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Local GOP contingent optimistic Legislators from Douglas County talk about goals for session By Jane Reuter
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The Douglas County School District’s five-plus years of education reform have made national headlines. But some community members say the district’s extensive communications effort accompanying the changes glosses over their deep concerns, drowning them under a tidal wave of multi-channel messages to parents, district employees, students and county residents. To try to make their voices heard, parent and teacher groups have launched
Republican lawmakers from Douglas County who gathered for the annual legislative kickoff at Sky Ridge Medical Center expressed optimism that much will be accomplished at the state level during the 2015 session. Republicans now are the majority in the state Senate, but not the House. They Report believe the political shift to the right paves the way for some change, several of the legislators said during the Jan. 6 event organized by the Douglas County Business Alliance. “I hope predictability and stability are qualities you can embrace in the state Legislature for the next 120 days,” said Chris Holbert, a former state representative who was elected in November to the Senate seat previously held by term-limited Ted Harvey. Holbert, Senate Majority Leader Mark Scheffel, House Minority Whip Polly Lawrence, Rep. Patrick Neville, Rep. Kevin Van Winkle and Douglas County’s three commissioners addressed about 65 people who attended the event. They shared their hopes for the session that began Jan. 7. Scheffel said he believes the newly elected legislators will provide moderation. “You chose wisely in your representation,” he said. “I think we’ll see consensus around things that are good for business.” Scheffel said he’ll be the co-sponsor of a bill aimed at mitigating the impacts of current state laws related to condominium construction defects. Developers wary of litigation resulting from current laws shy away from building condos, which leaves firsttime homebuyers and others seeking smaller homes with limited options.
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Gary Colley, right, signals school board president Kevin Larsen, seated at left, his wish to speak during the April 1 Board Unplugged meeting at Castle Rock’s Mesa Middle School. File photo
Vying to have voices heard Some say school district not always on target with communication efforts By Jane Reuter
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Parker PD shows ‘solidarity’ in New York Three honor guard members attend funeral of slain officer By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com A mere 1,800 miles is nothing between those who walk the thin blue line, especially in the wake of tragedy. The Parker Police Department was among a handful of Colorado law enforcement agencies to send an honor guard to New York City after two police officers were ambushed in their patrol car and killed by an armed man last month. The slayings have prompted an outpouring of support, particularly among those who wear the uniform. The New York City Police Department said it expected as many as 25,000 police officers from around the country to attend the Dec. 27 funeral for Rafael Ramos, a married father of two. Three members of the Parker police honor guard — Shannon Brukbacher, Tyler Herman, Eric Graham — were among the mourners. Although they typically present the stars and stripes during a formal drill, they served this
‘The events in New York were so extraordinary that it prompted an extraordinary response from us.’ Lt. Chris Peters, Parker police honor guard commander time as part of a cordon of officers. “They form a line and they salute the flag and the casket and the family as they go by,” said Lt. Chris Peters, commander of the honor guard. New York continues on Page 11
Parker police officers, from left, Tyler Herman, Shannon Brukbacher and Eric Graham served as part of a cordon during the funeral for one of two New York City police officers gunned down last month. Courtesy photo
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Gas prices dipped below $2 a gallon Jan. 2 at the Shell station on 9275 W. Highlands Ranch Parkway. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
Gas drops to lowest prices in years South metro area seeing $2 a gallon or less in most areas By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Gasoline prices have fallen to their lowest point in years, bringing relief to consumers at the pump. According to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, which tracks and compares prices nationally, fuel prices in the Denver metro area have fallen more than a dollar since the same time last year. “I think it has been a big relief for a lot of people, especially considering how high the prices were a few years ago,” said Ryan Strange, a Denver resident who stopped to fill up at the Conoco station at 9010 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. As of Jan. 5, the average price per gallon in Denver was $2.05 for regular gas, down from $3.14 at the same time in 2014. Many stations in the south metro area were selling gas for
less than $2 a gallon. Nationally, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.19, down from $3.31 a year ago. “Lower gas prices are a huge benefit for consumers in Douglas County and around Colorado this winter, especially for commuters and those travelling over the holidays,” said Amy Sherman, president of the Northwest Douglas County Economic Development Organization and chairwoman of the Douglas County Energy Coalition. A number of factors have contributed to the drop in prices at the pump, including the drop in the cost of crude oil. According to a recent report by The Economist, the price of oil has dropped 40 percent since June, when it was $115 a barrel. It is now below $70. A number of factors have contributed to the decline in oil prices, including low demand caused by weak economic activity globally; the fact that turmoil in the Middle East, especially Libya and Iraq, has not caused a slowdown in oil production as many forecasters expected; the rise of America as an energy
producer, which has weakened demand for fuel from overseas; and the influx of other energy sources such as natural gas and green energies like solar and wind. While lower gasoline prices have been a welcome sight to consumers, there is some long-term concern about the drop in prices among oil-producing states like Texas, Oklahoma and North Dakota, where oil jobs make up a large sector of the state economy. If prices continue to drop or stay low, it could mean a loss of jobs. However, there is still optimism in Colorado, where fossil fuel extraction from shale and natural gas are leading the way. “Fortunately, Coloradans benefit in a variety of ways because Colorado is an energyproducing state,” Sherman said. “A recent study by the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business confirms the numerous economic benefits of the oil and natural gas industry in Colorado: high-paying jobs, increased tax revenue, funds for classrooms, energy savings, and resources for public safety. These numerous benefits remain, even as complex gas prices fluctuate.”
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Teen dancer beating illness Dalton Levine gets good news over holidays By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@colorado communitymedia.com Cancer may have taken Dalton Levine’s kidney and much of the first semester of his junior year, but it has failed to take his indomitable spirit and passion for life. Dalton, 16, received joyous news before Christmas, news that his family and an army of supporters continue to celebrate. Surgeons removed a 6-inch-long tumor from his stomach Dec. 8, less than three months after he was diagnosed with adrenal cancer. Soon after, they reported that the surgery was a success, and as Dalton noted in a New Year’s Day Facebook post, doctors began using the word “cure” in his presence for the first time. “Hearing that was very uplifting,” he said. “When I was first diagnosed, that didn’t really seem like it was possible, I was in such bad condition.” The positive outlook was “new and something obviously very welcome,” said Gary Levine, Dalton’s dad. Months earlier, the diagnosis was grim, but “now it looks like a light at the end of the tunnel,” he said. Days after ringing in 2015 with friends in a room at The Children’s Hospital, Dalton finished a fifth round of chemotherapy, and a few days after that, returned to Legend High School to begin the spring semester. “It was his call to go to school,” Gary Levine said. “He wanted to get back into things.” The fight is not entirely over. A scan revealed tiny spots in his lungs where the cancer traveled, and Dalton will undergo another series of chemotherapy treatments and possibly radiation. But the first tumor responded so well to chemotherapy that it enabled surgeons to remove what was initially an inoperable mass. There is optimism that he will return to a normal school schedule and, ultimately, the stage, where he thrives.
Dalton Levine poses with castmates from “The Nutcracker” in December. Photo by Dennis St. John/Veria Video
Dalton has starred as the Nutcracker Prince in local productions of “The Nutcracker” and been cast in various other roles due to his stand-out talent at dance. Although performing is a ways out, he had plans Jan. 5 to visit his home studio, the Colorado School of Dance in Parker, to stretch and shake off the rust from taking four months off to focus on his health. The theater community in Colorado has gotten behind the teen, posting on social media with a #TeamLevine hashtag. Likewise, his Legend High School family has collected donations to help pay his
medical bills, made T-shirts with messages of support and created the “Legend Chain of Love,” an interconnected string of notes from classmates wishing him well. It’s now wrapped around the bannister at the Levine’s house. Dalton referred to 2014 as “one of the most difficult years of my life,” but says he is enjoying “positive vibes” going into 2015. Following a brief setback that sent him to the hospital, Christmas was spent relaxing at home watching movies and decompressing after nearly four overwhelming months of doctor appointments, fund-
raisers and other events in his honor. “It’s nice to know that so many people are praying about you and thinking about you,” he said “I never knew how many people’s lives I touched before this happened.” He has expressed his appreciation to the team of oncologists and surgeons, and during the first part of the year, Dalton plans to stop by and thank some of the churches that kept him in their prayer circles and sent items like a quilt and a healing tree. Aside from that, he is looking forward a heavy dose of normality.
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Consultant mixed on school changes Wagner commonly cited as district touts reforms
‘I am supportive of their efforts to re-imagine outcomes and assessments for the 21st century. I am very concerned about a number of other priorities.’
By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia. com The Douglas County School District repeatedly cites Harvard education expert Tony Wagner’s work with the district on what it refers to as “the most rigorous transformation plan in American public education,” but Wagner doesn’t support much of what DCSD has done — including vouchers. He also said he finds pay for performance problematic. Wagner, a Harvard University-based education specialist and former K-8 principal, speaks frequently at national and international education conferences about the need to transform American education. His 2008 book, “The Global Achievement Gap,” is an international best-seller. Wagner’s film, “Most Likely to Succeed,” debuts Jan. 26 at Utah’s Sundance Film Festival. The documentary is described as an examination of the educational environment most likely to prepare students for a fast-changing world. Wagner said he could not confirm or deny whether DCSD will be included in the film. In a recent interview, Wagner said he cautioned the district during a 2012 visit not to implement its reform plans without community and teacher support. “I think the surrounding politics is poisoning the well and will make full and successful implementation of the educational initiatives exceedingly difficult, if not impossible,” said Wagner. “I, in fact, spoke with the board and warned them. I said if they continued to pursue these other priorities and continue to undermine trust with teachers, they will never be able to re-
Tony Wagner alize the kinds of educational changes they desire. In my experience, trust and respect are absolutely preconditions for changes in teaching and learning.” Under the reforms, teachers are faced with changing curriculum, new planning methods, increased testing and self-evaluations that are factored into potential pay increases. Teachers districtwide have expressed concerns about the complexity and validity of the changes. Wagner visited the school district as a consultant in December 2012, and said he hasn’t been back since. He was paid $12,500 for presentations given to faculty, parents and the school board. School board president Kevin Larsen, who was fairly new to the board when Wagner visited, said many changes have occurred since then. “That was early in the formation stages of the pay-change structure, and even the early implementation of the evaluation system,” he said. “I think each year there’s been more time to adapt and adjust and to improve the system.” Larsen acknowledged DCSD has seen some turnover since the changes debuted. The state shows Douglas County’s teacher turnover for 2013-14 at 17.23 percent. The figure is higher than that of surrounding suburban districts, and higher than in DCSD’s past. But Larsen believes those who remain or came since the policy changes were
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the board, there is deep cause for concern.” The longstanding contract between the district and the Douglas County Federation of Teachers expired in mid-2012 after negotiations came to a standstill. Wagner described pay for performance, which DCSD implemented in a revamped form in 2012, as “very challenging and difficult,” and said it’s difficult to make a case for major change “in a district that is already high-performing.” Wagner said he has not closely followed developments in DCSD, and that Fagen has not sought any additional advice. Larsen said the district doesn’t agree with all its consultants’ advice. “Even all of these experts don’t agree with one another completely,” he said. “Our district isn’t going to mirror any one person in the field’s point of view. We’re going to glean pieces of all of that and develop what’s best for Douglas County.” Wagner doesn’t necessarily object to the district using his name. “I guess I would rather they make more clear exactly what I supported,” he said, “but I don’t know that it’s worth a big struggle.”
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implemented understand the system, and “are finding this to be a productive, nurturing and successful environment.” “It’s not perfect yet,” Larsen said. “But we’re always working to keep that moving ahead.” Wagner said he is impressed with DCSD Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen, describing her as a “very strong instructional leader.” But during his 2012 visit, “I made very clear to (Fagen) I was not in favor of vouchers,” Wagner said. DCSD’s proposed voucher program allows parents to use public funds for their student toward tuition at select private schools. “I was extremely concerned about what had happened with the union and teacher morale,” Wagner added. “I was very explicit I was not there in any way to support the other priorities of the board. “I am supportive of their efforts to reimagine outcomes and assessments for the 21st century. I am very concerned about a number of other priorities. Anytime there is a breakdown in communication between the bargaining unit of teachers and
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Marijuana conference set for Lone Tree Policy-makers, law officers expected from around U.S. By Jane Reuter
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Twenty-two trees were cut down at Cottonwood Park, 17571 Snowberry Way, in Parker. Courtesy photo
Trees vandalized over holiday Parker police list damage at $22,000 By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Residents in the Cottonwood subdivision were shocked to find 22 trees cut down on Christmas morning. According to the Parker police, the damage was first reported on Christmas Day between the hours of 9:30 to 10:40 a.m., though police said they believe the crime may have been committed on Christmas Eve. Investigators are still trying to narrow down an exact timeframe. Three cut-up tree trunks and branches were found stuffed in a portable toilet at Cottonwood Park, 17571 Snowberry Way. The estimated damage is $22,000, which
is costly enough to constitute a felony vandalism charge. “They cut them down and just left them there,” Cottonwood resident Don Parrot said. “We don’t understand why someone would do something like this. Most of those trees were just planted this fall.” According to Cottonwood Metropolitan District President Rick Nielsen, the community plans to replace the trees as soon as possible, though it will have to wait until after winter. The metropolitan district also plans to file an insurance claim for the damaged trees and is hopeful that it will cover the cost of replacing them. Police are investigating the incident and “working some possible leads,” said Andy Coleman, public information officer for the Parker Police Department. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Parker police at 303841-9800.
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About 400 law enforcement officers and policy-makers from across the country will meet at the Lone Tree Arts Center for a mid-January conference on the public health impacts of marijuana. The Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police is presenting the three-day event, “Marijuana Impact on Public Health and Safety in Colorado,” set for Jan. 14-16. Registered participants include a large contingent from Alaska — where voters late in 2014 approved the legalization of marijuana. Conference workshops will focus on home grow operations, concentrates and edibles, driving stoned, data collection, economic impacts and state and federal regulations, among other issues. Conference promoters and lobbying company Jensen Public Affairs said they marketed the event to city council members, county commissioners and legislators as well as law officers. The vast majority of attendees work in law enforcement, said Jensen Public Affairs CEO Annmarie Jensen. “The question is not whether marijuana should be legal; the question is how does it impact public safety and how can we best be reacting to it,” she said. “It’s meant to help others learn from Colorado’s marijuana experience about what is working well, what is not working, how we’re regulating it, and where the holes are in our laws, rule or Constitution that may be keeping it from being integrated as well as it might.” Invited speakers include Gov. John Hickenlooper, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and vice director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Karin McGowan. Lone Tree Mayor Jim
Gunning will kick off the event with welcoming comments. CACP president John Jackson, who is chief of police in Greenwood Village, characterized the event as a discussion among professionals about a rapidly changing aspect of law. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing marijuana in some form. That includes four states that legalized recreational marijuana. Colorado was the first to sell legal recreational marijuana, beginning in January 2014. That makes it a logical choice for the conference. “We’ve been the epicenter for this,” Jackson said. “We’re trying to create a really dynamic and proactive discussion on the topic, and to teach people what we here in Colorado have gone through and are continuing to learn.” The police chiefs organization intends to be on the forefront, Jackson said. “We need to have a leadership role in public safety issues,” he said. “Somebody has to coordinate this nationwide. “ Given the results of recent elections, Jackson believes the need for resources and information tied to marijuana legalization will only grow. “From Washington, D.C., to Alaska is a pretty broad swath of land,” he said. “It certainly wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility that it would be legalized in other states.” Jensen estimates half the conferencegoers are from Colorado. Lone Tree Police Chief Jeff Streeter plans to attend the event, though legalization has had a relatively minor impact on his department. “Lone Tree was ahead of the game, in that ordinances were passed not to have cultivation and distribution locations,” he said. “For us, it’s been a little different than maybe others that have those retail locations.” Lone Tree has seen an increase in suspected incidents of driving under the influence of drugs, Streeter said. The conference is closed to the public.
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ka is d. “It Lawrence said incoming House speaker m ofDickey Lee Hullinghorst may oppose a change ed into the existing law. “I think we can educate her on that,” Lawence-rence said. “We should be able to find common ground.” eeter Lawrence also said she believes some lawaliza-makers want to work toward creating ecoct onnomic equality. “Those two words together kind of send me, ina chill down my spine,” she said. “There are havemembers who think we need to cut interest ons,”rates on credit cards because people are carerentrying too much debt, (that) somehow governretailment is going to solve all their problems. And we know that’s not what government is there sus-for. If we create more opportunity in the mare in-ketplace, a lot of these problems are going to be solved.” ublic. Neville said he hopes to push for more lim-
ited government and less regulation. “I’m not just pro-free enterprise,” he said. “I’m pro-liberty. I’m for all of you in this room using your God-given talents to grow and prosper.” Commissioner Jill Repella said county leaders will continue a business friendly approach, pointing to Douglas County’s success in attracting new employers and jobs. The county’s seen such an increase in revenue, “We’re looking at ways of kicking that back to the community.” That could mean a mill levy decrease, she said. “We are certainly blessed here,” she said, “but we’re not blessed by chance.” The Douglas County Business Alliance is a coalition formed to influence regional, state and federal policy and legislation that could impact local business. It is a joint effort of the Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Lone Tree, Parker, Highlands Ranch and South Metro Denver chambers of commerce; the Castle Rock Economic Development Council; and the Northwest Douglas County Economic Development Commission.
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Decide how to answer ‘Should I’ questions Here’s the first scenario … one of our New Year’s resolutions was to get in better shape, lose weight, improve muscle tone, and increase our cardiovascular endurance. We are one week into our commitment, eating right and living at the gym when some wellintentioned associate decides to bring bagels and doughnuts into the office or store. And that is when the question pops into our head, “Should I or shouldn’t I?” And now the second scenario … we are out celebrating with friends. Maybe it’s a birthday, anniversary, or just watching our favorite teams in the local sports bar. The night is going incredibly well and everyone is having a ton of fun. As a matter of fact it is one of the best nights we have had in a long time as we share a great time with our closest friends and family. Before we know it, it’s decision time about driving home. The drive could be two blocks, two miles, or two hours and we have a decision to make about getting behind the wheel, and so here comes that question again, “Should I or shouldn’t I?” Now trust me, I am not trying to steal anyone’s fun or assume the role of the postChristmas Scrooge or Grinch. Stay with me on this one for just a little bit longer, OK? Let’s try the third scenario … we are in a rush, running late for a very important meeting, maybe even a final job interview or other equally significant event. As we scramble to gather ourselves together, bolt into the parking lot or garage for our car, we witness an elderly couple who has just dropped their groceries all over the parking garage. There
are milk and eggs running everywhere and cans rolling underneath the surrounding parked cars. We are already running late, our future could be on the line and yet there is that question again, “Should I or shouldn’t I?” Should I eat that doughnut or bagel? Should I get behind the wheel? Should I stop and help these folks who obviously need help? Each scenario is vastly different from the other. And that’s the point right? I mean we are faced with “Should I or shouldn’t I” situations all the time. The answer or response is going to be different for everyone based on our individual belief systems and level of integrity and commitment to our integrity. One definition of integrity is this, “Doing the right thing even when no one else is looking.” So with integrity defined in that way, the “Should I or shouldn’t I” question that pops into our heads in any situation could really be a non-question or issue as we already know what our answer or response will be, don’t we? Doing the right thing and making the right choices in life always sounds easy, but in real-
ity it is something that many people struggle with each and every day. This especially impacts our youth who are surrounded by peer pressure in unprecedented ways. “Should I go along to get along?” “Should I do the same things others are doing just to be accepted?” Tough stuff for sure, but better managed with a stronger belief system. And it’s not just our children or the youth, we as adults are faced with “Should I or shouldn’t I” questions every day too. And we know the difference between wrong and right, don’t we? I mean it’s just that darn temptation thing that keeps popping up, isn’t it? Here’s a tip that has helped me and it just might help you too. Commitment to our belief system, commitment to our goals, commitment to integrity places us in a position to respond favorably long before the decision point of “Should I or shouldn’t I.” As we start 2015, it has the potential to be the year where accomplishment trumps defeat, where commitment outruns temptation, and where retreat gives way to persistence and perseverance. How about you, are you already solid in knowing how you will respond in any “Should I or shouldn’t I” scenarios? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we are grounded in how we will respond, 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.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Restoring trust through surveys
Open this paper on any given week and chances are you will see evidence of turmoil within the Douglas County School District. Our community is deeply divided when it comes to the direction and future of education in Douglas County. Reinstating parent, teacher and community surveys is the first step toward healing this divide and restoring trust in the school district. As elected officials, the board of education has the right to implement their reform initiatives in our schools, but they don’t have the right to skirt accountability, especially when it comes to the parents and students they serve. It’s been almost five years since the district accepted the results of a parent survey, despite the numerous requests by parents to reinstate annual district surveys. Surveying and then partnering with parents to understand and acknowledge their concerns will help move our district forward in a positive direction.
Recently, Ted Knight, DCSD’s assistant superintendent of elementary education, stated that “It is becoming tougher and tougher to find good principals.” This statement is alarming because Douglas County used to be a destination district for principals and teachers. While the state TELL survey does measure many building level factors, and it has shown that there is a valid concern with the district’s evaluation system, it does not clearly measure employee morale. Reinstating employee surveys will help the district identify what factors need to be addressed in order to rebuild the positive culture and climate it was once known for. Members of the community who do not have children attending Douglas County schools comprise 70 percent of the county’s population. Building partnerships with our community starts with understanding the general perception of our district and its schools. Unfortunately, Mr. Larsen’s
recent statement in regards to a survey timeline, “We are continuing to examine the right way to proceed,” appears to be yet another attempt to stall surveys. Reinstating surveys before the end of this school year, asking the tough questions to understand what is working and not working, acknowledging the results and then committing to address them is the key to restoring trust, healing our community and rebuilding a positive climate and culture in our school district. Laura Mutton President, Strong Schools Coalition
Training facility a benefit to community
I was appalled at Diane Schrack’s very liberal and misinformed letter on the Douglas County Training Facility. We need more of these training facilities for our law enforcement agencies. More training enforces weapon handling safety. This is a great facility and supports agencies across the state.
I would suggest Ms. Schrack purchase a weapon for personal protection and then take an NRA-sanctioned course such as Personal Protection in the Home. This course is offered at many of the ranges around the Douglas County and metro area. Her statement that “with cities across the nation experiencing predatory and military style policing tactics we should know whether our law enforcement officers are being trained to look at members of our communities as military targets or as citizens they are sworn to serve and protect” blows me away. She sounds like Al Sharpton. Keith Wanklyn Highlands Ranch
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Judge not, and then nothing gets written Editor’s note: Author and curmudgeon Craig Marshall Smith is scheduled to talk about his new book, “This is not a dachshund III,” as well as his first two books, at the Highlands Ranch Tattered Cover, at 7 p.m. Jan. 16. I may have finally figured it out. If I write about someone who is getting attention for all of the wrong reasons, I am just adding to the attention they are getting. Not only that, “the wrong reasons” are my reasons. Who put me in charge? If you really care about a couple that thinks that extruding a child a year for 19 years is acceptable and entertaining, go ahead. I think it’s unconscionable. Some personalities are almost unavoidable. You would need blinders. I try my best. There are entire television programs devoted to the whereabouts of some celebrities. Half of the celebrities have nothing to celebrate, really, no meaningful accomplishments, no contributions, just more noxious gases. One particularly offensive family had its own show. White trash was the theme. Another particularly offensive family is still going strong, and I don’t know why. I can probably guess: hot, sleazy women
We obsess about what other people do. No, not your neighbors. We don’t obsess about them. Or do we? Judging others and living vicariously is what we do. There is a daily columnist in town who decides when a coach or a player has to be fired, traded or retired. I think it’s in his contract. How would you like that to be in your contract? I would not. Peyton Manning had an off day one Sunday and you-know-whom announced the next day that Manning was in his final glide pattern. I told Jennifer, “I would have bet the house
that K will write an obit for Manning.” The writer has never written a column approximating one of Manning’s off days. I said something to him once about this once, and he said, “You need help.” I have help. I have someone sitting on my shoulder, and it’s not him. It’s Mark Twain. I was at this grocery store this morning, and saw a magazine headline that said, “Taylor Swift is secretly dating.” I looked down at my frozen potatoes and shook my head. And then I shook my head because I was shaking my head. She makes more money in a year than every schoolteacher in America makes combined. I looked it up. Just don’t ask me for my disapproval list. I disapprove of it myself. I am quite certain that opinion writers look down on things to elevate ourselves. It’s easy for me to look down on a copy of People magazine and to be nauseous to the point of throwing up. And I get it in my head that I am above it. I am too intelligent to care about a vacuous celebrity. So you see? An opinion column is also an
opinion column about the writer. Another year has ended and I am not getting any younger. And the calendar on the wall. Well, you know. It’s ticking off your days too. My distal quiet is knowing that I gave it a good try. I know that I am a drone of judgment and that bothers me a little, but if I weren’t, and directed you to the whereabouts of someone or other in my column, I’d be miserable. I have yet to get through the society page. I would prefer to be a claims adjuster than to inform others about who showed up where. I guess it has it be done. Those people have money and contribute some of it to worthy causes. My thinking — and it’s just mine out here in the wigwam — is that you don’t have a photo shoot right after you donate. A fine-looking, Giacometti-thin dog walked past my house today, unattended. That made a bigger impression on me than who is secretly dating whom. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
Securing a sustainable water future Colorado’s long-term water challenges are detailed in a recently completed draft of the statewide water plan. Residents and businesses in the south metro Denver region know well the challenges we all face in delivering a secure and sustainable water supply for current and future generations. Water is what makes the south metro Denver area’s incredible quality of life and growing economy possible. Historically our region has relied too heavily on nonrenewable underground aquifers. We must diversify and increase our water supply, to protect home values and jobs and provide communities our children and grandchildren can call home. The South Metro Water Supply Authority and our 14 water provider members are executing a plan to do just that. All across the region, local municipalities are collaborating to execute an “all of the above” strategy that reflects statewide priorities laid out in the state plan. The strategy begins with conservation. Our region has reduced per capita water demand by more than 30 percent since 2000. Providers serving Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock are two of only three in the state to put water customers on a water
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der how many millions of untold stories like hers there must be. Stories of true perseverance and courage, struggle and sacrifice; that we in our soft, comfortable, suburban lives would probably never have done so well to improve our lot in life, or even survived. Now we have all these children appearing at our borders, fleeing unthinkable violence in their home countries. What amazing stories they could probably share despite the very few years they have lived on this earth. And yet our nation has plenty of cold heart-
budget that tracks use by household. Sterling Ranch is conducting the state’s first rainwater harvesting pilot study. Inverness provides rebates for replacing turf with low water use landscaping. These are just a few examples of dozens throughout the region. Water stewardship goes beyond conservation, however. It also means building more efficient systems. Inverness Water and Sanitation and the Meridian Metropolitan District are among the earliest adopters of water reuse in Colorado. They reuse 100 percent of their water with zero discharge. Castle Rock recently completed the Plum Creek Water Purification Facility as part of its goal of getting 75 percent of its water from renewable sources.
less souls standing at the border to taunt and insult them, hoping to scare and degrade them enough that they will go back home. Anyway, I am glad you shared Rocio’s story. If more writers would share such stories, perhaps people would realize that such important issues as immigration are not about American jobs and resources, arbitrary political borders, or protecting the dominance of one domestic ethnicity over another. No, they are about human lives, and selfless good people pushed to such horrible extremes that they would do anything to make a better life for themselves and their families. David Anderson Arvada
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Our members also are investing in new water infrastructure and renewable water supplies that put the region on the path to a more sustainable and secure water future. The recently completed Rueter-Hess Reservoir provides storage to Parker and three other South Metro Water members. When filled, the reservoir will be 50 percent larger than Cherry Creek Reservoir. Similarly, Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority and East Cherry Creek Valley (ECCV) partnered to complete a state-of-the-art water treatment plant in 2012 and are working with several other South Metro Water members to share capacity on the ECCV Northern Pipeline. On a regional level, the WISE Project is a first-of-its-kind partnership between 10 South Metro Water members, Denver Water and Aurora Water that will bolster water supplies to the south Denver suburbs while maximizing existing water assets in Denver
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their own Facebook pages and websites, established groups, invited education experts to speak in public venues, filed lawsuits, organized protests, made innumerable open-records requests, filed formal complaints and devoted countless volunteer hours to broadcasting their own story. At the same time, the district’s communications department has grown in size, budget and sophistication. The department’s adopted 2014-15 budget, which includes salaries for 14 full-time equivalent positions, is about $934,000. That’s an almost 80 percent increase from five years ago, when the 2009-10 total communications budget was $524,500. DCSD’s communications department uses emailed parent and employee newsletters, its website, a cable TV channel, radio program, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to relay information to students, parents, staff and community members. The picture painted in DCSD’s messages doesn’t always match what the community is seeing, critics say. “Our polls show a lack of support” for the major reforms, said Gary Colley, a retired teacher who launched the Community Accountability Committee for DCSD and who’s asked the board to ensure the community agrees with changes before implementing them. “We’re just trying to get some reasonable responsiveness from our elected officials.” School board members believe they are being responsive, but also staying true to the reform path on which they were elected. “I don’t believe anything is going to be absolutely perfect, especially if you’re trying to do things in a different way,” school board member Judi Reynolds said. “I believe the other thing that happens when you’re making significant changes to a system is that there are certainly people that are not going to be happy with those changes. “There’s always going to be room for improvement and changes. I think that’s where it’s always important to listen to members of the community about what things actually look like when they’re implemented. It doesn’t always mean because there’s a few people that don’t like some things that that will change our course.” School board President Kevin Larsen sees the changes made in board meetings since he took the helm in January as an expansion of public comment. Minutes include less time for general comments but more for agendaspecific items. The policy also gives Larsen the ability to be flexible and accommodating. “And I’ve tried to do both,” he said, adding the board is open to comments from those who disagree with their
policies, “if they’re represented in a constructive, coherent way.” Parent and former Littleton Public Schools teacher Patti Hickey has both attended and watched live school board meetings, and said the board is dismissive of public concerns. “I have sent emails to the board and spoken at meetings,” she said. “There is zero response. They just go their merry way and completely shut out the parents and teachers. They won’t do anything about it because they don’t have to — they are in control.” DCSD often references its attempt to “reinvent American education,” and relies on its communications department to show how it’s doing so. They’re not alone. The National School Public Relations Association says schools need a PR professional now “more than ever.” It cites improved technology and communications methods and changes in education that result in taxpayers hearing a variety of messages from multiple sources. “A well-thought-out public relations plan will help ensure that a school district carries out its mission and meets its goals with the support of its staff and community,” according to the NSPRA. In 2011, the DCSD communications department reorganized and “developed a comprehensive plan to meet a mission of communicating, educating and informing our four stakeholder groups: students, parents, employees and the community,” according to DCSD’s website. “The results speak for themselves — through strong community partnerships and well-informed stakeholders, DCSD has expanded support and enthusiasm for reform.” Not everyone agrees. “What they put out to the public is so much spin,” said Cindy Barnard, president of Taxpayers for Public Education, a group that filed suit against DCSD for its voucher program. An Education Writers Association 2013 survey showed concerns about the role of education PR staffers. The survey of 190 education reporters found PR officers regulate information “to the point where most reporters considered the control to be a form of censorship and an impediment to providing information to the public,” according to a Society of Professional Journalists’ report titled “Mediated Access.” Hickey described some board and district communications as “misleading.” “They’re banking on an audience that’ll just read it, say `Everything’s great,’ and not delve into it or ask those important questions,” she said. As a board member, Reynolds said she has no input on the communications department’s releases, but she supports their work. “I think largely, yes, the communications department does a good job of putting the information out,” she said.
School district seeking communications vendor Winning bidder would help with new strategic plan By Jane Reuter
jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Douglas County School District issued a June 2014 request for vendor bids to help it promote its updated strategic plan. The 2014-17 plan, a continuation of the plan introduced in 2011 “to reinvent American education,” is posted on the district’s website. So far, that bid hasn’t been awarded to any vendor, and Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing shows it as “closed.” District spokeswoman Paula Hans wrote in an email, “DCSD is still in the procurement process, and hopes to complete this process soon so that the district can partner to educate its community and stakeholders about the items in our strategic plan.” While a vendor would work with the district’s community relations department staff on some aspects of the contract, the work is separate from that performed by DCSD communications staff. The 2014-17 strategic plan emphasizes four specific areas, including student and staff safety, academic choices, world-class education and system performance. “This new plan does not chart a new course,” according to DCSD’s website. “Instead, it stays the course — building on what we have learned and imagining our priorities forward. It takes each of those to the next level of implementation.” According to the request for a communications vendor, “Recent data show a great deal of community support for district priorities regarding safety, universal choice, world-class education, and system performance … the birth of a new strategic plan is the perfect time to build cohesive understanding, clarity, credibility and trust with personalized, factual information.” DCSD said it would award an annual contract with the potential to continue it. District leaders said they have no set budget or cost range for the project. “The District would prefer to consider options, such as a menu list of packages that show the cost for various choices that the vendor would provide,” according to the document.
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Plane crashes, narrowly misses home Pilot killed after reporting engine failure By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz @colorado communitymedia.com A pilot reported engine trouble shortly before his plane crashed into a Centennial neighborhood, killing him and narrowly missing an occupied home. The twin-engine Cessna 404 took off from Centennial Airport around 4:30 a.m. Dec. 30 and crashed a few minutes later in a neighborhood northwest of Arapahoe Road and Jordan Road. “The pilot reported a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff,” said Jennifer Rodi, a senior air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB arrived on scene within hours to begin its investigation. The pilot was later identified as Daniel Steitz, 55, of Aurora. Inclement weather is being looked at as a possible factor, but it’s “too early to tell” at this point, Rodi said. The temperature fell to below zero throughout much of the metro area in the early morning hours of Dec. 30 on the heels of heavy snowfall. The plane crashed within 10-20 feet of a house that was occupied by two adults, said Becky O’Guin, spokeswoman for the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority. Emergency crews arrived to find “heavy fire” on the wreckage, she said. There were no injuries on the ground.
A commercial aircraft crashed in a Centennial neighborhood near East Arapahoe and South Jordan roads Dec. 30, narrowly missing a home. Photo by Christy Steadman The Cessna was a commercial aircraft flying for Key Lime Air, which is based at Centennial Airport, but there was no cargo on board during the accident. The pilot was “repositioning” the plane from Centennial to Denver International Airport for a possible load later in the day, Rodi said. Key Lime Air confirmed that one of its
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Colorado minimum wage rises in new year Pay rate is adjusted to $8.23 an hour, up 23 cents from 2014 Associated Press Minimum wage workers in Colorado are getting a small raise in 2015 because of annual adjustments required by state law. As of Jan. 1, Colorado’s minimum wage is $8.23 an hour, up 23 cents from last year. Restaurant servers and other tipped workers must be paid a minimum of $5.21 an hour in the new year. Colorado is one of more than a dozen states increasing their minimum wages. The hike comes as Boulder explores raising its minimum wage above the state’s and as fast-food workers campaign nationally to gain $15 an hour pay. The minimum wage here is now over $3 more than it was in 2006, when Colorado voters backed raising it and tying future increases to inflation. According to some estimates, about 80,000 Coloradans earn minimum wage.
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Symphony pays tribute to King at Boettcher
“High Country” is a realistic painting in the watercolor/webbing technique, with collage added. The artist is Phyllis Vandehaar, who will teach the technique in a Heritage Fine Arts Guild Workshop on Jan. 17. Courtesy photos
‘Watercolor and webbing’ Technique skips past blank paper By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com This is how longtime art teacher Phyllis Vandehaar introduces an upcoming workshop called “Watercolor and Webbing” — “Explore the fun of inventing with several media simultaneously … ‘paying your money and taking your chances’ (so to speak). No real experience with watercolor is necessary.” Thus Vandehaar introduces the workshop she will lead on Jan. 17 for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. It is open to members and non-members and will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bemis Library, 6014 S.
“Gravity” is an abstract watercolor/webbing painting by Phyllis Vandehaar.
IF YOU GO “Watercolor and Webbing,” taught by Phyllis Vandehaar at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 17. Reservations are required. See the Heritage Fine Art Guild of Arapahoe County’s website for information, heritage-guild.com, or call 303-796-8110. Datura St. in Littleton. (Note that this is a different location than usual for the HFAG workshops.) Participants will be able to work either abstractly or more realistically as they develop a new painting. “This is not unlike Charlie Brown finding images in the clouds. It is pure fun and can result in some very handsome paintings,” Vandehaar writes. She was for many years a teacher at Arapahoe High School and since then has taught art regularly at Roxborough State Park. The webbing, a permanent spray product, is sprayed on the watercolor paper and the artist then proceeds with developing a painting from images found and can take it in several directions. “This provides a starting point and people don’t face a naked piece of white paper,” she said. Vandehaar will be painting, too, and those who feel unsure can work along with her, while others can just pursue their own plans. An additional option can be to include collage elements into the painting. A materials list will be published on the HFAG website, which begins with: 140 pound Arches watercolor paper, cold press, pad or sheets — any size, plus paints, brushes, etc. Vandehaar supplies the webbing at no charge. See Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s website at heritage-guild. com, and look for workshops.
The Colorado Symphony and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission invite you to a free annual celebration of Dr. King’s life and legacy as a leader, visionary and pillar of the civil rights movement, to be held Jan. 13 at Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts downtown. Now in its 25th year, this community concert recognizes individuals and organizations that embody King’s dream of equality, peace, service, and social justice. New this year, the Colorado Symphony will be joined by Denver’s Flobots, a hip-hop ensemble that uses music as a tool to ignite awareness, action, and positive change. Hosted by TV personality Tamara Banks, the program will be conducted by Scott O’Neil and will include symphonic selections by Beethoven and Dvorak as well as African-American composers Brian Keane and George Walker. In collaboration with the full orchestra, the Flobots will perform orchestral arrangements of their music, with original arrangements by Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, commissioned by the Colorado Symphony. The winners of four Humanitarian awards, as well as the Menola Upshaw Lifetime Achievement Award winner, will be honored during the program; all honorees are nominated and selected by the community and overseen by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission. The concert is part of a weeklong celebration of Dr. King’s work as well as a call to community action. For a complete list of events, visit www. drmartinlkingjrchc.org/. Tickets to this free concert are available at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St., and the Colorado Symphony box office in the Boettcher Concert Hall at 14th and Curtis streets. For details, visit www.coloradosymphony.org. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon to 6 p.m. Saturday; and two hours before every performance. A ticket is required for admission. All seating is general admission on a first come, firstserved basis and a ticket does not guarantee a seat.
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“Complimentary Carrots” is a watercolor/webbing painting by Phyllis Vandehaar. In general, workshops cost $30 for members and $50 for non-members. Reservations are necessary, sent to Beatrice Drury, as instructed on the application form. The guild, established in 1974, meets monthly September through June, offering a regular schedule of workshops by experienced teachers that explore different techniques. It also holds exhibits for members plus the annual “This is Colorado” show, which was recently at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College. Monthly meetings feature demonstrations and critiques. Members also have regular “Paint Days” without an instructor, where they help each other if needed.
Get your bacon on with Bourbon & Bacon Fest presented by the Colorado Pork Producers Council, Jan. 24 at the McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave. It will be the second annual gathering of specialty bourbons and whiskeys from distilleries, both large and small, all paired with bacon. New this year is a First Taste Ticket, which gets you an extra half-hour of savory treats and seductive bourbons. Bourbon & Bacon Fest will showcase some of Colorado’s whiskeys and bourbons such as Buffalo Trace, Fireball and 1792. The event also will host samples from area restaurants including Westminster’s Kachina Southwestern Grill, Sunnyside Burgers and Gigis Cupcakes. The Bourbon & Bacon Festival will have several ticket options. A VIP ticket at $95 will give you dibs on everything in the festival for a full hour before general admission and includes entrance to a catered VIP area with exclusive beverages and buffet. A First Taste ticket at $55 will allow entrance to the festival 30 minutes before general admission. General admission tickets are $45 for 3-5 p.m. tastings. Tickets are available at www.getmyperks.com. For more information, visit www.bourbonandbaconfest.com and www.facebook. com/bourbonandbaconfest. Parker continues on Page 18
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Orchid Showcase back for fourth year Botanic Gardens offers respite from cold days By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com For a temporary escape from winter, enter the gates at Denver Botanic Gardens on York Street and walk straight ahead to the Orangery and the next-door Marnie’s Pavilion, where you will find hundreds of orchids in bloom starting Jan. 9. This is the fourth year for the featured Orchid Showcase, according to botanist Nick Snackenberg, who displays a variety of common and exotic species through Feb. 23. They come from the Gardens’ orchid collection of some 3,000 plants, supplemented by some purchased just for this show in order to have enough blooming plants on hand. “The Orangery is a most lovely place to sit,” he recommends. One will be surrounded by fragrant citrus plants and blooming orchids of all sorts. The next-door Marnie’s Pavilion carries a rotating exhibit of orchids and bromiliads through the year, based on what’s blooming at a given time. Snackenberg said he grew up on a Midwestern farm and attended Iowa State University to study horticulture. He has been at Denver Botanic Gardens for 21 years and “fell into tropicals … It’s lots of work — they don’t stop growing and we have space limitations.” Palm trees, for example, can’t be pruned to keep them small, so eventually they must be replaced. “We call it the circle of life,” he said. Orchids come to the collection from many sources. Some are traded with other botanic gardens and others are purchased from local suppliers or growers in Florida. Nurseries deal with the regulations on importing plants from out of the country. There are restrictions on trade in endangered species. Snackenberg visits local collections whenever he attends a conference or
The Orchid Showcase, in the Orangery at Denver Botanic Gardens, as well as Marnie’s Pavilion next door, both a short walk west from the main entrance, hold a display of common and exotic species of orchids from the BBG’s collection of about 3,000 plants. The display runs through Feb. 23. Courtesy photos
IF YOU GO Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily in winter. And, one might enjoy adding a stroll through the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory by the entrance while on the grounds. 720865-3500, BotanicGardens.org.
national meeting. “It’s a good chance to look at the host and network — to see who’s got what.” Personal vacations will
also often lead him to other gardens “to chat with the people in charge. My wish list never seems to end.” For those who think they might like to grow orchids at home, he will be offering a class at the end of February. Details were not firm when we spoke by telephone, but it should be listed on the website soon. Also, there is an active Denver Orchid Society which meets monthly and holds two shows a year, where it awards prizes to growers and has plants, supplies and
advice available. New members are welcome. The American Orchid Society has a great deal of material online as well, from basics to more complex topics. And there are numerous other resources on how and what to buy and how to cultivate. All warn that overwatering is the quickest way to kill a plant. Whether one is simply in need of a flower fix or is searching for a new hobby, a visit to the Orchid Showcase, Jan. 9 to Feb. 23, is in order.
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Texas painter gets Coors show honors Teresa Elliott, of Alpine, Texas is the 2015 featured artist for the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale at the National Western Stock Show, with her oil painting “High Noon” chosen as the year’s poster. (The original painting of a Texas longhorn will be added to the permanent collection.) The exhibit will run through stock show dates, Jan. 10-25, and is free with stock show admission. Elliott has been a “People’s Choice” winner in five of the past seven years, according to the show’s website at coorswesternart.com — which also lists all the artists accepted to this prestigious show.
Genealogy meetings set Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets twice in January: Jan. 12, 1 p.m., will feature “Show and Tech” with librarians and technology specialists from the Arapahoe Library District teaching about new resources available. Jan. 20, 1 p.m., will feature “Beyond the Census: the Non-Population Schedules,” a presentation by Deena Coutant, professional genealogist. Learn to go beyond the population schedules during 1850 to 1885. The group meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, south wing entrance, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Free, visitors welcome. Columbinegenealogy. com.
The refuge is at 6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City, and the visitor center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays. (Families can also snowshoe and take a selfguided wildlife drive.) Go to www.fws.gov/ refuge/rocky_mountain_arsenal for more information.
Bach is back American pianist Simone Dinnerstein will debut with the Colorado Symphony at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 and 17 in Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex downtown. She will perform “Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.” Mark Wigglesworth will conduct and Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin, and Brook Ferguson, flute, will be featured. Tickets: $22-$84, 303-623-7876, coloradosymphony.org.
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Nature writer Mary Taylor Young of Castle Rock will speak at Littleton’s Bemis Library on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. about her book: “Rocky Mountain National Park: The First 100 Years.” The park was formally dedicated on Sept. 3, 1915, and celebrations will be held throughout 2015. The book, with 250 illustrations, begins with the park’s geologic story and continues to issues it faces today and tomorrow. (Is it being loved to death?) Copies will be available for sale. Free. The library is at 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, 303-795-3961.
“High Noon” by Teresa Elliott is the painting chosen for the 2015 Commemorative National Western Stock Show Poster, which is available for purchase. The Longhorn steer is like those that will lead the annual stock show parade in downtown Denver to celebrate the opening. Courtesy photo
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Well-known vocalist Lannie Garrett will introduce a new show, “Swing Sets,” featuring the Highlands Ranch-based After Midnight band playing Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and more. Opens on Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. and continues on Saturdays at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret,
Theater classes offered 16th Street Mall at Arapahoe Street, Denver. Tickets: $35, Lannies.com, 303-293-0075.
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge offers wildlife viewing tours from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Jan. 10, 11 and 31. Join a naturalist on the tour bus for a twohour guided tour to see bald eagles, coyotes, bison, deer, winter raptors and more. Free, but reservations are required: 303-289-0930.
Spring classes begin Jan. 24 for kids who want to learn theater skills, as Front Range Theatre starts its 2015 season. Highlands Ranch Library is the site for classes on Jan. 24 and 31 and Feb. 7 and 14, and registration is open for the Triple Threat Summer Camps I and II (“Legally Blonde Jr.” and “101 Dalmatians”). Classes are: Introduction to Improv, Advance Improv, Intro to Acting and Advance Acting. Go to frontrangetheatre.org to register.
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‘Miss Saigon’ is sad tale based on Puccini Tragic story comes to stage in Aurora By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia. com The set for “Miss Saigon” at Vintage Theatre is simple and severe, yet it works for what director Rebecca Joseph calls “a pared-down ‘Miss Saigon,’” taking on life with lights, music and a large cast in motion. It’s the end of the disastrous Vietnam War, and spirits are low among both the GIs who want to get out and the Vietnamese, who will be left behind to an uncertain future. This 20th-century version of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” was written first in French by lyricist Alain Boubil, with additions to the English version by Richard Maltby Jr. Music is by Claude-Michel Schonberg. It is an opera, with all communication sung, although the voices, while strong, are not in general operatically trained, leading to an edgy quality throughout. Lights go up on a club where young prostitutes dance and gyrate to lure tired American soldiers into their arms. There is a mood of desperation and defeat hanging in the air, despite loud music and sexy, brightly costumed girls. Choreography is by Stephanie Lynn Prugh. The girls are controlled by a pimp called “The Engineer,” played here by experienced actress Arlene Rampal. Her major
IF YOU GO “Miss Saigon” plays through Feb. 1 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Saturdays Jan. 11 and 31. Tickets: $31/$26 in advance. 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com.
objective is to earn enough money and influence to get to America, where she is certain she can succeed. (Her rendition of “American Dream” later in the show is a standout.) Among the girls is young Kim (Regina Fernandez Steffen), new to the scene and uncertain how to behave, as the Engineer urges her to get with it and start earning money. Soldiers interact with the girls, drinking heavily — except for a depressed Chris (Rob Riney), who represents the soldiers disillusioned about the war. He and Kim meet, are attracted to each other and, in a brief time together, conceive a child. Vintage, in limited space, manages to stage the famous scene where the helicopter rescues soldiers a Saigon rooftop, leaving Vietnamese supporters and friends behind, clinging to a fence, as the communist troops approach the city. (They had to cut a hole in the ceiling, according to a note from management.) Among the Viet Cong is Thuy (Chachi Martin), an officer to whom Kim had once been promised. He still wants to marry her and a parallel story runs through the script, including an appearance by his ghost. The
Rob Riney and Regina Fernandez Steffen are unfortunate lovers in Vintage Theatre’s production of “Miss Saigon.” Photo by Denver Mind Media actor’s bio says that his parents met as a result of the war in Vietnam and the story resonates. The authors were first inspired by a photograph of a Vietnamese mother giving up a half-American child at an airport departure gate, sending the child to an ex-GI father who would give it a better chance at a future — “The Ultimate Sacrifice” in Schonberg’s eyes. When Chris returns to Vietnam three years later with his wife, Ellen (Abby McIn-
Keep talent in U.S., fix immigration system By Norman Stucker
After an almost never-ending election season, most Coloradans are tired of political talking points. It seemed every politician had the best ideas for boosting the economy, a foolproof plan for fostering job growth, and the cleverest tactics for keeping us competitive in the global economy. The good news is that the posturing has ended, leaving a real way that our representatives in Congress can keep their promises — by enacting permanent, comprehensive immigration reform. Regardless of your political persuasion, the president’s recent announcement is a temporary, targeted fix. The executive action on immigration exercised under his limited authority puts a Band-Aid on a broken system that is harming multiple facets of our society - and particularly our economy. As you read this, hundreds of Colorado’s high-tech companies are losing the world’s best and brightest engineers, researchers, scientists, and programmers as they return to their native countries after being educated in our schools. That’s because under our dated and defunct immigration system there aren’t enough H-1B visas — visas for highly skilled foreign workers — for the number of workers growing companies need. The number of visas has been capped at 85,000 since 2004, impairing burgeoning tech companies from hiring the highly skilled labor they need. These workers attend our schools, colleges, and universities and then we send them back home to compete with us, severely dulling our competitive edge and preventing companies from keeping talent here in the United States. President Obama’s announcement does prioritize some reforms that will be helpful for business, including new regulations easing restrictions on foreign managers and executives to work in the U.S., allowing the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work, and expanding the Optical Practical Training Program, a program that allows foreign students to work in the country. It will also allow workers waiting for H-1B petitions from their employers, but for whom a visa is unavailable, to apply for an adjustment of status. Finally, it will help entrepreneurs who are starting businesses and creating jobs to stay in the country
and continue fostering growth. While these provisions provide some temporary benefits for high-tech companies, we need Congress to enact sweeping reform that will bring our immigration system in line with a 21st century economy. In 2013 the Senate passed a bipartisan bill, crafted in part by Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, which would have addressed many of the problems hurting the high-tech industry. The bill would have increased the number of H-1B visas available, and was supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that enacting immigration reform would reduce the deficit by $197 billion in the first ten years, by $700 billion over 20 years, and would increase the GDP by 3.3 percent in 2023, and by 5.1 to 5.7 percent in 2033. That bill has never even been brought up for a vote in the House of Representatives. Our current immigration system is stifling growth and keeping us at a disadvantage. While a step in the right direction, the president’s announcement has not fixed it. After a heated and tumultuous election season,
Congress has a genuine opportunity to follow through on their campaign promises and enact legislative reform that will grow our economy and give American companies a needed competitive edge. Norman Stucker is general manager of PADT-Colorado and chair of the Economic Development Group at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. This article was originally posted on 12/16/2014 by The Denver Post Continue the discussion on this important and controversial topic featuring Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum. Event held in conjunction with Denver South EDP and Colorado Business Roundtable. Monday, January, 26 South Metro Denver Chamber Offices & Conference Center 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, CO 10:00 – 11:30 am www.meetup.com/business-leaders-forresponsible-government/events/219503302/
erny), former officer John (Keegan Flaugh) and others to try to responsibly help children fathered by GIs who were scorned by the Vietnamese, he finds Kim, by now a Bangkok bar girl with little Tam in tow … This tragic story brings thoughts to the surface that have been dimmed by the passage of time. It is a strong production, with a fine score, although it certainly doesn’t send the audience out into the night humming happily, as they might from “Guys and Dolls.”
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Thursday, January 8 Ribbon Cutting – Eighteen Eight 18|8 Fine Men’s Salon 4:00 – 6:00 pm – Eighteen Eight 18|8 Fine Men’s Salon 6879 S. Vine St., Suite 709, Centennial, CO Thursday, January 8 New Member Orientation 4:00 – 5:00 pm – South Metro Denver Chamber WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, CO Thursday, January 8 Movie Screening – Glen Campbell…”I’ll Be Me” 5:30 – 7:30 pm – University of Colorado Hospital 12605 East 16th Ave., Aurora, CO Cost: $10 ticket
Member Spotlight – Jim N’ Nicks Bar-B-Q Join Jim N’ Nicks Bar-B-Q and South Metro Denver Chamber for a BOURBAN & BAR-B-Q Dinner Share some good times, great food and world-class bourbon. Thursday, January 29th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm $25 Ticket Include 5 courses of scratch-made southern deliciousness paired with Kentucky’s finest bourbons. (additional adult beverages can be purchased separately) Come hungry and expect to taste the best the South has to offer! Space is limited! Reserve and Purchase your ticket by contacting Brian Bartony bbartony@bestchamber.com 720-982-9119
Friday, January 9 Women in Business Speaker Series: Karen Gerwitz-Pres., World Trade Center Denver 7:30 – 9:00 am – South Metro Denver Chamber WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial, CO Tuesday, January 13 Business After Hours – DS’ Tavern 5:00 – 7:00 pm – DS’s Tavern 819 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO
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January 9, 2015
‘The Interview’ dives into geopolitics Film that sparked uproar isn’t all that scandalous
RATINGS & RANKINGS “The Interview,’’ a Sony Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “pervasive language, crude and sexual humor, nudity, some drug use and bloody violence.’’ Running time: 112 minutes. Three stars out of four.
By Jake Coyle
Associated Press “The Interview’’ will go down as the satire that provoked an authoritarian dictatorship, roiled Sony Pictures in a massive hacking attack and prompted new questions of cyber warfare, corporate self-censorship and comedic audacity. The movie is already assured of cinematic infamy, regardless of its merits. But is it any good? Though “The Interview,’’ directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, never quite manages the duo’s calibrated blend of sincerity and over-the-top crudeness, it nevertheless usually pulses with an unpredictable absurdity and can-you-believewe’re-doing-this glee. Its greatest charm is that it so happily brings the silliest, most ludicrous of knives (a preening James Franco, lots of butt jokes) to North Korea’s militarized gunfight. Rogen plays Aaron Rapoport, a journalism-school grad who has found himself, ignobly, producing an “Extra!’’-like entertain-
ment news show, “Skylark Tonight,’’ hosted by his friend Dave Skylark (Franco). The show traffics in the fluff of celebrity with occasional scoops. (Eminem makes a funny cameo as himself with the out-of-the-blue confession that he’s gay.) When it’s learned that North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is a fan of the show, they maneuver to land an interview for a kind of modern “Frost/Nixon’’ televised tete-a-tete, albeit one with the same penchant for ascots. (Franco’s Skylark is an extreme dandy who speaks largely in overused slang and has a strange obsession with “Lord of the Rings.’’) Before their trip to Pyongyang, a CIA agent (Lizzy Caplan) recruits the pair with the mission to turn their big interview into an assassination. “Take him out,’’ she instructs before putting them through training. Like another comedy about the wrong
Americans sent overseas, Bill Murray’s “Stripes,’’ “The Interview’’ is better on American soil and on less sure footing once it lands in North Korea. This is partly logistical. Though “The Interview’’ obviously couldn’t have shot on location and had limited images to draw on for its sets, the movie fails to create even a half-plausible North Korean atmosphere and is left claustrophobically meandering almost entirely in palace interiors. Their first meeting with Kim (Randall Park) isn’t a regal pageant; he just knocks softly on Skylark’s door and eagerly introduces himself as a “huge fan.’’ Park is exceptional: His Kim is more complex than the broad caricature you’d expect. He’s a jovial young leader haunted by daddy issues, having been called soft by his father for adoring American pop culture. He’s a surprisingly agile basketball player and a lover of Katy Perry songs. Even in North Korea, Rogen and company are more at home in American pop: Western civilization is more the target of “The Interview’’ than the DPRK. As Skylark’s interview nears, their assassination attempts fail and ethical quandaries mount. Skylark and Kim (“a cool guy,’’ pleads Skylark) become fast friends, palling around together and shooting off tanks: The
bromance has gone nuclear. If anything, the film, written by Dan Sterling from the story by Goldberg and Rogen (their second time directing after the better “This Is the End’’), verges on making Kim too likable. And while the movie leads to a fiery end and a slow reveal of the famine Kim inflicts on his people, most who see “The Interview’’ will say to themselves: THIS is what prompted an international incident? There’s nothing scandalous about “The Interview,’’ unless you happen to believe Kim is a god who rides around on unicorns. Despite the large presence of Park’s dictator, this is really Franco’s movie. Seemingly energized by his more outlandish performances (like his Alien in “Spring Breakers’’), he’s here in full, grinning Jerry Lewis-mode, a rubber-faced infotainment parody. His chemistry with Rogen is predictably solid. Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch and the “South Park’’ guys have all tried before to find comedy in the shadow of evil and thereby do a little to disarm it. “The Interview’’ struggles to really illuminate anything about the stranger-than-fiction Orwellian nightmare that is North Korea, but its attempt is admirable. And, yes, having your film almost taken down by a totalitarian regime wins you an extra star.
CURTAIN TIME Play in Littleton “The Clean House,” an award-winning comedy by Sarah Ruhl, plays Jan. 9 to Feb. 1 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Robert Wells is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Jan. 17; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25; and 12:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Tickets: $23-$42, 303-7942787, ext. 5 (Mondays to Fridays); townhallartscenter.org.
Curious production “Charles Ives, Take Me Home” by Jessica Dickey plays Jan. 8-Feb. 14 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver’s Golden Triangle. Directed by Christy Montour-
Larson. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $18-$44, 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.
Comedy at Avenue “5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche” by Even Linder and Andrew Hobgood plays Jan. 23 to Feb. 14 at Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Directed by Edith Weiss. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Tickets: $26.50/$23.50. 303321-5925, avenuetheater.com.
Classic at Arvada “Harvey,” written by Denver journalist Mary Chase, plays Jan. 27 to Feb. 22
in Arvada Center’s Black Box Theater, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, directed by Gavin Mayer. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: arvadacenter.org/on-stage/ harvey-2015, 720-898-7200. The Arvada Center will offer a four-week Harvey Theater Salon Series, facilitated by Sasha Fisher on Wednesday evenings, Feb. 4-25. Included: exploration of the script, scene study, character development, overall themes and objectives, a visit from directing staff and/or actors and attendance at the evening performance on Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tuition is $60 plus a ticket, $26. 720-898-7200.
THINGS DO THEATER COMEDY MAGICIANS
Dinosaur Train Live
JOIN BUDDY, Tiny, Don and all their friends and family in an interac-
tive trip back to an age when dinosaurs ruled the earth … and rode trains. Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live: Buddy’s Big Adventure will be on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9-10. For tickets and more information, call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.
Dream Masterz Show
DAVID BLATTER and Leeman Parker, comedy magicians featured on the finals of America’s Got Talent, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, and Saturday, Jan. 10, and at 2 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Reservations required; call 303-660-6799. No paper tickets; non-refundable. First 30 reservations get preferred seating in first three rows. Go to www.AmazingShows.com.
MUSIC/CONCERTS COWGIRL SHOW with Hunk-ta-Bunk-ta COWGIRL KATE (Katherine Dines) will perform her award-winning Western songs and stories along with the Hunk-ta-Bunk-ta band at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. For tickets and more information, call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.
AWARD WINNING magic team Joe Givan and Carol Massie perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Reservations required. Call 303-660-6799. Go to www. AmazingShows.com.
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Rosie the Riveter
Suburban Parks and Recreation centers. Steven Snyder’s “Full Circle,”which features about 20 pieces of acrylic paintings on canvas and on wood that has been cut and reassembled, is on display at Goodson, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476. The Paintbox Guild’s paintings will showcase different artists’work and different themes at Douglas H. Buck, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787. Susan Winn’s photographs will be on display at Lone Tree, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-708-3500. South Suburban’s pubic art committee welcomes submissions; go to www.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-483-7072 for guidelines and an application.
GAIL BEATON leads the Parker Area Historical Society’s January program on Rosie the Riveter, the name given to women war workers during World War II, who lived and worked around the United States welding, making bullets and doing a variety of factory jobs for the war effort. Beaton has taught U.S. history for more 26 years. Program is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Ruth Memorial Chapel, 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. She has been acknowledged as an outstanding teacher by the Public Service Company and the Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Library Resources for Genealogy
COLUMBINE GENEALOGICAL and Historical Society welcomes
librarians and technology specialists from Arapahoe Library District, presenting “Show and Tech” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13. Learn about the new resources available at libraries, from Ancestry databases to filming studios. You will have the opportunity to for hands-on experiences with technology such as Google Glass, 3D Printing and Flying Drones. Meeting is at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Contact info@columbinegenealogy.org. Go to www.ColumbineGenealogy.com.
50th Anniversary Exhibit
ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY College’s 50th anniversary exhibition is open through Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts. Admission is free, and the exhibit is open to the public. The gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with hours extended until 7 p.m. Tuesdays, from Friday, Jan. 2, to Wednesday, Jan. 14. The gallery is on the first floor of the ACC Annex Building, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.
SOUTH SUBURBAN Art Exhibits LOCAL ARTISTS will have their work on display through Friday, Jan. 30, at South
EVENTS FUTURE CARE Planning PARENTS AND caregivers of children and adults with disabilities are invited to a workshop from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Arc Office, 6538 S. Racine Circle, Centennial. Caregivers will receive information they need to make informed decisions about the support and options available to them. An expert in the industry of future care planning and a panel of adult advocates and parents will knowledge of the process will be featured. RSVP to kim@arc-ad.org or call 720-457-1032. VOLUNTEER TAX Preparers DENVER ASSET Building Coalition needs volunteers for its 2015 income-tax preparation sea-
son. The coalition provides free tax preparation for eligible households and individuals. Training dates are offered in January. Go to http://www.denverabc.org to find out more about trainings. Several roles are available, including greeters, screeners, tax assistors, site coordinators and more.
HEALTH SOUTH METRO Community Blood Drives A NUMBER of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Marian Hall, 6853 S. Prince St., Littleton; Wednesday, Jan.
Off to see the wizard “The Wizard of Oz” will be presented Jan. 23 to Feb. 8 at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays; 10 a.m. Jan. 30 for school groups. Tickets: $25/$20, with discounts for families of four, children under 12, members. 303-805-6800, pacecenteronline.ticketforce.com. Members may enjoy “Breakfast in Oz” from 9-11 a.m. Jan. 24. Kids who come dressed as a favorite Oz character can enter a contest. Breakfast and crafts included. Shoot photos with characters from the cast. Tickets: $37 for one child and one adult, 303-805-6800.
14, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Western Union, 12500 E. Belford Ave., Englewood (contact Amy Kelly, 720-332-3136); Thursday, Jan. 15, 9-11:10 a.m. and 12:30-3:30 p.m., Quadrant Building, Bighorn Room, 5445 DTC Parkway, Centennial; Friday, Jan. 16, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Jan. 17, 7:30 a.m. to noon, St. Thomas More Parish, 7071 E. Otero Ave., Centennial (contact Diane Zinner, 303726-7655, or 720-482-3577); Sunday, Jan. 18, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock.
FREE NUTRITION, Cooking Class FREE HEART Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14 (10 Ways to Boost Your Energy); Wednesday, Jan. 21 (Ban the Belly Fat); Wednesday, Jan. 28 (12 Steps to Vibrant Health) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,”along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.
EDUCATION HISTORY OF Tea OTHER THAN water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. Learn about tea, including its role in colonial empire building, and find out about different types of tea, how it is grown and processed, who grows and drinks the most and more. Program is from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. HABITATS FOR Homeschoolers AUDUBON NATURE Center at Chatfield present a new Habitats for Homeschoolers program from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Jan. 14. Learn about the birds of Chatfield State Park using bird identification tools such as binoculars, field guides and even iPhone, Android, Kindle and Windows 8 aps. Audubon staff and volunteers will lead a guided bird hike and participants will practice new-found skills. Investigate the biofacts of birds such as wings, skulls, nests and eggs. Meet at Audubon Center at Chatfield. Register by Friday, Jan. 9; register online at https:// secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=9ae680 or call 303-973-9530. COLORADO GARDEN Certificate Course COLORADO STATE University’s Colorado Gardener Certificate course teaches research-based and in-depth Colorado gardening information for interested Douglas County residents. Classes educate students about Colorado soils, trees, flowers, turf, pests and diseases and other topics. The 2015 course is offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays for 10 weeks at the Douglas County Event Center, starting Tuesday, Jan. 20. Application deadline is Thursday, Jan. 15. Call 720-733-6930. 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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Parker goes all out for arts, information By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com Lectures, dance, piano, painting …? It’s the perfect time to try something new, and Parker’s programs are open to residents and non-residents. Visit the parkerarts.org website for elaboration on the sampler of opportunities we have noted. (Programs are at the PACE Center, although you will be directed to register through the town’s recreation department.) Call 303-805-6800. The Parker Cultural and Scientific Committee sponsors a lecture series, which begins on Jan. 14 (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.) with a talk by Dr. Guiseppi De Sole on “Epidemic in Africa,” a topic that has been a constant in the news for months. (Free, but please register.) On Feb. 10, Rod Read, district manager of Parker Water and Sanitation, will talk about the Rueter-Hess Reservoir and its current status — water is an ongoing topic of interest for all metro residents. (Free, but register.) Pat Craig, founder and executive director of the Colorado Wild Animal Sanctuary,
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Lannie’s stays lively
January marks the ninth year of operation for Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, the charming nightclub in the basement of the historic D&F Clocktower, 1601 Arapahoe St., and if you haven’t been, go. Lannie Garrett, our hometown chanteuse, hosts a variety of entertainment supporting diversity in our community and organizations raising money for worthy causes. January highlights include: Garrett performs in her new show, “Swing Sets,” featuring the After Midnight Band playing Benny, Basie and Beyond. Opens at 8 p.m. Jan. 10 and continues on Saturdays. Burlesque on Broadway: Top Hats and Tassels Revue opens at 8 p.m. Jan. 9. Sneak peek to February: Lannie Garrett’s Valentine Show — Swingtime in the Rockies at 7 p.m. Feb. 14. The Vagina Monologues — fundraiser for The Gathering Place — Feb. 15 and 16.
D Note no more
D Note, the venue that rocked Olde Town Arvada for 12 years, played its last note on Jan. 3. Owners Dave and Mernie Rosenberg, who bought the family-friendly club from the DeGraff family in 2013, are calling it quits, according to Westword. According to the story, “Dave Rosenberg says they fell behind on rent and told the landlord they’d catch up by the year (end), but the landlord ‘decided there were other people
will speak about this remarkable spot and some of its inhabitants at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on March 10. (Free, but register.) On April 4, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., learn about Douglas County’s varied open space and nature resources, where families can hike, birdwatch, look for wildlife and plants and just be outside. (Please register.) A visit to the PACE website at parkerarts.org will locate dance classes: ballroom; dance sampler; line dancing: novice to advanced; adult tap and belly dancing. Recreational piano for seniors could lead to a new pursuit. Visual arts classes include “Palette Up!” color and beginning, intermediate and advanced painting classes with master teacher Tadeshi Hayakawa (a Parker resident). In culinary arts, we find cake decorating and in another direction, one can develop and understanding of that new — or not so new, but still mysterious — digital camera. There are travel programs and science and nature programs. And then there are even more opportunities for kids to expand their horizons. The PACE Center awaits in the new year.
more interesting to have in there other than us,’ says Rosenberg. ‘So they pulled our lease. That’s the way it goes.’ “‘It’s a tough business,’ Rosenberg adds. ‘We tried to do right by the bands. It’s just that Olde Town is changing a little bit. I don’t know if it’s a good thing that we’re getting out but we’ll find out down the road.’” Rosenberg blamed in part the light rail construction that has all but wiped out parking in Olde Town. “‘Two years, when construction’s all done, when that train’s running, I have a feeling it will be really nice, but for the next two years it’s going to be a tough time in Olde Town.’”
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December stepping-stones Teams use out-of-state tournaments with an eye on postseason By Staff report December is the time of the high school season when basketball teams create an identity for themselves and tune up for league play. Several South Metro boys and girls teams headed south to play in pre-Christmas holiday basketball tournaments. Colorado teams were banned from playing games or participating in matches from Dec. 24-Jan. 1. Voluntary practices could be held Dec. 29-31. Coach Joe Ortiz’ ThunderRidge boys and the Lutheran girls had the most success in holiday tournaments held between Dec. 18 and 22. ThunderRidge (9-0) played at Denver East Jan. 3 and hosted Rangeview Jan. 6 to start the new year after the Grizzlies advanced to the championship game of the Gold Division in the Foothill Holiday Classic in Las Vegas, but couldn’t play because of reaching their game limit. Colorado High School Activities Association by-laws state that 4A/5A teams that do not have a district tournament shall not participate in more than 23 games exclusive of regional and state contests. There were 12 teams in the Gold Division and pool play dictating that two teams would have to play five games. ThunderRidge has four non-league games remaining on its schedule plus 10 Continental League contests, which would put them at their 23-game limit and forced the Grizzlies to bow out of the championship game. “We did well,” said coach Joe Ortiz who pointed out that 6-10 center and leading scorer Zach Pirog did not play in the tournament because of a sprained ankle. “This was the first year they had 12 teams and pool play meaning two teams had to play five games. Any teams not from Colorado didn’t have game restrictions.” Ortiz says the Grizzlies and several other schools opt to play out-of-state games. “It’s good for us,” he said. “It’s an expectation for our program. We played outof-state in July. The kids really enjoy it. It’s hard to say if it will help us in February and March. “Games are officiated different. Officials in Colorado are emphasizing the hand check rule. We were told that would not be called. Games were more physical than we were used to, and there were better athletes. It was cool.” Lutheran, the defending Colorado Class 2A state champions which is playing 3A this season, was one of six South Metro girls teams that played in the Nike Tourna-
Lutheran won the championship in the Gray Division of the Tournament of Champions held in Phoenix Dec. 18-22. Courtesy photo ment of Champions in Phoenix. The Lions (7-0) posted a 69-60 win over Clovis West of Fresno, Calif., in the championship game of the Gray Division. “We were privileged to play in the tournament,” said Lions coach Mark Duitsman. “Being a 3A school, we sometimes get overlooked in the discussion of the top teams in the state and our girls took full advantage of the opportunity to show that we can represent Colorado as well as anybody, regardless of classification. “This is a humble and mature team, but if there is one thing that gets our girls motivated, it is the misinformed opinion that 4A and 5A teams are better simply because they come from bigger schools or that you can’t get recruited from a smaller school. We’ve been proving that wrong for years.” Duitsman insists the win over Clovis West and playing in the tournament will help the Lions in the next few months. Lutheran faced taller teams, excellent transition clubs and didn’t wilt under pressure defense. “Clovis West is consistently a top 25 program in the entire state of California, which tells you all you need to know about
how good they are,” he added. “Beating Clovis West in that setting joins the ranks as one of the most memorable wins of our program. “You can’t deny that the experience was beneficial from a preparation standpoint. More than anything we wanted to learn, grow and prepare for what will be a tough road in Colorado. Each of our opponents in Arizona had a least 2,500 more students than us. We want to make another run in the postseason, and while it doesn’t guarantee anything in March, I feel that our December was a big step in the right direction. Castle View (3-6) also played in the Gray Division and finished sixth, compiling a 2-2 record. Valor Christian (6-1), Colorado’s topranked 4A team in the CHSAANow.com poll, went 3-1 and was third in the Anderson Division. ThunderRidge (8-2) was 2-2 in the Desper Division and wound up sixth while Highlands Ranch (9-2) compiled a 3-1 record in the same division to finish ninth because of a first-round loss. Cherry Creek’s girls (3-6) were winless
in four Anderson Division games. In boys tournament action, Chaparral went 3-1 in the Phoenix Union Classic. The Wolverines (7-3) lost 73-62 to Cesar Chavez of Laveen, Ariz., in the title game. Rock Canyon (8-3) also was 3-1 and finished third in the Select Division of the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas. “We are excited to be where we are at this point of the season,” said Jaguars coach Kent Grams. “We believe playing in an out-of-state tournament will be beneficial because our players were out of their comfort zones and had to learn how to minimize distractions and compete at their highest level. “Competing out of state is tough, but we believe it will help us come March.” Mountain Vista and Legend stayed home before the holidays. Vista (7-1) has compiled impressive statistics, averaging 78.3 points, 20.6 assists and 34.1 rebounds a game while shooting 54 percent as a team. Legend (7-3) edged Cherry Creek, 4340, to win the Cherry Creek Holiday Classic Dec. 20. It was the first loss of the season for the Bruins (6-1).
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Gateway defeated Littleton, 77-66, to win its first game of the season on Jan. 3. Littleton is 2-5 for the season and 0-3 at home. Littleton hosts Conifer Jan. 9. Rock Canyon defeated Smoky Hill, 68-53, Jan. 3 to improve its overall record to 9-3. Senior Mitch Lombard led Rock Canyon with 15 points and seven assists while Isaac Hirsch added 14 points and eight rebounds. The Jaguars hosted Fort Collins Jan. 9 before opening Continental League play Jan. 16 with a home game against Douglas County George Washington defeated Arapahoe, 78-60, on Jan. 3 as the Warriors were outscored 45-30 in the second half to see their overall record dip to 5-4. Junior Ryan King was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 15 points, including nine free throws, four assists and five rebounds. Arapahoe opened Centennial League play by hosting Mullen on Jan. 9. Cherry Creek snapped Rangeview’s six-game winning streak with a 70-62 win Jan. 3. The Bruins improved their overall re-
cord to 7-1 by holding onto a seven-point halftime lead over the Raiders as the Bruins tuned up for their Jan. 7 Centennial League home opener against Cherokee Trail. Castle View narrowly defeated Columbine, 58-56, Jan. 3 to improve its non-league record to 3-8. The Sabercats led 30-22 at halftime, but 26 points by the Rebels in the fourth quarter made it a close victory. Castle View played at Thornton Jan. 9 before hosting Regis Jesuit Jan. 16 to open its Continental League. Ponderosa improved to 6-3 overall with a 41-30 win over Brighton Jan. 3. Ponderosa narrowly led 26-22 after the third quarter but outscored Brighton 15-8 in the fourth to notch its third road win of the season. Ponderosa begins Continental League play against Highlands Ranch on Jan. 16. Heritage routed Green Mountain, 72-37, Jan. 3 to improve its overall record to 6-3 and 3-0 on the road. Senior Tom Skufca led the Eagles with 22 points and nine rebounds. Junior Jack Peck had 19 points and was seven-for-10 at the free-
throw line. Heritage hosts ThunderRidge Jan. 17 to Continental League play. Denver East handed ThunderRidge its first loss of the season Jan. 3 with a 63-59 win. East senior Brian Carey scored 44 of Denver East’s points and sank 21 of 22 free throws.
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Eaglecrest snapped Douglas County’s two-game win streak with a 39-28 win Jan. 3. The Huskies trailed 22-12 at halftime and were outscored 17-16 in the second half. Littleton swelled its non-league record to a 6-1 with a 59-51 win over Grand Junction Central on Jan. 3. Senior Rachel Pearson scored a season high 12 points with three steals and five rebounds. Senior Laura Pearson led the team in scoring with 14 points. Littleton opened Class 4A Jefferson County League play Jan. 7 at Evergreen. ThunderRidge defeated Horizon, 7554, Jan. 3 to bring its record to 9-2. The Grizzlies coasted to a win after holding a
43-21 lead at halftime. Rock Canyon beat Smoky Hill, 54-23, Jan. 3 to give the Jaguars a 4-5 record for the season. The team started the game with momentum, with a 14-1 lead after the first quarter. Senior Delaney Sullivan led Rock Canyon by scoring 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Valor Christian routed Liberty 73-26 Jan. 3 to maintain its ranking as the as the state’s top-ranked Class 4A in the CHSAANow.Com. poll. Junior Heidi Hammond led the team with 18 points. Seniors Caroline Bryan and Kendall Bradbury both scored 16, and junior Madison McCoy added 11 points. The team shot 52 percent as a whole. Valor opened 4A Jeffco league play against Wheat Ridge on Jan. 7.
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Heritage defeated Lewis-Palmer, 5-4, Jan. 3 at the Ice Ranch to bring the Eagles to a 3-2 record. It was the opening game of Peak League play for the Eagles. Roundup continues on Page 20
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HIGH PLAINS Chapter, Order of DeMolay, meets at 7 p.m. every second and fourth Monday in Parker. With Walt Disney, Mel Blanc and Walter Cronkite counted among its alumni, you won’t find another organization for young men between the ages of 12 and 21 years that offers character building, leadership training, and life skill development more than DeMolay. Contact the chapter for more information. Email:highplainsdemolay@gmail.com or Visit www. coloradodemolay.org. HILLTOP SOCIAL Club has been an active women’s club in
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Cherry Creek beat Palmer, 3-0, on Jan. 3 in a non-league game to maintain the Bruins (5-0, 3-0 Foothills League) undefeated season. Seniors Blake Yount, Tim Keohane and Jack Venuto each scored a goal and senior Brady Mielnicki made 14 saves in the win.
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Stock show ready to ride again Thousands of visitors and exhibitors come to the National Western By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Denver officially becomes a “cow town” when the National Western Stock Show comes to town. Longhorns were driven along the streets of downtown Denver during the Jan. 8 parade, and National Western activities shift into high gear Jan. 10-25 at the Denver Coliseum, Stock Show Arena and Equestrian Center. The National Western is called the “super bowl” of livestock shows and sales for a good reason. There are judging competitions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, bison, yaks, poultry and rabbits. Since space is fairly limited, animals are constantly moving in and out of the complex so that more than 15,000 head of livestock can take part in the judging competitions and sales In addition to the livestock judging competitions, there also are numerous livestock sales where millions of dollars change hands as thousands of animals are sold to new owners. While livestock activities go on almost constantly, the National Western Stock Show’s daily schedule also may include rodeos, displays and entertainment. The fact that there is something for almost everyone attracts hundreds of thousands of men, women and children through the turnstiles. For example, last year’s attendance was more the 628,000. The multitude of livestock judging and sales plus more than 50 special events are held at a va-
riety of locations. While the rodeo performances are held in the Denver Coliseum, the majority of livestock show and sale activities plus some special events like livestock judging are centered at the National Western Stock Show Arena and the pens in the nearby stockyards, and horse activities are held in the Events Center and Paddock located at the north end of the National Western complex. The 16-day run of the National Western Stock Show is Colorado’s largest trade show with more than 350 vendors scheduled to be on the grounds this year. Many of the vendors will be located in the three-level Hall of Education near 46th Avenue. The good news is parking is free, but a general admission ticket is required to get into the National Western Stock Show. The general admission ticket entitles the holder to visit the trade show, displays, stock shows and auctions. Ticket prices vary from $10 to $19 for everyone 12 and older, with higher-priced tickets required on the weekend. Tickets for children under 3 to 11 are $2 to $3, depending on the day. Children under 2 get in free. The general admission ticket also is good for visits to the Children’s Ranchland and petting farm, open daily on the third floor of the Expo Hall. In addition to the petting farm, a variety of activities for children are scheduled in the Ames Activity Pavilion. Events on the schedule include stick horse rodeos, pedal-tractor pulls, horseshoe pitching and dummy roping contests. The pavilion is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the daily activity lists are posted on the National Western website. There about 50 special events that require admission tickets ranging in price from $8 to $100
each. Each ticket includes a National Western general admission ticket. Among the events on the entertainment schedule are two Mexican Rodeo Extravaganzas, three Professional Bull Riders events, two Wild West shows, the Grand Prix horse jumping show, draft horse shows and the Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo. There are also 19 rodeo performances during the first stop of the year for members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Each rodeo performance will include a full schedule of traditional rodeo competitions, plus there will be specialty acts booked to perform during breaks between rodeo events. At the other end of the National Western complex, the Events Center will be equally busy as the site of equestrian events that include a daily schedule of riding and performance competitions. The Events Center is also the site of the Wild West Show, an event fashioned after the turn-of-thecentury performances produced by Buffalo Bill Cody and other specialty events. Historically, livestock shows have been held in the Denver area since 1899 but none were regularly scheduled events. That changed in 1906 when the National Western Stock Show was held for the first time. The initial run was six days and an estimated 15,000 people attended. The event became an annual event. The only year it wasn’t held was 1915, when it was canceled because ranchers and farmers were battling a nationwide epidemic of hoof and mouth disease. Today’s National Western draws attendance from around the United States as well as Canada and a number of other coun-
A cowboy battles to stay on the back of the animal during the bull-riding competition at last year’s National Western Stock Show Rodeo. Courtesy photo tries. Locally, the event becomes a field trip each year for about 20,000 schoolchildren. For information on the full
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OF AMERICA, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/26/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 4/6/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009023888 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $213,760.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $203,208.55 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 40, BLOCK 1, BRADBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2E, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 16158 White Hawk Drive, Parker, CO 80134
PUBLIC NOTICE Parker AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0258 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: CHARLENE BROOKS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/12/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 9/17/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007073978 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $141,730.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $124,134.15 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: CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE HIGHLANDS AT STONEGATE NORTH CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON JUNE 13, 2007 AS RECEPTION NO. 2007047172, AND AS DEFINED BY THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF THE HIGHLANDS AT STONEGATE NORTH CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON APRIL 28, 2003 AS RECEPTION NO. 2003060583, BOTH RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9498 Ashbury Circle #204, Parker, CO 80134 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, February 4, 2015, 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: 12/18/2014 Last Publication: 1/15/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/3/2014 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 #: 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: Fax #: Attorney File #: 9696.100162.F02 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0258 First Publication: 12/18/2014 Last Publication: 1/15/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE A NEW SALE DATE HAS BEEN SET DUE TO THE LATE FILING OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING REGARDING DEFERMENT ELIGIBILITY. Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0361 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/21/2014 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: DITHAL C CRANFILL AND REBECCA L CRANFILL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/26/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 4/6/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009023888 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $213,760.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $203,208.55 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 40, BLOCK 1, BRADBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2E, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 16158 White Hawk Drive, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE Government Legals The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described NOTICE herein, has PUBLIC filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in NOTICE OF said Deed of Trust. CONTRACTORS THEREFORE, NoticeSETTLEMENT Is Hereby Given COUNTY OF DOUGLAS that on the first possible sale date (unless STATE OF COLORADO the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at the Public NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Trustee’sIS office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., amended, Rock, Colorado, I will sell ataspublic aucthat on February 7, 2015, final settlement tion to the highest and best bidder for will bethe made the property County ofand Douglas, cash, saidbyreal all inState of for andGrantor(s)’ on accountheirs of a terest of Colorado, said Grantor(s), contract between Douglas and assigns therein, for theCounty purposeand of ARROW ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC. for paying the indebtedness provided in said the 2013 ofFairview Parkway WeyEvidence Debt secured by theat Deed of bridgeplus Street Mast fees, Arm the Installation Trust, attorneys’ expenses Project, Douglas County Project Numof sale and other items allowed by law, ber TF in Douglas County; and and will 2013-050 deliver to the purchaser a Certificthat person,all co-partnership, ate ofany Purchase, as provided byassocilaw. ation or corporation that has an unpaid First Publication: 12/18/2014 claim against said1/15/2015 Arrow Electric Services, Last Publication: Inc. for or Douglas on account of the furnishing Publisher: County News Press of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, Dated: 12/1/2014 provisions, provender or other supplies
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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, March 4, 2015, 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: 12/18/2014 Last Publication: 1/15/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/1/2014 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: SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: Fax #: Attorney File #: 14CO00228-1 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0361 First Publication: 12/18/2014 Last Publication: 1/15/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0375 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/5/2014 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: JESSE L ARNOLD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERR Y CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 3/1/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010012502 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $211,007.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $178,875.88 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 7, BLOCK 3, STROH RANCH FILING NO. 5A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12653 So Dove Creek Ct, Parker, CO 80134 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, February 25, 2015, 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: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/13/2014 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: EVE M GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-004321 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ NOTICE Legal NoticePUBLIC No.: 2014-0375 First Publication: 1/1/2015 NOTICE OF Last Publication: 1/29/2015 CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT Publisher: Douglas County News Press COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Parker Section 38-26-107, as amended, NOTICE C.R.S., OF SALE thatPublic on February 2015, settlement Trustee7,Sale No.final 2014-0376 will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and onOn account of a To Whom It May Concern: 11/5/2014 contract betweenPublic Douglas County and the undersigned Trustee caused ARROW INC. for the NoticeELECTRIC of ElectionSERVICES, and Demand relatthe to2013 Fairview Parkway at below Weying the Deed of Trust described bridge Street Mast Arm Installation to be recorded in Douglas County. Project,Grantor: Douglas County JOHN Project NumOriginal DONALD ber TF 2013-050 in Douglas County; and Original Beneficiary: COLORADO STATE that any person, co-partnership, associBANK AND TRUST, N.A. ation or corporation that has anofunpaid Current Holder of Evidence Debt: claim Arrow Electric Services, BOKF,against N.A., Asaid NATIONAL BANKING ASInc. onNaccount S O Cfor I Aor TIO D / B / A ofBthe A N furnishing K O F O Koflabor, materials, team hire, sustenance, LAHOMA, AS SUCCESSOR IN INprovisions, supplies TEREST BYprovender MERGERor TOother COLORADO used or BANK consumed by suchN.A. contractor or STATE & TRUST, any ofofhis subcontractors in 7/6/2010 or about the Date Deed of Trust (DOT): performance ofofsaid work, or that supRecording Date DOT: 7/15/2010 plied rental tools, or equipReception No.machinery, of DOT: 2010043290 ment Recorded to the extent used in the prosecuDOT in Douglas County. tion of said work, Amount may at any time up of to Original Principal of Evidence and including said time of such final settleDebt: $409,485.00 ment on said February 7, 2015, file a veriOutstanding Principal Amount as of the fied statement of the amount due and undate hereof: $385,207.53 paid on account such claim(4)with the Pursuant to C.R.S.of§38-38-101 (i), you Board of County Commissioners, c/o Pubare hereby notified that the covenants of lic Works Director, withas a the deed ofEngineering trust have been violated copy to the Project Engineer, Amyand Branfollows: Failure to pay principal instetter, Department of Public Works Enterest when due together with all other gineering, provided Philip S.for Miller Building, 100 payments in the Evidence of Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, and CO Debt secured by the Deed of Trust 80104.violations of the terms thereof. other THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Failure onLIEN. the part of claimant to file such A FIRST statement prior to such final settlement The property described herein is all of will the
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MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER GAIL MARES, Special Respondent.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 29, BLOCK 3, MEAD'S CROSSING AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 11231 Rodeo Circle, Parker, CO 80138
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Attorney for Petitioner DCDHS John Thirkell 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-663-7726 FAX 877- 285-8988 Atty. Reg. #: 13865 E-mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.us
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To Whom It May Concern: On 11/5/2014 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: DONALD JOHN Original Beneficiary: COLORADO STATE BANK AND TRUST, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BOKF, N.A., A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION D/B/A BANK OF OKLAHOMA, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY MERGER TO COLORADO STATE BANK & TRUST, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/6/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 7/15/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010043290 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $409,485.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $385,207.53 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 13, SINGING HILLS AMENDED, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 6581 N Yucca Trail, Parker, CO 80134 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 12/2/2011, Reception number 2011076083. 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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 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: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/13/2014 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: SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (248) 230-2770 X 258 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-CO00678-1 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0376 First Publication: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0382 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/6/2014 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: LINDA LATIMER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAHOMEKEY, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/3/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 8/4/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010047356 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $227,502.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $214,330.08 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you PUBLICthat NOTICE are hereby notified the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as NOTICE OF follows: the failure to timely make payCONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT ments as required under the Deed of Trust. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on 10/1/2010, under Reception No. NOTICE IS9 HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to 2010063 57. Section 38-26-107, C.R.S.,MAY as amended, THE LIEN FORECLOSED NOT BE that on February A FIRST LIEN. 7, 2015, final settlement will be made by the County The property described hereinofis Douglas, all of the State of Colorado, for and a property encumbered by on theaccount lien of of the contract between Douglas County and deed of trust. ARROW ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC. for Legal Description of Real Property: the 2013 Fairview Parkway at WeyLOT 29, BLOCK 3, MEAD'S CROSSING bridge Street Mast Installation AMENDMENT NO. Arm 1, COUNTY OF Project, Douglas County NumDOUGLAS, STATE OF Project COLORADO ber TF 2013-050 Douglas County; and Which has theinaddress of: 11231 that any Circle, person, co-partnership, associRodeo Parker, CO 80138 ation or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Arrow Electric Services, NOTICE OF SALE Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, sustenance, The current holderteam of thehire, Evidence of Debt provisions, otherdescribed supplies secured by provender the Deed oforTrust used or consumed by such contractor or herein, has filed written election and deany of for hissale subcontractors about mand as providedinbyorlaw andthe in performance of said work, or that supsaid Deed of Trust. plied rental machinery, or equipTHEREFORE, Notice Istools, Hereby Given ment thefirst extent usedsale in the prosecuthat ontothe possible date (unless tion of said work, mayatat10:00 any time up to the sale is continued*) a.m. Wedand including said time of such final settlenesday, February 25, 2015, at the Public ment on said February 7, 2015, file Castle a veriTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, fied statement of the andaucunRock, Colorado, I willamount sell at due public paid to onthe account of and suchbest claim with the tion highest bidder for Board of County Commissioners, c/o Pubcash, the said real property and all inlic Works Engineering Director, with a terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs copyassigns to the Project Engineer, Amy Branand therein, for the purpose of stetter, Department of Public Works Enpaying the indebtedness provided in said gineering,ofPhilip S. Millerby Building, 100 Evidence Debt secured the Deed of Third Street, Suite 220, Castle CO Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the Rock, expenses 80104. of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificFailure on the part such ate of Purchase, allof asclaimant providedtobyfile law. statement prior to1/1/2015 such final settlement will First Publication: relieve said County of Douglas from all Last Publication: 1/29/2015 and any liability for County such claimant's claim. Publisher: Douglas News Press Dated: 11/13/2014 The Board of Douglas County CommisROBERT J. HUSSON sioners of the CountyPublic of Douglas, DOUGLAS COUNTY TrusteeColorado, name, By: Frederick Koch, P.E., Public The addressH. and telephone numWorks Engineering Director. bers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Legal Notice E. No.: 926699 COURTNEY WRIGHT First Publication: January 8, 2015 Colorado Registration #: 45482 Second Publication: January 15, 2015 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-004458 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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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, February 25, 2015, 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: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/13/2014 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 #: 14-004458 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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Legal Notice No.: 2014-0382 First Publication: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0387 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/12/2014 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: RAYMOND HENRY HOLDING Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/3/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 12/4/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012092954 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $152,192.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $148,437.28 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 C, BUILDING 14, COTTONWOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUM, MAP NO. 31, FOR PRAIRIE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMS ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR COTTONWOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUM MAP NO. 31 RECORDED ON MAY 3, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 2007036280, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR COTTONWOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUMS FOR PRAIRIE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 23, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004120167 AS AMENDED IN TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 3, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO. 2005010456, IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 17151 Lark Water Lane Unit C, Parker, CO 80134 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, March 4, 2015, 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: 1/8/2015 Last Publication: 2/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/13/2014 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: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 14-004488 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
CASE NUMBER: 14JV199 * DIVISION 7
SUMMONS IN DEPENDENCY OR NEGLECT
To advertise your publicThis notices call is303-566-4100 Summons initiated pursuant Public Notice
Public Trustees
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 - 185 Caprice LLC, a Colorado limited liability company aka 185 Caprice LLC - AP PTL LLC c/o US Bank Cust for PTL Partners LLC - Bank of America NA, Private BankAttn: Lauren Chaney - Benjamin H Shloss, Attorney c/o Kutner Law Firm - Bryon Bellerud 11, Attorney c/o Law Office of Wyn T Taylor Diane Van Essen - Dill Ski Aspen III LLC aka Dill Ski Aspen III LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company c/o Garfield & Hecht PC - Dill Ski Aspen III LLC aka Dill Ski Aspen III LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company -Douglas D Koktavy, Attorney c/o Colorado Creditor Law - Garfield & Hecht PC - Gary Krat c/o Dill Ski Aspen 111 LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Jack D England DOPC PSP - Jason P Rietz c/o Overturf McGath Hull & Doherty, PC - John E Gravina aka John Gravina - John H Kim, Attorney c/o Colorado Creditor Law -JP Morgan Chase Bank NA - Krista L Riley, Manager c/o 185 Caprice LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Krista L Whetten aka Krista Whetten - Law Office of Wyn T Taylor Lee M Kutner, Attorney c/o Kutner Law Firm - Matthew R Whetten - Matthew R Whetten and Ray's Collision Inc - Matthew R Whetten, President c/o Ray's Collision Inc a Colorado Corporation - Matthew T Faga, Attorney c/o Sender, Wasserman & Wadsworth - MercedesBenz Financial Services d/b/a/ Daimler Truck Finance - Natasha Saypol - Natasha Saypol, Attorney in Fact Per Power of Attorney for Dill Ski Aspen III LLC - Public Trustee of Douglas County -Randall P Mrocyznski, Attorney c/o Colorado Creditor Law -Ray's Collision Inc - Ray's Collision Inc aka Rays Collision Inc, a Corporation - Rays Collision Inc a Colorado Corporation - Rays Collision Inc et al - Ray's Collision, Inc DBA Rays Carstar and Matthew R Whetten - Richard Judd Esq. c/o Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio - Rickenbaugh Cadillac Company - Rider12, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Ronald Garfield, Esq c/o Garfield & Hecht PC - Sherman & Howard LLC - Town of Castle Rock - Trans Lease Inc - Vectra Bank Colo NA - Wyn T Taylor, Attorney c/o Law Office of Wyn T Taylor - Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November 2008 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Jack D England DOPC PSP the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: CONDOMINIUM UNIT B CAPRIC E PARK CONDOS A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 2A 2B & 2C A REPLAT OF KOLANCYS ADDITION LOT 2 AND LOT 3 TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 2369 SQ FT M/L TOTAL ACREAGE 0.054 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Jack D England DOPC PSP. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Ray's Collision Inc for said year 2007.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Jack D England DOPC PSP at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 16th day of April 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 23rd day of December 2014. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926687 First Publication: January 1, 2015 Last Publication: January 15, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice District Court, Douglas County, Colorado Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: COLTON MARES, D.O.B. 04/18/2009 and Concerning: NATALIE LEAH MARES, Mother, and JEREMY SHAFFER, AND JOHN DOE, Possible Fathers, Respondents, and MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER GAIL MARES, Special Respondent. Attorney for Petitioner DCDHS John Thirkell 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-663-7726 FAX 877- 285-8988 Atty. Reg. #: 13865 E-mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 14JV199 * DIVISION 7 SUMMONS IN DEPENDENCY OR NEGLECT
Legal Notice No.: 2014-0387 First Publication: 1/8/2015 Last Publication: 2/5/2015 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
This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 193-503, C.R.S. 2014. TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that an amended petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address.
to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 193-503, C.R.S. 2014.
Misc. Private Legals
TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that an amended petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address. A hearing has been set for March 2, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109. Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests. You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2014, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4. This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel. Dated: December 26, 2014. John Thirkell, #13865 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 926692 First publication: January 8, 2015 Last publication: January 8, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Government Legals Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for AIRPORT ROAD OVER PLUM CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2009016 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of construction of a new four span prestressed box girder bridge with bridge rail, asphalt pavement, guardrail, as well as landscape restoration. This project involves constructing and maintaining an off-site detour requiring drainage improvements, subgrade preparation, signs, striping and erosion control. The Contract Documents may be examined at the above address after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 5, 2015 and copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained upon payment of $35.00 for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (Additional charge if mailing is required.) A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at the same address. The Project requires adherence to the Underutilized Business Enterprises (UDBE) goal of 10%. The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • Steel Pipe Piling (HP12x74) – 775 LF • Steel Piling (18x0.625”) – 856 LF • Soil RipRap (24”) – 2015 CY • Concrete Class D (Bridge) – 776 CY • Reinforcing Steel (Epoxy Coated) – 106,140 LB • Reinforcing Steel – 51,580 LB • Prestressed Concrete Box (Depth 32” Through 48”) – 11,996 SF • Hot Mix Asphalt (Grading S) (75) (PG 58-28) – 525 Ton • Hot Mix Asphalt (Grading SX) (75) (PG 58-28) – 761 Ton Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein. Any questions on the bidding process may be directed to Neil Sarno, Project Engineer at 303.660.7490. For Planholder Information, Please Call 303.660.7490 (Front Desk) Legal Notice No.: 926680 First Publication: January 1, 2015 Last Publication: January 8, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
BE Informed!
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 - 185 Caprice LLC, a Colorado limited liability company aka 185 Caprice LLC - AP PTL LLC c/o US Bank Cust for PTL Partners LLC - Bank of America NA, Private BankAttn: Lauren Chaney - Benjamin H Shloss, Attorney c/o Kutner Law Firm - Bryon Bellerud 11, Attorney c/o Law Office of Wyn T Taylor Diane Van Essen - Dill Ski Aspen III LLC aka Dill Ski Aspen III LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company c/o Garfield & Hecht PC - Dill Ski Aspen III LLC aka Dill Ski Aspen III LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company -Douglas D Koktavy, Attorney c/o Colorado Creditor Law - Garfield & Hecht PC - Gary Krat c/o Dill Ski Aspen 111 LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Jack D England DOPC PSP - Jason P Rietz c/o Overturf McGath
A hearing has been set for March 2, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.
Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
You have the right to request Notices! a trial by jury Read the Legal at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, ap-
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