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Seniors: Housing, transit lacking

LOCKING ANTLERS

Surveys gather data from 68 service providers, 648 residents in Douglas County

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Two elks spar in the Highlands Ranch Backcountry Wilderness Area Sept. 23 as Mt. Evans stands tall in the background. The photo was taken by Mark Beall, who won a private photo hunt at the annual HRCA Backcountry Elk Banquet. The banquet raised just shy of $9,000 for natural resource management in the backcountry. Photo by Mark Beall

Hailstorm slams south metro area Reports of broken windows, roof damage

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By Christy Steadman and Jane Reuter Staff writers

Evidence of the previous afternoon’s hailstorm was everywhere the morning of Sept. 30: Piles of hail still stood in parks and shady corners of yards; leaves and debris clogged sewer drains; homeowners used shovels and hoses to clear sidewalks and driveways carpeted in prematurely fallen green leaves; and car dealerships declared hail sales.

Golf-ball-sized hail was reported in Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Centennial and other parts of south metro Denver on Sept. 29.

“About every car got it, used and new,” said Julie Lowinski at the Lone Tree Don Massey Cadillac dealership. “It’s just devastating.”

Next door at Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, yellow letters written on the windshield dark gray SUV parked at the dealership’s entrance told the same story: “Hail Sale! Save thousands!”

“We got hit very hard, every car,” said manager Keith Molkenthin. “It broke two windows in our building because it was so windy and coming down at a 45-degree angle.”

About 30 burglar alarm calls can be attributed to the weather, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ron Hanavan said. Additionally, there were some reports of roof damage and broken windows that are weather-related, the sergeant said.

Phones at David Trudell’s State Farm Insurance office in Lone Tree were ringing steadily the morning of Sept. 30.

“So far, mostly we’ve been getting a lot of car damage,” Trudell said. “A lot of things like broken-out back windows and windshields. You’ve got to have some pretty good-sized hail to break windshields.”

Seniors living in Douglas County need better access to housing and affordable transportation, surveys show.

Part of the Living Well and Aging Well Project, the Douglas County Senior Initiative conducted two surveys with the purpose “to better understand how county residents are connected to the community and their future interests. Deputy county manager Barbara Drake presented the survey results at a Sept.

24 Highlands Ranch Metro District board study session meeting.

The surveys were conducted in two parts, one for providers of services concerning seniors, and one for senior residents. Responses from both surveys reveal affordable and accessible housing and transportation are the services most lacking in Douglas County.

According to the provider survey results, 48 percent of the participants believe affordable housing for seniors in Douglas County is the main concern of the low-ranking services.

Emergency services, law enforcement, recreation or fitness and libraries ranked high and were among the services that seniors have easy access to, according to both surveys.

Seniors gain companionship, 24-hour care in small home-like residences

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com

This photo was taken from the front porch of a home on Hughes Place in Highlands Ranch around 2:30 p.m. Sept. 29 amid the hailstorm that hit the south metro area. Courtesy photo He expected reports on residential property damage to come later.

“It takes a while longer to assess the damage to homes,” Trudell said.

Allstate Insurance agent Michelle Colaizzi said her office, which is located in Highlands Ranch, received close to 50 claims for damage on vehicles and homes within three hours.

For it being a “short, very concentrated storm,” Colaizzi said, it caused a lot of damage to people’s property.

Most of the damage on homes consisted of broken windows, and damage on siding and roofs. Auto claims included damage on windshields, hoods, trunks and roofs.

Because of all the claims — Colaizzi estimated that across the metro area, hundreds were made — Allstate has declared a

catastrophe, and will be bringing in a special catastrophe team to handle them all.

Trudell suggested finding someone local to assess roof and other damage before making a claim, and urged homeowners to be cautious in choosing a contractor for any storm-related repair work.

“Find a reputable contractor,” Trudell said. “Look up people in the Better Business Bureau and try to get some references on them from local people. I really would advise staying with a contractor who’s instate because you could get storm chasers from out of state.”

Littleton Fire and Rescue Operations Chief Jay Ruoff said although the department responded to car accidents during the course of the storm, none of them can be attributed to the weather.

In October, eight seniors will move into a Highlands Ranch home, cared for by a livein staff that helps them with everyday tasks, from bathing to shopping. The home also provides much-needed social outlets for companionship.

“The companionship helps them avoid isolation,” said Adele Barbera, administrator and co-owner of Blue Spruce Assisted Living II, scheduled to open in the 2500 block of Pemberly Avenue not far from Wildcat Reserve and Poston parkways.

At a September Highlands Ranch Community Association meeting, residents worried about how the group home would affect their neighborhood, citing concerns about increased traffic, proper licensing and business operations.

The Blue Spruce home is the third small assisted-living facility for seniors in Highlands Ranch, according to state health records. The other two licensed homes are in the 9900 block of Silver Maple Road and the 2900 block of Clairton Drive.

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Romanoff, Coffman spar in leadup to election Immigration, women’s issues among topics in debate

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A lively 6th Congressional District debate on Sept. 23 resulted in some testy exchanges between two candidates locked in a tight race less than a month before voters begin receiving ballots in the mail.

Republican Congressman Mike Coffman and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a Democrat, locked horns on issues that included the Affordable Care Act and entitlement and immigration reform during a Denver Post-hosted debate in downtown Denver.

The two also sparred over women’s issues, which have played a big role in the campaign.

Romanoff — who clearly was the more aggressive of the two throughout the night — called out Coffman for his prior support of personhood efforts, which would essentially ban abortion.

Romanoff also blasted Coffman’s votes on issues that he believes have restricted women’s access to birth control “for 25 years,” attacks that appeared in a recent Romanoff television ad buy.

“What puts you in a better position than a woman in this district or the women in America to decide what to do with their bodies?” Romanoff asked the congressman.

Coffman said he no longer supports personhood, calling the effort “overbroad.”

He said that although he is pro-life, he has backed legislation that would allow exceptions for abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s life is in danger.

Earlier in the debate, Coffman took issue with Romanoff’s attack ad. Coffman said he has long supported efforts to prevent women from paying more than men for health insurance, and said he also has supported measures to curb domestic violence and sexual assaults in the military.

“I think it is about being honest,” the congressman said. “I think your ad out there is not honest.”

Congressman Mike Coffman, right, addresses Andrew Romanoff during a 6th Congressional District debate Sept. 23 inside the Denver Post Auditorium. Photo by Vic Vela When the debate shifted toward the Affordable Care Act — President Obama’s signature piece of legislation — Coffman said he continues to support a repeal of the law.

However, the congressman said he has been a longtime backer of legislation that would restrict health-insurance companies from denying coverage to persons with preexisting conditions — a key component of Obamacare.

Romanoff said Coffman and congressional Republicans have nothing to offer on health insurance reform, except for their constant demand for an Obamacare repeal.

“Voting 50 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act and essentially replace it with nothing is not a way to make families in this district more secure in their health care,” he said.

The two also tangled over immigration reform. Romanoff attacked Coffman and

fellow Republicans for stalling reform measures in Congress.

Romanoff pounced on Coffman for not supporting an immigration reform bill in the Senate and for once referring to the DREAM Act — which provides lawful permanent residence status to anyone who arrived in the country as a minor — as a “nightmare.”

Coffman defended his positions on immigration reform, arguing that the U.S.Mexico border should be more secure, while also making sure that families aren’t being split apart.

Coffman acknowledged that he has a different focus on immigration after having conversations with residents in his district, which was recently redrawn to include a more diverse electorate.

“I did not run on the issue of immigration the last time I ran for the district, but

I’ve had the opportunity to meet with a lot of families and I think that there’s got to be a middle path in getting something done,” he said.

On entitlement issues, Coffman said changes need to be made to save certain government programs. The congressman has supported work training programs for adult welfare recipients who don’t have dependents and believes there is a need for reform in determining who receives disability payments through Social Security.

Coffman also would like to see wealthy seniors pay more for Medicare.

Romanoff said Coffman’s proposed reforms would hurt all seniors, not just the wealthy ones.

“Seniors are struggling in this economy,” he said. “They deserve a congressman who understands their struggles and doesn’t make it worse.”

While Romanoff supports gay marriage, Coffman said he does not, but that the issue will ultimately be decided by Colorado voters.

On climate change, Coffman said the science over how much impact humans are having on the planet “is not quite settled,” a response that caused Romanoff concern.

“It’s plain to me that we are never going to take the action we need to address climate change if we do not recognize the problem,” he said.

Character issues also came up. Romanoff scolded Coffman for often referencing Romanoff’s “privileged” background. The congressman often pointed out that Romanoff attended private and elite schools like Harvard, while Coffman served in two branches of the military.

“The voters deserve a healthier respect for democracy that what the congressman has shown throughout this campaign,” Romanoff said.

Coffman made no apologies and also criticized the former state House speaker for moving to Aurora for the sole purpose of setting up residency for his CD6 run.

“If you move into the district not because you want to live in Aurora, but because you want in live in Washington, D.C., what is not true about that?”

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“I think it goes without saying we have a tremendous task and challenge, a very difficult task ahead of us, and we should not be naive to think that it won’t be challenging,” said Randy Cleveland, a task force cochairman and president of XTO Energy.

The 19-member task force met inside the Colorado Division of Wildlife headquarters in Denver, less than a month after members were appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

The governor briefly addressed members to wish them well in crafting solutions to issues that have yet to yield a compromise.

“Despite the differences — and I know there’s a lot of difficult negotiations ahead of you all and a lot of different history — I think you guys can do it,” Hickenlooper said.

The goal of the task force will be to come up with recommendations to the Legislature that would deal with issues involving fracking — the process by which water and chemicals are blasted into the ground to free up trapped oil and gas.

Fracking has turned into perhaps the most contentious issue in Colorado, with

some communities having voted to place restrictions or moratoriums on oil and gas drilling.

Those opposed to fracking have concerns about the potential impact that drilling could have on the environment and on public health. Supporters of fracking believe drilling is safe and point to the creation of jobs and its positive economic impact on the state.

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October 2, 2014

Romney rallies Republican troops Former presidential candidate joins Beauprez, other GOP leaders in Littleton

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vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney threw red meat at Republicans in Littleton on Sept. 29, blasting the record of Gov. John Hickenlooper during a rally to urge support for GOP candidates this fall.

Romney, who spoke inside the gymnasium at Heritage High School, took aim at Hickenlooper in a number of areas, while linking the Democratic governor’s policies and leadership style to that of President Barack Obama.

Romney said Hickenlooper “stands out for his indecisiveness” and urged those in attendance to throw their support toward the Republican running to unseat Hickenlooper, Bob Beauprez.

“The people of Colorado are going to have to do the right thing and elect a person who knows what it takes to make a decision and stick by the decision and do what’s right Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez speaks inside the gymnasium of Littleton’s Heritage High School on Sept. 29. Photo by Vic Vela by the people of Colorado…” Romney told a cheering audience.

Romney — a former Massachusetts gov- for the people,” Beauprez said.

Democrats mocked Romney’s visit, with Cory Gardner, who is running in a tight ernor who lost a 2012 presidential campaign Beauprez attacked the governor for his Senate race against Democratic Sen. Mark Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio against Obama — called Beauprez “a deci- “failed leadership” in a number of areas. Udall. calling Beauprez and Romney “political sive man and a good man” who can lead the They included Hickenlooper’s signing of Other Republican office-seekers who twins” who are on the wrong side of key isstate in a better direction. controversial gun-control laws and his spoke were Secretary of State candidate sues.

“This is going to be a great governor,” granting of a temporary reprieve for death Wayne Williams, Attorney General hopeful Palacio hopes voters remember that Romney said. “Colorado is going to be proud row inmate Nathan Dunlap — which has Cynthia Coffman and Don Ytterberg, who is Romney infamously said during the 2012 of this governor.” become a favorite Beauprez attack line dur- running for Congress in the 7th Congressio- campaign that 47 percent of Americans “are Beauprez then took the stage with Romnal District. dependent upon government,” and that ing the campaign. ney, and he also fired away at Hickenlooper Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, they also remember Romney’s comments Beauprez’s lieutenant governor running and Obama — whom Beauprez dubbed mate Jill Repella, a Douglas County commis- who is in a tight 6th Congressional District during a Republican presidential primary “Obama-Looper.”

The effort to tie Democratic candidates sioner, also attacked Democratic candidates re-election bid against former state House debate, where he said that undocumented Speaker Andrew Romanoff, also spoke at immigrants should “self-deport” out of the to Obama — who is mired in low approval before she introduced Romney to the stage. country.

“All they can do is put forth weak men the rally. ratings — has been something Republican “They’re both wrong on immigration isHickenlooper’s team believes that votwith bad ideas,” Repella said of Democrats. hopefuls have been doing all election cycle. ers will reward his leadership over the state’s sues, women’s issues and their philosophies “We’ve gotten into a situation, whether “I’m tired of it.”

Romney and Beauprez were joined by a post-recession economy, one that has seen on governing are simplistic, unrealistic, diit’s from Barack Obama or his friend John Hickenlooper, where we’ve got government slate of other Republican candidates who job growth while the unemployment rate visive and dangerous for Colorado’s families and small businesses,” Palacio said. on the people instead of government by and are on the fall ballot, including U.S. Rep. has dropped.

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Students oppose review of history course Protests occur at most Jeffco high schools

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canderson @coloradocommunitymedia.com With several days worth of chants and placard waving, Jeffco high school students expressed opposition to oversight of the district’s AP U.S. History course.

Students across Jeffco walked out of class to protest a resolution to review the Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) curriculum for five days in a row. Students from 14 of the district’s 17 high schools took to sidewalks along major intersections waving posters in support of the AP U.S. History curriculum and characterized attempts to review it as censorship.

The resolution, penned by Board Member Julie Williams, stated the curriculum should present positive aspects of the nation’s history, and not “encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law.”

The language of the resolution, along with contention surrounding recent compensation and performance decisions, prompted the Sept. 19 absence of more than 50 Jeffco teachers and closure of Conifer and Standley Lake high schools and ensuing protests.

“I must not have explained myself clearly. I thought everyone, or at least everyone involved in education understood the huge debate and controversy

surrounding the new APUSH,” Williams wrote in a Sept. 23 news release. “To be accused of censorship? Seriously? That is just ridiculous. I am advocating for just the opposite.”

In a televised interview she gave with Fox 31 News, Williams says she is proposing the review of items within the curriculum, and not suggesting the “altering, censoring or omitting of anything.”

CCM attempted to contact Williams five times over the week of Sept. 22, with no response.

In her initial proposal Williams stated several major historical figures were omitted from the newly released APUSH curriculum framework, including Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. She also said Martin Luther King Jr. was missing from the new curriculum.

The APUSH framework is intended as a general outline that does not contain names of all historical figures mentioned in the textbook and materials. However, the framework reveals Jefferson and Adams are specifically mentioned, and items such as the Civil Rights Movement and the Declaration of Independence are to be given significant class time, according to the course timeline.

The College Board, an organization in charge of the review of AP courses nationwide, issued a statement Friday, Sept.

26, in support of the student protests, stating if any context is censored or removed from the curriculum, it would no longer be viable as a college-level course.

“If a school or district censors essential concepts from an Advanced Place-

Following the closure of Golden High School for the day, senior Rachel Hilbrecht and some members of Golden’s debate team stood in the roundabout showing support for the AP U.S. History curriculum. Photo by Crystal Anderson ment course, that course can no longer bear the “AP” designation.” the statement read.

Over the course of the week, the student protests were covered by national and international news sources, such as CNN, the AP and the Guardian.

Williams’ proposed curriculum review committee is scheduled for discussion at the Oct. 2 board meeting. Students have said they will attend and possibly protest the meeting.

In an interview with Board President Ken Witt, he said he was disappointed in the student protests, saying the protests

had “certainly some teacher involvement” and education should come first.

“I’m confident they’re passionate and convicted, but they are badly misinformed,” he said. “Many of them are simply believing there is a resolution out there censoring history — there’s no such thing.”

He said he is not an expert on the course, but believes a review is necessary and hopes the proposed committee would give a “good cross-section of voices and a quality review of curriculum.”

For now, the formation of a review committee is pending.

Two charters plan 2015 opening Both elementary schools put focus on foreign language

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Two charter schools that will focus on foreign language plan to open in Douglas County in time for the start of next school year. Global Village Academy is closing on land in Parker and World Compass Academy has purchased property on South Wilcox Street in Castle Rock.

The two schools, approved by the Douglas County School Board, both plan eventually to be K-8 schools but will open with a limited number of grades. Both originally had hoped to open in 2014, but were met with delays. Each of the two schools will offer students their choice on daily instruction in Mandarin Chinese, French or Spanish.

A charter school is a public school operated by a group of parents, teachers or community members under a contract with the school district. It has more flexibility than district-operated schools in its choice of curriculum and school operations. DCSD includes 12 charter schools, most of which have extensive waiting lists.

Castle Rock’s World Compass Academy will focus on early foreign language instruction and mastery-based learning — a philosophy that allows students to advance after demonstrating content mastery. It plans to open as a K-5 school, and add class levels in coming years.

It will be led by a former Cherry Creek School District elementary principal, Jim McDevitt, who opened Coyote Creek Elementary School and then served four years as principal of Immokalee Community School in Florida. He was credited with helping the poverty-stricken Florida charter school make a major turnaround.

“It was pretty exciting to help that school and community be incredibly suc-

cessful,” he said. “I wasn’t done being a principal. I like turning around or starting schools new. And there was this opportunity with WCA (World Compass).

“I like the charter school experience, that entrepreneurial spirit that can exist within small organizations. You can move quickly on decisions. And I like the idea of language being emphasized at the school, the concept of mastery-based learning and having transparency with parents and kids.”

Global Village, which is in final negotiations for an eight-acre parcel in Parker, will likely open as a K-4 school with about 400 students. Eventually, it will expand to include 800 K-8 students and a preschool.

Global Village already has campuses in Aurora, Northglenn, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs. It emphasizes crosscultural understanding and language immersion instruction. At least half of each day’s instruction is in the student’s choice of language, which includes Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, French and German.

“With the way the world is becoming more global, the ability to speak a second language is a valuable asset,” said Global Village chief operations officer Terry Gogerty. “A lot of times when we go into a parent meeting and I ask how many parents have taken foreign language, almost everybody raises their hands. When I ask how many can speak it, almost nobody raises their hand. And that’s because of the way we teach it. The difference in our program is kids are really engaged in the (language) learning process. It’s a core part of the instructional day.”

Gogerty said Douglas County was a logical choice for Global Village’s next campus.

“It’s one of the faster growing counties in the state. It has a highly educated population, and there seems to be an emphasis on education,” he said. “So it’s a natural fit for the unique type of program we offer.”

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Parents share frustrations about school Copper Mesa community worried about falling test scores, turnover

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Emotional parents packed the gymnasium at Copper Mesa Elementary on Sept. 23 to share concerns about their school with Douglas County School District leaders.

A drop in student performance, high teacher turnover and fears that the traditional neighborhood school might shift to a specific academic theme has divided the Highlands Ranch school’s parent community, leading to the meeting.

Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen, chief financial officer Bonnie Betz and assistant superintendent of elementary education Ted Knight were among the district staff who sat at a table in front of the crowd, attempting to address questions and calm the unease.

“We all know this is tearing our community apart,” said parent Shannon Palumbo, who led the meeting with fellow parent Stacy Hammond.

Both urged the meeting’s attendees to unite as a community and work toward solutions.

Along with parents, the audience of about 200 included some current and former teachers and Douglas County residents with no children at the school who are concerned about district-level issues and policies.

Copper Mesa’s grade on the Colorado School Grades website recently fell, going from an A to a B-plus. The site bases its grades on state data.

“We had been at A rating for years,” Hammond said. “When we dropped to the B rating, that’s when a lot of parents started to say, `What’s going on with our school?’ ” Additionally, the school lost 19 of 68 staff members in 2014, including the principal.

“At most we’ve seen two to three teachers leave due to family reasons, maternity leave or to go to another school,” Palumbo said. “We want to figure out why that’s happening in our Copper Mesa community.

“We want our teachers to be listened to and their concerns recognized. Research shows if teachers are happy, kids perform well. That same research shows if teachers are unhappy, that’s when you have problems with your students.”

The introduction last year of an innovative classroom with an individualized curriculum made some parents worry the entire school will change its focus as a few other DCSD schools have done. For example, Castle Rock’s Meadow View Elementary adopted an artful learning curriculum, and Larkspur Elementary an environment-based education. Principal Peggy Griebenow said a survey shows Copper Mesa parents want to remain a traditional neighborhood school.

“We want to retain a neighborhood, well-rounded, wholechild teaching approach in a non-niche educational facility,” Hammond said.

Fagen said it’s not the district’s intent or decision to force any changes.

“No school in Douglas County is required to declare any sort of programmatic approach, although it is an option if they want it,” she said. “We continue to support schools that go through a process with their communities and decide that’s a direction they want to go. ... Our conversation has been and continues to be (that) we partner with parents and empower them to make the very best choices for their children.”

Parent Lee Tompkins said the problems go beyond the el-

County awards $175,000 grant to task force Money will go toward renovating portion of Castle Rock building

By Mike DiFerdinando

mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Douglas/Elbert Task force received a $175,000 grant from Douglas County that will allow the service organization to help more people in need.

The county commissioners approved the gift from the Community Development Block Grant Program at the Sept.

23 business meeting.

The funding for the 2014 program year will be for renovations to their current building. Funds will be used to renovate space presently being used for storage.

The additional 4,210 square feet of space will allow the Task Force to serve up to 20 percent more clients.

“By moving our clients’ services down into the space that’s going to be rehabbed, we’ll be able to more easily fulfill our mission of being able to help people through troublesome times with dignity,” said Suzanne Greene, executive director of the task force. “It will be a more private entrance, we’ll be able to serve more people and just I think do a better job for the folks that are in need in our county.”

Douglas County has allotted $853,273 in funding for the Community Block Grant Program program this year.

The purpose of the grant is to provide assistance for low and moderate-income residents.

The task force provides 15,000 residents annually with food, clothing and emergency assistance.

The county commissioners praised the program and thanked them for their service to the community.

Commissioner Jill Repella pointed to the grant program as an example of how government can empower private enterprises to play a role in providing care and compassion for the community.

“This is what I think Douglas County does the best, partnering with organizations,” Repella said.

About 200 Copper Mesa Elementary parents attended a Sept. 23 meeting at the Highlands Ranch school. Parents voiced concerns to DCSD leaders about falling test scores, teacher turnover and other issues. Photo by Jane Reuter ementary school.

“The issues we are experiencing at Copper Mesa Elementary are a reflection of a larger district-wide problem in Douglas County where our teachers are being bullied and intimidated, and the (board of education’s) agenda is pushing neighborhood schools in directions not supported, or even understood, by the parental community,” he said.

A few parents snapped at one another during the meeting, with some offering differing opinions on the innovation classroom. Some directed their frustrations at the DCSD officials, saying many teachers feel unsupported by and fearful of the district.

Fagen encouraged such teachers to talk to district leaders.

Despite rumors to the contrary, she said, no teacher has lost a job for doing so.

“If the teachers here feel they need additional information or support from me or any (one), we’re absolutely here to do that anytime,” she said.

Griebenow, new to the school this year, said she is dedicated to improving communication and getting the school back on track.

“We have a culture that needs to be healed; I understand that,” she said. “In terms of teachers leaving, I’ll acknowledge

we have a culture issue. We have culture issues within our community, within our staff.

“I want you to know when I come to a community, I’m invested. I feel very loyal and protective of all of you, despite what your differences are.”

Fagen said high-performing schools are sometimes “challenged by growth.”

“The entire state of Colorado (TCAP scores) did go down this year,” she said. “Copper Mesa has very high trends and very likely will return to those high trends.

“I just want to say we’re here to support the school, the community and Peggy moving forward from here in the way that is best for students at Copper Mesa, whatever way we can do that.”

Palumbo said after the meeting that she felt the evening was beneficial, and the first step toward bringing the Copper Mesa community back together. Other parents expressed a similar sense of optimism.

“While I don’t believe all of our concerns were fully addressed, and few, if any, resolutions to our concerns were presented by Ms. Fagen and her staff, I think the community dialogue was a good start on — hopefully — a road to resolution,” Tompkins said.

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Business translates smoke signals The brown cloud that used to hover over downtown Denver was not so evident when walking on the 16th Street Mall, but very clear from afar — let’s from say the Thornton Parkway exit on Interstate 25. In a similar way, others may have a good perch to size up a public perception cloud over Colorado since recreational marijuana was recently legalized.

The Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. took just such an opportunity to query business leaders at its 2014 Metro Denver Site Selection Conference Friday at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

The question was posed to an invited panel of site selection experts — those involved in the analysis of choosing the best cities and regions to locate companies in labor, incentives, tax advantages, transportation access and quality of life.

When asked about the impact of legalized recreational marijuana, Shinobu Yoshitomi of Colorado Frontiers Consulting said people in Japan were a little shocked at the development. She said they ask if there is more crime, if children are safe and if the streets are more dangerous because of drivers smoking marijuana.

Joseph Vranich of Spectrum Location Solutions in California said people are concerned about cultural deterioration, adding

OUR VIEW marijuana can be seen as a contributing negative.

Some on the panel said the change is relatively unremarkable to some businesses considering relocation to Colorado, and noted the lighter side of the issue. One panelist noted when out-of-staters find out he is from Colorado, he is jokingly asked if he has any weed.

Nonetheless Yoshitomi stressed that the state should communicate that the law has not had a major impact on crime rates to assure foreign companies considering Colorado. Others at the conference agreed efforts should be made to clarify actual impacts.

We do agree the state should partner with businesses to show exactly how recreational marijuana is affecting the state. Of course, the revenue from marijuana sales tax going to good use, but we believe the more important piece is to show exactly how recreational marijuana affects the state in terms of crime as time goes on, how it is affecting education and — in an overarching way — summing

how it impacts quality of life.

No doubt, concerns are expressed every day.

In conversations with teachers, we are told marijuana is now more available to students, and to generalize students known to smoke often experience declining grades. And in our day-to-day observations, we are more likely to see motorists smoking a pipe with marijuana at intersections than in past years.

Driving while high — whatever the substance — is a problem, and a top issue for the state to address.

The recent launch of a public service campaign “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” with people-sized lab rat cages, to warn high school students and all those under 21 about potential risks of marijuana use is certainly edgy, but discourse generators are welcome as ongoing research seeks to better identify health risks.

Now that recreational marijuana is legal, the state’s challenge is to make sure it does no damage to innocent bystanders or the overall quality of life. For those who smoke or consume edibles the pros and cons, and best practices of using the drug should be made clear as well. We’re proud to be a destination state, and it doesn’t take much time on our soil for people to take a shine to Colorado.

Let’s keep it that way.

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Coupons can be clipped or skipped This column is worth 50 percent off on your next oil change. Uh, no it’s not.

Disclaimer: Just because I refuse to use coupons doesn’t mean I am looking down on anyone who does. I just don’t believe in them.

I don’t want them anywhere near me, but I don’t have much of a choice.

My Sunday paper looks like it’s nothing but coupons, but somewhere in there are some articles and stories. By weight, it’s Laurel and Hardy.

I picked up a great black olive and artichoke heart pizza (Nicolo’s), and while I was waiting, a man came in with a page out of a newspaper supplement, tore out a little rectangle and handed it to the girl.

He got two for the price of one, or half off on the first one, or a fifth off on the second one. It’s just not worth it to me.

Times are tough, and if you can save money on goods and services, go for it.

I just don’t go for it.

I don’t want to become a gerbil.

I owned gerbils, and about all they did was chew up paper. Of course, they never were specifically chewing out coupons, but that’s kind of what I think of when I see someone in a grocery store with a recipe box full of coupons, with dividers.

The only coupons I use are the ones that my plumber gives me. His prices, which are all in a three-ring binder, make me light-

headed. Why didn’t I learn plumbing?

I can recommend them: They are punctual and reliable and professional. But think about panty hose and a convenience store.

I have never gone to a store because something was on sale. I use my Valued Customer card at one grocery store because I like to watch my total reduced on the screen in front of me.

I am not a big believer in sales. J.C. Penney tried to eliminate sales, and simply lower costs on everything. It didn’t work. Shoppers salivate when they see the word “sale.”

“In 2011, U.S. consumers used coupons to save $4.6 billion on their purchases of packaged goods,” says a Wikipedia entry.

Coupons haven’t been around forever.

Here’s a quiz: What is the origin of coupons?

Who was the first to mail coupons to potential customers? Was it Tuttle’s Horse Liniment Marshall continues on Page 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Dear Secretary Duncan, Heritage Elementary School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was honored for leading the way in Green and sustainable health and wellness practices during the “Green Strides Best Practices Tour” on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Heritage is a “John Irwin School of Excellence,” and recently received an `A’ on ColoradoSchoolGrades.com.

Parents want you to know that our school’s success is not due to support from the Douglas County School District upper administration or school board. Rather, it is due to our school’s strong, collaborative leadership, staff, School Accountability Committee and Parent Teacher Organization, which raises more than $115,000 each year to fund things that our sitebased budget from DCSD cannot. Parents contribute record-setting volunteer hours to make up for the shortage of funding for support staff.

DCSD has $275 million of unfunded capital needs, yet district administrators continue to waste money on fluffy appearances and PR. Our school looked like a construction zone for 10 days leading up to the tour, while DCSD maintenance crews spruced up paint, replaced outdated furniture and more.

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The best year ever for DCSD Don’t just go along for the ride It’s hard to believe that fall break for the Douglas County School District is just around the corner. After dozens of school visits, forums with parents, and meetings with staff members, I believe this year is shaping up to be the best year ever in DCSD. In fact, just last week, we received notice that 21 DCSD students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists — five more than last year. Student achievement overall has remained high on just about every measure and national publications such as Movoto Real Estate have name Douglas County as one of the top places in the nation to live, due in large part to our excellent schools.

Unfortunately, misinformation and attacks against the board of education and the district continue. At the heart of many these critiques is the fact that DCSD no longer has a collective bargaining agreement with any teachers’ union. As a district, we made a decision to do what is best for students and teachers, not what is best for the union. That is a decision we will continue to defend.

Some of the recent attacks have trumpeted a need to return to the “good old days.”

Simply put, that is a terrible idea. I know that DCSD is better off today than it was five years ago. As a candidate for the board of education in 2011, I ran on a platform of providing a world-class education for our students, increased choice for parents, pay-for-performance for our teachers, and financial stability for our taxpayers. I firmly believe we have achieved the goals and are a better district for it.

Consider the budget situation just five short years ago. DCSD was paying union leaders $300,000 a year to build a union with no benefit to students or schools; DCSD was paying $410,000 a year to a benefits consultant who produced very little measurable result; DCSD had a negative fund balance and was in jeopardy of a lower bond rating; DCSD funded constitutionally mandated TABOR dollars with a letter of credit; and, DCSD was in the midst of a four-year pay freeze for teachers with no plans to end the freeze.

You might think much of the financial predicament in DCSD five years ago was due to the faltering economy. To an extent,

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district is entrusted to guarantee a uniform system of free public schools for all American children. If you were to tour other DCSD elementary schools, you would learn that many struggle to raise $10,000 each year to supplement their site-based budget needs.

Some are simply in neighborhoods with lower family incomes.

DCSD is driving schools to choose “innovation” programs to guide curriculum in order to compete for student enrollment. This is not a uniformly feasible model for public education when parents fund the programs — NOT our public education tax dollars.

Every public school deserves the necessary resources to provide amazing opportunities to their students — not just the ones who can afford to pay for it themselves.

Thank you for taking the time to honor our schools.

Respectfully, Cristin Patterson Heritage Elementary Parent, spokeperson for Douglas County Parents

that is true. However, DCSD actually began implementing cuts to the classroom and pay freezes before any other school district and before the state Legislature cut budgets.

Today in DCSD, the outlook is much brighter and more responsible. Our bond rating is AA+, one of the highest in the state and results in millions of dollars of savings to the taxpayer. TABOR is fully funded without the need for a credit card. DCSD ended the practice of paying union leaders to build a union that has little to no benefit for teachers. DCSD has increased the percentage of every dollar going to the classroom.

DCSD has significantly increased financial transparency and provides the community with quarterly financial reports and budget projections.

Thanks to the implementation of a payfor-performance compensation system, DCSD has offered some of the biggest employee raises in Colorado over the last two years. In addition, the district’s teacherretention numbers are very impressive. In 2014, DCSD had a total teacher turnover rate of 13.1 percent. Perhaps most impressive, the district retained 94 percent of teachers rated as highly effective and 90.4 percent of teachers rated as effective. There was a 100 percent turnover of ineffective teachers and a nearly 30 percent turnover of partially effective teachers.

By every measure, DCSD is on the right course and the sky is the limit. Our students and staff are accomplishing amazing things every day. I encourage every community member to visit the district website (www. dcsdk12.org) or download the DCSD mobile app from iTunes or GooglePlay and learn more.

Kevin Larsen is president of the Douglas County School District Board of Education.

He was elected to the board in 2011.

Stand up to privatization of schools I just received an email from Douglas County School District Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen in regard to the READ Act and the Innovation Waiver Resolution that the board of education passed last week, indicating that “DCSD has been working to find a way to support schools who would like to return to quality accountability systems for their students,” meaning a way out of certain standardized tests.

If you dig deeper, you will find that the Colorado Innovation Statute and the board of education resolution were taken straight from the American Legislative Exchange Council. Dr. Fagen and the board would like for us all to think that they are coming up with their experimental reforms all on their own, but nothing could be further from the truth. They are simply puppets for the ALEC and the Friedman Foundation.

The Innovation Waiver Resolution could be the final nail in the coffin of DCSD public schools if we allow it. Do some research and do your part to stop the latest push to privatize our schools.

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Did you ever notice that whenever we seem to be in a rush to get somewhere fast, the people in front of us move so slowly that they are almost moving in reverse?

As I traveled this past week from city to city, on trains, planes, automobiles, boats and trams, there seemed to be a force in the universe that was trying very hard to help me miss my various forms of transportation, and I was cutting it ever so close to make each meeting or appointment.

Yet as I was forced to stand still on an upward-moving escalator due to the mass of human traffic ahead of me, I had a few extra seconds to think about how analogous this was to where I am currently on my personal goals for the year. Like many of you, I am a little behind on my goals and objectives for the year. So as I stood still riding the escalator, I wondered if I had become a little too complacent in the pursuit of my dreams and aspirations. Maybe my thinking moved from personal action to a thought process of letting someone else or something else do the work for me, just as an escalator moves me up or down from point A to point B. Later in the week, I was on an escalator all alone, no luggage, just my backpack. And I chose to stand still and take the free ride to the top. About halfway up, I had a revelation.

I began the climb, helping myself to the top

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or Coca-Cola?

It was Coca-Cola. Those guys were ahead of everyone else with almost everything when it came to marketing. They still are.

Have you ever spent a day without seeing a Coke ad, or a sign, a vending machine or Coca-Cola merchandise? Impossible.

“It is estimated that between 1894 and 1913 one in nine Americans had received a free Coca-Cola, for a total of 8,500,000 free drinks,” per Wikipedia.

When I write to a manufacturer about a product, and complain (which is one of my hobbies), they send me a coupon for more of the same thing.

That seems contrary.

I told one manufacturer that they made the worst paper towels on earth, and I received coupons for more of them.

just a little faster than I would have if I had just stood still. I was re-inspired to make up lost ground on my goals, dreams, and personal and professional objectives.

As we enter the fourth quarter of the year, there is still plenty of time to course-correct and get back on our path. And we can either allow the escalators of life dictate our progress, up or down, or we can take control toward the achievement of what we desire.

How about you? Are you standing still and taking the ride, or do you proactively assist the escalator in assisting you? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com.

And when we escalate our goals it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

By 1965, half of all of the families in the United States were using coupons.

Recently I went to an art-supplies store to buy a tube of paint. They were having a big Labor Day sale.

Canvases were two for the price of one.

The kicker was that the tube of paint was $10 over market.

The cashier asked for my email address.

I said “No. Does anyone give you their email address?”

“Yes, for the coupons.”

“Are there coupons for this paint?”

“Are you kidding? That’s how we cover the coupons.”

I left without the paint. I bought the same paint the next day when my usual store reopened. No coupon, $10 less, a happier consumer.

Smokey Robinson said, “Shop around.”

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Increased revenue equates to refunds for Coloradans TABOR-mandated money expected to come back around in 2016

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The debate over voters’ wisdom in backing the 1992 Taxpayer Bill of Rights resumed last week after it was made apparent that Coloradans can soon expect their first state revenue-related tax refunds in 10 years.

State economists told members of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Sept. 22 that TABOR-mandated refunds are expected to occur in 2016.

That’s because increased revenues are expected to exceed TABOR limits. TABOR requires the state to refund money to taxpayers when revenues exceed the combined rate of inflation and population growth.

Supporters of TABOR see the constitutional amendment as a way to reign in overzealous spending by lawmakers during rosy economic times. However, opponents believe the measure has crippled the state and local governments from putting the money to good use.

Lawmakers will have to set aside about $130 million in refunds in next year’s budget, followed by even larger refunds the following year, which could reach nearly $400 million.

That’s not being taken as good news

by Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, the vice chairman of the Joint Budget Committee.

Steadman estimates that the refunds would equate to about $11 per taxpayer the first year — money that he believes could be better spent elsewhere.

“Frankly I’d rather get our schools to where they ought to be before we start sending refunds to taxpayers,” Steadman said. “And I think a lot of taxpayers would agree.”

Steadman is also frustrated by the possibility of the state having to issue taxpayer refunds on revenue that has been collected through recreational marijuana sales.

Unless lawmakers take action, a TABOR

technicality would require the state to refund pot dollars that were meant to provide money for school construction.

This means that lawmakers will either have to get creative with legislation to prevent that from happening or they will have to ask voters for permission to keep the money — the same voters who supported the notion of retail pot sales tax money funding school construction in the first place.

“We’re in a position where we may have to refund the total amount of pot tax we collected in the first year and that’s not what voters had in mind,” Steadman said. “And it’s not my fault, it’s not their fault, it’s TABOR’s fault.”

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ABOVE: Architect John Everin explains plans for the Parker library to Parker resident Jeni Reilly during a Sept. 23 Douglas County Libraries open house at Lone Tree’s Seasons 52 restaurant. LEFT: Highlands Ranch resident Joe Wilson, whose family frequents the Lone Tree library, studies plans for the future building during a the same open house. Photos by Jane Reuter Actual Spectrum Residents

Patrons get peek at library designs Residents like larger size, themed spaces, other features

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Library patrons who got their first look at design plans for three future Douglas County libraries expressed a shared sense of enthusiasm.

Douglas County Libraries held a happy hour-style Sept. 23 open house about its trio of projects at Lone Tree’s Seasons 52 restaurant. Library-goers sipped red wine and sampled flatbread as they studied color designs and graphics that were generated based on surveys specific to each of the three branches.

The most common concern about proposals for the Castle Pines, Parker and Lone Tree libraries was the ability to provide both quiet and social areas under a single roof. But library users who voiced that worry said they’re cautiously optimistic the design will address it.

“My husband and I had some concerns before we got here,” said Parker senior Dorothy Maginsky. “We thought it might be very child-centered, and forget the older people. They’ve reassured children will be catered to, but they’ll be on the main level.”

The libraries all will open within about three months of one another, starting in late 2015. All will have two stories and similar designs that include family space, quiet study areas, flexible meeting rooms and expanded collections.

Parker’s new Mainstreet library will be nearly double its

current size.

Lone Tree’s new structure in RidgeGate will be about two and a half times larger than the existing Lone Tree Parkway building.

Joe Wilson lives in eastern Highlands Ranch, but he and his family regularly use the closer Lone Tree library.

“It’s always felt a little snug,” he said. “So it’s nice they’re getting a bigger one.

“I like the themes of community and family, and the concept of the classic library with a twist.”

Castle Pines residents, whose library is now wedged into a strip-mall slot, will gain a free-standing branch six times its current square footage.

That made Castle Pines City Councilmember Roger Addlesperger smile.

“I think they’re outstanding,” he said of the plans shown at the open house. “I think they’ve done a great job in the layout and all the multiple uses we can get out of that building.

“We’re all looking forward to the new library. It’ll be quite an addition to our community.”

Parker’s Jeni Reilly, a resident of the Stonegate neighborhood who served on a focus group about the new library, was happy to see some of the group’s ideas in the design.

“We were talking about needing a big fireplace, and there’s a big den over here,” she said, pointing at the colored drawing. “We also said we needed a big coffee (area), and that’s all right here in this area as you walk in, and a space where people could actually have a wedding reception.”

A mother of three, Reilly also likes the division of space that creates changes in atmosphere on each floor.

“Having kids and adults on the same floor is next to impossible because the kids are so loud,” she said.

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FUTURE OPEN HOUSES For those who couldn’t make the recent open house, Douglas County Libraries has scheduled three more sessions at the individual libraries.

IN ADDITION to the materials presented Sept. 23, they will show 3-D models of

each building and other design elements. The meetings are as follows:

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Libraries will marry tradition with pizzazz Three new facilities to follow similar themes

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Douglas County’s three future libraries all will provide the classic library experience with a fresh twist, Douglas County Libraries director Bob Pasicznyuk said.

“It’s taking the traditional library feel and twisting it to add pizzazz,” said Pasicznyuk, during the Sept. 23 open house for the planned Parker, Castle Rock and Lone Tree library buildings.

Douglas County Libraries has budgeted about $34 million to construct the buildings; $24 million already is in the bank and $10 million will be financed, Pasicznyuk said. The first of the three — likely Castle Pines — will open in late 2015, with Parker most likely second and Lone Tree probably opening last in spring 2016.

The two-story buildings range widely in size — from Castle Pines’ 15,000 square feet to Parker’s 44,000 — but all are being designed to follow common themes.

“Since we do have more than one floor, people want a variety of experiences,” he said. “One-size-fits-all doesn’t give the experiences we’re looking for.”

Some areas of the library will play off the themes of books shelved in those sections. For instance, gardening books will be located near the outdoor terrace. Window

seats will be provided near books on spirituality and poetry.

“We’ll have half a dozen places where the design feels like the subject,” Pasicznyuk said.

Some areas will encourage interaction and communication, with other sections intended for reading and quiet.

Coffee tables and soft chairs will offer a homey sense, in contrast to those with a more businesslike feel and setting.

A family area will be the gathering place for story time, # arts and crafts and other hands-on activity.

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While the days of quiet libraries are gone, Pasicznyuk re-emphasized that those spaces will be available within HH 10.20.13ColoNwsFam.Feed#5.indd 1 10/20/13 8:51 AM the new structures.

“If somebody wants a more sedate feel and we don’t have areas like that, we’ve not done our job in the design,” he said. “But the idea that there’s a spot where no one can speak in the 21st century is not reasonable.”

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NEWS IN A HURRY Metro District to send out surveys

The Highlands Ranch Metro District will be sending out 3,150 surveys this fall to get feedback from Highlands Ranch residents.

The surveys will be mail-only, and will be sent out by random sampling.

The five-page survey has a total of 32 questions, and Help Wanted should take people about 15 minutes to complete.

The survey will ask for responses on a variety of topics: enhancing fire and emergency services, accelerated fence replacement, service satisfaction, Highlands Ranch outdoors, senior center/services, accelerated monument replacement, Wildcat Regional Park, long-range priorities, C-470 taxes versus toll and incorporation.

The survey is something the Highlands Ranch Metro District does every few years, on average, said spokeswoman Sherry Eppers.

A goal of feeding 5,000 people

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church will participate in its eighth Feeding of the 5,000 food drive from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Oct. 3-5.

The goal is to collect 100,000 pounds of food to support local families in need.

Donations can be dropped off at the church at 8817 S. Broadway Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Nonperishable food items such as canned goods, boxed meals, cereal, peanut butter, beans, pasta and pasta sauce are acceptable and suggested donation items. Cash donations are also accepted.

All food and money will go to the Denver Urban Ministries.

For more information, email info@feedingofthe5000.us or call 303-944-5061. To learn more about the food drive, visit www. feedingofthe5000.us.

Library district board seeks applicants

Douglas County residents who live in Commissioner District II (Castle Rock and the southern part of the county) and District III (Highlands Ranch) are encouraged to apply for service on the library district board of trustees.

Applicants should have a passion for Douglas County Libraries’ mission and vision, and have diverse skills and expertise including, but not limited to, communications, technology, finance or law. They should also possess a strong business judgment, knowledge of board governance, and knowledge of the county.

Applicants for the position will be vetted by a panel of officials appointed by the Towns of Castle Rock, Parker and Larkspur; the Cities of Castle Pines and Lone Tree; the Douglas County School District; Douglas County Libraries; and Douglas County government leaders. Final candidates will then be vetted by a commissioner-appointed committee and then approved by the Board of County Commissioners.

Library Trustees are volunteers, appointed by the Douglas County Commissioners to a three-year term with a limit of four terms. There are two trustees from each of the three Douglas County Commissioner districts and one at-large trustee. The Board of Trustees has control of library finances, planning, as well as executive recruitment and evaluation.

Each member is expected to attend regular monthly evening meetings, informal monthly board lunches, and an annual half-day retreat. Members are also required to serve on various committees with ongoing responsibilities.

Candidates are asked to submit an application and letter articulating why they are uniquely positioned for service on this board prior to Oct. 23. To complete an online application please go to www.douglas.co.us/commissioners/citizenboards/library-district-board-of-trustees/. Questions can be directed to cgordon@douglas.co.us.

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The craft show will feature more than 100 exhibitors that will be selling hand-crafted jewelry, bath products, pottery, wooden crafts, floral arrangements, baby and children’s articles, fused glass, hand-knitted items and a multitude of other objects of art and apparel.

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County offers free emergency training class

Douglas County Emergency Management and the Colorado North Central All-Hazards Region will offer community emergency response team training classes beginning Oct.11.

The classes are free and are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15 at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, 4000 Justice Way in Castle Rock. CERT teaches volunteers what their roles are in an emergency situation and how to be prepared at all times. Participants must register and attend all sessions. Refreshments will be served. Call 303-6607589 or email cabbott@dcsheriff.net.

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Attack ads flood Colorado airwaves Big-money interests not always clear

By Katie Kuntz

Rocky Mountain PBS I-News Campaign attack ads dominating television airwaves across the state depict Colorado’s senatorial candidates as extreme, harmful and woefully out of step with their fellow Coloradans.

Crossroads GPS — a conservative political action committee headed by former George W. Bush administrator Karl Rove — and the National Republican Senatorial Committee portray U.S. Sen. Mark Udall as a hapless sycophant of President Obama’s. Their ads assert that Udall’s clueless support of the Affordable Care Act — known as Obamacare — has harmed Coloradans one and all.

Udall Liberal groups like the Senate Majority PAC and Next Generation Climate Action depict Udall’s opponent, Colorado Republican Congressman Cory Gardner, as a grim-faced misogynist, whose views on issues important to women are medieval, at best.

The Udall-Gardner contest, not incidentally, is one of the races expected to determine which party controls the U.S. Senate after the Nov. 4 election. So far, the outside groups have spent almost three times as much as the candidates themselves.

“If you run around the country there are maybe 10 states that have really competitive races and Republicans need to win six Senate seats to win the Senate — Colorado is very competitive,” said political analyst Floyd Ciruli. “It’s not quite a Super Bowl, that’d be the presidential race — but we’re in a very major, close playoff.”

And it

may come as no surprise that millions are being spent by outside organizations to paint the two Colorado candidates into very dark corners. But what might be surprising is comparing those funding the negative attacks with what their primary interests truly are.

Tricks of the trade

A Rocky Mountain PBS I-News analysis of Federal Communications Commission and Federal Election Commission data, as well as reports collected by the Center for Responsive Politics, demonstrate how the playbook works.

First, use polarizing issues to ignite voters.

Thomas Steyer, a California billionaire who has drawn attention for his philanthropy and activism for environmental causes, has mastered this first play.

Steyer is the lead financial backer for Next Gardner Generation Climate Action, which has so far spent more than $1 million in this state’s largest television markets, Denver and Colorado Springs.

Two of the most widely aired ads from Streyer’s organization — named “Keep Out” and “Not Extreme?” — assail Gardner for his positions against birth control and abortion and same-sex marriage, all of which are highly polarizing issues.

But Next Generation Climate Action does not, as an organization, list any interest in policies related to abortion, marriage equality or birth control. To be fair, the ads do briefly mention climate change, scoffing that Gardner “thinks he knows better than the scientists, NASA and the U.S. military on climate change.”

“It is a straight-out brawling competition,” Ciruli said. “The people who play it may be personally idealistic, but in the way they play the game they are totally realists, and research shows them that climate change is not nearly as effective at moving voters as things like reproductive rights.”

Similarly, other groups whose primary interests are oil and gas development or the energy business attack Udall’s sup-

port of the Affordable Care Act. While their true concern might be approval for the Keystone pipeline, as an example, they’re betting that Obamacare is still such a negatively charged issue that it can help sink the environmentally minded Udall.

Sometimes they might mention energy issues, but not as a primary focus.

The second power play works by cloaking one’s self-interests in charitable or nonprofit political giving, as modern masters Sheldon Adelson and David and Charles Koch have demonstrated.

Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $23 million during the 2012 presidential cycle to Crossroads GPS on behalf of the nonprofit Adelson Drug Clinic and Adelson’s corporation, Las Vegas Sands, according to files from the Federal Election Commission.

Sheldon Adelson, listed as the world’s eighth wealthiest man by Forbes, with a net worth of more than $31 billion, has drawn wide attention to his heavy contributions to campaign finance. He has also been litigating a federal lawsuit aimed at his overseas casinos.

Similarly, David and Charles Koch have been intimately linked with Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners and Crossroads GPS in the past, but their contributions this cycle are not known.

“Nonprofit political groups do not have to disclose donors,” said Viveka Novak, editorial and communications director for the Center for Responsive Politics.

“So we could only identify organizations that filed 990s (nonprofit tax forms) and that wouldn’t include individuals or corporations, so there are still a lot of donors or donations no one would know about.”

Adelson, the Koch brothers and many other politically active billionaires and multimillionaires across the political spectrum are able to maintain privacy and give endless funds following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which held that political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

Donors work both sides

There’s still another trick in the playbook, and that’s playing both sides. By contributing to competing candidates, it

can be hard to lose, the reasoning goes.

Hedge funds and international investment banks are among the leading campaign contributors in the United States — and they donate in almost equal amounts to both Democratic and Republican committees.

Consider Renaissance Technologies, a New York hedge fund that in 2013 managed an estimated $25 billion.

This year, founder and retired CEO James H. Simons was ranked by Forbes among the world’s wealthiest people at $12.5 billion. Of the millions of dollars Simons and the current CEO of Renaissance, Robert Mercer, have donated to campaign groups so far this year, about $3 million went to liberal organizations, and $3 million went to conservatives.

“This firm, it’s got money everywhere, it’s invested in things that could benefit from both parties,” Ciruli said. “Some of it could just be personal, but often it is driven by a strategy that just makes sense.”

This company’s lobbying records in 2014 show that its primary focus is to avoid higher tax rates for hedge funds — an issue almost totally ignored in the majority of Colorado’s campaign ads. In fact, of more than 30 ads reviewed by INews and truth-tested by 9News, only one ad even briefly mentioned “tax rates for companies overseas.”

The Blackstone Group is also a top hedge fund contributor to both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

These committees have already spent $3.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively, on campaign ads in Denver, bashing either Gardner or Udall.

“TV ads are number one, the overwhelming most important tool in winning one of these campaigns,” Ciruli said.

“If Channel 9 has another minute (for advertising), you can bet it will get bought.”

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 katiekuntz@rmpbs.org. I-News reporter Burt Hubbard contributed to this story.

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L.L. Bean coming to Park Meadows

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com L.L. Bean will open its first Colorado store, and its second west of the Mississippi River, next month at Park Meadows.

The 13,000-square-foot, one-story store is under construction in the former site of Grand Lux Café, on the mall’s east side. The planned Nov. 21 grand opening — the Friday before Thanksgiving — is set just in time for Christmas shopping season.

Founded in Maine in 1912, the outdoor equipment and apparel store has focused its stores on the northeast and mid-Atlantic region of the country.

“Now we’re setting our eyes out west,” L.L. Bean spokesman Mac McKeever said. “Certain markets like yours have this terrific body of outdoor resources — rivers, lakes, streams and mountains — but also a population that really enjoys the outdoors. Colorado just made terrific sense. It’s going to be a really great fit for the brand and the store.”

Eddie Bauer has a long-standing presence at Park Meadows and REI is just across County Line Road, but L.L. Bean isn’t daunted by its competitors’ proximity.

“We’re aware of the competition that’s in the area,” McKeever said. “It’s my belief a ris-

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“Healthcare is not too far from the top,” Drake said, “but it didn’t make it to the top tier.”

The results come from 68 service providers that participated and 648 seniors living in different areas of Douglas County. The surveys were conducted in 2013.

Invited to participate in the provider survey were “people who serve seniors in a variety of ways,” Drake said, and included local law enforcement, retirement communities and recreational facilities.

Almost 75 percent of resident participants were between the ages of 56 and 75, Drake said. They responded online, at meetings and events or by home delivery.

Eighty percent of survey respondents feel connected to the community they live in, but some do not feel connected, in part, because “they lived too far away from activities, and had accessibility/transportation problems,”

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metro area, group homes are less common in Highlands Ranch, but their growing numbers reflect the area’s aging population. The Douglas County Senior Initiative, an organization studying resources and needs of seniors, estimates by the year 2040, 25 percent of Douglas County’s population will be older than 60.

Homes that provide assisted living for small groups of seniors in residential areas are emerging as a growing housing option, Barbera said.

“It’s the way of the future,” she said. “The idea is to provide them with a house in the suburbs, where they would normally live.

They’re just not able to live alone.”

Douglas County defines a group home as “a residence that provides non-institutional housing for persons living as a single housekeeping unit,” which can include people with developmental disabilities, a mental illness or people 60 and older who do not require nursing facilities.

The Blue Spruce and the Silver Maple Road homes serve only seniors who need help with daily care. The Herald was unable to reach a spokesperson for the Clairton Drive home.

Results of a survey of 648 seniors by the Douglas County Senior Initiative identified accessible housing and accessible and affordable transportation as the three most difficult services to find in the county.

Many factors can contribute to where a group home is needed, and one includes a demand for housing for seniors, said Brian J. Connolly, a land-use attorney in Denver and co-author of “Group Homes: Strategies for Effective and Defensible Planning and Regulation.”

Barbera believes the need for group homes for seniors exists everywhere. Having that option helps them remain in their communities.

Additionally, friends and family generally prefer to live nearby, and group homes make it convenient for visits or to pick them up for an outing, she said.

But their location in single-family, resi-

ing tide raises all ships. I think it’s a testament to the area these outdoor stores open up in that area.”

L.L. Bean offers Outdoor Discovery Schools that include more than 100 courses, trips and tours on sports ranging from fly fishing to cycling, as well as private lessons and custom adventure, youth camps, free clinics and demonstrations.

“It’s a point of differentiation for us,” McKeever said. “We really want to activate the shopping experience, so what you’re going to see in the stores is a pretty active array of demonstrations and clinics, tips and techniques.”

In 2013, more than 100,000 people participated in these programs, according to the company.

“We’re trying to remove barriers to participation, and make it as easy as possible for people to get outside,” McKeever said.

The Park Meadows store will employ 80 people.

The Minneapolis store, located at Mall of America, will open just days before the Colorado site in mid-November.

Founded by Leon Leonwood Bean, the company began as a one-room operation selling a single product — the Maine Hunting Shoe. Bean’s great grandson Shawn Gorman is chairman of the company’s board of directors.

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Communication was also an important aspect of the survey. “Providers believe that community activities, speaking events, educational seminars, word-of-mouth and newspapers were the most effective modes of communication.” Residents between the ages of 56 and 75 prefer the Internet and local newspapers, and those 76 or older prefer television.

Seventy-five percent of respondents feel local government does not communicate information “regarding issues impacting people over 60 clearly or with enough frequency.” A large majority suggested email from community leaders is a preference to receive this information, according to the survey summary.

The survey also found there is a gap in the resource areas of “money management services, legal assistance and mental health services.” However, connectivity of the service provider network will take priority.

“Before we start talking about the gaps,” Drake said, “we need to make sure everyone is connected.”

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dential areas can sometimes spark debate in neighborhoods.

At the Sept. 16 HRCA meeting, five residents expressed some concern about the new Blue Spruce home. They said they welcome seniors moving into the community, but worry it will be operated as a business rather than a dwelling. They also are concerned about it being properly licensed for medical care of the seniors living there.

Calls for comment to a resident representative were not returned by press time.

Initial concerns among neighbors are not uncommon, Connolly said. However, most concerns arise from misinformation. “There’s almost no difference from having a group home or a family” home in the neighborhood, he said.

A group home provides seniors with the care they need, but in a dwelling with a home-like feel. The Blue Spruce homes allow residents to bring in their own items such as quilts, pictures and even furniture.

The smaller size is a benefit, Barbera said, because residents can have “eyes on them 24 hours a day.”

Another benefit is the social aspect of living with others.

Because these seniors often are unable to interact outside the home easily, group home operators solicit community involvement.

Barbera said it is common for church groups to visit frequently or Girl Scouts to deliver cookies.

Group homes strive to keep the same staff for many years, Barbera said, so occupants form solid relationships with care providers.

“My staff knows how they want their coffee,” she said, “or when they want to go to bed every night.”

Aging in place — a common phrase Barbera said operators of group homes abide by — is defined by The Centers for Disease Control as “the ability to live in one’s own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income or ability level.”

Group homes live by that motto, Barbera said. For them, it means seniors have a place of residency where they “can come and be part of a family.”

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Mindy Reynolds, front, and Molly Picha, right, paint chairs for the Pink Chairity Campaign. One hundred pink chairs will be placed in local businesses in October, and later auctioned in November. Photos by Christy Steadman

Local nonprofit advocates breast cancer awareness

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com Breast cancer survivors deserve a day of TLC. And in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, 100 pink chairs will be displayed in the lobbies of restaurants, banks, doctors’ offices and other local businesses.

It’s called the Pink Chairity Campaign, and the idea behind it is to have 100 pink chairs and provide free photo shoots for 100 breast cancer survivors.

“Breast cancer is a hard thing to go through as a woman,” said Valerie Franklin, a professional photographer who has lost an aunt and two cousins to breast cancer.

“It’s to give them a day to forget the surgeries, forget chemo and, hopefully, forget the pain. A little day of pampering.”

Everybody has been touched with cancer in some way, Franklin said, and the campaign, in part, is to help bring awareness of a new nonprofit organization based in Highlands Ranch called Stamped With

Love.

A photo shoot with Stamped With Love lasts about two hours and includes a 45- to 60-minute professional make-up and hairstyling session prior to the photo shoot, which also lasts 45 to 60 minutes. During the photo shoot, women have the choice to make three to five wardrobe changes.

Any breast cancer survivor is eligible for the photo shoot. However, priority is given to those who are currently battling the cancer, Franklin said.

As a breast cancer survivor, Stephanie Foster, of Highlands Ranch, already had a photo shoot with Stamped With Love.

“An overwhelming number of women have been diagnosed and are suffering with breast cancer. For many, it’s been a rough few years or months,” she said. “It’s important to have a pampering day.”

Franklin said people have responded well to her efforts. Complete strangers have come to her and asked to help paint chairs.

Even local companies have gotten involved, she said.

Home Depot donated five gallons of pink paint, Eron Johnson Antiques donated five chairs and Maria Empanada Restaurant donated six chairs.

“They’re beautiful chairs, and they work for exactly what we need,” she said.

Stamped With Love started as a volunteer ministry group from Inversion Community Church, Franklin said, but she decided to make it its own nonprofit in order to accomplish more with the organization.

“Women all too often take care of everybody else, but it’s OK to be treated special every once in a while,” Franklin said. “The goal is to make all breast cancer survivors feel special.”

The chairs will be going out to the local businesses in October. In November, the chairs will be auctioned off, and the photo shoots are slated to begin in December, Franklin said.

So far, about 80 chairs have been donated, painted pink and are ready to go to the local businesses, Franklin said, but there is still a need for chair donations. Franklin said she is able to pick up the chairs, as long as the donator lives in Highlands Ranch, Littleton or other nearby areas.

Chairs for this year’s campaign can be accepted through October, but people can donate chairs year-round.

“We’re not going to do 100 chairs next year,” Franklin said, “we’re going to do 200.”

To get involved with the Pink Chairity Campaign or Stamped With Love, call 720215-8773 or visit www.pinkchairity.org.

I am always thrilled to report on a former Rocky Mountain News colleague who found an employment path after the newspaper folded.

Former Rocky sports columnist Sam Adams kept nurturing his comedy career as an adjunct to his newspaper job. And now he’s combined both worlds as a sports commentator on 9News and as a full-fledged stand-up comedian.

Adams also leverages his local fame to give back to the community, even if that means taking numerous whipped cream pies to his face.

On Sept. 27, the Denver comedian and sports personality got his mug mashed in at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center Hotel’s Centennial Room in exchange for donations to Komen Colorado, the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen, the national nonprofit, as part of Komen’s Class of 2014 Pink Tie Guys whose mission is to heighten awareness of breast cancer.

If you didn’t make it to the event, but would like to make a contribution, go to www.komencolorado.org.

Also on Adams’ agenda is a gig as headliner at 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at Comedy Works downtown, 1226 15th St. Use the promo code “Karen” for a discount when you purchase tickets online at www. comedyworks.com/comedians/486.

As a side note, Mr. On the Town, a Missouri native and Mizzou grad, spotted Adams on an Exede Satellite Internet TV commercial after witnessing the Tigers’ upset loss to Indiana on Sept. 20.

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Girl Scouts of Colorado will honor the 2014 Denver metro-area Women of Distinction during the Thin Mint Dinner, starting at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown, 1550 Court Place. They are: Marcy Benson, community volunteer; Kelly Brough, president and CEO, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce; Denise S. Maes, public policy director, ACLU of Colorado; Ramona E. Martinez, former Denver City Council member; Gloria Neal, CBS4 reporter; Kathy Nesbitt, executive director for the state Department of Personnel and Administration; Cindy Parsons, Comcast vice president of public relations and communications; Maruca Salazar, executive director, Museo de las Americas; Janice Sinden, chief of staff for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock; and Debbie Welle-Powell, vice president for accountable health and payer strategies, SCL Health System.

The keynote address will be given by former 9News traffic and weather reporter Amelia Earhart, who recently completed the around-theworld flight of her namesake.

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Overheard

Eavesdropping on a senior citizen retrieving a book he left at a gate at DIA: ”I’m old, so I can do stuff like this and get away with it.”

A group of volunteers, from left, Mindy Reynolds, Stephanie Foster, Molly Picha, Valerie Franklin and Peggy Walling, paint chairs for the Pink Chairity Campaign. Their goal is to paint 100 chairs pink and deliver them to local businesses for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area.

Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktie-colorado. com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@ blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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Slicin’ on ice Master meat cutters show their chops at ice rink

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Where’s the beef? In the very last place you’d look for it.

On Sept. 23, 26 beefy guys were slicing, chopping and carving it up at South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial, literally on the ice, in hopes that their mad knife skills would win them a trip to the warmer climes of Florida and a chance at $20,000.

The event was the National Meat Cutting Challenge, part of the Meat Hero program that recognizes the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain’s best meat cutters. Each contestant got 50 pounds of beef — two top butts, one tenderloin and one rib loin. The winner is determined by who yields the most steaks with the highest-quality cut in the least amount of time.

“They have a lot of pride in what they do,” said Ben Davis, managing partner of the Texas Roadhouse in Monument, as he waited to find out how his two cutters fared.

They had 80 minutes, which is a long time to stand on an ice-cold floor. But it’s nothing compared to their everyday work. In an average year, according to a news release, they cut about $1 million worth of meat each, spending seven to eight hours a day in a 35-degree, walk-in cooler.

“It takes a special person to sit in a cooler all day, and it’s really pretty physical work,” said Davis. “The experienced guys use all the time they have for this competition. Some of them actually have to try to go slow, because they’re used to cutting in their store where they have to be fast.”

Diego Nunez, of Littleton, is one of those special guys. He grew up in Clear Creek County, so he knows all about freezing.

“I snowboard all the time, so I’m used to the cold,” he said.

Nunez, 22, took on the meat-cutting posi-

Meat cutters can stand for hours at a time in meat closets even colder than this skating rink. Photos by Jennifer Smith tion three years ago to help support his wife and two small children while he attends Red Rocks Community College in pursuit of a career as a firefighter.

“I love it,” he said. “The staff is great, and I get along with everyone great.”

He said his approach to the competition was just to take his time and measure everything.

“The hardest part is overthinking it,” he said.

There is a lot to think about when cutting meat, things like sinew, nerves, veins, fat and a little bit of geometry.

Texas Roadhouse generally trains its meat cutters for a month before letting them loose on their own.

But Roman Mendoza of the Parker store turned out to be somewhat of a meat-cutting prodigy, said his manager, Jesse Trask. After his month of training, Mendoza had only been on the job a week when he qualified to compete.

“He’s fantastic,” said Trask, as he tended to all the freshly cut steaks he was grilling up for the after-competition barbecue. “He’s one of my best. He’s taking this on as a new endeavor, and he loves it.”

Contestants at this regional competition came from as far away as South Dakota and

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Jesse Trask, kitchen manager at the Parker Texas Roadhouse, got the fun job of the day — cooking up all the steaks cut for the contest and serving up lunch to the competitors.

New Mexico, but Colorado prevailed in the end.

The four who lived to chop another day are Vicente Heredia of Colorado Springs, Jose Reyes of Thornton, Angel Decora of Fort Collins and Omar Sanchez of Arvada.

They could eventually be one of the 10 nationwide who carve a path to the final 2015 national competition in Orlando to vie for the $20,000 grand prize.

“For some of those guys, that could almost double their income,” said Davis.

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‘Godot’ is delight at new company Ripple Effect production on stage

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com The new Ripple Effect Theatre Company, formed by Maggie Stillman and Brandon Palmer, has chosen the best-recognized example of the “Theatre of the Absurd” to inaugurate a new season. Skillfully directed and presented in the round at the Work|Space in Denver, it is an impressive statement — and absolutely entertaining as well.

Introductory material from Ripple Effect quotes the New York Telegram on Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”: “(It) cannot be compared to any other theater work, because its purpose is so different. Two dilapidated tramps spend their days as painlessly as they can. They wait for someone, or something, called Godot, who will explain their interminable insignificance, or put an end to it.”

The pair, expertly played by Seth Maisel (Vladimir/Didi) and James O’Hagan Murphy (Estragon/Gogo), suggest early vaudeville — or perhaps Charlie Chaplin — in appearance, with their black hats and scruffy clothes. They wait on a bare plain, where one scraggly tree grows. They are at times comical.

IF YOU GO “Waiting for Godot” plays through Oct. 11 at the Work|Space, 2701 Lawrence St., Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11 and 6 p.m. Oct. 5. Tickets: $19.

Reservations: 720-441-2933, rippleeffecttheatre.com.

Eventually, Pozo (Don DeVeux), leading his slave, Lucky (Tucker D. Johnston) on a rope, appears on the scene to philosophize some. At Pozo’s command to “think,” Lucky launches into a long speech, reminiscent of James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness writing. (Joyce was a close friend and influence on the younger Beckett when they were both living in Paris.)

A novelist, playwright, poet, theater director and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1969), Beckett grew up in Ireland and lived much of his adult life in Paris. “Waiting for Godot” was originally written in French. The play was introduced in 1953 and gradually became more popular. It is often produced today.

Critic Vivian Mercier wrote: “A play in which nothing happens, twice, that yet keeps the audience glued to their seats.”

We will watch with interest for Ripple Effect’s next production.

Buntport Theater’s cast for “Naughty Bits: Erik Edborg, Erin Rollman, Brian Colonna and Hannah Duggan jointly tell three interrelated stories in “Naughty Bits.” Courtesy photo

Just one thing missing in `Naughty Bits’ Silliness abounds in tale of broken part

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Seth Maisel and James O’Hagan Murphy play Didi and Gogo in the new Ripple Effect Theatre Company’s “Waiting for Godot.” Courtesy photo

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The stage for “Naughty Bits” at Buntport Theater is set with a pink-patterned Oriental rug, an elegant pink sofa and chair and a formal writing desk.

We are in Lansdowne House in London, where the Marquess of Lansdowne and others, including William Pitt, had lived in luxury and accumulated an important art collection, which included the Lansdowne Herakles (Hercules), a classical Roman marble statue that was found in the 1700s at the Emperor Hadrian’s villa in Rome.

(Hadrian ruled from A.D. 117 to 138).

When it was found, all the broken parts were restored, as with many Roman sculptures of that period — except for a vital part of Herakles’ anatomy.

From Lansdowne House, Herakles traveled to California, when the Getty Museum purchased him — and it was there that Buntport Theater member Brian Colonna saw the marble and told his colleagues about it. Herein began the wonderful process that Buntport members go through to write and produce their very clever, very original plays. The result is most entertaining.

One pictures them seated around a table, perhaps fortified with a cold beer, building on their education at Colorado College, which probably included classical history, art and literature. They would look up Lansdowne House legends, Hercules myths, Roman history and more and come up with three different stories that meet and mingle on this single set. Who knew

IF YOU GO “Naughty Bits” runs through Oct. 4 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances are at 8 p.m. Oct. 2, 3, 4.

Tickets, $20 closing night, $16/$13 others. Buntport.com.

there was an early painting showing crossdressers, for example?

Erik Edborg plays an affected 1920s art historian, who lectures with antique-looking black-and-white slides throughout the play about notable Roman marble statues — with and without missing parts — sometimes mouthing silently, while other action is going on, and at other times talking directly to the audience.

A young couple, circa 1950s, enters: Harry (Colonna) and Jenny (Erin Rollman), an actress. Harry rents the house and plans to live there with Jenny, while she pronounces it “stuffy.” We learn that she has put some lipstick on the very valuable Rubens paintings and is generally irreverent — and looking forward to giving parties there. Not much concern about Herakles with either of them, but they theorize some about the statue’s past, as they establish their own routines.

The third storyline concerns a romance novelist (Hannah Duggan), who appears on the set and talks at length on the phone with her editor about the need to explain and recover that missing part — essential to her novel about a former resident of the house and her relationship to Herakles.

Silliness ensues and the characters eventually interact for a surprise ending — staged in Buntport’s imaginative style.

Audiences are invited to submit a model of the missing part — some are displayed in the lobby. They will send them to the Getty Museum at the production’s end — in case anything fits!

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LEFT: “Moradain Taos,” a reduction woodblock print by Leon Loughridge, is in the “Seasons: From Plein Air to Studio” exhibit at Elements 5280 Gallery in Greenwood Village. ABOVE: “Mountain Sunset,” an oil by Jeanne Perry, is ialso ncluded in the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 11 at the gallery located at 5940 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village. For more information, visit www.Elements5280.com or call 303-804-5280. Courtesy photos

Art show brings outdoors indoors En plein air works on display at gallery

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “Plein air painters paint outside, no matter the season, no matter the weather. Working against time, they capture the essence of a subject, its color, shape and texture and most of all, how the subject is illuminated,” writes George Rentz of Elements 5280 Gallery in Greenwood Village.

He has invited four veteran Colorado artists to combine their works in an exhibit called “Seasons: From Plein Air to Studio” — a self-explanatory title — through Oct. 11. They are: Jeanne Perry, of Steamboat Springs; Lorenzo Chavez, who lives in Parker; Don Hamilton, Castle Rock; and Leon Loughbridge, Denver.

Perry started art classes at age 5 at the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo., majored in art at CU-Boulder, has traveled widely and teaches workshops. She and her husband have a winter home in Tucson, as well as the home/studio in Steamboat, and she works en plein air year-round, exhibiting across the nation.

Chavez was born in New Mexico and graduated from the

Colorado Institute of Art in 1983. He has been a guest artist with Plein Air Painters of America, is represented by five galleries, has worked in national and international collections and exhibits widely. He teaches pastel landscape painting, including for the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild.

Loughridge also grew up in New Mexico and the Western landscape is in his makeup. His grandmother was active in northern New Mexico art circles and he later studied at Colorado Institute of Art. While in the Army, he was stationed in Germany and studied Old Masters’ panting techniques and was introduced to etchings.

When he returned to Colorado, he began to study intaglio, printing and techniques, and began selling prints in the mountain towns. He bought a letterpress and began making the wood-block prints for which he is especially known. (They are based on en plein air watercolor sketches.) He also produces limited-edition books containing his wood-block prints.

Hamilton is a Colorado native, who writes on his website about his effort to give viewers of his work a sense of “being there.” He began drawing at an early age and sharing drawings with his grandfather, a stonemason, who was an early influence. He studied privately, at first focusing on wildlife, then was drawn to en plein air painting, “capturing a fleeting moment in nature.”

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Buckle your swash for school play ThunderRidge Thespians stage ‘Three Musketeers’

By Sonya Ellingboe

IF YOU GO “The Three Musketeers” plays at 7 p.m. on Oct. 9, 10, 11 at ThunderRidge High School. Tickets are priced at $6/$8 at seatyourself.biz or at the door. ThunderRidge High School is located at 1991 Wildcat Reserve Parkway, Highlands Ranch.

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com The ThunderRidge Thespians start out their year with a French tale that has become part of our collective cultural baggage — Alexandre Dumas’ swashbuckling “The Three Musketeers,” which plays Oct. 9-11 at 7 p.m. in the school’s theater, directed by Kylene Hurley.

It’s “a story of heroism, treachery, close escapes and above all, honor,” says student publicist Matthew Rudolph (who also plays the king of France).

Dumas originally published his story in serialized form in a newspaper in 1884. Set in 1625, it tells of young, feisty d’Artagnan (Addison Williams), who sets out to Paris in search of adventure, accompanied by his sister Sabine (Delainey Phillips), a tomboy type, who poses as a man instead of enroll-

ing in the convent school where her parents intended for her to go.

Soon, d’Artagnan meets the greatest heroes of the day: Athos (Tyler Key), Porthos (Mitch Risdon) and Aramis (Steven Hansen), and joins with them to defend the honor of the king of France and queen of France (Sarah Whaley).

He finds himself in opposition to the powerful and dangerous Cardinal Richelieu (Jeffrey Pincus) and his deadly ally, Countess de Winter, known as Milady (Danika Lambert), “who will stop at nothing to revenge herself on d’Artagnan and Sabine. Little does Milady know that the young girl she scorns will ultimately save the day,” Rudolph writes about this show, which is good for all audiences.

Writers to flock to Castle Rock Conference offers 28 sessions for authors

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com On Oct. 4, writers from across the Front Range and farther afield will convene at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock to take part in their choice of 28 workshops offered through the day. The sessions will look at writing from many perspectives: children’s picture books, memoirs, nonfiction, fiction and how to get them polished, published and marketed.

The first two workshops begin with a practical opportunity: Photographer Buck Anderson will take headshots that writers can use to market their books for $25, paid when you register.

Bring a flash drive with you to carry it away and use for social media sites, etc.

Business aspects of a writer’s trade include how to pitch a story to editors and agents, how to find that agent (several are on the program), how to produce a book trailer for YouTube (Castle Rock nature writer Mary Taylor Young will teach this as well as “Making your Non-Fiction Sing Through a Narrative

Thread”).

There are workshops on plotting, character development, writing for preschoolers, young adults … “Know Your Genre” looks at how to sort it all out.

Claudia Cangilla McAdam of Highlands Ranch, who has recently sold two picture books to different publishers, will offer a workshop called “Picture This!”

The keynote speaker will be Laura Pritchett, author of a new novel, “Stars Go Blue.” She has published other full-length works, won the Colorado Book Award and PEN Award for Fiction, and published more than 100 essays and short stories in magazines.

The Castle Rock Writers will provide a scholarship to one high school student and offer a reduced registration fee for other 10th- to 12th-grade students ($35).

Registration includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch and four workshops, the keynote address and a free agent pitch while they last. Walk-in registration on the morning of the conference is $85. (Online registration is closed.) The Douglas County Events Center is a 500 Fairgrounds Drive in Castle Rock. Workshops run from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Information is found at castlerockwriters.com.

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Men’s chorus opens series in Littleton

Sound of the Rockies, a men’s a cappella chorus, will reprise its special “Pirates of the Colorado” concert to open the free Littleton United Methodist Church concert series at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 3. Chorus director Darin Drown will be joined by KEZW’s Rick Crandall as this barbershop chorus entertains an enthusiastic audience. LUMC is at 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. 303794-6379.

Sacred and profane

“From the Sacred to the Profane” is the title for the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The program includes Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony; J.S. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”; Debussy’s “The Sunken Cathedral”; and highlights from “Wicked.” Jacinda Bouton of Lone Tree is director. Tickets cost $17/$12/$7 plus $3 handling fee at the Lone Tree Arts Center box office, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Authors’ league holds programs

The Colorado Authors’ League is holding a series of Second Saturday programs, open to members and non-members, at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood. On Oct. 11, the topic is “Sizzle! Sizzle! The Creative Side of Selling a Book.”

The panel will include Jen Halligan, owner of Jen Halligan PR and a graduate of University of Denver Publishing Institute; Scott Johnson, book designer of Sputnik Design Works; Terry Wright, a local independent publisher and author; and Nate Guy, bookseller from Barnes & Noble. They will address title choice, endorsement copy, back cover and jacket flap copy, review copies and social media. The Lakewood campus is at 13300 W. Sixth Ave. The cost to CAL members is $20 through Oct. 8/$30 at the door; non-members $30 advance/$40 at the door. Coloradoauthors.org.

Concertos on tap

The Littleton Symphony begins its season of piano concertos and American masterworks at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton, with pianist Katie Mahan performing the “Emperor Concerto.” Also on the program: music by Gershwin, Copland and Williams.

Tickets: littletonsymphony.org or at the door.

The Sound of the Rockies chorus will repeat its “Pirates of the Colorado” show for the season’s first free concert in Littleton United Methodist Church’s Fine Arts and Faith Series at 7:30 on Oct. 3 at the church. Photo by Steve Zimmermann

Littleton gallery opens Outnumbered, a new gallery at 5654 S. Prince St. in downtown Littleton, opened on Aug. 15 and is featuring works by painters Robert Gray and Jessica Loving and local sculptor George Stephens. Sudee Floyd is owner. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; noon to 7 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays. 303-999-6105, OutnumberedGallery.com.

Festifall offers family fun Festifall will take place at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 11. Look for: live owls, story times, pumpkin patch, crafts, food trucks and more. Pumpkins will be for sale while they last. Admission: $3 a person for ages 2 and older. For more information, call the education department at 303-797-8565, ext. 306. No pre-registration — walk-up admission only.

Call for artists The 13th annual Lone Tree Art Expo (new name) will be Nov. 17 to Jan. 5. Entries are open on the Cafe website at callforentry.org. Rules allow three entries per artist in painting (oil, acrylic, tempera); drawing; watercolor; mixed media; and sculpture. Entry fee: $35 by credit card on the Cafe website or by mail to Lone Tree Art Center, c/o Art Expo, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, CO, 80124. Candice Pulliam is juror. For more information, visit lonetreeartscenter.org/art-show.php.

Project Angel Heart and other resources for people suffering from breast cancer. 303-814-3300.

Nature is topic A display of art by Jane Abrams, Jean Gumpper and Betsy Margolis opened Sept. 30 and will run through Nov. 13 in the “Nature as Subject” exhibit at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Admission is free. The gallery is open during box office hours, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. MondayFriday and two hours before performances at the arts center.

720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Sullivan shows work “Universal Villages,” an exhibit of paintings by Englewood resident Marla Sullivan, is at Nixon’s Coffee House, 871 Englewood Parkway, through Oct. 31. Sullivan’s work is also in the Evergreen Arts Open and the All Colorado Show at Greenwood Village’s Curtis Arts and Humanities Center.

Maze ready for fun The corn maze is open at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, C-470 and Wadsworth Boulevard, until early November. Open Fridays 4-9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 9 p.m. and Sundays, Noon to 6 p.m. Maze, food, hay ride, pony and train rides, jumping pillow. For information, botanicalgardens.org.

Dinners at dusk

Art for awareness The theme for the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild’s exhibit at the On the Edge Gallery, 417 Wilcox St., Castle Rock, is “Pink: A Breast Cancer Awareness Exhibit.” Events vary by date. On Oct. 11, sculptor Shohini Ghosh of Highlands Ranch will highlight

Cherokee Castle and Ranch, at 6113 N. Daniels Park Road near Sedalia, features Wednesday dinners, with castle tours, through October in the elegant Great Hall. Price: $50 each.

Limited to 40 guests. CherokeeRanch.org.

Storyteller to bring magic to metro area Stein’s complex family tale is set in Northwest

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Readers may remember author Garth Stein for his “Running in the Rain” six years ago: a story told from the standpoint of a dog named Enzo, which has been translated into 35 languages and sold millions of copies.

This master storyteller from the Pacific Northwest has just published “A Sudden Light,” a complex family tale set in his home territory — the Northwest of giant trees and dense forests — and its colorful history of lumber barons and clear-cut

acres.

Stein is coming to the Denver metro area to meet with readers: • On Oct. 9, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., he will be hosted by the Arapahoe Library District at a community event at the Sheraton Hotel, 7007 S. Clinton St., Greenwood Village. From 5:30-6:30, Stein will sign copies of his book, and from 6:30-7:30, he will give a book talk. Tattered Cover Book Store will be selling copies of his just-published “A Sudden Light” ($26.95).

The event is free, but preregistration is requested: 303-LIBRARY, arapahoelibraries.org.

• On Oct. 10, he will appear at the MPIBA (Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association) trade show in Denver — not open to the public.

• On Oct. 12 at 7 p.m., Stein will intro-

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duce his novel to readers at the University of Denver’s Enrichment Program, at Sturm Hall, 2000 E. Asbury Drive, Denver.

A registration fee of $35 includes a copy of the book and a parking pass for the evening, according to program coordinator Charles Stillwagon. Register at universitycollege.du.edu/enrichment or call 303-871-2291 (course number CRN1199).

Registration is required.

On Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m., Stein will appear at the Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., for a talk, Q&A and signing.

“A Sudden Light” begins with the nowadult narrator seated in a beautiful new park on Seattle’s edge, telling his children a story about family, history, an astonishing timber mansion with a life of its own and an important ghostly ancestor with a different agenda.

Trevor Riddell recalls the summer of 1990 — as a smart, edgy 14-year-old, he was riding in a “sickly pea green rental car” with his father, Jones Riddell, headed out of Sea-Tac Airport north on Interstate 5 towards the woods. The air is hot and humid. He is unhappy, missing his Connecticut home, his mother and familiar comforts as they approach the North Estate, where his father lived as a child.

Jones Riddell and his sister, Serena, have the objective of placing their senile father, Samuel Riddell, in a senior home, selling the house and land and being financially comfortable for life. A resident ghost has a different agenda.

Trevor describes the family home as built of enormous trees, set upright against each other to form three-story outer walls. Inside, it was filled with secret passages and rooms, a mysterious presence with a clear agenda and two relatives: Aunt Serena and Grandfather Samuel.

Through intelligent exploration and deduction from discovered letters and journals — and an openness to experience a ghostly presence — Trevor pieces

Author Garth Stein is coming to the Denver area to promote his new book, “A Sudden Light.” Courtesy photo together a century of family stories and discord.

One is kept engaged through travels in dank passages, a secret study, a valuable library and the personality of the North Estate house itself with its ongoing creaks and moans — as well as the machinations of quirky Serena, depressed Jones, elderly Samuel — and Trevor’s interactions with each. Dreams and messages are delivered by ancestor Ben’s ghostly presence and woven in to answer the boy’s questions.

A reader has to lean back and let the storyteller do his thing … literal interpretation floats away as one ascends to the top of a giant redwood. (We are told that the writer learned to climb these trees in the course of writing his tale.)

“A Sudden Light” is recommended for the reader who is willing to let a spirit or two enter the scene as an intriguing tale unfolds.

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A tiny tale of growth Castle Rock alpaca among the smallest born in state history

By Mike DiFerdinando

mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com When Cody was born Aug. 6 she was only six-and-a-half pounds, not even half of the typical weight for an alpaca at birth.

According to Amber Isaac, owner of Silken Suri Alpaca Ranch in Castle Rock where Cody was born, most Alpacas weigh between 15 and 20 pounds at birth.

“She was so tiny, I didn’t even weigh her the first day,” Isaac said. “I weighed her at about three days old.”

Cody is one of the smallest Alpacas to ever be born in Colorado. According to Isaac, no one she has spoken to, including the state universities, has seen an alpaca so small.

Too tiny to stay with her mother or older members of the herd, Cody has her own pen in the house with Issac who has become a surrogate mother.

“She follows me around now,” Isaac said. “That’s not typically what you want an alpaca personality to be. As they get bigger, you want them to respect your boundaries a little bit. As she gets bigger, I’m going to have to watch her personality and be sure I teach her she can’t play rough with me.”

Isaac came to Colorado seven years ago

LEFT: Weighing only 6.5 pounds at birth, Cody is one of the smallest alpacas to be born in Colorado history. RIGHT: Amber Isaac bottle-feeds Cody, now seven weeks old, at Silken Suri Alpaca Ranch in Castle Rock. Photos by Mike DiFerdinando to be closer to family after having spent 13 years working backstage in a Broadway theater in New York City.

“I’m a city girl out here with a ranch, 40 acres and a herd of alpacas,” she said.

She moved to the state not knowing what she wanted to do, but decided to work with animals. She chose alpacas because of their docile nature.

They get a haircut once a year,” Isaac said. “Their product is their fleece. The

goal is for them to live long, happy lives.

They’re giving me fleece; they’re giving me babies, so I want to reward them with a good long life.”

The alpaca are normally sheered in late June, she said. They graze off of grass on the ranch and in the winter their diet is supplanted with hay.

All of Isaac’s alpacas are named after Broadway shows or New York landmarks.

In addition to selling their fur — which

Isaac says is seven times warmer than wool — she also sells some of her herd to others, boards animals for those who don’t have the space and studs the males.

Cody has grown well since her birth and is expected to live a long happy life on the ranch, Isaac said.

“She’s just a joyful little sprite. She loves to leap in the air and kick up her heels. She has a great personality and I think she is going to be just fine,” Isaac said.

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 1200 South Street w/Kids & Youth Min Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 A Hillsong Network Church  mysummitchurch.com www.fumccr.org

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Trinity

Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am

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Lutheran Church & School

Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

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Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School Bible Study 9:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

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9:15 am · for children and adults

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Erev Rosh Hashanah Wed., Sept. 24 – 6:30pm Rosh Hashanah First Day Thur., Sept. 25 – 9:30am Erev Yom Kippur Fri., Oct. 3 – 6:30pm Yom Kippur Morning/Yiskor Sat., Oct. 4 – 9:30am Yom Kippur Afternoon/Neilah Sat., Oct. 4 – 5:00pm

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Parker

Parker United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Open and Affirming

Sunday Worship

8:00 AM Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 AM Sanctuary 10:20 AM St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com 303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510

303-794-6643

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Highlands Ranch

10926 E. Democrat Rd.

Littleton

Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

www.gracecolorado.com

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

(Across from Murdochs)

303-798-8485

Church of Christ

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 MILLER ROAD PARKER, CO 80138 3038412125 www.pepc.org

Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Thursday Bible Study - 7:30pm Currently meeting at: Acres Green Elementary School 13524 Acres Green Drive 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Parker

Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet

303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org

Lone Tree Lone Tree

Welcome Home!

Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Serving the community ages 21/2 – 6 years “Love, Learn, Laugh”

Cowboy Church

Littleton

10:30am at Castle View HS

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Joy Lutheran Church Sharing God’s Love

SERVICES:

SATURDAY 5:30pm

SUNDAY 8:00 & 10:30am

Expository Teaching Through Books of the Bible Families worshipping together Iron Horse Elementary School 20151 Tallman Dr. Parker 80138 Sunday 10:00 TwentyMileBibleChurch.org

Education Hour: Sunday 9:15am Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org

303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Sunday Services

Non-Denominational

Christ’s Episcopal Church

Pastor Paul Flannery “It’s not about us... It’s about serving others... T hen God gets the Glory!”

8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

615 4th Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.5185

www.ChristsEpiscopalChurch.org TWITTER: @CECCastleRock

9:00 AM SUNDAY WORSHIP

2121 Dad Clark Drive 720.259.2390 www.HFCdenver.org

Sunday

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

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

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Minecraft coming to classroom near you DCSD studying gaming and programming platform for core classes

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com Explosive interest among elementary school students in the gaming platform Minecraft could change the way kids learn.

Brian Dickman, a Parker resident who has founded and helmed a string of successful software companies, has spent the past year teaching children about the virtually-infinite possibilities of the Minecraft world through robotics clubs at his business, Deep Space Workplace in downtown Parker.

Minecraft enables users to be both creative and strategic in accomplishing goals, and Dickman likens the avenues in getting there to the “choose your own adventure” books that were popular with teens in the 1970s and 1980s.

“I teach them ways to program within the parameters of the game,” he said. “Instead of just play, it can also be used for creating and ultimately become a career.”

When he was around 11 years old, Dickman felt the spark that he hopes to inspire in others when he figured out how to write two lines of code that repeated the words “I’m awesome” on the screen of his Commodore 64. It might sound childish, but it was a transformative moment for Dickman.

“I knew when I was in sixth grade what kind of job I wanted, what I wanted to study at school,” he said.

These days, much of the Minecraft brainstorming in school settings occurs in clubs after class hours. But that’s all about to change.

Developing lessons, engaging students Dickman is working with Gautam Sethi, chief technology officer for the Douglas County School District, and the district’s IT Leadership Team on a curriculum that would incorporate Minecraft into everyday lesson plans. The technology could be utilized in core subjects like math and social sciences, and the district is reaching out to teachers to find out how and if they would use Minecraft in the classroom.

Teaching kids to code and encouraging them to create their own path toward a solution engages the student, as Sethi has seen in his own 7-year-old, who is learning about mechanics and problem solving through Minecraft at home.

The Douglas County School District hopes to formulate a plan by the end of the school year and introduce it next year in grades 3-6, but there are many outstanding questions and details that need to be addressed.

“Once we have the baseline hardware, what is the value on top of that? What programs and tools do you use?” Sethi said. “How do we understand that platform and shape it into a learning tool so the students don’t even know they’re learning?”

Technical support must be in place for teachers and the IT department has to make sure that expected “classroom outcomes” are met, but the district is well on its way.

Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Minecraft for $2.5 billion will further its capabilities, something that excites Sethi when he looks to the future.

Brian Dickman, owner of Deep Space Workplace, instructs a 10-member robotics club in downtown Parker in 2013. He is helping develop a curriculum that would put Minecraft-based programming into Douglas County classrooms. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

Bringing magic to the masses Separately, Dickman is trying to bring his interactive and collaborative lessons to a larger audience. He launched a Kickstarter campaign and wants to raise $30,000 by Oct. 12 to create an online curriculum that develops a child’s programming skills with regular project-based learning.

“They all want to do something a little different. I create a base platform in class and let

Security Service Federal Credit Union to host Free Shred Day October 4 Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU) will host a free Denver area shred day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, at its Broadway branch located at 99 South Broadway.

The event is designed to assist area residents with the safe and free disposal of unwanted, personal

documents. “It’s a great way to securely get rid of confidential and personal documents,” said John Worthington, chief communications officer for the credit union.

People can drive up and drop off bags and boxes of paper for shredding only. Limit two 18”x20”x12” full boxes per household. Volunteers from

SSFCU will help with unloading, and all documents will be shredded on site.

That day, SSFCU will also be accepting cash donations for the Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/ssfcueventsco or call 1-800-52-SSFCU.

Women in Business Unveils New Name, Mission The Chamber women’s group, formerly Women in Leadership, hosted a red carpet rebranding event last Thursday to unveil their new name, mission, and outlook. The group, re-envisioned as Women in Business, celebrated their new vision in style at The Residence XXV above the Ritz Carleton. Guests were

“What an exciting new direction and new brand for Women in Business! [I’m] so grateful to serve with the fabulous women in this group,” said attendee Sue Kenfield, president/founder of See It Thrive.

Women in Business’s new mission is IGNITE, which stands for Influence, Growing, Negotiate, Involvement, Transform, Empower. They hope to mobilize their membership through strategic alliances and collaboration, to influence community leaders, and transform women in business. In another strategic departure, the group will now meet on the first Friday of month Sue Kenfield and Rena Marson walk the red carpet at the Women at 7:30 am. in Business Kickoff “We hope to greeted on the red carpet with a glass attract all levels of businesswomen of champagne, and treated to hors with our new mission and meeting d’oeuvres and skin product gift bags time,” said Holly Mullins, board chair. courtesy of event sponsor M.Pulse “We are excited to bring Women in Modern Skincare.

Business to the next level, and to add

value with great speakers and programming.”

The event included the confirmation of Women in Business Chair Holly Mullins, owner, Farmers Insurance Group - Holly Mullins Agency, as well as Chair-Elect Rena Marson, guest relations manager, Kuni Honda on Arapahoe. Outgoing Chair Shelly Howard-Whitmore, member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, was honored with a vase engraved with thanks for her leadership and service.

“I am so excited with the work and development the Women in Business group has done this year, and with Holly Mullins as the new chair the level of programing and sponsorship will only continue to grow,” said Howard-Whitmore.

The group also honored guests Vickie Thomas, president, the Thomas Group, and Tammy Fernandez, executive director of corporate social responsibility, Apollo Education Group. The two women were among the original founders of the Women in Leadership group.

Women in Business Secretary Kristie Nelson said, “I am honored to be a part of such a remarkable group and assist with the transition to Women In Business…I am excited to help

them splinter off into their areas of interest,” said Dickman. “It’s the same project in the end, but they come at it from different directions.”

The subscription-based model would allow anyone in the world access to projects and mentors for a small fee.

To access the Kickstarter campaign, visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brian dickman/166662309?token=e5e7a462.

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

DATE CHANGE-Tuesday, September 30 Attorney General Candidate Debate-Cynthia Coffman and Don Quick 7:30 am – 9:00 am, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Tuesday, September 30

Attorney General Candidate Debate- Cynthia Coffman and Don Quick 7:30 am – 9:00 am, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Tuesday, September 30 K1 Speed Ribbon Cutting 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, K1 Speed, 8034 Midway Dr., Littleton, CO

Thursday, October 2 Secretary of State Candidate Debate 3:30 pm, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Thursday, October 2 New Member Orientation 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Friday, October 3 Strategies for Resolving Environmental Conflicts - Hydraulic Fracturing Debate 7:30 am – 9:00 am, University of Colorado - Denver 1380 Lawrence Street, Terrace Room (2nd floor), Denver, CO Space is limited, please RSVP by emailing SPA.EVENTS@ucdenver.edu

Friday, October 3 Are You a Sales Genius Two Hours AFTER Your Sales Call?

8:00 am – 10:00 am, Sales Leadership Training Center, 355 Union Blvd. Suite 300, Lakewood, CO Chamber members attend free, RSVP required

IGNITE our membership through strategic alliances and collaboration and help bring Women in Business to the next level.”

The annual conference has been moved to spring 2015. Stay tuned for further details.

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THINGS DO SEASON’S EATINGS

THEATER/FILM

AUSTRALIAN MAGICIAN JAY SCOTT Berry, a superstar magician from Australia, will perform Friday, Oct.

3, to Sunday, Oct. 5 at the Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Show is family-friendly. Reservations required. Call 303-660-6799. Go to www.AmazingShows. com.

BALLET ARIEL Free Performances BALLET ARIEL presents two free performances of excerpts from “Coppelia” and other

dances at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, on the second floor of the McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W. Colfax Ace., Denver, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, at Hampden Hall, Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Visit www.balletariel.org or call 303-945-4388.

SEEDLINGS: SVEN the Juggler THE STAR of KidsFest and a Colorado favorite, Sven the Juggler takes any day from

“blah” to “wow!” For this fall-themed Seedlings, expect to see juggling pumpkins and get a ton of giggles. Program is at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. all 720-509-1000 or go to www.

LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

Castle Rock Writers Conference

WRITE AROUND the Rock, a yearly concert for writers from all

along the Front Range and even from out of the state, is from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Douglas County Events Center. The conference features 28 workshops covering various aspects of writing, and a number of agents and publishers will attend. A preconference event, “Reading from the Slush Pile: Agents Share their Thought,” is at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at the Events Center. Go to www.castlerockwriters.com for details, or contact conference director Jean Jacobsen at castlerockwriters@gmail.com or 720-373-8966.

ARTS IN the Afternoon: Serenade VIOLIN, VIOLA, and flute: it’s a rare combination, but a lovely one, and this program features three centuries of music combining these instruments. Handel is here, and Beethoven, but also current American composer Kenji Bunch and a work he wrote specifically for the Ivy Street Ensemble, which presents this program. Program is at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. all 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

MUSIC/CONCERTS ROCK `N’ Bowl

ROCK `N’ Bowl with Our Generation and guests from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday,

Oct. 4, at Brunswick Zone XL in Lone Tree.

Three bands will perform. Free and suitable for all ages. Go to www. ourgeneration. rocks.

A NIGHT

in New Orleans

Junior Astronomers: International Astronomy Day CELEBRATE ONE of our greatest natural resources, the night sky, on International Astronomy Day, featuring stories, scopes and other surprises for this star viewing experience. Program is for ages 6-10 years, with an adult. Flashlights and cold weather clothing are must for this evening program. Program is from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Deer Creek Canyon Park, 13896 Grizzly Drive, Littleton.

Go to http://bit.ly/JrAstronomersInternational to register.

Children’s Theater: Eating Words

A DISENCHANTED freelance fortune cookie writer is entrusted

with an old, well-chewed ballpoint pen; mid-scribble, she is overtaken by the pen’s magic powers and must find her way through a fantastic magic kingdom by seeking and wielding words as best and bravely as she can. This new show from Buntport Theatre is presented through Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. For tickets and other information, call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

HEAD DOWN

to NOLA with internationally renowned trumpeter Byron Stripling. Stripling is the artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, leader of his own quartet, and constantly in demand to play with pops orchestras around the world. An extroverted performer who brings the audience into his music, the happiness that he exudes through his trumpet, his vocals and his words is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, yet very much his own. Program is at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. all 720509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

DON’T LET stress over the big meal spoil your holidays! Learn to prepare some new dishes (tasting included), and time you meal perfectly at this free event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch (9292 Ridgeline Blvd.). To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

FESTIFALL AT Hudson Gardens THE HUDSON Gardens & Event Center hosts the third annual FestiFall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11. This all-day celebration celebrates all things fall, including live owl presentations, story times, pumpkin patch and straw bale maze explorations, educational demonstrations, craft stations, music, food trucks and more. Pumpkins from the pumpkin patch will also be for sale while supplies last. Call 303-797-8565 ext. 306. Go to www. hudsongardens.org.

GATHERING AND Sharing Stories LEGACY EDUCATES, motivates and activates people to rescue their highest priority recording and living memories before they are lost forever. They do this by providing legacy tools, training and a secure repository where this valuable personal and family history can be stored and discriminately shared. Gordon M. Taylor will lead the Parker Genealogical Society program “Gathering and Sharing Stories Using Legacy Stories” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Stroh Road Fire Station, 19310 Stroh Road, Parker. Everyone is welcome.

HEALTH/FITNESS

FREE HEATH Education

SOUTH DENVER Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton, presents free educational classes in October. From 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 7, is Cholesterol and Your Heart, led by Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Renee Julien, RN, who will explore the basics of cholesterol and how to manage it with medication, lifestyle and natural alternatives. Call 303-744-1065 or go to www.southdenver.com for information and to register.

FREE NUTRITION, Cooking Class FREE HEART Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 (Eating to East Arthritis); Wednesday, Oct. 15 (Food Politics); Wednesday, Oct 22 (The DASH Diet); Wednesday, Oct. 29) Jumpstart Your Metabolism) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

ALIGN YOURSELF With/In Nature … Yoga at Castlewood VOLUNTEER REGISTERED yoga teachers will lead late summer yoga sessions in Castlewood Canyon State Park. Meet at the Pikes Peak Amphitheater for 75 minutes of luxurious breathe and movement. You can’t beat the setting! Next session is from 8:30-9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8. Bring a yoga mat, blanket, and plenty of water. Suggested donation is $10. All proceeds benefit the Friends of Castlewood Canyon (http://castlewoodfriends.org) and the myriad Canyon enhancement projects. E-mail YogaCastlewoodCanyon@ gmail.com.

EDUCATION

BASEBALL AND the American Dream WHAT DO baseball greats have in common? A shared history of baseball and a belief in the American dream that anyone can achieve success, freedom, and happiness. Join University of Colorado at Boulder professor Tom Zeiler from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Liniger Building at CU South Denver, at The Wildlife Experience ,10035

ART

HARVEST OF Quilts

SEE QUILTED items from Colorado quilters, including large bed-sized quilts, wall hangings, miniature quilts, baby/lap quilts, wearable art and home décor items at the Harvest of Quilts from Friday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Guest judges will award ribbons in various categories. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Go to http://douglascountylibraries.org/Locations/PhilipSMillerLibrary.

EVENTS

COLORADO INSIDE Out

THE EMMY Award winning Colorado Public Television Channel 12 public affairs roundtable comes to Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch (9292 Ridgeline Blvd.) at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, for a special “On the Road” live edition. Host Dominic Dezzutti will be joined by panelists Patricia Calhoun, editor of Westword; David Kopel, research director at the Independence Institute; Eric Sondermann, political analyst; and Penfield Tate III, attorney and former state lawmaker. The panel will analyze current events and take questions. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

GERMAN FARE and Fun OKTOBERFEST, A fun day filled with authentic German band, food, vendors and more, is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Festival Park, 300 Second St., Castle Rock. http://www.downtowncastlerock.com/

Puppetry Building Class

LEARN ENTRY-LEVEL puppet making techniques from a puppetbuilding master who has worked with Disney, Baby Einstein and more.

Perfect to prepare for the holidays, you can choose from a Christmas stocking puppet or a snowflake puppet. This class is fun for children, teens and adults, ages 10 and above. Class is from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Deep Space Workplace and Event Center, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. Go to https://www.goodnessgracious.org/events/

Healing Our Youth: Get Educated!

PARENTS AND youth leaders are invited to become informed about mental health and wellness to support and heal our community’s youth at the inaugural Healing Our Youth: Get Educated! The event is rom 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Centennial. This is a free sponsored dinner and panel presentation for anyone interested in helping improve the mental wellness of youth in our community. Seating is limited and registration is required. Go to www.smhaco.org/healing, or contact Traci Jones, SMHA communications specialist, at 303-793-9615 or traci@ smhaco.org to reserve your place. The event is put on by South Metro Health Alliance, Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, At Peace Therapy Centers, LLC, Littleton Public School District, NAMI-Arapahoe/ Douglas Chapter, and Parker Pediatrics and Adolescents PC.

ANNE HILLERMAN THE NEW York Times bestselling author continues her late father Tony Hillerman’s legacy with the award-winning “Spider Woman’s Daughter,” a Leaphorn and Chee novel.

She will speak and sign books at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Rock (Philip S. Miller, 100 S. Wilcox St.). To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Books will be available for sale.

TRUNK AND Fashion Show THE PARKER Senior Center will have its free Trunk and Fashion Show, by Vicky’s Boutique, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. Lunch, with reserved seating for the fashion show, can be purchased in advance at the Parker Senior Center, 10675 Longs Way, Parker. Lunch will be served at noon and the fashion show begins at 1 p.m. Lunch tickets are $6 in advance, or $8 if purchased at the door until sold out. There is no cost to attend the fashion show. A free cookbook will be given out with the purchase of clothes and accessories in the fashion show, while supplies last. Entertainment will feature tap dancers, line dancers, Parker Senior Center’s thriller dancers and singer Christine LeFils. Fifteen percent of all purchases will be donated to the senior center. E-mail Kam at kamieb1234@gmail.com.

NILMDTS REMEMBRANCE Walk THE ANNUAL Remembrance Walk for parents, family members and friends to remember a baby who has died because of miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, neonatal or any type of infant loss. Check in starts at 8 a.m., and the walk is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Clement Park, Littleton. To Register, visit http://nilmdtsremembrance.org/remembrance-walk-2/ walk-registration/

S. Peoria St., Parker. Go to http://conted.colorado.edu/weekend-info.

COLORADO BALLOT Issues 2014 THE FALL Colorado ballot promises to stir up strong emotions in the state. With a variety of complex issues coming to a vote, it is important that we understand the ballot and what is at stake. Join Active Minds for an objective review of the ballot issues and a presentation of the arguments on each side of the proposals. Programs are free, but RSVP is required unless otherwise. Program schedule: Monday, Oct. 6, Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, 303-791-7323; 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, Castle Pines Library, 7437 Village Square Drive, Suite 100, 303-791-7323; 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton (no RSVP needed); and 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Suite 200, Littleton, 303-791-7323.

UKRAINE AT A Tipping Point SEVENTY YEARS of Soviet control of Ukraine ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. During that time Ukraine suffered extensive famines, deportation of its citizens, and repopulation of its country by ethnic Russians. Since independence, Ukraine has aligned more with the west, resulting in escalating tension between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians.

Recently Russia has sent troops into Ukraine in an effort to protect their interests as Ukraine has destabilized. This has dramatically escalated the crisis. Join Active Minds as we explore this delicate situation from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Call RiverPointe, 303-797-0600, to RSVP. CASTLE ROCK Historical Society Presentation ED BATHKE will discuss the history of the Roxborough area located in Douglas County at the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum’s monthly presentation. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m, and the presentation begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. Castle Rock. Go to http://castlerockmuseum.org.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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CURTAIN TIME Sit a spell “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will be presented by Highlands Ranchbased Performance Now Theatre Company at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison St., Lakewood, from Oct. 10-19. Kelly Van Oosbree is the director. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays.

Recommended for age 13 and over. Tickets: Lakewood.org/pntc, 303-987-7845.

Prize-winning play “The Buried Child” by Sam Shepard, a 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner, will play at the Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood, from Oct. 17 to Nov. 16. Directed by Rick Bernstein.

Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays (no performance on Nov. 2; $15 industry night at 8 p.m. Nov. 3). Tickets: $22$26, theedgetheater.com or 303-232-0363.

Sondheim musical “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondhein and James Lapine plays Oct. 17 to Nov. 9 at the Aurora Fox Theatre, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, presented by Ignite Theatre Company. Bernie Cardell directs. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Oct. 20; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $27/$19. 720-362-2697, ignitetheatre.com.

Up in Evergreen “Bright Ideas” by Eric Coble plays Oct. 17

to Nov. 9 at Evergreen Players’ Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m.

Sundays. Tickets: $20/$16/$10. Evergreenplayers.org, 303-674-4934.

Phamaly matter

“Vox Phamalia: Pity Pity Bang Bang,” written and performed by director Edith Weiss, Jeremy Palmer and cast members from Phamaly Theater Company, is the result of an annual writing-to-performance development workshop held with disabled actors. Performances will be Oct. 16-26 at Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver, at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, Oct. 20 and Oct. 23; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets: $24 at the door or by phone/$20 in advance online. Phamaly.org, 303-3215925.

Bittersweet comedy

“Harold and Maude” plays Oct. 3 to Nov. 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Nov. 6; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Nov. 8.

Tickets: vintagetheatre.com.

On Westminster stage

“Spirit and Sworded Treks” is presented by Esprit Asia and Germinal Stage at Germinal’s 73rd Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, Oct. 3-19. Performances: 7 p.m.

Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays; 2 p.m. Oct. 18.

Tickets: theatre-esprit-asia.org.

Marketplace

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Auctions

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Sons of Italy annual Craft and Gift Fair

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Instruction IMPROV CLASSES!

Improv theater classes for ALL ages.

Check out the website: www.improv-maven.com Or call Lucy: 303-808-9700 Unlock YOUR imagination!

Kids, Adults & Seniors welcome.

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PIANO LESSONS!

Beginners to Advanced (5+) 303 990-1595.

Misc. Notices Want To Purchase

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

FARM & AGRICULTURE Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo

quartered, halves and whole

719-775-8742

Garage Sales Arvada GARAGE SALERS DREAM Great prices from 5 families Collectibles, Linens, Quilts and much much more October 3rd, 4th & 5th 8am-4pm 12754 West 61st Avenue (2 blocks West of Ward Road)

Estate Sales

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It takes a team of highly skilled journalists, editors, designers, marketing consultants, circulation experts and advertising support from local businesses to make this all possible.

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If you enjoy receiving your newspaper as much as we enjoy bringing it to you, please use this envelope to make a voluntary contribution. In addition to supporting our efforts to bring you the best local news, sports and entertainment, this year you can also choose to help support one of three local charities serving the Colorado Front Range!

Caring Transitions Estate Sale in Northglenn Will be held at 10678 Northglenn Drive, Northglenn, 80233 this Friday & Saturday, October 3rd & 4th from 9-3.

Selling the entire contents of the house including furniture, kitchen, home decor, collectibles, garage, yard decorations and so much more

MERCHANDISE Arts & Crafts 3rd Annual Craft Fair Saturday October 11th 1:30pm-6:30pm Vendors Wanted $30 a table table included 11680 West 44th Ave Wheat Ridge Set up 8:30am-11:am the day of the sale Free Coffee to Vendors Soft Drinks and Snacks Available Call Susan @ (303)885-3948

PETS

Holiday Crafters Wanted November 7th & 8th Friday 9-6 Saturday 9-4 5925 West 32nd Ave Wheat Ridge 80033 Applications now available www.osiadenver.org or call 303-462-0985

Creekside Seniors 7th annual craft sale 1700 Peirce Street, Lakewood Saturday October 4th 2014 9am-3pm

Juried VENDORS

Opportunity for holiday craft fair on November 14 – 15 at the Central Christian Church of Denver located just south of the Cherry Creek Mall.

If you are interested in joining us as part of a special holiday craft fair, please call Lynda at 303-794-6136.

We are an international non profit organization called PEO which raises money for women’s scholarships.

Reasonable rates – free parkingfree admission.

YULETIDE BAZAAR Holiday Crafts, Homemade Food, Gift Boutique.

November 8th 9am-4pm, PARKER FIELD HOUSE Dransfield & Plaza Drive Sponsored by Mountain Pine Woman's Club

Free parking and admissions, Free gift for 1st 100 shoppers.

Bicycles

Electric Bicycles

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Pine/Fur & Aspen

Split & Delivered $225 Stacking available extra $25 Some delivery charges may apply depending on location. Hauling scrap metal also available (appliances, batteries etc.)

Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

FIREWOOD Dry, Split, Delivered Geiger Logging (303)688-0453

Miscellaneous John Deer 825D Snowblower Very Good condition $500 (818)516-0844 MOVING SALE: Teak Buffet, Trundle Twin Beds, Gold Oriental Table, Parsons Kitchen Table/2 leaves, 4 chairs.

2 Book cases, Singer Sewing Machine.

If interested call 720-256-1318 or 970-216-0920

Dogs Mini Golden Doodle pups 2nd generation, no shed Adult size 30-35 pounds Vet checked, shots $1400

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Other Pets we are looking to sell our young ferret, Draco, for $100 including his cage, food, water and food bowls, hammock, bedding, toys,litter boxes and litter, as well as grooming supplies. we can no longer keep him as we are getting married and our apartment will not let us take him. he is very sweet and is great with kids young and old as well as cats and dogs. he will also come with his birth certificate. he is up to date on shots and is neutered and de-scented. please email us at candypuppy7@gmail.com for more information.

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RV’s and Campers 2006 FLEETWOOD HIGHLANDER (POP-UP CAMPER) SLEEPS 6 TO 8- TWO KING BEDS (with upgraded mattress), SLIDE OUT DINING AREA (fold down to bed), REFRIGERATOR, MICROWAVE, RANGE, OVEN, FURNACE, HOT WATER SINK, SHOWER, TOILET, AM/FM STEREO/CD, OUTSIDE BBQ. WE WILL THROW IN A AWNING AND A SCREENED IN ROOM ATTACHMENT $9,999.00 CALL ED TO SET APPOINTMENT @ 303.909.2821 Divorce Must Sell: Beautiful Custom '03 Beaver' Contessa Class A motorcoach, 55k miles. Reduced $12,000. to $67,900. Decorator interior, real Cherry Cabinetry, Italian tile, full paint loaded with new upgrades, 370 hp Cummins Diesel.

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ThunderRidge defenders Matt Stanley (49) and Alex Bezugly (40) close in on Mountain Vista running back Jaeson Jaurez (23) during the Continental North affair between the two schools Sept. 26. Vista scored late in the game to get their first ever victory against ThunderRidge by a score of 21-14. Photo by Paul DiSalvo

On top of the mountain, alas Golden Eagles grab first ever win over rival Grizzlies

By Jim Benton

jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Mountain Vista and ThunderRidge, high schools located just three miles apart on Wildcat Reserve Parkway in Highlands Ranch, are geographical rivals.

The football rivalry between the two schools got a little better Sept. 26 after Mountain Vista finally collected its first ever win in nine games against ThunderRidge with a 21-14 Continental League North win before a crowd of more than 3,500 at Shea Stadium.

Douglas County students had the day off, so tailgating started in the morning and fans that wanted to make sure they got a parking

spot also arrived early. People who had tickets were constantly asked by the public address announcer to squeeze together so everyone could sit down.

And as the game sold out earlier in the week, there were many people who watched it from outside the fences on the north and south ends of the stadium.

It was ThunderRidge’s homecoming but it was the Vista students that hung a bear from the stadium’s beams to signify the Grizzlies 1-3 start to the season. A ThunderRidge student also walked around with a sign that read “Vista 4-1” indicating that the Golden Eagles were going to lose their first game of the season that night.

Yet at the end of the night, Mountain Vista was 5-0 and had managed to erase the demons of its eight-game losing streak against ThunderRidge, which saw the Grizzlies win by an average of 24 points. The closest the

Golden Eagles came to winning prior to Sept.

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“That’s a pretty good monkey off our backs,” said Mountain Vista coach Ric Cash.

“That’s been a weight that our kids and our program have been carrying. It is a big rivalry game. The schools are (three) miles apart and yet we hadn’t been able to break into the win column in eight previous tries. Getting that `w’ was a pretty big weight off our shoulders.”

Cash, however, had to remind his players to stay focused and not get wrapped up in the bedlam surrounding the game.

“I told the boys before the game that this is what you play high school football for, to have this kind of experience,” said Cash. “I said `don’t get caught up in the emotion of it.’ The boys did a really good job of saying focused.

It was a fun time for both programs. Both teams played really hard. We were fortunate enough to come out on the high end on the

scoreboard.

“It was crazy. I heard that at five, six o’clock in the morning people were out getting parking spots all ready. There were a lot of people that weren’t able to get into the game that came to watch anyway. You had 3,500 people in the stadium and another how many people on the outside watching from the fence. It was a pretty electric atmosphere. Everybody has told me they were pretty excited because it was a good game and a fun game to watch.”

The game was tied 7-7 at halftime and 14-all going into the fourth quarter when Nic Schmalz ran for the deciding Vista touchdown.

“We were certainly confident that we could get the job done in second half,” confessed Cash. “We’ve done very well in the second half. We felt pretty confident that we were going to be able to come out and be sucFootball continues on Page 32

Falcons find focus in legendary win Highlands Ranch pulls to 7-7 on season with victory over Titans

By Jim Benton

jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Highlands Ranch volleyball coach Lou Krauss wonders what a group of student supporters will do if the Falcons win an especially crucial match this season.

A troupe of students carried him around the court after the Falcons defeated Legend 3-0 in a Continental League match Sept. 25 in the Titans gym.

“I only get carried off when our crazy, rowdy friends show up,” said Krauss. “They were there for Mountain Vista too so when we beat Mountain Vista they carried me off too. I hate to see what would happen if we won something really big.”

Highlands Ranch’s victory over Legend snapped a three-match losing streak and improved the Falcons overall record to 7-7 and the team’s Continental League ledger to 3-2.

The team had five regular season matches remaining after the Legend win, including a Sept. 30 encounter at ThunderRidge.

“My four big point scorers have chronic little injuries,” pointed out Krauss. “Sometimes they’re in and sometimes they’re out and they can’t practice so we are not always as smooth as we should be.

“We lost some tough matches just because we lose our focus a little bit. Our goal against Legend was put three good sets together. I felt that we stayed focused. It wasn’t always

the prettiest volleyball but we didn’t lose our focus especially in the situation at Legend where it was very loud. We could have easily lost our focus.”

The rooting student sections from both schools exchanged cheers throughout the evening but the Highlands Ranch crowd was yelling the loudest at the end.

Highlands Ranch reeled off four straight points to win the first set over the Titans 2522, took six of the final seven points in a 25-18 win in the second set and captured the third set, 25-18.

Hannah Braun, a 6-foot senior middle hitter, had nine kills, a 69.2 kill percentage and a .538 hitting percentage against the Titans. Senior outside hitter Jasmine Evans had 10 kills and a 41.7 kill percentage while senior middle hitter Kelly Brunstein led the team with 10 blocks.

“We are very wishy-washy,” admitted Braun. “We’ve gotten so much better than from the beginning of the season. I’m proud of the ladies and how hard they have worked.

We’re working on the little things to get better. We really want to do well at the end of the season.

“We’ve had a lot of close losses in our past games so we just have been working harder in practice. We just needed to dial it in and get the one against Legend. We really worked hard and paid attention to all the details of the game to really step up.”

Braun is an emotional player and one of several Falcons that Krauss said has been in and out of practice.

“For me I focus on what the other team is doing and then I focus on what I need to do to stop what they are doing,” explained Braun. “I

Kelly Brunstein (10), right, signals a play while Highlands Ranch teammates Taylor Conroy (4) and Jasmine Evans (12) wait for the action to start during the Falcons 3-0 win over Legend on Sept. 25. Photo by Jim Benton try to help the team, bring them up, just focus on the prize and the stuff we have to do to build up to get that prize.

“I put my heart into the game. So it’s a heartbreaker if we do lose. It’s part of my life.

I spend all year playing it so I can’t let up at all. It’s something I do so I have to put my all into it.”

After the ThunderRidge match, Highlands Ranch entertains league-leading Ponderosa Oct. 2, visits Heritage Oct. 7, and then hosts Douglas County Oct. 9 and Regis Jesuit Oct. 15 to conclude the regular league season.

Highlands Ranch swept Chaparral, ranked second in the CHSAANow.com poll at the

time, on Sept. 9 and Krauss hopes his team can focus now on how they played against the Wolverines to spark a late-season run.

“We played really well against Chap,” said Krauss. “We had focus the whole time. Then we come back and go five with Mountain Vista. We won that but we should have never gone five. It’s a work in progress.”

Legend slipped to 1-4 in the league with the loss to Highlands Ranch and is 6-6 overall.

“We were a little flat against Highlands Ranch and we had a hard time getting some momentum going,” said Legend coach Katie Winsor. “Highlands Ranch is a great team but both teams are a little bit hot and cold.”

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Rock Canyon gymnast Kati Conger warms up for her performance on the balance beam during the Sept. 27 Cherry Creek Invitational. Broomfield won the team title and the Jaguars finished 11th wih a score of 164.30. Photo by Tom Munds

Jaguar gymnasts place 11th at annual meet Ponderosa, Rock Canyon compete at Cherry Creek Invitational

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Oohs and aahs echoed each time a gymnast hit an outstanding vault or completed an exceptional floor exercise routine during the Sept. 27 Cherry Creek Invitational.

Watching the meet required attention and focus because a girls gymnastics meet involves competition in four events — vault, floor exercise, uneven parallel bars and balance beam and since 11 teams took part in the Cherry Creek Invitational there were teams warming up or competing in all four events most of the time.

“This is my first invitational gymnastics meet,” Douglas County resident Marla Pennington said. “My good friend’s daughter is an eighth-grader who is in gymnastics and came today to watch the Rock Canyon team perform. They invited me so I came to watch. It is so exciting and all the girls are so graceful and talented. I think I’ll be going to more meets in the future.”

Each event involves individual and team competition.

Individually, each gymnast seeks to win a specific event and, if performing in all four events, earning enough points to win the all-around title.

Each team can enter a maximum of six gymnasts in each event and the team score used to determine a meet winner is based on the points earned by a team’s gymnast in each event.

Broomfield won the team title with a score of 181.375, Overland was second with a score of 179.225 and Cherry Creek was third with a score of 178.725. Ponderosa finished sixth with 173.275 and Rock Canyon was 11th with a score of 164.30.

Ponderosa coach Lisa Fisher said it has been a good season so far for the Mustangs.

“We are basically a young, talented team with 35 girls on our roster and 14 who compete regularly at the varsity level,” the coach said. “We do pretty well in dual meets but, because so many of our gymnasts are young, they have not experienced the atmosphere at the larger invitational meets. I think that lack of big meet experience is why we don’t seem to do as well in those competitions.”

Fisher said she is proud to be coaching at her alma mater. After she graduated from Ponderosa, she competed in gymnastics at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. before returning to Ponderosa to teach and coach.

“Gymnastics is the only sport for the majority of our girls,” the coach said. “They compete with club teams the rest of the year. Competing in gymnastics all year builds their talent plus it allows me to train to safely train them to execute the harder skills.”

Ponderosa’s Katie Steward finished fifth on the uneven parallel bars with a score of 9.125. She also competed in the other three events and finished 10th in the all-around standings with a score of 35.60.

Rock Canyon coach Victoria Fenzer said the Jaguars are a very young team with only three seniors on her roster.

“The three seniors provide our team leadership but I think it is awesome to have a young team. It is hard when you have a lot of seniors because you know you lose some of your girls to graduation. But it is fun working with the young gymnasts that will be with you for two, three or four seasons.”

This is Fenzer’s second season at Rock Canyon and she said she has spent the time getting to know the caliber of talent of each of her athletes and to learn which event is the best event for each of the gymnasts.

“Vault is our strongest event this season,” the coach said. “Most of our girls are quick physically and mentally and vault is a quick-action event so they do well.”

Taylor Krason, a Jaguar senior, said she liked to roll around on the floor as a child, and her parents put her in a recreational gymnastics program, prompting her to fall in love with the sport.

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“I like the bars because I feel like I am flying. I actually like it best when I am in the giant swing and upside down so I can see the ground.”

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SkyView Academy Junior Defender Joe Sanderson gets his head on a ball during the Hawks’ 4-3 win over Eagle Ridge on Sept. 19 at Donelson Park in Brighton. SkyView senior forward Derek Helsing scored four goals, helping the Hawks to a 4-3 win. Following the conclusion of last week’s action, the Hawks owned a 4-5 record on the season. Photo by Steve Smith/Metro West Newspapers

Golden Eagles soar to sixth straight win

By Jim Benton

jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Louie Sawaged’s goal got Mountain Vista’s boys soccer team going in a 2-1 Continental League win over Heritage Sept. 26, which helped the Golden Eagles launch a successful start to a rugged closing schedule.

Sawaged scored off a corner kick and freshman Cray Cordero collected his first varsity goal on a free kick to propel Mountain Vista to a 2-0 halftime lead and then the Golden Eagles staved off a Heritage comeback to notch their sixth straight victory.

Mountain Vista, 5-0-0 in the league and 7-1-2 overall, played Chaparral Sept. 30 before meeting the CSHAA.Now.com’s top-ranked Rock Canyon Oct. 2. The Golden Eagles wrap up their Continental League schedule with

games against Legend, Ponderosa and ThunderRidge.

“It’s a very tough stretch,” said Vista coach Theresa Echtermeyer. “We still have a lot to work on but the pieces we work on in practice come together in the games. We’re building one game at a time and trying to improve little things every time. The boys are working hard.”

Those final four teams on the Golden Eagles league schedule compiled a Continental record of 15-5-1 prior to Sept. 30 action and were standing at 27-12-2 overall.

“The Heritage game was a start,” said Sawaged. “Rock Canyon is at the top of the league. We have Pondo, Legend and ThunderRidge. They are all good teams. The momentum we have with these six wins is good.”

Sawaged was worried after the Golden Eagles grabbed the 2-0 halftime lead — as two-goal leads are known as the worst lead in

soccer. The winning team often gets too comfortable and the losing team typically plays loose with nothing to lose.

“At halftime we knew couldn’t let down because a 2-0 start is a scary start in soccer,” explained Sawaged. “We came out and let a goal in but 2-0 leads aren’t the best. It was definitely nerve-wracking at the end. Heritage is a good opponent.”

Chase Breslaw scored for Heritage in the 63rd minute and then the Eagles kept pressure on the Mountain Vista goal the remainder of the game, forcing Golden Eagles keeper Jake Hutto to make several key saves.

“We lost a little momentum,” said Echtermeyer, who said she knew the Eagles would rally because they play under coach Adam Buseck. “They got a goal and we got a little bit frantic but we found a way to win. It was a fun game. I always appreciate playing against

such a good coach. Adam is such an amazing tactician. He’s a great coach.”

Buseck liked the positive comeback effort from his team.

“I was proud of the guys for responding really well,” he said. “Mountain Vista is good and we didn’t bring everything we had in the first half. They took advantage of it. They are good.

Credit to our seniors and all our guys for battling the whole time.

“I feel like if we stay positive and keep working for each other as a team we will be okay. It’s such a team sport you have to be unselfish.”

Heritage, 2-2-2 in the league and 5-3-3 overall, played at Regis Jesuit Sept. 30 will play Chaparral Oct. 7. The Eagles played Castle View to a scoreless draw on Sept. 25.

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Regis Jesuit and Rock Canyon will play the third annual “Catch for the Cure” softball game Oct. 4 at Rock Canyon. The Continental League game will promote and support breast cancer awareness and research.

Proceeds concessions, t-shirt sales and raffle items, along with Rock Canyon’s second annual “Pink Out” football game Oct. 3 against unbeaten Mountain Vista at Sports Authority Stadium, will be donated to the Jill Lamb Foundation.

Jill Lamb, wife of Rock Canyon’s football coach Brian Lamb, lost her battle with breast cancer in 2008.

Catch for the Cure festivities will begin at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 4 as breast cancer survivors will be honored with pink carnations and pink softballs prior to the game and the teams will wear pink jerseys in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month. The game is set to begin at 10 a.m.

Football scoreboard

Highlands Ranch awarded Mark Robinson his first win as the Falcons’ football coach with a 39-14 triumph over Fruita Monument Sept. 27 at Shea Stadium.

The Falcons, 1-4 overall and 1-0 in the Continental League North, lit up the scoreboard with one passing touchdown, two rushing scores, another TD on a fumble recovery by Blake Daldegan, a 90-yard kickoff return by Ben Morgan and a 31-yard field goal by freshman Jeremy Henning. Falcons’ sophomore Kobe Eller rushed for 142 yards and caught four passes for 63 yards, with a rushing and receiving TD. In the Continental League South, Chaparral won the renewal of the Pride of Parker series with a 33-30 triumph over Legend in a Sept. 26 contest. Chaparral quarterback Kyle Gallup threw one TD pass and Marco Perez ran for two scores. Sophomore linebacker Patrick Moody was in on 20 tackles for the Wolverines. Legend quarterback Marc Muma threw two TD passes.

Doherty beat Castle View, 28-14, and Fountain Fort Carson edged Douglas

County, 21-20, to round out opening week action in the Continental South.

Valor Christian and Lutheran, topranked teams in the CSHAANow.com Class 5A and Class 3A polls heading into the week’s action, both notched comfortable wins.

Sophomore quarterback Dylan McCaffrey led five-time defending state champion Valor to a 35-10 Centennial League conquest of No. 7 Overland.

McCaffrey passed for 211 yards and two touchdowns in the win. He ran for another and caught a TD pass from Eric Lee Jr. to figure in on four scores for the Eagles.

Unbeaten Lutheran improved its record to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the 3A Colorado 7 league with a 47-6 win over Elizabeth (2-3, 1-1). The Lions scored 28 points in the first quarter to take control early against the Cardinals. Lutheran quarterback James Willis tossed two touchdown passes to Joshua Clausen and four different running backs scored touchdowns. Despite the win, Lutheran slipped to second behind Discovery Canyon in the Sept. 29 CHSAANow.Com rankings.

Cherry Creek, ranked No. 8 in the Class 5A poll, downed No. 9 Cherokee Trail, 23-0, in a Centennial League game as Milo Hall rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown.

Ponderosa will open 4A Plains League play Oct. 2 against Dakota Ridge at Sports Authority Stadium and will be partnering with the American Football Coaches Association to raise money for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

The Mustangs will be wearing shoulder patches to help raise awareness of the program. Fans are encouraged to donate money at the game in support of the program.

Homeward stretch

All regular season softball games must be completed by Oct. 4 and regional tournaments are scheduled for Oct. 11.

There will be 32 teams in Class 4A and 5A qualifying to play in the eight regional tournaments with 16 teams advancing to the state tournament.

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terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/31/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOLENE KAMINSKI Colorado Registration #: 46144 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-944-27068 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

8603618, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9861 Fairwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 86, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-W, 1ST AMENDMENT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10774 Tower Bridge Circle , Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 3/29/2011, Reception number 2011020529. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

Public Notices Public Trustees Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0100 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/12/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: SCOTT A STECK AND STEFANIE M STECK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CTX MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/19/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 2/26/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008013337 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $216,244.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $204,554.57 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 35, ACRES GREEN FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 13630 Achilles Drive, Littleton, CO 80124

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current holder of the Evidence of Debt effortThe secured by the Deed of Trust described

herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. ng re-THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless d andthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at the Public e firstTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucgood.tion to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all inr bat-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of work-Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, ay. It’sand will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. sh.” First Publication: 9/4/2014 Last Publication: 10/2/2014 5-3-3Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/22/2014 l playROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee CastleThe name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 150, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 X3376 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-14-631667-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2014-0100 First Publication: 9/4/2014 Last Publication: 10/2/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0276 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/30/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MATTHEW WHITE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, SIERRA PACIFIC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/9/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 2/20/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009011090 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $248,778.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $224,947.41 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 622, ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 16A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7665 Eagle Perch Court, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/31/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOLENE KAMINSKI Colorado Registration #: 46144 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-944-27068 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No. 2014-0276 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II) NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0149 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/15/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: KATHLEEN M. GILLIARD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2006-3 NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/25/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 6/2/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006046581 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $168,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $163,514.29 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, BLOCK 3, PULTE HOMES AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9735 Garwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/11/2014 Last Publication: 10/9/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/15/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Colorado Registration #: 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 X536 Fax #: Attorney File #: 13-00758sh *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0149 First Publication: 9/11/2014 Last Publication: 10/9/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0134 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/9/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: NICHOLAS M. HEYL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR CITYWIDE HOME LOANS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/15/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 5/21/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013041918 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $180,708.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $179,565.44 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 14, BLOCK 4, PULTE HOMES AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED APRIL 2 , 1 9 9 6 U N D ER R EC EPTION N O. 8603618, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9861 Fairwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/18/2014

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/18/2014 Last Publication: 10/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/8/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9104.100083.F01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2014-0134 First Publication: 9/18/2014 Last Publication: 10/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0255 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/16/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: PHILLIP MADIGAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/31/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 4/17/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006031625 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $260,181.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $227,878.40 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 248, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 122-W, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10891 Towerbridge Road, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/11/2014 Last Publication: 10/9/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/16/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CHRISTOPHER T GROEN Colorado Registration #: 39976 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 14-02612 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0255 First Publication: 9/11/2014 Last Publication: 10/9/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0256 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/16/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: CHRIS MCBRIDE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PAON MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/14/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 5/19/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008035705 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $267,229.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $324,332.60 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 86, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-W, 1ST AMENDMENT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10774 Tower Bridge Circle , Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 3/29/2011, Reception number 2011020529. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustees

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/11/2014 Last Publication: 10/9/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/16/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CHRISTOPHER T GROEN Colorado Registration #: 39976 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 14-02596 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0256 First Publication: 9/11/2014 Last Publication: 10/9/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Englewood NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0260 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/24/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JANICE M WRIGHT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COLONIAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLONIAL SAVINGS, FA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/14/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 9/17/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012069047 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $178,125.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $176,047.67 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: UNIT 2, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 11, CANYON CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR CANYON CREEK CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2006, AT RECEPTION NO. 2006083345, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF CANYON CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2005, AT RECEPTION NO. 2005016274 IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8460 Canyon Rim Trail Unit #2, Englewood, CO 80112 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/25/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY E. WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-002392 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0260 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0261 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/21/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MILES E HARDEE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, FULL SPECTRUM LENDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/20/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 7/18/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003107879** DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $179,200.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $147,803.94 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you

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To Whom It May Concern: On 7/21/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MILES E HARDEE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, FULL SPECTRUM LENDING, INC. PUBLIC NOTICE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCILittleton ATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORANOTICE OF SALE TION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNPublic Trustee Sale No. 2014-0277 To advertise public notices call 303-566-4100 DER THE LAWS OF THEyour UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To Whom It May Concern: On 7/30/2014 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/20/2003 the undersigned Public Trustee caused Recording Date of DOT: 7/18/2003 the Notice of Election and Demand relatReception No. of DOT: 2003107879** ing to the Deed of Trust described below DOT Recorded in Douglas County. to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Original Grantor: JOEY N TASHER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECDebt: $179,200.00 TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, Outstanding Principal Amount as of the INC., AS NOMINEE FOR NETBANK date hereof: $147,803.94 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC are hereby notified that the covenants of Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/4/2006 the deed of trust have been violated as Recording Date of DOT: 1/17/2006 follows: Failure to pay monthly installReception No. of DOT: 2006004720 ments due Note Holder.**THIS LOAN DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

HAS BEEN MODIFIED THROUGH A Original Principal Amount of Evidence of LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT Debt: $188,000.00 DATED 9/30/2010.

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE date hereof: $188,000.00 A FIRST LIEN. Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you The property described herein is all of the are hereby notified that the covenants of property encumbered by the lien of the the deed of trust have been violated as deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: follows: Failure to pay principal and inLOT 5, BLOCK 2, IMPERIAL HOMES AT terest when due together with all other ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE, FILING NO. 1, payments provided for in the Evidence of COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and COLORADO. other violations of the terms thereof.

Which has the address of: 7902 Jared THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Way, Littleton, CO 80125 A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the NOTICE OF SALE property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Legal Description of Real Property: secured by the Deed of Trust described LOT 20. BLOCK 3, PULTE HOMES AT herein, has filed written election and deROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, mand for sale as provided by law and in AS SHOWN ONMAP RECORDED APRIL said Deed of Trust.

2 , 1 9 8 6 U N D E R R E C E P TI O N N O. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given 8603618, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. that on the first possible sale date (unless Which has the address of: 9803 Garwood the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedStreet, Littleton, CO 80125 nesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, NOTICE OF SALE Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for The current holder of the Evidence of Debt cash, the said real property and all insecured by the Deed of Trust described terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs herein, has filed written election and deand assigns therein, for the purpose of mand for sale as provided by law and in paying the indebtedness provided in said said Deed of Trust.

Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses that on the first possible sale date (unless of sale and other items allowed by law, the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wedand will deliver to the purchaser a Certificnesday, November 19, 2014, at the Pubate of Purchase, all as provided by law. lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public Publisher: Douglas County News Press auction to the highest and best bidder for Dated: 7/24/2014 cash, the said real property and all inROBERT J. HUSSON terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee and assigns therein, for the purpose of The name, address and telephone numpaying the indebtedness provided in said bers of the attorney(s) representing the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of legal holder of the indebtedness is: Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses HOLLY DECKER of sale and other items allowed by law, Colorado Registration #: 32647 and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Attorney File #: 14-914-26988 Dated: 7/31/2014 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webThe name, address and telephone numsite: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustbers of the attorney(s) representing the ee/ legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Legal Notice No.: 2014-0261 Colorado Registration #: 19973 First Publication: 9/25/2014 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, Last Publication: 10/23/2014 GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO Publisher: Douglas County News Press 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 PUBLIC NOTICE Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-00488SH Highlands Ranch *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE NOTICE OF SALE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webPublic Trustee Sale No. 2014-0265 site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ To Whom It May Concern: On 7/23/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused Legal Notice No.: 2014-0277 the Notice of Election and Demand relatFirst Publication: 9/25/2014 ing to the Deed of Trust described below Last Publication: 10/23/2014 to be recorded in Douglas County.

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Original Grantor: IVAN LEIVEN AND RENE BOJORQUEZ Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PACIFIC REPUBLIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A PUBLIC NOTICE CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK Highlands Ranch OF AMERICA, N.A. NOTICE OF SALE Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/3/2003 Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0281 Recording Date of DOT: 12/8/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003173062 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/7/2014 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. the undersigned Public Trustee caused Original Principal Amount of Evidence of the Notice of Election and Demand relatDebt: $221,523.00 ing to the Deed of Trust described below Outstanding Principal Amount as of the to be recorded in Douglas County. date hereof: $202,222.63 Original Grantor: JOANNE GEFFRE Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you Original Beneficiary: RBC MORTGAGE are hereby notified that the covenants of COMPANY the deed of trust have been violated as Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. follows: Failure to pay principal and inBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS terest when due together with all other TRUSTEE, FOR CSFB MORTGAGE payments provided for in the Evidence of BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICDebt secured by the Deed of Trust and ATES, SERIES 2004-AR2 other violations of the terms thereof.

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/19/2003 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Recording Date of DOT: 12/31/2003 A FIRST LIEN. Reception No. of DOT: 2003182752 The property described herein is all of the DOT Recorded in Douglas County. property encumbered by the lien of the Original Principal Amount of Evidence of deed of trust.

Debt: $176,000.00 Legal Description of Real Property: Outstanding Principal Amount as of the LOT 247, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING date hereof: $186,578.75 NO. 110-J, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you STATE OF COLORADO. are hereby notified that the covenants of Which has the address of: 1589 Spring the deed of trust have been violated as Water Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 follows: failed to make the monthly mortgage payments as required by the terms NOTICE OF SALE of the Note and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt A FIRST LIEN. secured by the Deed of Trust described The property described herein is all of the herein, has filed written election and deproperty encumbered by the lien of the mand for sale as provided by law and in deed of trust. said Deed of Trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given LOT 531, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING that on the first possible sale date (unless NO. 122-G, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedSTATE OF COLORADO. nesday, November 19, 2014, at the PubWhich has the address of: 4817 lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Collinswood Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public 80130 auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all inNOTICE OF SALE terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of The current holder of the Evidence of Debt paying the indebtedness provided in said secured by the Deed of Trust described Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of herein, has filed written election and deTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses mand for sale as provided by law and in of sale and other items allowed by law, said Deed of Trust. and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificTHEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. that on the first possible sale date (unless First Publication: 9/25/2014 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedLast Publication: 10/23/2014 nesday, November 26, 2014, at the PubPublisher: Douglas County News Press lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Dated: 7/24/2014 Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public ROBERT J. HUSSON auction to the highest and best bidder for DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee cash, the said real property and all inThe name, address and telephone numterest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs bers of the attorney(s) representing the and assigns therein, for the purpose of legal holder of the indebtedness is: paying the indebtedness provided in said KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Colorado Registration #: 40351 Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, of sale and other items allowed by law, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificPhone #: (303) 865-1400 ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Fax #: (303) 865-1410 First Publication: 10/2/2014 Attorney File #: 10-17325R Last Publication: 10/30/2014 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE Publisher: Douglas County News Press SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webDated: 8/12/2014 site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustROBERT J. HUSSON ee/ DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numLegal Notice No.: 2014-0265 bers of the attorney(s) representing the First Publication: 9/25/2014 legal holder of the indebtedness is: Last Publication: 10/23/2014 MARCELLO G. ROJAS Publisher: Douglas County News Press Colorado Registration #: 46396 9745 EAST HAMPDEN AVE SUITE 400, DENVER, COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE Phone #: (303) 353-2965 Fax #: Littleton Attorney File #: CO140012 NOTICE OF SALE *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0277 SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustTo Whom It May Concern: On 7/30/2014 ee/ the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relatLegal Notice No.: 2014-0281 ing to the Deed of Trust described below First Publication: 10/2/2014 to be recorded in Douglas County.

Last Publication: 10/30/2014 Original Grantor: JOEY N TASHER Publisher: Douglas County News Press Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR NETBANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

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30 Highlands Ranch Herald Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0275 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/30/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: TRIFON KOUREMENOS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, RBC MORTGAGE COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/5/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 8/12/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005076099 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $236,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $184,484.52 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 280, ROXBOROUGH DOWNS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 6553 Big Horn Trail, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/31/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOLENE KAMINSKI Colorado Registration #: 46144 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 14-945-26949 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0275 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0259 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/25/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: RF DOUGLAS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP., A DELAWARE CORPORATION Original Beneficiary: SEMINOLE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: SAS CAYMAN HOLDING I, LTD., A CAYMAN ISLANDS EXEMPTED COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/12/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 11/17/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010080624 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $15,000,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $901,001.10 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay payments of principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust; other violations of the terms thereof; and the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust has matured.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTICE OF ELECTION AND DEMAND, IS AN EASEMENT INTEREST IN CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO, PURSUANT TO A CERTAIN SITE LICENSE AGREEMENT, DATED AUGUST 17, 2010, RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO ON NOVEMBER 17, 2010 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2010080623.

A NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE "ACCESSED PREMISES" FOR A PORTION OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCELS OF LAND AS REFERENCED AND DEPICTED AS THE CROSS-HATCHED AREAS OF THE "ACCESSED PREMISED PLAN" ATTACHED AS "EXHIBIT A" TO THE SITE LICENSE: PARCEL 1: (HERITAGE ELEMENTARY): TRACT D, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-F, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 2: (ARROWWOOD ELEMENTARY): TRACT A, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 122-G, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 3: (SADDLE RANCH ELEMENTARY): TRACT B, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 118-G, 2ND AMENDMENT, ACCORDING TO THE LOT ADJUSTMENT MAP RECORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 9751350, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 4: (ELDORADO ELEMENTARY) TRACT K, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 121-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 5: (WILDCAT MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY): TRACT A, INTRAVEST 320- FILING NO. 1C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 6: (RANCH VIEW MIDDLE AND THUNDERRIDGE HIGH): A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN SECTIONS 9 AND 16, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST ONE-QUARTER (E1/4) CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE NORTH 75 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2860.33 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF "HIGHLANDS

COLORADO. PARCEL 6: (RANCH VIEW MIDDLE AND THUNDERRIDGE HIGH): A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN SECTIONS 9 AND 16, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST ONE-QUARTER (E1/4) CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE NORTH 75 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2860.33 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF "HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING 110-J", A PLAT RECORDED MAY 27, 1994 AT RECEPTION NO. 9429253, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 51 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, A DISTANCE OF 1967.30 FEET; THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1866.79 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 311.30 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 485.01 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 250.07 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 20 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF OF 217.02 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 180.53 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 188.39 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 65 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 417.91 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 13 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 74.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 49 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 49.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 46 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 49.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 46.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 38 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 56.86 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 28 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 56.81 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 19 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 56.86 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 66.68 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 59 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 54 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 50 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 45 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.77 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 351.21 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 16 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 92.87 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 28 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 39.02 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 52 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 99.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 45 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 46.16 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 139.51 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 58.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 38 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO BY THE DEED RECORDED AUGUST 7, 1996 IN BOOK 1361 AT PAGE 1816.

PARCEL 7: (STONE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY): TRACT D, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 118-K 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 8: (MOUNTAIN RIDGE MIDDLE AND MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH): A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23 , TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 14; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 97.02 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 91.97 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 19 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 327.43 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1181.35 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 29 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 252.91 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 66 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 497.75 FEET; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 191.38 FEET; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 851.18 FEET; THENCE NORTH 10 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1084.38 FEET; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 126.30 FEET; THENCE NORTH 10 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 542.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 865.23 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WILDCAT RESERVE PARKWAY AND A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 06 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 34 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 1951.00 FEET, A CHORD WHICH BEARS SOUTH 63 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST, 215.87 FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 215.98 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST, CONTINUING ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY, A DISTANCE OF 265.48 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY AND ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 28 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 28 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 2049.00 FEET, A CHORD WHICH BEARS SOUTH 74 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, 1025.27 FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 1036.28 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 36 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, DEPARTING SAID RIGHT OF WAY, A DISTANCE OF 731.59 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 162.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 9: (COPPER MESA ELEMENTARY): TRACT G, HIGHLANDS RANCH -FILING NO. 122-R, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 10: (LONE TREE ELEMENTARY): TRACT D-2, HERITAGE HILLS FILING NO. 1-F, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 11: (ROCKY HEIGHTS MIDDLE AND ROCK CANYON HIGH): A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF A PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN THAT SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2002138464 OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE, SITUATED IN THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 19 AND THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF

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FILING NO. 1-F, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 11: (ROCKY HEIGHTS MIDDLE AND ROCK CANYON HIGH): A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF A PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN THAT SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2002138464 OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE, SITUATED IN THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 19 AND THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN THAT SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2002138464; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES: 1. ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 16 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 30 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 551.00 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 156.51 FEET (CHORD BEARS NORTH 82 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 59 SECONDS WEST, 155.99 FEET) TO A POINT; 2. SOUTH 89 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 315.53 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 96.89 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 294.17 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 02 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 19 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 515.50 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 18.79 FEET (CHORD BEARS SOUTH 32 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST, 18.79 FEET) TO A POINT ; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 250.34 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 25 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 76.71 FEET TO A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 29 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 1,153.00 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 11.57 FEET (CHORD BEARS SOUTH 26 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, 11.57 FEET) TO A POINT OF COMPOUND CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID COMPOUND CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 25 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 19 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 1,148.50 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 509.59 FEET (CHORD BEARS SOUTH 13 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, 505.41 FEET) TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1,146.26 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 03 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 44 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 1,383.90 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 80.00 FEET (CHORD BEARS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, 79.99 FEET) TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 92.56 FEET TO A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE, SAID POINT LYING ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY AND THE SOUTHERLY LINES THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES: 1. ALONG THE ARC OF SAID NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 30 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 47 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 1,382.40 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 735.40 FEET CHORD BEARS SOUTH 23 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, 726.75 FEET) TO A POINT; 2.

SOUTH 84 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 575.90 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES: 1. NORTH 23 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 663.64 FEET TO A POINT; 2.

NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 2,459.96 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL, A DISTANCE OF 907.27 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BASIS OF BEARINGS: FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DESCRIPTION THE BEARINGS ARE BASED ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AS BEARING NORTH 89 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST. THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER IS MONUMENTED BY A 2" ALUMINUM CAP, STAMPED: PLS 12405 AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 20 IS MONUMENTED BY A 2-1/2" ALUMINUM CAP, STAMPED: PLS 11434. PARCEL 12: (REDSTONE ELEMENTARY): TRACT A.4.1A, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 117-E 2ND AMENDMENT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 25, 2003 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2003094339, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 13: (PLUM CREEK ACADEMY): LOT 4-A, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 137-A, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 14: (COYOTE CREEK ELEMENTARY) TRACT C, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 110-F, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 15: (BEAR CANYON ELEMENTARY): LOT 225, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 62-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 16: (NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY): LOT 1, BLOCK 10, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, EXCEPT THAT PORTION AS CONTAINED IN DEED RECORDED DECEMBER 20, 1991 IN BOOK 1017 AT PAGE 299. PARCEL 17: (SAND CREEK ELEMENTARY): LOT 1, BLOCK 8, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 15, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 18: (COUGAR RUN ELEMENTARY): TRACT E, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 100-I, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 19: (SUMMIT VIEW ELEMENTARY): THOSE PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 13 AND 14, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, AS SHOWN ON THE LAND SURVEY PLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 254255 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 14, FROM WHICH THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 14 BEARS SOUTH 0 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST 2659.74 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 1316.55 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 417.31 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 41 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST 122.58 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 827.15 FEET; THENCE WEST 25.35 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE NORTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 18.00 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, NORTHWESTERLY AND NORTHERLY 23.59 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 75 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 58 SECONDS TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 52.00 FEET, A RADIAL LINE FROM SAID POINT BEARS SOUTH 75 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST; THENCE NORTHERLY, WEST-

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122.58 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30 EAST 827.15 FEET; THENCE WEST 25.35

FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE NORTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 18.00 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, NORTHWESTERLY AND NORTHERLY 23.59 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 75 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 58 SECONDS TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 52.00 FEET, A RADIAL LINE FROM SAID POINT BEARS SOUTH 75 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST; THENCE NORTHERLY, WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY 149.84 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 165 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 58 SECONDS; THENCE NONTANGENT TO SAID CURVE WEST 125.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 41 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST 114.08 FEET; THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 36 SECONDS WEST 112.61 FEET; THENCE NORTH 56 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST 185.22 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST 65.76 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 352.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY AND NORTHERLY 207.33 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 33 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 49 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE NORTH 411.35 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. EXCEPTING FROM THE ABOVE, ANY PORTION CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 22, 1997 IN BOOK 1476 AT PAGE 563. PARCEL 20: (FOX CREEK ELEMENTARY): THAT PORTION OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, AS SHOWN ON THE LAND SURVEY PLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 293943 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8, FROM WHICH THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8 BEARS NORTH 89 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST 1271.17 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 75-A, RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 8729001, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS AND LYING IN THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SOUTH QUEBEC STREET AS DESCRIBED IN THE DOCUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 743 AT PAGE 190, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE THE FOLLOWING COURSES: SOUTH 11 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST 149.46 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1938.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY 413.87 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 12 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 08 SECONDS TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COLLEGIATE DRIVE, AS DESCRIBED IN THE DOCUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 652 AT PAGE 876, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE THE FOLLOWING COURSES: SOUTH 45 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 32.22 FEET; THENCE WEST 40.99 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 176.75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY 35.23 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE CONCAVE NORTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 176.75 FEET, A RADIAL LINE FROM SAID POINT BEARS NORTH 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST; THENCE WESTERLY 35.23 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE WEST 775.71 FEET TO THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 74-A, RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 8732615; THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY AND ITS NORTHERLY PROLONGATION NORTH 0 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST 587.61 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 75-A; THENCE EAST 844.01 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 21: (HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH AND CRESTHILL MIDDLE): THAT PORTION OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO, AS SHOWN ON THE LAND SURVEY PLAT RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 293943 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY OF DOUGLAS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7 FROM WHICH THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7 BEARS NORTH 89 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST 2663.41 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST 525.65 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING ALSO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 613 AT PAGE 897 OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDRY OF SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY AND ITS EASTERLY PROLONGATION NORTH 89 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST 812.77 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID EASTERLY PROLONGATION SOUTH 28 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST 214.62 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 345.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY 444.66 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 73 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 50 SECONDS TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY, SOUTHERLY AND WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY THE FOLLOWING COURSES: SOUTH 45 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 250.00 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1530.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY 173.57 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 6 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 00 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE SOUTH 36 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 708.88 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1030.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY 668.14 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 00 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAAID CURVE SOUTH 1 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 675.37 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 176.75 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY 35.23 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 176.75 FEET, A RADIAL LINE FROM SAID POINT BEARS SOUTH 77 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST; THENCE SOUTHERLY 35.23 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE SOUTH 1 DEGREES 20

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CONCAVE WESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 176.75 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY 35.23 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 176.75 FEET, A RADIAL LINE FROM SAID POINT BEARS SOUTH 77 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST; THENCE SOUTHERLY 35.23 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 16 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE SOUTH 1 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 35.36 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF SOUTH UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 579 AT PAGE 580 AND BOOK 743 AT PAGE 199 OF DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE NORTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 757.30 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT-OF WAY LINE NORTH 4 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST 1132.62 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE SOUTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 525.00 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID BOUNDARY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY NORTHERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY 391.21 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 42 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 42 SECONDS TO THE BEGINNING OF A REVERSE CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 13.00 FEET, A RADIAL LINE FROM SAID POINT BEARS NORTH 42 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY, NORTHERLY AND NORTHEASTERLY 19.50 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 85 DEGREES 56MINUTES 59 SECONDS, THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 85 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 59 SECONDS; THENCE TANGENT TO SAID CURVE NORTH 38 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST 156.80 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 975.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 45.03 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 47 SECONDS TO THE NORTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID SCHOOL PROPERTY; THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE NORTH 41 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST 1597.79 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1, A QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO RECORDED FEBRUARY 8, 1994 IN BOOK 1179 AT PAGE 1600 AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM THOSE PORTIONS OF PROPERTY THAT WERE DEEDED TO THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS IN DEEDS RECORDED APRIL 4, 1994 IN BOOK 1189 AT PAGE 2648 AND AUGUST 6, 1997 IN BOOK 1453 AT PAGE 1410. PARCEL 22: (TRAILBLAZER ELEMENTARY): TRACT A.4.3, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 111-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 23: (EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY): A TRACT OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASIS OF BEARINGS IS THE PLAT OF LONE TREE FILING NO. 4 AS RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 330080 IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS. COMMENCING AT THE WEST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 9; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST AND ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 9, A DISTANCE OF 758.14 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LONE TREE FILING NO. 4, SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF-WAY LINE OF TIMBERLINE ROAD AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 483 AT PAGE 41 IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE NORTHERLY AND EASTERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY AND NORTHERLY LINES OF SAID LONE TREE FILING NO. 4 THE FOLLOWING 7 COURSES: 1. NORTH 00 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 560.00 FEET; 2. NORTH 00 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 558.79 FEET; 3.

SOUTH 89 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 373.07 FEET; 4. SOUTH 00 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; 5. SOUTH 89 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; 6. NORTH 00 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; 7. SOUTH 89 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 238.68 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 100.46 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A TRACT OF LAND AS RECORDED IN BOOK 455 AT PAGE 961 IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS AS MONUMENTED BY A DENVER WATER BOARD 3-INCH BRASS CAP; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST AND ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT OF LAND AS RECORDED IN BOOK 455 AT PAGE 961 A DISTANCE OF 662.04 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF A TRACT OF LAND AS RECORDED IN BOOK 455 AT PAGE 961, BEING MONUMENTED BY A DENVER WATER BOARD 3-INCH BRASS CAP, SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF A 50.00 FOOT WIDE DENVER WATER BOARD EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 455 AT PAGE 961 IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST AND ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID 50.00 FOOT WIDE DENVER WATER BOARD EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 455 AT PAGE 961 IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS, A DISTANCE OF 943.87 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID TIMBERLINE ROAD AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 483 AT PAGE 41; THENCE WESTERLY AND ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID TIMBERLINE ROAD THE FOLLOWING 3 COURSES: 1. SOUTH 83 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 9.89 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 2. ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A DELTA OF 17 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 12 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 936.89 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 282.12 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 3. SOUTH 65 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 118.85 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEASTERLY MOST CORNER OF SAID LONE TREE FILING NO. 4; THENCE NORTHERLY AND ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LONE TREE FILING NO. 4 THE FOLLOWING 12 COURSES: 1. ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A DELTA OF 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 30.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 47.12 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 2.

NORTH 24 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 48 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 3.

ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A DELTA OF 34 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 55 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 170.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 103.10 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 4. NORTH 10 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 35.00 FEET; 5. NORTH 79 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 5.00 FEET; 6.

NORTH 10 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 92.58 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 7.

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ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A DELTA OF 34 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 55 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 170.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 103.10 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 4. NORTH 10 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 35.00 FEET; 5. NORTH 79 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 5.00 FEET; 6.

NORTH 10 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 92.58 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 7.

ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A DELTA OF 10 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 47 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 41.02 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 8. NORTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 232.48 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 9. ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A DELTA OF 29 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 43 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 114.78 FEET TO A POINT ON CURVE; 10. NORTH 60 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; 11.

NORTH 36 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 97.75 FEET; 12. NORTH 52 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 275.76 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 24: (PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY): A PARCEL OF L A N D L O C A TE D I N S E C TI O N 1 7, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE WEST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17 AND CONSIDERING THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 17 TO BEAR SOUTH 01 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE SOUTH 84 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST, 2297.90 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STONEGATE FILING NO. 7A; THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID SUBDIVISION THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES: 1.

THENCE SOUTH 09 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST, 57.69 FEET; 2. THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST, 87.83 FEET; 3. THENCE SOUTH 28 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, 87.83 FEET; 4.

THENCE SOUTH 18 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 22 SECONDS WEST, 88.13 FEET; 5. THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST, 80.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 65 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, 307.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST, 455.48 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF STONEGATE PARKWAY; THENCE ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID STONEGATE PARKWAY THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES: 1.

THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 560.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 17 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 07 SECONDS (THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 37 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST, 170.88 FEET), 171.55 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 2.

THENCE NORTH 28 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 378.81 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 3. THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 20.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, 31.42 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF KEYSTONE BOULEVARD; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE THE FOLLOWING FOUR (4) COURSES: 1. THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 445.19 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 2.

THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 685.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 24 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 55 SECONDS, 293.09 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 3. THENCE NORTH 85 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 272.21 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 4.

THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 640.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 35 SECONDS, 56.15 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 25: (SKYVIEW ACADEMY) LOT 2B AND TRACT E2, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 128-A, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 26: (ACRES GREEN ELEMENTARY): A PARCEL OF LAND IN SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 3 AS RECORDED

BY RECEPTION NO. 157700, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO; THENCE NORTH 13 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 3, 50.58 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 13 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST CONTINUING ALONG SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY, 629.94 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 5 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 40 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 2642.27 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 267.99 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVE; THENCE DEPARTING FROM SAID EASTERL Y BOUNDARY ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 88 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 40 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 25.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 38.71 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 339.69 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 28 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 00 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 565.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 281.70 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE SOUTH 54 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 33.44 FEET TO A P O I N T , S A I D P O I N T B E I N G T HE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAXIMUS DRIVE AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 1 AS RECORDED BY RECEPTION NO. 148764, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO; THENCE SOUTH 54 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 1, 120.00 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING FROM SAID SOUTH BOUNDARY, SOUTH 35 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST, 264.99 FEET TO THE POINT OF DEFLECTION; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 292.32 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 97 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 29 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 300.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 510.73 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE NORTH 76 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 408.67 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 27: (SHEA STADIUM): TRACT A-1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 137-A, ACCORDING TO THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE RECORDED FEBRUARY 7, 2001 IN BOOK 1962 AT PAGE 1443, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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Which has the address of: Multiple Parcels, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE

SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 20.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, 31.42 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF KEYSTONE BOULEVARD; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE THE FOLLOWING FOUR (4) COURSES: 1. THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 445.19 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 2.

THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 685.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 24 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 55 SECONDS, 293.09 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 3. THENCE NORTH 85 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 272.21 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 4.

THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 640.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 35 SECONDS, 56.15 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 25: (SKYVIEW ACADEMY) LOT 2B AND TRACT E2, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 128-A, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 26: (ACRES GREEN ELEMENTARY): A PARCEL OF LAND IN SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 3 AS RECORDED

BY RECEPTION NO. 157700, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO; THENCE NORTH 13 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 3, 50.58 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 13 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST CONTINUING ALONG SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY, 629.94 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 5 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 40 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 2642.27 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 267.99 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVE; THENCE DEPARTING FROM SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 88 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 40 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 25.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 38.71 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 339.69 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 28 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 00 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 565.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 281.70 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE SOUTH 54 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 33.44 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAXIMUS DRIVE AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 1 AS RECORDED BY RECEPTION NO. 148764, DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO; THENCE SOUTH 54 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID ACRES GREEN, FILING NO. 1, 120.00 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING FROM SAID SOUTH BOUNDARY, SOUTH 35 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST, 264.99 FEET TO THE POINT OF DEFLECTION; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 292.32 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 97 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 29 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 300.00 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 510.73 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE NORTH 76 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT, 408.67 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 27: (SHEA STADIUM): TRACT A-1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 137-A, ACCORDING TO THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE RECORDED FEBRUARY 7, 2001 IN BOOK 1962 AT PAGE 1443, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

OCCUPANT - CB Capital Investments 311, LP - CB International Investments LLC - Clark Property Tax Investments LLC- Dianne Bailey, Public Trustee, Douglas County - Lonnie J Pebley c/o Lonnie's Excavating - Lonnie's Excavating, Inc - Neumann Homes of Colorado LLC - Public Trustee, Douglas County - Realnet Companies of America Inc

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 29, 2014 Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to CB Capital Invest(Mar 21 to Apr 19) Travel plans could be interments 311, LP the following described ARIES real estate situate in the County of Douglas, rupted by the re-emergence of a workplace problem State of Colorado, to wit:

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Public Trustees NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/25/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DANA B BAGGS Colorado Registration #: 36699 1099 18TH STREET SUITE 2950, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 932-2640 Fax #: Attorney File #: 19042-0005 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0259 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals Public Notice REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NO. 036-14 MICROSOFT PARTNERS The Department of Information Technology of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the “County”, respectfully requests qualification-related information from responsible firms able to provide a variety of Microsoft related services. These services include Microsoft Partner Network Competencies.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

RFQ responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2014

by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) copies

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A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DEGEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Respect any doubts you SCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED REmight now be feeling about a new situation. They could CORDED MARCH 17, 2004 AT RECEPbe reflecting your inner awareness that some essential TION NO. 2004026975 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDinformation might be missing. Check it out.

ER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, LYING WITHIN CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) It’s important to start THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE the new month with as clean a slate as possible. Ei66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL ther complete all those unfinished tasks or pass them MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWN OF PARKER, SAID COUNTY AND STATE, MORE on to others who would be more than happy to take PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLthem on.

LOWS: BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE SOUTH LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) This is a good time to cut LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER down on expenses and tame that urge to splurge. ApOF SECTION 21 BEING CONSIDERED TO BEAR SOUTH 89°52’04” WEST.plying some financial discipline now could help the Big

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BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TRACT M, OLDE TOWN VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Money matters are domAT PARKER FILING NO. 1A, CORRECTED FINAL PLAT, AS RECORDED inant AT this week. Recheck your accounts and make RECEPTION NO. 2004047176 IN SAID sure they’re up-to-date. Also, pay more attention to RECORDS;

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THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID PLAT THE FOLLOWING EIGHTLIBRA (8) (Sept 23 to Oct 22) You might be tempted COURSES: to employ the same tactics as your adversary, but 1) SOUTH 73°07’30” WEST A DISTANCE OF 307.13 FEET; that could backfire. Better to use the same balanced

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

Public Notice REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NO. 036-14 MICROSOFT PARTNERS The Department of Information Technology of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the “County”, respectfully requests qualification-related information from responsible firms able to provide a variety of Microsoft related services. These services include Microsoft Partner Network Competencies.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

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RFQ responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2014

by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) copies of your RFQ response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “RFQ No. 036-14, Microsoft Partners” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed responses will not be accepted. RFQ responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any responses so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful firm.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 926114 First Publication: October 2, 2014 Last Publication: October 2, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Bellco Credit Union Corrine Morse - Lynne M Supan fka Lynne M Ferguson - Mark A Ferguson Mark A Ferguson and Lynne M Ferguson - Paul F Supan & Helen L Supan & Mark A Ferguson & Lynne M Ferguson - Paul F Supan and Helen L Supan aka Paul L Supan and Helen L Supan -The First National Bank of Bear Valley c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - Vernon Ronysad, Mortgage Loan Officer, The First National Bank of Bear Valley c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - JD Ventures Ltd. You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to JD Ventures Ltd the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 4 BLK 5 THE PINERY 4 329-168 0.407 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to JD Ven-

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Bellco Credit Union Corrine Morse - Lynne M Supan fka Lynne M Ferguson - Mark A Ferguson Mark A Ferguson and Lynne M Ferguson - Paul F Supan & Helen L Supan & Mark A Ferguson & Lynne M Ferguson - Paul F Supan and Helen L Supan aka Paul L Supan and Helen L Supan -The First National Bank of Bear Valley c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - Vernon Ronysad, Mortgage Loan Officer, The First National Bank of Bear Valley c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - JD Ventures Ltd. You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to JD Ventures Ltd the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

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LOT 4 BLK 5 THE PINERY 4 329-168 0.407 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to JD Ventures Ltd. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Lynne M Supan for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said JD Ventures Ltd at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 8th day of January 2015, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 15th day of September 2014. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926000 First Publication: September 25, 2014 Last Publication: October 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - CB Capital Investments 311, LP - CB International Investments LLC - Clark Property Tax Investments LLC- Dianne Bailey, Public Trustee, Douglas County - Lonnie J Pebley c/o Lonnie's Excavating - Lonnie's Excavating, Inc - Neumann Homes of Colorado LLC - Public Trustee, Douglas County - Realnet Companies of America Inc You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to CB Capital Investments 311, LP the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NW1/4SW1/4 21-6-66 10.931 AM/L LSP 4128 ALSO KNOWN AS PER DOUGLAS COUNTY ASSESSOR: PARCEL DESCRIPTION (PARCEL 7 OF TITLE COMMITMENT) A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED RECORDED MARCH 17, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004026975 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWN OF PARKER,

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - CB Capital Investments 311, LP - CB International Investments LLC - Clark Property Tax Investments LLC- Dianne Bailey, Public Trustee, Douglas County - Lonnie J Pebley c/o Lonnie's Excavating - Lonnie's Excavating, Inc - Neumann Homes of Colorado LLC - Public Trustee, Douglas County - Realnet Companies of America Inc You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to CB Capital Investments 311, LP the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NW1/4SW1/4 21-6-66 10.931 AM/L LSP 4128 ALSO KNOWN AS PER DOUGLAS COUNTY ASSESSOR: PARCEL DESCRIPTION (PARCEL 7 OF TITLE COMMITMENT) A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED RECORDED MARCH 17, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004026975 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWN OF PARKER, SAID COUNTY AND STATE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 21 BEING CONSIDERED TO BEAR SOUTH 89°52’04” WEST. BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TRACT M, OLDE TOWN AT PARKER FILING NO. 1A, CORRECTED FINAL PLAT, AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2004047176 IN SAID RECORDS; THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID PLAT THE FOLLOWING EIGHT (8) COURSES: 1) SOUTH 73°07’30” WEST A DISTANCE OF 307.13 FEET; 2) SOUTH 57°27’40” WEST A DISTANCE OF 159.09 FEET; 3) SOUTH 57°56’47” WEST A DISTANCE OF 372.14 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 177.50 FEET, THE RADIUS POINT OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 65°02’10” WEST; 4) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11°02’57” AN ARC LENGTH OF 34.23 FEET; 5) TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, NORTH 36°00’47” WEST A DISTANCE OF 244.53 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 327.50 FEET; 6) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 44°08’40” AN ARC LENGTH OF 252.33 FEET; 7) NON-TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, NORTH 41°17’34” WEST A DISTANCE OF 19.32 FEET; 8) NORTH 01°56’52” EAST A DISTANCE OF 277.18 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2004026975; THENCE, ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE, SOUTH 89°59’17” EAST A DISTANCE OF 1,093.48 FEET TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SOUTH MOTSENBOCKER ROAD AS DESCRIBED IN DEEDS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO.’S 2002116352 AND 2003084445 IN SAID RECORDS; THENCE AL ONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES: 1) SOUTH 00°14’26” EAST A DISTANCE OF 116.92 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 585.00 FEET; 2) SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 15°13’35” AN ARC LENGTH OF 155.46

approach 2) SOUTH 57°27’40” WEST A DISTANCE OF 159.09 FEET; again.

that has worked for you before and could

3) SOUTH 57°56’47” WEST A DISSCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A changing workTANCE OF 372.14 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE place environment could stir up confusion as well as CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY HAVING apprehension. Best to ignore the rumors and get the A RADIUS OF 177.50 FEET, THE RADIfacts. You could find that the changes bring positive US POINT OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 65°02’10” WEST; elements.

4) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Communication CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11°02’57” AN ARC LENGTH OF 34.23 is easier this week with people ready and eager to FEET;

hear what you have to say. Also, check for possible

5) TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, NORTH technical problems before you start your new project.

36°00’47” WEST A DISTANCE OF 244.53 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANCAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Aspects favor GENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWESTchange for the usually traditional Goat. Opening your ERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 327.50 FEET; mind to possibilities you had ignored could lead you

to make decisions you once considered improbable.

6) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 44°08’40” AN ARC LENGTH AQUARIUS OF (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Making personal as 252.33 FEET; PUBLIC NOTICE well as professional adjustments to changing condi-

7) NON-TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, NOTICE CONTRACTORS tions might be easier withOF more information explaining NORTH 41°17’34” WEST A DISTANCE the “hows” and “whys” ofSETTLEMENT the situations in question.

OF 19.32 FEET; COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) With a growing tide of 8) NORTH 01°56’52” EAST A DISTANCE OF 277.18 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant positive reactions toISbuoy your confidence, this couldto LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND RESection 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, the day finishing touches to 2014, your C O R D E D A T R E C E P T I O N NbeO the . right thattime on to theput 27th of OCTOBER 2004026975; final made by the new project andsettlement get it well andwill trulybe launched.

County of Douglas, State of Colorado, THENCE, ALONG SAID NORTHERLY for and on account of a contract BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift and for setting anII LINE, SOUTH 89°59’17” EAST A DISbetween Douglas County ADAM TANCE OF 1,093.48 FEET TO THE INC. for midst INVITATION example CONSTRUCTION, of quiet, calm reasoning in the of chaWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SOUTH FOR BID (IFB) #043-13, 2013 BLUFFS M O T S E N B O C K E R R O A D A S Dotic E - conditions.

REGIONAL PARK TRAILHEAD SCRIBED IN DEEDS RECORDED AT PROJECT (PO#34171), in Douglas RECEPTION NO.’S 2002116352 AND © 2014 King person, Features co-partnerSynd., Inc. County; and that any 2003084445 IN SAID RECORDS; ship, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said ADAM II THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY CONSTRUCTION, INC. for or on account RIGHT-OF-WAY THE FOLLOWING for the furnishing of labor, materials, team THREE (3) COURSES: hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such 1) SOUTH 00°14’26” EAST A DISTANCE contractor or any subcontractors in or OF 116.92 FEET TO THE BEGINNING about the performance of said work, or OF A TANGENT CURVE CO NCAVE that supplied rental machinery, tools, or EASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF equipment to the extent used in the pro585.00 FEET; secution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final set2) SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE tlement on said 27th day of OCTOBER THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2014, to file a verified statement of the 15°13’35” AN ARC LENGTH OF 155.46 amount due and unpaid on account of FEET; such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commission3) TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, SOUTH ers, c/o Parks, Trails and Building 15°28’01” EAST A DISTANCE OF 6.20 Grounds, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Colorado 80104.

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CONTAINING AN AREA OF 10.931 ACRES (476,172 SQUARE FEET) , MORE OR LESS.

Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas County Government.

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to CB Capital Investments 311, LP. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Realnet Companies of America Inc for said year 2009 That on the 17th day of July 2014 said CB Capital Investments 311, LP assigned said certificate of purchase to CB International Investments LLC.That said CB International Investments LLC on the 22nd day of July 2014 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said CB International Investments LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 8th day of January 2015 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 15th day of September 2014. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926001 First Publication: September 25, 2014 Last Publication: October 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 27th day of OCTOBER 2014, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and ADAM II CONSTRUCTION, INC. for INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #043-13, 2013 BLUFFS REGIONAL PARK TRAILHEAD PROJECT (PO#34171), in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said ADAM II CONSTRUCTION, INC. for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 27th day of OCTOBER 2014, to file a verified statement of the

Legal Notice No.: 926022 First Publication: September 25, 2014 Last Publication: October 2, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October 25, 2014, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and STURGEON ELECTRIC COMPANY INC. for the 2013 Flasher Modification Project, Douglas County Project Numbers TF 2013-41 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Sturgeon Electric Company Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said October 25, 2014, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Public Works Engineering Director, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Amy Branstetter, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Director.

Legal Notice No.: 926049 First Publication: September 25, 2014 Last Publication: October 2, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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LEFT: Mountain Vista students tailgate in the parking lot outside Shea Stadium in Highlands Ranch before the game against ThunderRidge on Sept. 26. Photo by Jim Benton RIGHT: A sellout crowd reported at 3,500 filled Shea Stadium Sept. 26 to witness the ninth meeting between rivals ThunderRidge and Mountain Vista. Additional fans lined the fences and filled the parking lots to watch the Golden Eagles capture their first victory ever against the Grizzlies by a final score of 21-14. Photo by Paul DiSalvo

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cessful in the second half. Fortunately for us we were seven points more successful than they were.”

ThunderRidge, a state Class 5A semifinalist the past two seasons, saw its overall record fall to 1-4.

“We didn’t play well enough to win and their kids were really fired up,” said Grizzlies coach Joe Johnson. “They took advantage of opportunities and we didn’t. We’re very inconsistent in the things we do. We’ve got to change that if we are going to have success.”

Mountain Vista senior quarterback Brock Rubley completed 23-of-46 passes for 327 yards and two touchdowns with one interception to spark the Golden Eagles’ hurry-up offense.

“Our plan is always to go in and what the defense is doing dictates what we do offensively,” explained Cash. “They came in trying to slow down our running game so we ended up throwing the ball quite a bit more. Brock missed a few things here and there but he made some big throws. He did a good job.”

Brendan Ike caught eight passes for 168 yards and hauled in a 54-yard TD reception from Rubley. Jordan Faraci also had a 33-yard pass reception and Schmalz finished with 85 yards rushing as the team totaled 175 yards on the ground.

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“Brendan had a pretty good game and took advantage of some mismatches,” said Cash.

“He played to the level of the game. He played big. The running backs did a really good job.

Schmalz has been a workhorse for us but Jamieson Witham did a good job. Even our third running back Jason Juarez contributed.”

Mountain Vista’s defense, which was led by Jacob Hart and Luke Nelson, recovered three fumbles.

“We contained them,” said Hart. “They moved the ball pretty well at times but the defense came up pretty big. We forced four fumbles and recovered three. That’s kind of been an MO for our success over the course of the season. We’ve done a pretty good job taking care of the football. On offense we only have two turnovers on the season and our defense

has gotten at least three turnovers each game so we’ve taken advantage of a lot of those opportunities.”

ThunderRidge rushed for 219 yards and got touchdowns from Zeke Johnson on a 6-yard run to cap a 96-yard drive and quarterback Tristan Eve connected on a 49-yard TD pass to Cole Ogrodnick.

The Grizzlies head to Grand Junction for a Continental North game against Fruita Monument (0-5, 0-1) on Oct. 3 while Mountain Vista plays Rock Canyon (1-4, 0-1) in a league contest Oct. 3 at Sports Authority Stadium.

“We’re feeling good about ourselves,” said Cash. “We enjoyed the win over ThunderRidge it but it’s on to prepare for our next opponent which is Rock Canyon.”

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