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Fighting fires, staffing obstacles Much of state relies on volunteer emergency crews
By Katie Kuntz and Burt Hubbard Rocky Mountain PBS I-News
Volunteer firefighters protect about half of Colorado’s residents, with solely volunteer departments being responsible for about 70 percent of the state’s land surface. And they are significantly understaffed. The Colorado State Fire Chiefs Association estimates that Colorado is short 3,500 volunteers in meeting National Fire Protection Agency standards. That would require an increase of more than 40 percent to the present force. “Generally, all fire departments that have volunteers need more volunteers,” said Garry Briese, executive director of the fire chiefs association. Like their career counterparts, volunteers are expected to respond at all hours of day and night, often over extended distances, Firefighters continues on Page 15
ABOVE: Firefighters listen to Lt. Mike Heckard after a simulated search and rescue in a burning building exercise during the station’s weekly training at the all-volunteer department in Peyton, Colo., on Aug. 27. Photo by Joe Mahoney/Rocky Mountain PBS I-News LEFT: Firefighters from the Kiowa, Rattlesnake and Elizabeth departments battle a structure fire north of Kiowa in October 2013. The majority of firefighting personnel in Elbert County are volunteers. Courtesy photo POSTAL ADDRESS
LOCAL VOLUNTEER-BASED DEPARTMENTS AGATE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Number of volunteers: 22 Career firefighters: None Population served: 400 Size of jurisdiction: 377 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 5.8 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 55
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Elbert County relies on volunteers Staff report Elbert County is primarily served by eight fire departments, and of those, all but one overwhelmingly relies on volunteers. Only the Elizabeth Fire Protection District can count even a third of its personnel as career firefighters. The Kiowa Fire District, which protects the county seat, has two paid employees: the chief and the deputy chief. The remaining personnel consists of 25 volunteers, who are tasked with putting out fires and responding to medical calls across 324 square miles, not including providing mutual aid to neighboring districts. Kiowa Chief Gerry Lamansky recognizes the challenges faced by his department and all volunteer-based departments. “With today’s economy, you’ve got people working 40 hours a week or 60 hours a week, working two jobs, then you ask them to put their time in as a volunteer firefighter,” he said. “We’re lucky. We’ve got a group of dedicated people.” Lamansky said the majority of his firefighters are in their early 20s and do not have families, which gives them the free-
dom to dedicate more time to battling blazes and whatever else they’re confronted with. By the same token, they’re less experienced. Training, however, is a must, he said, and within a year, they are expected to meet state-certification requirements. The expectations are high. “But these guys are all doing it for free,” Lamansky said. The chief — who has more than 30 years of fire service under his belt, including at a fully paid district — said his department is lucky enough to be able to schedule firefighters in shifts, generally 12 hours at a time on their days off from their day jobs. In many volunteer-based departments, he said, firefighters carry around pagers, poised to react at a moment’s notice. Regardless of location or department size, being a volunteer firefighter at a rural district is not all about taming wildland or structure fires. Lamansky said about 75 percent of his department’s calls are medical. In short, volunteer firefighters in Kiowa and elsewhere have to be up for anything. “Sort of a jack of all trades, master of none,” Lamansky said.
BIG SANDY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (SIMLA)
Number of volunteers: 24 Career firefighters: 1 Population served: 2,700 Size of jurisdiction: 550 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 4.5 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 9.3
ELBERT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Number of volunteers: 21 Career firefighters: None Population served: 2,000 Size of jurisdiction: 180 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 11.7 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 10.5
ELIZABETH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Number of volunteers: 30 Career firefighters: 17 Population served: 13,000 Size of jurisdiction: 111 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 42.3 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 3.6
FRANKTOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Number of volunteers: 50 Career firefighters: 18 Population served: 10,000 Size of jurisdiction: 155 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 43.9 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 6.8
KIOWA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Number of volunteers: 25 Career firefighters: 2 Population served: 2,500 Size of jurisdiction: 324 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 8.3 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 10.8
NORTH CENTRAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Number of volunteers: 13 Career firefighters: 0 Population served: 2,100 Size of jurisdiction: 75 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 17.3 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 6.2
RATTLESNAKE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Number of volunteers: 50 Career firefighters: 8 Population served: 3,500 Size of jurisdiction: 66 sq. miles Firefighters per 100 sq. miles: 87.9 Firefighters per 1,000 residents: 16.6
SOURCE: I-NEWS research
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For dad and daughter, a game that two can coach Caley Mitchell stands next to third base, a white baseball cap shading her eyes, a single braid running down her back. Intensity radiates from her small frame as she leans her hands on her knees and looks toward the batter at home plate. “OK, line drive, two-three, you can do it,” she says. “Big zone, fight it off. Good job.” She claps several times. “You can do it. Right here.” The batter strikes out. New inning. “All right, let’s go, hustle,” Caley tells her players as they run onto the field. “Hey, a lot of eyes … you never know, you never know.” In another ballpark, on another day, Toby Tabola, sunglasses perched atop the baseball cap on his head, paces next to third base, stops to send his batter her signals, then leans his hands on his knees. “Get it started, six. C’mon, you can do it,” he says, his voice quiet, confident. “Don’t give up here. You got it. Good job.” He claps and nods encouragement. “C’mon, six, go get it.” The ball pops up. New inning. Toby steps into the dugout, but his words follow the players as they take the field. “A lot of eyes, ladies. Let’s go!” If you listen and watch closely, the similarities between the two softball coaches are apparent. What they say. Mannerisms. How they play the game. Not surprising when you learn they are father and daughter. But what defines them is what you can’t see — the story behind the game, one that tells of family and love, legacies instilled, life lessons well learned. “Being part of something bigger than yourself, such as a team, teaches people to be humble and to put the greater good before yourself,” Caley says. “Being involved in a team sport is one of the best things that ever happened to me. My dad taught me this from a very young age, and I try to instill that in my players — that belonging to a team, and experiencing the joys and challenges that come with it, is truly a blessing.” The story begins when Caley, now 29, was just 4. Her grandparents sponsored a longtime men’s fast-pitch team, Stenseth Agency. Toby, now 56, played on his own fast-pitch team. Caley always tagged along. “She grew up around the ballparks watching tournaments and watching me play,” Toby says. “She was kind of born into the culture.” Toby, a high school psychology and sociology teacher who retired in 2012 after 32 years, coached football in his early days. Friday night games meant Caley riding with the coaches, eating sunflower seeds, grabbing Cokes at the gas station. “I have vivid memories of sitting and coloring and listening to the coaches strategizing,” Caley says. “I was always part of a team situation. That’s why I love this.”
Around 6 years old, Caley picked up a bat for T-ball. Softball started the next year. She joined a competitive summer team at 11, and Toby began coaching her then. “We had a very good father-daughter, coach-player relationship,” Toby says. Caley paid attention to fundamentals. She listened. She learned. She didn’t get angry when her dad corrected her. “She was a joy to coach.” Caley laughs. She points out at her wedding, in his toast at the reception, Toby noted how “she was a very coachable kid.” In high school, Caley played second base and was good enough to earn allleague honors. A shoulder injury the summer before her senior year changed plans to play in college. Instead, she focused on becoming a social studies teacher. But during the 2006-07 school year, while she was student teaching, she also found her way back to softball as an assistant coach — for her dad, in his first year as head coach at Ponderosa High School in Parker. The next year, Castle View High School in Castle Rock hired Caley to teach. And after three years as assistant softball coach there, she became head coach. The two schools are league rivals. Caley: “The first time we played each other, my dad hugged me at the plate and … gave me a white rose.” Then they exchanged lineups. Toby: “It was a special moment. This is pretty cool to go up to home plate to compete against your daughter. I really didn’t care about winning or losing — it was a cool moment.” The two admittedly mirror each other in many ways. Caley: “I find myself saying things all the time that I think, `I must say that ‘cause you say that.’ ” Toby: “Our philosophies are way similar.” Caley: “Yeah, because I got it from you.” Toby: “A lot of thought went into that philosophy.” Caley: “It’s a great philosophy.” The philosophy is small ball or as Toby calls it, “smart ball.” Or as Caley explains, bunting. Toby: “She knows everything I’m going to do, pretty much. She knows when I’m going to bunt.” Caley: “‘Cause it’s always when I would bunt.” They both believe in the life lessons taught by the game.
Toby: “It builds character. You’re forced to face challenges; you don’t get everything you want when you want it. … You can’t be successful if you’re selfish. It forces you to be bigger than yourselves.” Caley isn’t surprised she’s walking in her dad’s footsteps. “I knew I wanted to be a teacher and a coach from a very young age,” Caley says. “I’ve had a really good role model. Even if other parts of his life were stressful, my dad would always say, `I like my job.’ He was always happy in what he was doing. … He showed that he could have such a large sphere of influence and that choosing a career based on what you love is way more important than money or status.” Toby, for his part, couldn’t be prouder of Caley. Facing her on the softball field — where their bond has been nur-
tured — is an unexpected bonus. “It’s been a blessing,” he says, “a total blessing.” Caley and Toby haven’t played each other yet this year. The matchup should be good — the teams boast two of the state’s best pitchers. Someday, Caley would like Toby to coach with her. They look at each other: Wouldn’t that be fun? And wouldn’t that just be a fitting end to the story behind this game. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at ahealey@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303566-4110.
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Governor’s task force will tackle fracking Beauprez says panel seeking solutions will hurt drilling By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Gov. John Hickenlooper on Sept. 9 announced the formation of a task force that will be charged with finding legislative solutions to issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing. The 19-person commission is made up a broad cross-section of members representing various interests, all of whom will try to craft recommendations for lawmakers on issues that have yet yield compromises. Hickenlooper told reporters during a Capitol press conference that he understands the weight of issues surrounding oil and gas drilling and the importance of the members coming together to find solutions. “I think this is one of the most important issues I’ve ever worked on in my 12 years of
public service,” the Democratic governor said. A primary area of focus for the commission will be to find solutions regarding how much control local communities have over fracking — the process by which water, sand and chemicals are blasted deep underground to free up trapped oil and gas. The lack of legislative solutions has resulted in several Colorado communities taking matters into their own hands regarding local control issues. A handful of cities have at one point voted to restrict or ban fracking, which has led to court battles that continue to play out. The task force was born from a compromise that Hickenlooper struck with Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis in August that kept Polis-backed anti-fracking measures from appearing on the November ballot. Hickenlooper said those concerned about the economic impact of the ballot measures “breathed a communal sigh of relief” when the compromise was reached. The initiatives would have essentially crippled an industry
that pumps millions of dollars into the state’s economy. “Now it’s just a matter of rolling up our sleeves,” Hickenlooper said. The governor said that his office received hundreds of applicants to join the task force and that he feels good about the commission’s makeup. “We wanted to have many different selfinterests represented here,” he said. The task force will consist of members representing the industries of oil and gas, agriculture and home builders. Conservation groups will also be represented, as well as local governments. The commission will be chaired by La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt and XTO Energy president Randy Cleveland. The task force’s creation was greeted with optimism by groups representing various interests. Colorado Oil and Gas Commission President Tisha Schuller said she “hopes the task force provides information and insight into what is already a robust regulatory system
with a strong role for local governments.” Pete Maysmith of Conservation Colorado said Coloradans are “eager for solutions” on issues surrounding oil and gas drilling. “Colorado is a fantastic place to live and raise a family,” Maysmith said in an emailed statement. “We cannot let this oil boom derail the Colorado dream and unique quality of life.” Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Beauprez does not share those sentiments. Beauprez has coined the task force the “Polis Commission,” a body that will produce recommendations that will bury the oil and gas industry with more regulations, he said. “The creation of this panel will, unfortunately, accomplish little beyond enabling an extremist element that wants to stop oil and gas production in Colorado,” Beauprez said. The governor’s office expects the commission to meet “immediately,” with the expectation that it will provide recommendations to the Legislature by March.
State treasurer’s race features big names Former congresswoman aims to take Stapleton’s job By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Two candidates with good name recognition are seeking a job as part of a down-ticket ballot race that isn’t getting the same kind of attention as other statewide contests. “It doesn’t get talked about compared to the congressional races, but the state treasurer is an important job,” said former Congresswoman Betsy Markey, the Democratic candidate. To succeed, Markey will Markey have to take down current Treasurer Walker Stapleton. Stapleton is the great-grandson of former Denver Mayor Craig Roberts Stapleton and is related to the Bush dynasty that has produced two U.S. presidents.
But Stapleton said what he’s accomplished as treasurer has little to do with his family ties. “I think I’ve proven that I have a track record of keeping my head down and working for Colorado,” he said. “My message has resonated with the people of Colorado and I’m glad that it has.” The state treasurer oversees billions of dollars in state investments and also sits on the board of the Public Employee Retirement Association, among other duties. Stapleton has held the seat since 2010, after he defeated incumbent Democrat Cary Kennedy in a tight race. Stapleton believes voters will reward the accomplishments of his first term. He backed policies that consolidated debt and refinanced Stapleton the state’s unemployment insurance system. Stapleton also touts treasurer’s officebacked legislation that carried with it overwhelming bipartisan support at the Legislature.
“My perspective when I ran for office was when you get an opportunity to deal with economic policy issues, you have an opportunity to cross political alliances,” he said. Markey served in Congress from 2009-11, representing the state’s 4th Congressional District before losing her re-election bid to current Rep. Cory Gardner. Following her loss to Gardner, Markey worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Markey has experience in finance, having worked as a budget analyst for the Department of Treasury. “You’re working with the state legislature to promote economic development in the state, manage investments wisely and pay bills on time,” Markey said of the role of the state treasurer. “It’s an opportunity to work with legislators and the private sector to make sure were getting the best from our investments.”
PERA divides rivals Markey and Stapleton have much different views on one key area — the handling of
the state’s PERA fund. Stapleton has made PERA reform his chief cause since taking office four years ago and he has been critical of PERA for maintaining about $26 billion in unfunded liabilities. “That’s a figure that’s a staggering amount of money,” he said. “That’s larger than Colorado’s entire budget in any given year.” Stapleton tried to see how much money the state pays out to its top 20 percent of benefit recipients by filing a lawsuit seeking that information — an effort that was supported by Gov. John Hickenlooper. However, the Colorado Supreme Court declined to hear the lawsuit, on the heels of a 2013 Court of Appeals decision that ruled that Stapleton could not have unfettered access to records. Markey said the failed lawsuit is an example of Stapleton being too focused on a single issue. “I haven’t seen him focus on anything other than PERA, quite frankly,” Markey said. “I don’t think you should use the state’s retirement plan as a political football. If you think Treasurer continues on Page 5
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After its first full year of operations, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital has succeeded in providing acute care and new jobs for the community. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
First year success for Adventist hospital Castle Rock Adeventist has hired 685 physicians since opening By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com A year on from its official opening and Castle Rock Adventist hospital has exceeded expectations. The hospital, at 2350 Meadows Blvd, provided acute care for 25 percent of patients in Castle Rock since opening its doors and expects that number to jump to 35-40 percent in year two and 50 percent in year three. “We have had a very successful first year,” Chief Executive Officer Todd Folkenberg said. Among other services, Castle Rock Adventists provides 24/7 Emergency Services, Level III Trauma Center, Labor & Delivery, Level II NICU, Orthopedics, Critical Care Services (ICU), Cardiac Services, pediatrics and medical imaging. “Prior to us coming, any member of the community had to basically leave the community in order to get those services. Now they’re able to get all of those things right
here in the community,” Folkenberg said. “We already have numerous examples of people in the community whose lives we saved, that , you never know for sure, but had they have had to be transported an additional 20 or 30 minutes up the road may not have had those same positive outcomes.” With the addition of its own local hospital, Castle Rock patients are getting needed care faster in many cases. According to Folkenberg, Adventist has also given the town an economic jolt. “We opened the hospital with 402 physicians on staff and that has climbed to 685,” he said. Folkenberg said approximately half of his employees live in Castle Rock. “I’ve never seen that in my career.” Folkenberg said. “You never see half of your work force living in the community. Frankly I think that’s a testament to how nice it is to live here.” Castle Rock Adventist currently has 50 beds but has its eye toward expansions as the community grows. Folkenberg said women’s health and the birthing center are areas where they expect to expand services in the near future. “It’s something to be proud of for all the residents of Castle Rock., Mayor Paul Donahue said.
A national initiative is aiming to shift public perception of libraries at the local level and the Elbert County District is on the front lines, introducing its “Little Free Libraries” as part of the initiative. The district is in the midst of participating in a seven-day campaign, which started Sept. 14, and is geared at reintroducing the library to the communities it serves and get people thinking — and talking — about the library in a whole new way. The goal of “Outside the Lines” is to demonstrate the creativity and innovation that is happening in libraries. During the campaign, organizations from across the U.S. and Canada are hosting events and running campaigns to help people understand how libraries have changed into dynamic centers for engagement, making them more relevant than ever to people’s lives. Elbert County Library District is excited to partner with the Friends of the Elbert County Libraries and the Elbert County Libraries Foundation to install Little Free Libraries in several locations throughout the county. Little Free Libraries are places where
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there are structural problems in the program, then bring it to the state Legislature.” Markey said the state’s retirement system is in good shape. She points to 2010 bipartisan legislation that sought to shore up
residents can take a book and return a book, and serve as a gathering place for neighbors to share their favorite literature and stories, according to www.LittleFreeLibrary.org. “In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share,” the site states on its home page. LFLs are being installed in Matheson, Agate, Sun Country, and at Evans Park in Elizabeth. The boxes are on order, and they may not be installed until a couple days after the Outside the Lines campaign concludes, but the district said it is taking its time in the name of having them properly built and installed “We are excited to participate in Outside the Lines and reintroduce our community to library services,” Elbert County Library District library director Kari May said. “We know we have great services, and we want more people to know what the library has to offer. ... This is your library — reintroduced.” For more information about the Elbert County Library District, please visit www. elbertcountylibrary.org. For more information on Outside the Lines, visit www. getoutsidethelines.org.
PERA by making changes to the state’s retirement age and also reformed employee/ employer contributions. But Stapleton insists that the current PERA system is unsustainable and that the state needs a fiscally sound treasurer to stay on top it. “It’s easy to whistle a happy tune while walking past the graveyard,” he said. “We will have a math problem in this state, sooner or later.”
NEWS IN A HURRY Wonderful Wednesdays return
Wonderful Wednesday is a monthly afterschool program for elementaryaged children. The program is held each third Wednesday of the month at 3:30 p.m. at the Elizabeth Library, 651 Beverly St. This year’s series kicked off with “Fitness Fun” Sept. 17 and featured a Zumba class and a healthy snack. Activities in following months will include rockets, stop motion videos and snowflake making. Please register in advance so that the library knows how many people to plan for. For more information, or to register, please call the library at 303-646-3416.
Walk to School Day coming up
Running Creek Elementary School in Elizabeth will be joining schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Oct. 8. About 200 students from the school will meet at the Elizabeth Public Library at 7 a.m. and walk to school along with parents, teachers and community leaders. In the United States, International Walk to School Day is expected to include more than 4,000 events across all 50 states. Walkers from the U.S. will join children and adults in 40 countries around the world. The day is intended to help foster the creation of safer routes for walking and bicycling, and to emphasize physical activity among students. It also helps build bonds between families, schools and the community.
FCCLA adviser honored Melanie Darter, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Elizabeth High School, received an award for demonstrating excellence in modeling FCCLA character in helping students achieve success. Darter received the award at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America’s 2014 National Leadership Conference over the summer in San Antonio. The award is given to one FCCLA chapter adviser from each state. Darter was nominated for the award by the Colorado FCCLA State officers and the state adviser, Ron Van Dyke, in recognition of her work as both a local chapter adviser and a Colorado district co-adviser.
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A free tour from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 20 at the orchard on the south side of the Hidden Mesa Open Space parking lot, in Douglas County, will show the public the research into traditional and cutting-edge fruit and nut species and cultural methods adaptable to Front Range climate. The vision is to expand economic opportunities and strengthen the community by inspiring innovation in agriculture, edible landscape and community orchards, a press release from the National Association of Conservation Districts. RSVP by Sept. 18 at 303-688-3042 x100, or at pam.brewster@co.nacdnet.net.
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Circular talks don’t have to stick around So, the other day I was part of a circular conversation. You know the kind I mean, right? The conversations that go round and round, circling the airport but never landing. The conversations where people jockey for position, take conversations down a rabbit hole, or go so far in an attempt to be politically correct that there is never really any clear outcome from the discussion. And sometimes, maybe even more than sometimes, in those circular conversations, the toughest questions are avoided and actions are taken so that we do not have to respond and can ride the line of balance somewhere between awkward and uncomfortable nothingness to nimble and precise evasiveness. Why does that happen? What questions can possibly be so difficult that we have to hide from their answers? Perhaps it is not so much that we can’t answer the question or that we even wrestle with ourselves about our ability to respond honestly — maybe it’s because as we search our hearts and minds, we really don’t even like the answer that we know to be true. In so many situations where I have coached business professionals, colleagues, and even close personal friends, one of the most common things I hear is that it’s not so much the answer to the tough question that they struggle with … it is trying to over-manage the feelings and how the other people receive and respond to the answer that they need to give. So instead of being direct, we begin layering our response, backpedaling a little, start our
circular navigation of the airport runway, and before we know it achieve total avoidance or dismissal of the question because we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or upset the apple cart in any way. Every one of our great-grandparents has passed this next message along to our grandparents, who in turn shared it with our parents, and our parents then revealed the secret to us, and now it is our turn to solve the mystery for our children, family, and friends. It is really not a very well-kept secret, and it is actually rather quite simple in nature, not even worthy of the extended hype and drawn-out verbose buildup I am giving it in this column. The message is this, “Tough questions, and any question for that matter, deserve our direct and honest response.” Whew … there, I said it, and now it’s over. So obvious, so simple, but yet so unpracticed. You see, common sense is not always common practice, right? And how often have each one of us delayed a call, a meeting, responding to a question or an email just because we absolutely dreaded how the other person might react. Can I repeat
that? … “Might react.” I do not write this column as if I have never done this myself. Sure I have, and so have all of you at some time or other. And just like all of you who have learned the lesson, regardless of how long it took us to learn the lesson, it becomes easier and so much less stressful with each experience that we finally learn to just do it in every conversation and with every tough question. The reaction we expect is never as bad as we imagine it between our own ears. It just never is. Now, we do have to remember also that it is not what we say, but how we say it that matters. There is no direct response to a tough question that calls for our own lack of compassion and understanding. Think of the best bedside manner of the most compassionate physician you have ever met, or maybe have even just seen on television, and imagining answering the questions in the same loving, caring, and understanding way possible. So … tough questions? The answer is really very simple, isn’t it? How about you? Can you benefit from practicing and learning from the experience of responding with honest and direct answers? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and I can assure you that when you practice this approach it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, and a strategic consultant, business and personal coach.
Mom was good practice for difficult dealings My mother. There you go. That right there might be a good reason to move on to another column. Most of us have had troublesome moments with our mothers. They become a source of revenue for psychotherapists everywhere. That’s me. My sister and I left a spoonful of her ashes under a bare tree next to a lovely creek on a bitter cold and rainy morning in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 2008. A few hours later, we left a spoonful of our father’s ashes in Michigan Stadium after the Michigan-Michigan State football game. For mom, we played Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” her favorite. For Dad, we played the Michigan fight song. “The Victors” was his favorite. My mother was impossible — and I think it started the day she was born. She was handed from relative to relative in Illinois, and ended up in Michigan. I don’t know how she got there. She rarely talked about her life, ages 1-15. She met my father at a corn roast when she was 15. That was in 1934. They
were together for the next 74 years. As she got older, my mother became more and more eccentric. This is all you need to know: They lived in a ranch-style home, and she owned five vacuum cleaners. One Christmas morning, my sister, my mother and I all vacuumed the same dining room rug. It was my mother’s idea, not mine. By the time I had adjusted to her and accepted her, through the guidance of one therapist after another, she was gone. Not dead, just beyond the capability of a heartto-heart conversation. I don’t miss her. I don’t miss her be-
cause she never goes away. I think about her every day. I try to think about something good, but she became so difficult to be around that it is nearly impossible. She would say whatever she was thinking whenever she was thinking it, and without a speck of concern about the damages or consequences it caused. My sister hasn’t said a word to me about her since 2008. On the other hand, every memory that I have of my father is good. I am still learning from my father. He was able to look at most things — except politics — from both sides, and he was reflective before he spoke. My mother wasn’t reflective before or after she said something. She could say something that would disturb the hell out of me, and before I could react or reply she would do it again. And again. I have tried to explain her to myself. Why me? Why didn’t I have a mother who was more like my father? Well, I didn’t. Marshall continues on Page 7
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Families, friends walk to share stories, support Fifth annual Out of Darkness event unites 1,500 in suicide prevention By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Tony and Valerie Marietta, who lost their daughter to suicide, almost didn’t come to the Sept. 6 South Metro Out of the Darkness Walk. “We weren’t emotionally sure we could do it,” said Tony Marietta, carrying a large, full-color poster displaying four photographs of his late daughter with the quote, `Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness to pull another hand into the light.’ “But we just decided it was something we should do.” The Mariettas were living in Monument in March 2012 when Sarah, 22, jumped off the Royal Gorge bridge. A high school and college athlete, as well as a ballet dancer, she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 19. “She had the most severe form of bipolar disorder,” Tony Marietta said. “But she had just a very good personality. She was funny, too. We were real hopeful everything was going well … when we got the phone call.” The Mariettas, dedicated not just to
suicide prevention but bipolar awareness, were among several groups of people at Highlands Ranch High School carrying signs with photographs of loved ones’ faces or wearing matching T-shirts bearing the name or photograph of a family member or friend lost to suicide. More than 1,500 people walked in the annual event, among hundreds of walks nationwide organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The Highlands Ranch event raised more than $90,000 that will be used for suicide awareness and prevention. “I felt like I need to be an advocate,” said Littleton resident Rhonda Watson, who lost her 50-year-old sister Cherianne Matzenbacher of Roxborough to suicide four months ago. “If it wasn’t for the support group I was going to, I felt like I could be in the same situation she was.” Watson wore a T-shirt that depicted a smiling blonde woman wearing an orange boa. “She was my best friend,” Watson said. “But we couldn’t save her. “We need to be more open and talk about (suicide).” Cathy Kennedy, whose friends and family wore orange T-shirts bearing a photographed head shot of her 16-year-old son Cory, moved back to the Denver area from New York after he died from suicide in July 2012.
Dozens of butterflies are released into the air Sept. 6 above Highlands Ranch High School during the annual ceremony that signals the start of the South Metro Out of the Darkness Walk. Photo by Jane Reuter “He’s missed dearly,” said Cathy Kennedy, whose 2014 walk was her fourth since his death. “We’re out here to represent, to get people to talk about these things.” Though the morning event started under gray skies and with cool temperatures, the sun broke through at about 10:45 a.m. near the end of opening ceremonies. Volunteers released several dozen butterflies into the air, which soared above the hundreds of walkers as they left the parking lot
and began the 3-mile walk. The annual event, now in its fifth year, initially was organized by Sheri Cole, who lost her son David to suicide in 2009. Cole now is the AFSP’s Rocky Mountain area director. This year’s South Metro Walk chair is Laurie Freeman, who lost both her teenaged son and her husband to suicide. The week of Sept. 8-12 is National Suicide Prevention Week. For more information, visit www.afsp.org.
Ballfield named after Parker legend Town dedicates field to youth sports supporter Dale Farmer By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com Dale Farmer’s impact on Parker has been immortalized in stone. The longtime resident, now in the middle of his eighth decade, has spent the latter half of his life tirelessly pouring his heart into activities, commissions and causes for the greater good of the town. Farmer played a particularly large role in the growth of youth sports, so much so that the Town of Parker named the No. 3 base-
ball field at Salisbury Park in his honor. A dedication ceremony at the field Sept. 6 was attended by Parker’s most notable contributors over the last 30 years. Town council members Debbie Lewis and Amy Holland pulled a black sheet from a stone placard that proclaims the baseball diamond as Dale Farmer Field due to his “dedication and commitment to youth sports and the Parker community.” Farmer also was elected to Parker Town Council and the board of directors for the Parker Water and Sanitation District, and even served as the first town administrator for a not-so-handsome salary of $1. With the help of a cane and a few friends, Farmer made his way to the podium Sept. 6 and was visibly moved by the distinction.
He was humble in his brief remarks and, in typical fashion, cracked a few jokes before greeting the many guests who made it a point to attend the occasion. They all signed baseballs that were then given to Farmer. Mayor Mike Waid talked about Farmer’s enduring legacy and said everyone in Parker has been impacted by his contributions. Farmer served as a mentor for Jim Cleveland, the long-serving director of the town’s parks and recreation department, in Parker’s early days. “He’s somebody who represents all that’s good about Parker,” Cleveland said. Salisbury Park is at 11920 Motsenbocker Road.
Parker resident Jim Anest signs a baseball for his good friend Dale Farmer, a man for whom a baseball field was named at Salisbury Park Sept. 6. Photos by Chris Michlewicz
To place an Obituary for Your Loved One… Parker resident Dale Farmer was visibly moved when Parker Mayor Mike Waid, left, announced that a baseball field at Salisbury Park would be named in Farmer’s honor.
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I decided that I benefited from both of them, just very differently. My mother showed me that there are some very challenging people in life, and that I have to figure out how to co-exist with them. I think she helped me to get through 26 years of teaching at a local college. I had some students, actually hundreds of them, who were just about as much of a problem as she was. One of them, who was completely out of whack, and thought I was communicating with her through anagrams, asked me
if she should go back on her medication. I was libeled and defamed. There was a 13-hour grievance hearing with attorneys at the table, along with a school committee, and a woman who made claims about me. I think she had breakfast on Pluto that morning. Months later it was all dismissed, but she had done a good job of affecting my life, and spoiling my enthusiasm for teaching. Shirley Mae Smith is never very far away from me. The thing is, I loved her very much. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net.
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Lawmakers react to Obama’s ISIS speech Udall digs in heels about requirement for congressional approval By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado’s congressional delegation offered various responses to President Obama’s prime time address on Sept. 10, where he laid out a plan to defeat Islamic terrorists. It’s an issue that had already been playing out in the state’s U.S. Senate race, on the heels of comments made by Democratic Sen. Mark Udall during a recent debate. Obama told the nation that the U.S. will expand its air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), a militant organization that has
taken over large swaths of northern and western Iraq and has also been responsible for numerous brutal killings. The president said the U.S. will up its bombing effort in Syria as part of a “relentless effort” to take out the terrorist group. The president said the U.S. will not be alone in working toward dismantling the group and that the effort will be born of a “broad coalition” to defeat the terrorists. “Our objective is clear,” said Obama. “We will degrade and ultimately destroy (ISIS) through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.” As expected, Colorado’s congressional delegation offered various viewpoints on the president’s address. The most interesting of those came from Udall. Udall distanced himself from Obama by saying the president must first receive approval from Congress to act on his proposed military actions. “The American people must be as-
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sured that we are not pursuing another open-ended conflict in the Middle East, and I will not give this president — or any other president — a blank check to begin another land war in Iraq,” Udall said in an emailed statement. Udall — who is a member of the Senate’s Armed Services and Intelligence Committees — continued by saying that he would “demand that the administration provide a very clear picture of its goals and objectives.” Obama did say during his address that his military strategy will not include any American troops being deployed on the ground to fight the group. Udall’s signal of caution to the Obama administration is a nod to a public that demands action against the militant group, but is also war-weary. The senator’s message to Obama is also part of a continuing balancing act that Democrats nationwide have struggled to find in responding to a president with low approval ratings. Udall’s opponent this November, Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, said he supports Obama’s plan for increased airstrikes, but did not express much confidence in the commander in chief. “The president’s mishandling of our nation’s foreign policy and his failure to formulate a clear strategic vision to confront these threats has led us to the tragic series of events unfolding across the Middle East and the world,” Gardner said through an emailed statement. The ISIS issue surfaced in the Senate race earlier in week, following a comment made by Udall during a Sept. 6 debate in Grand Junction. Udall ended up apologizing for saying during the debate that two U.S. journalists who were beheaded by ISIS members
would agree that the U.S. shouldn’t be “impulsive” in dealing with ISIS. Journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were recently executed, and the militant group has promised there would be more killings if the U.S. did not halt its targeted airstrikes against the group. “Steve Sotloff and James Foley would tell us, `Don’t be impulsive,’” Udall said during the debate. “Horrible and barbarous as those executions were, don’t be impulsive, come up with a plan to knock (ISIS) back.’” Udall apologized two days later for invoking the journalists’ names. And — although Gardner said nothing to Udall about his comments during the debate — he blasted Udall’s remarks, after Udall had issued his apology. Obama’s speech received different reactions from two congressmen who are also seeking re-election this year. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, who is running for a fifth term representing the 7th Congressional District, voiced support for the president’s ISIS response. Perlmutter, who is running against Republican Don Ytterberg this fall, said Obama’s response was “strong and direct.” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman is in a tough re-election battle with former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. The realities of Coffman’s diverse district — which was recently redrawn — has forced him to come across as a moderate in key areas of policy, as indicated by his response to Obama’s speech. “President Bush did too much, getting us involved in a costly and unnecessary occupation, but President Obama has done too little to take the fight to those who seek to do us harm,” Coffman said.
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Tuko, a 5-year-old wirehaired griffon, leaps for a rubber toy thrown by her owner, Paulette Davis, of Parker.
Visitors at H2O’Brien Pool were greeted with the unmistakable scent of wet dog Sept. 6 during the annual Barker Days celebration. Pooches had free reign of the pool, which was closed to humans one week prior and neutralized to make the water dog-safe. Pykaboo, a portly 8-year-old bloodhound, took time away from her duties as a therapy dog at The Children’s Hospital to make a splash, while her owner, Ginnie Larson, of Highlands Ranch, snapped photos. “It’s her favorite weekend of the year,” Larson said. Others took some coaxing, like 5-year-old black lab Kuroi, who was tossed in during her first visit to Barker Days.
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Pykaboo, an 8-year-old bloodhound, shakes the water from her fur after a dip in the H2O’Brien Pool Sept. 6. Her owner, Ginnie Larson, of Highlands Ranch, says Pykaboo never misses Barker Days and “it’s her favorite weekend of the year.”
Deshaa, a 3-year-old wheaten terrier from Parker, keeps her eyes on the prize: an orange Frisbee sailing into the H2O’Brien Pool.
PACE is place to check out ‘Shrek’ “Shrek, The Musical,” with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abair, will be presented by Parkerbased Inspire Creative at the Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., from Sept. 18 to Sept. 27. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25/$20, inspirecreative.org, 303-805-6800. Inspire Creative will partner with the PACE Center for the season’s musicals.
Fun for the short set “Eating Words” is a new comedy, concocted by Buntport Theater’s Education Team, about a disenchanted fortune-cookie writer who faces her fears. It will play Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $5 to $10, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter. org. (Also plays Jan. 24 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver.)
For the birds The Audubon Center at Chatfield will present its annual HOOTenanny from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 27 for families. Live Colorado owls will be shown at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and the Highlands Ranch Commu-
Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway.
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nity Association will present horse-drawn hay rides. Investigate the secret life of owls through owl pellet examination (aka owl puke), pine cone owl craft and educational displays. Lunch available for purchase (pizza) and the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society will perform. Tickets: $7/$5, 303-973-9530 or denveraudubon.org.
Free ballet shows Ballet Ariel will present two free performances of excerpts from “Coppelia” and other dances on two Sundays in October. One will be Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. on the second floor of the McNichols Civic Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, and the other will be Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. at Hampden Hall,
“Miscast 2014” will be presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. It’s a benefit for the Denver Actors Fund, which provides situational relief to members of the local performing community who find themselves in sudden need. Top performers sing and act scenes they would never actually be cast in. Robert Michael Sanders directs. Tickets: $10, 303-739-1970, aurorafoxartscenter.org. “Miscast” is based on Gene Kato’s original concept for Next Stage, carried on by Paragon Theatre Company. (Both companies have ceased operations.)
Young thespians Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center has started its Actors’ Playground series of fall performing arts classes for young actors and will offer additional programs through the fall, taught by theater professionals. See TownHallArtsCenter.org or contact education director Seth Maisel, smaisel@townhalartscenter.org.
Russian jazz
Igor Butman and the Moscow Jazz Orchestra will appear at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Saxophonist Butman leads an American-style big band. Tickets: LoneTreeArtsCenter.org, 720-509-1000.
Auditions for youngsters Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road #102, Highlands Ranch, will hold auditions for teens and children age 6 and over for “Frozen” at 4 p.m. Sept. 19 (performances in January), and at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14 for “Aladdin” (performances in February). For information: spotlightperformers.com, 720-44-DANCE.
Improv class Writer, performer and park interpreter Pam Roth O’Mara will teach “Improv for Fun and Awareness” at Arapahoe Community College this fall; the eight-week class will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays from Oct. 1-Nov. 19 on the ACC Main Campus at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. arapahoe.edu/community-education/current-classes/get-started/recreation-andtravel, 303-797-5722.
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Celebrating culture, life of radio producer American Indian Festival offers free entertainment for two days
IF YOU GO AMERICAN INDIAN Festival
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When radio show producer Susie Aikman died in June, the modest two-day festival she was helping to plan to honor American Indians blossomed into a large-scale event. Organizers of the festival had first thought maybe 200-300 would attend to see a handful of performers throughout the weekend. They now estimate a thousand people may attend the festival to enjoy close to a dozen performers, 22 vendors, silent auctions, children’s activities and dinner and a movie. The American Indian Festival runs Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 3960 E. 128th Ave., Thornton. “We started out with a little festival but, with her unfortunate death, people came out of the woodwork,” said Lynne Holman, a Cherokee Indian and festival organizer. “She was very involved with her Cherokee heritage and was loved by many.” Aikman, who lived in Denver, produced the show
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Alternative Voices, an American Indian radio program that aired every Sunday morning for 28 years. The festival will be in her memory. “As a church, we are interested in the diversity in our communities, and the festival is planned to honor that diversity,” said Karen Bueno, a member of the United Methodist Conference Committee on Native American Ministries, where the idea for the festival originated. The festival’s theme is Bridges to Respect, because organizers wanted to promote respect and acceptance of different cultures, Holman said. “We wanted to bring to the community the idea that there are thousands of Native Americans living in the Denver area, but nobody knows who we are because we are low key,” said the Thornton resident. The two headlining acts are flutist Eric Many Winds Herrera and singer-storyteller Rose Red Elk, whose stage name is Red Feather Woman. “Most of my audience members are not Indians,” said Elk, who lives in Wheat Ridge. “I hope I educate them on my culture with some of the traditional stories. But mostly, it’s important that we connect.” As part of her performance, Elk does a social round dance with the audience. She said she hopes her music and stories inspires others to find out more about their heritage. On Saturday, the entertainment begins at 10 a.m. with the Medicine Heart Dancers, followed by Seven Falls Dancers at 11 a.m., Red Feather Woman at noon, Herrera at 1 p.m., Adams 12 Indian Education Dancers at 2 p.m., Denver Indian Center Youth Dance Troupe at 3 p.m. and American Indian Dance Troupe at 4 p.m. From 6-8 p.m., a free movie will be shown and dinner can be bought (Indian taco and fry bread). On Sunday, the entertainment begins at noon with Red Feather Woman, followed by Herrera at 1 p.m., American Indian Dancers at 2 p.m., Raven Dancers at 3 p.m., flutist Bear Limvere at 4 p.m. and American Indian Dancers again at 5 p.m. On both days, more than 20 vendors will be selling hand crafted products, such as dream catchers, pipers, moccasins, clothing, skin and jewelry. “One lady sells Native American products for skin care — soap, lotion, those types of things,” Holman said. Attendees are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items, winter clothes, boots, coats, diapers, bedding and school supplies to benefit the Caring Association of Native Americans.
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CLIMBING FOR A CAUSE Elizabeth firefighters were among the hundreds of firefighters who participated in the 2014 Denver 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at the Century Link Building in downtown Denver on Sept. 11. Firefighters climbed the 55 story building twice in full turnout gear, carrying a piece of equipment used for high-rise fires. The primary purpose of the Memorial Stair Climb, which began in 2005, is to remember the 343 New York City firefighters who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. In addition, those firefighter’s who participated in this event demonstrated their commitment to the physical and mental preparation necessary to protect others from harm. Photo by Charles Broshous
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THINGS TO DO 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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ON FRIDAY, Sept. 19, a parade through Elizabeth starts at 1 p.m., tailgating starts at 3 p.m. and the Elizabeth Cardinals football team takes on Englewood at 7 p.m. All these events are open to the community. Studentonly events include a bonfire from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, an assembly from 11:45 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 19, and the homecoming dance is from 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. ELIZABETH FIBER Festival LEARN ABOUT fiber animals Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Elizabeth Fiber Festival. See products made from alpacas and other fiber animals sich as llamas, goats, rabbits and sheep. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21, at Casey Jones Park, Elizabeth. Contact 303-910-5021 or go to www.elizabethfiberfestival. com. NETWORKING GROUP Hosts Event ELIZABETH NETWORKING Group plans an event at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 25, at the Community Banks of Colorado. Heads Up Colorado will have a table and will be explaining their program, the Citizen Impact Committee will be selling food from their Gourmet Potato Bar and all funds will go towards benefiting Elizabeth Schools, and the event will be collecting school supply donations for our teachers and students. The Board of Education will also have a table as well as other local businesses. The event is open to the community.
The Elizabeth Fiber Festival is Sept. 19 and 20 in Casey Jones Park. Courtesy photo LIBRARY SHELL Program
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THE CONSERVATIVE Breakfast Association of Elbert County offers a scholarship for the spring 2015 school semester. The applicant and/or applicant’s guardian must be a legal resident of Elbert County. Applicant must attend an accredited college or trade school in Colorado or a state that has reciprocity with Colorado. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen and will need to complete an application providing information that will be used by the Conservative Breakfast Scholarship Committee for evaluation. Application deadline is Oct. 15. More information and an application may be obtained at the following email address conservative_scholarship@hotmail.com.
1-2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26. Miss Denise will provide an assortment of seashells to examine, identify, and make shell impressions. Participants can also dig for shells. Kids are encouraged to bring their own shell to share with the group. This is a program for children in third grade and older. Contact the Kiowa Library for more information, 303-621-2111. Go to www. elbertcountylibrary.org.
AREA CLUBS EDITOR’S NOTE: Clubs submissions or changes may be sent to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis. DIVORCE AND Post-Decree Clinic. Elbert and Lincoln County Pro Se Divorce Clinic is offered from 9 a.m. to noon the third Friday of each month at the Elbert County Justice Center, 751 Ute St., in Kiowa. For information, call 303-520-6088 or email morgan@hayday.org. The clinic is free for parties who have no attorney and who are going through dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or post-decree cases. All walk-ins are welcome, and
will be assisted on a first-come, first-served basis.
DOUGLAS-ELBERT COUNTY Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479. THE ELBERT County Sheriffs Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriffs Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriffs Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large. Membership is open to anyone without a criminal record. It meets the last Monday of the month at the Elbert County Sheriffs Office at 7 p.m. For more information or a membership application, go to http://www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.
THE ELIZABETH Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.
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LAWYERS AT the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis. MYSTERY BOOK Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each
month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org.
THE OUTBACK Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appeciated. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock. SATURDAY GENEALOGY Fun meets at the Elbert Public Library at 1 p.m. on the seocnd Saturday of each month. Beginning to advanced genealogy enthusiasts are invited to attend. The Elbert Public Library is in the Elbert School library at 24489 Main Street in Elbert. Call 303-648-3533 for more information. SENIORS MEET in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425 for information
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Ryan Palmer tees off at No. 11 at Cherry Hills Country Club with a large gallery on hand during his second round of the BMW Championship on Sept. 5. Photo by Chris Michlewicz
Course, Colorado meet challenge Cherry Hills draws rave reviews following BMW Championship By Jim Benton
jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Cherry Hills Country Club is a traditional, classic course with subtle greens and short yardage to tantalize professional golfers. However, the course held up well during the BMW Championship that concluded Sept. 7, and large crowds left golfers and fans wondering if the 92-year-old club could again host another prominent PGA tournament. Professional Golf Association and Western Golf Association administrators indicated that Colorado and Cherry Hills would be considered. “The course was good,” said Billy Horschel who won the BMW with a 14-under par 266. “Hopefully we can come back in the future. Hopefully there will be a regu-
lar tour (event) out here in Denver because a lot of fans came out this week and supported us. “So hopefully we can get another PGA Tour event back here because it’s a great place.” More than 125,000 fans attended the four days of the tournament — the penultimate stop in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs — at the course in Cherry Hills Village. That impressed Rory McIlroy. “The fans and crowds were amazing all week,” he said. “It’s a beautiful area and it was a pleasure to play in front of so many people.” The BMW was the first men’s professional tournament in Colorado since the 2010 Senior PGA Championship was held at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker. The last regular Colorado stop on the PGA Tour was in 2006 at the International, which was played at Castle Pines. “It was a home run,” said Colorado Golf Association executive director Ed Mate when asked about the BMW. “It was a home run because I couldn’t image anything go-
ing any better. “It was a record-setting event for the Western Golf Association and we haven’t seen the final figures yet. The golf course played well and the crowds were fantastic and the fact that the governor and mayor came out speaks volumes of the golf support in Colorado. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was a little more dramatic finish.” Cherry Hills hosted its 11th PGA Tour championship event and the biggest problem BMW officials faced was finding alternate parking arrangements because some lots were unavailable because of rain that soaked the area the evening of Sept. 4. Players complained a little about what they called concrete greens during the first round Sept. 4 but the rain softened the greens for the final three rounds. The three toughest holes on the course were the 247-yard, par 3 15th; the 204-yard, par 2 12th; and the 526-yard, par 4 fifth hole. McIlroy found the 12th extremely tough as he four-putted twice on the green. The 346-yard first hole was inviting for
the long hitters who tried to match Arnold Palmer’s feat of driving the green in the 1960 U.S. Open with equipment and balls that didn’t measure up to the modern gear. Only 10 of the 177 golfers that tried to drive the green actually had their tee shots come to rest on the putting surface. There was just one eagle made from the group of 10 golfers. Scoring average on the par-70, 7,352yard course was 69.84 for the tournament as players adjusted quickly to the altitude, which allows the ball to carry farther than at sea level. “I don’t think it was that difficult because you just put 10 percent into your yardages and pretty much play the same numbers,” said Morgan Hoffmann, who set a competitive course record with a thirdround 62 and his final-round score of 63 vaulted him into a third-place finish. “So if you trust the yardage, it’s obviously going to look a little further than the number. But if you trust it, it wasn’t a problem for most players. I don’t think they had much difficulty.”
Kiowa takes it away to win football game Interceptions are key in victory over Elbert By Scott Stocker
Special to Colorado Community Media There is nothing like a bit of theft on the football field to help your team win a neighborhood rivalry game. In this case, it was thievery that helped Kiowa come through with a home-standing 24-22 victory against neighboring Elbert on Sept. 5. With 2:25 remaining in the third quarter, Kiowa’s defensive back/quarterback Jacob Gabriel intercepted Elbert quarterback Shawn Graves’ attempted pitch to a teammate and took the football 69 yards for a touchdown. The score enabled the Indians to gain an 18-16 lead. “I just don’t think you can look at any one play as a key,” Gabriel said. “They all are. Our defense did make some huge plays tonight, and now we get the right to have the county bragging rights. A lot of us are friends, but for the course of the game, you just have to concentrate on doing the right
things for your team.” However, the lead wouldn’t stand up over the remaining time in the third. With 17 seconds left in the quarter, Elbert would regain the lead on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Graves to Ross Millard, who would also rush for 97 yards, thus bringing the third stanza to close with the Bulldogs leading, 22-18. Yet, theft would also lead to Kiowa’s winning touchdown with 2:03 left in the game. Again, it was Gabriel who would come through with the pass interception that would eventually lead Kiowa to its win. This interception took place in the fourth quarter with 7:08 left in the game at the Kiowa 21-yard line. From there, Kiowa would make use of nine plays, as well as a pair of penalties, to drive for its game-winner, a 28-yard pass from Gabriel to T.J. Daughenbaugh. Kiowa, coached by Mark Clemmons, improved to 1-1 on the season while Elbert, coached by Shawn Graves Sr., dropped to 1-1. “Our defense brought it together tonight and it was a big touchdown on the intercepted pitch,” Clemmons said. “But both
sides of the ball played hard. This is such a good rivalry, as there are a lot of boys out there who know each other and will spend a lot of time together in the off-seasons. “I thought Elbert had the edge at the half and we just didn’t want them to get away from us,” Clemmons said. “The boys buckled down and played hard to get the win. It certainly was a fine one for us to build on.” Touchdowns in the closing seconds can always be remembered. But it’s more memorable if a score in those final seconds comes at the end of the game rather than right before the halftime intermission. Elbert was able to take a 16-6 lead into the half, the result of a 39-yard touchdown pass from Graves to Wyatt Swenson on a play that started with two seconds left in the half. The extra-point attempt, also a pass from Graves to Swenson, took place after time had expired. Kiowa running back Luke Paglinawan was the smallest player on the field, but can always be counted on for some big plays. “My head hurts after this one,” said Paglinawan, who stands 5-foot-3 and weighs in at 130 pounds. “We just couldn’t get down on each other tonight. We had to stay
patient and come out and play hard. We’re all pretty small and we just had to stay aggressive. We will learn from our mistakes tonight. Now, we want to spring forward and fight hard for a successful season.” Indeed, it was a disappointing night for Elbert. “We just have to be determined to play harder,” said the younger Graves, a senior. “I certainly need to play harder and we will have to come back hard and determined in our game next week. It just seems we all could have done a lot better.” Added dad Graves, “We made too many mistakes and those turnovers certainly hurt us. Give the Kiowa kids credit as they played hard against us. We just have to learn from our mistakes and take it from there.” Both teams will be on the road for their third game of the season, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m., as Kiowa plays at Cripple Creek-Victor while Elbert travels to play Justice in Lafayette. Simla had a rough go-round in its second week as the Cubs were beaten by Merino, 18-16, to fall to 1-1 on the season.
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80202), APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NOT NONTRIBUTARY SOURCE AND FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE NOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFER, ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 10 acres being Lot 3, Pike View Farms 5 Minor Development, generally located in the S1/2 of Section 10, T9S, R65W of the 6th P.M., Elbert County, as shown on Attachment A hereto ("Subject Property"). Upper Dawson aquifer is not nontributary as described in Section 37-90-103(10.7), C.R.S. Estimated Amount: In Case No. 02CW246, the Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater underlying the Subject Property was decreed, except for 2.4 acre-feet per year which was reserved for use through exempt wells. This application requests that the 2.4 acre-feet previously reserved be decreed herein. Proposed Use Domestic, including inhouse use, commercial, irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection, and augmentation purposes. Description of plan for augmentation: Groundwater to be augmented: 1 acrefoot per year over a 300 year period of not nontributary Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater to be decreed herein, and as decreed in Case No. 2002CW246, District Court, Water Division 1(2.7 acre-feet per year). Water rights to be used for augmentation: Return flows from the use of not nontributary Upper Dawson aquifer water and return flows and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property as also decreed in Case No. 2002CW246. Statement of plan for augmentation: The 1 acre-foot per year will be used through a new well for in house use (0.4 acre-feet per year), irrigation of 7500 square-feet of home lawn and garden (0.45 acre-feet per year), and stock watering of four large domestic animals (0.05 acre-feet per year). Sewage treatment for in house use will be provided by a non-evaporative septic system and return flow from in house and irrigation use will be approximately 90% and 15% of that use, respectively. Water used for stock watering is considered to be 100% consumed. During pumping Applicant will replace actual depletions to the affected stream system pursuant to Section 37-90-137(9)(c), C.R.S. Applicant estimates that depletions occur to the Cherry Creek stream system. Return flows from use of the subject water rights from in house use through nonevaporative septic systems and from irrigation use, will accrue to the South Platte River system via Cherry Creek and those return flows are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicant will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet augmentation requirements. Further, Applicant prays that this Court grant the application and for such other relief as seems proper in the premises. (5 pages).
tem and return flow from in house and irrigation use will be approximately 90% and 15% of that use, respectively. Water used for stock watering is considered to be 100% consumed. During pumping Applicant will replace actual depletions to the affected stream system pursuant to Section 37-90-137(9)(c), C.R.S. Applicant estimates that depletions occur to the Cherry Creek stream system. Return flows from use of the subject water rights from in house use through nonevaporative septic systems and from irrigation use, will accrue to the South Platte River system via Cherry Creek and those return flows are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicant will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet augmentation requirements. Further, Applicant prays that this Court grant the application and for such other relief as seems proper in the premises. (5 pages).
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Public Notices Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO AUGUST 2014 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of AUGUST 2014 for each County affected.
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THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of OCTOBER 2014 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.
14CW3097, Casey Mehl, 4561 High Spring Road, Castle Rock, CO 80104 (James J. Petrock, Petrock & Fendel, 700 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO 80202), APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NOT NONTRIBUTARY SOURCE AND FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE NOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFER, ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 10 acres beLegal Notice No.: 23030 ing Lot 3, Pike View Farms 5 Minor DevelFirst Publication: September 18, 2014 opment, generally located in the S1/2 of Last Publication: September 18, 2014 Section 10, T9S, R65W of the 6th P.M., Publisher: The Elbert County News Elbert County, as shown on Attachment A hereto ("Subject Property"). Upper Dawson aquifer is not nontributary as described in Section 37-90-103(10.7), C.R.S. Estimated Amount: In Case No. 02CW246, the Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater underlying the Subject Property was decreed, except for 2.4 acre-feet Public Notice per year which was reserved for use through exempt wells. This application reDISTRICT COURT, quests that the 2.4 acre-feet previously reWATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO served be decreed herein. Proposed Use AUGUST 2014 WATER RESUME Domestic, including inhouse use, commerPUBLICATION cial, irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection, and augmentation purposes. DeTO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED scription of plan for augmentation: THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY IN WATER APPLICATIONS Groundwater to be augmented: 1 acreTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN IN WATER DIV. 1 foot per year over a 300 year period of not PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS nontributary Upper Dawson aquifer CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICPursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are nogroundwater to be decreed herein, and as ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND tified that the following is a resume of all decreed in Case No. 2002CW246, District OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS water right applications and certain Court, Water Division 1(2.7 acre-feet per MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN amendments filed in the Office of the Wayear). Water rights to be used for augTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR ter Clerk during the month of AUGUST mentation: Return flows from the use of BE FOREVER BARRED. 2014 for each County affected. not nontributary Upper Dawson aquifer water and return flows and direct disYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any 14CW3101, Donald C. and Laura J. Orcharge of nontributary groundwater underparty who wishes to oppose an applicaris, 35558 County Road 13, Elizabeth, lying the Subject Property as also detion, or an amended application, may file CO 80107 (Kara N. Godbehere, Petrock with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, creed in Case No. 2002CW246. State& Fendel, 700 17th Street, #1800, DenGreeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement ment of plan for augmentation: The 1 ver, CO 80202), APPLICATION FOR UNof Opposition, setting forth facts as to why acre-foot per year will be used through a DERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM the application should not be granted, or new well for in house use (0.4 acre-feet NONTRIBUTARY AND NOT NONTRIBUwhy it should be granted only in part or on per year), irrigation of 7500 square-feet of TARY SOURCES, CHANGE OF WATER certain conditions. Such Statement of Ophome lawn and garden (0.45 acre-feet per RIGHTS, AND FOR APPROVAL OF position must be filed by the last day of year), and stock watering of four large doPLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE OCTOBER 2014 (forms available on mestic animals (0.05 acre-feet per year). NONTRIBUTARY LOWER DAWSON, www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s Sewage treatment for in house use will be DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIEoffice), and must be filed as an Original provided by a non-evaporative septic sysFOX HILLS AND THE NOT NONTRIBUand include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of tem and return flow from in house and irTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFERS, ELeach Statement of Opposition must also rigation use will be approximately 90% BERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 40 be served upon the Applicant or and 15% of that use, respectively. Water acres (Parcel A) and 36.8 acres (Parcel B) Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or used for stock watering is considered to located in Section 6, T8S, R64W of the certificate of such service of mailing shall be 100% consumed. During pumping Ap6th P.M., as described and shown on Atbe filed with the Water Clerk. plicant will replace actual depletions to the tachment A hereto. The Lower Dawson affected stream system pursuant to Secaquifer groundwater requested herein is tion 37-90-137(9)(c), C.R.S. Applicant esLegal Notice No.: 23030 located underlying both Parcel A and Partimates that depletions occur to the Cherry First Publication: September 18, 2014 cel B, and the Upper Dawson, Denver, ArM800410 GEESEN EDWARD J and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer M800417 BERNIER CLAUDE Creek stream system. Return F flows from Last Publication: September 18, 2014 apahoe, PO BOX 036 ,AGATE, groundwater CO 80101-0036 BERNIER use of the CECILIA subject water rights from in Publisher: The Elbert County News requested herein is located Parcel: 5279800410 C/O ROBERT WOLF house use through nonevaporative septic only underlying Parcel B. Source of Water MBL HOME TITLE: 34ERights: 084287The SERIAL: 228729 MAKE:isFLA5077 PINE DRIVE, ELIZABETH, systems andRIDGE from irrigation use, will ac-CO 80107 UpperGB Dawson aquifer not MINGO SIZE: 12 X 57 nontributary Section: 11 Township: 7 Range: 59 Parcel: 5084800417 crue to the South Platte River system via as described in Sections 37Actual Value: $5,910 90-103(10.7), C.R.S., and the Lower MBL HOME 34E 096979 SERIAL: Cherry CreekTITLE: and those return flows are SC1076F MAKE: 37461 CO RD 162 SKYLINE SIZE: 14 X 67 Section: 18 Township: 8 Range: 64 sufficient to replace actual depletions Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe and LaramieYear 2013 Tax $94.80 Interest $4.74 Penalty Other $25.00 Actualthe Value: $6,510 while subject groundwater is being Fox Hills aquifers are$0.00 nontributary as deTotal Due: $124.54 675 S MOBILE ST will reserve an equal pumped. Applicant scribed in Section 37-90-103(10.5), C.R.S. Year 2013 Tax $27.70 Interest $1.11 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 amount of nontributary groundwater unEstimated Amounts: Applicants estimate M800001 HANKINS SHAWNDA Total Due: derlying the $53.81 Subject Property to meet augthe following annual amounts are avail% GORDON MCKANEable: Upper Dawson: 6 acre-feet (annual mentation requirements. Further, ApplicPO BOX 453, SIMLA, CO 80835-0453 M800396 BOWKER LUCILLE ant prays that this Court grant the applicaamount reduced for Permit No. 166340), Parcel: 5000800001 Lower Dawson: 13 acre-feet (total amount PO BOX 072, SIMLA, 80835-0072 tion and for such otherCO relief as seems MBL HOME TITLE: 34Eunderlying 106652 SERIAL: Parcel:in5300800396 proper the premises. (5 pages). Parcel 2230202327 A and B andMAKE: includes SEQUOIA SIZE: 14 X 67 Section: 26associated Township: 10 Range: 60 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 080226 SERIAL: 0459331H MAKE: groundwater with Well Permit THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY Actual Value: $5,560 No. 47702-F), Denver: 15 acre-feet, ArBUDDY SIZE: 14 X 67 Section: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN apahoe: 13 acre-feet, Laramie-Fox Hills: 211 SIOUX AVE Actual Value: $5,720 P711 RIO R I T Y AST NY WATER RIGHTS 10 acre-feet. Proposed Use: Domestic, Year 2013 Tax $42.92 Interest $2.15 Penalty $0.00 Other $29.93 CARIBOU CLAIMED ADJUDICcommercial, irrigation, livestock watering, Total Due: $75.00 Year 2013OR TaxHERETOFORE $44.88 Interest $2.24 Penalty $0.00 Other $27.88 ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND fire protection, and augmentation purTotal Due: $75.00 OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS poses, including storage, both on and off M801143 HARRISON MARC MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN the Subject Property. Decree information 100 UTE AVE #C-06, KIOWA, CO 80117 M801186 BURKHOLDER ROBERT T THE PROVIDED OR Parcel: 5183801143 for change: Case No. 12CW151, District P.O. TIME BOX 984, KIOWA,BY COSTATUTE 80117 BE FOREVER BARRED. 1. Proposed MBL HOME TITLE: 34ECourt, 156451Water SERIAL:Division 22-00-620-07697AB Parcel: 5183801186 No. 17 12CW151 decreed the MAKE: REDMAN SIZE:change: 27 X 48Case Section: Township: 8 Range: MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 149917 SERIAL: BL22594 MAKE: YOU NOTIFIED any 8 Range: 63 Upper Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and 63 COMARE SIZE:HEREBY 14 X 76 Section: 17 that Township: party who wishes to oppose an applicaLaramie-Fox Hills aquifer groundwater unActual Value: $41,480 Actual Value: $9,200 tion, or anAVE amended 100 UTE AVE #C-06 derlying Parcel B, which is contiguous to 100 UTE #D-16 application, may file with Water Clerk,Interest P. O. $2.61 Box 2038, By this change, Applicants reYear 2013 Tax $236.40 Parcel InterestA.$11.82 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Yearthe 2013 Tax $52.28 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Greeley, CO$79.89 80632, a verified Statement quest that the annual amounts decreed in Total Due: $273.22 Total Due: of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why Case No.12CW151 and the same groundthe application should not be granted, or water requested herein be combined for M801021 JOHN F. SCHRIVER & BRITTANY ALLEN M800152 BYLSMA KENNETH R why it should be granted only in part or on withdrawal through wells which may be 27603 N 205TH AVE., WITTMANN , AZ 85361-9757 BYLSMA NORMA L certain conditions. Such Statement of Oplocated on either Parcel A and/or B. Case Parcel: 5183801021 3736 MILLER CT, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033-5669 position must be filed by the last day of No. 12CW15 also KSDH05D22B18791A decreed a plan for augMBL HOME TITLE: 34E219230 SERIAL: Parcel: 5201800152 OCTOBER 2014 (forms available on mentation to allow additional use of8 up to MAKE: DETROITER SIZE: 14 X 60 Section: 17 Township: MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 054629 SERIAL: 1078 MAKE: www.courts.state.co.us or Section: in the Clerk’s 6.8 acre-feet per year of not nontributary Range: 63 FOUNTAIN SIZE: 14 X 65 9 Township: 10 Range: 61 office), and must be filed as an Original Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater. ApActual Value: $7,710 Actual Value: $6,520 and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of 100 UTE AVE #C-15 plicant requests that the 6.8 acre-feet per 22668 CO RD 93 each Statement of Opposition must also year and the annual amount to be withYear 2013 Tax $43.72 Interest $2.19 Penalty $0.00 Other $29.09 Year 2013 Tax $20.64 Interest $1.03 Penalty $0.00 Other $50.00 be served upon the Applicant or drawn pursuant to the plan for augmentaTotal Due: $75.00 Total Due: $71.67 Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or tion requested herein be combined for certificate of such service of mailing shall withdrawal through wells on Parcel A M801157 JUUL SHIRLEY A M800307 CALKUM NANETTE be filed with the Water Clerk. and/or B. No other parts of the original 1104 HIGHLAND TERRACE, MO 65613 35560 CO RD 183 LIMON, CO 80828 decreeBOLIVAR, will be changed. Description of Parcel: 5000801157 plan for augmentation: Groundwater to be Parcel: 5287800307 Legal Notice No.: 23030 SIZE: 16 X 77 Section:augmented: 26 Township:All 10ofRange: MBLPublication: HOME TITLE: 34E 085684 SERIAL: 9688 MAKE: KIT SIZE: First September 18, 2014 the not60 nontributary UpActual Value: $20,020 per Dawson aquifer groundwater as re14 XPublication: 66 Section:September 6 Township:18, 8 Range: Last 2014 57 621 ANTELOPE ST Actual Value: Publisher: The$12,800 Elbert County News quested herein and available under ParYear 2013 Tax $155.08 cel Interest $7.75rights Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 35560 CO RD 183 B. Water for augmentation: ReTotal Due: $187.83 Year 2013 Tax $69.44 Interest $3.47 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 turn flows from the use of not nontributary Total Due: $97.91 and nontributary groundwater and direct M800091 MILLS ANTHONY G discharge of nontributary ground water. 306 BUFFALO, SIMLA,Statement CO 80835of plan for augmentation: The M800052 CARAVANA JOE M III Parcel: 5000800091 Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater will be PO BOX 811, KIOWA, CO 80117 MBL HOME TITLE: 34Eused 067149 H use MAKE: Parcel: 5183800052 for SERIAL: additional0459380 irrigation on ParBUDDY SIZE: 14 X 66 cel Section: 27 Township: Range: 60 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 147264 SERIAL: SK1517D MAKE: A and/or B. Return10flows associated Actual Value: $6,330 with irrigation use will be 15% of water SKY SIZE: 12 X 56 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 306 BUFFALO ST Actual Value: $4,420 used for that purpose. During pumping Year 2013 Tax $48.76 Interest $2.44 $25.00to 100 UTE AVE #B-04 Applicants willPenalty replace$0.00 actualOther depletions Total Due: $76.20 Year 2013 Tax $25.08 Interest $1.25 Penalty $0.00 Other $48.67 the affected stream system pursuant to Total Due: $75.00 Section 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. DepleM800028 MURRAY STEVEN L tions occur to the Running Creek Stream PO BOX 533, KIOWA, CO 80117-0533 M801036 CIRBO THOMAS E system. Return flows accrue to the South Parcel: 5183800028 Platte River stream system, and those re%LARRY CIRBO, P.R. MBL HOME TITLE: 34Eturn 166839 1269Kto MAKE: SIERRA 14206 N 95th St., Longmont, CO 80504-8007 flowsSERIAL: are sufficient replace actual SIZE: 14 X 62 Section:depletions 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 groundwater Parcel: 5009801036 while the subject Actual Value: $3,740 is being pumped. Applicants will reserve MBL HOME TITLE: 34E094852 SERIAL: 0532638928 MAKE: 100 UTE AVE #A-19 an equal amount of nontributary groundCHA SIZE: 24 X 60 Section: 22 Township: 10 Range: 59 water $1.07 requested herein meet post Year 2013 Tax $21.48 Interest Penalty $0.00 to Other $50.00 Actual Value: $11,740 pumping augmentation requirements. FurTotal Due: $72.55 36901 US HWY 24 ther, Applicants pray that this Court grant Year 2013 Tax $37.16 Interest $1.86 Penalty $0.00 Other $35.98 M800373 NOTZ SCOTTthe A application and for such other relief as Total Due: $75.00 seems proper in the premises. (6 pages). 20719 CO RD 073, CALHAN, CO 80808 Parcel: 5202800373 M800086 FAUGHNAN JOHN HUGH TRUST WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED MBL HOME TITLE: 34ETHE 083690 SERIAL: 2290164627 U&X BY FAUGHNAN EVA L TRUST APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT MAKE: TITAN SIZE: 24THESE X 40 Section: 22 Township: 10 Range: 62 21987 CO RD 009, ELBERT, CO 80106 Actual Value: $21,510 IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS Parcel: 5004800086 CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC20719 CO RD 73 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 32616 SERIAL: SK1284E MAKE: THIS$0.00 DIVISION AND Year 2013 Tax $109.88 ATED InterestWITHIN $5.49 Penalty Other $25.00 SKYLINE SIZE: 12 X 61 Section: 3 Township: 10 Range: 64 OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS Total Due: $140.37 Actual Value: $4,360 MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN 23813 N ELBERT RD THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR M801251 PINEDO MARISELA Year 2013 Tax $26.44 Interest $1.32 Penalty $0.00 Other $47.24 BE 80835 FOREVER BARRED. PO BOX 184, SIMLA, CO Total Due: $75.00 Parcel: 5208801251 YOU ARESERIAL: HEREBY NOTIFIED thatCOL any MBL HOME TITLE: 12WO47064 1CC5826 MAKE: M801010 FIELDER ROCHELLE who wishes to oppose SIZE: 14 X 70 Section:party 32 Township: 10 Range: 58 an applica27603 N 205TH AVE Actual Value: $6,020 tion, or an amended application, may file WITTMANN , AZ 85361-9757 with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, 18250 CO RD 161 Parcel: 5183801010 Greeley, CO Penalty 80632, $0.00 a verified Statement Year 2013 Tax $38.40 Interest $1.92 Other $34.68 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 108660 SERIAL: 97H5205 MAKE: of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why Total Due: $75.00 BELLA VISTA SIZE: 14 X 70 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 the application should not be granted, or Actual Value: $8,130 whyLLC it should be granted only in part or on M801221 RED FEATHER 100 UTE AVE #C-12 conditions. Such Statement Op303 ROMERO STREETcertain NW STE A, ALBUQUERQUE, NM of 87104 Year 2013 Tax $46.56 Interest $2.33 Penalty $0.00 Other $26.11 position must be filed by the last day of Parcel: 5183801221 Total Due: $75.00 OCTOBER 2014 (forms available on MBL HOME TITLE: 10R643071 MAKE: SCHULTZ X 14 www.courts.state.co.us orSIZE: in the 60 Clerk’s Actual Value: $14,460 office), and must be filed as an Original 100 UTE AVE #B-03 and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of Year 2013 Tax $82.40 Interest $4.12 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 each Statement of Opposition must also Total Due: $111.52 be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.
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Notices plicant requests that the 6.8 acre-feet per TARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFERS, ELyear and the annual amount to be withBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 40 drawn pursuant to the plan for augmentaacres (Parcel A) and 36.8 acres (Parcel B) tion requested herein be combined for located in Section 6, T8S, R64W of the withdrawal through wells on Parcel A 6th P.M., as described and shown on Atand/or B. No other parts of the original tachment A hereto. The Lower Dawson decree will be changed. Description of aquifer groundwater requested herein is plan for augmentation: Groundwater to be located underlying both Parcel A and Paraugmented: All of the not nontributary Upcel B, and the Upper Dawson, Denver, Arper Dawson aquifer groundwater as reapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer quested herein and available under Pargroundwater requested herein is located cel B. Water rights for augmentation: Reonly underlying Parcel B. Source of Water turn flows from the use of not nontributary Rights: The Upper Dawson aquifer is not and nontributary groundwater and direct nontributary as described in Sections 37discharge of nontributary ground water. 90-103(10.7), C.R.S., and the Lower Statement of plan for augmentation: The Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe and LaramieUpper Dawson aquifer groundwater will be Fox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defor additional irrigation use on Parscribed in Section 37-90-103(10.5), C.R.S. To advertise your publicused notices 303-566-4100 cel A and/orcall B. Return flows associated Estimated Amounts: Applicants estimate with irrigation use will be 15% of water the following annual amounts are availused for that purpose. During pumping able: Upper Dawson: 6 acre-feet (annual Applicants will replace actual depletions to amount reduced for Permit No. 166340), the affected stream system pursuant to Lower Dawson: 13 acre-feet (total amount Section 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. Depleunderlying Parcel A and B and includes tions occur to the Running Creek Stream groundwater associated with Well Permit system. Return flows accrue to the South No. 47702-F), Denver: 15 acre-feet, ArPlatte River stream system, and those reapahoe: 13 acre-feet, Laramie-Fox Hills: turn flows are sufficient to replace actual 10 acre-feet. Proposed Use: Domestic, depletions while the subject groundwater commercial, irrigation, livestock watering, is being pumped. Applicants will reserve fire protection, and augmentation puran equal amount of nontributary groundposes, including storage, both on and off water requested herein to meet post the Subject Property. Decree information pumping augmentation requirements. Furfor change: Case No. 12CW151, District ther, Applicants pray that this Court grant Court, Water Division 1. Proposed the application and for such other relief as change: Case No. 12CW151 decreed the seems proper in the premises. (6 pages). Upper Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer groundwater unTHE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY derlying Parcel B, which is contiguous to THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT Parcel A. By this change, Applicants reIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS quest that the annual amounts decreed in CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICCase No.12CW151 and the same groundATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND water requested herein be combined for OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS withdrawal through wells which may be MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN located on either Parcel A and/or B. Case THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR No. 12CW15 also decreed a plan for augBE FOREVER BARRED. mentation to allow additional use of up to 6.8 acre-feet per year of not nontributary YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater. Apparty who wishes to oppose an applicaplicant requests that the 6.8 acre-feet per tion, or an amended application, may file year and the annual amount to be withwith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, drawn pursuant to the plan for augmentaGreeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement tion requested herein be combined for of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why withdrawal through wells on Parcel A the application should not be granted, or and/or B. No other parts of the original why it should be granted only in part or on decree will be changed. Description of certain conditions. Such Statement of Opplan for augmentation: Groundwater to be position must be filed by the last day of augmented: All of the not nontributary UpOCTOBER 2014 (forms available on per Dawson aquifer groundwater as rewww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s quested herein and available under Paroffice), and must be filed as an Original cel B. Water rights for augmentation: Reand include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of turn flows from the use of not nontributary each Statement of Opposition must also and nontributary groundwater and direct be served upon the Applicant or discharge of nontributary ground water. Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or Statement of plan for augmentation: The certificate of such service of mailing shall Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater will be be filed with the Water Clerk. used for additional irrigation use on Parcel A and/or B. Return flows associated Legal Notice No.: 23031 with irrigation use will be 15% of water First Publication: September 18, 2014 used for that purpose. During pumping Last Publication: September 18, 2014 Applicants will replace actual depletions to Publisher: The Elbert County News the affected stream system pursuant to Section 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. Depletions occur to the Running Creek Stream system. Return flows accrue to the South Platte River stream system, and those return flows are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicants will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater requested herein to meet post pumping augmentation requirements. Further, Applicants pray that this Court grant the application and for such other relief as seems proper in the premises. (6 pages).
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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO AUGUST 2014 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION
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TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of AUGUST 2014 for each County affected.
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14CW3101, Donald C. and Laura J. Orris, 35558 County Road 13, Elizabeth, CO 80107 (Kara N. Godbehere, Petrock & Fendel, 700 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO 80202), APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUTARY AND NOT NONTRIBUTARY SOURCES, CHANGE OF WATER RIGHTS, AND FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE NONTRIBUTARY LOWER DAWSON, DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIEFOX HILLS AND THE NOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFERS, ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 40 acres (Parcel A) and 36.8 acres (Parcel B) located in Section 6, T8S, R64W of the 6th P.M., as described and shown on Attachment A hereto. The Lower Dawson aquifer groundwater requested herein is located underlying both Parcel A and Parcel B, and the Upper Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer groundwater requested herein is located only underlying Parcel B. Source of Water Rights: The Upper Dawson aquifer is not nontributary as described in Sections 3790-103(10.7), C.R.S., and the Lower Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe and LaramieFox Hills aquifers are nontributary as described in Section 37-90-103(10.5), C.R.S. Estimated Amounts: Applicants estimate the following annual amounts are available: Upper Dawson: 6 acre-feet (annual amount reduced for Permit No. 166340), Lower Dawson: 13 acre-feet (total amount underlying Parcel A and B and includes groundwater associated with Well Permit No. 47702-F), Denver: 15 acre-feet, Arapahoe: 13 acre-feet, Laramie-Fox Hills: 10 acre-feet. Proposed Use: Domestic, commercial, irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection, and augmentation purposes, including storage, both on and off the Subject Property. Decree information for change: Case No. 12CW151, District Court, Water Division 1. Proposed change: Case No. 12CW151 decreed the Upper Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer groundwater underlying Parcel B, which is contiguous to THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY Parcel A. By this change, Applicants reTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT quest that the annual amounts decreed in IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS Case No.12CW151 and the same groundCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICwater requested herein be combined for ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND withdrawal through wells which may be OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS located on either Parcel A and/or B. Case MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN No. 12CW15 also decreed a plan for augTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR mentation to allow additional use of up to BE FOREVER BARRED. 6.8 acre-feet per year of not nontributary Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater. ApYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any plicant requests that the 6.8 acre-feet per party who wishes to oppose an applicayear and the annual amount to be withtion, or an amended application, may file drawn pursuant to the plan for augmentawith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, tion requested herein be combined for Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement withdrawal through wells on Parcel A of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why No: 23032 * First 18, 2014 and/or B. No other parts of the original Legal theNotice application should not Publication: be granted, September or decree will be changed. Description why it should be granted only*inPublisher: part or onThe Elbert County News LastofPublication: September 18, 2014 plan for augmentation: Groundwater to be certain conditions. Such Statement of Opaugmented: All of the not nontributary Upposition must be filed by the last day of P901989 LOS VOLCANES II M800429 RING JOHNgroundwater E per Dawson aquifer as reOCTOBER 2014 (forms available on 10709 RING YVONNE quested herein Kand available under Parwww.courts.state.co.us or inMARCOTT the Clerk’sST., PARKER, CO 80134 Parcel: 13002 CO RD 102, ELBERT, CO 80106 cel B. Water rights for augmentation: Reoffice), and must be filed as an Original Actual Value: $10,840 Parcel: 5093800429 turn flows from the use of not nontributary and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of 225 W KIOWA MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 006224and SERIAL: MAKE: of Opposition and nontributary groundwater direct70979A&B each Statement mustAVE also MARLETTE 24 X 57 Section: 26 Township: Interest $16.72 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 discharge ofSIZE: nontributary ground water. b e 9 sRange: e r v e d 63u p o n tYear h e A2013 p p l iTax c a n$334.48 t or Actual Value: Due: $426.20 Statement of$11,790 plan for augmentation: The Applicant’s Attorney Total and an affidavit or 13002 RD 102 Upper CO Dawson aquifer groundwater will be certificate of such service of mailing shall Year Tax $63.20irrigation Interest use $3.16onPenalty Other $25.00 used2013 for additional Par- $0.00 be filed with the WaterP903155 Clerk. MEADOWS MARKET Total $91.36 DOTSON INDUSTRIES INC. cel ADue: and/or B. Return flows associated 7520 SHENANDOAH DRIVE, ELIZABETH, CO 80107 with irrigation use will be 15% of water Legal Notice No.: 23031 M800107 AUGUST Parcel:18, 2014 used for SEARCY that purpose. During pumping First Publication: September SEARCY L actual depletions to MEADOWS MARKET/PERSONAL PROPERTY ApplicantsMELINDA will replace Last Publication: September 18, 2014 08801 BAYOU GULCH RD., PARKER, Actual Value: the affected stream system pursuant CO to 80134 Publisher: The Elbert County News $53,340 Parcel: 7100 SUN COUNTRY DR Section5084800107 37-90-137(9)(c.5), C.R.S. DepleMBL 34E 131810 SERIAL: Year 2013 Tax $1,261.64 Interest $63.08 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 tionsHOME occur TITLE: to the Running Creek StreamF1052365 MAKE: ALMA system. flows accrue to the South SIZE: 12 Return X 61 Section: 18 Township: 8 Range: 64 Total Due: $1,399.72 Platte Value: River stream Actual $4,240 system, and those returnSflows are sufficient to replace actual 424 PADDOCK ST P902771 RUNNING CREEK VISION CENTER, INC. depletions while the subject Year 2013 Tax $36.20 Interestgroundwater $1.81 Penalty $0.00 Other $36.99 2505 BIG BEAR CIRCLE, SEDALIA, CO 80135-4433 is being pumped. Applicants will reserve Total Due: $75.00 Parcel: an equal amount of nontributary groundSection: 18 Township: 8 Range: 64PERSONAL PROPERTY water requested to meet post M801003 SHAFFERherein RICHARD W LOCATED AT 796 pumping augmentation requirements. PO BOX 182, KIOWA, CO 80117-0182FurActual Value: $11,130 ther, Applicants pray that this Court grant Parcel: 5183801003 796 E KIOWA ST #H-10 the application and for such other relief as MBL HOME TITLE: 34E108699 SERIAL: H170195 MAKE: Year 2010 Tax $11.72 Interest $4.81 Penalty $0.00 Other $0.00 seems VISTA properSIZE: in the 12 premises. (6 pages). BELLA X 60 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Year 2011 Tax $234.52 Interest $68.01 Penalty $0.00 Other $70.00 Actual Value: $4,040 Year 2012 Tax $353.84 Interest $60.15 Penalty $0.00 Other THEUTE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY 100 AVE #C-14 $120.00 THESE MAY AFFECT Year 2013APPLICATIONS Tax $22.92 Interest $1.15 Penalty $0.00 Other $50.00 Year 2013 Tax $344.04 Interest $17.20 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS Total Due: $74.07 Total Due: $1,309.29 CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND M801203 ST.LAURENT GILBERT & DOROTHY P902337 WESTERN DESIGN PAINTING, INC. OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS C/O HELEN HALE & ROSEMARY BOBEDEE C/O JOSEPH A STAPLETON MUST TO OBJECT WITHIN PO BOXAPPEAR 248, ELIZABETH, CO 80107 35125 COMANCHE CREEK RD., KIOWA, CO 80117-8409 THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR Parcel: 5183801203 Parcel: BE FOREVER BARRED. MBL HOME TITLE: 12P490039 SERIAL: 4P520377H MAKE: WR Section: 6 Township: 8 Range: 62 SIZE: 15.5 X 63 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63Subdivision: Actual Value: $0 YOU ARE KIOWA UTEHEREBY VILLAGENOTIFIED that any 35125 COMANCHE CREEK RD party who wishes to oppose an applicaActual Value: $16,940 Year 2011 Tax $53.04 Interest $15.38 Penalty $0.00 Other $70.00 tion,UTE or an amended 100 AVE #B-11 application, may file Year 2012 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Year 2013 Tax $96.00 Interest $4.80 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Year 2013 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement Total Due: $125.80 Total Due: $188.42 of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why
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ELBERT COUNTY DELINQUENT TAX NOTICE
ELBERT COUNTY DELINQUENT PERSONAL PROPERTY, MOBILE HOME TAXES, AND STATE ASSESSED
advertising to September 30, 2014, the property upon which such taxes are levied is subject to distraint, seizure and sale.
Complying with Section 39-10-110, I hereby submit the list of delinquent personal property, manufactured (mobile) homes, real estate improvements and state tax commission assessment taxes due and unpaid as shown by current tax roll, 2013 due in 2014, and prior years taxes, including interest and
By:
Richard Pettitt, Elbert County Treasurer
the application should not be granted, or M800003 WALKINSHAW THOMAS why it should be granted only in partBor on PO BOXconditions. 483, SIMLA, COStatement 80835-0483 certain Such of OpParcel: position5000800003 must be filed by the last day of MBL HOME TITLE: 151724 SERIAL: OCTOBER 2014 34E (forms available on3JE6512ER3N3 MAKE: EMBASSY SIZE: 12 X 62orSection: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 www.courts.state.co.us in the Clerk’s Actual Value: $3,890 office), and must be filed as an Original 210 AVE and PUEBLO include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of Year Tax $30.24 Interest $1.51 each2013 Statement of Opposition mustPenalty also $0.00 Other $43.25 Total b e sDue: e r v e $75.00 d upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or M801100 JEAN certificateWEATHERFORD of such service of mailing shall WEATHERFORD MICHAEL be filed with the Water Clerk. 01715 CLEMSON DR., COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909 Parcel: 5183801100 Legal Notice No.: 23031 MBL TITLE: 34E130734 First HOME Publication: September 18,SERIAL: 2014 NEB99B01598 MAKE: BELAIRE SIZE: 27 X 48 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Last Publication: September 18, 2014 Actual Value: $40,540 Publisher: The Elbert County News 100 UTE AVE #D-02 Year 2013 Tax $231.40 Interest $11.57 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $267.97
P903096 DCC ARCHITECTS LLC 640 PLAZA DRIVE STE 100, HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80129 Parcel: PERSONAL PROPERTY Actual Value: $13,600 154 S KIOWA AVE Year 2013 Tax $419.68 Interest $20.98 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $465.66 P903158 GRUMPY’S COFFEE PO BOX 1996, ELIZABETH, CO 80107 Parcel: PERSONAL PROPERTY (GRUMPY’S COFFEE) Actual Value: $37,460 796 E KIOWA #H-1 Year 2013 Tax $1,156.76 Interest $57.84 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $1,239.60 P903120 KIM CORNINE - RC UTILITY CORPORATION 15400 E FREMONT DR., CENTENNIAL, CO 80112-4294 Parcel: Actual Value: $131,330 7989 CHERRYWOOD LOOP Year 2013 Tax $4,590.48 Interest $229.52 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $4,895.00
U117790 COM TECH 21, LLC PROPERTY TAX DEPT ONE BARNES PARK SOUTH, WALLINGFORD, CT 06492 Parcel: STATE ASSESSED Actual Value: $340 Year 2013 Tax $10.64 Interest $0.53 Penalty $0.00 Other $50.00 Total Due: $61.17 U117593 MHF LOGISTICAL SOLUTIONS JOYCE JEWELL 4500 BROOKTREE RD STE 200, WEXFORD, PA 15090-9289 Parcel: STATE ASSESSED Actual Value: $0 Year 2009 Tax $5.08 Interest $2.70 Penalty $0.00 Other $30.00 Year 2010 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Year 2011 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $30.00 Year 2012 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Year 2013 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $142.78 U117793 PRAIRIE WATER COMPANY LLC 8012 S KITTREDGE WAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112-4632 Parcel: STATE ASSESSED Actual Value: $314,140 Year 2013 Tax $9,703.68 Interest $485.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $10,213.86
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Firefighters and in all weather conditions. They face the same obstacles, inherent health risks and physical dangers. The difference is that they don’t get paid. There are 198 all-volunteer departments in Colorado serving more than 450,000 residents, and an additional 137 agencies that are a combination of career and volunteer firefighters. These “hybrid” stations serve 2.2 million residents, and 33 of them have only one or two paid firefighters. To give perspective to the size and shape of all-volunteer fire departments against their vast responsibilities, they average nine firefighters per 1,000 residents and six per 100 square miles, an area about two-thirds the size of Denver. A Rocky Mountain PBS I-News analysis of state fire agency records highlights the critical role played by volunteers, as well as the impact of shortages on response times and numbers of responders. The data show: At least 43 departments are completely within the Colorado red zone — the territory most prone to destructive wildfires. Twelve of those departments are made up entirely of volunteers and 25 are hybrid departments. The red-zone departments protect more than 300,000 Coloradans.
Of the 198 all-volunteer stations, 162 departments — or 82 percent — have fewer than 30 volunteers. The Peyton Fire Protection District east of Colorado Springs, for example, protects a population of more than 10,000 Coloradans and 110 square miles, but has only 15 volunteers. Mike Heckard, volunteer lieutenant in Peyton, said the obligations faced by volunteers, primarily work, and their short numbers, can mean that only one volunteer will respond. “Sometimes we have volunteers who will be at the station, and when we get a call they can respond straight from here,” Heckard said. “But a lot of our members work in Colorado Springs, which is about half an hour away — so it really depends on the time of day we get the call.” Heckard said night and weekend emergencies see faster response times and more responders. “Obviously, time is a concern for us,” said Daniel Hatlestad, deputy chief of the Inter-Canyon Volunteer Fire Department in Jefferson County. “Fires change — it is extremely rapid in a house fire, where it can literally double in just a matter of minutes.” But with few volunteers available, especially during the work week, longer response times can be inevitable. “One of the things about our department is that because we are all volunteers, we can always use more volunteers,” Heckard said. “That’s kind of a volunteer-wide problem right now.”
Response times suffer
Small department struggles
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On average, all-volunteer departments took 30 minutes to muster six firefighters to a wildfire, while hybrid departments averaged almost 45 minutes to reach similar incidents with fewer than five responders, according to a state survey. The average response time to all fire categories was 18 minutes with fewer than six responders, numbers below recommendations set by the NFPA. A volunteer department in a designated rural area should send at least six respondents to an incident within 14 minutes. The standards allows for four respondents in designated remote areas. The majority of areas protected by volunteers in Colorado are considered rural or remote. “Volunteers go out sometimes with two or even just one person,” Briese said. “But the optimal number is four and we want no less than three — but to do that we would need a pool of about 30 volunteers (for each department).”
The Rock Creek Volunteer Fire Department covers about 350 residents in north Eagle County. Volunteer fire chief Brita Horn said her department’s operations are critical, but with only about 12 total volunteers, it’s difficult to muster a big response. “The people who actually live here in this area, who can actually make the call, there are probably six to eight who can actually respond,” Horn said. “We are lucky to get two people to respond. “Most of us work during the day and we work in other communities and might be even an hour away,” said Horn, who is the Routt County treasurer, on top of her duties with Rock Creek. “We do have rolling tires within six minutes of receiving a call, but we respond from our homes or our work or our ranches.” The Rock Creek district covers some 250 square miles. “We can call up a strike team from other fire departments, but it can take
about an hour for anyone to show up,” Horn said. In 2012, the Inter-Canyon volunteers were among the first responders to the Lower North Fork Fire, one of the first in a series of highly destructive fires that year. “It destroyed 28 structures (including 22 homes) and three people died,” Hatlestad said. “Ultimately, it took hundreds of firefighters, volunteers and career, to beat that one. “This year we have had only two very, very small wildland fires,” he said. “It’s all dependent on the weather — but in other years we will have tremendous land fires.”
Most runs aren’t fires
Volunteer firefighters are also first responders in case of medical emergencies, motor vehicle accidents and natural disasters. Only 15 percent of their calls are to actual fires. “People see the fire department as that one source for emergencies,” Hatlestad said. “We have assisted in horse rescues, hazardous materials, rope rescues — like in searches near the canyons — and that’s a completely different set of talents and knowledge to complete those kinds of rescues.” Last September’s flooding along West Creek devastated Glen Haven, an unincorporated community northeast of Estes Park, with volunteer firefighters acting as first responders, community organizers and cleanup crew. “We were lucky the new (fire station) building was about 90 percent complete by the flood — because our old one was washed away,” said Jason Gdovicak, volunteer chief of the Glen Haven department. “The new station became the sortof town center and now we are kind of getting back to normalcy.” The flood pushed many residents to volunteer, and to seek to join the fire department. But Gdovicak had to draw the line — the department simply could not afford it. “It costs about $5,000 per volunteer,” he said. “That covers their training and safety equipment so the firefighter doesn’t have to put any money up.” Training and protective gear are critical elements to maintaining an effective and safe volunteer force. But in Colorado, it’s all voluntary. There is no statute requiring firefighters to become certified, even though many departments push it. “We do tons and tons of medical training, and we have to restart every year,” said Rock Creek chief Horn. “It’s all basic medical first responder — stop the bleeding,
start the breathing.” Volunteer departments often use training as a way of maintaining interest. “The fewer fires you have, the fewer activities, the more volunteers will drift away,” Briese said. “We have to have a purpose and there are a lot of demands on our time right now.” But training can also cost a significant amount of time and money. Then there is fundraising, which can be burdensome. “Many of the all-volunteer departments raise their money with things like pancake breakfasts,” Briese said. They host fundraisers, apply for grants, or establish support through local tax levies. “It’s all through fundraising and donations,” Gdovicak said. “We’re not a tax district, and so in the middle of this summer we had a record year (raising $26,000) with the pancake breakfast.”
Expenses stack up Horn said Rock Creek’s fleet consists of six donated fire trucks, and used protective gear has been donated, as well. “We are always asking for donations from the community and I write a ton of grants every year to try to pay for things,” she said. “We have to get equipment, radios and wildland gear, and these things are really expensive.” Most volunteers face the struggle of balancing their careers, families and futures with the time commitment to train and the physical risks of volunteering. “For me, the biggest challenge is the responsibility of getting everyone home, making sure everyone is safe,” Gdovicak said. “It’s a struggle at times and you just do the best you can do, the best for the community.” As these volunteers consider the needs of their community, they say the benefit of taking on these challenges outweighs the risks. “It’s what I love to do. I love helping people, I love the family that we have down here, I love everything about it, to be honest,” Heckard said. “There’s no paycheck that they can write you for the feeling that you get when you are able to help someone.” Colorado Community Media brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rmpbs.org/news. Contact Katie Kuntz at kkuntz@rockymountainpbs.org.
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Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on August 22, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Elbert County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Hayden Grace Keys be changed to Hayden Grace Boyette
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Legal Notice No.: 23033 First Publication: September 18, 2014 Last Publication: September 18, 2014 Publisher: Elbert County News
Name Changes Case No.: 2014 C 126 Cheryl A. Layne, Clerk of Court By: Jafeen Jenkins, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 23034 First Publication: September 18, 2014 Last Publication: October 2, 2014 Publisher: Elbert County News
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