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Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 93, Issue 42

Council majority supports pot ban Only two members urge following will of voters

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com

Pedro Salas-Arias, left, smiles as teacher Kathy Gonzales-West shows him one of the turkeys that will be given away later in the day at the Nov. 26 Bishop Elementary School Turkey Trot. During a school assembly, drawings were held to give away 50 turkeys and 64 bags, each of which contained all the ingredients for a typical Thanksgiving meal.

Photos by Tom Munds

Bishop does the Turkey Trot Students dance, run; school hands out meals

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Bishop Elementary School students and faculty celebrated the Turkey Trot Nov. 26 with fun and games before distribution of Thanksgiving meals or frozen turkeys to more than 100 families.

“This is an amazing day,” Linda Lewis, Bishop principal, said of the project. “We have some fun with the children, then we have an assembly where we draw names to distribute 64 boxes, each containing all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal as well as 50 frozen turkeys.”

Trot continues on Page 7

Students follow the instructions in the slide show called “Teach Me to Turkey” during Bishop Elementary School’s Nov. 26 Turkey Trot activities.

Despite the fact that Englewood residents recently voted against the city’s ban on recreational marijuana facilities, a majority of city council members agreed on Dec. 2 to keep the ban in place.

The ban began on April 15, when the council voted to ban any operations of the recreational marijuana industry, including retail stores and manufacturing facilities.

That action was in response to Colorado voters’ 2012 approval of Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana, with a majority of Englewood voters favoring the pro-pot amendment.

Englewood residents favored marijuana again in last month’s election, voting against the city’s ban 3,862 to 3,593 in an advisory ballot question.

The ballot question was non-binding, and a majority of council members didn’t feel bound by it during their Dec. 2 study session. While no official vote can be taken in a study session, the rules allow a “consensus poll,” which ran 4-2 against the recreational marijuana industry.

Councilmembers Rick Gillit, Bob McCaslin, Steve Yates and Jill Wilson agreed that the ban should stay in place. Mayor Randy Penn and Councilmember Joe Jefferson disagreed, in line with the wish expressed by Englewood voters. Mayor Pro Tem Linda Olson was absent.

Penn brought the issue to the table by Ban continues on Page 7

Englewood High School on the move Classrooms shifting to newly constructed campus wing

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Wheels creaked and squeaked Nov. 26 as staff members pushed carts of boxes to the new locations for Englewood High School classes.

“Professional movers brought most of the boxes yesterday,” said Brook Davis, Englewood High School assistant principal.

“But there still were boxes to move and the staff is getting it done.”

The shift moved Englewood High

School and Englewood Leadership Academy classrooms and facilities to the newly completed wing on the under-construction seventh- through 12th-grade campus. The move is temporary and the wing will become home to Englewood Middle School next year The move was necessary to clear the high school building for the demolition that will clear the site for construction of the new high school facilities.

Amanda Drifmeyer’s social studies classroom appeared almost ready for students.

“I think the move went well,” she said as Campus continues on Page 7

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Mark DeHaven puts the final touches on the key he is making for one of the new Englewood High School classrooms.

The high school and Englewood Leadership Academy moved to the newly constructed campus wing Nov. 25-27. The move was necessary so the remainder of the high school can be demolished to make way for construction of the new high school building and facilities. Photo by Tom Munds

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View of piano is black and white The 74-year-old Knabe grand piano sits silent in the room behind them. But the three women sipping tea at the small dining room table feel the music settle into them with the quiet joy only an old, beloved companion can bring.

Music.

“It’s like food,” Dee Netzel, 86, says. “I couldn’t imagine life without it.”

“It’s a passion,” says Donita Banks, 77, “a compulsion.”

The piano belongs to the third woman, the tiniest, just now able to sit at the bench after two months battling a back injury.

Rita Jo Tensly, 84, says simply: “I want to die at the piano.”

••• They call themselves “sisters” — Dee from a small Wisconsin town, Rita from New York City and Donita from Pueblo. All classical pianists, a love for music binds them tightly. But what brought them together originally was the Denver alumnae chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity for women they joined while in college.

Donita, the chapter’s archivist who chronicles the organization’s history in carefully constructed scrapbooks, spreads open an album on the table and points to a picture of smiling women, the SAI Singers.

“There’s Dee and there’s me. We had a bicentennial program.” 1976.

She turns to another page and another picture. 1995.

Rita: “There I am in the front row.”

Donita: “We were looking a little younger then.”

All three burst into laughter.

Another album contains photos of revered member Lela Putney, whose 104th birthday they celebrated in 2008. She left Denver several years ago to live near family and died at 108. Donita added the obituary and stories of her life to the scrapbook.

Donita, who joined in 1960 and is one of the longest-running members, is adamant the SAI alumnae chapter was a key ingredient to Lila’s longevity.

“What has kept us going,” she says, “has been music, friendship and service.”

The chapter has 44 members from their

mid-20s to Dee, the oldest active member.

About 25 attend monthly meetings from September to June in homes and churches throughout the metro area, wherever a good piano can be found.

“I think one of the neat things about our group now is we are online,” Dee says, “and as careers bring people to our area, they look us up online and they find us.”

The website also brings younger women to the graying chapter.

Dee: “I love being with young people.”

“It keeps me young,” Rita says.

Dee: “We really aren’t categorized by age. … Music is just music.”

“They like us for what we are,” Rita says.

“Musicians.”

••• Donita, an only child, began playing at 7 when her parents brought home an old, Baldwin Acrosonic upright piano, signed by pianist Amparo Iturbi, sister of the famed pianist José Iturbi of Spain.

“Really?” Rita asks.

“Mmmhmmm,” Donita says, smiling, remembering. “I loved piano from the beginning.”

In junior high school, she began accompanying the singers at church. In high school, she played for a singer who performed for service organizations and then was hired to accompany dancers at the Pueblo Conservatory of Music. She attended the University of Colorado on scholarship where a professor introduced her to contemporary music.

Her son, her first child, was just seven weeks old when she accepted a job as youth choir director at a Lakewood church, the start to a career as a freelance musician who combined one-woman shows with

choir directing.

“It came to be a way of life,” Donita says. And when she battled breast cancer two years ago, she couldn’t wait to play again. “I had to get back to my music. Yes, I had to get back to my regular life.”

Rita was 10 when her parents surprised her with the same piano in her sitting room for her birthday. “I took to it like a duck takes to water,” she says.

She attended Juilliard and graduated from the University of Miami in Florida, then moved to Denver in 1953 and taught elementary school music for 28 years.

She loves the classical composers. “I just love the way they put the music together. I think about the music, what they were thinking about, why they composed this music.”

Her favorites are Debussy and Mozart.

She looks at her hands. “My hands are very small.” She fans out her fingers. “So Mozart fits my hands.”

Her eyesight is failing. And that is her biggest fear.

“I dread the time if I never have any more sight to see the music because I don’t want to stop playing,” she says. “I feel better when I play this beautiful music.”

Dee grew up in a poor, rural Wisconsin home. But her mother had inherited a piano. And to keep a mischievous Dee out of trouble, she started her with piano lessons.

“I loved the teacher; I loved the music,” Dee says. “Nobody had to make me practice and I never stopped.” She would attend the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on scholarship.

Later a staff accompanist at Metropolitan State University for 27 years, Dee began as an elementary and high school music teacher for nine one-room schools in rural Wisconsin that she had to get to in two days.

“I’d roar up in my car and teach, then roar up to the next one,” she says. “I would spin around on the roads, I would knock over the mailboxes — I was in such a hurry.”

Dee laughs. “I was young.”

Rita smiles, taking a sip of tea. “We were

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Dee still practices every day, one of the reasons, she believes, that she doesn’t have any pain in her arthritic hands. Twelve years ago, macular degeneration clouded the sight in her left eye. In August, doctors found the beginning of the disease in her right eye.

“I’m surviving,” Dee says and tells Donita and Rita about the musical program she played recently with a friend. “I played practically note-perfect. I’m going to keep going until I can’t see anything.”

••• The stories around the table this day compose a concerto of family remembered and talent ignited, of challenges faced and overcome, of the importance of sharing a singular passion with the world. They also, perhaps mostly, recount a friendship born, nurtured and sealed by the implicit understanding of a love and need for music and the deep happiness it brings.

The piano waits across the room. A brass light that cost $100 arches over the music books of Debussy and Chopin resting against the piano rack. Rita’s $400 piano glasses lie on top.

Rita: “It was worth it to me, to see the music … so I can play.”

And play they will.

Of that, there is no doubt.

As long as they can, Donita says.

Till, Dee concludes, the end.

A benefit concert to raise money for “Mending Faces,” which sends doctors to the Philippines to operate on children with cleft palates, will be held Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. The concert is presented by the Denver Alumnae Chapter and Sigma Upsilon Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity. Tickets are $25, $10 for students. Contact Rita Jo Tensly at 303-7486889 or rjtensly@comcast.net.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303-5664110.

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December 6, 2013

Bridge repair funds sought Englewood requests money to rebuild Dartmouth deck

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcolorado news.com Englewood is seeking about $894,000 in federal funds to help cover the cost of rebuilding the deck of the bridge on Dartmouth that spans the South Platte River.

“We responded to a notice that the Colorado Municipal League was accepting applications for grants for bridge rehabilitation or replacement projects,” Rick Kahm, public works director, told the city council at the Nov. 25 study session.

“We applied for funds to rebuild the deck of the Dartmouth Avenue bridge that was built in 1965. The bridge is structurally sound but the deck requires constant repairs and needs to be completely rebuilt.”

The CML notice announced there was about $12 million in federal funds available for bridge rehabilitation or replacement.

The money will be available between 2014 and 2017 with the majority of the funds coming in 2016 and 2017.

The estimated cost of rebuilding the deck is $1,117,550. The city request-

ed $894,000 in grant funding that requires at least a 20 percent local match. The public works proposal is to use $150,000 from the public improvement fund’s bridge repair account and $73,550 from the PIF road and bridge account.

Dave Henderson, deputy public works director, told the council the state classified the Dartmouth bridge as functionally obsolete.

He said the designation is assigned because of bridge problems that include sidewalks that do not meet current standards, loading issues and out-of-date bridge approaches.

“The deck is a problem.

There are cracks and other problems that require us to be out there constantly out there doing patching and repairs,” Henderson said. “The grant would make it possible to rebuild the deck.”

CML indicated the city will receive information on whether or not the grant application was approved by late December.

However, if the grant isn’t approved, Henderson said public works has developed a pilot program for repairs.

“We have about $100,000 a year to repair the deck,” he said. “Our pilot program would rebuild a small area at a time until the entire deck is rebuilt.”

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Englewood offers good time and Santa Families get breakfast, kids can visit St. Nick

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Along with putting up the tree and hanging the holly, it’s time to have breakfast with Santa when the annual Englewood event is held Dec. 14 at the Malley Senior Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St. Breakfast with Santa is very popular and, in order to prevent long lines, there will be two seatings, one at 8:30 a.m. and one at 9:30 a.m.

The cost for an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast is $5.50 for adults and $4.50 for children 10 and under.

Children under 2 are free.

The child’s ticket includes breakfast, a photo of the visit with Santa and a gift bag. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Malley Center and the Englewood Recreation Center, or can be bought the day of the event. For information about the event or tickets, call 303-762-2660.

Once the family finishes breakfast, it is a short trip down the hall to the gymnasium where Santa and his helpers are waiting for the youngsters.

Parents line up with their children so Santa can greet each child individually, but sometimes the family will have two or three children meet Santa at the same time.

Volunteers take a picture each time Santa meets with a child or children. The photo is given to the parents, plus each child receives a gift bag going down the steps after meeting Santa.

Since there are a lot of children who want to visit Santa, families are asked to take a number and be seated until they are in the group of numbers called to the line waiting to see Santa.

Holiday lights get OK for Broadway BID funds will pay for downtown installation

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Englewood City Council approved the resolution Dec. 2 to use up to $10,000 in funds from the dissolved Business Improvement District to install holiday lights along a portion of South Broadway.

The vote on the proposal was 6-0, with Councilmember Linda Olson absent.

Council members asked if arrangements had been made for the project and Dave Lee, open space manager, told them he had contacted representatives of Swingle Lawn, Tree and Landscaping Care and the company agreed to install the decorations.

“Once the resolution is approved, the company will begin installing the decorations tomorrow and plan to complete the project by Friday,” Lee said. “They will leave the lights up until Jan. 16.”

The decision came as a result of requests from business owners on Broadway to put up holiday lights in downtown Englewood.

The issue was discussed at the Nov. 26 council study session, and the council consensus was to ask repre-

sentatives of the parks and recreation department to find what it would cost to have a company do the lighting project quickly.

Council members took up the issue to officially approve funding for the project at the Dec. 2 meeting.

“I walked the downtown business district and talked to many of the business owners,” Mayor Randy Penn said. “I know this isn’t a scientific poll, but more of the merchants wanted lights put up than didn’t want lights put up.”

When owners of a majority of property in the district successfully petitioned to have the BID abolished, about $139,000 in BID funds were turned over to the city until the council decided what should be done with the money. No decision has made on the remaining BID funds, but a study session on the issue is scheduled Jan. 6.

“I am going to support this resolution to use BID money for the lighting,” Councilmember Joe Jefferson said. “I am doing so because I believe a portion of the BID money is to come back to the city, so I think some of that city money should help pay for the lighting project.”

Councilmember Steve Yates agreed.

“The BID paid each year to have holiday lights installed along Broadway, so this is in keeping with that

policy,” he said. “However, I also feel the council needs to determine what should be done with the BID funds.”

Earlier in the meeting, Broadway business owner Dave Black spoke to the council during public comment period.

“I own the Paradox Lounge and I was one of those who spearheaded the successful effort to dissolve the BID,” he told the council. “The property owners in the former district want to know if our tax dollars are going to be refunded to us.”

He said he opposed using BID funds to put up holiday lights along Broadway.

“I think most people are willing to put lights on the trees in front of their businesses,” he said. “There is a tree in front of my place and an outlet right there. I am willing to decorate that tree.”

Just before the council approved using BID money for holiday decorations on Broadway, Mayor Penn said he would urge business owners to work together and plan to put up decorations next year.

“I like Dave Black’s idea of the businesses each putting up decorations,” he said. “As an avid decorator, I urge the businesses thinking about decorating next year to take advantage of the savings and buy the lights and decorations after Christmas when prices are cut as much as 80 percent.”

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City finances continue upswing

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Frank Gryglewicz, Englewood finance director, provided a favorable monthly finance report to the city council at the Nov. 25 study session.

“Total year-to-date revenues are more than $500,000 higher than the amount collected at this time last year,” Gryglewicz said. “Also, so far this year, our revenues exceed spending by about $1,669,000. That compares to revenues exceeding spending by about $800,000 at this point in 2012.”

The report focuses on primarily on the general fund, the money used to pay the cost of day-to-day city operations. However, the detailed report contains information about all city funds.

Gryglewicz said that while he expects revenues to exceed spending through the rest of the year, the difference between revenues and spending could decline due to the traditional end-of-the-year expenses.

Gryglewicz also pointed out that, in this report, the undesignated reserves are about $5.3 million or 13.4 percent of estimated revenues.

Mayor Randy Penn said the report

shows sales and use taxes continue to rise from last year. “That is important because sales and use taxes are the most important source of revenue for the city,” he said.

Gryglewicz agreed. and the report stated that sales and use tax are 78.2 percent of all taxes and 56.4 percent of the total revenues. The details included the fact that sales and use taxes collected were $22,617,767 in 2008. The total sales and use tax collections have fallen below that level every year since. For example, the city collected $22,363,618 in 2012 or 1.1 percent less than in 2008. Gryglewicz said, because of the trend of increasing revenues, the year-end estimate for collection of sales and use tax has been increased to $22,536,277.

The finance director said another area of strong revenue collections is license and permit fees. The finance report to the council showed that license and permit fee collections are $465,467 more than at the same time last year.

“The increase in license and permit fee is primarily the result of more residents doing renovation projects as well as the major development projects underway in the city,” he said.

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By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com In keeping with the season, the new art show at Cuttn’ it Loose Salon features paintings and drawings about toys as well as some handmade toys.

The new show, titled “Babes in Toyland,” opened with an artist reception Nov. 21 in the salon located at 901 Englewood Parkway, at the northwest corner of the parkway and South Inca Street. Plans call for the works of art to remain on display until early January.

The works, like the subject, vary in scope and media. There are paintings done with watercolors, acrylics and even a few done in pencil like the drawings of swings by new artist Kelli Jimerson.

“I have always had a creative side and decided to do something with it after the kids were raised,” Jimerson said. “I did some ceramics, then I started drawing.

I decided to use charcoal and pencils. I didn’t take lessons. I taught myself and I learned techniques like shading by trial and error.”

Her artworks on display at the show are several pencil drawings of swings.

“When I draw, I try to catch the special moment like these swings waiting for someone to come and swing in them,” the artist said.

“I loved swings when I was little, so I decided to draw swings. I drew them and, if I could change anything, I probably would put in backgrounds.”

She said she plans to continue to draw, and her quest is to live in a place where there is a tree where she can put up a swing so she can swing on it anytime the spirit moves her to do it.

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Mental illness puts burden on ERs, jails Trouble caused by funding cuts has rippled outward

By Kristin Jones I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS

They’re victims of car accidents, they’ve been shot, or they threatened their parents. They have overdosed on cocaine, swallowed too many pills or passed out drunk. On an average Friday or Saturday night, they can make up about half of the sick, injured and wounded crowding the rooms and hallways of the emergency department at Denver Health.

And there’s one trait these patients have in common, says Dr. Chris Colwell, director of the department.

Had they received needed prior treatment, they might not be there at all.

These ER visitors, for all their outward signs of trauma, suffer foremost from mental illness.

“The emergency room could have been avoided if they had gotten psychiatric care anywhere else,” he says.

Colwell believes uncontrolled behavioral health problems were also at the root of two events that he experienced up close: The mass murders at Columbine High School in 1999 and in Aurora in 2012. He was a physician on the scene at Columbine and also treated patients from

the Aurora shooting.

“For every one of those that were a big high-profile event that everybody knows about,” says Colwell, “there’s a hundred that were either near misses … or resulted in violence, just not to the same extent.”

As inpatient psychiatric beds have disappeared across the state, he’s watched the problem get worse.

“I don’t think people understand the crisis that we’re in,” he says.

An initiative put forward

by Gov. John Hickenlooper in December 2012 — five months after the Aurora theater shootings — and signed into law earlier this year is intended to improve mental health services in the state by putting nearly $20 million into walk-in crisis centers and a statewide hotline. Additional state funding will also be put into modernizing treatment at the two public mental health institutes, Fort Logan in Denver and Pueblo, boosting inpatient capacity and other services, resulting in an overall 13.5 percent increase for behavioral health care in fiscal year 2013-2014.

The money is needed, say state officials, healthcare providers and advocates for the mentally ill, to ease pressure on emergency rooms and jails.

Patrick Fox, an official for the Colorado Department of Human Services who oversees the two state institutes, says that a study

of emergency room intakes has indicated that patients often stabilize within 48 hours, and that long-term mental health beds aren’t necessarily what’s needed most.

“We view the introduction of an expanded crisis stabilization service across the state as being a very important first step to address the most pressing behavioral health needs of Coloradans,” Fox says.

But many of the doctors and professionals working on the front lines of the crisis say the money isn’t enough to fill a yawning gap in services to prevent and treat mental illness.

Per-capita funding declined

A look back across three decades shows that publicsector funding for mental health services in Colorado hasn’t kept up with demand.

Per-capita spending on mental health services in the state, when adjusted by the medical rate of inflation, dropped 28 percent from 1981 to 1990, according to data collected by the National State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute Inc., or NRI. Federal budget cuts and an economic crisis in Colorado during the 1980s conspired to suck funding from state psychiatric hospitals and community mental health centers. And cuts made in that decade were never recovered. In 2010, the state spent the equivalent of 20 percent less per person on mental health services than it did in 1981, according to NRI data.

The persistent funding shortfall long ago made jails and prisons the primary residential treatment centers for the mentally ill in Colorado, clogged emergency rooms, boosted medical expenses across

An ambulance arrives on Nov. 11 at Denver Health’s emergency department, where the director say the unit is seeing an unprecedented number of people landing in the emergency room with underlying mental illnesses. Photo by Joe Mahoney/I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS the board, and expanded the ranks of the homeless on the streets of Denver and other cities.

Eric Brown, a spokesman for the governor’s office, said that the new plan will help keep people from falling through the cracks.

“There’s no way to make up all of the funding deficiencies and implement new programs in a short period,” Brown said, adding that it will take time and commitment.

Reagan played role

Two national policy shifts and an oil shale bust were behind the drop in funding in the 1980s.

President Ronald Reagan took office at the start of the decade on a pledge to limit government spending. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ranked among his first triumphs, cutting costs in part by transforming funding for mental health services into block grants to the states.

In Colorado, those grants didn’t keep up with rising costs.

Less than a year after this national legislation was passed, on May 2, 1982, Exxon pulled out of its oil shale operations in the Western Slope. Known as Black Sunday, the move foretold a massive bust in Colorado’s energy sector, triggering a recession and a decline in state tax revenue. Mental health services weren’t alone in suffering cutbacks — but the effects were stark.

The state budget crisis took hold just as a broader philosophical shift was transforming the way mental health services were provided across the country.

Legislation signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 had called for the funding of community mental health centers, and initiated a broader discussion about the role of large institutions in the treatment of those with mental illness.

Youlon Savage led the movement toward deinstitutionalization in Colorado, and was executive director of the first community mental health center in

the state to be funded under Kennedy’s initiative.

He says the movement into community-based care was intended to help reduce stigma and promote integration.

“Mental illness was no longer manifested by sending people away from home into large institutions,” says Savage.

Even the Fort Logan mental health hospital in Denver was conceived as a community center when it opened in the 1960s. Staff didn’t wear uniforms, they worked closely in collaboration with patients who lived in a largely open and unlocked campus, and they made home visits to keep people out of the hospital.

But broad slashes to the two state psychiatric hospitals in the 1970s deeply impacted both Fort Logan and Pueblo. By 1980, there were 1,103 public psychiatric beds in Colorado, down from 1,609 a decade earlier.

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School sells surplus items Furniture, uniforms, equipment go cheap

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Jon Prescott loaded the bed of his pickup truck with the table bookcase and four chairs he bought at the Englewood High School rummage sale on Nov. 27.

“I just moved, I finally have room for

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But the effort doesn’t end there. Lewis said on Nov. 27, staff members will deliver ready-to-heat-and-eat meals for 20 families who don’t have the facilities to cook a Thanksgiving meal.

Bishop students took turns taking part in Turkey Trot activities on Nov. 26. Stu-

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she packed books. “We packed the boxes, marked them and all the social studies boxes made it here to the room. Now, I am excited as I continue getting things ready for class on Dec. 2.”

Things were a little more

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dents assembled in the music room to take part in learning a new dance following instructions from the slide show called “Teach me to Turkey.”

The next stop was the gymnasium where, equipped with a broom and a plastic pumpkin, they took part in the “Curl with a Pumpkin” activities.

Then it was outside to the playground where they took part in the “Toss the Turkey” as they ran and tossed rubber turkeys.

Lewis said the staff has been doing a Turkey Trot-style event for several years.

“This year is different and this year is awesome because we are able to reach so many more families, because the community has come along side of us to support this project,” the Bishop principal said.

Many staff members and parents donated turkeys, plus Albertson’s Supermarket at University and Dry Creek donated meals, and the project received support from two Englewood congregations at Phoenix Fellowship Church and Mosiac Church as well as the congregation of Journey Church in Centennial.

difficult in the science classrooms.

“It takes a lot to move the science department,” Trista Fussner said as she continued unpacking test tubes. “We have to move all the scientific instruments like microscopes, all the skeletons, human organ displays and skulls as well as all the beakers and test tubes. But we have help from students who are willing to work for bribes so we are

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Despite detailed planning, there were little glitches. For example, there is no clock in the main office and the original restroom signs indicated “girl’s” and “boy’s” restrooms, complete with unnecessary apostrophes.

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After a lengthy discussion of the issue, Penn called for a consensus poll.

Gillit, McCaslin, Yates and Wilson stated they wanted the ban to remain in place, at least for now. Penn and Jefferson wanted to see it lifted.

During the discussion, Gillit and McCaslin said the ban should remain in place, and Wilson said she is not comfortable moving to change the existing policy.

Yates said he believes Englewood should take time to see how the recreational marijuana industry plays out.

“I have talked to people in the recreational marijuana industry and they are not sure if the market will be sustainable,” he said. “Right now, no one knows what it will take to manage this industry. I feel it wouldn’t be a good thing for Englewood to move too quickly.”

Jefferson didn’t agree.

“The margin is small but the majority of voters said they no longer want Englewood to ban the recreational marijuana industry,” he said. “I feel the intent of the people is clear and I feel the council should take up the issue of removing the ban.”

He added that the city has zoning and distance regulations in place that worked to limit the number of medical marijuana outlets in the city, and the same regulations could be used to limit recreational marijuana facilities.

Penn stated that his heart says to keep the ban in place, but since the majority of residents want it removed, he supports their view.

“I feel Englewood did a great job establishing regulations to regulate the medical marijuana industry,” he said. “I support the vote of the people and, if we go that way, I suggest we establish similar zoning and distancing rules to govern the recreational marijuana industry.”

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The high school held the rummage sale to offer a wide variety of surplus items at bargain prices.

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December 6, 2013

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Join forces to fight epidemic of distrust Survey results about trust always turn our heads.

As the saying goes we build credibility by the teaspoon and lose it by the bucket when we make a mistake in our line of work.

A recent Gallup survey indicated people have confidence in newspapers with 9 percent at a “great deal” and 14 percent at “quite a lot.” It represented a slip from two years earlier when the numbers were 12 percent and 16 percent respectively.

This year our lot was nestled below TV news but above big business in the bottom half of the summarized list. HMOs took the bottom spot, and the military took the top spot with 43 percent at “great deal” and 33 percent “quite a lot.” By the way, nice work by small business taking second place.

And another recent survey, the annual governance survey Gallup poll, pointed out that confidence in government’s

our view ability to handle international problems tallied a low with 49 percent expressing a great deal or a fair amount of confidence, reportedly 2 percentage points down from the previous mark of 51 percent in 2007.

But just this past week, we found sad numbers from another recent survey – The Associated Press-GfK Poll, conducted

by GfK Public Affairs & Corporate Communications – that points to an erosion of trust person to person. In broad strokes, the survey mirrors reported trends that the percentage of people who believe most people can be trusted is in decline.

The survey results asked respondents to share how much they trust “people who they may not know very well” in various

letter to the editor Questions for Congress

Congressman Mike Coffman, I have so many questions. Not just for you, but all so-called representatives. As you are the duly sworn representative of this district, would you mind answering a few questions?

Why should we, as a representative of the people, vote for you or any other politician? Why should we vote for representation at all? I only ask this question as it seems that most congressional representatives fail to represent the people that elect them into office. It is not just limited to partisan politics, but the entire system of the U.S. government lately.

Why do we currently have a star chamber and what is its purpose that is the FISA court? Why the secrecy and lack of accountability? Does the sitting government fear its people? What can you do about the rising concerns of an increasingly paramilitary citizen police force? What is the purpose of using a

SWAT team to serve warrants for nonviolent offenders? Is it control of the populace? It should be known that there are more U.S. citizens killed by police than from foreign or domestic terrorism.

I never agreed with the implementation of the Patriot Act. The name itself sounds so patriotic, but it is nothing of the sort and is very antithetical to the entire U.S. ideology.

Why do corporate interests seem more important than citizen interests to all politicians? Does the common citizen that does donate to a campaign have any voice anymore?

Sorry for all the questions. I just don’t feel represented by anyone anymore except Google, Microsoft, Apple, Comcast and all of the rest of the megalopolies.

Hoping for change that I will most likely never see, Steven Stormo Centennial

Thanksgiving leftovers are calorie-free treat Don’t you just love Thanksgiving leftovers? It could be the full meal just reheated and enjoyed as if it were Thanksgiving all over again. It could also be turkey soup, turkey salad, or turkey sandwiches, I love them all equally. And wouldn’t you agree that mashed potatoes and gravy just seem to taste even better on the second day?

As much as I enjoy tasty reminders of the holiday, my favorite leftovers are the feelings of gratitude and appreciation for those very special people in my life and the blessings I have received.

It sure does feel good when we can love on our friends and family members on Thanksgiving and shower them with the appreciation they deserve for standing by us, supporting us and loving back.

And I especially love the feeling when I can tell them again on Friday, Saturday and Sunday just how much they mean to me. Talk about amazing leftovers, it just doesn’t get any better than that.

Another benefit of gratitude leftovers is this, they are all calorie-free. We can partake in these tasty leftovers for days, weeks, months and years and never gain an ounce or an inch. As a matter of fact, with all of the energy we would use and excitement we would generate by actively pursuing things to be grateful for and people to appreciate, we may just lose a few ounces and inches.

As good as the turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce tastes, after too many days in the refrigerator they will all eventually need to be consumed or thrown away. That doesn’t happen with gratitude leftovers, as they can last for as long as we are willing to recognize just how meaningful and important they are to our own happiness and the health of

our relationships.

Most of us are fed and fed well at Thanksgiving, we are nourished with tables and plates full of delicious food prepared by those closest to us that we have chosen to share the Thanksgiving holiday with. Sooner or later the initial meal and surplus goodies will be gone.

But when we feed our attitude and spirit with the meals of gratitude and appreciation, we can live off of that nourishment for a very long time. That is why we need to remember that the leftovers don’t stop when Thanksgiving Thursday is just a few days gone in the rearview mirror, the star of the Thanksgiving Thursday meal is not the turkey, but rather the remembrance and acknowledgment of all that we have and for all of those we hold closest to us.

I truly hope that you had a warm, wonderful, and happy Thanksgiving, and I hope that you will enjoy the calorie-free leftovers for a very, very long time. I would love to hear all about your leftovers at gotonorton@gmail.com and thank you all for making this a better than good week.

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

situations. The highest level of trust came for “people who have access to your medical records when you visit a doctor or hospital people,” with 50 percent choosing “a great deal/quite a bit.” Even in this top category, 29 percent said “just somewhat,” and 17 percent said “not much or not at all” in the same category.

The highest level of distrust was in the category of “people driving the cars around you when you’re driving, walking or biking,” with 39 percent at “not much” or “not at all,” which makes sense given the random interactions on the streets.

The three lowest levels of trust came in situations that are generally more random, such as interactions with people who swipe credit cards, people driving cars around you, and people met while traveling.

The three highest levels of trust generally involved where the relationship may be less random and in some cases

involve an ongoing relationship, such as with people who have access to medical records, people who prepare food, and people meet while traveling or away from home.

Seems like the more people are connected by the conveniences of modern life, the more disconnected they are in other ways, such as building trust. We notice that trust is stronger in smaller circles where people have repeated interactions with the people who make up their lives.

While we do our best to increase trust and confidence from our offices, we see an effort that needs to take place neighbor by neighbor, group by group.

It’s not too early for a New Year’s resolution. Be a joiner, join a local organization, learn how it works and get to know the people involved. And if you are already involved, look for another opportunity.

Survey says – stronger connections bring more trust.

A breakfast toast to good companions Have you had a circumstantial breakfast lately? That’s what I call a breakfast that impresses you, and not just because of the food. You remember it because of whom you are with, or where you are, or the timing.

On your honeymoon, eggs have never tasted better. Or worse.

You just came back from a funeral, and you can’t even taste your food.

Your best friend is sitting across the table from you. He just flew in from northern California.

I just fixed breakfast, and I won’t remember what I ate an hour from now, especially if I do the dishes. There were no circumstances. Now, if I get food poisoning, that will change everything.

I thought about my best circumstantial breakfast and my worst, and I came up with both of them right away. The best was almost too easy. It was on a Sunday at the Brown Palace.

I have never seen so much food. It was either all right or all wrong. That’s the way I feel when I watch “Man v. Food.” Adam Richman attempts to eat more food in 30 minutes than most of us eat in a week.

And more than some homeless people eat in a month.

Richman is from Brooklyn, and he went to the same high school that Woody Allen went to, and my talented friend Susan went to: Midwood. He has a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama, so he’s not just an everyday glutton.

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He retired from competitive eating in 2012, and has lost 60 pounds.

I don’t like the word “brunch.” I don’t like the word “portmanteau” either, but that’s what the word “brunch” is, just like “smog.” Brunch is a combination of “breakfast” and “lunch.” Smog is a portmanteau of “smoke” and “fog.”

I am going to call what we had that morning at the Brown Palace breakfast, even though it was brunch. I am not interested in All You Can Eat, but the circumstances were favorable for the choice.

My best friend was in town from northern California, and sitting next to him was my sister, who was in town from suburban Detroit. I would have been happy with a sponge on my plate. Instead I had prime rib and asparagus tips, and about ten other things. I may have had turkey and dressing. There could have been salmon on my plate at one time.

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Pharmaceutical bill shows bipartisanship Located on every gallon of milk at any grocery store in the state of Colorado is a bar code that contains the history of that particular gallon — what dairy farm it originated from, where it was pasteurized, and when it expires, among other things.

If there is a contaminated batch or an outbreak of disease, officials can trace where this milk came from and quickly respond.

If you were to wander over a few more aisles at that same grocery store, to the pharmacy, you may be surprised to learn that no similar system of protection is in place. In fact, pharmacists cannot determine with any certainty where a prescription drug has been and whether it has been secured or safely stored on its way to the pharmacy.

Making matters worse, there is no uniform oversight of this supply chain, where prescription drugs pass through many different hands (manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, and re-packagers). All that exists is a patchwork of state regulations that vary enormously from state to state.

Compare that to airport security. If every major U.S. airport had different security processes, with some easier to circumvent than others, imagine which one a terrorist would prefer.

This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. In 2009, nearly 130,000 vials of insulin where stolen, left unrefrigerated, and later found across the country in a national pharmacy chain after patients began reporting poor control of their insulin levels. Less than 2 percent of the insulin was ever recovered. And just a year ago, contaminated compounded drugs from a

center in New England caused a meningitis outbreak, which killed 64 people.

All that’s about to change.

A few weeks ago, the most comprehensive drug safety bill in a quarter-century became law. The Drug Quality and Security Act would track prescription drugs from the time they are manufactured to the moment they are delivered to the drugstore. Like UPS or FedEx, but for prescription drugs instead of packages. And it won’t add a penny to our deficit.

These supply chain security provisions are the culmination of more than two years of bipartisan work we did with Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, in conjunction with a wide range of business and consumer groups. In a dysfunctional Congress that has deservedly earned its reputation for unprecedented levels of partisan gridlock, this bill passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously. It is a shining example of what can be achieved when we put our political differences aside and

work to tackle tough problems.

Our common-sense proposal will help reduce the burden of a cumbersome, patchwork regulatory system, driving costs down, while also protecting families from counterfeit or tainted drugs. Now we’ll know who has handled the medicine we take and give to our kids and where and when they handled it.

If Colorado fruit growers can track a peach from the tree to the store, consumers should reasonably expect the same level of scrutiny for their prescription drugs. Pharmacists in Colorado fill more than 60 million prescriptions every single year, and for many of us, the medications we take can mean the difference between life and death. Families purchasing these drugs deserve to know they are safe. Now, with the bipartisan and pragmatic Drug Quality and Security Act, they can have that peace of mind.

Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.

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PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN,

Littleton-Englewood Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change.

Meetings usually are Mondays each month, September through May, at Koelbel Library, Orchard Road and Holly Street, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative program on subjects ranging from public policy issues to poetry. Call Linda Shell at 303-796-7702.

DENVER INVESTOR CLUB meets the first Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at the IHOP on Clinton Street in Englewood. Call Gail Segreto at 303-810-9015 or e-mail gailsegreto@starband.net. This is a nonprofit educational club.

ENGLEWOOD CHAPTER OF THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Jaycees) needs men and women between

the ages of 21 and 40 to help re-establish the chapter. Jaycees work to help chapter members grow professionally and to help serve the community through hands-on projects. To become involved, call 303-914-0180 or visit www.coloradojaycees.org.

LETIP INTERNATIONAL, local chapter, is a professional

referral organization that meets at Maggiano’s at the Denver Tech Center, 7401 S. Clinton St., in Englewood. A Highlands Ranch chapter meets at LePeep’s, 7156 E. County Line Road.

Call 303-789-7898 or visit www.letip.com.

NARFE (National Active and Retired Federal Employees), Chapter 1089 was merged into Chapter 81. The membership meetings are from noon to 1:30 p.m. the third Friday of every month, with an optional lunch at 11 a.m., at the American Legion Post 1, at the Southeast corner of I-25 and Yale Ave (5400 E Yale). All current and retired federal employees are invited to attend. For information call, Hank at 303-779-4268 or Darlene at 303-771-2024.

RECREATION CHERRY CREEK ANGLERS meets at 7 p.m. every second Thursday in the Lodge Meeting Room at Gander Mountain Sports, 14000 E. Jewell Ave. Call Dennis at 303-841-3612.

KILOWATT EIGHTS is for people interested in square dancing. Dances are the first, third and fifth Friday each month at Malley Senior Center in Englewood. Call Ron at 303-759-4862.

MOUNTAINEERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month at the Valley View

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goofed up my student deferment, and I was notified by mail that a pre-induction physical was required. UCLA assured me that the deferment would be processed — after the physical.

If you know Los Angeles you know MacArthur Park. You may know MacArthur Park if you don’t known Los Angeles, because of the Jimmy Webb song. It’s an awful song.

The physical was performed a block away. Things were done to me that I would rather not discuss, and after it was over, they handed me a coupon for a free breakfast.

Why didn’t I just get in my Volkswagen and go back to West Los Angeles?

Church of God, 4390 S. Lowell Blvd., Englewood, to square dance. Dances start at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and watch. This is a healthy activity for all. Call 303-798-4472.

POETRY NIGHT honors the great Edgar Allan Poe by reading poetry at The Attic Bookstore, 200 W. Hampden Ave., near Hampden and Bannock in Englewood. Take originals or an old favorite to read to others. Readings will be limited to five minutes. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m.

All styles of poetry are welcome. Call 303-777-5352.

SERVICES HOMECOMING INC. offers caregivers of low-income seniors who are frail, disabled or unable to live alone without care in Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Denver counties respite care. Assistance includes personal care and homemaking. Call Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson or Trini Martinez at 303-526-2318 for an application and information.

SOCIAL ARAPAHOE SERTOMA CLUB meets on Thursdays at the Englewood Elks Club, 3690 S. Jason, Englewood. Contact Ken Kelley at 303-789-9393 or kenkelley@allstate.com.

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Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. every second Saturday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Englewood. Call Michelle Brown at 303-979-7550.

DAUGHTERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the U.S. who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available.

SERTOMA CLUB OF DTC meets on Thursdays at Mangia Bevi Restaurant, Englewood. Contact David Oppenheim at 303-850-7888 or captdso@aol.com.

EMBROIDERERS GUILD OF AMERICA COLORADO CHAPTER meets at Bethany Lutheran Church at Hampden

Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Englewood the fourth Tuesday each month from 9:30 a.m. to noon, excluding December and July. Meetings include needlework projects, needle art education, lectures and workshops of all levels. Guests are invited. Call Marnie Ritter at 303-791-9334.

Because there was nothing in the refrigerator, and how bad can any breakfast be? I don’t know how to cook, but I can make a decent breakfast.

I don’t remember the name of the place. It could have been Puddled Eggs, or Suspicious Hash, or Mush of Pork?

They all describe the gobbets on my plate.

I said that I would have been happy with a sponge on my plate at the Brown Palace, because I was with my best friend and my sister, who would make up for almost anything on the menu.

That’s not really true.

If Mike and Cindy had been with me at Puddled Eggs it wouldn’t have helped.

The orange juice was poached.

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

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Mental issues often drive homelessness

By Kristin Jones

I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS Mark Maseros used to be a repeat customer at the ER — when he wasn’t in jail for drugs or theft.

Now 54, Maseros spent three decades living homeless in Denver. Hooked on heroin that he took to self-medicate what he now recognizes as ananxiety disorder, he was taken to the ER after overdosing or he walked in with panic attacks.

“It was always good to go to the emergency room, because you’d get things to (help you) deal,” says Maseros. “If I said the magic words that I wanted to kill myself, they’d set me up in a bed.”

Over the years, Maseros said he was diagnosed “bipolar, tripolar” and any number of other psychiatric disorders. But he never got the sustained care he needed until four years ago, when the Colorado Coalition for

‘If I said the magic words that I wanted to kill myself, they’d set me up in a bed’ Mark Maseros the Homeless found housing for him, and he joined group therapy to help get the better of his anxiety.

“I’m happy now,” says Maseros, who does rounds through downtown Denver on his bike, looking for others who are suffering as he once did. He knows that without help some of them will end up dead.

The president of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, John Parvensky, says there are many more like Maseros who want help but can’t get it. His organization stopped carrying a waiting list for mental health ser-

vices when it reached 2,000 people.

Parvensky believes there is a straight line between the decrease in funding for mental health — and especially the decline in inpatient capacity — and the increase in homelessness in Colorado.

He estimates that around 40 percent of the adult homeless in the state suffer from serious mental illness — diagnoses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depression that keep people from working and living in housing.

“We saw the biggest spike in homeless-

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ness in the 1980s,” says Parvensky, “and it really correlated to both the deinstitutionalization as the state closed down the mental health facilities, and the funding that was promised to provide community-based services … never materialized.”

Patrick Fox, a state Department of Human Services official who oversees the mental institutes at Fort Logan and Pueblo, says that additional mental health funding pledged by the state will work to alleviate pressure on emergency rooms and jails — and care for the Colorado’s most vulnerable populations where they are.

But Parvensky, who has watched the state’s homeless population more than triple since he joined the nonprofit in 1985, believes the chronic underfunding will be tough to undo.

“It’s a down payment,” says Parvensky, “but unfortunately it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the need we’re seeing here in the metro Denver area and across the state.”

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2013, the two state hospitals had only 545 beds. It wasn’t only the beds but the staffing and services that disappeared — services like home visits, community outreach and vocational training.

“Fort Logan used to do all the things that the community mental health centers are supposed to be doing,” says Rebecca Watt, a former nurse at the hospital who believes that budget cuts have damaged the facility’s ability to treat its patients.

The units for the elderly, children and teens at Fort Logan were among the most recent to close, in 2009. Recently, there were 38 people waiting for beds at Fort Logan and Pueblo, according to the Department of Human Services. The average wait time varies between eight and 25 days.

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As the money moved out of the state hospitals, community mental health centers say they never got the funding they needed to take up the slack.

Harriet Hall, the chief executive of Jefferson Mental Health Center, says facilities like hers sometimes got a boost from the state when the hospitals’ budgets were cut. But often, they got nothing.

“It was never like, we’ll just transfer this money to the communities from the hospitals,” says Hall.

Hall and others who lead the state’s 17 nonprofit community mental health centers say that with adequate funding they can provide much better services than the large institutions ever did — by giving the routine care people need to stay integrated within the community and out of costly hospital stays.

But, they say, there are gaps in the services they can realistically provide, given their tight budgets.

“There’s still kind of a dearth of options for folks who have genuinely longterm needs, and (whose illnesses are) a bit more severe than nursing home placement or return to home allows,” says Liz

Hickman, who heads the Centennial Mental Health Center, which serves rural communities in northeastern Colorado.

What’s more, nonprofit community mental health centers say state funding doesn’t provide for the treatment of those without some form of public or private insurance or other payment source. Randy Stith, who heads the Aurora Mental Health Center, says that leaves them with no choice but to tell indigent patients to go to the emergency room for care.

“We’re referring people to the emergency room off the streets pretty regularly,” says Stith. “It’s costly but that’s what you do.”

At Denver Health, Colwell describes having to board psychiatric patients in the emergency room. On a typical night, as many as 10 or 15 beds may be taken up by people who are waiting for psychiatric services, while the psychiatrists on staff at the hospital are overwhelmed with other cases.

Those who pose a risk to themselves or others may be admitted to the psychiatric emergency department.

Dr. Kimberly Nordstrom, the medical director of that department, says more and more of the patients she sees don’t have primary care providers. That often means that she can’t prescribe medications — with their uncertain side effects and tailored dosing needs — even to those who are very ill.

“I can’t start medicine with somebody who’s not going to be seen for six months,” Nordstrom explains.

Others, says Colwell, are at the brink of posing a risk to the community or themselves — but aren’t there yet.

“Once their physical problems are taken care of, we can’t keep them,” says Colwell.

But that doesn’t mean they won’t be coming back.

I-News is the public service journalism arm of Rocky Mountain PBS and works in collaboration with news media throughout Colorado. To read more, please go to inewsnetwork.org. Contact health reporter Kristin Jones at kristinjones@rmpbs.org.

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Column collection ready for reading Smitty Smith’s long nose and big brown eyes grace the cover of Craig Marshall Smith’s recently published “This is not a daschund,” a collection of some of the writer/artist/Highlands Ranch curmudgeon’s columns from Colorado Community Media papers. Books are in stock at Tattered Cover bookstores on the shelves of Colorado writers, we are told. Smith said the title was inspired by painter Rene Magritte’s painting of a pipe, “The Treachery of Images (This is not a pipe).”

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South Suburban’s 27th Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Glass art, photos, paintings, candles, soaps, foods, decorations, scarves, hats, purses, jewelry and more …

Admission is free and South Suburban’s Sparks Gymnastics team will offer free giftwrapping. The concession stand will be open for lunch.

ABOVE: “View From Studio,” acrylic on canvas by Rita Derjue won First Place in Littleton’s 2013 Own an Original Exhibit at the Littleton Museum. Margaretta Gilboy was the juror. RIGHT: “Summer,” porcelain by Ileana Barbu, won Second Place in the exhibit. Courtesy photos by Dustin Ellingboe

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“Eight Eyes are Better Than Two” is the title for an exhibit of works by Andy Marquez and three of his students: Nancy Peterson, Fran Baron and Larry Stearns. It will be held in the atrium of the Littletown Building, 2329 W. Main St., Littleton, at 4-8 p.m. Dec. 11, 12, 13; and 10 to 3 p.m. Dec. 14. 303-797-6040.

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By Sonya Ellingboe varied and intriguing, linked sellingboe@ by expert technique in assorted ourcoloradonews.com media. She was surprised at how different piecDespite a dises looked on the IF YOU GO tinct chill in the wall, compared to air, a large crowd their appearance The Littleton Own an Origiturned out for on the slides from nal Exhibition runs until Jan. the opening rewhich she made 12, 2014 at the Littleton Muception of the her selections. seum, 6028 S. Gallup St., LitLittleton Fine She particularly tleton. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Arts Board’s anpaused at Stefan Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 nual Own an Begej’s “To Infinity a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to Original Comand Beyond,” with 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is petition winits exploded Buzz free. 303-795-3050. ners on Nov. 21.

Lightyear figure, to The bright, light exclaim about the show is a good difference. antidote to winter blahs. There “Winery Afternoon,” an seem to be more unusual tech- acrylic painting by Eldon Ward niques than I recall in the many of Fort Collins, was awarded previous (more than 40) OAO Best of Show. The painting, shows. which gives us a view through Juror Margaretta Gilboy se- a window to the outside lawn lected 66 pieces of art from a and a relaxed couple on the much larger group of submis- grass, reflects Ward’s career in sions by 125 artists, all from architectural drafting, design, Colorado. They run from a large landscape design, project man“Phoenix Rising” mixed media agement and more. work to a small, bright blue We will have the opportunity stoneware tea set, with a great to view a large selection of his variety of artistic visions. Al- work next summer, since the low time to look closely when Best of Show winner is given visiting, so you notice details the chance to hold a one-persuch as the typewriter keys in son show the following year.

Michelle Lamb’s delightful as“The spaciousness makes semblage, “Reliquary of St. Ob- me feel happy,” Gilboy said of solescence.”

Littleton artist rita derjue’s large Gilboy has a lengthy list of acrylic on canvas, “View From exhibitions in her biography, the Studio,” which won First as well as inclusion in museum Place. The bright, light palette and private collections. She derjue chose frames the mounteaches at the Denver Art Stu- tain view she can see from her dents League. Visitors can view home studio window — a view three paintings by Gilboy that she fiercely protects.

The Young Voices of Colorado — 180 singers in several children’s choirs — will present a Holiday Concert at 4 p.m. on Dec 8 at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Music by: Bach, Purcell, Caldwell, Ivy, Kesselman and traditional Christmas music. Tickets: at Ticketmaster.

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“Colorado Back Roads: 25 Years of Colorado Painting” by Lorenzo Chavez of Parker is exhibited at Elements 5280 Gallery, 5940 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village, through Dec. 14. 303-804-5280.

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The Streets at Southglenn announces a holiday schedule that includes: Clydesdale Carriage Rides and Dickens Carolers on Saturdays from 4 to 8 p.m.; Denver Figure Skating Club Holiday show at 5 p.m.

Dec. 14; Santa Photos with your pet from 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 15; Jingle Bell DJ from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 21; Visit Santa at Guest Services, Fridays through Dec. 13, 4 to 8 p.m., Saturdays through Dec. 14, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sundays through Dec. 15, noon to 6 p.m.; and a skating Santa on Wednesdays from 4 to 8 p.m. at the CUBE, which is open for skating at various hours. See: shopsouthglenn.com/events/holiday.

Wind Crest Wonderland

“Winery Afternoon,” acrylic on panel by Eldon Ward, was awarded Best of Show in the 2013 Own an Original Exhibit at the Littleton Museum.

Gilboy, who has also worked in ceramics, gave Second Place to Ileana Barbu’s gleaming “Summer,” a wall-hung sculptural piece created in white porcelain. “It’s just so technically

amazing,” said Gilboy.

Third Place went to Anna Kaye’s small, subtle graphite on paper drawing, “Sterling Braid,” another work that invites a close look.

The “Wind Crest Winter Wonderland Song and Dance Variety Show” will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at 3235 Mill Vista Rd., Highlands Ranch. Residents will showcase their talent. They will be joined by guests from the Colorado Dance Center and Bear Creek High School. Information/ RSVP: MelTansill@Erickson.com.

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America’s Got Talent will hold auditions for Season 9 on Dec. 7 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver.

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By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews. com Pull on the jackets and mittens and head outside for an evening surrounded by fanciful holiday lights. Enjoy music, seasonal entertainment and perhaps some warm cocoa as one enters a magical world. Some suggestions: • “Trail of Lights” at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield offers illuminated paths through the countryside, plus a decorated historic farm, where one can explore the Green Barn and silo, the children’s area and homestead.

Here, you will also see illuminated antique tractors, a warming hut, fire pit and on some nights, hayrides. Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield is located on Deer Creek Canyon Road, west off Wadsworth, just south of the C-470 intersection.

Admission: $10-$12, $8-$10 member, $7-$9 child, $5-7 member child (depending on the date). Free 2 and under. Open nightly 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. through Jan. 1.

• “Blossoms of Light” at Denver Botanic Gardens York Street offers lighted trees, paths and

Historic Hildebrand Farm at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield will be illuminated during the annual “Trail of Lights” through Jan. 1.

Courtesy photo by Scott Dressel-Martin structures, with seasonal entertainment on some evenings, themed gardens and a synchronized light and musical showcase in the UMB Amphitheater. At both DBG gardens, warm drinks, treats and Holospex 3-D glasses are available for purchase.

Admission: $10-$12/$8-10 member; $7-9 child/$5-7 member child (depending on the date). Open nightly 5:30 to 9:30

p.m. through Jan. 1.

• “Zoolights” at the Denver Zoo in City Park offers a stroll through 38 acres of lights, with 150 animated animal sculptures and a special Zoolights Lantern Festival in the new Toyota Elephant Passage. Seasonal entertainment: (text Dzoo to 56512 for schedule). Open 5:30 to 9 p.m. nightly through Jan. 5.

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• Denver’s City and County Building at 14th and Bannock streets is illuminated through the season, as is Union Station and points in between, which may call for a driving tour.

• Drivers in the south area will want to drive down Littleton’s Main Street, where thousands of lights twinkle nightly. A stop for a snack, tea, a drink, might be in order here. A special shopping night is planned on Dec. 7.

• Hudson Christmas at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, is open 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 and nightly Dec. 13 to 31. A collection of 250,000 lights will line paths for a walk-through garden stroll. Santa will meet with children and hot cocoa will be available at several locations. Tickets: $9/$6 through Tickethorse or at the garden shop or box office.

• A Holiday Evening at the Farm is presented from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8 only at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. The outdoor event is lighted by Farilitos and an occasional bonfire. The two farm homes are decorated and there will be music, snacks and warm cider. There is musical entertainment.

Tickets are available at the museum and Littleton’s Bemis Library in advance: $10 general public; $7, Friends of the Library/ Museum members; $3 children.

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Skillful staging tells sad story Wartime fears come into play in ‘Snow’

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sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com In many instances, we complain about the transition of a well-loved book to film and stage, but Kevin McKeon’s adaptation of the best-selling “Snow Falling on Cedars” by David Guterson works quite well — due in large part to a skillful director, Sam Wood.

The complicated story starts in 1954 with Kabuo Miyamoto (Dale Li) on trial for the murder of Carl Hein, who had been a childhood friend.

The script then proceeds to tell the backstory through numerous flashbacks: to a teenage love affair between Ishmael Chambers (Ben Cowhick) and Hatsue Mitamoto (Arlene Rapal); to the Japanese-American farmers who raised strawberries and wanted to buy more land; to the announcement of the Pearl Harbor bombing; the growing prejudice against — and

if you go “Snow Falling on Cedars,” adapted from David Guterson’s award-winning novel by Kevin McKeon, plays through Dec. 15 at Vintage Theater’s studio theater, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets: $25/$20 advance, 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com. eventual arrest and internment of — Japanese-American citizens who were residents of the island in Puget Sound where the story takes place.

Maria Cheng as Fujiko Imada and Rob Payo as Hisao Imada reflect another sort of prejudice in warning their daughter, Hatsue, against dating a white boy because “you couldn’t trust them.”

The set is a simple suggestion of a waterfront with minimal set pieces from which the audience is transported to the Manzanar Relocation Camp in Central California — and elsewhere. (It was one of 10 in the U.S., including Amache in southeastern Colorado, where 110 Japanese-

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Lighting technician Jen Orf had ongoing responsibility in staging this play.

The lighting in the small, long and narrow studio theater highlighted numerous flashbacks clearly, moving the complex story along to its conclusion.

Director Sam Wood and a polished cast had their timing precise as we transitioned back and forth through the years.

A strong cast and well-written script remind us of an unfortunate piece of history we may have forgotten. I hope some audience members will be moved to find the book at their library and enjoy Guterson’s fine writing after seeing “Snow Falling on Cedars.”

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Annual bird count about to take wing Results are tallied and sometimes they highlight an environmental threat or evidence of climate change, which will help conservationists in efforts to protect birds

By Sonya Ellingboe when and where possible. sellingboe@ourcolorado On Dec. 14, the Audubon news.com Society of Greater Denver invites birders of Family memall abilities to its if you go bers of all ages Nature Center at are invited to Chatfield from 9 The Audubon Center is participate in an a.m. to 2 p.m. for at 11280 Waterton Road, event that started a Christmas Bird Littleton. Drive south on in 1900 in New Count and HoliWadsworth to the south end York’s Central day Party. Binof Chatfield State Park and Park and now exoculars are availturn left into the marked tends through the able for loan and parking lot.

U.S., Latin Amerihot chocolate will ca and elsewhere bring added enerin the world. Bird gy as families and watching is said to be the No. 1 individuals join the experts to sport in America, according to see which feathered friends the Outdoor Industry Founda- are visiting Chatfield that day. tion, said a story in Colorado Make bird ornaments and Business magazine. decorate cookies.

In 1900, Dr. Frank ChapThe event is free and there man, ornithologist at the should be information about American Museum of Natu- Audubon’s ongoing educaral History at the north end tional opportunities for all of Central Park, suggested ages. (This center is especially that instead of going out and adapted to share its enthusishooting as many small birds asm with very young children as possible, people should go and offers “Fledgling” proout and count them on a given grams.) day and compile a record of Those who are interested, what they spotted. but not free that day, can He sparked a movement check for other bird count opthat draws amateur “citizen portunities in Denver (Dec. scientists” and profession- 14), Denver Urban (Jan. 1 at als out early in the morning numerous locations), and on a given day between mid- Douglas County Dec. 28 at December and early January Roxborough State Park Christto count birds seen within a mas Bird Counts. Please regisset boundary and turn in the ter at 303-973-9530, info@dencount to the Audubon Society. veraudubon.org.

Audubon uses volunteers for Christmas tally

Teens to raise voices in song Holiday fest coming to Highlands Ranch

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews. com Vocal music students from four area high schools have been rehearsing together in preparation for the St. Luke’s Performing Arts Academy Holiday Festival, according to James Ramsey, director of music and arts ministries at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch. Almost 200 young singers from four area high schools will perform at 6 and 8 p.m. on Dec. 13 at St. Luke’s.

Classic carols and favorite songs are on the program, plus a festival chorus song titled “Betelhemu,” with all the movements and drums.

Guest musicians include Frank Perko, organ; Gretchen Martin, piano; Dave Shugert, guitars; and

if you go The St. Luke’s PAA Holiday Festival performances will be at 6 and 8 p.m. on Dec. 13 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Admission: $10, tickets available at stlukespaa.org. Students and families are encouraged to bring donated items for a student-chosen charity.

Robb Heskett, drums.

There will be a reading of “The Night Before Christmas” and “an identified guest dressed in red and white halfway through the program.”

Ramsey said he created summer performing arts programs to provide arts experiences for K-12 students — growing from 26 students in 2006 to nearly 500 in 2013.

Programs included: a two-week summer theater intensive, culminating in a musical production; School of Rock Camp; Band and Orchestra Camps; Acting Camp;

Theater Summer Camp Pre-K to 1st Grade; and Audition Workshops.

This fall, Ramsey connected with Mountain Vista High School choir directors Maja Buck and Schehera McKasson; Rock Canyon High School Director Julia Dale; ThunderRidge High School Director Ryan Wolterstorff; and St. Mary’s Academy Director Roberta Hamilton Griggs “to advance the importance of music in our schools,” where there are sometimes budgetary problems.

“I believe school music and art programs are a critical component of a student’s development towards American ingenuity and innovation by fostering creativity. I believe we can change the landscape of our culture through the performing arts through leadership, empowerment, character and community,” Ramsey said.

Next year, the plan is to move PAA from summer programs to year-round. (More about that in January.)

curtain time

Pronounce it Fronkensteen!

“Young Frankenstein,” with book by Mel Brooks, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, plays Dec. 13 to Feb. 2 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Town Hall’s education director Seth Maisel will play Frederick Frankenstein —pronounced “Fronkensteen” — the mad scientist’s New York son, who insists he is actually a sane scientist. Deb Flomberg is director. Performances: 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, plus 6:30

p.m. Dec. 31.Tickets cost $31 ($26 advance), 303-856-7830,vintagetheatre.com.

Phamaly holiday production

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” the holiday fable about George Bailey of Bedford Falls, will be presented

by Phamaly Theatre Company at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, from Dec. 7 to 22. Directed by Bryce Alexander and Steve Wilson, it stars Jeremy Palmer as George Bailey and Lindsay Palmer as Mary (Hatch)

Bailey. Performances: 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays and Dec. 16 and 19; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $29/$25, 303-739-1970, phamaly.org.

King Arthur’s knights

“Monty Python’s Spamalot” brings those legendary errant knights, with their clopping hoof sounds, to Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, through March 1. Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays.

(Check websites for time and ticket prices.) 303-499-6000 ext.4.

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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE December 6 — January 4

HOLIDAY FILM FESTIVAL Featuring a variety of family favorites on the 53’ Extreme Screen.

Visit TheWildlifeExperience.org for movies and show times.

December 5, 5:30 p.m.

MOVIE AND A MARTINI Take a break from the holiday rush with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation on our giant Extreme Screen.

Give a membership or a Wild Outdoor

December 14, 21, 23 & 24 9 a.m. —11 a.m.

Workshop this year.

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Call 720-488-3344

Santa Claus will be stopping by the museum to enjoy breakfast and jot down everyone’s wish list.

December 14, 21, 23 & 24 Noon — 1:30 p. m.

HIKE WITH SANTA Take a half mile hike around the Wildlife Experience Nature Trail with Santa and enjoy s’mores and hot chocolate. Don’t forget your cameras!

TheWildlifeExperience.org 10035 Peoria Street, Parker • 720-488-3344

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Santa’s reindeer await his arrival at Bradford Auto Body on Main Street during Littleton’s Candlelight Walk on Nov. 29.

HURRY UP, SANTA! Thousands headed downtown for Littleton’s annual Candlelight Walk the night after Thanksgiving. The crowd enjoyed caroling, fire dancers, hot chocolate, warm cider and Santa’s traditional visit.

PHOTOS BY JENNIFER SMITH Amy and Aaron Krieg of Littleton hold little Adler and Aven up to see the giant candy-cane switch that lights up the big tree next to the Melting Pot.

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Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Timothy George Abbott, Deceased Case Number: 13 PR 30314 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before March 22, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dawn C. Abbott Personal Representative 26841 E. Arbor Drive Aurora, CO 80016 Legal Notice No.: 4536 First Publication: November 22, 2013 Last Publication: December 6, 2013 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DANIA J. MARSHALL, a/k/a DANIA JAI MARSHALL, a/k/a DANIA MARSHALL, Deceased Case No. 2013 PR 030480 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before March 31, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Notice Creditors NOTICETo TO CREDITORS

Estate of DANIA J. MARSHALL, a/k/a DANIA JAI MARSHALL, a/k/a DANIA MARSHALL, Deceased Case No. 2013 PR 030480 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before March 31, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marilyn Pinkerman Personal Representative c/o Hall & Evans, LLC, 1125 17th Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 4553 First Publication: November 29, 2013 Last Publication: December 13, 2013 Publisher: The Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon L. Voegtle, aka Sharon Voegtle, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 30504 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 7, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Voegtle Personal Representative 4021 S. Birch Street Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon L. Voegtle, aka Sharon Voegtle, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 30504

Notice To Creditors

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 7, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Voegtle Personal Representative 4021 S. Birch Street Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No: 4556 First Publication: December 6, 2013 Last Publication: December 20, 2013 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Misc. Private Legals District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court address: 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 In the Matter of the Estate of: JOHN S. MOSHER, and as JOHN MOSHER, Deceased Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Jean E. Klene CASEY & KLENE, P.C. 5805 Carr Street, Suite 2 Arvada, CO 80004 Phone: 303-458-6991 Fax#: 303-458-8978 E-Mail:daklene@msn.com Atty.Reg.#:33137

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Legal Notice No: 4556 CasePublic No. 2013PR030442 Marilyn Pinkerman Notice First Publication: December 6, 2013 Div./Ctrm. 21 Personal Representative CITY OF SHERIDAN of determining area proposed Last Publication: Decemberand 20, finding 2013 whether the NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE c/o Hall & Evans, LLC, NOTICE OF600 PUBLIC HEARING Publisher: Englewood to be annexed meets the applicable requirements Herald HEARING of

BY PUBLICATION TO 1125 17th Street, Suite REGARDING ANNEXATION Colorado Revised Statutes 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 INTERESTED PERSONS Denver, CO 80202 Notice is hereby given that the and is considered eligible for annexation.

AND OWNERS BY INHERITANCE CityNotice Council of the City of Sheridan shall hold a public PURSUANT TO 15-12-1303, C.R.S. Legal No.: 4553 hearing on January 8, 2014 7:00 p.m. in the City Arlene Sagee, City Clerk First Publication: November 29,at2013 Council Chambers, Sheridan City of Sheridan To All Interested Persons and Owners Last Publication: December 13, City 2013Hall, 4101 South Federal Boulevard, Sheridan, CO, upon the proposed

by Inheritance (List all names of interPublisher: The Englewood Herald annexation of a parcel of land located at 3371 WEST Legal Notice No.: 4535 ested persons and owners by HAMPDEN AVENUE as requested by R&C Night First Publication: November 22, 2013 inheritance): LLC, and more specifically described in the petition of Last Publication: December 20, 2013 Unknown or unascertained heirs of annexation which is attached hereto and made a part Publisher: The Englewood Herald John S. Mosher of this notice. Such hearing shall be for the purpose A Petition has been filed alleging that the above Decedent died leaving the following property: Insurance benefits of undetermined value A non-appearance hearing on the Petition will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued.

Date: January 21, 2014 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 21 Address: Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Note: • You must answer the Petition within 35 days after the last publication of this Notice.

• Within the time required for answering the Petition, all answers to the Petition must be in writing and filed with the Court.

• The non-appearance hearing shall be limited to the Petition, the answers timely filed and the parties answering the Petition in a timely manner.

• Attendance at the hearing is not expected or required.

Date: Nov. 13, 2013

/s/ Jean E. Klene Attorney for James D. Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 225 Annin St. Crawford, NE 69339 Sue Ann Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 791 Four Mile Road Crawford, NE 69339

Legal Notice No.: 4531 First publication: November 22, 2013 Last publication: December 6, 2013 Publisher: Englewood Herald

District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court address: 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 In the Matter of the Estate of: JOHN S. MOSHER, and as JOHN MOSHER, Deceased

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Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Jean E. Klene CASEY & KLENE, P.C. 5805 Carr Street, Suite 2 Arvada, CO 80004 Phone: 303-458-6991 Fax#: 303-458-8978 E-Mail:daklene@msn.com Atty.Reg.#:33137 Case No. 2013PR030442 Div./Ctrm. 21 NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY INHERITANCE PURSUANT TO 15-12-1303, C.R.S. To All Interested Persons and Owners

by Inheritance (List all names of interested persons and owners by inheritance): Unknown or unascertained heirs of John S. Mosher A Petition has been filed alleging that the above Decedent died leaving the following property: Insurance benefits of undetermined value A non-appearance hearing on the Petition will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued.

Date: January 21, 2014 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 21 Address: Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Note: • You must answer the Petition within 35 days after the last publication of this Notice.

• Within the time required for answering the Petition, all answers to the Petition must be in writing and filed with the Court.

• The non-appearance hearing shall be limited to the Petition, the answers timely filed and the parties answering the Petition in a timely manner.

• Attendance at the hearing is not expected or required.

Date: Nov. 13, 2013

/s/ Jean E. Klene Attorney for James D. Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 225 Annin St. Crawford, NE 69339 Sue Ann Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 791 Four Mile Road Crawford, NE 69339

Legal Notice No.: 4531 First publication: November 22, 2013 Last publication: December 6, 2013 Publisher: Englewood Herald

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by Inheritance (List all names of interested persons and owners by inheritance): Unknown or unascertained heirs of John S. Mosher A Petition has been filed alleging that the above Decedent died leaving the following property: Insurance benefits of undetermined value

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A non-appearance hearing on the Petition will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued.

December 6, 2013

Date: January 21, 2014 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 21 Address: Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

Note: • You must answer the Petition within 35 days after the last publication of this Notice.

• Within the time required for answering the Petition, all answers to the Petition must be in writing and filed with the Court.

• The non-appearance hearing shall be limited to the Petition, the answers timely filed and the parties answering the Petition in a timely manner.

• Attendance at the hearing is not expected or required.

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Date: Nov. 13, 2013

Attorney for James D. Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 225 Annin St. Crawford, NE 69339 Sue Ann Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 791 Four Mile Road Crawford, NE 69339

Date: January 21, 2014 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 21 Address: Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No.: 4531 First publication: November 22, 2013 Last publication: December 6, 2013 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Note: • You must answer the Petition within 35 days after the last publication of this Notice.

• Within the time required for answering the Petition, all answers to the Petition must be in writing and filed with the Court.

• The non-appearance hearing shall be limited to the Petition, the answers timely filed and the parties answering the Petition in a timely manner.

• Attendance at the hearing is not expected or required.

ATTN: Former patients of Dr. Neil Cowen D.D.S. located at 3535 S Lafayette St, Ste 108, Englewood, CO 80113, 303-761-8688. We will be destroying patient records from 2006 on December 16th, 2013, and mid December ever year after for the next seven years until all records are destroyed. Please contact our office no later than December 31st, 2013 if you need your records prior to their destruction.

Date: Nov. 13, 2013

/s/ Jean E. Klene Attorney for James D. Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 225 Annin St. Crawford, NE 69339 Sue Ann Stolldorf, Co-Personal Representative 791 Four Mile Road Crawford, NE 69339

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Legal Notice No.: 4546 First Publication: November 22, 2013 Last Publication: December 13, 2013 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice The office of Dr. Paul Weyman will be properly disposing of patient records for patients not seen since 2003 or 2004.

If you were a patient of record and have not been seen in our office since 2003 or 2004, you may request your records by writing to our office by December 31, 2013. Email requests cannot be honored.

You must give identifying information about yourself, such as name, birthdate, social security number. Please mail your request to Paul Weyman, D.D.S. 3601 S. Clarkson St. #310 Englewood CO 80113 Legal Notice No.: 4557 First Publication: December 6, 2013 Last Publication: December 27, 2013 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Government Legals Public Notice District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 So. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 In the Interests of: SAMANTHA ANDREWS Case Number: 2013PR030386 Division/ Courtroom: 21 Attorney For PETITIONER (name and address): Charles A. Miller Stutz, Miller & Urtz, LLC 1660 Lincoln St. Suite 2850 Denver, CO 80264 Phone Number:303.861.1200 E-mail: cam@stutzmillerurtz.com FAX Number: 303.830.0115 Atty. Reg. #:5841 NOTICE OF HEARING

BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Deanna Andrews, and any other interested party Last Known Address, if any: P.O. Box 152 Moundridge, Kansas 67107 A hearing on Petition for Appointment of Conservator for Minor Samantha Andrews will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: January 23, 2014 Time: 10:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 21 Address: Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 So. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No.: 4550 First Publication: November 29, 2013 Last Publication: December 13, 2013 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

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Christmas Sing-Along is holiday on Hampden Annual concert slated for Englewood Civic Center

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com It all began about 10 years ago when Christy Wessler started a holiday singalong with her Swallow Hill Music Association students.

“It has morphed,” she said. “I told myself: Next year we can do this … And it has become a concert.” The Christymas Carolers were formed from her voice students and as the audience grew, a larger space was needed.

Hampden Hall at the Englewood Civic Center offered a well-designed concert hall that was still close to the Swallow Hill neighborhood, so “Christy Wessler’s 11th Annual Christmas Sing-Along” will be pre-

She and the Chrissented there at 7 p.m. if you go tymas Carolers, acDec. 13. companied by pianist She hopes to expand Hampden Hall is at 1000 Englewood ParkPamela Weng, will lead to a broader base of way, on the second floor of Englewood’s Civic the audience in tradifollowers through the Center. Christy Wessler’s Annual Christmas tional carols. move.

Sing-Along Concert will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 13.

Well settled into a Wessler, who lives in Tickets cost $15/$7.50 from producer Judy Ducareer as a performer, Centennial, is music diran, 720-270-5767 or at bighaired.com.

Wessler, a mother of rector at Denver’s Unity four grown children on the Avenue Church and a grandmother, reat 17th and Dahlia. She also teaches voice and performance classes calls a somewhat rough start.

“I was smart in high school and started regularly at Swallow Hill, where she served college majoring in social work and mias a board member for nine years.

She is a singer, songwriter, director, noring in math — I hated everything and guitarist and recording artist. In the mid- dropped out for a year and a half. My moth1980s, she studied classical voice, but her er suggested I consider a drama major and favorite genres are folk and country music. I loved it!”

She fortunately found her groove and Two trios with which she performs, Strum Therapy and Zelda Blue, will be fea- has been performing ever since. Her most tured on the concert program. Wessler will recent CD is “Angels Without Wings,” about the specialness of children with disabilities. be both emcee and soloist.

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Great cottage-cheese mystery solved North Woods Inn recipe is classic Littleton treat

here’s the recipe

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com It’s perhaps one of Littleton’s greatest mysteries: How can we find the long-lost recipe for North Woods Inn’s cottagecheese seasoning?

The answer, of course, is Facebook.

The search started when the popular local steak house abruptly closed in May 2011 and the property became Scarlet Ranch, an “adult lifestyle” nightclub.

“We are closing because of lack of business,” North Woods owner Pat Stahl told local media at the time. “I did not want to go out broke. We were in business 50 years. I am fine with the situation. I am 75, and my children don’t want it, and my health is not good.”

She assured her fans that the seasoning would continue to be available at local grocers. But as time has gone by, it’s become scarce, and Stahl has stopped responding to emails. So the Littleton Independent took the quest to Facebook’s “You know you grew up in Littleton, CO if you remember …” page, and voila, member Nancy Pyles Wyman stepped right up with the answer.

North Woods Inn’s famous seasoned cottage-cheese recipe, via Nancy Pyles Wyman: 1 pound small-curd cottage cheese ¼ teaspoon caraway seed, more if desired ¾ teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon Accent (MSG) ¼ teaspoon white pepper ½ tablespoon dried chives ¼ teaspoon celery salt Mix all ingredients together and chill for several hours or overnight.

“I practically grew up at the North Woods Inn because my dad was friends and went to school with the owner, Fred Maten,” she recalls. “I was a cocktail waitress at both locations, and to earn extra money, I’d put labels on the cottage-cheese mix and filled them. Fred originally was at the Alpine Village Inn and brought the recipe to the North Woods.”

In addition to the seasoning, the restaurant is remembered for its bountiful soup and bread offerings, and the chance to throw peanut shells on the floor. Oldtimers might remember the giant Paul Bunyan that once stood in front of its original location at Hudson Gardens, where it lived from 1962 until 1997.

“The North Woods Inn was a gathering place for the owners, trainers and jockeys from Centennial Race Track during its long life in Littleton,” read its website.

“Governors, mayors, actors and actresses have all enjoyed an evening at the North Woods Inn.” The building was previously home to King and Evelyn Hudson’s Country Kitchen, which they opened in 1942. They owned the entire 30 acres that is now Hudson Gardens, and Evelyn Hudson’s will dictated that the property be used “for the aesthetic enjoyment and education of the public.”

So when North Woods’ lease expired in 1997, the Hudson Foundation took possession of the building, and Stahl and her husband, Ray Dambach, moved the restaurant to 8109 Blakeland Drive in Douglas County. Dambach died in 2001, and Stahl continued to operate it until 2011.

“The money I invested for my retirement will help me to live well till I leave this great earth,” she wrote. “We made thousands of people very happy with wonderful meals, and that is something I will take with me for the rest of my life.”

For those wondering how North Woods’ legendary friendly ghost might react to the new tenants, Stahl says he stayed in the old building. For those wondering where to get a good steak now, Stahl says you can do it yourself.

“You can make the perfect T-bone by seasoning it with our seasoning in the morning,” said Stahl. “Throw it on the grill at night and cook to temp. It will be perfect.”

Christy Wessler’s annual Sing-Along Christmas Concert will be Dec. 13 in Hampden Hall at Englewood Civic Center this year. Courtesy photo

DeC. 12 Volunteer rounD-up. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo needs 150-200 volunteers in guest relations, children’s programs, horse and livestock shows, and the trade show. The 108th stock show is Jan. 11-26. To learn more about the volunteer opportunities and to set up an interview for a volunteer spot, attend the National Western volunteer round-up from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver. For information and to fill out a volunteer application, go to http://www.nationalwestern. com/volunteer/ or contact Kellie at 303-299-5562.

DeC. 15 AArp niGHt Join AARP at a Denver Nuggets game on Dec. 15, and bring in a children’s book suitable for ages kindergarten to third grade to donate to Serve Colorado. Stop by the AARP booth and learn about issues impacting those 50 and older.

Discounted tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to www.nuggetstix.com/ AARP1215. tHrouGH DeC. 15 Gift CArD DriVe. Resort 2 Kindness (R2K)

hosts its BIG GIVE 2013 gift card drive to benefit the Colorado flood victims. The drive runs from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15. R2K will collect unused, unexpired gift cards valid at any restaurant, grocery store, home store or retail store in Colorado. All cards will be given to the Emergency Family Assistance Association. Gift cards can be mailed to Resort 2 Kindness, 9781 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112. Monetary donations can also be made online at resort2kindness.org.

JAn. 11 Winter CArniVAl. The Colorado Neurological

Institute is kicking off 2014 with its Happy New Ear Winter Carnival from 2-5 p.m. Jan. 11 at Malley Senior Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. There will be games, prizes, arts and crafts, food and more. All ages are welcome. The event is free; RSVP to Deb Stef at dstef@thecni.org or 303-357-5440.

eDitor’S note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send event information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: Englewood Herald. No attachments. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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University/Dry Creek strip malls get facelifts Renovation continues at bustling shopping hub

By George Lurie

glurie@ourcoloradonews.com Two busy District 1 shopping centers near the intersection of Arapahoe Road and University Boulevard are getting major facelifts.

The King Soopers in the Cherrywood Square Shopping Center is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation that will expand the grocery store by 18,000 square feet.

And across University Boulevard, a new Larkburger is under construction and expected to open early next year. The popular “all natural, gourmet burger and fries” restaurant will serve as anchor tenant for the new development at the west end of the Dry Creek Shopping Center, which, according to the property manager, is nearly 100 percent leased.

Both the Cherrywood Square and Dry Creek shopping centers are more than 30 years old, but have been updated and expanded in recent years as they have become increasingly busier, especially during the noon hour on weekdays, when students from nearby Arapahoe High School walk across Dry Creek to eat lunch and shop.

Construction work on the King Soopers expansion started earlier this fall and is scheduled to be completed in June 2014.

KTK General Contracting Limited is the general contractor on the project.

Matt Koppenhafer, owner and project manager for KTK, said his company is on track to complete the project ahead of schedule.

“It’s been going really well so far,” said Koppenhafer. “We’re making a ton of progress.”

The King Soopers store, which originally opened in July 1978, will close during part of January in order to allow for interior reno-

A new Larkburger restaurant is under construction and scheduled to open early next year in the Dry Creek Shopping Center. Photo by George Lurie vations to be completed, Koppenhafer said.

The expansion will add 18,000 square feet, including a new deli, produce section and additional check stands.

Other improvements include new indoor-outdoor seating areas, a sushi and cheese island, a new pharmacy and new flooring, lighting and HVAC system.

Koppenhafer said the cost of construction on the project is $4 million.

“Some people were upset when we started because we removed some trees and

took up some of the parking lot with construction equipment,” said Koppenhafer, who added that there are plans to redo the parking lot and add new trees and additional landscaping.

“When we’re done,” Koppenhafer said, “it’s going to be one of the largest and most beautiful grocery stores in the area.”

In the new section of the Dry Creek Shopping Center, Max Muscle, a sports nutrition store located next to Larkburger, opened just before Thanksgiving.

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Steve Peckar, managing broker for J&B Building Corp., which manages the shopping center, said “business has really picked up recently” and his company has lease commitments for two of the three remaining vacancies adjacent to Larkburger.

“We’re very excited to see Larkburger coming in,” said Peckar. “I can’t go into specifics yet on the other two commitments, but can say that one is a pasta and seafood restaurant and the other a pre-packaged, ready-to-eat meal outlet.”

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ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Decisions involving your finances might seem to be foolproof. But they could have underlying risks you should know about. Don’t act on anything until all the facts are in.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) You’re attracted to a situation that appeals to your Bovine intellect. And that’s good. But don’t neglect your passionate side when romance comes calling later in the week.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) A recent development enhances that special relationship. Spending more time together also helps make the bonding process stronger. Expect news about a possible career change.

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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) A suspicious situation should be dealt with before it leads to serious problems. Get all the facts needed to resolve it. Then refocus your energies on those tasks that need your attention.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Try to be more open-minded in working toward a resolution of that standoff between yourself and a colleague or family member. A little flexibility now could work to your advantage later.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) You might feel a bit threatened by a proposed workplace change. The best way to deal with it is to ask questions. You’ll find that those involved will be happy to provide you with the facts.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Feeling alone in a crowd during the early part of the week is an unsettling emotion. But your spirits soon perk up, putting you into the right mood to start making holiday plans.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A pesky problem should be dealt with immediately so you can put your time and effort into something more important.

Someone from your past could have significant news for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) High-energy aspects dominate, both on the job and at home. Use this time to put some long-range plans into operation.

Things level off later in the week.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Even the usually gregarious Goat might feel overwhelmed by a flurry of activities. Be patient. Things soon return to your normal social routine.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Career choices that seem too confusing to deal with at this point probably are. More information would help uncomplicate them.

On the personal side, a friend might need your advice.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Your Piscean imagination is stimulated by possibilities you see in a new opportunity. But keep those ideas to yourself until you feel ready to translate them into a workable format.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have an ingratiating way of helping people deal with their fears. Have you considered a career in social work or with the clergy? © 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Cookies are perfect holiday indulgence Metro Creative Connection

The holiday season is known for many things, not the least of which is all those special treats that find their way onto holiday tables each year. Though moderation should reign when indulging in delicious holiday treats, what would the season be without a few extra cookies and confections?

Baking is popular come the holiday season, and the following recipe for “Triple-Chocolate Cookies” from Michael Recchiuti and Fran Gage’s “Chocolate Obsession” (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) is sure to add some joy to an already festive time of year.

Triple-Chocolate Cookies Makes about 48 cookies 7 ounces unbleached all-purpose flour 1-1/2 ounces unsweetened natural cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 6 ounces unsalted butter with 82 percent butterfat, at room temperature 3-1/2 ounces granulated cane sugar 4-1/2 ounces dark brown cane sugar 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 Tahitian vanilla bean, split horizontally 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel in fine grains 3 ounces 41 percent milk chocolate, roughly chopped 3 ounces 65 percent chocolate, roughly chopped

To make the dough: Sift the flour, cocoa and baking soda together in a bowl. Set aside.

Put the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until creamy. Add both sugars and the vanilla extract. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the bowl. Sprinkle the salt over the top. Beat on medium speed just until combined.

Reduce the speed to low. Add the dry ingredients in three additions, pulsing the mixer to incorporate each addition before adding the next one. Pulse just until a crumbly dough forms.

Add both chopped chocolates and mix on low speed just until incorporated.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead a few times to incorporate any crumbs.

Divide the dough in half. Roll each half into a log about 11/4 inches in diameter and 12 inches long. As you roll, gently push the ends toward the center occasionally to prevent air pockets from forming and to keep the logs at an even

thickness.

Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least three hours or up to three days.

To bake the cookies: Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line the bottoms of two 12-by-18 inch sheet pans with parchment paper.

Remove the logs from the refrigerator and unwrap them. Using a ruler to guide you and a sharp knife, cut each log into rounds 1/2-inch thick.

If the dough crumbles as you cut it, reshape each slice. Place the rounds on the prepared pans, spacing them 11/2 inches apart.

Bake on the middle shelves of the oven, rotating the pans 180 degrees halfway through the baking time, until set but soft enough to hold a slight indentation when pressed with a fingertip, about 14 minutes. Let cool completely on the pans on wire racks.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

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A MILE-HIGH FIVE

Valor senior Christian McCaffrey (5) dives across the goal line for one of his four touchdowns as the Eagles rolled to a 56-16 win over Fairview in the Nov. 30 Class 5A state championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

Photo by Tom Munds

Valor claims another state championship

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Valor Christian’s players held up one hand as they gathered near the goalposts under the Sports Authority Field scoreboard.

It was the Eagles’ adaptation of a high five.

Valor won its fifth consecutive Colorado state football championship Nov.

30 with a 56-16 romp over previously unbeaten Fairview in the Class 5A championship game.

The Eagles have captured one Class 3A title, two Class 4A crowns and now the past two Class 5A state championships.

In the five title contests, Valor outscored the opposition, 210-48.

Next season Valor will have its sights set on matching Limon’s all-time Colorado record of six consecutive state titles.

The Badgers won six in a row between 1963-68.

Valor will graduate 19 seniors, but 60 players listed on the roster for the state championship game were underclassmen and a majority of them saw action during the season.

“I’m not sure about the future outside

of we feel blessed to have some kids in our program who are great leaders, mature, humble and we expect them to fill the gap of leadership left by our seniors,” said Eagles coach Rod Sherman.

“We’ll see where we end up next year from an offensive and defensive standpoint. We have developed a legacy and tradition in this program. It’s not about winning, it’s about being prepared, playing as hard as we can and playing with class.”

Valor, an independent, could end up playing in the Centennial League in 2014.

There are six alignment proposals to be considered Dec. 5 and five of them have the Eagles joining the Centennial League.

“Definitely, this team can keep winning,” insisted junior defensive back Bri-

an Dawkins Jr. “All I have to say is, bring it on.”

Valor brought it on early and often against Fairview as the Eagles (13-1) dominated from the opening kickoff with a strong defense that contained the Knights’ prolific passing attack and an offense that struck quickly but also mounted scoring drives of 80 (twice) and 71 yards.

The Eagles never punted in the title game that drew a crowd of 11,482 fans.

Valor kept pressure on Fairview quarterback Anders Hill and scored three times on its first four plays to jump ahead 21-0 in the first 6:10 of the game. The Eagles used a 35-point spree to swell their lead to 56-8 in the fourth quarter.

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pirate boys ready for hoops season Almost entire team returns from 2012-13 campaign

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Coach Dave Chapman said the returning lettermen should anchor this year’s improved Englewood High School boys basketball team.

“We were a young team last year with only three seniors on the roster. The seniors graduated in June and now, almost everyone from that team is back this season,” the coach said as he watched the team practice Nov. 26. “We are starting with a group of guys who got quite a bit of varsity experience last season, plus most of the guys took part in two summer leagues, which helped them improve their basketball skills.”

He has about 40 athletes out for the team, including quite a few freshmen. So, again this year, Englewood will have three teams, varsity, junior varsity and C team, the latter of which is primarily freshmen.

The Pirates got a taste of competition Nov. 30 in scrimmages with Littleton and Sheridan. The squad opens the season Dec. 4, 6 and 7 at the Skyline High School tournament.

Englewood will play its home games in the north gym because the fieldhouse is undergoing major renovation.

The Pirates open the home-court sea-

Coach Dave Chapman gives instruction to Englewood High School basketball players Sean Bowering, center, and Colton Korinek during the Dec. 2 practice, two days before the Pirates’ season opener. Photo by Tom Munds son with back-to-back games.

They play Centaurus Dec. 16 and then are at home against Arvada Dec. 17.

Chapman said his goal is to have the team run a motion offense.

“We don’t have a lot of height to crash the boards, but we will push the pace as much as we can,” he said. “However, many times it will be necessary to set up for a half-court game. When we do that, we will be moving a lot and looking to get a player clear for a high-percentage shot inside.”

Defensively, the coach will have the team shifting between a zone alignment and one-on-one matchups.

The team got stronger with the return of Sean Bowering.

Bowering played at Englewood as a freshman but the family moved to Colorado Springs last year. The family is back in Englewood and Sean is back with the Pirates.

“I am glad to be back at Englewood,” he said during a break in the Nov. 26 practice.

“I see a team that is getting better. We are using better basketball techniques and the team chemistry is improving. It could be a pretty good year for us.”

He said, despite his height, he prefers to shoot mid-range shots.

“I can pound the boards and work inside both on offense and defense,” he said.

“But I think I shoot best from out around the free-throw line. But I will move to where the coach wants me to play.”

He said his goals for the season are to have the highest shooting percentage on the team and to help the Pirates make the playoffs.

Senior Isiah Mestas will be playing point guard for the Pirates this season.

“I am a better basketball player now than I was at this time last season,” he said.

“I feel playing in the summer leagues has helped me improve my quickness, my ball handling skills and my shooting.”

Mests, who played quarterback for the Pirates this season, said he can shoot from outside but his strength is driving to the basket to try to score a layup or draw a foul.

“I like football, but basketball is my favorite sport,” he said. “I like basketball because the fast pace of the game has you running up and down the court constantly.”

Going into the season, Mestas said he wants to do all he can to help his team win games and personally, he wants to play well enough to be named first team allleague.

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Free throws can be arc of triumph

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com The outcome of many basketball games is decided from 15 feet away from the basket.

“Free-throw shooting is one of the most important things in winning a basketball game,” said Valor Christian senior Garrett Baggett, who made 82 percent of his attempts from the charity stripe last season.

“If you miss 10 free throws and lose by two points, if you had made five of 10 you win the game.”

Coaches substitute late in games not only to get good defensive or offensive players on the floor, but also to get better freethrow shooters in the lineup.

“It always comes down to free throws,” said Highlands Ranch coach Bob Caton.

“Sometimes not just making a free throw but getting a lot of free throws too.”

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The last 21:34 of the contest was played with a running clock, and Sherman shuffled reserves into the game midway through the third quarter.

“I never in my wildest dreams thought the score would have got this way,” said Sherman. “We played great defense. We were able to bring some different pressures. We were able to go up 14-0 and it made it harder for their offense and defense. It was huge for us to get the lead because they hadn’t had to play from behind too much.”

Valor’s offense, operating behind a stellar line, did its part too.

Christian McCaffrey, Valor’s senior running back who signed a letter of intent to play at Stanford, rushed for 129 yards on 12 carries and scored twice. He also caught five passes for 92 yards and two TDs. In the second half, he touched the ball only once.

McCaffrey finished the season with 46 touchdowns, which gave him 141 in his career. He wrapped up his prep career by scoring at least one TD in 43 straight games.

“I so happy, I can’t express how I feel,” said McCaffrey who was part of the senior class that won four state titles. “All our

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ods are correct. After that, it us up to the player.

Coaches have numerous approaches such as free-throw ladders, team competition and other shooting drills with awards and the usual running punishment to put pressure on players to make free throws during practice.

Free-throw shooting provides a chunk of almost every basketball practice.

“We like players to get comfortable,” explained Caton. “Every kid when he shoots a free throw should have a pattern, whatever they like to do. Then you want to have the good form, the proper form. One thing you don’t do, if a kid is making a good percent of his free throws, you leave him alone. If he is not making a good percent of his free throws, then you work with him. Then you want repetition, where everything becomes a habit.”

Baggett made 63 of 76 free-throw attempts and is one of the best returning south metro area boys players in free throw percentage.

guys played well. Going out with a broom is something kind of special.”

Quarterback A.J. Cecil was 15-of-16 for 245 yards and four touchdowns. He rushed for 65 yards and his only flaws on an otherwise perfect game were an interception and fumble.

“I thought A.J. played arguably his best game of the year,” said Sherman.

Valor senior Paul Grizzle, in his first season as a kicker, booted eight extra-point kicks, giving him single-season state records for points (85) and consecutive conversions.

Eric Lee Jr., Marcus Wilson, Stone Watson and Nathan Whatmore also had TDs for the Eagles, who have won 22 straight state playoff games.

Valor’s defense forced three turnovers and thwarted a Fairview offense that came into the game averaging 45 points. The Knights had defeated three Douglas County teams (Mountain Vista, Douglas County and ThunderRidge) en route to the title game.

Fairview, which had passed for an average of 315.5 yards per game, had 208 yards passing but finished with 199 yards of total offense on 63 plays. The Knights had minus 9 yards rushing as Valor, the No. 2 seed, had seven sacks.

The top-seeded Knights held a 36:3826:22 edge in time of possession and ran 14 more offensive plays than the Eagles, who finished with 523 yards of total of-

“I have a routine I do before every freethrow shot,” said Baggett. “I’ll walk to the top of the key, look at the rim a little bit, catch the ball and get a feel for it, take three dribbles to get in a rhythm, eyes on the rim and shoot it.”

The waving and other methods students use to distract free-throw shooters doesn’t bother Baggett.

“All the waving doesn’t usually bother me because I have my head down when I dribble so at the last second is when I pull up, look at the rim and shoot it,” he said. “So I really don’t see all that when I shoot the ball.

“It depends on the situation if I think about the importance of a free throw. If it’s a close game, I’ll think a little bit more. I just think about it like any other shot, it’s a routine that I’ve always had.”

Baggett got into a free-throw shooting routine early.

“I used to be homeschooled in middle school,” he recalled. “I’d finish my school work by noon and I’d just go out and shoot.

I’d shoot about 100 free throws a day. I think

that’s where it developed. I could always improve on my free-throw shooting. I’d like to shoot 90 percent this year.”

Other accurate free-throw shooters returning this season include Highlands Ranch’s Evan Motlong, who also hit 83 percent of his attempts (44 of 53). Lutheran’s James Willis (83 of 110) and Cherry Creek’s Griffin Parr (54 of 72) each connected on 75 percent, while Rock Canyon’s Mitch Lombard (56 of 77), Jake Holtzmann (72 of 99) of Chaparral and Cherry Creek’s Will Bower (37 of 51) were 73 percent shooters.

As a team, Cherry Creek made 74 percent of its free throws. Valor and Mountain Vista made 71 percent of their attempts in 201213.

Highlands Ranch ranked near the bottom of the Continental League, hitting 61 percent of its free throws.

“Sometimes it’s who gets fouled and if he is a good shooter,” said Caton. “Last year we had a couple guys who didn’t shoot very well. If they had shot better, we would have been in great shape.”

Valor defenders Clarke Cooper (88) and Gabriel Watkins (25) close in on Fairview’s quarterback Anders Hill (9). The Eagle duo sacked Hill on this first quarter play. The Eagles went on to dominate the game as they won their fifth straight state championship by defeating Fairview 56-16 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Photo by Tom Munds fense.

“We respect Valor,” said Fairview coach Tom McCartney. “They were tremendous in every aspect of the game. The reason the score got out of hand was Valor’s play, because we came into the game ready and prepared. We may not have taken care of

the ball like we usually do, but give them credit because they played an outstanding game on both sides of the ball.”

Valor’s only loss of the season came by a field goal at the hands of Bingham, a Utah high school that won that state’s largeschool championship.

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For the first time in the 10-year history of the Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K, more than 3,000 runners showed up at Redstone Park for the event.

Trottin’ for turkey

The weather was one thing to be thankful for as a record number of runners flocked to Redstone Park for the 10th Annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K. The Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce fun run, which raises money for the US National Guard, brought out more than 3,000 participants for the first time in event history as early-morning temperatures hit the high 40s and the sunshine beamed down from above.

COURTESY PHOTOS BY RAK LEF PHOTOGRAPHY Garrett Wilson ran to a first-place overall finish at this year’s Turkey Trot 5K, beating more than 3,000 people to the finish line with a time of 15 minutes, 53 seconds. Wilson was 25 seconds faster than Jason Kearns, this year’s second-place finisher.

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Disabled teen finds spot on DU roster Pioneers hockey team welcomes local boy

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Adam Encrapera wheeled his chair into the University of Denver locker room following the Pioneers’ 3-1 victory over Air Force Nov. 23 at Magness Arena.

Immediately, cheers erupted from the DU hockey team and a chant of “Adam, Adam, Adam,” quickly gained steam. The Pioneers were now 1-0 with their newest teammate — a 14-year-old Highlands Ranch youth who is one of just 500 people worldwide known to have Alstrom syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects every organ in the body with exception of the brain.

Adam was diagnosed with AS at age 3. Legally blind and hard of hearing, the Cresthill Middle School eighth-grader has had fierce battles with liver disease and diabetes, has experienced countless seizures, had heart and kidney problems, had two back surgeries and spends his nights in bed hooked up to a breathing machine.

In the past three years alone, he has also had just shy of 20 trips to the emergency room.

On Nov. 19, in a special ceremony, he signed a letter of intent to become an honorary member of the Pioneers for the duration of the 2013-14 season, in which he will not just attend games, but get to be part of pre- and post-game activities with the team.

“Adam is a local kid, likes hockey, is a big sports fan and it just seemed like a good fit for us, something all the guys are really excited about getting involved with,” said DU sophomore defenseman Wade Bennett, who is recovering from an injury and watched the Air Force game with Adam and his family in the stands.

“We are truly initiating him into the Pioneer family,” Bennett continued. “It’s

Cresthill Middle School eighth-grader Adam Encrapera (99) celebrates the University of Denver hockey team’s 3-1 win over Air Force Nov. 23 in the Pioneer locker room.

Encrapera, who is living with Alstrom syndrome, signed a letter of intent with the team Nov. 19 and is the squad’s newest honorary member. Photo by Ryan Boldrey meant to be a friendship. He is one of our brothers now and we want to bring him as much joy as we can when he is around the rink and be there for him when things maybe aren’t going so well for him off the ice.”

Adam has his own stall in the Pioneer locker room, nameplate and all, and was also given a No. 99 jersey. He said he is still getting to know all the guys’ names and doesn’t have a favorite player yet, but so far

the experience has been special.

“I’m going to try to get to many games as I can,” said Adam, who can’t hear without his hearing aids and listens to the game on his headphones while at the rink.

A former adaptive hockey player, Adam used to use a hockey stick as a cane when he was little. And while he has spent a lot of time around his older brother Luke’s hockey and baseball teams, he has never truly had a team of his own, until now.

“Every day is a challenge,” said his mother, Susan Encrapera. “When you can balance it with something that can give him hope, it encourages him and makes him feel like part of something. It helps him get through rough times.”

Now, thanks to Team IMPACT — the national nonprofit organization that made the match — and the Pioneers hockey team, Adam has 25 new brothers to help him through those rough times.

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