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MY NAME IS

DEBORAH SOLO COLLINS

Mom, music teacher and band member

Back to school I’m from Michigan — a small town outside of Ann Arbor called Chelsea. I received an English degree from the University of Michigan in 2007. I really wanted to pursue music, so the whole time I was in school I was performing as a singer/songwriter around town. I started a business teaching music at preschools in Michigan.

My husband and I moved out here eight years ago. I tried out some other things like sales, but I really felt like I needed to teach music.

So I went back to school at Metro State University for music education. It was so fun to get that knowledge that I always wanted.

I’m a mom of two. My older daughter is 3 years old and my youngest is 15 months. I get to be home with them most of the time, which makes me really happy.

Deborah Solo Collins is a mom and part-time music teacher at Swallow Hill Music Association.

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My role at Swallow Hill I got involved with Swallow Hill almost by coincidence. A friend who I went to music school with was working there and knew they needed a temporary guitar teacher for summer camp. My baby was 6 months old at the time, so I wasn’t ready for anything full-time. Swallow Hill had just opened up a Lowry location and I was able to get my foot in the door. I started out teaching three classes on Thursdays. Now I teach four classes on Thursdays and I come in for three hours on Saturdays.

My passion project I’ve always performed as a soloist, writing my own music. After my first daughter was born, I started the Deborah Solo Trio with a percussionist and cellist.

The band is my passion project. They really boost me up. I describe our music as folk-inspired indie rock.

We play at all sorts of events — private parties, offices, corporate parties, weddings.

We play at the Roxborough State Park summer music series. We have all-original sets, but we can customize our set list for any specifications.

My favorite people My kids are really special.

It’s so hard to describe how happy they make me. My older daughter, Chloe, is a lot like me — super-outgoing and friendly. She loves drama and acting and singing. My younger daughter, Hannah, loves to be outside.

She’s only 15 months but she’ll bring me her shoes and say, “Go.” She might be like her daddy.

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No charges for ex-coach after drug-search incident

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An investigation into Highlands Ranch High School’s head football coach — who resigned abruptly a day after the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office reported suspicious activity during a drug search at the school’s student parking lot — has found no criminal activity.

The case has been closed, said Sgt. Lori Bronner, a spokeswoman for the sheriff ’s office.

The incident began at 9:32 a.m. on Aug. 24 when Deputy Ryan Wood, the school resource officer, informed the coach of three years, Mark Robinson, that K-9 units would be at the school at 10 a.m. to complete a sniff operation in the parking lot, according to the sheriff ’s office report. Robinson told two school security officers that he was leaving to put gas in a student’s car and returned without the car, the report said.

School security officers informed Wood that the student’s car was parked in front of Robinson’s house, located behind the high school. A K-9 unit was sent

to the car and had a positive hit for drugs, the police report said.

When asked about the car, the student said he left it at home that day, but couldn’t remember what street it was on. He then acknowledged that it was parked at “coach’s house,” according to the report. The student declined to allow deputies to search his car.

Robinson, who was hired in March 2014, resigned Aug. 25. He sent a letter to Highlands Ranch High School parents on Aug. 28, stating that in the past year he has “gone through a lot of things” and “noticed that I was slipping in my duties as the head coach.”

“I believe that you need to be in it 100 percent just like you ask of your players,” Robinson wrote. “At this time I am unable to give that effort and after conversations with my wife and (Highlands Ranch High School principal) Dr. Page I made this decision.”

The school’s athletic director, Preston Davis, declined to comment on Robinson’s resignation.

Robinson, reached later, also declined to comment.

Church celebrates 25th anniversary STAFF REPORT

In 1992, Jim and Janice Phillips relocated from Illinois to Highlands Ranch and started Mountainview Christian Church in the gymnasium of Sand Creek Elementary, off of Dad Clark Drive.

In 2002, they purchased and built at 40 E. Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

This year, their church turns 25 years old. And to celebrate, there will be a weekend of special services on Sept. 9 and 10. Regular worship times will feature songs from the

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different decades of Mountainview’s history, along with testimonies and a special challenge from pastor Ken Hensley. There will be a catered lunch on Sept. 10 following the 10:45 a.m. service. Spots can be reserved at mountainviewfamily.org/25th.

Mountainview has helped start churches across the Front Range and has been active in missions in Ukraine, Africa, the Middle East, Nepal and Jamaica. The church was involved in starting Bridge of Hope, a nonprofit that helps single mothers find safe and secure housing.

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Backcountry plan outlines $4.2 million event center The Backcountry Wilderness Area encompasses 8,200 acres of land from the southern edge of Highlands Ranch south towards Castle Rock.

Per an Open Space Conservation Agreement (OSCA) — executed in 1988 between Douglas County, Mission Viejo Company and the HRCA — 499 acres of the Backcountry are designated as planning areas for potential amenities. COURTESY BILL MASURE

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If a structure were ever to be built in the Backcountry Wilderness Area, the Highlands Ranch Community Association now has an idea of what it would look like.

The HRCA recently finished a Backcountry Conceptual Plan, a project started in 2016 to determine future amenities in the Backcountry Wilderness Area. The 8,200-acre land borders the southern edge of Highlands Ranch and spans south towards Castle Rock.

The Open Space Conservation Agreement (OSCA) — executed in 1988 among Douglas County, Mission Viejo Company and the HRCA — designates 499 acres of the Backcountry as planning areas for potential amenities.

Following years of studies, surveys and community involvement, the Conceptual Plan outlines a $4.2 million

event center with equestrian and challenge course areas — paid for by capital improvement funds — at an area east of Griggs Road and west of Monarch Boulevard.

One of six locations studied, the site offers panoramic views of the mountains and downtown Denver, according to the Conceptual Plan report. It is sheltered by trees and is not visible from

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residential areas. On the site would be a 5,000-square-foot covered pavilion and outdoor area for events, a one-acre equestrian facility, a ropes and adventure course with 50 climbing activities, utilities and parking spaces.

At this time, there are no plans to move forward with the project, which is not included in the HRCA’s 2018 budget, said Mark Giebel, director of the Backcountry Wilderness Area.

But, he said, “now we know if we were ever to do something, where we would put it and how much it would cost.”

Recommendations for amenities were based in part on community responses from a 2012 homeowner survey and input from a 2015 Backcountry Planning Advisory Committee. The purpose of the amenities is to draw more people to the Backcountry, expand existing Backcountry programs and increase revenue, the report outlines.

“The amenities would be designed and implemented to increase the accessibility and quality of visitor experiences in the Backcountry, increase revenue for the further management and protection of the Backcountry, increase HRCA home values, and improve connections of younger residents to the Backcountry to foster conservation and stewardship,” the report says.

For now, Giebel is turning his focus to the existing Base Camp, which sits east of Sante Fe, near the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility.

Almost all Backcountry Wilderness Area programs are held at the camp, including events, seasonal camps, horse activities and more. And the programs are growing: summer full-day camps increased from 150 kids in 2015 to close to 700 kids this summer, Giebel said.

Base Camp encompasses an outdoor horse facility, archery range and an area for activities. In 2018, the HRCA plans to update the archery range to a 3-D facility —with foam targets of lifelike animals — over 3 or 4 acres.

All that’s missing is a building, Giebel said.

“Staff has worked really hard on growing those camps,” he said. “Eventually, we want to have some kind of building where we can offer year-long programs instead of just seasonal or summer.”

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Teacher’s lifelong passion for theater wins her prestigious award Laurilea McDaniel teaches theater at Mountain Ridge Middle School in Highlands Ranch

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At age 5, Laurilea McDaniel’s mother took her to New York City for the Broadway musical, “Cats.” It was the first of hundreds of shows she would see. That same year, her mom taught her how to sew a costume.

“That’s definitely where my passion for musical theater started,” said McDaniel, sitting in an open classroom where an assortment of props — funky hats, a set of wooden steps, a piano, black stage curtains — replaced tables and chairs.

McDaniel, director of Headstrong Theatre at Mountain Ridge Middle School and executive director of Front Range Theatre Company, was one of eight teachers worldwide selected for the 8th annual Freddie G Fellowship. The honor recognizes educators from schools and performing arts centers across the world who are making a difference in students’ lives and communities through theater productions. Of the other recipients, one was from Australia and the others from across the U.S. McDaniels was the only one from Colorado.

The Littleton resident applied for the fellowship for fun last year, she said. She never thought her name would be announced at the 2017 Junior Theater Festival, a weekendlong event for student musical groups held last February in Sacramento, California.

“I thought, ‘There is no way I am going to win this award,’” McDaniel, 36, said. “When they called me onstage, it was unbelievable.”

It wasn’t surprising for those that know her.

Mountain Ridge Principal Shannon Clarke said McDaniel’s honor was well deserved.

“She has such a passion for the content,” said Clarke, “but more importantly, the kids.”

McDaniel was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended Texas A&M University, where she triplemajored in journalism, theater and education. She was nearly finished with her journalism degree when she realized it wasn’t what she wanted to do.

“My mom said I could stay in school,” she said. “I tried out for a play on campus and I loved theater.”

She went on to receive a master’s in curriculum and instruction for theater. She taught in Houston for a year and ran the theater of University of Memphis for two years before budget cuts forced her to look for a new job. She had her eye on Colorado ever since learning about the state in a college geology class. So she applied and landed a position at Mountain Ridge Middle School, where she has

Laurilea McDaniel leads a theater class at Mountain Ridge Middle School. McDaniel, director of the middle school’s Headstrong Theatre and executive director of Front Range Theatre Company, was selected as one of eight teachers from schools and performing arts centers worldwide for the eighth annual Freddie G Fellowship.

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‘I thought, “There is no way I am going to win this award.” When they called me onstage, it was unbelievable.’

Laurilea McDaniel , Mountain Ridge Middle School theater teacher Laurilea McDaniel’s theater class watches a scene from a Broadway musical during a recent school day. McDaniel spent a week alongside Broadway professionals in July for the Freddie G. Fellowship. She plans to use what she learned in her classroom. been teaching for nine years. Her seventh- and eight- graders produce a fall musical and a spring play. Some participate in theater competitions.

Zach Fox, 13, likes the freedom of McDaniel’s class. Students are able to pick scripts, design choreography and costumes and utilize props from around the school, he said.

“In normal theater, you don’t have that,” Fox said before moving to a corner of the room, putting headphones in his ears and reciting a song from the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

The Freddie G Fellowship included a four-day trip in early July to New York City, where McDaniel worked alongside some of the top names on Broadway, including Jeff Calhoun, producer of Disney’s “Newsies.”

She worked with professionals from Music Theatre International and iTheatrics, who she describes as “the people who make decisions for kids’ musicals.”

McDaniel also received $5,000, which she will use towards a technical theater-learning lab in her classroom. The materials — such as

a grid of lights and stage — will give student hands-on experience with the production side of theater.

McDaniel returned from the fellowship with a “newfound excitement for being in her classroom.” She now starts every class with a “musical theater moment,” where students watch a song from Broadway on a projector and discuss how it relates to their lives.

Said McDaniel: “I think it’s important for kids to understand that they are part of something bigger than themselves.”

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Lometa Gaskin, 99, holds onto her lunch after receiving her daily Meals on Wheels delivery on Aug. 11. Gaskin lives alone in Denver and says talking with the delivery drivers is as important to her as the food.

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Service could have less food to go around Meals on Wheels faces federal funding cuts, uncertain future

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Denver resident Lometa Gaskin, 99, stands behind her screen door, waiting for Meals on Wheels volunteer Wayne Chitwood. He asks how she’s doing as he comes up the sidewalk.

“If I was doing any better you’d think it was a frame-up,” Gaskin replies.

The paint in her living room is peeling in patches, but the house is clean.

Gaskin says she’d rather die than move into assisted living, and she relies on Meals on Wheels for a daily serving of nutrition — and conversation.

“I enjoy meeting the people more than I enjoy the food,” she says.

Asked about how funding cuts to the program, included in President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, would affect her, she changes the subject.

“Let’s not go there,” she says.

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Wayne Chitwood, who’s been delivering food with Meals on Wheels for about eight years, brings Lometa Gaskin her daily serving of lunch and conversation on Aug. 11. Chitwood says most clients don’t have any social interaction beyond the daily deliveries. “They’re always very appreciative,” he says. “That’s why I’m doing it.” TOM SKELLEY

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Lockheed Martin begins construction on ‘factory of the future’ A rendering of the $350 million satellite production facility under construction at Lockheed Martin’s Waterton Canyon campus in Jefferson County.

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Construction of a $350 million satellite production facility described as “a factory of the future” is underway at Lockheed Martin’s Waterton Canyon campus in south Jefferson County.

Named Gateway Center, the 266,000-square-foot facility will produce up to seven micro and macro satellites in one building, saving time, resources and cost, said Jay Bolden, Lockheed Martin Mission Solutions communications leader.

National security, scientific and commercial satellites of all sizes will be assembled and tested in the facility, which will consolidate equipment and allow for a faster turnover to customers.

“Moving things back and forth takes time and resources away,” Bolden said. “This is the dream building — we have everything we want in one location.”

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Lockheed Martin has nearly 6,300 employees in Jefferson County and contracts with hundreds of local suppliers, said Leigh Seeger, interim president of Jefferson County Economic Development Corp. She added that with high average salaries, employees tend to have more disposable income to spend.

“The economic impact of Lockheed Martin to Jefferson County is significant,” Seeger said.

Innovative features inside Gateway Center include paperless operations, virtual reality design and 3D printing. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, calls Gateway Center a “factory of the future.”

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Local law enforcement and emergency medical service providers are exploring the idea of building a new social detox facility — also called a withdrawal management center — somewhere in Arapahoe or Douglas counties, which they say would make their lives easier and help those admitted to the facilities by shortening the distance to access services.

Social detox facilities provide a safe place for people overly inebriated on drugs and alcohol to sober up. Stays in the facilities are usually less than 48 hours, and professionals such as addiction counselors and social workers are on hand to help connect them with resources.

The metro area has four such facilities in Adams County, Jefferson County, Denver and Aurora. But only the Aurora location is used by Arapahoe and Douglas county sheriff ’s deputies and area police departments.

The 30-bed facility, East Side Detox and Recovery Services, is located at 1290 S. Potomac St. in Aurora, sandwiched between a storage facility and medical offices, a stone’s throw from Interstate 225.

That means a Douglas County deputy driving a drunk driver to East Metro Detox during Friday rush hour may be out of his patrol area for hours, said Capt. Kevin Duffy of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

“That takes our deputies out of service while they could be helping others,” Duffy said.

He said the law requires officers to prioritize taking overly inebriated people to detox centers, or to emergency rooms if detox is unavailable, and as a last resort to county jail if detox and hospitals are full.

“We’re seeing a lot of our emergency room beds being taken up with psych holds or detox holds,” he said. “That’s not what the ER is built for. And county jails are supposed to hold bad guys.

These people haven’t necessarily broken any law other than that they’re intoxicated to the point that they pose a danger to themselves. We don’t like detox holds in the jail, and there’s a lot of liability with holding someone who’s that intoxicated.”

New eyes on an old idea The idea to add a new detox facility that’s more accessible to people farther from Aurora has been around for years, but started picking up steam after Aurora Mental Health Center took over East Metro Detox from its previous operator, Arapahoe House, said Heather Dolan, director of business development at Aurora Mental Health.

MORE INFORMATION Community meetings regarding a possible new social detox facility have not yet been scheduled.

For more information, visit Aurora Mental Health Services at aumhc.org, or contact marketing and communications director Cindy Bohl at 303-417-2373 or cindybohl@ aumhc.org The idea is still in preliminary stages, Dolan said, with stakeholders only beginning to gather data and examine possible locations for a new facility.

The process would involve extensive input from the public and county commissioners, she said.

“Everyone is well aware of the need to make sure it’s in a safe and appropriate place for the community and the people receiving services,” Dolan said.

“We’re here to provide a service to the community, where they want it. We’re not trying to impose it.”

Arapahoe House, a nonprofit that operates a variety of addiction counseling services across the metro area, announced late last year that it would pull out of operating detox facilities.

Aurora Mental Health picked up the contract to operate East Metro beginning in May, and with the contract came the long-discussed idea of building a south metro detox facility.

Addiction services providers in the metro area are overseen by Signal Behavioral Health Network, a managed service organization or MSO, a nonprofit that answers to the state Office of Behavioral Health, part of the Department of Human Services.

Signal put out a request for proposal earlier this year to build a new detox center, and Aurora Mental Health submitted the only letter of intent, Dolan said.

Running smoothly Running the existing facility has been going well so far, said Brian Gannon, deputy director of Aurora Mental Health.

“Our operations have been running extremely smoothly,” Gannon said.

“We’ve had great communication with our partners like hospitals and law enforcement.”

Funding comes from a hodgepodge of sources, Dolan said, composed of Medicaid revenue, third-party insurance, city and county support and self-payment from clients, with Signal providing gap funding. The same funding sources would likely be employed to build the new facility.

“Social detox” facilities — and their proximity to clients — are important for addicts seeking recovery, Dolan said.

“A social detox center is one step in a continuum of care, and oftentimes the best entry point,” Dolan said. “It’s better than being on the streets, or in jail, or in the ER. Having a facility near you allows for greater use of that facility.”

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Under the hot summer sun, snowplow drivers prep for winter Course simulates tricky challenges faced by equipment operators

Special Project Supervisor John Lamb sits in the cab of a snowplow on Aug.24 during a training day held by Douglas County.

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By 2 p.m. on a recent Thursday in rural Douglas County, the sun was shining bright, the air was still and sweat was beading on the brows of county employees busy driving snowplows at a new county vehicle training track.

When winter gets here, the county’s snow removal teams will be prepared.

The drivers — men and women — arrived about 8 a.m. in late August to practice driving a variety of countyowned equipment. But the bulk of the day was devoted to training new snowplow operators ahead of the blustery season.

The job, they said, is easier said than done.

Getting into the snowplows means using two hands at all times and climbing three steps, several feet high, before reaching the driver’s seat. It’s a small feat when conditions are snowy and icy, operators said.

With a turn of the key, the 12-footwide snowplow hums to life, and air compressors hiss as the parking brake is released. A lever moves the plow’s shovel up, down and to either side,

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shaking the entire rig with each movement.

The automatic vehicle has no gearshift but rather a button for drive, reverse and neutral. With a quick push of one, it’s ready to go.

The day’s training course, set up by the county’s special projects supervisor John Lamb, was meant to mimic reallife situations.

“It all looks like a sea of orange cones,” he said, explaining how the cones strategically map out simulation cul-de-sacs, narrow streets, sharp turns and other obstacles.

The trucks may be 12 feet wide, but the cone paths through which operators drove during training were spread a mere 14 feet apart. It was meant to give them practice navigating a truck along

streets with cars parked on either side.

And no, the lanes through which drivers maneuvered were not laid out in a straight line. Lamb was sure to incorporate some slight S-curves into the mix for added realism.

Wes Trueblood, a district supervisor for the county, said trucks typically move about 30 miles per hour when working in a weather event. The snow that flies the farthest as they plow roads is the wet, heavy kind.

“There are times we can throw snow 30 to 40 feet out, and 10 feet high,” he said.

It’s why drivers are less concerned about hitting, say, a parked car, Trueblood said, and most concerned with watching for pedestrians. They’re less likely to run over another object but could quite possibly hit people or other moving cars with the flying snow, he said.

“The one that always concerns us is pedestrians,” people wearing dark clothing in particular, Lamb said.

“They just don’t show up. We have to really watch out for them.”

Drivers also lament fellow travelers who attempt to pass snowplows, Trueblood said. Those passing on the right can have their windshields whited out with the moving snow. Or worse, they can lose control ahead of a snowplow and force a quick but difficult stop by snow-removal crew members.

Ron Goss, who’s been driving for more than 30 years, said the most

stressful time to be out is during rush hour. His personal shifts begin at 2 p.m. and end at 2 a.m., although they can run later.

“As long as the storm is continuing, we keep going,” he said.

Most frustrating for Goss is when cars cut them off.

“You can get a lot of emotions. You just do the best you can and keep it under control,” he said. “It’s difficult to stop.”

Still, the job is one of the most fun gigs a person can have when the road is “clear sailing,” he said. “You’ve just got to be prepared for anything.”

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Many have lost their way since phones became things to look at QUIET DESPERATION

Craig Marshall Smith

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ut of necessity, my college syllabi expanded by the month, as new infractions were coming in all the time.

My first syllabus, in 1973, asked for no smoking, and that was about it.

By the end (2003), the list went on for about six pages.

No automatic weapons. No shouting, “I am the Messiah.” And no cellphone calls. Cellphones weren’t on the market in 1973 — that’s why they weren’t on the list back then.

Hard to believe now — isn’t it? — that there was a time before mobile devices?

Unless you were Dick Tracy. Tracy used to talk to his wrist.

Ironically, the first mobile phone call was

made in 1973.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, “called a rival company and informed them he was speaking on a mobile phone (knowyourmobile.com),” albeit one about the size of a hiking boot.

It’s untrue that he said, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,” or asked for a medium, handtossed with everything.

While Cooper was on the phone, he reached for his coffee, misjudged the handle, and dropped and broke the cup. It was the first instance of what is now referred to as “distracted talking.”

Distracted talking is illegal in Honolulu.

Stamford, Connecticut, may be next.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Does civil discourse still exist?

I was amused by the word you used in your recent headline to describe the actions by “constituents” at a town hall with Cory Gardner — “chided.” No, it was more that the screamers stole his, and very many of his real contituents’ FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH! No wonder he seldom appears. If I had to face a SHRIEKING MOB — excuse my caps — I would appear much less frequently than he does. I congratulate his courage in standing up, and good for those who

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Read the First Amendment, people, and let us start there.

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by Michael Norton in the same issue and take his wisdom, kindness and openness to someone else’s ideas to the next town hall meeting.

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I like it. Give me more.

I admit that I am old-fashioned, and prefer it when people pay attention, and watch where they are going. But those days aren’t numbered.

Those days are over.

I can’t get from produce to frozen foods without pushing my cart defensively, because someone is making a life-changing call or a life-changing text and wandering in the aisles.

In Honolulu (of all places), smartphone use is illegal by pedestrians crossing streets.

Inevitably, there was a backlash.

“Why should the government dictate where I SEE SMITH, P11

When disaster and devastation strike, do your part, even if it seems small

t is not a matter of devastation or disaster hitting us or someone we love at some point, it is just a matter of when. That is a reality and although this column always focuses on sharing a posiWINNING tive message, there are WORDS just sometimes when positive or flowery words are the last thing someone wants to hear.

And that’s OK, because what someone who is facing devastation or disaster really needs is for us to be present in some way and to listen Michael Norton more than talk.

Many of us respond quickly with a donation of money when a natural disaster or some sort of catastrophic event happens. Others in the community are “doers” and they jump into action to do manual labor, volunteer at a shelter, and offer their time without even thinking about it, it is just how they are wired.

We all respond differently and that’s OK too. Some people are prayer warriors and spend hours praying for those facing the storms of life. Some of us are the people who rally others around a cause, they are the cheerleaders and champions who make sure the rest of us are doing are part and getting things done.

And as we all know, and hopefully always appreciate, there are the men and women on the front lines as first

responders and all of the police officers, EMTs, firefighters, nurses, doctors, military personnel, rescue workers, the Red Cross, FEMA and other agencies who come from near and far to aid us as they battle floods, fires, terror attacks and any other threat to our communities. A big shout-out to each and every one of these heroes.

It’s not always about being the hero, so I would like to encourage anyone who may feel like they never know what to do when it comes to offering help or volunteering in some way to remember that it’s not the size of the effort that counts, it’s any effort at all that counts.

Don’t feel or become paralyzed by confusion around what to do or how you can help. You may not be in a position to help many, but every little effort, every single dollar donated, every call you make or every call you take is appreciated by someone. Even if your effort benefits or helps in some small way just one person or family, it matters. You may say, “Well what difference can my small donation make?” Or, “How can spending just a couple of hours volunteering at a shelter help?” Trust me, it matters to that one someone, it matters to that community, and it matters to the others who are shoulder-to-shoulder with you.

So how about you? Can you offer an ear to listen, a few words of prayer and encouragement, can you spare a couple of hours or a few days or weeks to lend

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Hearing loss can change your mind … and not for the better LIVING & AGING WELL

Joanne LaPorta

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earing connects us to the world, our family, friends, surroundings, sounds and music. Most hearing loss occurs so gradually and can go unrecognized — perhaps the volume on the TV is increased; words are misunderstood; questions are answered incorrectly; or hearing in a noisy room becomes a struggle. As the hearing loss increases, so does the difficulty communicating. When untreated, the loss of hearing can cause stress, isolation, depression, impaired memory, diminished health, falls, reduced job performance and alertness.

In addition, recent studies have noted that untreated hearing loss is associated with the development of and increased severity of dementia.

Findings by Frank Lin, M.D., at Johns Hopkins University, suggest that hearing loss may play a much more important role in brain health than we’ve previously thought. Lin is the author of several recent

studies pointing to a link between hearing and cognitive problems ranging from mild impairment all the way to dementia. A mild to severe hearing loss can increase the risk of dementia from two times to five times if untreated.

This may be caused by the excess effort and stress required to “fill in the blanks” with what is not heard to help understand.

Other factors may be that loss of hearing causes a lack of stimulation in certain structures of brain. Without stimulation, the structures can shrink. We also know that not being able to hear well will cause isolation as people avoid socializing in restaurants or where they struggle to hear. These are all risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia. Of course, the presence of a hearing loss does not mean dementia is inevitable; however, the research indicates there is an increased risk.

The studies also raise the possibility that

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together for the greater good, and not just in times of disaster and devastation, it really will be a better than good week.

a hand, back, and shoulder to help others in need? I would love to hear your helping story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can all come

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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Board should keep discussion open The Elevate slate says they’ll stop dissension on the school board. From 2013 to 2015, there was no dissension.

The board went into executive session, then came out and voted unanimously.

The board of those years limited public input to a minute per 5 persons for 15 minutes total.

The board of those years did not openly discuss any issues but unani-

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look?” one person said.

When a distracted driver flattens a distracted talker, who is at fault? Further, who cares?

According to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths in the United States have been on the rise, and the two highest years were 2015 and 2016.

Statistics don’t show if the pedestrians were distracted, but Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York Department of Transportation, said, “When you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back-toback largest, that tells you something.

I don’t think it’s a leap of faith when you look at the increase in cellphone usage.”

Leaving the house is an adventure.

mously hired a wrecking ball superintendent, moved school funds to administration, paid $60 million for developing a teacher evaluative tool, and approved a series of pay rates for teachers lower than any other district.

That’s what the Elevate slate says is stopping dissension.

Kevin Leung, Krista Holzworth, Anthony Graziano and Chris Schor will keep government transparent, keep open discussion and keep allowing public input. This isn’t dissension; it’s democracy.

William C. Thomas Parker Anything goes, and it’s all a part of living the good life, as it is now perceived, and non-stop calls and texts and selfindulgent selfies are as good as it gets, anytime, anywhere, no matter what.

A friend of mine just moved to La Veta. She said, “It is the strangest thing. People say hello to people on the street, not to people on the phone.”

I am retired, why not move to La Veta? Pack the dog and leave it all behind?

For one thing, Jennifer would be unable to go with me.

For another thing, I might run out of things to write about if I lived in a community where people appreciated the moment, and did one thing at a time.

No, give me Mr. and Mrs. Magoo in metro Denver.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net

treating hearing loss can help keep the brain active, ease the stress of hearing in difficult listening situations and reduce social isolation. Initial research is suggesting that treating the hearing loss early can and does improve cognition. Many do not realize that it is their hearing loss that causes a need for repetition and increased volume on the television. They are not conscious of what they are missing. It is recommended to have a baseline hearing test if you or someone you know has difficulty hearing, others complain that you cannot hear, or you have trouble understanding in noisy environments.

Once evaluated, your audiologist can recommend a personalized treatment plan based upon your hearing test, your lifestyle and your needs. The treatment of the hearing loss most often involves hearing aids. The good news is that 93 percent of SEE AGING, P31

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NEWS IN A HURRY Cherokee Ranch Castle tour Join the Highlands Historical Society on a 90-minute private tour of Cherokee Ranch Castle, a scenic property in Sedalia that dates back to the late 1890s. Former owner Tweet Kimball’s caterer, Meg Anderson, and butler, John Lake, will lead the tour, along with one of the castle’s docents, Linda Preshaw. A bring-your-own brown bag lunch at the castle’s picnic pavilion will follow the tour.

The tour is from 9:30-11 a.m. on Sept. 21 at the castle, 6113 Daniels Park Road. Lunch will be from 11 a.m. to noon. Cost is $11 for Highlands Ranch Historical Society members and $13 for nonmembers.

Registration and payment deadline is Sept. 19. For more information, call tour coordinator Nancy Linsenbigler at 720-932-6990 or visit highlandsranchhistoricalsociety. org/Tours-Information.

Map and compass treasure hunt The Highlands Ranch Metro District is hosting a scavenger hunt to teach the importance of using a map and compass when hiking outdoors.

On Sept. 12 from 5-7 p.m., kids ages 8-12 and an adult partner are invited to the open space to learn how to read a map, orient themselves and find various treasures using a map and compass. Participants will get to keep their treasures, as well as a Silva compass.

Kids and their accompanying adults will meet at Dad Clark Park, 3385 Asterbrook Circle. Registration is required at highlandsranch. org/maps-and-compass-treasurehunt.

Ruler of the Railzz Skateboarders, BMX and scooter riders of all skill levels are invited to compete in the annual Ruler of

the Railzz competition on Sept. 16 from noon-1:30 p.m. The contest, open to all ages and abilities, will be held at Redstone Skate Park, 3280 Redstone Park Circle.

Participants may compete in seven divisions: beginner ages 4-7, beginner ages 8 and up, intermediate skate park bowl, intermediate street, advanced skate park bowl, advanced street and advanced mini skate park bowl.

Judges will reward the top winners in each division. The cost is $10 per participant for each event entered. Events are open to the first 15 participants per division.

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STEM students selected as finalists Teen entrepreneurs from the STEM School Highlands Ranch high school presented their education start-up, Learning Spark, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of the MIT Launch — an international program for high school entrepreneurs — clubs competition.

Learning Spark maximizes academic performance in underprivileged schools by providing school districts with a toolbox to improve STEM — science, technology, mathematics, engineering — education.

The Learning Spark team followed a comprehensive framework and worked with a remote mentor on marketing strategy, financial projections and a sales pitch presentation.

The team was selected as one of 12 finalists from a pool of more than 400 initial submissions from around the world. As a finalist, Learning Spark will receive a $5,000 grant from the MIT Launch organization after a final evaluation in the fall.

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One-stop shop for surgery debuts Sky Ridge hybrid OR brings state-of-the-art convenience to south metro region

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Vascular surgeon Barbara Melendez checks out the controls in the new hybrid operating room at Sky Ridge Medical Center.

The $4 million upgrade includes all of the equipment found in a traditional operating room as well as a mobile robotic radiology machine. Big screen displays and live-action imaging allow surgeons to immediately monitor patients’ internal organs and blood vessels, without waiting for X-rays.

“You have all the support from the OR staff, with all the instruments of the OR staff as well as the traditional interventional radiology,” said Barbara

‘Let’s go beyond our fears of what we can talk about’ Volunteer event puts focus on discussing mental health

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While the individuals, families and friends of people affected by mental health issues have long been aware of the need for open discussion on the topic, only recently have those conversations begun. Centura Health, a former Colorado First Lady and a former Denver Bronco want to change that.

“We want to create a safe space for people to be vulnerable and for people to feel support,” said former Denver Broncos offensive tackle Ryan Harris.

“Let’s go beyond our fears of what we can talk about and go beyond what it means to be a good neighbor.”

Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Love Matters Most Day of Community Service on Sept. 13 at Mile High Academy, presented by Centura Health. The first half of the day will feature a mental health resource fair as well as speeches by Harris and former Colorado First Lady Jeannie Ritter. The afternoon is scheduled for service projects with eight nonprofits in the south Denver region.

Southeast Community Outreach, one of the groups involved, will fill backpacks with weekend meals for children facing food insecurity. Executive Director Dennis Gorton said

Sky Ridge Director of Surgical Services Will Bertram adjusts the lighting in the hybrid operating room at the facility. Upgrades to the operating room cost $4 million and include a robotic radiology imaging machine that moves independently through the room.

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY Melendez, a vascular surgeon practicing at Sky Ridge.

Bertram said the facility is especially useful when a standard procedure becomes more complicated, such as when a blood vessel bursts. He said it also will enhance staff ’s ability to serve trauma victims, an asset for a hospital located next to Interstate 25.

“We do things in a minimally invasive way,” he said, “but if we have to convert to an open procedure” the

patient doesn’t have to be moved.

“You can just do it all in one setting,” Melendez added. “You don’t have to wake up the patient, you don’t have to move them anywhere, so from a safety standpoint that’s great.”

Patients will notice a difference in their bill as well, she said.

“From a financial standpoint it’s great,” she said. “The patient doesn’t have to be charged for two separate things at different times.”

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“The bottom line is that if these kids aren’t eating well, they’re not learning, and it leads to depression,” he said. “It mushrooms.”

Both Gorton and Harris said they’ve had relatives or friends with mental health challenges, and they each said they hope to prevent others from going through what they did as a result.

For Gorton, it was his mother, who had undiagnosed bipolar disorder. For Harris, it was Broncos teammate and friend Kenny McKinley, who died by suicide in 2010.

“Anything I can do to prevent anything like that from happening to someone in the community, I’ll do it,” Harris said “If this changes or saves even one life, then it’s been successful.”

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Dale Elliott, division director for Aging and Nutrition Services for the Volunteers of America, has a laugh while a kettle at the Denver VOA kitchen gets a wash. Elliott says the organization reaches out to private individuals and corporations for Meals on Wheels revenue, but most people don’t appreciate the need for the program until they need it for themselves or a family member.

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“We save lives every day,” says Elliott, division director of Aging and Nutrition Services for VOA. Drivers give some clients their only social contact of the day, as well as a nutritious meal. Three or four times a year, Elliott says, they find seniors who’ve fallen and need medical help.

The budget cuts would take $307,300 from Meals on Wheels’ Denver branch, eliminating services to 620 seniors in the metro area, according to Elliott. Funds for “congregate meals,” offered to mobile seniors in 30 centers in the seven counties Elliott’s office covers, would lose $192,900 and serve 705 fewer seniors. Funding reductions would also take more than $30,000 from programs the VOA offers to provide safety-based home repairs and in-home exercise programs for seniors.

But Republican businessman and former state legislator Victor Mitchell, a Castle Rock resident and candidate for governor who has been delivering meals on Fridays for about a year, believes other funding mechanisms exist for the organization to make ends meet.

One solution could be “to change their model to the extent that they raise more money from private-sector dollars,” Mitchell says. “I think it’s a fantastic program and it does a lot of great things. I just believe there could be a great deal more done with

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funding the program with the private sector.”

Meals on Wheels receives 87 percent of its funding from government sources, 9 percent from private donations and 4 percent from client contributions, Elliott says.

“It’s not like we don’t do that,” he says. “The reality is we just don’t receive sufficient response.”

Herb Wager, 68, began visiting the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center after his wife died in May, and enjoys the fellowship as much as the food.

He’s an unaffiliated voter and leans

Republican, but like Elliott, he disagrees that private corporations or citizens can fill the gaps federal cuts would create.

“It won’t get done,” the Castle Rock resident says. “It would be nice in an ideal situation, but it’s not an ideal world.”

On a sunny Tuesday in August, Wager talks over baked chicken with Buzz Bowers, also of Castle Rock.

Bowers began bringing his wife to the center five years ago when her Parkinson’s disease confined her to a wheelchair. It was a way for his wife

to socialize as her condition worsened, and the friends they made there were a comfort for Bowers when she died last year.

He says the fact that the government would consider cutting programs for seniors is evidence of “troubled times” in the United States, and he warns that decreasing funding won’t decrease the demand.

“I think it’s something that needs to be increased, not decreased,” Bowers, 84, said. “Seniors are living longer, and there’s going to be a lot more of us.”

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LIFE The state of

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Report finds older Americans, women most likely to be regular readers

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J

ill Herr starts each day by reading the Bible. It’s a habit she’s kept for several years with her husband before they go to work, and one she says keeps her grounded.

“Just to read about God’s love for people and the direction for individuals’ lives,” she said, “ and direction for my own life, too.”

The Castle Rock woman has been a regular churchgoer since she was 15 years old but said within the past two decades, reading the Bible has grown her faith even more.

The devotions, she said, are a critical part of her daily life.

At 61, Herr is more likely to remain devoted to regularly reading the Bible than those from other generations — specifically millennials and members of Generation X. And as a woman, she’s more likely to regularly read the Bible than her male peers.

That’s according to the 2017 State of the Bible report commissioned by the American Bible Society and conducted by California-based Barna Group. Researchers issued phone interviews with approximately 1,000 adult Americans and took online surveys from another 1,028 adults between Jan. 20 and Feb. 2.

They found that about half of respondents are “Bible users,” meaning they read or listen to the Bible on their own at least three or four times a year. That figure has remained constant since the annual survey began in 2011.

But they also found that nearly one-third of adults said they never read, listen to or pray with the Bible — a 5 percent increase from 2016. Among the sample group, results showed women,

older Americans and people living in the South are most likely to be Bible users.

The data wasn’t surprising, said Reg Cox of the Lakewood Faith Coalition, an organization that creates partnerships between the faith-based community and local governments, schools, neighborhoods, nonprofits and businesses.

“The survey just seems to line up with some of the things that myself and Christian leaders across the metro (area) have experienced,” he said. “I think that there’s some shifts or decreases in biblical knowledge.”

A lower rate of Bible readership among young people is a trend seen across the metro area.

“That’s what we’ve experienced in our church. Millennials are not just going to automatically give any kind of credence to faith.

They’re open to sort of all ideas,” Cox said.

In response, churches focus on providing service projects or missions for members to be involved in, Cox said, stating social justice issues are one thing that repeat-

WHAT IS THE BIBLE? The Bible is the collection of sacred scriptures in the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments. The scripture is important to those following Christianity, as most believe it to be the actual or inspired word of God, free of any error, through which God spells out his plan and purpose for the world. Those within the Christian religion are encouraged to regularly read and study the Bible.

Sources: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, merriam-webster.com; and the American Bible Society, americanbible.org.

Anne Jefferies says reading the Bible is an important part of her family life, and something she encourages her children to do daily.

COURTESY PHOTO edly draw people in, rather than simply reading them a new Bible story each Sunday morning.

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HOOTenanny brings back celebration of owls

rom Sept. 19 to 23, various events focused on owls are scheduled at the Audubon Nature Center, 11280 Waterton Road near Littleton — it’s the seventh annual SONYA’S HOOTenanny! Astronomy, benefits SAMPLER of barn owls (one will visit), birding insights, story time at Roxborough Library, a nocturnal hike and a main event on Sept. 23 with crafts, face painting, Mac’N Noodles Food Sonya Ellingboe Truck, folk music by “Nearly There.”

Find information and register at denveraudubon.org or call 303-973-9530.

Depot Art Gallery “In Motion,” a new exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery, will open with a reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Awards will be announced. The show runs to Oct. 1. Refreshments. Go to depotartgallery.org.

Improv Pam Roth O’Mara will teach “Improv for Fun and Awareness” starting Sept. 13 at Arapahoe Community Col-

release his new book in the gallery, from 5 to 8 p.m. 720-389-9085, outnumberedgallery.com.

Englewood Camera Club The Englewood Camera Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The speaker will be Catherine Etherton, a widely traveled artist who loves street photography. She will talk about her favorite work: abstract views — and how she works within the camera, rather than through post-processing. Guests and new members are welcome.

“HOOTenanny Owl and Music Festival” runs five days, Sept. 19-23 at the Audubon Nature Center. Perhaps a relative of this owl family, photographed by Dick Vogel, will be present!

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Englewood fall concerts “Mozart, Kodaly and Brahms” will be the 2 p.m. Sept. 30 Englewood Arts Presents concert at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, featuring cellist Matthew Zalkind and pianist Stephanie Cheng. Tickets: $20, $15, under 18 free. 303-806-8196. Go to englewoodarts.org.

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Anne Jefferies, who does public affairs work for her Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Lakewood, also said there is a degree of lower readership among her church’s young membership, but many youths are still actively engaged with the Bible.

The church offers morning seminary classes before high school-aged youths leave for school, she said, and attendance remains strong.

“So we are reading the Bible and talking about the Bible on a daily basis with those youth, in addition to weekly activities,” she said. “We can’t force any of them to do it, so it is an option, but the majority of our youth participate.”

Jefferies and her family study the King James Version of the Bible along with the Book of Mormon as part of their LDS faith. They strive for daily devotionals, lasting 30 minutes to an hour, she said.

“My reading daily supports me in becoming a better person in my home as well as in my community,” she said.

Jefferies predicted the generation gap in Bible readership is a result of millennials’ busy lives, she said, traveling for work and raising children.

Her theory was backed up by the State of the Bible report, which found more than 50 percent of the respondents

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Reg Cox, far left, says he and other Denver metro Christian leaders encourage Bible readership but strive to find other ways to keep people engaged in the church, such as mission trips or projects.

COURTESY PHOTO who saw a decrease in their Bible readership last year named busy lives as the top reason.

But Jefferies also believes many millennial LDS members are raising their children to read the Bible daily, true to the church’s continual encouragement to do so, she said.

“They know that children follow what their parents do,” she said.

Herr suspected that those, regardless of age, who don’t read the Bible “don’t understand all of the life that it contains.”

Still, she isn’t worried about the future of the holy book.

“I believe there’s a revival to God and his word coming,” she said, “and that it will just be something that will sweep across all the generations.”

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Advanced dance students have new training option Both on-site and online help is available through charter operation

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Advanced dance students — bright, talented and disciplined pre-professionals — must try to fit hours of scheduled dance classes and rehearsals into a week, while also trying to maintain good grades in a standard middle and high school academic schedule.

A new national charter school option, announced Aug. 21, has entered the south metro area scene for the 2017/2018 school year, offering a different path to graduation which may fit well for some teens.

Two south area dance studios, Denver Ballet Theatre and Centerstage Starz Dance Studio, who share space at 8150 S. University Blvd. in Centennial, have combined forces with the

Pre-professional ballet students at Denver Ballet Theatre Studio, as well as students at Centerstage Starz Dance Studio, might be candidates for the new Arts Immersion online school that is newly available through the two dance school’s shared studio space in Centennial.

COURTESY PHOTO Arts Immersion School, a division of Immersion Schools: a free, accredited, blended online program with five specific art tracks in site-based dance, theatre, circus, film and visual art.

Admission is through an audition (to determine skill level), an essay and interview.

The extensive online curriculum can be accessed anywhere in the state and combined with on-site dance classes, according to David Taylor, artistic director of Denver Ballet Theatre and Zikr Dance Ensemble. He had hoped to have the arrangement in place well before school started in the area, but there were delays regarding details, he said.

Denver Ballet Theatre teaches in the Russian style Vaganova Method, Taylor says, with Russian-trained faculty. A focus on building strength before attempting more difficult techniques is described as an important element in this classical training.

Taylor has been involved with Denver’s dance scene for many years and headed the former David Taylor Dance Company, once located on Main Street in Littleton, at Loretto Heights College and in Englewood.

His special choreography for “Nutcracker” and “Rain Forest” are remembered. He also directs Zikr

Dance Ensemble, which is focused on sacred dance from various traditions.

Denver Ballet Theatre stages performances in addition to the traditional “Nutcracker” during the year, as well as a Summer Intensive training program.

Centerstage Starz Dance Studio offers ongoing classes in jazz, lyrical, ballet, pointe, tap, hip-hop, break dance, turns and progressions, stretch and strengthening, theatre skills and poms instruction. A Competitive Touring Company of more than 50 dancers, ages 5 and up, often wins state and national awards.

“We have performed in regional and national competitions, philanthropic and community outreach programs, fundraisers, banquets and assisted living communities,” said director Taami Bash.

For information on the Arts Immersion School or each studio’s programs and curriculum, contact David Taylor, 303-884-1910, denverballettheatreacademy.com, or Taami Bash, 303-713-0355, centerstagestarz. com.

‘In The Heights’ won multiple Tonys on Broadway Gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn is scene for look at life

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Joyous music with a Latin beat fills the space as a six-piece band, directed

by Donna Kolpan Debreceni, introduces a well-worn neighborhood — Washington Heights in Brooklyn — as “In The Heights” opens at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center.

Lights come up on Usnavi (Jose David Reynoza, a student at University of Northern Colorado) at center stage.

The owner of a small bodega featuring café con leche and lottery tickets saunters forward, rapping about life in the fast-gentrifying neighborhood that has been home to him and many other characters in this Tony Awardwinning musical (Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreography and Orchestration).

“In the Heights” opened off-Broadway and in 2010 moved uptown with Lin Manuel Miranda in the Usnavi de La Vega role — in the show which

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We soon meet the rest of this accomplished cast of 18 who take the audience through a bittersweet few days in early July, via several parallel storylines. Usnavi’s Abuela Claudia (Margi Lamb) has watched over younger neighborhood people, helping with school work and loving advice.

She holds a lottery ticket.

Nina Rosario (Rose Van Dyne) is the good student who won a scholarship to Stanford—and thought she was out of the neighborhood … She drops out due to money problems and connects with Benny (Randy Chalmers), a nonLatino who works for her father’s cab company.

Vanessa (Sarah Harmon) is shy Usnavi’s love interest and anxious to move away. Everyone dances to the engaging beat, carefully choreographed by director Nick Sugar, who occasionally stopped the rehearsal we visited to tweak one or another detail.

Piraguero (the ice cream guy) wanders through the neighborhood singing about his different flavors, while Nina’s parents worry about their sagging business and beauty shop owner Daniela (Chelly Canales) is moving away tomorrow, due to a big raise in rent.

We visited a rehearsal on Aug. 24 and feel certain that with two weeks to go, the whole production will be polished and engaging from start to finish — certainly an outstanding beginning for Town Hall Arts Center’s 2017-2018 season.

‘STREET SIGHTS’ ART SHOW TO COMPLEMENT PLAY In Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery, an art exhibit by Lisa DiAmor Sanchez and Elayne Moseley is called “Street Sights” and is planned to tie in with the musical about a city neighborhood that is playing upstairs: “In the Heights.”

• Di Amor Sanchez expresses herself by incorporating text in layers of paint. “I am inspired by the diverse layers of the past hidden beneath layers of pain in our cities — and the possibility of change and vibrancy that change brings,” she writes. “A background in

psychology helps to provide me with an understanding of how powerful the written word can be and why I use it so frequently in my art.” Each painting tells a story, she adds.

• Moseley, Texas-born, but a longtime Colorado resident, teaches at Art Students League of Denver.

She exhibits works from her “Architecture Lingua” series. “Art is a reflection of how an artist sees and feels then translates into a visual medium.” In the new series, she wants the viewer “to consider

how they see and interact with it. Frequently there is a mystery or spiritual aspect that develops with a painting. Because of this element, I have titled these paintings in different languages, often referring to its style, structure, or perhaps its underlying nature,” she writes.

“Street Sights” will be in Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery through Oct. 9. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and during performances. Admission is free. Town Hall is at 2450 W. Main St. in Littleton.

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Best-selling author comes to Lone Tree Arts Center Q and A with Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny

Actually, again, while the plots of my books need to make sense and be, I hope, compelling, what will really compel people forward in the Gamache books and series are the themes.

A plot is not enough to propel a book or keep my interest. There needs to be meat and muscle on that bone, and that comes from the characters, from the themes that are explored, of betrayal, of trust, of friendship, of love in all its forms. Of the struggle to adapt, to accept, to change.

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Canadian author Louise Penny is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series. A former journalist with the Canadian Broadcast Corp., Penny lives just north of the United States border in a small town outside of Montreal, a village not unlike Three Pines, the fictional setting for her books.

The first novel in the series, “Still Life,” was published by Minotaur Books in 2006 when Penny was in her 40s, and won the British Crime Writers New Blood and Dagger Award for previously unpublished authors.

Twelve other entries in the series followed, including 2017’s “Glass Houses.”

Penny answered questions via email before her sold-out Sept. 5 appearance at the Lone Tree Arts Center, commenting on her inspiration, the challenges of writing a good mystery and how to find wisdom.

Award-winning author Louise Penny appeared in Lone Tree on Sept. 5 to discuss her career and her new novel “Glass Houses.” PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS BÉRUBÉ What attracted you to writing mysteries?

I read widely, from almost every genre, but the first adult books I shared with my mother were murder mysteries, and so I have had a lifelong affection for them. I also think they are perfect vehicles for examining human nature. A great crime novel isn’t about the crime, but about the people.

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In the books, Gamache talks about four statements that lead to wisdom, and I got those statements from Michael. They are: I don’t know, I was wrong, I’m sorry and I need help.

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In the Heights: Friday, Sept. 8 to Sunday, Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

First musical production of the 2017-18 season. Reserved tickets on sale at the box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/ in-the-heights.

‘Nutcracker’ Auditions: Saturday, Sept. 9, at Denver Ballet Theatre, 8150 S. University Blvd., Suite 120, Centennial. Open auditions are from 2:30-2:45 (ages 4-5); 3-3:45 p.m. (ages 6-8); 4-5 p.m. (ages 9-12); and 5:15-6:30 p.m. (ages 13 and older). Headshot required. Call 303799-6609 or go to www.denverballettheatre.com for details.

Peter Samelson Magic Show: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 15-16 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Illusionist, entertainer and philosopher.

Reservations required; call 303660-6799 or go to http://Tickets.

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‘August: Osage County’: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays from to Oct. 15 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Additional show at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 18. After the Weston family patriarch disappears family tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Go to www. vintagetheatre.com or call 303-8567830.

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Evening with Art Encounters: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery, 9635 N. Rampart Range Road, Littleton.

Stroll the Seven Stones gardens and celebrate five newly placed public art sculptures, along with artwork from 20-plus local artists. All art is for sale. Call 303-619-9697 to RSVP. Go to www.discoversevenstones. com

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DEMTA Performance: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 9 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, 2305 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. Public welcome. DEMTA members are independent and school music teachers who work in Parker, Castle Rock, Elizabeth, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Littleton and Aurora. They have provided music education public service performances and teacher development since 1994. Call Ann at 303-841-2976.

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this week’s TOP FIVE Colorado Artfest: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Outlets at Castle Rock, 5050 Factory Shops Blvd. More than 170 artists will have their work on display. Live main stage entertainment. Go to https://castlerock. org/castle-rock-artfest/

the first federal military post in the Denver area. Presentation will cover highlights of Fort Logan’s history including its role in the Spanish American War, its development as a recruiting and training center in World War I and World War II, and finally its closure in 1946. Contact ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com.

West African Kora Performance: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at the Englewood Public Library, Perrin Room, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. The Kora is a 21-string harp that is native to the Mandinka people. In-between songs, Sean Gaskell will talk about how the instrument is built, who typically plays it, what its cultural significance is, and what it was like to live in the Gambia. For adults and teens. Registration recommended. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@englewoodco.gov.

History of Denver’s Fort Logan Army Base: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society program presented by Jack Ballard, local author and historian. Established in 1887, Fort Logan was

Concert, Car Show: 3-7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial.

Music by The Nacho Men, a local band playing swing and hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. Variety of booths, food trucks and a senior resource fair. Cars will be on display starting at 3 p.m.

Live music begins at 5:30 p.m. Go to http://www.centennialco.gov/ Things-To-Do/community-events. aspx#CalendarContent Rhythm and Percussion: 10:3011:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room. Ms. Monique will lead us through some fun clapping rhythms before we make our own drums to try out our rhythms on. Supplies provided; bring a round container (metal, cardboard or heavy plastic) that is no larger than 4 inches in diameter. Call 303-762-2560.

Arapahoe Philharmonic Concert: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at Aspen Academy, 5859 S. University Blvd., Greenwood Village.

“Destiny Fulfilled” features Johannes Brahm’s Symphony No. 1 and Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, featuring local soprano Lauren Sawyer. Go to www.arapahoe-phil.org/ events/buy-tickets/.

Denver Mountain Parks Foundation: 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Bart Berger created the foundation to improve and maximize the potential of the park system’s 14,000 acres. The pars are owned and maintained by Denver and span Jefferson, Douglas, Clear Creek and Grand counties. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Flag Retirement: 10 a.m. Sept. 16 at South Metro Fire Training Center, Plaza Drive and Twenty Mile Road, Parker. Ceremony hosted by Parker American Legion Post 1864 and Parker Cub Scout Pack 363. Public welcome. Flags for retirement may be dropped off at the reception desk at Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet. Contact coappleby1@ msn.com.

Joyful Celebration Community Picnic and Concert: 9:30 a.m. (worship) and 11 a.m. (free concert, picnic, games) Sunday, Sept. 17 at Joy Lutheran Church, 7051 Parker Hills Court, Parker. Live music by the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. Service will be translated by a sign language interpreter. Go to joylc.org.

EVENTS

Feel Good, Look Good for Life: 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Discover life-changing strategies for living your best life and thriving from author Angela Gaffney. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org.

Highlands Ranch Senior Club Monthly Luncheon: 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Octoberfest theme with Polka music; entertainment by Steve Rock’s Tanzkapelle Band.

Brats, hot dogs, sides and dessert included. Reservations required

by Friday, Sept. 8. To RSVP or for information on cost or

membership, call Sue at 309-3609677. Newcomers welcome. Go to http://www.hrseniorclub.org/.

ChiliFest: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

Sample and judge all the chili entries or enter your own secret recipe to win cash prizes. Tickets available at http://www.castlerockchilifest. com or at the door. Fundraising event for Boy Scout Troop 780.

Lego Maniacs: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

School-aged children welcome to come in and created. Parents welcome too. Call 303-762-2560.

Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 (A Safe Place); Monday, Sept. 18 (Is Church Obsolete?); Monday, Sept. 25 (Forgiving the Unforgivable) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-8140142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Turbulent Waters: Conflict in the South China Sea: 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 at Iora Primary Care, 8246 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton.

This Active Minds program features the South China Sea, which is located between China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. At stake is one of the busiest trade routes in the world as well as oil and fishing rights.

Recently China has been pressing its claim to long disputed parts of the South China Sea, raising concerns as to what may happen as tensions rise. Call 303-552-2282

Putin’s Russia: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Vladimir Putin’s leadership of Russia suggests a return to an authoritarianism that, for some, feels similar to the days of Soviet control and the Czars of old. Join Active Minds in examining the story of Russia under the influence of Vladimir Putin.

Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. Women’s Sensory Experience: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at Civic Green Park, Highlands Ranch. Invite nature back into your day; meditate, practice yoga, journal and more.

Bring a yoga mat, sunscreen, water and lunch. Space is limited; go to http://highlandsranch.org/ adult-enrichment-and-wellness/ to register. For information, call 303-725-1434.

Slime: 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room. Examine slime from the perspective of slugs and snails, then create a variety of slime including Kool-Aid slime, glitter slime, fluffy slime and oobleck. Call 303-762-2560.

Paws to Read: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room.

Early readers share their stories with four-legged listeners. Registration recommended; space cannot be guaranteed to those who do not register. Call 303-762-2560.

Animals provided through Denver Pet Partners.

Hilltop Schoolhouse Open House: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at 5748 Flintwood Road, Parker.

The 1898 Hilltop Schoolhouse is the only remaining public structure from the railroad town, Hilltop.

Event is free; Hilltop notecards, postcards and pencils given when donation made to schoolhouse.

Five ponderosa pine tree seedlings will be planted.

Parker Oktoberfest: 6-10 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 15; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at O’Brien Park, 10795 Victorian Drive. Learn about the German tale culture with visuals and information. Enjoy a dachshund race and dachshund costume contest; a mustache competition; silent auction and raffle.

Admission is free. Go to www. parkeroktoberfest.com Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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CHSAA commissioner aims to bring new perspective to job

R ThunderRidge’s Zeke Johnson (30) makes a cut to avoid a Mountain Vista defender in last year’s rivalry game. ThunderRidge won 35-13.

FILE PHOTO BY PAUL DISALVO

What a difference a rivalry makes Intensity ramps up when certain teams play each other

THE TALLY Here are the series football won-lost records in some of the area’s top rivalry games:

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rivalry football games are contests that get circled on the calendar, get players and students pumped up and get coaches to put a little extra into game planning.

Pueblo Central versus Pueblo Centennial is the oldest rivalry football game in Colorado. It was first played in 1892 and now is known as the Bell Game, with the winner gaining possession of an old train bell that was donated as a trophy in 1950.

There are several intense Colorado rivalries involving area teams and most are tied to geographic proximity or games within the same school district.

Changing conference alignments and schools switching classes have purged some rivalries and forced teams to move games against rivals to early in the season — including Week 1, which is the case with several games this season.

“The good news is we are still playing these rivalry games,” said Derek Chaney, Douglas County School District athlethic director.

Douglas County 3, Castle View 3 Cherry Creek 3, Regis Jesuit 2 Valor Christian 4, Cherry Creek 2 Valor Christian 5, Pomona 3 Valor Christian’s Chase Lopez (29) gets underneath Mullen’s Wind Henderson (80). The Eagles got their second victory of the season over Mullen 34-7 on Sept. 1 at Valor Stadium.

PAUL DISALVO “We sort of flip-flopped the schedule and what used to be the non-league games are our league games. The games lose a little bit because league titles are not on the line.

“The flip side is we are playing these rival games in the good weather. The student bodies, I don’t think they care if it is a league or non-league game.”

Crowds in Colorado are not as large as some other states, such as Florida and Texas, but the attention surrounding rivalry games is considerable.

Bleachers fill fast at 3,500-seat Shea Stadium in Highlands Ranch for the

ThunderRidge-Mountain Vista game. The parking lot fills up hours before the game with tailgating, and then many people line up outside the stadium behind the north end zone to watch the game.

“We sell out that game every year,” ThunderRidge Athletic Director Sean Patterson said. “It’s a hypedup game, the kids are hyped up for it. It’s a great atmosphere.”

The Castle View-Douglas County crosstown rivalry is another can’t-miss contest as the Castle Rock teams compete in the Battle of the Rock affair. This SEE RIVALRIES, P24

Legacy 6, Horizon 3 Legacy 7, Broomfield 3 Pomona 6, Ralston Valley 4 Legend 2, Ponderosa 2 Ponderosa 3, Chaparral 3 Arapahoe 10, Heritage 2 Mullen 2, Valor Christian 1 Mullen 11, Cherry Creek 3 ThunderRidge 9, Mountain Vista 2 Northglenn 63, Thornton 24, two ties Green Mountain 54, Golden 49, one tie

honda Blanford-Green is a former track star who has been displaying her speed in her new job as Colorado High School Activities Association commissioner.

Blanford-Green was hired in March and his been proactive OVERTIME in addressing issues and initiating new concepts that could foil unanticipated issues.

Sometimes the old-school ways have to be tweaked, and Blanford-Green banks on her experience.

Jim Benton “What I bring to the table is a different perspective and I’ve seen it differently,” she said.

Blanford-Green, a 1981 Aurora Central graduate, set several Colorado track and field records that stood for years. She won 18 conference championships as a collegiate standout at Nebraska, where she was an 11-time track All-American and competed in several international events.

She worked 16 years for the CHSAA as an assistant/associate commissioner, was the executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association for three seasons and was an assistant executive director the Louisiana High School Athletic Association from 2015 until returning to Colorado.

The CHSAA held a media day Aug. 30 with a round-table discussion, and a much-needed format for interviews after state championship games was revealed.

“Our vision and mission was building relationships with our media,” said Blanford-Green. “We wanted a round-table discussion in an informal matter and not at a state championship, where sometimes those conversations don’t go very well. In a non-competitive atmosphere we can really start to build those relationships, having an open dialogue with our media partners.”

The CSHAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, a group consisting of doctors, school personnel and athletic trainers, met earlier in the day, and the launching of a Head, Heart and Heat Program was announced, which focuses on three major areas of concern for student safety.

Blanford-Green revealed that all art departments in CHSAA member schools have been advised that one student will create the logo for the Head, Heart and Heat Program. The student who designs the winning logo will be paid for the copyright for that logo.

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year, the game was in the opening week on Sept. 1.

“There is no better atmosphere than a rivalry game,” Douglas County coach Gene Hill said. “There is nothing better than seeing the stands full. Players are more focused. The hard part is making sure the players still play within themselves. It absolutely stinks that this game is played in Week 1. How much fun would it be to see these two teams play Week 10 for a league title or a playoff spot?”

Castle View senior Heath Helms said everyone on the team circles the date of the Douglas County game.

“The biggest part of the rivalry is everyone used to play together, then when high school starts they spilt and go to different schools,” he said. “There is a lot of trash talking. It’s still friendly. Everyone is still friends after the game but when we are on the field, it’s a fight.”

Legend and Ponderosa are two Parker schools that play in non-league and the lower parking lot fills at EchoPark Automotive Stadium early with tailgaters.

Ponderosa is a 4A school but still plays the Titans. The third Parker public high

BENTON FROM PAGE 23

“This isn’t reactionary,” said Blanford-Green. “This is proactivity that we understand where we need to be going, and this is kind of like when you see the CHSAA logo, it might be a more modern look, you know this is from CHSAA and it has to do with safety and right now there is nothing that does that for us.”

Fast start Chaparral senior Adrienne Visintine started the softball season with a bang and was named the MaxPreps/NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) National High School Player of the Week for games played Aug. 21-27.

Visintine, an outfielder who has committed to play at

school, Chaparral, isn’t on the Mustangs’ schedule.

“The Legend game is a great experience for both teams’ players and the Parker community,” Ponderosa coach Jaron Cohen said. “The atmosphere on game day is fantastic and the players know each other through playing youth ball.”

In some games, there is hardware on the line.

Heritage, a Littleton school, and Arapahoe, located a few miles away in west Centennial, play each season for the Brookridge Trophy. It is a milk can that is a tribute to the Brookridge dairy farm that used to occupy the area where Littleton Public Schools Stadium now stands.

Legacy has two big rival games each year, one against Broomfield and the other against Adams 12 district school Horizon.

“Horizon is a district school and you always want to be the best in the district,” Legacy Athletic Director Brendon Feddema said. “The Broomfield game every year draws a lot of people, but as soon as the game is over the players are good friends. It is the Best of Broomfield game.”

Northglenn and Thornton are longtime rivals that played for the 89th time on Sept. 1 in what is called the I-25 Bowl.

“This game is one that both sides play

WHAT’S ON TAP Some of the area rivalry games that have been played or are scheduled this season: Sept. 1 Castle View 24, Douglas County 10 Regis Jesuit 25, Cherry Creek 20 Legacy 35, Broomfield 21 Northglenn 42, Thornton 6 Ponderosa 31, Legend 21 Sept. 8 Arapahoe-Heritage Sept. 15 Ralston Valley-Pomona Mountain Vista-ThunderRidge Green Mountain-Golden Sept. 29 Cherry Creek-Valor Christian

FIGHTING FOR THE WIN

Coastal Carolina, had a slugging percentage of 3.000 with three home runs and a double in five at-bats and started the season with a 1.000 batting average. She drove in seven runs, scored nine times and reached base safely in 11 plate appearances.

She was 3-for-3 with a homer and double, had three runs batted in and scored three runs in a 12-4 win over Wheat Ridge.

She walked four times in a 9-5 loss to Ralston Valley but scored three of the Wolverines’ five runs. In a 20-0 victory over Overland, Visintine belted two homers, had four RBI, scored twice and drew a walk.

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.

up for and it’s usually a great game,” Northglenn Athletic Director Matt Oelhert said. “Each of our communities has multiple generations who have gone to either Northglenn or Thornton.”

There have been several metro-area rivalries that have developed because of the strength of the teams. While these schools aren’t in the same city or the same league, year after year, it seems, they are squaring off in the playoffs, often with a state championship on the line.

Valor Christian, seven-time Colorado state champions, has developed rivalries with Cherry Creek and Pomona mainly because of competitive games and the fact the teams are typically battling it out for Class 5A state titles.

Valor holds a 4-2 edge in the series, but the Bruins ended the Eagles’ 28-game in-state winning streak in 2014, and later that season Creek won the state championship with a 25-24 win over Valor Christian.

Pomona has lost the past two title games to Valor but the Panthers have three wins over the Eagles during the regular season.

“In the past four years, we’ve played Pomona eight times and Creek four times,” said Valor coach Rod Sherman.

“They have been good games.”

Rock Canyon’s Bryce Henningsen and Zach Wilson (23) pull Arapahoe’s Jack Hollingsworth to the ground. The Jaguars started off the season with a 38-7 victory over the Warriors at Echo Park Stadium on Sept. 2.

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Mikayla Lopez, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Augustana College.

Lopez is a junior majoring in political science and business administration.

Monica McGinty, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Pepperdine University.

McKenna M Meyers, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Cariana Morales, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jesse Norman, of Highlands Ranch, graduated in May from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Rachel Pritchett, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Saint Mary’s College.

Natalie Quinones, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Pepperdine University.

Tatum Rask, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Pepperdine University.

Jack Sepple, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Miami University.

John M Schaffer, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s honor roll at Wichita State University.

Kendall Smith, of Highlands Ranch, graduated cum laude in May 2017 from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Smith was also named to the spring 2017 dean’s list.

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Hannah Avner, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mingcong Bai, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Rebecca Ann Basham, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Kelsey M Branstetter, of Highlands Ranch, graduated in May 2017 with a master’s degree in sport management from Wichita State University.

Sydney Doyle, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Iowa.

Hailey Hatter, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Wheaton College.

Hannah Hensley, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Bethel University, St. Paul. Hensley is a senior, and is the daughter of Ken and Tonya Hensley.

Scott Macleod Hesse, of Highlands Ranch, graduated in May from Washington State University with an MBA. Madelyn Jones, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Pepperdine University.

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Sterling Ranch residents will get annual state park passes Agreement was signed Aug. 29

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sterling Ranch recently announced that its residents will receive a complimentary annual pass to Colorado’s 44 state parks.

“We believe it’s the right thing to do,” Sterling Ranch developer Harold Smethills said in a media release.

“We want to be good stewards and do it to help conserve the land, wildlife and habitat that will ensure a healthy sustainable natural resource, not just for the active lifestyle of our current residents but for our children,

grandchildren and generations still to come.”

After a 20-year buildout, the master-planned community in northwest Douglas County — near Chatfield and Roxborough state parks — is projected to have about 13,000 homes with more than 30,000 people.

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Construction of one of nine villages, called Providence, is underway.

Per an agreement signed into place on Aug. 29, each homeowner will receive a parks pass — which normally runs at $70 — purchased by Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, an

11-member board that will govern the development.

Colorado Parks Foundation will hold 30 percent of the cost of passes for investment in state parks, according to a media release from Sterling Ranch.

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Public Notices Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0154 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/15/2017 4:21:00 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: BARRY ELMER LEVIN AND CARYN FRUMER LEVIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/9/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 4/14/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010023040 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $412,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $366,312.63

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 119, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-U, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 10718 Amesbury Way, 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 4, 2017, 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 (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Public Trustees

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0147

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0160 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/5/2017 12:57:00 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: MATTHEW R ESSIG Original Beneficiary: NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/11/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 10/18/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007081658 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $277,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $238,310.38 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: failed to make the monthly mortgage payments as required by the terms of the Note and 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 273, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-V, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 10474 Applebrook Cir, Littleton, 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 25, 2017, 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 (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 7/5/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

SUSAN HENDRICK Colorado Registration #: 33196 9745 EAST HAMPDEN AVE SUITE 400, DENVER, COLORADO 80231 Phone #: (303) 353-2965 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO170120

DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 17-00201SH

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2017-0154 First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Notices cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Tr ustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0160 First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0147

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/12/2017 2:33:00 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: RODNEY L. ALBERT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006HE1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/29/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 12/1/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005114886 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $181,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $162,917.86

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0153 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/15/2017 4:21:00 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: JONATHAN RAPISARDA AND FIONA GILLILAND Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR STERLING NATIONAL MORTGAGE CO. INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/6/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 2/6/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009008129 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $236,251.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $206,632.66

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.

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 23, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLROADO.

Legal Description of Real Property: Condominium Unit 10D, Highland Walk Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Condominium and Special Subassociation Declaration for HighLand Walk Condominium Association, Inc. of Highlands Ranch Community Association, Inc. recorded on June 5, 2003 at Reception No. 2003084513, the Supplemental Condominium Declaration for Highland Walk Condominium Association, Inc. and Highland Walk Amenities Association, Inc. recorded on May 18, 2004 as Reception No. 2004050816 and the Condominium Map for Highland Walk Condominiums, Phase 6 recorded on May 18, 2004 at Reception No. 2004050817, in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, Colorado, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Which has the address of: 502 White Cloud Dr, 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 4, 2017, 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 (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/15/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-17-772654-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0147 First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Which has the address of: 10533 Ashfield Street Unit D, 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 4, 2017, 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 (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SHEILA J FINN Colorado Registration #: 36637 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

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Separate sealed bids for DANIELS PARK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (PHASE 2B ANDi PHASE 2C); DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2013-021, will be received by theD Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220,t Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, z September 26, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of reconstruction and paving of 0.75“ miles of Daniels Park Road from the existing pavilion to the north, including relocation of the ex-i isting buffalo fence, grading and drainage im-L provements and asphalt paving.

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The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017,n through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systema Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or theyw may be obtained at the above address. Elec-f tronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of thea Project Plans and Specifications. Douglast County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms. s

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 13,e 2017, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street,n Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All ques-a tions are due to Dennis Lobberding, Project Engineer, by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Septem-t ber 20, 2017. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Septemberh 26, 2017, at the same address. q

The Project includes the following major items“ and approximate quantities: m

• Embankment Material (CIP) – 27,000 CY t • Topsoil (Stockpile & Redistribute) – 6,000 p CY • ABC (Class 6) – 5,000 CY d • HMA Asphalt (PG 58-28) – 4,500 TONS • Bison Fencing – 4,500 LF

Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Dennis Lobberding, Project Engineer, at 303.660.7490.

Plan holder information can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No.: 931521 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Second Publication: September 7, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Proposals for TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF 2017-024 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the acquisition and implementation of an integrated asset management and workflow system for the Traffic Division.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com). RFP Documents are not available for purchase through Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. Electronic versions of the RFP Documents obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Offeror’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the RFP Documents.

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Location, location, location The next steps will be gathering data, Arapahoe County Sheriff Dave Walcher said.

“It takes a lot of work to know if we should even consider this,” Walcher said. “We have to really get all the numbers of how agencies are utilizing detox centers and emergency rooms. We need to know more about where people are coming from, where the location should be, what the cost would be. It’s not even close to decision time.”

Where to put the facility is a prime concern, Duffy said.

“A detox facility has to be in a place that’s zoned for it,” he said.

“You’re not going to put it in a residential area.

Land is very expensive.

The perfect case scenario would be to find an existing building so we don’t have to build from the ground up.”

Stakeholders are aware that some opposition is inevitable, Duffy said.

“There will be naysayers and people who are nervous about this, and part of the job is to be transparent and honest, and to answer questions,” Duffy said.

“Sooner or later, the most important group to get behind this is the public. We’re trying to do this for the public.”

people wearing hearing aids report an improvement in their quality of life, including personal relationships, self-esteem and life overall. It is important to note that hearing aids are a process.

They involve custom fitting, prescriptive programming, adjustments and fine-tuning. Be patient: It took years to gradually lose your hearing, it will take some time for your ear and brain to acclimate to hearing again.

Local officials are exploring the idea of building a new detox facility to augment East Side Detox and Recovery Services in Aurora, which is a long drive for many of the folks the facility serves.

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Proposals for TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF 2017-024 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the acquisition and implementation of an integrated asset management and workflow system for the Traffic Division.

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E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com). RFP Documents are A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE will be not available for purchase through Douglas held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, County Government and can only be accessed 2017, at the Department of Public Works Enginfrom the above-mentioned website. Electronic eering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, versions of the RFP Documents obtained by any Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All quesother means than as described above may not tions are due to Krista Deibert, Engineering be complete or accurate, and it is the Offeror’s Contracts Specialist, by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, responsibility to obtain a complete set of the September 22, 2017.

RFP Documents.

Offerors must submit one (1) unbound paper A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE will be copy and one (1) electronic copy (in pdf format, held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, on a flash drive) of their Proposal no later than Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

2017, at the Department of Public Works EnginDouglas County will not accept or consider Proeering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, posals which are time stamped at the place of Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All quesreceipt after the specified due date and time. tions are due to Krista Deibert, Engineering Douglas County will not accept or consider eContracts Specialist, by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, mailed or faxed Proposals. Proposals should be September 22, 2017. hand-delivered or mailed to the location below: Offerors must submit one (1) unbound paper

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Proposals for TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF 2017-024 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the acquisition and implementation of an integrated asset management and workflow system for the Traffic Division.

Proposals for TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF 2017-024 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the acquisition and implementation of an integrated asset management and workflow system for the Traffic Division.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com). RFP Documents are not available for purchase through Douglas County Government and can only be accessed Name website. Electronic from the above-mentioned versions of the RFP Documents obtained by any other means than as described above may not Street Address be complete or accurate, and it is the Offeror’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the RFP Documents.

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Joanne LaPorta is the owner and audiologist at Accent on Hearing, 1189 S. Perry Street, Suite 120, Castle Rock, 303-663-2235. Please join the Senior Council of Douglas County at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 2 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet in Parker, to learn more about this subject. There will also be an opportunity to speak out about senior needs in Douglas County during the Community Conversation portion of the meeting. Questions? Please email dcseniorlife@douglas.co.us.

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Proposals for TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF 2017-024 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the acquisition and implementation of an integrated asset management and workflow system for the Traffic Division.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com). RFP Documents are not available for purchase through Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. Electronic versions of the RFP Documents obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Offeror’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the RFP Documents.

A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Krista Deibert, Engineering Contracts Specialist, by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 22, 2017.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, through Rocky Mountain City, State, Zip E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockyOfferors must submit one (1) unbound paper mountainbidsystem.com). RFP Documents are A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE will be copy and one (1) electronic copy (in pdf format, not available for purchase through Douglas held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, on a flash drive) of their Proposal no later than Email We do not sell orEnginshare your personal information Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

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100 Third Street, Suite 220 2017, at the Department Public Works EnginDouglas County will not accept or consider ProCastle Rock, CO 80104 eering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street,  Please check this to receive breaking news, exclusive andKrista special events via email. posals which are timenewsletters, stamped at the place ofoffers Attn: Deibert, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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Engineering Contracts Specialist tions are due to Krista Deibert, Engineering Douglas County will not accept or consider eContracts Specialist, by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, mailed or faxed Proposals. Proposals should be Douglas County reserves the right to reject any September 22, 2017.

You can also contribute securely online at ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/readerscare hand-delivered or mailed to the location below: and all Proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a Proposal Offerors must submit one (1) unbound paper Douglas County Government and furthermore, to award a Contract for items copy and one (1) electronic copy (in pdf format, Department of Public Works Engineering therein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed on a flash drive) of their Proposal no later than Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

100 Third Street, Suite 220 to be in the best interest of Douglas County to Douglas County will not accept or consider ProCastle Rock, CO 80104 do so. Additionally, Douglas County reserves posals which are time stamped at the place of Attn: Krista Deibert, the right to negotiate optional items and/or serreceipt after the specified due date and time.

Engineering Contracts Specialist vices with the successful Offeror. Any questions Douglas County will not accept or consider eon the RFP Documents shall be directed to mailed or faxed Proposals. Proposals should be Douglas County reserves the right to reject any Krista Deibert, Engineering Contracts Spehand-delivered or mailed to the location below: and all Proposals, to waive formalities, informalcialist, at 303.660.7490. ities, or irregularities contained in a Proposal Douglas County Government and furthermore, to award a Contract for items Legal Notice No.: 931565 Department of Public Works Engineering therein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed First Publication: September 7, 2017 100 Third Street, Suite 220 to be in the best interest of Douglas County to Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Castle Rock, CO 80104 do so. Additionally, Douglas County reserves Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Attn: Krista Deibert, the right to negotiate optional items and/or serEngineering Contracts Specialist vices with the successful Offeror. Any questions on the RFP Documents shall be directed to Douglas County reserves the right to reject any Krista Deibert, Engineering Contracts Speand all Proposals, to waive formalities, informalcialist, at 303.660.7490. ities, or irregularities contained in a Proposal

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