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Lone Tree has officially brought an institution of higher education into the city. After a series of hearings and meetings following a Jan. 10 request by the University of Colorado South Denver to be annexed into the city, the city council passed an ordinance March 21 that brought the school into the fold. “We are very honored to be a part of Lone Tree’s family,” said Luella Chavez D’Angelo, the University of Colorado’s vice chancellor for enterprise development. The ordinance goes into effect April 20. “This is exciting and important to the city,” Lone Tree Economic Development Director Jeff Holwell said. “They are a great partner and we look forward to working with them in the future.” SEE CAMPUS, P8
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The employees at Dirt Coffee are amazing — just ask the people who donated $7,291 to the company at a nonprofit event hosted by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce at the Denver Botanic Gardens on March 23. The company took first place in The Tank, inspired by the TV show “Shark Tank.” It is a forum in which six local nonprofits pitch their organization or a unique program idea in front of community business leaders, lenders and investors. Dirt Coffee has a company mission to train and employ young adults affected by autism spectrum disorders. The nonprofit, which has run as a food truck since 2013, will open a brick-andmortar location in Littleton this year at 5767 Rapp St. The new location opens the door for at least 10 new employees, doubling Dirt’s workforce. During The Tank, cofounder of Dirt Coffee Lauren Burgess said the company is ultimately looking to hire 50 more individuals with autism. Burgess said 50,000 autistic people graduate high school each year but only 16 percent find full-time employment. “(Autistic people) are misunderstood as somebody with a disability rather as seen as someone with a different ability,” Burgess said. Dirt employees receive a job coach, who helps them better their skills and increase their independence at work and home, Burgess said. Employees receive instruction applicable to their every-day lives, such as social skills training and training regarding public transit use. “We are bringing more than jobs to the community,” Burgess said. “We are teaching our community and other businesses what it means to accept
Lauren Burgess presents the nonprofit she co-founded, Dirt Coffee, to the panelists and potential donors at the South Metro Denver Chamber’s event, The Tank, on March 23 at the Denver Botanic Gardens. STEPHANIE MASON individuals with autism.” Overall, The Tank generated $20,485 in donations. Last March, the event raised a little more than $17,000. “Raising over $20,000 for six nonprofits in our business community is very meaningful and it is extremely gratifying to be able to have such an impact on their success,” Robert Golden, the chamber’s president and CEO, said in an email. Coming in second place was the Warrior Bonfire Program, receiving $4,320 in donations. The Centennial-based nonprofit takes Purple Heart recipients on small group trips around the country to allow wounded veterans to enjoy camaraderie and boost morale. Skatuary, an Englewood-based nonprofit indoor skateboarding Christian ministry, came in third place with $2,130.
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A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision March 22 will have ramifications for special-needs students across the country. The court has sided with the parents of an autistic Douglas County School District student who say their child wasn’t provided the level of public education required by federal law. In the decision, Chief Justice John Roberts said it is not enough for school districts to offer minimal instruction for special-needs children. The school programs must be “reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child’s circumstances.” The parents were seeking reimbursement of $70,000 for the child’s tuition and related expenses at a private school. The student involved is identified only as Endrew F. in court documents. He attended Summit View Elementary in Highlands Ranch. The suit was filed through his parents, identified only as Joseph F. and Jennifer F. in court documents. The attorney for the family is listed as Jack D. Robinson, with Spies, Powers & Robinson, P.C., of Denver. “In DCSD, we are ever dedicated
to the education of all of our 67,000 students,” William Trachman, the school district’s legal counsel, said in an email. “We respect the decision of the Supreme Court justices and we are confident that the work we do for our students already meets this higher standard. Notably, the court did not hold that Douglas County School District failed to meet the new standard, or say that DCSD can’t proceed to prove that it met that standard in the Endrew F. matter. Indeed, in this case, the Douglas County School District offered an appropriate Individualized Education Plan and we look forward to proving to the lower courts that the IEP meets the new, higher standard.” The question centered on what educational benefits are guaranteed to a child with disabilities by a public school under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The case dates to 2010. “When all is said and done, a student offered an educational program providing ‘merely more than de minimis’ progress from year to year can hardly be said to have been offered an education at all,” Roberts wrote in the decision. “For children with disabilities, receiving instruction that aims so low would be tantamount to ‘sitting idly ... awaiting the time when they were old enough to ‘drop out.’” The federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, guarantees a “free appropriate public education” to all students with disabilities. The court decision expands the definition of what “appropriate” means.
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A conversation continued over health care Douglas County group lobbies to keep ACA in the days before effort to replace it is halted BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A conversation between Douglas County residents and a congressman over health care has been brewing for weeks as Republicans sought to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. That conversation is likely to continue in the weeks and months to come. The American Health Care Act, backed by President Donald Trump and some other Republican leaders, was pulled by House Speaker Paul Ryan amid lackluster GOP support on March 24 — canceling an expected vote that had already been delayed a day. That means Obamacare remains the law of the land “for the foreseeable future,” Ryan said in a March 24 news conference broadcast on Facebook Live. The failed bill brings relief to some, like members of the Douglas County Indivisible CD4 group, but dismay to those who hoped to see the ACA go. Shortly after news of the bill being pulled came down on March 24, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, issued a statement. “This is a sad day for my constituents who are suffering under Obamacare,” he said. “We need to repeal Obamacare, but we also need to get the replacement right.” Buck represents the 4th Congressional District, which includes Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Parker, Lone Tree, Elbert County and much of Colorado’s eastern plains region. Spencer Worley, an Indivisible member and Castle Pines resident, said he was glad to hear the bill was pulled. “I’m glad that the ACA is still intact but I’m urging that the Republicans stand up and listen to their constituencies even if it runs counter to their party platform,” he said. “The fact that it (ACA) wasn’t repealed gives me
Jen Thompson, of Parker, protests repealing the Affordable Care Act on March 22.
A staff member for the office of Congressman Ken Buck meets with protesters outside the representative’s Castle Rock office on March 22, a day prior to the anticipated vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. PHOTOS BY JESSICA GIBBS hope.” Should a repeal-and-replace attempt happen again, he hopes his representative, Buck, will vote no. Talks between Indivisible members and Buck gained momentum in February. Approximately 50 members of the Douglas County Indivisible group met with the congressman to talk health care. While Buck has openly supported replacing Obamacare — but hasn’t said whether he supported the replacement plan — most Indivisible members are passionately in favor of keeping it. Still, both sides said communication is important to bridging political divides. On March 22, about 30 members of Indivisible from Douglas County and Elizabeth gathered in protest outside Buck’s office in Castle Rock. Their mission: to stop the American Health Care Act from passing during the anticipated March 23 vote. In a whirlwind of events, the vote was delayed that day, then canceled March 24 after Trump asked Ryan to pull the bill. Buck didn’t say how he would have voted, and on March 22, a spokesman said the congressman was still weigh-
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“The arm I’m wearing is about a $6,000 to $8,000 arm,” he said. “Insurance says I should get a new arm every five years and it’s been seven.” Worley works as a manager in the restaurant industry, has a bachelor’s degree and says he’s never received federal aid for his disability. When it comes to health care, he has four specific needs: a low premium, low maximum-out-of-pocket costs, a low deductible and access to “durable medical devices.” He’s covered through Connect for Health Colorado on a plan meeting his four requirements, costing him $165 a month, he said. “If I lose access to the health coverage I have currently, I may become dependent on the state,” he said, “and that would be a travesty.” Gary Wyngarden, one of the event organizers, was quick to clarify that not all Indivisibles believe the Affordable Care Act is perfect. Wyngarden said he and his wife saw premiums rise considerably under Obamacare, and felt coverage lessened. That will only worsen over time, Ryan said March 24, calling rising premiums one of his biggest concerns. But Wyngarden said he’d rather pay higher premiums than have 24 million more Americans uninsured. For Buck, it was back to the drawing board. “We need to regroup and develop a better replacement for Obamacare,” Buck said March 24, “one that focuses on lowering costs and ensuring coverage for as many people as possible.”
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Special athletes shine on ice in Centennial Contestants display talent and find community through competition BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Special Olympics figure and speed skaters dazzled judges with their grace, balance and joy. Alexa Barricklow, in the 22-to-29 age division, enjoyed showing her speed and accuracy in the level six compulsory figure skating round, the most advanced division in the competition. “When I am on the ice, I feel happy and confident,” Barricklow said. “I’ve always done a lot of sports. I’m looking forward to the ice skating and the awards, too.” Barricklow, who lives in Centennial, has been skating for 12 years. She is a Metropolitan State University student studying physical education. Her dream is to teach middle school students and share her love of sports. The state championship was held March 25 at the South Suburban Ice Arena, 6580 S. Vine St. in Centennial. Nearly 50 athletes and volunteers participated in the event. Christina Hinkle, 32, has lived in Aurora her whole life and started skating at the age of 14. She com-
Alexa Barricklow warms up for figure skating at the South Suburban Ice Rink for the Special Olympics Colorado State Skating Championship on March 25. STEPHANIE MASON petes at the level five compulsory level, one of the highest in the competition. “My favorite part of ice skating is learning new techniques,” Hinkle said. “I like working on my footwork. I am working on my longer leaps … Being out there, I feel inspired.” Karen Schleu, a figure skating coach for 40 years, coaches a team of 28 Special Olympics athletes and
specified partners out of the University of Denver. “The athletes try really hard and they work really hard,” Schleu said. Special Olympics Colorado provides year-round training and competition in 22 sports for 21,118 athletes with intellectual disabilities living in the state of Colorado. More than 100 events are held annually for athletes as young as 2 years old.
Shelby Griffin, who competed in the 8-to-11 age group, enjoyed the freedom of gliding on skates so much that she did not want to leave the ice. Volunteers skated out to encourage her out of the rink — Griffin remained smiling. Paige Tack, a ninth-grader at Lutheran High School in Parker, volunteers with Special Olympics Ice Skating. She started skating a few years ago when she saw the Winter Olympics and wanted to use her passion for the sport to help others. “I think it is really interesting to see how, no matter what happens to them, the people are always really positive,” Tack said. “These skaters are really there for each other.” Being on the ice is more than a hobby to the athletes. It is a way for them to showcase hard work, skill and ability, said Mindy Watrous, president and CEO of Special Olympics Colorado. “These athletes have been training all season and this is a culmination of their efforts,” Watrous said. “It is about inclusion and having everyone involved and engaged. People talk about these athlete’s disabilities and what they cannot do and talk about how their lives are limited. Special Olympics show that our athletes are just like everybody else in so many ways and that they deserve to have their place in the community.”
Competition puts students, robots to the test Regional event draws schools from around Colorado BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO MDIFERDINANDO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA. COM
Robots race at each other in a metallic frenzy, scooping up balls, gears and sprockets as quickly as they can. The collected parts are brought back to their stations and the fuel is loaded before the propellers can start to turn. “The idea is that they’re trying to get their steamship to take off,” said William Schneider, president of Colorado FIRST Robotics. “The more skilled robots will shoot 60 balls up into the top netting. It’s real fun to watch those.” The Colorado regional of the three-day, national FIRST Robotics Competition took place at the University of Denver March 23-25 and pitted students from across
Colorado in a robot-building contest that matches their creations in different games. FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — is a nonprofit group based in New Hampshire that works to spark youths’ interest in science and technology. Teams advance in the tournament, with winners gaining a place at the national competition in Houston later this year. Each team has six weeks to build their robot and the game they play is different every year. Teams start with kits of basic parts, but are allowed the freedom to customize. “A senior engineer could play with it for years,” Schneider said on the second day of the competition. “It’s like the best erector set ever.” Licia Lamb, a senior from the team representing STEM High and Academy in Highlands Ranch, said her team spent 12 weeks designing, testing and building their robot.
“I like that our students are the ones doing it,” said Lamb, who was competing in her sixth FIRST robotics competition. “There’s no mentors. It’s students learning and students doing.” In between rounds of competition, the robots and their engineers spent their time in the pits. “Think of it like NASCAR,” Lamb said. “This is our maintenance area.” Austin Briggs, a senior from the team representing Legacy High School in Broomfield, said he likes that the competition allows for creativity. “It’s such a complex game, we really wanted to boil it down to a simple solution to that,” Briggs said. Legacy focused on gear intake. “We did a lot of geometry testing on that to make sure the lever (for gears) is at the right angle,” Briggs said. Legacy played 12 practice matches the first day and then came back to the pits to make adjustments before the start of competition.
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Dog park likely to remain open on heels of concerns over dog waste Problems decrease at Hound Hill following warning from metro district BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Amid concern over its possible closure due to excessive dog waste, the Hound Hill Dog Park will likely remain open due to a turnaround from dog owners in recent days, the Highlands Ranch Metro District said last week. “There’s been a remarkable improvement in the cleanliness,” said Courtney Kuhlen, community relations specialist of the metro district. “We are not foreseeing closing it.” The dog park, located next to Heritage Park on Quebec Street, is one of four dog parks in Highlands Ranch, and the most popular. The dirt area, spread over nearly two acres, has 30 to 50 dogs at peak hours. It is equipped with several trash-bag dispensers and trash bins. About mid-March, the metro district put up a warning sign at the entrance of the park following a growing accumulation of dog waste, which is unappealing to visitors and a health hazard for water runoff. “Park rangers were concerned and wanted to remind pet owners to do their part and pick up after their pets,” Kuhlen said.
Concern grows among residents about the possible closure of Hound Hill Dog Park, behind Heritage Park off Quebec Street, due to the amount of dog waste left behind by pet owners. ALEX DEWIND Word spread of the possibility of the park’s closure, causing concern among residents who frequent the dog-friendly area. Cindy Bricker takes her three dogs to the park almost every day. She said she picks up three or four scoops of dog waste — from her dogs and from other dogs — on an average day. She does so to avoid having her dogs run through waste when they play fetch. “There is a 99 percent chance your
dog is going to poop,” Bricker said. “If you love dogs, you clean up after them.” Jill Vick takes her dog to the park about twice a week, where she also exercises or meets friends for coffee. Vick said she is diligent about picking up her dog’s waste, adding that some people don’t always notice when their pet has gone to the bathroom. “I’m going to be so sad,” she said at the thought of Hound Hill’s closure,
while her dog wagged its tail in the back seat of her car. “We love this park.” Though the park will likely remain open, the metro district still asks residents to take responsibility for their dogs. “Our goal is to keep all of our facilities to a high standard,” Kuhlen said. “No matter where you are, in the dog parks or on the trails, always pick up after your pet.”
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Suspect in Centennial slaying arrested April is Child Abuse Prevention Month What would you do if you suspected child abuse or neglect? Call 303-663-6270 or visit www.douglas.co.us and search Child Protective Services to know the signs of child abuse and neglect and what to do if you believe a child is at risk.
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The suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Centennial business has been arrested and is being held without bond on a first-degree murder charge at the Arapahoe County jail. Authorities suspect Nicholas Locascio, 29, is the man who killed Justin Doe, 32, outside the Quality Electrical Distribution building, 7000 S. Jordan Road, shortly before 11 a.m. March 22. The Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office announced Locascio’s arrest in a news release late in the afternoon March 24. The suspect was already in custody after having been arrested near Arapahoe and Parker
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Previously a part of unincorporated Douglas County with a Parker mailing address, the CU South Denver annexation into the city was a strategic move for both the school and Lone Tree, D’Angelo said. For starters, D’Angelo emphasized, the CU South Denver location, 10035 S. Peoria St., is an institution for life-long learners of all ages. The location is formerly The Wildlife Experience museum. It is home to educational programming for CU students, community events, classes and programming for non-students and a museum incorporating both pieces of art and parts of the former Wildlife Experience exhibits.
roads just hours after the shooting on unrelated drug charges, according to the release. Doe sustained a gunshot wound to the head during “an interaction” in the QED parking lot, according to the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. No possible motive for the shooting was Locascio given by the sheriff ’s office. Doe’s Facebook page said he was the operations manager at QED, which is a wholesaler of electrical supplies. An employee who answered the phone at QED the day after the shooting but wouldn’t give her name said Doe loved fishing, exploring the outdoors and spending time with his dog, Max. No additional information was given by the sheriff ’s office, which cited that it was an “ongoing” investigation.
D’Angelo said the school is looking forward to working with Lone Tree’s developing RidgeGate community east of I-25. “There are going to be 1,200 singlefamily homes right in our back yard,” D’Angelo said. “How exciting is it that we will be able to be the educational partner to those families?” For the most part, CU South Denver serves students south of Hampden Avenue and north of Castle Rock. The location merges professors from the campuses in Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs. D’Angelo said public transportation will benefit the students. The Regional Transportation District’s Southeast Rail Expansion will put the Lone Tree City Center light rail station a mile away from the campus by 2019.
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Closures planned for I-25 and Arapahoe Road construction Alignment of bridge on interstate is wrapping up; street work beginning soon BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Construction on the I-25 and Arapahoe Road interchange is making progress, but more road closures are planned in the next couple months. “Over the last 11 months, the project has made impressive strides toward its final completion for the summer of 2018,” said Telecia McCline, Colorado Department of Transportation project engineer. CDOT plans to remedy the long-running interstate backup issue resulting from traffic at the interchange with the $66 million reconstruction project. The project includes rebuilding the bridge, realigning Frontage Road and widening Arapahoe Road. Finishing touches on phase three of the I-25 bridge are underway and the final alignment of the bridge will be completed in April. The old bridge has been completely removed. Other accomplishments include utility relocations for the Walnut Hills Neighborhood, retaining wall work on the south side of Arapahoe Road and the opening of South Alton Way, allowing business access in the northeast
The I-25 and Arapahoe Road construction is on track for completion in summer of 2018. quadrant. “There are a lot of good milestones that we are anxiously getting toward reaching,” said Mike McNish, general contractor with Kraemer North America, the construction company working on the project. Looking ahead, the coming spring and summer months are paving the way for building new eastbound lanes
of Arapahoe Road, realignment of eastbound Arapahoe Road, final I-25 paving and noise wall construction along Arapahoe Road and Yosemite Street. The new construction will lead to future closures on Arapahoe Road. Here are the scheduled closures through May: • March 31-April 2: Northbound I-25
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March 30, 2017M
Women supporting women ‘was never a new idea’ Expectant mothers turn to doulas for better birth experiences
BY THE NUMBERS A 2011 study from the nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families shows the impact doulas can make in the delivery room. The group’s findings show that women who used a doula were:
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Sometimes it’s easier for a doula to describe what she isn’t than to define what she is. “I’m your support person, I’m not a doctor. I’m not your husband,” Denise Grovo, a doula in training, tells her first client, Centennial attorney Lauren da Cunha. “I can’t prescribe medication. I can’t catch the baby.” Grovo, of Parker, takes diligent notes, creating a birth plan — a list of the things da Cunha wants and doesn’t want — for the delivery of her first child, due in June. She writes down how long da Cunha wants to wait before cutting the umbilical cord and how soon the baby will be brought to her for skin-to-skin contact. She reminds da Cunha that doctors will make the ultimate decision about using an epidural or performing a cesarean section, but she’ll make sure it’s necessary before they go forward. Her place is beside da Cunha, not between her and her doctors. “I’m there for as long as you need me to be,” Grovo says, to offer massages, counseling and whatever else she can
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percent less likely to have a cesarean section
percent less likely to use synthetic oxytocin to induce labor
Denise Grovo, left, recuperates as her doula, Sarah Lopez, center, stands beside V. Miller and her new baby, whom Grovo carried as a surrogate. Grovo paid for half of Lopez’s doula services out-of-pocket to have her there to help when needed. COURTESY PHOTO do to make the delivery go smoothly. Her overnight bag is always at the ready. The doula — a Greek word meaning “women’s servant” — is becoming more popular as emerging research shows the benefits of supporting mothers throughout labor and childbirth. Data from Doulas of North America International, one of several doula
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A 2016 study by maternal advocacy groups Choices in Childbirth and Childbirth Connections concluded that the reduction in cesarean births from doula care could save Medicaid at least $646 million per year, and private insurers around $1.73 billion annually.
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Consultant looking at possible fire merger
“It cannot be right that the IDEA generally contemplates grade-level advancement for children with disabilities who are fully integrated in the regular classroom, but is satisfied with barely more than de minimis progress for children who are not,” Roberts wrote. Roberts wrote that the nature of the IEP process, from the initial consultation through state administrative proceedings, ensures that parents and school representatives “will fully air their respective opinions on the degree of progress a child’s IEP should pursue” and by the time any dispute reaches court, school authorities will have had a complete opportunity to bring their expertise and judgment to
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A third-party consultant is advising Littleton Fire Rescue and its partners, Littleton Fire Protection District and Highlands Ranch Metro District, on a possible merger with South Metro Fire Rescue. Officials from South Metro approached LFR Chief Chris Armstrong, as well as Cunningham Fire Protection District, last summer about the possibility of merging as a way to cut costs and improve service. At a March 21 study session, Littleton City Council heard from Armstrong, as well as representatives of the fire protection district and Highlands Ranch. Armstrong said that South Metro would be a simpler merger than with Denver Fire Department, which contracts with Englewood and Sheridan, or West Metro Fire Rescue. He noted that LFR shares about 75 percent of its border with South Metro and the departments already have automatic aid agreements. A unified department with South Metro, Littleton and Cunningham would cover nearly 300 square miles across the south metro area with a population of about half a million people. Its 600-member department would still be smaller than the 900-member Denver Fire Department. “It makes a lot of sense to have this conversation with South Metro,” Armstrong said. Highlands Ranch Metro District Boardmember Carolyn Schierholz added that Denver Fire Department would not be a good option for Highlands Ranch due to its distance, and that Denver Fire does not operate its own advanced life support service, which is instead provided by Denver Health. LFPD board member Jim Albee said the district had already been looking at issues it has with cost and service, and some of its problems could be solved by unification with a larger department.
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Crews from Littleton Fire Rescue and South Metro Fire Rescue often work together on calls. Here, they are shown fighting the Dec. 27 fire at the Chili’s Bar and Grill in Highlands Ranch. The two agencies are amid discussions of a possible merger. FILE PHOTO “We believe it’s very unlikely that an LFR scenario is going to offer the fire protection district a better combination of service and cost than a South Metro option,” he said. Washington, D.C.-based Center for Public Safety Management is consulting the department on what its best options are. Armstrong said that LFR’s priorities are sustaining its existing partnerships, financial sustainability and service improvements. If one of the three partners left and joined a larger department on its own, the remainder would face either higher costs or degraded service. Councilmember Doug Clark cautioned that the partners should look at all options before making a decision, noting that emergency medical services could be taken over by hospitals in the future. “It’s like somebody drove up to the front of your house and said ‘do you want to buy my car?’” he said.
bear on areas of disagreement. IEPs were established by the case Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley in 1982, a case out of Peekskill, New York. Each IEP must be “reasonably calculated to confer an educational benefit on the child.” Endrew F. was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2 and with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder a year after that, court documents say. His autism affects his cognitive functioning, language and reading skills, and his social and adaptive abilities. He attended Douglas County schools from preschool through fourth grade. During that time, he received specialeducation services, including IEPs tailored to meet his unique needs. In August 2015, the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the school district did provide a “a free appropriate public education.”
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March 30, 2017M
VOICES Island vendor’s inspiring, affirming words add to beauty of beach
WINNING WORDS
Michael Norton
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he past several months have been an extremely busy time in my life. And I am grateful for all of the work, opportunities, challenges, setbacks and people who have been placed in my path. The good news is that I was fortunate enough to take a short vacation on one of the Caribbean islands last week. The weather was perfect, the sand was soft, the water warm and inviting, the breeze singing through the palm trees, and all that combined with a good book was enough to help get
me to that place of vacating all the tension, stress, and tiredness that had accumulated over the prior several months. That is, I thought it was enough, as it turned out I had one more blessing that would take place each and every day while relaxing on the beach. There were many locals on the island who walk the beach talking with the guests and trying to sell their tours, fishing trips, snorkel trips, a ride or taxi into town, jewelry, aloe, and some other items that they carried with them. However, there was one local man
who was selling foot massages. He carried a sign and his T-shirt read, “Just Feet.” Although I didn’t take advantage of a foot massage, many of the other guests did. However, what I did take advantage of was listening to Sam, as he walked the beach. As he walked, he would speak out loud. He wasn’t trying to sell his services, he was counting on his sign, his Tshirt, and word of mouth to bring him business. What he was saying out loud while walking were daily positive affirmations. He had a different word for each day we were
there. Sam would say something like, “Today I am happy. All my thoughts and all my actions today will build upon my happiness. I will share my happiness with others hoping I can give them some of my heart and happiness.” And he would repeat this over and over again while walking. This took place every day. The next day Sam walked by saying, “Today I am grateful, today I count my blessings instead of my curses, today I am grateful for SEE NORTON, P13
Not to give anything away, but let’s go all out on awards
I LETTER TO THE EDITOR Too much growth, too fast It’s extremely sad, and frustrating, to see the unchecked growth in Douglas County, and the cities within the county. We all understand that growth will happen, but it needs to happen responsibly. Douglas County commissioners have approved every developer, without considering the infrastructure. One would only have to look at the volume of traffic from Lone tree to Colorado Springs. How many accidents have to happen, on the stretch of highway, before the county commissioners slow down their approval of all development? How desperate
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am polishing my tuxedo. Jennifer’s backless, strapless gown is out of pawn. We’re getting ready for the Awards Awards. Pardon my redundancy, as W.C. QUIET Fields would say. We have awards DESPERATION for everything else, so why not awards for awards? There are two or three ceremonies every month, for movies, songs, zookeepers, and shoe clerks. Craig Marshall The Awards Awards pools all Smith of them. It makes perfect sense. Sooner or later each and every one of us will be handed a trophy. As an educator I made an important discovery. Give everyone an “A,” and everyone goes home happy. Best Jimmy Stewart Impersonator, Best Achievement in Achievement, Best Achievement in Underachievement, Best Methodist Named Carl. Best Acceptance Speech. Best Worst Acceptance Speech. Best Musical. Best Musical Music. Awarding awards goes back 40,000 years. We know that a Neanderthal
named “Buzz” picked up a trophy for Best Grunting Around the Females. From there it spread to Greece, and the first Olympiad. And now? I have heard rumors about an awards channel, like Turner Classic Movies. Twenty-four hours a day. Non-stop ceremonies, new ones, old ones. Who wouldn’t want to see Sacheen Littlefeather accept on behalf of Marlon Brando again? And maybe catch up on what she is doing these days? She turned 70 last November. Upcoming: Best Sports Nicknames. I’m rooting for Thomas “The Angry Salad” Romaine, a St. Louis middleweight. Jennifer is rooting for Bill “Old Fish ‘n’ Chips” Flounderman, a utility infielder in the Appalachian League. Best Ethical Politician was canceled because there are none. Best Sideline Reporters? Same thing. Upcoming in June, appropriately: Best Best Man. Then we can look forward to Best Trophy.
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NORTON FROM PAGE 12
my family, my country, the food I will eat, the people I will meet, today I am grateful.” Now if I were a cynic, I might have thought that this was just Sam’s way of getting the attention of the resort guests so that they would read his sign or T-shirt and request a foot massage. But the more I watched him, and the more he walked the beach away from the guests, he continued saying out loud, softly, almost in a whisper sometimes, but still proclaiming his positive affirmations out loud. He wasn’t
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I like the Stanley Cup. It has the names of the winning teams, their coaches, players, and dentists engraved on it. Jennifer thinks that Floyd of Rosedale is tops. That’s the trophy they give to the winner of the Iowa-Minnesota football game every year. The Hawkeyes beat the Golden Gophers last year, 14-7. Best License Plate is right around the corner. The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association gives out the annual award. Colorado won in 1975. Michigan won in 2013 with its tasteful montage of the Mackinac Bridge, a Woodward Avenue hot dog, and lyrics of “The Wreck of the Edmund
holding them inside, he wasn’t keeping them to himself, he was just sharing what seemed very natural and a very big part of his life and reason for contentment and happiness. I was only there for several days, so I do not know how many positive words and affirmations Sam has in his affirmation bucket or in his positive word bank, But I do know that happiness, gratitude, contentment, love and forgiveness were the words I heard Sam use. I don’t know that I had a favorite as they were all speaking directly to me, but I think the most memorable was his positive affirmation about love. Sam was causally and peacefully walking through the sand and saying, “Today I choose love. I choose to love
others as I have been loved. I choose to love even those who do not love me. I hope that someone may hear or see my love today and that it somehow makes a difference in their lives. Today I choose love.” And he recited it over and over again. Sam’s positive affirmations added to what was already a relaxing vacation, and his words reminded me just how powerful the spoken word is, especially when we are using them to positively affirm ourselves or others. So how about you? Do you have a positive word bank or affirmation bucket you can draw upon that drives your belief system for each day? It doesn’t have to be a big list or large bucket, maybe you just have a few
“go-to” words that inspire you. My encouragement is that you try speaking them out loud, softly, almost a whisper if it gives you greater comfort, but to try the power of the positively spoken word for yourself. Even if you speak it in private, speak the words and thoughts out loud and let me know if it makes a difference at gotonorton@ gmail.com. And when we can start each day and live each day through positive words of affirmation, it really will be a better than good week.
Fitzgerald.” “Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings, in the rooms of her ice-water mansions.” The album version of the song is 6:32, but I always think it takes a week. It’s up for Best Disaster Song, and I think it has a real shot. Its stiffest competition might be that catchy tune about the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkway collapse. “Krakatoa, East of Java” is up for Best Worst Movie Title, in part, I think, because Krakatoa is west of Java. “Living Without Intestines” certainly has a chance in that category. Speaking of categories, Best Category category nominations have just been announced. There will be Best Performance by a Single Mother with Three or More Kids in a Grocery Store, Each
of Whom Had Sugary Cereals for Breakfast. And Best Version of “Lady of Spain” by Someone Who Sounds Exactly Like James Earl Jones. Look who’s talking? I have a trophy. It’s on a shelf right behind me. It says
“Best Band Name Namer.” I won for Radioactive Dachshund.
Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
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‘The welcome home that Vietnam veterans have been waiting for’ Congressman hosts commemoration ceremonies for veterans BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
For Vietnam veteran Abe Alonzo, the March 24 ceremony honoring him and 53 others for their service in an unpopular and devastating war was long overdue. “We weren’t accepted or received after our tour in Vietnam,” said the 68-year-old Lakewood resident, who served in the Marines from 1968 to 1970. “We were never appreciated for the sacrifices we made. It was a tough time.” U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-7th District, has partnered with the governor’s office to honor men and women who served during the Vietnam era from Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, the beginning and end of U.S. involvement in the war. The commemoration ceremony is part of an ongoing series of events across the country leading up to the 50th anniversary in 2025 of American withdrawal from the conflict. Response to Perlmutter’s event, first Evan Louis Totten, 75, a Parker resident who served in the Navy from 1964 to 1974, has his wife Janell pin on his lapel pin at a March 24 commemoration ceremony of the Vietnam War. It’s important that families are also recognized, he said, because they are announced in February, has been so veterans, too. “If it had not been for our loved ones at home,” Totten added, “we would not have been able to sustain ourselves.” overwhelming that his office expanded the number of ceremonies from PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN one to eight, said Ashley Verville, Perlmutter’s director of communicawomen across the country still living tions. who served during the Vietnam era. As of 2014, more than 127,000 are in About 600 Vietnam veterans from Colorado. across the state expressed interest in More than 58,000 people lost their participating, she said. So seven more lives in Vietnam and about 1,600 commemoration ceremonies have people are still missing, Brigadier been scheduled through August, to Gen. John P. Rose told those at the keep the numbers small and the event March 24 event. more intimate. “The bottom line is that we have The first ceremony took place not forgotten,” he said. “We will not March 24 at Red Rocks Community forget.” College in Lakewood, to coincide This event, specifically, lets every with Vietnam Veterans Day, which Vietnam veteran and his or her famis celebrated annually on March 29. ily know that their service is appreciEach of the 54 veterans received a ated, said Jeanette Early of Aurora, lapel pin and a certificate of coma member of Gold Star Wives of mendation. The commemoration does not distinguish between veterans who America, a support organization for those whose spouses or children have served in-country, in-theater or who died while serving in the were stationed elsewhere during the Vietnam War MORE INFORMATION Armed Forces. “It means so much to say period. welcome home,” she said. Vietnam was an unpopu- For more information, Because of unforeseen times and dates of uplar war, said Jim Falk, coming ceremonies, or to legislative obligations in 68, of Northglenn who Washington, Perlmutter served the in the U.S. Navy request to take part, go to U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmut- was unable to attend the from 1969 to 1973. And event, his wife Nancy said. ter’s website at http:// many veterans returned But in an email, Perlperlmutter.house.gov/ home to disapproval and mutter said the lapel pins recrimination, rather than symbolize the service and celebration. sacrifice of Vietnam-era veterans. “People blamed the service men “I am honored to be able to recogand women,” Falk said. “But it wasn’t Abe Alonzo, 68, a Lakewood resident who served as a U.S. Marine from 1968 to 1970, nize these veterans and thank them their fault — they were just serving.” holds up his certificate of commendation at a March 24 commemoration ceremony for their service to our country,” he for veterans of the Vietnam War. Evan Louis Totten, 75, a Parker wrote. resident who served in the Navy from For most Vietnam veterans, this 1964 to 1974, remembers the hostility IF YOU GO… commemorative ceremony is a first, as well. said Joe Lucero, 69, a Broomfield Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave. in “That lingers in the minds of all of Seven additional Vietnam War 50th Comresident who served in the Army from Lakewood. memoration Ceremonies will take place. us,” he said. “If it had not been for 1970 to 1971. The events are free and open to the public. our loved ones at home, we would not “It is,” he said, “a welcome home The other dates, with time and locations to have been able to sustain ourselves.” be announced, are as follows: June 1, July 6 The April 7 and April 12 ceremonies will The Department of Veterans Affairs that we as Vietnam veterans have been waiting for.” and 21, and Aug. 3 and 17. take place 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Red Rocks estimates there are 7 million men and
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NEWS IN A HURRY Tree watering urged Trees need adequate moisture to survive, and the current climate is not providing for the average tree’s needs in recent months Julius Zsako, Lone Tree’s city forester, recommends 10 gallons of water for each diameter inch of the tree. For example, a two-inch diameter tree needs 20 gallons of water each time it is watered. Without adequate moisture, the tree is at risk of insects and disease, loss of needles and permanent damage. The City of Lone Tree put together an online resource providing information for proper care of specific trees. It is available at www.cityoflonetree.com/government/departments_and_divisions/ code_compliance/tree_care/
Denise Grovo, standing, explains different massage techniques she may use to help her client, Lauren da Cunha, deal with labor pain. Doulas like Grovo routinely use massage, aromatherapy, guided exercise and other techniques to help mothers in childbirth deal with the pain and stress of childbrirth. PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY
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what to expect in a delivery room. That experience is what attracted da Cunha. It’s her first baby, and she and her husband aren’t sure what to expect. “If there are people out there who have that experience and I can draw from it, why wouldn’t I?” she says. “That sense of the unknown will be less if I’ll be able to turn to someone and say `what is going on?’ I think it will be helpful to have that peace of mind.” The most recent numbers seem to validate da Cunha’s hope. A 2011 study by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and other women’s health groups show mothers who use doulas spend less time in labor, use pain medication such as epidurals less often, have fewer cesarean sections and are significantly less likely to report a negative birthing experience. “It was never a new idea,” says Penny Lyon, a trainer with DONA. “It goes back to Biblical times.” A movement began in the United States in the 1970s to improve support for women as studies showed women were less fearful if they had someone to take care of them during labor, Lyons says. “We were just women supporting women having babies,” she says. “I think we were called hippies at that time.” Sarah Lopez volunteers for Denver Health’s volunteer doula program as well as owning her own practice. She’s helped more than a dozen women deliver babies, including Grovo. Like Lyon, she sees accep-
Da Cunha, right, maps out her birth plan with her doula, Denise Grovo. Da Cunha and her husband sought Grovo’s services to give them the peace of mind of having someone in the delivery room with expertise in child bearing. tance of doulas coming full circle. “There was this time when the whole village labored together,” she says. “Now we’re circling back to that.” After having her first child without the aid of a doula, Grovo says her second delivery was more relaxed. She, her husband and Lopez laid out a plan long before her labor pains started, leaving her fewer decisions to make on the spot. “It’s just too much,” she says. “It was nice to tell Sarah (what we wanted) and then go and relax and let my body do the work.” Now, Grovo hopes to provide that same peace of mind for da Cunha. She’ll deal with the details so da Cunha can focus on what she needs to do. “You’re running a marathon,” Grovo says. “You don’t need to be worrying about those other things.”
Learn to prune roses South Suburban Parks and Recreation District horticulturist Larry Hurd and members of the Denver Rose Society will show gardeners how to properly care for their roses in a free workshop next month in Littleton. The hands-on training event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on April 22 at the War Memorial Rose Garden, 5804 S. Bemis St. Attendees should bring pruning shears and gloves. Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to win gardening-themed door prizes. In case of inclement weather, the alternate date will be April 29. Community Seder In recognition of Passover tradition, a Seder gathering will be hosted on April 10 and April 11 at the Chabad Jewish Center, 9950 Lone Tree Parkway in Lone Tree. Join the Chabad Jewish Center for matzah, wine and community. Anyone is welcome to attend. “Passover is not simply a celebration of the historic liberation of an ancient people,” said Rabbi Avraham Mintz, director of Chabad Jewish Center, “Passover is about our own personal liberation — physically, emotionally and spiritually. Passover inspires us to break free from the shackles restraining us from reaching new
heights — in our lives, relationships and connection with G-d.” Reservations can be made at DenverJewishCenter.com. Slash-mulch site opening Douglas County’s slash-mulch site at 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock opens April 1 and will remain open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 28. The site provides a place for Douglas County residents to dispose of branches and shrubbery, as well as the opportunity to take fresh mulch home with them. Douglas County’s other slashmulch site, located at 7828 State Highway 67 near Deckers, is open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year-round. Acceptable items at both sites include tree branches and shrubbery with a maximum length of 6 feet and maximum diameter of 12 inches. Items that will not be accepted include appliances, dirt, grass, household trash, loose pine needles, lumber, railroad ties, roots, stumps and weeds. There will be a separate pile on site designated for loose pine needles. Needles can be unloaded only in this area and must not contain limbs, branches, pine cones, weeds, grass or trash. Please call 303-663-6274 to ensure that the site will be open in cases of inclement weather. Hunt for Easter eggs South Suburban Parks and Recreation District will host its egg scramble on April 15, the day before Easter. The field inside of the Family Sports Dome will be covered with colorful eggs for each of four age groups, with a grand prize for finding the golden egg. Participants need to bring their own basket. Ages 3 and under start at 9 a.m.; 4 through 6 at 9:30 a.m.; 7 through 9 at 10 a.m.; and 10 through 12 at 10:30 a.m. The event is free and no registration is required. For more information, contact Chantel Tolan at 303-754-0552 or chantelt@ssprd.org. Family Sports Dome is located at 6959 S. Peoria St.
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pho-nomenon Vietnamese comfort food gains steam in metro area BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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f all the traditions Vietnamese immigrants brought to the United States, pho is probably the one most people recognize, even if they can’t pronounce it. The beef-and-noodle dish, pronounced “fuh,” originated in Vietnam in the 1880s. The name is believed to come from the French “pot au feu,” which translates to “pot of fire,” a beef stew the French brought to Vietnam when they colonized the country. Over the course of generations, the dish became Vietnam’s national food. “We look at pho like Americans look at bacon and eggs,” says Sunny Wong, whose family owns Pho Real in Littleton. “It’s a staple, it’s a street food. You can just get out
of your car anywhere (in Vietnam) and get a bowl of pho. We eat it for breakfast and dinner.” Pho became popular in the United States over the last few decades, but the trend has become a favorite with consommé consumers, and new restaurants continue to open across the metro area. Aficionados frown upon referring to pho as a soup, but comparisons arise nonetheless. Wong points out a key difference is pho, as opposed to ramen or wonton soup, is always made with rice noodles, not egg or flour. A variety of spices like star anise and ginger are added during cooking, and the bowl is traditionally topped with thin slices of rare beef that brown in the bowl. But every batch of pho begins and ends with the broth. Chanh Nguyen, who owns and operates Hashtag Pho in Centennial with his daughters Ally and Sue, steeps beef bones for two days to infuse all of the flavor he can into the broth, just as Wong’s aunt and uncle do at Pho Real. One disadvantage of pho’s popularity, they say, is that some restaurants have begun to cut corners and use canned broth. Grocery stores have even begun to carry “instant pho,” a concept Sue and Ally laugh at.
Chanh Nguyen ladles out a bit of the beefy broth he’s steeping in the kitchen at Hashtag Pho in Centennial. Nguyen came to the United States in 1987 and opened his family’s first pho restaurant near County Line and Quebec over 15 years ago. TOM SKELLEY But the Nguyens’ discerning customers, like Dan Popylisen, of Parker, know the difference. “I’ve been in the restaurant business for more than 20 years, and some of the younger places around Denver take their broth off the back of a truck,” he says. “This place is the real deal.” Traditional pho is all about the beef, but many restaurants offer “pho chay,” a vegetarian variation created for Vietnam’s Buddhist population. Pho Real bases their vegetarian broth on soy sauce and adds tofu, while Hashtag Pho’s pho chay is carrot and cabbage-based. At Golden Pho, in Golden the menu boasts that the pho chay there takes 10 hours to cook, and
includes onions, ginger, cabbage, snow peas, squash, corn, scallions and even some cinnamon. ‘A sense of pride’ Authenticity and fresh ingredients are important to pho restaurateurs, Wong says, because family honor is on the line with every bowl. “Every good pho restaurant probably has a family behind it,” he says. “When people came to America from Vietnam, there’s a sense of pride in opening a pho restaurant.” Born in the U.S., Wong says eating pho almost every day was a way for him to connect to his heritage. SEE PHO, P18
PHO-NETICS A quick Google search reveals the many punfilled names of area pho restaurants. Sonny Wong, manager of Pho Real in Littleton, said he and his family had a brainstorming session to come up with the name.
1 2 3 Pho 11804 E. Oswego St., in the Meridian area
While many restaurant names are simply the word “pho” with a number attached, and a few are unfit to print, the following offers a sampling of some of the wittier restaurant pho names in the metro area.
Fee Fi Pho Fum 1384 S. Broadway, Denver
Pho-natic 229 E. Colfax Ave., Denver
Pho Real 2399 W. Main St., Littleton
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Vinyl Me, Please keeps the music spinning
ow do you find the music you love? There’s always been the radio, and streaming sites like Spotify have gotten better LINER and better at creating recommendations for NOTES listeners to discover new artists. But the people behind Denver-based Vinyl Me, Please, know none of that can replace the person who shares an album they really love with you. Clarke Reader “Everybody has these moments where you have this friend who is like, ‘No, you have to hear this thing’ and plays it for you,” said Tyler Barstow, who co-founded Vinyl Me, Please with Matt Fiedler in 2013. “Any music person, regardless of how much you use Spotify and that stuff, needs somebody in their life who says, ‘You need to sit down and listen to this one thing,’ and that’s what we do every month.” Vinyl Me, Please, is a record-of-themonth club where subscribers are sent one record each month — a record the 16-person staff has discussed, debated and decided it’s essential to any vinyl collection. Over the years, selections have included everything from Nina Simone’s “Nina Simone Sings the Blues” to The War on Drugs’ “Lost in the Dream” and Gorrilaz’s “Demon Days” to The Fugees’ “The Score.” These unique pressings also include
CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Drake’s “More Life,” released on Young Money, Cash Money and Republic records. Review: Drake was starting to take himself a little too seriously on last year’s “Views,” but he’s lightened up considerably on his latest release, which he is calling a playlist
(how that is different from an album or mixtape, I couldn’t possibly explain). Drake pulls even more international influences into his sound, and as is always the case, he and his producers make it sound absolutely incredible. I’ve always been a fan of Drake’s R&B leanings
specially written liner notes, artworks and a custom cocktail-pairing recipe. “We have a relationship with our members where we say, ‘Here is this thing that was really moving to us and we actually spend a lot of time writing about it … and we’d love for you to give it a listen,’ “ Barstow explained. “Our goal is to illuminate and shed some light on where this album comes from, because there are so many albums that aren’t just another pop record or another rap record or another indie rock record.” In addition to the album of the month, subscribers to Vinyl Me, Please, receive access to limited-edition album pressings and special versions through the company’s online store. The website, www.vinylmeplease.com, also features some of the best long-form music writing on the internet, podcasts where Barstow discusses the latest in music with artists and other music experts, and weekly playlists. Vinyl Me, Please, also hosts monthly listening parties called The Spins at local bars and brewpubs, where music
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18th-century Mississippi “The Robber Bridegroom” by Alfred Uhry, Robert Waldman, based on the novel by Eudora Welty, plays w March 31 through April 30 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Tale of Jamie Lockhart, a rascally backwoods robber who courts the rich planter’s daughter Rosamund. (An evil stepmother is involved.) Directed by Bob Wells, with musical direction by Donna Debreceni and choreography by Kelly Kates. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. on April 15 and Sundays. Tickets: $20-$42, 303-794-2787, ext. 5 or townhallartscenter.org. Little steps “Baby Dance” by Jane Anderson, presented by Cherry Creek Theatre Company at Mizel Arts and Cultural Center, 350 Dahlia St., Denver, runs through April 23. Gavin Mayer directs. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Sundays April 16 and 23. Tickets: $35/$30, cherrycreektheater.org, 303800-6578. And Toto Too “The Gun Show” by E.M. Lewis, a world premiere, is presented April 13-29 by And Toto Too Theatre Company, supported by Next Stage NOW, at The Commons on Champa, 1245 Champa St., Denver, in the Denver Performing
Arts Complex. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, followed by a community discussion. Tickets $25/$22, 720-583-3975, andtototoo.org. First for Benchmark “The Nether” by Jennifer Haley runs March 31 to April 23, presented by the new Benchmark Theatre Company, at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 6 p.m. Directed by Rachel Bouchard, company co-founder with Haley Johnson. Tickets: $30/$20, benchmarktheatre. com. For the young ones “Jungle Book” is presented by Denver Children’s Theatre at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Performances: Sundays at 1 p.m. and school performances most weekdays at 10 a.m. Tickets $10 children/$12 adults, $9 school children with group. maccjcc.org/denver-childrens-theatre. Pulitzer winner “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley plays April 1-29 at the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. First Place, Lowry/ Denver. Directed by Jim Landis. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, April 15 (no show Easter Sunday, April 16). Tickets: $23/$20, 303-562-3232, firehousetheatercompany.com.
over rap, and he highlights that side of himself this time around. Don’t miss it. Favorite song: “Passion Fruit” Most empowering lyric: “They want me gone, wait for the kicker/Bury me now and I only get bigger.” from “Gyalchester””
lovers can come together over drinks and great tunes. Not bad for a club that started in a house in Louisville with just 12 members. The roots of the company go back to Chicago, where Barstow and Fiedler lived and worked together. Fiedler got a record player for Christmas, but it was hard to find good vinyl around town. They started looking for record clubs, but couldn’t find any good ones — and so Vinyl Me, Please was born. Fiedler and his wife came to Colorado, and Barstow soon followed, and they started working in earnest on building the best record club available. “It started with how do we get this to work, and then it was how do we make this tolerable and then how do we make this a little better than tolerable, and now we have the resources to go make this thing really great to use and be a part of,” Barstow said. “Over time it’s a relationship you develop with people. And we don’t refer to any of our people as customers, because they’re members
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of a thing we’re building with them.” The approach is working: By the end of 2016, Vinyl Me, Please had more than 20,000 subscribers in 40 countries, and has been featured on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and in Forbes Magazine. The company left its Boulder headquarters, and now is in downtown Denver, where it has room for even more growth. “Very slowly, almost without us noticing at times, it became a very big deal,” Barstow said. “Our mantra is we want to bring people closer to music and artists that matter and find more ways to connect with these artists and albums in a deeper level.” At a time where people primarily get their music from digital means, it’s important to celebrate those who still find the meaning in the tactile. “I think there’s something really meaningful about going, ‘I love this album and I have it, and I have it on my shelf and I have all the art. And I open it up and there’s the liner notes and I see all these photographs,’” Barstow said. “There’s something meaningful in the ritual and setting time aside to show how much you value this art.” Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he hopes someone will vinyl him, please. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share why you love vinyl at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.
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olorful miniature paintings in many styles and techniques, whimsical ceramic bird feeders, traditional functional pottery and other products created by the memSONYA’S bers of the Littleton SAMPLER Fine Arts Guild are available at bargain prices through April 23 at the Depot Art Gallery. The gallery is housed in a restored 1888 Santa Fe Depot that once was a hub of Downtown Littleton. It is located at 2069 W. Sonya Ellingboe Powers Ave., Littleton. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. 303-795-0781. Admission free, parking free. Ghost town presentation “Legend of the High Country: Colorado’s Vanishing Ghost Towns” is historian Ron Ruhoff ’s special interest and he has visited them since 1955. He combines his images with music and live narration and will present the First Thursday Lecture at the Littleton Museum at 7 p.m. April 6. Admission is free, but free advance tickets will assure a seat. (four-per-person limit.) The lecture series is a collaboration of the Littleton Museum and Historic Littleton Inc. The museum is at 6028
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For American customers like Chad Baker, of Aurora, the connection may not be as personal, but the personality of the cooks comes through in the taste. “Every kitchen has its own flavor, every restaurant does its own thing,” says Baker, who’s been a pho fan for four or five years. “Every place has a different broth,” says Baker’s table mate, Ni-
S. Gallup St. in Littleton. 303-795-3950. Museum Outdoor Arts “Unerased Journeys: A Survey of Works by Darryl Pottorf ” opens at the Museum Outdoor Art with a 6 to 9 p.m. reception on April 8, running until July 15. The internationally recognized artist was studio assistant and then collaborator with Robert Rauschenberg, which led to international travel and connections with a number of luminaries, as well as Malaysian headhunters. The MOA is at 1000 Englewood Parkway in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Admission is free. Pianist Hank Troy will perform at the reception. “Life changes things. Things get erased, so you go back and unerase them to understand.”—Darryl Pottorf. 303-806-0444; moaonline.org Fielder presentation “Landscape Photography Techniques” will be the topic for noted Colorado photographer John Fielder when he speaks to the Highlands Ranch Photography Club on April 11. The meeting will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Shea A Meeting Room at the James H. LaRue Branch Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The club, which meets on the second Tuesday of each month (except December) at various locations, welcomes members of all skills and visitors are invited. (May 9 will be at the Lone Tree Library Event Hall.)
cole Nicholas of Highlands Ranch. Being able to customize her dish with basil, lime, jalapeno or sauces available is another plus. “I like that you can do your own thing with it,” she says. Littleton’s Janie Salazar says that that versatility makes pho the perfect option for a family. She and her husband bring their children to Pho Real so everybody gets what they want out of the meal. “There’s so many things you can throw in it,” Salazar says. “Everyone in the family customizes it, and the kids feel like they’re making their own soup.”
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Going far far away … “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” is extended a week — through April 9 — at the Denver Art Museum, before it blasts off to another location. Advance timed ticket purchase is recommended to avoid a disappointed fan from arriving at one of the many sold-out segments. Visit denverartmuseum.org or call 720-913-0130.
Douglas County Libraries • Best-selling author Lisa Scottoline will appear to talk about her latest book, “One Perfect Lie,” an urban crime thriller, at 7 p.m. on April 13 at CU South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker. There will be dessert bites and book signing by the author. Tickets: $30, include a hardback copy of “One Perfect Lie.” Tickets: dcl.org or your library branch. • Photographer John Fielder will appear at 6:30 p.m. April 7 at Castle Rock Library, 100 Wilcox St., to celebrate “Colorado’s National Parks and Monuments.” Books will be for sale. • Author Jessica Brady leads a three-part workshop on writing fiction at 5:30 p.m. at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane, on March 30: Characters; April 6: Setting; April 13: Plot. Register separately for each session. dcl.org.
Littleton Symphony “Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos: The Titan” is Littleton Symphony’s concert at 7:30 p.m. March 31 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Jurgen de Lemos is conductor. Opening with John Williams’ “Liberty Fanfare,” the audience will next hear violinist Geraldine Walther perform the “Bartok Viola Concerto.” After intermission, the orchestra will play Mahler’s First Symphony, “The Titan.” Information and tickets: Littletonsymphony.org, 303-933-6824.
Writers Studio fest Arapahoe Community College Writers Studio presents its annual Literary Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 8 in the Half Moon, Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive. Workshops, lunch and readings, books for sale. Advance reservations required (maximum, 20). RSVP: andrea.mason@arapahoe.edu. Check by April 6 to: ACC Writers Studio Literary Festival c/o Andrea Mason-Campus Box 32, P.O. Box 9002, Littleton, CO 801609002.
Special benefit The Goods, 2550 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, will host a benefit for United Cerebral Palsy, in conjunction with Tattered Cover, local author Frank Dadione and music project Songs for Jake from 5 to 9 p.m. March 30. A percentage of food and drink purchases and 100 percent of sales of Dadione’s memoir, “Life’s Equation,” will go to United Cerebral Palsy. 303-355-5445, thegoodsrestaurant.com.
A remedy for what ails you Salazar adds that knowing pho is made with fresh, healthy ingredients makes her feel good about what she’s feeding her family, a selling point not lost on other pho lovers who rely on the dish as a remedy for whatever ails them. Customers tell the Nguyens they rely on a hot bowl of pho to get them over the flu, a cold or the occasional hangover. “We hear it all,” Sue says. “I love that pho is becoming the next chicken noodle soup.” Monica Baruth likes to bring her 24-year-old daughter, Lindsay, with her when she visits Pho Real, especially when one of them is under the weather. “It’s like you’re eating your medicine,” Monica says, pointing with her chopsticks at the vibrant vegetables floating atop her bowl of broth. “It’s hydrating as well,” Lindsay says. “I love the freshness of it, it’s hearty and it makes your soul feel good.” That warm, full feeling is what keeps customers coming back, Wong says, healthy or sick, rain or shine or snow. “It’s a comfort food. You get filled up but it’s easy to digest,” he says. “It’s also really comforting to have a hot bowl of soup on a cold morning.” “I check the weather report every night,” he adds with a smile.
Dung Nguyen slices onions in the kitchen at Pho Real in Littleton. Customers and pho restaurateurs say using fresh ingredients is critical to a good bowl of pho. TOM SKELLEY As they begin to prepare an entrée for Popylisen, before he can order it, Sue and Ally insist they’d be making pho the same way they always have even if they didn’t have a restaurant. It’s comfort food for them too, after all. “We’re eating this every day,” Sue says. Ally agrees. “We’re making it as much for us as we are for them.”
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Theater classic ‘Evita’ coming to Lone Tree Arts Center stage Webber/Rice musical will launch with preview show on April 12 BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With its sung-through narrative and distinctive Latin-based score, “Evita” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice demands “very specific vocal and musical restraints — a really excellent singer,” said Gina Rattan, director of the musical that will command Lone Tree Arts Center’s main stage from April 12 (preview) to April 29. We spoke on March 16, first day of rehearsal, after her flight from New York City was delayed a day by weather. The lead actress “must inhabit the character,” Rattan continued, explaining that she and choreographer Sarah O’Gleby flew out to Denver for auditions, in addition to attending New
York auditions. “There are a lot of moving parts.” We spoke on the afternoon of March 16, first day of rehearsal. Rattan said the cast had seen a design presentation, heard about historic context, viewed a set model and costume concepts. “With a musical, everyone has to learn (the music) … The first day is devoted to music learning.” In 2014, Rattan and O’Gleby visited Argentina and found that Eva Peron’s presence and legacy are still prevalent. “Eva and Juan Peron are credited with giving a voice to the working class — in hospitals, labor unions, orphanages.” “Evita” is one of Rattan’s favorite shows. “The complicated protagonist is female … she’s not oversimplified, she presents a real person,” Rattan said. “It’s a very political show, but it doesn’t play out like a history lesson. All the characters are so passionate and involved in the politics of the show. And that’s not exaggerated — the people of Argentina are really like that!
“We hired the musicians here,” she said, adding that the lead singer, local actor Laura Shealy, is an accomplished vocalist. New York actors will play the male leads: Miles Jacoby (Che) and Jesse Sharp (Juan Peron). Experienced director Rattan directed the second national tour of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and was associate director of that show on Broadway, as well as associate director of “Matilda, the Musical” and “Billy Elliott” on Broadway. This is her first time working at Lone Tree, she said. “It’s a great experience, with the whole team very professional. What’s really unique are the fascinating characters, presenting a complicated female protagonist. The character of Che is an outside voice. He describes the woman in the public eye …” Michael Duran is designing the set and a nine-piece band will play from the orchestra pit, led by music director Max Mamon.
Director Gina Rattan will direct the production of “Evita,” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, at Lone Tree Arts Center April 13 to 29. COURTESY PHOTO
IF YOU GO “EVITA” runs from April 12-29 (preview April 12) at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $35-$70. Check availability online: LoneTreeArtsCenter.org, for desired date and time, or call the box office, 720-509-1000. (Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
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‘Math Lab’ is number one for childhood fun BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“Welcome to the secret world of mathematicians … Mathematicians play. They come up with interesting questions and investigate possible solutions,” say authors Rebecca Rapoport and J.A. Yoder about their recently published book, “Math Lab,” which presents shapes, puzzles and games and invites hands-on participation. “Math Lab” — which is aimed at 6- to 10-year-olds who may want to develop “skills in math, science, engineering, writing and well, life” — has numerous exercises that only require items available around the house: toothpicks, gum-
drops, paper (assorted colors), string, pencil, tape … and, of course, a curious kid with a bit of parental assistance, when needed. Along the way, an interesting vocabulary will grow: octahedron, dodecahedron, Mobius, parabola, fractal — and one can learn the ancient game of Nim. The book grew out of an after-school STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) center the authors helped to build. Illustrations are colorful and projects are clearly explained, step by step. It would definitely be best to begin at the beginning and work up to the more complex shapes later, no matter how swell they look — followed by puzzles and games.
With colored chalk, a broom and string, one can draw giant circles and ellipses on a sidewalk or driveway — and perhaps create a game or grand design. With a needle and colored thread, one can stitch parabolas into elaborate stars. With colored paper, scissors, ruler and a triangle template you have made previously, you can build a complex Sierpinski Triangle. At the back of the book, there is also a pattern for Tangrams, which can offer endless diversion. With each lab is a section of instructions, colorful illustration and, sometimes, a “Think About It” phrase and/or a related activity. A 6-year-old will almost certainly
need a patient assistant, while an older child, with adequate motor skills, will be able to follow directions leading to some really sophisticated and beautiful shapes — both flat and three-dimensional — as well as a collection of new games to share with friends. The authors express the thought early on that “Real math is so much more about curiosity and experimentation than most people realize.” Some additional resources and their website are included as well, as kids learn to j play with math. t “Math Lab” is a large, sturdy trade g paperback book, published by Quarto d Publishing’s Quarry Books division. h ($24.99)
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Highlands Ranch resident joins mental health board Diane Simard brings helpful perspective to nonprofit agency BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A Highlands Ranch resident has joined the board of directors of Mental Health Colorado, a nonprofit organization devoted to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. Diane Simard brings a new perspec-
tive, a media release from Mental Health Colorado says. During her treatment for stage 3 breast cancer in 2015, Simard found there were no graduatelevel psychology training programs in the U.S. that focused on cancer patients. Simard’s medical professionals encouraged her to attend breast canSimard cer support group meetings, but she cringed at the thought of sharing her thoughts and feelings with a crowd, she wrote in a biography on the University of Denver’s website.
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Simard also serves as senior vice president and is on the board of directors of Bye Aerospace, a solar-electric aircraft company based near Denver. As a Mental Health Colorado board director, Simard wants to further her interest in integrated health care and individualized mental health care for cancer treatment plans. “I want to put myself out there to talk about cancer and the fact that it’s OK to talk about mental health care in conjunction with cancer,” Simard said in the media release. “It’s connecting myself to policy to understand insurance, talk to experts… This is personal to me.”
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THEATER
Auditions for ‘Sing!’: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. Show is for ages 6-18 years. Class runs 15 weeks and teaches acting, dance and vocal techniques while preparing a full-length musical production. Classes take place from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays. Performances in August. Go to www. spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for information and tuition rates.
MUSIC
Peter & Will Anderson Jazz Trio: 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Go to http://gshep.org/ministry/ music-mission-concert-series Lenten Recitals: 12:10 p.m. Wednesdays through April 5 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Music of the Lenten season presented in 20- to 25-minute recitals. Light lunch served. Donations accepted. Concert schedule: Mark Zwilling, organ and piano, March 22; Alleluia Handbells, March 29; St. Andrew Sisters Women’s Ensemble, April 5. Contact Mark Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com
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Create a Graphic Novel: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Local graphic novel artist helps kids in grades 2-6 create their own graphic novel. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org. Explore the Art of Improv: 4:30 p.m. (ages 8-12) and 6 p.m. (teens and adults) Tuesday, April 4, at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Certified theater teacher leads workshop. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org. Hobby Speed Dating: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Learn about and try some new hobbies. Program is for adults. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org. Lessons and Lemonade: 9:30-11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
this week’s TOP FIVE Instrument Zoo: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Douglas County Libraries program for children offers hands-on fun with a variety of musical instruments. No registration needed; call 303-7917323 or go to DCL.org. Yours, Colorado: Colorado State of Mind Fair: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Explore a variety of Colorado outdoor activities, from rock hunting to canoeing and more, including displays and demos. No registration required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org. Splashy Watercolor Technique: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 1 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Led by local artist Robert Gray; presented by Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. Full supply list on the Heri-
select Saturdays at Hobby Lobby, Colorado 83 and Mainstreet, Parker. Presented by the Parker Artists Guild. For children in grades 4-8. Class schedule: Saturday, April 8, Chinese Brush Painting; Saturday, May 13, Polymer Clay; Saturday, June 24, Intuitive Painting with Acrylics. Registration required; call 720-542-8187. Elizabeth Arts Survey: Community and civic leaders are exploring the potential for new, affordable art space to be built in Elizabeth. Everyone involved in the arts, cultural and creative communities is asked to take the Elizabeth Arts Survey. The survey closes April 10. Go to www.elizabethartsurvey. org.
EVENTS
Lenten Fish Fry: 4-6:30 p.m. Fridays in Lent except Good Friday (through April 7) at Ave Maria Catholic Church, Parker. Knights of Columbus serve fried fish, baked fish or nuggets, along with cole slaw, fried or baked potato, mac and cheese, and dinner rolls. Iced tea, lemonade and coffee are free. Take out and drive through are available. Mystery of the Enigma: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31 at South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 S. Broadway, Littleton. Concert preceded by a talk with Maestro Devin Patrick Hughes and guest
tage Fine Arts Guild website. For ages 18 and older. Sign up at http://www.heritage-guild.com. Genealogy Fair: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society presents booths, workshops and online research tools. Try out tools such as Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive.com and MyHeritage to see which of these subscription sites will be best for you. No registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org. Finding Old Maps on the Internet: 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Presented by the Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society and led by Ted Bainbridge, Ph.D. Learn how cartography can help you make sense of your research and get you past those dreaded “brick walls.” Show up at 6:30 p.m. for conversation with fellow genealogists.
soloist Nicholas May at 6:45 p.m. Tickets and information available by calling 303-781-1892 or www. arapahoe-phil.org. Lifetree Café: 6-7 p.m. Monday, April 3, at DAZBOG Coffee, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Enjoy coffee and conversation each Monday while watching a video about life, faith and ups and downs, and then talking about the video. All are welcome. Free Legal Clinic: 2-3:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedures for all areas of civil litigation. Walk-ins welcome; everyone seated first-come, first-served. Clinics offered the first Monday of each month. 2017 dates are May 1, June 5, July 3, Aug. 7, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4. Call 303-791-7323. Celebrate Colorado’s National Parks, Monuments: 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Noted landscape photographer John Fielder shows and talks about his photos of Colorado’s federal lands. Book sale and signing follows. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org. World War I Exhibit Opening: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Castle Rock Museum, 420 Elbert St., Castle Rock. WWI re-enactors in uniform will display their collections of memorabilia. Exhibit honors the 100th anniversary of the United States’ involve-
ment in WWI. Call 303-814-3164 or go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Opening: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at 3990 Limelight Ave., Castle Rock. Free 10-inch, create-your-own three-topping pizzas will given to guests in line from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All pizzas made during the training period will be donated to local charity and given throughout the community. Go to www.unclemaddios.com. Zonta Douglas County Trivia Night: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Kirk Hall, Douglas County Fairgrounds, Castle Rock. Teams of six adults compete in eight rounds of trivia for cash prizes. Dessert bar, snacks, beverages, door prizes, and opportunities to win silent and live auction items included with team registration. Go to www.zontadouglascounty.org. Call Sue Nissen at 303-202-2452. Community Passover Seder: 7 p.m. Monday, April 10, at Chabad Jewish Center, 9950 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree. All are welcome to join the community Seder, regardless of Jewish affiliation or background. Reservations can be made online at www. DenverJewishCenter.com. A Teen Club Seder is Tuesday, April 11. Contact Rabbi Avraham Mntz at 303-792-7222 or Rabbi@DenverJewishCenter.com. Recording Your Family History: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Author and family historian Ron Ross developed
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an oral history technique when he recorded the life stories of his now-deceased parents. He will share his work and demonstrate his methods. Preview his method at www.recordyourfamilyhistory. com. Contact Bob Jenkins, president, at ColumbineGenealogy@ gmail.com. Go to www.ColumbineGenealogy.com
HEALTH
Fight Back Against Stress: 4-4:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Grow Youth Center in the To the Rescue Building, 10355 S. Progress Way, Parker. Taught by Brooke Ebel, nutritional health coach, Natural Grocers in Parker. Call 303-9318026 or go to www.GrowCommunityCenter.org. ChristLife Community Church Blood Drive: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9 inside the gym at 5451 CO-86, Franktown. Contact Diana Brown at 720-2241484 or go to bonfils.org.
EDUCATION
FBLA Shred-A-Thon: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 8 at Littleton High School, 199 E. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Bring boxes of financial records, bank statements, old tax records and other personal information. Secure shredding done on-site. Only cash and checks accepted; donations are tax-deductible. Douglas County School District: The Next Four Years: 3 p.m. Sunday, April 9 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane; and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Join Douglas County Parents in a conversation about the state of our school district and why the 2017 Board of Education election is important to the future of the district and to you. Go to www.douglascountyparents.com, or contact jason@douglascountyparents.com or amy@douglascountyparents.com.
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CLUBS 9535 Park Meadows Drive. Go to LPDG.org. The group also has a very active Facebook page. In addition, we are also recognized by the State Libertarian party. Contact Wayne Harlos at 303-229-3435.
Editor’s note: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites. Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Social-discussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.
Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www.dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.
Douglas County Libertarian Development Group meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Rio Grande Restaurant,
Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.douglasdemocrats.org for more information.
Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at On the Rox Sports Bar, 11957 Lioness Way, Parker. Topics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our political landscape. All welcomed. Lone Tree Democrats meet for First Friday Happy Hour the first Friday of every month at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-7908264. Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for information.
Professional BNI Connections of Lone Tree (www. thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:15-9 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 Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@ hmbrown.com. The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. Call 303-798-2939. The group is open to Douglas County residents. SEE CLUBS, P25
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SPORTS ALL-SOUTH METRO GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS
Talented 20 make their points BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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his season’s Colorado Community Media AllSouth Metro boys and girls basketball teams have a
mixture of individuals with different talents and skills. Among the 20 players who comprise the boys and girls first and second teams, you’ll find: • Versatile guards who are like quarterbacks on the court.
• Three-point shooters who can knock down baskets from afar. • Rugged rebounders. • Top-notch defenders. • All-around standouts. The players were chosen by the Colorado Community Media sports
staff, with input from area coaches. To be considered, players must have attended schools in the Douglas County, Littleton or Englewood school districts, or have attended Cherry Creek, Valor Christian or Lutheran high schools.
ALL-SOUTH METRO GIRLS FIRST TEAM Tommi Olson, Highlands Ranch
Jana Van Gytenbeek, Cherry Creek
Class: Junior
Class: Freshman
Class: Senior
Height: 5-6
Height: 5-7
Height: 5-7
Key stats: Led the Continental League in assists (5.3), steals (4.0) and 3-pointers (73) and she scored 14.8 points per game.
Autumn Watts, Highlands Ranch
Reagan Chiaverini, Chaparral
Key stats: The Bruins floor leader who averaged 14.8 points, 5.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and made 43 3-pointers.
Key stats: Continental League’s second leading scorer with a 16.9 average and she shot 77 percent from the free throw line.
Ashleigh Ellis, Ponderosa
Haley Shaklee, Lutheran
Class: Sophomore Height: 6-0 Key stats: She scored 13.9 points and pulled down 9.8 rebounds a game.She had 11 double doubles.
Rebekah Sandstrom, Littleton Class: Junior Height: 6-1 Key stats: Led the Jefferson County 4A League in rebounding for the second consecutive season with an 11.8 average and scored 7.3 points a game.
SECOND TEAM Macy Ziegler, Arapahoe
Tess Boade, Valor Christian
Jaela Richardson, Cherry Creek
Class: Senior
Class: Senior
Class: Junior
Class: Senior
Class: Junior
Height: 5-4
Height: 5-7
Height: 5-11
Height: 5-4
Height: 6-0
Key stats: She averaged 12 points and 2.6 assists and made 33 3-point shots.
Key stats: Wound up fourth in the Continental League scoring race with
Key stats: Made 82 3-point baskets, shooting 35 percent, to lead Class 3A.
Key stats: Scored at a 13.1 clip as the Eagles’ leader while averaging 3.7
Key stats: She was a big contributor inside for a tall Bruins squad, scoring
a 15.4 average.
steals.
9.3 points.
ALL-SOUTH METRO BOYS FIRST TEAM Sam Masten, Rock Canyon
Jalen Sanders, Valor Christian
Corey Seng, ThunderRidge
Brendan Sullivan, Highlands Ranch
Jake Belknapp, Mountain Vista
Class: Junior
Class: Senior
Class: Senior
Class: Junior
Class: Senior
Height: 6-3
Height: 6-5
Height: 6-5
Height: 6-6
Height: 6-8
Key stats: Led the Continental League and was fourth in the state in Class 5A in scoring with a 22.3 average. He shot 55 percent from the field and 77 percent from the foul line.
Key stats: He was the Jeffco 4A leader in scoring (22.5), assists (4.4) and blocks (3.2). Also averaged 7.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals.
Key stats: He scored 21.2 points per game, made 48 3-point shots, pulled down 4.9 rebounds a game and handed out 3.1 assists per contest.
Key stats: Topped the Continental League in rebounding with 10 per game and double doubles with 11. He scored 16.6 points per game.
Key stats: Finished the season with a 16.6 scoring and a 9.0 rebounding average while recording nine double doubles.
Colin Rardin, Rock Canyon
Kyle Lukasiewicz, Arapahoe
Isaac Essien, Mountain Vista
Ronnie DeGray III, Chaparral
SECOND TEAM Kaison Hammonds, ThunderRidge Class: Junior
Class: Senior
Class: Senior
Class: Senior
Height: 6-4
Height: 6-3
Height: 6-4
Height: 6-0
Key stats: Emerged as a crucial part of the Grizzlies’ attack by averaging 14.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.
Key stats: Connected on a Continental League-leading 50 3-pointers while averaging 13.3 points with 3.0 assists per game.
Key stats: Did it all for the Warriors, averaging 17.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game and making 50 3-point baskets.
Key stats: He was the assist leader in the Continental League with 6.2 per game while also scoring 11.2 points per game.
Class: Sophomore Height: 6-5 Key stats: Showed his potential on a young Wolverines team by averaging 15.3 points and 5.7 rebounds a game.
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For these crew chiefs, it’s life in the fast lane
ole Pearn and Chris Gayle feel right at home in Golden, but neither is home very often. Both are crew chiefs for Denver’s NASCAR Furniture Row Racing teams. Pearn is in his OVERTIME second season as crew chief for the No. 78 team and driver Martin Truex Jr. Truex, who won March 12 in Las Vegas, is third in driver points and has a series-leading eight playoff bonus points following the Jim Benton March 26 Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California. Gayle is the crew chief for the No. 77 and rookie driver Erik Jones, for the second FRR team. Jones is 15th in the point standings. Pearn and his family moved from North Carolina to the Denver area before the start of the 2016 season. They are embracing the Colorado lifestyle, but it’s not always easy. “It’s hard being away,” said Pearn, a native of London, Ontario, who plays hockey in an area league and skis during the offseason. “I’ve got two young kids (Callum and Freya), so it’s hard on my wife (Carrie)… We just do the best we can with it, but it’s a challenge.” On most NASCAR weeks when races are on Sundays, the FRR teams
‘We do anticipate a few more students wanting off the last period of the day as athletes will not want to miss class for a game.’ Jason Wilkins, Cherry Creek High School athletic director
return to Denver after the race Sunday evening and depart on Thursday for the next track Gayle, along with his wife Brandi and 2-year-old daughter Cora, moved to Golden from North Carolina on Nov. 30, 2016. “I moved out (here) and three days later it dumped 9 inches of snow and it was like 4 degrees for a high for two straight days,” Gayle. “I was like, ‘whew, this is more than I expected,’ but then three days later it was 50 degrees and all the snow was gone. It’s nice and sunny and I like that.” American football in Italy Football is the most popular sport in Italy, but in America that sport is called soccer.
Castle View senior Riese Lutz is part of the American Football Worldwide USA Elite 19U team that will tour Italy April 15-22 and will play a game of American football on April 22 in Milan against the Italian National U19 team. The Italian team gets together a couple times a year to train and compete against other national European American football teams. The USA team will help refine the American form of football for Italy’s team. Lutz was all-conference player in the Mount Wilson league last season. The cornerback/free safety made 26 solo tackles, had five interceptions and blocked two field goals.
Later start shouldn’t affect sports Start time for classes at the high schools in the Cherry Creek School District will start later for the 201718 school year. The school day will start at 8:20 a.m. and release at 3:30 p.m. Cherry Creek High School Athletic Director Jason Wilkins doesn’t anticipate any effect on Bruins’ athletic practices or after-school games, even those away games that start at 4 or 4:15 p.m. “We do anticipate a few more students wanting off the last period of the day as athletes will not want to miss class for a game,” Wilkins said. “We also anticipate more students wanting a first-period class since it will now start later. “When I went through and looked at every game played last year, the location and the times, it was surprising to see how few games would have been affected by this new end time. One of the benefits is that many coaches are out of the building these days, so practices started later anyway. This later end time will help to eliminate some of that down time while kids waited for practice to start.” Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia. com or at 303-566-4083.
Benton, coaches honored at Hall of Fame dinner BY SCOTT STOCKER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Colorado Community Media’s own Jim Benton was honored with the Media Award by the Colorado High School Coaches Association March 25 at its Hall of Fame induction dinner in Aurora. Benton joined five coaches in receiving honors at the dinner. Benton is a Denver native who
graduated from Lincoln High School and the University of Denver. He worked for 41 years as a sportswriter for the Rocky Mountain News covering all levels of sports — club, high school, college and pro. Since 2012, he has been covering sports, with a focus on high schools, in the metro area for Colorado Community Media. Also inducted wereformer Chaparral High School volleyball
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STANDOUT PERFORMERS Meg Hanson, lacrosse, junior, Arapahoe: She had four goals as the Warriors had 10 different players score in a 20-3 win over Evergreen on March 20. Jordan Medina, baseball, junior, Highlands Ranch: He went 4-for-4 with a home run and double, drove in five runs and stole a base as the Falcons opened play March 21 in the Pride Classic Tournament with an 18-0 win over Scottsdale Christian Academy. Case Williams, baseball, freshman, Douglas County: Williams allowed just one hit
coachT.R. Ellis, former Fowler basketball coach Greg Fruhwirth, former North Park coach and althletic director Randy Hodgson, former Overland football coachTony Manfredi and Colorado Academy track and cross country coach Alan Versaw. Ellis was the lone female coach inducted by the CHSCA this year. She began her coaching career in Colorado at Olathe High School in
and struck out nine batters in a fourinning stint during the Huskies’ 5-0 win over Highland of Palmdale, California, on March 21. Jacob Dack, track, senior, Lutheran: Dack won the shot put (52-00.25) and discus (136-03.00) on March 23 at the Denver South Rebel Invitational. Logan O’Neill, baseball, senior, Rock Canyon: O’Neill went 3-for-3, scored three runs, stole a base and had five runs batted in as the Jaguars beat Valley Vista of Surprise, Arizona, on March 22.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com
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AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world. Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area. Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check. Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org. Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more. Contact: Steph Schroeder, 303-688-9498 Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus, Highlands Ranch Contact: 720-777-6887 Colorado Humane Society Handles animal abuse and neglect cases Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries. Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925
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OCCUPANT - Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Allen Land Surveying - Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP as Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association Bob Jaster, President & CEO Robinson Brick Company a Colorado Corporation fka Robinson Brick and Tile Company - Capital Corporate Services Inc, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Capitol Corporate Services Inc C/O Wolz Corporate USA Inc, Registered Agent - Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Capitol Corporate Services Inc, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Capitol Corporate Services, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk Town of Parker - Carol Erwin C/O Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Cheryl M Roberts, Director Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Cheryl M Roberts, President Capitol Corporate Services Inc Cheryl M Roberts, Treasurer Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Delanie Case C/O Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Don Tjepkes Surveying - Don Tjepkes, a Duly Registered Professional Land Surveyor - FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA Gayle Windle, Asst Secretary Capitol Corporate Services Inc aka Capitol Services Inc - Gloria Constantin C/O Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP - Hunington Properties Inc - INA Group LLC - International Bank of Commerce - Jeff Samples, President International Bank of Commerce - John H Robinson, Director Capitol Corporate Services Inc - John H Robinson, Secretary Capitol Corporate Services Inc - John H Robinson, Vice President Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Jonathan A Lehmann, President Robinson Ranch Metropolitan District - Land Title - Land Title Guarantee Co - Mark C Licata, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Mark Licata C/O Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP - Mark Stuz, Registered Agent Robinson Brick Company - Mary Ann Quick C/O Capitol Corporate Services Mayor Town of Parker - Michael B Massey C/O Capitol corporate Services Inc - Michael P Allen, a duly registered land surveyor - Parker Water & Sanitation District - Planning Comission Town Of Parker - Preston Johnson C/O Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP - Randy Lewis, Neighborhood Services Manager Town of Parker Robinson Brick Company, a Colorado Corporation fka Robinson Brick and Tile Company Robinson Ranch Metropolitan District - Sandy Aron of Spasco of Colordao LLC, Partner Sandy Aron, President Shops at Robinson Ranch Association a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation - Sandy P Aron, Member Spasco of Colorado LLC - Sanford P Aron, Manager Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Sanford P Aron, Sole Manager of Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Sanford P Aron, Sole Manager Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Sanford P Aron, the Sole Manager of Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Spasco Ltd, a Texas Limited Partnership aka Spasco Ltd - Spasco of Colorado LLC C/O Huntington Properties Inc - Spasco of Colorado LLC C/O Huntington Properties Inc aka Hunington Properties Inc - Spasco of Colorado LLC - Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liabiity Company - Suzanne Biesendorfer C/O Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP - The Corporation Company - The Corporation Company, Registered Agent for US CorpWorks Inc - The Public Trustee of the County of Douglas State of Colorado - The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association a Colorado nonprofit corporation - The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Town Council of the Town of Parker - Town of Parker US Corpworks Inc, Registered Agent for Capitol Corporate Services Inc as Registered Agent for The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association Wolz Corporate USA Inc
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Public Notice
Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0294
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
To Whom It May Concern: On 1/9/2017 2:18:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
Original Grantor: GREGORY M KRAINIK AND ANNETTE M KRAINIK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR BANK ONE, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/16/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 6/23/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003093039 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $808,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $725,658.00
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 40, LONE TREE FILING NO. 2B , COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10032 Oak Tree Court, Lone Tree, CO 80124 NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 3/16/2017 Last Publication: 4/13/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/10/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-753614-LL
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0294 First Publication: 3/16/2017 Last Publication: 4/13/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
OCCUPANT - Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP - FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA - INA Group LLC - Internantional Bank of Commerce Jeff Samples the President of International Bank of Commerce, a Texas Banking Association Jeff Samples, President C/O International Bank of Commerce - Johnathan A Lehmann, President Olde Town Metropolitan District - Land Title Guarantee Company - Main & Jordan LLC, A Colorado Limited Liability Company - Michael B Massey - Norman Dyer as Sole Manager of Main & Jordan LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Norman Dyer, Sole Manager - Olde Town Metropolitan District - Preston Johnson Sandy P Aron, Manager, Spasco of Colorado LLC - Sandy P Aron, Member, Spasco of Colorado LLC - Sanford P Aron, the Sole Manager of Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Shops at Olde Town Association - Spasco of Colorado LLC - Spasco of Colorado LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Spasco, Ltd, a Texas limited partnership aka Spasco Ltd - The Cherry Creek Basin Authority - The Parker Water and Sanitation District - The Public Trustee of the County of Douglas, State of Colorado - The Shops at Olde Town Association - The Shops at Olde Town Association, a Colorado nonprofit corporation The Union Pacific Railway Company You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TRACT O OLDE TOWN AT PARKER 1A 1ST AMEND 1.875 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Shops at Olde Town Association for said year 2012 That on the 20th day of June 2016 said FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA assigned said certificate of purchase to INA Group LLC. That said INA Group LLC on the 4th day of January 2017 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of June 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 23rd day of March 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930789 First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Allen Land Surveying - Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP as Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association Bob Jaster, President & CEO Robinson Brick Company a Colorado Corporation fka Robinson Brick and Tile Company - Capital Corporate Services Inc, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Capitol Corporate Services Inc C/O Wolz Corporate USA Inc, Registered Agent - Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Capitol Corporate Services Inc, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Capitol Corporate Services, Registered Agent The Shops at Robinson Ranch Association - Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk Town of Parker - Carol Erwin C/O Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Cheryl M Roberts, Director Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Cheryl M Roberts, President Capitol Corporate Services Inc Cheryl M Roberts, Treasurer Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Delanie Case C/O Capitol Corporate Services Inc - Don Tjepkes Surveying - Don
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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TRACT A ROBINSON RANCH 2 2ND AMEND 1.68 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of The Shops At Robinson Ranch Association for said year 2012 That on the 20th day of June 2016 said FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA assigned said certificate of purchase to INA Group LLC. That said INA Group LLC on the 4th day of January 2017 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of July 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 30th day of March 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930824 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Anderson & Keil - Apollo Credit
Dean E Edwards and Beverly A Edwards, As Joint Tenants - Dean Edwards AKA Dean E Edwards - Beverley L Edwards aka Beverly A Edwards and Dean Edwards aka Dean E Edwards - Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service - FRHL LLC and UMB Bank Co NA - INA Group LLC - Kathleen Cone Deputy Clerk - Lorraine Joanne Bays - Lorraine Joanne Bays aka Lorraine J Bays - Roger D & Lori J Bays - Roger D Bays aka Roger Bays - Roger Dean Bays and Lorraine Joanne Bays - Transit Mix Concrete Co - Troy B Parker, Revenue Officer C/O Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service
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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION To advertise public notices call and each of you are 303-566-4100 hereby notified that on FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED yourYou the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State To Every Person in Actual Possession or of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FRHL Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, LLC and UMB Bank CO NA the following deLot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose scribed real estate situate in the County of Name the Same was Taxed or Specially AsDouglas, State of Colorado, to wit: sessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To TR NE1/4SW1/4 15-9-70 CP 0150869 1 AM/L Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: 288-533 OCCUPANT - Anderson & Keil - Apollo Credit and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of Agency Inc - Brittany D Vanwyck aka Brittany D purchase therefore to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank Brame - Brittany Van Wyk, as Personal RepresCO NA. That said tax lien sale was made to satentative of the Estate of Kevin A Vanwyk also isfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said known as Kevin Authur Vanwk, Kevin Vanwyk, real estate for the year 2012. That said real esKevin A Van Wyk, Kevin Arthur Van Wyk and tate was taxed or specially assessed in the Kevin Van Wyk - Christopher Gerald Treece Rename(s) of Lorraine Joanne Bays for said year gistered Agent GRE Holdings - Christopher 2012 Sherman - County Court Jefferson County - Dianne E Bailey, Douglas County Public Trustee That on the 20th day of June 2016 said FRHL GRE Holdings LLC - GRE Holdings LLC C/O LLC and UMB Bank CO NA assigned said certiJennifer Ostenson - Guaranty Bank and Trust ficate of purchase to INA Group LLC. That said Company - Jennifer Ostenson, Manager GRE INA Group LLC on the 4th day of January 2017 Holdings LLC - Jennifer Ostenson, Senior Vice the present holder of said certificate, has made President of Guaranty Bank and Trust Comrequest upon the Treasurer of said County for a pany - Merlin J Rozenboom - Merlin J Rozendeed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s boom and Kevin A Van Wyk - Monique Dithun, Deed will be issued for said real estate to the Deputy Clerk - Mortgage Electronic Registration said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of Systems Inc aka MERS - Mortgage Solutions of June 2017 unless the same has been reColorado - North American Title Company of deemed. Said property may be redeemed from Colorado - Public Trustee Douglas County said sale at any time prior to the actual execuRobert James Wilson - Robert James Wilson tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand and Kindra Wilson - Sean Larkin - Sean Mithis 23rd day of March 2017 chael Larkin - Sean Michael Larkin, Registered Agent GRE Holdings LLC - Shana Kloek, Clerk /s/ Diane A. Holbert of the Court - Sharon K Sherman and Chris County Treasurer of Douglas County Sherman - Sharon K Sherman et al - Stewart Title - Zsolt K Bessko C/O Jones & Keller PC Legal Notice No.: 930791 Zsolt K Bessko Esq First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 You and each of you are hereby notified that on Publisher: Douglas County News-Press the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FRHL Public Notice LLC and UMB Bank CO NA the following described real estate situate in the County of DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way LOTS 13 THRU 16 BLK 8 KELLEY TOWNSCastle Rock, CO ITE & THAT PART OF VACATED ROSE AVE Douglas County, CO 80109 ADJACENT TO PROPERTY BY 87-254 TOTAL ACREAGE 0.369 AM/L THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of In the Interest of: purchase therefore to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA. That said tax lien sale was made to satMADISON COOKE, D.O.B. 5/31/2001, Child, isfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real esAnd concerning: tate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of GRE Holdings LLC for said year KACY COOKE, Mother, and 2012 JEFFREY COOKE, Father, MATTHEW UNDERWOOD, That on the 20th day of June 2016 said FRHL Possible Biological Father, LLC and UMB Bank CO NA assigned said certiRespondents. ficate of purchase to INA Group LLC. That said INA Group LLC on the 4th day of January 2017 Attorney for Department: the present holder of said certificate, has made John Thirkell, #13865 request upon the Treasurer of said County for a R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s 4400 Castleton Ct. Deed will be issued for said real estate to the Castle Rock, CO 80109 said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of (303) 663-7726; FAX 877.285.8988 June 2017 unless the same has been rejthirkel@douglas.co.us deemed. Said property may be redeemed from lreigrut@douglas.co.us said sale at any time prior to the actual execuCASE NUMBER: 16JV311 DIVISION 7 tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 23rd day of March 2017 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS
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/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930790 First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Beverley L Edwards AKA Beverly A Edwards - Beverly A Edwards aka Beverley L Edwards - Cheryl A Lane Clerk of Court - Cheryl A Lane Clerk of Court - Cheryl Cordert, for Troy B Parker Revenue Officer C/O Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service - County Court Douglas County Colorado Dean E Edwards and Beverly A Edwards, As Joint Tenants - Dean Edwards AKA Dean E Edwards - Beverley L Edwards aka Beverly A Edwards and Dean Edwards aka Dean E Edwards - Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service - FRHL LLC and UMB Bank Co NA - INA Group LLC - Kathleen Cone Deputy Clerk - Lorraine Joanne Bays - Lorraine Joanne Bays aka Lorraine J Bays - Roger D & Lori J Bays - Roger D Bays aka Roger Bays - Roger Dean Bays and Lorraine Joanne Bays - Transit Mix Concrete Co - Troy B Parker, Revenue Officer C/O Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FRHL LLC and UMB Bank CO NA the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR NE1/4SW1/4 15-9-70 CP 0150869 1 AM/L 288-533
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This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016. TO: KACY COOKE
You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of R. LeeAnn Reigrut, at the above address. A PERMANENCY PLANNING HEARING has been set for May 22, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.
Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHO UT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.
You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.
You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as
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you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.
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You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4. This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel. Dated this 20th day of March, 2017, John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 930801 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
OCCUPANT - Arthur L Noble - Arthur L Noble in severality - Arturo Vera-Rojas C/O Castle Meadows Inc - BAC Home Loans Servicing LP Barbara J Van De Wege aka Barbara J Vandewege - Bradley J Clark - Bradley J Clark, a Tenant in Severality - Castle Meadows Inc Castle Meadows Inc aka Castle Meadows Inc, a California Corporation - Castle Stawiarski LLC, as Attorney in Fact for BAC Home Loans Servicing LP - Esperanza Giles-Ibarra - Esperanza Ibarra nka Esparanza Giles-Ibarra - Esperanza Ibarra nka Esparanza Giles-Ibarra and Jose I Ibarra - Esperanza Ibarra, as Attorney In Fact for Maragarita Woodman - Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association - Fannie Mae aka Federal Nation Mortgage Association By Castle Stawiarski LLC as Attorney in Fact Federal National Mortgage Association - First American Heritage Title Company - First American Title Insurance Company - George Kennedy, Douglas County Public Trustee - Gilbert J Cramer - Heritage Title aka Heritage Title Company - Jan Knibbe, Division Vice President US Home Corporation, a Delaware Corporation - Jeanne H Van Volkenburgh, Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard G Van Volkenburgh aka Richard Greg Van Volkenburgh Jeanne H Vanvolkenburgh - Jeffrey H Whiton, Division President US Home Corporation, a Delaware Corporation - Jose I Ibarra and Esparanza Ibarra - Jose I Ibarra and Esperanza Ibarra, as joint tenants - Joseph P Givan and Carol Lee Gensemer - Joseph P Givan and Carol Lee Massie - Joseph P Given and Carol Lee Gensemer aka Carol Lee Massie aka Carol Lee Massie Given - Land Title Guarantee Company Lincoln Meadows Limted Partnership - Margarita Woodman - Meadows Metropolitan District No. 1 - Meadows Metropolitan Districts #1 through #8 - Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as nominee for American Brokers Conduit aka MERSCorp Holdings Inc - P Joseph Kaopinski, Vice President Castle Meadows Inc, a California Corporation - Patricia Vaughn, Assistant Secretary aka Pat Vaughn, Assistant Secretary Castle Meadows Inc, a California Corporation - Public Trustee, of Douglas County State of Colorado - Richard G Van Volkenburgh aka Richard G Vanvolkenburgh - Richard G Van Volkenburgh and Jeanne H Van Volkenburg as Husband and Wife - Robert F Conley and Rebecca D Lucero - Robert F Conley and Rebecca D Lucero nka Rebecca D Conley - State of Colorado, Department of Regulatory Agencies Division of Real Estate - Surveyor Companies, a Texas Corporation - Town of Castle Rock - US Home Corporation - US Home Corporation, a Delaware Corporation - Virginia I Cramer
You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Maxon LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 33 BLK 6 FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS # 1 0.148 AM/L
and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Maxon LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Arthur L Noble for said year 2012 That said Maxon LLC on the 3rd day of January 2017 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of July 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 30th day of March 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930820 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Ronald D Troyer & Judith Troyer ET AL - Ronald D Troyer & Judith Troyer, Bishop Ct LLC, John Fonville, and Zion Investment Corp - Bishop Court Apartment LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Bishop Court Apartments LLC aka Bishop Court Apartment LLC nka Tamar and Associates LLC Bishop Court Apartments LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company aka Bishop Court Apartment LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Bishop Ct LLC - Bishop Ct LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Cheryl A Layne, Clerk of Court District Court, Douglas County Cindy S Schuler, Reservation Holder Bishop Ct LLC - Colleen J Troyer - District Court, Douglas County, Colorado - Doty Development Corporation - Doty Development Corporation, a Colorado Corporation - Gary R Danhauer - Gary R Danhauer ETAL - George V Dom, Director Doty Development Corporation - George V Dom, Secretary Doty Development Corporation Home Title Corporation - Jack Arrowsmith, Public Trustee Douglas County - Jenifer A Ratcliffe C/O TR Inverness Corp, a Delaware Corporation - Jesse Courtright, Deputy Clerk District Court, Douglas County - John Fonville - Joseph Tinianow and Betty Tinianow - Judith Troyer aka Judy Troyer - Kenneth A Mcnerny - Kenneth A McNerny, Organizer Bishop Court Aparments, LLC aka Bishop Court Apartment LLC - Larry P Doty as Manager of Bishop Court Apartments LLC aka Bishop Court Apartment LLC - Larry P Doty, Director Doty Development Corporation Larry P Doty, President Doty Development Corporation - Larry P Doty, President Doty Development Corporation, a Colorado Corporation Lawrence C Morley - Marilyn D Bullard, Chief Deputy Public Trustee - Matt Troyer aka Matthew A Troyer - Matt Troyer aka Matthew A Troyer and Colleen Troyer aka Colleen J Troyer - Matt Troyer and Colleen Troyer - Matt Troyer, Attorney in Fact for Ronald D Troyer and Judith A Troyer - Matthew A Troyer aka Matt Troyer Matthew A Troyer and Colleen J Troyer - Matthew Aaron Troyer aka Matt Troyer - Matthew Aaron Troyer, Registered Agent aka Matt Troyer Bishop Ct LLC - N A Doty, Secretary/Treasurer Doty Development Corporation - Nancy A Doty - Nancy A Doty, Registered Agent Tamar and Associates LLC - Nancy A Doty, Registered Agent Doty Development Corporation Ronald D Troyer - Ronald D Troyer and Judith Troyer - Ronald D Troyer and Judith A. Troyer Security Title aka Security Title Guaranty Co C/O Fidelity National Financial Inc - Tamar and Associates LLC - Todd Deneui, Attorney In Fact for John Fonville - Todd Deneui, Registered Agent Zion Investment Corporation - Todd T Deneui aka Todd Deneui - TR Inverness Corp, a Delaware Corporation - Zion Investment Corp Zion Investment Corp, a Colorado Corporation aka Zion Investment Corporation, a Colorado Corporation - Zion Investment Corporation You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Omaha Beach LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: PARK BISHOP COURT 0.22 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Omaha Beach LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Gary R Danhauer ETAL for said year 2010 That said Omaha Beach LLC on the 21st day of December 2016 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of July 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 30th day of March 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930821 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Lorraine Joanne Bays - Beverley L Edwards aka Beverly A Edwards Beverly A Edwards aka Beverley L Edwards Cheryl A Layne Clerk of Court County Court Douglas County - Cheryl Cordert for Troy B
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
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OCCUPANT - Lorraine Joanne Bays - Beverley L Edwards aka Beverly A Edwards Beverly A Edwards aka Beverley L Edwards Cheryl A Layne Clerk of Court County Court Douglas County - Cheryl Cordert for Troy B Parker Revenue Office Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service - County Court Douglas County Colorado - Dean E Edwards and Beverly A Edwards as Joint Tenants - Dean Edwards aka Dean E Edwards and Beverley L Edwards aka Beverly A Edwards Deborah Torp - Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service - Kahleen Cone Deputy Clerk County Court Douglas County - Lorraine J Bays - Robert Peterson - Roger D & Lori J Bays - Roger D Bays aka Roger Bays - Roger Dean Bays and Lorraine Joanne Bays - Transit Mix Concrete Co - Troy B Parker Revenue Officer Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Robert Peterson the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN N1/2NE1/4SW1/4 15-9-70 CP 0150877 1 AM/L 137-174 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Robert Peterson. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Lorraine Joanne Bays for said year 2012 That said Robert Peterson on the 20th day of December 2016 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of July 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 30th day of March 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930822 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Mortgage Corporation - HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation and Design aka HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation - J Michael Dorsey, as Secretary of Housing and Urban Developent of Washington DC - Jeannine Herman, Supervisory Realty Clerk HUD Office Denver Colorado John M Seebohm - John M Seebohm C/O Buchanan & Stouffer PC - Juanita M Heiland, Public Trustee County of Douglas - Kevin H Burke Esq - Land Title aka Land Title Guarantee Company - Lisa L Morgan, Vice President Homeamerican Mortgage Corporation - Loretta L Johnson - Loretta L Johnson aka Loretta Johnson - Mark A McGimsey - Mark L Eames, Managing Agent for Founders Village Master Association Inc - Maxxon LLC - PCMS - Richmond Belmont Limited, a Colorado Corporation C/O MDC Holdings Inc - Ronald F Pfister, President HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation Ronald F Pfister, President MDC Mortgage Corporation aka HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation - Shana Kloek, Clerk of Court District Court, Jefferson County, Colorado - The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington DC his successors and/or assigns - Wegg Partnership LLP aka Wegg Partnership - WEGG Partnership LLP Gary Huffman - Wendy S Brecko, Assistant Secretary Richmond Belmont Limited, a Colorado Corporation - Westcor Properties Inc You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Maxon LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:
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LOT 5 BLK 1 VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK #2 0.125 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Maxon LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Wegg Partnership LLP for said year 2012 That said Maxon LLC on the 3rd day of January 2017 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of July 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 30th day of March 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930823 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - WEGG Partnership LLP 9600 West Jewell LLC - Alice N Boedeker, General Partner Boedeker Family Partnership LLLP - Alice N Boedeker, Registered Agent Boedeker Family Partnership LLLP - Allan A Roem and Diane Roem - Boedecker Family Partnership LLLP - Boedeker Family Partnership - Brian J Keogh and Susan J Keogh - Cheryl A Layne, Clerk of Douglas Combined Courts on behalf of David A Johnson - Cheryl A Layne, Clerk of the District Court on behalf of David A Johnson Douglas County, State of Colorado - Daniel A Daubenspeck - Daniel A Daubenspeck, Tenant in Severality - David A Johnson - David D Mandarich as President and Wendy S Brecko as Ass't Secretary of Richmond Belmont Limited, a Colorado Corporation - David D Mandarich, President Richmond Belmont Limited, a Colorado Corporation, C/O MDC Holdings - Dean H Boedeker, General Partner Boedeker Family Partnership LLLP - Dean H Boedeker, Registered Agent Boedeker Family Partnership LLLP - District Court, Jefferson County Colorado - Founders Village Master Association Gale A Torrey, Partner Wegg Partnership aka Wegg Partnership LLP - Gale A Torrey, Secretary Westcor Properties Inc - Gary A Huffman aka Gary Huffman, Registered Agent Westcor Properties Inc - Gary A Huffman, a General Partner Wegg Partnership LLP - Gary A Huffman, Registered Agent WEGG Partnership LLP - Gary Alan Huffman aka Gary A Huffman - Gary Alan Huffman aka Gary A Huffman, Registered Agent WEGG Partnership LLP - Gary Alan Huffman, President Westcor Properties Inc - Gary Alan Huffman, Registered Agent Westcor Properties Inc - Gary Huffman, Broker/Owner Westcor Properties Inc - Gary Huffman, General Partner Wegg Partnership aka Wegg Partnership LLP - Gary Huffman, President Westcor Properties Inc - Gary Huffman, Registered Agent Westcor Properties Inc - Gary W Criswell, Registered Agent 9600 West Jewell LLC - H Eileen Huffman VP Westcor Properties Inc - H Eileen Huffman, Partner Wegg Partnership aka Wegg Partnership LLP - H Eileen Huffman, Vice President Westcor Properties Inc - Helen Eileen Huffman - Heritage Title aka Heritage Title Company - HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation Homeamerican Mortgage Corporation C/O MDC Mortgage Corporation - HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation and Design aka HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation - J Michael Dorsey, as Secretary of Housing and Urban Developent of Washington DC - Jeannine Herman, Supervisory Realty Clerk HUD Office Denver Colorado John M Seebohm - John M Seebohm C/O Buchanan & Stouffer PC - Juanita M Heiland, Public Trustee County of Douglas - Kevin H Burke Esq - Land Title aka Land Title Guarantee Company - Lisa L Morgan, Vice President Homeamerican Mortgage Corporation - Loretta L Johnson - Loretta L Johnson aka Loretta
City and County Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1 LEGAL NOTICE OF TWO-YEAR, FALL APPLICATION CYCLE Pursuant to C.R.S. § 22-1-117, this notice is to inform the public that the Douglas County School District is requesting a waiver from the State Board of Education from the requirements of C.R.S. § 22-30.5-107(1)(b), regarding the timing of review and approval of charter school applications. The DCSD Board will hear public comment concerning this waiver request at its regular monthly meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. on April 18, 2017, at 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock. Public comment is welcome. Douglas County School District RE1 Dated: March 15, 2017 Nona Eichelberger, Board of Education Secretary Legal Notice No.: 930786 First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 019-17 JUSTICE CENTER LOCKER ROOM REMODEL The Department of Facilities, Fleet, and Emergency Support Services, in conjunction with the Sheriff’s Office, of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible qualified general contractors for the remodel of the existing locker rooms at the Robert A . Christensen Justice Center. ON MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 @ 9:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL ALLOW ALL POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW T H E W O R K S I T E A N D D I S C U S S T HE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN IN THE LOBBY OF THE ROBERT A. CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE CENTER, 4000 JUSTICE WAY, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80109. ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ATTENDING THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A BID ON THIS PROJECT. The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses. Bid responses will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2017 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed en-
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The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.
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Bid responses will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2017 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #019-17, Justice Center Locker Room Remodel”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any bids so received will be returned unopened.
Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful bidder.
Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No.: 930818 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 11, 2017 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the 2017 adopted budget. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed amendment to the budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us. Legal Notice No.: 930827 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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