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Departure leaves board at crossroads Group now split 3-3 on policies of school district reform
By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Douglas County School Board member Doug Benevento’s resignation has left the board with three members who support the school district’s reform policies and three who oppose them. The remaining board members hold
the choice of a replacement, and quite possibly, the direction of the Douglas County School District, in their hands. “The person who fills this board member vacancy will need to have a common passion for moving forward with the efforts to restore our district back Benevento to its state of excellence,” board member David Ray said. Judith Reynolds, board vice president, wants to find someone who can “hit the
ground running.” “I would look for someone with the ability to look at the big-picture issues but still sees the details, someone who is a problem solver and someone who is student focused,” Reynolds said. Benevento — who was three years into his second term when he announced his resignation Aug. 17 — was a strong supporter of school choice and pay-forperformance for teachers as a member of the reform-minded majority on the board. An attorney who lives in Highlands Ranch, he was first elected in 2009 and re-elected
in 2013. Term limits would have prevented him from running in the next school board election in November 2017. Benevento was among the four board members who voted to approve a contract for interim superintendent Erin Kane, president of a local charter school, the night of Aug. 16. Reynolds, board president Meghann Silverthorn and Dr. James Geddes also approved hiring Kane, while the three members who have largely opposed reform measures dissented. Board continues on Page 7
Growth fuels rising need for fire rescue services New station planned for south central Highlands Ranch By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Grey Espinosa, 2, shares her food with her father, Devon, at the CenturyLink Taste of Douglas County at the Douglas County Event Center on Aug. 18. Photos by Tom Skelley
Food fans feast at fare festival Taste of Douglas County takes over Event Center
Over the years, Barbara Salisbury has had several encounters with the Littleton Fire Department, including a time when her great grandson fell. “The ambulance came in about five minutes,” she said. “I think they do a good job.” Salisbury, originally from Texas, has lived in Highlands Ranch for about 13 years. She was a delegate — an elected representative of a neighborhood — for about four years. “The population is growing all the time,” she said, “and they (emergency personnel) do need to stay on top of it.” Which is why Littleton Fire Protection District, Highlands Ranch Metro District and the City of Littleton developed a master plan for fire and emergency services that calls for more medic units, Fire continues on Page 21
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Jagdish Singh, of India’s Castle, serves up a smile with some saag at the CenturyLink Taste of Douglas County at the Douglas County Event Center.
Restaurants, bakers and eateries brought their goods and goodies to approximately 2,000 hungry attendees at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Event Center for a celebration of food and drink on Aug. 18, at the 14th annual CenturyLink Taste of Douglas County. Festival patrons were treated to samples and entrees from businesses including franchises like Outback Steakhouse and Cold Stone Creamery and local establishments like Castle Pines’ Mama Lisa’s Little Italy and the Meridian area’s Great Beginnings Café.
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NEWS IN A HURRY Legislative leadership opportunity Online registrations are being accepted for this year’s Youth Congress, which will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the PACE Center in Parker. The program unites high school students from throughout Douglas County with area civic leaders and gives teens an opportunity to learn how the legislative process works. Teenagers work to solve problems and find creative solutions for topics such as mental health, trafficking and sexting. The topics change each year, but the issues are ones that affect the lives of Douglas County youths. Youth Congress is one of three cornerstones of the Douglas County Youth Initiative, which also offers the Douglas County Youth Awards and the Wraparound program. For more information, contact Marsha Alston, youth services program manager, at malston@douglas.co.us or 303-688-4825 ext. 5327. Lunch will be provided and all students will receive 7.5 hours of community service.
Volunteer Ryan Larese helps unload cars and sort materials at the Aug. 13 Highlands Ranch Household Chemical Roundup. More than 1,300 vehicles brought items to the event to dispose of various chemicals and products. Photo courtesy of Highlands Ranch Metro District
Chemical roundup draws eco-friendly crowd Staff report More than 85 volunteers spared a Saturday to help at the annual Highlands Ranch Household Chemical Roundup at Redstone Park, 3270 Redstone Park Circle. More than 1,300 cars visited the eco-friendly event on Aug. 13 to dispose chemical items, including oil, batteries, tires, pesticides, antifreeze, fluorescent light bulbs and propane tanks. The roundup is an effort to collect chemical waste properly, which in turn prevents pollution and pro-
tects those handling garbage. Volunteers upped the convenience factor by unloading trash from guests’ cars. The annual event is run by Tri-County Health Department in partnership with Centennial Water & Sanitation District and the Highlands Ranch Metro District. Those who missed the Highlands Ranch roundup can get rid of household chemicals items Oct. 1 at the Castle Rock Chemical Roundup. Visit www.tchd.org for more information.
Oktoberfest 5K and celebration It’s almost time to bring out the Lederhosen and a pair of running or walking shoes for the annual Highlands Ranch Community Association’s Oktoberfest 5K on Sept. 17. The race is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. at Town Center South, 9352 Dorchester St. Following the run will be a celebration with authentic German food, music, beers from Paulaner and live entertainment. The family-friendly event has magic shows, balloons, games and more. Participants can register their dachshunds between 3-3:30 p.m. and the races will start at 3:30 p.m. This year will feature a prize for the best dressed dachshund. Bestdressed dog — all breeds welcome to enter — will also receive a prize. The first-ever German Ninja Warrior Competition will include an obstacle course with prizes. Registration starts at 4 p.m. and races will start at 4:30 p.m. Finally, there will be a happy hour from 2-3 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. with $4 beers and $13 Steins. Dance through the Zumbathon The Highlands Ranch Community Association invites residents to shake it for a cause. The Zumbathon dance fundraiser will be on Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at Eastridge Recreation Center, located on South University Boulevard. The dance party benefits Noelle’s Dogs Four Hope, a local nonprofit organization that trains and places service dogs with autistic children. For more information, please contact 303-471-8916. Tickets may be purchased through the Highlands Ranch Community Association.
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Alternative to hospital ERs opens in Highlands Ranch
UCHealth emergency room will see first patients on Aug. 30
By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com On Aug. 18, UCHealth hosted an open house of its emergency room at the intersection of Highlands Ranch Parkway and South University Boulevard. The nine-bed facility — scheduled to open to patients on Aug. 30 — will run 24/7. It offers similar services as a hospital-based emergency room, including board-certified emergency physicians and emergency-trained registered nurses, a full radiology site, CT scanner, digital X-ray, ultra-
sound and on-site laboratories. It also has a pediatric room for children with colorful animations painted on the walls. For UCHealth — the brand of University of Colorado Health — the new location is its largest stand-alone emergency room to date, said Michael Mosier, the facility supervisor and a registered nurse. “This puts high-care medical services in your back yard,” he said. “Something that you would take care of in a hospitalbased emergency room can be done here immediately.” The new location sits on the same side of Highlands Ranch Parkway as King Soopers and across from Whole Foods. Residents will have easy access to emergency services in central Highlands Ranch versus driving
to the nearest hospitals: Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree and Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton. Freestanding hospitals also give patients more immediate access than larger hospitals, said Dave Avner, facility medical director of UChealth ER. “The goal is to get people in and out as quickly as possible — within 20 minutes to a halfhour,” he said. Billing at the UCHealth Emergency Room will be similar to a hospital-based emergency department. Patients should seek an urgent care facility for medical conditions that don’t require emergency room treatment, said Dan Weaver, senior director of public relations for UCHealth.
Dr. David Avner, on the staff of UCHealth’s stand-alone emergency room in Highlands Ranch, stands in front of the colorful pediatric room. The nine-bed facility is UCHealth’s largest stand-alone emergency room so far, the facility supervisor, Michael Mosier, said at an Aug. 18 open house. Photos by Alex DeWind
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UCHealth hosts an open house of its stand-alone emergency room, near South University Boulevard and Highlands Ranch Parkway, on Aug. 18. “This puts high-care services in your back yard,” said Michael Mosier, the facility supervisor and a registered nurse.
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Lone Tree resident led heroin ring, indictment says Drugs, gun, cash seized during arrest at apartment
By Josh Sumner jsumner@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Lone Tree man has been named in a grand jury indictment as the leader of a drug-trafficking network throughout the Denver metro area that had $2.2 million worth of heroin seized in recent raids. Jose DeJesus Bernal-Zamora was at his apartment in the 9000 block of South Yosemite Street when law enforcement officers executed a search warrant July 27, ac-
cording to the indictment, which was issued Aug. 11. Officers turned up more than a kilogram of heroin, approximately 131 grams of cocaine, a 9mm Beretta pistol and $10,498 in cash during the seizure. Bernal“The drug epidemic is Zamora still going on, and it’s going to continue,” said Lone Tree interim police Chief Ron Pinson, whose agency was not involved in the operation. Pinson said the popularity of heroin has risen during his more than 25 years
in law enforcement. “When I was on the road, you didn’t see heroin,” said Pinson. “If you ran across heroin, it was a surprise. Now, it’s prevalent.” The raid was part of Operation Muchas Pacas — an investigation that began in August 2015 as a partnership between the Drug Enforcement Administration, Denver Police Department and the West Metro Drug Task Force. “Stopping the flow and sale of dangerous drugs in Colorado is a major priority of this office” Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said in a news release. “This case was a great example of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
working together to dismantle an international drug trafficking network.” In its full scope, the operation resulted in the indictments of 25 people as well as the seizure of 47 pounds of heroin, $218,712 in cash, three vehicles and 11 firearms. Bernal-Zamora faces 20 counts in the indictment. In addition to the drug-trafficking charges, he will also faces counts alleging conspiracy and money laundering. During its operation, the drug-trafficking organization transported heroin from Mexico through Arizona and into Colorado, the indictment says, adding that the group concealed the drugs in the spare tires of vehicles and in FedEx packages.
Douglas County officials address state panel on marijuana
By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com Douglas County officials were among those who testified at the Aug. 17 meeting of the 2016 Interim Study Committee on Cost-benefit Analysis of Legalized Marijuana in Colorado. Committee members are state Reps. Dan Pabon, Jonathan Singer and Yeulin Willett and state Sens. Randy Baumgardner, Irene Aguilar and Chris Holbert, a Parker resident. Chief Deputy Steve Johnson of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said he was encouraged to hear testimony given by the industry and its desire to be responsible. He also shared a little about what has been happening in Douglas County. Johnson, who has 33 years of experience in law enforcement, told committee members that since 2013, there have been more than 130 grow operations in Douglas County. So far this year, the county has verified 40 illegal grow operations. In 2015, there
were 45 for the entire year. “This is an extreme public safety concern, and required law enforcement to approach the commissioners about enacting an ordinance to prevent these illegal grows from proliferating,” Johnson said. That ordinance, which is one of the strictest cultivation ordinances in the state, was passed by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners and went into effect Aug. 9. Besides limiting the number of plants grown at a single residence to 12, the new Douglas County ordinance also prohibits outdoor grows, requires growers to live in the home, and requires tenants of a rental property to have written permission from the property owner before establishing the property as a location where marijuana may be grown, cultivated or processed. It also prohibits the use of compressed flammable gas products and flammable liquids, and addresses odor. “The gray market has put local
governments in a difficult position,” Kelly Dunnaway, deputy county attorney for Douglas County, told the committee. Dunnaway added that he would like to see statewide regulation on the gray market and hopes Colorado will look at Douglas County and use it as a success. “If someone has 99 plants and properly cultivates them, it would produce the equivalent of being able to smoke six joints a day for 22,000 days,” he said. “With 12 plants, someone could be able to smoke six joints a day for 3,000 days.” Eric Bergman, policy director at Colorado Counties Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps counties work together on issues, also spoke during the local government impact section of the meeting, emphasizing that residential homes are not suited to grow large quantities of marijuana. “Counties are ready to partner and find solutions for the next session,” he told the committee. The interim committee moved
POSSIBLE BILLS TO BE DRAFTED These bills may be drafted by the 2016 Interim Study Committee on Cost-benefit Analysis of Legalized Marijuana in Colorado: • A bill to adopt a modified definition of “assist” to limit grows to primary residence. • A bill dealing with illegal sales of marijuana. • A bill that would allow post-traumatic stress disorder to be a qualification for medical marijuana. • A bill for local governments to authorize legal consumption facilities. • A bill that would clarify and empower local jurisdictions to have
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Website lays out government data Douglas County shares info, services with streamlined programs By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Libby Schott, 13, holds a photo — signed by friends and family — showing her sitting next to Children’s Hospital Colorado surgeon Max Mitchell. Schott was born with a congenital heart defect and has had three open-heart surgeries. Her family is hosting a fundraiser Sept. 17 that will raise awareness of heart disease. Photo by Alex DeWind
‘Play for a Heart’ on Sept. 17 Tennis fundraiser raises money for children born with heart defects
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By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunity.com Libby Schott is a 13-year-old girl who likes shopping, playing volleyball and fostering pets — cats in particular. The Ranch View Middle School student also likes studying Greek mythology and baking cupcakes. On her chest is a vertical scar from the first openheart surgery she had when she was eight weeks old. She’s had two more since. But that doesn’t stop her from doing what she enjoys. “It’s really you can’t do it if you don’t want to do it,” she said. “And I like doing things.” Schott was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect called persistent truncus arteriosus when she was two months old. The rare heart defect is present at birth and means one large blood vessel leads out of the heart instead of two separate vessels, according to Mayo Clinic, an online healthcare publication. As a result of the heart condition, “oxygen-poor blood that should go to the lungs and oxygen-rich blood that should go to the rest of the body are mixed together,” the site says, which causes circulatory problems and may be fatal if left untreated. Since 2007, Schott’s parents, Leslie and Chad, have been on a mission to spread awareness and raise money for research on congenital heart defects through their Play for a Heart Tennis Tournament. The fundraiser was first co-hosted in 2007 with Tennis Plus at Redstone Park in Highlands Ranch. The Colorado Athletic Club Inverness hosted the event through 2011 as it started to grow. To date, the Schotts’ fundraiser has raised about $130,000 for pediatric cardiology research and is now a Children’s Hospital event. After taking a hiatus from the fundraiser due to work and other obligations, the Schotts have scheduled a tournament for Sept. 17 at Redstone Park, 3280 Redstone Park Circle. Unlike past years, high school tennis players can participate. Sponsorships for all ages are available. High school players are scheduled to play from 1-3
p.m. and adult players from 3-7 p.m. Teams consist of six to eight players with one designated captain. Through fundraising and spreading awareness, the family hopes to see more regenerative procedures for children with heart defects. “If we can do anything — we just want to make it less invasive,” Leslie said. Schott had open-heart surgery at 2 months old to reconstruct her heart. She underwent her second surgery when she was 9 years old at Children’s Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Her second surgery went “perfectly,” her parents said, until she went into cardiac arrest while in recovery. Doctors performed CPR for 34 minutes before she was put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) — a heart-lung machine that oxygenates a patient’s blood. Doctors were worried her brain wouldn’t function properly, Leslie said. “But it does — she’s a very smart kid,” she said. “Some know her as the miracle kid at Children’s Hospital.” Her parents said they hope the fundraiser will enable Children’s Hospital to expand its ECMO program. Max Mitchell, Libby’s surgeon at Children’s Hospital, said ECMO machines are citical for pediatric patients with heart and lung problems. “It greatly enhances the ability to do a high-risk heart surgery because we have a backup if things go wrong,” he said. Schott is a healthy teenager but she deals with the psychological challenge of having a diagnosed heart condition. She avoids certain activities that are hard on the body, such as running and hiking. And she undergoes an electrocardiogram (ECG) test once a year to check the electrical activity of her heart. Her family has high hopes for future of congenital heart defect treatment. “Hopefully,” Leslie said, “medical science advances so there doesn’t have to be another open surgery.”
“Transparency” has become a popular buzzword in political discussions, and while the term may be newer than the idea, advancing technology is making it a reality. Douglas County hopes to pioneer the trend with new open data products and services on its website, providing one place for citizens to find information and programs from all of the county’s departments. The site, data.douglas.co.us, connects users to budget data, electoral services, property information, recreational programs and traffic alerts, all from one centralized page. “We wanted to make the information for Douglas County residents more accessible and more relevant,” Douglas County Treasurer Diane Holbert said. “We also wanted to be sensitive to the fact that people really don’t care who does what, they just want their problems solved.” County Assessor Lisa Frizell said a goal was to increase transparency, but making the county’s services more available to residents was also a priority. One of the portals, “Douglas County Outdoors,” allows users to filter parks and trails based on features such as trail difficulty, accessibility for pets and proximity. Another button connects to the “Living Well, Aging Well” feature, displaying a variety of services for senior citizens. Public Affairs Director Wendy Holmes said the programs and format are a response to the changing needs of an increasingly savvy citizenry. “We’ve known since 2006 that we have a very sophisticated population in Douglas County, and they’re invested in the use of smartphones and tablets,” Holmes said, adding that designers took that into account and made the programs as mobile- and tablet-friendly as possible. Data Services Project Manager John Thompson said he looks forward to using the technology to help ease the burden of a problem that residents frequently face. “One of the biggest complaints we receive is about traffic congestion,” Thompson said. The page’s “Roadway Impacts” button links to an interactive map, highlighting roads with traffic tie-ups. By clicking on an outline, users can find out the reason for the congestion and how long it’s expected to last. Users can check in on projects on the website or subscribe, free of charge, for SMS or text notifications about “cone zones,” but the location-based service can also be customized to include notifications on community events like concerts. Holmes also said the tool is a time saver for anyone looking into real estate information. In a demonstration, Thompson and Frizell went from the total number of building permits issued in Douglas County to the total for Highlands Ranch down to the types of permits issued, all in less than a minute. Hovering the cursor over the homes on a map displayed the types of permits, their issue dates and costs. Molly Armbrister, a real estate reporter with the Denver Business Journal, said she recently used the website for a story on increasing development in Douglas County, and was so impressed by the website she “exclaimed out loud” in her office. “It was really quick and easy,” she said. “All of the documents were readily available and the documents I needed were easy to find.” Frizell said Douglas County has “always led the pack” when it comes to transparency and access to government data, and she’s equally excited about how users will use the website to connect with community activities. But she said added that the work isn’t done. “This isn’t the culmination of an effort,” Frizell said. “This is just the beginning of the journey.”
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“Once we got past the transition to a new interim, I felt like that was a good time to leave and maybe a time for someone new to come in,” Benevento said. Until a replacement is appointed, Ray, Anne-Marie Lemieux and Wendy Vogel — each of whom was elected in November 2015 — will find themselves on even footing with the senior board members. Benevento represented District E, which encompasses eastern Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Acres Gree and Castle Pines. A replacement will be required to live in the district and will serve out the remainder of Benevento’s term. At the next board meeting, scheduled for Sept. 6, the vacancy will be officially announced and a timeline for finding a replacement will be established. Board members will be able to nominate potential candidates for interviews. A nominee will need to receive a board majority to be appointed, according to district policy. In the event that the board does not select a person to fill the vacancy by the end of the 60th day following the declaration of the vacancy, the president of the board will appoint a person to fill the vacancy as required by law. Benevento said he doesn’t think his replacement will be much different philosophically from him, but may bring new ideas and new energy that he said the board needs right now. At the same time, it may be difficult for board members to agree on a replacement. “It’s not inconceivable that ultimately it will come down to (Silverthorn) choosing,” Benevento said. Ray said Benevento’s resignation is a positive step for the district, a sentiment shared by a pair of community groups.
The group Voices for Public Education said they see the resignation of Benevento as a win for students, teachers and the community of Douglas County. “The damage done to our district during his time on the board will take many years to undo,” Amy DeValk said in a statement on behalf of the group. “The community continues to pressure the reform majority to return the focus of the board to what is best for students and not political agendas. We are hopeful the search for a replacement will be open-minded, transparent and support the needs of students and teachers above all else.” Community group Douglas County Parents said Benevento’s tenure on the DCSD Board of Education was fraught with controversy and his resignation is “a welcome development.” “Benevento’s dismissal of community concerns about increased turnover, his recent threats against another director, and chronic absence at board meetings are only a few of the disappointing elements of his time spent on the board,” Douglas County Parents said in a statement. “Moving forward with the selection process, we hope for transparency and the placement of a director who better represents the interests of our community.” Benevento said the contentious nature of the board over the past year made it difficult to find common ground and work with the other side and that he did not foresee that dynamic changing. “There seemed to be a lack of seriousness dealing with real issues,” Benevento said. “The board was more centered on drama than substantive issues where people may disagree.” Ray believes Benevento’s departure may be just what is needed to change that dynamic, saying he is hopeful that Benevento’s “stepping down will continue the process to restore and heal our school district.”
Benevento did what he set out to do By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com After seven years, Doug Benevento leaves the Douglas County School Board with a sense of accomplishment. “I feel like the things I talked about in the two elections, I’ve done,” the Highlands Ranch resident said. “I understand that there is a minority on the board that doesn’t like them, but honestly, those things are going to be litigated in the 2017 election and they’re not going to change in the next year. I was kind of looking around and saying, ‘Well, what am I staying on the board for?’ “ Benevento, along with board president and fellow reform-advocate Meghann Silverthorn, was the longestserving member of the board. Since 2009, Benevento worked to promote reforms such as increased school choice and pay-for-performance for teachers and was one of the board members who voted to end the district’s longstanding relationship with the teacher’s union. Many of the Benevento-backed policies drew a long list of detractors, including various community groups and since last fall, other members of the school board. “Although I rarely saw eye-to-eye with Mr. Benevento and disagreed with
his approach, I certainly give him credit for his seven years of dedicated service,” said David Ray, one of three board members elected in November 2015 who oppose the district’s reforms. Benevento, who works as an attorney for Xcel Energy, said he is proud of the role he played in increasing school choice, implementing performancebased pay and decentralizing decisionmaking to give more power to schools. “We expanded choice dramatically,” Benevento said. “If you look at the charter school enrollment when we first came in and the charter school enrollment now, it’s significantly up, and they are quality charter schools. They’re up because we attracted them and did things like equalizing funding for charters and working with them to find land in our high-population area.” Silverthorn calls Benevento a “longtime friend.” “He was the last remaining colleague I had from my initial election to the board in 2009,” Silverthorn said. “I wish him the very best in his future endeavors.” Benevento said he would not speak on his legacy, as that is “for presidents, not school board members.” “We absolutely did important things,” he said, “and those important things will carry on.”
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Interim superintendent’s contract approved School board offers Kane $240,000 for one-year post
By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Douglas County school board officially approved Erin Kane, an engineer and executive director of a local charter school, as the district’s interim superintendent with a $240,000-a-year salary. By a 4-3 vote, the board approved a oneyear contract for Kane at its Aug. 16 meeting. Pending Kane’s formal acceptance, the contract would begin Sept. 1 and end Aug. 31, 2017. A provision allows the contract to be extended on a month-to-month basis if board members and Kane agree. As part of her compensation package, Kane, who is executive director at the American Academy K-8 charter school, will also receive 35 days of paid time off annually, health and retirement benefits. Former Superintendent Kane Elizabeth Fagen, who left in July to lead a school district in Texas, had a salary of $273,715. “I believe this represents a quality agreement that will send a market signal to our future superintendent,” Douglas County Board of Education President Meghann Silverthorn said. “We want to attract good future superintendent candidates. That being said, I think many items in here show what we are willing to offer a chief executive in our district.” The contract was met with resistance from board members David Ray, AnneMarie Lemieux and Wendy Vogel, who raised concerns about the salary, which they believe is too high compared to other comparable districts in the state, as well as the amount of paid time off and various aspects of contract language. Kane’s salary is more than that of superintendents in two nearby suburban districts: Littleton’s superintendent earns $220,000
and Jefferson County’s $194,000. But it is less than the leader of the Cherry Creek district, who makes $247,000, according to figures from the Colorado Department of Education. Ray also expressed concerns about Kane’s lack of experience in the classroom, which echoed sentiments of some parent groups in previous weeks. “I’m really concerned about what message we are sending to the profession when we send a message that states you don’t need a degree in education. You don’t need to have classroom experience. You don’t need a license to be an administrator,” Ray said. “To me, it’s a real compromise to what I consider professionalism in terms of what it means to be a professional educator.” Kane was selected as the lone finalist from two candidates and approved by a 4-3 vote of the Douglas County school board at a special meeting Aug. 2. The other candidate was James Calhoun, the recently retired principal of Castle View High School in Castle Rock. “Erin is an experienced professional with the skill set that is right for this transition period in our district,” Silverthorn said. “She is a proven leader who will help further our philosophy that individual school communities know what is best for their students, and should be trusted to make those decisions. She is a respected administrator at the American Academy family of schools. I look forward to working with her as she moves our district forward through conversations with our students, teachers, parents, and community members. “ A Colorado native with an engineering degree in applied mathematics and computer science from the University of Colorado, helped found American Academy. She has served as executive director since 2013. American Academy is a charter K-8 school in the district with two locations, one each in Castle Pines and Parker. The search for a permanent replacement will likely last several months. The Douglas County School District has 67,000 students and 7,700 employees.
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Pointing fingers and placing blame I am not sure if I can remember a time where finger pointing and blaming others has been more prevalent in all of society than it is right now. It seems easier to hide behind the mistakes of someone else or even create the mistakes of another person than it is to take ownership and to hold ourselves accountable for our own actions and words. Now I am not the first one to share this next bit of advice when it comes to pointing fingers and placing blame, and I am sure I will not be the last one to share it with you either. But we have to remember that when we point the finger of blame at someone else, there are usually three fingers on our hand pointing directly back at us. Obviously it’s the media’s fault for corrupting the election for Donald Trump. There is no question it is the previous secretaries of state who should be blamed for recommending the use of personal email accounts for Hillary Clinton. It must be the other driver’s fault for beeping their horn when we swerved into their lane while reading a text. And it is clearly the umpire’s failure to call balls and strikes accurately that leaves a batter walking back to the dugout in contempt of a called third strike. And it is never the salesperson’s fault for losing an opportunity, it must have been the prospect or customer who screwed up the deal. Even some of the elite athletes from around the globe, the world’s finest physical
specimens, were found pointing the fingers of blame on weather conditions, the city of Rio, officials, and other reasons they may have missed out on earning a medal. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not saying it’s everyone, it just seems to me that it is happening more Michael Norton and more and being accepted and even tolWINNING erated more and more WORDS as well. There is nothing like a great victory speech. I love an inspiring business leader, athlete, coach or politician who can talk about the dedication and commitment that it took to win, and do it with grace, confidence, and conviction. But I think I enjoy seeing and hearing from people who lost and who handle the loss with even more grace and courage. The business leader who finds herself sharing why the stock of the company went down, recognizes where the mistakes were made, and doesn’t place blame anywhere else but squarely upon her shoulders. The coach who says we were just outplayed and lost to a great team. The athlete who congratulates the winner and commits to working harder and preparing
better for the rematch. The salesperson who says they were simply outsold. The driver who recognizes that texting and driving is a really really really bad idea. We love to accept the accolades for success, but for many of us it is just too hard to accept the ownership of our mistakes. Maybe we do it to save face, so that we look better in front of family, friends and coworkers. Maybe we just can’t believe that we are actually capable of fault, living with the mentality of “It’s not me, it’s you.” If there were a way to keep count, track records, and give awards for making mistakes, that may be a contest that I could actually win. I sure have made my share along the way. How about you? Do you own up to your own errors and losses or are you someone who prefers to point the finger of blame at someone else? If you are, just look down and you will see three fingers pointing right back at you. I would love to hear your thoughts on finger pointing and placing blame at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we take ownership and accountability for our own mistakes and losses, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
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An initiative that may appear on Colorado’s November’s ballot would, if adopted, Michael LaFaive nearly triple the state’s current cigarette excise tax. This, we believe the evidence shows, will usher in a wave of cigarette smuggling and other undesirable consequences. Voters should think twice before adopting this tax increase. Research shows high excise taxes invite scofflaws to traffic in illicit cigarettes, encourage corruption among public officials and trigger violence against people, property and police. We created a statistical model in 2008 to Todd Nesbit measure how many packs of cigarettes are GUEST smuggled into or out of American states and have updated it routinely since then. In COLUMN our latest analysis, which uses data through 2013, we find that Colorado has a relatively low smuggling rate of about 12 percent. Most of the smuggling comes from what we call “casual” smuggling. The casual smuggler is the Coloradan who crosses into a different city, county, state or taxing jurisdiction to buy cigarettes, or buys them online. The key is that the person buys cigarettes for his or her own use. Contrast this with “commercial” smuggling, which is an organized crime that brings in truckloads of cigarettes from distant locales to be sold illegally in Colorado. This happens all over the country — for example, cigarettes
When it comes to music, one man’s Meatloaf is another man’s Poison. The same goes for humor. There isn’t a single musician or humorist that we all can agree on. The Beatles probably come close. Steve Martin probably comes close. But I am sure some of you are shaking your heads. There is music that I refuse to listen to, and there is music that I can’t get enough of. Craig Marshall Smith There is humor that I avoid, and there is humor that makes my day. QUIET I have a great dentist. She has a staff of 20. DESPERATION I spend a lot of time with them, and with their music. It’s abysmal. I don’t need an anesthetic most of the time. But I notice others tapping their feet. That’s exactly what I mean. Someone somewhere is buying Taylor Swift tickets. Someone somewhere is buying Kanye West tickets. “It ain’t me babe.” I told Jennifer about our first television. Television in America was new then, and it made stars out of some pretty odd ducks. Milton Berle, for one. I was a kid, but I didn’t get it, and I still don’t. It was the same thing with Lucy. Not funny. I watched singers like Johnny Ray and Teresa Brewer. Then one day on “Bandstand” I saw Buddy Holly. Game on. Rave on.
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Charter schools perform well, continue to grow quickly
Every three years, the Colorado Department of Education publishes a comprehensive report on Colorado’s charter school sector. The 2016 State of Charter Schools report was published last month. The report — and its unsurprisingly encouraging findings — could hardly have arrived at a more critical juncture. Charter schools are tuition-free public schools that operate with increased autonomy through a system of waivers from certain requirements. They are an integral part of public education in America. Yet these public schools increasingly find themselves under attack in Colorado and across the United States. The Colorado Education Association and its allies backed efforts to complicate the waiver process for charter schools during Colorado’s 2016 legislative session. This alliance also aggressively opposed efforts to fund charter school students equitably under voter-approved property tax increases, thereby perpetuating a system under which Colorado charter schools annually receive roughly $2,000 less per pupil than their traditional public counterparts. This shortfall partially explains why charter school teachers make nearly 30 percent less on average than their traditional public colleagues. These assaults defied any credible policy logic, but they provided an opportunity to
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My mother took my sister and me to a movie house to see “Fantasia.” Bingo: Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky. I sat cross-legged on the living room floor and watched Ernie Kovacs. I didn’t know the word “ingenious” yet. On date nights in high school, I dated my radio. All we had was Top 40, and it was better than nothing, but it wasn’t very inspiring. You had to dig deeper. I found out about doo-wop for one thing.
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with Virginia tax stamps have been confiscated in California. (A tax stamp is evidence that the pack is subject to the taxing authority of a particular state.) We have spent much of our working lives since 2006 studying cross-border economic activities, including crossborder tax avoidance and evasion. When cigarettes are involved, we typically call both tax avoidance and tax evasion “smuggling,” although not all tax avoidance is illegal. Using our statistical model, we have calculated what would happen if Colorado were to increase its excise tax from 84 cents per pack to $2.59 per pack. Our model tells us that smuggling would leap from 12 percent of all cigarettes consumed to a stunning 36 percent, a tripling of the smuggling rate to go with the tripling of the excise tax. Half of those smokes would come from casual smuggling and half from commercial smuggling. About half the smuggled cigarettes would be bought in from nearby states with lower excise taxes, including Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. The other half would come from more distant states, but only Kansas separates Colorado from the lowest-taxed cigarettes in the country: Missouri, which levies just 17 cents of tax per pack. It would be naive to think that smuggled cigarettes wouldn’t roll into Colorado by the truckload from Missouri and more distant states if this tax hike were adopted by voters. We are not the only scholars to calculate smuggling rates nationwide. Economist Michael Lovenheim published a study in 2008 estimating the national smuggling rate among consumers to be between 13 percent and 25 percent. Other estimates we have reviewed place national evasion and avoidance rates as low as 4 percent and as high as 21 percent. Studies that zero in on particular localities peg rates much
rally anti-charter forces against the expansion of parental choice in public education. This begs the question: What exactly are they rallying against? Charter schools in Colorado now educate a higher percentage of minority students than non-charter schools. Ross Izard They also outpace the GUEST state in the percentage of English-language COLUMN learners served. Although public charter schools serve a lower percentage of low-income students than their traditional public counterparts, the gap is narrowing. The percentage of low-income charter students has roughly doubled since 2001. Colorado charter schools continue to serve a lower percentage of students who require special education. However, a 2014 study on the subject in Colorado indicates that these differences are primarily explained by differences in application patterns and student classification, not the systematic “counseling out” of special education students often alleged by charter
opponents. In fact, the study found that significantly fewer students with individualized education plans exited charter schools than exited traditional schools at the elementary level. There was no significant difference in exit rates at the middle school level. When it comes to academics, charter schools tend to surpass traditional public schools. With only a handful of exceptions, the 2016 State of Charter Schools report found that charters outperformed non-charters in both proficiency rates and student growth on statewide assessments. Though more analysis is needed, these positive results appear to hold true for both the older TCAP assessment and the newer, more difficult PARCC assessments. Most importantly, the explosive expansion of Colorado’s charter sector indicates that these schools are serving a significant — and growing — demand for educational options on the part of Colorado parents. The state’s first two charter schools opened in 1993-94. By 2015-16, that number had grown to 226 — an 11,200 percent increase. Charter enrollment growth has dramatically outpaced non-charter enrollment growth, and the gap continues to grow. In 2015-16, charter schools served more than 108,000 students statewide. That represents a 30 percent increase in enrollment since 2011-12.
Though individual reasons for choosing a charter school vary, it is clear that Colorado parents are seizing opportunities for educational choice in droves. None of this is to say that all is perfect in Colorado’s charter sector. Charter school four-year graduation and post-secondary enrollment rates lag significantly behind those of traditional public schools in Colorado. These gaps are largely explained by the charter sector’s higher proportion of online and alternative schools, which often serve extremely difficult populations of students. Yet demography must never become an excuse. As always, there is work to do. Even so, it is clear that charter schools in Colorado are meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students. Meanwhile, the sector is expanding rapidly to meet the demand of parents hungry for educational options and opportunities. Charter opponents will no doubt continue to fight the tide. But standing between parents and the educational options they know their children deserve is unwise, and I have little doubt about which side will prevail in the end.
I listened to the B-side of “Blue Moon,” the Marcels’ biggest hit, and thought “Most of All” was better. Doris Day movies and Jerry Lewis movies were intended, I think, to amuse me. “M*A*S*H” and “Friends” and “Seinfeld” were intended to amuse me. No, no, no, no and no. If it has a laugh track, I refuse to watch it. It’s telling me when to laugh. It’s telling me that something that isn’t funny is funny. P.G. Wodehouse was a wit. Garry Marshall, rest in peace, was not. “Happy Days” was not. Gary Larson was. “Where have you gone, Gary Larson, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you?”
Our first television didn’t come with a remote. And I wasn’t allowed to change the channels. So I sat there and put up with Ralph screaming down Alice’s throat. “Why is that funny?” I asked my father. A few years later, Archie treated Edith like she was a dope. “Why is that funny?” One day I heard Louie Armstrong’s “Stardust.” Supernatural. Years later, Woody Allen used the same recording in “Stardust Memories.” Like him or not, his soundtracks are brilliant. Allen is brilliant too. Others think he is
a self-absorbed creep, and probably would rather watch Kathy Griffith at midnight. I know someone who turns on her car radio, finds her favorite station, and leaves it there, no matter what. She puts up with Hall and Oates. I couldn’t do it. She puts up with Adele, Jimmy Buffett, and Garth somebody. I couldn’t do it. Here’s your homework: watch the YouTube of Steve Martin’s tribute to Paul Simon at the Kennedy Center in 2002. It’s good humor and good music.
higher. If the lawlessness associated with smuggling weren’t problematic enough, there are more troubles. The trade has also been associated with murder-for-hire, corruption of and violence against police, brazen retail and wholesale theft of cigarettes, and even providing money for terrorists. On July 25, a New Jersey man was charged with smuggling $9.5 million worth of cigarettes. He is accused of smuggling low-tax (30 cents per pack) Virginia cigarettes into the high-tax ($2.70 per pack) Garden State for resale. Late last year, a New Jersey corrections officer was sentenced to two years for his role in smuggling cigarettes into the Essex County Correctional Facility. The lessons from these two New Jersey events should not be lost on policymakers. If officials can’t keep contraband smokes out of prisons, how could they possibly keep them from entering a state’s borders? If the proposed ballot initiative were approved, Colorado would have a tax rate nearly equal to New Jersey’s. It would also have all the smuggling related problems faced by law enforcement there. Public policy decisions require tradeoffs. Raising taxes on a good, for example, will discourage its use (an intended consequence of taxing cigarettes, but a negative one in taxing income). But it could also incentivize illegal trafficking of that good. This illegal trafficking is an unintended and costly consequence of raising cigarette taxes. Colorado policymakers, and voters, should take these consequences into account when they are deciding how much to tax these goods. Michael LaFaive is director of fiscal policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland, Mich.-based research institute. Todd Nesbit, PhD, is a senior lecturer at The Ohio State University and adjunct scholar with the Center. They wrote this for the Independence Institute, a free market think tank in Denver.
Ross Izard is the senior education policy analyst at the Independence Institute, a free market think tank in Denver.
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
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Families on the fast track Drag racing offers ways for all ages to compete By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com
About 40,000 people in the world are licensed to compete in drag racing, and for many of them, racing is a family tradition. The modern sport was established in 1951 and was designed for adult drivers. But the National Hot Rod Association looked into the future for drivers and expanded its reach to the younger generation by establishing junior dragster racing in 1991. About 3,000 young people are licensed junior dragster competitors. Some metro-area families Families gather around the junior dragsters in the staging lanes during a June 24 event for the young drivers. Junior dragsters opened have two or three generations the sport to 5- to 17-year-olds making it more family friendly. In many cases, family members of junior dragsters also compete in the involved in the sport. sport. Photos by Tom Munds
The Bandimeres In the Denver area, the family drag racing tradition extends beyond the pits and the stands as Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, nicknamed Thunder Mountain, has been owned and operated by the family of the same name for 59 years. John Bandimere Sr. established the track and his son John Bandimere Jr. ran it for many years. Now the track website lists track management as Tami Bandimere Shrader, president, her dad John Bandimere Jr. as chief spiritual officer and her brother John Bandimere III as general manager and vice president of marketing. “I grew up at the track and did a lot of different jobs here with no real plans to make this a career,” Schrader said. “I graduated from high school, went to college for a year and then took secretarial courses at Barnes Business College.” She said she did secretarial work for a couple different companies for about six years. “I working for a company that was making cuts in 1987 when Dad called me,” the Littleton resident said. “He
said his secretary had just left the company and asked if I wanted the job. I took it and I have been here ever since.” Shrader said her dad stressed family involvement and treating everyone through the gate as family members. Her brother also didn’t plan to make a career of working in the family business. “I went to college to study to be an accountant, then switched my major and completed my degree in management,” said John III, nicknamed Sporty. “Dad called and said he needed some help with our auto parts business so I joined the company in 1987 and I have been here ever since.” He runs a lot of the operations but he also competes in the sport as he drives a jet dragster. “I love being a part of the family business here at the track and I love the sport of drag racing,” the Lakewood resident said. “I went to college but Dad taught me a lot about how we should learn from our mistakes, try a different path and maybe hit a home run.”
Vicky Johnson sits in the staging lanes waiting to make a timing run in her dragster. The sport is a family affair for Vicky, her husband, her daughter and her son.
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John Bandimere III and his sister Tami Shrader smile for the camera in front of a funny car at Bandimere Speedway. The track is family owned and operated. The brother and sister now head the management team of the track started by their grandfather. It has been owned and operated by family members for the past 59 years.
The Johnson family of Arvada also is building a drag racing family tradition. Vicky Johnson said she was watching her dad and her brothers compete in drag racing before she started driving. “I just grew up with the sport as a spectator. But then I met my husband Steve, who is a drag racer. One weekend he asked me if I wanted to try driving. I said yes. I loved it and I’ve been behind the wheel ever since,” she said. “Our kids grew up around drag racing
and they are now involved too.” Vicky is now sharing her car with her 20-year-old daughter Bri. Vicki runs in the Fast 16 class and then, with a few changes, her daughter drives the car in the super comp class. The couple’s son Blake is 17 and racing for the final year in the junior dragsters, and his mother said he plans to complete the required classes and earn his license so he can begin competing along with his dad, mom and sister.
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Littleton resident Troy Kaiser, left, checks over the motor of his drag racer with the help of his dad, Junior. Troy and his two sons are involved in drag racing competition and he said he loves the sport because he gets to spend time with his family, as they all enjoy the competition.
Drag racing is a family tradition for the Kaisers, with granddad, dad and sons all competing in the sport. Troy Kaiser, a Littleton resident, followed in the footsteps of his dad, Junior, who drove in the 1960s and is still driving. Now, his sons are drivers. He said the boys have sort of taken over all his spare time as both 13-year-old Landon and 11-year-old Branson are involved in football, basketball and drag racing. “My most fun at this time in my life is being with my kids and supporting them in all they do,” he said when he joined his boys at the June 24-26 junior drag racing competition at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison. Landon said he loves all sports and while drag racing is No. 1, football is like a No. 1A on his list of favorites. “Drag racing is No. 1 because it is impossible to describe how much fun it is to be part of the sport, to get behind the wheel and go fast,” he said. “It is also special because I am able to be with my family as we all take part and share in the love of drag racing.”
The Steirs Drag racing is part of family life for the Steirs. The Lakewood family spent the June 24-26 weekend at Bandimere Speedway so that Owen, 8, and Austin, 6, could take part in the Junior Dragster races.
Christy Steirs, the young drivers’ mother, said the boys spent a lot of weekends at the track because her husband and their uncle Roy Anderson are racing competitors. “Now they are in junior dragsters,” she said.
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Student show explores archetypes Museum Outdoor Arts hosts Design and Build exhibition By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Archetype Revival” explores ways in which traditional archetypes can be reinvented — the theme for the 2016 class of nine Design and Build students at Museum Outdoor Arts this summer. Traditional archetypes can indeed be reinvented — and a group working together can do some really creative thinking and problem solving, both intellectually and technically. “Original Forms and players are explored: from Tarot Card characters to classical Greek Theater. The Jungian Figures — from Hero to Trickster are also redefined …,” says the program. The viewer is invited to reinvent as well. Working under the direction of Master Artist Cory Gilstrap for eight weeks, the group of college-age artists created collaborative pieces, such as “Grizzly-Oscar,” which rears up to meet the visitor just inside the gallery doors. Built on a taxidermist’s huge grizzly bear form, Oscar has a smile and a coat of cheerful plaid quilt scraps stitched together in lieu of a furry coat. The group also built “Teacup Teddy,” a bit farther in, a more approachable, smaller teddy bear type which is made from broken china cups and saucers glued over a teddy form. One immediately starts forming ideas and words to talk about the contrast. Along the walls are individual projects by each artist as well as more collaborative works: “Happy Weapons,” for example, features a group of weapons intended to kill, but delicately covered by beautiful silk flowers. Their statement comments, “By rendering the devices impractical, the piece highlights the true purpose of weaponry.” A complex assemblage of traditional forms set on and around a mantel — and painted shades of gray — is called “The Collective Unconscious,” and the explana-
“The Collective Unconscious,” a collaborative assemblage by the 2016 Design and Build Emerging Artists, refers to Carl Jung’s theories about the human psyche. It appears in the 2016 exhibit, “Archetype Revival.” Photo by Tim Vacca tion refers to Carl Jung, who “theorized the human psyche as being comprised of archetypes — universal or mythic characters, images, patterns and symbols that are models of people, behaviors and personalities, which reside in the unconscious mind and are shared among all human beings. The structure from which these archetypes arise is called the Collective Unconscious.” Plan to allow some time to visit this engaging exhibit. One needs to circle around
and make multiple visits to groups of objects and single items and contemplate the explanations given and their interrelationships. The students involved are both local and from across the country: Alyssa Edmunds, Colen Hansen, Tiffany Matheson, Kalli Padgett, Travis Powell, Emma Scher, Brennan Turner, Amanda Vela and Natasha Vidger. There is an exhibit by Design and Build alumni in the atrium: Lanka, Georges Loewenguth and Jesse Nickell.
Welch’s paintings record local scene Artist will have works in September show By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “My thing is color,” Castle Rock artist Cindy Welch states to open a conversation. She has finished a new watercolor called “Perspective,” which shows the many hues visible in the huge face of Castle Rock’s namesake geological formation. On the very top are two figures who have made the climb up from the base — dwarfed by that enormous star. Welch will have a booth in the 2016 Colorado Artfest on Sept. 10 and 11 in downtown Castle Rock — look for her display of bright, engaging watercolors and her related prints of historic buildings in Castle Rock, which portray favorite spots such as the Castle Café and Augustine Grill. Castle Rock watercolorist Cindy Welch will exhibit her work in the annual This will be the 27th annual Artfest, Artfest, Sept. 11 and 12 in downtown Castle Rock. Courtesy photo a juried art show organized by the Castle Rock nine years ago. Now, she “Commissioner’s Choice” exhibit at Chamber of Commerce. IF YOU GO is best known for her Lone Tree Arts Center and in SeptemIt attracts more than 170 paintings of local scenery ber, she will hang an exhibit in the artists from across the Cindy Welch will be and historic buildings. Healing Arts Exhibit series at Castle country on the weekend among the many She appeals to the viewer Rock Adventist Hospital. after Labor Day. artists exhibiting work with vibrant color while She paints slowly and carefully in In addition to a great in the 2016 Colorado retaining a level of realher studio — from photographs she variety of art, there will be Artfest in downtown has taken — and is not involved in the food and music, children’s Castle Rock on Sept. 10 ism, she says. Fascinated with Colorado history, she current “Plein Air” craze. She works activities and new this and 11. Hours: 10 a.m. continues to add to her on one at a time, due to limited space year: “The Rock After Dark to 6 p.m. Sept. 10 and collection of images of — and has a number of prints made VIP Event” from 6:30 to 10 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. local buildings. from each painting when it is com11. Tickets cost $5 p.m. will offer live music, She was recently pleted. These offer an affordable way adults/$3 seniors/free food and more. recognized in Northlight to enjoy a sun-lit picture in the office 16 and under. Shuttle Welch is a Colorado Publishing’s annual edior home. parking at the Douglas native and has lived in Welch will be Cherokee Ranch and County Fairgrounds. No tion of the “Splash” book Castle Rock for 25 years. series, featuring the best Castle’s Artist-in-Residence in 2017 pets allowed. A graduate of Rocky watercolor paintings from and looks forward to adding a series Mountain College of across the country. Hers of scenes from that beautiful location Art and Design, she has is the image of “Castle Rock Feed and to the one she has completed of the worked for many years as a graphic artist and started “painting for fun” Supply.” In January, she had a solo castle.
IF YOU GO The Museum Outdoor Arts is located at 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Englewood Civic Center. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. 303-8060444. Moaonline.org.
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Exhibition on realism is the real deal The 11th Annual Juried Exhibition of the International Guild of Realism will fill Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St., Denver, Aug. 26 through Sept. 17. The juror is well-known Denver artist Quang Ho, who is curator Sonya Ellingboe for this gallery. The IGOR currently SONYA’S has 375 members SAMPLER from 35 countries. The term “realism” encompasses classical realism, trompe l’oeil, photo realism, magic realism and contemporary realism — all represented here. Opening reception, 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. 303-571-1261, gallery1261.com. Pokemon course A new listing in Arapahoe Community College’s catalog is the “Basics of Pokemon.” For those who want to join in the fun — and parents who want to understand what their offspring are doing! It’s held on Sept. 28 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the Littleton Campus at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive. The course number is COMP 1065F01-69477, $59. Pick up a community education catalog, call 303797-5722 or look under Current Classes / Computers, Tablets, Smartphones at
a spot in fall classes, call 303-799-6609, or visit denverballettheatreacademy. com.
The term ‘realism’ encompasses classical realism, trompe l’oeil, photo realism, magic realism and contemporary realism — all represented here. arapahoe.edu/communityed. Railroad history Author Stan Moore will lecture at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, on “Mr. Moffat’s Road” presented by the museum and Historic Littleton Inc. He will start with a brief review of steam power and railroads in the U.S., then talk about the railroads in Colorado. Tickets cost $3 for Friends of the Library and Museum members and $4 for non-members. (Cash or check only.) 303-795-3950. St. Andrew’s exhibit Local artists Mary Kay Moore Jacobus and Linda Metcalf have a two-person exhibit through Sept. 25 at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Hours: weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contemporary Fauvists and more … PACE Center’s Art Gallery hosts a “Contemporary Fauvists Exhibit” at the center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, through Sept. 5. Open daytime hours and during performances. (Coming up:
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Duesberry mourned We are saddened to learn of the death of accomplished painter Joellyn Duesberry, of Greenwood Village on Aug. 5.
Castle Rock Band The Castle Rock Band will wind up the summer with two free community concerts: • 4 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Bandstand in front of Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. • 3 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Outlets at Castle Rock. Both programs will feature music from around the world. For more information about the band (new members welcome) see castlerockband.org or facebook.com/CastleRockTownBand.
Theater of Dreams Shoot Ogawa, magician from Tokyo, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 and 27 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park Ave., Castle Rock. All ages show. Tickets: $22.50-$25, Tickets. AmazingShows.com or 303-660-6799 during business hours.
New home The Denver Ballet Theatre Academy will be offering classes from a new location this fall for its Vaganova-based pre-professional programs: Centerstage Starz, Festival Shopping Center, 8150 S. University Blvd., Centennial. To reserve
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Heritage Fine Arts Guild New members are welcome to join the Heritage Fine Arts Guild and will be eligible to enter the Fall Art Show Oct. 4-31 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Artist Cal Johnson is juror. (He works in watercolor and pastel.) Deadline for entries is Sept. 23. For membership and entry information, see heritage-guild.com/shows and heritage-guild.com/membership.
First Friday at Southwest Plaza Singer/acoustic guitarist Austin Ellis, who appeared on Season 6 of NBC’s “The Voice,” will appear from 6 to 8 p.m. on First Friday, Sept. 2, in the Food District at Southwest Plaza, Wadsworth Boulevard and Bowles Avenue, Littleton. His appearance is through a partnership with GigSalad and General Growth Properties, owner of Southwest Plaza.
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Mike Boyle, who hosts restaurantthemed radio shows in Colorado Springs and Denver, has served as co-organizer of the event since its inception. “John DeLay and I started this 15 years ago,” Boyle said. “About 15 years ago, we were looking around and it dawned on us that there really wasn’t a good food festival in the Castle Rock area.” Boyle said he and DeLay, who owns Pegasus Restaurant in Castle Rock, saw sthe growth in the area as an indicator that the time was ripe for just such a festival, but the community’s response was something even they hadn’t anticipated. “The first year, we hoped to have a thousand people,” Boyle said. “We had 2,500.” These days, the festival limits tickets to the first 2,200 takers. “If we had any more people,” Boyle said, “the building would come down.” DeLay and Boyle worked in tandem to keep the event running smoothly. DeLay could be seen darting from station to station checking in with vendors, while Boyle worked the crowd and emceed the proceedings, including a cooking competition, won by Adam Freisem, the chef de cuisine at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital. DeLay said Boyle described Boyle as “the big brother I never had, and I’m the little brother he never had.” Festival food ranged from domestic favorites like meats from Dickey’s Barbecue Pit and biscuits and gravy from the Black-Eyed Pea to exotic fare like saag paneer from India’s Castle and libations from Imperial Beer of Costa Rica. Susie Watkins, who drove from Genesee for the event, said the wide array of exhibitors and the price of admission, $20 at the door and $10 advance, impressed her. “That’s a lot of food for $10, and really interesting variety” Watkins said. “I’m entranced by the people actually making
Kelli Wojtkewicz, left, and Cheryl Altman prepare a massive batch of chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake balls for the CenturyLink Taste of Douglas County at the Douglas County Event Center on Aug. 18. Altman, owner of Ooey Gooey Desserts, says she prepared over 1,500 samples for the event. all of that stuff and bringing it in.” According to Boyle, bringing Douglas County residents together with the various establishments in the area was always the point. “The whole idea behind this is to focus attention on the great food service establishments that Douglas County has to offer,” Boyle said. “And it becomes a great opportunity for people … The idea is to have a little bit of synergy here, and it seems to have worked out well.”
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We devoted two full pages in the heart of our August 25 papers to celebrate all of your pets and animals!
5 DOG FACTS
1. Dogs see in color, but not the same way that we do. Veterinary ophthalmologists have found that dogs are similar to people with red/green color blindness, meaning they can see bluish and greenish shades but not reddish ones. 2. According to a recent survey, the most popular name for a dog is Max. Other popular names include Molly, Sam, Zach, and Maggie. 3. An estimated 1 million dogs in the United States have been named the primary beneficiary in their owner’s will. 4. Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet. 5. Every known dog, except the chow, has a pink tongue - a chow’s tongue is black. Source: North Shore Animal League America Photos by Brandpoint, Shutterstock
5 CAT FACTS 1. Cats can see color. Studies have shown that cats can distinguish between red and green; red and blue; red and gray; green and blue; green and gray; blue and gray; yellow and blue, and yellow and gray. 2. A cat sees about 6 times better than a human at night. 3. A cat uses its whiskers as feelers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. 4. A cat can be either right-pawed or left-pawed. 5. A cat can jump as much as 7 times its height.
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• Fleas don’t just live on your pet; they also live in your home. Vacuuming thoroughly can kill fleas and remove their eggs, helping you stop infestations. After vacuuming, seal the vacuum bag in a garbage bag and discard it in an outdoor trash container. “Fleas and ticks are year-round hazards in many areas of the country, so it’s critical to talk to your veterinarian about choosing the right product to protect your pets from these parasites and keep them out of homes,” recommends Szabo. “BRAVECTO (fluralaner) is the only oral chew to deliver flea and tick protection to dogs for up to 12 full weeks. Bravecto kills fleas, prevents flea infestations, and kills ticks (black-legged tick, American dog tick, and brown dog tick) for 12 weeks. It also kills lone star ticks for 8 weeks.” Canine Influenza: An increasing health threat You can get the flu but did you know your dog can as well? It’s called canine influenza (CIV) - or dog flu - and cases of it have been popping up all over the country. In fact, canine influenza has impacted dogs in more than half the country - just since March 2015 - and new cases are being diagnosed every week.
“I’ve seen the devastating impact of CIV first hand - both on a dog’s health and the emotional toll it takes on owners,” said veterinarian Natalie Marks, DVM, and co-owner of the Blum Animal Hospital in Chicago. “When CIV H3N2 broke in our area, we were seeing upwards of 15 cases a day at times and were scrambling to stop the spread of this very contagious disease. Now we know what we are dealing with and are able to protect at-risk dogs through vaccination and other measures. I strongly recommend that pet owners with dogs that are social and regularly commingle with other dogs speak to their veterinarian now about what is right for their pet and to fully understand what puts a dog at risk for CIV.” If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, talk with your veterinarian to determine whether CIV vaccination is appropriate for your dog. To learn more about protection against CIV, fleas and ticks, and other pet wellness topics, please visit MyPet.com.
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Street fair celebrates Park Meadows The Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree celebrated its 20th anniversary Aug.19 and 20 with a street fair. The weekend-long event began the night of Aug. 19 with a performance by the band Firefall before ending early due to rain. On Aug. 20, the sun came out for an afternoon that featured a beer garden, street performers, food sampling from local restaurants and children’s activities such as face painting and balloon animals. Park Meadows opened its doors Aug. 30, 1996. Coming next week: A look at the evolution of Park Meadows and the role it plays in Lone Tree and the area.
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Anna and Elsa from the Disney movie “Frozen” took pictures with children Aug. 20 at the street fair celebrating the 20th anniversary of Park Meadows in Lone Tree. Photos by Mike DiFerdinando Children get their faces painted Aug. 20 at the Park Meadows street fair.
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Parade adds a punctuation mark By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Hannah Sturdivant, one of three grand marshals for the Western Welcome Week Grand Parade, waves to the crowd. This year’s theme was “Salute to Educators,” and Sturdivant is an assistant teacher in Aurora. Photos by Kyle Harding
Dancers and musicians from 3 Margaritas brought flavor to the Western Welcome Week Grand Parade.
Littleton’s 88th Western Welcome Week concluded with the Grand Parade, with thousands of people lining Littleton Boulevard and Main Street to watch. The Aug. 20 parade had about 120 entries, coming from as far away as Pueblo. They included high school marching bands, pipe and drum bands, fire trucks, military re-enactors, veterans groups, sports mascots, political campaigns and dancing horses. After the parade, visitors had the opportunity to check out dozens of vendor booths and a variety of entertainment as part of Festival Day. Front Range Antique Power Association joined the parade with a variety of old tractors, including a 1952 John Deer Model 60 owned by David Hutchinson, of Centennial. Hutchinson bought the old green tractor about four years ago and restored it over the course of two winters. He said he still has all his toy tractors from his childhood. “What I’m trying to do is get my entire toy collection in the real world,” he said.
Two different eras of fire trucks were shown off by Littleton Fire Rescue.
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Don’t miss out on libraries’ 2016 Brew Tour County libraries partner with breweries to engage residents Staff report Douglas County Libraries will host its third annual Great Douglas County Brew Tour during September, inviting Douglas County residents to experience their library in a fresh way. The libraries will partner with 10 craft breweries in the Castle Rock, Lone Tree, Parker and Highlands Ranch areas to promote local businesses and their products. This year’s tour includes two new breweries, both in Castle Rock — 105 West Brewing Company and Castle Rock Beer Company. The tour’s featured events happen each Wednesday in September, including beer-themed author events, live music, brew-inspired crafts, and, of course, tappings. DCL has also added a bonus Tuesday evening event this year, as well. “September is a great time of year to be a craft-brew lover in Colorado,” said Kerri Morgan, program and events supervisor at DCL. “The number of stops on our Brew Tour has grown by more than 40 percent since the
tour’s inception in 2014. We’re so fortunate to have such great places in Douglas County to enjoy these specialty brews.” Joining the Brew Tour is free, requires visiting five of the 10 participating breweries during September to complete the Brew Tour passport, and entitles the holder of a completed passport to a commemorative pint glass courtesy of DCL. Several of the participating breweries will craft special, limited-edition brews to be tapped in September specifically for the library Brew Tour, including a Belgian Dubbel from Elk Mountain Brewing. Library patrons can tap their creativity to help name these brews and win prizes, VIP treatment at the tapping parties, and library fame. The naming contest is under way on the DCL Facebook page at Facebook.com/DouglasCountyLibrariesColorado through Aug. 28. The Great Douglas County Brew Tour is Douglas County Libraries’ contribution to Outside the Lines, an annual Colorado library-led initiative to reintroduce libraries to their communities in creative and innovative ways. More than 170 libraries across the globe will partici-
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pate in Outside the Lines during September. Participating breweries include: Castle Rock · 105 West Brewing Company - 1043 Park St., Castle Rock · Castle Rock Beer Company - 514 Perry St., Castle Rock · Rockyard Brewing Company - 880 Castleton Road, Castle Rock Highlands Ranch area · 3 Freaks Brewery - 7140 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch · Grist Brewing Company - 9150 Commerce Center Circle, #300, Highlands Ranch · Living the Dream Brewing Company - 12305 N. Dumont Way Lone Tree · Lone Tree Brewing Company - 8200 Park Meadows Drive, #8222, Lone Tree
Parker · Barnett & Son Brewing Company - 18425 Pony Express Drive, Parker · Elk Mountain Brewing - 18921 Plaza Drive, Parker · Hall Brewing Company - 10970 S. Parker Road, Parker Scheduled events include: · Toasted Coconut Brown Ale tapping and Brew Tour kickoff, featuring live music, 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Lone Tree Brewing Company. · Belgian Dubbel tapping and The Chocolate Therapist (beer and chocolate pairing), 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Elk Mountain Brewing, 18921 Plaza Drive, Parker · Saison tapping and author Ed Sealover (“Colorado Excursions With History, Hikes and Hops”), 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 105 West Brewing Company, 1043 Park St., Castle Rock · Craft(y) brews: Pinterest- and brew-inspired crafts, 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 3 Freaks Brewery, 7140 E. County Line Road., Highlands Ranch · Coffee Stout tapping and author Ed Sealover (“Colorado Excursions With History, Hikes and Hops”), 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Barnett & Son Brewing Company, 18425 Pony Express Drive, Parker · A tapping to be determined and The Chocolate Therapist (beer and chocolate pairing), 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, Living the Dream Brewing Company, 12305 N. Dumont Way, near Highlands Ranch
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Fire
The plan’s nine priorities
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fire stations and personnel to be able to maintain quick response times and quality service. Highlands Ranch, which is unincorporated, is unique in that its fire and emergency services are contracted among three partners. The Metro District provides fire and emergency services in Highlands Ranch by building fire stations and buying fire engines and medic units. It contracts with the City of Littleton and the Littleton Fire Protection District for staff and services. Over the past several years, there has been significant population growth within the service areas of Littleton Fire Rescue, which includes the City of Littleton, Highlands Ranch and the Littleton Fire Protection District — which covers portions of Centennial and some unincorporated areas of Douglas and Jefferson counties. Growth in these areas has led to an increase in the number of calls for Littleton Fire Rescue, said Terry Nolan, general manager of the Metro District, which prompted t the three partners to develop a set of guidelines called the Littleton Fire Rescue Master Plan. “We are confident,” Nolan said, “that if we add these resources we will see improvement in response times.” The partners approved the plan, developed with help from an international consulting firm that specializes in fire, police, communications and emergency medical services, in 2015. Its recommendations are based on a timeline that extends to 2022. “Growth requires additional resources instead of falling behind,” Littleton Fire Rescue Chief Chris Armstrong said. “It’s something that every municipal government goes through.”
Castle Rock/Franktown
Firefighter Brandon Howard suits up at Station 18, located off Lucent Boulevard. The station received a medic unit in early August, which helps improve response time, staff said. Photo by Alex DeWind A growing Highlands Ranch Littleton Fire Rescue began serving Highlands Ranch about 30 years ago when the community was in its early development. The community has three fire stations — Fire Station 16 at 8119 Blakeland Drive off Santa Fe Drive, Fire Station 17 at 9554 S. University Blvd. near Eastridge Recreation Center and Fire Station 18 at 401 Timbervale Trail off Lucent Boulevard. All were built by the Metro District, which also funds the station’s fire engines and medic units. The City of Littleton and the Littleton Fire Protection District contribute services and personnel. The 2016 budget for each partner, determined by the longstanding intergovernmental agreement, was $6.9 million for the Littleton Fire Protection District, $5.8 million for the City of Littleton and $7.6 milion for the Highlands Ranch Metro District, according to Armstrong. “It’s kind of a unique situation,” Armstrong said of the partnership, “but it’s also a very effective one.” Other cities have found similar partnerships to be beneficial. In the south metro area, Engelwood, Centennial, Greenwood Village and Lone Tree are among cities that also contract for fire services.
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1. Reduce turnout time, which is the time it takes to get from a fire station to an emergency location. Cost: $0 2. Consider a peak-hour medic unit and manage response resources to improve response unit availability in every fire station. Cost: $160,000. 3. Expand hours of service of the Quick Cars — SUVs that provide similar services as an ambulance, including emergency equipment and a paramedic. Cost: $667,539 for all necessary personnel, $385,669 for some additional personnel and overtime. 4. Develop the capability to measure emergency call answer and transfer time. Cost: $0.
In 2000, the population of Highlands Ranch was 70,931. Today, it is more than 96,000. The growth mirrors the increase in call volume for Littleton Fire Rescue, Armstrong said. The number of response calls rose 16.5 percent between 2009 and 2013. Annually, the department receives about 15,000 calls and about 63 percent are requests for emergency medical services, Armstrong said. “The number of calls starts to increase as the population increases,” Armstrong said. “We can only handle so much capacity.” Littleton Fire Protection District, the City of Littleton and Highlands Ranch began working on a master plan in January 2014. They first looked at statistics and data on staff, response time, call volume and population. The master plan anticipated where changes would be needed down the road, Armstrong said. In early 2015, the Littleton Fire Protection District co-hosted a community meeting with the City of Littleton and Highlands Ranch residents. About 40 people attended. The open-ended discussion resulted in a number of recommendations, including the need for additional staff. Enhanced fire and emergency services are needed in service
Centennial
5. Gradually add peak-hour medic units for existing fire stations. Cost: $574,150 for each medic unit. 6. Plan for and complete improvements to existing facilities. Cost: Undetermined. 7. Consider adding an additional on-duty battalion chief. Cost: $339,865 for all necessary personnel, $360,192 for some additional personnel and overtime. 8. Evaluate service delivery options for the Trailmark area. Cost: Variable. 9. Add two new stations in southwestern Littleton and south central Highlands Ranch. Cost: unavailable. Source: Terry Nolan, general manager of the Highlands Ranch Metro District
areas outside of Highlands Ranch, too, Armstrong said. The City of Littleton recently built a station on Wadsworth Boulevard and Trailmark Parkway called Station 19 and hired additional personnel. The new station opened in early August. What the plan says The master plan outlines nine recommendations or priorities for the Highlands Ranch fire stations through 2022. Priorities include expanding the hours of Quick Cars — SUVs equipped with services similar to an ambulance but with lower costs — from 40 hours Monday through Friday to 12 hours seven days a week, a schedule that starts at the end of this month. “We hired 14 people to do that,” Armstrong said. Another priority is adding additional peak-hour medic units — an ambulance staffed with at least one paramedic. The master plan study found that medic units are used most between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Littleton
As of early August, the three Highlands Ranch fire stations have a medic unit and an Advanced Life Support fire engine. The Metro District Board of Directors will also include a new medic unit purchase in the 2017 budget. The final recommendation is to add two more fire stations, one of which is the recently opened Fire Station 19 in southwest Littleton. The other is planned for south central Highlands Ranch. The Metro District Board will include planning and design of the new Highlands Ranch fire station, named Station 20, in its 2017 budget, the master plan says. Construction is expected to start in 2018. The three partners are only adding costs where they are needed, Armstrong said. “It’s all really positive stuff,” he said. “We are trying to make decisions based on historical data. This is the way a community would expect a fire department to conduct its services.”
Parker
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August 25, 2016
‘The hands and feet of Jesus’
Helping Hands is a community outreach program of the Douglas Elbert Realtor Association
Daryl Llewellyn and Don Fear work on creating a safer back deck at the Steve and Cindy Zimmermann home Aug. 12 during the Douglas Elbert Realtors Association Helping Hands community project. Photo by Shanna Fortier
By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com The high-pitched screech of power tools cut through the air at the peaceful country home of the Steve and Cindy Zimmermann family in Elbert County. Volunteers from the Douglas Elbert Realtor Association had spread throughout the property, cutting wood to rebuild a front and back deck, painting and trimming bushes. “We’re just blessed,” said Cindy Zimmermann as she watched the volunteers. “It’s like a miracle happening today. These people are really the hands and feet of Jesus.” Construction work at the Zimmermann home was one of two projects the Douglas Elbert Realtor Association completed Aug. 12 and 13 during its Helping Hands Community Outreach Project. Every year, the association helps one or two families in need with their homes in Douglas or Elbert counties. Their mission is to help those in the community with home improvement projects to better a family’s quality of life. Helping Hands supports the elderly, the young, the disabled, and those with unexpected
life events and adversity. The Zimmermann family moved from Parker to their ranch-style home along the Elbert County line last October, shortly after their son, Patrick, 16, was diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Type C, a degenerative condition that’s compared to childhood Alzheimer’s.
“Patrick loves to sit out back and we can see the sunrises and moonrises and rainbows,” Cindy Zimmermann said. The family is excited about the revamped back deck, which will have safer, ramp access for Patrick. “He used to run cross country, play piano and now he can’t do those things,” Zimmermann said. “So he’s ready to go to heaven.” Most children with Patrick’s disease don’t live past age 20, she said, so making his home comfortable is a top priority. The Zimmermann home is also a foster location for Drifters Hearts of Hope, a non-profit organization in which youth with special needs provide boarding and care for horses rescued from slaughter until adoptive homes can be found. Currently, three horses reside at the Zimmermann property. The Realtor association’s second
project was at the Garcia residence in Castle Rock, where volunteers helped clean out the basement of the home where Paul Garcia and his wife, Patti, live with their daughter, Alyssa. Paul Garcia recently returned home after being in hospice for 2 1/2 years. He is in a wheelchair and on oxygen permanently. His parents passed away several years ago and all their belongings were stored in the basement. Because of Garcia’s health problems, the family had been unable to clear it out. “It is such a wonderful feeling to be a part of these projects and help families in the communities we work and live in,” Renata White and Wendy Gable, co-chairs of the DERA Helping Hands project for this year, wrote in a media release. “Seeing everyone work together and help out these families is amazing and so reward-
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THEATER/FILM
Legend Theater Production Legendary Theatre Company presents “Proof,” a play by David Auburn, at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Aug. 25-27, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Legend High School. Tickets available at the door or online at seatyourself.biz/legendtitans. Not recommended for children younger than 13. Theatre of Dreams Shows Shoot Ogawa, stage magician of the year, performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Suites C & D, Castle Rock. Ogawa uses simple props - rope, cards, handkerchiefs and coins - but what he does with them will leave the audience spellbound. This family show is suitable for all ages. Las Vegas illusionists Kyle and Mistie Knight perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4-6 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Suites C & D, Castle Rock. The husband and wife team customizes its show depending on the demographic. Reservations required; go to http://tickets. amazingshows.com or call 303-660-6799. Theater Auditions Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch, will have auditions for several upcoming musical theater classes. For tuition rates and information, go to www.spotlightperformers.com. Upcoming auditions include: “High School Musical,” 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. This 15-week class for ages 7-18 years meets from 4-5:30 p.m. Fridays.
Ride with Autism The Autism Society of Colorado plans its second Ride with Autism Scavenger Cruise and Block Party on Saturday, Aug. 27. Event kicks off at Performance Cycle in Centennial, followed by two secret stops along the way up to Black Hawk where the block party awaits with live music, food and drink specials, car and bike show and raffle prizes, including a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas for two. Register for the scavenger hunt or join us for just the block party at www.RideWithAutism.org. For information, contact Lesley@autismcolorado.org. Scavenger Hunt Parker Quest will take you on a scavengerhunt-style tour through historic downtown Parker at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The journey begins at the Parker Schoolhouse, 19650 E. Mainstreet, where families, teams and individuals receive a passport of clues to solve. The Quest is a partnership among Douglas County Libraries, the Town of Parker, Parker Area Historical Society, and Parker Arts. Registration is required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. 100 Years of Birds Aug. 16 marks the centennial anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty signed between the United States and Great Britain. This legislation has protected many bird species from extinction over the past century. The Audubon Society of Greater Denver will celebrate this legislation Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield, 11280 S. Waterton Road, Littleton. Registration recommended; go to www.denveraudubon.org, call 303-973-9530, or message info@denveraudubon.org. Open Space Tour Learn about the history and plans for Prairie Canyon Ranch during a tour of the open space at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at 4620 S. State Highway 83, Franktown. Jackie Sanderson from the Douglas County Division of Open Space and Natural Resources will lead the tour, which is part of Douglas County Libraries’ series on the History of Ranching in Douglas County. Wear ranchappropriate shoes/boots and clothing; sunscreen is also recommended. Water will be provided. Registration is required at 303791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Douglas County Brew Tour Brew tour celebration kicks off the 2016 Great Douglas County Brew Tour and includes live music, food and, of course, brews at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Lone Tree Brewing Company, 8200 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 8222, Lone Tree. Stop by for the unveiling of a special, limitededition Library Brew, get a passport for the entire Brew Tour, and more. Presented by Douglas County Libraries in partnership with 10 Douglas County craft breweries through September. Tour is free to join; must be 21 or older to participate. No registration required; information at 303-7917323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
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Music and a Movie Enjoy an evening of live music by The Modniks, a 60s-era cover band, followed by a screening of “The Princess Bride.” Event runs from 7-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Kids can enjoy a free bounce house. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Live music begins at 7 p.m. and movie starts at dusk. Event has lawn seating, so bring chairs and blankets. Hudson Gardens Summer Concerts Hudson Gardens presents its 2016 summer concert series at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Parking is free. Tickets on sale at www.altitudetickets. com. Prices and show times vary by artist. For information, go to www. hudsongardens.org or call 303-797-8565. Concert lineup: Sunday, Aug. 28, Michael McDonald; Sunday, Sept. 4, Foreigner; and Sunday, Sept. 11, Kenny Loggins.
ART
Heritage Fine Arts Guild Fall Art Show Entries for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County fall art show are being accepted through Friday, Sept. 23. Each member may submit up to three entries; total fee is $20. The exhibit of original member paintings is Oct. 4-31 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. An artist reception is from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4; light refreshments will be served. The show is free and open to the public. Artists should check the Heritage website, www.heritage-guild.com/shows.html, or call show co-chair Linda Millarke at 303-973-0867 for details regarding entry and hanging requirements.
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Global Pandemics Concern over the recent spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus has alarmed health officials throughout the world. While Zika itself is rarely a serious illness, the World Health Organization is studying whether the virus is causing an increase in serious birth defects and a rare neurological disease. The outbreak is focused in Central and South America, raising additional concerns about the summer Olympics in Brazil. Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, as we seek to understand the threats by examining both the science of how diseases spread as well as the history of pandemics. Program takes place at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. If parking in the lot, get pass from inside center. Fashion Show Get a glimpse of the latest trends in fashion at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, in the Macy’s Court at Park Meadows. What’s your personal style? Follow the fashion show and get the opportunity to walk the runway and show off your style. Go to www.parkmeadows.com/events.
Brews & Views Beer Festival Cheers, all you beer lovers. The City of Littleton and Hudson Gardens have again partnered to present the second Brews & Views Beer Festival from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Beer samplings from more than 40 Colorado breweries for this holiday weekend event. Breweries from just around the corner to statewide locations will showcase their libations, allowing attendees to sample Colorado craft beer under a beautiful late summer sky. Tickets available at www.altitudetickets.com or at the door. Event is for ages 21-plus. Go to www.hudsongardens.org or call 303-797-8565. Historical Society Welcomes Author Local author Jeff Miller will discuss his book “Behind the Lines,” about Herbert Hoover’s efforts to save the Belgian people from starvation during the German occupation between 1914 and 1918. The Castle Rock Historical Society program is Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 p.m. and the program starts at 7 p.m. Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-8143164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org, or www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Admission is free. Non-Fiction Book Club The Parker Non-Fiction Book Club meets monthly, and members read books that increase knowledge and critical thinking skills. Sometimes, club members all read the same book; other times, they read different books on the same topic. Meetings are spent in lively, polite discussions at take place from 6:30-9 p.m. at Lawrence Johnson’s place at 16246 Orchard Grass Lane, Parker; 303-908-4452. The next meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 13, and the book is “The Day the World Came to Town,” by Jim Defede. It’s about the small town of Gander in Newfoundland, which took in thousands of people and treated them like family when America closed its airspace on 9/11. For October, members may read “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough, or any other book about the Wright brothers. For November, the group will read about teachers in the early Alaskan territory. Suggestions include “A is for Alaska: Teacher to the Territory” and “A is for Anaktuvuk: Teacher to the Numamiut Eskimos,” by Naomi Penner, who lives in Highlands Ranch. December’s topic is still to be determined. Contact Evelyn Poulo at 971-2753750 or evelyn.poulo@gmail.com for meeting notifications and to receive the member recommended book list.
HEALTH
Alzheimer’s Workshop Who is that in the Mirror? Understanding Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline, a workshop for family caregivers, is offered from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 27, at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree. Topics are “Types of Dementia: What to Expect at Each Stage of the Journey,” “How to Speak Alzheimer’s: Practical Ways to Cope and Communicate” and “How Do I Get Involved? Understanding Your Community Resources.” Snacks will be provided. Seating is limited. RSVP to Juliana Young at jyoung@homecareassistance.com or 720-837-6419. Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Thursday, Sept. 1, 1-6:30 p.m., Saint Frances Cabrini, 6673 W. Chatfield, Littleton (contact Dave Kathman, 303-9798876); Friday, Sept. 2, 9:30-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Sept. 3, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock; Sunday, Sept. 4, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Family Campers & RVers, Elbert County Fairgrounds, 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa (contact Steve Nesvold, 720-837-3612); Sunday, Sept. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Whole Foods Southglenn, 6853 S. York St., Suite 119, Littleton; Thursday, Sept. 8, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m., Peakview Tower, 6465 S. Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Centennial. Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends Those who are going through a divorce, or the ending of a love relationship, are invited to a 10-week seminar that promotes healing while offering education, support and optional social activities. The first session is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Complimentary child care provided with prior registration. For information on cost, or to register, contact Beth Walker at 720-352-9915 or bethdwalker@gmail.com.
Walking Tour Castle Rock Museum plans a walking tour of historic Castle Rock at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The 45-minute tour begins at The Courtyard on Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and concludes at the museum, 420 Elbert St. Group tours are available by reservation. Call 303814-3164 or email museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.
Find AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-322-4440, or go to www.daccaa.org.
Roald Dahl Celebration Celebrate Roald Dahl Day at an author-inspired, fun-filled event for kids ages 7-12 at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Celebrate the birthday of the author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” with cake, games and crafts. Come dressed in his favorite color or as one of his characters for a splendiferous time. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries. org.
EDUCATION
Skiing, Sleeping on the Summits Explore the solitude and ruggedness of the highest Cascade Volcanoes with author, adventurer and ski mountaineer Jon Kedrowski in “Skiing and Sleeping on the Summits” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. The author will offer a fascinating presentation on his latest book “Skiing and Sleeping on the Summits,” showcasing great skiing on 20 giant Pacific Northwest icons. Books will be on sale at the event. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries. org. Families, Farming and Fermentation Ever wonder why it’s called Cheese Ranch? Learn the history of the ranch while enjoying beer from the Grist Brewing Co. and tasting the types of cheese, courtesy of Whole Foods Market, that were made in the Cheese Ranch back in 1879. Program runs from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at Cheese Ranch, near the windmill. Registration required by Sept. 1 at www. highlandsranch.org/nature. For ages 21 and older. Contact Nancy at 720932-6990 or Programs@theHRHS.org.
Littleton Leadership Academy Applications are being accepted through Oct. 15, for the inaugural Littleton Leadership Academy, a 10-month program in which residents gain an in-depth understanding of government and the challenges the city and its partners face in providing life to residents. Participants will learn leadership skills for use in their personal and professional lives. Go to www.LittletonLeadershipAcademy.org for information, an application and requirements. Companies, individuals or organizations that wish to support the academy and/or provide funding for partial scholarships can contact Susan Thornton at 303-798-0844. Continuing Education Program Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More information on Facebook www.Facebook.com/ msudenverlearnoninitiative. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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Richard Lambert Foundation Family Grief & Healing Center to host Free 12 Week Grief Workshop The holiday's are quickly approaching and this may the support that you are needing to get through them Beginning each Thursday 6:00-7:30pm September 14 thru December 8th - 143 S 2nd Place, Brighton, CO 80601 Have you been impacted by the loss of a family member or friend? The death of someone you loved is frightening, painful and lonely. Our core 12 week workshop will focus on understanding grief and allowing yourself to mourn, helping to gain strength and understanding that hope and healing are possible. Discussion is based on the materials and training by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D. Registration is required by calling or texting 303-875-2347 or you may email info@richardlambertfoundation.org
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Over 100 Classic Cars, street Rods & Muscle Cars! All auctioned off Saturday, Sept 10th! 3:00pm Thomas H. McKee Building at the Larimer County Fairgrounds. NO RESERVE#'s: $150 & 5% Commission RESERVE#'s: $250 & 8% Commission BUYERS FEE: 5% Fee To consign or buy visit us online at: www.specialtyautoauction.com
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Misc. Notices Kindergarten Openings in Wheat Ridge
Wilmore-Davis Elementary in Wheat Ridge has immediate openings for 10 kindergarteners. If you are looking for a small school with a nurturing warm welcoming environment and small class sizes then this is the school for you. Contact us at Wilmore-Davis Elementary 7975 West 41st avenue or at 303-982-2890.
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GARAGE & ESTATE SALES
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20%-50% off all in-stock products! Don't miss this rare opportunity to get your favorite make-up line at these great prices. 802 Park View Place Castle Rock 80104 Friday 8/26 and Saturday 8/27 9am-2pm. Castle Pines Moving and Estate Sale Saturday, August 27, 2016 7:00am-5:00pm 7679 Berkshire Lane, Castle Pines, CO (Follow the signs) Furniture (vintage, mid-century) Vintage Christmas Chef Level Cooking Equipment and Books Glassware and China Jewelry Vintage Military Vintage Fishing and Sport Items And Much More............ Arvada MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE W67th Pl from Oak St west Arvada Aug. 26th & 27th, 8A to 4P Aug. 28th, 9A to 2P furniture, clothes, toys, books, tools, and lots more. Littleton Young Couple Yard Sale Furniture, bicycles, clothes, home décor. Everything must go! Friday Sept. 2nd & 3rd 7am-1pm 6032 S. Hill Street Littleton 80120
Health and Beauty Do you need to break up with sugar? Come join RESTART, a 5-week real-foods challenge class with a sugar detox built in! Classes meet weekly starting September 6 at 2305 E Arapahoe Rd in Centennial. You could experience weight loss, improved energy & better sleep! Call Christine at 720-577-5507 or email
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For skilled specialists, it’s a snap High school football long snappers face pressure to deliver By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com While their teammates vie for accolades and adoration, long snappers typically only draw attention when a snap goes astray. “Once you mess up, people start talking about you,” said long snapper Steven Green, a Ponderosa senior. Long snappers center and deliver the football over longer distances to punters and holders for extra points and field goals. They have joined punters and placekickers as specialists on teams.
“Our position is kind of weird,” Green said. “The whole team will be together doing one thing, and three of our positions will be on the sidelines. We’ll do our own little thing by ourselves. We don’t do everything with everybody else. “If I mess up, it will be extremely bad. I’m in a more pressure position as in gamewinning field goal kicks or punts that could determine if they score again. If I mess up, it will be over his head and on the ground. If the center messes up, the quarterback can pick it up and make a play out of it.” Long snapping has become a more recognized asset for teams in recent years and there are several national camps available for players to fine-tune their skills. Major college coaches are looking to secure good
OUTLOOK Most area teams play their first game of the season on Sept. 1 or 2. Teams will play state playoff games in 16-team brackets starting Nov. 3. Championship games in 3A, 4A and 5A will be Dec. 3. The 4A and 5A title games will be a Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
high school long snappers. Division I powers Ohio State, Alabama and Notre Dame offered scholarships to long snappers over the past two years. “Long snappers are important because they have the ability in one play to change
field position,” Lakewood coach Jeff Braun said. “It is a skill that not very many have. You need someone who can snap and block simultaneously. I usually get a linebacker/fullback who can run and cover.” There are quality long snappers in Colorado high school football who are drawing interest because of their quick, accurate long snaps and ability to get down field to cover punts. Green is small for someone who plays on the line, at 5 feet 8, 175 pounds, but he has a chance to play at the next level because of his unique skill. “I’ve been coming to camps, watching videos, I’ve got a private coach and have Snap continues on Page 31
League alignments shake up tradition Many rivals will no longer be in the same conference By Jim Benton jbenton@colorado communitymedia.com High school football leagues have been realigned for the next two seasons, and many schools will be playing in new classifications and traveling to some unfamiliar territory. There will be 42 teams each in Class 5A, 4A and 3A with seven new conferences in each classification formed on an alignment based on the average computer ranking — or Ratings Percentage Index — from the past two seasons. There will be several non-familiar schools playing conference games against each other, which could make non-league games more attractive. “The new league alignments will put a strain on attendance at games,” Highlands Ranch coach Mark Robinson said.
“However, it will be good to face teams that are competitive from other areas around the state.” Westminster coach Kerry Denison agrees that game attention could shrink. “The new league alignments will destroy lower-income school programs,” he said. Castle View coach Dustin Pfeiffer said rivalries in the new alignments will be lost, although teams could still schedule non-league contests against rival schools. “The RPI system is a year away from being accurate but going to this system loses what is great about high school football,” said Pfeiffer, whose team opens the season Sept. 2 against Castle Rock rival Douglas County High School, though the teams are no longer in the same conference. “We have lost great conference traditions and as they change from cycle to cycle, you lose the natural conference rivalries. “I am not sure how our supporters
REALIGNMENT For a list of teams in each league, go to http://chsaanow.com/alignment/ football-2016-2017/
would feel if we were to travel to Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins for a conference title game as opposed to playing a crosstown rival for a crosstown title. It will be interesting to see how this develops over the years.” That’s an opinion expressed by several coaches. “I do not like that the leagues are no longer geographical and non-league games mean more to our student body than league games,” Rock Canyon coach Brian Lamb said. Heritage dropped from 5A and will play in the 4A Plains League. “We will line up, kick off and compete
against whoever they tell us to,” Eagles coach Tyler Knoblock said. “We are just very excited to get to be playing again soon.” Class 3A, 4A and 5A will have 10 regular-season games, with 16 teams in each division qualifying for the state playoffs, which will begin Nov. 12. Last season, there were 32 Class 5A teams that advanced to the playoffs. League winners automatically gain a spot in the playoffs and the nine teams that do not win conference titles will advance to the playoffs determined by their RPI rankings. “The good thing is the right teams are going to get into the playoffs,” said Valor Christian coach Rod Sherman. “There was some discomfort with 5A being 32 teams and all the others being 16 teams.” “To go to 16 teams, the only fair way to do it was to adjust the leagues where all of the top teams are spread out. What’s gone are natural rivalries, but you have five non-conference games.”
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Continental League tees off for season
Heritage junior top individual, while Regis wins team competition By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Heritage junior Sam Blackwood had a good afternoon putting. Jackson Crist of Highlands Ranch kept the ball in the fairways. Douglas County’s David Roney saw the extra work on his driving pay off. Those three players had the top scores in the Aug. 18 Continental League golf tournament at South Suburban Golf Course in Centennial. Blackwood was the medalist with a 2-under-par 70 “I putted pretty well, got off to a good start and made a few birdies,” Blackwood said. “I made five birdies. Everything was in sync. There were no bad shots. I hit the ball well.”
Crist, a senior, bogeyed the 18th hole but finished with an even-par 72 following an impressive approach shot than wound up a foot from the cup. “On the front nine, I started off birdie, birdie,” Crist said. “I had four bogeys in the round and I made three birdies on the back nine but bogeyed my last hole. I didn’t miss a lot of fairways. I didn’t make any big numbers.” Roney, also a senior, finished with a 1-over-par 73. “I’ve been working on my drives and I kept it in the fairway,” Roney said. Regis Jesuit was first in the team standings with a four-player total of 302 strokes. Heritage was second at 304, led by Blackwood. Also for Heritage, Ryan Way had a round of 75, Jordan Phong 77 and Cam Jajaj an 82. Mountain Vista placed third with a consistent showing led by Nick Kim’s 3-over-par 75. Chris Rapp shot 77, Evan Wilkinson 78 and Elisandro Aragon 79.
Ryan Pearson of Highlands Ranch makes a chip shot during the August 18 Continental League golf meet at South Suburban golf course. Pearson finished with a score of 80. Photo by Jim Benton
Lakewood coach gets back on right track Jim Benton
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Jeff Braun’s wheelchair is unoccupied these days. The Lakewood head football and assistant track coach is walking around during practice. “I am happy to be walking and not have a lot of pain in my knees,” Braun said. Braun, who enjoyed an active athletic career in the 1980s, had a grueling, eight-month battle to come back from knee-replacement surgery on both knees in Decem-
ber of 2015. His recovery went well — maybe too well. He re-injured his rebuilt left knee while working out, and an infection developed in the spring. “All of a sudden that knee changed and my wife (Lisa) could tell something else was wrong,” Braun said. He had emergency surgery to get rid of the infection. “I was in a wheelchair for 10
weeks and on intravenous antibiotics for six weeks to get rid of the infection,” Braun said. “I coached the track team from the wheelchair and started out summer football workouts in a wheelchair. In mid-June after making sure the infection was gone, they put in a new knee again. “Since then I have been rehabbing and working hard to get back to normal. I missed about a week of football right after my surgery
in June but have been at practice since then and I am feeling pretty good now.” Participation gains short yardage Concerns over the risk of concussion have left many to wonder about the future of football. But a national survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations revealed a
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August 25, 2016
Nothing but love as Missy Franklin returns
By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com After a tough week in Rio, Olympian Missy Franklin returned home to dozens of pink hearts with handwritten notes posted in her front yard. The 21-year-old swimmer recently posted a video on her public Instagram account with the heartfelt caption: “I am beyond blown away by this love and compassion,” she wrote. “THANK YOU to the people whose support has been unwavering, and whose love never ceases to inspire and amaze me.” Franklin, who was raised in Centennial, stole the hearts of her fans four years
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slight participation increase from 2014 to 2015. There were 24 states, including Colorado, that had an increase in 11-man football, according to the NFHS report compiled from across the nation. When combining boys and girls participation in 6-man, 8-man, 9-man, girls and 11-player football in 2015, the combined numbers nationally increased by 138 from 1,114,253 in 2014 to 1,114,391. Colorado doesn’t sanction 9-man football so the combined participation for three divisions in 2014 was 16,272 compared to 16,884 last season. In 11-man football Colorado’s participation numbers increased from 14,952 two years ago to 15,705 in the 2015 season. According to Colorado High School Activities Association figures, there was a decline of 470 total participants from 2013 to 2014 and 287 players from 2012 to 2013. However, there hasn’t been a lot of fluctuation over the past six seasons in Colorado’s football participation numbers.
After what she calls a disappointing week in Rio, Missy Franklin comes home to a front yard filled with love. “I am beyond blown away by this love and compassion,” she wrote on her public Instagram post. Courtesy photo
ago when she set a world record and won four gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics. But the 2016 Rio Olympics took a different turn — Franklin left with one gold medal from the 4x200 free relay, which Franklin she only swam in the preliminary heat. Her performance, which she called disappointing, didn’t earn her a spot on the podium. Franklin’s welcome-home display goes to show that her hometown fans love her, win or lose.
“We have remained flat and I believe we could see some falling off as people react to the concussion/head injury concerns,” said CHSAA Associate Commissioner Bert Borgmann. “What is important is that we continue to work with schools and coaches on proper techniques. Colorado has always been at the forefront of keeping the head out of football.” Valor names new baseball coach Valor Christian Athletic Director Jamie Heiner didn’t have to look far during his search for a new baseball coach to replace Keith Wahl. Brian Bonn, an assistant baseball coach for the past nine seasons at Valor, has accepted the position as the Eagles’ head coach. “I am excited to step into this new role and look forward to continuing the traditions that make Valor baseball such a special program,” Bonn said. Valor won the Class 4A state championship in the spring. Street of champions Baneberry Street in Highland Ranch seems to be the place where champions and nationally ranked athletes live. Tim Hola was crowned the national
champion after winning the USAT Olympic Distance Triathlon in the 40-44 age group earlier this month. A few houses down the block, Maurine Sweeney captured her third consecutive USA Cycling National title in the 65-69 division in January. And Judy Nelson lives up the street and is a perennial top-ranked USA Masters swimmer. ThunderRidge Hall of Fame ThunderRidge inducted its first Athletic Hall of Fame class in July. Athletes who were inducted were the 1999 girls state championship soccer team, Abby Waner, Emily Waner, John Woods, Jerry Rouse, Jesse Nading and Marty Heaton. Book on umpires Phil Ross, a former sports and news editor of the Douglas County News-Press who spent 18 years as a college and high school umpire in Colorado, has written a book titled “Blue Hombres” about Latino umpires in the major leagues. The book can be found on Amazon.com. Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.
Colorado doesn’t sanction 9-man football so the combined participation for three divisions in 2014 was 16,272 compared to 16,884 last season. In 11man football Colorado’s participation numbers increased from 14,952 two years ago to 15,705 in the 2015 season.
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of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or 30 Highlands Ranch Herald point they are still pursuing foreclosure even
though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.
lic 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
Which has the address of: 1141 Riddlewood Road, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0137 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/1/2016 11:46:00 AM 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: JILL M GODING Original Beneficiary: OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP. 2005-OPT2, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-OPT2 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/1/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 9/9/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005085899 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $306,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $251,449.94 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.***LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT RECORDED JULY 10, 2008 AT RECEPTION NO. 2008048291 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 73, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 122-O, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2612 Westgate Ave, Highlands Ranch, 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, September 21, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.
First Publication: 7/28/2016 Last Publication: 8/25/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Public Trustees
Dated: 6/2/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-00237SH *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0137 First Publication: 7/28/2016 Last Publication: 8/25/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0144 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2016 11:55:00 AM 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: DONALD R. WINTERS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/6/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 6/20/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007048852 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $297,395.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $260,701.80 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 make timely 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 24, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 111-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9782 Spring Hill 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, September 21, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.
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First Publication: 7/28/2016 Last Publication: 8/25/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/2/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-011834 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0144 First Publication: 7/28/2016 Last Publication: 8/25/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0147 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/6/2016 1:27:00 PM 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: DONNA J. SPROUL Original Beneficiary: PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/18/2001 Recording Date of DOT: 1/11/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 02004282 Book 2238 Page 1012 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $178,944.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $161,961.56 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 145, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 121-B, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1141 Riddlewood Road, 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.
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OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
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, September 28, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
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If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 8/4/2016 Last Publication: 9/1/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/6/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 1945.100007.X01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0147 First Publication: 8/4/2016 Last Publication: 9/1/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0151 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/9/2016 2:22:00 PM 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: JEFFREY S. LARSON AND JULIANNA M. LARSON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWALT 2007-10CB) Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/13/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 2/20/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007015142 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $210,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $229,294.92 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: A default in payment required by the Deed of Trust. **Loan Modification Agreement signed by Jeffrey S Larson on March 4, 2010 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $210,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $229,294.92
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: A default in payment required by the Deed of Trust. **Loan Modification Agreement signed by Jeffrey S Larson on March 4, 2010
To Whom It May Concern: On 6/9/2016 2:38:00 PM 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.
August 25, 2016
Original Grantor: PERRY D. THOMAS AND PAULA D. THOMAS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR RYLAND MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE To advertise your publicWILMINGTON notices callSAVINGS 303-566-4100 FUND SOCIA FIRST LIEN. E TY , FS B , D O I N G B U S I N E S S A S The property described herein is all of CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIthe property encumbered by the lien of VIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS the deed of trust. TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-14BTT Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/25/2003 Legal Description of Real Property: Recording Date of DOT: 9/4/2003 LOT 29, PROVINCE CENTER-FILING Reception No. of DOT: 2003132993 NO. 1F, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE DOT Recorded in Douglas County. OF COLORADO Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $322,700.00 Which has the address of: 8794 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the Pochard Street, Littleton, CO 80126 date hereof: $405,362.02
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NOTICE OF SALE
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.***Loan Modification Agreement recorded March 19, 2014 at Reception No. 2014013427
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 28, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 8/4/2016 Last Publication: 9/1/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/10/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KAREN J RADAKOVICH Colorado Registration #: 11649 4750 TABLE MESA DRIVE , BOULDER, COLORADO 80305-5575 Phone #: (303) 494-3000 Fax #: Attorney File #: 7192-8560 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0151 First Publication: 8/4/2016 Last Publication: 9/1/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0152 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/9/2016 2:38:00 PM 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: PERRY D. THOMAS AND PAULA D. THOMAS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR RYLAND MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIET Y , FS B , D O I N G B U S I N E S S A S CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-14BTT Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/25/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 9/4/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003132993 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $322,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $405,362.02
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 25A, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 122-R, FIRST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 10830 Hickory Ridge Street, Highlands Ranch, 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, September 28, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 8/4/2016 Last Publication: 9/1/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/10/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 1238.100097.F01
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless Legal Notice No.: 2016-0152 The property described herein is all of the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedFirst Publication: 8/4/2016 If you believe that your lender or serthe property encumbered by the lien of nesday, September 28, 2016, at the PubLast Publication: 9/1/2016 vicer has failed to provide a single the deed of trust. lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/2/2016 point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public CHRISTINE DUFFY they are still pursuing foreclosure even Legal Description of Real Property: auction to the highest and best bidder for DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee though you have submitted a comLOT 29, PROVINCE CENTER-FILING cash, the said real property and all inpleted loss mitigation application or NO. 1F, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs The name, address and telephone numyou have been offered and have accepOF COLORADO and assigns therein, for the purpose of bers of the attorney(s) representing the ted a loss mitigation option (38-38paying the indebtedness provided in said legal holder of the indebtedness is: 103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint Which has the address of: 8794 Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of with the Colorado Attorney General Pochard Street, Littleton, CO 80126 Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses DAVID A. SHORE (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Finanof sale and other items allowed by law, Colorado Registration #: 19973 cial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, or both. However, the filing of a comate of Purchase, all as provided byCOUNTY law. If OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO are hereby notified that the covenants of Notice GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO plaint in and of itself will not stop the the sale date is continued to a laterPublic date, The current holder of the Evidence of Debt the deed of trust have been violated as TREASURER'S STATEMENT 80111 foreclosure process. the deadline to file a notice of intent to secured by the Deed of Trust described follows: Failure to pay principal and inStatement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements Phone #: (303) 573-1080 cure by those parties entitled to cure may herein, has filed written election and deterest when due together with all other Fax #: For the 6mand months 30, 2016 First Publication: 7/28/2016 also be extended. for Ended sale asJune provided by law and in payments provided for in the Evidence of Attorney File #: 16-00237SH Last Publication: 8/25/2016 said Deed of Trust. Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and Publisher: Douglas County News Press If you believe that your lender or serother violations of the terms *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE vicer has failed to provide a single THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given thereof.***Loan Modification Agreement ABATED AND TOTAL TOTAL TREASURER SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webDated: 6/2/2016 point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or that on the first possible sale date (unless recorded March 19, 2014 at Reception BEGINNING DELINQUENT OTHER even TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustCHRISTINE DUFFY CURRENT No. 2014013427 they are still pursuing foreclosure the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wedee/ CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS IN AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS OUT AND TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee though you have submitted a comnesday, September 28, 2016, at the PubTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE pleted loss mitigation application or lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, LegalCOUNTY Notice No.: 2016-0137 The name, address and telephone numA FIRST LIEN. you have been offered and have accepCastle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public FUNDS First Publication: 7/28/2016 bers of the attorney(s) representing the ted a loss mitigation option (38-38auction to the highest and best bidder for Last Publication: 8/25/2016 legal holder of the indebtedness is: The property described herein is all of 103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint cash, the said real property and all inCAPITALDouglas EXPENDITURES $6,443,082.81 $952,486.80 $0.00 $155.53 $5,795.90 $958,438.23 $4,533,375.60 $4,533,375.60 $2,868,145.44 $14,288.29 Publisher: County News Press the property encumbered by the lien of with the Colorado Attorney General terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs CAPITAL REPLACEMENT $10,961,541.57 36,148.01 49,356.00 $0.00 $11,047,045.58 NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI the deed of trust. (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Finanand assigns therein, $85,504.01 for the purpose of CONSERVATION TRUST $3,307,509.52 737,203.13 $737,203.13 $368,753.60 $3,675,959.05 Colorado Registration #: 46592 cial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) paying the indebtedness provided in said 368,753.60 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, Legal Description of Real Property: or both. However, the filing of a comEvidence of Debt$145,631,283.89 secured by the Deed 108,306,610.76 of COUNTY GENERAL $65,508,532.83 74,194,581.40 (70,581.18) 58,984.57 67,264,450.68 4,183,848.42 515,931.00 $108,822,541.76 $102,317,274.96 1,113,099.58 ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses 471,754.42 LOT 25A, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING plaint in and of itself will not107,622.00 stop the DEBT SERVICE $93,225.83 2,743,323.90 $2,850,945.90 $471,754.42 $2,472,417.31 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 of sale and other items allowed by law, 122-R, FIRST AMENDMENT, COUNTY foreclosure process. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES $124,800.77 5,439,352.00 (5,533.48) 4,276.10 12,509.31 $5,450,603.93 3,924,536.37 $3,924,536.37 $1,650,868.33 81,604.42 Fax #: and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificOF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. HUMAN SERVICES $5,212,263.59 1,700,427.17 (1,596.70) 1,337.95 3,012,014.36 515,931.00 $4,206,022.45 $6,234,354.92 0.00 Attorney File #: 16-011834 ate of Purchase, all$5,228,113.78 as provided by law. If 4,206,022.45 First Publication: 8/4/2016 $2,121,465.39 615,256.63 $615,256.63 589,178.56 $589,178.56 $2,147,543.46 INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB & PROP INSUR the sale date is continued to a later date, Which has the address of: 10830 HickLast Publication: 9/1/2016 $2,910,356.56 7,899,972.53 $8,396,700.62 $2,413,628.47 INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSU *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE the deadline to file$7,899,972.53 a notice of intent to 8,396,700.62 ory Ridge Street, Highlands Ranch, CO Publisher: Douglas County News Press DATES on the Public Trustee webcure by those parties $696,413.26 entitled to cure may 697,894.40 80126 INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFI SALE $3,297,814.04 696,413.26 $697,894.40 $3,296,332.90 site:$22,999,776.65 http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustalso be extended. $12,535,653.52 Dated: 6/6/2016 JUSTICE CENTER SALES & USE TAX 12,535,653.52 990,835.56 3,933,848.40 $4,924,683.96 $30,610,746.21 ee/ NOTICE OF SALE CHRISTINE DUFFY L.I.D. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION $249,716.81 258,324.73 13,648.38 6,452.57 $278,425.68 63,890.98 $63,890.98 $464,251.51 2,302.21 If you believe that your lender or serDOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY $17,924,363.39 15,271,413.81 (13,583.64) 3,950.29 2,759,308.96 $26,359,693.15 218,914.99 Legal Notice No.: 2016-0144 vicer has failed $18,021,089.42 to provide a single 9,585,759.66 The current holder of the Evidence$9,585,759.66 of Debt $0.007/28/2016 3,932.23 $3,932.23 3,932.23 $3,932.23 $0.00 LINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVEM First Publication: point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or secured by the Deed of Trust described The name, address and telephone numLast Publication: 8/25/2016 they are still pursuing foreclosure even 636,571.26 herein, has filed written election $2,955,658.63 and debers of the attorney(s) representing the OPEN SPACE - SALES & USE TAX $14,533,118.58 5,068,743.75 $5,068,743.75 2,319,087.37 $16,646,203.70 Publisher: Douglas County News Press legal holder of the indebtedness is: though you have submitted mand for sale as49,356.00 provided by law $596,378.46 and in PARKS SALES & USE TAX $10,253,904.46 12,331.66 528,413.47 $540,745.13 a com- 547,022.46 $10,198,271.13 pleted loss mitigation application or said Deed of Trust. PUBLIC TRUSTEE ($755,265.30) 180,591.49 $180,591.49 169,930.07 $169,930.07 ($744,603.88) LISA CANCANON you have been offered and have accepRMHIDTA ($258,307.20) $938,416.01 ($308,394.30) Colorado Registration #: 42043 938,416.01 ted a loss mitigation option (38-38- 988,503.11 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby $988,503.11 Given ROAD & BRIDGE $46,380,784.51 29,133,840.68 (22,713.02) 19,021.57 9,335,883.72 $38,466,032.95 20,338,457.31 $20,338,457.31 $64,508,360.15 362,718.04 1199 BANNOCK STREET , 103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint that on the first possible sale date (unless ROAD SALES & USE TAX $39,432,110.83 12,025,273.95 $12,025,273.95 1,202,650.02 $12,211,359.38 $39,246,025.40 DENVER, COLORADO 80204 with the Colorado Attorney General11,008,709.36 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedPhone #: (303) 350-3711 (720-508-6006) or the$22,319.84 Consumer Finannesday, September 28, 2016, at the PubSOLID WASTER DISPOSAL SITE $284,284.58 22,319.84 3,836.59 $3,836.59 $302,767.83 Fax #: cial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Attorney File #: 1945.100007.X01 or both. However, the filing of a comCastle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public TREASURER'S CASH & INVESTMENT auction to the highest and best bidder for plaint in and of itself will not stop the DUE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES cash, the said real property and all in*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE foreclosure process. $3,574,660.67 432,286,959.26 542,245.16 335,987.30 129,620.14 $433,294,811.86 387,817,950.11 $387,817,950.11 $49,051,522.42 3,197,185.27 & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webMISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES $81,060.16 36,347,391.85 $36,347,391.85 36,857,004.57 $36,857,004.57 ($428,552.56) and assigns therein, for the purpose of site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustFirst Publication: 8/4/2016 paying the indebtedness provided in said ee/ Last Publication: 9/1/2016 MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES $4,341,114.42 538,967,980.88 $538,967,980.88 541,216,370.68 $541,216,370.68 $2,092,724.62 Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Publisher: Douglas County News Press Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses Legal Notice No.: 2016-0147 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID $180.98 22,943.76 9.86 23.79 $22,977.41 18,145.90 $18,145.90 $5,012.49 328.15 of sale and other items allowed by law, First Publication: 8/4/2016 Dated: 6/10/2016 First Publication: 7/28/2016 Last Publication: 8/25/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
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and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificLast Publication: 9/1/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY $428,237.14 $8,020,872.79 $1,266,868,121.26 $8,020,872.79 $1,149,762,619.42 ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If Publisher: $437,371.55 Douglas County$698,721,310.17 News Press DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee $1,141,741,746.63 sale date is continued to a later date, Legal Notice No.: 929621 * First Publication: August 25, 2016 * Last Publication: August 25, 2016 * Publisher: Douglas Countythe News-Press The name, address and telephone numthe deadline to file a notice of intent to bers of the attorney(s) representing the cure by those parties entitled to cure may legal holder of the indebtedness is: also be extended.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0157
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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2016 4:10:00 PM 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.
HIGHLANDS RANCH Coach: Mark Robinson 2015 record: 1-9
Original Grantor: DAVID HENRY BISHOP Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, MARITIME MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/14/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 6/22/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005056131** DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $188,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $156,256.81
League: Mt. Lincoln Players to watch: Kobe Eller, RB, Sr.; Austin Johnson, OL, Soph.; Drake Nugent, OL, soph.; Cal Neubert, OL, Sr.; Ray Robinson, DB/ WR, Soph.; Kaden Lathrop, WR, Sr. Team strength: Team speed. Team weakness: Team size and maturity.
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.
From the coach: “If the team works together and can fight through some adversity this team Long snapper Steven Green, a Ponderosa senior, excels at his specialized should be very competitive this Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on season.” position, but acknowledges there is a lot of pressure on him. “Our position 6/3/2016, under Reception No. PUBLIC NOTICE **THIS LOAN HAS BEEN MODIFIED THROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 01, 2015.
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Original Beneficiary: THE DENVER LENDING GROUP, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2014-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/20/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 3/27/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006024739 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $430,000.00 lection of players that need time to Cunningham, DE, Sr.; Tayven Bray, Outstanding Principal Amount as of the OG, Jr. grow in ourdate systems. Our kids are hereof: $394,830.73
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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Littleton MOUNTAIN VISTA NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0160 Coach: Ric Cash
very smartPursuant and will have a tough to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), Team you strength: Great depth in areprove herebytheir notified that the covenants of schedule to toughness.” skill positions with returning startthe deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and iners in most spots. terest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of ROCK CANYON Debt secured by the Deed of Trust Team and weakness: Lack depth on otherLamb violations of the terms thereof. Coach: Brian
the lines so staying healthy will be
Said Deed of Trust was rerecordedaon key. under Reception No. 2006 028981.
2015 record: 4 / 6 / 25-5 006,
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Highlands Ranch From the coach: “I am very League: Mt. Evans NOTICE OF SALE THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Public No.looking 2016-0161 excited for ourTrustee seasonSale and A FIRST LIEN.
Players to watch: Eric Hommel, for much improved To Whom It May leadership Concern: On 6/22/2016 The property described herein is all of WR, Sr.; Cade Chapman, OL, Jr.; 6:31:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustfrom the property encumbered by the lien of our senior class.” ee caused the Notice of Election and Dethe deed trust. Michael Keen, WR,ofSr.; Griffin mand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas Cahey, OL,Legal Jr.; Ryan Fichtner, S,Property: Jr.; Description of Real County. LOT 17, HERITAGE HILLS FILING VALOR NO. CHRISTIAN Brandon Martinez, LB, Sr.; Trevor 1-H2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE Grantor: JACK W HAWKINS OF COLORADO Coach:Original RodCARYLON Sherman Williams, DL, Jr.; Zach Hanna, LB, AND S HAWKINS AND JEFFREY W. ZALESAK Which has the address of: 9551 Sunset Jr. Original 12-2 Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO 2015 record: Hill, Littleton, CO 80124 HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Team strength: Experience, with League: Mt. Lincoln NOTICE OF SALE WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. many juniors returning who gained Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/6/2003 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Players to watch: Dylan McRecording Date of DOT: 10/8/2003 experiencesecured as sophomores. by the Deed of Trust described Reception No. of DOT: 2003148414 herein, has filed written election andCaffrey, deQB, Sr.; Noah Elliss,County. DT/ DOT Recorded in Douglas mand for sale as of provided in Team weakness: Lack depthby law andOT, Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Sr.;Debt: Christian Elliss, Sr.; Curtis said Deed of Trust. $199,599.00 at many positions with only 13 Chiaverini, Sr.; Devin Noth, C, Sr.; Outstanding Principal Amount as of the THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given date hereof: $156,987.02 seniors onthat theonroster. the first possible sale date (unless Blake Stenstrom, QB, Jr.; Joshia the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedPursuant to C.R.S. (4) (i), you Davis, are RB,hereby Soph.; Jack§38-38-101 Walley, WR/ 12, 2016, From the nesday, coach:October “We have con-at the Public notified that the covenants of Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle the deed Howell, of trust have been Sr.; violated as CB, Sr.; Mitch DE/TE, Rock, Colorado, I willCanyon sell at public auctinued to improve at Rock follows: the failure to make timely paytion to the highest and best bidderHayden for Courier, OL,under Bensaid Kozan, ments required Deed of Trust over the last three year.real I believe cash, the said property and all inthe Evidence of Debt secured terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs DE, Sr.and thereby. we will have our best team yet in and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said the last four years. We play a very Team strengths: Team chemistry, THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of A FIRST LIEN. tough schedule thisattorneys’ year, sofees, we the willexpenses Trust, plus defensive line, outside linebacker, of sale and other items allowed by law, The property have to raise leveltoofthe play everya Certificquarterback, tightdescribed end. herein is all of and our will deliver purchaser the property encumbered by the lien of of Purchase, all as provided by law. If week.” ate the deed of trust. the sale date is continued to a later date, Team weakness: Four offensive the deadline to file a notice of intent to Legal Description of Real Property: linemen need to be replaced and cure by those parties entitled to cure may LOT 38, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH also be extended. FILING NO 8, schedule. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, tough non-league THUNDERRIDGE STATE OF COLORADO If you believe that your lender or serCoach: Joe Johnson vicer has failed to provide a single From the coach: “We will be tested
during youth league, ITo played as a Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2016 record: 8-3 4:11:00 PM the undersigned2015 Public Trustyear I wasn’t ee caused the Notice of Election and Destarting as a lineman but mandwas relating to the Deed League: of Trust deMt. Evans Legal Description of Real Property: scribed below to be recorded in Douglas starting as a long snapper. LOT 346, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING County.I realContinued from Page 25 Players to watch: Judd Erickson, NO. 120-A,ized COUNTY OFOK DOUGLAS, I was at that and started STATE OF COLORADO. Original Grantor: PAUL W. PAXTON QB, Sr.; Kellen Parker, WR, Sr.; Zach AND CECELIA A. PAXTON improving and working on long Which has the address of: 9729 S. CanOriginal Beneficiary: U.S. BANK Hammer, FS, Sr.; Tristan Dean, WR, been working hard at it,” Green snapping. the course of that berra Dr., Highlands Ranch,Over CO 80130 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Jacob Reese, WR, Sr.; Chad Current Holder of Evidence ofSr.; Debt: said. “That’s what I like to specialnext year, it became a specialty NOTICE OF SALE CITIBANK NAto Long, RB, Sr.; Jack Davis, OG, Sr.; Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/29/2006 ize in. Last year I was one of the me. Next thing I knew, Recording I was aDate long The current holder of the Evidence of Debt of DOT: 12/5/2006 Ben Hildebrand, OL, Jr.; Killian top in the state with the fastestsecured bysnapper the Deed of only Trust described Reception No. of DOT: 2006104171 and working with has filed written election and deDOT Recorded in Douglas County. Ward, DT, Jr.; Jake Frane, DE, Sr.; times and perfect snaps every herein, theaskickers every practice. mand for sale provided by law andday in at Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Charlie Palmer, SS, Sr. said Deed of Trust. Debt: $40,000.00 single time.” “The things a lot of people Outstanding Principal Amount as of the THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given date hereof: $35,586.03 Team strengths: Returning quarValor Christian’s Devin Noth, look at are speed and accuracy. that on the first possible sale date (unless a 6-3, 205-pound senior, is a the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you There are a lot ofWedotherPursuant factors terback, a strong receiving corps, nesday, October 5, 2016, at the Public are hereby notified that the covenants of 5-star Division I prospect and Trustee’s is too.402 If Wilcox a college coach sees you running back and a strong Which has the address of: 9189 South office, Street, Castle the deed of trust have beensolid violated as point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or Woodland Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucfollows: the failure to makedefensive timely pay-line. the fifth-ranked high school long early with two strong out-of-state 2015 record: 7-5still pursuing foreclosure even and you can snap it faster and they are 80126 tion to the highest and best bidder for ments as required under the Deed of though you have submitted a comreal accurate property andthan all in- any Trust. PUBLIC NOTICE opponents and then we will play snapper in ratings used by col-cash, the said more other guy, pleted loss mitigation application or Cameron Team weakness: Rebuilt offensive League: Mt. OF SALE terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs you have been offered and have accepthree of the topNOTICE five teams in Cololege coaches that are compiledand assignsthey will you. ofBut THE youLIEN need a therein, fortake the purpose FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Littleton ted a loss mitigation option (38-38line and just three returning paying the indebtedness provided in said The current holder of thedevelop Evidence of Debt A FIRST LIEN. NOTICEdefenOF SALE Players to watch: Heston Paige, rado. This testing should 103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint by Chris Sailer kicking and Chris nice spiral on the ball. So having Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of secured by the Deed of Trust described sive starters. Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0169 with the Colorado Attorney General plus good attorneys’ fees, the expenses herein, filed us written election and The property OT, Sr.; Zeke Johnson, TB, Sr.; our team andhas force to improve in deRubio long-snapping camps. Trust, form, and what your coachdescribed herein is all of To Whom It May Concern: On 6/24/2016 (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Finanof sale and other items allowed by law, mand for sale as provided by law and in the property encumbered by the lien of cial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) From offensive coordinator T.J. Andy Hopper, S, Sr.; Brody Perkins, hopes of making a strong postto the either purchaserblocking a Certificsaid Deed of Trust. therunning deed of trust. 2:38:00 PM the undersigned Public Trust“There are more and more and will deliver wants or or both. However, the filing of a comate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If ee caused the Notice of Election and Deplaint in and of itself will not stopseason the Rubley: “We have very good S, Sr.; run.” camps to help with recruiting with down the field todate, makeLegal a tackle is of Real Property: the sale date is continued to a later THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Description mand arelating to the colDeed of Trust de-Vic Lavigne, QB, Sr.; Cam foreclosure process. deadline to file a notice of intent to that on the first possible sale date (unless LOT 34, ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILscribed below to be recorded in Douglas long snappers,” Noth said. “Allthe important.” cure by those parties entitled to cure may the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedING NO. 13, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, County.
Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0157 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2016 4:10:00 PM 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 HENRY BISHOP Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, MARITIME MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/14/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 6/22/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005056131** DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $188,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $156,256.81 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. **THIS LOAN HAS BEEN MODIFIED THROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 01, 2015. Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on 6/3/2016, under Reception No. 2016035167. 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 346, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 120-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9729 S. Canberra Dr., Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 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, October 5, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Finan-
The property described herein is all of the propertylineman. encumberedFreshman by the lien of the deed of trust.
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STATE OF COLORADO
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.
Which has the address of: 7809 Canvasback Cir, Littleton, CO 80125
Public Trustees
First Publication: 8/11/2016 Last Publication: 9/8/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/14/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI M. OWAN Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 16-945-29280 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0157 First Publication: 8/11/2016 Last Publication: 9/8/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0160 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2016 4:11:00 PM 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: PAUL W. PAXTON AND CECELIA A. PAXTON Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIBANK NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/29/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 12/5/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006104171 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $40,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $35,586.03 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 make timely 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 34, ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 13, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 7809 Canvasback Cir, Littleton, CO 80125 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.
Public Trustees 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, October 5, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 8/11/2016 Last Publication: 9/8/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/14/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY 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, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 16-011953 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0160 First Publication: 8/11/2016 Last Publication: 9/8/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0169 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/24/2016 2:38:00 PM 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: LONE TREE ACADEMY, LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND DAVID R CALVERT Original Beneficiary: THE DENVER LENDING GROUP, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2014-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/20/2006
Original Grantor: LONE TREE ACADEMY, LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND DAVID R CALVERT Original Beneficiary: THE DENVER LENDING GROUP, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2014-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/20/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 3/27/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006024739 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $430,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $394,830.73
Public Trustees
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. Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on 4/6/2006, under Reception No. 2006028981. 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 17, HERITAGE HILLS FILING NO. 1-H2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9551 Sunset Hill, Littleton, CO 80124 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, October 12, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 8/18/2016 Last Publication: 9/15/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/30/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SCOTT TOEBBEN
First Publication: 8/18/2016 Last Publication: 9/15/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Public Trustees
Dated: 6/30/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 15CO00355-2 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0169 First Publication: 8/18/2016 Last Publication: 9/15/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0161 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/22/2016 6:31:00 AM 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: JACK W HAWKINS AND CARYLON S HAWKINS AND JEFFREY W. ZALESAK Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/6/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 10/8/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003148414 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $199,599.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $156,987.02 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 make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. 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 38, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO 8, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9189 South Woodland Drive, Highlands Ranch, 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, October 12, 2016, 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 Certific-
nesday, October 12, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
Public Trustees
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 8/18/2016 Last Publication: 9/15/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/22/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY 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 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-736447-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0161 First Publication: 8/18/2016 Last Publication: 9/15/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held on September 12, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., before the Douglas County Planning Commission, and on September 27, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., before the Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioners' Hearing Room, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, CO, for a proposed zone map change to remove the Design Enhancement Overlay (DEO) zoning from the Sterling Tree Farm Subdivision. Sterling Tree Farm is located at the intersection of Bayou Gulch Road and Palmer Ridge Drive. For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-6607460. File #/Name: DR2016-009/ Sterling Tree Farm Zone Map Change Legal Notice No: 929624 First Publication: August 25, 2016 Last Publication: August 25, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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