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Physical demands! Male competitors like Tony Scott from Anchor CrossFit, were required to clean-lift the weights on their respective teams and weight class for this intense and physically challenging fundraiser.
Do More Charity Challenge at Front Range Cross Fit
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Rising to the challenge with beyond-Herculean strength while maintaining the aesthetic of Adonis and Aphrodite was the focus of Community Banks Do More Charity Challenge at Front Range Cross Fit in Denver Oct. 12. Don’t be fooled, the physical activity of this fundraising event would exhaust any world-class athlete and even meet the requirements for the beyond-highlydemanding British Special Air Service—this was no walk in the park. The event raised over $215,000 for local charities
A gymnastics-based move called “muscle up” requires many repetitions and tremendous strength and endurance.
Centennial’s fiber-optic network comes true Canada’s Ting plans ‘crazy fast internet’ next year
Centennial has its first fiberoptic customer. Three years after voters approved a measure allowing the city to lease its 48 miles of publicly owned fiber-optic lines, Canada-based Ting has plans to bring its high-speed internet services—or “crazy fast internet,” as the company says—to town next year. “We chose Centennial because we believe it’s a good market and a market that would be into fiber internet,” said Adam Eisner, Ting’s vice president of networks. “Our suspicions there have been confirmed thus far.” Ting, an internet and wireless
Canada-based Ting has plans to tap into Centennial’s fiberoptic network, providing the city with “crazy fast internet” by mid-2017. Photo courtesy of Ting service provider, plans to begin hooking up to Centennial’s system by the end of the year and provide service by mid-2017. It would be the first firm to do so since voters allowed the city to create a nonexclusive broadband network from fiber-optic lines that have so far been used only for traffic-signal operations
and connecting public facilities. The arguably underused city asset has been valued at $5 million. Mayor Cathy Noon said it was an honor that Ting chose Centennial as its first Colorado market, after Centennial became among the first cities in the state to allow such deals.
“The critical infrastructure has been in place throughout the city. We just needed the opportunity to partner with an organization such as Ting to provide service to our residents and businesses,” she said. Because the deal is nonexclusive, it is still possible for other companies to lease into Centennial’s fiber-optic network. Ting is expected to provide faster and comparably priced Internet service at multiple tiers to residents and businesses in Centennial, offering what Ting says will be an improved alternative to internet sources currently available. “If you’re getting internet from your phone company or your cable company, you are getting it based on those technologies, which are not purpose-built to deliver internet, unlike fiber
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The Goodwill Halloween store at U-Hills offers an assorted offering of new and used costumes. Photo by Tom Barry
Goblins and zombies flock to Goodwill at U-Hills Goons, goblins and zombies are all alive, well and shopping at University Hills’ Goodwill for this year’s Halloween ensembles. Goodwill Industries of Colorado got an early start on its offerings over Labor Day with a special Halloween-dedicated store at 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. Overnight, literally, the staff transformed its donation center into a specialty store providing new and used items in advance of the ghoulish day. “One of our biggest Halloween advantages at Goodwill is not only what we bring in—but people make up their own outfits out of their own imagination. To me, that’s why customers come
in,” said Tim Warren, Goodwill’s area manager. There are hundreds to thousands of combinations that can be derived from the diverse array of new and old clothing and other accessories at Goodwill’s 30 locations along the Front Range, which are providing hundreds of new Halloween items at a mere fraction of the costs at for-profit competitors. “We don’t have anything over $20 for the most part,” said Warren, noting many of the new and used items range from $1.99 to $5.99. “Halloween is an impulse. … The biggest thing I’ve seen this year is superheroes [for kids] … Adults are choosing head masks and Mardi Gras items. We have the ability to make any costume you want.”
Warren, a self-proclaimed Halloween enthusiast, has already decorated the exterior of his home with numerous items purchased at Goodwill stores for a comparatively modest total of about $100. Goodwill’s large unofficial flagship store at 21 S. Broadway boasts the largest selection of Halloween-related goods and accessories. “That’s the good thing about Goodwill. You never know what you will find,” said Vanessa Clark, senior director of marketing for Goodwill Industries. “At the end of the day, we are here to support our community programs. There are about 23,000 Coloradans in need,” Clark said. — See related story page 3
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Denver City Councilmember Kendra Black stands with constituent Preston Hill at a recent town-hall meeting at Thomas Jefferson High School. Photo by Tom Barry
Southeast councilmember looking forward to challenges District 4 has lowest crime rate in Denver Denver City Councilmember Kendra Black has deep roots in the southeast part of the city. She was born and raised in the quadrant and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School as an honors student. These days, the challenges facing Black’s diverse District 4 may be as daunting as ever. The city official is attempting to create a clearer vision for what residents and business owners would like to see in their southeast Denver community as the city continues to grow. “Denver’s changing a lot. There’s thousands of people who move here every month, and if changes come to southeast Denver, I just want the input from the people who live here as to what they would like to see and what they value,” said Black, who recently conducted two town-hall workshops, attracting more than 300 residents. The councilmember touted her district’s safety. “Southeast Denver has the lowest crime rates of any part of the city. … Our police department is very responsive and they are looking into some of the criminal activity that has been happening,” she said. Black is assertively working to address many of the issues facing large and small businesses in her district. Among her biggest challenges are the now-vacant K-Mart, Walmart and Safeway stores within her district. Many residents in Denver and
Cherry Hills Village surrounding Happy Canyon Shopping Center are concerned about the loss of their neighborhood Safeway, which closed in 2014, creating a considerable void. The structure remains vacant, leaving the strip center without a major anchor. “Safeway owns the building. They lease the land and they are not subletting the building. They are paying the lease. The property owner has offered to buy it and they are not willing to do that at this time,” said Black, who has only met with the property owners, not Safeway officials. “… Nothing is happening right now.” Black noted that the former Happy Canyon supermarket would not be a candidate for a blight study. At the recent town-hall meetings, Black said a draft list for a planned bond issue next year contained only one item for southeast Denver. “The list for the bond is not completed, so they have a very primary list of capital projects,” she said. If approved, the bond would make improvements to Yale Avenue between I-25 and Monaco Street. Black encourages constituents to review the City of Denver’s website for information on the proposed 2017 bond. She wants residents to convey their ideas and opinions on capital projects in District 4 that could be considered. “I’m going to advocate that some of the things that people are interested get on the list,” said Black, who said she would be passing along the results of the workshops to others at city hall. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the southeast Denver quadrant has about 56,000 residents.
Found mystery device likely a car part A suspicious object left outside the gates of Colorado Army National Guard building in unincorporated Arapahoe County last week turned out to be a big case of nothing. “It was likely some sort of car part,” said Julie Brooks, publicinformation officer for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.
The object was reported Sept. 28, prompting the sheriff’s office to summon a bomb squad to investigate and eventually determine that the mystery object was benign. A witness told deputies that the item at one point had been seen hanging off a vehicle’s back door. Businesses were evacuated and Revere Street south of Briarwood Avenue was closed during the investigation.
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Goodwill’s Halloween retail store at U-Hills.
Photos by Tom Barry
Goodwill’s Vanessa Clark, senior director of marketing, places new signs in front of the popular U-Hills Halloween retail store, which also serves as a donation center.
Goodwill unafraid of Halloween sales Goodwill Industries of Denver has been serving northern Colorado communities from Castle Rock to Fort Collins for more than 98 years. The venerable nonprofit employs around 1,500 people and has 30 retail stores and 16 donation centers spanning the Front Range. For the second year in a row, Goodwill has taken a progressive move to focus on Halloween to increase the bottom line, enabling the organization to support programs that serve more than 23,000 Coloradans. “It’s our responsibility as custodians of the donations and the money that comes into this organization … to make sure that we maximize the assets that we have,” said Stuart Davie, president and CEO. “Halloween is an opportunity for us to optimize our presence in the marketplace and optimize our revenues.” Davie says Goodwill’s programs make a notable impact along the Front Range. “There was enough opportunity [at the South Colorado Boulevard location] in terms of space and demographics in that area to provide a Halloween store as part of that donation center,” Davie said. “It doesn’t generate huge sums of money, but it does maximize the value of the assets that we’ve got and helps us push through the Halloween product to increase the funding for the programs.” Goodwill has utilized other donation centers in the recent past to showcase Christmas-related clothing and other merchandise. “Halloween is our Christmas,” echoed Vanessa Clark, Goodwill’s senior director of marketing, noting that “90 cents of every dollar sold in our stores goes right to our career-development programs. Our programs serve at-risk students, adults with barriers to employment and individuals with disabilities.” Retail sales during the Halloween season account for 2 to 5 percent of Goodwill’s yearly sales. Overall Goodwill sales in 2015 amounted to around $60 million. Davie predicts that Goodwill may add a couple more pop-up Halloween retail specialty stores next year and encourages customers to visit the massive three-story store at 21 S. Broadway, just north of Alameda Avenue, to view the nonprofit’s most elaborate selection of new and used Halloween offerings. Customers can find a nearby
Goodwill retail location goodwilldenver.org. “It’s interesting. I hadn’t realized personally how fashion-conscious Halloween costumes can be,” Davie said. Goodwill operates an in-house marketing department that con-
ducts social-marketing efforts, produces television commercials and other related efforts. Davie said the organization spends roughly 1.3 percent of sales on marketing efforts for the entire year. “We put a lot of effort into driving the mission message because
part of the challenge we had is that people see Goodwill as just thrift stores. In reality, thrift stores are just a way of us funding the programs that we put into the schools, the Career Connection Centers and programs for those with disabilities,” Davie said.
He extolled the importance of the organization’s mission. “Goodwill provides education, career development and employment opportunities to help Coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity and hope through the power of work,” he said.
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Take a walk—dogs don’t argue about politics and sports
No matter how we all may feel about the election, we can jointly cheer for the spectacular seasons of our beloved Broncos football team. Once again, the defense is coming to the rescue and the interceptions Sunday were a major part of the team victory and the 4-0 record. We can be rest assured that we have two very good young quarterbacks that can move this team forward for the next decade. I hope that John Elway sees fit to give them both a raise. *** The election bluebook should be coming in the mail soon. It gives voters an explanation of the 1l ballot proposals facing voters Nov. 8. In addition to this bipartisan explanation, voters can read newspapers and direct mail and listen to television and radio pro-
grams. There will be opportunities to attend rallies and hear candidates speak and hear explanations of the amendments. This is an election where voters have strong feelings about local and presidential candidates and both good and bad amendments to the state constitution. We’ll be running letters, columns, news and ads about the election, including publishing ballot proposals in upcoming weeks. We’ll have an election issue coming out Oct. 20 with candidate profiles. Read about your favorite candidates, get to know them and send in contributions to their campaigns. During the past few months, I have been attending very important city council meetings. My beat has been Greenwood and Cherry Hills Village, along with some planning and zoning sessions. Peter Jones has been focusing on Centennial, Littleton and Englewood issues. This is National Newspaper Week and newspapers still retain our role to cover local governments from a third-party perspective. We don’t work for the city and therefore aren’t censored or controlled by these governmental agencies. Our publication doesn’t come from city hall with all of the good news that the cities want you to know. Newspapers have the role and duty to go beyond what governments publish,
and sometimes the governed may clash with the governance. We have maintained excellent relationships with our elected officials and feel across the board in Arapahoe County that city and county workers, staffs and elected officials are top quality. I’ve seen this in the public hearings over the past two months with the Cherry Hills Village Center issues and the Greenwood Village Orchard Station development proposals dealing with the Subarea. Both city governments have bent over backwards to hold hearings and listen to residents on both of these proposals. Decisions are still pending on both issues, and commissions and councils will have some tough decisions to make in the near future. We’ll be at these meetings, along with the citizens, to see our local governments in action. We also have the privilege and duty to cast our opinions on these matters rightfully or wrongfully. At least, we’ll attempt to be well informed on the issues and present as many objective facts from these meetings that we can comprehend. Newspapers continue to do the heavy lifting on local coverage, editorials, columns and news about these issues that are so vital to local residents. We’ve heard quite a bit of complaining from residents that they don’t know what is going on and are surprised and shocked at
some of the issues now arising. Read the local newspaper, folks! If you care about your city and county governments and how they impact your taxes, school districts, zoning, streets, traffic and law enforcement, you should subscribe to this newspaper: Villager Newspapers, 8933 E. Union Ave. Greenwood Village 80111. The cost is $45 a year and you can call the office to subscribe or use the mail. B.T. Galloway will take your call and start your subscription. Call 303-773-8313 ext. 301. News about your community is the best bargain around, and subscription prices have not risen in years while postage and printing have doubled. The newspaper is mailed every Wednesday and comes through the mail to your mailbox by our loyal postal carriers. This is an exciting time to be reading, listening and talking with friends and neighbors about politics and football. If you disagree on politics—football, kids, grandchildren and health issues are fine. The fall colors are beautiful, our local schools are showing great test-score results, and we see many folks just out walking their dogs. Dogs really are man’s and woman’s best friend. They don’t argue and they just happily trot along.
Here’s how I’m voting on several ballot issues REMARKS
BY MORT MARKS
Excellent Cherry Creek Schools do not simply happen. For “Creek” to maintain its normal class sizes and an outstanding teaching staff that will continue to prepare all students for either college or non-college
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post-school successes, it requires operating funds. Cherry Creek is now underfunded by our state for 2017-2018. But after studying Creek’s financial problems, Citizens for Cherry Creek School Campaign Committee points out that budget measure 3A would raise the $23.9 million needed to protect class size and to also retain quality teachers for the district’s 54,000plus students. The committee also pointed out that Bond 3B would raise the $250 million needed to upgrade technology, provide innovation areas in all schools, expand career training, upgrade safety and security systems across the district, provide funds needed to maintain existing facilities and prepare new facilities for enrollment growth.
By voting YES on 3A and 3B, you will be upholding Cherry Creek Schools’ tradition of excellence and it is this excellence that convinces buyers of homes to locate in the CCSD area. It is this excellence that delivers a positive return on your own investment through higher property values and local business growth. Vote YES on 4 B for the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Having served for six years as one of the directors representing Gov. Bill Owens on the SCFD Board, I can enthusiastically advise you to vote YES to renew SCFD until 2030. The sales tax of just one 1 cent for every $10 helps fund more than 300 small and large cultural institutions throughout our entire metropolitan area.
SCFD does not only fund such institutions as the Denver Zoo, the Museum of Nature and Science and Denver Botanic Gardens, but also more than 250 medium-size and small local institutions in our metropolitan counties. SCFD’s support of our cultural institutions has also helped to create more than 10,000 new jobs and bring in $520 million in tourism money. Vote NO on Amendment 69 concerning the state healthcare system. Under this plan, individuals would pay a heavy new tax to create a statewide system for financing and administering an untested government-run healthcare plan. This heavy new tax would discourage new businesses from coming to our state.
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October 6, 2016 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 5
OPINION
Giving beer a hero’s welcome LEFT UNEDITED
BY PETER JONES
What’s a newsroom to do when it receives an offer to sample three flavors of Fireman’s Brew, a threealarm craft brewer founded by firefighters. After all these men have done for us, it would seem the least we could do to tell heroes what we think of their beer. To be clear, these are firemen, so it is little surprise that the brewery’s signature products are named the Blonde, the Brunette and the Redhead, each corresponding to the product’s relative lightness (and temperament, I suppose). As a ginger myself, I am partial to brunettes in women, though not so much in beer, my Irish heritage notwithstanding. Even when I visited the Old Sod two years ago—after I had my obligatory Guinness, I veered directly toward the blondes and redheads. Whoops, were we talking about beer? Back stateside, in the interest of fairness, I tried all three in the Fireman’s Brew arsenal. Not surprisingly, I preferred the amber, IPA-ish
Redhead and the Blonde pilsner- lines,” the press materials say. A porstyle lager. Still, I can’t complain tion of net profits support the Nationabout a German-style Brunette. Who al Fallen Firefighters Foundation. could? Speaking of beer, unfortunately, the beverage plays a Certainly not Tom role in irresponsible McTighe, The Vildriving—and in edlager’s production iting a recent story manager, a dark-beer on such a subject, I aficionado who described this darkhappened upon the haired beauty as evocative typo “slightly hoppy, “carless drivwith a rich ing.” taste.” Imagine Like me, the potential, I Becky Osterthought. Forget wald, our mandriverless cars. aging editor, Can’t we just veers more toget rid of autoward IPAs and motive vehicles pilsners, even altogether? If it saying she un- Blondes have more fun. The works for panderstands how Fireman’s Brew pilsner-style tomimes in drathe Blonde beer got the most raves in the ma class, why would taste re- newsroom. not commutes? Photo courtesy of Fireman’s Brew ally good after C’mon scifighting a fire. (She has put out a few ence, get off your hybrids and make of these around the office lately—all it happen! figurative for the most part—though Editor Becky recently recalled the well-deserved beers she chugged her own long-ago memorable afterwards were real.) experience with a car-accident However, Becky was not so fond typo—or in this case word omisof the Redhead, arguing it should sion—more interesting than its have been called the Ginger, with intention. A couple, it seems, were perhaps a smidgen of the spice from taken to the hospital for a precauthat flowery plant tossed into the tionary injury check—and “no brew, in the interest of both flavor bones were found.” and a clever double meaning. We think the reporter meant Conceived by two Los Angeles “no broken bones were found,” but firefighters, “Fireman’s Brew grew imagine for a moment the wobbly out of their vision to create a pre- scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz mium line of handcrafted ales and leaping off his perch in floppy abanlagers that would quench their thirsts don. after an exhausting day on the fire Yep, no bones about it.
What happened to the decorum of presidential debates? BY BILL HOLEN
ARAPAHOE COUNTY COMMISSIONER (D-5) As a young teenager in 1960, I was able to witness the historic presidential debate on my black and white Motorola television. It was the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. The debate between these two rivals was thoughtful, substantive and educational for this young teenager. The debate piqued my interest in politics and eventually led to a lifetime career as a public servant at many levels of government. Since then, the American public has had an opportunity to witness 10 televised presidential debates, at least nine of which provided an insight into how these presidential candidates viewed the world and how they intended to govern this nation if they were to be successful in their political journey. This most recent presidential debate between Donald Trump and Secretary Hillary Clinton did
little to provide a clear insight. I must say that the debate eventually deteriorated into a childish display of “he said, she said,” a back-and-forth that produced no clear foundation as to how one of the candidates intended to govern this nation and our relationship with the world. National-security issues, environmental concerns, foreign and domestic policy and national defense were not discussed. What was discussed were Clinton’s emails, Trump’s treatment of women and his lack of transparency and a threat to attack Bill Clinton’s infidelity. It was clear that Trump did not prepare for the debate. Clinton was thoroughly briefed and answered questions with schol-
arly depth until the entire debate deteriorated into accusations of Trump’s disrespectful treatment of a former Miss Universe contestant. Trump then spent the rest of the debate interrupting Clinton and responding to questions in an unintelligible way. Clinton was totally in control throughout the debate while Trump lost his composure within 20 minutes. Presidential debates for the last five decades have given the American people an opportunity to view the presidential candidates in a forum that allows them to hear the candidates’ views on issues that affect their lives and examine the mettle and character of these candidates who we are about to select to lead this nation into the future.
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An endorsement for incumbent in RTD’s District E I see this lovely woman every Tuesday noon at the Denver Lions Club, but she doesn’t see me because she is blind. Helen Keller called all of the Lions her “Knights of the Blind” back in 1925 at a Lion Club convention. Lions have grown to be the largest service organization in the world, and our motto is “We serve.” It was my honor to recruit Claudia into the Denver Lions Club in October 2015. She was referred to me as a possible member by a University of Colorado colleague who told me about this marvelous blind woman who was filming a television show entitled Cooking in the Dark. That aroused my curiosity and I Googled the video of Claudia cooking, the pan catching fire and her running from the flames. She just had to be a member of the Denver “Den” Lions Club. Fast forward, she did become an active member, and she makes her way from the downtown RTD headquarters over to Muggiano’s restaurant on the 16th Street Mall every Tuesday at noon. She looks like a movie star, an immaculate dresser, high heels, strolling along with her white cane. I’m constantly in awe to see how visually impaired people can overcome this challenge and have more vision than many of us on numerous subjects, including public service. Claudia is the first blind woman to ever hold public office here in Colorado, elected to the RTD board in 2012.
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She is running for re-election this November representing District E, which extends southward from East Colfax Avenue into Arapahoe County. She is so qualified for this position and says, “I love my job. I can support my community. I’m inspired by the people that I work for, and it is really a privilege to be able to do this work.” Claudia has topline designation on the ballot and I plan to vote for her. I have no idea what political party she belongs to, but it doesn’t matter for someone as dedicated to public service and the customers who ride the rails day and night. (RTD is described as nonpartisan.) In addition to her RTD service, Claudia has been in private and corporate business for several decades. Today, she is a small-business owner of a production company, Virtual Vanguard Productions. Many of us don’t know a great deal about RTD (Regional Transportation District), which is supported by our tax dollars and fares for passenger service. RTD system serves three million people with 200,000 constituents in each district. “It is regarded as the most prestigious transportation district in the United States,” Claudia proudly proclaims. She is chair of the governmentalrelations committee that deals with local, state and federal issues and officials. The organization headquarters are located at 16th and Blake streets and comprises 2,500 employees, serving 330,000 passengers every day. RTD is the largest multi-modal transportation
system in the nation. Claudia notes that RTD has opened three new corridors this year, with two more left to finish out the current expansion—the G line this fall and the R line through Aurora by the end of 2016. Current capital investment is $5.5 billion. Sixty percent of the budget comes from sales and use taxes, 20 percent from fares, and 20 percent from state and federal grants. The annual operating budget is roughly $1 billion. Directors receive $1,000 a month for expenses and volunteer their time. Claudia’s personal resume is magical with breathtaking accomplishments—a duel Ph.D., one in architecture and planning from the University of Colorado at Denver and a second in cognitive science from CU Boulder. Her first degree in 1988 from the University of Southern California was a B.A. in psychology. Three years later, she got an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. This girl really knows how to study in the dark. By this point you might feel that she has led a charmed life. Not so, she began losing her vision at the ripe old age of 5 from a retinal disorder. Claudia was raised by a single mother, who rarely found time to be supportive. Claudia never knew her father. Suffice it to say, she had to reach out and build her network of supporters early in life. She says she played the hand that was dealt and turned life’s challenges into assets that have worked well in her life. She is divorced with one daughter Sabine, who married a Navy SEAL this past summer and is now part of the Folska family. It hasn’t been all work for Claudia. She rode her bicycle from Pakistan over the Karakorum highway 450 miles to China for a “Ride for Sight” blind charitable event in 1995. She is now riding the rails and working for all of us as our RTD director. Her TV show launches Nov. 1 Rocky Mountain PBS. If you can help Claudia, do so at claudia4rtd.com. To learn more about her fascinating show, visit cooking inthedark.today.
What a few weeks it’s been. Hillary Clinton coughing and collapsing, her health still a great mystery. Donald Trump surging in some polls in Colorado and other battleground states. This seems like a good time for the Republican Party to unify around their candidate. Yet the #NeverTrump brigade, still smarting from Trump winning the GOP nomination, continues to grouse and pout, some going so far as throwing their political beliefs to wind, supporting Clinton for the White House. The #NeverTrumpers sit atop their moral high horses, proclaiming themselves as “the only true conservatives” and promising to “vote their conscience.” They say they don’t want a Clinton presidency, but won’t lift a finger to prevent exactly this outcome. Unlike the primaries, this is a binary election. Two choices, just
like a true or false exam question. Third-party candidates are simply fleeting clouds, floating through the election before dissipating in the wind. No essay or multiplechoice questions. Just Trump or Clinton. Pick one or the other. #NeverTrumpers may wish for their unicorn candidate to suddenly appear, but it’s a little too late for that. There were originally 17 experienced and talented individuals competing for the Republican nomination, with one winner. Writing in Mitt Romney or not voting for Donald Trump is a vote for Hillary Clinton. And likely the last relevant national election for the Republican Party. Wait, Ted Cruz can run in 2020. Or Marco or Jeb. Irrelevant, as they will have zero chance of winning after another four years of the Clinton-Obama agenda. How is that? Clinton has already promised to legalize tens of millions of illegal immigrants already here. Not to mention the 100,000 new Syrian refugees she promised. Who will stop her? John McCain or Paul Ryan? They will be the wind in her amnesty sails, happily ushering in the “comprehensive immigration form,” also known as amnesty, that they and their chamber-of-commerce donors have longed for. Once here legally, the next step will be an executive order giving these new immigrants the right to vote. Won’t Congress stop her? Sorry, but no. Congress has had no problem with Obama’s executive orders over the past eight years.
Will the Supreme Court stop her? Once Clinton replaces Antonin Scalia with a fifth and majority liberal vote, she will have even more wind in her sails. How will these 30 million new voters, unassimilated and unversed in American culture and values, vote come Election Day? Based on how current new immigrants vote, it is safe to assume that 80 percent of these new voters will vote Democrat. Meaning at least 20 million new Democrat voters. Settle these immigrants in red or purple states, turning them blue, and voila a permanent Democrat electoral majority. Remember the last two presidential elections had a difference of under 10 million popular votes between the two candidates. Is this what #NeverTrumpers and other establishment Republicans really want? To be relegated to permanent minority status unable to stop an imperial White House? How will this advance their socalled conservative agenda? Two thirds of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. This election may be the last chance to stop the slide and reverse course. Time for the #NeverTrumpers to make their choice. Advance conservative principles of less intrusive government and more personal liberty and freedom? Or kick sand and fuss over Donald Trump, facilitating a further decline of America and giving away their last chance to stop to downward slide?
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk is Oct. 23
Field Elementary School Principal Lyn Bajaj and students were pleasantly surprised when Groove Auto doubled their Drive for Education grant to support the school’s leadership program. Photo courtesy of LPS
LPS schools receive Groove Auto Drive for Education grants Field, Franklin, Hopkins and Moody elementary schools recently became Groove Auto Drive for Education recipients for the 2016-2017 school year. Each school was presented with a grant to help enhance educational programming: • Field received $6,000 to support its school-wide leadership program. • Franklin received $1,500 to purchase books for first- and sec-
ond-graders for small group and independent reading. • Hopkins received $3,500 to support upgrading projectors in classrooms. • Moody received $3,500 to support a robotics club for fifthgraders. “The program is locally targeted and classroom-focused, enabling area schools to receive donations during the schoolyear that directly impact the students, the
school’s facilities and the teachers,” Groove Auto said in a statement. “Dedicated proceeds from every vehicle we sell funds our Drive for Education program.” During the grant presentation, Groove Auto doubled Field’s grant to $6,000 to support its school-wide leadership program. “Leader in Me” is an international, whole-school leadership model and Field is Colorado’s first “Leader in Me” candidate school.
Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos The Littleton Symphony’s new season, Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos, opens with a bang, The Big Bang, that is, featuring music inspired by space. The program will open with the Finale from Mozart’s ingenious Jupiter Symphony. Then virtuoso trumpet soloist and composer Sean Hennessy joins the LSO for Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto in A-flat major. The Armenian composer’s sixth major composition is described
High school counselor committed to computerscience education
Heritage High School counselor Maureen Stewart recently participated in the National Center for Women and Information Technology’s Counselors for Computing program at Colorado School of Mines. Counselors for Computing, which is designed to prepare teachers and counselors to help increase student access to computer-science education, was offered during Computer Science Professional Development Week, one of many efforts under the White House’s Computer Science for All initiative. The initiative reflects the need to empower students to learn computer science and the computational skills needed to succeed in an increasingly digital world.
as a “virtuoso showpiece” composed in 1949-1950. According to J. Sundram, “it is an energetic powerhouse of Eastern European lyricism and harmonic textures.” Then strap yourselves in for a tour of the solar system with Gustav Holst’s The Planets. It’s going to be a wild ride! Virtuoso trumpet soloist Sean Hennessy will perform the Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto with music director and conductor Jurgen de
Lemos. The concert will be Friday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and free for those 21 and under and are available online or at Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec Street, Suite B206 Information: contact us at 303933-6824 or info@littletonsymphony.org.
The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk will be held Sunday, Oct. 23 at Village Center Station and will unite the community with a shared determination to help create a world free from the pain and suffering caused by breast cancer. Registration for this noncompetitive inspirational event begins at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 9:30. Online registration is also available by visiting makingstrideswalk.org/denverco. Participants can create a page and fundraise prior to the walk. Dollars raised by Making Strides supporters help the American Cancer Society ensure no one faces breast cancer alone by funding innovative breast cancer research, promoting education and risk reduction, and providing comprehensive patient support to those who need it most. Since 1993, more than 12 million supporters have raised $750 million nationwide. Last year, 2,800 walkers in Denver helped to raise more than $242,000. According to the American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures 2016, an estimated 4,110 women in Colorado will be diagnosed with breast cancer and an estimated 560 will die from the disease this year. “Because of the determination of Making Strides supporters, the American Cancer Society is there for people in every community affected by breast cancer,
whether they’re currently dealing with a diagnosis, may face one in the future, or will avoid it altogether because of education and risk reduction,” said Cristina Johnson, American Cancer Society community manager. “At the event, the community embraces a bittersweet mix of purpose—celebrating survivorship and paying meaningful tributes to loved ones lost. From research to education, prevention to diagnosis, and treatment to recovery, we provide support to everyone impacted by breast cancer.” The 5K walk includes special activities and recognition for cancer survivors, a warm up, a yoga cool down, entertainment by the Swerve Band and a pancake breakfast. To learn more about the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event and how you can become involved, visit makingstrideswalk.org/denverco or contact Cristina Johnson at 720-5245450. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Denver is sponsored by UCHealth/University of Colorado Cancer Center (presenting sponsor), Crosbie Real Estate Group, Univision Colorado, Jose FM 92.1, Centura Health, CBS 4, Regis University, Starz Entertainment, Enterprise Holdings, IQ Navigator, Hammersmith Management, K&H Home Solutions, SCL Health, Hand and Stone Massage, El Dorado and EcoProducts.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Arapahoe Philharmonic ‘Symphonic Sensations’
Through-Jan. 27, 2017, First concert Sept. 23 at South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 S. Broadway, Littleton, and Sept. 24 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 and Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67.
Queen City Jazz Band
Oct. 9, at Our Father Lutheran Church in Centennial, 10:30 a.m. Octoberfest celebration following the church service in the Fellowship Hall. Lunch of brats and hot dogs with a freewill offering. 6335 S. Holly St.
Littleton Symphony opening concert: ‘The Planets’
Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. in Littleton. Tickets at littletonsymphony.org or at Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec St., B206 in Centennial.
MOA Indoor Gallery Show
Oct. 15-Dec. 17, MOA Indoor Gallery, 1000 Englewood Parkway, 2nd Floor, presents the works of 21 Colorado-based artists. Visit MOAonline.org.
Denver Brass Entertainment
Oct. 15, “Night of the Living Brass”Tickets, 303-832-4676.
Tom Everhart at Fascination St. Fine Art
Oct. 15, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 16, 1-3 p.m. Everhart will meet with collectors, discussing his artwork and will sign and dedicate all purchased artworks. RSVP 303-333-1566 or email at info@ fascinationst.co. Fascination is located at 2727 E. 3rd St., Denver.
Cherry Creek Choral announces 37th season
Oct. 20 and 21, 7:30 p.m., The Road Home kicks off the season with folk music favorites performed with local acoustic rock band Reckless Abandon. Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.
Irish Night at the Soiled Dove
Oct. 28, Nallen’s Irish Pub, Irish Network Colorado, The Celtic Connection, will celebrate (Celtic New Year.) With Tommy Fleming, “Voice of Ireland”and his band. Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Reservations, 303-777-0502 or email celticevents@rmi.net
“Fall in Love With the Zoo”
Oct. 7-30, Fall Festival and Boo at the Zoo events from pirates and fairies to trick or treating. Fall Festival: Traveling exhibit, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea. At “Mermaid Lagoon” (the underwater sea lion viewing area.) Meet-andgreet with mermaids, take photos and have your face painted. Mermaids will flap their tails eery Fri. Sat., and Sun. from 1-4 p.m. Pirates will be sporting their patches and swords at “Pirate Cove” (Conch Pavilion) every Fri., Sat. and Sun. from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. “Fairy Garden” (Woodland Gardens). Fairies wil flutter in the gardens Fri. Sat. and Sun from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
COLLEGE EVENT
College of Business 50th Birthday Bash at CSU
Oct. 8, 5 p.m., Ram Town at Hughes Stadium, Fort Collins. Limited number of tickets set aside. Call 877-498-7787 or CSUEventsCOB @colostate.edu
CHAMBER
Englewood Chamber 2nd Friday Coffee
Oct. 14, Thompson Automotive, 1855 W. Union Ave., Unit H, 7:30-9 a.m.
Taste of Greenwood Village
Oct. 20 at Denver Marriott Tech Center,
4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver. Doors open at 4:30 for VIPs until 6 p.m., Doors open for general admission from 7-8 p.m. VIP tickets: $79, general admission, $49. Discount tickets through the Chamber. Must be 21 years of age to attend. Call Michelle, 303290-9922.
South Metro Denver Chamber
Oct. 20, 4:30-7:30 p.m., CU South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker. South Metro Chamber partnering with Denver Metro Chamber and CU South Denver for a unique Net90 MarketPlace event. $35 for non-chamber members, Free for SMDC and MCC members. More than 30 booths and crowd of 300+.
CHARITY
Caring for Kids 20th Anniversary Awards Gala
Oct. 20, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics will honor its founder Dr. Larry Wolk and other community leaders at the Mile High Station (2027 W. Lower Colfax Ave., Denver). For more information and to RSVP, contact Virginia Ortiz at vortiz@rmyclinics.org.
EDUCATIONAL
Opportunity Coalition
Oct. 20, Stuart Sanderson, President of the Colorado Mining Assoc. 5-7 p.m., at Innovation Pavilion, 9200 E. Mineral Ave., Centennial. Cost $20. RSVP at opportunitycoalition.com
EVENTS
Denver Botanic Gardens Pumpkin Festival
Oct. 7-9, Chatfield Farms 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 10acre pumpkin patch, including live music, face painting and horse-drawn hayrides.
Cherokee Ranch and Castle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Oct. 9, Mr. Noah Wainwright gathers friends and “true believers” for an evening with Madame Mariska, psychic medium. A murder has to be solved. This show is rated PG. Reservations: Call 303-688-5555 or visit cherokeeranch.org.
October Novel Women
Oct. 13, The Novel Women Business & Life Series (free), , 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Oct. 24, Novel Women Bookclub 7 p.m.; Oct. 27, Novel Women Culinary, 6 -8 p.m. To learn more about Novel Women, visit novelwomen.org. If you are interested in being a sponsor for Novel Women, please email jamieleigh@novelwomen.org
Senior Law and Safety Summit Presented by 18th Judicial DA’s Office
Oct. 14, 8 a.m. - 1:35 p.m., Charles Schwab and Co. Events Center, Lone Tree. Designated parking west of Cabela’s. Exit 193 then left at the first set of lights on Cabela Dr. Free shuttle service. $10 registration fee. RSVP: 720-874-8487.
Huntington’s Disease Symposium and National Youth Alliance HD Retreat
Oct. 15, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., First Plymouth Church, 3501 Colo. Blvd., Englewood. For info. on the symposium: mromsdahl@ thecni.org or call 303-357-5449. For info on the youth retreat: nya.hdsa.org/nya-dayretreats.
Colorado Ballot Issues 2016
Oct. 18, 7 p.m., Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton. Presented by Active Minds.
Pumpkin Parade
Oct. 21, Streets of SouthGlenn. Enter your pumpkin for a chance to win $350 at spooky streets. To register: visit Shopsouthglenn.com/ Events or email Danaria.McCoy@gmail.com
Denver Botanic Gardens
Through-Oct. 30 with various times at Chatfield Farms. Get lost in the eight-acre Corn Maze from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Info: 720-8654346.
Denver Potters Association Fall Show
One-of-a-kind functional and sculptural ceramics, the show and sale will feature the best in jewelry, glass and wood creations. This much anticipated show opens Thursday, December 1st at the Sixth Avenue United Church, 3250 East Sixth Avenue (corner of 6th & Adams) in Denver. Dec. 1, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., Dec. 2, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Dec. 3, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Dec. 4, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. For more information, contact press@castleclayartists.com or (303) 377-5535 or denverpotters.com.
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Through Oct. 31. Sept. 29, Park Meadows Brighton Store, 4-8 p.m. Cancer League of Colorado benefits from purchases only at the Park Meadows Brighton Store.
The Uncorked Kitchen
Oct. 15, 6-8 p.m., The Uncorked Kitchen, 8161 S. Chester St., Centennial. A portion of proceeds from ticket sales for the one-year anniversary will be donated to Cancer League of Colorado. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, followed by chefs cooking up original menu items to be judged by a select panel of culinary minds. Free daytime event. For kids from 2-6 p.m., RSVP at uncorkedkitchen.biz.
A Bountiful Bazaar
Oct. 15, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Pinehurst County Club, 6255 W. Quincy Ave., Denver. Brunch catered by Pinehurst Country Club, vendors, bake sale and silent auction. Monies fund philanthropic projects such as Autism Speaks, the Boys & Girls Club of Denver and Warren Village. Fundraising event sponsored by Alphe Xi Delta Alumae Assn. of Denver. Tickets: Barbara Vietti, 303979-7561.
Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser
Through - Oct. 31, A vast assortment of wonderful pumpkins at the annual fundraiser of the Pumpkin Patch! Proceeds help more than 60 boys in your local Greenwood Village Boy Scout Troop 457 and Navajo Nation pumpkin farmers. Greenwood Community Church, 5600 E. Belleview Ave., weekdays 3:30 p.m. to dusk and weekends 8:30 a.m. to dusk.
Junior League Holiday Mart
Nov. 11-13, Gates Field House on the Univ. of Denver campus. Select merchants with high quality merchandise and a unique and exclusive shopping experience. VIP Private Shopping Event, Nov. 11, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tickets $40, includes parking. Coffee, tea, assorted baked goods and fruit will be served. Tickets must be punched in advance for the VIP shopping event.
HALLOWEEN
Glow at the Gardens
Oct. 19, 20, 26, 27, 6-9:30 p.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens, York St. Hundreds of carved, glowing pumpkins and luminary-lined pathways light up the night. Live music, costume contests, crafts, magic tricks and more. Food and beverages available for purchase. Tickets: 720-865-3501. Days off the Dead, Oct. 10-Nov. 6. The Gardens’ observance of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead.) Tickets: 720-865-3501.
Spooky Streets at The Streets at Southglenn
Oct. 21, 4:30-7:30 p.m., first annual pumpkin parade.
HEALTH
Medicare Monday Workshop
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HOLIDAY EVENTS
Governor’s Residence Holiday Tours
Dec. 8-11 and Dec. 15-18, 10 a.m - 2 p.m. 2016 “View From the Library” collectible ornament, the Governor’s Mansion Millennium Tree, planted to celebrate the turn of the Century, was a seedling from a 65 ft. Blue Spruce that was later cut and transported to Washington, D.C. to be lit on the West Lawn of the Capitol. This ornament will be available for purchase along with the eight complete ornament collection.
SANCTUARY
Wellshire Presbyterian Church Evening Song
Oct. 9, 5:15 p.m., dinner meal. $2/person or $5/family. RSVP for dinner to kgriffith@wpcdenver.org. 6-6:45 p.m., Intergenerational Worship Service.
Our Father Lutheran Church event
Oct. 9, Queen City Jazz Band at the 10:30 service. October celebration following the service in the Fellowship Hall. Lunch, brats & hot dogs with a freewill offering. Church is located at 6335 S. Holly St.
New Monthly Young Adult Brunch & Gathering
Oct. 9, Blessing of the Animals, 9 & 11 a.m. services. Oct. 13, Sixth Day Lecture – Lunch returns – now on Thursdays. 10 a.m.-noon, in the Chapel. Speaker: Debra Johnson, Denver Clerk & Recorder explaining the election process. Cost $5.
Wellshire Presbyterian Church Lecture and Lunch
Oct. 13, Wellshire Chapel, 10 a.m. Speaker Debra Johnson, Denver Clerk and Recorder who will share her firsthand experiences and explain the election process, zeroing in on current events within this election cycle. $5 lunch.
Highline Community Church spiritual adventure
Sunday Mornings, 10:30 a.m. A study through all 66 books of the Bible. Taught by Dr. Bob Beltz. 6160 S. Wabash Way in Greenwood Village. Visit highlinecc.org.
SOCIAL
Choctoberfest
Oct. 15, Chocolate and beverage festival, Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, 10 am. – 6 p.m. 75,000 chocolate samples, beers, wine, cider, spirits, coffee, and entertainment. Performances by cast members from Vintage Theatre current production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Holiday gifts for sale. More than 70 booths. Admission $5 and Buy Taste Tickets. Also VIP tickets available for $50. Info: chocolaefests.org or email Chris Mohr at chrismohr@msn.com.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers of America’s Western Fantasy
Oct. 15, 5:45 p.m. National Western Events Center 4655 Humboldt St, Denver. Sharon Magness Blake and the Western Fantasy Steering Committee announce the 2016 entertainment for the annual elegant Western Gala, one of the youngest members of the Grand Ole Opery, Grammy nominee Josh Turner! For more information about tickets and table sales visit voacolorado.org or contact Michael James at 720-264-3322.
Listen Foundation Founders Event
Oct. 16, Pinehurst Country Club. Honoring Nancy Schenck, 2016 Doreen Pollack Award Winner and 2016 Community Leader, Dr. David C. Kelsall, M.D.
YOUTH BUSINESS
YouthBiz Products now at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
Young Americans Center has partnered with Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s to offer handmade products by youth entrepreneurs in the hospital gift shop. Stop in and shop today!
WHAT’S NEW
Free Private Land Hunts near Meeker
Deadline Oct. 7. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Miller Creek Ranch in Meeker are offering big-game hunters an opportunity to apply for a limited number of private property, elk and mule deer hunts doing certain hunting seasons in the fall. Application: cow.state.co.us/Documents/ Hunting/2016-MCR-Special-Public-Hunt-App. pdf. Certain rules apply.
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the LawnAmerica merges with Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape The Swingle brand continues to expand Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care, now celebrating 69 years in business, announced that LawnAmerica has merged with them. The merger results in Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care owning the majority of the assets of LawnAmerica, an Oklahoma based lawn care business. LawnAmerica has been in business since 1999, employs approximately 60 people and is active in the Tulsa, Oklahoma City and portions of the North Carolina/South Carolina markets. They are leaders in turf care and are also a Christmas Décor franchise. Brad Johnson, founder and former majority owner of LawnAmerica, said “In order for our business to continue to grow and prosper, we are merging with a larger company out of Denver, Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care. Swingle has been in business for nearly 70 years, and are well respected in their market and nationally. After lengthy
discussions with many industry advisors, I’ve decided Swingle is the best fit for the next steps for LawnAmerica.” Both companies will continue to operate as independent businesses. Each company remaining committed to providing their respective customers with industry-leading services, while also exploring new ways to combine resources, experience and sharing of best practices to improve efficiencies where possible. “A 20-year industry friendship between Brad Johnson and myself has provided the foundation for this excellent opportunity. Combining our businesses provides an opportunity to grow stronger as multi-regional businesses, providing additional opportunities for team members and expanded service offerings to customers. We appreciate the amazing work Brad and his team have done, and together we plan to build on this success”, said Thomas R. Tolkacz, CEO of Swingle and new majority owner of LawnAmerica.
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“A lot of different companies are attracted to it for a lot of different reasons,” he said. “We’re offering a very specific type of service. Centennial is a big place.”
Colorado-based Central Development has bought 25 acres in Centennial for a planned 55-acre business park near the Denver Broncos’ headquarters. Courtesy of Central Development
Centennial to get 55-acre business park BY PETER JONES NEWS EDITOR
In the latest of several newly announced industrial developments, Colorado-based Central Development has bought 25 acres in Centennial for a planned 55acre business park. Encompass Business Park will be located between East Arapahoe Road and East Fremont Road near the Denver Broncos’ headquarters, on South Blackhawk Street. “It’s a great infill site,” Central Principal Jeremy Records said. “It’s really a job-creation site.
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The amenities around the site are incredible. That’s what we like most about it. It’s for the most part a shovel-ready site.” The property was purchased from Jordan-Arapahoe for $4.5 million. Records expects tenants to run the gamut from research and development and laboratories to light manufacturing and product distribution. The first phase of the development will be a 150,000-squarefoot industrial building, the first of several expected similar spaces within the development. A
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hea Properties has announced commencement of construction on the third and final phase of the award winning Village Center Station mixed use development in Greenwood Village. The last phase of this development is a stunning 306,000 square foot, 12-story, Class A office tower that will be 100% occupied by Charter Communications. Charter, America’s fastest growing TV, internet and voice provider, continues to expand its corporate presence and invest in the Greenwood Village area. The new office tower will house Charter’s entire product, software architecture & development, technology services, northwest regional office, real estate and strategic procurement organizations, as well as local members of its corporate human resources, facilities, spectrum reach, field operations and spectrum enterprise teams. “This state-of-the-art workplace will be well suited to support a wide range of business purposes including the design and development work powering all of Charter’s products and services,” said Rich DiGeronimo, executive vice president of product and strategy for Charter. “Charter has made a multi-million dollar investment in the Denver community, and in addition to its already large corporate presence, plans to add over 800 new high tech jobs in the coming years.” The new Charter Building will complete the three phase, approximately 900,000 square foot Village Center Station development. The office tower along with a
1,221 space parking structure and an additional 18,000 square feet of office/retail space is located between the recently completed 11 story CoBank Headquarters and the nine story multi-tenant Village Center Station 1 building (VCS I). Both were completed by Shea Properties and are fully occupied at a time when development of new large Class A buildings has been rare. Peter Culshaw noted “The three building campus, adjacent to the plaza is a realization of the original master plan. We have been true to a vision of creating a modern office campus energized by a common outdoor amenity and gathering place with ground level retail. We are proud to see the last piece of the puzzle being developed.” The main lobby of each building in Village Center Station opens onto an extraordinary public plaza which was designed to create an outdoor amenity for office users, retail patrons as well as the general public. The plaza boasts lively retail with patio dining, three dramatic water features which are set to music and lighting displays. The plaza creates additional outdoor meeting spaces with multiple formal and informal seating areas all with Wi-Fi connectivity. For public events there is a space for various events and performances. The primary function of the plaza however, is to provide pedestrian connection from the office towers to the onsite light rail stop. A grand stair within the plaza leads people to and from the station while a clock and information tower provides travelers with weather updates and breaking news. The plaza and
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precast concrete from building one, as well as a modern glazing system which is celebrated in high impact areas similar to what was used on the CoBank building. The combination of these materials will stitch the campus together and complete the vision for this 13.5 acre master planned development. Shea Properties is one of the largest developers in Denver, completing several build to suit office buildings, corporate campuses, spec offices, retail centers and apartment communities in the Metro Area. The architect for Charter Communication’s new building is Denver-based Davis Partner-
ship Architects. Davis, founded in 1892 is one of the largest, most prominent architectural firms in the Rocky Mountain West. With a staff of more than 145, the firm offers clients a diverse range of architectural and design services. Adolfson and Peterson Construction (“A&P”) is the general contractor and has begun construction with initial occupancy of the building expected in early 2018. Established in 1946, A&P is one of the nation’s top general contractors, providing owners, architects and developers with the highest standards of workmanship, integrity and client care.
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Crushing apples and pulling tractors Making the way from Parker to press apples is Trayc Walker being instructed by volunteer John Hackett.
At 82, Littleton resident Jerry Capesius, one of the most veteran of tractor-pull competitors, with his 1942 Oliver 60 tractor and first- and second-place award ribbons.
Trayc Walker, Kelsey Casias, Anthony Garcia, volunteer Joseph Le and Adrian Walker
Marking the beginning of the fall season, the annual 2016 Cider Days at Lakewood Heritage Center celebrated, Oct. 1-2, by pressing apples for cider and hosting a friendly tractor-pulling competition, attracting competitors and spectators from across Colorado. The weekend’s events offered plenty of apple cider, including the harder variety for adults. Photos by Stefan Krusze
Lakewood Heritage Center Museum’s vintage 1919 Rumley Oil Pull Farm Tractor, driven by Jerry Pfannensteil
Did you own property near and downwind from the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant (in Jefferson County, northwest of Denver, Colorado) on June 7, 1989? Are you an heir of someone who did? If so, you could get money from a proposed $375 million class action settlement.
A $375 million Settlement has been proposed in a lawsuit against the former operators of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. The lawsuit claims that Rockwell International Corp. and The Dow Chemical Co. caused the properties owned by the Class Representatives and the other class members in the Property Class Area (see map at www.RockyFlatsSettlement.com) to be contaminated with plutonium, a hazardous radioactive substance, which caused the properties’ values to be less than they otherwise would have been and which substantially interfered with Class Members’ use and enjoyment of their property. The case is Cook et al. v. Rockwell International Corp. and The Dow Chemical Co., Civil Action No. 90-00181-JLK (D. Colo.). The parties have agreed to settle to avoid additional delay and uncertainty in a case that already is over 26 years old but, before any money is paid, the proposed settlement must be approved by the Court.
Who is a Class Member?
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The Property Class (or “Class”) includes all persons and entities that owned an interest (other than mortgagee and other security interests) in real property within the Property Class Area on June 7, 1989 (one day after a famous FBI raid of the plant site). If you are an heir of someone (or the successor of an entity) who owned property on June 7, 1989 in the Property Class Area, you may also file a claim.
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Defendants will pay $375 million (the “Settlement Fund”) to pay Class Members and to pay attorneys’ fees (not to exceed 40% of the Settlement Fund) and costs and expenses. Also, Class Counsel will ask for service awards totaling $780,000 to the Class Representatives for their efforts during over 26 years of litigation. Additionally, the Settlement Fund will pay for the cost of Notice and settlement administration. The remainder (the “Net Settlement Fund”) will be divided among Class Members.
What are my options?
To get a share of the Net Settlement Fund, you must file a claim by June 1, 2017. Payments will be calculated as a percentage of the Net Settlement Fund based on the value of the property owned and located within the Class Area as of June 7, 1989. You may opt out of the Class and Settlement by March 1, 2017. If you opt out you will not receive any money if the Settlement is approved, but you retain your right to pursue your own lawsuit with your own lawyer. Your own lawyer can advise you about whether your claims may be barred by the statute of limitations. If you do not opt out, you can object to any part of the Settlement on or before March 1, 2017. If you do not opt out, you will remain in the Class and be bound by the terms of the Settlement. A public hearing will be held on April 28, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. MDT, in Courtroom A802 at the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294. The Court will consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate. If there are objections, the Court will consider them. If the hearing time/date changes, it will be posted at www.RockyFlatsSettlement.com. After the hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve the Settlement. You or your attorney may attend the hearing at your own expense, but you don’t have to. This is a summary only. For more information, including a longer Notice, the Settlement, the claim form, the proposed Plan of Allocation, the motion for attorneys’ fees, reimbursement of costs and expenses and for service awards, and a list of important deadlines, visit www.RockyFlatsSettlement.com or call 1-844-528-0187.
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Meet author Sara Gruen
Arapahoe Library District is hosting two events for fans of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sara Gruen, author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants, on Friday, Oct. 21 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. To kickoff the evening at 6 p.m., readers will have the unique opportunity to meet the author by purchasing a $25 VIP ticket. The VIP event will feature hors d’oeuvres, a copy At the Water’s Edge and the exclusive opportunity to have the author sign it. At 8 p.m., join the library for a free event open to all, featuring a question-and-answer session with the author. In 2011, Water for Elephants was
Arapahoe Library District hosts bestselling author Sara Gruen on Oct. 21. adapted into a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon and Rob Pattinson. Tattered Cover will have books available for purchase. For more information, call 303-LIBRARY (303-542-7279) or visit arapahoelibraries.org/saragruen.
Popular Taste of Greenwood Village event returns on October 20 The Fall Festival will be hosted Oct. 15 at the historic 17 Mile House Farm Park, 8181 S. Parker Road in Centennial, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Photo courtesy of Arapahoe County
Free Fall Festival celebrates county’s agricultural heritage Enjoy free family fun at the Arapahoe County Fall Festival. Celebrate our county’s agricultural heritage and step back in time. The Fall Festival is hosted Oct. 15 at the historic 17 Mile House Farm Park, 8181 S. Parker Road in Centennial, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The house is a 155-year old property, which once served as an inn for pioneers traveling on wagon trails to Denver, and was a working farm for more than a century. The 17 Mile House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Enjoy live music, picking out your favorite pumpkin and a scenic hayride. Festivalgoers also can try
their luck at gold panning, milking June the cow or learning the art of blacksmithing. Learn from Trapper Johnny and enjoy tasty food. See the Nature’s Educator’s Birds of Prey and take a tour of the farmhouse. Former residents of the house will be on site to tell stories of their days living on the farm. The Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society will offer the history of the house and its significance to the Old West. This county-designated heritage area includes a historic farmhouse, red barn, silo and milk shed, which were restored to their known condition in the early 1900s, as
well as two replica windmills, 30 acres of scenic open space and a trailhead with access to the Cherry Creek Regional Trail system. 17 Mile House and the grounds were restored by Arapahoe County in partnership with Douglas County, Town of Parker, Trust for Public Land, Great Outdoors Colorado, Colorado Historical Fund, Colorado Historic Foundation, Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society and the Gates Family Foundation. It is managed by Arapahoe County, thanks to the voter-approved Open Space sales and use tax. Volunteers are still needed to help make the event a success.
“Spirits of Colorado” theme mixes the best in business, benefits non profit “A movable feast.” That’s how DTC Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce CEO John Herbers describes the annual Taste of Greenwood Village event scheduled for Thursday, October 20. And just like the Ernest Hemingway memoir by the same title, the event will showcase the most memorable offerings of area restaurants, cafes, craft breweries, wineries and distilleries for all to enjoy. Back for its 16th year, the annual Taste of Greenwood Village is a high-energy, upbeat event combining the best in business networking with a high profile charitable component. This year’s event will benefit the Cherry Creek Schools Foundation, a non-profit organization. “Giving back to the community is a high priority for the DTC Greenwood Village Chamber,” Herbers
emphasizes. “And this signature event showcases that ongoing commitment.” And what’s a party without music? That’s where Denver’s awardwinning contemporary jazz band Dotsero answers the call, along with the captivating talents of soulful Jennifer. According to event planners, both groups will share the stage throughout the evening. Cindi Routh, event marketer and founder of Trailhead Marketing, says the Taste of Greenwood Village is always a sell-out crowd, with close to 1500 attendees. “Imagine a classy, stylish cocktail party with 1499 of your closest friends, and that’s pretty much how we roll,” said Routh. “And nobody wants to miss out on that kind of fun!” More than 55 area eateries will be on hand with food and beverage samplings for attendees, according to Herbers. And there promises to be something tasty and delicious for every palette. The newly renovated Denver Marriott Tech Center is the site of the event, and will showcase their stylish new event space. General admission and VIP tickets are available online at DTCChamber.com.
Public invited to SSPR’s 2017 budget presentation SUBMITTED BY SSPR South Suburban Parks and Recreation is closing in on next year’s budget and will present its 2017 proposed budget, including proposed fees and charges, at the Oct. 12 board meeting. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Goodson Recreation Center. Copies of the proposed budget and fees and charges will be available for public review at the meeting. The district did not increase any fees in 2016. Citizens will have an opportunity to address the board regarding requests for new programs or facilities or improvements to existing facilities, parks, trails and open space, as well as comment about fees and charges. The public also may submit ideas by email to our director of finance at Shipley@ssprd.org or by mail to: Director of Finance South Suburban Parks and Recreation 6631 S. University Blvd. Centennial, CO 80121 Label your request: “2017 South Suburban Budget.” For more information, call 303798-5131.
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Sex-offending youth pastor gets jail, probation BY PETER JONES NEWS EDITOR
A youth pastor who met his victim in Littleton has received 90 days in jail and 20 years of intensive sex-offender probation for sexually touching a 13-year-old girl who came to him for counseling. Christopher Hutchinson, 37, was convicted July 29 of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. When he was arrested, he was youth pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Parker. Previously he had held the same position at South Fellowship Church in Littleton, where he first met the girl. The 13-year-old had turned to her pastor for support and counseling during difficult times. He urged her to meet him at local parks, where he sexually touched her. Although Hutchinson urged his victim to keep his actions secret, she told her parents who contacted law enforcement. The prosecution had requested a sentence of four years to life in prison. “While I accept the decision of the judge, for whom I have great respect, I respectfully disagree with the sentence,” District Attorney George Brauchler said. “… [Hutchinson] denied that his conduct was sexual in nature or for sexual gratification until after the jury found him guilty. The office does not consider him to be a good candidate for probation.” In seeking the harsher sentence, prosecutor Leora Joseph told the court: “For an adult male to speak in the voice of God as a youth pastor … to then violate that trust with what he did to this victim. It is that betrayal that warrants a prison sentence.”
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Reading local paper is ‘Way to Know’ your community BY LAYNE BRUCE Several years ago cyberspace was frenzied over many popular websites going dark for 24 hours to protest a federal bill meant to crack down on video piracy. The Stop Online Piracy Act – or SOPA – was a controversial and perhaps misguided effort championed by the Motion Picture Association of America to end illegal online sharing of copyrighted material, primarily movies and music. To protest SOPA and its potential threats to the First Amendment, Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and – heaven forbid – I Can Haz Cheezburger, among many others, all shut down for a 24-hour period to show the web-surfing world what it would be like without its daily fix of photos of cats riding in baby strollers. SOPA was eventually defeated, but a strong, valid point was made. We had come to rely on those websites for information and entertainment. Their value to internet users was unquestioned. Now imagine your own corner of the world without its local newspaper. At first, you might not
notice much difference if the daily or weekly paper failed to show up in your driveway or mailbox, or on your computer screen or smartphone. Rather quickly, a good fraction of the internet itself would go dark again. This time involuntarily. If you’ve never noticed, the web and thousands of sites are populated by millions of stories and photos produced by local journalists. There’d be gaping holes on sites like Google and even Facebook where newspaper content is consumed and shared. And soon an oily sheen would start to coat all the surfaces in town. With the watchdog off duty, things would start to go awry. The sunlight of transparency would inevitably set. That’s because a terrific amount of content that seems birthed magically of the digital age actually starts out as the scribblings or recordings of intrepid community reporters at city halls, school board meetings and statehouses nationwide and around the world. And without their efforts, many officials would find it too tempting
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and much too easy to fudge the rules on public meetings, open records and a multitude of other rights to which taxpayers are entitled. For instance, just here in Mississippi taxpayers may never have known the full story about the public hospital on the Gulf Coast that had squandered the pensions of its employees. City officials in a northeastern community of the state may have decided it’s simply too convenient or expedient to not hold all their meetings in private. Why shouldn’t they, the council members and attorneys might shrug. Not many people show up to the meetings anyway. Or how about another town getting by without explaining to its citizens why a Department of Justice forfeiture fund had evaporated? All of these are real and recent examples where a local newspaper
made a difference on behalf of the citizens it serves. I’ll be honest, covering the public board meetings is not glamorous work. It can be rather tedious, actually. But like plumbing a toilet, sometimes a job is undervalued until there’s no one willing or able to do the work. That’s not to say the job of a community journalist is unpleasant (despite some national polls that will tell you as much); it’s often one of the best in town, full of its own rewards. But it certainly can be – and often is – taken for granted. Without newspapers, you might say, a substitute watchdog would come along to serve in the role. Eventually perhaps, but how much damage is done in the interim? And why put out to pasture a medium that’s held this responsibility close to its heart for centuries? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it we
say. Oct. 2-8 is National Newspaper Week, a time when those of us who work on behalf of newspaper media will make an extra effort to sing the praises of community journalists and the work they do for all of us. Literally, in towns, counties, parishes and provinces across North America, your local newspaper is the way to know what’s going on in the world around us. We’re not under any illusion our work will ever be as popular as that video of the tabby playing the piano. But we’re still proud of what we do. And we hope you can be, too. Layne Bruce is executive director of the Mississippi Press Association and president of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc., which annually sponsors National Newspaper Week. His email address is lbruce@mspress.org.
Smartphone breathalyzers lowers risk for DUI Over the summer, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) distributed smartphone breathalyzers to 225 randomly-chosen participants in the Denver metro area. In exchange, participants agreed to provide feedback to CDOT on their experience. At the end of the program, 84 percent of participants agreed that owning a smartphone breathalyzer lowered their risk for a DUI/DWAI, and similarly, 82 percent agreed anyone who regularly drinks should own a breathalyzer. Prior to receiving the breathalyzers, 79 percent believed they might have previously driven while above the DUI limit, compared to the program’s final survey, in which participants were asked about their behavior since receiving and using breathalyzers — only 12 percent of participants reported that they may have driven impaired. Program participants gathered to share their experience with the breathalyzers. Watch the video at youtu.be/ HLU0olLyi3g “I’m encouraged that so many participants found the smartphone breathalyzers effective in helping them think more about how easy it is to approach the DWAI and DUI limits after only one or two drinks,” said Sam Cole, CDOT communications manager. “It’s not only CDOT’s responsibility to educate Colorado drivers about the dangers, laws and consequences of impaired driving, but also introduce them to resources that help them make smart decisions while drinking.” CDOT partnered with BACtrack, a manufacturer of smartphone breathalyzers, to gain insight about drinking habits, especially related to drinking and driving, among Coloradans. Participants used the devices throughout the summer and completed surveys about their experience, recording a total of 4,823 Blood Alcohol Concentra-
tion (BAC) readings, an average of 21 readings per participant. The average BAC level was .087 percent, above Colorado’s .08 percent BAC limit for a DUI. The initial participant survey revealed some concerning realities: • 92 percent knew the .08 BAC limit for a DUI, but only 47 percent were aware of Colorado’s Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI) BAC limit of .05 percent. • 79 percent of participants indicated they might have driven a car while above the legal driving limit • 92 percent thought they had been a passenger with a driver above the legal limit. Not surprisingly, Fridays and Saturdays saw the highest number of breathalyzer readings, with average BACs of .082 percent and .096 percent, respectively. While Sundays received about half as many readings, Sunday recorded the highest average BAC of any day of the week at .101 percent. More BAC data trends: Average BAC by time of day Midnight – 6 a.m. = .115 percent 6 a.m. – Noon = .061 percent Noon – 6 p.m. = .075 percent 6 p.m. – Midnight = .086 percent Between midnight and 6 a.m. recorded the highest BAC averages of any timeframe at .115 percent, indicating that weekend early mornings, a time when drinkers are leaving bars and faced with the decision of how to get home, as a higher potential for impaired driving. Average BAC by Age 21 – 30 = .092 percent 31 – 40 = .088 percent 41 – 50 = .076 percent 51 – 60 = .067 percent 61+ = .047 percent The BACtrack breathalyzers were distributed at the CDOT headquarters
and Call to Arms Brewery in Denver. Most BAC readings were logged locally, though some came from outside of Colorado when participants traveled to other states. Participants shared the following testimonials about their experience in the program: • “The breathalyzer provides me an extra line of defense in the battle of convincing my friends not to drive after drinking, giving me hard, undeniable evidence of their impairment level.” • “I have noticed that I am over the legal limit much more than I thought. Even the next day after drinking, I like to test it and have found my BAC to be over .04. Scary! The program has been very eye-opening.” • “A friend was leaving my house after a late night out and we used the device to determine whether he should drive or call for a ride. He thought he was alright to drive, but blew a .077, so he took an Uber instead.” Smartphone breathalyzers are a tool to help drinkers make better decisions, but CDOT recommends always having a safe ride planned before you start drinking. CDOT’s newly enhanced “R-U-Buzzed” smartphone app is another resource to help avoid driving impaired. R-UBuzzed works by estimating users’ BAC levels based on the interaction of weight, gender, time drinking and alcohol consumed. The app features an easy-to-use, one-screen interface that allows users to quickly update or begin a new reading in an instant. The app then calculates the BAC level and shares safety information about impairment and Colorado’s laws. On iPhone and Android smartphones, download the app: onelink. to/r-u-buzzed.
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Centennial announces Chalk Art People’s Choice Award recipients Congratulations to Centennial Chalk Art Festival’s People’s Choice Award winners! More than 500 people voted during the two-day event, Sept. 24-25. Photos courtesy of City of Centennial
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t was well past 8 p.m. when I arrived at Greenwood Village city hall this week coming from a Littleton High School Lions Leo charter night. As the agenda only showed some liquor violations and new liquor applications, along with some ordinance approvals, it appeared to be a calm night at City Council. Much to my surprise, and to the council’s as the press arrived, they were in a deep conversation about the Orchard Station Subarea project. Sometimes councilmembers discuss issues at the end of meetings about various concerns. This was a big concern. I learned years ago never to leave a council meeting until the gavel sounds and the meeting adjourns.
Councils can discuss whatever they wish when they wish, and the door was wide open. I walked into this lively discussion that really turned out to be somewhat dramatic and important. The City Council was wrestling with the “what ifs” if the Planning and Zoning Commission approves the Subarea plan on Oct. 18—something that they are very apt to do and send it onward to City Council. The discussion swirled around whether it would be premature to announce council plans to hold district public-information sessions on the Subarea, prior to the P&Z decision. It could be considered begging the question. Dave Bullock stated, “We’ve got the cart before the horse.” Apparently the Village’s monthly magazine is being delayed for a green light to announce these neighborhood public-information sessions.
A motion was made by Freda Miklin and passed 7-1 to announce these sessions immediately to quell citizen concerns and to provide more public information on the large development project. Steve Moran opposed the proposed hearings prior to the P&Z decision and was the “no” vote. Announcing plans to hold informative sessions on the P&Z decision is a pretty clear indication that this project is going to move forward to the full City Council, where it does belong. Citizens will be advised of where and when these meetings will occur and everyone will be allowed to express opinions on the Subarea plans to council members. We might expect that it will take some time to put these meetings together. They will not be formal public hearings, but informative sessions in local neighborhoods.
Holen appointed to NACo committees Arapahoe County Commissioner Bill Holen has been appointed to serve on the National Association of Counties’ Transportation subcommittee and was also named vice chair of the Veterans and Military Services committee, which pursues legislation to address a broad array of programs that support military families and strengthen communities throughout the country. “It is an honor to be chosen for both committees, but I take great pride in serving in a leadership capacity to work on military and veteran issues,” said Holen, who is serving his first full term as commissioner representing District 5, which includes Glendale and portions of Aurora. “I look forward to working with commissioners from counties across our
nation to share new and innovative ideas to protect our nation’s veterans and military service men and women while also finding ways to improve and protect our nation’s transportation infrastructure.” Holen is a Vietnam Army veteran and a former member of the Colorado Air National Guard. He serves as a Goodwill ambassador to the Air Force 460th Space Wing Command Commander’s Group. In 2013, he chaired the Colorado Bipartisan Military Post-Traumatic Stress Task Force, which address PTSD and brain trauma in veterans returning home from service. In 2013, Holen participated in the Air Force Air War College and the 60th annual National Security Forum.
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Lance Green to lead painting workshop for Heritage Fine Arts Guild
On Nov. 5, the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will sponsor a one-day workshop on expressionism with Colorado contemporary artist Lance Green. Expressionism enables artists to bypass the limitations of objectivity and make it easier to express themselves. Students will begin the day by examining expressionist paintings and applying an underpainting to canvas with random colors, shapes and strokes. Next students will observe colors, layers and revealed images, which they will then sketch with charcoal and proceed to paint. Finally, participants will work on color, shading and composition, taking advantage of the underpainted surface. “Invariably students come away from the workshop with a certain sense of release, as well as enthusiasm for their work, and most come away with a sense of exhilaration,” Green says. Green has lived in the high country of the Colorado Rockies, the Texarkana Bayou and the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. He majored in fine arts at Rio Hondo College in East Los Angeles and now paints in his home studio in Colorado. Green’s strongest mentor was Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), famous for his controversial, Pop-influenced portraits of Native Americans. “What at-
City Bear Light, an acrylic painting, exemplifies Colorado artist Lance Green’s approach to expressionism. He is teaching a Nov. 5 workshop in Littleton. tracted me to Fritz was the incredible strength in his work. It was the most striking work I’d ever seen,” Green says. Green’s work is displayed at the Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico; Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Ariz.; Darpino Gallery, Manitou Springs; and The Loft Gallery in San Pedro, Calif. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (doors unlocked by 8:30 a.m.) at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere
Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at heritage-guild.com/membership. html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited. For complete details and a registration form for the workshop, see heritage-guild.com/currentworkshops.html. For further information, contact Mary Kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303594-4667.
Stewart elected vice president of Bridge, Tunnel, Turnpike Association More than 700 global transportation leaders from 22 countries gathered for the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s (IBTTA) 84th Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Denver, Sept. 11-14. On September 14, Tim Stewart, executive director of the E-470 Public Highway Authority was elected by the IBTTA membership to serve as first vice president of the IBTTA. Stewart’s term as first vice president begins January 1, 2017. In 2018, Stewart will serve as IBTTA president. “IBTTA is pleased that Tim Stewart… will bring his leadership and vision to our association and industry,” said Patrick Jones, executive director and CEO of IBTTA. “Tim’s transportation, construction and engineering experience will be a tremendous asset to our board at this critical time when we address major in-
frastructure needs.” As the head of E-470, Stewart provides executive leadership and strategic guidance for all tolling initiatives. Stewart is responsible for the operations of the 47-mile toll road and also the ExpressToll brand, which provides tolling services for the entire state of Colorado. E-470 employs 63 staff members and has over 250 additional contract personnel. The authority experienced a 12.4% transactional growth in 2015 and earned over $173 million in toll revenues. Upon his election as first vice president, Stewart said, “I am thrilled and honored that my fellow members of IBTTA have entrusted me with this leadership position. My involvement as a member of the board of directors for IBTTA has allowed me to engage with members in the U.S., around the world and use my
experience to address the many challenges and opportunities facing the industry.” E-470 is the toll highway that runs along the eastern perimeter of the Denver metropolitan area. The 75-mph highway is not taxfunded and extends 47 miles from State Highway C-470 at I-25 in Douglas County to I-25 near 160th Avenue in Thornton. The E-470 Public Highway Authority consists of eight member jurisdictions: Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, and the municipalities of Aurora, Brighton, Commerce City, Parker and Thornton. E-470 and ExpressToll celebrated serving Colorado drivers for 25 years on June 1 of this year. Safety, service, speed and stewardship have been top priorities for the Authority over the years and the organization strives for excellence each day.
Jewish Family Service to honor Yana Vishnitsky
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS) will honor its president and CEO, Yana Vishnitsky at “Yana! A Farewell Celebration” on Sat., Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center. The event will pay tribute to Vishnitsky’s immeasurable contributions to JFS over the last 38 years and commemorate her retirement. The gala celebration will include cocktails, entertainment, dinner, and dancing and will take the place of the agency’s annual winter fundraiser, “Real Hope,” this year. Topurchase tickets or sponsorships, jewishfamilyservice. org/Yana or contact Lisa Benoit at 720-248-4633 or lbenoit@ jewishfamilyservice.org. Vishnitsky came to America in 1978 to start a new life with her husband and four-year-old son. She fled Soviet Russia and an oppressive regime that persecuted Jews. She was resettled by Jewish Family Service, the same agency that she would eventually lead. She was first hired as a JFS translator to help with the influx of Russian refugees to Denver and returned to school and earned an undergraduate degree in social work from Colorado State University. She then attended Smith College and earned a graduate degree
Yana Vishnitsky
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in 1988. Vishnitsky completed her postgraduate training at the Denver Institute of Psychoanalysis and became a highly regarded psychotherapist. She served as director of the Russian Resettlement department and associate executive director of JFS before becoming president and CEO in 2000. Vishnitsky was the driving force behind two capital campaigns for the acquisition of the Tamarac headquarters building and the Shalom Denver facility, which paved the way for the expansion of services and the agency’s remarkable growth. Under her guidance, JFS launched several innovative new programs that continue to transform thousands of people’s lives and have made JFS a premier human services agency serving the Denver and Boulder communities.
National Council of Jewish Women to host candidates forum
The JCRC (a program of JEWISHcolorado) and the NCJW Colorado section, will sponsor the Candidates Forum 2016, a forum open to the general public that provides a platform for meeting the 2016 political candidates and also promotes a lively discussion amongst them. Hosted by Kyle Dyer, formerly of 9News, Denver’s NBC affiliate and now journalist and owner of Kyle Dyer Storytelling, the event will offer the public an opportunity to first meet candidates for state and federal offices and to learn more about various ballot initiatives. Then, the meet and greet event will be followed by a forum where candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives will have an opportunity to ad-
dress questions presented them. The forum will begin Monday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. Candidates will meet and greet and then at 7 p.m. the candidates forum will be held at the Robert E. Loup JCC Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Forum participants to date include Commissioner Darryl Glenn, Casper Stockham, Congressman Jared Polis, Nic Morse, Rep. Ken Buck, Bob Seay, Misty Plowright, Rep. Mike Coffman, State Sen. Morgan Carroll, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, and George Athanasopoulos. To register for the Candidates Forum event visit jewishcolorado. org/candidates-forum-registration or contact Events at 303-3166484; Events@JEWISHcolorado. org.
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St. Mary’s Academy named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School
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Creek defensive end to play in 2017 All-America Game Jon Van Diest traded red, white and blue for red and black, at least temporarily, as he accepted a jersey and an invitation to play in the Under Armour All-America High School Football Game on Jan. 1, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. The defensive end from Cherry Creek High School will join 90 of the nation’s best high school football players for the 10th annual All-America game, which will be aired live on ESPN. During the jersey presentation on Oct. 3 in the CCHS gym, Van Diest said he was humbled by the honor. He thanked his family, including his grandparents Doug and Sharon Van Diest, who were in town from California while his parents were out of town. He also thanked his coaches, including those at Creek and those youth league coaches he learned from
when he first started playing football. Van Diest, a two-year captain of the Bruins football team, is ranked as the number 15 player at his position and the number three player in the state overall by ESPN. But CCHS defensive coach Tom Doherty says it is Van Diest’s off-the-field accomplishments that really set him apart. “What people don’t see is what makes Jon really special. How he handles himself in the classroom and in the community,” Doherty said. “It’s an honor for me to coach him.” Van Diest will wear black and gold next year. He will attend the University of Colorado on an athletic scholarship and hopes to be an asset for the Buffaloes, who are currently ranked in the top 25 for the first time in 11 years.
On September 28, the United States Department of Education announced that St. Mary’s Academy Lower School is a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. St. Mary’s Academy is the only private school in Colorado to earn the honor this year. U. S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., announced the 2016 honorees saying, “Your schools are on the cutting edge, pioneering innovative educational practices—professional learning communities, projectbased learning, social and emotional learning, positive behavior systems—making you shining examples for your communities, your state and the nation.”
St. Mary’s Academy Lower School Principal Florence Swanson, Literacy Specialist Andrea Gilmore and Academy President Vicki Schwartz SL will be in Washington, D.C. on November 7 and 8 to attend a luncheon where the awards will be presented. Events and festivities will culminate in an awards luncheon where honorees receive the National Blue Ribbon School flag and an engraved plaque. “I am extremely proud that the U.S. Department of Education recognized the excellent work of Mrs. Swanson and all the Lower School teachers that all of us in the SMA community experience on a daily basis,”
says Vicki Schwartz SL, academy president. Selection as a Blue Ribbon School is based on a comprehensive report, written by the school. The report focuses on academic success, curriculum, leadership, school culture, professional development, family and community engagement, and documented success. Five Colorado public schools joined St. Mary’s Academy as recipients. The 2016 honor is the third for St. Mary’s Academy Lower School, having previously earned Blue Ribbon status in 1991-1992 and 1998-1999. St. Mary’s Academy High School was a Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000.
High school seniors encouraged to apply for Daniels Scholarship Motivated college-bound high school seniors in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming are encouraged to visit DanielsFund. org to apply online for the Daniels Scholarship Program. The application deadline is November 30. “In establishing the Daniels Scholarship Program, cable television pioneer Bill Daniels wanted to seek outstanding young people who possess tremendous strength of character, the passion to succeed, a willingness to work hard, and a commitment to giving back to the community,” explained Linda Childears, president and CEO of the Daniels Fund. The Daniels Scholarship Program provides the opportunity to obtain a college education at any accredited nonprofit college or
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Schools.asp. To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, students must demonstrate financial need and: • Be a current high school senior graduating during the 20162017 academic year from a high school in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. • Be a current resident of one of these four states and a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. • Earn ACT scores of at least 17 in each category (math, English, reading, science); or an SAT math score of at least 400 and critical reading score of at least 440. Writing scores are not required. All test scores must come from a single test. Super-scoring is not accepted. The Daniels Scholarship Program has provided more than $138 million in scholarships to nearly 3,500 students since the program was launched in 2000.
October is Bullying Awareness Month School-yard bullying is changing. Today’s version of bullying looks different and is happening off school property—in friend’s homes, the mall and even online, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. With one out of every four students reporting being bullied during the school year, it’s a problem that cannot be ignored. October is Bullying Awareness Month, created to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. The effects of bullying are debilitating. According to the Center for Disease Control, students who experience bullying are more likely to suffer from poor school adjustment, anxiety and depression. Those who bully have a higher risk for academic problems, substance abuse and violent behavior later in life. Kids and teens may be bullied for a variety of reasons including disabilities, race, sexual orientation, weight and many more. When girls bully, it can look very different. Girls interact and bond with each other differently than boys, and the same goes for the way they bully. Boys generally tend to bully in physical ways,
while girls use emotional tactics. Because there may be no physical indications, it can be difficult for adults to pick up on female bullying. Here are some of the signs to look out for, according to NoBullying.com: alienation or ostracism, verbal harassment, formation of girl groups to gang up on the victim, emotional violence, cruel jokes or pranks, pretending to be the victim’s friend, then turn against them. When it comes to cyberbullying, girls are almost twice as likely as boys to be both victims and bullies. Unlike typical bullying, cyberbullying can happen any time of day or night. Messages and images can be sent through cell phones, computers and tablets; utilizing email, social media sites, chat, websites and text messages. Deleting these messages or images is incredibly difficult after it has been sent or posted and can be impossible to trace due to anonymity on the internet. Bullying can also happen in the workplace. For all types of bullying, parents, teachers, mentors and even bystanders can help be a part of the solution. For more information on how to prevent and stop bullying, stopbullying.gov.
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From Beirut to LA—back again and forth Lebanese Nemr hits Comedy Works next week
Those who expect Nemr to be the Yakov Smirnoff of Middle Eastern comedy may want to take their next hummus with a grain of salt. Punchlines about terrorists, airport security or the raised eyebrows of fellow passengers would be as out of place at a Nemr show as knock-knock jokes at a Sarah Silverman performance. “They’re lame,” Nemr said of the post-9/11 gag book. “They’ve been done to death and they’re not real. To be honest, I’ve never been pulled over for being an Arab.” That is not to say Nemr is above joking about his ethnic heritage. In a tradition that stretches from the Catskills to Las Vegas, the Lebaneseborn comic is ripe with homegrown perspective that informs his views on everything from child rearing to personal relationships. After all, a strict father is still a strict father, regardless of his accent. “When you have a bunch of Arabs, Europeans, Asians, Americans, white, black, all ethnicities sitting together and laughing at the same joke, they’re going to be a lot closer than any other outreach could ever do,” Nemr said. The 33-year-old comedian will test his theory in Colorado on Wednesday, Oct. 12, when he headlines a show at Comedy Works South in Greenwood Village. Born Nemr Abou Nassar in Beirut in 1983, the boy’s family fled the civil war two years later and wound up in Los Angeles, a good place to discover the world of comedy.
Nemr launched his career in his native Lebanon after first discovering his love of comedy in the United States. He plays Comedy Works South on Oct. 12. Photo courtesy of Maria Abou Nassar
“My earliest memory of happiness was standup comedy,” he said. “The first time I remember my parents laughing was when I was 4 or 5 years old when they were watching a standup comedy show.” Eleven-year-old Nemr would eventually find his own comic bliss somewhat ironically—not on the Sunset Strip, but back in Beirut—when the Nassars repatriated after the war that killed 150,000 and displaced nearly a million of their fellow countrymen.
“These are not our wars. We just have to wait them out,” Nemr said of the decidedly unfunny years. “I saw my first massacre at 14 and I haven’t once held a gun.” Against a “post-war” backdrop of political strife and the assassination of the former prime minister, the adult Nemr would eventually, almost singlehandedly, create a Middle Eastern standup-comedy scene. “I basically invested everything I had,” he said. “I took all the risks and everybody ended up following in the footsteps. The first time I ever set foot in an American comedy club was after I had already done three [television] specials.” Although Lebanon already had its share of sketch-comedy artists, their approach was largely sectarian, with Muslims, Christians and Jews attending separate shows. Nemr figured he could unite them all if given a chance to produce comedy that was free of direct reference to religion and politics, but still touched on universal issues. In his tours across the Middle East, Nemr, a Christian, soon learned that the street skills he learned as a teen were not so dissimilar to those of a comic in the Arab world. “You have to be careful what you say in the Middle East,” he said. “When I say something, it’s very carefully considered placement, timing and rhythm.” At the same time, he says, the Lebanese, in particular, have always been amenable to what might be called politically incorrect humor in the United States. “We’re fighting ISIS, people are dying and we’re making jokes the same day as an attack,” he said. “Humor, for us, is the best way to deal with difficulty.”
Nemr’s shows were always performed in English—the comic’s first language and one that is required learning in much of the Middle East. Since taking his act internationally, Nemr keeps the nonsectarian approach—even addressing the U.S. presidential election with a nonpartisan subtlety that packs a punch once the audience reads through the lines. “By the end of the show, you’ll understand that I’ve discussed fanaticism,” he said. As Nemr’s Comedy Works show approaches, so does his upcoming international television special recently taped in Lebanon. Despite his success and photo on the cover of Rolling Stone’s Middle Eastern edition, Nemr insists he is no
Nemr performs Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and information, visit comedyworks.com or call 720-274-6800. Madonna or Pharrell when it comes to one-name recognition. “I’m not trying to be cool. Nemr is hard enough. Then add Abou Nassar and it’s a train wreck,” he said of his now-shortened marquee name. As for pronunciation, Nemr is quick to correct. “It’s pronounced Nimmer,” he said. “As a girl once told me, it’s like simmer, but hotter.”
Mayors on Meals
Columbine Valley Mayor Richard Champion, Littleton Mayor Bruce Beckman and Sheridan Mayor Dallas Hall attend the recent annual breakfast in support of TLC Meals on Wheels. The nonprofit service delivers hot meals to seniors across the south metro area.
Photo courtesy of TLC Meals on Wheels
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Shannon Cochran as Fräulein Schneider and Mark Nelson as Herr Schultz in the 2016 National Touring production of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret.
The 2016 National Touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret. Photos by Joan Marcus
Life is a Cabaret at The Buell Theater CLAUDIA CARBONE VILLAGER CONTRIBUTER Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret is a fun, slick and titillating production of the 1966 hit musical that gave us memorable songs like Cabaret, Willkommen and Maybe This Time. Randy Harrison gives an extraordinary, edgy performance both funny and disturbing as the frisky emcee of the bawdy Kit Kat Klub in 1930 Berlin. He sings eye-to-eye to the audience as he welcomes us to “come hear the music play” in a sexy opening number that will make you blush,
or at least squirm a bit. His role as narrator becomes increasingly dark as we begin to see overtones of the rise of the Third Reich and capitulates at the shocking ending. The story revolves around an American writer Cliff Bradshaw (Benjamin Eakeley) who becomes involved with Sally Bowles (adorable Andrea Goss), a young British singer at the club. When she becomes pregnant, to support them he takes a covert job with Ernst Ludwig (Patrick Vaill), his German friend who turns out to be a
Nazi. Uneasy with the growing political unrest, Cliff wants to flee with Sally back to America. She won’t go, has an abortion and returns to the club and her party-girl life where she ignores the danger going on around her. Cliff leaves reluctantly without her. In a subplot, older Fräulein Schneider (Mary Gordon Murray) who owns the boardinghouse and Herr Schulz (Scott Robertson), a fruit vendor, fall into a comfortable relationship and announce their engagement. Schulz is a Jew, but when a
ACC to host ‘This is Colorado’ juried exhibition Arapahoe Community College will host the statewide “This is Colorado” juried exhibition from Oct. 11–Nov. 3 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts at ACC. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 21, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The exhibition is
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brick is thrown into his window, he says it’s a child’s prank and thinks naively that the bad times will pass. After all, he says, he is a German too. But Schneider is afraid and cancels the engagement, so Schulz moves to another boardinghouse. On the train to Paris, Cliff begins his novel: “There was a cabaret, and there was a master of ceremonies . . . and there was a city called Berlin, in a country called Germany . . . and it was the end of the world.” Despite the chilling backstory, the top-tapping musical num-
bers, humorous episodes and outstanding performances from everyone all around will keep you engaged and entertained. This Tony Award-winning production is not to be missed. Leave children at home; this is an adult show. It will run through October 9. For tickets and complete list of creatives, visit denvercenter.org or call 303-8934100. Claudia Carbone is a Denverbased award-winning journalist who started her career writing a ski column for The Villager 30 years ago.
Spooky Streets at the Streets at Southglenn The Streets of Southglenn will host Spooky Streets again this year on Friday, October 21, between 4:30-7:30 p.m. A free family celebration of fall and all things Halloween! This year, will be the first Pumpkin Parade as part of Spooky Streets. Be sure to enter your fall or Halloween pumpkin creation (either carved or decorated) into this fun contest to win Streets at
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VA barely makes subpoena deadline on Aurora Hospital project
The Department of Veterans Affairs made its required report after the close of business on the deadline day in relation to its Aurora hospital project, though its status is unclear. “As of now, we have not determined if this CD complies with [the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee] issued subpoena,” U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s congressional office said in an email. The VA had been subpoenaed for the thousands of pages of supporting documentation detailing the Aurora VA hospital construction project’s delays and cost overruns, which are now estimated to exceed $1 billion. The subpoena issued Sept. 7
legally required the VA to hand over all of the Administrative Investigation Board’s supporting documentation. The deadline to comply with the subpoena was Sept. 28. Failure to comply with a congressional subpoena can result in federal court proceedings to enforce compliance or even a vote to hold the secretary in contempt. When construction began on the Aurora VA hospital project in August 2009, the VA estimated the facility cost at just under $583 million with a February 2014 completion date. The project has since spiraled to cost $1.67 billion and is now estimated to be completed in early 2018. The U.S. Army Corps of En-
gineers took over the construction management of the project from the VA last year and legislation has passed that permanently strips the VA of their construction management authority to build hospitals. In March 2015, the VA appointed the Administrative Investigation Board to conduct the investigation into the cost overruns and delays. In March, nearly a year after it was initially promised for delivery, the VA delivered a memorandum summarizing the VA’s AIB findings to HVAC Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., but the VA did not release the thousands of pages of supporting documentation accompanying the memorandum.
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FLEURISH
ABOVE: Valerie and Scott Thisteds RIGHT: Libby Weaver Papilion and kids ABOVE, RIGHT: Andrea Tagtow, Clare Cranberg, and Peg Rudden
Red Wagon Ball for Advocates for Children Advocates for Children CASA, the Court Appointed Special Advocates agency serving Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties, held their 20th annual Red Wagon Ball Sept. 24. This gala is a local philanthropic tradition, raising the necessary funds and awareness that allow for Advocates for Children CASA to continue providing advocacy services to abused and neglected children. Andrea Emceed by Libby Weaver Papilion, the Red Wagon Ball was attended by nearly 500 guests and raised approximately $300,000. Highlights of the evening included: a beautiful vocal performance by local entertainer, Clare Cranberg; a moving speech by
Adrian Alvarado, 22, who emancipated from the foster care system and will be graduating from welding school; a recognition ceremony honoring Valerie and Scott Thisted, a dynamic couple who are longtime supporters of both Advocates for Children CASA and multiple other children’s charities; and a remarkable and energetic live auction hosted by the one and only, Gary Corbett. The night concluded with live music from one of Denver’s hottest local bands, Soul School. Peg Rudden, the executive director of Advocates for Children CASA, spoke about the enormous difference these community volunteers make in the lives of these
Cocktails for a Cause hosts event in support of A Precious Child Cocktails for a Cause will be hosting their next event in support of A Precious Child, a local Denver nonprofit, from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. on October 19, at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. A Precious Child is devoted to making a positive impact in the lives of disadvantaged and displaced children and families in Colorado by improving their quality of life. They provide basic essentials to children in need to empower them to succeed in school. Guests are invited to bring the selected items to the
charity (cocktailsforacauseco. org/events/a-precious-child/) and for their donation they are given door prize tickets. A $10 attendance fee is charged for each event, where wine and dinner is served. CFAC holds events three times per year for different charities needing items to help them provide services to their constituents. Guests bring items from a list provided to them in their invitation along with a $10 entrance fee, which becomes their admission into the event. CFAC provides
abused and neglected children in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District. CASA volunteers are trained to represent the best interests of children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect and share in the vision that all children deserve to dream, thrive, and grow with a sense of belonging and empowerment. drinks and dinner along with an opportunity to meet other likeminded philanthropic women. 100% of all items collected at a CFAC event are delivered to the charity that night. The items have an immediate impact for the constituents. A short presentation from the honored charity is a highlight of the evening’s activities along with a featured womenowned business, and an immensely popular silent auction. To learn more about Cocktails for a Cause and the event in honor of A Precious Child and to RSVP go to the website, cocktailsforacauseco.org or contact Rene Harding@rhar-ding2@ gmail.com.
th 15 season of the Englewood Arts Englewood Arts’ celebrates its memory of the composer’s friend; Hampden Hall, 1000 Engelwood 15th season of presenting chamber music performances performed by Colorado’s finest musicians, primarily from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Informal insights are given from the stage by the musicians. The Nov. 12 program will feature: the Ainomäe Ensemble, led by Silver Ainomäe, principal cellist of the Colorado Symphony; Golijov’s “Mariel” was composed in 1999, in
written in 1986, “History of Tango” is considered one of Piazzolla’s most famous compositions; and the “Gymnopedies” for piano, composed in 1888, are regarded as an important precursor to modern ambient music. Finally, Crumb’s “Vox Balaenae” was written in 1971, and was inspired by the avant-garde composer’s exposure to recordings of humpback whales. The program starts at 2 p.m. at
Parkway, and joining Ainomäe, will be Brooke Ferguson on the flute, Steve Hearn on the marimba, and Joshua Sawicki on the piano. Tickets are general admission and cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and anyone under 18 is free. Tickets are available at englewoodarts.org or at the door starting one hour prior to the concert. For more information call 303-806-8196 or visit englewoodarts.org.
Through the incredible strength of these volunteers, Advocates for Children CASA advocated for the safety and well-being of over 800 children last year, alone. Peg also honored the work of the staff and Andrea Tagtow, director of Development and Community Relations, and the board chair and his spouse, Tim and Yana Bour-
delais, for their gift of time and commitment For more information on Advocates for Children CASA and what you can do to become more involved, please visit adv4children.org or call 303-695-1882. And mark your calendars for the 21st Red Wagon Ball, which will be held Oct. 7, 2017.
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Mask Project art exhibit and auction is now open Art exhibit features MASKs painted by renowned artists and signed by Olympic gold medal winners
John Wallace, Beth Bowlen-Wallace, Clara, Bob Beauprez, and Gabe Trujillo, president of Colorado UpLift).
Colorado UpLift brings together Denver’s leaders at Wallace-Lightner luncheon The annual Wallace-Lightner Luncheon, benefitting Colorado UpLift, was a great success with record attendance. The event, held at the Ritz-Carlton, was attended by business and civic leaders from the Denver community who represent more than $2 million in philanthropic funding for Colorado UpLift. For the first time ever, this event secured presenting sponsors through the generosity of Colorado State
Bank and Trust and The Milestone Group. The Wallace-Lightner Luncheon was initiated by the late Jim Wallace and Jim Lightner, who decided to engage their peers in the community by showcasing the incredible work being done with at-risk youth in Denver by the staff at Colorado UpLift. The spotlight was a current student, Clara, who delivered a first-hand account of
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The Denver Hospice announced that The MASK Project art exhibit at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center is now open and online bidding is available at themaskproject.org. The unconventional and unique art auction features masks hand-painted by local and national artists and signed by celebrities, politicians, musicians and athletes such as Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Rod Smith. The 500-mask gallery is available for viewing at the Kaiser Permanente Grand Court in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center through October 9. More than 1.5 million people are expected to attend the free art exhibit. “As our premier event, this has been a remarkable experience for locals to participate in,” said Janelle McCallum, president of The Denver Hospice. “We sincerely hope our community will join us this year to help create better end- oflife experiences for Coloradans.” Since its inception in 1998, The MASK Project has generated more than $4.5 million to support hospice and palliative care initiatives. Serving more than 70,000 families since opening its doors in 1978, The Denver Hospice has a reputation for being the oldest, largest and most trusted hospice and palliative care organization in the region. The MASK Project culminated with a special luncheon event, featuring Mitch Albom, best-selling author, philanthropist and awarded sports journalist, as the keynote speaker. Albom is the author of six consecutive number one New York Times best sellers, including Tuesdays with Morrie. The luncheon took place Sept. 28, at the Seawell Grand Ballroom in the Denver Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver.
Denver Broncos Super Bowl champion Rod Smith scores big for Arapahoe House Arapahoe House, Colorado’s largest and leading provider of substance use disorder treatment welcomed Denver Bronco Rod Smith to downtown Denver for its 7th Annual Luncheon. The Super Bowl champion received a standing ovation for his personable and heartfelt keynote address to a crowd of more than 400 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The luncheon raised more than $200,000 in gross revenue through sponsorships, ticket sales and day-of donations. All proceeds from the event will benefit Arapahoe House’s life-changing addiction treatment programs. Rod Smith is an American football legend and played his entire 14-year career with the Denver Broncos. As a starting wide receiver, Smith helped lead the team to consecutive Super Bowl championships in 1997 and 1998. “I had to witness my dad’s addiction,” said Smith. “Drinking
made him so violent that he broke both of my mom’s legs. My experience with his alcoholism molded my perspective. I understand fortitude and how to keep going when things don’t go your way.” “When it comes to addiction and mental health, we experience it big time in the NFL,” continued Smith. “There is a transition period after a player leaves the NFL and has to go back to leading a regular life. We aren’t prepared to deal with it. A lot of players can’t cope after the spotlight is gone and try to replace the adrenaline rush with substances.” Substance use disorders are a serious and growing health problem in Colorado. A recent national study ranked all 50 states and their use of four key substances: marijuana, cocaine, alcohol and prescription painkillers. Unfortunately, Colorado is a leader of this dubious list and stands out as a top consumer in all four catego-
ries. “More Americans die from accidental drug overdose than in car crashes,” said Gary Rolph, 2016 luncheon co-chair. “In Colorado, an accidental drug overdose occurs every nine hours and 24 minutes. The funds raised from this event are critical to providing life-saving treatment in our community.” The 7th Annual Arapahoe House Luncheon was generously sponsored by the Anschutz Foundation, Flood and Peterson, and Kathleen and James Crapo. Other major sponsors included: Idealease, McCandless Truck Center, Western Group, Wyatts Towing, Aetna, Greg and Karen Gulley, and Brad Levin and Patti Robinson. Colorado Access, MDC/ Richmond American Homes, NexGen Resources Corporation, Redwood Toxicology Laboratory and Triple B also provided significant support for the event.
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ver’s scholarship fund for fashion students at colleges in Colorado. Goddess Catering provided a spread of treats for fashion mavens and Suzanne Brown received the inaugural Fashion Focus Award for outstanding contributions to the fashion industry. Linda Bowen Scott chaired the successful afternoon event.
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The Mask Project Luncheon packs Seawell Ballroom “Hospice is close to my heart,” said Mitch Albom. “Hospice caretakers say their lives are enriched by the patients.” When the keynote speaker finished his presentation for the Mask Project Luncheon that benefits the Denver Hospice, full tables of patrons with tear-filled eyes didn’t move. He recounted his magical memoir Tuesdays with Morrie and his reconnection with his beloved and learned sociology professor at Brandeis University. Albom was typical of most
of us—caught up in career and success, moving fast, forgetting who made us who we are and not making time for the things in life that are of most value to the humans we value. When he learned of Morrie Schwartz’s battle with ALS, he came to the side of his professor. His visits and talks with Morrie and the subsequent book and movie were created by Albom to pay for Morrie’s medical bills. Morrie would teach—over the course of his decline with that cruel disease—what it was like to
die. His body withered away, but his mind was intact. What resonated with Albom were the calls from 9/11 victims: “I love you, not financial decisions.” “TAKING makes me feel like I’m dying,” said Morrie. “GIVING makes me feel like I’m living.” “Not every something comes with a paycheck.” “Death ends a life, not a relationship,” continued Morrie. Because of Albom, whose resume is loaded with awards, achievements and philanthropy,
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knowledge of Morrie has rippled, expanding from classrooms in America to other countries.
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Essie Perlmutter has Mitch Albom’s new book The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto signed by the bestselling author.
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Denver Hospice President Janelle McCallum, keynote speaker Mitch Albom, Care Synergy President Tim Bowen and Denver Hospice Medical Director Dr. Rohini Kanniganti
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Colorado Christian University’s IVy Women announces fall programs
CU Regent Emeritus Norwood Robb, Regent candidate Heidi Ganahl, Colorado GOP Chair Steve House and U.S. House District 1 candidate Casper Stockham.
IVy Women began its second year with a full fall lineup. The September meeting in Evergreen, hosted by Linda Smith, was the perfect setting for a presentation by Dr. Tim Gray of the Augustine Institute. His topic was “Trusting in God.”
Prayer Fridays will be from 11 a.m. – 12 noon on Oct. 14, Nov. 11 and Dec. 2 at Leprino Hall Room 308 on the CCU campus. The Christmas Celebration will be Wednesday, Nov. 30 at Leprino Hall Room 170 at 6:30 p.m.
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Western Fantasy 23 Kicks off with Golden Patron Party SUBMITTED BY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA Guest admired gold and diamonds Sept. 13, and officially kicked off the 23rd annual Western Fantasy, The Gold Rush. Owners Ralph and Ann Klomp, welcomed Western Fantasy Patron Party guests to Trice Jewelers, 6885 S. University Blvd, Centennial, offering a portion of the night’s proceeds to Volunteers of America. Cindi Burge and Kay Burke will be chairing Western Fantasy No. 23, which feature a performance by star country performer, Josh Turner, to the National Western Event Center October 15. Tickets can be purchased at voacolorado.org/ westernfantasy.
Sue Alexander Simos (left), David Alexander, and Western Fantasy Co-Chair Cindi Burge celebrate the kickoff of the 23rd annual Western Fantasy, selling $25,000 in tables and tickets to benefit Volunteers of America. During the party, Trice Jewelers rolled out their Diamond and Gold Mine,
Western Fantasy Co-Founders Sharon Magness Blake and Jean Galloway joined guests at the Trice Jewelers to kick off Western Fantasy No. 23.
Susan Stiff (left) and Western Fantasy Co-Chair Kay Burke at 23rd annual Western Fantasy kickoff event. which will be featured again at this year’s Western Fantasy. Guest purchased ¾ ct. cubic zirconia pieces, receiving a gift card towards something at the store and a chance to win a piece of Gold and Diamond jewelry. The Patron Party raised $25,000 in tables and seats purchased for Western Fantasy, all benefiting Volunteers of America Colorado. Everyone who purchased tickets to Western Fantasy was entered to win an official jersey autographed by Denver Bronco’s Emmanuel
Sanders. Gail Johnson, Anne Klomp and Sarah Sena worked to put together the special evening. Other guests included Western Fantasy founders Sharon Magness and Ernie Blake, Eula and Janet Adams, Edie and Mort Marks, and Pat Robinson. Lauren Whitney, CBS4 Moring meteorologist, served as the emcee for the evening and guests enjoyed delicious horderves by Epicurean Catering. Photos by Bill Thach of William Thach Studios
Ballet fundraiser in full motion Guests were guided, through SUBMITTED BY DENVER BALLET the home with descriptions on GUILD each piece of art and then treatDenver Ballet Guild held their new fall fundraiser “Art in Mo- ed to refreshments and dinner in tion” Sept. 17 at the home of Jean their beautiful backyard under a and Douglas Smooke in Cherry white tent with candlelight. Hills Village with a tour of their contemporary art collection. A signature cocktail, sponsored by Campari, was offered along with a Cajun dinner prepared by Jessie’s Smokin Nola. The silent auction items were artworks presented by the Gildar Gallery and a drawing for a “Maserati for the Weekend,” sponsored by Mike Ward closed the event. ColdThe Bildstein Family, honoree is Alec well Banker Bildstein, parents are Mr. and Mrs. Creighton Realty was the Charles Bildstein of Greenwood Village sponsor for the event.
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Your Right to Know! FORECLOSURES COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0425-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 13, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) THOMAS P BARNES AND JOYCE L BARNES Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 16, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 12, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3244083 Original Principal Amount $252,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $199,824.89 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 11, EXCEPT THE SOUTH THREE FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 9, GAISER HOLLY RIDGE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3300 S Locust St, Denver, CO 80222. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/02/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/8/2016 Last Publication 10/6/2016 Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/13/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly Ryan #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Jolene Guignet #46144 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC, 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 16-945-29354 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 8, 2016 Last Publication: October 6 2016 Legal # 0425-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0438-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 22, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) DALE BENJAMIN PELLERIN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FCF SERVICES INC. DBA FIRST CHOICE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust May 05, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 05, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8051757 Original Principal Amount $201,832.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $201,446.42 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 2, MANSFIELD ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3816 S Lincoln St, Englewood, CO 80113. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/09/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/15/2016 Last Publication 10/13/2016 Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General
1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/22/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File 16-012240 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 15, 2016 Last Publication: October 13, 2016 Legal # 0438-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0454-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 29, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) KENNETH M. SALAS and SYLVIA SANDOVAL Original Beneficiary(ies) AMERICA’S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE FOR STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Date of Deed of Trust May 25, 2000 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 01, 2000 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B0065446 Original Principal Amount $95,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $95,894.49 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE EAST 75 FEET OF LOTS NUMBERED 23 AND 24, BLOCK 3, S.G. HAMLIN’S BROADWAY ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3201 S ACOMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/16/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/22/2016 Last Publication 10/20/2016
Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/29/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 16-012085 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 22, 2016 Last Publication: October 20, 2016 Legal # 0454-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0461-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 2, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Phyll R Mosteller and Jeremy Mosteller Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Innovative Lending Solutions Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Matrix Financial Services Corporation Date of Deed of Trust July 09, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9080329 Original Principal Amount $209,104.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $205,274.98 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 7198 E Euclid Dr, Centennial, CO 80111 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby
Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/30/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 10/6/2016 Last Publication 11/3/2016 Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 08/02/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lauren Tew #45041 Randall Chin #31149 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 2245.100099.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. 0461-2016 EXHIBIT A LOT 35, BLOCK 4, HERITAGE PLACE, FILING NO. 3, EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF LOT 35, BLOCK 4, HERITAGE PLACE FILING NO. 3; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 35 AND 36, A DISTANCE OF 170.52 FEET TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 35; THENCE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 178 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 30 SECONDS A DISTANCE OF 126.76 FEET; THENCE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 07 DEGREES 00.10 MINUTES A DISTANCE OF 44 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Published in The Villager First Publication: October 6, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 0461-2016 ____________________________
ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF ELECTION Pursuant to C.R.S. 1-7.5-107 (2.5); C.R.S. 1-5-205; and C.R.S. 1-1104 (34), notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in Arapahoe County. Ballots will be mailed beginning Oct. 17 to every active registered voter in the county. Return your voted ballot by mail or deliver it to any drop-off box in Arapahoe County by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Visit a Voter Service and Polling Center (VSPC) if you need to register to vote, update your registration, request a new or replacement ballot, or vote on an accessible voting tablet. Contact Arapahoe County Elec-
tions at 303-795-4511 with questions. Find a sample ballot and your nearest ballot drop-off location at www.arapahoevotes.com. Ballot boxes are available at the following locations. PHASE 1 VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS Open Oct. 24 – Nov. 8 Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Oct. 24 – Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Arapahoe County CentrePoint Plaza 14980 E. Alameda Dr., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Mission Viejo Branch Library 15324 E. Hampden Cir., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Tallyn’s Reach Library 23911 E. Arapahoe Rd., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Kelver Library 404 E. Front St., Byers 24-Hour Ballot Box Clerk & Recorder Centennial Branch 6954 S. Lima St., Centennial 24-Hour Ballot Box Smoky Hill Library 5430 S. Biscay Cir., Centennial 24-Hour Ballot Box Southglenn Library 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Englewood Civic Center 1000 Englewood Pkwy., Englewood 24-Hour Ballot Box City of Glendale 950 S. Birch St., Glendale 24-Hour Ballot Box Arapahoe County Administration Building 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton 24-Hour Ballot Box Arapahoe County Elections Facility 5251 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton 24-Hour Ballot Box PHASE 2 VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS Open Nov. 5, 7 and 8 Hours: Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. APS Educational Services Center 1085 Peoria St., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours APS Professional Learning & Conference Center 15771 E. First Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Cherokee Trail High School 25901 E. Arapahoe Rd., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours City of Aurora 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Mississippi Avenue Baptist Church 13231 E. Mississippi Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours New Life Community Church 17690 E. Iliff Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours St. Andrew’s Village 13801 E. Yale Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Vista PEAK Preparatory School 24500 E. 6th Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Cherry Creek Public Schools Instructional Support Facility 5416 S. Riviera Way, Centennial Ballot Box during VSPC Hours St. Thomas More Catholic Church 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Potter’s House of Denver 9495 E. Florida Ave., Denver Ballot Box during VSPC Hours City of Greenwood Village 6060 S. Quebec St., Greenwood Village 24-Hour Ballot Box
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Your Right to Know! FORECLOSURES COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0425-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 13, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) THOMAS P BARNES AND JOYCE L BARNES Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 16, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 12, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3244083 Original Principal Amount $252,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $199,824.89 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 11, EXCEPT THE SOUTH THREE FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 9, GAISER HOLLY RIDGE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3300 S Locust St, Denver, CO 80222. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/02/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/8/2016 Last Publication 10/6/2016 Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/13/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly Ryan #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Jolene Guignet #46144 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC, 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 16-945-29354 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 8, 2016 Last Publication: October 6 2016 Legal # 0425-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0438-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 22, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) DALE BENJAMIN PELLERIN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FCF SERVICES INC. DBA FIRST CHOICE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust May 05, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 05, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8051757 Original Principal Amount $201,832.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $201,446.42 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 2, MANSFIELD ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3816 S Lincoln St, Englewood, CO 80113. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/09/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/15/2016 Last Publication 10/13/2016 Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General
1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/22/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File 16-012240 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 15, 2016 Last Publication: October 13, 2016 Legal # 0438-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0454-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 29, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) KENNETH M. SALAS and SYLVIA SANDOVAL Original Beneficiary(ies) AMERICA’S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE FOR STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Date of Deed of Trust May 25, 2000 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 01, 2000 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B0065446 Original Principal Amount $95,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $95,894.49 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE EAST 75 FEET OF LOTS NUMBERED 23 AND 24, BLOCK 3, S.G. HAMLIN’S BROADWAY ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3201 S ACOMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/16/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/22/2016 Last Publication 10/20/2016
Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/29/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 16-012085 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 22, 2016 Last Publication: October 20, 2016 Legal # 0454-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0461-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 2, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Phyll R Mosteller and Jeremy Mosteller Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Innovative Lending Solutions Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Matrix Financial Services Corporation Date of Deed of Trust July 09, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9080329 Original Principal Amount $209,104.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $205,274.98 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 7198 E Euclid Dr, Centennial, CO 80111 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby
Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/30/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 10/6/2016 Last Publication 11/3/2016 Name of Publication The Villager 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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 08/02/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lauren Tew #45041 Randall Chin #31149 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 2245.100099.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. 0461-2016 EXHIBIT A LOT 35, BLOCK 4, HERITAGE PLACE, FILING NO. 3, EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF LOT 35, BLOCK 4, HERITAGE PLACE FILING NO. 3; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 35 AND 36, A DISTANCE OF 170.52 FEET TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 35; THENCE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 178 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 30 SECONDS A DISTANCE OF 126.76 FEET; THENCE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 07 DEGREES 00.10 MINUTES A DISTANCE OF 44 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Published in The Villager First Publication: October 6, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 0461-2016 ____________________________
ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF ELECTION Pursuant to C.R.S. 1-7.5-107 (2.5); C.R.S. 1-5-205; and C.R.S. 1-1104 (34), notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in Arapahoe County. Ballots will be mailed beginning Oct. 17 to every active registered voter in the county. Return your voted ballot by mail or deliver it to any drop-off box in Arapahoe County by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Visit a Voter Service and Polling Center (VSPC) if you need to register to vote, update your registration, request a new or replacement ballot, or vote on an accessible voting tablet. Contact Arapahoe County Elec-
tions at 303-795-4511 with questions. Find a sample ballot and your nearest ballot drop-off location at www.arapahoevotes.com. Ballot boxes are available at the following locations. PHASE 1 VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS Open Oct. 24 – Nov. 8 Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Oct. 24 – Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Arapahoe County CentrePoint Plaza 14980 E. Alameda Dr., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Mission Viejo Branch Library 15324 E. Hampden Cir., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Tallyn’s Reach Library 23911 E. Arapahoe Rd., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Kelver Library 404 E. Front St., Byers 24-Hour Ballot Box Clerk & Recorder Centennial Branch 6954 S. Lima St., Centennial 24-Hour Ballot Box Smoky Hill Library 5430 S. Biscay Cir., Centennial 24-Hour Ballot Box Southglenn Library 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Englewood Civic Center 1000 Englewood Pkwy., Englewood 24-Hour Ballot Box City of Glendale 950 S. Birch St., Glendale 24-Hour Ballot Box Arapahoe County Administration Building 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton 24-Hour Ballot Box Arapahoe County Elections Facility 5251 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton 24-Hour Ballot Box PHASE 2 VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS Open Nov. 5, 7 and 8 Hours: Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. APS Educational Services Center 1085 Peoria St., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours APS Professional Learning & Conference Center 15771 E. First Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Cherokee Trail High School 25901 E. Arapahoe Rd., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours City of Aurora 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Mississippi Avenue Baptist Church 13231 E. Mississippi Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours New Life Community Church 17690 E. Iliff Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours St. Andrew’s Village 13801 E. Yale Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Vista PEAK Preparatory School 24500 E. 6th Ave., Aurora Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Cherry Creek Public Schools Instructional Support Facility 5416 S. Riviera Way, Centennial Ballot Box during VSPC Hours St. Thomas More Catholic Church 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial Ballot Box during VSPC Hours Potter’s House of Denver 9495 E. Florida Ave., Denver Ballot Box during VSPC Hours City of Greenwood Village 6060 S. Quebec St., Greenwood Village 24-Hour Ballot Box
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