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More than a hundred volunteers who lined the road for the funeral of Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson march back to the funeral home. Many of the volunteers who included civilians, Boy Scouts and military personnel carried American flags that were dipped as the procession passed by. Jackson died in a Korean prisoner of war camp in 1951. Photo by Tom Munds
Decades later, soldier laid to rest Words to honor a fallen hero
Floyd Jackson died in 1951, DNA aids identification of remains By Tom Munds
tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson died more than 60 years ago. But loved ones - his mother, brothers and sisters, family friends — never had the chance for final closure or to honor a fallen hero with a full military funeral. Jackson paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country when he died in a Korean prisoner of war camp half the world away. Those same loved ones were plagued first with nagging, then lingering, then permanent unanswered questions. Until recently, that is. Because the right people were in the right place at the right time, Jackson was laid to rest next to his mother on March 7 in Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetery in Centennial — six decades after he died in the POW camp. Jackson continues on Page 7
Staff report Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson died at a prisoner of war camp in 1951 during the Korean War. It took about 60 years for his remains to be identified and returned home for burial. Michelle Mueller, married to the soldier’s grandnephew, Randy, said the 19-year-old Jackson followed a family tradition by going into the military service. His mother’s father fought for the Union in the Civil War and his father served during World War I. “It was one of the coldest winters on record in Korea and we were told the Communists took the coats from American soldiers For more photos and a video and gave them to their of the ceremony for Army soldiers,” she said. “The Sgt. Floyd Jackson, go to Army said many prisCentennialCitizen.net oners died of disease, malnutrition or froze to death.”
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Joanne Mueller, niece of Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson, received the folded flag that covered his coffin from Army 1st Lt. Joseph Zarella during the March 7 funeral ceremonies at Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetary. Jackson was captured in 1950 and died in a Korean prisoner of war camp in February 1951. The Army recently used family DNA to identify his remains. Photo by Tom Munds
Here are the words of others who attended Jackson’s burial service on March 7 at Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetery in Centennial: “It was an amazing time that brought our whole family together. We rode in the procession from the airport and it was incredible. There were people lined up along the route with flags and we saw police officers and firefighters saluting as we went by. There is an elementary school near the funeral home and children were standing along the fence when we drove in.” — Randy Mueller, an Englewood business owner and grandnephew of Jackson “This is a Korean vet who came home after all this time. There are thousands who are still over there and others who are not identified.” — Korean war veteran Robert Murphy, who felt he had to pay his respects to Jackson
A picture of 19-year-old Littleton resident Floyd Jackson after he joined the Army in 1950. Courtesy photo
Veterans saluted and most other people put their hands over their hearts as Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson’s flag-draped coffin was brought to the grave site for the funeral with full military honors. Jackson died in a Korean prisoner of war camp in February 1951. Photo by Tom Munds
“He was captured, released and came home to us in 1953 when the war was over. I am here to represent him. My feeling is he sacrificed so much, we couldn’t get him back for so long. Thanks for the hard work of all the people no one sees and by the grace of God he is finally back at home. It was emotional and there were tears today.” — Charmaine Francoys Griffith, whose father was in the same company as Jackson
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Centennial street to be renamed South Atchison will become South Blackhawk Staff report
Pictured is a night view of The Falls Event Center in Elk Grove, Calif. The new locations coming to Centennial and Littleton will have the same “look and feel,” said the company’s corporate general manager. To learn more about the new event centers, visit www.thefallseventcenter.com. Photos by George Frey
New event centers offer gathering space Hosts have freedom to customize everything By Christy Steadman csteadman @colorado communitymedia.com
Two new event centers coming to the south metro area will offer people a new gathering place for special occasions. The Falls Event Center coming to Centennial will be a 14,300-square-foot building near the southeast corner of East Costilla Avenue and South Fulton Street. The same company will open a Littleton location, a 12,000-square-foot venue in the SouthPark area near Santa Fe Drive and C-470. Both event centers will offer guests an elegant space to host a gathering, said John Neubauer, corporate general manager for
The Falls Event Center. The Falls Event Center is different in that it allows the event’s host to be in charge of everything. “They are truly venues,” Neubauer said. “People just rent the space.” Renters have the freedom to decorate the space however they want for their event, he said, and bring in their own caterers and licensed bartenders. All audio and visual equipment is included. The purpose is to make the venue user-friendly without having to charge for all the extra things people usually get charged for when renting a venue for a special event, Neubauer said. The buildings at both locations will include large and small conference rooms, for corporate or business meetings, Neubauer said, and a main event hall for wedding receptions, quinceañeras, family reunions or any other type of large gathering.
The buildings are expected to be able to accommodate 300-350 people, and the host may rent it for part of the day or the entire day, he said. The Littleton location “is a really good destination site,” Neubauer said, adding that the views are beautiful, with the Denver skyline in the background and the Rocky Mountains to the west. The Centennial location offers private, landscaped areas with bridges and streams, which allows people the opportunity to “get some great pictures,” Neubauer said. Centennial’s event center will be centrally located in the city, said Centennial’s principal planner, Derek Holcomb, and in close proximity to other complementary uses, such as hotels and restaurants. “It will provide a great opportunity for residents and nonresidents alike to experience the
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many other great businesses and attractions the city has to offer,” he said. The Falls Event Center is in the process of obtaining the building permit for the Littleton location, with the hopes of beginning construction around May 1 and finishing by the end of 2015, Neubauer said. The Centennial location is a few months behind Littleton, he said, and will be obtaining the building contract by July, and construction will start shortly after. The Falls Event Center LLC was formed in Utah in 2011, Neubauer said. The first event center opened in St. George, Utah, in 2013, and this year, other locations are to include Utah, California and Arizona. A location in Colorado Springs will be Colorado’s third site. “Denver is a really good place to be,” Neubauer said. “We expect the centers to be well received.”
A stretch of road near the Centennial Civic Center will be receiving a new name this year. A portion of South Atchison Street — about one-third of a mile — will be renamed South Blackhawk Street. Its location intersects Arapahoe Road just west of South Jordan Road, and runs south until it intersects with East Davies Avenue, where it becomes South Blackhawk Street. South Atchison Street does not have a northbound connection to Arapahoe Road. South Blackhawk Street will now run south from Arapahoe Road until it intersects with East Broncos Parkway. Dove Valley Metropolitan District submitted the request near the end of October 2014, and it was approved by city council on March 2. This is a good time to do it, said the City of Centennial’s principal planner Daniel Krzyzanowski, because only three properties have the South Atchison Street address, and no businesses. With the name change, 10 street signs will need to be replaced. However, eight of them were already scheduled to be replaced this year, and the other two are within the budget, Krzyzanowski said.
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Meet the superintendent finalists By Jennifer Smith jsmith@colorado communitymedia.com On March 14, the four candidates profiled at right will be interviewed to replace Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Scott Murphy, whose retirement is effective June 15. Initial interviews will be conducted by two superintendent selection advisory committees made up of school district faculty, staff members and community residents. The interviews are open to the public, though no comments or input will be allowed. The boards will make a recommendation to the LPS Board of Education, which will conduct its own interviews and make the final decision, expected by March 19.
Clay Abla, Littleton Public Schools director of secondary education
Brian Ewert, Englewood Schools superintendent
Abla has been working in education for 28 years in the field of education, the last 3 ½ years as director of secondary education for Littleton Public Schools. He is responsible for the four middle schools, three high schools and one secondary alternative education program. Before joining LPS, he was with the Douglas County School District, serving seven years as director of schools and director of elementary education. Prior to coming to Colorado in 2004, he was the assistant superintendent in the Unified School District No. 218 in Elkhart, Kan. He entered the field as an economics and social-studies teacher in Missouri and went on to serve as principal at a middle school and a high school. Abla earned his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Panhandle State University and master’s in educational administration from Southwest Missouri State University.
Ewert grew up and graduated from high school in Ogallala, Neb. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Nebraska in 1986 and accepted his first job in education that year as a coach and teacher at a middle school there. In 1987, he became an elementary school teacher in Apple Valley, Calif. He earned his master’s degree in school administration and leadership from California State University in San Bernardino in 1991. The next year, he became an assistant principal in Apple Valley and a year later became a principal in that California school district. From 1995 until 2000, he was principal of a magnet school in Academy District 20 in Colorado Springs. From 2000-06, he was principal of Eldorado Elementary School in Highlands Ranch. He was the human resources director for the Douglas County School District from 2006 until accepting the Englewood Schools superintendent position in 2010. Last year, he was named state superintendent of the year by the Colorado Association of School Executives.
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Jackie Kapushion, Mapleton Public Schools deputy superintendent Jackie Kapushion has been deputy superintendent in Thornton’s Mapleton Public Schools since August 2013. She holds a master’s degree in educational administration, supervision and curriculum development from the University of Colorado Denver, and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and teaching from the University of Wyoming. Kapushion has 26 years of public education experience. She is in her 14th year with Mapleton Public Schools, where she has served as the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent/executive director of learning services, and director of professional development. Previously, she spent five years as an elementary principal at Sunset Ridge Elementary in Adams County School District 50 in Westminster. She also has seven years of experience as an elementary teacher in the Boulder Valley School District and the Moffat County School District in Craig, Colo.
Amy Oaks, Littleton High School principal
Oaks, who took over as Littleton High School’s principal in July 2011, is no stranger to Littleton Public Schools. She has served 16 years in the district, including seven as the principal at Goddard Middle School. Before taking the helm at LHS, she was the district’s director of secondary education, supervising all of the district’s middle and high schools. Oaks began her lifelong career in education as an English and social studies teacher, instructing for seven years before moving into administration. She first joined LPS as an assistant principal at Arapahoe High School and took the reins at Goddard Middle School three years later. She earned her B.A. from Wellesley College, a liberal arts institution for women, outside of Boston. She later continued her studies at Denver University, from which she received both her master’s and her doctorate in school administration and leadership.
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Safety pros offer advice for schools Littleton district doing well overall, they say
‘School safety and the well-being of kids is everybody’s job.’
By Jennifer Smith
Linda Kanan,
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Littleton Public Schools does not have a safety crisis on its hands, according to professionals brought in to address its safety and mental-health advisory committee during a four-hour workshop held on Feb. 28. “You are above most districts in America,” said Michael Dorn of the nonprofit Safe Havens International. “It’s nothing you’re doing wrong, but people don’t get that message.” Dorn noted that LPS has adequate technology, student-resource officers, campus monitors — all the same things as many districts that haven’t experienced tragedies like the murder/suicide at Arapahoe High School in December 2013 that took the lives of Claire Davis and the shooter, Karl Pierson. “LPS is doing typically what schools across Colorado are doing, and Colorado is good nationally,” agreed Linda Kanan, former director of the Colorado School Safety Resource Center’s Department of Public Safety. “That doesn’t mean to say we all don’t
School safety expert change our procedures. We don’t even teach reading like we did 20 years ago.” She praised the changes LPS has made since the shooting, including adding SROs and having the district’s mental-health and security teams meeting together weekly to review every discipline action. “You already have some things in place; it’s a question of how you expand it,” she said. She suggested some areas that could be improved, including keeping better local data. “State and national data do not give you a true picture of LPS kids,” she said. “You can dig into the (local) data and get a lot of good information.” She said the district should consider uni-
versal applications of preventative programs rather than allowing each building to pick and choose from among district-supported options — a suggestion Guy Grace, the district’s head of security, wholeheartedly agreed with. Kanan also stressed that the district should have formal information-sharing agreements with law enforcement rather than the informal channels created among employees of the district and outside agencies. “You do need to think about that,” she said. “But you did a great job pulling the community together in crisis. Having those relationships is important.” Mary McGlone, former school-board president and current president of the Little-
ton Public Schools Foundation, wondered how much more schools can do. “How do we bring the family into the fix?” she asked, adding that schools have become a “catch-all” instead of being focused on the task of education. “It’s all got to be woven together,” said Kanan. “There’s got to be a way to embed it so it’s not one more thing, it’s part of the whole thing. … It’s everybody’s job. School safety and the well-being of kids is everybody’s job.” Dorn suggested a lot can be accomplished just by improving the “body language” of a building. “Don’t remind me of a prison,” he said. “And don’t forget these children you have chosen to serve.” “Safety and learning go hand in hand,” agreed Kanan. “There’s so much evidence that we have to do more, but the focus has been on academics. It takes incidents like yours to bring the focus back.” Another way to keep safety in the forefront is to give district employees smaller bites of training on a regular basis instead of long sessions once or twice a year, said Dorn. “It keeps people at that higher state without scaring them,” he said.
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done anything differently?,’ ” said Pamela Schenck-Kelly, com-Park Meadows’ senior general manager. “The answer is lan-`no,’ because we have never ratcheted down the threat.” Somali terror group al Shabaab, responsible for the 2013 said.attack on Kenya’s Westgate Mall in which 67 people were havekilled, recently urged attacks on shopping centers. It singled out Minnesota’s Mall of America, which draws about and,”40 million annual visitors to its more than 500 shops. ence Park Meadows, with about 2 million annual visitors, is s hasthe largest mall in Colorado and several contiguous states. s likeA small city within Lone Tree, it includes about 1.6 million square feet of shopping and 192 stores and restaurants, and fore-is ranked as a super-regional mall. More than 40,000 people mallervisit the center on an average day, and about 5,000 people ad ofwork there. Dorn. Large-scale, multi-agency trainings are held semi-anwith-nually during Park Meadow’s off hours. They include officers from Arapahoe and Douglas counties, and SWAT
Magurete Brooks of Highlands Ranch and Roy Dahl of Aurora, at the Park Meadows mall March 4, walk inside Lone Tree shopping center before the stores open every Wednesday. Photo by Jane Reuter team members. Smaller trainings and tabletop exercises are conducted between those larger events. Communications systems are routinely tested and updated with new intelligence and technology, and the opening of new stores. Law enforcement and emergency personnel regularly meet with merchants to review and update plans. “Without going into great detail, that mall has an incredible technological advantage that keeps it a safe environ-
ment,” Lone Tree Police Chief Jeff Streeter said. “We can’t put bubbles over buildings and keep all the bad guys out. But we continually monitor and train. We will stay on top of this.” The mall invests significant resources into prevention, evaluation, training and preparing for catastrophic events of all kinds. “We didn’t have to deal with these kinds of things when the mall first opened 18 years ago,” Kelly said. “Today, we spend probably 20 percent of our resources on that type of prevention. “Obviously, active shooter is one of the things we do. But we have looked at every kind of scenario there could be, whether it’s weather-related, plane crashes or terrorism.” The mall employs its own security staff. Additionally, the Lone Tree Police Department has a substation at the mall. The officers based there are specifically assigned to the center. Park Meadows has increased its security staff hours. “But really more than anything, (that’s) to provide better observation and customer service,” Kelly said. “Police departments are here to serve and protect.” Streeter gave a broad overview of the city’s emergency training and plans for Park Meadows during the city council’s March 3 meeting. Councilmembers were reassured by what they heard. “The bad guys don’t look for the best-defended target,” Mayor Jim Gunning said. “They look for the least-defended target. The fact that we’re prepared here, I think, is a deterrent.”
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Housing Options trustee speaks from experience Single mom serves on board for seven years By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com South Metro Housing Options board member Esther Varela knows a lot about what the agency’s clients need and want, because she’s one of them. Varela, 40, grew up in Denver. She got married, had three boys and moved to Littleton, where she got a job with the Arapahoe County Motor Vehicle Division. “I love the schools, and I like Littleton as my home,” she said. Then, suddenly, she was a single mom. “I had to do something to support my family,” she said. So she found herself in the SMHO office, applying for help. That’s where she first heard the name Libby Bortz. Bortz helped get the housing authority started in the 1970s while working with the League of Women Voters, and remains on the board today. Little did Varela know then what an impact Bortz would have on her life. The two met at Arapahoe Community College about seven years ago. Getting help with housing costs had allowed Varela to sign up for computer-programming there, and both were regulars at its gym. They got to talking one day, and when Varela mentioned she knew of Bortz because she was an SMHO client, Bortz urged her to apply for a seat on the board. “It’s hard not to see how intelligent, centered, thoughtful and wise she is,” said Bortz. “When I found out she was an LHA resident I urged her to apply for the board. She has proven to be all the good things I could identify in her.” Varela said she wasn’t sure she wanted
Esther Varela has been on the South Metro Housing Options board for seven years, bringing with her a unique perspective. Photo by Jennifer Smith to do it, but Bortz proved persuasive. “She said, ‘You want someone like you on the board. You don’t want someone who doesn’t care about the position,’” remembers Varela. “She was such an inspiration, and she still is. The whole board is. They’ve taught me a lot.” Part of what she’s learned is why the authority does things that can be frustrating for residents but are required steps in the bureaucracy. “We have to jump through a lot of hoops,” she said. But jump she did, and today she’s the
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She’s proud to be a voice for her fellow SMHO residents, and to be able to contribute to the conversation. And from people like Bortz, she’s learned about the importance of community involvement — something she wishes more of her generation would value. “The baby boomers are really into community and politics,” she said. “I think we’ve lost some of that, like it’s not going to matter if we get involved. I used to not even be a voter, but this has taught me the importance of community in my own back yard.”
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Waterworks Aquatics offers private, semi-private, parent-and-me and adult swim lessons. The facility will also offer youth swim teams, summer swim camps, lap swimming, swim competitions, water aerobics, stroke clinics, aquatic therapy and a venue for birthday parties. Classes will take place in two pools: a teaching pool heated to 92 degrees and a lap pool heated to 89 degrees for children and adults ages 3 months and older. Other amenities include a swimsuit drier that dries in less than seven seconds, hair driers, a children’s before-and-after class play area, free WIFI and much more. The facility offers small class sizes and individualized attention, said Jon Alpert, founder of Waterworks Aquatics, in a media release, “which allows us to see rapid progression with all of our swimmers.” “The teaching methodology at Waterworks Aquatics is what differentiates us from other swim schools,” he said. “We utilize an original instructional philosophy.” For more information, visit www.waterworksswim. com/HighlandsRanch or call 720-344-7700.
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“Uncle Floyd died before I was born, but my family talked about how he died in prisoner of war camp,” said Joanne Mueller, Jackson’s niece and closest relative. “My daughter was looking at a family album and asked about Uncle Floyd. Not long after that, we went to a meeting for families of service personnel missing in action. The Army asked for a DNA samples from the family. That was in 2004.” It took until January for the government, using modern technology and family DNA samples, to identify the Littleton man’s remains and offer to return them to his family. “I never thought this would happen in my lifetime,” Mueller said. “I knew it was my uncle’s wish to be buried next to his mother. So, I told my children, that, if Uncle Floyd’s remains were identified and he was returned home after I died, to bury him next to his mother.” Though they are full of beautiful details and precision movement, military funerals are never easy, said 1st Lt. Joseph Zarella, commander of an honor guard from Fort Carson. “This is my fourth military funeral, and each one is nerve-racking. I go over the words in my head, but it is hard to speak those words when you look into the eyes of the loved one receiving the flag.” Jackson was born in Warrensburg, Mo., in 1930. His mother brought her six children to Littleton about 1949 after her husband died. Jackson was a teenager and worked in the kitchen at Bradley Café in the Coors Building in Littleton until he joined the Army. the Far ellow Jackson joined the Army in 1950.rd He was sent to st East and became a member of the 3 Battalion, 31 Infantry tribRegiment, and 7th Infantry Division. ople His unit was deployed near the Chosin Reservoir in Demporcember 1950 and their position was overwhelmed by hunomedreds of Chinese soldiers. Jackson was among those capation tured and taken to a Korean prisoner of war camp. A soldier returning from the camp in 1953 said Jackson com-died on Feb. 13, 1951. His remains were not included in the hinkmore than 1,400 remains the Koreans returned in 1954. oing Remains of additional American military personnel o notwere recovered when the North Koreans allowed teams to e theexcavate a number of locations between 1990 and 2005. back The Defense POW/MIA Personnel Office notified the family in January that Jackson’s remains had been positively identified. “Two soldiers came to my home to tell me Uncle Floyd’s body had been identified and to bring information about him and the medals the Army awarded him,” Joanne Mueller said. The Army awarded Jackson posthumously the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Korean Service Medal, Prisoner of War Medal and National Defense Medal. The sergeant’s body was brought to Denver March 5 by plane, escorted to the hearse by the Army pallbearers for a procession that was accompanied by police and the mem-
The Army honor guard escorts the wagon carrying Sgt. Floyd Jackson’s flag-draped coffin to the grave site at Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetary. Funeral services were held March 7 for the Littleton soldier who died in a prisoner of war camp in Korea in 1951. Photos by Tom Munds bers of the veterans of Patriotic Guard motorcycle group. Alan Sprig, a Vietnam veteran, wanted to honor a veteran who has been lost for so many years. “I lost men in my unit in Vietnam, and coming here today is my way of honoring all those who died in the service of his company,” the Parker resident said. “I woke up this morning looking forward to coming here today.” About 100 people — many of them volunteers, others military personnel in uniform — lined the road from the chapel to the gravesite. The sergeant’s flag-draped coffin was brought to the grave on a wagon escorted by the Fort Carson’s honor guard, and the procession passed by those lining the road, many holding flags. The honor guard placed the flag-draped coffin on the gravesite and then, with military precision, folded the flag into the traditional shape. The flag was passed to Zarella, who then handed the folded flag to Joanna Mueller. Zarella was honored to be part of the honor guard for Jackson’s funeral. “This is a special ceremony because of the history of the veteran we are honoring,” he said. “This is most beautiful military funeral I have ever been part of.”
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Being go-to person offers big benefits You know that moment where we need help with a situation or project and someone around us says, “Don’t worry, I’ve got a guy?” Sometimes they don’t just say it, they whisper it like it’s a best-kept secret or like it’s the kind of situation or project that calls for the kind of guy that shows up in the shadows, comes from the underworld, and has a crooked smile where the short end of a cigar dangles from the corner of his lips. You know the feeling right, that, “I’ve got a guy from Detroit,” or `I’ve got a guy from New York,” who can really help you with anything — that kind of feeling. Since I am originally from New Jersey, I joke around a lot with my friends about this subject. Anytime that they bring up a situation or express a need, I say, “Don’t worry, I’ve got a guy.” Now the truth is that in most situations I do have a guy, or a gal, or a company who can help them out. You see, I have developed a fairly robust network of friends, colleagues, contractors, customers and associates who are always willing to help out if and when I need them. And one of my favorite things to do is to help connect the dots where I can so that I can help as many people as possible whenever I can. Some people call it networking and that is fine, because I guess that is what it really is at the end of the day. I prefer to feel like I am building solid win-win relationships with people who also understand that they can contact me at any time as well should
my skills, resources or services be of value to them in their time of need. Now the network of friends, people and companies I have developed and nurtured to become what they are did not happen overnight. This has been a lifetime of giving back to them, demonstrating my love and loyalty and willingness to help. Being available to talk or act as needed. As a matter of fact, throughout my career I have made it a point to continually reach out and stay in touch with as many people as possible. A very proactive approach to staying connected. Some of you may say, well that’s just not my thing, or that is not important to me. And that’s OK, I just wanted to give you some of the benefits I see when it comes to having a guy or gal or someone you can go to in time of need. Or better yet, the benefit of being that guy or gal when someone calls you in their time of need. Recently I have helped connect the dots for people looking for work. I get resumes all the time and I always promise to keep my
eyes and ears open for opportunities to share those resumes. And recently that has worked out well for a few of my connections. When a friend of mine from New Jersey had a son visiting Colorado and needed assistance with some short-term housing, I was able to help. And when I was traveling and away from my home when a blizzard hit, I had a guy I called who handled all of the snow removal at my home so I didn’t return in the middle of the night to a driveway full of snow. (Thank you, Tim.) You see, having a “go-to” person or being that “go-to” person really does have its benefits. And when we take the time to build those relationships over the course of a lifetime, we will have such a vast network of people who are always willing to help us and we will have such a sense of accomplishment as we are able to look back on each time or event where we were placed in a position to help others as well. Are you that “I’ve got a guy” or “I’ve got a gal” kind of person? Can your skills, resources, or services be of benefit to someone else today? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we become part of someone else’s network while building a network of our own, it really will be a better than good week. 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.
When it comes to list, ice cream topping it I have a question. Name one thing that is loved, treasured and appreciated all over the world. Family, friends, sex, God and soup might be too easy. Jennifer and I came up with fruits and vegetables, and dogs and cats. She said chocolate. I said music, but that seems too inclusive. Opera and hip-hop are not loved all over the world. Or even downstairs. Art? But that’s a very big umbrella too. Shoes? Sure. And that’s all the way from Imelda Marcos, who owned over a thousand pairs of shoes, to Charlie Chaplin’s tramp, who owned only one pair — but they made him famous. Of course, going without shoes is common too. I grew up in a home where shoes were removed as soon as you walked in. Or else. Guests could leave theirs on. I think the Internet and personal computers would make the Top Ten. Maybe the Internet and personal computers would make the Top Five. I can live without my computer. For a couple of hours. Books? They would be in my Top Ten. Cell phones? Probably. Unfortunately. Not
me. Live performances? I think so. My pen pal Anne Akiko Meyers plays her violin all over the planet. There are many other kinds of live performances. Cirque du Soleil goes absolutely everywhere, and everyone goes home happy. Who doesn’t like pencils? Coffee, soft drinks and hamburgers have huge admiring audiences. Is there anything more ubiquitous than Coca-Cola? I don’t think so. I came up with the best answer. Invite one man, one woman and one child from every country in the world and sit them down in a stadium and hand them a bowl and a spoon. And two scoops of ice cream.
Feds need to help counties in West For decades, communities across Colorado and the West have engaged in a contract with the federal government. This is because many counties have large swaths of federal land within their borders in the form of BLM land, national forests, and national parks and monuments. These lands aren’t taxable, and local communities often cover the expenses of maintaining access to these lands and providing safety and other first-responder services. To help offset those losses, the federal government has reimbursed states and counties through a program called Payment in Lieu of Taxes. It’s often referred to as PILT. Colorado is 36 percent federal land, and some counties in the state contain more than 90 percent federal land, making PILT critical to their budgets and planning. Twelve counties depend on more than $1 million a year in PILT funding, and Garfield and Mesa counties rely on more than $3 million in funding. In 2014, Colorado counties were owed $34.5 million in total. Communities use this money to fund critical services, such as law enforcement, fire protection, emergency response programs, road and bridge maintenance, and search and rescue operations. In recent years, ensuring the federal
government lives up to its end of the bargain has been difficult. With the end of mandatory funding due to congressional inaction, funding now has to be reauthorized every year. With all of the dysfunction in Washington, we’ve had some close calls. Many times counties have been forced to wait until deep into the fiscal year. Two years ago, we were able to secure a oneyear PILT extension in the 2014 Farm Bill after it was omitted from a government funding bill. For 2015, we funded it by cobbling together resources from two different bills. But there is no guarantee for 2016. We’ve seen similar problems with a program called Secure Rural Schools, which has a similar purpose and has actually expired completely. Counties rely on the that program to provide critical services like maintenance projects and forest Bennett continues on Page 9
There you are: It’s ice cream. We all love it. I know. I know. Some of us are lactoseintolerant. Maybe my answer isn’t the best, because approximately 65 percent of adults have a reduced ability to digest lactose after infancy. And it’s 90 percent in people of East Asian descent. Okay. Let’s forget about ice cream. But it would be in my Top Ten. And I can be more specific. Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Caramel Fudge. The balancing act of those three components is sublime. There is nothing else like it. I can do just fine with vanilla, all by itself. Vanilla has become a derogatory adjective, but not with me. And then there is Vanilla Ice, which isn’t a frozen dessert at all. The former rapper was arrested in February on charges of burglary and grand theft. The caramel aligns neatly with the vanilla, and along comes fudge to make everything perfection. It’s not a freak like some of their other flavors. In fact, you could make it yourself. But I wouldn’t get the percentages just Smith continues on Page 9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Students need incentive on state tests
I was an educator for over 30 years. I taught high school for 27 years and I believe I had an excellent rapport with most students. When it came to CSAP, TCAP (now PARCC) exams, many told me they simply didn’t care about them. Why should they? The tests don’t count. Just another test. This is the elephant in the room: Students have little if no incentive to take the exams. Thus, there is an outspoken and growing group of parents and their school-aged children opting out of taking the test. Since the pupils don’t see the benefit or value of the tests to them, threatening teachers’ salaries or school funding won’t compel them to change their minds. What is important for most parents and students are grades and money for college. Help solve this issue by getting students invested in taking the test. How about making the state-exam results a percentage of GPA? Maybe state colleges, universities and technical schools could include state-mandated test results when awarding financial assistance. Another idea is to ask the students and their parents who opted out what would motivate them to take the test? Understanding the issue from Letters continues on Page 9
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Littleton gets new trail for its birthday Long-awaited Community Trail dedicated March 8 By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com The old “City Ditch” has taken on a shiny new mantle, having been rechristened the “Littleton Community Trail” as part of Littleton’s 125th birthday celebration. But it definitely isn’t a transformation that happened overnight. “Charlie Blosten (Littleton’s director of public works) came to the South Suburban board meeting with this vision, and we all got excited about it,” Dave Lorenz, South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s executive director, told the dozens of people who turned out early on a brisk Sunday morning for the March 8 dedication. That was five years ago. “I had to pull a rabbit out of a hat to make it happen,” said Blosten. “It’s 155 years old, and it was originally surveyed by Richard Little. But there are still parts of it that are as operational as they were in 1860. It’s pretty cool. You’re walking in the footsteps of pioneers, walking in the same ditch where the city’s founder walked.” He struggled to get cooperation from BNSF Railway, which owns land on part of the trail. But when he realized he owned stock in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which acquired full ownership of the railway in 2009, he packed a bag and
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their perspective — and asking them for possible solutions — may go a long way to solving the opt-out conundrum. Sam Weintraub Lone Tree
Ewert would be bad choice for Littleton schools I recently learned that Englewood Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert is a finalist for the Littleton Public Schools superintendent position. Anyone who believes parents should have choice in where their children attend school should be greatly concerned about the possibility of Brian Ewert coming to Littleton.
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restoration, and it’s an important resource for rural schools. In 2014, Colorado’s rural communities received more than $10 million in SRS money. With its expiration, many rural school districts are facing tremendous budget shortfalls that will impair their ability to educate our students. With these programs in jeopardy, we joined forces with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho to introduce a bill to restore mandatory funding for the PILT program and extend the SRS program for three years. It will provide roughly $360 million annually for more than 700 counties across the nation. These resources are an essential lifeline for communities facing continuously shrinking budgets, and it is funding the federal government owes to them. We have worked with Colorado counties for years on these issues and have heard from county commissioners and
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right, and they do. Dogs — not cats — would be in my Top Ten. Maybe I should have just said “pets,” because many of us have birds and fish and ferrets and hamsters, although I don’t know why, when you can own a dachshund. A beagle named Miss P won the top prize at this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog
From left, Littleton City Councilmember Jerry Valdes, SSPR Executive Director Dave Lorenz and SSPR board members John Ostermiller and Sue Rosser help cut the ribbon on the new Littleton Community Trail. Photo by Jennifer Smith headed to the shareholder’s meeting. That’s where he met some of the company’s public-relations folks, and voila — permission granted. “Charlie can be pretty persuasive,” said Lorenz. There were also issues dealing with the City of Englewood, which owns the water that runs through the ditch from McClellan
Reservoir. “It’s still Englewood’s water, and they’re very protective of their water and the quality of the water,” said Lorenz. The $1.25 million, 1.8-mile trail was paid for with funds dedicated to preserving open space, contributed by the city of Littleton, Arapahoe County and SSPR. The trailhead is in front of the Buck Recreation Center,
I grew up in Englewood and graduated with honors from Englewood High School. As a mother, I had a choice to send my children to Englewood. I did my research and found LPS offered the best choice and scores for my children’s education; while EPS scores were below average and not offering a better choice. Unlike LPS, EPS has no charter school and has received a charter school application for the past three years and all three have been soundly rejected; and not with a normal, professional process. These charter school applicants were treated disrespectfully on numerous occasions by Superintendent Ewert and his board. Not to include, the many games played behind the scenes. Bottom line: parents in EPS don’t have options. That’s one of the reasons we chose against EPS. While Superintendent Ewert touts his superintendent of the year
award, the record of EPS’s academic performance puts it as one of the worst districts in the Denver metro area. Yet, other districts, with similar demographics and challenges are realizing improvement; EPS continues to fall to the bottom. Only 42 percent of EPS students graduate high school in four years. And only 76 percent of the district’s students actually attend district schools. What’s that tell you? There are many more families just like ours that have left EPS for Littleton. Please don’t allow Littleton Public Schools to become the same bottom-of-
school districts across the state about their significance. The counties encompassing the San Juan Mountains rely on PILT funding to plow the region’s scenic mountain passes and roads, like Yankee Boy Basin Road in Ouray County, that attract thousands of visitors annually. In Gunnison County, the funding is crucial for conducting search and rescue operations in the national forests, as well as for maintaining road access to the forests. In Silverton, SRS funding makes up a significant portion of the school budget. If Chaffee County lost PILT funding, commissioners would be forced to make devastating cuts that could result in a loss of emergency medical services. The federal government has made a promise to these rural communities. There is no reason for Congress to leave them in limbo year after year. Our bill ensures that local governments have the certainty they need to plan and budget so they can provide these crucial services. It’s time for the federal government to honor its contract with Colorado counties. Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.
Show, and her victory brought smiles to the faces of everyone who owns a beagle. Snoopy is a beagle, but he doesn’t look very much like one. And Charlie Brown, with a globe for a head, doesn’t look very much like a little boy. Here’s my Top Ten. It might change tomorrow. In no particular order: Music, pictorial art, non-fiction and fiction, dachshunds, pencils, ice cream, the Internet and my iMac, coffee, Q-tips and, certainly, potatoes. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
and it connects Slaughterhouse Gulch on the north to St. Mary’s Church, south of Ridge Road. But it connects to the Mary Carter Greenway Trail at Lee Gulch, so one could wander all the way to Chatfield Reservoir or Harvard Park in Denver. A link to the High Line Canal opens up further possibilities from Aurora to Roxborough State Park. “The trail provides a continuous path with valuable connections to community amenities,” reads the South Suburban Parks Foundation’s website, including the Littleton Art Depot, Main Street, the Littleton Municipal Court House, RTD Light Rail Station, Littleton Cemetery, Sterne Park and Rose Gardens, Pea Patch Community Gardens, Lower Ridge Park, the Colorado Center for the Blind and the Village Early Education Center. “It’s an example of how open-space funds can be used wisely and for the benefit of so many folks,” said Nancy Doty, chair of the Arapahoe County board of commissioners. Lorenz and Blosten both consider finally getting the trail complete a crown jewel of their careers; both men retire this month after decades with their respective organizations. Both have had their hands in legacy open-space projects like this one, including Dave Lorenz Regional Park, Reynolds Landing, Hudson Gardens and many more. “People say my fingerprints are on a lot of projects,” said Blosten. “I don’t feel like I did anything special for them. It’s good for the community, and good for the people.”
the-barrel districts we purposefully left. LPS should have a forward thinking leader who will work positively with charter schools. That’s definitely not Brian Ewert. (Editor’s note: The writer is married to George Culpepper, a board member for the TriCity Academy charter school. The Englewood School Board rejected TriCity’s application to open a school in the district.) Nicole Culpepper Littleton
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sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Just in time for spring break comes an exhibit about wondrous creatures of the imagination — from many cultures around the world, from land, sea and sky …. “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids,” which originated at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, will be at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science from March 20 to Sept. 7. Legends date back thousands of years. In East Asia, dragons have sweeping powers, including breathing clouds, moving the seasons and controlling the waters of rivers, lakes and seas. European legends of dragons show them as powerful, wicked, dangerous …. The exhibit has a 17-foot-long model of a dragon, with wingspan of 20 feet, as well as a statue of St. George, the Christian Crusader who slew a dragon, according to storytellers. A visitor will also find toys, shadow puppets, pictures and an activity to create your own digital dragon. And one sees fossils and pictures of actual creatures that might have inspired the ancient imagination. The exhibit addresses how science has evolved. Guests will also see a 10-foot tall Kraken, a huge sea creature described in Scandinavian tales, with multiple tentacles that could attack a ship — perhaps inspired by the giant squid. Closer to home, one will see a Colorado
A huge dragon figure greets visitors to the “Mythic Creatures” exhibit at Denver Museum of Natural History. jackalope, a Colorado howler and a fur-bearing trout. Young visitors will find many things they can touch and a green screen where one can take a picture of oneself with a dragon or unicorn, and there’s an opportunity to make one’s own mythic creature. “Mythic Creatures” was organized in collaboration with the Field Museum, Chicago;
Canadian Museum of Civilization, GatineauOttawa; Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney; and Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta. This exhibit also includes a very rare egg from the Aepyornis, an extinct “elephant bird” from Madagascar that laid the largest eggs in the world. It is part of the DMNS collection.
Thrifty show has passion for fashion Emmy Award-winning fashion icon Tim Gunn and Denver-based designer Mondo Guerra hosted fashion show fundraiser Goodwill En Vogue at Denver Union Station on March 5. The event featured a fashion show put on by local high school students in Goodwill Denver’s career development programs and ultimately raised more than $118,000 for the nonprofit. Gunn co-hosted the fundraiser with 7NEWS meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo. Guerra, winner of “Project Runway All-Stars,” oversaw a team of judges who scored the student design competition, which was the first fashion show held at the recently restored historic Union Station. The student winner, Jackie Rodriguez, is a junior at CEC Middle College of Denver and is receiving help to prepare for her future through Goodwill’s programs at her school. Her winning design incorporated drapes found at a Goodwill store that were transformed into an elegant pantsuit, inspired by the style and society of the 1920s, which earned her a coveted fashion design internship with Guerra. More than 450 guests viewed a multitude of upcycled designs by students from Goodwill’s high school programs, each inspired by a different decade in history. In addition, area celebrities modeled in a show of upscale, chic trends from Goodwill’s Déjà Blue Boutique in Cherry Creek North. All proceeds from the event benefited Goodwill’s career development programs for at-risk students, struggling adults, and individuals with disabilities. For more information about Goodwill’s local lifechanging programs and how you can help, visit www.goodwilldenver.org.
Union Station makes top 11
Thrillist.com’s travel team rode the rails — at least virtually — for its list: The 11 Most Beautiful Train Stations Across America. And no surprise to Denver dwellers, the rehabbed Union Station downtown was included in the lauded list. Thrillist looked for stations that are so “beautiful, so historic, so straight-up cool that you’re more than happy to get stuck, if only to wander around for a bit and pretend you’re Eliot Ness trying to take down Al Capone.” Here’s what the website said about our spiffed-up train station: “Union Station, like Uma Thurman, may have undergone a few nips and tucks recently, but that hasn’t compromised its Beaux Arts facade, which was built in 1914. Today, the station’s most striking features include its exposed Train Hall (made of 11 steel arches), a 112room boutique hotel, a slew of restaurants, shops, and bars and over 600 works of art on display throughout. And if that’s not enough, there’s even a 22-gate underground bus concourse lit by skylights. Okay, that was probably enough.” To see the rest of the best, go to www. thrillist.com/travel/nation/grand-centralunion-station-and-more-of-america-smost-beautiful-train-stations.
Perry’s one-day 79-cent chop
In honor of the year it first opened as a butcher shop in 1979, and to thank Denver for such a warm Colorado welcome, Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille is offering a 79-cent Pork Chop Friday lunch to the first 100 people in line when the restaurant opens
Tentacles and head of a Sea monster, a Kraken, in Mythic Creatures” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
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Jazz orchestra joins forces with singer Arranger, ensemble singer, solo vocalist, teacher and lyricist Kim Nazarian is a founder of the New York Voices, which won two Grammys. She will appear with the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. March 23 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $23/$28/$33, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.
Historical presentation
“Superstars in Colorado History” is the title of Ed Weising’s presentation for the Highlands Ranch Historical Society at 7 p.m. on March 16 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Road, Highlands Ranch. He will talk about movie stars, including Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind.” Weising is a historian and tour guide in Colorado. Free for members, $2 donation suggested for non-members. Please register for seats: highlandsranchhistoricalsociety.org. (The society has openings for board members — see website.)
Concert set for church
The Highlands Ranch Concert Band will present a free concert, “Rags to Riches” at 2 p.m. March 22 at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The program takes listeners on a journey from dance-hall ragtime (“Black and White Rag”) to the presentation of Russian nobles in Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Procession of the Nobles,” plus wind music from around the globe. For information on joining this community band, see hrconcertband.org or call band president Kelley Messall, 303-683-4102.
MOA program for students
The Museum Outdoor Arts in Englewood is taking applications for its Design and Build Summer Art Internships. College undergraduates and senior level high school students are eligible for this summer-long program, where they will work in a professional studio environment with artist-inresidence Cory Gilstrap. Participants are paid a $1,500 stipend and exhibit work at the end of the period. To apply, see moaonline. org/design-and-build.
Mosaics on display
The Colorado Mosaic Artists present an exhibit of artwork by members, “Bits and
Pieces,” through April 9 at the Westminster City Hall Main Lobby, 4800 W. 92nd Ave., Westminster. Open Mondays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The organization has members throughout the metro area, including Marlea Taylor of Englewood, and is dedicated to the promotion of mosaic as fine art and education of members and the public. New members welcome. See: coloradomosaics.org.
Vocalist Kim Nazarian will perform with the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photo
Library trustee sought
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The Arapahoe Library District Board of Trustees, which is appointed by the Arapahoe County commissioners and the Deer Trail School Board, is accepting applications for two trustee positions. The district serves all of Arapahoe County except the cities of Littleton, Englewood and Aurora and meets through the year at various locations among its eight facilities, managing a $23 million budget. Application deadline is 4 p.m. March 27: arapahoelibraries.org/board-vacancy.
The Denver Academy of Dramatic Arts at Vision Box Studio presents “Mourning Becomes Electra,” Act 1, at Skylight Studio, 910 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, at 6:30 p.m. March
15. Doors open at 6 — food and drink available. The academy also announces upcoming classes and encourages young thespians to attend — for details, go to visionbox. org.
Donate your instrument
The organization Bringing Music to Life is partnering with Colorado Public Radio beginning March 16 to collect donated instruments to be repaired and distributed to young students who want to learn to play one. In the south area, they may be dropped off at My Music Skool, 6955 S. York St. in the Streets at Southglenn, and Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology (CIOMIT), 651 Topeka Way, Castle Rock. For a complete list, see bringingmusictolife.org/ donation-locations.
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Jeanette Pollack, of Parker, meets Waya, a 9-year-old female wolf brought to CU South Denver March 7 as part of an event celebrating the start of the Iditarod.
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Hundreds of people stopped by an Iditarod event at CU South Denver at Lincoln Avenue and Peoria Street on March 7 to learn about canine lineage and the connection that modern dogs have to wolves. More than 300 people of all ages got a chance to meet Ghost and Waya, two people-friendly wolves brought by a Woodland Park-based sanctuary called Colorado Wolf Adventures.
PHOTOS BY CHRIS MICHLEWICZ
With mom by her side, Aubrey Daugherty, 3, of Parker, meets two wolves brought to CU South Denver for an Iditarod event.
Youths on artistic track at Depot Littleton teens install their works for ‘InSight’ show By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com On March 2, volunteers from the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, which operates the Depot Art Gallery, opened the front door of the historic Santa Fe depot-turned-gallery for a group of the community’s younger artists to install a new exhibit. Littleton High School’s International Baccalaureate art students, plus some other advanced student artists, are exhibiting their work in a show called “InSight” through March 15. With help from their teacher, Jennifer Jeannelle, they are mastering the logistics of planning a show, creating new works, preparing them for exhibit, installing them (perhaps with a title) and promoting their show. While 18 students were signed up to have work in this exhibit, we met only a few when we visited on the morning of March 2 and saw the beginnings of installations we planned to revisit during a March 7 reception. Just inside the front door to the left is a collection of art by senior Alexa Shikiar, including drawings, small sculptures and paintings. Her love of animals is apparent and she is thinking of a veterinary medicine career, while continuing her art as a hobby. At the far end of the baggage room, senior Alex Harimon-Agins was measuring and arranging a number of drawings and paintings, with a whimsical, cartoonish flavor. Up the steps to the platform, junior Callie Brewster was installing precisely drawn and painted works, which didn’t have titles yet. One is based on Northwest American Indian design motifs, executed in strong red, black and white. At the other end of the platform, senior Aidan Mann was fitting a large
Senior Alexa Shikiar stands with a collection of her artwork at the Depot Art Gallery in an exhibit of works by Littleton High advanced art students. Photo by Sonya Ellingboe black-and-white ink-on-paper drawing that included odd figures and unfamiliar words (code?) into the corner. It was done in several pieces, and after consultation with teacher Jeannelle, he determined to go home and create yet another unit. He was uncertain about a title. In the back waiting room, senior Natalie Sandstrom was assembling elements of a complex installation called “Getting to Know You,” which will have projections from a pair of cameras when complete. She said she had spent 20 hours to date constructing four large wedges with rounded edges, with hundreds of small paper pieces layered on them. One was covered with yellowed old book pages with love letters and two others have rolled sheets of paper with code on them. The projectors will have love letters in binary code, she said. In addition to the five artists men-
If you go The “InSight” exhibit by student artists from Littleton High School will run through March 15 at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Admission is free. 303-795-0781. tioned, Jeannelle said 13 others will exhibit their work: Annika Cobb, junior; Ana Cruz Diaz, senior; Morrigen Donaldson, senior; Madeline Hicks, senior; Dustin Hood, senior; Melissa Jimenez Gonzalez, senior; David Levin, junior; Samantha MacEvitt, junior; Tanya McCann, junior; Kendall Pruitt, junior; Job Smith, senior; Brynn Svenningsen, sophomore; and Ben Yates, senior. Many, but not all, are in the International Baccalaureate program, Jeannelle said.
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Cranelli’s known for food, fun, service Family-owned eatery has fans happily waiting in line By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Jen Fewel ignored dire warnings about a record snowstorm to eat at her favorite Lone Tree restaurant Feb. 20. Cranelli’s is more than 20 miles from her home near downtown Denver. She dines there at least once a month. “I’ve become very addicted,” said Fewel, who first sampled the restaurant’s food at the 2014 Taste of Lone Tree. “It’s small and it’s crazy and you usually have to wait. But if you come in a restaurant and it’s empty, that’s an indication of the food. The fact that people are willing to wait? That says something. “And her personality,” she said, gesturing at co-owner Lasinda Crane, “is fantastic. It adds to the ambiance.” Crane and her husband, longtime Lone Tree chef Jimmy Crane, regularly welcome a standing-room-only crowd of diners to the 44-seat Italian restaurant on the ground floor of the Crest apartments. Its funky location and limited seating capacity don’t deter Cranelli’s many fans, who patiently wait their turn for a weekend night table or barstool. Yelp, Open Table and TripAdvisor reviewers give Cranelli’s an average 4.5 of 5 stars, based on hundreds of reviews. “You might have to stand in line, but you’re always welcome here,” said longtime Lone Tree resident Fred Kaserman. “If food is your number one priority, it’s excellent here. So is the hospitality.” Most recently the site of Chicago R Dogs, a restaurant that sold an ambitiously unique combination of hot dogs and Asian food, the Park Meadows Drive site also was home to Luca’s Jersey Pizza. Cranelli’s has easily overcome its predecessors’ obstacles, straining the small parking lot’s capacity on Friday and Saturday nights. Wait staff have learned to nimbly navigate the obstacle course of tables and people, hoisting plates hot with steaming pasta high above diners. The key to Cranelli’s success could be Jimmy Crane’s food. An admitted food perfectionist, the chef has 20 years of history in the south metro restaurant world, opening the former Bahama Breeze, Brio Tuscan Grille, and managing P.F. Chang’s — all Lone Tree establishments — and Jimmy’s Steakhouse in Castle Pines. It could be the environment, which typically includes lots of people making happy
Lasinda Crane, co-owner of Cranelli’s Itlalian Restaurant, mixes a drink during a standing-room-only Friday dinner hour Feb. 20. Photos by Jane Reuter noise in the glow of candles and soft lights, accompanied by an acoustic guitarist. “When people come in, they’re going to be part of the atmosphere and the unity; that’s a big part of our draw,” Jimmy Crane said. Or it could be the staff, described by reviewers as “fantastically friendly,” “very engaging,” and “incredibly refreshing.” “I want to please,” said Lasinda Crane, formerly the manager at the Park Meadows Nordstrom’s eBar. “I want to make people feel like they’re 100 percent taken care of. If someone is kind enough to walk through my doors and spend money on a meal, they’re going to feel like they’re in my home and they’re taken care of. “It’s the taking care of people I love — the fact that I can know exactly what you need before you even ask for it.” Brittany Baker, whom the Cranes adopted when she was 17, learned from her mother and shares her sunny disposition. “She imprinted her personality on me when I was 17,” said Baker, who also works at Cranelli’s, along with the Cranes’ son Connor. The family is hesitant to tinker with its winning formula. They plan to add an enclosure around the patio to give people a warm place to wait and add a few seats. But that’s as far as their current plans extend. “In this community, I’ve learned you really need to be about the community,” Lasinda said. “We wanted a place where,
Chef and co-owner Jimmy Crane is a whirlwind as he moves around the kitchen on a busy Friday night. when people walk through the door, we know who they are.” They fear an expansion could cost Cranelli’s its charm, pulling the Cranes away from their current close customer connections in their efforts to manage it. “I just want to have a great time doing
what I’m doing,” said Lasinda. And she wants customers to have a great time, too. “The whole package — I think that’s what everybody walks away with here. They feel like they’re wanted, they’re taken care of, and they had some pretty great food, too.”
AREA CLUBS EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update a club listing, email calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. POLITICAL NOON HOUR, a weekly event that allows the residents of Centennial to connect and communicate with Mayor Cathy Noon, is from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Civic Center building located at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road. ARAPAHOE COUNTY Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-877-2940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-8040121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104. PROFESSIONAL
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings are usually the second Monday of each month, September through May, at Southglenn Library, Vine and University, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative speakers on variety of subjects. Call Linda Joseph at 303-7948630. ARAPAHOE SALES Professionals meets Thursdays for a business breakfast, business speaker and business networking. Meetings are at 7:30 a.m. at The Egg & I, 2630 W. Belleview (Santa Fe and Belleview). Meeting fee includes breakfast. Contact Jody Aiton, 303-808-8223. BNI CONNECTIONS (www.thebniconnections.com)
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CENTENNIAL TRUSTED Leads is a professional referral organization that meets for breakfast at The Egg & I, 6890 S. University, Centennial, the first and third Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. Call 303-972-4164 or visit www. trustedleads.com THE LEAGUE of Women Voters of Arapahoe County
has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-798-2939.
LITTLETON LETIP meets from 7:16-8:31 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at Luciles, 2852 W. Bowles Ave., to exchange qualified business leads. Call Bob Hier at 303-660-6426 or e-mail hierb@yahoo.com. NON-PRACTICING AND Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-794-0354. SOCIAL THE COLUMBINE Genealogical and Historical Society meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Program meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Genealogy workshop programs and early-bird meetings are the third Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com. DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from September through May at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce at the Streets at SouthGlenn, Centennial. If you are interested in attending or have questions regarding eligibility, contact Krispin at Krispin_L_Andersen@Q.com or Merry Snyder at mcs.dar88@comcast.net. DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Mount
Rosa Chapter typically meets at 1 p.m. every first Monday of the month at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. Call Gina Moore at 303-779-8762 for information or visit http://mountrosa.coloradodar.org/.
DAUGHTERS OF the British Empire is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the United States who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. Nationally and locally, members contribute significantly to the good of their community and to the support of a retirement home established by DBE. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available. DTC ROTARY Club meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. the first, third and fourth Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club, 110 Cherry Hills Village. Guests are welcome. Contact Dana Arell at 720-339-7367 or visit www.dtcrotary.org. INTRODUCTION TO Square Dance class offered from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at Grandview Grange, 2280 Noble Place, Centennial. Visit www.SquareDanceEtc.com. NEWCOMERS CLUB of Centennial, for people new to the area, meets regularly for parties, classes, movies, lunches, coffees and more. E-mail newcomersdenver@ msn.com. MOPS (MOTHERS of Preschoolers) meets from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Child care is provided on-site for children ages birth to 4 years. The first meeting is free. Come enjoy breakfast, support and encouragement, and meet some new friends. Call or email Amy at 303-570-6027 or amyswieringa@comcast.net.
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at 11 a.m. March 13. Reservations for Perry’s Flashback Friday will be accepted beginning at 11:30 a.m., but since the celebration begins at 11 a.m., there is no guarantee the 79-cent pork chops will still be available. Perry’s gargantuan pork chop is dried, cured and roasted, then caramelized and topped with Perry’s signature herb-garlic butter sauce and served with whipped potatoes and homemade applesauce. Every Friday at lunch, Perry’s serves 4,000 lunch chops company-wide across its 12 locations in Texas, Chicago and Denver. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille is located near the Vistas at Park Meadows Retail Resort, next to Arhaus Furniture, across from
Hearty party opens hospital
More than 300 guests attended the grand opening of Centura Health’s $177 million St. Anthony North Health Campus in Westminster on Feb. 26. The 350,000-square-foot facility, which opened to patients on March 3, was designed and built with an emphasis on wellness, prevention and advanced medical care for residents of north metro Denver. The new health campus is sponsored by Catholic Health Initiatives and is part of Centura Health, the region’s leading hospital and health-care network delivering advanced care to more than half a million people each year. The new St. Anthony North Health Campus, at 144th Avenue and Interstate 25, will provide 92 inpatient rooms, includ-
ing a 20-room intensive care unit; inpatient and outpatient surgery; a 12-room Birthing Center; diagnostics and imaging; and an emergency room that operates 24 hours a day. The facility will employ about 1,350 people. “St. Anthony North Health Campus is the future of health care,” said CEO Carole Peet. “The campus meets the immediate and future needs of our neighbors in north-metro Denver, with a focus on health and wellness. We are bringing care previously unavailable in north Denver to our customers with unparalleled service and convenience.”
Sedaris tix on sale
Though a longtime respected, bestselling author, David Sedaris is fast gaining a reputation as a stand-up comic. His appearances have gained a cult-like following for his quirky readings that are at once poignant, smart — and hilarious. Sedaris is bringing his humor to Denver
for one night only at 7:30 p.m. May 11. Tickets now on sale at www.paramountdenver.com. The evening includes a presentation by Sedaris, audience Q&A and a book signing, where all may meet and greet the author. Tattered Cover will be on site selling Sedaris’ works. Always a sell-out, a limited number of tickets remain. Purchase online or in person at the Pepsi Center Box Office 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
CURTAIN TIME Blessing at Bakery “Two Rooms” by Lee Blessing will play March 13 to April 11 at the Bakery, 2132 Market St., Denver. (Use Market Street entrance.) It will be presented by Ripple Effect Theatre Company, with Brandon Palmer directing. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays March 15, 22, 29; and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday March 31. (No performance on Easter, April 5.) Tickets: $20, 720-441-2933, rippleeffecttheatre.com.
Waller winner “Ain’t Misbehavin’” is a revue based on Fats Waller’s performances that plays through April 26 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Tuesday, March 31; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, April 25. Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.org.
Dinner-theater doo-wop “Forever Plaid” plays through May 10 at BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boul-
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“Reality Check” offers four different takes on our wonderfully warped world, including one by Colorado playwright Scott Gibson, at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Talk-backs with Gibson are scheduled on March 22 and 29. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. (No shows on Easter weekend April 3-5.) Tickets: $20/$16, evergreenplayers.org.
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“The Archbishop’s Ceiling” by Arthur Miller looks at Cold War politics of the 1970s — and espionage. Bret Aune is director. It will play March 24 to April 19 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: 720898-7200, arvadacenter.org.
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Lone Tree Lone Tree
First United Methodist Church
Yard House, at 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree. For reservations, call 303-792-2571 or go to www.opentable.com.
Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet
Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve
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THINGS DO THEATER/SHOWS
Deep Space Comedy
Deep Space Theatre presents Comedy Night shows that feature improve, stand-up comedians, videos and more. The shows run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 13; Friday, April 10; and Friday, May 1, at 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. For these shows, reserve a table for your party, and then you bring your own dinner (or order from a local restaurant). Water and soda will be available for purchase. Call 720-675-7932. ‘Next to Normal’ Town Hall Arts Center presents “Next to Normal,” a contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with love and crisis. “Next to Normal” shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact. Show runs through Sunday, March 15; show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, with special shows at 2 p.m. Feb. 28, and 6:30 p.m. March 8. For tickets, go to www.townhallartscenter.org/next-to-normal, stop by the box office or call 303-794-2787 ext. 5.
Children’s ‘Coppelia,’ Toymaker’s Tea Party
‘Les Mis’ Performances The Wesley Players presents “Les Mis,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 14; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Doors open a halfhour before showtime. A benefit dinner is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Tickets available at www.stlukeshr.com. Proceeds from the show benefit St. Luke’s Center for Spiritual Engagement, a group that assists in the development, coordination and implementation of events and experiences that promote emotional, mental and spiritual health and wholeness. Proceeds from the dinner benefit St. Luke’s Guatemala missions.
Book Signing
Ballet Ariel presents a children’s version of “Coppelia” at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, with 35 students from the Colorado School of Dance dancing in the children’s roles. “Coppelia” is the story of eccentric toymaker Dr. Coppelius and his doll Coppelia. Tickets are available at http://pacecenteronline.ticketforce.com, by calling 303-805-6800 or at the PACE Center box office.
MUSIC/CONCERTS
Women’s Chorale Concert
Augustana Arts presents Colorado Women’s Chorale and the Douglas County High School Belles performing Vivaldi’s Gloria in D RV589 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver; ad at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch Go to www.augustanaarts.org for tickets and information. The Motones
Local author Shawn McGuire will sign books from The Wish Makers series from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Parker Panera Bread. The first three books, “Sticks and Stone,” “Break My Bones” and “Never Hurt Me,” are published and will be available for purchase at the signing. The final two books in the series, “Had a Great Fall” and “Back Together Again,” will release later this year. Go to www.Shawn-McGuire.com.
What do you get when you put four insanely talented singers, a full band, and a songbook of Motown hits together? The Motones perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Hit songs from The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Marvin Gaye blend with current hits in the Motown style, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and maybe even a few female hits sung by this incomparable quartet. Call 720-509-1007 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.
DCSD: Past, Present and Future
Castle Country Assisted Living will welcome musicians Cliff Spratt and Alan Hinsman for a performance at each of its three houses Monday, March 16. In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Spratt and Hinsman will perform Irish songs and dances. They’ll entertain at 11 a.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and at 3 p.m. at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. This event is free and open to the public but space is limited. For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.
Before 2009, Douglas County was the go-to district in Colorado for families wanting quality education for their children, and for teachers dedicated to providing it. Since then, the situation has changed. Some claim there is trouble in paradise; meanwhile the district paints a picture of “better than ever.” What is the truth? Douglas County parents will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, for a presentation and informal discussion of Douglas County schools and impacts. Bring questions, concerns and ideas. Go to www.douglascountyparents.com.
Cliff Spratt, Alan Hinsman to Perform
Lenten Recital Series Enjoy the music of Easter at 12:10 p.m. each Wednesday during the Lenten season, followed by fellowship with a light lunch in the Gathering Space at St. Andrew United Methodist Church. Invite family and friends for an uplifting mid-week music break. Schedule of music: Wednesday, March 18, Jean McKibben, handbell soloist; Wednesday, March 25, the Rev. Dale Fredrickson and Tim Coons, musician. Contact Mark Zwilling, director of music and arts, at mzwilling@st-andrew-umc.com or 303-794-2683.
Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra
Organizing and Digitizing Physical, Digital Photos Deena Coutant, professional genealogist and owner of DigiDeena Consulting, will talk about how to organize and digitize physical and digital photos at the early bird Columbine Historical and Genealogical & Historical Society meeting from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com. Many of us are overwhelmed by the amount of family documentation we have collected as we have researched our genealogy. Learn to improve your organization skills by applying the best practices for organizing digital and physical items. Deena will also present ideas for digitizing, storing and backing up important information. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or go to the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ColumbineGenealogy.
Mixology Tea Cherokee Ranch and Castle presents Mixology Tea from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in the Great Hall at the castle. Reservations include a tour. St. Patrick’s Day is normally known for drinking green beer, but the Castle has decided to put a different twist on it. Learn how to infuse your favorite teas with a variety of Irish-inspired liquors and cordials, like chai tea infused with Bailey’s Irish Cream. Savor tea party sweets and pastries while experiencing this updated and innovative twist on tea. It’s a brand new event that we are pleased to debut on St. Patrick’s Day, and it is sure to bring out the Irish (and mixologist) in everyone. For reservations visit cherokeeranch.org or call 303-688-4600.
THE COLORADO Watercolor Society’s 24th annual state exhibition runs through March 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Many of the exhibiting artists are expected to attend the opening reception; refreshments will be served. Go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.
EVENTS
Celebration of Champions
The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation plans its annual Celebration of Champions event Friday, March 13, at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. Event will benefit the foundation in its mission to provide hope and help for children with sensory processing disorders. Tickets and sponsorships available at www.regonline.com/ celebrationofchampions. Go to www.spdfoundation.net.
Historic 17 Mile Farm Open House Take a tour of the house and big red barn at the historic 1860s 17 Mile House Farm Park at an open house from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14. The park is at 8181 S. Parker Road, just north of Cottonwood. Tour is free. Call Arapahoe County Open Spaces at 720-874-6540 for information.
World Tennis Day In celebration of World Tennis Day, two USTA Tennis Play events are planned, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, and from 1-4 p.m. Monday, March 23, at Rock Canyon High School, 5810 McArthur Ranch Road, Littleton. Families and kids are invited to try tennis. Contact Mark Strangeland at 404-538-2201 or mstrangeland@ playtga.com. Register at www. youthtennis.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Party Castle Country Assisted Living will host a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at each of its three houses at noon Tuesday, March 17. Guests can enjoy traditional Irish food, music and green beer. Cost of admission is $5. This event is open to the public but space is limited. For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552. Cantril House is at 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; Valley House is at 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and Victorian House is at 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker.
Historic Buildings and Research Linda Wommack, local historian, author and historical consultant, presents “Historic Buildings and the Research: Colorado Mansions, Castles and Hotels” at the Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meeting from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com. Wommack’s presentation will draw on her recently published book, “Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles,” which details the history of ten historic homes ranging in location from Denver to Durango. The history and significance of these structures will be featured together with stories of their builders and owners. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or go to the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ColumbineGenealogy.
Calming the Mind
Augustana Arts presents Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, with internationally renowned teacher and cellist Rodney Farrar at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Tickets are available online at www. lakewood.org/hca/, by phone at 303-987-7845 or in person at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office. The concert is presented again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. Tickets are available online at www.augustanaarts.org or by calling 303-388-4962. Farrar lives in Littleton.
Mindfullness is a 21st century skill that should be mastered. The DU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents a workshop on calming the maverick mind, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. A second library session is at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. Register by calling 303-791-7323 or visiting DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
St. John Passion
Whiskey Tasting Series
Lutheran Chorale presents “St. John Passion,” by Bob Chilcott, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Chilcott’s mighty setting of words from the Gospel of St John is a dramatic yet uplifting retelling of the Passion story. A free will offering (and nonperishable food donations) will be collected at both concerts to benefit local food banks. Visit www. thelutheranchorale.org or email thelutheranchorale@Comcast.net.
Cherokee Ranch and Castle presents its whiskey tasting series from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the Great Hall. Whiskey expert Scott Beach will take you on a virtual tour of the Emerald Isle through a variety of Irish spirits while you learn about Ireland’s many distilleries and abundant history. Whether new to whiskey or an expert, you will enjoy indulging in the rich complexities of one of the world’s oldest spirits. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served, and a veteran bagpiper will also be on hand to add to the festivities. For reservations visit cherokeeranch. org or call 303-688-4600.
From Rags to Riches The Highlands Ranch Concert Band presents a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.hrconcertband.org, or contact Kelley at 303-683-4102.
ART
Heritage Fine Arts Guild Exhibit
Member artists of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will be featured in an exhibit through Monday, May 4, at Littleton Adventist Hospital. The art exhibit is sponsored by the Healing Arts Program of the Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation in support of the hospital. About two dozen original pieces of artwork on nature-inspired themes will be on view for the enjoyment of patients and the general public. The display will be in the gallery, in the corridor between the main hospital entrance and the outpatient entrance. A reception with the artists is from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18. Following the close of this art show, the exhibit will travel to the Parker Adventist Hospital from May 5 to July 6. Selected pieces will remain at the facility’s Cancer Center for an additional month.
Spring has Sprung The weather is always perfect inside at the annual Highlands Ranch Spring Bazaar, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Recreation Center at Eastridge, 9568 University Blvd. More than 125 commercial and handcrafters display and sell their products, including scrapbooking materials, soy soaps, candles, jewelry, quilts, children’s items, doll items, food, wood crafts and more. Admission is free. Contact the HRCA now through early March if you’re interested in being an exhibitor; call 303-791-2500 or go to www.HRCAonline.org.
Watercolor Society Exhibition
New DAR Chapter The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is looking to form a new chapter in Castle Rock. Prospective member workshops are Saturday, March 21, and Saturday, May 9, and will provide information on the mission and purpose of DAR, and will also provide methods and suggestions for tracing ancestors back to a Revolutionary War Patriot. All women who can document descent from a Revolutionary War Patriot are encouraged to consider the benefits of joining DAR. Volunteers can help with research to apply for membership. Go to www.DAR.org or contact state organizing secretary Paula Lasky at 303-690-5168 for information or to RSVP for one of the workshops.
Free Tax Help Taxpayers who cannot afford professional tax assistance can visit the Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, for free tax help from IRS-trained volunteers. Tax assistance will be offered from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays through April 11. No registration required. Calendar continues on Page 17
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HEALTH
South Metro Community Blood Drives
GARAGE & ESTATE SALES
TRANSPORTATION
Estate Sales
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Misc. Notices The St. Jude Novena May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the World now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude, worker of Miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, help for the hopeless, pray for us. Thank you for favors granted. Say prayer 9 times a day, by the 8th day prayer will be answered. Say it for 9 days then publish. It has never been known to fail. Thank you, St. Jude. W.A.
Anticoagulation Basics: Through Thick and Thin Learn to live with Warfarin/Coumadin at a free educational class from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Class provides an overview of warfarin therapy with an emphasis on safety. Class will explore how to help patients make good decisions about what can affect medication and how to monitor it appropriately. For more information or to register, call 303744-1065, www.southdenver.com.
Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Insulin Resistance Join Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Vicki Siegel, exercise physiologist, to learn the ins and outs of diabetes and how to control blood sugar. If you have diabetes, pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, hypoglycemia or are just looking for a healthier, lower carbohydrate eating plan, plan to attend this class from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, March 16 at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.
Free Heart Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 (The Science of Appetite) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.
EDUCATION
Respecting Reptiles
Spring and warm weather will wake up our cold blooded friends at Castlewood Canyon. Reptiles are some of these visitors. Sometimes we are concerned about the reptiles’ return because we do not know and understand their importance to our Colorado ecosystem. Join volunteer naturalist Dot Anderson to learn more about the importance of reptiles and learn to recognize the difference between venomous snakes and constrictors. This family program is from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, March 14; meet at the visitor center.
Black Bears Join us for a program about black bears and their interactions with the public. This program will be presented by zoology students from Rock Canyon High School. These students have been working on solutions to minimize encounters and to involve the community. Program is at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 15; meet at the visitor center at Castlewood Canyon State Park.
Estate Planning Law Changes A number of free public workshops are planned to discuss on changes to estate planning laws in 2015, including changes to VA qualification for pension, loss of protection on inherited IRAs, changes in estate, gift and generation-skipping tax changes, new laws affecting same-sex marriages and more. Reservations required; call 720-440-2774. Space is limited. Schedule of workshops: Wednesday, March 18, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; Thursday, March 26, 6-7:30 p.m., Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial; Wednesday, April 8, 10-11:30 a.m., Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial.
Boot Scootin’ Boogie
Paleolithic Diets
Tickets are on sale now for the 18th annual Boot Scootin’ Boogie, featuring silent and live auctions, catered dinner, live music and dancing, photo booth, raffles, prizes and more. The event runs from 5:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, May 2, at the Wiens Ranch. Go to http://www.larkspurboot.org.
Dr. Loren Cordain, the world’s leading expert on Paleolithic diets and founder of the Paleo movement, will talk about his new book “The Real Paleo Diet” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Register by calling 303-791-7323 or visiting DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
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HIG
Cherry Creek captures crown Bruins win hockey championship after playing nine OT sessions in two games By Jim Benton
jbenton@colorado communitymedia.com Believe it or not, Cherry Creek was playing to get its state championship game March 7 against Monarch into overtime. Two nights earlier on March 5, the Bruins won the longest game in Colorado high school history. In that contest, Chris Nitchen scored 36 seconds into the sixth overtime to give Creek a 3-2 win over Dakota Ridge, advancing the Bruins to the state championship game. Creek had a 2-0 lead in the title contest, but Monarch, playing with a 6-on-3 advantage with the goalie pulled, scored twice in 17 seconds. However, the Bruins held on for two minutes and went into yet another overtime session. Nick Chavez scored 1:37 into the third overtime and the Bruins celebrated a 3-2 victory and a championship. “We had a 2-0 lead and they had a 5-on3 plus they pulled the goalie,” said Creek coach Jeff Mielnicki. “We wanted to get to overtime, when we could refocus. We felt we had success in overtime if would could get there. “After the six-overtime game, the kids were confident. There wasn’t panic. They were excited.” Nine overtime periods earned the coop Cherry Creek team — which has players from Grandview, Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest
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Bruins earn trip to Final Four Cherry Creek coach calls win over Highlands Ranch ‘great win’ for the program By Jim Benton
jbenton@colorado communitymedia.com Laura Pranger divulged she had doubts three months ago. The 6-foot Cherry Creek sophomore admitted those uncertainties were erased during the championship Centennial League season, and now the Bruins will be playing March 12 in the Class 5A Final Four at the University of Colorado Events Center. Pranger and freshman Sydney Mech combined to sink four consecutive free throws in the final 38.9 seconds as the Bruins beat Highlands Ranch 47-43 in a Great 8 game March 6 at the Denver Coliseum. Cherry Creek, which lost six of its first nine games, earned a ticket to the Final Four for the first time since 2004. The Bruins (20-7) draw a tough semifinal assignment against Broomfield (24-2) in a 7 p.m. game at CU. The Eagles are playing their first year in Class 5A after winning five Class 4A state titles and being an elite team over the past 19 seasons. Still, Creek doesn’t mind facing the chal-
lenge. “In the preseason we started off kind of weak and we didn’t think we would get anywhere close to where we are even in the Centennial League,” said Pranger. “Winning the Centennial League and just getting to the Final Four now, no one thought we would be able to do it. We just kept on working and fighting. “It’s amazing. It’s like all the hard work we do at practice is coming together, and we’re staying focused. It’s very exciting to be in the Final Four. We always work on free throws. We spend a lot of time on that. Our freshman Sydney hit two to keep us ahead.” Creek led by as many as seven points in the first half, but Highlands Ranch rallied and took a 27-25 lead on a basket by Leilah Vigil with 5:49 to play in the third period. That’s when the Bruins went on a 16-4 run to grab a 41-31 lead with 4:30 remaining in the game. Highlands Ranch, however, once again clawed back and pulled to within 43-41 when Pranger connected on both ends of a one-and-one situation to give Creek a 4541 lead with 38.9 seconds showing on the clock. Vigil scored for Highlands Ranch on its next possession as the Falcons crept to within two points, but Mech also converted Bruins continues on Page 20
Highlands Ranch’s Tommi Olson (5) looks on as teammates Blaire Braxton (11) and Symone Starks (21) battle with Cherry Creek’s Molly Rohrer for the rebound. Cherry Creek went on to win 47-43 and heads to the Final Four next week. Photo by Paul DiSalvo
SPORTS ROUNDUP Boys Lacrosse
Golden 7, Littleton 6 (2OT) - The Demons and Lions matched up for a great season-opener for each club on March 7. Littleton scored the lone fourth-quarter goal to send the game into overtime before Golden was able to finish the game. Littleton’s Joe Simm scored three goals in the match and Golden’s Max Pinch scored three of his own. Matt Simonton saved 12 of 19 shots that came his way in goal for the Lions. Golden’s Tanner McAdoo recorded seven saves and AJ Greiner added two goals for the offense. ThunderRidge 8, Heritage 7 - The Grizzlies picked up a road win in their season opener on March 7. The win for the Griz-
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Golden 12, Heritage/Littleton 11 (OT) - Alexandra Coy scored seven goals for the Gryphons but was matched by the Demons’ Olivia Hayden with seven of her own as the Demons pulled out the extratime win on March 7. Kelli Briner added three goals and Kellen Toomey racked up 12 saves in the loss for the Gryphons. Morgan Dasch scored four times and provided two assists for the Demons.
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Hancock recorded a goal and two assists to lead the Lions to a season-opening victory on March 7. Three freshmen, Sarah Payson, Anna Newby, and Sarah Gray, each found the net in the win. Shayna Watkins went the distance in net recording two saves to keep a clean sheet. Arapahoe 3, Castle View 0 - The Warriors scored two second-half goals to hold off the Sabercats in the season-opener for each club on March 6. Heritage 1, Fossil Ridge 0 - The Eagles opened their season with a shutout on March 5. Ashleigh Maguire recorded 12 saves to preserve the clean sheet. Sophomore forward Samantha Manelis provided the offense with a first-half goal.
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Cherry Creek 143, Fairview 43 - The Bruins’ Daniel Merkulovich picked up wins in the 100 Fly and 200 Individual Medley and John Cremer won the 100 and 200 Free as they helped their team to a dominating opening win on the season on March 7. Regis Jesuit 125, Heritage 39 - The Eagles’ Ethan Gates recorded the single event win for Heritage in their meet with Regis Jesuit on March 5. Gates won the 100 Freestyle in a time of 58.60. Zach Dold (100 Breast), Jacob McLeod (200 Free), and the 400 Free Relay Team, consisting of Zachary Cadwallader, Spencer Dorsch, Gates, and Luke Myles, each finished in second in their respective events.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PREVIEW
Snow can pose mounds of trouble
South metro teams must work around the weather, often heading inside By Jim Benton
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March is typically the snowiest month in the Denver area. It’s also the start of the high school baseball season. Late-February snowstorms that lingered into March had south metroarea baseball teams scrambling to find indoor facilities in which to practice. Baseball is the spring sport that Mother Nature can hamper the most because it takes time to dry grass and dirt infields. Most teams jostle for practice time in school gyms or rent sessions in several indoor training facilities like Slammers, Hit Streak, Bardo’s, Extra Innings, the Sandlot and the Sports Authority Bubble. “Our biggest obstacle in Colorado is weather, especially early,” said Cherry Creek coach Marc Johnson. Creek has been forced to schedule several workouts at Slammers in Centennial. Legend has been going to Sports Authority twice a week in early March while waiting for its baseball field to become playable. “Everybody is in the same boat,” ll sixsaid Legend coach Scott Fellers. “We ptaincan’t get time on the field like teams in MostArizona who can be out every day of thethe week.” Heritage coach Scott Horman has his players doing a variety of things, including shoveling.
According to the CHSAANow. com preseason poll, Cherry Creek was ranked third in Class 5A, with Legend fourth, ThunderRidge sixth and Mountain Vista 10th. In Class 4A, Valor Christian held down the third spot, with Ponderosa seventh. “We do a number of things,” he explained. “We use an awesome facility called Extra Innings in Littleton. We work on defense in our gym, we lift and do a lot of classroom work. We will be shoveling to get ready for next week.” Castle View coach Shawn Wyss admits it has been a challenge early this season to get his team prepared. “Castle View practices in our gyms at the high school, and we also go to The Sandlot,” he said. “We have two cages that we set up in our small gym and do defensive and pitching work in the big gym. “We spent hours moving snow to give us a chance to get outside. Mother Nature is in charge right now and hopefully she will be kind.” Expenses can pile up for programs and players to use indoor facilities — just one of the problems bad weather causes. Early season postponements and more storms in April could force teams into a stack of makeup games, which could affect the better south metro teams. “I don’t remember a season that didn’t finish, that didn’t get done,” Cherry Creek’s Johnson said. “But sometimes that first week or two or three can be real tough weather wise.”
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Coach: Luke Muller Last season: 15-6 Players to watch: Max Whitehead, Trevor Johnson, Desmond Pineda, Clay Hanson, Jack Berning, Jacob Goodman, Will Metherd. Outlook: Warriors don’t have any returning starters back but Muller believes he has a group of players that could develop into a more talented team. Muller says: “There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.” - Bill Bowerman
Coach: Scott Hormann Last season: 4-15 Players to watch: Bill Moreland, Dalton Thorpe, Owen Reynolds, Tom Skufca, Keith Heimbrock, Casey Opitz, Riley Egloff Outlook: The Eagles lost eight games last season by two runs or less with two freshman and four sophomores in the lineup. The addition of freshman Egloff and Heimbrock on the mound to help Skufca, Moreland, Alex Null and Thorpe should give Heritage the depth needed to compete. Skufca, Thorpe and Egloff are expected to drive in a lot of runs this season. Hormann says: “We will compete until the last out with these guys. I can’t wait to go to battle with them.”
Cherry Creek Coach: Marc Johnson Last season: 19-4 Players to watch: Blake Goldsberry, Cody Wood, Carter VanGytenbeek, Aeneas Roberson Outlook: Creek has averaged 20.57 wins over the past seven seasons. The Bruins always manage to field a contending team, and they have won 24 league, eight state titles and been the state runners-up five times. Johnson says: “We hope to compete for the league and state and we are trying to be the best we can be.”
Littleton Coach: Micah Bernhard Last season: 2-17 Players to watch: Christian Corah, Ben Horvat, Dylan Nickless Outlook: Lions were winless in the Continental League last season but the move to the Class 4A Jefferson County League could help Littleton, which has won only 11 games over the past four seasons. Senior Corah hit .320 last season and was one of eight underclassmen that saw varsity action in 2014 season.
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Friends share honor as swimmers of year Ochitwa and Moynihan each earned two state titles in their senior seasons By Jim Benton
jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Annie Ochitwa and Ella Moynihan are good friends and are the 2015 Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Swimmers of the Year. Ochitwa, a senior from ThunderRidge, won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events for the second consecutive season at the Class 5A State Swimming Championships. Moynihan, a senior at Arapahoe, was also a double state champion as she captured the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events. She won the 200 free in 2014. “Ella and I have been friends since we were 12 or 13, and there’s no one I would rather share this honor with,” said Ochitwa. “I’m so proud of her and everything she accomplished this year. “That’s the coolest thing about Colorado swimming, everyone is friends and knows and loves each other. It’s a real cool thing to see the people racing in the final heat laughing, talking and hugging after
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game winner against Monarch.” In the Dakota Ridge game, James Shelton’s goal gave Creek a first-period lead but it took Max Tennant’s goal at the 10:14 mark of the third period to send the game into overtime. As the game went on and on, Colorado High School Activities Association officials on hand were considering suspending the game for the health of tiring players. However, Nitchen’s goal in the sixth OT finally ended the game after 76 minutes and 36 seconds. “I was really getting tired,” said goalie Brady Mielnicki, who made 30 saves. “I was thinking if it goes any longer I might try to
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$148,264.14 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 107, BLOCK 2, FILING NO, 1, SOUTHCREEK SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7866 S. KITTREDGE CIRCLE, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/06/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-004460 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Public Notices Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1266-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 16, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) CHARLES J. SCHEER and MONICA BRADLEY-SCHEER Original Beneficiary(ies) CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust June 25, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 01, 2008 Recording Information (Reception Number) B8075376 Original Principal Amount $145,424.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $133,113.39 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 276, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW II, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 8292 S. FILLMORE CR., CENTENNIAL, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/08/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 2/12/2015 Last Publication: 3/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 12/16/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-005388 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1266-2014 First Publication: 2/12/2015 Last Publication: 3/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1277-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 17, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) CHRISTOPHER B MARTINEZ and JAMIE B MARTINEZ Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR KB HOME MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust November 22, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 03, 2002 Recording Information (Reception Number) B2229736 Original Principal Amount $183,913.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $148,264.14 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 107, BLOCK 2, FILING NO, 1, SOUTHCREEK SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7866 S. KITTREDGE CIRCLE, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and
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The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/08/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 2/12/2015 Last Publication: 3/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 12/17/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-004871 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1277-2014 First Publication: 2/12/2015 Last Publication: 3/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1304-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 24, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s): James Chambers and Cassandra L. Wessel Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Meridian Mortgage Financial Corp, a Colorado Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Queen's Park Oval Asset Holding Trust Date of Deed of Trust: November 24, 2009 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 05, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): D0012241 Original Principal Amount: $154,355.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $149,683.91 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 50 THE KNOLLS WEST 1ST FLG Also known by street and number as: 2556 E Easter Ave, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 2/19/2015 Last Publication: 3/19/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 12/24/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Klatt, Odekirk, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 3532965 Attorney File # CO140983 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 1304-2014 First Publication: 2/19/2015 Last Publication: 3/19/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1305-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 24, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in
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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1305-2014
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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 24, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s): Evan Scott Rosenberg Original Beneficiary(ies): Public Service Credit Union Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Public Service Credit Union Date of Deed of Trust: December 09, 2011 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 16, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): D1124269 Original Principal Amount: $395,900.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $338,524.41 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 3, COUNTRY PARK FILING NO.2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7817 S. University Way, Littleton, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 2/19/2015 Last Publication: 3/19/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 12/24/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Brian J. Holst #16901 Holst & Boettcher, LLP 514 Kimbark Street, Longmont, CO 80502-0298 (303) 772-6666 Attorney File # Rosenberg The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 1305-2014 First Publication: 2/19/2015 Last Publication: 3/19/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0005-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 6, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) ROBERT A BUTTS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR DUNKELD HOLDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust November 13, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 27, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6166281 Original Principal Amount $133,305.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $120,529.27 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Also known by street and number as: 7440 SOUTH BLACKHAWK STREET 3106, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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;
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EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT R-3-106, WINDMILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON JANUARY 3, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON MAY 10, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2087517, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. AND CONDOMINIUM UNIT G-3-A, WINDMILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON JANUARY 3, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON MAY 10, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2087517, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0005-2015 First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0017-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 7, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) CARLOS CADAVID Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust September 22, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 03, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3218452 Original Principal Amount $181,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $178,625.31 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 27, BLOCK 6, SOUTHCREEK SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7979 S KITTREDGE WAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/12/2015 Last Publication: 4/9/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203
fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/12/2015 Last Publication: 4/9/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTo advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General Public Notice 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Denver, Colorado 80203 CRS §38-38-103 (800) 222-4444 mdif FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1268-2014 Federal Consumer Financial Protection com Bureau To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is P.O. Box 4503 given with regard to the following deIowa City, Iowa 52244 scribed Deed of Trust: (855) 411-2372 M DATE: 01/07/2015 On December 16, 2014, the undersigned Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Public Trustee caused the Notice of Elec-how the County of Arapahoe, State of Colortion and Demand relating to the Deed of Sh Trust described below to be recorded in ado the County of Arapahoe records. By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee serie Original Grantor(s) The name, address, business telephone LYNN ALAN DREHER and LORI ANNhoste number and bar registration number of the DREHER attorney(s) representing the legal holder of in Ca Original Beneficiary(ies) the indebtedness is: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Lynn M. Janeway #15592 mero Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 catio Date of Deed of Trust David R. Doughty #40042 May 30, 2008 Alison L Berry #34531 H County of Recording Kelly Murdock #46915 abou Arapahoe Eve M. Grina #43658 Recording Date of Deed of Trust Courtney E Wright #45482 W June 11, 2008 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Recording Information (Reception Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 teach Number) (303) 706-9990 B8067070 Attorney File # 14-004165 It Original Principal Amount The Attorney above is acting as a debt most $167,919.00 collector and is attempting to collect a Outstanding Principal Balance debt. Any information provided may be my b $146,395.60 used for that purpose. Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), youguita ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorare hereby notified that the covenants of ado Revised 1/2015 the deed of trust have been violated asnovic follows: failure to pay principal and inLegal Notice NO.: 0017-2015 terest when due together with all otherwhat First Publication: 3/12/2015 payments provided for in the evidence ofwhat Last Publication: 4/9/2015 debt secured by the deed of trust and othName of Publication: Littleton Independent er violations thereof. H THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Id A FIRST LIEN. Public Notice The property to be foreclosed is: I wan LOT 33, BLOCK 8, KASSLERS ADDICOMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION TION THIRD FILING; A RESUBDIVI-tar an CRS §38-38-103 SION OF BLOCK 8 OF KASSLER ADDIFORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0018-2015 TION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATEfirst OF COLORADO To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Also known by street and number as: all th given with regard to the following de3533 W. BOWLES AVENUE, scribed Deed of Trust: and I LITTLETON, CO 80123. On January 7, 2015, the undersigned THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINat art Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURtion and Demand relating to the Deed of RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIENtime Trust described below to be recorded in OF THE DEED OF TRUST. the County of Arapahoe records.
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Original Grantor(s) Mary A. Mazurek Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Nations Direct Mortgage, LLC, A California Limited Liability Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 09, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9035646 Original Principal Amount $164,430.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $112,732.50 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 6, Block A, Glenn Oaks Subdivision - Second Filing, as amended by Plat recorded in Plat Book 21, Page 95, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 7131 South Vine Circle West, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/07/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Klatt, Odekirk, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 3532965 Attorney File # CO141053 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0018-2015 First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/08/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 2/12/2015 Last Publication: 3/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 12/16/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-005505 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1268-2014 First Publication: 2/12/2015 Last Publication: 3/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1287-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 23, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s): Matthew E Voigt Original Beneficiary(ies): World Savings Bank, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: May 26, 2004 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 02, 2004 Recording Information (Reception Number): B4099936 Original Principal Amount: $155,625.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $109,325.60 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 147, HIGHLAND VIEW SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2635 E Nichols Cir, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and
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Ever wanted to play guitar? Learn how in one day Traveling quitarist teaches six to eight weeks of lessons in single sitting By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando@colorado communitymedia.com Marlene Hutchinson teaches students how to play guitar in a single day. She travels around the country hosting a series of workshops and, most recently, she hosted a workshop March 7 at The Grange in Castle Rock. She has been featured in numerous national TV shows and print publications. Hutchinson sat down with us to talk about her one-day program. What makes you unique as a guitar teacher? I think the thing that inspires people the most when they come to my workshop is my background. I didn’t learn how to play guitar until 12 years ago. So, I’m a relative novice to teaching guitar, but I think that’s what really works in a sense because I get what it’s like to learn as an adult. How did you learn to play? I decided it was a new year’s resolution. I wanted to try guitar, so I got a starter guitar and went to a group lesson and from the first strum I could not get enough. I played all the time. I was an elementary teacher and I would play in my classroom. I played at art festivals and coffee shops—just all the time.
Marlene Hutchinson teaches student to play guitar in a single day with a condensed workshop that is equal to six to eight weekly lessons. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando How did you come up with a one-day program? I stated this program because I had people asking me to show them what I learned and it just kept growing from there. I had a lot of adults say, “I would love to learn to play, but I don’t have time for a weekly lesson program.” So I thought, “I wonder if I could do a one day program?” How do students learn in just a day?
It’s really based on the private format lessons that I teach. It’s six to eight weeks of lessons in one day. So, it’s a pretty intense day. They’re fingers are sore at the end. The basic format that I teach is simple chords. Easy strumming — very familiar songs that get you going right away. How experienced are your students? I assume that whoever is attending my workshop knows zero about guitar or mu-
sic. I start by pointing out the parts of the guitar, how to hold the guitar. I teach them how to tune the guitar. I’m all about what’s the easiest, simplest way. What is the first song they learn? We start with a one-chord song. Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Everyone who learns with me starts with that. By the end of the day? They end up learning 14 songs and five different chords. How would you describe your teaching style? I give the skill to the students, and then I walk around and follow up with each of them. It’s important to me that they get it. I want them to fall in love with the guitar. What concerns do students have coming to the workshop? A lot of them are very intimidated. A lot of people say “I’m too old” or whatever. And I say, well I started 12 years ago. I have Roy and 87-year-old student who started at 78. You’re never too old. Do you teach more advanced programs as well? Today, it’s the workshop. But I have in the works a follow up program. I teach all over the country, so I have a lot of people who want to follow up after the first workshop. What I’m going to be launching is a subscription-based program with a video library. I’m also going to be doing weekly webinars. What kind of music do you like? I love the Eagles, Sheryl Crow and singersong writer type of stuff. That’s what I love.
‘The Bookseller’ is impressive first novel Public Notice
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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1282-2014
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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is adoring little people before he went to given with regard to the following To Whoman It May Concern: husband This Notice is Lars, an ardescribed Deed of Trust: given with regard to the following and blond triplets — one work. On December 23, 2014, the undersigned describedchitect Deed of Trust: Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecOn December 23, 2014, undersigned of whom isthe autistic. Swanson said she had a coustion and Demand relating to the Deed of Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecTrust described below to be recorded in tion and Demand relating tospent the Deed of Swanson many hours at in who was co-owner of a small the County of Arapahoe records. Trust described below to be recorded in Denver Public Library reading and bookstore in Wisconsin that gave Original Grantor(s): ELIZABETH J the County of Arapahoe records. THOMPSON and ERIC W. THOMPSON Original Grantor(s): Matthew E Voigt researchingWorld details of daily life in her a start on a story idea. (She sellingboe @colorado Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO Original Beneficiary(ies): Savings BANK, N.A. Bank, FSB 1960s Denver. Colors consulted with Joyce Meskis of communitymedia.com Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells and furniWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Fargo Bank, N.A.in the suburban home are on ture Tattered Cover, where she apDate of Deed of Trust: November 12, Date of Deed of Trust: May 26, 2004 2010 County oftarget, Recording:as Arapahoe are details of lifestyle, peared on March 3, and with this Writer Cynthia Swanson has County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 02, foods, cosmetics, clothing and ac- reporter, a former bookseller, for juggled several worlds during Recording Date of Deed of Trust: Novem2004 ber 15, 2010 Recording Information (Reception ideas on how earlier small stores the seven years when she was Recording Information (Reception Number):cessories. B4099936 Number): D0117565 Original Principal Amount: $155,625.00 When she’s in bookstore mode, were operated.) completing her first novel, “The Original Principal Amount: $369,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: Outstanding Principal Balance: Public Notice $ 1 0 9 , 3 2the 5 . 6 0day’s best-sellers are on the She had a relative who had auBookseller,” which was published $343,699.95 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you Public Notice shelf, recommended to cus- tistic traits, so she was somewhat March 3. The Denver author has Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION are hereby notifiedand that the covenants of are hereby notified that the covenants of CRS §38-38-103 the deed of trust have been violated as COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION — principal in adult children’s familiar with the subject, then did written and published short stothe deed of trust have been violated as FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1282-2014 follows: tomers failure to pay and and inCRS §38-38-103 follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1287-2014 titles. (“Ship of Fools” by Kath- research on it. Sadly, a 1960s psyries, married and become mother terest when due together with all other To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is payments provided for in the evidence of payments provided for in the evidence of given with regard to the following debt secured by theAnne deed of trust and oth-“The King’s To Whom It children, May Concern:and This Notice is erine Porter, chology self-help book advised to three worked as a debt secured by the deed of trust and othdescribed Deed of Trust: er violations thereof. given with regard to the following er violations thereof. On December 23, 2014, the undersigned THE LIEN FORECLOSED NOTauthor BE described Deed Trust: Persons” byMAY local Joanne that autism was caused by poor designer inofthe mid-century modTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecA FIRST LIEN. On December 23, 2014, the undersigned Greenberg, “Fail-Safe” by Burdick mothering, which led to feelings ern style. A FIRST LIEN. tion and Demand relating to the Deed of The property to be foreclosed is: Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecThe property to be foreclosed is: Trust described below to be recorded in LOT 147, HIGHLAND VIEW SUBDIVItion and Demand relating to the Deed of and OF Wheeler, of guilt for Katharyn as she tried to the pieces thein atmoLOT 70, BLOCK 2, HERITAGE GREENS the County of Arapahoe records. TrustAll described below tofit be into recorded SION, COUNTY ARAPAHOE, “One STATE Fish Two SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY Original Grantor(s): ELIZABETH J the County of Arapahoe records. OF COLORADO. sphere she creates as she draws a Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by the care for Michael, while the other OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORTHOMPSON and ERIC W. THOMPSON Original Grantor(s): Matthew E Voigt Also known by street and number as: ADO Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO Original Beneficiary(ies): World Savings 2635 E Nichols Cir, Centennial, CO reader into a complex tale of one beloved Dr. Seuss.) As Denver’s two — a boy and a girl — thrived. Also known by street and number as: BANK, N.A. 80122. Bank, FSB streetcar lines HEREIN are dismantled, “The Bookseller” keeps a readwoman —of Kitty/Katharyn 7744 S ELM CT, CENTENNIAL, CO Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED Current Holder Evidence of Debt: Wells— liv80122. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURFargo Bank, N.A. book customers turned to suburer engaged until the final chapter, ing two lives in 1960s Denver. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN Date of Deed of Trust: November 12, RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Date of Deed of Trust: May 26, 2004 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CUR2010 OF THE DEED OF TRUST. County of Recording: Arapahoe Kitty is a single late-30s book- ban shopping center stores and wondering if there will be any sort RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 02, OF THE DEED OF TRUST. Recording Date of Deed of Trust: NovemNOTICE OF SALE 2004 of resolution for our heroine. Hisseller in a store called Sisters, Sisters languishes. ber 15, 2010 Recording Information (Reception NOTICE OF SALE Recording Information (Reception The current holder Evidence of Debt Number): Theof the pair considers moving tory lovers will enjoy this newly which B4099936 she owns with her longNumber): D0117565 secured by the Deed of Trust, described Original Principal Amount: $155,625.00 to filed new, shiny University Hills — published novelist’s skillful attentime The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Original Principal Amount: $369,750.00 herein, has Notice of Election and O u t s t afriend n d i n g PFrieda. r i n c i p a l She B a l acan n c e : pretty secured by the Deed of Trust, described Outstanding Principal Balance: Demand for sale as provided by law and $109,325.60 Public Notice which has since gone through tion to detail. much do as she pleases — herein, has filed Notice of Election and $343,699.95 in said Deed of Trust. Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), yougo out Demand for sale as provided by law and Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given are hereby notified that the covenants of COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION another phase, as tastes changed Meet Cynthia Swanson at 7 after work, read all night, only in said Deed of Trust. are hereby notified that the covenants of that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. the deed of trust have been violated as CRS §38-38-103 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given the deed of trust have been violated as on Wednesday, follows: pay cat principal and inFORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1282-2014 again.04/15/2015, at the East p.m. March 20 at The Book Bar, being failure sure toher Aslan (named that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. follows: failure to pay principal and inHearing Room, County Administration terest when due together with all other Swanson saysStreet, she writes every 4280 Tennyson St.,ToDenver; 6 p.m. after the lionforin “The Lion, The on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East terest when due together with all other Building, 5334 South Prince payments provided in the evidence of Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Hearing Room, County Administration payments provided for in the evidence of Colorado,, sell to the highest and debt secured by the deed of trust and othgiven with regard to the following day andthehas book un- April 9 at the Bookworm theof EaWitch and the Wardrobe”) had Littleton, his bidder Building, 5334 South Prince Street, debt secured by the deed of trust and othbest for cash, said another real proper violations thereof. describedin Deed Trust: Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and er violations thereof. erty and all interest of a thedarker said Grantor(s), THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAYdish NOT BE December 23,and 2014, the undersigned derway, story set in the gle County town ofOn Edwards; food and occasional of milk. best bidder for cash, the said real propTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for A FIRST LIEN. Public Trustee caused the Notice of Elecerty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), A FIRST LIEN. the purpose of paying the indebtedness The property is: duplex near tion and Demand relating to the Deed of northern New York town where 6 p.m. May 9 at Lighthouse Writers She livestoinbeaforeclosed Denver Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for The property to be foreclosed is: Trust described below to be recorded in provided in said Evidence of Debt seLOT 147, HIGHLAND VIEW SUBDIVIsheDeed grew up.plusWhen her children, Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver. the and or bikes the purpose of paying the indebtedness LOT 70, BLOCK 2, HERITAGE GREENS the County of Arapahoe records. cured by the of Trust, attorneys' SION,store COUNTY OF walks ARAPAHOE, STATEeveryprovided in said Evidence of Debt seSUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY Original Grantor(s): ELIZABETH J fees, the expenses of sale and other items OF COLORADO. now She will travel to severaland other where, enjoying cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORTHOMPSON ERIC W. THOMPSON allowed by law, andschool-aged will issue to the pur- 10-year-old Also known by street an and urban number lifestyle. as: fees, the expenses of sale and other items ADO Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as 2635 E Nichols Cir, Centennial, CO twins and a 7-year-old daughter, stores in the U.S. in the course of But when she goes to sleep, allowed by law, and will issue to the purAlso known by street and number as: 80122. BANK, N.A. provided by law. chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as 7744 S ELM CT, CENTENNIAL, CO THE PROPERTYshe DESCRIBED HEREIN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: First Publication: 2/19/2015 were younger, she would go to spring and summer family travel. sometimes becomes Katharyn established 80122. best-selling authors, first book is by a major accomplishprovided law. IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Last Publication: 3/19/2015 First Publication: 2/19/2015 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIENin very Date of Deed of Trust: November 12, Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Stella’s Coffee House from 6 to 8 (As a first-time author, her pub(her given name) and lives Last Publication: 3/19/2015 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURIF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO OF THE DEED OF TRUST. 2010 although they help with publicity. ment. We congratulate her and a.m. toTHE work while TO her very sup- lisher, Harper, doesn’t invest in the nice mid-century modern suburName of Publication: Littleton Independent RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN A LATER DATE, DEADLINE County of Recording: Arapahoe IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO THE DEED OF TRUST. FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE NOTICE OF SALE Recording Date of Deed of Trust: Novemportive husband took care of the coast-to-coast tours they give for ban home in south Denver, with for DATE, that next title.) TO But scoring OF a top publisher for a will watch A LATER THE DEADLINE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO ber 15, 2010 FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE NOTICE OF SALE CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Recording Information (Reception BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO DATE: 12/23/2014 secured by the Deed of Trust, described Number): D0117565 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for herein, has filed Notice of Election and Original Principal Amount: $369,750.00 Public Notice DATE: 12/23/2014 secured by the Deed of Trust, described the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorDemand for sale as provided by law and Outstanding Principal Balance: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for herein, has filed Notice of Election and ado in said Deed of Trust. $343,699.95 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorDemand for sale as provided by law and By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you CRS §38-38-103 ado in said Deed of Trust. The name, address, business telephone that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. are hereby notified that the covenants of FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1282-2014 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given number and bar registration number of the on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East the deed of trust have been violated as The name, address, business telephone that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Hearing Room, County Administration follows: failure to pay principal and inTo Whom It May Concern: This Notice is number and bar registration number of the on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East the indebtedness is: Building, 5334 South Prince Street, terest when due together with all other given with regard to the following attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Hearing Room, County Administration Holly Shilliday #24423 Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and payments provided for in the evidence of described Deed of Trust: the indebtedness is: Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 best bidder for cash, the said real propdebt secured by the deed of trust and othOn December 23, 2014, the undersigned Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and Iman Tehrani #44076 erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), er violations thereof. Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecElizabeth S. Marcus #16092 best bidder for cash, the said real propJoan Olson #28078 Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Erin Robson #46557 the purpose of paying the indebtedness A FIRST LIEN. Trust described below to be recorded in David R. Doughty #40042 Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arprovided in said Evidence of Debt seThe property to be foreclosed is: the County of Arapahoe records. Alison L Berry #34531 the purpose of paying the indebtedness apahoe Road, Suite 150, Centennial, CO cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' LOT 70, BLOCK 2, HERITAGE GREENS Original Grantor(s): ELIZABETH J Kelly Murdock #46915 provided in said Evidence of Debt se80112 (877) 369-6122 fees, the expenses of sale and other items SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY THOMPSON and ERIC W. THOMPSON Eve M. Grina #43658 cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' Attorney File # CO-14-634416-JS allowed by law, and will issue to the purOF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLOROriginal Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO Courtney E Wright #45482 fees, the expenses of sale and other items ADO The Attorney above is acting as a debt chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as BANK, N.A. Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian allowed by law, and will issue to the purAlso known by street and number as: collector and is attempting to collect a provided by law. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as 7744 S ELM CT, CENTENNIAL, CO debt. Any information provided may be First Publication: 2/19/2015 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (303) 706-9990 provided by law. 80122. used for that purpose. Last Publication: 3/19/2015 Date of Deed of Trust: November 12, Attorney File # 14-004612 First Publication: 2/19/2015 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN ©Public Trustees' Association of ColorName of Publication: Littleton Independent 2010 The Attorney above is acting as a debt Last Publication: 3/19/2015 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURIF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO ado Revised 9/2012 County of Recording: Arapahoe collector and is attempting to collect a Name of Publication: Littleton Independent RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO Recording Date of Deed of Trust: Novemdebt. Any information provided may be IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO OF THE DEED OF TRUST. FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Legal Notice NO.: 1287-2014 ber 15, 2010 used for that purpose. A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO First Publication: 2/19/2015 Recording Information (Reception ©Public Trustees' Association of ColorFILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Last Publication: 3/19/2015 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. NOTICE OF SALE Number): D0117565 ado Revised 9/2012 BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO Name of Publication: Littleton Independent DATE: 12/23/2014 Original Principal Amount: $369,750.00 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Outstanding Principal Balance: Legal Notice NO.: 1282-2014 DATE: 12/23/2014 the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorsecured by the Deed of Trust, described Public Notice $343,699.95 First Publication: 2/19/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for ado herein, has filed Notice of Election and Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you Last Publication: 3/19/2015 the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorBy: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Demand for sale as provided by law and COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION are hereby notified that the covenants of Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ado The name, address, business telephone in said Deed of Trust. CRS §38-38-103 the deed of trust have been violated as By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee number and bar registration number of the THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1282-2014 follows: failure to pay principal and inThe name, address, business telephone attorney(s) representing the legal holder of that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. terest when due together with all other number and bar registration number of the the indebtedness is: on Wednesday, 04/15/2015, at the East To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is payments provided for in the evidence of attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Holly Shilliday #24423 Hearing Room, County Administration given with regard to the following debt secured by the deed of trust and oththe indebtedness is: Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Building, 5334 South Prince Street, described Deed of Trust: er violations thereof. Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Iman Tehrani #44076 Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and On December 23, 2014, the undersigned THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Joan Olson #28078 best bidder for cash, the said real propPublic Trustee caused the Notice of ElecA FIRST LIEN. Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Erin Robson #46557 erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), tion and Demand relating to the Deed of
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