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CCM joins effort to document hate and bias incidents STAFF REPORT

A woman and her 5-year-old daughter walking on a sidewalk in a Highlands Ranch park recently came across a chalk-scrawled image of a swastika and words spelling “Kill the Jews.”

In Lakewood, following the recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, police increased patrols around a local mosque after it received a series of threatening calls.

The two incidents are among many nationwide as reports of bias, discrimi-

nation and hate crimes surface.

The FBI and civil rights organizations are tracking many higher-profile incidents.

“But no government agency documents lower-level incidents of harassment and intimidation, such as online or real-life bullying,” says ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative reporting.

“Documenting and understanding all of these incidents — from hate-inspired murders to anti-Semitic graffiti to racist online trolling — requires new, more

creative approaches.”

With that in mind, ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project is working to create a national database of all incidents that can be used by journalists, researchers and civil rights organizations. Colorado Community Media has joined the more than 70 media organizations, academic institutions and civil rights organizations partnering with ProPublica to collect, verify and analyze reports by victims across the country.

Your help is invaluable: We are asking residents in our communities to report

MILESTONES Madeleine Anna Adams, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in education and human sciences from the University of NebraskaLincoln.

Brennan V. Bohnsack, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance from the University of Northern Colorado.

Bria Busta, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Maryville University. Busta is majoring in health science physical therapy.

Anthony Joseph D’Alanno, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, elementary teaching from the University of Northern Colorado.

Lauren E. Ellis, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Northern Colorado.

Erica J. Foster, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, elementary teaching from the University of Northern Colorado.

Samuel Gardinier, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Maryville University.

Gardinier is majoring in sport business management.

Gavin Harrison, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Azusa Pacific University.

Mark D. Hoffmann, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies

any hate, bias or discrimination instances by submitting an online report about those experiences. That information will be shared with the Documenting Hate partners, but with no one else without your permission.

The online form can be found on the Colorado Community Media website, coloradocommunitymedia.com, as well as on our individual newspaper websites and Facebook pages. To submit a report, go to www.coloradocommunity media.com/stories/propublicasdocumenting-hate-project,250606

NEWS IN A HURRY from the University of Northern Colorado.

Nicholas James Iwata, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Doane University. A junior, Iwata is a graduate of Regis Jesuit High School.

Dong Hyun Ko, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Dong is majoring in aerospace engineering.

Tucker Moore Krantz, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Shannon Kinney, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Susquehanna University. Kinney is a 2014 graduate of Cherry Creek High School and the daughter of Greg and Joan Kinney.

William Lane, of Centennial, graduated cum laude in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Carthage College.

Mariah Catherine Linton, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Colorado.

Brian Long, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Columbia College.

Christian Lyles, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Northern Colorado.

Erin M. McClintock, of Cen-

tennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art and design, visual communication design from the University of Northern Colorado.

John Mark Joseph Murphy, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting from the University of Northern Colorado.

Caitlin Renee Nelson, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in education and human sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Michael A. Nyman, of Centennial, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Northern Colorado.

Morgan E. Overley, of Centennial, graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in music, vocal performance from the University of Northern Colorado.

Hannah Catherine Rigden, of Centennial, graduated with a master’s degree in special education from the University of Northern Colorado.

Bishal Shrestha, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Columbia College.

Ryan Smith, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Carthage College.

Mackenzie Day, of Greenwood Village, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Carthage College.

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Beer and barbecue The City of Centennial will host its annual Brew-N-Que event at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., on July 15. The event, which takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. will host local breweries and barbecue resturaunts.

The Sweet Lillies will play live music, followed

by Matt Rouch and the Noise Upstairs.

All ages are welcome.

Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

To participate in beer tasting, people must be 21 years or older. A punch card is $15 and includes 10 samples in a tasting mug.

To pre-purchase a punch card, visit eventbrite.com/e/ centennial-brew-n-quetickets-348712337.

For more information, visit centennialco.gov.

Free concert at Prairie Sky Park A free concert will be held July 20 at Prairie Sky Park, 9381 Crossington Way in Lone Tree.

Skean Bubh, a Celtic Folk band, will start playing at 6 p.m.

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hosted by South Suburban Parks and Recreation, includes free family activities starting at 5 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for the outdoor event.

For more information, visit ssprd.org/NewsAnd-Events

CSU Extension hosting free renewable energy workshop Arapahoe County’s CSU Extension, Xcel Energy and the cities of Englewood and Littleton are hosting a free renewable energy workshop on July 18.

The event will take place in the Community Room at the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway in Englewood from 7 to 8 p.m.

Participants will learn how to invest in renewable energy. Topics focus on solar and wind energy product installation and evaluating the economics of renewable energy to make the best decision for a participant’s home.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Tim Aston at tim.aston@ colostate.edu or call 303738-7907.

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‘So much love’: Chicken chain draws a crowd for opening ceremony Raising Cane’s welcomes customers in Highlands Ranch, with three more on way in south metro area

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dax Littleton first tried Raising Cane’s chicken fingers at a location in Arizona. The 16-year-old liked the restaurant so much that he convinced two of his friends to camp outside the new Highlands Ranch location for nearly 24 hours in hopes of getting free food for a year.

And they did.

“It’s totally worth it,” said Littleton, sitting in a fold-up chair behind his car, eating crispy chicken fingers and golden fries at 10 a.m. “We will be coming here a lot.”

Littleton and his friends were among dozens of people at the July 6 grand opening of Raising Cane’s, located at 1108 Corporal Max Donaphue Lane, nestled between Bank of America and Carlos Miguel’s Mexican Bar & Grill. Many camped overnight and waited in line for a taste of the restaurant’s southern-style chicken fingers, Cane’s sauce and Texas toast.

“This place is good,” said Preston Smith, who traveled that morning

General manager David Cannon cuts a blue ribbon at the grand opening of Raising Cane’s, a Louisiana-based restaurant known for its chicken fingers that opened July 6 at 1108 Corporal Max Donahue Lane, across from Town Center North.

ALEX DEWIND from downtown Denver. “It’s a different kind of chicken.”

Founded in Louisiana in 1996 by Todd Graves and named after his yellow Labrador, Raising Cane’s has more than 325 restaurants in

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23 states. Highlands Ranch marks Colorado’s second location — the first opened in Fort Collins — with others coming to Parker this August and Castle Rock and Centennial this fall.

Of the Highlands Ranch restaurant, Raising Cane’s area director Clint Owens said: “I’ve never in my life had so much buzz, so much love and appreciation from a community.”

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Process quietly ongoing for assisted suicides Advocates say about 10 drug prescriptions have been filled in Colorado ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado’s law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drugs is quietly underway, with an estimated 10 prescriptions filled since voters approved the practice last year, advocates say.

Compassion & Choices, the national organization that pushed the ballot initiative in November, provided the tally, but it’s impossible to know how many people took the drugs, Colorado Politics reported July 4.

State health authorities won’t release figures on prescriptions until the end of the year.

Colorado has joined Oregon, California, Montana, Vermont, Washington state and Washington, D.C., in allowing doctor-assisted suicide. But dozens of Colorado hospitals won’t participate in ending someone’s life. About one-third of the state’s hospitals are Catholicaffiliated.

Doctors still can choose to write prescriptions in their offices and allow patients to end their lives at home.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment plans to report by the end of the year how many doctors handled prescriptions, but it won’t say how many people took the drugs.

Advocates say about one in three people prescribed life-ending drugs don’t take them.

Patti James, an 81-year-old from Littleton with lung cancer, said that decision

should be hers. She has fought cancer for 11 years and said she can’t take any more radiation.

“I’ve had a long run with it,” she said.

James said her choice to live or die, when the time is right, will be a personal and private one. She campaigned last year for the law.

“We met so many people begging us to get this passed,” James said. “Not just sick people, but people who want to have this option available if they ever needed it.”

In California, health officials late last month reported numbers from the first six months of its medically assisted suicide law, which went into effect in June 2016.

A total of 191 people in the nation’s most populous state received life-ending drugs after being diagnosed with having less than six months to live, and 111 people took the medication and died.

The outcomes of 59 others who received the prescriptions were not reported by their doctors, health officials said.

In Colorado, lawmakers tucked $44,000 into the budget during the legislative session that ended in May to help better inform doctors with patients who might ask about the new law and pursue the option.

But state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, a Republican from Berthoud, argued that taxpayers should not support the practice.

“This is not the job of a doctor, and it’s certainly not the job of the government,” Lundberg said.

Advocates like James say the new law empowers patients to make the decision.

“I’ve always felt there had to be a kinder, more peaceful way to go,” James said.

HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Program Provides information and support to crime victims Need: Victim Adocates interact with and support victims of domestic violence. They also provide resource referrals and explain processes to victims.

Requirements: 20 hours of training required; volunteers must commit to one morning a week at the Justice Center in Castle Rock.

Contact: Mel Secrease, 720-733-4552 or msecrease@da.18.state.co.us.

Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute. Our Walk to End Alzheimer’s attracts more than 10,000 people, so planning committee members are essential.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@ alz.org.

Angel Heart Project Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses Need: Volunteers willing to deliver meals to clients in the South Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check before volunteering. Training provided to all new drivers.

Deliveries start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.

Contact: 303-830-0202 or volunteer@ projectangelheart.org.

Animal Rescue of the Rockies Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org.

ASSE International Student Exchange Program Organizes student exchange programs Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of coutries.

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Relay for Life set for Highlands Ranch Fundraising event honors cancer survivors and lost loved ones

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At 42 years old, Laura Kowalski was told she had stage 4 cervical cancer.

She wasn’t expected to live.

After an intensive treatment plan that included a three-month trip to California for surgery and radiation and chemotherapy, Kowalski is now 17 years cancer-free. The Highlands Ranch resident was able to see milestones that she once worried she would miss. She was present at all three of her kids’ high school graduations and two of their college graduations. She saw her daughter get married.

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Audubon Society of Greater Denver Provides engaging and educational birding and wildlife programs at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield State Park and throughout the Denver metro area.

Need: Volunteers lead birding field trips and assist with nature programs, office projects, fundraising and community events.

Location: Chatfield State Park and offsite locations around Denver.

Age requirement: 18 years or older for yearround volunteers; 13-17 for summer camp programs.

Contact: Kate Hogan at communityoutreach@denveraudubon.org or 303-9739530.

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Juli Asbridge, 720-733-2292

To celebrate another year of good health, Kowalski, now 59, will attend Relay for Life of South Metro Denver on July 22 from 3 to 11 p.m. at Shea Stadium, 3270 Redstone Park Circle, Highlands Ranch. She has participated in or helped plan the yearly event in Highlands Ranch and other locations around the Denver metro area since her diagnosis.

“For me, going to relay is like a big event, like a birthday or a celebration, because it’s another year,” Kowalski said. “I made it through another year.”

The annual event, hosted by American Cancer Society, honors survivors and loved ones lost to cancer and raises money for cancer research. Last year brought in $65,000 and this year’s goal is $80,000, according to Lindsay Phelan, community development manager of American Cancer Society, also Kowalski’s daughter.

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of it, we are walking and honoring those survivors and remembering loved ones.”

Another one of those survivors is Jennifer Walker, who at 32 years old was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. The Littleton native had been attending relays since high school, when her best friend died from colon cancer at 17 years old.

When Walker’s cancer was in remission, she joined a Relay for Life committee and helped in the planning process. She now attends the Highlands Ranch event with her family.

“The relay puts a positive light on what is such a negative thing in someone’s life,” said Walker, 46. “As a survivor myself, it felt really good to get the recognition that I fought this fight.”

To sign up for Relay for Life South Metro Denver, visit main.acsevents. org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=80374.

RidgeGate July, August and September 2017

The RidgeGate calendar of fun starts here.

Yoga in the Park It’s time again for sunset salutations. Join RidgeGate, South Suburban Parks and Recreation and the Lone Tree Recreation Center for free Yoga in the Park classes in Belvedere Park, at the corner of RidgeGate Circle and Belvedere Lane. Please bring your own yoga mat. In case of heavy rain or lightning, class will be cancelled. No need to register – just drop in!

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Saturday, July 15, 8:30-10am — Monarchs and Milkweed Hike Saturday, July 22, 8-9:30am — Botany for Birdwatchers Thursday, August 3, 5:30-7pm — Insect and Spider Exploration Hike Wednesday, August 16, 6-7:30pm — Geocaching Basics Saturday, September 16, 9-11am — Family Fun Game & Trivia Hike Saturday, September 30, 9-10:30am — Autumn Glory Hike

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Tunes on the Terrace at the Lone Tree Arts Center RidgeGate is again proud to sponsor Lone Tree Art Center’s Tunes on the Terrace – an outdoor evening concert series that will bring your summer nights to life. Performances range from bluegrass to jazz, and everything in between. The stars are out this summer! Check out the schedule and buy tickets at www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Friday, July 21st — After Midnight Friday, August 4, 8-10pm — Doves Cry: Tribute to Prince, David Bowie and George Michael Friday, August 11, 8-10pm — The Motones (Main Stage Performance)

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Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus, Highlands Ranch Contact: 720-777-6887 Colorado Humane Society Handles animal abuse and neglect cases Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925

school when her mom was diagnosed with cancer. She viewed Relay for Life as a way for the community to fight back.

“My mom would not be here today had the American Cancer Society not done research,” said Phelan.

During Relay for Life, team members take turns walking around a track or designated path. Each event is six to 24 hours long and each team is asked to have a member on the track at all times to signify that cancer never sleeps, says American Cancer Society’s website.

The day closes with a luminaria ceremony where small paper bags honoring loved ones lost are released into the sky.

The event has a festival atmosphere with family-friendly games, an obstacle course and a bounce house. This year’s Star Wars theme is “May the Cure Be With You.” But, Phelan said: “Still, at the heart

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Among RidgeGate’s cultural facilities is the 38-acre historic Schweiger Ranch, located just east of the RidgeGate Parkway and I-25 interchange. The historic restoration of the ranch and its buildings, led by the nonprofit Schweiger Ranch Foundation, gives us an important glimpse into the settlers’ lives in the late 1800s. Today, Schweiger Ranch is open to the public for self-guided visits each weekend (Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5pm) and a variety of exciting events throughout the year. Register for or learn more about these events at SchweigerRanch.org.

Saturday, July 15, 6-8pm — Campfire Stories with Liz Masterson & Cinnamon Sue Sunday, July 30, 1-3pm — Free Guided Tour Sunday, August 27, 1-3pm — Free Guided Tour

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As unemployment drops, businesses labor to find workers Record-low jobless rate making it tough for some companies to fill openings

HOW THE COUNTIES COMPARE Below is a comparison of unemployment rates of six counties in the Denver metro area from May 2016 to May 2017. Rates are not seasonally adjusted.

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Husband and wife Jim and Kate Curtis opened Village Roaster, a coffee store in Lakewood, 23 years ago.

Some employees have been with them for five to 10 years, others are seasonal high school and college students.

But although they describe their staff as stable, they have noticed a change in the past year.

“We don’t have as many applicants for positions,” Kate Curtis said.

“There is not a lineup of people to choose from.”

The struggle to find employees is the result of a historically low state unemployment rate of 2.3 percent, the lowest in the nation, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reports.

That rate, which has remained the same for April and May, compares to a state unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in May 2010 and of 3.9 percent in May 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate for May was 4.3 percent, compared to 4.7 percent a year earlier.

Openings are highest in nonfarm payroll jobs, which include goods, construction and manufacturing positions.

Business leaders in the Denver metro area agree the low unemployment rate signals a strong economy of employed people who have the means to spend money.

“Job security means the economic engine in sales is doing well,” said Pamela Kelly, general manager of Park Meadows shopping center in Lone Tree, which has 200 retail stores and 16 restaurants.

But conversely, the selection pool for employers has diminished in size and quality. Chamber of commerce leaders in the Denver metro area agree that their members — employers of small to large businesses — are finding it difficult to fill positions.

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offers medical benefits, incentives to stay healthy, including a health and exercise facility on campus, and clubs where people of like-minded interests can connect, said Reese Reynolds, humans resources director of Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Division.

“Healthy, happy and fulfilled employees get engaged in their work and end up doing great work,” Reynolds said. “We have outlets for their interests that are beyond their careers.”

Shifting attitudes A major reason many employers are struggling to fill positions is the mindset of the millennial worker.

Millennials —a term used to describe the population born after 1980 — are taking the traditional four-year university route over trade professions, such as electricians, plumbers and mechanics. According to a 2017 study by Pew Research Center, 40 percent of millennial workers ages 25 to 29 had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2016, compared to 32 percent of Generation X workers — who are in their mid-30s to early 50s — and smaller shares of the baby boomer generation.

In 2015, to address the shortage of craftsmen and women in the trade industry, Colorado lawmakers created the Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, Key Training Act, which included a three-year, $10 million grant for training programs, including pre-apprenticeships and peer-to-peer outreach through local colleges and associations. The second cycle of the act will be rolled out this October.

Still, business leaders say the attitude toward blue-collar jobs must shift.

“We created an image that you

weren’t as good if you were doing hard labor,” Tisdale said. “We need electricians, plumbers, because we have all these fancy gadgets and nobody to fix them.”

Pam Bales, president of the West Chamber of Commerce, which includes 750 small- to medium-sized businesses in Jefferson County, has a similar outlook. She applauds the Jefferson County Business Education Alliance, formed five years ago to prepare high school students for the workforce, and Warren Tech, a career and technical high school in Lakewood, for fostering paths for young adults that don’t include a four-year university.

“There are all kinds of fits for young millennials who don’t want to go a traditional route,” Bales said.

“They can get into a profession that they love.”

Business leaders also say millenials are as concerned with the lifestyle of a position — access to transportation, hours and benefits — as the pay. Companies need to recognize and address that mentality, said Tisdale.

Some companies have devised work environments and schedules that appeal to millennials and their older counterparts.

Lockheed Martin, an aerospace and defense company in Littleton, offers a 9/80 work schedule, in which employees work nine hours a day and get every other Friday off. It also

Creative ways to keep employees Restaurant and retail employers are finding unique ways to attract and retain entry-level employees in a competitive market.

Raising Cane’s, a popular Louisiana-based restaurant chain that opened this month in Highlands Ranch, closes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the evening of Super Bowl Sunday. On Memorial Day, management hosts a picnic for all employees and their families. Each manager has a monthly budget called Cane’s Love to creatively reward the crew.

“Our culture is very strong,” said Amanda Klein, a Raising Cane’s recruiter.

Even so, the restaurant chain encountered challenges in finding employees for its newest Colorado location. A job posting in Highlands Ranch had far fewer applicants than a similar position posted in St. Louis, according to Klein.

Kate and Jim Curtis get to know their employees on a personal level.

They ask about families and pets and celebrate occasions with their team outside of work. Commitment to their employees has allowed for slow and steady growth of their Lakewood business: Village Roasters, at 9255 W. Alameda Ave., now has a café in St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and a kiosk in the Lakewood Cultural Center.

“The Golden Rule — treat people the way you want to be treated — is our philosophy,” Kate Curtis said.

“We definitely have rules and procedures, but we have flexibility.”

While there may not be one solution to the record-low unemployment rate’s adverse affects, business leaders hope to see more young adults apply for nontraditional yet highly needed positions in the workforce.

“It’s a great problem to have,” Bales said, “but it’s still a problem.”

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The martial arts training it offers is open to all ages. For more information, visit gbcentennial.com.

• T is for Table opened in June at 6955 S York Street #B-409 in Centennial. The business sells dinnerware and accessories for the dinner table.

For more information, visit tisfortable.com.

• Bella’s Teapot opened in March

at 6851 S. Gaylord St. #242 in Centennial. The tearoom offers a high-end tea service. For more information, visit bellasteapot.com.

• Life Care Center of Stonegate, located at 15720 Garden Plaza Drive in Parker, recently named Lucas Carroll as its executive director. Carroll most recently served as executive director at Hallmark Nursing Center in Denver for two

years. Prior to that appointment, he worked both at the corporate and franchise level for Home Instead Senior Care.

• Ju’s Coffee recently opened at 17908 Cottonwood Drive, Suite A, in Parker. The coffee shop, open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., offers tea and pastries in addition to coffee. More information is available on the shop’s Facebook page or by calling 303-955-6933.

Kate and Jim Curtis, owners of Village Roaster, based in Lakewood. Kate said there have been fewer applicants for open positions in the last year. COURTESY PHOTO bodies,’” said Doug Tisdale, executive vice president of economic development for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, which has 700 business members. “We are just really hard-pressed to find people to fill available positions.”

Source: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

IN THEIR BUSINESS • Quest Diagnostics has opened inside the Safeway at 7375 Arapahoe Road in Centennial and inside the Safeway at 11051 South Parker Road in Parker. The clinical laboratory service station provides access to medical testing, such as blood work and Zika tests. For more information, visit questdiagnostics.com.

• Gracie Barra Brazilian JiuJitsu School opened July 1 at 4181

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County 4-H teams advance Arapahoe County 4-H members logged several wins at the 2017 Colorado State 4-H conference in Fort Collins.

The county’s two livestock quiz bowl teams will move up to compete for the state championship. The parliamentary procedure, horse judging and consumer choices teams all won Reserve State Champion titles. Reserve State Champion winners will go on to compete at the Western National Roundup in Denver in January 2018.

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Centennial splashes into national ranking Centennial Center Park splash pad ranked as one of the best in country

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Centennial Center Park, at 13050 E. Peakview Ave., was recently ranked among the top 10 for splash pads in the United States by USA Today.

Centennial’s splash pad hit the No. 5 spot on the list, which was published in late May. Some of the features of the free park include a shallow stream, fountains and tipping buckets.

“It is fun for the little ones and they love it,” said Rhonda Stone, who drove her 3- and 5-year-old to the splash pad from their home in Parker. “We love it. It is such a great place to relax and come to lunch.

And, it’s free.”

Centennial Center Park is an 11-acre park located alongside the Centennial Municipal Building. The park’s design was made to convey a passage of time through its arches and spirals. In addition to the splash pad, the park includes an amphitheater, a large playground and shelters.

The top 10 splash pads, according to USA Today: 1. Seattle Center International Fountain, Seattle 2. The Yards Park, Washington, D.C. 3. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Fountains, Boston 4. The Dinosaur Place Splashpad, Montville, Connecticut 5. Centennial Center Park, Centennial 6. Historic Fourth Ward Park Splashpad, Atlanta 7. Mt. Elliott Park, Detroit 8. Piratesville Splash Pad, Hartsville, South Carolina 9. Discovery Green, Houston 10. Brooklyn Bridge Park Water Lab at Pier 6, Brooklyn, New York

A kid fails to dodge a stream of water at Centennial Center Park, at 13050 E. Peakview Ave., on July 10.

A child tries to plug a water hole at Centennial Center Park’s splash pad on July 10.

Some of the features of Centennial Center Park’s splash pad include a shallow stream running through, fountains and tipping buckets.

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A kid plays at Centennial Center Park’s splash pad on July 10.

Centennial Center Park, at 13050 E. Peakview Ave., was recently ranked among the top 10 for splash pads in the United States by USA Today.

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

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

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings.

Call 303-798-2939.

Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-877-2940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-9097104.

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

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.

Meetings are usually the second Monday of each month, September through May, at Southglenn Library, Vine and University in Centennial. Social time at 6:30 p.m. is followed by a short business meeting and informative programs. Contact membership chair Barb Pyle at barbpyle@yahoo.com.

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

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

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

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

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

basement of Rockler Woodworking, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodworking is welcome. Contact vicepresident@ coloradowoodworkersguild.org.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www.orvis.com/s/park-meadowscolorado-orvis-retail-store/620.

Phidippides Track Club welcomes runners of all abilities to our weekly track workouts at Belleview Elementary next to Cherry Creek Park. The group meets at 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays at the track, and running starts by 6 p.m.

Workouts are usually 30-40 minutes and cover 3-4 miles of intervals with plenty of recovery time. For more information or to join, please go to http://www.phidippides.org/.

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We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com

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Duplicate Bridge If you enjoy duplicate bridge, come join us for an ACBL sanctioned open game at 12:30 p.m. every Monday at the Lone Tree Recreation Center. Please arrive by 12:15. All are welcome; it’s a fragrancefree environment. A free question-andanswer session from 11 a.m. to noon covers bidding boxes, hand records, losing trick count, conventions, rules of duplicate bridge and more. Cost is $1.50 for South Suburban Park and Recreation District residents; $1.75 for non-residents. Reservations required. Call Sue Bauer at 303-641-3534.

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Hootin’ good time Breckenridge Brewery hosts 27th annual Hootenanny

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The beer was cold, the pavement was hot and the bands were on fire at the 27th annual Breckenridge Brewery Hootenanny in Littleton on July 8. Some gathered in

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Jeff Austin Band bassist Max Johnson gets into the groove.

Ken Neer jams out to the Jeff Austin Band.

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Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month.

Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit at ACC The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options at ACC, call 303-797-5850.

Social The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Program meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Genealogy workshop programs and early-bird meetings are the third Tuesday of

each month, except in June, July, August and December. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy. com or contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com.

The Breakfast Club for singles ages 50 and older meets from 8:30-11 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at Valley Country Club, 14601 Country Club Drive, Centennial. The club is a group created to provide fun activities and new friendships. Go to www.tbc50plus.org or call the hotline at 303-794-3332 and leave a message; someone will call back. New members always welcome.

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Let’s consider this a role call, for example

am auditioning role models next week.

Please bring your resume.

Please don’t.

I need a role model like I need a carton of mewing kittens.

A role model is generally thought of as someone whose behavior is favorable, and who is a good example for others, especially, but not always, younger people. These often include athletes, entertainers, super heroes, politicians and priests.

However, I never wanted to be like Mike, Missy, Captain America or Miss America.

There’s not much of a chance of it, but I would never want to be anyone’s role model.

If I were elected, I would not serve.

Your idea of a role model is probably not the same as mine.

I have been reading about a new film that “empowers” women and offers young women and girls someone to look up to. Is it about Helen Keller? Not exactly. Maya Angelou? Not quite. It’s about a woman who wears Lynda Carter’s old clothes, which amounted to a push-up, a sword, and not much else.

Trying to ID a man or a woman as a role model would be a good way to get myself in trouble.

Let me throw out some names: Kylie and Kendall, Anderson Cooper, Hans Christian Andersen, Wayne LaPierre, Ted Nugent, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerman, J.K. Rowling,

George Washington, George Washington Carver, Aimee Semple McPherson, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, Phyllis Schlafly, Fred Phelps, Fred Rogers.

Bob Dylan.

I am not being disingenuous about any of those names. There are people who look up to each of them.

Can we agree 100 percent about anyone?

Abraham Lincoln? Ask them in parts of the South. Martin Luther King Jr.? Ask them in parts of Arizona.

Elvis didn’t want to be a role model, but Ed Sullivan tried to make him into one. It was SEE SMITH, P13

Just a slight change in wording can offer way to live with piece of peace

S Finding happiness with loved ones can take a bit of magic HITTING HOME

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am a bit of a nerd. I love science fiction and fantasy stories, my favorite movies are mostly all about the supernatural — or at least the superheroic, and even the best baseball movie ever, in my opinion, was actually about bringing the dead back to life to make things right again.

Some of that is a child-like hope that there is still the possibility, in this cynical world, that magic exists. That

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there is an energy that it would be possible to tap in to that could help fix what is broken and right what is wrong.

And, it turns out, there really is magic in the world.

It shows up in the face of a too-cool-for-school 16-year old who runs across a crowded store to grab a giant stuffed version of one of her favorite cartoon characters.

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o the other day I was reminded of something I had heard a few times before and always enjoyed as a new way to think about things. And WINNING when I heard it WORDS this time it gave me a little cause for pause because it really was just so relevant to where we are now as a culture and society.

I bring this up now because a Michael Norton couple of weeks ago I had written an article about happiness and joy. The column received so much raw, yet positive feedback from our community as many of you thought through the message of not just seeking happiness, but pursuing true joy or trying to find that joy again. And many lamented on the feeling that somehow the feeling of joy, even simple happiness had become lost somewhere along the way.

We are not an isolated community when it comes to this feeling.

All you have to do is speak to a friend, family member, or co-worker who lives in a different part of the country or maybe even in a different part of the world and you

will get the sense that too many people are living on the edge. Frustration, sadness, and even anger have substituted a place in people’s lives, homes, and hearts where happiness once used to dwell.

That is why when I was reminded of this philosophy; it rang so true in our current times. What I was reminded of was this: “Anger is only one letter away from danger.” Let that sink in for a minute because even though I had heard it before also, it seemed to be more important this week for me than maybe it had in the past. One letter, the letter “D,” has the potential to turn an unhealthy emotion into a scary situation or event.

Perhaps we can think of other words where one letter can make a difference as well. As an example, when we are tired, sad, and frustrated and we feel like we want to cry, maybe change out the “C” in cry and replace it with a “T” for try. Try one more time, try one more path, try one more idea, or try to be more loving and kind, even in the face of the difficulties and challenges certain people or life can throw our way.

It is so very easy to become cynical and hard-hearted. I mean we can shut out the world and those closest to us, can’t we? We can be-

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a 10-year old who waits in line for 40 minutes to meet his favorite comic book hero, and then spends a few minutes chatting amiably with him while getting an autograph.

It shows up a grown child, scared, thrilled and laughing like a little girl at the illusion of a dementor from the Harry Potter stories leaping out at her from the hidden recesses of an incredible recreation of the Hogwarts Castle at Universal Studios.

Yes, my family just went on vacation to Southern California, and, I have to say, as a “grown up”—and yes,

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awkward and embarrassing.

“I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country that this is a real decent, fine boy, and wherever you go, Elvis, we want to say we’ve never had a pleasanter experience on our show s with a big name than we’ve had with you.”

(Ed also asked Connie Francis, “Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?”)

I don’t think anyone would get everyone’s vote. Muhammad Ali? Gandhi? Barry Bonds?

Bonds said, “I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.”

I believe we need bad role models too, if we need role models at all. This isn’t Pleasantville. I think someone like Bernie Madoff taught us a good lesson.

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come irritable at home and at work and make ourselves and everyone else around us miserable. And sooner or later that hard-hearted and hard-headed thinking will end up in resentment and maybe even anger, just one letter removed from danger.

And that danger can include maybe losing those we love the most.

Instead, let’s change one more word by adding one more letter and removing another. I am sure you have heard someone say it in the heat of an argument, or on a TV show or in a movie at some point, “You want a piece of me?” They say it with such hostility and bravado, inviting the other person to a fight. Well, if we happen

I use that term advisedly—the trip was mostly about the kids. But, when I was able to step back and relax a little from the stress that huge crowds put on a dad, it was hard to miss the incredible magic all around me.

The Main Street Parade transported me through time. Not just the lights, and the characters, either; the whole idea of a “main street” had the power to evoke an earlier time, a simpler time, a time when an entire town would turn out to watch the fire department and the high school band parade down the street on a July Fourth just because they could and should honor their country in that way.

The main street mock-up of Radiator Springs (from the “Cars” movies) brought to life that time in the 1950s

If I were pressed on this, I would say that all I needed was Harry and Shirley. The country is full of Harrys and Shirleys. Unassuming parents, who love and protect their children, feed them, and send them to school.

My Harry and my Shirley provided me with a Dickensian gamut of behavioral traits, dispositions, and temperaments that continue to serve as good examples of good examples and good examples of bad examples.

My father was objective, rational, honest, industrious, and humorous.

My mother did a good job of preparing me for unbalanced people.

If it had only been one or the other, or if they had both been the same, I am certain I wouldn’t be writing a column like this — like this.

when chrome-plated cars would cruise down the street at night, as an affirmation of community and belonging.

And it shows up in the awe-inspiring beauty of a Pacific Ocean sunset.

But mostly it shows up when all of these little “spells” conspire together to get whole families, families who spend 8 hours a day staring at their cells phones, to walk together, laugh together, and build the architecture of shared memories that keep families together through all the ugly, difficult parts of life.

There is magic in the world, and it’s not all confined to Disney properties on the opposite coasts of the country.

It’s in the precious moments that are the elusive payoffs of work and plan-

ning that come from just thinking of what would make the members of a family happy, however briefly.

You want magic? Read books, watch movies, engage the imagination … and then go there with your children.

Try to live in that world for just a little, and see what happens. You might remember that sense of wonder that seems to be missing from the world.

And, by the way, the movie I was referring to earlier was “Field of Dreams,” which, like all great baseball movies, isn’t really about baseball.

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to find ourselves in such a situation, rather than asking the person if they want a piece of us, what if we asked them to find peace with us instead?

So how about you? Could you benefit from trying something new instead of crying about what’s happening around you? Can you see yourself as a peacemaker instead of taking a piece out of someone else?

Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we decide to live with a piece of the peace that this world does have to offer us, and avoid the anger and danger, it really will be a better than good week.

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Olivia Beare: ‘I just know my love has left’

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Three weeks after Littleton police officer Steven Beare went missing while hiking in Russia, his wife shared a Facebook post about the fate of her husband.

“I know in my heart Steven passed away last week,” Olivia Beare, of Highlands Ranch, wrote on a page called “Search for Steven” that has more than 6,000 members from across the world. “I have not lost hope or faith.

I just know my love has left and I’ve known for a long time.”

Steven Beare, 32, was ascending

his first solo climb on Mount Elbrus, the tallest summit in Russia, when a whiteout blizzard hit. He was confirmed missing on June 16 when he did not return to his check-in point on the mountain.

Teams led by Russian personnel and professional climber Don Bowie, of Canada, halted their searches after several Beare days because of resources and weather conditions. Bowie then traveled to Colorado, where he met with the Littleton Police Department and Olivia Beare.

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“We discussed our phase two plan,” Olivia Beare wrote in the July 7 Facebook post. “Phase one is search and rescue, phase two is search and recover.”

Steven Beare, a Colorado National Guardsman and former United States Army scout, was an avid climber and adventurer. His goal was to climb the highest summit on each of the seven continents, which includes Europe’s Mount Elbrus at 18,510 feet.

Olivia and Steven Beare were high school sweethearts and they recently moved to Highlands Ranch from Roxborough. They have a 20-month-old son and Olivia is 13 weeks pregnant with

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She asks the public for continued donations, as she hopes search teams will return to Russia when the snow melts in early August to bring her husband home. Donations can be made through Colorado Police Officers Foundation, at coloradopolicefoundation. org/search-for-steven. If the website for donations changes, it will be posted on the “Search for Steven” Facebook page.

Steven Beare was doing something he was incredibly passionate about, Olivia Beare wrote.

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Independence Day brings sprawling crowd to parks Thousands gather in area to picnic, party, celebrate, watch fireworks

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All day on July 4, long lines of vehicles and people moved into Cornerstone and Belleview parks to claim a spot for the activities as well as a good view of the fireworks.

“This is our third year here at this park,” Josh Kennedy said as he set up the tent for his family. “We came a little earlier this year to get a good spot for the tent and to get a parking space that wasn’t a mile away.”

The Arapahoe County man and his family joined hundreds of people in the two parks for the event sponsored

by Englewood, Sheridan, Littleton and the South Suburban Parks and Recreation Department. For years, Englewood organized the event. This year the city contracted with Fort Collins-based Slate Communications to organize the July 4 activities and celebration.

Food and drinks were available from food trucks, while many attendees brought food and drinks from home or set up grills and prepared meals for family and friends.

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Oohs and aahs were heard as fireworks lit up the sky over Belleview and Cornerstone parks.

Sara Hill tries to stand up in her bubble floating in a pool of water that was one of the attractions at the July 4 event at Cornerstone Park. The bubble and other inflatables drew lines as people gathered at the park for the annual Independence Day celebration. A band took the stage at 7 p.m. and fireworks lit up the sky to conclude the day’s activities.

PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS cycles and Littleton officers on bicycles cruised through the park and Denver Fire Department medics on bicycles toured the parks to provide assistance if needed. All three groups noted they had little to do during the celebration.

Most activities were free but attractions like the inflatables charged a fee, and there were long lines at the inflated bounce houses and obstacle

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The day’s finale was the fireworks.

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Cottage food producers spread jam and joy as they sell their wares

COTTAGE FOODS: THE BASICS Allowed foods • Jams, jellies, preserves, honey • Spice blends, tea, dehydrated produce, flour • Bread, cookies, candies, tortillas • Pickled fruits and veggies with a verified pH below 4.6 (free testing is available through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) • Up to 250 dozen whole eggs per month, only if washed and sanitized (the only cottage food that requires refrigeration)

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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oanne Littau seems to float as she works, blending strawberries and rhubarb with pectin and lemon juice with the deftness and grace of an orchestra conductor. Ceramic pigs peer down at pots of jam bubbling like cauldrons on the stove of her little kitchen. On the wall hang the former New Yorker’s blue ribbons, earned at county fairs for delicacies like ginger pear butter, peach butter with rum and cranberry chutney.

“Oh, it’s a delightful hobby,” Joanne said. “I’m proud of what I do, and people just love my jams.”

Littau, of Denver, is one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of Coloradans who sell homemade goodies under the auspices of the Cottage Foods Act, a set of guidelines designed to grease the wheels for home cooks to sell their wares at farmers markets, community events or even out of their driveways.

The short version of the regulations is fairly simple: take a food safety class — in person or online — keep a clean kitchen, make sure your items are properly labeled and get cooking. Many potentially nonhazardous foods are allowed, such as jams, jellies, honey, baked goods like bread and cookies, dried items like SEE HOMEMADE, P17

Not allowed foods • Meat, fish, or dairy products • Lemon curd, pesto, salsa, dressings, condiments • Beverages • Canned vegetables with a pH higher than 4.6 All items must feature labeling containing • Identification of the food • The producer’s name and address where the food was prepared • Current phone number or email address • Date the food was produced • Complete list of ingredients • The following disclaimer: “This product was produced in a home kitchen that is not subject to state licensure or inspection and that may also process common food allergens such as tree nuts, peanuts, eggs, soy, wheat, milk, fish and crustacean shellfish. This product is not intended for resale.”

Dorreen Strnad stocks her stand with homemade jam.

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Training • Face-to-face training is available through Colorado State University’s County Extension offices. Classes generally cost $40 and last three to four hours.

• Colorado’s ServeSafe Manager Certification is intended for commercial establishments, but satisfies the cottage food requirements. Classes cost $120 and up.

• Online training is available through CSU, StateFoodSafety.com, and ServeSafe.

Selling • Cottage foods must be sold directly to consumers, and not for resale in a store or restaurant.

• Sellers are subject to income taxes, and a business license is required in some instances.

• Foods can only be sold within Colorado.

• In-state online sales are now allowed.

• At the point of sale, prominently display a placard reading: “This product was produced in a home kitchen that is not subject to state licensure or inspection.

This product is not intended for resale.”

Joanne Littau tells tales of her younger days in New York while finishing off a batch of strawberry rhubarb jam.

Joanne Littau’s jam all ready for sealing. Joanne makes two batches a day, most days of the month.

More information • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has a detailed page at www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/ cottage-foods-act • Call 303-692-3645, option 3 • Email cdphe_iepu@state.co.us Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

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spice blends and teas, and even fresh eggs. Pickles are allowed if their pH is below 4.6.

Nothing with meat is allowed, nor is anything that requires refrigeration, except eggs. Dairy products are off the menu, as are salsas and sauces.

Producers can only sell directly to consumers, and you’re only allowed to earn $10,000 per year per variety of food item — meaning you can make 10 grand off chocolate chip cookies and another 10 grand off chocolate chip cookies with walnuts.

Littau’s business keeps her hopping — she estimates she makes two batches of jellies, jams and preserves a day, most days of the month. She mainly sells her products, under the brand name The Jelly Jar LLC, at the Four Seasons Farmers & Artisans Market in Wheat Ridge, but she also makes the rounds of local festivals. She shared a booth at the Fourth of July parade and craft fair in Byers, and she’ll be at the Lafayette Peach Festival in August.

This year she’ll enter the competition at the Arapahoe County Fair for the first time, and she’ll be back to defend last year’s first place ribbons in the Boulder County Fair.

“I’ll never get rich off of cottage foods,” said the diminutive woman with smiling eyes and an easy, musical laugh. “But it occupies my time and makes me feel productive and involved with people. When I came here in the ‘90s, people kind of looked at me funny.

I’m a New York girl — we’re bold and brassy. People out here are a little more toned down. At the market I can really cut loose and be myself.”

Trying to fill a niche Being themselves is big for cottage food producers.

“I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” said Diego Hernandez, the proprietor of Ant D’s Fine Foods, as he presided over tables loaded with jams, jellies and crates of fresh fruits and veggies under a canopy outside O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton. “It’s a hard life, but I get to show what I can do from my heart. I don’t have to do what my boss says, because I don’t have one.”

Hernandez’s offerings include strawberry cracked black pepper jam and habanero peach jam, but the big seller

JOANNE’S STRAWBERRY RHUBARB JAM

RECIPE

Courtesy of Joanne Littau INGREDIENTS 2 cups strawberries 2 cups rhubarb, chopped 1 packet dry pectin

Use spoon to remove bubbles from jars

5 cups sugar

Wipe rims of jars

Dash oil

Carefully place heated and sanitized jar lids on jars, screw down rings fingertight

Stir in lemon juice and pectin Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently Add sugar

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Bring to a rolling boil for one full minute Add a dash of oil to keep foam down Remove from heat

is farm-fresh eggs. He has regulars who show up every Tuesday to snag a dozen or two or three.

“The only way you’d get ‘em fresher is if they were laid in your backyard,” he said.

Ant D’s was started “with a raspberry bush and my last unemployment check,” said Hernandez, a lifelong chef and a Denver resident.

Across the way on the hot asphalt, Dorreen Strnad sports a sheepish grin as she’s cajoled into talking up her sugary baked goods.

“My scones are selling like crazy mad today,” Strnad, of Littleton, said.

“Seems like nobody sells a good scone anymore, so I try to fill that niche.”

She does it well. Her scones are fluffy and moist, almost mouth-puckering with tart blueberries. She does loads more than scones, too: big hearty loaves of sandwich bread, flawlessly frosted cookies, and yes, jams and jellies.

“For me, cottage foods means freedom,” Strnad said. “I went to culinary school, then I did the whole punch-

Fill sanitized canning jars within 1/4 inch of the top

1/4 cup lemon juice

DIRECTIONS Blend or process fruit

Joanne Littau’s strawberry rhubarb jam bubbles on the stove.

Skim foam off (but don’t toss it — it makes a great ice cream topping)

the-clock thing. I got tired of being a link in a chain and making money for somebody else. This is my nine-to-five now.”

Following the rules Getting set up in cottage foods isn’t difficult, said Sheila Gains, a Colorado State University extension agent who teaches a cottage food safety training class that satisfies the law’s education requirement.

Most important is understanding the ways in which a home kitchen is different from a commercial kitchen.

“In a commercial kitchen, everyone there is prepped to make food,” Gains said. “In a commercial kitchen, nobody’s coming home from work and wanting to taste-test, no dogs are roaming around, no cats are jumping on counters. When somebody’s sick, they stay home. You’ve got to get everyone in your home on board that when you’re cooking, they’re either helping you keep everything clean or staying out of your way.”

Fully submerge jars in rapidly boiling water for 20 minutes Remove jars from pot, place on towel, cover with another towel Allow to cool, listening for popping of jar lids Store in cool dark place until ready to use; refrigerate after opening

There are no hard numbers on cottage food producers — there’s no mandatory or voluntary registry.

There may be thousands since the law took effect in 2012, Gains said. Before that, to legally sell homemade goods, you would have needed a commercial food license and kitchen.

“It’s like going from zero miles per hour to a hundred to become a food producer, so this lets people in at 10 or 15 miles per hour,” Gains said. “They can develop their product through trial and error. They can see if producing food is something they want to do day in and day out. If they become super successful, they have a fighting chance of becoming a commercial producer.”

To date, there have been no known outbreaks of foodborne illness from cottage food, said Therese Pilonetti with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which oversees administration of cottage foods.

“This law is about breaking down barriers,” Pilonetti said. “And it sure seems to be working.”

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merica’s longtime sibling duo, the Littleton Museum and continues Donny and Marie Osmond, through Aug. 20 during museum will bring their array of hits hours. Tony Allain, an internato Hudson Gardens tionally recognized artist from the UK, was juror and and Event Center, 6115 S. SONYA’S demonstrated at the Aug. 6 Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, at SAMPLER opening. Admission is free.

7:30 p.m. on July 18. (Gates 303-795-3950. open at 5:30 p.m.) Included: “A Little Bit Country, a Little Entry reminder Bit Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Puppy The Heritage Fine Arts Love,” “Paper Roses.” Tickets: Guild invites artists to enter $79/$69. Also on the calendar: the 2017 “This is Colorado” a July Bird Walk with an exhibit, scheduled Oct. 10 to Audubon Master Birder from Nov. 2 at the Colorado Gallery Front Range Birding July 29; of the Arts at Arapahoe Comopportunities to meet gardenmunity College. Open to all ers and the beekeeper. See Sonya Ellingboe Colorado artists, with a deadhudsongardens.org. line of Aug. 17. A prospectus and entry form are found at the guild’s A passion for pastels website, heritage-guild.com, or for The Mile High National Pastel information, leave a message for show Exhibition, featuring about 100 director Mary kay Jacobus, 303-594landscapes, portraits, figurative and 4667. (Juror will be Lance Green.) still life paintings, opened July 6 at

‘Living History’ July weekends are dedicated to “Living History,” in Tesoro Cultural Center’s weekend events at The Fort, 19192 Highway 8, Morrison. Featured artists, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 14-16: Sylvana Apache, Randy Sectaro, Jimmy Harrison. Music, food. See: tesoroculturalcenter.org for full summer schedule. Admission: $5 (free 12 and under). 303-839-1671.

A look at eclipses “America’s Great Eclipses: 1878 and 2017” will be discussed by Boulder author, Dr. David Baron, at 7 p.m. July 24 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver.

In 1878, scientists from across the nation came to Colorado (including a young Thomas Edison) to view the summer eclipse then. It’s 99 years later and Baron will talk about places just north of Colorado, where the view will be better (and sell and sign his book). Tickets: $12/ member; $15/ nonmember; dmns.org, 303-370-6000.

‘Lazy Days’ awards Winners were announced on First

Friday, July 7, at the Depot Art Gallery in the “Lazy Days of Summer” exhibit. Juror, painter Tanis Bula, selected “Along Bear Creek,” oil

by David George, as Best of Show; “Flamingo Pattern” by Judy Diest, photo, First Place; “Summer Tease,” oil by David George, Second Place; “Clear Water,” watercolor by Brian Serff, Third Place. Honorable mentions: Patty Dwyer, Tim Kathka, Gail Firmin, Carl Paulson. The exhibit runs to July 30, followed by the annual Western Welcome Week show.

Heartland Emmys Littleton pianist, composer, recording artist Lisa Downing received her third Heartland Emmy Nomination for “The Torii Gates,” based on a story stemming from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that resulted in items washing up on Oregon’s shores many months later. On July 14, she will travel to the stunning Portland, Oregon, Japanese Gardens for a celebration of the restoration and return of the gates to Hachinoe, Japan. Music can be purchased at LisaDowning.com.

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Mansion will host painters working in great outdoors ‘En plein air’ event to be held at venue in Highlands Ranch

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On July 22, 10 invited artists will spread across the Highlands Ranch Mansion grounds, choosing one or more locations to paint “en plein air” — in the open air — capturing images of the mansion and gardens in a certain kind of light at a particular point in the day. They will work in pastels, oil paint, watercolor and acrylics — and some may choose to draw at times. Twenty percent of artwork sales will benefit the Highlands Ranch Park and Recreation Foundation.

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Artists have been painting outside for many years — we think of French Impressionists Monet and Renoir — but interest in the technique has grown exponentially in recent years as more and more painters realize the joy of capturing a special spot at a particular moment and sharing it with others. There are local, state and national societies, competitions and exhibits — but not many opportunities to look over the artists’ shoulder and watch it happen in a few minutes.

They have learned through experience to work quickly, because the light shifts continually and weather may change in the next minute or two! (Of course, capturing that approaching storm is a favorite subject.)

Perhaps, one will want to visit a given painter several times during the day to see visions change and develop — and learn a bit about where you might find other examples of a

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Participating artists include: Lyudmila Agrich, Judith Babcock, Leslie Gifford, Terrie Lombardi, Terry Ludwig, Donna Lutsky, Skye Mason, Deborah Mueller Hruza, Cheryl St. John and Ron Zito.

Terry Ludwig of Littleton, a longtime teacher and internationally recognized artist, has developed his own line of richly hued square pastel sticks, which are popular with artists nationwide and available through many dealers. The company website says he has retired as “chief colorologist” and his son Geoff, trained as a jeweler, has stepped in as CEO of the company.

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ation Coloradan with parents who loved mountain activities, grew up with a great appreciation of nature, which translates into her enjoyment of painting “en plein air.”

She works mainly in oil, but also in watercolor. “The changing light and weather conditions create a sense of urgency that translates to a spontaneous and loose interpretation of the scene, something that is very difficult to achieve in the studio,” she said.

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Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School Bible Study 9:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

“PLEIN AIR AT THE MANSION” will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Highlands Ranch Mansion. Visitors may also take a free tour of the mansion during those hours. Beer and wine will be available.

Twenty percent of artwork sales will go to the Highlands Ranch Park and Recreation Foundation. The Highlands Ranch Mansion is at 9950 E. Gateway Drive, Highlands Ranch. (See highlandsranchmansion.com, 303-791-0177.)

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Wares by refugee women to be sold in Denver gallery Glendale center works with venue to offer special event on Santa Fe Drive

IF YOU GO “Designing Women: A Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Support of Local Refugee Designers” will take place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. July 21 at Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Featured: crosscultural designs, the design process, music, a silent auction, boutique items, plus drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres from across the globe. General admission starts at $50, tickets at: eventbrite. com/e/designing-women-a-crosscultural-design-celebration-and-fundraiser-tickets-34557595699?aff=es2 or at 303-399-4500, ext. 346 (or at the door).

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The website for “We Made This” includes a quote from Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan (United Nations secretary general from 1997-2006): “There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.”

“We Made This,” a program operated by the ECDC/African Community Center in Glendale, is promoting a “Designing Women” special event from 5:30-9 p.m. on July 21 at Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. The community is invited to see — and buy — collaborative arts and home accessories, as well as a special collection of garments.

“We Made This” is a sewing and job skills training program designed for refugees in the Denver area, focusing on self-empowerment. The stated mission is to unlock the courage and creativity of refugees through a multicultural sewing community. A refugee is defined as a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.

Artists Sweeta Afrooz and Jessica Shaver create a dress for “Designing Women: a Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Support of Local Refugee Designers,” an event at Space Gallery on July 21.

JOHN ABRAMSON In the spacious studio/boutique on the second floor of a large business building at 5250 Leetsdale Drive (at Forest Street), 50 women at a time learn basic sewing skillsand more when they wish.

The studio also has a colorful boutique with items for sale, shelves filled with bright — including ethnic — fabrics and large cutting tables where we met designers Sweeta and Jessica.

Sweeta Afrooz, originally from Afghanistan, learned about the sewing program from Lutheran Family Services. (She arrived in Colorado with her family in 2014.)

Named as “One to Watch” by the Denver League of Women Voters, Sweeta has showed such skill and good work ethic that she has graduated from the initial program, been rewarded with her own sewing machine and now teaches new students in the program. She also cares for her family: her husband and four children.

She has paired with professional area designer, Jessica Shaver from Littleton, a Pratt Institute graduate, in the Designing Women program. Each team is given six yards of fabric (some specially printed locally for this project).

The artists will design and pro-

duce a garment to be introduced at the July 21 event.

Sweeta chose one, from five or six designs she sketched, with a flared skirt, fitted top and interesting panel in the front.

She has made a paper pattern, and draped a size 8 with a muslin prototype.

Next: assembly and finishing of the actual dress from a sapphire blue solid fabric and a lighter weight white, digitally printed in Denver with a blue and green pattern, for a one-of-a-kind garment.

“We still have to choose buttons,” Shaver said.

Dresses will be modeled and then auctioned at the event.

All money from ticket sales and sale of the dresses will go to further the “We Made This” program.

Shaver, the professional designer in this team, worked for about 10 years in New York and then came home to develop her sustainable fashion business model, Bittersweet by Design, a curated online collection. She’ll hope to start a design studio in Colorado and complete a master’s degree at CSU.

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History Camp event gets larger space in Lakewood Multiple presentations will be offered in October gathering

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“I Am Not a Savage: Lakota Performers in Wild West Shows” by Steve Friesen, director of the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum; “General Iron Works, Englewood, Colorado”

by Doug Cohn; “La Santa Muerte: A Mexican Saint of Lost Causes” by Christine Whittington.” And that’s just a beginning …

Last fall, Carrie Lund, of Littleton, launched the Colorado edition of the History Camp event that

she’d discovered in Boston. All sorts of presenters offer lectures on a pet historical topic and attending history lovers select sessions to attend — if they can find a seat.

(If not, try next door, or two doors away!)

The 2016 initial event, held at Metro State University’s historic Tivoli, proved to be too crowded for the large number of enthusiastic registrants, so a change of venue was in order. Attendees will be able to choose five varying sessions at the event, held on Oct. 17 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood Campus — and they will also get breakfast, lunch and a T-shirt for their approximately $40 admission fee. (Exact amount to be announced July 14 when registration opens.)

The address is 13300 W. Sixth Ave. Directions to the exact location will be forthcoming.

Lund found the somewhat unstructured flavor of Boston’s History Camp so appealing that she decided to organize a Colorado event. (There are several other outgrowths across the nation.) One doesn’t pre-register for lecture ses-

sions in advance, but simply maps out a plan of the day after arrival.

The main meeting room is #650 and adjoining classrooms will provide breakout space. One does, however register and pre-pay for the event.

Sign up for email notices and registration: carrie.lund@historycamp.org.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Magician John Carney Performs: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 21-22 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Go to http://Tickets.AmazingShows. com. Call 303-660-6799.

Performing Arts Camp: 1-4 p.m.

Wednesdays through July 26 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch. Camp teaches different musicals each week and is for beginner to advanced level actors, singers and dancers, ages 6-18 years. Go to www. spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for information and tuition rates.

MUSIC

Summer Sings: 7 p.m. Monday, July 17, and 7 p.m. Monday, July 24 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Sight-seeing masterworks with local conductors for continuing education and fun. Go to http://voiceswest.org/ Hudson Gardens Concert: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, Donny and Marie at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Tickets on sale at www. altitudetickets.com. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. For information, call 303-797-8565 or go to www. hudsongardens.org. Parking is free. Lineup includes: Sunday, July 23, Gladys Knight; Friday, July 28, Chris Isaak; Sunday, July 30, Creedence Clearwater Revisited; Sunday, Aug. 6, Lynyrd Skynyrd; Sunday, Aug. 13, Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys; Saturday, Aug. 19, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Sunday, Aug. 20, Kool & The Gang; Sunday, Aug. 27, The B52s; Sunday, Sept.

3, YES featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.

ART

Knitty Gritty Needlecrafters: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Drop in to get help and learn tips and tricks for your needlecraft projects. For adults. No registration required; info at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Kids’ Zone: 3-5 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Drop in for fun crafting with clothespins. For kids in grades 2-6. No registration re-

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this week’s TOP FIVE Brew-N-Que: 3-7 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Local breweries and local barbecue team up for the city’s second BBQ & Beer Tasting Festival. Live music by Sweet Lillies, followed

by Matt Rouch and the Noise Upstairs. All ages welcome; must be 21-plus to participate in the beer tasting. Admission is free. Go to https://www. eventbrite.com/e/centennial-brew-n-que-tickets-34871233799 to purchase beer tasting cards.

MuckFest MS: Saturday, July 15 at Salisbury North, 9200 Motsenbocker Road, Parker. Thousands of participants will slog their way through muddy obstacles that spin, swing and fling them up, down and sideways. Proceeds support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Go to www.

MuckFestMS.com to register and for information.

Lavender Festival: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton.

Lavender demonstrations, farm tours, live music, kids’ activities, vendors with lavender crafts, food and bath and body products. Admission is free; some demonstrations have fees. Food and beverage available for purchase. Festival classes and demonstrations include: Gentle morning yoga, 9-10 a.m.; Growing Lavender in the Garden,

quired; more info at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Juried Art Show Entries: Tuesday, Aug. 15 is the deadline for entries for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s annual This is Colorado juried art show.

The show is open to all Colorado residents and runs from Oct. 10 to Nov. 2. A prospectus and entry form are available at www.heritage-guild.com or contact show director Mary Kay Jacobus at 303-594-4667.

EVENTS

Summer Book Sale: open during regular library hours through Friday, July 14 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200.

Books, CDs and DVDs will be available for sale. Proceeds benefit the Douglas County Libraries Foundation. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted. Contact 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

SwimLabs Littleton Grand Opening: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at 8500 W. Crestline Ave., Unit I, Littleton. Meet U.S. Olym-

10-11 a.m.; Cutting Gardens demo, 10-11 a.m.; Botanical Lavender Soap Making, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Lavender Spice Blends Cooking demo, 11 a.m. to noon; Everyday Uses for Essential Oils, 1-3 p.m.; DIY Lavender Skin Care, 1:30-3 p.m. Go to www. botanicgardens.org for information.

Ballet Ariel Performance: 2 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Ballet Ariel will dance excerpts from its season of shows including “Cinderella” and “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.” Show is free.

Call 303-945-4388 or go to www.balletariel.org.

UFO Crashes in New Mexico: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, July 17 at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch, in the upstairs auditorium. Chuck Wade has been researching UFO crashes in New Mexico.

He will present evidence of seven crashes that occurred between 1945-1948.

Evidence and UFO artifacts will be on display. Go to http://thehrhs.org/.

pian and SwimLabs Ambassador Kara Lynn Joyce. Also featured are face painting, giveaways, food trucks and signed merchandise from U.S. Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Missy Franklin. Classes at the Littleton site will begin Monday, July 10.

Book Lovers: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Suite 200. Discover great new books to add to your reading list, including refreshments and giveaways. For adults. Registration is required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Mystery Book Club: 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, July 20 at Lone Tree Golf Club Grille, 9809 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. The Third Thursday Mystery Book Club will discuss the eighth book in the Flavia de Luce mystery series by Alan Bradley. The endearing twelveyear-old character arrives home to Bishop’s Lacey for Christmas after leaving her boarding school in Canada. This sometime chemist, sometime sleuth, is an intrepid, smart heroine from the long-lost era of post-World War II England.

Contact Sue at 303-641-3534.

NATURE/OUTDOORS

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m.

Saturday, July 15 at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree.

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.

For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www. orvis.com/s/park-meadows-colorado-orvis-retail-store/620.

Beginning Farmers Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, July 14 at Sprout City Farms, 6700 E. Virginia Avenue Southeast, Denver.

Day-to-day farm maintenance requires knowledge of the insect, disease and weed pests that are attacking your produce. Learn to identify pests and implement management strategies. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.

Butterflies at Chatfield: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sept. 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. This seasonal habitat, in partnership with Butterfly Pavilion, is home to hundreds of native

butterflies, such as swallowtails, monarchs, mourning cloaks and painted ladies. There are more than 50 native plant species in this garden. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.

HEALTH

Yoga: Lifelong Learning Fridays: 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 14, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Experience beginning yoga for adults ages 50-plus. Bring your own mat. Registration is required.

Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL. org.

Splash Mash Dash Tri Camp: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays through Aug. 5 at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center, Northridge. Camp designed to prepare special needs athletes for the HRCA kids triathlon on Aug. 6. For ages 8 to adult. Swim practice on Mondays; bike/run practice on Thursdays. Contact 303-471-7043 or summer.aden@ HRCAonline.org. Go to www. hrcaonline.org/tr

EDUCATION

Practice Your English: 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, July 15, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch; and 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 22 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Lively, informal conversation on everyday topics for intermediate to advanced English learners, facilitated by a fluent English speaker. Registration is required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

The Big Planets: 9-11 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at the Audubon Nature Center, 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton. Join a professor from Red Rocks Community College for a late night astronomy program. Limited to 30 participants. Call 303-973-9530 or go to www.denveraudubon.org to register.

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

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Making sure every stroke counts Before they get to roam the course, rules officials must pass rigorous training

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

They drive around the golf course in carts and get good views of the action.

They are the rules officials who volunteer at the various levels of golf, both professional and amateur.

And while some golfers would rather not see them, officials say they are not out to marshal players — just to help them follow the rules.

“We can’t run a tournament without rules officials because their job is to enforce the rules of golf and provide assistance to those golfers who do not know the rules and decisions on the rules of golf,” said Laura Robertson, executive director of the Colorado Women’s Golf Association.

“Rules officials are there to help.

We’re not there as a police force trying to find rules violations.”

Workshops, seminars, tests and ridealongs are among the training that takes a number of years for volunteers before becoming certified United States Golf Association-certified rules officials.

Tom Kennedy, a retired Colorado Springs district judge, is a USGA chief rules official and said of the tutoring, “I hadn’t studied this hard since I took the bar exam 48 years ago. They made me work to become a certified rules official.”

It’s demanding to be a rules administrator since there are 34 rules of golf, but every two years a large book is published concerning decisions on the rules. That’s to help clarify any ambiguity that might arise from the rules to allow rules officials to correctly interpret the rules.

“You not only have to master the rules but understand the decisions,” Kennedy said. “Sometimes you have to use a judgment call. I’m used to making decisions, but I want it to be in a positive way.

“I’ve made a lot of decisions sending people to prison for a very long time and those were never fun decisions.

The decisions we are making out here on the golf course are to help educate the players. So if they make a mistake on the rule, they won’t make it a second time.”

Brad Wiesley, a lawyer who lives near Indian Tree Golf Club in Arvada, is another chief rules official.

“None of us like when a penalty is involved,” he said. “Some people think the rules official is handing out penalties. We never do that. The penalty is because of the rules of golf.

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PACE announces lineup for new season Parker Arts recently announced its new season schedule, bringing a number of nationally recognized acts to Parker in addition to crowd-pleasing local productions patrons have come to expect to see at the PACE Center and Schoolhouse.

“We’ve got some fun things that kind of expand our cultural horizons,” said Shaun Albrechtson, Parker Arts’ production manager.

Albrechtson singled out the “Uncharted” series, featuring up-and-coming musicians, as an example of the diverse offerings in store.

“We’ve got everything from soul and gospel to a classical men’s vocal group,” he said.

Parker Cultural Director Elaine Mariner said a goal in the new season was to address “gaps” of some of the genres and performances overlooked in previous seasons.

One of those gaps, she said, was chamber music. To fill it, Albrechtson and company added a chamber music series featuring musicians from the University of Denver, to be performed in the Schoolhouse theater at 19650 Mainstreet.

“It’s a way to capitalize on the unique benefits the Schoolhouse offers. It’s a smaller, more acoustically driven space,” Mariner said.

Another experiment Mariner and the staff are trying is the first concert of the season, an outdoor, ticketed performance by ‘90s alternative rockers Smash Mouth at Discovery Park on Aug. 19.

Comedy is also more prominent in the schedule for 2017-18 schedule, with veteran standups Paul Reiser and Billy Gardell of “Mike and Molly” making appearances at PACE, in addition to the Comedy and Cocktails series, featuring local comedians, at the Schoolhouse. Albrechtson said another high-profile act is still being lined up for the season.

“The one thing we’ve heard over and over again is comedy, comedy, com-

IF YOU GO A sampling of performers and shows coming to the Parker Arts for the 2017-2018 season.

• Smash Mouth 7:30 p.m., Aug. 19, Discovery Park • 10,000 Maniacs 7:30 p.m., Sept. 14, PACE Center Paul Reiser • 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16, PACE Center • “South Pacific” Sept. 29 to Oct. 15, PACE Center • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25, PACE Center • Wilson Phillips 7:30 p.m., Dec. 8, PACE Center Tanya Tucker 7:30 p.m., Dec. 10, PACE Center • Christopher Cross 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25, PACE Center • “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” March 16 to March 25, The Schoolhouse • “The Full Monty” July 20 to Aug. 5, PACE Center edy,” Albrechtson added.

Mariner said she’s proud of being able to book the national funnymen, no easy feat for a smaller venue. She’s also proud that one of next season’s musicals, “The Full Monty,” will push the envelope a bit.

The raucous play, about a group of men who become strippers to make ends meet, won’t feature any actual nudity, but its adult themes and humor will require an audience advisory.

“There is no ‘full monty’ in ‘The Full Monty,’” Albrechtson said. But “people will be rolling in the aisles.”

Children’s fare, performances by the Parker Symphony Orchestra and other time-tested shows like “The Nutcracker” will return to draw families, children and loyal patrons, and Albrechtson said “If you take a look at the calendar and you don’t seeing something you want, just keep going down,” he said.

“There’s going to be something in there that you like.”

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The Colorado Renaissance Festival, which runs for eight weekends at its Larkspur location, has three remaining weekends in this year’s schedule before the village modeled after 16th century England closes its gates. The festival is open from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, rain or shine, and transports eventgoers to a town inspired by history and fantasy.

John Bryan, who plays King Henry at the festival, and Beth Telford, who plays Queen Anne, said new and old acts keep visitors entertained as they wander through the village.

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The event features variety acts on stages throughout the grounds, vendors, artisans, food and drink. Popular shows include live jousting and the hypnotist. Many who attend arrive in costume.

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PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

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

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0235-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 5, 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) Sandra J Stanger Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust September 16, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 14, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8115099 Original Principal Amount $168,428.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $162,708.87

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 9, BLOCK 2, WINDEMERE HOMES TRACT NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6402 S Spotswood 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, 08/23/2017, 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: 6/29/2017 Last Publication: 7/27/2017 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: 05/05/2017 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:

DATE: 05/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee

Public Trustees

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-17-769626-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0235-2017 First Publication: 6/29/2017 Last Publication: 7/27/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0263-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 19, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) MARTHA W MONNETT AND ROBERT K MONNETT Original Beneficiary(ies) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust November 19, 1998 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 04, 1998 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) A8197245 Original Principal Amount $30,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $15,320.02 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 6, BLOCK 4, CHERRY KNOLLS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: LITTLETON, CO 80122.

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, 09/06/2017, 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.

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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: 7/13/2017 Last Publication: 8/10/2017 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;

Public Trustees

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: 05/19/2017 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: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 17-015041 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.: 0263-2017 First Publication: 7/13/2017 Last Publication: 8/10/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0208-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 26, 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) MARK RYAN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PROSPECT MORTGAGE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust April 24, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 08, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5046456 Original Principal Amount $321,600.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $315,524.29 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.

First Publication: 7/13/2017 Last Publication: 8/10/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

LOT 66, HOMESTEAD IN THE WILLOWS, FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

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;

Also known by street and number as: 7254 S Olive Way, Centennial, CO 80112.

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

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

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.

ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

July 14, 2017J

Original Grantor(s) Jeri Oakland Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LOT 66, HOMESTEAD IN THE WILLOWS, FILFederal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie ING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE Mae”), a corporation organized and existing unOF COLORADO der the laws of the United States of America Date of Deed of Trust Also known by street and number as: October 26, 2012 7254 S Olive Way, Centennial, CO 80112.

County of Recording To advertise yourArapahoe public notices call 303-566-4100 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL Recording Date of Deed of Trust OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENNovember 09, 2012 CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF Recording Information (Reception No. and/or TRUST. Book/Page No.) D2130110 NOTICE OF SALE Original Principal Amount $146,773.00 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seOutstanding Principal Balance cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, $160,638.11 has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, with all other payments provided for in the evid08/16/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and Administration Building, 5334 South Prince other violations thereof.

Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), FIRST LIEN. Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in LOT 4, BLOCK 3, ARAPAHOE HILLS, said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLand other items allowed by law, and will issue to ORADO. the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Also known by street and number as: 5405 Mohawk Rd, Littleton, CO 80123.

First Publication: 6/22/2017 Last Publication: 7/20/2017 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL Name of Publication: Littleton Independent OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A TRUST. LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE NOTICE OF SALE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECat public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY 08/16/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO Administration Building, 5334 South Prince ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONStreet, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU highest and best bidder for cash, the said real (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMproperty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the URE PROCESS. purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Colorado Attorney General and other items allowed by law, and will issue to 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Denver, Colorado 80203 provided by law.

(800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov First Publication: 6/22/2017 Federal Consumer Financial Last Publication: 7/20/2017 Protection Bureau Name of Publication: Littleton Independent P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A (855) 411-2372 LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOwww.consumerfinance.gov TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE DATE: 04/26/2017 EXTENDED; Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE Trustee REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE The name, address, business telephone numPROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECber and bar registration number of the TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO indebtedness is: ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU Monica Kadrmas #34904 (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMRandall Chin #31149 PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSWeldon Phillips #31827 URE PROCESS. Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Colorado Attorney General Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Ban1300 Broadway, 10th Floor nock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Denver, Colorado 80203 Attorney File # 00000006696009 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Federal Consumer Financial and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informaProtection Bureau tion provided may be used for that purpose.

P.O. Box 4503 ©Public Trustees' Association Iowa City, Iowa 52244 of Colorado Revised 1/2015 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov Legal Notice NO.: 0208-2017 First Publication: 6/22/2017 DATE: 04/28/2017 Last Publication: 7/20/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of ArName of Publication: Littleton Independent apahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION The name, address, business telephone numCRS §38-38-103 ber and bar registration number of the FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0219-2017 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Eve Grina #43658 Trust: Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 On April 28, 2017, the undersigned Public TrustCourtney Wright #45482 ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand Erin Robson #46557 relating to the Deed of Trust described below to Jennifer Rogers #34682 be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) Original Grantor(s) 369-6122 Jeri Oakland Attorney File # CO-17-769300-LL Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Current Holder of Evidence of Debt and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informaFederal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie tion provided may be used for that purpose.

Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America ©Public Trustees' Association Date of Deed of Trust of Colorado Revised 1/2015 October 26, 2012 County of Recording Legal Notice NO.: 0219-2017 Arapahoe First Publication: 6/22/2017 Recording Date of Deed of Trust Last Publication: 7/20/2017 November 09, 2012 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION D2130110 CRS §38-38-103 Original Principal Amount FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0240-2017 $146,773.00 Outstanding Principal Balance To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given $160,638.11 with regard to the following described Deed of THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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decisions is because golfers find interesting situations to get into. Sometimes there is not a decision to cover exactly what happened. So you have to do some interpretations. Similar situations are treated alike.”

There are many rules that might be misinterpreted or broken. And golfers have a knack for getting themselves in odd — and sometimes, truly hazardous — situations.

Rules official Sandy Schnitzer recalls that twice in the past few years a ball has landed on mating snakes.

It happened once at Riverdale Dunes in Brighton, she said, when a tee shot on a par 3 landed on top of two bull snakes. The other time was at Murphy Creek in Aurora and rattlesnakes were the landing spot for a ball. Those were deemed “dangerous situations” and the golfers were allowed to move the ball without a penalty.

Wiesley recalls a situation in which a player hit a ball near a tree by the green with a nest of swarming wasps. As with the snake situations, the golfer was allowed to move the ball without penalty.

But most rulings aren’t as dramatic.

“The junior tournaments, I find, give you the most rulings because a lot of times the younger people don’t know enough,” said rules official Andrew Snyder, of Greenwood Village. “It’s a learning experience for them and for us.”

Colorado Golf Association Executive Director Ed Mate says advice other than

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Original Grantor(s) BENITO LONGORIA AND KELLY R LONGORIA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $383,876.91

public information — like yardage, hazards and where the flagstick is located — can be a violation.

“Probably the rule that gets broken a lot of times unwittingly is advice, anything you say to somebody that can influence their play,” Mate said. “Like I noticed something in your swing or boy that breeze sure is blowing hard. Things like COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 that. There’s a line that you have to be reFORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0240-2017 ally careful about.”

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given Schnitzer, an Erie resident, has seen with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: many golfers puzzled by water.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of On May 10, 2017, the undersigned Public Trust“Golfers sometimes get confused over trust have been violated as follows: failure to ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand the relief they can take from a direct pay principal and interest when due together relating to the Deed of Trust described below to with all other payments provided for in the evidbe recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. water hazard and lateral water hazard,” ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and she said. other violations thereof.

Original Grantor(s) BENITO LONGORIA Competitive golfers are used to dealing THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A AND KELLY R LONGORIA FIRST LIEN. Original Beneficiary(ies) with rules and generally accept the deciMORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION sions.

LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEFILING,judge COUNTY ARAPAHOE, STATEaOF DOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUC- district “Most golfers know the rules and Tom Kennedy retired as a Colorado Springs inOF 2015 and is now COLORADO. CESSORS AND ASSIGNS understand the rules are there to treat United States chief rules official.

PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON Current Golf HolderAssociation of Evidence of Debt Also known by street and number as: MIDFIRST BANK everybody playing in the event with equal1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 ity,” Wiesley said. “Every once in a while Brad Wiesley has THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL County of Recording people get frustrated when things don’t go been a rules official ENOF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY Arapahoe CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OFand THE DEED Recording Date of Deed of Trust the way they intend them to go. That can for 10 years says OF TRUST. June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or happen, but it is pretty rare. You underhe volunteers to give NOTICE OF SALE Book/Page No.) COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION stand somebody is frustrated.

They are not something back to D5060505 CRS §38-38-103 The current holder the Evidence Debt seOriginal Principal Amount mad at you personally.”FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0240-2017 theofgame whichofhe cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, $392,755.00 Jack Tickle, a junior-to-be Arapahoe played has filed Noticehas of Election andsince Demandhe for sale Outstanding Principal Balance To Whom Itat May Concern: This Notice is given as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. $383,876.91 with regard to the following described Deed of High School, is a promising junior golfer was a youngster. “My Trust: THEREFORE, wife Noticetells Is Hereby that I will Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are who isn’t intimidated when he sees a rules meGiven I can’t at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of On May 10, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustofficial watching. golf every dayCounty so I 08/30/2017, atplay the East Hearing Room, trust have been violated as follows: failure to ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand Administrationfound Building, 5334 South pay principal and interest when due together relating to the Deedunless of Trust described below to “They don’t much get involved a place to bePrince on Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the with all other payments provided for in the evidbe recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. we ask — and they are helpful,” Tickle highest and best cash, the said real thebidder golfforcourse where ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Original Grantor(s) other violations thereof. said. “I’ve never really hadLONGORIA one say ‘I don’t people wanttherein, to be for and Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns the BENITO purpose of paying indebtedness provided in THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A AND KELLY R LONGORIA know what that ruling is.’

They always I’mthe doing something said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of FIRST LIEN. Original Beneficiary(ies) know. They don’t help unless we ask. They helpful golfof sale Trust, plus attorneys' fees,for the the expenses MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION and other itemscommunity.” allowed by law, and will issue to LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREElet us play.” the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF DOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUC-

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 10, 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) BENITO LONGORIA AND KELLY R LONGORIA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $383,876.91 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0240-2017

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

Behind your weekly On May 10, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustcommunity newspaper ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to is a dedicated team of be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. skilled journalists, designers, Original Grantor(s) administrative staff, printers and BENITO LONGORIA AND KELLY R LONGORIA carriers who work hard to deliver quality content to your Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONICwe REGISTRATION doorstep. If you enjoy your hometown newspaper, invite SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCyou to make a voluntary contribution.

We will continue to CESSORS AND ASSIGNS deliver your news free of charge, butHolder yourof assistance Current Evidence of Debthelps us MIDFIRST BANK maintain a high-quality product and superior Date of Deed of Trust service.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0240-2017

CESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $383,876.91

June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $383,876.91

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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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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,

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

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 SECWe doGiven not sellthat or share information TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY THEREFORE, NoticeEmail Is Hereby I willyour personal Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CON08/30/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County trust have been violated as follows: failure to We are requesting $25, but feel free to contribute any amount.

To participate in our annual Voluntary SUMER Citizen FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU Administration Building, Southpayable Prince pay principal and interest when due together Please 5334 make checks to the Centennial (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMStreet, Littleton, 80120, sell to the with all other Contribution payments provided for in the please evidProgram, complete this Colorado, PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOShighest and best bidder for cash, the said real ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and form and mail with your contribution URE PROCESS. property to: and all interest of the said Grantor(s), other violations thereof.

Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the Centennial Citizen Contribution Carrier Tip Amount Enclosed Colorado Attorney General THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor FIRST LIEN.9137 Ridgeline Blvd., Ste. 210 said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Denver, Colorado 80203 Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Highlands CO 80129 (800) 222-4444 and other items allowed by law, and will issue to LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE Ranch, HIGHLANDS FIRST www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF provided by law.

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Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent (855) 411-2372 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL www.consumerfinance.gov IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENLATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF DATE: 05/10/2017 TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE TRUST. Public Trustee in and for the County of ArPARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE apahoe, State of Colorado EXTENDED; NOTICE OF SALE By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seLENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, The name, address, business telephone numREQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale ber and bar registration number of the CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECindebtedness is: TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Lynn M. Janeway #15592 ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CON08/30/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Kelly Murdock #46915 (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMStreet, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the David R. Doughty #40042 PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOShighest and best bidder for cash, the said real Alison L Berry #34531 URE PROCESS. property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Sheila J Finn #36637 Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the Eve M. Grina #43658 Colorado Attorney General purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Denver, Colorado 80203 Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706(800) 222-4444 and other items allowed by law, and will issue to 9990 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as Attorney File # 17-015228_FC01 provided by law.

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Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent (855) 411-2372 ©Public Trustees' Association www.consumerfinance.gov IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A of Colorado Revised 1/2015 LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NODATE: 05/10/2017 TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE Legal Notice NO.: 0240-2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of ArPARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE First Publication: 7/6/2017 apahoe, State of Colorado EXTENDED; Last Publication: 8/3/2017 By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Trustee IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE The name, address, business telephone numREQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF ber and bar registration number of the CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECindebtedness is: TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, City, State, Zip has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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