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Suspects in custody in chemical incident Device ruptures at SkyView Academy, forcing evacuation Staff report Two suspects were in custody Jan. 14 following an incident in which a chemical device ruptured at SkyView Academy in Highlands Ranch, forcing the school’s evacuation. A news release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspects only as “juvenile males” and said the incident was not accidental and is being treated as a criminal investigation. Po-

tential charges against the boys were not made available. The release said a chemical reaction within an unspecified container caused the device to rupture inside a classroom shortly after 10 a.m. Four students and a teacher were transported to an area hospital “as a precaution,” according to Sgt. Ron Hanavan, of the sheriff’s office. He said the injuries were minor and tied to potential respiratory problems. Ten people initially were evaluated for potential injuries, and half of them transported. All patients were medically cleared and released as of the evening of Jan. 14.

The remaining students at the school were sent home for the day not long after the device went off and classes were cancelled. By late morning, the building had been cleared of any potential danger and the majority of emergency personnel cleared from the scene within an hour of responding, Hanavan said. The incident occurred in a single classroom, and approximately 1,200 students and staff at the K-12 school were evacuated into the parking lot initially, and then returned to the gymnasium when officials determined that area Chemical continues on Page 8

A long line of parents wait to reunite with their students in the SkyView Academy gym at about noon Jan. 14 after a chemical rupture closed the school. Photo by Jane Reuter

Holiday sales up in 2013 Business growth, added employees reasons for boost By Jane Reuter

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When Jamie LaRue accepted the executive director post in 1990, Douglas County had the worst library system in the state. It’s now the best in the country in its circulation class. Now it’s goodbye. LaRue is leaving Jan. 17. Photo by Virginia Grantier

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LaRue leaving after transforming Douglas County Libraries By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@coloradocommunitymedia.com He was age 6, and bored out of his mind one day, while in the middle of playing a baseball game — even then, not a team-sports fan — when he spotted something. And he started walking. He walked right out of the baseball game, no one stopping him, and he kept walking. “I saw this blue shimmer, and it kept getting closer and closer,” recalled Jamie LaRue, now 59, and the longtime Douglas County Libraries executive director. What LaRue saw was a bookmobile in his hometown of Waukegan, Ill.,

the first one he’d ever been in. Inside, a smiling librarian. And all of those books. At age 10, that same librarian, Mrs. Johnson, handed him “The Dialogs of Plato,” which he said changed his life. He said he still remembers the sentence he opened it to: “Socrates asked `what is wise?’ ” “I’ve been thinking about it ever since,” he said. Eventually he was reading a book a day. At one point LaRue decided to become a theoretical astrophysicist until he tried to get through a trigonometry class and realized he was the “dumbest kid in the room.” It then occurred to him librarians were the people who had helped him all of his life. “The library for me was a sanctuary and intellectual playhouse,” he said. He doesn’t watch TV. He writes poetry, loves walks, reads while he walks and plays music. A popular song with

audiences — when he performed with his guitar and banjo and a friend, an acoustic duo who called themselves the “Tuna Boys” — was “Blow up your TV,” by John Prine. LaRue said he has about 300 books near his bedside that he re-reads every year, and thousands of books about everywhere else in his Castle Rock house. “Good insulation,” he smiled. And great for other things. LaRue said results of a 20-year international study following children in 27 countries show unequivocally that having 500 books in the house between the ages of 0-5 is like having two parents with master’s degrees. Predictors of such things as whether a child will grow up to happy, healthy, educated, financially secure and out of jail can all be traced back to fourthgrade reading levels. And reading levels can be traced

The holidays were happy for most Lone Tree retailers; a fact they hope is part of a long, steady upward trend. Local retailers point to a variety of reasons for strong sales, including deep markdowns, a shortened shopping season, growing day-worker population and a positive shift in the city’s retail landscape. “We definitely saw a dramatic increase in business over holiday seasons in the past,” said Rio Grande restaurant manager Susan O’Meara. “We had been about 12 to 13 percent up every month coming into the holiday season, and we were 25 percent up from December last year. It was fantastic.” The city’s retail giant, Park Meadows shopping center, also saw brisk business and general manager Pamela Schenk-Kelly called the season “extremely positive.” November sales — a solid indicator of the season to come — were up more than expected, she said, adding that it came as a pleasant surprise with Thanksgiving coming a week later than normal, leading to less traditional holiday shopping time. Cold temperatures in early December saw a dip in traffic, she added, but sales “were ahead of plan and very strong” from Dec. 15 through New Year’s Eve. The highest Park Meadows traffic counts were recorded one day after Christmas, on Dec. 26. That wasn’t a surprise to Kelly, who’s managed the 17-year-old mall from its opening day. “The holiday season really does run through the week of New Year’s,” she said. Holiday continues on Page 10

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Lawmakers may get some sleep this session Opening Day in baseball is the best time to be a Cubs fan. There’s so much promise. It’s a new season. And every team is tied for first place. It’s just too bad the Cubs have to, you know, actually play baseball. As the season goes on, fans’ frustration mounts. And by the end of year, even the diehards are tired, grumpy and over it. I recently asked a fellow Cubs fan if that reminds him of anything. “In true Cubs fan fashion, I put a post up on Facebook the other day, talking about how optimistic I was coming into the legislative session, hopeful that we are going to have an opportunity to create some good public policy for the people of Colorado,” said Rep. Mark Waller, RColorado Springs. “Like Cubs fans in years past, I’ve been very disappointed toward the end of the season. Lets hope I’m not disappointed by the end of this legislative season.” Boy Howdy, were Republicans “disappointed” over what Democrats accomplished last year: Election reform and rural renewable energy mandate increases and attempts to overhaul the school finance system. Oh, and gun control. Oh boy. Republicans may have gotten all Genghis Khan over some bills, but they promised the “Wrath of Khan” after Democrats created

legislation that led to universal background checks on gun sales and limited the amount of rounds that gun magazines can hold. So, Democrats, on the heels of their huge wins last session, must be riding high as work begins at the Capitol this year, right, Rep. Max Tyler of Lakewood? “To be honest I came into it a little grumpy.” Oh. Nevermind. “The grumpiness came from the summer, whether it was created by nature or by the battles over the recalls,” Tyler said. “It was more like a pretty difficult campaign season over the summer.” Tyler did say that the grumpiness subsided as he got back to work inside the Capitol and that he’s energized about the session. And every lawmaker will tell you that they’re optimistic and looking forward to getting back to work. But clearly the polarizing battles from last session, followed by the recall elections in the fall, still weigh in the back of

lawmakers’ minds as they start work this year. And what about all the long hours they put in last year? Floor debates and committee hearings lasted FOR-EVER. Seriously, the greatest runners in Kenya looked at last year’s legislative session and said, “I want no part of that marathon.” Lawmakers had to have woken up on the first day of the session on Jan. 8, thinking to themselves, “Am I really looking forward to another round of committee hearings that don’t end until one in the morning?” “I don’t mind the 1 a.m. mornings,” said Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont. “When you said, `Waking up on Wednesday,’ it’s like, `I went to bed?’ ” In other words, Singer was lucky to get any sleep last session. But he’ll probably get a little more rest this time. Yes, there will be fights over some old battles and there will be new and improved controversy this time around. But I don’t see this year’s session being as maddening as last year’s was. “In most sessions you’re going to get two or three meaty, weightier issues,” Waller said. “Last year, I think we saw 15. But I don’t think we’ll see that this year.” Singer doesn’t either. And he’s not surprised by what he’s hearing from leaders of both parties, as the current session gets underway: Democrats wanting to move on

from what happened last year and Republicans looking to go to battle on some of those familiar issues. “What do you expect? You expect the majority to talk about coming together and you expect the minority to underline those differences that keep us apart for the next election cycle,” Singer said. So, there will be fights and there will be old battles revisited. But it sounds like lawmakers actually may be able get home before Letterman comes on TV, at least some of the time. “Everybody said, `Yeah it was so crazy,’” said Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Arvada, who was a freshman last year. “But how do I know? I thought this is how we always do this. But the idea of not being here from 7 in the morning to 10 at night every day. Wow, it sounds really intriguing to me.” Well, that’s a good thing. Because last year was draining for everyone: Lawmakers, their families, reporters... “Who cares how draining it was for reporters?” quipped a smiling Waller. “You get no love at all.” This from the Republican Cubs fan whose team was badly beaten last year. Vic Vela covers the Legislature for Colorado Community Media. He can be reached at vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com. Follow Vic on Twitter: @ VicVela1.

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Bike trails: Bayou Gulch Regional Park to get new trails. Page 4

State of the state: Hickenlooper delivers his annual message to lawmakers. Page 8 Arch: New pizzeria brings taste of St. Louis to Lone Tree. Page 10

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Bike skills trail in the works Dirt trails on way at Bayou Gulch Regional Park By Chris Michlewicz

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Douglas County sixth-graders Ainsley Messenger, right, and Alyssa Marino, head out onto one of the many area trails this past fall on their bikes. A mountain bike skills park will open this summer at Bayou Gulch Regional Park south of Parker. File photo

Douglas County’s latest addition to the recreation landscape will follow a “nontraditional” path. As part of its 2014 budget, the county approved the

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The project was delayed for a year because it was not viewed as a top priority, but work is expected to get underway in April, with completion this summer. The $225,000 price tag includes all final design, engineering, labor, and materials. The trails, with varying levels of difficulty, are now in the design phase. Discussions about whether to include specific features, including berms, rollers and rails, must still take place, Burkhardt said. “We’re looking at something that’s trail-oriented, where people can work on their skills close to home and then go into the mountains,” he said. A planning document says the course will be “challenging for all levels, and blend into the surrounding natural topography as much as possible.” The mountain bike paths will be built in a “sloping bowl” within the existing pedestrian and equestrian trails, Burkhardt said. The east end of the park was an ideal location to limit the amount of potential conflicts between user groups.

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Board president hopes for ‘deep pool’ of candidates Sixty-day process to fill vacancy begins after Jan. 21 meeting By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ coloradocommunitymedia.com The process to fill Justin Williams’ recently vacated Douglas County School board seat likely will be almost identical to the one employed in 2013, when Dan Gerken stepped down. That 60-day plan included submission of applications, interviews and a board vote. Fifteen people applied to fill Gerken’s spot and board president Kevin Larsen hopes to see a similar selection of candidates this time around. Larsen acknowledged the recent, close election gives a new twist and level of interest to the board’s selection. “When 100,000 people are out there voting and making a determination just recently, filling a vacancy isn’t something you can do lightly,” he said. “Clearly, there are a number of people from all ends of the community and viewpoints that either want or are going to advocate for certain people.

“I’m hopeful and excited to get a number of qualified candidates that give us a deep pool to choose from. I’d love to have a tough decision.” Williams submitted his resignation Jan. 6, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. Coincidentally, Gerken also resigned in early January 2013, citing family obligations among his reasons. That means the timing for the process in 2014 is nearly identical to last year’s, with a new board member to be seated in March. Before the process begins, the board first Larsen officially must accept Williams’ resignation during its Jan. 21 meeting. After that, the 60day clock begins ticking. Potential candidates must live in District F, which includes portions of eastern and southern Parker and some of Elbert County. The position will expire in November 2015. None of the four candidates who lost during the November election live in District F. All of the current board members support the district’s controversial education reform policies, which the four unsuccessful candidates challenged. Larsen said the board

Parents, schools, share testing concerns Meetings set to answer questions, gather input By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Highlands Ranch residents Jed and Linda Walker and Karen and Dick McGraw are among a growing number of parents who share a particular distaste for standardized testing. Along with millions of people nationwide, they’ve asked schools to excuse their students from most standardized testing. “The total amount of testing my daughter did (one year) was somewhere over 30 hours,” said Jed Walker, who requested a testing opt-out for his fifth-grade son. “That’s almost a whole week of educational time she lost to doing multiple standardized tests.” “I have never learned anything about my kids from the results of (state) tests,” said Karen McGraw, whose two high school-aged sons no longer participate in standardized tests. “To me, the best measurements of my children are the teachers, and what they see my children doing in class every day.” Douglas County School District leaders aren’t in complete disagreement. DCSD system performance officer Syna Morgan was unavailable for an interview, but has called the prevalence of testing “madness.” Students

at one level or another are taking tests nearly every day of the school year — most of them mandated by state law, she said. The federal government’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act triggered acceleration in standardized testing. State legislation including 2010’s Senate Bill 191 re q u i re s proof of DCSD is hosting four community teacher meetings on standardized testeffecing. All will be in the school board tiveness, meeting room on the second floor much of of the Douglas County School it based District administration building, on stulocated at 620 Wilcox Street in dents’ Castle Rock. perfor• Jan. 17: 3-4:30 p.m. mance. • Jan. 17: 4:30-6 p.m. T h e • Jan. 24: 3-4:30 p.m. t e s t s • Jan. 24: 4:30-6 p.m. aren’t g o i n g away, but DCSD says it’s working to make them both more manageable and accurate. It has planned a series of meetings to let families know about the increase in mandated tests and to hear parents’ concerns about the testing. “The majority of the balanced assessment system should be made up of assessment practices that students, teachers, and the schools value most, in other words, those that provide rigorous authentic performance expectations and produce meaningful descriptive results,” states a DCSD news release. “As a district, we are working

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closely with our principals, teachers, parents, legislators, and state officials to address these concerns.” Parents’ concerns extend far beyond the time required for the testing. They’re concerned about resources expended on them, testing companies that profit from them, the use of data generated through the tests and the impact on student morale. “If people don’t start standing up and saying we’d like our money to go into the classroom rather than all these testing companies, we’re not going get anywhere,” Walker said. Author and former teacher Angela Engel said there are many reasons to be leery about testing. Tests typically measure an individual’s performance, not an entire school’s, yet they’re often critical factors in determining school funding and building closures. The standardized test also “doesn’t recognize that kids are unique and different, and they learn and express their ways of knowing in different ways,” Engel said. Websites including “United OptOut National,” www.unitedoptout. com, aim to eliminate what it sees as high-stakes testing, and urge parents to refuse it for their child. “High-stakes testing is not supported by educational research as a measure of student learning and progress,” according to the site. “It is, however, the crucial information needed by groups who seek to privatize public education and run it forprofit.”

Chatfield project edging closer One more hurdle to clear before heading to governor By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission unanimously accepted the Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project plan during its Jan. 9 meeting, sending it on next to the Colorado Water Conservation Board and ultimately to the governor. Chairman Bill Kane, while acknowledging the concerns of many citizens who addressed the board, noted the document is compliant with the law. “We have to decide if the greater good is served by approval or denial,” he said. “And we’ve got to figure out of the perfect could potentially be the enemy of the good.” The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers authored the plan in an effort to meet the growing need for water in the metro area. It recommends reallo-

cating 20,600 acre-feet of water from flood control to usable storage, raising the water in the recreation area by 12 feet. Water would cover more of the park, requiring reconfiguration of the marina and other amenities. “Chatfield wasn’t originally meant to be recreational,” said Commissioner Dean Wingfield. “We’re going to put a hiccup in it, but I don’t know what it’s going to look like in 20 years. I think my children and my grandchildren will see a very beautiful Chatfield.” The statewide Water Supply Initiative estimates Colorado will need between 600,000 and 1 million acre-feet annually of additional municipal and industrial water by the year 2050. “There is also a strong need for additional water supplies for the agricultural community in the South Platte Basin, as thousands of acres of previously irrigated land has not been farmed in recent years due to widespread irrigation well curtailments,” reads a Corps press release. The final report outlined three other options but concludes this is

the least costly and has the most local support. It says this option would provide $8.42 million annually in economic benefits, while acknowledging there could be adverse effects on recreation and the environment that will be “mitigated to the most sustainable alternative to below a level of significance.” Communities downstream from the dam have expressed concern that the changes will negatively impact the South Platte River as it runs through them, and the Corps acknowledges those flows are a key uncertainty. “While mitigation and modification plans have been developed … in coordination with resource agencies, there is still a level of concern that implementing a reallocation could lead to a somewhat different condition for which environmental mitigation or recreational facility modification has not been designed appropriately,” reads the study. It says the water providers are working closely with resource agencies on projects that could pick up where the mitigation efforts leave off.

will choose Williams’ replacement carefully and fairly. “There’s no predisposition, and there are no slam dunks,” he said. “I think it’s wonderful we’ve got two months to do a lot of good due diligence. I expect the six board members to bring a lot of important questions to the table for the candidates to consider because the community deserves it.” Larsen credited Williams, elected to the board in 2007 and again in 2011, for his service to the board and noted it is not an easy assignment. “Six years in dog years or school board member years is a long time,” he said. “That’s equivalent to a decade at least. So I completely get where he’s at in saying he wants to refocus his priorities. These are very personal, individual decisions.” Board members last year chose Carrie Mendoza to fill Gerken’s District D seat. She since has moved out of state, and Judi Reynolds was elected in November to serve that four-year term. Potential school board candidates must be at least 18 years of age, a 12-month resident and registered voter of the district, and have no direct or indirect interest in district contracts. Though all current school board members are registered Republicans, political affiliation is not a factor.

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Pointless babble and creaky noises Over half of the United States population actively uses Facebook. Millions and millions are on MySpace, and millions and millions are on Twitter. I inactively use all of them, and I don’t tweet. I do make small, creaky noises when I walk, however. It’s my bum knee. I have this: a weekly column in eight newspapers, and I self-published a book consisting of 45 columns. Volume Two is in the works. Who do I think I am? Who do we think we are? Why do we spend so much time texting and tweeting, and transmitting our whereabouts and whatabouts? I cannot answer for anyone else. I can only conjecture. I think egos are involved. Social networking makes it possible for each of us to show off, to let the world know we are here, to rant, to seek attention. I know exactly why I write. It is very satisfying and self-validating. Just like painting. I had a better year as a writer than I did as a painter (in 2013). It was totally unexpected. Tweeting has been called “pointless babble,” but everyone is doing it. I

wouldn’t know how to begin, and if I did, I wouldn’t know why I was doing it. But I am an exception. Technology is passing me by. I just read that my desktop computer might be obsolete in the future because everyone is going to be using tablets. Not me. I can understand why people would change over to tablets. You can make use of them while you are on the go. But I am not on the go. I am on the stay. The same article said that landlines are almost a thing of the past, and 40% of us have wireless service. Once again, not me. I don’t have the latest anything.

My column appears online but I rarely read it there. I like to get ink on my fingers. People stand in line to get the latest Apple. I don’t stand in line. If I am third in line, I change my mind and go somewhere and get a milk shake. I am an anomaly. I am retired, I have one living relative, and no family of my own. There are no urgencies, except for the one that cannot be mentioned here. I don’t need to — or want to — know what anyone is doing at the moment. I was told, however, that Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are great for marketing your paintings. I doubt it. Nothing is working right now. Nothing is selling. Here and there, low-priced art is selling, small paintings, or paintings that look like things. That means that people are buying recognizable imagery. There is nothing recognizable in my paintings, unless you can see images in clouds and fireplaces. Most people would rather have a new contraption than a painting or a sculpture. I wonder how many works of art were

given last Christmas, compared to the number of tablets. That’s just the way it is. Think twice times twice before you let your babies grow up to be artists. It’s inwardly fulfilling beyond explanation, but it does not fulfill the refrigerator. You text, you tweet, I write. It’s all a kind of graffiti. We want to leave a trail in our existence. It’s a conceit. Sure, a lot of it is useless and pointless gibberish, but it’s hard to resist something that everyone else is doing. I walked into the Tattered Cover after they put my book on the shelves and two things occurred to me. One, I wished that my parents could have seen what I was seeing. Two, I am in over my head. I am in the same natatorium that Dickens and Twain and Camus are in, but I am underwater and breathing through a thin reed, gasping and treading. I am breathing a heady and intoxicating air. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Is there a Goliath Taxes, health care and home values in your life? Almost everyone is familiar with the story of David and Goliath, the story of a young boy who defeats a mighty giant with just a sling and a stone. The young boy stood up to the giant when all others resisted or were afraid to face him. What are some of the giants or Goliaths in our own lives that we need to face up to? Do you have a Goliath in your life now? If so, please keep reading. And if not, you may want to keep reading anyway, as one day you may come face to face with your own giant. Now I am certainly no giant or Goliath, as a matter of fact I am about as average as they come, 5 feet 11 and let’s just call it about 200 pounds. The other day I was in the gym and I was walking back from the water fountain when I witnessed a group of young boys bench pressing. They looked to be about 13-15 years old, and one of the boys had apparently just completed his max lift, his best-ever bench press. I watched as he muscled it up, struggled, almost didn’t make it, but completed the lift with one of his friends spotting him in case he couldn’t do it.

When he completed the lift, he jumped up off the bench, high-fived his friends, fist-pumped, chest bumped and was higher than a kite and looking and feeling strong and proud. As I walked back towards the area I was working out in I had to pass through a small area where they were and as I did the young boy was walking toward the water fountain and one of us had to yield to the other to allow the other person to pass through. I yielded to the mighty and proud young boy, gave him a smile and nod of approval and

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We are continuing the recovery from the Great Recession. It is interesting to hear different perspectives on how we are doing, as an economy, an investor, employee or consumer. There are varying degrees of lukewarm satisfaction and an actual bipolar affect when it comes to housing or the stock market, depending on your wealth status. Last year was a great year for investors, if they were participating in growth vehicles. It was an average year for homeowners who saw their values rising gradually. The unemployment rate dropped below 7 percent, yet everyone seems to know someone who remains unemployed. This is a story of the haves and the have-nots. It appears our middle class is parting down the middle and the wealth accumulation soars for the top half while conditions continue to worsen for the bottom half. The housing market is a good example. If you are trying to sell a beginner house, it is difficult for new buyers to qualify and many continue to rent. If you are selling a property over a million dollars, buyers can afford to be picky and many properties in certain regions remain unsold. If you are in the Goldilocks house then you probably enjoyed rising home values during the last year. Housing experts caution that while the momentum is likely to continue, it could be at a slower pace in 2014. Investments are another good example of winners and losers. Growth outperformed value, small stocks outperformed large and domestic outperformed foreign. Fixed income lost value as bonds continue to be underwater in the tug-of-war between federal easing and interest rates rising. Therefore, the folks who can afford to take on more risk (growth and smaller companies) were rewarded handsomely. Those who stuck with conservative investments such as retirees — those who need income or those who fear loss of principal — actually lost net worth last year due to the declining bond prices. This year there are many new rules put in place to help improve the lower classes and reduce some of the wealth accumulation. This includes higher taxes for the wealthy, such as higher payroll tax on incomes over $200,000. Higher

tax brackets across the board are also in effect, including an investment tax of 3.8 percent for filers in the highest tax bracket, which is now 39.5 percent. Some folks will discover this year that they are paying over 50 percent in taxes if they include payroll tax, investment tax, federal and state income tax. The Affordable Health Care Act is designed to also help level the playing field by bringing medical benefits to all citizens. By now most people applying for new health insurance discovered their premiums increased unless their incomes are below the poverty limit. It is too early to tell how these changes will affect our economic growth in 2014. Strong early earnings reports indicate we are still carrying some momentum over from last year. It may take a few quarters to evaluate the impact of higher taxes and higher health care costs on employers. This could derail the decline of unemployment or could eventually cut into corporate profits. The Federal Reserve Board will likely continue to taper the bond purchase program as the economy gains more stability. This could continue to fuel risk investments although likely at a slower rate than the last two years. In the meantime we should revel in the continued recovery. Make certain your investments reflect your goals for the New Year and you are diversified to take advantage of different types of growth in the future. Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 27 years and is President of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. She welcomes your questions at www. kummerfinancial.com or by calling the economic hotline at 303-683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

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back to the child’s readiness to read by age 5. And the child’s level of readiness to read by age 5 — can be traced back to the number of books in the house. And an easy free way to get books in the home: the library, he says. “What the library is about… We transform lives… unlock doors. We know that this happens,” he said. LaRue’s reaction and action: As of Jan.1, there are no fines assessed for children’s picture books returned late — making it easier for parents to bring more books home if they don’t have to worry about fines. It’s one of his last ideas. His last day is Jan. 17. LaRue, who took the Douglas County job in 1990, is pursuing his growing speaking/consulting career — talking to libraries and organizations worldwide.

`A shot in the arm’

LaRue said when he arrived in 1990 the Douglas library system had 14 full-time employees, three libraries, four-day weeks, no children’s services and was considered Colorado’s worst library system. Its budget would often vary as the county would sometimes redirect money from the library’s mill levy revenues for other uses. In addition, he remembers pointing out to the commissioners that of the $688,000 budget, $85,000 was funding 13 obsolete computer terminals. In 2014, Douglas County Libraries has 325 employees, 1,500 volunteers and seven locations — with three more planned. But the reasons it’s admired and ranked the country’s best library system in its circulation class since 2006 has to do with such things as high-tech innovations and frugality. LaRue said DCL has absolutely no debt, and during the recession was still able to put aside $2 million a year saving for new buildings — and pays cash as it grows. After the Castle Rock library moved to the former Safeway building, Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce in 2003 named LaRue “business person of the year.” LaRue said he was “really touched” by that. The public sector is sometimes denigrated, and here was an honor given to a public institution, that with 2,000 visitors daily, was responsible for giving that end of downtown an economic “shot in the arm.” To get from worst to best, LaRue in 1990 had to do some major convincing — talking to voters about the need to create an independent library district with a larger, 2.5, mill levy. Business leaders told him no way voters would OK more tax. But it occurred to LaRue that 90 percent of library card holders were women.

Cindy Murphy, an activist in Highlands Ranch, organized speaking opportunities at women’s clubs. “Anytime three women got together, I was there,” he said. His wife, Suzanne LaRue, also a librarian, remembers those times: “While he was on the campaign trail from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. most days, using our only car to travel around the county, I and our then 2-year-old daughter were, like Rapunzel, isolated in a rented townhouse atop a ridge in Perry park. But we had fun exploring the beautiful area…” The voting results: 66 percent approved LaRue’s idea. Things started changing.

Going high-tech

The following year, DCL opened up a Highlands Ranch branch; libraries expanded to seven-day service; children’s services were added and they began to build the collection. Before Douglas County, one of LaRue’s previous positions was as circulation department head in Springfield, Ill. The library was moving into the computer age, converting the card catalogue. He read manuals during night shifts, as computers backed up data. Eventually he realized he was dreaming at night about the process. “After months of reading computer manuals every night…my unconscious (mind) adopted the metaphor of `reformatting’ the first stage to the backup,” he said. The result: “I `got’ the logic of the computer system.” At DCL, LaRue with his developed expertise started incorporating technology. In 1991, patrons could now put holds on books through home computers. In 1996, it became one of the first public libraries to connect to the Internet, and first in Colorado to have its own website. Then there was LaRue’s idea about ebook acquisition, now known to libraries world-wide as the DCL Model. In 2010, it would be the first library in the world to use it. “I didn’t know if it would succeed,” LaRue said. But he said he decided to try, “betting on the future of the organization.” The problem to solve: Many library users wanted e-books but it was becoming hard to provide them. Instead of being able to buy them directly from the publishers for a discounted price — which is how libraries typically get books — for e-books there were middlemen between the libraries and publishers, distributors with e-book publishing platforms. Even if a library bought a steeply priced e-book this way, there would be limits on how many times it could be checked out before DCL would have to buy it again. “The market was starving us out…We were being locked out of an emerging mar-

Highlands Ranch Library is being re-named in honored of Jamie LaRue, the long-time executive director who is retiring this month. Artist rendering ket.” LaRue decided DCL could sidestep middlemen by buying their own e-book publishing platform — a $100,000 expense — and negotiate directly with the publisher, and then have permanent possession of the book. It has worked so well that other library systems are following DCL’s lead. In addition, The Wire, an online resource created by LaRue and staff, gives step-by-step guidance through the writing, publishing and marketing process. And buying the book. “We help people find you… in our catalog, every title now has a `click to buy’ button,” he said.

Always a librarian

Paul R. Miller, owner of Royal Crest Dairy and executive director of Arapahoe Library District, is proud of his role in hiring LaRue back in 1990. “He’s one of the most talented persons I’ve ever worked with — in the private or public sector. I’ve always been impressed with what he’s achieved with the library and the district,” said Miller, who was the

president of the Douglas County Libraries board of trustees when LaRue was hired. LaRue is also a defender of some materials some may not want in the library and has written a book about those issues. See his column that includes his letter to the mom of a 7-year-old about why the book “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” is in the library: http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/2008/07/ uncle-bobbys-wedding.html. The LaRues’ two kids are grown — Maddy LaRue, 26, teaches English in Berlin, Germany and Max LaRue, 19, studies digital design at UCD. A recent honor given LaRue was the Lifetime Achievement Award by Colorado Association of Libraries. In the community, he has served on Rotary, community theater and charter school boards. But a few weeks ago, he spent time doing maybe his most important work: being a librarian again, reading to kids at one of the district’s story times. The book was award-winning “Polar Express,” by author Chris Van Allsburg. Its message: “If you imagine it, you can make it happen,” LaRue said.

Views on LaRue • “His willingness to take risks, think creatively, consider all ideas, and look beyond the present are skills that so few people possess. ... He is irreplacable and will be missed.” —Amy Hunt, DCL Trustee • “What people who have not had the privilege of working directly with Jamie may not know is how insightful and positive he is in a group. He always seems to grasp the issue and come up with a consensus-building solution... He was terrific as our partner in the development of Highlands Ranch’s Civic Green Park and Veterans Monument.” — Terry Nolan, Highlands Ranch Metro District general manager • “It’s great to know a famous librarian. I now live and work in the Chicago area. When my new colleagues learn that I came from Colorado, they always ask, `Do you know Jamie LaRue?’ They admire Jamie’s leadership and creativity throughout library land…” — Rick Ashton, former city librarian, Denver Public Library • “While Jamie and I didn’t always agree about the definition of `censorship,’ I have been a great admirer of his work to build a cutting-edge library district in the Douglas County communities. His inquiring mind and his participation in his neighborhood have

made him an unquestioned `mover and shaker’ in our county.” — State Rep. Carole Murray • “Jamie believes in sharing information within the profession. For instance, as we rolled out the new DCL eBook model (ownership instead of licensing), we methodically posted what we learned online. We wanted more libraries to replicate our model and many across the country have done so. …” —Rochelle M. Logan, DCL’s associate director support services • “Jamie’s gift is his ability to distill and clarify the most complicated of issues and then articulate it in terms understandable to everyone. The library community and the public we serve have long been the beneficiaries of his thoughtful wisdom.” — Eloise May, retired, former executive Director of the Arapahoe Library District • “I had a part in hiring Jamie. He’s one of the most talented persons I’ve ever worked with — in the private or public sector. I’ve always been impressed with what he’s achieved with the library and the district.” — Paul R. Miller, executive director of Arapahoe Library District and former president of the Douglas Library’s board of trustees

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Hickenlooper: State of our state is strong Governor touts economic numbers during annual address By By Vic Vela

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Gov. John Hickenlooper motions to his cabinet, seated in the House chambers in the Colorado State Capitol, during the State of the State speech in Denver on Jan. 8. Photo by Hannah Garcia

Gov. John Hickenlooper sounded like a man running for re-election during his annual State of the State address inside the Capitol on Jan. 9, as he touted Colorado’s economic rebound and called on lawmakers to “ignore divisive politics.” The governor sounded themes of unity throughout his speech, but particularly when he lauded Coloradans’ resilience during times of tragedy last year — which led to one of the most enthusiastically-received lines of the day. “Colorado does not shutdown. Colorado does not quit. Colorado does not break,” he said, to a standing ovation inside the House chamber, where all 100 state lawmakers were gathered. Hickenlooper hyped Colorado as a magnet for businesses and a state where job numbers continue to grow. And, for the most part, he stayed away from contentious issues that dominated the Legislature last year. While Democrats walked away glowingly from the governor’s speech, many Republicans voiced a “wait-and-see” response. “Well it felt good, but let’s see if those feelings continue for the rest of the year,” said Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock. “When he talked about not wanting parties to lock down, I hope he holds to that with his own party.” Much of the governor’s speech focused on the state’s improving economic numbers. Hickenlooper said the state has experienced a significant rebound in job numbers since 2010, when Colorado was ranked 40th in the nation in job growth. Now, the state ranks fourth in that category, has added 170,000 jobs over the last few years, and has seen its unemployment rate drop from 9 percent in 2010, to its current rate of 6.5 percent. “But let’s be clear,” the governor cautioned, “the unemployment rate is not low enough, and all of us share a commitment to keep a statewide focus on this issue.” The state’s improving economy has also allowed lawmakers to work with more budget reserves than it had in recent years, which Hickenlooper said has been important when natural disasters have struck. “The single most critical factor in Colorado being able to stay open for business throughout hellfires and high waters has been reserves,” he said. Hickenlooper also talked about new business that lawmakers will attend to this ses-

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was safe. Students waited there while parents, alerted by phone calls, picked them up. By 12:30, nearly all students had been reunited with their parents, Hanavan said. Emergency vehicles, including a Douglas County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad trailer, filled the area near the school’s entrance. Parents waited in a single-file lane that snaked across the parking lot to be reunited with their children. But no one complained. “The call came across as standard procedure,” said Robert Gonzales, father of students Alexis and Victoria. Despite that, Gonzales admitted his heart started racing at the call.

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sion. They included legislation that seeks to cap college tuition rate hikes and provide more financial aid for students, a part of the speech that received a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle. The governor also talked about other priorities, such as improving technology to reduce wait times at Department of Motor Vehicles offices; expanding Internet access across rural areas; and extending job-creation tax credits for businesses. The governor — who is up for re-election in November — stayed away from controversy. His only mention of last year’s gunlaw saga came in a way that addressed the mental health aspect of gun tragedies, while touting recent laws that created more mental health services. On oil and gas industry regulations, Hickenlooper said it’s important to recognize that oil and gas companies contribute billions of dollars to the state economy. At the same time, industry leaders should “recognize their moral and legal obligation to protect our air and water.” Democrats praised Hickenlooper’s speech. “I was very impressed with the collaborative nature of the visionary and positive message,” said Rep. Sue Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge. “The theme of his speech was really about recovery.” Rep. Cheri Gerou, an Evergreen Republican who is known to cross the aisle on certain issues, said the governor’s speech was well-received. “The governor was able brag about his accomplishments and he should,” she said. “And the economy is recovering. Granted, we’ll never have enough money for all of our issues, but we’re making headway.” But other Republicans said it’s convenient for Hickenlooper to talk about unity without referencing the polarizing bills that he signed into law last year. “What was negative here last year was how things were handled,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. “The record was negative and the people said no. You can’t run from that.” Rep. Polly Lawrence, R-Douglas County, pointed out that the governor made no mention of measures that will be taken up again this year, such as repeal efforts on gun bills, renewable energy mandates for rural communities, and same-day voter registration. “We’re not looking to repeal everything that was passed last year, but there are corrections that need to be made,” Lawrence said. But Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, said that is yesterday’s news. “Last session was last session,” he said. “We’re looking forward. The governor highlighted the key things we need to do to bring us together, and that’s what we need to do.”

“The officer said it was an ongoing investigation and that heightens your anxiety a little bit,” he said. Multiple units from the South Metro and Littleton fire departments responded to the school, said Littleton Fire Rescue Capt. Jim Olsen. The Douglas County School District sent an email to all parents at about noon, advising them of the “isolated incident” at SkyView. SkyView is a charter school that operates as part of the district. School was scheduled to resume as normal the following day. The sheriff’s office and 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office are continuing the investigation, which includes forensics, witness interviews and search warrants. Staff writer Jane Reuter contributed to this report.

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Colorado lawmakers get to work Party leaders talk about new efforts and old battles By By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The 2014 legislative session got underway Jan. 8, with speeches from party leaders that addressed a variety of key issues that lawmakers will be taking on over the next few months. Yes, there were calls by leaders in both chambers to work together on issues like jobs, the economy and education. But there was plenty of politics on opening day, with Democrats and Republicans exchanging jabs on contentious issues many of which were fought over last year - that are sure to lead to headlines during this year’s session. Although leaders talked about issues that they will surely fight over during the next few months, it is clear that their early priorities will focus on working together on legislation that will deal with flood and wildfire disasters. The first series of bills that were introduced in the House came as a result of work by a bipartisan Flood Disaster Study Committee. Those bills include legislation that creates income tax credits for properties destroyed by natural disasters, and another that creates grant funding to repair water infrastructure that is impacted by natural disasters. “Despite all the recovery work that’s already happened, there’s much still to do,” said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, DDenver. “And we must see it through to completion.” House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso echoed Ferrandino’s remarks on the importance of immediately dealing with natural disaster legislation. “Helping our friends and neighbors impacted by these tragedies will be a top priority of Republicans this session, and I am glad to hear that it will be for my colleagues across the aisle as well,” DelGrosso said.

From right, Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch; Sen. Mark Scheffel, R-Parker; and other lawmakers give a solemn round of applause as Gov. John Hickenlooper eulogizes the late Tom Clements during the State of the State speech at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 8. Clements, the former Colorado Department of Corrections director, was killed in his home last year. Photo by Hannah Garcia Education will also be a key area of focus this year. Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, introduced the College Affordability Act, which places a 6 percent cap on tuition rate increases, and provides more money for financial aid. Carroll said the bill deals with skyrocketing tuition costs that often create enormous amounts of debt for students. “What we are talking about is squeezing out economic and life opportunities for an entire generation,” Carroll said. “This is an unsustainable trend that threatens to weaken our economy.” Ferrandino also talked about education, telling House members that students need more resources inside classrooms. He also

took issue with the views on public education of Republicans, who often contend that schools need to be reformed, before more money is thrown at the education system. “But while some have argued for reform before resources, let me say this: Reforms will not work and our schools will not get better if they are not adequately funded. Period,” Ferrandino said. Republicans will move forward with legislation that seeks to undo Democratsponsored bills that became law following last year’s session. They include legislation that doubled the renewable energy mandate for rural electric cooperatives. DelGrosso said the

mandate “puts a financial strain” on rural families and businesses. DelGrosso said that while the state’s economy is improving, parts of rural Colorado continue to struggle. “The voice of rural Colorado is being heard loud and clear by House Republicans and I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will hear it as well,” DelGrosso said. Last year’s session saw Democrats achieve several legislative victories, over loud protests from their Republican colleagues. Democrats scored wins on guncontrol, election reform and on social issues, including the creation of civil unions in Colorado. But Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, said Coloradans had a “visceral response to what took place in this Legislature last year.” That response included recall efforts that cost two Democratic senators their jobs and led one to resign from office. “Democrats divided by Republicans does not produce outcomes that are representative of this state,” Cadman said. Cadman said that last years’s political division resulted in a “hyper-partisan toxin that affected this entire institution. “To those who served here and all those who visited here, we started looking like Congress,” he said. While Republicans feel Democrats overreached in their legislative efforts last year, Carroll looks at things differently, calling last year’s work “busy and productive” - especially compared to how things operate at our nation’s capital. “While D.C. was criticized for doing too little, some questioned whether in Colorado, we did too much,” she said. Carroll also addressed the public’s negative views on the political system. “While we at the state level cannot fix all of the frustrations and disappointments people experience with elected officials, we can show that we here in Colorado, right here in this Senate chamber, are different,” she said.

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ingredients and toppings.” Stacy’s brother, Matt Liess, and her husband decided to introduce the Midwestern specialty to Colorado. Missouri transplants immediately were grateful. “When we opened our first store, the turnout from St. Louis natives was tremendous,” Stacy Dak said. Ed and Margie Imo first introduced the style in 1964 when they opened a pizza parlor in St. Louis. Imo’s now is a 90-restaurant chain that has inspired others, including the Daks. The Lone Tree Arch Pizza is in the Meadows Shopping Center on Maximus Drive west of Yosemite Street, in a space previously occupied by Rocky Mountain Pie. The Daks redesigned the interior, adding a faux brick wall and arch. “We’ve had a warm welcome from the community,” Stacy Dak said. “We kind of want to be that local pizza place.” Other unique offerings include toasted ravioli, deep-fried provel cheese bites and toasted banana bites. Arch Pizza is open seven days a week and delivers within a five-mile radius of its Lone Tree site. The Daks plan soon to open restaurants in Englewood, Thornton and southeast Denver, and say they have an aggressive business plan that eventually includes restaurants in Castle Rock, Monument, Colorado Springs and Boulder among other communities.

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“People give and use gift cards or money they got for Christmas. Around the corner on Park Meadows Drive, the locally owned For Every Season gift shop also saw solid sales. “It was good, not gangbusters,” said 10year storeowner Art Shiota. “We’re satisfied with what occurred. The last four years has been sort of down, so we’re just hoping this year will start coming up. We’re not quite out of it, but it’s not going the other way, which is good.” National statistics suggest slowly rising consumer confidence. Holiday sales increased 2.7 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to ShopperTrak: A small gain in a holiday shopping season a full six days shorter than in 2012. Those figures aside, O’Meara points to several reasons for the increase specific to Lone Tree. Among them: The holiday debut of some blockbuster movies at neighboring United Artist theaters, the early December opening of nearby Kaiser Permanente and the addition of Cabela’s and the Mellow Mushroom restaurant. Kaiser brought 300 new jobs to Lone Tree, many of whom drove down Park Meadows Drive to dine and celebrate the holidays.

“We were gangbusters with office parties, happy hours, just a lot of business social life coming to our restaurant,” O’Meara said. The July opening of a colorful pizza restaurant at the entrance to the Entertainment District was anything but a detractor from the other eateries there, O’Meara said. “I want to say that I think the additional of Mellow Mushroom to our block — that beautiful big, blue-and-orange building on the corner — has really helped,” she said. “It’s putting it back into people’s minds that this is a whole other area. The additional traffic, marketing and PR should really elevate all of the businesses, and we’ve definitely seen that.” While the city doesn’t yet have December sales tax figures, Lone Tree’s leaders are buoyed by positive anecdotal reports, a resurging real estate market and new businesses. “Strong retail sales and the strong residential real estate market are both good indicators of a robust economy, but for us, the best measure of the growing economy is the number of new primary jobs coming to Lone Tree and nearby communities,” city manager Seth Hoffman said. “Increases in retail sales and property values will only occur if primary employment stays strong, which is why we invest so much of our time and resources in developing infrastructure that attracts and retains those employers.”

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IN THE PLAYOFF SPIRIT

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while and worked hard to achieve his goal. And it made me think, what is my Goliath? What is the giant in my life, even at age 52, that I need to battle and defeat? Are there things in my life that I am “gonna do?” Am I settling into a “woulda, shoulda, coulda?” kind of guy. This young boy, this young David inspired me to reach higher, try harder, and do more with my life. But what I have to do and what you have to do in order to achieve a higher level is to first identify our

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he walked by me with his chest puffed out and head held high. Again, I am no Goliath and he didn’t defeat me, but he reached a max lift bench press, and even though I didn’t know him I was proud of him. It was apparently something he was pursuing for a

Goliaths, recognize what is holding us back, set our goals, and work hard to pursue the achievement of those goals. How about you? Is there a Goliath out there? Can you be a “David?” I would love to hear all about your battles and victories at gotonorton@gmail.com when you set out to defeat the giants in your life. Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corp. and the CEO/ founder of www.candogo.com.

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Reality show contestant cooks up TV appearance Highlands Ranch chef to star on ‘Cutthroat Kitchen’ By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Leah Eveleigh shares a common philosophy with the most successful people in the world: improvement should be constant. No matter that her office is actually a kitchen; the idea holds true anywhere. Perhaps that’s why the producers of the Food Network reality television show “Cutthroat Kitchen,” which pits four chef-contestants against one another in a cook-off, recently tapped Eveleigh, a Highlands Ranch resident. The mother of two has made quite a name for herself in the Denver area through her company, Tropical Grill Ca-

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tering, which serves up Filipino- and Hawaiian-influenced delicacies at places like the Dragon Boat Festival and Taste of Colorado. She caters luaus, weddings, birthday parties and other special events. Although she’s in a kitchen setting, being in front of television cameras and whipping up a dish that will be judged — sometimes harshly — in front of millions is a different ballgame. Eveleigh cannot divulge any details before her episode airs at 8 p.m. Jan. 19 on the Food Network, but she is eager to share her experience with friends and relatives during a watch party at Street Kitchen Asian Bistro in Englewood. Eveleigh has been busy reaping the rewards for her hard work and “constant improvement” mantra and is finally getting recognition for succeeding at something for which she is truly passionate. “To be chosen to be a contestant, that’s huge for me,” she said. “It’s my dream come true.” The recognition, she hopes, will help her launch her own company, Chef Leah’s Kitchen. Eveleigh plans to market herself as a private chef who will also appear at cooking demonstrations. Of course, she will continue to cater. Eveleigh has also spent several years compiling her recipes into a cookbook. Devoted followers seek her out every year at festivals, and Eveleigh gets immense satisfaction while watching people enjoy her food. “It’s my reputation I’m putting out there,” she says. “I try to make it better every time.” Eveleigh, who grew up on a remote island in the Phillipines, learned how to cook at a young age. Her mother taught her everything she knows. The family earned money by selling its goods at the local market. The influence on her cooking today is obvious. Eveleigh is known for her banana lumpia, her take on a popular Filipino dessert. She puts banana in an egg roll wrap, fries it to a crisp, then drizzles it with chocolate or caramel or strawberry sauce. Powdered sugar is sprinkled on top for good measure. Eveleigh likely was more prepared for the judges than the other contestants on “Cutthroat Kitchen.” She has a few “very honest” critics at home: her boys, ages 12 and 14. “I do listen to them,” she says, before adding: “They’re so spoiled.” It’s those critics that Eveleigh, who just turned 50, most wants to impress. She hopes that they are learning by example that life goals can be achieved at any age. “I want to inspire my kids by doing something positive and going after my dream,” Eveleigh said. Her website, www.leaheveleigh.com, will launch immediately after the episode of “Cutthroat Kitchen” airs Jan. 19.

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“Water Series-Waves” is included in Linda Lowry’s exhibit, “Water, Water Everywhere” at the Lone Tree Arts Center through January. Space for the exhibit is her reward for receiving “Best of Show in the 2013 Lone Tree Art Exhibit. Courtesyp hotos

Tim Tebow, tamales and Denver Five

Denver Five, the select chef lineup created by promoter Leigh Sullivan, has selected a new 2014 crop of talent. “This year I want to celebrate all the women in our community who are truly redefining what it means to be a chef in Denver,” Sullivan said about her selections of the all-women team. The new chefs are innovation chef at Epicurean Catering, Jenna Johansen, of Bravo TV fame; Elise Wiggins, executive chef at Panzano; Carrie Blake, executive chef at Table 6; Aniedra Nichols, executive chef at Elway’s Cherry Creek and Nadine Donovan, pastry chef at Old Major.

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‘Water, Water Everywhere’ opens in Lone Tree By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “For the past two years, I have been using reflection in water and mirrors as metaphor. The figures I choose to paint are searching and exploring as I am,” writes Linda Lowry in her artist’s statement for her new solo show at Lone Tree Arts Center. The water is rippling, swirling, dazzling in the sunlight as Lowry records that particular part of her world. Some works exhibited through Jan. 26 are from her “Water Nymphs” series, completed for a 2012 exhibit at Goodwin Gallery in Denver. Those include people and others, more recently created, are just of water in motion and at peace. Lowry’s colors are bright and clear, skillfully layered to give the effect of depth and movement — inviting the viewer to stick a toe in. “The patterns in water encourage a different approach than my paintings of buildings; I like the playfulness of abstraction,” she says. “I like the suggestion of layers in another world below the surface.” According to Lowry, she has been using cameras below the water and on the surface and after her show,

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“Water, Water Everywhere,” paintings and prints by Linda Lowry, runs through Jan. 26 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The exhibit can be viewed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and prior to performances. Admission is free. 720509-1000.

“Water Nymphs,” she began to explore mixed media and printmaking with master printmakers Tony Kirk and Sue Oehme. The exhibit at Lone Tree includes 17 paintings and seven prints. “The Boulder flood this September has inspired another aspect of water imagery: the power and potential destructive nature of water,” her artist statement concludes. “I am in the middle of my first mixed media flood piece inspired by the experience of having my studio flooded. The dualistic nature of water will be the theme of `Water, Water Everywhere.’” While she didn’t lose any artwork in the flood, it did have

“Water Series: Creek” is included in Linda Lowry’s “Water, Water Everywhere” exhibit at Lone Tree Arts Center through January. Space for a show is her reward for receiving the “Best of Show” award in the annual Lone Tree Exhibit in 2013.

a distinct emotional impact, she said, and art enthusiasts can look for that impact to appear in a future exhibit. Lowry, whose work has appeared in numerous solo and group exhibits since the early 1980s, has art in many collections in the US and abroad. She taught in the Arapahoe Community College Art Department for a number of years and said she is scheduled to teach a class in figure drawing at ACC next semester, provided it fills. This show opportunity is an award for her winning “Best of Show” in the 2014 Lone Tree Art Exhibition and Sale in November. Katherine Smith-Warren was juror for the exhibit.

Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was almost on the money with his BCS Championship pick before Monday night’s national title game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. In his debut as a college football analyst for ESPN, Tebow predicted No. 1 Florida State would beat No. 2 Auburn. Tebow said in the ESPN pre-game show: “Auburn might be a team of destiny, but tonight, Florida State is deeper from top to bottom … I think they win 35-31.” Florida State rallied in the final seconds to win 34-31.

Tamale festival at La Sandia

La Sandia hosts its third annual Tamale Festival through Jan. 31 at its Northfield Stapleton and Park Meadows locations to celebrate the culinary heritage and regional ingredients of Mexico. Chef Richard Sandoval has created a tamale menu to showcase this traditional winter dish. La Sandia’s Tamale Festival menu will include tamales, entrée samples and new cocktails. More information is available at www.richardsandoval.com.

Paint Nite comes to Littleton

Is there an artist in you trying to get out? Paint Nite is coming to local restaurants in the metro area that brings people together for a guided painting session. Upcoming dates: 7 p.m., Jan. 21 at Rox Bar & Grill, 12684 W. Indore Place (Littleton) and 7 p.m., Jan. 23 at The Draft, 9150 W. Cross Drive (Littleton). Seats are limited and event tickets, which include a 16-inch by 20-inch canvas, paints, brushes, a smock and professional instruction, are sold in advance at www.paintnite.com.

Westminster Whole Foods on the move

Bradburn Village, a residential and retail development in Westminster, just announced that a 35,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market is under construction at the site on the southeast corner of Vrain Street and West 120th Avenue. The new store will be a relocation of the current Whole Foods at 92nd and Sheridan. “We are excited about this new opportunity and look forward to becoming even more connected to the city of Westminster,” said Will Paradise, president of Whole Foods Market’s Rocky Mountain Region. “Each of our stores is designed Parker continues on Page 15

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Western swing and Gypsy Jazz on order The Austin-based trio, Hot Club of Cowtown, will warm up a cool Jan. 31 evening at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, with a concert at 8 p.m. The trio will play its unique mix of traditional western music and mid-century gypsy jazz. Guitarist Whit Smith, fiddler Elana James and bassist Jake Erwin perform internationally and have opened for the likes of Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. Tickets start at $26 and can be purchased at www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or by calling 720-509-1000. Also coming to LTAC: A Passport to Culture event. Celebrate the Chinese New Year on Jan. 19 with the Colorado Asian Heritage Cultural Center. See a Lion Dance and more cultural traditions. Tickets: $5. Event Hall.

Dames of Downton

“Dames of Downton” will be hosted by Douglas County Libraries from 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9900 Ranch Rd. in Highlands Ranch. Explore the mansion, while listening to Jessica Fellowes, niece of series creator Julian Fellowes speak on “Women of Downton, Women of Today.” Book sale, tea, light hors d’

ter visitors. Bring binoculars and snacks. No prior birding experience needed. Register in advance: $8 member/$10 non-member. Space is limited. 303-797-8565 ext. 306, www.shop.hudsongardens.org.

Books, books, books

ouevres and cocktails. Tickets: $25, www.douglascountylibraries.org.

The Sizzlin’ Smoky Book Sale runs Jan. 23-25 at Smoky Hill Library, a branch of the Arapahoe Library District, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. The Friends of the Arapahoe Library District raises funds to support special programs and projects via this sale. In 2013, $150,000 was raised.

LPS art at ACC

Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts, 5900 Santa Fe Dr. in Littleton, will host its first Littleton Public Schools District Arts Show from Jan. 22 to Feb 12. There will be a closing reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 12, which will include a tour of ACC art and Design Department facilities at 6 p.m. (meet in the gallery). Options High School art teacher Anna Spillen is coordinator. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9.

Denver Mountain Parks

Photographer John Fielder will give an illustrated talk about the Denver Mountain Parks at 7 p.m.

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Hot Club of Cowtown will perform a mix of traditional western music and mid-century Gypsy Jazz at Lone Tree Arts Center on Jan. 31. Courtesy photo Jan. 21 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. His lecture will cover the 100-year history of this unique collection of mountain parks. He will have copies of his book about the parks available for sale and signing. Free. 303-795-3961.

Ducks and more… “Birding in the Gardens: Winter Duck Walk” with Master Birder Tom Bush at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton. Time: 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. Meet the varieties of ducks that winter on the South Platte River and nearby, plus other win-

Re-enactor Brian “Fox” Ellis will give two programs at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Jan. 23: During the 7:30 a.m. “Birding With John James Audubon” he will lead a tour through the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd., spent spotting birds, including several that are now extinct. Tickets: members $27/non-members $33. At 8 p.m. he will be in Ricketson Auditorium for “An Evening With John James Audubon.” Tickets: members $12/non-members $15. Visit www.Dmns.org.

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“Your Art Can Change the World” that’s Actasana’s message to all. The new venue, open four months, invites residents of its mid-century modern Virginia Village neighborhood — and others who might be looking for special classes — to get acquainted. The stylish, intimate theater at Florida Avenue and S. Holly Street just completed its first production, “Two for the Seesaw” by William Gibson and has started a variety of winter classes for actors of all ages in public speaking, on-camera audition/ interview techniques and more. Future productions will be announced on the website, www.Actasana.com, perhaps new works as well as those in circulation, such as the mid-century Gibson play. Acting is taught with the Meisner Technique, which Lea Marlene — the artistic director and founder — studied in depth in Hollywood. It includes two weekly threehour classes involving repetition, independent activities, emotional preparation and scene work. The website also offers a video about the Meisner Technique. On the first Thursdays of the month, one will find Laughasana, an open mic night for five-minute comedy acts, which could lead to being booked for a full-length show. Those are also welcome to just sit

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Actasana is located in a strip mall at Holly and Florida in Denver, with a very visible ice blue sign. The address is 1491 S. Holly St., Denver. Check www.Actasana.com for class schedules and/or future play productions. Visit for the first Thursday Laughasana at 8 p.m. Signup begins at 7:30 for those who have material to try out on an audience. Call 720-638-2612.

and be entertained. Marlene, a Colorado native and CSU graduate, has produced and wrote many successful shows. She developed a standup comedy act, producing, hosting and performing in numerous comedy venues. Comedy workshops are in the theater’s future plans, following one with Comedy Central’s Bret Ernst in late August. Yoga has been an important element in Marlene’s life and she teaches it at Actasana as well as other Denver studios. The acting program incorporates yoga into all classes, making it different from other acting studios. Co-Founder is David Lauer, whose experience in the film industry will contribute to the theater’s class schedule. His impressive visual effects credits are listed on the Actasana website. He also has a business as architectural photographer and his work was exhibited in the theater’s surrounding gallery when we visited.

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Artists pick masters as mentors Bellows, Van Gogh, O’Keefe, Adams and more emulated By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Step inside the front door at Depot Art Gallery and Fred Bickle’s Best of Show painting is just to your left. Along with it comes a bit of information about the master he chose as an influence in the Littleton Fine Arts Guilds annual “Masters as Mentors” exhibit, which runs through Feb. 16. The painting’s technically excellent work and strong composition spoke to juror Pat Rucker, a Denver artist, whose abstract painting hangs just to the left of the winner. Each Littleton Fine Arts Guild member who entered chose one or more master artists as influences. While a few tried to copy works, as art students did in earlier years, most simply took an idea or style and worked with it. Each work includes a statement and a photo of the image that triggered the new piece, providing a mini-art history lesson. For instance, “Winter Morning Bike Ride” was inspired by the style of George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925), a member of New York’s famed Ashcan School and a student of

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Troy Guard to open new steakhouse

Sure chef Troy Guard just opened Los Chingones and Sugarmill, but that doesn’t mean he’s resting on his restaurant laurels. Instead, he will open his largest concept yet in February. Guard & Grace (his daughter’s moniker) will be a 9,000-square-foot modern American steak house at 1801 California St. The new space will offer private dining areas along with Denver’s largest patio with a fire pit, an expansive raw bar, wood-burning oven and exhibition kitchen. Meanwhile, Guard’s TAG Burger Bar (1222 Madison St.) is serving its January Burger of the Month. The New Year’s Resolution Burger is a veggie patty on a whole wheat bun with a red beet gastrique, golden beet strings and brussel sprout leaves. Served with apple chips or French fries for $13. Proceeds from this month’s burger go to Angel Eyes, an agency that provides free grief support services to anyone experiencing the sudden, unexpected loss of an infant or toddler.

teacher Robert Henri. Henri taught at the Chicago Art Institute and influenced many other young artists of his day. Photographer Peggy Dietz won a first-place ribbon with her “Evening Walkers in Laramie,” suggested by Louis Anquetin’s mellow “Avenue de Clichey ”(1887). Secondplace winner Cele Bergstrom created an imitation of John Singer Sargent’s “Daughters of Edward D. Boit.” P h o t o g ra p h e r “Masters as Mentors” is exhibited at the Depot Art Steve Johnson Gallery through Feb. 16. The gallery, at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, is housed in the former Santa Fe selected Painter Railroad Depot, est. 1881, which once served LittleAndrew Wyeth’s ton’s needs for passenger and freight service. Hours open landscapes for the member-operated gallery: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as inspiration for Wednesdays through Sundays. 303-795-0781. his “Get Gas.” The Guild is currently accepting applications from artists for membership, which involves submitting examples of one’s work to a jurying committee. Call or stop by for more information. Membership involves some volunteer time hosting the depot’s open hours, as well as exhibition opportunities in the ongoing themed shows.

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“Winter Morning Bike Ride” by Littleton Fine Arts Guild member Fred Bickle, inspired by George Wesley Bellows is “Best of Show” in the Masters as Mentors exhibit at Littleton’s Depot Art Center. Courtesy photo by Peggy Dietz

Pueblo dispensary: “This is one small stagger for a stoner and one giant leap for stoner-kind” … Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman eating with Denver florist extraordinaire BJ Dyer at Seoul BBQ in Aurora (near my former digs) on Peoria Street. Dyer said on Facebook that Perlman “knew just the right Korean dishes to order for the table. What a great sense of humor.” Perlman performed with the Colorado Symphony on Jan. 9 at Boettcher Hall. 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.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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“The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie is a classic mystery playing at the Arvada Center’s Black Box Theatre Jan. 28 to Feb. 23, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Directed by Pat Payne. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $38, 720-898-7200, www.arvadacenter.org.

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“Peter Pan” plays Jan. 24 to Feb. 9 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker. Directed by Ben Dicke and produced by Starkey Productions, flying and other special effects are promised. Tickets cost $16 to $25 (20 percent off for children), visit www.PACECenteronline. com, call 303-805-6800.

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thunderridge swimmer has sights on state titles Ochitwa hopes to shed her bridesmaid status By Jim Benton

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Saving victory

Spencer Kozmata (32) of Rock Canyon leaps out of bounds and passes the ball back in to waiting teamates. The Jaguars defeated Doherty 56-49 on Jan. 11 to improve to 6-5 on the season. Rock Canyon is set to open Continental League play on Jan. 17 by playing host to Ponderosa. Photo by Paul DiSalvo

It was an obvious question and Annie Ochitwa didn’t flinch. The standout junior swimmer at ThunderRidge was asked about her goals for this season. “This year my goals are definitely to win high school state,” Ochitwa answered. “In club swimming (Denver Swim Academy), I just really want to improve my times.” Ochitwa will be out to shed her bridesmaid role when the Class 5A state swimming meet unfolds Feb. 14-15 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton. As a freshman, Ochitwa finished second to Fossil Ridge’s Rhianna Williams in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events at the state meet. Last season, she was the runner-up to Williams in the 50 and was third in the 100-yard freestyle. Williams, who is now at Utah on a track scholarship, was first again in the 100. “I do want to get over the hump,” admitted Ochitwa. “But second place, I can never complain about that. Brianna was so fast.” ThunderRidge coach Jeannette Odiorne envisions plenty of future success for Ochitwa and sees those goals as achievable and then some. “She’s improved a ton,” said ThunderRidge coach Jeannette Odiorne. “She’s a fierce competitor, a lot of fun to coach and as hard of worker as she is, she is a great team player. … She’s tall (5-foot11) and that helps. She has the talent but more than anything she has the hard work ethic. In addition to scholarships to a university of her choice, I think we’re all hoping to see her at the Olympic trials.” In the top state swimming times recorded before the holiday break, Ochitwa had touched up for the fastest time in the 50 freestyle at 23.35 seconds, and also had registered the quickest 100 free time, finishing in 51.69 seconds. In a dual meet against Regis Jesuit Jan.

Annie Ochitwa is a top freestyle swimmer from ThunderRidge. Photo by Jim Benton 7, Ochitwa won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.64 and the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:00.61. “She’s doing great this season,” said Odiorne. “She knows at dual meets all I really ask of her is to do what she needs to do to come out on top and we don’t worry too much about her times. We’ll see what our championship meets brings out of her.” On Jan. 11 at the Valor Invitational, Ochitwa clocked a 1:08 in the 100 breaststroke and 1:12 in the 200 IM. “I like all the events but freestyle is the one I ended up being the best at,” Ochitwa said. “I swim all the other ones on a regular basis. Everything has to be perfect in the 50 and 100; there is no time to correct your mistakes. “Swimming is hard because you do the same thing every day. You really have to love it and not get bored. There are little corrections all the time. I started taking swim lessons when I was young like everyone else did and I just loved it.”

Falcons get tough facing top foes Addition of Douglas County transfer makes team deep By Jim Benton

jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia. com The Highlands Ranch boys basketball team appears ready to begin Continental League play. The Falcons improved their record to 7-5 and looked sharp in polishing off Abraham Lincoln, 68-52, in the Falcons’ final non-league game Jan. 11 in the Highlands Ranch gym. “We’re trying to improve each game out,” said Falcons coach Bob Caton. “At the start of the year we had a couple kids hurt and we were trying to get the right pieces in the right places. Things are starting to fall into place.” Highlands Ranch opens league play Jan. 17 at Chaparral and the Falcons could be a contending team in the chase for the title. Highlands Ranch played five non-league games against teams ranked in the Top 10 of the CHSAA.com polls. Zach Braxton, Evan Motlong and Ryley Stewart should help Highlands Ranch survive a demanding league schedule. Braxton, a 6-foot-9 senior who is bound for Weber State, leads the team in scoring

at 19.1 points a game and rebounding with 12.6 rebounds per contest. Motlong, a 6-2 senior, has a 16.5 scoring average while Stewart, a 6-4 junior transfer from Douglas County, scored 16 points in his first game of the season for the Falcons against Lincoln. “We have a really good chance to do well in our league,” said Motlong. “We have a lot of shooters. With Ryley coming back we have somebody that can push it up. He’s really fast, a good point guard, and he’s tall so he can see everyone and Zach does a great job of finishing inside. We are playing good defense. “I think at the beginning playing a lot of top 10 teams helped us get ready for league which is one of the toughest in the state. Playing those teams got us prepared, and showed us what we need to work on.” Motlong hit five consecutive 3-point baskets in the first quarter and finished with a team-high 18 points against the Lancers. “I felt it after I hit a couple and everybody was like we’re going to keep feeding you,” Motlong said. As Motlong said Stewart provides Highlands Ranch with a tall point guard who can score. He averaged 13 points a game as a freshman for Douglas County and was a second team All-League selection last season while scoring 15 points a game.

Highlands Ranch’s Zach Braxton (34) looks to make a pass against Lincoln. Photo by Jim Benton “It was hard having to sit on the sidelines watching the varsity play,” admitted Stewart. “It felt good to play. I feel we’re doing well. Our biggest thing is bringing the ball up court with pressure. If we can do that, we’ll be fine.”

Caton feels his team has improved with Stewart in the lineup. “He gives us a multi-dimensional player,” said Caton. “He can score, he can pass. He has pretty good tools. He’s a nice guy to have.”

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Wolverines prepare for league stretch Natalie Baker leads young group at Chaparral By Jim Benton

jbenton@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Chaparral girls basketball coach Tony Speights admits that this year’s team is a work in progress. Luckily for Speights he has a player like Natalie Baker to help with the development of a team fresh off a 61-49 nonleague win over Montbello Jan. 8 at home. “We work hard on getting better every day,” Speights said. “We lost so much from last year, the vast majority of our kids have never played varsity. It’s getting into the speed of a varsity game. “The speed we played at (Jan. 8) was a little too much for Montbello. We’ve been on the other side of that battle a lot this year ... We’ll get there.” Baker, a 6-foot senior who has signed to play for the University of Wyoming, is one player that has performed up to speed this season consistently for the Wolverines. “She makes it a little easier,” Speights said. “I can’t say enough really good things about her in terms of leadership. Not just on the court, we know what we are going to get there, but her leadership and mentorship of these young kids and showing them what it is like to be a varsity player, showing those kids how to work like a varsity player. She’s the last kid to leave every

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night. When your best kid is your hardest worker, everybody sees that and feeds off of that. She’s doing a great job for us.” Baker, who averaged 11.8 points a game in 2012-13 is scoring 17 points and pulling down nine rebounds a game so far this season. She relishes her role as a leader. “All the players have really stepped up and worked hard,” she said. “Everyone feels the pressure to perform and has done well. There’s been ups and down but just being a leader, staying positive helps everyone.” Baker had 16 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists while sophomore Margaux Bess added 12 points for the Wolverines, who jumped out to a 41-21 halftime lead against Montbello, easily beating the Warrior press early on. “With this group, since they haven’t been full-time varsity players, you can really measure from the middle of November to now, we’ve seen kids growing every day,” said Speights. “The Montbello game gave our kids confidence in what we want to do. They pressured us and that was good for our guards to see and have to work against.” Chaparral faced some tough defensive pressure Jan. 10 in Grand Junction and saw its record fall to 6-5 as the Tigers held the Wolverines to only 25 points in a 35-25 game. Next up, the Wolverines open Continental League play against Highlands Ranch (Jan. 17), Castle View (Jan 21) and Regis Jesuit (Jan 24), who are all ranked in the Top 10 of the CHSAANow.com poll.

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Horse show draws quite the crowd Franktown trainers among hundreds at quarter horse event By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com In the stalls and aisles of the paddock, trainers and owners smoothed out saddle blankets and tightened cinches preparing to take part in the final sessions of the Pre Denver Quarter Horse Show at the National Western Stock Show Events Center. “I have been coming to this show for a lot of years,” Douglas County trainer Devin Warren said of the show that precedes the National Western. Warren is well known in horse circles as the trainer of world champions. At the Jan. 9 event, he rode a quarter horse around the exercise ring before turning the animal over to its owner Gina Ratcliff. But first he adjusted the stirrups to fit the new rider and did some last-minute coaching before horse and rider moved out into the ring. “This is just one of about 80 horses we have here for the show,” the owner of Warren Performance Horses on Highway 83 said. “We have an excellent team that trains horses and who are available to coach the

owners on show techniques. I guess training the horse and coaching the owner really go together as the result of how well we did comes when we see how much better horse and rider are in the show ring.” Warren grew up in Woodland Park around horses and participated in 4H to learn more about livestock, mainly horses. “Of course, we work with a variety of breeds,” he said. “For example, we have horses here for the quarter horse show and, when it ends, we’ll move them out and be here with paint horses when the National Western Stock Show gets into full swing.” Warren and his horses were in the National Western Stock Show Events Center area. The area includes the ring the public sees and behind that area is the extensive barn and paddock area. The aisles are lined with horse stalls. Some owners have just a single stall, while others like Warren need a group of adjacent stalls, making for a temporary home for their horses. A short distance from Warren’s stalls were a group of stalls occupied by Franktown’s Mcdowall Quarter Horse. Kiwi, a horse owned by Renee Howes of Arizona was one of those trained by Mcdowall. “The people at Mcdowall coached me and I entered Kiwi in several judging events. We did pretty well, which earns us points to help us qualify for the national show that will be held later this year in Amarillo, Texas,” Howes said.

Trainer Devin Warren adjusts the saddle to fit horse owner Gina Ratcliff. Warren, owner of Franktown’s Warren Performance Horses, had about 80 horses at the Jan. 5-9 Pre Denver Quarter Horse Show that precedes the National Western Stock Show. Photo by Tom Munds As the quarter horse show wraps up, the animals will move out of the stalls to make room for the other horse breeds coming in for shows, sales and special events during the National Western Stock Show that officially opened two days later on Jan. 11. The National Western Stock Show is

Colorado’s largest trade show with hundreds of vendors displaying their merchandise. The variety of events and activities attract spectators and last year, more than 628,000 people went through the turnstiles. For a full schedule, go to www. nationalwestern.com.

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Jan. 18 auditions Kiwanis Club of Castle

Rock will have auditions for the 10th annual Stars of Tomorrow talent contest from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Applications and a $10 entrant fee are due by Jan. 18. Applications and details can be found at www.kiwanisatcastlerock.org. The final competition is at 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.lonetreeartscenter.org, by calling 720-509-1000 or at the door.

Jan. 19 PassPort to culture The rich and

vibrant culture of China comes to Lone Tree with a Chinese New Year celebration at 3 p.m. Jan. 19 in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Celebrate entering the Year of the Horse with the Colorado Asian Cultural Heritage Center. The group will perform three dances, each telling a story that embodies the culture of the Chinese New Year celebration. Tickets cost $5. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www. LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

Jan. 21-30 Bunnicula musical This musical adaptation of the popular book follows Chester the cat and Harold the dog as they try to warn the Monroe family about their new pet rabbit, who might be a vegetable vampire. With clever lyrics and fun music, this show is sure to please any child as they laugh their way through this engaging tale. Show runs from Jan. 21-30 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets cost $8. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. Jan. 21, Feb. 10, Feb. 25

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las Mental Health Network presents “Protecting Your Teen from Addiction” from noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 21 (event code: admhn12114) and from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 (event code: admhn22514) at the Southglenn Library, Room A, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial; and from 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 (event code: admhn210) at the network’s Castle Rock office, 831 S. Perry St., Suite 100. In this class, you will learn about trends in substance abuse in our community, how to talk about drugs and alcohol, signs of substance abuse in teens, prevention and early intervention, effects of substances on the brain and brain development, and shifts in views on marijuana use and legalization. Use the event code listed to register for classes at Blacktie https://www.blacktie-colorado. com/index.cfm.

Jan. 25 EstatE Planning Carla Little, with the Little Law Office, will have a seminar on The 12 Mistakes People Make When Creating Their Estate Plan from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 25 at the Lone Tree Library, in the meeting room. This is a free, community event and everyone is invited. Contact Carla Little at 303-520-6941 or visit littlelawoffices.com. Jan. 27 cart EvEnt The South Metro Health Alliance presents a Community Accessing Resources Together event from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 27 in the large meeting room located on the lower level at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. The event is titled “Connecting the Dots … Working Together for Our Community’s Needs.” This CART convening is a free community event to highlight the resources, information and education from community-based and health organizations supporting better access and care coordination for all in our community. The event will start with a presentation highlighting recent research on the underserved in Arapahoe and Douglas

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phony performs a concert that explores the elements of classicism both in music and architecture. Featuring commentary by a local architect and the symphony’s resident conductor Scott O’Neil, this multi-media performance introduces the classic style for both the ears and eyes with distinct examples from the classical greats including Haydn and Mozart. Show is at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets start at $36. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www. LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

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counties, including the most pressing health issues for the south metro area. This presentation will set the stage for organizations to provide short five-minute presentations regarding their services and how they are working to meet the challenges discussed in the report. Light snacks and refreshments will be available. Registration is free and attendees can sign up at www.smhaco.org, or by calling Traci Jones on 303-793-9615 or emailing traci@smhaco.org.

Gypsy jazz, the internationally-touring trio Hot Club of Cowtown will have you tapping your toes all night long. The fiddle, upright bass and guitar merge together creating music that harkens to the days of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys while also incorporating elements of the Django Reinhardt’s gypsy jazz sound. Top that off with tight harmonies by the three singers and undeniable energy. Show is at 8 p.m. Jan. 31 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets start at $26. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www. LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

FEB. 4 JunglE lady Linda the Jungle Lady performs with live animals at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Feb. 4 in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Linda helps make the amazing creatures approachable. Come join this exciting Seedlings show, and have an opportunity to touch some of the snakes, bugs, lizards, turtles and a hedgehog. Tickets cost $3. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. FEB. 5 childrEn’s thEatEr Dallas

Children’s Theatre presents “Stuart Little” at 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 5 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets cost $8. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

FEB. 7 classical music The Colorado Sym-

concErt rodgEr’s and Hammerstein’s South Pacific: In Concert is presented at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 12-16 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets start at $29, with a $25 senior matinee at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. FEB. 19 guitars and strings Guitars aren’t just

for rock music, folk music and Spanish music: some of the greatest classical music also uses guitar. In this Arts in the Afternoon program, we’ll sample a pair of chamber works for guitar and strings: Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata for Viola and Guitar, along with Paganini’s Terzetto Concertante for Viola, Cello, and Guitar. Our concert host Betsy Schwarm will share stories about how the guitar comes to fit in with standard orchestral strings. Program is at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets cost $15. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

FEB. 23 classic oPEra Opera Colorado presents “The Barber of Seville,” a production of a classic opera, designed with kids in mind. The Passport to Culture program is at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets cost $5. Call 720-509-1000 or visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

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Government Legals Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for 2014 SIDEWALK REPAIR AND HANDICAP RETROFIT THROUGHOUT DOUGLAS COUNTY, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2014-001 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the removal and replacement of sidewalk, curb and gutter, inlet repair and upgrading several handicap ramps to meet the requirements with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in Highlands Ranch Subdivisions. Traffic control is also necessary for each area. The Contract Documents may be examined at the above address after 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, and copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained upon payment of $35.00 for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (Additional charge if mailing is required.) A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at the same address. The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • Removal of Curb and Gutter – 16,425 LF • Aggregate Base Course (Class 6) – 1,500 Ton • 10 Inch Concrete Pavement – 1,166 SY • Gutter and Walk – 13,800 LF • Curb and Gutter – 2,600 LF Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein. Any questions on the bidding process may be directed to Terry Gruber, P.E., Project Engineer at 303.660.7490. For Planholder Information, Please Call 303.660.7490 (Front Desk) Legal Notice No.: 924740 First Publication: January 16, 2014 Last Publication: January 23, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Romantic aspects are high at this time for single Lambs looking for love. Warm and fuzzy feelings also are at enhanced levels for Rams and Ewes in paired relationships. TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) This week favors what Taureans dote on -- namely, love and money. Look for more meaningful relationships for both singles and pairs, as well as an improved financial outlook. GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) All lingering shreds of that recent bout with boredom are dissipated as you eagerly accept a challenging offer. Your positive mood persuades others to join you in this venture.

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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) You might need validation for a possible solution to a situation involving someone close to you. Consider asking a trusted friend or relative to help you with this problem. LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Investigate carefully before agreeing to assist a friend or colleague with a personal problem. There might be hidden factors that could emerge later that will create problems for you. VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Your decision to work with an associate rather than go it alone, as you first proposed, brings an unexpected bonus. Be careful not to be judgmental. Allow for free and open discussion. LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) A loved one’s health problem could, once again, make demands on your time and attention. But this time, make some demands of your own, and insist that others pitch in and help. SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) This is a good time for the traditionally staid Scorpion to plan adjustments in your day-to-day schedules. Be more flexible and allow for more impromptu, off-the-cuff actions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Avoid creating unnecessary fuss over a situation you don’t approve of. If it’s going to work, it will do so despite your objections. If it fails, it will do so without a push from you. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Working with a trusted colleague could open your mind to exploring some considerations you previously dismissed out of hand. The weekend brings news from a loved one. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Resolving a recent problem leaves you in a good position to strengthen your influence on how things get done. But continue to encourage ideas and suggestions from others. PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) A new friend suggests an interesting opportunity. But check it out before you snap at it. It might be a good deal for some people, but it might not work in helping you reach your goals. BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of helping people solve their problems, making you a mostrespected counselor and trusted friend. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Estate Sale January 17,18,19 Fri & Sat 9am-3pm Sun 9am-1pm 11555 W 70th Pl Unit A Furniture, Sports memorabilia, pictures, books, various household decor

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NOW HIRING POLICE OFFICERS The City of Black Hawk, two (2) vacancies for POLICE OFFICER I. Hiring Range: $53,959 - $62,052 DOQ/E. Unbelievable benefit package and exceptional opportunity to serve in Colorado’s premiere gaming community located 18 miles west of Golden. The City supports its employees and appreciates great service! If you are interested in serving a unique historical city and enjoy working with diverse populations visit the City’s website at www.cityofblackhawk.org/goto/employee_services for more information or to apply online for this limited opportunity. Requires High School Diploma or GED, valid Colorado driver’s license with a safe driving record, must be at least 21 years of age, and must be Colorado POST certified by date of hire. The City accepts online applications for Police Officer positions year round. Applications will remain active for one (1) year from the date of submission. EOE. Help Wanted

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Monarch Investment & Management Company Franktown, CO We are a growing multifamily real estate investment and management company located in Franktown, CO seeking multiple positions in our accounting Department. We are seeking motivated team players with a strong work ethic and a strong working knowledge of accounting processes. Staff Accountant B.S. Degree required, 2 years’ experience preferred Accounting Clerk Strong working knowledge of overall accounting process preferred Accounts Payable 1 to 2 years of A/P experience preferred Salaries commensurate with experience. Please fax resume with cover letter to: 303-688-8292 email to: recruiting@monarchinvestment.com Colorado State Colorado State University Extension Colorado State University Extension Job Vacancy #02-14 University Extension Job Vacancy #02-14 Extension Agent, Horticulture Job Vacancy #02-14 Extension Agent, Horticulture Douglas County, Castle Rock, CO Extension Agent, Horticulture Douglas County, Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, Castle Rock, CO This position provides leadership & This position provides leadership & guidance in the development, delivThis position provides leadership & guidance in the development, delivery & evaluation of Extension delivhortiguidance in the development, ery & evaluation of Extension horticulture programs for youth & adults ery & evaluation of horticulture programs forExtension youth & adults in Douglas County. person will culture programs forThe youth & adults in Douglas County. The person will have a proven trackThe record of manin Douglas County. person will have a proven track record of managing administrative functions inhave a proven track record of managing administrative functions including volunteer personnel forina aging administrative functions cluding volunteer personnel for ar v e r y a c t i v e C o l o r a d o M a s t ea cluding volunteer personnel for v e r y a c t i v e C o l o r a d o M a s t e r Gardener program &r fostering both v e r y a c t i v e C o l o a d o M a s t e r Gardener program &collaboration fostering both internal & program external & & Gardener fostering both internal & external collaboration & teamwork. internal & external collaboration & teamwork. teamwork. Application materials, including tranApplication materials, including transcript(s) showing degree(s) conApplication materials, including transcript(s) showing degree(s) conferred, must be RECEIVED no conlater script(s) showing degree(s) ferred, must be RECEIVED no later tferred, h a n must Noon M o u n t a i n noT later ime be RECEIVED t2/12/2014 h a n N o ofor n M o u n t a i n T ime full consideration. t2/12/2014 h a n N o ofor n M o u n t a i n T ime full consideration. Completed master’s degree re2/12/2014 for full consideration. Completed master’s degree required. Complete job description, Completed master’s degree required. Complete job description, application process job & list of requirequired. Complete description, application process & www.ext.colist of requirements located at:& application process list of requirements located at: www.ext.colostate.edu/coop/jobsmenu.html. ments located at: www.ext.colostate.edu/coop/jobsmenu.html. CSU conducts background checks lostate.edu/coop/jobsmenu.html. CSU conducts background checks on allconducts final candidates. CSU is an CSU background checks on all final Employer. candidates. CSU is an EO/EA/AA on all final candidates. CSU is an EO/EA/AA Employer. EO/EA/AA Employer.

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CAREERS Help Wanted

Employment Opportunities

Seeking The Castle Pines North Metropolitan District is accepting applications for the fulltime position of Parks and Open Space Manager. Under the general supervision of the District Manager, plans, schedules, coordinates, and supervises the work of crews performing landscaping, turf maintenance, tree maintenance and repair projects of District owned parks and Open Spaces and trails. Oversees and evaluates the Community Center building maintenance, trails, and all storm water ponds the District is responsible to maintain. Serves as District representative in all new projects assigned to Parks and Open Space. Plans and coordinates the Districts water conservation program, and holds community events to present the program orally and to encourage the proper use of water. Produces educational and promotional publications as required. For the full job description and desired qualifications please see our website at www.cpnmd.org

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Castle Pines North Metropolitan District Jim Nikkel, District Manager 7404 Yorkshire Dr. Castle Pines, CO 80108 jim@cpnmd.org

Application Deadline: FEBRURY 10, 2014

Castle Pines North Metro District is a special district that was established in 1984. The Metro District provides water, wastewater and storm water services and oversees the District-owned parks, trails and open spaces within the community. The Metro District currently serves the Castle Pines North population of nearly 10,000, and has more than 3,200 residential and business customers. Website: www.cpnmd.org

Supervisor of Histology Full-Time for AmeriPath located in Arvada, CO: AmeriPath, is a national leader provider of cancer testing with Anatomic Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics expertise. The supervisor would be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Histology laboratory and supervision of the technical and support staff. In conjunction with the Department Manager, ensures that all departmental policies and procedures meet the standards of current state and federal regulations. Please apply on-line at www.questdiagnostics.com to job opening 3721930. EOE

Keep Kids Together Abused and neglected brothers and sisters are often separated in foster care. There just aren’t enough foster homes to keep them together. This leaves them sad, anxious and confused and they feel like it’s “all their fault.” Give the Gift of Hope-Become a Savio foster parent. Call Tracy Stuart 303/225-4152

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Chatfield State Park is now accepting applications for all positions. Contact office (303)791-7275, or online at www.parks.state.co.us

Financial Analyst: Develop/provide financial analysis & reports; Req’d MBA; Mail Resume to: BRC Real Estate Corp., 9331 Commerce Center St., #A1 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129. Attn: Mr. Bright, Pres.

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Some of the responsibilities include: • Creating work schedules which fulfill daily production requirements and safety standards. • Monitoring sanitation requirements, and devise and follow-up on the execution of cleaning schedule of Malthouse facilities and grain path. • Ordering production related supplies and chemicals. • Maintaining barley log to document daily production. Enter production related data into the computer system • Assist in the creation of the manufacturing budget and analysis/justification of capital expenditures. • Maintain high level of competency with production transactions in SAP. • Must be able to work on rotating shifts and work off-shift • Must be willing to relocate in the future as necessary to take advantage of the opportunities within the organization. Malteurop North America is the leading Malt producer with locations in Milwaukee, WI (Corporate Headquarters and Malting Facility), Great Falls, MT., Winona, MN., USA and Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. Visit us at www.malteurop.com for further details. Malteurop North America offers a generous benefit package, including health, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, education reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, and 401(k) with company match. This position will require a successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check. Please send your resume and cover letter along with salary history to hr.mena@malteurop.com. Malteurop is an EOE.

Electrical Supervisor Malteurop North America, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Supervisor at its Great Falls, MT facility. Must have a high school diploma supplemented by an appropriate apprenticeship program which includes extensive electrical system maintenance experience. In addition, at least 2 to 5 years supervisory experience in manufacturing environment, have or be able to obtain a State of Montana Journeyman Electricians License; A Master Electrician License is preferred. Working knowledge in MS Office and SAP is preferred.

Some of the responsibilities include: • Perform difficult technical work supervising and scheduling the maintenance and repair of a variety of electrical equipment • Plan and schedule projects, estimate time and materials, maintain records and files, minimize waste of materials, provide access for future maintenance and prepare completion reports. • Plan and estimate electrical jobs and projects. • Maintain records on electrical jobs and projects. • Maintain knowledge of electrical materials & spares in inventory. • Determine procedures for maintenance, installation, modification and repair of electrical assignments and automation systems. • Manage the productivity of workforce and improve productivity as necessary. • Be proficient in the installation of electrical conduit and wiring, termination of motors and motor controls. Have a working knowledge of PLC and process controls. Capable of troubleshooting and repairing electrical and process components. • Perform an analysis of critical equipment and develop spares inventory based on analysis. Malteurop North America is the leading Malt producer with locations in Milwaukee, WI (Corporate Headquarters and Malting Facility), Great Falls, MT., Winona, MN., USA and Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. Visit us at www.malteurop.com for further details. Malteurop North America offers a generous benefit package, including health, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, education reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, and 401(k) with company match. This position will require a successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check. Please send your resume and cover letter along with salary history to hr.mena@malteurop.com. Malteurop is an EOE.

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