? Drop by and observe. Banjo, ukelele, mandolin welcome. Call Laurie at 720-363-3531. laWyers aT the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library,

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651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders.

Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a firstcome, first-served basis.

MysTery Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org. overeaTers anonyMous meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock. saTurday GenealoGy Fun meets at the Elbert Public Library at 1 p.m. on the seocnd Saturday of each month. Beginning to advanced genealogy enthusiasts are invited to attend. The Elbert Public Library is in the Elbert School library at 24489 Main Street in Elbert. Call 303-648-3533 for more information. seniors MeeT in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership.

Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425 for information

Littleton Business Coalition learns of Littleton’s Calendar of Events best kept secret For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver company’s history from Carl Norgren inventing an air lubrication system drawing on a cocktail napkin in 1927 to moving the company to Littleton in 1960 and the ensuing acquisition by IMI, a British company in 1972. Subsequent growth has been accomplished both organically and through acquisition of related companies both in the United Vice President and General Manager Brian Crowe speaks to the States and abroad.

The company’s products basically Littleton Business Coalition about the company and its long legacy manage the control of fluids, whether that in the Littleton community. be air, water or petroleum-based liquids “Norgren is an extremely well-kept through 3 base platforms: Indoor climate, secret, and we need to change that.” That severe services, and fluid power. Indoor was the introduction to international climate control is accomplished via fluid valve giant Norgren by Vice water-based heating and cooling systems President and General Manager Brian in large commercial and residential Crowe at a recent Littleton Business buildings. Severe services refers to Coalition (LBC)meeting. “We are a Norgren control systems in use for power great place to work... From a recruiting generation, oil & gas, and petrochemical perspective we are trying to raise the applications. Fluid power is the profile of Norgren - who we are and what company’s base on which it was founded we do,” he continued. with systems and applications in many The Littleton Business Coalition, industries including food & beverage, a working group of the South Metro commercial vehicles, rail, life sciences, Denver Chamber, meets monthly to energy, and industrial automation. collaborate and create remarkable “We do what we call ‘Engineering relationships within the Littleton business Advantage’ - we solve problems and community. “The Littleton Business then we build and sell those solutions Coalition is working to create a diverse to the individuals. We develop high 21st century business environment in performance products, we give a unique 19th century community,” exceptional local service, we do according to LBC Chair and Chamber innovation both on the technical level Board member, Norman Stucker of as well as how we interact with our PADT Colorado. customers. It is an intimacy we develop The group’s February meeting took with our clients to understand their needs place at Norgren’s world headquarters in Littleton last week. The almost featureless and develop solutions to their problems,” stated Crowe. blonde brick buildings hidden away Crowe concluded with an overview of from the city’s main thoroughfares by the company’s passion for community apartment buildings, car lots and an involvement. Norgren is a major antique mall houses an impressive multisupporter for East Elementary School’s national company. Founded in 1925 by backpack program as well as the school’s Carl Norgren working out of his Denver internal food bank for area families. home, the company now boasts 6,000 The LBC then heard from Littleton employees world-wide offering sales and Public Schools (LPS) Superintendant service in 75 countries and producing Scott Murphy. The school leader thanked $1.3 Billion in sales in 2012. the Littleton community for coming Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec together during and after the Arapahoe introduced Crowe and related the fact that Littleton’s founder Richard Little was High School shooting. “A huge thank you... I have never seen a community “...an engineer who became a farmer and close ranks around itself and say ‘We will city founder,” while Carl Norgren was a take care of ourselves.’” “...farmer who became an engineer and Murphy went on to give an update on company founder.”

Crowe went on to explain the the district’s plans for the $80 Million

bond election which was passed last November. “Since 1905 the citizens of Littleton have approved every bond election asked for by the school district.

The community agrees with me that there is nothing more important than the education of our children.”

LPS Chief Operations Officer Diane Doney, and Director of Operations and Maintenance Terry Davis gave a brief overview of the physical plant renovations which will be taking place over the next few years.

Most improvements will be internal mechanical and building updates “... in order to create a better learning environment while trying not to affect the current learning environment,” according to Davis.

In closing, Chamber COO and Director of Economic Development Jeff Holwell asked the business leaders to get involved in the South Metro Denver Economic Development Group’s Business Retention and Expansion initiative. Through making direct, in-person contact with local primary employers, the group’s goal is “...to ensure the wealth creating companies in Littleton are communicated with, thanked, and appropriately engaged as important businesses within the city,” according to Holwell.

For more information on the Littleton Business Coalition or other Chamber groups, visit our web site at www. bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142 x112.

Chamber events and for more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

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(l to r)Norman Stucker of PADT and Chair of the Littleton Business Coalition (LBC), Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec, Littleton Public School Superintendent Scott Murphy, Jason Dunkel of Littleton Adventist Hospital, and Norgren VP and General Manager Brian Crowe exchange greetings before the LBC Meeting.

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Cardinals advance to Great 8 Elizabeth girls get second shot at Pueblo South

By Scott Stocker

Special to Colorado Community Media Elizabeth’s Kaylyn Radtke couldn’t have picked a better time to have her finest game of the season for the Cardinals’ basketball team.

Radtke, a 5-foot, 6-inch, junior scored 24 points to help lead the Elizabeth girls to a 56-43 victory over Mullen in the Sweet 16 of the Class 4A playoffs March 1 in Elizabeth.

Now, it’s on to Great Eight March 8 at the Denver Coliseum.

Elizabeth, coached by Jaime Schmalz, will carry a 23-2 record into their quarterfinal matchup with Pueblo South (23-2). The Colts beat the Cardinals earlier this season, 56-41, Feb. 1 in Pueblo.

“My shot was on tonight and it hasn’t been that good all year,” said Radtke, who cashed in with five 3-point baskets in the victory. “It was very enjoyable that I was able to hit like I did. Tatum (Neubert) was very strong for us inside and our defense was able to stand out. Still, we’re going to have to work harder (against Pueblo South).”

Elizabeth, which after a first-round bye, topped Air Academy 58-45 in the second round, jumped out to an 18-10, first quarter lead against Mullen, which ended it’s season, 14-11. The Cardinals led 28-19 at the half, then held the Mustangs to only six points in the third quarter for what proved to be an insurmountable 40-25 lead.

“We knew that Mullen is a great team and they gave us a lot of trouble,” Schmalz said. “Kaylyn had a great game, no doubt.

‘My shot was on tonight and it hasn’t been that good all year. It was very enjoyable that I was able to hit like I did.’

Kaylyn Radtke, Elizabeth junior Our girls had to go out and play defense ...

We had a great run to open the game with our 12-2 start, and it gave the girls confidence.

Sabra Ross, who only scored five points against Mullen, had a tremendous game on defense for Elizabeth.

“Their big girl (Jessie Sienkiewica) was very physical, but we were able to get around her,” Ross said. “We just needed to focus our defense on all their players and then turn our offense on. We played very strong as a team and we were able to work the ball around well against their press.”

Neubert added 19 points against Mullen, yet only four other players, Ross, Radtke (eight), Sara Ernst (six points) and Jordan Speicher (two points), were able to score against the Mustangs.

“It was a very physical game out there,” said Mullen coach Tyler King. “It’s a style we like, but tonight we just couldn’t pull through. There were a few calls that didn’t go our way. (Neubert) is a handful to cover, she’s hard to guard and was able to get her shots off. Our shots just didn’t fall. They put on the pressure and we just made mistakes.

Their No. 12 (Radtke) shot lights out against

us, too.”

Neubert was also effective against Air Academy in the second-round win as she poured in 30 points to lead Elizabeth to its victory against the Kadets.

“They were very tough, physically and their number 55 (Kassady Huffman) was one of the best that I’ve played against all season,” said Neubert, who will play next year for the University of Oregon. “We just didn’t want her to get a lift against us for them. It was a tough night, but we’re moving on. All of us have been playing well and we just want to keep it going.”

Schmalz felt that following her team’s first-round bye Air Academy would have a lift after playing a game the night before.

But, it wasn’t to be for the Kadets.

“We came out and wanted to play tough and it was nice to get this first tournament game played,” Schmalz said. “We played the way we can and pulled through. That second quarter was huge for us defensively, but our defense hung in there the whole game. I’m just happy with the effort. Sabra played great defense for us, but all the girls came through. It was just a great team effort.”

Air Academy led 10-7 after the first quarter, but as Schmalz stated, the Elizabeth defense was able to pick it up as they held the Kadets to five points while the Cardinals fashioned a 21-15 lead.

Elizabeth’s point guard Olivia Whitworth helped control the pace out front for the Cardinals. She only scored eight points, but also put on an outstanding defensive effort.

“They were physical, but we were able to fight through,” said Whitworth, who would be held scoreless against Mullen and also foul out. “When I had the ball they really challenged me. They just kept coming and I had to play as smart and strong as I could.

The key is that we stayed confident and focused.”

Huffman, who scored 16 points, had good thoughts before Air Academy clashed with Elizabeth. She played strong all the way, to be sure, but in the end couldn’t help the Kadets pull out a win. Madison Rasmussen was the only other Kadet to score in double-figures with 10.

“It was tough to the end, but we were able to stay with them all the way,” Huffman said. “Tatum was a real challenge for me and we didn’t want to let her get to us.

It’s been a fine season, but we all hate to see it end this way.”

It also was a game in which Air Academy coach Phil Roiko felt his team could pull out.

“It felt good the way the girls played out there and it was pretty good that the officals let them play,” Roiko said. “Tatum is such a good player for them and we had a tough time against her defensively. Our girls pressed hard the whole game. It’s a tough loss, but the good thing is that we have a lot of talent returning for next season.”

Elizabeth boys two and out in tourney Cardinals top Canon City, fall to Mesa Ridge

By Scott Stocker

Special to Colorado Community Media All things considered, it was a short visit to the Class 4A state basketball tournament for the Elizabeth boys.

Elizabeth opened its appearance in the tournament with a 70-63 victory against visiting Canon City, Feb. 26. It was a game the Cardinals were not about to look past.

They had defeated the Tigers, 59-56, back on Dec. 20, and knew they were facing a determined foe.

Yet, like the short month that February is, the tournament ended on the short end, Feb. 28, when Elizabeth was beaten by home-standing Mesa Ridge, 71-64. With the loss, the Cardinals of coach Mike Boss finished the season with an 18-7 record.

A healthy Jacob Gavitt played a key role in the Elizabeth victory against Canon City (9-15), scoring 16 points. A leg injury had forced him to miss seven games during the regular season and no doubt his teammates were pleased to see him back in the lineup. Gavitt was joined in double-figures

by James Christiansen, who scored 17, and Trevor Boss, who added 14, and Aaron Stone with 10 points.

“For a time it seemed that we were more tired and didn’t handle the ball on their press late in the game,” Gavitt said. “But we worked well when we needed.

“They gave us a game at the end, to be sure. Yet we were able to keep a modest point-spread and prevent them from mak-

ing it all the way back.”

The Canon City spurt worried Mike Boss.

“They certainly obtained some momentum and they never let down,” Boss said.

“They came back hard in the fourth, but the boys were able to make the defensive plays when we needed them. We started to shoot well in the beginning and started off good.

We were hitting the boards when we had to.

“We were not about to overlook them in anyway,” Boss said. “They gave us a strong game when we played them back in December and the boys knew this could not be an easy game. We came out strong and were able to pull it out.”

Elizabeth outscored Canon City, 15-7, in the third quarter and it appeared this one was completely out of the Tigers reach as they trailed, 50-33. But Canon City put on a spurt and would outscore the Cardinals, 30-20 in a wild fourth.

“They were tough, good overall and certainly physical,” Stone said. “But we, too, were physical. We should be ready (against Mesa Ridge) and go hard and not panic. It was a lot of fun and our key was rebounding in the first half.

“They had a big front, but we were able to settle in against them. We had to turn back their press and they applied it throughout.

But, it was exciting and we’re moving up.”

Boss was also in a bit of disbelief about the late play.

“There were times that we couldn’t handle the pressure,” Boss said. “We were effective on a lot of our shots and we played good in the first half and three quarters. We came through, but that fourth quarter put the pressure on.”

Canon City coach Greg Baxter, and the

‘We have some fine talent coming back next year, Jacob (Gavitt) and Aaron (Stone), certainly among the leaders. It was a hard way to end the season, but I’m proud of the way the boys handled themselves.’

Mike Boss, Elizabeth coach Tigers big man Logan Javernick, felt the Tigers gave it a good effort throughout, despite falling behind early.

“I’m certainly happy with the way we fought back,” Baxter said. “Elizabeth shot well early and got us down. We were able to close in, but we just didn’t play all that well in the first half. Both teams were quite physical out there. We had played them close in our first game, but we just couldn’t keep it close at the beginning when we needed.”

“It was quite physical out there,” said added Javernick, who scored 11 points and said he looks forward to either playing his college ball at the University of Wyoming or the Air Force Academy. “(Gavitt) gave us problems, to be sure. We were able to pick it up, but we just couldn’t make up the lead they put on us. We were coming close, to be sure, we just couldn’t keep going.”

Elizabeth certainly wished it could have kept going through its game with Mesa Ridge. The Cardinals were hampered from the start as they had to play without one of their top players, Brandon Severinsen, who

was injured in the Canon City game.

The two schools were tied, 12-12, after the first quarter, but the Cardinals couldn’t find space to fly in the second quarter and were outscored 22-8, and entered the half trailing, 34-20. The Cardinals outscored Mesa Ridge in the third and fourth quarters, but the second stanza proved too much to overcome.

“Losing Brandon to an injury (hurt),” Mike Boss said. “The boys played hard, but it hurts to see the season come to an end.

It was a good one though, with the 18 wins.

It’s the best we’ve had in a long time.

“We have some fine talent coming back next year, Jacob and Aaron, certainly among the leaders. ... It was a hard way to end the season, but I’m proud of the way the boys handled themselves.”

Senior James Christiansen led the way for the Cardinals against Mesa Ridge with 28 points, which included five 3-point baskets. Gavitt followed with 19 and they were the only Cardinals to score more six points in the game.

HAVE A SPORTS STORY IDEA? Email Colorado Community Media Sports Reporter Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or call 303-566-4083.

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comments he made about women, which cost him in his race against Bennet.

“It’s a plus that Buck is out of the race,” Lovey said.

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Stephens thanked her supporters and said she would continue doing her work as a state representative, but did not offer any reason behind her decision to drop out of the race.

But it was clear that Stephens had a tough road, especially because of her sponsorship of last year’s legislation that set up Colorado’s health insurance exchanges, which came as a result of “Obamacare.”

“I think she may have found that while many people may have admired her for `Amy Care,’ I think she may have discovered in

a GOP primary that would be a tremendous burden,” Loevy said.

Stephens was not at the Capitol the day of her announcement and she did not return a phone call seeking comment.

While Stephens is now out of the race, state Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, vows to continue his candidacy in spite of a party establishment move

that he thinks left Republican voters “hoodwinked.”

“This has all been coordinated,” Hill said. “This is exactly what’s been losing it for Republicans in Colorado for a while — these insider, backroom deals that give people the sense that, `I’m sorry, you’re part of the party, but you have no say in who your candidates are going to be.’ That makes it feel like it’s a coronation and not an election.”

Lovey said he doesn’t know what was behind the Gardner-Buck switch, but he said that Hill may be on to something when he says that the party establishment played a big role.

“I don’t know what the Republican establishment is doing, but I will say this is the kind of move that party big wigs try to engineer so that the party goes into the election in the strongest strategic position as possible,” he said.

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Kelly, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, was accompanied at the presentation by his grandfather, Michael Erikson, and his Eagle Scout project coach Lynn Southam, who Kelly said will assist him in composing the “wording on the memorial.”

Kelly, whose Boy Scout troop is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, joined the Cub Scouts as a first grader and wore his Boy Scout uniform to the BOCC meeting, including a sash nearly completely covered with merit badges.

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“This is a veterans-conscious county and I like the idea,” said Commissioner Robert Rowland.

BOCC Chairman Kurt Schlegel, a retired Marine, concurred — and was the first of the three commissioners to actually pull out his wallet and donate a $20 bill to help fund the monuments, which Kelly estimated would cost between $1,500 and $2,500 to construct and could be completed — and dedicated — August 2.

“On that day, many scouts will be completing their encampment at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch and they would be invited to attend the dedication and participate with an appropriate flag ceremony,” Kelly told commissioners.

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• 4 BD/4BA-2505 Sq Ft above grade • We are mostly complete.Come take a look! 1 of the last being built in sky Rim • 1244385 tania Story 303-810-4297

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Janice nelSon 720-837-6579

• 160 Acres-Trees-Well • Fenced,low taxes,views,fronts to county rds • 1189386

lolly & Dan ShePherD 303-898-0817

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• 3 BD/3 BA-1537 Sq Ft • Will go fast! Mtn views, new windows, detached 2 car,783 unfin’d bsmt • 17PA Shelly Slocum 303-549-5029

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• 2 BD/2 BA-1262 Sq Ft • Awesome ground flr Park Guell condo, 2 car, accesible • 7224414

COLDWELL BANKER

• 5 BD/5 BA-4202 Sq Ft • Stunning hm on corner lot w/ beautiful yrd & mtn views • 3088816 JeSSica reinharDt 303-549-1223

ON SO NG MI CO

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ON SO NG MI CO • 4 BD/4.5 BA-4370 Fin’d Sq Ft • Canterberry.Backs to open space,fin’d bsmt,granite. Gorgeous!

• 24RO DouG JoneS 303-770-5140

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• 4 BD/3.5 BA-2988 Sq Ft • 5 acres 36X51 4 stalls 25X21 RV/ shop Beautiful hm • 4090719

Fuller Sotheby’s International Realty $1.21B / 1,920

Source: “The List” from Denver Business Journal September 6-12, 2013, ranking the 25 largest participating Denver-area residential real estate brokerages by 2012 production. Only franchise brokerages are shown in this compilation by RE/MAX Mountain States. ©2013, RE/MAX, LLC. Each RE/MAX® office is independently owned and operated. 130888

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ELIZABETH

• 4 BD/4 BA-4232 Fin’d Sq Ft • Awesome horse prop - home, barn, arena on 20 acres!

• 1218206 GreG walDmann 303-817-7111

1,920 TRANSACTION SIDES

Keller Williams Realty DTC $673M / 2,699

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• 5 BD/4 BA-3516 Sq Ft • 40X60 barn/wkshp/3 car tandum incl 6 stall horse barn + over 100 miles of mtn views! • 9214150 DeBorah SchmiDt 303-898-1790

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Keller Williams Central/ Downtown/ West/Southwest $560M / 2,343

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• 3 BD/3 BA-3446 Sq Ft • Open floor plan. Many upgrades.

Move right in • 3927958 kelly Pfeiffer 303-905-5921

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Keller Williams Denver North $316M / 1,402

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• 4 BD/4 BA • Fabulous 2 sty + walkout bsmt & mtn views. B. Bear Golf hm • 3722391 roBert lemBke 303-829-6181

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• 4 BD/3 BA-3594 Fin’d Sq Ft • 1992 Pinery custom-all new kitchen!

• 1245409

7,002 TRANSACTION SIDES

Keller Williams Denver Southlands $122M / 578

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RE/MAX Professionals $1.74B / 5,858