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Lone Tree 10-10-2013
Lone Tree
October 10, 2013
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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 39
City getting new top administrator Second-in-command steps up to replace longtime city manager By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Longtime Lone Tree City Manager Jack Hidahl is retiring, and Deputy City Manager Seth Hoffman will take his place on Nov. 1. Hidahl, 70, Lone Tree’s first and only city manager to date, will stay on staff to help with the transition until late January. He led the city for 18 years. The 35-year-old Hoffman came on board in 2004, quickly rising through the city’s ranks to his current deputy manager position. The promotion to city man-
ager “is a great opportunity and something I’ve been working toward,” said Hoffman, who also is the city’s economic development director. “We’re going to work to keep Lone Tree’s quality of life to be the best it is even as the city continues to expand.” City council members are confident in Hoffman’s ability to take the reins. “I think his work in economic development has been tremendous, at both a city and regional level,” Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Millet said. “We’re very fortunate to have this young, talented individual who not only has been a part of the city professionally but whose family lives here. He really gets the culture of Lone Tree, and has certainly demonstrated a strong commitment to our community.”
Hoffman and his wife, Sara, are the parents of two boys, ages 2 and 5. “This is more than just a job to me,” he said. “My kids were born here; they’re Lone Tree natives. This is about the well-being of my family.” The change comes at a critical time in the city’s history. With the bulk of RidgeGate’s west side approaching build-out, attention is turning toward development of RidgeGate’s much larger east side, now vacant land east of Interstate 25. RidgeGate is a six-square-mile property straddling the interstate that was annexed into Lone Tree in 2000. Hidahl said the city will be in good hands in his absence. Manager continues on Page 16
Outgoing Lone Tree City Manager Jack Hidahl, left, will be replaced by Deputy City Manager Seth Hoffman. Photo by Jane Reuter
Jobs, retail sales rise in county Second-quarter figures show positive signs By Ryan Boldrey
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Clerk Danna Waltz talks to a customer at the Clothes Mentor, a resale women’s clothing store newly opened in Lone Tree. Photo by Jane Reuter
Upscale resale store opens doors Founders follow up on Plato’s Closet success By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews. com A resale women’s clothing store that takes off on its enormously popular sister company’s business model opened in Lone Tree Oct. 3. Clothes Mentor, whose founders also launched Plato’s Closet, aims for a more mature demographic than Plato’s Closet’s teens and twenty-somethings customers. It offers high-quality resale clothing, jewelry and accessories. The new Lone Tree store is the fourth Clothes Mentor in Colorado, and is open in the spot most recently occupied by
Plato’s Closet at Yosemite Street and Maximus Drive. “We focus on better women’s brands and designer women’s brands in excellent resale condition,” company spokesperson Richard Brill said. “The average price is $11. The overwhelming majority of our items are very, very reasonably priced. “Everything we sell is from local women who sold it to us. It’s got to be name brand and it’s got to be in good condition.” Commonly found brands include Talbots, Ann Taylor, Lilly Pulitzer, Chico’s, Coldwater Creek and Coach. Purses fall on the higher end of the price scale, Brill said, but also offer among the greatest values. A prominent corner of the store is reserved just for them. “The best values are on designer purses,” he said. “Things
that might sell for $500 brandnew at the mall can be $100 at Clothes Mentor, or less.” The store’s interior is designed to offer a retail shopping experience at thrift store prices. “We want to create a shopping mall-type experience,” Brill said. “The store looks great. It’s a friendly, family business. It’s warm and bright and clean.” Aurora residents Todd and Marlene Thompson own the Lone Tree store. Their daughter Emily, from Centennial, manages it. The resale concept has caught on, Emily Thompson believes, for a variety of reasons. “I think everyone is just a little more savings-conscious with the economy the way it’s been,” she said. “They’re just spending money more wisely. This is a great way to get those high-end name brands at a low-
er cost.” Clothes Mentor buys new items continuously, she said, “so our inventory changes every day.” “We’ve already had a lot of good feedback about the quality of our inventory.” Ohio residents Lynn and Dennis Blum founded Once Upon a Child, a children’s clothing resale chain, in 1991. They later moved up the generational scale to launch Plato’s Closet in 1998 and Clothes Mentor in 2001. About 80 Clothes Mentor stores are open nationwide with 40 more under development and a total of 500 planned, according to the company website. The Lone Tree Plato’s Closet recently moved to a larger space on Park Meadows Drive east of Quebec Street.
The unemployment rate in Douglas County continues to drop, dipping to 5.6 percent at the conclusion of the second quarter, the lowest since 2008. According to the county’s second quarter economic report, prepared by Development Research Partners and released Oct. 3, that number translates to 7,300 new jobs in the county, as well as an 8 percent rise in employment from year to year. The bulk of those jobs are in professional and business services (1,817 jobs), information services (1,200 jobs), and wholesale trade and employment (488 jobs). “These outcomes suggest that when we, as well as our public/private partners, focus on and invest intelligently in the foundations that support and attract economic growth, we position Douglas County for economic success,” said Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella. Repella, and the report, both suggest that things are going to continue to improve, highlighting new developments such as Sterling Ranch, which expects to bring 12,050 single-family homes into the northwestern part of the county, and numerous companies continuing to move into the county. Retail sales have also increased dramatically for the county as a whole, jumping 6.1 percent over the year in the second quarter. Highlands Ranch led the way in retail sales increase with a 14.7 percent leap, while Lone Tree, the county’s largest retail area, was just 0.3 percent higher than a year ago. Jobs continues on Page 16
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Douglas crews lend hand to Weld County Farm roads opened in time for harvest due to assistance By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Before the rain even stopped, during one of the worst three-day stretches of flooding in Colorado history, Douglas County commissioners were on the phone with their friends in Weld County, asking how they could help. Without hesitation, Weld County officials accepted, and nine employees of Douglas County’s Public Works Department were soon on their way, equipment in tow, to help rebuild 11 roads and bridges, vital to Weld County’s agricultural production. A second crew of nine followed later. “As devastating as the flood was, what would have been a much larger tragedy would have been the inability of the farmers to harvest their crops,” said Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway. “We were hit with a double hammer. We had 109 roads washed out, many of them that were farmto-market roads. And with it being harvest time, we were really facing the possibility of a second disaster in a matter of days. “Most of the roads were inaccessible, and with our limited resources and crews,
there were just too many projects to get done and we had to prioritize the larger projects.” But being the home to a $1.5 billion agricultural industry, the largest in Colorado and eighth largest in the United States, Weld County simply could not afford to have its farmers unable to get machinery and equipment to their farms, while tens of thousands of acres of farmland had crops perish at harvest time. “When I say Douglas County Public Works employees are viewed as heroes here, they truly are just that,” Conway said. “The work they did allowed for at least a partial harvest for our farmers, and depending on the weather, possibly a full harvest for many. This is not only a life-saver for our farmers but the entire state of Colorado. This is the second largest industry in Colorado and we account for almost half of it.” Douglas County employees have been in Weld County since Interstate 25 reopened just days after the flood, and have plans to stay at least another week or two. Other counties that have also pitched in include Otero, Las Animas, Prowers and Alamosa. According to Douglas County Commissioner Jack Hilbert, the county will be eligible for FEMA reimbursements for the work its employees have done in Weld, but regardless of the reimbursements, “going
Willie Colby, equipment operator for Douglas County Public Works, is one of 18 Douglas County employees who has been spending the past couple weeks helping repair roads and bridges in Weld County after devastating floods swept through the area. Courtesy photo was just the right thing to do.” “They have been down here before assisting with fires in El Paso County, the Hayman Fire, Burning Tree,” Hilbert said. “It’s
not a tit-for-tat thing, though. The damage was just so widespread and massive. There were people in need and we need to be able to serve our citizens as a whole.”
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Douglas County School Board
ELECTION INFORMATION Be Informed: Know Your Candidates
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What do you see as the three biggest challenges in Douglas County School District? DISTRICT B
DISTRICT E
Barbra Chase
Douglas Benevento (incumbent)
• Restore resources to our schools. The District’s fund balance has quadrupled to $83 million due to their inability to budget accurately. • Restore our high schools. Put kids back in school full time, reduce student/teacher ratios and increase the amount of instructional time to better prepare our students for college/careers. • Bring the public back to our public schools. Address plummeting parent satisfaction in Douglas County School District. Jim Geddes - No response -
DISTRICT D Julie A Keim • Loss of Academic Excellence Which is Directly Impacting Our Students • Lack of Accurate Budgeting and Financial Reporting, Resulting in Insufficient Funds Passed Down To the Schools Educating Our Students • Devaluation of Public Input and Educator Collaboration Resulting in Ineffective Implementation of Many Strategies
- No response Bill Hodges • Lack of Fiscal Transparency • Increased class sizes and decreased instructional time for students due to BOE/Administration using an economic model for cuts vs. what’s best for kids • Lowered graduation requirements and flat-lining of TCAP results
DISTRICT G Ronda Scholting • Loss of trust with community • Mismanagement of tax dollars • Academic performance Meghann Silverthorn (incumbent) • Ensuring that education evolves to remain relevant and engaging for today’s kids • Maintaining and expanding facilities to accommodate usage and growth • Balancing funding mandates and directives from the state with future classroom needs
Judi Reynolds • Unequal Funding • Local Control • High School Curriculum Awareness
If elected, how would you work on addressing these challenges as a school board member? DISTRICT B
DISTRICT E
Barbra Chase
Douglas Benevento (incumbent)
I will call for a financial audit to understand why DCSD is unable to budget accurately and return large operating surpluses to our schools. I will initiate staff, parent and community surveys immediately to understand the feedback from the community in which I represent. Limit the amount of meeting time behind closed doors and increase the amount time the Board meets in public. Jim Geddes - No response -
Bill Hodges Focus tax dollars back into the classroom Fiscal transparency Stop so much BOE business being conducted behind closed doors via executive sessions Rebuild trust between the BOE and our communities by encouraging their input The BOE should hire outside legal counsel vs. using an attorney hired by the Superintendent in an effort to avoid any conflict of interest
DISTRICT D
DISTRICT G
Julie A Keim
Ronda Scholting
I will work to bring the majority of Board meeting time back into the public, with meaningful discussions representing varying viewpoints. I will work with school leaders to assess needs, critically analyze fund balances, and identify parameters for the use of Board-designated reserves as necessary. I will work to give principals sufficient funding in their SBB to make independent decisions for their students and schools. I will work to develop and implement a meaningful assessment tool and merit-based pay structure that allows teachers to be effective leaders in their classrooms without unnecessary paperwork that keeps them from engaging with students. Judi Reynolds Unequal Funding- The current funding formula from the state and the amendment 66 proposal place Douglas county children at a fiscal disadvantage. I will continue to voice my concerns at the state level and testify against any proposal that impacts funding of the students, teachers, staff, and schools of the Douglas County School District. Local Control - The state has created several new laws that school districts are required to abide by, even if they were created to solve a problem the DCSD does not have. Recently the state adopted House Bill 12-1238: The Colorado READ Act. The READ Act imposes new assessments on DCSD students, even though they have some of the highest reading scores in the metro area.
Responses for all candidates are listed in alphabetical order within their District. Please visit strongschoolscoalition.org/election-2013 for complete survey results.
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1) Loss of trust: Currently, 49% of Douglas County School Board meetings are held in secret, more than any other district in the state of Colorado. The public’s business, as carried out by a democratically elected body, should be conducted in the open. It’s nearly impossible to have checks and balances and trust within an institution that does so much of its business behind closed doors. The secret meetings have to stop. 2) Mismanagement of tax dollars: As the number of students has increased, the District has decreased the number of teachers, but increased the administrative staff. The first step toward to fiscal sanity is to stop hiring administrators and paying them huge bonuses and salaries and instead focus that money back into the classroom. Please visit strongschoolscoalition.org/election-2013/ for complete response. Meghann Silverthorn (incumbent) CVHS’s Modern Learners panel was a great example of how schools are addressing the need for educational evolution. Teachers lead, while district staff and even kids assist. Facilities are an ongoing challenge for a growing district. Prudent use and investment of existing monies is already in place. Future bond dollars or other financial instruments will be needed to build facilities. DCSD’s share of the state retirement system, PERA, will grow over the next decade. Strong financial management, as in DCSD FY13 allocations of reserve for PERA, is needed to avoid having to shift costs to employees or impacting classrooms.
This ad was paid for by the Strong Schools Coalition. We would like to thank the Douglas County parents and community members whose donations went towards the purchase of this ad.
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School board rips tax-hike measure Resolution opposes plan for change in education finance By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Going against the grain of other Colorado school districts that support Amendment 66, the Douglas County School Board took a public stand against the measure during their Oct. 1 meeting. The board formally adopted a resolution opposing the issue that will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot. The proposed statewide income tax will put a disproportionate share of the burden to fund its proposed school-finance overhaul on Douglas County residents, while returning only about half that money to the school district, according to the resolution. It also cites a lack of research to support the proposed reforms, a predicted negative effect on small businesses and job growth and a failure to address already existing education funding problems among the board members’ many reasons for opposing the issue. Board vice president Kevin Larsen compares the amendment to Route 66, the highway eclipsed by the interstate system that once served as the major route to the western United States. “This is an education finance tollway,” he said. “For every dollar DCSD gets, Douglas County taxpayers pay a toll of a dollar to the rest of the state. The highway really goes from Douglas to Denver.” Though the proposed $950 million, two-tiered income tax increase would raise taxes for all, it would take a larger chunk on income earned above $75,000 a year. The median household income in Douglas County is about $95,000.
In exchange for Douglas County taxpayers sending an estimated $90 million to $100 million to the state, the school district will get back about $50 million in new funds. Board members also cite as problematic a change in funding for at-risk students — those from low-income families and/or English-language learners. Under the proposal, districts whose enrollment of at-risk students exceeds the state average would receive up to 140 percent of the statewide average. Douglas County has relatively few students who fall into those categories. Board member Craig Richardson called that idea “a form of financial apartheid I find outrageous. “The concept (that) an at-risk child in this county deserves fewer resources than an at-risk child in Denver is an act of legislative cynicism,” he said. Douglas County’s dearth of at-risk students already ranks it among the lowest for state per-pupil funding among Colorado school districts, a longstanding cause of concern in DCSD. “Despite the fact that the board of education agrees with the premise of reforming the antiquated School Finance Act regime and the financial inequities it produces, (this) fails adequately to resolve those inequities, and actually worsens them,” according to the resolution. “I hope that after it does fail, we can go back to the legislature and perhaps talk them into revising the proposal they passed,” board member Doug Benevento said. The Colorado Association of School Boards endorses the amendment and provides on its website a sample resolution for local school boards to show their support. Eighteen Colorado school boards so far have endorsed the proposal.
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School foundation’s role in campaign questioned Consultant pay among issues as election nears By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com A group of parents and a former Douglas County Educational Foundation chairman believe a veil of secrecy has fallen over the school district’s nonprofit fundraising arm. The foundation’s current chair, however, said the organization has been unfairly ensnared in a contentious school board election. “It is silly season for campaigns right now,” Amy Sherman said. “It makes me so sad (the DCEF) is getting dragged into this mess.” Bob Kaser, a past chairman of the Douglas County Educational Foundation, sees the foundation’s situation as anything but silly. His months-long quest for answers to questions about changes to the organization has been met with repeated delays and silence. “We’ve lost sight of the kids, the parents and the teachers,” said Kaser, secretary of the Strong Schools Coalition, a group critical of the current board and administration. The DCEF is a 23-year-old organization created, its website says, to “develop private resources to enrich education within Doug-
las County schools for the fulfillment of lifelong learning experiences of our students, citizens and community.” Kaser served on the board seven years, chairing it from 1994 to 1996. Recently, money donated to the foundation from a private organization paid for former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett’s Sept. 25 speech at the Lone Tree Arts Center — given three weeks before ballots are mailed for the high-stakes school board election. Bennett, a district consultant paid by the DCEF, both praised and questioned Douglas County’s education reforms, and referenced white papers written by himself and another DCEF-paid consultant, Rick Hess. “It was private donation funds” that paid Bennett, Sherman said. “No other kid, school or parent money was used.”
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Douglas County School Board President John Carson, a DCEF board member, disclosed after the speech that Bennett’s appearance was part of a $50,000, longerterm consulting agreement that began in July. Bennett is among several DCSD consultants paid through private DCEF donations, he said. “We raise funds to do that and that seems to me to be a very appropriate function for
Government has guidelines for activities of nonprofits The Douglas County Educational Foundation, founded 23 years ago as the Douglas County School District’s fundraising arm, is a nonprofit. Some parents — concerned about the foundation’s payments to consultants and a speech by paid consultant Bill Bennett in the weeks preceding the school-board election — see the activity as a potential threat to its nonprofit status. A 501(c)(3) organization must “serve the public good,” according to the Internal Revenue Service. Such groups “must absolutely refrain from participating in the political campaigns of candidates for local, state, or federal office,” according to the IRS. Some campaign-related activities and expenditures are allowed, but that allowance hinges on circumstances. Permitted activities include “the presentation of public forums … conducted in a non-partisan manner,” according to the IRS. Bennett’s Sept. 25 presentation was coordinated by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce as a presentation on education and his view of Colorado schools. “On the other hand, voter education or registration activities with evidence of bias that would favor one candidate over another, oppose a candidate in some manner, or have the effect of favoring a candidate or group of candidates, will constitute campaign intervention,” according to the IRS. Such activities jeopardize an organization’s nonprofit status. Among the factors the IRS considers that tend to show an advocacy communication is
political campaign activity: • Whether the statement is delivered close in time to the election. • Whether the issue addressed in the communication has been raised as an issue distinguishing candidates for a given office. • Whether the communication is part of an ongoing series of communications by the organization on the same issue that are made independent of the timing of any election. A June fundraising luncheon for the DCEF was coordinated with help from the Starboard Group, self-described as “the state’s premier Republican fundraising and consulting firm.” Starboard’s contract with the DCEF for the “Love Our Schools” fundraising luncheon shows its event management fee as a $1,500 retainer, “plus 7 percent of gross revenues.” “Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Colorado” — a publication of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, which credits support from Colorado’s secretary of state and attorney general — addresses “Compensation of Fundraising Professionals”: “A nonprofit should ensure that compensation for fundraising personnel and contractors is not based on a percentage of funds raised or other commission-based formulas,” it reads. Another section addresses accessibility and public information, stating, “A nonprofit organization should make information about its operations — including its governance, finances, programs and activities — widely available to the community and on the organization’s website.”
an educational foundation,” he said. “If private fundraising is done to support education experts working with our district, I don’t know why anyone would have an issue with that. It seems to be very beneficial to the Douglas County School District.” Sherman said Bennett’s address was covered by an August donation from the private, Denver-based Considine Family Foundation. The donation was approved during the foundation’s August board meeting, Sherman said, and also covered at least part of Hess’ fees. Hess consulted with the school board in 2010 as it began its search for a new superintendent, according to an EdNews Colorado article. Carson did not disclose Bennett’s, Hess’ or other paid consultants’ status through the foundation until he was questioned by Colorado Community Media after the Lone Tree event. Sherman said she did not know why the donated money was given to the DCEF instead of directly to Bennett, Hess and/or the Lone Tree Arts Center, which hosted Bennett’s address. She directed those questions to DCSD spokeswoman Cinamon Watson, who has led the foundation since 2012. Watson, when asked for an explanation of the consultants’ pay and copies of their contracts, wrote: “The constant attacks on
DCEF are part of election season posturing.” She noted that a private grant covered Bennett’s work, listed several foundation accomplishments, and wrote that expert input and review is helping the district establish “a solid foundation” for its transformation of public education. In an Oct. 5 phone interview, Carson said he didn’t have dollar amounts for all consultants readily available, but said some work was provided pro bono.
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Sherman said the foundation recently received an outside legal opinion that the board acted within its legal authority. “To focus on this Bennett issue is really a shame for all the hard work this (foundation) board is doing,” she said, pointing to the more than $100,000 in grants and scholarship funds the foundation has made to students, teachers and schools in the last year. “We are trying to stay out of the political part.” A Colorado publication for nonprofits suggests organizations avoid potentially problematic situations. “Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Colorado,” a document produced by the Colorado Nonprofit Association, includes a section titled “Declining Gifts.” Campaign continues on Page 17
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Anonymous prank leaves paper trail The neighbors’ trees were toilet-papered last night. This is what is known as a prank. What toilet-papering accomplishes I do not know. And I have never known if it is a malevolent exercise or not. Are the victims disliked or embraced? It could be just a way of letting someone know that you were thinking of them when you walked past the 12-rolls-half-off display. It’s a fairly benign prank, and certainly doesn’t carry as much heft as, say, having your home and trees littered with mud or seafood. If you went out some morning and found hundreds of carp on your roof, that might hold much deeper implications. How did this — toilet papering — get started? It is most commonly associated with Halloween and graduation, which are just about the same thing. Maybe you know the story of the Frisbee. In 1938 Fred Morrison and his future wife Lucile were offered a quarter for the cake pan they were tossing back and forth on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif. At the time, cake pans were a nickel, so Fred had an idea. I think you know exactly
where this is going, so I will fast-forward to the first Frisbees, which were called Pluto Platters. The name was changed to Frisbee after Wham-O bought the rights, and it was learned that Northeastern college students were calling them Frisbies. The Frisbie Pie Co. was located in Bridgeport, Conn. What began as a cake pan on the beach became a multimillion-dollar success, and a major American pastime and sport, for people and dogs of all ages. Even though there is no money to be made in toilet-papering, I assume, it too has endured. It was going on when I was in grade school. Ike was in office.
But it had to start somewhere. I picture one of two things. A workers’ riot at Charmin. My father sold ball bearings, or more exactly, he sold the balls for ball bearings. They came in all sizes, and some of them, used as projectiles in a factory riot, could be mighty dangerous. And that’s exactly what happened, and the factory was closed. But a workers’ riot at Charmin would be laughable. And that’s what might have happened. It went from a riot to a good time, and the hilarity went off-campus, and employees started to see their homes and trees being toilet-papered by co-workers, perhaps as a symbol of unity. My other theory is that some of employees got intoxicated, and on their lunch break took some rolls outside and began tossing them back and forth. The employees tried to throw to each other, but half the time the toilet paper landed in the trees and streamed down. Too drunk to clean up their mess, it was left. It being homecoming weekend, some local high school kids thought it was Charmin’s way of saying “Go Mechanicsburg!”
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net
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What was your most unusual present? People give gifts of all types, some mundane and some very different. Colorado Community Media asked people in a variety of local locations about an unusual gift they had received.
“The most unexpected gift I ever received was several years ago at Christmas. I expected the usual gifts but my husband surprised me with a very nice camera and a vacation in Hawaii.” — Cheryl Adamson, Englewood
“The most exciting gift I ever received was when my mother gave me a horse for Christmas when I was 13 or 14.” — Vicky Gordon, Phoenix
“I have been thinking and I don’t think anyone has ever given me an unusual gift. I get gifts but they are pretty stock items like socks, shirts and ties.” — Joe Sack, Highlands Ranch
“It was a shirt from my girlfriend that was wrapped in four boxes, in a bag and the shirt was folded up in a box. The shirt was nice and the wrapping made me laugh.” — Victor Limon, Sheridan
In-between is really middle of nowhere Some of you may remember the Gerry Rafferty song, “Stuck in the Middle,” and then again, since it was written and first performed in 1972 by Stealers Wheel, maybe there are more of you who don’t have a clue about what I am referring to. That’s OK. The point is this: Are you stuck in the middle? Are you in the middle of a project, the middle of a decision, the middle of a quarrel, or just stuck in the middle of anything? You see, it’s the middle that gets us. It’s not the “yeses” or the “noes” that derail us, it is the “maybes” that bring us the greatest frustration. It’s when we get paralyzed by indecision or suffer paralysis by analysis as we overthink each and every single thing we do. You know what I mean, right? It’s that in-between stuff that really muddles the middle. Those “tweener” situations where we do not know if we are in or out, or on which side, or whose side we will fall. The real questions are why and how we find
and a tradition was born. Do you have a better idea? I have never been on either end — he said — of toilet papering, but I am certain that the application is a lot more enjoyable than the removal. I said that I assumed that there was no money to be made in toilet papering, but there is money to be made in almost anything. There could be TP hit squads for hire. If you are my age and wanted to TP the Waterhavens, you could just hire someone to do it for you. It’s not a lot of fun to read the news today, is it? It’s very frustrating, adult-stuff, unfortunately. But I think we all can get a moment’s reprieve by seeing something as silly as a home that has been papered. For some reason, it has been passed along, generation to generation, and there is no end in sight. Forgive me.
Sheriff’s office not ‘good ol’ boys’
When I took the oath of office, I promised to follow the law, support the Constitution, and provide the best services. While term limits require me to leave in 2015, I have always served you with respect, accountability and transparency. And, while I always respect differences of opinion, I was disheartened by deceptive misinformation from the newest candidate to announce a run to be the next sheriff. In the article announcing her candidacy, she cited the leadership of your sheriff’s office as a “good ol’ boys’ regime … more concerned with power and control than responsibilities …” While misleading political propaganda is acceptable to some, you deserve a true account of your sheriff’s command staff, which are among the finest leaders in public safety. Several are graduates of the FBI National Academy; most are graduates of Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command; the group has earned master’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees and associate degrees; all are graduates of Leadership Douglas County; most have commanded the regional SWAT Team; all are highly trained in FEMA Emergency Management specialties. They have led the 18th Judicial District Critical Response Team, commanded the Colorado Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory, the South-Metro Drug Task Force, and teach at colleges. They even serve as community board members: Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board; Women’s Crisis Center; Arapahoe-Douglas Mental Health;
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Developmental Pathways; Community Corrections Board; Roxborough Water District; D.C. Emergency Telephone Authority; and Colorado Crisis Intervention Teams Association. These leaders helped earn the Triple Crown of Accreditation — a rare honor awarded to only 3 percent of sheriffs nationwide. They are the force behind solving nearly every major crime to occur here in the last decade, and during my tenure we saved taxpayers over $7 million. They have over 200 years of combined public-safety experience, most of it right here in Douglas County. Simply put, they are skilled and loyal to Douglas County — they are not a “good ol’ boys regime.” David A. Weaver Sheriff of Douglas County
Vote is chance to rescue schools
Our country’s forefathers got it right: Employ a collective, democratic process, complete with the checks and balances required to avoid abuses of the government. It’s a great system and it works across the U.S. … almost. John Carson, the current school board president in Douglas County, told Colorado Community Media: “The laws of Colorado … are such that local school boards have tremendous autonomy and authority …” And the board has not missed an opportunity to show how autonomous and egomaniacal they are. The latest transgression is their abuse
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ourselves in this position. Is it because we are over-accommodating and work so hard at pleasing everyone that we find ourselves in the middle so that we do not offend anyone? And you know what happens when we are in a relationship, friendship, or partnership and both people strive to accommodate the other person, it’s like ending up in a reverse arm wrestling match. Instead of
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Keep our neighborhood library When I was a child, I loved to read. I traveled with Nellie Bly, learned courage from Booker T. Washington and solved mysteries with Nancy Drew. I rode my bike to the library and spent hours there. Our library was a “Carnegie” library, one of 2,509 libraries worldwide funded by Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy. Carnegie, a self-made businessman and one of the wealthiest 19th-century Americans, was born in Scotland. At age 13 he moved to America. As a young boy, working long hours, earning $1.20 a week, he had no access to education. A retired merchant, Colonel Anderson, started a small library of 400 books with his personal collection. On Saturday afternoons, Anderson lent books to local children. This is how Carnegie educated himself. Carnegie believed that building libraries was the most productive use of his wealth. He wanted to provide opportunity to young people who “who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it.” Carnegie believed that libraries added to the meritocratic nature of America … anyone with the desire to learn could educate themselves and be successful like he had been. While Carnegie’s story exemplifies the value of local libraries for the soul, here
are some pragmatic points that you should consider. First, a walkable library creates intrinsic value for a community. You need look no further than the numbers to understand “vintage” Lone Tree’s value of our library. According to the Douglas County Library Building Development Plan, annual circulation of Lone Tree’s 10,000-square-foot library is 800,000. Comparatively, Highlands Ranch’s library is 42,000 square feet with an annual circulation of 1.7 million. In order to achieve that same ROI (return on investment), Highlands Ranch would need to have circulation numbers in the range of 3.36 million a 97 percent increase. Why change something that is working well? The director of operations of one of our premier preschools confirmed their little ones walk to the library at least twice a
week during the summer. She said walking trips would no longer be organized if they have to cross Lincoln. Bottom line, these young children will no longer have access to a local, community library. A local real-estate broker confirmed that buyers value walkable, community parks, schools and libraries. When asked if buyers value a community center as much as a library, he said no. A local, community library adds value to your property. Keeping the Lone Tree Library and building a library in RidgeGate are not mutually exclusive. We can do both, and as a taxpayer it should not cost you any additional money. • According to the Douglas County assessor’s website, the library receives 4.07 mills on all taxable property in Douglas County, which raised $18.5 million for libraries last year. • RidgeGate’s new development increases Douglas County’s taxable assessed valuation, significantly growing tax revenue without a cost to current residents. This creates an automatic raise for schools, libraries, roads and bridges. • Currently 3.8 percent of Douglas County residents live in Lone Tree, while Lone Tree accounts for 9.85 percent of the county’s assessed valuation. Continued
growth in assessed valuation will contribute to maintaining the quality of life throughout all of our communities. New development plus the generous donation of land by RidgeGate’s developer certainly warrants a library in RidgeGate. But not at the expense of other residents. Closing Lone Tree’s library and opening a community center is not a net zero for you as a resident. It will cost you money. The number bantered around is $1.5 million. Currently, the mills you pay to the library district, pay for your library services. If the city buys the building, the funds come directly from our budget. Additionally, the cost of maintaining and staffing the building will become an ongoing expense of our city. If you value your local, walkable library, here are your action steps. • Email your elected city government representatives. • Attend the city council meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, voicing your support for both the “vintage” Lone Tree library and a library in RidgeGate. • Lastly, encourage your neighbors, friends and family to take action as well. Kim Monson is the city councilwoman representing Lone Tree’s District 2.
D.C. should follow example of Colorado As Congress wastes time in endless debate over shutting down the government and allowing the nation to default on its debt, Coloradans are working together and recovering in the aftermath of unprecedented flooding. The heroism and generosity we’re seeing in Colorado both during and after the flood is in stark contrast to the ideology and bluster coming out of Washington. In Colorado, we had a year’s worth of rainfall in one day alone. It led to historic floods that caused unimaginable destruction. Most tragic of all, we lost nine lives. In the face of this tragedy and destruction we witnessed the resilience, courage,
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strenuously trying to “push” our opponent’s hand to the table, both sides try and let the other person win and end up in an extreme game of tug of war as we “pull” our own hands toward our side of the table. What are we afraid of? Are we fearful that we may make the wrong decision? Here’s the deal, we can make and will make a million wrong decisions in our life. But there is nothing we can ever do, within reason, that will torpedo our lives or our relationships or any business venture that we are pursuing that cannot be overcome as long as our decisions are in alignment with our values. And as Roy Disney said,
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of the Douglas County Education Foundation. The foundation, now under board control, paid $50,000 to William Bennett to write a non-factual paper and spend a couple hours in front of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce praising the board’s “accomplishments.” It’s time for the board to be checked, balanced, and bounced — NOW! Vote out these pompous incumbents and return Dougco schools to greatness … before it’s too late. Andrew Barnard Highlands Ranch
Amendment 66 is wrong course
Referendum C set TABOR’s tax baseline at the highest amount collected between 2005 to 2010. Ref C’s big-spending advo-
and selflessness of Coloradans from across the state. It has been inspiring. From the first responder who rescued Lyons resident Cheron Boland in the bucket of an excavator to the Boulder Flood Relief volunteers
who have been going door-to-door helping homeowners shovel mud from their houses, we have seen Coloradans of all different ages, backgrounds, and beliefs pull together. Stories of Coloradans’ teamwork and resilience are ones that politicians in Washington would do well to follow. Congress has failed to pass a farm bill or take action to fix our broken immigration system. It has not made progress on an energy plan or taken serious steps to improve our infrastructure or education system. Now the debate has spiraled into a shout-
ing match risking the full faith and credit of our country and we’ve had the first shutdown of our government in 17 years. When Coloradans faced a crisis they came together, rolled up their sleeves, and went to work. Washington should do the same and reach across the aisle to find commonsense, middle-ground solutions on issues like immigration and our debt and deficit. Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.
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“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” It’s when we don’t put our stake in the ground and waffle about everything we need to do that places us in a perpetual state of limbo and unable to move forward. And we usually choose not to take a stand or make a decision because we are operating out of a mode of fear or scarcity rather than a mode of growth or abundance. What are you waiting for? What’s the big or even little decision that is holding you back? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we resolve to leave the “tweener” in us behind, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com
cates promised that its tax burden would last only five years. But Coloradans still pay $1 billion each year. Now our state wants Amendment 66, an additional $1 billion annually. Rather than its ever-expanding bloated budget, the state should eliminate inefficiencies and consolidate or privatize government functions. Education consumes 37 percent of the budget, roughly $10,000 per pupil. Still, despite billions of tax dollars spent on education, pupil achievement remains essentially flat. Moreover, the state will impose more regulations, taking yet more control of their children’s schooling away from parents. High taxes stifle the economy, reduce the amount individuals have to spend, and limit the ability of businesses to expand or to maintain employee benefits. Amendment 66 carries a $1 billion price tag that will grow every year. Its goals cannot be measured. Colorado taxpayers deserve better. Peg Brady Centennial
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EMERGENCY DISPATCHER Communications Officer (Emergency 911 Dispatcher), City of Black Hawk. Hiring range is $42,437 - $48,803, DOQ/E. Position is responsible for the operation of the emergency communications console including the receipt of calls and proper dispatch of appropriate equipment and personnel to provide assistance to the citizens and visitors of Black Hawk in the areas of Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services. Requires high school diploma or GED; valid Colorado driver’s license with a safe driving record; ability to work a variety of shifts, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Must be at least 18 years of age. Applicant must successfully complete several preemployment tests including but not limited to typing, mathematical and multi-tasking skills, psychological exam, physical exam, drug testing and background investigation as conditions of employment. If you are interested in serving a unique historical city and enjoy working with diverse populations visit www.cityofblackhawk. org for application documents and more information on the Black Hawk Police Department. To be considered for this opportunity, please forward a completed City application, Police Background Questionnaire, and copies of certifications and driver’s license to Employee Services, City of Black Hawk, P.O. Box 68, Black Hawk, CO 80422, or by fax to 303-582-0848. Please note that we are not accepting e-mailed application documents at this time. We will begin processing your application upon receipt of all application documents. EOE.
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Estate Sales Larkspur 3 Generation Estate Sale Antiques and Collectibles Over 200 Department 56 Buildings & Accessories Ski Country and Jim Beam Decanters, Annalee Dolls, China, Glassware, Steins, Dishes, Crocks, Pottery, Books, Christmas, Crafts and Much More Friday & Saturday October 11th & 12th 9am-4pm 1441 Tenderfoot Drive Larkspur 80118
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“Economists note that consumers are considerably more positive about business and labor market conditions compared with the beginning of the year,” the report states.
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“It should be reassuring to the community that you’ve got a seasoned veteran (in Hoffman),” he said. Though Hoffman was a natural choice to succeed Hidahl, his selection was not automatic. The city hired executive recruiting company Peckham and McKenney to advise it in the process. Hoffman underwent a lengthy
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“A nonprofit should decline gifts (cash or non-cash) that would bring about adverse conditions for the organization or its constituents and given for purposes outside the scope of its mission,” it reads. During his tenure, Kaser said the DCEF was careful to remain neutral and opened all its records and activities to the public. Hiring consultants was not within the scope of its mission, as he understood it. “We raised funds for worthy grants for kids,” he said. “We never engaged in all these satellite activities.”
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DCSD Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen, who also sits on the DCEF board, sent an email to parents Oct. 2 to explain the district’s use of consultants. According to Fagen’s email, the thirdparty validation provided by such consultants is critical, and part of the effort DCSD launched in March 2011 to implement “the most rigorous transformation plan in American public education.” “Please understand that in some cases (like Dr. Bennett and Dr. Hess), private funders paid for their time/work in our district to provide an expert, third-party review,” the email reads. “In other cases where there was a heavy focus on proactive strategic planning and/or implementation through professional development, community outreach, and collaboration, the district paid for the support for our staff.” Fagen, who said it is customary to pay experts for their work and expertise, specifically mentions Bennett, Hess and education experts that include Tony Wagner, Yong Zhao and Ken Kay in her email. Parent Susan Arnold views the consultants’ involvement differently. “It feels very much like paid PR,” she said.
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Arnold and parent Stefania Scott met Sept. 30 with Watson and Fagen to ask questions about DCEF’s funding of consultants, and said they felt largely “stonewalled” in their efforts to obtain answers. The two women had questions about the consultants’ pay, donors’ names, the foundation’s budget and its relationship with the Starboard Group, which describes itself as “the state’s premier Republican fundraising and consulting firm.” The Starboard Group helped coordinate a summer golf fundraiser and a fundraising luncheon for the DCEF. Starboard’s contract for the luncheon showed it received a retainer and a percentage of gross revenues, and the firm declined to release its contract with DCEF for the golf event. Arnold and Scott also asked to see foundation board minutes and its conflict-ofinterest policy. Their questions have not yet been answered or requests granted. DCSD also has rejected Colorado Open Records Law requests from another parent and Colorado Community Media about its relationship with the foundation, noting that as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, DCEF records are not subject to open records requirements.
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Kaser repeatedly has attempted to obtain foundation board minutes from June 2011 to present and has to date been unsuccessful. He emailed his initial request for the minutes Aug. 27.
In a Sept. 12 follow-up email checking on the status of his request for minutes, Kaser wrote to Watson, Sherman and DCEF secretary Carol Stulz: “Since the salaries of the four employees of the DCEF and all the financial/board records are maintained on DCSD information systems and by taxpayer funds, disclosure of a nonprofit’s actions should not be impeded.” In an Oct. 4 email to Kaser, Watson wrote, “We will try and respond to your request late next week.” Kaser described that as the latest in a series of delays; as of Oct. 8, he had received no additional correspondence about his request. Kaser also repeatedly has asked to see DCEF’s conflict-of-interest policy, a document recommended by the IRS to “establish procedures that will offer protection against charges of impropriety involving officers, directors or trustees.” On Aug. 20, he mailed a request for the policy to Sherman, Watson, Fagen and members of the school board, he said. He instead received an email copy of the DCEF’s board service commitment pledge, which requires board members to pledge to avoid a conflict of interest. That pledge does not address the activities of DCEF employees.
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Susan Meek, who in addition to being a former DCSD spokeswoman and DCEF business partnerships coordinator is advising candidates who oppose the current board, believes a line may have been crossed. In Bennett’s speech, in addition to referring to a white paper he wrote, he referenced a white paper co-written by consultant Hess, called “The Most Interesting School District in America?” The paper, written by Hess and a colleague from the conservative American Enterprise Institute, was released Sept. 17. The school district touted the paper in its Sept. 18 electronic parents’ newsletter, Newsline, but did not indicate Hess received financial compensation. While Hess’ paper discloses the project was done with DCSD’s cooperation, it includes positive information about the current board and its mission. Neither paper discloses the writers’ paid consultant status. “In my mind, those are clearly political papers with political purpose,” Meek said. “What was lacking in (Bennett’s) white paper and at the event was a statement: `I was paid to review.’ It’s very misleading and it’s a political document released weeks before the election.” Hess’ paper, co-authored by AEI colleague Max Eden, includes a section on the election of a reform board. “DougCo is a compelling illustration of how a unified board majority can fuel rapid, ambitious reform,” it reads. It also includes a highlighted box of board member profiles, noting, “The DougCo board, consisting of conservative members swept into office by record voter turnout, has been steadfast in its commitment to school choice, performance pay, and wholesale reform.” Bennett’s own September white paper on the district, titled “A Model for the Nation?” describes the expiration of the teachers’ union agreement, concluding, “The district is now in the unique situation where its reform agenda can proceed full speed ahead virtually unfettered by opposition. The current district leaders have unanimous control of the board and the teachers’ union is no longer organized nor engaged in opposition.”
THINGS TO DO OCT. 11 MUSICAL MEMORIES. Alan Cass, University of Colorado at Boulder professor and curator of the Glenn Miller Collection, will share historic samples from the Glenn Miller Archive from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. The Glenn Miller Archive includes thousands of recordings by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, the Glen Miller Army Air Force Band, as well as Miller’s private papers, business documents and contracts, radio scripts, musical instruments, sheet music, photographs and music. Other treasures include U.S. Army Air Force
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OCT. 12 CONCERT BAND. The Denver Concert
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Rusted Root has been playing its unique blend of acoustic, rock, and world music for more than 20 years. The Pittsburgh-based band will be performing Oct. 18 at the Gothic Theatre in Englewood, touring behind its latest release, “The Movement.” Courtesy photo
Rusted Root to headline Gothic Band tours behind its seventh studio album By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Celebrating more than two decades of music and touting its 2012 release, “The Movement,” Rusted Root is bringing its hard-touring act to Englewood. The Pittsburgh-based outfit, which broke onto the scene in the early 1990s with its second album “When I Woke” — highlighted by the songs “Send Me on My Way,” “Back to the Earth,” “Ecstasy,” and “Beautiful People” — will take the stage Oct. 18 at The Gothic Theatre in Englewood, along with supporting acts Rob Drabkin and Goodnight, Texas. A popular act throughout the midto-late 1990s, Rusted Root, known for its unique blend of experimental world beat folk fusion, has never ceased touring relentlessly, and after taking a seven-year break from recording between 2002 and 2009, is calling “The Movement,” its seventh studio release, “a career album.” “I think this one kind of puts it all together for us, and for some people, it final-
ly says, `This band is going to be there for the long haul,’” said Michael Glabicki, the group’s lead vocalist and primary songwriter. From the rootsy, danceable “Monkey Pants” to the darker, drum-driven title track to the introspective “Something on My Mind,” Rusted Root has come full circle, tying together years of work and experimentation, Glabicki says. “I think we are at that point where you kind of say, `Wow, there’s a lot to work with in what we have already become accustomed to and sort of mastered. Then when we put it all together, it becomes very expressive, natural-sounding and fun,” he said. Whether in the studio or on the stage, Glabicki said he is having more fun now than at any point in Rusted Root’s 21-year career together. One of three original members still in the band, along with percussionist Liz Berlin and bassist Patrick Norman, Glabicki says the band has at last found its drummer in Preach Freedom, and guitarist Dirk Miller has been a fantastic addition to the group, since replacing guitarist Colter Harper six months ago. The group is averaging about 160 shows
a year, and in addition to performing, is currently working on a rockumentary and beginning to write for an eighth studio album. Glabicki’s first solo release is also RusTed RooT due out sometime Who:conceRT Rusted Root next summer, which with special guests he says will be a very Rob Drabkin and intimate collection Goodnight, Texas of songs performed When: 8 p.m. Oct. with a core trio he 18, doors at 7 p.m. has been working with for the past two WheRe: The years. Gothic Theatre, “It’s going to be 3263 S. Broadway, a whole lot more of Englewood me,” he said. “I’m TiCkeTs: $20 in stripping it down to advance, $25 day of more sparse acousshow tic songs, while part of the record will be infoRmATion: a lot more rocking.” www.RustedRoot. For more inforcom or www.Gothicmation or to purTheatre.com. chase tickets, visit w w w. Ru s t e d Ro o t . com or www.gothictheatre.com. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Showtime is 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at The Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway in Englewood.
Lone Tree schedules wide array of shows Arts center releases its program for fall By Sonya Ellingboe
s e l l i n g b o e @ o u rc o l o ra d o news.com Lone Tree Arts Center has published its varied fall program, with a mix of entertainment that varies from symphony to silly, with special performances for children. Here is a sampler of items into mid-November — there’s more: • Handsome Little Devils Productions is a Denver-based company that is entertaining across the nation with what they call Vaudeville Nouveau. They will feature the Squirm Burpee Circus, with oversized props and imaginative routines geared to families, Oct.
If you go The Lone Tree Arts Center is located at 10075 Commons Street, Lone Tree. Information on performance times and ticket reservations is available online at lonetreeartscenter.org or 720-509-1000.
4 set and tells about a little girl who can’t stop eating pink cupcakes. • Seedlings: Theatre Buds on Nov. 5 brings Denver actress Pamela Clifton with a theater class for parents and The Squirm Burpee Circus will perform Oct. 16-20 at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photo children who will learn to act out stories — a skill they can 16 to 20, as part of a varied fall • Colorado Jazz Repertory practice at home. program. Met the Baron von Orchestra’s Oct. 28 concert is • “Sylvia,” by A.B. Guthrie, Hamburger and his Monkey- called “Swingin’ With Duke El- plays Nov. 7-17 on the Main Powered Circus Wagon, Mike lington.” Stage, a delightful comedy the Handsome, Dashing Dave • “Pinkalicious” on Oct. 29 about a couple, a dog and relaand Little Lolo. and 30 is for the Pre-K to Grade tionships. Adult language.
Several years ago Mr. On The Town — the No. 1 dog lover in our house — and I attended the play “Sylvia” at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The A.R. Gurney play is about an empty-nest couple who take in a stray dog. I won’t give away the ending but this comedy will tug at your heartstrings. I guarantee you’ll love this play! “Sylvia” plays from Nov. 7-17 at the LTAC. Tickets are available at www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or by calling 720-5091000. Kim Staunton, a winner of a Denver Post Ovation Award, Henry Award, and Westword’s Best of Denver among her many local theater performances, stars as Kate. Two Tony Award nominees, director Randal Myler and Jonathan C. Kaplan (as Greg), also are part of the cast and crew. Denver favorites Jamie Ann Romero (Sylvia) and Randy Moore (Tom, Phyllis and Leslie) round out a stellar cast.
Boys and Girls Club opens
The opening of the new Nancy P. Anschutz Center Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, Oct. 1 was a celebration, despite a horrific shooting just 11 days earlier that left club advocate Terrance Roberts accused of attempted murder. Boldfaced names like Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Phil and Nancy Anschutz, John and Paige Elway and Jack A. Vickers celebrated the opening of the new center at the Jack A. Vickers Boys & Girls Club. Denver politicos and movers and shakers joined the celebration of a new Park Hill community center that replaced a shopping area torched by a gang in 2008. Boys and Girls Club President and CEO John Aragoni held the sentiments of many in attendance when he said: “The community here had gone through its ups and downs. But we want to recognize its past with an eye on its future.”
‘Girl’ power for CRA
Sonia Riggs, formerly the executive director of the American Institute of Architects Colorado, is the heir apparent to eventually take over Pete Meersman’s chief cheese job with the Colorado Restaurant Association as Meersman prepares for his departure. CRA chairman of the board Rich Yoke appointed a search committee to advertise, screen, interview and select someone to serve as the new CRA chief operating officer, a position that will transition into the president and chief executive officer when Meersman, who has led the CRA for 30-plus years, leaves the association Nov. 1, 2014. As of that date, Meersman will become the CRA’s chief strategy officer by serving on various affiliated boards and working on special projects until November 2019. “Sonia will officially begin work at CRA on Nov. 20,” Meersman said in a mass email. “She will be at CRA building on occasion before then for other meetings. “Sonia’s professional references raved about her when I talked to them. (All four AIA references not only praised her, but they asked me not to hire her because they wanted her to stay there.) I spent a morning last talking with Sonia in person. She has a great personality and sense of Parker continues on Page 22
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17 Mile House fest goes the distance Arapahoe County’s historic 17 Mile House will be open for tours as the county hosts a Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 19 on the grounds at 8181 S. Parker Road in Centennial. A pumpkin patch, blacksmith shop, gold panning, antique farm implements, kids’ pioneer crafts and games will be featured, as well as a tour of the house, which was a stop for westbound wagon trains. Also, there will be a petting farm, food trucks (one with waffles, one barbecue) and a horsedrawn trolley ride to/from Tagawa Gardens along historic Cherry Creek. Pumpkins and food/beverages can be purchased. Admission is free.
Fresh Eyre
Highlands Ranch-based Performance Now begins its new season with the Regional Premiere of “Jane Eyre” from Oct. 11-20 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $28/$25/$21; 303-987-7845, performancenow.org.
Ephron sisters
“Love, Loss and What I Wore” by Nora and Delia Ephron will be performed by Backstage/Breckenridge Oct. 18-27 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25, 303-7942787, ext. 5.
Library hosts craft fair
Bemis Library will host its annual International Craft Fair from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at 6014 S. Datura St., Little-
Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0540 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/14/2013 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: WILLIAM M. BALKOVATZ JR. AND EVAN S. BALKOVATZ Original Beneficiary: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 7/14/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005064192** DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $430,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $430,000.00 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.**MODIFIED THROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 24, 2011. 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: NOTICE LOT 9, THE PUBLIC FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF CONCERNING DOUGLAS COUNTY’S COLORADO. DEVELOPMENT WhichCOMMUNITY has the address of: 9482 Green IsBLOCK (CDBG) land Place, Lone GRANT Tree, CO 80124 2012 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE NOTICE OF SALE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described Douglas County prepared a Consoliherein, has filedhas written election and dedated Evaluation mand Annual for salePerformance as providedand by law and in Report (CAPER), which evaluates said Deed of Trust. overall progress Notice in addressing priorities THEREFORE, Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle
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Programming for fall covers a lot of bases ton. Proceeds from sales benefit poor craftspeople in many countries. Items and jewelry will be for sale from Indonesia, India, Egypt, Nepal, Uganda, South Africa, Asia, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Peru, Brazil, Haiti and more. New vendors are added to this year’s event. From 2 to 3 p.m. the Kutandira Marimba Experience will perform in Sophie’s Place. 303-795-3961.
Heritage Fine Arts
The historic 17 Mile House will be the site for Arapahoe County’s Fall Festival on Oct. 19. Courtesy photo by Andy Marquez tation and discussion. Please RSVP to bwarner@mindspring.com or 303-795-9677. There will be a drawing for another of Brown’s books.
“This is Colorado,” an annual juried exhibit presented by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Littleton Symphony “Great Stories in Music, will be held this year from Oct. 21 to Nov. 15 at the Colorado With Narration” is the theme Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe for the 2013-2014 Littleton Community College. Well- Symphony season, which beknown local artist and teacher gins by featuring the Colorado Phyllis Vandehaar is the 2013 Chorale at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 juror. The gallery is in the An- at Littleton United Methodnex at the northeast side of the ist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., main campus, 5800 S. Santa Fe Littleton. It will be repeated at Drive, Littleton. Hours: noon 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at Bethany Luto 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays; theran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., CherryOnHills Village. noon to 7 p.m. Tuesdays. An To Whom It May Concern: 8/14/2013 undersigned Public caused The chorale willTrustee sing Poulenc’s artists’ reception for the pub- the the Notice of Election and Demand relatto the Deed and of Trust described Thompbelow Randall lic will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ing “Gloria” to be recorded in Douglas County. Oct. 25. O r ison’s g i n a l “Testament G r a n t o r : W I of L L IFreedom.” AM M. B A LMonika K O V A T Z Vischer J R . A N Dwill E V Abe N S . guest BALKOVATZ Original Beneficiary: narrator for CITIMORTGAGE, the “Lieutenant Scottish Book Club INC. Kije’Holder Suite”of by Prokofieff. Author Corinne Joy Brown, Current Evidence of Debt:The CITIMORTGAGE, INC. orchestra will also perform the who wrote “MacGregor’s Lan- Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2005 dramatic “Siegfried’s Death Date of DOT: 7/14/2005 tern,” will speak at the 1 p.m. Recording Reception No. of DOT: 2005064192** Funeral March” Oct. 20 meeting of the Scottish DOTand Recorded in Douglas County. in comOriginal Principal Amount of Evidence 200th of memoration of Wagner’s Book Club of the St. Andrew Debt: $430,000.00 birthday. Tickets cost $15, Society at Highlands Ranch Li- Outstanding Principal Amount as of the $12 date hereof: $430,000.00 and tocan be§38-38-101 purchased online brary, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Pursuant C.R.S. (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of at littletonsymphony.org; Highlands Ranch. Copies can the at deed of trust have been violated as the Failure Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 to pay monthly installbe purchased from Brown’s follows: ments due Note Holder.**MODIFIED S. Quebec St., Centennial; website: corinnejoybrown. THROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATION or DATED FEBRUARY 24,303at the door. Information: com. Light refreshments will AGREEMENT 2011. 933-6824, info@littletonsymTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE be served during the presenTo Whom It May Concern: On 8/14/2013 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: WILLIAM M. BALKOVATZ JR. AND EVAN S. BALKOVATZ Original Beneficiary: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 7/14/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005064192** DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $430,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $430,000.00 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.**MODIFIED THROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 24, 2011. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, THE FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9482 Green Island Place, Lone Tree, CO 80124
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NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/14/2013 and specific objectives identified in the GEORGE J KENNEDY 2009-2013 DOUGLAS Douglas COUNTYCounty Public Consolidated Trustee Plan and Annual Action Plan for the 2012 The name, address and telephone numprogram year. This report summarizes bers of the attorney(s) representing the CDBGholder projectofaccomplishments andis: legal the indebtedness provides a financial summary of the 2012 TONI DALE CDBG programs. The#: County Colorado Registration 30580invites public reviewBOULEVARD of this document beginning 355 UNION SUITE 250, October 11, 2013 and ending October LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 25, 2013. The CAPER is submitted to the Phone #: (303) 274-0155 U.S.#: Department of Housing and Urban Fax (303) 274-0159 Development (HUD) in accordance with Attorney File #: 13-049-25011 programMAY regulations. interested *YOU TRACKPersons FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, THE FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9482 Green Island Place, Lone Tree, CO 80124
NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/14/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-049-25011 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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Sweet Charity Affair
The annual Alpha Xi Delta alumnae fundraising event, Sweet Charity Affair and Luncheon, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 19 at Calvary Baptist Church, 6500 E. Girard Ave., Denver. Proceeds from the bake sale, live and silent auction, boutique and lunch, catered by Taste of the Season, will fund a number of local charities. Purchase tickets ($20) from Barbara Vietti, bvietti@comcast.net, 303-9797561.
CD release
The Reunited Young Adult Choir of St. Andrew United Methodist Church will celebrate the release of its first CD at its Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at St. Andrew, 9203 S. University Blvd. Highlands Ranch. Admission is free. The group of a dozen 20-somethings formed in 2009, led by Nathan and Matthew Grooms, who wanted to reconnect with old friends to sing after college. Music director Mark Zwilling is accompanist and music adviser.
Ch maze tober By Sonya Ellingboe •U sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Marc Parker’s PACE Center offers audiences a menu ofgrow entertainment plus classes of all sorts through theson G fall. A sampler of Main Stage programming plus awest Mary couple of children’s shows follows: • Scottish folk singer Julie Fowlis appears on Oct.time 17. Many have heard her voice on the soundtrack tothe G to su Disney’s film “Brave.” • A troupe from Chicago’s gift to us all, Secondprogr City, will present “Happily Ever Laughter” on Oct.derse 18, ready to involve the audience in the clever im-metr and s provisation they excel with. • Denver Brass ensemble brings fanfairs, flour-need ishes, classics and contemporary hits to the stage Fe charg on Oct. 19. • Wonderbound, formerly Ballet Nouveau, per-with forms “A Gothic Folktale,” a new full length balletat 11 that explores American myth, folk culture and mag-on w ic realism. Director Garrett Ammon developed itprese in cooperation with illusionist/mentalist Professora str Phelyx and singer/ songwriter Jesse Manley. Perfor-keep musi mances: Oct. 26, 27. • The Parker Symphony Orchestra will join forcescal fo with Legend High School’s Cantores Choir to pres- Br ent Verdi’s “Requiem” in celebration of the 200thhaul will anniversary of Guiseppe Verdi’s birth on Nov. 1. • Nov. 2 brings Modern Jazz with an Urban Twistout t by New Orleans native Jon Batiste, who has collabo-Huds rated with Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Buffet, Prince…Fe D • At the Mainstreet Center: Classic Acts presentsorg. 3 “Charlotte’s Web” on Oct. 19 (2 and 6 p.m.) and the • Missoula Children’s Theater presents “Alice in Won-Chat derland” on Nov. 9 (2 and 6 p.m.). For kids at loosehosts ends over fall break, the Parker Theater Companydays is directing a weeklong theater camp Oct. 14-19, 9with a.m. to 1 p.m. It will include choreographed numbers from “Matilda” and “Newsies,” and a show based on individual talents at 11 a.m. Friday. Finally: the PACE Center’s Renaissance Guild will celebrate New Year’s Eve Motown Style this year, with music by the Tripping Griswolds and The Motones. But this show sold out by mid-November in 2012. For tickets and information: pacecenteronline. org, 303-805-6800
November 5, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given of an election to be conducted on November 5, 2013. This election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors certain ballot issues. The address of the walk-in locations and the hours during which the walk-in location for the application and delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots will be open: Mail Ballots shall be available at the following locations from 7:00 AM.to 7:00 P.M. Election Day.
Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF ELECTION Sections 1-5-205(1) and 1-7.5-107(2.5)(a), C.R.S. VILLAGE ON THE GREEN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 November 5, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given of an election to be conducted on November 5, 2013. This election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors certain ballot issues. The address of the walk-in locations and the hours during which the walk-in location for the application and delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots will be open: Mail Ballots shall be available at the following locations from 7:00 AM.to 7:00 P.M. Election Day. Locations: Castle Rock – Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Pl, 80109, 303-660-7444 Highlands Ranch – Douglas County Sheriff’s Substation, 9250 Zotos Dr, 80126 Lone Tree – Park Meadow Center, 9350 Heritage Hills Cir, 80124 Parker – Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, 80138, 303-841-0353 Parker – the Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria St, 80138
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Legal No.:–924220 Hours:Notice Monday Friday, First Publication: October 10, 2013 October 28 through November 4, Last Publication: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00October P.M.; 10, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Saturday, November 2, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Election Day, November 5, 2013, 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The address of the locations for the return of mail ballots and the hours during which the office will be open: Location: Castle Rock – Castle Rock Motor Vehicle Office, 301 Wilcox St, 80104 Castle Rock – Town of Castle Rock, 100 N. Wilcox St, 80104, 303-660-1367 Castle Pines – City of Castle Pines,
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Hours: Monday – Friday, October 28 through November 4, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Saturday, November 2, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Election Day, November 5, 2013, 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The address of the locations for the return of mail ballots and the hours during which the office will be open: Location: Castle Rock – Castle Rock Motor Vehicle Office, 301 Wilcox St, 80104 Castle Rock – Town of Castle Rock, 100 N. Wilcox St, 80104, 303-660-1367 Castle Pines – City of Castle Pines, 7501 Village Square Dr, 80108, 303-705-0200 Highlands Ranch – Highlands Ranch Motor Vehicle office, 2223 Wildcat Reserve Pkwy, #G-1, 80129 Lone Tree – City of Lone Tree, 9220 Kimmer Dr, Suite 100, 80124, 303-708-1818 Parker –Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, 80138, 303-841-0353
Hours: Monday – Friday, October 28 through November 4, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Saturday, November 2, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Election Day, November 5, 2013, 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The address of the locations for the return of mail ballots and the hours during which the office will be open: Location: Castle Rock – Castle Rock Motor Vehicle Office, 301 Wilcox St, 80104 Castle Rock – Town of Castle Rock, 100 N. Wilcox St, 80104, 303-660-1367 Castle Pines – City of Castle Pines, 7501 Village Square Dr, 80108, 303-705-0200 Highlands Ranch – Highlands Ranch Motor Vehicle office, 2223 Wildcat Reserve Pkwy, #G-1, 80129 Lone Tree – City of Lone Tree, 9220 Kimmer Dr, Suite 100, 80124, 303-708-1818 Parker –Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, 80138, 303-841-0353
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Three 24-hour Ballot Drop Boxes will be available, October 15 through November 5. Castle Rock – Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Pl, 80109, 303-660-7444 Highlands Ranch Douglas County Sheriff’s Substation, 9250 Zotos Dr, 80126 Lone Tree - Park Meadows Center, 9350 Heritage Hills Cir, 80124 Applications for Mail Ballots: The offices are open from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays. The application must be received at this office no later than 5:00 P.M. on Monday, October 28, 2013, for the ballot to be issued by mail. After October 28, 2013, all voters must visit a locations listed above to be issued a mail ballot. Legal Notice No.: 924172 First Publication: October 10, 2013 Last Publication: October 10 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Three 24-hour Ballot Drop Boxes will be available, October 15 through November 5. Castle Rock – Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Pl, 80109, 303-660-7444 Highlands Ranch Douglas County Sheriff’s Substation, 9250 Zotos Dr, 80126 Lone Tree - Park Meadows Center, 9350 Heritage Hills Cir, 80124
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Halloween events pop up around area Haunted holiday offers fun for all By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@ourcoloradonews. com Choose a pumpkin, get lost in a maze and enjoy ghost stories in October: • Under the watchful eye of John Marchetti, pumpkins have been growing bigger and bigger at Hudson Gardens in the patches on the west side of the garden near the Mary Carter Greenway. Now it’s time for FestiFall on Oct. 26, when the Gardens will host a family event to support the ongoing education programs planned by Melanie Feddersen. Children from across the metro area want to visit the Gardens and sometimes, scholarship help is needed. FestiFall, with a $3 admission charge, runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a Giant Pumpkin Sale, starting at 11 a.m. (prices start at $5, based on weight); live owl demonstrations presented by Wild Wings Education; a straw bale maze; meet the beekeeper; craft stations; storytelling; music by DJ Da Boogieman; and local food trucks. Bring a wagon or wheelbarrow to haul away that pumpkin! Proceeds will help with outreach throughout the Denver metropolitan area. Hudson Gardens is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Hudsongardens. org. 303-797-8565. • Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, at C-470 and Wadsworth, hosts its Corn Maze Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 27, with extra haunting after dark on
Fridays and Saturdays. Also at Chatfield: the Pumpkin Festival Oct. 1113 with a pumpkin patch, music by Stray Dog, Colorado arts and crafts, pony rides, food and more. Admission is charged. botanicgardens.org. • Harvest Festival at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. October 12 and offers pumpkins for sale, wagon rides, games, music and food. Tickets for some events. 303-795-3950. • Victorian Halloween at the Littleton Museum, 6026 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Visit the 1890s Farm from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 for games, pumpkin carving and spooky activities. Free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 303-795-3950 • Walking With the Dead is an after-dark tour on Oct. 26 of the Littleton Museum’s 1860s farm, beginning at 6 p.m. Walks will start every 20 minutes until 9 p.m. Timed tickets are required — available now at the museum. Appropriate for age 10 and older. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 303-795-3950. • Frightful Friday: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe at Bemis Library, 6015 S. Datura St., Littleton, from 7 to 9 p.m. October 25. David Skipper will perform as Poe, with accomplice in horror Joan Mattey. Enjoy free popcorn and lemonade. 303-795-3961. • Reinke Brothers Haunted Mansion at 5663 S. Prince St. in downtown Littleton draws folks from across the metro area with its special effects and creepy characters. Lights-on tour for children from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 3. Hours: 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; 6 p.m. to midnight Fridays; 3 p.m. to midnight Saturdays; 3 to 10 p.m. Sun-
A pumpkin patch at Hudson Gardens lies near the Mary Carter Greenway. Courtesy photo by Ian Ross days. Admission: $15 ($1 discount with canned food donation.) • Hauntings at the Hangar — Wings over the Rockies Air and Space Museum is haunted from noon to 4 p.m. October 27. Lowry Air Force Base Hangar near Alameda and Quebec. Admission: $11/$9/$6. Free under 4. Wingsmuseum.org, 303-360-5360, ext. 105, info@wing-
smuseum.org. • Festival of Scarecrows in Olde Town Arvada on Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vote for your favorite scarecrow between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. To enter a decorated scarecrow, find application at historicarvada. org or call 303-420-6100. Also, a decorated pumpkin contest. (Do not carve or puncture.) Applications:
arvadafestivals.com. Pumpkins can be purchased at the Pumpkin Patch, with proceeds to the Arvada community Food Bank. Pumpkin seed spitting, pie eating, potato sack and three-legged races, pumpkin dish cooking contest (no pies here). Face painting, hayrides, alpaca petting zoo, games. Kids costume parade at noon.
SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF OCT 7, 2013
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GALLERY OF GAMES
ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Your Aries charm helps persuade others to listen to your proposal. But it’s still a long way from acceptance, unless you can stand up to the tough questions that are set to follow. TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Plan to share a weekend getaway from all the pressures of your hectic workaday world with a very special someone. You could be pleasantly surprised at what develops. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your keen insight once again helps you handle a challenging situation with a clearer perception of what it’s really all about. What you learn helps you make a difficult decision. CANCER (Jun 21 to July 22) If you want to steer clear of getting involved in a new family dispute, say so. Your stand might cause hurt feelings for some, but overall, you’ll be respected for your honesty. LEO (July 23 to Aug 22) Expect recognition for your efforts in getting a project into operation. Besides the more practical rewards, your Lion’s heart will be warmed by the admiration of your colleagues. VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Set aside time to rid yourself of clutter that might well be drawing down your creative energies. Consider asking someone to help you decide what stays and what goes. LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) A colleague could make a request that might place you in an awkward position with co-workers. Best advice: Share your concerns with an associate you can trust. SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Your energy levels are way up, allowing you to take on the added challenge of a task you’ve been hoping to secure. Expect this move to lead to an important opportunity. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Your continuing sense of confidence in what you’ve set out to do gives encouragement to others. Expect to see more people asking to add their efforts to yours. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) You might think it would be best to reject a suggestion others insist would be unworkable. But you might be surprised by what you find if you give it a chance. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Changing a decision might disappoint some people, but the important thing is that you be honest with yourself. Don’t go ahead with anything you have doubts about. PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) There could be some fallout from an emotional confrontation that you really should deal with before moving on. Best to start fresh with a clean, clear slate. BORN THIS WEEK: Your honesty not only helps you make decisions for yourself, but also helps others find the right choices for themselves. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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It’s all about the zombies Staff report Downtown Littleton kicked off the Halloween season — which, yes, is a season in Littleton — with the fifth annual Downtown Littleton Zombie Crawl on Oct. 5. Either the event is catching on or the zombie apocalypse has claimed many more victims, as it draws a bigger crowd each year. Instinctively, hundreds of zombies of all ages gather at Woodlawn Shopping Center at 11 a.m., then stagger down Main Street in a quest to quench their undying need for brains. But instead of feasting on hapless Littleton citizens, Reinke Brothers Halloween and Costume Store lures them in with roasted pig — apparently close enough for zombie sensibilities. The next thing you’ll notice are the pumpkin poles on Main Street, which you’ll just have to see to understand. They herald the return of the Pumpkin Follies and Goat Show, Oct. 11 in Reinke’s parking lot. Visit for a talent show, spoof of Littleton events and one-of-a-kind acts. Admission is $5; drinks and food will be available for purchase.
Zombies come in all shapes and sizes, as evidenced by this diverse horde on Main Street Oct. 5 during downtown Littleton’s annual Zombie Crawl.
No, it’s not brains on buns. Zombies are happy to chow down on roast pig after a long trek down Main Street, which wrapped up at Reinke Brothers’ Halloween and Costume Store.
Zombie Rudi Monterroso tries to resist dining on his adorable daughter, 3-month-old Anjeli.
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opponents, beginning at 5 p.m. on Oct. 15 at Chloe, 1445 Market St. Come and share some X’s and O’s with players Montee Ball, Sylvester Williams, Britton Colquitt, Wesley Woodyard and one of my favorite former players, Rod Smith. One hundred percent of proceeds benefit Volunteers of America’s Brandon Center, an emergency shelter for women and children. For tickets, go to www.voacolorado.org.
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Welker and delighted over Decker. That’s why we’re inviting hardcore fans to join us in rooting on the Broncos this fall with a stay at Denver’s only pop culture-themes hotel, and then to come back and do it all again in December.” Here’s the “Booking Broncos” breakdown: Rates start at $129 per night when you book your football stay at the Curtis on Oct. 13 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oct. 26 or 27 vs. the Washington Redskins (and former Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan) or Nov. 16 or 17 vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. And the rest of the story ... say “Play it again, Peyton” and earn a second visit to the Curtis for $83 per night — in honor of Welker — plus $18 valet parking with homage
to Manning on Dec. 7 or 8 vs. the Tennessee Titans or on Dec. 12 against the San Diego Chargers. To take advantage of the Curtis Orange Crush offer, call Scott at 720-889-4747. For more information on the Curtis, go to www. thecurtis.com or call 800-525-6651. 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 BlacktieColorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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Getting around with Phileas Fogg Jules Verne story comes to stage at Arvada Center By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com In a time where one can be almost anywhere in the world in a day or two, the audience has to bring imagination to a play set in a time when travelers devoted a year to circumnavigating the globe. Although Jules Verne was excited about the technological advancements in the 1850s, when there was a Society for the Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier-Than-Air-Craft, according to the Arvada Center program, he had to dream and write science fiction about new modes of travel.
He wrote about Phileas Fogg (Dustin Bronson), a mid-19th-century wealthy nerd, who made a wager with men at his London club that he could go “Around the World in 80 Days.” The Arvada Center presents Creede Repertory Theatre’s witty production of Mark Brown’s play, adapted from the novel, through Oct. 27. It is set in 1872 “in London and around the world.” As lights go up, the stage has a raked platform with a single rose velvet chair centered on it. It will become a ship and other locations in rapid succession. India, Africa, Asia, Europe … Fogg’s previous servant allows that he has just been fired because the shaving water was the wrong temperature for his excessively structured employer. A replacement, the French Passepartout (Graham Ward), appears, ready to go to work — and to travel, he learns, since Fogg
has just made his 20,000-pound bet. He wears his grandfather’s fine watch, which cannot possibly be wrong, he insists. He keeps it on London time through the trip and there is talk throughout about what time it is — a key to the ending. That simple platform becomes many destinations as the imaginative choreography by director Charlie Oates carries it to distant lands. The other scenic prop is a large cabinet that becomes an office for all sorts of characters, mostly played by the versatile Patrick Du Laney, with lighteningfast costume changes. John Arp plays Detective Fix (and others) trailing after Fogg with an arrest warrant. His comic talents are in top form. Caitlin Wise is the fifth member of this talented cast. Among other roles, she is the lovely Aouda, whom Fogg rescues from some Bedouins and, of course, falls for.
Fogg remains himself, but other characters in a variety of costumes and with assorted accents, swirl in and out of a fastmoving story. The audience cheered in several especially cleverly staged scenes. Crisp dialogue, imaginative costumes and precise direction contribute to a wellproduced bit of time travel. Suitable for children age 9 and over.
IF YOU GO “Around the World in 80 Days,” produced by Creede Repertory Theatre, plays through Oct. 27 at the Arvada Center’s black box theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets: Arvadacenter.org, 720-898-7200.
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“Shadowlands” by William Nicholson is a love story about British author C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman, based on Nicholson’s book. Directed by Craig Bond and Lorraine Scott at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25 ($20 advance). 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.org.
Three generations
“Door to Door” by James Sherman is a tribute to American women of three generations, with a Jewish perspective. It plays through Nov. 10 at Pluss Theater, MACC, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9; 8 p.m. Oct. 12; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $20-$25, 303-316-6360,
Korean-American family story
“99 Histories” by Julia Cho, plays Oct. 24 to Nov. 16 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, presented by Theatre Esprit Asia, TEA, Colorado’s only Asian American Theatre Company, in its second year. Terry Dodd is director for this play, which runs Oct. 24-Nov. 16. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25/$23 advance/$20 seniors, students. 303-856-7830, theatreesprit-asia.org.
Puppets for adults
“Avenue Q” features the original Denver cast (Vintage Theatre, before its move) in this clever show, populated with sometimes-
raunchy puppets. Directed by Bernie Cardell, it plays through Nov. 3 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave, Aurora. Performances: 7:30 Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Produced by Ignite Theatre. Tickets: $28/$19, 720-362-2697, Lucent_Performing_ Arts@ mail.vresp.com.
The Fail family
“Failure: A Love Story” by Philip Dawkins plays Oct. 10 to 26 at Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Performances: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m. Saturday performances offer a community meal, with a menu inspired by the play, created by Rollin’ Green Food Truck, with special beer by Wild Woods Brewery. (Oct. 12 post-show; Oct. 19 pre-show at 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 26 post-show.)
Tickets: 303-444-7328, www.thedairy.org.
Maggie and Big Daddy
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by Tennessee Williams plays Oct. 18 to Nov. 17 at the Edge Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Angela Astle is the director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $20-$22, theedgetheatre.com, 303-232-0363.
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“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” adapted by Christopher Cook from Washington Irving’s story, plays through Nov. 3 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Charles Packard is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets: 303-739-1971, aurorafox.org.
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Mountain Vista No. 2 singles player Ben Antonsen returns a volley during a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Columbine’s Andy Wright to earn a Class 5A Regional title Oct. 3 at Redstone Park in Highlands Ranch. Photos by Ryan Boldrey
Golden Eagles soar to state Mountain Vista boys win regional as state tourney approaches By Jim Benton
jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Mountain Vista easily won the Class 5A Region 5 boys tennis championship and established itself as a team to watch at the state tournament. The Golden Eagles won all seven finals in straight sets Oct. 3 during the second day of the regional tournament that was held at Redstone Park. Mountain Vista lost just 23 games during the regional and will now head into the Oct. 10-12 Class 5A state tournament at
Gates Tennis Center as a team that could damage the title hopes of perennial state powers Cherry Creek and Fairview. “We are peaking at the right time,” proclaimed Golden Eagles coach Jim Flanigan. “We’ve been the third or fourth best team in the state all year. Cherry Creek and Fairview are the top two teams going into state. I tell the kids all you want to do is put yourself in the best position you can. We’re in that group that could have a chance. “I know that Cherry Creek and Fairview have better teams on paper, but I’ve told our kids that matches are not played on paper. You never know what might happen.” Cherry Creek, Fairview and Mountain Vista qualified their entire teams, and Arapahoe will send players in six of the seven positions. Mountain Vista’s regional champions were Vignesh Senthilvel at No. 1 singles,
Rock Canyon senior Matt Matsuyama competes in the Class 5A Region 3 tournament at No. 1 singles on Oct. 1 at Redstone Park against Chatfield’s John Koza. Ben Antonsen at No. 2 singles, Michael Shin at No. 3 singles, the No. 1 doubles team of Austin Gruszczynski and Vamsi Senthilvel, Maciek Lazarski and Alex Boyarko at No. 2 doubles, Enzo Ortiz and Kobe Holdren at
No. 3 doubles and the No. 4 doubles duo of Blake Warner and Ashwin Vaithianathan. Seven of the 11 Vista players have state tournament experience. Tennis continues on Page 27
Valor hit goals in golf championships Tourneys held at courses around state By Jim Benton
jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com The Heritage boys golf team accomplished its mission, as did the golfers from Valor Christian, in the Colorado State High School golf championship tournaments. Heritage turned in the third best score during the second and final day of the Class 5A tournament Oct. 1 at Murphy Creek Golf
Course and tied for fifth place in the final standings. Valor Christian, a runner-up in 2012 after losing in a two-hole playoff to Pueblo South, rallied from five shots off the pace after the first round to claim the Class 4A state championship at Hiwan Country Club. “We were tied for sixth (after the first round) and we said if we could get into the top five we’d be happy,” said Heritage coach Nicki Polous. Heritage, led by senior Hunter Lee, carded a 226 during play on the second day that had golfers dealing with 20 mph winds in
addition to the course. The Eagles had the third best final-round score behind state champion Regis Jesuit (213) and Arapahoe (223). Lee finished tied for 10th in the final individual standings with a 4-over-par 148 total after rounds of 75 and 73. Other members of the Heritage team were Riggs Winz (78-74—172), Reese Leiker (78-79—157) and Nick Leibold (77-83—160). Regis finished 23 strokes ahead of second-place Ralston Valley. Cherry Creek wound up third, Arapahoe ninth and Douglas County 12th.
Jake Staino shot a 1-over-par 71 in the second round to spark Valor’s comeback. The Eagles fashioned a final-round 225 on the difficult Hiwan course to catch and pass Silver Creek to capture the state title by three shots. Valor had four golfers finish in the top 13 on the individual leaderboard. Staino (77-71) was fourth at 148, Ross Macdonald (75-77) seventh at 152, Josh Seiple (76-78) tied for ninth place at 154 and Coby Welch (79-77) tied for 13th with a 156 total. Golf continues on Page 27
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Ponderosa, Ranch battle to tie in soccer Score 1-1 after two overtimes By Jim Benton
jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Ponderosa played short-handed but escaped with a 1-1 overtime tie against Highlands Ranch in a Continental League soccer match Oct. 3 at Sports Authority Stadium. Mustangs goalkeeper Kyran Johnson drew his second yellow card with 21:31 remaining in the second half, and Ponderosa was forced to play a player short for the remainder of the game and both 10-minute overtime sessions. The teams traded first-half goals, but it was Ponderosa that picked up its game after being forced to play with 10 instead of 11 players. The Mustangs had several good scoring chances, especially in the overtimes. “We actually played pretty good a man down,” said Ponderosa coach Jim Engels. “We took it to them. Gosh, we hit the bar once.
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“Usually the strategy when you are a man down would be to play more defensive and maybe just hold on for the tie. We kind of went the opposite way. We felt like we should win and it almost felt like they were sitting back and playing for it. We still wanted to attack. We wanted to win. It felt like we were going to get one at some point and we came close a lot.” Highlands Ranch coach Danny Main felt his team let down with the man advantage. “I definitely think we played better when we were straight 11 on 11,” admitted Main. “A lot of times when a team goes down a player, they focus more. They have to work harder. They know they have to compensate for one less guy. A lot of times teams will play better with 10 players. “We just had to get it out of our head that we had one more player and it was going to be easier. We had to continue to work like there was an 11th player out there.” When both teams played with 11 players in the first half, Ponderosa took a 1-0 lead when Colton Carr beat a Falcons defender
to Johnson’s long punt. Carr got to the ball before diving Highlands Ranch keeper Tyler Londono and scored into an empty net. Jeff Ingell scored on a penalty shot for the Falcons six minutes later to tie the game. “I loved how we played in the first half,” said Main. “I don’t think we’ve played better all season than in the first half. “Mentally we started breaking down, again having one less player to defend, our mentality changed. “Everything was directed going forward, it was going to be easier to attack rather than just being patient, moving the ball around and finding spaces.” Despite the tie, Highlands Ranch stayed close to Rock Canyon in the chase for the league title. Rock Canyon took a 6-0-2 Continental record into the Oct. 8 game against Chaparral at Shea Stadium. Highlands Ranch, which notched a 3-2 non-league overtime win over Doherty Oct. 5, hoped to improve on its 5-1-1 league record in an Oct. 8 contest against Heritage.
Highlands Ranch and Rock Canyon play Oct. 10. “Last year was a rejuvenation,” said Main. “We made it all the way to the second round of the playoffs. It was the first time we were in the playoffs for a decade. These guys got a taste of it. They are hungry. “They feel they can do even better this year. The results so far have proved it. It’s not like last year where we were just trying to get into the playoffs. It’s a different mentality. We’ll get to the playoffs, but can we get a high seed and even challenge for a league championship?” Ponderosa is 5-2-1 in the Continental League and also looking for to the state playoffs. “We are just looking for the playoffs,” said Engels. “These teams are all going to the 5A playoffs and we go to the 4A playoffs. So if we know we can play with all these teams we should be OK.” Ponderosa played at Regis Jesuit Oct. 8, with an Oct. 11 game set at 3 p.m. against Legend at Sports Authority Stadium.
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In a Continental League football matchup, ThunderRidge scored 21 second-half points to beat Highlands Ranch, 42-14, at Shea Stadium on Oct. 4. Steve Ray ran for 211 yards and scored four touchdowns to help the Grizzlies improve to 5-1 on the season. The Falcons fell to 2-4.
ThunderRidge wide receiver Josh Brown sweeps wide to the right with Highlands Ranch defensive lineman Logan Harcourt in pursuit. Photos by Paul DiSalvo
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HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL Boys Soccer Highlands Ranch 1, Ponderosa 1 Jeff Ingall scored the lone goal for Highlands Ranch on a penalty shot that left the game in a 1-1 tie after two overtimes.
ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL Football Rock Canyon 28, Doherty 53 Rock Canyon scored 28 points in second-half rally, but it was enough since Doherty beat them 53-28. After a 33-0 lead at halftime, Rock Canyon came back 33-28. Doherty scored 20 more points in the second half for a 53-28 win.
THUNDERRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Football ThunderRidge 42, Highlands Ranch 14 Running back Steve Ray scored four touchdowns against Highlands Ranch for 42-14 win. Matt Stanley and Mark Hopper also scored in the game.
Volleyball ThunderRidge 2, Ponderosa 3 Senior Erika Roach had 22 kills and Tristyn Sells added 20, but it wasn’t enough to be beat Ponderosa. The Mustangs beat ThunderRidge 3-2.
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Softball Valor Christian 5, Palmer Ridge 4 Erica Mann had two RBI to help her team to a close 5-4 win over Palmer Ridge. Pitcher Abby Zuschlag struck out five batters. Valor Christian 7, Horizon 3 Valor Christian Morgan Petrone scored a homerun to lead her team in a 7-3 triumph over Palmer Ridge. Petrone had two hits and three RBI on the day.
UPCOMING GAMES Boys Soccer THURSDAY 4:30 p.m. - Highlands Ranch @ Rock Canyon SATURDAY 6 p.m. - Highlands Ranch vs. Littleton @ Shea Stadium TUESDAY 6:30 p.m. - Highlands Ranch vs. Mountain Vista @ Shea Stadium
Football THURSDAY 7 p.m. - Rock Canyon vs. Palmer FRIDAY 7 p.m. - ThunderRidge @ Douglas County
Softball SATURDAY 10 a.m. - Valor Christian vs. Air Academy (Regional Playoffs)
Volleyball THURSDAY 6:30 p.m. - ThunderRidge vs. Mountain Vista TUESDAY 6:30 p.m. - ThunderRidge vs. Douglas County
Littleton’s Alex Olvera (10) jumps to put a foot on the ball during the Oct. 3 game against ThunderRidge. The Lions edged the Grizzlies 2-1 in Highlands Ranch. Photo by Tom Munds
Grizzlies fall to Lions on pitch Littleton victorious in tough battle with ThunderRidge By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com The Littleton High School boys soccer team climbed one step closer to its goal of making the playoffs Oct. 3 by winning a hard-fought battle with ThunderRidge, 2-1 on the Grizzlies’ home field. “All remaining games are very important as we try to make the playoffs,” Lions coach Pedja Vajzovic said after the game. “It was a tough game today. This was an even game early but we also missed scoring a couple of goals we should have scored. They tied the score late in the period so it was all even. We played better in the second half, we worked hard, so we got that goal to give us the win.” ThunderRidge coach Chris Smith was disappointed by the outcome of the game. “This is a must-win game for us because we must win from here out if we are to get into the playoffs,” he said before the game.
“We have good players and have worked hard every game. But, we have had several players sidelined by injuries and it seems we haven’t been getting some of those key bounces in our favor that can help you win. So we are at a point now where we have to win the rest of our games to make the playoffs.” The Oct. 3 win elevated the Littleton record to 7-3-1 overall and 4-1-1 in league while ThunderRidge drops to 3-8 overall and 2-6 in league. The league season is in the home stretch. Littleton was at Littleton Public Schools Stadium Oct. 8 against Legend and Oct. 10 against Douglas County. The Lions are on the road Oct. 12 at Shea Stadium against Highlands Ranch and close out the regular season Oct. 15 at LPS against Chaparral. The Grizzlies have three games left on the schedule. They were at Littleton Public Schools Stadium Oct. 10 against Heritage and played Castle View Oct. 11 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Stadium. The final game Soccer continues on Page 27
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of the season is Oct. 15 at Shea Stadium against Douglas County. The Oct. 3 game proved to be an 80-minute back-andforth battle as each team sought to take control of the tempo of play. A great deal of play was in the middle of the field, as one team attacked and the other team’s defense got control of the ball and sent the action the other way. There were shots on goal that sailed wide of the net, and goalies at both ends of the field caught or deflected those shots that were on target to score. The Lions got on the scoreboard midway through the first half as the team had mounted a succession of attacks. One of attacks pushed the ball deep in ThunderRidge territory and, when there was an opening, Cole Greer drilled a low line-drive shot past the diving Grizzlies goalie. The Grizzlies’ successful attack tied the score with 2:47 left in the first half on a left-footed shot by Eric Meza. The second half was more of the same type of backand-forth soccer. Littleton’s game winner came midway through the period when Alex Olvera drilled a hard shot at the ThunderRidge goal. Grizzlies goalie Cameron Braaten made a diving deflection but Will Patton was then to put the ball into the back of the net. The Littleton coach said another win helps the team’s effort to get into the playoffs. “We have four league wins now and four games left to go,” Vajzovic said after the game. “We want to try to win all of them but I believe if we win at least two, we will make the playoffs.” He said he keeps stressing that the team needs more consistent play. “We have a lot of talent and, at times, our team can be scary good,” he said. “But, we can be scary good for a few minutes in a game but then seek to relax and just not play to the level we should be playing. I tell the players this stretch is like the World Cup for us and we need to be scary good for a full 80 minutes each game.” Senior striker Olvera said soccer has been his favorite sport since he was 5 and he loves the game. “My natural position is as a midfielder, but this year our team needed more offense so the coach moved me to forward,” he said. “This is an intense time of the year for all
Tennis Continued from Page 24
“I’m expecting tough matches, so I have to get ready mentally, physically,” said Vignesh Senthilvel. “Right now we are playing really well, and if we stay focused and play our game, we will surprise a lot of people at state.” Antonsen is a freshman who has watched the state tournament the past two years. “I’ve gone to the state tournament the past two years to watch the players, to see some good tennis and see what I could learn from it,” he said. Shin, a senior who didn’t play last summer because he was visiting family in Korea, believes the Golden Eagles can be a serious contender at the Gates Tennis Center. “I’m definitely excited to see a lot of people who made it to state from regionals and to be playing higher competition and level of tennis,” Shin said. “Fairview and Cherry Creek are the teams but we have the caliber.” Flanigan has watched his team grow from week to week this season. “I’ve seen the team progress from the beginning of the year,” he said. “The guys are really coming together. Austin (Gruszcynski) had to sit out the first five matches because he was a transfer from Valor, so everybody had to play up a position. As the season has gone on, we’ve gotten stronger and stronger. The guys are ready and have worked really hard to get to this point. “Vignesh is at the top of his game and playing well. Ben has been our a rock this year at No. 2 singles. Michael is a
Golf Continued from Page 24
Lee appeared ready to climb up the leader board during the last day of the 5A tournament after he eagled the 311yard, par 4 ninth hole. “I was one under going into nine and hit a good chip and it went in,” recalled Lee. “That put me 3-under after nine, but I bogeyed the first three holes on the back nine and birdied one hole. I bogeyed 17, which was the toughest hole because of the wind. “I kind of had a tough time scoring. I missed a lot of easy short putts that I hadn’t missed in previous rounds where I scored lower, so that kind of hindered my chances of going low for the day. Overall I was striking the ball consistently and I just didn’t score the way I should have or know I can. Our team played pretty consistent. It was a good showing at state.” Lee tied for 10th with Arapahoe’s Sam Marley (74, 74) and Kobe Padilla (73, 75) of Cherry Creek. Defending state champion Kyler Dunkle of Douglas County finished the tournament strong by driving the 440-
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great team player. The last two years he has qualified for state as a No. 2 singles player, but Ben came in as a freshman and bumped him to No. 3, and he’s been playing great at No. 3 all season and understanding he wants to do well at state.” Other Class 5A qualifiers from area schools: No. 1 singles — Zach Fryer, Cherry Creek; Eric Kwiatkowski, Chaparral; Nicholas Farmen, Arapahoe No. 2 singles — Connor McPherson, Cherry Creek; Jake Becker, Arapahoe; Monroe Porter, Legend. No. 3 singles — Ethan Hillis, Cherry Creek; Brett Jones, ThunderRidge; Michael Shapiro, Rock Canyon; Greg Connelly, Castle View; Michael Maxwell, Legend; Cameron McGregor, Heritage. No. 1 doubles — Harshil Dwivedi-Jake Miller, Cherry Creek; Chad Curd-Michael Vartuli, Arapahoe. No. 2 doubles — Erin Norwood-Matt Gross, Cherry Creek; Matt Swearingen-Dylan Panis, Arapahoe. No. 3 doubles — Teller Hoskins-Ben Schlechting,Cherry Creek; Colin Brown-Sanjay Patil, Arapahoe; Eric StoppsMatt Givin, Rock Canyon; Adam Liss-Sam Kotenko, Legend. No. 4 doubles — Jacob Bendaline-Wyatt Dale, Cherry Creek; Nick Jackson-Jonny Holm, Chaparral; Sam Muetterties- Robert Moore, Arapahoe; Keegan Hofer-Warren Hartzler, Heritage. Area qualifiers from Valor Christian in the Class 4A state tournament that will be played Oct. 10-12 at Pueblo City Park: No. 1 singles — Erik Ratkelis; No. 2 singles — Jimmy Amundson. No. 3 singles — Drake Bailey. No. 1 doubles — Mike Pistilli-Dan Stephan. No. 2 doubles — Jerry FarmerHunter Case.
yard, par 4 18th hole and collecting a birdie. However, that was the highlight for Dunkle, who had rounds of 73 and 76 to wind up tied for 14th with a 149 twoday total. “The first day I played mediocre and the final day I didn’t play very good,” admitted Dunkle. “I was talking to my dad (Rock Canyon coach Jason Dunkle) and he said, it’s your senior year and last year of high school golf, go out and have fun. So I had a lot of fun. I drove 18, which was awesome. I was hitting my driver really well in the final round, I just wasn’t making any putts.” Finishes by other 5A golfers in the top 50 included Cherry Creek’s Cole Edwards (76, 75) and Will Matthews (73, 78) at 151, Austin Hardman of Mountain Vista (79,73 — 152), Russell Otten of Arapahoe (79, 73 — 152), Jackson Burke of Cherry Creek (76, 78 — 154), Ryan Pearson of Highlands Ranch (80, 75 — 155), Mountain Vista’s Chris Raap (77, 80 — 157), Tyler Zhang of Highlands Ranch (77, 80 — 157) and Douglas County’s Nick Smith 76, 84 — 160) In the Class 3A tournament held at the Pueblo County Club, Lutheran’s Hayden Nicholaides was fifth in the individual chase after rounds of 78, 70 for a 6-over-par 148 total. Teammate Peyton DeVencenty was sixth at 151 (76, 75). The Lions were third in the team standings.
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