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School board member resigns Justin Williams cites desire to spend more time with family

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Douglas County School Board Member Justin Williams stepped down from his post Jan. 6, saying he wants to fulfill a new year’s resolution to spend more time with his family.

Williams had filed with the Colorado Secretary of State as a candidate for House District 44, but said he is not moving forward with that effort.

“I am in the process of withdrawing my filing to run for that seat,” he wrote in an email.

“I am not running. I need to be a dad, something I have some room for improvement in.”

The seat presently is held by Chris Holbert, who is running for the District 30 Senate seat, currently occupied by Ted Harvey.

In a news release issued by the Douglas County School District, Williams said, “I have served on the board for over six years and have really enjoyed being a part of such a wonderful school district with excellent people.

“It is time to spend my time focusing on my primary role as a husband and a father to my five children. I am very proud of the work

we have accomplished and will always cherish it.”

Williams, who represents the Parker area in District F, was first elected to the board in 2007. He was re-elected in 2011, and his second term was set to expire in NovemWilliams ber 2015.

School board president Kevin Larsen, also quoted in the email, said the process to replace Williams will begin after the board formally accepts Williams’ resignation during its Jan. 21 meeting.

“Our first priority is to thank Justin for his service, his passion, and his unwavering

commitment to DCSD,” wrote Larsen. “We regret that he will be unable to complete his term.

“At our next meeting, the board will discuss a resolution to outline the process for replacing director Williams. I expect that we will set forth a process that includes an application and interview.”

Williams, an executive with the Denver branch of the technology company Long View Systems, did not return calls requesting further comment.

Douglas County Commissioner Jack Hilbert also has filed as a candidate for House District 44.

Budget funds road projects, pay increase Castle Pines commits to spend $300K on street improvements

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@coloradocommunitymedia.com

ple and organizations honored — the first recipients of the new Rudolph Award — when the task force celebrates its 30th anniversary Feb. 16 with a concert featuring Firefall, a Colorado-based band formed in the 1970s.

Firefall had a string of hits and is known for its philanthropic efforts, said Joe Roos, the task force’s parttime director of philanthropy. Concert proceeds will go to help fund a $425,000 renovation project for the task force’s building on Park Street.

Huydts said she got involved in

Castle Pines City Council recently approved a $4.1 million 2014 budget that gives the city’s four employees under the new city manager a 3 percent raise and would add another $300,000 for road projects.

“I believe the budget accurately reflects the priorities that have been communicated from citizens based on the survey, guidance from council and our current revenues,” Castle Pines Councilmember Tera Radloff told Colorado Community Media.

Radloff also said she thinks last year’s budgetary priorities will help Castle Pines in 2014.

“In 2013 we strengthened our future through improving communications with citizens and hiring an experienced manager to implement remaining foundational processes and procedures and provide the continuity we need to move forward,” she said.

Councilmember James Einolf, who regularly rails against the city’s level of expense for public relations, $77,000 in this budget, gave one comment about the approved budget: “Too little for roads, too much for PR.” The adopted 2014 budget has $4.1 million in expenditures and $4.2 million in revenues.

Most of the difference, about $92,000, goes into savings, increasing the city’s fund balance to $3.89 million.

Don Van Wormer, Castle Pines city manager — who is a new employee and because of that is excluding himself from the pay increase — in a past council meeting said the employees’ pay increase would only add about $7,000 to the budget.

In addition to the employees’ pay increase, additional 2014 expenses include a $6,000 increase in the city offices’ lease; $15,000 in the city council budget for a citizen survey; and $50,000, to be set aside for future turf replacement at Elk Ridge Park. Also being budgeted is an additional $300,000 in the infrastructure budget for more road improvement projects.

Last year, a big-budget item was about $400,000 to buy land for the city’s future library — money that won’t need to be spent this year, giving the council

Task Force continues on Page 6

Budget continues on Page 7

Suzanne Greene, executive director of the Douglas/Elbert Task Force, stands in the middle of a renovation project that will add a private area to receive clients, among other improvements to the task force’s building. Photo by Virginia Grantier

It started in a garage and grew Douglas/Elbert Task Force to celebrate 30 years with concert

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier @coloradocommunitymedia.com A Castle Rock woman, knowing some local families were struggling financially, started collecting items in her garage to distribute to people who needed them.

Mela Rudolph knew the families well enough that she often knew just

what they needed and would deliver the items to them, said Connie Huydts, 82, who started helping Rudolph soon after Rudolph started her garage project.

That was about 30 years ago. Rudolph and a couple of Rudolph’s friends, such as Minnie Hoffmann, who got involved with the effort, have died. But Huydts is still around.

And she’s still volunteering for the organization Rudolph started, which is now called the Douglas/Elbert Task Force, located in a former church building on Park Street.

Huydts will be one of several peo-

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Son takes family to uncharted territory Neil DiLorenzo lays the brown folder on the kitchen table. As he tells the tale and to better illustrate his point, he pulls out a map, a list of coordinates, a copy of an email, a log of emergency numbers.

The thick file holds a literal paper trail, meticulously plotted, of his son’s extraordinary expedition in unsettled lands far away, a trip of self-discovery taken like pilgrims of old, on foot, alone, depending on the kindness of strangers for food and shelter.

And, in this day of immediate and unceasing communication, no cell phone or laptop, therefore — for the most part — no connection to family or friends.

“It did hit me, several weeks into it — he’s homeless,” Neil says. “I saw a homeless man and thought, `That’s my son,’ except he’s in a foreign land.”

They call it Donovan’s Journey.

But make no mistake: It’s Neil and Michelle DiLorenzo’s journey, too, one more in the life of parents, this one lived daily with a worry that hunkers in their hearts, even as they celebrate the unique courage of their child’s unusual quest.

Neil: “We don’t really understand why he’s doing this.”

Michelle: “It’s something that’s calling him.”

Neil: “I think he felt he had to do this to discover himself, to see if he could live without the support of anyone.”

For Donovan DiLorenzo, 42, the oldest of Neil and Michelle’s four children, an early career path seemed clear: Make money, lots of it. And as a marketing account executive working for top ad agencies, he was close to earning his first million before 9-11.

But the devastating calamity shook him and rearranged his priorities.

After researching urban school districts across the country, he decided to teach in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, a predominantly African-American neighborhood struggling with deep poverty. He earned a master’s in education while teaching there. As Katrina bore down, he delivered two carloads of Ninth Ward residents to his sister’s home in Arkansas for safety, and later relocated them to Dallas — he still keeps in touch with the families.

After Katrina, he gutted flooded homes, cooked in community kitchens and distributed supplies and information to victims. In 2006, he joined the Peace Corps and spent 28 months teaching in Malawi in southeast Africa, one of the world’s least-developed countries.

He returned to New Orleans, teaching in a charter school, while also housing and sup-

porting several immigrants from Malawi.

“He doesn’t have anything,” Neil says, “but he gives everything he has.”

Last summer, Donovan decided to act on a new dream — a pilgrimage through the Middle East and India with the possibility of writing a book about those experiences.

To prepare, he gave away all his possessions, including his cell phone and laptop. He mailed books and mementos to his parents’ Highlands Ranch home. He kept one change of clothes, a sleeping bag, a tent and his bike and began cycling to Colorado.

For three weeks, Neil and Michelle didn’t know where he was, or how he was.

“It was,” says Michelle, who texts her children good morning every day, “awful.”

One afternoon, they spotted him riding down the street.

“He looked like the UPS man,” Neil says.

But Donovan’s test run had proved successful.

Planning began for the big journey.

“We really wanted him to buy a cell phone,” Neil says. “He refused. He didn’t want to be able to communicate with anyone.”

A friend told Neil about a lightweight GPS tracker that fits in the palm of a hand.

“You’re not talking to us,” Neil told Donovan. “You’re not really communicating. At least, as long as the coordinates are moving, we’ll know you’re alive.”

So, Donovan agreed. Every three days, he would activate the GPS device. Neil would plot the latitude and longitude on maps and be able to follow his route.

The outgoing, friendly boy who loved sports but not hiking or being outdoors, and who often took three showers a day because he was a bit of a clean freak, strapped on Teva sandals, determined to push his boundaries even further.

He boarded an airplane for Jordan Aug. 26.

“This journey is really a pilgrimage of sorts,” he wrote before he left on a website set up by family to track his travels. “I’ll walk a good portion of my travels such that the journey is slower by nature, giving me more time to think, write and connect with others . . . . As in a traditional pilgrimage, I step out without

strangers inviting him to tea and conversation, playing with children near the Dead Sea. After walking 661 miles through the Middle East, including a brief stay in Egypt with a friend during which he was able to call Neil and Michelle, Donovan is now walking through India.

Inadequate computer and satellite networks have prevented the GPS tracker from sending coordinates.

“I worry more about him getting sick and if he gets sick what is he going to do,” Michelle says. “I pray every day that he doesn’t get sick.”

“It’s the unknown,” Neil says, “and how is he going to handle it.”

Through scarce emails, they knew Donovan had traveled in December to a wellknown ashram in Puttaparthi to meditate and study awhile.

“He’s right here,” Neil says, pointing to the town north of Bangalore. “I feel he’s in a safer place. The only negative is I don’t hear from him every three days.”

Despite the worry, their son’s adventure leaves them in awe.

“I envy what he’s doing,” says Neil, an avid hiker. “I wish I would have thought of something like this. . . . ” “I feel he has a calling and we’re behind him the whole way — we will support him always,” Michelle says. “I just wish he’d be home.”

On Jan. 3, Neil checked his email to find a priceless New Year’s gift — a message from Donovan, the first since Dec. 20.

“The path has changed a bit,” Donovan wrote. “I feel the need to pay respects to Gandhi and the Dalai Lama.”

He is headed to their ashrams.

Although he mentioned possibly returning to Colorado in May and that he had experienced some “tenuous times,” he also noted he wanted to spend three months working with Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity in Calcutta.

“Obviously, as things unfold, he wants to do more and more things,” Neil says, “but it’s kind of hard to see what he will do for sure.”

So, Michelle and Neil wait.

It’s all they can do.

“He is,” Michelle says, “always in my prayers and in my mind.”

many resources and see how life unfolds. Not expecting this to very easy, but meaningful.”

He had enough money and a credit card to buy local clothing and necessary border and travel documents. The first night in Amman, he spent in a hotel.

And then, he was on his way.

The first three weeks, Neil and Michelle slept two to three hours a night. Neil developed a routine, checking email as soon as he woke to see if the GPS tracker had sent coordinates, then heading down to the kitchen for coffee with Michelle. One of the earliest locations came through Sept. 2.

Neil spreads the map of Jordan, Syria and Israel on the table.

His finger jabs the location he has circled in black marker. “He was trying to cross the King Hussein bridge. . . which made me nervous because he’s going from Jordan to Israel ...”

On Sept. 6, another set of coordinates arrived. They put Donovan just south of the Sea of Galilee.

“He’s two, three miles from the Syrian border,” Neil says. “Within a day of that, Obama said we’re going to declare war. For all I knew, he knew nothing of the problem. . . . (A friend in Egypt) said he’s got to get out of there; he’s got to get a gas mask. We were just totally petrified.”

Michelle misses being able to talk to Donovan every day.

“I am very nervous . . . that has been really, really hard not knowing where he’s at,” she says. But “you have to let them do their own thing.”

Sometimes, finding the locations doesn’t alleviate the worry.

Neil folds open another map, a topographical one that seems to depict mountains and no roads. “When I see him in the middle of nowhere, like this,” he says, “it makes me even more concerned.”

But Neil has become an expert map finder. What seems like mountains on one map turns out to be hills with a dirt road on another.

Neil’s maps trace Donovan’s journey with careful precision. He circles the coordinate locations in black marker and writes the date, then highlights the route in yellow. Occasional emails from Donovan are carefully tagged and posted onto the website, donovansjourney.com, so that family and friends can follow, too. Neil posts information on Facebook, as well. Donovan has journaled three stories about his trip so far, also on the website.

He writes about sleepless nights in the open listening to packs of wild dogs outside of Nazareth, the spontaneous kindness of

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303-5664110.

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NEWS IN A HURRY Seedling trees available Seedling trees are available from the Douglas County Conservation District at a nominal cost on a first-come, first-served basis, according to a news release.

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“Highlands Ranch Library” no longer exists — the name, that is.

The library, at 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., is being renamed the James H. LaRue Branch, after Jamie LaRue, who is retiring. His last day is Jan. 17, after almost 23 years of service as library director.

The Douglas County Libraries’ board of trustees passed a resolution to honor him that way — and LaRue, upon hearing about the name change, was reportedly touched, according to a news release from Amber DeBerry, the libraries associate director of community relations.

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Laughter, light and forgiveness fill arena Celebration of Claire Davis’ life draws thousands

to give The Davis family has established a fund in Claire’s name that will be used to support mental-health and anti-violence causes in the community.

Arapahoe High School Community Fund The Denver Foundation Philanthropic Services 55 Madison Street, Eighth Floor Denver, Colo. 80206-5423 www.denverfoundation.org 720-974-2602

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Oh my gosh, Karl, what are you doing?”

Those are the words that Claire Davis’ anguished father says were her last, spoken in the split second before Karl Pierson shot her in the head.

“Claire tried to shine her light on his darkness,” said Michael Davis as he addressed the thousands of people who attended the celebration of Claire’s life, held at the National Western Stock Show arena on Jan. 1. Claire’s mother, Desiree, stood by his side as the room rose in a standing ovation.

Although first responders rushed Claire from Arapahoe High School to the operating room within 30 minutes of the shooting on Dec. 13, she lapsed into a coma from which she would never emerge. She died on Dec. 21.

Friends and family hope the entire community will take her final words forward as it tries to heal from yet another tragedy.

“Before we say or do something, we should reflect and ask ourselves that last question,” said Pastor Steve Poos-Benson of Columbine United Church. “Ask ourselves what is it we are doing, and what is it we are doing to one another?”

Michael Davis asked that Claire’s legacy be the light with which she filled the lives of all who knew her.

“My wife and I forgive Karl Pierson,” he said.

“Karl is no longer with us. It is no longer our responsibility to judge. As each of us must do someday, Karl must face infinity alone.”

He said Claire would want everyone to forgive Pierson, and would want all who mourn her to keep love alive and light in

Mourners light up the night with candles at the end of the celebration of the life of Claire Davis at the National Western Stock Show Complex on Jan. 1. Photo by Jennifer Smith their lives.

“Make love more important than hate, desperation and fear,” he said.

Light and laughter seemed to fill every crevice of Claire’s life. Her boyfriend, Alex Chapman, let her say how important those things were to her in her own words, by reading a letter she wrote as part of a college application.

“I think laughter makes people real,” she wrote. “I love to laugh and smile and, more importantly, to make others laugh and smile.”

Chapman recalled how he knew she was special the minute he laid eyes on her.

“I looked at her and I said, `Wow, she would be someone amazing to be with,’” he said. “… I love Claire so much, and I always will.”

Several well-known names attended the event — U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Olympian and Centennial resident Missy Franklin all

spoke, and Claire’s favorite band, One Direction, sent their regrets. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson was recognized with a standing ovation, and praise went out to all the first responders, including Deputy James Englert, the school-resource officer who got to the scene within seconds, and firefighters from Littleton Fire Rescue Station 15, who rushed Claire to Littleton Adventist Hospital.

But it was the people who knew Claire who brought her to life for those who didn’t. They told tales of screaming at teen-idol concerts, giggling for hours on end, making friendship bracelets, drinking milkshakes and talking about boys.

“Almost every moment I spent with Claire we were laughing,” said Mary Strauss, a friend since middle school.

“Over the years she taught me so much, but most importantly, how to love someone more than you love yourself.”

Rebecca Johnson, Claire’s riding coach

National Western ready to roll Rodeo, livestock judging, special events come to Denver

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Pro football’s biggest game is in February, but the National Western Stock Show, billed as the “Super Bowl of Livestock Shows and Sales,” comes to Denver Jan. 11-26.

There are judging competitions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, bison, yaks, poultry and rabbits.

Since space is fairly limited, animals are constantly moving in and out of the complex so that more than 15,000 head of livestock can take part in the judging competitions and sales In addition to the livestock judging competitions, there also are numerous livestock sales where millions of dollars change hands as thousands of animals are sold to new owners.

While livestock activities go on almost constantly, the stock show’s daily schedule also may include rodeos, displays and entertainment. The fact there is something for almost everyone attracts hundreds of thousands of men, women and children through the turnstiles. Last year’s attendance was more than 628,000.

The multitude of livestock judging and sales plus more than 50 special events are held at a variety of locations. While the rodeo performances are held in the Denver Coliseum, the majority of livestock show and sale activities plus some special events like Super Dogs are centered at the National Western Stock Show Arena and the pens in the nearby stockyards.

The 16-day show is Colorado’s largest trade show with more than 350 vendors scheduled to be on the

The rider guides the horses through a ring of fire during the Wild West Show at a recent year’s National Western Stock Show. The National Western opens Jan. 11 for its 2014 run and will include livestock judging and sales, rodeos and the Wild West Show that is patterned after the shows put on by Buffalo Bill Cody. Courtesy photo grounds this year. Many of the vendors will be located in the three-level Hall of Education near 46th Avenue.

Another venue is the Events Center and Paddock located at the north end of the National Western complex.

Parking is free but a general admission ticket is required to get into the stock show. The ticket entitles the holder to visit the trade show, displays, stock shows and auctions. Ticket prices vary from $13 to $19 for an adult. Tickets for children 3 to 11 years old are $2 to $3, depending on the day.

Children under 3 get in free.

The general admission ticket also is good for visits to the Children’s Ranchland and petting farm, which are open daily on the third floor of the Expo Hall.

In addition, there are a variety of activities at the new Ames Activity Pavilion including stick horse rodeos,

kids pedal-tractor pulls, horseshoe pitching and dummy roping contests.

The pavilion is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the daily activity lists are posted on the website, www. nationalwestern.com, where you can also find out more about ticket prices.

There about 50 special events that require admission tickets that range in price from $8 to $100 each. Each ticket includes a National Western admission ticket. Among the events on the entertainment schedule are two Mexican Rodeo Extravaganzas, three Professional Bull Riders events, two Wild West shows, the Grand Prix horse jumping show, two SuperDogs shows and the Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo.

There are also 23 rodeo performances during first stop of the year for members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

for seven years, said Claire was a fierce competitor on her horse, Graphite Gran Grannus, but rode with grace under pressure and true class.

“Above all else, she was kind, and the horses knew that, and they loved her,” said Johnson, who nicknamed Claire “Fluffy Rainbow Child.”

“She left me an improved woman and a better coach,” she said. “Claire was my friend, and I loved her, and I know that love was returned.”

Near the end of the ceremony, Johnson walked the horse out and retired the saddle of his fallen rider, presenting it to Claire’s mother.

Poos-Benson sent the mourners home with a message to be vigilant in working to end the violence.

“You need to go find the Karl Piersons in our community, and ask those Karls, `What are you doing? Where are you? We need you to be a part of us,’” he said. “You need to make sure that Karl gets help.”

Claire’s parents and older brother, Alexander, thanked the community for its incredible support throughout their unimaginable ordeal.

“She knew what it meant to have a friend and to be a friend,” said her father.

“She was learning to find her bliss. The world was a better place with her in it, but we are coming to accept that it was time for us to return the gift to the giver.”

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Gold Dome deja vu?

Last year’s battles will surface again this legislative session

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Going into this year’s legislative session, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle insist that their next 120 days of work will focus on jobs and the economy.

But the reality is that Democrats and Republicans will spend a good portion of their time refighting old battles inside the Capitol.

Polarizing issues from last year’s session — rural energy mandates; oil and gas industry regulations; election reform; and, yes, gun control — will be debated again.

It’s enough to make Yogi Berra proud, because a good portion of this year’s session will seem like deja vu all over again.

“When you look at the outcry from the last session, there are some things that need to be looked at again,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. “And we will have an opportunity to fix them.”

Republicans will sponsor bills that seek to undo a Democrat-sponsored gun control package that was placed into law following last year’s session. The package led to new laws that created universal background checks on gun sales; limited the amount of ammunition that a high-capacity magazine can hold; and restricted domestic violence offenders’ access to guns.

But Democratic leaders aren’t interested in having the same

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Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, speaks to reporters inside her Capitol office on Jan. 2, as Sens. Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, and Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, listen. Photo by Vic Vela gun debates from last session, ones that led to emotionallycharged testimony and marathon committee hearings and floor votes.

“We’re ready to move forward in Colorado and solve the problems that people are telling us we need to solve,” said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. “We don’t need to rehash the same fights we fought over last year.”

But Democrats won’t have much a choice. Besides gun legislation, Cadman said that his party will introduce bills that seek “fixes” to an election reform bill last session, one that created same-day voter registration in Colorado.

Also, look for a bill from House Republicans that would scale back legislation signed into law last year, which doubled the renewable-energy mandate for rural electric cooperatives.

“Since it passed, the passion from the people in rural Colorado about how it’s going to be detrimental to them has not let up,” said House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland.

“If the rural peoples’ voice is wanting to be beard, I hope that Ferrandino and his crew will at least take a look at that.”

The House GOP will introduce a slate of bills that would reduce regulations on small businesses and will focus on helping economies in rural communities, DelGrosso said.

DelGrosso said that last year’s session was more “left-centric” than what Coloradans had bargained for. He said that voters’ resentment over major pieces of Democrat-sponsored legislation was apparent during the recall election losses by Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Angela Giron of Pueblo. Evie Hudak of Westminster resigned rather than face her own recall attempt.

“I think some of the gun debate obviously started that, but I think overall the folks that were voting in the recall election were like, ‘I don’t think the people representing us were focusing on us,’” DelGrosso said.

Ferrandino rejects that assertion. He said that gun background checks are working and that the voices among Colorado’s rural community are being heard. The House speaker pointed to legislation passed last year that provided grants to help rural communities diversify their economies and a separate bill that created a health and social services center inside Bent County’s Fort Lyon Correctional Facility.

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about 1983 because she, a Franktown resident, was in Castle Rock one day when she saw Rudolph and a pickup of things.

She found out what Rudolph did and how she was preparing that day to move the growing operation from her garage to a small building located in the 100 block of South Wilcox Street behind the Castle Rock Motel.

And she found out Rudolph needed helping moving, and she pitched in, and then never stopped pitching in.

“I’m no stranger to helping,” said Huydts, who grew up in Littleton during Great Depression years. “It was bred into me.”

She said her dad, employed as a machinist farmed on a neighbor’s land in his spare time and gave away vegetables to people who needed them. Her mom would cook extra supper and have the kids take it to neighbors she knew needed a hot meal.

Huydts said in Rudolph’s new space behind the motel, they had clothing, like socks for a nickel a pair, but didn’t have food to offer or enough cash to help people pay rent, like the task force tries to do now.

At one point, to keep the struggling operation going, Rudolph, Huydts and a couple of others, donated $150 each — which she said equated to about $1,000 each at that time.

The task force has since moved a couple more times to bigger spaces — and the budget has changed.

Roos said the task force now has a $1.6 million annual budget — and 200 unpaid volunteers as well as two paid fulltime staff members, Suzanne Greene, executive director, and Christie Sbarra, store manager, and 10 paid part-time staff

Ferrandino also reminded his Republican colleagues that debate was never cut off last year, on any issue.

“I’ve made a concerted effort to make sure everybody has a voice,” the House speaker said. “Just because you don’t get your way doesn’t mean your voice isn’t being heard. While it’s a good talking point for the other side, the facts don’t support that assertion.”

Ferrandino said that the first priority of the House will be to work on flood and wildfire legislation, which should come with strong bipartisan support.

Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, said the first bill out the Senate aims to curb escalating college tuition costs that are “crippling a generation of opportunity for kids.” Carroll also previewed legislation that seeks reduce the financial burden on parents for child care costs.

Carroll said that she expects legislation on oil and gas industry regulations. She said there is “a good chance” that the Senate will pass legislation that died last year, which would raise fines on companies for toxic spills.

Carroll is not naïve to the new reality in the Senate. Because of the recall election efforts, her party’s majority has been reduced to a single vote. She is hopeful that Senate Republicans will support many Democratic bills, but acknowledges that some battles will be difficult.

“The 18-17 vote really matters,” she said.

Carroll hopes the two sides can move beyond partisan politics this session.

“The people really are sick of bickering,” she said. “They’re sick of partisan mudslinging. They’re tired of excuses. They frankly don’t want to hear it. They don’t want to know who is to blame for what; they just want us to get the job done.”

Meanwhile, Cadman insists that his party isn’t over-estimating Coloradans’ “outcry” from last year, by trying to undo laws that are already on the books.

“We’re not proposing legislation based on reactions,” he said. “We are proposing legislation based on fixing the things we think (Democrats) did wrong. So it’s not a popularity contest. This about doing what we feel is right and, frankly, correcting what we feel was wrong. Period.”

members.

Roos said about 10 percent of the budget covers administration costs and that they serve 16,000 clients every year.

“The vast majority goes directly to clients,” he said, about the task force’s services which can include helping to pay rent and utilities and providing food, clothing and household items.

He said the task force’s thrift shop generates about 25 percent of the revenues for the task force’s budget. But donations are crucial. For those who want to donate, the best way is cash, he said. For every $1 donated, the task force can buy $3.69 worth of food from the Food Bank of the Rockies.

He said the task force’s mission is to be a “first responder… helping neighbors whose lives are turned upside get back on track.”

Concert proceeds will help fund the $425,000 renovation of the task force’s 17,000-square-foot building, the former Church of the Rock building at 1638 Park St. The project includes turning part of the building’s 4,000-square-feet of unfinished space into a more private area to receive clients, and creating more finished space to accept donations. Other improvements include adding a sprinkler system in the building, a new heating and air conditioning system, new awnings, installation and new windows.

Firefall’s original lead singer and guitarist, Jock Bartley, recently toured the task force’s facility so he could see what they’re singing for, Roos said.

Roos said they’re holding the concert in February because the task force “is the best love story in Douglas and Elbert counties.”

The four-hour event will start at 3 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Douglas Events Center at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. General admission tickets are $36.50.

To buy tickets go to modtickets.com/detaskforce.

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Judge’s ruling may impact allegations Attorney for nonprofit says 2013 review showed organization in compliance

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Three Douglas County residents who believe the Douglas County Educational Foundation violated its nonprofit status say a Denver judge’s recent ruling against the school district adds teeth to their allegations.

An attorney for the DCEF says the organization did not cross any such lines. The foundation is the Douglas County School District’s nonprofit fundraising arm.

Administrative Law Judge Hollyce Farrell ruled Dec. 24 that DCSD violated the state’s Fair Campaign Practices Act by using district funds to pay for a September 2013 report complimenting its reforms. Half of the money used to pay for Rick Hess’ white paper, “The Most Interesting School District in America?” came from DCSD, the other half from the DCEF. The DCEF also paid $50,000 to former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett for a speech and separate white paper. In both, Bennett praised the reform efforts.

Farrell found insufficient evidence to conclude public funds were used when the DCEF paid for the Bennett report. However, her ruling in the case filed by unsuccessful school board candidate Julie Keim concluded, “Dr. Bennett’s report was an endorsement for the district’s reform agenda, and was intended to influence the outcome of the board election.”

Bennett’s paper refers to the current district leaders’ “unanimous control of the board,” and its ability to “proceed full speed ahead virtually unfettered by opposition.”

Hess’ paper includes a section on “electing a reform board” and profiles of current board members. “DougCo is a compelling illustration of how a unified board majority can fuel rapid, ambitious reform,” he wrote.

Meg Masten, Susan Arnold and Bob Kaser — a former DCEF chairman — filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Ser-

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some room to add some additional road projects.

Within the general fund, there is less budgeted for legal services, only $98,000 budgeted for 2014 compared to $132,000

vice alleging improper behavior by the district’s nonprofit fundraising arm.

Masten and Arnold, whose filings allege the DCEF engaged in political campaigning as well as deceptive and improper fundraising practices by the foundation, said Farrell’s ruling bolsters their cases.

“We absolutely feel it gives some added strength to the complaints we filed,” Arnold said.

She and Masten recently filed the new information with the IRS, adding to their original complaints.

But DCEF attorney Jon Anderson said his law firm performed an independent review of the foundation’s legal compliance in 2013.

“Our review included consideration of the Dr. William Bennett report,” Anderson wrote in a Jan. 3 email. “We found that the Bennett report did not qualify as political activity under any of the IRS guideline factors. Our review concluded with a finding that DCEF is in full compliance with Internal Revenue Service regulations and applicable guidelines.

According to the Internal Revenue Service, 501 (c) (3) organizations like the DCEF “are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating” in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.

Additionally, the IRS states that “voter education or registration activities with evidence of bias that … have the effect of favoring a candidate or group of candidates will constitute prohibited participation or intervention.”

That prohibition applies to verbal and written public statements, and could cost the offending organization its nonprofit status.

The president of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, Renny Fagen, said he was not familiar enough with the issues in Douglas County to comment specifically. But he said loss of nonprofit status for campaign violations “would be uncommon.”

According to the National Council of Nonprofits, “Loss of tax-exemption could have disastrous consequences for a nonprofit organization,” including the requirement to pay corporate income tax, potential back taxes and penalties and inability for donors to receive tax deductions.

in 2013 — as it was estimated by the city’s attorney that less would be needed, Van Wormer said However, the spending for law enforcement services, provided by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, is expected to increase — from $621,000 in 2013 to about $638,000 in 2014. Van Wormer couldn’t be reached to explain that increase.ssion and Sign Ordinance Working Group.

things to do Jan. 11 Blood drive. Philip S. Miller Library community blood drive is from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 11 inside meeting room west at 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.

Jan. 16 Writers group The Castle Rock Writers Workshop Group invites writers to our group for sharing of ideas and manuscripts.

The group meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Contact Tania Urenda at 850-259-8642. The first meeting of 2014 is Jan. 16.

Jan. 18 auditions KiWanis Club of Castle Rock will have auditions for

the 10th annual Stars of Tomorrow talent contest from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Applications and a $10 entrant fee are due by Jan. 18. Applications and details can be found at www.kiwanisatcastlerock.org.

The final competition is at 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.lonetreeartscenter.org, by calling 720-509-1000 or at the door.

Jan. 21, FeB. 10, FeB. 25 teen addiction Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network presents “Protecting Your Teen from Addiction” from noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 21 (event code: admhn12114) and from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 (event code: admhn22514) at the Southglenn Library, Room A, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial; and from 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 (event code: admhn210) at the network’s Castle Rock office, 831 S. Perry St., Suite 100. In this class, you will learn about trends in substance abuse in our community, how to talk about drugs and alcohol, signs of substance abuse in teens, prevention and early intervention, effects of substances on the brain and brain development, and

shifts in views on marijuana use and legalization. Use the event code listed to register for classes at Blacktie https://www.blacktiecolorado.com/index.cfm.

Jan. 28 red Hat luncheon Castle Country Assisted Living will host a Red Hat Society luncheon at 11 a.m. Jan. 28 at its Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive. Musical duo Just the Two of Us will provide entertainment. The Red Hat Society is an international organization committed to connecting, supporting and encouraging women of all ages in their pursuit of fun, friendship, freedom, fulfillment and fitness. This luncheon is free and open to Red Hat Society members and their families. Call 303-482-5552 to learn more or to RSVP. Jan. 31 Mystery trip Castle Country Assisted Living will host its monthly mystery trip Jan. 31. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive; at 9:15 a.m. from Cantril House, 221 Cantril St.; and at 9:45 a.m. from Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive in Parker. All are welcome to join Castle Country residents, staff and friends for this trip. Call 303-482-5552 to learn more or to RSVP. tHrougH FeB. 25 divorce support. DivorceCare is a weekly seminar and support group that will help you heal from the hurt of a divorce or separation. The group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Feb. 25, at Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock.

The group provides a warm, caring environment led by people who understand what you are going through. Call 303-688-3476 or email coween2@hotmail.com. editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send information to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com, attn: News-Press. No attachments. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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opinions / yours and ours

Recreational rollout brings uncertainty Green Wednesday rung in and checked out, and various news reports recounted a rough estimate of $1 million taken in at local marijuana shops.

The rollout of recreational marijuana on Jan. 1 was accurately described as mellow.

Those who were happy to purchase legally at long last had no resemblance to revved up sports fans celebrating a championship.

Instead they had satisfied grins and walked calmly.

While many locals have poo-pooed the idea that Colorado will become the country’s Amsterdam, we cringed when national news reports suddenly seemed to entertain the perspective.

That is not how we see Colorado.

We know there is much work to be done and much to iron out with recreational marijuana. In our circles, many of those who are not thrilled with the passage of Amendment

our view 64, have conceded they are pleased law enforcement will not spend as much time with minor marijuana violations any longer. But it’s a consolation in a mix of concerns.

Those who support the passage say they are relieved to finally have the legal right to do something that is not that harmful and does have some medicinal benefits.

They say it’s the American way of individual freedom to have the choice, and point out that the taxes collected will further benefit the state.

While there are countless legal and procedural wrinkles to iron out, we urge a focus on health and safety as a high priority.

letters to the editor obama finally takes a stand

Our president has, at last, finally stood up for what he really supports. We’re all curious what it could be.

Maybe it’s decreasing unemployment, as he is always talking about jobs. No, that’s not it, as he has done nothing to alleviate the 41 percent unemployment of black youth.

Perhaps it’s health care, as he is always saying how good Obamacare is. No, that can’t be it because millions of people have lost their health insurance and the Obama regime refuses to let them keep their old policies permanently.

Aha, it must be education, right. Obama’s big on education. Wrong again. The Huffington Post reports that Obama has turned loose Attorney General Eric Holder to shut down the Louisiana school voucher program that helped many disadvantaged black students get a good education. The Louisiana Black Alliance For Education Options is fighting to help these children in distress.

So if Obama isn’t really interested in decreasing unemployment, good health insurance, or education, what is his passion?

Incredibly, it’s Iran. Obama has stoutly supported Iran by threatening to veto a bipartisan Senate bill that would use sanctions to curtail Iran’s building of a nuclear bomb.

When you want to veto your own party, you are really passionate about your stand. No matter that all our allies in the Mideast are against this, so much so that Saudi Arabia is looking at buying nukes from Pakistan and partnering with Israel.

Any thinking person has to wonder why Obama wants to coddle Iran, yet ignores black unemployment, good current health coverage, and education for under privileged children. Maybe that’s the problem. Those that voted for Obama weren’t thinking.

Charles Newton Highlands Ranch

illegal behavior needs accountability

I just cut a Box Top for Education out of a cereal box to earn a few cents for my children’s school. It is mid-year, so I expect to get a second request for school supplies soon, too. Meanwhile, the district office continues to waste money on advancing their political agenda, while breaking the law in the process.

The Douglas County School District has just been found guilty of violating the Fair Campaign Practices Act by hiring a consultant to write a favorable report about the district, then disseminating it to 85,000 people as if it was an independently written report, thereby influencing voters.

Not only was that illegal, but it cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars that should be spent in our classrooms. The district paid for the writing of the report, then paid outside legal counsel to defend their illegal act. Now they are promising to appeal, which will cost thousands more in legal fees, in addition to the hours spent by district personnel obtaining the report and defending their actions.

I am disgusted that our school district would stoop to dishonest behavior to win an election and waste taxpayer dollars in the process, instead of concentrating on educating our children and providing them the

tools they need to learn.

Responsibility, honesty, and respect are some of the character traits my children’s school strives to instill in its students. I would expect to see those traits in the people in charge of the schools. All district officials who were involved in this deceit should lose their jobs. As taxpayers, they work for us and need to be held accountable.

Kathleen Boyer Highlands Ranch

to unite requires action

The day after the election the newly elected school board members promised they would try to reunite our community.

Unfortunately, their actions thus far prove otherwise.

Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars have now been spent on legal fees to defend the school board’s misuse of taxpayer dollars in the November campaign. All of this money should have gone to classrooms.

The school board has vowed to appeal this decision — which will cost more taxpayer dollars.

If the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would stop squandering our money on lawyers, campaigns, outside interests, or anything else that does not directly help the students in our community and put that money back where it belongs: In the classroom.

If the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would immediately stop any further legal action and instead listen to parents and their concerns, and then try to alleviate them in meaningful ways.

In addition, if the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would not hold so much of their meetings in private council.

If the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would focus on the children in our community, not on personal political agendas.

Unfortunately, the new school board has done none of that. They say they want to unite us. I say: Prove it.

Christina Marriott Highlands Ranch

if you don’t have something nice to say

Re: Michael Norton’s Jan. 2 column Mr. Norton, One of the phrases in your column, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all” brought back a memory from a stand-up comedian who appeared on the Ed Sullivan show back in the early 1960s. Her name was Moms Mabley. She was talking about a nasty uncle who had recently passed away.

She was commenting on how he was not a very nice person and then she suddenly stopped and said, “You know what they say. If you can’t say something good about a person, then you shouldn’t say anything at all. Well, he’s dead…good.”

I have no idea why I remember that.

Good article on flattery, Michael.

Michael H. Kennedy Centennial

Now that marijuana has entered the realm of legal drugs, we look forward to more and more detailed research to outline the pros and cons of marijuana use.

Our friend Joe Citizen can break it down to say that marijuana is more or less harmful than tobacco and alcohol — an exercise with questionable value.

Marijuana categorically falls in the potentially harmful column. The bottom lines are that smoking is smoking, and people who smoke marijuana draw the smoke deeply into their lungs. Moreover, marijuana affects driving ability. And to say it plain, all three choices can bring great harm to teens in the throes of brain development and finding their way in the world.

As surely as secondhand smoke will be more prevalent, it follows that with marijuana, with its new legal status, will often more easily fall into the hands of the young teens.

So we ask that smokers smoke smart, all adults walk straight lines, and parents take further steps by talking and educating their children. A drug is a drug, so children should be encouraged to keep their “just say no” mindsets.

We are concerned. How will Colorado fare? Will this recreational diversion be a drag on the state’s reputation in clean energy and quest to improve its education system? Will the state strike the right balance? Will we work well with our neighboring states?

It will take a while for the best research to be distilled and crafted into spiffy, pithy messages along the lines of no smoking warnings we have experienced through the years. Messages that make the sobering dangers clear — just as the warnings about tobacco have done — is a wide-open public service opportunity.

Huh? Just turn down that bass The car next to you at the red light is throbbing with bass. What do you do? Do you throb with bass too? Not me. I don’t want to wind up like Pete Townsend and have to say “Huh?” for the rest of my life.

There’s really not much you can do.

You risk a lot if your give him the finger or even glare.

Chances are it’s someone under 21 whose insurance rates have been climbing after a series of motoring incidents.

The five and a half years he spent in high school were far out. And mom and dad never said a word to him about civility.

Our highways are very democratic.

You have as much right to them if you are a dolt as you do if you are on your way to give a lecture to a graduate seminar at DU. You may be the pick of the pack at home or at work, but in between, on the streets, you are just another motorist.

We already have a lane for high occupancy vehicles. (Which, by the way, means two. Does that sound like high occupancy to you?) I think it would be wonderful if we could further distinguish motoring lanes.

For example: a high-IQ occupancy lane.

How about a lane for anyone who doesn’t wear his pants lower than his underwear?

A lane just for UCLA alumni would be fine with me.

A lane for anyone who doesn’t talk with their hands.

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A lane for anyone who doesn’t pull their soup.

A lane for anyone who knows that a medium-sized cumulus cloud weighs about the same as 80 elephants.

The dog and I are sitting there at the light today, next to AC/DC. I wondered if he knows that Angus Young is a big Louis Armstrong fan. Probably not.

It’s rarely a girl. It’s never someone my age. Unless they throbbed the bass when they were much younger, and maybe now they do have to crank it too.

A Zen Buddhist friend of mine would say, “Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing.”

I try to keep that in mind, especially when AC/DC turns into Aerosmith. I wonder if he knows that Joe Perry manufactures condiments. Probably not.

It might make a difference if the music were any good, but it never is. It’s never Django Reinhart. It’s never Miles Davis.

It’s never Chopin. It’s always Motorhead.

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Washington can learn from Colorado For many Americans, 2013 was an eventful year. For Coloradans, it tested our resilience, our courage and our willpower.

We fought the most destructive wildfire in our history (Black Forest), as well one of the largest (West Fork), only to be hit by unprecedented flooding less than three months later. Meanwhile, farmers in the southeastern corner of our state endured months of unending drought that has crippled their harvests and threatened their livelihood. And as the year came to a close another high school was left rattled by senseless and horrible violence.

Coloradans, as usual, showed their mettle and have come together in every corner of the state to support one another, recover, rebuild, and carry on.

Unfortunately, the same isn’t true of Congress. The first session of the 113th Congress has been called one of the least effective in the history of the United States. Partisan gridlock has halted progress on a variety of issues critical to Colorado’s success, including immigration, education, and a national food and

farming policy. Most frustrating was the manufactured government shutdown that left thousands without a paycheck and reduced our gross domestic product by $24 billion.

But in true Colorado fashion, our delegation — Democrats and Republicans — found ways to work together and put Colorado first.

While we didn’t agree on every issue, in times of crisis we worked across the aisle to make sure federal resources were available for rescue, recovery and rebuilding efforts. As of early December, we secured more than $136 million in grants and low-interest loans to help Coloradans in areas affected by the floods. We also

secured nearly $20 million in Emergency Watershed Protection Funding to fund watershed conservation and erosion prevention for communities recovering from the High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires.

The delegation also pushed Congress to maintain the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program that helps our local communities offset losses in property taxes due to nontaxable federal land. PILT payments help counties provide critical services, such as police, fire protection, emergency response, and infrastructure.

And we worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to preserve funding for the USDA’s Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program. It measures Colorado’s snowpack, providing essential information for water managers who must know how much water they can expect in the coming months.

For avid hikers in southern Colorado, we were able to trim bureaucracy to help “officially” legalize the Manitou Incline for public use. Now thousands of outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the pleasure of surmounting this popular and legendary vertical mile trail.

Big issues wait for us in this new year.

Among them, we need to pass a Farm Bill to provide Colorado’s farmers and ranchers with the security, stability, and resources they need to continue providing food, fuel and fiber for the country.

We need to fix our broken immigration system to secure or borders, strengthen our economy and create a path forward for immigrants living in the shadows. And we need to develop a bipartisan budget plan that materially reduces the deficit and puts our country on a more sustainable fiscal path.

If Washington can learn from the example Colorado has set, we will have the opportunity get back to work for the American people and to begin to meet the challenges facing our nation. My new year’s resolution is to remain committed to working with any Republican or Democrat who wants to find thoughtful, innovative solutions that will ensure our competitiveness and leadership in the 21st century.

Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.

Focus on hearing with your heart and be sincere So last week I talked about the importance of speaking kindly and lovingly to one another, sincere flattery, and being intentional in our effort to show how we truly feel. That was the “speaking” part, but what happens when it comes to listening to what is being said to us, and actually hearing it?

Too often I witness a game of verbal ping-pong. You know the game where one person offers a compliment and the recipient feels like they must say something nice in return. And then the game begins, a back-and-forth, to-and-fro endless string of niceties shared with one another.

If truly sincere, it is a loving and awesome display to watch. If it is just chatter, I hate to be the bearer of the bad and obvious news, the insincerity is very clear to everyone around, including the two people in the game.

Let’s challenge the thinking a little bit here. What if, and I am just saying what if, the person who receives the first compliment and listens with their ears, lets it settle in, and truly hears it with their heart? Perhaps what might have started as a cordial conversation just to say something nice, could actually turn into a meaningful discussion between two or more people where everyone feels good about the outcome.

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Every time this happens I feel a little older. I look in the rear view mirror and see my life back there, back when I might have had the Yardbirds turned up.

What if a kid in the car next to me were listening to “Heart Full of Soul”? Maybe I would give him a pass.

I don’t like bass to begin with. I zero it out in my car and in my home. If I want a pounding sensation in my head, I’ll just use a rubber mallet.

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thing and every encounter. The problem is that too often we want to rush in and compete in the conversation and feel it necessary to say something nice back to the other person.

What if we were a little more patient in our response? What if we listened with our ears and heard it, really heard it with our hearts? We just might realize that the other person has said something profound and is truly trying to be sincere and nice.

When we rush right back into it with our own compliment, we may even hurt their feelings as they feel like we didn’t take the time to appreciate what it is that they actually said.

Listening with our ears and hearing with our hearts really are two different things. When we only listen with our ears we sometimes rush to judgment or feel the need to start the volley of verbal pingpong. When we hear with our hearts, we

Driving around in an automobile, ball cap on backwards, music loud, has to make you feel alive and maybe even someone when you are not. Look at me.

You can’t ignore me. You’re stuck with me now.

One day coincidentally, Throbbing Bass and I pulled into the same parking lot and walked to the same store.

I said, “You like that Black Sabbath, don’t you?”

He just said, “Huh?” Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net.

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are looking at the other person beyond what it is we see at face value. And we look for ways to thank them, maybe even ask more questions about their compliment or their intentions.

Flattery will get you everywhere, sincere flattery that is. And when we learn to hear with our hearts for the positive attitude, good-natured intentions, and sincere compliment we will begin to enjoy a much healthier relationship with all of those around us. And for those of you who just have a hard time accepting a compliment, this is definitely the advice for you. Listen with your ears, but slow down and hear things with your heart. You will come to accept accolades and praises with much greater ease.

So in 2014 let’s focus on speaking loving, kind, and sincere sentiments to one another, and at the same time, let’s focus on hearing those very same kind and loving words with our hearts and not just our ears.

I would love to hear all about your commitment to make 2014 a year of speaking kind words and hearing with your hearts at gotonorton@gmail.com, because when you apply both to your life, each and every week will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corp. and the CEO/founder of www. candogo.com.

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Local team excels at Robot Olympiad Research facility possible in Douglas County

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hgarcia@coloradocommunitymedia.com After hauling away 22 awards from December’s International Robot Olympiad, the volunteers behind the Ameribotics team only have eyes for the future.

“For the number of kids we brought to competition, statistically these were huge wins,” said Randy Menzer, executive director of the Douglas-County based nonprofit.

“This is the first year we’ve won a gold medal.”

It has been a steep climb to success, Menzer said. The organization went from bringing six participants to competition in Jakarta, Indonesia three years ago to 32 participants and 22 medals — including four gold — this year.

This was the first time the global robotics competition was held on U.S. soil, a four-day event held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver with 13 categories, typically

dominated by competitors from China and South Korea, according to organizers. Menzer started lobbying three years ago to bring the competition to North America.

The competition combines elements of engineering and science, as well as artistic components with categories like “robot movie” and “robot dance.” It is thought of as the “Super Bowl of robotics,” according to volunteer Steve Mahoney.

“These kids could be working on 3D imaging at Pixar or the next group of Imagineers at Disney,” Mahoney said.

Now that the Olympiad is over, Menzer said the organization has a list of priorities to tackle for the duration of 2014 and beyond, including building on a partnership with the Highlands Ranch Community Association and building a robotics lab and research facility somewhere along the I-25 corridor in Douglas County in the next five years.

Menzer calls this vision a “robotics incubator,” an answer to future economic opportunities as well as a deficit in STEM education in the U.S. Menzer also mentioned the possi-

bility of an academy for foreign students.

“No one really connects Colorado with robotics, but there’s this opportunity to make this a kind of hub,” he said. “This is about solving real-world problems, taking kids from being consumers of technology — posting on Facebook, tweeting — to the other end of the spectrum, and creating that technology.”

Ameribotics also plans to start hosting summer camps and workshops some time this year, working with the HRCA for use of facilities. The partnership will provide a common place for students from multiple schools, Menzer said.

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FINAL RESULTS Gold Medal: Sean Riley Bronze Medal: Andrew Sandwisch, Caleb Klinger, Lucas Sandfeld, Peter Young • Robot Push Out (Rivet Class) (Junior) Silver Medal: Cooper Pecha, Aubrie Lose • Robot Dance (Challenge) Bronze Medal: Matt Mahoney, Audrey Menzer, Gillian Menzer • Robot Dance (Junior) Special Award: James Morehouse, Cole Merchant • Robot Survival (Junior) Bronze Medal: Traeton Burmeister, Symon Brown • Mission Challenge (Junior) Special Award: Venkat Kannan, Jake Dancel

15th International Robot Olympiad, Dec. 16-19, Denver; final results, Team USA: • Junior: 8-12 years of age; Challenge: 13-18 years of age Junior Medal Count: 14 (Gold: 1, Silver: 2, Bronze: 7, Special: 4) Challenge Medal Count: 8 (Gold: 3, Silver: 0, Bronze: 3, Special: 2) Total Team USA Medals: 22 • Creative Category (Challenge) Gold Medal: Haley Steinke, Ryan Ham, Sam Zimmer Special Award (Presentation): Trevor Butcher, Sanskaar Saxena • Creative Category (Junior) Bronze Medal: Akshant Lanjewar • Robot in Movie (Junior)

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Jay Moore’s latest art exhibit, entitled “Close to Home”, is appropriately titled, as Moore lives in Parker, works in Parker, and draws much of his inspiration from the splendor of the Parker area. This exhibition is unique because it is the only show that takes visitors through Moore’s working process.

Opening reception: Jan. 17, 5-8 p.m.

Tap Kids has been inspiring and delighting audiences worldwide since 2002, and now Parker has a unique opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at their contemporary stage show. You’re invited to watch the diverse cast of eight phenomenal tap dancers rehearse, in this low-tech, interactive demonstration.

Travel with Peter, Tinker Bell, and the Darlings to Never Neverland where they encounter Captain Hook and the crocodile and a horde of pirates.

You’ll want to bring the whole family to experience one of the world’s most celebrated musicals, complete with show-stopping songs and flying special effects.

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Moore’s paintings presented at PACE Exhibit includes artist’s personal process

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado native Jay Moore, a nationally recognized artist, has made Parker his home for the past 16 years, with a studio and gallery in downtown Parker. His solo exhibit “Close to Home” will run Jan. 11 to March 8 in the Bellco Credit Union Gallery at the PACE Center.

He travels through the West in search of beautiful locations and plans a trip around them, selecting a season of the year and time of day that suit him for a particular site. He will do small graph-

if you go “Close to Home,” paintings by Jay Moore of Parker, runs Jan. 11 to March 8 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. An opening reception is planned from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 17.

ite sketches over three or four days, determining the composition, then plein air color sketches, journal entries about weather, etc. and photographs that eventually lead to a final finished large oil painting-or several- created in the studio, such as “Autumn Brilliance,” the largest painting in this show.

For his new exhibit, Moore has drawn on scenes in the Parker area and chosen to illustrate his personal process from

start to finish, including field sketches, color studies, journals, field paint boxes.

He will also illustrate the creative process for a series of 16 copper plate etchings — a 600-year-old art form. All 16 prints will be exhibited.

Moore attended the Colorado Institute of Art and studied at Art Students League of Denver, then worked as a designer and illustrator for decades. His work has been featured in 25 different publications. His painting “Hazard Creek, Backlit” was purchased by the Denver Art Museum for its permanent collection and the pioneer Museum of Colorado Springs owns three paintings. Lockheed Martin and Cherry Hills Country Club have recently commissioned large paintings and rock ‘n’ roll musician Joe Cocker has collected his work.

Book details life of adventure, despite cancer Castle Rock author describes how he and wife lived good life

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@coloradocommunitymedia. com They were both 14, high school freshmen in Wauseon, Ohio, when they first dated, then reconnected in college, and ended up being married for almost 30 years — and for the majority of those years, Ron Richards’ wife had cancer.

And one of their children had emotional and medical problems. And at one point Richards had cancer.

But the Castle Rock resident said recently that through it all it was mainly a life of adventure and positiveness and optimism, even though there was adversity — because he and his wife, Sara Richards, were determined that’s what it would be.

And so they made it that way. And now he’s written a book about it and will give a short talk at a 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18 local-authors showcase at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. Sara died in 2005. But before she did, she gave Ron an assignment to write a book about their life together — how adversity “doesn’t have to bring you down,” he recalled she said to him.

“We’ve had so many wonderful adventures, despite the challenges and issues we’ve faced,” she told him. “People need to know that. We have to help them understand that living with those challenges

doesn’t mean you have to lead a life filled with negativity. I have no doubt that you’re the best person to tell our story.”

Richards — a former sportswriter who moved on to public relations and Richards sporting-events planning for major brewing companies — now has his own communications business in the home he shares with his second wife and stepdaughter. But he also decided recently to take on writing the book, finally, which he titled, “Dodging Dandelions.”

Richards, 61, called it that because of what a doctor said after Sara was first diagnosed with breast cancer and they asked the doctor about her prognosis.

He told them that after finding a dandelion in a yard, you can dig it out or use chemicals, but that chances are “as time goes by, more dandelions will appear … I would be surprised if you weren’t always fighting off dandelions.”

Richards said that after dating in high school they went separate ways — he to the University of Toledo and she to Colorado State University. But they decided they didn’t want to be apart and so he eventually transferred to CSU and completed a journalism degree.

They married in 1975 and had a son in 1981 and she was first diagnosed with cancer in 1983.

He remembers what Sara — whom he describes as a pragmatic, exceptionally resilient person who’d been raised on a

dairy farm — said after the first diagnosis of cancer.

“We won’t let this ruin our lives…And we won’t let it run our lives, either. I’ll do what I have to fight it but I will not let cancer control our lives,” she told him.

He said they often used humor — like calling a Friday night trip to the hospital a “date.”

After she had a mastectomy, they moved to Albuquerque for work, eventually moved back to Colorado and adopted a daughter.

Then Ron Richards accepted a job in Wisconsin, doing sports marketing for Miller Brewing Co. She was to join him at the end of the school year. But in 1989, more cancer, a lump in the chest area, had to be removed and then there was radiation. Then he moved on to a new job in Detroit, where Sara in 1999 had another round of cancer, this time tumors in the liver.

In 2000, it was his turn — kidney cancer. Then in 2001, a tumor was discovered in Sara’s brain.

At one point, the couple had a whole year to travel and see friends because Richards’ employer at the time — Championship Auto Racing Teams, an Indy Car racing sanctioning organization in Detroit — gave him a year’s salary and benefits, and a directive to enjoy the time and use it as the retirement that he and Sara would never be able to have.

To attend Richards’ talk, go to the following link to register: http://host. evanced.info/douglas/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=80738.

Don’t blame it on LeBron James, but the Denver Nuggets lost to him and his Miami Heat team on his birthday Dec. 30.

Sugarmill, the new bakery owned by celebrated local chef Troy Guard, crafted a birthday cake for the Miami Heat superstar. It was a red velvet masterpiece, which apparently gave him and his team good luck, much to our chagrin. Oh well, we’ll be good sports and wish James a very belated happy 29th birthday!

Tropical Smoothie grows

Tropical Smoothie Café, known for its healthy food with a tropical twist, entered the Colorado market in October 2013 with the opening of its café in the Denver Tech Center at 5332 DTC Blvd., Greenwood Village.

The second café opened on Nov. 29 at the Streets at Southglenn, 6955 S. York St., Centennial.

A third location will open in early 2014 in the Centennial Promenade on County Line Road. Husband and wife franchisee team, Michelle and Kriss Shriver, currently own and operate three cafés in Nevada and the “Franchisee of the Year” winners recently bought the rights for the franchise in Colorado.

Tropical Smoothie Café should prove to be a welcome newcomer to the “leanest state in the nation.” The smoothies are made from real fruit and natural sugar. The menu includes toasted wraps, bistro sandwiches, grilled flatbreads and gourmet salads made fresh-to-order. All nutritional information is displayed on the café’s countertops so that customers know what they are ordering.

While Tropical Smoothie Café is a national franchise, the Shrivers’ focus is local.

“We are passionate about education and plan on holding ongoing fundraisers for schools. We are also dedicated to raising money for and promoting awareness of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare skin disorder that causes extreme skin fragility. We were so happy to be able to use our recent grand opening as a way to shed some light on this little known disease.”

At the opening, the Shrivers presented a check for $3,000 to Children’s Hospital Colorado’s EB Clinic, which was accepted by Krystle Martinez, whose 4-year-old son, Darren, has the disease and attends the CHC’s EB Clinic.

Steal of a steak deal

Start the new year with a threecourse, prime rib dinner at Fleming’s at 191 Inverness Drive West in unincorporated Arapahoe County.

The awesome restaurant is offering a prime rib dinner for $29.95 on Sundays through Feb. 2. More information at 303-768-0827.

Ride your bike, have a bite

A new restaurant in Longmont that is an ode to cyclists, CyclHOPS, opened on New Year’s Eve. Brought to you from the owners of Parker continues on Page 12

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Visit ‘Eagles on Holiday’

Families interested in nature will want to include Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in their weekend expeditions.

The address is 6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City and hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mondays through Sundays, with the Visitor’s Center open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays. A nine-mile Wildlife Drive auto tour route is open daily (except federal holidays) and takes visitors through the bison pasture, wetlands, prairies and wooded areas.

On Feb. 22, from 1 to 3 p.m., “Eagles on Holiday” will be featured in a auditorium presentation plus visit to their winter habitat, where as many as 40 birds spend the winter.

The program is free, but registration is required. Call 303-289-0930. For more informa-

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Oskar Blues Brewery, CyclHOPS is billing itself as a combination bike shop and taqueria.

CyclHOPS is located at 600 S. Airport Road in the Meadow View Shopping Center in Longmont.

Its hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to approximately 1:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 303-776-2453 (BIKE) or visit www.cyclhops.com.

Feb. 21 to March 30 at the Littleton Museum.

Details available at CallForEntry.org. Deadline for submission: Jan. 24. The juror will be Jeffery Rupp, jrdenver.com.

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Camera competition

Painter Jill Soukup. who was the 2012 juror for the Lone Tree Arts Show, has a solo show, “Incongruity= Harmony” at Saks Galleries, 3019 E. 2nd Ave., Cherry Creek. It will hang Jan. 10-31 and will feature both animals and cityscapes. The opening reception will be 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 10.

The Littleton Fine Arts Board invites photographers to enter the 48th annual Eye of the Camera Competition and Exhibit, to be held

Writers invited

Denver burger joints make list

nouncements of where the truck is through Facebook, Twitter and its website (www. burgerradio.com).

• Most Reliable Burger: The Three Corners Larkburger at Larkburger Denver “Shown at this year’s Denver Burger Battle, a patty sits among bacon, crispy jalapeños, masa-crusted tomato, and Tillamook cheddar. Bacon and jalapeños seem to be the only things we can count on these days.”

Larkburger has more than a dozen Colorado locations, including downtown Denver, Washington Park, Arvada, Boulder, Greenwood Village, Littleton and Broomfield. A new location is coming to Centennial soon. For more information, visit www.larkburger.com.

Check out the entire list at: www.thrillist.

Thrillist Nation, the online food judge that drives me crazy because of its overwrought writing, has come up with a list of the 16 best burgers of 2013. Two Denver burger makers made it on the coveted top 16 list. They are: • Best Cheese Overload, If That Existed, But It Doesn’t: The Thrilled Cheese at Burger Radio, Denver “Created exclusively for you beautiful Thrillist readers, this thing is built between two grilled cheese sandwiches and includes two patties, two slices of American cheese, three bacon strips, and a big hunk of mac & cheese. This is not kosher, but very delicious.”

Note: Burger Radio is a food truck that promises “high-frequency grub” with an-

The Parker Writers Group will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Parker Library. All

writers are welcome.

The topic will be “Create a Hook and Perfect Pitch for your Project, with a Q &A session on how to get published. Bring your pitch for feedback.

Stories on Stage

“Way Out West” is the title for the next edition of Stories on Stage, at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 at Su Teatro Cultural and performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Readers include Adrian Egof reading Connie Willis’ “New Hat;” Brian Shea and Alison Watrous reading “Hart and Boot” by Tim Pratt and Steven Cole Hughes reading “The House on Sand Creek” by Thomas McGuane. Tickets cost $28, 303-494-0523, storiesonstage.org.

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A life in art reflected Works of rita derjue on display at Curtis

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “Dark Forest,” a 47-inch-by-62-inch acrylic on canvas, shows Littleton painter rita derjue’s style as it is today after an active 60-year career spent capturing the scene around her in a range of techniques and styles — always with joyous color.

The painting will be one of more than 30 derjue works exhibited in a show called if you go “Big…Bold…Beautiful: The work of rita “Big…Bold… derjue,” running Jan. Beautiful: the work of rita derjue” will be 11 through Feb. 14 at exhibited Jan. 11 to the Curtis Arts and Feb. 14 at Curtis Arts Humanities Center in and Humanities CenGreenwood Village. ter, 2349 E. Orchard The opening recepRoad, Greenwood tion will be from 5 to 7 Village. Opening rep.m. Jan. 11. ception: 5 to 7 p.m.

The painter, who Jan. 11. Gallery hours: began her education 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a one-room Rhode Mondays through FriIsland schoolhouse, days.303-797-1779. graduated from Rhode Island School

of Design in 1956, then studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunst in Munich — in a section of the city that reminds her of New York’s Greenwich Village.

In Germany, through frequent museum visits, she absorbed the works of the Blaue Reiter group (Kandinsky, Munter and others), which has influenced her work ever since in the free composition, linear quality and intense color that characterize her works through the years. She studied in Mexico, soaking up color contrasts there, and returned to Germany.

While traveling in Germany, she met Carle Zimmerman, her future husband and great supporter, whom she married in the United States in 1959. The couple moved to Ithaca New York, where both engaged in graduate work at Cornell University. They moved to Littleton in 1963, where he worked as an engineer with Marathon Oil until the research center was closed. Both were involved in civic affairs.

They began to raise a family, including a son and daughter, maintained a Littleton home and a mountain cabin in Como.

At this period, her paintings were primarily watercolors, as she climbed high peaks and was exhilarated by the dramatic landscapes before her. She still paints in Como in summer (en plein air) and in her lightfilled Littleton studio with a view of the Front Range in winter.

She writes that she is connected with the

“Dark Forest,” by rita derjue of Littleton will be included in her exhibit, “Big…Bold…Beautiful” at Curtis Arts and Humanities Center Jan. 11 to Feb. 14. Courtesy photo contemporary art scene “by straightforward composition that arrests the eye and plays with harmonies and connections of line, form and inventive color.”

She is a daring colorist and said: “she paints what she knows best. In Colorado, the quiet expanses of South Park and rugged mountain vistas give natural shapes a continuity, locked together sometimes with indigenous architecture.”

But she has also painted in 25 different countries, carrying an ever-present sketchbook where she draws in ink, makes color

South Metro Denver SBDC Announces Winners and Graduates of Fall 2013 Leading Edge™ Strategic Planning Series by Natalie Harden, South Metro Denver SBDC The South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC) graduated its most recent Leading Edge™ Strategic Planning Series for Entrepreneurs and Start-up participants on December 4th.

The graduation ceremony was held at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, where participants have been spending one evening a week for the past twelve weeks gaining instruction on how to write a comprehensive business plan.

In attendance were Darrell Schulte, President of the Colorado Business Bank Littleton Branch; John Brackney, President/CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber; and Marcia McGilley, Executive Director of the South Metro Denver SBDC. Colorado Business Bank is the corporate sponsor of the Leading Edge Strategic Planning Series Program.

Twelve participants participated in the course and were awarded with certificates recognizing their accomplishment. At the end of the course, participants were invited to submit their business plans into a class competition, with three winners being chosen and announced at the graduation ceremony. Jon Ewoniuk of Stash won first place and was awarded $300; Cindy Weist of Western States Sales won second place and received $200; and Andra Lewis of Blush and Birch won third place and was awarded $100.

“The twelve participants spent a great deal of time and energy in researching, writing and creating their business plans. We applaud their accomplishment. Our instructor Stefanie Dalgar of Dalgar Communications, LLC, guided the participants through the coursework with ease and expertise allowing existing and start-up entrepreneurs to contribute

South Metro Denver Chamber Hosts Annual Legislative Reception On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 the South Metro Denver Chamber hosted its annual legislative reception. The event, held in the atrium at Columbia College’s Aurora campus, was attended by more than 50 business leaders from the south metro area and 7 state legislators.

The program began with a toast delivered by Andrew Graham, owner of Clinic Service. Senators Linda Newell (D-Littleton) and David Balmer (R-Centennial) joined Representatives Angela Williams (D-Denver), Chris Holbert (R-Parker), Polly Lawrence (R-Roxborough), Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills / Englewood), and Spencer Swalm (R-Centennial) to provide a recap of the 2013 legislative session and a preview of the 2014 legislative session. Major themes included job creation and easing the burden on small businesses.

John Brackney, President & CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber applauded the legislators’ bipartisan tone. “We were all encouraged to see how much these legislators respect each other and we urge them to work together throughout the session for the benefit of our state.” Jeff Wasden, the Chamber’s Vice-Chair of Public Affairs echoed those sentiments and expressed the gratitude of the business community for the legislators’ service to South Metro Denver.

Carol Braverman, co-owner of Mountaintop Acupuncture, enjoyed both the presenters and those present: “[It was] so interesting to hear each legislator’s achievements and upcoming agendas, and the attendees were equally engaging.”

The Chamber thanks the event’s presenting sponsor Clinic Service, venue sponsor Columbia College, and catering sponsor Sava Catering. For more information on the Chamber’s public policy activities and future politically oriented events such as our Chamber Day at the Capitol on February 26th, join the South Metro Denver Business Leaders for Responsible Government at www.meetup.com/business-leaders-forresponsible-government or contact the Chamber Director of Public Policy, Patrick Pratt, at 303-795-0142.

notes, sometimes adds watercolors and sometimes a bit of story about the chosen site.

Often, architecture is a focus and details make each painting a different view of a scene, be it a cathedral, castle or simple rural abode.

Some of these sketchbooks will be exhibited at Curtis as well as the larger paintings.

Her constant involvement with landscapes and cityscapes has led her to be an outspoken activist regarding the environment and historic preservation.

Calendar of Events

For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events or more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

Thursday, January 9th: Women in Leadership: Open House Forum with Chamber Board Members WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Leading Edge graduates demonstrate their enthusiasm for the program. (l to r) Julie Melville, Stefanie Dalgar, Cindy Weist, Andra Lewis, Wade Owen, Charles Tamale.

to the growth of our South Metro economy,” said McGilley.

To learn more about the Leading Edge™ Strategic Planning Series, visit smallbusinessdenver.com or call 303-795-0142.

The South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration through such funding does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors’ or participants’ opinions products or services. The Colorado SBDC is a partnership between the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Colorado’s institutions of higher education, and local development organizations.

Friday, January 10th: Economic Development Group Breakfast: Current Development Projects in South Metro Denver WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Greater Littleton Youth Initiative WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Monday, January 13th: STEM-EC: Science Technology Engineering Math in South Metro Denver WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Tuesday, January 14th: Business Bible Study Chamber Library, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Business After Hours hosted by Volcano Restaurant 10440 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial Wednesday, January 15th: STEM-EC: Douglas County Schools Site Visit Location TBD PowerPoint Dynamic Design Tricks Mission Critical Systems-DTC, 7384 S. Alton Way, Suite 201, Centennial Southwest Metro Business Alliance: Business Best Practices The Peak Wellness Center, 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton Thursday, January 16th: Health & Wellness Initiative Board of Advisors WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Health & Wellness Initiative: Health Care Reform - The Freight Train is Here!

WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial Quarterly Meetup for Profit: Building Business Using Social Marketing WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Chamber President & CEO John Brackney speaks to the crowd at the Annual Legislative Reception. (l to r): Rep. Spencer Swalm, Rep. Daniel Kagan, John Brackney, Rep. Polly Lawrence (behind Brackney), Rep. Chris Holbert, Rep. Angela Williams, Senator David Balmer, Senator Linda Newell, Jeff Wasden.

Friday, January 17th: Social Marketing for Business: Generating New Leads WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

“Dark Forest,” by rita derjue of Littleton will be included

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JAGUARS OPEN 2014 WITH WIN New coach thrilled with senior leadership

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Becky Mudd’s Rock Canyon squad granted the coach’s wish for a win to start out 2014, as the Jaguars outscored Denver East, 60-53, in non-league girls basketball action on Jan. 4 “We were playing well before the break and need to play well today,” Mudd said before the game, emphasizing her wish for a W. The victory raises Rock Canyon’s record to 5-2 and the game was just the second loss of the season for Denver East.

The Jaguars now return to regular practice sessions as they prepare for five road games in a row — Rampart on Jan. 10, Palmer on Jan. 11, Thomas Jefferson on Jan. 13, Ponderosa on Jan. 17 and Mountain Vista on Jan. 21. The Jaguars next home game is a league contest Jan. 28 against Legend.

The Rock Canyon-Denver East game was a fast-paced contest from the opening tipoff until the final buzzer. The teams traded baskets early but the Jaguars went on a six-point run late in the period to take a 13-9 lead by the end of the first quarter.

Denver East pushed the ball hard at every opportunity, looking for fast-break opportunities. However, the Angels usually found Rock Canyon defenders cutting off the lanes to the hoop.

Rock Canyon’s balanced inside-outside

Coach Becky Mudd points out where she wants a player to move during Rock Canyon’s Jan. 4 girls basketball game against Denver East. This is Mudd’s 20th season coaching girls basketball but her first year as head coach and her first year at Rock Canyon. Photo by Tom Munds attack helped the team extend its lead to 46-35 by the end of the third quarter en route to the 60-53 win. The Jaguars also used their height advantage to block nine shots and pull down a total of 44 rebounds.

Lexy Thorderson paced the Jaguar attack with a double double, scoring 31 points that included hitting five threepointers and pulling down 12 rebounds.

Morgan Roos added eight points and blocked six shots while teammate Kendall Koslosky scored six points and had nine

rebounds. Kendall Smith was the team assist leader with six.

“I think you could tell we were a little rusty after the holiday break but we pushed through and got the win,” Thorderson said after the game. “I just shoot when I am open and that includes when I am open for three-pointers. I like the long shots but I also like to drive to the basket because there is a chance I’ll make the shot, get fouled and it’ll be a three-point play for us that way.”

The senior played other sports earlier in her prep career but this year is focusing only on basketball as she will play at San Diego State University next year.

“I need to work on my ball handling skills and my inside post game,” she said.

“I do pretty well defensively but I can always improve there and I can get better in being in the right spot to get the rebounds.”

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Arapahoe returns home, grabs victory Warriors remain unbeaten with win over Mountain Vista

By Jim Benton

jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Brendan Till was happy to see the familiar surroundings of the Sitting Eagle gym and made sure the Arapahoe boys basketball team had a successful homecoming.

Till scored a game-high 26 points, including 10 in the critical fourth quarter, as seventh-ranked Arapahoe defeated No. 5 Mountain Vista 63-55 in a Jan. 4 nonleague showdown between two unbeaten teams.

It was the first time the Warriors had been in the Arapahoe gym for 23 days since the Dec. 13 shooting tragedy.

“I had the flow going,” said Till. “It was good to be back ... We were playing in front of our own fans and we had a great turnout. Just being home was a big deal. It was a step back to normalcy.”

Since the shooting, Arapahoe had been practicing at nearby Lifetime Fitness.

“We had not been on this court since Dec. 12,” explained Warriors coach Dan Snyder. “That’s really hard. Lifetime could not have been more wonderful and gracious and we really appreciate it but it’s not the same as practicing here. We were on a court with two hoops instead of six hoops.

So as far as running a practice and stations and stuff like that, you can’t do it.

“I’m proud of the kids because of their resiliency. I made the comment that we’re fortunate to be practicing anywhere. So we’re not going to complain about the circumstances. … We’re really happy to be back in our own building. Regardless of the situation of the last few weeks, the energy level of this group is really good.”

Down 49-48 with 4:40 to play in the game, Arapahoe outscored the Golden Eagles 15-6. The Warriors, guilty of seven turnovers in the first quarter, had just 10 the rest of the way and employed a zone defense down the stretch which seemed to baffle Mountain Vista, which came into the

game scoring 85.1 points per game.

“We had great energy,” said Till. “Turnovers definitely caused some problems in the first half. We crashed the boards offensively and defensively. I don’t think we had a single offensive rebound in the first half.

So it was aggressive intensity on both sides that won the game.”

Till, a 6-foot-2 senior, scored nine of Arapahoe’s first 11 points in the fourth quarter that started with the game tied at 44-all. He finished with a free throw to account for the Warriors’ eight-point triumph.

“He had a tremendous game,” said Snyder. “He can score in a lot of different ways.

He’s really a good shooter and he sees the court really well. That allows him to go to the right spot at the right time so it’s more than just being a good shooter.”

Arapahoe sank five of six free throws in the final 1:08 to stall any possible Mountain Vista comeback. The Warriors went 14 for 16 at the foul line for the game.

“I was happy with how well we executed in the fourth quarter and obviously we hit some shots,” added Snyder. “The zone seemed to work. They were hurting us so bad getting to the basket against our manto-man. In the scouting we had done, they are so good in transition, they shoot a ton of layups every game.”

In addition to Till, Corbin Atwell scored 16 points while James Dalrymple and Ethan Brunhofer each had eight for the Warriors.

Graham Smith had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Mountain Vista, which committed 19 turnovers including six in the final quarter. The Golden Eagles missed five 3-point attempts in the final 35 seconds. Mountain Vista’s leading scorer Jake Pemberton had only five points with all of them coming in the first half.

“Arapahoe is a good team,” said Mountain Vista coach Bob Wood. “They were aggressive on defense and we didn’t execute very well against (their zone).

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Arapahoe’s Corbin Atwell (10) shoots over Mountain Vista’s Brady Subart (23) on Jan. 4. Atwell had 16 points in the game as the Warriors won the game 63-55. Photo by Paul DiSalvo

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Chaparral turns it over against top teams Wolverines rebound well, but drop fifth straight

By Jim Benton

jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Chaparral boys basketball team returned from its winter break, hoping turnover woes had become a thing of the past.

After losing four pre-holiday games to athletic, pressing teams in the Mission Prep Christmas Classic played in San Luis Obispo, Calif., the Wolverines returned home to host sixth-ranked Eaglecrest Jan. 3 in a non-league game.

The Raptors’ pressure in the third quarter was too much, sparking a 20-7 surge in the stanza that broke open a previously tight game as Eaglecrest prevailed, 60-52, to deal the Wolverines their fifth straight setback.

“It happened again, it was the same type of pressure we saw in California, fast and athletic,” said Chaparral coach Rob Johnson. “It’s

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Mudd took over the head coaching spot this season and said she is lucky to have four talented seniors to anchor her team

tough on them. They’re going to have to figure it out or we’re going to struggle.”

Chaparral, which entered the Eaglecrest contest averaging 16.6 turnovers a game, rebounded well and committed eight first half turnovers, grabbing a 29-27 halftime lead.

However, the Wolverines turned the ball over 12 times in the second half, and a missed dunk and layup helped key a 9-0 Raptor run early in the third period as the visitors went ahead by 12 points late in the decisive period.

“We had eight turnovers which were a couple too many in the first half but we’re just struggling with pressure and I think we were a little out of shape,” explained Johnson. “Our main guys that need to be out there were getting tired. We were turning it over and (our) rebounding went down in the second half. We still had a good game rebounding overall but the first half was definitely much better.”

Chaparral, which shot 33 percent from the field, outrebounded the Raptors 46-22 and was led by junior Chase Coon’s 13 points.

Hayden Dalton, a 6-foot-7 senior, added 10

points and 15 rebounds.

Junior Jake Holtzmann also had a doubledouble with 10 points and 10 rebounds and junior Peter Wilson came off the bench to toss in 10 points.

Two of last season’s standouts, Brandon Malone and Chris Moody, are already sidelined for the season with injuries so Johnson has been preaching the `next player up’ philosophy to his players.

“We’re hoping those role players start figuring out the speed and the pace,” he said.

“There have been a couple players that have stepped up. Peter Wilson is starting to figure it out. He came off the bench and played well.

Jerrod Doran in California played well (49 points). He’s been a spark for us.”

Chaparral (3-7) had another tough assignment going against the CHSAANow.com topranked Class 5A team in Denver East Jan. 8 (after the paper’s deadline), and then will head to Class 4A power Lewis Palmer Jan. 11 before opening Continental League action Jan. 17 against Highlands Ranch.

ball over five or six times, you are not going to win the game.

A lot of them were forced turnovers. We were trying to force the ball where it’s not open instead of executing and getting something. ... We played poorly.”

Arapahoe (7-0) opened play in the tough Centennial League Jan. 8 against Cherry Creek and travels to Smoky Hill for a game Jan. 10.

“Of the top 10 teams in the rankings, five are in our league and a couple are just outside of the top 10,” pointed out Snyder.

“I’ve seen all the teams in our league and I can say without a doubt this is the strongest the league has been from top to bottom since I’ve been coaching.

Mountain Vista (8-1), meanwhile, played at Fountain Fort Carson Jan. 7 and hosted Montbello Jan. 8.

“I guess the Arapahoe loss sends a message,” confessed Wood. “Sometimes you think that you are better than you are.

Hopefully this will help us. You hope you learn from mistakes and get better. We’ve got a lot of good teams yet to play.”

Rock Canyon this season.

“The team was 18-7 last year and, for the most part, they play the type of basketball I coach,” she said of her new squad.

“I want the girls to have more discipline on offense. I tell them to take good care of the basketball as they look for the open shot.”

in games as we have been able to keep the opponents contained.”

A Denver Christian High School graduate, Mudd attended Calvin College (Mich.) and, after graduation, coached one year at Mullen before returning to her alma mater.

She spent 18 years there as an assistant before taking over at

in Thorderson, Roos, Koslosky and Erin McClarie.

“The seniors are the core of our team plus we have talented juniors to fill the remainder of the spots on the roster,” the coach said.

“We play pretty good offense and our defense is solid. So far, good defense has helped keep us

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GALLERY OF GAMES & weekly horoscope

SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 8, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) It’s a good time to take a much-needed break from your recent hectic schedule and spend some time in quieter surroundings. Important news could arrive early next week.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) The Taurean traits of reliability and thoroughness could be well-tested when decision-makers consider your proposals and/ or requests. Be prepared to answer some probing questions.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) A sudden attack of boredom leaves you with some tasks undone. It’s OK to take a short respite. But get back to work by week’s end so that you have time for other projects.

crossword • sudoku & weekly horoscope

GALLERY OF GAMES

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Avoid prejudging a situation just because it looks bad. Facts could emerge that would make your position uncomfortable, to say the least. A relative has interesting news to share with you.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) This is a good time to begin reassessing some of your recent decisions about your long-range goals to see if they still have merit. Spend more time with loved ones this weekend.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) An unsettled situation at home or on the job early in the week could drain your energy levels, making it difficult to get your work done on schedule. But things improve by midweek.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) A temporary setback could give you time to go over your plans to find weaknesses you might have overlooked before. A romantic getaway with that special person is favored this weekend.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Professional and personal situations benefit once you set a positive tone in getting things off to a good start. Honest dialogue smoothes over any occasional display of balkiness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) A problem with workplace colleagues or family members seems to defy even your sage counsel. But be patient. Your words eventually will lead to a resolution.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Don’t just wait out that unexpected and unexplained delay in your career move. You could gain added respect if you ask why it happened and what you can do to move things along.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Although your workplace strategies usually are accepted, you could be challenged by someone who isn’t so favorably impressed. Be prepared to defend your positions.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Your friendship circle expands, with new people coming into your life at this time. Welcome them warmly. But don’t neglect those cherished longtime personal relationships.

BORN THIS WEEK: You love to search for knowledge and share it with others. You would make an especially fine teacher. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,

CORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON APRIL 19, 2000, AT RECEPTION NUMBER 00026276, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN CASTLE VILLAS CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED ON DECEMBER 3, 1999, AT RECEPTION NUMBER 99101136 IN BOOK 1784 AT PAGE 1389, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 6021 W Castlegate Dr #E-37 , Castle Rock, CO 80108

17 INC., AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN

January 9, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0661

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0465 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/9/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JAMIE ELIZABETH PEBLEY AND LONNIE JAMES PEBLEY Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR WR STARKEY MORTGAGE, L.L.P. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CENTRAL MORTGAGE COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/16/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 2/2/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009006414 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $385,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $360,498.32 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 20, AND ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 20, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WEST LINE OF ECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST, DISTANCE OF 185.4 FEET; THENCE ON AN ANGLE OF 90° 19 MINUTES 40 SECONDS, TO THE RIGHT FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A ROADWAY EASEMENT, A DISTANCE OF 999.09 FEET; THENCE ON AN ANGLE OF 89° 42 MINUTES 07 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ½ OF THE EAST ½ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 20 AND IT NORTHERLY PROLONGATION, A DISTANCE OF 948.21 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED; THENCE ON AN ANGLE OF 90° 02 MINUTES 32 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 461.40 FEET; THENCE ON AN ANGLE OF 0° 16 MINUTES 52 SECONDS TO THE LEFT, A DISTANCE OF 942.01 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF RIDGE ROAD, THENCE ON AN ANGLE OF 87° 19 MINUTES 37 SECONDS TO THE LEFT, ALONG EAST LINE OF RIDGE ROAD, A DISTANCE OF 247.5 FEET; THENCE ON AN ANGLE OF 14° 47 MINUTES 04 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF RIDGE ROAD A DISTANCE OF 312.64 FEET TO THE POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH ½ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 19; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH ½ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 19, A DISTANCE OF 504.83 FEET TO THE SOU TH EAST COR NER TH ER EOF: TH EN C E E A S T ER L Y A L ON G T H E SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH ½ OF NORTHWEST OF ¼ OF SECTION 20, A DISTANCE OF 1001.70 FEET TO A POINT OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ½ EAST 12/ NORTHWEST ¼ NORTHWEST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 20, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 556.03 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1280 South Ridge Road, Castle Rock, CO 80104 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/10/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-03953 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0465 First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0661 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/22/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MELISSA B AKERS AKA MELISSA AKERS MELLOTT AND JASON R MELLOTT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/22/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MELISSA B AKERS AKA MELISSA AKERS MELLOTT AND JASON R MELLOTT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR E-LOAN, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/14/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 4/22/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008028114 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $400,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $377,629.85 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO WIT: THE REAL PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 54 HAZEN/MOORE NO. 2 0.277 AM/L., ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER FILED 11/14/03. ADDRESS: 899 TARPAN PL.; CASTLE ROCK, CO 80104 TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO.: R0449866 Which has the address of: 899 Tarpan Place, Castle Rock, CO 80104

Public Trustees

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/22/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1175.15077 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0661 First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0666 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/23/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: LEE S COCO AND BRENDA G COCO Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/19/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 10/22/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007082395 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $199,192.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $190,726.17 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 3B, OAKWOOD PARK, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 912 Oakwood Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80104 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/24/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone num-

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/24/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-03486 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0666 First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0668 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/23/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: DOUGLAS W. MCLAIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN MORTGAGE SPECIALISTS, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/13/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 8/20/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007066392 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $336,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $347,128.39 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. *Scrivener's Error Affidavit recorded in Douglas County, Colorado on July 25, 2013 at Reception No. 2013061962 to correct Legal Description THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: THE SOUTH ½ OF THE SOUTH ½ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12 E Yucca Hills Road, Castle Rock, CO 80109 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/24/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 12-07328 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0668 First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Sedalia NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0678 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: ROD DEVRIES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED TRUST 2007-1, MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 1/3/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007000765 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $116,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $107,000.57 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7 AND 8, BLOCK 2, PINE HILLS SUBDIVISION 1, COUNTY OF

& WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED TRUST 2007-1, MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 1/3/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007000765 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $116,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $107,000.57 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7 AND 8, BLOCK 2, PINE HILLS SUBDIVISION 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1406 Cinnamon Bear Road, Sedalia, CO 80135

Public Trustees

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 13-00530SH *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0678 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0679 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: BEVERLY D CAMERON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NEW STATE MORTGAGE LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/28/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 6/3/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004056938 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $79,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $72,263.42 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Condominium Unit No. 203, Building No. A, Sellers Landing Condominiums, Phase No. 2, Town of Castle Rock, in accordance with the Supplemental Declaration recorded on October 11, 1983 in Book 493 Page 688 and the Plat recorded September 28, 1983 as Reception No. 312554 of the Land records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder Douglas County, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Which has the address of: 1279 South Gilbert Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1175.15092 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0679 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0680 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JASON L BECK AND ANNEMARIE K BECK

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PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0680

Public Trustees

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JASON L BECK AND ANNEMARIE K BECK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CAPITAL ONE, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/11/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 12/16/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003176568 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $421,980.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $396,279.55 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 73, BLOCK 2, MAHER RANCH-FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7046 Cobalt Court, Castle Rock, CO 80108 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-07034 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0680 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0681 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: SARA L-K MAYFIELD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MARKET STREET MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE, FKA BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC. MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-AR5 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/25/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 11/26/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002128667 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $129,200.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $126,099.37 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: CONDOMINIUM UNIT E-37, AND GARAGE UNIT 108, CASTLE VILLAS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON APRIL 19, 2000, AT RECEPTION NUMBER 00026276, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN CASTLE VILLAS CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED ON DECEMBER 3, 1999, AT RECEPTION NUMBER 99101136 IN BOOK 1784 AT PAGE 1389, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 6021 W Castlegate Dr #E-37 , Castle Rock, CO 80108 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1068.06445 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0681 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0682 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: RONALD G MERRILL AND LOLA MERRILL Original Beneficiary: ING BANK, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CAPITAL ONE, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/5/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 6/28/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007051375 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $776,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $776,000.00 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: ALL THE REAL PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS AND STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 64, CASTLE PINES NORTH FILING NO. 13-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7131 Havenwood Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80108 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1237.00007 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0682 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0688 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: TODD M BERGERON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, BANK OF AMERICA, NA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/4/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 8/19/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010051459 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $237,879.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $236,191.59 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, BLOCK 45, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 16 - PARCELS 1,2,3 & 4, 2ND

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $236,191.59 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, BLOCK 45, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 16 - PARCELS 1,2,3 & 4, 2ND AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1815 Quartz St, Castle Rock, CO 80109-3645

Debt: $190,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $162,719.30 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 12, BLOCK 7, AMENDED PLAT OF GLOVER SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 228 Douglas Fir Avenue, Castle Rock, CO 80104

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-910-25465 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-910-25453 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0688 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0691 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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Public Trustees

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0689

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0695

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JENNIFER C. GARRIGAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/9/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 10/22/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009081032 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $309,625.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $303,482.89 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 2, BLOCK 5, SCOTT II, FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2490 Prairie Lane, Castle Rock, CO 80104

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/1/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: KEVIN COOPER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR RBC MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/14/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 1/31/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005008973 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $189,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $181,307.29 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 26, BLOCK 2, FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 4730 North Foxtrail Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80109

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-910-25463 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0689 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0691 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/29/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: SONYA TAMMEN AND PAUL A. HARRIS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/31/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 4/9/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004035979 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $190,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $162,719.30 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 12, BLOCK 7, AMENDED PLAT OF

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/1/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1175.15117 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0695 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Franktown NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0696 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/1/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: DANA T HOUSTON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, COUNTRYWIDE BANK, A DIVISION OF TREASURY BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/15/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 7/6/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005061195** DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $394,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $397,179.68 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.**MODIFIED BY LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT DATED 4/20/09 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Debt: $394,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $397,179.68 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.**MODIFIED BY LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT DATED 4/20/09 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 37, BURNING TREE RANCH, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8887 Burning Ridge Court, Franktown, CO 80116

Public Trustees

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/1/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-910-25473 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0696 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0699 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/1/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: ROSS A THOMSEN, AND MISTY A THOMSEN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/3/2011 Recording Date of DOT: 12/14/2011 Reception No. of DOT: 2011078729 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $408,784.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $404,972.84 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7, BLOCK 4, THE VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK, 2ND AMENDMENTLIBERTY VILLAGE PORTION, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 6632 Lynch Ln, Castle Rock, CO 80108-9500 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/1/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-944-25505 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0699 First Publication: 12/26/2013 Last Publication: 1/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0722 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/15/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MARK M JENSEN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERR Y CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/30/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 12/7/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012094436 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $166,920.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $166,416.41 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of

18 Debt: $166,920.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $166,416.41 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Lot 1, Block 4, Silver Heights Subdivision according to the plat of said subdivision filed with the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County on July 21, 1958 as Document No. 103535, except that portion conveyed to The Department of Highways, State of Colorado, in deed recorded July 21, 1964 in Book 158 at Page 231, and except that portion conveyed to Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 8, in deed recorded January 12, 1988 in Book 770 at Page 834, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Which has the address of: 3576 N Allen St, Castle Rock, CO 80108

Public Trustees

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/9/2014 Last Publication: 2/6/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SHEILA J FINN Colorado Registration #: 36637 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 31418 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0722 First Publication: 1/9/2014 Last Publication: 2/6/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0726 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/15/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: KARL A. CLINGER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/7/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 5/12/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010029282 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $206,196.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $203,891.94 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 23, BLOCK 1, CASTLENORTH FILING NO.2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 988 Oakwood Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80104-1633 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/9/2014 Last Publication: 2/6/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-07117 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0726 First Publication: 1/9/2014 Last Publication: 2/6/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0674 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/25/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JULANE POWELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 11/23/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009088769 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $150,618.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the

Original Grantor: JULANE POWELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 11/23/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009088769 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $150,618.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $150,274.14 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Building 6 Condominium Unit 201, Creek Side at Parker Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map for Creek Side at Parker condominiums and as described in the Declaration of Condominium and of Easements, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Creek Side at Parker, recorded on October 21, 2003 at Reception No. 2003152877, in the office of the Clerk & Recorder of Douglas County, State of Colorado, and Condominium Map for Creek Side at Parker Condominiums recorded December 11, 2003 at Reception No. 2003174763. Garage Building 8 Garage Unit 26, Creek Side at Parker Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map for Creek Side at Parker Condominiums and as described in the Declaration of Condominium and of Easements, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Creek Side at Parker recorded on October 21, 2003 at Reception No. 2003152877, in the office of the Clerk & Recorder of Douglas County, State of Colorado, and Condominium Map for Creek Side at Parker Condominiums recorded December 11, 2003 at Reception No. 2003174763.

County of Douglas, State of Colorado Which has the address of: 10805 South Twenty Mile Road #201, Parker, CO 80134

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NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/30/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA KADRMAS Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9105.06233 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0674 First Publication: 12/19/2013 Last Publication: 1/16/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Brandon Carter as Assistant Secretary c/o Federal National Mortgage Association, aka Fannie Mae – Federal National Mortgage Association., aka Fannie Mae - Matthew Schlaepfer as an individual and as Attorney in Fact for Phillip Schlaepfer - Matthew Schlaepfer Phillip Schlaepfer - Phillip Schlaepfer and Matthew Schlaepfer - Phillip Schlaepfer

by Matthew Schlaepfer as Attorney in Fact c/o Phillip Schlaepfer - Phillip Schlaepfer

by Matthew Schlaepfer as Attorney in Fact c/o Matthew Schlaepfer - Ralph Vomaske You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Ralph Vomaske the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 19 BLK 4 THE PINERY #4 0.35 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Ralph Vomaske. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Phillip Schlaepfer for said year 2009. That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Ralph Vomaske at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 24th day of April 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 27th day of December 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924690 First Publication: January 9, 2014 Last Publication: January 23, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice Covenant at Castle Rock Annexation Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado will hold a public hearing on January 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm in the Town of Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. The purpose of the hearing is to determine if the property described in the following annexation petition shall be annexed to the Town of Castle Rock as an enclave. The Town Council Substantial Compliance Resolution follows.

Sally Misare, Town Clerk

January 9, 2014

public hearing on January 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm in the Town of Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. The purpose of the hearing is to determine if the property described in the following annexation petition shall be annexed to the Town of Castle Rock as an enclave. The Town Council Substantial Compliance Resolution follows.

Sally Misare, Town Clerk

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RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 61: A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY DENOMINATED AS THE COVENANT AT CASTLE ROCK ANNEXATION; FINDING THAT THE ANNEXATION PETITION IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATUTORY CRITERIA; FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION CONSTITUTES AN ENCLAVE TO THE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK; AND AUTHORIZING FURTHER ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965.

WHEREAS, on September 26, 2013, a Petition for Annexation of certain real property denominated as the Covenant at Castle Rock Annexation was filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado, which Petition for Annexation is attached as Exhibit 1; WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. 31-12107(1)(f) the Town Council, without undue delay, is required to determine if the Petition is in substantial compliance with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and if so, it is to follow the procedures for consideration of the proposed annexation in accordance with the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965; WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. 31-12107(5), if an annexation petition is filed and the territory sought to be annexed meets the specifications of section 31-12106(1) then the governing body of the municipality shall initiate annexation proceedings pursuant to the appropriate provisions of section 31-12-106(1); and WHEREAS, the Covenant at Castle Rock Annexation territory is an enclave entirely surrounded by the Town of Castle Rock meeting the specifications of 31-12106(1)(1.1).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED

BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS: Substantial Compliance. The Petition for Annexation of Covenant at Castle Rock to the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado is accepted as filed with the Town Clerk on September 26, 2013, and is found to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-107(1) in that: the signers of the Petition comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners in the area proposed to be annexed, and own more than fifty percent (50%) of the area proposed to be annexed, excluding public streets and alleys and any land owned by the Town of Castle Rock; the Petition contains the allegations and information required by statute; and the Petition is accompanied by four copies of an annexation map containing the information required by statute.

Enclave Annexation Process. The Covenant at Castle Rock Annexation territory constitutes an enclave in compliance with C.R.S. 38-12-106(1)(1.1) and further annexation proceedings shall be in conformance with C.R.S. 31-12-107(5) and 31-12106(1). Consequently, no public hearing under C.R.S. 31-12-108(1) is required.

Notice. Pursuant to C.R.S. 31-12-108(2), the Town Clerk shall cause notice to be published in some newspaper of general circulation once a week for four successive weeks, the first publication to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the annexation public hearing. The Town Clerk shall further send by registered mail to the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners, the Douglas County Attorney, and to any special district or school district having territory within the area to be annexed, a copy of the published notice together with a copy of the Petition and this Resolution at least twenty five (25) days prior to the date fixed for the annexation public hearing. The Town Clerk shall also file a copy of an annexation impact report complying with 31-12108.5 with the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners at least twenty (20) days prior to the date fixed for the annexation hearing.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 2013 by the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado on first and final reading by a vote of 5 for, and 0 against.

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION TO: THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO The undersigned landowners ("Petitioners"), in accordance with Article 12, Chapter 31, C.R.S., as amended, hereby petitions the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, for annexation to the Town of Castle Rock of the following described unincorporated area (territory) situate and being in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: See Exhibit attached hereto and hereby incorporated as if fully set forth herein.

Petitioners further state as follows: (1) That it is desirable and necessary that such area be annexed to the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado.

(2) That the requirements of Sections 3112-104 and 31-12-105 of the Colorado Revised Statutes exist or have been met in that: (a) Not less than one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is or will be contiguous with the existing boundary of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado. (b) A community of interest exists between the area proposed to be annexed and the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado. (c) The area proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future. (d) The area proposed to be annexed is integrated with or is capable of being integrated with the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado. (e) No land held in identical ownership, whether consisting of one tract or parcel of real estate or two or more contiguous tracts or parcels of real estate meets either of the following: 1. Is divided into separate parts or parcels without the written consent of the landowner(s) thereof, unless such tracts or parcels are separated by a dedicated street, road or other public way, and to the extent a tract or parcel is so divided, this petition is intended to evidence such consent; or 2. If such a separate tract or parcel comprises twenty (20) acres or more and which, together with the buildings and improvements situated thereon has a valuation for assessment in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for ad valorem tax purposes for the year next preceding the annexation, is included within the area proposed to be annexed without the written consent of the landowner(s) thereof.

2. If such a separate tract or parcel comprises twenty (20) acres or more and which, together with the buildings and improvements situated thereon has a valuation for assessment in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for ad valorem tax purposes for the year next preceding the annexation, is included within the area proposed to be annexed without the written consent of the landowner(s) thereof.

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(f) The annexation of the area proposed to be annexed will not result in the detachment of area from any school district and the attachment of same to another school district. (g) The area proposed to be annexed by the Town of Castle Rock or substantially the same area has not been the subject of an election for annexation to the Town of Castle Rock within the preceding twelve (12) months, nor is any part of said area presently a part of any incorporated city, town or city and county. (h) No part of the area proposed to be annexed is more than three (3) miles from a point on the boundary of the Town of Castle Rock as such was established more than one year before this annexation is effective. (i) In establishing the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed, where a portion of a platted street or alley is annexed, the entire width of any platted street or alley is included within the area annexed. (j) Reasonable access shall not be denied to landowners, owners of easements, or the owners of franchises adjoining a platted street or alley to be annexed by the Town of Castle Rock but is not bounded on both sides by the Town.

(3) That this Petition for Annexation is accompanied by four (4) copies of the annexation map containing the following information: (a) a written legal description of the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed; (b) a map showing the boundary of the area proposed to be annexed, such map prepared and containing the seal of a registered engineer or land surveyor; (c) within the annexation boundary map there is shown the location of each ownership tract in unplatted land, and if part or all of the area is platted, then the boundaries and the plat number of plots or of lots and blocks are shown; and (d) next to the boundary of the area proposed to be annexed is drawn the contiguous boundary of the Town of Castle Rock and the contiguous boundary of any other municipality abutting the area proposed to be annexed.

(4) That the Petitioners signed this Petition for Annexation not more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of filing the Petition for Annexation with the Town Clerk.

(5) That the undersigned Petitioners comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners of the area proposed to be annexed, exclusive of streets, and by their signatures have attested to the facts and agree to the conditions herein contained negating the necessity for any annexation election.

(6) That this Petition for Annexation satisfies the requirements of Article II, Section 30, of the Constitution of Colorado in that it is signed by persons comprising more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners in the area proposed to be annexed who own more than fifty percent (50%) of said area, excluding public streets and alleys and any land owned by the Town of Castle Rock.

(7) In accordance with Section 31-12-107 (1) (e), C.R.S., the undersigned Petitioners may withdraw their signatures on this Petition for Annexation at any point prior to the second reading of the annexation ordinance by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Town Clerk’s Office. If Petitioners’ signatures are withdrawn in accordance with this paragraph, this Petition shall be void and have no force or effect.

(8) That upon the annexation ordinance becoming effective, all lands within the area proposed to be annexed shall become subject to all ordinances, resolution, rules and regulations of the Town of Castle Rock, except for general property taxes, which shall become effective January 1st of the next succeeding year following passage of the annexation ordinance.

Public Notice (9) That this Petition for Annexation includes the signatures of all Petitioners SECTION 00020 proposing INVITATION the annexation, TOthe BIDmailing address of each Petitioner, the legal descripPERRY PARK WATER tion ofAND the land owned by each of the reSANITATION DISTRICT spective Petitioners, and the date of signBEAR CREEK WEIR ing each signature. The legal description of land owned undersigned Sealed bids forby theeach Perry Park WaterPetiand tioner is identified in Exhibit.

Sanitation District Bear Creek Weir will be received by the OWNER, Perry Park WaTherefore, the Petitioners respectfully ter and Sanitation District @ 5676 reW. questRock that the Town Council ofCO the80118, Town Red Drive in Larkspur, of Castle approve the anuntil 1:00Rock, PM., Colorado local time, January 16, nexation of the territory herein.

2014, at which time thedescribed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the same PETITIONERS: location.

National Covenant Properties Land Company, LLC Contract Documents and Specifications may be obtained at the office of JDS-HyEXHIBIT dro Consultants, Inc.., 545 E. Pikes Peak ANNEXATION LEGAL DESCRIPTION Ave., Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO A PARCEL BEING charge ALL OF 80903.

ThereOF willLAND be a $35.00 to THE AREA SOUTH OF (which THE CASTLE obtain project manuals include HIGHLANDS drawings ANNEXATION RECORconstruction in Appendix A) DED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 342923, WESTtoOF ANNEXATION Work beLEE'S performed generally RECORincludes DEDfollowing: UNDER RECEPTION 167502, the furnishing andNO. installing a NORTH OF THE PARCEL 2 OF SOUTH cast-in-place concrete compound CipolMEADOWS P.U.D. ANNEXATION letti / broad-crested weir and retaining REwall CORDEDbelow UNDER RECEPTION structure the existing bridge. NO. The 364375 EAST OF WOLFENSBERwork willAND also include removal of the adjaGER parshall ROAD, ALL IN provision THE RECORDS OF cent flume, of an adjaTHE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK cent intake line and stilling well, alongAND with RECORDER, LOCATED THE NORTHhousing structure for the IN recording equipEAST ONE-QUARTER OFbySECTION 9, ment (also to be installed contractor).

AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER The work will include all pertinent byOF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, passing, dewatering, and soil stabilization RANGE WEST, OF THE SIXTH PRINefforts as67necessary.

CIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO BEProspective STATE bidders OF must be available to Ifurnish N G MBid O Rbond, E P AasR well TICU A R L Y certiDEasLprovide S C R I B E D A S F O L L O W S : ficates of insurance covering Worker’s, General, and Automobile Liabilities as deBASIS OF BEARINGS: THESupplemental WEST LINE scribed in the General and OF THE NORTH ONE-HALF OFmanuTHE Conditions contained in this project NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECal. In the event the contact amount exTION 10, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE ceeds $50,000, the successful Bidder will 67 WEST OFtoTHE SIXTH PRINCIPAL be required furnish a Performance MERIDIAN BEING ASSUMED TO BEAR Bond and a Payment and Material Bond in N01°05'34"W 1288.91 the full amountAofDISTANCE the ContractOF Price.

FEET. MONUMENTED BY A 3-1/4" ALUMINUM 12046 THE responsSOUTHBasis of CAP awardLS will be theATlowest WEST AND ALUMINive andCORNER responsible BidAas3-1/4" determined by UM OWNER. CAP LS 25629 AT THE NORTHWthe EST CORNER. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is schedCOMMENCING uled for JanuaryAT 9, THE 2014NORTHWEST at 10:00 AM. CORNER SAID will SECTION The pre-bidOF meeting begin at10; the District Office and then move to the proTHENCE S06°23'18"E A DISTANCE OF posed weir site at Wauconda Park near 574.52 TO A POINT ONvicinity THE the PerryFEET, Park Country Club (see SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY map in drawings). All prospective bidders LINE OF WOLFENSBERGER ROAD must attend the pre-bid meeting. All techAND A POINT regarding ON THE the SOUTHERLY nical questions project can LINE OF THE to CASTLE HIGHLANDS ANbe directed the Project Engineer, NEXATION AS RECORDED UNDER REDouglas E. Schwenke, P.E. at (719) 227CEPTION NO. 342923, SAID POINT BE0072 Ext. 102.

Other questions related to ING THEcan POINT OF BEGINNING; the site be directed to Scott E. Monroe with Semocor (Contract Operator for THENCE SOUTHERLY LINEDisOF the Perry ON ParkTHE Water and Sanitation SAID HIGHLANDS ANNEXAtrict) atCASTLE (303) 681-2253.

TION THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES: The OWNER reserves the right to waive any irregularities or to waive any technical 1. S62°56'35"E A DISTANCE OFthe 350.24 defects in the bidding process as best FEET;

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ers may withdraw their signatures on this Petition for Annexation at any point prior to the second reading of the annexation ordinance by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Town Clerk’s Office. If Petitioners’ signatures are withdrawn in accordance with this paragraph, this Petition shall be void and have no force or effect.

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(8) That upon the annexation ordinance becoming effective, all lands within the area proposed to be annexed shall become subject to all ordinances, resolution, rules and regulations of the Town of Castle Rock, except for general property taxes, which shall become effective January 1st of the next succeeding year following passage of the annexation ordinance.

(9) That this Petition for Annexation includes the signatures of all Petitioners proposing the annexation, the mailing address of each Petitioner, the legal description of the land owned by each of the respective Petitioners, and the date of signing each signature. The legal description of land owned by each undersigned Petitioner is identified in Exhibit.

Therefore, the Petitioners respectfully request that the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado approve the annexation of the territory described herein.

PETITIONERS: National Covenant Properties Land Company, LLC EXHIBIT ANNEXATION LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND BEING ALL OF THE AREA SOUTH OF THE CASTLE HIGHLANDS ANNEXATION RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 342923, WEST OF LEE'S ANNEXATION RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 167502, NORTH OF THE PARCEL 2 OF SOUTH MEADOWS P.U.D. ANNEXATION RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 364375 AND EAST OF WOLFENSBERGER ROAD, ALL IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 9, AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST, OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN BEING ASSUMED TO BEAR N01°05'34"W A DISTANCE OF 1288.91 FEET. MONUMENTED BY A 3-1/4" ALUMINUM CAP LS 12046 AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND A 3-1/4" ALUMINUM CAP LS 25629 AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER. COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 10; THENCE S06°23'18"E A DISTANCE OF 574.52 FEET, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WOLFENSBERGER ROAD AND A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE CASTLE HIGHLANDS ANPublic Notice UNDER RENEXATION AS RECORDED CEPTION NO. 342923, SAID POINT BESECTION 00020 ING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; INVITATION TO BID PERRY PARK WATER LINE OF THENCE ON THE SOUTHERLY SANITATION DISTRICT SAID AND CASTLE HIGHLANDS ANNEXABEAR CREEK WEIR TION THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES: Sealed bids for the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District Creek Weir will be 1. S62°56'35"E A Bear DISTANCE OF 350.24 received by the OWNER, Perry Park WaFEET; terS23°57'35"E and Sanitation District @ W. 2.

A DISTANCE OF5676 608.07 Red Rock in Larkspur, CONORTH 80118, FEET, TO Drive A POINT ON THE until 1:00 PM., SOUTH local time, January OF 16, LINE OF THE ONE-HALF 2014,NORTHWEST at which time ONE-QUARTER the bids will be pubTHE OF licly opened and 10; read aloud at the same SAID SECTION location.

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ON SAID NORTH LINE, N89°44'13"E A DISTANCE OF 2013.63 FEET, TO THE Contract Documents and Specifications NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH may be obtained at the office of JDS-HyONE-HALF OF THE NORTHWEST ONEdro Consultants, Inc..,SECTION 545 E. Pikes Peak QUARTER OF SAID 10 ALSO Ave., Suite 300, Colorado CO BEING A POINT ON THE Springs, WESTERLY 80903.OFThere willANNEXATION be a $35.00 charge to LINE LEE'S RECORobtainUNDER projectRECEPTION manuals (which include DED NO. 167502; construction drawings in Appendix A) THENCE ON THE SAID WESTERLY Work to be performed generally includes LINE AND THE EAST LINE OF THE the following: furnishing and NORTHWinstalling a SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE cast-in-place concrete compound CipolEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 10, letti / broad-crested weir and retaining wall S00°35'44"E A DISTANCE OF 536.44 structure the existing bridge.

The FEET TObelow A POINT ON THE NORTHwork alsoOF include removal of2 the ERLYwill LINE THE PARCEL OF adjaTHE cent parshall flume, provision an adjaSOUTH MEADOWS P.U.D. of ANNEXAcent intake line and UNDER stilling well, along with TION RECORDED RECEPTION housing structure for the recording equipNO. 364375; ment (also to be installed by contractor).

The work ALONG will include all NORTHERLY pertinent byTHENCE SAID passing, and L I N E , Tdewatering, HE FOLLO W Isoil N G stabilization TWO (2) efforts C O U Ras S Enecessary.

S: 1. S89°44'47"W A DISTANCE OF 2607.23 Prospective bidders must be available to FEET; furnish Bid bond, AasDISTANCE well as provide certi2. N40°01'12"W OF 701.87 ficates of insurance FEET, TO A POINT covering ON THE Worker’s, SOUTHGeneral, and Automobile Liabilities as EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE deOF scribed in the General ROAD; and Supplemental WOLFENSBERGER Conditions contained in this project manual.

In the ALONG event theSAID contact amount exTHENCE SOUTHEASTceeds the successful will ERLY $50,000, RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE Bidder OF SAID be required to furnish a Performance WOLFENSBERGER ROAD THE FOLBond and aEIGHT Payment Material Bond in LOWING (8)and COURSES: the full amount ofAthe Contract Price.

1. N40°41'26"E DISTANCE OF 45.02 FEET; Basis of award will be the lowest 2. N36°49'43"E A DISTANCE OFrespons342.88 ive and responsible Bid as determined by FEET; the OWNER. 3. N37°48'17"E A DISTANCE OF 60.64 FEET; A pre-bid meeting OF is sched4. mandatory N34°21'14"E A DISTANCE 42.46 uled for January 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM. FEET; The pre-bid meeting will begin at the53.85 Dis5. N25°05'24"E A DISTANCE OF trict Office and then move to the proFEET; posed weir site at Wauconda Park near 6. N17°36'33"E A DISTANCE OF 66.56 the Perry Park Country Club (see vicinity FEET; map in drawings).

All prospective 7. N33°47'11"E A DISTANCE OF bidders 111.08 must attend the pre-bid meeting. All techFEET; nical questions regarding the project can 8. N33°35'51"E A DISTANCE OF 144.17 be directed to POINT the Project Engineer, FEET, TO THE OF BEGINNING. Douglas E. Schwenke, P.E. at (719) 2270072 Ext. 102. AN Other questions related to CONTAINING AREA OF 1,947,732 the site canFEET be directed to Scott E. MonSQUARE OR 44.714 ACRES. roe with Semocor (Contract Operator for the Perry Park Water and Sanitation DisLegal Notice No.: 924642 trict) Publication: at (303) 681-2253.

First December 19, 2013 Last Publication: January 9, 2014 The OWNER reserves theNews-Press right to waive Publisher: Douglas County any irregularities or to waive any technical defects in the bidding process as the best interest of the OWNER may be served.

The OWNER also reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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PERRY PARK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT Diana Miller, District Manager Legal Notice No.: 924674 First Publication: December 26, 2013 Last Publication: January 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

BEING A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF LEE'S ANNEXATION RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 167502;

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THENCE ON THE SAID WESTERLY LINE AND THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 10, S00°35'44"E A DISTANCE OF 536.44 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE PARCEL 2 OF THE SOUTH MEADOWS P.U.D. ANNEXATION RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 364375;

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THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES: 1. S89°44'47"W A DISTANCE OF 2607.23 FEET; 2. N40°01'12"W A DISTANCE OF 701.87 FEET, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WOLFENSBERGER ROAD; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID WOLFENSBERGER ROAD THE FOLLOWING EIGHT (8) COURSES: 1. N40°41'26"E A DISTANCE OF 45.02 FEET; 2. N36°49'43"E A DISTANCE OF 342.88 FEET; 3. N37°48'17"E A DISTANCE OF 60.64 FEET; 4. N34°21'14"E A DISTANCE OF 42.46 FEET; 5. N25°05'24"E A DISTANCE OF 53.85 FEET; 6. N17°36'33"E A DISTANCE OF 66.56 FEET; 7. N33°47'11"E A DISTANCE OF 111.08 FEET; 8. N33°35'51"E A DISTANCE OF 144.17 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Public Notice CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1,947,732 SECTION 00020 ACRES. SQUARE FEET OR 44.714 INVITATION TO BID PERRY PARK Legal Notice No.: 924642WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT First Publication: December 19, 2013 BEAR January CREEK 9, WEIR Last Publication: 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Sealed bids for the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District Bear Creek Weir will be received by the OWNER, Perry Park WaPublic Notice ter and Sanitation District @ 5676 W. Red Rock Drive in PROPOSAL Larkspur, CO 80118, REQUEST FOR (RFP) until 1:00 PM., local time, January 16, #006-14 2014, at WELFARE which time LEGAL the bidsSERVICES will be pubCHILD licly opened and read aloud at the same location.

The Department of Human Services of Douglas County Government, hereinafter Contract Documents and Specifications referred to as the County, respectfully may be obtained at from the office of JDS-Hyrequests proposals responsible and dro Consultants, 545firms E. Pikes Peak qualified attorneysInc.., or legal to provide Ave., 300,related Colorado Springs, CO legal Suite services to child welfare 80903. will representation be a $35.00 charge to work thatThere includes at court, obtain projecthearings, manualsand (which include administrative possibly jury construction drawings in Appendix A) trials. Individuals or firms may reply, and must be prepared to begin working in Work to be generally includes February or performed March 2014. the following: furnishing and installing a cast-in-place concrete compound CipolThe initial agreement, issued as a result of letti broad-crested and retaining wall this /RFP, will be forweir calendar year 2014, structure below the existingFebruary bridge. The beginning approximately 24, work removal of the adja2014,will toalso andinclude including December 31, cent parshall flume,fees provision of an 2014.

All proposed shall be firmadjaand cent intake line and stilling well, along with fixed for the initial contract period. The housing structure recording equipCounty shall havefor an the option to renew this ment (also for to be by contractor). agreement twoinstalled (2) additional periods of The work willeach, include byone (1) year withall thepertinent same terms passing, dewatering, and soil stabilization and conditions.

The renewal option is to efforts as necessary. be exercised no later than thirty (30) days prior to November 1, 2014. This agreeProspective must to be the available to ment and/orbidders extension original furnish as well as provide certiperiod Bid of abond, subject agreement shall be ficates of insurance covering Worker’s, contingent upon annual funding being General, and Automobile as deappropriated, budgeted Liabilities and otherwise scribed in the General and purposes Supplemental made available for such and Conditions contained in this project manusubject to the County’s unanimous satisal.

In the the contact amount exfaction withevent the services received during ceeds $50,000,agreement the successful Bidder will the preceding period. be required to furnish a Performance Bond and adocuments Payment and Material Bond in The RFP may be reviewed the full amount the Contract Price.Mounand/or printed offrom the Rocky tain E-Purchasing System website at Basis of award will be the lowest responswww.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

RFP ive and responsible Bid as determined by documents are not available for purchase the fromOWNER. Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the aboveA mandatory pre-bid meeting is schedmentioned website. uled for January 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM. The pre-bid meeting will will be begin at the until DisProposal responses received trict then move to 30, the 2014 pro4:00 Office p.m. onand Thursday, January posed weir County site at Wauconda Park near

by Douglas Government, Finance the Perry ParkPurchasing Country Club (see vicinity Department, Division, 100 map drawings). prospective bidders ThirdinStreet, Suite All 130, Castle Rock, Colmust pre-bid meeting.

All techoradoattend 80104.the The copies of your proposal nical questions regarding the in project can response shall be submitted a sealed be directed to the Project Engineer, envelope, plainly marked “Request for Douglas E. Schwenke, P.E. at (719) 227Proposal (RFP) #006-14, Child Welfare 0072 Ext. 102. Other questions related to Legal Services” and mailed or hand-carthe site canaddress be directed to above Scott E. Monried to the shown prior to roe due with date Semocor (Contract Operator for the and time.

Electronic/faxed the Perry Park Water and Sanitation Disproposals will not be accepted. Proposals trict)not at be (303) 681-2253. will considered which are received after the time stated, and any proposals Thereceived OWNERwill reserves the right to waive so be returned unopened. any irregularities or to waive any technical defects the bidding processreserves as the best DouglasinCounty Government the interest of the any OWNER may be served. right to reject and all proposals, to The OWNER also reserves the right to rewaive formalities, informalities, or irreguject anycontained and all bids. larities in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items PERRY PARK in WATER herein, either whole or in part, if it is AND SANITATION DISTRICT deemed to be in the best interest of the Diana Managerwe reserve CountyMiller, to do District so. Additionally, the right to negotiate optional items and/or Legal Notice 924674 firm. services with No.: the successful First Publication: December 26, 2013 Last Publication: January 9, 2014 Please direct any questions concerning Publisher: Douglas County News-Press this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or Public Notice criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. INVITATION TO BID

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The Ranch Community Authority LegalSterling Notice No.: 924693 Board (the "CAB") desires contract for First publication: January 9, to 2014 general contractor and construction manLast publication: January 9, 2014 agement for pre-conPublisher:services Douglas (GC/CM) County News-Press struction services including entitlement processing and design overview and for construction of infrastructure associated with development of the Sterling Ranch Community in Northwest Douglas County. The Sterling Ranch Development will be constructed on 3,400 acres with an approved 12,050 dwelling units and approximately 2 million sq ft. of commercial space. Infrastructure over an extended period of time is expected to be on the order of $400MM. Proposals, addressed to the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, care of Mulhern MRE, Inc. at 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, will be received until 5 pm., January 23, 2014. Late proposals will not be accepted.

orado 80104. The copies of your proposal response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #006-14, Child Welfare Legal Services” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed proposals will not be accepted. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

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Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful firm.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NO. 002-14 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 924693 First publication: January 9, 2014 Last publication: January 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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The Division of Parks, Trails, and Building Grounds of the Community Development Department of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests responses from responsible and qualified individuals/firms to assist the County, on an as-needed basis, for professional services related to landscape architectural services. Individual projects/services will be discussed, negotiated, and issued as required throughout the 2014 calendar year.

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 003-14 BAYOU GULCH OPEN SPACE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT

The goal of the County, through this RFQ, is to assemble a list of several qualified individuals/firms that can be utilized, as needed. The agreement(s) with the individuals/firms, as a result of this RFQ, shall be considered Blanket Purchase Agreements. The Blanket Purchase Agreement authorizes, but does not obligate, the County to utilize any minimum or maximum, dollar amount or quantity of services from any specific individual or firm.

The Division of Open Space and Natural Resources of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified firms for the provision of the installation of a bridge over Cherry Creek for the Bayou Gulch trail connector, as specified.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

RFQ responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) copies of your RFQ response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “RFQ No. 002-14, Landscape Architectural Services” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed responses will not be accepted. RFQ responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any responses so received will be returned unopened.

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ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 @ 1:30 PM THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE JOB SITE AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD AT BAYOU GULCH REGIONAL PARK (PASSIVE AREA), 4728 FOX SPARROW ROAD, PARKER, COLORADO 80134.

Three (3) copies of the bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 003-14, Bayou Gulch Open Space Pedestrian Bridge Project” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 11:00 am, on Thursday, January 30, 2014 by the Douglas County Finance Department, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids Public Notice unopened. so received will be returned INVITATION TO BID Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive The Sterlinginformalities, Ranch Community Authority formalities, or irregularities Board (thein"CAB") desires to contract for contained a said bid and furthermore, to general construction manaward a contractor contract forand items herein, either in agement services fortopre-conwhole or in part, if it(GC/CM) is deemed be in the struction including entitlebest interestservices of the County to do so.

Addiment processing tionally, we reserveand the design right to overview negotiate and for construction infrastructure optional items/services of with the successassociated ful bidder. with development of the Sterling Ranch Community in Northwest Douglas County.

The Sterling Ranch Please direct any questions concerning Development willRiggs, be constructed on this IFB to Carolyn Purchasing Su3,400 p e r v acres i s o r with , 3an 0 3approved - 6 6 0 - 712,050 434, dwelling units and approximately milcriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to2 5:00 lion sq ft. of commercial space.

Infrap.m., Monday through Friday, excluding structure over an extended period of time holidays. is expected to be on the order of $400MM. Proposals, addressed Legal Notice No.: 924696 to the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, care First Publication: January 9, 2014 of Mulhern MRE,January Inc. at 29,Inverness Drive Last Publication: 2014 East, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, Publisher: Douglas County News-Press will be received until 5 pm., January 23, 2014. Late proposals will not be accepted.

proposals from responsible and qualified firms for the provision of Architectural Design Services related to the Douglas County Fleet Services Vehicle Maintenance Facility project at 3030 North Industrial Way, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful firm.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 924697 First Publication: January 9, 2014 Last Publication: January 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #004-14 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FLEET SERVICES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY PROJECT The Department of Facilities, Fleet & Emergency Support Services of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified firms for the provision of Architectural Design Services related to the Douglas County Fleet Services Vehicle Maintenance Facility project at 3030 North Industrial Way, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109.

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ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014 @ 10:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL ALLOW ALL POTENTIAL RESPONDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE WORK SITE AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FLEET SERVICES BUILDING, 3030 NORTH INDUSTRIAL WAY, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80109. PLEASE CALL 303-6607445 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF NEEDED. ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE FIRMS THAT ATTEND THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT AN RFP RESPONSE ON THIS PROJECT. The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

Proposal responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. The copies of your proposal response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #004-14, Architectural Design Services, Fleet Services” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown above prior to the due date and time. Electronic/faxed proposals will not be accepted. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful firm.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 924698 First Publication: January 9, 2014 Last Publication: January 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Town of Castle Rock, Colorado INVITATION FOR STATEMENT QUALIFICATIONS Date: January 2,OF 2014 Project Title: Lobby Remodel of The Sterling Ranch Community Authority Police Department / Municipal Court Board "CAB") desires to contract for a Front (the Desk municipal infrastructure technology integContractor: White Construction Group ration partner.Street The Sterling 18 S. Wilcox #100 Ranch project is a 12,050 development Castle Rock,unit Colorado 80104 with plans for seven schools and approximately 2 million sq.hereby ft. of commercial space.

The Notice is given that the Town of CAB desires to integrate the processing residential Castle Rock intends to start water metering, electricity the Final Paymentresidential to the above-named metering, community lighting, community contractor on February 3, 2014, provided security, no claimsand are municipal received. facilities on to a single system. All of which will communicate on a private entity’s of against the art Any person or firm havingstate debts fiberContractor optic network to file enable present and the must a proper written future residents and business inhabitants notice with Commander Tim Gorman, the ability to securely transfer Project Manager, Castle Rockinformation, Police Decommunications andStreet, other Castle over the top partment, 100 Perry Rock, (OTT) services ason they useful and Colorado 80104, or become before February 3, available.

The selected integration part2014. ner will be expected to design, implement and maintain the overall technology platTOWN OF CASTLE ROCK formTim thatGorman, will incorporate municipal, utility, By: Commander commercially available BAS, security, Project Manager community based services, residentially available systems and any other open Legal Notice No.: 924699 protocol systemsJanuary that will 9, enable First Publication: 2014 information to be securely and efficiently Last Publication: January 16, 2014 transferred between each other.

Statements Publisher: Douglas County News-Press of Qualifications, addressed to the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, care of Mulhern MRE, Inc. at 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, will be received until 5 pm on January 24, 2014. Late statements will not be accepted.

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014 @ 10:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL ALLOW ALL POTENTIAL REInterested Parties (businesses or joint SPONDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ventures) may obtain the Request for VIEW THE WORK SITE AND DISCUSS Proposal (“RFP”) beginning on JanuTHE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANary 9, 2014 at the offices of Mulhern DATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT MRE listed above. The proposal and atPublic Notice FLEET SERTHE DOUGLAS COUNTY Interested Parties (businesses or joint tachments may be provided electronicVICES BUILDING, 3030 NORTH INDUSventures) may obtain the Request for ally by requesting such from Kelly ConINVITATION FOR COLORTRIAL WAY, CASTLE ROCK, Qualifications (“RFQ”) beginning on over at Kelly@mulhernmre.com.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ADO 80109. PLEASE CALL 303-660January 9, 2014 at the offices of Mul7445 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF NEEDED. hern MRE listed above. The proposal Proposers will be required to attend a preThe Sterling Ranch Community Authority ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE FIRMS and attachments may be provided elecproposal conference January 14, 2014 as Board "CAB") desires to contract SITE for a THAT (the ATTEND THE MANDATORY tronically by requesting such from specified in the proposal. All those intendmunicipal infrastructure technology integVISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT K e l l y C o n o v e r a t ing to submit a proposal must give the ration A N Rpartner.

F P R The E S PSterling O N S ERanch O N project THIS Kelly@mulhernmre.com.

CAB notice of intent to submit by no later is development with plans P RaO12,050 J E C Tunit . than 5 pm., January 17, 2014. for seven schools and approximately 2 Proposers may attend a pre-statement of million sq.documents ft. of commercial space.

The The RFP may be reviewed qualifications submittal conference JanuSubmittal requirements are contained CAB integrate theMountain residential and/ordesires printed to from the Rocky Eary 17, 2014 as specified in the RFQ. within the Request for Proposal. The sucwater metering, electricity Purchasing Systemresidential website at www.rockycessful Proposal shall be selected based metering, community lighting, community mountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents Submittal requirements are contained on the evaluation criteria contained in the security, and municipal onfrom to a are not available for facilities purchase within the Request for Qualifications. The RFP. Upon selection, the Successful Prosingle system.

All of which will communicDouglas County Government and can successful candidate based on the firm's poser and The CAB will negotiate a ate on private entity’s state of the art only beaaccessed from the above-menqualifications shall be selected based on GC/CM contract based upon the agreed fiber optic network to enable present and tioned website. the evaluation criteria contained in the terms of the proposal. future residents and business inhabitants RFQ. Upon selection, the Successful the ability responses to securelywill transfer information, Proposal be received until Qualifier and The CAB will negotiate an inThe CAB reserves the right to reject any communications and other over the top 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, tegration contract. and all Proposals, to waive any and all (OTT) services as they become useful and 2014 by Douglas County Government, formalities and to negotiate contract terms available.

The selected integration partFinance Department, Purchasing Division, The CAB reserves the right to waive any with the Successful Proposer, and the ner will be Street, expected to design, implement 100 Third Suite 130, Castle Rock, and all formalities and to negotiate conright to disregard all non-conforming or and maintain the overall technology Colorado 80104.

The copies of your platprotract terms with the Successful Qualifier, non-responsive proposals, and to postform that will incorporate posal response shall bemunicipal, submittedutility, in a and the right to disregard all non-conformpone the award of the Contract for a pericommercially available security, sealed envelope, plainlyBAS, marked “Reing or non-responsive statements, and to od of up to 120 days. community based services, residentially quest for Proposal (RFP) #004-14, Archipostpone the award of the Contract for a available systems and any other open tectural Design Services, Fleet Services” period of up to 120 days.

Dated this January 9, 2014 protocol systems that will enable informaand mailed or hand-carried to the address The Sterling Ranch tion to be securely efficiently transshown above prior and to the due date and Dated this January 9, 2014 Community Authority Board ferred between each other.

Statements of time. Electronic/faxed proposals will not The Sterling Ranch Qualifications, addressedwill to the be accepted. Proposals not Sterling be conCommunity Authority Board Legal Notice No.: 924701 Ranch Community Authority Board, care sidered which are received after the time First Publication: January 9, 2014 of Mulhern Inc. at 2 Inverness Drive stated, and MRE, any proposals so received will Legal Notice No.: 924702 Last Publication: January 9, 2014 East, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, be returned unopened.

First Publication: January 9, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press will be received until 5 pm on January 24, Last Publication: January 9, 2014 2014. Late statements will not be accepDouglas County Government reserves the Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ted. to reject any and all proposals, to right waive formalities, informalities, or irreguInterested Parties (businesses or joint larities contained in a said proposal and ventures) obtain the Request for furthermore,may to award a contract for items Qualifications herein, either in(“RFQ”) whole orbeginning in part, if iton is January 9, be 2014 at the deemed to in the bestoffices interestofofMulthe hern MRE listed above. Thewe proposal County to do so. Additionally, reserve andright attachments may be provided electhe to negotiate optional items and/or tronically such from services withby therequesting successful firm.

K e l l y C o n o v e r a t K e l l ydirect @ m any u l hquestions e r n m r concerning e.com.

Please this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Proposers a -pre-statement S u p e r v i s may o r aattend t 303 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 4 oofr qualifications submittal conference criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. toJanu5:00 ary 17,Monday 2014 asthrough specified in theexcluding RFQ. p.m., Friday, holidays.

Submittal requirements are contained within the Request for Qualifications.newspapers The Every day, the924698 government like this one to publish Legal Notice No.: successful candidate based on the firm's First Publication: January 9, your 2014 makes Last decisions that can affect public qualifications shall be selected based on notices since the birth of the Publication: January 9, 2014 the evaluation criteria contained the life. Whether they are decisions on innation.

Local newspapers remain Publisher: Douglas County News-Press RFQ. Upon selection, the Successful zoning,Qualifier taxes,and new or the Thebusinesses CAB will negotiate an in-most trusted source of public myriadtegration other contract. issues, governments notice information. This newspaper

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Interested Parties (businesses or joint ventures) may obtain the Request for Proposal (“RFP”) beginning on January 9, 2014 at the offices of Mulhern MRE listed above. The proposal and attachments may be provided electronically by requesting such from Kelly Conover at Kelly@mulhernmre.com.

Proposers will be required to attend a preproposal conference January 14, 2014 as specified in the proposal. All those intending to submit a proposal must give the CAB notice of intent to submit by no later than 5 pm., January 17, 2014.

Submittal requirements are contained within the Request for Proposal. The successful Proposal shall be selected based on the evaluation criteria contained in the RFP. Upon selection, the Successful Proposer and The CAB will negotiate a GC/CM contract based upon the agreed terms of the proposal.

Facts do not cease to exist b ybecause g they are ignored.

The CAB reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, to waive any and all formalities and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Proposer, and the right to disregard all non-conforming or non-responsive proposals, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of up to 120 days.

- Aldous Huxley

Dated this January 9, 2014 The Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board

play a big your life. publishes the information you need The role CABin reserves the right to waive any and all formalities andrelied to negotiate Governments have on toconstay involved in your community.

Notices are meant to be noticed.

Read your public notices and get involved! tract terms with the Successful Qualifier, and the right to disregard all non-conforming or non-responsive statements, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of up to 120 days.

Dated this January 9, 2014 The Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board

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The Arvada Chorale gives voice to classical and popular music!

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The Arvada Chorale is holding auditions in January for our March 2014 “Made in America” concert.

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KNOWLEDGE IS THE ULTIMATE

PREVENTATIVE

MEDICINE. University of Colorado Hospital is excited to bring you a helpful and informative seminar series at the Lone Tree Health Center. Get your questions answered and learn more about your health from the University of Colorado School of Medicine physicians, right here in your neighborhood.

UPCOMING SEMINARS INCLUDE: WHY ARE MY HANDS NUMB? A discussion on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

LOL WITH CONFIDENCE: Learn what’s available for Female Bladder control

Presented by: John Froelich, MD Assistant Professor, Orthopedics University of Colorado School of Medicine

Presented by: Kathleen Connell, MD and Tyler Muffly, MD Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, Women’s Pelvic Health and Surgery University of Colorado School of Medicine

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:00 – 7:00pm Why do I drop things and my hands go numb? Learn the answers to these and many other questions related to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Cost: Free CLASSES OFFERED AT: Lone Tree Health Center 9548 Park Meadows Drive Lone Tree, CO 80124 TO REGISTER GO TO: WWW.UCH.EDU/LONETREE Or call Amy Hurley at 720-553-1127 or 720-848-2200

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:00 – 7:30pm Learn why it’s NEVER normal to have bladder control issues. Find out what options are available if more advanced treatment is needed.

Cost: Free