Lonetree voice 0808 by Colorado Community Media

Voice Lone Tree

Lone Tree

August 8, 2013

A Colorado Community Media Publication

ourlonetreenews.com

Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 30

School district ready to start year Superintendent touts additions, innovations coming in 2013-14 By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Security for middle and elementary schools, redesigned classrooms and almost 7,000 new computers are among the changes Douglas County School District students will notice when they return to school. They’ll also experience some intangible changes in the form of updated teaching methods, revamped lesson plans and, in a handful of schools, the introduction of themed education models. Most of the county’s schools open for the 2013-14 academic year Aug. 12, though a handful started classes Aug. 5. “There are a lot of really exciting things coming this year,” Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen said. “This has been the busiest summer I can remember in education.” The most visible change will be at the district’s middle and elementary schools, where armed, plainclothes law-enforcement officers will patrol buildings through a district partnership forged in early summer. A school resource officer also will split time between Sky View Academy and the STEM high schools. The officers already are fixtures at the district’s other nine high schools. “The marshal program obviously is a huge thing for parents to really have that sense of another layer of safety for our middle and elementary school students,” Fagen said. “It’s also part of our commitment to partnering with folks in the community, using that common-sense approach to improving and innovating.” Three years of curriculum changes designed to provide a 21st-century education now are hitting the ground, Fagen said. “I feel like we spent one year talking about why American education needs to

Highlands Ranch High School student Deborah Son concentrates on the vibraphone, while Keith Larsen, brother of Highlands Ranch High School band director Kevin Larsen, helps out on drums during the Aug. 2 marching band camp. Photo by Jane Reuter change,” said Fagen, hired as DCSD’s superintendent in June 2010. “The next two years we started working together to build new curriculum, write new assessments and units. This is the year where we have these pioneer teachers, who’ve really had enough time and oppor-

tunity to learn and grow, launching these units. “Not everybody’s there yet, which is perfectly fine. But now we have these people in front, ready now to launch something different than they did before.” Fagen hopes that will help district staff,

students and parents understand the district’s education reform efforts. “We do spend a lot of time talking about things,” she said. “Implementation is so School continues on Page 14

Cabela’s offers sneak peek at new store Aug. 15 opening expected to lure thousands of visitors By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Camouflage-clad Cabela’s employee Jake Merritt sounded a duck call to direct Denver-area media from the parking lot into the nearly complete Lone Tree store July 30. Merritt set the tone for the sneak peek event, held two weeks before the store’s Aug. 15 public opening. Inside, Cabela’s employees lounged around a faux campfire, surrounded by Cabela’s tents, backpacks, a lantern and cooler. Others offered samples of the store’s signature fudge and demonstrated fly fishing and archery. Another sounded a duck call from inside a camouflage blind — all of it under the eyes of mounted wildlife posed high on the walls of the

Store employee Kirby Boos of Littleton demonstrated duck calls during the July 30 media sneak peek at the Lone Tree Cabela’s. 110,000-square-foot store. The employees were playful, the excitement palpable.

heavy traffic expected The Aug. 15 opening of the Lone Tree Cabela’s is expected to generate heavy traffic that day, as well as on Aug. 17 and 18 — and even on Aug. 14, when Cabela’s card-holders are welcome. The Lone Tree Police Department is anticipating congestion at the interchange of Interstate 25 and RidgeGate Parkway, and is advising motorists to take a different route if possible. The store is located on the southwestern quadrant of the interchange. Police expect that 4,000 to 5,000 cars a day will travel to Cabela’s on its opening day and the following weekend. Overflow parking will be available across Interstate 25 from the store.

“We expect thousands of people lined up before the ribbon cutting,” spokesman Joe Arterburn said. “They’ll probably be some overnight campers.” Other Cabela’s employees, known as outfitters, said they’re anxious to share the store with the public. “We want to show customers what we can do,” senior hard line manager Jeff Surry said. “Our job is to create that legendary Cabela’s experience. “We cater to people that are go-

Cabela’s outfitters Adam Thompson and Laura Krause pose among camping equipment as part of the Lone Tree store’s media sneak peek July 30. The store opens to the public on Aug. 15. Photos by Jane Reuter ing to go hunting in minus-20-degree weather to people that just want to hang out in the back yard in their flip flops.” The Cabela’s experience, Surry said, includes taking a personal interest in customers, matching their outdoor abilities with the right gear and even pointing anglers to the state’s best fishing holes. “We know where to go and how to get there,” said Jeff Butler, a former Colorado Division of Wildlife employee and lifetime fly fisherman who will work in the fishing

department. “We’ll pull out maps and show you. “They’re not just hiring clerks in this store. They’re hiring outfitters who have knowledge. It’s not just selling you something. We sell fun.” Cabela’s continues on Page 14

Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy.

2-Color

2 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Tiny old town is nucleus of faith The dim alcove sits to the side of the altar, kept cool by its old adobe walls. A young woman stoops through the low doorway, followed by her three children and her mother. She bends and scoops some of the soft, fine dirt from the small hole in the center of the floor with her fingers. She rubs her hands together, then caresses her mother’s hair with the dusty mist and kisses her forehead. “So you get better,” she says. They step into a narrow anteroom, flanked on one side by a wall quilted with photographs of men, women and children who have come searching for healing and on the other by countless canes and walkers left behind by those who believe they found it. In the bright sunlight just outside the church, Yvonne Roberto, 39, stands with her children, her mother, Rosa María Hernandez, 69, and her father, Joe Hernandez, 75. It has been 22 years since Yvonne last visited the Holy Dirt Room at El Santuario de Chimayó — the Sanctuary of Chimayó — in this small New Mexico town. Her mother’s illness — and her belief — have brought her back. “I’m not really looking for a miracle,” she says. “I’m just hoping it helps my mother better deal with her illness. I’d like her to be happy, instead of sad all the time. She knows she’s sick.” Yvonne pauses, glances at her mother. “She cries all the time.” Rosa María has Alzheimer’s. She believes the dirt can heal. And so, fueled by faith, the family drove six hours from El Paso, Texas. “I am a very religious person,” Rosa María says, nodding, the eyes beneath her sun hat solemn. “I pray.” As the family strolls away, Yvonne reaches for her mother’s hand.

••• The two-lane road that leads to the simple adobe and wooden church runs north,

about 30 minutes from Santa Fe, through a vast, desolate horizon in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. Pinyon pines and Russian olive trees splotch the dry, austere landscape with dark green and silver gray. The tiny, historic community of Chimayó, founded in the 17th century by Spanish settlers, is known for its Hispanic and Tewa Indian arts, weaving, red chile and sheep-raising, among other longtime traditions. About 200 years ago, it also became known for the miraculous physical and spiritual healings said to have occurred at the site where a wooden crucifix was discovered in the ground. Some 300,000 people from throughout the world and representing myriad religions visit each year, seeking to sate curiosity or petition for the blessings of la tierra bendita, the sacred earth, that encased the cross. Because in this place — where history, culture and spirituality entwine so thickly they cloak you like a blanket — many believe in miracles. A sign just beyond the church points up a bumpy, rock-pocked road. Fifth-generation woodcarver, it says. That’s Patricio Chavez, 39, a woodcarver of santos — saints. He is a direct descendant of local friar Bernardo Abeyta, who discovered the cross that led to the building of the Catholic santuario in 1816 on land considered hallowed by Native Americans. He shares an art studio with his wife, also an artist, who traces her roots in this village back eight generations. They

live in the modest house next door, which has been handed down by Chavez’s family through the ages. He’s not sure if the dirt has healing powers. “I think it’s what you bring to the church, not what you take,” he says. But Patricio, an affable father of three with an easy smile, believes in faith and, therefore, in the possibility of miracles. There was the gentleman about to have his hand amputated because of illness, he says, who after rubbing dirt on it, still had his hand a year later. Some, the santuario’s website says, believe the dirt will alleviate arthritis, paralysis, sadness and other physical and emotional afflictions. Some say it will cure cancer. “I hear the stories,” Patricio says. “There’s something going on.” But a less extraordinary miracle, perhaps, can be found in the way faith inspires perseverance in those who, as Patricio says, carry heavy burdens: The mother on a quest to visit all the chapels and churches in New Mexico to help her son in prison. The father, who has walked the 88 miles from Albuquerque to the santuario every year since his son died in the Vietnam War. In 2004, Patricio was one of six artists who renovated the historic wooden altar screens, or reredos, in the santuario. Pushed into the cracks and crevices, they discovered letters, locks of hair, notes, necklaces, dollar bills — the offerings left behind in supplication. You may not believe in miracles. But, Patricio says, “You have to believe in faith — it’ll ultimately save you.”

••• The church is quiet and cool. Behind the altar is a tall wooden screen, painted in greens, reds and blacks and gilded with gold, that surrounds the crucifix Abeyta is said to have found. More reredos with images of saints adorn the walls. Light filters through a stained glass window, and several women and an elderly priest sit in the wooden pews reciting the rosary.

The Holy Dirt Room — also known as the Pocito, the little well room — can be reached through a door off the altar. Although some believe the well replenishes itself, it is commonly known that the dirt is brought in from nearby hills and blessed by a priest. Still, an intense reverence fills this space. A frail, elderly woman, helped by her daughter, bends slowly, with difficulty, her hand trembling slightly and reaching for the silken dirt in the hole. She clutches a small fistful and wrings the dirt through her hands. “Gracias a Dios,” she whispers. Thanks be to God. They slowly walk out, the daughter gently supporting her mother. Ross Milliken, 58, and his girlfriend, Julie Rom, 53, enter and glance quietly around the room. At the poem on the wall: “If you are a stranger, if you are weary from the struggles in life, whether you have a handicap, whether you have a broken heart, follow the long mountain road, find a home in Chimayó ….” At the hole in the floor: As they leave, Ross bends and lets his fingers briefly brush the dirt. The couple has stopped here on their way home to Fort Collins from a wedding in Santa Fe. They are Christians, they say, not Catholic, but they like the spirituality of Catholic tradition. As for the dirt, “I think that people have faith, and it’s faith that heals,” Julie says. “Whether it’s the dirt or not, it’s the faith that heals them.” Ross agrees. But he acknowledges he felt moved to touch the blessed dirt. “There might,” he says, “be something to it.” There just might.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303-5664110.

SO MUCH INSIDE THE VOICE THIS WEEK Ponying up for horses. A glitzy SaddleUp! Foundation fundraiser will help in the group’s mission of providing equineassisted therapy. Page 10

Art with a theme. “Western Heritage Art” is the title of a painting exhibit at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center. Page 19

World-class competition. The Solheim Cup tournament is bringing top-tier women golfers to Colorado from Europe and the U.S. Page 24

START LOVING YOUR KITCHEN We Have 5 Great Ways to Update: exclusive Tune-Up process 1. REFRESH - Our rejuvenates cabinets in only 1 day! affordable new look for 40-60% 2. REDOOR - An less than a new kitchen. Transform your space while keeping 3. REFACE - your existing cabinet boxes. design to install, we will make 4. REPLACE - From any kitchen dream a reality. 5. COUNTERTOPS & 303.721.1393 kitchentuneup.com ACCESSORIES

NEW WEST PHYSICIANS AT ARAPAHOE INTERNAL MEDICINE

Drs. Joseph Ladika, Charles Lee, Lisa Gidday, Dawn Baker, and Physician’s Assistant Susan Braun

Improving the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the communities we serve. For our Medicare eligible patients, New West Physicians accepts the Medicare Advantage Plan AARP Medicare Complete through United Healthcare and Rocky Mountain Health Plans. Please see our website www.nwphysicians.com for all accepted commnercial plans.

EXCELLENT SERVICE, EVERY PATIENT, EVERY TIME. Call and make an appointment today.

303.730.3332

303.730.7766 (FAX)

8199 SouthPark Lane #100, Littleton

www.nwphysicians.com

3-Color

Lone Tree Voice 3

August 8, 2013

Parker.HomesInColorado.com 18551 E Mainstreet, Suite 2A Parker CO 80134 303-841-0922 PARKER SO

T AC TR ON RC DE UN

LARKSPUR

• 1285 Sq Ft-3 BD/2 BA • Great Stroh location!Updated and super clean! • 1177380

• 1653 Fin’d Sq Ft3 BD/2 BA • 10 acres-everything new inside & out-heavily treed • 798296

Steve Beam 303-941-4663

Ginny keenan 303-877-9382

LITTLETON

FRANKTOWN

• 1654 Sq Ft-3 BD/3 BA • Adorable hm w/ hdwds,extra lg mstr,prof fin lndscaping,culdesac • 1192054 DeB SchmiDt 303-898-1790

tania Story 303-810-4297

5,0

PARKER

56 00

• 4351 Fin Sq Ft5 BD/5 BA • 1995 Hm backing to Pinery G Course • 1203328

9,9

9,0

kay corBy 303-840-8326 $

00 $

9,9

PARKER

• 5 acre custom lot • One of a kind close in Parker w/ views • 1169509 Suzy SWeitzer 303-888-6282 $

,90

5,0

rick WiLSon 303-805-7425

PARKER

• 2227 Sq Ft-3 BD/4 BA • Maintenance Free Living, Paired Home, Upgraded • 1204976 BiLL Dixon 303-865-5127 $

• 996 Sq Ft-1 BD/ 1 1/5 BA • Great Condo w/ Garage. Easy access to Downtown, DU, Cherry Creek • 1210802

5,5

0,0

2,8

2,0

9,0

DENVER

• 2573 Sq Ft-4 BD/3 Full BA • Just like NEW! Low maintenance yard. Many upgrades! • 1202214 keLLy pfeiffer 303-905-5921

LARKSPUR

• Beautiful lot in Perr Park • Views,trees,high end street mostly built out • 1173996 nancy LiLLroSe 303-489-6671

9,9

BIJOU BASIN

• 80 Acres-Year Round Creek • Features Log Cabin, Great pastures, Mature trees, Loafing Shed, Travel Trailer, Fenced, Nice Views • 1201258 cathy hoWrey 303-994-4466

DENVER

• 1,073 Sq Ft. 2 BD/1 BA • Quick Poss! A/C. Lg Fam Rm w/ Fireplace. Fenced Patio • 1206761 heather LemBke 303-880-4116

9,9

5,0

0 0,0 48

9,0

PARKER

• 1911 Sq Ft-3 BD/2 3/4 BA • Fabulous outdoor living spaces 1 block from Bible Park! • 1207943 Janice neLSon 720-837-6579

Sharon anDerSon 303-880-9187

• 1157 Sq Ft-3 BD/3 BA • Bright & Sunny 2 Sty. Feels Spacious, 3 BD up, unfin Basemt. On open space • 1211234 Loretta pieper 303-898-4330

PARKER

• 2237 Sq Ft-5 BD/4 BA • Rare Wild Grass Listing, Finished Walkout Slab Granite • 1212549 Larree morGan 303-885-9900

CASTLE ROCK

• 3181 Sq Ft-4 BD/3 BA • Close to Rec Center, Schools, Downtown C.R. • 1209484 WenDy SimS 303-596-6341

• 2292 Fin Sq Ft4 BD/3 BA • Totally remodeled horse property5 ac, barn, near pvmt. • 1209152

SheLLy SLocum 303-549-5029

AURORA

ELIZABETH

9,0

0,0

AURORA

• 2884 Sq Ft w/ 1542 Sq Ft 75% Finished Basement-4BD/4 BA • Dream Home! Backs to Greenbelt, Gourmet Kitchen, Upgrades Galore • 1210803

• 2801 Sq Ft-4 BD/3 BA • Immaculate, Gourmet Kitchen, 1133 Sq Ft Unfinished Bsmt • 1200212 troy paGGen 720-935-0199

GreG WaLDmann 303-817-7111

0 0,0 51

• 3912 Sq Ft- 6 BD/4 BA • Golfer’s Dream Location! Right on the Teebox! Completely Renovated with $188k in Improvements! • 1202439

9,5

0 0,0 55

PARKER

GreG BroWneLL 303-564-7235

• Almost 4500 Fin’d Sq Ft-5 BD/5 BA • Upgraded Stonegate Home Walking Distance To Award Winning Elem & High Schools • 1204755

cheryL BuStin 303-981-7339

Diane WarD 303-809-1005

PARKER

• 3,840 Sq Ft-3 BD/3 BA • Ranch home on 2+ tree studded acres w/ mt views •1198184

PARKER

9,0

LoLLy & Dan ShepherD 303-898-0817

• 3,585 Sq Ft+2,362 Unfinished Bsmt • Contract fell back on market, Gorgeous Remodel • 1207306 DeBBie oWenS 303-888-2805

cryStaL eiDSon 303-378-8533

• 3095 Sq Ft-4 BD/4 BA • Custom walkout ranch on 5.7 acres.Great horse prop! • 1173394

5,0

9,5

• 240 acres • Electrical to property. Domestic Well has Pond and Great Views of Pikes Peak • 1010628

FRANKTOWN

PARKER

9,0

ELIZABETH

• 2720 Sq Ft-3 BD/3 BA • Custom walkout ranch on 40 acres. Great Horse Property • 1194220 Jack mcLauGhLin 303-877-1616

ELBERT

FRANKTOWN

• 3503 main+1810 bsmt Sq Ft-5 BD/5 BA • 5 acres,inground pool,hot tub,fire pit,3 car gar • 1208004

DENVER

• 5 rental units on 1.5 acres • Terrific location,land value,cash flow • 1148845 Jim LeuSchner 303-378-2806

9,0

PARKER

ELBERT

tyLer WiLLarD 303-709-2566

BoB LemBke 303-829-6181

• 5200 Fin’d Sq Ft4 BD/4 BA • Nestled in tall pines of Perry Park • 1191150

DouG JoneS 303-770-5140 • 2007 2-story in Gated Vistancia • 4 BD/5 BA, 4 Car Gar.4,890 Fin Sq Ft • 1207306

0 ,00 50 1,4

• Over 7000 Fin’d Sq ft-5 BD/7 BA • Cherry Hills home in Parker! Great attn to detail, convenient, gorgeous • 1203835

PARKER

• 5491 Fin’d Sq Ft-5 BD/5 BA • 2005 custom w/o ranch overlooking Pradera #16 • 1200662 pattie tayLor 303-908-6544

LARKSPUR

PARKER

• 3000 Sq Ft-4 BD/3 BA • 100 yr old farmhouse on 360 acres • 1163196

,00

1,2

6,5

AURORA

• 1344 Sq Ft-3 BD/2 BA • New carpet & paint,great starter hm on quiet culdesac • 1171678 JeSSica reinharDt 303-549-1223

ELBERT

• Developer Closeout! • 5 lots. 10-35 acres - from $59,900 • 1188540 BiLL Dixon 303-865-5127

4-Color

4 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

ViaWest breaks ground in Douglas County Data company to build huge center in Inverness

employees coming to Douglas County are expected to make an average of $60,000 annually, Krza said.

By Ryan Boldrey

An official county welcome

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Greenwood Village technology giant ViaWest recently broke ground on a 204,000-square-foot data center in Inverness’ Douglas County Industrial Park. The new building, which is expected to house 25 ViaWest employees and upward of an additional 100 third-party workers per week, will serve as a storage space for a multitude of servers and various computer equipment for their clients. “We provide services to medium- to large-size enterprises specifically related to IT infrastructure services,” said ViaWest CFO Mike Krza, adding that the company specializes in cloud service, colocation and management services. Projected completion for the new building, the company’s fifth in Colorado, is anticipated for March 2014. The building, to be located on a 10-acre site on the northeast corner of South Peoria Street and Compark Boulevard, will serve both local clients such as Hitachi and Arrow, as well as out-ofstate companies. “The out-of-state businesses are more

From left, Lexie Torres and Bill Mueldener, of Hein and Associates, join ViaWest CFO Mike Krza, vice president Todd Gale and construction project manager Jason Scandrol in front of the Wilcox Building in Castle Rock after Douglas County commissioners waived more than $3 million in fees and business property taxes for the Greenwood Village company to open a Douglas County office. Photo by Ryan Boldrey focused on disaster recovery,” Krza said. “This climate and the low occurrence of natural disasters in the region tend to attract folks from both coasts. It is a large attraction for them to put their disaster recov-

ery here.” ViaWest currently has 330 employees spread across six different states with the senior management and back office staff all located in Greenwood Village. The 25

The data company received a boost from Douglas County officials July 30 when the commissioners unanimously agreed to waive business personal property taxes for a 10-year time frame estimated to be close to $3 million, as well as another $200,000 in engineering, planning, zoning, building and permit fees. “This is a continuation of our economic development efforts to help insure our financial viability in this county,” said Commissioner Jack Hilbert. “Part of the reason we haven’t had the huge drops, but have had actual gains, are programs like these. “Some people say, why are you doing this? Well, the fact of the matter is, a very small investment up front generates a huge investment on the back end. Typically they don’t amount to this amount (of money), but typically we don’t have something that is as capital-intensive either. These are services that our (existing) clients will be using and also reasons why new clients will want to come here.” For more information on the company, please visit www.viawest.com.

Kaiser Permanente wraps up major construction Multi-specialty clinic plans December opening in Lone Tree By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Just under two years after its groundbreaking, Kaiser Permanente has wrapped up major construction on its new Lone Tree multi-specialty building. It will welcome its first customers Dec. 2. “We have completed the major con-

struction piece and are now just outfitting it to be ready for the opening,” spokeswoman Amy Whited said. “It’s a good place to be.” The 275,000-square-foot, six-story structure is on Park Meadows Drive northwest of Lincoln Avenue. Finish work includes installing equipment, furniture and information systems. About 300 employees will report to work there starting in October; 130 of those will be new hires. “One of the things we hear is that folks are looking for their specialty services in the communities where they’re located,” Whited said. “This is really going to meet

Live Entertainment, Amazing Food Tastings, Wine and Microbrew Tastings

• This year the festival will feature a special ticketed VIP Experience • Guests can purchase VIP Experience Tickets for $45 per person • VIP Experience will include access to a VIP Tent that will have unique, fine dining restaurant tastings and matching wine tastings. The tent will also be positioned by the live entertainment providing a comfortable, pleasurable experience for our more discerning attendees • We will Also provide taxi shuttle service between the light rail and the festival for our VIP Guests! • Valet Parking Pass at Park Meadows with advanced sale tickets purchased before August 9th, $7 value. • Go to www.lonetreechamber.com

that need.” The new building is the first in a phased development that eventually will encompass a 20-acre integrated health campus. Services available starting in December will include infusions, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, general surgery, ambulatory surgery, allergy, gastroenterology, orthopedics and clinical palliative care. Additional specialties, such as cardiology, endocrinology, neurology and dermatology, will be added during the second phase of development. The new building also includes several

west-facing outdoor patios and a perimeter walkway for walking meetings and exercise. Constructed under the United States Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification system, the structure and grounds include water and energy reduction devices and other “green” features. Kaiser’s construction wraps up as Sky Ridge Medical Center’s begins. The hospital, about a mile south of Kaiser on Park Meadows Drive, broke ground on a $117 million expansion in late June; it’s scheduled for completion in late 2014.

5-Color

Lone Tree Voice 5

August 8, 2013

Sterling Ranch picks primary developer

y are 0 an-

boost when ed to s for close 0,000 ding

Richmond American to take lead in Chatfield Valley

legal challenge from the Chatfield group, which includes many homeowners who have said the development would destroy their rural way of life. However, Smethills said, any legal challenge is up to his attorneys to handle, and he and his partners are ready to move forward with the project. Sterling Ranch, once built out, is expected to have 12,000 homes and about 31,000 people on 3,400 acres in the Chatfield Valley. Plans call for 30 miles of trails, multiple parks and wildlife corridors, a multi-field athletic complex, a hospital, fire services, schools, and a town center patterned after Littleton’s historic downtown. “We are excited to have Richmond American as our lead builder,” Smethills said in a July 31 news release. “Our senior leaders ... have known Richmond American’s management team for many years, and we look forward to a strong relationship for years to come as they help us realize the vision we have for Sterling Ranch.” That vision includes having 37 percent of the development being preserved as open space as well as participating in innovative water conservation practices, including rainwater harvesting. Richmond American, which — according to the news release — has a track record of building environmentally friendly homes with an eye on conserving water and energy, will take the lead on the design and construction of single-family homes. The company has built more than 40,000 homes in Colorado over the past four decades.

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Three weeks after Sterling Ranch was approved for the second time by the Douglas County commissioners, the planned development north of Roxborough has announced Richmond American Homes of Colorado as its lead builder. The group, a subsidiary of MDC Holdings, is expected to begin building the first homes toward the end of 2013, but legal challenges to the development may still come in to play before work commences. Sterling Ranch, which was previously approved in 2011, already went to court once over the question of having sufficient water. The neighboring Chatfield Community Association has said it may sue Sterling Ranch a second time on a variety of other issues, which they brought up in court before but were not addressed. “In the appeal put forth before, there were many different elements of arguments,” said Dennis Larratt, Chatfield Community Association vice president, during the July 10 county commissioners’ hearing. “The district court chose to determine on only one item. All of those other elements are still live and can be brought back. Be prepared.” Harold Smethills, Sterling Ranch managing director, said he fully expects another

omic ur fiComason have se. oing very huge they ney), that e serusing want

pany,

meter rcise. tates rship certiunds vices

Lone Tree fireworks set for Sept. 1

Sky hosPark $117 hed-

Event at park event open to all

tion, limited to Lone Tree and Acres Green residents, the end-of-summer party is open to the public. Dry conditions prompted the city to cancel the display on July 4. The city held its fireworks display on Labor Day weekend 2012 as well, when arid statewide conditions forced it and most other Colorado communities to suspend their traditional plans.

Staff report

Inspire the Next Generation: Become an Elementary Teacher

Lone Tree’s fireworks display is set for 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at Sweetwater Park. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with music from an as-yet-unnamed band. Unlike the Independence Day celebra-

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK? Want to know what clubs, art exhibits, meetings and cultural events are happening in your area and the areas around you? Visit our website at www.ourcoloradonews.com/

If you have your bachelor’s degree and are ready to become an elementary school teacher, don’t wait.

calendar.

Ô Earn your Teaching License in one year Ô Finish with your Education Master of Arts in Teaching by taking two additional courses online. Ô Attend in Loveland or Greeley

Richard J. Ort, M.D.

Carrie Cera Hill, M.D. ▪ Sarah A. Kurts, PA-C Your trusted local skincare experts • General and Surgical Dermatology • Skin Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment • MelaFind® Melanoma Detection

• Botox® and Fillers • Laser Treatments • Cosmetic Skincare

9695 S. Yosemite St, Suite 120, Lone Tree, CO

720-344-5252

InformatIon meetIng 6pm–7pm

www.myskincaredoctor.com

The OB/GYN Center is proud to announce the addition of Tiffany Richason, M.D.

Wednesday, Aug. 21st Denver Center at Lowry 1059 Alton Way, Bldg 758 Denver, CO

Wednesday, Aug. 28th

She is a specialist in caring for women during pregnancy and delivery, additionally she has a special interest and is highly trained in Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery and looks forward to discussing these leading-edge technologies with her patients She is interested in all aspects of providing care for women of all ages.

Colorado Springs Center 12320 Oracle Blvd Colorado Springs, CO

www.uncpostbac.com jon.shaw@unco.edu

Patient-CenteredPhilosophy

The Latest Advancements in Care

Sky Ridge Medical Center ParkerAdventistHospital The Point at Founders

Denver Center at Lowry

Colorado Springs Center

Aspen Building 10103 RidgeGate Pkwy, Ste 200 Lone Tree

Alpine Building 9397 Crown Crest Blvd, Ste 225 Parker

4348 Woodlands Blvd, Ste 230 Castle Rock

303.788.6657 · www.obgyncenter.com

6-Color

6 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

School trustee wants four more years Silverthorn aims to keep seat, continue innovation By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Incumbent Douglas County School District board member Meghann Silverthorn wants to keep moving the district forward, she said. To do that, she wants to serve four more years on the board. “I’d like to continue the work we’re doing with the school system to prepare kids for the 21st century,” she said. “I think the American school system hasn’t been responsive to a lot of those needs. Here in Douglas County, I think we’ve done a good job with innovation and education.” Silverthorn, elected to the board in 2009 as one of four successful candidates endorsed by the Douglas County Republicans, is seeking re-election in November. Two other candidates, Ronda Scholting and Nick Land, also are seeking the Parker-area District G seat. The U.S. Department of Defense engineer is the only incumbent who formally has announced her intentions. Board members Carrie Mendoza and Doug Benevento have not yet said whether they will run again. Board president John Carson, whose term also expires this fall, is term-limited. Silverthorn and her husband Jeff don’t

have children yet; she is the only board member who doesn’t have, or hasn’t had, children in the district. But the Parker resident believes both her background and the county’s demographics make hers a valuable voice. Silverthorn Growing up in a military family, she attended schools overseas and several in the United States. She saw room for improvement in the American education system, and viewed the board opening as her chance to help bring about some of that change. Additionally, Silverthorn said she speaks for an often overlooked portion of the county. “If we have between 65 and 70 percent of our citizens that have no children in the school district, I feel I am well equipped to represent that voice,” she said. Among the positive changes Silverthorn said the current board has enacted, she cited development of a Douglas County-specific curriculum, one that district officials believe is superior to the Common Core Standards. The district is developing new student assessments that will measure their academic progress, “not just based on a few state-mandated tests,” she said. “The state-mandated tests are indicators, but they shouldn’t be markers,” Silverthorn said. “We want to be more comprehensive than that.”

Incumbent addresses campaign donations By Jane Reuter

In addition to her 2009 local Republican endorsement, incumbent school board candidate Meghann Silverthorn received $5,000 each from education reform advocates Alex Cranberg, Ralph Nagel, Richard Riordan and Ed McVaney during her 2009 run. She said those $20,000 in donations didn’t influence her board decisions during the last four years. “People are very jaded these days about politics,” she said. “They see stuff like that and automatically assume whatever they’re going to assume. As far as the fundrais-

ing, that enabled me to get my message to people, to tell the voters of Douglas County what I wanted to do and why I wanted to do it. “I answer to the constituency, the voters and parents. We (the board) were already of like mind. We already believed in choice for kids and education reform. I feel like I’ve been responsive to taxpayers and citizens, and I’ve always had an open door. It’s not closed just because somebody doesn’t agree with Alex Cranberg or Ralph Nagel.” The other current board members received similar, large contributions from many of those same donors during their 2009 and 2011 campaigns.

She said she’s concerned about criticism leveled at the board in connection with its education reform efforts. “I feel like there’s a lot of false narrative out there,” Silverthorn said. “People who say things like, `The board doesn’t value teachers,’ I just find all that to be a lot of distraction. I do think there’s an issue with morale. But I think a lot of it is based on the fact we haven’t had enough good conversations around these issues in the district. “I’ve always been willing and ready to

reach out to people and say, what is at the root of your concern here? This county is so full of people who have amazing idea, so how can we work together right now?” Silverthorn said she wanted to continue the collective bargaining agreement with the teachers’ union that expired in 2012. “I think that would have led to more stability,” she said. “Unfortunately, the rest of the board didn’t agree, so it’s sort of water under the bridge. That’s one of the places that I found myself in the minority.”

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com

Cabela

The Essence of Leadership John Brackney, President and CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber, is passionate about the role of leaders in building a strong, vibrant community. In April, 2013 he embarked on a project to highlight great leaders among Chamber investors and within our community. In a partnership with Julie McCahan of Reach Summit Consulting, they identified outstanding leaders that inspire us to the next level of performance who will be interviewed and their philosophies distilled. Equally important, is how they, as leaders, make invaluable contributions to “community” which can be local, statewide or international in scope. These leaders understand the importance of building strong communities now and for future generations. Over the decades much has been written in an attempt to convey the qualities, skills and characteristics of successful leaders. Amazon.com

lists nearly 90,000 books on the subject of leadership and management as it relates to leadership. A search on Google returns 463 MILLION links to articles, books, videos, and academic research papers. We are fascinated with the topic of leadership, but the topic is not an easy one to grasp. This series of articles will be dedicated to highlighting how each leader describes “the essence of leadership.” “What is meant by the term, Essence of Leadership?” Jonathan Brynes, Senior Lecturer at MIT and an entrepreneur asks. “We know leadership when we see it. But just what are the key ingredients of powerful leaders?” Ingredients of leaders has been sliced and diced in every literary venue from biographies to doctoral dissertations. Yes, we recognize leaders - but what makes them “leaders?” In this series we will strive to uncover the core essence of leaders.

by Julie McCahan, Reach Summit Consulting

For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events or more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

Thursday, August 8th:

Technology Advocates Group Breakfast Discussion The Egg & I, 6890 S. University Blvd., Centennial Business Watch Seminar with Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Dept The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Women in Leadership: How to Host High Impact Business Events The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Becky Takeda-Tinker

In place of skills and styles, we will focus on the core qualities of great leaders in our immediate community. An unknown author wrote: “Leaders are people who leave their footprints in their areas of passion.” This initiative is dedicated to walking in the footprints of the leaders who work and volunteer within our immediate community.

Becky Takeda-Tinker: Passion Partners with Vision Good leaders have passion and most good leaders have vision. However, there is a difference between good leaders and great leaders. What makes great leaders distinguishable is their capacity to meld passion with vision. A leader who exemplifies the remarkable blend of passion with vision is Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of CSU Global Campus. What makes Dr. Takeda-Tinker a great leader? It begins with her insight into our need, as a nation, to maintain our competitive edge and to and sustain our role as a global leader among nations. Her vision translates into an educated work force that produces exceptional goods and services and keeps people actively engaged in a productive society. Her vision is global while her passion is local. Her passion radiates from a deep conviction that an educated work force keeps our economy strong. As she speaks about her passion for education it focuses on the importance an individual makes within an organization. A great leader will impact all within their sphere of influence. Quickly she cites the IT industry as an example: Bill Gates - as an example whose vision and passion to

Calendar of Events

create user-friendly computers impacted the IT industry beyond the realm of what was thought possible 40 years ago. While Steve Jobs proved the axiom: “If we build it, they will come.” With a passion springing from a deep well within, Becky knows she will can play a significant role in converting her vision into a reality. Her passion for education will impact us as individuals and collectively as a productive society. Another aspect of Becky’s passion extends to inspiring others. Her perpetual advice is: “Think Strategically.” As a member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors her goal is to always realize a win-win-win in any situation. The three win is defined as a win for you, a win for SMDC the Chamber and a win for the community. Come walk in Becky’s footprints and challenge yourself to identify your win-win-win opportunity. The South Metro Denver Chamber’s brand promise of “Remarkable Relationships and a Thriving Community” embraces the concept of individual leaders making their mark on the business community and society as a whole. Call 303-795-0142 for more information on how you can help build toward a prosperous future.

Chamber Night at Douglas County Fair Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive., Castle Rock

Friday, August 9th:

Board of Directors Retreat & Leadership Conference University of Colorado Denver Business School, 1475 Lawrence St., Denver

Monday, August 12th:

Understanding Energy: A Viewing of “Switch” with Dr. Scott Tinker Location TBD

Tuesday, August 13th:

Inside the Legislature with the South Metro Denver Chamber The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Business Bible Study The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Business After Hours hosted by the Colorado Athletic Club Inverness 374 Inverness Parkway, Englewood

Wednesday, August 14th:

Business Watch Seminar with Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Dept The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Nonprofit & Business Partnership Advisory Board The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Thursday, August 15th:

Meet Littleton School Board Candidate Robert Reichardt The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial Centennial Business Appreciation Celebration Centennial Center Park, 13133 Arapahoe Rd., Centennial

Friday, August 16th:

Social Marketing for Business: Measuring Social Media ROI The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Friday, March 1st:

Celebrate Littleton Preparatory Charter School’s Grand Reopening! 5301 South Bannock St., Littleton

Lone Tree Voice 7

August 8, 2013

Cabela’s is adopting the three-mile stretch of Douglas County’s East-West Regional Trail that starts just behind the Lone Tree store. Cabela Drive currently dead-ends at the trailhead. Photo by Jane Reuter

Cabela’s adopting local trail County ready to welcome other corporate sponsors By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Cabela’s is adopting a three-mile length of trail that runs behind its Lone Tree store. That makes it the first — but not necessarily the last — Douglas County company to adopt a trail. Store officials proposed the idea to the county, a concept they like. “It’s the first time we’ve had a corporate sponsor want to adopt a section of the trail,” said Randy Burkhardt, director of

Douglas County’s Parks and Trails division. “We’re all for it. We’re not just going to limit it to Cabela’s.” Cabela Drive, the street south of RidgeGate Parkway that leads to the store, deadends at the trail. In exchange for picking up trash and keeping an eye on the 3.1-mile section of the county’s East-West Regional Trail, Cabela’s will get a sign acknowledging its work. Company representatives said store employees and customers also will use the area to test new gear in an outdoor setting. Cabela’s opens Aug. 15. “We do a lot of demonstration of our product with our customers,” said Karen Koons, general manager of the Lone Tree

store. “We can use that trail to demonstrate snowshoes, binoculars, scopes and different things.” It’s also a way for the sizable company to make an immediate hometown connection. “We definitely want to be part of the community,” Koons said. “We felt that was one way we could give back to the community and sustain our environment as well.” County crews check trails weekly, Burkhardt said, but the extra help will be appreciated. “The thing they’re really going to be able to provide us is eyes on the trail on a consistent basis,” he said. “We do have kids that have been going up there building fires.

They may be able to inform us of those more quickly. If they see any maintenance issues that come up, we’ll be able to jump on them before they become bigger issues.” The nearly 20-mile East-West Regional Trail one day will continue east to Parker, and tie into the Cherry Creek Regional Trail. The portion of trail Cabela’s adopted is the newest, opening in July 2012. The next East-West trail connection, from RidgeGate under Interstate 25 to Parker, is in the planning stages. The multi-agency project includes Lone Tree, Parker, Douglas County and state transportation officials, and likely will be funded through a GOCO grant.

Seeking ‘sanctuary’ for years to come Sedalia retreat gets approval as open space By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com A place for respite, meditation and selfrealization, the western Douglas County nonprofit A Sanctuary Place has made the necessary steps with the county to preserve its 13-year-old spiritual retreat in Sedalia for years to come. Following unanimous approval by the county commissioners July 30, John and Sue Pfeiffer were happy to see their property’s zoning changed from business to open space, giving them comfort that the retreat will be protected long after they are gone. The sanctuary, which sits on 3.93 acres near the intersection of West Wolfensberger Road and North Perry Park Road, is free and open to the public. Funded in part by a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, it is home to 1½ miles of walking trails, a labyrinth, numerous places to rest and regroup as well as a small concrete structure with a lending library filled with motivational and philosophical literature that is open from dawn to dusk daily. “We have about 3,000 to 5,000 people a year go out there,” said John Pfeiffer, one of six board members who head up the family-run nonprofit. “They walk, read, reflect and renew. ... It is non-religious, and everyone is welcome.” Filled with a peaceful, positive energy, the tucked-away locale has parking spaces

The Sanctuary Center near the intersection of Wolfensberger Road and Perry Park Road in Sedalia has undergone a zoning change from business to open space in order to preserve the land for years to come. Photos by Ryan Boldrey for up to a maximum of six or seven cars, allowing all visitors to have their own quiet space on the property. A vision of Sue Pfeiffer’s, the land previously was home to an old one-room schoolhouse from 1900 to 1958. The Pfeiffers, just the third owners since, still pay tribute to the schoolhouse through the placement of two old desks and a potbellied stove, along with an accompanying plaque on the northwest corner of the land. “This place is just for the individual to

come out here, it’s not for mass meetings or anything like that,” John Pfeiffer said. “The people have really taken ownership of this, too. We are just the gardeners.” As for the zoning change, Pfeiffer said he “just wanted to make it a little more difficult to make it a Johnson’s Corner another 50 years down the road from now.” The only hesitation by the commissioners in approving the change was due to a land regulation on the books that Chairwoman Jill Repella said she wants to

The Sanctuary Center, a site owned by John and Sue Pfeiffer, offers visitors a place for quiet meditation, relaxation and rejuvenation. The center is located near the intersection of Wolfensberger Road and Perry Park Road in Sedalia. change, which states that when a parcel is considered open space, adjacent business parcels must oblige a 60-foot setback on their own land. Following confirmation from the county’s principal planner, Kati Rider, that if the commissioners change that regulation, all businesses will retroactively not have to abide to any setbacks, commissioners approved the change 3-0.

8-Opinion

8 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

OPINIONS / YOURS AND OURS

A lesson in back-to-school commuting The Denver metro area is on the brink of beginning another school year — and the annual change in traffic flow that comes with it. School buses will be out in droves, making frequent stops. Lights will be blinking in school zones, indicating a lower speed limit is required. Children will be walking on sidewalks and crossing streets on foot, sometimes when and where they’re supposed to, sometimes not. Other students will be doing the same on bicycles. And many high school students will be driving to their destination, meaning an influx of inexperienced motorists in a concentrated time frame. Those back-to-school factors will mix with Colorado’s still-going summer road-

OUR VIEW work season. In some areas, like northern Douglas County, roads under construction seem more the rule than the exception, so caution is already at a premium. Toss in the wild cards of bad weather and distracted driving — motorists texting, talking, eating, grooming and so on — and it’s enough to make you want to stay home. We wouldn’t advise that, but we would recommend having some patience and being alert.

More than 60 years ago, AAA launched a campaign called “School’s Open, Drive Carefully.” The organization has some commonsense and potentially life-saving advice for those behind the wheel as children make their way to and from school. Among their tips: • Take it slow. Observing the lower speed limits in school zones incrementally reduces the chance a motorist will kill a pedestrian, AAA says. • Pay attention. Research shows that taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds doubles your chances of crashing, AAA says. And we would like to issue a reminder that texting and driving is not only foolish and dangerous, but in Colorado, it’s against the law.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What was your best summer trip? As the summer begins to wane, Colorado Community Media asked shoppers and visitors at The Streets at SouthGlenn

in Centennial to recall their most memorable summer vacation and what made it special.

“The best vacation was a trip to Tahiti I made with my wife and kids. As the plane was approaching the island runway, there was a Tahitian choir aboard and they began singing.” — Joe Thompson, Centennial

“Two vacations come to mind; one in Maui and the other in Grand Lake, Colo. I say Maui because it was the most luxurious and Grand Lake because it was the most fun.” — Linda Aumiller, Centennial

“I think the trip I made to Disneyland in California was the best. I was 19 and I drove all the way their with my family. What made it special was that I discovered it really wasn’t just for little kids.” — Carlos Cervantes, Aurora

“My most memorable vacation would be when I was younger and our family would take the traditional two-week vacation and drive from Oregon to Wyoming. We’d stop along the way to see relatives.” — Nancy Aeschlimann, Denver

Imagine there’s no Frankenstein A two-by-four is not two by four. The Cincinnati Airport is not in Ohio. Einstein never failed mathematics. Einstein said, “I never failed in mathematics.” Golf is not an acronym of “Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden.” George Washington Carver did not invent peanut butter. Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb. Frankenstein was not the name of the monster in “Frankenstein,” the novel or the ﬁlms. It was Carl. Just kidding. The monster’s name was “Frankenstein’s monster.” History, science, music, literature, religion, and technology are full of misconceptions that are passed along, generation after generation. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was not caused by a cow. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day. Go ahead and eat a burrito in the pool. You do not have to wait 30 minutes after eating before swimming. Volkswagens will definitely float, but they will not float indefinitely. Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. Sherlock Holmes never said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Men do not think about sex every seven seconds. True or false? Anyone can draw. True. A drawing can be no more than a mark left on a surface. A stick figure is considerably more than a mark left on a surface. If you can draw a stick figure, you can draw. However, if that’s the best you can do, you would have failed my drawing class. Do we believe in misconceptions? Yes. Do we believe in things that don’t exist? Yes. Do we believe in things and people we want to believe in, maybe against rationality? You bet. Mudville believed in Casey. Metaphorically we can extend that out to almost anyone — to the lead singer in a band, to an evangelist, to a head coach. Say it ain’t so, Joe. Joe Paterno cried when he realized the extent of the damage that had been done to his program and to his legacy. I am always a little suspicious of just

Clear politics out of schools

Regarding the article “Republicans interview school candidates”: When did we, the people of Douglas County, tell our political representatives that our public schools should be governed by politics? When did we say that it’s important to know a school board candidate’s party affiliation? And why is it important to know which of the candidates are “most likely to support the principles of the Republican Party”? What if we knew which candidates are most likely to support the principles of a world class public education? What if our school board consisted of diverse and challenging opinions that sponsored our children? In this vitriolic political environment, I believe a politically neutral school board would best serve their purpose, which is the education of our children and enabling them to survive and serve in a world that is diverse. This is not a political platform, this is simply reality. It takes more effort to investigate each candidate’s personal qualifications, and make every choice based on personal investigation, rather than to click a candidate who aligns with a political party, but wouldn’t that in fact place candidates on the school board whom we then trust to do the job we have elected them to do? Can we as individuals move away from the dysfunctionality of Washington for the sake of educating our children? Kerry Workman Parker

Time for campaign finance regulation

Since the founding of the U.S., elections have continually gotten more expen-

about anything and everyone. A friend sent me a postcard when I was in college. It was a very old postcard, maybe from the 1930s, and under a strange image were the words, “All things are not what they seem.” I have kept that in mind ever since. We want to believe in something or someone other than ourselves, but it should be cautionary, at least when it comes to earthly someones, like Lance Armstrong and priests. The Broncos. If you have a Bronco Basement, you may want to re-evaluate it. Politicians have fallen all over the place. Sometimes it doesn’t seem to matter. One was re-elected mayor of Washington, D.C. I am still shaking my head. We have short memories, and we are forgiving, although I don’t believe Lance will ever make it all the way back. Faith is one thing, and blind faith is another, at least it is to me. I question everything except who is buried in Grant’s Tomb. You may not be skeptical, but I am. I can’t even trust myself, and that’s been one of my biggest disappointments. Me. I have drifted here and there. I guess we are supposed to, and learn from it. The music for this column could be John Lennon’s “Imagine,” which was very perplexing to me when I heard it for the first 50 times. I think I get it now. “Imagine there’s no heaven.” Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net

• Give them a brake. Thousands of motorists pass stopped school buses on a typical day, AAA says. Again, dangerous as well as illegal. • Just stop it. Don’t roll through stop signs, but make a complete stop, checking for children on sidewalks and crosswalks. • Watch for bicycles. Kids on bikes can be unpredictable, so slow down and allow a safe passing distance. • Plan ahead. Leave for your destination a few minutes earlier than normal. We really like this tip as it builds in the time motorists need to comfortably take all of the above precautions. This time of year is full of excitement and promise. We’re hoping everyone gets back to — and home from — school safely.

Lone Tree Voice 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

GERARD HEALEY CHRIS ROTAR SCOTT GILBERT JANE REUTER ERIN ADDENBROOKE JIM BOUCHER AUDREY BROOKS SCOTT ANDREWS SANDRA ARELLANO

President and Publisher Editor Assistant Editor Community Editor Advertising Director Sales Executive Business Manager Creative Services Manager Circulation Director

sive and have therefore attracted a lot of money. Estimates are, the 2012 elections cost $5 billion. With the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, most campaign finance limitations put in place by Congress in the last century have been rendered meaningless. This means that organizations like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS political action committee, which has fewer than 100 extremely wealthy donors, can donate unlimited amounts of money to any campaign. In 2010, Crossroads GPS donated over $75 million to candidates of their choosing. Since voters can’t see the sources of these funds, large donations like this can influence candidates without the electorate’s knowledge. With the Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court has effectively broken democracy in the United States because voters cannot see who is influencing politicians. The best way to fix this is to re-regulate the campaign finance system and install a “Clean Election” system. Several states have pioneered Clean Elections, a system in which candidates who do not receive private money (e.g. from citizens or special interests) are given a stipend from the government to run their campaign. In 2006, after Clean Elections were enacted in Maine, 86 percent of legislators were elected without taking money from special interests. In Arizona, 87 percent of first-time candidates said Clean Elections was an important factor in their decision to run. Fix democracy in the U.S. — give us Clean Elections. Dominic Meier Castle Rock

Colorado Community Media Phone 303-566-4100 • Fax 303-566-4098

Columnists and guest commentaries The Lone Tree Voice features a limited number of regular columnists, found on these pages and elsewhere in the paper, depending on the typical subject the columnist covers. Their opinions are not necessarily those of the Lone Tree Voice. Want your own chance to bring an issue to our readers’ attention, to highlight something great in our community, or just to make people laugh? Why not write a letter of 300 words or fewer. Include your full name, address and the best number to reach you by telephone.

Email your letter to letters@ourcoloradonews.com We welcome event listings and other submissions. News and Business Press Releases Please visit ourcoloradonews.com, click on the Press Releases tab and follow easy instructions to make submissions. Calendar calendar@ourcoloradonews.com Military Notes militarynotes@ourcoloradonews.com School accomplishments, honor roll and dean’s list schoolnotes@ourcoloradonews.com Sports sports@ourcoloradonews.com Obituaries obituaries@ourcoloradonews.com

Fax your information to 303-339-7499 To Subscribe call 303-566-4100

EDITO

calend

POLIT

DOUG

at 7 p.m Jollens Social d and Pa calend

DOUG

third W Tanne A

LONE

WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER

at the L

Our team of professional reporters, photographers and editors are out in the community to bring you the news each week, but we can’t do it alone. Send your news tips, your own photographs, event information, letters, commentaries... If it happens, it’s news to us. Please share by contacting us at news@ourcoloradonews.com, and we will take it from there.

PROFE

After all, the Voice is your paper.

ARAP

7:30 a. Tree. Ca

BNI CO

com) in Tuesda 10249 as a gu Chris K inform

LONE

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU If you would like to share your opinion, go to www.ourcoloradonews.com or write a letter to the editor of 300 words or less. Include your name, full address and the best telephone number to contact you. Please send letters to letters@ourcoloradonews.com.

leads g Restau Visitors 303-74

PROFE

Tuesda Call Ro

Lone Tree Voice 9

August 8, 2013

Coloradans key in fixing immigration g

na s as

king ks. an ow

. We e of

nt ets fely.

of ns

Citimisns tury

e’s ity

It’s not often we witness Colorado’s high-tech innovators, third-generation farmers, prominent business executives, traditional faith leaders, aspiring young immigrants and leading law enforcement officials uniting behind a common cause. It is even less likely in Washington, D.C., for Republicans and Democrats from across the nation to come together to tackle a complex national crisis and write a landmark bill with bipartisan support. The long and tireless work of these unlikely allies culminated in the immigration bill the United States Senate passed with a broad, bipartisan vote earlier this summer. The bill will strengthen our economy and secure our borders. It will establish a sensible and rational system for the flow of future immigrants, put in place a process to reunite families and provide a tough but fair path to citizenship for millions of people who came to this country for a better life but are living in the shadows of our society. The long road to Senate passage began for our office roughly two years ago with the Colorado Compact. We brought together people from throughout the state

of different backgrounds, industries and perspectives to talk about the challenges of the current immigration system. Every member of this diverse coalition shared their frustration with our current immigration system and said that it was fundamentally broken. Traveling around Colorado you’ll see these frustrations exempliﬁed. Farmers on the Western Slopes and Eastern Plains watch their crops wither on the vines because they can’t hire the workers they need to harvest them. Ski resorts and our tourism industry struggle with an unworkable system for their seasonal workers. Start-up and high-tech business

owners watch as we educate the world’s best and brightest in our schools of higher ed and graduate programs only to send them back to their own countries, where we then spend the next 20 years competing against them for the ideas and intellectual property our schools help instill in them. The Senate immigration bill streamlines the visa system and aligns it with the needs of our businesses, while still protecting American workers and jobs. Our ﬂawed system has also left 11 million people in the shadows with few options and no opportunity. That’s bad for our economy as Americans try to compete with undocumented workers who are often paid under the table, driving salaries down. It’s also bad for families, when parents live in fear of being deported and separated from their American-born kids. The tough but fair path to citizenship in the Senate bill provides a sensible solution. Undocumented immigrants must pay taxes, pay a ﬁne, learn English and stay out of trouble with the law to access this path, which can’t be completed until the bill’s border security measures are in place.

The border security measures were crafted under the leadership of Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, Republicans from Arizona. If anyone knows a thing or two about what it’s like to live next to a border, and what border security our nation needs, it’s these two. The border security measures include unprecedented steps to make our borders stronger than ever: doubling the number of border agents, completing 700 miles of fencing and adding new technology to provide 100 percent surveillance. As a member of the group of eight lawmakers who drafted this bill, I am grateful for the input and feedback Coloradans gave us during the process. We came together to ﬁx a broken system and address one of our nation’s major challenges. Now, we’re on the doorstep of success; Colorado needs the House of Representatives to take action and pass a bill so we can solve these problems for our economy and our communities. Michael Bennet is a Democrat who has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.

Merchants support the news we all need

I just wanted to take the time this week to thank all of the merchants who make our local newspaper possible. ver Each and every week, writers submit sing.their work and the staff at the paper works ese hard to edit and publish the columns. But u- without the advertising from our shop ’s owners, restaurateurs, hoteliers and local service providers, none of the information Su- would ever reach our community. moc- And although I consume news and s information updates from various other ns. sources, I really enjoy reading this paper ate front to back to keep up with what is hapall a pening in our own backyard. And the other day as I was reading the paper, the ads really caught my attention. s Now I am always looking for a good bargain or promotion to take advantage of, iven but this week was different. I was actually their looking at each advertisement with a special sense of gratitude and appreciation. For our local merchants, advertising is tors simply a part of doing business and keepm ing their names and brand visible to the t of community. We have come to expect it as ons we peruse the newspaper, and maybe we on have our favorite businesses that could ve us be running a special, but do we ever stop and take a few extra seconds on each page Meier Rock

to see who is really responsible for bringing us the news? I know that I have not always been diligent enough in this effort, however I look forward to making it a part of my reading routine. Just this week I found several great reminders of shops and eateries I needed to frequent more often. And as I really paid attention to the ads this week, I recognized many of the same businesses that have been supporting the paper year in and year out. This was important for me to realize and another moment of appreciation. You see, I have been writing my column for more than four years now, and these merchants are the reason that my insights and thoughts appear in the paper each week. These are the same businesses that ensure that all of the other columns, news,

editorials, classiﬁeds and events get published and delivered to us professionally and consistently. So here is my request, would you consider joining me and making an extra effort to shop locally? Our local businesses do such a great job in providing quality products and services, but more than that they contribute so much to how we receive and share news and information with each and every publication of the newspaper. I know that I can personally do more to show them just how much I appreciate their support, and I look forward to spending more and more time in our local shops, restaurants and bars, as well as taking advantage of the local offerings of people

and businesses who have been serving our community for years. Thanks again to all of the local merchants, your consistent support is so greatly appreciated and I know that your investment in our newspaper means more to the community than you know. I would love to hear all about your favorite local business at gotonorton@gmail. com, and as we lock arms to support them all I know that it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com

OBITUARIES

AREA CLUBS

EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update your club listing, e-mail calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, Attn: Voice. POLITICAL DOUGLAS COUNTY Democrats executive committee meets

at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303-663-1286 or e-mail ralphw@comcast.net. Social discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock and Parker-Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

DOUGLAS COUNTY Republican Women meet at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Tanne Aspromonte at 303-840-2764 or visit www.dcgop.org. LONE TREE Democrats meet the second Tuesday each month at the Lone Tree Civic Center. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264. PROFESSIONAL ARAPAHOE SALES Professionals USA meets Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at Country Buffet, 7475 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. Call Randy Anderson at 303-875-7673 for information. BNI CONNECTIONS of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Chris Kaiser at ckaiser@c2cc.net or 303-933-1113 for more information. LONE TREE Networking Professionals is a networking/ leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-746-0093. PROFESSIONAL REFERRAL Network meets at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Great Beginnings, east of I-25 at Lincoln Avenue. Call Ronald Conley at 303-841-1860 or e-mail www.profes-

sionalreferralnetwork.org.

RECREATION LONE TREE Ladies 9-Hole Golf. Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Thursday morning 9-hole golf group. Applications are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop or visit http:// LTL9Hole.ghinclub.com SOCIAL A DREAMPOWER Animal Rescue / PAALS adoption for cats, dogs and more meets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Park Meadows PetsMart. Call 303-688-9503. DTC KIWANIS Club meets at 7 a.m. every Tuesday at Mimi’s Cafe, 9555 Park Meadows Drive, at the corner of Yosemite and Park Meadows. We are a growing club with 51 members. Our mission is assisting communities and “at risk” children in difficult home environments with financial and personal help and mentoring. Call Frank Zieg at 303-796-1213. FIBROMYALGIA WOMEN’S Group for women wanting to

get together to talk about positive things that have helped them and to make new friends. No fee; must live near Parker/ Centennial. Time and day to be figured out by group. Call Leslie at 303-791-8814.

GREAT BOOKS Discussion Group meets on the first Thursday night of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lone Tree Library. Reading selections are short—plays, short stories, essays, or excerpts from longer works—and new members can come in at any time. We also watch Teaching Company lectures on “The Art of Reading.” Call Kerri Martin at 303-688-7628 or David Williams at 303-708-8854. HIGHLANDS RANCH Rotary Club meets from 12:10-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Lone Tree Golf Club, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd. Each lunch features a speaker. The Rotary is a networking, service and social club. Contact Joe Roos at 720-648-5558 or visit highlandsranchrotary.org.

Private Party Contact: Viola Ortega 303-566-4089 obituaries@ourcoloradonews.com

Funeral Homes Visit: www.memoriams.com

10 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

SaddleUp! gala reins in local jet set Airport event benefits equine therapy ranch By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com

Supporters of equine-assisted therapy packed the Mayo Aviation Hangar at Centennial Airport on Aug. 2. The annual gala event is a fundraiser for SaddleUp!, a nonprofit organization with locations in Parker and Elizabeth that provides therapy horses for children and adults with special needs. Deborah Grigsby

FESTIVAL DAY! a day FuLL of FuN! Saturday, auguSt 17, 2013 33rd Littleton Firefighters Children’s Parade Registration at Bega Park 7:45am Parade at 8:45am

85th WWW Grand Parade 10am – Noon

54th Arts & Crafts Festival 8am – 5pm

Concessions 8am – 5pm

Free Entertainment Starting at Noon Dance Stage: Colorado Business Bank Parking Lot Family Stage: West end of Main St. Fun For Kids Corner: Valley Feed, 2679 W. Main St. Western Welcome Week is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity

ShopLocalColorado.com

VIP tickets to the Solheim Cup, weekend use of a Ferrari and mountain vacation packages. Some patrons chose the “pay for hay” option, donating directly to a fund that feeds the organization’s 15 horses. “I have horses of my own and know that it’s not cheap, so this option fits our family better than a set of golf clubs or something,” said Anna Steele. “Besides, I always have a soft spot for anything that has to do with horses.” SaddleUp! Foundation programs provide therapy for mentally, emotionally and physically challenged individuals. Working with several established health-care providers such as Craig Hospital, Children’s Hospital and the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, the program serves an average of 4,500 participants per year. More than 150 volunteers guide horses and spot riders, so participants can ride safely and train with therapists.

Amid a throwback aviation theme, a guest at the third annual SaddleUp! Suitcase Party poses with pilots and flight attendants outside the Mayo Aviation Hangar at Centennial Airport. Along with live and silent auctions, many patrons crossed their fingers in hopes of winning a private jet trip to California wine country, departing immediately after the event. Photos by Deborah Grigsby

ShopLocalColorado.com

Fifteen-year-old singer-songwriter Gracie Lawson wowed patrons at the third annual SaddleUp! Suitcase Party on Aug. 2. Deborah Grigsby

Local ads, coupons, special offers & more

Travelers adorned in gauzy light summer pastels packed their bags for the third annual SaddleUp! Suitcase Party, each hoping to win seats on a private jet bound for California wine country, departing directly from the event. The popular gala SADDLEUP! filled the Mayo AviaFOUNDATION tion Hangar at Centennial Airport on To learn more about Aug. 2 with patrons, SaddleUp! or to pay for hay, prizes, fine wine, go online to www.saddle and an “A” list of loupfoundation.org or call cal media, sports ce303-788-1666 lebrities and politiLocations: cians, all with hopes SaddleUp! at Bear’s Barn of helping others. 11152 E. Daley Circle The SaddleUp! Parker, CO 80134 Foundation is nonSaddleUp! at Swift Creek profit organiza39850 Swift Creek Circle tion that provides Elizabeth, CO 80107 equine-assisted therapy to adults and children with special needs. With facilities in Parker and Elizabeth, SaddleUp! conducts supervised therapies in a family-friendly ranch environment. “Although I’ve never had need, myself, for equine therapy, I think what this organization does with kids is absolutely amazing,” said Joan Marks, of Denver. “There is just something so special in that connection between kids and horses. I just can’t explain it, but it seems to work.” Sporting a throwback aviation theme, patrons were treated to live entertainment and dancing by “American Idol” contestant Richie Law, as well as The Moderators, a Denver-based band comprised of local titans of industry, including presidents and CEOs of Colorado’s small businesses and Fortune 500 companies alike. Silent and live auction items included

OurColoradoNews.com

ual des

11-Color

Lone Tree Voice 11

August 8, 2013

Students part of state re-branding Teens discovering county through summer assignment By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com High school seniors Amy Yoelin and Kristen Autret are seeing Douglas County with fresh eyes, and gaining a new appreciation for their home turf. “Before, I was just like, I live in suburbia, it’s so boring,” said Autret, who starts her final year at Legend High School later this month. “Once I started to realize what’s around me, I don’t feel that way anymore.” Yoelin and Autret are student ambassadors for Gov. John Hickenlooper’s “Making Colorado” project, a grassroots effort to re-brand the state with input from a broad cross-section of residents. They’re among dozens of Colorado students chosen for the Making Colorado Youth Ambassador Council, assigned to broadcast the highlights of Colorado’s 64 counties. Yoelin saw the project as a high school resume builder, and also a chance to be part of “something bigger than myself,” the Highlands Ranch High School student said. “It’s amazing. It’s definitely the best job I’ve had so far,” Yoelin said. “I’m finding out more about our county every day. It definitely makes me look at it in a different way

Legend High School senior Kristen Autret posted this photo online from Zuma’s Rescue Ranch as part of her “Making Colorado” student ambassador project. Courtesy photo because you have to take in the social and economic (aspects) as well.” The students, with topic suggestions from Making Colorado, blog about their counties on Tumblr and other social media

Back to School Sale

sites during an eight-week period that ends in mid-August. Hickenlooper will unveil the state’s new logo and other results of the collaborative campaign late this summer. In July, students were asked to describe

their county with a different, single word for every day of the week. “I talked about talent in our county,” Yoelin said, “because currently I think at least in Highlands Ranch there are three local (high school) bands that have gone kind of big. Definitely `expansion’ is a big one; construction is a second language in Colorado. Then I used `family’ because Douglas County is really family-oriented.” Autret, a budding photographer, is sharpening those skills on her explorations. She recently visited Zuma’s Rescue Ranch, which matches troubled youths with neglected, rescued horses in a unique therapy program. The project also led her to Daniels Park and Roxborough State Park. “I didn’t know Daniels Park was there, and it’s so beautiful,” she said. “The same thing with Roxborough park. “I’ve been getting around and exploring everything that’s great about Douglas County,” she added. “I get to talk to people that I wouldn’t normally talk to and go places I wouldn’t normally have the urge to go to, and I get to do it while taking pictures and writing, which are two things I really love to do,” she said. The project has helped her find “a sense of our community,” Autret said, one she already knows she’ll someday miss. “Once I go to college, I’m going to be pretty sad to leave this,” she said.

$419 - save $50

$499 - save $55

Includes: • Giant Revel 4 Bike • SureLock Protector U-Lock • Giant Talos Helmet

Includes: • Giant Escape 3 • SureLock Protector U-Lock • Numen Mini LED Headlight and Taillight • Giant Talos Helmet

Aspen Grove Shopping Center 7301 South Santa Fe Drive, #718 Littleton, CO 80120 303-703-1700

giantDenver.com facebook.com/giantdenver

Take the BEST of the BEST with you wherever you go.

2013 Winne

rs Guide

130 categ ories | 18 communitie s | Over 2,00

0 winners

A Special

Supplement of

Scan here to view with your smart phone

WeÕ re Here! • Have been here for 28 years • Family Owned and Operated • Summer Specials Available • The Preferred Local Roofing Company for Many Insurance Companies, Hundreds of Agents, and Thousands of Coloradoans . . .

WEÕ RE HERE!

303-425-7531

www.jkroofing.com

12-Color

12 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Fair season rolls around

Jackie Collins, 17, of Franktown, this year’s Douglas County 4-H ambassador, gives Caycee, her quarter horse, a cool bath after competing in a class at the Douglas County Fair.

Maria Orlova, 16, of Parker, greets a fan minutes after hearing she’d been picked to be the 2014 Douglas County Fair Queen.

PHOTOS BY VIRGINIA GRANTIER

There was plenty to see during the first weekend in August, during the leadup to the Douglas County Fair in Castle Rock, with many 4-H events and the hometown rodeo. Things really start revving up at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 with championship bull riding on the first day of the fair’s four-day run. On Aug. 9, among other things, will be a P.R.C.A. rodeo and a show by country singer Walker Williams. Aug. 10 kicks offs with the 9 a.m. fair parade on Wilcox Street. Soon after will be the tractor pull, the pie-eating contest, another rodeo and a barn dance. On Aug. 11, the fair winds down with a pancake breakfast, a draft horse pull and another rodeo. The complete schedule is available online at www.douglascountyfairandrodeo.com/schedule.

Congratulations to the winners of the

& r i a R F o y d t e n o u o C C o l s o a r l i g n u g o C D o n 3 t 1 e st! 0 2

Age 1 - 3

Lena Smith

Age 8 - 10

Age 11 - 12

Castle Rock

Masha & Dasha Pozdeyeva

Cole Stanley

Grace Faulkner

Honorable Mention

Littleton

Castle Rock

Highlands Ranch



Age 4 - 7

Triton Anderson

Highlands Ranch

Leo Blanc

Castle Rock

Danielle Sweller

Highlands Ranch

Nina Torrise



Sponsored by the Douglas County Fair Board and Colorado Community News Papers

Thank you to everyone who participated!

We look forward to seeing even more entries in 2014!

13-Color

Lone Tree Voice 13

August 8, 2013

School tax-hike petitions submitted Backers report nearly twice as many names as needed By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com Organizers behind a tax initiative tied to an overhaul of the school finance formula say they have turned in nearly twice the number of signatures required for the proposal to go before voters in the fall. Initiative 22 supporters on Aug. 5 claimed to have turned in more than 160,000 signatures of Colorado voters to the Secretary of State’s Office. The proposal would create more than $900 million in new taxes and would support the funding needed to enact Senate Bill 213, a major rewrite of the School Finance Act that was signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper earlier this year. Supporters say the number of signatures they had been collecting since June surpassed their expectations. “It was only seven weeks, so I think it was a world record,” said Gail Klapper, director of the Colorado Forum, a group that played a major role in the crafting of Initiative 22.

Initiative 22 would raise taxes on all Colorado taxpayers. The two-tiered proposal would raise income taxes to 5 percent on everyone earning $75,000 or less. Those who earn over that amount would pay 5 percent on the first $75,000 in taxable income and 5.9 percent on taxable income above $75,000. Colorado’s current income tax rate is a flat 4.63 percent, regardless of income level. Putting that into perspective, the Colorado Commits to Kids campaign — the group behind the initiative — says that Coloradans with incomes of $30,000 would pay less than $1 a week more in taxes, or about $50 a year. Likewise a person making $150,000 would pay a little over $14 a week more in taxes, or $731 a year. However, opponents correctly point out that those numbers are not based directly on adjusted gross income, which would mean those with a taxable income of $30,000 would pay an additional $111 a year, while those with taxable incomes of $150,000 would pay an extra $1,230 a year. If funded, the new school finance formula would create full-day kindergarten, provide preschool for at-risk children, and

would put more money into needs-based programs for special education students and children who are learning English. The new formula would reduce class sizes and increase per-pupil funding for school districts and charter schools. Supporters say the new formula would also create greater accountability of where taxpayer dollars go, through the use of a state-maintained budget transparency system. “I think part of the problem with the old school finance formula is that no one understood how it worked, or what it did or why it did it,” said state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, an educator and former high school principal who sponsored the schoolfinance bill. “We believe the voters deserve a clear understanding of knowing where their tax dollars go.” The Democrat-sponsored Senate Bill 213 passed this year without any support from Republican legislators. Organizers of the “No on Initiative 22 Committee,” which calls itself Coloradans for Real Education Reform, held a Capitol press conference later in the day to blast the initiative. Kelly Maher of Compass Colorado, a conservative nonprofit group, said before

the press conference that it’s the wrong time to ask Colorado voters to support a nearly $1 billion tax “scheme,” given the “fragile recovery” of the economy. Maher also cited revenue forecasts that project the State Education Fund will have a balance of $1.6 billion for the coming budget year. “This scheme, which is a $1 billon tax increase, doesn’t actually provide for making education outcomes better for students,” Maher said. “It’s exactly the wrong time to put an onerous tax on Colorado families.” But Johnston thinks parents who have seen school fees and class sizes increase over the years, while “their kids’ favorite programs are going away,” will end up seeing the need for the initiative to pass. “A lot of voters are skeptical of taxes, a lot of voters are skeptical of government,” Johnston said. “The one thing they will all agree on is that the single most important function of government is supporting a high-quality K-12 education system.” The Secretary of State’s Office has 30 days from petition drop-off to determine whether the campaign has gathered the 86,105 valid signatures needed to place the initiative on the November ballot.

County offers discount dental program Majority of adults don’t have insurance By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Douglas County is now offering a discount dental program to residents through a partnership with the National Association of Counties. The county’s participation in the pro-

gram, which offers discounts of 5 to 50 percent for a variety of procedures, was approved unanimously by county commissioners this past week. “What is inspiring the interest in this program nationwide is the reality that adult dental care is not part of the Affordable Care Act,” said county spokeswoman Wendy Holmes. Since only 37 percent of adults nationwide have dental coverage, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report, NACo membership marketing director Andrew

Did you know...

Colorado Community Media was created to connect you to 23 community papers with boundless opportunity and rewards.

We publish: Adams County Sentinel, Arvada Press, Castle Rock News Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News Press, Elbert County News, Englewood Herald, Foothills Transcript, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, North JeffCo Westsider, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Pikes Peak Courier View, South Platte Independent, Teller County Extra, Tribune Extra, Tri-Lakes Tribune, Westminster Window, and Wheat Ridge Transcript.

FROM DENVER, CO

149 129 * $ 139 * $

TUE, OCT 1 - OCTOBER 4

TUE, NOV 26 - NOVEMBER 29

MON, JAN 27 - JANUARY 30

Goldschmidt said expectations are that the program will be a popular one. Unlike insurance, there is no limit to how often a participant can use the program and there is no cap. The program costs $6.95 a month or $59 a year for individuals, or $8.95 a month and $69 a year for families. There is no contractual obligation and participants can sign up as needed, regardless of income or pre-existing conditions. “Even if you have dental insurance, if you have any kind of major work it doesn’t

typically cover a lot,” Goldschmidt said. “One of the nice things about this program is that you can wait to sign up until you hit your cap on your insurance. The only provision is that you can’t use your insurance and your discount card together. But once you hit your cap, you can sign up for the program and save on services.” To sign up or learn more about the program and see specific saving with varying procedures, please call 877-354-6226 or visit www.nacodentalprogram.org.

14-Color

14 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

LeAnn Rimes to headline music festival Singer on 60-date tour to support latest album By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com These days, LeAnn Rimes is in a good place. In a few more, she’ll be in an even better place: Colorado. Rimes, who shot to stardom at the age of 13 with her swooning hit, “Blue,” and has since scored countless hits, is headlining this year’s Rocky Mountain Music Festival Aug. 11 at Clement Park in south Jefferson County. In the midst of a 60-date tour supporting her latest album, “Spitfire,” Rimes is returning to familiar territory. She has historically been welcomed by the Centennial State with open arms, and performed at Gypsum Daze just three weeks ago. In recent years, Rimes has been headlining magazines instead of festivals. Becoming a tabloid fixture — criticized for

School Continued from Page 1

key to people actually feeling `We’ve made it somewhere,’ so they have that inspiration to move another step forward.” DCSD introduced during the 201213 school year a controversial new

everything from weight loss to relationship issues to rehab stints to treat anxiety — was not exactly part of the career plan. But Rimes now seems to be taking it all in stride. “It’s hard to tune it out when you deal with it every week, but the conversation has changed to my music again,” she said. Citing husband Eddie Cibrian as a main support, Rimes says she has “weeded out anybody who didn’t need to be there” and, as a result, has become more content. She acknowledged that “it’s hard to write when you’re happy,” but she is able to channel any negative emotions into her newer, more rootsy material. “I allow myself to go into darker places when I write, but I am happier and can pull myself out of it at the end of the day,” Rimes said. Besides, maintaining an active presence on Twitter enables her to circumvent the rumors and talk directly with her fans. She receives encouragement from her devoted following and routinely tweets messages of positivity. Ditching the drama means enjoying the

teacher evaluation system. This year, it also will launch principal evaluations and, as required by the state, student growth assessments. Schools also are upgrading technology, purchasing nearly 7,000 computers, iPads, and Chromebooks for the new year. Two new charter schools will debut in September. Castle Rock’s Aspen View Academy plans a Sept. 3 opening and Parker’s

finer things in life, like the side treks she takes while on tour. Aspen is among her favorite spots, and Rimes has tried her hand at snowboarding (she is still mastering toeedge turns) and activities that have become perks of the job. Much like her wanderings across the country, Rimes has been exploring her musical acumen and continues to churn out songs that resonate with fans and those just now discovering her. She is navigating the ever-changing landscape of the entertainment business, including dabbling in movies, but believes she is writing the best music of her career. Rimes is following in the footsteps of idols such as Patsy Cline and Reba McIntyre, but also delving into contemporary artists like Ray Lamontagne who are forging their way in a music era in which meaningful lyrics seem to be an afterthought. “I love people who have something to say and say it well,” Rimes says. For information and tickets to the Rocky Mountain Music Festival, visit www. TheRockyMountainMusicFestival.com.

American Academy - the second American Academy in the county - is set to open Sept. 23. Both will help offset high student growth pressures in the rapidly expanding communities. DCSD also added about 150 new teachers to its staff, now at 3,600. “It’s been a long recession for everyone,” Fagen said. “To see our schools starting to build back is a really good feeling.”

What’s on the horizon. Lone Tree, Colorado

Lone Tree, Colorado

Put us on your summer calendar.

LeAnn Rimes will be performing at the Rocky Mountain Music Festival. Courtesy photo

Cabela’s Continued from Page1

Kirby Boos, popping out of a camouflaged duck blind to demonstrate game calls, clearly was having fun. “I’ve had a passion for teaching people about the outdoors all my life, and now I get to do it every day,” said the Littleton resident. In the gun library, Toby Spanel proudly pointed to a late 1800s Winchester rifle bearing a $32,500 price tag he said the Arapahoe County sheriff ordered during the City Hall War of 1894, a conflict prompted by the then-governor’s attempted forcible removal of several City of Denver employees. It’s among several collector guns featured in the library. “I feel really honored to be able to work here,” Spanel said. The Lone Tree store also includes a mountain replica with mounted game animals, which Cabela’s calls its conservation mountain. It includes an interactive display with information on each of the mountain’s species. Other features include two cold-water fish aquariums and a cafe. Cabela’s hired more than 200 employees at its Lone Tree site, the larger of two Denver-area stores opening simultaneously. A 90,000-square-foot store also will debut in Thornton. Doors open on both stores at 11 a.m. Aug. 15. The company, launched in 1961, bills itself as the largest mail-order, retail and Internet outdoor outfitter in the world.

The RidgeGate community is thriving this season, with many fun, free events that will inspire you and your family to reconnect with nature, move your body, and hear great music. Plan now to join us. Saturday and Sunday, August 10 –11

know The Wildlife Experience CEO Gary Debus,

A Taste of Lone Tree Food & Art Festival

who grew up on a ranch. Meet one of his horses,

Location: Lincoln Commons at RidgeGate

try roping, and learn about the history of Schweiger

RidgeGate is proud to sponsor the Lone Tree Chamber

Ranch. Visit www.thewildlifeexperience.org to register.

all about it. To send us your news and business press

to featuring local culinary delights and the arts. The

Tuesday, August 27, 6:30 – 7:30pm

Press Releases tab and follow easy instructions to make

festival takes place throughout the weekend of August

Free Yoga in the Park

submissions.

10 -11 in Lincoln Commons at RidgeGate. Visit www.

Location: Belvedere Park (between RidgeGate Parkway and

of Commerce signature event, an annual festival dedicated

lonetreechamber.com for tickets and more information.

Friday, August 16, 8–10pm

RidgeGate Presents Tunes on the Terrace: Soul X

and the Lone Tree Recreation Center for a free yoga class in Belvedere Park. Bring your own yoga mat, or one will be provided for you. In case of heavy rain or

The Lone Tree Arts Center closes out their outdoor

is necessary. No need to register - just drop in.

summer concert series on August 16 with Soul X.

outdoor setting at the state-of-the-art Lone Tree Arts Center. $15 lawn, $20 reserved seats. Tickets at www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Friday, August 23, 7– 8:30pm

The Wildlife Experience: Nature Nights Campfire Series Location: Schweiger Ranch

Come gather around a fire for an evening of s’mores, stories and activities. This month, get to

releases, please visit ourcoloradonews.com, click on the

Join RidgeGate, South Suburban Parks and Recreation

lightning, class will be cancelled. No yoga experience

dancing to top pop and rock hits, all in a beautiful

Have a news or business story idea? We'd love to read

RidgeGate Circle on Belvedere Lane)

Location: Lone Tree Arts Center

Colorado’s favorite party band will get you up and

Extra! Extra!

Friday, August 30, 7:30 – 9pm

Free Nature Hike Series: Sensing the Night Location: Register online to receive location details

While hiking up a gentle path into the RidgeGate bluffs, learn about which animal in nature best masters each of our five senses - sight, smell, sound, touch and taste. Test out the strength of your night vision as darkness falls. Register at ridgegate.com for this free, family-friendly hike.

INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA WON $1,000, YOU COULD TOO! “...enhancing kids education through an engaging first-hand experience with an orchestra.” Learn more online at:

www.insidetheorchestra.org

At Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric, we give $1,000 every month to a local charity or nonprofit nominated by YOU! We’ve contributed more than $95,000 over the past 9 years with our monthly giveaway, and we’re still at it...making a difference where it matters most, close to home. Nominate your favorite local charity or nonprofit to win at www.ApplewoodFixIt.com.

15-Color

Lone Tree Voice 15

August 8, 2013

Festival showcases true spirit Events highlight this year’s theme By Jennifer Smith jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com ndependence, fortitude, true grit, a little bit wild — that’s the “Spirit of the West,” and it’s this year’s theme for Western Welcome Week. While the festival has always embodied that spirit, some of the events take it more to heart than others. For example, folks can mosey on down to South Platte Park from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 10 to experience what brought a slew of pioneers west in the first place — gold panning on the South Platte River. South Suburban Parks and Recreation provides all the equipment, and those who strike it rich get to keep whatever they fi nd for free. The park is off Mineral Avenue west of Santa Fe Drive. Stick around to Stampede! for Open Space — same time, same place — and find out what life was like for a trapper. There are crafts, educational displays and oldfashioned games for the kids.

Spirit continues on back

The Westernaires ride through downtown Littleton during last year’s Grand Parade. File photo

One of the few restaurants in Denver that has been family owned and operated for nearly 46 years! Proud to be part of the Littleton Community!

Depot Art Gallery All Colorado Show 2013

Colorado Artists Competition Winners! Until August 25

Western Welcome Week and Romano’s

where family memories are made! Eggplant Parmagiana * Veal * Chicken * Seafood Anti-pasta Salads * Lasagna * Spaghetti * Ravioli * Fettuccine

Open 11-4 Wednesday through Sunday During Western Welcome Week, Open 11-4 Daily

Bin Bonanza Sale Sat., August 10, 9-3

Affordable unframed Original Artwork

2069 West Powers, Littleton • (303) 795-0781 • www.Depot ArtGallery.org

Littleton

5666 S. Windermere St. Littleton Blvd on Windemere 303-798-4944

Highlands Ranch

32 W. Springer Drive SW of C470 & Broadway 720-344-9530

16-Color

16 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Grand marshal a true people person Facchinello sees friendship as most important thing By Jennifer Smith jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com oan Facchinello, 79, says she’s not ready to give up her ponytails. “My individuality says I’ll just keep them,” she said. “When I grow up, I will use makeup, dress up, cut my hair and do all the right things. Until that time, I’m just who I am.” The ponytails suit Facchinello, the 2013 Western Welcome Week grand marshal, chosen to embody the theme, “Spirit of the West.” “`Spirit of the West’ means that you can survive, and you can participate, and you grow with things,” she said. “You see what people endured and how they did things with nothing. It’s the adventure. You never say you can’t do something, you fi nd a way to do it.” She’s also the epitome of

WWW’s slogan, “Celebrate Community.” “I’m a people person,” she said simply. “That’s just what it’s all about.” Ken Coddington says that’s the best thing of a lot of great things about Facchinello. She was his secretary when he was a principal at Littleton Public Schools, where she worked in a variety of capacities for 33 years. “She really cares, and she follows through and is always there to help,” he said. The two have also worked together for the Rockies baseball franchise, and Coddington once saw her give the jacket off her back to a fan of the opposing team on a really cold day. Little things like that are a staple of her life — she sews Rockies patches onto stocking caps and hands them out to kids who look like they need them. She gives blood prolifically. She organizes reunion lunches for LPS employees and Jaycees. She volunteers at an assisted-living facility and takes treats to clients of Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network.

Her official job with the Rockies is helping people in wheelchairs get to their seats. “That is a priceless job, the best job in the whole world,” she said. For years she took pictures of the fans so they could have a keepsake — just because she wanted to. She once attended a funeral for one of them and was touched to see the photo she took next to the coffin. Facchinello doesn’t belong to any formal organizations, but she participates in the activities of many. She donates Rockies attire to Inter-Faith Community Services, takes tickets at the Lions Club BBQ during WWW and so much more. “She is a Littleton treasure,” said Cindy Hathaway, WWW executive director. “She is so giving to so many and has been an unbelievable supporter of Western Welcome Week. We are honored to recognize her as our Grand Marshal and to award her with the Western Welcome Week Houstoun Waring Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Joan Facchinello is this year’s Western Welcome Week grand marshal, embodying the “Spirit of the West.” Photo by Jennifer Smith Facchinello’s family moved a lot when she was young, and she thinks that’s partly why community and lasting friendships are so important to her now. “It’s friendships that I am proud of,” she said. “I truly believe friends are the most important thing in the whole world.” Littleton’s many opportunities for fellowship are what make it so special, she says. “You feel welcome everywhere you go,” she said. She and her husband of 62 years, Ray, met when she was in seventh grade at Grant Junior

High School, now the Littleton Public Schools administration building. “Good ol’ Ray and crazy Joan, they called us,” she remembers. “It was one of those things that was truly meant to be.” Her biggest regret in life, she says, is standing up a nice boy in high school. She always felt guilty and meant to apologize, until she heard he’d died. “You can hurt somebody’s feelings just as easy as you can make them happy,” she said. “You want people to remember the good things about you.”

Fun for young adults on agenda By Deborah Grigsby dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com

oo young for this? Too old for that? Not a problem. Young adults will fi nd plenty of things to do and see at Western Welcome Week starting with a spectacular fireworks display Aug. 9 in Sterne Park at approximately 9 p.m. Catch a glimpse of some of the best cyclists in the area during the Littleton Criterium Race on Aug. 11. This 0.8-mile circuit starts on Main Street between Nevada and Prince and weaves though downtown Littleton. It’s a fast, smooth figure-8 course that’s just as exciting for spectators as it is for racers. Races run from 8 a.m. through 6:05 p.m., with a kids’ fun race at 11:50 a.m. Skate City will keep things rolling that evening with a Western Welcome Week-

River Pointe of Littleton 303-797-0600

(Corner of W. Belleview Ave. and Prince St.)

First Day: Monday, August 19, 2013 We can't wait to see you!

LPS is a proud sponsor of Western Welcome Week! www.littletonpublicschools.net

By D dgrig

themed family skate night from 6 to 8 p.m. Come for prizes and a free slice of pizza. Admission is $4.50 per person. Both regular and inline skates may be rented on site. Colo Skate City is located at 5801 S. Lowell Way. the l If dunking a Littleton cop in a tank of visito water sounds like fun, then head to the com Bradford Auto Body Parking lot after the Fr Grand Parade on Aug. 17 for the ever-popmod ular dunk-a-cop tank. girls Proceeds benefit the Littleton Police journ Citizens’ Academy Alumni Association. day e Bradford Auto Body is located at 2659 W. K Main St. in Littleton. the L Still looking for thrills? nity Hit the Reinke Brothers Haunted Mandog m sion from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 17. Take in and all the fun of the midway, complete with Th games, musicians, jugglers, fire-eaters, live and music and more. Admission is $6; game tickets $1. Follow the spirits to 5663 S. Prince St.

Western Welcome Week at RiverPointe

Littleton Public Schools welcomes all students back to school!

Eat aim foo

With the Dean BushnellÕ s Orchestra and Rick Crandall from KEZW Tuesday, August 13th 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Food will be available for purchase

Ice Cream Social with the Mile Hi Banjo Society Thursday, August 15th 6:00-8:00 p.m.

RSVP Requested. Frozen Custard provided by Freddy’s

ing

17-Color

Lone Tree Voice 17

August 8, 2013

New events help keep tradition fresh Decades-old festival not getting stagnant By Jennifer Smith jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com

estern Welcome Week is proof that you can teach an old dog new

tricks. Even though the festival itself is back for its 85th year, it’s always evolving and welcoming new events — and one such event this year just happens to involve Fido. The Best of the West Pet Fest features Clydesdales, pony rides,

live bulls and bunches of animals more of the household variety available for adoption. From noon to 4 p.m. on Aug. 18, families can take Fido to Aspen Grove to listen to live bands, join in pet parades and enjoy food and beverages for sale. The free event benefits the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley, which cares for lost, stray and unwanted animals in Littleton and surrounding areas. Another newbie will be hard to miss for anyone planning to visit downtown on Aug. 11. The Littleton Criterium Bicycle Race, sponsored by the city and Pedal Bicycle Shop, is a sanctioned event expected to lure

hundreds of bicyclists to compete in the quest for the Rocky Mountain Road Cup. Downtown will be transformed into a closed figure-eight circuit where fields of up to 120 riders will hit top speeds of more than 40 mph. “Criterium racing is the cycling equivalent of NASCAR,” said Bill Nagel, co-owner of Pedal. The highlight of the day will be the professional men’s category at 3:50 p.m., when locals will compete alongside professional cyclists for 70 minutes of all-out racing. Visit www.littletoncriterium. com for more information.

Other new or fairly new events to consider adding to your favorites include: Pancake Stampede 5K Run/Walk, 8 a.m. on Aug. 11 at Hudson Gardens. 303-4837029 or www.sspr.org. Littleton Elks Rod and Custom Car Show, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 11 at the Elks Lodge No. 1650, 5749 S. Curtice St., 303794-1819 or www.elks.org. WWW Family Skate Night, 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 11 at Skate City, 5801 S. Lowell Way. 303-7944870 or www.westernwelcomeweek.org. JaJa’s Crepes to You! Aug. 12, 5 to 9 p.m. at JaJa Bistro, 5641 S. Nevada St. 303-798-5389 or www.jajabistro.com.

Tasty journey awaits attendees Eats and treats aim to satisfy food cravings By Deborah Grigsby dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com

p.m. old miners and ranchers who izza. braved the rugged terrain to eguseek their fortunes here in site. Colorado might be jealous about Way. the lip-smacking treats that await nk of visitors to this year’s Western Welo the come Week. r the From pancakes to pig roasts, popmodern-day chowboys and chowgirls will relish a gastronomical olice journey that spans the entire 10tion. day event. 9 W. Kick off the week Aug. 9 with the Littleton Lions Club Community Barbeque. Sandwich and hot Mandog meals come with all the fixings ke in and a glass of lemonade. with The dinner bell rings at 5 p.m. , live and volunteers will serve though game 63 S.

7:30 p.m. It’s easy to find; just follow the smell of hickory to Sterne Park Pavilion, 5900 Spotswood St. Buttery yummy-ness awaits early risers at the Arapahoe Community College Family Pancake Breakfast, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11. Herd the family to the ACC Cafeteria, 5900 Santa Fe Drive, for allyou-can-eat pancakes and sizzlin’ sausages. Tickets $5; children 4 and younger are free. Plain pancakes not fancy enough? Then hit JaJa’s Bistro, 5641 S. Nevada St., for a selection of savory and sweet crepes served by WWW board members. The fifth annual Crepes to You runs from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 12. Prices range from $6 to $12 and 50 percent of the profits come right back to WWW. The annual Taste of Western Welcome Week and Silent Auction returns Aug. 15. The event is held at the Littleton Center Courtyard from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Attendees will have the chance to sample a variety of food and beverages from area restaurants and can take part in a silent auction. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20 (call 303-794-4870) or for $25 at the door. By Aug. 16, foodies in full swing may want to hit the Littleton Elks Lodge, 5749 S. Curtice St., for the annual Hometown Pig Roast and Dance. Enjoy roast pig, served up buffet-style with baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob and a roll from 6 to 11 p.m. Come for the pig and stay for music and dancing under the “big top.” And wrap things up nicely on Festival Day, Aug. 17, at the Grand Western Sandwich Breakfast in the fellowship hall of the Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. From 6:30 to 10 a.m., hot sandwiches are just $3, and so are the caramel pecan rolls. Beverages are just a buck.

O’Toole’s Garden Center Open House and Car Show, Aug. 13, 5 to 8 p.m. at O’Toole’s, 5201 S. Federal Blvd. 303-347-8027 or www.otoolesgardencenters.com. Create Your Own Masterpiece! Aug. 14, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hot Pots, 2570 W. Main St. 303-7985242 or www.hotpotsstudio.com. International speaker: How You Can Change the World, Aug. 13, 7 to 8 p.m. at Sterne Park. www.christiansciencecolorado. org. Reclaimed, Vintage and Antique Sale, Aug. 16-17 ,9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Aug 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; at Checkered Corner, 5650 S. Curtice St. www.checkeredcorner. com.

2013 Festival Day schedule of events Below are events to be held during Western Welcome Week’s Festival Day, Aug. 17. For a complete schedule of events, go to www.westernwelcomeweek.org. • 6:30 to 10 a.m.: Grand Western Sandwich Breakfast, Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton • 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.: Littleton Firefighters’ Children’s Parade, Main Street to Rapp Street, Littleton • 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Quilt Show, First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Arts and Crafts Festival, Main and Prince streets in downtown Littleton • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Festival Day concessions, downtown Littleton • 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Pottery Seconds Sale, The Pottery Studio Gallery, 5739 S. Curtice St., Littleton • 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.: A Day at the Elks Lodge, Littleton Elks Lodge, 5749 S. Curtice St., Littleton

• 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Reclaimed, Vintage and Antique Sale, Checkered Corner, 5650 S. Curtice St., Littleton • 10 a.m. to noon: Grand Parade, starting on Gallup Street and ending in downtown Littleton • Noon to 4 p.m.: LPCAAA Dunk-A-Cop, Bradford Auto Body parking lot, 2659 W. Main St., Littleton • Noon to 5 p.m.: Fun for Kids Corner, Valley Feed and Lawn Center, 2679 W. Main St., Littleton • Noon to 5 p.m.: Western Welcome Week Dance Stage, Colorado Business Bank, Main and Prince streets, Littleton • Noon to 5 p.m.: Western Welcome Week Kids/Family Stage, west end of Main Street at Rapp Street, Littleton • Noon to 6 p.m.: Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion, 5663 S. Prince St., Littleton • 7 to 8:30 p.m.: Americana! With the Classic Brass Quintet, Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton

Established 1949 Proud Sponsors of Western Welcome Week

Grand Parade! August 17th 10 a.m. to Noon

Proud to be a supporter of Western Welcome Week.

Sponsors of

34th Carousel of Music

Congratulations on 85 years of celebrating community.

August 14th 5-8 p.m.

cobizbank.com Part of CoBiz Bank Member FDIC

at the Littleton City Courtyard

2659 W. Main St. • Downtown Littleton • 303-795-1323

18-Color

18 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Mates from Bega making rare visit Littleton’s set to ﬁre up the barbie for sister-city folks By Jennifer Smith jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com ots of Western Welcome Week events happen every year, but a special one only happens twice a decade. Littleton will celebrate a long-awaited visit by residents of its sister city, Bega, Australia, from 10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 15 at the downtown park named in its honor, on Rio Grande Street between Main Street and Alamo Avenue. Mary Recht, the Littleton/ Bega Sister City Exchange’s event coordinator, hopes to put the city’s best foot forward by greeting the 11th Bega contingent with a reception complete with 18-piece band, local refreshments and large showing of Littletonites.

“The public is encouraged to join in the fun on Main Street and help show our sister-city guests the true Littleton hospitality,” said Kelli Narde, the city’s director of communications. Littleton has enjoyed a 52year alliance with Bega, established by former Littleton Independent publisher Houstoun Waring and Curly Annabel, the editor of a newspaper in Bega. The U.S. State Department and U.S. Information Agency in 1951 made “Small Town Editor,” a film they showed in foreign countries to encourage an independent press to compete with government-controlled news. It was filmed in Littleton and featured Waring, who had achieved national recognition for his editorials on foreign affairs. According to begalittleton. org, Annabel saw the film and was entranced by the similarities between the towns and their newspapers. He reached out, and a friendship was born that became formalized in 1961 with its

Todd Barrett, left, and Colton Barrett of TDB Concrete spruce up the world in Bega Park in preparation for visitors from Australia. Photo by Jennifer Smith establishment as the first of many federal sister-city programs. Residents have taken turns visiting each other ever since — Littleton sends a delegation to Bega in the first and sixth years

Spirit

Continued from cover

Afterward, stop by the Bin Bonanza at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., to rope in a bargain on unframed artwork. There’s a literal stampede on Aug. 11 — the second annual Pancake Stampede 5K Run/Walk. It starts at 8 a.m. at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, and runs down the Mary Carter Greenway along the river. It includes a ticket to the WWW Family Pancake Breakfast so runners can get some vittles across the street at Arapahoe Community College, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. The breakfast is reminiscent of an

of the decade, and Bega citizens visit Littleton in the third and eighth years. Led by Barbara Westmacott and her husband, Bob, the 27 Australians will stay for 10 days

old-time, after-church picnic, with a pancake breakfast, old-fashioned cake contest and the WWW Kids Games of Old, including cow milking, a sack race, apple dash and more. The cutest stampede of all is at 10 a.m., when the littlest cowpokes compete in the 18th annual Bruce Wolf Stick Horse Stampede. The Elks get in on the Old West theme with their Hometown Pig Roast & Dance, starting at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 in the lodge parking lot at 5749 S. Curtice St. Roast pig, baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob and a roll ($9, or kids can get chips and a hot dog for $4), plus rare public access to the lodge’s full cash bar inside. Before hoedown-ing the night away with the Elks, stop by First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609

Located along the Platte River in Littleton Colorado, we have been serving the Denver area for over twenty years & have been a favorite stop for bikers and cyclists looking to refuel. We offer plenty of outside seating (and heated inside seating during the winter months) making us a perfect place for those who enjoy the sunshine as much as good company. No matter what the need, we can accommodate any size party or occasion with over 300 outdoor seats as well as 170 indoor seats to suit your need (a great place for a birthday or business get together)! With a wide variety of food specialties and drink concoctions, you will always find something unique and different @ the Platte River Bar and Grill!

with their Littleton host families. There are lots of fun things planned for them, including riding in the 85th Western Welcome Week parade on Aug. 17, a dinner at Mount Vernon Country Club, a bus tour of Colorado Springs and a Barn Dance & BBQ grand finale. “The Littleton/Bega Sister City Committee is very proud of the relationship that has developed between the communities,” said Charlie Blosten, the city’s director of public services. “Bega Park is a focal point for downtown Littleton, with commemorative plaques and flags representing the sister-city exchange.” Blosten’s staff has been hard at work sprucing up the park in time for the welcome party. But in an ironic twist, a dawn redwood planted in Bega’s Littleton Gardens in honor of the cities’ kinships was recently removed to make way for a playground, according to Australian reporter Bill Brown.

W. Littleton Blvd., noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 16. Perhaps nothing speaks more to Americana than the 11th annual Quilt Show. From one-of-a-kind antiques to modern art, every block tells a story. This year, there is a special display of baby dresses, and visitors can tour the historic church. Finally, start Festival Day — Aug. 17 — off right with a Grand Western Sandwich Breakfast at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., 6:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. For many, the highlight of Festival Day is the Grand Parade, the largest parade in the area, held from 10 a.m. to noon. Equestrians, marching bands, floats, tractors and more begin their journey on Gallup Street, then head down Littleton Boulevard all the way into downtown Littleton.

FREE 16 OZ. BEER WITH THIS COUPON EXPIRES 09/30/2013

Scan here to like Colorado Community Media on Facebook

Family owned and operated

Check out our website for Weekly Happenings! OurColoradoNews.com

South Metrolife 23-Life-Color 19-Life-Color

Lone Tree Voice 19 August 8, 2013

Good times in store for wedded pair “Old Yeller” by Martin Lambuth will be included in “Western Heritage Art” at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center. Lambuth uses credit cards as his painting tool. Courtesy images

Western artists fill Littleton gallery Town Hall features joint show during festival

if you go

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com

“Western Heritage Art” will be exhibited in Stanton Gallery on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 10. A Meet the Artists Reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 15. Stanton Gallery is in Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. 303-794-2787.

Sarah Phippen and Martin Lambuth will be the featured artists in Stanton Gallery at Town Hall Arts Center during Western Welcome Week and through August. “Western Heritage Art” is the title for their joint show. Phippen, who grew up in Douglas County, where she “soaked up sun, dirt and dander that continue to influence her choice of subjects,” creates oil paintings and bronze sculptures, which especially celebrate her longtime association with animals: pets, livestock and wildlife. “Observing the personali-

ties and expressions of horses, cattle and wildlife allowed me to experience their quiet moments along with them or read trouble in their eyes and burst into movement. I see this heritage as part of our age-old relationship with animals. It is part of being human. There is a wonder and privilege that surrounds us every day in the rich variety of relationships available …. How does a horse smile?” Martin Lambuth paints with old credit cards instead of brushes, which results in rich textures and layers of color. He

By Sonya Ellingboe

“White Gold,” an oil painting by Sarah Phippen, will be included in “Western Heritage Art” at Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery. has a nostalgia for old pickup trucks, found on “grandpa’s farm or along the road.” Sometimes, he finds them reposing in the weeds, abandoned — “they still have the ability to take you on a trip down memory lane and revel in their history.”

He writes of the appeal of their wonderful shapes, rounded fenders and amazing grills not found on today’s vehicles. Lambuth has been juried into many national and local shows and won a first place at the 2012 Denver County Fair.

Book’s action is mostly interior Character’s minds provide scenes in ‘Kind of Cruel’

if you go Author Sophie Hannah will appear at the Tattered Cover/Colfax at 7:30 p.m. August 9 to talk about and read from “Kind of Cruel” and to sign books. The address is 2526 E. Colfax, Denver. 303-322-7727.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com British writer Sophie Hannah’s action in “Kind of Cruel” takes place to a great extent within the minds of her characters, interpreted/aided by hypnotherapist Ginny Saxon, whose office is in a small wooden structure at the rear of her home. No chases through busy city streets or in glitzy office buildings, but a focus on words on a slip of paper and puzzling motives of a collection of characters lead one to turn the pages. Hannah, who will be in Denver Aug. 9, has published six previous books featuring perceptive police detective Simon Waterhouse and his wife, Charlotte “Charlie” Zailer. Simon reminds a reader of great British crime solvers such as Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, who piece elements together until there is a solution to the crime(s) at hand. She writes this book in several voices — one sometimes needs to revisit the beginning of a chapter to sort that part out — including italicized print for psychotherapist Saxon, who carries the story along. Action takes place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 10, 2010. Hannah tried hypnosis herself to add depth to her story and sort out what the process might mean. She writes that the

British thriller author Sophie Hannah’s “Kind of Cruel” was just released in the U.S. She will appear in Denver Aug. 9. Courtesy photo idea came to her in part from a Canadian fan, whose address looked like a hypnotherapy site. The carefully crafted words come across

as written by a scholarly sort — Hannah, who lives in Cambridge with her husband and children, is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College, a women’s college started at Cambridge in 1965. We first read the phrase “Kind. Cruel. Kind of Cruel” as insomniac Amber Hewardine struggles to figure out its meaning — and its involvement in a murder she is accused of. She embarks on hypnotherapy to cure her chronic insomnia and seeks the meaning of her visual remembrance of those words, written on a school tablet. When and where did she see them? Various characters in her extended family, including a husband and two young daughters of a murdered friend, are developed with enough depth so they have distinctive voices, and settings are pictured with enough detail to make them real, including a Cobham country house called Little Orchard, which almost becomes another character. Numerous story threads are finally woven together in the final pages, as they should be in any satisfying thriller. The reader feels like she has returned from a brief trip.

Lovebirds Randy Richmond and Theresa Blanding started feathering their nest in Boulder landmark McGuckin Hardware 12 years ago. The couple spent so much time in the Boulder store that they joked if they ever married, the nuptials would be cemented in the tools department. On July 21, accompanied by a small band of well-dressed family members and close friends, Richmond and Blanding walked hand-in-hand down aisle 16 — the tools department — to hammer out their future together. The betrothed, being snapped by Blanding’s son, Lucian, strode in sync along the waxed floor lined with circular saws. “McGuckin’s has been here forever and it’s so useful and practical,” Richmond said. “Marriage should be practical as well as romantic.” Aaron Tye, a McGuckin automotive employee, made the celebratory announcement over the intercom system. Customers greeted the news with cheers and applause. Not surprisingly, the couple requested McGuckin gift cards for wedding presents. The couple is planning a honeymoon in Paris. “People need consistency in their lives,” Richmond said. “All roads lead to McGuckin.”

Taste of Douglas County back

The CenturyLink Taste of Douglas County returns from 5 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock. The event again will offer food samplings from the area’s best restaurants, including the Old Stone Church, Outback Steakhouse, John Holly’s Asian Bistro, LoDo’s Bar & Grill, Pegasus on the Square, Black Eyed Pea, Siena Italian Bistro and others. More than 50 food service establishments are participating. There will be cooking demonstrations, beer samples from Rockyard American Grill & Brewery and new 2014 model Chevrolets from the Medved dealership in Castle Rock, plus 2014 motorcycles from Rocky Mountain Harley-Davidson. Tickets — $20 at the door and only $10 in advance— are available at www.tasteofdouglascounty.com or through several county outlets (check the website for more details). For more information, call Mike Boyle at 303-903-0017. The Douglas County Events Center is located just east of I-25 at Exit 181.

Carnation Festival returns

The Carnation Festival, a tradition since 1969 in Wheat Ridge, returns to celebrate the birth of this west Denver suburb on Aug. 16-17. The festival will be held at Anderson Park at West 44th Avenue and Field Street. For more information on the festival and parking, visit www.thecarnationfestival.com. The Carnation Festival again will feature Zoppé Italian Family Circus and will include plenty of entertainment and activities, including fireworks, a spaghetti dinner, chili cook-off, food vendors, a beer garden and a large midway carnival. Parker continues on Page 20

20-Color

20 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Water blossoms celebrated at gardens The Colorado Water Garden Society will host its annual Water Blossom Festival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 10 at Denver Botanic Gardens, with experts on hand to answer questions and tours of water features with Jim Arneill at 10:20 and 11:30. The CWGS is celebrating its 30th anniversary, after being founded at DBG as the first water gardening society in the world. Former aquatic collection curator Joe Tomochik will be on hand with stories about those many years before he retired, when the position transitioned to Tamara Kilbane. At 1 p.m., Joe Mascarenas will give a program on photographing water plants in the Plant Society Building. Festival admission is free, but one must pay garden admission, unless a member.

Meteor shower coming

South Suburban’s Carson Nature Center will host a session from 9 to 10:30 p.m. August 12 to look for the Perseid meteor shower. Open to all ages. Register for #672888, $9/$6 at sspr.org.

Photographer to talk

Nancy Meyer will talk to the Englewood Camera Club on Aug. 13 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. She will speak about her “Pseudo-line-drawings” and her inspirations from other artists, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Freeman Patterson, Tony Sweet and, Mark S. Johnson. She enjoys experi-

Variety show

Monet’s Pool at Denver Botanic Gardens will be blooming for the Colorado Water Garden Society’s Water Blossom Festival on August 10. Photo by Courtesy photo menting with new photographic techniques in-camera and in digital editing. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Visitors welcome.

Comedy in Parker

The Celtic House Pub in Parker is hosting comedy nights at 6 p.m. the first and third Thursdays and a showcase on the last Monday of the month, according to comedian Jiovani, who is producing them. Free. The pub is at 16572 Keystone Blvd., Parker,

720-951-5454.

Community theater fest

The Annual Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Festival is scheduled August 7-10 at the Denver Center Theatre Academy, in the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education, 1101 13th St., Denver. Presenting companies: Aspen Stage Theatre, Aspen; Bas Bleu Theatre Company, Fort Collins; Coal Creek Theatre, Louisville; Heather Gardens Frolics Club, Aurora; Flying Rabbits Productions, Denver; Ignite Theatre, Aurora; Longmont Theatre Company, Longmont; Longmont Youth Theatre, Longmont; and Vintage Theatre, Aurora. Performances open to the public, $10/$15 for two on the same day. The Denver Center Theatre Academy will offer 12 workshops. For schedule and to register: cctcfestival.com

Parker Continued from Page 19

The circus performances will run from Aug. 16-25. Visit www.zoppecolorado.com for more information.

Mod squad

Modmarket, a Colorado company serving healthy and simple farm-fresh foods, has a new location at the Kent Place Center, 3475 S. University Blvd. in Englewood. People in south Denver and the adjacent suburbs of Englewood and Cherry Hills Village will love it the restaurant company’s fifth location. The company is a rapidly growing fastcasual concept that is redefining the $10 dining experience with many low-priced items on the menu. For more information, go to www.modmarket.com.

Welcome to Actasana

Actasana is the latest addition to the entertainment scene in Denver. But what is Actasana? Actasana’s mission is “to unleash our

“The Epic Variety Show” will be presented at 7 p.m. Aug. 17 at the Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth, Arvada, with Jeff Jenson, Dennis Michael and Reid Belstock. Enjoy magic plus comedy. Tickets: $10, 303-378-1112 or jeffjensonmagic.com.

Goldstar arrives

Goldstar, which bills itself as “The World’s Biggest Ticket Booth,” arrived in Denver on July 31. Entertainment venues signed on to work with it include Arvada Center, Pepsi Center, Grand Chapiteau, Vintage Theatre. One can become a member free and then buy half-price tickets from Goldstar with a $5 service fee — still less than full price. They claim to help move out unsold tickets for venues to people who may not know about them. For information, see goldstar. com.

Spark Mark show

Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, hosts its annual open show: “Spark Mark, an Open Show of Drawing,” open to all artists in the Denver area. (Most shows at the co-op gallery are of members’ work.) It runs to Aug. 25, with an opening reception on Aug. 9, 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. 720-889-2200.

imaginations and set the artist within us free through acting, yoga, comedy and theatre.” Actasana, located at 1491 S. Holly St. in Denver, will integrate its acting program with yoga into each class. The space includes a 27-seat black-box theater and will have productions on the Namastage, stand-up comedy nights, workshops, featured artists series and a new filmmakers’ night. For more information, visit www.actasana.com or call 720-638-2612.

Overheard

Eavesdropping on a woman at Zocalo (a Capitol Hill Mexican restaurant): “We invest so much time in finding a new man only to end up hating him later.” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

21-Color

Lone Tree Voice 21

August 8, 2013

Author shares joy of multiple languages Haitian-born writer is teacher in Denver By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Writer, teacher, poet — Nicole Weaver of Centennial was born in Haiti, the youngest of six, where her language was French; moved to New York at age 10 with her family, where she quickly learned English; won a fullride college scholarship and eventually became a teacher. She has taught French and Spanish in Denver Public Schools for 22 years — now at South High School. She speaks about the joy she found in the “Curious George” books, which her New York teacher read to the class. They helped her learn English as she enjoyed the pictures and story content. While in college, she spent a semester in France, living with a family in Alsace-Lorraine. She hoped for a job as United Nations translator when she graduated and got a communitycollege job teaching French and Spanish while she prepared for the necessary exam. “I realized my passion for teaching and helping students and went to graduate school at Bank Street College of Education,” she said. The next move was to Texas for five years, where she met her husband, a native Coloradan of German ancestry. Their first child was born and they moved to Littleton in 1989 — “I have been here since.” Her children are now 25, 23 and 17. When her first, a daughter, left for Pepperdine University in California, Weaver became seriously depressed and a helpful friend took her to a meeting of children’s book authors and illustrators for a presentation on writing picture books. “Write about what you know,” that speaker advised, planting a seed. She remembered being out collecting sea shells and finding a sea turtle stranded upside down on the beach near her Haitian home, and calling on her dad to help her get it back into the sea. Alas, he sent the cook to collect it for soup, but she wrote a picture book with a happier ending about a little

“My Sister is My Best Friend” by Centennial resident Nicole Weaver is published in French, English and Spanish. Courtesy image girl who rescued a turtle — “Marie and the Sea Turtle.” She self-published that one, so she could be sure the child was black — “It’s my story.” (Generally, a commercial publisher contracts for illustrations and the author does not have control.) It is available at Tattered Cover in her distinctive style, with each sentence in English, French and Spanish, so a young child can begin to learn another language easily — a plus as our world grows smaller. She also entered a poetry contest through the Arapahoe Library District and won $100 about this time. “I got to meet the mayor and had a story in the paper,” she recalls. The tri-lingual book is her trademark and is repeated in “My Sister is My Best Friend,” about the closeness of twins — and the forthcoming “My Brother is My Best Friend,” due in 2013. The illustrator, Clara Batton Smith, provided by her publisher, lives

in Australia, she said, and did a fine job of capturing the spirit of her story. She wants to send the message that there’s nothing wrong with being smart — especially for African-American kids. She is rewriting a middle school book previously published, which needs sounder editing, she said. English is not her first language and she still makes some errors in grammar, which embarrass her. She recently attended a class at the active Light House Writers Workshop in Denver, where the rewrite was suggested. Another future project will be writing something supportive for biracial kids, who have their own set of challenges. She recalled that at Pepperdine University, people wanted to place her daughter in some sort of category — “What are you?” Her books are available from Amazon or from her publisher at guardianangelpublishing.com.

08/15/2013

To advertise your restaurant in this section,

(303) 566-4100 1 2 th A n n uA l

August 16, 17 & 18, 2013 Friday - 4 to 7 pm Saturday - 10 am to 7 pm Sunday - 10 am to 4 pm

Kids Art Station • Music Food • Free Admission

HAVE A STORY IDEA? Email your ideas to Lone Tree Community Editor Jane Reuter at jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com or call her at 303-5664106.

Win

25000

With this ad you could win a $ 250 Art in the Park Shopping Spree. Drawings at 2pm Saturday and Sunday. Must be present to win.

Bert Fukuda

Over 100 artisans will exhibit their original work for sale Painting, photography, glass, wood, metal, jewelry, pottery and much more! O’Brien Park

Mainstreet & Parker Road Downtown Parker, Colorado

Scan to like CCM on Facebook

22-Color

22 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Central City steers ‘Showboat’ to Buell Opera company hopes to draw city crowds By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “Showboat,” written in 1927 by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, has become a classic in American musicals, with its rich story and score and a deeper look at American society than was customary in musicals of the day. In addition to light, happy production numbers, it looks at racial prejudice and tragic love. The well-known songs “Ol’ Man River,” “Make Believe” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” are often heard in concerts across the country. It is Central City Opera’s third selection of its 2013 Festival and will be performed in Denver at the Buell Theatre, Denver

IF YOU GO “Showboat” plays through Aug. 11 at the Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Center. Performances: 2 p.m. Aug. 10, 11; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Tickets: centralcityopera.org, 303-292-6700.

Performing Arts Complex, Aug. 6-11. Two other shows were performed at the 1877 stone opera house in Central City: “Barber of Seville” and “Our Town.” But that house only has 550 seats, so even a sold-out house doesn’t generate the sort of revenue it takes to stage opera performances. The company has strong support from many donors, but it hopes that a week’s production in a large house will draw the DCPA’s many musical theater fans as well. Director Ray Roderick is makes his debut with the company, although he has exten-

Bass Solomon Howard sings “Old Man River” in “Showboat” at the Buell Theatre. Courtesy photo sive Broadway and national tour experience. Hal France returns to lead the Central City Opera Orchestra, and cast members are Gene Scheer, Denise Lute, Julia Burrows, Emily Pulley, Angela Renee Simpson,

Troy Cook, Soloman Howard, Curt Olds and Ellen Kaye. An additional “Riverboat Royale-Mardi Gras Ball” is hosted on Aug. 10 at the Dikeou Collection, 16th and California streets, Denver. (Ticket for matinee and ball-$95.)

Lone Tree Voice 23

August 8, 2013

Spotlight Performing Arts returns Studio has new home in Highlands Ranch

IF YOU GO Spotlight Performing Arts Center is at 6328 E. County Line Road (just off the service road) and information is available at: spotlightperformers.com or 720-443-2623.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com In 2005, Teresa Hill-Putnam sold her Centennial performing arts studio to Colorado Ballet and moved her family to St. George, Utah, so two of her children could attend a performing arts high school and gain professional experience there. She ran a studio while living in Utah. Both children have graduated and she decided to move back to Colorado to continue her 28-year career as teacher and director. “This is home. I decided to reopen what we left,” although a bit smaller (300-400), so kids don’t get lost, she said. Her older daughter Ashley, a professional performer and choreographer for the past six years, has joined forces with her and has been in Colorado for several months organizing, promoting and painting the new studio. Teresa and younger daughter Amber, 9, who is also a dancer, arrived more recently, and the first order of business was to build a new stage. The new center at 6328 E. County Line Road is open and will feature a dance studio, the stage and theater space that will seat about 100, plus training in musical theater and vocal performance as well as dance. The lobby will also serve as a music

Castle Rock

instruction space and small dance boutique. “Some kids come in wanting a profession and others want a recreational experience,” Teresa said. The center will offer a range of opportunities, tailored to individual needs. For those who seek musical theater, there will be a production every 15 weeks. (Auditions for “Annie” will be on Aug. 16.) A vocal performance company, “Spotlight Entertainers,” is new here, although Putnam offered it in her Utah center. A preprofessional dance company will entertain locally and on a cruise ship, with auditions scheduled for August 17. “Little Mermaid” is underway, but there may be a few spots open in that. Performances will be Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 4-5. “Bye Bye Birdie” is planned. Teresa writes her own scripts. “Kids are more capable than people give them credit for,” she says. “Practice makes progress” is the motto. Preschoolers, ages 2 to 6, will attend morning classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for dance, with tumbling added. Children 5 and older, through teens, have numerous options in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical,

Highlands Ranch

gymnastics and musical theater. See the school’s website, spotlightperformers.com, or call 720-443-2623. Studies have shown that kids involved in performing arts do better academically and socially in school, said Ashley, who was valedictorian in her class.

Parker

1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

Services:

Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 8am, 9:15am, 10:30am Sunday School 9:15am Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

Open and Welcoming

Sunday Worship 8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am

Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com

Welcome Home!

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

worship Time 10:30AM sundays

Affiliated with United Church of Religious Science

303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510

9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co

Castle Rock Recreation Center 2301 Woodlands Blvd, Castle Rock

9203 S. University Blvd. Highlands Ranch, 80126

303 798 6387

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING Sunday Services 10 a.m.

www.OurCenterforSpiritualLiving.org 720-851-0265

Abiding Word Lutheran Church 8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

An Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Sunday Worship 10:30  4825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. Castle Rock • canyonscc.org  303-663-5751

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

A place for you

Sunday

8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.





  

Franktown

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

Acts 2:38

Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

www.gracecolorado.com

Trinity Lutheran Church & School

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

 303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org 

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy. (Across from Murdochs)

303-798-8485

Sunday 9:30am

Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org

Parker

Community Church of Religious Science Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel at the Parker Mainstreet Center

...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138

Sunday Service

& Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

303.805.9890 P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945

1609 W. Littleton Blvd. (303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

“Loving God - Making A Difference”

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

SErviCES:

Saturday 5:30pm

www.P a r k er C C R S.org

303-791-3315

pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org

4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836

LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

New Thought...Ancient Wisdom

Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am





www.gracepointcc.us

Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PM Bible Study: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults

Parker

Joy

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

And Teresa likes for kids to learn to help others, so they will do benefits. In September they will participate in Chelsea’s Walk to raise funds for epilepsy, especially for response dogs and monitors that can predict seizures. (Amber has epilepsy.) “I plan to do a benefit once a month,” Putnam said.

Parker

First United Methodist Church





Littleton

Teresa, Ashley and Amber Putnam in their new dance studio at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, Highlands Ranch. Photo by Sonya Ellingboe

60 W Littleton Blvd, Unit 101 Littleton CO 80120 303 523 7332

Sunday School

(for children and adults)

9:00 am

Morning Worship Service 10:30 am Evening Worship Service 6:30 pm

Greewood Village Saint Peter Lutheran Church and Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp

Hilltop United Church Of Christ 10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO 10am Worship Service www.hilltopucc.org 303-841-2808

Pastor David Fisher Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:45 am 5755 Valley Hi Drive Parker, CO 303-941-0668

www.SpiritofHopeLCMC.org

Day Camp 2013 August 5 – 8 9300 E. Belleview Ave. Greenwood Village Colorado 80111 303-770-9301 or www.stplc.org

*ages 3 yrs to those entering 6th grade

Breakfast 8:15 am Prayer 6:00 pm

Bible Study

Prayer 5:45 pm Dinner 6:15 pm Additional Meeting Times: Friday 6:30 pm Prayer Saturday 10:30 am—12:00 noon Open Church (Fellowship/Canvassing)

7:00 pm

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ourcoloradonews.com.

24-Sports

24 Lone Tree Voice August 8, 2013

Lone TreeSPORTS

Solheim showdown in Colorado Creamer

Kerr

Korda

Ciganda

Hedwall

Hull

Lang

Lewis

Lincicome

Icher

Masson

Matthew

Piller

Pressel

Salas

Munoz

Nordqvist

Pettersen

Recari

Sergas

Shadoff

Photo illustration by Lindsay Lovato

Americans vs. Europeans U.S. players determined to get cup back

Stanford

Thompson

Wie

U.S. Solheim Cup captain Meg Mallon has a motivated team ready to defend its home turf at the prestigious biennial international match-play tournament that will be held Aug. 13-18 at Parker’s Colorado Golf Club. Twelve U.S.-born players will challenge 12 European players in three days of match-play competition to see which team will win the Waterford Crystal Cup with a mahogany base that is named for Karsten Solheim, the founder of the manufacturing corporation that makes PING golf equipment. The U.S. has won eight of the 12 previous Solheim Cups and the Yanks are 6-0 in home matches. However, Europeans stunned the Americans in the weatherdelayed singles matches to defeat the U.S., 15-13, and capture the Cup two years ago in Meath, Ireland. “You know, every Solheim Cup is so close and it’s an exciting event, and Ireland was just an unbelievable event and I had some players on the team that are highly motivated,” said Mallon. “They didn’t like that taste in their mouth and they are ready to get the Cup back.” British Open champion Stacy Lewis heads the U.S. team. Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford, Brittany Lincicome, Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang, Lizette Salas and Morgan Pressel also qualified for team spots via points or rankings. Gerina Piller and Michelle Wie were captain’s picks. Eight of the U.S. players have played in a combined 25 Solheim events and have won 52 points. Creamer is 11-3-5 in four tournaments to garner 13½ points and Kerr is 11-12-3 in six Cups for 13½ points. Pressel has also been one of America’s best with a 7-2-2 record in three years. “We’re playing on all cylinders right now and I’m really excited about it,” said Mallon.

By Jim Benton • jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com

Lewis and Creamer didn’t retreat from the Europeans’ celebrations after their victory in Ireland. “I wanted to remember what it felt like,” Lewis told GolfChannel.com. “With everything that happened that week, we probably still should have won. We’re all ready to go and we want that Cup back.” Creamer says being on the losing team didn’t feel good. “It was a terrible feeling,” she said. “I’d never been on a team that lost. That’s never going to happen again.” European captain Liselotte Neumann will have players from eight countries on her team that will try to retain the Cup. Eight players were automatically selected via points or rankings. Those players were Suzann Pettersen (Norway), Carlota Ciganda (Spain), Catriona Matthew (Scotland), Caroline Masson (Germany), Beatriz Recari (Spain), Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), Karine Icher (France) and Azahara Munoz (Spain). Jodi Ewart Shadoff (England), Caroline Hedwall (Sweden), Giulia Sergas (Italy) and Charley Hull (England) were captain’s picks. Hull is 17 years old and the youngest player in Solheim Cup history. Five golfers on the European team have played in a combined 17 Cups and won a total of 39½ points. Matthew is 118-8 and Pettersen 12-8-5 and both have played in six Cups. More than 120,000 fans are expected to watch and see if the Americans can remain unbeaten at home and regain possession of the Cup. “We’ve never won over there (United States), so obviously it’s a big challenge,” said Neumann. “I feel like this is really the team that’s going to do it for us. “We’ve got some young girls, we’ve got some rookies, so we’ve got some big strong players and some players that can really hit it, which I think favors us. In

SOLHEIM CUP SCHEDULE • AUG. 13 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. — U.S. and European team practice 5 to 8:30 p.m. — Solheim After Sundown in Ping Pavilion

• AUG. 14 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. — U.S. and European team practice 6 to 9 p.m. — Gala dinner at Wildlife Experience

• AUG. 15 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — U.S. and European team practice 2 to 5 p.m. — Front Row experience at driving range 2:30 to 4 p.m. — Three-hole PING Pro-Junior Challenge, holes 16-18 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. — Past captain autograph session 5 to 6 p.m. — Opening ceremonies on main stage

• AUG. 16 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Four Foursomes matches 1 to 5:30 p.m. — Four Four-ball matches

• AUG. 17 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Four Foursomes matches 1 to 5:30 p.m. — Four Four-ball matches

• AUG. 18 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Twelve singles matches 7 to 7:45 p.m. — Closing ceremonies

Colorado, the golf course is quite generous off the tees, and we were looking for good, long hitters and some girls with great energy and I think this is the team that is going to do it.”

Bicycles welcomed With Colorado being a well-known haven for outdoor enthusiasts and exercise

aficionados, the Solheim Cup is allowing and encouraging golf fans to ride their bicycles to Colorado Golf Club. Cyclists and anyone attending will be able to ride their bicycles to the course and bike racks will be provided. Anyone wishing to bike to the event will need to have their tickets in hand and will not be able to purchase tickets upon arrival. Cyclists will only be allowed to enter Colorado Golf Club via the east gate (Lot V) off Stroh Road, past the main (west) entrance. Directional signs will guide them to the correct entrance and Lot V.

Hickenlooper to speak Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will deliver remarks at the main stage near the clubhouse during opening ceremonies Aug. 15. “We welcome the Solheim Cup to Colorado and are proud to showcase our state’s world-class outdoor recreation opportunities,” Hickenlooper said. “Colorado is the perfect location to host an international golf event, from our excellent fairways to the breathtaking backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, this will be a great experience for players and viewers. We wish both teams the best of luck and hope they enjoy their Colorado experience.” The ceremonies will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel at 5 p.m. and will feature the appearances of both teams, as well as comments from Mallon and Neumann. Fans are encouraged to attend the ceremony, which will officially kick off the three-day competition. Ceremonial raisings of the team flags will also be held and both captains will announce their pairings for the first Foursomes matches that will take place Aug. 16.

Lone Tree Voice 25

August 8, 2013

Q-Man Classic 5K remembers Falcons athlete Quinton Sanford ‘was so loved by all the kids’ By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Quinton Sanford always used to say he wanted to make the world a better place to live. Sanford was a student and member of the Highlands Ranch cross country team even though he struggled with autism. He died of natural causes in 2009 during a fun run with teammates and family. The fourth annual Q-Man Classic 5K run/walk will be held at 9 a.m. Aug. 24 at Highlands Ranch High School. The cross country team and Student Senate are directing the race, which is a fundraising and memorial run for Sanford, who was affectionately called Q-Man. All proceeds will go to Autism Speaks and the Q-Man cross country scholarship. “Students really lead this event,” said race director and Highlands Ranch girls cross country coach Katie Clifford. “I think it’s important for kids to do things for others. “We are remembering a young man that despite his autism was so loved by all the kids. He loved cross country. He wanted to make this world a better place. His graduation class put up a mural as you exit the building that says `I want to make this world a better place.’ “When you have something like this with kids doing something for others, I think you are making the world a better place.” Close to $10,000 was raised the first year of the Q-Man Classic and drew 512 runners. Each year the Highlands Ranch community has offered more support and sponsorships. A field of 500 runners is expected to enter this year’s race. Nick Meis, a senior Falcons cross country runner, is the student race director for this summer’s race. “Q-Man had a positive impact on everyone’s day and was a joy to be around,” said Meis. “His sister, Jenne Lee, will be a sophomore this fall and has run cross country. She is very much like Quinton with her happy attitude and is very friendly too. “Most of the cross country team is involved with the organization of the race. This has been a rewarding experience and has taught me a lot. I am amazed by all the hard work it takes to stage a race. “My teammates and I have been soliciting the community for donations to the charity, gifts for post-race prizes and vendors to participate in the post-race party,” he continued. “It’s fun to see the smiles and the runners enjoying themselves at the end of the race. The race brings our community together and unites our student body at the beginning of the school year.” Race registration fee before Aug. 23 is $20. Students and runners under 14 years of age can enter for $10. Entry fee for the 1K Fun Run/Walk is $10. Cost to register on the morning of the race is $25. Online registration for the Q-Man Classic is available at hrhsfalcons.com by going to the Q-Man Classic link.

The fourth annual Q-Man Classic 5K run/walk will be held at 9 a.m. Aug. 24 at Highlands Ranch High School. Courtesy photo

Reason #35 : Save on Medicare.

Spend elSewhere. Rocky Mountain HealtH PlanS PutS you in contRol of youR MedicaRe Plan.

SPORTS ROUNDUP New AD for Chaparral

Don Nelson will now have a quick ride home from work. Nelson, the athletic director at Smoky Hill High School for the past 10 years, is the new AD at Chaparral High School, which is close to his home in Parker. “It’s a great opportunity,” said Nelson. “One thing I noticed is we have a little bigger football players than we had at Smoky Hill.” Nelson replaces Russ McKinstry, the former LewisPalmer basketball coach and AD, who took the Chaparral AD reins from Gary Thompson earlier this summer. However, McKinstry left Chaparral to enter private business. Thompson, whose brother John was Nelson’s football coach at Smoky Hill before he resigned, left Chaparral to become at assistant principal at Grandview.

Just because you’re starting Medicare, it doesn’t mean you have to give up control. With limits on what you pay out of pocket, and surprisingly affordable monthly premiums, you can remain in control of your costs. Plus, you retain control of your Original Medicare benefits. Stay in control with Rocky Mountain Health Plans.

Call to reCeive your free Personal HealtH Diary. With Rocky Mountain Health Plan’s Personal Health Diary, you can keep track of your health care visits, medications and any questions you have for your doctor.

Guardian Caps can’t be used

The Colorado High School Activities Association goes along with the standards of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, and therefore Guardian Caps will not be permitted to be worn in football games this season. The Guardian Cap is made of closed-cell material and fits over the helmet and reduces the force of impact to the head, but the NOCSAE says the cap “voids the certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standard.” The lack of definite testing has prevented the NOCSAE and the CHSAA from approving use of the Guardian Cap in games, but the shell can be worn in practice. However, using the Guardian Cap might void legal defense if an injury should occur in practice while a player is wearing a Guardian Cap. POV Ventures, which created the Guardian Cap, claims it reduces impact up to 33 percent. According to the Loveland Reporter-Herald, 50 to 60 Loveland players wore Guardian Caps last season, but Loveland athletic director Glenda Bates has joined the CHSAA in banning the protective caps. “All the information is about the kids who are wearing it,” she told the Reporter-Herald. “If one kid wears it and one doesn’t, does that change the friction on impact? Is it just as serious for the kid who doesn’t wear one who gets hit by a kid who is wearing one?”

To speak to a licensed sales agent call: Toll Free: 888-251-1330 TTY: 711 To request more information: www.rmhpmedicare.org

No obligation to enroll. RMHP is a Medicare-approved Cost plan. Medicare & Medigap plans are available for people with Medicare, regardless of their age. Customer Service: 888-282-1420 (TTY: 711) Available 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mountain Time, Oct. 1 – Feb. 14, 7 days a week; Feb. 15 – Sept. 30, M – F. ©2012

H0602_MS_MCAd257 10162012

26 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

Krowds to feature Western Welcome crowds Newspaper will highlight readers’ parade videos

adindex

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com

The Lone Tree Voice is made possible thanks to our local advertisers. When you spend your dollars near your home – especially with these advertisers – it keeps your community strong, prosperous and informed. AUTO Auto MEDVED ...........................................................................32 AUTO Beauty & Wellness GIANT CYCLING WORLD ............................................11 AUTO Community ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION ....................................... 5 DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ..................20 LONE TREE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ................... 4 AUTO Dining HICKORY HOUSE RIBS .................................................21

Here’s the problem: Little Johnny, a Boy Scout, is proudly marching in the Western Welcome Week parade, leading the way for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Grandpa is a World War II vet who lives in another state. How do you share Little Johnny’s accomplishment with him? Here’s the solution: Krowds. Krowds is a free smart-phone application that allows proud parents — and everyone else — to instantly share video with not just Grandpa but the world, if they choose. It’s simple to use, and there are no limits on how long the videos can be. While most video ends up as files that are too big to conveniently email, Krowds has solved that problem so Grandpa can see Little Johnny without the frustra-

AUTO Education UNC EXTENDED STUDIES ............................................ 5 AUTO Entertainment COLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISIONS ..........................22 COLORADO SCOTTISH FESTIVAL ............................13 PARKER ARTISTS GUILD .............................................21 RED STAG PRODUCTIONS ..........................................20 RESORTS AT WENDOVER ...........................................13 TASTE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ..................................22 AUTO House & Home APPLEWOOD PLUMBING ............................................14 J & K ROOFING................................................................11 KITCHEN TUNE UP ......................................................... 2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHUTTERS & SHADES...........22 SPLIT RAIL FENCE CO .................................................... 2 XCEL ENERGY APPLIANCE RECYCLE .....................21 AUTO Medical DERMATOLOGY & LASER INSTITUTE ...................... 5 NEW WEST PHYSICIANS................................................ 2 OBGYN CENTER P.C. ....................................................... 5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HEALTH PLANS ......................25 AUTO Real Estate REMAX ALLIANCE - PARKER ....................................... 3 RIDGEGATE INVESTMENTS .......................................14

SEE THE SPECIAL PULLOUT ................................. 15-18

tion of an eternal download. The free app is available for both Android and iPhone users. Visit krowds.pixorial. com for more information. “People don’t live their lives a handful of seconds at a time,” said Laura Higgins, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Pixorial, a tech firm that launched in 2009 in Arapahoe County, perhaps best known for developing Google Drive. For that effort, the company earned the Colorado Technology Association’s 2012 Apex Award for Technology Project of the Year. In 2013, it was a finalist for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Business of the Year Award. Pixorial is working with Colorado Community Media to let locals shine during Western Welcome Week’s Festival Day, Aug. 17. They’re urging parade-goers to shoot their own video via Krowds, and a highlight reel will be featured on the Littleton Independent website, ourlittletonnews.com, by that very same evening.

things to do Through Aug. 31

10075 Commons St. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

WeATher moniTors. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network based at the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University is looking to add a few hundred observers to its Denver area network during August. All it takes to be involved is the purchase of an official rain gauge ($30) and a commitment to help monitor the local climate by taking precipitation measurements as often as possible. The data is reported to the CoCoRaHS website and daily maps of local precipitation patterns are produced. Training is offered in person or online; a list of Denver area training classes can be found at http://www.cocorahs.org/State.aspx?state=CO. For information, or to sign up, contact Chris Spears at chris.spears@colostate.edu or go to www.cocorahs.org and click on the “Join Us” link.

Aug. 16

Aug. 13 Life of Richard III. Douglas County Libraries and DU’s Osher Life-Long Learning

Institute partner for a program about England’s last Plantagenet king at 1 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Aug. 13 speAKer series. Jim Saccomano, Denver Broncos vice president of public relations, who will share stories, including working with Pat Bowlen, John Elway and Shannon Sharpe, and his experiences at the Super Bowl, at noon Aug. 13 at the Lunch & Speaker Series at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. The series, Individuals Who Influence, is presented by South Suburban’s senior programs and features community members who have unique stories, knowledge and perspectives to share. Cost of the lunch/program is $20/$15 for residents ($15/$12 for ages 65-plus). Lunch is served by Duffeyroll Café. Reservations required; visit www.sspr.org or call 303-3475999. Saccomano has been with the Broncos for over 30 years. Call 303-708-3516. Aug. 14 operA on tap. Prepare to get schooled in the operatic arts and meet the wise characters who’ve got something to teach, as well as their willing pupils just learning the ways of the world. Dive into teacher/student relationships like Despina from Cosi and Cherubino from Figaro. Program is at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Lone Tree Arts Center,

ShopLocalColorado.com brought to you by

PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0392

PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0392 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ALLISON RATKOVICH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 3/12/2010

souL X. Colorado’s favorite party band will have you up and dancing to top pop and rock hits at 8 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Visit www. LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. Aug. 17, Oct. 19 Life coAch certification. Colorado life coach Jennifer Chase, of Reinvention Life Coach, LLC., offers a life coach certification class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 or Oct. 19 at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Lone Tree. For information or to register, visit ReinventionLifeCoach.com. Aug. 18 JAzz Kids. The Grammy nominated and parents’ choice gold winner for 2013 is now an interactive family concert. “A Swinging Jungle Tale” combines classic storytelling with fun jazz/pop songs where the whole family can sing along and do their favorite “animal dance” and become part of the show! Featuring a Narrator, a Jazz quartet and Vocalist, “A Swinging Jungle Tale” is an imaginative adventure that takes our main character Claire in search for her Grandpa’s lost story and when her stuffed animal friends come to life, the real musical adventure begins. Program is at 3 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

ongoing LocAL ArTisTs. South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s Buck, Goodson and Lone Tree recreation centers feature temporary art exhibitions by local artists. Visit www. sspr.org or contact Vickie Willis at 303-483-7072. summer cAmp. Register now for South Suburban Parks and Recreation summer To Whom It May Onday 6/5/2013 camps. More than Concern: 200 themed and weekly camps are offered. Visit www.sspr.org the undersigned Public Trustee caused for and to and register. the information Notice of Election Demand relat-

ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas ediTor’s noTe: CalendarCounty. submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for Original Grantor: ALLISON RATKOVICH publication the following week. Send information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, attn: Lone Tree Voice. No attachments. Listings are free and run as space is available. INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 3/12/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010015556 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2013 Original Principal Amount of Evidence of the undersigned Public Trustee caused Debt: $334,362.00 the Notice of Election and Demand relatOutstanding Principal Amount as of the ing to the Deed of Trust described below date hereof: $320,335.36 to be recorded in Douglas County. C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you Original Grantor: ALLISON RATKOVICH Have a wedding, anniversary, engagement, birth or special occasion Pursuant comingtoup? Share it! Colorado Community Media invites you to Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECare hereby notified that the covenants of place an announcement to shareTRONIC your news. Go to ourcoloradonews.com/celebrations for package REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, the deed of trust have been violated asand pricing information. Deadline INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE follows: Failure to pay principal and inis 10 a.m. Tuesdays the week preceding the announcement. FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORterest when due together with all other ATION The current holder of the Evidence of Debt payments provided for in the Evidence of Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: secured by the Deed of Trust described Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. herein, has filed written election and deother violations of the terms thereof. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2010 mand for sale as provided by law and in THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Recording Date of DOT: 3/12/2010 said Deed of Trust. A FIRST LIEN. Reception No. of DOT: 2010015556 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given The property described herein is all of the DOT Recorded in Douglas County. that on the first possible sale date (unless property encumbered by the lien of the To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2013 Original Principal Amount of Evidence of the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Weddeed of trust. the undersigned Public Trustee caused Debt: $334,362.00 nesday, September 25, 2013, at the PubLegal Description of Real Property: the Notice of Election and Demand relatOutstanding Principal Amount as of the lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, LOT 10, BLOCK 3, RIDGEGATE - SECing to the Deed of Trust described below date hereof: $320,335.36 Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public TION 15 FILING NO. 4, FIRST AMENDto be recorded in Douglas County. Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you auction to the highest and best bidder for MENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE Original Grantor: ALLISON RATKOVICH OF COLORADO. Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECare hereby notified that the covenants of cash, the said real property and all inWhich has the address of: 9235 KornTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, the deed of trust have been violated as terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs brust Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE follows: Failure to pay principal and inand assigns therein, for the purpose of NOTICE OF SALE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORterest when due together with all other paying the indebtedness provided in said The current holder of the Evidence of Debt ATION payments provided for in the Evidence of Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of secured by the Deed of Trust described Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses herein, has filed written election and deWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. other violations of the terms thereof. of sale and other items allowed by law, mand for sale as provided by law and in Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2010 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificsaid Deed of Trust. Recording Date of DOT: 3/12/2010 A FIRST LIEN. ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Reception No. of DOT: 2010015556 The property described herein is all of the First Publication: 8/1/2013 that on the first possible sale date (unless DOT Recorded in Douglas County. property encumbered by the lien of the Last Publication: 8/29/2013 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedOriginal Principal Amount of Evidence of deed of trust. Publisher: Douglas County News Press nesday, September 25, 2013, at the PubDebt: $334,362.00 Legal Description of Real Property: Dated: 6/6/2013 lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Outstanding Principal Amount as of the LOT 10, BLOCK 3, RIDGEGATE - SECGEORGE J KENNEDY Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public date hereof: $320,335.36 TION 15 FILING NO. 4, FIRST AMENDDOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee auction to the highest and best bidder for Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you MENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE The name, address and telephone numOF COLORADO. bers of the attorney(s) representing the cash, the said real property and all inare hereby notified that the covenants of Which has the address of: 9235 Kornlegal holder of the indebtedness is: terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs the deed of trust have been violated as brust Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 LISA CANCANON and assigns therein, for the purpose of follows: Failure to pay principal and inNOTICE OF SALE Colorado Registration #: 42043 paying the indebtedness provided in said terest when due together with all other The current holder of the Evidence of Debt 1199 BANNOCK STREET , Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of payments provided for in the Evidence of secured by the Deed of Trust described DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses herein, has filed written election and dePhone #: (303) 813-1177 other violations of the terms thereof. of sale and other items allowed by law, mand for sale as provided by law and in Fax #: (303) 813-1107 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificsaid Deed of Trust. Attorney File #: 9105.05879 A FIRST LIEN. ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE The property described herein is all of the First Publication: 8/1/2013 SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webthat on the first possible sale date (unless property encumbered by the lien of the Last Publication: 8/29/2013 site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Weddeed of trust. Publisher: Douglas County News Press ee/ nesday, September 25, 2013, at the PubLegal Description of Real Property: Dated: 6/6/2013 lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, LOT 10, BLOCK 3, RIDGEGATE - SECGEORGE J KENNEDY Legal Notice No.: 2013-0392 Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public TION 15 FILING NO. 4, FIRST AMENDDOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee First Publication: 8/1/2013 auction to the highest and best bidder for MENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the OF COLORADO. Last Publication: 8/29/2013 cash, the said real property and all inlegal holder of the indebtedness is: Which has the address of: 9235 KornPublisher: Douglas County News Press terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs LISA CANCANON brust Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 and assigns therein, for the purpose of Colorado Registration #: 42043 NOTICE OF SALE paying the indebtedness provided in said The current holder of the Evidence of Debt 1199 BANNOCK STREET , Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of secured by the Deed of Trust described DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses herein, has filed written election and dePhone #: (303) 813-1177 of sale and other items allowed by law, mand for sale as provided by law and in Fax #: (303) 813-1107 and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificsaid Deed of Trust. Attorney File #: 9105.05879 ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Let us ceLebrate with you

Public Trustees

Krowds has the added bonus of allowing parade-goers to get different perspectives of the scene while they’re actually still there, so if something interesting happens on another block or you see a concession stand you particularly want to visit, you can be on the move right away. “The Littleton Independent will be testing this extremely innovative software during the WWW parade to determine if bringing together future Krowds Videos is feasible,” said Jerry Healey, publisher. “If so, expect us to bring together Krowds Videos for sporting events, concerts and breaking news — wherever a large group gathers. As a small news organization, we cannot have video cameras up and down a parade route. But by using Krowds, we can by integrating community-generated content. In the end, this video will have more interesting content because of the sheer numbers of participants uploading their content.”

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ALLISON RATKOVICH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 3/12/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010015556 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $334,362.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $320,335.36 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Public Trustees

27-Color

Lone Tree Voice 27

August 8, 2013

ourcolorado

CLASSIFIEDS

TO ADVERTISE, CALL 303-566-4100 ourcolorado

.comWe Buy Houses

TO ADVERTISE CALL 303-566-4100

Home for Sale

& Condos

Home for Sale BARGAINS

CASH PAID FAST any condition Call Bill 303-799-0759

Zero-down programs avail.

BANK FORECLOSURE & HUD PROPERTIES

ATTENTION HOME OWNERS! Now is the BEST time to sell in years! Do you know how much more your home is worth? We do - and we're working with buyers in every price range& neighborhood!

ATTENTION BUYERS! We have SPECIAL programs just for you! For more info call today!

Ruth - 303-667-0455 Brandon - 720-323-5839

Homes in all areas

www.mustseeinfo.com or call Kevin 303-503-3619 HomeSmart Realty A 5280 Top REALTOR

Homes for sale in Parker 4 bedroom 3 bath, 2 car, $235K 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car $240K

Wheatridge office space Newly Renovated 800 square foot Reception area and 2 offices, break room, bus line, ample parking 2nd level $800/month gross lease

20 Acres FREE! Own 60 acres for 40 acre price/payment $0 Down, $198/mo. Money Back Guarantee, No Credit Checks. Beautiful Views, West Texas. 1-800-843-7537 www.texaslandbuys.com

Immediately available Call for your showing Kathy or Dan@ Rocky Mountain Realty

303-423-7750

Beautiful Office Condo

for Sale $164,000 Downtown Castle Rock 756 SF Kitchen, bath, parking #720-933-7332

For local news any time of day, find your community online at

OurColoradoNews.com

Greg Terry 303-882-7296

BUY & RECEIVE 1% or OF PURCHASE PRICE

Curve Mobile home park 1050 S Pierce Lakewood has single wide space for rent. $450 per mo, call Barbara 303-988-6265 or Tom 720-940-7754

571 W. CORNELL AVE AND SINGLE FAMILY HOME

Office Rent/Lease

$300,000

720-560-1999

Castle Rock

303-888-3773

Wasson Properties 719-520-1730

Condos/Townhomes

We are community.

Golden Available now 2 bedroom, 1 bath, AC, 3rd level, water/trash paid. No pets/smokers $800/mo. + $800 damage deposit (303)986-7412

Your Community Connector to Boundless Rewards

For All Types of Real Estate

WITH A BUYER DATABASE OF OVER 400,000, WE MAY ALREADY KNOW OF A BUYER FOR YOUR PROPERTY!

* No Advertising Fees * Relocation Exposure * Realtors Show Home * Sign & Lockbox * No Upfront Fees

Charles Realty

VARIOUS OFFICES 100-2,311 sq.ft. Rents from $200-$1750/month. Full service. 405-409 S Wilcox

We Have Buyers

SELL

Our national advertising, exclusive catalogs and top rated websites along with 88 years experience can help you sell your real estate.

Every day, our office receives buyers looking for property like yours in this area.

R E A L T O R S

METRO BROKERS - THE BRIAN PETRELLI TEAM

ENGLEWOOD AUTO BODY REPAIR SHOP

B E S T O F TH E B E S T

303-995-4925 MIKE BIESBOER, BROKER

Misc. for Rent

United Country Real Estate

Home for Sale

OR LESS!

Office & Commercial Property

1 block from light rail. 6 offices, kitchen, large conference room, walk in vault, excess parking, ground level, backs to park $11.50 per square foot gross 14th & Carr

Office & Commercial Property

* Everything Included * Free Market Analysis * MLS Placement * PlacementonRealtor.com * Internet Exposure

WITH FULL SERVICE… CALL FOR DETAILS!!! SAVE THOUSANDS OF $$$$ WHY PAY MORE?

.com

REAL ESTATE CAREERS MARKETPLACE SERVICE DIRECTORY

Central Lakewood Office

Land

Equity Real Estate Company

Home for Sale

Office & Commercial Property

INSIDE

+2.8% MLS CO-OP

FULL SERVICE BROKERAGE OWNER 25 YEARS!

denveRRealestateChaRles@gmail.Com

Call us today. If we don’t have a buyer right now, it won’t take us long to find one, thanks to UNITED®’s unique marketing program.

303-993-6436

JTSRealty.com

WE BELIEVE ENERGY STAR IS JUST A STARTING POINT. Visit us during

THE PARADE ES OF HOtoM Sept 2

WE ARE NEW TOWN BUILDERS. R

August 8

We’re inspired by classic Colorado architecture and passionate about craŌsmanship. Yet we geek out on the latest technology and building techniques. The thicker walls in our high performance homes allow for 60% more money-saving insulaƟon than in a convenƟonal home, and our roof is 6 inches higher than a typical home, so we get 2½ Ɵmes MORE insulaƟon in the aƫc. This reduces heat loss, and more importantly, reduces your energy bill!

BRAND NEW HOMES IN CASTLEWOOD RANCH!

Margaret Sandel - 303.500.3255 Margaret.Sandel@newtownbuilders.com 7001 Weaver Circle, Castle Rock

newtownbuilders.com

Walking Distance to Schools! Semi-Custom Homes on One Acre Up to 4-Car Garages 3 to 7 Bedrooms, 2-1/2 to 4-3/4 Baths 2,887 to 3,576 s.f. Homes 2-Story Plans Main Floor Master Plans

From the $400’s

Price, features, specifications, availability and other terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

28-Color

28 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

ourcolorado

CLASSIFIEDS

.com

TO ADVERTISE CALL 303-566-4100

TO ADVERTISE, CALL 303-566-4100 Instruction

AIRLINES ARE HIRING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Train for hands on Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 877-818-0783

Drum Lessons ages 10 and over, my home or yours, 1st lesson free! 35 + yrs. exp.

4/11

4/13

North West Metro Area

Lou 303-940-0475 PIANO INSTRUCTION

Ages 7+ All Levels Adult Beginners Welcome!! Nationally Certified Instructors Members, National Guild of Piano Teachers and Music Teachers National Association NOW IN PARKER! Dr. Stephen Fiess Mr. Neal Wegener (303) 791-6473 Email: hrpiano@juno.com Website: www. HighlandsRanchPianoLessons.com

Piano lessons for all ages (5+) and levels. $25/half hour PARKER AREA (303) 990-1595

Savio House

is offering the opportunity to learn about becoming a Foster Parent. We invite you to attend one of the informational meetings to be held on WEDNESDAY 8/21/13 from 6:00pm- 8:00pm or SATURDAY 8/24/13 from 10:00am-12:00pm. You can gather information about all foster parenting options and receive help in filling out the application. Please RSVP to Tracy at 303-225-4152 or Michelle at 303-225-4073 to reserve your spot and obtain location information. Take the Challenge, Change a life!!

Did you know... Colorado Community Media was created to connect you to 23 community papers with boundless opportunity and rewards. We now publish: Adams County Sentinel, Arvada Press, Castle

Rock News Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News Press, Elbert County News, Englewood Herald, Foothills Transcript, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, North JeffCo Westsider, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Pikes Peak Courier View, South Platte Independent, Teller County Extra, Tribune Extra, Tri-Lakes Tribune, Westminster Window,

Lost and Found Lost Wedding Ring Sat 8/3 at Walmart or Safeway in Elizabeth. Reward offered - call with description of found ring. 303-646-1460 or 303-829-2366

Lost, diamond tennis bracelet on Grandview Ave, or Scrumptious on 8/1. Reward

Misc. Notices ADOPTION ADOPTION- A loving alternative to unplanned pregnancy. You chose the family for your child. Receive pictures/info of waiting/approved couples. Living expense assistance. 1-866-236-7638

Misc. Notices Financial CREDIT CARD DEBT? Discover a new way to eliminate credit card debt fast. Minimum $8750 in debt required. Free information. Call 24hr recorded message: 1-801-642-4747 _____________________________ GET FREE OF CREDIT CARD DEBT NOW! Cut payments by up to half. Stop creditors from calling. 877-8581386 _____________________________ Cut your STUDENT LOAN payments in HALF or more Even if Late or in Default. Get Relief FAST Much LOWER payments. Call Student Hotline 877-295-0517 _____________________________ Guaranteed Income For Your Retirement Avoid market risk & get guaranteed income in retirement! CALL for FREE copy of our SAFE MONEY GUIDE Plus Annuity Quotes from A-Rated companies! 800-669-5471 Home Improvement Appliance Repair - We fix It no matter who you bought it from! 800934-5107 _____________________________ One call, does it all! Fast and Reliable Electrical Repairs and Installations. Call 1-800-908-8502 _____________________________ One call, does it all! Fast and Reliable Plumbing Repairs. Call 1- 800796-9218 _____________________________ All Things Basementy! Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all of your basement needs! Waterproofing ? Finishing ? Structural Repairs ? Humidity and Mold Control FREE ESTIMATES! Call 1-888-6988150 Make Up To $2,000.00+ Per Week! New Credit Card Ready DrinkSnack Vending Machines. Minimum $4K to $40K+ Investment Required. Locations Available. BBB Accredited Business. (800) 9629189 ____________________________ **ATTENTION: JOB SEEKERS!** MAKE MONEY! Mailing Postcards! www.PostcardsToWealth.com NOW ACCEPTING! ZNZ Referral Agents! $20-$60/Hour! www.FreeJobPosition.com HOME WORKERS! Make Money Using Your PC! www.SuperCashDaily.com Earn Big Paychecks Paid Every Friday! www.LegitCashJobs.com ____________________________ Place in: Employment Opportunity **Important** If you do not have this category, please run these ads under Business Opportunity. ____________________________ PAID IN ADVANCE! MAKE $1000 A WEEK mailing brochures from home! Helping Home-Workers since 2001. Genuine Opportunity! No experience required. Start Immediately! www.workingcentral.com ____________________________ NOW HIRING! LOCAL PEOPLE NEEDED- Men & Women In Demand For Simple Work. P/T- F/T. Can Be Done From Home. Acceptance Guaranteed- No Experience Required, All Welcome! www.EasyPayWork.com ____________________________ NOW HIRING!!! $28/HOUR. Undercover Shoppers Needed To Judge Retail and Dining Establishments. Genuine Opportunity. PT/FT. Experience not required. If You Can Shop- You Are Qualified!! www.AmericanShopperJobs.com

Local Focus. More News. 23 newspapers. 20 websites. Connecting YOU to your LOCAL community.

OurColoradoNews.com 303-566-4100

.co

Misc. Notices My Computer Works Computer problems? Viruses, spyware, email, printer issues, bad internet connections - FIX IT NOW! Professional, U.S.-based technicians. $25 off service. Call for immediate help. 1-866-998-0037 _____________________________ Advertise your product or service nationwide or by region in up to 12 million households in North America's best suburbs! Place your classified ad in over 815 suburban newspapers just like this one. Call Classified Avenue at 888-486-2466 or go to www.classifiedavenue.net _____________________________ Dish Network lowest nationwide price $19.99 a month. FREE HBO/Cinemax/Starz FREE Blockbuster. FREE HD-DVR and install. Next day install 1-800-375-0784 _____________________________ *REDUCE YOUR CABLE BILL! * Get a 4-Room All-Digital Satellite system installed for FREE and programming starting at $19.99/mo. FREE HD/DVR upgrade for new callers, SO CALL NOW. 1-800-699-7159 _____________________________ SAVE on Cable TV-Internet-Digital Phone-Satellite. You`ve Got A Choice! Options from ALL major service providers. Call us to learn more! CALL Today. 877-884-1191 _____________________________ Alone? Emergencies Happen! Get Help with one button push! $29.95/month Free equipment, Free set-up. Protection for you or a loved one. Call LifeWatch USA 1-800-3576505 _____________________________ ADOPTION- A loving alternative to unplanned pregnancy. You chose the family for your child. Receive pictures/info of waiting/approved couples. Living expense assistance. 1-866-236-7638

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1071 - Denver, CO

Join Us

Visit us at www.vva1071.org or call (303) 870-2428 "Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another" Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

Personals Curious About Men? Talk Discreetly with men like you! Try FREE! Call 1-888-559-1255 www.guyspy.com

We are community.

Your Community Connector to Boundless Rewards

ty.

29-Color

Lone Tree Voice 29

August 8, 2013

ourcolorado TO ADVERTISE YOUR JOBS, CALL 303-566-4100

.com

DRIVER HIRING EVENT Tuesday Aug. 6th thru Friday Aug. 9th • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 20761 E. 35th Drive • Aurora, CO Immediate Interviews and Oﬀers for Qualiﬁed Drivers

MBM IN AURORA CONTINUES TO GROW! • Stable and Steady Work • HOME WEEKLY - Regional & Teams • Electric Lift / Electric Pallet Jack Delivery Methods • Family Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Vacation

$6,000

SIGNON BONUS

To start the process now - apply @ www.MBMcareers.com

Class-A CDL • 2 Years TT Exp ., Able to Lift 75 lbs.

Required to Unload Freight at Each Customer Stop, Must Pass Physical, Drug & Background Check

Take Hold of a Great Opportunity. We Did!

When you join the Corner Store team you become part of a strong, fast-paced, growing company where you’ll enjoy an exciting, challenging and fun career. We’re looking for individuals who possess the Corner Store Spirit! We employ people who provide fast, friendly and caring service to our great customers. When you join our team, you will experience a positive work environment, which makes it fun to come to work every day.

Job Fair Thursday, August 15th! Management, Customer Service & Food Service Positions Available Hampton Inn & Suites – C470 & Santa Fe 3095 W. County Line Road, Littleton, CO 80129

Please Join Us for Open Interviews 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Corner Store offers one of the best compensation and benefit programs in the industry and a unique, caring culture making it a special place to work. Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401k, Tuition Reimbursement, Base Pay, Service Bonus, Pay Raises, Vacation, Holiday Pay.

www.Cornerstore4u.com CST is an Equal Opportunity Employer

NOW HIRING

The City of Black Hawk has an opening for STREET MAINTENANCE WORKER I. Hiring Range: $36,604 - $42,095 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 www.cityofblackhawk.org for application documents and more information on the City of Black Hawk. Requirements: High School Diploma or GED; valid Colorado driver’s license Class R with a safe driving record and the ability to obtain a Class A with P rating within one year of hire; the ability to lift 80 pounds. To be considered for this limited opportunity, please submit a Resume and completed City application, must be received by the closing date, Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 4:00 P.M., MDST Attention: Employee Services, City of Black Hawk, P.O. Box 68, Black Hawk, CO 80422, or by fax to 303-582-0848. Please note that we are unable to accept e-mailed applications at this time. EOE.

INSIDE SALES SPECIAL

SYNC2 Media COSCAN Ads - Week of 8/4/13 – STATEWIDE Help Wanted PROJECTS REPRESENTATIVE Co lorado Statewid e Classified Advertising Networ k

COSCAN

To place a 25-word COSCAN network ad in 82 Colorado newspapers for only $250, contact your local newspaper or call SYNC2 Media at 303-571-5117.

GUN SHOW

HELP WANTED

SERTOMA GUN SHOW August 10 & 11 at the Event Center at Rustic Hills, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO, 80909 719-630-3976 For Reser vations

TRY SOMETHING NEW Positions open NOW to travel U.S.A. Earn Great $$$ & Have Fun All Training, Travel, & Hotel PAID! $350-$800/WEEK 1-877-261-0592

HELP WANTED - DRIVERS

MODULAR / MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

PA ID CD L T RAINING! No Experience Needed! Stevens Transpor t will sponsor the cost of your CDL training! Earn up to $40K first year- $70K third year! Excellent benefits! EOE 888-993-8043 www.becomeadriver.com

FROM $34,18 1 Brand New FAC TORY BU ILT H OMES Construction to Perm Loans FHA / VA Loans 303-573-0067 Free Brochure, floor plans & price sheet www.coloradofactorymodulars.com

25 DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED! Learn to drive for Swift Transpor tation at US Truck. Earn $750 per week! CDL & Job Ready in 3 weeks! 1-800-809-2141

SYNC2 MEDIA CLASSIFIED ADS B u y a s t at e w id e 2 5 -w o rd COSCAN class ified line ad in newspapers across Colorado for just $250 per week. Maximize results with our Frequency Deals! Contact this newspaper or call COSCAN Coordinator Stephen Herrera, SYNC2 Med ia, 30 3-571 -5 117 x2 0.

Priority Plastics, a manufacturer of plastic products and with five locations nationwide, is currently seeking candidates for TRIMMER/ PACKERS at our Arvada, CO plant. Individuals will be responsible for trimming, visually inspecting, and packing plastics containers. Candidates must be able to stand for long periods of time, lift up to 40 pounds, have great attendance, and work a rotating 12 hour shift. We offer medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, 401k, and other great benefits to our employees. Qualified candidates should send resumes to: jobs@priorityplastics.com

Candidate must be able to handle multiple projects at the same time in a fast-paced environment. Position has the potential to go out on face-to-face calls on an as needed basis. This position will be handling CCM’s obituary desk, special print projects and much more. Newspaper sales background a plus but not required. Please email resume to: eaddenbrooke@ourcoloradonews.com. GUN SHOW No phone calls please.

COSCAN

SERTOMA GUN SHOW August 10 & 11 at the Event Ce Rustic Hills, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO, 809 719-630-3976 For Reser vat

LEGITIMATE WORK HELP WANTED - DRIVER AT HOME

No Sales, no Investment, P A I D CNo D L Risk, TRAIN IN G! Free training, Free website. ConN o E x p e r i e or n cfill e Neede tact Susan at 303-646-4171 Transpor t will sponsor th out formStevens at www.wisechoice4u.com

your CDL training! Earn up to $4

Office clerk needed year- $70K third year! Excellent in the Franktown NRCS office. 40 hrs/wk. $16.40/hr.EOE 888-993-8043 Must be proficient on the computer. Email resume to: www.becomeadriver.com cwbennett@ultimaservices.com and write “Franktown” in 25 DRIVER the subject line TRAINEES NEED

Learn to drive for Swift Transpor

US Truck. Part time Earn $750 per week! office assistant CDL & Job Ready in 3 week needed for Highlands Ranch inhome business. Need1-800-809-2141 excellent data entry skills - must be accurate and fast, proficient in Word and Excel. Job includes but not limited to: Heavy Data Entry; customer service; phone work; account reconciliation; deposits and misc. office duties. Small, non-smoking office. Must be organized, detail oriented, able to multitask and work independently.10 - 3 Monday thru Friday.Email resume to: troytysonoffice@jostens.com

PART TIME SPANISH TEACHERS

AND ASSISTANTS NEEDED FOR SOUTH EAST DENVER AREA: HIGHLANDS RANCH, Castle Rock, Aurora,PARKER, CENTENNIAL, ELIZABETH and Franktown FOR SPANISH PROGRAM AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR RESUME TO: spanishenrich@aol.com OR FAX 303-840-8465

Preschool Teacher

HRCA has openings for part-time Preschool/Enrichment Teachers. Applicants must meet the requirements for Lead Teacher Qualified according to CDHS. More information at www.hrcaonline.org.

Help Wanted Want to make a difference?

Help others with light housekeeping, meal prep, shopping, and personal care in their homes. This is a feel good job with flexible hours. Argus Home Health is an innovative, creative, compassionate company. 303-322-4100

APC Construction CO.

now has immediate openings for the following positions: Drivers Class A&Bexperience required Laborers Technicians Equipment Operators Our company is an EEO employer and offers competitive pay and benefits package. Please apply in person at 14802 W. 44th Avenue Golden, CO 80403

Caregivers to provide in-home care to senior citizens who need assistance with activities of daily living. Call Today 303-736-6688 www.visitingangels.com /employment

Full time position

available for a fast paced Independent Insurance Agency located in Castle Rock. Insurance license preferred but not required. Email cover letter and resume to info@cowest.com

Housekeeping

Earn extra money for Christmas Castle Pines Golf Club is hiring Full time/Part time and Weekend positions. Call 303-814-6252 for an interview appointment. Medical Needed full time MA, LPN or RN in Ken Caryl area for busy pediatric office. Includes Saturday mornings Please fax resume to Nita 303-791-7756

Help Wanted GAIN 130 LBS!

Savio House needs foster parents to provide temporary care for troubled teens ages 12-18. Training, 24 hour support and $1900/month provided. Must complete precertification training and pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check. Call Michelle 303-225-4073 or visit saviohouse.org.

Sales Representative

Alpha Security, a technology company in Golden, is looking to hire a tech savvy sales person for sales and marketing of digital video surveillance systems. We are looking for a highly motivated person to join our team and be an integral part of a growing business. IT knowledge required and video surveillance experience preferred. Email: resumes@alphasecuritynow.com

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 Law firm and title company needs F/T clerical or paralegal. ACCURATE, hard-workers for hi-volume, fast-paced work. Foreclosure, title, mortgage experience helpful, not required. Office located at I-25 and Lincoln. Email letter, resume & salary requirements to: staceyrembisz@janewaylaw.com with “Position Available-your name” in subject line.

Receptionist

part-time 20-25 hours per week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, hours 8-5. Some Saturdays 9-1pm. Fun / Busy Pediatric office near Park Meadows area and Castle Rock location. Duties: scheduling, phones, check-in and scanning. Fax resume to 303-689-9628 or email to m.ripperton@pediatrics5280.com

The Colorado Dept of Transportation is hiring temporary positions in Morrison, Golden, Coal Creek, Empire and Idaho Springs for the 2013 - 2014 winter season. Must have a valid Colorado CDL class B or higher with proper endorsements. For more information and an application call 303-278-204

Western Summit

Constructors, Inc. is seeking Formwork Carpenters & Laborers, Concrete Finishers, Pipefitters, and Millwrights (process equipment installations) and Foremen for large wastewater project located in Denver area. Applications will be taken at 9780 Pyramid Ct, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112, from 8-5 M-F. Send resumes to Careers@westernsummit.com or call (303)325-0325. WSCI is an EEO Employer. Nurse RN, LPN, or MA Full-time Monday-Friday 830 -5:30 SOME SAT 9am-1pm 40 hrs /wk, Benefits Patient care, vaccine admin, vitals, and lab. Electronic Health Records EPIC Pediatric Office near Park Meadows area fax 303-689-9628 email: m.ripperton@pediatrics5280.com

Work Wanted Landscapers-Sedalia & Broomfield

Must have recent landscaping exp and consistant work history, weeding, edging, mulching, mowing Call Antoinette 267-421-5040 ext 106

30-Color

30 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

ourcolorado

.com

TO SELL YOUR GENTLY USED ITEMS, CALL 303-566-4100

720

Farm Equipment

Garage Sales

Furniture

Miscellaneous

1960 Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Completely restored, rebuilt engine, new paint/tires $3900

Wheatridge Garage Sale 3224 Jellison St Aug 9th & 10th Fri & Sat 9-4 Years of old family collectables, beautiful items of: silver, crystal, china, tiffany, linen, seasonal decorations, snow blower, Playing Amberella w/cylinders, much more!!

Bed frame adjustable for either King or Queen bed $20 also Matress cover for King bed, good quality spotless $15 (303)423-8788

100% Guaranteed Omaha Steaks SAVE 69% on The Grilling Collection. NOW ONLY $49.99 Plus 2 FREE GIFTS & right-to-the-door delivery in a reusable cooler, ORDER Today. 1- 888-697-3965 Use Code:45102ETA or www.OmahaSteaks.com/offergc05 _____________________________ DISH TV Retailer. Starting at $19.99/month PLUS 30 Premium Movie Channels FREE for 3 Months! SAVE! & Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL - 877-992-1237 ____________________________ KILL SCORPIONS! Buy Harris Scorpion Spray. Indoor/Outdoor. Odorless, Non-Staining, Long Lasting. Kills Socrpions and other insects. Effective results begin after the spray dries! Available at Ace Hardware, The Home Depot or Homedepot.com _____________________________ KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Buy a Harris Bed Bug Kit, Complete Room Treatment Solution. Odorless, Non-Staining. Available online homedepot.com (NOT IN STORES) _____________________________ DirecTV - Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Call Now! Triple savings! $636.00 in Savings, Free upgrade to Genie & 2013 NFL Sunday ticket free!! Start saving today! 1-800-279-3018

(303)660-9278

2004 New Holland TC21D Tractor and rear blade $7500 303-880-3841

Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo

quartered, halves and whole

719-775-8742

HILL’S HARVEST

Fresh Farm Produce 3225 E 124th Ave - Thornton Veggies • Peaches • Preserves Roasted Green Chili & More Pumpkin Patch

www.hillsharvest.com 303.451.5637

Locally raised, grass fed and grain finished Beef & Pork. Quarters, halves, wholes available. Can deliver 720-434-1322 schmidtfamilyfarms.com

Garage Sales Highlands Ranch August 10th and 11th 7AM 3091 Thistlebrook Cir Cleaning out the garage and basement - tools, small exercise equipment, and other odds and ends. Castle Rock Big Sale 5078 Knobcone Drive Aug 9th & 10th, 8:00am 2:00pm no early birds. 6 piece living room set, coffee tables, dining table, end tables, multiple ceiling fans,pottery, housewares , riding lawn mower and much more Castle Rock Multi- Family Garage Sale Fri & Sat Aug 9th & 10th 7am-5pm 2054 June Ct

Everything must go!!

Castle Rock Retired Teacher Sale HUGE childrens literature collection, math manipulatives, classroom supplies, and professional book collection. Sat. Aug 17th, 8am-2pm @ 1003 Barbi Ct

Highlands Ranch

Friday August 9th, 7:30-3pm 10633 Briarglen Circle (McArther Ranch & Griggs Roads) Holiday, Household, Small Kitchen Appliances, Clothing, Furniture, and much much more! Lakewood Near New Assortment Divorce Sale Friday, Saturday & Sunday August 9th, 10th & 11th 9am-4pm 1020 South Butler Way

Thornton

HUGE SALE! Sat. Aug 10 from 8am to 4pm. MUST SELL: Jewelry, household goods, furniture, electronics, CDs/Books, Seasonal Décor: 8199 Welby Rd #1702 and 1703, Thornton, CO in Welby Hills. Turn onto 83rd ave from Welby Rd. Destination is at the end of the Street. Cash preferred. Visa accepted.

Parker Aug 9, 10, 11 8am-5pm Lg fish tank, weight set, furniture, home goods, Horse tack, patio, garden, toys, games, bikes ALL PRICED TO SELL 11331 E Oxen Rd. Parker-Pradera Garage Sale 4836 Sedona Cir off Bayou Gulch & Craftsman Fri & Sat Aug 9th & 10th 8am-12pm Tools, building supplies, furniture, kid & adult clothing, toys and misc items

Pine 6 drawer dorm style bed w/long John mattress w/2 door chest exc. cond $475 Oak Futon very clean $150 Solid Oak Student Desk $60 Dark wood baby bed w/matching lamp and comforter set $75 (303)663-1745 Solid oak bedroom set like new, dbl dresser w/mirror, chester drawers, queen size mattress, boxspring, frame & headboard. $300 303-920-7131 8 piece sleeper sofa (sofa,loveseat,chaise,3 glass tables,2lamps) >>Dining table adjustable with four revolving wheel chairs as is. >>Queen,full,twin beds complete Hoop full size like new Treadmill Call 720-934-9955 or e-mail aksvs1@lycos.com for details.

Lawn and Garden

Parker Garage Sale 8/9 & 8/10. 22197 Pebble Brook Lane Parker. Need bay cribs, play sets, electronics and MORE - come to this sale

Cement large deer, medium, horse, small horse. Wood Wishing Well, Large Garden Cart $25 each item (303)232-7128

Estate Sales

Health and Beauty

Littleton

Huge Estate Sale 6111 S Crestview Thurs 8/8-Sat 8/10

Appliances 3 year old 5' deep freeze $50 (303)663-7513 5' upright GE freezer, like new $100 720-962-9202

Arts & Crafts 16th Annual Winter Park Craft Fair Aug. 10th & 11th. Sat 9-6 Sun 9-5 Winter Park Colorado. Lions Club Breakfast Applications now available www.wpcraftfair.wetpaint.com or call 970-531-3170

Harvest Craft Fair

CRAFTERS NEEDED Lakewood area September 28th 9am-3pm $50 per booth Call Kate 303-396-9635

Canada Drug Center is your choice Canada is your choice for safeDrug and Center affordable medicaCanada is your choice for safeDrug and Center affordable medications. for safe and affordable medications. Our licensed tions. Our licensed Canadian Canadian mail mail order order pharmacy will Canadian provide you withorder savOur licensed mail pharmacy provide you withmedsavings of up will to 90% on all your pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90% on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800ings of up to 90% on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800418-8975, for ication needs. 418-8975, for Call today 1-800$10.00 off 418-8975, for first $10.00 off your your first prescription prescription and and free shipping. $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping. _____________________________ free shipping. _____________________________ ATTENTION SLEEP APNEA SUF_____________________________ ATTENTION APNEA SUFFERERS with withSLEEP Medicare. ATTENTION SLEEP APNEA SUFFERERS Medicare. Get CPAP with Replacement Supplies at at FERERS Medicare.Supplies Get CPAP Replacement little or NO COST, plus FREE Get CPAP Replacement Supplies at little or NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! little or NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, prevent red skin sores home delivery! Best of all, prevent red skin sores and bacterial bacterial infection! Call 1-866Best of all, prevent red Call skin1-866sores and infection! 993-5043 and bacterial infection! Call 1-866993-5043 _____________________________ 993-5043 _____________________________ Medical Alert for for Seniors Seniors -- 24/7 24/7 _____________________________ Medical Alert monitoring. Medical Alert for Seniors - 24/7 monitoring. FREE Equipment. FREE FREE Shipping. Shipping. monitoring. FREE Equipment. Nationwide Service. FREE Equipment. FREE Shipping. Nationwide Service. $29.95/Month CALL Medical GuardNationwide Service. $29.95/Month CALL Medical Guardian Today 866-992-7236 $29.95/Month CALL Medical Guardian Today 866-992-7236 _____________________________ ian Today 866-992-7236 _____________________________ CASH for unexpired unexpired DIABETIC DIABETIC _____________________________ CASH for TEST for STRIPS! Free DIABETIC Shipping, CASH unexpired TEST STRIPS! Free Shipping, Friendly Service, BEST prices and TEST STRIPS! Free prices Shipping, Friendly Service, BEST and 24hr payment! Call today Friendly Service, BEST prices and 24hr payment! Call today 1877-588 8500 Call or visit visit 24hr payment! today 1877-588 8500 or www.TestStripSearch.com Espanol 1877-588 8500 or visit www.TestStripSearch.com Espanol 888-440-4001 www.TestStripSearch.com Espanol 888-440-4001 888-440-4001

Denv Custo

AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE COMPANY.com Investor Relations $25k - $5mil / Direct: 719.252.0909

Tickets/Travel All Tickets Buy/Sell

NFL-NBA-NHL-NCAA-MLB WWW.DENVERTICKET.COM (303)-420-5000

PETS

Cats

RV’s and Campers 1991 Hallmark truck camper Clean, Good condition, everything works. Includes camper stand and jacks $2800 Call 303-828-6122 or 303-667-9114

Silver Bengal Kittens

from Supreme Grand Champion Come see our Lap Leopards Harness Trained, Exceptional Litter, From $950-$1600 (720)434-6344 chateauxchampagne@gmail.com

Autos for Sale 1985 Chevy Corvette Black in and out Very Clean, less than 10,000 miles on engine (530)400-8521 CASH FOR CARS! Any Make, Model or Year. We Pay MORE! Running or Not. Sell Your Car or Truck TODAY. Free Towing! Instant Offer: 1-888-545-8647 _____________________________ SAVE $$$ on AUTO INSURANCE from the major names you know and trust. No forms. No hassle. No obligation. Call READY FOR MY QUOTE now! CALL 1-877-8906843 _____________________________ Got junk cars? Get $ PAID TODAY. FREE towing. Licensed towers. $1,000 FREE gift vouchers! ALL Makes-ALL Models! Call today 1-888-870-0422 Clean 1998 Grand Cherokee Loredo bike & ski rack $4200 (303)663-1745 Majestic Towing & Recovery, LLC 999 Vallejo Street, Denver, CO 80204 720-775-2702 Please be advised the following vehicle is for sale: 01. 1999 Black Single Axel Shelby Trailer Vin#223161 02. 2009 Silver Dodge Journey Vin# 211902 03. 1996 Black Isuzu Trooper Vin# 916043

Class A motorhome- Like new condition, less than 10k miles. 2005 Georgetown forest river XL, 2 slide outs, color back up camera w/mic, V10 motor, full tub w/shower, 2 roof a/c, sleeps 5, gas stove/oven + microwave, corian counter $44k Call Barb 303-988-6265 or Tom 720-940-7754 PRICED REDUCED Dont miss this! Just reduced $17,900, like new, barely used 2010 Keystone Hideout 27' w/slide out Trvl trailer, over 1k extra acces. incl. 303-771-1688

Littl

www

Bil

Wanted

Cash for all Cars and Trucks

30+ Cle

Under $1000 Running or not. Any condition

(303)741-0762

bestcashforcars.com

Top Cash Paid for Junk Cars Up to $500 720-333-6832

got stuff to sell? Call 303-566-4100!

Res

• • Pr

www

Custo

Nissan Versa 2010 13k miles, Silver $9500 OBO 720-394-1341

Boats and Water Sports

2 Pontoon Boats 8ft- like new Great shape! $350.00 each. 303-955-5001

303-

Dry

ourcolorado

• Ho an • 30 • In • Sa G

SERVICES

Cal

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SERVICES, CALL 303-566-4100

Carpet/Flooring

Adult Care

Thomas Floor Covering

~ Carpet Restretching ~ Repair ~ Remnant Installs In home carpet & vinyl sales

Residential & Commercial

303-781-4919

Dedicated to Life and Living Rehabilitation experts providing opportunities that lead to independence 1297 S. Perry St. Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 303-688-2500 telephone 303-688-2600 fax

Bathrooms

Accent Glass Frameless Shower Doors • Mirrors • Window Glass Affordable Quality, Fast Service 25 Year’s Experience Locally Owned Call for an Appointment

303-960-0071

Carpet/Flooring

Joes Carpet Service, Inc. Joe Southworth

Commercial & Residential Sales

New Carpet Sales • Wholesale Pricing Installation • Restretch • Repairs Call foR youR fRee eStImate

720.227.1409

Cleaning

Ali’s Cleaning Services

Residential and Commercial Cleaning • 15yrsexperience •WindowCleaning • Detailed,Honest, •Insured&Bonded Dependable •GreatCustomerService

Call Ali @ 720-300-6731 • DepenDable • • Thorough • • honesT •

12 years experience. Great References

Cleaning

Concrete/Paving

A continental flair

D Add P

Honest & Dependable

One fR

Detailed cleaning at reasonable rates.

Residential • Commercial Move Outs • New Construction References Available

720.283.2155

DAZZLING DAIZIES HOUSE CLEANING

All Phases of Flat Work by

T.M. CONCRETE

Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios Tear-outs, colored & stamped concrete. Quality work, Lic./Ins. Reasonable rates "Small Jobs OK!" 303-514-7364

FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED

SINCE 1990 BONDED AND INSURED DEPENDABLE - EXPERIENCED With REFERENCES WKLY - BIWKLY - MONTHLY Gina - 720-951-2090

Just Details Cleaning Service

When “OK” Just isn’t good enough -Integrity & Quality Since 1984 For more information visit: JustDetailsCleaningService.com Call Rudy 303-549-7944 for free est.

303720

Deck/Patio

UTDOOR

FBM Concrete LLC.

Free Estimates 17 Years Experience Licensed & Insured Driveways, patios, stamp & colored concrete. All kinds of flat work. Let us do good work for you! (720)217-8022

ESIGNS, INC

We Ac

“Specializing in Composite All M Redwood and Cedar Credit C Construction for Over 30 Years”

• Decks • Fences • Stairs • Overhangs •

Aco Rep

303-471-2323 Please Recycle this Publication when Finished

Inte

31-Color

Lone Tree Voice 31

August 8, 2013 Electricians FREE Estimates

Handyman

Landscaping/Nurseries

Painting

Bryon Johnson

A+

HIGHLANDS HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC.

Denver’s Premier Custom Deck Builder

720-635-0418

General Repair & Remodel Paul Boggs Master Electrician Licensed/Insured/Guaranteed

Deck Restore Repair • Power Wash Stain • Seal

Free Estimates Highly Experienced

Bill 720-842-1716

Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in Colorado for 23 years. Residential/Commercial/Farm & Ranch Fencing

Low rates, Free estimates Scott, Owner 720-364-5270

D & D FENCING

BEST PRICES 30+ years experience Clem: 303-973-6991

FREE ESTIMATES

Commercial & Residential All types of cedar, chain link, iron, and vinyl fences. Install and repair. Serving all areas. Low Prices. FREE Estimates. 720-434-7822 or 303-296-0303

GaraGe Door

Deck & Fence Restoration & Refinishing

PRoFessional

303-261-6163 • Repairs • Sanding • Stain • Pressure Washing • Paint & Seal • FREE ESTIMATES • www.coloradodeckandfence.com

JIM 303.818.6319

“HONEY-DO’S DONE THAT YOUR HONEY DON’T DO.” — SMALL JOBS INSIDE AND OUT —

AFFORDABLE

HANDYMAN

Carpentry • Painting Tile • Drywall • Roof Repairs Plumbing • Electrical Kitchen • Basements Bath Remodels Property Building Maintenance

Owner Operated

Service & Repair

Springs, Cables, Openers, etc…

10% Off with thiS ad Call or text anytime

303-716-0643

For all your garage door needs!

Free Estimates • Reliable Licensed • Bonded Insured • Senior Discount

303-683-7990 • Trex Pro

TheLowerDeck.net

PAUL TIMM Construction/Repair Drywall Serving Your Area Since 1974

H Bathroom Oak Valley H Basements Construction H Kitchens Serving Douglas H Drywall County for 30 years BASEMENTS H | BATHROOMS Decks| KITCHENS Serving Douglas County for 30 Years

Call Ray Worley CALL 303-995-4810 Licensed & Insured

Licensed & Insured 303-688-5021 www.oakvalleyconstruction.com

Hardwood Floors independent Hardwood Floor Co, LLC • Dust Contained Sanding • New or Old Wood • Hardwood Installation

303-841-3087 303-898-9868 Drywall Repair Specialist

• Home Renovation and Remodel • 30 years Experience • Insured • Satisfaction Guaranteed

With AD

since 1989

We Specialize in All Residential Drywall Needs

Drywall Repair • Remodels Additions • Basements • Texture Popcorn Ceilings replaced with texture of choice One Year Warranty On All Work fRee eStimAteS

303-688-9221 office 720-331-0314 cell

’s DeSpain Home SolutionS

Drywall Finishing Mike Martis, Owner

Solving All your Remodeling & Repair Problems – Just Ask!

DepenDable, Reliable SeRvice Over 30 Years Experience Licensed & Insured

Eric DeSpain 303-840-1874 FREE Estimates

A+

HIGHLANDS HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC.

General Repair & Remodel “We Also Specialize in Electrical Projects” Licensed/Insured/Guaranteed

303-791-4000

35 Years Experience

Patches • Repairs • Texturing Basements • Additions • Remodels We Accept • Painting & Wallpaper Removal All Major (303)988-1709 cell (720)373-1696 Credit Cards www.123drywall.com

Sanders Drywall Inc. All phases to include

Acoustic scrape and re-texture Repairs to full basement finishes Water damage repairs Interior paint, door & trim installs 30+ years experience Insured Free estimates

Darrell 303-915-0739

David’s 25 Yea rs Exp . Fre e Est ima tes Ful ly Ins ure d

donlease@mtnhighlandscaping.com

Spring Cleanup – Sprinkler Start-up aeration/power rake – Sprinkler DeSign inStallation anD repairS – lawnCare tree anD Shrub Care – weeDControl

Spring Clean Up, Raking, Weeding, Flower Bed Maintenance, Schrub Retrimming Soil Prep - Sod Work Trees & Schrub Replacement also Small Tree & Bush Removal Bark, Rock Walss & Flagstone Work Family owned business with over 35 yrs. exp.

Call or email Ron 303-758-5473 vandergang@comcast.net

Lawn/Garden Services

A&M Lawn Service

Landscaping & Land Care Services

•XERISCAPING •LANDSCAPING •FLAGSTONE OR PAVESTONE •SHRUB/TREE INSTALLATION & PRUNING •SPRINkLER •DESIGN & INSTALLATION - PATIOS & wALkwAyS - SOD & SOIL •AmENDmENTS - RETAINING wALLS - wATER FEATURES •LAwN mAINTENANCE - Commercial & Residential

Weekly Mowing • Fertilization Aeration - $7/1000 sq.ft. $35/5000 sq. ft. Power Raking & Vacuuming - $85/5000 sq. ft. or $17/1000 sq.ft. water features • sprinklers 30 Years Exp.

303-791-5551

Call for a free estimate

www.AMLandscapingServices.com

Family Owned & Operated

AMLandscaping@gmail.com

Aerate, Fertilize, Power Raking, Weekly Mowing Trim Bushes & Sm. Trees, Sr. Disc.

720-329-9732

Call 720-218-2618

Highly rated & screened contractor by Home Advisor & Angies list

lAboR

Hauling Service

FREE ESTIMATES

10% off

303-915-6973

Alpine Landscape Management

• Dependable • Affordable • • Prompt Service 7 days a week • • Foreclosure and Rental clean-outs • • Garage clean-outs • • Furniture • • Appliances •

Handyman

Call Ed 720-328-5039

No Money Down

HAULERS PROFESSIONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES

www.mikesgaragedoors.com

A PATCH TO MATCH

Call Don

Service, Inc.

trash hauling

Instant Trash Hauling • Home • Business • Junk & Debris • Furniture • Appliances • Tree Limbs • Moving Trash • Carpet • Garage Clean Out

Dirt, Rock, Concrete, Sod & Asphalt

Free estimates 7 days a Week

TREES/ SHRUBS TRIMMED Planted, Trimmed & Removal • Sod Work • Rock & Block Walls • Sprinklers • Aeration • Stumps Ground • Mulch

303-901-0947 www.lovablepainters.com

10% discount-Expires 8/31/2013

Commercial • Residential Apartments • Warehouse Deck • Fence Interior • Exterior Repairs • Remodels Only use top quality products Free Estimates

303-467-3166 APEXPAINT@COMCAST.NET EPA CERTIFIED

Perez Painting Interior and exterior painting, wall repair, refinishing and texturizing, deck repair and epoxi floors. Specializing in older and custom homes.

720- 298-3496

“When Quality Matters”

Reasonable Price & Quality Service Full Landscaping, Fence, Tree, Sod, Rock, Weekly Mowing, Bush Trimming Low Cost - Experience - References - Dependable COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL INSURED & BONDED FREE ESTIMATE

Please call anytime: Mr. Domingo 720-365-5501

• 30 years experience • Interior/Exterior • Cabinet refinishing/painting • Fully Licensed and Insured Call for free estimate 303-929-6837 *1st time customer discount

A+

HIGHLANDS HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC. General Repair, Remodel, Electrical, Plumbing, Custom Kitchen & Bath, Tile Installation & Basement Finish

Licensed/Insured

FREE Estimates

303-791-4000

ALAN ATTWOOD, Master Plumber

Roofing/Gutters

ROOF REPAIRS

starting from $ offer expires in 14 days

The #1 Authority in Roofing

Colorado roofing & remodeling 1449 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton

(303) 489-2541

M4 ROOFING & GUTTERS Located in Highlands Ranch All Types of Roofing & Repairs Family-Run Business • 20 yrs exp.

303-797-8600 • FREE ESTIMATES • CSU ALUMNI • LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED • LICENSED INSURED

STATE UN

Sprinklers

Professional Installations & Repairs Lifetime Warranty + SOD INSTALLATION

$AVE MONEY AND WATER Fast, friendly service All Work Guaranteed!

The Dog Door Guy sells and installs quality pet doors of all types and sizes.

(720)515-4211 www.dogdoorguy.com. We offer free consultations.

303-523-5859 Tile

Thomas Floor Covering

~ All Types of Tile ~ Ceramic - Granite ~ Porcelain - Natural Stone ~ Vinyl 26 Years Experience •Work Warranty

SPRINKLER TURN ON, MOWING & SPRING YARD CLEAN UP

For ALL your Remodeling & Repair Needs

CUSTOM HOMES REMODEL FINISHED BASEMENTS SERVICE AND REPAIR Licensed • Insured

Pet Care & Services

Call Bernie 303.347.2303

Home Improvement

“We’re Crazy About Plumbing”

#1 In Customer Service and Quality • No Corners Cut • Top Materials Used • Meticulous Prep Work

DICK 303-783-9000 Sosa Landscaping

Plumb-Crazy, LLC.

PH: 303-472-8217 FX: 303-688-8821

Licensed / Insured

• Tree & Shrub Trimming • Aerate • • Fertilize • Gutter Clean Up & Repair • • Fence Installation & Repair • • Handyman Services • Call Walter at 720-366-5498 walterquispe@msn.com

FREE Estimates

8 years in business, offering a prompt and professional service

303-842-2629

Plumbing

STAIRLIFTS INSTALLED

Anchor Plumbing

with a Warranty Starting at $1575

WALK-IN-TUBS Starting at $2995

Residential:

• Hot Water Heat • Forced Air • Water Heaters • Kitchens • Baths • Service Repair • Sprinkler Repair •

Kitchen, Bathroom & Basement. Interior & Exterior Painting. Deck Installation, Coating & Repairs. Window & Tile Installation. Plumbing. Home Repairs.

(303) 961-3485 Licensed and Insured

Call Us Today! 720-545-9222

303-781-4919

Tyler Skiba farrier service Soft Sound approach to Shoeing and Trimming

Misc. Services

REmoDElIng:

CALL 720. 351.1520

• Exteriors • Interiors • Decks • Insured • Free Estimates

Insured References Available

Bronco

(303) 646-4499

303.979.0105

~ Licensed & Insured ~

RSITY IVE

Drywall

• Springs, Repairs • New Doors and Openers • Barn and Arena Doors • Locally-Owned & Operated • Tom Martino’s Referral List 10 Yrs • BBB Gold Star Member Since 2002

Family Owned and Operated We are a full service design, installation and maintenance company.

FREE Estimates

No Service in Parker or Castle Rock

insured/FRee estimates Brian 303-907-1737

Custom designs that fit your lifestyle…

Mountain HigH Landscape, irrigation, and Lawncare

RON’S LANDSCAPING

Office 303-642-3548 Cell 720-363-5983

GreGor

Colorado #1

INSURED

Ron Massa

Garage Doors

Quality Painting for Every Budget

We will match any written estimate! Same day service! No job too small or too big!

25 yrs experience Remodel expert, kitchen, basements, & service panel upgrades. No job too small. Senior disc. 720-690-7645

Fence Services

303-960-7665

Master Plumber • All plumbing repairs & replacement • Bathroom remodels • Gas pipe installation • Sprinkler repair

• Honest pricing • • Free estimates •

303-791-4000

Affordable Electrician

Littleton

www.decksunlimited.com

Plumbing

OR COL AD

Deck/Patio

Licenced & Insured

Tree Service

ABE’S TREE & SHRUB CARE Abraham Spilsbury Owner/Operator

• Pruning • Removals • Shrub Maintenance • FreeEstimates Certified Arborist,Insured, Littleton Resident 720.283.8226 C:720.979.3888

32-Color

32 Lone Tree Voice

August 8, 2013

2013 Chevy Silverado LT 4x4

G3439

OFF! Includes rebate, trade assisistance, GM truck loyalty, incremental cash

FREE PROUD

FREE SPONSOR

G3367 LEATHER GROUP

LEASE

MONTH + TAX

Wrangle yourself 2 FREE tickets to the The Douglas County Fair & Rodeo with the purchase of any vehicle in stock. Some restrictions apply. See dealer for details.

STK#G3525, 39 MONTHS INCLUDES CAP COST REDUCTION, BUICK CONQUEST OFFER $999 UPFRONTS 10K MILES YEAR .25 OVERAGE

Chevrolet Cruze LS LEASE

Includes rebate, trade assisistance, GM truck loyalty, incremental cash

OFF!

STK#G3425TT, 39 MONTHS INCLUDES CAP COST REDUCTION $999 UPFRONTS 10K MILES YEAR .25 OVERAGE

(720) 733-7114 www.MedvedSouth.com

Medved Chevy Buick/GMC 1506 S Wilcox Castle Rock, CO 80104

Proud Sponsor of the

199mo.

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee LEASE

MONTH + TAX

Stk# D5655T, MSRP $33490. Sale price $31438. Residual $18084. 39 months-10K miles per year. $ 7087 due at signing. OAC

$119mo.

LEASE

MONTH + TAX

MSRP $20115. Sale price $17354, after rebate. Residual $10459. 39 months-10K miles per year. $ 4129 due at signing. OAC

2013 Jeep Compass Lattitu

149mo.

LEASE

MONTH + TAX

2013 RAM 1500

PURCHASE PRICE!

2014 FORD Focus

$175/mo

2013 FORD F-150

$299/mo

PURCHASE PRICE!

MONTH + TAX 39 months-10K

$218/mo

F2745, WAC MUST QUALIFY FOR REBATES AND 84 MO FINANCING $3,499 DUE AT SIGNING

F2562TTT, WAC, MUST QUALIFY FOR REBATES INCLUDING RETAIL TRADE ASSIST AND 84 MO FINANCING $3,499 DUE AT SIGNING

QUAD CAB

MSRP $34420. Sale price $28634, after rebate. Residual $20307. miles per year. $4267 due at signing. OAC

2013 FORD Fusion

F2816, WAC, MUST QUALIFY FOR REBATES AND 84 MO FINANCING $3,499 DUE AT SIGNING PURCHASE PRICE!

Stock# D5747, MSRP $25465. Sale price $22906, after rebat e. Residual $12987. 39 months-10K miles per year. $ 5168 due at signing. OAC

$199mo.LEASE

$114/mo

F2702T, WAC, MUST QUALIFY FOR FINANCING 24 MONTH 10,500 MILES PER YEAR $3,499 DUE AT SIGNING.

2013 Dodge Dart SXT D5587T

2013 FORD Fiesta

D5790

Medved Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM 1520 S Wilcox Castle Rock, CO 80104 (720) 733-7156 www.MedvedSouth.com

1404 S Wilcox Castle Rock, CO 80104 (720) 733-7119. www.MedvedSouth.com