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Rabid raccoon a rarity in Ranch Case is first in county in 10 years, state health officials say By Jane Reuter
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People lined the streets along Highlands Ranch Parkway for the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s annual Fourth of July Parade. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
An All-American celebration People lined the streets along Highlands Ranch Parkway for the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s annual Fourth of July Parade. The Town Center area hosted festivities all day long, beginning with a 5K run that started at Town Center South and the family pet parade. The main parade made its way down Highlands Ranch Parkway around 9:15 a.m. and included appearances from local Boy and Girl Scout troops, area politicians, the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo Court and organizations and causes from across Douglas County and Highlands Ranch. Family activities, live music, and a hot dog eating contest entertained the crowed in the afternoon following the parade — and the evening was capped off with fireworks.
A young raccoon found in Highlands Ranch July 3 is Douglas County’s first confirmed case of rabies in a land animal in at least 10 years, state health officials said. “We have seen positive (results) in bats in that area of Douglas County before, but we have not seen a land-based animal,” said Dr. Jennifer House, a veterinarian with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “And this is concerning for us. They have a higher possibility of infecting domestic pets.” Two dogs encountered the raccoon during the day on a neighborhood street west of University Boulevard and Highlands Ranch Parkway, according to TriCounty Health Department officials. “One of the challenges we see with rabid animals is they do stuff they don’t normally do,” said Tom Butts, Tri-County’s deputy director. “Skunks and raccoons are out in the middle of the day instead of being in hiding. So a critter that normally would have run away, hidden and avoided contact with people and animals loses
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Deputy GM steps down from HRCA
HRCA Backcountry Wilderness Area ambassadors Bella and Buster lead the community association’s board of directors and CEO, along with their families, through the Starbucks Town Center drive-thru for some morning coffee before the July 4 parade. Courtesy photo
Peggy Zack retires after 21 years of service A man rides a unicycle down Highlands Ranch Parkway during the HRCA’s annual Fourth of July Parade. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
A bull rider trots down Highlands Ranch Parkway during the parade. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
Members of the Mrs. Senior America Cameo Club march in the Highlands Ranch Fourth of July Parade. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
By Jane Reuter
jreuter @coloradocommunitymedia.com After 21 years of watching Highlands Ranch grow, Peggy Zack now plans to instead watch her garden do the same. Zack, deputy general manager of the Highlands Ranch Community Association, is retiring. Her last day is July 11. “I have torn feelings about it,” she said. “It’s a good thing, but it’s just different. Zack “I’m going to take the summer off and think through what I’ll do next. I have a huge yard with a garden, and I hardly ever get to enjoy it anymore. This’ll be fun.” Zack joined the HRCA in 1993 when it had just four employees, one recreation center and offices in a shopping center at Zack continues on Page 11
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Eating it up
Competitors in the Highlands Ranch Community Association Hot Dog Eating contest try to see how many dogs they can consume in 5 minutes on July 4.
A near-capacity crowd of hundreds watched as 25 people participated in the Annual Highlands Ranch Community Association Hot Dog Eating contest July 4 at Town Center. The contest was monitored by a team from the HRCA, known as the “Bunnettes,” who ensured all hot dogs were consumed, signaled when additional dogs were needed, and alerted stand-by attendants of any pending incidents of which there fortunately were none. The contest was won by Josh “J-Chill” Childs, who came one dog shy of tying the contest record after eating 11 dogs in five minutes. The event was sponsored by Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, which will soon be opening in Town Center.
Photos by Paul Disalvo Josh “J-Chill” Childs won the hot dog eating contest, chomping down on 11, one short of tying the record.
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Relay ramps up for Sweet 16 bash Highlands Ranch/ Lone Tree event on record-setting pace By Ryan Boldrey rboldrey @coloradocommunitymedia.com
“Cancer never sleeps.” It’s almost like a mantra, something one hears over and over and the reason the American Cancer Society hosts allnight Relay for Life events all over the country. The Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree event is entering its 16th year and celebrating with a campout theme from 6 p.m. July 25 until 8 a.m. July 26 at the track at Cresthill Middle School, 9195 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. “I love the overnight aspect,” said event organizer Jenn Stewart, who oversees five relays in the metro area. “It’s so much about what a cancer patient goes through. Food is important, exercise is important, rest is important, and sometimes you need to tag a family member in to help out.” The team-oriented event features at least one person walking the track from each team all night, kicking off with a
survivors lap and followed by a caregivers lap. Then it’s everyone’s turn to get on the track. And it’s not a race. It’s more what committee member and melanoma survivor Kari Larese calls “a community fighting together.” The event raises money for the American Cancer Society, 93 percent of which stays local, Stewart said, being used for research programs, patient advocacy and education. More than $7 million has been raised to date in Colorado through relay events, and this year’s Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree relay hopes to shatter last year’s local record of $58,889. Already with a record number of 36 teams signed up, a total of $36,000 has been raised thus far for the 2014 event. “We have a good mix of businesses, family groups, church groups and kids all signed up,” Larese said. “It’s a good opportunity to get to know your neighbors and raise money for local research. For kids, they hear about how much fun it is, and they get to learn about leadership, community giving and teamwork. It’s pretty cool.” Relay isn’t just about walking around the track, either. There’s a survivors dinner, where people get a chance to share their stories with one another and meet neighbors who have battled similar
Teenage birth rate plummets By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Birth rates among Colorado teenagers have dropped by 40 percent over the last five years, a result of a state initiative that aims to help young women avoid unwanted pregnancies, state officials announced last week. “That is not a small drop, that is a very significant drop,” said Dr. Larry Wolk, the state’s chief medical officer, during a July 3 Capitol press conference. Reducing teenage birth rates is a goal of the 2008-launched Colorado Family Initiative, a program that has provided more than 30,000 intrauterine devices at little or no cost
for low-income women. As a result, Colorado moved from the 29th lowest birth rate in the country in 2008 to the 19th lowest in 2012. The birth rate drop has saved the state more than $40 million in public funds. That’s due to a 23 percent caseload reduction for the state’s Women, Infants and Children program, which provides nutrition education and support for low-income women and their children, according to statistics provided by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office. Teen abortion rates have also fallen. The state saw a 35 percent drop in that number from 2009 through 2012 in counties that are served by the initiative.
After reaching an early fundraising goal, Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree Relay for Life chairman Jay Carpenter agreed to dress up in a tutu and advertise for the relay July 5 on the streets of Lone Tree. After a day of sign spinning, Carpenter relaxed at his Lone Tree home with some helping hands, from left: Deacon and Zeph Capps, and Geyelin, Charlotte, Henry and Stella Carpenter. Courtesy photo battles. There’s a Luminaria Ceremony where bags in honor of loved ones who have died from cancer are lit and placed along the track. There’s some tears, laughter, and yes, also a bit of fun. Quite a bit. There’s a Relay’s Got Talent Contest, a Mr. Princess Competition, Zumba, a karate demonstration, a midnight pizza party, a bounce house, themed laps, and sunrise yoga in the morning. Survivor Matt Rowles will also be providing music and dance moves all night long. And, of course, there’s breakfast in the morning. And while participants will be raising money on their own and with their teams, there will also be fundraisers throughout the evening featuring such
activities as on-site massage therapy and a silent auction highlighted by Broncos tickets and autographed Rockies baseballs from Troy Tulowitzki, Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon. “It’s really a great combination of being a fun community event and taking the opportunity to fight a disease that affects everybody,” Larese said. For more information on event history or the American Cancer Society, please visit www.relayforlife.org. For information on the local event, or to sign up, please visit www.rflhr-lt.org. The cost is $10 per individual to participate. Registration will remain open through the start of the event and people can also sign up on site.
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Beauprez stands by remarks Video surfaces as governor candidate touts running mate, party unity By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com On a week when the Bob Beauprez campaign was buoyed by a poll that showed him in a 44 percent tie with Gov. John Hickenlooper, it was instead a different number that stirred a media buzz. Hours into a statewide Republican “unity tour” on July 2 — where Beauprez traveled with former GOP rivals and his newly pegged gubernatorial running mate — Beauprez’s campaign ended up having to deal with the resurfacing of old comments. A 2010 video obtained by the Denver Post shows Beauprez making comments to the Denver Rotary Club that were reminiscent of those made by former presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012 - ones that ended up derailing the Romney campaign. “I see something that frankly doesn’t surprise me, having been on the Ways and Means Committee: Forty-seven percent of all Americans pay no federal income tax,” Beauprez said. “I’m guessing that most of you in this room are not in that 47 percent — God bless you — but what that tells me is that we’ve got almost half the population perfectly happy that somebody else is paying the bill, and most of that half is you all.” Beauprez said “there is a political strategy” on the part of Democrats to keep a large number of people dependent on the government because it helps their party create a “permanent ruling majority.” Democrats pounced on Beauprez’s comments. “When he was catering to his Tea Party base to win a primary, he warned of an impending ‘civil war’ and attacked 47 percent of Americans, including veterans and seniors, as lazy,” said Jennifer Koch, executive director for the Colorado Democratic Party, through an emailed statement. “Now he is trying sell his ‘Unity Tour’ across our state.” But the Beauprez campaign stood by the comments. Campaign manager Dustin Olson said in an emailed statement that Beauprez was making the point that “it’s sad more people are not doing well enough to pay federal income tax.” Beauprez does refer to income tax in his comments, which is a more accurate assessment than the one Romney made when he was speaking to Republican donors in 2012. Romney said that 47 percent of the country would end up voting for President Barack Obama “no matter what” because they are “dependent on the government.” Still, Beauprez’s and Romney’s comments have a similar tone. Romney said that 47 percent of the country considers themselves victims and feel they are “entitled” to government benefits. Beauprez said that many people are “happy” to let the wealthy class take care of them. Olson said the attack over Beauprez’s comments from four years ago is a futile effort on the part of Democrats to distract them from recent news in the race. “Clearly Hickenlooper and his radical liberal allies are desperate following the recent Rasmussen poll showing Bob Beauprez tied with John Hickenlooper,” Olson said. The poll, which was conducted in the days after Beauprez won the Republican primary, shows Beauprez tied with Hickenlooper, with both men garnering 44 of support from respondents. Eight percent said they were undecided, while 4 percent said they preferred another candidate. Rasmussen is considered a Republican-friendly polling firm. As for Hickenlooper, he told reporters after an unrelated Capitol press conference on July 3 that he had not seen the Beauprez video. “I just haven’t had time....” Hickenlooper said. “I keep intending to get to seeing that video and understanding it,
Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella gets a hug from Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez at a Lakewood campaign event on July 2. Beauprez pegged Repella as his running mate the day before. Photo by Vic Vela but as you guys all know there’s a bunch of other stuff (to deal with). You tell me what I should be spending my time on?”
Beauprez touts party unity The comments surfaced the day Beauprez rallied Republican support on a statewide “unity tour.” The tour featured several prominent Republicans, including his former rivals in the GOP gubernatorial primary — former Congressman Tom Tancredo, Secretary of State Scott Gessler and former state Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp. All three men attended a Lakewood stop, where they conveyed the importance of winning Jefferson County — a swing county that is sure to be a key battleground in the fall. “It’s a swinging county in a swinging state,” Gessler told the crowd that was huddled inside a Jefferson County Republican campaign office. “The way Jefferson County goes will be the way Colorado goes in November. He will win if you all deliver Jefferson County.” Beauprez also introduced lieutenant governor candidate Jill Repella as his running mate. The Douglas County commissioner and Colorado native touted her county for having one of the fastest jobgrowth rates in the country. She also said the Democraticmajority Legislature “has run amok” by creating laws that hurt local communities — Repella provided no specifics behind that claim. “I always thought of Colorado as a place where you can breathe freely,” she said. “I feel suffocated now. I fell suffocated because of the things that are being pushed down on us in our communities.” Beauprez made comments that were similar to those he has been making throughout the campaign — ones that try to paint Hickenlooper as a failed leader who believes that more government is the answer to Coloradans’ problems. “That’s the real question that’s on your ballot this fall,” he said. “Do we as voters believe and trust in the beauty and decency and the genius of people, or do we believe in government? I believe in people.”
Lawsuit tackles K-12 negative factor Education advocacy group: Funding mechanism is unconstitutional By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A lawsuit alleges that a mechanism that has been used by the state to slash education funding by about $1 billion is unconstitutional — the latest development in an ongoing battle over how K-12 dollars are appropriated. The lawsuit, which was filed in Denver District Court on June 27, argues that the state’s use of the so-called “negative factor” to control education funding violates constitutional language that was put in place by voters through Amendment 23. The 2000 provision requires that annual education funding increase by the rate of inflation and enrollment growth. But in 2010, on the heels of a recession, state lawmakers created the negative factor in response to budget realities facing the state. Those who support the use of the negative factor say it’s important to fund education at high levels, but that the requirements of Amendment 23 are burdensome and can impact budgets for other areas of state spending. But the lawsuit claims that had the Legislature not created the negative factor, K-12 funding would have been restored to 1988 levels by now — which was the primary goal of Amendment 23. “The... negative factor and resulting funding restric-
tions are causing irreparable harm to students, districts and educational organizations across our state,” the lawsuit reads. Plaintiffs point out that since the adoption of the negative factor, per-pupil funding has “dramatically” decreased and hasn’t come close to the funding levels that voters approved in 2000. The Legislature did backfill $110 million in education funding this year, in an effort to bring down the negative factor. And lawmakers passed two major school funding measures that allow K-12 financing to grow by nearly $500 million. The legal team behind the lawsuit includes Kathleen Gebhardt of Children’s Voices, an education advocacy group. Gebhardt was the lead attorney in the recent Lobato v. State of Colorado lawsuit that claimed that Colorado was failing to adequately fund or properly disperse funding to school districts in the state. The Lobato lawsuit ended in 2013, when the state Supreme Court ruled that the state’s educational funding system was constitutional. The plaintiffs consist of school districts that include the Boulder Valley School District and Colorado Springs School District No. 11. Other educational organizations and a group of parents are also listed as plaintiffs. The state of Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Education Commissioner Robert Hammond are named as defendants in the case. The new lawsuit will be defended by the state Attorney General’s Office.
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STEM school founders launching new project Alexandria program seen as ‘capstone’ By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com The founders of Highlands Ranch’s STEM School and Academy are holding a series of informational meetings about a planned new sixth- through 12th-grade charter school. The proposed Alexandria School of Innovation will be, one founder believes, the culmination of all they’ve done so far. “We believe this is our capstone project,” Judy Brannberg said. “We’re taking all the information we learned and gleaned from the past 15 years in our experience with starting charter schools. This is our best project ever, a collection of all the ideas we have about education.” They aim to open for the 2015-16 academic year, adding grades to eventually offer all grades from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
A site for the new school hasn’t yet been established, though Brannberg said they have focused their search on northern Highlands Ranch and eastern Douglas County. The school’s charter application will be submitted to the Douglas County Board of Education in late August or early September, she said. Brannberg and her husband Barry, who founded the STEM School that opened in August 2011, no longer are affiliated with the Highlands Ranch school. But they’re using what they learned through that and other endeavors to create Alexandria. “It’s not a replication of STEM,” Brannberg said. “This is brand-new. The whole focus is innovation.” The school is named after Alexandria, Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great and once the largest and most prosperous city in the world. It was a magnet for scholars, scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, artists and historians. In addition to emphasizing the four major components of a STEM school — science, technology, engineering and math
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— the Alexandria School of Innovation will include the arts and athletics. Teachers will use a combination of instructional techniques. “You can’t just put kids in front of a computer and say, `Let’s solve a problem or do a project,’” Brannberg said. “You have to have some direction as well. You have to balance inquiry-based learning with direct instruction, a little bit of the old and new together.” Students also will learn about entrepreneurship. “We want every student to know how to open their own business,” Brannberg said. “That’s what really makes America unique.” Engineering will be taught to students at every grade level. Parents also will be expected to participate in their children’s education. Construction plans call for an open design, free of hallways. “It’s going to be an amazing school,” Brannberg said. “We’re looking for a funder, a philanthropic family, right now to help us.” For more information, visit www.alexandriak12.org.
AlexAndriA school of innovAtion community meetings July 14, 7:30 p.m. Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial July 21, 7 p.m. Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Jefferson County July 22, 7 p.m. Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd., Douglas County July 27, 3 p.m. Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker July 30, 7 p.m. James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch
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news in a hurry Director opening at HRCA
The Highlands Ranch Community Association has an immediate opening on its board of directors following the recent resignation of Christina Caputo, who accepted a staff position within the organization. The association is accepting applications for the vacancy and will continue to do so through Aug. 29. The position is open to all homeowners in the Highlands Ranch community. Those interested should apply by filling out the candidate data form available at www.hrcaonline.org (search director elections), include a resume and sign the corresponding conflict of interest policy form. All candidates will have the opportunity to address the delegates and answer questions at the monthly delegate meeting on Sept. 16 and the delegates will elect Caputo’s successor at the following meeting, on Oct. 21. The elected board member will be expected to serve the remainder of Caputo’s term — which expires in March 2016 — and have the opportunity to run for re-election at that point in time.
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night out under the stars on either July 18 or Aug. 22 at the historic Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9950 E. Gateway Drive. Each evening will kick off at 6:30 p.m. with tours of the mansion and live music performed on the mansion lawn. Prepurchased gourmet picnic deals will be available when buying tickets. People are welcome to bring their own snacks, and wine and beer will be available for cash purchase. When the moon starts to rise, the films will begin. “Fargo” will be featured July 18, and “Die Hard” will be shown Aug. 22. Tickets are $10 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.highlandsranchmansion.com. For details, please call 303-791-0177.
Goodwill’s new venture
Goodwill Industries of Denver is opening a furniture store at 8230 S. Colorado Blvd. on Aug. 2, near the intersection of County Line Road. The store — the first of its kind for Goodwill Denver — will feature gently used furniture and home décor, including lamps, rugs and artwork. The 8,330-square-foot location will also feature a drive-through donation drop-off area. It will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon-
Castle Rock/Franktown 10:30am at Castle View HS
w/Kids Denver & Serving the southeast Youth Min area
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Greenwood Village
Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am
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sunday school 9:15 am · for children and adults preschool Serving the community ages 21/2 – 6 years “Love, Learn, Laugh”
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Highlands Ranch
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Cowboy Church with Kevin Weatherby Line camp - Castle Rock Sundays 10 am DC Fairgrounds – Kirk Hall
Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Christ’s Episcopal Church
615 4th Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.5185
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Trinity Lutheran Church & School
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am Sanctuary 10:20 am St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am
Non-Denominational Pastor Paul Flannery “It’s not about us... It’s about serving others... T hen God gets the Glory!”
2121 Dad Clark Drive 720.259.2390 www.HFCdenver.org
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GRACE PRESBYTERIAN Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey
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Sundays at 10:00 am
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Water well work underway
The East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District began work July 7 near Highlands Ranch High School to reconstruct a 40-year-old drinking water well (that was constructed prior to residential development in the community) on the southern edge of school property, near the intersection of University and Cresthill Lane. During certain phases of this project, work will run 24 hours a day. While a sound reduction wall is in place, and nighttime safety lighting will be directed downward as much as possible, some noise and light disturbances may occur. An overview of ECCV’s water well reconstruction projects can be found at www.eccv.org/water-well-reconstruction. The district will also be providing regular updates via Facebook and Twitter, and people are welcome to sign up for email alerts about the project’s progress by sending a message to info@eccv.org. Make
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The Fifth Annual South Metro Out of the Darkness Walk has been scheduled for Sept. 6 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane. Funds raised at the event will benefit the Colorado Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The 2013 event in Highlands Ranch was one of more than 300 nationwide and one of the largest and most successful, drawing close to 1,600 participants and raising nearly $140,000. For more information, please visit www.afsp.org/ colorado.
Sheriff’s office gets K9 vest Douglas County Sheriff’s Office K9 officer “Zoos” recently received a ballistic vest as a result of a successful nationwide Groupon event sponsored by “Vested Interest in K9’s.” The organization has provided more than 350 law enforcement dogs nationwide with protective body armor in memory of “Rocco” of the Pittsburgh Police Department who sacrificed his life in the line of duty in January 2014.
Parker
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8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
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Lone Tree
Church of Christ Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Thursday Bible Study - 7:30pm Currently meeting at: Acres Green Elementary School 13524 Acres Green Drive 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com
Learning about God’s Creation through song!
United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop 10926 E. Democrat Rd.
4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134, (303) 841-3836
Parker
Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808
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The Bahá’í Faith
Joy Lutheran Church
“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”
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Parker evangelical P 303 798 6387 resbyterian church
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worship Time 10:30AM sundays
Sunday 9:30am
Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org
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Sunday Worship
8:45 am & 10:30 am
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School Bible Study 10:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)
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Out of the Darkness Walk scheduled
Lone Tree
Congregation Beth Shalom
Worship Sunday · 8:00 am & 10:30 am
sure to ask to be put on the list for Well WPA-1R.
8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch
(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)
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day through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Proceeds from the store will help fund Goodwill’s careerfocused programs for at-risk youths, struggling adults and individuals with disabilities.
Abiding Word First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Lutheran Church
A Hillsong Network Church
Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am
www.savethecowboy.com
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9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org
Parker
Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet
303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org
Where people are excited about God’s Word.
Bible Studies: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults
Sunday Worship: 10:45AM Evening Worship: 6PM 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836
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Four-year-old Andres Patrick Sena of Littleton drowned in Chatfield Reservoir on July 5. The child’s family reported him missing at about 5:35 p.m., saying they thought he might be in the water. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Littleton Fire Rescue responded. Members of LFR’s Dive Rescue Team found him just off the shore on the southeast bank of the reservoir.
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Lawmakers urge removal of gay-marriage roadblocks Steadman: Same-sex nuptials in Colorado are ‘inevitable’ By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A group of gay state lawmakers on July 3 called on Colorado officials to “concede” that the state’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and to avoid putting up any more legal barriers that delay “inevitable” same-sex nuptials. That urging — and the state Attorney General’s decision that same day to take legal action against a county clerk who has been issuing “invalid” gay marriage licenses — capped a flurry of activity surrounding gay-marriage court battles from last week, an issue that is expected to become even more eventful in the coming weeks. The lawmakers, all Democrats, held a Capitol press conference to urge Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican Attorney General John Suthers to essentially get out of the way of legal battles over same-sex marriage that are consistently being won across the country by supporters of marriage equality. “It’s about to happen and now we’re seeing the end game,” said state Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, who added that it is “inevitable” that same-sex marriage will become legal in Colorado, as it has in several other states. The most recent victory for gay marriage supporters was a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Denver last week that Utah could not prevent gays from getting married there. The appeals court stayed its ruling until the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue. And since the 10th circuit court includes the state of Colorado, it means that the state’s ban on gay marriage — which was supported by Colorado voters in 2006 — will remain in place, pending a Supreme Court decision. However, that did not stop Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall from issuing same-sex marriage licenses almost immediately after the court’s decision. And Boulder County has continued to issue those licenses in spite of threats of legal intervention on the part of the Attorney General’s office.
Those threats culminated in a lawsuit that was filed by the AG’s Office on July 3, which calls on Hall to stop issuing “invalid” marriage licenses. “Regretfully, our office was forced to take action against Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall due to her refusal to follow state law,” Suthers said through an emailed statement. “While we would prefer not to sue a government official, Ms. Hall’s actions are creating a legal limbo for both the state and the couples whose relationships she wants to champion. That limbo could have tangible and unintended consequences.” A hearing was expected to be held in a Boulder courtroom on July 9. Further showing that this issue moved at lighting-like speed last week, Suthers’ decision to sue Boulder County came just one day after Suthers and Hickenlooper asked a federal court to issue an injunction declaring the state’s gay marriage ban to be unconstitutional. That move deals with a lawsuit that was filed by six couples in a Denver federal district court who are seeking to overturn the state’s gay marriage ban. However, they are asking for that injunction to be stayed, pending a Supreme Court outcome. The move suspends all trial court litigation on the matter. Suthers is not a supporter of gay marriage. But he sees the reality before him — that all lower courts have ruled on the side of gay marriage supporters. So, Suthers does not see the point in continuing to drag the issue through the lower court process and using tax dollars to fight against something that is going to be decided by the highest court in the land anyway. “The motion we filed yesterday seeks to create a cease fire in the battles over samesex marriage in Colorado,” Suthers said. “We created a path forward to efficiently and decisively resolve several ongoing legal proceedings,” Steadman commended Suthers and Hickenlooper for filing the injunction. But he and other gay lawmakers would rather see the injunction filed without a stay. “I think we will find that the sun will still rise in the east the next day; life will go on unchanged,” Steadman said. “The only thing that will be different is that all families will have equal opportunity to protect
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State Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, speaks to reporters about recent developments in court cases involving gay marriage at the Capitol on July 3. Steadman was joined by fellow Democratic gay lawmakers, including House Speaker Mark Ferrandino of Denver, left, and Sen. Jessie Ulibarri of Commerce City. Photo by Vic Vela judged by a higher court, legally you don’t have that right to go around it,” he said. But Steadman said that while the issue remains up in the air, some couples might be running out of time to see their dreams of marriage become a reality. Steadman’s own partner died of cancer prior to Colorado’s legalization of civil unions last year — a law that Steadman was instrumental in creating. “I can speak from personal experience,” Steadman said. “Not everyone can afford to wait.”
themselves and their property and their children, just like everybody else.” Hickenlooper, who supports gay marriage, acknowledged to reporters later that same day that “there’s a great deal of frustration out there” on the part of same-sex couples who are seeking to marry. However, the governor said that the court system has a process that needs to be followed. “I’m not a lawyer, but as I understand the court of law, when the Court of Appeals issues a stay for their own decision to be
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Dr. Oz is no wizard, but you are If you read this column today, I guarantee that you will lose at least five pounds. Half of all of the programs on television are about eating, half are about dieting and the other half are talk shows, like Dr. Oz’s. Dr. Oz went to Washington in mid-June and he was grilled by senators who were displeased with his miracle weight-loss claims. One senator said, “I don’t know why you need to say this stuff when you know it’s not true.” Money, honey. Dr. Oz (real name Mehmet Cengiz Oz) is highly respected, but not, it turns out, by everyone. He sounds fine and convincing. Kind of like an evangelist. I don’t trust evangelists, do you? I see thousands in the audience, and my imagination turns them all into sheep, and each one of them is holding up a Visa card. The Food Network shows you exactly how to pig out: It’s now showing reruns of “Man v. Food,” because the host quit. Good
for him. Adam Richman, a glutton from Brooklyn, ate appalling amounts of food in restaurants. He gained a lot of weight and became depressed. I’ve always wondered how the program goes over in Haiti, Burundi and Angola. Since quitting, Richman has lost 60 pounds. If you are overweight and you want to lose weight, you might listen to almost anyone say almost anything. Oscar Wilde said, “Everything in moderation, including moderation.” I wish I could do it, but I can’t. I do
That’s no problem, that’s an opportunity If you are like me, you have probably been faced with situations or people in your life that could be considered difficult at best, and yes, maybe even a challenge. Situations or events in our lives that could be considered difficult or challenging could range anywhere from health crises, loss of loved ones, unemployment, rebellious children, addiction, expensive auto repairs, household bills, and many other things. People in our lives who seem to test us on a regular basis, if not every single day, include gossips, conceited ego-driven folks, people who seem to bring drama with them anywhere and everywhere they go, and those who are stubborn, narrowminded, or hypocritical. I mean, we are surrounded by challenges and challenging people all the time as we try and navigate our lives at work, school, or at home. Or are we? I think that in some cases we are not surrounded by them accidentally. I think we choose to surround ourselves with people who bring the drama and conflicts. We make a conscious decision to stay associated with people in our lives for any number of reasons. They could be family, they just might be someone we have known all of our lives and we accept them and love them for who they are, or we just love the tension or excitement that they bring to every event or meeting.
In many of the challenging or difficult situations as mentioned above like a health crisis, unemployment, or loss of a loved one, I believe there are people who rise to the occasion and cope as best as they possibly can. I am so encouraged by the emails I receive every day from people who share their hearts and positive attitude as they struggle with things out of their control. You all amaze me and I am proud of you. In tragic and dark situations there is no doubt that we all experience feelings of sadness. Yet I am always astounded when goodness surfaces in the times of trouble. I love the stories of people who have lost a loved one and then find an opportunity to volunteer in an area that was meaningful to the person they lost. And the stories of the unemployed who take the opportunity to develop new skills or learn a new trade, Norton continues on Page 11
everything obsessively, even this column. I write one, two, three columns every day. The paper prints one a week. I have two large art exhibitions coming up months from now. I have been nearly finished for months. I think artists are supposed to be up all night the night before an exhibition. Obesity in America is in the news every day. But, like I said, half of the shows on television focus on eating. The same goes for commercials. There are commercials that offer you pre-portioned meals they send right to your home. They promise not to cut corners. The meals are scrumptious and you will lose weight while you are eating them. How is that possible? I think you are supposed to have one for breakfast, one for lunch, and one for dinner. But if you are obsessive like I am, you would eat nine of them, maybe all at once. Marshall continues on Page 11
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In reading last week’s paper, I became interested in the article on “Republicans speak against Common Core.” I am in total agreement with Anita Stapleton and Craig Richardson on their stance on Common Core in DCSD schools. One of the foremost stances on Common Core is their support of the evil Islam and liberalism in our schools. America had better wake up! All one has to do is look at what is now happening in Iraq and Syria with the push for a total Islamic caliphate in those countries and their goal eventually under the guise of Common Core the same for the USA and the world. Keith Wanklyn Highlands Ranch
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I feel compelled to write to commend Vic Vela on his article “Judge upholds state’s gun laws” in last week’s paper. His point-counterpoint-ruling format provided great clarity on the issue and ruling. Too often proposed legislation is written with so much complexity — with double and triple negatives — that an individual is hard-pressed to recognize our own position on it. The resulting chaos can hardly be considered an adequately representative vote. I also want to note that Weld County Sheriff John Cooke deserves to be immediately relieved of office for his intention to perform his duties based on his political agenda rather than on the basis of law. Bev Johnson Castle Rock
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Immigration deadlock is political failure In the current combative, partisan environment in Washington, compromise and cooperation are rare occurrences. That is even more evident following House Speaker John Boehner’s recent announcement that the House of Representatives will not act on immigration reform this year. On June 27, 2013, more than a year ago, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill to fix our broken immigration system. We wrote the bill as a part of the Group of 8, which included Republican Sens. Marco Rubio, John McCain, Jeff Flake, and Lindsey Graham. It also included Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and Robert Menendez. The bill passed the Senate with nearly 70 votes. We put politics aside in order to produce this commonsense bill. It has the support of countless organizations — from the Chamber of Commerce to the labor unions, from migrant workers to farmers and ranchers, from law enforcement agencies to the faith community, and Latino leaders. The bill would strengthen our economy, secure our borders, reform guest worker programs, establish a rational system for the future flow of immigrants, and provide a tough but fair path to citizenship for the
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their fear of people or gets aggressive.” Butts said the dogs likely killed the raccoon, but said it may have been nearly dead when they found it. Fortunately, the dogs’ rabies vaccinations were current. “If a dog is up to date on its rabies vaccines, has had the initial shot and the booster and the appropriate interval, they receive an additional rabies vaccine and are put on a 45-day home quarantine,” he said. If an animal hasn’t been vaccinated or its vaccination is not current, the quarantine period is much longer, and not just a home quarantine but in an animal shelter or secure environment. “It’s not cheap,” Butts said. “The minimal cost of a vaccination is the way to go.” Butts said dogs, cats and horses all should be vaccinated against rabies. “We advise people first and foremost to make sure their pet cats and dogs are currently vaccinated for rabies,” House said. “If they do happen to notice a wild animal acting unusually — normally nocturnal animals that are found
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maybe even finally pursue a career that they have a passion for instead of what they settled for. And the news of a family facing a health crisis or addiction problem behind closed doors who seek and find the opportunity to rally together to support one another physically, emotionally and spiritually, further unifying or reuniting the family. And as far as the company we keep and circles we travel in, it is really up to us to find the opportunity to separate ourselves from the toxic or poison people in our lives, or to look for the good in each relationship and use that as a springboard and opportunity to deepen those relationships, again accepting those we truly love for their unique, troublesome, quarrelsome
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The food trays look like doll food. I would like to lose a few pounds, but I am not interested in miracles. I can promise you this: We’ll start to see commercials in November that brag that you will lose 20 pounds by Christmas if you go on some kind of diet. If you are overweight, good luck. I mean it. I am overweight, but not by much. I have an addiction, but it’s not a food addiction. My addiction does not show, but if you have a food addiction it shows, and it might be a challenge to go outside. People are cruel. If you are overweight and people are cruel to you, I am sorry.
millions of people living in the shadows. Specifically, the border security provisions include unprecedented measures to double the number of border agents, complete 700 miles of fencing, and utilize new technology to provide 100 percent surveillance. The new guest-worker program would increase the number of visas for workers specializing in high-tech industries and streamline the H-2A visa system for agriculture workers. According to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, it would also decrease the deficit by $197 billion in the first 10 years and by $700 billion over the following decade. It would increase the nation’s GDP by 3.3 percent by 2023 and by up to 5.7 percent by 2033. out during the day, or animals having odd behavior like extreme aggression, if they’re circling, appear drunk or have lost their fear of humans — they should contact animal control or their local health department.” House advised against trying to contain such an animal, saying that job should be left to the experts. From Jan. 1 through June 27 of this year the Colorado Department of Health and Environment recorded 37 cases of rabies in animals; 17 of those were bats, 18 were skunks and two were cats. Weld County, with 12 cases, had the largest number of infections. Both cats were in Yuma County, and included a domestic indoor/outdoor cat that bit and scratched its owner after it had been exposed to rabies in late May. The owner reportedly underwent a lengthy rabies post-exposure treatment series and was confined to home for 45 days. Rabies is a disease that affects the nervous system. If not treated, it is almost always fatal. While rabies vaccination laws for pets have greatly reduced the occurrence of rabies among people and domestic animals, wild animals like skunks, raccoons, bats and foxes still are susceptible to it.
and cynical personalities. The sun rises and sets the same way every day and every night for each one of us. And with each day, we are blessed with challenges as well as opportunities. And if we flip that around, we can say that with each passing day we are presented with opportunities to face challenging situations. How we choose to view it is really up to each one of us as individuals. How do you view it? Is life filled with challenging people and situations? Or is life filled with opportunities to take on those people and things that challenge us the most? Either way, I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And I can just bet that when we look for the opportunities in each challenge, it really will be 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.
There are before-and-after commercials that must be hard to watch if you are overweight. They are signature examples of someone who has been lucky enough to figure out how to do it. Overcoming an addiction is almost impossible. “Almost” means that it is possible. No one, no one, can help us if we aren’t ready. One day turns into another day, and the next thing you know, a month has elapsed and nothing has changed. One morning I woke up and said, “This is the day.” Dr. Oz doesn’t have the miracle. You do. Tomorrow is today. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net.
Perhaps most importantly, this bill was largely crafted with the help of Coloradans from every region, industry, and background. We spoke with farmers on the Western Slope and Eastern Plains who are forced to watch their crops wither and die on the vine because they can’t hire the workers they need to harvest them. We met with the members of the state’s ski resorts and tourist industries who are struggling with an unworkable visa system for seasonal workers. The state’s rapidly growing reputation as a hub for hightech innovation is continuously threatened as we watch our best and brightest — educated in our schools — sent back to their native countries to compete against us. We have also heard from thousands of young DREAMers, many of whom were brought here without their knowledge and know no other country but the United States. The success of the Group of 8 is proof that compromise and cooperation are possible — even for this Congress. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives does not seem to understand the critical need to fix our broken immigration system. The House’s refusal to act has already cost us $13 billion in revenue the bill would have brought. And we will con-
tinue losing another $37 million more every day. The House’s decision also costs us jobs. The Invest Visa alone would create 75,000 jobs per year. With every day that goes by another harvest season passes, another family is torn apart, another talented student returns to their native country, and another opportunity is lost to fix our broken immigration system. Our country was founded on the quintessential American values of selfdetermination and independence, and there is literally no other country in the world for which immigration is so central — to its history and its heritage. The bill we passed more than a year ago in the Senate bears witness to this shared identity. It is encouraging that the president announced his intention to take action within his power to fix our broken system, but without comprehensive legislation from Congress we cannot move our nation forward. Unfortunately, it seems the House of Representatives is refusing to move away from partisan extremes to join our effort.
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Broadway and Plaza Drive. Highlands Ranch was in high-growth mode at the time, adding about 1,200 new homes annually. “Now, we have 30,350 homes and the population is up to 94,700,” she said. “Being part of those changes was very exciting.” Zack helped with construction of the three centers that followed the original Northridge Recreation Center, and the conveyance of the Backcountry Wilderness Area to the HRCA. During her tenure, she also served as human resources and finance manager. Current HRCA human resources manager Linda Dorre worked with Zack from 1997 on, through what she calls “the high times” of rapid growth. “We have seen a lot of changes,” Dorre said. “Peggy’s been such an integral part of the HRCA. On a personal note, as a colleague, she’s been wonderful to work with. She’s businesslike, but she’s really funny; it’s a side
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Independence Day fires up neighborhoods Officers say sources of illegal displays difficult to track down By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Two years of severe fire restrictions contributed to a cavalcade of fireworks last week in Douglas County neighborhoods — both legal and illegal. Law officers wrote few complaints, however, saying the sources of the pyrotechnics are elusive. “There is no doubt there were plenty of fireworks that were shot off that were illegal,” said Sgt. Ron Hanavan, of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. “We did take numerous complaints, but much of them we were unable to locate. Unless neighbors call and say, `This is where it happened,’ it’s difficult to find out where they’re coming from.” Sheriff’s deputies didn’t cite anyone for fireworks-related violations
over the Fourth of July weekend. Lone Tree Police issued one citation July 5 in RidgeGate stemming from a fireworks complaint. Complicating matters further, not all fireworks were banned this year, making it harder to distinguish the legal devices from the illegal ones. Fireworks that leave the ground or produce a loud bang were illegal this year. Fireworks including some fountains, wheel and ground spinners, sparklers, toy smoke devices, snakes and glow worms were among the permissible items. Like Hanavan, Lone Tree Police Chief Jeff Streeter acknowledged there was a high volume of neighborhood fireworks. “I think some people had stored them away for a couple of years and figured, `This is the time,’ ” he said. “It didn’t help that the media was out there saying we didn’t have any fire restrictions.” Streeter echoed Hanavan’s comments on the challenge of tracing the source of illegal fireworks. “If we’re in a neighborhood and
we see illegal fireworks, it is our obligation to tell them to knock it off,” he said. “I leave it up to the discretion of the officer to write (a citation). But it’s very, very difficult to run those down.” Streeter said his department didn’t receive many complaints. “I think the community is more inclined to call in complaints in a dry year,” he said. “There might have been a level of leniency this year because of the past two to three years. Some people might have said, `Give them a little bit of a break.’ ” South Metro Fire responded to a small, resident-contained brush fire near downtown Parker mid-day July 4; fireworks were the suspected source. They also assisted Littleton firefighters at a two-house fire in Highlands Ranch in the early hours of July 5. Fireworks that were improperly disposed of and hadn’t yet cooled are suspected in that blaze as well. For sheriff’s deputies, Hanavan said stemming the tide of illegal fireworks is also a matter of staffing and priorities. The Fourth of July holiday
Woman who faked cancer re-sentenced Ann Crall gets eight years in prison for violating probation Staff report A Highlands Ranch woman who deceived friends and family by lying about having cancer has been sent to prison and had new charges filed against her. Ann Crall, 34, began telling relatives in the fall of 2005 that she was undergoing treatment for cancer, but it was not until four years later that her lies were uncovered. In that time, Crall collected more than $58,000 from various charitable events Crall organized by loved ones. She originally pleaded not guilty to charges, but changed her plea to guilty in March 2011,
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Fireworks filled the night sky above Sweetwater Park in Lone Tree on July 4. In the south metro area, there were plenty of professional fireworks displays like this one, but there were also many complaints of illegal displays in neighborhoods. Courtesy photo is among the most taxing of the year. “It is a very, very busy weekend for us,” he said. “We were running from call to call. “We know fireworks can cause fires, even when everybody’s doing everything right. Generally, we have zero tolerance, especially for safety
considerations. But our call volume throughout the weekend is extremely high. We have to constantly re-evaluate priorities. And that’s why we really encouraged folks to go to the professional shows, and just do the right thing.”
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Highlands Ranch family to appear on ‘Extreme Weight Loss’ By Jennifer Smith
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Jeff Macht admits that the extra weight he’s carried on his large frame placed a huge burden on his family. “He was verbally abusive, just to be flat-out honest,” says his 16-year-old daughter, Juliana. “Because I hated myself,” he is quick to jump in. Mom Michelle just as quickly tries to clarify. “He saw her weight, and he saw himself in that,” she said. “Him getting mad at her was like him yelling at himself.” And that’s how the family ended up on the television show, “Extreme Weight Loss,” which airs Tuesday nights on ABC. The premise of the show is that Chris and Heidi Powell, personal trainers, guide extremely obese people on a journey to safely lose half of their body weight in one year. “It was an intense year,” said Jeff. The lives of the Highlands Ranch family had been pretty intense even before that, culminating in a suicide attempt in 2012. Jeff says he started gaining weight when Michelle was pregnant with their first child, and Michelle said the whole family followed suit over the years. “I would cook, and I would cook what they wanted, even though I knew better,” said Michelle, a math professor at Arapahoe Community College. But their health isn’t the only thing that was disintegrating. Communication was breaking down because all Jeff wanted to do was come home from work and watch TV — not even getting off the couch for dinner. “I even had to mow the lawn,” remembers Michelle, who, even though she wasn’t technically part of the cast, lost 60 cn pounds herself throughout the show’s filming. # Her husband would try diets in fits and starts, never with REG. 34.60 much success. • Rack of Baby Back Ribs “I was an athlete all through college, and that makes it even SAVE $11 • 1/2 BBQ Chicken with this coupon worse,” he said. “I knew what I had to do, but I just gave up on • BBQ Chicken Breast myself.” • Baked Beans (pint) ONLY “He’d try and fail, and I’d get upset and frustrated,” said Mi• Cole Slaw (pint) chelle. “I’d have to sit back and say, you can’t make somebody • Garlic Toast (5 pc) change, they have to want to change.” Then the kids started avoiding their parents. no substitutions “He had a strained relationship with both of our other chilHickoryHouseRibs.com dren,” said Michelle. “They only knew him as heavy. And by Limit 3 • Valid Any Day • Take Out ONLY • Thru 7/17/2014 the time you’re a teenager, you start caring about what your 10335 S. Parker Rd. Parker • 303-805-9742 parents do, and he was 300 pounds by then.” But for Juliana, the youngest, things took a terrible turn as she retreated night after night to her bedroom in the baseHH 10.20.13 ColoNwsBigDeal#1.indd 1 10/20/13 8:53 AM ment. “A year ago, I had severe depression,” she said. “I tried killing myself a year and a half ago. I had been a cutter for three years. There were a lot of family issues, and I got bullied at school a lot. Because I was bigger, I didn’t have a lot of self-
Jeff Macht and his daughter Juliana prepare to head out for Extreme Weight Loss boot camp. Courtesy Photo worth.” Just as things were really falling apart, Jeff heard that the show was hosting auditions and planned to film in Denver, a departure from its usual Los Angeles setting. Thousands turned out, and he never thought he had a chance. As it turned out, they wanted not only him, but Juliana, as well. They became the show’s first dad and daughter team; Jeff is the show’s oldest-ever cast member at 56, and Juliana is the youngest. Part of the Powells’ mission is to require some soul-searching on the part of their charges, and that’s how Juliana ended up pounding on a punching bag while screaming, “I hate my father,” with him watching from another room. “I was blown away,” said Jeff. “I think that’s the first time it clicked for him that he wasn’t being a father,” said Juliana. We’ll have to wait until Sept. 9 to find out how it all works out on the air, except to report that they all have witnessed amazing transformations, and they plan to pay it forward by working on issues like suicide prevention and mental-health awareness. “I’ve never seen a young person like my daughter and the strength she has portrayed this last year,” said Jeff. “I have amazing respect for her. … Because of this year, I got to look at myself, as the head of the household, finally encouraging my family and not finding things wrong with them, but finding things right. Family has always been very important to me. I had just been blind about how much I let it get away from me.” “My biggest transformation throughout the year was learning that it’s OK, I don’t have to die,” said Juliana. “I have a purpose on this earth.”
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Initiative explores seniors’ needs County prepares for sharp increase in older adults By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com The State Demography Office expects that by 2030, 24 percent of Douglas County residents will be age 60 or older, double the percentage in 2010 and part of what officials call “the nation’s most dramatic percentage of population growth” in older adults. In 2012, the Partnership of Douglas County Governments established the Senior Initiative Project to explore the impact that changing demographics will have on communities and constituents as the county’s population skews older. The goals of the Senior Initiative are to develop a strong communication pipeline, acquire broadly gathered factual input, build on the strengths of existing resources in the community, and leverage what is currently in place to meet changing needs and encourage the development of innovative methods. During 2013, with the information gathered through a provider network survey, a Douglas County resident survey and multiple “listening tour” meetings in diverse areas of the county, the committee was able to develop the following recommendations: • Share results of the surveys with the governments’ partnership so that members can consider incorporating findings into public policy decisions. • Develop and launch a senior interactive website with all things of interest to seniors in Douglas County. Create a “one-stop shop” for information that becomes the “go to” online place for Douglas County seniors and their families. • Organize a consortium of providers to create networking, information-sharing and partnership opportunities. • Work with established collaborative groups such as Douglas County Transit Solutions and the Douglas County Housing Partnership to address the housing and transportation needs identified through this process. “The advisory committee is taking responsibility for implementing these recommendations,” said Deputy County Manager Barbara Drake, who helped oversee the project. “For example, we have an event planned for October of this year at the Events Center where we will be bringing together all of the providers that were sent the survey and both share the results of the survey with them, as well as create some networking opportunities. “We envision things like the creation of a single referral type of process between organizations that do similar types of services things, making sure they all know
about each other and know what each other does. The other thing it helps us do in the community is begin to identify the gaps. Even though we talked about building on the resources that we have in the community, we clearly have areas that we need to improve.” Surveys were conducted online, at meetings and events, and with the help of volunteers who delivered the survey to home-bound seniors. A total of 648 surveys were collected. Almost 75 percent of the respondents were between age 56 and 75. Thirteen “listening tours” were held throughout the county to solicit the opinions of local seniors, with a total of 260 people attending. The provider survey was designed to better understand the network of local senior service providers and how they interact with each other and local seniors. Eighty-five providers were invited to take part in an online survey and 68 responded. “We really wanted to try and get a wide variety of seniors in all age groups,” Drake said. According to the Senior Initiative Project, in Douglas County, 23 percent of residents over age 65 are still in the labor force. Grandparents have increasing responsibility for grandchildren in Douglas County. According to the survey, at least 740 grandparents are the sole responsible guardian for their own grandchildren under age 18, and 24 percent of those grandparents living in multi-generational families provide care to grandchildren. Of those who responded to the survey, 73 percent indicated they do not feel their local government does a good job communicating information regarding issues impacting people over 60 clearly and with enough frequency. When asked what would be the best way to communicate important community information to them, 90 percent of respondents indicated they’d use a website for issues, services and information, while only 25 percent of those would like to have someone to call. The top five amenities people indicated they want in their neighborhoods as they grow older are accessible and walkable streets; lighting on streets and trails; accessible walking trails; readable street signs; and restrooms in parks. Overall, the work of the initiative in 2013 concluded that seniors want to have more effective and efficient ways to obtain information and provide input regarding topics of interest to them. They also want to be better represented when decisions are made about services and resources. “(The changing needs of seniors in Castle Rock) is something that is coming upon us and is something that we need to be aware of,” said the town’s mayor Paul Donahue.
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Auction offers souvenir of bowl blowout Jack Avila’s large painting is on unmounted canvas, with grommets in the edges for mounting on the wall. Is it an image of a deconstructed piece of machinery? Some of his tools are displayed beneath it on the floor. Photos by Sonya Ellingboe
From alleys to gallery
Museo de las Americas hosts unusual exhibit By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “The marks told a story of the beautiful crude, the elaborate conversations, transforming the surface …,” artist Josiah Lopez writes. A visitor to “Outside in 303” at Denver’s Museo de las Americas walks through a darkened passage, past dingy gray (think alley) walls filled with urban graffiti, then into galleries filled with mostly brilliantly colored, edgy, lively, skillfully rendered works by artists whom curator Maruca Salazar calls “the west side warriors.” She and co-curator Gwen Chanzit turned to poetry for an unusual curator’s statement — and the seven varied artists’ statements also take a poetic turn. Allow time to read them. The curatorial statement says: “My plate is full! ... And I have devoured my place / in this world. / I smell the poison vapors of the can and am / Protected by smoking mirrors, I find cold alleys / phantom shadows and the other side of the tracks. / The cracks in the street of my neighborhood / reflect ancient peaks to the west of my heart. / Can I be swallowed by the streets and become / invisible? / I call the West Side warriors to protect the hollow ground. / But … for now I can only paint the emotions, / dreams and hopes of the voices on the walls. / To the graffiti artists of Outside In 303 / Be Brave.” This group of seven local artists, born and raised on Denver’s west side, “who typically use the environment as their canvas, face the challenges and constraints of being placed in
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s autographed football is being auctioned off by the American Physical Therapy Association for the Bob Doctor Golf Tournament July 26 at the Colorado National Golf Club in Parker. The football is valued at $425 with a $200 minimum bid. Here’s the link to bid: www.blacktie-colorado.com/auctions/index.cfm?fuseaction=Auctions. Item&aid=627&iid=597221. The ball not only bears Wilson’s signature, but “XLVIII Champs” is noted as well. For those still smarting from the Seahawks’ drubbing of our beloved Broncos (43-8), you might want this souvenir to kick around. Here is link to golf tournament info: www. coloradophysicaltherapists.org/apta-events/ bob-doctor-golf-tournament/.
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Paper panels by Josiah Lopez, with powerful blackand-white drawings of street people fill a wall. the `white box’ walls of a museum,” Salazar said. They are: Jack Avila, Javier Fidelis Flores, “Kans 89,” Mario Zoots, Josiah Lopez, Victoriano Rivera and Gabriel Salazar. In addition to his wall art — strong blackand-white drawings of street people on carefully arranged slabs of paper — Josiah Lopez has created a short video piece called “Enter, Escape, Viajar.” It includes transportation images, both realistic and abstracted, constant motion and an accompanying soundtrack of Denver’s urban noise. He also is responsible for a wall of patterned folk images and the mini-tagger figure standing at the edge of it, contemplating. “Kans 89” told museum staff that she has a long connection with the Museo — she remembers coming there as a 6-year-old. Her body of work, “Broken Peace’s,” speaks to her playful exploration of individual identity, including music, cartoons, graffiti art and color — some images deconstructed. She uses traditional materials and those of the graffiti artist, hoping for a dialogue between artist and viewer wherever her art is located. Jack Avila writes of his youthful fascina-
Cartoon-inspired, but edgy, this painting was done by artist “Kans 89.” She recalls visiting the Museo de las Americas as a 6-year-old. tion with graffiti: “… notices and claims of who’s been there and who stays there by inner city youth; as common as it was, always fascinated me from an early age. Like a secret language posted in public, so foreign to most it was visually discounted as garbage.… This living bulletin, virtual barometer of the streets, of all its hazards and gems, still speaks to me today….” His unmounted canvas, secured through grommets like a banner, is a large, powerful yellow and black graffiti/painting suggesting deconstructed machinery to this viewer. Beneath it, he displays his tools and as the wall progresses to the corner, there is a composition of found materials and the dictum: “Use your world.” “Outside In 303” offers a color-filled, sometimes gritty, image of Denver artists who deserve recognition as a vital part of our societal fabric. It will run until Sept. 21 and should be included in a visit to the active Denver Arts District — an area with lots of messages awaiting.
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Mario Zoots’ colorful large painted canvas reflects folk patterns, cartoonish faces and precisely arranged artifacts of some sort. It glows at the viewer.
“Outside In 303” is at the Museo de las Americas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, through Sept. 21. An artist panel on July 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. will discuss “Art vs. Vandalism.” Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays; noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Admission: $5, members free. 303-571-4401, museo.org.
The Denver Botanic Gardens is all abuzz with the news that The Hive Garden Bistro, an al fresco dining experience alongside the Monet Pool, has opened in time for the spectacular Chihuly glass art exhibit, which is on display through Nov. 30. The new restaurant is in the same location as the previous Monet Café, but features a larger deck and an expanded menu that offers snacks, lunch and dinner. Catering by Design operates The Hive. The Hive features a large menu of madeto-order sandwiches, burgers, soups and salads. Gourmet wood-fired pizzas will be introduced soon. A children’s menu is available. Soft-serve ice cream and rotating agua fresca flavors such as strawberry mint, cucumber basil and lime tarragon are also offered. Summer hours: open daily 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. through Sept. 28. Last entry to the Gardens is 8 p.m. On early closure days for special events, The Hive closes at 3 p.m. The Hive reopens at 6 p.m. on York Street Summer Concert nights for pre-concert meals or to-go food to eat during the concert.
Colorado history celebrated
In honor of Colorado’s 138th birthday, History Colorado museums will be free to the public Aug. 1 and 2, offering visitors two days to celebrate Colorado’s wild, colorful, historical, traditional and modern culture. The two-day Colorado Day celebration at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, will include food, music, dancing and hands-on activities as well as a chance to recognize how Colorado’s past has shaped today. “No other organization can help Coloradans understand the present in the context of the past the way we can,” said Kathryn Hill, History Colorado chief operations officer. “We celebrate Colorado’s places, stories and cultures every day, and this is evident the minute you enter our museums. On Colorado Day, we offer even more for visitors of all ages to spark imaginations and stimulate conversations about our state’s issues and future.” Beginning at 8 a.m. Aug. 1, History Colorado and its partners, the Department of Agriculture, the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Visitor Services will meet on the west steps of the state Capitol to honor the occasion. The Capitol will be decorated for the event, and will feature square dancing, Colorado candy and birthday cake, living history presentations and other special programs, followed by a procession from the Capitol to History Colorado. Colorado Proud will hold a press conferParker continues on Page 18
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Catching the go-kart craze Facilities opening, expanding in region By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com The go-kart craze is gaining some traction, and the south metro area is going along for the ride. K1 Speed is getting ready to wave the green flag on a new Highlands Ranch location, expected to open the third week of July at 8034 Midway Drive. Kids and adults alike can take to the indoor track in the electric karts, battling it out for pole position. “We are very thrilled to be opening in the Highlands Ranch area,” said Randall Hoppe, company spokesman. K1 got off the starting line in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2003, driven by David and Susan Danglard. Real racecar driver Boris Said climbed on board later as a co-owner. He’s been racing professionally for more than 20 years, competing across North America and Europe in a variety of classes and cars. “Our nationwide indoor karting facili-
ties are designed to provide our customers with an authentic racing experience, and the fact that our tracks carry his seal of approval is an example of our commitment to this goal,” reads the company website. The Highlands Ranch site will be the company’s 23rd and will employ about 25 people. There’s big news at The Track at Centennial, as well. Jim Keesling, owner and avid kart racer, announced in the spring that he’s partnering with the owners of Rush Indoor Kart Racing to build a 70,000-squarefoot facility to house them both at Keesling’s current location. “This is truly a unique opportunity,” he said in a news release. “This is the first in the United States, and may be the first in the world, that combines the best of outdoor state-of-the-art competitive karting, corporate karting and team building with a first-class indoor karting entertainment facility at the same location in an urban setting.” The Track, in its eighth year, has held events for the top-kart racing series in the country, The Rotax Max Challenge. Locally, The Track coproduced two
Go-kart racing is a craze that’s catching on in the United States, and the south-metro area is along for the ride. These racers are at a K1 Speed, slated to open soon in Highlands Ranch. Courtesy photo specials with Altitude Sports and Entertainment that were shown on the cable network, both of which won Telly awards for “Outstanding Live” and “Outstanding Sports” presentations in 2007.
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New Orleans sound to visit Swallow Hill Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball lives in Austin, Texas, and carries the sound of New Orleans in her baggage. She will perform at 8 p.m. July 25 at Swallow Hill Music’s Daniels Hall, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver. Her awards include the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the year, Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and more. She will be promoting her album, “Roadside Attractions.” (Parking, across the street to the south, is in Englewood.) Tickets: $29 advance, $31 day of show, with $2 discount for Swallow Hill members. 303-777-1003, swallowhillmusic.org.
Call for artists The Heritage Fine Arts Guild has issued a first call for artists for its 2014 “This is Colorado” exhibit, to be held in October at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton. Entry deadline is August 15. For prospectus and entry form, contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net.
Astronomical passion Astrophysicist Kevin Manning will show photos and will talk about the size and scale of the universe, stars and other celestial wonders from 7-8:30 p.m. on July 15 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Following his presentation, telescopes will be set up outside for viewing the craters of the moon, rings of Saturn and other wonders. Free. 303-795-3961.
Pianos at Cherokee
Pianist Lisa Downing of Littleton will perform with Lisa Story and special guest Bob Baker in “The Castle Piano Experience” from 7-10 p.m. July 12 at Cherokee Ranch and Castle, 6113 N. Daniels Road, Sedalia. Tickets: $55, including performance, castle mini-tour, cash bar. Food will be available for purchase from Cilantro Food Truck. Reservations: cherokeeranch.org, 303-688-4600.
Writers to meet
The Parker Writers Group will meet at 2-4 p.m. July 13 at the Parker Library, 10851 Crossroads Drive, Parker. “Are You Missing a Beat? —Building Stronger Storylines That Sell” will be the topic by presenter Rebecca Green Gaspar, an author in the young-adult genre whose debut novel is “Break From You.” Free. No reservation needed. New members welcome.
Hudson discovery
“Nature Discovery Day: Feel, Smell and Taste the Garden” is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon July 12 at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Registration required: Ages 5-10, $6 child (member), $7 child non-member, accompanied by a guardian. Additional adults: $1.50 member, $2 non-member. Hudsongardens.org.
Trail etiquette taught
Pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Bell will perform at Swallow Hill Music on July 25. Courtesy photo
South Suburban Parks and Recreation and the City of Littleton will host a “Share the Trail” safety event from 8-11 a.m. July 12 at the Hudson Gardens Picnic Shelter on the Mary Carter Greenway Trail. The public will learn about trail etiquette. Giveaways will include: pet leashes, dog treats, trail maps and more. Free and open to the public.
education in the county’s schools. The event will be held on Sept. 27 at The Wildlife Experience in Parker. Two galleries and the Great Hall will be open to visitors, artist Devin Montage will create a new work, blackjack and craps tables will be available and music will be by Bluezone. A three-course dinner will be served. Tickets: stars4castlerock.com/2014gala/.
Englewood artist shows work
Cabin tours offered
“Galactic Stories” is the title for an exhibit of new artwork by Englewood artist Sandra Kaplan, through Aug. 28 at the CU Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13080 East 19th Ave., Aurora. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
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ence at the History Colorado Center immediately afterward to recognize Aug. 1 as Colorado Day and to launch the Colorado Proud Choose Colorado Tour — a monthlong, statewide road trip to celebrate food and agricultural products that are grown in Colorado. The Choose Colorado Tour, scheduled from Aug. 1 through 27, integrates 10 agricultural communities, celebrates farmers who help our state thrive, and educates and influences consumers along the journey.
Nice move by Adams Five-time Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams, who was born in Italy and raised in Castle Rock, gave up her first-class seat to an American soldier on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles on June 27. “While Amy’s random act of kindness was done purely from the goodness of her heart, word quickly spread of her good deed after Jemele Hill, host of ESPN’s `Numbers Never
The Roxborough Area Historical Society will host two tours of the historic Miksch-Helmer House on July 19 and Sept. 20. The cabin was built in 1870 by Amos Miksch, a cavalry soldier, signatory on a petition that established Colorado as a state and witness to the Sand Creek massacre. RAHS provides guides. Parking is limited at the site, so carpooling is required. Meet at the Roxborough Market Shopping Center at Waterton Road and Roxborough Drive at 10:45 a.m. Park west of the Sonic Drive-In. RSVP: roxhistory@msn.com.
Lie,’ saw it all go down and took to Twitter to share the touching moment,” according to a story in InTouch magazine. “Just saw actress Amy Adams do something incredibly classy. She gave her 1st class seat to an American soldier. I’m an even bigger fan now,” Hill tweeted. “Once we boarded, I saw she was in first class. I was upgraded to first class and she was a couple of rows behind me. I think she must have said something to the flight attendant, because before we took off she had vacated her seat and the flight attendant brought the soldier to her seat.”
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Museum exhibit opens door to life on home front
if you go “Littleton Goes to War” is open through July 5, 2015, at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission is free. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 303-795-3950.
By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com The idea for a Littleton/World War II exhibit started with the plan to display a collection of large black-and-white war photos circulated by the Associated Press, which were booked for the Littleton Museum. Museum director Tim Nimz and staff developed a related yearlong, detailed exhibit that includes the temporary transformation of the 1893 Bemis farmhouse to a circa 1940 home, with interpreters dressed in 1940s style. Since the AP photographs, displayed around the gallery’s edges, cannot stay for the entire duration of the exhibit, others will be substituted — plus posters. The highly detailed exhibit will need more than one visit to absorb it, in any case. Central/rear in the gallery is a video, edited by exhibit director Bill Hastings, that presents “World War II in 14 min-
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utes,” he joked. Watching it before touring the exhibit gives structure to the collection of artifacts and brings up familiar faces and voices: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler and more. (Hastings noted that he did not edit Churchill’s speech, because he considers it among the greatest ever.) The museum looked to its own collection, and requested help from local sources such as the Holmes family, who owned American Coleman Motors and manufactured heavy equipment for the war effort. (The Libby Bortz Assisted Living Center now occupies the site.) The staff borrowed materials from the15th Division Museum in Colorado Springs, the World War II Museum in New Orleans, Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum and more. A display case to the right of the video includes uniforms, guns and other artifacts, including a telegram to (late Littleton activist and mayor) Frances Vaughn Gardinier at 360 Ash St., Littleton, ordering him to report to the Navy Recruiting Station at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 1944. He returned to serve his hometown for many years. Several exhibits honor women who served in various capacities: WACS, WAVES, SPARS and Red Cross nurses — as well as Army and Navy nurses. Local names are inserted in small artifacts. A central case honors Rosie the Riveter, a generic symbol for women who took manufacturing jobs at factories large and small, including Littleton’s Heckethorn Manufacturing and American Coleman Motors. Throughout are smaller items that give a personal flavor to the beautifully installed exhibit: a blocky wooden radio summons up the image of a family gathered around it after dinner — perhaps on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. We hear
The display case in “Littleton Goes to War” at the Littleton Museum includes a captured Japanese flag with autographs. Included name: Veterinarian Dr. Bill Howarth, one of Littleton’s heroes. Photos by Sonya Ellingboe Roosevelt declare that it is “a day which will live in infamy.” Or it might be a firm instruction to “get out there and grow your own Victory Garden.” (For help on how to do so, write to: Victory Garden, Washington, D.C.) Behind the radio, a panel holds a Littleton Honor Roll and copies of the Littleton Independent reporting on local service men and women and home-front activities.
Hometown heroes with special mention are Tom Heaton in the European Theater and William Howarth, DVM, in China-Burma-India, where his skills as a veterinarian were called upon. An additional segment of the “Littleton Goes to War” exhibit is the one-year conversion of the 1893 Bemis farmhouse to a 1940s home. It was not ready for viewing when we visited on July 2 and will be the subject of a future story.
Families used to gather around a radio like this one to hear the evening’s war news.
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Theater troupe brings magic to Castle Pines
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Kids chosen in audition will stage ‘Wizard of Oz’ By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com From July 14 to 19, a group of local children will visit a pair of worlds that live in the imagination. First will be the engaging world of live theater, where they participate as actors — or perhaps technical crew — and second, L. Frank Baum’s magical Land of Oz. The nationally recognized Missoula Children’s Theatre will make its first visit to Castle Pines, holding auditions, rehearsals and performances at Rocky Heights Middle School, as well as two free workshops for the community. MCT has a great formula worked out, proven successful through the years: It sends two young theater professionals to a community that hires them to form a bunch of children into a working cast in a week. Their vehicle is equipped for a particular show: in this case, “The Wizard of Oz,” with script, props, costumes, makeup and sound equipment — everything needed to mold about 50-60 children into a cast of young thespians in a week. Then they put on a show for families and friends and head out to the next engagement, leaving a group of kids with new skills and a fun summer experience. Parker, Highlands Ranch, South Suburban Parks and Recreation and other metro area organizations have called upon MCT for
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many years for affordable extra summer programming. Cheryl McGovern, who is leading the program in Castle Pines, was familiar with MCT, due to her previous work with theater in Northglenn, where her own children were involved when young. (For many kids who attended the final performance there, it was their first live theater — they thought they were going to see a movie.) McGovern is enthusiastic about the quality and the reasonable cost — $55 per child. “Kids acquire life skills — giving a book report is nothing after this,” she said. A two-hour group audition, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., for “The Wizard of Oz” will be held on July 14 at Rocky Heights Middle School, 11033 Monarch Blvd., Castle Pines, where 50-60 kids will be chosen for the cast. It is not limited to Castle Pines residents. The kids will stay on and start rehearsals, which continue daily through the week, 12:30-5 p.m., learning lines, songs, dances and more. Costumes and makeup are provided. On July 19, they will put on a performance for families and friends. In addition, two free workshops will be offered (register: castlepinesarts.org/event.) • 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. July 15 at Cherokee Ranch and Castle: Behind the Scenes Workshop. (Parents can take a castle tour if they like.) • 6 to 6:45 p.m. July 16 at Castle Pines Community Center: Improv Theater workshop for ages 6-18, limited to 60. Information: castlepinesarts.org.
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Trail safety awareness
Share the Trail is a free trail safety event from 8-11 a.m. Saturday, July 12, at Hudson Gardens, at the picnic shelter along the Mary Carter Greenway Trail in Littleton. Ride your bike, jog, walk or roll to this fun and educational event for the entire family, including friendly dogs. Entertainment, free bicycle services and giveaways are planned to help promote awareness of trail etiquette and safety for all who use the trail. Visit www. sspr.org. Hudson Gardens is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.
`Divergent’ author to make local stop
Author of the Divergent series, Veronica Roth, will celebrate the release of “Four: A Divergent Collection,” a compilation of four short stories set in the Divergent world told from the perspective of Tobias “Four” Eaton, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch, 9315 Dorchester St. The book will be released July 8. Roth will be joined by author Margaret Stohl (“Beautiful Creatures” and “Icons” series). For every ticket sold, a new book will be donated to a child in need through First Book (http://www.firstbook.org/). Call 303322-1965.
Astronomy for everyone
Astrophysicist Kevin Manning, former NASA consultant, will show photos and talk about the size and scale of the universe, the stars and other celestial wonders at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Following the presentation telescopes will be set up outside for viewing the craters on the moon, the rings of Saturn and other beautiful objects in the night sky. Manning has won national and international awards as an astronomer and has worked for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and a number of observatories. Call 303-795-3961.
Neil Diamond Tribute Band concert
Music in the Meadows presents its second concert Forever in Blue Jeans, an authentic Neil Diamond Tribute Band created by front man Aaron Rose. The group will perform from 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at Butterfield Crossing Park, 3952 W. Butterfield Crossing Drive, Castle Rock. The concert is free. Call 303-814-3953.
Learn about ‘The Kennedy Detail’
Nov. 23, 1963: The day is frozen in time for many of us. The shots fired in Dallas rocked the nation. For nearly 50 years, the elite team of men whose mission was to protect the president refused to speak about that day — until now. Join us for an evening with Gerald Blaine, author of “The Kennedy Detail” for an intimate glimpse into the day that changed our country’s history. Program is from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17, in the Veranda Tent at Cherokee Ranch & Castle, 6113 N. Daniels Park Road, Sedalia. Reservations include castle mini-tour, supper buffet, cash bar, presentation and dessert and coffee. Limited to 100 people. Call 303-688-4600 or go to www.cherokeeranch.org for reservations and information.
MUSIC/CONCERTS SUMMER WALK CONCERT SERIES PRAIRIE SKy Park Summer Walk Concert Series pres-
ents the Mary Louise Lee Trio, R&B, Friday, July 11; and Chuck Pyle Duo, alternative country and contemporary folk, Friday, Aug. 8, at 9381 Crossington Way, Lone Tree. Concerts are from 4-5:30 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Contact Iris Gregg at Irisg@sspr.org, or call 303-708-3513.
LIvE LOCAL MUSIC PRIDE IN Pieces brings its blend of alternative, grunge, metal and funk for a concert at noon Saturday, July 12, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. To register for the outdoor performance, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org. HUDSON GARDENS SUMMER CONCERTS THE HUDSON Gardens & Event Center presents its 16th summer concert season. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. For tickets, go to www.altitudetickets.com. Go to www. hudsongardens.org for details. The lineup: Sunday, July 13, Jefferson Starship—40th Light Year Anniversary; Sunday, July 20, Boz Scaggs—The Memphis Tour; Sunday, July 27, Creedence Clearwater Revisited; Sunday, Aug. 3, Chris Isaak; Sunday, Aug. 10, Peter Frampton; Sunday, Aug. 17, Little River Band (with 18-piece orchestra); Sunday, Aug. 24, Night Ranger; and Saturday, Aug. 30, Lynyrd Skynyrd. JUST THE TWO Of US TO PERfORM MUSICAL DUO Just the Two of Us will perform Friday, July 18, at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock (11 a.m.); at Valley House, 255 S. Valey Drive (1 p.m.); and at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker (3 p.m.). Musicians Dawn and Steve specialize in hits from the 30s, 40s and 50s. This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Call 303-482-5552 for details or to RSVP. JAzz AT THE POINT CONCERT SERIES vOCALIST AND pianist Ellyn Rucker, with Jill Fred-
ricksen on drums and Mark Simon on bass, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington St., in the heart of the downtown Renaissance area of Five Points. Go to www.jazzatthepoint.org or buy tickets at the door. Proceeds benefit Jazz Youth Workshop. Contact Patrice Leblanc, 303-909-9754, or Ellyn Rucker, ellyn4jaz@centurylink.net.
THEATER TRIBUTE TO THE BOSTON POPS LONE TREE Arts Center’s Tunes on the Terrace presents Colorado Sympony’s Tribute to the Boston Pops at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 13, on the Main Stage. Performance will feature Caroline McCaskey playing the saw with a violin bow, and Stephen Dombrowsi on the tuba. Call 720-5091000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. SCIENCE Of MIND READING THEATRE Of Dreams presents “Mind Games” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18, and Friday, July 19, at 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Marc Salem’s show is an excursion into the power and possibilities of the human mind. Learn the science of mind-reading and non-verbal communication. Reservations required. Call 303-660-6799. Go to www.AmazingShows.com. THIS BUG’S fOR yOU “COMPANy” By Stephen Sondheim plays through Saturday, July 19, presented by Equinox Theatre Company at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Colin Roybal is director. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets: EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.
SUMMER OPERA CENTRAL CITy Opera presents its 2014 Festival through Aug. 13: “The Marriage of Figaro” runs alternately with “Dead Man Walking” through July at the historic Central City Opera House. “The Sound of Music” will run Aug. 5-13 at the Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. For ticket information: centralcityopera. org, 303-292-6700.
EvENTS TIPS fOR HIKING A fOURTEENER JOIN JON Kedrowski at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10,
in exploring the nuts and bolts of mountain weather patterns, altitude and gear, and how this information will help you prepare in hiking Colorado’s Fourteeners. Program will be at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker. Kedrowski’s book “Sleeping on the Summits: Colorado’s Fourteener High Bivys” will be available for sale and signing. Call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org to register.
BOOK LOvERS BUILD yOUR summer reading list and maybe win a
door prize at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Unit 200. Program will appeal to lovers of historical fiction. Call 303-7917323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org to register.
fRIDAy fILM fEST THE NExT movie in Centennial’s outdoor movie series is “The Little Mermaid,” showing Friday, July 11 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Each event features entertainment, snacks and the movie, which will begin at dusk. In honor of the event’s water theme, the park’s water play area will stay open until dark, and a bubble tower and bounce house with water slide will add to the fun. The Funnels food truck and Tart and Tatlee vendors will be on site. Alcohol is not allowed. Blankets and chairs are welcome. KIWANIS CLUB GOLf TOURNAMENT THE 16TH annual Robert D. Hayes Golf Tournament is Friday, July 11, at Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course, 2156 Red Hawk Ridge Drive, Castle Rock. The tournament is a fundraiser for Kiwanis Club of Castle Rock. Go to www. kiwanisatcastlerock.org for details and an application. fARMERS MARKET OPENS THE CASTLE Rock Farmers Market will open for the season Saturday, July 12. The market is open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday at Third and Elbert streets. For information, contact 720-733-6951 or go to http://www. coopext.colostate.edu/douglas/agri/market.shtml. EIGHTH-GRADERS PLAN CAR WASH THE 8TH-GRADE class from Platte River Academy will be washing cars to raise money from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12. The donationbased wash will help fund the 8th-graders’ trip to Washington, D.C., in April 2015. Car washing will take place at Province Center Car Wash, 8804 S. Colorado Blvd. There will be more than 40 kids waiting for cars to wash.
8:30 a.m. at the trailhead parking lot off of Coachline Road. Outings are completed by 11:30 a.m. Bring gloves, sunscreen or hat, and water. Tools will be provided. Contact Lisa Sorbo at 303-814-7456 or lsorbo@crgov.com. Outings will be Saturdays, July 19, Aug. 16, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25.
HEALTH/WELLNESS WALK WITH A DOC JOIN HEALTHCARE providers from Integrative Medicine of Cherry Creek at 8 a.m. Friday, July 19, for a walk around Johnson Reservoir at Clement Park, in south Jefferson County. Every month we walk, talk, and move ourselves into a healthier lifestyle. Learn about health conditions so you can become more knowledgeable about preventing them in the first place. Topic for discussion will be heartburn. Come ask questions and talk with doctors without co-pays. Contact Dr. Chris Bantock, docbantock@gmail.com. Go to http://www.meetup. com/Walk-with-a-Doc-Denver/. fREE HEARING SCREENINGS AUDIOLOGISTS fROM Parker Audiology provide comprehensive evaluations on Monday, July 21, at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock (11 a.m.); and at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock (1:30 p.m.). Event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Call 303-482-5552 to learn more or to RSVP.
EDUCATIONAL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHy JOIN PHOTOGRAPHER Bob Dean and learn to make great images through proper techniques, exposure and image composition, using the equipment you have. Programs offered at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch; and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org. INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARy fAMILIES NEW to Douglas County are invited to a library introduction class at 4 p.m. Monday, July 14, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
NATURE DISCOvERy, SENSORy HIKE
HUNGER AND OUR COMMUNITy
JOIN HUDSON Gardens on a sensory hike as we feel,
COLUMBINE UNITED Church sponsors an educational series “Why Do We Have So Many Hungry People?” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, July 15, 23, at 6375 S. Platte Canyon Road, Littleton. The series is designed for anyone who has ever participated in a food drive, contributed to the food bank or worked at a soup kitchen. Topics are “Why don’t they just get a job,” July 15; and “Hunger in the schools” on July 22. Speakers from Food Bank of the Rockies, the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Warren Village, LPS, Jeffco Public Schools and more.
smell and taste our way through the gardens from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 12. Participants will discover the many textures of plants, from the sharp needles of spruce trees to the fuzzy and soft leaves of plants like Lamb’s Ear. We’ll also have a chance to take in the wonderful scents of plants that smell like licorice, popcorn, and chocolate. Lastly, we’ll get to sample some of the tasty plants grown in the herb garden. Check in at the Gift Shop at least five minutes prior to the start of the program. Program is outdoors, rain or shine, so dress for the weather. Call 303-797-8565 ext. 306 or visit shop. hudsong ardens.org to register.
LOCAL AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING MICHELLE PARKER will sign her mystery novel “More Than Thoughts” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at Poor Richard’s Book Shoppe, 19402 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Contact 303-656-5737 or FictionbyMichelle@ gmail.com. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR vISITS AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Gail Storey will talk
about her memoir, “I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
START NOW ENROLLMENT HELP POTENTIAL ARAPAHOE Community College students can start the enrollment process at the Start Now event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at all three ACC campuses (Littleton, Parker and Castle Rock). For information, or to apply for admission, contact admissions@ arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5621. Go to www.arapahoe. edu. LIfE ON THE fARM CAMP DENvER BOTANIC Gardens at Chatfield plans farm camp “Life on the Farm” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 21 to Friday, July 25. Scholarships available. Campers will learn to care for farm animals and cultivate vegetables on a working farm. No late pick-up available. Sign up at http://catalog.botanicgardens.org/DateSelection.aspx?item=2119
LUNCHEON MEETING WITH MAyOR WHAT TO know what’s happening in Lone Tree? Join the Lone Tree Arts Center Guild at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, for a luncheon meeting with Mayor Jim Gunning. He will provide updates on plans for the city. Go to www. lonetreeartscenterguild.org to register. Lunch is $15. CHEROKEE RANCH CRAWfISH BOIL ENJOy A night of Cajun fun from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Cherokee Castle & Ranch. Reservations include crawfish boil with corn, potatoes and buffet of southern fried chicken, cole slaw, fried okra and desserts. The event’s signature drink will be a Hurricane. For reservations, go to www.cherokeeranch.org or call 303-688-4600. TRAIL MAINTENANCE OUTINGS RIDGELINE WRANGLERS host trail maintenance outings to help maintain and improve the soft surface trails at Ridgeline Open Space in the Meadows. Meet at
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Event to be awash in Colorado wines Castle Rock festival returns to the Grange By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com The 11th annual Castle Rock WineFest, an outdoor wine tasting event to be held July 19, will offer more than 180 varieties of Colorado wine from more than two dozen wineries. Presented by the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce, the tasting will be held at the Grange in the Meadows, 3692 Meadows Blvd. WineFest will offer tastings, wine seminars, cooking demonstrations, food trucks and a local band. The event will run from 2-8 p.m. “When we decided to add WineFest to our slate of community events in Castle Rock, we wanted to create another local cultural event to go along with things like our Art Festival,” Chamber of Commerce
president Pam Ridler said. “With the Colorado wines, we have an event that showcases a growing industry here in Colorado.” Ridler said they decided to start this year’s event two hours later so the tasting will go into the evening, after soliciting advice from the community. “It’s more than just a tasting,” she said. “We want to create an experience that fits into a six-hour time frame.” Castle Rock firefighters of Local 4116 will be providing rides home free of charge. Attendees can meet the firefighters by their tent near Meadows Boulevard in front of the Grange and let them take care of the rest. For the past three years, WineFest has also featured a grape stomp, a tradition that continues this year. “It’s just a lot of fun to see people stomping up and down and squishing grapes beneath their toes,” Ridler said. A free shuttle service from the Outlets at Castle Rock to the event will be available. The shuttle will be based at the northwest section of the shopping center, near the Nike Outlet. A photo ID is required.
‘With the Colorado wines, we have an event that showcases a growing industry here in Colorado.’ Pam Ridler, Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce President
Max Ariza, of Maison La Belle Vie Winery, discusses one of the Palisade winery’s red blends with a potential customer at last year’s Castle Rock Wine Fest. The 11th annual celebration of wine will take place in The Meadows July 19. File photo There is no self-parking at the Grange. There is valet parking at the festival site for $10, but space is limited. The first 2,000 WineFest attendees will receive a free wine bottle tote and wine glass. “It’s a very casual event,” Ridler said. “It’s all outdoors.” Tickets are $27 in advance the the tasting ($37 beginning July 17); $17 for designated drivers; and $10 for valet parking. Children 17 and younger are admitted free with a paying adult.
Winemaker dinners will be held the week prior to the Grand Tasting. The dinners are described as elegant and intimate multi-course dinners and wine pairings, hosted by select area restaurants and Colorado wineries. Grand Tasting/Winemaker Dinner discounted tickets are available. Tickets are $84 for the dinner and tasting and $64 for the dinner alone. For more information and to buy tickets, which buyers must print themselves, visit castlerockculture.com.
Calendar of Events Denver Beer Co. to Expand with Assistance from a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Regis University and South Metro Denver Chamber For Chamber events and for more information, The popular Denver Beer Co.’s founders Patrick Crawford and Charlie Berger met in college. They both were interested in beer. While not unusual for college students, their interest was in brewing. After graduation, Berger became a brewmaster and opened a small business. Crawford, a satellite engineer at Lockheed Martin, continued brewing beer as a hobby and often called his longtime friend for tips and advice on improving his homemade brew. Three years ago the two men opened the Denver Beer Co., a South Metro Denver Chamber member company. Recently the great success of the brewery in the Highlands led Crawford and Berger to seek an expansion opportunity. In order to explore the possibility of bottling and distributing their beer throughout Colorado, Crawford and Berger reached out to the South Metro Denver Chamber for assistance. The Denver Beer Co. was selected to
participate in a special Regis University Master of Business Administration (MBA) School of Management course titled “The South Metro Denver Chamber Project.” The course was designed to allow an MBA class to work with a business selected by the South Metro Chamber. Businesses chosen are in the process of change, growth and/or expansion. The students, under the direction of Dr. Mike Fisher, a professor in the MBA program, focus on strategic planning and solutions for the company. Students complete in-depth analysis on the company’s issue and present multiple scenarios that examine human resources, financial projections, and marketing. In the case of the Denver Beer Co., the students examined the company’s ability to expand production and distribute their product throughout Colorado. Although the conclusion of the report is proprietary, Crawford commented, “We are pleased with the conclusions and the level of
professionalism, commitment and dedication the students and their mentors displayed throughout the project.” Businesses interested in participating in this project offered by Regis University through the South Metro Denver Chamber should contact Brian Bartony, Senior Business Development Manager, South Metro Denver Chamber at 303 795 0142 ext. 114.
to meet individually with participants to answer specific questions regarding their bank, credit union, or alternative lending institution’s specific products. Attending financial institutions include: Colorado Business Bank/CoBiz Financial; Bellco Credit Union; Colorado Enterprise Fund; Accion; Liquid Capital of Colorado; U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); Colorado Lending Source; Colorado Crowdfunding.
Tuesday, July 8
Chamber Business After Hours with Centennial Bank 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, 209 W Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO
Wednesday, July 9
Webinar: Financial Management for Small Business 9:00 am – 10:30 am, Register via SmallBusinessDenver.com for instructions
Thursday, July 10 Mad Greens Ribbon Cutting and Free Salad Day 10:30 am - 11:30 am, 7300 E Arapahoe Rd, Centennial
Monday, July 14
Introduction to SharePoint 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Mission Critical Systems-DTC 7384 South Alton Way, Suite 201, Centennial, CO Denver Beer Co. co-owner Patrick Crawford (front row, second from the left) is surrounded by Regis University MBA students and mentor
Register Today for Lender’s Panel July 16 The South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center will host its semiannual “Lender’s Panel” on Wednesday, July 16 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at the South Metro Denver Chamber. The popular event will include a half hour panel presentation by local lending representatives who will discuss their institutions’ lending products, interest rates, traditional client profile, and other insights into the financial industry. In the 1.5 hours following the panel, panelists will be available
visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.
Cost to attend is $25. Registration is limited, so register today! Please visit www. smallbusinessdenver.com and click on the Workshops/Events Calendar for more details or call 303-548-5300. The Chamber is located at 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 342, Centennial, CO 80122. For directions and exact location please visit www.smallbusinessdenver.com
Cost: $390/person, Register via www.mcstech.net
Wednesday, July 16
Small Business Development Center Lender’s Panel 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, South Metro Chamber of Commerce – Whipplewood CPAs Conference Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, CO Cost: $25/person, Register via www.SmallBusinessDenver.com
Monday, July 21 Save Lives, Sort Medical Supplies with Project C.U.R.E. 7:00 pm, Project CURE, 10337 East Geddes Ave, Centennial, CO Registration via Meetup required
Friday, July 25 Time Management Training Classes in Outlook 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Mission Critical Systems-DTC 7384 South Alton Way, Suite 201, Centennial, CO Cost: $390/person, Register www.mcstech.net
SYNERGY HomeCare in Littleton announces SYNERGY HomeCare University
Left to right in front row is Sherry Bogue, Lolo Lockie, Pam Peterson-Hohs, Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec, President/Owner of Synergy HomeCare Littleton Tom Yetzer, Laura Yetzer, Kirsten Menting
Synergy HomeCare, a South Metro Chamber member who has newly relocated to Littleton, held a ribbon cutting to promote the creation of a new Caregiver Training Lab within the SYNERGY HomeCare University at the center. The event was held at their downtown Littleton location at 5721 S Spotswood, was attended by 30 Chamber members and guests. It featured a welcome by Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec. Tom Yetzer, owner/operator of Synergy HomeCare of Denver also expressed his thank to attendees and welcomed them to the facility. The HomeCare University facility was opened in late 2013 to provide an opportunity to create hands-on training for all Colorado-based Synergy HomeCare caregivers. The innovative new Caregiver Training Lab provides eight hours of training focused on memory care for patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia. The university is unique to the non-medical homecare industry because it
allows the company to provide a lab environment to consistently train and assess personal care skills. They define personal care skills as ADLS or Activities of Daily Living, which include bathing, dressing, moving and other typical daily activities. SYNERGY HomeCare of Denver is a caregiver agency and solution provider that has been serving the Denver Metro area since 2006. They offer senior home assistance, home care support, and in-home companionship services in Denver, Littleton, Aurora and surrounding areas. For more information regarding SYNERGY HomeCare of Denver, please visit http://www.synergyhomecare. com/ or call 303-756-9322 to learn more and discuss your options. For more information regarding the South Metro Denver Chamber’s events and membership opportunities, please visit www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.
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Tutoring sessions designed to maintain and boost your child’s literacy skills over the summer break. There are four sessions available: July 8-11, July 21-25, Aug 6-9, and Aug 11-15. After-school and weekend tutoring will also be available during the school year. For more information, contact Dr. Robin Litt at LiteracyColorado@gmail.com or (303) 915-7682.
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minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201
FARM & AGRICULTURE Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo
Estate Sales Estate Sale Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-4pm 13551 West 43rd Drive Golden 3 small estates and more Antiques, Collectibles, Native American Pottery, Jewelry, Weavings, Dolls, Retail Display Racks and much more For more info nostalgia-plus.com Cash and Credit Cards Accepted
Lawn and Garden LawnBoy Mower 1650 Briggs Stratton engine self propelled with bag, seed spreader, gas can, maintained, like new $125 Liz 720-331-1479
Musical Baldwin Spinet Piano Circa 1964, very good condition $750 (303)521-4562
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“Golden Opportunity for Great Treasures” Estate Sale will be held at 1966 Mt Zion Drive in Golden, 80401 this Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12 from 9 – 4. Selling the entire contents of the house including furniture from Kacey and authentic furniture imported from Taiwan, full kitchen, home décor including beautiful decorative pieces and original artwork, home gym, dumbbell set, Gorham crystal, LP’s, two Webber grills, Oriental rugs, lawnmower and book collection. Another great sale presented by Caring Transitions.
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Castle Rock Large Sale July 18th & 19th 332 Crosshaven Place Some Furniture, Tents, upright freezer, and more Community Garage Sale Saturday July 19th 8:00am-5:00pm Northwest Eagles 8800 N. Federal Blvd. Reserved 10x10 sellers space for $10.00 in advance available to public. Food provided by the Junior Eagles. Douglas County on 85 4 miles South of C470 Garage/Barn/Basement and Closing Store Sale 7045 Pine View Drive Thursday, Friday & Saturday July 10th, 11th & 12th 8am-7pm Collectibles, Accessories, Lapidary & Crafts, Tons of Yard Rock, Clothing, Firewood, Gifts, Desks & Chairs, and tons of misc. Garage sale Sat 7/12 8-noon. 13004 W. 81st Ave. Mens wardrobe 48R; 38x32, 40x32, tools, crystal, bedding, electronics, skis, kitchen, Collectibles. No early sales. Highlands Ranch 3910 East Mallard Drive Friday July 11th and Saturday July 12th 8am-6pm Downsizing whole household Furniture, Decor, Small Appliances & Cookware, Garden/Lawn, Tools, Sporting/Camping Too much to list! Lots of Everything! KingsRidge neighborhood garage sale - Friday and Saturday July 11th and 12th, 8-2. Cross streets Crystal Valley Pky and South Plum Creek Blvd
Thornton Great Collection of many things; Furniture, Desks, Misc. Household Items, Kitchen Gadgets & Dishes. Just about anything you would need 9782 Appletree Place Friday, Saturday, Sunday July11th, 12th, 13th 9am-5pm Highlands Ranch Don't miss this one Huge Estate Sale 3 level home See estatesales.net for more info July 10th - 13th 9am-4pm 1594 Arrowhead Road 303-274-0235
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Arts & Crafts 17th Annual Winter Park Craft Fair
Aug. 9th & 10th. Sat 9-6 Sun 9-4 Winter Park Colorado. Lions Club Breakfast Applications now available call 970-531-3170 or email jjbeam@hotmail.com htpt://wpcf.wikifoundry.com
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for holiday craft fair on November 14 – 15 at the Central Christian Church of Denver located just south of the Cherry Creek Mall. If you are interested in joining us as part of a special holiday craft fair, please call Lynda at 303-794-6136. We are an international non profit organization called PEO which raises money for women’s scholarships. Reasonable rates – free parkingfree admission.
Lost and Found Lost 8 year old Yellow Lab 85 lbs. Eddie, no tags/micro chip Lost in Westminster/Broomfield area 720-975-3912 / 303-257-8048 Lost Dog Blue Healer/Boarder Collie All Black w/red cheaks Reward 719-850-2048
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curtain time Oscar and Felix Neil Simon’s perennial favorite “The Odd Couple,” about neatness nerd Felix and slovenly Oscar, plays July 18 to Aug. 24 at Miner’s Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Robert Kramer is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays (2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24). Tickets: $23/$20/$12 at 303-935-3044 or minersalley.com.
Benefit at the Barth “On Golden Pond” by Ernest Thompson is the 2014 choice for Senior Housing Options’ always-popular benefit production. Larry Hecht and Billie McBride are featured. It will run at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays July 31-Aug. 30 at the Barth Hotel, 1514 17th St., Denver (one of SHO’s facilities.) Reserved-seat tickets cost $35 preferred, or $25. 303-595-4464, ext. 10, or seniorhousingoptions.org. Note: These performances tend to sell out — reserve in advance.
Festival returns The Edge Theater will open a second
year of its Festival of New Plays, with a different play presented in a workshop production each weekend. (An audience vote will help determine which one gets a full production.) Location: 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Tickets: $10 per play or a $25 festival pass. 303-232-0363, theedgetheater.com. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. July 18, 19 and 20 will be “Exit Strategies” by Jeffrey Neuman (family dynamics), directed by Kate Folkins. July 25, 26 and 27 will be “Italy” by Michele Berdinis (romantic comedy), directed by Linda Suttle. Aug. 1, 2 and 3 will be “Tales From the Peacetime Army” by Frank A. Oteri (trauma), directed by Danielle Lombardo.
I Tarzan “Tarzan, the Stage Musical” plays through Aug. 3, on the Main Stage at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth, Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $53 (50 percent off for children under 12 through the box office only.) 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.
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South metro’s beer mug runneth over Two more microbreweries added to fast-growing list By Jane Reuter jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Two more craft breweries recently joined the fast-expanding family of south metro beer makers. Three Freaks Brewery opened in early June at Quebec Street and County Line Road in Highlands Ranch. Also in northern Douglas County, Living the Dream opens July 12 off Highlands Ranch Parkway and South Santa Fe Drive. “It’s exciting for everybody that lives out here and wants to enjoy a quality, craft beer,” said Three Freaks owner Jeff Atencio. “I only hope we can live up to the same standards of those that were here before us. I’m excited to be part of it.” The two tasting rooms opened just weeks behind neighboring breweries Blue Spruce in Centennial and 38 State in Littleton. Highlands Ranch’s Grist, which opened in late 2013, led the recent spate of microbrewery openings. “We’re all around the same size, all in the same stages, going through all of the growing pains together,” said Living the Dream co-owner Carrie Knose, who sees the convergence of small brewers as a plus for all.
“It’s almost like Napa,” she said. “It’s the experience of going to different locations and trying different beers. You can go somewhere, do a sampler tray and say, `Let’s go down the road and do Three Freaks or Grist or Lone Tree.’” Most of the tasting rooms are in offthe-beaten-path locations, and some — like Lone Tree and Living the Dream — are tucked into strip developments among industrial neighbors. “That goes with the nature of the business,” Knose said. “Breweries typically are in industrial areas. We happen to be manufacturing a very likable product. It makes it almost like a scavenger hunt to find them.” To help beer lovers in their quest, south metro brewery owners are together working to start a microbrewery tour bus. “It’s almost as though as soon as you make your way up Santa Fe, you’ve entered the beer valley,” Atencio said. “What’s nice about the craft beer community is we’re not looking at somebody who’s out for a buzz. We’re looking at somebody who’s enjoying the beer and appreciating the style.” With so many breweries, “I think we’re looking at a situation where the (breweries) will attempt to challenge each other to make great beers. I’m pretty sure we’re going to see some very healthy, friendly competition. The consumer is going to benefit from that.”
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Three Freaks is located in a strip mall just off one of Highlands Ranch’s busiest highway interchanges, and directly backing to the C-470 bicycle trail. A longtime Highlands Ranch resident, Atencio determined long before he found the space that his business would be in Highlands Ranch. He wasn’t aiming for an easy commute. Atencio is sold on the taste of the area’s water, which he sees as key to making great-tasting beer. As a former South Metro Fire inspector and 27-year home brewer, Atencio knows a thing or two about water and beer making. “I’ve been brewing with the water in Highlands Ranch for many years,” he said. “So we’re using the same stuff now we did our homework with. That helps me to identify what we’re looking for as far as the taste. It’s been a benefit to us, and hopefully something the beer drinker can identify with.” Part of Atencio’s new job includes studying his customers’ responses to his products, and trying to ascertain what
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Three Freaks owner Jeff Atencio, right, serves tasters to Highlands Ranch residents and first-time customers Dan and Sue Dolquist July 2. Photos by Jane Reuter strikes the deepest chord. “The Lucky Clover (red) has been very popular,” he said. “The stout is very strong but hasn’t overtaken the red. The Last Man Standing Belgian on certain evenings is the most popular; that kind of came as a bit of a surprise. So far, it’s been pretty equal among the three.” Like Living the Dream, 38 State and Blue Spruce, Atencio encountered stumbling blocks that pushed back the planned opening date of his five-barrel tasting room. “But now, we’re open,” he said. “I’m excited about looking forward, and the opportunity for us to be able to just make some fun, exciting beers.” Three Freaks is located at 7140 E. County Line Road. For more information, visit www.3freaksbrewery.com.
Living the Dream Knose and partner Jason Bell will peel open the rolling garage doors of their seven-barrel microbrewery July 12, with five beers on tap. The words Knose uses to describe them are enough to make even a nonbeer lover salivate. The cream stout is modeled after a white Russian cocktail using “rum, vanilla, chocolate and coffee.” “I added in peanut butter to give it a nice, organic nutty background,” she said. “Our South Island Wit … is very cit-
rusy. It screams summer.” The tasting room, meanwhile, is designed to scream Colorado. Knose and Bell chose the name to reflect their love of the state and its lifestyle, using castaside skis and wood to decorate the space. “Most of us love to ski, climb, mountain bike, backpack, kayak,” said Knose, a former ski instructor. “We wanted to bring that whole outdoor Colorado theme into our taproom.” Like Three Freaks, the microbrewery just south of Littleton backs to a bicycle trail, in this case the High Line Canal. The location is a natural tie-in to Knose’s and Bell’s love of the Colorado lifestyle, and makes a summer opening ideal, she said. “We would have opened a few months ago according to plan,” Knose said. “But I think the timing is really good, especially with the bike-ability.” Knose got her start in the industry working for Samuel Adams in Ohio. The company hosts an annual employee home brewing contest, and gave its employees home brew kits, which hooked Knose on the craft. Bell also is a longtime home brewer. While Living the Dream is starting small, Knose said they already have plans and connections for future distribution. Living the Dream is located at 12305 Dumont Way. For more information, visit www.livingthedreambrewing.com.
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Armstrong says his choices hurt sport Disgraced cyclist talks about fallout from doping By Cynthia Hessin and Wynne Racine Rocky Mountain PBS I-News
Competitive bicyclists historically were considered “convicts of the road” because the sport was so brutal, with riders racing far more demanding courses than the Tour de France, hundreds of miles a day, and they took and did whatever type of enhancement was available to them, Lance Armstrong, the disgraced seven-time Tour winner said in late June. “We all knew that history, even when I was young in the 1990s,” Armstrong said during a recent taping of the Rocky Mountain PBS show “Colorado Quarterly.” Armstrong spoke candidly about the era that preceded his downfall, when he went from a revered champion considered to be the greatest cyclist ever to losing his titles and many sponsorships and damaging the sport in a doping scandal that reverberates to this day. In 2012, he was stripped of his Tour de France titles and banned from competitive cycling for life after the United States AntiDoping Agency (USADA) found him guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs. “Of course, you always want science to be ahead of where doping would be,” Armstrong said, suggesting that, if so, all competitors would be equal. “But at that time, science was way, way behind. There was a substance, EPO, that was tremendously helpful, up to the tune of
10 percent (in enhanced performance), and just as important, it was completely undetectable. And, of course, it ran like wildfire through the peloton (professional cycling).” EPO, or erythropoietin, is a hormone that acts on the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production. An increase in red blood cells improves the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry to the body’s muscles. Armstrong participated in “Colorado Quarterly” by phone from Aspen. The show was moderated by Rocky Mountain PBS president and CEO Doug Price, who was joined on set by Scott Mercier, a talented cyclist who gave up a lucrative professional contract to avoid doping, and by Ian MacGregor, a twotime national champion who competed cleanly. “Ironically, Lance was the greatest athlete of our generation, doping or no doping,” said Mercier. “He had huge success, but he’s suffering now. I’m suffering by not knowing what could have been for me. But I’m proud to be friends with Lance.” Said MacGregor: “I want to be clear. I didn’t make a choice. I was supported by a sponsor trying to encourage us to make a different choice. I was insulated.” Price asked Armstrong if what had happened to him was worth it and necessary for the good of the sport. “That’s a great question,” Armstrong replied evenly, “and one that I ask myself every day. My answer is not a popular one. My answer is that it wasn’t worth it. “I can look at what it’s done to our sport, I look at how teams and sponsors are fleeing, events are folding, participation is down,” Armstrong said. “It all stems from choices I made. But with all due respect, this was not an effort to clean up cycling. Because in order to do that you have to truly take a global view and a global look at this thing, and a global
commission has to do it, which I think we’ve started to do now.” During his championship era, Armstrong was almost as well known for his Livestrong Foundation, a hugely successful advocacy organization for those with cancer. Armstrong himself is a cancer survivor. He told Price that he regretted that the doping scandal had made it impossible to continue his involvement with the foundation. “Now I can only try to help people on a one-on-one basis, which I like doing.” Armstrong said he is now living simply, riding, golfing and spending time with his
five children. “It wasn’t pretty and I’m not proud of it, but it was what it was,” Armstrong said. He said his future lies “in what the world lets me do.” “Colorado Quarterly” is available at www. rmpbs.org. Colorado Community Media brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rmpbs.org/news. Contact Cynthia Hessin at cynthiahessing@ rmpbs.org.
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hour of strength training. So it’s a three-hour program, four days a week. It’s basically 12 hours a week the kids spend with us.” However, many players elect to continue to work during the summer with personal trainers. “There are some real good ones and there are some that in my opinion are just taking your money,” Robinson said.
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jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Brandon Leahey and Alex Keys are two of the myriad players in the south metro area who believe improvement on the football field begins months before the season commences. Almost all area high schools begin offseason drills in December after the football season ends and early in the summer when those athletes who intend on improving their strength, agility and skills start to work extra hard. Chaparral’s Leahey, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior offensive guard/ tackle, starts the day with a workout at Six Zero Strength & Fitness in Centennial before heading to the school for another exercise session. This is a routine Monday through Thursday and then two days a week he stops at Lifetime Fitness in Parker for speed, agility and conditioning workouts. The workouts at Six Zero are conducted by former University of Colorado and NFL player Matt McChesney, who spent one of his five pro seasons with the Denver Broncos. “I feel the training is very important,” said Leahey. “It’s my No. 1 priority this summer and come school, then school is the priority. “I’ve been doing this for four or five years. It’s been so much different from year to year on the football field. Each year I’ve gotten so much better. With all the hard work I’ve put in, it has really made a difference.” Keys, a 6-foot, 285-pound senior center, works out three hours in the morning Monday through Thursday during the summer with the Highlands Ranch High team and also attends training sessions with McChesney. He also has a part-time job during the summer.
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Spare time is at a premium. “It’s football and work,” Keys said following a morning workout session at Highlands Ranch. “I love off-season training. I’m always excited to come in. It’s fun to get the whole team back in the summer. It’s important to be here and I’m glad to
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Highlands Ranch center Alex Keys was ready for a morning workout at the school last week. Photos by Jim Benton be here. Former Lakewood coach Mark Robinson is the new mentor at Highlands Ranch. He outlined what the Falcons and many other schools do during the off-season. “I don’t think there is any program that isn’t doing off-season training,” he said. “After the season is over going into Christmas break that’s the time we get things started. We work technique as far as the weight room is concerned, get benchmarks set, goals set and then by January when we get back, everybody is going full speed. At that point you are getting the athlete trained. “In today’s world, if you are not developing a player you are going to fall behind and that player is behind. That’s why these kids are bigger, faster and stronger than they were 20 years ago.” Robinson has his players in the weight room five days a week starting in January for the strength phase. The spring training segment consists of improving speed and agility. “The way we run our summer program is to come out for an hour in the morning and that’s when we install our offense and defense,” Robinson said. “We also work on technique skills. We take another hour and work on speed and agility every single day and then another
One of the good trainers, Robinson said, is McChesney. “When I got the job he was one of the first people I went to talk to,” Robinson said. “I knew he has a lot of kids and has several of our kids. He’s willing to sit down and say, what are you doing with the kid in the morning to make sure he’s not doing it again in the afternoon. What Matt will do is take all the extra time that we don’t have and he will work on everything else. All the other different skills, all the other strength components that we might not be able to do with 65 guys.” McChesney has just a few athletes during his training sessions and stays with the athletes during workouts, often offering individual instructions. “Off-season training is more important than anything else they do,” said McChesney. “A lot of strength coaches have 100 or some odd kids to get through the program and there is not a lot of commitment to reps and tempo. In here it’s all dedicated to the mindset of toughness of every rep, every day. It’s constantly changing and trying to get the athlete to bend his knees to get flexibility and things like that. “We run a lot of people out because they are not used to finishing, they are not used to committing at a high level. This is the closest thing they are going to get to a college atmosphere in the state of Colorado. A lot of high school coaches disagree with what I do, the college coaches give me affirmation of what I’m doing is correct. The individuals that come here and work hard get something out of it but it also exposes people pretty quick too.” McChesney claims there is no
Chaparral lineman Brandon Leahey makes workouts at Six Zero Training and Fitness in Centennial part of his summer routine.
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reason to fear the dreaded overtraining. “Overtraining is a little bit of a myth,” he said. “A lot of high school programs do core every day. If you do that every day you are overtraining as a program. We change in up in here consistently and we rarely powerlift, if ever. It’s all about range of motion, explosion and finishing.”
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Valor Christian has captured five consecutive state football championships over three classifications and Eagles coach Rod Sherman likes to keep off-season training on an intramural basis. “Our kids all train in-house with teammates,” said Sherman who noted many of his players are involved in other sports. “We don’t have many guys train with outside people. The biggest thing in the off-season training is athletic development.” Cherry Creek coach Dave Logan wants his players to be fit. “That’s an interesting phenomenon,” he answered when the use of personal trainers was brought up. “You want to encourage kids to be fit and continue to work out but you also, however, want to encourage kids to work together as a team and be in the weight room together. “Our speed and conditioning stuff in the summer is pretty intensive. We want to make sure kids are there and go through that because it does help prevent injuries, it does help you get in shape and it will test you physically. It has allowed us over the years when the season finally rolls around, at least from a physical standpoint, we are usually ready to go.” Logan, the former CU and NFL player, will be starting his 22nd season as a high school coach. He has coached at four different schools and has guided teams into the playoffs in 19 seasons and has won six state championships. Creek’s off-season training follows the basic script of many schools — he urges athletes to play other sports and to take time off for family vacations. “What we do has not changed very much,” he said. “We go Monday, Wednesday, Friday and every other Saturday morning. It is a nine-week deal. I tell the kids I’m not missing one day and all of the varsity coaches will be there. If we get 85 percent turnout rate we don’t go two-a-days in August. In 22 years, I’ve never had a two-a-day practice. I remember as a player I just thought that was counterproductive to getting off to quick start.” Logan says summer workouts are important. “If we didn’t have to do it, it would be a lot easier just to show up two weeks before school starts,” he said. “That’s how it used to be back in the day. My golf game would be a lot better than it is. You wouldn’t have to worry about anything else in the summer, just show up when school starts and say `let’s go.’ “I’ve always believed that the time you spend in the summer, not only getting yourself physically ready, but understanding what offensively and defensively we are trying to do, the time you spend in the summer really helps you get off to quick start when the fall starts.” Taking advantage of down time from training during the summer for many players is special. “I hang out with friends, usually on the weekends,” said Leahey. “I go see movies, hang out, play video games with them at their house, and get some food.”
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July 10, 2014
Skating to the top of his class Highlands Ranch teen off to Michigan to train with U.S. National Development team By Jim Benton
jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Troy Terry was hooked on hockey after the first game he witnessed. It was a pretty intense National Hockey League game featuring the Detroit Red Wings against the Colorado Avalanche. “Me and my dad watched sports,” he explained. “When I watched my first hockey game, I don’t what it was, I knew right away. When I was real young I would look through programs and say everybody on the team. I could name every NHL team. I was just really into hockey right away.” Terry is now one of the elite hockey players in the country. The Highlands Ranch 16-year-old
on the U.S. Under-17 Select team and managed to score twice and dish out three assists in four games as the Americans won the 2013 Five Nations Tournament in Trnava, Slovakia. Next season Terry will live with a billet family in Michigan as a member of the National Team Development Program Under-18 team and will attend Ann Arbor Pioneer High School. The NTDP is a full-time development program with the goal of preparing student-athletes under the age of 18 for participation on U.S. National Teams and success in their future hockey careers. The Under-18 team’s schedule includes games against NCAA Division I and III opponents, contests against United States Hockey League teams and participation in three international tournaments. “I had an idea that I had a good shot,” Terry said. “I knew I was in the mix to make it but I didn’t know I was going to make it. “Going to this program definitely helps my chances of getting drafted into the NHL. I just hope it will develop me as a player more, because every day I’m
He played six seasons with the Colorado Thunderbirds moving up through their U12, U13, U14 and U16 divisions. He tallied 30 goals and 60 assists in two seasons with the U16 Thunderbirds. “Troy is a tremendous- Terry ly skilled and an extremely intelligent hockey player,” said Thunderbirds’ Director of Hockey Operations and U16 coach Angelo Ricci. “He is a young man that has not even come close to reaching his potential as a player. He has tremendous upside and once his body fully develops, he is going to be a very special hockey player. “The Colorado Thunderbirds strive to prepare and produce young athletes that are ready to take the next step in their careers. Troy is a fine example of the type of player that the Thunderbirds program works to develop and move to the next level. DU is getting a very special young man with a tremendous upside.” Terry, 5-foot-11, 165 pounds, said he has enjoyed taking the step into international competition because it fits his
‘Troy is a fine example of the type of player that the Thunderbirds program works to develop and move to the next level.’ Angelo Ricci, Thunderbirds’ Director of Hockey Operations
who attended Rock Canyon High School as a freshman and sophomore has been chosen to play on the U.S. Under-18 Select team that will participate in the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup Aug. 11-16 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia. Terry, the first player to verbally commit to the 2016 University of Denver hockey recruiting class, was previously
practicing and playing with the top level kids in the country. This is just a huge development year to keep bettering myself as a hockey player.” The NDTP Under-18 team has games scheduled Dec. 27 and 28 against Colorado College at World Arena in Colorado Springs. Terry started playing ice hockey as a 7-year-old after a year of roller hockey.
style of play. “International hockey is different,” he said. “The rinks are bigger and the European teams play a more skilled game with less hitting. They don’t like to be hit very much and that’s kind of our game plan when we go. Some of the players hit but they are all pretty much more finesse, skill players. “I like to play more like the European
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Troy Terry, a former Rock Canyon student, has been chosen to play on the U.S. Under-18 Select team. Courtesy photo style because I’m a more skilled, finesse type player. I’m not a big hitter. The play definitely benefits me because it’s skilltype hockey.” As he prepares for the change of schools, Terry admits that the demands of being a top tier hockey player and getting an education can be a challenge. “It definitely makes school much harder,” said Terry. “I definitely notice it when the season ends and I just have school, school comes 10 times easier. It’s just something you have to learn to live with.” He hopes his hard work on and off the ice will translate into success down the road and he hopes to someday find his name in one of those programs he used to scrutinize as a youngster. “I’m committed to Denver University so obviously I want to make it to DU, get an education and play hockey,” said Terry. “My ultimate goal is to play professional hockey.”
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the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: HOMER ALLBRITTON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/27/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 10/30/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006093240 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $204,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $183,185.40 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 452, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 120-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10063 Kingston Court , Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 4/11/2014, Reception number 2014017968. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.
S I T U A T ED I N T H E C O U N T Y O F DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 176A HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 134A 1ST AMENDMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 2633 Hunters Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/23/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: WAYNE E VADEN Colorado Registration #: 21026 PO BOX 18997, DENVER, COLORADO 80218 Phone #: (303) 377-2933 Fax #: (303) 377-2934 Attorney File #: 14-081-05387 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
Public Notices Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0039 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/17/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: CURT LAMSON AND ERIN LAMSON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/23/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 6/26/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008045217 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $381,330.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $369,296.60 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 97-D, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 866 Huntington Drive , Highlands Ranch, CO 801264727 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/4/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 14-001656 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0039 First Publication: June 12, 2014 Last Publication: July 10, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0151 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/16/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: HOMER ALLBRITTON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/27/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 10/30/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006093240 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $204,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $183,185.40 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 452, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 120-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10063 Kingston Court , Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 4/11/2014, Reception number 2014017968. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/18/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-049-26375 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-
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NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/18/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-049-26375 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0151 First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0152 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/16/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: DAVID R STONE AND ANDREA C STONE Original Beneficiary: WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/26/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 6/30/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003096361 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $525,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $493,104.35 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: ALL THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 176A HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 134A 1ST AMENDMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 2633 Hunters Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/18/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 4500.00331 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/18/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 4500.00331 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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Legal Notice No.: 2014-0152 First Publication: 6/12/2014 Last Publication: 7/10/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0157 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/22/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: STEVEN M TUCKER AND LESLIE I. TUCKER Original Beneficiary: AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS MASTER TRUST, REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2004-F Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/10/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 2/19/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004017687 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $50,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $48,001.32 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 55, PROVINCE CENTER FILING NO. 1E, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8957 S Copeland Street, Littleton, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/23/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: WAYNE E VADEN Colorado Registration #: 21026 PO BOX 18997, DENVER, COLORADO 80218 Phone #: (303) 377-2933 Fax #: (303) 377-2934 Attorney File #: 14-081-05387 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0157 First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
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Legal Notice No.: 2014-0157 First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0164 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/25/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: LORETTA ATTARD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, ACOPIA, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE SROF2013-S3 REMIC TRUST III Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/24/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 9/29/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010063308 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $308,539.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $302,281.91 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The terms of said Deed of Trust have been violated as the required payments have not been made when due. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 24A, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-L, AS SET FORTH ON THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE RECORDED AUGUST 21, 2000 IN BOOK 1884 AT PAGE 1826, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10579 Cherrybrook Circle, Littleton, CO 80126-035 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/30/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-910-26167 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0164 First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0185 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/14/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: BENJAMIN R. CONNER AND ALEXA F. CONNER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/25/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 3/2/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004021494 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $235,912.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $197,386.85 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 513, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 111-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9775 Cove Creek Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
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property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: Building 52, Unit 103, Canyon Ranch Condominiums in accordance with and subject to the Declaration for Canyon Ranch Condominium Association, Inc., recorded on December 19, 1995 in Book 1307 at Page 260, Annexation recorded September 25, 1996 in Book 1372 at Page 1048, and the Condominium Map recorded on December 19, 1995 as Reception No. 9560424 in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, State of Colorado. Which has the address of: 8407 Thunder Ridge Way 103, Littleton, CO 80126
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To Whom It May Concern: On 5/14/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: BENJAMIN R. CONNER AND ALEXA F. CONNER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. Toofadvertise your public notices NOTICE call 303-566-4100 OF SALE Current Holder Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/25/2004 secured by the Deed of Trust described Recording Date of DOT: 3/2/2004 herein, has filed written election and deReception No. of DOT: 2004021494 mand for sale as provided by law and in DOT Recorded in Douglas County. said Deed of Trust. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Debt: $235,912.00 that on the first possible sale date (unless Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $197,386.85 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedPursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you nesday, September 3, 2014, at the Pubare hereby notified that the covenants of lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, the deed of trust have been violated as Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public follows: the failure to timely make payauction to the highest and best bidder for ments as required under the Deed of cash, the said real property and all inTrust. terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE and assigns therein, for the purpose of A FIRST LIEN. paying the indebtedness provided in said The property described herein is all of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of property encumbered by the lien of the Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses deed of trust. of sale and other items allowed by law, Legal Description of Real Property: and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificLOT 513, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/10/2014 NO. 111-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, Last Publication: 8/7/2014 STATE OF COLORADO. Publisher: Douglas County News Press Which has the address of: 9775 Cove Dated: 5/15/2014 Creek Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee NOTICE OF SALE The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the The current holder of the Evidence of Debt legal holder of the indebtedness is: secured by the Deed of Trust described HOLLY DECKER herein, has filed written election and deColorado Registration #: 32647 mand for sale as provided by law and in 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, said Deed of Trust. LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Phone #: (303) 274-0155 that on the first possible sale date (unless Fax #: (303) 274-0159 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedAttorney File #: 14-920-26553 nesday, September 3, 2014, at the Pub*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webCastle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustauction to the highest and best bidder for ee/ cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs Legal Notice No.: 2014-0186 and assigns therein, for the purpose of First Publication: 7/10/2014 paying the indebtedness provided in said Last Publication: 8/7/2014 Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Publisher: Douglas County News Press Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/10/2014 Last Publication: 8/7/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/15/2014 PUBLIC NOTICE ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The name, address and telephone num#028-14 bers of the attorney(s) representing the DOUGLAS COUNTY TRANSIT legal holder of the indebtedness is: DEMAND ANALYSIS ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 The Department of Community Develop9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ment Division of Douglas County GovernENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 ment, hereinafter referred to as the Phone #: (303) 706-9990 County, respectfully requests proposFax #: als from responsible and qualified Attorney File #: 14-001444 firms for the provision of a compre*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE hensive county-wide Transit Demand SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webAnalysis Study, as specified. site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ The initial agreement, issued as a result of this RFP, will be for a period up Legal Notice No.: 2014-0185 to eight (8) months, beginning approxFirst Publication: 7/10/2014 imately September 15, 2014. All proLast Publication: 8/7/2014 posed fees shall be firm and fixed for the Publisher: Douglas County News Press initial contract period. The County shall have the option to renew this agreement PUBLIC NOTICE for two (2) periods of one (1) additional year each, with the same terms and condiLittleton tions. The renewal option is to be exerNOTICE OF SALE cised no later than thirty (30) days prior to Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0186 the agreed to contract timeline. This agreement and/or extension to the originTo Whom It May Concern: On 5/14/2014 al period of a subject agreement shall be the undersigned Public Trustee caused contingent upon annual funding being apthe Notice of Election and Demand relatpropriated, budgeted and otherwise made ing to the Deed of Trust described below available for such purposes and subject to to be recorded in Douglas County. the County’s unanimous satisfaction with Original Grantor: JASON K. ROBBINS the services received during the precedOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECing agreement period. TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE The RFP documents may be reviewed FOR LENDER, FIRST MAGNUS FINANand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain ECIAL CORPORATION Purchasing System website at www.rockyCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: PNC mountainbidsystem.com. RFP docuBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ments are not available for purchase from Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/31/2004 Douglas County Government and can Recording Date of DOT: 9/3/2004 only be accessed from the above-menReception No. of DOT: 2004092449 tioned website. DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Proposal responses will be received until Debt: $143,845.00 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 8, 2014 by Outstanding Principal Amount as of the Douglas County Government, Finance date hereof: $122,209.86 Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colare hereby notified that the covenants of orado 80104. Five (5) copies of your prothe deed of trust have been violated as posal response shall be submitted in a follows: Failure to pay monthly installsealed envelope, plainly marked “Rements due Note Holder. quest for Proposal (RFP) #028-14, THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Douglas County Transit Demand A FIRST LIEN. Analysis”. Electronic/faxed proposals will The property described herein is all of the not be accepted. Proposals will not be property encumbered by the lien of the considered which are received after the deed of trust. time stated, and any proposals so reLegal Description of Real Property: ceived will be returned unopened. Building 52, Unit 103, Canyon Ranch Condominiums in accordance with and subDouglas County Government reserves the ject to the Declaration for Canyon Ranch right to reject any and all proposals, to Condominium Association, Inc., recorded waive formalities, informalities, or irreguon December 19, 1995 in Book 1307 at larities contained in a said proposal and Page 260, Annexation recorded Septemfurthermore, to award a contract for items ber 25, 1996 in Book 1372 at Page 1048, herein, either in whole or in part, if it is and the Condominium Map recorded on deemed to be in the best interest of the December 19, 1995 as Reception No. County to do so. Additionally, we reserve 9560424 in the Office of the Clerk and Rethe right to negotiate optional items and/or corder of Douglas County, State of Colorservices with the successful firm. ado. Which has the address of: 8407 Thunder Please direct any questions concerning Ridge Way 103, Littleton, CO 80126 this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or NOTICE OF SALE criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding The current holder of the Evidence of Debt holidays. secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and deLegal Notice No.: 925652 mand for sale as provided by law and in First Publication: July 10, 2014 said Deed of Trust. Last Publication: July 10, 2014 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Publisher: Douglas County News-Press that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/10/2014 Last Publication: 8/7/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/15/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-920-26553 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/10/2014 Last Publication: 8/7/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/15/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400,
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