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ABOVE: City Council for Greenwood Village; Front Row: Jerry Presley, Libby Barnacle, George Lantz, Judy Hilton, Donna Johnston. Back Row: Dave Bullock, Dave Kerber, Anne Ingebretsen, Tom Dougherty RIGHT: Former Mayor Ron Rakowsky hands the gavel to new Mayor George Lantz Photos by Bob Sweeney
Colorado Parks & Wildlife talks about coyotes On November 21, Greenwood Village held its annual community information meeting about living with coyotes, hosted by city experts GVPD Commander Joe Gutgsell and code enforcement officer Faith Wilbers. Sergeant Scott Jones was also available to answer questions. Though the small crowd of
residents who attended was consistent with the low level of reported coyote activity in GV recently, Jefferson County Open Spaces Visitor Services Manager Mary Ann Bonnell did not skimp on her regular hour-long presentation on coyote behavior, history, and advice. Bonnell first addressed the question, “Why are coyotes here?” No one knows why
their numbers have increased significantly in urban areas, but in addition to metro Denver, coyotes have become common in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Animal experts believe they are here in our area because they are opportunistic and, according to Bonnell, this “is a dreamscape for a coyote. It offers large open spaces, fruit trees, irrigation, and lots of
bunnies and squirrels.” They cannot be eliminated. If a coyote is removed (meaning killed, since Colorado law prohibits relocation), another will definitely arrive to take its place. Only those with proven dangerous behavior are considered for removal, in the hope that the one that replaces it will behave normally. Continued on page 2
The coyote is a dramaticlooking and unique member of our ecological system.
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Local radio host questions decisions of Arapahoe County Clerk BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
On his KNUS710 radio show on November 23, Jimmy Sengenberger leveled a host of criticisms at Arapahoe County Clerk Joan Lopez. Sengenberger is active in Republican politics, Lopez was historically active with the Democrats. The radio show featured an interview with Michele Peterson, a current employee in the elections division of the clerk’s office, who talked about her unpleasant history with Lopez’ chief deputy, Karl Hermann. Sengenberger explained that in Aug. 2016, while working as Peterson’s manager under former Arapahoe County Clerk Matt Crane, Hermann was demoted and
moved to a different location after having a closed-door meeting with Peterson despite having previously been told not to have that type of meeting with her. He subsequently resigned. In the interview, Peterson alleged more egregious behavior. Earlier this year, Sengenberger filed a Colorado Open Records Act request for the report of the 2016 incident. It was refused by Lopez and her decision was upheld by an arbitrator for the Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 21. Sengenberger questioned Lopez’ decision to hire Hermann as her chief deputy “despite human resources, county legal, and a few members of the board of county commissioners telling her no, you should not do this.” Peterson explained that she was a temporary worker in the clerk’s office for two
years before being hired full time in Feb. 2009 as a registration lead in the elections section, a position she still occupies. In 2016, when Hermann was her manager, she described a difficult relationship, saying she “had gone numerous times to HR (human resources) to see if there was anything I could do. We just bumped heads a lot. Our personalities just didn’t work out so well. There were times when we would work together very well and other times it was just impossible.” Regarding the closed-door meeting that gave rise to Hermann being demoted and moved, she said, “I didn’t realize that they (HR) had asked him not to have a closed-door conversation with me, or I would not have been in there on that day.” Continued on page 3
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Gutgsell talked about the GV coyote management plan, which is available to the public from the police department. He said there was only once documented coyote attack on a pet (in north GV) in the past year and it was, luckily, not lethal .There were only three reported sightings in The Preserve neighborhood this year, which used to be a busy place for coyotes, since it abuts a nature preserve and has unfenced yards. Based on the police department’s map of reported sightings, most of the coyotes in GV have moved to the eastern part of the city. No one knows why. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), “Almost no animal in America is more adaptable to changing conditions than the coyote. Coyotes can live just about anywhere.” Bonnell explained that Colorado coyotes’ preferred diet, according to evi-
dence collected by researchers, consists of rodents, rabbits, deer (a pack can take one down), raccoons, and skunks. Still, “A true scavenger, the coyote will eat just about anything,” the USDA tells us. If snakes and foxes, doughnuts and sandwiches, or just plain garbage are what is available, that will suffice for a coyote. In terms of pets, coyotes will eat cats along with their cat food if it’s out, but generally don’t eat dogs. To a coyote, a dog is a competitor that they want to kill to protect their territory. They don’t view them as food under normal circumstances. Bonnell explained that coyotes will pretend they want to play with dogs in order to lure them away so they can attack and kill them. Her advice is to keep cats indoors and stay close to your always-leashed dog when it is outdoors. Dogs attract coyotes’ attention, but humans who know what to do are a deterrent. Coyotes are empirically not dangerous to humans. In all of North America, there have been only been two documented human fatalities, one in the 1980’s of a child in California and one in 2009 of a 19-year-old woman in Canada. But, Bonnell cautioned, they bite. The best way to get most normal coyotes to back off is to haze them. Animal experts have developed an acronym for how to haze, called SMART: • Stop and turn around. Look at the animal. • Make yourself look big by raising your hands and moving aggressively toward it. • Announce yourself by shouting forcefully and making noise with something if you can. • Repeat those behaviors. • Teach someone else how to do it. Although they resemble several breeds of dogs, coyotes can be identified by their erect ears, slender muzzle, and bushy tails. Most are brownish gray in color with a light gray to cream-colored belly, according to USDA. It is important to be aware that coyotes (who are monogamous) breed in February and March and pups are born in April and May. Those times are particularly dangerous for conflicts with dogs because the males are keen about protecting their territory. Dens can be found in unexpected places, including storm drains, under storage sheds, in holes dug in vacant lots, parks, golf courses, or any other dark, dry place. During pup rearing, which occurs over their first six months, the pups develop permanent teeth and are taught to hunt for food. It is a very active time for coyote families, therefore the most important time to keep your eye on your dog (Writer’s note: We lost our dog to a family of coyotes in early May ten years ago. Our dog was outside alone when a coyote parent was teaching its pups how to kill a dog). It is also important not to leave food outside. If food is left out, the pups quickly learn not to fear humans and develop a dependency on easy food sources. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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GV will use tax dollars to pay for improvements to private property BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
Two years ago, then GV Mayor Ron Rakowsky created a revenue committee, comprised of four of the eight members of city council. Their mission was to look for ways to generate more revenue for the city. Since 2017, commercial development in Greenwood Village, the regular source of new revenue, has slowed down. Council member Anne Ingebretsen, revenue committee chair,
and committee members Dave Bullock, George Lantz, and Judy Hilton held several meetings, and eventually proposed the creation of an Arapahoe Entertainment District (AED). It is a zoning overlay on top of the regular mixed commercial zoning on the north side of East Arapahoe Road from South Yosemite Street west to South Syracuse Street. Its goal is to encourage redevelopment and let property owners know what type of development the city wants there. Businesses in redeveloped buildings in the AED that fall under the “preferred uses” listed in
it (art studios and galleries, craft breweries, distilleries, taprooms, wineries, entertainment in conjunction with eating and drinking establishments, hotels and motels unless they are extended stay establishments, theaters and auditoriums, restaurants/bars, and with permission, outdoor amusement facilities ) are allowed to have lesser setbacks, height up to 75 feet with permission, and less open space than is otherwise permitted in the underlying regular mixed commercial zoning. The AED also has a list of specific building materials that are preferred over others (including natural stone, natural
wood, manufactured stone, brick, or tile, and architectural metal), as well as some which are prohibited (reflective glass is prohibited on building facades). New to the GV municipal code in this plan is the Arapahoe Entertainment District Improvement Program (AEDIP). It says that business owners or operators can get repaid for their costs to redevelop their property with city sales tax dollars. The stated objective of the AEDIP is to “improve aesthetics and walkability of the AED by encouraging enhanced improvements to both public and private property.” The money that can
be paid from city coffers to “the record owner or operator of an individual business, or the record owner of the real property upon which more than one business is operated,” is the city sales and use tax derived from the property in excess of the average amount of those taxes collected by the city during the five years preceding redevelopment. It is unclear how that will be calculated if the business or property doesn’t have five years of sales and use tax history. A business or property owner can apply to be paid 100 percent of the Continued on page 6
Sengenberger Continued from Page 2 Peterson described a meeting in which Hermann made a policy decision that she stated she did not agree with but would follow because he was the boss. Hermann continued to try to get her to agree with his decision. She said that she eventually told him she was going to go back to work, and as she was proceeding back to her work area, she realized that Hermann had followed her. She said he grabbed her arm, turned her around, and told her “to get back in his office.” Peterson said she “hit his arm off me and told him to never, ever touch me again.” Apparently, no one else was present. Peterson said that Hermann retreated and she went to HR, who wrote up a report, which eventually led to his being demoted and moved to another work location before he resigned to take a job with the City and County of Denver. Peterson described getting therapy to help her handle the anxiety she has experienced since Hermann returned to the department as Lopez’ deputy. According to Peterson, “He (Hermann) was pretty much keeping his distance most days and just avoiding our area until Thursday (Nov. 21) when the (arbitrator’s) decision came out. Friday was just a completely different day, where he walked by my desk at least a dozen times, like trying to say, ‘See, I win.’ Asked by Sengenberger why she continues to work there, Peterson said, “I love what I do…I love…helping voters…I’ve always enjoyed it up until this year.” The entire interview can be found on https://sengenberger. podbean.com/e/jimmy-sengenberger-show-nov-23-2019-hr-2/. The segment also includes Sengenberger reading and discussing the contents of an anonymous letter from another current employee of the clerk’s office that is critical of management. We asked for a comment about the radio show from the Arapahoe County Clerk, but we were told by her public information officer that she is unavailable for any comments at this time. Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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The Villager celebrates 38th Birthday
Happy Birthday to The Villager newspaper that moves to volume 38 this week as we have completed that many years of publishing this newspaper at headquarters in Greenwood Village with deep roots going back to Cherry Hills Village where the newspaper started. That is a total of 1924 newspapers published every week without missing a single issue over that long span of time. Readers who were 50 years old at that time are now 88 years old. Not surprising, many still read and subscribe to this newspaper and we have many in senior centers who receive and read this
newspaper regularly. We receive letters and emails from numerous readers and friends relating how they enjoy the newspaper so much and urge us onward. We welcome new readers who care about community. We have aged along with the newspaper as well, but with the assistance of our great family and staff we continue the rapid and diligent pace of rounding up the news that appears in this newspaper each and every week. There is a plethora of photos, selected columns by great writers, non-profit events, and charity benefits that
comprise our pages. Good newspapers have a long life and across America community newspapers are still strong and successful. Poorly managed newspapers who like to tear down their cities rather than build them up are vanishing. Who needs more bad news? We do have the responsibility of keeping score of what happens at the courthouse and city governmental chambers. Newspapers have always been the 4th estate of how America is governed by basically informing the public what the elected leaders are doing, good and bad. New mayors and council members are taking their seats after
the voters have cast their ballots. Running our growing cities is a huge responsibility for elected officials, staff, and our reporters. We take our jobs seriously and it is obvious that we enjoy our work and we show up at countless events because we really care about you and the future of our cities, state, and nation. We live here, our kids went to school here, and we will probably die here. Arapahoe County is one of the finest places to live, work, and play in the United States. It is our pleasure and honor to enter our 38th year of publication and we hope that you continue to enjoy and read this newspaper. THANK YOU FOR THESE GREAT YEARS!!!
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After publishing The Villager newspaper in our world headquarters at 8933 E. Union Ave. for 38 years we have known many Greenwood Village mayors. Ron Rakowsky ranks at the top of the list; and over 200 friends and colleagues turned out at his retirement party at the Double Tree Hotel in October to bid a fond farewell to the term-limited beloved mayor. It is fairly rare in these volatile political days for elected officials to be so beloved and highly respected. Mayor Ron has earned these honors by his dedication to his duties as mayor, his warm and friendly caring attitude about residents, staff and his work ethic. His wife Margaret has always been an inspiration and guiding light, more now than ever as our beloved mayor deals with challenging health issues. I have known and respected all GV mayors and especially Freda Poundstone who loved her city and shaped the future of the city during her terms of office. There might not be a Preserve or a Koelbel Library without Freda. Aurora might have crossed the
dam and annexed part of the city but not with Freda at the helm. Mayor Nancy Sharpe has gone on to lead Arapahoe County to greatness with her colleagues. What a great congressman she would make. Anyway, Monday night I filled in for our stellar governmental reporter and former GV council member Freda Miklin who was dealing with a son’s relocation, so I attended the swearing in of the new mayor, George Lantz, and council in her absence. The evening began as council members and family gathered with the old and new mayor for a “last supper” at the council study session room where much of the city’s work is accomplished. Council members were dressed elegantly with suits and ties and wives in dresses and high heels. Key staff members joined the group to honor outgoing Ron and incoming newly elected George. Promptly at 7 p.m. GV municipal Judge and full Air Force Colonel Elizabeth Shifrin began swearing in the new council members. They took their seats with their nameplates proudly
displaying their names. George was sworn into office and he then shook Ron’s hand as the gavel of leadership passed to the new mayor. There was no new business to perform and city staff passed on reports, making the evening ceremony brief and memorable for all. Families and friends witnessed the ceremony and grandchildren sat on the front row proud of their elected family members. It is an honor and privilege to be elected to public office and across Arapahoe County newly elected officials are taking council seats. Local government is grassroots service where constituents can easily contact their elected council members on issues and concerns. Mayor Ron was good listener and therein was his success. The Villager welcomes the newly elected leaders intertwining with the veteran council members moving forward on many fronts of city government. Traffic is one of the challenges with the ever- growing number of vehicles on city, county, state and federal highways. These elected
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in civics for Colorado high school students, and a constitutional program at our Colorado Springs campus that incudes civics training for high school teachers, a Washington DC studies program and a Visiting Constitutional Scholar. Impeachment is in the air, so it’s a good time to talk civics. How many people think impeachment means the President is removed from office? It does not. In fact, two previous Presidents have been impeached (Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton) but continued to serve out their terms. Many people think Richard Nixon was impeached, but he in fact resigned before any formal impeachment action was taken by the House of Representatives. Only the Senate can remove a President from office, and this requires a 2/3rds vote (67 of 100 Senators) and has never been done. This raises the question, what is the current state of civics literacy? According to a 2017 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey only 26% of people know all three
branches of the federal government, 13% know two branches, 27% know one branch and 34% do not know any branch of the federal government or refuse to answer the question. This may be a particularly important time to teach civics on college campuses where there seems to be a growing notion that speakers can be shouted down or disinvited and certain speech can be silenced. This is accompanied by a sense that political opponents are enemies. In many quarters we seem to have lost the sense that we can still respect those with who we disagree. Hearing different or unwelcome ideas is viewed by some as traumatic. But it is not the duty of university leaders to protect faculty and students from speech they disagree with. Consistent with the first amendment and constitutional protections for free speech and expression, the university should be a place where there is a vigorous exchange of ideas and where one’s views are challenged. The Founders knew
BY JOHN CARSON MEMBER CU BOARD OF REGENTS
The University of Colorado Board of Regents recently approved a civics education initiative. Like other universities, there is a growing recognition at CU that higher education has a responsibility to ensure graduates are prepared to play a role in maintaining our republic. When Benjamin Franklin was asked at the close of the Constitutional Convention what type of government had been formed, he famously replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” In the words of retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter: “You cannot keep it in ignorance.” The future of our republic is in question because many people do not understand the basic functioning of our government. The CU civics initiative includes new certificate programs, an assessment of civics knowledge among incoming freshmen, an online concurrent enrollment course
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people are not free unless they can express themselves, and they also knew exposure to different points of view is critical to avoid narrow mindedness and the tyranny of the majority. While universities must take a leadership role in reinvigorating the study of civics, other sectors must step up as well. Fortunately, many in the business community are recognizing the need for more civics education. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation just recently published a study titled: The Business Case for Civics Education. It notes that business leaders recognize that an understanding of civics promotes civil discourse, an essential ingredient in successful enterprises. As BET Networks President Scott Mills puts it: “For corporations to be successful, to be global, to serve truly diverse customer segments, they actually have to be able to get a diverse array of people to work collaboratively Continued on page 5
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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”
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QUOTE the WEEK forgottenofthe quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten. – John F. Kennedy
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Norovirus is an extremely contagious virus which causes nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, and diarrhea, commonly known as a stomach bug or food poisoning. Outbreaks are common as the virus spreads easily from one infected person to another or through contaminated foods or surfaces. A norovirus outbreak recently closed 46 schools in the Grand Junction area, sending thousands of students home until after Thanksgiving to allow the affected schools to be disinfected. There are 150 to 200 such outbreaks each year in Colorado, most commonly in nursing homes but also at schools. While norovirus is mostly an inconvenience, there are other infectious disease outbreaks occurring in American cities which are far more consequential. Specifically, in “sanctuary cities”, which have become hotbeds for pestilence and contagious diseases. What are sanctuary cities?
These are cities or counties that have laws or ordinances that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from ICE by refusing to allow law BY BRIAN C. enforcement to comply JOONDEPH with ICE detainers or denying ICE access to interview incarcerated aliens. In other words, these locales protect and shield illegal aliens from federal immigration agencies and the law. Colorado has plenty of sanctuary jurisdictions, including Denver, Aurora, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, and Mesa County, home of Grand Junction. Other sanctuary cities include large west coast enclaves such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle. What diseases are visiting these once beautiful cities and why? Measles and mumps, common in countries where many illegal immigrants come from, are making a comeback in US cities. There is also typhoid fever, typhus, hepatitis A and tuberculo-
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but it is a microcosm of a larger and more serious problem that elected officials choose to ignore, whether here in Denver or in the once beautiful west coast cities. Attempts to curb illegal immigration are characterized as racist or xenophobic. It’s considered compassionate to allow
sis on the rise in these cities. Los Angeles has had several cases of bubonic plague, a historic disease now making a resurgence due to mountains of trash and a rat infestation in LA. Many immigrants, illegal or legal, are unvaccinated and American immigration services are unable to screen everyone who enters the US. Countries in Central and South America, Africa, and the Middle East where many immigrants come from have a high prevalence of these contagious diseases. It’s not just inadequately medically screened immigrants, but also a growing homeless population, something seen but not reported, right here in Denver. San Francisco is plagued with the homeless pooping on sidewalks. Add drug addiction and police turning a blind eye to petty street crime and drug use and it becomes a perfect storm of squalor and disease typically seen in only third world cities, not in major American cities. Until now. I’m not attributing the norovirus outbreak to illegal immigration, homelessness, or drug abuse,
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humans to sleep in city parks and on sidewalks and poop wherever they want. We reap what we sow. The norovirus outbreaks will come and go, but perhaps not so with other disease outbreaks which are far more consequential than a day of nausea and diarrhea.
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and toward shared goals.” The U.S. Chamber study also notes the correlation between capitalism and wealth creation and successful political systems. As David A. Moss, the Paul Whiton Cherinton Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School notes: “Typically, GDP is highest in countries that have the most stable political systems. So, it’s important never to take our political system for granted, and that means – among many other things – we need to ensure strong civics programs in our schools.” There is a growing emphasis
on sustainability in environmental matters. This is a good thing, but we should also focus on the sustainability of our republic. As James Madison, the father of the Constitution put it; “A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” John Carson is a member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents representing the 6th Congressional District.
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The celebration of Thanksthe bounty of the harvest. giving historically has been Thanksgiving moments a time for families to gather were captured on the cover around a table filled of the Norman Rockwith the bounty of the well’s paintings disyear’s harvest. A juicy played on the Saturday browned turkey, cranEvening Post’s cover. berries, golden mashed The grandfather was potatoes, delicious pictured carving the wine and the warmth enormous turkey and of a fireplace crackling a dining table surwith the fragrant smell of pine. rounded by sons, daughters It was a time for extended and the excited children. It family to gather and share the was a treasured moment of blessings of the ending year. the nuclear American family. Generally, the ThanksgivFor many American ing celebration was hosted at families that pristine mograndmother home. Brothment has been lost. ers, sisters, aunts, uncles, Divorces, losses of sigcousins and a variety of nificant family members, other relatives would travel ARAPAHOE estranged family relationships ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT - VICINITY MAP great distances to share in and great distances has unforThe Arapahoe Entertainment District encompasses properties located west of Interstate 25 in the Arapahoe Road Corridor Planning Area.
tunately reduced a number of family members who share the warmth, love, and significances of this important celebration. Table conversation range from slightly humorous to emotionally draining. Yet it also provided opportunities for reconciliation amongst family members all the while providing opportunities of strengthening family bonds. Unfortunately, as the table settings reduces, and family shrinks that opportunity of reconciliation and forgiveness may be lost forever. To all, have a great Thanksgiving and embrace the opportunity to express your love for all your family members. Happy Thanksgiving.
of the city council, saw it differently. He said, “I’m going to Continued from Page 3 vote against this…. I have additional taxes collected real problems with the city in year one, and declining investing in private enterprise. I think that’s not our percentages of the amount business. I’d much rather collected over the next four use whatever funds we years. Costs eligible for reimwant to use to build public bursement are those incurred infrastructure to make the by the property or business This is a map of the Arapahoe streets better, to put up sigowner for “construction, reEntertainment District where private nage, to do things that are construction, rehabilitation, property owners and operators can get a public accommodation. and remodeling of existing paid back for their redevelopment costs. This particular proposal private and public property.” is for an Arapahoe Enterwood Village, where incremental Costs for new construction tainment District. I understand sales taxes are being used to retire or development are not eligible the reason why we’re trying to bonds sold to finance the cost of for reimbursement under the do it, we’re trying to generate new public streets and the public program, which will sunset after more tax base, not let it die. I parking garage constructed by the eight years. just think that’s not our role…I original developer of the neighTraditionally, sales tax rebates don’t think we should be giving borhood. are only used for public improvesales tax rebates to private enterThough most of the GV city ments, not private property imprise…That’s not what governcouncil was in favor of the plan, provements, as was done at The ment should be doing.” Landmark development in Green- Jerry Presley, a 10-year veteran Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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A special treat Sunday was to meet and visit with my neighbors John and Judith Briles, and Mara Purl from Colorado Springs. All best-selling award-winning authors. Judith and John are residents of Heritage Eagle Bend for the past three years. Judith has authored 37 books and Mara a similar number. The trio hosted a double “book launch” at their home on Saturday, and a Sunday morning brunch for friends. Judith’s latest book is “When God Says.” Mara’s “When the Heart Listens.” More Info: Judith!Biles.com/ www.MaraPurl.com *** Well we didn’t have to worry for a change about the Broncos losing in the last minute of the game. The Buffalo Bills obviously the better team and the Broncos still showing some promise for the future. ***
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The Medical Center of Aurora recognized for excellence with ACC Transcatheter Valve Certification Second hospital in U.S. to achieve TAVR certification
HCA Healthcare/ Health ONE’s The Medical Center of Aurora (TMCA) announced the achievement of Transcatheter Valve Certification from the American College (ACC). The ACC has validated the program's exceptional approach, including physician leadership, quality outcomes and team based clinical decision-making and care. TMCA’s TAVR program is the first in Denver and the Rocky Mountain Region, and the second in the nation, to achieve this official Certification. The ACC’s Transcatheter Valve Certification is an external review and certification process that pairs with established national clinical databases to monitor patient safety and real-world outcomes related to transcatheter valve therapies. The certification uses established national clinical measures to support clinical decisions and links process improvement to patient outcomes. Hospitals that achieve Transcatheter Valve Certification are currently implementing best practices for evidence-based medicine to support patient-centered decision-making and can track key performance metrics to better identify opportunities for improvement. “The Medical Center of Aurora has demonstrated its com-
mitment to providing the region with excellent heart care,” said Phillip D. Levy, MD, FACC, chair of the ACC Accreditation Management Board. “ACC Accreditation Services is proud to award The Medical Center of Aurora with Transcatheter Valve Certification.” Using a patient-centric philosophy, the multidisciplinary team of board certified cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac imaging specialist, and specialized advanced practice providers, employ a collaborative team-based approach to treating heart valve disorders. Our unique process provides a patient with heart valve disorders, who may be candidates for transcatheter or surgical repair or replacement, to be seen in the TMCA Valve and Structural Heart Clinic, where a personal touch is delivered by a dedicated team to help navigate the procedural process and post procedural care. TMCA’s physicians are trained to use state-of-the-art techniques and devices, such as a Cerebral Protection System, to minimize the risk of stroke, along with advanced diagnostic cardiac imaging to ensure patients receive the best possible care for their condition. “I’m very proud of our team for this exceptional
accomplishment,” said Dr. Jonathan Sherman, an interventional cardiologist with Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates and Medical Director of TMCA’s TAVR Program. “It’s no easy task to get through the ACC’s certification process,” he said. “Our team is dedicated to providing world class cardiovascular care and we have integrated quality initiatives, evidence-based and clinical best-practices, and the latest medical guidelines into our care processes.” “Our team is very focused on outcomes and continually improving the care we provide,” said Ryan Simpson, Chief Executive Officer of The Medical Center of Aurora and Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital. “This is another step in our ongoing effort to optimize the care and outcomes of patients as we strive to be the Rocky Mountain region’s leader in cardiovascular services.” The ACC offers U.S. and international hospitals like The Medical Center of Aurora access to a comprehensive suite of cardiac accreditation services designed to optimize patient outcomes and improve hospital financial performance. These services are focused on all aspects of cardiac care, including transcatheter valve therapies. To learn more about TMCA’s heart programs, visit www.AuroraMed.com/heart.
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Great Giving – Wills, Trusts, and Beneficiaries (oh my!) “Carve your names on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” – Shannon Adler
What’s your legacy? And how do you want to be remembered? Givers choose to leave a legacy because they want to feel their lives mattered. Leaving a legacy means putting a stamp on the future and making contributions to future generations. At Prosperion, we partner with and serve great givers. We research and implement specialized options that maximize charitable giving, minimize estate taxes, and support important people and causes. Because great giving is a strategic process, think beyond cash donations. Today, let’s focus on the features and benefits of wills, trusts, and the importance of beneficiary designations. Wills – a well planned will is the center piece of an effective and thoughtful estate plan. In most cases, anyone who owns
property and are concerned about when one fails to plan. Leave who will receive it need a will. your heirs whatever you want – Regardless of age or financial just don’t leave them a mess! status, it is important Trusts – great to take charge of givers often use deciding who will Charitable Lead one day enjoy the Trusts (CLT) and property and assets Charitable Remainder you accumulated Trusts (CRT). A CLT over time. When is an irrevocable trust preparing and/or designed to benefit revising a will, there a charity for a term are several things of years with the David Morrison to consider: distribremainder going to a uting cash, investments, real non-charitable beneficiary. The estate, and personal property opposite of a CLT is the CRT. to family and other important A CRT first pays income to a people in your community, non-charitable beneficiary before providing for management of permanently awarding ownership property for heirs who may not of assets to a charity. CRTs are be prepared to manage their tax exempt and can be extremely financial affairs, reducing taxes useful for givers who want to sell and estate settlement costs that appreciated assets. And although could otherwise be due, making CRT’s assets are ultimately distributed to the charity free of es“gifts of a lifetime” to favorite charitable interests. Your will and tate and gift taxes; the non-charitable beneficiaries of the CRT can long-term plans deserve carereceive income. Trusts have the ful attention. By preparing and potential to help givers and their maintaining an up-to-date will, you will save your heirs from families simultaneously address problems that too often arise important aspects of wealth trans-
fer strategy, charitable giving, and tax efficient estate planning. Beneficiary designations – in the broadest sense, a beneficiary is a natural personal or other entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor (the giver = you). Most beneficiary designations are designed to designate where assets will go when you die. So if you own contractual assets that include beneficiary designation (Qualified plans, annuities, life insurance policies), it’s important to name your own beneficiary, otherwise your asset(s) transfer according to the contract’s default provision. While spouses and other family members are the usual beneficiaries, assets can also go to your favorite non-profit. This can bring favorable tax benefits and help the charities you choose. Making and maintaining beneficiary designations is an essential part of planning. Do the maintenance, and keep your beneficiary designations current. Before you choose a way to give, it’s important to understand
the goals, design, and tax implications of your plan(s). Legacy requires planning, and planning requires team work. For comprehensive planning, enlist the experience, help, strength, and insight of your tax advisor, legal advisor, financial advisor, and possibly and non-profit consultant. Take charge of your plans. Call today and schedule time with us. We’re here to help.
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David Morrison is a financial advisor and partner at Prosperion Financial Advisors in the Denver Tech Center. Securities and Advisory Services offered through LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC. Prosperion and LPL Financial do not provide legal advice or services. Please consult your legal advisor regarding your specific situation.
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New Study Examines Future Tax Dollars from Energy Production in Colorado Cities & Towns NOVEMBER 2019
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estimates.” “This is not an exhaustive list of Development in Colorado MunicipalColorado’s Front Range could genbelow: municipalities where future energy ities: New Money for Schools, Roads erate $1.39 billion to $1.85 billion development may take These revenues would support and Public Services. Until now, most in new local property taxes for over place, and these revenue The toLocal Impacts Of Near-Term Oilrange AndofGas Development a wide local services, economic research on Colorado’s oil the next 10 years, according a new Revenue estimates are not intended and gasofsector has been oil statewide in study from the Common Sensea Policy predict future tax reveand state lawmakers approved major reform Colorado’s and natural gas including regulatory K-12 public schools, nature, leaving a void of information Roundtable (CSPR). nues down to the very tter inform local-level policymaking under SB19-181, this brief analyzes near-term oilroad and construction and Public schools would be the largest at the local level. With Senate Bill last dollar and cent,” said ado municipalities and thereceiving potential property tax revenues these activities maintenance, snow removal, 181 expanding the role of local gov- may generate. beneficiary, potentially $822 Chris Brown, CSPR’s police and of fireColorado’s departments, ernments sitinglawmakers and regulating new million to $1.14 billion over 10 years In early 2019, Governor Jared Polis andinstate approved a major reform oil and natural gas regulatory Director of Policy and energy production facilities, this study – enough to raise teacher salaries in water and sanitation Research. “Instead, framework – Senate Bill 181. To better inform local-level policymaking under SB19-181, this brief analyzes near-term oil and we begins to fill that void, starting with K-12 districts serving these commuchose these communities infrastructure and parks and development plansgovin 5 Colorado municipalities and the property tax revenues these activities may generate. property tax revenues that support a potential nitiesgas by 31% to 42%. Municipal to give policymakers and recreation services. wide range of essential public serernments would potentially receive the public a better sense vices. $194 million to $258 million over of how oil and gas devel“Under state law, the property tax Using publicly available data – 10 years, which would be enough to opment can grow a local government’s including sales volumes from recently assessment rate for oil and natural gas property tax base once energy producrepair roughly 600 to 800 laneCity miles Broomfield Commerce Erie Johnstown completed wells in northern Colorado, production is 12 times higher than of deteriorated local roads with brand tion begins.” residential property and three times development plans submitted to state new asphalt overlay. County governhigher than commercial property,” and local officials, and mill levy rates ments, fire departments, parks and Read the full study at said Simon Lomax, CSPR’s – CSPR estimated property tax revrecreation agencies andAurora other public Broomfield Commerce City Erie Energy ReJohnstown www.commonsense sources Fellow. “That higher tax rate services would also benefit from these enues across two different scenarios policyroundtable.org. oss the new 5 Colorado municipalities over the 10 years oil and gasis a major factor behind these revenue of next near-term oil andof gasnew development property tax revenues. Plans for oil and natural gas devel-
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SeniorChoices Senior Choices
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Balfour Senior Living tells neighbors about its plans for GV
This image from Balfour’s Littleton facility reflects its equestrian theme. Photo courtesy of Balfour Senior Living
Michael Schonbrun, founder and CEO of Balfour Senior Living, brought his executive team to Greenwood Village City Hall on November 19 to explain his plans to build a 300-unit senior living facility to a roomful of very interested residents. He brought photos from the facilities he currently operates in Louisville, downtown Denver, Stapleton, and Littleton, to show neighbors what they might expect at Balfour Greenwood Village, planned for the 13-acre site just north of the Triad office park at 5555 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard. He explained that 60 percent of the 300 units will be designed for independent living and may include some cottages, with the other 40 percent consisting of assisted living and memory care. One and two-bedroom independent living units, which include kitchens, are expected to rent for $5,000 to $15,000 per month, while memory care units, without kitchens, will likely rent for $8,000 to $10,000 per month. Residents in the independent living units will receive breakfast daily and 15 additional meals each month, chosen from either lunch or dinner. Residents in assisted living and memory care units will receive all their meals at the facility. Why Greenwood Village? Schonbrun posed the question and then he answered it. “Because people here have the resources and the taste,” he said. Schonbrun explained that all his facilities use bright colors and buildings are designed to fit into the local community. All have baby grand pianos available. Buildings will not exceed 45 feet in height at the north end of the development and 57 feet in height
at the south end. Lee Payne, associate principal at DTJ Design, Balfour’s architect, told the audience that he envisions traditional architecture with modern features using sloped roofs and formal landscaping for Balfour Greenwood Village. Most of the residents were generally positive about the design concept Payne presented. Jackie Davis, of Greenwood Hills, was skeptical. She said that it “doesn’t fit in with anything around it” and that “It kind of looks like Howard Johnson’s or Village Inn.” Payne pointed out that “these styles are rooted in history but modern. The office buildings in the area could be anywhere.” On traffic, Schonbrun said they have a robust transportation program in which they will use Teslas to take people where they wish to go and larger vehicles for group outings. On the larger question, he said that typically, in the beginning, about one-third of residents in independent living have their own cars, but that eventually goes down to one-fourth. He said he expects employees to mainly use the Orchard Light Rail Station to get to and from work. The next step in the process is a public hearing at the GV planning and zoning commission, which is not yet scheduled, but will likely occur early in 2020. After the case is heard there, it will proceed to the city council for another public hearing. Construction of the project is expected to take 18 to 24 months after approval by the city council. Michael Schonbrun is a graduate of Yale University and holds a juris doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He served as president of National Jewish Health from 1982 to 1991. He has also served as chair of the board of directors of the Alzheimer’s Association Rocky Mountain Chapter. Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
More than 50 people came out to hear about the proposed new senior citizens’ residential development behind the Landmark Towers. Photos by Freda Miklin
This is the design concept envisioned for Balfour Greenwood Village.
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BY DONALD PETERSON
Dear Readers, This week’s column is on planning for diminished capacity: In a recent case, an elderly client was driving to her daughter’s house, traveling a familiar route on S. Wadsworth Blvd. when she became confused and thought that she was going in the wrong direction. She decided to make a U-turn in the middle of the street and fortunately, traffic stopped to allow her to complete the illegal turn and to proceed in the opposite direction. This maneuver, however, caught the attention of a police officer who pulled his patrol car behind her ve-
hicle and turned on the overhead flashing lights. Oblivious to the police car behind her, the elderly woman again felt that she was going in the wrong direction and made yet another, mid-block U-turn, across several lanes of traffic! Because she was being followed by the patrol car with its flashing lights on, the traffic parted as though Moses was crossing the Red Sea. The officer then turned on his siren and was eventually able to pull the woman over, where she was issued a ticket, together with a strong warning about whether she should be driving at all! The woman frankly admitted that this wasn’t the first time she had gotten lost and confused, even though she was on a route that should be familiar to her. It was evident to the daughter and others that the woman was suffering from the early stages of dementia and was no longer capable of safely driving. With my help, and at the recommendation of her physician, the woman agreed to volun-
tarily surrender her driver’s license and stop driving, which was accepted by the Court in return for a complete dismissal of the traffic Summons and Complaint, without any fine or payment of Court costs. I then assisted the client with preparation of appropriate financial and healthcare power of attorney documents, designating the daughter as the woman’s authorized legal agent, to assist with her mother’s decision-making, including arrangements for alternate transportation and with respect to related safety issues and financial protections. This case is an example of involving someone you trust, as part of smart, careful planning for diminished capacity. The Power of Attorney documents allowed the daughter to be provided with an overview of her mother’s finances, and to receive duplicate bank statements. Under the Power of Attorney documents, the daughter was also authorized to accompany her mother on visits to the bank and to other financial professionals.
Useful tips to plan for diminished capacity include the following: • Involve someone you trust; • Organize important documents; • Provide emergency contacts; and • Consider written instructions. Organizing your important documents should include bank and brokerage account statements, mortgage and credit information, insurance policies, pension and other retirement benefit summaries, Social Security payment information and contact information for financial and medical professionals. Providing emergency contacts should include giving your financial professionals emergency or alternative contact information in case they are unable to contact you or suspect something is wrong.
Instructions to consider may include the following:
• Please call my daughter_________ at (303) 555-
5555 if: • You are unable to reach me and there appears to be unusual activity regarding my account; • You are unable to reach me for two weeks irrespective of any unusual account activity; or • If you think I am confused or acting strangely. It is best to have an experienced estate planning attorney assist with the preparation of appropriate, custom-tailored estate plan documents, including financial and healthcare power of attorney documents needed to accomplish your goals and avoid unnecessary consequences and expense.
Donald Glenn Peterson Esq. Don Peterson Law Firm 1720 S. Bellaire St., Suite 530 Denver, CO 80222 Phone: (303) 758-0999 Fax: (303) 758-1091 E-Mail: dgp.lawoffice@att.net www.donpetersonlawfirm.com
Does it run in the family? How to create a family health portrait
father’s height or your mother’s eye color, you can also inherit their genetic risk for diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease and more. If one generation of a family has high blood pressure, for example, it is not unusual for the next generation to have it too. Therefore, tracing Dear Approaching, the illnesses suffered by This is a very good your relatives can help BY JIM MILLER idea. An accurate family you and your doctor health history remains predict the disorders one of the most important tools you may be at risk for, so you in keeping yourself healthy as can take action to keep yourself you age, and the holidays when healthy. family members come together To create a family health is a great time to do it. Here’s history, you’ll need to start by what you should know, along collecting some basic medical with some tips and tools to help information on your first-degree you create one. relatives including your parents, siblings and children. Then move on to your grandparents, Know Your Genes aunts, uncles and first cousins. Just as you can inherit your
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Dear Savvy Senior, How do I go about making a family health history? Most of my relatives have died before age 65, so my doctor recently suggested I create a family history to help identify my own genetic vulnerabilities. Approaching 50
You need to get the specific ages of when they developed health problems like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, dementia, depression, etc. If family members are deceased, you need to know when and how they died. If possible, include lifestyle information as well, such as diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol use. Some relatives may not want to share their medical histories, or they may not know their family history, but whatever information you discover will be helpful. To get information on diseased relatives, get a copy of their death certificate. This will list their cause of death and the age he or she died. To get a death certificate, contact the vital records office in the state where your relative died, or go to VitalChek.com.
Or, if you were adopted, the National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search (see ChildWelfare.gov/nfcad) may be able to help you locate your birth parents so you can get their medical history.
Helpful Tools
To get help putting together your family health history, the U.S. Surgeon General created a free web-based tool called “My Family Health Portrait” (see phgkb.cdc.gov/FHH/html) that can help you collect, organize and understand your genetic risks and even share the information with your family members and doctors. Another good resource that provides similar assistance is the Genetic Alliance’s online tool called “Does It Run In the Family.” At FamilyHealthHistory. org you can create a customized
guide on your family health history for free.
Handling the Results
If you uncover some serious health risks that run in your family, don’t despair. While you can’t change your genes, you can change your habits to increase your chances of a healthy future. By eating a healthy diet, exercising and not smoking, you can offset and sometimes even neutralize your genetic vulnerabilities. This is especially true for heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes and osteoporosis. A family medical history can also alert you to get early and frequent screening tests, which can help detect other problems (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cancers like breast, ovarian, prostrate and colon cancer) in their early stages when they’re most treatable.
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Thanksgiving & Black Friday at Park Meadows
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he ultimate shopping experience is just around the corner at Park Meadows, Colorado’s Only Retail Resort! Located off I-25 and I-70, Park Meadows is your local one stop shop for all the best Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals! With over 200 premium stores, 14 full service restaurants, and a list of market exclusives all within the state’s largest enclosed shopping center you’ll surely find something for everyone on your list! This holiday season, thousands of shoppers are expected to visit Park Meadows to rise and shop with many of our stores opening early on Black Friday and on the evening of Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving, Park Meadows will open from 6pm – 12am with department store hours to vary. JCPenney will open their doors at 2pm on Thanksgiving, with Macy’s to follow at 5pm, and Dick’s Sporting Goods at 6pm. Nordstrom and Dillard’s will remain closed. On the morning of Black Friday, some of the best stores in the marketplace will open at 6am, with every store on the property open from 8am – 10pm. Since last year’s Thanksgiving shopping weekend, Park Meadows has taken on a
long list of exciting new stores and restaurants including: Free People, Tempur-Pedic, Leggings Park, Venus Med Spa, Aerie, Peloton, Amazon 4 Star, Fogo De Chão, The Boutique, Tumi, Travis Mathew, Like Tea, Edo Higan Sushi, GQue Barbeque, and Aksels. Park Meadows remains home to some of the best market exclusives in the area including Nespresso, Sundance, Soft Surroundings, American Girl, Ben Bridge, and many more! Additionally, many stores will feature once a year promotions and discounts that you do not want to miss! Most Park Meadows retailers will release their Black Friday sales on the day of, so you’ll want to be present! To highlight a few of this year’s promotions Amerisleep will offer $250 off new mattresses with two free pillows, Kendra Scott will offer 25% off their entire store as LL Bean will offer 20% off and American Eagle with 40%. Arhaus will host 40% off upholstery while Travis Mathew will feature buy one get one 50% off the entire store. We are looking forward to a fantastic holiday season at Park Meadows Retail Resort as we hope to help bring the magic of holiday traditions to you and your families!
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Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup SERVES 8 8 ounces ground hot Italian sausage 8 ounces ground mild Italian sausage 1 cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, sliced 6 cups beef broth 2 cups water ½ cup dry red wine 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained 1 (14-ounce) can tomato sauce 1 cup thinly sliced carrots ½ teaspoon dried basil ½ teaspoon dried oregano 1½ cups sliced zucchini 8 ounces cheese tortellini 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley Brown the hot Italian sausage and mild Italian sausage in a Dutch oven, stirring to crumble. Remove to a plate, reserving 1 tablespoon of the drippings in the pan. Sauté the onion and garlic in the reserved drippings until tender. Add the sausage, broth, water, wine, tomatoes, tomato sauce, carrots, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil. Simmer over medium-low heat for 30 minutes. Skim off and discard any fat. Stir in the zucchini, tortellini and parsley. Simmer for 35 to 40 minutes.
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Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church to Host Annual Community Christmas Concert, “Winter Alleluia” he Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir will be presenting “Winter Alleluia” Christmas Concert December 13, 14, and 15. This free event is open to the community and is family-friendly. The dates and times of the concerts are: • Friday, December 13 7:00 pm • Saturday, December 14 7:00 pm • Sunday, December 15 3:00 pm For over 30 years, the Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church Sanctuary choir has offered a FREE Christmas Concert to the community. The 80+ voice choir and professional orchestra ushers in the Christmas season with a blend of traditional carols and new music.
No tickets are required for this event. Childcare is available by online registration. For more information, visit cherrycreekpres. org/Christmas or call 303.779.9909. Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church is a community of believers in the Denver Tech Center committed to seeking the Christ-centered life together. They are known for their annual Christmas concerts, a free community event. Learn more at www. cherrycreekpres.org/ christmas
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There is Nothing Like a Dame from South Pacific interpreted by John Lehre, Ben Gregg, Rich Jerry and Sally Lavine give it their all in a production of Oglesby, Larry Olds, Ron Kindelsberger and Dave Dietrich. I Remember It Well from Gigi
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t was showtime in Highland’s Ranch and it wasn’t at the Lone Tree Theatre complex but at the senior living VI facility at 2850 Classic Drive in Highland’s Ranch. The show highlighted a very well-known, loved and respected Villager performer extraordinaire LaFawn Biddle. She has performed at Bessie’s Hope events and is known far and wide in all social circles. A special invitation arrived at Villager headquarters for Bob and Gerri Sweeney’s presence at the reserved seat event featuring Vi residents that included Ms. Biddle. Not wanting to miss one of her performances we trekked out to the facility located on University Blvd. and Classic Dr., just a short way into Highland’s Ranch. The facility where LaFawn has taken up residence is a classy place with valet parking, marble floors, a well-appointed lobby and spacious quarters. We were warmly welcomed and escorted to the showroom, a large room well suited for the evening show entitled, High Jinks on the High Seas. The theme of the evening performance, presented by Vi senior residents, took place on a cruise ship where the vignettes featured cruise costumes. Solos and duets were well staged by happy resident performers. The lead number was Another Opening, Another Show from Kiss Me Kate featuring the full cast of 15 players. The list of performances featured, You Gotta Have Heart from Damn Yankees, performed by Marion Allen, Janie Howell, Dolores Maxson, and Celene Pierce. Some Enchanted Evening sung by Gene Harden from
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South Pacific brought back pleasant memories of the Country Dinner Playhouse on Clinton St. that closed a decade ago. Jerry and Sally Lavine delivered I Remember it Well from Gigi. Hernando’s Hideaway, from the Pajama Game was performed by Ron Bena and Connie Jawitz. Hernando was on the prowl looking for love and a purse. Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman was presented by Jim Dalton and Janie Howell, followed by Sisters from White Christmas that reminded me of my three daughters and the love between siblings,
well-performed by Marion Allen, Pat Fuller, Dolores Maxon, Betsy Ratcliff, and Elizabeth Scofield. A drum role for LaFawn who lip-synched What a Wonderful World, in perfect harmony. Looking lovely, always with that warm smile, she performed so well. In between acts, clever jokes were told by master of ceremonies, and cruise director Rick Rieke, finely appareled in his black tuxedo and bow tie. Jim Dalton
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VOA luncheon features awards and fashion
Loyal supporters Betty Kuhl and Kathy Klugman honored
After a luncheon, program and awards for two outstanding, longtime supporters of Volunteers of America (VOA) Betty Kuhl and Kathy Klugman, guests were treated to a much-anticipated show of fashion. The ballroom at Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek North was converted to a multi-directional runway with models from Wilhelmina. A collection that literally sparkled was from young Cavanaugh Baker, luxury and celebrity designer based in Nashville. Baker’s namesake brand was created while she was still a student at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her fabrics are mostly from Europe with an annual trip to Paris. The sensation of the day was coats and more coats and jackets. The talented designer chose luxurious fabrics for all the garments with shimmer and shine and included surprise accents of spots of fur and fringe. Denise Snyder’s Mariel boutique brought in the designer and hosted a trunk show the following day.
ABOVE: Honorees Betty Kuhl and Kathy Klugman with their Service with Style awards
Designer Cavanaugh Baker with model Cloe and Mariel owner Denise Snyder
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Holiday fun at Friends of Nursing Membership meeting
un with FON (Friends of Nursing) was the theme of the organization’s annual membership meeting held at Cherry Hills Country Club. A refreshing departure from salads, FLEURISH the soup and sandwich fare received rave reviews. Former Colorado First Lady Frances Owens was mistress of ceremonies. She welcomed Howard Lorton Furniture & Design’s Beth O’Neill whose presentation included current trends, adding holiday pizzazz (and her interior design talent was evident as she demonstrated quickly) and historical facts about this fourth generation Colorado company. Emcee former Colorado First Lady Frances Owens, LaFawn Biddle, Greta Pollard and Melanie Wallace Current FON President Lola Fehr and Dr. Ann Smith From Howard Lorton Galleries interior designer Beth O’Neill, and owners Bill and Nancy Cook
Spring Fashion Trends presented by Fashion Group International Denver Chapter
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olorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) was the perfect venue for members of the Denver Chapter of Fashion Group International (FGI) to gather for champagne and appetizers and view the electronic presentation of Spring Fashion Trends provided by the organization’s New York headquarters. The new format again featured commentary by Marylou Luther, whose background includes being a syndicated columnist and creative director for FGI New York. She shared all the excitement, glamour and glitz, fresh from the runways worldwide. The 2020 Fashion Vision included retro as well as futuristic, shaping with draping, “understated is the new fashion statement,” and the politics of color. ABOVE: Members of the local FGI board – Holly Nitsche, historian and advisor; Evonne Eiseman, membership chair;Rachel Igoe, coprogram chair; Tom Handley, co-program chair, Anne Kuehn, treasurer; Nathalia Faribault, new member liaison and advisor RIGHT: Co-Regional directors Gabriel Medina and Kat Dudden
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Bruins advance to semi-finals after shocking arrest of Fairview QB on sex assault charges BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
Although they won 42-28 and dominated the second half, the Cherry Creek High School Bruins (Creek) did not overwhelm Boulder’s Fairview Knights in the 5A quarter-final on November 22 at Greenwood Village’s Stutler Bowl until late in the game. One of the game’s heroes was Fairview back-up quarterback Liam O’Brien, who stepped in after starting QB Aidan Atkinson was arrested Friday morning. Atkinson was charged with three counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault, and five counts of unlawful sexual contact. All the events leading up to these charges occurred on a party bus in September 2018. Atkinson was a minor at the time of the incident, but 18 at the time of his arrest. Atkinson was the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018 when he was a junior and holds the Colorado state titles in passing yards and passing touchdowns. After receiving offers from multiple universities, including CU, CSU, Mississippi, Boise State, Kansas, and Wisconsin, he committed to Northwestern University in June. Following a Fairview fumble, Creek scored first on a 28-yard run by senior running back Jayle Stacks, who was hurt early in last week’s game and didn’t play. Fairview soon evened the score on a pass from O’Brien to wide receiver Grant Page. It was all tied up at 7-7 after the first period. After Creek turned the ball over on downs early in the second period, Fairview scored twice in succession but missed one PAT. With 4:25 to go in the half, the score was 20-7, Fairview. Creek defensive coordinator Tom Doherty spoke to his team, who was getting anxious, on the sideline. He said, “Calm down, relax, and do your job. We’ll be fine.” A minute later, Creek’s offense was at the 24-yard
line. A long pass to junior wide receiver Chase Penry got Creek back in the game. At 2:38 left in the second period, it was 20-14, Fairview. A long pass from O’Brien broken up by Creek junior cornerback Al Ashford III was followed by a sack of the QB by Creek junior linebacker Marcus Alexander, leaving Fairview with a punt from the 10-yard line, when Creek Coach Dave Logan called a time-out. The punt return by junior cornerback Myles Purchase had Creek starting at their 40-yard line with less than a minute to play in the half. With ten seconds left, Penry caught another touchdown. After the PAT by senior kicker Alexi Sanchez Ventura, Creek was ahead 21-20 going into the locker room to warm up at halftime. Just one minute into the second half, Purchase intercepted O’Brien and ran the ball back for a touchdown. After a pass interference call against Creek on a fourth and ten at their own 32-yard line, Fairview scored. A 2-point conversion tied the game at 28-28 with 6:14 left in the third period. On the next possession, Creek QB Julian Hammond III converted on fourth down twice by keeping the ball and running it himself. With 10:38 left in the game, Logan called a trick play on fourth down that worked but was called back due to an illegal block by Creek. Fairview’s next possession resulted in a punt that was returned for a touchdown by Purchase, making the score 35-28 after Sanchez Ventura’s PAT. Creek scored again with just under five minutes left, resulting in a final score of 42-28 in favor of the Bruins. The Cherry Creek Bruins will face fifth-ranked Pomona in the semi-final game of the state championship at 1:00 pm on Nov. 30 at NAAC Stadium at 19500 W 64th Pkwy in Arvada. Fmiklin.villager@gmail. com
TOP: Teammate Branden Jackson gives it up for wide receiver Chase Penry, who caught two touchdown passes in Creek’s win over Fairview. CENTER: Linebacker Luis Lozano congratulates teammate Jayle Stacks after Stacks makes a great run. LEFT: Defensive coordinator Tom Doherty talks to his star cornerback Myles Purchase.
Bullock explains why rural lots in GV shouldn’t have landscaping rules BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
In last week’s Villager, we wrote about a new law in Greenwood Village concerning residential landscaping requirements. It exempts residential properties larger than one acre, which includes the rural area of the city. As we stated previously, in a staff report to the mayor and city council on October 24 from Tonya Haas Davidson, city attorney and Derek Holcomb, AICP, community develop-
ment director, on the new law, it says, “What this means is that in the rural areas, one needn’t complete any landscaping if one doesn’t wish to.” City Council Member Dave Bullock asked us to print his explanation of the exemption from the rules for larger residential lots. Here is Council Member Bullock’s statement in full with no edits: “The reason that the landscaping ordinance passed by Council on November 7 was not appropriate for and exempted the rural district is be-
cause the rural area is a world apart from and night and day different from standard residential neighborhoods in the City. The rural district is characterized by dirt/gravel roads, prairie grass and natural open areas. Imposing a landscaping standard designed for small lot neighborhoods that generally have 3-4 homes per acre has absolutely no relationship or applicability to an area with homes on 2.5 to 5 acre lots, many of which have horses and other livestock. While the ordinance did exempt lots down to
R-1.5, which was lobbied for by Councilmember Kerber (another omission in the article), my argument was specifically to exempt the rural district. Had this new ordinance applied to the rural district, there would have been a loud outcry and even revolt in opposition from the rural residents who do not want elected officials from other parts of the City imposing their suburban and even urban philosophies on them. So my comments and opposition to Councilmember Dougherty’s efforts to extend his landscap-
ing requirements to the entire city was simply representing the majority opinion of rural residents, many if not most of whom would have had to dramatically alter the landscaping of their homes to comply. It would have been inappropriate for that very unique section of our Village and clearly a governmental overreach. Fortunately, others on the Council felt the same since the ordinance passed unanimously which exempted the rural district.” Fmiklin.villager@gmail. com
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Cybersecurity experts Jennifer Kurtz, Patrick Hellman, and Mike Greco shared insights into how to protect your data
Cybersecurity, ethics, and privacy issues BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
On November 20, the business leaders for responsible government section of the South Metro Denver Chamber hosted experts in cybersecurity to guide local leaders in dealing with the existential threat of cybersecurity breaches. Jennifer Kurtz, cyber program director at Manufacturer’s Edge, a nonprofit that promotes the state’s manufacturers, and a graduate of the FBI’s cyber security program, opened the program by sharing that since 2005, 11.7 billion records have been breached. She said there are 165 million compromised accounts on Linked In, which is where many identity thieves get personal data to use to make them sound legitimate. Kurtz talked about the inherent conflict between security, ethics, and privacy, citing the obstacles of cost, convenience, culture, and con-
tradictions. She said she has no AP’s on her iPhone, believing that, “If it’s free, it’s not a product. You are.” On privacy, she shared the popular notion that, “When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.” Patrick Hellman is vice president and chief security officer for Arrow Electronics, a Fortune 109 company with 20,000 employees in 400 offices in 54 countries. He said Arrow requires its employees to use at least 16 characters in their passwords, but doesn’t make them change them frequently because they’ve found that people will bypass that requirement by using predictable patterns. Hellman said cyber attackers are usually from Russia, China, and eastern Europe, but they are now outsourcing to Nigeria and Vietnam. He said, “The Chinese are good, but the Russians, who are usually part of organized crime, are very good.” Once
they infiltrate an email account, they focus on deleted emails to get information because people don’t pay attention to deleted emails. He said the latest area where attacks are being made is payroll, where criminals mine data, then send fake emails directing that paychecks be deposited to a new bank. Hellman told the group that the records from the 2017 Equifax breach and the breach of Capital One that occurred earlier this year have not yet surfaced. That will occur, he said, when the thieves decide the time is right. Mike Greco, cybersecurity expert with the labor and employment law firm of Fisher Phillips, said companies must be prepared because, “You will be breached. You need to recognize it and have a lawyer handy.” All the experts agree that a security breach should not be announced until you are certain that one has occurred. Then you need to consider what industry you are in and
Arapahoe County Clerk’s office responds to citizens’ questions BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
In the days following the Nov. 5 election, questions were raised about some of the actions of Joan Lopez, who was elected county clerk last year in a Democratic wave in Arapahoe County. Arapahoe County Republicans, through their chair Dorothy Gottlieb, have called on Lopez to “resign immediately” in order to “restore the faith of Arapahoe County voters in the integrity, credibility, and fairness of the election process,” as a result of issues they have with how this election was run. .A flyer that was distributed prior to the election by the clerk’s office encouraging
residents to register and vote was titled, “VOTE. Your vote is your voice.” It contained the statement, “Registered? Great! Vote early and vote often. Check the reverse side for important dates regarding upcoming elections.” The phrase, “vote early and vote often,” is a tongue-in-cheek political motto of Chicago (where I grew up). It sarcastically refers to the reputation of illegal activity in that city decades ago that supposedly allowed people to vote more than once. No one knows for sure if it ever really happened. In response to our question about what the clerk’s office actually intended in using that turn of phrase, Winna MacLaren, the public information officer, told us that it was she who created the flyer and that she “was unaware the phrase had negative associations. The in-
tention was to encourage voters to vote in all of the upcoming elections listed on the flyer and to do so prior to each Election Day, if possible.” Lopez has previously apologized for the error, noting that her staff was young. On the issue of delays in counting votes, for which the clerk’s office was also criticized, MacLaren told us that of the total 163.594 ballots received in Arapahoe County, 33,738 or 21 percent were received on November 4, the day before the election, and 61,150 or 37 percent were received on election day, November 5. The ballots received on those two days constituted 58 percent of the total, which explains why preliminary vote totals available on the night of the election were subsequently revised. Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, Colorado shall make final settlement with GH Phipps Construction Companies for its work completed for Arapahoe County on the project identified as Altura Plaza Partial Basement Remodel. The work generally consisted of General Construction services to remodel a portion of the basement including, but not limited to demolition of existing walls, construction of new wall, HVAC, electrical, floor and ceiling renovations and painting. Final Settlement will be made on December 17, 2019. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by GH Phipps Construction Companies or any of its subcontractors, or that has supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used by GH Phipps Construction Companies or any of its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work done for the above-described project whose claim therefore has not been paid by GH Phipps Construction Companies or any of its subcontractors may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid with the Arapahoe County Attorney’s Office (on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners) at 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80120, at any time up to and including December 16, 2019. This Notice is published in accordance with Section 38-26-107 of C.R.S., and all claims, if any, shall be filed in accordance with this statutory section. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement and/or claim prior to the aforementioned date for filing claims shall release Arapahoe County, its officers, agents and employees from any or all liability, claims, and suits for payment due from GH Phipps Construction Companies. Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager First Publication: November 28, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Legal # 9401 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, Colorado shall make partial final settlement with JL Melton Construction for its work completed for Arapahoe County on the project identified as #2017-09 Federal Warehouse Dock Reconfiguration. The work generally consisted of general contracting services to implement tenant improvements at 5251 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton, CO 80123. This Final Settlement will be made on December 27, 2019 to include retainage on all contracted services. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by JL Melton Construction or any of its subcontractors, or that has supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used by JL Melton Construction or any of its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work done for the above-described project whose claim therefore has not been paid by JL Melton Construction or any of its subcontractors may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid with the Arapahoe County Attorney’s Office (on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners) at 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80120, at any time up to and including December 26, 2019. This Notice is published in accordance with Section 38-26-107 of C.R.S., and all claims, if any, shall be filed in accordance with this statutory section. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement and/or claim prior to the aforementioned date for filing claims shall release Arapahoe County, its officers, agents and
employees from any or all liability, claims, and suits for payment due from JL Melton Construction. Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager First Publication: November 28, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Legal # 9402 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-19-66 ON-CALL TEST & BALANCE FOR HVAC SYSTEMS Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals for On-Call Test and Balance for HVAC systems for the Facilities Division of the Arapahoe County. All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-19-66) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov.com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Submittals must be received in the Purchasing Division, located at 5334 South Prince Street, 4th Floor, Littleton, CO 80120, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on December 26, 2019. The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals. Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9403 ____________________________
COURTS District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 303-649-6355 Plaintiff: Fitz Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Defendants: Fitzsimons Promenade, LLC; Bush Development, Inc.; Cedar Crest Condominium Owners Association, Inc.; all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject real property Attorneys for Plaintiff: Michael G. Milstein, Reg. No. 23833 Melanie MacWilliams-Brooks, Reg. No. 45322 Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP 360 S. Garfield Street, 6th Floor Denver, Colorado 80209 Phone: (303)333-9810 Email: michael@fostergraham. com; mbrooks@fostergraham.com Case No.: 2019CV031301 Division: 202 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO “ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY” You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Second Amended Complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Second Amended Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Second Amended Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Second Amended Complaint without further notice. This is an action to quiet title to certain real property, described by legal description and schedule number as follows: THAT PART OF LOT 3 BLK 1 FITZSIMONS PROMENADE SUB
1ST FLG DESC AS BEG 141.88 FT W OF THE SE COR OF SD LOT TH N 72.2 FT TH W 47.8 FT TH S 77.4 FT TH E 47.8 FT TH N 5.2 FT TO BEG FITZSIMONS PROMENADE SUB 1ST FLG together with any and all appurtenances and improvements as described in schedule #1973-012-28-006 situated in the County of Arapahoe and State of Colorado. Dated: November 15, 2019 FOSTER GRAHAM MILSTEIN & CALISHER, LLP /s/ Melanie MacWilliams-Brooks Melanie MacWilliams-Brooks Attorneys for Plaintiff Published in The Villager First Publication: November 21, 2019 Last Publication: December 19, 2019 Legal # 9390 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 So. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: RAZIEL PEREZ Child, And Concerning: ADRIANA PEREZ AKA ADRIAN PEREZ AKA JESUS PEREZ, AMY MARTIN, AND JOHN DOE Respondents. Linda M. Arnold, Esq. #16764 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Case No: 19JV0474 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY COURT TRIAL HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Court Trial Hearing in this action regarding RESPONDENT FATHER, JOHN DOE is set for December 18, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. in Division 14 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child(ren) dependent or neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code Date: November 18, 2019 Linda M. Arnold, Reg. # 16764 Assistant County Attorney Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9404 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: DONOVAN REYNOLDS AND DOMINIC REYNOLDS Children, And concerning: RENE REYNOLDS, EUGENE MCKENZIE, KEVVON JOHNSON AND DAMONDE ARMSTTRONG Respondents. Linda Arnold, Esq. #16764 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1882 Case No: 19JV669 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding RESPONDENT FATHERS, DAMONDE ARMSTRONG AND
KEVVON JOHNSON is set for January 15, 2020 at 9:30 A.M. in Division 14 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code. Date: November 18, 2019 Linda Arnold, Esq. #16764 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, Co 80012 Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9405 ____________________________
GREENWOOD VILLAGE For Sale The City of Greenwood Village Parks, Trails and Recreation Division Items will be auctioned on December 10, 2019 through Roller Auctioneers at 7500 York Street, Denver, CO 80229. Please direct auction queries to 303-289-1600 or view online at: www.rollerauction.com. Three (3) Honda 621 snowblowers Three (3) hand held Stihl leaf blowers One (1) 30’ x 50’ event tent with aluminum poles (will not pass fire inspection as is) Six (60 outdoor spotlights Three (3) metal safe cigarette disposal cans Two (2) Scoremaster aluminum soccer goals (without nets) Eight (8) 8’ folding tables Fifteen (15) various circular saw blades One (1) Porter Cable tiger saw One (1) Bostitch yellow and black nail gun in black case One (1) Husky air wrench One (1) Hartell condensate pump A3X-115 One (1) Subaru PowerStroke washer MDL Three (3) bolt cutters One (1) new in package pneumatic impact wrench One (1) Ryobi drill One (1) Workforce ratchet set One (1) Leatherman knife One (1) buck knife Three (3) wire cutters (small, medium and large) One (1) water valve One (1) faucet repair parts One (1) Freedom rechargeable lithium battery Two (2) packages of two lightbulbs Two (2) headlights in box One (1) set of jumper cables One (1) Specialized Rockhopper bicycle One (1) new in package Go Pro camera One (1) new in package Beats headphones One (1) iPad One (1) Phillips iPhone 5 speaker One (1) subwoofer One (1) Canon 750 camera Two (2) one-ounce silver dollar coins in boxes One (1) German coin in clear case Seventeen (17) women’s watches Three (3) men’s watches (2 Bulova) Three (3) pairs men’s cufflinks Multiple pieces of primarily costume jewelry (necklaces, rings, bracelets) Two (2) Tiffany glass candleholders The following video production equipment will be offered at auction: Three (3) Panasonic WV 5200B 5” B/W monitors One (1) Sony PVM1354Q 13” monitor One (1) JVC switcher KM-2500 One (1) Mackie 1402 audio board Two (2) Sony SMS 1P studio speakers Three (3) Sony camera control units One (1) Digital Processing Systems DPS-220 synchronizer One (1) Leader LBO5860 Waveform Monitor One (1) Leader LVS5850B vectrascope Four (4) Studio RTS boxes BP 300s Three (3) control room RTS boxes One (1) TW intercom and user
station Six (6) RTS headsets One (1) Leader LCG-400 NTSC pattern generator Three (3) Sony DXC 327 with Cannon 13x lenses Three (3) hard shell cases with camera plates Three (3) sets focus and zoom controls Three (3) Sony DXF-501 1” view finders Three (3) studio viewfinders Two (2) Matthews T-6 studio tripods Two (2) ITE dollies Two (2) Matthews fluid heads for T-6 tripods One (1) lighting controller 24-48 input Four (4) 1k Fresnels (B&M model #06000) Two (2) 2k Fresnels (B&M model #14006) Four (4) 1k broads (B&M) Four (4) 1k scoops (BW) One (1) 1k ellipsoidal (BW) Two (2) De Sisti 1000w baby softlight Two (2) ETC S4 par Six (6) Arri 1k Two (2) 50’ 14 pin camera cables One (1) 20’ 14 pin camera cables Four (4) 50’ XLR cables If you have any equipment questions, please contact Julie Liggett, Administrative Supervisor, at 303-486-5750 or at jliggett@ greenwoodvillage.com. You may also contact Debbie Armstrong, at 303-486-5759 or at darmstrong@ greenwoodvillage.com. Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9406 ____________________________ BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the “City”) will receive sealed bids at the Parks, Trails and Recreation front desk in Greenwood Village City Hall (6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111) until 11:00 am on December 20, 2019 for the improvements to Goldsmith Gulch from Huntington Acres Park to Tommy Davis Park. The scope of the project includes the construction of approximately 800 feet of realigned and restored channel including 1,100 cubic yards of void-filled riprap and wetland restoration, replacement of a pedestrian bridge, storm sewer construction, concrete trail flatwork, concrete trickle channel construction, and extensive irrigated riparian landscaping. An on-site pre-bid meeting will take place on December 9, 2019 at 1 pm, starting at Huntington Acres Park. The park is located off Fair Avenue just southeast of 6198 S. Alton Way, Greenwood Village, CO. The plans and specifications are available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing (www.bidnetdirect. com) on the Greenwood Village website (www.greenwoodvillage. com/bids). The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof. The City requires a certified or cashier’s check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid. The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the City’s Office, securely sealed and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price. Bids will be opened publicly at 11:01 am on December 20, 2019 at Greenwood Village City Hall and shall be tabulated by the City. Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Josh Morin at (303) 708-6113. /s/ Josh Morin Parks Project Manager Published in The Villager First Publication: November 28, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Legal # 9407 ____________________________
SPECIAL DISTRICTS CENTENNIAL AIRPORT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, owner and operator of Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado, is seeking to contract with a qualified Special Inspections firm to provide Special Inspections and Testing Services during construction of a new, two-story Aviation Community and Administrative Facility. A complete Request for Proposals (RFP) may be obtained by contacting Gina Conley at 303-218-2929 or gconley@centennialairport.com. The firm must supply all information required by the RFP. The Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all portions of the various proposal items and make the award deemed in the best interest of the Airport Authority. No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of 90 days from the opening thereof. Proposals must be submitted to Gina Conley, Senior Planner, Centennial Airport, 7800 S. Peoria St. Box G1, Englewood, CO 80112 no later than 10:00 a.m. MST, December 05, 2019. DBE firms are encouraged to apply. Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Published in The Villager First Publication: November 21, 2019 Last Publication: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9400 ____________________________ NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING CHERRYVALE SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cherryvale Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado (“District”), for calendar year 2020. A copy of said proposed Budget, which includes a summary of fund balances, revenues and expenditures of the District, is available for public inspection between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at Haynie & Company, PC, 1221 W. Mineral Avenue, Suite 202, Littleton, CO 80120-4544. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Cherryvale Sanitation District will consider the adoption of the proposed Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:30 P.M. at the residence of Mr. Fairbairn, located at 151 Summit Blvd, Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113. Any interested elector of the Cherryvale Sanitation District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2020 and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of said Budget. Dated this 18th day of November, 2019. CHERRYVALE SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Ty Holman CPA By the order of the Board of Directors of the Cherryvale Sanitation District Cherryvale Sanitation District 1221 West Mineral Avenue, Suite 202 Littleton, CO 80120-4544 303-795-2142 Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9408 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING 2019 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the
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Two locals authors combine book opening When God Says No . . . When the Heart Listens . . . Two brand new books that couldn’t be more different. And yet they include a surprising synchronicity because both were written from the heart. And both were celebrated at a “Heart Book Brunch” on Sunday in the Heritage Eagle Bend Community. Judith Briles and Mara Purl, well-known local authors, and long-time friends and colleagues, joined forces to share their latest books with friends and followers at a sumptuous Sunday brunch at Briles’ lovely home. The authors shared “stories from the heart” from their latest works— one non-fiction and one fiction, but both including experiences from their rich, expansive lives. Briles, a best-selling author and nationally known book shepherd, and her husband moved to the Heritage Eagle Bend community three years ago. Since then, they’ve become a mainstay of their neighborhood, hosting both personal and author celebration
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Mara Purl and Judith Briles hosted a double book launch at the home of Briles this past weekend. The two award-winning authors have multiple best-selling books.
events. Judith’s latest book—her 37th—is the memoir that friends and followers requested, and even demanded. The adversities she has overcome—including the untimely death of two of
her children—are recounted with an honesty that is tinged with a depth of compassion first for herself, and then for anyone who hears her story. “I have an incredible life,” the author said. “I’m doing what I love. So,
life is very good. But adversity will come.” Rather than being resigned fatalistically, however, Briles embraces life in all its complexity. “Life is a rose,” the author said at her Sunday brunch. “Incredible colors, delightful fragrances, but these come with thorns.” Thorns have never stopped her from the joy of living, nor from creating a stunningly successful career. Mara Purl’s latest book When the Heart Listens adds to her best-selling Milford-Haven Novels series, based on her hit BBC radio drama Milford-Haven USA. Her new book tells the story of a young woman whose career was going well in the big city, but whose heart tells her a move to a small town will heal nurture her heart and unwind her snarls. To make the move, she must deal with sibling rivalry, parental disapproval, and a professional crisis. Is it autobiographical? “Everything we write is about our own lives to some extent,” the author confirmed. “That’s how we write authentically,
from our own insights and experiences.” Purl, who lives with her husband in Colorado Springs and in Los Angeles, is a board member of two Briles-founded organizations: Author You (www. AuthorYou.org) and the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame (www.ColoradoAuthorsHallOfFame.org) both in Denver. Mara, still recognized by many from her role on Days of Our Lives, started her own soap opera after spending a summer performing in the small coastal town of Cambria, California. When the show became a hit on the BBC, the original town of Milford Haven—a real place in Wales—gave her a parade and the keys to the town. “It was an astonishing experience,” Purl recalled, “And it showed me the heart of generosity and possibility of small towns.” Follow Judith at www. TheBookShepherd.com, @ MyBookShepherd, Pinterest.com/JudithBriles Follow Mara at www. MaraPurl.com, @MaraPurl, Facebook.com/Mara.Purl
Denver Academy receives second grant from History Colorado’s State Historical Fund for continued preservation of historic Chapel Library
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enver Academy announced that the school has LEARNERS, been awarded a grant totaling $118,591 by History Colorado’s State This is the second grant reHistorical Fund (SHF) for ceived from the SHF for resthe continued preservation of • toration and rehabilitation of Denver Academy’s historic DA’s Chapel Library. The first Chapel Library. emy Faculty & Staff and tour the 22-acre grant received campus. in 2017 helped “We are delighted to see to restore the building’s Open House? Call to a meeting today!origDenver Academy andschedule History inal stained-glass windows, Colorado’s State Historical copper cupola and front doors Fund continue their partnerformer splendor with Avenue 80222to •their 303.777.5161 ship • to Denver, preserve andCO rehabilwork completed in early itate the historic Bethesda 2018. This next phase of work nveracademy.org/openhouse Chapel,” said District 4 Coun- is scheduled to begin in the cilwoman Kendra Black. “It’s spring of 2020 and will adthe perfect setting for a library dress additional areas of need for Lower School students. including deteriorating conDenver Academy’s historic crete entry stairs and wrought campus stands out as a gem as iron railings, damaged bricks one of the historically desigand mortar and outdated elecnated landmark structures in trical systems. DA is one of 31 recipiour diverse southeast Denver ents statewide to have been district.”
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able for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2020 budget and amended 2019 budget, file or register any objections thereto. HARRISON OAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Robert Kaufman, President Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9409 ____________________________
awarded a grant from the SHF as part of their April 2019 cycle. SHF grants are awarded through a competitive process. The 2019 grant is primarily for the exterior restoration of the building and covers 70% of the cost of the project with the remaining 30 percent being provided by Denver Academy. This grant and the continued support from the State Historical Fund signifies that DA values high-quality historic preservation and demonstrates strong public and community support.
Denver Academy’s Historic Chapel Library
The Chapel Library was built in 1926 and served as the chapel for the Bethesda Sanatorium, which was known worldwide for its treatment of tuberculosis patients, until the late 1990s when the hospital closed its doors. The property was pur-
CENTENNIAL AIRPORT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a Public Meeting in the Wright Brothers Room of the Control Tower/Administration Complex at Centennial Airport, 7800 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112 at the hour of 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 12th, 2019. The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an application under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from Berland Development Group Inc. and VMAX Capital LLC. for the VMAX Parcel 50 B/E
chased in 2000 by DA and converted into the school’s library becoming known among the DA community as the Chapel Library. That same year, the Chapel Library was designated a historical landmark by the Denver Landmark Commission. The 90-year-old building was designed by award-winning Denver architect Harry James Manning as an expression of the property owners’ Dutch heritage. The building showcases a traditional stepped gable, a common application of Dutch Renaissance Architecture found mostly in Amsterdam. The Chapel Library’s main entrance is marked by a tower with an elaborately detailed copper cupola cap, an iconic structure that DA has incorporated into its school logo. Other character-defining features include the solid brick masonry walls, tall, narrow windows with multi-pane diagonal and uncommon zinc-camed glaz-
Office/Hangar Development Plan. Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Authority offices at the same address as stated above. Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Published in The Villager First Publication: November 28, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Legal # 9410 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the
ing and the heavy, tongueand-groove wood plank entry door in the shape of a pointed arch. It is DA’s goal to preserve the historic architectural features of the former chapel while allowing it to continue to function as a 21st century library. “The Chapel has always been a building of reverence and reflection, and as a library, it continues to be that,” DA Historic Chapel Library Preservation Committee member and DA Librarian Jolene Gutierrez said. “Through these grants from the State Historical Fund, we are able to conserve our past through the preservation of the historic building while also preparing our students for the future. By repairing the entry to our library, updating our cooling and electrical systems, and refinishing the interior doors, we will be maintaining the beauty of this building and increasing safety and comfort.”
ensuing year of 2020 has been submitted to the South Metro WISE Authority (“Authority”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority to be held at 8400 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 315 Conference Room, Greenwood Village, Colorado, at 1:00 p.m. on December 4, 2019. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2019 budget of the Authority may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority. A copy of the proposed 2020 budget and the amended 2019 budget, if required, are available for public
inspection at the offices of 8400 East Prentice Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Authority may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2020 budget and the amended 2019 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto. Dated: November 19, 2019 SOUTH METRO WISE AUTHORITY By: /s/ Ron Redd President Published in The Villager Published: November 28, 2019 Legal # 9411 ____________________________
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