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Charter school meeting scheduled Last TriCity Academy informational meeting will be held Oct. 21 By Tom Munds
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Denver Bronco lineman Ben Garland gives a high five to Michael Peters. Peters was one of 19 Hay World School students honored for their sportsmanship during the Oct. 14 assembly featuring Garland and Miles the mascot. Sports Authority announced it was donating sports equipment and cash to the school. Photos by Tom Munds
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Special event marks Sports Authority’s youth sports partnership By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Cheers for the Denver Broncos rocked the gymnasium Oct. 14 when team mascot Miles led the cheering by more than 400 Charles Hay World School students. The cheering was part of the special assembly arranged by Englewood-based Sports Authority. Lindsey Goodson of Sports Authority announced during the assembly the company was donating $1,000 worth of sports equipment as well as a $500 cash donation to the school. In addition, the assembly unveiled the Sports Authority partnership with Pirate Youth Sports that organizes and oversees youth sports programs for Englewood boys and girls. One of the highlights of the assembly came when Broncos lineman Ben Garland talked to the students. “It has always been my dream to play for the Denver Broncos even when I was in high school in Grand Junction,” he told the students. “I worked very hard to become a Bronco. Remember, if you work hard, someday you can be a Bronco player or cheerleader.” He urged the students to play the sport of their choice. He said playing sports makes you healthier, helps you feel better and you make great friends. He said good sports-
Miles, the Bronco mascot gets a high five from a Charles Hay World School kindergartner during the Oct. 14 assembly. The assembly was organized by Sports Authority. The company announced donations it was giving to the school plus its partnership with the Pirate Youth Sports organization. manship on and off the field is very important. Craig Ferguson, Hay principal, then called up a student from each class in the school to be honored for their sportsmanship. Each of the 19 students was given a Bronco cap signed by Miles, the Bronco mascot. They then exchanged high-fives with Garland and with Miles. Michael Peters was one of the students honored. “It was awesome to meet a Bronco player,” the fourthgrader said. “I am a big Bronco fan and this was special because football is my favorite sport.” Peters plays for the Englewood’s fourth-grade football team. “I play on the line and I like it,” he said. “I like playing football because I get to tackle people. That’s fun.” Kristal Kostiew, physical education teacher, said after the assembly she was excited
by the equipment donations. “The donated equipment means we will have real regulation-size soccer balls and we will have regulation volleyballs for our physical education classes,” she said. “One cool item is the Hula Hoops. They light up when you use them and that’s great because it means several of our students with sight problems can see them when they play with them.” The principal had similar comments. “The assembly with the Bronco player, mascot and cheerleaders was fun for the kids,” he said. “However, the donations are really important because of how those donations help our physical education classes. The Sports Authority partnership with Pirate Youth Sports is very important. I believe the partnership will help youth sports in our community and that is good for all Englewood kids.”
Supporters of the proposal to establish TriCity Academy Charter School will explain the concept and be available for questions at the informational meeting that will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Maddox Building, 700 W. Mansfield Ave., Englewood. TriCity Academy submitted applications to the Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan school boards, seeking approval for the charter to open their school. The organizers have since withdrawn the application from the Littleton School District. The charter school proponents want to open the academy — a free public school of choice — in August 2015. There are currently charter schools in Littleton but none in Sheridan or Englewood. The Oct. 21 session is the final TriCity Academy informational meeting before the Englewood School Board renders its decision on the application. Plans are for the Englewood School Board to hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 to decide whether or not to grant the charter. The special meeting will be held in the boardroom at the school administration building, 4101 S. Bannock St. State rules require the application for a charter to be submitted to the host school board by Aug. 1. The school district then reviews the proposal and is required to make the decision whether or not to grant the charter within 90 days. The first informational meeting was held Sept. 16. Eight academy representatives attended the Sept. 16 meeting and the presentation was done by Denise and Luke Mund. Denise Mund, a member of the charter school board, also is president of Delta Schools, a newly formed nonprofit “incubation” organization that helps charter school get established. She gave a brief introduction and turned the presentation over to board member Luke Mund. He said the desire to establish a charter school is offer area students a school of choice. He also said the goal is to serve the area so Englewood students stay in the community and go to school in Englewood. “We proposed to open our school with 405 students but we don’t want to take students out of Englewood classrooms,” he said. “We want to attract students who are now going to school in other districts and we want to provide a charter school where students on charter school waiting lists can go.” Denise Mund said the school will use a core knowledge curriculum and plan to use technology to address a wide variety of learning styles. “We will expect high achievements from our students and from our staff,” she said. “We also will encourage voluntary parent involvement in our school and its programs.” School continues on Page 21
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Gay couples celebrate marriage ruling High court upholds ruling that calls gay marriage ban unconstitutional
wishing we could have (gotten married) and hoping Colorado would get its act together.”
Changing attitudes
Attitudes toward the gay community have vastly improved since the 1990s, in part because of traditional and social media. Ebner, 41, points to Ellen DeGeneres’ decision to come out on her TV show in the mid-90s and the popular sitcom “Will and Grace,” which put the subject at the forefront, as contributors. Greg Baird, a national lecturer on LGBT issues, also credits younger generations with promoting acceptance and understanding. Baird, who is open about his own homosexuality, said he was elated but not shocked by the Supreme Court’s decision. “When things started to evolve in California and Iowa, I knew the tides were changing and I knew things would happen pretty quickly,” said Baird, who is based in Chicago. “I think it’s going to happen all over. Years from now, we’ll be, like, what were we thinking (when bans were in place)?” However, Baird has no illusions that the entire country will jump on board, and believes some governors in conservative states will mount challenges to same-sex marriage. On its website, Focus on the Family says marriage should only occur between a man and a woman. “Unfortunately, the standard of lifelong, traditional marriage as the foundation of family life in our nation is under attack,” it says.
By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@colorado communitymedia.com Whether or not all of Colorado’s leaders and residents agree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold rulings that struck down gay marriage bans in five states, there is little argument that it signals a monumental shift. Gay couples began lining up for marriage licenses at some county courthouses after the Oct. 6 ruling, and soon, images of happy same-sex partners sealing their vows with a kiss were splashed on television and computer screens across the country. Meanwhile, prominent voices that have spoken out against gay marriage have largely fallen silent, or couched their comments in the wake of noticeable changes in public sentiment on the issue. While some in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community are celebrating what they consider a historic turning point, there are others who believe the decision was long overdue. Parker resident Patrick Wendling-Markwell said he and his husband refused to rely on elected officials before making it official. “All the couples we know got married years ago in another state because we weren’t willing to wait,” said WendlingMarkwell, who got married in Iowa and is now in the process of adopting children with his husband. Eugene Ebner, who lives in the Denver Tech Center with his boyfriend, Paul Page, says they were planning to marry Oct. 3 in Vermont, but complications with scheduling, along with expenses for guests that would need to travel from Colorado, caused them to postpone the wedding. In a letter to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Ebner’s 22-year-old son later blasted the lack of acceptance that forced the couple to plan a wedding out of state in the
Having the same rights Paul Page and Eugene Ebner, right, plan to get married in Colorado next June now that the Supreme Court has decided not to consider challenges to five federal appellate court rulings that recognized a constitutional right for gay people to marry. Courtesy photo first place. A day after the Supreme Court’s ruling, which happened to coincide with Ebner and Page’s one-year anniversary, Ebner was gleefully announcing to his 3,700
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Facebook friends the couple’s new plan to get married in Colorado next June. “We decided we would wait until it was legal so we could get married in Colorado,” he said. “Last week in Vermont, we were
Ebner and Page had considered eloping, but Page, a well-known stage actor in Denver, wants a big production with 200 guests. In fact, the wedding will have a theater concept and occur on a stage, which is where the couple first met in 1998. “We deserve that and that’s what we want,” Ebner said. “For as long as we’ve Gay continues on Page 21
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Students test the waters Children get hands-on learning at annual event By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Englewood and Littleton students got to run a number of checks dealing with the quality of South Platte River water during the annual World Water Day event at the Englewood-Littleton Wastewater Treatment Plant. About 150 students attended the Oct. 8 event that included exhibits, tours and the opportunity to test water from the South Platte River. Students were divided into groups. The groups took turns visiting the exhibits set up inside the plant, which included a scale model of the treatment plant and a table with vats of water from different sources to taste and compare. The outside exhibits included a mobile test lab from Red Rocks Community College. Other students began their visit to the event by being divided into small groups so they could test water from the South Platte River and record the results of their tests. Each group got the equipment and chemicals to run a series of tests on river water. A plant employee helped the students conduct the tests and talked about what the tests revealed. Another stop for the students outside the plant was the display where they got to see and touch aquatic creatures that live in the river. “This is the sixth year I have brought students on this field trip because this event fits right in with our science lessons about water conservation and treatment,” said Jennie Shipman, Littleton Preparatory Charter School teacher. “It is a wonderful educational field trip and the kids love it because they get the hands-on opportunity to run scientific tests on water from the river. We appreciate this valuable educational opportunity provided at no cost to
Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School teacher Dylan Dyer and student Isiah Allen check out the scale model of the Englewood-Littleton Wastewater Treatment Plant that was among the exhibits on display for the World Water Day event held at the plant. Students from Englewood and Littleton took part in the Oct. 8 event that included touring the exhibit and testing water from the South Platte River. Photo by Tom Munds the schools.” Sixth-grader Hunter Braun said the field trip was cool. “We are learning a lot of different things about water,” he said. “It is a fun field trip. My favorite part is getting to touch the aquatic life that lives in the river.”
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Classmate Chrolette Coleman said she thought the field trip was very exciting. “My dad is a plumber and it is good to see how water is treated,” she said. “It is interesting how chemicals can clean the water. I really like to get the hands-on experience testing the water.” She smiled and said the field trip is nice because being outside on a nice, warm day is better than being in the classroom. Dylan Dyer, a social studies teacher, brought a group of students from Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School to the event. “Our class is studying the condition of the water people drink at different locations around the world,” he said. “I learned about this event and signed us up for the field trip. What they are doing here is great.
The program is educational and it is done in a way to make it interesting to the students. The kids seem to really like the hands-on experiences.” He said, as part of his class, he plans another field trip Oct. 29 for students to do what they can to clean up the banks along the South Platte River and Little Dry Creek. Tiara Sainz, a CFAHS junior, said she liked testing the river water. “It was fun and I learned things I knew nothing about,” she said. “For example, I didn’t know anything about the pH level of water or why it is important. I learned about that today.” “I didn’t know about those (aquatic) creatures,” she added. “They were gross and I didn’t touch any of them.”
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Halloween events planned Carnival scheduled Oct. 25, Kidz Fest planned Oct. 26 By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Expect to see lot of critters and characters on their way to either the Englewood Halloween Carnival on Oct. 25, the Kidz Fest on Oct. 26 or both. Each event features candy, inflatables and carnival games plus there is no charge for admission for either event. Men, women and children wearing scary, weird or superhero costumes replace men, women and children in workout attire on Oct. 25 during the Halloween Carnival at the Englewood Recreation Center, 1155 W. Oxford Ave. This year’s carnival will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the recreation center. There is no charge for admission but game tickets are 25 cents each. A single ticket is required for most carnival-style games. On that night, the recreation center is transformed from a center dedicated to health and fitness into the spooky habitat of cackling witches and marauding monsters attending the annual Englewood Halloween Carnival. Coming through the front door, visitors will find the lobby is populated by a variety of
characters and creatures handing out candy. The next stop is the gymnasium where there will be carnival-like booths lining the walls. Traditionally, the booths include games and skill challenges such as an opportunity to shoot a hockey puck into a goal and a chance to knock down figures with bean bags. Win or lose, the contestant gets some type of prize. At the same time, the center of the gym floor is taken up by popular inflatable attractions like an obstacle course and an inflatable room where kids can jump up and down to enjoy the trampoline-like action of the airfilled floor. Activities will move outside Oct. 26 for Kidz Fest. The festivities will be going on from 5 to 8 p.m at Mosiac Church, 4101 S. Lincoln St. There is no charge for admission or participation. For the event, the parking lot of the church becomes the location of the Kidz Fest activities. A couple of inflatables are set up for the children near the Oxford Street entrance to the parking lot. The remainder of the parking lot is lined carnival-style games such as tossing bean bags into a target opening or a tossing a football through a tire. All participants get candy or a small toy. Costumes are optional but in past years, the majority of children and quite a few adults wore costumes to the event.
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Udall, Gardner hit hard in debate A knock-down, drag-out affair in Pueblo between Sen. Mark Udall and Congressman Cory Gardner on Oct. 9 could have easily been promoted on the venue’s marquee as the Steel City Smackdown. Buoyed — and sometimes booed — by a rowdy audience, the two rivals tangled on a debate stage inside Memorial Hall on issues they have clashed over countless times throughout the Senate campaign. But while many of the issues are worn — they once again sparred over issues that included women’s reproductive rights and the Affordable Care Act — the candidates’ energies certainly weren’t. The two went at each other hard throughout the night. That was apparent when the Democrat Udall attacked Gardner and his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives for failing to make progress on immigration reform. Udall scolded Gardner by saying, “You haven’t lifted one finger” toward movement on immigration issues. “You talk about growth. You want to grow the economy? Pass the immigration bill now,” Udall said, referring to the immigration reform measure that passed the Senate this year, but never got off the ground in the House. When Gardner pivoted to energy issues during the exchange on immigration, it created an opening for Udall to highlight
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government last year during a time when Colorado needed Uncle Sam’s help during a flood disaster. This was the third debate of the week between the two, but it was easily the most lively. At one point, Pueblo Chieftain managing editor Steve Hensen, who moderated the debate, had to scold the raucous audience for “embarrassing” themselves for their repeated outbursts throughout the evening. But the candidates themselves seemed to be energized by the crowd, seemingly queuing up their one-liners in anticipation of a hearty response from their supporters. Gardner jabbed at Udall when the senator accused him of distorting his record as a way to distract voters. “I agree, your record is pretty distracting,” Gardner quipped. That led Udall to fire back, “You get a sense of why the House of Representatives does nothing when you listen to Congressman Gardner.”
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takes brass” to be referring to him as the “social issues warrior.” “Congressman, we wouldn’t be having this discussion if you hadn’t spent your career trying to limit the reproductive freedoms of women,” Udall said. Gardner continued his campaignlong attack on Udall for supporting President Obama’s policies, including Obamacare, the president’s signature legislative achievement. “While you’re voting with President Obama 99 percent of the time, I will vote 100 percent of the time for the people of Colorado,” Gardner said. The two also traded jabs over accusations of leadership failures. Gardner attacked Udall — whose Senate committee assignments include Armed Services and Intelligence — for missing hearings having to do with emerging threats like that of ISIS-sponsored terrorism. And Udall slammed Gardner for voting with Republicans to shut down the federal
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the congressman’s dodge. “I’m glad to talk about energy because you’re wrong about that too, but we’re talking about immigration reform here,” Udall said. Gardner said earlier in the debate that Democrats had their chance to pass comprehensive immigration reform when they controlled Congress in 2010, but failed to do so. The two exchanged immigration failure labels on each other. Udall bashed Gardner for not supporting citizenship for many of the undocumented immigrants living here, while Gardner pointed to Udall’s support for a bill from nine years ago that sought to make illegal immigration a felony. Gardner got his own shots in while criticizing the way Udall has courted women voters through television ads that have attacked the congressman over his positions on abortion, birth control and personhood, which would provide legal rights for the unborn. Udall has tried to corner Gardner on his continued support for a federal personhood effort and for his prior support of a statewide effort here. Gardner, who is pro-life, has said he no longer supports local personhood efforts and is in favor of women being allowed to obtain birth control without a prescription. Gardner said Udall is clinging to women’s issues “because he can’t talk about anything else.” “You’ve run this entire campaign as a social-issues warrior,” Gardner said. Udall fired back, telling Gardner, “It sure
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Patriotism isn’t as simple as slogans Like everyone else, I have been absorbed with the recent argumentative developments in Jefferson County. The school board has had its hands full, hasn’t it? I am not going to point fingers at anyone or advocate anyone: That’s done much better somewhere else. But one thing did stand out that I thought could serve my purposes here, and that was the proposal to foster more patriotism among students. I thought I knew exactly what the word means, but even so, I looked it up again. And I was right — but it made me wonder just how patriotism could be approached in the classroom. I think the course or the seminar or whatever it was going to be would have to begin with a disclaimer: “Not everyone feels the same way about the United States as you do. Some of you feel more strongly than others, and are willing to chant `U-S-A’ whenever you get the chance, and others would rather eat their hand than chant `U-S-A’.” I would rather eat my hand. Some of us have an American flag on our houses day and night, and some don’t. Does that mean that the ones with flags are more patriotic, and the ones without flags are less patriotic? Of course. Some people love the Fourth of July and some don’t. If you don’t like the Fourth, does that mean you are less patriotic? Of course. It’s my least favorite day of the year. It
comes with loud noises and obnoxious behavior. Oh, here and there, a few people remember why the day is being celebrated, but mostly it’s an endorsement to get intoxicated, blow things up, and set fire to patio furniture. Let’s say Patriotism 101 was going to be a 3-credit course. Who would you bring in to teach it? The winner or the loser of a drawing? If I were asked to lead the course, I would aim for balance, and perhaps for irony. Everyone would have to listen to John Philip Sousa 24 hours straight. Everyone would be expected to watch “Coming Home” and fast-forward to the scene where Jon Voight, who is a paralyzed Vietnam veteran, speaks to a roomful of young men who are considering enlistment. I would ask them, “Was Jon Voight more patriotic before he enlisted and is he less patriotic now, or is he more patriotic now than he was before?” Everyone would have to recite the Gettysburg Address to a bunch of second-graders, who might be hearing it for the first time. Everyone would have to find out who Joseph McCarthy was.
And who First Lieutenant Audie Murphy was. Second Lieutenant William Calley. Corporal Pat Tillman. Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos. I would ask my students if you can be a racist and a patriotic American at the same time. Or if you can be homophobic and a patriotic American at the same time. I would ask if conservatives are more patriotic than liberals, or the other way around. That’s where it gets tricky. Once that question is asked, the can of worms becomes very wormy. I would require everyone to experience some kind of civil disobedience regarding a perceived inequity, and then to write a 650word essay, like this is, about it. How would the students be evaluated? Maybe I would ask each of them to name the 43 people who have been sworn in as presidents of the United States. No, that would be too easy. It couldn’t possibly be that specific, because patriotism can’t be defined for everyone anymore than love can be or God or even art. I never asked my students, “What is art?” It would have taken up the entire semester, and in the end it would have answered nothing. I thought it was ironic that this bit about “patriotism” was to be required in a county named Jefferson. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A vote for ourselves
The South Suburban Parks and Recreation District is asking voters to approve a 2-mill property tax increase this November. For several years increasing expenses, including rising costs for water, construction materials, utilities, health care mandates and salaries, has outpaced the district’s revenue. Much of our infrastructure and many of our aging facilities need attention. Even our newest recreation centers are almost 10 years old. The decision to ask voters to approve a tax increase has not been made lightly. Last fall, the board of directors convened a Citizens’ Committee of more than 70 volunteers to help evaluate the operations of the district. After reviewing the report from the committee, the board held public meetings and subsequently commissioned an opinion poll on how best to meet the needs of the
district. Based on all this information, the board authorized the district to place a request for a mill levy increase on the upcoming ballot, Issue 4C. The additional funding each year will be used by the district to address cost increases, improve services and to begin deferred repairs on a number of parks, playgrounds, trails and facilities. For each district home, the 2-mill property tax increase will amount to an additional $8 per year for each $100,000 of appraised home value. This tax will sunset in 10 years. Ballot Issue 4C is about maintaining what we have. Our citizens value their parks and trails. Surveys show that more than 90 percent of district residents use our recreation centers and other facilities. All of us benefit from having an award-winning, high-quality park and recreation district. Our beautiful parks and trails enhance our quality of life.
Our first-rate facilities and programs bolster our property values. Vote Yes on 4C. Pam Eller Board of Directors, SSPRD Columbine Valley
City not facing deficit
War is peace? Water is dry? Surplus is deficit? Who is confused here? The latest edition of the “Littleton Report” says (page 1 bottom of right-hand column) “Council’s recent review of the city’s five-year budget deficit highlighted the need for revitalization of commercial centers and how urban renewal can support and improve sales tax revenues.” In other words, the “Littleton Report” is claiming the council is implementing urban renewal because it is projecting a budget deficit in the next five years. The problem is, the city’s five-year budget forecasts a
surplus, not a deficit. In the city’s “Five-year Financial Projects - First Quarter Report” dated June 24, 2014, the report shows a surplus in the general fund every year of the five-year forecast. The forecast shows revenue exceeding expenditures every year, while at the same time the city maintains a 17 percent reserve every year. Furthermore the five-year forecast shows a surplus in the Capital Projects Fund of more than $2 million at the end of five years. Now who is confused? Or who is trying to confuse whom? And when is a surplus really a deficit? Betty A. Harris Littleton
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Do-over needed on character test “It’s not what happens to us that defines our character, it is how we respond to what happens to us.” I am sure you have heard that before, and if you have read my column in the past few years or heard me speak, you have heard me espouse these very same words. Well, last week, those words put me to the test personally. How did I do on that test? FFS (failed for sure.) “What?” you ask. “The guy who writes and speaks about positive attitude, integrity, and taking the high road failed the character test?” Yes he did. It really was not my fault — OK, maybe it was. However, there were mitigating circumstances that resulted in my flagrant display of lack of discretion and patience. You see, I had been traveling for the past six weeks on a fairly intense schedule. And the final week included seven cities in five days. And that was nine flights and four different hotels. And I have been wrestling with migraine headaches for a while, and the magnitude and insanity of the trip were only exceeded by the ferociousness of the headaches. So lack of sleep and pain were certainly contributing factors to the eventual breakdown in char-
acter. But, it was also not my fault that on the very last leg of the trip home, someone opened up a can of “stupid” on the plane. Now, that wasn’t nice of me, was it? I mean, the ridiculousness and ineptness of my fellow passengers and the flight attendants on that flight hit an all-time high, or low for that matter. Three people sitting in the wrong seat or row, a woman ringing for the flight attendant as we taxied away from the gate so she could ask if she could change her flight after we had already left, to the flight attendants being unable to locate and then relocate a suitcase in the overhead compartment for a passenger. They must have looked for 15 minutes at the same compartment and the same bag and then
finally realized that it was the bag they were searching for. I mean, really, how many flight attendants does it take to change a light bulb? Now I am just getting mean, aren’t I? I was tired, cranky, in pain, and just miserable. And that’s when it hit me: I was the one who hit an all-time high, or low for that matter. My pain and anxiety were only exceeded by my own arrogance and impatience. My character was tested and I failed. And I wish that I could let myself off the hook and chalk it up to a bad day and being human. However I choose not to so that I can learn from my poor behavior and attitude. So this is an open letter, apology, and confession of a weary traveler. The truth is that I travel so often and I can say that I love the flight attendants. I know many of them because of the frequent travel. I am rarely if ever inconvenienced by the airlines. And since I fly almost exclusively on United, this is a shout-out to all of you at United and thank you all for the great work that you do. Over the past 20 years I have met the most interesting passengers on my flights and love to hear their stories.
So again, it wasn’t my fellow fliers and seat mates, nor was it the flight attendants, sad to say it, but it was just me. Sometimes when we are working hard, studying, and preparing so that we pass the trials and tests of life with A’s or B’s, we are motivated not to achieve anything less. And when we do receive that lower grade, like maybe even an F, it is a very blunt and quick reminder to get back on the right course of study, hard work, and preparation. I know that for me, the failed character test may have been just what I needed, and just what the teacher ordered. The good news is that I can still hear my teacher Zig Ziglar saying to me, “Michael, failure is an event, not a person. And yes, yesterday really did end last night.” Are you passing the tests of life? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we do get back on course, it will always 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.
October haunting is no sure thing October has traditionally been a spooky month, with several market busts landing on the 10th month of the year. However, even though the thirdquarter earnings typically add volatility, on average, October is not the worst month of the year. It makes you wonder whether markets, when they defy logic, have a history to follow no matter what the facts are. It could almost appear as a haunting. October is plagued with volatility for many reasons: • The shift from the summer months, which are typically slow, toward the retail anticipation of the holiday season changes the focus of investors. • The start of the fourth quarter, which is signaling the end of the year is near. Investors may fear there is not enough time to improve or make a change that will significantly impact their annual returns. • Third-quarter reporting season begins. This is a crucial report in that it is the last one of 2014 and it looks back at the year so far, in addition to predicting what might occur in the remaining few months of the year. • The markets normally react with daily swings during earnings season based on which company or sectors are reporting and whether the news is good or bad. This particular year we have a few additional conditions that may cloud the stock market. • The stock market never likes uncer-
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former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Coffman has served the United States honorably as a member of our armed services, but his service in the House — trying to represent the diverse, competitive, equally divided people of the 6th District — has been hampered by his Party’s paralysis of the 113th Congress. He is so yesterday. Romanoff represents our future. He will fight to create clean-energy jobs, harnessing the Colorado sun and wind to boost our economy and save our environment; he believes in the equal status of women to control their reproductive lives and receive equal pay for equal work, and to raise the minimum wage for all; he offers legislative compassion to those touched by the violence in the Aurora theater and the halls of Arapahoe High School instead of blind fealty to the gun lobby; and he understands education is the ticket to the middle class, and will fight equitably across the aisle to make college more affordable for the DREAMers as well as the Colorado graduate. When you vote on Nov. 4, vote for the
tainty and mid-term elections are just around the corner. • Many countries in Europe are in recession, Russia is being sanctioned and China’s gross domestic product (GDP) is falling. This makes the U.S. one of the strongest economies in the world, which is being impacted by weaker countries. Investors are still haunted by the witch of October and many remain frustrated with paltry returns so far this year. This is a sensitive month, mainly due to the crashes of 1929, 1987 and 2008. There were also large declines in 1978, 1979, 1989 and 1997. Despite this dismal news, we often see substantial upswings during the first month of fall as well. We are also on the threshold of the strongest positive months on Wall Street, which historically have been from November through April. Traditionally, October marks the end of the worst six months on the market, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. Therefore, investors both on the sidelines or committed to their strategy have
some homework to do. Here are some positive things to consider: • The Federal Reserve has committed to keeping interest rates low for the time being. That can continue to fuel growth in the U.S. economy. • Inflation remains low, which helps create cash flow for consumers and businesses to save or invest more. • Retirement plan contribution limits remain high, which allows small investors to build a substantial nest egg with pre-tax dollars. • Commodities led by oil are down in price, which helps stretch the monthly budget. • The unemployment rate has fallen to 5.9 percent and the initial jobless claims are declining each month as well.
• The second-quarter GDP was revised to 4.6 percent growth, the highest since the great recession. Keep in mind that market volatility can offer sale prices in certain asset classes. It is important to create your plan first so you can identify the best opportunities for your situation. Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 28 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. She welcomes your questions at www. kummerfinancial.com or on the economic hotline at 303-683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.
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Romanoff receives PAC money despite denials
According to the Colorado Statesman, Andrew Romanoff, Democrat candidate for Colorado U. S. House District 6, has gotten over $200,00 from the secretive ActBlue PAC (political action committee), which has unknown contributors that earmark donations for specific candidates. On the other hand, his opponent, U.S. House Rep. Republican Mike Coffman has accepted contributions from mostly wellknown PACs. Incredibly, a recent attack ad by the left coast CounterPAC insinuates that Coffman has received contributions from Russian billionaires and a Chinese casino owner, which would be illegal. If this is true, why hasn’t CounterPAC reported this to the Federal Election Commission? The obvious answer is that this attack ad is completely bogus. Thank goodness Colorado voters are smart enough not to believe these bogus attack ads against Rep. Coffman. He has run an honest and open campaign following the traditions he learned as a Marine. Let’s hope Colorado voters reward him by again choosing him as our U.S. House representative. Charles Newton Highlands Ranch
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Foundation tackles water project Casa Unida launches effort to finance wells in Nicaragua By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Locally based Casa Unida Foundation has launched a fundraising project after receiving a request to assist Nicaraguan villagers in digging two wells. “We work with local officials in the northern Nicaraguan city of Somoto. They are trying to help the people who live in the village of Rodeo dig two wells so the villagers will have clean drinking water for the first time,” said Bob Moore, foundation president. “Our foundation is trying to raise about $2,500 so the villagers can dig the wells.” Casa Unida Foundation is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization based in Lakewood. It works to help improve the living conditions for villagers in rural areas of the mountains of northern Nicaragua. Moore said the foundation gets support from individuals and organizations like the Littleton Rotary Club and classes at Denver First Church of the Nazarene in Englewood to finance Casa Unida projects. The foundation plans and organizes at least one trip a year to the villages around the city of Somoto. Volunteers pay all their own expenses to make the trip to help with projects such as building classrooms and community centers.
Two residents of the village of Rodeo, Nicaragua pull up a bucket of debris freed by fellow villagers who were busy digging a well for their community. The Lakewood-based Casa Unida Foundation is raising money to help the residnts dig two wells that will provide safe, clean drinking water for 150 to 200 people living in the area. Courtesy photo Clean water isn’t available to most villages in the mountains of Nicaragua, so people get their drinking water from rivers or streams. Several years ago, the foundation’s Nicaragua trip included two medical teams. In
five days, the teams saw and treated about 1,000 patients. The teams reported that the majority of villagers they treated suffered from intestinal parasites ingested with the river water. Clean, safe drinking water would prob-
ably eliminate the heath problems caused by intestinal parasites. But these villages are far from sources of treated water, so one solution is digging wells. Moore, a former Arapahoe County businessman, said the foundation has worked for years to help villagers drill or dig wells. The village of Rodeo is located where water is 75 to 90 feet below the surface. Villagers have started digging one well in Rodeo. The first segment, about 40 feet deep, is though the sandy clay soil. The next segment is a rock layer that usually is 30 to 40 feet thick. The villagers continue using hand tools to chip their way through the rock until they reach water. The top segment of the well will be encased in brick to keep the soil from dropping into the well, but there is no need to brick the lower segment since the walls of the well are rock. Rodeo isn’t a large village, but it is spread out over a large area. The proposal is to dig two wells that will provide water for 150 to 200 people. Men who live in the mountain villages earn about $2 a day at day-labor jobs like cutting firewood or digging ditches. If a man isn’t hired for the day, he returns to the village and works in the fields. “If they devote time to digging the well, there is no money to support the family,” Moore said. “So, if we raise the money, the men will be paid $2 a day to dig the wells.” For more information about the foundation or the project to fund the wells in Rodeo, call 303-934-8742.
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Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Airport is currently accepting applications for a dependable full-time general laborer to perform a variety of semi-skilled & unskilled general labor duties including grounds & building maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, sprinkler repair, preventive vehicle maintenance & radio communications. A viable candidate must be fluent in both written and spoken English; able to perform strenuous activity for long periods of time in various weather conditions from extreme hot to extreme cold; have the flexibility to be on-call during inclement weather and to work alternate shifts including weekends for snow removal, mowing and other special projects that may arise. Typical work schedule: 7 am – 3:30 pm, Monday – Friday. A valid Colorado Driver’s license and HS diploma or GED required. Experience in building or construction maintenance including heavy equipment operation a plus. Starting hourly wage is $15.00 to $15.50. Excellent benefits after 60 days. Apply in person to the Airport Authority at 7800 S. Peoria St., Englewood, CO 80112 or obtain an application at www.centennialairport.com. EOE
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Task force taking shape By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Police Chief John Collins told the Englewood City Council that efforts continue to establish an Arapahoe County Drug Task Force. “The South Metro Drug Task Force that successfully conducted drug-related investigations was disbanded in 2012 and it was replaced by a multi-jurisdictional impact team,” Collins told the council at the Oct. 6 study session. “The impact team is doing an admirable job but the mission is large, including investigation of pattern crimes. The result is we have found drug investigations are not get the attention a standalone drug task force could provide.
Several Arapahoe County law enforcement officials agree we need to set up a task force dedicated to investigation of drug and narcotics cases. I support the idea and our department has assigned two officers to the drug task force.” Collins said there is support for the county drug task force from George Brauchler, district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, the newly elected Arapahoe County Sheriff and the Littleton, Sheridan, Aurora, Greenwood Village and Glendale chiefs of police. “There are several jurisdictions working together and it takes time to work out all the specific details,” he said. “We hope to get all the issues resolved at an upcoming meeting so the task force can be established and begin working.”
Sam Watson, patrol division commander, told the council the department statistics show the majority of drug cases over the past five to 10 years involved methamphetamine. “However, we have seen an increase in cases involving heroin in the last two or three years,” he said. “We believe we are seeing more heroin cases because the cost of drug is down and it is more readily available. Since the South Metro Drug Task Force was disbanded, there has been an increase in arrests and prosecution for possession and a decline in prosecution for distribution. One goal is for the new drug task force to put a lot of effort into locating and arresting drug suppliers.” A the report provided to the council for the Oct. 6 meeting showed there was one
ENGLEWOOD CRIME REPORT Man suspected of multiple crimes
The investigation of a suspected shoplifter resulted in the man also being arrested for a number of other crimes. An employee of a business in the 600 block of Englewood Parkway called police about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 4 to report a shoplifter was trying to leave the area. Officers stopped the suspect, a 33-yearold man, near the store. He was arrested as a shoplifting suspect. When the man was searched, officers found numerous items of drug paraphernalia, heroin and blank checks that didn’t belong to the suspect. The suspect was processed at the Englewood Police Department and later taken to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Detention Facility. He could face a variety of charges related to this investigation.
Assault suspect arrested
Police went to the 3700 block of South Sherman Street to investigate the reports of a disturbance about 12:25 p.m. Oct. 5 and arrested a man who reportedly assaulted his girlfriend. When officers arrived to conduct the investigation, a 21-year-old woman told police her 24-year-old boyfriend had been
assaulting her for the past four days. The victim told officers her boyfriend beat her with a collapsible baton and had also threatened to kill her with a knife. The report stated the woman had signs of injuries on her face, hands, legs, arms and other parts of her body. Police found the suspect in the basement. He was arrested, processed and taken to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Detention Facility.
Drug arrest
The investigation of a traffic violation resulted in a 39-year-old man being arrested on drug-related charges. Police officers stopped the suspect for a traffic violation about 6:25 p.m. Oct 5 in the 100 block of East Layton Avenue. The report stated it appeared the suspect was trying to hide something from police so officers asked for and got consent to search the car. The search located drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine under the driver’s seat. The 33-year-old was arrested processed at Englewood Police Department and then take to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Detention Facility.
heroin related case in 2010 and there have been 19 cases so far this year. Chief Collins said there is still an effort to catch drug users and suppliers. He said, for example, a tip from a resident helped Englewood police arrest a man suspected of selling methamphetamine. “A resident called us and told us there was a man riding a bicycle around his area of town that appeared to be selling drugs,” the chief said. “Our officers checked it out and we arrested a suspect. When the officers searched him, they found he was carrying methamphetamine, marijuana, mushrooms and a sawed-off shotgun in his backpack.”
NEWS IN A HURRY Park dedication Ceremonies marking the reopening of Duncan Park will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 at the park located at 4800 S. Pennsylvania Street. The park has undergone a major makeover and the ceremony will mark the opening of the new park facilities. A light breakfast will be served and will be followed by the dedication ceremonies. The event is open to the public and there is no charge for admission.
History program The monthly history program presented by the Englewood Historic Preservation Society will be held at 3 p.m. Oct. 24. This month’s guest speaker will be Marv Witt, a historian and storyteller who will talk about the history of the National Western Stock Show. The program will be held in the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood
Parkway. The event is free and open to the public. For information about the society or the program call 720-254-1897
Youth resource event Englewood Schools and Arapahoe Douglas Works are hosting an event to help students looking for a job now and in the future. The event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Maddox Building, 700 W. Mansfield Ave. From 1 to 2 p.m. the focus will be the job search tool kit, helping attendees with subjects like resume writing and interview skills. The afternoon from 2:30 to 5 p.m. is a job fair. Representatives of area organizations and local businesses will be on hand to talk about employment with attendees. For information call 303-636-1267 or 303-636-1287.
HAVE A STORY IDEA? Email Englewood Community Editor Tom Munds at tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com or call 303-566-4108.
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THE INCUMBENT
THE CHALLENGER
John Hickenlooper
Bob Beauprez
Party: Democrat Occupation: Governor Contact information: www.hickenlooperforcolorado.com Background: Hickenlooper was an exploration geologist in the oil and gas industry before opening 16 successful brewpubs and microbreweries in Colorado. He served as mayor of Denver from 2003-11. What is a key policy improvement that you would like to see through over the next four years? Colorado has gone from 40th to fourth in the nation for job creation and we’ve created 210,000 new jobs since January 2011, but we have more work to do. I will continue promoting bottomup economic development so every community feels economic improvement. I am dedicated to finding creative ways to get the long-term unemployed back to work. How would you handle an issue like hydraulic fracturing, one where there are so many competing interests? We negotiated a compromise with the oil and gas industry and the conservation community that removed harmful proposals from the 2014 ballot that would have put thousands of jobs at risk and would have had a devastating impact on our economy. That compromise included the creation of a bipartisan task force. Do you support the death penalty and what are your reasons behind that conviction? I am opposed to the death penalty. After studying this issue in detail, I think the facts are pretty clear that the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime, nor is it cost-effective. My conscience compels me to the conclusion that the State of Colorado should not be in the business of taking human lives. Job growth continues on an upward trajectory in Colorado and unemployment continues to drop. Is the state on the right economic track? Yes. Colorado is proud of our economic progress improving from 40th to fourth in the nation for job creation and creating 210,000 news jobs (190,000 of which are in the private sector). Last year, the Legislature approved $500 million in new funding for K-12 education. After years of budget cuts, is the state’s education system finally on the right track? Colorado’s continued economic success relies on a strong public education system that fosters home-grown talent. Thanks to smart budgeting and tough choices in our first term, we have increased K-12 education funding by $400 million and higher education funding by $100 million. We continue to champion accountability and effectiveness that has made Colorado a national model.
Party: Republican Occupation: Buffalo rancher; banker Contact information: www.bobbeauprez.com Background: A successful business leader, buffalo rancher, dairy farmer, and hometown banker, Bob Beauprez built Colorado businesses and created hundreds of jobs, helping hundreds of small businesses pursue their American Dream. What is a key policy improvement that you would like to see through over the next four years? A comprehensive audit of state government to identify and eliminate unnecessary regulation, and minimize bureaucratic roadblocks. How would you handle an issue like hydraulic fracturing, one where there are so many competing interests? Policy should be based on science, and part of a governor’s job is to make a decision that is in the best interests of the state and its citizens. Conversation is important, but we need to be focused on finding a solution and then getting on with implementing that solution. Do you support the death penalty and what are your reasons behind that conviction? I do support capital punishment in rare cases for extreme crimes, and following the strict application of due process. The death penalty is provided as an option under the Colorado Constitution for the most heinous of crimes, and as governor I will respect the process of law and the difficult decision of the jury. Job growth continues on an upward trajectory in Colorado and unemployment continues to drop. Is the state on the right economic track? Colorado has slipped to middle of the pack economically, and is performing worse in many ways than our neighboring states. Some areas of the state — such as Grand Junction, Pueblo and Colorado Springs — experienced decreased or stagnant GDP in 2013. As governor, I will work to remove government as an anchor on the economy, and restore opportunity to ALL of Colorado. Last year, the Legislature approved $500 million in new funding for K-12 education. After years of budget cuts, is the state’s education system finally on the right track? Funding is only part of the equation, and we are not maximizing our existing K-12 funding — i.e. school trust lands, and return of federal tax dollars. In the meantime, the current governor has allowed federal bureaucrats to impose a one-size-fits-all standard that reduces opportunity in education. As governor, I will improve the quality of education by returning control to local boards and ending Common Core.
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U.S. Senate candidates
Cory Gardner Party: Republican Occupation: U.S. Rep. for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District Contact: www. corygardnerforsenate.com
Mark Udall
October 17, 2014
What are your policy positions on immigration reform?
Why should women voters support your candidacy over your opponent’s?
Do you support President Obama’s response to ISIS-sponsored terrorism in the Middle East? Why or why not?
No one is arguing that we should return to the old system. But Sen. Udall sold Obamacare on a string of lies. We must replace Obamacare with reforms that actually increase the quality and reduce the cost of care. I support commonsense solutions that allow for the interstate purchase of insurance, coverage of pre-existing conditions, tax relief, and bolstering state high-risk pools.
I firmly believe our immigration system is broken and badly in need of reform. That process should begin with border security measures and a guest worker program. We cannot have a secure border in this country without a functional guest worker program.
Women in this country have been hurt by the policies of President Obama and Sen. Udall. They are facing higher taxes, losing their doctors and insurance plans as a result of Obamacare, and have suffered most in the economic downturn. I will fight for Colorado’s women and greater opportunities, including improving access to oral contraceptives and strengthening education.
I support the President’s response, but I strongly oppose the failed foreign policy that led us to this point.
I enrolled in the Colorado exchange and know the law isn’t perfect, but we can’t go back to a time when insurance companies could jack up rates, cut coverage, and drop people who got sick. I’ve led efforts to make the ACA work for Colorado and keep moving forward.
Our immigration system is broken. I voted for a comprehensive immigration reform bill supported by business, labor, immigration and agriculture groups, which passed the Senate with bipartisan support. I have also championed the DREAM Act so that children who have known no other home than America can earn a path to citizenship.
I trust women to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. I will protect access to birth control, preventive care, and abortion. I also helped to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and support the Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure equal pay for equal work.
As a member of the Armed Services and Intelligence committees, keeping Americans safe will always be my number one priority. That’s why I strongly support targeting these terrorists with airstrikes along with efforts to arm and train Arab and other fighters in the region to attack ISIL on the ground.
Do you agree with John Suthers’ handling of recent court battles surrounding gay marriage?
Is it the job of the attorney general to defend all state laws, regardless of how she feels about them?
Why do you suppose so many people are fed up with Washington politics and how is your presence going to make a difference in people’s minds?
Is the Affordable Care Act a good law? What changes, if any, need to be made to improve the nation’s health care system?
Washington is full of bitter partisans and gridlock. Coloradans deserve a senator who places solutions above all. That solutions-oriented approach is what I learned growing up on the Eastern Plains, where my family has lived for five generations and run a farm implement dealership for a century. We need a senator with a positive vision for Colorado and someone who believes that a brighter horizon is always within reach.
I have a long record of reaching across the aisle for commonsense policies that cut red tape and reduce our deficits. I wrote a balanced budget amendment, worked with Republicans to end earmarks, and continue to look for opportunities where we can work together.
Party: Democrat Occupation: U.S. Senator Contact: www.markudall.com
Attorney general candidates
Cynthia Coffman
Why does it matter who is the next attorney general?
What distinguishes you from your opponent?
Someone experienced must defend state law and stand up to the federal government. I’ve worked for the Colorado Legislature, a state department, the governor, and now the attorney general. I understand how state government works and know what to do when it doesn’t.
I am a staunch proponent of the rule of law. My opposition already has said he’ll pick and choose which parts of the constitution to defend. He’s told us he’ll violate the oath of office before he’s ever sworn in.
I’ll expand public outreach on consumer and public safety issues by creating an office of community initiatives. The focus will be keeping kids safe at school, protecting individual privacy, preventing identity theft, and educating consumers. I will give citizens a place to report suspected crimes by public officials and government employees, and guarantee the AG’s office will prosecute the bad actors. Finally, I will fight crimes against kids and the elderly, work to reduce domestic violence and human trafficking, and be a strong voice for crime victims.
I do. The AG is required to enforce laws passed by the people and elected representatives. That’s what General Suthers has done in defending the definition of marriage in our state constitution. The voters passed the marriage amendment in 2006, and the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to say it is unconstitutional.
It is, unless the highest court with jurisdiction has said that law is unconstitutional or violates existing legal precedent.
The AG is responsible for decisions that directly affect the people of Colorado, such as: locking up violent and repeat criminals, defending a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions, and protecting the people and natural resources of our beautiful state.
I am not a political appointee. I have been a prosecutor for the past 26 years, taking on public corruption and locking up violent criminals. I base my decisions on the facts and the law, not politics.
I will create a public corruption prosecution unit, lead a statewide effort to improve services to victims of sexual assaults, implement a task force to protect veterans, and work to keep kids in the classroom and out of the courtroom.
No. I agree with the 27 courts in a row — including court decisions here in Colorado — that recently ruled that these bans violate the Equal Protection Clause of the constitution.
Yes, personal opinions don’t matter. I am the only candidate that has stood up in court for the last 26 years and defended Colorado laws. However, we also take an oath to follow the Constitution. When a law targets a group to deny a fundamental right, it is unconstitutional, and I will not defend it. A 2003 unanimous decision of Colorado’s Supreme Court established that rule of law.
Party: Republican Background: Cynthia Coffman has served as second-in-command of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office for 9 1/2 years. She has practiced law for 23 years.
Don Quick Party: Democrat Background: Quick served two terms as the District Attorney for Adams and Broomfield counties. He served as Attorney General Ken Salazar’s Chief Deputy. Don grew up in Jefferson County and lives in Westminster with wife Kerrie and two sons.
What are some policy improvements that you will bring to this office?
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Reviewing the state ballot questions By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The following is a look at statewide ballot questions:
Amendment 67
This measure proposes to amend the state constitution to “specify that the terms ‘person’ and ‘child’ in the Colorado Criminal Code and the state wrongful death statutes include unborn human beings.” according to the official state ballot information booklet. Supporters say the amendment protects pregnant women and unborn children by making it a crime to kill or harm a child in the womb. The measure would mean that unborn children would be afforded the same legal status as adults. If voters approve, the measure may also “establish the legal foundation to protect the unborn by ending the practice of abortion in Colorado.” Opponents say the measure is “unnecessary and unclear” and that there are
Secretary of State
Joe Neguse Party: Democrat Occupation: University of Colorado regent and attorney Contact: www. joeneguseforcolorado.com
Wayne Williams
Party: Republican Occupation: Current El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Contact: www.winwithwayne.org
Treasurer candidates
Betsy Markey Party: Democrat Background: Founder of Syscom Services, sold a successful coffee shop, was a Budget Analyst at Treasury, Assistant Secretary Homeland Security, and a Congresswoman. Has a Masters from American University.
Walker Stapleton Party: Republican Background: Spent career in the private sector, serving as CEO and CFO of various private and publicly traded companies. BA from Williams College (’96); Graduate Degree in Business Economics from the London School of Economics (’97); MBA from Harvard University (’03)
already protections in place for pregnant women who are physically harmed. Because there is no legal or medical definition of “unborn human being,” opponents fear that the law could apply at the earliest stages of pregnancy. That could mean that if women terminate a pregnancy, at any stage, they would face criminal liability.
Amendment 68
This measure would allow casino gambling at horse racing tracks in Arapahoe, Mesa and Pueblo counties. The new gambling tax revenue would provide additional funding for K-12 schools. Supporters say the measure provides funding for schools without raising taxes and the gaming revenue could provide up to $114.5 million annually to school districts and charter schools, beginning in 2016. Proponents also say the measure would create new jobs at the gaming establishments. Opponents say the measure would hurt economies of the existing gambling towns of Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple
Why does it matter who is the next secretary of state?
What distinguishes you from your opponent in this race?
It matters because, as the son of immigrants, I believe the right to vote is sacred. We need a secretary who will administer elections evenly and fairly. I will work to make our elections accessible to all eligible voters.
Unlike my opponent, I have a history of working across party lines as a business attorney and CU Regent. Also, I supported recent election reforms that my opponent opposed, which ensure every registered voter receives a mail-in ballot, and will fight to protect those reforms when elected.
Elections are too important to trust to a novice. I expanded voting opportunities while running challenging elections — a recall with seven different rule sets and an election amidst a devastating wildfire. As County Clerk from Colorado’s biggest county, I’ve been a leader in making improvements. We provide great customer service – I run the only office in the state open on Saturdays. We’ve been a model of efficiency, openness, and transparency – while keeping costs low.
I am the only candidate who has actually run elections. When a devastating wildfire attacked our community, we had voters who were completely cut off. As the elected Clerk, I ensured that every citizen had the opportunity to vote – delivering and receiving ballots in extraordinary ways.
Creek. When these mountain towns’ economies take a hit, so does the state, through decreased gaming revenues that support state and local services. The measure also does not give local voters a say in whether casino gambling should be allowed in their communities.
Proposition 104
If passed, this measure would “require that local school boards or their representatives negotiate collective bargaining agreements in open meetings,” the blue book states. Those who support the measure believe it would provide the public with greater oversight regarding the goings-on at their schools. The measure would create greater transparency in government, allowing the public to have a better understanding of the collective bargaining process. Opponents say employment contracts issues would be difficult to deal with publicly and those discussions can sometimes lead to sensitive employment issues that are best left for an elected school board to
What are some policy improvements that you bring to this office? I will work to ensure that all who want to create a business in our state can by creating an online portal for businesses, hiring regional representatives to work with local economic organizations, and expanding office hours to assist small business owners
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Proposition 105
This measure would require foods that are genetically modified or produced with genetic engineering to be labeled as such. Supporters of the measure say Coloradans deserve to know what’s in the food they eat. They also say that it is a good thing when consumers can make their own informed decisions on what they feed their families. Right now, labels are already required to indicate nutritional values and the presence of allergens, so, supporters say, why not label a GMO as such? Opponents say the measure would result in higher food costs for farmers and manufacturers, meaning retail stores would pass along those costs to the consumer. The measure would be a burden for small businesses and farmers markets as well. Opponents are also concerned that consumers would misconstrue the labeling to mean the food is not safe, even though there is no scientific evidence that indicates genetically engineered foods are unsafe.
Has Scott Gessler been a good secretary of state?
What do see as being the biggest challenge facing the current voting and elections system and what changes would you make?
No. The Secretary has been unwilling to work collaboratively with important stakeholders to improve our elections system. As Secretary of State, I will collaborate with the clerks and other stakeholders to ensure that our elections are as efficient and accessible as they can be.
The most important issue facing the Secretary of State is how to engage people in our democratic process, thereby making Colorado the numberone state in the country for voter participation. I will work with county clerks to ensure that our elections are efficient and affordable, and will expand voter access where it is lacking, including for example, using tablet technology to ease the process for voters with disabilities.
www.goVoteColorado. com and the business registration systems are great. A Secretary of State with practical experience in running elections will be able to ensure better processes and more collaboration.
Colorado has a great system but it can be better. My efforts as county clerk have resulted in record turnout. We need to reform the recent laws, so that our election integrity matches our alreadyhigh voter participation and voters have choice. We should require photo identification for in-person voting and actual residency for same day registration. We should require signature verification for all mail ballot elections.
Why does it matter who is the next treasurer?
What distinguishes you from your opponent in this race?
What are some policy improvements that you bring to this office?
What kind of impact is PERA having on the state and how would you address it?
What changes or what continuations of policy would you implement to ensure the state’s financial system is sound?
In this age of partisanship and skepticism, Colorado needs a treasurer who will show up, work with both sides of the aisle and be transparent and accountable to Coloradans. I will be that treasurer.
Like most Coloradans I worked hard to provide for my family. I started two successful businesses — one I sold and doubled my investment and the other is going strong. I know how to make tough financial decisions.
I would attend and be active at PERA meetings while working on solutions. Something my opponent hasn’t done. I would reinstate the State Taxpayer Accountability Report. It shows where taxpayer money comes from, and where it goes. The current treasurer never produced a report. Also, good government finds creative ways to do more with less, making our tax dollars go further.
Passing SB 1 in 2010 helped PERA, it cut retiree COLAs, increased the age of retirement, and increased the contributions of employees and employers. PERA is now on a course toward full funding in 30 years. We should give this legislation time to work.
I will monitor the results of SB 1 on PERA and work with the Legislature to determine any other changes to the system. From day one, I will work full-time to evaluate state investments, work with officials from across Colorado to meet local needs, and ensure that our treasurer’s office is working in a transparent and accountable manner.
Colorado’s Treasurer oversees a multi-billion dollar investment pool of public funds each year. It is critical that the office is managed by someone with a deep understanding of both public and private finance.
I am not a career politician. Prior to being elected in 2010, I spent my entire career in the private sector, where I learned invaluable lessons and skills that are crucial to public finance. This differentiates me from my opponent who voted in favor of the fiscally catastrophic (Obamacare). Our respective approaches to public policy could not be more different.
I have brought unprecedented transparency to the treasurer’s office. Additionally, I consolidated the state’s debt issuance process, provided greater power to county treasurers, and, every year that I have been in office, we have exceeded our investment benchmarks.
PERA currently has a $26 billion unfunded liability, or rather, money that the retirement plan owes but does not have in the bank. With such a massive shortfall, PERA needs to be reformed to protect the retirement of its 500,000 members. We have seen the effects of runaway pension shortfalls elsewhere. Colorado can do better, and I am proud to have taken a leadership role in fighting for PERA’s solvency and sustainability for generations to come.
We must keep Colorado business-friendly. The economic consequences of banning fracking would be ruinous to our economy. I will fight tirelessly to prevent it from ever happening.
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Frank Atwood
October 17, 2014
Why are you seeking this office?
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
I want the voters to have an opportunity to express a preference for a socially accepting and fiscally responsible candidate, a Libertarian, the best of both major political parties.
A sense of humor. What will I do if elected? I will immediately demand a recount; to quote William F. Buckley. Also, I bring a nuanced political philosophy of both being social accepting and fiscally responsible.
My priorities will be to reduce the national debt.
I want to continue to work as an effective leader for our shared values and make our community, the state of Colorado, and our country more prosperous and equitable.
I have a proven record of leading on issues we all care about, and even in Washington’s gridlock, I am achieving bipartisan successes. Whether it’s 21st century medical research, renewable energy, or equality for all, I am making a difference.
To continue to shape a nation that supports economic opportunity for all and stands by our common values. Economic and job growth, equal rights for all, and support for new initiatives and businesses all play a part in achieving this.
There is a strong consensus for immigration reform across a wide variety of sectors in our community. We need everyone who supports this cause to raise their voices and call out those in power who are impeding reform. We need broad and heavy pressure to do this.
We need casual supporters of immigration reform to become engaged so we can finally pass reform into law, and we have a chance to remake our medical research system to utilize all of the recent advances in medicine. We can treat and cure scores of diseases in the years ahead.
I am seeking this office because I believe the people of CD-1 are not being served well by Diana DeGette. Folks are wildly unhappy with Congress. Diana DeGette has been in Congress since the ‘90s. She is part of the problem and not part of the solution
I think I’m a capable citizen who will work hard to represent the people of Denver and Englewood. That said, it’s not really about me. This election is about Diana DeGette and whether we are happy with the status quo in Congress and in Washington.
Restoring fiscal sanity. If we stay on our current fiscal path, we will bankrupt our country in a few decades. I will work to leave a better legacy for our children and grandchildren.
I support comprehensive immigration reform. I will work across party lines to get this done. I think Marco Rubio’s proposal is a good starting point.
I support repealing Obamacare. The majority of the American people are very much against Obamacare and it will continue to warrant great attention. I support sensible energy development here in Colorado. Fracking is a huge positive for our state and our country, so long as we do so responsibly.
Why do you suppose so many people are fed up with Washington politics and how is your presence going to make a difference in people’s minds?
Is the Affordable Care Act a good law? What changes, if any, need to be made to improve the nation’s health care system?
What are your policy positions on immigration reform?
Why should women voters support your candidacy over your opponent’s?
Do you support President Obama’s response to ISIS-sponsored terrorism in the Middle East? Why or why not?
Both parties spend more time fighting than fixing problems. I don’t have time for the bickering and focus on solutions, including recently authoring and passing a bill with unanimous support to fix the problem-plagued Aurora VA hospital project.
It’s a bad law and we need to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a patient-centric system that brings down costs and doesn’t bankrupt our families or country. I did it in Colorado, when I passed landmark legislation protecting patients with pre-existing conditions, banned insurance companies from charging women more than men, and did it without hundreds of thousands of Coloradans having their insurance plans canceled.
I believe immigration reform should secure the borders, grow our economy and be compassionate in keeping families together. I have personally authored legislation to allow children brought here through no fault of their own to earn a path to citizenship through military service.
I think all voters should support my candidacy for the same reason. I work hard to find solutions to the problems my constituents face. I am willing to buck my party to do what I believe is right, from helping pass a stronger version of the Violence Against Women Act to fighting to cut the wasteful spending at the Pentagon.
It’s come much too late, but I support the stronger approach President Obama has belatedly taken. I oppose sending conventional ground forces back into Iraq, but we should support allied groups more vigorously to stamp out those that seek to do us harm.
When I worked with Republican Governor Bill Owens to balance the budget, we’d sometimes disagree, but we never shut down the entire government. That’s the difference between how we get things done in Colorado and how Congress has collapsed as a functioning body. We need more men and women in Congress who are focused on finding common ground to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class. That’s the kind of representative I’ll be.
Congress should be working to fix the ACA, not repeal it. We can’t go back to the days where people were denied insurance coverage because of preexisting conditions, or where women were charged more than men for their health care.
I support comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship. The House has blocked even voting on the Senate’s bipartisan bill — that’s unacceptable to me. I also will vote for the DREAM Act, a bill my opponent called a “nightmare.”
I believe women have a right to make their own health care decisions, and I will vote to protect those rights in Congress. Neither politicians nor employers should get in between a woman and her doctor. I also strongly support equal pay for equal work, which my opponent has opposed at every opportunity.
ISIS poses a grave threat to our country, and its atrocities are an affront to civilization. We must stand shoulder to shoulder in supporting swift and decisive action, not merely to contain this terrorist organization but to eliminate it.
How would you help to end gridlock in immigration reform. Enforce current laws.
What two issues deserve more attention next year than they have received in recent sessions? The national debt and unfunded liabilities.
Residence: Littleton Party: Libertarian
Diana DeGette Residence: Denver Party: Democratic Occupation: Member of Congress, attorney Contact information: www.degette.com
Martin Walsh Residence: Denver Party: Republican Contact: mail@walshforcolorado.com
6th Congressional District
Mike Coffman Party: Republican Contact information: coffmanforcongress.com Background: Mike Coffman grew up in Aurora, joined the military, served in both Iraq wars, started a small business and has been honored to represent CD6 since 2009.
Andrew Romanoff
Party: Democrat Contact information: www.andrewromanoff.com Background: As the Speaker of the House of Colorado, Andrew Romanoff focused on economic growth and education. Romanoff has taught at local colleges, including the Community College of Aurora.
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State House District 3 candidates
Candice Benge
Why are you seeking this office?
I believe it is very important that my generation has a voice in the process, not just for ourselves but for the next generation as well. As a young woman I want to be part of this and fight for what is best for my district and the state.
I am in a unique position as I was raised in this district and went to Cherry Creek High School. My familiarity with the district along with my background in construction put me in the best position to represent the district as well as tackle one of the most important issues facing any state - infrastructure.
Politics deeply affects who gets a fair shot — no guarantees — at a dignified life. Will it be all hardworking, law-abiding Coloradans, or just the lucky few? I want to do my part, in later life, to help Colorado become an even better place to live, work and raise a family.
Residence: Cherry Hills Village Party: Democratic Occupation: Incumbent state Rep. for House District 3
State House District 37 candidates
Nancy Cronk Residence: Aurora Party: Democrat Occupation: Board member on community boards, proud stay-athome wife and mother.
Jack Tate
Residence: Centennial Party: Republican Occupation: Businessman Contact: jtate@jacktate.org; www.jacktate.orgfor
What will your top priority be if elected?
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest, how would you rate the Legislature’s performance during the 2014 session? Please explain your answer.
What two issues deserve more attention in the 2015 session than they received in 2014?
Transportation/Infrastructure - A strong, safe and reliable transportation network is a cornerstone of government’s responsibility to citizens; Job Creation/ Economy - Work to project a business friendly attitude and improve the economic atmosphere so all Coloradans my benefit from a robust economy; Education - We can improve our education system through increased choice and accountability.
3, the narrow majority by which the Democrats hold the Senate turned even minor issues into partisan show downs where there was even more pressure on members to vote the party line instead of the district.
I’ve worked bluecollar union jobs, white-collar jobs, owned a business, served our military as a civilian contractor, been a lawyer, employed people, and come from a family which has experienced extreme suffering from political forces. I know intimately how government can help or hinder our quest for a decent life.
In my last term, I will lead the newer members, both Republicans and Democrats, to an understanding of, respect for, and determination to continue the collaborative, bi-partisan way we do things in Colorado. We must not go the way of Washington, lest we become as dysfunctional as they are.
I give the session an 8. I feared we’d descend into bickering and gridlock, but we didn’t. Instead, we boosted K-12, capped college tuition, improved Coloradans’ job prospects, made childcare more affordable, balanced the budget, increased the rainy-day fund, and helped folks recover from floods and wildfires.
Oil and gas. In 2014, we punted. In 2015, we must act to ensure that Colorado extracts our fossil fuels more safely and with less impact on our environment and way of life than anywhere else.
Why are you seeking this office?
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest, how would you rate the Legislature’s performance during the 2014 session? Please explain your answer.
What two issues deserve more attention in the 2015 session than they received in 2014?
I’ve raised my family in Arapahoe County and choose to serve my community by furthering our collective interests: better paying jobs, stronger public schools, less expensive higher education, improved access to health care, small business support, better-funded emergency services, and more.
I’ve lived, worked and volunteered in this community for 24 years — in the public schools, on local boards, and for non-profit organizations. I know my neighbors well and have their best interests at heart. On the Fire Board, we work in responsible, non-partisan ways to get things done!
I spent the entire summer asking voters in our area what they want me to do once elected. The needs and concerns of my neighbors will dictate my agenda. My future constituents want good paying jobs, great schools, affordable higher education, small business support, and safe streets for their families.
7/10. The legislature worked very hard last year and had a number of successes. Still, higher education costs are too high, small businesses are still struggling, and some people do not feel safe. We need to find more creative solutions to help hard-working Colorado families. Everyone deserves a fair shot!
Education: We need to strengthen our public schools, and make it easier for people to afford college. No one should start out adulthood already buried in debt. Supporting Small Businesses: Our district has many small businesses. We need to make it easier for them to make a profit.
We often see wellintentioned policies end up doing more harm than good. At issue is the sometimes lack of private sector experience which anticipates consequences of poorly conceived legislation. With three schoolaged children, I want to keep Colorado a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
After 25 years as an engineer and project manager, one important lesson I’ve learned is to listen to people around me — they are the ones with the answers. In that way, I can understand the issues that Coloradans face every day, stick my neck out, and make necessary and difficult decisions.
My top priority will be to stop government’s hurting small businesses. Small businesses are our number one job creator in Colorado, and we need a climate that lets small businesses flourish. This will mean more good careers and that’s what’s important to Coloradans. Together, we can build a prosperous Colorado.
4 — While there were ‘targeted’ tax credits for ‘certain’ Colorado businesses and increased funding for high education, citizens should not be misled into believing that the current legislature is pro-job creation outside of government or is addressing critical, structural problems in Education. We need tough decisions, not more fees and bureaucracy.
Two salient issues are health insurance costs and education. We still do not grasp the punitive effects of the recent health care law on small businesses, nor how to mitigate the impacts of unfunded, questionable mandates on our schools. We should empower entrepreneurs. We need more funding for the classroom.
Residence: Greenwood Village Party: Republican Occupation: Heavy construction
Daniel Kagan
What makes you the best person for the job?
(No answer)
Arapahoe County ballot information Staff report All active, registered voters will receive a mail ballot for the 2014 General Election. Ballots were mailed out beginning Oct. 14. If you need to register to vote or update your voter registration, please visit www.govotecolorado. com. If you have questions about your ballot or need to know the location of an Election Day polling place or other ballot drop-off locations aside from what is listed below, please contact elections@arapahoegov.com, 303-795-4511
or visit www.ArapahoeVotes.com. Completed mail ballots may be returned by mail with paid postage, or delivered to any one of 37 drop-off locations in Arapahoe County by no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day. The following ballot drop-off locations are located in western Arapahoe County. Centennial: City Clerk’s Office, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial: Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd. Centennial: Cherry Creek Schools Instructional Support Facility, 5416 S. Rivera Way
Centennial: St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, 8035 S. Quebec St. Cherry Hills Village: City Clerk’s Office, 2450 E. Quincy Ave. Englewood: City Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway Greenwood Village: City Hall, 6060 S. Quebec St.* Greenwood Village: Greenwood Community Church, 5600 E. Belleview Ave. Greenwood Village: Hope United Methodist Church, 5101 S. Dayton St. Littleton: County Elections Facility, 5251 S.
Federal Blvd.* Littleton: County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 5334 S. Prince St.* Littleton: City Clerk’s Office, 2255 W. Berry Ave. Littleton: St. Mary Catholic Parish, 6853 S. Prince St. Sheridan: City Clerk’s Office, 4101 S. Federal Blvd. *Denotes 24-Hour Ballot Box. Go to www. ArapahoeVotes.com and click the “Where should I go?” icon for hours and maps for all other drop-off locations.
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State House District 38 candidates
Robert Bowen Residence: Centennial Party: Democrat Contact: www.Bowen4Colorado. com; rbowen@Bowen4Colorado. com
Kathleen Conti Residence: Littleton Party: Republican Occupation: Incumbent state Rep. for House District 38 Contact: Contiforcolorado@ gmail.com
County commissioner, District 2
Martha J. Karnopp Residence: Aurora Party: Democrat Occupation: attorney Contact: karnoppforcc@gmail.com; karnoppforcountycommissioner.com
Nancy Sharpe Residence: Greenwood Village Party: Republican Occupation: Arapahoe County Commissioner, District 2 Contact: www.electnancysharpe. com; nancy@electnancysharpe.com
CU Regents, District 6 candidates
John Carson
Residence: Highlands Ranch Party: Republican Occupation: Attorney Contact information: www.CarsonforCURegent.com, carsonforregent@gmail.com
October 17, 2014
Why are you seeking this office? I believe the people of Littleton and Centennial deserve better representation. The incumbent is very partisan. Her voting record caters to corporate special interests rather than the people. She regularly votes to cut funding to schools, votes against regulations on fracking, votes against families, and disregards public safety.
What makes you the best person for the job? As a state representative in the 1980s, I passed significant legislation by working with both parties. Light Rail, the Lemon Law, and the Older Coloradans Act were a part of my accomplishments. I am not supported by special interests; I am free from that kind of influence. I am willing to act in the best interests of my constituents regarding health, safety, consumer protection, and any other issue which pits human well-being against corporate profits.
What will your top priority be if elected? My priority is to improve the lives of Coloradans and our environment. That means protecting our water and soil from pollution by frackers; making sure all workers are paid a fair wage; increasing funding for education; helping small business create jobs; keeping school children safe; and helping working families.
Colorado is a state that I have loved since moving here as a child. I welcome the continued opportunity to serve the people of House District 38 and to affect positive policies that allow our community to be the best place to live, raise children, and grow old gracefully.
As a parent and school volunteer at Heritage High School, I have a keen understanding of education issues. In addition, during my four years in the legislature, I have gained a strong understanding of complex issues, formed relationships with impacted groups, and created solutions to statewide problems.
I will continue to ensure that hard-earned tax dollars are spent responsibly in critical areas such as state-wide infrastructure and all areas of education. In addition, I am committed to ensuring public safety, protecting our most vulnerable citizens, and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens whenever possible.
Why are you seeking this office?
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
We need a voice on the Board of County Commissioners for programs which will help the neediest citizens in our county, for programs that will create jobs, develop affordable housing, reduce energy use and costs. These programs can be created without increasing taxes and they will benefit the whole county. I will continue to work hard to bring good jobs into the county, budget conservatively, protect the safety of all citizens including our most vulnerable populations (children and the elderly) and support funding for safety and enhancing recreational opportunities like parks, trails and open spaces.
Why are you seeking this office? I am committed to excellence in public education and a proud graduate of CU. When I speak to voters, one issue comes up repeatedly, and that is the cost of college. Middle-class families should not have to go broke in order for their children to attend college.
Professionally, I have been an elder law attorney for 36 years, so I am familiar with the needs of seniors and their families. I have also spent a great deal of time studying and supporting programs which will reduce poverty and I am committed to that goal.
My track record of results-oriented achievement, extensive knowledge of county issues and established collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners makes me the best person for the job. I am an active and confident representative for Arapahoe County and understand what it takes to do the job effectively.
What makes you the best person for the job? I have a public education background. I am a past president of the Douglas County School Board, overseeing the budget and operations of Colorado’s third largest district, with over 60,000 students. I supported pay for performance, parental choice, and innovations to ensure DCSD remains among the highest performing school districts.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the Legislature’s performance during the 2014 session?
What two issues deserve more attention in the 2015 session than they received in 2014? Briefly explain why.
I rate it an 8. They passed significant legislation on voting rights, the environment, criminal justice, families, and jobs. Some good legislation was blocked by partisan obstruction, particularly on funding education, minimum wage, and issues affecting working families. The constraints of TABOR blocked the legislature for dealing with infrastructure and education.
While there are more than two issues that need attention, priority must be given to environmental protections that deal with fracking: protecting water and soil, as well as, giving local government authority to regulate fracking while preserving mineral rights. The second issue of priority is increased funding for schools and higher education. That means finding a public consensus on amending TABOR.
3-plus: In far too many instances the Democrat-controlled legislature dictated a Denver-centric agenda. Geographically and population-wise, Colorado is a diverse state with different needs than just metro Denver. There were also assaults on the freedoms of lawabiding citizens and protections removed for small businesses.
Our state infrastructure such as roads and bridges are woefully underfunded; furthermore, it is critical to keeping Coloradans safe and maintaining our state’s reputation as a great place to live and work. I also want to enable policies that empower our elderly to live more of their life in their own home whenever possible.
What is one change What else should that can make the voters know county run more about you? efficiently?
My priority will be programs that benefit the greatest number of people in the county, with particular concern for our neediest citizens: the elderly, the poor, the unemployed, children and families. Also, I support programs that protect our natural environment.
Approximately 85,000 people in Arapahoe County are food-insecure. Some are eligible for SNAP benefits but not receiving them. An outreach to those people would reduce poverty for our most vulnerable citizens and would bring federal dollars into our county’s economy. Every dollar of SNAP benefits produces nearly two dollars in local economy growth.
I have been in leadership positions in professional organizations such as Colorado and Aurora Bar Associations, business organizations such as Aurora Chamber and Southlands Business Team. I have volunteered for community programs like Girl Scouts and RESULTS, an anti-poverty organization. I served on the county budget review committee 8 years.
My top priority has and will continue to be the financial stability of the county. Through fiscal discipline and sometime difficult choices, Arapahoe County will be able to continue to fulfill its commitment to Service First, Quality of Life and Fiscal Responsibility. These are the foundational goals of our County.
I am committed to our Align Arapahoe Performance Management System being implemented now. In this program, elected officials and department heads will continually look for opportunities to streamline, automate or eliminate processes to achieve greater efficiencies. I am very proud that our employees are working hard on this initiative.
Voters should know that for more than 30 years, I have lived, worked and raised my family in Arapahoe County. I am proud and honored to serve as an Arapahoe County Commissioner and will continue to work hard and effectively to keep all the promises that I have made.
What is one change that can make the office you seek run more efficiently?
What else should voters know about you?
University bureaucracy needs to be streamlined. Programs that cross departments can be consolidated. The Regents should ensure that the focus is on courses and programs that provide a return on investment for students. Students deserve a solid education with courses that contribute to gainful employment as well as critical thinking.
I believe there should be a balance between teaching and research. Too much emphasis has been placed on research and publication as the road to tenure. Professors want to teach more, they want more time with students, but there is an understandable philosophy of “publish or perish.”
What will your top priority be if elected? Controlling the high cost of tuition, fees, and other expenses. In the last decade, in-state undergraduate tuition at CU has risen 160 percent. The Regents must require the university bureaucracy to tighten its belt. As an example, Purdue University trustees just approved the fourth year of a tuition freeze.
Democratic candidate Naquetta Ricks did not respond to Colorado Community Media’s questionnaire.
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Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s candidates
Dave Walcher Residence: Aurora Party: Republican Occupation: Sheriff, Arapahoe County Contact information: davewalcherforsheriff@gmail.com; davewalcherforsheriff.com
Tyler S. Brown Residence: Aurora Party: Democrat Occupation: Campus safety officer with the Aurora Public School District Contact: www.tylerbrownforsheriff. com; tylerbrownforsheriff@gmail. com
Arapahoe County Clerk & Recorder candidates
Matt Crane Residence: Littleton Party: Republican Occupation: Arapahoe County Clerk & Recorder Contact: www.mattcraneforclerk. com; craneforclerk@yahoo.com
Joan Lopez Residence: Centennial Party: Democrat Occupation: clerk with motor vehicles department Contact: Joanlopez4countyclerk. org
Why are you seeking this office?
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
As the current Sheriff, my professional goal is to enhance community safety, promote community engagement and increase community trust in the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. We need to provide the best customer service possible, in the most efficient means, and in the most unbiased and fair manner.
I have the qualifications, experience and proven leadership skills over my progressive 33-year law enforcement career. I have the relationships and support of the community, other elected officials, schools, businesses, faith-based organizations and civic organizations that one needs to build a collaborative and productive future for our community.
My top priority is to enhance the safety of our community, both young and old. This is currently being accomplished through the expansion of the Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer program (more SRO’s in schools), and a fulltime Internet crimes unit that investigates fraud, theft, ID theft and Internet luring of children.
I am a citizen of Arapahoe County and I care about the safety, well-being, and the direction/future of this county and its people. For far too long, people have seen the sheriff’s position placed in the hands of the person next in line — leaving the voters with not much of a say until well after the fact. I want an election where there are two candidates, two visions for Arapahoe County.
Although this is my first election and I am on the younger side when it comes to politics, I make up for it with experience in law enforcement, good judgment, and a serious drive to show that local politics — when in the right hands — can be a reliable, accessible, and trustworthy resource for the entire community. I will put all my effort into making the sheriff’s office as efficient, fiscally responsible, and transparent as possible.
My top priority will be to ensure Arapahoe County is being provided with the highest quality law enforcement services, while being the best steward to the citizen’s money.
What is one change that can make the office you seek run more efficiently?
What else should voters know about you?
The sheriff’s office, in an attempt to improve overall efficiency in the deployment of 700 staff members, has done and is conducting extensive workload assessments. Through the assessments and changes to schedules that have and will occur, members will be deployed more consistent with workload and reduce costs (overtime).
The office of sheriff is not about politics or political party. The office of sheriff is about public safety. Voters should be informed about qualifications, experience and leadership, and vote for the candidate who can lead a 700-member organization, a budget of approximately $75 million, for a county with over 600,000 residents. Thank you.
The sheriff’s office should be a transparent organization, and one which looks to the community for support and oversight. I will create a bipartisan committee that will be used to address issues facing all citizens in Arapahoe County.
I want to restore the public’s trust in law enforcement. There has to be a mutual relationship between law enforcement and the general public, and if the people are hesitant to fully trust our leaders in law enforcement, the relationship begins to break down. Restoring the trust means we have to make it as easy as possible for a citizen to contact the office with tips or suggestions.
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
What is one change that can make the office you seek run more efficiently?
What else should voters know about you?
As an Arapahoe County resident for more than 30 years, I have a passion for public service. After serving in elections administration for 14 years, I was honored to be unanimously appointed clerk and recorder in 2013, and will continue to uphold the high standard of this office if elected.
My education and experience. I am the only candidate with experience in management, budgeting and elections administration. I am a nationally and state certified elections administrator. During my 18 months as Clerk & Recorder, we have accomplished a great deal to provide more efficient and accessible services for our citizens.
The top priority of this office as long as I am Clerk & Recorder will always be to conduct elections that are fair, accurate, and transparent for ALL citizens of Arapahoe County. I will continue to seek ways to provide more efficient services to citizens in a fiscally responsible manner.
I am excited to introduce lobby kiosks at all branch locations this fall where citizens can check in for services. This new technology will improve our workflow and greatly improve the customer experience. Seniors and persons with disabilities will be able to make an appointment for services on our website.
I am a proud father of two children. My daughter, age 6, attends elementary school in Littleton, and my wife and I were blessed with our newborn son in August. We will raise them both to be avid Denver Broncos fans.
I am running as a Democrat and I have worked for the county as a Motor Vehicle specialist III and a Drivers License specialist III for 13 years. This is the third and final level of this career. I have volunteered to be trained on all systems in the office. This is my career and for years I have been watching and accumulating ideas on how to make Arapahoe County a better place.
I am the best person for the job because I have 13 years of experience with the county . I am about people, not government. I know what the citizens need and want, because I am an Arapahoe County citizen. I am the person that helps the citizens of Arapahoe County, you, day after day, year after year.
My top priority is fair elections. Clerks should be updating all sources of each system. We take care of drivers license, motor vehicle, and election all in one office. Arapahoe County Clerks are not trained to update all aspects of the office. Therefore customers are left at the county’s mercy for not getting their ballot and in result waiting hours on end for a ballot.
Why are you seeking this office?
I want all employees to be able to step into any job position, and feel as comfortable as I do. I think it’s important that a customer can get the answers from any employee, rather than hearing. “That’s not my department” or “I have no idea.” I hear that too often these days. There is no such thing as “that’s not my job.”
We all need an open door to the knowledge and functions of the Arapahoe County Clerks office. Employees should be able to step into any position when needed. The plan is to switch it up.
SSPR hoping for more green for greenways Two-mill tax hike would fund general operating expenses By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@colorado communitymedia.com The South Suburban Parks and Recreation District Board of Directors is asking voters to approve a tax hike of two mills. “We’ve cut, we’ve tightened up, we’ve
delayed maintenance, we’ve delayed some projects and really worked on what our priorities are,” said John Ostermiller, board chair. “We’re coming to the end of our rope. We’re a very well-managed district. … We offer a lot of benefits to the public, and I think the public expects us to keep doing that.” This November’s Ballot Issue 4A will ask for a property-tax hike of two mills for 10 years — about $16 per $100,000 of a home’s value per year — resulting in about $4.5
million annually in additional revenues for the district to be used for general operating expenses. Priorities include protecting the trails, maintaining parks, installing energy-saving systems and replacing aging and inefficient irrigation systems. In May, a citizens’ committee strongly recommended the step, and actually suggested the district also pursue a bond issue. SSPRD’s current share of property tax is about 7 mills, or about $55 a year for
every $100,000 of a home’s value. Of that, $26 goes to capital projects and $18 goes to trails, parks and open space. Fee-based programs get $5, administration gets $5 and Hudson Gardens gets $1. The district’s total annual budget is about $53 million. It serves more than 135,000 residents in Littleton, Sheridan, Columbine Valley, Lone Tree, Bow Mar, Centennial west of Interstate 25 and portions of Jefferson, Douglas and Arapahoe counties.
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Arapahoe County Assessor
October 17, 2014
Why are you seeking this office?
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
What is one change that can make the office you seek run more efficiently?
What else should voters know about you?
What motivates me to serve as your county assessor is the opportunity to improve the fairness and efficiency of assessments and services to the Arapahoe County taxpayers and make a real difference in their lives.
I have earned an MBA and a master’s degree in economics and my master’s in accounting and my CPA are on the way. I am Colorado real estate broker for about 10 years and I run a real estate brokerage company as a managing broker. I have worked for CO department of Corrections, CO department of Revenue, CO School of Mines, City & County of Denver and Community College of Aurora.
When elected, I will promote fairness, equality and efficient and technology driven services to the people of the Arapahoe County.
Fairness in treatment, fairness in assessment and fairness while dealing with people.
America has been good to me. When I proudly became an American citizen, I vowed that I would give back to this country, my country. America has been all I imagined it could be, with freedom and open discussion, with opportunities for everyone to pursue their dreams. In my case, the dream is to represent the people.
The Arapahoe County assessor has a large responsibility. The assessor is accountable for appraising 200,000-plus properties with an overall value of $60 billion and certifying values to 355 individual taxing authorities. Every county in metropolitan Denver area has highly experienced and licensed assessors and Arapahoe County should be no different.
Qualifications/experience! The assessor is the county appraiser, managing a staff of 63, including over 30 licensed appraisers. I’ve achieved the highest appraisal license, Certified General Appraiser, which allows me to appraise and oversee all residential and commercial properties. I’ve established a relationship with taxpayers and taxing authorities understanding their concerns and expectations.
When I was first elected, I made a pledge to provide the most accurate valuations at the lowest cost to taxpayers. I have voluntarily reduced my budget and staff numbers through effective reorganization, financially conservative leadership and better business practices. These goals and my commitment to the citizens will continue in the future.
The necessary implementation of a new computer system has resulted in a highly challenging project. During the next term, I will work hard on improving computer system efficiencies. Continued implementation testing and training is essential, along with the upcoming 2015 re-appraisal. The new computer system resulted in shared savings of $880,000 annually.
2014 President Colorado Assessor’s Association; 2012 Colorado Assessor of the Year; Passed every annual state audit under my leadership; Reduced office budget from $5.45M to $4.96M; Qualified expert appraisal witness Colorado Board of Assessment Appeals; Testified at Colorado Legislature on assessment related bills; Authored successful assessment legislation, Arapahoe County native.
Why are you seeking this office?
What makes you the best person for the job?
What will your top priority be if elected?
What is one change that can make the office you seek run more efficiently?
What else should voters know about you?
I will restore competence to the treasurer’s office, again earning money through investments to pay for roads, public safety and needed services. I will restore my economic stimulus program that helped create nearly 1,000 private sector jobs. I will restore cost cutting, again reducing headcount and the office budget.
As treasurer, I changed a badly run office into a 21st century treasury. I earned $42 million of investment earnings compared to virtually none from my opponent. I reduced staff by 10 percent and office space by 25 percent. I lowered vendor costs by $300,000 per year. I brought the office back into compliance with state law and the auditors.
I will restore the high level of competence and customer service that the office had when I was treasurer. My opponent is a fine person, but doesn’t know how to invest money, administer the office, or improve the county’s finances.
I will improve the finances of the county, increasing investment earnings and cutting costs.
I work very hard, and am always creating ways to improve performance. I am an Arapahoe County Native, who attended local public schools.
I believe that my education and experience in finance and as a successful business owner give me the perfect background to help government operate more efficiently and effectively. I have decreased the operating costs of the office from over $2 million to $1.7 million, while continuing to provide excellent customer service.
After nearly four years in office, I have a proven track record of following through on my promise to improve the accountability, transparency and integrity of the office. I am active in many treasurer related organizations. Arapahoe County citizens now have a treasurer’s office they can be proud of.
Continuing the outstanding progress made over the last four years. Also, as we all know, interest rates have been historically low for the last few years. This has resulted in lower investment income than in prior years when rates were considerably higher. I look forward to higher rates and increased earnings.
We successfully installed a new computer system in 2013 that is saving the taxpayers $800,000 a year. With that major achievement nearly behind us, we can take on additional projects that will work with the new system to maximize its capabilities and get the most out of our investment.
I am very proud to serve the citizens of Arapahoe County as their treasurer. My most important constituents are my two children and four grandsons. We are all big sports fans, especially of the Broncos, the Rockies and whatever team my grandson is on!
PK Kaiser Address: Aurora Party: Democrat Occupation: Finance, accounting Contact: WWW.VOTE4KAISER EMAIL: VOTE4KAISER@GMAIL.COM
Corbin Sakdol Residence: Littleton Party: Republican Occupation: Arapahoe County Assessor Contact: www.sakdol.com sakdol@comcast.net
Arapahoe County Treasurer
Doug Milliken Residence: Centennial Party: Democrat Contact: doug@dougmilliken. com; www.facebook.com/voteDougMilliken
Sue Sandstrom Residence: Aurora Party: Republican Occupation: Arapahoe County Treasurer Contact: suecpa1@comcast.net; www.sandstromfortreasurer.com
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Bishop students study aquaponics Grant used to establish program for system raising fish, vegetables By Tom Munds
tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com Earlier this year, Bishop Elementary Students gained hands-on experience as they tended the aquaponics system to raise fish and grow vegetables. Aquaponics is a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water. “We used a portion of a 21st Century Grant to establish the aquaponics program
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waited, to feel validated and feel like everyone else, it’s amazing.” Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Jack Arrowsmith said his office issued marriage licenses to eight samesex couples within the first four days of the announcement. Colorado’s legalization of civil unions in March 2013 afforded certain limited rights,
here at our school,” said Clarice Fortunato, grant coordinator. “Our principal brought the aquaponics idea to us, we explored it and decided to add it to our curriculum.” The aquaponics system occupies a small corner of the community garden. The system includes the 300-gallon black plastic tank containing the fish and the maze of white plastic pipes connecting bringing water from that tank to the trays set up for hydroponic agriculture system growing vegetables and herbs. Fortunato said the system was a big hit with the students. “The students got very involved and engaged in the project,” she said. “We worked with the Bishop students until school was out for the summer and then we had summer school students work with the program.” Matt Comstock, consultant on the proj-
ect from Institute of Ecolonomics, said the purpose of the Bishop project is to educate kids on where food comes from, how it is grown and how the ecosystem of the fish and the plant operates. “The fish are the driving factor behind aquaponics,” he said. “The fish are fed and, since we have a closed circulating system, the fish waste is discharged into the hydroponics side as fertilizer for the plants.” Bishop’s system raises gold fish. There are about 30 gold fish being raised in the 300-gallon tank. “The system has been successful in the six months since it has been installed,” Comstock said. “We grew tomatoes and leafy greens as well as herbs like basil. The benefits compared to the normal dirt garden is we use a lot less water as all the water we lose is through evaporation. We also can plant at a higher density and, in most
elements of other subjects such as social studies, art and music. “We have been talking to a lot of families in Northeast Englewood, the area called the hill,” she said. “We also have been looking at a building in that area we feel would provide the space our school will need.” Later in the presentation, in answering frequently asked questions, she said that students would have to wear uniforms and the school would
not be able to provide bus service for students. State rules require the application for a charter to be submitted to the host school board by Aug. 1. The school district then reviews the proposal and is required to make the decision whether or not to grant the charter within 90 days. The Englewood School Board will meet that requirement at the special meeting on Oct. 28.
but married gay couples will now get the same benefits as heterosexual couples. Gaining rights to equal treatment has been among the primary arguments from gay marriage proponents. Baird listed examples of angering situations, including one in which a gay man passed away and his family was able to legally enter the home to remove his furniture and clothes, instead of his long-term live-in boyfriend. “It’s an awful thing to do to two people that have been together a long
time, and I’ve seen it happen many times,” Baird said. “And if your partner becomes ill, you should be able to go into the hospital to see them.” More involvement is needed from the LGBT community to reduce the number of teens left homeless by their decision to come out to their parents, Baird said. He listed off job and housing discrimination and transgender rights as frontiers that need more attention. “It’s come far, but we’ve got a ways to go,” he said.
cases. Our aquaponics system plants grew faster and more robust than similar plants in the regular garden.” Comstock and school staff brought the fish inside for the winter and dismantled the system so the items cold be stored until spring when the system will be set up again. Lesley Sanchez was one of the students working with aquaponics. “It was kind of fun to learn new stuff. I learned about aquaponics. Before the class I had never heard that word before,” she said. “It was fun to catch, name and tag our goldfish. I liked that a lot.” She said she didn’t like knowing that fish poop was used as fertilizer for the plants but she saw it worked well and she said she enjoyed eating the aquaponics-grown tomatoes.
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Army OKs Chatfield reallocation project Audubon Society files federal suit to stop it By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia. com The Audubon Society of Greater Denver is literally taking on the U. S. Army in an attempt to stop the Chatfield Reservoir reallocation project from going forward. “We were not surprised, but very disappointed, that the Corps continues to promote the most environmentally damaging alternative for additional water supply in the south metro area, for such a poor return on the rate-payers’ investment,” reads the latest Audubon newsletter. Col. Joel R. Cross, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District commander, put the final seal of approval on the project on Oct. 9. On the same day, Audubon filed a federal lawsuit asking the court to
stop the project. “Unfortunately the Corps of Engineers selected the most environmentally damaging alternative for the Chatfield project. It’s a bad deal for the public and for Colorado,” Polly Reetz, Audubon’s conservation chairwoman, said in a statement. “The Corps of Engineers’ approved plan will provide only a highly unreliable water supply yet will cause substantial environmental damage to Chatfield State Park, one of the state’s most heavily used and biologically diverse state parks.” According to a statement from the Corps — which operates the dam — reallocating storage from a flood-control pool into a joint conservation/flood control pool will raise the water level by 12 feet. Because water will cover more of the park, there will be “significant modifications to relocate and replace existing recreation facilities, resources and project roads with new facilities and roads,” reads the statement. Some, including state Democrats and
the Audubon Society, worry that the project could irrevocably damage the park’s ecosystems. “The Chatfield Enlargement Project as proposed is a poor use of tax dollars, as it will extensively damage all public and environmental resources of Chatfield State Park, inundating river and forest that is habitat for 375 species of birds and other natural creatures, while other less damaging alternatives are available to project sponsors,” reads a resolution passed on April 12 by the Colorado Democratic Party. The statewide Water Supply Initiative estimates Colorado will need between 600,000 and 1 million acre-feet annually of additional water by the year 2050. The Corps expects this project to add 8,539 acre-feet of water a year for municipal and industrial use at less cost than other water supply alternatives. The Corps acknowledges there could be adverse effects on recreation and the environment that will be “mitigated to the most sustainable alternative to below a
level of significance.” Corps spokesperson Gwyn Jarrett said design will begin almost immediately, and the noticeable work will begin in two to three years. The final report concluded that this is the least costly option and has the most local support. It says the $183 million project will provide $8.42 million annually in economic benefits. Communities downstream from the dam have expressed concern that the changes will negatively impact the South Platte River as it runs through them, and the Corps acknowledges those flows are a key uncertainty. “While mitigation and modification plans have been developed … in coordination with resource agencies, there is still a level of concern that implementing a reallocation could lead to a somewhat different condition for which environmental mitigation or recreational facility modification has not been designed appropriately,” reads the study.
Ballot questions explored in debate By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A televised debate on Oct. 6 laid out arguments for and against the statewide ballot questions that Colorado voters will begin deciding on this month. The debate, sponsored by KUSA-TV, allowed advocates to argue their positions on the four ballot questions, beginning with the two measures that would alter the state’s Constitution. Amendment 67 is this year’s version of the so-called “personhood” amendment, which would create legal protections for the unborn and would essentially ban abortion in the state. If passed, the measure would change the state’s criminal code and the Colorado Wrongful Death Act to include unborn human beings.
Supporters say the measure protects pregnant women and their unborn children from harm, but opponents argue the effort goes too far. “They say it’s about protecting pregnant women, and in fact, it is not,” said Cathy Alderman of the group No on 67. “It would ban abortion in all cases.” There is no legal or medical definition of the term “unborn human being,” so Amendment 67 could end up providing legal protections for fertilized eggs, supporters have said. And that could impact the availability of abortions and birth control. Alderman said the changes to the criminal code could result in women and doctors being investigated for miscarriages. Supporters of Amendment 67 were not there to make their case. Similar personhood efforts have failed at the ballot box, going back to 2008.
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The other proposed constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot, Amendment 68, would allow casino-style gambling at the Arapahoe Park racetrack along the eastern fringe of Aurora, with new gaming tax revenue going toward K-12 education. Supporters say the measure would bring in $114.5 million in public and charter school funding. Supporters say schools could use the funding and it’s a great way to obtain the money without raising taxes. But opponents say the effort would hurt mountain town casinos — which would depress the already-existing gaming tax revenues collected there — and would create casino-style gambling in communities that may not even want it there. Katy Atkinson, who opposes the measure, cited several education advocacy groups that oppose Amendment 68.
She also said it is telling that Congressman Mike Coffman and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff — two rivals locked in a heated 6th Congressional District race and who would represent the area where the racetrack sits — agree in their opposition to the measure. “So, candidates who do not agree on much agree that this one’s a bad idea,” Atkinson said. But Becky Brooks of Yes on 68 said 20,000 people in Aurora signed the petition to get the measure on the ballot and that hundreds of teachers statewide are backing the effort. “So, to make a broad statement that this is not wanted by the people around there is just untrue,” Brooks said. Ballot continues on Page 24
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Shooter planned attack for weeks No criminal liability found on part of school district in Arapahoe High attack By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Karl Pierson set the date for his murderous rampage at Arapahoe High School eight weeks prior to carrying it out on Dec. 13, 2013. “It is a day of gore, filled with murder, suicide,” he wrote on Oct. 26 of that year. The words are in a computer diary uncovered by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the murder of Arapahoe student Claire Davis and the attempted murders of a student sitting near her and debate coach Tracy Murphy. Arapahoe County Sheriff Dave Walcher detailed the investigation during a press conference Oct. 10, saying it revealed no criminal liability on the part of the school district. The sheriff’s office released a 37page report that summarizes about 4,000 pages of supporting documents. But reporters pressured Walcher and Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Scott Murphy about whether more could have been done between September 2013, when Pierson was suspended for threatening the debate coach, and the day Pierson took his own life in the school library after mortally wounding Davis. According to the report, Tracy Murphy certainly had concerns after removing Pierson as the captain of a debate team on Sept. 3, 2013. “Tracy never had a kid look at him with the look of hatred that Karl did that day,” reads the report. “It was `haunting’ how Karl looked at him.” Later that day, Pierson was heard screaming that he was going to kill Tracy Murphy. “A statement on its own isn’t necessar-
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ily a crime,” said Walcher, noting that kids say stuff like that all the time. “But how do we get to a point when we know that one or two or three kids down here are actually capable. That’s what we’ve got to figure out.” During his suspension, Pierson was evaluated by school psychologist Esther Song and an outside therapist, who determined that he was a narcissist but not a threat to himself or others. The threat assessment says Pierson had difficulty controlling impulses and emotions and had extreme anger reactions, but reacted calmly to discipline. In his journal, Pierson blames being teased in elementary school. “Words hurt, can mold a sociopath and will lead someone a decade later to kill,” he wrote. On Sept. 17, while still meeting with therapists, Pierson began his journal. “I will shoot up my school, Arapahoe High School, before the year is over,” he wrote. The officials addressed questions surrounding why the investigation had taken so long to conclude, saying they were awaiting ballistic and data analysis from other agencies that proved no one else was involved. “It was not appropriate to go to the public until we knew as much of the truth as we could about Dec. 13,” said District Attorney George Brauchler, noting his office asked Superintendent Murphy to keep information held close. “He did a good job making sure teachers did not opine on what coulda, woulda, shoulda happened
District Attorney George Brauchler listens to a question from a member of the media during the Oct. 10 press conference regarding the conclusion of the criminal investigation into the Dec. 13, 2013 shooting at Arapahoe High School. Photo by Christy Steadman before today.” Scott Murphy refused to answer any questions about Pierson or any employees, including Cameron Rust and Christina Erbacher-Kolk, the two AHS security guards who were on duty that day but have since been dismissed after alleging the school didn’t do enough to protect students from Pierson. Rust’s stepmother was in the audience. “(Rust’s) only motive is to bring out the truth, to see how do we prevent it from happening again going forward,” said Micki Jacoby. “Cameron and Chris are not liars. For (the authorities) to dismiss their role that day, shame on them.” Scott Murphy — who the day before the press conference announced he will retire at the end of the school year — said all protocols were followed before and after the event.
“Two students’ lives were lost that day,” said Murphy. “Families were shattered. Lives were destroyed. Nothing I can do or say can change that.” Claire Davis’ parents, Michael and Desiree Davis, sat next to Murphy during the press conference. They did not speak, but issued a statement. “We’d like the community to know that our family is as committed to forgiveness now as we were on Jan. 1, and we invite you again to join us in doing whatever is within your power to ensure that our community remains rooted in compassion.” In the statement, the couple also asked public officials to explore solutions to create safer school climates. “The people of Colorado deserve more than to have to sit idly waiting for the next student in imminent crisis to harm or kill another person or themselves.”
Debate coach had bad ‘gut’ feeling about Karl Pierson By Chris Rotar
crotar@coloradocommunitymedia.com As he crouched between cars in the cold parking lot, Tracy Murphy couldn’t have known that a 17-year-old girl had already been shot and would die eight days later. All he knew was someone was trying to kill him. He had recognized the voice. “Where the (expletive) is Murphy?” Arapahoe High School’s speech and debate coach and head librarian instantly knew Karl Pierson had come for him. It had been a few months since a major falling out between Murphy and the 18-year-old student, a talented member of the debate team who struggled to accept discipline and whose mind conjured images — and plans — of murder and mayhem. Midday Dec. 13, 2013, Murphy, newspaper in hand, was settling down to lunch. “(Murphy) heard two loud bangs,” according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office summary investigative report of the school shooting, released Oct. 10. Seconds later, the doors to the library were flung open. Then Murphy heard Pierson calling his name. “At that point, all Tracy could see was a gun,” the report states. Murphy felt something, a bullet maybe, “blow past his head, over his left shoulder, and he ducked.” He needed to get out of there. His escape route would be the library’s exterior door. Murphy scrambled to the parking lot, where he figured
he could dodge Pierson long enough for the police to intervene. The young man who had threatened Murphy’s life in September never made it to the parking lot. Pierson’s attack lasted less than 90 seconds. It ended when he turned his firearm on himself. A black shotgun was found near Pierson’s body. The autopsy report states he was wearing, among other things: green/gray cargo pants, a black nylon belt with a machete and flashlight, a black nylon belt with 21 live rounds of shotgun ammunition, a black nylon bandolier with 20 more rounds of shotgun ammunition, a black watch… Murphy had removed Pierson from his post as captain of the extemporaneous team on Sept. 3, though the senior was allowed to remain on the squad. During the meeting in which the news was relayed, a talk that included the student’s mother, Murphy saw hate in Pierson’s eyes. After mother and son left the meeting, Murphy heard Pierson yelling something, but he couldn’t tell what. A teacher in the parking lot, however, heard what Pierson said. “I’m going to kill that Murphy!” But even before learning of that threat, Murphy told a school counselor he had a bad “gut” feeling about Pierson. Murphy had disciplined Pierson for poor decisions, but now he was afraid of the student “snapping.” At some point, Murphy and Deputy James Englert, the school resource office, would speak about the librarian’s safety, as documented in the investigative summary. “(Englert) told Tracy that if something happened, Tracy should exit the school through the exterior library door.”
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Meanwhile, Proposition 104 would require school boards to negotiate collective bargaining agreements in open meetings. Supporters say the public has a right to know how their local schools districts are spending their money and that the measure provides greater oversight of government spending. “The goal is simply to provide transparency because it’s the basis of good government,” said former state Rep. BJ Nikkel, a Republican.
October 17, 2014 But Tyler Chafee, an opponent, said he the ballot language “could apply to every single conversation that administrator has with a member of a teacher organization.” He also cautioned that school districts could end up seeing a spike in legal fees over confidentiality issues. “If it passes I think there are a number of things or consequences that we may not think of,” Chafee said. The broadcast closed with a debate over Proposition 105, which would require the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organisms. GMOs are found in the vast majority of common food crops, such as soybeans, corn and canola. The scientific consensus is that GMO-based foods are currently not
harmful to the public’s health or the environment. But supporters say that consumers have a right to know what’s in their foods and can make better choices about what their families consume if they know what’s in the foods they eat. Robyn O’Brien, a 105 backer, said there have been no long-term health studies on GMO-based foods. “So the industry can say there’s no evidence of harm when in actuality there is no long-term evidence,” she said. But opponents said the ballot measure presents a number of issues. They say the measure would result in higher food costs and that the labeling could be taken by consumers to mean that the food is un-
safe, causing unnecessary concern for food they’ve probably been eating for years anyway. Opponents also take issue with the fact that 105 allows for exemptions for several food products like animal feed, gum, alcohol, cheese and restaurant meals. Dietitian Mary Lee Kim said if a consumer goes into a grocery store for a frozen pizza, the pizza would require labeling. But if the store cooked that same pizza on site and it was eaten there by the consumer, no label would be required. “So, how is that consistent?” Kim said. “It doesn’t offer the consumer any good, reliable information.”
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Governor hopefuls stray onto new ground Hickenlooper, Beauprez debate safety, housing issues By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Gov. John Hickenlooper and former Congressman Bob Beauprez sparred over issues voters are familiar with at this point in the gubernatorial campaign during an Oct. 9 debate in Fort Collins, but they also addressed issues that haven’t been making as many headlines. Yes, the two tangled over the death penalty — as they have the entire campaign — but the KUSA-sponsored debate, held at Colorado State University, also focused on other areas of public safety, affordable housing and even red-light cameras. Beauprez, a Republican, blasted the Democratic incumbent for not fighting hard enough for a construction-law reform bill from earlier this year that he believed would helped rein in rising housing costs around the state. Beauprez said Colorado’s tough construction-defects law discourages builders from making affordable condos because of high insurance costs. “There is something, especially in the Front Range, that has driven up rents and housing prices and that’s called the construction-defects legislation,” Beauprez said. Beauprez said Hickenlooper provided “absolutely zero leadership” when a reform bill that was introduced late in this year’s legislative session failed to gain steam. The bill would have made it more difficult for condo owners to sue builders over construction defects. Hickenlooper agreed that changes to the law need to be made, but said rising rental costs are attributed to other economic factors. “It’s certainly not the defining factor in the incredible inflation we’ve seen in housing costs,” he said. “That’s been going on for a number of years.” Also during the debate, Beauprez made news for saying he would like to see a repeal of laws that allow for the legal sale of marijuana. The former congressman cited health concerns while laying out his position. “Yes, I think we’re at that point where the consequences we’ve already discovered from this might be far greater than the liberty the citizens thought they were embracing,” Beauprez said. Hickenlooper made news of his own at a debate earlier in the week, where he said voters were “reckless” for supporting last year’s Amendment 64, which legalized recreational pot sales and use in Colorado. In spite of his concerns over the impact that marijuana use can have on a developing brain, Hickenlooper wouldn’t go as far as saying that the constitutional amendment needs to be repealed. “But I do think we need more resources to make sure that kids and parents understand this is not like sneaking a beer out when you’re younger,” the governor said.
Public safety discussed
Beauprez has been trying make hay out of public-safety issues this campaign, which played a role in this debate as well. Beauprez criticized Hickenlooper for failing to guide through new public-safety measures during last year’s legislative session, including a bill that would have created a felony DUI and another bill that
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would have placed mandatory minimums for vehicular-homicide convictions. And Beauprez again attacked Hickenlooper over the issue of the death penalty — which Hickenlooper once supported, but now opposes. Hickenlooper has had to play defense on this issue since last year, when he granted a reprieve for death-row inmate Nathan Dunlap. “I don’t think you necessarily have a fondness for violent criminals,” Beauprez said, “but why do you seem to have such a problem standing up for innocent Coloradans?” Hickenlooper fought back against Beauprez’s attack, saying that violent crimes are down over the last four years and reminding him that he has signed into law legislation that put in place $30 million for reform in mental-health services, which he believes will also reduce violent crimes. The governor said he will continue to support laws that strengthen public safety, but that sometimes things aren’t that easy at the Legislature. “If you were governor and not just thinking about it, you’d recognize that sometimes you can’t get everything done you want,” Hickenlooper said. As for Dunlap, the governor tried to put an end to any speculation that he would grant him clemency, something he suggested was on the table during an interview last year. “I will commit, promise to leave it to the next governor,” he said. Beauprez found himself on the defensive over comments he gave to the Denver Rotary Club in 2010, where he gave economic comments that were similar to those that derailed Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy in 2012. Beuauprez said then that “we’ve got almost half of the population perfectly happy that somebody else is paying the bill,” saying that 47 percent of Americans pay no income tax. “I think it’s human nature that we’re fine if somebody else picks up the tab,” Beauprez said on the debate stage, in response to a question about his previous comments. “The point of the comment ... was that there needs to be more opportunity in Colorado, which has gone to other states on (Hickenlooper’s) watch.” The Hickenlooper campaign believes the economy is a winning issue for them, citing an economy that continues to grow and create jobs. The two agreed on certain issues, including whether they would sign a bill to ban red-light cameras. The controversial effort to curb bad driving and accidents at busy intersections seems to get attention at the Capitol every year. Both Beauprez and Hickenlooper said the cameras could be good uses for public safety, but they would like to get assurances from municipalities that they’re not simply using the technology to bust drivers to generate revenue.
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Greensky Bluegrass returns to Denver Oct. 24 and 25 for a two-night stand at The Ogden Theatre. The band debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Top 100 with their latest release, “If Sorrows Swim,” which came out in September. Photo by Chris Monaghan
Jam favorites hit No. 1 on bluegrass charts with new album, ‘If Sorrows Swim’ By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey @coloradocommunitymedia.com When Greensky Bluegrass returns to Denver Oct. 24 and 25 at the Ogden Theatre, tickets may not be that easy to come by. The Michigan-based quintet, which sold out its four shows at Boulder’s Fox Theatre and Englewood’s Gothic Theatre last fall, has become one of the bigger draws at Telluride Bluegrass Festival the past three years and also played soldout shows with fellow jamgrass stalwarts Railroad Earth each of the last two summers at Red Rocks. Add to that, the band’s fifth studio release, “If Sorrows Swim,” which came out Sept. 9, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Top 100 and has stayed in the Top 5 since. Their prior 2011 release, “Handguns,” opened at No. 3. “The past three years, it’s been really exciting to watch the crowds grow, no matter what venue we are at, whether it’s the main stage at Bonnaroo or at Red Rocks,” said guitarist Dave Bruzza, who along with the mandolin-playing Paul Hoffman is one of Greensky’s two main vocalists and lyricists. “We’ve become exposed to more and more people and people are really enjoying the music we are bringing.” The Ogden shows will be a homecoming of sorts for Bruzza, who moved to Denver a year ago, where he now lives with his wife when not on tour. The rest of the band, with the exception of bass-
Dave Bruzza, left, and Anders Beck perform with Greensky Bluegrass Aug. 22 in Chicago. While the band hails from Kalamazoo, Mich., Bruzza has been calling Denver home for the past year when Greensky isn’t on the road. Photo by Ashley Marie Downing ist Mike Devol, who now calls Oakland home, still lives in or around Kalamazoo, Mich., where Greensky came together in the early 2000s. “Denver is a great place to call home,” said Bruzza by phone as the band was preparing for a late-September gig in Asheville, N.C. “I really love the mountains; I love the people there and the whole scene.” That scene has been one of the major attractions to Bruzza since long before he made the move to Colorado. “In all the years of coming to visit Denver, even when we were first start-
ing out, all the shows we would come play, people would show up and it just seemed like a really nurturing community toward music,” he said. “I think it is wonderful that there are so many great musicians in town. When I’m home, I’ll go down to Cervantes on a Thursday and you never know who is going to be there. “I may end up getting in a jam with Chris (Pandolfi) or Andy Hall from the Infamous Stringdusters or Vince (Herman of Leftover Salmon) or Bridget (Law of Elephant Revival). There are great musicians everywhere. I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to come play with a lot of bands when I’m home. It’s super fun. I love doing that.” Right now, Bruzza is looking forward to spending a couple nights in his own bed as the band begins the 19-date Western leg of its fall tour that includes a night in Aspen and multi-night stops in Las Vegas and Portland, as well as San Francisco, where they will wrap things up at The Fillmore Auditorium in midNovember. Greensky will be playing two-set shows both nights in Denver. You, Me and Apollo — a five-piece indie folk band from Fort Collins — will provide support each evening.
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Paul Hoffman, of Greensky Bluegrass, performs Oct. 24, 2013 during the band’s gig at The Fox Theatre in Boulder. The Michigan-based band, which sold out the Fox and Englewood’s Gothic Theatre last fall, is returning to Denver Oct. 24 and 25 to play the Ogden Theatre. Photo by Ryan Boldrey
Greensky Bluegrass will headline Denver’s Ogden Theatre Oct. 24 and 25. Doors are at 8 p.m. and You, Me and Apollo will open and take the stage at 9 both nights. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.greenskybluegrass.com, www.axs.com or in person at the Gothic, Bluebird or Ogden box offices. Advance price is $22.75. If available, tickets day of show will cost $27. The Ogden Theatre is located at 935 E. Colfax Ave. Call 303-832-1874 for more information. Show is 16+
There are some stories that are too sad to report. This is one of them. Randy Weeks, age 59, president of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and executive director of its BÅroadway touring division, died Oct. 9. Weeks was in London attending the Independent Presenter’s Network conference. Concern was raised when he missed a previously scheduled meeting. Colleagues requested that the hotel in which he was staying do a wellness check, at which time he was discovered in his bed. The cause of death was not immediately unknown. Here’s what the retiring head of the DPCA, Daniel Ritchie, had to say: “Randy’s relationship with the DCPA began in 1978 when he started working in the box office while attending the University of Colorado. Despite a foray into his parents’ restaurant business, Randy’s first love was the theater. He was serving as Theatre Operations Manager at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., when local Broadway presenter Bob Garner tapped Randy to take the helm of Denver Center Attractions in 1989.” During Weeks’ tenure, he also opened the Garner Galleria Theatre in 1992 with the smash hit “Forever Plaid.” The venue has gone on to great success, treating audiences to such long-running shows as “Always … Patsy Cline” and “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” Weeks was a co-founder of the Women’s Voices Fund, making gifts to honor his mother and aunt. He also served on the Denver School of the Arts board, the Independent Presenter’s Network, The Broadway League and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.
Indoor golf facility coming
Jon Rizzi, founding editor of Colorado Avid Golfer magazine, attended the groundbreaking last week of Topgolf, an innovative indoor golf facility with extra strokes such as three floors with 102 practice bays, 200-plus HDTVs, a rooftop terrace and the kind of menu you only wished they served at your favorite golf course. Rizzi posted on his Facebook page: “Went to the groundbreaking of Topgolf (www. topgolf.com/us/centennial) in Centennial (10601 E. Easter Ave.). And `groundbreaking’ describes the concept. The facility — one of 22 in the world — portends to redefine the golf experience with 102 climate-controlled bays, microchipped balls to hit at lighted targets on an outdoor range, top-shelf food and drink and all kinds of flat-screens and event space to keep non-golfers entertained. It’s gonna be great when it opens next (spring).” Even non-golfers will be entertained with all the TVs and an extensive menu of food and fancy cocktails — even brunch and a kids’ menu. You can sign up for mobile updates at the website mentioned above.
Photos of musicians displayed
The PACE Center Art Gallery in Parker is hosting an exhibition that features photographs of celebrity musicians taken by Colorado photographer Jensen Sutta Friday through Nov. 14. The exhibit’s opening reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 16. It is open to the public and includes live music, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and an artist talk. Sutta’s exhibition at the PACE Center (20000 Pikes Peak Ave.) will feature photographs of Jack Johnson, Jaime Foxx, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic), Sheryl Crow, Pat Monahan (Train), Flo Rida, G-Love, Todd Parker continues on Page 27
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‘Nunsense’ brings smiles in church performance Highlands Ranch show raises charity funds By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia. com Dan Goggins’ all-time hit, “Nunsense,” will be presented by the Wesley Players at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Oct. 24-26 and would be fine entertainment for all but the tiniest family members. An online look tells us that Goggins started out with a line of humorous nunrelated greeting cards and expanded into a cabaret show, then to a full-blown musical, which ran Off-Broadway for 10 years. It started in 1985 and was translated into 26 languages, with more than 8,000 productions, playing across the world. It became a mini-industry with several sequels following the original and is still done regularly by community theater companies. The story in brief: Sister Julia, Child of God — and cook at the Little Sisters of Hoboken convent — accidentally killed off most of the residents with tainted vichyssoise. All but four have been buried with proceeds from a greeting card company Mother Superior started. Thinking she had adequate money, she bought a VCR and camcorder, using
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Park Mohr (Big Head Todd), Burt Bacharach, Kenny Rogers, Peter Cetera (Chicago), Don Felder (Eagles), B.B. King, Morris Day (the Time), Luke Bryan, Leann Rimes, Merle Haggard, Brad Paisley, Randy Owen (Alabama) and Strait. Visit www.ParkerArts.org for information.
Glenn Miller Band to play
The big-band sounds of the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, with musical
FOR MORE INFORMATION “Nunsense” will be presented on Oct. 24-26 by the Wesley Players at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Performances are at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25; 2 p.m. Oct. 26. The ticket price includes dessert: $15/adult; $10 children under 12. Available at stlukeshr.com or at the door. money needed for the final four burials. The four bodies are in the convent’s deep freeze — an arrangement that certainly won’t be possible indefinitely. The remaining five nuns decide to stage a performance at a nearby school to raise the needed money. Each brings special qualities to the proposed variety show. The audience meets Mother Superior Mary Regina, Sister Mary Hubert, Sister Robert Anne, Sister Mary Leo and Sister Mary Amnesia. Each has a distinctive role to play as the nuns prepare for their performances and the results are indeed funny. Proceeds from Wesley Players productions benefit local and international charities. They have raised over $200,000 in the decade they have been performing. This show will benefit the church drama program and Denver Urban Ministries, which provides basic human services to needy people. director Nick Hilscher, will fill the Paramount Theatre (16th Street and Glenarm Place) at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 (doors open at 6). The concert benefits Colorado Public Television 12. Tickets are $35 plus service charges, and available at www.altitudetickets.com or by calling 303-893-8497. 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.blacktie-colorado.com/ pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@ blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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‘This is Colorado’ returns to college For many years, the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County held its annual “This is Colorado” show at a various metro-area venues, but last year the group brought it closer to home. Open to artists statewide, in 2013 it was held in the handsome Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College and drew many viewers. The exhibit will return Oct. 21, with a public reception from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 24, and will run until Nov. 14. The gallery is on the ACC campus at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays (open until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays). Admission is free.
Sphere in Englewood
derful World of Ragtime” for the Ragtime Society of Colorado at 1 p.m. Oct. 26 at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver. Tickets: $20/$15 members: Colleen Vander Hoek, 8360 S. Zephyr St., Littleton, CO 80128, 303-9794353, or at the door.
Boettcher bottom dollar cal haunts, is scheduled at 7 p.m. Oct. 18, 24 and 25. Meet at the light-rail station in downtown Littleton. Tickets: adults $13/ kids $5. hauntsoflittlton.org.
Musician photos exhibited Coloradan Jensen Sutta’s photographs of celebrity musicians are exhibited at Parker’s PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, through Nov. 14, with an opening from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 16. Included: Jack Johnson, Jaime Foxx, Ryan Tedder, Burt Bacharach, Leann Rimes, Merle Haggard, George Strait, B.B. King and more. Free.
Englewood Arts Presents is bringing the 13-member Sphere string ensemble to town at 2 p.m. Oct. 25 in Hampden Hall, inside the Englewood Civic Center at 1000 Englewood Parkway. This will be the first appearance at Hampden Hall for the 4-year-old ensemble, which performs without a conductor and offers a range of music including classical, rock, jazz and jive. The program will include Piazzola’s “Concerto Hommage a Liege for Banjo and Guitar” and Janacek’s “Suite for Strings.” Featured musicians: Evan Orman, bandoneon, and Patrick Sutton, guitar. Tickets: $20/$15, free under 18, Englewoodarts. org or at the door one hour prior to performance.
Rusted Root set for Gothic
Fear in Littleton
The Big Little Ragtime Band — John Bredenberg, Bill Clark, Hank Troy and Maurie Walker — will perform “The Won-
Haunts of Littleton, a walking tour of lo-
Rusted Root is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a tour to introduce a seventh studio album, “The Movement.” The band will perform at the Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood, on Oct. 25. Tickets: 303-789-9206.
Time for ragtime
The Colorado Symphony will present a Better Boettcher Bash concert and fundraiser and 25th anniversary celebration at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Boettcher Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex. Admission: $50/$100/$200. Funds will go towards renovation of the downtown Denver concert hall. (Details of proposed plan by Sempel Brown are at coloradosymphony.org.) The event starts with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. followed by the 7 p.m. concert. Contributions can be made online at coloradosymphony. org or through the box office in Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver.
All about the chocolate “Choctoberfest” will bring 35,000 chocolate samples, cooking demos, costumes, a chocolate pudding contest, advice from Littleton’s Chocolate Therapist shop and a chocolate happy hour to the Marriott Denver Tech Center, 4700 S. Syracuse St., Denver, on Oct. 17 (4-9 p.m.) and 18 (9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Admission: $5/free under 12. Taste tickets: $10 for 12 tickets, $20 for 25 tickets. Info: chocolatefests.org.
Flourishes to flourish The Colorado Wind Ensemble will
“Midnight Glow,” painted by longtime Littleton artist Shirley Lamb, will be included in the “This is Colorado” exhibit at Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, which opens with a public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 24. Courtesy photo perform “Symphonic Flourishes: A Celebratory Journey,” under guest conductor Joseph Martin, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Tickets: $15/$12/$5, coloradowindensemble.org.
Schwab Celebrates Grand Opening of new Calendar of Events Colorado Campus in Lone Tree On Wednesday, October 1, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., celebrated the grand opening of its new Colorado campus in Lone Tree, Colorado. Schwab is a South Metro Denver Chamber member. A total of approximately 1,900 Denver-area Schwab employees will move into the 650,000-square-foot, 47-acre campus in staged phases over the next year and a half, enabling the company to consolidate the majority of its Colorado operations in one facility, located at 9800 Schwab Way (at the corner of Park Meadows and Lincoln). The campus, when completed, will include three fivestory office buildings as well as a standalone branch office, which opened last May. Located in the RidgeGate masterplanned community, the new campus will provide a new home for Schwab’s service center facilities, which are currently in three leased buildings
at two separate locations north of RidgeGate along the I-25 corridor. Three of the company’s four local retail branch offices will remain in their current locations: at 201 Columbine Street in Cherry Creek; 518 17th Street in downtown Denver; and 2480 Canyon Blvd. in Boulder. The fourth Denver-area branch office relocated to a prominent location on the new campus, facing Lincoln Avenue just west of I-25. The Schwab campus was designed to create a sustainable, visually appealing and strong identity within the community, which itself blends natural open space with mixed-use density. Situated for solar orientation, the campus buildings are nestled into the existing site topography and optimize views of Mount Evans, Indian Peaks, Longs Peak and the downtown Denver skyline. Landscaping reflects the natural Colorado landscape, with native grasses, plants and trees that
tie into the surrounding prairie. The site and buildings all incorporate sustainable materials and systems, targeting LEED Gold certification. “Our corporate real estate team really outdid themselves with this project,” said Brian McDonald, senior vice president of Schwab Investor Services and senior location leader for the company in Colorado. “You couldn’t wish for a better located, more functional and beautiful place to be, and the RidgeGate development offers so many amenities. We are really looking forward to becoming a part of the Lone Tree community.” To date, approximately 70 percent of the campus has been completed, with two of the three buildings ready for occupancy. The third building is expected to be completed in the summer of 2015. For more information visit www.aboutschwab. com
Skydivers to Descend on iFLY Denver Grand Reopening Oct. 17-18 Local business leaders, students and the general public will be on hand to watch Skydivers jump from thousands of feet to kick off the grand reopening celebration of the new iFLY Indoor Skydiving in Denver (formerly SkyVenture Colorado) on Friday, October 17 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning, along with the Thunderstorm skydivers, will officially cut the ribbon to reopen the indoor skydiving wind tunnel located just south of Park Meadows Mall. Meet professional skydivers, tour the completely remodeled wind tunnel facility, watch indoor skydiving demonstrations from some of the best flyers in the world from the free observation deck and take a turn flying. Friday, October 17 Schedule • 10:15 a.m. Professional skydivers jump from an airplane into the new facility. They will join Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning as he officially cuts the ribbon to re-open the wind tunnel as iFLY Denver and proclaims Friday, October 17, 2014 as iFLY Denver
Day. • 10:45 a.m. Tour the new facility and watch an indoor skydiving demonstration performed by some of the best flying talent in the world. • 11 a.m. Lunch served courtesy of Brunswick Zone • 11 am. – 1 p.m. Take a turn flying for free* in the new iFLY Denver wind tunnel, get behind the scenes to see how the wind tunnel technology works and learn about the iFLY’s new flight programs including a STEM education program designed to create an interactive classroom for today’s education needs. • 3-7 p.m. ESPN Radio will broadcast live from the all new iFLY Denver. The general public is invited to enjoy indoor skydiving demonstrations from the free observation deck, prize giveaways including a signed Broncos helmet, free flight vouchers, free tickets to the Wildlife experience and more! Saturday, October 18 Schedule
For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events and for more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.
Friday, October 17 iFly Indoor Skydiving Ribbon Cutting & Grand Reopening! 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, iFly Denver, 9230 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO Sunday, October 19 Making Strides of Denver 9:00 am – 10:30 am, Village Center Station, 6380 S Fiddlers Green Cir, Greenwood Village, CO Monday, October 20 Save Lives, Sort Medical Supplies with Project C.U.R.E. 7:00 pm, Project CURE, 10337 East Geddes Ave, Centennial, CO Tuesday, October 21 Denver Scholarship Foundation Ed Gala -Make College Possible for Denver Students 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, 7711 E Academy Blvd, Denver Cost: $250/person. Please register via blacktie-colorado.com
• 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The general public Wednesday, October 22 is invited to enjoy indoor skydiving Girls’ Night Out event, The Many Faces of demonstrations from the free obserBreast Health vation deck, prize giveaways including 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, The Hudson Gardens & a signed Broncos helmet, free flight Event Center, 6115 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO vouchers, free tickets to the Wildlife experience and more! • 10:15 a.m. Professional Thunderwind tunnel,” which was historically used storm skydivers jump from an airplane by the military and professional skydivers into the new facility and officially cut the for training. Four powerful, high-efficiency Grand Opening ribbon. axial fans are mounted at the top of the • 11 a.m. Special Grand Opening iFLY building, channeling air down the side Denver Cake cutting. tunnels into the basement, and then up The iFLY center is located at 9230 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124. For through the floor of the 12-foot-wide more information call (303) 768-9000 or circular flight chamber, creating a strong visit www.ifly-denver.com. upward draft. This upward draft, which *Reservations suggested for free media ranges in speed from approximately 80 flights and Buy One Get One General Pub- to 175 miles per hour (depending on the lic Flights. Contact Marc@iFLY-Denver. weight and expertise level of the flyer,) com to reserve. creates a stable, wall-to-wall airflow that About the Technology: pushes guests aloft and makes it possible The iFLY experience is made possible utilizing a technology called the “vertical for them to fly.
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Sentimental comedy focuses on family Successful playwright’s works prove popular around Denver By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com At Cherry Creek Theatre’s production of “Over the River and Through the Trees” by Joe Di Pietro, the audience sits around the edges of Aida’s and Frank’s living/dining room in Hoboken, N.J. It’s hard to resist entering into the conversation at times as ambitious young Nick (Luke Sorge) tries to tell his two sets of grandparents that he’s moving across the country to Seattle. He’s been coming to dinner every Sunday with the four of them and they cherish the time with him. Director Gavin Mayer has assembled an excellent cast for this sentimental comedy by one of America’s more successful playwrights. Di Pietro, who hit the big time with “I Love You, You’re Perfect — Now Change” some years ago, has had three works onstage in Denver at almost the same time — including “Last Romance” and “Memphis”
IF YOU GO “Over the River and Through the Woods” plays through Oct. 26 at Cherry Creek Theatre, Shaver Ramsey Gallery, 2414 E. Third Ave., Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $28/$25, 303-800-6578, cherrycreektheatre.org.
at the Arvada Center. Kathy Brady plays Nana Emma and Annie Oberbroekling is Nana Aida — both are very skilled at comic timing and keep the play in constant motion as hovering grandmas. Eddie Kirsch and Martin David are grandfathers Frank, who should probably quit driving, and Nunzio, who is dealing with some health issues, completing a quartet intent on keeping what’s left of “la famiglia” intact in Hoboken. We learn a bit about each one’s life story, but it’s limited. They are almost caricatures of elderly New Jersey Italians. They plan a surprise for Nick at the next dinner, involving a young friend of Emma’s — Caitlyn, played by Heather Marie Dorris. Emma is generous with Mass cards for Nick and Aida wants to feed everyone — all the time. She even has a pan of lasagna ready for Nick to take on the plane with
Grandparents Emma (Kathy Brady) and Nunzio (Martin David) offer advice to stressed out grandson Nick (Luke Sorge) in Cherry Creek Theatre’s “Over the River and through the Woods.” Photo by Matthew Gale him. This is a sweet play, with top-notch casting. Cherry Creek Theatre has another
winner, it would seem. One will probably want to reserve seats in advance to avoid a sell-out.
Wonderbound stages dance to strings Tchaikovsky work enlivened by dance accompaniment By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com Denver’s Wonderbound dance company will perform artistic director Garrett Ammon’s “Serenade For Strings,” choreographed in 2013 to Tchaikovsky’s work of the same name, at Parker’s PACE Center Oct. 18 and 19. The dancers will be accom-
panied by musicians from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. It was the first time a choreographer had set a piece to the full score since George Balanchine and it drew national attention. Ammons recently visited the Smuin Ballet Company in San Francisco to stage the ballet on those accomplished dancers for a West Coast premiere. A new work by dancer/choreographer Sarah Tallman will fill out the program. It is set to Edvard Grieg’s “Holberg Suite” and features five movements based on 18th-century dance forms. Her piece is inspired by the work of 20th-century sur-
IF YOU GO “Enduring Grace” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 and 2 p.m. Oct. 19 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker. Tickets: pacecenteronline.com, 303-8056800, or at the door. The performance will be repeated on Oct. 24-26 at the Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver. Tickets: wonderbound.com, 303-292-4700. realists. Tallman said, “I’m so excited and grateful to be premiering a brand new work for
our season opener with musicians of the Colorado Symphony. “Surrealist art, juxtaposed with the gorgeous Grieg composition, has sparked my curiosity and I can’t wait to explore the subconscious, dreamlike aspects of our minds and their joyous complexities.” Wonderbound will perform again later in the season at the PACE Center and at Lone Tree Arts Center in April. Formerly known as Ballet Nouveau Colorado, the company has a studio at 1075 Park Avenue West in Denver, where small performances are sometimes held.
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MileHiCon brings fantasy world to life 46th annual event set for DTC area By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com The Hyatt Regency Tech Center’s spaces will take on an otherworldly look Oct. 24-26, when the 46th Annual MileHiCon draws hundreds of science fiction/fantasy geeks to see and hear more than 80 authors and artists. Many will be in elaborate costumes. The literary focus of this long-running event is expanded by gaming , vendors of books and related items, artist demonstrations, writing panels, science presentations and kids’ programming. Expected authors include Daniel Abraham, who writes as himself, as MLN Hanover, and as James S.A. Corey with Ty Franck. Franck will also be on hand; in addition to his collaborations as Corey, he also is author of “Avatar: A Short Story” and other short stories. Also on tap is Michael Swanwick, winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and
IF YOU GO MileHiCon activities will take place Oct. 24-26 at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center Hotel, 7800 E. Tufts Ave., Denver. A three-day membership will cost $46 at the door or can be purchased in advance at milehicon46. eventbrite.com. Daily memberships are available at the door: Oct. 24, $18; Oct. 25, $22; Oct. 26, $22. Parking is $5 for the weekend. Registration will be open at 2 p.m. Oct. 24; 9 a.m. Oct. 25 and 26. MileHiCon is staffed by volunteers.
Arthur C. Clarke Awards. His books include “In the Drift,” “Vacuum Flowers,” “The Iron Dragon’s Daughter” and more, as well as short stories. Hugo Award-winning artists Phil and Kaja Foglio have designed many book covers, album covers and gaming cards. A complete list of participants and detailed schedules may be found at milehicon.org. Attractions include a painting demo by Littleton space artist Michael Carroll; short story samplers; autograph alley; masquerade judging; mask making; “Spaceships We Have Loved”; film and literature discussions; and much more. (We
A young family walks around MileHiCon 2013. Courtesy photo printed out seven pages of activities.) A literacy auction on Oct. 25 offers rare books, autographed books, original artwork, and sci-fi and fantasy items donated
by guests and fans. Proceeds are given to a charity for the purchase of books and reading education programs.
‘Guys and Dolls’ set to dazzle Lone Tree Runyon stories come to life in iconic play By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com “Guys and Dolls” first launched on Broadway in 1950 and it has appeared steadily across the nation ever since, with its roots in Damon Runyon’s wry portraits of the characters he met in his inner-city New York. Based on the stories “Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure,” with characters and plot elements lifted from other stories, this musical has become an American classic. The entertaining tale of gangsters, gam-
Local audiences will have an opportunity to revisit Frank Loesser’s music and the book by Jo Swerling and Burrows at “Guys and Dolls in Concert” plays Oct 22-26 at the Lone Tree Arts Center from Oct. 22-26, in a Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons Street, Lone concert version with an 18-piece orchestra. Tree. Performances: 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23; Lone Tree had a great success with its pro8 p.m. Oct. 24, 25; 1:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 26. Ticket prices: duction of “South Pacific in Concert” last $30 to $55, 720-509-1000, LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. season and is repeating that format. A large professional cast will sing the blers, mission dolls and showgirls won the score, with select dialogue from the musiTony for Best Musical and was nominated cal. First, we meet several gamblers with for a 1951 Pulitzer Prize. (Website history the day’s Racing Form, singing “Fugue for recounts that the Pulitzer for drama was Tinhorns” (“I’ve got the horse right here — not awarded that year because Abe Bur- his name is Paul Revere …”). rows — one of two credited writers of the Soon the Salvation Army Band, which play — had run afoul of the House Com- includes Sarah Brown, marches onto the mittee on Un-American Activities, spur- scene and we have the conflicting eleB:10.25” ring the Columbia University trustees to ments of the story in place. T:10.25” Director Gavin Mayer, an adjunct proveto the nomination.)
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fessor at the University of Northern Colorado and frequent musical director at the Arvada Center, will lead this show with musical direction by Susan Draus. Draus calls Denver home, but has recently been music director and keyboardist for “Book of Mormon” and has worked with many other Broadway shows and national tours. Broadway veteran David Hess will appear as clever gambler Sky Masterson and Jennifer DeDominici, experienced in musical theater and opera, will be the so-proper Miss Sarah Brown. The nervous organizer for that legendary ongoing floating craps game, Nathan Detroit, will be played by Scott Rathbun, and Beth Beyer will reprise one of her favorite roles in Nathan’s long-suffering fiancee, Adelaide.
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Mixed-use Jones District a big deal
Centennial development to bring residential, commercial and retail By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com
A homestead consisting of a house, barn, chicken coop and garage that sits on 42 acres of land will soon be completely demolished to make way for a new destination where people can live, work and play in Centennial. On Oct. 7, Jones International Ltd. unveiled plans for The Jones District — a mixed-use urban development community to include 1.8 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail establishments. “For several years, I’ve looked across this expanse of land and envisioned the potential of a business and community center that contributes to the vitality of South Denver,” said Glenn R. Jones, chief executive officer for Jones International. “The Jones District will create a destination that is defined by both economic success and community contribution.” Jones, who was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2013, built his business empire over the past four decades, working first in cable television and, more recently, by capitalizing on the growing field of online education. Jones International University is located immediately east of the development site. The Jones District site is situated immediately east of I-25, East Dry Creek Road to the north and East County Line to the south. The 42 acres where The Jones District will be developed was previously part of the Larrick homestead, which the family purchased in 1952 for $47,000 and consisted of 320 acres. Louise Larrick, author of “Breaking Ground,” a book offering stories of her family’s life from 1885 to 2013, lived in the house until she passed away in August 2013. The land is Centennial’s largest undeveloped parcel under single ownership, said Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon. In addition, it is the largest commercial development project the city will have a hand in shaping. Centennial is a relatively new city, having incorporated in 2001. “The vision of The Jones District was here long before we have been,” Noon said. Plans for the project were submitted
Glenn R. Jones, CEO for Jones International Ltd., behind podium, announces the architectural design plans for The Jones District at a press conference Oct. 7, while Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon and Peter Coakley, senior vice president and general manager of the Opus Development Company, LLC listen. The press conference took place on the 42 acres of property, formerly the Larrick homestead, where The Jones District will be developed. Photos by Christy Steadman to the city in March 2013 and in the fall of 2013, Centennial City Council approved redevelopment and zoning agreements for The Jones District. On June 16, city council unanimously passed a resolution approving a $9.5 million, 25-year tax credit for the developers of The Jones District. The Opus Development Company, LLC will be partnering with Jones International, as the development partner. Master planning and conceptual design of The Jones District are led by Barber Architecture of Denver. New urbanism is an architectural movement, said Michael Barber, principal and director of design for Barber Architecture, which entails being community-oriented and public accessible amenities. It emphasizes walkability, bike and transit use. “The Jones District melds indoor and outdoor spaces,” Barber said, “ensuring that businesses, residents and visitors can
take full advantage of the Colorado outdoor lifestyle.” The design concept will incorporate an architectural theme with neo-classic influence, he said. Roughly 1.2 million or 1.3 million of the 1.8 million square feet will be offices, said Peter Coakley, senior vice president and general manager of the Opus Development Co. Some of the buildings may boast up to 15 stories. Up to 20 percent of the 1.8 million square feet is permitted to be residential structures, said Mary Bliss, vice president of real estate and facilities for Jones International, Ltd.
Pocket parks will provide green space, wide sidewalks will promote walkability, restaurants will keep nightlife vibrant and ground floor arcades will provide protection from the elements, Coakley said. “It represents the worker of today,” Bliss said. In addition, the Jones District is known as a transit oriented district, meaning the development will have direct access to light rail via an expanded access point at the Dry Creek Station. “This is a well-thought out, cohesive development with magnificent potential,” Noon said. “It helps mold the identity of the city. It promotes that we’re a visionary city.”
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An excavator breaks through the roof of a home on Oct.7. The home, along with other structures on the former Larrick homestead, will be demolished to make room for a new mixed-use urban development community known as The Jones District, which will include 1.8 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail establishments.
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THINGS DO MUSIC/CONCERTS
COLORADO SYMPHONY: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Season Opener THE LITTLETON Symphony Orchestra presents the opening
concert of its 2014-15 season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. The season opens with Mahan and the Emperor, featuring local favorite pianist Katie Mahan. Tickets are available online at www.littletonsymphony.org; in the Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec St., Suite B206, Centennial; or at the door. For group tickets or more information call 303-933-6824.
SHOWTIME AT Southridge: Family Magic
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MYSTO THE Magi’s family-friendly magic show is from 7-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. The show is full of mystery, illusion and family-friendly comedy. Call 303-791-2500 or go to http://www.hrcaonline.org for cost and other information.
THE COLORADO Symphony takes on one of the most well known symphonic works in history. This iconic symphony debuted in 1808 and has been played all over the world, audiences delighting in its unrelenting power and unity over all four movements. The first symphony to ever feature trombones, Beethoven’s Fifth will showcase the musicians of the CSO at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, in the amazing acoustics of the Main Stage Theater at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. all 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. GUYS & Dolls in Concert FOLLOWING THE rave reviews for South Pacific in Concert, Lone Tree Arts Center
brings back the unique `in concert’ staging (full orchestra on stage with large cast singing and performing select dialogue) for another look at a classic American musical. The rousing energy of mid20th century New York City mixes with legendary characters and a dazzling score The Classic tunes come one right after the other, including favorites such as a “A Bushel and a Peck,”“Luck Be A Lady,”“Take Back Your Mink,”“Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” and “If I Were A Bell.” The romantic and funny story is populated with gangsters and gamblers, missionary dolls and showgirls, and one of the greatest musical scores in the history of American theatre. Show runs from Wednesday, Oct. 22, to Friday, Oct. 24 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. all 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.
RUSTED ROOT live IN HONOR of its 25th anniversary, Rusted Root will perform Saturday, Oct. 25
at the Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. Call 303-789-9206. Show time will be about 9:45 p.m.
SUPERHEROES AND Comicons CASTLE ROCK Orchestra presents its Superheroes and Comicons Concert featuring music from John Williams and tunes from favorites such as Superman, Spiderman, Batman and the video game Halo. Costumes are welcome. The performance is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock, 1200 South St. Suggested admission is $5 per person or $20 a family. Visit www.CastleRockOrchestra.org.
Court, Castle Rock. The scream-worthy haunted house benefits the Police and Fire Explorer programs. Those under 13 are not admitted without an adult. Call 303-663-3103 or email lkania@crgov.com. To volunteer: https://volunteerconnectdc.civicore.com/ index.cfm?section=volOpportunities&action=viewOppOnly&fwID=21086
HALLOWEEN DANCE, Costume Party SKY CLIFF plans a Halloween dance and costume party for those ages 16 and older with special needs. The dance is from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Franktown Firehouse, in the community room. DJ JJ McKay will provide the entertainment. You do not have to be a participant of Sky Cliff to attend; invite a friend. Call 303-814-2863 or visit www.skycliffctr@skycliff.org for information. A $5 cover will help pay the cost of the DJ. PARK GRAND Opening PHILIP S. Miller Park and Miller Activity Complex will have its grand opening from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. The event will begin with the liveBIG 5K/10K and family adventure run on the new natural surface trails in the park. After the run, enjoy a number of activities. Inside the complex, all amenities are free, and the Halloween Spooktacular is from 1-3 p.m. HIGHLANDS RANCH Farmers’ Market THE HIGHLANDS Ranch Community Association’s farmers’ and street markets will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 26 in Town Center, 9288 Dorchester St. in Highlands Ranch.
HEALTH/FITNESS
FREE HEATH Education
SOUTH DENVER Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton, presents free educational classes in October. Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Insulin Resistance, from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Oct. 20, led by Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Vicki Siegel, exercise physiologist. Learn the ins and outs of diabetes and how to control blood sugar. From 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, is Anticoagulation Basics: Through Thick & Thin. Learn to live with Warfarin/Coumadin, including an overview of warfarin therapy with an emphasis on safety. The class also will help patients make good decisions about what can affect medications and how to monitor it. Call 303-744-1065 or go to www. southdenver.com for information and to register. FREE NUTRITION, Cooking Class FREE HEART Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 22 (The DASH Diet); Wednesday, Oct. 29 (Jumpstart Your Metabolism) 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. FREE DYSLEXIA Workshop
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SANTA FE Quarry Tour
CASTLEWOOD CANYON Haunted Trail CASTLEWOOD CANYON State Park presents its fourth annual Haunted Trail. Go for a guided walk along the haunted trail and enjoy a hayride. All ages are welcome. The $7 park entry fee buys you and everyone in your vehicle a haunted trail walk, a hayride back, and a frightening good time. The Friends of Castlewood Canyon will provide a small token of appreciation for your attendance. All are welcome except the faint of heart … and please, NO pets. Come to Castlewood from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, and Saturday, Oct. 18. 17 MILE House Fall Festival ENJOY THE Fall Festival at the historic 17 Mile House Farm Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at 8181 S. Parker Road, just north of Cottonwood; turn west at the big red barn. There will be hayrides, a petting farm, live music and historic demonstrations. Admission is free. Pumpkins, food, beverages, and other items will be available for purchase. Contact www. arapahoegov.com or 720-874-6545.
IN CONJUNCTION with the Castle Rock Museum’s newest exhibit, the Castle Rock parks division and the museum plan a tour of the Santa Fe Quarry on Saturday, Oct. 18. The group will depart from the museum at 10 a.m. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. Call the museum at 303-814-3164 or email crmuseum@ comcast.net. BOOK SIGNING AUTHOR PATSY Barnes will sign copies of her book, “A Guide to Navigating Healthcare
Choices,” from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Oct. 20, at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Barnes lives in Indian Hills. As the baby boomers age and grow into illness, they will want an easy guide to navigating and understanding all of the healthcare avenues available. They will want to know what the treatment options are and how to make good choices for themselves in a very confusing and overwhelming healthcare system.
SEASONS EATINGS JOIN LEE Clayton Roper, author of “A Well-Seasoned Kitchen,” for tips on make-ahead hors d-oeuvres, mixing tastes and colors, and menu planning. This free Douglas County Libraries program begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
DYSLEXIA EXPERT Susan Barton will give a free presentation to explain why children with dyslexia struggle and what can be done to help. The presentation is at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 9030 Miller Road, Parker. The presentation is free and open to the public, but you must register to attend. Go to www.parkerco.eventbrite.com. Contact Cathy Klassen at Cathy@CLyKTutoring.com or call 720-469-4286. CERT CLASS VOLUNTEERS CAN learn how to help in any emergency situation, man-made or natural, at the next CERT class, hosted by Douglas County Emergency Management and the Colorado North Central All-Hazards Region. CERT also teaches volunteers what their roles are in an emergency situation and how to be prepared at all times. The classes are free and are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, and Nov. 15, at the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, 4000 Justice Way in Castle Rock. Participants must register and attend all sessions. Refreshments will be served. Call 303-660-7589 or email cabbott@dcsheriff.net.
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SNAKES ALIVE in Castlewood Canyon WISH TO know more about snakes? Join Park Ranger Lisa Naughton for a fun and exciting introduction to snakes. Come and meet our resident bull snakes, Sid and Nancy, and watch them eat their weekly meal. Program is from 1:30-2:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, in the visitor center. For more information call 303-688-5242.
MANY FACES of Breast Health BRING YOUR mother, sister, daughter and girlfriends for a free event to learn more about breast health, what happens after breast cancer, treatment and more. The Many Faces of Breast Health is from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at The Inn at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Free chair massages and refreshments, along with door prizes and great giveaways. Go to http://www.mylittletonhospital.org/components/templates/externaleventdetail.aspx?id=10737433535&Referrer=/ Components/templates/eventlist.aspx. OLD TOWN Wine Walk, Comedy Night
GREAT PUMPKIN Haul THE GREAT Pumpkin Haul, a 2-mile jaunt through forests, open fields, hay bales and other obstacles, all while carrying a pumpkin, is at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at Chatfield Botanic Gardens. Mini pumpkins are provided for the kiddos to haul (or a less inclined adult) and entire families participate in the event together. There will be awards for the fastest hauler, a “tough pumpkin” award to the hauler carrying the heaviest pumpkin, costume contest and also a “double hauler baler” category for those brave enough to take on 2 pumpkins solo. After the haul participants will enjoy hot apple cider, seasonal brews from local Colorado Microbreweries, music, and discounted tickets to the annual corn maze. The Great Pumpkin Haul benefits Camp Como, a charity that organizes outdoor adventures and camps to get kids outside and active. More information and registration is at www. thegreatpumpkinhaul.com
ENJOY WINE tasting and discover the many shops and restaurants in Old Town Parker at the Wine Walk from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, followed by Comedy Night from 8-10 p.m. at Deep Space, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker, hosted by Pam Turpenny and A Bunch of Goofs. The wine walk is sponsored by the Parker Chamber of Commerce. Go to www.parkerchamber.com/Wine-Walks.cfm for information and tickets. Comedy Night tickets can be reserved at www.deepspace.me/reboot or by calling 720-675-7932. HAUNTED HAYRIDE DOUGLAS COUNTY Cowboys 4-H Club plans its annual Haunted Hayride fundraiser from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Stockton’s Plum Creek Stables, 7479 W. Titan Road, Littleton. Food, drinks, games and prizes available. The rides are 30 minutes, during which professional storytellers narrate a tale while rumbling down a spooky trail inhabited by Indians and six-gun carrying cowboys. Go to www.hrcaonline.org and click on the calendar. ZOMBIE PROM SCHOOL OF Rock, Littleton, presents Zombie Prom from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at 5950 S. Platte Canyon Road, Unit 20, Littleton. The event features snacks, games and performance by the house band. Go to http://littleton.schoolofrock.com/ CASTLE OF Terror JOIN CASTLE Rock Fire and Rescue for a terrifying night at the annual Castle of Terror, open from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Fire Training Tower, 333 Malibu
BOOKS FOR Holiday Gifts MICHELE SULKA of Penguin Random House will discuss forthcoming books for holiday gift giving and personal enjoyment at a 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, program at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org. NEW BOOKS for Fall LEARN WHAT books are new for fall at Douglas County Libraries’ Book Lovers program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch (9292 Ridgeline Blvd.), beginning at 7 p.m. Program will repeat at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org. EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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‘House of Night’ series authors to visit Ranch `Redeemed’ is 10th title, with movie on horizon
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By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Zoey Redbird, fledgling vampyre, is in trouble and in jail as “Redeemed” opens. She thinks she has killed two men and is suffering massively from the attendant guilt trip. Can she/will she be able to recover from this issue so she and other House of Night vampyres in her Nerd Herd can mount a defense against Neferet, the Dark Goddess? “Redeemed” is by P.C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast, who will appear at the Highlands Ranch Tattered Cover Book Store at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 to meet with readers of their series, “House of Night.” The final, 10th novel in the series calls on young Native American heroine Zoey Redbird, aided by her friends and a loving grandmother, to call on all her special powers to overcome the evil Dark Goddess, who is on a rampage against the people of Tulsa, Okla. (where P.C. Cast lives). Zoey is heir to unique powers. She can summon the elements, as well as wield Old Magick. The Casts write in graphic detail about how Neferet puts people under her spell in her fortress at the Mayo Hotel — one
P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast will visit the Highlands Ranch Tattered Cover Book Store, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch, at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 to discuss and sign their 10th and final novel in the “House of Night” series. “Redeemed” has just been published and brings a conclusion to the ongoing power struggles in a vampyre world. 303-470-7050.
can picture flying critters, loud screams and lots of blood in this conclusion to a truly popular series. We are told that a movie is pending. This series has been a best-seller in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, and has more than 12 million copies in print, according to the publisher, St. Martins Griffin. The authors have created a fantasy world with a clear social structure and distinctive characters such as Aurox, who comes out of Greek mythology, and Detective Marx, who comes out of the Tulsa Police Department, but understands about vampyres and has a special friendship with Zoey. There’s Zoey’s affectionate grandma, who speaks to her in a Native American tongue, and even opposing kitties: big orange Nala and Nefert’s cat, Skylar, to add another layer of color and conflict. Conversations and relationships at times have a normal teen flavor
P.C. and Kristin Cast, authors of “Redeemed,” will appear Oct. 20 at Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch for a reading and book signing. Courtesy photo and choice of words, which varies the rhythms in the book in an interesting way. Then the ultimate battle comes through like the most violent superhero film bit. P.C. Cast says her daughter, a New
York writer, brings a teen sensibility to the stories they co-create. They must have interesting conversations over a late-night cup of tea! One assumes they will bring a bit of that interchange to their conversation with readers at Tattered Cover.
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Pirates season filled with growing pains Englewood’s young team gaining varsity experience under fire this fall By Tom Munds tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Chris Kavinsky praised his players after Englewood’s 10-0 loss to Fort Lupton, noting their determined effort and stressing the valuable varsity experience they were gaining over the course of the season. “I know it is tough to take that we haven’t won a game this season,” said the thirdyear coach. “We are a young team and we knew our youth would be an issue against more experienced teams like Fort Lupton. They scored early and, despite the score, I am proud that you guys never quit. We will learn from tonight and from this season as we prepare for summer league and for next season.” Following the Oct. 7 loss to Fort Lupton, the Pirates lost 7-0 on Oct. 9 at Fort Morgan to slip to 0-14 in the record books. The team was scheduled to close the season Oct. 14 at home against Vista Peak. “Building interest in soccer and improving our team were my goals when I became head coach,” he said. “We are headed in that direction. For the first time in a while, we have enough athletes on the roster to have a full junior varsity team. Just about everyone on the JV squad this year is a freshman and that is huge for the future of our program. “We are a very young team and the lack of varsity experience shows up when we play against veteran teams. Our overall play has improved dramatically over the season. Even though it has been under the pressure of game situations, our players have gained varsity experience, which is so crucial to developing a solid soccer team. “We have seen our players growing and making major improvement in their soccer skills. I believe what we have learned this season become a more competitive soccer team in future seasons. … Our JV is mostly freshmen and they are gaining playing experience in competition on their level. That wasn’t true in past seasons because, with no JV team, we had to put young players in varsity games even though we knew they weren’t ready for that level of competition.” Youth has been the standard for this year’s team. The Pirates began the season with several veterans who dropped out along the way. Goalie Luke Hall, who is in goal for his second season, was the only senior on the roster for the Oct. 7 game. “This is one of the games where the other team gets a lot of shots at the goal,
Englewood’s Rodolfo Soto battles three defenders during the Oct. 7 league match against Fort Lupton. Soto won the battle for the ball and got off a shot at the goal but the Blue Devils dominated the game, winning 10-0. Photos by Tom Munds I often dive to try to try to make a stop so tonight I was on the ground a lot,” he said. “The toughest challenge for a goalie is the one-on-one breakaway situations where it is you and the player. It is so hard to try to determine where the player is going to place the shot. You just have to guess and hope you are right. You guess right, you make the stop but if you guess wrong, the player will probably score a goal.” Hall smiled and said playing goalie on the soccer team is the perfect position because being in the air because diving parallel to the ground is a little like flying. “As the goalie, I am called on to make a lot of diving saves,” he said. Hall said lacrosse has always been his main sport but, because of his success as a goalie, he has had a couple college recruiters talk to him about possible scholarships so he might focus there. “I have areas I plan to work on as a goalie,” he said. “I plan to work to improve my footwork but I really want to improve the ability to anticipate where a player plans to shoot the ball. I want to learn how to better look at the body language and foot position so I can be in position to make the saves.”
Englewood goalie Luke Hall dives and deflects the ball away from the net during an Oct. 7 league soccer game against Fort Lupton. Despite Hall’s 14 saves, the Blue Devils pressed the attack and won the game, 10-0.
Young hoopsters needed Several programs face cancellation if more youngsters don’t sign up By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Pirate Youth Sports planned to have recreational programs for first- through sixth-grade players. “We need about 156 players to fill all the teams,” said Deb Penn, a volunteer helping with the basketball program, said. “So far, only 60 have signed up. If we don’t have enough players to fill the rosters, we won’t have a program.” The goal is to have a boys team and a girls team for each grade level from each of the four Englewood elementary schools. The school teams will
make up the league and play each other during the season. PYS also proposes forming a team of seventh- and eighthgraders to play competitive basketball in the Gold Crown League. There also will be an effort to, for the first time, form a Gold Crown team of fifth- and sixth graders. Tryouts will be held for that team later this year, probably late this month or in early November. Penn said the cost for recreational basketball is $55 per players and the cost for Gold Crown basketball is $150 per player. Players can sign up by going to the Englewood Youth Sports Association and clicking on the basketball icon. Pirate Youth Sports, an all-volunteer organization, stepped in to provide recreational and competitive sports opportunities for Englewood boys and girls after the Englewood Parks and Recreation Department ended its recreational sports programs. The recreation depart-
ment decision came as a result of budget reductions. There were some youth sports groups like wrestling and earlier this year, volunteers united to put most youth sports programs under Pirate Youth Sports. “Our organization plans to provide youth programs in baseball, basketball, volleyball, football, lacrosse, softball, wrestling and cheerleading,” Penn said. “The Englewood Soccer Association has long had programs for players of all ages and those programs will remain with that association.” Gradually, PYS will take the place of Englewood Youth Sports Association. Plans for Englewood youth recreational and Gold Crown competitive basketball programs could be canceled if more boys and girls do not sign up for the teams. The Englewood Youth Sports Association grew out of the 1995 effort to retain a youth tackle football program when the Englewood Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment abolished its decade-old recreational sport for the switch to a flag football program. A group of residents stepped forward and established the Englewood Youth Football Association, organized teams and entered the Jefferson County Youth Football Program for the first time. A couple of years later, the all-volunteer organization changed its name to the Englewood Youth Sports Association and expanded to offer programs in other sports. Currently, the EYSA teams compete in boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball and football. Pirate Youth Sports is an expansion of the EYSA program so there will continue to be opportunities for young athletes to take part in age-group recreational sports or, if there is desire, join teams playing at the competitive level.
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Pirates roughed up in loss Lutheran rolls to 54-13 win over shorthanded Englewood team By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com It turned out to be a tough day for Englewood on Oct. 11 when the Pirates faced unbeaten Lutheran on the road, with the Lions getting the best of them, 54-13 in Colorado 7 football action. “We knew we faced a tough challenge coming down here today,” said Englewood coach Jay Graves. “Lutheran is an excellent football team. Our kids played hard but they just had too many weapons. We are a pretty fair team when all our starters are healthy. Right now, we have starters sidelined by injuries and while the young kids we put in did their best, it wasn’t enough to stop a very good passing attack.” Englewood came into the week with a 2-5 overall record and a 1-3 mark in league. The Pirates are at home for their next league game Oct. 17 against Fort Morgan. Englewood then plays their final home game of the year Oct. 24 against Skyview and will close out the schedule on the road Oct. 31 against Weld Central. Things didn’t start well against Lutheran as the Lions returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Minutes later, Lutheran threw a long pass for another score and a 14-0 lead, less than four minutes in the game. The Pirates faced a third-and goal-togo situation from the eight-yard line on the first play of the second quarter. Quarterback Sean Bowering faked a handoff to one of his running backs, and then tossed a pass to Nick Bersagel for a touchdown. Bowering kicked the extra point to narrow Lutheran’s lead to 14-7. That was as close as the Pirates were able to get. Lutheran completed passes for four unanswered touchdowns to stretch their lead to 41-7. The Lions’ coaches pulled most of the starters at that time, but Lutheran still
Englewood’s Kevin Mahler runs the football during an Oct. 11 league football game against Lutheran. Mahler gained 91 yards rushing in the game, but the Lions were in control the whole way, winning the game, 54-13. Photo by Tom Munds managed to score two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Things didn’t get any better when Bowering went down with a knee injury early in the fourth quarter. Cecil Ondack came in at quarterback and helped lead the Pirates down the field for Bersagel’s second touchdown of the day — and the final score for either team on the afternoon — an eight-yard run. “I thought we did pretty well up front but it was tough in the trenches which made it hard on our linemen who play both offense and defense,” Graves said. “I am very proud of the fact our kids never stopped playing hard. I also am proud of Cecil who came in as quarterback when
Sean was hurt. He did a good job for us and helped us score that last touchdown.” With the injuries to other starters, the Pirates called on Kevin Maher to carry the football. Mahler finished with 14 carries for 91 yards. “I always try to do everything I can to help our team,” Mahler said. “I also love to run the football and I liked it today when I got to carry the ball a lot. I am short so the defenders have a hard time seeing me over the linemen. When they start trying to tackle me, I just like to lower my shoulder and drive as hard as I can to gain a few more yards.” He said he works every day to get stronger and tries to get to the gym and the
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weight room as often as possible. “I am a junior and I want to work on getting faster so I can do a better job running the football for the Pirates next season,” he said. Ondack, a fellow junior, said he was a little nervous when he was called on to take over at quarterback for the Pirates. “I trusted my coaches and just did what I was taught,” he said. “I knew my offensive linemen would do their job so I settled down and did my job.” He said playing quarterback against a good team like Lutheran was great experience and gave him confidence to continue working with the goal of being the Pirates quarterback next season.
SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF OCT 13 2014
ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) A changing situation calls for a change in plans. Although you might prefer the schedule you had already worked up, you could do better by agreeing to make the needed adjustments. TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) That once seemingly rock-solid proposition you favored might be hiding some serious flaws. Take time to check it more carefully and question anything that seems out of kilter. GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Finish up those lingering tasks so that you can then arrange to spend some time in quiet reflection. This will go a long way in restoring both your physical and spiritual energies.
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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) A family situation could heat up and boil over unless you deal with it as soon as possible. Try to persuade other family members to work with you to help cool things down. LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Cheer up, Kitty Cat! That low feeling will begin to ebb by midweek, and you should be back in the social swirl in time for the weekend. A long-postponed deal could be starting up again. VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Going too fast and too far on too little knowledge could be risky. Best to slow down and check for any gaps in your information. It’s what you don’t know that could hurt you. LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Trying to make peace among quarreling family members, friends or colleagues can be tough. Expect some resistance, maybe even some expressions of resentment. But stay with it. SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Changing your mind doesn’t have to be a problem once you realize that you might have good and sufficient cause to do so. Make your explanations clear and complete. Good luck. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) An unkept promise can be irksome and easily raise the Archer’s ire. But instead of getting into a confrontation, take time to check why someone you relied on came up short. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) A new workplace distraction creates an unnecessary delay. The sooner you deal with it, the better for all concerned. A personal matter also should be attended to as soon as possible. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Once again, the Aquarian’s gift for applying both practical and creative methods to resolve a situation makes all the difference. Personal relationships thrive during the weekend. PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) A relationship appears to be losing its once-strong appeal for reasons that might be different from what you think. An open and honest talk could lead to some surprising revelations. BORN THIS WEEK: Your life is bound by your belief that character counts more than anything else. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Lindsey Weber, of Englewood, was named to the dean’s list at Carleton College. Weber is the daughter of Matthew Weber and Ann Weber, and attended Cherry Creek High School. Douglas Brady, of Englewood, graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration the College of Business & Public Administration at Drake University. Tana Pinkard, of Golden, was named to the spring dean’s list at Lake Forest College. Pinkard is a graduate of Kent Denver School in Englewood. Katherine Bauman, of Englewood, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Benedictine College. Bauman is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bauman, of Englewood. Salem Hamad Alyami, of Englewood, graduated with a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from Fort Hays State University. Anders Soderberg, of Englewood, was awarded a scholarship at Denison University. Soderberg, a member of the class of 2018, received a Denison Alumni Award, which is granted to students based on academic achievement, leadership and personal merit. Reegan Miller, of Englewood, was awarded a Forester Academic Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship to attend Lake Forest College. Miller is also an honors fellow and a graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Englewood. Carly Christine Hamilton, of Englewood, graduated with distinction with a bachelor’s degree in science, community and nonprofit leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Erika DeBoer and Andrew Taylor, of Englewood, were named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at the University of Northern Colorado. Tayler W. Davis, of Englewood, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in tourism and hospitality management from Fort Hays State University. Riley Edward Mulhern, of Englewood, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in physics, with a geophysics concentration, at Wheaton College.
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diligence period, Aurora made payments of approximately $169,000 to Holbrook under Applicant undertook the following work in furtherance of these conditional water rights, this agreement. 4.3.2.11. Gravel Pit Storage: Aurora is pursuing gravel pit storage including the following: 4.1 Aurora’s Diligence Activities Specific to the Subject options on the Arkansas River downstream from Pueblo Reservoir to allow storage of its Conditional Water Rights. 4.1.1. Aurora has actively maintained the pumps and WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 2014 WATER water rights for eventual exchange to Pueblo Reservoir. These stored rights will facilitate upgraded meters at Expo Park, Utah Park, Hutchinson Greenway, and Centre Hills Golf RESUME PUBLICATION Aurora’s Arkansas River Basin operation. During this diligence period, Aurora spent over Course. New meters were installed at these four sites in 2011 at a cost of $50,352.55. $143,000 toward this effort. 4.3.3. Colorado River Basin. 4.3.3.1. During this diligence 4.1.2. Aurora has actively maintained the ponds and surrounding structures at Expo TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED period, Aurora and the City of Colorado Springs negotiated with Objectors in Case No. Park, Utah Park, Jewell Wetlands, City Center Park, Hutchinson Greenway, and Centre IN WATER APPLICATIONS 95CW272(A), Water Division 5, and entered into Stipulations with many of the Objectors Hills Golf Course. Routine daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance occurs at all IN WATER DIV. 1 in that case, which adjudicated changes of water rights and augmentation plans and locations. 4.1.3. Pumping and evaporative depletions from the subject structures has exchanges involving the Homestake water rights. A decree was granted in this matter on been calculated and recorded, and such monthly accounting has been maintained and Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water March 16, 2011. 4.3.3.2. Homestake Project: Work was done on the Homestake submitted to the Division 1 State Engineer’s office. 4.1.4 The subject ponds and right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during Diversion Channel to reduce erosion, including riprap and installation of a new roadway diversions structures are fully constructed, therefore little physical construction activity is the month of SEPTEMBER 2014 for each County affected. culvert. Once water is transported over the continental divide through the Otero Pump required to perfect the subject conditional water rights. However, Aurora constantly Station and Homestake Pipeline, it is then transported by the Homestake Diversion monitors streamflow conditions and administrative conditions (i.e. river calls) to identify 14CW3116, The City of Aurora, Colorado, a municipal corporation of the Counties of Channel to Spinney Mountain Reservoir in the South Platte Basin. During this diligence opportunities during which Aurora can divert and place to beneficial use additional Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise (“Aurora period, Aurora spent over $22,400,000 toward this effort. 4.3.3.3. During this diligence Water”), 15151 East Alameda Parkway, Suite 3600, Aurora, Colorado 80012. Telephone: amounts of water pursuant to the subject conditional water rights. 4.2. Aurora’s Legal period, Aurora prosecuted Case No. 2009CW17, Water Division 5. On October 10, 2010, Protection and Development Efforts Pertaining to the Subject Conditional Water Rights. 303-739-7370. c/o John M. Dingess, Esq., and Peter C. Johnson, Esq., Duncan, the Division 5 Water Court entered a decree confirming diligence and continuing in effect 4.2.1. Aurora has actively protected the subject conditional water rights from potential Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., 3600 South Yosemite Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado the conditional water rights originally decreed in Case No. 98CW270, which comprise injury by performing monthly reviews of the Water Division 1 Water Court Resume to 80237. Telephone 303.779.0200.APPLICATION TO MAKE CONDITIONAL WATER part of the Homestake Project. 4.3.3.4. On June 21, 2004, the City of Aurora entered into determine whether the filing of Statements of Opposition was necessary to protect its RIGHTS ABSOLUTE, FOR A FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE AND TO an additional Water Exchange Agreement with the Eagle Park Reservoir Company, the CONTINUE CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS, IN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. water rights in Water Division 1, including the subject conditional water rights. Aurora Colorado River Water Conservation District, the Eagle River Water and Sanitation has filed statements of opposition in several cases to protect its water rights during this 2. Description of conditional water rights: In Case No. 06CW257, Water Division 1, the District, the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, and Vail Associates, Inc. to diligence period. Additionally, Aurora’s counsel has continued to participate in pending Court approved an augmentation plan enabling Aurora to replace out-of-priority deplesupplement a 1998 Water Exchange Agreement. This agreement affects operations of legal actions to protect these conditional water rights during this diligence period. During tions caused by a) irrigation of municipal parks, golf courses, and greenbelts throughout the Homestake water rights and deliveries of reusable water to Aurora for use as a the subject diligence period, Aurora expended approximately $36,000 on legal expenses the City, and b) evaporation from certain ponds. As part of Case No. 06CW257, Aurora replacement source for the subject conditional water rights. On January 5, 2010, the City and $338,000 on engineering expenses for the aforementioned development and was awarded conditional water rights for these structures. Aurora now seeks a finding of Aurora entered into a Consolidated Water Exchange Agreement to supplement and perfection of the subject conditional water rights. 4.3. Aurora’s System-Wide Diligence of reasonable diligence regarding those structures, and seeks to perfect certain portions merge and consolidate the 1998 and 2004 Agreements. 4.3.3.5. During this diligence Activities. During this diligence period, Aurora performed work on other parts of its of the conditional water rights, as further described below. 2.1. Previous Decree: The period, Aurora has negotiated and recently executed a Recovery Action Plan integrated water supply system that is either necessary for the successful operation of original decree was entered in Case No. 06CW257, Water Division No. 1 on September Participation Agreement with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and a the subject water rights or in furtherance of those rights, including the following: 4.3.1. 25, 2008 (the “06CW257 Decree”). 2.1.1. Note: In addition to approving the subject Ruedi Insurance Water Cost Participation Agreement with the City and County of South Platte River Basin 4.3.1.1. Prairie Waters Project: During this diligence period, conditional water rights, the 06CW257 Decree also approved a plan for augmentation. Denver. The purpose of these agreements is to mitigate the impacts of transmountain Aurora has expended over $371,000,000 on the construction of several elements of its The plan for augmentation approved in the 06CW257 Decree is not within the jurisdicdiversions to Colorado’s front range in order to support the Recovery Implementation Prairie Waters Project. 4.3.1.2. Construction of Northern Treatment Plant: Aurora is a tion of this Court in this diligence proceeding. 2.2. Source: Surface and ground water Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin. 4.3.4. member of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (“Metro”). Metro is currently tributary to Westerly Creek, West Tollgate Creek, East Tollgate Creek, and Piney Creek. Protection Efforts: During this diligence period, Aurora made expenditures for legal constructing its Northern Treatment Plant, which is projected to be operational by 2016. Westerly Creek, West Tollgate Creek, and East Tollgate Creek are tributaries of Sand services for participation in Water Divisions 1, 2 and 5 cases to protect the rights and 4.3.1.3. Sand Creek Water Reuse Plant: Aurora operates this 5-million-gallon per day Creek. Piney Creek is a tributary of Cherry Creek. Sand Creek and Cherry Creek are interests of Aurora with regard to its water supply system, including the subject facility to provide treated water for irrigation throughout the city. During this diligence tributaries of the South Platte River. 2.3. Date of Appropriation: December 14, 2006. conditional water rights. period, Aurora expended over $2,800,000 on improvements and expansion of this 2.4. Uses: Municipal, irrigation, recreation, fish and wildlife propagation, and replacefacility. 4.3.1.4. Reuse of Lawn Irrigation Return Flows: During this diligence period, ment and augmentation of such uses. 2.5. Place of Use: The parks, golf courses, and Aurora prosecuted Case No. 02CW341, Water Division 1, under which return flows from greenbelts identified in the 06CW257 Decree, including Expo Park, Utah Park, Jewell Wetlands, City Center Park, Hutchinson Greenway, Centre Hills Golf Course, and Saddle lawn irrigation use are quantified to facilitate future reuse of this water, including 5. Claims to make absolute: diversion of such water pursuant to the subject conditional water rights as well as Rock Golf Course. A general location map of these structures and locations is attached Date(s) of Diversion replacement of out-of-priority depletions from the same. A decree was entered in that hereto as Exhibit A. Structure and Application to Amount Place of Use case in December of 2008. Aurora also performed studies of LIRFs throughout Aurora Beneficial Use that included various analyses conducted to determine the amount, timing, and location of additional LIRFs within several drainage basins within Aurora’s service area. 4.3.1.5. Expo Park Pond 2.6. Names, Sources, and Amounts: July 1, 2009 Water System Master Plan: Aurora updates its Master Plan every five years to identify No. 1 & Expo Park TABLE 1 water storage, transmission, and pumping system improvements needed to meet future August 27, 2014 1,548 gpm Pump Station growth. Aurora expended over $125,000 during the subject diligence period on this effort. Structure Source Conditional Amount Expo Park Pond 4.3.1.6. South Platte Exchange: On September 22, 2013, Aurora obtained a decree in Expo Park Pond No. 1 & Westerly Creek July 1, 2009 8 gpm Expo Park Case No. 08CW253, Water Division 1, granting a finding of reasonable diligence and No. 2 Pump Station 1,815 gpm making absolute portions of conditional exchange rights. These water rights allow Aurora Expo Park Pond Expo Park Pond No. 2 Westerly Creek 10 gpm July 1, 2009 3 gpm Expo Park to exchange certain reusable water from the confluence of Tarryall Creek and the South No. 3 Expo Park Pond No. 3 Westerly Creek 5 gpm Platte River to Spinney Mountain Reservoir, where it can be released as a replacement source for the subject conditional water rights. 4.3.1.7. Griswold Water Treatment Plant Utah Park Pond & July 1, 2009 Utah Park Pond & Westerly Creek Utah Park Renovations: This facility treats a portion of the raw water before it is delivered to Pump Station June 17, 2014 1,020 gpm Pump Station 1,150 gpm Aurora’s customers. Over $1,200,000 was spent by Aurora during this diligence period Jewell Wetlands Pond Westerly Creek 5 gpm Jewell Wetlands for improvements to this facility. 4.3.1.8. Wemlinger Water Treatment Plant Expansion: February 1-10, 2010 2.6 gpm Jewell Wetlands City Center Park Pond Tollgate Creek 10 gpm Pond During this diligence period, Aurora spent over $2,000,000 on expansion of the Wemlinger Water Treatment Plant. 4.3.1.9. Automated Meter Reading System: Aurora City Center Park City Center Hutchinson Greenway Pond & Tollgate Creek April 18-24, 2009 4 gpm spent over $4,300,000 during this diligence period for conversion of its manual utility Pond Park Pump Station 1,220 gpm reading system to a fully automated system. 4.3.1.10. Study of Aurora’s Water Needs: Hutchinson Centre Hills GC Pond No. 1 & Tollgate Creek During this diligence period, Aurora spent more than $1,560,000 toward engineering and July 1, 2009 Hutchinson Pump Station 515 gpm Greenway Pond & planning studies to assist in determining the City’s future water needs and a plan to meet August 27, 2014 657 gpm Greenway those needs. 4.3.2. Arkansas River Basin 4.3.2.1. Case No. 2006CW101: During this diliPump Station Centre Hills GC Pond No. 2 Tollgate Creek 10 gpm gence period, Aurora obtained a decree in Case No. 2006CW101, Water Division 2, Centre Hills GC Pond No. 3 Tollgate Creek 5 gpm Centre Hills GC thereby making absolute certain conditional exchanges of water in the Arkansas River July 1, 2009 Centre Hills Centre Hills GC Pond No. 4 Tollgate Creek 5 gpm Pond No. 1 & Basin upstream to the Otero Pipeline for conveyance to Aurora’s storages and diversion June 1-3, 2010 167 gpm Golf Course Pump Station Saddle Rock GC Well Permit Piney Creek facilities within the South Platte River Basin. The decree in this case was granted on June 8, 2009. 4.3.2.2. Case No. 2001CW145 Water Division 2: Aurora completed No. 61038-F 150 gpm Centre Hills GC Centre Hills July 1, 2009 3.3 gpm negotiations with opposers and adjudication of several appropriative rights of exchange Pond No. 2 Golf Course in the Arkansas River Basin, which will increase Aurora’s ability to exchange water from 2.7. Location of Structures: 2.7.1. Westerly Creek: 2.7.1.1. Expo Park Pond #1 and Pump Station: Centre Hills GC Centre Hills the Arkansas River Basin upstream to the Otero Pipeline for conveyance to Aurora’s 2.7. Location of Structures: 2.7.1. Westerly Creek: 2.7.1.1. Expo Park Pond #1 and July 1, 2009 1.8 gpm Irrigation Pond with pumpPond located Westerly Creek in the NE1/4 Section storages 14, and diversion facilities within the South Platte River Basin. The decree in this Pump Station: Irrigation withonpump located on Westerly Creekofinthe theNW1/4 NE1/4 of of the Pond No. 3 Golf Course P.M., Arapahoe at aP.M., pointArapahoe 250 feet from the North Township South, Range 67 West 4ofSouth, the 6th Range case was granted on October 30, 2012. 4.3.2.3. Payment for purchase and lease of NW1/4 of 4Section 14, Township 67 WestCounty, of the 6th Centre Hills GC Centre Hills County, at aand point 250feet feetfrom fromthe theWest North Section line and 1,590 Section line 1,590 Section line. 2.7.1.2. Expo feet Parkfrom Pondthe #2:West Pond locatedRocky on Ford Ditch shares: During this diligence period, Aurora spent over $4,700,000 for July 1, 2009 2 gpm of bonds, including principal and interest, that were issued or refunded for the Section 2.7.1.2. Expo Park #2:ofPond located on Westerly Creek in the Pond No. 4 Golf Course Westerlyline. Creek in the SE1/4 of thePond NW1/4 Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 67 SE1/4 West of therepayment 6th of the NW1/4 of Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Arapahoe purchase of original Rocky Ford Ditch shares changed in Case No. 83CW18, Water P.M., Arapahoe County, a point feet from the North Section linefeet andfrom 1,520the feetWest from the West Division 2. 4.3.2.4 Payments to Rocky Ford School District R-2: Aurora and the Rocky County, at a point 1,615atfeet from1,615 the North Section line and 1,520 Section line. Expo Park Pond #3: #3: PondPond located on Westerly Creek in the SE1/4 the NW1/4Ford of School District R-2 entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement on February 7, 5.1.1. Type of use for all absolute claims: Municipal, irrigation, recreation, fish and Section line.2.7.1.3. 2.7.1.3. Expo Park Pond located on Westerly Creek in theofSE1/4 th P.M., Arapahoe County, at a point 2,125 feet under which Aurora agreed to make annual payments to the School District5.1.1. Typewildlife Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 67 West of the 6 and claims: replacement and augmentation of such uses. of the NW1/4 of Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Arapahoe 2005 of use propagation, for all absolute Municipal, irrigation, recreation, fish5.1.2. and Evidence wildlife propagation, that diversions were madeof in such priority: Applicant’s accounting data, field observations, concerning the Rocky Ford Ditch shares that are a replacement source for the subject County, a point 2,125 and line. 1,7002.7.1.4. feet from West from the at North Section linefeet andfrom 1,700the feetNorth from Section the Westline Section Utahthe Park Pond & Pump and replacement and augmentation uses. 5.1.2. Evidence that diversions were made in priority: and measurements prove that the above-described diversions were made in priority water rights. During this diligence period, Aurora made a total of $300,000 in Section 2.7.1.4. & Pump Station: Irrigation pond of with Station: line. Irrigation pondUtah with Park pumpPond located on Westerly Creek in the SW1/4 thepump SW1/4located of Sectionconditional 24, Applicant’sinaccounting data, field observations, and measurements prove that the above-described the amounts claimed for the beneficial uses listed herein. 6. Name and address of annual payments. 4.3.2.5. Revegetation: During this diligence period, 100% completion on Westerly Creek in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 24, Township 4 South, Range at athe point 900 Section feet from the South Township South, West of County, the 6th P.M., were in priority fornew the diversion beneficialoruses listed herein. 6. Name ownermade or reputed ownersinofthe theamounts land uponclaimed which any storage structure, of the revegetation of formerly irrigated lands required under the decree in Casediversions No. 67 West of4 the 6thRange P.M., 67 Arapahoe at a Arapahoe point 900County, feet from South Section 715 feetthe from the West Section 2.7.1.5. Jewell WetlandsPond: Pond:Pond Pond located in83CW18, the and address of owner or reputed owners of or thestorage land upon which anybenew diversion or storage or modification to any existing diversion structure is or will constructed Water Division 2, and subsequent orders was achieved. Aurora also completed line andline 715and feet from West Section line. line. 2.7.1.5. Jewell Wetlands th Arapahoe SW1/4 ofinthe of Section 24, Township 4 South, Range 67 4West of the 6 P.M., or upon which water is or existing will be stored, including any modification to is theorexisting a majority of the revegation effort pertaining to Case No. 99CW169(A), Water Division 2. or located theSE1/4 SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 24, Township South, Range 67 West of County, structure, modification to any diversion or storage structure will bestorconstructed or pool:isNone. All be of the subject structures aremodification existing structures by Aurora. This allows for the transfer and eventual use by Aurora of Rocky Ford Ditch water. Weed the County, a point from South Section lineline. and 2.7.2. 2,420Tollgate at a 6th pointP.M., 340 Arapahoe feet from the South at Section line340 andfeet 2,420 feetthe from the East Section upon whichage water or will stored, including any to theowned existing storage pool: None. WHEREFORE, the Applicants respectfully request that this Court enter a decree: (1) control of the revegetated lands is continuing. During this diligence period, Aurora has feet from the East Section line. 2.7.2. Tollgate Creek: 2.7.2.1. City Center Park Pond: Creek: 2.7.2.1. City Center Park Pond: Pond located in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 4 subjectthat structures are existing structures owned by Aurora.in WHEREFORE, the Applicants the Applicants have exercised reasonable diligence the development of Pond located in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 4 South, Range 66 West made expenditures for expert revegetation classifications and reports, actual All of the finding South, Range 66 Arapahoe West of theCounty, 6th P.M.,atArapahoe County, at a point 760 feet from the South line respectfullythe request that this Court enterwater a decree: (1)confirming finding that the above-described Applicants have exercised above-referenced conditional rights; (2) that the and weed control costs, as well as farm equipment purchases, office of the 6th P.M., a point 760 feet from the South Section line and Section revegetation and 2,065 from EastSection Sectionline. line.2.7.2.2. 2.7.2.2. Hutchison Hutchison Greenway Pond & Pump Station: Irrigation reasonable diligence the development above-referenced conditional rights; (2) confirming conditionalinwater rights are partof of the an integrated water system and thatwater due diligence overhead and personnel costs. 4.3.2.6. Payments to Otero County: Aurora and Otero 2,065 feetfeet from thethe East Greenway Pond & Pump as to any one component constitutes due diligence of suchwater system; (3) and that due County entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement on February 22, 1994, andthat the above-described Station: Pondon with pump located on in West TollgateofCreek theofSW1/4 theTownship Pond withIrrigation pump located West Tollgate Creek the SW1/4 the SEin1/4 Sectionof28, 4 conditional water rights are part on of all anparts integrated system the above-described absolute water rights in the amounts described above; (4) that Agreement on October 29, 2001 under which Amendment Aurora diligence agreed asawarding SE 1/4Range of Section 28,ofTownship South, Range 6thfeet P.M., Arapahoe South, 66 West 6th P.M.,4Arapahoe County,66at West a pointof275 from the SouthCounty, Section line amended and to any one component constitutes due diligence on all parts of such system; (3) awarding the continuing the remaining conditional water rights in full force as decreed; (5) confirming to make annual payments to Otero County concerning the Rocky Ford Ditch shares that at a point Southline. Section lineCentre and 1,920 the Pond East Section line. Station: 1,920 feet 275 fromfeet thefrom East the Section 2.7.2.3. Hills feet Golffrom Course #1 & Pump above-described absolute water rights inofthe amountsdiligence described above; (4)to continuing that this application for a finding reasonable pertains only the subject the remaining are a replacement source for the subject conditional water rights. During this diligence 2.7.2.3. Centre Hills Golf Course Pond #1 & Pump Station: Irrigation Pond with pump Irrigation Pond with pump located on East Tollgate Creek in the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 8, conditional water rights in full force as decreed; (5) confirming that this application for a finding of conditional water rights, and that the plan for augmentation approved in the 06CW257 period, Aurora made payments of over $200,000. 4.3.2.7. Pueblo Reservoir Storage: located on East Tollgate Creek in the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 8, Township 4 Township 4 South, Rangeof666th West of Arapahoe 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, a pointfeet 1,475 feetthefrom the South reasonable diligence pertains only unaffected to the subject conditional and water rights, and the plan for Decree remains otherwise by this proceeding; for such other andthat further During this diligence period, Aurora paid the Bureau of Reclamation over $3,119,000 for South, Range 66 West P.M., County, at a pointat1,475 from relief as this Court just and proper. use of Pueblo Reservoir in the storage and exchange of Arkansas River Basin water South and 2,630 from Section the West Section 2.7.2.4. Hills Pond Golf #2: Pond SectionSection line andline 2,630 feet fromfeet the West line. 2.7.2.4.line. Centre Hills Centre Golf Course augmentation approved in thedeems 06CW257 Decree remains otherwise unaffected by this proceeding; and for for transport and use by Aurora in the South Platte Basin. 4.3.2.8. Course Pond Pond Creek located Tollgate SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Rangeupstream located on East#2: Tollgate in on theEast SW1/4 of theCreek SE1/4 inofthe Section 8, Township 4 South, 66 such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper. THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORIntergovernmental Agreement with SECWCD: On October 3, 2003, Aurora entered into Section 8, Township 4 South, Range 66 West of 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, at a point West of 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, at a point 920 feet from the South Section line and 2,245 feet from ITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy 920 feet from the South Section line and 2,245 feet from the East Section line. 2.7.2.5. the East Hills Section 2.7.2.5. Centre Course Pond located onthe EastSW1/4 Tollgate in THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT District (“SECWCD”), replacing an agreement between the parties dated December 7, Centre Golfline. Course Pond #3:Hills PondGolf located onPond East#3: Tollgate Creek in of Creek the SW1/4 SE1/48,ofTownship Section 8,4Township 4 South, WestP.M., of 6th P.M., Arapahoe WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. 2001. Aurora’s use of Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities for certain water rights is discussed the SE1/4 of of the Section South, Range 66Range West 66 of 6th Arapahoe County,County, under this IGA. During this diligence period, Aurora made payments of approximately at aa point point650 650feet feetfrom fromthe theSouth South Section 1,310 feet from theSection East Section line. Centre Section lineline andand 1,310 feet from the East line. 2.7.2.6. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or $929,000 to SECWCD under this IGA. 4.3.2.9. Intergovernmental Agreement with 2.7.2.6. Pondon #4: Pond located on in East in the Hills GolfCentre CourseHills PondGolf #4: Course Pond located East Tollgate Creek the Tollgate SE1/4 ofCreek the SE1/4 of Section 8, an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO LAWVWCD: Pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Lower Arkansas SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 8, Township 4 South, Range 66 West of 6th P.M., 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application Valley Water Conservation District (“LAVWCD”), Aurora paid approximately $750,000 to Arapahoe County, at a point 360 feet from the South Section line and 645 feet from the should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. East Section line. 2.7.3. Piney Creek: 2.7.3.1. Saddle Rock Golf Course (Well Permit No. LAVWCD for the identification and implementation of infrastructure improvements, Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of NOVEMBER 2014 (forms 61038-F): A tributary well in Piney Creek located in the NE 1/4 of the NW1/4, Section 25, research, and investigations designed to assist in the permitting or implementation of available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an water leasing programs in the Lower Arkansas Valley, as well as remediation and Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, at a point 850 feet Original and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must from the North Section line and 2525 feet from the West Section line. 3. Integrated Water restoration efforts in the Fountain Creek Corridor. 4.3.2.10. Agreements for Use of the also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of Holbrook System Facilities: On March 1, 2005, Aurora entered into two agreements Supply System: The conditionally decreed water rights described above each constitute such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk. pertaining to the use of the diversion, conveyance and storage facilities of the Holbrook a feature of an integrated water system. “When a project or integrated system is Mutual Irrigating Company (“Holbrook”). Aurora and Holbrook extended this agreement comprised of several features, work on one feature of the project or system shall be Legal Notice No.:3284 on February 2, 2010. These agreements implement a program to recapture and store considered in finding that reasonable diligence has been shown in the development of First Publication: October 17, 2014 yield from foregone diversions of senior water rights. Aurora completed structural water rights for all features of the entire project or system.” C.R.S. § 37-92-301(4)(b). 4. Last Publication: October 17, 2014 modifications to the Holbrook system facilities and has filed a Substitute Water Supply Detailed outline of what has been done toward completion or for completion of the Publisher: Englewood Herald Plan necessary to implement the program. Further, Aurora initiated a study to examine appropriation and application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures, during the previous diligence period: During this diligence period, enlargement of the Holbrook Reservoir to further facilitate operations. During this
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