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July 25, 2013

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Elbert County, Colorado • Volume 118, Issue 26

Lions, tigers and

books, oh my!

Circus acts delight crowd, support library charity

Circus general manager and tiger tamer Trey Key scratches Delilah, a rare 350-pound golden tabby tiger, shortly before her performance on July 21 in Elizabeth. Key is part of the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus that held two afternoon performances in the Elizabeth Public Library parking lot. Portions of ticket sales were returned to the Elbert County Libraries Foundation Photos by Deborah Grigsby

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews. com

W

hile the Elbert County Library District has plenty of books on lions and tigers, director Kari May admits she never thought the large cats would ever make a live appearance in her library parking lot.

But, never say never.

The Culpepper and Merriweather Circus stopped in Elizabeth for two afternoon performances July 21 at the Elizabeth Public Library, to the delight of both young and old — and to raise money for the Elbert County Libraries Foundation.

The small, tented one-ring circus featured a variety of traditional acts, delighting both young and old, and raising

money for the foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing library facilities, programs and services.

“It worked out nicely,” said May. “We were able to provide the circus with a place to perform and a small portion of the ticket price will come back to the libraries.”

Based in Hugo, Okla., the circus performs approximately 31 weeks out of the year, according to general manager and resident lion tamer Trey Key. Key, who’s been with circus for seven years, feeds, grooms and trains the three large felines that headline the show as well as handling many of the logistics.

While small family-owned circuses seem to struggle in

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Francis, a 500-pound black-maned African lion, examines his surroundings before a July 21 performance in Elizabeth with the Culpepper and Merriweather Great Combined Circus. The large cats are provided ample opportunity to stretch their legs and become acquainted with the ring before performing. Different surfaces can make the cats feel insecure in their footing.

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Rowland defends decision on oil, gas Commissioners rejected amendment to land-use regulations

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com Amid sharp criticism for voting down vote down Elbert County’s first new oil and gas regulations in more than a decade, District 1 Commissioner Robert Rowland said the decision was necessary to keep the county from violating state law.

In a 2-1 vote July 10, the Board of County Commissioners rejected an amendment to current land-use regulations that would have better defined the county’s application process for issuing oil and gas exploration permits.

Rowland, who along with Commissioner Kurt Schlegel voted against approving the documents, said the way they were written put the county at risk of not only being in conflict Rowland with state oil and gas regulations, but also of complicating the county’s ability to sit down and negotiate with potential producers.

“I did not, truly, reach my decision on the matter until less than 24 hours before the vote,” he said. “The bottom line was that we have to protect the county from issues associated with oil and gas exploration, but at the same time be open to embracing the benefits that come with it.”

According to Rowland, founder of the Elbert County Tea Party, his decision stems from the fact the all-volunteer planning commission that dedicated more than two years to crafting the regulations created more of a “political document” than it did a legal document.

“Their job was never to write the regulations,” he explained. “That’s the job of staff.

The planning commission’s job was to take what staff put together, interpret it, apply the law to it and then provide recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. To have a commission that writes the regulations and then turns around and recommends them to the board seems like a bit of a conflict of interest to me.”

But Rowland emphasized that the planning commission is not to blame.

In fact, he praised the group for accomplishing their mission in spite of difficulties he feels predate the current BOCC. “The planning commission accomplished their goal and did so in a stellar fashion,” he said.

“They went out among a diverse population, brought people together and built a consensus, and there is no way that we would be where we are now without their contributions.”

Bottom line, according to Rowland, the documents are not a waste.

“In fact, staff is finishing up the memorandum of agreement now,” he said.

As for oil and gas regulations, Rowland said the county will refer back to existing state laws and concentrate more on creating workable agreements with potential oil and gas producers.

“We are plowing new ground here,” he said. “No one ever said it would be easy, but this is something we’ve got to get right.”

Schlegel said he anticipated documents being ready by the Aug. 14 BOCC meeting.

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No far-off land for these missionaries 10:45 a.m.

Bob, 65, sits on a low shady wall in the small quiet park sandwiched between the state Capitol and Civic Center in Denver.

Headphones in one ear, he is listening to Rush Limbaugh, his belongings packed tightly into the bulging backpacks on either side of him. Along with a few other men perched farther down the wall or lounging under leafy trees, he is waiting.

11:10.

The park is suddenly busy. Within minutes, a cluster of young men and women have set up white tents and tables upon which a buffet of food begins to appear.

11:45.

A line has started to form as trays of chicken shish kebab are brought to the tables, now laden with bowls and trays of watermelon and fruits, potato and green bean salads, chocolate chip cookies, water, lemonade and other flavored drinks.

“They give a good meal,” says Bob, eyes crinkling under a blue winter cap, the muffs pinned above his ears, three binder clips snapped on the brim. A sparse, black beard and mustache streaked with thick gray whiskers frame his tanned face.

The food is good. But the conversation is better.

“They’ll talk to you,” Bob says. “It’s pretty neat.”

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They are young Catholic missionaries, who since Thanksgiving 2011 have turned the second Saturday of the month

into Lunch in the Park for the homeless in downtown Denver. With help and donations from church volunteers around the metro area, they bring home-cooked meals to Lincoln Park, in the heat of summer and the cold of winter.

But the real gift they bring is one many take for granted — someone to talk to, someone to listen, a human connection.

“This lunch is wonderful,” Bill, 60, says in a soft voice as he sits on the grass, eating. “But that doesn’t even touch what they’ve done for me. ... I got a lot of my dignity back from them.”

The missionaries of Christ in the City, a Catholic service organization that asks young people between 18 and 29 to dedicate one semester to a year working with the poor and other marginalized segments of society, come from throughout the country. They hope to grow spiritually while ministering — mind, body and spirit — to those in need.

They find connections to resources and mental health support, if needed. They

provide food, sleeping bags, clothes. They talk about God, if asked.

But more than anything, they offer friendship.

Under a blue tent just across from the buffet, Kati Belsole places a statue of the Virgin Mary on a card table in preparation for the recitation of the rosary, which takes place before food is served.

She is 23, from New York, with a degree in theology, and she talks passionately about her desire to share God’s mercy with the poor and homeless.

But “part of our ministry is just that conversation element, showing people they have dignity and they’re worth it,” she says. “They’re worth it just because of the fact they’re a person.”

She arranges a vase of red and white fabric roses next to the statue, along with a large crucifix and wooden rosaries she’ll hand to those in the park who want them.

“We really want to know the person, their joys and their struggles,” Belsole says.

“It’s a relational thing. We really try to remember people’s names and their stories.”

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Bill will tell you his story is one of redemption.

The missionaries found him on the 16th Street Mall nine months ago. He was drinking every day.

“They would stop and talk to me.” A slight man, he wears wire-rim glasses and a cap. “Without fail, if I was there, I would see them.”

He pauses, takes a bite from his plate.

“Well, I’ve had people make a little effort, but I’ve never had anyone come every day that I could count on.”

Recently, Bill says, a car hit him as he was crossing a street. The collision put him in the hospital for three weeks. “They would come see me every day, pray for me. When I started getting better, they still came by.”

Raised in the Catholic faith, Bill began talking about God. “They helped me get my life back spiritually, even physically.” He has not had a drink, he says, in five months. He is living at Samaritan House shelter, working toward a job and his own place. Early next month, he will see his sister from Indiana for the first time in 1½ years.

“They’ll just take you on a human basis,” Bill says. “People who have been in the position I was in, we just don’t have many people who we can talk to on a normal level, whatever that might be. And they gave me confidence to talk to other people I normally wouldn’t have talked to.”

He is quiet. “I don’t know how to put into words how thankful I am.”

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Alex Lambis, 23, is a college graduate from Orlando with a degree in interpersonal communication. He spends two hours each day wandering the streets of Capitol Hill. He has come to know many of Healey continues on Page 7

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Audit takes hard look at medical marijuana 12 physicians issue half of all recommendations

By Ivan Moreno Associated Press

A dozen physicians have issued half of the medical marijuana recommendations in Colorado, one sign that the state is not providing enough oversight so only qualified individuals get referrals to use the drug, according to an audit released July 15.

The report released to lawmakers found that 12 physicians were responsible for 50 percent of the current 108,000 medical marijuana “red cards” as of March.

Some doctors have also recommended what appear to be higher-than-reasonable amounts of the drug, auditors said, noting that one patient received a recommendation for 501 plants and another got a referral for 75 ounces of marijuana. The vast majority of red-card holders, 94 percent, got referrals after complaining of “severe pain,” according to the audit.

One percent of patients got a referral because they had AIDS or HIV, 3 percent were cancer patients, and 1 percent had glaucoma, according to the audit.

Auditors said that the Department of Public Health and Environment, which oversees the medical marijuana registry, has not referred physicians to the Colorado Medical Board for investigation since January 2011.

Auditors recommended that the department

increase its oversight by revising its physician certification form so that doctors explain why they’re making a recommendation and attest that they don’t have ties to any medical marijuana business.

Auditors accused the health department of “weak controls” over the doctors recommending pot. The result, they said, is a broad perception that medical marijuana cards go to people who aren’t sick.

“These weak controls also undermine the legitimacy of marijuana as a medical treatment by fostering the impression that physician recommendations for marijuana are not held, or should not be held, to the same rigorous standards as a typical prescription for medicine,” auditors wrote.

Department officials agreed to strengthen oversight of recommending physicians. The department also agreed to work with the state medical board to identify risk factors that signal potentially inappropriate doctor referrals — another audit recommendation.

Pot is now legal for everyone over 21 in Colorado, but the state still maintains a medicalmarijuana registry.

Auditors said that because of the age restriction for recreational use of the drugs, the medical marijuana registry will continue to be needed. However, auditors asked whether the state’s current system of having marijuana patients designate a single dispensary as their medical pot provider should be changed now that pot is legal without a doctor’s recommendation.

“A new approach may be warranted for en-

suring that marijuana providers are not producing more marijuana than is needed by patients with legitimate medical needs,” auditors wrote.

“The requirement for patients to affiliate with dispensaries may no longer make sense with the legalization of recreational marijuana.”

The audit also faulted the health department for slow processing of red cards, taking longer than the required 35-day window a third of the time.

Finally, auditors faulted the health department for charging patients more than needed to run the program.

The health department’s cash fund ended the 2012 fiscal year with a $12 million surplus, money that came from individuals paying $35 annual fees. The cash fund isn’t intended to be a money-maker for the health department, just to cover the costs of running the marijuana program.

Medical marijuana has been a booming industry in the last four years in Colorado. In 2009, there were about 6,000 medical marijuana patients. The 108,000 patients now is a 1,700 percent increase, the audit said.

The health department oversees the patient registry but not the production and sale of medical pot.

That is done by the Department of Revenue, which was subject of blistering criticism in March.

That audit accused the Revenue Department of overspending on things like cars and office furniture and then running out of money to enforce its rules on marijuana production.

Colorado Chapter of the Campaign to Fix the Debt Heads to Washington, D.C. for National Fly-In “I am honored to travel alongside other Coloradoans and deliver our message directly to our leaders. We remain committed to letting Senators Bennet and Udall and their fellow leaders in D.C. know that rushed, stop-gap measures like sequestration are not the answer. Our nation needs a comprehensive deficit-reduction agreement, or ‘grand bargain,’ to create an environment conducive to stability and growth.

We believe this to be an urgent matter and the time for action is now.”

Those attending the fly-in will take part in a number of campaign-related events, including the aforementioned meetings with Members of Congress and a reception that will outline the

progress made in the campaign to date and the group’s vision moving forward.

The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a national nonpartisan coalition of business leaders, elected officials, community leaders, academics and individual citizens to bring concerned individuals together and call on lawmakers to address the ballooning national debt. Through grassroots organizing, earned media activities and high-profile outreach, the Campaign to Fix the Debt is urging lawmakers to set aside political differences to formulate practical solutions to our nation’s debt problems. More information on this group and their efforts can be found at www.FixTheDebt. org/Colorado.

Chamber Women in Leadership Conference to Inspire Attendees

On Friday, September 20th, the South Metro Denver Women in Leadership (WIL) will be hosting its 5th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference themed “WIL to Prosper.” This exciting and enlightening event will take place at the Embassy Suites DTC, 10250 E. Costilla Ave, Centennial, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The day will include a nourishing breakfast, morning and afternoon breakout sessions, the Annual Women’s Leadership Awards Luncheon, networking and cocktails. The Conference is sponsored this year by Safeway-Denver Division, University of Colorado Hospital-Lone Tree Health Center, Schomp Automotive and Park Meadows Retail Resort.

During the Women’s Leadership Awards Luncheon, four outstanding women who have helped to shape Denver business will be honored. KWGN news & talk show anchor Natalie Tysdal will be the Keynote Speaker. With a degree in broadcasting, Natalie has been with KWGN since 2002 and anchored the Emmy-award winning News2 This Morning show prior to her current position.

According to her web site (www. natalietysdal.com), “There is no greater

compliment than to entrust a reporter with your story. It can be personal and sometimes difficult. I’ve learned about journalism from both sides of the camera as the subject of stories and the reporter. I choose my words very carefully and I treat every story with the respect it deserves.” It is that sincere yet no-nonsense and honest approach that has won the hearts of many and gained the trust of viewers.

To facilitate bringing together women of different backgrounds and discuss some of the leading challenges and issues women leaders are faced with everyday, the conference will have a total of nine breakout sessions featuring topics for both business and personal development. These sessions will offer a variety of seminars, workshops and roundtable and will have many opportunities for speakers, trainers and facilitators to showcase their expertise. Topics include “The Art of Saying ‘No’”, “Empowering Your Team”, and “How to Maximize Business Relationships.”

The day will end with a Networking Cocktail event in order to allow the attendees the opportunity to unwind and share their experiences among themselves. An array of great prizes will be given away during the event. University of Colorado Hospitals will have their “Life Saver” mammogram bus onsite at The Embassy Suites DTC. Bring along your insurance card for a complimentary mammogram between 3-5pm.

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With budget talks quickly approaching, chapter members will meet with Members of Congress to urge action On July 17, 2012, members of the Colorado chapter of the Campaign to Fix the Debt convened for a day on Capitol Hill, meeting directly with Members of Congress and urging action on the nation’s mounting and unsustainable debt.

Nineteen of the twenty-three state chapters are represented, featuring a diverse set of backgrounds, including former Members of Congress, small business owners and students.

“The opportunity to represent the Colorado chapter and to talk to our representatives in Washington about why the debt matters is undoubtedly exciting, said John Brackney, President & CEO of South Metro Denver Chamber.

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The Women’s Leadership Conference, an event for women to communicate, network, and grow in business and life skills is coming soon and will be over just as quickly. Don’t miss out on an exciting full-day conference featuring leading speakers and providing stimulating new opportunities for women business leaders.

The Chamber’s Women In Leadership Group brings together women of different backgrounds: business leaders, activists, educators, and many others. They feature influential and inspirational businesswomen as speakers at many Chamber investor sites to share their career path, the challenges they have overcome and how they deal with life balance issues.

The group believes that leadership is not a separate event but something demonstrated in all aspects of our daily lives.

Therefore, they focus on celebrating the success of women leaders who come together to connect, share their stories and serve as an inspiration to one another.

Registration for the all-day conference is $125 for Chamber Investors and $150 for non-Chamber Investors with earlybird pricing of only $80 for those who register prior to September 3rd. For more information on the Women’s Leadership conference or the Chamber’s Women in Leadership Group, contact Ali Recek at 303-795-0142. Tickets for the conference can be purchased online at www.BestChamber.com or by calling 303-795-0142.

For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events or more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

Thursday, July 25th “Boots Not Suits” Kickoff Dinner at Arapahoe County Fair 25690 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora Friday, July 26th President’s Leadership Forum The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Chamber Unplugged hosted by Colorado Gold Parties The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Monday, July 29th Chamber Connectors Meeting The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Tuesday, July 30th Business Bible Study The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Wednesday, July 31st US Dept of State Hometown Diplomats Program: Kristin Stewart The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Open House at the Medical Center of Aurora 1501 S. Potomac St., Aurora An Open House “Friend-raiser not Fund-raiser” Denver Children’s Advocacy, 2149 Federal Blvd., Denver Thursday, August 1st Healthcare Policy Taskforce The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial FastTracks New Investor Orientation The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Friday, August 2nd Colorado STEM Education Roadmap & Action Plan Gill Foundation, 2215 Market St., Denver CPR Littleton Ribbon Cutting Celebration 5066 S. Wadsworth Way, #114, Littleton

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Black Forest insurance claims nearing 4,000 Fire was second most destructive in state history

By Danny Summers

dsummers@ourcoloradonews.com Reports in June indicated that the Black Forest Fire would likely make history as the most destructive in Colorado annals. But that might not be the case after all.

Through July 15, the Black Forest Fire generated 3,630 claims, accounting for nearly $300 million, according to information released by the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association last week.

Those numbers lag behind the 6,648 claims costing $453.7 million, from the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire — the most destructive in the state’s history.

The Black Forest Fire destroyed 488 homes (that figure continues to be updat-

ed) and burned more than 14,000 acres.

Original reports had 511 homes destroyed, but that number was revised earlier this month.

The fire began on June 11 and was finally out on June 20.

The Waldo Canyon Fire consumed 347 homes and burned more than 18,000 acres.

“Insured losses have so much to do with where a fire occurred and what type of properties were in that area,” said Carole Walker, executive director of the RMIIA, in a statement.

Walker added that the Black Forest Fire hit a more rural area containing a wide range of homes. They ranged from homes worth millions to dilapidated cabins and trailers.

The Waldo Canyon Fire, on the other hand, hit the denser Mountain Shadows subdivision of northwest Colorado Springs where the majority of homes ranged any-

where from $300,000 to $400,000, or more.

The value of claims from the Waldo Canyon fire rose nearly 29 percent from the preliminary estimate to a year after the fire, according to the RMIIA. Property owners have a year to file claims against their policies. Claims from the Black Forest fire are expected to rise in coming months.

“Insurers think they have heard from those customers facing a total loss in Black Forest by now,” Walker said.

Walker estimated that the Black Forest Fire could generate claims that would come in around $377 million. That would rank it as the second most destructive wildfire in state history in dollar terms.

Walker and the RMIIA believe that due to the increase in wildfires in recent years, both homeowners and insurers seem to be better prepared to handle catastrophic losses.

In related stories, bomb squads from the Colorado Springs Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office used explosives last week to blow up trees that were burned by the Black Forest Fire, bypassing the typical way firefighters cut down the trees with chainsaws.

Using explosives, the departments said, allows the trees to be removed from a safe distance.

Crews tried the new technique on a handful of trees on private property located along Coachman Drive.

All told, $29 million worth of trees were incinerated by the fire. That number was released by the El Paso County Assessor’s Office last week. It was based upon decreased property values.

The assessor’s office also said that the fire brought $116,308,348 of market value loss to an area that was mostly dependent upon trees for its appeal.

Store collects books for students

By Lisa Collacott

lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Edith Wolford Elementary School students will have the opportunity to add to their own personal libraries when school starts.

Many students at the El Paso County school lost everything they owned in the Black Forest Fire, including their books. But thanks to Covered Treasures Bookstore in historic downtown Monument, students will soon be able to build up their own personal collections.

Covered Treasures has put together a book fundraiser, and the books collected will be available for students to choose from during the ice cream social after school starts this fall. Paula Primavera, employee at Covered Treasures, said the books are available for all students not just those who lost their homes in the fire.

“Even the children that didn’t lose their homes, they still had trauma. Their friends have lost their homes,” Primavera said.

Primavera said they are collecting new

and gently used books specifically for kids age 4-11. They have had people drop off board books for infants and toddlers, so some students can pick a book for a younger sibling.

“People have been so generous,” Primavera said. “There’s been an outpouring of love for this community.”

Primavera said an author came to the bookstore, and when she found out about the book drive, she came back the next day with 50 books. Students from Monument’s Bear Creek Elementary School also stepped up to help and went around their neighborhood and collected 100 books and brought them in to the bookstore. The bookstore’s goal originally was to collect 600 books but they have well exceeded that.

Primavera said they would like to have the same amount of books for each grade level and with monetary donations they will purchase books to meet that.

New and used books in good condition will be accepted until July 31 at Covered Treasures bookstore, located at 105 Second St.

Tanner VanBebber will attempt to break the state record of breaking 100 bricks. The current record is held by Kurt Frankenberg who in 2006 broke 100 bricks in 20.5 seconds. VanBebber is also raising money for Tri-Lakes Cares for the Black Forest Fire victims and is seeking pledges per brick. The brick breaking will take place on July 26 at Freedom School of Martial Arts at 279 Beacon Lite Road. Courtesy photo

Bricks broken for good cause Attempt at record raises funds for fire victims

By Lisa Collacott

l c o l l a c o t t @ o u rc o l o ra donews.com People are usually fascinated when watching experts in martial arts break bricks and boards, trying to figure out how they mastered the strength and skill.

On July 26, anyone interested in watching can go to the Freedom School of Martial Arts on Beacon Lite Road to watch one of the instructors attempt to break the state record of breaking 100 bricks. Black belt Tanner VanBebber, 20, will try to break the record of Kurt Frankenberg, who broke 100 bricks in 20.5 seconds on Aug. 6, 2000.

“Tanner’s trying to beat this just to challenge himself,” said Frankenberg, owner of Freedom School of Martial Arts.

“I needed a goal and then I realized he (Frankenberg) held the record,” Van-

Bebber said.

VanBebber has been practicing martial arts since he was 7 years old and has been a student of Frankenberg’s since then. He is now one Frankenberg’s instructors. He is also the lead martial arts performer in the production of “The Thorn,” which tells the story of Jesus and the cross.

He started performing in middle school in school productions and breakdancing at a dance studio.

VanBebber performs flips, aerial kicks, and board and brick breaking demonstrations with Extreme Martial Arts. During the event he will attempt to break 20 stacks of five bricks.

“I want young people to know that they can do anything they set their minds to. Doing this challenge will help my students and young people everywhere see that it’s possible to do amazing things and do them for the right reasons,” VanBebber said.

“I don’t expect that Tanner will be hurt during this record attempt, but I’m glad it’s him and not me,” Fran-

kenberg said. “One hundred consecutive bricks in less than a minute is pretty difficult. It demands patience in training beforehand and lots of focus and concentration during the feat in order to break the bricks cleanly and not injure your hands.”

The brick breaking isn’t just for entertainment or to break a record.

The event is also a fundraiser for Tri-Lakes Cares to benefit Black Forest residents affected by the fire.

VanBebber is asking people and businesses to make a pledge per brick.

“I was looking for something more than just breaking bricks. Whatever is raised can be used for whatever they (fire victims) need,” VanBebber said.

If anyone would like to make a pledge they can call the Freedom School of Martial Arts at 719-360-9559.

The brick breaking attempt will take place at 6:00 p.m. on July 26 at the school, which is located at 279 Beacon Lite Road.

“Anyone can come out and watch,” VanBebber added.

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Folds oF honor event Who: Parker-based nonprofit Folds of Honor Foundation, county residents, golfers What: Charity golf tournament ($150 per person) and dinner gala ($100 per person), packages available When: 4:30 p.m. July 28 and 10 a.m.

July 29 Where: The Club at Pradera, 5225 Raintree Drive, Parker Why: To raise scholarship money for children and spouses of those killed or disabled in combat

By Chris Michlewicz

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on a Steve Smith likens the evocatedlution of a charity golf tournament benefiting military werefamilies to the planting and as re-nurturing of grass seeds. s Of- Now in its second year, asedthe Folds of Honor Golf Tournament and Gala Dinner is t theshowing more than just signs valueof life. Last year, a combined denttournament and luncheon raised $10,000 for college scholarships for the children and spouses of military personnel disabled or killed in combat.

Smith, founder and cochairman the Parker tournament, says the success of the inaugural event invigorated the six-member organizing team made up of himself, co-chairwoman Mary White, donations director Tim Swanson, Laura McDonald, Ella Smith and Cecil Wilson.

“At the end meeting last September or October, I looked at them and said, `next year, we’re going to make $50,000,’ and nobody blinked,” Smith said.

The national foundation took notice of the Parker group’s work and sent them a plaque for being in the top 100 earning Folds of Honor events.

The two-day 2013 event, which includes a gala and silent auction for non-golfers and some of those playing

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Parker resident Steve Smith talks about the 2012 Folds of Honor golf tournament, which raised $10,000 for scholarships for the chiildren and spouses of those killed in combat. The 2013 tournament and dinner is July 27-28 at the Pradera golf course. in the tournament, is being hosted by a new course, The Club at Pradera. Smith says Pradera was looking to get involved with Folds of Honor, and “we dropped it right in their lap,” Smith said. He believes Pradera will become the venue of choice for years to come.

The $100-a-plate gala is

scheduled for July 28 and includes an acoustic set by local favorites the Tripping Griswolds and a dinner with delicacies like steak Wellington wraps.

A simultaneous silent auction features donations from 60 Douglas and Arapahoe county businesses, such as signed Peyton Manning and

John Elway footballs and an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2014 U.S. Open.

The golf tournament, in conjunction with a raffle and Qdoba-catered lunch, will be July 29.

Last year, 65 golfers took to the links. Smith expects that number to climb this year, particularly because Douglas County is so supportive of military causes.

“We live in one of the areas in the country that, they get this. You don’t have to explain it to them,” he said.

The event not only pays homage to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country, but is also a tribute to Smith’s and White’s fathers.

The group named the scholarship in honor of Mary White’s dad, who spent 30 years in the Marine Corps, and Smith’s dad, an Army veteran who was wounded twice while serving in Korea.

For more information or to register for the golf tournament and/or gala, visit www. foldsofhonor-parker.org or call 720-635-1788.

dinner offers view from on high Historic ranch is site for fundraiser to help land conservancy

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com

There’s a mesa, a mountain east of Interstate 25 called Hunt Mountain, dredand it’s the site of the historic stilllessoperating JA cattle ranch — the site y dif-where you’ll have an outside dinner encenear a cliff’s edge. If you buy a ticket. and The Douglas County Land Conntra-servancy, which to date has protected order21,838 acres of land from being develeanlyoped in perpetuity and is now eyeing nds.” land along the Highway 83 corridor isn’tsouth of Franktown to help create a or tobuffer from Colorado Springs, will hold a fundraising dinner Aug 24. fun- The event will be held at one of the Caresplaces the land conservancy and the resi-ranch owner have saved for all time. fire. The 6,200-acre JA Ranch northeast eopleof Larkspur is still in the same famke aily’s hands since it was established in the 1800s, and still running cattle. And forthe ranch, which has large expanses justof wildlife habitat, scenic views and teverworking agricultural land, will always d forbe preserved because of its conservatims)tion easement with the Douglas County Land Conservancy. ke to Ninia Ritchie, the current family n callmember watching over the ranch, is Mar-once again, for the fifth year, inviting 9559.people to the ranch for this event. The emptDouglas County Land Conservancy, p.m.with a staff of 1½ positions, will use hool,the funds from the JA Ranch Sunset Bea-BBQ and Open Space Celebration, usually about $20,000, in its ongoing outeffort to oversee existing conservation bbereasements and obtain more land, said Patti Hostetler, the land conservancy’s executive director.

The annual Douglas County Land Conservancy fundraiser, set for Aug. 24 this year, will again offer a cliff-edge dinner with views at the historic JA Ranch near Larkspur. Courtesy photo “The hardest part of our job begins once a conservation easement is put in place, protecting the land,” she said.

Hostetler said one of the land conservancy’s most important responsibilities is to ensure that these properties are protected in perpetuity by annually visiting each property.

Hostetler said the nonprofit organization, created in 1987 and based in Castle Rock, is made up of concerned citizens and primarily serves Douglas County. Of the 21,838 acres already protected, 11,102 acres are open to the public and provide great trail and recreational experiences for all to enjoy. The rest, 10,281 acres, are private lands like the JA Ranch that will never be developed.

The Douglas County Land Conservancy is the conservation easement holder for Greenland Open Space, Hidden Mesa Open Space and Dawson Butte Open Space, among others.

This year’s event is from 4 to 8 p.m.

Aug. 24.

There will be a chuckwagon-style dinner, which will be catered by Buffalo Gals Catering; wine and beer from an event sponsor, local Rockyard Brewery; and entertainment by Castle Rock’s Dry Creek Bluegrass Band.

Tickets are $85.

For more information about the event or to buy tickets, visit the Douglas County Land Conservancy’s website at www.DouglasLandConservancy.org.

elBert county news in a hurry Library hosts lawyers

The Elizabeth Public Library will once again host Lawyers at the Library, from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 13. The free legal workshop is designed to assist individuals in Elbert and Lincoln counties who do not have an attorney.

Sponsored by the 18th Judicial District, attorneys will cover many areas of law including: family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlordtenant law, veterans’ benefits, and protection orders.

The Elizabeth Public Library is located at 651 Beverly St. For more information, call 303-6463792.

Women’s Club breakfast set

Join the Elbert County Women’s Club for an allyou-can-eat breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 28 at the Russell Gates Mercantile Community Hall at the corner of Eccles Street and Lavell Avenue in Elbert.

Breakfast includes fresh eggs, ham, sausage, biscuits, gravy, pancakes, and orange drink, coffee or tea. Adults are $6 and children under 10 are $3.

Proceeds support renovation and maintenance of the 1906 Community Hall, located on Elbert Road.

For more information, call 303-648-3325.

Life’s a beach at First Friday

Enjoy extended shopping, prizes and chalk art, all with a beach theme, during First Friday Night Live on Main Street, 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 2 in Elizabeth.

Browse local merchants and artists and take advantage of special discounts and prizes.

Sponsored by the Downtown Advisory Board, the monthly event helps generate traffic and interest in the town’s growing downtown area. Shoppers who collect stamps from all the participating businesses are entered into a drawing for a gift basket.

American Legion to meet

American Legion Post 82 will meet at 7 p.m.

Aug. 6 at Frontier High School, 589 S. Banner St. in Elizabeth. The two-hour meeting begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.

Come meet organization members and learn more about their community service projects. For more information, call John Guttenberg at 303229-0030 or Steve Deladicco at 720-261-8615.

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July 25, 2013

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With golf event, area’s cup runneth over One of the biggest sporting events you’ve probably never heard of will take place in the Denver metro area next month. The Solheim Cup will bring two dozen of the best players in women’s professional golf to Parker.

We know. August in Colorado means the Broncos are back — and we’re excited about that, too. But the NFL’s regular season will still be weeks away during the Aug. 13-18 Solheim Cup. Take a timeout from the preseason, and turn your attention to the Colorado Golf Club.

That might mean ordering tickets for the event. Or it might mean just watching on TV. Either way, the event is worthy of acknowledging, for a number of reasons: • The top international team competi-

our view tion in women’s golf, the Solheim Cup will feature 12 players from the United States playing against 12 from Europe. (Think Ryder Cup, for those of you familiar with men’s pro golf.) Even if you normally don’t follow the women’s game, or golf in general, we think you will be impressed by the quality of play. Sure, you’ll see some precision pitches and putts, but also, with Colorado’s elevation, you might be treated to some 300-yard drives.

• The event puts a spotlight on women’s athletics. If you have a young daughter interested in sports, these talented women could serve as an inspiration for what can be achieved. At the same time, it highlights good sportsmanship — we’re fairly certain you won’t see any violent temper tantrums or hear talk of performance-enhancing drugs.

• The Solheim Cup will help elevate the Denver area’s status on the global stage.

Nothing wrong with letting people across the world know there is more to Colorado than skiing, beer and the Broncos.

• The event is expected to provide a boost for the area’s economy. The 2009 Solheim Cup, hosted by a course in a Chicago suburb, reportedly generated a $19.4 mil-

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If you’re agreeing to disagree, agree

The running of the dummies “Three gored, 23 others injured in running of the bulls.” It’s simply not enough. I won’t be satisfied until tens upon tens are gored and injured.

It’s extremely entertaining. Or maybe it’s the adrenaline rush that makes it worth it to the runners and the spectators. I think it’s 19th-century.

“Tension soared when one of the animals charged a 31-year-old Spaniard and tossed him on the ground with his horns for almost 30 seconds as fellow runners tried to pull it away by its tail. The man clung to one of the horns as screams were heard all around.”

I like it. I like it very much.

Six bulls are let loose in the morning to run in the Pamplona encierro. Later in the day they are slaughtered in the bullring.

Runners, who just sang a benediction (“Macho Macho Man”) are prohibited from “inciting” the bulls.

What do you call it, what they do, if it’s not inciting? Let’s reverse things. Let six of these imbeciles loose and have hundreds of bulls chase them around. Now we’re talking.

There’s nothing bold, brave, heroic, courageous, dashing or daring about purposefully herding and chasing animals to their death.

I know it’s cultural (stupidity), like dogfighting and cockfighting. I know it’s traditional (stupidity).

But isn’t it about time to look at these animals differently, perhaps with some respect?

Around the world, some unconscionable things are done to pit bulls, eagles, foxes, condors, seals, whales, porpoises, and dolphins.

“Every year,” a petition website says, “in Denmark, specifically the Faroe Islands, innocent and helpless Calderon dolphins are slaughtered brutally by the Danes. Why you may ask? Simply because. A pointless and stupid right of passage to manhood” (“Macho Macho Man”).

Slaughtering a dolphin to prove that you are a man is a right of passage to ignorance.

Hemingway would never buy me a drink. Neither would Picasso. I wouldn’t let

the best matador in Spain wash my car.

There are complete yahoos on The History Channel who boast about slaughtering alligators. I watch the channel all of the time, except when “Swamp People” is on.

It’s as if they turned programming over to a Hatfield or McCoy for an hour.

Why take out a profound arrogance on animals? Of course, if we didn’t there would have been no King Kong.

I know there are women who run with the bulls, but most of the runners are men, aggressively masculine men, who must reek of testosterone.

I also know that there are men who fly to Pamplona to have their testosterone inhaled by other men. You probably could get pregnant just standing in line at the Pamplona Starbucks.

Pitting dogs against each other makes me angry-sad. If the losers aren’t killed by the winners, they are killed by their owners.

Running with the bulls is as foreign to me as runways. Running with the designers doesn’t make me angry or sad, it just gives me the all-out creeps.

But bull running and fashion shows have big audiences, ones that I will never touch. I just looked at my shelter dog and said that I was glad there is no running of the dachshunds.

He reminded me that there is. Even my little friend’s breed is subjected to human condescension.

Go bulls! Go dachshunds!

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

Whether it is in a business situation or a family setting, so many relationships are impacted and decisions avoided because of a lack of consensus or our inability to reach a unanimous conclusion.

We reach the point of being polite and saying something like, “Let’s just agree to disagree,” and we believe we can move on hoping the other person is under the same impression. But what did we really accomplish?

In some cases we completely avoid making the decision and in that situation both people lose.

And in other cases we walk away feeling offended or hurt as our opinions are taken out of context, and before we know it the relationship becomes strained. Again, everyone loses.

You see the issue is that although we use the saying, “let’s just agree to disagree,” we don’t actually stick to it. Instead we walk away and tell others about the disagreement or we try and tell our side of the story to anyone who will listen. And the person we were arguing with is probably doing the very same thing.

So instead of both parties losing and feeling like they didn’t have an opportunity to eat at the restaurant of their choice, or seeing the movie that they had been waiting to see, what if we practiced a different technique? Instead of agreeing to disagree, come up with option B, or a second and third choice.

It works the same way in business. So many times when I am coaching a client, they share a story about a peer or manager, or sometimes even their boss or a customer, where they just could not see

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eye-to-eye. It created angst and tension and people started operating in silos. My guidance for my client was to be really pre- Sus pared before going into their next meeting. easi If people started office politics or jockeying for position, be prepared with options for Staff the items and issues that are important to the greater good of the company or El customer. signe It is so easy for a meeting to get off track Stage as people champion their own agendas, this y and if we take the time to be ready with Re alternative solutions and consider the level needs and wants of others we can mitigate restr the chances of a situation arising where from everyone loses.

Man Do you focus on the disagreement or Ef the path to agreement? I would love to tions hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com.

• When we are prepared with alternative socharc lutions and have a heart and mind focused on the needs of others, it will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com

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Bits of Holmes’ life don’t add up to answer

By Dan Elliott

Associated Press

cials His face was hidden behind a gas mask, fit. and he was costumed from head to toe in glas a police-style helmet, black cargo pants ajor and black vest. He was such an improbrs, able sight, standing at the front of a theater he where a Batman movie was playing, that t some in the audience thought he was part ze of the show. in a Then he started shooting.

A year later, the pale and boyish face of hing James Eagan Holmes is in plain view each time he shuffles into court to face charges n of planning and executing his onslaught. and But whatever illness or evil might have s, as seized the promising young neuroscieneans.tist and contorted him into a mass killer, fans as prosecutors allege, is still hidden — this time by a mask of a different sort.

Random and disjointed fragments of Holmes’ story have emerged, but they don’t add up to a coherent story line. They look more like a garbled and fleeting video, a quiet life that explodes in a choreographed nightmare of violence.

Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in an Aurora theater on July 20, 2012.

He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and his lawyers say he carried out the shootings “in the throes of a psychotic episode.” But they battle fiercely to keep the details of his mental state a secret, and they say nothing about how it might have set off the rampage.

What is known is deeply contradictory.

As a teen, Holmes was withdrawn and rarely started conversations, according to

those who knew him. When he was arrested behind the Aurora theater minutes after the shootings, standing quietly with his hands resting atop his car, he was obedient and eerily limp, police said.

But during the shootings, he allegedly barked out orders and appeared to single individuals out, recalled Stephanie Davies, a witness. “He would shout, `What are you doing? I said stand up!’” Davies said.

Applying to graduate schools, Holmes strained to leave an impression of stability and maturity. “My life could have gone in a completely different direction had I not possessed the foresight to choose the path of knowledge,” he wrote in Holmes one application.

But photos exhibited in court show him preening before his smartphone camera like a selfabsorbed adolescent on the night before the massacre.

In one, he wore black contact lenses and a black stocking cap, and two tufts of his dyed-orange hair curled out like delicate little horns on either side of his head. In another, he grinned at the camera, a pistol held below his face. A third showed some of his guns and gear laid out on a red sheet on his bed.

As an 18-year-old, Holmes got laughs by telling people one of his ambitions was to own a Slurpee machine.

As a 24-year-old, he went on a weapons spree, buying an assault rifle, a shotgun, two handguns, more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, high-capacity ammunition

County burn ban relaxed Sustained moisture prompts easing of fire restrictions Staff report Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap signed an executive order July 16 easing the Stage 3 open-burning ban enacted earlier this year.

Recent rains and sustained moisture levels prompted the reduction to Stage 2 restrictions, according to a press release from the Elbert County Office of Emergency Management.

Effective immediately, Stage 2 restrictions prohibit: • Open burning, with the exception of charcoal grill fires, fires in approved porta-

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its homeless residents well.

There’s Zachary, artistic and creative.

And Art, tender and caring. Bernie is open and genuine. Jessica — loving, motherly.

“I’ve had people ask me why I’m out there every day,” Alex says. “I say, `We’re just out here, to hang out with you guys and see how you’re doing.’ ... I think the constant presence makes a difference. It takes perseverance and constant effort and not giving up on people.”

Alex has learned much about faith and human dignity from his friends on the street. He’s become more compassionate, he says. And “I’ve come to realize there is beauty that can be drawn in the middle of suffering — even if the situation is bad and ugly, good can be drawn from it.”

On this Saturday in the park, he sits down next to Jessica. A pretty mother of two, she is 32. She has carefully braided her hair and shadowed her eyes. She wears hoops in her ears and bracelets, a bright red sundress and pink fingernail polish.

She is homeless, she says, because of a series of bad decisions. Her children are with her mother.

Jessica savors the home-cooked meals.

“They’re always made with love, and that’s what gets me.”

She is grateful, too, for Alex and the others.

ble exterior fireplaces, and outdoor welding or hot work.

• Outdoor smoking, with the exception of smoking within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials.

• The sale or use of fireworks.

• Use of educational rockets.

The Stage 2 restrictions remain in effect until modified by either the sheriff or county commissioners.

Open burning at places of business or private homes still requires a permit from local fire authorities.

For more information, contact the Elbert County Office of Emergency Management at 303-805-6132 or a local fire department.

“They pray with us, and we need all the prayers we can get,” she says. “They’re here for us, for me. Just being there and listening.”

She glances at Alex, arms hooked around his legs, whose year in Denver is almost over.

“He’ll be leaving soon,” she says. “And then I’ll have to start all over.”

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1:15 p.m.

Tables have been cleared and leftover food given away. Pockets of people remain, sitting on the ground or standing, missionaries and their street friends still deep in conversation.

“The ’64 Wildcat — the red one I was talking about?” a man with long, gray scraggly hair and beard says to his young listener.

“That’s what it was called?”

“I had to replace the windshield because it was cracked and I had to replace it with a clear windshield. I said, `Man, this windshield looks like my forehead!’”

The two laugh.

And the laughter lingers, its echo of a simple joyous moment a sweet reminder about the transforming power of human connection.

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

magazines, police-style body armor and enough chemicals to rig his apartment into one massive, potentially lethal booby trap, investigators said.

Holmes built crude but complicated detonators meant to lure a neighbor or passerby into inadvertently setting off the explosives in his apartment at about the time the theater massacre was underway, the investigators said. The idea was to divert police from the theater.

No one took the bait, although one neighbor came perilously close when she went to investigate blaring music that was part of the lure.

“It would have ignited and the whole apartment would have exploded or caught fire,” FBI bomb technician Garrett Gumbinner said in January.

Holmes was a sought-after college graduate who won a federal grant for full tuition and $26,000 a year in living expenses for a Ph.D. neuroscience program at the University of Colorado-Denver. But in June of 2012, at the end of his first year, he flunked a major exam, and his professors advised him to find another career, prosecutors said.

Holmes quit the program that month.

In court, Holmes has spoken just two words aloud — “yeah” and “no,” both in answer to the judge.

He looked dazed at his first hearings, and later he appeared awestruck. But now he mostly looks nonchalant, and nothing in any of his expressions indicates what’s going on inside his head.

Citing a judge’s gag order and privacy laws, those who know the most about Holmes’ life in Colorado say little. But there

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were hints along the way that his life had taken a sharp and dangerous turn.

In March 2012, four months before the shootings, he told a classmate “about wanting to kill people ... and that he would do so when his life was over,” prosecutors said in a filing.

Prosecutors also said he opened accounts at two dating websites in 2012 and wrote in his profile, “Will you visit me in prison?”

In June, about five weeks before the shootings, a psychiatrist who had been treating Holmes told a campus police officer that Holmes had made “homicidal statements” and threatened her. Holmes started seeing the psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton of the University of Colorado-Denver — for reasons unexplained — sometime after he joined the university neuroscience program in 2011.

None of the warnings or the bizarre reversals in Holmes’ behavior answers the critical question: Why would a seemingly harmless college student, without so much as a traffic ticket on his record, amass an outlandish arsenal, dye his hair orange and stage a wanton and theatrical attack on hundreds of innocent strangers?

Some answers may come during Holmes’ trial, scheduled to start in February. Holmes will undergo a mental evaluation at the state hospital this summer, and the results will be part of his insanity defense.

But even that could stay hidden.

Holmes’ attorneys have said he could withdraw his insanity plea based on the examination.

If that happens, the results might never be made public.

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July 25, 2013

things to do

Monthly breAkfAst. The Elbert Woman’s Club will have its monthly breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, July 28, and Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Russell Gates Mercantile Community Hall. Biscuits, gravy, sausage, ham, scrambled eggs, coffee/tea and juice are served for $6/adults and $3/ children under 12. The hall is located in Elbert on Elbert Road between Highways 86 and 24, 11 miles south of Kiowa. Proceeds support the maintenance and renovation of the hall, built in 1906.

Aug. 2 book sAle. The Friends of the Kiowa Library book sale is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 2. A great selection of popular fiction, biographies, aviation, health, audio books, children’s fiction and non-fiction, a large collection of music related books and many others will be available. All are offered on a donation basis so come browse through the tables, take home a few bags of books and help support the many programs the library offers. The Kiowa Library is on Highway 86 and the book sale will be set up on the lawn so you can’t miss it. See you there. For information, call 303-621-2111.

Aug. 8-10 book sAle. The Friends of the Elizabeth Library will have its annual used-book sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 8-10 at the Elizabeth Library. Thousands of books will be for sale, and all of the money goes directly to facilities, materials and programs at the Elizabeth Library.

The main project that the Friends funded this year was the completion of the landscaping in front of the library building. The Friends also support our annual Halloween and Christmas activities, they provided the money to begin our Lucky Day DVD collection and they purchased our computer in our children’s area. The book sale is a great way to find just the book you’ve been looking for while supporting the public library. If you have questions or need more information about the sale, call the Elizabeth Library at 303-646-3416.

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Music festivAl. The Elizabeth Music & Arts Festival

is from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 17 at Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth. Enjoy a day of live music, arts and crafts vendors, food and more. Activities all day long. Visit www.elizabethfestival.com

Aug. 23-25 cAMpdrAft event. A campdrafting clinic and competition is Aug. 23-25 at Elbert County Fairgrounds in Kiowa. Be sure to be in Elbert County for the first ever in the United States Campdrafting event. Learn how to do this Australian sport at the clinic (champions coming from Australia to show you how it is done) and then test your skills at the first competition in the US. Don’t miss this unique opportunity.

Contact Mary Harris at kiowacountryc@earthlink.net or 303-621-5836. Visit http://campdraft.us. sept. 13 golf tournAMent. The Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce presents the chamber golf tournament on Sept.

13 at Spring Valley Golf Club. Enjoy a morning of golf, fun, and meeting other business people. Shotgun starts at 8 a.m. with lunch and awards following all the fun. Visit www. elizabethchamber.org. oct. 26 hArvest festivAl. The Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce presents the Harvest Festival from noon to 3 p.m.

Oct. 26 on Main Street in Elizabeth. Food, music, games and more. Spend an afternoon in Elizabeth for a safe Halloween by coming for trick-or-treat street throughout the town and enjoying games, vendors, food, and more on Main Street.

Visit www.elizabethchamber.org. the outbAck Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations

that less densely populated areas enable them to deliver a more intimate show, with no seat being more than 40 feet from the performance ring.

Key added that over the years, additional fees and permit requirements can make things difficult.

He said he, as well as many of the

for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackexpress. tripod.com.

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 303-5206088 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. the elbert County Sheriffs Posse is a nonprofit volunteer 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.

circus family members, love what they do.

“I don’t think there’s anyone here that would be happy working in an office five days a week,” he said.

“This is really the best job you can have. I’m surrounded with friends and pets all day.”

curtain time germinal aims to offend

“Offending the Audience” by Peter Handke, a statement on the live theater experience, will be the final production by Germinal Stage Denver at the 44th and Alcott building, which has been sold.

“Our most notorious production,” said director Ed Baierlein. It runs Aug. 9-25. Performances: 8 p.m.

Fridays, Saturdays; 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $19.75, $21.75, $23.75, 303-455-7108.

on the edge

“House of Blue Leaves” by John Guare plays through Aug. 11 at The Edge Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Directed by Scott Bellot. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $22/$18, theedgetheatre.com, 303-232-0363.

spark noir

“Laura,” by Vera Caspary and George Skylar. plays July 26-Aug. 24 at Spark Theater, 985 Santa Fe Drive, Denver (Santa Fe Arts District). It is directed

by Linda Suttle of Littleton. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays (No shows on Aug. 2 or Aug. 16.). Tickets: $15-$20. sparktheater. org.

World wonder

“Wonder of the World” by David Lindsay-Abair plays July 26-Sept. 1 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Robert Kramer is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $19-$29.50. 303-9353044, minersalley.com.

barth hotel is venue

“Steel Magnolias” by Robert Harling plays Aug. 1-24 at the historic Barth Hotel, 1514 17th St., Denver, as the 2013 theatrical fundraiser for Senior Housing Options. (The Barth is one of SHO’s facilities.) Performances: 7:30 pm. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Tickets: $25/$35 preferred seating, seniorhousingoptions.org, 303-595-4464, ext. 10.

(Reservations are recommended — these sell out.)

texas setting

“Sordid Lives” by Del Shores is presented by the new-to-Denver Illumination Theatre Productions at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Ave., Denver, July 26-Aug. 17. Bernie Cardell is director. Costume contest — drag or white trash costumes — at a 10 p.m. late night show on Aug 3. Not suitable for viewers under 18. Tickets: $20/$18, 303-475-5825.

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Elbert County News 9

July 25, 2013

Memory decline may foreshadow dementia Everyday forgetfulness not seen as problem

By Marilynn Marchione Associated Press

Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all.

Noticing you have had a decline beyond the occasional misplaced car keys or forgotten name could be the very earliest sign of Alzheimer’s, several research teams are reporting.

Doctors often regard people who complain that their memory is slipping as “the worried well,” but the new studies show they may well have reason to worry, said Maria Carrillo, a senior scientist at the Alzheimer’s Association.

One study found that self-reported memory changes preceded broader mental decline by about six years. Another tied these changes to evidence on

brain scans that dementia is setting in.

“Maybe these people know something about themselves” that their doctors don’t, “and maybe we should pay attention to them,” said Dorene Rentz, a Massachusetts General Hospital psychologist. She helped run one of the studies, which were discussed July 17 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Boston.

About 35 million people worldwide have dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type.

It causes a slow decline in thinking and reasoning ability. Memory trouble that disrupts daily life is one symptom.

The researchers are not talking about “senior moments,” those small, temporary lapses most everyone has, said Creighton Phelps, a neuroscientist with the U.S. National Institute on Aging. They are talking about real memory loss, in which the information doesn’t come back to you

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later, not even when people remind you of what you forgot, he explained.

A true decline is a change in your normal pattern. “You’re starting to forget things now that you normally didn’t — doctor appointments, luncheon engagements, the kids are coming over ... things that a year or two ago you wouldn’t,” said Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

Pati Hoffman, of Carol Stream, Ill., used to design menus and organize events for restaurants but began forgetting where she filed things in her computer.

“I really just kind of started struggling. Something wasn’t right. I would have to bring my work home, spread it all over the floor, sort it and then try to get it done so that nobody at work would know I was having this difficulty,” she said.

Driving to familiar places, “I would think, `I know where I am, but I don’t know how to get out of here.’”

Two neurologists said it was just stress and anxiety, and one prescribed an antidepressant. A third finally diagnosed her with early-

warning signs The Alzheimer’s Association lists 10 warning signs of the disease: • Memory changes that disrupt daily • New problems with words in speaklife. ing or writing.

• Challenges in planning or solving • Misplacing things and losing the abilproblems. ity to retrace steps.

• Difficulty completing familiar tasks at • Decreased or poor judgment. home, at work or at leisure.

• Withdrawal from work or social ac• Confusion with time or place. tivities.

• Trouble understanding visual images • Changes in mood and personality. and spatial relationships. onset Alzheimer’s disease four years ago. She was 56.

The new studies were on “subjective cognitive decline” — when people first notice they are having trouble, even if they test normal on mental ability tests: • Richard Kryscio at the University of Kentucky led a study of 531 people, average age 73. Those who reported a change in memory or thinking abilities since their last doctor visit were nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with dementia or mild cognitive impairment about six to nine years later.

• Researchers from the French government’s health agency and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston studied 3,861 nurses at least 70 years old who

were asked about memory symptoms and periodically tested for them later.

About 900 of them carried a gene that raises their risk for dementia. Among the gene carriers, worry about a single memory symptom predicted verbal memory decline on tests over the next six years. In the others without the gene, worry about three or more memory symptoms was linked to memory decline on tests.

• Rebecca Amariglio and other Harvard researchers found that complaints about memory decline matched how much sticky plaque researchers saw on brain scans of 189 people 65 and older. This confirms an earlier study of 131 people that tied memory complaints to these brain

plaques, the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.

• Reports of memory impairment were closely tied to a decline later in the ability to recall events in a study of 2,230 people, average age 80, by researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany.

• Petersen said that a study he and others soon will report shows that complaints about memory predicted who would later develop mild cognitive impairment — what used to be called “pre-Alzheimer’s” — in a random sample of 1,500 people in the community near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

“If you notice a change in your pattern of either yourself or a loved one, seek a health care professional’s evaluation,” said Heather Snyder, Alzheimer’s Association director of medical and scientific operations.

But don’t worry about small, common memory slips, said Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Alzheimer’s center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

“Every time you forget someone’s name, you don’t need to go running to the doctor,” she said.

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The RidgeGate community is thriving this season, with many fun, free events that will inspire you and your family to reconnect with nature, move your body, and hear great music. Plan now to join us.

June 22 – August 16

and the Lone Tree Recreation Center for a free yoga

RidgeGate Presents Tunes on the Terrace

class in Belvedere Park. Bring your own yoga mat, or

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lightning, class will be cancelled. No yoga experience

on the Terrace, a series of outdoor evening concerts

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featuring performances ranging from bluegrass to jazz singers and everything in between. Enjoy dancing under

Wednesday, August 7, 11:30am –1pm

the stars to live music in a beautiful outdoor setting at

The RidgeGate Walk Concerts: Martini Shot

the state-of-the-art Lone Tree Arts Center. $15 -20 lawn,

Location: Outside the Lone Tree Rec Center

$20 - $25 reserved seats. Find the full schedule and purchase tickets at lonetreeartscenter.org.

Enjoy a summertime lunch break with live music in beautiful Prairie Sky Park, courtesy of South Suburban

Saturday, July 27, 7– 8:30pm

Parks and Recreation. This month, enjoy Martini

The Wildlife Experience: Nature Nights Campfire Series

Colorado. Take a walk on the paved path around the

Location: Schweiger Ranch

Come gather around a fire for an evening of s’mores, stories and activities with The Wildlife Experience at RidgeGate’s historical Schweiger Ranch. This month, hear amazing true wilderness stories from Jeff Rucks, retired education manager with Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Visit www.thewildlifeexperience.org for more information and to register.

Tuesday, July 30, 6:30 –7:30pm

Free Yoga in the Park Location: Belvedere Park (between RidgeGate Parkway and RidgeGate Circle on Belvedere Lane)

Join RidgeGate, South Suburban Parks and Recreation

Shot, a high energy, six-piece rock band from southern park, bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the music.

Thursday, August 8, 6:30– 8pm

Free Nature Hike Series: Where the Buffalo Roam Location: Register online to receive location details

This hike in the RidgeGate bluffs will explore how people throughout history have interacted with and depended upon the native bison for survival. A naturalist from South Suburban Parks and Recreation will lead the hike, with touchable artifacts and great views of where huge herds once roamed. Register at ridgegate.com for this free, family-friendly hike.

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10 Elbert County News

July 25, 2013

Laurie Masten of Denver makes delicate lace by hand, much like many Europeans did before the industrial age. Masten, who demonstrated the technique at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival on July 21, uses multiple bobbins of fine threads and says a good lacer can produce about an inch of lace per hour.

Grant Price of Englewood takes his best shot during the stone put competition at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival, held July 21 at Casey Jones Park. Similar to the shot put, the stone put contest uses a 16-pound rock that’s not necessarily round. The annual event draws a variety of participants to its Scottish Highlands games, celebrating the significant influence Scottish and Irish immigrants have had on the area.

Going Gaelic PHOTOS BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY

Laurie Masten of Denver demonstrates her tools and techniques for making delicate lace by hand, a craft with centuries of tradition.

Fairies, wizards and Highlands heavyweights of all clans gathered July 20-21 at Casey Jones Park for the Elizabeth Celtic Festival. For more than two decades, the annual event celebrating all things Gaelic took place in Elizabeth, aimed at highlighting the rich traditions and influence of Scottish and Irish immigrants in the area.

Along with traditional food, a homebrew competition and folk dancing, visitors also enjoyed taking in the Scottish Highlands games, including centuries-old sports such as the caber toss and stone put.

Fairies, wizards and other glittered spirits gather for a photo at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival on July 21. The annual event attracts not only these mysterians, but many of the area’s finest Celtic artists and athletes.

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Elbert County News 11 July 25, 2013

Littleton’s Depot opens Western Welcome show

Michelle Marie, who earned the Ms. Colorado State title in June, aspires to be the face of a nonprofit organization. The spokesmodel moved from Wisconsin to Parker five months ago. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

Woman sees future as spokesmodel 27-year-old aims to help others as face of nonprofit

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com If experience equals wisdom, Michelle Marie is wise beyond her years.

Her late teens and early 20s were a roller coaster ride marked by a bold, cross-country move away from her parents that “failed miserably,” a runway modeling career for Redken Fifth Avenue that ended in substance abuse, bulimia and a suicide attempt, and a rock-bottom moment in which she faced eviction, car repossession and life without a cell phone.

As she stands today, at the age of 27, one wouldn’t be able to pick up on the troubles that plagued her past. Marie appears easygoing, confident and full of life.

And that’s largely because she has come out on the other side with a renewed attitude and a list of ambitions.

Having just moved to Parker five months ago with her boyfriend and dog,

Marie found herself, again, in a strange place with no money and no nearby friends or family. But this time it was different. The move from Lake Geneva, Wis., was meant as a fresh start, and so far, so good.

Since February, Marie has found a slew of sponsors, been crowned Ms. Colorado State, created a women’s networking group called FemCity Denver, and started a career as a public speaker. That was after a brief stint working for a roofing company.

It’s difficult to tell which direction she wants to go, but Marie sets the record straight when asked about her ultimate goal.

“I would love to brand myself to get in line with an international nonprofit and be the image associated with that nonprofit,” she says.

And that brand-development campaign has already begun. By putting her face and name out in Denver, Marie hopes to regain the minor celebrity status she enjoyed in Lake Geneva, where she resurrected her career as a runway model and dabbled in numerous chari-

table efforts over the last five years.

Her dream to become a philanthropic international spokesmodel might come across as lofty, but with Marie, it doesn’t seem out of reach at all. She has degrees in marketing and is getting in some good practice by plugging her sponsors during Ms. Colorado State appearances.

She has taken her message of hope and self-worth to high school students. Marie has also spoken to elementary school kids, instilling in them the belief that “the smallest hands can make the largest impact.”

“I discovered I could make a difference with my voice,” says Marie, who cites Eva Peron and Angelina Jolie as her idols.

Although she is pulled in many directions — her next gig is a YouTube series that will have her interviewing Douglas County business owners — Marie says she does not want to look back on her life knowing that she didn’t strive to meet her own expectations.

“When I have a daughter one day, I want to tell her I went for it and struggled through it,” she said.

Poundstone coming for Colorado show Comedian entertains without indulging in nastiness

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com On most weekends, more than 5 million people who tune into NPR’s news quiz show, “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” enjoy the clever comedian Paula Poundstone, who works at the intersection of politics and comedy, managing to nail a situation accurately and with humor time after time.

An author and lecturer as well, Poundstone will appear in Colorado at 8 p.m.

Aug. 3 at the historic Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder. “Appear in concert” is what they call it, but she will demonstrate why she is thought of as one of America’s great humorists.

She holds spontaneous, impromptu exchanges with the audience over all sorts of topics, managing to entertain without being mean or nasty. Political comment is current and artful and she is a master storyteller.

Honors have accumulated from coast to coast for this funny woman, who lives in Santa Monica, Calif., with her family.

Her 2006 book “There is Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say,” is still available in audio Poundstone and paperback versions, and her new comedy CD, “I Heart Jokes: Paula Tells Them in Boston,” was released, appropriately, on April Fool’s Day, 2013.

Another side to Poundstone’s activities that may be less well known is her

If you go Paula Poundstone will appear at 8 p.m. Aug. 3, at the Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder.

Tickets cost $25 to $42.50. Call 303-440-7666 or visit chautauqua.com.

“All Colorado 2013 Art Show,” a Western Welcome Week event, was juried by painter Pat Fostvedt at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. More than 230 entries were narrowed down to 60 works in the exhibit.

“Golden Prisms,” an acrylic abstract painting by Merrie Wicks, was awarded the Best of Show ribbon. First Place went to photographer Joe Bonita for “Topographical Nude in Blue.”

Second Place was awarded to Dane Fechenbach for “Red Ramekin” and Third Place to Pat Dall’s ink resist/watercolor “Pot Party.” Honorable Mentions: Peggy Dietz, Kathie Ballah and Becky Lucas.

The show will be on display through Aug. 25. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesdays through Sundays (Open daily during Western Welcome Week, Aug. 9-18).

Admission free. 303-795-0781.

Show at Spark

Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver is holding its Annual Members’ Show, which includes works by some south area artists. Art by 19 artists in all media will be displayed through Aug. 4. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays; 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday evenings, or by appointment. 720889-2200, sparkgallery.com.

Concert for kids

Kindie musician Laurie Berkner, of Nick Jr. fame, will perform for families at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 3 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd. in Highlands Ranch. Tickets: $10, douglascountylibraries.org.

Blues performance

Blues harmonica player/songwriter/ vocalist Curtis Salgado will perform in the Blue Star Music Festival, scheduled on Aug. 3 at Clement Park, 7306 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton.

Also on the program: the Healers and others. Raises funds for music therapy for children. Music from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Tickets $25 advance, $30 day of show. bluestarconnection.org.

Lone Tree Arts Center Guild

The Lone Tree Arts Center Guild is sponsoring a Fall Fashion Stylists Event, a fundraiser, at Nordstrom events room at Park Meadows from 4 to 6 p.m. August 14.

Nordstrom stylists will show fall fashions and secrets of coordinating wardrobes with accessories.

Skin care products and tips will be shown. Light refreshments and wine will be served. Limited seating. Admission costs $40. Call Gayle, 303-525-4744 for reservation.

Village bandstand ongoing role for the American Library Association.

She is National Spokesperson for United for Libraries, the national Friends of the Library citizen support network.

Groups across the nation work to raise funds and awareness for these valued community institutions — and come forth when there is a fracas over a book or topic.

She says each show she does is different, so the audience can expect new and current material when Paula Poundstone steps onto the Chautauqua stage.

Highlands Ranch Concert Band will present “Playin’ in the Park,” a special free concert for children, at 6:30 p.m. August 3 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Program includes a Cartoon Express Medley, Star Wars Marches and Big Fun in the Sun: California beach music. Kids will get a free frozen treat and a chance to step to the podium to help direct the band. Information about the band, including how to become a member, is at hrconcertband. org.

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12 Elbert County News

July 25, 2013

Kaleidoscope show lives up to name Variety of media on exhibit at ACC

IF YOU GO “Kaleidoscope” is at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, in the Annex Building on the east side of Arapahoe Community College’s Main Campus, 5901 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays; 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 27.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com The Annual Juried Kaleidoscope Exhibition at ACC’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts grows stronger with each succeeding year.

The show, which runs through July 31, was juried this year by Marsha Wooley, a longtime Arapahoe Community College faculty member and well-known landscape painter, and Christine Katzenberg, a ceramic artist who teaches and coordinates exhibits at Goodson Recreation Center in Centennial.

The two selected a show that fits comfortably in the gallery from a large number of entries.

Best of Show was awarded to the mysterious “Sea Mudra” by Jonathan M. Wright, an oil on canvas painting of a woman in the water, but with four arms in symbolic pose, like an Indian religious figure. One wonders where she came from.

The First Place ribbon went to Robert Schroeder’s large “Brick Pot With Pipe Handle,” a tongue-in-cheek, but expertly crafted, clay sculpture. The artist has several more in a brick pot series in the show, which add some heft to the three-dimensional exhibits.

Second Place was awarded to Joyce McClain’s “Lake Garda,” a detailed solar etch-

Castle Rock

“Sea Mudra,” oil on canvas by Jonathan M. Wright, is Best of Show in the annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition at Arapahoe Community College. Courtesy photo by Dustin Ellingboe ing, which draws the viewer in for a close look.

Third Place winner is S. Williams’ bright watercolor “Details Bike,” a portrait of the antique bicycle with flowers in its basket

Highlands Ranch

Littleton

Parker

Parker

Parker

First United Methodist Church 1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

Services:

Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 8am, 9:15am, 10:30am Sunday School 9:15am Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

Open and Welcoming

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

Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com

Welcome Home!

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

worship Time 10:30AM sundays

Affiliated with United Church of Religious Science

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

Castle Rock Recreation Center 2301 Woodlands Blvd, Castle Rock

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

303 798 6387

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING Sunday Services 10 a.m.

www.OurCenterforSpiritualLiving.org 720-851-0265

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

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303-791-3315

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A place for you

Lutheran Church & School

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

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

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

(Across from Murdochs)

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

303-798-8485

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8:45 am & 10:30 am

Sunday

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11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

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Sunday 9:30am

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

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Parker, CO 10am Worship Service www.hilltopucc.org 303-841-2808

Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel at the Parker Mainstreet Center

...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138

Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:45 am 5755 Valley Hi Drive Parker, CO 303-941-0668

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New Thought...Ancient Wisdom Sunday Service

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Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

303.805.9890

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Trinity

Sunday Worship

Community Church of Religious Science Hilltop United Church Of Christ 10926 E. Democrat Rd.

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Connect – Grow – Serve

SErviCES:

Saturday 5:30pm

Pastor David Fisher

of Littleton

Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am

“Loving God - Making A Difference”

Franktown

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church

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

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

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that greets customers at the Details store on Littleton’s Main Street.

Honorable Mentions were given to Barbara Veatch for a mixed-media abstract painting; to Roseanne Stearne’s airy mixed

media painting “Celebration II,” and to Gayla Ruckhaus’ “Iris,” created from colorful, textured wool fibers, pressed on a board, under glass.

This broad-based show, open to all, is a nice representation of the many interests community artists pursue, with a variety of skills.

The jurors’ statement had this description: “Upon walking through the gallery we were impressed by the variety of art in our community. We decided we needed to convey that diversity. The diversity is represented in each subject matter, technique and content. We decided that each artist should have at least one work of art in the show. If there were multiple submissions, we wanted to show strengths through similarity or originality and diversity. Other considerations included careful analysis of the artist’s use of the art elements and principles.

We awarded the strongest representations of a variety of media. Finally, we want to thank all artists who submitted to the Kaleidoscope show. It is our wish that each and every one of you continue to create, grow, and evolve as artists.”

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

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Elbert County News 13

July 25, 2013

e Distillery missing beloved bathtub Gin maker offers free drinks for return of giant vessel

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com

BathtuB mystery

To report the whereabouts of the missing bathtub, contact: Andrew Causey

downslope.distilling@gmail.com Andrew Causey makes gin.

303-810-4831 Although the spirits he channels with partner Mitch Abate at the Downslope Distillery are far from the storied bathtub d tohooch made during Prohibition, he does col-keeps a bathtub around as a sort of a senti- hand-me-down from a relative, and Causey on amental tribute to days gone by. thought that parking it in front of the disBut as Causey opened his distillery the tillery’s front entrance would spark a giggle , is amorning of July 7, he noticed something and add a bit of period charm. restswas missing.

Causey said he never thought about ty of That something was the 400-pound cast bolting it to the ground, because, well, it iron bathtub that used to welcome tourists weighs 400 pounds. crip-and tasters to the Centennial-based smallCausey cedes he didn’t report the incident to law enforcement, simply because batch distillery. y we “I really had to just stop and do a double- he figured it was a lost cause and officers n ourtake,” Causey said. “At first we thought we probably had a lot more important things con-would get a ransom note, but we didn’t.” to do than chase after his missing bathtub. sent- Although the tub was old, he joked that “I’m guessing by now it’s probably alandit was not a claw-footed model, “so it prob- ready chopped up and in the scrap pile, ouldably didn’t walk off.” sold for the value of the metal,” he said with ow. If The giant enameled vessel was actually a a sigh. wantty or idere artples.

PUBLIC NOTICE tions Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name nt to PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is given on June 26, 2013 KaleiDISTRICT COURT, ELBERT that a Petition for a Change of Name of an and COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO adult has been filed with the Elbert County Court Address: 751 Ute St., Kiowa CO Court. grow, 80117

APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUTARY AND NOT NONTRIBUTARY SOURCES AND FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE NONTRIBUTARY DENVER, ARAPAHOE, AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AND THE NOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFER, ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 5 acres being Lot 147, Parker Hylands Filing 3, generally located in the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 2, T7S, R65W of the 6th P.M., as shown on Attachment A — to the distillery, he’d However, should the tub still be intact, back — in one piece hereto ("Subject Property").

Source of Water Rights: The Upperat Dawson aquifer is splurge for a round of drinks the tasting Causey said he’d like to have it back. not nontributary as described in Sections table, no matter37-90-103(10.7), what the motive.

No questions C.R.S., and the Denver, To: Heirs and Assigns ofasked.

William Combs; Arapahoe and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers deceased; and All Unknown Persons, The only legal catchas to his inoffer, of “Really, I just want back,” he is nontributary described Section 37Heirs and Assigns Who Claimthe Any bathtub In90-103(10.5), C.R.S.Estimated Annual terest course, would Amounts: be that everyone is old said.in the Subject matter of This Action.

Upper Dawson: 1.6 acre-feet (includes water associated with existing Plaintiff brings itssaid claims if by way of a Deed Causey anyone delivers the tub enough to drink. well Permit No. 182979), Denver: 2.8 of Trust, dated January 2, 2002, recorded acre-feet, Arapahoe: 2.2 acre-feet, Laramon March 18, 2002 at Book 626, Page ie-Fox Hills: 1.5 acre-feet. Proposed Use: 351, at Reception No. 415983, Elbert Domestic, commercial, irrigation, liveCounty, Colorado, and (the Deed of stock watering, fire protection, and augTrust”). You are summoned and required mentation purposes, including storage, to file with the clerk of this Court an anboth on and off the Subject Property. Deswer or other response to the Complaint scription of plan for augmentation: seeking a complete adjudication of the Groundwater to be augmented: 1 acrerights of all parties to this action with rePublic Notice foot per year of the Upper Dawson aquifer spect to the property referenced in the groundwater as requested herein. Water Deed of Trust which is located in the DISTRICT COURT, rights for augmentation: Return flows County of Elbert, State of Colorado, comWATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO from the use of not nontributary and nonmonly known as 41028 Thunder Hill Road, JUNE 2013 WATER RESUME tributary groundwater and direct disParker, CO 80138, and legally described PUBLICATION charge of nontributary ground water. as follows: TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED Statement of plan for augmentation: The LOT 30, THUNDER HILL, COUNTY OF IN WATER APPLICATIONS Upper Dawson aquifer water will be used ELBERT, STATE OF COLORADO. (the IN WATER DIV. 1 Case No.: 2012CV260 The Petition requests that the name of for inhouse use (0.4 acre-feet), irrigation "Property").

Christine Karen Hoang be changed to of 10,000 square feet of lawn, garden, and Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are noPlaintiff: JP Morgan Chase Bank Christine Karen Quist. trees (0.55 acre-feet), and stockwatering And For a decree that the Deed of Trust, tified that the following is a resume of all National Bank, successor by merger to water right applications and certain of 4 large domestic animals (0.05 acreis a valid, first priority mortgage encumChase Home Finance LLC Case No.: 2013 C 29 amendments filed in the Office of the Wafeet), through the existing well. Sewage bering 100% of the interest in the Propv. ter Clerk during the month of JUNE 2013 treatment for inhouse use will be provided erty; For a decree that pursuant to the Defendants: Donald W. Combs; Cheryl A. Layne for each County affected. by a non-evaporative septic system and doctrine of equitable subrogation, that the Brenda K. Combs; Elsie Combs, and Clerk of Court return flow from inhouse and irrigation use Deed of Trust is a valid Deed of Trust with Phil Ashburn, Heirs and Assigns of WilBy: Jafeen Jenkins 13CW3060, William and Cynthia Lyle, will be approximately 90% and 10% of that priority relating back to the date the prior liam Combs; deceased, The Public Deputy Clerk 41497 Madrid Drive, Parker, CO 80138 use, respectively. During pumping Applicand paid-off deed of trust was recorded; A Trustee For The County of Elbert, State of (James Petrock, Petrock & Fendel, 700 ants will replace actual depletions to the decree that the Deed of Trust be reColorado; LVNV Funding LLC; and All UnLegal Notice No: 927699 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO 80202), affected stream system pursuant to Secformed to include William Combs as a known Persons, Heirs and Assigns Who First Publication: July 11, 2013 APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND tion 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. Depletions grantor under the Deed of Trust; and For PUBLIC NOTICE Claim Any Interest in the Subject matter of Last Publication: July 25, 2013 WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUsuch other and further relief as the Court may occur to the Coal Creek stream sysThis Action Publisher: Elbert County News TARY AND NOT NONTRIBUTARY Public Notice of Petition may deem just and proper. tem. Return flows accrue to the South SOURCES AND FOR APPROVAL OF for Change of Name Platte River stream system, and those reAttorneys for Plaintiffs: turn flows are sufficient to replace actual PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE Such answer or other response to the FRANKE GREENHOUSE LLP depletions while the subject groundwater NONTRIBUTARY DENVER, ARAPAHOE, Public notice is given on May 24, 2013 Complaint must be filed within thirty Charles Greenhouse, #10506 is being pumped. Applicants will reserve AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AND THE that a Petition for a Change of Name of a five (35) days after this Summons is KITTREDGE BUILDING served on you by publication. an equal amount of nontributary groundNOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON minor child has been filed with the Elbert 511 – 16th Street, Suite 610 water underlying the Subject Property to AQUIFER, ELBERT COUNTY. Subject County Court.

Denver, CO 80202 If you fail to file your answer or other remeet post pumping augmentation requireProperty: 5 acres being Lot 147, Parker Public Notice (303) 623-4500 sponse to the Complaint in writing within ments. Further, Applicants pray that this Hylands Filing 3, generally located in the The Petition requests that the name of cgreenhouse@frankegreenhouse.com the applicable time period, judgment by Court grant the application and for such SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 2, T7S, R65W of Elsbeth Michelle Kellar be changed to Superior Court default may be entered against you by the other relief as seems proper in the Elsbeth Michelle Marquez. the 6th P.M., as shown on Attachment A County of Trinity SUMMONS court for the relief demanded in the Compremises. (4 pages). hereto ("Subject Property"). Source of WaState of California The People of the State of Colorado plaint, without any further notice to you.

Case No.: 13 C 21 ter Rights: The Upper Dawson aquifer is THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY not nontributary as described in Sections Case # 06JU053A To: Heirs and Assigns of William Combs; Dated this 2nd day of July, 2013 Cheryl A. Layne THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN 37-90-103(10.7), C.R.S., and the Denver, CITATION TO APPEAR deceased; and All Unknown Persons, Clerk of Court PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS Arapahoe and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers Heirs and Assigns Who Claim Any InFRANKE GREENHOUSE LLP By: Jafeen Jenkins CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICis nontributary as described in Section 37To Phillip Barbian and to all persons terest in the Subject matter of This Action.

Charles Greenhouse, #10506 Deputy Clerk ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND 90-103(10.5), C.R.S.Estimated Annual claiming to be the father or mother of the KITTREDGE BUILDING OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS Amounts: Upper Dawson: 1.6 acre-feet child, Jasmine Barbian, you are hereby Plaintiff brings its claims by way of a Deed 511 – 16th Street, Suite 610 Legal Notice No: 927720 MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN (includes water associated with existing cited to appear on 8/30/13 at 9:00 am in of Trust, dated January 2, 2002, recorded Denver, CO 80202 First Publication: July 18, 2013 THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR well Permit No. 182979), Denver: 2.8 Dept. 1 of the Superior Court of Trinity on March 18, 2002 at Book 626, Page acre-feet, Arapahoe: 2.2 acre-feet, Laram(303) 623-4500 Last Publication: August 1, 2013 BE FOREVER BARRED. County, located at 11 Court St. 351, at Reception No. 415983, Elbert ie-Fox Hills: 1.5 acre-feet. Proposed Use: Publisher: Elbert County News Weaverville, California. Your appearance County, Colorado, and (the Deed of Domestic, commercial, irrigation, liveLegal Notice No.: 927700 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any is required pursuant to Welfare and InstiTrust”). You are summoned and required stock watering, fire protection, and augFirst Publication: July 11, 2013 party who wishes to oppose an applicatutions Code § 294(f)(7). to file with the clerk of this Court an anmentation purposes, including storage, Last Publication: August 8, 2013 tion, or an amended application, may file swer or other response to the Complaint both on and off the Subject Property. DePublisher: The Elbert County News with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Legal Notice No.: 927698 seeking a complete adjudication of the scription of plan for augmentation: Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement PUBLIC NOTICE First Publication: July 11, 2013 rights of all parties to this action with reGroundwater to be augmented: 1 acreof Opposition, setting forth facts as to why Public Notice Last Publication: August 1, 2013 spect to the property referenced in the foot per year of the Upper Dawson aquifer the application should not be granted, or Public Notice of Petition Publisher: The Elbert County News Deed of Trust which is located in the groundwater as requested herein. Water why it should be granted only in part or on for Change of Name DISTRICT COURT, County of Elbert, State of Colorado, comrights for augmentation: Return flows certain conditions. Such Statement of OpPUBLIC NOTICE WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO monly known as 41028 Thunder Hill Road, from the use of not nontributary and nonposition must be filed by the last day of Public notice is given on June 26, 2013 JUNE 2013 WATER RESUME Parker, CO 80138, and legally described tributary groundwater and direct disAUGUST 2013 (forms available on DISTRICT COURT, ELBERT that a Petition for a Change of Name of an PUBLICATION as follows: www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s charge of nontributary ground water.

COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO adult has been filed with the Elbert County TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED LOT 30, THUNDER HILL, COUNTY OF office), and must be filed as an Original Statement of plan for augmentation: The Court Address: 751 Ute St., Kiowa CO Court.

IN WATER APPLICATIONS ELBERT, STATE OF COLORADO. (the and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of Upper Dawson aquifer water will be used 80117 IN WATER DIV. 1 "Property"). each Statement of Opposition must also for inhouse use (0.4 acre-feet), irrigation Case No.: 2012CV260 The Petition requests that the name of be served upon the Applicant or of 10,000 square feet of lawn, garden, and Christine Karen Hoang be changed to Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are noAnd For a decree that the Deed of Trust, Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or trees (0.55 acre-feet), and stockwatering Plaintiff: JP Morgan Chase Bank Christine Karen Quist. tified that the following is a resume of all is a valid, first priority mortgage encumcertificate of such service of mailing shall of 4 large domestic animals (0.05 acreNational Bank, successor by merger to water right applications and certain bering 100% of the interest in the Propbe filed with the Water Clerk. feet), through the existing well. Sewage Chase Home Finance LLC Case No.: 2013 C 29 amendments filed in the Office of the Waerty; For a decree that pursuant to the treatment for inhouse use will be provided v. ter Clerk during the month of JUNE 2013 doctrine of equitable subrogation, that the Legal Notice No.: 927724 by a non-evaporative septic system and Defendants: Donald W. Combs; Cheryl A. Layne for each County affected.

Deed of Trust is a valid Deed of Trust with First Publication: July 25, 2013 return flow from inhouse and irrigation use Brenda K. Combs; Elsie Combs, and Clerk of Court priority relating back to the date the prior Last Publication: July 25, 2013 will be approximately 90% and 10% of that Phil Ashburn, Heirs and Assigns of WilBy: Jafeen Jenkins 13CW3060, William and Cynthia Lyle, and paid-off deed of trust was recorded; A Publisher: The Elbert County News use, respectively. During pumping Applicliam Combs; deceased, The Public Deputy Clerk 41497 Madrid Drive, Parker, CO 80138 decree that the Deed of Trust be reants will replace actual depletions to the Trustee For The County of Elbert, State of (James Petrock, Petrock & Fendel, 700 formed to include William Combs as a affected stream system pursuant to SecColorado; LVNV Funding LLC; and All UnLegal Notice No: 927699 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO 80202), grantor under the Deed of Trust; and For tion 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. Depletions known Persons, Heirs and Assigns Who First Publication: July 11, 2013 APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND such other and further relief as the Court may occur to the Coal Creek stream sysClaim Any Interest in the Subject matter of Last Publication: July 25, 2013 WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUmay deem just and proper. tem. Return flows accrue to the South This Action Publisher: Elbert County News TARY AND NOT NONTRIBUTARY Platte River stream system, and those reSOURCES AND FOR APPROVAL OF Public Notice Such answer or other response to the turn flows are sufficient to replace actual Attorneys for Plaintiffs: PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE Complaint must be filed within thirty depletions while the subject groundwater FRANKE GREENHOUSE LLP NONTRIBUTARY DENVER, ELBERT COUNTY VENDOR PMT LIST JUNE 2013ARAPAHOE, five (35) days after this Summons is is being pumped. Applicants will reserve Charles Greenhouse, #10506 AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AND THE GENERAL FUND $191,414.73 Colorado Dept Of Revenue Consumer Protection Fee $86.00 High Plains Transmission Vehicle Repairs $1,150.00 Parts Washer Solvent $242.67 on you by publication. an equal amount of Safety-Kleen nontributaryCorp. groundKITTREDGE BUILDING Co East Community Action served NOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON HEALTH FUND $6,154.58 Operating Cost $450.00 Honnen Equipment Co Equipment Expense $8,808.16 Schmidt Construction Co Operating Cost $8,734.76 water underlying Subject Property to 511 – 16th Street, Suite 610 AQUIFER, ELBERT COUNTY. Subject ROAD & BRIDGE FUND $338,712.85 Colorado Machinery Equipment Cost $6,284.32 Icon Engineering Kiowa Creek Levee Review $1,168.50 theSignal Graphics Office Supplies $207.00 If youOffice fail toSupplies file your answer or other remeet post$343.80 pumping augmentation Denver, CO 80202 Property: 147, Parker SALES AND USE TAx FUND $492,848.44 Csu Extension $284.00 Ilene Allison 5 acres being Lot Gravel/Fill Dirt SimplexgrinnellrequireAlarm Monitoring $500.00 sponse to theCircuit Complaint in writing within ments. $1,282.50 Further, Applicants (303) 623-4500 Hylands located in the PUBLIC TRUSTEE FUND $678.03 Comcast Monthly Charges $439.20 Imco TrailerFiling 3, generallyOperating Cost Sprint pray that this Cell Phones $697.51 the applicable time period, judgment by Court grant the application and for Systems such cgreenhouse@frankegreenhouse.com SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 2, Operating T7S, R65W LEA FUND $28,012.54 Commercial Lighting Operating Cost $156.57 Intellichoice Costof $45,664.00 Stanley Security Replacement Control Keys $25.74 may be For entered against you$45.50 by the other relief as seems proper in the the 6th P.M., as shown onMonthly Attachment A HUMAN SERVICES FUND $156,135.63 Community Media Of Codefault Payments Publication Irea Service $8,333.57 Staples Advantage Mailing Lables $341.62 court Operating for the relief the Compremises.

(4 pages).

SUMMONS hereto ("SubjectSupply Property").

Source ofCost WaREITREMENT FUND $17,403.85 Corporate Billing Llc Costdemanded in $3,209.14 J&S Contractors Co Operating $7,734.00 State Wire & Terminal Inc Operating Cost $664.41 plaint,Costco without any further notice$2,283.02 to you.

The People of the StateCostco of Colorado ter Rights: aquifer is CHAPPARAL VALLEY FUND $32,600.00 Jerri Spear The Upper Dawson Mileage $120.00 Stone Oil Co Inc Fuel $21,828.58 THE WATER BY not nontributary as described in Sections IMPACT FUND $7,640.20 County Sheriff’s Of Co Chp Permits $200.00 Jessica Griglio Reimbursement $52.50RIGHTS SweepCLAIMED Stakes Unlimited Apa Packet Job 352424 $40.00 Dated this 2nd day of July, 2013 THESE$10,527.39 APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN Tr Operating Cost To: Heirs $16,005.44 and Assigns of William Combs; 37-90-103(10.7), thePayments Denver, CONSERVATION TRUST FUND Creative Carpentry Inspections $5,280.00 John Deere Credit C.R.S., and Lease Danny Paul Ardrey Estate $600.00 P R I O $64,803.70 R I T Y A N Y The W ALighthouse TER RIGHTS deceased; and All Unknown Persons, Arapahoe and Laramie-FoxOperating Hills aquifers TOTALS $1,287,606.29 Credit Union Of Colorado Credit Card Transactions $7,556.49 John Deere Financial Cost Operating Cost $822.64 FRANKE GREENHOUSE LLP CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICHeirs and Assigns Who Claim Animal Any Inis nontributary in Section Creekside Hospital Euthanasia $313.20 John Reardon as describedTanf Contract37$12,000.00 The Sheldon House Hotel Reservations $250.00 Charles Greenhouse, #10506 ATED $6,879.48 WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND terest in the Subject matter of Carlson This Action.

90-103(10.5), Curtis Reimbursement $33.50 Kansas State BankC.R.S.Estimated Monthly Annual Payment Timeberline Tree Spraying Operating Cost $2,500.00 KITTREDGE BUILDING OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS Amounts: Upper Dawson:Operating 1.6 acre-feet Vendor Name Description AMT Cynthia Higdon Reimbursement $168.00 Kimball Midwest Cost $102.60 Tlo Llc Operating Cost $116.00 511 –Fuel 16th Street, Suite 610 MUST APPEAR OBJECT WITHIN Plaintiff brings its claimsD-J by way of a Deed (includes with existing Petroleum Inc. $47,660.48 Larry Ross water associatedReimbursement $127.96 TOTodd Pederson Deputy Comp $500.00 CO 80202 THE TIME PROVIDED

BY STATUTE OR January Dales 2, 2002, recorded well Rags Permit Denver: A & E Tire Operating Cost of Trust, dated $2,292.98 Paint Supply Co Denver, Paint $27.85 Levi’s Ii No. 182979),White Rags 2.8 $120.00 Touchstone Health Partners Client Services $236.00 (303) Water 623-4500 BE FOREVER BARRED. 2002 at Deep BookRock 626, Page acre-feet, LaramA&A Hydraulic Repair Co Equipment Repairon March 18, $354.71 Cooler Lease $8.45 Lyle Sign IncArapahoe: Nm 7165 2.2 acre-feet, Operating Cost $2,292.87 Town Of Kiowa Water/ Sewer $4,389.56 Advanced Quality Auto Vehicle Repairs 351, at Reception $1,847.86 No.Denver Industrial Sales & Svc Operating Cost $18,898.64 M-Pact Tactical Polos In Tan $1,399.20 Town Of Simla Water, Trash, Sewer $117.07 415983, Elbert ie-FoxApparel Hills: 1.5 acre-feet. Proposed Use: LegalReimbursement Notice No.: 927700 Affordable Fire & Safety Fire ExtinguishersCounty, Colorado, $332.00 and Diana Hartsough $8.53 Mcafee Inc commercial, irrigation, Web & Email Protection $363.78 Value Hardware Operating Cost $443.26 YOU ARE HEREBY True NOTIFIED that any (the Deed of Domestic, liveAgate Mutual Telephone Monthly Service Trust”). You are $22.54 Digbyand Properties Simla June Rent $725.00 Medved Chervolet South Vehicle Repairs Technologies Inc Agreement May $8,081.00 First Publication: July 11, 2013 party who$575.14 wishes toTyler oppose an applicasummoned required stock watering, fire protection, and augAirgas Intermountain Operating Cost to file with the $700.53 Subscription August Renewal8,2013 Medved Ford purposes, Parts Vehiclestorage, Repairs Ammunition Operating Cost $735.00 Last Publication: 2013 $171.01 tion, or an$472.89 amended Ultramax application, may file clerk of Dlt thisSolutions Court an anmentation including All Access Inc Security Doors swer or other $5,531.03 Soil WeedThe Barrier Mgt Ofon America Allocation UmbP.Bank Bond Intrest & Principal Pmt $32,600.00 Publisher: Elbert County News$550.00 Water Clerk, O. Na Box 2038, responseDouble to the El Complaint both and off the SubjectCost Property.

De-Plan with the$5,680.00 Alpine Auto Recovery Tow $175.00 Drive Train Industries Inc Slack Adjusters $340.60 Mhc Kenworth Crosstube Assembly $744.84 United Reprographic Supply Operating Cost $43.34 Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement seeking a complete adjudication of the scription of plan for augmentation: Arapahoe Heating Svc Hvac Maint. Adminrights Bldingof all$3,046.64 Ds Sales Tire Balancer Repair $185.00 Mines & Associates Pc augmented: Employee Asst. $267.90 Venture Equipment Expense $3,600.24 of Opposition, settingUs forth factsInc as to why parties to this action with reGroundwater to be 1 acreArrowhead Fencing Final Payment Bucking Shoots $9,044.00 E470 Public Hwy Authority Toll Charges $43.15 Mountain View Electric Agate Shop $488.88 Usa Mobility Wireless Missing Pager $70.04 the application should not be granted, or spect to the property referenced in the foot per year of the Upper Dawson aquifer Asphalt Specialties Co Roadway Construction Ec located Coalition For Outreach Pssf Contract $3,350.54 Neve’s UniformsasInc $278.50 Vandiest Company Operating Cost $1,989.50 why it should be granted onlySupply in part or on Deed of$470,004.62 Trust which is in the groundwater requestedAwards herein. Water AT&T Telephone $184.83 Elbert County R&B Oil Change/Filter $2,619.71 Paul Arnold Attny Fees $7,380.00 Verizon Wireless Cell Phone $715.56 certain conditions. Such Statement of OpCounty of Elbert, State of Colorado, comrights for augmentation: Return flows Atco International Mfg Operating Cost monly known$134.25 Elbert County Treasurer Payroll Vendors Month End $125,827.25 Peace In Christ Lutheran Ch Donation Facility position Use $50.00 Viaero Wireless Telephone $126.91 must be filed by the last day of as 41028 Thunder Hill Road, from the use of not nontributary andFor nonAuto Glass Guys Operating Cost Parker, CO $170.00 Fire Dept.

Blood Draw $150.00 Phil Long Ford Inc. Vehicle Repairs Wagneravailable Equipment Coon Inc Operating Cost $4,579.81 AUGUST$257.16 2013 (forms 80138, andElizabeth legally described tributary groundwater and direct disAuto-Cholor System Operating Cost as follows: $181.00 Enertia Consulting Gr Llc Construction/Management $26,015.32 Phnac Membership Dues www.courts.state.co.us $75.00 Washington County Dhs Title Xx County Share $440.30 or in the Clerk’s charge of nontributary ground water.

Baby Bear Hugs Tanf Contract $2,472.00 HILL, Everett Tatman OF Monthly Contract $2,160.00 Phoenix Technology Enhance The Management Trash Removal $697.81 office), and must beWaste filed as an Original LOT 30, THUNDER COUNTY Statement of plan for augmentation: Bass Viva I. Contract $491.20OF COLORADO. Fair Point Communications Monthly Service $509.96 Group Managed Services $3,200.00 Weld Adolescent Resources Pass Through $79,944.31 and include $158.00 filing fee.

A copy of ELBERT, STATE (the Upper Dawson aquifer water will be used Berghill Greenleaf & Ruscitti Litigation $1,120.00 Falcone Refrigeration Inc. Service Cooler Exhibit Blding $110.00 Pitney Bowes use (0.4 acre-feet), Postage $5,000.00 of Opposition Whisler Industrial Operating Cost $30.24 each Statement must Supply also "Property"). for inhouse irrigation Best West Tire Distributors Operating Cost $2,181.93 Faris Machinery Company Compressor $1,729.50 Postmaster General Operating Cost Operating Cost $32,559.76 b e s e r v$206.00 e d u p o n Winter t h e AEquiptment pplicant or of 10,000 square feet of lawn, garden,Cost and Big O Tires Tires $435.60 Fastenal Company Bolts $469.08 Potestio Brothers Operating $352.73 Witt Boys-Napa Brake Hose $799.70 Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or decree that the Deed of Trust, trees Equipment (0.55 acre-feet), andOperating stockwatering Black Hills Energy Monthly Service And For a $1,318.64 Frontier Business Product Contract Base $433.59 Power Co Cost $372.05 Wrigley Enterprises Business Cards $98.00 certificate of such service is a valid, first priority mortgage encumof 4 large animals (0.05Lease acreBlaster Bouncer Denver Bounce House Deposit $531.43 Frontier Communications Copier Monthly Service $995.96 Power Motivedomestic Corp Monthly $12,720.87 Wwhcsof mailing shall Website Hosting Service $46.40 be filed $5,910.43 with the Water Clerk. bering 100% of the interest in the Propfeet), through the existing well.

Sewage Blue Star Police Supply Uniform $164.97 G&K Services Shirts $59.82 Pro Ag Solutions Operating Cost Xerox Corp Operating Cost $2,344.38 erty; For a $153.95 decree thatGall’s pursuant to the treatmentCountry for inhouse be provided Butler Sales Multi Purpose Cleaner Inc Vest And Shipping $423.99 Pronghorn Ace use will Padlocks $114.93 Y Time Monthly Service $60.48 Legal Notice No.: 927724 doctrine of$13,594.76 equitable subrogation, the by a non-evaporative system and Caterpillar Financial Svcs Leases Glaser Gasthat Company Propane For Fg Maint. Shop $21.00 Purewater Dynamics Inc septic Lease Equipment $50.00 Young Williams Child First Publication: 25,Svcs 2013 Deed of Trust$38.00 is a valid Deed return flow from inhouse and irrigation use Ccom/Chc, Llc Drug/Alcohol Testing Glenn of A. Trust Ohrnswith Contract Wages $1,680.00 Qwest Monthly Service $3,716.90 JulySpt May Contract $6,147.60 Last Publication: 25, Medical 2013 priority relating back to the date the prior will be approximately 90% and 10% of that Cdw Government Usb Cables $29.06 Goodyear Wholesale State Tire Fee $3.00 Re/Cor Inc Roof Inspections $2,520.00 JulyZee Safety Supplies $137.45 Publisher:$195.00 The Elbert County News and paid-off deed of trustGrainger was recorded; A use, respectively.

During pumping ApplicCenturylink Telephone $97.28 Motor $368.63 Robert L Fager Fondis Pit May the DeedGray of Trust be reants will replace actual depletions to the Legal Notice No.: 927725 Certified Laboratories Operating Cost decree that$469.90 Manufacturing Pneumatic Jack $211.54 Robert Rowland Reimbursement $81.04 asAnnuity a affected system pursuant to Cost SecChemtox Blood Alcohol Testformed to include $17.50 William GreatCombs West Life & County Retirement $39,734.20 Rock Partsstream Company Operating $9,876.28 First Publication: July 25, 2013 the DeedGround of Trust; and For tion 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. Depletions Colorado Community Website Proposal grantor under$24.00 Engineering Cr 194 Materials Testing $2,782.50 Rt Services Corp Llc Monthly Service $265.00 Last Publication: July 25, 2013 further relief as the Court may occur theLube Coal Creek stream Repair sysCo Dept Agriculture Application Fee such other and $80.00 Hallcrest Kennel Boarding $810.00 Running Creekto Quick Equipment $667.39 Publisher: Elbert County News may deem just and proper. tem. Solutions Return flows accrueOperating to the South Co Dept Of Health Document Prep/Review $187.50 Heads Up Colorado Youth Tanf $5,343.75 Rural Cost $5,062.00 Platte River stream system, and those reSuch answer or other response to the turn flows are sufficient to replace actual Complaint must be filed within thirty depletions while the subject groundwater five (35) days after this Summons is is being pumped. Applicants will reserve served on you by publication. an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to If you fail to file your answer or other remeet post pumping augmentation require-

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Centennial gin maker Andy Causey wants his bathtub back. Causey owns the Downslope Distillery, just off Arapahoe and Jordan roads, says thieves swiped a 400-pound cast iron bathtub from the business. Photo by Deborah Grigsby

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14-Sports

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14 Elbert County News July 25, 2013

pickleball making quite a racket Hybrid sport takes root in south metro area

By Anna Sutterer

Special to Colorado Community Media A fast-growing sport combining elements of tennis, badminton and pingpong, pickleball has swept across America and made its way to south metro Denver.

South Suburban Parks and Recreation embraced the trend last November at its Sheridan center and expanded it to the Lone Tree location last month. The Buck and Goodson recreation centers, in Littleton and Centennial respectively, are also exploring adding the hybrid sport, if enough interest is expressed.

While the game is new to many, its roots date back decades.

Named after founder Joel Pritchard’s dog Pickles, the game began on Bainbridge Island, Wash., in 1965 when Pritchard and Bill Bell misplaced the shuttlecock to their badminton set and had to improvise a new form of entertainment using the pooch’s perforated plastic ball.

Pickleball is most commonly a doubles sport, played on a court similar to tennis but with one-third the area to cover, and even smaller when played as singles. Players wield wooden or composite paddles, just shorter than a tennis racket, as they swing with precision at a wiffle-like ball and shuffle in all directions across the court.

Don’t be fooled by the cutesy name and adorable story. Though there may not be much room to run about and the lighter ball generally flies with less fervor than in tennis, the game holds real excitement for those who play it. According to the USA Pickleball Association, there are more than 100,000 active players in America. In especially competitive pickleball areas, a special court on one’s property is very common — akin to a basketball hoop in the driveway.

Attendance at Sheridan’s program has been increasing and is becoming more consistent since its opening, according to facility supervisor Eddie Kanoza. There are no lessons offered, but a few regulars, including Kanoza, are available to help beginners at the drop-in gym time from 10 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Beverly Carr of Castle Rock takes her game of pickleball seriously. Carr is one of several regulars who play at the drop-in pickleball sessions at the Lone Tree Recreation Center.

Photo by Deborah Grigsby The Lone Tree Recreation Center runs a similar operation from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sundays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Four of the center’s pickleball connoisseurs are BJ Pell, Tad Deutsch and Darryl and Ann Shaw. They’ve taken it upon themselves to manage the advancement of the program and help newcomers get involved.

“We’re just trying to bring anybody new in who wants to come and we start teaching them some stuff. We’re not real teachers but we’ve played. Hopefully we can bring them to the next level,” Pell said.

Fortunately for the amateur coaches, pickleball proves to be a pretty simple sport to learn with the right experience.

“It seems like anyone with a racquetball

or any kind of paddle-sport background catches on pretty fast,” Darryl Shaw said.

According to Pell, the Lone Tree location attracts many ex-tennis players who are looking for another way to stay active within their previously acquired skill sets.

The Shaws, Pell and Deutsch are also involved with the well-established “Parker Picklers” of the Parker community, and hope to use the connection in bringing Lone Tree up to a similar level of play and growth. Outdoor courts with an earlier time slot for playing, as well as upcoming clinics to enhance skills, are some of the features players like Darryl Shaw would prefer.

The Lone Tree program is still quite fresh, so adjustments are being considered. According to Deutsch, the possibil-

ity of outdoor courts has been discussed, and with that change an earlier time frame could be added to account for the heat.

Cost is a factor, however. The smaller area of a pickleball surface opposed to a tennis court is more efficient, but being outdoors still renders the space useless through Colorado’s long and unpredictable winters.

Regarding the implementation of clinics and coaching in the area, there is a chance some experienced players from surrounding areas would be available to help.

“We’ve got some people who have taught over in Parker and Aurora that may come over and do some clinics. We just need to get a gauge of how many people would be interested to have somebody come and teach some skills,” Pell said.

Fastpitch softball is game with rich history From the 1950s until the 1990s, hundreds of teams competed

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Fastpitch softball fan Sid Leachman says trying to find games today is like looking for hen’s teeth.

“Fastpitch softball is a great game. I started playing in the late 1960s after I got home from the service and I played for more than 20 years,” Leachman said as he watched a game in Englewood. “I am too old to play now but I still love to watch the games. There aren’t as many good pitch-

Jeff Covington connects with a pitch during the July 9 Englehoods-RMWC Bad Cats fastpitch softball game. For several decades, there were hundreds of teams playing fastpitch softball, but now there are fewer than 20 teams playing the sport in Colorado. Photo by Tom Munds

ers as there used to be and there aren’t as many teams around anymore. But any time I know the teams are playing, you’ll find me in the stands. But it’s getting harder and harder to even find games to watch. It’s a shame, but it seems the game is slowly dying from lack of participation.”

Leachman, a Denver resident, lived in the Englewood area for many years. When he started playing in the 1960s while in the service, and when he got out of the Air Force in 1965 in Denver, there were hundreds of fastpitch softball teams in Colorado. Today there are fewer than 20 teams total in the leagues in Boulder, Pueblo and Englewood.

Fastpitch softball enjoyed its greatest popularity right after World War II, when it was about the only summer sporting event going on as men returned from the service.

Newspaper reports of the era said some of the best games were played at Denver City Park. The reports said families routinely came out early to get a good spot to watch the game and dad would join them after work. Also, there were reserved seats in the press box for members of the Denver City Council.

Two of the premier pitchers of the area were Harvey Sterkel and Larry Bollig. Sterkel was inducted to the American Softball Association Hall of Fame and Bollig was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.

In one classic confrontation, Bollig and

Sterkel faced off in an 18-inning game. Bollig fanned 37, Sterkel fanned 23 and Bollig’s team won 1-0.

Bollig served in the Navy during World War II, and later in fastpitch softball competition pitched about 1,000 games and won 925. Sterkel moved to Aurora, Ill., where his record from 1956 until 1969 was 345 wins and 33 losses.

The first rules for softball were drawn up in 1934 by the Joint Rules Committee on Softball. The original ball was 16 inches in circumference, but the majority of the sport adopted a ball 10 to 12 inches in circumference.

While the sport was originally advertised as an indoor winter game for baseball players looking to maintain their dexterity during the off season, it gained so much popularity and recognition that it quickly became its own official sport.

The United States and 113 countries have officially joined the International Softball Federation since the organization’s formation in 1952. Slowpitch softball has gained popularity. There are rules limiting who can hit home runs and many leagues are coed.

However, in recent years, at least in Colorado, men’s fastpitch softball’s popularity has declined.

However, a recent Amateur Softball Association report stated the popularity of fastpitch softball among girls and woman is at an all-time high and is still increasing.

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Armchair travel takes scenic route Book looks at ‘wicked towns’ along railroad

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “The first question, of course, is why did they do it?”

Dick Kreck’s opening sentence in “Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad” is followed by all sorts of reasons, with original quotes from railroad developers, writers, some adventurous women, vigilantes, preachers and more.

Kreck retired from the Denver Post after 38 years as an editor and columnist (he still writes a beer column) and he has published six books, including this new history about the march of the Union Pacific Railroad across the West.

Kreck’s deep knowledge of Western history and his extensive collection of resources, including old newspaper accounts and historic photographs, give a reader a real feel for what towns that grew up in a day looked like, sounded like — and smelled like.

Also, once the trains were running, he takes one aboard various classes of cars for a trip — including the elegant dining cars for the first-class passengers.

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and Oregon, finding gold in Colorado and California and for some, the lure of access to the Orient, drew many folks to consider a journey west after about 1840.

Calling themselves emigrants, they were a mixed bag ethnically and in many cases had failed at farming or in business. Yet they managed to scrape enough together to outfit themselves for a very long trek across the country.

Kreck describes details in the very difficult lives of those first, often unprepared travelers, citing accounts from diaries that also described rough boomtowns that grew up to supply provisions.

All started from a handful of locations, he says: Kreck Omaha, Neb./Council Bluffs, Iowa; St. Joseph/Independence, Mo.; or Leavenworth, Kan. Stagecoaches came next, for those who could afford them, carrying passengers and mail from the Missouri River to Sacramento, Calif., in 20 days, with frequent changes.

Those drivers, called “bullwhackers,” were rock stars of their day.

Forts grew up to protect travelers from Indians, who saw their land being taken from them.

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Dick Kreck’s book is published by Fulcrum Publishing.

Courtesy image were growing fast.

The Union Pacific and Central Pacific began talk of a path that would start in both directions and meet.

Kreck documents writers, such as Horace Greeley, businessmen, surveyors and more. Ultimately Grenville M. Dodge and Dr. Thomas C. Durant focused and gathered investors.

Money was a problem across the miles and Kreck’s account describes questionable Credit Mobilier financing, as well as the railroad’s sale of land to settlers.

A goal of a mile a day of track laying was set.

“One mile of track required 40 cars car-

rying ties, fastenings, rails, fuel and supplies for crews and animals, all of it hauled from the Missouri River. … Crews laid a rail that was 30 feet long and weighed 560 pounds every 30 seconds,” Kreck reports.

Towns popped up almost overnight.

The authors describes a collection of tent-like saloons, gambling halls and accommodations for prostitutes that would be packed up at one site and in business at the next in record time as the rails crawled west — accompanied by a roster of shady characters who would prey on the railroad workers, with money to spend.

The second half of the book focuses on towns and folks who lived and died there: some towns prospered and became cities while others disappeared in the dust: Omaha, Milepost 1.1; North Platte. 291.0; Julesburg, 377.4 (particularly interesting); Cheyenne, 516.4; Laramie, 572.8; Bear River City, 946.0; and finally Promontory, 1084.4, where there was a ceremony to drive the final spikes on May 10, 1869.

A colorful description of that day and its participants is followed by the fact that cross-country trains were running within a week, cutting the time involved to about seven days.

Sometimes, the going was rough, and repairs and rebuilding started quickly.

Accommodations ranged from first class to tourist to immigrant, and towns and farms sprung up across the West. Restaurants, especially the Fred Harvey chain, grew up. Travelers had 20 minutes to eat.

For readers who want to delve into more material, Kreck ends his book with an extensive bibliography for each chapter.

Just published by Fulcrum Publishing in Golden, “Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns along the Union Pacific Railroad” is a trade paperback, available in bookstores at $16.95. Watch for an opportunity to hear this skillful writer speak locally. (Dates are not yet firm.)

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