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Beauprez chooses Repella for ticket Commissioner tabbed as Republican lieutenant governor candidate Staff report
Construction crews work June 30 on a pedestrian bridge that will span the west side of the Quebec/C-470 overpass, matching the one already in place on the east side. Photo by Jane Reuter
Pedestrian bridge work underway Quebec Street overpass project to extend into fall Staff report Construction on a new pedestrian crossing on the west side of Quebec Street over C-470 has begun and will continue through Nov. 24. The bridge will mirror one constructed a few years ago on the east side, allowing safe passage for walkers and cyclists on both sides of the busy overpass.
“Now people won’t have to cross over to the east side if they want to cross 470,” project engineer Dennis Lobberding said. The $1.6 million Douglas County Government project is partially funded by a $500,000 grant from the Denver Regional Council of Governments. Lawrence Construction was awarded the contract for the six-month project. Intermittent lane closures will occur throughout construction on Quebec as well as the westbound on-ramp and eastbound off-ramp. The bridge near the borders of Lone
Tree, Highlands Ranch and Centennial will benefit drivers as well as cyclists and pedestrians by easing demand for the “walk” crossing button. Future plans also call for creating a new crossing for the C-470 bicycle trail underneath Quebec, but that project has been delayed while the C-470 Corridor Coalition studies future expansion plans for the highway. The east side Quebec Street/C-470 bridge was constructed in 2008.
Lone Tree fireworks should be good to go Wet weather may break streak of cancellations By Jane Reuter
jreuter@colorado communitymedia.com Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning hopes area residents won’t be disappointed this Labor Day. Given the early summer rains, chances are good that Sweetwater Park’s Fourth of July fireworks will move forward on Independence Day. And that means that unlike the last two years — when drought and the threat of wildland fires canceled the show — the city likely won’t host a second community party and fireworks display on Labor Day. “The Labor Day show has been very popular,” Gunning said. “Every time we’ve had it, people have said, `We ought to do this every year.’” Fun as the Labor Day event has been, it won’t be a regularly sched-
uled celebration. “Our primary duty is not as an event organizer,” the mayor said. “It’s to provide infrastructure for the city. I don’t think we’re going to be adding another event.” The biggest threat to this year’s fireworks isn’t arid conditions, but wind and a rainstorm. The city’s biggest annual event has been either diminished or canceled for six years in a row by almost every conceivable element, including grass fires, thunderstorms, mortar box ignitions and drought. Gunning is optimistic this year will be a flawless exception to those that preceded it. “I think it looks very good this year,” he said. “I’m very confident it’s going to work as planned.” Problems aside, the event consistently fills the park to capacity. About 10,000 people are expected for the festivities, which begin with Fireworks continues on Page 9
Abba cover band AbbaFab will perform at Sweetwater Park just before the fireworks on July 4. Courtesy photo
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez has tabbed Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella as his running mate. Repella was elected to her first term as commissioner in November 2008 and reelected in 2012 to a second four-year term. She is a fifth-generation Colorado native and has been a resident of Highlands Ranch since 1994. “With the selection of Commissioner Jill Repella as Bob’s running mate, Colorado Republicans are celebrating one of the strongest and most unitRepella ed tickets we have seen in years,” said the state’s GOP chairman Ryan Call in a statement released July 1. “Jill is an effective and pragmatic policymaker with deep roots in Colorado, and is a terrific mother of three. She knows firsthand the challenges facing Coloradans from all walks of life, and, as lieutenant governor, Jill will be a tireless advocate for policies that will help grow our economy, create opportunity, and improve the lives of each and every one of us.” Under Repella’s leadership on the three-person board of commissioners, Douglas County has celebrated the second- and third-highest employment gains in the country in 2012 and 2013 respectively, according to data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “I am honored to be chosen as Bob Beauprez’s running mate,” said Repella in a statement released by the county. “I also want the citizens and taxpayers of Douglas County to know that I can and will also continue to proudly serve them in my role as a Douglas County Commissioner. To have the opportunity to take Douglas County’s success story to a state level is an opportunity I embrace.” Beauprez called Repella “a rising star in local government leadership” and said that he and his wife, Claudia, were “honored” to have her join the team. “We’re impressed with her record as a community leader, a dedicated public servant, an economic development leader and mother, along with her in-depth knowledge of the issues that are impacting families across Colorado. She is the type of strong leader that every Coloradan will be proud to have as their lieutenant governor,” he said. Repella, who received her bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and her master’s in executive leadership from the University of Denver, previously served on the Douglas County School District Board of Education. “Coloradans are ready for a true leader, one who will listen to us and fight for what is right,” she said in a statement released by the Beauprez campaign. “Bob Beauprez is that leader...” Beauprez and Repella planned to join former Republican gubernatorial candidates Tom Tancredo, Mike Kopp and Secretary of State Scott Gessler on a Unity Tour of the Front Range on July 2.
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Dedicated gardeners grow together As Carol Ford makes her coffee in the quiet of early morning, she never fails to take in the view out her kitchen window — of a metal, neighborhood mailbox framed, these days, by draping trumpet vines and blooming roses along a weathered wood fence. “I love to look at the flowers when I look at the mailbox,” she says. “It inspires me. … And Larry’s always out there, looking and pulling out the weeds.” Larry Davis, 77, is always out there, snipping spent branches and blooms with his pocketknife and clearing away offending trespassers. So, too — but later in the day (Larry is the early riser) — is his wife, Deanna, 73, sitting on her stool, digging in the dirt, minding the beds with motherly care. Come spring, just like the crocuses bursting through the ground after a season of hibernation, Larry and Deanna emerge to tend to their garden, a visual delight that has, over the years, persuaded some driving by to stop and roll down their windows to express appreciation. “Oh,” Larry tells them, “if you like the front, you must see the back.” And you must. But before you step under the trellis that Larry built and past the small stone frog that says, “Welcome to our garden,” you should remember once there was nothing on this corner plot of land in the middle of tract-home suburbia. “It just evolved. We just kept adding …,” Deanna says. “I don’t think either of us could do it alone.” She smiles. “We’re getting to the point we’re not going to be able to do it together.” Larry and Deanna moved into their Highlands Ranch home in 1994. Their first planting: three locust trees. “We wanted shade,” Deanna says. Larry built the six-foot fence around the yard, a few times parking his car in the street at night and turning on the headlights so he could finish. They both worked at the time, she as a Realtor, he as a tool design engineer for
Lockheed Martin, so they hired someone to plan the yard. And in 1995, the basic layout was planted. They married, each for the second time, in 1996, in their back yard, with 100 guests. The pond for the goldfish and water lilies happened in 1999, the year they retired. Larry later built the spacious, graceful deck next to the pond and the oval bed in the front. And, slowly but surely, the garden kept growing, reflecting not only the shared passion of creating something beautiful, but also their individual personalities. She likes neat and orderly. He likes unusual and a little messy. Deanna, originally from the San Francisco area, brought the Japanese maples, dwarf evergreens and Asian-inspired contributions. “All the Japanese stuff,” she says, “is kind of my heart.” Larry, from Iowa, brought the strange, unique plants like the rare-for-America hocksweed, and the full-bodied peonies, which in the Midwest are frequently planted in cemeteries. “They bloom around Memorial Day,” he says. “A lot of people plant peonies so there are flowers on the graves.” Today, the gardens contain hundreds of varieties of plants. Deanna and Larry each spend about 20 hours a week caring for them. Now, step under the trellis. This is some of what you’ll see: Raspberries, blackberries and grapes tumble along the back. Succulents root in lava rocks by the pond, inhabited by about 50 goldfish and several kinds of delicate
water lilies. A weeping cherry droops over a small path. Red and green Japanese maples. Graceful purple clematis. Pink penstemons. Purple salvia. Delicate coral bells. A congregation of herbs — basil, fennel, parsley, rosemary, oregano, mint — grows in containers near the kitchen window. A water fountain that was a wedding gift. A bird bath that belonged to Deanna’s mother. A twisted Harry Lauder’s walking stick bush. Roses. “This one is like peppermint candy,” Larry says, cupping a red-and-whitestriped bloom in his hand. The iron bench under the crabapple, where the yard bends, is one of Deanna’s and Larry’s favorite spots. The corner always seems to collect a breeze, and it’s good for enjoying the sights. “It’s kind of a peaceful oasis,” Larry says of the back yard. “The birds like it.” He points up to a branch in a locust tree. “That little blue house has a family of wrens in it.” The front, too, has its charm. Blue delphiniums — a neighborhood favorite — stand guard near the trellis. A rock garden holds origanum — nicknamed the wormy plant by Larry — and yellow Missouri evening primrose, whose blooms last just one day, trail along its border. Snapdragons in every color reseed every year. There’s the fuzzy lamb’s ear the preschool children used to file down the street to feel. Larry’s new, small cactus garden next to the stairs. Deanna’s nine pots of coleus — with striking green and red leaves — on the stoop. And the ornamental pear tree by the driveway that blooms white, leafs out green, and, finally, turns a yellow-orange in the fall until the first storm strips the limbs bare. “One year, for fun, we planted … the plant you like to eat?” Larry turns to Deanna. “Artichoke.” Larry nods and smiles. “People would
say, `What in the world is that?’” “People still ask us about that one,” Deanna says. “We just did it for fun,” Larry says. “Just once.” The garden, essentially, contains many of life’s basic ingredients. Change. Transformation. Anticipation. Joy. Death. Rebirth. This particular one is a work of love that seems to assure a certain order in the universe. “When you’re finished growing your kids,” Deanna says, “there is a nurturing quality to growing plants.” “I enjoy just seeing it every day,” Larry says. “It seems like something new is in bloom every day … when the first little crocus comes up, just to see this come to life in the spring, and then all summer blooming.” And even though the garden belongs to Larry and Deanna, it has been a gift shared — sometimes unknowingly, other times directly — with the neighborhood. Suzi Miller, a gardener herself who lives down the street, has taken home cuttings of water lilies and fennel for her yard. She can spend hours talking plants with Larry and Deanna. “For someone like me, there’s so much to look at,” she says. “It gives me inspiration. …” Joan McGill has lived across the street for 18 years. “It’s just a joy to look at their beautiful garden,” she says. “If we could all slow down enough to enjoy the beauty.” We should. Because if we did, Larry and Deanna would be sure to invite us in. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303-566-4110.
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Two speakers in accord against Common Core Republican breakfast highlights concerns around changes in education By Jane Reuter jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Two opponents of the Common Core standards spoke during the June 27 meeting of the Highlands Club, a group of Highlands Ranch Republicans that meet monthly for breakfast. Pueblo resident Anita Stapleton and Douglas County School Board member Craig Richardson shared their mutual distaste for the standards, but clashed on issues specific to DCSD. The Common Core Standards are a set of U.S. educational criteria introduced in 2010 with the intent of improving the quality of American K-12 education. Colorado and most other states adopted the national curriculum, but individual districts in Colorado are allowed to set their
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Castle View plan emphasizes projects, student-led learning By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Castle View High School Principal James Calhoun believes the majority of high-school students are compliant and somewhat disengaged, with untapped reservoirs for deep learning. A new program that will be introduced at CVHS this fall is designed to reach that core. By meeting students where their interests lie, and building the learning from t h e re, Calhoun believes their intellectual passions will ignite. The project-based approach to learning is called Mosaic. It’s unique to Castle View, though it’s modeled after — and includes elements from — similar programs already used in school districts nationwide. The pilot program launches in August with 96 volunteer freshmen and sophomores. Sophomore McKinley Breen didn’t hesitate to sign up for the program’s inaugural year. “I’ve never been in project-based learning, and that’s why I’m so excited,” Breen said. “Most of my classes are incredibly boring to me. The one exception was my humanities class. It’s a mini-Mosaic.” Michael Schneider, one of the four Castle View teacher who will devote themselves to Mosaic full-time in 2014-15, taught that humanities class. Assignments included researching poverty-plagued countries, then presenting the findings to a parent audience; parents then chose from among the student-highlighted countries to make donations that went directly to those in need. “It wasn’t just a fake project; we made someone’s life better,” Breen said. “I loved that. “You don’t have to just take notes. You learn by doing, and you learn on your own. That’s great for me because it’s hard for me to even sit at the movie theater.”
Castle View High School will introduce a new project-based mosaic program this fall to 96 freshmen and sophomores File photo That level of enthusiasm is exactly what Calhoun hopes all Mosaic students will experience. “If we define what a student has to learn and force him to learn it, the very best we get from him is compliance,” Calhoun said. “And that’s not good enough in our society. “If we get students to pursue what they’re passionate about, it’s going to lead to learning things that are meaningful to them.” Calhoun described it as flipping the standard educational model that starts by telling students what they need to know. As an example, he pointed to a teen who loves to skateboard. Most schools consider that a hobby engaged in outside the school. Under the Mosaic program, it could instead become the centerpiece of a student’s curriculum, a springboard for the study of physics, science and math. Like the learning it’s designed to inspire, the program eventually will spiral outward to encompass all Castle View students — and ideally, even the elementary and middle schools that feed it. Each student will have an individualized learning plan that emphasizes education free of bell schedules and classroom walls, building their own schedules and learning to manage their time. But students will be guided in their chosen project, meet weekly with advisers, and participate in group seminars and electives. “Students will be accountable for their learning path,” Calhoun said. “We want to create an environment where learning takes place when the students are ready for it. It doesn’t have to be first period. It could be after school or during the summer.”
Castle View is coordinating its Mosaic programs with community partners, businesses with leaders willing to mentor students and involve them in the work they do. “These are real-world problems and real-world solutions (done) outside the walls of our school,” Schneider said. “Within each of those projects is true interdisciplinary learning. “The number one thing we need to do is get students to take ownership of their learning, not be on their own and do whatever they want, but to give them a real purpose for their learning. I’m tired of telling students what to learn, when to learn and how to learn it. I don’t mind telling them what they need to learn to get their diploma. But when they do it, how they do it, what books they read — I don’t feel I have to tell them that.” That kind of student-led learning prepares them better, Castle View leaders believe, not only for college, but for a high-tech, rapidly changing world in which jobs that exist today may not be relevant tomorrow. Four teachers are devoted fulltime to the program as it launches this fall, and seven more are working part-time on it. Several other teachers are “on deck,” Calhoun said, training to join the effort in anticipation of its growth in future years. In total, almost a quarter of the high school’s 110-teacher staff is working on some aspect of Mosaic. “Am I confident this is the way of the future? No, I’m not,” Calhoun said. “Am I confident change needs to be made and this is a step in the right direction? Yes, I am. I’m more than confident; I’m convinced we’ve got to do something different.”
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Develomental Pathways celebrates 50 years Organization aids those with developmental disabilities By Savanna Walker Special to Colorado Community Media Developmental Pathways celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and will do so under the leadership of former Douglas County commissioner Melanie Worley. The agency services Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, as well as a portion of Adams County, providing birth to end of life care for individuals with developmental disabilities. The agency is invested in both locating and helping children with disabilities. “The sooner we can find them, the better off they are and the quicker we can mainstream them, if that’s possible,” Worley said. She estimates about one-third of the children Developmental Pathways works with can be incorporated into mainstream society if they receive proper early attention and are given the help they need.
“We can train parents to work with their child and hopefully lessen their burden,” she said. Beyond early intervention and support for children, Developmental Pathways provides diverse services for disabled individuals of all ages. The agency owns 10 group homes with 24/7 care for individuals with high needs, as well as apartment complexes with staff on hand for those who wish to live independently. Furthermore, Developmental Pathways provides pre-vocational training, job coaching and volunteer opWorley portunities for the individuals it services. The portion of the state that Developmental Pathways covers contains more children under 3 with disabilities than anywhere else in Colorado. The anticipation is that those numbers will grow by 10 percent in the coming years, Worley said. To prepare the organization for the growing needs, Worley has instituted an
extensive investigation and restructuring of the agency. One of her most dramatic changes was to separate Developmental Pathways into four distinct nonprofits. One effect of this reorganization is to prevent conflict of interest, she says. One nonprofit will aid families and individuals in selecting providers, while another will provide those services and coordinate other providers. “This prevents conflict of interest so families have choice, and know they’re making the decision for their own lives,” Worley said. Another new nonprofit, the Sun Foundation, will focus on raising funds to help those whose government waivers cannot meet their needs. “We want to help as many as are on the waiting list,” Worley said. In her efforts to reorganize the organization, she was able to find another $1 million that Developmental Pathways was able to put back into the community. And over two more years, another $4 million in extra funds soon followed. Worley also seeks to change the culture of Developmental Pathways.
“We had fallen away from looking at what we can do for everyone, looking instead at what we can do within the funding stream,” she said. “If someone comes forward, we should find a way to help them. “Shame on us if we tell them no.” A key component of helping others, she said is allowing her staff to feel empowered and giving them the ability to be creative. She said she makes it a point of telling her staff, “You are empowered, look for a funding source and get creative. It’s a new day. I want them to feel good and impart that to the individuals we help.” “We still have a long way to go, especially in vocational efforts,” Worley said when asked what changes she would like to see in the coming years. “I firmly believe that individuals with disabilities can own their own businesses and own their own homes. There needs to be acceptance of their abilities, a true community and a true integration. (People need to) stop thinking of their disabilities and think instead of their abilities.” For more information on Developmental Pathways, please visit www.developmentalpathways.org.
Firefighters urge caution on holiday weekend Small Lone Tree grass fire a warning for July 4 revelers By Jane Reuter
jreuter@colorado communitymedia.com Ready fuel and fireworks sparked a small grass fire near Lone Tree’s Bluffs Regional Park at about 8 p.m. Saturday that firefighters and nearby residents said should serve as a pre-holiday warning. Residents of the Heritage Estates neighborhood used buckets of water and a blanket to contain the small blaze near the 15th hole of the Lone Tree Golf Course. The grass is off the groomed portion of the course. A fire engine and two brush trucks were sent to the site. “We have lived in the neighborhood overlooking the golf course and Bluffs Regional Park for over 10 years, and despite all the recent rain, we were amazed at how quickly the fire started and spread on a calm, low wind speed day,” said Lone Tree resident Joseph Janiczek. This is “… definitely a wake-up call that residents in the area should refrain from using fireworks in the area.” It’s only the second fireworks-related blaze South Metro Fire Rescue firefighters have seen so far this year, spokeswoman Becky O’Guin said. A wet spring and early summer have so far kept fire danger relatively low, but conditions can change quickly. “Anytime you have high temperatures and low humidity, you have conditions that are rich for a fire,” she said. “It’s a double-edged
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sword when we have all the rain and everything grows. That long grass will dry out quickly in these hot temperatures and that makes for a lot of fuel.” Drought and wild land fires throughout Colorado prompted the cancellation of fireworks displays statewide in 2012 and 2013. Though weather this year so far has been dramatically different, firefighters are keeping a close eye on conditions leading up the long holiday weekend. “It really all depends on what the weather does this week,” she said. “We’ve already seen pretty high temperatures and not a lot of
rain.” O’Guin urged parents to talk with their children about the dangers of fireworks. Any firework that leaves the ground or produces a loud boom is illegal in Colorado. “Fireworks have to be used with caution, even the legal ones,” she said. “We recommend people go see a professional fireworks show.” No fire restrictions are currently in place in Douglas County. The National Weather Service calls for a chance of thunderstorms July 4, with temperatures slightly above average.
South Metro Fire responded June 28 to a small grass fire near Bluffs Regional Park and the Heritage Estates neighborhood. Courtesy photo
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Governor lowers odds on fracking special session Potential bill on hydraulic fracturing seeks compromise over issues on local control By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com More doubt was cast recently on the possibility of a special legislative session on hydraulic fracturing, as Gov. John Hickenlooper on June 27 lowered expectations that lawmakers will meet over the summer to tackle this contentious issue. Hickenlooper said in May that the odds were “50/50” that a special session will be held. However, on June 27, Hickenlooper told reporters that he thinks those odds are now “less than 50/50.” “We’re still working on it as hard as we can,” the Democratic governor said. “I think we’ve got a product that’s pretty good, but there seems to be a political barrier there that we haven’t been able to get past.” The “product” Hickenlooper was referring to is a revised draft of legislation that would serve as the centerpiece for a special session. The potential bill aims to strike a compromise on the issue of how much control communities have in dealing with fracking — the blasting of water, sand and chemicals into the surface to free up blocked oil and gas. As the November election nears, the move toward a legislative solution is growing urgent for interested parties. There are several fracking-related ballot initiatives that could end up making it on to the ballot this fall. So far, a handful of Colorado communities have taken action on fracking issues by placing drilling bans or moratoriums in their towns. And, on June 24, Loveland voters narrowly rejected a ballot question that sought to place a two-year moratorium on fracking within city limits. The draft bill grants communities the ability to dictate some aspects of oil and gas operations and it has received the support of seven oil and gas companies. “The legislative solution that you have put forward will ensure communities continue to have a voice in the regulation of oil and natural gas development, while protecting property rights, and supporting responsible energy development,” states a June 26 letter that was written to Hickenlooper on behalf of the seven companies. “Your proposal will also help avoid ballot measures that, if adopted, would become constitutional provisions that leave no room for negotiation or compromise, regardless of the circumstances. We believe the legislature is the right place to work through these issues.” Hickenlooper — a pro-fracking geolo-
gist — would rather see all parties reach a compromise on local control issues at the legislative level, instead of having voters decide on what could be a large number of ballot proposals in the fall, ones that would be spearheaded by anti-fracking advocates and financed in large part by Democratic Congressman Jared Polis. “If you look at the potential consequences to having a $50 to 75 million ballot initiative campaign fight between both sides ... that’s not necessarily a good thing,” the governor said. “It creates a divisive and bitter battle and no matter the resolution, the other side is going to come right back and be all over it next year. “Things like this are much better solved in legislative solutions because you can come back and amend them easier the next year; whereas ... most stuff in the state Constitution, we don’t take out.” But reaching that compromise is a whole other matter. On one hand there are significant economic interests associated with fracking. On the other, there are serious environmental concerns. That can be a tough balance to find in a place like Colorado, where the two sides of the argument have powerful backers. Some anti-fracking advocates are voicing their displeasure with the draft legislation. “I’ve read the proposal and I am adamantly against it,” said Laura Fronckiewicz of Our Broomfield, an anti-fracking group. “What I saw is a huge step backwards. This is a total giveaway to the oil and gas industry.” Meanwhile, those on the other side of the divide are gearing up for what they believe is an imminent fight over drilling this fall. “All signs point to a big, expensive drawn out election,” said Jon Haubert of Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development, a pro-fracking group. “We don’t have to wait for a special session. We can see the writing on the wall.” Another key question is whether Republican lawmakers will support any compromise that limits oil and gas operations. And there’s no guarantee that a bill would earn enough support from conservative Democrats in the state Senate, where the party holds a one seat majority. Although he has lowered the odds of a special session occurring, Hickenlooper is still holding out hope for a resolution. “If these guys think it’s okay (oil and gas companies) to give some local control to the community, maybe there should be a bipartisan solution there,” the governor said. At the same time, the governor knows that time is running out on reaching that compromise. “That ticking clock is loud in my head, that we are rapidly running out of time,” he said.
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Judge upholds state’s gun laws Constitutionality, not wisdom, of statutes weighed by court By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A federal judge on June 26 rejected a court challenge to gun restrictions that took effect last year, ruling that the new statutes do not infringe on the Second Amendment right to bear firearms, as was alleged by the plaintiffs. The lawsuit was filed by several county sheriffs in Colorado, along with citizens and businesses. The judge’s decision means that the controversial 2012 laws that created universal background checks on gun sales and transfers and banned high-capacity ammunition magazines will remain on the books. The ruling was a victory for gun-control advocates who believe that the laws help to prevent the kind of mass bloodshed that occurred during the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, which prompted the legislation. “Today is an important day in the fight to keep our communities and families safe from gun violence,” Rita Schweitz of the Colorado Coalition Against Gun Violence said through an emailed statement. But plaintiffs told reporters following the court ruling that they plan to appeal the judge’s decision. “We believe (the judge) got it wrong as a matter of law,” said attorney Dave Kopel. “We think we have a very strong case in the Court of Appeals.” The state of Colorado and Democratic
Gov. John Hickenlooper — who signed the bills into law — were named as defendants in the lawsuit. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger ruled that the law that bans ammunition magazines that carry more than 15 rounds “is not severe” in how it impacts a person’s ability to keep or bear firearms for self-defense purposes. “... this statute does not prevent the people of Colorado from possessing semiautomatic weapons for self-defense, or from using those weapons as they are designed to function,” Krieger wrote in a 50-page opinion. “The only limitation imposed is how frequently they must reload their weapons.” Supporters of the magazine ban law argue that the statute limits the would-be shooters’ abilities to get their hands on high-capacity magazines. They also argue that limiting the amount of rounds a person can fire allows time for victims to fight back or for law enforcement to intervene while the shooter reloads. The plaintiffs argued that skilled shooters know how to reload quickly anyway, which mitigates the benefit of a “critical pause” during magazine reloading. However, Krieger rejected that argument, saying that, “a pause, of any duration, imposed on the offensive shooter can only be beneficial ...” Krieger also took issue with a plaintiffs’ argument that those who are intent on committing violence will simply ignore the law and obtain the magazines anyway. “Hypothetically, this may be true, but the Court declines to speculate about the subjective intentions and means of unspecified criminals involved in unspecified gun vio-
lence,” Krieger wrote. As for the law that requires background checks on all gun sales and transfers, the plaintiffs argued that the Second Amendment protects the borrowing of guns for lawful purposes. But Krieger disagreed with the plaintiffs’ interpretation of the Second Amendment. “As repeatedly noted, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual’s right to keep and bear arms for the core purpose of defense of self and home,” she wrote. “However, it is not at all clear that the Second Amendment prevents the government from restricting the ability of persons to acquire firearms via temporary loans from others.” The gun bills were the most controversial of all legislation that was passed by the Democratic-majority Legislature last year. Testimony and debate on the bills often dragged on for several hours and led to Capitol protests from pro-gun advocates as well as shows of support from gun-safety and victims’-rights groups. The bills — which passed with no Republican support — had political ramifications for Democrats. The legislation cost Democrats three seats in the state Senate through officeholders’ defeats in recall elections and the resignation of another in the face of a recall threat. In her decision, Krieger acknowledged the polarizing debate over gun issues, but said that the court’s role has nothing to do with whether a law is popular. It only concerns itself with the constitutionality of the law. “Put another way,” Krieger wrote, “in determining whether a law is constitutional, this decision does not determine whether
Effort to ban firearms on campuses ends Backers did not want measure to be political issue in the fall By Vic Vela vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com An effort to ban the carrying of concealed handguns on college campuses ended June 26 out of supporters’ concerns that the issue could be used as a “political football” to impact the November election. For months, backers of the campus gun ban had been collecting signatures in hopes of putting the issue to voters on this fall’s ballot. But supporters saw a political reality that caused them to pull the plug on their effort. “In the last few weeks it became very evident that last year’s gun violence prevention legislation was going to be a major campaign issue in many candidate campaigns,” Boulder resident Ken Toltz, the founder of Safe Campus Colorado, said in an email to Colorado Community Media. Toltz was referring to legislation that became law in 2012, including bans on high-capacity ammunition magazines and the creation of universal background checks on all gun sales and transfers. The bills stirred passionate reaction from both gun enthusiasts and gun control advocates. The legislation passed the Democrat-majority legislature without Republican support. Another bill that would have banned concealed weapons from being carried on college campuses was killed by a Senate
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sponsor prior to it receiving a vote in that chamber. It is already illegal to carry concealed guns on K-12 campuses. Toltz said that the decision to stop the signature gathering effort was not related to any lack of public support for the campus gun ban. “The signature gathering was very successful on a statewide basis as the average voter agreed that concealed guns on college campuses is a bad idea,” he said. Last year’s gun legislation led to recall elections that ended up costing Democrats three seats in the state Senate — two Democrats lost in those recalls, while another resigned in the face of a recall. Toltz did not answer directly when asked if he received any pressure from Democrats or other interested parties to stop the effort. But he did acknowledge the politics of gun control. “Being non-partisan, we decided that our issue was too important to let it become a political football,” he said. Dudley Brown, who heads Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, said petition backers were wise to halt the signature gathering because another gun restriction effort would have “kicked the hornets’ nest.” “I think they got phone calls from Democrats saying this is not a good thing for our candidates for office because this will motivate gun owners in droves,” Brown said. “Democratic operatives know that this is a dangerous thing for them to do, to tinker with this.”
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either law is `good,’ only whether it is constitutionally permissible.” As is the case with all court challenges to state laws, the case was defended by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, which is headed by Republican Attorney General John Suthers. “Like Judge Krieger, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has never asserted that the laws in question are good, wise or sound policy,” Suthers said through a statement. “As it does in all cases, the AG’s Office has fulfilled its responsibility to defend the constitutionality of the Colorado law in question. “The Attorney General’s Office fully expects the case to be appealed and looks forward to final resolution of the issues as soon as possible.” But plaintiffs insist that the laws — especially the magazine limit ban — are unenforceable and that Krieger’s decision doesn’t change that belief. “I came out right away and said that these laws are unenforceable, so therefore I won’t enforce them,” said Weld County Sheriff John Cooke. Meanwhile, the court ruling was hailed as a victory for those who have lost loved ones during episodes of gun violence. Dave Hoover, a Lakewood police officer whose nephew, AJ Boik, was killed during the Aurora theater shooting, said the high-capacity magazine ban “can reduce the number of victims killed in mass shootings.” “And as someone who has worked in law enforcement here in Colorado for over 30 years, I can tell you that limiting high-capacity magazines is a significant step in protecting our law enforcement officers in the field.”
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Keep ‘happy’ on list of things to be The other day I happened to be at the Park Meadows mall. As I was just the hired help for the day, my role was really just to drive the car, carry the bags, and pay at checkout time. While in Macy’s I had a pretty cool experience and thought I would share it with you here. So as I sat in a chair and waited in the ladies shoe department — yes, I said it, the ladies shoe department — the background music caught my attention. Not so much because of the volume, but it was a very catchy tune that brought me back to the 1970s. The Partridge Family’s “Come on Get Happy.” And yes, some would say I just may be stuck in the 1970s regarding my musical preferences. It was awesome enough that I recognized it, but as I looked around I noticed that I was not the only one in the store tapping my toes and singing along quietly to the music. You may be doing the same right now, as you also know the song. There were actually others singing a little out loud, some women dancing a little in their own space, a few other guys nodding their heads and tapping their toes to the beat, and I swear I thought that a “flash mob” was about to happen right there in Macy’s at any moment. The song actually had a group of strangers in the store smiling, singing, and even
dancing without one bit of encouragement other than the lyrics to the song. How amazing and awesome is that? If you have listened to local radio recently, you have also probably heard the song “Happy” by Pharrel. And you have probably heard it or have seen him perform it at an awards show or on television somewhere. I mean, it is like everywhere, and seems to be on the radio a lot. And why not? I have to admit that as much as I hear the song “Happy,” it actually makes me just a little bit happier than I was in the previous moment, maybe even tapping my toes and fingers a little bit to the tune as well whether I am working, walking, or driving. So the question I have asked myself since my “Come on Get Happy” experience in Macy’s is this, “What else triggers happiness?”
Some of us, me included, can get so caught up in our busy-ness and our business that we completely forget about being happy, or at least let it slip through our fingers from time to time. Maybe it’s a song, maybe it’s a workout, maybe it’s a good book, a smile, a hug, an accomplishment, skiing, golfing, hiking, a friend, a child, a feeling of love, being loved, and being in love, and hundreds of other possibilities that bring us back to that feeling of happiness and joy. What are your triggers? “Come on Get Happy,” “Happy,” “Shiny Happy People,” “Hakuna Matata,” “Don’t Worry Be Happy” and “Joy to the World” are just a few of the songs that work for me when it comes to adding a little more pep to my step when I hear them. How about you? Is it a song or something else that triggers happy thoughts and gets you back on the happy track of life? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we remember to balance our busy-ness with happiness it will be a better than good week for sure. So come on … get happy. Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www.candogo.com.
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Picturing people who rocked my world “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was released on June 1, 1967. I haven’t been the same since. How many people or things or events in your life have made that kind of a difference? Some moments are immediately indelible and some take time to develop. I can still remember the first time I saw Jennifer, but there were no love arrows thrown down on me. “Huh?” That might have been the first thing I ever said to her. She referred to someone we both knew, but I couldn’t understand what she was saying. I said, “Speak up. Speak with distinction.” Oh, well, it seems to have worked out. When I listen to “Sgt. Pepper’s,” I don’t listen to the whole album. Some of it I can do without. But some of it means more to me than I can explain. The disc jockey at KFWB would say, “Double Beatles,” and I would get the chills, when the intro of “A Day in the Life” would come rumbling, again, out of my cheap radio. I was an art student in 1967. Album covers were fine art to me. The cover of “Sgt. Pepper’s” is phenomenal. It was created by Jann Haworth and Peter Blake. The Beatles just named names, and
their images were assembled on the cover. Dion and Lenny Bruce. Carl Jung and Edgar Allan Poe. Fred Astaire, Bob Dylan, Aldous Huxley, Laurel and Hardy. James Joyce, Tom Mix, Oscar Wilde. Some personalities were rejected for a variety of reasons: Leo Gorcey, one of the “Dead End Kids,” wanted $400. Idiot. Gandhi was supposed to be placed next to Lewis Carroll, but if he showed up on the cover, India wouldn’t allow the record to be printed. Jesus Christ ( John’s idea) and Hitler were both rejected. I looked at the cover again recently, and my little narrative brain said, “What if that were your cover?” You should do the same thing that I am about to do. The cover depicts chosen individuals, along with a bunch of other things, like a 9-inch Sony television, owned by Paul
McCartney, and a velvet snake. I would be sure to have my father’s flight jacket on my cover. And a vessel of chip brushes and paint thinner. I would have a likeness of Gerry Goffin. Goffin just died. He co-wrote “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” There would be likenesses of Charles Dickens, Oscar Levant and Dorothy Parker. David Letterman. Warren Spahn. “Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.” Of course, Otis Redding. I would want to have a few inexplicables on the cover. Judge Crater and the Collyer brothers, and some west coast luminary named Collier. Michael Collier. I lived at 208 Ireland Avenue and he lived at 198 Ireland Avenue. We were both undecided teenagers. He still shines on. Pink Floyd. They would be on the cover. Smitty, certainly. E.E. Cummings. How do you get a name like that? Nat King Cole. The Del-Vikings. The Everly Brothers would be a cinch. The Skyliners. Edward Everett Horton and Preston Sturges. Greg Watts, another dear pal. Are you working on your list? The Shirelles, Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Matt Holliday, Captain Harry E. Smith,
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Governor’s shocking confession begs more questions Coloradans recently were shocked to hear Gov. John Hickenlooper apologize to 55 elected county sheriffs for not vetoing the 2013 legislation that outlawed gun magazines that hold over 15 rounds. Our progressive governor claimed that he hadn’t been aware of the sheriffs’ opposition to the bill until after he had signed the bill. If the governor was in fact unaware of that opposition, he was the only one in Denver who was in that state of ignorance. Their testimony against the bill in two committee hearings was well covered in the press. That was not the most shocking part of the governor’s confession. What was most appalling was Hickenlooper’s statement that after he signed the bill and saw the intense public reaction, he sent his staff looking for the facts — facts “we should have had from the beginning.” Wow. You research the facts after you have signed the bill? So, we are asked to believe that Hickenlooper was either unaware or uninterested in the testimony of nearly 200 witnesses who came to the Capitol to talk about the exposed deep flaws in the legislation. That’s the same Capitol where he sits. Now, 15 months after he signed the bill,
he suggests — in a typically evasive manner — he might have vetoed the bill if he had been aware of the sheriffs’ adamant opposition. But that strains credulity in view of the governor’s behavior in the 2014 session. He was offered a chance to support HB14-1151, which would have repealed the 2013 gun magazine bill. Instead, he remained silent. What is even more disturbing is that Gov. Hickenlooper demonstrated the same lack of leadership by signing another group of bills passed on straight party-line votes by his out-of-control Democrat majority — bills changing the way we conduct our elections. Three bills — HB13-1303, the massive election reform bill passed in 2013, and two
election law bills passed in 2014, HB14-1164 and SB14-158 — were enacted on straight party-line votes without a peep of criticism from our “hands across the aisle” governor. That our governor was presented with three election code overhaul bills written by the majority Democrats without any Republican support ought to have sounded alarm bells in his office. State election code sets the rules for electing our lawmakers from the state Capitol to Durango and Yuma and Trinidad. Surely, any responsible public official believes those basic “rules of the road” ought to be genuinely bipartisan, not the plaything of one political party with a temporary majority in the Legislature. But our governor signed all of them and ignored the warnings of Republicans and the elected constitutional officer with responsibility for administering those election laws, the Secretary of State. That office was deliberately excluded from the drafting of 1303. In the 2014 sessions, majority Democrats again rammed through “election reform” bills unanimously opposed by all 28 House Republicans and all 17 Senate Republicans. The governor did not think the party-line
Jennifer Christine Blanton and Rebecca S. Mettler, of Lone Tree, were named to the spring 2014 dean’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming. Justin Quinette, of Lone Tree, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Marquette University. Quinette is studying biomedical sciences. Leylin Marroquin, of Lone Tree, graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Bucknell Univer-
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a children’s bicycle parade at 4 p.m. and end after the fireworks. Last year’s attractions, including the water balls, bungee trampolines and zip line, were so popular that some people stood in line for two and a half hours. To mitigate that problem, the city is introducing an online sign-up. The sign-up will be available on the city’s website, cityoflonetree.com, at 8 a.m. July 4. Volunteers also will be able to sign people up for the service at the park. “I don’t want to promise no lines,” special events coordinator Lesley Johnson said. “It’s our inaugural year. “People will be able to click the link, put in a cell phone number and sign up for different activities. They’ll get a text message the day of the event when it’s their turn to go to the activity and get in line, and hopefully they won’t wait (in line) two and a half hours. Nobody wants to stand in line that long.” Johnson also has added a second pool of water balls to help cut down the lines.
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Jennifer and Cindy. Mark Friday wearing a softball cap. Easy: Leonardo da Vinci, Wassily Kandinsky, Edward Hopper, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Richard Diebenkorn, Frankie Lymon, Jan Stüssy. The cover would be an opportunity to identify some people who weren’t one-
sity. Marroquin is the daughter of Alfredo Marroquin and Edith Farro and a 2010 graduate of Highlands Ranch High School She is a member of Chi Epsilon national civil engineering honor society. Caitlin Culbertson, Rachel Kubowicz and Jaspreet Nanda, of Lone Tree, were named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Creighton University. Mark Hutmacher, of Lone Tree, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at St. Bonaventure University.
Last year, the city added more face painters, glitter tattooists and caricature artists to ease the wait for those activities. Seven food trucks will sell items ranging from shaved ice and ice cream to gourmet tater tots Fourth of July fizzle: Problems and lobster that have cut short, canceled rolls. or dampened Lone Tree’s IndeIn addition pendence Day fireworks display to those ac2008: Grass fire tivities, a BMX 2009: Rain stunt bicycle 2010: Rain team will do a 2011: Mortar box fires demonstration 2012: Drought/wildland fires at about 6:30 2013: Drought/wildland fires p.m. Abba cover band Abba Fab will take the stage immediately after the demo, and the fireworks will cap the day’s events. Because of the park’s limited capacity, only Lone Tree and Acres Green residents and their guests are allowed at the free event. That necessary restriction doesn’t keep the city’s phones from ringing. “I keep getting calls from people out of Lone Tree saying, `How do I get in?’ Johnson said. “And I have to tell them they can’t.”
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hit wonders in my life, but who made me turn my head and look, or listen or read. It would be a thank-you card. The woman who handed me a small red dog at an animal shelter. Who wrote “I’m in the Mood for Love”? She would have to be on my cover. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@ comcast.net.
Ted Harvey is the Republican state senator of Senate District 30, which encompasses Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker and Roxborough Park. He can be reached at 303-8664881 or Ted.Harvey.Senate@state.co.us.
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character of the votes on those election law reforms warranted his veto. But gun laws and election reform were not the only bills enacted by Democrats on party-line votes over unanimous Republican objections. In the 2014 session, there were nine bills passed on party-line votes in one of both chambers. The governor signed all of them. Hickenlooper somehow mustered the courage in 2014 to veto five minor bills that had passed on bipartisan votes, but lacked the moral fortitude to veto a single bill passed on party-line votes. Hickenlooper’s much-publicized commitment to the “bipartisan spirit of give and take” was conspicuously absent when it came to the legislation considered “top priority” by his fellow Democrats in both 2013 and 2014. In place of a veto pen, we saw only a huge rubber stamp. There is a word for that brand of “bipartisanship.” It’s called hypocrisy.
EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. POLITICAL DOUGLAS COUNTY Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303-663-1286 or e-mail ralphw@comcast.net. Social discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock and Parker-Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information. DOUGLAS COUNTY Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www.dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org. LONE TREE Democrats meet the second Tuesday each month at the Lone Tree Civic Center. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264. PROFESSIONAL ARAPAHOE SALES Professionals USA meets Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at Country Buffet, 7475 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. Call Randy Anderson at 303-875-7673 for information.
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Scout raises money, awareness for wounded vets Teenager partners with Castle Rock Half Marathon for Eagle project By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Boy Scout Caspar Placke used the Castle Rock Half Marathon on June 28 to help raise money and awareness for wounded veterans. Placke’s Eagle Scout Project aimed to raise money for the Semper Fi Fund with a goal of $12,500, which is the cost of an Action Track Chair. Placke, 13, will be a freshman at Regis Jesuit High School in the fall. “I didn’t raise enough, but I did raise $3,000,” Placke said. “That money will be well spent. It will go to sports equipment and adaptive technology and all kinds of things for the Semper Fi Fund. It was never really the main purpose to raise money. The main purpose (of my project) was to raise the awareness for these soldiers.” Placke said he is dedicated to sharing the Semper Fi Fund mission and to remind everyone of the continuing needs of our wounded, injured, and ill Service Members. He has coordinated his efforts with the Castle Rock Economic Development
Council, the Castle Rock Town Council, and the race organizers for the Castle Rock Half Marathon. Placke moved to Colorado a little more than a year ago from Virginia, where he had volunteered by assisting physically wounded veterans from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It had a deep effect on the young scout. “We took them out in boats on the Potomac and drove them around and it was just awesome to see one day where they could just have fun and forget about all of their misfortune,” Placke said. “I’ve always felt a sense of guilt toward these warriors. They gave up life and limb just so we can have this conversation. Just so we can live or daily lives. It was awesome that I could give back to them in some small way.” Placke, who now lives in Castle Rock and is a member of Troop 261, said it was that experience that led him to work with the Semper Fi Fund. The Semper Fi Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is set up to provide immediate financial assistance and lifetime support for wounded, critically-ill and injured members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. “With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ending, there are 50,000 mentally and physically wounded veterans coming back. That’s 50,000 people that gave up a part of their lives. On top of that there are 1,500 amputee veterans,” he said. Since the Semper Fi Fund was estab-
Scouts for Wounded Veterans raise money and awareness at the Castle Rock Half Marathon. Courtesy photo lished in 2004, the organization has issued more than 71,500 grants, totaling close to $91 million in assistance to over 11,500 soldiers and their families. “I did succeed in awareness I think,” Placke said. “I got more than 1,000 page views on my Facebook page, at the half marathon tent I had a ton of people come in and I talked on the speaker and I told
a lot of people about the plight of these wounded veterans. There were around 600 participants and if just half of them go to the Semper Fi Fund and check that out, that is 300 people looking at the page. Maybe 100 or so of them will choose to help.” For more information on the project and how to contribute, visit www.facebook.com/Scoutsforwoundedvets.
County gives OK for new emergency towers Project’s price tag for two sites totals $3.3 million By MikeDiFerdinando
mdiferdiando@colorado communitymedia.com A new agreement will help improve emergency communication systems in the southern portion of Douglas County near Larkspur. On June 24, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved a communications system agreement with Motorola Solutions Inc. for purchase, installation, erection and testing of a public-safety telecommunications system and tower for two
sites at a cost of $3.3 million. The southern end of Douglas County, especially from the Larkspur area to the south county line, has had minimal or nonexistent public-safety radio coverage. “I think that anything that improves public safety, and this does by improving overall radio transmissions to our officers and their response to emergency situations, is critical. So without a doubt, I support this project,” District 1 Commissioner Jack Hilbert said. The agreement with Motorola will provide for the technical design, fabrication and erection of 125- and 180-foot-tall telecommunications towers, installation of equipment on the towers including antennas, microwave dishes, software and transceivers, and the upgrade of equipment at
the existing Westcreek tower. It also includes the fabrication and construction of an equipment building, generator and security fence at both new tower sites. One site will be on a leased 10,000-square-foot lot with access and utilities easements, on property owned by New Covenant Church, 77 Perry Park Ave., north of Larkspur. The other will be on Woodmoor Mountain in southern Douglas County, on land to be purchased by the county upon approval by the Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Association. The county will lease the needed land from the church at a cost of $18,000 a year, which includes both the use of land and needed utilities. Officials said there was no county open
space in the vicinity that provided the same coverage area as the church location. The county currently uses the same Motorola system for its other emergency communications. Though officials explored other options, it was determined that using the same system would help avoid incompatibilities with the emergency infrastructure that is already in place. “We’ve done our due diligence. We’ve explored other technologies and determined what could meet our requirements at a price point that made sense,” Hilbert said. “It involves capability with a number of other systems. I mean, we have sheriff’s cars that need updating, we have radio systems that need to communicate, and local emergency agencies that need to be able to cooperate.”
Arts center guild to host mayor for lunch By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning will be the featured speaker at the Lone Tree Arts Center Guild’s July 15 luncheon. The event starts at 11:30 am at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., and
is open to the public. Tickets are $15. Gunning will offer a State of the Citystyle address, talking about current events and projects as well as planning developments. The guild’s next event is slated for 7 p.m. Aug. 18 and will feature a tour of the arts center’s backstage area, led by LTAC techni-
cal director Paul Ackerman. In September, guild members will host an autumn boutique at the arts center. An estimated 30 vendors will participate. The 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. event on Sept. 13 coincides with the annual Taste of Lone Tree, so tasters can peruse arts booths as well as sample food and drink from Lone Tree
restaurants. The LTAC Guild is devoted to supporting and promoting the arts center. It recently donated $5,000 for the purchase of a permanent, lighted refreshment center in the LTAC’s outdoor garden terrace area. For more information or to sign up for an event, visit lonetreeartscenterguild.org.
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Local trainer battles it out on national TV Alysha White in episode of Steve Austin’s ‘Broken Skull’ By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Most people would run away fast and far if they heard former pro wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin stand up and shout, “I love the smell of combat in the morning!” Not so Alysha White. “Steve Austin is the man,” said the 26-year-old personal trainer. “I’ve had the biggest dorky crush on him since I was a kid. He’s so down to earth, so humble.” White offered herself up to be brutalized on Austin’s new show on Country Music Television, “Broken Skull.” The starring role is played by Austin’s personal obstacle course, which features barbed wire, 60-pound logs, mud, ice water, 40-degree hills and every other thing Austin could fit in to break down the contestants’ body and will. At the end, they climb 17 feet up a raw rope to ring a little bell. Every week, eight people battle each other for the “honor” of attempting the course for a shot at $10,000. “It’s all brutal,” says Austin on the show’s website. “It’s hand-to-hand combat.” But White arrived well prepared for battle, having been fighting one with bulimia most of her life. “I basically destroyed my body, and I’m going to spend the rest of my life trying to fix it,” she said on June 27 during an interview at one of the gyms she trains at, Blunt Force in Denver. Another is Total Fitness and Nutrition in Highlands Ranch. White began modeling as a young girl growing up on her family’s beef farm in Kansas. But beef farms aren’t the best place for the extremely body conscious, and she struggled to keep her weight down. Bulimia was an early method. “It was a really dark place for a really long time,” she said. “It’s helped me to be so blunt and honest about it.” But then she found boxing, a natural for a young lady with five older brothers, she said. “Boxing saved me,” she said. “It was the only thing that was more important to me than my addiction. … You will never make that transformation into better until you want it for yourself.” She still models today, along with pursuing body building and her personaltraining enterprise. “I warn girls to know who you are and what you stand for before you into modeling, and have some thick skin,” she said. She recently started JustaFitChick.com, where she offers health and exercise tips, a cleverly written blog and products like supplements and, soon, her own line of fitness wear. “I want to inspire people,” she said. “I want to create a community. Not everyone can break fitness down and make it fit into your life, and that’s what I do.” Outgoing and confident, White said the hardest part of doing the show for her was not being able to talk to the other contestants before filming, forbidden so they wouldn’t form alliances. But after they got done basically trying to kill each other on the set, they became the best of friends,
Catch Alysha White in CMT’s series “Broken Skull” on July 19.
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Alysha White gets in a few rounds with Ty Sonota at Blunt Force gym in Denver. says White. “They are nine of the most amazing women I’ve ever met,” she said. “We’ve stayed in touch. They did a great job of picking women from all walks of life. … They’re fierce competitors, but really cool.” She wouldn’t give away any surprises about her episode, which airs on July 13, other than to say viewers will be shocked at the outcome of each competition. “I’m extremely happy with my experience,” she said. “Not just because I believe that life puts you in certain situations to learn something, but because I was so inspired by the people there that when I got home, all I wanted to do was inspire more women.”
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Performers march in the Royal Parade at the Colorado Renaissance Festival on June 29. Photos by Mike DiFerdinando
All dressed up for Ren Fest Annual summer festival draws large crowds each weekend By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Princes and paupers came from across the state over the weekend to enjoy the atmosphere at the Colorado Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace in Larkspur. The festival, now in its 39th year, boasts 10 stages, performing 60 shows daily. Everything from magic to jousting can be found at the festival, including a welldressed public. “It’s awesome for people to get together and dress up. Everyone is in kilts and dressed up with their hair braided with flowers and you can have a couple margaritas and just hang out,” said Renee Teter, of Denver. More than 200 period artisans sell and demonstrate their crafts in the marketplace. The marketplace is cash only. However, there are four ATM locations in the kingdom. The festival, which runs Saturdays and Sunday until Aug. 3, is open each weekend from 10 a.am. t0 6:30 p.m. and offers free on-site parking. “I’ve come almost every year since I was in fourth grade, so probably like 15 or 16 years now. The event hasn’t changed much, there are just more people now,” Eric Fresces said.
A performer interacts with the public June 29 at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Food and drink are available at the marketplace as well. Giant turkey legs and cold ale are in great supply. Admission is $19.95 for adults, $9 for children ages 5-12 and free for children under the age of five. Festivalgoers are welcome to come dressed in costume and costumes are available for rent. Costumes, swords and daggers are permitted as long as they are properly sheathed. July 5 and 6 is children’s weekend at the festival. Activities include a costume contest at the Puke & Snot Stage, a Royal Quest
Kids jump with bungie cords June 29 at the Colroado Renaissance Festival.
followed by the Knighting Ceremony by Good King Henry and Faire Queen Anne. During children’s weekend only, kids 12 and under experience the festival for free with a paying adult. “They should have it open all week, not just on the weekends,” Teter said. “We’ll come back every year.”
Coloradans are familiar with the impressive sports career of Jeremy Bloom, the three-time world champion skier, two-time Olympian, 11-time World Cup gold medalist and member of the United States Skiing Hall of Fame. And when he wasn’t tearing up the slopes, Bloom was burning up the gridiron as a CU Buff and briefly as an NFL player. But despite all of Jeremy’s sports accolades, his sister, Molly, was leading a quieter yet more colorful life as the owner/ organizer of a high-stakes poker game for the rich and famous, including actors Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Guy Laliberté, CEO of Cirque du Soleil. “Molly ran her exclusive, top-secret, bicoastal poker ring for several years, keeping the details secret from even her closest friends and family — but now she’s finally showing her hand in her memoir, `Molly’s Game,’” which was released June 24, according to a story in The New York Post. Molly Bloom grew up in Loveland, with her dad, a Colorado State University professor, mom and two brothers. “Months later, Bloom was heading to one of her games when a player texted her that the feds had crashed it looking for her,” the Post story says. “Bloom fled to Colorado, where she refused to talk to investigators, which resulted in her assets being frozen. “The former high-roller lived a quiet life in Colorado until two years later, in 2013, when she moved back to LA and shortly after got a knock on her door from the FBI. “She was charged, along with 30 others, with participating in two RussianAmerican organized-crime enterprises engaged in gambling and money laundering. (She says she had no idea about her players’ illicit dealings.)” Molly, who was dubbed “the Poker Princess” by news outlets during the trial, avoided prison and was sentenced to one year of probation earlier this year. “If I had to do it all over, would I choose the same path?” she writes. “My answer is yes, a thousand times yes. I had a grand adventure.” To read more of the story in The New York Post, go to nypost.com/2014/06/22/ inside-the-poker-princess-a-list-houseof-cards.
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People can regularly be spotted dressed in period costumes at the Colorado Renaissance Festival.
Last week, the newly opened LYFE Kitchen at Park Meadows mall held a VIP event to celebrate the health-food eatery’s visiting executive chefs Art Smith, Tal Ronnen and Jeremy Bringardner and to welcome the community to the restaurant. Smith is Oprah’s former chef, famed cookbook author and competitor on Bravo TV’s “Top Chef Duels,” which premieres in August. Ronnen is a celebrated vegan chef and prepared meals for Oprah’s 21-day vegan cleanse. He also owns Crossroads restaurant in Los Angeles. Bringardner is also gaining food cred, having just won an episode of the Food Network’s “Chopped.” He is an accomplished chef who worked in Charlie Trotter’s kitchen before joining the LYFE team. Parker continues on Page 14
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Gallery opens door to ‘Art Unhinged’ In addition to technical skills, and imagination, a sense of humor comes into play with artwork displayed at the Depot Art Gallery’s latest show: “Art Unhinged.” Littleton Fine Arts Guild members were asked to present rare techniques and subjects. Denver artist Jackie McFarland was juror and awarded first place to S. Williams for a painting called “The 6th Food Group.” (Chocolate, you may have guessed.) Other winners: Julia Grundmeier, Nancy Meyer, Renee Chastant, Judith Berlinger and Joe Bonita. The Depot Art Gallery is at 2069 W. Powers Ave. in downtown Littleton. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. “Art Unhinged” hangs until July 27. 303-795-0781, depotartgallery.org.
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The Englewood Camera Club will meet at 7 p.m. July 8 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The presenter will be teacher/photographer Eli Vega. Topics: abstracts, close-ups and special effects. Vega said: “The best photography is found where technical know-how and creative aesthetics meet … we need to sharpen not only the left brain, but the right brain.” Guests are welcome.
Legendary ladies
Bemis Library will again present the popular “More Unconventional Women of the West,” at 2 p.m. July 12, presented by members of The Legendary Ladies, who choose a historical woman, research her, create a script and a costume and take her on the road. Included will be Nelly Bly, a reporter who made a round-the-world trip in 72 days; Captain Jack, an early promoter; Maude Nelson, an early baseball pitcher; Polly Pry, a pioneering reporter for the Denver Post; heiress Sara Winchester; author Anne Ellis, who lived in Rocky Mountain mining camps; and early cowgirl Prairie Rose. Bemis Library is at 6014
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LYFE Kitchen is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week, and serves snacks and beverages, including wines and local beer. Hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Corner House closes The Corner House, the Jefferson Park eatery founded by Seattle Fish Co. “schoolmaster” James Iacino and celebrated chef Matt Selby (Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s, Ace), closed June 21, according to a story in Westword.
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Chatfield camps
The Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield offers two camps for children this summer: • Farm Camp at Chatfield: “Way Back When on the Hildebrand Farm” runs July 7 to 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and explores early settlers’ life. $259/$239 DBG members. • “Life on the Farm” runs July 14 to 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and teaches children to care for farm animals and cultivate vegetables.$259/$239 DBG members.
Books, books and books
A Super Sidewalk Sale is planned on July 11 and 12 (10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) and July 13 (noon to 4 p.m.) at Southglenn Library, 6872 S. Vine St., Centennial. A group of “Better Books” will be featured. Friends of the Arapahoe Library District also sells used books on Amazon — find the link through arapahoelibraries.org/friends-ofthe-library. In 2013, the organization granted $150,000 to Arapahoe Library District through used book sales.
Home-front exhibit
“Littleton Goes to War,” a new exhibit on Littleton’s role in World War II, runs July 5 to Aug. 16 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission is free. 303-795-
Within less than a year of opening, Selby split from the neighborhood eatery for unclear reasons. Selby is now the top toque at Central Bistro in LoHi. Restaurant consultant and marketing maven Leigh Sullivan, who handles the restaurant’s public relations, became a part-owner, but according to Westword, the investment was too little too late. The space has been taken over by an unnamed “up-and-coming” chef, who will reopen with a new concept.
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“The 6th Food Group” by S. Williams was awarded First Place in the “Art Unhinged” exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery. The juror was Denver artist Jackie McFarland. Courtesy photo by Peggy Dietz 3900.
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The Castle Rock Winefest will be held at the Grange at the Meadows, 3692 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock, from 2 to 8 p.m. on July 19. Tickets: $27 in advance and $37 beginning July 17. More than 180 varieties of wine from more than 24 vineyards will be represented. Live musical entertainment from 4:30 p.m. on by the King Stan Band. Two Castle Rock restaurants will hold advance winemaker dinners: July 15, The Social, 872 W. Happy Canyon Road; and July 16, Augustine Grill,
bison as the national mammal at votebison.org. “Bison are a true American icon that once thundered across our Great Plains,” said George W. McKerrow, who, along with media mogul Ted Turner, co-founded Ted’s Montana Grill and pioneered the effort to preserve our country’s bison herds. “This summer, we are celebrating authentic American dining by shining a spotlight on all the ways local mavericks enjoy our beef and bison burgers.” Now through July 14, entries and nominations for the “Bite Your Bison” photo contest may be submitted on the Ted’s Montana Grill Facebook page, or via Instagram photos and tweets with the hashtag #BiteYourBison. Photo entries also will be accepted at bigskyspirit@tedsmontanagrill.com. Three fans with the most votes will enter the finals, where a restaurant voting panel will choose the grand prize
Parker will feature Vertical Horizon at 7:30 p.m. as headliner for the Sulphur Gulch Music Festival, starting at 1 p.m. on July 12 on the grounds and Mainstage at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Nine regional bands will play on three outdoor stages. Gourmet food trucks and a beer garden will be available. Tickets: $25, day pass; $55 Vertical Horizon plus day pass; kids 12 and younger free on day pass.
New Centennial market
The new Centennial Artisans and Farmers Market (formerly the Streets at Southglenn) is held at Centennial Center Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 12 and Aug. 9. It is on Arapahoe Road between Revere Parkway and Vaughn Street. winner of a Big Green Egg barbecue. There are three Ted’s Montana Grills in the metro area: Larimer Square, Westminster and Lakewood.
Overheard Eavesdropping on a DUI clinic participant smoking outside of the clinic in Northglenn: ”I am just two drinks short of being sober.” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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Playful ‘Plash’ placed in park Little’s Creek Park artwork designed for light interaction By Sonya Ellingboe and Jennifer Smith
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Nationally recognized artists Tom and Jean Latka talk about “Plash,” a sculpture created from glass, concrete and steel, installed near the pond’s edge at Little’s Creek Park in Littleton. Photo by Sonya Ellingboe
The South Suburban Public Art Committee welcomed its most recent commissioned acquisition, “Plash,” on June 27 at Little’s Creek Park, near the intersection of Broadway and Sterne Parkway. Committee chair Joyce Volpe introduced other committee members and the artists, Jean and Tom Latke of Pueblo, at the site. Created from brilliantly colored glass, stainless
steel and concrete, “Plash” is positioned to catch the sun and bright light and play games with them. The Latkas explained that “Plash” is the sound of a drop hitting water. They spoke of their start as ceramists and their transition into working with glass. “We found the pottery equipment also works for glass. Thirty-five years of making pots is enough. And glass is very sexy,” Tom Latka said. He had earlier told committee member Charles Whitley (publisher of ArtScape Colorado and a friend): “To be an artist is like doing a tap dance on a tightrope between the head, the heart and the hands …” This work really illustrates that, with its passionate use of color and form,
State salutes authors across 16 categories Awards ceremony held at historic Aspen hotel By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com On June 13, Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book announced winners of awards in 16 categories, selected after five months of judging of the 177 titles originally submitted. The awards ceremony was held at the historic Hotel Jerome in Aspen. Rheem Abu-Baker of Colorado Humanities coordinated the competition and judging. Winners were invited to read from their works, entered in one of the oldest state award programs in the country, where authors, editors and artists have been recognized for 23 years. South-metro area writers Craig Marshall Smith, Elizabeth Gibbons Van Ingen and Susan Allspaw of Highlands Ranch, and Sandra Wittow of
Englewood, had titles among the finalists, but did not make the winning list. We congratulate them all for persisting from the idea stage to their finished books. Many of the competing titles had a connection to the West in storyline or subject. Winning books and categories were: ç Biography: “Ernest L. Blumenschein: The Life of an American Artist,” by Robert W. Larson and Carole B. Larson. • Children’s Literature: “The Tumbleweed Came Back,” by Carmela LaVigna-Coyle and Kevin Rechin. • Creative Non-Fiction: “Animal, Mineral, Radical: Essays on Wildlife, Family and Food,” by B.K. Loren. • General Non-Fiction: “Tasting Colorado: Favorite Recipes from the Centennial State,” by Michele Morris. • Genre Fiction: “Changes,” by Pamela Nowak. • Historical Fiction: “The Drowning Guard: a Novel of the Ottoman Empire,” by Linda Lafferty. • History: “Denver Mountain Parks:
100 Years of a Magnificent Dream,” by Erika D. Walker, Wendy Rex-Atzet, Sally L. White, W. Bart Berger, Thomas J. Noel and John Fielder. • Juvenile Literature: “Grave Images,” by Jenny Goebel. • Literary Fiction: “Little Raw Souls,” by Steven Schwartz. • Memoir: “I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Coast Trail,” by Gail D. Storey. • Mystery: “Desperado: A Mile High Noir,” by Manuel Ramos. • Pictorial: “Firmament: A Meditation on Place in Three Parts,” by Andrew Beckham. • Poetry: “Natural Takeover of Small Things,” by Tim Z. Hernandez. • Poetry/Chapbook: “Ndewo Colorado,” by Uche Ogbuji. • Thriller/Suspense: “Double Dare,” by Michael Madigan. • Young Adult Literature: “Ascendant,” by Rebecca Taylor. More information about the competition can be found at coloradohumanities.org.
as well as the manifestation of technical skills in assembling the glass, cementing it to concrete and framing it in mirror-finish steel. “Plash” measures 6-by-8by-6 feet and weighs 5,000 pounds. It is carefully sited to avoid the park’s sprinklers. The Latkas, who are nationally recognized and have work in the Smithsonian collection, produce works of public art that withstand weathering and are attractive to viewers of all ages. (I found myself wishing for the company of a 4-year-old when “Plash” was introduced — it would
be love at first sight.) From the Latkas’ website: “Our goal is to reconnect with these archetypal, primal-ubiquitous forms, the shapes that everyone relates to, like spheres, circles, ovals and spirals. Universal forms, like the shape of our planet or the concentric circles or drops of water are our guide …” The easily accessible “Plash” is a good introduction to the Latkas’ world. An example of earlier ceramic work is a 1998 relief mural on the wall of the Littleton Center, soon after one enters.
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Summer opera Central City Opera presents its 2014 Festival through Aug. 13: “The Marriage of Figaro” runs alternately with “Dead Man Walking” through July at the historic Central City Opera House. “The Sound of Music” will run Aug. 5 to 13 at the Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. For ticket information: centralcityopera.org, 303-292-6700.
Little red-haired girl “Annie” is presented July 11 to Aug. 3 by Evergreen Players at Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25/$15, evergreenplayers.org, 303-674-4934.
Phamaly show “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” will be presented by Phamaly Theatre Company as a celebration of the 25th anniversary of this exceptional troupe. Performances will be at the Space Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex from July 10 to Aug. 10, at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays ; 2 p.m. Sundays; 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28. Tickets: $36/$30, 303-893-4100, phamaly.org. An audio-described and ASL Signed performance will be on July 20, with a sensory backstage tour at 11. The tour is free, but reservations are necessary, 303-365-0005.
Tarzan swings into town “Tarzan,” the stage musical by David Henry Hwang and Phil Collins, plays July 11 to Aug. 3 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth. Gavin Mayer is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $53 (children under 12 at 50 percent off only at the box office.) 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.
Sondheim at Bug “Company” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, plays through July 19 at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Presented by Equinox Theatre Company and directed by Colin
Roybal. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.
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Robert Dubac’s “The Book of Moron,” a clever oneman piece, written and performed by Dubac about Robert, an Everyman, his voice of reason and his inner moron, will return to Denver to play at the Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, from July 11 to 27. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25 ($20 advance) 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.org.
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sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “My mixed media installations and drawings recontextualize simplified shapes, signs and symbols from disparate historical and contemporary imagery to create abstract fictions,” says artist Liz Miller. “Recent projects pit Baroque and Gothic pattern and ornament against forms derived from weapons and weaponry …” Miller spoke about her career in art that brought her to create “Splendiferous Jungle Warfare,” the intricate installation that rose behind her June 19 at the Center for Visual Art in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District, after she spent the week assembling it onsite as part of a new exhibit, “Paper Work.” Miller, who describes herself as “professor and working artist,” teaches art at Minnesota State University, Mankato, full time and travels throughout the country installing her large, intricately designed sculptural works, executed in mixed media. She does the preliminary cutting, shaping and spray-painting in her studio and ships the elements to be assembled. She showed slides of early work, such as paintings and collages from graduate school: “I did hundreds of them, 8½ by 11, looking for pattern. The palette was not necessarily traditional. I looked at charts, graphs, diagrams that make sense of things that are chaotic ….” (She added that her parents are computer scientists.) An example of something of interest was a Hurricane Katrina map. Others were biological shapes. She received her BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the University of Minnesota. Her first installation was in 2004 — “Fairly flat, dealing with order and chaos…” She discovered stiffened felt, used in some constructions, and was inspired by an overgrowth of kudzu vine to create “Function of
if you go The “Paper Work” exhibit at the Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University’s gallery at 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, will run through Aug. 2. On July 10 from 6-8 p.m., Anne Hallam, assistant professor of art, and Dr. Ben Dyhr, assistant professor of mathematics, will lead “Paper Manipulations: 3-D Investigations Workshop” from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 5 Saturdays. 303-294-5207. Admission is free. MetroStateCVA.org. Ornament.” She showed a series of slides that inspired her art, including one of soldiers’ helmets surrounded by lush jungle growth — the start of the new work at CVA. The viewer will no doubt have a series of impressions, as this one did: Are those military figures at the rear — or tropical trees and vines? Are there birds perched in trees? Blossoms? Projectiles? And spread on the floor: undergrowth or …? With such a bright palette, how can there be anything sinister here? The audience had questions about her process: Does she sketch, diagram or build a model? Does she reuse or recreate from her materials such as those used here? She starts with an idea and builds it — no preliminary sketches or models. She ships the elements to the awaiting gallery and goes to work fitting it in place. She was pleased with the red walls at the CVA as a satisfactory background for her brightly hued design elements. She does not reuse the materials, but has given them away for a school to recycle/reuse. The works are after all, temporary — preserved in photos only. This quality is seen in numerous contemporary works, but causes rethinking to art students — and former art students — who have been drilled on using archival paper, etc., so works will be longlasting.
‘Divergent’ series author to visit Highlands Ranch By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Hugely successful young author Veronica Roth, whose “Divergent” trilogy has sold more than 22 million copies and inspired a new popular film by the same name, will appear to meet fans at the Tattered Cover/ Highlands Ranch at 7 p.m. July 15. Appearing with her at the book signing will be Margaret Stohl, co-author of the “Beautiful Creatures” series, which led to a 2013 film with that title. Both authors fit into a major pop culture movement that has readers of all ages collecting and enjoying titles in the young adult category — a trend that took off with J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series and continues unabated, despite publication of some critical articles. Roth’s latest book is “Four: a Divergent Collection,” four short stories told from the perspective of Tobias “Four” Eaton, a major character in the previous books. “Divergent,” her first title, was written during the winter break of Roth’s final year as a creative writing major at Northwestern University, where she also earned an MFA. Set in her home territory of Chicago, the books take a reader into a dystopian world, where Factions rule: Abnegation, Amnesty, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite. Sixteenyear-old Tris and others must choose and
if you go Veronica Roth and Margaret Stohl will appear at Tattered Cover/Highlands Ranch, 9315 Dorchester St. Highlands Ranch, at 7 p.m. July 15. join a Faction, or become a Divergent, those with an aptitude for more than one — an uncomfortable path. Others in the trilogy, “Insurgent” and “Allegiant,” followed. Roth is on a four-city national tour, which includes Highlands Ranch. At each stop, her publisher, Harper-Collins, will pair her with another popular young-adult author. In this case, it’s Stohl, whose new title is “Idols,” second in her new series that debuted with “Icons.” When readers buy a copy of both new books, it will trigger the gift of a book through the national organization One Book to a child in need, according to Tattered Cover’s Michael Cruikshank, special events manager. This program will follow Roth to other cities she visits: Boston, Atlanta and Lansing, Mich. Roth is said to have been a voracious reader as a teen and is committed to encouraging young people to read. In addition to her four-city tour, Roth will be attending the enormously popular San Diego Comic Con International, which attracts fans of science fiction by the thousands.
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Tutoring sessions designed to maintain and boost your child’s literacy skills over the summer break. There are four sessions available: July 8-11, July 21-25, Aug 6-9, and Aug 11-15. After-school and weekend tutoring will also be available during the school year. For more information, contact Dr. Robin Litt at LiteracyColorado@gmail.com or (303) 915-7682.
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Misc. Notices Red Rocks Community College está dedicado a la diversidad en su gente y los programas. Red Rocks Community College es un instituto educativo de igualdad en las oportunidades, el cual prohibe toda forma de discriminación y acoso, incluyendo las formas que violan las leyes federales y estatales, o las Polizas 3-120 y/o 4-120 del “State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education” (La Junta Directiva Estatal para los Institutos de las Comunidades y la Educación Laboral). Red Rocks Community College no discrimina a alguien basado en la raza, las creencias religiosas, el color de piel, el sexo, la orientación del sexo, la identidad o expresión del género, la religión, la edad, el origen o la ascendencia nacional, el estatus de embarazo, el estatus veterano, la información genética, las incapacidades físicas y/o mentales, o cualquier otra categoría protegida por una ley que se aplica a sus costumbres de empleo o programas educativos. El instituto hará lo necesario para asegurarse que la falta de habilidades en el idioma inglés no sea una barrera a la aceptación y/o la participación en los programas de educación para los oficios. El instituto ha designado al Dr. William Dial con la responsabilidad de coordinar sus actividades del cumplimiento de derechos civiles y los procedimientos conciliatorios. Para más información, pongase en contacto con Dr. William Dial, 13300 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO. 80228-1255. Teléfono: 303-914-6298. Ecorreo: bill.dial@rrcc.edu. Red Rocks Community College is committed to diversity in its people and programs. The College is an equal opportunity educational institution which prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment including those that violate federal and state law, or the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education Board Policies 3-120 and/or 4-120. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, pregnancy status, veteran’s status, genetic information, physical and/or mental disability or any other category protected by applicable law in its employment practices or education programs. The College will take appropriate steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and/or participation in vocational education programs. The College has designated Dr. Bill Dial with the responsibility to coordinate its civil rights compliance activities and grievance procedures. For information, contact: Dr. Bill Dial, 13300 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80228-1255. Telephone: 303.914.6298; email: bill.dial@rrcc.edu.
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Arts & Crafts 17th Annual Winter Park Craft Fair
Aug. 9th & 10th. Sat 9-6 Sun 9-4 Winter Park Colorado. Lions Club Breakfast Applications now available call 970-531-3170 or email jjbeam@hotmail.com
Bicycles
TRANSPORTATION Parts 4 15" Snow Grip Studded Tires, Mounted on GM Wheels, used very little $120 303-431-2856
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Lone Tree Voice 17
July 3, 2014
South Metro Chamber names new CEO Highlands Ranch Realtor Robert Golden takes helm By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com The board of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce has hired Robert E. Golden as its new president and CEO, effective immediately. Marcia McGilley had been the acting president after longtime CEO John Brackney left the chamber in late March. “Bob has a proven track record of collaboration and stellar achievement,” Herm Brocksmith, board of directors chairman, said in a June 25 news release. “We expect the South Metro Denver Chamber to thrive, grow and achieve its potential under his leadership. With Bob’s tremendous work ethic, influential contacts and business savvy, we are poised for great success.” Golden most recently had been president of Golden Solution LLC, an association consulting firm based in Highlands Ranch, since December 2012. Before that, he was the CEO of the Colorado Association of Realtors for eight years. Golden earned his bachelor’s degree in
business from Florida Atlantic University in 1982. He and his wife, Kathy, have four grown children. He said he is honored to have been chosen for the job. “I look forward to leading the chamber under the four pillars of economic development, public policy, education and infrastructure, which are vital to the prosperity of our business community,” he said. The hiring of Golden comes on the heels of several staff departures at the chamber. After more than a decade there, Brackney unexpectedly announced his resignation on March 24. He announced he’d accepted a job at Greenwood Village marketing firm Webolutions on April 11. About three weeks after Brackney’s departure, Jeff Holwell, chief operating officer and economic development director, announced he was leaving to become the City of Lone Tree’s economic development director. He had worked at the chamber since 2011. In May, the director of public policy, Patrick Pratt, left to become the program manager for the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry’s Colorado Manufacturing Initiative. He had been with the chamber since 2010. Terry McElhaney, manager of communications, also left in May. He started his
own graphics company, Great Graphix,
Bean, the coffee shop at the Littleton Light
and continues to co-own Romancing the
Rail Station.
Serving the southeast Denver area
Castle Rock/Franktown
Greenwood Village
Highlands Ranch
First United Methodist Church 1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org
Services:
Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Congregation Beth Shalom Serving the Southeast Denver area
Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org
303-794-6643
Highlands Ranch Worship Sunday · 8:00 am & 10:30 am 9:15 am · for children and adults
preschool
Serving the community ages 21/2 – 6 years “Love, Learn, Laugh”
www.faithcrco.org 303-688-3476
303 N Ridge Rd. • Castle Rock • CO
Open and Affirming
Sunday Worship
8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am Sanctuary 10:20 am St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am
Non-Denominational 9:00 am Sunday WorShip
Pastor Paul Flannery “It’s not about us... It’s about serving others... T hen God gets the Glory!”
www.HFCdenver.org
Cowboy Church
Christ’s Episcopal Church
303-798-8485
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School Bible Study 10:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)
303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org
10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808
First Presbyterian Church of Littleton
Abiding Word Lutheran Church 8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch
(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)
Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am
303-791-3315
pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org
Music Camp 2014 Learning about God’s Creation through song!
The Bahá’í Faith
“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”
Sunday
8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Weekly children’s classes, devotions and study DouglasCountyAssembly@gmail.com 303.947.7540
July 28 - Aug.1 9AM-12PM 1st to 6th Grade • Cost $15 Pre-register online by July 10 & get a free t-shirt. 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134, (303) 841-3836
www.parkerbiblechurch.org Welcome Home!
Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life
worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co
TWITTER: @CECCastleRock
Lutheran Church & School
United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop
Littleton
You are invited to worship with us:
615 4th Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.5185
Trinity
Parker
303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510
www.gracecolorado.com
www.ChristsEpiscopalChurch.org
Currently meeting at: Acres Green Elementary School 13524 Acres Green Drive 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com
Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey
Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy. (Across from Murdochs)
Parker
Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Thursday Bible Study - 7:30pm
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN
Sundays at 10:00 am
Parker
Church of Christ
1609 W. Littleton Blvd. (303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org
with Kevin Weatherby
Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Lone Tree
www.st-andrew-umc.com
2121 Dad Clark Drive 720.259.2390
Line camp - Castle Rock Sundays 10 am DC Fairgrounds – Kirk Hall
Lone Tree
9203 S. University Blvd. Highlands Ranch, 80126
sunday school
www.savethecowboy.com
From left: Herm Brocksmith, chairman of the board for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce and president/general manager of Kuni-Honda Arapahoe; Robert E. Golden, new CEO of the South Metro Chamber; Rick Whipple, Chamber Board of Directors chair-elect and CEO of WhippleWood CPAs. Courtesy photo
303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us
Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve
Sunday Worship
8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org
Joy Lutheran Church Sharing God’s Love
Where people are excited about God’s Word.
Bible Studies: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults
SErviCES:
Saturday 5:30pm
Sunday 9:30am
Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org
Parker
Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet
303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org
To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.
Sunday Worship: 10:45AM Evening Worship: 6PM 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836
www.parkerbiblechurch.org
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18 Lone Tree Voice
July 3, 2014
things to do TOP 5
MUSIC/CONCERTS SCOTT ThE BagpIpER TO pERfORM CaSTlE COUNTRy Assisted Living will welcome bagpiper Scott Beach for a program
of patriotic songs on Monday, July 7. Beach will perform at 11 a.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and at 3 p.m. at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. Beach has played the Great Highland Bagpipes for more than 25 years. He was trained by world-renowned pipers Murray and Patricia Henderson in Scotland. This event is free and open to the public. For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.
pIaNO COMpOSITIONS pROgRaM SCOTT O’NEIll, resident conductor of the Colorado Symphony, presents a program of piano compositions at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, at Arts in the Afternoon at the Lone Tree Arts Center, in the Event Hall. Go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org. SUMMER Walk CONCERT SERIES
SUMMER CONCERTS WITh fIREWORkS hUdSON gaRdENS & Event Center welcomes Firefall on Friday, July 4. Fireworks will follow. Concert begins at 7 p.m. and is part of the gardens’ 16th summer concert season. Parking is free. For tickets, go to www.altitudetickets.com. Go to www. hudsongardens.org for details. lEgENdaRy ladIES ThEaTRICal ShOW
pRaIRIE Sky Park Summer Walk Concert Series presents the Mary Louise Lee Trio, R&B, Friday, July 11; and Chuck Pyle Duo, alternative country and contemporary folk, Friday, Aug. 8, at 9381 Crossington Way, Lone Tree. Concerts are from 4-5:30 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Contact Iris Gregg at Irisg@sspr.org, or call 303-708-3513.
ThEaTER hEROIC dOINgS “lOBBy hERO” plays through Sunday, July 6, at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Directed by Linda Suttle of Littleton. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: vintagetheatre.com. WIzaRd CaMp ThEaTRE Of Dreams presents its 11th summer wizard camp from Monday, July 7 to Thursday, July 10. Focus is on performance, creativity and presentation. Classes taught by professional magicians Joe Givan and Carol Massie. Camp runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon, with a recital at noon on the last day. For ages 7 and older. Cost includes supplies, tote bag and a T-shirt, plus the recital show. Camp is at 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Go to www. AmazingShows.com or call 303-660-6799 for details.
Province Center Car Wash, 8804 S. Colorado Blvd. There will be more than 40 kids waiting for cars to wash.
NaTURE dISCOvERy, SENSORy hIkE JOIN hUdSON Gardens on a sensory hike as we feel, smell and taste our way through the gardens from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 12. Participants will discover the many textures of plants, from the sharp needles of spruce trees to the fuzzy and soft leaves of plants like Lamb’s Ear. We’ll also have a chance to take in the wonderful scents of plants that smell like licorice, popcorn, and chocolate. Lastly, we’ll get to sample some of the tasty plants grown in the herb garden. Check in at the Gift Shop at least five minutes prior to the start of the program. Program is outdoors, rain or shine, so dress for the weather. Call 303-797-8565 ext. 306 or visit shop.hudsong ardens.org to register. ‘dIvERgENT’ aUThOR BOOk SIgNINg aUThOR Of the Divergent series, Veronica Roth, will sign books and celebrate the release of “Four: A Divergent Collection,” a compilation of four short stories set in the Divergent world told from the perspective of Tobias “Four” Eaton, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch, 9315 Dorchester St. The book will be released July 8. Roth will be joined by author Margaret Stohl (“Beautiful Creatures” and “Icons” series). For every ticket sold, a new book will be donated to a child in need through First Book (http://www.firstbook.org/). Call 303-322-1965. lUNChEON MEETINg WITh MayOR WhaT TO know what’s happening in Lone Tree? Join the Lone Tree Arts Center Guild at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, for a luncheon meeting with Mayor Jim Gunning. He will provide updates on plans for the city. Go to www.lonetreeartscenterguild.org to register. Lunch is $15.
EdUCaTIONal
UNCONvENTIONal WOMEN Of ThE WEST
ThE lEgENdaRy Ladies present “Unconventional Women of the West,” a theatrical performance, at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. The performance is part of the Living and Aging Well in Lone Tree speaker series, which includes lunch. RSVP to LivingandAgingWellinLT@gmail. com or 303-225-4930 by Friday, July 4. NonLone Tree residents welcome to attend. Cost is $10 and includes lunch (payable to SSPRD). ICE CREaM SOCIal ThE hIghlaNdS Ranch Metro District’s annual ice cream social is from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, at Civic Green Park in Highlands Ranch. The event, which has become a summer tradition for many families in the community, features allyou-can-eat ice cream and snow cones for $2. All proceeds from wrist-band sales will go to the Highlands Ranch Park and Recreation Foundation. Visit www.highlandsranch.org or call 303-791-0430 for information.
SEvEN aCTRESSES portray women in the history of the West in a dramatic presenta-
tion at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. The historical characters include Nelly Bly, a ground-breaking reporter known for a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days; Captain Jack, a colorful promoter described as one of “the wildest women in Colorado history”; Maude Nelson, an early professional baseball pitcher; Polly Pry, a pioneering reporter for The Denver Post; heiress Sara Winchester; author Anne Ellis who lived in the Rocky Mountain mining camps; and early cowgirl Prairie Rose, known for her sensational costumes. Each actress researched her character, written her script and created a costume. Program will be produced by The Legendary Ladies, a group that exists to promote the role of women in the settling of the West. Call 303-795-3961.
ThIS BUg’S fOR yOU “COMpaNy” By Stephen Sondheim plays through Saturday, July 19, presented by Equi-
nox Theatre Company at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Colin Roybal is director. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets: EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.
SUMMER OpERa CENTRal CITy Opera presents its 2014 Festival through Aug. 13: “The Marriage of Figaro” runs alternately with “Dead Man Walking” through July at the historic Central City Opera House. “The Sound of Music” will run Aug. 5-13 at the Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. For ticket information: centralcityopera.org, 303-292-6700.
EvENTS INdEpENdENCE day BBQ CaSTlE COUNTRy Assisted Living plans its annual Fourth of July barbecue at noon Friday, July 4, at each of its houses - Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. Guests are welcome. Entry is $5 per person to cover the cost of food. For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552. TIpS fOR hIkINg a fOURTEENER
JIM haNSMaNN from the Castle Rock Museum will present a program on the Civilian Conservation Corp. camp in Castle Rock. The free presentation is at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Refreshments served at 6:30 p.m.
JOIN JON Kedrowski at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, in exploring the nuts and bolts of mountain weather patterns, altitude and gear, and how this information will help you prepare in hiking Colorado’s Fourteeners. Program will be at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker. Kedrowski’s book “Sleeping on the Summits: Colorado’s Fourteener High Bivys” will be available for sale and signing. Call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org to register.
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CIvIlIaN CONSERvaTION CORp. CaMp
ThE WIldlIfE Experience presents “Gorilla Trek: An Urban Safari” at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12, at 10035 Peoria St., Parker. Meet Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund founder Ruth Keesling and view the Mountain Gorilla Keeping Diane Fossey’s Dream Alive exhibit. Go to www. gorillaevents.com/ gorillatrek.
BUIld yOUR summer reading list and maybe win a door prize at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Unit 200. Program will appeal to lovers of historical fiction. Call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org to register.
SOCCER ClINIC aRMa dEI Academy, 345 E. Wildcat Reserve Parkway, Highlands Ranch, offers a number of clubs that are open to Highlands Ranch and the surrounding communities. A 10-day soccer camp, led by coach Steve Marshall, a semi-pro English soccer player, meets from 8-11 a.m. Monday to Friday, July 7-11 and July 14-18. Camp covers fundamentals. To register, call 303-346-4523 or email lpayne@armadeiacademy.com. BOTaNIC gaRdENS faRM CaMp dENvER BOTaNIC Gardens at Chatfield plans farm camp “Way Back When on Hildebrand Ranch” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 7, to Friday, July 11. Scholarships available. Campers will explore life as an early settler, including churning butter, making biscuits and learning to cook on a wood-burning stove on the Hildebrand Ranch. No late pick-up available. Sign up at http://catalog.botanicgardens.org/DateSelection. aspx?item=2118 gROWINg ThE pERfECT vEgETaBlE gaRdEN hUdSON gaRdENS gardeners will answer questions and give advice on how to grow the perfect vegetable garden from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8. Opportunities to observe bed preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting, and more. Drop by anytime; no registration required.
hUNgER aNd OUR COMMUNITy COlUMBINE UNITEd Church sponsors an educational series “Why Do We Have So Many Hungry People?” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, July 8, 15, 23, at 6375 S. Platte Canyon Road, Littleton. The series is designed for anyone who has ever participated in a food drive, contributed to the food bank or worked at a soup kitchen. Topics are “What does hunger look like in our community” on July 8; “Why don’t they just get a job,” July 15; and “Hunger in the schools” on July 22. Speakers from Food Bank of the Rockies, the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Warren Village, LPS, Jeffco Public Schools and more. MalaySa hISTORy, ROlE IN WORld JOIN aCTIvE Minds from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, as we explore the history of Malaysia, its role in the region and the world, and the recent disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Program is free and takes place at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. WIldfIRE fIghTINg, BURN RECOvERy
ThE NExT movie in Centennial’s outdoor movie series is “The Little Mermaid,” showing Friday, July 11 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Each event features entertainment, snacks and the movie, which will begin at dusk. In honor of the event’s water theme, the park’s water play area will stay open until dark, and a bubble tower and bounce house with water slide will add to the fun. The Funnels food truck and Tart and Tatlee vendors will be on site. Alcohol is not allowed. Blankets and chairs are welcome.
JOIN aCTIvE Minds from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, to learn how fires are fought, the role of forest policy, burn recovery, weather and newer challenges. We’ll also look at the role of fire in nature and how areas have recovered from devastating burns. Program is free and takes place at Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Unit 200, Littleton. Call 303-791-7323 to RSVP, or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
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BUSINESS plaN BaSICS
fRIday fIlM fEST
ThE 16Th annual Robert D. Hayes Golf Tournament is Friday, July 11, at Red Hawk Ridge
Golf Course, 2156 Red Hawk Ridge Drive, Castle Rock. The tournament is a fundraiser for Kiwanis Club of Castle Rock. Go to www.kiwanisatcastlerock.org for details and an application.
8Th-gRadERS plaN CaR WaSh ThE 8Th-gRadE class from Platte River Academy will be washing cars to raise money from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12. The donation-based wash will help fund the 8th-graders’ trip to Washington, D.C., in April 2015. Car washing will take place at
lEaRN ThE benefits of business planning and how to write one to ensure the success of your business. This program, presented by the Small Business Development Center of South Metro Denver, begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. To register, visit http://www.smallbusinessdenver.com/events.cfm. EdITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Friday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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Lone Tree Voice 19
July 3, 2014
The “Aluminum Overcast,” one of five B-17s still flying, is shown at Centennial Airport on June 19. Photos by Chris Michlewicz
Bomber gets eyes on the sky B-17 dazzles Aviation Week visitors, public on the ground By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com With its tail wildly swinging back and forth, the glimmering B-17 inched off the ground and toward the heavens. Uncontrollable grins decorated the faces of the 10 passengers aboard the “Aluminum Overcast,” one of five B-17s in existence still flying and “probably the best one” if you ask crew chief Don Burbank. The four engines roared as the World War II-era bomber climbed to 5,000 feet (10,000 feet if you count the city’s elevation). The “Aluminum Overcast” was the star attraction of Centennial Airport’s Aviation Week, which included a luncheon, charity golf tournament and a 1940s-era hangar dance. Proceeds from the
week’s activities benefitted the Colorado Aviation Business Association Foundation Scholarship Fund and the Centennial Airport Foundation. The massive B-17 was the talk of the south metro area, capturing the attention of an awestruck public on the ground. Lumbering along at low altitude, the aircraft was a distinct presence in the sky for days as it made loops from Centennial Airport and over Highlands Ranch, Chatfield Reservoir and south Denver before heading back. It could be heard coming and going. On June 19, vintage planes were displayed and flown to acquaint visitors with history. Carl Williams, of Denver, arrived as a passenger in a two-seat 1929 Alexander Eaglerock biplane he built. It was parked on the runway with placards that explained its past. “It absolutely changed my life,” he said of the maiden flight in his first Eaglerock, which now hangs in Denver International
Airport. A lucky few got to ride in the B-17, including Denver resident John Kyle, who saw the airplane fly overhead and did a quick online search to determine its origin. He placed a phone call and found out there was one seat still available on the last flight open to the public. Lyle nabbed it and was speeding down the runway hours later. The B-17, it turns out, plays a part in Lyle’s family history. His uncle died at the controls of a B-17 that ran out of gas and crashed after a bombing run over Germany during World War II. The June 19 flight was Lyle’s first time flying in a B-17. One man on the 25-minute flight said he has been waiting since the age of 8 to ride in a B-17. He saw a television news piece on Aviation Week and reserved a spot, knowing it might be a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity. Exploring the B-17 mid-flight brought about a childlike sense of wonder for the men in their sixth
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Carl Williams, of Denver, looks at the 1929 Alexander Eaglerock airplane he built. “It absolutely changed my life,” he said of his first flight in the aircraft. and seventh decade that crawled on unforgiving hard floors to discover nearly every nuance of the plane. The bombardier section, a window below the cockpit, provided the best views. The “Aluminum Overcast” came off the assembly line in May
1945 near the end of World War II. It never flew a mission, which is a big reason why it’s still in good condition. With proper maintenance, it could remain in the sky for years to come, assuming there is a pilot capable of handling the difficult controls.
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Colorado’s elite gather on the pitch Nine south metro players participate in state all-star games By Jim Benton
jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Many of the world’s elite players are competing this month in the World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil. Some of Colorado’s best high school players, meanwhile, got together to play in the Colorado High School Soccer Coaches Association’s All-State games June 25 at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood. Arapahoe senior Lauren Conley, who will play next season at the University of Denver, was the lone south metro girl to participate. She was on the south team, which lost 3-1 to their north counterparts. “It was kind of different,” said Conley. “It wasn’t the same as playing for my high school. But, it was awesome to come out here and play. I know a lot of the girls from club and it was real fun to have all of us come out and play with the best players in the state. “It was hard because we haven’t played in a while and we haven’t played with each other. It was just kind of a fun thing and I’m glad they do something like this.” Conley won’t be playing much soccer this summer but instead will be preparing for next season with the Pioneers. “I’m training and just kind of preparing for college soccer,” she said. “I leave for school in August. A lot of the girls I know leave in early July and just kind of getting ready for that transition that we all have to make. “DU gives us a summer manual for college. Mine is four days of running and
two days of lifting. Most of soccer is fitness but I’ve always weight-trained. It’s definitely going to be weird living without my parents and stuff. I’m close to home so it’s different for me than a lot of the girls. I’m definitely nervous, but really excited to be able to play for DU. I’m just preparing myself.” While Conley was the only girl, eight south metro boys were invited to play. Cherry Creek’s Jason Kagie and Ben Bartelett, as well as Josh Kracke and Andrew Griender of Rock Canyon played for the north team, while Brendan Clark of Valor Christian, Mountain Vista’s Kyle Vigil and Chase Breslaw and Dalton Lundberg of Heritage were on the south team. Rock Canyon’s Sean Henning was one of the coaches for the north, which won the game 1-0 on a goal by George Washington’s William Murphy in the 61st minute. “It was a blast,” said Kracke. “It was an honor to be able to play with these guys. It was good competition with high intensity. There is like high school soccer and then this match with all the elite players at a higher level. It made it harder but it was faster and more fun.” Kracke, like Conley, will be working out this summer to prepare to play next season at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Kagie, a graduated senior, doesn’t plan to play soccer in college and enjoyed his last match of competitive soccer. “It was a lot fun,” he said. “I really, really enjoyed it. It was a different type of game because we didn’t know each other. But we played well. “I’m not playing in college. I’m just sort of having fun playing soccer. I’m going to play club maybe later on. I just don’t want to have soccer as a job. I like the more fun aspect of it rather than the super competitive aspect of it.”
Arapahoe High’s Laura Conley takes a drink during the June 25 CHSSCA All-State soccer match. Photo by Jim Benton
Zuppa makes players around her better Littleton High grad named girls lacrosse player of the year By Jim Benton
jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Stacey Zuppa is a prime example that it takes more than statistics to measure the worth of a good girls lacrosse player. Zuppa, a recent Littleton High School graduate, did not lead the Heritage/Littleton lacrosse team in scoring. Her totals in goals, assists and points were among the top 10 in the Continental League but were not high on the list of state leaders. Still, Zuppa’s all-around play was a factor in her being named the Colorado Community Media’s South Metro girls lacrosse Player of the Year. She was also chosen as the Continental League’s Player of the Year. “I don’t even look at statistics,” said Zuppa who will play lacrosse next season at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. “I don’t think they really speak to the game at all. There is so much that goes on that is not recorded, especially the assists. They are very strict, like it has to be a quick goal but sometimes it’s more setting up a play, getting the ball, moving it and getting other people open. “I look at other teams and see they have thousands of goals and assists but that also speaks to the team. We really did well, everyone on our team. It wasn’t just that we were going to have just one person score all the time. A lot of different people were able to constantly contribute.” Zuppa had 45 goals and 63 points for the Gryphons, who advanced to the second round of the state playoffs. She led the Continental League in draws with a .508 percentage. “She’s an amazing athlete,” said Heritage/Littleton coach Alexis Rawlings. `She doesn’t have a stop button. She never
Stacey Zuppa, of the Heritage/Littleton squad, is Colorado Community Media’s South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year. Courtesy photo wanted to be taken off the field.” Rawlings lauded Zuppa as the midfield transition player who helped the Gryphons switch into offensive plays. Rawlings said one of Zuppa’s biggest concerns was, “how can she assist another player.”
“I did really well and I was able to grow as a leader and take on that role,” recalled Zuppa. “I was one of the few seniors on the team. I was a good experience. I was able to lead. I was a captain, which was nice and I was able to bring a lot to the team on
the field too. “There were many games I wasn’t scoring but I was setting picks for someone else to help them get open or maybe set up a play, which can be a little more helpful sometimes than just scoring a goal.”
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PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0155
PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0155 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/22/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: NIEMI LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Original Beneficiary: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 7/2/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008047017 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of watch practice.Debt: She$445,600.00 would take care of the Outstanding Principal Amount as the kids. We had like a day-care service in ofthe date hereof: $382,705.41 Pursuant to C.R.S. (4) (i),up you grandstands. We would just§38-38-101 hang out are hereby notified that the covenants of there. Then my and would the dad deed of trust grandpa have been violated as follows: failurethe to pay the Evidence go watch the races from pits. I wasn’tof Debt and failure to pay real property allowed in the taxes. pits because there was an jbenton THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE age limit. I remember A FIRST LIEN. playing kickball @coloradocommunitymedia.com The property described herein is all of the and stuff at CNS by encumbered the bathrooms property by the lienover of the deed of trust. Kyle Ray used to play kickball at Colo- there in turn four.” Legal Description of Real Property: Units 201, Building 5, Village in Square OfRay, 26, started racing go-karts 2001 rado National Speedway, but he’s now one fice Condominiums, in accordance with and raced professionally. He took second and subject to the Declaration for Village of the racetrack’s paramount drivers. Square Office Condominiums recorded in the MonacoSeptember Kart Cup7, and started driv2006 at Reception No. Ray is listed as a rookie in the Mod 2006077215, and the Village Ofing open-wheel cars in 2006. AfterSquare taking fice Condominiums Plat No. 2 recorded Coupe, Super Modified and Grand Ameria few years offJ ubecause PUBLIC NOTICE n e 1 5 , 2 0 0of 7 afinancial t R e c e p t i o nreaNo. can Modified divisions, but the Littleton 2007047728, in the office of the Clerk and sons, he resumed racing agoState at Lone Tree Recorder of the four Countyyears of Douglas, resident is a third-generation driverNOTICE who OF CNS SALE in the Legend of Colorado. And Unit 202B, Building 5, series. Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0155 Village Square Office Condominiums, in started his racing career in Go-Karts, accordance and subject to the DeHe captured two with Rocky Mountain To Whom It May Concern: On 4/22/2014 claration for Village Square Office ConShifter Karts, Sprint Cars and Midgets. Racing Association championthe undersigned PublicLegend Trustee caused dominiums recorded September 7, 2006 “My grandpa, his name theisNotice Billof Ray, Election and Demand relatReception No. 2006077215, as and thisat season is driving theAmendNo. ing to the Deed of Trustships described below amended by that certain Second raced at Englewood Speedway the Suto bein recorded in Douglas County.Coupe for ment Starr to Declaration for Village Squareby Of3 Mod Racing, owned Original Grantor: NIEMI LLC, A COLORfice Condominiums recorded June 28, per Modified in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s,” Littleton’s Jack Starr, in the Colorado Auto ADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2007 at Reception No. 2007051318, and Original Beneficiary: the Village Square Office Condominium said Ray. “My dad raced atBANK, CNS when JPMORGAN RacingCHASE Club series. is also the NA Plat No. He 2 recorded Junedriving 15, 2007 at ReHolderHe of Evidence of58 Debt: JP- Modified ception No. 2007047728, in the office of it was dirt. His name is alsoCurrent Bill Ray. No. Super owned by his dad MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA the Clerk and Recorder of the County of raced when it was asphalt in Super Datethe of Deed of Trust (DOT): Douglas, State of Colorado County is of and6/24/2008 a Grand American Modified, which Recording Date of DOT: 7/2/2008 Douglas, State of Colorado together with Stock. owned by MikeallHunter Parker. erected or afReception No. of DOT: 2008047017 existing or of subsequently DOT Recorded in Douglas County. fixed buildings, Improvements and fix“I kind of grew up at CNS. My aunt used after I getrights off work, Original Principal Amount of“Basically Evidence of every tures; day all easements, of way, Debt: $445,600.00 streets, roads, alleys andapublic places, I go to work at my second job as race-car to get there at like 1 o’clock Outstanding every day to Principal Amount as of the privileges and appurtenances, public or date hereof: $382,705.41 private, now or hereafter used in connecPursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you tion with the Property; all rights to make are hereby notified that the covenants of division of the land that are exempt from the deed of trust have been violated as the platting requirements of all applicable follows: failure to pay the Evidence of land division and/ or platting acts, as Debt and failure to pay real property amended from time to time; all water, wataxes. ter rights and ditch rights (including stock THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); all A FIRST LIEN. Personal Property; all licenses, contracts, The property described herein is all of the permits and agreements required or used property encumbered by the lien of the in connection with the ownership, operadeed of trust. tion or maintenance of the Property; all inLegal Description of Real Property: surance proceeds; all awards, including Units 201, Building 5, Village Square Ofinterest, made to Grantor for any taking by fice Condominiums, in accordance with eminent domain of the Property; all existand subject to the Declaration for Village ing and future leases, subleases, licenses Square Office Condominiums recorded and other agreements for the use and/or September 7, 2006 at Reception No. occupancy of the Property, oral or written, 2006077215, and the Village Square Ofincluding all extensions, renewals, refice Condominiums Plat No. 2 recorded placements and holdovers (the "Leases"); June 15, 2007 at Reception No. all Rents from the property; and all other PUBLIC NOTICE 2007047728, in the office of the Clerk and rights, royalties, and profits relating to the Recorder of the County of Douglas, State real property, including without limitation Lone Tree of Colorado. And Unit 202B, Building 5, all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and simNOTICE OF SALE Village Square Office Condominiums, in ilar matters (the "Real Property") located Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0155 accordance with and subject to the Dein Douglas County, State of Colorado. claration for Village Square Office ConWhich has the address of: 9360 Teddy To Whom It May Concern: On 4/22/2014 dominiums recorded September 7, 2006 Lane #201 & 202b, Lone Tree, CO 80124 the undersigned Public Trustee caused at Reception No. 2006077215, as the Notice of Election and Demand relatamended by that certain Second AmendNOTICE OF SALE ing to the Deed of Trust described below ment to Declaration for Village Square Ofto be recorded in Douglas County. fice Condominiums recorded June 28, The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Original Grantor: NIEMI LLC, A COLOR2007 at Reception No. 2007051318, and ADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY secured by the Deed of Trust described the Village Square Office Condominium Original Beneficiary: JPMORGAN CHASE herein, has filed written election and dePlat No. 2 recorded June 15, 2007 at ReBANK, NA mand for sale as provided by law and in ception No. 2007047728, in the office of Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPsaid Deed of Trust. the Clerk and Recorder of the County of MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Douglas, State of Colorado County of Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2008 that on the first possible sale date (unless Douglas, State of Colorado together with Recording Date of DOT: 7/2/2008 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wedall existing or subsequently erected or afReception No. of DOT: 2008047017 nesday, August 13, 2014, at the Public fixed buildings, Improvements and fixTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle DOT Recorded in Douglas County. tures; all easements, rights of way, Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucOriginal Principal Amount of Evidence of streets, roads, alleys and public places, tion to the highest and best bidder for Debt: $445,600.00 privileges and appurtenances, public or cash, the said real property and all inOutstanding Principal Amount as of the private, now or hereafter used in connecterest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs date hereof: $382,705.41 tion with the Property; all rights to make and assigns therein, for the purpose of Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you division of the land that are exempt from paying the indebtedness provided in said are hereby notified that the covenants of the platting requirements of all applicable Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of the deed of trust have been violated as land division and/ or platting acts, as Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses follows: failure to pay the Evidence of amended from time to time; all water, waof sale and other items allowed by law, Debt and failure to pay real property ter rights and ditch rights (including stock and will deliver to the purchaser a Certifictaxes. in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); all ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Personal Property; all licenses, contracts, First Publication: 6/19/2014 A FIRST LIEN. permits and agreements required or used Last Publication: 7/17/2014 The property described herein is all of the in connection with the ownership, operaPublisher: Douglas County News Press property encumbered by the lien of the tion or maintenance of the Property; all inDated: 4/23/2014 deed of trust. surance proceeds; all awards, including ROBERT J. HUSSON Legal Description of Real Property: interest, made to Grantor for any taking by DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee Units 201, Building 5, Village Square Ofeminent domain of the Property; all existThe name, address and telephone numfice Condominiums, in accordance with ing and future leases, subleases, licenses bers of the attorney(s) representing the and subject to the Declaration for Village and other agreements for the use and/or legal holder of the indebtedness is: Square Office Condominiums recorded occupancy of the Property, oral or written, ALAN M KEEFFE September 7, 2006 at Reception No. including all extensions, renewals, reColorado Registration #: 15090 2006077215, and the Village Square Ofplacements and holdovers (the "Leases"); 675 SNAPDRAGON WAY, SUITE 350 , fice Condominiums Plat No. 2 recorded all Rents from the property; and all other June 15, 2007 at Reception No. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO rights, royalties, and profits relating to the 2007047728, in the office of the Clerk and 80487 real property, including without limitation Recorder of the County of Douglas, State Phone #: (303) 299-8372 all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and simof Colorado. And Unit 202B, Building 5, Fax #:
Kyle Ray races a modified coupe at a recent event. Courtesy photos
To Whom It May Concern: On 4/22/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: NIEMI LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Original Beneficiary: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 7/2/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008047017 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $445,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $382,705.41 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 the Evidence of Debt and failure to pay real property taxes. 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: Units 201, Building 5, Village Square Office Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Declaration for Village Square Office Condominiums recorded September 7, 2006 at Reception No. 2006077215, and the Village Square Office Condominiums Plat No. 2 recorded June 15, 2007 at Reception No. 2007047728, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Douglas, State of Colorado. And Unit 202B, Building 5, Village Square Office Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Declaration for Village Square Office Condominiums recorded September 7, 2006 at Reception No. 2006077215, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Declaration for Village Square Office Condominiums recorded June 28, 2007 at Reception No. 2007051318, and the Village Square Office Condominium Plat No. 2 recorded June 15, 2007 at Reception No. 2007047728, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Douglas, State of Colorado County of Douglas, State of Colorado together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, Improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, person,” said Ray. streets, roads, alleys and public places, privileges and appurtenances, public or for Modified Ray holds track records private, now or hereafter used in connection with theand Property; all rights to Coupes Legends atmake CNS. He estabdivision of the land that are exempt from lished Legend of 18.500 and the plattingthe requirements of allmark applicable land division and/ or platting acts, as 5, 2013. He 72.973 miles per hour July amended from time to time; all water, water rights his and ditch (including stock broke ownrights Mod Coupe record on June in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); all 7Personal with a 15.266 at 88.4contracts, mph. Property; all licenses, permits and agreements required or used “I’m a rookie in all three in connection with the ownership, opera-divisions but I tion or maintenance of the Property; allain-rookie, but acwouldn’t consider myself surance proceeds; all awards, including interest, made Grantorformat for any taking cording tototheir I’mbya technically a eminent domain of the Property; all existrookie,” said Ray. ing and future leases, subleases, licenses and other agreements for the use and/or “Our goal for this year was to win the occupancy of the Property, oral or written, including championship all extensions, renewals, CARC butre-we had some placements and holdovers (the "Leases"); mechanical the car and had all Rents from the failures property; andon all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the two DNFsincluding (did without not finish). real property, limitation We changed all minerals, oil, gas, and the sim- Super Modiour focused togeothermal winning ilar matters (the "Real Property") located in Douglas County, State of for Colorado. fied championship this season. We are Which has the address of: 9360 Teddy second points rightCOnow.” Lane #201 in & 202b, Lone Tree, 80124
Driver spent boyhood at speedway Kyle Ray keeps family tradition alive and well By Jim Benton
Joe Starr, NOTICE Jack’s OF SALE brother, claims it is hard not to notice when Ray is driving. The current holder of the Evidence of Debt “I’dbyhave to ofsay at the moment secured the Deed Trustright described The Parks, Trails & Building Grounds Diviherein, has filed written election and dethat Kyle Ray is the hottest sion of Douglas County Government, mand for sale as provided by law and in driver at the hereinafter referred to as the County, resaid Deed of Trust. track when you start looking at all the spectfully requests bids from responsTHEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given ible and qualified companies to provide that on the firsthe’s possible sale date (unless divisions racing in,” said Starr. “He’s quality concrete work (per all Douglas the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wedmade impression in all three divisions. County Roadway Design and Construcnesday, an August 13, 2014, at the Public PUBLIC NOTICE tion Standards, as revised May 2013) Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle He’s a prettyI will hot right at the on projects valued at less than $25,000. Rock, Colorado, sellcommodity at public aucNOTICE OF PUBLIC miscellaneous tion to the highest and best bidder for Kyle HEARING Ray waves to fansThe at the track. concrete work will be moment.” performed on an “on-call” basis. The work cash, the said real property and all in-
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terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 6/19/2014 Last Publication: 7/17/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/23/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALAN M KEEFFE Colorado Registration #: 15090 675 SNAPDRAGON WAY, SUITE 350 , STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO 80487 Phone #: (303) 299-8372 Fax #: Attorney File #: NIEMI *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 8, 2014 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the 2014 adopted budget. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed amendment to the budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us. Legal Notice No.: 925626 First Publication: July 3, 2014 Last Publication: July 3, 2014
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Juwill be primarily flatwork (4” to 6”), curb & ly 8, 2014 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as gutter, caissons (2’ to 6’ depth and 6” to soon thereafter as possible, in the Com36” diameter), and monolithic-pour. The missioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller award of this agreement will be based Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, upon all information submitted, prior Colorado, the Board of County Commisvendor performance, and price. Douglas sioners of the County of Douglas will conCounty reserves the right to request addiduct a public hearing concerning the tional i nformation from any vendor as proposed adoption of a resolution deemed pertinent to the bid and reserves amending the 2014 adopted budget. the right to award to one or more vendors Any interested elector of Douglas County for these services. may file an objection to the proposed Totheadvertise your notices call 303-566-4100 amendment to budget at any time public priThe IFB documents may be reviewed or to it’s final adoption by the Board of and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain ECounty Commissioners. A copy of said Purchasing System website at www.rockyresolution may be obtained for inspection mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents at the offices of the County Commissionare not available for purchase from ers at the above address in Castle Rock, Douglas County Government and can Colorado, or viewed on-line at only be accessed from the above-menwww.douglas.co.us. tioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas Legal Notice No.: 925626 County cannot accept electronic bid reFirst Publication: July 3, 2014 sponses. Last Publication: July 3, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Bid responses will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 2014 by Douglas County Government, Finance Public Notice Department, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) copies of your bid response shall be subNO. 024-14 mitted in a sealed envelope, plainly SMALL CONCRETE marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #024-14, PROJECTS/ON-CALL SERVICES Small Concrete Projects/On-Call Services”. Electronic and/or faxed bid reThe Parks, Trails & Building Grounds Divisponses will not be accepted. Bids will sion of Douglas County Government, not be considered which are received after hereinafter referred to as the County, rethe time stated and any bids so received spectfully requests bids from responswill be returned unopened. ible and qualified companies to provide quality concrete work (per all Douglas Douglas County Government reserves the County Roadway Design and Construcright to reject any and all bids, to waive tion Standards, as revised May 2013) formalities, informalities, or irregularities on projects valued at less than $25,000. contained in a said bid and furthermore, to The miscellaneous concrete work will be award a contract for items herein, either in performed on an “on-call” basis. The work whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the will be primarily flatwork (4” to 6”), curb & best interest of the County to do so. Addigutter, caissons (2’ to 6’ depth and 6” to tionally, we reserve the right to negotiate 36” diameter), and monolithic-pour. The optional items and/or services with the award of this agreement will be based successful bidder. upon all information submitted, prior vendor performance, and price. Douglas Please direct any questions concerning County reserves the right to request addithis IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Sutional information fr om any vendor as pervisor at 303-660-7434 or deemed pertinent to the bid and reserves criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 the right to award to one or more vendors p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding for these services. holidays. The IFB documents may be reviewed Legal Notice No.: 925639 and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EFirst Publication: July 3, 2014 Purchasing System website at www.rockyLast Publication: July 3, 2014 mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents Publisher: Douglas County News-Press are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.
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A group of riders in last year’s Tour de Ladies cycling event descend a hill. This year’s charity ride begins at Chaparral High School on July 12. Photo courtesy of GPettis Photography
Ladies-only bike event combats domestic violence Annual Tour de Ladies set for July 12 By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com A ladies-only cycling event in Douglas County will support victims of domestic violence in the community. Tour de Ladies isn’t your average ride. It was devised as a stress-free way to empower and educate women in the metro area while raising money and exploring beautiful terrain. Becki Rupp, chairwoman of the Tour de Ladies publicity team, said “it’s definitely not a race” and is meant to be more about camaraderie. “It can be a little bit intimidating for women to participate in bigger group rides, especially if they haven’t ridden in groups in the past,” Rupp said. “We wanted to have an event where women feel comfortable coming out and doing this for the first time.” More than 400 ladies are expected to sign up to ride July 12 on one of two mildly challenging routes; the shortest is 30 miles long and the other is 62.5 miles, a 100-kilometer route known as a “metric century.” Men will be used in a limited capacity. The volunteer “SAG in Drag” team is made up of men who dress in women’s clothing and provide “support and gear” to those who need it. Feedback from last year’s Tour de Ladies was “overwhelmingly positive” and there are several returning riders in 2014, Rupp said. “At the finish line last year, there was this sense of accomplishment that so many of those women had,” she said. That includes Jennifer Walker, executive director of the Douglas County-based Crisis Center, formerly known as the Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center. Walker admits she was nervous heading into her first such bike ride, but “didn’t really have any trouble at all” navigating the 30-mile course at a leisurely pace. This year, she is on the Crisis Center’s four-member team, which will be dressed in purple, a color that symbolizes the fight against domestic violence. The center will receive all of the proceeds from the ride. Last year, more than $5,000 was raised for general operations at the Crisis Center. Rupp said some participants registered specifically to help the cause, which was good news to Walker, who has spent years trying to spread awareness about domestic violence. “It’s a complex issue that’s hard for the average person out there to understand,” Walker said. “The more we can get people to engage to stop this kind of stuff from happening in the home, the better off we are.” Registration is $49 for the 30-mile route and $79 for the 62.5-mile “metric century” route. Visit www.tourdeladies.com for more information.
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