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Public hearing delayed More resident comment sought on home-occupation rules

By Tom Munds

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She said he became a Special Olympian after, as an 8-year-old, he underwent the first of a series of operations to remove a large brain tumor. His mother said other problems have developed but her son refuses to let them hamper him or keep him off the basketball court.

“The Special Olympic sports are wonderful for me too,” Marilyn said. “I love to watch him have fun out there on the court. I love to see him as he enjoys taking part in the competition. The sports are good for him and they are good for me.”

The Englewood City Council took the unusual action Feb. 3 of continuing the public hearing on the proposed amendments to the home occupations regulations, stating the decision was an effort to get more public comment on the issue.

The existing city regulations prohibit all home occupations in the R1A zones residential district. An issue about enforcement of that regulation triggered the council’s May 2013 request for staff to work on the issue and seek to develop amendments that would permit some home occupations in the R1A zone without an impact on the character of the neighborhoods.

The staff recommended a number of amendments to the home occupation regulations. The Planning and Zoning Commission discussed the issues at several meetings and only one resident testified at the commission’s Oct. 8 public hearing.

The continuing council discussion led to the proposal to adopt seven amendments to the regulations. Some of the issues proposed in the amendments included removal of the ban on home occupations in the R1A zone and eliminating the ban on more than one home occupation in a home in any of the residential zones.

To preserve the character of the R1A zone, the proposed amendments would ban seeing customers in the home or putting up signs advertising the home occupation. Another proposal would allow home occupations to be set up in structures such as a garage or shed adjacent to the residence in all residential zones.

The council held the Feb. 3 public hearing on the amendments as scheduled. Five residents spoke at the Feb. 3 public hearing. During council discussion when the public hearing was closed, Councilmember Linda Olson proposed continuing the hearing until the Feb. 18 meeting.

“We have two councilmembers absent tonight and the detailed information about the amendments took a while to get posted on the web,” she said. “I recommend we continue the public hearing and urge residents interested in the issue to come and testify so we hear the opinions of the people about these amendments.”

Councilmember Steve Yates agreed.

“I support continuing the public hearing,” he said. “This is a very important issue and we need to hear comments from as many residents as possible. Then, we can use the testimony to properly craft these amendments.”

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Players from both teams look on as South Suburban star Emily Phipps puts the ball in a special basket held by Southsiders player Shawneen Cooney during a Feb. 5 Special Olympics basketball game at Englewood High School. Special rules, such as the use of the adaptive basket, apply for the game. Photos by Tom Munds

Special Olympians hoop it up Crowd cheers every play made during the basketball game

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who range in age from teens to individuals in their 30s and 40s who live in surrounding areas, including Littleton, Englewood, Centennial and Highlands Ranch.

By Tom Munds In Special Olympics bastmunds@ ketball, the idea remained to colorado put the ball into the basket communitymedia.com but rules changed to accommodate the needs of players.

The Special Olympic athNo one is called for traveling letes battled for rebounds if he or she runs down the and went to the floor to capcourt holding the ball or if a ture loose balls during the wheelchair-bound player has South Suburban-Southsiders the ball in his or her lap.

Feb. 5 basketball game at EnScoring is a goal but there glewood High School. is a lot more emphasis on Both teams draw players participating and having fun.

For example, a player who might not normally get the basketball is given the ball and moved into the lane to take a shot. But, if he or she doesn’t’ get the ball through the hoop, the ball is returned to the shooter for a second shot whether the shooter’s teammate or a member of the other team gets the rebound.

Another difference is everyone on the team gets equal time on the court as the entire lineup on the court is replaced halfway through each of the four quarters.

The crowd at the Feb. 5 game made up in enthusiasm what they lacked in numbers as everyone cheered loudly for every play made no matter which team’s player made it.

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South Suburban’s Alan Kovacs brings the ball up the court in a Feb. 5 Special Olympics basketball game against the Southsiders. The crowd and players cheered for each play no matter which team it was made for. The game was competitive but the main focus was on the fun of playing basketball. fun,” Shawneen Cooney, a Southside player, said during a break in the action. “I get to meet new people from other teams and I get to have fun with my teammates. I like to shoot the ball and it feels good, real good when the ball goes into the basket.”

Marilyn Jordan, mother of South Suburban player Michael Jordan, said her son loves basketball season.

“It is a physical and emotional outlet for him and he really looks forward to the games,” the Littleton resident said as she watched the game. “He is very competitive and, as you see, he often ends up on the floor but that is how he plays.”

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Sides gear up for fracking battle Fight expected over possible November ballot measure

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com With a ballot measure looming that could determine the future of hydraulic fracking in Colorado, oil and gas industry leaders are preparing for a battle unlike any they’ve fought before.

“We’ve got a serious fight on our hands in 2014,” said Tim Wrigley, president of the Western Energy Alliance.

Wrigley’s comments came during a Jan. 31 fracking forum in downtown Denver, where leaders from the oil and gas industry and other business groups converged.

The hour-long discussion focused on developing pro-industry voter outreach strategies in anticipation of a potential November ballot initiative that is being driven by anti-fracking advocates.

Fracking is the mixing of water, sand and chemicals that are blasted deep into the surface to crack porous rock to free up blocked oil and gas. So far, five Colorado cities and more than 100 municipalities across the nation have either placed bans or other limits on the practice.

The group behind the ballot proposal, the Colorado Community Rights Network, is the same organization that spearheaded last year’s successful ballot measure in Lafayette that banned any new oil and gas drilling there.

If it makes it on to the ballot, the proposal — which was filed as a potential state constitutional amendment last month — would allow cities to block oil and gas development, as well as any other kind of business practice that could have harmful impacts on residents’ well-being.

Organizers have until August to collect 86,105 valid signatures for the proposal to make it on the November ballot.

Cliff Wilmeng of the Colorado Community Rights Network says the ballot proposal goes beyond allowing cities to ban fracking.

“Oil and gas isn’t even mentioned in the amendment,” he said. “The motivation is to ensure communities are able to exercise fundamental democratic rights and self determination.”

But the oil and gas industry knows exactly what the ballot proposal is all about — it’s a statewide effort that could have se-

rious repercussions for the fracking business, something that they believe is a critically important industry practice.

“The ground has shifted forever under our feet,” said Wrigley. “All eyes of the country are on our state now.”

No easy answers

Debate over fracking proves that there are no easy answers when it comes to this highly polarizing issue.

Anti-fracking activists argue that it can have long-term effects on the environment and can cause drinking water contamination.

Those who are adamantly opposed to fracking say that research into its effects on health has only begun to scratch the surface, as researchers continue to learn new information about the practice.

Report For example, last week the University of Colorado released a study that indicates a higher percentage of birth defects among mothers who live near natural gas wells.

But supporters of the industry insist that the practice is a safe one and one that creates jobs. They also point to statistics that show that fracking has made the U.S. less reliant upon foreign oil.

“The facts are totally on our side,” said Tisha Schuller, president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association.

Schuller also told the forum that oil and gas money is so important to the state that 8 percent of Colorado’s economy would be at risk if the ballot measure proves successful.

“It would be devastating,” she said. “It would take out Colorado’s economy immediately.”

But Wilmeng said that the oil and gas industry is being “short-sided” on this issue, ignoring environmental threats, while corporate CEO’s pad their wallets.

“If the oil and gas industry is so confident in their longevity and popularity in the state, they should defer the decision making to the people of Colorado,” he said.

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Making the issue even more difficult are the complicated politics that surround it.

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‘Oil and gas isn’t even mentioned in the amendment.

The motivation is to ensure communities are able to exercise fundamental democratic rights and self determination.’

Cliff Wilmeng of the Colorado Community Rights Network

porters are Republicans and most who oppose the practice are Democrats. However, Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat and a geologist by trade, is a supporter of fracking. Schuller of COGA is a Democrat as well.

Then there’s Fort Collins, located in Republican-leaning Larimer County, where voters last year put in place a five-year moratorium on fracking.

Hickenlooper’s position on fracking has at times put him at odds with environmental advocates and members of his own party. He and his administration are coplaintiffs in an oil and gas industry lawsuit against city of Longmont over its recent citizen-driven fracking ban. Hickenlooper’s administration’s position is that state law supersedes municipalities on matters like these.

“The main frustration we have with Gov. Hickenlooper is that he has no respect for the fundamental right of democracy for the people of the state,” Wilmeng said.

The Legislature has also been criticized by anti-fracking advocates for not doing enough on the issue.

Senate President Morgan Carroll, DAurora, said the Legislature has taken steps to address some of those concerns. She pointed to an increase in the number of well inspectors and said the state has set up infrared cameras meant to detect methane near drill sites.

Carroll also mentioned a bill that is making its way through the Capitol that would require warnings on home purchase contracts, letting potential buyers know whether the land is on a split-estate property where drilling can occur. And she said that the Legislature could deal with local control issues as early as this session.

At the same time, Carroll acknowledged

the political realities associated with the fracking issue.

“There’s other things that, for some of us personally or for our districts, would like to see done,” she said. “But like every other bill, it’s a vote counting-process.

“Sometimes what’s popular or unpopular with the public isn’t the same as what’s popular or unpopular with elected officials in the building,” she said. “I think this is a case where there is pent-up frustration for failing to see enough movement (at the Legislature) and I think it’s totally the prerogative of people at the local level to take issues into their own hands.”

In the meantime, the fight over fracking continues and both sides are in the process of mapping out their strategies.

Schuller urged fracking supporters to be sympathetic to the concerns of those who have doubts about the practice.

“My overwhelming message is not about necessarily getting the facts out alone, this is about an empathetic connection, building trust for decades to come,” she said after last month’s forum. “Oil and gas has been here for 100 years and we’re going to be here for decades to come. How do we let people know that this has been done safely and effectively for communities for a very long time? That’s what we’re working on.”

Wilmeng hopes that voters across the state connect to same message that rallied Lafayette voters — that the “unaccountable” oil and gas industry is engaging in a dangerous environmental practice that needs to be curbed.

“We look at this as a movement,” he said of allowing local “self-determination” on matters such as fracking. “What we’re considering hasn’t been done in a very, very long time. There’s no question we’re moving forward on this.”

Band fundraiser scheduled Money raised to be used to replace vandal-damaged instruments

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com Vandalism damage hit the Englewood High School Music Department hard so the band boosters plan a project to raise money that will be used to buy music and equipment that will strengthen the high school instrumental music program.

The Chipotle Mexican Grill on West Hampden Avenue hosts the fund-raiser from 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 21. Customers can bring in the event flier or simply tell the cashier they are there for the fund-raiser so that 50 percent of the proceeds from fundraiser customers will go to support the band program.

“The fires the vandals set damaged several of the school’s percussion instruments.

Two of our upright pianos were completely destroyed,” said Phil Emery, instrumental music director. “The school insurance may cover at least some instrument replacement. Some of those discussions are still going on. But, we already have received a new set of drums and they are very nice.”

He said the Feb. 21 booster club-sponsored fundraiser will help strengthen the band program. He said his tentative plans are to use the money raised Feb. 21 to help him buy music for the marching band and some support equipment for the instrumental music program at the school.

“We have had great support from our boosters and the community,” he said. “We appreciate everything everyone has done to help our program recover from the vandalism and become even better.”

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Officiating keeps McCaslin busy Englewood native enters 44th year as sports official

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Richard Nixon was in the White House when Bob McCaslin began calling balls and strikes as a softball official.

“Sports have always been an important part of my life,” said the Englewood native, who grew up the oldest of five boys, playing sandlot, youth and high school sports.

McCaslin, a 1967 Englewood High School graduate, earned two associate degrees from Arapahoe Community College as well as a bachelor’s degree in recreation and physical education from Metro State University.

Fresh out of college, he began to work for South Suburban Parks and Recreation, where he spent 16 years. It was during that same time he began officiating.

“In 1970, I looked for a part-time job as a way to better provide for my family,” he said. “Eventually, I took a friend’s suggestion and began officiating youth sports. I have been at it ever since.”

McCaslin eventually returned to school, earning a second bachelor’s degree from Metro State. This time he got his degree in psychology and elementary education.

“I spent quite a few years as a teacher

for special education students and I’m still working with students with special needs,” he said. “It is challenging and rewarding.”

In 2005, his friends urged him to run for Englewood City Council and he won the election. He ran again in 2009, and was reelected to his second four-year term.

“I see it as a way to give back to my community,” he says with a smile.

Yet, even with the time demands of teaching and city council, he continues to officiate youth and high school sports.

“In 1970, I started officiating youth baseball and recreational league fastpitch softball,” he said. “Then I started umpiring slowpitch softball games at the youth and high school levels. Since I was a wrestler in high school, I later took the classes and received the certification to officiate wrestling matches. Experience is important for officials and, as you get more experienced, you get more calls for tournaments.

McCaslin has umpired at the Triple Crown Little League World Series tournament in Steamboat Springs and also officiated at 39 regional high school wrestling tournaments and 25 high school regional softball tournaments.

He said one of his biggest thrills came in 2004 when he was inducted into the Youth Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. as a youth baseball umpire.

“We went to Cooperstown, toured the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and then went to our induction ceremonies,” he said. “It was moving and a very special

Bob McCaslin raises a Mullen wrestler’s hand as the winner of a match during a recent tournament. McCaslin, who also umpires softball, is entering his 44th year as a sports official. Photo by Tom Munds time for me.”

McCaslin said he the calls to officiate are frequent and, during the summer, he could be on a ball diamond every day of the week, but usually chooses to officiate only three or four times a week. Despite all the games and matches he has officiated, he said being a sports official remains spe-

cial.

And McCaslin said he plans to continue to officiate as long as his health allows.

“I love being behind the plate or out on the mat,” he said. “I have had a hip replacement but it hasn’t slowed me too much so, for now, I am still officiating and I hope to keep doing it for quite a few more years.”

Dogs compete for worst in show Freedom Service Dogs fundraiser to be Feb. 22 Staff report The traditional gold cup and rainbow ribbon that goes to Best in Show winners in most dog shows awaits the dog who wins the Worst in Show crown at the event scheduled from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum at 7711 E. Academy Blvd. on the former Lowry Air Force Base.

Dogs will compete in one of five categories, cutest, drools the most, has the most talent, has the best haircut and looks most like its owner. The winner in each category receives a blue ribbon and the right to compete in the finale to crown the Worst in

Show.

Tickets are $25 and the event is a fundraiser for Freedom Service Dogs, the nonprofit organization that rescues dogs from shelters, trains them as service dogs and gives them to clients ranging from children to wounded warriors.

“This event was the idea of FSD board member Colleen Abdoulah and it took almost a year to put it together,” said Karen Morrow, event director. “Things are just about ready to go. So far, we have 45 dogs entered in the competitions plus we have some comics as masters of ceremonies and a panel of three judges for the show. It is the first show of its kind in the area I know of and it should be a lot of fun.”

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Suicide prevention commission proposed State’s high suicide rate prompts action by legislators

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Mountains and sunshine and healthy and active lifestyles aside, Colorado holds a dubious distinction that isn’t a part of the state’s tourism campaign.

Colorado ranks among the highest in the nation for suicides.

In 2012, more Coloradans died as a result of taking their own lives than those who were killed in a car wreck. And suicide is the leading cause of death among young persons between the ages of 10 and 34.

“Despite being one the most beautiful states in the country, we have one of the highest suicide rates in the country — and consistently,” said state Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton.

The question is why?

Newell and Rep. Tracy KraftTharp, D-Arvada, are hoping that a bill they are co-sponsoring can help the state get to the bottom of that issue.

The two lawmakers are behind Senate Bill 88, which would create the Suicide Prevention Commission.

The commission would be made up of about 20 people who represent various sectors of society, including those with professional backgrounds that are relevant to suicide prevention.

The commission would advise the current state Office of Suicide Prevention in developing priori-

ties and action plans having to do with curbing suicides. The commission would also make annual recommendations to the governor’s office.

“We’re hoping that, with this commission, we will prioritize (suicide prevention) and bring this up as an issue that we need to address and not be silent on anymore,” Newell said.

Newell said that the staffing inside the Office of Suicide Prevention — which is made up of one person — is inadequate and needs more help.

“I’ve been asking for more resources for that office for two years and haven’t got it,” she said. “He’s been collecting data as much as possible but he doesn’t have time to analyze it.

Newell said much of the commission’s work will be to focus on figuring out why Colorado’s suicide rate is so high. Newell pointed to several possible problem areas, such as the state’s large number of military veterans, the lack of access to mental health services in rural areas, and the Western U.S. culture of “rugged individualism,” one that doesn’t always translate to people seeking help.

Kraft-Tharp said that it’s particularly disturbing to see young people committing suicide. She talked about the recent incident at Jefferson County’s Standley Lake High School, where a student doused himself with gasoline before deliberately set himself on fire.

“This happens in our own neighborhoods, right around the corner,” Kraft-Tharp said. “And we need to figure out why is af-

Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton, listens as Susan Marine testifies in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 6. Marine, whose two sons died as a result of suicide, testified in support of Newell’s bill to create a state Suicide Prevention Commission. Photo by Vic Vela fects our state.”

Susan Marine, a board member of the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado, testified before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 6 in support of the bill. Marine’s two sons took their own lives, including one who was an assistant city attorney in Thornton.

“My passion of being an advocate stems from my own loss and my hope that I can spare other parents from tragedies,” Marine

told committee members.

But Newell’s bill was met with skepticism from Republicans who wondered why this effort needs to be supported with state dollars.

Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, pointed to the bill’s fiscal note, which indicates that the commission will come with an annual price tag of at least $80,000.

“It tells me that you want the government to run this,” Lund-

berg told Newell. “I think you’ll find that this is just the tip of the iceberg in the fiscal note on what resources will be required.”

And Sen. Larry Crowder, RAlamosa, wondered whether he was being asked to support a bill that creates more government, but doesn’t produce results.

“Are we building a bureaucracy that creates an entity that has no action?” Crowder said.

The committee will vote on the bill at a future hearing.

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February 14, 2014

Fund distribution approved Plan approved for remaining BID money disbursement

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ coloradocommunitymedia.com The Englewood City Council approved the plan Feb. 3 for returning a total of $63,383 to property owners in the Broadway Business Improvement District, the amount remaining after city deductions.

Frank Gryglewicz, city finance director, said Feb. 5 he was beginning the process needed to return the funds.

“I will put out a notice to make sure any outstanding bills are submitted and paid,” he said. “Every property owner in the BID will get a check. The amount of a particular check will be based on the percentage of the total amount of BID assessments collected. I would guess it will take a month or so before the amounts are determined so the checks can be cut and mailed out.”

As part of the Feb. 3 meeting, the city

council finalized the action setting in motion the process that will close out the account containing money remaining from assessments levied on businesses in the now dissolved Broadway Business Improvement District.

Gryglewicz briefed the council on the issue during the Feb. 3 meeting and he said the total BID funds remaining after bills paid was $141,385.

The council then approved a proposal for the city to retain $78,000 from the total BID funds. The money the city retained was identified as recovering the BID seed money of $30,000, setting aside $20,000 to fund holiday lighting along Broadway for the next two years and setting aside $28,000 for maintenance of the bike racks and planters for the next two years.

The council approved the proposal that would subtract the $78,000 from the BID total funds and the remaining money would then be returned to the owners of property in the BID. Councilmember Linda Olson said the decision is the end of an organization

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Errors, Mistakes, Sins, Oversights, Transgressions, they come in all styles and variations. Most of us slip-up every day – sometimes in a small way, other times in a larger way. We try our hardest to avoid big, life changing mistakes.

When we do mess up, we’re often faced with the task of remedying the error. Fortunately most can be settled by straightforward acknowledgment and apology. When authentically provided and gracefully accepted an apology can mean equally as much to the provider as to the receiver. Both are able to move on. More serious mistakes likely mean more effort to pay the debt, right the wrong or make amends. Hopefully we grow from all of our mistakes and become better people.

We shouldn’t seek to avoid missteps however – they are how we grow, learn and get stronger. We should do our best to avoid lapses in judgment that either knowingly or unknowingly hurt others and when we do make them we should be our best to fix them.

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Mayor Randy Penn also agreed with the distribution plan. He said he would like to see the city’s recovered $30,000 seed money used to improve the medians along Broadway.

In 2005, merchants along Broadway from Yale to U.S. Highway 285 voted to create the self-taxing business improvement district. The goal was to provide funds to improve Englewood’s South Broadway business district.

In 2013, a group of property owners successfully sought to dissolve the district.

The dissolution was approved in July 2013.

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made up of people who didn’t work together well. She said the distribution will make some owners happy to get some of their money back while some of the property owners will continue to maintain the money never should have been collected in the first place.

During the discussion, Councilwoman Jill Wilson said in the BID there were a small group of individuals who worked together successfully to make improvements along the district stretch of South Broadway.

“I approve of setting aside some of the district money to maintain the projects the BID put in place,” she said.

Councilmember Steve Yates said he agreed with the distribution plan although he would have preferred to see more mon-

The author reflected on his life as a boy growing up in South Metro Denver and expressed regret and disappointment over one of his youthful transgressions. This gentleman was seeking to make amends for taking small items from a local retail store, long since out of business, in order to impress his friends. For over 40 years he has remembered this mistake and wondered how to redeem himself. His letter, in part below, is noteworthy: “I hope that when my life is done that I will have done more good than harm. I try each day to live my life to help others and improve myself. But the guilt associated with this behavior, and many other poor decisions, lingers as something unresolved. Now in my older age and reflecting on my life, I realize I am a different man than I was years ago, but my past still serves as a reminder of how far I have left to go. I cannot know how many people I have hurt over time, nor am I able to remember the names and faces of even those that I know I hurt. But I do remember the store and know I never made amends. I wish that little store were still open so I could make amends directly. Instead, I thought the organization that represents such stores might be my closest alternative. Enclosed is $500 which represents the value of the items plus interest, with a little bit more added in. I appreciate what you do for your community and for allowing me the opportunity to try and restore, to some small degree, a wrong I did to a member of your community.”

Powerful words. Somewhere in Seattle is a good man who is working to get bet-

ter. Seattle – you’re fortunate to have him.

We accepted his gesture with appreciation and thoughtfulness for how we all can seek redemption. To make what was wrong right, to clear the day and move forward. We are re-committing our efforts at the South Metro Denver Chamber to support all small businesses in their toil to provide great value and service to their customers and clients so that they grow and prosper. When small businesses do well many others can fulfill their dreams, our community gets stronger and our quality of life increases. We should all follow this example as we reflect on any wrongs we’ve done and how to fix them.

Thank you, Anonymous.

Now to the Super Bowl. To the Seattle Seahawks players, organization, city, region, and fans: congratulations on a great victory. You beat us fair and square.

Sorry we didn’t give you a tougher fight but you’ve left no doubt that you deserve to be Super Bowl Champions. Your region is awesome, and from one great area to another we wish you joy and happiness, and the satisfaction that your efforts have produced champions. We continue to be proud of our team, the Denver Broncos, especially Pat Bowlen, John Fox, John Elway, Peyton Manning, the rest of the team and the fans. You’re a first class organization and team and you’ve helped us to attain championship status as a city and world-wide recognition over the decades.

Thank you for taking us there! Seattle – hope to see you again in Super Bowl XLIX. Let’s Prosper together!

More blog posts from John Brackney can be read at www.bestchamber.com.

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Thursday, February 13th:

Littleton Business Coalition Breakfast Norgren, 5400 S. Delaware St., Littleton Women in Leadership: Pamela Schenck-Kelly on Being True to Your Brand Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Friday, February 14th:

Economic Development Group Breakfast Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Monday, February 17th:

Save Lives and Sort Medical Supplies with Project CURE 10337 E. Geddes Ave., Centennial

Tuesday, February 18th:

Business Bible Study Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Business Leaders for Responsible Government: Senator Mark Udall Fundraiser Rock Bottom Brewery, 1001 16th Street, Denver Business Leaders for Responsible Government Board of Advisors Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Wednesday, February 19th:

E.L.I.T.E. Board of Advisors Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Southwest Business Alliance: Ronald Hopp, Director, Foothills Park & Rec District Peak Community & Wellness Center, 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Celebration for The Joint the Chiropractic Place 15405 E. Briarwood Circle, Aurora

Thursday, February 20th:

Health & Wellness Initiative Advisory Board Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial 2014 Community Leaders Forum Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton Are You Prepared? Emergency Crisis in the Workplace Safety Seminar Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Centennial Gun Club Grand Opening and Ribbon Shooting 6649 Paris St., Centennial 1st Annual E.L.I.T.E. Dodgeball Tournament Littleton Family YMCA, 11 W. Dry Creek Ct., Littleton Under new management, Elements Therapeutic Massage SouthGlenn held a grand re-opening and ribbon cutting celebration with clients, community leaders, and fellow Chamber Investors. Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon welcomed the new business and helped cut the ribbon with owner John Fornarola and guests. Attendees enjoyed healthy Hors d’oeuvres and smoothies provided by Sava Catering as well as massage giveaways. www.elementsmassage.com/southglenn

Home Care Assistance of Centennial welcomed clients, families, community leaders and fellow Chamber Investors to celebrate the ribbon cutting and grand opening of their newest location in Centennial. Hors d’oeuvres, wine, smoothies and excellent giveaways were the order of the day as attendees toured the new facility. The organization provides the highest quality in-home care for seniors with flexible hourly and 24 hour live-in care plans. www.centennialhca.com

The Joint... the Chiropractic Place celebrated the grand opening of their 8th Denver location at the corner of University and Dry Creek in Centennial with a party and ribbon cutting with company management, clients and fellow Chamber Investors.

Offering an alternative approach to healthcare, The Joint brings affordable and convenient chiropractic services to the public with an open, inviting atmosphere. www.thejoint.com

Friday, February 21st:

Social Marketing for Business: Converting Leads to Sales Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Rocky Mountain Energy Council Board of Advisors Chamber Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Sunday, February 23rd:

2014 American Lung Association Fight for Air Climb Republic Plaza, 370 17th Street, Denver

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Inspiration, hope for generations to come A high school student kills a classmate.

Another sets himself on fire. Still another murders his mother.

Those things happened in Denver’s suburbs in a recent six-week span.

Across the country, media reports tell far and wide of teenagers doing something horribly wrong.

But there are inspirational stories, too, stories of teen achievement, of overcoming obstacles. Typically, though, they don’t generate much media buzz outside of the immediate community.

Recently, one did.

Bailey Roby is an 18-year-old varsity basketball player for Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch. In late January, he found himself at the center of controversy because he runs the court on two prosthetic

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legs.

The Colorado High School Activities Association made a mid-season ruling that Roby’s appearances in games compromised his and other players’ safety. For several days, it looked like the fan favorite’s playing career was over. Still, he was poised to be there for his teammates.

“Now, I just gotta sit on the bench and support (the team),” Roby said after the Jan. 24 game that, at the time, looked to be his

last. “The most important thing is being a part of the team.”

We were the first media outlet to report on Roby’s plight, but far from the last. The story was covered by most of Denver’s print and digital media but also was picked up by, among many others, “Good Morning America” and the British newspaper the Daily Mail.

Facebook and Twitter were abuzz as social media campaigns ignited by Mountain Vista students and community members pushed to get Roby back in the game.

And that’s what happened. Upon further review, CHSAA decided Roby could play as long as both teams agreed to it.

The idea that Roby represented a safety risk confounded many.

“I don’t think Bailey is a hazard to anyone on the floor and certainly not to himself,”

said Roby’s father, Scott. “He’s been in hundreds of practices and he played junior varsity last year. If he falls down, he gets back up.”

Roby’s statistics certainly won’t draw all-state attention — he averages 1.4 points per game, with a season-high of 3, generally seeing action when the powerhouse Golden Eagles have a victory wrapped up. The state playoffs tip off in a couple of weeks and it’s likely Roby’s on-court role will become even smaller.

But he’ll be there if the team needs him.

Just like his classmates and the community were there when he needed them.

Teamwork. Overcoming obstacles. Getting up when you get knocked down.

Teenagers learning life lessons.

There’s plenty of good news out there.

In the tower, looking down, looking back

Measuring success one inch at a time One of my favorite things about writing this column is the interaction and communication with the community. I appreciate you all for the feedback, recommendations, and support you have provided over the years.

Last week I received one of those communications I love so much via email. One of our local readers wanted to know why I haven’t been more diligent about following up on the pursuit of our goals and New Year’s Resolutions as I have in years past, especially right at the beginning of the year.

I am glad that some of you look forward to the challenges and prodding from yours truly when it comes to the pursuit of your goals and dreams. And the fact that you reach out and share those dreams means even more to me than you can imagine.

Well, let me ask you now that we are just a little more than a month into the New Year, how are you doing with your resolutions, goals and plans? Are you right where you thought you would be?

Are you ahead of schedule? Or maybe you aren’t quite where you wanted to be or where you thought you might be by now. The good news is that we have only completed one-twelfth of the year.

Imagine the year as if you were looking at a 12-inch ruler with the month of January sitting on the oneinch mark. It’s easy to see or imagine that there is still so much more time ahead of us than there is behind us. So even if we haven’t gotten off to a super strong start yet, or we have realized that we still have more work to do, the balance of the year works in our favor.

Now, continue to use your imagination. Think of each inch as the next month in the year and the space between each as a 30-day window. Get the visual in your head, maybe even transfer the image to paper or an electronic document.

What are the things that need to happen in each month, each 30day window that will help you with the achievement of your goals and dreams? You see we can’t measure

success if we do not know what it is we are measuring. What does success look like in February? What will it look like in March? And what does success mean along our individual ruler or path to success?

There is more good news. Success can come in all shapes and sizes and can be accomplished along any time line. There are immediate wins, near-term successes, mid-range accomplishments, and the successful achievement of long-term goals. And there is even more good news. Success begets success. That’s right, the more we succeed, the more likely it is that success will follow us wherever we go.

How about you? Where are you in the pursuit of your goals and dreams?

I am sure there are many of you who don’t need me to be your weekly reminder or coach when it comes to being driven to succeed. And I am sure there are many of you who have someone or something that inspires and motivates you as you seek success.

My hope is that this week you will realize that there is still so much time left this year to set our goals and resolutions and just as much time to pursue and achieve our modest and even wildest dreams.

I would love to hear all about where you see yourself on the ruler and how you plan on pursuing personal success at gotonorton@gmail.com. Remember, when we identify what we want and plan for our own success, it will be a better than good week.

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

Mick Jagger said, “Time waits for no one.” No, it doesn’t. I just turned around and I’m on Medicare. My only living relative is my sister, Cindy. My college professors are dropping one by one.

I was grading portfolios a week ago, it seems like. And now I have been retired for 11 years.

It’s kind of fascinating to be up in the tower like coach Bear Bryant, looking down and looking back on my life. Maybe you have done the same thing.

In the dream-like moments between wake and sleep, I reminisce about ex-girlfriends, my father, when I was a student.

During one stretch I went to different schools four years in a row. One in Michigan, two in California, and one in Ohio.

There was a lot of moving going on, and a lot of readjustments that had to be made.

Everyone has had a handful of days that were important, that can make us sentimental or emotional when we think about them.

Graduation day, the day you met your future wife or husband, the day your child was born. The day you were hired or fired, divorced, or checked into rehab.

What if you didn’t go to that concert in the first place? You never would have met Vera, Chuck or Dave. If you skipped that surprise party, you might not have met Janalee, Andy or Thor.

I have questions that I want to ask my father, and I can’t. I want to know why we moved from Michigan to Pennsylvania and then back to Michigan. The only source of that information is deceased.

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My life really changed for the first time on Aug. 8, 1963, when I was the only witness in one of Ohio’s most sensational crimes, the murder of a high school cheerleader. It’s still around in my thoughts.

Ten years later, my life changed again. I vividly remember being introduced to the chair of the University of California, Santa Barbara, art department, and the moment he offered me my first teaching job.

I spent 13 hours one day in 1984, defending myself in front of a school committee because a pathological student had convinced enough people that she was telling the truth when she claimed I had entered her home and written messages in lipstick on her bathroom mirror. Among other fun accusations.

It was the day the respect I had for my employer ended.

One evening in October 2011, I gave a painting demonstration at the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center in Greenwood Village. Who was the first one to show up? A woman with undecided blue eyes introduced herself. Jennifer.

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Our veterans deserve better from the VA Editor’s note: The following was written by U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.)

It is time for the federal government to fulfill its promise to our nation’s veterans and get our VA hospitals built, on time and without excessive and avoidable cost overruns. That’s why we are pushing bipartisan legislation to reform a broken bureaucratic system that has been harming our nation’s veterans and wasting precious taxpayer resources.

As a Republican from Colorado and a Democrat from Arizona, we stand united in our desire to see the Aurora VA hospital and others around the country completed. To do that, we need serious reform of how the VA manages the construction process.

Last year, the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee for Oversight and Investigations (O&I) held a hearing entitled “VA Construction Policy: Failed Plans Result in Plans That Fail.” Additionally, the full House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) held a hearing on “Confronting Persistent Challenges in VA Major Construction and Lease Programs.”

The take-away from these hearings, which is self-evident from the titles, is that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) struggles significantly with construction of healthcare facilities.

At a subcommittee hearing last year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified that delays in hospital construction projects in Aurora, Orlando, Las Vegas, and New Orleans are, on average, 35 months behind schedule and $336 million over budget.

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time in films. The director has 90 minutes to take us back, and then to take us forward. “When Harry Met Sally” is a good example.

I have been very lucky. I am very lucky.

I wish that my father were still around.

Other than that, I feel like I am having a good life.

I am not signing off, I am just reminiscing on a bitterly cold night, when Jennifer is unable to come over.

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On the court, it was a challenging battle as both teams sought to put the ball in the basket. But there was always time to make sure every player got to take shots and hopefully to put the ball into the basket.

During the game, all the running and battling for the ball stopped for a minute so players like Beth Pasterkamp could shoot or so Emily Phipps could guide her motorized wheelchair into position while another player held a basket in place so she could roll the ball through the hoop.

Bob Kovacs was on hand to watch his son Alan play for the South Suburban team.

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Since the public hearing was continued, there was a question about what to do if residents talked to individual councilmembers about the issue.

“You can be sure people will want to talk to you about this issue,” City Attorney Dan Brotzman said. “Tell those residents that

Those numbers are simply unacceptable, for both taxpayers and veterans in need of care.

As the chairman and a ranking member for O&I, we are disheartened by the findings of our subcommittee’s investigations into these projects, detailing gross mismanagement in every aspect of major medical facility construction, including design, operations, change orders and payments to prime contractors and subcontractors.

At best, this pattern of mismanagement indicates utter incompetence. At worst, it shows complete disrespect to our nation’s veterans and to the American taxpayer by the VA’s Office of Construction and Facilities Management.

We are committed to working with the VA to solve these problems because we should do everything in our power to help the VA provide veterans with quality care.

In fact, the Congress as a whole has made substantial efforts to increase funding for the VA and its programs despite being in a time of serious budget constraints. However, the VA has not only squandered these taxpayer dollars but has also weakened the public’s trust in their ability to plan, budget,

My screen saver is a picture of Smitty when his face was auburn, not gray like it is now. The one inevitability of owning a pet is that they will break your heart one day. Unless you own one of those tortoises that live for 200 years.

Smitty is 10, and like me, he is now getting senior wellness examinations.

I brought him home from the MaxFund Animal Shelter and Adoption Center on April 3, 2008. He looked at me through the bars on his crate and said, “Get me out of here, Dad.”

introduced late last year, we delayed in bringing it up in order to see if conditions at the four VA hospital construction sites might improve. Unfortunately, there are no significant changes to warrant any further delays in moving forward with this proposal.

According to the GAO’s report dated March of 2013, the Army Corps of Engineers has institutional knowledge and expertise in construction and, unlike the VA, consistently completes similar projects for the Department of Defense on-budget and on-time.

The USACE will also provide oversight for the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees so that we in Congress can be apprised of their progress — or lack thereof — on these projects.

Although the VA does provide great overall healthcare for our veterans, our tenor and posture will be to vigorously highlight that the VA needs a watchdog in order to successfully complete its construction projects. This has been and will continue to be the focus of our Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee during the 113th Congress. Our work, along with H.R. 3593, will help to ensure the VA has proper oversight and expertise guiding the management and ultimate completion of the Aurora VA Medical Center, as well as the other projects highlighted by the GAO. Our veterans cannot simply hope the VA improves. Rather, we must take action to push these projects forward.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman is the chairman of the House Veterans’ Subcommittee for Oversight and Investigations and U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick is the subcommittee’s ranking member.

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“Basketball is my son’s favorite sport.

He attended a Nuggets camp for players today to learn from the pros,” Bob said.

“The Nuggets are his favorite pro team and, for some reason, Duke is his favorite college team.”

Bob said watching his son play basketball is a blast for him. He said he enjoys not only watching his son play but watching the way his son helps teammates and players on the other team.

“Alan has been playing Special Olympics basketball for about 15 years,” he said.

“He loves the game and so do I. Alan likes to take three-point shots. He doesn’t hit a lot of them but, when he does, his smile lights up the room.”

The score didn’t seem important to players and fans but the Southsiders hit a late basket and won, 60-58.

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they need to get their comments on the record and urge them to come to the Feb. 18 meeting and testify at the public hearing.”

Mayor Randy Penn said residents need to know, if they talk to an individual councilmember, their comments can’t be considered. The charter requires the council only consider the sworn testimony recorded at the public hearing.

When asked about the next public hearing, Brotzman told the council that residents who testified Feb. 3 can not testify again at the Feb. 18 public hearing.

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manage and ultimately construct major medical facilities.

Veterans in Colorado, Louisiana, Florida, and Nevada have been waiting years for their facilities to be completed. The VA claims that the Aurora project will be completed by April 2015 but all evidence points to that deadline being unrealistic. Additionally, the completion date for the project in Orlando was pushed back to December of 2014, making that project now two years behind schedule.

Unfortunately, even after numerous Congressional hearings and inquiries, the VA has done little to convince us they can meet any of their goals on time.

That is why we introduced legislation to help with the completion of the VA medical center in Aurora, as well as other projects.

H.R. 3593, the VA Construction Assistance Act of 2013, will implement GAO recommended reforms such as assigning medical equipment planners to major medical construction projects and streamlining the change-order process.

We go one step further by requiring that an emergency manager, referred to as a “special project manager” from the Army Corps of Engineers, independent of the VA, be appointed to provide oversight for each existing VA major medical facility project currently under construction in order to make sure that the GAO recommendations are fully implemented and to take any additional steps necessary to help reduce both the cost and the delays that have plagued these projects.

While this legislation was drafted and

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Another gun battle took center stage at the Capitol on Feb. 3, as a Senate committee rejected a Republican effort to undo a key Democrat-backed gun measure from last year.

Testimony on a bill that sought to repeal a law that requires background checks on all gun sales and transfers in the state lasted more than six hours before the Senate’s State, Veteran’s and Military Affairs Committee killed the measure. The bill failed following a 3-2 party-line vote.

Democrats and other supporters of universal background checks say they are working and that the law has made it more difficult for guns to get into the wrong hands. But Sen. George Rivera, R-Pueblo, the repeal bill’s sponsor, argued that the new law would have done nothing to prevent recent mass shootings, such as the ones that occurred in 2012 inside an Aurora theater and at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School.

“If people intend on doing something evil, they’re going to do it,” Rivera said.

“That’s just a fact.”

Last year, Democrats succeeded in passing bills that expanded gun background checks, and put in place a requirement that high-capacity ammunition magazines be limited to 15 rounds. Republicans are also trying to repeal the latter measure.

There was fallout as a result of those efforts as three Democratic senators either lost their seats or resigned as a result of gun vote-motivated recall elections. Rivera won his Senate seat last fall in a recall election over former Democratic Sen. Angela Giron, making him a rare Republican to represent Pueblo in the Senate.

“My constituents in Pueblo sent me here to give a message: They don’t like the gun laws,” Rivera said.

Rivera told the committee that he was not against background checks. His bill would have required only licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks, which had already been a part of state law prior to last year’s measure being enacted.

Rivera’s bill would have done away with the new requirement that background checks be conducted for private and online sales, and it would have gotten rid of the fees that individuals are required to pay for their background checks.

Several supporters of Rivera’s bill said that the new requirements are burdensome to law-abiding citizens.

“As long as Democrats are in office they are going to be going after our Second Amendment Rights,” said Joe Neville of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners.

But supporters of the new background checks pointed to results. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says that 104 people who tried buying guns last year failed background checks because they had criminal records. That’s a testament to the background checks law expansion, supporters said. And if even one of those background checks stops just one criminal from getting their hands on a gun, the law is worth it, they said.

“The value of one life is worth the inconvenience of the others,” said Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver.

Dave Hoover, a longtime police officer whose nephew, A.J. Boik, was killed in the Aurora theater shooting, was one of several people to speak in opposition of Rivera’s repeal effort. Hoover said that Coloradans should do “anything we can do to prevent gun violence” and that he doesn’t want “anybody else to get that phone call,” which informed him that his nephew had been shot.

“It’s about accountability,” Hoover said.

“It’s about holding gun holders responsible for what they do when they get rid of their firearms.”

Though emotional at times, the hearing lacked the intensity of last year’s gun bill committee hearings. In fact, Rivera and other Republican senators thanked Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, the committee chairman, for his handling of the hearing.

Still, Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, a committee member, said that Democrats who pushed for the gun laws still aren’t paying attention to voters who didn’t appreciate their efforts last year.

“You didn’t listen close enough because there are three senators who aren’t here,” Harvey said.

CRIME REPORT Burglary suspect arrested

When Englewood police investigated a report of a burglar alarm going off they saw a man running from the business and arrested him as a result of the investigation.

The investigation began about 3 a.m.

Feb. 6 at a business in the 2200 block of South Raritan Street.

As officers arrived, they reportedly saw a 28-year-old man running from the business. They stopped the man and according to the police report, he told officers he was running from an unknown person and he jumped the fence to get into the business to get away from the man chasing him.

However, an investigation reportedly indicated the man had jumped the fence and kicked in the front door of the business. Later, he apparently jumped from the second floor onto a vehicle and damaged it.

The man was arrested, processed and then transported to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Detention Facility.

Robbery suspect caught

Police officers were able to locate and arrest a man who reportedly stole a number of items from an Englewood business.

Officers went to a business in the 800 block of Englewood Parkway about 8:10 p.m. Feb. 7 to investigate why someone called 911 and then hung up.

According to the report, police officers

talked to the individual who called 911 who told them a man came into the store, assaulted the employee and stole several items.

Officers checked the surrounding area and, in the 600 block of Englewood Parkway, they located an 18-year-old man who was identified as the suspect.

The man was arrested and taken to Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility. He could face a variety of charges related to the assault and theft.

Felony menacing arrest

Englewood police arrested a man Feb. 7 who allegedly threatened another man with a knife.

Police went to the 600 block of Englewood Parkway about 5:25 p.m. Feb. 7 to investigate a felony menacing report.

The victim told police a man threatened him with a knife. Officers checked the area and located a 24-year-old man identified as the suspect at the Englewood Light Rail Station. However, he took off and ran west across the railroad tracks and eventually ran across South Santa Fe Drive.

Englewood police set up a perimeter, searched the area and eventually located and arrested the suspect in the 3200 block of South Santa Fe Drive.

The 24-year-old was processed by Englewood Police and then taken to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Detention Facility.

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Jennifer Riefenberg’s wintery landscape will be included in “Chasing the Light Fantastic.” The exhibit, opening Feb. 20, features a collection of plein air paintings by Mark Akins and Riefenberg at Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery. Courtesy photo

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By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com To paraphrase, painters Mark Akins and Jennifer Riefenberg have “chased the light fantastic” with a series of paintings executed in outdoor settings, where indeed light is an all-important factor to their work.

Their exhibit, “Chasing the Light Fantastic” ties in with Town Hall’s new production, “Swing,” opening Feb. 21, a show which is especially about dance, with a live band.

The exhibit opens on Feb. 20, with a meetthe-artists’ reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

in Stanton Gallery, 2450 W. ates the Depot Art Gallery, if you go Main St. in Littleton. where her works have been Riefenberg, of Littleton, is exhibited.

“Chasing the Light Fantastic” a multi-talented fourth genAkins, a third generation will hang in Town Hall’s Stanton eration Coloradan, who espeColoradan, is a member of the Gallery, 2450 W. Main Street, cially likes to paint outside in PAAC, Oil Painters of America Downtown Littleton, through oil. She is a board member of April 9. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. and the American ImpresPlein Air Artists of Colorado to 5 p.m. Mondays through Frisionist Society.

(PAAC) and has studied undays and during performances.

He studied art at CU Boulder Kevin Weckbach, Doug Admission is free. Information: der, switched to education at Dawson and others. Her web303-794-2787 or www.townArizona State University and site address is www.artofsunhallartscenter.com. taught for 16 years in Coloshine.com. rado, where he earned a MasAlso a professional photers in Education at CU. tographer and a needlework artist, ReifenHe has participated in plein air events berg integrates her love of the arts into new mediums. A board member of the Roxbor- throughout the west, studied with Dawson, ough Arts Council, she is an active member Josh Been and Don Sahli, and is represented of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, which oper- by the Majestic Gallery in Idaho Springs.

Exhibit features Littleton students ‘First Impressions’ on display Feb. 19-March 23

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “First Impressions” will take on two meanings at Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery.

In the office and back room of the gallery, four new members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild — which operates the Depot — will exhibit their art. They are acrylic painter Christa MacFarlane, oil specialist Nancy Whitenight, woodcrafter Leonard Hilgartner and watercolor artist Dee Chalkey.

The front room, meanwhile, will hold work by Studio Art students from Littleton High School, many of them International Baccalaureate students, for whom an exhibit is part of their course requirement.

Prospective college art majors need the same curriculum as IB students according to their teacher, Jennifer Jeannelle, although the IB exam is not required. So Jeanelle’s Studio Art class is a mix of bright, accomplished young artists who are creating a variety of independent projects.

“We work thematically,” Jeannelle said,

with three projects (one assigned) due each six weeks, plus field trips. The IB students (there are six) prepare for an exam in their second year, when they submit a portfolio consisting of a sketchbook, artist’s statement, interview (at the gallery) and a video of the artist in front of their piece.

“The depot offered the space ... a chance for a real world experience,” said Jeannelle, whose background is in ceramics and involves numerous installations. “I want them to understand the real world.”

Students who are testing for IB credit will get to include three to seven pieces (depending on size), while others will have one piece. The students will install the show and publicize it, with help from the IB coordinator and some parents.

We were able to visit briefly with a number of the students involved to gain some insight into planned projects — with a fairly tight deadline.

Students will present everything from comic books to silkscreens and selfportraits.

Selena Ashbaugh has been busy working with edible gum tape, forming bright, edible decorative flowers for a cake that at its base will be made of Styrofoam. No stranger to the kitchen, Ashbaugh will at-

tend Johnson and if you go Wales University for an associate’s degree “First Impressions” in baking and pastry. will run from Feb. “Baking helps me re19 to March 23 at the Depot Art Gallax,” she said. lery, 2069 W. Powers Thinh Dinh Su Ave., Littleton. A stuwill show a complex dent reception will drawing of Buddha be from 4 to 6 p.m. seated on a lotus, inMarch 1, perhaps side a Star of David with some musiand is working on cians present. Gallery cutting a large stencil hours: 11 a.m. to 4 from flowing comp.m. Wednesdays puter images. He said through Sundays. that he plans to at303-795-0781. Adtend art school, “permission is free. haps after a gap year.”

Other students such as senior Sara Fee and junior IB student Natalie Sandstrom have been busy collaborating. The two are working on a project inspired by Shel Silverstein’s popular book “The Giving Tree” and have been building a small model of a tree, which they will next enlarge (in segments) to six or seven feet tall, using PVC pipe, chicken wire and a spray finish. “It’s about relationships with people and their paths and will include casts of hands,” they said.

Four of Denver’s top tourism leaders have been named to the new class of inductees into the 15th Annual Denver & Colorado Tourism Hall of Fame.

They are: Denver catering king and philanthropist Larry DiPasquale, Denver March Powwow executive director Grace Gillette, Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort and director of the Greenway Foundation Jeff Shoemaker with a posthumous award to his father, Joe Shoemaker, the foundation’s founder.

These city and state supporters will be honored during the Tourism Industry Hall of Fame dinner March 20 at the Seawell Ballroom.

The Tourism Hall of Fame serves as the highest award for Denver’s travel industry, which logged its best year ever in 2012 with 13.6 million overnight visitors generating more than $3.6 billion in spending. The industry supports 50,000 jobs in the area.

The gala is a fundraising event for the Visit Denver Foundation, which has given out more than $545,000 in scholarships to 214 Colorado students pursuing higher education in the fields of tourism and hospitality.

For ticket information, contact Joni Watkins at jwatkins@visitdenver.com or call 303-571-9481.

Burger nod to Sochi

In honor of the Winter Olympics, Lucky Strike, an upscale bowling alley chain, has created the Soch-eezy Burger a hand-packed, all-beef patty rubbed with thyme and roasted garlic, topped with melted Swiss cheese and a creamy mushroom stroganoff sauce served on a toasted ciabatta roll.

The burger, the chain’s February Burger of the Month, was created by Lucky Strike Denver chef Francisco Quintana. The Soch-eezy Burger will be sold in all venues (except San Francisco and Polaris) through Feb. 28.

Lucky Strike Lanes has two venues in Colorado: The Denver Pavilions downtown and at Belmar in Lakewood.

The Burger of the Month program celebrates Lucky Strike’s 10th anniversary. At the end of the year, the topselling specialty burger will be added to the Lucky Strike menu for 2015. For more information, visit www.bowlluckystrike.com/menu.

Troy Guard’s steakhouse delayed

Because of construction delays, Guard and Grace (1801 California), the much-anticipated steakhouse from super chef Troy Guard (TAG, TAG Raw Bar, TAG Burger Bar, Los Chingones, Sugarmill) will not open on Feb. 13 as planned. The restaurant’s opening has been pushed back to early March.

Valentine’s Day diners who had reservations at Guard and Grace will be welcomed at TAG restaurant.

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The ‘Wild West’ through a Polish lens “Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western” will be on view in the Denver Art Museum’s Gates Family Gallery of Western Art from Feb. 16 through June 1, included in general admission.

The collection, on loan from the Autry National Center of the American West, features 28 posters reflecting views of the American Western film, created over 30 years while the country was under Communism.

These artworks were free from censors and offered an opportunity for self-expression. Well-known Polish graphic artists featured include Jerzy Filsak, Wiktor Gorka and Waldemar Swierzy. Visit www.Denverartmuseum.org or call 720-865-5000 for more information. The museum is located at 100 W. 14th Ave. in Denver.

Wind Ensemble concert

The Colorado Wind Ensemble’s Feb. 15/16 concert, “Music on the Edge,” will feature saxophonist/Metro State University professor Mark Harris performing at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S Datura St., Littleton at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 (tickets: $15/$12/$5) and the King Center for the Performing Arts at Metropolitan State University, Auraria Campus, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver at 4 p.m. Feb. 16 (tickets: $10/$8/ $5). Visit www.Coloradowindensemble.org or www.ahec.edu.

First Ladies

The Highlands Ranch Historical Society program for Feb. 21 will be “White House Ladies’ Secrets,” presented by Dorothy Adams, a retired history teacher. The program will be at 7 p.m. at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Rd., Highlands Ranch. Members free, $1 donation suggested for non-members (everyone welcome).

Register at www.HighlandsRanchHistoricalSociety.org.

ACC authors

ACC professors Dr. Jeff Broome and Dr. Kathryn Winograd will host book signings for their new titles at the Arapahoe Community College Library and Learning Commons at 2 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 19.

Broome’s book, “Cheyenne War: Indian Raids on the

Reminder:

Feb. 24 is the deadline for entries to the 2014 Lone Tree photo show, “Exploring the Light.” Details: lonetreeartscenter.org/photo-show.php. Juror is Glen Randall.

Parker Symphony

“Music of Love and Life” is the Parker Symphony’s title for its Feb. 21 concert. The orchestra, conducted by Rene Knetsch, will play Beethoven’s “Eighth Symphony,” Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” and the “Mardi Gras Suite” by Katchiturian. The performance will be at 7:30 Feb. 21 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak, Downtown Parker. Tickets: $20/$15, www.parkeronline.org, 303-805-6800.

WW II veterans sought

The Littleton Museum will open a World War II exhibit in June and is seeking personal stories from veterans and others willing to talk about experiences overseas or on the home front — especially people who lived or worked in Littleton or the greater metro area at that time. Participants need to currently live along the Front Range. Call Suellen at 303-795-3711.

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Broome is a fifth-generation Coloradan, a philosophy professor at ACC since 1985. Winograd’s book of western landscapes and inscapes, “Phantom Canyon: Essays of Reclamation” is a collection of essays — her own and others’ — that follow one w o m a n’s quest for solace, spirituality and reconciliation resulting from childhood trauma. She teaches English and heads the Writers Studio at ACC. Information: jeff.broome@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5787.

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A poster by Jerzy Jawarowski, “Skloceni z zyciem,” 1962 for “The Misfits” (1961), directed by John Houston, is part of an exhibit of Polish posters for Western American movies. Courtesy of the Autry National Center, Los Angeles. Courtesy photo from Feb. 15 to 23 at the Colorado Convention Center with exhibit gardens, flower shows, seminars on many topics and exhibits by related vendors. The show awards grants to further horticulture in Colorado. Admission: $12/$10, 12 and under free. Discount tickets at Tickets West and King Soopers. For a schedule of programs, visit www.coloradogardenfoundation.org.

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Painted Bread: A portrait of an artist Kahlo’s tumultuous life with a splash and swirl of color

if you go “Painted Bread” plays at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, through Feb. 23. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $26/$22- visit www.aurorafox.org or call 303-739-1970.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Soft guitar music plays as lights bring the patio of a Mexican stucco home, painted in soft terracotta tones, into focus. An ornate picture frame hangs in a central spot and framed is a colorful Frida Kahlo self-portrait — or is it?

Frida, played by the elegant Karen Slack, smirks, raises her eyebrows and establishes eye contact with a tour guide — and with the audience — as the guide (Martha Harmon Pardee) gushes about Kahlo’s “spicy” diary.

Slack’s resemblance to Kahlo is uncanny and the audience is hooked.

About 10 years ago, local playwright Melissa Lucero McCarl introduced her biographical play about legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, “Painted Bread,” to Denver audiences — with Slack in the lead. The Aurora Fox Theatre Company has given it a thoughtful, polished restaging, directed by Warren Sherrill, which runs through Feb. 23.

Kahlo’s turbulent life — with famous muralist Diego Rivera and with

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Karen Slack portrays legendary Mexican artist Frieda Kahlo in “Painted Bread” at the Aurora Fox. Courtesy photo others — was filled with pain, ongoing drama and recognition for her skills as a painter. She is one of the bestknown female painters who ever lived and there are 200 works attributed to her, painted in folkloric style.

Fifty-five of those are self-portraits.

She had said she was alone so much she was a subject she knew best. (As a side note: A Kahlo portrait used for promotion of a collection of modern masters is due to arrive soon at the

Denver Art Museum.)

Actor Paul Borillo fleshes out a staged portrait of womanizer Diego Rivera, who was established as a world-renowned painter when the much younger Kahlo met and married him. He was also a Communist and she joined the party as well. Their relationship was tumultuous, with both involved in other affairs as they divorced and then both remarried.

Because of polio and a severe accident, she was physically frail. One of her legs was deformed and she covered it with long, colorful Mexican dresses. (Linda Morken’s costumes are detailed and eye-catching in this regard.) Ongoing surgeries and illnesses interfered with her painting and personal life in general, but the play conveys her determination to live fully.

Her last diary entry read: “I hope the end is joyful — and I hope never to return — Frida.”

“Painted Bread” is beautifully produced, skillfully acted and offers insight into an iconic era in Mexican and world art.

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‘Road trip’ hits the brakes in Lone Tree Denver Concert Band brings Adam Frey to Arts Center

if you go Adam Frey will perform on the euphonium as part of the Denver Concert Band’s “Road Trip” concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $10 adults/$5 children, plus $3 fee, call 720-590-1000 or visit www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @colorado communitymedia.com On Feb. 22, the Denver Concert Band will feature a unique guest artist for its “Road Trip” concert at Lone Tree Arts Center.

Adam Frey of Atlanta will perform — with the band and as a soloist — on his euphonium, an instrument that Wikipedia defines as “a conical bore, baritonevoiced brass instrument.” It’s widely used in military and concert bands, where it is “the chief tenor voice,” according to English writer Dr. Brian Bowman, and its name comes from the Greek word euphonia, meaning “well-sounding.”

Frey, who performs and teaches internationally, said he started playing a trumpet in his fifthgrade school orchestra and when he reached seventh grade the band director asked him to switch to the euphonium, which started him on an unusual career path.

“It’s not so well known,” he said. “I feel like mentoring and spreading the good news. (I’m sort of) an apostle for the euphonium.”

In a 14-year career, Frey has commissioned more than 80 arrangements for his instrument, including one of Puccini’s famous Tenor Arias “Nessun Dorma” from “Turandot.” He will play “Yellow Rose of Texas Variations,” arranged by Lewis Buckley, as

a stop on the Denver Concert Band’s road trip.

Frey includes four to five international trips (he used to do more but now there is an 18-month-old in his life) and was leaving for a 12-day government-sponsored summer music festival in Brazil soon after Colorado Community Media spoke with him on the telephone.

In Brazil, his plans called for teaching a master’s class, connecting with colleagues, and performing a couple of concert recitals, networking, and perhaps soloing with a band, as well as enjoying a Brazilian steak house. His instrument fits under his seat, so a second ticket is not necessary as it might be for a cellist.

“It’s generally quite a lot of fun,” he said. “I wish there were more time for sight-seeing.”

He’s glad to be making the return visit to Brazil, where he’s more familiar with the huge festival this year and can more easily decide what to do than on past trips.

When at home, he teaches at Emory University and Georgia State University, practices one to two hours a day and enjoys motorcycles, which “really connect

Adam Frey, who will perform on the euphonium (not a motorcycle) with the Denver Concert Band on Feb. 22, poses on his brother’s special edition Harley. Courtesy photo (him) with people,” he finds.

Frey studied music at the University of Georgia and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, where he practiced six hours a day.

He has since performed with symphony orchestras and at festivals in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia, as well as with wind bands and brass bands. He is a Yamaha performer and guest

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Denver Concert Band was started in 1961 by a group of friends who wanted an opportunity to make music with others. Its first public concert was in 1968. In the 1990s, it rehearsed and performed at Denver’s Central Presbyterian Church and for the past 16 years, Jacinda Bouton of Lone Tree has been its director.

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The band, now in its 53rd year, is at home at Lone Tree Arts Center, where the Road Trip concert will fill the hall. Additional destinations on the program: “A Weekend in New York;” “Rumble in the High Plains;” Heartland Sketches;” “The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas;” “Salute to American Jazz;” ”Men of Ohio;” “Pie in the Face Polka;” and “The Ramparts.”

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Pirate boys fall to Blue Devils Englewood’s Sean Bowering (31) battles to pull down a rebound during the Feb. 4 basketball game against Fort Lupton. Bowering led the team with eight rebounds on the night.

Englewood kept it close, but Fort Lupton hit key shots in the closing minutes to win the game, 66-58. Photo

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Englewood stays close but Fort Lupton scores late, wins by eight

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Englewood repeatedly closed the scoring gap but was unable to score the necessary points to win the Feb. 4 boys basketball game against Fort Lupton as the Blue Devils hit key shots in the closing minutes

to win the game, 66-58.

“Tonight’s game is sort of like how things have gone for our team all season,” Pirates coach Dave Chapman said after the game. “We play hard and keep the score close through much of the game but it seems we (can’t) quite get over the hump and we end up on the short end of the final score.”

Englewood played a non-league game against Kent Denver on Feb. 11 in the final home game of its season. The Pirates then go on the road for their last three games, starting with a Feb. 14 trip to Vista Peak.

The Pirates got off to a good start Feb. 4 against Fort Lupton as they had the range from outside and built an early lead. But the Blue Devils came back to build a 17-14

advantage by the end of the first quarter and never relinquished their lead from there.

From that point on, though, the game was a battle. Fort Lupton would put together a run and extend the lead and Englewood would counter with a run of its Pirates continues on Page 14

Heritage splits hockey contests Eagles rebound from loss to post 1-0 win

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com The Heritage High School hockey team lost 7-1 on Feb. 7 to Mountain Vista but they regrouped the next night to post a 1-0 win over Mullen.

“It’s no excuse, but we have several guys out with injuries tonight and that didn’t help us as we went against a very good hockey team,” Eagles coach Jeremy Sims said after the Mountain Vista game. “We knew tonight we would have to play our A-plus game and, while we played pretty good hockey, we just couldn’t get the puck deep early because we had trouble getting cleanly out of our end of the rink.”

He said he talked to the players after the loss, stressing they were still 8-3 in confer-

ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Boys basketball Englewood 52, Weld Central 45

Jordan Engel had 17 points, five rebounds, two blocks, one steal and two deflections.

Gavin Phillips scored 11 points followed by Sean Bowering with 11 and Tristan Sisneros with 10. Bowering had 11 rebounds,

ence and in third place in the standings.

“I told the guys to learn from tonight and put the loss behind them and focus on playing good hockey and getting some wins in the three conference games left in the regular season,” the coach said. “The main thing is to keep our heads up, focus on those last three games so we can remain in third place in the conference, which will give us a good seed for the playoffs.”

Apparently the discussion paid off because the Eagles came out Feb. 8 and got their ninth win of the season with the shutout of Mullen.

The Eagles were on the road Feb. 12 against Pine Creek and they get a preview of the championship location Feb. 14 when they play Valor Christian at the Denver Coliseum. Heritage then closes out the season Feb. 15 against Coronado at the Ice Ranch in Littleton.

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Heritage forward Jake Wener (9) battles Mountain Vista’s Cordt Fenstermaker (4) for the puck in a faceoff during the Feb. 7 hockey game at South Suburban Ice Arena. Wener won the faceoff but Mountain Vista won the game, 7-1.

Photo by Tom Munds

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two assists and three steals. Colton Korinek had three assists and Sisneros had four steals.

Englewood 37, Kent Denver 75

Sean Bowering had 14 points followed by Isiah Mestas with nine points. Bowering also had four 3-pointers, four rebounds, three assists and two steals. Jordan Engel had four rebounds and Gavin Phillips had three rebounds and four assists.

Englewood 58, Fort Lupton 66

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Jordan Engel scored 16 points followed by 15 points from Tristan Sisneros and Isiah Mestas with 10 points. Sean Bowering led the team with eight rebounds and had three assists and two steals.

Engel had six rebounds and two assists while Mestas had six rebounds and six assists.

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Feb. 7 when they went against conferenceleading Mountain Vista.

The early going was give and take as the teams battled for the upper hand in setting the tempo of play. Mountain Vista took control with its fast-paced attack, scoring two quick goals in the first four minutes.

The Golden Eagles added a short-handed goal later in the first period just before Heritage got its only goal on a power play late in the first period. The Eagles battled hard the entire game but the attack efforts were frequently short-circuited by Mountain Vista players.

It was a tough, physical game. A lot of players from both teams spent a good deal of time on the ice, literally, as fierce checks frequently resulted in one or both players getting knocked off their blades.

Josh Mazar, the team’s leading scorer with 12 goals and 11 assists, agreed it was a physical game against Mountain Vista.

“Mountain Vista, like a lot of other teams, have some big guys on defense so, as a forward, you have to keep your head

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up and be aware of what is coming or you will get hit hard,” he said. “Personally, if I am bringing the puck down the ice and, if it is a breakaway, I am shooting. My preference is to go low so there may be a rebound for my teammates or for me. But, if the goalie uses a butterfly style and is spreading out on the ice to try to block the low shot, I try to go to the high corner.”

He added that if it is a two-on-one breakaway, he looks for how the defender reacts to try to set up the best shot on goal, either by passing the ball to his teammate or taking the shot himself.”

Mazar said he is undecided about what the future holds after graduation. He said he may try junior hockey or possibly go to the University of Colorado and play club hockey. He said offers might come to play hockey but, whether they do or not, he’ll weigh the options and make what looks like the best decision for his future.

In the Feb. 7 game, Mountain Vista took 44 shots on goal while Heritage got off 16 shots on the net. Chad Curd scored the Eagles’ goal with an assist from Sam Appleby.

Heritage goalie Andrew Nash was kept busy by the Golden Eagles’ attack and finished the night with 35 saves.

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own to close the gap. While they were within four points a couple times, the Pirates were never able to keep a run going long enough to take the lead.

Englewood was within five points at 5954 with 1:03 left in the game before beginning to deliberately foul. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils hit their free throws to widen the gap and went on to the eight-point victory.

Jordan Engel was the Pirates scoring leader with 16 points in defeat. He also had six rebounds and two blocked shots. Tristen Sisneros added 15 points, including four 3-pointers, and had three steals, while Isiah Mestas had 10 points, six rebounds and six assists. Sean Bowering also helped out as he scored seven points, was the rebounding leader with eight and made two steals.

“We played pretty well tonight, but while Fort Lupton didn’t have a big height advantage, they consistently out-rebounded us,” Chapman said. “Two successive trips down the court, they got five offen-

sive rebounds each time and finally scored on the sixth put back. On our side, I can’t complain about our effort. Our kids played hard. Unfortunately, once again playing hard wasn’t enough and some mental mistakes down the stretch did us in.”

Sisneros, who scored both inside and out, said it was a pretty good night for him but it would have been better if the Pirates had won the game.

“I sort of had the range from outside tonight,” he said. “When I was open, I took the shots and most of my 3-pointers went in.”

The senior said it was a physical game and, for the most part, the officials let them play basketball without calling too many fouls to slow down the game.

“It has been a difficult season,” he said.

“We have lost some close games, but if our team works together and does the right thing, we could get a couple more wins before the end of the season.”

Sisneros said he is working to improve his stamina for the remaining games and also is beginning to get ready for baseball season, where he pitches and plays shortstop.

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Franktown

Lone Tree

Parker

Trinity Lutheran Church & School

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

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

 303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org  Castle Rock  First United

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Plans Gone Astray? To whom will you go when you’re out of ideas?

There are times when we simply need a gracious God to guide us. Come and join us at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings at Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway.

For directions and any questions about our ministry, contact Pastor Craig: (303) 883–7774 Immanuel Lutheran Mission is a member congregation of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ

Lone Tree

Methodist Church 

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Parker

1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

 Services:  Saturday 5:30pm

Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am

Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

Chabad

Jewish Center

Douglas County’s only Synagogue, Hebrew School and Preschool No membership required www.DenverJewishCenter.com

Lone Tree

Lone Tree

Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PM Bible Study: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

Highlands Ranch

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

303-792-7222

Currently meeting at: 9220 Kimmer Drive, Suite 200 Lone Tree 80124 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Littleton

Greenwood Village

Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org

Church of Christ Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Wednesday Bible Study - 7:30pm

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church

Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

www.gracecolorado.com

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

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

(Across from Murdochs)

SErviCES:

Saturday 5:30pm

Sunday 8:00 & 10:30am

Education Hour: Sunday 9:15am Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org

United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop 10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808

303-798-8485 Parker

Community Church of Religious Science

An Evangelical Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10:30 4825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. Castle Rock • canyonscc.org 303-663-5751 “Loving God - Making A Difference”

A place for you

Denver Tech Center

Welcome Home!

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co

Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel

Join us at Sheraton Denver Tech Center 7007 S Clinton Street in Greenwood Village (nearby I-25 and Arapahoe Rd.)

www.cbsdenver.org

303-794-6643

Highlands Ranch

303 798 6387 Meets at the Marriott DTC 4900 S Syracuse St, Denver, CO 80237

10 am every Sunday Free parking

www.gracepointcc.us

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

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

Spiritual Ancestry Pastor Mark Brewer

Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am Sunday

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138

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

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

New Thought...Ancient Wisdom Sunday Service

& Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

303.805.9890

www.P a r k er C C R S.org P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945

Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am

303-791-3315

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Open and Welcoming

Current Study:

at the Parker Mainstreet Center

Congregation Beth Shalom

www.st-andrew-umc.com 303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510 9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org

Parker

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email

kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.

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Englewood Herald 15

February 14, 2014

Making a life with tie-dye and tunes HHS grad’s career comes full circle

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com A devoted Deadhead, Steven Lee has dedicated his life to music and tie-dye — and it is more lucrative than it sounds.

“I’ve been self-employed my whole adult life,” he said. “Ever since I was 22, I’ve written my own paycheck, and I’ve survived and thrived.”

Lee started his career in an unassuming building north of 7-11 at Littleton Boulevard and Cedar Street in the mid-1980s, and ended up coming full circle when he bought the building three years ago. But there was an adventure in between that included celebrity close encounters and discovering the secret of tie-dye.

After Lee graduated from Heritage High School in 1980, he started taking business classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He got a job at Sound Warehouse, a record store that used to have several locations throughout metro Denver but now is down to just one in Colorado Springs.

At 21, he took over as manager at the store’s Centennial location. It was practically a requirement back then for touring artists to visit record stores to do album signings, so he met stars ranging from Stevie Ray Vaughn to the Indigo Girls.

“Denver was very lucky to have Barry Fey and a really vibrant music scene,” he said. “… That was an important time of my life, going to shows, being in the music scene. When you’re in that world, you have a lot of fun.”

After graduating from college, he rented two racks in Offbeat Records, the small used-record store in the building he now owns. He started selling CDs, then a new phenomenon but now quickly being replaced by iPods and Pandora.

On the other side of the building was Crescendo Music, which sold guitars and equipment and offered lessons. That’s the side Lee utilizes today for the next part of the story.

“I was a Deadhead,” he said. “I’d go to Grateful Dead concerts, and I was kind of cheap. The T-shirts were pretty expensive even then, and I was like, why would you buy something you could make yourself?

But it was a big secret where to get the dye.

I just kind of cracked the code and figured it out.”

He’d seen an ad in a magazine for a store that sold tie-dyed items, proclaiming it used nothing but the finest reactive dye — and there was the clue.

“I thought, what’s reactive dye? That was back before the Internet, so I went over to Bemis Library and started researching it,” he said.

It turns out the reason the reason the T-shirts your kids tie-dye themselves bleed all over the rest of your laundry is that they didn’t have reactive dye. Lee explains the difference is a chemical reaction that causes it to become part of the fabric, rendering your white socks safe in the washing machine.

Back then, virtually nobody in the country was selling the dye wholesale, usually imported from India, and his business, Colorado Wholesale Dye, is still one of just a handful. It was successful enough that it allowed him to open his own record store, Pirate Records, near Cherry Creek High School, and later open two more locations.

He kept that up until 2000, when he finally felt it was time to move on.

“We got out of that right before the Internet took it down,” he said. “I was tired of basically being a daily victim of crime.”

Every day he would catch people shoplifting, and then one night somebody drove a car right through the front of the store and stole $800 worth of stuff. It was the last straw, and he packed up the record stores for good. But the dye business was still going gangbusters, and he spent another de-

Steven Lee owns one of just a handful of whole dye companies in the country. The shop sits just off of Littleton Boulevard. Photo by Jennifer Smith cade tending to it in a store on Broadway in Littleton.

Then the Offbeat building went vacant and began to fall into disrepair.

“Since I had a history with this place, I always kind of kept my eye on it,” he said.

When the price suddenly dropped along with the crashing economy, he jumped on

crossword • sudoku

GALLERY OF GAMES & weekly horoscope

it in July 2010. Today it’s full of music equipment — he plays bass “just for fun” — dye samples, collectibles, old photos of himself and friends, little reminders of a full life with a 22-year marriage and four kids.

“It’s satisfying to have your own space,” he said. “I built it back up and revitalized it as much I could.”

SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF FEb 10, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Doing something nice for others is typical of the generous Arian. but be prepared for some jealous types who might try to question one of your more recent acts of kindness.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) You’re eager to take on new responsibilities. but before you do, you might want to check out exactly what would be required of you so that you don’t face any “surprises” later.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) It might be best to put off an important decision until a fluctuating situation becomes more stable. Recently received news could help resolve a long-standing family matter.

crossword • sudoku & weekly horoscope

GALLERY OF GAMES

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) If you still have a problem getting that information gap closed, you might consider asking a higher authority to resolve the matter, leaving you free to move on to another project.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) A family matter needs to be dealt with at the start of the week. Once it’s resolved, the big Cat can devote more attention to that new opportunity that seems to hold so much potential.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Pay attention to those niggling doubts. They could be warning you not to make any major decisions until you’ve checked them out -- especially where money matters might be involved.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) A business venture might need more of your attention than you are able to provide. Consider asking a trusted friend or family member to help you work through this time crunch.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A more-positive aspect helps you get a clearer focus on how to handle your time so that you can deal with several responsibilities that are just now showing up on your schedule.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) A very close friend (you know who that is!) has advice that could help you work through a confusing situation. So put your pride aside and ask for it. You’ll be glad you did.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) A workplace situation could turn a bit tense. The best way to handle it is to confront it and deal with it openly. Doing so can help reveal the underlying reasons for the problem.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) A colleague’s remarks appear to be especially cutting. but don’t waste your time or your energy trying to deal with the situation. You have more important things to do.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Support for your work comes as a surprise from someone you thought was critical or, at least, indifferent. Your spouse or partner has big plans for the weekend.

BORN THIS WEEK: Your spiritual strength often acts as an inspiration to help others make decisions about their lives. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Crystal Schenck, the Designated Election Official for the District, at Collins, Cockrel & Cole, P.C., 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228-1551. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 28, 2014).

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Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, March 3, 2014 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for a mail-in ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Friday, May 2, 2014, except that, if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

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Commerce City, CO 80022 For construction of: NW Greenbelt Playground Construction Project Any or all claims relating to this contract must be filed with Frank Gryglewicz, Director of Finance & Administrative Services, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373 prior to Tuesday, February 25, 2014.

Frank Gryglewicz Director of Finance & Administrative Services City of Englewood, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 4665 First Publication: February 14, 2014 Last Publication: February 21, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO JANUARY 2014 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of JANUARY 2014 for each County affected.

14CW3009 East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District (“ECCV”) c/o Dave Kaunisto, 6201 South Gun Club Road, Aurora, Colorado, 80015, Telephone: (303) 693-3800. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. All correspondence and communications should be addressed to: William B. Tourtillott, Esq., Sheela S. Stack, Esq., RYLEY CARLOCK & APPLEWHITE, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3500, Denver, Colorado, 80203. 2. Description of Conditional Underground Water Rights. 2.1. Names and Locations of Structures. 2.1.1. District Alluvial Well CC-10, Well Permit No. 57781F, is located in the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 1125 feet South of the North line and 2305 feet West of the East line of said Section 19, in Arapahoe County. 2.1.2. District Alluvial Well CC-12, Well Permit No. 57779-F, is located in the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 725 feet South of the North line and 2020 feet West of the East line of said Section 19, in Arapahoe County. 2.1.3. District Alluvial Well CC15, Well Permit No. 57780-F, is located in the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 45 feet South of the North line and 2350 feet West of the East line of said Section 19, in Arapahoe County. A location map is attached as Exhibit A. Copies of the well permits are attached as Exhibit B. 2.2. Original and Subsequent Diligence Decrees. The original decree was entered by the Water Court, Water Division No. 1 on February 26, 1999, in Case No. 86CW380. A subsequent diligence decree was entered by the Water Court, Water Division No. 1 on January 8, 2008, in Case No. 05CW44, continuing as conditional, District Alluvial Well CC-10 in the amount of 1000 gpm, District Alluvial Well CC-12 in the amount of 1000 gpm, and District Alluvial Well CC-15 in the amount of 1000 gpm, with a total maximum flow rate of 3,000 gpm, or 6.68 cfs, and a total annual combined volumetric limit of 2,000 acre-feet. 2.3. Source.

Ground water tributary to Cherry Creek, which is tributary to the South Platte River.

2.4. Appropriation Date. November 13, 1986. 2.5. Amounts. Pumping from the

14CW3009 East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District (“ECCV”) c/o Dave Kaunisto, 6201 South Gun Club Road, Aurora, Colorado, 80015, Telephone: (303) 693-3800. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. All correspondence and communications should be addressed to: William B. Tourtillott, Esq., Sheela S. Stack, Esq., RYLEY CARLOCK & APPLEWHITE, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3500, Denver, Colorado, 80203. 2. Description of Conditional Underground Water Rights. 2.1. Names and Locations of Structures. 2.1.1. District Alluvial Well CC-10, Well Permit No. 57781F, is located in the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 1125 feet South of the North line and 2305 feet West of the East line of said Section 19, in Arapahoe County. 2.1.2. District Alluvial Well CC-12, Well Permit No. 57779-F, is located in the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 725 feet South of the North line and 2020 feet West of the East line of said Section 19, in Arapahoe County. 2.1.3. District Alluvial Well CC15, Well Permit No. 57780-F, is located in the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 45 feet South of the North line and 2350 feet West of the East line of said Section 19, in Arapahoe County. A location map is attached as Exhibit A. Copies of the well permits are attached as Exhibit B. 2.2. Original and Subsequent Diligence Decrees. The original decree was entered by the Water Court, Water Division No. 1 on February 26, 1999, in Case No. 86CW380. A subsequent diligence decree was entered by the Water Court, Water Division No. 1 on January 8, 2008, in Case No. 05CW44, continuing as conditional, District Alluvial Well CC-10 in the amount of 1000 gpm, District Alluvial Well CC-12 in the amount of 1000 gpm, and District Alluvial Well CC-15 in the amount of 1000 gpm, with a total maximum flow rate of 3,000 gpm, or 6.68 cfs, and a total annual combined volumetric limit of 2,000 acre-feet. 2.3. Source.

Ground water tributary to Cherry Creek, which is tributary to the South Platte River.

2.4. Appropriation Date. November 13, 1986. 2.5. Amounts. Pumping from the three wells is not to exceed a rate of flow of 6.68 cfs (3,000 gpm) and the total annual combined volumetric limit of the three wells shall not exceed 2,000 acre feet.

2.5.1. District Alluvial Well CC-10: 1000 gpm. 2.5.2. District Alluvial Well CC-12: 1000 gpm. 2.5.3. District Alluvial Well CC15: 1000 gpm. 2.6. Depth of Wells.

2.6.1. District Alluvial Well CC-10: Approximately 95 feet in-depth. 2.6.2. District Alluvial Well CC-12: Approximately 69 feet in-depth. 2.6.3. District Alluvial Well CC-15: Approximately 70 feet indepth. 2.7. Uses. All municipal uses, including domestic, mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, fire protection, use for sewage treatment, street cleaning, irrigation of lawns and grounds, recreation, fish culture, agricultural, maintenance and preservation of wildlife and aesthetic values, and for augmentation purposes. 3. Detailed Outline of Work Done For the Completion of the Conditional Appropriation and the Application of Water to a Beneficial Use. Following is a detailed outline of what has been done toward completion or for completion of the appropriation and application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures. The District’s alluvial wells described above are a part of ECCV’s unified municipal water supply system and, therefore, diligence on part of said system serves as reasonable diligence for the entire project. ECCV’s system is being constructed over a considerable period of time pursuant to a phased development program which is based upon the pace of growth within ECCV’s service area. ECCV’s service area currently encompasses approximately 8,725 acres located in unincorporated Arapahoe County and includes approximately 18,000 single family water tap units. The total development is expected to include 23,500 or more single family equivalent units. During the diligence period, ECCV conducted the following work specific to the subject water rights at a cost of $425,087.42. 3.1. ECCV repaired District Alluvial Well CC-10 in August 2009 through December 2009.

The repairs included installing a new pump, rebuilding the existing motor, furnishing a new check valve, installing new piping, and installing new pump equipment. 3.2. ECCV repaired District Alluvial Well CC-15 in November 2009. ECCV replaced the pump, overhauled the motor, replaced the column pipe, acid treated and test pumped the well. 3.3. ECCV repaired District Alluvial Well CC-12 in April 2012. ECCV replaced the pump, overhauled the motor, replaced the column pipe, acid treated and test pumped the well. 3.4. Case No. 00CW217. ECCV’s non?potable system provides an additional water supply that is derived from the reuse of ECCV potable deliveries via the capture of lawn irrigation return flows (LIRFs) from ECCV customers. These LIRFs return to the Piney Creek/Cherry Creek alluvium. The accounting for ECCV’s lawn irrigation return flows was decreed by Division 1 Water Court in Case No. 88CW054. During this diligence period, the decrees entered in Case Nos. 88CW054(A) and 88CW054(B), which adjudicated the lawn irrigation return flows to be used as augmentation and exchanges sources, were combined into one unified decree and were superseded by the decree entered in Case No. 00CW217 on March 23, 2009. 3.5. Reuse of Lawn Irrigation Return Flows. During this diligence period, ECCV continued to prosecute Case No.03CW200 and 12CW200, Water Division 1, under which return flows from lawn irrigation use of the water are quantified to facilitate future reuse of this water.

ECCV has performed studies of LIRFs throughout ECCV that included various analyses conducted to determine the amount, timing, and location of LIRFs within several drainage basins within ECCV’s service area, including Toll Gate Creek and Sand Creek. 3.6. Upper Cherry Creek Water Association. ECCV is a member of the Upper Cherry Creek Water Association (“UCCWA”), established by the Establishing Contract dated December 17, 2001. The District Alluvial Wells are included as exchange-to points in UCCWA’s exchange decreed in Case No. 01CW284. ECCV provided information on ECCV’s diligence activities in UCCWA’s application for finding of reasonable diligence to continue the right of exchange as conditional, which application was filed on December 31, 2013. 3.7. ECCV has actively protected the subject conditional water rights from potential injury by performing monthly reviews of the Water Division 1 water court resume to determine whether the filing of Statements of Opposition was necessary to protect its water rights in Water Division 1, including these conditional water rights. ECCV’s counsel has continued to participate in pending legal actions to protect these conditional water rights during this diligence period. 4. Claim to Make Absolute a Portion of the Conditional Water Rights. 4.1.

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family equivalent units. During the diligence period, ECCV conducted the following work specific to the subject water rights at a cost of $425,087.42. 3.1. ECCV repaired District Alluvial Well CC-10 in August 2009 through December 2009.

The repairs included installing a new pump, rebuilding the existing motor, furnishing a new check valve, installing new piping, and installing new pump equipment. 3.2. ECCV repaired District Alluvial Well CC-15 in November 2009. ECCV replaced the pump, overhauled the motor, replaced the column pipe, acid treated and test pumped the well. 3.3. ECCV repaired District Alluvial Well CC-12 in April 2012. ECCV replaced the pump, overhauled the motor, replaced the column pipe, acid treated and test pumped the well. 3.4. Case No. 00CW217. ECCV’s non?potable system provides an additional water supply that is derived from the reuse of ECCV potable deliveries via the capture of lawn irrigation return flows (LIRFs) from ECCV customers. These LIRFs return to the Piney Creek/Cherry Creek alluvium. The accounting for ECCV’s lawn irrigation return flows was decreed by Division 1 Water Court in Case No. 88CW054. During this diligence period, the decrees entered in Case Nos. 88CW054(A) and 88CW054(B), which adjudicated the lawn irrigation return flows to be used as augmentation and exchanges sources, were combined into one unified decree and were superseded by the decree entered in Case No. 00CW217 on March 23, 2009. 3.5. Reuse of Lawn Irrigation Return Flows. During this diligence period, ECCV continued to prosecute Case No.03CW200 and 12CW200, Water Division 1, under which return flows from lawn irrigation use of the water are quantified to facilitate future reuse of this water.

ECCV has performed studies of LIRFs throughout ECCV that included various analyses conducted to determine the amount, timing, and location of LIRFs within several drainage basins within ECCV’s service area, including Toll Gate Creek and Sand Creek. 3.6. Upper Cherry Creek Water Association. ECCV is a member of the Upper Cherry Creek Water Association (“UCCWA”), established by the Establishing Contract dated December 17, 2001. The District Alluvial Wells are included as exchange-to points in UCCWA’s exchange decreed in Case No. 01CW284. ECCV provided information on ECCV’s diligence activities in UCCWA’s application for finding of reasonable diligence to continue the right of exchange as conditional, which application was filed on December 31, 2013. 3.7. ECCV has actively protected the subject conditional water rights from potential injury by performing monthly reviews of the Water Division 1 water court resume to determine whether the filing of Statements of Opposition was necessary to protect its water rights in Water Division 1, including these conditional water rights. ECCV’s counsel has continued to participate in pending legal actions to protect these conditional water rights during this diligence period. 4. Claim to Make Absolute a Portion of the Conditional Water Rights. 4.1.

ECCV has diverted beneficially used water from the Cherry Creek Wells in the following amounts, which it hereby claims as ABSOLUTE: 4.1.1. District Alluvial Well CC-10: 553 gpm (1.23 cfs). 4.1.2. District Alluvial Well CC-12: 267 gpm (0.59 cfs). 4.1.3. District Alluvial Well CC-15: 614 gpm (1.37 cfs). The combined rates of diversion from the three District Alluvial Wells are 1,434 gpm, which equals 3.19 cfs. The water has been pumped from the District Alluvial Wells and used in ECCV’s non-potable water system for schools, open space, and homeowner’s associations located within ECCV’s service area.

4.2. The amount of water remaining as CONDITIONAL is 3.49 cfs as follows: 4.2.1. District Alluvial Well CC-10: 447 gpm; 4.2.2. District Alluvial Well CC-12: 733 gpm; and 4.2.3. District Alluvial Well CC-15: 386 gpm. 5. Name and address of owner of the land on which the structures are or will be located, upon which water is or will be stored, or upon which water is or will be placed to beneficial use.

ECCV will use the water on lands located within ECCV’s service area. The alluvial wells sites are located on lands to which ECCV owns or has easements. WHEREFORE Applicant East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation, respectfully requests that this Court enter a decree finding that Applicant has exercised reasonable diligence in the development of the conditional water rights decreed to the District Alluvial Well CC-10, CC-12, and CC-15, that 3.19 cfs out of 6.68 cfs of its conditional alluvial ground water rights have been made ABSOLUTE, and for such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper. (6 pages, 4 exhibit pages)

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THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of MARCH 2014 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 4666 First Publication: February 14, 2014 Last Publication: February 14, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Sheridan Sanitation District No. 2 of Arapahoe and Denver Counties, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 6TH day of May, 2014, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, 3 directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Eligible electors of the Sheridan Sanitation District No. 2 District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO): RON TRUJILLO C/O WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING CO. 6901 S. YOSEMITE ST., #104 ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 303-770-9409

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: MONDAY TO FRIDAY from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2014. The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance is close of business on Friday, February 28, 2014 (not less than 67 days before the election).

Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, March 3, 2014 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Cherry Hills Heights Water and Sanitation District of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a fouryear term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Crystal Schenck, the Designated Election Official for the District, at Collins, Cockrel & Cole, P.C., 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228-1551. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 28, 2014).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the election (Friday, May 2, 2014). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

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CHERRY HILLS HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schenck Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 4662 First Publication: February 14, 2014 Last Publication: February 14, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 6TH day of May, 2014, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms. Eligible electors of SOUTH ENGLEWOOD SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1 interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a SelfNomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO): Donald E. Marturano P.O. Box 2858, Centennial, CO 80161-2858 994 E. Costilla Ave., Centennial, CO 80161-2858 (303) 797-6200

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 P.M.

If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2014. The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance is close of business on Friday, February 28, 2014 (not less than 67 days before the election).

Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, March 3, 2014 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for a mail-in ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Friday, May 2, 2014, except that, if the applicant

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