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Texas board confirms Fagen Superintendent will take reins in Humble district in July By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Emily Sloan, 2, left, and her sister Kalynn, 5, enjoy a funnel cake at the Parker Days Festival on June 11. Photos by Tom Skelley
Parker Days is fair with flair By Tom Skelley tskelley@colorado communitymedia.com
Kerry Green fails to live up to his name as he prepares for the parade at the Parker Days festival on June 11. Green, dressed as the “Mile-High Monster,” walked with the Alzheimer’s Association.
Warm weather and big-name attractions made for four days of packed sidewalks and smiling faces at Parker Days 2016. “It was a great year,” said Sara Crowe, special events director for the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce. “Watching kids interact with Captain Jack Sparrow, the little kids in the tractors and equipment on Mainstreet, it’s just fun to see all of those little pieces add up to the big picture.” Classic rockers 38 Special kicked off Festival continues on Page 27
‘Getting together is a life-saving thing’ Invisible Disabilities Association supports those with ailments that aren’t readily apparent By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Sherri and Wayne Connell founded the Invisible Disabilities Association to support people with health problems that aren’t apparent to others. Courtesy photo
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ayne Connell knew his wife, Sherri, was ill, but nobody else could tell. “We would park in disabled parking and people would yell at us for parking there,” Connell says.
“We’d have people follow us all the way into the store, then my wife would sit in the scooter and they’d say ‘Oh.’” Connell’s wife, Sherri, has Lyme disease and primary progressive multiple sclerosis. The conditions forced her to quit working and left her fatigued and in pain, but without visible symptoms. Experiences the couple shared led Sherri to coin the term “invisible disabilities,” and the couple decided to share their story. Invisible continues on Page 23
Douglas County School District Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen is expected to turn in her resignation this week after a school district in Texas confirmed her as its new superintendent. Fagen — whose sixyear tenure in Douglas County has been marked by controversy as she worked to enact numerous reforms in the high-achieving district — recently said she planned to turn in Fagen her resignation letter on June 15 if events go as planned. On June 14, Fagen was approved by a 6-0 vote of the Humble Independent School District’s board. Humble will hold a series of town halls to introduce her to the community. “It is our hope that through these town halls you will be able to see what we saw in Dr. Fagen throughout the hiring process and be as excited as we are about the future of Humble ISD,” board member Keith Lapeze said. Several parents in Humble, near Houston, protested Fagen’s hiring during the public comment portion of the meeting. A petition with 1,900 signatures from within the Humble district was presented to the board. Guy Sconzo, retiring Humble superintendent, asked the community to Fagen continues on Page 9
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FACES AMONG US Linda Tong plays harp, and also plays several other instruments, including guitar and piano. She also grows her own tomatoes and rhubarb. Courtesy photo
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LINDA TONG Art teacher and music lover Living and working in a place I love My family and I moved to Parker from Aurora 18 years ago. We were looking for a unique community with excellent schools and family activities. We found all of this and more in Parker. I currently teach art at Cimarron Middle School. I love working and living in the same great community. Free time My favorite free time activity is playing music. I play several instruments including the flute, piano, guitar, penny whistle and handbells, and two years ago I started playing Celtic harp. The stuff of life My favorite food is homemade strawberry-rhubarb pie. I grow my own rhubarb and only make this delicious pie once a year, right around Father’s Day.
Any homemade pie is a culinary work of art. During the summer I love to garden and my favorite vegetable to grow is the tomato. There is nothing like a sun ripened home-grown tomato! If I could give up any “chore” in life, it would bed dieting and watching what I eat. I’ve always had to watch what I eat, rarely can I eat everything that I want. I exercise almost daily, and that helps, but I wish it was easier to burn calories than it is to store them! Going green Last year my husband and I took a vacation to Scotland and spent several days with friends exploring the rugged Scottish coastland. The land was so beautiful with its intense greens and gray granite rocks and walls. Gardens large and small were everywhere. Pets and other animals I love dogs and birds. Currently we have three dogs: a springer spaniel, an English setter, and a Gordon setter. I feed the wild birds at my house and my favorite is the hummingbird. They are nature’s jewels that seem to magically fly with such speed and intensity. Do you have a suggestion for My name is…? Contact Tom Skelley at tskelley@ coloradocommunitymedia.com
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Love was foundation that teacher built on Editor’s note: This is the last of an occasional series about Judy Racine, who retired this month after 40 years of teaching. Judy Racine kneels on the rug, the gaggle of second- and third-graders scattered around her. The learning target is printed neatly on the easel board: “I can give kind, helpful and specific feedback.” “What does that mean?” Judy asks. Landon: “ ‘Specific’ means not just ‘You did good.’ … You have to say more than one word. … You have to include ‘because.’ You have to say why it was good.” “What about ‘helpful’?” Austin: “Being kind to them, giving some goal to help them improve their work.” “And what about ‘kind’?” Tim: “You shouldn’t say, `I really don’t like how you did that.’ You should say, `You did that pretty well, but maybe you should do …’” Judy nods. “Acknowledging the hard
work first.” Then she reinforces the importance of the task. “Second-graders, you’re taking on a big responsibility. Your job is to be an audience and to help, to Ann Macari listen really hard to a third-grader Healey share their Passage portfolio.” This is the last week of classes. Third-graders, along with four other grade levels at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning, are practicing for their presentation of their year’s work to community and teacher panels to demonstrate they are ready to move forward.
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Candidates for state Senate District 4
Q&A with James Clark Huff rado, and five grandchildren. His hobbies include gardening, music and reading.
Huff was born in Laurel, Mississippi, and grew up in and around Lubbock, Texas. After graduating from high school, he received his B.A. from Texas Tech and his M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Huff served several terms on the Sierra Vista Douglas Homeowners’ Board, two years as Douglas Huff County District 1 commissioner and on the Sierra Vista Douglas Mutual Water Company Board of Directors. He also served on the Douglas County Planning Commission, the Denver Regional Council of Governments and the E-470 Authority Board of Directors. Huff has been married to his wife, Lois, for 43 years and has lived in the same home in Parker for 39 years. He has three children, all graduates of Ponderosa High School and the University of Colo-
Why are you seeking this position? To work for the interests of all citizens, not just the wealthy and powerful, and to allow others, including my grandchildren, to have the same opportunities and blessings that were afforded me. What makes you the best person for the job? Diverse experience, including serving in public office, a “common-sense” approach to solving problems, leadership experience, background in medical issues and public health, independence from special interests. What will your top two priorities be, if elected? Increasing funding for public education, including early childhood education, K-12, and higher education, and keeping this major community asset public. Trying to make sure that all citizens have affordable quality health care.
What makes you the best person for the job? Negotiation skills, persistence, patience and integrity
Special Olympics wins with Parker fundraiser On Saturday, June 4, 2016 the Rocky Mountain Team Special Olympics raised a total of $1,788 at a fundraiser hosted by Kwik Car Wash in Parker. Kwik Car Wash donated 50 percent of their sales to the organization, while team members and volunteers towel-dried cars for additional donations. Rocky Mountain Team Organizer Teri Koren said the event was a “great fundraiser for our team.” “Thank you to the exceptional community for your support,” Koren said. “Everyone had a great time.”
What will your top two priorities be, if elected? Board of Education reform in Douglas County; infrastructure review to support the massive increase in population over the next couple of years
Parker man wins national racquetball championship Hrishikesh Sane posted an undefeated record in round
Q&A with Christina Riegel She was born in Germany and raised in Colorado. Riegel holds an associate degree in transportation, an associate degree in Military Instructor Technology, a bachelor’s degree in science, and an executive MBA. Riegel hasn’t held an elected position but served for 21 years in the United States Air Force. She prides herself on her ability to work with different cultures in diverse environments.
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Why are you seeking this position? To improve the quality of life for our citizens and business owners by looking at processes and seeking logical resolutions
robin play to win the 30 and over Division C title at the 2016 USA Racquetball National Singles Championship. The championship is the first for Sane in his first national singles appearance. He was a semifinalist in the open 30-and-over division and will play for the third place title this afternoon. USA Racquetball, founded in 1969, conducts six national championships and sanctions hundreds of tournaments for players of all ages annually. USA Racquetball is recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee as the national governing body for the sport. Douglas County Libraries selects new member for board The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners appointed author Eleanor Brown to the Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees on March 22. “Every time I walk into the library I’m amazed at how lively it is,” Brown said. “The major reason I joined the library’s board of trustees is to support all the ways Douglas County Libraries brings the community together.” Brown fills the position previously held by Demetria Heath, whose 6½-year tenure included serving as board president and vice president. Brown joins current volunteer trustees John Beckwith, Ron Cole, John Howe, Bob Morris, Janiece Murphy and David Williams. Brown is the New York Times best-selling author of “The Weird Sisters,” winner of the Colorado Book Award. Her second novel, “The Light of Paris,” will be published by Putnam Books this summer.
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Pick Parker app goes live A partnership between between the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce, SENS LLC and the Parker Economic Development offices has created an app to help Parker residents and visitors find options for entertainment and dining. The app’s launch coincides with the beginning of Parker Days. Pick Parker has information, digital maps and event schedules for the festival. Pick Parker also has a listing of all businesses in Parker sorted by category, dining options sorted by cuisine and offers from businesses including exclusive discounts. It has information entertainment, places of worship, parks and recreation centers and a special section all about pets. The app also has information about the Town of Parker and a live 24-hour activity feed.
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REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
Candidates for state Senate District 4 Q&A with Jess Loban
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ess Loban, 40, was born in Glenwood Springs and grew up between Pueblo and Colorado Springs and now lives in Castle Rock. He has four children. Loban has no experience holding elected office. He consults for technology companies and founded StadiNav and Spartan Thought. He helped start Therapy in Games, a nonprofit for children on the autism spectrum. Loban served in the Colorado National Guard, the Army and the Air Force. He received trainLoban ing for field medic, aircraft maintenance manager and military police. Loban attended the University of Oklahoma, University of Colorado and Colorado Technical University. Why are you seeking this position? I am a native Coloradan and I am running to restore our conservative Colorado. I have an obligation to my children to rein in our out-of-control government and try and bring common sense, values and responsibility back into the capitol. The American family is the target of an overwhelming federal agenda, and this building block of our nation must be protected. We have seen overreach like never before,
and it is imperative that we put a stop to the assault on our energy, schools, land and infrastructure. The 10th Amendment is alive and well. What makes you the best person for the job? I am committed and invested in Douglas County. From our years of participation with 4-H, youth sports and schools to my efforts to establish and grow several businesses in our county, we have built our family right here. I am connected to the community and I understand who we are and where Douglas County comes from when it comes to our values, morals, expectations and needs. I am not running with an agenda or aspirations for a new career. I am running for this position to represent the people of Douglas County and to earnestly represent those that live here. What will your top two priorities be, if elected? A halt to the attack on our constitutional rights, with the repeal of the Second Amendment infringements of 2013 and the inclusion of our First Amendment right to religious liberty as a protected right. Second, the elimination of all state funds that go to abortion or fetal testing.
Q&A with Jim Smallwood
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im Smallwood, 45, petitioned to get himself on the ballot as a Republican candidate for state Senate District 4. A self-described “Army brat,” he was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, but also lived in Colorado Springs, Germany and Manhattan, Kansas. He moved to Colorado after graduating from Fort Hays State University in Kansas with a degree in finance. He is president of Smallwood Select Financial Corp., a partner at McKinlay Smallwood Financial Planners and also works with employee benefits Smallwood at Moody Insurance Agency.
energy into helping Colorado businesses and families thrive.
This is Smallwood’s first run for political office. He is married with children and enjoys his children’s sports and theater activities, church, boating, skiing and traveling as a family.
What will your top two priorities be, if elected? I plan to help find free market-driven solutions that make healthcare in Colorado more affordable, both in the premiums we pay for our health plans, and the price we all need to pay to receive services. Secondly, as we continue to face a lack of newly constructed condominium and townhome projects, we have all seen rents and home prices soar. I plan to focus on finally finding a way to bring back construction of this product line to allow for more affordable and accessible home ownership. Improving transportation infrastructure would be my next area of focus.
Why are you seeking this position? I want to help bring positive changes to Colorado, specifically bringing realworld business knowledge, entrepreneurial experience and health plan expertise to the legislature. Continuing to attract existing businesses to move here and encouraging “start-up” enterprises brings good jobs to Coloradans. This is my opportunity to serve our community, and to dedicate a tremendous amount of proven
What makes you the best person for the job? I am a 20-year Douglas County resident and a lifelong Republican, and a husband, a father and a small businessperson. I have always worked in the private sector and know firsthand how to create jobs. I also have a strong working knowledge of healthcare in Colorado, and have spent decades working with business owners and Colorado working families to find the best possible solutions to our health insurance and retirement savings challenges. I have a long track record as a leader in both business and the community.
Q&A with Benjamin Lyng
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enjamin Lyng, 40, is an Army veteran and banker in Castle Pines Village. He holds an MBA from Cornell University in New York and a degree in accounting from American University in Washington, D.C. He has never run for or held any political office. Lyng and his wife, Michelle, have a 2 ½ -year-old son, Andrew. Lyng’s hobbies include fly fishing, skiing, golf, running and hiking. Lyng also volunteers Lyng with two nonprofit groups that help college students. One group, CFA Colorado, prepares finance students to enter the workforce and the other, Boots to Suits, assists veterans pursuing college degrees. Why are you seeking this position? I am running to fight for economic opportunity and personal freedom. Our government has grown too large, powerful and intrusive. We must take it back. Our state budget prioritizes pet projects and wasteful spending over the essential functions of government, such as roads, schools and public safety. Colorado families must prioritize their spending — it is time that our state government does, too. Our personal liberties are under pressure like never before. I will fight to
give parents choice in their children’s education, to completely restore our Second Amendment rights and to promote a culture of life. What makes you the best person for the job? On foreign soil against a determined enemy, and in a competitive business environment, I have accepted difficult challenges, fought and won. Additionally, I am the only candidate who has helped businesses in a variety of industries thrive and prosper. I will carry these skills I learned to the battlefield of ideas as I go up against aggressive special interests in the legislature. What will your top two priorities be, if elected? My top priority is to expand economic opportunity and reduce the size of government. This includes a tax structure that puts hard-working families first, and a regulatory environment where businesses can prosper. We are in a competitive marketplace and Colorado must attract the best talent and opportunity. Another top priority is to fight for personal freedom. We must completely restore our Second Amendment rights. Parents must be empowered to make choices for their children’s education. The state government has grown too powerful and intrusive. It is time to take back our individual liberties.
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Appeal planned after latest voucher ruling Families sought injunction to allow program to be expanded
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It was an unfortunate outcome, but by no means the end of the road.”
By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Three families who want to use the Douglas County School District voucher program to send their children to a private Christian high school in Highlands Ranch plan to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the program cannot be expanded to include religious schools. The families, one each from Castle Rock, Parker and Highlands Ranch, would like their children to attend Valor Christian High School. The families are represented by the Institute for Justice, a Virginia-based nonprofit law group that filed a suit in April. But on June 9, U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger ruled the Choice Grant Pilot Program couldn’t be expanded to include sectarian institutions. “It was an unfortunate outcome, but by no means the end of the road,” said Michael Bindas, lead attorney for the families, who said an appeal is in the works. The state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and Taxpayers for Public Education, a nonprofit public education advocacy group that opposed the program, praised the outcome, saying public monies should not support private, religious schools. “The ruling is a legal setback for those who are trying to misappropriate public school funds to pay for religious schools,” said Anne Kleinkopf of Taxpayers for Public Education in a statement. In Douglas County, members of the school board remain divided over the program’s merit. “Obviously, we in the district tried to create a program in response to what the Colorado Supreme Court told us was
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permissible,” school board President Meghann Silverthorn said, referring to an earlier decision in which the state’s top court ruled public funds could not be used to support any “sectarian” institutions. “...I believe strongly in parents’ role as the primary educators and decision-makers for their children, and the district’s role in facilitating those choices.” But school board member David Ray lamented the expense and attention focused on a program with little support. He said he understands no private schools have indicated they want to participate and notes only six students have shown an interest. (The school district’s attorney said he was unable to disclose whether that number included the students in the lawsuit.) “Unfortunately, $14,336 has already been expended just to reactivate and defend this program . . . ,” Ray said. “Also unfortunate is that the litigation around this issue will continue, expenses will continue to be incurred and funds diverted that are intended for students in public schools.” Most of the more than $1 million in legal fees incurred by the district to defend the original voucher program has been paid for by private donations, Silverthorn said. The voucher dispute dates to 2011, when the school board approved the
Choice Scholarship Program. Designed to accommodate 500 students, it allowed students’ parents to use stateprovided, per-pupil money toward tuition at private schools, including religiously affiliated institutions. Taxpayers for Public Education subsequently filed a lawsuit against the district to stop it. A Denver judge halted the program that same year, but in 2013 a state appeals court reversed that decision. The state’s top court in June 2015 issued the ruling saying using public funds for religious schooling was illegal. The district filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in September and is waiting to hear if the court will take the case. In March, however, the school board amended the original voucher program to prohibit money from being used at religious schools and renamed it the School Choice Grant Program. And in April, the three families sued for an injunction to allow the program to be used for religious institutions until the constitutionality of the voucher program was decided. They argued the exclusion of religious options from the program violates the Free Exercise, Establishment, Equal Protection and Free Speech clauses of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Due Process Clause, which guarantees the fundamental right of parents to control
and direct the education and upbringing of their children. Krieger said the law on the matter was too murky and undecided to issue the injunction, according to Bindas. Bindas said he plans to appeal the ruling to the 10th Circuit Court and hopes to have a favorable decision before the start of the upcoming school year. The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado supported Krieger’s ruling in a statement following the decision. “... the court agreed that this case is a clear attempt to circumvent the Colorado State Supreme Court decision of last year striking down the original Douglas County school voucher program as a violation of the Colorado Constitution,” the ACLU statement reads. “The Court also expressed serious doubts as to whether the case should go forward, given that the plaintiffs and the defendants clearly want the same result — to direct taxpayer funds to private, religious schools. While denying the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction, the Court invited motions to dismiss the case outright, which we intend to file. “As we’ve argued throughout this case, and as the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed, parents are free to send their children to private, religious schools if they wish, but taxpayers should not be forced to pay for it.” Taxpayers for Public Education filed a separate motion in Denver district court May 24 to halt the new program, saying the old and new voucher programs were essentially the same, therefore the rulings apply to both. As of now, the original School Choice Grant Program remains in effect. But as of June 10, the deadline for applications, only six students had signed up to participate, school district attorney Rob Ross said.
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Lawsuit: Disabled teachers forced to retire Suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages; district denies allegations
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Staff report The estate of a teacher who died from cancer and another former teacher have sued Douglas County School District for what they describe as “systematic” discrimination and retaliation against their disabilities. Elizabeth Rendall and the estate of Sarah Staebell, through their attorneys with King & Greisen, are bringing the allegations. Staebell was a fifth-grade teacher at Northeast Elementary School in Parker who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2012. She died recenty, the lawsuit says. Rendall was a special education teacher at Sand Creek Elementary in Highlands Ranch who developed pneumonia and subsequently required the use of a portable oxygen tank. They allege in the lawsuit that the district wrongfully terminated both women and say the district “engages in a pattern and practice of discrimination based on disabilities and retaliates...” They are seeking back pay in ammounts to be determined at trial, front pay in
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lieu of reinstatement, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees. School district officials deny the accusations. “Allegations made in a lawsuit are not necessarily facts — they are allegations,” the district’s spokeswoman, Paula Hans, said in a statement. “We know that our school leaders and district staff members have dealt with these sensitive situations with professionalism and integrity, while also complying with all legal requirements.” Hans said the district is serious about its obligation “to provide reasonable accommodations for employees who need them to perform their duties without putting the safety of students and staff at risk. We do not allow employees who have been out on medical leave to return
to their previous duties unless they are cleared by their doctors.” Staebell was terminated when she required intermittent leave under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 for her second round of chemotherapy, according to the lawsuit. The district also refused to provide additional leave under the the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, forcing her to take disability retirement under the Public Employees Retirement Association, the suit said. Randell alleges the district refused to allow her to return from her leave because of her portable oxygen tank. She was also forced to take disability retirement under PERA, the suit said. Randell and Staebell’s family accuse the district of targeting employees for termination “when it appears those employ-
ees’ disabilities and accommodations will result in higher costs to the district.” Staebell worked for the district from 1999 and was a fifth-grade teacher at Northeast Elementary until July 2014. In 2012, Staebell was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and took medical leave from December 2012 to September 2013. She then worked until she learned her cancer returned in January 2014. In February 2014, she was approved for an experimental treatment protocol that included chemotherapy and again took leave until the end of the school year. The lawsuit alleges that her principal, Jeannie Tynecki, and district officials were unhappy with the amount of leave and encouraged her to retire. Randell worked as a special education teacher since 1994 and began working in the Douglas County School District in 2005. In April 2014, she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She subsequently took leave under the Family Medical Leave Act, which extended to the end of the school year. A June 2014 X-ray reveled she no longer had pneumonia and was cleared for work by her doctor with the condition that she use a backpack oxygen tank. She alleges that she was encouraged to retire by the school and a district official even though she felt fit to work.
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give Fagen the same opportunity and fair chance they gave him when he came to Humble as an unknown commodity 15 years ago. “I hope, I pray and I ask that you do the same for my successor,” he said. Fagen was named the lone finalist for the superintendent position in Humble on May 24. Texas law requires a 21-day waiting period between when a lone finalist is named and a school board’s final approval. “Should that vote be positive,” Fagen said at a special board meeting in Douglas County on June 9, “then I would be submitting my resignation to Douglas County School District the next morning.”
The resignation will be effective the first week of July. Humble is a school district of 39,000 students. Douglas County is Colorado’s third-largest district with about 67,000 students. Steve Cook, Douglas County School District assistant superintendent for secondary education, will serve as acting superintendent until an interim is chosen. A permanent successor will likely not be selected until after the new school year has started in August. The board intends to conduct a national search. At the June 9 special meeting, the Douglas County board voted 7-0 to waive a provision in state law that requires the superintendent to give 30 days’ notice before leaving the position. “What this would do would be to allow Dr. Fagen to leave at the end of June,” school district attorney Rob Ross said. During Fagen’s term in Douglas
County, controversial measures such as pay-for-performance for teachers and a new evaluation system were enacted. In 2012, the school board severed its ties with the teachers’ union. Since Fagen was announced as a finalist, controversy also has followed her to Texas. Parents and teachers have held protests against her appointment. A change. org petition protesting her hiring had received more than 2,200 signatures online as of June 10. Parents and community members in Douglas County also have posted dozens of anti-Fagen comments on the Humble school district’s Facebook page. “She is as motivated to submit her official resignation as we are to accept it,” Douglas County Board of Education member David Ray said. Board member Jim Geddes thanked Fagen for her time in the district.
“I want to thank Elizabeth Fagen for all of the great things she has done for this district and assembling such a fine administrative staff and really, truly, doing a lot to move education forward,” Geddes said. Fagen said she has been working with Cook, Assistant Superintendent Ted Knight and Board of Education President Meghann Silverthorn on a transition plan. “I think we have a good transition plan in place ...,” Fagen said, “so the Douglas County School district can move forward in the best way it can for its staff and students.” Fagen thanked teachers and staff who have worked with her. “I feel like we have done a lot of incredible things and created something great,” she said.” I have enjoyed every opportunity here and I look forward to what’s next and the opportunity ahead.”
Students graduate with college credits in hand Colorado Early College sends students off with more than just diplomas By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com Most high school graduates enter college with a mixture of trepidation and excitement as they transition from high school- to college-level classes, but graduates from the Colorado Early College Parker will have a leg up on most students. Crossroads Community Church recently hosted a graduation ceremony for 72 students from the program. And they had a lot to celebrate. “It’s absolutely the best day of the school year for anyone in education,” said Head of School John Etzell. “It’s fun
to see what they’ve done, and to see all that they’ve accomplished.” Collectively, the graduates earned more than 3,400 college credits, an average of more than 47 credits per student. Four students earned more than 100 credits, and 18 students earned an Associate Degree. One student, Laura Murray, won the Daniels Fund Scholarship for demonstrating leadership and character traits in addition to academic performanc. And two other students, Caleb Reagor and Maddie Hsin, won National Merit awards. Reagor was also elected student body president at Arapahoe Community College while he was still in his senior year at CECP. The tuition-free charter school, founded in 2014, allows students to take college-level classes simultaneously with required high school classes.
More than 43 percent of students are taking all college classes and 79 percent are taking at least one college-level class, Etzell said. And students have a 97 percent passing rate in their college classes. The school accepts students from around the Denver-metro area and offers courses through colleges including the Community College of Aurora, the University of Colorado, Metropolitan
State University of Denver and Red Rocks Community College. Although there were many academic accomplishments to celebrate, Etzell said success is defined differently for each student at the school. “For some students, it could be that they came to us ... really struggling,” he said, “and they turn it around and graduate with 10 college credits.”
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If it’s going to be, it’s up to me Over the Memorial Day weekend, as I was visiting family and friends out in Montauk, New York, we stopped by the local grocery store to pick up some things for the weekend picnic and barbecue. It was a perfect beach day, the weather was phenomenal and the morning sun was already melting away the remnants of spring. As expected, the grocery store was packed with other people who had made the trek out to the easternmost tip of Long Island for the weekend. As we maneuvered through the mayhem and crowd while maneuvering our cart to avoid other shoppers, children, and display cases, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between a bread vendor and a local regular customer. The customer and the vendor were discussing how busy the store was and how it was just the beginning of the summer season. And the vendor, with a big smile of genuine gratitude and appreciation on his face, looked at the customer and said, “We wait for this all year don’t we?” This was the time of the year when local businesses make their money. Tourists pour into town from Memorial Day through Labor Day and the shops, restaurants, bars, and area attractions wait all year to capitalize on this season. It’s kind of like our ski towns
here in Colorado, although many of the ski areas and towns are also awesome in the summertime as well — some may argue even better than the winter. I couldn’t help but think about the vendor’s comment, “We wait for this all year, don’t we?” And I Michael Norton wondered if there was something I wait for WINNING all year too. Is there a WORDS season that I wait for? Is there an event I wait for? Is there a person I am waiting for? And if I am waiting, why am I waiting? Shouldn’t I be doing something to maximize my potential or pursue other opportunities, challenges or adventures while I am waiting? When it comes to certain things I can be extremely patient. However, when it comes to waiting for something else to happen in order for me to achieve success or accomplish a task, I am not very patient at all. By putting my success in the hands of another person, a season or event, I am leaving my
success to chance rather than being the driver and force that determines whether I succeed or fail. And as that old saying goes, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me.” And with an attitude of “If it’s to be, it’s up to me,” we can hold ourselves accountable for taking the actions necessary to control our own success and destiny instead of waiting for and maybe even blaming outside sources or influences when we miss out on an opportunity. The time to pursue our goals and dreams is now. Not after the summer, not after the kids go back to school, not after the election, not after the holidays, not just at the New Year, but now and I mean right now. So what are you waiting for? If it was a nudge, I hope this was it. If it was something more I would love to hear all about it or help you set a path toward achieving your goals and dreams. You can email me at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we live life with an attitude of “If it’s to be, it’s up to me” 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.
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Avoiding raindrops in stormy political season Wake me up when it’s all over. But it never will be over, will it? I promised I wouldn’t write about the election again. I lied. The day after the election, the loser’s party will start carping about something that the winner said the night before. The carping may begin, but it will be no match for what is going on now. I went to my doctor and said, “Doc, it hurts when I hit my head with a hammer.” And he said, “Stop hitting your head with a hammer. That will be $500. Pay on your way out.” The daily news is hitting my head with a hammer. I am spending far too much time with a man named Wolf. But I like the Wolf Man. He has absolutely no sense of humor, but he gets the job done without waving his hands all around or punching the air. The candidates wave their arms around and punch the air. Maybe you saw or heard that Wolf confused “Purple Rain” with “Purple Haze” when Prince died. Something’s happening here. The sitting president is looking a little better and better every day. And you know why? It’s because of what the sequel is going to look like.
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It will either be bombastic or competent but bland. One way or another, my life won’t change very much. It never does, really. Friends of mine were going to move to Canada if Reagan was elected. Others were going to move to Canada if Clinton or Obama was elected. A lot of people were affected dur-
ing those presidencies. I wasn’t. Oh, affirmative action may have limited my job mobility. But I retired in a college town in Colorado, didn’t I? Not a college town in North Carolina, or worse, Mississippi. I know I would have befriended good people back there — down there — and I probably could have found a good dachshund. But Colorado never embarrasses me. And that’s saying something. Hickenlooper is our best governor since Lamm.
Hickenlooper has a book out. “The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics.” The title on the cover was handwritten. I think it’s a reflection of Hickenlooper’s approach to things. Thoreau said, “Simplify, simplify.” Some (former) governors are in prison, or were disgraced in office. Not this guy. And no one is bashing him because he married a woman who is 26 years younger than he is. If you fall in love, you fall in love, unless it’s your 13-year-old first cousin once removed. Jerry Lee Lewis will be 81 in September. I don’t even know what a once removed cousin is, but it sounds like a punch line. I sure wanted to remove one of my cousins. He was slurring his polysyllables at a family reunion. He told my sister that he was a magician. “Look,” he said. “I can make my lap disappear.” He stood up. That was it. The conventions are around the corner. I can’t watch yahoos in red, white and blue stovepipe hats yapping it up. I’ll just play catch-up with the Wolf Man. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Time for Reynolds, Silverthorn to go It has been more than three months since school board president Meghann Silverthorn and vice president Judith Reynolds met with Ponderosa sophomore Grace Davis. They used intimidating tactics and misstatements trying to convince her to cancel the protest she had planned to bring attention to the teacher turnover problem in our school district. I have listened to the recording and attended the school board meeting where she bravely stood up and articulated how she felt bullied and intimidated and then asked for the resignations of Silverthorn and Reynolds. General public comment is again being restricted, and both directors Silverthorn and Reynolds have demonstrated repeatedly that they cannot properly follow Robert’s Rules of order and lead a public meeting. Director Reynolds even had the audacity to attend Ponderosa’s graduation ceremony, which Ms. Davis attended, as an official representative of the school board even after hundreds of par-
ents requested she stay away so that the focus of the day could be on the graduates and their achievements. I stand with Grace and demand the immediate resignation of directors Silverthorn and Reynolds. I stand with Grace and the hundreds of community members who have sent emails to all board members requesting the resignations. I stand with the Girl Scouts and their swift action causing director Reynolds to resign from the Girl Scouts. I stand with the thousands of citizens of Douglas County who have voted to restore our school district. Silverthorn and Reynolds have lost all moral authority to be sitting up on the dais. It is time for both to stand up for what is right and step down. Patricia Crowley Lone Tree A good chance for positive change Both Dr. Elizabeth Fagen’s recent selec-
tion as the sole finalist for superintendent in Humble, Texas, and the most recent school board election give the Douglas County School District an exciting opportunity to make the impactful changes our community so desperately craves. The search for a new superintendent will allow us to fully refocus our organization’s priorities and energies on kids and their educational needs. To meet that goal, it is imperative that we identify an experienced, skilled, relational leader with a heart for kids and their education. In order to restore much needed trust, this leader must be eager to listen to the community, be able to empower and support our professional staff, and be willing to set aside any questionable district initiative until we have a thorough understanding of what our community wants from its public school district. Wendy Vogel District A director, Douglas County School Board
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New cycle mandates changes in portfolio Nobody wants to be left behind. Everyone wants their investments to grow. However, current market conditions are tricky and consistent results from traditional allocations are long gone. Investors will need to be nimble to stay ahead or their accounts may fall behind. Investment strategies designed during monetary easing are due for an overhaul. Things are different now. The Federal Reserve Board is moving toward higher interest rates designed to tighten the money supply. Asset classes that performed well during Quantitative Easing will not likely hold up as well when the Fed raises rates, pushing down potential growth. Hence the beginning of the new monetary cycle warrants a portfolio update. Many investors are frustrated that returns have been stagnant after a down year in 2015. We got spoiled when the Feds were fueling the economy with free money that was pushing markets higher without sustainable economic growth. We are paying for that now and the outlook
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They will talk about what they learned, how they grew as people, what wonderful ideas they have come upon as writers, readers, scientists, mathematicians, artists. “It’s this idea of passage,” Judy says, of “moving on.” Life’s journey, after all, could be defined as a series of passages: College graduation. First car. First job. Marriage. First child. This year, like her students, Judy, too, will be moving on. After 40 years of teaching, she is retiring. It is, she says, “another part of my passage.” •
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Principal Chad Burns tells this story to illustrate the essence of Judy’s teaching. He’s at school on a Saturday, working. Judy and her husband, Joe, pull into the parking lot with a pickup truck filled with bags of mulch for the school garden, which Judy’s students have chosen as their service project for the year. They heap the bags onto the sidewalk near the playground. “Where do you want me to take it?” Burns asks. “Oh, no,” Judy answers. The mulch stays here. “They’ll figure it out.” The following Monday, before school starts, the second- and third-graders are marching across the playground in assembly-line formation, carrying the bags and dropping them in the garden. “She gives the kids the right amount of support,” Burns says. “But even when you’re 8 years old, it’s OK — you’ll figure it out.” When she retired June 3, Judy was the oldest — at 65 — and the most veteran staff member in terms of longevity — at 20 years — of the low-slung school tucked in a south Denver residential neighborhood. She was a pioneering member of the program, supported by five school districts — Littleton, Douglas County, Cherry Creek, Denver and Aurora — and the nonprofit Public Education and Business Coalition. The curriculum is built on the principles of Outward Bound and teaches curriculum with multidisciplinary learning expeditions or in-depth field trips for areas of study. Students showcase what they’ve learned in unit-ending projects they present to the community. Judy will tell you she has no patience for today’s focus on testing and evaluation metrics, of the loss of play as a daily part of learning, of the emphasis on singular standards rather than the “wholeness” of a child. At the Expeditionary school, she found a place that let her do it her way, to instill a love for learning by letting kids be kids. Those around her watched — and learned, too. “Judy finds the balance in everything the educational landscape has demanded,” Burns says, as he lists the alphabet of standardized testing over the years — TCAP, CMAS, PARCC and more. “She taught students how to love learning first. This love then manifested into a solid understanding
is rather cloudy. Therefore, portfolio changes may be in order to keep ahead of future inflation and earn something north of a bank account without too much risk. That is a great recipe, but needs Patricia Kummer ingredients hard to come by. FINANCIAL Since historical STRATEGIES returns are not a predictor of future results, it is hard to evaluate what investments will do well going forward. The world has changed and what worked in the past may have a very different outcome now. Those willing to take a long view and add a bit more risk can find some exciting opportunities. But it is likely not for the faint of heart.
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Funds for short-term goals may need to hang out in cash and money markets for a while, as markets adjusting to rising rates could be volatile. Other concerns are that slow growth, shrinking world economies and presidential elections add uncertainty making market outlooks unpredictable. Review your portfolio and determine if the amount of risk that may be creeping higher is still appropriate for you. Low interest rates and low stock market returns have forced some investors to seek higher returns, which often incur substantial risk. Determine what your time frame is for each goal. Select short-term, low volatility investments for any funds needed in less than three years. Then you can gradually add balanced, value and dividend growth investments for the three- to seven-year goals. This allows your longest-term goals to carry the highest potential returns. Risk is often mitigated over longer periods of time of 10 years or more. This is also the
Judy is a shepherd of our children. She believes there’s more in kids than they sometimes believe in themselves.” Chad Burns, principal at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
of each content.” And her kids have excelled. Over the past five years, Burns says, more than 90 percent of her students have scored proficient or advanced in reading, for instance. The 2014 standardized test results put the statewide average for students who had met or exceeded grade-level expectations in reading at 72 percent. A new high school math teacher painted one of Judy’s favorite sayings on a cabinet in his classroom: “Play is the engine that drives learning.” But it all starts with a fundamental understanding that has nothing to do with academics. “What a child needs first in their life, before they can do anything, is to know that someone cares,” Burns says. “That is the foundational fabric of Judy’s classroom … Every student knows, every day, no matter if it’s a bad day or a good day, that Judy loves and cares about them.” •
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In the classroom, Judy’s crew — as the classes are called — has come back to the rug from their groups. The students have shared their feedback, offered advice and are ready for a playground break. “I thought all of you did a great job of helping one another, listening, supporting,” Judy tells them as she looks around the energetic circle. She’s proud of her kids, of the community they’ve built together. The best advice she could give a new teacher? To create community, a place where kids feel safe and where they belong with each other. “With 7- and 8-year-olds, it’s an everyday piece … that character piece,” Judy says. “If you didn’t have that — a strong crew — they’re not learning or they’re always in conflict or there’s always something going on. The actual teaching of content comes after you’ve established a safe community.” The students know Judy won’t be back next year. The reasons they give for missing her reflect — in their simplicity — unwitting insights into good teaching. “I’m sad,” Tim says. “She was like a RMSEL legend, and she takes us on really, really fun camping trips. … She treats students like students, and doesn’t just do it for them.” “She’s really nice,” Tesla says. “And she teaches us really good stuff.” Dawson: “She made us be kind, then she would help us a lot in math.” Ainsley: “She teaches things that are actually important instead of studying something that isn’t that important and you could learn without your teacher.” “She’s smart,” says Landon. “She gets our energy out in the morning … stretch, play a game, then ready to learn.”
And then, from Tesla: “We’ll miss her. But she deserves to retire. She’s been working hard for a while.” Judy isn’t sure what she’ll do next. She would love to stay in education in some way — she feels like she still has so much more to give. But something unexpected could surprise her. “I told myself to keep open eyes, open ears, make sure I’m open to anything that comes along and feels good and right,” Judy says.
time period you need to be more concerned about loss of purchasing power due to inflation, rather than short-term performance. Meet with your advisor to discuss a more active or dynamic approach to taking advantage of adjustments that occur in prices when markets are miscalculated. Long-term core strategies should remain for the bulk of your assets, but additional exposure to certain asset classes that benefit from moving markets may help give your accounts a fresh start. Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 29 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www.kummerfinancial.com for more information or call the economic hotline at 303-683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.
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On the last day of classes, Judy sends her students off with a simple, cheerful directive: “Have a fantastic summer!” That means no academics allowed. Read a book, she suggests. Lie in the grass and watch the clouds. Fly a kite. Make sure you find someone you can help. Find something you’ve never done before — challenge yourself. She doesn’t worry, though. Like her, she knows they’ll figure it out. Ann Macari Healey’s award-winning column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303-566-4100.
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Jenna Lynn Wenze
June 20, 1998 – June 8, 2016 Jenna Lynn Wenze passed away on June 8, 2016. Born on June 20, 1998 to her adoring parents, Terry and Sandy Wenze, Jenna was a beautiful and imaginative little girl. She loved animals, and had a variety of pets including a hamster, a gecko, and a dog, whom she named (at the tender age of five) Snowflake Daisy Rose Wenze. She was involved in theatre
and choir in elementary school and middle school, and was a member of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) and FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) throughout high school. She graduated from Ponderosa High School a year early, and had just completed her first year of college ACC as a business major. Jenna hoped
to open her own business. She loved going to concerts and spending time with her friends and family. Jenna is survived and missed dearly by her parents, her brother Adam, her extended family, and her many friends. Services will be held on Friday, June 17th at 7:00 pm. at Crossroads Community Church: 9900 S. Twenty Mile Road Parker, CO 80134.
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Cowboy Landon Mecham looks down from the chutes at 939 Ridiculousness, his draw for the saddle bronc ride at the Elizabeth Stampede on June 4. Mecham and fellow cowboy Chase Bennett drove eight hours from Utah to ride in the eight-second event. Photos by Rick Gustafson
The horse is anticipating just as you are. The older they get, the more aware they are of what they’re about to do. ” — Landon Mecham, rodeo cowboy
Crucial 8 seconds Long day on road is part of routine for Utah cowboy By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media
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Bucking horse 939 Ridiculousness goes vertical. Landon Mecham’s score of 77.5 earned him a tie for a fourth place over all at the Elizabeth Stampede the first weekend in June. hack rein attached to a heavy-duty halter lying between his feet. Eyes closed, he rocks back in the saddle. “You just go through your routine every time,” he said. “Everybody’s different. Some guys need to get pumped up; some guys like to stay more relaxed. You find where you
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Here is a quick run-down of some of the terms used in the rodeo world:
Bronc rein (hack rein) — a thick, single rein (rope) attached to the saddle bronc’s halter
Added money — purse money added to entry fees by the rodeo committee
Chute — the pen holding a bull or bronc where the rider mounts for his ride
Barrier (calf roping) — a rope stretched across the front of the box from which the roper or steer wrestler’s horse emerges; the rope is attached to the steer or calf giving
Dally (team roping) — a turn at the end of the rope around the saddle horn after the animal is caught Header (team roping) — the rider who ropes the front of the steer
perform your best and just try and get there every time.” Outside the tent, steer wrestling has ended. Country music fills the arena, and the crowd packing the grandstand cheers for rodeo clown J.W. Winklepleck’s giveaway of a pair of Justin boots. Images of dancing
Heeler (team roping) — the rider who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header turns the steer Hazer (steer wrestling/bulldogging) — a cowboy who rides beside a steer on the opposite side of the steer wrestler to keep the steer running straight and close to the contestant’s horse Pickup man — a mounted cowboy who helps the rider off a bronc when the ride is completed, removes the flank strap from the bronc, and leads
spectators competing for the boots flash across the Jumbotron until the camera zooms in on the winner, a gyrating woman in a fuchsia T-shirt. The time has come for Mecham to make his way to the chutes, the pen holding the bronc called 939 Ridiculousness that he will ride. “It’s pretty well routine if everything goes right,” Mecham said. “You sit down in there; the horse doesn’t give you no fits. You don’t want to be in the chute any longer than you have to. The horse is anticipating just as you are. The older they get, the more aware they are of what they’re about to do.” Mecham began his rodeo career as a way of life, growing up around rodeos, rodeo cowboys and ranch hands.
it out of the arena Re-ride — a second ride that may be granted by the judges if the rider is “fouled” on the chutes or if the horse fails to buck hard enough to give the rider a fair chance Rank — a bull or bronc that is difficult to ride Rowel — a circular, notched portion of a spur; in bareback and saddle bronc competitions, rowels are dull and loose to roll over the horse’s hide; bull-riding rowels are dull and
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loosely locked to help the bull rider stay on Score — the length of the head start given to the steer or calf in timed events Slack — competitors who draw “slack” ride either late at night or early in the morning; a reflection of a limited number of slots during a rodeo performance, not a reflection of a rider’s ability or ranking Sources: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Cowboy Way
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THERE’S FUN AFLOAT
It was a hot day June 11 and close to 9,000 rubber duckies cooled off with a float down Plum Creek. The 20th annual Ducky Derby and Street Festival, hosted by the three Rotary clubs of Castle Rock and Castle Pines, raised funds for the Douglas/ Elbert Task Force, Castle Rock Senior Center, The Family Women’s Crisis Center and Wellspring. More than $50,000 was raised this year. Rotary will also fund student scholarships, youth leadership training and Boy Scouts of America projects. Ducky Derby winning numbers can be found at www.crduckyderby.org. Find more photos at www. castlerocknewspress.net.
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Residents followed the ducks as they floated down Plum Creek on June 11.
Pearce Martin, 5, gets his face painted at the June 11 street festival.
Kay D the Clown makes balloon animals at the 20th annual Ducky Derby.
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Landon Mecham of Tropic, Utah, shows off the type of boots he and other saddle bronc riders wear during competitions. Photo by Rick Gustafson
He began mutton bustin’ (sheep riding) as a boy and progressed to calves. Following a short stint of riding bulls in high school, he found his niche riding saddle broncs. “Tropic, Utah, is where I’m from,” he said. “My parents did rodeo. My dad was a team roper. He rode bulls in his younger years, and then he was a pickup man. My mom was a rodeo secretary in Utah at amateur rodeos.” Like Mecham, 8-year-old Boedy Lambert of Wiggins, Colorado, is growing up in the rodeo culture. His father, Ricky Lambert, travels the circuit as a tie-down roper and brought his son to the Stampede in Elizabeth the first week in June. Boedy has been competing as a breakaway roper since age 5 and plans to start riding bulls next summer. “I’m going to do miniature
John Baker gets the crowd excited before this year’s ducks hit the stream.
bulls at the Circle A Rodeo next year,” he said from the back of his horse. At the north end of the arena, Mecham calls for the start of his saddle bronc ride with a nod of his head. The gateman opens the Medved Auto chute door and 939 Ridiculousness bucks and takes a stutter step, jumping vertically with his head down. The change in direction briefly knocks Mecham out of rhythm. Mecham squares his body and keeps his feet moving and 939 Ridiculousness bucks steadily throughout the remaining six seconds of the ride. When the buzzer sounds, the pickup man rides in and helps Mecham from the horse. “The eight seconds … is like a sprint, it’s like a 100-yard sprint is what I would compare it to,” Mecham said. “When you’re first learning, there is quite a bit of adrenaline factor there and a lot of times it’s hard to keep it all gathered mentally. The more you do it, the more you’re able to stay controlled.” Two judges score Mecham’s
ride, evaluating both horse and rider from one to 25 for a combined 100 possible points. “There’s an expression, you always try to be 90, because that’s pretty much a winning score,” Mecham said. “One hundred would be perfect, in a perfect world — that’s kind of impossible. There’s always going to be a flaw somewhere in something. To be in the 90s is where you strive to be every time.” Mecham’s ride earns him 77.5, enough to put him in a tie for fourth place out of the 36 saddle bronc riders who competed in the Stampede over the weekend. His traveling partner Chase Bennett’s score of 82 earns him third place. The following week, Mecham and Bennett travel to rodeos in Idaho, Utah and back to Colorado for the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo in Cortez. Mecham’s paycheck for the night totals $366. And when asked if it is worth it, he said: “Definitely, I don’t know what I’d rather be doing if I wasn’t doing this.”
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Women show art in Parker gallery Paintings, mosaics, sculptures, ceramics in summer exhibition
“A Red Shoe” by painter Tomiko Takeda is included in the “WOW Works of Women” exhibit showing at the Deep Space Gallery in Parker through July 30. Courtesy photo
By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com On the evening of June 9, 14 creative women gathered with friends and clients to view a new exhibit: “WOW Works of Women,” which runs through July 30 in the Deep Space Gallery in Parker. Organized by Toni Brock, the show includes artworks by Brock, Andrea Hoehn, Barbara Cohen, Barbara Wilson, Carm Fogt, Diane Rapissi, Jo Ann Nelson, Julie Manson, Kristine Orr, Marlene Sand-
IF YOU GO Deep Space Gallery, 11020 Pikes Peak Drive, Parker, is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, and for some weekend and evening events. 303-810-2318, deepspace.me/gallery.
erson, Melanie Warsinske, Sherry Sherman, Sue Peck and Tomiko Takeda. In addition to a variety of painting techniques, the visitor will find mosaics, sculpture, ceramics and more. These women are recognized for a commitment to art through the years in their
own work and for helping other female artists develop their careers by teaching, sharing advice — and exhibit space and opportunities. Figurative art, abstraction, paintings of animals, landscapes, portraits and more are on the walls, some telling stories and others expressing an emotion, perhaps, or a humorous situation. Included is Takeda’s “The Red Shoe,” about which the viewer could spin several stories. Who is this woman? Where’s the other shoe? What’s her relationship with the man in the painting? Is she OK or threatened? The brushwork is skillful and won Best of Show in a recent exhibit at the Lone Tree Arts Center.
Colorado Community Media wins dozens of awards Colorado Community Media won more than 30 Colorado Press Association awards — including General Excellence in Advertising among large-circulation weekly newspapers — at the recent state convention in Lakewood. Also in the large-circulation weekly category, Ann
Macari Healey took first place in serious column writing and Mike DiFerdinando was awarded first for best education story for his project, “Taking care of our schools,” about the state of Douglas County School District’s capital needs. Other awards in the large-circulation category went to: • Scott Andrews, six first
places and two second places in advertising categories • Brandon Eaker, first place, Best Small Space Ad • Chris Michlewicz, second place, Best Health Enterprise Story, “Alpaca ranch opens greener pastures” • Christy Steadman and Jennifer Smith, second place, Best Feature Story,
“Twilight of the WWII Generation” • Jim Benton, second place, Best Sports Event Story, “Jaguars claim first baseball title,” and second place, Best Sports Story, “Trainers keep athletes moving” In smaller-circulation weekly categories, awards went to: • Jim Benton, first place,
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Enjoy these summertime concerts out on the grass with free live music, food trucks and activities. It’s all happening in Prairie Sky Park, just west of the Lone Tree Recreation Center in RidgeGate, courtesy of the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District. Bring your picnic or grab something to eat at a food truck, participate in interactive family friendly fitness and art activities, and enjoy the summer sounds.
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Friday, June 24, 8-10pm — Ultraphonic Jazz Orchestra, Big Band Jazz Saturday, July 9, 8-10pm — Kevin Fitzgerald, Comedian; inside on Main Stage Friday, July 15, 8-10pm — FACE, Acapella Vocal Rock Friday, July 29, 8-10pm — Mary Louise Lee Band, R&B and Soul
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Art Encounters pieces to appear in Douglas County Douglas County art lovers will be seeing results of the 2016 Art Encounters program appearing at public venues throughout the county. Among the first is “Touching Sound,” an interactive sculpture by Maureen Hearty, inSonya Ellingboe stalled at the James SONYA’S H. Larue Library in Highlands Ranch, SAMPLER 9292 Ridgeline Blvd. Sculpted aluminum pipes with different tones, based on diameter and length, invite the viewer to create a sound picture. Hearty also has an exhibit of her work at Hudson Gardens this summer. (Admission is free.) ‘52’ gets underway Highlands Ranch sculptor Shohini Ghosh opens an exhibit of her work at Littleton Museum on June 24, the result of a commitment to create one new piece a week for one year, in the style of “Au premier coup,” each stroke is final. The 52 pieces represent people in various poses, in quiet moments. She will speak about her process on Aug. 4 at the museum (7 p.m.) and the exhibit is open during museum hours. About `Centennial’ The Highlands Historical Society will
hear a lecture about “James Michener’s Fictional Geography of Colorado” at 7 p.m. on June 20 by John Dietz, who taught geography at the University of Northern Colorado for 35 years. He taught Colorado geography, which led to an interest in Michener’s book “Centennial.” He used the book for summer workshops and lectures around the state. (There is no specific model town for Centennial, but the author combined events and personalities.) Dietz’s daughter, Molly, her husband, Jamie, and their children live in Highlands Ranch. The lecture will be at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Members free, a $2 donation suggested for visitors. Register: constantcontacts@thehrhs.org. Nature walks as inspiration “Create Your Map of Nature” is a series of 2½ -hour introductory-level walks for adults at South Platte Park, 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton, with naturalist Pam Roth O’Mara. Observe, listen, learn, draw, paint, journal as you see the park’s inhabitants and plantings: June 18-23 Northern Wildlife Area; June 28 East Trail; July 23 Southern Lakes. Fees: $19 to $49. Contact: victorias@sspr.org. Ridgegate Summer Beats Free concerts are held on the third Thursdays in June and July at Prairie Sky Park, 9381 Crossington Way, Lone Tree. Presented by South Suburban Parks and Recreation District. Activities begin at 5 p.m., band plays at 6 p.m. June 16: The
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Douglas County art lovers will be seeing results of the 2016 Art Encounters program appearing at public venues throughout the county. Among the first is ‘Touching Sound,’ an interactive sculpture by Maureen Hearty, installed at the James H. Larue Library in Highlands Ranch. Tom Petty Project; July 21: Mostly Harmless. Entertainment, fitness games, food trucks, art activities. Bring blanket, lawn chairs, kids. ‘Big Wonderful’ The “Big Wonderful” will be at Geneva Lake Park, 2255 W. Berry Ave., Littleton, from 2 to 8 p.m. on June 24-25. Entertainment, flea market, beer garden, food trucks, lawn games, arts and crafts. Free admission, donation $5 for bands suggested.
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June 17, 2016 Left: Tia Yaryan serves drinks at one of the pubs at the festival. Below: Alice Miller traveled from Pennsylvania to work the summer at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Photos by Shanna Fortier
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Renaissance Festival opens for season Festival will run every weekend through Aug. 7 By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com Knights, tavern wenches, jesters, pirates, fairies and royalty mingled June 11 and 12 at the opening weekend of the 40th anniversary celebration of Colorado
Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. Inside the castle walls, sword fights were taking over the street; bagpipes and drums were creating high spirited, Celtic music; the smell of turkey legs wafted through the air; and the line at the pub grew long. Near the Rose Stage, one of 10 stages at the festival, Tia Yaryan poured beer at the pub. The math teacher has worked the festival for 12 years to make extra money
over the summer. “It paid for my master’s degree,” she said in between customers. Yaryan teaches at Castle View High School in Castle Rock. “It’s a lot of the same girls here every year and it’s just fun.” The summertime event averages 200,000 patrons in 16 days. This year, the festival has extended to nine weekends and will run through Aug. 7.
The 30-acre village includes stages featuring jugglers and acrobatics, the village hypnotist, dancing and singing, music, food and drink, carnival games and a tournament joust. The festival also has a marketplace of more than 200 artisans, crafters and vendors selling handcrafted items. Artists can also be found demonstrating their skills in pottery throwing, glassblowing and leather-making.
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June 17, 2016
Locals bring talent, excitement to fifth annual Denver Comic Con
By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com
In the realm of nerd, one can always go a little deeper. And for area self-proclaimed nerds and fans of the pop culture phenomenon, that’s where the Denver Comic Con comes in. “We’re putting on a show that we’d want to attend,” said Christina Angel, director of Denver Comic Con. “That’s one of the beautiful things about maintaining an independent con. We’re unique in the landscape of cons, reflecting Denver’s pop culture interests, but we’re also different each year with new themes and
focus.” Beginning Friday, June 17, local fans, artists, cosplayers, game designers and authors will descend upon the fifth annual Denver Comic Con, a convention focused on the popular culture of comic book, graphic novel, science fiction, fantasy and animé worlds. Founded by Pop Culture Classroom, a charitable organization that uses comic book media to promote student literacy, it also offers specific programs, panels, vendors and artists, along with celebrity photo ops and signings. A big part of the fun is cosplaying, where fans dress up in elaborately designed, often handmade, costumes of their favorite characters. Last year, more than 100,000 people attended the Denver convention, making it one of the fastest-growing in the country. This year’s convention runs through Sunday, June 19, at the Colo-
rado Convention Center. But the con’s not-so-secret mission is education. “The coolest thing about this year’s con is the same thing that is cool about it every year,” Angel said. “PCC (Pop Culture Classroom) is in the Colorado community year-round, engaging kids in literacy and education through its programs that use comics and pop culture in the classroom.” Proceeds from the Comic Con pay for staffing, supplies and infrastructure of the program, which is offered for free to schools. For area educators, such as Elle Skelton, who teaches seventh-grade English at Pinnacle Charter School in Federal Heights, the con is an amusing and educational experience. “Most people don’t realize the people who put on the Comic Con have a big focus on education,” she said. “I’m go-
ing there to find ways to incorporate pop culture and comic books into my classroom and using them for literature purposes.” The con’s educational mission, said Arvada fan Robin Melberg, is one she accepts with her whole heart. “It’s the only nonprofit con and it all goes to kid’s literacy and reading,” she said. “It makes you feel so good.” From video game design to meeting the godfather of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, and everything imaginable in between, fans will be immersed in an overwhelming sea of nerd, one many local con-goers say is the place to be. “Comic Con is a way to embrace different personalities,” said Katie Hartkopp, a Wheat Ridge author and fan of nerdy things. “It’s a chance to say it’s OK to be whoever you want … it’s a group celebration of individuality.”
CON-GOERS OPEN UP Name: Zac Skellington Conley
Night-time Monsters” by Jason M. Adams, which I illustrated.
I’m not a big convention goer, but I love the artist collaboration and the Superpower: I’m Batexposure my work gets at cons like man this. I’ve shown at Denver all five Guild info: SkellOArt years, and was at San Diego and Long is my business, Sisters Beach’s cons before that. At this year’s of Mercy Monster Denver Comic Con, our booth will Carnival is my comic, and I’m part feature 10 different people showof 5280Geek, a network casing their work. From of artists, designers, elegant Japanese brush Meet a few of professional and selfpaintings and photograDenver Comic proclaimed “geeks.” phy, to illustrations, jewCon fans and find elry and signing cosplayout why they love Origin Story: I do a little ers up for the Colorado the genre. For bit of everything, and this Cosplay Registry, we’ve the non-initiated, year, that’s exactly what got it all — and the best “Superpower” reour booth, No. 615, will part is — it’s a fundraiser. fers to the power be too. you’d have if you We’re raising money for For the past 20 years I’ve could, “Guild Cap for Kids, a Colorado been a professional artinfo” means nonprofit that sends ist, selling my sketches, profession and superheroes to children paintings, sculptures, “Origin Story” is a in area hospitals. photographs, illustraperson’s bio. tions, toys and tattoo If there’s a cosplayer at designs. I also was the art the Con, I want them to director for several nacome to this booth. They’ll be able to tional campaigns, including “Coyote register on the cosplayer registry and Ugly.” My most current projects are support Cap for Kids, which is seeka 60-foot 3D mural at the Wizard’s ing cosplayers to join their ranks of Chest in Denver with two dragons, visiting superheroes. I’m trying to get some baby dragons and a couple of all the cosplayers I can to come and knights guarding the stairwell and donate the change in their pockets to launching the children’s book, “The this charity. Age: 42
Name: Kristian Yeager
Guild info: Celebrity Huntress
Age: 25
Origin story: My entire life has revolved around comic books, really since I can remember.
Superpower: Poison Ivy’s, only because when it comes down to it, she can make anything grow out of dead soil. So I would never go hungry and could survive anything that is thrown my way.
Name: Nathan Trujillo Age: 29 Superpower: Magneto’s power Guild info: Crafty ConGoer Origin story: I’ve been attending all sorts of SciFi, Fantasy and Comic Cons for years, it’s really cool. So five years ago, when Comic Con first came to Denver, there was no question, we had to go.
I love Wonder Woman, Batman, Spider-Man and X-Men, so it’s really cool to go, see the art and the costumes. I love watching cosplayers and seeing all the intricacies of their costumes. A lot of time and artwork goes into those. I also love the celebrities. We’ve
Originally I hail from Thornton, but now claim Wheat Ridge as my domain. For me it’s always an interesting and fun experience. I design and make props and costumes — usually two a year — for friends and various cosplayers who attend the con. And at my first con, I was walking around with an Iron Man helmet and this guy, Colin Ferguson, who played in “Firefly,” came up to me — hopped up on energy — and asked to see my helmet. He tried it on and began posing
been going to the con since it started and meeting all the celebrities has been awesome. We’ve met George Takei, the original Batman voice actor, Kevin Conroy, and the original “Darkwing Duck” voice actor, Jim Cummings, among many others. While I don’t dress up, I love taking pictures of and with cosplayers and celebrities. To me, it’s a great environment — it’s a giant family.
with it in pictures. Ever since then, I’ve had several of my pieces sold or on display at the Con. I even sold a Thor Hammer to Lou Ferrigno, aka “The Hulk.” Later he came to the Con and we chatted for quite a long time about it. It was awesome. This year I’m most looking forward to seeing Stan Lee. I have stuff signed by him, but nothing that I made, and it would be cool to have something that I made signed by him.
COMIC CON FAMILY
Name: The Melberg Family, Mitch, Robin, Zoey and Leia Ages: 34, 34, 11 and 7
Superpowers: Mitch — Super strength, there’s nothing that beats throwing cars at people. Robin — Oh I’d be Rogue — you can take other things, just borrow powers. Zoey — The four elements. It’s cool to have fire and water powers and also air. Just cool to control the elements. Leia — I’d be invisible, so I can sneak up on my sister and scare her. Guild info: House of Alter Egos Origin story: We meet our hero family, The Melbergs, in a local beverage establishment just three short years after they moved here from North Dakota where, well, nerd culture wasn’t really a big thing.
The patriarch hailed from the local town of Arvada, Colorado, where he now resides with his personal hero, Robin, and their two heroes in training — daughters Zoey and Leia. Just like their parents, the two heroesin-training now have a passion for science fiction, fantasy and comic book characters.
Each spring, the family dons a different set of costumes for each of the three days of the Denver Comic Con. Once in disguise the family ventures upon the convention to show the world their creative mastery. From “Ghostbusters” and “Star Wars”’ Hans Solo to Princess Bubblegum and Honey Lemon from Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” the family dashes into the costumed culture around them, seeking out fellow characters, and of course, heroes in disguise.
Batman Day for the 2014 Denver Comic Con Courtesy photos
Day of the Doctor for 2015 Denver Comic Con
2016 Denver Comic Con Star Wars day costumes - (From LEFT TO RIGHT: Mitch, Zoe, Robin and Leia)
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June 17, 2016
Business owner works to ‘create stoop’ Coffee Cabin owner prepares walk to benefit Children’s Hospital Colorado
Todd Hills, left, bumps fists with Wes Crespi at the Coffee Cabin in Parker on June 6. Hills has donated to the Coffee Cabin Run, Walk, Crawl or Drag for five years. Photos by Tom Skelley
By Tom Skelley tskelley@colorado communitymedia.com From inside the drivethru window at his small coffee shop, Wes Crespi sees too many people these days talking on cell phones and not enough of them sitting on stoops. Growing up in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, Crespi remembers how neighbors would gather on the steps outside apartment buildings to connect, gossip — and solve problems. “All of your business got done on the stoop,” Crespi said. “It was the foundation of your home and the foundation of who you are.” Crespi, owner of the Coffee Cabin on the corner of Parker Road and Ponderosa Drive, is organizing a charity race to benefit the emergency room at Children’s Hospital Colorado at Parker Adventist Hospital. He started the race seven years ago as an expression of gratitude. “I realized how blessed I am to have four grandchildren who are all healthy,” he said. Crespi keeps photos in his shop of the children he’s visited at Children’s. Some are beating the odds, some have died. He says he talks every day with customers who have personal connections to the hospital, reminding him of just how lucky he is. One of those customers, John B. Taylor III, was actually on his way to the hospital when he stopped at Crespi’s shop for a cup of coffee. Taylor’s son Gavin, 10, had been admitted and diagnosed with Type
1 diabetes a few days before. Crespi mentioned the fundraiser and Taylor, president of CB Concrete Inc., said he “stepped up right then and there” and became a sponsor. “When you see what they do down there and the care that they give, it’s just amazing,” Taylor said of Children’s. Taylor and his family hope to come to the event in addition to sponsoring it, but he isn’t sure if he can ever do enough to express his appreciation to the hospital. “They’ve been such a help to us,” Taylor said, “I don’t know if we can ever repay them.” The Coffee Cabin Run, Walk Crawl or Drag will be held at Bingham Lake in the Pinery on June 25 at 8:30 a.m. A donation of $25
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Crespi holds a smaller version of himself at the Coffee Cabin in Parker on June 6. Crespi runs the Coffee Cabin Run, Walk, Crawl or Drag event to raise money for Children’s Hospital Colorado at Parker Adventist Hospital. comes with a T-shirt, a bottle of water and the chance to help fund a service families hope never to use. It’s an emotional cause, but Crespi said the walk is a fun way to help out. “This is a chance to stop your busy life, stop talking on your phone and just walk,” he said. “When was the last time you went outside and just walked?” Todd Hills, who stops in at the drive-thru on a custom motorcycle, says his company Pawngo.com has been sponsoring the walk
for about five years. “The great thing about it is anybody and everybody can participate,” Hills said. “You can donate money, or if you don’t have any money to donate you can just show up and walk.” Hill and Taylor are among 19 sponsors who have contributed $250 or more each this year, bringing the total raised so far to $6,000. According to Monique McCoy, the hospital’s media spokesperson, Crespi’s fundraisers have raised $34,000 for the
hospital since 2010. “It’s always nice to see some longevity from a community-driven fundraiser such as this one,” McCoy said. “It’s a great total… it definitely is a great total.” The event usually draws between 75 and 100 people, but Crespi hopes for a bigger turnout this year. Most people want to help children in need, he said — they just don’t know how to get involved. That’s where his New
What to bring: sunscreen and a $25 registration fee. The fee includes a T-shirt and a bottle of water. All participants are asked to pay the fee, but others who wish to show support by participating are welcome. Contact: For more information, visit the Coffee Cabin Facebook page: facebook.com/ CoffeeCabinLLC/, or call 720.675.6118.
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THEATER/FILM
Legally Blonde, the Musical The last production in Town Hall Arts Center’s 2015-2016 season is “Legally Blonde, the Musical.” Based on the movie, the musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 19. For tickets, stop by the Town Hall Arts Center box office, call 303-794-2787 ext. 5 or go to townhallartscenter.org. Comedy Juggling Team Physical comedian Reid Belstock and juggling ace Warren Hammond perform their new show “Smirk!” Reid has a maniacal goofball to Warren’s straight man. Show is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Go to www.AmazingShows.com. Auditions for ‘Grease,’ ‘Grinch’ Spotlight Performing Arts Center will have auditioning for its upcoming productions of “Grease, The Full Length Musical Production” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Full Length Musical Production.” “Grease” auditions are open to ages 8 to 18 years and take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. Auditions for “Grinch” are open to ages 7 to 18 years and take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23. All auditions, rehearsals, classes and performances take place at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E County Line Road, Highlands Ranch. Call 720-44-DANCE (720-443-2623) or visit www.spotlightperformers.com for information and tuition rates.
Momma Bear Workshop Moms Fight Back and S2S Training are partnering to teach moms and kids how to skillfully deal with any level of conflict with confidence, courage and composure. The kids (moms welcome to stay, too) workshop is from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. A workshop for moms only (no kids, please) is from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 19. Both workshops are at MuyLab-DTC, 7475 E. Arapahoe Road, Unit 1, Centennial. Register for the June workshop at https://www. eventbrite.com/e/momma-bear-workshopfor-kids-tickets-25430412047#tickets. Register for the July workshop at https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/momma-bearworkshop-for-moms-and-teens-tickets25702396560#tickets. Fictional Geography of Colorado Highlands Ranch Historical Society presents James Michener’s Fictional Geography of Colorado from the 1974 book “Centennial” from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Program shows how real world Colorado provided the setting for the fictional book “Centennial.” Speaker is John Dietz. Go to http://thehrhs.org/ or call 641-715-3900, ext 147406#. Refugee Documentary Mollner and Meade will host a happy hour screening of “This is the Camp” at Café 180, a pay-what-you-can restaurant in Englewood. Guests can enjoy free wine, provided by Peak Beverage, and ask questions about the film. Half of all dinner proceeds will support the production of “This is the Camp” and half will support the mission of Café 180. The screening is from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, with conversation to follow. RSVP on Facebook to ensure accurate food counts. Cocktails and Couture Lone Tree Arts Center Guild presents its annual fashion show “Cocktails and Couture” from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Fashions provided by Rosey’s by Diane at Park Meadows. Doug Tisdale, former mayor of Cherry Hills Village, will be the emcee. Tickets include fashion show, appetizers, drink ticket, gift bag and a chance to win door prizes. Reserve tickets by June 17 at www.lonetreeartscenterguild. org or call 303-489-5533. Fiction Festival Novelcon, a fiction festival for book lovers and pop culture enthusiasts of all ages, is an immersive, interactive event where you can dress up as your favorite fictional character and enter the NovelCon Cosplay contest. Event takes place at 6 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Douglas County Libraries’ Philip S. Miller branch, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DouglasCountyLibraries.org. FIND MORE THINGS TO DO ONLINE ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/events
MUSIC/CONCERTS Savor Centennial
Urban Kind, an acoustic trio with a mix of upbeat music with blended vocals stretching from the 50s to today, will kick off the Savor Centennial series from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Entry is free, and food and beverages will be available for purchase. Go to http://www.centennialco.gov/Things-To-Do/calendar.aspx. Savor Centennial is presented the third Thursday of each month this summer. The Thursday, July 21, event features Branden Sipes. The Thursday, Aug. 18 event features Jason Vigil.
ART/CRAFTS
‘Wild Colorado’ Art Show The Audubon Society of Greater Denver and Roxborough Arts Council present “Wild Colorado,” an art show featuring two- and three-dimensional work from Colorado artists, at the Audubon Nature Center, 11280 S. Waterton Road. Show is open from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, June 17; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19; and noon to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 20-21. The final day of the show will coincide with Swallow Hill’s Make Music Denver event. Art show entry is free, and artwork will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Contact the Audubon Society of Greater Denver by e-mailing info@ denveraudubon.org or calling 303-973-9530.
ners. Park visitors can meet the firefighters, the staff and volunteers of Castlewood Canyon State Park. Tasting is free with valid park pass but donations are encouraged. Donations will benefit the non-profit Friends of Castlewood Canyon. Go to http://www.state.co.us. Father’s Day Falcon Fest Treat your dad, pop, father, or papa to a one-of-a-kind experience for the whole family at the Father’s Day Falcon Fest from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 19, at the outdoor Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Event attendees will receive a close and personal encounter with live raptors presented by Hawkquest. Registration required. Go to www.denveraudubon.org, or call the Audubon Society of Greater Denver at 303-973-9530 or email info@denveraudubon.org. For the Bird Lovers Bird lovers and enthusiasts learn about all things bird at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at the Douglas County Libraries’ branch in Parker, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Topics include local birds, best and worst bird foods, and birdhouses. Refreshments will be served. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Charity Golf Tournament Shiloh House plans its “It’s All About the Kids” charity golf tournament Monday, June 27, at the Highlands Ranch Golf Club, 9000 Creekside Way, Highlands Ranch. Shotgun start is at 1:30 p.m. Secure a foursome by Monday, June 20 at www.shilohhouse.org/donations (include player info in the comments section. Entry fee includes four-man scramble, cart, range and dinner. Hole contests include closes to pin, longest drive, putting and hole-in-one. Junior Toms Camp Girls from preschool to eighth grade will learn new dances and techniques at a three-day mini-camp from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, to Wednesday, June 22, at Newton Middle School on 4001 E. Arapahoe Road, Littleton. The camp is taught by Arapahoe High School Tom-Toms team members, and a showcase will be shared on the last day of camp. Camp is a fundraiser for the AHS Tom-Toms. To register, go to http://toms.ahswarriors.org/, then click “Register.” Contact Kim Amen, 720-988-5737. Spices From the bland diets of Europeans in the early 16th century to the myriad culinary flavors available today, spices have had a huge impact in the world. Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, June 24, as we trace the rise of spices from colonialism and the spice trade to the hundreds of varieties that are commonly stocked in nearby supermarkets. Program takes place at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. Car Show, Movie Night Centennial plans its first car show and movie night from 6-19 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Classic and exotic cars will be on display, with live music by Six Foot Joe & the Red Hot Rhinos starting at 7 p.m. An outdoor screening of “Alvin and the Chipmuks: The Road Chip” begins at dusk. Food and beverages available for purchase. Don’t forget your chairs and blankets.
Art Stop on the Go
Grave Site Dedication
Budding artists ages 6-12 can cultivate their inner Picasso at Art Stop on the Go, during which an artist from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art presents a book and then leads participants in a literature-based art project. Program is at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Douglas County Libraries’ branch in Roxborough, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
The Ancient and Honorable E Clampus Vitus Al Packer Chapter 100 invites the community of Littleton to join us in the plaque dedication of the grave site of Albert G. Packer. Ceremony is at 11:01 a.m. Saturday, June 25 at the Littleton Cemetery. Event is free to the public. Shirts and pins will be available for purchase. E Clampus Vitus is a nationwide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Western history. The organization also provides services for the local community. Contact Keith Butts at 408-4062778 or Keith Kelser at 208-284-2483.
EVENTS
Littleton Football Golf Tournament
Youth, Teen Mini Triathlon
The Littleton High School football team is raising money to help support its upcoming season with equipment, travel and other items the school does not cover. The annual golf tournament is Friday, June 17 at the Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock. Contact Kurt Krantz, 303-210-9515 or cchs1975@live.com.
Youth ages 6-15 are invited to participate in the sixth youth and teen mini triathlon Saturday, June 25 at Lookout Pool, 5455 S. Riviera Way, Centennial. Event includes swimming, biking and running and the goal is to encourage kids to be active and have fun. Prizes and refreshments will follow the event. Go to http://www.aprd.org/ for information and registration.
Good Night, Lone Tree
Tuesday Morning Women’s Golf League
Douglas County Libraries plans a celebration at 4 p.m. Friday, June 17, at 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, to give families a chance to say goodbye to the existing Lone Tree Library before the new one opens. Celebration includes light snacks, arts and crafts, and a storytime for kids. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.
The Englewood Women’s Golf Association is accepting applications for the 2016 season. The women play Tuesday mornings at Broken Tee Englewood golf course. Contact the membership chair for information, ewga18@gmail. com.
Magic of Reading Master magician Mark Strivings is a roller coaster of laughs and amazement for kids of all ages while learning about the fun of reading. Show times are 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Douglas County Libraries’ James H. LaRue Branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Part of the district’s summer reading program. Space is limited. Registration is required at 303791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Author Presentation Best-selling author Rinker Buck will discuss his book “The Oregon Trail,” a true account of driving a mule team and covered wagon across the Oregon Trail with his brother, Nick, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Books will be sold at the event, courtesy of Tattered Cover Book Store, with a book signing to follow discussion. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Woof & Wine The Humane Society of the South Platte Valley plans Woof and Wine from 7-10 p.m. Friday, June 17, at Schomp MINI, 1001 Plum Valley Lane, Highlands Ranch. Adoptable shelter pets will be available. For information and tickets, call 303-703-2938 or go to https://hsspv.org/woofandwine/. Chili Cookoff, Tasting Castlewood Canyon State Park volunteers challenge the Franktown Fire Department to the third annual friendly chili cookoff and tasting from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at 4635 Limestone Road. Volunteers and firefighters bring their tastiest chili and ask park visitors to taste each chili and vote for their favorite. Certificates (and probably prizes) will be awarded to the win-
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Future is now for area’s best Top local baseball players compete at Coors Field By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com It was bound to happen in the Colorado Rockies’ All-Star/Futures Game. The game was held June 6 at Coors Field and pitted a team of graduating seniors against and an underclass club assembled from some of the state’s best players from a variety of different classifications. So teammate vs. teammate was a possibility, and it happened when junior catcher Andrew Chavez of Cherry Creek came to the plate and hit against a former battery mate in Bruins’ pitcher Nate Sweeney, who will be going to Arizona to study and play baseball. Chavez singled off Sweeney, who was summoned from shortstop to pitch for two-thirds of an inning. He only allowed the hit to Chavez. “It felt good,” Chavez said. “It’s just funny that I know him so much. I know his pitches. I know he likes to come in a little bit on people and that’s what I did. I got ahead of the pitch and put it down the line. It’s a great experience to play here in a big league ball park.” The seniors scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to earn a 5-5 tie against their underclass counterparts in an entertaining game with wood bats that interrupted a busy schedule of club baseball for most of the players. “We’re playing a lot of games, a lot of out-of-state games,” said Chavez who is playing for Cherry Creek’s U18 Connie Mack team. “It’s going to be a lot of baseball. We’ve played 15 games already. My goal will be to keep doing what I’m doing now: hitting the ball and getting runners in. And there’s always something to improve on.”
Valor Christian third baseman Luke Ziegler, a sophomore on the Underclass team, waits for a throw as Rocky Mountain’s Chris Diehl slides into third base with a triple during the Colorado Rockies High School All-Star/Futures game held June 6 at Coors Field. Ziegler went 1-for-3 and scored a run but the Seniors rallied for a run in the bottom of the ninth to earn a 5-5 tie. Photo by Jim Benton Ralston Valley junior outfielder Levi Leisenring tripled in the third inning and scored the first run for the underclass team. “It was special,” said Leisenring, whose sophomore brother Luke was also on the team. “I got to play with some guys I hadn’t played with before. Getting to play in this game is a privilege so it was nice. “It was my fourth game in a week. I play (club ball) for the Rough Riders. We will play 60 games this summer and we will play in South Carolina, Atlanta and Arizona. It’s going to be a busy one.”
Heritage sophomore Riley Egloff, who will play for Creek’s summer team, relieved in the ninth inning and almost worked out of a jam, but a bloop hit over the pitcher’s mound drove in the tying run for the Seniors. “It was amazing to play here,” Egloff said. “It’s nerve wracking to be a reliever. It’s scary. But, I love to come in and keep the game alive.” For the seniors, Sweeney, Green Mountain’s Wyatt Featherston and Ralston Valley’s Peter Carlson were on the roster, and those three players combined to go 0-for-5 but Carlson did
score one of his team’s runs. There were nine players and three pitchers from local schools on the underclass roster. Levi Leisenring, Rock Canyon’s Matt Givin, Luke Ziegler of Valor Christian, ThunderRidge’s Brody Perkins and Cherry Creek second baseman Cody Schultz each had one hit in the game for the underclassmen. Besides Egloff, Ralston Valley’s Drake Davis and Davis Heller of Valor Christian pitched for the underclass team. Davis and Heller each worked scoreless innings.
Should he stay or should he go? Griffin Jax knew about the demands of attending the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Now the Minnesota Jim Benton Twins will be OVERTIME demanding a decision from Jax, a right-handed pitcher for the Falcons, after he was drafted as the 93rd overall pick in the third round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft on June 10. Jax was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 12th round of the 2013 draft as a senior at Cherry Creek High School, but drew more addition attention from big league scouts after a banner 2016 collegiate season. However, from a statement released by the Air Force Academy, it appears Jax has already made a decision. “I am grateful to the Minnesota Twins organization for believing in me and allowing me to fulfill my dreams of serving my country and having the opportunity to play baseball at the highest level,” Jax said. “I look forward to completing my education at the Air Force Academy this next
year and exploring my options after graduation.” If he does turn down the Twins’ offer — which likely would include a signing bonus of more than $600,000 — he can play for Air Force next season and hope he is again drafted. The signing deadline is July 15. After his two-year military commitment he will be able to play professional baseball but he will be 24 years old. Jax was the co-Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year in the 2016 season with a 9-2 record and was the league leader with a 2.05 earned run average and was second with 90 strikeouts. He pitched 105.2 innings with six complete games and two shutouts. He was twice the MWC Pitcher of the Week and compiled streaks of 24.1 and 23 innings without an earned run during the season. Dalbec helps Arizona advance Bobby Dalbec, the former Legend High school baseball and basketball player, was picked by the Boston Red Sox as a third baseman in the fourth round of the draft. But is the Arizona junior a third baseman or pitcher? Dalbec helped the Wildcats earn a College World Series berth starting June 18 in Omaha with two noteworthy performances
in upsetting Mississippi State in the Super Regional in Starkville, Mississippi. He started the opening game, worked out of trouble early when the Bulldogs left seven runners on base but pitched 8 2/3 innings of shutout baseball in a 1-0 win. In the next game, he belted a solo home run and went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in while playing third base in the Wildcats’ 6-5, 11-inning victory which sent Arizona packing to Omaha. Dalbec hit .319 with a teamleading 53 RBIs as a sophomore while going 3-7 on the mound with five saves. His hitting tailed off this season but he has proved to be valuable as a pitcher. He is hitting .271 with seven home runs and 39 RBI for the 2016 season but is 10-4 on the mound with seven saves and a 2.93 ERA.
Nick Shumpert, who played at Highlands Ranch and San Jacinto, a junior college in Texas, was picked in the 28th round by the Atlanta Braves. Ex-ThunderRidge player Brody Westmoreland, now at the College of Southern Nevada, went to the Houston Astros in the 30th round. Tyler Honahan, a 2012 Legend graduate who played at Stony Brook University in New York, was tabbed in the 36th round by the New York Yankees. Two 2016 graduates were chosen. Nate Sweeney of Cherry Creek, who has signed to play at Arizona, was picked by the Chicago Cubs in the 33rd round and Green Mountain’s Wyatt Featherston, who is committed to play at Western Kentucky, was the 34th-round pick of the Colorado Rockies.
More local players drafted Besides Jax and Dalbec, six other players with ties to local schools were selected in the MLB draft. Right-handed pitcher Max Kuhns, who graduated from Chaparral and plays for Santa Clara University in California, was tabbed in the 21st round by the New York Mets. During the 2016 season, Kuhns was 1-4 with 14 saves and a 2.21 earned run average.
Former Littleton basketball star dies Former Littleton High School basketball star and ex-Texas-San Antonio men’s basketball coach Brooks Thompson passed away last week at age 45. Thompson led Littleton to a 24-0 record and the 1989 Class 4A state championship. He played college basketball at Texas A&M and Oklahoma State and was a two-time All-Big Eight player for the Cowboys.
He was drafted by Orlando as the 27th pick of the 1994 NBA draft. He played for Orlando, Utah, Denver, Phoenix and New York during his four-season NBA career. Thompson’s best season was with the Nuggets in 1996-97 with the Nuggets when he averaged 6.8 points and 2.8 assists while playing in 65 games. No cause of death was reported but Thompson had been suffering with double organ failure in recent months. Valor golfers finish eighth, ninth Tim Amundson and David Leede, who played last season for Valor Christian, were the top local finishers at the American Junior Golf Association’s Hale Irwin Colorado Open, which was held June 6-9 at Highlands Ranch Golf Club. Amundson, who will attend Colorado Mines in the fall, finished eighth on the par-72 course with a 4-under-par 212 total after rounds of 69, 72, 71. Leede was ninth at 214 following rounds of 74, 70 and 70. Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.
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Co-op standout makes her points Davis, of Chaparral squad, is South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year
Lexi Davis, who played for the Chaparral co-op team, is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year. Courtesy photo
By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lexi Davis followed in her family’s footsteps when she decided to play lacrosse. Davis, a senior at Ponderosa who played for the Chaparral co-op team, impressed many people on the lacrosse field and earned a scholarship to Longwood University in Virginia. She is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year. Davis was the Continental League’s Most Valuable Player and led the league with 94 points on 55 goals and 39 assists, the most in the league, for Chaparral which finished with a 10-6 overall record. “I have played almost every sport,” Davis said. “I played basketball and softball growing up, but my dad, my uncles
and all my guy cousins played lacrosse growing up, so I wanted to that too. And my dad coached me a little bit when I was younger and he also coached this year in high school so I really wanted to fol-
low in all their footsteps.” In April, Davis scored 14 goals and had 22 points in back-to-back games against Valor Christian and Heritage/Littleton. She finished her high school career as
Chaparral’s all-time leading scorer with 282 points on 161 goals and 121 assists. Last season, she was sixth in the state in points, fourth in assists and 10th in goals. In six league games, Davis averaged 7.7 points a game with 25 goals and 46 points. “I didn’t achieve my final goal because I wanted to get to 50-50 (goals and assists),” she said. “ I got All-State (CHSAANow.com) this year, All-American (U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American), league Player of the Year and those were all things I wanted to achieve by the time I graduated from high school, so I’m pretty happy with what I did.” Davis didn’t mind commuting to Chaparral from Ponderosa for practices with the co-op team. “I thought the season went really well and I really liked the team I played with,” she said. “It was better on the field and off the field because I met so many players from other teams. Playing on a co-op team is a great way to meet new people.”
Freshman honored as Pitcher of the Year Heller was part of Valor team that took state championship
Valor Christian’s Davis Heller is Colorado Community Media’s South Metro Pitcher of the Year. Courtesy photo
By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Davis Heller, with help from his friends, turned in a remarkable season for Valor Christian’s state championship baseball team. Heller was a freshman, showed steady improvement in his first season of varsity action and has been named the Colorado Community Media South Metro Pitcher of the Year. He was 10-0, the most wins for Class 4A pitcher in the state. Heller finished with a 2.24 earned run average and struck out 55 batters in 50 innings pitched. “Everything was a little nerve-racking at the beginning, being a freshman, but I definitely settled in towards the end,” said
Heller. “It was just my teammates telling me constantly that they had my back. “Whenever I struggled a little bit they would always give me run support to help me settle back in and hopefully do whatever I could to win the game. It was ultimately my teammates having my back and my coaches having my back that was the biggest thing for me.” In the 10 games that Heller won, the Eagles averaged 10 runs, and he didn’t expect to have an unbeaten campaign as a freshman. “No not at all,” he answered. “I was just trying to do my best and whatever I could for my team this year. We ended up winning the state title and that was the ultimate goal for us. “I felt pretty good. I definitely felt a lot more confident and relaxed towards the end of the season. I could have my teammates’ back.”
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Leia Tilton, left, listens to friend and fellow member of the Invisible Disabilities Association Jake Jacobs, right, at Fika coffeehouse in Parker on June 11. Tilton and Jacobs say isolation and depression are common for members. Photo by Tom Skelley
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In 1997, Connell started the Invisible Disabilities Advocate website to let people know that sometimes people who look healthy are in fact struggling with legitimate health problems, and to let the afflicted know they aren’t alone. The Parker resident says the site initially received 20,000 to 25,000 hits a month, and the organization grew organically from there. The group became a 501(c)(3) in 2004, and in 2008 changed its name to the Invisible Disabilities Association. The Invisible Disabilities Association Facebook page has 169,600 followers and, as a result of the group’s work, three states — Colorado, Wisconsin and Hawaii — now mark Invisible Disabilities Week every October, the same month the group hosts an annual honors gala. The organization hosts an online support group with over 4,100 members, invisibledisabilitiescommunity.org. The virtual support group gives members who have
a difficult time getting around a chance to connect with others and offers digital companionship to people with a disability who live too far away for a physical meeting. Posts on the page discuss everything from how to talk to schools about a child with an unseen condition to stories of facing daily activities with conditions like chronic depression, fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis. “We’re hosting a conversation,” Connell says. Jane Brown began visiting the site in 2007. Brown quit working that year due
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to multiple sclerosis and Connell, Brown’s former co-worker, reached out to her about six months later. He invited her to check out the website. “I went on it so I could say that I did,” Brown says, admitting her initial skepticism. “It pulled me out of the doldrums, and for the next year I lived on that website.” As she became more involved in the group’s virtual discussions, Brown began to yearn for face-to-face contact with other members. In 2009 she started a get-together, Disabled People Want to Meet Up Too. The group, and Brown, are still going strong, meeting weekly at Solid Grounds coffee shop in Littleton. The connection members find through the site and meetings often fills a void left when friends and family members cut ties. Connell and Brown both say it happens to most, if not all, people with invisible disabilities, leaving them isolated and feeling abandoned. “Everybody goes through that isolation,” Brown says. “After I quit work, my friends just disappeared.” Leia Tilton, a member of the group since 2011, says she has maintained friendships with only two people she knew before she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and chronic pain from a herniated thoracic disk. “They think we’re just making things up,” Tilton says. “The people who’ve known you as a healthy, active person just don’t understand how you became so different.” Tilton says she is a rare case in that despite losing friendships, she still has strong ties with her family. But for Jake Jacobs, the Invisible Disabilities Association is his family. Jacobs was exposed to radiation dur-
ing military service in Australia, and now neurotoxins are slowly destroying the all soft tissue in his body. His symptoms have progressed to the point that he now uses canes to walk as well as a portable oxygen tank. His disability is now apparent to anyone he passes on the street, but he says he lost family and friends during years when he felt awful but appeared healthy, before doctors successfully diagnosed his rare condition. “It’s kind of like a divorce,” Jacobs says. “People scatter on both sides. Suddenly it becomes a situation where you’re untouchable.” Jacobs, Tilton and Connell say high rates of depression come with the isolation associated with invisible disabilities, or sometimes from the conditions themselves, such as bipolar disorder or PTSD. Because they all can relate to that sense of loneliness, members of the IDA take pride in looking out for each other that much more. “We try very hard to take care of our own,” Tilton says. “Getting together is a lifesaving thing for us.” “We make ourselves available around the clock,” Jacobs says, after recounting that he was up past midnight the previous night counseling a fellow member on the phone. Jacobs and Tilton began the group Disabled and Still Happy, a spinoff of Brown’s group, to provide a location for meetings in Parker. They say they still meet up with Brown occasionally and visit the online support group, and the number of groups that evolve from the IDA doesn’t make members any less of a community. “We’ll always be family,” Jacobs says. Despite the strength they find in each other, Brown, Jacobs and Tilton all say it is up to each member of the group, individually, to take the first step. “Reach out,” Brown says. “Get online, go to a meetup, or something. Nobody’s going to do it for you.” Jacobs says in addition to the support he gets from his Invisible Disabilities Association family, he tries to achieve three goals every day to stay positive. “One is to get both feet on the ground, two is to do something nice for someone and three is to learn something new,” he says, noting that, for him, staying active means staying positive. “Otherwise you just end up curled up in a ball, crying yourself to sleep,” he says. “And that’s not an option.”
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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) An on-thejob change works to your benefit by offering new opportunities. It’s up to you to check them out. Meanwhile, a stalled romantic situation starts up again. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) That flare-up of Scorpian temperament cools down, leaving you more receptive to suggestions about changes that might need to be made in your personal life. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unusual period of indecisiveness is a mite frustrating. But things soon clear up, allowing the sage Sagittarian to make those wise pronouncements again.
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Original Grantor: ANNA PAULA LIMA Original Beneficiary: BOKF, NA DBA COLORADO STATE BANK AND TRUST 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): 9/14/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 9/27/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012072863 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $367,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $367,000.00
Which has the address of: 19437 East Mann Creek Drive #C, Parker, CO 80134
Public Notices Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0096 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/14/2016 1:56:00 PM 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: SYLVIA ROWLAND Original Beneficiary: GENWORTH FINANCIAL HOME EQUITY ACCESS, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS LIBERTY REVERSE MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LIBERTY HOME EQUITY SOLUTINOS, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENWORTH FINANCIAL HOME EQUITY ACCESS, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/12/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 12/17/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008084647 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $403,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $165,385.75 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 5, BLOCK 1, HIDDEN RIVER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 9, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 20344 Heather Lane, Parker, CO 80138 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, August 3, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/15/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY 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 #: (720) 259-8626 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16CO00197-1 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0096 First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II) Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0170 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/22/2016 4:55:00 PM 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: ANNA PAULA LIMA Original Beneficiary: BOKF, NA DBA COLORADO STATE BANK AND TRUST 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): 9/14/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 9/27/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012072863 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $367,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $367,000.00
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
Public Trustees
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 17, BLOCK 8, HORSESHOE RIDGE, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 18115 Tennyson Lane, 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, July 20, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 5/26/2016 Last Publication: 6/23/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/28/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY 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 #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14CO00133-3 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2015-0170 First Publication: 5/26/2016 Last Publication: 6/23/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
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, July 20, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
Public Trustees
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-706314-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0075 First Publication: 5/26/2016 Last Publication: 6/23/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0091 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/13/2016 1:37:00 PM 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: HILLTOP PINE BLUFFS, LLC Original Beneficiary: RIVER BEND CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RIVER BEND CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/17/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 2/17/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015009385 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $505,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $505,000.00 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest 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.
To Whom It May Concern: On 3/30/2016 3:44:00 PM 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.
Legal Description of Real Property: Parcel A: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel B: Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel C: Lots 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel D: Lots 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel E: Lots 21,22,23,24 and 25, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel F: Lots 26,27,28,29 and 30, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel G: Lots 31,32, 33 and 34, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel H: Lots 35,36,37,38 and 39, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel I: Lots 48, 49, 50 and 51, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel J: Lots 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel K: Lots 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Parcel L: Lots 80, 81, 82 83 and 84, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, Amendment No. 1, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.
Legal Description of Real Property: UNIT 36B, STROH RANCH FILING NO. 5C, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AND AS RATIFIED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 22, 1994 IN BOOK 1220 AT PAGE 903, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 19437 East Mann Creek Drive #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, July 20, 2016, 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
First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
ROBERT GRAHAM Colorado Registration #: 26809 360 S GARFIELD STREET, 6TH FLOOR, DENVER, COLORADO 80209 Phone #: (303) 333-9810 Fax #: (303) 333-9786 Attorney File #: 3121.0093
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.
Dated: 3/31/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0075
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Public Trustees
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
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 make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 5/26/2016 Last Publication: 6/23/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
Original Grantor: JENINE M WOODY Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR STONE RIVER LENDING, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/17/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 12/31/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009101395 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $205,537.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $163,700.85
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herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
Which has the address of: Vacant Land, Parker, CO 80138 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, August 3, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0091 First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Public Trustees
Legal Notice No.: 2016-0092 First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0099 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/14/2016 1:59:00 PM 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: SHELDON EIKE AND HOLLY EIKE Original Beneficiary: COLORADO CAPITAL BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/5/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 5/6/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010027791 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $787,300.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $778,209.70 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 make full payment upon maturity as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0092
Legal Description of Real Property: Lot 85, Homestead Hills Filing No. 5, County of Douglas, State of Colorado
Original Grantor: HILLTOP PINE BLUFFS, LLC Original Beneficiary: RIVER BEND CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RIVER BEND CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/19/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 11/20/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014067836 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $600,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $600,000.00 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest 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: Lots 44, 45, 46 and 47, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Which has the address of: 20308, 20296, 20284 And 20272 Tall Forrest Lane , Parker, CO 80138 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, August 3, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ROBERT GRAHAM Colorado Registration #: 26809 360 S GARFIELD STREET, 6TH FLOOR, DENVER, COLORADO 80209 Phone #: (303) 333-9810 Fax #: (303) 333-9786 Attorney File #: 3121.0094
June 17, 2016
ROBERT GRAHAM Colorado Registration #: 26809 360 S GARFIELD STREET, 6TH FLOOR, To advertise notices 303-566-4100 DENVER, COLORADO 80209 your publicPursuant to call C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you Phone #: (303) 333-9810 are hereby notified that the covenants of Fax #: (303) 333-9786 the deed of trust have been violated as Attorney File #: 3121.0094 follows: Failure to pay montlhy payments of principal and interest when due togeth*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE er with all other payments provided for in SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webthe Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustof Trust and other violations of the terms ee/ thereof.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
To Whom It May Concern: On 4/13/2016 2:21:00 PM 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.
LLC Original Beneficiary: PINETREE FINANCIAL, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RIVER BEND CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/21/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 1/22/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015004149 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $600,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $600,000.00
Which has the address of: 11059 N Cottontail Lane, Parker, CO 80138 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, August 3, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/15/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: PATRICK G COMPTON Colorado Registration #: 34425 600 17TH STREET, SUITE 1800S, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 454-0535 Fax #: Attorney File #: 517037.0159 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0099 First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0095 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/14/2016 1:54:00 PM 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: HILLTOP PINE BLUFF, LLC Original Beneficiary: PINETREE FINANCIAL, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RIVER BEND CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/21/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 1/22/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015004149 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $600,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $600,000.00
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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 montlhy payments of principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
Legal Notice No.: 2016-0092
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE
Public Trustees
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: Lots 62, 63, 64 and 65, Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado
Which has the address of: 12211, 12213, 12215 And 12217 Stone Timber Court, Parker, CO 80138 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, August 3, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/15/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ROBERT GRAHAM Colorado Registration #: 26809 360 S GARFIELD STREET, 6TH FLOOR, DENVER, COLORADO 80209 Phone #: (303) 333-9810 Fax #: (303) 333-9786 Attorney File #: 3121.0092
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0095 First Publication: 6/9/2016 Last Publication: 7/7/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0101
To Whom It May Concern: On 4/19/2016 4:20:00 PM 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: AARON ROSS OWENS AND RACHEL OWENS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/13/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 10/17/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014060257 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $314,204.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $308,975.89
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 make timely 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 4, BLOCK 3, HIDDEN RIVER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 20241 Willowbend Lane, Parker, CO 80138 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, August 10, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may
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QUIREMENTS OF THE ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR July 5, 2016
June 17, 2016
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the festivities the evening of June 9 at the main stage in O’Brien Park. “This looks like the place to be on a Thursday night, huh?” said Don Barnes, guitarist and vocalist for the band, to a roar of applause. Joe Miranda, a Parker resident for 14 years, said the bands, and the festival, keep getting bigger and better every year. “It’s awesome,” Miranda said as he watched his son playing one of the games of skill at the fair. He added this was his fifth
year attending Parker Days. “The bands are bigger names and the rides and everything. They just keep getting better every time.” Crowe said local bands were a hit too. “We’re lucky to live in a community where the local artists are great but we can pull from outside the area as well,” Crowe said. Crowe added the weather helped drive a large turnout this year. Streaks of lightning lit the sky north of the Ferris wheel on opening night and a 10-minute downpour punctuated proceedings Sunday afternoon, but otherwise the only precipitation was the storm of cottonwood seeds that drifted through the
air and piled up along sidewalks The Town Council of the Town of Parker, like clumps of discarded cotton Colorado Resolves: candy. The Town Council finds that the ordinanceand to annex the Property will be conDespite the turnout sidered for second reading by the Town scope of the festival, Council barelyonaJuly 5, 2016, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at trace remained by Monday 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, a public hearing will be held to morning. Crowe said80138, thatand local determine if the proposed annexation Boy Scouts of America troops complies with Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 31-12104 and -105 or such parts thereof as may saw to that. The scouts vol- to establish eligibility under be required terms of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as unteered to keep thethe festival amended, known as the Municipal AnnexAct of 1965, and the Constitution of grounds clear of litteration throughthe State of Colorado, Article II, Section out the weekend, and30,Monday as amended. they were back at work finishing The Town Council hereby sets a second reading for the annexation ordinance and up the job. a public hearing as described above on With Parker Days July 2016 be- at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as 5, 2016 thereafter, at 20120 East Mainhind her, Crowe saidpossible it’s already street, Parker, Colorado and directs the Town Clerk time for her to look ahead to to publish and give notice as required by state law and Town Ordinance. 2017. “I’ll be doing ‘thank yous,’ ” Done at a meeting of the Parker Town Council held on May 16, 2016, and apshe said. “Then it’s time to start proved by a vote of 6 for and 0 against. figuring out what it will look like -S- Mike Waid, Mayor for next year.” ATTEST: -S- Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk
Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the governing body. RESOLUTION NO. 16-038, Series of 2016
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0101
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Town of Parker Colorado Town Council passed the following resolution setting the date for consideration of the annexation ordinance for the Meadowlark Property for second reading.
To Whom It May Concern: On 4/19/2016 4:20:00 PM 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: AARON ROSS OWENS AND RACHEL OWENS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/13/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 10/17/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014060257 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $314,204.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $308,975.89
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 make timely payments as required under the Deed of Trust.
RESOLUTION NO. 16-038 A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THAT THE MEADOWLARK PROPERTY ANNEXATION PETITION SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR July 5, 2016 The Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado Resolves: The Town Council finds that the ordinance to annex the Property will be considered for second reading by the Town Council on July 5, 2016, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138, and a public hearing will be held to determine if the proposed annexation complies with Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 31-12104 and -105 or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility under the terms of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as amended, known as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, and the Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article II, Section 30, as amended.
WHEREAS, the Petitioner owns certain real property in Douglas County commonly known as the Meadowlark property, which is described in Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference (the “Property”); WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12107, this Town Council, sitting as the governing body of the Town of Parker, Colorado, hereby determines that petition for the annexation of the Property, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated by this reference (the “Petition”), is in substantial compliance with C.R.S. § 3112-107(1); and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado, has satisfied itself concerning the substantial compliance of the Petition with C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1), for the proposed annexation of the Property to and by the Town of Parker, Colorado.
Two adventurous lads experience free fall on the Super Shot ride at the Parker Days Festival on June 11.
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.
The Town Council hereby sets a second reading for the annexation ordinance and a public hearing as described above on July 5, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter, at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado and directs the Town Clerk to publish and give notice as required by state law and Town Ordinance.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 3, HIDDEN RIVER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 20241 Willowbend Lane, Parker, CO 80138
Done at a meeting of the Parker Town Council held on May 16, 2016, and approved by a vote of 6 for and 0 against.
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, August 10, 2016, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
TITLE: A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THAT THE MEADOWLARK PROPERTY ANNEXATION PETITION SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR JULY 5, 2016
-S- Mike Waid, Mayor ATTEST: -S- Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the governing body.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Petition for the proposed annexation of the Property substantially complies with C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1). Section 2. A public hearing on said annexation will be conducted on July 5, 2016, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 or such part thereof as may be required to establish eligibility under the terms of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as amended, known as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, and the Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article II, Section 30, as amended. Section 3. Any person living within the area proposed to be annexed, any landowner of lands thereof, any resident of the municipality to which the area is proposed to be annexed, any municipality located within one mile of the proposed annexation, or the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the Town Council.
ado, hereby determines that petition for the annexation of the Property, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated by this reference (the “Petition”), is in substantial compliance with C.R.S. § 3112-107(1); and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado, has satisfied itself concerning the substantial compliance of the Petition with C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1), for the proposed annexation of the Property to and by the Town of Parker, Colorado. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Petition for the proposed annexation of the Property substantially complies with C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1). Section 2. A public hearing on said annexation will be conducted on July 5, 2016, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 or such part thereof as may be required to establish eligibility under the terms of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as amended, known as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, and the Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article II, Section 30, as amended. Section 3. Any person living within the area proposed to be annexed, any landowner of lands thereof, any resident of the municipality to which the area is proposed to be annexed, any municipality located within one mile of the proposed annexation, or the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the Town Council. RESOLVED AND PASSED this __ day of ___, 2016. TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO Mike Waid, Mayor ATTEST: Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk Exhibit A LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 3, AND IN THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 3 AND CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 TO BEAR 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 1740.60 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 34.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 23 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1054.94 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 550.78 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TAP PROPERTIES PARCEL (BOOK 982 AT PAGE 524) AND TO THETRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 259.41 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 846.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 07 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 134.18 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 2118.05 FEET TO THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 4 A DISTANCE OF 619.79 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RICHLAWN HILLS ACCORDING TO THE PLAT FILED ON JANUARY 12, 1971 PER RECEPTION NO. 140291; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF RICHLAWN HILLS FOR THE NEXT 12 COURSES: 1. THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 710.00 FEET; 2. THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 491.54 FEET; 3. THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF OF CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 238.13 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 470.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 29 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 48 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 4. THENCE SOUTH 75 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 107.39 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 5. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 263.65 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 270.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 55 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 50 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 6. THENCE NORTH 48 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 52.07 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 7. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 127.30 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 240.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 30 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 23 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 8. THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 509.97 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 9. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 59.84 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 290.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 21 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 10. THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 151.71 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 11. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 273.32 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 460.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 34 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 35 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 12. THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 62 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 76.93 FEET TO THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE COUNTY ROAD; THENCE NORTH 32 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 1116.38 FEET; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 780.91 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE
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MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 3 AND CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 TO BEAR 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 1740.60 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 34.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 23 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1054.94 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 550.78 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TAP PROPERTIES PARCEL (BOOK 982 AT PAGE 524) AND TO THETRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 259.41 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 846.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 07 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 134.18 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 2118.05 FEET TO THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 4 A DISTANCE OF 619.79 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RICHLAWN HILLS ACCORDING TO THE PLAT FILED ON JANUARY 12, 1971 PER RECEPTION NO. 140291; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF RICHLAWN HILLS FOR THE NEXT 12 COURSES: 1. THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 710.00 FEET; 2. THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 491.54 FEET; 3. THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF OF CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 238.13 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 470.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 29 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 48 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 4. THENCE SOUTH 75 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 107.39 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 5. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 263.65 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 270.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 55 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 50 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 6. THENCE NORTH 48 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 52.07 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 7. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 127.30 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 240.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 30 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 23 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 8. THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 509.97 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 9. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 59.84 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 290.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 21 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 10. THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 151.71 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; 11. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 273.32 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 460.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 34 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 35 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; 12. THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 62 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 76.93 FEET TO THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE COUNTY ROAD; THENCE NORTH 32 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 1116.38 FEET; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 780.91 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 56.88 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 925.25 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 03 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 21 SECONDS TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF THE WILSON PARCEL (BOOK 819 AT PAGE 717); THENCE SOUTH 50 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 41 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 504.57 FEET TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF SAID WILSO N PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 19 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 345.29 FEET TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF SAID WILSON PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID WILSON PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 87.46 FEET TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF THE COYLE PARCEL (BOOK 638 AT PAGE 869); THENCE NORTH 73 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 48 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE COYLE PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 913.61 FEET; THENCE NORTH 83 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE COYLE PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 460.79 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COYLE PARCEL, BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE TAP PROPERTIES PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE TAP PROPERTIES PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 1226.29 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THERE FROM THOSE PORTIONS CONVEYED IN DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 20, 1999 IN BOOK 1768 AT PAGE 1098. AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION TAKEN IN RULE AND ORDER RECORDED SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 AT RECEPTION NO. 2003143247. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 3,958,306 SQUARE FEET, OR 90.87 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AFTER SUBTRACTION OF THE EXCEPTIONS.
A host of royalty graces the crowd at the annual parade NO. 16-038, during the Parker RESOLUTION DaysSeries festival Chuck Wilson and his 2-year-old son, Hunter, ease into the festivities at Ashlynn Tyson, 12, gets acquainted with Julie of 2016on June 11. Princesses trained at a special class to learn proper waves for the Parker Days on June 11. The festival featured a petting zoo and speciallyDavis and her equine escort before the parade TITLE: A RESOLUTION TO DETERMPUBLIC NOTICE RESOLVED AND PASSED thisrides __ day of INE THAT THE MEADOWLARK PROPevent. sized for young children. Photos by Tom Skelley at the Parker Days festival on June 11. ___, 2016. ERTY ANNEXATION PETITION SUBPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Public Trustees
If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process. First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/20/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY 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 #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 16-010838 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0101 First Publication: 6/16/2016 Last Publication: 7/14/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Town of Parker Colorado Town Council passed the following resolution setting the date for consideration of the annexation ordinance for the Meadowlark Property for second reading. RESOLUTION NO. 16-038 A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THAT
Notice is hereby given that the Town of Parker Colorado Town Council passed the following resolution setting the date for consideration of the annexation ordinance for the Meadowlark Property for second reading.
Government Legals RESOLUTION NO. 16-038
A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THAT THE MEADOWLARK PROPERTY ANNEXATION PETITION SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR July 5, 2016 The Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado Resolves: The Town Council finds that the ordinance to annex the Property will be considered for second reading by the Town Council on July 5, 2016, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138, and a public hearing will be held to determine if the proposed annexation complies with Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 31-12104 and -105 or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility under the terms of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as amended, known as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, and the Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article II, Section 30, as amended. The Town Council hereby sets a second reading for the annexation ordinance and a public hearing as described above on July 5, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter, at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado and directs the Town Clerk to publish and give notice as required by state law and Town Ordinance. Done at a meeting of the Parker Town Council held on May 16, 2016, and approved by a vote of 6 for and 0 against. -S- Mike Waid, Mayor ATTEST: -S- Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the governing body. RESOLUTION NO. 16-038, Series of 2016 TITLE: A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THAT THE MEADOWLARK PROPERTY ANNEXATION PETITION SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR JULY 5, 2016 WHEREAS, the Petitioner owns certain real property in Douglas County commonly known as the Meadowlark property, which is described in Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference (the “Property”);
STANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR JULY 5, 2016
TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO
WHEREAS, the Petitioner owns certain real property in Douglas County commonly known as the Meadowlark property, which is described in Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference (the “Property”);
Exhibit A LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12107, this Town Council, sitting as the governing body of the Town of Parker, Colorado, hereby determines that petition for the annexation of the Property, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated by this reference (the “Petition”), is in substantial compliance with C.R.S. § 3112-107(1); and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado, has satisfied itself concerning the substantial compliance of the Petition with C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1), for the proposed annexation of the Property to and by the Town of Parker, Colorado. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TH E TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Petition for the proposed annexation of the Property substantially complies with C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1). Section 2. A public hearing on said annexation will be conducted on July 5, 2016, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 or such part thereof as may be required to establish eligibility under the terms of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as amended, known as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, and the Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article II, Section 30, as amended. Section 3. Any person living within the area proposed to be annexed, any landowner of lands thereof, any resident of the municipality to which the area is proposed to be annexed, any municipality located within one mile of the proposed annexation, or the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the Town Council. RESOLVED AND PASSED this __ day of ___, 2016. TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO Mike Waid, Mayor ATTEST: Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk Exhibit A LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 3, AND IN THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 4,
Mike Waid, Mayor ATTEST: Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk
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A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 3, AND IN THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, D O U G L A S C O U N T Y , C O L O R A D O, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 3 AND CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 TO BEAR 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 1740.60 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 34.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 23 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1054.94 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 550.78 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TAP PROPERTIES PARCEL (BOOK 982 AT PAGE 524) AND TO THETRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 259.41 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 846.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 07 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 134.18 FEET TO TH E SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 2118.05 FEET TO THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 4 A DISTANCE OF 619.79 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RICHLAWN HILLS ACCORDING TO THE PLAT FILED ON JANUARY 12, 1971 PER RECEPTION NO. 140291; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF RICHLAWN HILLS FOR THE NEXT 12 COURSES: 1. THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 710.00 FEET; 2. THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 491.54 FEET; 3. THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG
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Legal Notice No.: 929207 First Publication: May 26, 2016 Last Publication: June 23, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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June 17, 2016
5 things to know about rattlesnakes
By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Summer is in full swing, which means most Coloradans are spending more time outdoors. Whether it’s a hike through Chatfield State Park, a bike ride along the High Line Canal, or a barbecue out back, wildlife encounters are inevitable. And snakes enjoy the warm sunshine as much as humans do. Laura Lacerte, a Highlands Ranch Metro District park ranger, teaches Nature EdVentures classes on the habitat, environment and benefits of snakes. Although most are harmless, the rattle snake is venomous and should be left alone. Below are five things to know about snakes this season. They tend to avoid human contact. Most of Colorado’s snakes are innocuous, including backyard dwellers like the common garter snake and bullsnake. But the prairie rattlesnake — characterized by green-and-brown coloring, key-hole shaped pupils, a triangular-shaped head and a rattle at the end of the tail — is venomous. The reptile tends to avoid humans and humans should return the favor. “If you see a rattlesnake, give it plenty of space,” said Lacerte. “Do not try to move it.”
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They can be found in almost all of Colorado’s ecosystems. During winter months, rattle snakes hibernate in outdoor dens, including rodent holes and rock piles. Rattlesnakes are active from spring to fall. Most sightings happen on summer mornings and evenings between temperatures of 50 to 80 degrees, Lacerte said. They spend most of their time basking in the sun on pavements or trails. Be aware of surroundings, especially on hiking trails. Know what wildlife inhabits the trail, stay on the trail and watch wildlife “respectfully from a distance,” said Lacerte.
There are state laws on the treatment of snakes. In Colorado, rattlesnakes may be legally killed if they pose a threat, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. All other snakes are classified as non-game wildlife, which includes more than 750 species that cannot be hunted, fished or trapped. Native cutthroat trout, bats, boreal toads, lynx, and blackfooted ferrets are non-game species. They are all protected by state law.
Warning signs. Rattle snakes will sound their tails as a warning sign. If an onlooker gets too close, they may elevate into an “S” shape. “A snake in this position is highly agitated and should absolutely not be approached,” according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife report. Baby rattlesnakes are more dangerous because they do not know how to use their rattler and will strike first if disturbed. Adult snakes will bite as a last resort. If bitten, the victim should seek immediate medical treatment and try to remain as calm and still as possible, Lacerte said. Victims should not cover the wound with any type of bandage or suck the venom. Although rattlesnake bites are painful, they usually aren’t fatal for healthy adults, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says.
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Eliminate potential dens. Simple adjustments to a property can prevent snake encounters. Homeowners should keep firewood covered in a box to eliminate dwelling spaces, says Colorado Parks and Wildlife. They should also avoid rows of large rocks in open, sunny areas, and trim vegetation where snakes could potentially hide. Rodents are a major food source for snakes. Homeowners should reduce the rodent population indoors and outdoors, and seal all entrances to crawl spaces and basements.
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