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Smash-and-grab burglaries hit multiple businesses 10 shops hit over period of two consecutive nights

Ralph Cerminara’s restaurant, Colonna’s Pizza, was the first of what turned out to be a string of 10 smashand-grab break-ins that struck Parker over a two-day span Oct. 15 and 16. Cerminara said though it was unfortunate, he was grateful for the response he received from the community.

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ralph Cerminara was awakened about 4 a.m. on Oct. 15 to the news that his restaurant, Colonna’s Pizza, was broken into. He arrived to find the glass of the front door shattered.

Two iPads from the front counter were missing, as well as about $480 in cash.

To Cerminara, a Parker transplant from Brooklyn, New York, the breakin was just part of the cost of doing business. In the past year and a half his Centennial Colonna’s location was broken into twice. Cerminara was only worried about losing business that day and upset that his manager had to come in on his day off.

“The only thing I’m shocked about is it happened in Parker,” Cerminara said.

Later that morning, police received six more reports of similar smashand-grab break-ins along the Parker Road corridor, all happening just after 3 a.m. Hangry Ohana, Donut House, Great Clips, Papa Murphy’s, La Casita Mexican Restaurant and Honey Baked Ham all reported burglaries.

Parker police found a number of cash register drawers at the Parker United Methodist Church.

One day later, Oct. 16, three more

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businesses, Swirls Frozen Yogurt and The Local on East Mainstreet and Cost Cutters on Parker Road, reported break-ins. A manager at The Local said a cash register with money inside was stolen. Chad Maddox, owner of Swirls Frozen Yogurt, said he left the registers empty in response to the earlier break-ins.

Parker police have considered the possibility the crimes on the two consecutive days are linked, but have not confirmed anything yet. Police officials have declined to release the estimated amount of money stolen to discourage potential criminals.

According to surveillance video released from Honey Baked Ham, provided by Parker police, the suspect threw what looked like a rock through the front window to gain access inside and stole two tablets.

In other cases, the suspect went for the cash register drawers or the entire machine.

Josh Hans, spokesman for the Parker Police Department, said the

department was shocked by the sheer volume of the break-ins in a such a short amount of time.

“Not only was it surprising there were seven on Monday, it was equally surprising it happened again the following night,” Hans said. “It was very surprising for it to happen two days in a row.”

According to Hans, there hasn’t been a “smash-and-grab” type of burglary in Parker since Dec. 10, 2017.

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Bus drivers, teachers’ aides among those who may get raises

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District has 50 unfilled bus-driver positions.

The hourly pay starts at $16.06 per hour.

The same position in the Cherry Creek School District starts at $17.58 per hour.

The shortage at DCSD forced the district to cancel several field trips — most at the middle school level — planned for this school year.

In Douglas County, educational assistants who work with students with special needs make $13.60 an hour. At Cherry Creek, similar positions start at $14.63 an hour.

“Not only are we competing with

neighboring districts,” DCSD Superintendent Thomas Tucker said, “we are competing with local restaurants around here for quality people.”

The school district is struggling to attract and retain classified employees — bus drivers, teachers’ aides, health assistants, educational assistants in special education and other hourly positions. At a board of education meeting on Oct. 16, district staff made a recommendation to the school board for salary increases for the hard-to-fill positions.

“It’s going to take more money and time to fully address the problems we have,” Mary Chesla, the district’s compensation and licensed substitute director, said during a presentation at the meeting. “It doesn’t fully close the gap but it narrows it considerably.”

The recommendation depends heavily on ballot measure 5A, a $40 million mill levy override. If voters approve the tax measure on Nov. 6, additional

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funds would go toward teacher and staff pay and programming. Of the $40 million, $14 million would go toward staff salaries and $3 million would go toward benefits, according to Chesla.

In the district’s recommendation, classified employees in hard-to-fill positions would receive a raise starting at 5 percent. In addition, those who worked during the three-year pay freeze from 2008-11 would receive a 1.5 percent raise for each year, on top of their current salary.

Here’s how it would work: A classified employee who experienced three years of the pay freeze would get a 4.5 percent raise, or 1.5 percent for each of the three years. On top of that, the employee would receive a 5 percent raise to his or her current salary.

In June, the board voted to enact a pay raise for licensed staff, which are teachers and administrators. In the 2019-20 school year, licensed employees and administrators on the district’s

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The conversation on compensation for classified employees will continue at a board meeting on Nov. 13. If the mill levy override passes and the school board approves the recommendation, classified staff would receive retroactive payments for this school year through December. In January, they would have a new payroll rate for the following six months of the school year.

School board member Wendy Vogel pointed out that the school district is the largest employer in Douglas County, with 8,400 employees.

“This isn’t just good for our system and students, this is good for our community,” Vogel said of the salary increases. “For us to treat people and pay them fairly is good for our whole community.”

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Honoring a fallen hero

Castle Rock celebrates groundbreaking of park named for Zack Parrish

BY TAYLORE TODD SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

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gainst a backdrop of snowcovered mountains, on a chilly and windy afternoon, the wife of slain Douglas County Sheriff ’s Deputy Zack Parrish and a contingent of dignitaries and law enforcement officials struck golden shovels into the ground to dedicate a new park in Parrish’s name.

The Oct. 17 groundbreaking ceremony for the Deputy Zack S. Parrish III Memorial Park, included Parrish’s wife, Gracie, Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley, Castle Rock Mayor Jennifer Green and members the county’s SWAT team and police departments from around Douglas County.

“The goal in Castle Rock is to have a park within walking distance of all the neighborhoods,” Green said.

“Deputy Parrish had a love for family, for being in the community and for being in parks. This will do something to honor him and people in the

community as well.”

Before joining the sheriff ’s office, Parrish served with the Castle Rock Police Department.

The park will be built on 5 1/2 acres on Low Meadows Boulevard, next to Aspen View Elementary. The project will cost $2.6 million and is estimated to be complete by spring 2019.

The parks and recreation department sent out a survey to residents asking them to vote on the name of a new park.

The results overwhelmingly chose to honor Parrish, who was killed Dec. 31 in Highlands Ranch by a man who was mentally ill.

“It really drives home the notion that the sacrifices police officers make on a daily basis do not go unnoticed,” said Joseph Cybert, public information officer for the Castle Rock Police Department.

“More importantly, it is an acknowledgement that we make a difference in the lives of the citizens in this great community, and for that I am proud to serve Castle Rock.”

Police officers and Douglas County SWAT team members bow their heads in remembrance of Sheriff’s Deputy Zack Parrish, who was killed on duty on Dec. 31, 2017.

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Gracie Parrish, wife of slain Deputy Zack Parrish, tells the crowd that naming a park after her husband is fitting because he loved to take their children to parks.

Gracie Parrish, center, and Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley, in uniform, lift golden shovels to mark the official groundbreaking of the Deputy Zack S. Parrish Memorial Park.

Program dedicated to youth mental health Partners for Children’s Mental Health tackle statewide issue

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for youths ages 10-17, and one in six teens has a diagnosable mental health condition, Children’s Hospital Colorado reports.

Over the last decade, Children’s Hospital has seen a six-fold increase in admissions to its emergency departments and urgent care locations following a suicide attempt.

The hospital is committed to changing what experts describe as a youth mental health crisis.

“There isn’t a day that goes by that

you don’t have to have really difficult conversations with your kids,” Children’s Hospital Colorado CEO and President Jena Hausmann said at a roundtable discussion with local media outlets on Oct. 22. Hausmann is also the mother of three teenagers.

“This will be years worth of work,” she said.

In October, the hospital rolled out a four-year strategic plan for Partners for Children’s Mental Health, a program that brings together nonprofit organizations, pediatric experts, government agencies and stakeholders across the state to prioritize youth mental health.

The state attorney general’s office announced on Oct. 16 that it would provide a $2.8 million grant to support the program. The collaboration with hospitals and nonprofit organizations to increase access to pediatric mental health care is the first of its kind in

the state, states a news release from the attorney general’s office.

Between June and September, Partners for Children’s Mental Health initiated a strategic planning process that involved more than 600 community stakeholders representing more than 260 organizations, including state and county departments, school systems, family members, hospitals, foundations and Medicaid.

Overarching goals were to establish a state entity to oversee the children’s behavioral health system, ensure high-quality behavioral health care and reduce barriers to accessing care, among other talking points.

“There needs to be a single point of accountability,” said Shannon Van Deman, executive director of PCMH and vice president of the hospital’s Pediatric Mental Health Institute.

“There needs to be a group to oversee the needs of the patient and

family.”

PCMH has established 30 goals in areas of funding, array of services, quality, care coordination, screening and governance. The next step is to review the goals with key stakeholders and form an implementation strategy with the help of advocates and organizations from across the state.

Those interested in learning more about PCMH’s efforts should contact PCMH@childrenscolorado.org.

Children’s Hospital expects the new governor elected in November to back the mission of PCMH, said Heidi Baskfield, vice president of Population Health and Advocacy at Children’s Hospital. Funding for youth mental health is also expected to be a topic of discussion in the 2019 legislative session.

“It’s going to take that level of focus and that level of leadership,” Baskfield said.

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Candidates for governor juggle local issues ‘Trump factor’ weighs in governor’s race, but issues at home abound

Both candidates sat down with Colorado Community Media leading up to the election. Here’s what they, and local analysts, had to say about the race, the issues and who has the upper hand.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

To hear the candidates, their campaigns and political ads tell it, voters might get the impression the race for Colorado’s governor seat is all about President Donald Trump. But up close, the Republican candidate says otherwise.

“This is a race between Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis,” said Stapleton, of Greenwood Village, when asked how heavily Trump will weigh on the race.

“I’ll stand up to Washington regardless of who’s in power.”

That comment comes after months of campaigning that saw Stapleton, the current state treasurer, touting his support for Trump and making plays to the conservative base. Polis, at times, attempts a moderate tone after months of positioning himself as the antiTrump warrior — he voted in Congress to consider impeachment proceedings for Trump but has said he can work with the president if needed.

“I’ll always put Colorado first, ahead of the dictates of any” Republican or Democrat, said Polis, the Democrat from Boulder. “I think there’s concern that Trump has his own arbitrary way

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of thinking that isn’t always in the interests of Colorado.”

Polis, the U.S. representative for Colorado’s 2nd District, said he’d stand up to “this president or any president” to protect Colorado’s public lands, just one item in a long list of such local issues as energy, immigration and transportation that have taken up the front burner this campaign season.

Trump looms large over the midterm elections in general: More Republicans and Democrats say a congressional candidate’s stance on Trump will influence their vote most, compared to the weight of local or national issues, a recent poll said. But a longtime local analyst argued issues will still reign supreme in the governor’s contest.

“Voters really want specifics by candidates on the fundamental issues,” said Dick Wadhams, political strategist and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. Victory depends on who “can articulate an agenda Colorado can relate to and support.”

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‘The Trump factor’ Despite the candidates’ embrace of the far left and far right during the race in what’s often pegged as a “purple” state, independent political analyst Eric Sondermann wasn’t surprised.

“I think it’s more predictable than not,” Sondermann said. “Both parties become more polarized. The Republican Party is the party of Donald Trump. You don’t see Stapleton or others deviating much from Trump orthodoxy. The Democrats have shifted as much to the left as the Republicans did to the right.”

Polis has taken direct aim at Trump, and though his website’s main pages appear to consciously avoid mentioning the president, more specific pages on the site and his Twitter accounts lob frequent attacks, such as for “Trump’s Washington attacking women’s reproductive rights.”

Although Stapleton said he doesn’t think opinions on Trump will weigh much on the race, he’s emphasized his support for the president in TV ads and has said he hasn’t made “one disparaging comment” about him. He appeared with former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, known for his hard-line immigration stances and white-nationalist ties, at a campaign event where Tancredo praised Trump and “making America great again,” The Colorado Independent reported.

Polis, on the other hand, has U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist, set to campaign for him. And to match Trump’s recent endorsement of Stapleton, Polis has garnered former President Barack Obama’s support, and Hillary Clinton was to appear at a fundraiser with him.

Despite “the Trump factor” playing a likely role in the race, governor’s contests tend to spend ample time on specific issues, Wadhams said — and the candidates offer a clear choice.

On the issues Polis supports a path toward making Colorado a 100 percent renewable-energy state by 2040, a policy Stapleton has labeled an “extremist plan” that will increase cost of living.

“Polis’ radical agenda will make it even harder for Coloradans to afford their utility bills,” Stapleton said, according to his website.

The Democrat counters that Xcel Energy says new wind energy costs 20 percent less for consumers than existing coal energy, and that a transition would produce “good green jobs that can never be outsourced.”

“We want to make sure we can credit the high skills of people who work in fossil fuels and that they have every opportunity to have good jobs in green energy going forward,” Polis said. His website says he’d move to incentivize a transition, but he’s suggested on Twitter that it wouldn’t involve a requirement.

Polis, who represents north-central Colorado up to the state line, voted

against the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, a proposed 2017 law that would outlaw so-called “sanctuary cities” where officials don’t aid the federal government in deporting undocumented immigrants. Boulder, which sits in Polis’ district, has proclaimed itself a sanctuary city.

Stapleton said he supports the federal government coming up with a path to citizenship for “Dreamers,” those who arrived in the U.S. as children and have protected status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA. He has made opposing sanctuary cities a central tenet of his campaign.

“All immigrants have value,” said Stapleton, adding that sanctuary-city policies only affect people who have committed a felony in addition to entering the country illegally.

Colorado should have a uniform set of law enforcement policies, he said, so officials like police and district attorneys “know that the government of Colorado has their back.”

On transportation, Polis said he differs from his opponent in supporting not only lane expansion on roads, but also bike, rail and bus transit, which he said would help families save money.

Colorado needs “to think outside the box and provide other options to get cars off our roads,” Polis said.

Stapleton’s website focuses only on roads and bridges and says he’ll put pressure on the Colorado Department of Transportation.

“As your governor, I will remind CDOT that they work for you and make them find the money in their existing budget,” Stapleton said, according to the site.

In the dirt Both candidates have had to wade through the mud on the way to Election Day, with claims ranging from Stapleton lying about finances to Polis rebuffing the Western Slope.

Wadhams said it revealed “an arrogance” on the part of Polis when he declined to participate in a September debate by Club 20, a prominent organization of counties, communities and businesses in western Colorado.

Polis said he had a prior family obligation on that night and pointed to the Oct. 6 debate he had with Stapleton in Grand Junction.

“We’ve held over 40 free meet-andgreets across the Western Slope,” Polis said, adding he has a campaign office in Grand Junction.

He’s also seen accusations he avoided paying taxes. Polis, an entrepreneur, has said he didn’t pay income taxes in years his expenses were greater than his income — cases where he wouldn’t owe income taxes, Colorado news outlets have reported.

“Of course, I paid all my taxes,” Polis told Colorado Community Media. He said that includes all income tax owed in all years.

Stapleton has faced scrutiny over a blind trust, an arrangement set up to allow others to manage a public official’s financial matters to avoid conflict of interest.

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Pine Bluffs Plaza breaks ground in Parker Site at Hess and Parker roads will bring mixed-use retail

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For 20 years, the plot of land on the northeast corner of Parker and Hess roads remained vacant. Soon, the area will be home to Parker’s newest mixed-use commercial development, known as Pine Bluffs Plaza.

The retail development broke ground Oct. 18 and will eventually bring in a mix of food, fitness and medical providers to the area. The development site is just south of the Pine Bluffs neighborhood.

“We purchased this land 20 years ago and have always envisioned a retail development, but we were waiting until there was enough residential growth to create the demand necessary to attract a good mix of tenants to the center,” said Koelbel and Co. president Walter A. “Buzz” Koelbel Jr. “The area has seen tremendous growth over the last few years, making this a perfect time to deliver much-needed commercial and medical services.”

The development has already signed leases with Fuzzy’s Taco Shop and Invision Sally Jobe Imaging Center, a HealthONE medical imaging facility.

Currently, the closest Invision centers are in Lone Tree and Castle Rock.

The 11-acre parcel of land is described as a mixed-use retail facility,

A rendering of the Pine Bluffs Plaza development. Officials say businesses will be open by the end of March 2019. according to developer Koelbel and Company. The Denver-area developer has owned the land since 1998.

According to U.S. Census data, Parker’s population was about 23,000 people in 2000.

Census estimates as recent as July 1, 2017 report a current population of about 54,202. According to Koelbel and Company, there are about 5,000 planned housing units within a few miles of the project.

More than

Koelbel and Company stated the project will be completed in two phases. The first phase will be comprised of nine acres and will include five buildings with a total of 51,825 square feet.

That will consist 10,800 square feet of free-standing emergency room and a 13,500-square-foot building dedicated to a medical office.

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buildings will be completed by the end of March 2019. Tenants are expected to be open for business that summer.

“The Pine Bluffs commercial project will bring much-needed amenities and service choices to the south end of town that will serve not only Parker residents, but also those in our southern trade area from Castle Rock to Franktown, Elizabeth and Kiowa,” said Matt Carlson, Town of Parker economic development director.

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Most victims of puzzling disorder are children as time pattern starts to emerge

BY MIKE STOBBE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. health officials recently reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern.

At least 62 cases have been confirmed in 22 states this year, and at least 65 additional illnesses in those states are being investigated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Similar waves of the same illness occurred in 2014 and 2016.

CDC officials say they haven’t found the cause. Some possible suspects, such as polio and West Nile virus, have been ruled out. Another kind of virus is suspected, but it’s been found in only some of the cases.

“This is a mystery so far,” the CDC’s Dr. Nancy Messonnier said in a call on Oct. 16 with reporters.

About 90 percent of the cases are children who have suffered muscle weakness or paralysis, including in the face, neck, back or limbs. The symptoms tend to occur about a week after they had a

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Over the past 10 years, the number of burglary cases in Parker has fluctuated, according to data provided by the Parker Police Department. In 2008 there were 161 burglary cases, the highest number in the past 10 years.

Between 2013 and 2017, the number of burglary cases increased 58 percent, from 93 to 147. So far in 2018 there have been 125 burglary cases, as of Oct. 18.

The Parker break-ins followed another string of break-ins in Arvada, Littleton and Denver Oct. 10 and 11.

The suspect targeted six businesses in Littleton Oct. 10 and eight more in Arvada the day after. A Denver bakery was struck later on the morning of Oct. 11. Police said the suspect broke the windows with landscaping rocks and took the cash-register drawers.

According to Denver city and county crime reports, burglary cases have increased 9.1 percent, to just under 4,000 reported incidents, from January to September of this year.

Maddox said the suspect who broke into his business, Swirls Frozen Yogurt on East Mainstreet, on Oct. 16 left once he or she saw the cash register was empty. Maddox emptied out the machine and tilted it toward the front door the night before after hearing about the seven break-ins the night before.

“That’s seriously pretty sad that a guy’s got to stoop that low and rob a small business owner,” Maddox said.

fever and respiratory illness.

It is “a pretty dramatic disease,” but fortunately most kids recover, Messonnier said.

Health officials call the condition acute flaccid myelitis. The CDC would not release a list of the states reporting probable or confirmed cases. But some states have previously announced clusters, including Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, New York and Washington.

The cases in 2014 and 2016 were partly attributed to particular strains of respiratory germs called enteroviruses, which spread the most in the summer and fall.

Most people infected with enteroviruses suffer only minor symptoms like cough and runny nose. And though enteroviruses have been detected in some paralysis cases, it hasn’t been found in others, CDC officials say.

Lacking an established cause, health officials confirm cases through a review of brain scans and symptoms.

About 120 confirmed cases were reported in 2014. Another 149 were reported in 2016. In 2015 and 2017, the counts of reported illnesses were far lower.

The cases this year seem to be spread across much of the country, as were the earlier two waves. But mysteriously no other country has reported the emerging every-two-years pattern seen in the U.S., Messonnier said.

In the Arvada incident, the suspect’s car appeared to be a white sedan, according to surveillance footage. In the surveillance footage of Honey Baked Ham in Parker, the suspect drove a silver sedan. Each of the Parker cases involved what appeared to be a man in a dark hoodie.

“I don’t know why Parker was singled out, and I don’t think we necessarily were,” Hans said. “Now, as the entire metro area grows, we’re not really a sperate little town that is outside of Denver. We’re now part of the metro area, so it’s made it a lot easier for criminals to access our community to come in, commit their crimes and then get out. The worse thing we’ve seen is the accessibility to Parker.”

Cerminara sees the recent break-ins as a wake-up call. Before the incidents he admitted to occasionally forgetting to lock the side door of his business. Now, he said, it will never slip his mind.

“When I moved here nine years ago, it was a small-town community. People knew one another, it wasn’t growing like crazy, so you figure Parker’s safe,” Cerminara said. “We get off our guard when it’s a nice neighborhood.”

Later in the day after his business was attacked, Cerminara said he received a flood of support from the community. One person brought a broom and offered to help clean up the mess of glass on the floor. Another person left a bouquet of roses.

“It blew me away that people could be concerned about something like this. It’s really not a big deal,” Cerminara said. “But the people, they’re shocked too.”

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Officials with business edge vie for seat In the governor’s race, Coloradans have a choice between two candidates with business acumen who have each served in their current public offices for about a decade.

Republican Walker Stapleton, the state treasurer, grew up in Connecticut and moved to Colorado after finishing business school about 15 years ago, he said.

“I have dealt with a lot of the biggest economic battles we’ve had in the state,” said Stapleton, who lives in Greenwood Village. Referring to a 2013 proposal to increase taxes for school funding, he said, “I led the effort to defeat Amendment 66 because I didn’t think the money was going to get to classrooms.”

Stapleton served as CEO and chief financial officer of various companies before becoming treasurer in 2011, taking the helm of the office that invests Colorado’s tax dollars and helps get unclaimed property back to its lawful owners. The treasurer also serves on the board of the Public Employees’

Retirement Association, or PERA, the state’s public-employee pension program.

His opponent, Democrat Jared Polis, has served as the U.S. representative for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District — including areas in Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Larimer and other counties — since 2009.

“The district I represent is a large, diverse district, from the Wyoming border out west past Vail,” said Polis, who grew up in Boulder and San Diego.

He’s worked with diverse groups and represents agricultural communities, he said.

An entrepreneur who started internet efforts proflowers.com and bluemountain.com — offering flower delivery and online greeting cards — he’s had the experience of meeting payroll, seeing health care costs and putting benefit programs in place, he said.

Also a former chair of the Colorado State Board of Education, Polis started charter schools aimed at immigrants and homeless youth.

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Kaiser Family Foundation/Colorado Health Foundation poll of 1,585 voters has him up 44 percent to Stapleton’s 33 percent, with 15 percent undecided. A Magellan Strategies/Keating Research poll of 600 likely voters said 47 percent supported Polis, 40 percent preferred Stapleton and 11 percent were undecided.

The Kaiser poll is the same one that offered insight into how candidates’ support for Trump would affect votes for congressional races.

Sondermann pegs Colorado as a “light-blue state” and believes Polis has some advantage.

“But Walker Stapleton has an advantage too, which is he’s running against the Democrat he wanted to run against,” Sondermann said. “He would much prefer Polis, checkbook notwithstanding,” because Polis has vulnerabilities other Democrats didn’t.

Polis’ support of policies like universal health care and universal preschool exemplify his left-leaning, according to Sondermann. He mused about the polarization between the candidates.

“This is a red-meat Republican,” Sondermann said, “and a fully vegan Democrat.”

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Denver-area outlets have reported that documents show Stapleton had influence over a trust, Rocky Mountain Trust LLC. Stapleton said Rocky Mountain Trust LLC is not the blind trust and that the correct entity is the Walker R. Stapleton Blind Trust, according to Denver-area outlets.

“I put all my assets in a blind trust the first year I became treasurer,” Stapleton told Colorado Community Media, saying accusations of improper actions are untrue.

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00184590 Stapleton points out his opponent has spent about $20 million on the 00184591 race, and Wadhams found his spending troublesome.

“Polis bought the (primary) election — he spent $11 million,” Wadhams said. “I think a lot of Democrats are terribly uncomfortable with that. I think a lot of Democrats are not as far left as he is.”

In recent polls, Polis has the edge: A

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The statutory interest for the 2018 Tax Lien Sale is 12%.

For more information on the Tax Lien Sale visit www. douglas.co.us and search for Tax Lien Sale or call the Treasurer’s Office at 303.660.7455.

Slash-mulch site will close Oct. 27 for the season Take your ‘slash’ (dead branches and shrubbery) and dispose for free at the Douglas County’s slash-mulch site, 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock, open on Saturdays-only from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. through October 27. Douglas County’s other slash-mulch site, at 7828 S. Colo. 67 (2.5 miles north of Deckers), is open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. year-round. For more information visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Slash Mulch.

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Centennial Airport receives environmental honor State public health, environment office gives nod for lighting, other efforts

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s many of you may know Colonna’s Pizza along with 9 other local businesses was a vicvictim of a series of “smash and grab” which perpetraperpetrators come in the middle of the night and smash the glass door or windows and enter the business and grab the cash register drawers.

We at Colonna’s Pizza would like to thank all our friends, customers and citizens of Parker for their heartfelt concern and support during this time.

Rest assured that when things like this happen, the best comes out in people. I am sure I can speak along with the other business owner victims, we are amazed at the rallying of the Parker Community. A special thank you to the brave officers of the Parker Police Department who are working so hard to put an end to this. Things like this don’t hurt us but make us stronger and united.

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Centennial Airport received an award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for reducing energy use on its airfield, along with several other environmental efforts, according to a news release by the airport.

The department and its Pollution Prevention Advisory Board honored the airport and 167 other entities across the state at its annual Environmental Leadership Awards ceremony — part of the Colorado Environmental Leadership Program — in Glendale at Infinity Park Event Center earlier this month, according to the release.

The 50-year-old airport has reduced the energy footprint on two of its three runways, associated connectors and taxiways by more than 46,000 kilowatt-hours.

Former Gov. Bill Ritter, now founding director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, served as keynote speaker.

Ritter, who also spoke at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, told the audience of 400 government, business and community leaders that the heavy lifting on environmental issues doesn’t always come from policymakers at the top, but rather “The real work is being done at the state and local level, and by the private sector,” according to the release.

The airport was among 16 bronzelevel winners statewide.

“We are very excited to be among those to be named a Bronze Level Achiever this year,” said Dylan Heberlein, noise and environmental specialist for the airport, in the release. “While this is our first year to be recognized, it’s nice to know that what we’ve been doing here at the airport over the past five years has been on track.”

The state’s program, now in its 19th year, recognizes environmental achievements that help keep the state a desirable place to live and work.

“For us, we saw the biggest return when we replaced conventional incandescent edge lighting, along airport-movement areas, with low-energy light-emitting diode (LED) lights,” Heberlein said in the release. “Along with upgrades to airfield wiring and new, more efficient voltage regulators, we’ve seen a significant reduction in overall kWh usage over the past five years.”

In total, the airport replaced more than 1,000 runway and taxiway lights over the past five years, as well as lighting in 80 on-airfield

directional signs.

“We’re making a lot of small changes that, for us, have delivered some really impressive results,” said Gina Conley, senior planner for the airport, in the release.

The airport’s energy bills from 2015 to 2017 show a reduction of 46,440 kWh, or about $6,600 in savings. According to statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, that savings could power four residential homes for just over a year.

“LED lighting lasts longer than conventional lighting, so there’s some noticeable savings when it comes to replacement parts,” Conley said in the release. “In addition, the LEDs are brighter, crisper, more visible, and that’s a big win when it comes to runway safety.”

Those numbers only reflect the energy savings for two of the three runways, Heberlein said.

“We will be replacing the lighting on our parallel runway (RWY 17R/35L) and its associated taxiway in the summer of 2020, so we expect to see even more reduction in energy use in the very near future,” Heberlein said in the release.

Along with its lighting-upgrade project, the airport also was applauded for its stormwater-spill prevention and control countermeasure, its wildlife-mitigation program, overall environmental best practices and strong partnership with the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable.

Formed in 2008, the roundtable is composed of elected and appointed officials from local municipalities and counties. The airport meets with them monthly to discuss the effects of aircraft noise on surrounding communities.

CDPHE’s environmental recognition program offers benefits and incentives to members who voluntarily go beyond compliance with state and federal regulations and commit to continual environmental improvement. It is open to all Colorado businesses, industries, offices, educational institutions, municipalities, government agencies, communities, nonprofits and other organizations.

“We know that striving for environmental sustainability is the right thing to do,” said Mike Fronapfel, director of planning and development for the airport, in the release. “And as we go forward, we’ll continue to seek out more ways to collaborate with stakeholders to identify and reduce environmental impact.”

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Man sentenced to 16 years for injuring Douglas County deputy

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A former Ponderosa High School security guard was sentenced to eight years in prison Oct. 12 for sexually assaulting a student at the school, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District.

Gary Postell, 51, pleaded guilty Aug. 17 to child abuse negligently causing serious bodily injury, a Class 4 felony.

Postell also received 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation on the count of sexual exploitation of a child, a Class 3 felony. Other charges were dismissed per the plea agreement.

The mother of the victim spoke during the sentencing.

“How sick do you have to be to attack a 15-year-old child?” she said. My daughter “was not protected by the security guard…Adults are obligated to look after children and take care of them, not prey on them.

“He is responsible, not the child, not my daughter,” the mother added.

“I am here to see him taken away in handcuffs like he deserves.”

The student reported the incident Nov. 28, 2016, the release said. Postell was arrested the next day.

“I can’t imagine a more quintessential position of trust than the relationship this defendant had with this child,” said Chief Deputy District Attorney Gary Dawson. “This crime occurred during the school day, in the school. That was the level of need and appetite this defendant had for this child. This sentence is absolutely appropriate.”

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A Denver man who injured a Douglas County Sheriff ’s deputy after ramming his car in an attempt to evade arrest was sentenced to 16 years in prison Oct. 12, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District.

Joshua Kane Soto, 32, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault/threatening a police officer with a weapon, a Class 3 felony. Soto also pleaded guilty to vehicular eluding, a Class 4 felony. He was sentenced to 16 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections by Douglas County District Court Judge Shay Whitaker.

The injured deputy, whose name was not released, gave a statement at the sentencing: Soto “put himself, his passenger, other drivers and myself in an extremely dangerous situation. This job is inherently dangerous and a profession I elected to take on and thoroughly love to do. With that said, when unforeseen injuries due to selfish, reckless and dangerous

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people impact others around me, the impact is hard to define.”

Soto recently moved to California and was already on bond in Colorado in a felony case. According to the release, Soto’s GPS ankle monitor stopped working, and he did not report the issue. Deputies tried to pick him up Dec. 27, 2017. Soto fled in a rented Chrysler Sebring.

Deputies tried to pull Soto over Dec. 28 near C-470 and University Boulevard. Soto sped away from deputies, who pursued him onto northbound Interstate 25. Soto turned around at Arapahoe Road, heading southbound toward Douglas County. A marked patrol car tried to stop Soto, and Soto drove across several lanes of traffic and rammed the patrol car into a barrier, the news release said. Soto backed up, drove forward and rammed the car a second time.

The deputy injured his ankle and required stitches for a cut on his forehead. Other deputies eventually got Soto off the interstate and onto westbound County Line Road. He stopped the car near Mercury and Saturn drives, where Soto was arrested.

“The flow of those few days in December causes the court the gravest concern,” Whitaker told Soto. “It was your actions that were going to dictate how this ended…You were a threat to the officers and to this community.”

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VOICES What a deal, what a steal, gotta get an automobile

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Craig Marshall Smith

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rarely buy, lease, rent or steal anything because of a television commercial.

There are products I avoid, however, because the commercials that go along with them irritate the Cap’n Crunch out of me.

What I have noticed lately is that half of the commercials on television are trying to sell me an automobile.

During some programs — sports — it’s more than half.

New cars all look alike, so mar-

keting has its hands full. And the vehicles now come with features I missed out on when I was a kid.

You can tell your car what song to play and it will play it.

Necessary? Probably not.

But it must turn someone on somewhere.

I don’t know how I got out of childhood alive. We didn’t have seat belts.

I think what we had was better drivers.

Cars now have back-up cameras, and warning lights if a

motorist is in your blind spot.

Drivers might not be as good as they once were because of our overconfidence in the new technologies. We think they will compensate for our indiscretions. Oh — and back then, we didn’t have phones in our cars either.

All of the commercials claim the same things: safety, reliability, attributes up the Yangtze, and, bless them, limited time only, once in a lifetime, sales.

“Thousands below MSRP.” How is that possible? It sounds

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Say no to 74 Amendment 74 is one of those proposals that sounds like a good idea but would have horrible consequences. If someone wants to open a pot shop in your neighborhood and the town passes a new law banning such shops, under 74 the property owner could sue the town and win. In fact, all other commercial property owners in the town could argue that the market for their property was reduced and they could sue.

Any zoning change made by a town or county would result in numerous lawsuits.

Local governments will basically be prevented from making any zoning changes because all such changes would result in someone suing. If a property owner is not allowed to develop his property as he wishes (such as putting a store in a neighborhood that doesn’t want a store) he could sue. If he is allowed, the property owners around him could sue. Local governments will be paralyzed and/or bankrupted.

The only winners will be the lawyers that file the flood of lawsuits that would be the result of the passage of 74. Of all the bad ideas I have seen, this is one of the worst, unless you want to be forced to allow pot shops and other development you don’t want into your town.

Ronald Curry Parker Vote for Griswold You’ve probably chosen a gubernatorial candidate. What about other statewide offices? Do you know about those candidates and their positions on our important issues?

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Jena Griswold is the right person for the job and the only woman on the statewide ballot. She’s a public servant, not a politician, and a voter rights lawyer. She brought hundreds of millions of federal funding dollars to Colorado after the terrible 2013 floods.

Jena’s vision for secretary of state includes making it more convenient and easy to vote, and protecting our voter data.

She’ll work for automatic voter registration; expanded polling center hours; continuous cybersecurity improvement to repel foreign infiltrators; and better campaign finance transparency so we know the source of Colorado election donations.

If these were incumbent Wayne Williams’ goals, they’d have been accomplished in the past four years.

Wayne’s priorities concern me. He admitted he still practices as a private attorney, even representing clients suing Colorado. Also, we taxpayers bought him a $1,500 cowboy outfit. Neither is illegal, but appearances matter. At a time when many Coloradans make far less than Wayne’s $68,500 and are struggling to pay for rent, health care and college, this sets a poor example.

Electing Jena will bring strong leadership to better serve the people of Colorado.

Deborah Egner Castle Rock We must pass 5A, 5B I strongly support the DCSD bond and mill levy proposals on this fall’s ballot. As a DCSD employee since 1976 as a principal, high school science teacher and now a substitute teacher, I want current and future DCSD graduates to have the excellent preparation for the future my sons received from their four years in a DCSD high school.

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like the manufacturers are getting cheated.

The most prominent push is with beautiful women and great sound systems. I guess if Rita Hayworth came with my next station wagon, I might consider it. But I don’t think Rita would be caught dead in a station wagon.

Car, cars, cars.

Is everyone looking for their next car?

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In a recent convere all probably WINNING sation with Jamie, a know the sayWORDS single mother who ing, and more works three jobs to than likely we have heard it hundreds of keep her family in the times too, “Work smarter, neighborhood that is not harder.” Doesn’t it best for them where seem like another one she feels safe and has of those principles that easy access to schools sounds so good in theory and to her jobs, she but one that is really difshared her story ficult to pull off ? with me. In addiA recurring theme to Michael Norton tion to her workload, conversations that I am Jamie volunteers in having recently is that people the community and is a “Team are working harder than ever, Mom” for one of her daughter’s and with that hard work and activities. She places so much extra hours, the stress and pres- pressure on herself, and what sure are mounting at work and she shared is that maybe she at home. isn’t working as smart as she It is boiling over into all ascould be. So, I asked her what pects of their lives and impactshe thought about changing the ing their eating habits, worksaying from, “Work smarter, not outs when they can fit them in, harder” to “Work smarter, take their socializing, and definitely the pressure off.” their relationships.

Her first and immediate reNow we try to balance this sponse was, “I have never given and think we can spin as many myself permission to take the plates as possible, or we have pressure off.” I am not saying convinced ourselves that we that we don’t have to work hard can multi-task effectively and or that we shouldn’t work hard. efficiently. We may even believe As a matter of fact, the comthat we are as or even more promise in work ethic in some productive than ever before. At areas is becoming a different what cost? How much pressure problem and a topic for a future is building up? Where are those column. pressure points impacting us the most?

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Looking ahead at the next decade

post-crisis years.¹ So what should t has been 10 years FINANCIAL we expect next? It seems like we since Lehman Brothers STRATEGIES have been beaten up and then failed. That was the ulput in time-out for nine years timate culmination of and now wonder what the next one of the worst decades decade will hold. in economic history when Unemployment has improved three recessions occurred but wages are stagnant. Investors in one 10-year period. made significant gains since 2009 Remember the dot-com but now worry the end is near. bubble? That collapsed in No matter what side of the table 2000 only to be followed by you sit on, the waiting game feels another recession in 2003 and the Great Recession in Patricia Kummer like additional torture, except that your balance sheet may have 2009. These were not good more than doubled if you own a house years for investor returns. Based on a recent study by the San Francisco Fed- or have equity investments the last nine years. It’s a shame we can’t be eral Reserve, the average American more euphoric about low inflation and lost $70,000 in lifetime income due to high returns. Instead, we Americans employment situations or investment tend to focus on what is wrong instead losses due to the last recession. of what is right. And there is plenty The near-zero interest rate enviof both. ronment that followed 2009 created a The current business cycle appears worldwide limbo of low inflation and to be dying a slow death as I have writanemic growth that characterized the

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The skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors they learned allowed one e son to become the managing partner of his own law firm and the other son to become the chief operating Officer of a technology company.

Voters approving these bond and mill levy proposals send a signal to DCSD teachers and staff members they have a promising future in the district and will motivate them to stay.

Over the past decade, I have seen too many outstanding teachers and administrators move to the Littleton and Cherry Creek school districts, where they felt more respected as a professional educator and better rewarded for their services with a substantially higher salary that allowed them to more adequately support their families.

As one of the 10 wealthiest counties in the USA, the residents of Douglas County can easily afford the $40 million mill levy override and the $250 million bond measure on the November ballot. Vote for propositions 5A and 5B so our youth can “Learn Today and Lead Tomorrow.”

Albert R. Thompson Parker Vote yes for our children I have one child attending school in Littleton Public Schools and another in Douglas County School District and I can testify to the fact that more funding provides more opportunities and resources to our students.

I am voting Yes on 5A and 5B because I want my DCSD child (and all DCSD students) to have the same quality education that my LPS child is receiving. Here’s why you should join me in supporting DCSD: • DCSD cannot compete in the free market on teacher and staff pay. This means we can’t attract or retain staff like other districts can.

• We don’t have money for building

maintenance. Continuing to ignore our critical maintenance needs will not improve things, and costs will only go up. I wouldn’t ignore important roofing and plumbing needs in my home.

• Superintendent Tucker and our board of education have been very thoughtful regarding how the funds will be spent.

• Former interim Superintendent Kane also supports 5A and 5B. • Funds from 5A and 5B would stay local.

• A citizen oversight committee will be overseeing any new funds and projects. There will be transparency and accountability.

• Both charter and neighborhood school accountability committees have supported the need for additional local funding.

• Colorado students receive $2,800 less than the national average in perpupil funding.

• Douglas County hasn’t passed a local funding measure since 2006 and it is critical that we do so this year.

DougCo kids are worth it.

Kelly Pointer Highlands Ranch Support setbacks for oil, gas drilling Why support 112? It puts our families’ and kids’ health first, ahead of industry lies. Per independent university research, toxic risks from fracking include neurological, respiratory, hematological, and developmental health issues, a higher risk of cancer, babies born with neural tube defects and congenital heart defects, along with childhood leukemia; plus fires, explosions and blast evacuation zones.

Considering that this toxic, heavy industrial operation is rubberstamped by the state, with no known examples of a permit application ever receiving a final denial, there must at least be appropriate buffer zones between those operations and our homes, schools, neighborhoods and families.

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ten about before. Now we see stress fractures appearing in the stock and bond and real estate markets. Values are no longer climbing precipitously, and stock prices are leveling off. Rising interest rates will create its own set of issues, including soaking up excess money supply which is exactly what the Federal Reserve hopes to do. A natural side effect is that it costs more to buy a house which will automatically start to affect housing prices.

The price of cars will go up with tariffs, and if you need to finance your vehicle, you will notice zero interest rates have disappeared. Hence you are spending more, but don’t forget, your wages didn’t actually go up beyond the normal inflation rate.

This is what it feels like when money starts to get tight.

Meanwhile, consumer sentiment is setting record highs, which means we

are spending like there is no tomorrow. However, this cycle will end, and we may wish we had planned a little better for the next decade.

I would encourage consumers to prepare for higher prices and tougher credit. Investors should strategize for short-term disappointment in both stock and bond prices.

Stock prices need continued rising earnings to fuel their current lofty place. Third-quarter earnings season will start next week, and the increase is expected to continue but the rate of change will likely start to slow.

Subsequent quarters will continue the slowing until stock prices settle at a more reasonable rate.

Bond prices typically decline with rising interest rates. We are starting to see this in most bonds, less so in short-term and high-yield.

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OBITUARIES DOBBS

WILLA MAY DOBBS 12/13/1938 - 10/18/2018

Willa Mae Dobbs, 79, of Parker passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Sky Ridge Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born on December 13, 1938 in Bristow, Oklahoma she was the daughter of John W. and Audry M. (Lewis) Lane. Willa married Carl Dobbs on September 28, 1957 and together they shared 61 years of marriage.

Willa was the Founder and director of Care & Share food bank in Simi Valley, California. Her goal in life was that no child in her community go to bed hungry.

She enjoyed cooking, baking, helping others and spending time with family.

Anyone who knew Willa was treated like family.

In addition to her husband Carl, she is survived by her daughter, Terri,

her sons, Carl, Pat, Mike and Bill Dobbs and their spouses, 8 grandchildren, Bryan, Chance, Jessica, Deacon, Jordan, Riley, Tyler and Madison, and 6 great grandchildren, Kennedy, Chloe, Huntington, Jax, Sloan, and Hudson.

In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her brothers Bill and Floyd Lane and her sister Pat. A Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 5-7pm at Horan & McConaty, 5303 E. County Line Rd. Centennial, CO 80122. The Funeral Service will be on Friday, October 26, 2018 at 11 am at Crossroads Community Church, 9900 S Twenty Mile Rd, Parker, CO 80134. Burial will take place at the Heward 7E family cemetery in Wyoming.

Memorial donations in Willa’s name may be made to your local food bank.

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James Patton, Jr. 9/9/1930 – 10/18/2018

James Patton, Jr., 88, of Centennial, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2018. Husband of the late Judith Patton. Proud Father of Denise (Bill)

Burroughs, James Patton III and Deidre McGee. Grandfather of Sean Burroughs and Charles McGee. See ponderosavalleyfunerals.com

SURRITTE

Michael J. Surritte, Jr. 8/17/1970 – 10/17/2018

After a courageous and long-fought battle with cancer, Mike Surritte of Parker, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at the age of 48. Sur-

vived by his wife Laura, son Austin, daughter Marissa and brother Chad.

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species. How I can make the best possible life for them in zoo life.”

Valois said paying attention to the quirks of each animal is very important to their care. Specifically how the gorillas don’t like to get their hair wet. Or how the bachelor pair of young gorillas, Curtis and Charlie, are complete opposite personalities.

Curtis, the older bother, is pretty mellow and likes quieter interaction, she explained, while Charlie is a bit of a wild guy.

“It’s neat to see these two gorillas who are full brothers and grown up together to have totally different personalities,” Valois said. “When I come around the corner, Charlie is often waiting for me to play.

he history of cinema is the history of technology: For every great breakthrough in the world of tech, cinema has found a way to incorporate it into storytelling.

Recently, this relationship has gone beyond visual effects and sound design — audiences can now view the latest films at home instead of the theater and use virtual reality to actively participate in the stories.

But the 41st Denver Film Festival, held from Wednesday, Oct. 31, through Sunday, Nov. 11, is tapping these advancements to give attendees the deepest cinematic experience.

“At the Festival Annex, which is the festival’s hub, we have features like VR and inCOMING teractive experiATTRACTIONS ences,” said Britta Erickson, festival director. “We also have Hamlet Mobile, an immersive, traveling adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet staged for small audiences.”

The Denver Clarke Reader Film Festival has become one of the metro area’s biggest cultural events of the year. And scanning this year’s more than 200 screenings, it’s easy to see why. From three-to-five-minute short films to Red Carpet screenings of movies that everyone may be talking about come Oscar season, there is a great deal to explore.

Films will be shown all over Denver, including the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1385 Curtis St., and Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave. The Festival Annex will be housed at the McNichols Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave. “There are great ticket packages that allow audiences to pick several films that they’re interested in seeing, or they can buy individual tickets,” Erickson said. “We pride ourselves on providing a smooth customer service and viewing experience during the festival.”

One of the most eagerly anticipated movies is a piece of Colorado’s history — director Jason Reitman’s (“Up in the Air” and “Juno”) “The Frontrunner.” The film is about Colorado’s own Gary Hart (played by Hugh Jackman) and the affair that ended his political career.

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Zookeeper Michelle Valois said she loves the interaction she can have with the apes at the Denver Zoo.

Zookeeper shares insights from her work with great apes

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

M

ichelle Valois says a typical day at the Denver Zoo is a lot of fun and a lot of work.

Valois, a primate zookeeper, has been at the Denver Zoo for 17 years. Her job is to take care of the orangutans and gorillas in their separate exhibits in the Primate Panorama habitat.

The Denver Zoo is home to six critically endangered Sumatran orangutans and five western lowland gorillas. But the zoo is home to many more primates including golden lion tamarins, aye-ayes, ring-tailed lemurs and mandrills.

“In our primate department we have a really big collection,” Valois said. “I think it’s something we are really proud of and excited to have that many different kinds of primates to work with.”

Valois fell in love with primates while working as an intern at the Denver Zoo and helping with the revamp of the primates department and the construction of the ape building.

“For me it was always kids or animals, which I feel like have a lot of similarities,” Valois said. “When I got introduced to primates, I knew I had

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HALLOWEEN AT DENVER ZOO WHAT: Enchanted Hollows WHEN: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27 WHAT: It’s time to travel an eerie trail where the darkness has almost all but taken hold, where creatures and spirits infamous in stories and lore rise to life in the new night walk experience at the Denver Zoo. TICKETS: Buy tickets at www.denverzoo.org/ events/enchantedhollows.

WHAT: Boo at the Zoo WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 WHAT: The 34th annual Boo At The Zoo offers trick-or-treat stations, creepy crawly animal demonstrations and family-friendly entertainment under the canopy of the fall foliage at the Denver Zoo. TICKETS: All activities are included in the price of admission, or covered under membership. Buy tickets at www.denverzoo. org/events/booatthezoo. found where I needed to be. And I’ve stayed here ever since.”

The interaction the zookeepers have with the apes is one of the draws for Valois.

“I love the different personalities they present,” she said. “I love getting to know those different personalities.

And they’re not all easy to get along with. Part of what I take very seriously is how I can help each of these

Hesty was born at the Denver Zoo in 2010. During a light snow day in early October, she braved the wet and cold to play on the new structure in the outdoor orangutan enclosure.

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blue and white big-top circus tent will appear at Southwest Plaza, located west of Littleton at 8501 W. Bowles Ave., from Oct. 25-28, for the Silver Tour of Cirque Italia. “Aquatic Spectacular” is the name of the show that presents more than 30 performers from all over the world, including Coco the Clown, opera singer Gimmi, jugglers, high-wire artists, roller skaters, contortionists and mor— and a Wheel of Death! Will-call tickets will be in a trailer at the front of the tent. Maunuel Rebecchi is creator of this traveling, animal-free entertainment that uses 35,000 gallons of water.

Tickets: $40, adult; $10-$35, child; $30, ADA or care person; $15, ADA child.

CirqueItalia.com or call 941-704-8572.

Shows: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 26; 1:30, 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Oct 27; 1:30, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Also appearing in Aurora, Broomfield, Pueblo and Colorado Springs.

Free community dinner Oct. 30 is the date for the next free community dinner at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. The time is 6 to 7 p.m. and the menu, prepared by church volunteers, includes: Halloween chili, chips, salad, fresh fruit and hand-held desserts prepared by the youth group, according to chair Lynda Kizer.

Denver Film Festival The 41st Denver Film Festival runs Oct. 31-Nov. 11 at the Sie Film Center and elsewhere. See denverfilm.org or

the Sie box office at 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

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ACC Foundation Grapes and Hops to Grads, the annual Arapahoe Community College Foundation benefit event, will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Mike Ward Automotive Sonya Ellingboe Maserati Showroom, 1850 Lucent Court, Highlands Ranch. Featured: local cuisine and silent auction. Tickets: $90, couple; $50, individual; $40, staff/students. Arapahoe.edu/foundationevents or Robin Loughran, 720-985-8580 or email foundation@arapahoe.edu.

Denver Arts Week Starting with First Friday Arts Walk on Nov. 2 and the Free Night at the Museums on Nov. 3, there are arts featured throughout the metro area through Nov. 10, including many free events and special pricing. South area involvement: Lone Tree Arts Center, PACE Center, Parker, Arapahoe Philharmonic. See DenverArtsWeek.com for schedule.

South Suburban art exhibits South Suburban Parks and Recreation District has several art exhibits: Society of Decorative Painters, Rocky Mountain Hi Chapter, paintings and

Gallery shows works by local women CORE New Art Space is among Denver venues on Santa Fe Drive

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Celebrate local artists! From 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 26, the large gallery space at CORE New Art Space at Ninth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive will host the opening for “Night Circus,” with works by Michelle Lamb (Littleton) and Claudia Roulier, and “Artropism,” art by Rochelle Dammel (Lone Tree), while in the Annex, “Green Verde Vert” presents art by members of the Colorado Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, juried by Molly Casey, who will present her awards at 7 p.m.

One will want to spend some time here — to absorb a rich assortment of two- and three-dimensional artworks and meet the artists. You might want to inquire not only “How did you do that?” but, “Why did you … ?”

The artists encourage visitors to come in costume, if they wish.

Lamb’s work is in assemblage and she issues an invitation like a circus barker: ”Come closer my friends and step right up … You won’t believe your eyes.” She “magically transforms com-

“Fate or Fortune” is an assemblage by Michelle Lamb of Littleton, included in “Night Circus” at CORE Gallery, Santa Fe Arts District.

COURTESY OF MICHELLE LAMB mon or obsolete objects into thoughtprovoking marvels … nature merges with machinery, metals mesh into clay, the grotesque magnified into beauty.”

She is always on the lookout for objects that may combine with items she already has found — and can summon up an image of what they might become in a next iteration. Fine craftsmanship is an important skill, SEE CORE, P31

decorative pieces, Buck Recreation Center, Littleton, Nov. 1 to 30. Chris Scherpenseel of Highlands Ranch photography, Lone Tree Recreation Center, Nov. 1 to 30. Mathew Hamer of Littleton clay hangings, Goodson Recreation Center, Nov. 1 to 30. Merry Wicks and Ivy Delon of Littleton, realistic paintings of florals and landscapes, Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel, through Dec. 29. See ssprd.org for locations. `Seussical’ in Arvada “Seussical” is based on the stories of Dr. Seuss and runs through Dec. 29 at the Arvada Center. Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz and more..

Tickets and information: arvadacenter. org, 720-898-7200.

New art on Broadway Look closely as you drive into Denver on Broadway for “Pulse,” a new interactive and human-powered light installation in front of Sweet Action Ice Cream, 52 Broadway. A stationary bike is connected to a nearby trash can.

When someone pedals the bike, the can lights up, reminding passersby to use it.

Artists are Katy Flacavento and Zach Christopher.

Benefit for Elitch Theatre The historic Elitch Theatre, which has been under restoration, was badly damaged by wind on April 16 and efforts are ongoing to repair it. The Children’s Day International Film Festival will be held at the Bug The-

atre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver, on Nov. 10 and 11 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free 18 and younger. $10-$50 over 18. See filmfreeway.com/childrensfilmfestival.

Proceeds will go to the Historic Elitch Theatre repair.

Save the Bug The 24th Annual Save The Bug Theatre fundraiser is scheduled on Nov. 23 at the theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with a bake sale and silent auction. A show begins at 7:30 p.m., with comedy, burlesque, magic and more. Tickets; $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Bugtheatre.org.

Rox Arts The Rox Arts Gallery at Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, opened in its new space in Suite 330, near Starbucks on Oct. 24. With added space, more gallery members may find space. Help is sought to cover moving costs. See Roxartscouncil.org.

Fever Dream Fest The second weekend of Fever Dream Festival, a collection of new plays focused on Science Fiction, fantasy and horror themes is at the Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood: 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Full-length, one-act and short plays fill the days. See BenchmarkTheatre.com for schedule. This is the second year for this festival, with plays by local and national playwrights.

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“He likes to throw hay and beat on his chest and have his back scratched.”

While the gorillas are high-energy, social animals. Valois said the orangutans, who live on the other side of the building, are more solitary animals and prefer a low-key environment with the exception of Eirina, an 11-year-old female, who is incredibly playful.

“She loves to swing,” Valois said. “She takes sheets and make hammocks for herself. She ties knots. She has what we interpret as a great sense of humor.”

Both the gorillas and orangutans have indoor/ outdoor enclosures and a living space out of the public eye. This, Valois said, is important because while the apes acclimate to the

October 26, 2018O colder Colorado weather, they’re not really made to be in the snow. Still, the big yards where the apes play outdoors are a point of pride for Valois and her team.

A new climbing structure was recently built in the orangutans’ outdoor enclosure to replace trees that are dying.

“We’re really lucky at Denver to have these yards with natural trees and opportunities for the animals to climb, especially for orangutans,” Valois said.

“These guys are made to be in trees. In a natural environment they would not come to the ground, not like ours do here. So having options like trees or like our new climbing structure is important to give them new ways to climb, to find food, places to take naps … Though a generous donation we were able to put up the new structure. The keepers and the orangutans really like it.”

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“A lot of people will remember when all this happened, and Reitman is really excited to be back at the festival to show the film,” Erickson said.

“It’s great that we get to feature such a Colorado story.”

For more information and tickets, visit www.denverfilmfestival.denverfilm.org.

Arvada Center’s celebration of color For my money, the yellows, reds and oranges of autumn are nature’s best color show. And they make the Arvada Center’s fall exhibitions’ focus on color the perfect match for the season.

Running through Nov. 11 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Virginia Maitland Retrospective: 1965-Present, Connected by Color and

Berani and Hesty climb on the new structure in the outdoor orangutan enclosure at the Denver Zoo.

Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy, showcase different explorations of color.

Housed in the Center’s Main Gallery, Boulder painter Virginia Maitland gets an expansive career retrospective. Through more than 45 works and archive materials, some dating back to 1965, visitors can see how she incorporates color, light and nature into her large-scale paintings.

The Upper Gallery’s Connected

by Color exhibit explores color’s limitless possibilities through the work of four artists. Patricia Aaron works in encaustic. Jennifer Ivanovic pours acrylic paint straight into her composition. Sue Oehme is a master printmaker. And Jodi Stuart creates ethereal sculptures using 3D printing pens.

In the Theatre Gallery, Laura Merage’s soft sculpture creations include huggable pillows and plush seats that allow visitors to enjoy the whimsical creations in style.

For more information on the exhi-

bitions, visit www.arvadacenter.org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Brian Fallon and Craig Finn at Summit Music Hall Two of the best storytellers in rock music for more than 10 years have been The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn and The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon. So, the fact that they’re appearing on the same bill at the Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St. in Denver, should be cause for celebration. The show is at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27.

Fallon and Finn have been releasing solo albums over the last couple years, using the opportunity to explore different ways of writing and playing. But the results are just as rewarding. Last year, Finn’s “We All Want the Same Thing,” featured some truly novelistic songs that could just wreck a person. And Fallon’s “Sleepwalkers,” released in February, is one of this year’s best albums.

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For tickets to this special show, visit www.summitdenver.com.

Don’t miss Boo at the Zoo One of the area’s best trick-or-treat options not only provides a plethora of candy stations, but also the chance to see some wild animals in the process.

The 34th annual Boo At The Zoo, hosted at the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St., and presented by Toyota Stores, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27 and 28.

The event offers trick-or-treat stations, creepy crawly animal demonstrations and exciting family-friendly entertainment under the canopy of the zoo’s beautiful fall foliage.

For more information, visit www. denverzoo.org.

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Sanctuary housing exotic animals is something wild Weld County facility lets visitors view amazing creatures from elevated walkway

A view from the high walkway at the Wild Animal Sanctuary: in the distance: a pair of large male lions basking in the sunshine, forgetting stressful circus days.

Midway, a lion peeks from a wooden shelter — peoplewatching, perhaps?

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a sunny, pleasant fall day for a drive through the plains in southern Weld County and many of the inhabitants of the Wild Animal Sanctuary were basking — on the grass, IF YOU GO on platforms, in the openings The Wild Animal to underground Sanctuary is at 2999 shelters, next to County Road 53, small wooden Keenesburg (the structures — at location is east of home on the Hudson in southern Colorado praiWeld County). It’s rie, although open daily from 9 they are cera.m. to 5 p.m. Admistainly not native sion: $30, adults; $15, ages 3-12. One species, with a watches an orientafew exceptions. tion video upon arEach one has a rival, then goes up to story and most the overhead walkwere rescued way. There are picnic from truly diffitables for those who cult situations. A want to bring a lunch guidebook tells and food and bevertheir stories ... ages available for Before the purchase. A friendly, animals came well-mannered to the sancturesident bunch of ary, they were dogs in all sizes and often confined in shapes, who live cages, without with the manager, adequate food serve as a greeting or veterinary committee when care — some one arrives. You’d came from badly think you walked run zoos, others into a Disney movie! from roadside wildanimalsanctuattractions — or ary.org, 303-536from owners 0118. who bought a cute baby tiger or bear cub at an exotic animal auction and soon found it was not a cuddly pet after all. They may have been confined in a rickety building or a concrete pen without fresh air or sunlight or enough food ...

Fortunately, the sanctuary has an on-site veterinary hospital and two veterinarians who can supervise care as needed. The veterinary school at Colorado State University is also available to help.

Each animal has a name: Mafalda, who had serious dental problems, and Walter, who had been declawed and is blind, are grizzlies from a terrible zoo in Argentina, where fortunately, concerned citizens and some government employees complained.

The zoo was forced to close and the grizzlies were rescued and now live in a large area, with brick paths to help Walter navigate to his den and to food and water. (Also rescued from that zoo were two lions and three tigers.)

Readers who have lived in the metro area for a while may recall an account of the rescue of 25 lions from Bolivian

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circuses in 2011 after a law was passed there forbidding using animals in circus performances. Included: Bam Bam, Morena, Marta, Rosa, Rosario and Campeon.

Lions live together in prides in nature and these social organizations seem to occur at the sanctuary with patient management that introduces animals slowly under a watchful eye.

Also on the grounds, in separate areas: wolves, jaguars, black bears, wolf hybrids, mountain lions, a few coati mundis and a few kit foxes, a porcupine, an emu and some alpacas.

Included are some who were among 18 caged animals found in a “wildlife education” exhibit in a mall in Iowa that was closed down by the USDA. We saw a black bear happily swimming in a large pool, while another sat and watched. We didn’t see any feeding times, although my daughter and son-in-law recall a happy bear who was very possessive of a watermelon on a previous visit they made.

At another spot on the land, there is a special tiger pool, where animals can be introduced to each other in a spot that isn’t anyone’s territory. Tigers are naturally very territorial and may be slow to become accustomed to another like animal, so supervised swim time can help the getting-acquainted process along ...

We were impressed by the volunteers in orange shirts, who interacted with visitors, telling about individual animals like the 1,000-pound male grizzly bear and his 900-pound female mate, easily spotted.

Soon, it will be time for the resident bears to tank up on food and hibernate in their provided underground dens, so a mid-winter visitor won’t be likely to see them, although we were told that they do come out briefly at times for a snack. One views the animals from a mile and a half long walkway that carries one high above the furry residents. Apparently, when one stands behind a fence looking in, animals feel

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The owner is willing to carry a loan and it will be paid through donations, allowing space for many more needy animals as years go by. Called a refuge, it will probably not be open for visitors as this remarkable sanctuary is.

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Worlds collide in endearing production in Arvada ‘Educating Rita’ is delight on metro-area stage

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Surrounded by a large, polished wooden desk, cases filled with books, comfortable chairs and a window looking out on a campus lawn, all enhanced by subdued lighting, IF YOU GO Frank (John Hutton), a professor and “Educating Rita” poet — who hasn’t plays through written for some Nov. 11 at the time — tries to reArvada Center, member which title 6901 Wadsworth conceals the Scotch Blvd., Arvada. … “Ah! There it is.”

Performances: The entire stage in 7:30 p.m. Thursthe Arvada Center’s days through Black Box Theatre Saturdays; 1 is transformed p.m. Wednesday into a rather classy matinee; 2 p.m. academic’s office, Sunday matinee. with warm tones, Arvadacenter. polished dark wood org, 720-898— and a bit of clutter. It says “class.’

The doorknob rattles and someone knocks impatiently.

Enter Liverpudlian hairdresser Rita (Emily Van Fleet), a 26-year-old working-class woman who almost seems blown in by the wind. “I want to know everything ... I want to be able

John Hutton and Emily Van Fleet as Frank and Rita in the comedy “Educating Rita” at the Arvada Center.

COURTESY PHOTO to understand …” she tells the startled academic with excitement. And she has enrolled in the Open University to be educated. “Susan is me real name, but I changed it to Rita,” she continues.

Her husband is not in favor of this move, she tells Frank, but she knows he loves her.

From the beginning, she hopes/is certain Frank will help her pass her first exam …

There’s some critical discussion of “Howard’s End” by E.M. Forster and a first assignment.

“I wish I could talk like that,” says a dazzled Rita.

A pattern is established, including ongoing conversations and a course of study, with regular papers floating through the slot in the door.

“My first wife left me,” Frank tells Rita … “I stopped writing altogether.”

(He keeps on finding half-empty bottles of Scotch placed throughout the bookcase shelves.)

Rita replaces a neglected, dead plant in the office.

As the year progresses, Rita’s appearance, as well as her intellectual strength, improves as does her confidence. She visits theater and dance performances, attends summer

school in London and a real conversation about Shakespeare’s comedy and tragedy ensues. Her marriage ends and Frank’s live-in partner, Julia, leaves him.

Papers continue to appear through the letter slot as Rita soaks up what he offers her like a sponge through the school year, putting her own spin on the topic at hand and getting interested in and acquainted with other students. He is concerned that her originality will disappear with ongoing study … “I don’t want to see you end up in a room like this,” he tells Rita.

In a later scene, we find Frank packing down his office — he’s invited to spend a sabbatical teaching in Australia. The door flies open and it’s Rita. “I came to tell you you’re a good teacher,” she tells him — “do you think you did nothing for me?”

“I tried to call you at the shop,” he says and she explains that she left the hair salon long ago … “Don’t you like me any more now that I’m educated?

I’ve got what you have …”

The audience can speculate on whether there’s another act — Russell doesn’t give us one in this script.

These actors are both really so skilled and keep up the pace through a story that can trace back to the classical “Pygmalion” and up through the more contemporary “My Fair Lady” and “Pretty Woman” — and most recently, “A Star is Born.” Originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

“Educating Rita” premiered in London in 1980 and was adapted by Russell for film in 1983. Russell also wrote “Shirley Valentine” and “Blood Brothers,” which is still playing in London’s West End. We are so happy to see the Black Box Theatre Series start a second year at the Arvada Center under director Lynne Collins. Coming up in early 2019, performances by the repertory company: “Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Moors,” “Sin Street Social Club.”

We welcome Hutton’s return to the area, since we so enjoyed his performances at Denver Center Theatre Company. And Van Fleet, who has appeared at Arvada Center and elsewhere, was just a delight to watch — and listen to!

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tudies show, that on average, it takes a human being approximately eight seconds to form an opinion of someone they have just met, according to Amara Martin, executive director of Dress for Success

Denver.

Those seven seconds of judgment are vital for women who are seeking employment, and for women served by Dress for Success, who may have trouble finding a job based on criminal histories, shelter addresses, or lapses in employment history due to hardships in life, it’s even more important to look the part of the job you are seeking.

“In our society, it takes someone eight seconds to judge you,” said Martin. “It all starts with a look. Once they see you, then you can tell them all about your talents and how hard you work. But you have to get past the first eight seconds.”

Dress for Success Denver is an affiliate non-profit

of the national Dress for Success, and was founded in 2006. Since it’s inception in Denver, the organization has helped more than 13,000 women all over the Denver metro area prepare and get jobs.

“Clothes are important, but it’s not just about pretty clothes,” said Martin. “Not knowing what to wear, or worse, wearing inappropriate clothes to work, can cause a lot of stress and anxiety for a woman. We are really helping women thrive in work and in life. We partner with over 200 agencies in the Denver metro area who help women, including shelters and workforce centers.”

The mission of Dress for Success, according to Martin, is to “empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.”

The non-profit offers services in professional suiting, career center coaching, career navigator

mentorship, a women’s employment network, pathways to education and a professional women’s group to help women retain jobs once they get them.

Martin, a Denver native, said she was lucky enough early in her career to have a female boss reprimand her for inappropriate work attire, and give her some advice that has stuck with her.

“I had an internship at 17, at a law firm in downtown Denver,” said Martin. “I went to work dressed like a standard teenager. The manager of the law firm is an amazing woman, and she brought me into her office and explained to me that you dress the way you want to be treated. If you want to be treated with respect, then you dress with respect. I bought a pair of black pants and looked and acted the part.”

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*Screening mammography for women of average risk of breast cancer can begin at age 40. Talk to your doctor to decide what’s best for you.

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ithin 12 local counties, Central Colorado Area Health Education Center (CCAHEC) connects students to careers, professionals to communities, and communities to better health.

“The Belmar Women’s Health & Beauty Expo is a unique opportunity to support health in Jefferson County while engaging our students and team members in activities that further their understanding in the importance of public health and wellbeing,” said Lin Browning, the Executive Director at CCAHEC.”

Expo participants are encouraged to learn their numbers with free health screenings from CCAHEC medical staff, students, and volunteers on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 at the Belmar Shopping Center Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check blood pressure, glucose, pulse, height, weight, and vision. Access to referral and health education resources will also be readily available.

As one of 261 Area Health Education Centers nationwide inspired by the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA) goals, CCAHEC develops and enhances education and training networks within communities, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. In turn, these networks increase diversity among health professionals, broaden the distribution of the health workforce, enhance health care quality, and improves health care delivery to rural and underserved areas and populations.

CCAHEC has developed a strong focus on healthcare career recruitment and retention activities. Programs aim to increase the potential for secondary, college, and health profession students from underrepresented populations, educationally disadvantaged, and rural backgrounds to successfully pursue a health profession career with an emphasis in public health. Partners include a variety of organizations including high schools, county workforce departments, education consortiums, and healthcare institutions. Through programs such as Health Careers Pre-Apprenticeships (real world experiences for 16 to 24-year-old students), AHEC

Scholars (clinical and didactic training for current health professions students), and a variety of career and health fairs around the region, CCAHEC guides and encourages students through the healthcare pipeline to increase health profession diversity.

CCAHEC programs aim to increase the potential for health profession students to practice in a rural or urban underserved community by immersing them in community experiences through community-based education training programs, field placements, and interprofessional education and training. During their rotations, health professions students complete community service learning projects created to address identified community health needs.

Working with programs such as the Colorado Health Extension System (CHES), the Regional Health Connectors (RHC), and the AmeriCorps Community Opioid Response Program (CORP), CCAHEC facilitates and supports Colorado healthcare practice transformation efforts. Program planning and participation with community partners promotes a patient- and data-centered, team-based approach, addressing social determinants of health to improve quality and community health outcomes in rural and medically underserved areas.

For more information about Central Colorado Area Health Education Center, please visit www.ccahec.org or contact support@centralcoahec.org.

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Fighting breast cancer is hard enough.

GETTING TO THE BEST TREATMENT SHOULDN’T BE. A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan can be very overwhelming. The breast program team at Swedish is recognized across the region for their expertise in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. We provide compassionate, comprehensive treatment, working closely with patients and their families. And we do it all in a place that’s close to home.

For more information about the Swedish Breast Care Center call 303-788-2748 or visit SwedishHospital.com/breast.

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Swedish Medical Center strives for well-rounded health service programs for women From depth of service, to a whole team approach when it comes to caring for female patients, Swedish Medical Center works to set the standard in women’s healthcare in the Denver Metro Area.

Understanding that women’s needs are unique in all areas, Swedish makes it a priority to go beyond birthing and delivery for female patients. From the Rocky Mountain region’s leading stroke care, the latest cancer treatments and advanced heart care, Swedish offers some of the area’s most specialized services.

Christina Merritt, who joined Swedish as the administrative director of women’s services in May, said Swedish Medical Center has some of the best services in the region with doctors and medical professionals experience spanning decades. Some of the programs offered to women at Swedish include:

Pelvic Floor Disorder: The Comprehensive Pelvic Floor Center at Swedish is a multidisciplinary program that provides evaluation and treatment of patients with pelvic floor disorder. Providers work closely with each other to create individualized diagnosis and treatment plans that fit the needs of every patient.

Pregnancy and childbirth: Merritt said the important thing doctors and nurses in the labor and delivery area understand is that we live in changing times and every expectant mother has her own birthing plan. Swedish has a comprehensive team which includes; OB-GYNs, PNNPs, Nurse Midwives, seasoned nurses and a stellar Level III NICU, allowing them to provide great quality care and honor patients’ choices no matter their birth plan.

Breast Cancer Care: “Swedish has one of the area’s largest breast care programs,” said Merritt. As part of Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute and in partnership with Invision Sally Jobe and Oncology Rehab, Swedish’s comprehensive program includes nurse navigators to help guide patients from diagnosis and treatment through recovery and survivorship.

Included in the breast care center are specialized breast surgeons, Dr. Laura Hafertepen, Dr. Jane Kercher and Dr. Jodi Widner. These doctors have years of experience and expertise in the most current surgical techniques for the treatment of breast cancer. Surgeons at Swedish specialize in high-risk cases, prophylactic surgery and breast cancer surgery.

Gynecologic Oncology: Serving as the leading provider of gynecologic cancer services int the Rocky Mountains, Swedish Medical Center is committed to providing the highest quality of care and compassion to women with cancer of the reproductive system.

Going digital Serving parents after they leave the hospital is also a goal at Swedish Medical Center. Through a new app to be launched soon, Merritt explained that a new mom can have everything they need to know about recovery from childbirth, the baby’s health and a one-stop shop for the next 18 months to keep track of feedings, diaper changes and any issues that may arise between mom and baby.

“Currently, there are many separate apps available for each of these things,” Merritt said. “We are giving moms this information all in one place. Our care stays with them through the baby’s early development.”

Breast Cancer Reconstruction: With Dr. Lily Daniali leading the way, the reconstructive breast surgeons with Swedish Medical Center are experts and understand the full scope of breast reconstruction. Merritt said it’s in areas of plastic surgery that Swedish Medical Center is a true leader in meeting and understanding women’s needs.

Two primary areas of focus include: • Lymphedema: Often a side effect of cancer treatment, lymphedema happens when the lymph nodes are removed. At Swedish, some of the surgical treatment options include lymph node transfer, Lymphovenous Bypass or Lymphedema Liposuction.

• DEIP Flap: In DEIP flap reconstruction a surgeon uses fat, skin and blood vessels from the patient’s abdomen and then reattaches the blood vessels of the flap to blood vessels in the chest using microsurgery. This allows women to recover more quickly since no muscle tissue is removed

Learn more about Swedish Medical Center at www.swedishhospital.com.

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Women’s healthcare Advancements can make health care confusing Tabatha Stewart Special to Colorado Community Media

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wenty years ago women typically saw their doctor once a year, and received a breast exam and perhaps a recommendation for a mammogram, based on their age. Seldom were they asked about domestic violence in the home, or how their overall happiness was affecting their mood or quality of life.

Advancements in women’s health care, as well as taking a more wellrounded approach to a woman’s health, have changed the way women manage their health care concerns, and although beneficial, can be confusing today. It was once standard practice for women to have their first mammogram after the age of 40, while today’s recommendations are unclear based on each individual woman.

Dr. Lindsay Eun, a physician with Westside Women’s Health Clinic, said honest conversations with your doctor are imperative to maintaining your health.

“There are so many constant changes, it can become very confusing,” said Eun. “It’s important to see your doctor every year to discuss your needs.”

According to Eun, an annual exam should include a discussion with your doctor regarding your overall health, including screening for safety and domestic violence issues, birth control, and eating and exercise habits.

“We follow the American College of OBGyn guidelines, which recommend mammograms beginning at 40, and

colonoscopies beginning at 50,” said Eun. She also recommends women receive their first well-woman exam around the age of 16, to answer questions about your body, with a first pelvic exam being done around the age of 21, unless there are concerns.

For women of child-bearing age, Eun recommends speaking with your doctor about your plans for starting a family, and which birth control method might be best for you.

“There have been a lot of changes in the options for contraception,” said Eun. “There are some excellent long term options, which can last for several years, that have been improved over the years.”

For women past child-bearing years, Eun stresses its just as important to be honest with your doctor about your future plans, and decide the best treatment as you age, including mammograms, colonoscopies, and the possibility of permanent contraception.

While an annual doctor’s visit can screen for any problems, women need to take steps every day to keep themselves healthy, which, according to Eun, can sometimes be difficult.

“Women need to make taking care of themselves a priority,” said Eun. “It’s easy to get caught up in running a household and holding a job, but women need to be sure to get plenty of exercise and reduce stress when they can. It can be difficult, but finding a balance is the first step in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.”

“It’s important to see your doctor every year to discuss your needs.”

Dr. Lindsay Eun, physician with Westside Women’s Health Clinic

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Nonprofit group helps clothe children in need Clothes to Kids of Denver serves metro area families

Adrianna Stefanoudakis, left, Marygrace Adam and Lauren Sottosanti sort through hangers at the Clothes to Kids of Denver shop.

The girls came to volunteer at the nonprofit with their school, St. Mary’s Academy.

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Serving those in need Parents are referred to Clothes to Kids by aid organizations, schools or nonprofits. Children in foster care or children who qualify for free and reduced lunch also qualify for clothes at the nonprofit. Families can get clothes for their children once every six months, Jones Jadwin said.

The nonprofit also offers what Jones Jadwin calls extras — books, games, cleats and play clothes.

While socks and underwear will always be popular items, shoes and coats can be the difference between getting to school or not, Jones Jadwin said.

“If they have any type of walking or bus trip, where they have to wait at the bus stop, we found that coats really lower truancy rates,” she said.

Last year, the nonprofit handed out 9,454 wardrobes. In September, it gave out its 50,000th wardrobe and in July its 1 millionth piece of clothing.

Clothes to Kids is hoping to give out close to 10,000 wardrobes this year, Jones Jadwin said.

Although the nonprofit allows for people to come in for clothes twice per year, about 80 percent of the families only visit during back-to-school season. During that time, the nonprofit has 100 appointments a day.

Clothes to Kids also helps families experiencing a crisis.

Maria Trujillo was shopping at the store for the first time in early October. She had heard about the program though the Women, Infants and

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Children (WIC) food program and St. Joseph Catholic Parish in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. Trujillo had recently been diagnosed with cancer, making it all but impossible for her to work, she said. In addition to her two children, she also cares for her sister’s kids. Being able to find something to help them out was a weight off her chest, she said.

“I don’t want the kids at school bullying them or making fun of them,” Trujillo said. “It’s a tough situation. I didn’t expect to have cancer, but I do.”

Saying yes to everyone In 2008, Clothes to Kids started in the shop where the sorting area is now housed. The crammed shop had room for one dressing room. At first, the organization only served the city of Denver. But as word spread about Clothes to Kids, people began coming in from all over the state, Jones Jadwin said. Now, the store serves Denver, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, Jefferson, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties.

“A lot of people are willing to make the drive,” Jones Jadwin said. “We really decided to expand so we could say yes to everybody.”

The shop has also expanded in size.

Clothes to Kids moved to its current location in 2010. The larger space was larger included a room in the back for sorting donated clothes. In 2014, the nonprofit expanded again by knocking out the back walls and using the whole space for a store. At that time, it also began renting out the original shop space as a sorting area.

Since Clothes to Kids serves some children in foster care, Jones Jadwin said it was important to separate the donation space from the rest of the store. This way, clothing donated in trash bags is kept in the sorting area and away from the shopping side.

“It was kind of triggering for our youth in foster care. If they’ve been removed from home, often their belong-

ings are all thrown in a black garbage bag,” Jones Jadwin said. “When they come here I don’t want them to see a black trash bag during a visit. I want them to see pretty clothes arranged how they like.”

While her children looked at shoes, Trujillo sorted through a rack of

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clothes in the back of the store. She said she was grateful to Clothes to Kids for helping her get back on her feet. She plans on bringing in clothing that her own children have outgrown, as a way to give back.

“It’s my turn, you know,” she said.

“You get some and you return some.”

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Inside a storefront in a corner of a shopping center off Colorado Boulevard, a group of teenage girls sorts through piles of clothes and hangers.

They chatter as they work, pointing out national brand names like Vineyard Vines as they go through the donated clothes.

Student Marygrace Adam, who with her peers from St. Mary’s Academy is volunteering this day at Clothes to Kids of Denver, is glad to be helping.

“These clothes are going to people who need it,” she said.

The nonprofit receives donations every day, said Katie Jones Jadwin, executive director of the organization that operates at 2890 S. Colorado Blvd. The sorting room is lined with folded clothes. Bags of recently donated items fill bins by the front door.

Clothes to Kids operates a store in the same shopping area where people can make an appointment to get school wardrobes for their kids.

Each child receives five tops, four bottoms, a coat, a pair of shoes, as well as five pairs of underwear and socks, all for free. The socks and underwear are guaranteed to be new, Jones Jadwin said. The store offers clothes to people from 3 to 21 years old, as long as students are enrolled in a school or GED program.

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Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force: Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the food bank, client services and the thrift store Treasures on Park Street.

Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, x32 Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center: Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a background check, and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months.

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www.ddfl.org.

Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse: Supports the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management with detentions support, patrol, administrative duties, event security, emergency services support, and call-outs as need arises.

Need: With proper training and clearances, volunteers help with patrol, fingerprinting, records keeping, community event security services, disaster response and management (wildfire, tornado, blizzard, flood, disaster relief, etc.).

Requirements: Must be 21 years or older; retired individuals are great. Must complete an employment application, pass a background check, and complete interviews. After being sworn in, in the first three months of membership, complete a minimum of 45 hours of orientation and training curriculum. After this 90-day probationary period, members must log a minimum of 10 hours of month and attend monthly training meetings. Persons ages 15-20, may join the Elbert County Sheriffs Explorer POST that is associated with the Posse.

Contact: David Peontek at djp1911@msn.com or 303-646-5456. Go to http://www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html; print out and complete an employment application and turn it into the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office in Kiowa, “Attn: David Peontek.”

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal

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advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims.

Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age Requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 Global Orphan Relief: Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world.

Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

Contact: Those interested serving this faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

GraceFull Community Café: Provides a place in Littleton where people of all backgrounds can gather, eat well and be inspired to give back. Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull Foundation.

Need: Opportunities for food preparation, guest service, cleaning and dishwashing.

Location: 5610 Curtice St., Littleton Contact: Sign up for volunteer opportunities at http://gracefullcafe.com/volunteer/ Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Highlands Ranch Community Association: Works with Therapeutic Recreation Program and Special Olympics.

Need: Volunteers to help teach classes, coach Special Olympics, provide athletes support during Special Olympics practices, assist with special events, and help participats succeed in the therapeutic recreation program.

Contact: Summer Aden, 303-471-7043 or www.hrcaonline.org/tr Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

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Hospice of Covenant Care: Nonprofit, faithbased hospice.

Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Integrated Family Community Services: provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Need: Volunteers to assist serving clients in the food and clothing bank.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the front office

greeting clients, answering phones, verify client eligibility, completing food/clothing orders and assist where needed.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS enrichment events including Mother’s Day, Ready, Set, School! and Thanksgiving and Holiday programs.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS fundraising events including Nibbles and Sips event, Puttin’ for a Purpose event (mini golf); Booa-thon event (bowling) Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: Kendrab@ifsc.org or call 303-7890501.

Literacy Coalition of Colorado: Volunteer to support literacy in MetroDenver and impact state-wide literacy programs.

Need: Volunteer for special projects, training classes or provide clerical and administrative support. Volunteer for a few hours a week or occasionally as needed.

Contact: literacyvolunteercolorado@gmail. com or 720-251-3141. Go to Literacycolorado. org to volunteer for literacy providers nearest you.

Lone Tree Police Department Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS): Provides assistance within the Police Department in both Administrative and Patrol functions.

Need: Volunteers are needed to assist with many areas within the Police Department to include patrol functions, fingerprinting, and fleet maintenance.

Requirements: Must attend the Lone Tree Police Department Citizen’s Police Academy, and submit to a background check. Additional training is provided based on area of interest. Patrol volunteers must commit to a minimum monthly hour requirement.

Contact: Tim.Beals@cityoflonetree.com or 720-509-1159.

Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program: We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home.

Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufficiency and helping them learn about their new home.

Requirements: Must be 18 or older (although children of volunteers are welcome to participate). One-hour training and orientation required.

Contact: David Cornish, 303-225-0199 or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; go to www.lfsrm. org.

Meals on Wheels: Delivers meals to residents in south metro Denver, including Littleton, western Centennial, Englewood, and parts of Jefferson County.

Need: Regular and substitute drivers, kitchen and office volunteers.

Requirements: Drivers must be 18 or older and background check is required.

Contact: Complete application online at http://tlcmealsonwheels.org/apply/.

Neighbor Network: Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County.

Need: Volunteers who can provide transportation, light housekeeping, handyman and companion services to seniors.

Requirements: Must be at least 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Contact: 303-814-4300, neighbornetwork@ douglas.co.us or dcneighbornetwork.org.

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Expo helps students find jobs, volunteer opportunities STAFF REPORT

Students ages 15-21 looking for a job, internship or volunteer opportunity are invited to J.I.V.E. at the fall youth

Job, Internship, Volunteer Expo. Organizers said they had such success with the spring J.I.V.E. that they decided to host a fall expo.

Participants can meet with hiring

managers, attend workshops and have on-site interviews, and organizations looking to fill their workforce needs are invited to host a free table.

J.I.V.E. runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oct. 27 at Colorado Early Colleges, 10235 Parkglenn Way, Parker. Register at www.bit.ly/youthjive.

For more information, contact laura@parkerchamber.com.

anyone needing physical, emotional or spiritual healing at Castlewood Canyon Church, 389 Castlewood Canyon Road in Franktown.

For more information, call 303-688-8730.

Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group is for persons with MS. They meet every second Wednesday at the University Center at Chaparral. Call Kathie at 720-842-0401 or Debra at 303-931-9889.

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Adoptees In Search is for adult adoptees and others involved in adoption who believe adult adoptees have the right to know their birthparents and that birthparents have the right to know their adult birth children. Group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month, except in . December, in room 137, Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker.

Call Maggi Pritchard at 303-898-8164 for information.

Al-Anon at the Trinity Lutheran Church meets at 6:30 p.m. Fridays, 4740 N. Highway 83, south of Ponderosa High School.

Call 303-841-7232.

Alzheimer Caregiver’s Support Group meets the fourth Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church. For directions and any other questions, call 303-771-7460 or the Alzheimer’s Association.

To The Rescue special needs Adult Day Care available seven days a week at 18320 E. Cottonwood Drive, Unit G, Parker. Call To The Rescue at 720-8512100 for information.

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered 12-step program for anyone who is struggling with the hurts, habits, and hang-ups of life.

General meeting format includes worship,

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as well as an active imagination that constantly envisions the metamorphosis of an object at an estate sale.

The visitor to this exhibit will go home with a collection of new images and ideas for related stories!

Roulier’s work incorporates the curious, the odd, the enigmatic aspects of circus memories, with a warm sympathetic look at animal performers. She will exhibit paintings and assemblage pieces. Her website says “I explore urban decay, machines and beasts, the natural erosion, destruction and rebirth of all systems from life to political everything cycles.” It also says she constantly collects bones, which “are the perfect metaphor for the life cycle.”

While Lamb and Roulier will share half of the large gallery, Lone Tree artist Rochelle Dammel’s abstract paintings will fill the other half in her exploration of “Artropism.”

It is “the idea that we have an innate ability to emotionally react to art in a positive way, resulting in personal growth and the opportunity to greater understand those around us. Can

teaching, personal recovery testimonies, gender-specific small-group interaction, and fellowship. We meet from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Tuesdays at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Call 303-841-9292.

Colorado Symphony Guild, Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree chapter, meets at 1 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Room 212, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. The group is the largest support group of the Colorado Symphony. Contact 303-3082462, admin@coloradosymphonyguild.org or www.coloradosymphonyguild.org.

Divorce Care, a class and support group at Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Visit www. divorcecare@pepc.org or call 303-841-2125.

Douglas County Association for Gifted & Talented is a nonprofit group of parents, educators and community leaders that supports the educational and emotional needs of gifted and advanced learners in Douglas County. Affiliate of the Colorado Association for GT and the National Association for GT. Find our mission, newsletters, events and general information at www.dcagt.org.

Dr. Phil Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays in Parker. E-mail June at tman373@ comcast.net.

Healing Rooms of Franktown is the first and third Thursday of the month from 7-9 p.m. for art make us better human beings?

How can we grow CORE New Art as people through Space is at our innate reaction 900 Santa Fe to, and interaction Drive, Denver. with art?” Dammel Street parksays “artropism is ing. Admission an experience for free. Hours: novices and art colThursdays lectors alike.” noon to 5 In the CORE space p.m.; Fridays called The Annex, noon to 9 the visitor will find p.m.; Saturyet another exhibit days noon to 5 called “Green Verde p.m.; Sundays Vert,” with 37 pieces 12:30 to 3 p.m. by members of the coreartspace.

Colorado Chapter com, 303-297of the Women’s 8428.

Caucus for Art. The juror was Molly Casey, co-founder and studio chief of the Nine Dots Arts Consulting Business in Denver. She selected from 126 entries in which artists were asked to interpret the theme in a variety of ways from using the color green to addressing the ecological green, the political green, the monetary green, or the age of green. Casey will present awards at 7 p.m. A catalog for this exhibit will be available for sale. (wcaco.org)

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Healthy Lifestyle meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Church at Parker, 12250 N. Pine Drive. Call Dede at 720-851-1135.

Kidney Smart education classes, presented

by DaVita Kidney Care, are offered from 6-7:30 p.m. the first and second Wednesday of every month, and from 10-11:30 a.m. the third Saturday of every month, at DaVita Parker Dialysis, 10371 Parkglenn Way, Suite 180, Parker. Instructor-led kidney health education classes will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about how kidneys function, the effects of kidney disease and the various treatment options available to patients as well as the role medications, diet and nutrition play in disease management and prevention. They are offered at no cost. Classes are open to those diagnosed with kidney disease, along with their caregivers, family and friends. To enroll in a class, contact Julie Hobbins at 720-4569391. DaVita also provides an online kidney disease education tool at KidneySmart.org for those interested in learning at home.

National Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group Parker Pals meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the second Friday of the month in Parker.

The NMSS self-help group provides confidential support, sharing, and MS education.

Caregivers and adult family are welcome to attend. Call Kathie Spies at 720-842-0401.

Narconon reminds families that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your loved ones help if they are at risk. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs addiction for all types of drugs.

Narconon also offers free assessments and referrals. Call 800-431-1754 or go to DrugAbuseSolution.com. Narconon also can help with addiction counseling. Call for free assessments or referrals, 800-431-1754.

Overeaters Anonymous meets at 10 a.m.

Fridays at Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road in Parker. Call Marge at 303690-1571.

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Douglas County VOLUNTEERS plans Veterans Day tribute FROM PAGE 30

Nonprofit Wildlife Group: Works to protect native wildlife in Greenwood Village.

Need: Volunteers help protect wildlife.

Requirements: Must work two hours per week, schedule flexible.

Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org

STAFF REPORT

A special remembrance and program to honor veterans past and present is planned Nov. 10 at the Douglas County Veterans Monument Plaza, on the corner of Wilcox and Fourth streets in downtown Castle Rock.

The program begins at 11 a.m. It is being presented by the Douglas County Office of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the Douglas County Veterans Monument Foundation.

Visit douglasveterans.org for information on benefits and services available to veterans.

Outreach Uganda: Empowers impoverished people in Uganda, especially women and children, to overcome poverty through income generation, education, training and other holistic endeavors.

Need: Volunteers weekly to provide office support with fair trade craft show preparation, mailings and miscellaneous office work.

Office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Office located at 9457 S. University Blvd., Suite 410, Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Jennifer Dent, 303-683-8450 or office@outreachuganda.org.

Paladin Rescue Alliance: Christian nongovernment organization dedicated to rescuing human trafficking victims and

building alliances to combat trafficking locally, nationally and internationally.

Need: help organize supplies; donations of supplies. All donations are tax-deductible.

Needed items include cleansers, skin cream, ointment, disinfectants, dressings, bandages, rolls, sponges, pads, dressing tape, gloves, alcohol pads, asprin, Tylenol.

Age Requirement: All ages can participate.

Contact: www.paladinrescue.org; Paladin Rescue Alliance, P.O. Box 79, Littleton, CO 80160; 888-327-3063.

Parker Senior Center Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to the center for a hot meal, to appointments, to the grocery store, and more.

Contact: Louise West at 303-841-5370.

PeopleFirst Hospice: Denver hospice.

Need: provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921 Project CURE: Delivers medical supplies and equipment to developing countries.

Need: help sort medical supplies; those with medical/clinical backgrounds to become Sort Team Leaders; truck drivers to help pick up donations (no CDL required).

Age Requirements: Ages 15 and older Location: 10377 E. Geddes Ave., Centennial Contact: Kelyn Anker, 303-792-0729 or 720-341-3152; kelynanker@projectcure.org; www.projectcure.org.

Red Cross: Supports the elderly, international causes and social services.

Contact: 303-607-4768 or 303-266-7855 Seniors’ Resource Center: Nonprofit onestop shop of community-based services and care designed to keep seniors independent and at home for as long as possible.

Need: Drivers to help transport seniors to doctor’s appointments, the grocery store, the hair salon and more. You choose the areas, days and times that work for you. Seniors live in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties. Mileage reimbursement and excess auto insurance provided. Drivers may use their own car or one provided by the center. C Requirements: Must be able to pass a background check (paid for by the center) and have a good driving record.

Contact: Pat Pierson, 303-332-3840 or ppierson@srcaging.org. Go to www.srcaging.org

SMARTS! South Metro Arts Center Need: Help with public relations, marketing to public officials, fundraising, and special projects Contact: 303-790-8264 or gdnguy@com- S cast.net

Spellbinder Storytellers, Douglas County Chapter: Connects the generations through storytelling.

Need: Adults to tell stories to children in schools Age Requirement: Must be 50 and older Contact: Denise Rucks, 303-921-8462 or drrucks@me.com. For other chapters, go to http://spellbinders.org/

South Metro Medical Equipment Loan Closet: Loans durable medical supplies to those 18 and older in the South Metro area.

Need: Volunteers to help answer phones 2-3 times a month for a day. Calls are taken on your cell phone and you make the appointA ment at the convenience of you and the client to accept donations or hand out equipment Monday through Friday.

Requirement: Must be 18 or older; periodic training provided as needed.

Contact: Donna Ralston, 720-443-2013.

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Central City Opera ‘Love Notes’: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Rd., Centennial. Romantic duo and dynamic pianist from the Central City Opera Touring Artists: Judeth Shay Comstock, soprano; Jason Baldwin, tenor and Deborah Schmit-Lobis, pianist. Benefits St. Francis Center for the homeless. Go to www.gshep.org.

Symphonic Triumphs: 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Fisher Auditorium on the Englewood High School Campus, 3800 S. Logan h Street, Englewood. The Arapahoe Philharmonic presents its second installment of “Symphonic Triumphs,” reflecting themes of despair and renewal, triumph over adversity, through works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Ludwig van Beethoven and Sarah Kirkland Snider. Single tickets and season ticket packages, offering discounted pricing and a number of additional benefits, are available.

Pricing and benefits are outlined on our website at www.arapahoe-phil. org/events/buy-tickets/.

Annual Free Children’s Concert: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. The Littleton Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jurgen de Lemos, announces their Annual Free Children’s Concert: `It’s About Animals.’ This annual event is for children of all ages! We will feature music about our friends in the animal kingdom. More information available at www. littletonsymphony.org or by phone at 303-933-6824.

ART

Applewood Arts Festival: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch.

The best artisans to discover.

Unique handmade gifts and specialty foods in time for the holiday season. Visit AppleWoodFestivals. com for more information.

Jewelry & Holiday Gift Fair: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

You’ll find everything from home décor items to jewelry to food to ornaments and more, from over 125 exhibits. Admission is free. For more information, visit HRCAonline. org or call 303-791.2500, or www.

HRCAonline.org/Events.

Close Proximity: A Retrospective of Sculpture by Neil Goodman:

this week’s TOP FIVE ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’: 7 p.m. Oct. 25, 26 and 27 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. `Peter and the Starcatcher’ is the prelude to `Peter Pan,’ about the adventure that led to Peter Pan and everyone in Neverland to become the characters we know.

Tickets are $10 at the door. You can also go to hrhsthespians.com and buy your tickets there.

Parker Symphony “Salute”: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 26 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Parker Symphony and Parker Arts commemorate the WWI Armistice with “Salute”. Visit parkerarts. ticketforce.com for more information.

Calvary Littleton Trunk or Treat: 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at Bethany Evangelical Free Church, 6240 S Broadway, Centennial. Put on your Halloween costume and bring the whole family to Calvary Littleton’s Trunk or Treat! Event is free to the public.

On display through Nov. 17 at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood.

This exhibition will feature bronze sculpture spanning four decades of artist Neil Goodman’s work. More information at moaonline.org/neilgoodman/.

EVENTS

Corn Maze: Runs through Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Fridays and Saturdays), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sundays) at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Rd., Littleton. Get lost in our 7-acre Corn Maze at Chatfield Farms. The maze can be viewed from two 15foot tall illuminated bridges. Visitors under the age of 10 can explore the corn mini-maze. The design this year thanks emergency first responders. $14 adult; $13 student, senior, military; $11 child (ages 3-12); $9 child member; Free for children 2 and younger. Pony rides and hamster balls are available for an additional fee. Visit www.botanicgardens.org for more information.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 27 at Douglas County Sheriff Office Highlands Ranch Substation, 9250 Zotos Dr., Highlands Ranch. Dispose of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription and overthe-counter drugs at the National Prescription Drug Take-Back event.

Inside the Orchestra Tiny Tots Concerts: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at Cielo at Castle Pines, 485 W Happy Canyon Rd., Castle Pines. Get truly inside the orchestra as you are seated on the floor surrounded by a 30+ piece orchestra. Get an upclose-and-personal performance in a casual, fun environment. $9.95 suggested, financial assistance available. For more information, visit insidetheorchestra.org/g1-fall-tiny-tots-2018-cielo/.

Historic Ghost Tour on the Town Trolley: 7 to 9:30 Wednesday, Oct. 31 at Theatre of Dreams Arts & Event Center, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Meet at the Theatre of Dreams for some haunted illusions before the ride. We return to the Theatre to learn about “Nell’s Curse” in the Seance. This is followed by cider and treats. Tickets $38 a person. Reservations required. ickets.AmazingShows.com or call (303) 660-6799 during business hours.

For more information visit www.dcsheriff.net or call the Metro District at 303-791-0430.

Movie Matinee: Solo: a Star Wars Story: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Enjoy free popcorn and lemonade. Visit Littletongov.org for more information.

Free Community Dinner: 6 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 30 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

Our volunteers will be preparing Halloween Chili, Corn Chips, Salad with Cilantro, Honey, Lime Dressing, Fresh Fruit and Our Youth Group will be making Delicious Handheld Desserts. All are welcome to come and enjoy the meal and warm hospitality with no reservations required.

Call 303-798-1389 or go to fpcl.org/ dinner for more information.

Ballet Ariel Open House: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at The Ballet Ariel studio, 7808 E. Cherry Creek South Dr., Suite 209, near Evans and Quebec. Known for its original choreography of traditional and non-traditional ballets, Ballet Ariel offers the finest in performance and dance education.

The Ballet Ariel Company and School will dance excerpts from their fall season in a free performance and reception at their studio.

Mountain Pine Yuletide Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E. Plaza Dr., Parker. Free admission.

15th annual Bowl-a-Rama: Saturday, Nov. 10. 12:30 to 1:10 p.m. for check in and pizza. 1:30 to 3:30 bowling and awards. Event held at AMF Littleton Lanes, 2530 E. County Road., Littleton. Go to www. bessieshope.org to register your team and start collecting donations to win prizes.

Thrilling Thursdays: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch.

Special Needs Thrilling Thursdays (Ages 16 and up). Join the therapeutic recreation staff on Thursdays and participate in gym activities, fitness activities, art classes, cooking classes, swimming classes and more. $120 HRCA Member/$138 Non-members. Call (303) 471-7020 for more information.

EDUCATION

Free Legal Resource Day: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S Potomac St., Centennial. Free event to educate and inform members of the public representing themselves in civil cases. For more information, contact Arapahoe County Self-Help Center (720) 568-4844.

Tap Great Barbara Duffy Returns to Colorado: 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 28 at Parker Dance Academy, 19557 E. Parker Square Dr., Parker. Barbara Duffy, tap dancer, company director, and internationally-regarded master teacher is teaching master classes. RSVP with Claire Sheek, clairesheek@gmail.com.

Author talk: 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Author Bob Puglisi discusses his latest novel Unassisted Living, created from an old screenplay he wrote in the seventies. Puglisi will discuss how the screenplay and novel evolved, and read excerpts. Visit seniorsbluebook.com for more information.

Encountering God: What Ancient Practices Can Teach us Today: 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital-conference room, 2350 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. This session will feature a short film depicting how various groups and individuals have tried to grow spiritually.

Children’s auditions for `Frozen’: 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E County Line Rd #102A, Highlands Ranch. This 12-week class teaches 3-9 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a 20-min musical production! Classes will be held on Thursdays from 4-4:45 pm from November 1 thru early February, when performances will take place.

Check out www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for more info and current tuition rates.

Marketing for Authors: 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Lone Tree Library, Studio room. For nonfiction authors who want to explore new ways to market their published books. Contact sueviders@comcast.net.

Children’s auditions for `Wizard of Oz’: Spotlight Performing Arts Center is auditioning for “WIZARD OF OZ” on November 13 at 5:30 pm.

This 15-week class teaches 6-18 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a full-length musical production! Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. from November 13 through early March, when performances will take place.

Check out www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for more info and current tuition rates.

Children’s auditions for `Toy Story’: Spotlight Performing Arts Center is auditioning for “TOY STORY, the musical” on November 20 at 3:45 pm. This 12-week class teaches 3-9 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a 20-min musical production!

Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 3:45-4:30 pm from November 20 thru the end of February, when performances will take place. Check out www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for more info and current tuition rates.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink.coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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‘Spice of Life’ brings zest to Littleton gallery Newness, surprise are themes of art show ending Nov. 11

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild were challenged to “consider an attitude or the element of surprise IF YOU GO when they taste a new dish, or hear a The Depot Galnew song, or read an lery is located inspiring story, or at 2069 W. try a new color in a Powers Ave., painting …” resulting just north of in the new “Spice of the Buck RecLife” exhibit, which reation Center opened Oct. 12 with in Littleton. a reception and runs Hours: 10 through Nov. 11 at the a.m. to 5 p.m.

Depot Art Gallery, Tuesday to 2069 W. Powers Ave. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 Genial juror Dean p.m. Sunday.

Buhler circulated Admission is through the recepfree. 303-795tion crowd and talked 0781. with exhibiting artists about their artwork.

When you visit, be sure to look for his “Catitude,” to the right of the front door. In addition to fine painting technique, there is a sense of humor evident. Buhler’s website quotes him as saying he works on one painting at a time, “mood driven.” He speaks of the dignity he

“Paloverde in Bloom” by Paul Nutting is Best in Show in the new “Spice of Life” exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery. COURTESY PHOTO finds in living things, “deeply rooted in a desire to fulfill their nature …” He has attended numerous other artists’ classes and workshops, has a background in telecommunications prior to his painting career as well as a law JD degree and a brief period in a legal practice. He is represented by the Blue River Fine Art Gallery in Breckenridge.

Buhler chose Paul Nutting’s nostalgic painting, “Paloverde in Bloom,” with its bright yellow flowering tree, surrounding saguaro cactuses and other desert landscape with distant mountains, as winner of the Best of

Show award. It offers a brief Arizona visit, beautifully rendered — one can almost smell that desert.

At the opening reception, awards were announced by the juror and guests were asked to vote for their favorites.

Stacy Roberts’ striking “Morning Light” was selected “People’s Choice.”

The technique and color in this tall, vertical, abstracted landscape reminded me a bit of Georgia O’Keeffe’s relationship to the New Mexico desert where she lived and painted. I can well understand how it drew viewers’ attention and votes.

First place was awarded to David George for “Color and Smells of Flowers,” a cheerful bright garden patch, while second place went to Carol Broere’s “Colorful Forest,” a still life.

Third place was awarded to Larry Goodwin’s photograph, “Sitting on Top of the World,” depicting a happy, small, perky black dog, centered in a sort of vacant landscape — with a big sky.

Four honorable mentions went to Bill Knolls, “Straw with Color” — a red autumn leaf caught in dry grass; Pat Dall, “Autumn Maize,” ears of colorful Indian corn; Kathy Meyers, “Aurora”; and Eva Kraus, a Raku-fired vase.

The exhibit includes a number of colorful small and medium-sized paintings, a selection of jewelry, ceramic pieces and unframed smaller paintings and drawings, as well as lovely artist-made notecards that are a gift in themselves …

Time to consider some holiday shopping — or that bare patch of wall that needs a touch of color. The Depot Art Gallery is a year-round source for original items you won’t find anywhere else, with exhibits that change monthly.

The gallery is housed in Littleton’s original 1891 Santa Fe Depot, which was a daily scene of excitement when the mail came in, and its adjacent caboose, which houses photographs of trains, of course. Next exhibit: “Holiday Express,” with gifts of all sorts.

Holiday

Craft Show and Mini-Market Admission is free to the public Saturday Nov. 24

10am - 5pm

Sunday Nov. 25

10am - 4pm

Jefferson County Fairgrounds

15200 W. 6th Ave. Golden, CO.

Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

Vendors Needed | Interested in selling your handmade crafts??

Contact Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com All applications must be approved to participate

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SPORTS Titans again take title

Pressure is on for runners aiming for title

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Liv Bradley (24) hugs Payton Lincavage after Legend wrapped up its state championship victory over Cherokee Trail on Oct. 20 at Aurora Sports Park. Zoey LeCompte (00) and Brooke Carwin (7) hurry to join the celebration.

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Slow regular-season start doesn’t stop Legend from a sweet repeat

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Legend won its second straight Class 5A softball championship, but it wasn’t easy.

The Titans polished off top-seeded and 2016 state champ Cherokee Trail, 8-4, in the state title game on Oct. 20 at Aurora Sports Park to join the list of back-toback state champs.

However, on Sept. 4 this season, the Titans were 3-9 and didn’t appear to have the makings of a repeat champion because they were not hitting, pitching or playing well.

“At that point, no, I didn’t think we could repeat,” said senior third baseman Payton Lincavage. “We just came together as a team and found what we needed to find to win again.”

The win for the sixth-seeded Titans over Cherokee Trail was their 17th straight victory and they joined 10 other schools in Colorado history to repeat as state softball champions.

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Lauren Griggs jumps for joy after crossing home plate following her two-run homer in the fourth inning which staked Legend to a 4-1 lead in the 5A state championship game played Oct. 20 at Aurora Sports Park. Legend won its second straight state title with an 8-4 victory over the top-seeded Cougars.

igh school sports can be beneficial in demonstrating values that athletes can use later in life, like discipline, dedication, teamwork and the ability to handle adversity.

OVERTIME However, one of the pitfalls is the pressure to perform that is put on young athletes from a variety of sources, including themselves, coaches, parents and the lure of poJim Benton tential scholarship opportunities.

Basketball players often face stressful situations in a close games by going to the foul line in the waning seconds. In baseball and softball, hitters can feel pressure with two outs and the tying and winning runners on base in the bottom of the seventh.

But what about cross country?

Mountain Vista junior cross country runner Jenna Fitzsimmons is the defending Class 5A state champion and both the Golden Eagles girls and boys won last season’s team championships.

So there has been pressure and expectations on Fitzsimmons all season — and there will be more during the state championship meet on Oct. 27 at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.

“There definitely can be pressure on a (cross country runner),” Fitzsimmons said. “With all my teammates, we’ve had some races where we all get super nervous. Our goal is to loosen each other up and try to take the pressure off each other before a race.

“There can be pressure, but I just try to go and have some fun with more focus on what we are doing as a team and then the individual goals will come along if we are focusing on that team goal.”

Fitzsimmons, who was fifth at the state meet as a freshman, had the fastest time recorded in the five 5A regional meets with a 17:52.00 in winning the Region 2 event at Aurora Sports Park on Oct. 18. Mountain Vista’s girls head into the state meet as one of the favorites after capturing the regional meet, with the five girls that scored finishing among the top eight runners. The Golden Eagles actually had seven runners in the top 10 in a dominating performance.

The top four teams in 5A and all athletes who finish in the top 15 at the regionals qualify for the state meet.

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News and notes from local high school sports programs Chaparral • The boys soccer team drew the No. 31 seed and will play No. 2 seed Boulder on Oct. 25 in a first-round game in the 5A state soccer tournament.

• The volleyball team improved its overall record to 17-1 with a 3-0 win over ThunderRidge on Oct. 18. Kira Thomsen had 14 kills and a 60.9 kill percentage in the win.

Legend • The girls softball team repeated as Class 5A state softball champions with an 8-4 win over top-seeded Cherokee Trail on Oct. 20 in the state championship game at Aurora Sports Park.

• The boys soccer team is the No. 27 seed in the Class 5 state soccer tournament and will play No. 6 Cherokee Trail in an Oct. 25 first-round game.

• Ryan S. Johnson was third in the boys Class 5A, Region 5 cross country race on Oct. 18 and the team finished second, with Nolan Getchell coming in eighth.

Lutheran • The boys soccer team was seeded 20th and will open the 3A state soccer tournament with a Oct. 25th contest at No. 13 St. Mary’s.

• Quarterback Nick Moss hit on 11 of 19 passes for 139 yards and three touchdowns in the football team’s 42-2 romp over Littleton on Oct. 19.

Andre Norman had six receptions and hauled in the three TD passes. Lutheran forced five turnovers.

• The volleyball team downed SkyView Academy, 3-0, on Oct. 16, with Payton Brgoch leading the way with 10 kills, three aces and three blocks.

Ponderosa • Junior Baylie Koonce was fifth in the Class 4A, Region 2 girls cross country race on Oct. 18 with a time of 18:57.23.

• The football team plays unbeaten Montrose Oct. 27 at Echo Park Automotive Stadium. The Mustangs beat Aurora Central, 43-8, on Oct. 18 as Koby Kercher rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns.

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Legend, a team that was 3-9 on Sept. 4, won its 17th straight game with a 8-4 victory over top-seeded Cherokee Trail to win its second consecutive Class 5A state softball title on Oct. 20 at Aurora Sports Park. Legend became the first school to win backto-back state titles since Legacy in 2011.

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“The way we started, I would say yes, this championship was better,” said Legend coach Kristen Shirk. “To go on a 17-game win streak to where we are now, starting off 3-9, is pretty sweet. Nobody saw us here but us.

We faced a lot of adversity. It took us 12 games to figure out our lineup and learn how to play together.

“Definitely our schedule figured into the start... We made errors and we faced that adversity where some teams go 20-2 but don’t face the adversity we did. The girls bought in, they never gave up. I owe a lot to our seniors. We have five seniors, the best senior class we’ve had. They brought everybody together and they weren’t going home losers.”

In 2017, the Titans had to come back through the consolation bracket to gain a berth into the state tournament and were seeded 10th and not considered a title contender. Legend, however, won the state title with a 9-3 victory over Fossil Ridge.

This season after the sluggish start, Legend wasn’t consider a fa-

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Cherokee Trail, Cherry Creek, Fossil Ridge, Broomfield and Monarch will be the top challengers the Vista girls in the race for the 2018 state 5A team championship.

Fitzsimmons will be pushed by other regional winners, including Riley Stewart of Cherry Creek, Kiran Green of Brighton and Broomfield’s Sydney Swanker.

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vorite, but played like champions.

“We were approaching it one game at a time,” said senior pitcher Zoey LeCompte. “I love these girls and I’m so happy we got through it twice. We knew the level of competition and we had to come together and get it done.

As a team, we performed the best we ever could and I couldn’t ask for better players, better teammates or better coaching. It was awesome. We did what we needed to do.”

LeCompte was the starting pitcher and won all games in the four state tournament contests and also had four hits, a home run and three runs batted in.

“It is so much sweeter than last year,” she added. “No one really expected us to win again. We were the underdogs. We had a rough start at the beginning but we got it together as a team, we found ourselves, found our groove and we made it.

“There were definitely expectations that we were trying to craft and meet. We kind of stepped back from those and realized what we needed to do. That was just to come together and play as a team, and we did that. ‘’ Legend (20-9) edged Columbine, 5-4, and topped Legacy 6-1, on Oct. 19 in the first two games of the state

tournament. The Titans eliminated Grand Junction Central, 8-3, in the Oct. 20 semifinals as Lincavage had S three hits, three RBIs and sophomore g Bella Mumford delivered 2 2/3 int nings of hitless relief.

In the title game, Cherokee Trail g l actually outhit the Titans, 8-7. The Cougars edged Legend, 13-12, in eight v innings during the Titans’ early sea- u son swoon but the Titans overcame an 1-0 first inning deficit and pulled 2 a away in the championship game. o Senior Liv Bradley went 2-for-2 with an RBI, LeCompte drove in two n runs with a single, Lincavage had an p RBI single and junior Lauren Griggs belted a two-run homer to stake the a Titans to a 4-1 lead in the fourth in- b o ning. l “That home run was amazing,” said Griggs. “It created the momen- h tum that we all could carry through- C out the game. The state title was m always the end goal. We knew we definitely had the potential and we d definitely knew this was the place we 1 c were going to be.

“We just started rough but that just t helped bring us together as a team p to achieve this goal. It was tough to w repeat but we all worked hard and together to make this happen.”

regarded as one of the state’s more difficult courses.

“It’s a very different course,” said Fitzsimmons. “There’s a lot more dirt and there are some different hills. But I feel that every course is what you make of it and that one is pretty fun. This will be my third year of running on it and I’m excited to be back on it.”

Dakota Ridge is the favorite and could be feeling pressure in the 5A boys team competition. The Eagles were 24 points better than secondplace Mountain Vista in winning the Region 2 meet on Oct. 18.

Valor Christian junior Cole Sprout, the defending 4A state champion, will draw most of the attention as one of the top runners this season in 5A, but he will be challenged for the state title by Dakota Ridge’s Austin Vancil. Sprout won the regional title with a time of 15:16.00, with Vancil right behind in 15:24.00.

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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LETTERS FROM PAGE 13

On jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (not the industry front groups in TV ads), the entire logging and mining sector in Colorado — which includes oil and gas extraction — employs about 30,000 people, 1% of our entire state labor force, and a far cry from the 200k-plus numbers used in some industry ads.

Modern fracking can drill out a mile and a half laterally underground. With 112, they will still be able to access many cubic miles of underground territory from each multi-well pad. A just-released Colorado School of Mines analysis found that, even if only using one-mile laterals, “42% of (Colorado’s) nonfederal subsurface would (still) be accessible, or nearly three times the available surface area.”

We shouldn’t have to accept fracking right next to our homes, schools, playgrounds, and neighborhoods.

Please consider all the real facts carefully. I’m confident that, like me, you’ll support and vote for Proposition 112.

Harv Teitelbaum Sierra Club Colorado, Oil and Gas Campaign Colorado Rising, advisory board

Say no to 112 I’ve worked in the oil and natural gas industry for five years, and before that, I knew nothing about oil and gas. If Proposition 112 was on the ballot back then, I probably would have voted yes. It sounds reasonable — until you read between the lines.

Proposition 112 would establish a 2,500-foot setback between new oil and natural gas development and occupied structures or other “vulnerable areas” — the most troubling phrase in the proposition.

The definition of “vulnerable areas” includes things like dry creek beds, which is a channel formerly occupied by a stream, and a laundry list of other areas. Can you imagine how many dry creek beds exist in Colorado?

I read the full measure and did my research, and while cleverly disguised, it’s irrational. If Prop 112 passes the industry would soon cease to exist in Colorado, because these “vulnerable areas” mean 85 percent of nonfederal surface acreage would be off-limits. If this industry is

KUMMER FROM PAGE 13

However, with the expected increases recently announced by the Federal Reserve, this is bound to play out over time. This should help curb inflation based on the improved GDP (gross domestic product), however time will tell.

Don’t wait to review your goals, investments and time frame. Make sure short-term needs are not at risk and most importantly, don’t compromise your long-term goals for a near-term discomfort.

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banned, 147,800 jobs could be lost.

After working in oil and gas for five years, I believe in this industry and the people who make it possible.

I’m a wife. I’m a mother. I’m a Broncos fan. I’m a craft beer lover. I’m a fitness enthusiast. I’m not “big oil.”

The industry is your neighbors, your friends and your fellow Coloradans who love this state. I am Colorado oil and gas and I’m afraid for my livelihood. Please vote no on Proposition 112.

Rachel McNerney Parker Brauchler has the experience Colorado’s next attorney general needs to be a tough, successful, experienced attorney. George Brauchler has over two decades of legal, real-life law experience.

His experience is not partisan, academic or activism but courtroom experience. George Brauchler has tried hundreds of cases, as opposed to his opponents six cases.

As district attorney for one of Colorado’s largest judicial districts, George Brauchler has faced evil criminals and successfully prosecuted them.

His opponent has faced students at a university and graded their exams.

How much tough legal experience does that bring?

George Brauchler isn’t just tough in upholding the law, he genuinely We don’t know what the next decade will hold, but it most likely won’t be like the last two. We likely won’t have three recessions, nor over a 300 percent return on the stock market.² The next decade will likely fall somewhere in between.

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cares about our state. He was born and raised in Colorado. He graduated from the University of Colorado and gained his experience as an attorney in Colorado. He knows this state well and will humbly serve all its people.

As Colorado’s attorney general, George Brauchler will protect Colorado’s natural resources from overreach of the federal government.

George Brauchler loves the people of Colorado, knows the laws of Colorado and brings decades of successful legal experience to the job. Vote for George Brauchler as Colorado’s Attorney General. Experience matters!

Sherrie Escue Highlands Ranch Brauchler the right choice In business, experience matters.

Most jobs have a minimum experience requirement as business owners are looking for qualified candidates who can hit the ground running day one. Candidates for office are submitting their resume to the voters for consideration.

Colorado residents have an important choice for attorney general this November. George Brauchler is the only candidate for AG with decades of experience practicing Colorado law. George has tried hundreds of cases, many of them high-profile.

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George Brauchler’s background as chief of Military Justice and service to our nation exemplify the kind of experienced candidate Colorado deserves. Please join me in voting for George Brauchler for attorney general.

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There is no shortage of them, is there? Every airport has lot after lot of shiny rentals.

On our last expedition, Jennifer and I were told, “Pick a car, any car.”

All of the trunks were open, and a key was in every ignition.

We actually shopped for about fifteen minutes before we decided.

There was an exciting baseball game on television recently. It was played in Chicago on a Tuesday night.

There was one automobile commercial after another between half innings and whenever there was a pitching change. I thought about it the next day, and realized not a single commercial stood out. (Maybe the Packard.)

There is one (unnamed) manufacturer who continually shoots itself in the foot with commercials that boast the brand no longer conforms to past

NORTON FROM PAGE 12

What I am advocating is that for those of us who work hard, maybe having multiple responsibilities within our existing job or holding down two or three jobs and volunteering, we need to take the pressure off of ourselves.

Here is what I have found. For many of us who try and work at this pace, and spread ourselves too thin, we begin to second guess our work and our accomplishments. We start to put even more unnecessary pressure on ourselves to make sure what we do is accurate, excellent, and maybe even strive for perfection. I have also found that many of us are performing far above anyone else’s expectations, so we become our own worst enemy with our self-imposed expectations. We have to take the pressure off.

Finding balance is the key. I know, maybe easy to say and hard to do, I get it. If this is a problem area for

perceptions. If that’s true, marketing shouldn’t bring it up.

I realize I am not the demographic that these commercials are targeting.

I don’t need a new car every two years, and I don’t want to start talking to my dashboard.

New cars are fun, and there are no French fries under the seats. Or dog hairs. Jennifer has one of these new cars. It’s the consequence of our June hailstorm.

She won’t allow Harry to ride in it.

My car, the one she has been riding in these many years, has, if one looked closely, a number of blond hairs on the front, passenger side floor, and I treasure them, because they symbolize our love and devotion.

But the sentiment is not reciprocated when it comes to similar symbols in her car.

Therefore, no hair of the dog.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

you, please send me an email and we can talk about it. Setting boundaries around time, family, activities in life that bring joy and happiness, taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually, these are all things that we must maintain. If we don’t there is no way to keep up with the rush and crush of our current schedules. Sooner or later we will lose the battle if all we are doing is trying to keep up the pace of someone else’s race. We need to give ourselves permission to take the pressure off.

So how about you? Is it time to take the pressure off for yourself a little?

Maybe a lot? Or have you figured out your “Work smarter, and take the pressure off ” strategy? Either way I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we set our own boundaries, run our own race, and take the pressure off, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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Pine Lane Elementary South 6475 E Ponderosa Dr. Parker, CO 80138 303-941-0668

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

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International Craft Fair

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Fri. Nov. 3 10AM to 5PM Sat. Nov. 4 9AM to 4PM Handmade crafts from U.S. and around the world Homemade baked goods Lunch available daily 11-1

No admission charge.

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FORMER EMPLOYEES OF ELECTRON FOUNDRY If you or someone you know worked for Electron Foundry in Littleton between 1953 and 1995 please call Rebecca at Simmons Hanly Conroy toll-free at 1-855-988-2537. You can also email rcockrell@simmonsfirm.com.

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Bicycles

Grain Finished Buffalo

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Lone Tree

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MERCHANDISE Young adults 14-20 come to our Open House to learn what it means to work at a Funeral Home.

In our program, we will touch on what happens at death, what happens to those that pass, and teach how to care for their community when they pass.

October 25th, 2018 • 6:30–8:00pm At Horan & McConaty HeartLight Center (11150 E. Dartmouth Ave, Aurora, CO 80014) To RSVP, go to www.denverexploring.org/horancares

Email Scot Fuller at scot.fuller@scouting.org or call 720-266-2126

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ASPEN LODGE 16151 Lowell Blvd Broomfield, CO (South of Baseline) Free Admission & Parking Cash or Checks

New & Used Electric Bikes & Trikes Starting at $995 The Largest ebike Store in the Country Best Selection & Discount Prices

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Baritone, including accessories 303-756-0994

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SPORTING GOODS

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GOLDEN FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1500 Ford Street,Golden NOVEMBER 2-3, 2018/10 am – 4 pm Over 20 vendors featuring handmade crafts of all kinds -- food items, floral arrangements, jewelry, knit/crocheted items, artwork, and a roomful of white elephant treasures.

Delicious lunch and dessert (homemade fruit pies) on sale both days (11 am – 2 pm).

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Family in Christ Church 11th Annual Craft Fair 55+ Vendors

Friday, October 26th, 10am-4pm & Saturday, October 27th, 9am-3pm 11355 Sheridan Blvd., Westminster Suggested admission is nonperishable food for the Growing Home Food Pantry.

Café and Cookie Walk available to support our Nursery & Children’s Ministries.

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This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities.

If you need reasonable accommodations for any part of the application process, please notify the agency.

Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Help Wanted Customer Service Representative needed for busy State Farm Insurance office in Parker. Dedicated to provide prompt, accurate and friendly customer service. Provide quotes, complete applications and necessary paperwork.

Previous sales experience and licensing in Property and Casualty preferred but are willing to train for the right candidate.

Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills. Email resume to joey@danielfarland.com.

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Full Time positions for Tellers.

Includes Saturdays, $13 - $15/hr plus benefits.

If interested please apply at www.efirstbank.com and click on the careers link.

FirstBank is an EOE/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.

Full Time licensed Speech-Language Pathology Assistant needed to fill Maternity Leave, beginning January 7, 2019, through March 4, 2019, for East Central BOCES providing services to students PreK-12th. Easy Commute from Denver on I-70. Access to company vehicle or mileage reimbursement. An application can be submitted through our website ecboces.org, under the “Jobs” tab.

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Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Airport is currently accepting applications for a dependable full-time Maintenance Technician I as a general laborer to perform a variety of semi-skilled & unskilled general labor duties including grounds & building maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, sprinkler repair, preventive vehicle maintenance & radio communications. A viable candidate must be fluent in both written and spoken English; able to perform strenuous activity for long periods of time in various weather conditions from extreme hot to extreme cold; have the flexibility to be on-call during inclement weather and to work alternate shifts including weekends for snow removal, mowing and other special projects that may arise. Typical work schedule: 7 am – 3:30 pm, Monday – Friday. A valid Colorado Driver’s license and HS diploma or GED required. Experience in building or construction maintenance including heavy equipment operation a plus.

Starting hourly wage is $17.30 to $18.00. Excellent benefits after 60 days. Apply in person to the Airport Authority at 7800 S. Peoria St., Englewood, CO 80112 or obtain an application at www.centennialairport.com. EOE

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Our new restaurant is located just south of the Holiday Inn right behind Red Robin off of E-470 and Parker Road. We will begin training on November 5, 2018 with an early December opening. Full and part time positions available with flexible work schedules. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A meeting of the minds on a workplace project might well develop into something more personal for Librans looking for romance. Aspects also are favorable for platonic relationships.

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VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) The early part of the week is open to spontaneity. Then it’s time to settle into your usual routine to get all your tasks done. A personal situation could require more attention from you.

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continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 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.

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: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/17/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Dated: 8/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The name, address and telephone numbers of

NICHOLE WILLIAMS

SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 18CO00401-1

Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000007631088

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.

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If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38103.1 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

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Parker

First Publication: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

First Publication: 10/4/2018 Last Publication: 11/1/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/8/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

NOTICE OF SALE the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Colorado Registration #: 49611 The name, address and telephone numbers of Public Trustees Public Trustees Public Public Trustees Public Trustees Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0191 the indebtedness is: Trustees 1199 BANNOCK STREET, the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of DENVER, COLORADO 80204 the indebtedness is: PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0171 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/14/2018 12:52:00 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: JOEL C. SPECKMAN AND CHANNA L. SPECKMAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR WR STARKEY MORTGAGE, L.L.P. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AR6 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/26/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 7/9/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007054317 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,070,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,047,521.62 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.

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 12, SPRING CREEK RANCH, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 11705 Dunmark Road, 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, December 5, 2018, 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: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/15/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY SHILLIDAY Colorado Registration #: 24423 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-833858-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0171 First Publication: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0191

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/22/2018 1:07:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat-

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/22/2018 1:07:00 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: CHARLES ROBERT BROGAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/20/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 7/21/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017049460 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $194,457.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $194,176.82 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: Condominium Residential Unit 16-204, Ironstone Condominiums at Stroh Ranch, according to the Condominium Declaration of Ironstone Condominiums at Stroh Ranch recorded May 6, 2004 at Reception No. 2004046471 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Douglas, State of Colorado and as further defined and described in the Condominium Plat for Ironstone Condominiums at Stroh Ranch recorde d A pr il 2 3 , 2 0 0 4 a t R e c e pt ion N o .

2004041009 and affidavit of Correction recorded May 6, 2004 at Reception No. 2004046470, as amended from time to time, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

And Condominium Storage Unit 16A, Ironstone Condominiums at Stroh Ranch, according to the Condominium Declaration of Ironstone Condominiums at Stroh Ranch recorded May 6, 2004 at Reception No. 2004046471 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Douglas, State of Colorado and as further defined and described in the Condominium Plat for Ironstone Condominiums at Stroh Ranch recorded April 23, 2004 at Reception No. 2004041009 and affidavit of Correction recorded May 6, 2004 at Reception No. 2004046470, as amended from time to time, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Also known by street address as: 12937 Ironstone Way 204 Parker, CO 80134-7145 A.P.N. # 0451448 Which has the address of: 12937 Ironstone Way #204, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 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. 2018-0191 First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0177 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/16/2018 2:51:00 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: DANIEL PATRICK BREDA AND JO ANN KUKEL BREDA Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP T R U ST 2 0 0 6 - F M 2 , M OR T GAGE PASST H R OU GH C ER T IF IC AT ES, SERIES 2006-FM2 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/28/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 7/6/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006057433 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $180,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $171,379.00 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 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 7, BLOCK 2, BRADBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 16460 Martingdale Dr, 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, December 5, 2018, 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: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/17/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Dated: 8/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000007631088

SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0177 First Publication: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0168 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/7/2018 1:11:00 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: JAMES STEPHENITCH AND WILLA MAE STEPHENITCH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR STEARNS LENDING, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: STEARNS LENDING. LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/13/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 10/22/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014061217 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $400,305.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $383,347.34 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 1, BLOCK 6, THE PINERY, FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8140 East Lightening View Drive , 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, November 28, 2018, 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 (38-38103.1 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: 10/4/2018 Last Publication: 11/1/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/8/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611

NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Attorney File #: 00000007412232

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0168 First Publication: 10/04/2018 Last Publication: 11/01/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0187 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/21/2018 12:59:00 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: JEANPIERRE HOURIET AND CARA D HOURIET Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PROSPECT MORTGAGE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/2/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 3/16/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015016193 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $292,581.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $274,778.08

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 8, BLOCK 3, STROH RANCH FILING NO. 9G, COUNTY DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12508 Prince Creek Drive, 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, December 12, 2018, 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: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/24/2018 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 #: 18CO00386-1

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 18CO00386-1

Public Trustees

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: h ttp://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0187 First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0192 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/22/2018 1:01:00 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: KRISTEN N RATLIFF AND JEROLD RATLIFF Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR RBC MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/22/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 4/8/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004035190 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $40,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $35,979.22 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.

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 18, BLOCK 3, MEAD'S CROSSING AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 11322 Tumbleweed Way, Parker, CO 80138 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 10/10/2016, Reception number 2016071694.

Reason modified and any other modifications: Financial hardship.

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, December 12, 2018, 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: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-835275-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0192 First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0193 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/23/2018 4:13:00 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: WILLIAM G GARNER AND BARBARA J GARNER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOM-

NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0193 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/23/2018 4:13:00 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.

Public Trustees

Original Grantor: WILLIAM G GARNER AND BARBARA J GARNER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MIT LENDING Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/27/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 10/15/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004106524 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $256,104.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $232,531.30 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.

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 11, BLOCK 1, CLARKE FARMS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO 4B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 11229 Jordan Court, Parker, CO 80134 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 11/21/2016, Reception number 2016083901.

Reason modified and any other modifications: FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 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, December 12, 2018, 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.

Recording Date of DOT: 4/11/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005031162 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $216,737.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $205,765.15

Douglas County will not accept or consider any Proposals which are time stamped at the place of receipt after the specified due date and time (bound copy and emailed). Douglas County will not accept or consider faxed Proposals. Electronic PDF color submittals shall be sent to: trepp@douglas.co.us

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

Two color copy bound submittals shall be delivered (sealed envelope) to: Douglas County Government Department of Public Works Engineering, Engineering Services Attn: Thomas Repp, Project Manager 100 Third Street, Suite 250 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104

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: LOT 12, BLOCK 4, BRADBURY RANCH FILING NO. 10, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 11834 Trail View Lane, Parker, CO 80134-3042 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 8/22/2014, Reception number 2014047851.

Reason modified and any other modifications: To change terms of loan due to financial hardship.

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, December 12, 2018, 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: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 18-019453

Dated: 8/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Legal Notice No.: 2018-0197 First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-835395-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0193 First Publication: 10/18/2018 Last Publication: 11/15/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0197 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/23/2018 4:23:00 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: KEVIN M LAPCZYNSKI AND MARLENE G LAPCZYNSKI Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-6 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/8/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 4/11/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005031162 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $216,737.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $205,765.15 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Proposals for FB-B1 BALDWIN GULCH DAM REHABILITATION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2016-010 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. The objective of the project is to design the rehabilitation of the high hazard classified dam to protect the downstream lives and property, restore the flood control benefits and maintain the sediment and erosion control protection for downstream properties.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2018, through Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) RFP Documents are not available for purchase through Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. Electronic versions of the RFP Documents obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Offeror’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the RFP Documents.

Offerors must submit two (2) bound, color, paper copies and one (1) electronic copy (in pdf format) of their Proposal no later than 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

Douglas County will not accept or consider any Proposals which are time stamped at the place of receipt after the specified due date and time (bound copy and emailed). Douglas County will not accept or consider faxed Proposals. Electronic PDF color submittals shall be sent to: trepp@douglas.co.us Two color copy bound submittals shall be delivered (sealed envelope) to: Douglas County Government Department of Public Works Engineering, Engineering Services

Bids and Settlements

Douglas County reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a Proposal and furthermore, to award a Contract for items therein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of Douglas County to do so. Additionally, Douglas County reserves the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful Offeror. Any questions on the RFP Documents shall be in writing until 12:00 p.m. on November 5, 2018 and directed to Thomas Repp, Project Manager , trepp@douglas.co.us.

Legal Notice No.: 934184 First Publication: Thursday, October 25, 2018 Second Publication: Thursday, November 1, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Account Number: 00012184

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - CALVERT & CO - TTLBL LLC INFINITY COMMUNITIES AT STONEGATE LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AS TO PARCEL A FOR INFINITY COMMUNITIES - PAUL SCHMERGER JR ON BEHALF OF INFINITY COMMUNITIES AT STONEGATE LLC - INFINITY COMMUNITIES AT STONEGATE LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION BY PAUL SCHMERGEL JR - DAVID R CALVERT SR AND PHYLLIS K CALVERT - JEFFREY SPRINGER, REGISTERED AGENT INFINITY COMMUNITIES AT STONEGATE LLC - INFINITY COMMUNITIES AT STONEGATE LLC CALVERT & COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION - PHYLLIS K CALVERT - DAVID R CALVERT, PRESIDENT CALVERT & COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION - CALVERT & COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION - DAVID R CALVERT - DAVID R CALVERT ET AL AKA DAVID ROSS CALVERT DENVER HEALTH AND HOSP AUTHORITY CHRISTINE HUSHION - DAVID R CALVERT, PRESIDENT CALVERT AND COMPANY A COLORADO CORPORATION - MICHAEL D MOODY - ODS FINANCING LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - DAVID ROSS CALVERT SR - STAN WEINHAUER DAVID R CALVERT ET AL AKA DAVID R CALVERT AKA DAVID ROSS CALVERT SR AND PHYLLIS K CALVERT - STATE OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to TTLBL LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 130 STONEGATE FILING 14A TOTAL ACREAGE 0.275 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to TTLBL LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of CALVERT & CO for said year 2013 That said TTLBL LLC on the 25th day of May 2018 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 24th day of January 2019 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 11th day of October 2018 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No: 934060 First Publication: October 11, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: SEDRINNA COPELAND, D.O.B. 8/5/2006, CHRISTOPHER COOK, D.O.B. 9/21/2005, CHRISTAVIA COOK, D.O.B. 9/11/2004,

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DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109

Misc. Private Legals

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of:

SEDRINNA COPELAND, D.O.B. 8/5/2006, CHRISTOPHER COOK, D.O.B. 9/21/2005, CHRISTAVIA COOK, D.O.B. 9/11/2004, Children, And concerning: JUANITA M. BONNER, D.O.B.: 1/23/1980, Mother, LOREDO DAVIS, Father of Sedrianna Copeland, CHRISTOPHER COOK, SR., D.O.B.: 10/2/1980, Father of Christopher and Christavia Cook, John Doe, Possible Father, Respondents, And DASHAUN MCNEIL, Adult sibling of children, ROSE HALL, (Maternal Grandmother); and DERRICK HALL, (Maternal Grandfather), Special Respondents.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 Thomas J. Joaquin, #30941 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5325 Fax: (303) 479-9259 jthirkel@douglas.co.us tjoaquin@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 18JV245 DIVISION 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2018.

TO: LOREDO DAVIS TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.

A Permanency Planning Hearing has been scheduled for December 10, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2018, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: Thomas J. Joaquin, #30941 Assistant Douglas County Attorney

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Legal Notice No.: 934169 First Publication: October 25, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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