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Country music star draws fans to area

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fans of country music star Scotty McCreery got a special chance to meet the singer on Feb. 13 during a meet and greet hosted by the Outlets at Castle Rock. People lined up as early as 10 a.m. for the 3:30 p.m. event, said Andrea Nyquist, spokeswoman for the outlet mall. The meet and greet preceded McCreery’s sold-out show in Denver later that evening.

McCreery rose to fame after winning the 10th season of “American Idol” in 2011.

His third full-length album, “Seasons Change,” will be released March 16. The first 300 attendees of the meet and

greet received a downloadable version of the album ahead of the release.

Jackie Herrington, of Castle Rock, her daughter, Katie McClain, and grandson, Gavin McClain, all attended the meet and greet to send a photo to Katie’s sister, a big fan who was unable to attend, they said.

“She voted for him on ‘Idol’ and she’s followed him ever since,” Herrington said.

Connie Gant, of Centennial, traveled to the Outlets that day for the chance to meet him.

“It’s wonderful,” she said of the opportunity. “He’s so cute.

I liked him since ‘American Idol.’ I picked him from the beginning.”

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Jackie Herrington, her daughter, Katie McClain, and grandson Gavin pose for a photo with Scotty McCreery.

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Mike Fordyce has been with Craig Hospital for 10 years.

“Over the past decade, Mike has built upon Craig’s legacy of providing world-class care to patients and their families,” said Justin Moninger, chair of the Craig Hospital Board of Directors. Fordyce oversaw a $90 million, three-year construction and expansion project to the hospital’s campus. He served on the Craig Hospital Board of Directors The following caption had incorrect information in a recent edition: Lauren Whittermore pushes Jaden Stoll’s wheelchair as the athlete prepares to take a shot at a hand-held basket during the Jan. 26 Arapahoe Unified Team’s game against Englewood, played on the Englewood High School court. The unified teams played between Englewood junior varsity and varsity games, before a large crowd that cheered loudly for players on both teams.

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“It has been an honor to lead Craig Hospital alongside our dedicated management team and staff,” Fordyce said.

A committee has been put in place by the hospital’s board of directors to conduct a thorough, national search for candidates to replace Fordyce. David Fordyce Conner from the executive search firm of Witt Kieffer has been engaged to work on behalf of the search committee.

The board’s goal is to announce the new president and CEO toward the end of the year.

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Residents give input to steer direction of Centennial City distributes survey at brewery, bowling alley for input on development

‘We appreciate having a voice at the table.’

Wendy Eckstein Willow Creek Resident

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Centennial is only 17 years old, but the city is looking far into the future, and it wants residents’ help in mapping it out.

So city staff took to Resolute Brewing Company in central Centennial — and Celebrity Lanes bowling alley — to give out surveys to residents Feb. 13.

“We appreciate having a voice at the table,” said Wendy Eckstein, a 64-yearold resident of the Willow Creek neighborhood.

The city is gathering input for its upcoming comprehensive plan, called Centennial NEXT. Comprehensive plans set priorities and standards for development — pushing for creative architecture, better building materials, enhancing parks and historic areas, beautifying neighborhoods or creating public spaces, according to a city document.

New standards could apply to certain types of development, like only commercial and mixed-use buildings,

or industrial projects, for example, or it could apply in certain areas like along major roadways, the document said.

In general, a comprehensive plan can affect priorities for economic development, housing, parks and open space, and transportation.

“As the city’s and region’s population grows more diverse, so do its needs and preferences for housing, shopping, recreation and entertainment, transportation and public services,” another informational document said.

“Neighborhoods, shopping centers and infrastructure age and need investment and revitalization.”

The process plans how to respond to and prepare for a growing and changing population. Centennial adopted its last comprehensive plan in 2004.

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Jenny Houlne, left, a senior planner for the City of Centennial, helps resident Heidi Pearlman-Swartz with a survey about the upcoming Centennial NEXT comprehensive plan for development in the city at a Feb. 13 event at Resolute Brewing Company. The city has conducted outreach for the plan since May 2016.

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Mix-up with keepsake watch leads to painful loss Sentimental piece from father was switched out to customer at Highlands Ranch shop

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A routine trip to a watch-service shop turned into a heart-rending ordeal when an employee handed Kathy Melchior a watch.

Problem is, it wasn’t her watch — and by the time they had realized the mix-up, it was too late, and another customer had walked off with Melchior’s watch. The missing watch is an old gift from her father, who died in 1991 at age 61 after a three-month fight with brain cancer. It’s the only possession Melchior has left from her dad, aside from his wedding ring.

Her grandson was to have the watch through her son, Melchior said.

“I was devastated, needless to say,” said Melchior, 67, who has lived at her house in Centennial for about 40 years.

Melchior and another woman waited in the showroom at Right Time International Watch Center at 7110 E. County Line Road for their watches to be serviced — an employee said the other woman was getting a new battery for her father’s watch too —

and Melchior saw what looked like her watch being given to the other customer.

“I thought, really, that’s (weird),” because the band looked the same, Melchior said.

Two employees tried to walk outside and catch the other woman to correct the mix-up, but she had already pulled away, Melchior said. The store couldn’t give Melchior her name or phone number because she had paid with a punch card that offers a reward system for repeat customers.

In the month since that incident, Melchior has tried to track down the watch, contacting local news outlets and asking the shop for a picture of the woman. She was told the store can’t release an image of the woman because she didn’t do anything wrong.

“And I completely agree with them,” Melchior said, noting that Right Time has been helpful and offered to give her a replacement watch. “They said they reviewed the films.”

The other customer didn’t look down at the watch before she left, according to the footage, Melchior said.

The other woman’s watch is a Citizen brand watch with “Nikolas” engraved on the back, Melchior said, while Melchior’s missing watch is a two-toned Seiko that’s rounder. The other woman’s watch is at the shop, she added.

Monica Barrett, manager at Right Time, said she’s confident the other customer will turn up again.

Kathleen Bearer Melchior and her father, Bruce Campbell Bearer, who died in 1991 at age 61. He fought brain cancer for three months.

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“She’s definitely a return customer because (we) recognized she was in two weeks prior” to the mix-up, said Barrett, who has reached out to check in with Melchior periodically in the past weeks.

The shop posted on its Facebook page in hopes the customer would see, but no luck so far. If she comes back to the store, everyone on staff might jump on her the moment she comes to the door, Barrett said with a laugh.

“I know it sucks — I feel so bad for Kathy,” she added.

Melchior is hopeful that getting the word out will get the watch to turn up, and she still feels positive about the shop.

“I would go back,” Melchior said. “I just hope they change their policy, that they take names while people are waiting so that this doesn’t happen again.”

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Local, national issues loom large in race for governor Some pundits believe referendum on Trump could weigh heavy

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Affordable housing. Crowded highways. Crumbling roads. More money for schools. A safe retirement for public employees. The fate of young immigrants.

The issues stretch across rural and urban lines, promising to focus the 2018 governor’s race on what matters most to local residents.

But in the eyes of Eric Sondermann, a Colorado commentator who made a name for himself analyzing public opinion, another key element also will affect the outcome: President Donald Trump.

Some experts say his hard-line stances on legal immigration and undocumented immigrants who arrived as children — and even his character and behavior — could wind up handing Republicans a handicap and force them to decide how far to the fringe they’ll go.

GOP leaders from metroarea counties, however, see things differently. Some say Trump won’t be a factor and that Coloradans will be focused on local issues. Others maintain he could benefit Republicans’ efforts to get elected.

Just how much any issue — local or national — will color the contest remains to be seen. Here’s what political experts and party officials around Colorado have to say about the governor’s race that voters will decide in November.

Where budget meets the road “You ever try to get on I-25 on Friday at rush hour?” asked Joe Webb, Jefferson County Republican Party chair. “When it takes people an hour and a half to get from Lakewood to Westminster, they’re gonna want everything fixed.”

That concern, along with spending on education and Colorado’s public-pension program, PERA, will be top state-specific issues in the race, according to party chairs, a state Democratic Party official and political pundits.

“Fix the roads without any increase in taxes, and I think that’s very, very doable,” Webb said.

State lawmakers have recently pointed to hundreds of millions of dollars in previously unanticipated state revenues that could be divvied up

different ways.

In a state with a booming population, Eric Walker, spokesman for the Colo- M rado Democratic Party, said his party’s c 2 candidates would support an “ambiv tious infrastructure plan” — Democratic state lawmakers have supported r a bill based partly on a sales-and-use- w tax increase of less than 1 percent to B raise money for transportation spend- p ing — and expand affordable-housing c tax credits to mitigate rising costs.

On another hand, fracking, energy m development and environmental issues h have more traction here than in other S f states, said Sondermann, a political analyst who founded the Denver communications agency SE2, which does c marketing related to public policy and s opinion.

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Parties look for front-runners to emerge in crowded field Some big names who left the race would have been among the favorites for governor

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo — known for his hardline stance against illegal immigration — was shaping up to be the GOP front-runner for this year’s governor’s race, some pundits believe.

Then, Tancredo dropped out of the race Jan. 30 due to lower-than-desired fundraising.

On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder — who pushes for Colorado to transition to 100 percent renewable energy use by 2040 — has emerged as a favorite, according to some pundits and polling.

Polis and former state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, are leading the Democrats’ in campaign donations with about $1.5 million each. On the Republican side, state Treasurer Walker Stapleton held the top fundraising spot with about $1 million.

But in a packed field, the path to the nomination isn’t plowed clear.

Joe Webb, Jefferson County Republican Party chair, said after Tancredo’s exit, Stapleton, a second-cousin of former President George W. Bush, appears to have the top spot on the GOP side.

“Followed by Victor Mitchell and maybe (state Attorney General) Cynthia Coffman,” Webb said.

In Webb’s analysis, Stapleton, Coffman, former state Rep. Mitchell, who is a businessman from Castle Rock, and Doug Robinson — Mitt Romney’s nephew — would have petitioned to be candidates on the ballot rather than

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The following are the gubernatorial candidates who have received the largest amount of campaign donations, according to figures available through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office as of Feb. 13: • Jared Polis, Boulder, Democrat: $1.5 million • Mike Johnston, Denver, Democrat: $1.5 million

• Walker Stapleton, Denver, Republican: $1 million • Cary Kennedy, Denver, Democrat: $839,835 • Noel Ginsburg, Denver, Democrat: $686,521 • Donna Lynne, Denver, Democrat $673,741 • Doug Robinson, Centennial, Republican: $360,763 • Cynthia Coffman, Denver, Republican: $99,969

try to beat Tancredo for the traditional party assembly vote, the state counterpart to the national party conventions that select presidential nominees.

“Everyone expected him to overwhelmingly win the assembly,” Webb said. “The fact that (he dropped out) means the assembly is up for grabs in a big, big way.

“Somebody’s gonna have to fill the void that Tancredo supporters had.”

Tancredo set up a potential split in the party, according to Webb.

That Tancredo was willing to get out of the race when he was a front-runner was a “selfless act” to ensure the nomi-

• Victor Mitchell, Castle Rock, Republican: *$30,589 • Lew Gaiter, Larimer County, Republican: $10,707 • Greg Lopez, Elizabeth, Republican: $9,748 • Stephen Barlock, Denver, Republican: $5,836 *Mitchell is largely financing his own campaign and has $2.2 million on hand.

nee wouldn’t repel some Republican voters in the general election, Webb said, but he also knows 50 or 60 people who left the GOP and came back to the party because Tancredo was the nominee.

For Democrats, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Arvada would have been a top contender before he dropped out of the race, said Eric Sondermann, a Colorado political analyst who founded the Denver communications agency SE2, which does marketing related to public policy and opinion. George Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District Attorney in counties south of Denver, could have

been a top GOP name, Sondermann said, but he pulled out too, opting to run for state attorney general.

“I’ve never seen a race quite so fluid, in which top-tier candidates literally drop like flies,” Sondermann said.

Polis is expected to be a finalist, but former Colorado state Treasurer Cary Kennedy could put up a fight, as well as Johnston, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and manufacturing businessman Noel Ginsburg, Sondermann said. On the Republican side, Stapleton won’t win “without a fair degree of sweat,” he added.

“Coffman seems to be well positioned,” but she hasn’t surrounded herself with a top-notch campaign team, Sondermann said. “So no one can quite figure out Coffman’s campaign at this time.”

Mitchell has the ability to self-fund his campaign, like Polis could, making him a contender, Sondermann said.

Robinson is a “very credible businessman, but he may be too moderate in a very conservative party,” he added.

The GOP around the nation is currently a staunchly anti-establishment, President Donald Trump-driven group, Sondermann said.

“I think Democratic turnout in these primaries is going to be significantly higher than GOP turnout,” Sondermann said.

Six of the last 10 governors, dating back to 1951, have been Democrats.

The state’s next governor will replace Democrat John Hickenlooper, who has reached his two-term limit.

In 2016, Colorado voted for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over Trump by about five points, even as Trump won the country, Sonderman noted. He hasn’t seen anything that suggests it’s more favorable to Trump or those aligned with him than it was in 2016.

“Colorado has been becoming a lightblue state,” Sondermann said, “but 2018 could potentially be a deep-blue year.”

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PLAN FROM PAGE 4

It’s been collecting feedback since May 2016 — by Centennial’s count, the city has interacted with more than 2,500 people on the topic through surveys, open-house events or an email received about the project — and halfway through the evening at Resolute Brewing Company, 23 more people had put their word in through surveys.

“Often, it feels more like (the city) cares more about business and commercial (input), and our voices aren’t heard as much,” Heidi PearlmanSwartz, 57, said at the event. “And it’s frustrating.”

Rhonda Lipson, 59, echoed that concern.

“We’d like for the city to be responsive to the concerns of residential neighbors,” Lipson said at the event.

Centennial residents have shown engagement and fervor in land-use matters, recently exemplified in the pushback against the city for its Nov. 13 decision to approve a medical emergency-room center at the corner of East Dry Creek Road and South

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mental extremist with an energy policy that will hurt Colorado,” said Tom Peterson, Elbert County Republican Party chair.

The Public Employment Retirement Association, known as PERA, which provides retirement and other benefits to employees of government and public entities in Colorado, is more than $30 billion underfunded, and Republicans and Democrats are likely to fight over how to address the problem.

“PERA and making it stable is number 2” in issues that will affect the race, Webb said.

Republicans would likely support moving to a definedcontribution plan, Webb said — like a 401(k), in which the employee chooses to fund the plan, which takes the risk off the employer, which in this case is the state government.

Democrats in the state Legislature have indicated they want to keep the defined-benefits plan — in which the employer guarantees a specific retirement amount and bears the risk of promising the investment will be available.

But “current retirees have to be protected,” Webb said of a potential shift to a definedcontribution framework. “We have to gradually find a way to modernize the system.”

Lori Goldstein, Adams County Democratic Party chair, said the issue of publiceducation funding will also affect the race.

“I think voters have been

‘Often it feels like (the city) cares more about business and commercial (input) and our voices aren’t heard as much. And it’s frustrating.’

Heidi Pearlman-Swartz, Centennial Resident

Colorado Boulevard.

At that meeting, the city attorney explained a caveat few residents may be aware of — once the city sets its rules for what can be built where in a land-development code, which sets zoning districts, the city cannot deny development that meets those standards, even if citizens object to it.

It can take resident concerns into account where a development doesn’t meet the code, but it legally can’t say no to a building just because a neighborhood would rather not have it there, for example.

demanding for a long time (that) we need schools to keep pace,” said Walker, noting that Colorado ranks toward the bottom of states nationwide for per-pupil education spending.

The Trump factor Drawn-out fights in Washington over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, building Trump’s proposed Mexicanborder wall and his push to cut legal immigration could play a role in Colorado as the race unfolds.

“I think we’re in a different age — politics has been turned on its head. Twenty years ago, the old adage was, ‘All politics is local.’ All politics is national (now),” Sondermann said.

Trump “and all the emotions he arouses, whether it’s support on one side or resistance on the other,” can influence local fights.

With the state’s increasing Latino population, hard-line positions on illegal immigration in the spirit of former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo and a push for what his supporters might call amnesty may make for a clash in Colorado.

Even with Tancredo’s recent exit from the race for the GOP nomination for governor, “his supporters still have influence,” and on the Democratic side, to some extent, “it’s an outrage contest — who can be the most outraged,” Sondermann said. “But I do think Democrats (are) energized these days, so animated, so ginned up by Trump being in the White House.”

The question is how far the GOP nominee will have to move toward positions

The city must approve a plan if it doesn’t find conflict with design requirements — things like how tall a building is, its parking structure and so on.

Public feedback to the city on the design of a new development may have influence on a developer, but what is permitted in a certain area based on zoning rules is not contested unless the zoning needs to be changed altogether for the proposed type of development.

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IN THE POLLS Support for candidates by those who said they’d vote in GOP, Democratic primaries: Republicans • Undecided: 54 percent • *Tom Tancredo: 25 percent • Walker Stapleton: 8 percent • Cynthia Coffman: 6 percent • *George Brauchler: 4 percent • Lew Gaiter: 1 percent • Doug Robinson: 1 percent • Victor Mitchell: 1 percent Democrats • Undecided: 58 percent • Jared Polis: 24 percent • Cary Kennedy: 6 percent • Donna Lynne: 4 percent • Mike Johnston: 4 percent • Noel Ginsburg: 2 percent *No longer in race Source: “Colorado Political Climate Survey,” American Politics Research Lab at University of Colorado Boulder. Conducted November 2017 and released in January. like Trump’s or Tancredo’s to court voters, according to Sondermann.

Criticisms of Trump will cast a shadow on candidates here to some extent, said John Straayer, a professor of political science at Colorado State University.

“How much, I don’t know, but it will, and should be, a concern for all Republican candidates,” Straayer said.

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Trump and national politics won’t be a factor, said Anil

future land-development code revisions may bridge conflicts between residents and city policy. The plan can promote a vision for the city that influences future zoning changes.

Proposed amendments to the landdevelopment code are expected in 2019 to carry out the goals put forth in the comprehensive plan, according to Derek Holcomb, deputy director of the city’s Community Development Department.

For a still-young city looking to adjust to the population growth cities are seeing throughout the Denver metro area, it’s a crucial time to refocus.

In feedback released in 2016, mitigating traffic, improving roads, increasing ability to walk and bike, and increasing transit access were the top five areas citizens wanted the city to address.

Jenny Houlne, a senior planner for Centennial, helped residents fill out questions at the microbrewery.

For the city, it’s about what “we want to be when we grow up,” Houlne said.

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Mathai, Adams County GOP chair.

“Colorado residents are focused on local issues,” Mathai said.

Mathai said immigration debates won’t affect the race here either.

“We have many people here legally of Mexican descent and/or from Spanish-speaking countries, and they believe in the rule of law,” Mathai said.

Immigration issues will have an impact on the election but may not change the results, Peterson said.

“It will be interesting to see the response to the president’s four-pillar position that was presented in the State of the Union address,” Peterson said, referencing Trump’s proposal for a path to citizenship for about 1.8 million young undocumented immigrants; $25 billion toward border security, including the border wall; ending the visa lottery; and limiting family-based immigration.

“If Congress can pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, this issue may be less of a factor in Colorado come November.”

Wild cards Independents may be able to shake things up this November because of two ballot measures voters passed in 2016 allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in the primary process, which is how parties whittle down the candidates to select one Republican and one Democratic nominee to compete in the general election.

“Propositions 107 and 108 will make it more easy for independents to participate

‘We have to gradually find a way to modernize the system.’

Joe Webb, Jeffco GOP chairman — that is the great unknown, how independents are gonna vote,” Sondermann said. Colorado is “in a test tube right now. This is the first election under the 107 and 108 rules, so there’s lots of speculation and conjecture and no knowledge.”

If someone like state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman can organize a strong campaign, Sondermann said, as a more moderate Republican and a woman, she could appeal to independents.

“More centrist Democrats like (Noel) Ginsberg and (Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne) are banking on independents more than Cary Kennedy or Polis is,” he added.

Personality may play a big role, too, Sondermann added, because governors tend to be more frequent faces in voters’ lives than, say, senators, who garner more party-line votes.

“A lot of this election ... is gonna be more dictated by emotion than it is by position papers,” Sondermann said.

“Historically, Colorado has really favored governors that voters not only respect, but that they actually like.”

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February 23, 2018F

Littleton Village retail inches ahead Starbucks slated to open soon; hotel, medical office in works

ownership stake in the site’s retail and commercial portion, said he’s hopeful for the future.

“We’ve had our struggles,” Buchanan said. “But we’re feeling like there’s a plan that things can move much quicker. Retail has been suffering for a bit, but we’re seeing activity come back.”

Buchanan said he and a business partner have been negotiating with a handful of big-name hotel chains to bring overnight lodging to the site, to the tune of 115-125 units.

“It’ll drive traffic for the other retail we’ve got coming down the pike,” Buchanan said.

He added that his company is also working on plans for a medical office building.

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The first retail establishment — a Starbucks — is slated to open this spring at Littleton Village, the sprawling mixed-use development at Broadway and Dry Creek Road, roughly three years after ground was broken on the residential portion of the site.

Other uses, including a medical office building and a large hotel, are in the works.

Other retailers attached to or interested in coming to the site have come and gone in recent months, but developer Jack Buchanan, whose Loch Lomond LLC holds a nearly half-

Comings and goings Meanwhile, other potential users at the site have backed out or seen their contracts canceled. Kneaders Bakery,

Trucks haul fill dirt from a construction site at Littleton Village. In the background, a Starbucks is being built. The site’s developer said retail development on the site is on the upswing despite previous turmoil.

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which bought a retail parcel on the site, has pulled out and sold their lot, Buchanan said. Del Taco, which planned to build close to Broadway, saw their contract canceled, and an AT&T cell phone store that was slated to open next door to the Starbucks backed out, Buchanan said.

Buchanan said he is planning on

submitting formal plans to the city for another retail building soon, and has had interest from several restaurants, and has been in talks with specialty grocery stores. Once completed, the Starbucks will be sold to an investor from California, he said.

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Buchanan’s group owns roughly 20 acres of the site 77-acre site, though only about 13 acres are buildable, with much of the rest consisting of roads and parking areas. The rest of the site is a variety of housing, ranging from single-family homes to a large condo building currently under construction.

Some of the parcels on the site are now owned by different entities, and several for-sale signs line the property’s eastern edge.

“It’s a little of a chicken-and-egg game,” said Tom Ethington, principal at Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors, which owns just under an acre of the

site, “kind of in the middle.”

“Retailers like synergy,” Ethington said. “As momentum picks up, it will help the other parcels.”

Ethington said he has seen “significant interest” in the 0.81-acre parcel, currently for sale for $1.3 million.

“We’ve got a couple retailers interested,” he said.

Tough times for brick and mortar City Manager Mark Relph said he understands residents of the development are frustrated with the speed of progress.

“What they were told might happen on the commercial side has been slow,” Relph told a community meeting organized by city councilmember Carol Fey on Jan. 21. “They’re disappointed because they were expecting things to happen a lot sooner. They

were hoping for upscale restaurants and shops.”

Relph said residents often ask him what the site’s “master plan” spells out, but he said it doesn’t quite work like that.

“What the city approved was not a master plan in the traditional sense, but a development plan that allows a lot of flexibility on land use types in different parts of the property,” Relph said.

“Commercial, retail, office — all those uses are allowed. The owner-developer is allowed to move those around depending on the marketplace.”

The “changing face of retail” in an era where lots of purchasing is migrating online has rendered largescale developments like Littleton Village sluggish, Relph said.

“Commercial developers’ focus is much narrower and they’re much

more conservative financially,” Relph said. “They’re not willing to take the risk of putting out large big-box development.”

The site needs an anchor to draw smaller retailers, he said, which hasn’t happened yet. Relph added that the site is challenged by a limited area for parking.

“The idea when it was approved was that because it was this urban-type setting, that we could use transit to offset the need for parking,” Relph said. “That makes sense in downtown Denver, but the transit option is something that needs to be developed.”

Buchanan is optimistic.

“Things have had rough aspects, but we’re past that,” Buchanan said.

“We’re feeling good about our relationship with the city, and the market’s getting better.”

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Bill would prohibit incentives for taking standardized tests Two lawmakers sponsor measure as state wrestles with effects of opt-outs

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT.ORG

It’s already illegal in Colorado for schools to penalize students who don’t take state assessments. Now a bill before the Legislature would make it illegal to reward students who take the tests and would penalize schools who offer such incentives.

“The school can’t say you can’t play on the team or go on the field trip,” said Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert, who opted to keep his own sons from taking state assessments.

“This bill addresses something that’s come up recently: If you take the assessment, you get to go to the party or go on the field trip or maybe even get to play on the sports team. It’s the same message, but the other way around.”

That’s just as wrong, said Holbert, a Republican from Parker who sponsored the bill with state Sen. Andy Kerr, a Lakewood Democrat.

Kerr is a teacher who serves on his school’s accountability committee, and he said another teacher raised this idea — supposedly used at a different school — as they discussed how to get more students to take the tests.

“We know that we can’t do negative consequences, but at this school, every student who takes the test gets a raffle ticket and the winner of the raffle gets a wide-screen TV,” Kerr said.

“This was given as an example of a positive reinforcement to take the test.”

The wide-screen TV in this example was donated; no taxpayer dollars went to reward test-taking and the luck of the draw.

Under the bill, schools could still have parties after testing is over, but they couldn’t exclude students who didn’t take the tests.

Colorado has been at the center of the opt-out movement nationally, and its partisans include people on the left and the right — students in conservative Douglas County as well as liberal Boulder County. How Colorado handles accountability for schools with high opt-out rates has been a point of contention with the federal government.

The State Board of Education has a policy that the state won’t lower the quality rating of schools who miss the 95 percent participation mark, while the federal Department of Education wants those students counted as “not proficient.”

In a compromise, Colorado agreed to keep two lists of schools, one that complies with state law and one that

complies with federal law, but Colorado is still waiting for approval from the federal government of its Every Student Succeeds Act plan.

Matt Cook, director of public policy and advocacy for the Colorado Association of School Boards, said his organization doesn’t have a position on the bill, but he does have a few questions: “Who are the bad actors?” and “Does this need to be a law?”

“I don’t want to pick on anybody in particular,” Holbert said, declining to name any schools or districts. He characterized the problem as “more than one, but not widespread.”

The Colorado PTA, the Colorado Education Association, the Colorado Association of School Executives and the State Board of Education all support the idea behind the bill.

“We certainly believe students who have the family discussion to not take the test should not have any inappropriate hook dangled before them,” Nate Golich, director of government affairs for the teachers union, told the Senate Education Committee. “They should not feel stigmatized or ostracized because there’s a pizza party or a granola bar or orange slices.”

But there is a point of dispute: how to enforce such a law.

The original version of the bill calls for the Colorado Department of Education to make a note in the performance report of any schools found in violation, and to “impose a significant penalty” on the accreditation rating of any school that violates the law three or more times in a year.

Dana Smith, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said that provision would be difficult to enforce.

The department collects a lot of data, but it doesn’t know which schools hold pizza parties for kids who take state assessments. Doing enforcement on a complaint basis could create an unfair situation in that schools whose parents complain are punished while schools with the same practices whose parents don’t complain go unpunished.

Lisa Escárcega, executive director of the Colorado Association of School Executives, called docking a school’s rating over this issue “using the jaws of life to go after a minnow.”

“We would not want a school to lose an entire accreditation point if three people call CDE,” Golich said.

The Senate Education Committee heard testimony about the bill Feb. 8 but postponed a vote.

Holbert and Kerr said they’re open to removing the penalty, but that raises the question of what the law even means.

“What happens if we pass a bill that has no particular penalty or enforcement mechanism and parents are frustrated because they’re seeing these consequences?” asked state Sen. Tim Neville, a Jefferson County Republican.

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February 23, 2018F

Littleton Museum to stage original play Historical script is set in Littleton at time of World War II

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IF YOU GO “The Blackout” will be performed March 2, 3 and 4, and again the following weekend, on March 9, 10 and 11.

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BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton’s world-class living history museum will soon be even livelier with the premier of “The Blackout,” a one-act play set in World War II-era Littleton.

The play is the brainchild of Suellen Winstead, the museum’s curator of education and interpretation. Winstead hopes the play, the first she’s ever written, will be the first in a series she calls “Littleton Stories,” each of which will focus on a different period in Littleton’s history.

“The Blackout” takes place in 1943, on the day of Littleton’s first blackout air raid drill.

Littleton High School student Sally Schwartz, a volunteer in a soldier’s canteen, finds herself caught during the drill with Joe Ito, a young Japanese-American man who has traveled from the Hart Mountain Japanese internment camp in Wyoming to muster at Fort Logan. Hank Schwartz, Sally’s dad, catches the two youngsters together, and unleashes his fears and prejudices — only to learn a lesson in identity.

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“The Blackout,” an original one-act play set in WWII-era Littleton, will premier March 2 at the Littleton Museum. From left, Kevin Vu plays Joe Ito, Bekah Broas plays Sally Schwartz, and Ari Levi plays Hank Schwartz.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT Winstead said the format of live theater can be a powerful tool to convey big ideas.

“As an audience member, you start

identifying with characters,” Winstead said.

“You start to ask yourself: What would I do? What do I believe? Would I

feel the same way in the 1940s?”

Kevin Vu, who plays Joe, said the play helps him appreciate the position N of Japanese-Americans who found themselves imprisoned for the crime R of their ethnicity.

“They were just trying to pursue the C American Dream as well,” Vu said.

“Pearl Harbor flipped the perception of Asian-Americans, but many of them still volunteered and served A honorably.”

Ari Levi, who plays Hank, said he works to bring depth to his character.

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R “There’s not a single word in the script that isn’t thought out. It’s based on in-depth research and understand- C ing.”

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“It’s not just a historical account, but a poignant message for where we N are as a country today,” Broas said.

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February 23, 2018F

LOCAL

VOICES Knock off the buffering against winter suffering

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his is the winter of my discontented discontent.

You call this winter?

QUIET How am I going to DESPERATION appreciate spring if winter is spring?

I need a few sunless days, and to be closed in by snowbanks. I want the feeling of weather oppression to burnish my soul. My soul is not getting burnished.

Craig Marshall When I lived in Smith Michigan, we had four months of winter, four months of spring, four months of summer, and

four months of autumn.

One reason I love it here is the unpredictability. Winter comingles with spring, and sometimes winter comingles with summer.

However, now and then, I want winter to comingle with winter. I want to suffer a little, to slide around on the roads, and fall down on the driveway.

I want to see my breath. In the living room. I want Dr. Zhivago to make a house call.

You call this winter? Why I oughta.

I know I could go find it. Get in the car and throttle along on I-70 west for a couple of hours. No thanks. I want winter on my doorstep.

One blessed winter we had a blizzard. I got out something called a snow blower. I was clearing the driveway

when I heard a beautiful sound.

I ran over a frozen newspaper.

It was chewed and spat.

A melody.

I see men and women and teenagers in stores in shorts and T-shirts. I saw a shirtless jogger.

I want to be snowed in with nothing left in the cupboard except saltines and bouillon cubes.

I want Punxsutawney Phil over for lunch.

I want to live like the pioneers, at least for a week or two.

Winter is being too polite. Winter is being discreet.

This morning winter even apologized to me: “I’m 10 degrees above. I know you want 10 below. I’m trying.”

How can I have cabin fever if I don’t

have cabin fever?

I’ve looked at old columns, written when winters were winters, and they have a deeper substance. How can I write from a deeper place when it’s a day at the beach?

My sister lives in Michigan. She has been complaining about winter since November.

I said, “Send me some of that and I will send you some of this.”

Do me a small favor. I don’t want to hear, “Be careful what you wish for,” for two reasons.

First of all, it’s as tiresome as “We need the moisture,” and “Hearty man eat a toad.”

Secondly, I don’t want to be careful.

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Knowing it might not be popular to talk about God these days, why would a former senator and professional consultant go to seminary 30 years after SEE NEWELL, P15

These are the people who truly hat is it about those would rather give than receive. people who make The next thing that is obvious a difference in our about a difference maker is that lives? they put others first. They live Sometimes it is just the litlife with an attitude and spirit of tlest thing that they have done servanthood. They serve or shown us, and other WINNING times it is something so at home, in the workplace, profound that it has an where they worship, or in WORDS incredible impact on how the community. we choose to live life.

These difference makThinking about the ers give community serdifference makers I have vice a whole new meanknown personally and ing and definition. When some of the difference asked to help, they are makers I have observed or the first to step forward heard about through othor raise their hand to ers, I have come up with volunteer. When family a few thoughts as to what members or friends need Michael Norton anything, these people are makes up a difference maker. always the first name on The first observation is that the list. the difference maker is normally And I think one of the stronsomeone who is a giver. gest, if not the strongest, characWhen others talk about them ter trait of a difference maker is and say something like, “You’re that they operate out of a basis a giver,” they actually mean it. of love. These difference makers They are the people who don’t look for the good and expect the “Give until it hurts,” they give best. from the heart and give until they Their abundance mentality F can’t give any more. And they give when it comes to love is over the freely of themselves and their top. The word “hate” never enters time. They give or donate genertheir mind, and it never slips ously with their money if they can too. They are simply givers.

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college? Well, I can now name that the angst of watching people (including me) living in blind hypocrisy has become just down right painful. How can we proclaim a particular faith or doctrine and then behave in opposition of those values in our communities and government?

How can we claim to be ethical humans while ignoring, excluding, or harming other people around us? Sadly, there are individuals who consciously act with no regard for ethics. I’m not talking about them right now. I’m curious about those who claim to be “good Christians” or “good anything” who in reality hate or fear people who are different from them. And those who idolize their firearms over children’s’ lives or protect their wealth over people

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from their lips.

Kindness and happiness flow out of them even under stressful situations, especially when they are making a difference in a sad or even tragic situation.

One more characteristic of a difference maker is that they are intention,al. They are intentional about everything they do, everything they want to be, and regarding everything that they have acquired or accomplished. There are no accidents, and “coincidence” is not a word that they believe in.

They help others in crisis because their radar is always up, and they are intentional about being where they can do the most good. These difference makers are purpose-driven and passionate about whatever they endeavor eto do in life.

If we just review these character traits of a difference maker, I am abso-

SMITH

FROM PAGE 12

I want exactly what I am wishing for, the school closures, and the snowballs to my head.

Mittens and galoshes and scarves and turtlenecks on top of turtlenecks.

We built snow forts in Michigan.

Each team would have an hour to build a fort, and stockpile snowballs.

It was divine.

One year, I made a snowman that looked exactly like Annette Funicello.

experiencing homelessness. With the dysfunction in the world today, shouldn’t we all be revisiting the roots of our faith and values and how we live in accordance or discord with them?

When I was in the Senate, it was said that a government’s budget is a moral document — showing our priorities as a society. Is it really our national priority to build a concrete wall (only at our southern border where the brown people live) or conduct a $3 million dollar military parade rather than help our neighbors who can’t afford health insurance? Is this truly what Jesus would do?

I thought I was doing good, ethical work in the Senate, and maybe I was.

But in doing “good” in an oppressive system, was I also causing harm? In asking for votes in election season, was I fully honest with every person or just telling them what I thought they wanted to hear? I wish I could say for certain. These are the ques-

lutely certain that each and every one of us can find at least one person in our life who has delivered for us and made a difference in our lives when we needed it the most.

Whether they were a little difference maker or a big difference maker, someone has come through for us as a giver, a servant, a source of love, or by being intentional.

So how about you?

Do you recognize the difference makers in your own life? Have you been a difference maker in the lives of others?

I would love to hear your difference maker story and maybe even some of your own thoughts as to what makes a good difference maker at gotonorton@ gmail.com.

And when we can be the difference and a difference maker, it really will be a better than good week.

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

Mama mia.

One year, the power went out and we had to huddle together to stay warm.

And to stay alive.

This? This is all wrong.

How can I say I miss nice weather if it never goes away?

Writers summon something almost inexplicable from their inner being during periods of hardship.

It’s hard when there’s no hardship.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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tions that bring me here to Iliff, questioning not only others’ but my own ethics as well and seeking answers, like so many today, regardless of our faith or no faith.

So I’m hoping via this column, we’ll be able to dive in together to figure out how we can — rather than avoid the conversation of politics and faith — lean into how we can create a more just and ethical society together. After all, how can we possibly have those conversations while leaving our values on the coat rack at the door?

Formerly a Colorado state senator and now a seminary student at Iliff, Linda Newell, of Littleton, is a filmmaker, writer, speaker, and consultant. She may be reached at senlindanewell@gmail.com, www.lindanewell.org, www.senlindanewell. com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @TheLastBill on Facebook.

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

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LIFE Dance is one of the key disciplines explored by the women artists who participate in the annual Athena Project. This year’s Athena Project will feature an Evening World of Dance on March 17.

Calling all

Annual festival celebrates creations of women and girls

This year’s Athena Project festival is more diverse and well-rounded than ever before. There will be dance, live music, and several theatrical events, all celebrating and created by women and young girls.

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BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Live music has become a dynamic part of the annual Athena Project festival, and this year’s event includes concerts, an open mic, and Cross Pollinations, where musicians are paired with other artists and have 12 hours to create a new piece for performance.

IF YOU GO WHAT: Athena Project festival WHEN: March 3 - 31 COST: Free to $50 INFORMATION: AthenaProjectArts.org

The Athena Project has an inspiring effect on the people and artists who get involved with the annual festival.

Just ask Dominique Flores, the events coordinator with Athena.

“I started as an actress, but now in this role, I help to feed and help the artists with whatever they need,” she said. “I’m now also a mentor in our Girls Create Program, where I get to work with the next generation of women creators.”

SuCh, a Denver-based soul singer, who first performed as part of the festival in 2014, has also taken on new challenges since then.

“This year, I’m going to be a part of Cross Pollinations, where I’ll be paired with another artist I’ve never met before, and we’ll have 12

hours to present a new work of art,” she said. “You can’t really plan for it, and that’s really exciting.”

Since its creation in 2012, the Athena Project has not only focused on celebrating and making spaces for artistic women in the metro area, but it also has encouraged these performers to grow and tackle new challenges, styles and mediums.

“The original goal was to celebrate women artists, especially because women are so underrepresented in the arts world,” said Angela Astle, Athena Project’s founder and executive producer. “A lot of people don’t think it’s that way, because they see women performers a lot. But behind the scenes, it’s not that way.

So we wanted to create a space where women can share their stories.”

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Bringing Malcolm X to life for a new generation

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hen future national Chautauqua scholar Charles Everett Pace was a young man, he read a book that changed his life, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” Malcolm X’s passionate pursuit of knowledge, justice and self-examination made him one of the most important and controversial figures of the civil rights movements of the 1950s and ‘60s.

COMING One of the countless number of ATTRACTIONS people influenced

by Malcolm X’s life, Pace channeled that inspiration into a lifelong study of the man who was born Malcolm Little in 1925. Now he’s taking those years of study and bringing Clarke Reader Malcolm X back to life, speaking to audiences all over the metro area as part of the 2018 Black History Live Tour.

“Malcolm was a bridge builder when he was alive,” Pace, who lives in Texas, said. “I wish more people knew who he actually was. Most people today just know the name, not the man.”

As a Chautauqua scholar and sponsored by Colorado Humanities, Pace will be acting the role of Malcolm X at 3 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Gonzales Library, 1498 N. Irving St. in Denver; at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave. in Lakewood; at 11 a.m. Feb. 27 at Metropolitan State University, Tivoli No. 329, 890 Auraria Parkway in Denver; and at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton. All presentations are free and open to the public.

Being a Chautauqua scholar means that Pace will perform as Malcolm X — he’ll even take audience questions as the man, answering with information that is historically accurate and based on textual evidence.

“I’ve been performing as Malcolm since 1975, and read everything written on him when I first started,” Pace said. “When I was preparing to perform as him again, I reread some of those materials, as well as more recent books written about him.”

Over the years, Pace has performed as other visionary African-American leaders, including York (who explored with Lewis and Clark), Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Langston Hughes and Gordon Parks (among his many talents, he was Hollywood’s first major African-American director).

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‘America’s Musical Journey’ on IMAX screen at museum

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merica’s Musi- SONYA’S ‘Pradhanica’ cal Journey,” a Indian Kathak new 40-minute, SAMPLER Dance and world 3D IMAX film, percussion will fill opened on Feb. 16 at Lone Tree Arts Center’s stage at 8 p.m. the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, on March 3. The Indian classical dance 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, narrated by form features solo dancer Jin Won with actor Morgan Freeman. The film follows a musical ensemble African djembe, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces Spanish cajon and Sonya Ellingboe Indian sitar. Won America’s music, folcollaborates with lowing the footsteps of maestro Pandit Divyang Vakil Louis Armstrong through to present the percussion-drivcolorful locales and cultures en work. Tickets: 720-509-1000; — including a stop at Red 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree; Rocks. For tickets and time information,s ee dmns.org or lonetreeartscenter.org. call 303-370-6000.

Littleton High School artists Students from Littleton Dinnertime High School — some IB and First Presbyterian Church, others not, all enrolled in a 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., invites studio class taught by Jenits community to a free nifer Jeanelle — will exhibit monthly dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 27. Cooked by vol- their work from March 6 to 18 at the Depot Art Gallery, unteers, the menu includes: 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littlehoney mustard chicken with ton. They will learn about noodles, herbed green beans, tossed salad with apples, fresh preparation and installation of an exhibit, in addition fruit and hand-held deserts to fine-tuning individual (aka cookies!). No reservation works for public display. A required. Information: 303public reception will be from 798-1389, fpcl.org/dinner.

volunteer board member with an interest in the arts to help bring cultural opportunities to the community: authors, musical performances, scholarships and summer children’s theatre. Contact Gaylynn Abram: gabram99@aol.com or castlepinesarts.org for an application.

“America’s Musical Journey,” showing at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will include features with John Batiste and Dr. John and narration by Morgan Freeman, as it follows Louis Armstrong’s steps across the country.

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Ellington The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, directed by Art Bouton of Lone Tree, will perform “Music of Duke

Ellington” at 7:30 p.m. March 2 at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: $24/$29, parkerarts.org, 303805-6880.

Board member wanted The board of the Castle Pines Arts and Cultural Foundation has an open position on its five-member board and seeks a new

Colorado Choir Hear the Colorado Choir in concert at 7:30 p.m., March 2 and 3 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.

The program will include works by Chilcott Strop, Franck and Christiansen as well as spirituals and other favorite works. Tickets: $20/$15. Coloradochoir.org, 303-892-5922.

Denver Concert Band The Denver Concert Band, directed by Jacinda Bouton, will perform “Up Away!,” a concert at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Tim Hudson will be guest artist. Tickets: lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

Endangered African wild dog puppies make public debut at zoo STAFF REPORT

For three months, the endangered African wild dog puppies have been in their private maternity den with their mother, Tilly. Keepers say the three male puppies and one female puppy are healthy, curious and playful. COURTESY PHOTO

Denver Zoo visitors have a chance to see four endangered African wild dog puppies born in November and released into the Benson Predator Ridge yard Feb. 16.

The puppies were in their private maternity den for three months, being cared for by their mother, Tilly, according to a news release from the zoo.

Keepers say the three male puppies, Nigel, Theodore Roosevelt, and Livingstone, and one female puppy, Cholula, are healthy, curious and playful.

Guests can see the puppies from noon to 2 p.m. every day in the Pahali Ya Mwana yard through February, and

in various habitats throughout Benson Predator Ridge starting March 1, depending on the weather.

With a worldwide population estimated at 6,600, African wild dogs — also known as African painted dogs — are classified as endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, according to the news release. Habitat fragmentation, conflict with human activities and infectious disease are among the reasons for the endangerment.

Denver Zoo is a leader in the management of African wild dogs within the Association of Zoos & Aquariums and has successfully produced 32 puppies

since 2001, said the release.

African wild dogs are native to the open woodlands and plains of sub-Saharan Africa. Full-grown adults weigh between 40 and 80 pounds and stand 30 inches tall at the shoulder. Unique characteristics of these slim, long-legged dogs include distinct yellow, black, brown and white markings, large round ears that contribute to their sharp sense of hearing, and front paws that have only four toes, rather than the typical five found on other canine species.

For more information about Denver Zoo, including hours and admissions, daily schedules, events and membership, go to DenverZoo.org or call 720337-1400.

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STEM students get lessons in using internet safely Educator shares knowledge with children from kindergarten through fifth grade

First-graders at STEM School Highlands Ranch show off their cyber security certificates after a lesson from Simi Basu. The middle school teacher periodically visits classrooms of grades kindergarten through fifth to teach students about Internet safety. ALEX DEWIND

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Simi Basu stood at the front of a colorful classroom at STEM School Highlands Ranch and asked a group of exuberant first-graders a series of questions.

“What personal information should you not share on the internet?” she asked.

Hands shot up as kids shouted answers.

“Your phone number,” one said.

“Address,” said another.

“Your age,” said a third.

Basu, a middle-school teacher, periodically travels to classrooms ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade to teach students about cyber security, or computer system safety. Her lessons involve a

quick lecture on topics like network security, operating systems and future careers.

Then she leads an activity, which differs for every class.

Kindergartners play bingo and matching games. Fifth-graders practice computer coding.

Cyber security can be scary, said Basu, who teaches computer science and coaches the

school’s cyber security teams.

The week of Feb. 12, two of her five teams won first and second place at a statewide competition that involved six hours of fixing viruses, detecting vulnerabilities on the web and improving hardware systems.

“When they start young, that fright goes away,” said Basu.

“Their minds take to these

things really quick.”

The topic is advanced for the young students — some schools don’t start teaching cyber security until middle or high school. For Basu, a former business operations manager at IBM, acquiring internet safety skills at a young age is invaluable. Her goal is to make students aware of the

range of career opportunities in the field.

At a recent lesson on Feb. 15, the class of first grade students seemed to be equally as excited about cyber security as their teacher.

“I’m going to make sure everything is safe,” said 7-yearold Sebastian Kindrick as he showed off his new certificate.

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Pace refers to these leaders as his “bodacious brothers,” and said his body of work is a way to explore how marginal outsiders became influential insiders.

“I hope that people who attend go to a local bookstore and buy the books my portrayal is based on and learn more about Malcolm,” Pace said. “I hope people come out, learn and continue the conversation.”

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The magic or real life in ‘The Electric Baby’ For most adults, magic isn’t really part of their daily lives, but in the Arvada Center’s second show of its repertory season, magical realism brings hope to individuals dealing with grief and loneliness.

“This show is rooted in a layered style that takes a magical approach to vintage storytelling,” said Abner Genece, cast member in “The Electric Baby.” “It feels very contemporary and immediate, despite having these deep, traditional roots.”

The regional premiere of “The Electric

Baby” runs through May 4 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. The show, written by Stefanie Zadravec and directed

by Rick Barbour, tells the story of a group of people connected by tragedy and a longing for human contact.

“The best thing I can tell someone about the show is to come with an open mind and heart,” said Kate Gleason, cast member.

“It’s beautiful storytelling and direction, and people will laugh and be moved.”

To purchase tickets, call 720-898-7200 or go to www.arvadacenter.org/the-electric-baby.

‘America’s Musical Journey’ at IMAX One of the best gifts a person can give their eyes is to go to a movie screening at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s Phipps IMAX Theater. But the museum’s newest film is also a treat for the ears.

“America’s Musical Journey,” the newest IMAX 3D film from MacGillivray Freeman Films, opened Feb. 16 at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd. The film is narrated by Morgan Freeman and examines America’s diverse musical history.

The film follows Grammy Award-nominated singer and songwriter Aloe Blacc as he explores the roots of the country’s

musical styles — ranging from jazz, blues, country, rock and rap — through stops at such cities as New Orleans, Chicago, New York City, Nashville, Memphis, and even a brief look at Red Rocks Amphitheater.

In addition to Blacc, the movie features appearances by Jon Batiste, bandleader and musical director of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”; Latin music stars Gloria and Emilio Estefan; New Orleans music hero Dr. John; Chicago jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis; teenage banjo-playing phenomenon Willow Osborne; Memphis jookin dance star Lil Buck; the Detroit Youth Choir; Chicago footwork maestros Pause Eddie and Donnetta “Lil Bit” Jackson; the Bandaloop vertical dancers; the Fisk University Jubilee Singers; the Beale Street Flippers and many more. Call 303-370-6000 or visit dmns. org/imax.

Running like a snowman Going for a run during the winter in Colorado can mean running under bluebird skies, through a freezing blizzard and every climate in between.

But no matter what the weather holds at 9 a.m. Feb. 24, runners will be out in Littleton’s Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe

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The Stampede is a flat and fast race, featuring chip timing, an innovative technical running shirt and a finish line expo with vendors and food.

For more information, visit www.coloradorunnerevents.com/Snowman.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week: Miguel at the Ogden When R&B crooner Miguel arrived on the music scene in 2010, he seemed like just another silky-voiced Lothario. But over the following two albums, “Kaleidoscope Dream” and “Wildheart,” he developed a progressive blend of funk, Hendrix-esque rock and soul. His most recent album, “War and Leisure,” was released at the end of 2017, and continues this trend. In support of the album, Miguel will stop by the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, at 9 p.m.

Feb. 28, along with up-and-coming voices in the genre, SiR and Nonchalant Savant. Go to www.ogdentheatre.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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ATHENA FROM PAGE 18

This year’s festival runs from March 3-31 and features the artistic talents of women and girls in theatre, dance and music. Events include a weekend of music at Swallow Hill, the music production and concert venue organization; world dance, the Girls Create Celebration, Plays In Progress Series, panel discussions and workshops.

“This year, we wanted our programming to be more rounded out, and to offer more for audiences,”

Astle said. “Our goal with each discipline is to fill a niche and expand what we can do in the discipline.”

The Cross Pollinations program is new this year. As SuCh explained, it will feature a musician paired with a playwright, dancer, visual artist or spoken word artist, and at the end of 12 hours each pair will present a live original work of art around the theme of Fierce Women Thriving.

Other highlights from the month include an open mic night for female singers and songwriters, a concert headlined by Megan Burtt, who was named the 2015 Best Singer/ Songwriter by the Westword Music Awards and has toured nationally

and abroad with acts like Gregory Alan Isakov, Mark Cohen, and Lissie, and emerging artist Nina de Freitas, a Brazilian-born musician and daughter of Academy Award nominee Carlinhos Brown.

And all ages get in on the creativity, with a showcase of plays created by middle school girls during the project’s Girls Create summer camp.

This gives these students a chance to see their work as a live performance with actors on stage and a director. On the same day, the girls who participated in the fashion design and visual arts camps will have their creations highlighted in a runway style fashion show and gallery show.

“It’s so amazing to see what these

young girls are able to come up with, and the stories they’re able to tell,” said Flores, who will work with these young creators. “We want these girls to know they can do anything.”

Flores and SuCh encourage people to attend events on multiple weekends, especially since there will be such a variety throughout the month. Children and students are particularly encouraged to see what Athena has to offer.

“I didn’t go into music until I was an adult, even though I always knew music was my thing,” SuCh said.

“Who knows? If I had been exposed to more music and art earlier, I might’ve started younger.”

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The Girls Create Celebration is one of the most popular events at the annual Athena Project festival. The event showcases theatrical pieces written by middle school girls.

These pieces are worked on with the help of mentors, who guide and assist the young playwrights.

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Girls Create Summer Camp Showcase Date: Saturday, March 3, at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Location: Community College of Denver Black Box inside The King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver Tickets: Free but reservations required Weekend of Music including Cross Pollinations Dates: Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m. — Open mic in the Quinlan Cafe Friday, March 9, at 8 p.m. — Cross Pollinations in the Tufts Theater Saturday, March 10, at 8 p.m. — Concert with Megan Burtt and special guest Nina de Freitas in the Tufts Theater Location: Quinlan Cafe and Tufts Theater at Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver Tickets: Open Mic is free.

Cross Pollinations and concert are $14 for Swallow Hill members, $16 in advance or $18 at the door.

Evening of World Dance Date: Saturday, March 17, at 8 p.m.

Location: CU Eugenia Rawls-Courtyard Theatre inside The King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver Tickets: $20 for adults, $18

for students/seniors/military discount Master Dance Classes and Panel Discussion Samba, modern and contact Improvisations classes followed by a panel discussion Date: Sunday, March 18, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Location: CU Eugenia Rawls-Courtyard Theatre inside The King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver 2018 Plays In Progress Series Dates: Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m. is “The Buddha’s Wife” by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. and Saturday, March 31, at 7 p.m. is “Mama’s Eggnog”

by Angela Stern Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. and Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m. is “The Golden Hour”

by Elizabeth Nelson Saturday, March 24, at 5 p.m. panel discussion Saturday, March 31, at 5 p.m. panel with playwrights and Dramatists Guild members Location: The Black Box Theatre at Johnson-McFarlane Hall at University of Denver, 1903 E. Iliff Ave., Denver Tickets: Individual and package tickets starting at $13 and $20 for one class and

$50 for all three classes Table Reading The Inside Child by Claire Caviglia Date: Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m.

Location: The Black Box Theatre at Johnson-McFarlane Hall at University of Denver, 1903 E. Iliff Ave., Denver Tickets: $5 suggested donation Concert Reading Strong Face by Philana Omorotionmwan Date: Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m.

Location: The Black Box Theatre at Johnson-McFarlane Hall at University of Denver, 1903 E. Iliff Ave., Denver Tickets: $8 suggested donation Moving Stories New play development and the process of generating stories for the stage panel discussions Location: The Black Box Theatre at Johnson-McFarlane Hall at University of Denver, 1903 E. Iliff Ave., Denver Date: Saturdays, March 24 and 31, at 5 p.m.

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February 23, 2018

Girl Scout cookies on sale in metro area Use the mobile app for updates on booth locations

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The wait for popular once-a-year sweet treats is over — Girl Scout cookies are available through March 11.

Residents looking for cookies can use the “Cookie Locator” online at www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org or on the Digital Cookie mobile app to find booth locations and receive email reminders. Created in 2017, the mobile app is a safe way for girls to reach their goals. To purchase cookies online, customers must get an invite to shop at a Girl Scout’s personal website.

Colorado Girl Scouts also sell cookies door-to-door and in front of some retail stores. Each purchase supports ,more than 22,000 girls in developing

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five skills: goal-setting, decision-making, money management, people skills and business ethics, a news release from Girl Scouts of Colorado says.

“Girl Scout Cookie time is all about teaching girls lifelong business skills,” Stephanie Foote, president and CEO of the Colorado branch, said in the release. “The proceeds from these girl-led businesses go to fund all the adventures you get to have as a Girl Scout.”

The Girl Scouts Hometown Heroes/ Gift of Caring program gives customers the opportunity to purchase a package of cookies to donate to the Scouts’ heroes, which include nonprofits, food banks, military and law enforcement.

This year, S’mores and gluten-free Toffee-tastic cookies cost $5 per box.

Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos and Savannah Smiles are $4 each.

For information about cookie ingredients, visit littlebrownie.com.

South Suburban unveils new career section on website STAFF REPORT

South Suburban Parks and Recreation has unveiled a new online careers section to help attract job seekers and promote districtwide open positions.

South Suburban plans to hire about 500 additional staff to perform duties throughout the district during the spring and summer seasons. Priority jobs to fill include cooks, servers, life guards, sports instructors and park ,maintenance positions.

The career site includes a welcome video by Rob Hanna, the district’s executive director, along with staff tess timonials, salient information about the district and ways that South Suburban invests in its employees.

Prospective employees can learn about perks unique to the parks and recreation industry, along with paid

career certifications, continuing education and tuition reimbursement.

“The new site is attractive, userfriendly, and includes video employee profiles and testimonials, said Erich WonSavage, director of human resources.

“It also provides key information that many job applicants are seeking.”

The district’s top five or six pressing openings are highlighted by job title, with a link to all job openings. The careers tab is on the district’s home page, ssprd.org. Or job seekers can visit http://careers.ssprd.org/.

In addition, all prospective employees are encouraged to attend the districtwide career fair from 2-7 p.m. March 15 at The Inn at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Candidates will be interviewed and potentially offered a job on the spot.

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Degas exhibit is gem at Denver Art Museum Painter died a century ago and left immense mark on world

IF YOU GO “Degas: A Passion for Perfection” is at the Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum, between 12th and 13th avenues, just west of Broadway. The parking garage entrance is on 12th and there are coinoperated meters in the area. Visitors to the exhibit will enjoy an audio guide, provided with ticket purchase. (Members half-price.)

Some of it was recorded by Dr. Timothy Standring, Gates Family Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum, at Cambridge. There is also an accompanying book, edited by Jane Munro, available at the gift shop. The DAM is now open seven days a week. Information: denverartmuseum.org, 720-865-5000.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Why a Degas exhibit now? “It’s a celebration of the centenary of Degas’ death in 1917,” said Dr. Timothy Standring, Gates Family Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum, as he spoke prior to the opening of a special exhibit he had been working on for five years. He spoke of “Degas’ escape — affirming while obliterating his marks on paper,” as he reworked his pieces at times.

“Degas: A Passion for Perfection” was sold out on its opening day and will continue as a specially ticketed exhibit through May 20. The exhibit was first organized by Jane Munroe, keeper of paintings and prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England and was locally curated by Standring, who added items from other collections to the original selection, offering more than 100 works. As he spoke about the project, he said, “no isn’t in my vocabulary” when it comes to borrowing artworks. (One owner at the Maastricht Art Fair in the Netherlands was reluctant because he wanted to sell a piece

“Four Dancers on Stage, Brazil” is included in the new exhibit “Degas: A Passion for Perfection” through May 20 at the Denver Art Museum. From Museude Arte, Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand.

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of Degas’ acute awareness of his surroundings and society — and endless curiosity. Born into a somewhat wealthy family, he had a classical education, which would have afforded many ideas for artworks early on — and he did start painting as a teen.

Degas’ prolific 60-year career touched on many of his diverse interests, from ballet, dancers as individuals and theater to landscapes and cityscapes of Paris street life, to horse racing. Largely self-trained, he transformed from a portraitist and painter of historic subjects and transitioned into an interest in the contemporary scene. An interesting turn-of-the-century film clip shows a street scene that looks very familiar, from Degas’ and other Impressionists’ art. (Although Standring said Degas disliked being called an Impressionist.) In his last years, “he was pretty much blind,” and turned to creating clay and wax models, intended to be cast in bronze. Many were found in poor condition in his studio after his death and repaired and cast by a foundry hired by his family.

His mother was a Cajun from New Orleans and his father came from Naples. (The Italian grandfather escaped from a revolution on horseback, carrying gold, and started banks.) After an attempt at studying law, at his father’s insistence, he embarked on an artist’s training by copying the earlier masters at the Louvre and elsewhere — the common way to study in the 19th century, as well as attending Le Ecole des Beaux Artes. Exhibits followed with his contemporaries.

He learned to emulate the Academic painters and said “One certainly needs courage if one is to approach nature.” He created a new painting

technique, recognized as turpentine in the U.S., mixing the pigments with gasoline. It thinned the paint, allowing for precise lines and a flat effect.

The painter Corot was an influence in his development of landscapes and he worked on smaller pieces with pastels, some watercolor, some oil.

Repetition was an ongoing theme, with numerous versions of a given subject or scene.

Standring said Degas’ studio in Paris was reported to be a pigpen because he never wanted to give anything away — and his eyesight was degenerating. During his productive years, he created many monotypes, where a painting is created on a metal plate and paper is laid on it and pulled off as a print. He made more than one impression from a plate and added in pastels. “It was all about process — making, making, making,” Standring commented.

The curator followed Degas’ steps in Paris, including a visit to his tomb in Montmartre, and said “we really wanted to tell the right story” in this exhibit that represents about 20 public and private collection, including that of the Denver Art Museum, which owns three pastels and two sculptures. He said scholars love to talk about Degas’ dysfunctional family, but he did not elaborate on the subject.

During a Q&A period following the lecture, Kim Field, Littleton writer and Historic Preservation Board member, commented on Degas’ choice of models. “They were not perfect 10s” — nor did the dancers depicted show perfect ballet form. Standring agreed and spun off into the painters’ many influences, including Japanese prints. And flexibility. “Sometimes, he added strips of paper to a drawing,” to get proportions right. He might be compared to more contemporary Rauschenberg and Richter.

A close look will reveal those added strips pasted on the edge of a drawing.

He was commercially successful, despite difficult family finances. British and French collectors bought his work, including at an auction following his death. (Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection is an example.) He also accumulated a personal art collection.

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February 23, 2018

Book events brighten winter blahs First-time festival in Denver will bring together exhibitors, speakers

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s an active season in the publishing world as well as a great time of year to curl up with a new book or old favorite — and/or, most especially, to read aloud to children — and each other.

• On Feb. 12, readers and writers gathered at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove to hear best-selling author Peter Heller offer a relaxed, humorous talk about “Celine,” a mystery based on his mother, who was a private investigator. He read several passages, including the opening lines that set the scene. It has just been published in paperback, as are his novels, “Dog Star” and “Painter.” He answered questions about his process in storytelling. (“I start with the first line …”)

Heller will also be a keynote speaker at the upcoming — and impressive — March 3 Colorado Book Festival, to be held at Denver Central Library, with program chaired by well-known Castle Rock nature writer Mary Taylor Young. (More information below.)

• Also tempting for the bookish among us will be the Littleton Friends of the Library/Museum’s 2018 Silent Auction, which runs March 3-31 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Chairman Sue McNamee comments that this is the “quiet” sale: no tables of holiday books or bags to fill with Western Welcome Week books ••• “Instead,” she says, “we offer 24 `special’ books (and other items) in two glass cases. We display 12 books for the first two weeks, (auction ending March 17) and the next 12 books are displayed through the end of the auction, March 31. Four of the more special items will be exhibited, and bidding will continue, for the entire four weeks.” Also — there’s a 55-book set of “Harvard Classics,” which have been said to offer an education if read for 15 minutes every day. A FOL/M cashier will often be present with a notebook that holds more details about each volume, with photos—and that person will have a key for those who wish to inspect more closely.

(Notebook will be at the circulation desk when volunteers are not present.) McNamee encourages bidders to check back frequently to see if someone has outbid you — and of course, she hopes you’ll raise your bid!

A partial list of items available: A signed first edition of the 25thanniversary edition (1994) of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five (or The Children’s Crusade).” As new with fine dust jacket. The final two children’s books written by Littleton’s beloved author and storyteller, Caroline Stutson, who passed away in June 2015. “Blue Corn Soup” and “My Family, Four Floors Up” were published posthumously and donated by

of the Part of the selection offered in the Littleton Friends of the Library/ Museum live auction.

COURTESY PHOTO Al Stutson, a FOL/M board member.

Three oversized photography books, offered separately: “Pilgrimage,”

by Annie Liebowitz (1st. ed. 2011).

“American Places” with photos by Eliot Porter (1st ed. 1981), with script by Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner and his son, Page Stegner. Leatherbound copy of “Aftermath: Unseen 911 Photographs By A New York Cop.” (1st ed. 2006). Stop by the cases near the entrance to admire these and other goodies. “Bid early and often!”

Proceeds support programs at the Littleton Library and Museum. � Colorado Book Festival — March 3, Denver Central Library 10 W. 14th Ave., Denver. An all-day free festival and exhibit. Program chair Mary Taylor Bradford, Castle Rock nature writer, will moderate a panel about “Communicating Climate Change.”

This first-time festival, with 100 exhibitors and an all-day schedule of expert speakers, is being put on by the Colorado Authors League and the Denver Public Library, with expectations of becoming a national caliber book festival, comparable to those in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta, according to Bradford, who hopes area readers and authors will support this initial well-organized effort.

At the 11 a.m. opening keynote, Peter Heller will be interviewed by journalist Carol McKinley about his creative process and more. Followed by multiple sessions, in multiple rooms: books about food and cooking; children’s lit; cultivating community; history; fiction; “Writing for Chicks”; “Writing for Dudes”; Graphics: reading and writing; Mysteries; Danger, Doom and Destruction — Why do we love them? — and much more. There is a special focus on supporting book clubs, with a session devoted to them — and keeping them on track. The closing keynote session will be by Patricia Limerick, Colorado state historian and faculty director and chair of CU’s Center of the American West, who will be interviewed by historian and author Richard K. Young about her book “The Legacy of Conquest,” on its 30th anniversary.

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CLUBS Editor’s note: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Political Noon Hour, a weekly event that allows the residents of Centennial to connect and communicate with Mayor Cathy Noon, is from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Civic Center building located at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.

Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-8772940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. For details on upcoming events and membership information contact 2president1719@ gmail.com.

BNI Connections (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@

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Centennial Trusted Leads is a professional referral organization that meets for breakfast at The Egg & I, 6890 S. University, Centennial, the first and third Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. Call 303-972-4164 or visit www. trustedleads.com Dry Creek Sertoma is a women’s social and service organization that meets at 7:10 a.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month at Toast Restaurant in downtown Littleton.

For information see our page on Facebook or email JEDougan@aol.com.

Job Seekers group meets from 8-9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Call 720-5507430.

League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-608-3932 or jolvs10s@gmail. com for details.

Non-Practicing and Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-794-0354.

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hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults.

Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@ gmail.com Denver Walking Tours Denver area residents and visitors are invited to experience downtown Denver through a free walking tour, a two-hour excursion that starts in Civic Center Park, winds through downtown past more than a dozen of Denver’s distinctive landmarks and ends in front of Coors Field.

Tours are offered every day. No reservations needed. Tours are free, and tips are encouraged. Go to http://www.denverfreewalkingtours.com/ for details.

Duplicate Bridge ACBL sanctioned open game at noon Mondays at The Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree. Reservations are required; partners are arranged. Call Sue at 303-641-3534.

Colorado Woodworkers Guild: 6:30-8:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in the basement of Rockler Woodworking, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodworking is welcome. Contact vicepresident@coloradowoodworkersguild.org.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303768-9600 or go to www.orvis.com/s/parkmeadows-colorado-orvis-retail-store/620.

Panorama China Painters This is a handpainted china club. If you have ever painted china or want to learn more about it, come visit the club. For more information, call Leota at 303-791-9283. Club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Thursday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St. Centennial.

Phidippides Track Club welcomes runners of all abilities to our weekly track workouts at Belleview Elementary next to Cherry Creek Park. The group meets at 5:45 p.m.

Tuesdays at the track, and running starts by 6 p.m. Workouts are usually 30-40 minutes and cover 3-4 miles of intervals with plenty of recovery time. For more information or to join, please go to http://www.phidippides. org/.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog. org for meeting locations and directions.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit at ACC The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options

at ACC, call 303-797-5850.

Social Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Program meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Genealogy workshop programs and early-bird meetings are the third Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Visit www.

ColumbineGenealogy.com or contact Bob Jenkins, CGHS president, at ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com.

The Breakfast Club for singles ages 50 and older meets from 8:30-11 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at Valley Country Club, 14601 Country Club Drive, Centennial.

The club is a group created to provide fun activities and new friendships. Go to www. tbc50plus.org or call the hotline at 303794-3332 and leave a message; someone will call back. New members always welcome.

Columbine Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from August to May, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Community Room, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Any woman ages 18 and older who can prove lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership in the DAR. If you are interested in attending, or for more information, contact Krispin at Krispin_L_Andersen@Q. com or Jewel Wellborn, regent, columbineregent@gmail.com. Or call 303-881-0810.

Daughters of the American Revolution, Mount Rosa Chapter typically meets at 1 p.m. every first Monday of the month at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. Call Gina Moore at 303-779-8762 for information or visit http://mountrosa. coloradodar.org/.

Daughters of the British Empire is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States.

DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the United States who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. Nationally and locally, members contribute significantly to the good of their community and to the support of a retirement home established

by DBE. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County.

Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available.

DTC Rotary Club meets from noon to 1:15 p.m. the first, third and fourth Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club, 110 Cherry Hills Village. Guests are welcome. First meeting is complimentary. Contact Dana Arell at 720-339-7367 or coachdana5@gmail.com.

Go to www.dtcrotary.org.

Introduction to Square Dance class offered from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at Grandview Grange, 2280 Noble Place, Centennial. Visit www.SquareDanceEtc.com.

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Knitted Knockers: 2-4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Piney Creek Yarn, 15422 E. Orchard Road, Centennial. Group connects volunteer knitters and crocheters with breast cancer survivors to provide free knitted knockers. Piney Creek Yarn is an affiliated store with KnittedKnockers. org, which provides approved yarns and distribution of knockers. Contact Mary Turek at 303-995-5906 or visit http:// www.facebook.com/GreatKnockersAgain.

Newcomers Club of Centennial, for people new to the area, meets regularly for parties, classes, movies, lunches, coffees and more. E-mail newcomersdenver@msn.com.

MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) meets from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Child care is provided on-site for children ages birth to 4 years. The first meeting is free. Come enjoy breakfast, support and encouragement, and meet some new friends. Call Holly at 303-2493633.

OPOCS Singles Club, ages 55-plus, meets all around the metro area. Meet new friends. Sign up and receive a monthly newsletter that lists all monthly activities.

Contact JoAnn Cunningham, membership chair, 303-751-5195, or Mary Riney, president, 303-985-8937.

Original Ports of Call Singles Club for ages 55 and older is a great way to meet new friends and get out among others in your situation! We call our selves a” Circle of Friends. We have a variety of interests, cards, theater, tours, dinners, lunches, golf , bowling and dances etc. It meets every second Monday at Sr. Ric on Miss. from 4-6 p.m. in Aurora. Call JoAnn at 303-751-5195 or just come. It meets every fourth Tuesday at Chads South of Sixth Avenue in Lakewood form 4-6 p.m. Call Mary Riney at 303-985-8937. The third Wednesday at the Three Margaritas at 5130 S Wadsworth Blvd from 5-7 p.m. Call Jean Fox 303-730-2804.

Panorama China Painters This is a hand-painted china club. If you have ever painted china or want to learn more about it, come visit the club. For more information, call Leota at 303-791-9283. The club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Thursday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Centennial.

Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place from 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-3897707), and the fourth Tuesday of each month at Chads in Lakewood (contact Darlene at 303-233-4099). Denver meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at Baker St. Pub, 8101 E. Belleview, in the Tech Center (contact Harold at 303-693-3434). For information and a monthly newsletter, call JoAnn, membership chairperson, at 303-751-5195, or Mary, president, at 303-985-8937.

Ranch Raconteurs Toastmasters. Learn to improve your personal and public speaking skills, listen effectively, develop leadership abilities and build your

confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Group meets at 6:55 p.m. every Thursday at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visitors welcome. Contact Debbie Fuller at vpm-873616@toastmastersclub. org.

The Rotary Club of Centennial, meets for breakfast from 7-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Embassy Suites Hotel, 10250 E Costilla Ave, Centennial. Professional men and women come together to provide local and global humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, build goodwill and peace in the world. First meeting is complimentary. For more info: www.bestrotary.com or call John Gile at (303)5239998, or email john_gile@comcast.net.

Sound of the Rockies, Colorado’s Premier Men’s A Cappella Chorus, meets every Thursday from 7-10 p.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 7691 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Men of all ages and walks of life gather to blend their voices in unaccompanied four part harmony.

Song styles span the gamut and include patriotic, gospel, contemporary, doo-wop and show tunes. For more information, call Dan George at 303-663-7111, send an e-mail to sing@soundoftherockies.com, and visit www.soundoftherockies.com.

Southglenn Sertoma Club meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Southglenn Country Club, 1489 E. Easter Ave., Centennial. Contact Terry Boucher at 303-880-7559 or bouchertp@aol.com.

South Metro Newcomers Club We welcome women who are new to the area as well as women looking to meet new friends. We are a social organization with many interesting and fun activities. For information, email our new member chairperson at southmetronewcomers@gmail. com or visit southmetronewcomersclub. com.

South Suburban Chapter 3838 of AARP meets the third Tuesday of each month at St. Thomas More Center, 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial. Meetings start promptly at 1 p.m. Speaker, refreshments and social hour make it enjoyable. Come and learn about the ever-changing medical laws; keep up on senior scams and frauds. All are welcome. Contact Gail Marsh at 303797-9251.

South Suburban Toastmasters is a high energy, fun, supportive learning place to practice speaking and leadership skills.

Group meets from 7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays at Toast Restaurant, 2700 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton. Contact Leigh Miller at 720272-2853.

SSTM Public Speaking Club: 7-8:30 a.m.

Thursdays at Toast, 2700 W. Bowles Ave., Suite B, Littleton. All ages and all walks of life with the common goal of becoming a more effective communicator. Meeting cost includes breakfast. First-time guests are free. Contact millerleigh13@gmail. com.

Queens of Spades Garden Club meets at 1 p.m. the first Friday of the month at various locations in Centennial and Littleton.

Call Lynn at 303-347-1765.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1106 meets 9 a.m. the first Saturday of every month at the South Metro Fire and Rescue Building, 9195 E. Mineral Ave.,

Centennial. Call 303-859-8867 or see www.vva1106.org.

Contact Sue at 720-201-9358 or Deb at 303-549-1886 for more information.

Support Find AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-322-4440, or go to www.daccaa.org.

Colorado Symphony Guild, Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree chapter, meets at 1 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Room 212, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. The group is the largest support group of the Colorado Symphony. Contact 303-308-2462, admin@coloradosymphonyguild.org or www.coloradosymphonyguild.org.

Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon, for those who love someone with a drinking problem, meets Mondays from 5-6 p.m. at Lord of the Hills Church, 21755 E. Smoky Hill Road, Centennial.

Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industry-specific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at http://www. affordablecollegesonline.org/womensguide-paying-for-college/.

Alzheimer’s Association Caregivers’ Support Group meets one mile north of Park Meadows in Centennial, on the first Thursday evening of each month from 7-9 p.m. Support, discussion, and care giving strategies and resources are shared in a confidential setting by family members and friends of those having Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The group meets at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, one block west of Yosemite/Dry Creek intersection.

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous HOW, a 12 step recovery program offering a structured approach for anyone who wants to stop eating compulsively, meets 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 9:30 a.m. Fridays at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 South Holly Street, Centennial. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. For information, call Pat at 303-798-5075 or visit www.ceahow. org. It also meets at 9 a.m. Saturdays at All Saints Lutheran Church, 15625 E. Iliff, Aurora.

EMPOWER Colorado, South Metro Support Group for parents of children with mental illness. Learn how to handle mental health challenges within the family and how to collaborate with the school system. Find out how to access resources for mental health care services. E-mail listserv and educational classes are also available. Meetings are from 6-8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, 155 Inverness Drive West, 2nd floor, one block East of Dry Creek (next to DirecTV and the Light Rail) Englewood, CO 80112. Dinner will be served (usually pizza or Subway). Contact Carol Villa at kyvilla@aol.com or 1-866-213-4631.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Up and Away: 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 at the and Lone Tree Arts, Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Denver Concert Band guest artist Tim Hudson performs. Go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org Abraham Lincoln: 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Chautauqua performer and historian John Voehl will embody President Lincoln. Call 303-7953961.

Meet the Legend: Malcolm X: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Malcolm X is portrayed by eminent national humanities and Chautauqua scholar Charles Everett Pace. Go to coloradohumanities.org Intro to Theater Workshop: Improv: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

ART/CRAFTS

Messy Art: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Englewood Public Library. Art session. Craft monsters out of Play-Doh. Dress to get messy. Call 303-762-2560.

Pastel Class: noon to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 24 at Hobby Lobby, 10901 S. Parker Road, Parker. For grades 8-12. Registration required.

Go to www.parkerartistsguld. com/classes/youth.

Sit-N-Knit: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Englewood Public Library. Build your skills, share your knowledge, and make new friends. No registration required.

The Great Outdoors: Paper Airplanes: 5 p.m. Thursday, March 1 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Registration is required; 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Pastel Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 3 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Registration required. Go to www.heritage-guild. com/current-workshops.html.

MUSIC

Opera Colorado’s `Cinderella’: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at Cherry Hills Community Church, 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Call 303-471-8859 or go to www.HRCAonline.org/tickets.

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this week’s TOP FIVE Downhill Colorado: 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 2 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Ski mountaineer Jon Kedrowski and nature photographer John Fielder talk about their books, ski descents, and Colorado winters over hot toddies. Book sale will follow presentation.

Ages 21-plus. Registration is required at 303791-7323 or DCL.org.

Conversations Over Coffee: 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Englewood Public Library. If you’re experiencing homelessness or you’re interested in discussing social issues affecting our community, join us for a warm beverage and a donut. Let’s share stories and get to know each other. Open to everyone regardless of housing situation.

Purely Paleo: Science Behind the Paleo Diet: 1011:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Explore the pure science behind the paleo diet and discover why what’s old is new again, and just so happens to empower health along the way. Call 303-8056800 or email PACEedu@parkeronline.edu.

Eat to Beat Depression: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Presented by Susan Buckley, RD. Call 303-7441065 or go to www.southdenver. com to register.

Something’s Afoot, A Musical Whodunit: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m.

Sundays, from Feb. 23 to March 25 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Additional shows at 2 p.m. March 10 and 6:30 p.m. March 28.

Tickets available at the box office, either in person or by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 5, or online at townhallartscenter.org/somethings-afoot.

Keats Program 1: Paper Making: 4-5 p.m. Thursday, March 1 at Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Make 6 different types of paper, using different art techniques. Sponsored by a mini Sponsored by a mini grant from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Registration is required. Call the children’s department at 303-762-2560.

Paper Airplane Challenge: 4-5 p.m. Friday, March 2 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Teens: Learn how to fold some intermediate paper airplanes. Then, glide them through our obstacle course against other competitors. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Great Music from the Arts: From the Movies: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Call 303-933-6824 or go to www.littletonsymphony.org.

Christopher Cross: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Go to http://parkerarts.org/2019/ Shows-Events Lenten Recitals: 12:10-12:40 p.m.

Wednesdays in Lent at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd. in Highlands Ranch. Feb. 28: Rebecca Moritsky, harpist. Contact: Mark Zwilling 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com

FILM/MOVIES

Lifetree Café Discussion Group: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 (Finding the Family I Never Knew: A Story of Separation, Adoption and Reunion) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142.

Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

LGBT Movie Night: The Danish Girl: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, March 1 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

FOOD/COOKING

Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry: 4-6:30 p.m. Fridays in Lent (no service on Good Friday) at Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker. Homemade desserts also sold.

Epic Brewing Beer Dinner: 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Parry’s Pizzeria & Bar, 9567 S. University Blvd.,

Great Decisions Talks About Turkey: A Partner in Crisis: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. No registration required; more info at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Highlands Ranch. Three-course beer and dinner pairing offered all night; no reservations needed (unless you have a large group).

Free Community Dinner: 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 27 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. February menu will be honey mustard chicken with noodles, herbed green beans, tossed salad with apples, fresh fruit and handheld desserts. All are welcome to come and no reservations are required. Call 303-798-1389 or go to fpcl.org/dinner for information.

READING/WRITING

Wednesday Book Club Buzz: 12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Englewood Public Library.

New members always welcome.

Ask library staff how to acquire a copy of this month’s title. For adults. No registration required.

EVENTS

Monday Morning Links Ladies Golf League: Accepting applications for the Monday morning 9-hole golf group. Open to women golfers ages 21 and older. Applications and more information available at The Links Golf Course Pro Shop. Contact Sherrie Mitchell at 303-799-4583 or email mmlinksladies18@gmail.com.

Broken Tee Women’s 9 Hole Monday Golf League is seeking new members.

League plays Monday mornings from April to September at Broken

Tee Golf Course, 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. Contact Sharron Quirin at 303-549-8545.

Grow Your Nonprofit: 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Get familiar with library resources for finding funding, marketing opportunities and more for nonprofits. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Fandom Fun: 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Ages 9-17. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Special Needs Sweetheart Dance: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Recreation Center at Southridge.

Call 303-471-7043 or go to www. hrcaonline.org/tr Lego Maniacs: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 24 at Englewood Public Library. Call 303-762-2560.

Schoolhouse Grand Reopening: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 24 at The Schoolhouse, 19650 Mainstreet, Parker. Free.

Wine, Chocolates and Roses: 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Roxborough Community Center.

Roxborough Area Historical Society silent auction to help save the Silica Kiln. Go to roxhistory. com.

STEM: DU Outreach: 4-5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 at Englewood Public Library. Conduct science experiments with the DU Science Outreach Team. Call 303-762-2560.

HEALTH

Foundations for Marriage: 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, March 2 and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 3 at Cherry Hills Community Church, Pavilion 2, 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Couples need to attend both days. Go to http:// chcc.org/starting-your-marriage/ for information and to sign up.

EDUCATION

Saudi Arabia: 10-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S Lincoln St, Englewood.

Join Active Minds as we tell the story of this complex nation. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. STEM Conference for Girls: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at the University of Colorado, Boulder Engineering Center. For girls in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Expanding Your Horizons attendees will learn about careers involving engineering, math, science and technology through a day of hands-on workshops. An adult program running at the same time focuses on strategies for supporting girls’ success and paying for college. Register at www.expandingyourhorizons.org/ conferences/Boulder.

Learn to Tie Flies: 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Feb. 24 at Orvis Park Meadows. Orvis provides all equipment, and the class covers tools, materials and techniques. Sign up at www.orvis. com/s/park-meadows-coloradoorvis-retail-store/620 or call 303-768-9600.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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Marketplace Misc. Notices

Misc. Notices

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LOCAL

February 23, 2018

SPORTS

Athlete succeeds after giving sport a ‘tri’

REGULAR-SEASON FINALE

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Arapahoe senior Braxton Reinders (3) attempts to put up a shot over an Overland defender during the Feb. 16 Centennial League boys basketball game at Arapahoe. Reinders had five points in the game as Overland raced to a 74-45 victory. The Warriors were seeded 48th in the 5A state basketball playoff pairings and faced No. 17 Rangeview in a first-round game, results of which were not available at press time.

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Free throws in the final minute of the game propelled Grandview to a 54-51 boys basketball victory over Cherry Creek on Feb. 14.

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Point scored in the first quarter by the Heritage girls basketball team in a 55-31 loss to Legend on Feb. 14.

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Points in the first quarter to start the girls basketball game for Englewood in a 55-16 loss to Skyview on Feb. 16.

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Goals in the third period, four by Blake Benson, in Cherry Creek’s 9-2 hockey triumph over Lewis Palmer on Feb. 16.

1,000 Career rebounds for senior Littleton girls basketball player Rebekah Sandstrom.

Standout Performers Kali March, Arapahoe The sophomore was 10-for-10 at the foul line and scored 18 points with five steals in a 55-38 girls basketball win over Cherokee Trail on Feb. 14.

Dimitri Stanley, Cherry Creek The senior tallied 22 points, three 3-pointers, four assists and three steals in the 69-66 boys basketball win over Smoky Hill on Feb. 17.

Diamante Martinez, Englewood The junior forward was the team’s top scorer with 16 points in a 65-56 setback to Alameda on Feb. 13.

Rebekah Sandstrom, Littleton The senior had her eighth double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds in a 43-28 girls basketball victory over Wheat Ridge on Feb. 15.

Nick Mejia, Heritage The senior led the team with 15 points in a 59-54 boys basketball loss to Legend on Feb. 14.

Jakob Boos, Heritage He scored the first two goals of the game and got his hat trick early in the third period of the 6-2 hockey victory over Columbine on Feb. 15.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are six athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list.

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annah Croasdell was burned out on swimming, so her mother Christy suggested she should try to become a triathlete. That’s what the Douglas County senior did, but it wasn’t easy.

I can only imagine, since I have never learned to swim and it’s been many years since I have ridden a bike.

I do jog but not much running. Croasdell OVERTIME has been a triathlete for less than two years but will be joining the women’s triathlon program next fall at Colorado Mesa University.

Yes, Virginia, triathlon is a women’s varsity college sport.

Jim Benton “I just wanted to try something new and wondered if I would be good at it,” said Croasdell, who was a swimmer on the Douglas County/Castle View team along with her sophomore sister Abigail.

It took awhile and some coaching to learn the detailed skills required to be a triathlete. She competed in the Elite Draft Legal series last summer and went to both the Junior Elite Nationals and Age Group Nationals. She has earned a spot on Team USA for the ITU Junior Worlds, which will be held in Queensland, Australia in September.

“For me the hardest part was learning the bike skills, especially in a pack with the other girls, and the open water swimming was very different because you can’t really see where you are going,” explained Croasdell. “Running was something else I had to learn too because I was never a really natural runner.”

For those who might not know, a triathlon is a multiple-stage race that usually involves open water swimming, cycling and running in immediate succession. Athletes compete for the fastest overall course time, including timed transitions where athletes change from swimming, cycling and running gear.

Most collegiate courses have a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike race and a five-kilometer run. Croasdell admits at times to wondering why she dabbled at becoming a triathlete.

“I remember my first race, that’s what I thought the whole time,” she said. “I was worried about getting lapped out. Sometimes on the bike people start yelling if the pace line gets mess up and I thought: `What am I doing?’ It was a very exhausting, tense situation to be in.”

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Sheridan finishes 9th at state wrestling tournament The Rams’ Lopez captures state title in Class 3A

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Sheridan’s Faustin Lopez won the 195-pound championship and the Rams finished ninth among Class 3A teams at the state wrestling tournament, which was held Feb. 15-17 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

In addition to Lopez, the other three Ram seniors also placed in the top six at state.

Presiliano Maez placed fifth at 120 pounds.

Homero Navarro was sixth at 132 pounds, and Perrion Gray was sixth at 220 pounds. The four Rams state finishers earned a total of 67 points, so Sheridan was ninth in the standings, well ahead of 10th-place Moffatt County. A total of 34 teams had wrestlers competing in the Class 3A tournament.

Three other area schools, Arapahoe, Cherry Creek and Heritage, had wrestlers at state in the Class 5A competition. Arapahoe and

Cherry Creek each had three wrestlers in the tournament, while Heritage had one.

Kai Blake, Cherry Creek’s 170-pounder, was the only one of the seven to place as he finished sixth in his weight division. Cherry Creek finished 23rd with 17.5 points, while Arapahoe and Heritage tied for 40th place as each team’s wrestlers scored three points.

Sheridan faced a challenge as they only had eight wrestlers on the varsity team this season.

“Our four seniors have been our leaders and this is the best group of seniors I have coached during my 12 years coaching at Sheridan,” Rams Monte Nitchie said during the tournament. “I am proud of all my team and I am proud that all our seniors placed here at state.”

The coach said the Rams were fifth last year and he expected to equal or better that placement.

“We lost some tough one-point matches in the semifinals that dropped us to 10th in the standings,” he said. “Our kids wrestled hard and I am proud of the way all our guys battled SEE SHERIDAN, P33

STATE WRESTLING: HOW THEY FINISHED Results for south metro area wrestlers who placed in the top six at the state wrestling tournament, which was held Feb.15-17 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Class 5A 106 pounds: Fifth place: Max Black, Douglas County, dec. Kiera Thompson, Grand Junction, 4-1.

113 pounds: Championship: Dawson Collins, Grand Junction, dec. Adrian Marquez, Castle View, 6-5 TB. 120 pounds: Championship: Malik Heinselman, Castle View, dec. Justin Pacheco, Pomona, 3-2.; Fifth place: Jordan Griego, Adams City, tech fall Trey Johnson, Chaparral, 15-0.

132 pounds: Fifth place: Randy Myers, Castle View, dec. Dylan Owens-Hall, Palmer, 8-1.

170 pounds: Third place: Jay Skalecki, Grand Junction, dec. Parker Benekas, Ponderosa, 3-2; Fifth place: Kai Blake, Cherry Creek, dec.

Nate Pritchard, Monarch, 5-2.

182 pounds: Championship: Tate Samuelson, Castle View, dec. Seth Latham, Grand Junc-

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News and notes from local high school sports programs Arapahoe • Rod Sherman, who helped build Valor Christian into a state football powerhouse, is the new head football coach at Arapahoe. Sherman was the school’s athletic director from 200712 and was also an assistant football coach and offensive coordinator when Valor won five state championships.

He became head coach in 2013 and won three state championships. It was announced in December that Sherman was no longer the coach at Valor. He replaces Mike Campbell at Arapahoe, who is now the head coach at Englewood. Sherman told Warriors football parents that he “loves the game of football for the way it can grow and teach young men incredible life lessons as they mature into the leaders of tomorrow.”

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TOM MUNDS t o o t p Heritage 3; 40. Highlands Ranch 3 l tion, 5-2; Fifth place: Nathan Meyer, Fossil i Ridge, dec. Jaret Strasheim, ThunderRidge, Class 4A 8-6.

160 pounds: Third place: Marcus Martinez, t 195 pounds: Jayden Woodruff, Ponderosa, Pueblo South, dec. Payton Polson, Valor T dec. Alec Hargreaves, Rocky Mountain, 7-0.

Christian, 2-1. w 220 pounds: Third place: Micah Smith, Dougs las County, pinned Davione Smith, Cherokee 170 pounds: Third place: Jake Welch, Valor Christian, dec. Mason Repshire, Canon City, b Trail, 2:27.

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285 pounds: Cohlton Schultz, Pondersoa, 220 pounds: Fifth place: Easton Cecil, Valor pinned Weston Mayer, Poudre, 1:03.

Christian, dec. James Hochanadel, Fort Team scores: 1. Grand Junction 151.5; 2.

Morgan, 3-1.

Pomona 146; 3. Poudre 116.5; 7. Castle View Team scores: 1. Windsor 159.5; 2. Pueblo East 95.5; 8. Ponderosa 77; 15. Douglas County 38.5; 23. Cherry Creek 17.5; 24. Thunder159; 3. Pueblo County 158; 17. Valor Christian Ridge 16; 28. Chaparral 12.5; 34. Legend 6; 39.5 39. Mountain Vista 4; 40. Arapahoe 3; 40.

girls swimming team, has been named the Class 5A Diving Coach of Year in a vote of the coaches at the 5A state meet and published by CHSAANow. com along with their all-state teams.

One of Smith’s divers, junior Franny Cable, won the 5A state diving championship.

• The girls basketball team was seeded 19th for the first round of the Class 5A girls state basketball playoffs and played at home in the first round contest against Arvada West. The boys basketball team, seeded 48th, opened the playoffs on the road.

Cherry Creek • The girls basketball team was seeded 11th for the state playoffs and drew a first-round bye. The Bruins will host the winner of the Bear CreekNorthglenn game on Feb. 23. Standout sophomore guard Jana Van Gytenbeek missed the last game with an ankle injury but is expected to be ready to play in the Feb. 23 game.

• The boys basketball team was seeded 23rd and hosted a first-round game against Horizon. If the Bruins advance they would travel to play No. 10 Highlands Ranch on Feb. 24.

Englewood • The boys basketball team has averaged four wins in the past six seasons

and this year’s squad ended the campaign with a 4-15 record.

• Sophomore Lillian Johnson leads the girls basketball team, scoring 6.9 points and averaging 8.1 rebounds.

Heritage • The hockey team saw its five-game winning streak snapped with a 9-4 loss to Resurrection Christian on Feb. 17. It was a game to decide the Peak Conference title. The Cougars finished with a 12-2-0 record in the league and 24 points while the Eagles were 11-2-1 for 23 points.

• Jakob Boos has scored 10 goals in the past six games for the Heritage hockey club and is second on the team in scoring with 34 points. Boos has 20 goals and 14 assists. Matt More is the Eagles’ scoring leader with 41 points on 17 goals and 24 assists.

Littleton • The girls basketball team was seeded No. 25 for the Class 4A girls basketball playoffs and hosted Canon City in an opening-round game. No. 8 Mesa Ridge will entertain the winner in a Feb. 23 second-round contest.

• The boys basketball team was seeded No. 45 and opened the state playoffs on the road with Jeffco 4A D’Evelyn waiting in the next round, which will be played Feb. 24.

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USA Triathlon contribution goes down to $20,000 the second year and $10,000 the third year.

“One thing that makes Colorado Mesa University unique is we are a little like a trailblazer,” said CMU co-Athletic Director Kristin Mort.

Most of the athletes on women’s team last year were walk-ons from other programs, but coach Geoff Hanson, who is also CMU’s swimming coach, has had a full year to recruit and hopes to have 10 to 12 women on the team this fall.

Under the emerging sport status, triathlon has 10 years to show continued momentum to become a full-fledged NCAA women’s sport. It will take at least 40 colleges in Division I, II and III at the varsity level to have an NCAA women’s championship.

USA Triathlon is the governing body that organizes the triathlon national championship.

“The sport is growing quickly in the U.S.,” said Hanson. “It is getting more and more popular. You have to be a wellrounded athlete. It is important to be a good swimmer, and when you get to cycling you have to learn to ride in a pack and work together. Then it comes down to running. The athletes have to try to be good at all three disciplines and make the transition between them.”

CMU also has a men’s triathlon team, also started in 2017, but it is a club sport and privately funded by the university.

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However, it proved to be worth it. She will accept a partial athletic scholarship in April to be on the second-year CMU women’s triathlon team, the only such team in Colorado.

Croasdell also has earned a partial academic scholarship, so combined with the triathlon aid she will be on a full ride.

“I feel like I have revolved enough to be able to compete with other athletes,” said Croasdell. “I still have a lot more to learn.

If you would have asked me a year ago what I would be doing in college, I would have had no idea. I might have said swimming, but that completely changed.

“Triathlon is definitely new, especially on the collegiate level. I don’t think a lot of people know about it yet. It’s not something that everyone does and it’s not offered in high schools here. For me I’m really excited about being about to compete and excited about what they can teach me and be able to compete at the collegiate level.”

There are currently 22 NCAA schools that offer women’s triathlon programs over three divisions. USA Triathlon offers a multi-year grant to assist with the development of women’s varsity programs after triathlon was added to the list of NCAA emerging sports for women in 2014.

CMU applied for and was awarded the three-year grant from USA Triathlon.

The first year, CMU was given $40,000, of which $18,000 had to go toward scholarships. Funding of the program was to be split 5o-50 with the college, and the

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

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hard every second they were on the mat. We still did well and I think this is the fifth straight year we have finished in the top 10 in team standings at state.”

Rams senior Lopez wrestled his way to the championship by pinning his first two opponents and he won the semifinal match 7-5.

In the finals, he scored points quickly and never relinquished the

lead as he recorded an 8-2 decision over Cotton Eberhardt of Lamar to win the 195-pound state championship.

Lopez said he was excited and it felt great to win a state title but he said that while everyone wrestled hard, the Rams didn’t get the results hoped for at state, as he wished all his three teammates could have stood on the awards podium.

The senior said after graduation he plans to continue his education and his wrestling career at Northern Michigan University.

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February 23, 2018

Rockies explore idea of moving Blackmon in lineup

BY JACK MAGRUDER ASSOCIATED PRESS

Charlie Blackmon was historically good as a leadoff hitter last season. So good that the Colorado Rockies might try to move that production into a more productive spot in the lineup.

As spring training opened, the Rockies already have talked to Blackmon about the possibility of hitting in the middle of the order this season as they attempt to fill the hole left by the apparent loss of mainstay Carlos Gonzalez, who remains a free agent but does not appear to be in the team’s plans.

“I think Charlie is the type of player who can hit a lot of different places in the lineup,” manager Bud Black said.

“If it makes sense to hit him somewhere else besides first, we are really going to look at it.

When we start games on (February) 23rd, you might see him hit third.

You might see him hit different spots.

Don’t be surprised if that happens in spring training and we’ll see what that looks like.”

The 31-year-old center fielder has spent almost all of his last four full seasons hitting first, and he won the NL batting title at .331 with career highs with 37 homers and 104 RBIs there last season.

His production was prodigious.

Blackmon’s RBIs and 383 total bases were major league records from the No. 1 spot.

His 86 extra-base hits were an NL record, third-best ever. His 144 “runs created,” a new analytic figure, was tied for the highest.

Second baseman DJ LeMahieu and third baseman Nolan Arenado appear to be fixtures at the No. 2 and No. 4 spots, and the left-handed hitting Blackmon might be a good fit at No. 3 inasmuch as he would break up the two right-handed hitters.

“He can hit first, second, third, fourth, fifth, based on our personnel,” Black said.

“The beautiful part of this is, Charlie is open because he’s an extremely team-first guy. He’ll do what is best for the team and not have any mental hangups about it.”

“A lot of times, you run into some players (where) you do something out of the norm and they freak out. He’s not one of those guys. He’s so mentally stable that he could handle that,” he said.

If Blackmon moves, the top possibilities for the leadoff spot appear to be outfielders Raimel Tapia and Ian Desmond.

Tapia is a candidate for Gonzalez’s vacant outfield spot, as is Desmond, who also played first base last season and could see time there again.

Tapia had a .329 on-base percentage in 171 plate appearances as a rookie last season, with 12 doubles and five stolen bases.

Desmond, who missed two months with a broken hand, had a .326 on-base percentage last year and has a career .317 percentage. He had four 20-homer, 20-stolen base seasons in his last five healthy years.

“Basically, a lineup works when you get guys on base,” Black said. “Charlie does a good job of getting on base.

DJ does a good job of getting on base.

Nolan gets on base.

“Ian adds a couple of different elements that are enticing for a leadoff hitter. He has some speed. He has some power. Again, Ian can hit anywhere in the lineup.”

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CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

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Public Notices Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0671-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 8, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) KATHY R CANNON AND DANIEL CANNON Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MARKET WISE MORTGAGE INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Date of Deed of Trust January 17, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 18, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7007696 Original Principal Amount $195,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $228,291.81

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 19 AND 20, BLOCK 5, HAMILTON AND KILLIES BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3780 S DELAWARE ST., ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/11/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/08/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

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DATE: 12/08/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007217664 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0671-2017 First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0638-2017

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/21/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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First Publication: 1/25/2018 Last Publication: 2/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

DATE: 11/21/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

On November 21, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Original Grantor(s) Raymond Bonsell Original Beneficiary(ies) TGP Opportunity Fund I. LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt TGP Opportunity Fund I. LLC Date of Deed of Trust September 16, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 21, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6106121 Original Principal Amount $1,100,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $841,000.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PARCEL ONE: LOT 1 BLOCK 1, MORGAN’S NEST SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL TWO: LOT 2. BLOCK 1, MORGAN’S NEST SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 942 AND 946 South Fulton Street, Aurora, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/21/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/25/2018 Last Publication: 2/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A

Janet E Perlstein #13799 Christopher T Groen #39976 Fox Rothschild LLP 633 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2700, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 383-7623 Attorney File # 173817.00001 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0638-2017 First Publication: 1/25/2018 Last Publication: 2/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0644-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 21, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) MATTHEW T MACHETTA Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Option Lending Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 09, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 18, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D4064233 Original Principal Amount $140,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $146,759.01 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 14 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 15, BLOCK 8, PREMIER ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 3450 S GRANT ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

Trust:

February 23, 2018F

On December 7, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Michael C Locricchio and Richard Locricchio and Susanne Locricchio Original Beneficiary(ies) LOT 14 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 15, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., BLOCK 8, PREMIER ADDITION TO ENGLEas nominee for Universal American Mortgage WOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF Company, LLC To advertise yourCurrent publicHolder notices call 303-566-4100 COLORADO of Evidence of Debt Eagle Home Mortgage, LLC Also known by street and number as: Date of Deed of Trust 3450 S GRANT ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

September 25, 2015 County of Recording THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL Arapahoe OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENRecording Date of Deed of Trust CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF October 02, 2015 TRUST. Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) NOTICE OF SALE D5113330 Book: n/a Page: Original Principal Amount The current holder of the Evidence of Debt se$249,796.00 cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, Outstanding Principal Balance has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale $243,466.57 as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, trust have been violated as follows: failure to 03/21/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County pay principal and interest when due together Administration Building, 5334 South Prince with all other payments provided for in the evidStreet, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and highest and best bidder for cash, the said real other violations thereof. property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the FIRST LIEN. purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale LOT 6, BLOCK 18, CENTENNIAL ACRES and other items allowed by law, and will issue to SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as STATE OF COLORADO. provided by law.

Also known by street and number as: First Publication: 1/25/2018 5094 South Grove Street, Last Publication: 2/22/2018 Englewood, CO 80110.

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENLATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE TRUST. PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; NOTICE OF SALE THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

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

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 11/21/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007185697 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0644-2017 First Publication: 1/25/2018 Last Publication: 2/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0667-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 7, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Michael C Locricchio and Richard Locricchio and Susanne Locricchio Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Eagle Home Mortgage, LLC Date of Deed of Trust September 25, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 02, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5113330 Book: n/a Page: Original Principal Amount

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/11/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 12/07/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 17CO00473-1

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0667-2017 First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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On December 19, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

At 20, Terry is veteran of international hockey Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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LOTS 14 AND 15, BLOCK 9, ROSE ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3262 S. LOGAN ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0677-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: but

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

Terry is one of four NCAA playPursuant to CRS ers on the team.

The§38-38-101(4)(i), selection ofyou are Troy Terry is only 20 years old hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: when failure to can be considered a veteran of interthe college players was helped On December 13, 2017, the undersigned Public pay principal and interest when due together Trustee caused the Notice of Election and national ice hockey play. the National Hockey League didn’t with all other payments provided for in the evidDemand relating to the Deed of Trust described of debt secured by the deed trust and let theirence players participate inof the Terry, a junior forward on the below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will other violations thereof. records. at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Olympics. Since 1988, NHL players University of Denver team who was a 04/11/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County THE LIEN MAY NOT Original Administration Building, 5334 South Prince were allowed toFORECLOSED play for teams in BE A Rock Canyon student for two years, is Grantor(s) FIRST LIEN. STEVEN T RAHN Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real Original Beneficiary(ies) the Olympics and the NHL season a member of the United States OlymLOT 2, BLOCK 28, BROADMOOR FIFTH FILproperty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION was halted twoOFweeks. pic team.

ING, for COUNTY ARAPAHOE, STATE OF Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS COLORADO. purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in FOR LENDER, Montgomery didn’t talk much to “It is a tremendous opportunityNOMINEE for said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of PINNACLE MORTGAGE GROUP INC. Terry after he was named to the Troy and I was really happy for him,” Also known by street and number as: Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Current Holder of Evidence of Debt 6065 South Bannock Street, and other items allowed by law, and will issue to FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE United States team in January. said DU coach Jim Montgomery, who Littleton, CO 80120. the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), provided by law.

A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND will be without the Pioneers’ third “We knew this was coming and the THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE leading scorer for four games while he STATES OF AMERICA only thing I spoke to him was thatENOF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY First Publication: 2/15/2018 UNITED CUMBERED

BY THE LIENat OFaTHE DEED OF Last Publication: 3/15/2018 of Deed of Trust is with the U.S. Olympic team. Date he needed to be playing high TRUST. Name of Publication: Littleton Independent June 25, 2012 level before he gets into that tourna“He’s worked hard and deservedCounty the of Recording IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A Arapahoe COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION ment so his confiNOTICE denceOFisSALE high and opportunity. It shows the University LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NORecording Date of Deed of Trust CRS §38-38-103 The current holdergood of the Evidence ofhis Debt seTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE July 12, 2012 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0692-2017 he is feeling really about of Denver recruits elite, great student cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE Recording Information (Reception No. said athletes.”

Troy Terry, a former Rock Canyon High School student and a junior at the University has filedMontgomery.

Notice of Election and Demand for sale EXTENDED; and/or Book/Page No.) To Whom It May Concern: This Noticegame,” is given as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

D2075473 with regardSouth to the following of Terry played with the Littleton of Denver, is competing at IF the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Korea.described Deed Terry, who hails from Highlands THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A Original Principal Amount Trust: THEREFORE, Is Hereby Given that I will LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE $137,000.00 Sprints, ColoradoNotice Thunderbirds Ranch, was a member of the United COURTESY OF SHANNON VALERIO at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF Outstanding Principal Balance On December 19, 2017, the undersigned Public States U18 team at the 2015 IIHF World U.S.04/18/2018, national team development at the East Hearing Room, County CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE $124,140.69 Trustee caused the Notice of Election and and DeAdministration Building, 5334 South Prince PROHIBITION ON DUAL the TRACKING IN SECmand in relating tosemifi the Deednal of Trust described begoaltender’s legs the Championships and the 2017 World JuIn the previous international outprogram prior to coming to DU. Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are low to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe win Russia, records. when he earned the nior Championship, where he became ings, Terry has played a high level, WITH In 28 games this for the the highest and best season bidder for cash, said real A COMPLAINT THEover COLORADO hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of at FILE property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONtrust have been violated as follows: failure to nickname of “Five-hole Terry.” He also an American hero when he went fourwhen been on PROTECTION Pioneers, the 6-foot, 179-pound draft Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the pay principalespecially and interest when due games together have SUMER FINANCIAL BUREAU Original Grantor(s) purpose of paying the indebtedness provided with all other the payments provided for in the evid(CFPB), OR BOTH. THEgot FILING A COMJohn J. Petersgoal and Jenifer L. Peters theOFwinning shootout in the for-four in semifinal and title-game line. selection of the Anaheim Ducks in in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSOriginal Beneficiary(ies) championship game against Canada, shootouts to help the Americans win scored three straightURE shootout 2015 11 goals andfees, 21 the assists for plus attorneys' expenses of sale other violations He thereof.

PROCESS. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,hadTrust, and other items allowed by law, and will issue to as nominee for FPFgoal.

Wholesale, a Division of once again scoring a five-hole the gold medal. goals through the five holeColorado between 32 points. the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Attorney General THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Stearns Lending, Inc. FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 14 AND 15, BLOCK 9, ROSE ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Public Trustees

Also known by street and number as: 3262 S. LOGAN ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0677-2017

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 13, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) STEVEN T RAHN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, PINNACLE MORTGAGE GROUP INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Date of Deed of Trust June 25, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 12, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2075473 Original Principal Amount $137,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $124,140.69

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS 14 AND 15, BLOCK 9, ROSE ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3262 S. LOGAN ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Public Trustees

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/11/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/13/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the

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

1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Public Trustees

DATE: 12/13/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 17-914-80045 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0677-2017 First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0692-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 19, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) John J. Peters and Jenifer L. Peters Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for FPF Wholesale, a Division of Stearns Lending, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 03, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2036244 Original Principal Amount $215,312.00

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 03, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2036244 Original Principal Amount $215,312.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $192,639.47

Public Trustees

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 2, BLOCK 28, BROADMOOR FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6065 South Bannock Street, Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/18/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/22/2018 Last Publication: 3/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE

provided by law.

First Publication: 2/22/2018 Last Publication: 3/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Public Trustees

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 12/19/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-801219-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0692-2017 First Publication: 2/22/2018 Last Publication: 3/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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