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Three finalists selected for city manager Remaining candidates for Centennial job are from Lakewood, Rifle and Texas

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Three finalists have been selected for Centennial’s vacant city manager position. Two of the finalists are working in administrative positions for cities in Colorado, while the third is a former Centennial official now working in Texas.

The post has been open since the resignation of John Danielson on Oct. 12.

Deputy City Manager Elisha Thomas has stepped in to fill the role in the interim.

Here’s a look at the three finalists: • Jeff Dolan is the director of employee relations and the interim deputy city manager for the City of Lakewood. His previous positions include vice president of human resources for ProBuild Holdings, executive director of human resources with the city and county of Denver, and human resources director for the City of Davenport, Iowa.

• Wayne Reed is the assistant city manager for Georgetown, a city of 60,000 in Texas. Previously, Reed worked for Centennial as the director of community development, from 2006-12, and as the deputy city manager, from 2012-16.

• Matthew Sturgeon is the city manager in Rifle, a city of 9,500 just west of Glenwood Springs. Previously, Sturgeon

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Castle Rock entrepreneur plans to win governor’s race Victor Mitchell believes business background sets him apart

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

He describes himself as the outsider candidate with the advantage of being a businessman rather than a career politician.

He says he knows what it’s like to be poor, but today enjoys leading what he calls one of the most successful privately-owned small businesses in Colorado.

Victor Mitchell, an entrepreneur from Castle Rock and a former state legislator, has turned his focus to running for governor of Colorado. And, he says, he’s in the race to win.

Just don’t ask MitchMitchell ell, 51, to campaign on Fridays. That’s when he delivers food to homebound seniors for Meals on Wheels, a commitment he won’t budge on.

“Frankly,” he said of the volunteering, “it just makes me a better person.”

The rest of the week, Mitchell, a Republican, spends 10 hours a day on the campaign trail in his quest to replace Gov. John Hickenlooper, who can’t seek re-election in November 2018 because of term limits.

“Meeting people around the state, listening to what they’d like to see from their next CEO,” Mitchell said.

He also takes that time to share what he calls some bold ideas for Colorado.

Mitchell wants to ease pressure on residents he believes have “poor earning power” thanks to an over-regulated economy.

“I want to do a top-to-bottom review of our whole regulatory scheme and try to open up pathways where young people can go into vocational careers

and provide for their families,” he said.

Mitchell recalls half as many businesses being regulated when he was in office, and he’d like to see the economy trend that way again.

The public and private sector Mitchell took office in the state House in 2007, serving for only one term before choosing not to seek reelection. Although he referred to it as a great experience, Republicans were the minority and he decided he could accomplish more outside of government, he said.

In 2011, he led a statewide campaign opposing Proposition 103, a ballot measure that would have raised state income and sales taxes for education funding. It was ultimately defeated in a landslide.

But Mitchell has been busy in nongovernmental affairs as well.

Over the past 30 years he’s founded or led six companies, from a transportation company to a telecommunications firm. In 2009, he began his private financing company, Lead Funding, of which he is the chief executive officer. The company offers private financing for real estate investors.

“I have the perfect blend of public and private sector experience,” he said. “That sets me apart from all my opponents.”

A crowded race Among the more than a dozen declared candidates for governor are well-known names such as longtime Congressman Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden, and 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, a Republican from Parker.

Mitchell isn’t intimidated by competing with big names, however. He’s got strong, conservative credentials, he said, and a voting record to prove it.

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MILESTONES Katherine Allbritten, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Drake University.

Erica Albani-Burgio, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

James Ballard IV, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Hayley Clocksin, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Washington University.

Hannah Mary Dimmock, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming.

Nathan D. Forest, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming.

Becca Garner, of Centennial, was awarded third place for sports reporting in the newspaper division of the Nebraska Collegiate Media Association Golden Leaf Awards.

Alissa Geller, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Washington University.

Sydney Gray, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Christylynne Grenz, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 provost’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming.

Brooke Haskins, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Haley A. Heath, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 provost’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming.

Tayler Alexandria Heintz, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 provost’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming.

Cole P. Huggins, of Centennial, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in earth science from Minnesota State

University.

Elena McGrath, of Centennial, graduated with a doctor of philosophy in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

David Monson, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Matthew Odum, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Drake University.

Anne Raymond, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Adam Resnick, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 president’s list at Drake University.

Casey Wagenaar, of Centennial, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Washington University.

Kathleen Weis, of Centennial, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Bryan T. Zierk, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming.

Mitchell Biggers, of Greenwood Village, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Jonah Cohen, of Greenwood Village, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Nicole Downs, of Greenwood Village, earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2016 semester at the University of Kansas.

Grace Kercher, of Greenwood Village, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Drake University.

Anna Leoni, of Greenwood Village, achieved academic distinction for the fall 2016 at Whitman College. Leoni is a graduate of Kent Denver School.

Sarah Schenkein, of Greenwood Village, achieved academic distinction for the fall 2016 at Whitman College. Schenkein is a graduate of Cherry Creek High School.

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Both men died of gunshot wounds, according to the county coroner STAFF REPORT

A 34-year-old man killed his father and then himself in a Centennial home on April 26, according to authorities.

James Hugh Hofmann, 63, died of “homicidal” gunshot wounds to the head, and his son, Ian Jan Hofmann, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.

Their bodies were found in a home in the 5900 block of South Cherrywood Circle, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office. South Metro Fire Rescue had initially responded to the scene and called the sheriff ’s office at 7:45 p.m.

Authorities quickly determined there was no threat to the community.

No details have been released on the circumstances surrounding the shootings.

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All proceeds support programming and services such as summer camps for children with epilepsy, support groups, information and referral services, care management and other resources for the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado.

Online registration is available at bit. ly/2kjPxm6. For more information, call 303-3779774 or email strides@epilepsycolorado.org.

County accepting grant applications Arapahoe County nonprofits can apply for the county’s 2018 Aid to Agencies grants from now until 4:30 p.m. on June 9.

The Board of County Commissioners is seeking grant applications from human services, health and wellness and crisis intervention agencies for $1.68 million in funding.

Grants will be awarded to selected nonprofit 501(C)(3) or 501(C) organizations serving Arapahoe County’s at-risk and underserved populations. Funds cannot be used for religious or political purposes.

Applications can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/ aidtoagencies. Agencies also may call 303-734-5459 to request information and an application packet by email.

The commissioners will review all applications during the 2018 budget process. Funds that are awarded will be available in January 2018.

County recognizes volunteers Arapahoe County recognized volunteers and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Volunteer Connections program on April 26 at the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office.

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In 2016, more than 1,200 volunteers gave more than 37,000 hours.

Arapahoe County Volunteer Connections offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities to fit all skill levels interests and availability. Citizens can commit to a day, a month or a role that lasts all year. To learn how to get involved, visit www. arapahoegov.com/volunteer or call Volunteer Connections at 303-738-7938.

RTD committee seeks applicants The Regional Transportation District is encouraging transit- and community-minded residents to apply for one of three vacancies on the RTD Citizens Advisory Committee. The 17-member committee advises RTD on FasTracks and other programs.

Committee members come from a variety of backgrounds, interests and professional experiences. The group’s public outreach meetings inform citizens of FasTracks progress, RTD programs and encourage citizen input.

Interested individuals should submit letters of interest to rsherman@crlassociates.com by the close of business on May 12. Letters should be no longer than two pages, and should address the following: • Why the applicant wants to serve and what unique experiences or skills • Affiliations and volunteer activities • Statement of personal objectives and goals Resumes may be attached if desired.

Selection criteria includes residency within the RTD district, a demonstrated interest in public transit and FasTracks, previous community service and experience, and professional expertise.

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Western end of C-470 expansion to start soon Segment 1 stretches from Wadsworth to South Platte River STAFF REPORT

With the long-planned expansion of C-470 in full swing, construction on the segment between Wadsworth Boulevard and the South Platte River is set to begin this month.

On Colorado Department

of Transportation maps of the project, that stretch is listed as “Segment 1,” although work on Segment 3, roughly between Lucent Boulevard and Quebec Street, is already underway.

Work began on the project late last year, and work on the Broadway, University Boulevard and Big Dry Creek bridges has ongoing, along with grading work for the lanes that will be added. Paving on the added lanes in that segment is set to begin this month, with

NEXT CLOSURE Work on the C-470 expansion project will close the highway in both directions between University Boulevard and Quebec Street due to bridge construction at Big Dry Creek. The detour will follow County Line Road.

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Work on Segment 3, from the South Platte to just east of Lucent, is scheduled for later in the summer, along with work on Segments 4

and 5, from just west of Quebec to I-25.

The biggest part of the expansion is the addition of toll lanes, with two of them running westbound from I-25 to Colorado Boulevard

and one continuing to Wadsworth, and one eastbound from Wadsworth to I-25. Auxiliary lanes will also be added between several interchanges. In addition, the bridges over the river will be replaced, and other bridges will be widened.

The project is being paid for mostly with loans financed by future toll collections and is set to cost $276 million, not including the debt service on the loans.

Property value notices mailed this week Appeals can be filed in several different ways STAFF REPORT

The Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office will mail 2017 notice of valuations to residential and commercial property owners beginning May 1.

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ers with information on the actual value of their property as of June 30, 2016. Real property in Colorado is reappraised by every county assessor during odd-numbered years.

The Assessor’s Office offers property owners a variety of methods to appeal their valuations. Beginning May 1, appeals can be filed by mail, by fax or in person. Property owners can appeal their value at two Arapahoe County Assessor locations:

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Ice show highlights metro-area talent

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The opening song from Disney’s “The Lion King” was sung by the audience as spotlights followed skaters gliding across the South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial, dressed as lions, zebras, hyenas and colorful birds. Showtime on Ice performers decorated the arena with a colorful rendition of their previous popular performances during their 45th annual ice show, “Tales As Old As Time.”

The performance consisted of three of the show’s most popular ice features: “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King” and “Grease.”

In every corner of the rink, local skaters of all ages spun, danced and moved to popular music numbers from the wellknown movies.

This year, performances took place over three days from April 28 through April 30.

Professional skaters Ryan Bradley, Starr Andrews and Max Aaron were featured this year. About 150 performers of all levels from across metro Denver, ranging in age from 3 to 65, took to the ice to dazzle the audiences.

A figure skater dressed as a lioness races around the herds of zebras at Showtime on Ice’s 45th annual performance at the South Suburban Ice Rink in Centennial on April 28.

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Figure skaters dressed as zebras circle in a herd during the “Lion King” performance.

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worked for Rifle as the planning director and as the assistant city manager.

A Centennial spokeswoman said the city council will select its lone finalist for the job no later than mid-May. Danielson was hired in 2012 at an annual salary of $180,000. The city hired California-based Peckham & McKenney as the search firm in the hunt to replace Danielson, paying the

Max Aaron, a guest skater, performs at Showtime on Ice’s “Lion King” performance at the South Suburban Ice Rink in Centennial on April 28.

company $18,500 plus expenses not to exceed $7,800.

Of 80 applications received, five candidates were interviewed before being further whittled to the top three.

Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon said she is looking for a finalist with integrity and management skills,

and someone who listens to the city’s residents.

“We are not looking for someone to come in and reinvent the wheel in Centennial,” Noon said. “I think we are in a great place. We want someone to come in, pick us up and make us better.”

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Construction defects compromise passes House Bill requires majority approval for HOA to sue

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A construction defects bill introduced as a bipartisan compromise passed the Colorado House of Representatives unanimously on April 24 and was sent to the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee.

House Bill 1279, introduced last month, would require the approval of a majority of members of a homeowners association to approve a lawsuit against a contractor. It would also require HOA boards to disclose projected costs of proposed litigation to members and call a meeting at which the executive board and the developer or builder would have an opportunity to present arguments.

“A lot of hard work went into making a bill that was truly bipartisan,” said Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett, D-Denver, a sponsor of the legislation. “This bill will help us

achieve a better balance in Colorado’s housing construction market.”

Supporters of construction defects reform say that lawsuits have prevented attainably-priced condominiums from being built in the state, pricing people out of homeownership and in turn driving up rental prices.

“It changes how lawsuits are initiated,” said Sen. Jack Tate, R-Centennial, who is sponsoring the bill in the Senate.

The bill is also sponsored by Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist, R-Centennial, House Speaker Crisanta Dura, D-Denver, and Rep. Lori Saine, R-Firestone. It was introduced shortly after another defects bill was killed in a House committee after being approved by the Senate. That bill, Senate Bill 156, was similar to HB 1279 but would have also required HOAs to enter into third-party arbitration with builders before filing suit.

In addition to Tate, the bill is sponsored in the Senate by Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, D-Denver.

“It most certainly will pass the Senate,” Tate said.

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Colorado Community Media wins 48 awards Mike DiFerdinando, a reporter whose work is featured in multiple CCM newspapers, won seven awards, including five first-place honors.

The following is a look at the award winners from all CCM papers. The press association divides weekly papers into five classes, based on circulation, with Class 1 being the smallest and Class 5 being the largest. Only first- and secondplace awards are given.

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Colorado Community Media won 48 awards in the annual Colorado Press Association contest.

Among the honors, the Littleton Independent took home the Editorial Sweepstakes award at the press association convention April 22 in Lakewood. The award was given for posting the best performance in the editorial category in Class 3, for mid-size weekly newspapers, in the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest.

The Independent is one of 18 weekly papers in the Colorado Community Media family.

Class 5 First place: • Crystal Anderson: Best Investigative Story Package (“Evolving codes leave

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• Jessica Gibbs: Best Online Breaking News Story (“Castle View student killed”) • Tina Meltzer: Best Use of Color in an Ad Second place: Shanna Fortier: Best Photography Portfolio Tina Meltzer: Best Medium Space Ad Clarke Reader: Best Serious Column Writing (“Liner Notes”) and Best Series (“Green Mountain’s agriculture program”) Class 4 First place: Jim Benton: Best Sports Column Writing (“Overtime”) Mike DiFerdinando: Best Education Story (“The two sides of teacher pay”); Best Deadline News Reporting (“Challengers sweep the slate”); and Best Business News/Feature Story (“A magnet for growth”) Shanna Fortier: Best News Story (“Homeless in Douglas County”) Brandon Eaker: Best Medium Space Ad Tina Meltzer: Best Large Space Ad Chris Rotar: Best Headline Writing Tom Skelley: Best Health Enterprise/ Feature story (“Treating the whole person”) Staff: Best Editorial Special Section (“A salute to veterans”)

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Campaign’s goal: Let’s talk about mental illness Tri-County Health spearheads metrowide campaign to battle stigma

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s time to talk about mental health.

That’s according to Tri-County Health Department, which this month launched a campaign across the Denver metro area created by a coalition of public and private organizations designed to help people have open, honest discussions about mental health.

“Let’s Talk Colorado” will mostly operate through online, public health and workplace platforms, said Monica Younger, the behavioral health coordinator at Tri-County, which serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

“The idea started years ago. Community members identified mental health as being a very serious public health concern and they asked us as public health to work on the issues,” she said. “Anybody can be affected by mental health concerns.”

The campaign includes partners from throughout the Tri-County area but also beyond, including organizations in Jefferson County,

‘The idea started years ago. Community members identified mental health as being a very serious public health concern and they asked us as public health to work on the issues.’

Monica Younger, behavioral health coordinator at Tri-County Health Department Denver, Aurora and Boulder.

People can expect to see campaign materials in the waiting room at their health care provider, or perhaps through information provided by their place of work. There’s also a website, LetsTalkCO.org, with downloadable tools concerning mental health discussions.

“The Let’s Talk key messages are, number one, acknowledging that starting the conversation is difficult,” Younger said. “It’s a difficult thing to talk about, but having that conversation can save someone’s life.”

They also hope the campaign will fight any stigma around mental health issues by providing statistics showing the commonality of mental

health concerns.

“If you know that in a room of eight people, two of them are struggling with mental health issues, that helps defeat stigma,” she said.

Professional, personal connection For Keith Peterson, director of community benefits at University of Colorado Hospital, collaborating on the campaign wasn’t just professional.

Peterson, of Denver, has a son who struggles with bipolar disorder.

Peterson and his wife, Michelle, identified their son’s condition when he was a young adult still living at home.

It all started with a messy room.

Their son, also named Keith, had

always been a “difficult personality,” Peterson said, but for years the family didn’t realize a more serious problem was at hand.

If someone were to socialize with his son they would never know something was amiss, Peterson said, rattling off the traits that make his son wonderful. His son is brilliant, he said, passionate and with a strong sense of right and wrong.

But Peterson also describes his son, now 27, as a black-and-white person who struggles with gray areas. He can lack tolerance and overreact when things don’t go his way.

His brilliance could backfire on him as a high school student. If a SEE HEALTH, P29

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Days spent shopping around now move in small circles

et’s pile into the car and drive to the mall.

It used to be an event, and sometimes a road trip from Nowhere, Colorado, for a day of shopping at a big city’s retailers or mall.

Now? Stores we grew up with are dropping one after the other. I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but we all know the reasons why.

Money reported, “It’s possible more than 8,600 brick-and-mortar stores will close their doors in 2017.”

I haven’t been to a mall store in over 10 years. I can’t remember when.

Grocery stores, box hardware stores, art

supply stores, and that’s about it.

I think if I could get my teeth cleaned on Amazon, I would.

Your correspondent used to work in a department store.

McAlpin’s. Middletown, Ohio.

I was a salesboy, age 18, and I worked in “notions.” It was a catch-all department that included sheets and pillow cases and greeting cards, and lots of women.

Women were the employees and women were the shoppers. I liked it, even though I was looked at skeptically at first.

However, I researched sheets: flat, fitted, and their thread counts. Blankets: wool, cotton, electric, fuzzy throws.

I really knew my blankets, and when the Cincinnati-based chain held a July blanket sale contest, I was ready.

I finished second.

That summer, I attended the Beatles’ concert at Crosley Field, which is long gone.

I paid $9 each for our tickets.

McAlpin’s opened its first store on Fourth Street in downtown Cincinnati in 1880.

If you are from that part of country, you might have heard of McAlpin’s and its competitors, Shillito’s and Pogue’s.

All three have gone bye-bye.

Ultimately, I was not meant for retail.

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Media and information literacy is a real thing ALCHEMY

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ake news is a real thing … no matter who proclaims it.

When I was studying to become a journalist as an undergrad, there were only the Big Three network TV newscasts, AM radio news, and a proliferation of print newspapers and news magazines. In my coursework even then, we explored different media perspectives and I particularly devoured a book called “News: A Consumer’s Guide.”

Today, with instantaneous (and often instantaneously erroneous) news, we as consumers need a

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Often, real-time as-it-happens news is wrong primarily because it’s incomplete. But once the information is out there, it takes on a life of its own … retweets, viral videos, Instagram posts and Facebook Live shared over and over and over again, with streams of comments that continue to spawn wildfires long after the initial blaze is contained.

Most of us recognize this type of false news as the just-tooSEE DORAY P13

ith the springtime officially upon us and trees, shrubs, and flowers all taking root, it has inspired me to share with you some thoughts that run through my mind WINNING as I watch springtime WORDS come into full bloom.

And it’s not just watching the flowers and trees blossom and bloom, it’s also the Michael Norton smell of spring that gets to me too. Now for my fellow allergy sufferers, sometimes it can be a little problematic for us, but for me I still enjoy the scent of spring whether it is the sweet smell of rain or the beautiful air and landscape filled with flowers.

It is such a stark contrast to, and yet also a welcomed balance to, the increase in tensions driven by crime, the addiction epidemic, wars and politics. Passing by nurseries and homes

and communities already abundant with the signs of flowering life, I found myself thinking about a saying I had once read, “Bloom where you are planted.”

The successful growth all depends on the health of the roots, proper care like water and sunlight, and more than likely a green thumb. I settled in on thinking about the roots — I thought about the fact that we need to be rooted in love as individuals, families, and communities.

If you are a frequent reader of this column you F will catch on pretty quickly that you have read the following phrases in previous columns, but reinforcement of positive and affirming thoughts can never hurt.

So imagine if you will that there are four roots.

The first root is love and forgiveness. When we are firmly planted and rooted in love and forgiveness we can face most challenges and obstacles that get in our way personally, professionally, spiritually or emotionally.

The roots of love and

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forgiveness provide us with a freedom and strength that cannot be swayed or compromised by anger, grudges or negativity.

The second root is the root of love and kindness. We all know the saying, “What comes around goes around,” or “As you sow, so shall you reap.” Well, if we believe in this philosophy, we should be pouring out love and kindness on every single person we meet and in every single situation that we encounter. The root of love and kindness flourishes and multiplies faster than any of the other roots. You can easily test this theory yourself by committing to living a life filled with love and kindness for the next 30 days. Watch as the root responds with bringing even more love and kindness into your own world.

The third root is the root of love and happiness. It is so easy to find the bad things in life when we are looking for them. But it is just as easy to find the good if that is what we are looking for. And when we look for the good through the lens of love and happiness we will find the good people, the good things, the good places and the abundance of goodness that comes with a life filled with love and happiness, and we will find joy.

The fourth root is the root of love and gratitude. The root of love and gratitude cannot be choked or sup-

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soon news it actually is. What we as informed media consumers need to guard against is the genuine fake news, perpetuated with innuendo and unfounded theories, and often written and planted for publication with full knowledge that it’s simply not true (which you won’t find in reputable publications online or in print, such as in these pages).

But, I hear some of you ask, how do I know what is a reputable publication? One way is to acquire media and information literacy (MIL). Yes, this is a real thing too — “Media and Information Literacy: Reinforcing Human Rights, Countering Radicalization and Extremism,” as reported in a publication of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the UN Alliance for Civilizations, and the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy.

Of the five MIL laws, I particularly gravitate to Laws 1, 3 and 5. Law 1 states that information, communication, libraries, media, technology, the internet and other forms of information providers are for use in critical civic engagement, and that they are equal in stature. None is more relevant that the other. So, basically, 140 characters shot off in

pressed by envy, jealousy, hatred, spite or just plain meanness. The root of love and gratitude draws its strength from the attitude of appreciation and thanksgiving. We don’t love or want what others have; the root of love and gratitude is based on what we already have and have received. And just as the root of love and kindness grows faster than any of the other roots, the root of love and gratitude is the strongest of all the roots.

Some of you may recall the other sayings where they say something is the root of all evil, such as money is the root of all evil or greed is the root of all evil. And if we are not careful and if we don’t tend to the care of the roots of love and forgiveness, love and kindness, love and happiness, and love and gratitude, something evil could creep in and compromise our growth and weaken that place where we hope to be so firmly rooted, love.

How about you? Are you enjoying the springtime and all that comes with it?

Are your roots firmly planted in love, forgiveness, kindness, happiness and gratitude?

I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we are taking care of our roots, this really will grow into a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

the wee hours of the morning don’t carry any more weight, than, say, the New York Times editorial page. (One year ago, I would have phrased that sentence in the reverse.)

We all know — or should know — Law 3, which reminds us that information, knowledge, and messages are not always value neutral, or always independent of biases. We do naturally gravitate to news outlets that support our own cognitive biases, and thus tend to believe even the most outlandish statements from the side with which we agree. So for true media and information literacy, I recommend checking out a section in the New York Times that presents reporting and opinion from both ends of the political spectrum.

It never hurts to be informed, which leads me to Law 5: Media and information literacy is not acquired all at once. It is a lived and dynamic experience, a process that serves us well as we wend our ways tvhrough the glut of too-soon, too-raw and toowrong information that bombards us daily.

We can swallow what we are fed, or we can use our intellect, our intuition and our informed decisionmaking to select a credible, authentic and reputable diet of news.

Andrea Doray is a writer who reminds us that although both are journalism, there is a difference between news reporting and opinion. This column is opinion journalism. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

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Think of David Letterman, when he was an Indianapolis weatherman.

“The hailstones were as big as canned hams,” he once said.

When I moved to Colorado, I was a regular at the Aurora Mall.

There was no internet.

I think the only reason why I would go to a mall store now would be to look at people.

But I am sure that they would all be on their phones. Who wants to people-watch that?

Instead I sit right here, where I am writing this, and read reviews, compare prices, find out about shipping charges, if any, and add something to my cart.

What do I miss? Salesmen and saleswomen, who knew what they were talking about.

There was a vacuum cleaner salesman at Sears who was so good that I

felt like I should buy three of them.

He’s long gone, and Sears’ future is not looking bright.

Like I said, I don’t know what to think. Should I be sad, when I know that I am a co-conspirator?

Where will all the employees go?

That concerns me.

When I bought my first computer, I used it for school work, and that was about it. I could create and save course outlines from one semester to the next.

From there, Pandora’s box turned into everything imaginable, including this on-screen Word document, which will be converted somewhere (I don’t know where) by someone (I don’t know whom), into what you are holding (or reading online).

Things change. A hot dog at Coors Field is $9.

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Senate Republicans reject idea of letting voters decide on sales tax STAFF REPORT

A bill that would have asked Colorado voters to approve a sales tax increase to help fund billions of dollars in transportation projects has been rejected by Republicans in the state Senate.

But the Democratic speaker of the House is optimistic the nearly twomonth discussion surrounding House Bill 1242 will be good for the state in

the long run. The state transportation system faces a $1 billion per year funding shortfall, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

“While I am disappointed by today’s outcome,” said Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, “I am hopeful that House Bill 1242 has started a conversation Duran that must continue if we are going to have a transportation system that keeps us out of traffic jams and helps Colorado businesses generate jobs for our people.”

The bill was defeated by a 3-2 vote in a Senate committee on April 25. If it had been approved at the Capitol and

then passed by voters in November, it would have raised the state sales tax from 2.9 percent to 3.4 percent from 2018 through 2037.

State Sen. Jack Tate, RCentennial, is one of the three Republicans who voted down the measure in the Senate Finance Smallwood Committee.

He said the state should exhaust other options before raising taxes and called HB 1242 “kind of a bait-andswitch,” saying very little of the money would have gone to the I-25 corridor.

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Kombucha taps the Colorado market The fermented tea is becoming a healthy drink alternative

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fter brewing kombucha in his kitchen for several years, Castle Rock resident Marc Gaudreault decided to turn his product into a commercial business.

One year ago, he founded TruBucha, a kombrewery operating out of a commercial kitchen in Denver. He peddled his product at local farmers markets and his customer base grew each week.

“Most people either love it or hate it,” Gaudreault said of kombucha, a lightly fermented tea full of probiotics. “I always liked the taste of it — the zingyness.”

Gaudreault originally started drinking kombucha as an alternative to soda and said he feels healthier doing so.

Kombucha is packed with B-vitamins, antioxidants, active enzymes, glucaronic acids and amino acids according to Gaudreault, which he says helps the body feel more balanced.

“Our view is that if your body is more balanced, then you will naturally fight off diseases,” Gaudreault said.

The healthy properties of kombucha is what drew Marnie Quinn, owner of Ceremony Center for Healing in Westminster to the drink.

Her center, which opened nine months ago, offers yoga, tai chi and meditation classes along with workshops centered around health, empowerment and spirituality. The center also offers kombucha from Happy Leaf in Edgewater on tap.

“I love that it’s a probiotic and supports gut health,” Quinn said, adding that the gut is the center of health.

Having kombucha available after class also serves the purpose of creating community.

“One thing we’ve done since humans have been around is sharing a drink together and it’s nice to have the option of sharing a drink that also supports your health,” Quinn said.

The taproom Sharing in community is one of the ideas behind the kombucha taproom.

TruBucha plans to open a taproom in Lone Tree this summer.

“Kombucha is a big business and it’s going to be getting bigger,” Gaudreault said. “We just want a place where people can sit down and talk.”

The Lone Tree location is central to where the TruBucha farmer’s market

Marc Gaudreault started TruBucha in his Castle Rock home. The local brew is now on tap in almost 30 coffee shops and breweries throughout Colorado.

TruBucha brews base flavors such as mango, raspberry, ginger, lavender, mint and citra hops, available at various farmer’s markets.

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COLORADO KOMBUCHA BREWERS Rowdy Mermaid Kombucha Boulder — The Rowdy Mermaid tasting room is currently closed and awaiting reopening at a new location. Rowdy Mermaid Kombucha is sold at Whole Foods, Natural Grocers and on tap at various breweries and restaurants.

Trubucha Castle Rock — Trubucha is a Castle Rockbased business. TruBucha is currently on tap in 35 breweries, coffee shops and yoga studios around Colorado. They are in the works of opening a taproom at 10047 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree.

Happy Leaf Kombucha Edgewater — Happy Leaf has a taproom and kitchen at 5700 W. 25th Ave. in Edgewater near Sloan’s Lake. Happy Leaf Kombucha is available in 12 ounce cans, 5.16 gallon kegs, and 15.5 gallon kegs. They currently distribute throughout Colorado with LoCo Foods and Crooked Stave Artisans. It can also be found on tap at more than 100 Denverarea craft breweries, coffee shops and restaurants.

Upstart Kombucha Boulder — Upstart Kombucha is available in bottles and kegs and at retail locations, coffee shops and restaurants throughout the Rocky Mountain Region.

clientele is located.

According to the Kombucha Brewers Association, in 2014 there was $500 million of business in kombucha and it’s estimated that by 2020, that number will grow to $2 billion a year.

“I think there’s another four years of real growth before it levels out,”

Gaudreault said of the kombucha business. “For us, I think it’s a great opportunity and there’s a chance to grow a lot in those four years.”

TruBucha is currently on tap in 35 breweries, coffee shops and yoga studios around Colorado and Gaudreault said they’re adding three to

Cliffhouse Kombucha Jamestown — Cliffhouse Kombucha is available at natural food stores and restaurants in the Boulder, Denver and Ft. Collins area.

five new locations a week.

Until its own taproom opens in June, one place TruBucha can be found is at American Cultures in the Denver Highlands.

American Cultures is a kombucha taproom serving a rotation of Colorado-brewed kombucha. What makes American Cultures different is they only serve kombucha, they don’t make their own.

The taproom, which was founded in 2015, gives people the opportunity to taste all of the local kombucha that Colorado has to offer, and take it home in reusable growlers instead of buying it in stores by the single serving.

For a sweet twist, they also serve kombucha floats made with local Sweet Action and Scrumptious ice cream.

But first to get in the kombucha game in the Denver area was Happy Leaf Kombucha, which opened the first Denver kombucha taproom in RiNo in 2013. In 2016, the taproom moved to Edgewater near Sloan’s Lake. Like TruBucha, Happy Leaf ’s humble beginnings started with selling their kombucha at farmer’s markets.

Now, the Happy Leaf brand can be found on tap at more than 100 Denverarea craft breweries, coffee shops and restaurants.

Kombucha and beer One of those breweries is Mountain Toad Brewing in Golden.

Jack Stewart, brewer and server at Mountain Toad, said having kombucha on tap gives customers the option of a fresh effervescent non-alcoholic drink option.

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Roxborough: gifts for moms The Roxborough Arts Council will host a Mother’s Day Make and Take event from noon to 3 p.m. on May 7 at the Rox Arts Gallery in the Roxborough

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allows the option to make what Stewart calls a kombucha cocktail — which is half beer and half kombucha — and good for someone looking for a lighter beer.

Kombucha cocktails are usually mixed with Mountain Toad’s White Ranch Whit beer.

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New Image Brewing is one of the first breweries in the world making a beer that is brewed with kombucha, said Brandon Capps, co-owner and brewer at New Image.

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Birds, reptiles and more that have been characters in Pokemon games and movies will visit Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, at 1 p.m. on May 6, shared by Nature’s Educators. The program will explain how they protect themselves, find food and shelter.

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Pottery event The Denver Potters Association, including Anita Garfein of Littleton, will hold a Spring Show and Sale from May 11 to 14 at Sixth Avenue United Church, 3250 E. Sixth Avenue, Denver.

May 11: 3 to 7 p.m.; May 12: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; May 13: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; May 14: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Genealogy group Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society announces its May program, to be followed by a summer break: May 9, 1 to 3 p.m. — “Finding Hidden Treasures in Family Search,” presented by member Barbara Elliott, who has worked at Family History Centers for more than 30 years. The group meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Visitors are welcome. No charge.

‘Mixed Taste’ Tag Team Lectures on Unrelated Topics, such as “Wild West Mail Delivery and Post-Conceptual Art,” which originated at the Museum of Contemporary

Art at rec centers in May Sheryl Detert’s paintings, “Botanical Celebration,” are at Buck Recreation Center in Littleton; Sheldon Spiegelman’s photographs are at Lone Tree Recreation Center; Matthew Hamer’s clay hangings are at Goodson Recreation Center in Centennial; and Lenna Kay’s Metal Arts are at the Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel (through June).

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funky, sour and refreshing flavors found in kombucha with their counterpoints in farmhouse style ales.

The brew came up when Capps was looking for a unique way to make a sour beer.

The brewing process, Capps said, is complex. The entire beer is unpasteurized and the kombucha is unpasteurized.

“It’s fully live cultures and it can age with time and become super complex,” Capps said.

Right now, Dyad is one of the most popular beers at New Image, selling out on a regular basis. It was also one of the first beers the microbrewery decided to can, when they started canning their beers eight months ago.

Moving forward, New Image will be releasing new flavors of the Dyad brew including passion fruit orange guava and rum barrel coconut, which should be available in the next couple of months.

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‘This is about your voice’ Poet laureate tries to embody ‘black women speaking their truth’

BY ANTONIO HERNANDEZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Assetou Xango, Aurora’s newly appointed poet laureate who is wellknown around Denver, is a school program coordinator for Creative Strategies for Change, an organiza-

tion that works for social justice through art and education.

April was National Poetry Month, so it was fitting to meet with Assetou Xango (AhhSay-Two-Shongo), who received a bachelor of arts in filmmaking and has been featured in the HBO documentary Assetou “Brave New Voices.”

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Denver in Dallas at the Women of the World National Poetry Slam Championships.

And on the last Friday of each month, Xango can usually be found at The Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington St. in Denver, for the poetry slam hosted by Slam Nuba.

Her career began with the youth group Minor Disturbance, an arts organization helping Denver youth through poetry and performance.

“I came into poetry when I was 17 as a youth poet,” Xango said.

“There was very much a spirit of this is your time, this is about your voice.”

Now at 26, she reflects on her new role in the community.

“It’s about the people who are in my community,” she said, “how I can use my voice to make sure their needs are met.”

Her poetry often addresses women and, more specifically, women of color. “That is my experience and that is what I can most easily write from. It’s also just a proclamation of empowerment for every space in which a person has this privilege.”

At the top of the list of poets she admires are fellow local poet Toluwanimi Obiwole, along with Audre Lorde, Patricia Hill Collins and Warsan Shire.

“A lot of black women speaking their truth is what I read,” she said.

“It’s what I try to embody.”

Excerpt from her poem “Name Piece”: My name does not allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.

I want a name only the brave can say A name that only sits right in the mouth of those who love me right.

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Artist to visit Englewood museum regularly AWARDS

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The project began with letters to friends and former students, inviting collaboration between painter Craig Marshall Smith and friends and former students — to be followed by an exhibit at the Museum Outdoor Arts (known as the MOA) in Englewood from January to April 2018.

Smith suggested diptychs on canvas or panels, with overlapping work. …Variations are to be expected, one would imagine, given the diverse skills of the artists involved. (Each is also invited to include a small self-portrait, to be shown with the artwork.)

Smith, who lives in Highlands Ranch (and writes a weekly column for Colorado Community Media) is a retired Metro State University art professor. He has been periodically

involved with the MOA since a residency in 2003 and his larger-than-life painting of a horse, “Rodger,” greets visitors at the top of the stairway from the first floor to the secondfloor level of the MOA in the Englewood Civic Center.

On April 15, metro-area crew members met for lunch and conversation at the MOA, toured the facility and talked informally about future plans.

Smith will be Artist in Residence from mid-August through December at the Museum Outdoor Arts, where a spacious studio invites creative interactions and a supportive museum staff is available.

During this period, he will meet individually with the Denver-area artists and probably ship works back and forth with three out-of-town colleagues. “Bring music to play,” he said.

An intern, to be named,

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will join the project and one person from the original list has withdrawn, with a replacement to be announced.

Smith expects to be at the studio every Tuesday and some Wednesdays and Thursdays, where he will paint, interact with group members and talk with visitors.

Metro-area artists include: former Metro State University Denver students Heidi Jung and Daniel House Kelly and friends John McEnroe, Sharon Feder, Mark Friday, Deborah Jang and Jennifer Meyerose.

In Los Angeles, graphic artists James Robie and Gretchen Goetz will participate and Greg Watts, former MSUD art chair, now Dean of the College of Visual Arts and Design at University of North Texas, will be involved. (Smith also lists the late artist Richard Diebenkorn, his professor for his MFA work at UCLA.)

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‘Eye of the Camera’ winners show their works at Littleton Museum IF YOU GO

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than 50 years ago, the Littleton Fine Art Board invited Colorado photographers to exhibit their work in a juried show called “Through the Eye of the Camera,” which drew a collection of black-and-white and color images shot on film and, in many cases, developed in home darkrooms. The popular show draws many more entries today, largely by owners of digital cameras, and awards are given for Best of Show in black-and-white, color and through

“Best of Show Eye of the Camera” runs through May 28 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission is free and the museum hours are: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

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In addition to a cash award, Best of Show winners are invited to mount a joint exhibit the following year at the Littleton Museum.

The 2016 winners — Chuck Rasco, Jim Sidinger and Steve Hirsch — opened their exhibit on April 21 at the Littleton Museum and it will run through May 28 during museum hours.

Exhibit curator Kevin Oehler arranged each artist’s works separately in the gallery, which gives a visitor a better picture of how each artist views his world than if they were mixed. All three share thoughtful, clear images, while reflecting different personalities.

Chuck Rasco won Best of Show for Color and his images, many exuber-

ant, give his perspective.

Jim Sidinger’s silver gelatin blackand-white images are precise and spare, deleting “incidental clutter” which he finds distracting.

Steve Hirsch, Black-and-White winner, comes from an advertising background and is especially drawn to images of abandoned places and the landscapes around them, across the country.

Camera buffs will enjoy contemplating how these images were created and other visitors will just have fun with the variety of images included by three talented artists.

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THINGS to DO THEATER

Banachek, ‘The Alpha Project’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Banachek is the only mentalist ever to fool scientists into believing he possessed psychic powers then later reveal he was fooling them.

Tickets available at http:// Tickets.AmazingShows.com or call 303-660-6799.

Pump and Dump Show: 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 13 at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver. Shayna Ferm and Tracey Tee perform a special Mother’s Day version of their comedy show. Call 303-893-TIXS or go to http://www.altitudetickets.com/event/the-pump-anddump-7182/.

ARTS

Studio Art Sale and Workshops: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at 6628 S. Marion St., Centennial. Presented by the artists of the SoSu Artists Collective. Workshops include: Boho necklace workshop, 10 a.m. to noon (contact hoodartworks@ yahoo.com); mixed media collage workshop using spring themes, noon to 2 p.m. (contact janetm52@comcast.net); paint a spring birdhouse, 2-4 p.m. (contact pandjvincelette@msn. com); bag o’ tricks workshop: recycle, paint and fuse plastic shopping bags into original pieces of art (contact ml3baird@gmail. com). Workshops are limited to 8 students each. Email each workshop’s contact for cost and other information. For information, call 303-246-3987.

Pies And Tarts Culinary Class: 6-9 p.m. Monday, May 8 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Learn to make pie crusts with simple ingredients and turn them into pies and tarts. For ages 16 and older.

Call 303-8056800 or go to www.parkerartscenter.com.

Coffee and Coloring: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Get creative at an evening of adult coloring, conversation and coffee. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Lessons and Lemonade: 9:30-11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. select Saturdays at Hobby Lobby,

this week’s TOP FIVE Victoria’s Tea Fundraiser: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at The Gathering Place at Christ’s Episcopal Church, 615 4th St., Castle Rock. Enjoy tea, scones, music and stories.

Proceeds benefit the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum. Purchase tickets at the museum or online at www.castlerockmuseum.org under the Event Tickets tab. Contact 303-814-3164 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

from Nature’s Educators will present the program and bring birds, reptiles and more. Call 303-7953961.

Bone Builders and Bone Breakers: 10-11:30 a.m.

Saturday, May 6 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Support lifelong bone health by knowing how to get all the nutrients your bones need. Call 303-805-6800 or go to www.parkerartscenter.com.

Finding Hidden Treasures in Family Search: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Program of the Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society is presented by Barbara Elliott, society member, and features the FamilySearch.org website. Contact ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com. Go to www. facebook.com/ColumbineGenealogy

Animals of Pokemon: 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Many of the characters from the popular Pokemon games were inspired by real animals. Learn about the real defense strategies animals use to protect themselves, find shelter, and find food. For example, Froakie is based off of a frog and uses water as a defense. Pidgey is based off of a pigeon and uses wing attacks just like in real life. Staff

‘Toy Story, the Children’s Muical’ Auditions: 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch. Class lasts 8 weeks; students learn acting, dancing and vocal techniques while preparing for musical. For ages 3-10 years. Classes run from 3:45-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Performance in late June. Go to www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for information and tuition rates.

Colorado 83 and Mainstreet, Parker. Presented by the Parker Artists Guild. For children in grades 4-8.

Class schedule: Saturday, May 13, Polymer Clay; Saturday, June 24, Intuitive Painting with Acrylics.

Registration required; call 720542-8187.

MUSIC

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, at the Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder; 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 6, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Presented by the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.

Tickets for all shows available at http:// www.boulderchamberorchestra.com/ ode-to-joy.

Concert Organist: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Performed by Tom Trenney. Contact: Mark Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com.

Littleton Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 12 at Littleton United

Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos: King of Instruments is the final concert of the season. Information and tickets available at www.littletonsymphony.org or by calling 303-933-6824.

Mother’s Day Concert: 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 14 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Denver Concert Band presents “Sunday in the Park,” a spring repertoire that includes Robert Sheldon’s “Art in the Park” and Aaron Copland’s “Outdoor Overture.” Young Artist winner John Sevy, from Berthoud High School, will perform. Call 720-509-1000 or go to lonetreeartscenter.org for tickets and information.

Voices West Presents `Requiem’: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 14, at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Concert features Voices West and the Colorado Chamber Orchestra. Go to VoicesWest.org.

FILM Star Trek Wars: 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Show off your knowledge of “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” in this sci-fi trivia contest. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

‘Star Trek’ Past and Present: 5 p.m. Friday, May 12 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. View a double feature of “Star Trek”

films, one from the old generation and one from the new, and enjoy bits of trivia. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org.

EVENTS

Colonizing Titan vs. Mars: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Join writer and planetary scientist Dr. Amanda Hendrix to learn about the viability of colonizing Saturn’s moon, Titan, versus Mars.

Great for all ages. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Business Resources: Meet Your Information Match: 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. An interactive session for business owners to explore online resources available in the library and community.

Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Book Lovers: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Add some great reads to your list and enjoy an evening of book talks with library staff and a rep from Hachette Publishing.

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Book Discussion: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Dr. Max Frazier leads the discussion of “One of Ours,” by Willa Cather. Frazier specializes in autobiography and women writing from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-8143164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org, or www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Admission is free.

Parker Library Tour, AAUW Meeting: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 at the Parker Library, 20104 Mainstreet, Parker. AAUW promotes equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research. Go to douglascounty-co. aauw.net. Contact Beryl Jacobson at 303-688-8088 or berylmjacobson@gmail.com ROAD CarFit for Seniors: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month through September, at Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing, 3401 Eudora St., Denver.

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Free Fly Fishing 101 course is offered nearly every Saturday and 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.

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Backyard Birding Blitz: Lifelong Learning Fridays: 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Join the Audubon Society for tips on backyard birding. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org.

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Birding Insights Workshops: 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, May 13, time TBD (Spring Migration), at Audubon Nature Center, 11280 S. Waterton Road, Littleton. Register at http://www.denveraudubon.org/event/.

Workshops give adults and teens birding knowledge and tips, including techniques for identification, food preferences, life cycle and more.

Broken Tee Women’s 18-Hole Saturday Golf Club: play on Saturday mornings; season starts in April. Broken Tee Golf Course is at 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. Good for working women and mothers. Contact BTWSGC@aol.com

Time & Togetherness, Save a Life: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at Seven Stones Chatfield, 9635 N. Rampart Range Road. Free, family-friendly Time & Togetherness event includes snacks, live music, family crafts and games, tours and more. You can also donate blood with Bonfils; drop in (will possibly wait) or make an appointment by calling 303-363-2300, or go to donors.bonfils. org and use site code B168. RSVP by calling 303-619-9697, or go to http://www. discoversevenstones.com/ Mastering the Mindful Meal: 6:30 p.m.

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Quick rise to prowess puts her in rare club

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J.J. Strain competes in the April 28 100-meter breaststroke A heat finals for the Bruins during the Cherry Creek Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet. Strain took first place in the event.

TOM MUNDS

Cherry Creek team wins meet Depth in the water carries home team to victory

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At the Cherry Creek Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet on April 28 and 29, the hosts won four championship heats and captured the team title.

“We are a strong team this season and our strength is in our depth because we have more than 100 kids out for swimming,” Cherry Creek coach Chris Loftis said.

“We have solid senior leadership

as well as a lot of good younger swimmers, so all aspects of the team are strong.”

He said most of the varsity swimmers and divers compete in the sport all year.

“This is my 15th season as head coach and I have seen the program growing over the years,” he said.

“I think one reason our program is growing is the fact we have great relationships with the club teams in our area so many of their kids decide to come to Cherry Creek.”

The coach’s comment about depth showed up in the competition as the Bruins entered two teams. The Cherry Creek Royal team won the meet with 1,082 points and the Cherry Creek team

took eighth with 325 points.

Highlands Ranch took second place in the team standings with 847 points, Ponderosa was third with 666.5 points and Heritage was seventh with 356.5 points.

Representatives of 11 teams took part in the two-day meet.

The Bruins’ standouts in individual events included Joseph Jang, who finished first in the 200-meter freestyle and was second in the 100-meter freestyle, while teammate Brendan Eckerman won the 200-meter individual medley. Jang and Eckerman were also members of Cherry Creek’s team that won the 400-meter freestyle relay. Alex Bruce was a member

Ridge: He threw eight pitches to retire three batters with a runner on first in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn the save in the Grizzlies’ 6-4 win over Heritage in an April 27 Continental League game. Haze also hit a solo homer in the game.

Murphy Gienger, baseball, sophomore, Douglas County: He went 4-for-5, scored three runs and had four runs batted in during the Huskies’ 15-5 win over High-

lands Ranch on April 27. Gienger also pitched two scoreless innings.

Joshua Thompson, baseball, junior, Highlands Ranch: Thompson pitched a one-hit, seven-inning shutout in the Falcons’ 2-0 victory over Ponderosa on April 26. He had four strikeouts and induced 15 groundball outs, and the only ball that left the infield was a ground ball double to left field in the second inning.

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STANDOUT PERFORMERS Tabitha Diehl, golf, senior, Mountain Vista: She birdied six of the final seven holes to offset a double bogey and took medalist honors at the Plum Creek Golf Club with a 3-under-par 69 in the April 24 Continental League meet.

Isabel Anema, lacrosse, junior, Cherry Creek: She scored three goals on three shots on goal in the Bruins’ 8-0 victory over Smoky Hill on April 28.

Jake Haze, baseball, junior, Thunder-

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

fter watching Jordan Remley hit a precise approach shot toward the 18th green at Broken Tee Englewood to finish a 3-under-par round of 69, I assumed I was observing a young lady who had been swinging a golf club since shortly after the day she learned to walk.

However, I discovered OVERTIME that Remley is not one of those athletes who specialized in one sport while growing up.

“I’ve been playing sports since I was 4 years old, and one day I was coming out with my dad and I ask, `Can I hit your driver?’ ” the Ralston Valley senior Jim Benton said. “It was a real calm day with no wind and I just piped it down the middle.”

Remley, who has signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Wyoming, has developed into one of the state’s best golfers heading into the May 8 state-qualifying regional tournament.

“I only started playing golf my freshman year, so this is my fourth year of golf,” she said. “I’ve never shot over a 100. I’d say golf came pretty natural.”

Remley has taken a few lessons, including a week of instruction from renowned golf teacher Hank Haney.

Remley has won or tied for medalist honors in every Jefferson County League tournament this spring.

“Considering that she had six months of golf before starting her freshman year at Ralston Valley and now she is leading the state with consistent under-par rounds, I would consider that amazing,” Mustangs coach Wendy Davies said. “She is a great all-around young lady and athlete, she will continue to grow as she goes on to play at Wyoming, and I also hope to see her achieve her dream to be on the LPGA someday.”

Home-field advantage Highlands Ranch soccer coach Spencer Ward is catching flak for scheduling Falcons’ home games on the grass field at Highlands Ranch instead of the turf at Shea Stadium.

“I get a lot of coaches calling me up and saying, `Why can’t we go to Shea?’ ” he said.

“They say, ‘Your field is bad.’ But if it was unplayable, my school would not let us play on it.”

Ward argues that it is hard to get students to drive to Shea to watch games and more do attend games played at the school.

He also said students and spectators get a closer view of the action on the field at Highlands Ranch than at Shea, Echo Park Automotive Stadium or Douglas County Stadium, where most Continental League games are held.

He is raising funds to improve the field at Highlands Ranch and hopes the district might construct a fence around the pitch.

“We’re striving to make it a decent field so these kids can be like, ‘You know what, we have a decent place to play,’ ” Ward said.

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Grizzlies use big inning to down Eagles

ThunderRidge starting pitcher Tim McIntyre delivers a pitch during the April 26 Continental League game against Heritage at the Eagles’ field. McIntyre pitched six innings, allowed nine hits but benefitted from a five-run ThunderRidge third inning outburst as he picked up the victory in the 6-4 Grizzly victory. J IM BENTON

Baseball teams scramble in unpredictable Continental League

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

This season’s Continental League baseball race could be described as topsy-turvy and unpredictable.

After games on April 26, there were three teams tied for first place, one team a half game off the pace and three other teams a game off the lead.

That’s eight of the league’s 11 teams still contending for the title or first division finishes.

ThunderRidge temporarily moved into a first-place tie with a 6-4 victory over Heritage on April 26 at the Eagles’ Randy Campbell Memorial Field.

“It’s a crazy league,” said ThunderRidge coach Joe White. “We played the last year’s state champions from Nevada in our first game of the year down in Phoenix, we played some Phoenix teams and played Broomfield. There is nothing like this league. Every game you have to come play or you will get beat. It’s great baseball.”

Heritage coach Scott Hormann agreed.

“It’s ridiculous,” he said. “Every single team in this league is good.

Castle View is a really, really good baseball team and they’ve lost six in row. I truly believe our league is the best league in the state. When you don’t make plays, you are going to get beat. The goal has to be to win two out of three games every week.”

All league teams except Mountain Vista and Heritage moved April 28 games up to April 27 to avoid a pending storm.

And Castle View beat ThunderRidge 3-2 as the league standings continued to scramble.

Key moments ThunderRidge, sparked by a long home run by Jake Haze and a two-run triple by Will Smith, scored five runs in the third inning to take a 6-2 lead and held on for the win.

“Jake Haze started the inning off with a leadoff home run,” said Smith.

“He hit the house across the street. It went pretty far, 60 feet in the air for 300 feet.

“Then we got a couple guys on base after that and I got a 3-1 curve ball and I hit it to right center and scored two on that one. Then Tyson Cruickshank got a nice RBI to score me on the next at-bat. It was really important for us and ended up getting us a big inning.”

Key players/statistics ThunderRidge’s Bailey Seeger went 3-for-3 with a run batted it, Smith went 2-for-3 with his two RBIs, and Haze was 3-for-4 with his towering homer.

Starting pitcher Tim McIntyre pitched six innings for the Grizzlies and earned the win. He scattered nine hits and got a clutch relief performance by Haze.

Haze came in with nobody out and a runner on first in the bottom of the seventh but only needed eight pitches to get the next three outs to earn the save.

Heritage senior catcher Casey Opitz went 2-for-4 and hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, which trimmed the ThunderRidge lead to 6-4. Mason Mitchell also had two hits for the Eagles.

They said it “We needed that,” said White of the ThunderRidge five-run third inning.

“To be able to break out in a game like that was pretty nice. We have been struggling at the plate all year and to have an inning like that was pretty nice.”

Heritage starter Jacob Hilton, the league’s strikeout leader, gave up eight hits and four earned runs but three Eagles errors didn’t help. Hilton had five strikeouts to raise his total to 59 in 42 innings pitched.

“I feel bad for our pitcher,” said Hormann. “He goes out, pounds the zone, throws strikes and we didn’t make plays for him. The same thing happened at Douglas County (6-5 loss). They put up a five-spot in sixth inning. Our league is too good. We cannot do that. We played a good ball SEE BASEBALL, P25

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CREEK FROM PAGE 23

of the first-place 400-meter freestyle team and the third-place 200-meter medley relay team.

Cherry Creek senior J.J. Strain was third in the 50-meter freestyle.

Later in the meet, he won the 100-meter breaststroke and then teamed up with Jang, Eckerman and Bruce to win the next event in

the meet, the 400-meter freestyle relay.

Strain said it is tough to swim two events back to back.

“We train for endurance every day,” he said. “Our coach said we are the hardest-training team in the state.

“It has been a good season and I am really looking forward to state.”

Strain said he will continue his career in the water as he will attend Villanova University in Pennsylvania and swim for the Wildcats.

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“Girls can get injuries just as much on turf fields as grass fields.”

McCaffrey joins brother By now, everyone is aware that former Valor Christian and Stanford University standout Christian McCaffrey was selected eighth overall by the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League draft on April 27.

But did you know that he will be joining his older brother Max in the NFL? Max McCaffrey, the 6-foot-2, 200 pounder who played college football at Duke and also was a standout at Valor, was signed as an undrafted

free agent last May by Oakland but was released on Aug. 29. The wide receiver signed with Green Bay on Dec. 20, 2016 and was added to the practice squad.

Christian McCaffrey has two younger brothers. Dylan is a senior at Valor. He was the Colorado Community Media South Metro Football Player of the Year and will be a quarterback at the University of Michigan in the fall. Luke McCaffrey, a safety, receiver and quarterback, will be a junior at Valor next season. Michigan has apparently offered Luke a scholarship, but he has not made a college commitment.

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.

Bruins freshman Lars Hanna swims the backstroke as he competes in the April 28 A heat finals of the 200-meter individual medley during the final day of the Cherry Creek Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet. Hanna finished fifth in the event.

TOM MUNDS

BASEBALL FROM PAGE 24

game other than one inning.”

Going forward Depending on the weather, the regular season was scheduled to end May 3 with eight, four-team regional playoff tournaments set for May 13.

League champions automatically advance to the regionals with the remaining 24 teams qualifying by RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) points.

The RPI standings change after each game, so following the April 27 action, Mountain Vista was third, Rock Canyon fourth, Legend seventh, league-leading Douglas County 10th, Heritage 12th, ThunderRidge 16th, Highlands Ranch 18th and Castle View 32nd.

Heritage catcher Casey Opitz is ready to be greeted at home plate after hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning of the April 26 Continental League game against ThunderRidge at the Eagles’ Randy Campbell Memorial Field. JIM BENTON

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teacher taught something contrary to what his son had already researched, that meant a challenge his son couldn’t back down from.

And man, could his room get messy, Peterson said.

His son, then in his early 20s, was living back at home after leaving school and losing his job. They don’t know why he lost his job, Peterson said, but he and his wife offered support and sometimes, the tough love they thought appropriate.

However, Peterson drew the line at his son’s messy room. He was a dad first, Peterson said, and that room had to be cleaned. He confronted

his son, only to hear something that both shocked and confused him.

“It’s not that bad,” Peterson recalled his son saying.

Peterson didn’t understand how he couldn’t see the mess.

At that point, Michelle suggested the issues ran deeper than just the typical problems faced by people in their 20s. At her encouragement, their son was evaluated.

At nearly 24 years old, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

From then on, Peterson’s perspective on parenting his “difficult” son changed.

The impact of talking Peterson says the stigma surrounding mental health is very real, but not everyone with mental health conditions will handle it the same

way.

Besides offering specific tips for having conversations about mental health, the Let’s Talk Colorado website includes a quiz for people to test whether they can spot mental health stigma.

Peterson’s son would likely react to prejudice by brushing it off. It’s not his problem if people can’t accept his condition, Peterson’s son would say. It’s their problem.

But through his experiences, Peterson is now talking about mental health, and having continued conversations with his son about how he’s doing.

Having someone to listen to is key for those struggling with mental health issue, Peterson said.

“My advice,” Peterson said, “is if you’re really serious about the

Let’s Talk campaign, if you’re really serious about removing that stigma, than you’re going to have to be willing to actually hear what comes from it.”

Whether it’s a veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder or a new mother with postpartum depression, this campaign is aimed at everyone, Younger said.

Peterson believes it could make a difference.

He is happy to report that treatment combined with more awareness has helped his son, who is now living in New Orleans and working at a job he likes.

A godfather who travels for work will often visit to see how he’s doing.

He also snaps a photo of his bedroom for his father.

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the ticket, he said. When it came to Trump, he “just couldn’t get there the way he spoke about women.”

“I’ve been a conservative Republican my whole life,” he said, “although, I’m fiercely independent as well.”

Aside from being a viable conservative candidate for voters, he said, his business experience gives him the ability to work with diverse minds — and opinions — and focus on problem-solving rather than politics.

Former state legislator Al White, a Republican from Hayden who served alongside Mitchell in the House, backed up his claims.

“I found him to be a very pragmatic, solution-oriented kind of guy,” he said. “He seemed to me like he was more interested in solving problems than he was getting bogged down in partisan politics, which to me is a big plus.”

Al Roberson, a former employee of Mitchell’s transportation company who now lives in Highlands Ranch, said Mitchell’s business background sets him up to be that problem-solver, which government needs more of, he said.

“That’s why I’m excited to see more of the mindset of people like Victor running for office,” he said.

“If we can get him to the finish line, wow, that would be exciting.”

Mitchell believes he’s got a real shot at accomplishing that.

“I’m not concerned about my opponents,” Mitchell said. “None of them will have my set of life experiences.”

Humble beginnings The entrepreneurial bug has been with Mitchell from a young age, partially driven by a need to make ends meet.

At 11 years old, with the family living in New York, Mitchell’s

parents broke up. His mother, who is blind and deaf, moved to California. Mitchell moved with his mother to help care for her, leaving behind his father and two sisters.

In California, he and his mother nearly experienced homelessness.

They moved often.

By 13 years old, he was working to help support them both, and continued to do so through high school and college.

“It shaped me tremendously,” he said of helping care for his mother.

“It teaches you that you have to have a lot of empathy for people that are marginalized. I was marginalized. My mother was marginalized. And let me tell you, it’s not very fun being poor.”

At 21, he started his first company as a junior in college, a transportation and limousine service company, and his entrepreneurship grew from there. He hasn’t worked for anyone else since.

Looking ahead Mitchell has been out of public office for eight years. But he’s back, and with a gameplan.

In addition to combating regulation, he also foresees a 20-year transportation plan for the state, and a budget review for the Colorado Department of Transportation. He’d transform the Legislative Audit Committee into a performance review committee to look for overspending, he said, and hopefully find serious dollars to shift for transportation funding rather than grow government spending.

Mostly, Mitchell said, he believes he can improve people’s lives as governor.

And don’t bother asking him why he’s not seeking a lower office to fulfill that mission. He’ll respond with a quick chuckle and a simple “no.”

“I’m an executive,” Mitchell said.

“The governorship is the right position for me. And I think it would be the right position for the people of Colorado.”

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Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0099-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 28, 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) PAULA S COX AND TERRY L COX Original Beneficiary(ies) ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2004 PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-WHQ2 Date of Deed of Trust September 27, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 23, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4203654 Original Principal Amount $207,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $198,423.46

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 7, BLOCK 3, BERRY KNOLLS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 5486 S Lakeview St, 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, 06/21/2017, 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: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 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: 02/28/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

Public Trustees

DATE: 02/28/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for 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 # 00000006489728 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.: 0099-2017 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0100-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 1, 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) Nicholas A Romano Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust May 29, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 07, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9072911 Original Principal Amount $225,223.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $198,614.72 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 12, BLOCK 25, BROADMOOR - FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6056 S Valleyview St, 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, 06/21/2017, 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: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 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 COM-

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First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 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.

Public Trustees

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: 03/01/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO170034 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.: 0100-2017 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0115-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 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) Rick L Thomas and Jennifer R Thomas Original Beneficiary(ies) Bank One, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust October 22, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 13, 2002 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B2216256 Original Principal Amount $124,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $103,749.63 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 76, HOMESTEAD IN THE WILLOWS, FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7211 S Pontiac Way, Centennial, 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, 06/28/2017, 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.

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.

Original Principal Amount $166,920.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $163,890.34

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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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/28/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince To advertise yourTHE public notices call 303-566-4100 Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A highest and best bidder for cash, the said real FIRST LIEN. property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Also known by street and number as: Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale 1651 W Canal Cir 633, Littleton, CO 80120. and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL provided by law.

OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF First Publication: 5/4/2017 TRUST. Last Publication: 6/1/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent NOTICE OF SALE

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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;

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.

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: 03/07/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for 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-17-763152-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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/21/2017, 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: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

DATE: 03/03/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee

Legal Notice NO.: 0115-2017 First Publication: 5/4/2017 Last Publication: 6/1/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0104-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 3, 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) Wendy Susan Ratkin Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust June 24, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 24, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5067473 Original Principal Amount $166,920.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $163,890.34 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. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A

David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 17CO00020-1

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

0104-2017 Exhibit A BUILDING 6, UNIT 633, PINNACLE AT HIGHLINE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION FOR PINNACLE AT HIGHLINE RECORDED JULY 17, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1115281 AND AS AMENDED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED AUGUST 30, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO.B1147057 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED AUGUST 30, 2001 UNDER RECEPTION NO. B1147056 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND GARAGE UNIT G-105, AS SHOWN ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED AUGUST 30, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1147056 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. AND SURFACE PARKING UNIT P-54 AS SHOWN ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED JUNE 14, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2109902, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0104-2017 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Also known by street and number as: 1651 W Canal Cir 633, Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY EN-

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