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Adding hotels won’t increase trafficking risk, officials say Law enforcement weighs in during moratorium on new lodging

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Months after an outpouring of concern in several neighborhoods pushed the Centennial City Council to enact a temporary ban on new hotels and motels, law-enforcement officials attempted to allay fears of human trafficking tied to additional hotels.

Glenn Thompson, public safety bureau chief for the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office, responded to the concern that more commercial lodging would increase crime.

“That’s not really the case any more than building a bank creates bank robbers or building a residential neighborhood creates burglars,” Thompson said during a recent city council meeting.

Thompson and Andrew Firestine, Centennial’s assistant city manager, presented data that showed calls for service to law enforcement for the city’s hotels — calculated per room, per year — are similar to calls at two apartment complexes near the hotels.

AMLI at Inverness, just outside of Centennial near East Dry Creek Road and Interstate 25, showed about 1.2

HOTEL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS Centennial has 12 commercial lodging locations — hotels or similar businesses — according to a May city staff report. Most sit near East Arapahoe Road and Interstate 25, extending south toward East Dry Creek Road. Two more hotels were under construction, and another two were planned, according to the report. Eight were built before 2001, when the area incorporated to officially become a city. All others were developed since 2015.

Growth in hotel construction in Centennial has followed regional and national economic trends, including office and population growth, according to a July staff report.

Visibility from I-25 and from Arapahoe Road is a draw for hotels, but the bulk of vacant land in the city is outside those areas, according to the city. calls per room per year since 2016, while an extended-stay hotel showed about 1.4, also comparable to the Days Inn, according to the data.

Any type of development increases demand for law-enforcement service, Thompson said. For new commercial lodging locations, the added workload for the sheriff ’s office is similar to that of a new apartment complex, he added.

Councilmember Kathy Turley responded that the data suggests if the city had less hotels, it would have less crime. Thompson said the other

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Craig Tangeman, an investigator with the sheriff ’s office, told the council law enforcement isn’t seeing many trafficking cases in the Centennial area.

Tangeman is a member of the FBI’s Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force, which focuses on child sex trafficking. Tangeman defined human trafficking as the act of enticing or forcing another into commercial sexual activity.

“I do believe that trafficking does occur in Arapahoe County and in the City of Centennial,” Tangeman said.

“However, I do not believe that building any hotel (or) motel will increase (that) activity.”

The Centennial area already has hotels, and “we’re just not seeing the numbers we’re seeing in other locations,” Tangeman added.

Trafficking also occurs in cars, parking lots and private residences, and more so in areas with more people, hotels and motels — and along major highways — he said. Higher-cost hotels and motels are rarer targets for activity, he added.

Councilmember Marlo Alston asked why Centennial sees less activity, and Tangeman said his best guess is that traffickers aren’t getting as much business here. They’re often from other states, Tangeman said.

In 2017, Tangeman investigated two trafficking cases of youths from Centennial, and this year, he had two open cases on youths in Centennial, he said July 9. The cases may not be open at this point, Thompson said Aug. 8.

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not occur in Centennial,” Tangeman said. “Typically, this is (a minor) on the run, and they get exploited elsewhere.”

Thompson was not immediately aware of any documented investigations where the trafficking activity occurred in Centennial, he said Aug. 8.

At the July 9 meeting, city staff suggested an amendment to the landdevelopment code — which regulates design standards and what types of development can be built where — to require a buffer of at least 150 feet between single-family residential zones and commercial lodging property.

That’s wider than Centennial’s major streets, essentially barring hotels across the street from neighborhoods, Firestine said. The July report said a buffer would ensure an “appropriate transition” between hotels’ non-residential design elements and residential areas.

The council recommended talking further about how large the buffer should be.

The city council on March 19 passed a temporary moratorium, or ban, on new commercial lodging applications so the city could study the increase in hotels and how they affect the city.

In the event the city hasn’t completed its analysis, council could extend the moratorium past its Aug. 31 end date. City staff recommended a 90-day extension.

Concern began boiling over when more than 150 residents packed a Feb. 22 community meeting near the Willow Creek neighborhood, which sits across South Yosemite Street from a then-proposed extended-stay hotel site near Dry Creek Road.

South Suburban Parks and Recreation will have its first public hearing on the district’s 2019 budget at 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

The second public hearing is Oct. 10 and the final hearing is Nov. 14.

The board will outline the district’s major goals and priorities for next year, and residents can give their opinions on desired projects and budget priorities. Residents also can submit their feedback by contacting Brett Collins, the district director of

planning and development, at South Suburban Parks and Recreation, 6631 S. University Blvd., Centennial, or BrettC@ssprd.org. Label requests “2018 South Suburban Budget.”

Past budgets are available online at www.ssprd.org/ on the Reports, Audits and Budgets page under About Us. Call the administration office at 303-798-5131.

Goodson center renovation The parks and recreation district also is looking for the public’s guidance in assessing priorities for the renovation of Goodson Recreation Center. Provide your opinions at www.surveymonkey.com/r/GoodsnMP or complete a paper survey, available through Aug. 24 at Goodson.

An open house to discuss the Goodson center’s master plan is Wednesday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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Closing the book on a storied career Pam Nissler is retiring after decades of being a library leader throughout the metro area

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the summertime, it’s not uncommon for about 15 family members to gather in the Nissler home for a cookout.

They’ll make barbecue ribs and corn on the cob.

“And s’mores,” said Pam Nissler.

“S’mores are big with the grandkids.”

Those are two things Nissler is looking forward to in her retirement — cooking, which is one of her hobbies, and having more time to spend with her close friends and family.

“Our house is the central gathering place for holidays,” she said, referring to the home in Littleton where she and her husband, Perry, have lived for the past 25 years.

Nissler, 73, is retiring Aug. 31 as executive director of the Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL), following 40 years of working in libraries from Jefferson to Arapahaoe and Douglas counties in a variety of roles that included managerial and directorial positions.

Nissler is like a library celebrity, said Donna Walker, the JCPL’s director of public services, who will assume Nissler’s role on Sept. 1.

“She’s made a big difference in Colorado libraries,” Walker said, adding the state’s libraries have a reputation of being forward-thinking and at the forefront. “Pam helped give them that reputation.”

Career took her to three counties Nissler grew up in Ohio and began her working career as a teacher in an area of Pontiac, Michigan, known as the projects.

“There were so many kids with so many problems that had nothing to do with school,” Nissler said.

They faced serious life challenges, including poverty and abuse, she said.

But Nissler noticed that the school librarian had a great relationship with the students.

“She had the opportunity to work with them one-on-one and really help make school a little easier for them,” Nissler said. “That was my motivation to get my master’s degree.”

Nissler began her library career in 1970 — the same year she graduated with a master’s in library science from the University of Denver and moved to Littleton — when she accepted a position as the children’s librarian at the Bemis Public Library in Littleton. In the 12 years she was there, she held a couple of different positions, including the library’s director for seven years, before she left in 1982 to become a stay-at-home mom.

Nissler met her husband Perry of 40 years when she was working at Bemis.

Pam Nissler smiles as she listens to her colleagues during a planning meeting in August 2017. Nissler joined the Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL) in 2009 and became executive director in 2011. However, during the course of nearly 50 years, Nissler spent about 40 serving Denver-area libraries in a variety of managerial and directorial roles.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY He was Littleton’s city attorney at the time. The two raised four children — two boys, Will and Chris; and Nissler became a stepmother to twin girls, Susie and Stacey. All live locally, except Will, who is in the Navy. The Nisslers now have six grandchildren.

Nissler was hired by the Arapahoe Library District in 1986 where she held a variety of jobs before becoming manager of Koelbel Library in Centennial. She left in 1993 when she had her second son.

But three years later, Nissler began a career with Douglas County Libraries to help oversee construction of the Highlands Ranch Library. She eventually became associate director of community services with Douglas County Libraries and held the position until 2008.

Nissler joined JCPL in 2009 as director of public services. The JCPL Board of Trustees hired her in 2011 as executive director when former executive director Marcellus Turner accepted a position with the Seattle Public Library.

“I’ve loved everywhere I worked,” Nissler said. “Libraries are important to the community because they welcome everyone and they provide opportunities to learn, to connect, to discover and to create.”

‘Always there as a mentor’ Nissler has accomplished much during her time with the JCPL. Along with completing major remodels of the Golden and Columbine libraries, she led the JCPL during an economic downturn, then managed it through a successful mill levy initiative in 2015.

“She followed through with the

promises made to voters,” said Peg Hooper, JCPL’s adult services manager and manager of the Standley Lake Library in Arvada.

Those projects included catching up on maintenance and refurbishing projects, increasing books and materials, restoring hours and updating technology.

“She wants us to be a great library and she worked really hard to make that happen,” Hooper said.

Hooper has known Nissler for about 20 years — she worked under her for 10 years at Douglas County Libraries and has been in her current position with JCPL for nine years.

“She cares about staff personally,” Hooper said. “She’s the first to say congratulations when someone has a baby or condolences at the loss of a family member.”

As she looks back on her tenure in Jefferson County, Nissler is pleased and proud of how JCPL’s new service model has developed.

The new service model, Nissler said, entails being a place where people are comfortable to study or read in private, being involved with the greater community, having approachable library staff who follow through with patron’s inquiries and ensuring people can come find what they want at the library.

“It’s satisfying seeing how pleased the patrons are,” Nissler said. “You don’t try to generate interest, you reflect it, in terms of what people want from their library.”

Walker, who has been with JCPL for six years, has known Nissler since the early 1990s when she had a part-time position in the Arapahoe Library District.

Pam Nissler speaks at an Edgewater City Council meeting in April 2017.

Nissler is retiring as executive director of the Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL) on Aug. 31.

She made her visions clear, but “let me fly with it,” Walker said. “She was always there as a mentor and reminded me what we were aiming for. That’s her style — to let people do their jobs.”

Walker is proud of what has been accomplished under Nissler’s leadership.

“She secured the future of the library and positioned us well for the future,” Walker said. “She’s leaving it with solid footing.”

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PARTY at the park

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

No sun? No problem — the crowd at Centennial Center Park saw a lively night at the Centennial Under the Stars event, where three bands performed under a dazzling light display.

The 13th annual event, a concert and laser-light show, brought a packed crowd with lawn chairs to the park before sundown. Taking the stage were Colorado-based rock-blues band Silver and Smoke, Denver-based Pink Hawks — who describe themselves as an Afrobeat and Chicano hip-hop orchestra — and Colorado-based funk band Funkiphino.

Members of the Centennial City Council appeared on stage to address the crowd during the Aug. 11 event at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave. It also featured food trucks, free face-painting and the light show.

Funkiphino on stage at the Centennial Under the Stars concert and laser-light show Aug. 11 at Centennial Center Park. It was the 13th annual event.

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A large crowd gathered for the Centennial Under the Stars concert and laser-light show Aug. 11 at Centennial Center Park before sundown. Centennial City councilmembers appeared on stage to address the crowd during the event.

Lights shoot above the crowd at the Centennial Under the Stars concert and laser-light show Aug. 11 at Centennial Center Park. Coloradobased rock-blues band Silver and Smoke, Denver-based Pink Hawks and Coloradobased funk band Funkiphino performed.

FESTIVAL DAY! A day FULL of FUN! SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 38th Littleton Fire Rescue Children’s Parade

Registration at Bega Park 7:45am Parade at 8:45am

90th WWW Grand Parade 10am – Noon

59th Craft Festival and Home Improvement Fair 8am – 5pm Western Welcome Week is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity www.westernwelcomeweek.org

Dance Stage: McKinners Parking Lot (east side of Prince Street just north of Main Street) Family Stage: West end of Main Street Rocker Spirits ~ Tasting Experience - Sycamore Street north of Main Street TRAIN OC ~ Obstacle Course - Prince Street in front of the Post Office

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IN YOUR BUSINESS GQue comes to Park Meadows The owner of GQue Championship BBQ will open The Ice Cream Farm in November in the Vistas at Park Meadows.

“I’m so excited to feature the best ingredients Colorado has to offer to make homemade ice cream for all the people in and around Vistas at Park Meadows,” said Colorado Pitmaster and GQue owner Jason Ganahl.

Ganahl said the ice cream will use farm fresh, all natural milk and cream produced by Colorado cows from Longmont Dairy. The ice cream will be churned daily, and flavors will include strawberry honey balsamic, pancakes and syrup, cherry vanilla and many more. Ice cream cakes will also be available for purchase.

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Ganahl’s first restaurant, GQue Championship BBQ, opened in 2015 in Westminster. The fast-casual restaurant menu includes Genahl’s his award-winning chicken, ribs, brisket

and pork. All menu items are prepared in house and served the same day.

Lawn mowing app expands GreenPal, an app that connects homeowners with local, vetted lawncare professionals, launched in early August in Centennial.

Nashville-based GreenPal allows homeowners to find local, prescreened lawn professionals. Homeowners can list their lawns with their service date and lawn-care needs.

Vetted lawn-care pros can then bid on their properties based on the Google street and aerial images and any other lawn details the homeowner provides. Homeowners select who they want to work with based on vendor ratings, reviews and price.

Once the service is complete, the lawn care pro will send a timestamped photo of the completed work. Homeowners can then pay via the app and set up more appointments.

“After successfully launching in

30 other markets, we are excited to help homeowners in Centennial find reliable, local lawn care,” co-founder Gene Caballero said in a news release.

Residents can visit the online page for Centennial at yourgreenpal.com/ local/lawn-care-centennial-co.

Medical-assistant apprenticeship Arapahoe Community College and Centura Health have launched Colorado’s first registered medicalassistant apprenticeship program.

A dozen students are enrolled in the initial cohort.

“We are excited to embark upon this unique partnership with Centura Health to benefit both students and industry,” ACC President Diana M. Doyle said in a news release. “We extend our gratitude to everyone at Centura Health, the Greater Metro Denver Health Care Partnership and local workforce centers who are committed to supporting this program.

Our efforts will provide a sustainable

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Saturday, August 18, 8:30-10am — Monarchs & Milkweed Saturday, Sept 8, 9-10:30am — Bison in Colorado: Then & Now Monday, Sept 24, 6-7:30pm — Full Moon Hike Saturday, Sept 29, 9-10:30am — Autumn Glory

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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, 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 and a variety of events throughout the year. Register or learn more about these events online at SchweigerRanch.org.

FREE GUIDED TOURS: Saturday, August 18, 2pm Sunday, September 9, 2pm CAMPFIRE AND OTHER PUBLIC EVENT DATES: Sunday, August 26, 7-8:30pm — Campfire & Storytelling, Buffalo Bill Experience Saturday, September 8, 7-9pm — Campfire & Storytelling, Cinnamon Sue Dailey & Willie McDonald Saturday, September 15, 11am-3pm — Hometown Heroes, Chili Cook-Off and Festival Saturday, October 6, 10am-2pm — City of Lone Tree Fall Festival Saturday, December 1, 1-6pm — Schweiger Ranch Austrian Christmas and Christkindl Market

All events are held within the RidgeGate community, just south of Lincoln Avenue, on both sides of I-25.

pipeline of talented medical assistants across the Centura network.”

The six-month hybrid program includes online, on-site and hands-on laboratory components. Paid apprentices work collaboratively with Centura Health supervisors for 26 weeks (32 hours/week) before taking the National Healthcare Association Medical Assistant certification exam. Apprentices who successfully complete both components become full-time medical assistants with Centura.

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Centennial legislator honored for mental health work Cole Wist chosen for champions award for ‘sincere and passionate interest’ STAFF REPORT

State Rep. Cole Wist, R-Centennial, was honored Aug. 1 with the State Legislators’ Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Champions Award at the Mental Health America Regional Policy Conference in Los Angeles, according to a recent news release.

Wist was chosen for the award for his sincere and passionate interest in mental health issues, according to Mental Health Colorado, the state affiliate of Mental Health America, the release said.

“Broad and accessible mental health treatment is an indispensable part of reducing violence in our communities and saving lives, and I greatly Wist appreciate the work of Mental Health America to promote more comprehensive treatment nationwide,” Wist said in the release. “While I am deeply honored to receive this award, the credit should go to the countless mental health professionals who devote their lives to helping people in crisis.”

Wist cosponsored House Bill 18-1094, which reauthorized the Child and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act, and Senate Bill 18-270, which establishes a crisis management program to help people transition from a 72-hour emergency or involuntary hold into appropriate treatment.

Moe Keller, director of advocacy at Mental Health Colorado, issued the following statement regarding Wist’s award: “We are grateful for Rep. Wist’s efforts on behalf of Coloradans experiencing mental health and substance use conditions. Improving access to mental health and substance use services for people in need will greatly benefit them, their families, and our communities.”

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5 things to know: Back to school Visit littletonpublicschools.net/schoolstart-times for more information.

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Summer doesn’t end until Sept. 22 according to the calendar, but it’s over as of Aug. 17 for students in Littleton Public Schools.

Here are five things to know about the 2018-19 school year.

The start times, they are a-changin’ LPS students will start school at different times this fall than in years past, as the district implement new start times designed to more closely align with how students’ brains are wired. High school and middle school students will go in roughly an hour later than in the past, while elementary school students will go in earlier. Previously, Littleton’s high schools started at 7:20 a.m. and were done by 2:20 in the afternoon. Starting this fall, they’ll start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:31 p.m.

Destination graduation Thousands of diplomas have changed hands at the Littleton Public Schools stadium at Littleton High School over the years, but beginning with the class of 2019, LPS graduations will take place at the Ritchie Center on the University of Denver campus.

The move follows concerns about severe weather at outdoor graduations, according to a district pamphlet, as well as concern over crowding and inadequate parking at the stadium.

All three high schools will hold their graduations on May 25, 2019.

Incubate good times Junior entrepreneurs can work to make their dreams into reality with Heritage High School’s revamped business development program, called

Incubator EDU. The beefed-up curriculum is reminiscent of the TV show “Shark Tank,” said Heritage principal Stacey Riendeau. Groups of four or five students develop a service- or productbased business model, then work with coaches and mentors from the community to develop a viable business model.

At the end they pitch their brainstorms to real investors, who might pony up.

By the books Sure, Google has largely replaced the reference desk, but libraries are still a vital place for student learning. Heritage High School boasts a remodeled library this year, featuring all manner of modular furniture and fixtures to facilitate student collaboration. With circle couches, moving white boards, and a variety of spaces for small and big group discussions, the library is no longer a place to keep quiet. “Think of it more as an academic planning center

than a library,” said Riendeau. Peabody, East and Centennial elementary schools also have redesigned libraries this year.

Trade ya The job market of tomorrow — heck, the job market of today — demands more non-traditional skills, and Littleton Public Schools is seeking to meet those needs. The district’s Long-Range Planning Committee has recommended improving the district’s trades and tech training, and the district is exploring the creation of a Career and Technical Education Center that would partner with local community colleges to give hands-on training in a variety of fields. Possible fields of study might include automotive, aviation, computer coding, construction, drones and robotics technology, electrical, healthcare, plumbing and welding and fabrication, according to a district pamphlet.

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Customer service doesn’t stop with your customers. Whether you are in the restaurant business, a retail outlet or a local service provider, your actions can serve to protect our waterways. Being conscious of good housekeeping practices, such as washing mats indoors, keeping lids closed on garbage cans and disposing of oils, detergents and grease properly, helps keep harmful contaminants out of our waterways.

Local stormwater agencies are teaming together to bring you this message. We take this so seriously that we posted this ad rather than send you more garbage in the mail.

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From feeling powerless to finding his passion.

High-profile initiatives could be on way to November ballot

BY JAMES ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

When I lost both of my paternal grandparents to strokes just weeks apart, I felt so powerless. That’s when I decided to go back to school and specialize in stroke care. I knew I had to try and help my patients — and their families — to bring them comfort and answers in their biggest time of need.

The team at Littleton Adventist Hospital is filled with genuinely remarkable caregivers – each with their own personal mission – inspired to provide dedicated, whole person health care.

At Littleton Adventist Hospital we don’t just practice medicine, we live it.

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Petitions for an anti-fracking measure and an energy industry-backed property rights initiative topped the list of proposed November ballot questions submitted to Colorado’s secretary of state ahead of an Aug. 6 deadline.

Petitions on transportation and schools funding also were submitted by sponsors who must meet a threshold of nearly 98,500 valid voter signatures — plus geographic requirements in the case of proposed constitutional amendments — to be voted on in November.

Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ office will vet each over 30 days to determine if requirements were met.

Initiative 97, sponsored by Boulder-based Colorado Rising, would redraw the energy map in a state that’s become the nation’s No. 5 natural gas producer and No. 7 producer of oil.

It would increase setbacks between new energy operations and

homes, schools and “vulnerable areas” that include parks, creeks and irrigation canals. And it would allow local governments to enact even greater setbacks.

Current setbacks prohibit development on about 18 acres surrounding a given point; the measure would expand that to 450 surrounding acres, according to a state legislative analysis. Another state analysis suggests the anti-fracking initiative would rule out 85 percent of non-federal land to development and drastically reduce property taxes paid by the $32 billion industry. Those taxes totaled $470 million in fiscal year 2016-17.

Current law gives the state jurisdiction over setbacks.

It’s the latest attempt to harness drilling along Colorado’s metropolitan Denver area, whose rapid expansion has encroached upon once-isolated oil and gas fields.

Previous efforts have failed, despite advocates’ concerns about health and drilling rigs close to schools.

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Education tax measure makes November ballot Initiative 93 would get more school funding from state’s top earners STAFF REPORT

Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced Aug. 9 that a proposed constitutional amendment that would boost income taxes to raise money for education made the ballot.

Initiative 93, also known as Great Schools, Thriving Communities or Amendment 73, is the first citizen-initiated ballot measure to make the Nov. 6 general election ballot. It involves a complex formula for raising income taxes among the state’s top earners to raise money for education.

Colorado law requires that ballotmeasure backers turn in 98,492 valid voter signatures — 5 percent of the

total of votes cast for all candidates in the last Secretary of State general election, which was in 2014.

In addition, the voter-approved Amendment 71 in 2016 changed the requirements for proposed constitutional amendments. The education measure must pass with a 55-percent majority rather than a simple majority in November, and supporters were required to collect signatures of 2 percent of registered voters in each of the state’s 35 Senate districts.

Amendment 73 would raise $1.6 billion a year in additional, sustainable revenue for Colorado’s public schools, bringing them closer to the national average in school funding. Revenue will be deposited in the Quality Public Education Fund, a new, dedicated state education fund that would allocate revenue equitably to every Colorado school district.

Six other initiatives are still under review. The results of the review must be announced by Sept. 5.

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August 17, 2018 Options Secondary Program principal Greg Sumlin spreads gravel in the school’s new “serenity garden” while science teacher Kerry Nixon supervises. “A garden like this dovetails with who we are as a school,” Sumlin said.

“We’re all about trying different things.”

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Serenity soon: Options school adding peaceful gardens Tranquility, vegetables to grow outside alternative school

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kerry Nixon wants to help kids grow.

Nixon, a science teacher at the Options Secondary Program school, is hard at work on a pair of gardens at the school: one where students will grow vegetables for the school’s kitchen, and another where she hopes students will grow emotionally by developing healthy skills to cope with stress.

“I call them the tranquility and serenity gardens,” Nixon said, standing amidst a throng of volunteers spreading soil and assembling raised beds.

The serenity garden is intended to be a place where stressed-out students can come to cool down, Nixon said.

Its centerpiece is a large “labyrinth” path, designed to be walked slowly and meditatively to its center. Surrounding the labyrinth, Nixon plans a handbuilt waterfall, a memorial garden to remember students who have died, and eventually an outdoor classroom with picnic tables and pergolas.

“Students often ask to go outside and just walk around the running track, but we can’t see them from inside the school when they go there,” Nixon said. “Walking the labyrinth, or just sitting in the garden, we can keep

our eye on them.”

Nixon said the serenity garden dovetails with Options’ goal of supporting student mental health.

“Students come here because they weren’t thriving at their regular school, for a variety of reasons,” Nixon said. “Mental health has been a huge focus of ours — when students come here, they take a mindfulness course, and we have a mindfulness room for them to cool down in. This garden helps augment that.”

The garden project’s other component, the veggie garden, will go a long way toward improving the quality of school lunches, Nixon said.

“The kids really want healthy food for lunch,” Nixon said. “We finally got a salad bar, but it’s mostly iceberg lettuce and stuff. We said: Why can’t we just grow our own?”

The tranquility garden will include a greenhouse to grow vegetables yearround, she said.

Nixon conceived the project after finding out that the school had received a $20,000 grant as part of a district-wide bond package passed several years ago. But much of the materials and labor are coming from what she called unexpected sources: employees of four Lowe’s home improvement stores are donating materials and labor to the project as part of a company initiative to assist with community projects.

“It’s a way for us to reach out,” said Jason Cottle, a Lowe’s manager helping with the project.

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Book spotlights mystery at center of James Holmes Psychiatrist who examined theater killer releases book that reveals without answering

BY DAN ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED PRESS

A psychiatrist who spent hours talking with mass murderer James Holmes says that what led Holmes to open fire in a crowded Aurora movie theater was a one-of-a-kind vortex of his mental illness, his personality and his circumstances — and some other, unknown currents that will probably never be uncovered.

“A big part of it is, it’s hidden in Holmes’ mind, and he can’t see it either,” William H. Reid said in an interview with The Associated Press about his new book, “A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings.”

Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 when he opened fire during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” a Batman movie, in Aurora on July 20, 2012.

Twelve other people were injured in the scramble to escape.

Holmes was convicted of murder

and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Reid was one of two court-appointed psychiatrists who evaluated Holmes’ mental health before the trial. Reid spent a total of 24 hours interviewing Holmes in July and August 2014, two years after the massacre. Reid also reviewed 80,000 to 85,000 pages of documents provided by prosecutors, the defense and law enforcement.

In the book, Reid acknowledges that readers will want to know what led Holmes to commit mass murder, and he predicts they won’t be happy with his conclusion.

“The answer — and this really is the answer, but it’s not very satisfying — lies in an unimaginably detailed and complex confluence that we can’t replicate because we can’t see all of it,” he writes.

List of factors In his interview with the AP, Reid listed the factors that can be seen: Holmes’ mental illness, and the way it influenced his behavior.

The way Holmes’ personality shaped his awkward interactions with other people and influenced his view of the world.

The ups and downs of Holmes’ life as he struggled in neuroscience graduate school at the University of Colorado in Denver and broke up

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The other factors are unknown, Reid said, “because no one knows his entire social and genetic and biological life.”

Reid said society will likely never have a comprehensive understanding of what led Holmes to commit murder.

“He’s unique,” Reid said. “The answers are not going to come, at least not in any of our lifetimes.”

Reid’s book is a chronology of Holmes’ life, from his relatively uneventful childhood through the murders, the trial and Holmes’ conviction and sentencing. Reid said he relied on the court records, including his videotaped interviews with Holmes, which were shown to jurors during the trial.

The book includes a handful of previously unknown facts, the most startling of which is that Holmes suggested to Reid in one of their videotaped interviews that he might kill again if given a chance.

Reid asked Holmes if jail guards should be worried about that, and Holmes replied, “Um, I’d say so, yeah.”

That exchange wasn’t shown to the jury because the defense said it could be prejudicial, and the judge agreed, Reid wrote. But Reid told the AP he doubted Holmes was a serious threat to other prisoners.

The book also offers a glimpse of the extraordinary steps that Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour — now a Colorado Supreme Court justice — took to prevent pretrial leaks. Emails involving the case were encrypted, and some documents were delivered to Reid in person, instead of by mail or parcel service.

The book knocks down a halfdozen stories that circulated around the case. Among Reid’s assertions: Holmes didn’t identify with the Joker figure in the Batman movies, his breakup with his girlfriend alone didn’t provoke the killings, and there’s no evidence his prescribed use of Zoloft was a factor in the crime.

Parents get a break The book makes a point of absolving Holmes’ parents. Reid’s dedication names the 12 slain victims as well as “Holmes’ parents, Ar-

lene and Robert, who did nothing wrong.”

“I looked really carefully at all the evidence that I had,” Reid told the AP. “I just couldn’t find anything wrong with their parenting.”

Reid told the AP he thought “long and hard” about whether it was legal and ethical for him to write the book but concluded that his sources were publicly available and that he had no doctor-patient relationship with Holmes, so he had no obligation of confidentiality — his role was to evaluate Holmes’ mental health, not treat him.

Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, agreed that Reid did not have a doctor-patient relationship with Holmes.

Meloy didn’t work with Reid on this case but has collaborated with him on at least one other in the past.

Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but Reid and the other court-appointed psychiatrist, Jeffrey L. Metzner, concluded he didn’t meet Colorado’s standard for insanity.

Reid and Metzner both said Holmes was mentally ill at the time of the killings — Metzner diagnosed schizoaffective disorder, a severe form of schizophrenia, and Reid found schizotypal personality, a related but less severe disorder.

But both said that despite his illness, Holmes knew his elaborately planned ambush was illegal and morally wrong, and that he could still form criminal intent, all of which meant he was sane under state law.

The book ends with a plea to make mental health a part of everyday health care rather than focusing only on crisis intervention. But in the book and the interview, Reid said it’s better to rely on good policing than psychiatry to prevent a repeat of the theater massacre, noting that mentally ill people are rarely violent.

“Figuring out James Holmes would probably not give us any reasonable predictive tools to say, `OK, if we find all of these 4 million characteristics in someone else, we’re going to put a brand on their forehead and watch them closely,”` he told the AP. “It’s not feasible.”

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Colorado Rising said it struggled with its contract signature collectors in recent weeks. One circulator quit in a payment dispute. Volunteers complained of harassment by opponents as they solicited signatures, and the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said it is reviewing a handful of complaints.

“I think we did what we could, when we’re going up against most powerful industry in the world,” said Suzanne Spiegel, a lead organizer.

Protect Colorado, one of several industry-funded committees fighting the measure, acknowledged it sent observers to monitor some Colorado Rising petition-gatherers but denied any harassment.

“We’ve asked people to let us know where people are circulating and what they’re saying,” spokeswoman Karen Crummy said. “Sometimes the information that canvassers who want signatures give out isn’t accurate.”

An industry-backed initiative would expand the rights of property owners to seek government compensation for actions that diminish the “fair market value,” not just the physical value, of their property. Supporters of proposed constitutional amendment known as Initiative 108 turned in more than 200,000 signatures on Friday.

Denver-based attorney Jason Dunn, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new U.S. attorney for the District of Colorado, and sponsors drafted the initiative, said Shawn Martini, vice president of advocacy for the Colorado Farm Bureau, the measure’s prime backer.

Martini called it a “good government” measure that lowers the burden for Coloradans seeking compensation from government. He acknowledged that courts would have to determine what “fair market value” is.

“We think that if government takes property, for example through an expanded setback, there should be the right of compensation,” said Protect Colorado’s Crummy. “This is really intended as a statewide fix to a void in

the Constitution.”

Sam Mamet, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, warned the proposal would unleash litigation over all sorts of claims, including zoning changes, and taxpayers would have to pay for it.

“I don’t know what `fair market value’ means. No one has a definition of it,” Mamet said. “I told our local governments: If this passes, I wouldn’t act.

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• Initiative 167 would issue $3.5 billion in bonds for roads without raising taxes.

• Initiative 93 would raise state taxes by $1.6 billion annually for K-12 schools.

• Initiative 126 would cap payday loan annual percentage rates at 36 percent.

• Initiative 173 would increase contribution limits for state office candidates whose opponents contribute more than $1 million to their own campaigns.

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“Sometimes we work with schools, sometimes it’s substance abuse centers, sometimes it’s projects for the homeless. We like giving back.”

Nixon received another major break from O’Toole’s Garden Center, which is donating all of the project’s shrubs and plants.

Others contributed, too: Santa Fe Sand & Gravel gave a price break on mulch and soil, and King Soopers and Costco donated gift cards.

The project is a great opportunity for students, said Options student Sarah Buckingham, soon to be a senior.

“So many kids here feel so restrained and can’t do work because they can’t focus in a classroom,” Buckingham said. “Even if we just come out and hang out outside, it’s more open to opportunity than being forced into a tiny dark room.”

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Habitat homes help families

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The buzz of power saws and the raprap-rap of hammers filled the air July 25 as crews continued work on the Sheridan Square Habitat for Humanity project.

Robyn Burns, director of Denver Habitat marketing and communications, said Sheridan Square is the largest single project in Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver history.

The development is located southeast of West Kenyon Avenue and South Knox Court.

“The project will include 63 Habitat homes,” she said. “Fifty-three units have been completed and about half the completed homes are occupied.

Construction on the project began two years ago and we expect to complete the project by the end of next year.”

Habitat for Humanity builds homes in the United States and 70 foreign countries. The website states the vision of Habitat for Humanity is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Burns said July 25 was part of Women Work Week for Habitat and about 200 women were expected to un-

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“Anyone who wants to volunteer can help and no construction skills are required,” she said. “We have individual volunteers sign up to help as well as companies that let employees help us build homes for those in need.”

On July 25, about 10 employees of Wells Fargo were among the volunteers working on the home that will be part of Sheridan Square.

Littleton resident Cara Hyndman was one of the Wells Fargo employees working on the project.

“This is the second time I have worked on a Habitat for Humanity project. Our employer gives us a few days a year to do volunteer work so I chose to work on this project,” she said. “I think working on a Habitat project is a lot of fun. I am getting pretty good with a hammer and today I got to work with power tools for the first time.”

She said she likes the opportunity to give back to the community.

“It is super fun today to be out here with all these ladies who are helping build homes that will help more families have a decent place to live,” she said.

“I also think it is great special to be working with a crew of all women. I think it is empowering to see what we women can do to build a home for a needy family.”

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TOM MUNDS it was founded it has assisted 840 families.

“About 600 of those families moved into new homes,” she said. “Habitat volunteers helped renovate, rebuild or modernize the homes of the other families.”

A family applies to be part of Habitat online. Burns said the applications are evaluated and prioritized based on if the family is living in substandard

housing, if they are paying more than 30 percent of their income for housing, and the ability to fulfill requirements of the program, including ability to pay the mortgage and willingness to put in 200 hours of “sweat equity” working on their homes or the homes of other habitat families.

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The final steps are wrapping up to eliminate the vehicle registration fee for Colorado motorists living in counties where the fees have been imposed.

The E-470 Board of Directors unanimously voted earlier this year to remove the fee and the authority has worked with the relevant municipalities, including Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, to prepare for the milestone, according to a recent news release.

The fee removal is supported by all voting members of the E-470 Board: Heidi Williams (City of Thornton), Chaz Tedesco (Adams County), Steve Douglas (Commerce City), Bill Holen (Arapahoe County), John Diak (Town of Parker), Françoise Bergan (City of Aurora), Roger Partridge (Douglas County) and Ken Kreutzer (City of Brighton).

The bonds pledged by the fee were originally approved by voters in 1988 to build and operate E-470 and were set to be retired in 2026.

The E-470 board refinanced the bonds in 2001 and reduced the final

maturity with a scheduled payoff Sept. 1, 2018, coinciding with the elimination of the fee, the release said.

“It was my honor to support this extremely important policy decision to remove the fee once the bonds were paid,” Douglas County Commissioner Partridge said in the news release.

“As Douglas County’s voice on this board, my focus is on the best interests of our citizens and taxpayers, and I believe the elimination of this 30-year-old fee is doing just that.”

Williams, mayor of Thornton and chair of the E-470 board of directors, is happy with the authority’s ability to move forward with removing the fees eight years ahead of schedule.

“Thirty years ago, E-470’s leadership had the foresight to find a means to finance the roadway before the toll revenues were forecasted and fully available to address funding demands — now we have the ability to remove the vehicle registration fee while continuing to support a roadway that is safe, reliable and based solely on tolls paid by users of the system,” Williams said in the release.

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ne of my readers — “Gary” — thanked me for a column I had written about barking dogs that he mailed to a neighbor, after his own words didn’t make a dent.

My column made a dent, and I said “You’re welcome,” but asked him when the column was written — “Maybe I’ve forgotten, and that wouldn’t surprise me, but I don’t recall a recent column about barking and dogs.”

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Then — boom — he informed me that his wife had Alzheimer’s, and he cared for her during the final years of her life, and the net effect of this little column of mine came back and waved at me from a hospital room in Rochester, Michigan.

Don’t leave now. I’ll get around to some humor. But this time there won’t be any cynicism or sarcasm.

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Does that sound like “an enemy of the people”? Are our stories “fake news”?

Regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum, we should be alarmed by President Donald Trump’s constant rhetoric that denigrates the press and its commitment to serving the public with accurate reporting of facts.

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them greatly. My first response ometimes it could seem like back was not a defensive statethere are more things happening around us that are ment or justification of what I had dividing us as a community apparently said, instead I asked rather than uniting us. And as that two questions. is happening, I believe we may The first question was this, “Do have lost sight, or forgotyou believe someone can WINNING ten that it is OK to agree manage a situation that to disagree when we have WORDS they do not know existed?” a difference of opinion, Their answer was “No.” The and to do so reasonably second question was then, and peacefully.

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In recent weeks, those verbal attacks have ratcheted up and incited public vulgarity and aggression toward journalists who were simply doing their jobs and did nothing to provoke such actions.

This comes on the heels of a gunman’s attack on the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland that left five staff members dead in June.

We should be alarmed.

When did we forget that a democracy cannot survive without a free and independent press beholden only to the people of the communities it serves — not to the leaders and politicians who decry it when their actions are reported in a light they disapprove of ?

Thomas Jefferson understood that important truth: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter,” he said.

We should be alarmed.

The role of newspapers — and journalism in all its forms — needs the support of communities. It is imperative for the public to understand the harm generated by rhetoric that attempts to undercut the importance of the work we do.

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My father, whom I often mention with love, was kind, and good, and gracious, and something else. He was a gentleman.

He was a proud University of Michigan graduate who took night classes later in his life, and kept sharp and smart, and completed crossword puzzles, even the toughest ones.

Then. Life came along when he was in his 80s and took away most of that.

My sister and I had Power of Medical, but when the time came, my father reclaimed it and I watched a great and wonderful man become something — some thing — I didn’t recognize.

We were separated by five states.

I’d see him once or twice a year, and for the longest time he stayed the same.

You can guess the rest.

I hope I won’t end like my father did. But who knows?

This is a Magical Mystery Tour.

It’s Rod Serling and his friends. It’s a nightmare and it’s a beautiful dream.

How anyone makes it to the finish line is a Cracker Jack surprise. How anyone makes it intact is a miracle.

“Memory is the diary that we all carry around with ourselves.”

We join our voices today to those of hundreds of other news media publications across the country, in response to The Boston Globe’s call to editorialize about the administration’s concerted campaign against the free press.

We can assure you, in the communities we cover in the Denver metro area, that we do not publish “fake news.”

We tell real news — your stories, all sides, without an agenda — every week, from Thornton to Castle Rock, from Golden to Elbert County.

Not too long ago, we received this email from a reader: “A note of thanks to all of you who write/publish the articles and produce the overall weekly newspaper that is delivered to our doorstep each Thursday/Friday . . . I find there is no better resource that gives our community that needed celebration of its members, whether it be individuals, groups or institutions. The writing is always balanced, detailing both our individual and collective challenges, sufferings and successes . . . Thanks again for doing what you do.”

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I wish I had said that. Oscar Wilde did.

Oh, Oscar. Were you ahead of your time, and just all wrong to being with?

I wish I had known him over coffee.

We squeeze and we squeeze away the beauty of existence and make it a battle of grace, and grace left on the Super Chief.

I promised humor.

“I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn’t park anywhere near the place.”

I wish I had said that. Steven Wright did.

Hemingway said his aim was to write one perfect sentence. He wrote thousands, is what I think.

Me? I am still trying, and I hope I can get one in before the cab comes for me.

Jennifer knows I don’t want to complete in a hospital room, looking like a system of tubes and screens and bed wraps.

I have given her my last song, and where I would like the dust to fly.

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” Bob Dylan. Them’s (the group) version. Makes no sense. Like life. And then into the inverted fountain on the UCLA campus. Sweetest spot on Earth, this mortal coil.

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

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They had overheard a comment that I made regarding my stance on the NFL players who were taking a knee during the national anthem.

They had a completely different opinion than mine, and they were extremely passionate about their belief. Again, that is OK, as long as we can reasonably and peacefully and openly debate or talk about where we stand. We can agree to disagree and still be co-workers, friends, and family, as we know that even within our own families we could have extreme differences of opinion when it comes to certain topics.

We cannot manage what we do not know. So, if there is something bothering you that someone else has said or done, I would encourage you to go directly to that

person, set a good agreement about what you would like to discuss, and agree up-front that it is OK to agree to disagree and still be coworkers, friends, or family.

We must find that balance in agreeing to disagree so that we can minimize the intensity of the divide that is separating us instead of uniting us at work, at home, and in our community.

So how about you? Do you believe that your views and opinions are the only ones that count, or are you open to having a healthy, safe, and open discussion to hear all sides of a topic that is being debated?

As always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can find the balance in agreeing to disagree, it really will be a better than good week.

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

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t’s the first day of school and I can’t find my classroom. As I scurry past students hurrying to class and security guards patrolling the halls, I look again at my schedule and see I’m supposed to be in room 501.

Looking at classroom numbers as I pass them, I see that I’m in the 100 hallway. I try to stop another teacher and ask where the 500 hallway is, and she shouts something like, “down there,” pointing vaguely towards large double doors. I go through the doors and find myself on a lawn surrounded by trees. When I try to re-enter the building, the doors are locked.

Thirty-two freshman are waiting for me somewhere and I can’t find them. I look at my watch and see that the bell will ring in two minutes. Then I notice the impossible—I’m dressed in my gym clothes.

Waking now, my heart pounding, I realize I’ve had “the dream.” It’s a

common occurrence among teachers, even veterans like myself, a few weeks before the start of school. Our subconscious is alerting us to the return of a tight, demanding schedule that will rule our lives for the next 10 months.

GUEST But I shouldn’t be COLUMN having “the dream.”

I’m not returning to school, not as a teacher anyway. I will substitute for my colleagues from time to time this year, having retired at the end of the last school year. Is my psyche preparing Kathy McKittrick me for this? Or after 20 years of teaching has it failed to capture what my waking mind knows—those days of waking at five every weekday morning, gulping breakfast, going over lesson plans in my mind as I drive the 25 miles to

school, are at last over.

I loved teaching. Every day I thanked life for leading me to a profession that gave my work meaning, for the fellow teachers I learned so much from, for the students, who brought their trusting minds and spirits (and in some cases, their skepticism and resistance) to my classroom. I was less thankful for the lesson planning and grading that took up between 20 and 30 extra hours of work per week, but it was usually engaging work that challenged my mind and stamina. But at the age of 66, I found myself increasingly exhausted

by Thursday of any given week, and less able to bring my “A game” on a consistent basis. It was time to go.

What most people don’t know about most teachers is that they love their jobs. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be able to do them year after year. I was fortunate to work in a suburban district that was able to pay me well by the end of my career, but many teach-

ers are not so lucky. They work second jobs during the year and summer jobs to make ends meet. How they do it I don’t know. And how some (most?) return home at night to face their own children’s needs is also a mystery to me, as I began teaching later in life after my own children were grown.

I taught under the best of circumstances, and yet it was still the most tiring, challenging, and demanding work I’ve ever done. And that’s saying something. I spent the first 20 years of my work life in the computer software business, a field notorious for long hours and demanding clients.

As this school year begins, let’s all take a moment to recognize our public school teachers. Without their dedication and loving care for our children, our society would be lost.

Kathy McKittrick, of Castle Rock, taught American government and U.S. history in the Denver and Cherry Creek school districts.

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Nevada inmate charged with 1984 Lakewood, Aurora slayings Alexander Christopher Ewing accused of using hammer to kill four people

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Police in Lakewood and Aurora have identified a suspect they believe is responsible for multiple murders more than 34 years ago.

Lakewood and Aurora police announced Aug. 10 that Alex Christopher Ewing, 57, is the primary suspect in the deaths of 50-year old Patricia Louise Smith, in Lakewood on Jan. 10, 1984, and Bruce and Debra Bennett and their 7-year-old daughter Melissa, on Jan. 16 of that same year in Aurora. The Bennetts’ then 3-year-old daughter Vanessa survived but was

left with life-threatening injuries.

Ewing, currently serving an eightto 40-year sentence in Nevada, is accused of using a hammer to kill Smith and a different hammer to kill the Bennetts. He was originally convicted for an unrelated attempted murder and use of a deadly weapon in Arizona, and is eligible for parole on July 1, 2021.

Colorado law officials have charged Ewing with three counts of first-degree murder after deliberation, three counts of felony murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree sexual assault, first-degree assault, two counts sexual assault on a child, one count of first-degree burglary and five violent crime accounts.

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als are not forgotten. The cold-case victims and their families are not forgotten,” Jefferson County District Attorney Pete Weir said.

DNA evidence tested in 2010 revealed that the same person who killed Smith also killed the Bennetts, but it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that law officials say they were able to connect Ewing to the murders.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation Director John Camper said Nevada uploaded Ewing’s DNA to the FBI’s national data base. CBI found a match between Ewing and the Lakewood and Aurora murders, Camper said, and quickly informed Aurora police Chief Nick Metz of its finding.

“We still took this case incredibly serious, and we were going to continue to move forward every way that we could. (The DNA results) sent a chill through my spine,” Mentz said at the press conference in Aurora.

Smith was sexually assaulted, and her killer left the hammer at the scene.

Officers believe that she went to a fastfood restaurant, and then returned to her Lakewood condo that she shared with her daughter and grandchildren before she was killed.

Bruce Bennett’s mother went to his and Debra’s home, because she was curious why the couple didn’t show up for work at a family-owned business.

She found the couple and Melissa, dead.

Weir and 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler filed paperwork to Gov. John Hickenlooper to begin the extradition process to bring Ewing to Colorado. Brauchler said Ewing could face the death penalty.

“We never forgot this case, even 34 years later. It’s challenging, it’s difficult, but we don’t forget theses cases,” Lakewood Police Chief Daniel McCasky said.

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preserved natural mummy of a man who lived between 3,400 and 3,100 BCE. Sixty-one tattoos were found on Ötzi’s body.

In the U.S., tattoos can be connected to mid-18th century Native Americans, states TIME magazine, and became part of Western culture in the mid-19th century when Martin Hildebrandt set up shop in New York and tattooed Civil War soldiers for identification purposes.

Modern tattoos might be attributed to Norman Keith Collins and his Sailor Jerry tattoos during the World War II era, said Bart Leonard, 28, a professional tattoo artist for nearly five years who recently started working at Adroit Tattoo in Golden.

They started to become more mainstream during roughly the 1960s1990s, associated with rock-n-roll and punk, and gained momentum into pop culture in the 2000s, he said. The internet and social media may have helped, Leonard added, but especially reality TV shows such as “Miami Ink,” which aired from 2005-2008.

Being a good tattoo artist used to be a “secretive craft,” in the sense that it was part of a subculture, and tattoo artists held onto their secrets, Leonard said. Nowadays, he said, perhaps because more of the public is excited about getting tattoos, more people are pursuing the trade. “It’s starting to open people’s eyes to the possibilities and all the cool artwork others are doing.”

eople did not have to be present at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas last October — when 58 attendees were murdered while enjoying a concert — to be affected by the appalling loss of life.

Denver musician Sarah Snead was one of those people who keenly felt the loss of life, despite the fact that she’d become COMING to ATTRACTIONS accustomed tragedy.

“I’ve been to more funerals for murder, suicide and overdose than I have been to weddings,” she said. “It’s devastating and a lot of guilt is wrapped up in Clarke Reader losing loved ones.

After stumbling through life for 33 years, I asked the question, ‘Why did I make it and not them?’”

The result of grappling with this question is “Wake Tomorrow,” the last — and titular — song from her first fully produced album.

She posted a video of the song on Facebook, and it started racking up the views.

“I want to inspire people to reach out. Make those phone calls, send those text messages,” she said.

“Check in on people and ask for help. If you don’t have anything to give, just give of yourself to someone in need. It will save a life, maybe even yours.”

Snead has been a believer in the healing power of music since she wrote her first song at 7 years old.

Raised in a musical family, she was helped along the way by a choir teacher in high school and joined her first cover band in 2008.

Following a chance meeting with The Brian Hornbuckle Band at the Platte River Bar in 2014, she joined the Rick Lewis Project, and has been the lead singer ever since. She also sings with her husband’s group, the Michael Hornbuckle Band.

A mother of three in her 20s, she wasn’t sure music would ever be a viable option.

“A couple years ago, I read stories on Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross and how they were able to handle motherhood and a music career,” she said. “As my kids started to grow and become their own little humans, I realized that I could actually make this happen and be a

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Ryan “Cactus Jack” Clement, 38, has owned Castle Rock Tattoo and Laser Removal Co. for about three years, but has been tattooing for about 15. Tattoos are one of the oldest art forms, he said, and the craft of tattooing is “never going away.” COURTESY PHOTOS

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lthough Ryan “Cactus Jack” Clement was nervous about his first tattoo, it was nothing as nerve-wracking as jumping out of a plane — which he did in his military training.

That’s when he got a biohazard cross symbol tattooed on his calf.

“I dealt with nuclear biological and chemical weapons” in the military, he said. So “I felt it was something I had to have.”

Today, Clement, 38, has spent 309 hours “under the needle” getting tattoos, which cover about 75 percent of his body. He has been a tattoo artist for nearly 15 years and is owner of Castle Rock Tattoo and Laser Removal Co. Tattoos are a life-changing experience and a way of expressing yourself with adornment, he said, and “they’re becoming more accepted as a work of art.”

Where once tattoos were typically associated with bikers, sailors and outlaws — a rough-and-tough side of life — they have over recent decades become a form of artistic self-expression that is showing up on everyone from the waitstaff in the local neighborhood diner to business executives.

“Your doctor or banker, even a police officer, could have a tattoo

Jeri Walsh, a licensed esthetician, gives a laser tattoo removal treatment to a client at her shop, Golden Laser Aesthetics. She started offering the service about two years ago to be able to address everyone’s skin-care concerns. and nobody would give it a second thought,” said Jill Raynor, 45, of Centennial, who has been getting tattoos since she was 17. “It’s just not so taboo anymore.”

The rise of tattoos The Smithsonian suggests tattoos date back more than 5,000 years, discovered on mummified humans from ancient Egypt; and on Ötzi, also known as the Iceman, a well-

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opular author Craig Johnson, whose “Longmire” series has been a hit for readers and TV watchers, will appear at Lone Tree Arts Center, at 10025 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 to introduce his new title in the series: “Depth of Winter,” sponsored by the Douglas County SONYA’S Libraries. The ticket SAMPLER price, $32, plus fees (for a total of $36), includes a hardback copy of the new book, Johnson’s presentation, dessert bites and a place in the book signing line.

(Additional books will be sold on-site by Tattered Cover Book Sonya Ellingboe Store.) The event is sponsored in part by RidgeGate. Tickets: lonetreeartscenter. org/shows, 720-509-1000; 0r DCL.org/ Authors-Events.

Libby and Patty Bortz “Mother and Daughter: Facing Life’s Final Chapters Together,” the Libby and Patty Bortz duo’s compelling joint program, will be presented at Highlands Ranch Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 14. Free, but registration is necessary: online (go to dcl.org, then to authors/events, then to events calendar, then to September, and click on the Sept. 14 event) or at

303-791-7323. Libby Bortz is a licensed clinical social worker, who has been active in Littleton for many years. The Libby Bortz Assisted Living Center is named for her, honoring her service to the Housing Authority. Patty Bortz, her daughter, practiced law before transitioning to the nonprofit world, where her interests have been in Colorado’s education scene and lives of seniors.

Quilts, quilts, quilts!

Visitors to the annual Western Welcome Week Quilt Show and Raffle at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton will find a colorful array of quilts, loaned by church members and others, as well as used book sale and self-guided tours of the historic church. Raffle tickets will be sold for a new quilt created by members. The address is 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 17; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 18. Admission free.

Genealogy how-to The Columbine Genealogy and History Society is sponsoring a “how-to” class at Littleton’s Bemis Library on Sept. 18, with registration and payment ($25) by or before Sept. 11: Go to the littletongov.org Bemis Library Events Calendar or call 303-795-3961. The $25 fee is for the purchase of the guide and reference book, “How to Do Everything Genealogy” by George G. Morgan. The instructor is Ann Lisa Pearson, a 30year genealogist. This basic class will

get you started with ideas, resources and valuable local connections. Topics: how and where to find records, how and when to document sources, building a family tree and more. Visit Columbinegenealogy.com.

Art classes The Denver Art Students League is taking registrations for a long list of classes at 200 Grant St., Denver. Adult classes are in monthly increments and there are open Figure Study sessions.

Sundays are now open at the busy institution and there are classes for kids.

See ASLD.org for class descriptions or call 303-778-6990 for a catalog.

Englewood Speedway history The Englewood Elks Club will sponsor “Englewood Speedway Revival #2” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Club, 3690 S. Jason St., Englewood.

Free and open to all. The Englewood Historic Preservation Society will help with the presentation. Information: 303-242-3257.

New at Kirkland “Welded and Fabricated Poetry: the Artistic Life of Elizabeth Yanish Shwayder” will run August 24 through January 6, 2019 at the Kirkland Museum, 1201 Bannock St., Denver. Shwayder created hundreds of sculptures and was active in the Rocky Mountain arts community during the mid-20th century. Admission: $5, members; $12,

non-members. (Children under 13 not admitted due to the fragility of some exhibits). Kirklandmuseum.org, 303832-8576 x 206. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Affordable Arts Festival On Aug. 26, the popular Affordable Arts Festival returns to the Arapahoe Community College campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (West Lawn). More than 160 artists will exhibit works priced at $100 or less. (Most have been exhibited at much higher prices during the year.)

Paintings, ceramics, jewelry, pottery and more … Coffee available. Proceeds support the ACC Foundation for student scholarships. Tickets: $10 at the gate. Free parking, light rail, RTD access. 303-330-8237.

Highlands Ranch Concert Band Swing Shift, the big band group of the Highlands Ranch Concert Band, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at Civic Green Park, 9370 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Last HRCB concert of the summer. For families. Free.

Littleton Garden Club The long-running Littleton Garden Club will have a change of address for the next meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. In September, October, November: The Ames Facility, 7300 S. Clermont St., Centennial. Guests and new members welcome.

September program to be announced.

‘Sunshine Boys’ examines fame, aging, human condition Neil Simon comedy gets heartwarming treatment from local thespians

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a fine example of cross-marketing, Neil Simon’s hilarious comedy about two aging vaudevillians, “The Sunshine Boys,” played for two weeks in the lobby of the Barth Hotel to benefit Denver Housing Options’ affordable housing for the elderly and disabled — and now plays through Sept. 9 at the Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

It’s a treasure, featuring a first-time joint appearance by veteran actors Joey Wishnia and Roger Simon, who are perfect as the grouchy, achy, old Al Lewis and Willie Clark, vaudeville partners for 43 years — and now not speaking to each other.

Willie’s caring nephew and theater agent, Ben (Ben Silverman), arrives on his regular Wednesday visit, bearing lunch, the latest copy of “Variety” — and the important news that CBS wants to run a big special next month on the “History of Comedy” that will include the Sunshine Boys’ famous “Doctor’s Office” act.

But ... this involves a short rehearsal and Lewis “The Sunshine and Clark being in Boys” plays through Sept. 9 at the same room for awhile ... and Al is Vintage Theatre, on his way over to 1468 Dayton Willie’s apartment St., Aurora. now!

Performances: Director Bernie 7:30 p.m. Fridays Cardell spoke hapand Saturdays pily of the bonus and 2:30 p.m. for him of working Sundays. Tickets with this seasoned cost $16 to $32, pair, who had lots available online at vintagetheatre. of ideas about staging Simon’s play. com or by calling It seems Al chose 303-856-7830. to retire, while Willie wanted to continue working — although he has trouble remembering lines, Ben reminds him. Both codgers dwell on the others’ faults and Willie soon becomes so enraged, he suffers a heart attack. The next scene is in the hospital where the concerned Al comes to visit.

Act 2 begins with the proposed rehearsal — a skeleton inhabits the doctor’s office and a nurse and a patient appear ...

“The Sunshine Boys” works its way through the skit — and to a satisfactory ending that will send the audience out still smiling at this lovingly produced gem.

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Tattoo removals also gaining in popularity

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But downfalls do exist, he said. The increased accessibility to the profession — he points out all the equipment can now be bought online — contributes to people tattooing others without proper training or sterilization techniques.

And, of course, there’s always the chance of a lack-luster tattoo.

Tattoos are addictive — it’s rare for a person to have just one, said Billi Carwile-Braukoff of Centennial who, at 39, has tattoos on about 40 percent of her body. Anybody who has many tattoos has at least one he or she isn’t fond of or would have rather done without, she said.

“Some people get them covered up,” Carwile-Braukoff said, “but some people keep them because they’re a conversation starter. They’re a part of a story.”

Finding the right tattoo artist is key Part of what’s cool about the experience of getting tattooed is that it’s a permanent change, said Russ Pearson, who opened True Blue Tattoo in Lakewood in 2008.

“With a little effort — and a bit of pain and money,” he said, “you’ve made a forever change to your body.”

Everybody has his or her personal reason for getting a tattoo, Raynor said, and the experience for each person is just as diverse as buying a car, choosing a neighborhood to live in or pursuing a career path.

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As one who has experienced it firsthand, she hopes more people come to respect and appreciate the talent in Denver’s local music scene.

“I wish more people knew how hard musicians work to provide entertainment. We deliver our heart and souls with the hope that you, the listener, will get lost in the stories we tell,” she said.

“There are so many venues and festivals to get into and I’m excited for

sion, a life guidance such as a biblical quote, a work of art, a tribute or a way to remember an experience, Raynor said.

Raynor points to her sugar skull tattoo — a tribute to loved ones she’s lost. Sugar skulls are a representation of death and mortality and traditionally used to decorate the gravestones on the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos.

“Every time I look at it,” Raynor said, “I remember and celebrate their lives.”

No matter if it’s your first tattoo or your 50th, it should be a fun experience, said Samantha Schneider, 27, of Thornton who got her first tattoo — a

small treble clef — as a birthday gift from her parents when she was 16.

Therefore, she said, it’s important to research the tattooist’s artistic style as well as his or her personality.

“You’re going to be there for hours, so you want to be super-comfortable and make sure you vibe with them,” she said. Not only that, a person should lean on the artist’s professional input, so “you want to make sure the artist is going to guide you in the right direction for a tattoo that’s true to what you want.”

Carwile-Braukoff admits the actual experience of getting a tattoo is unpleasant — it hurts and being in the shop for a lengthy amount of time can

get uncomfortable.

“But that doesn’t keep me away,” she said. “I love the way they look when they’re done.

Lakewood resident William Ryan, 48, got his first tattoo in 1996. It is a symbol that represents his name.

“For me,” he said, “it was rediscovering my identity after my divorce.”

Since then, he’s gotten some tattoos that he’s “extremely proud of ” and others that he regrets— all are “windows” of his journey.

“They are permanent benchmarks of milestones in my life,” Ryan said.

“They let you look into a past experience and remember when and why you got it.”

what happens next. There are so many venues and festivals to get into and I’m excited for what happens next.”

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Jesters caper at Voodoo Comedy Playhouse A lot of people (myself included) fancy themselves adept at thinking on their feet at the drop of a hat. But standing in front of a crowded room with no idea what you’re going to say is a whole other thing.

And yet, that’s just what The Jester’s Court improv group — which features Connor “The Jester” Hall, Paul Twarowski, Jillian Kudrycki, Joseph Galvin, Jessie Hiester, Donald Kiley and Soleil Kohl — makes look effortless during their performances.

The Jester’s Court will be spending most Fridays in August and September at the Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St. in Denver, performing its highly popular shortform improv comedy show.

This adults-only event encourages audience participation, with performers creating a new show each week depending on who is in the crowd.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Velorama Festival at the RiNo District Denver isn’t a town particularly well-known for its music festivals.

There have been some attempts over the years, and the brand new Grandoozy festival in September aims to change this track record, but for now it’s the smaller festivals that make the city home.

The Underground Music Showcase (UMS) took over downtown just a few weeks ago, and now the Velorama Festival will be in the booming RiNo District, 27th and Blake streets in Denver, from Friday, Aug. 17 through Sunday, Aug. 19.

This year’s festival mostly skews toward indie and alt-rock, with wellestablished acts like Modest Mouse and Cold War Kids headlining while genre stalwarts like Hop Along and Rainbow Kitten Surprise open.

In addition to the music, Velorama also features games, art installations, exhibitors, and of course, food trucks and beer.

Single-day tickets are available now, so head to www.veloramafestival.com to get yours now.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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New farming community developing in Franktown The 365-acre project will offer residents sustainable living without the heavy lifting

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On the front porch of a farmhouse in Franktown, Paige McLaughlin paused to let the silence make her point for her.

“It doesn’t get much better than this,” she said finally.

The haze from nearby wildfires shielded the picturesque view of the mountains. From memory, McLaughlin pointed out exactly where Pikes Peak should be. Acres of farmland stretch to the western horizon and as far as the eye can see in each direction, north to south, along Flintwood Road.

The 106-year-old farmhouse has since been converted into a sales office for the Fox Hill community development.

The 365 acres of farmland and open space just south of Parker used to be mostly hay farms in the late 1980s.

Now, Fox Hill is being developed into a community of 92 $1 million homes, about 1 to 4 acres each.

The tranquility of the land, in the age of constant connection through social media, could be enough to attract potential homebuyers, McLaugh-

Doug and Paige McLaughlin and their children live in the Fox Hill community. Doug’s father, Jack, bought the land in the 1980s, when it was mostly hay farms. They have turned the development into a new agrarian community revolving around a sustainable farm, orchard, hopfield and berry patches.

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Fox Hill opened April 22, Earth Day, of this year with a different kind of community in mind. Instead of a typical community surrounding parks and public pools, Fox Hill will offer its residents the option to join in community agriculture.

“It’s the culture of agriculture,

that’s what it really is,” McLaughlin said. “It’s about the lifestyle that it provides — the healthy way of living but also for the heart, soul and mind.”

A community orchard, vineyard, hopfield, berry patch and an aquaponic greenhouse will eventually be developed on five acres near the original farmhouse. Residents will have the option to participate in several community events like egg harvesting, picking berries and learning to brew

from locally grown hops. The optional farm program will be for an additional price yet to be determined. Residents who opt-in will also receive a box of fresh, seasonal produce delivered to their houses weekly. Residents can help farm as much as they like, but are not required to as part of the program. The farming will be left up to a hired hand.

“When you think about that, it’s similar to the idea of living in a maintained golf course community,” said Elizabeth Craft, owner of Growing Up Green, the landscape consulting firm designing the farm. “You are paying for the beauty and landscape of the community already, and some of them may be golfers themselves, but we would never ever require them to go mow those greens.”

McLaughlin and her husband, Doug, are partnering with Elizabeth and Kory Craft, who are consultants of Growing Up Green to develop Fox Hill into a shared farming community.

Elizabeth and Kory Craft came up with the idea after seeing a similar project they consulted on in Austin, Texas, succeed.

“I think because you have the guidance of having professionals there developing it, you can learn as much or as little as you like,” Elizabeth Craft said. “You can reap the benefits of the produce, or you can be part of the production.”

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Art shows that began in 1980s continue in south metro area Curtis, Depot galleries hold exhibits in Littleton and Greenwood Village

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BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Once upon a time, 35 years ago, two long-running south area galleries decided to hold juried exhibits open to all Colorado artists — and issued a call to artists to enter what each called the “All Colorado Art Show.”

In 2018, both exhibits continue and are both very much worthy of a visit and attention from art lovers and art makers! One is at the Littleton Fine Arts Guild’s Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave. in downtown Littleton, and the other is at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village.

I have wondered about confusion in the arts community over the duplication of names, but each year there are many more entries to both than can fit in available space — and every year, a professional juror chooses an engaging collection of works in each gallery, so I’ve decided to stop worrying about names and simply enjoy the artwork. Just please make time to visit both!

Patricia Aaron, of Greenwood Vil-

“Rodeo Blues” by Paonia sculptor Maeve Eichelberger won First Place in the Greenwood Village “All Colorado Art Show at Curtis Center for the Arts. lage, an internationally recognized artist who paints with encaustic (hot wax) and sculpts, was juror for

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the show at Curtis, which opened July 14 in the beautifully renovated old schoolhouse/gallery.

At her July 26 talk, she explained that her criteria for choosing one work over another involved the medium, the content and the technique … “I wanted to create a show that’s even, with different genre: abstract, figurative, landscape, photographic and marked `yes, no, maybe’ on the next (third) look through CAFÉ entries.”

She looked at all 525 entries one day and again on the next day before she began to select the 66 that are exhibited in the show, which runs through Aug. 25.

This is the first year that included printmaking and photography, Aaron said. She mentioned a difference in the quality of the photographs submitted and urges artists to always submit the best possible photos on CAFÉ (the Call for Entry website) when they apply for a spot in a competitive exhibit.

Curtis director Chris Stevens determined where each selected piece would hang and his thoughtful placement enhances each work.

The First Place award went to Paonia sculptor Maeve Eichelberger for her “Rodeo Blues,” a large, decorative acrylic image of a saddle. It is beautifully crafted and presented and stands front and center in the middle gallery at Curtis.

Second Place was awarded to “At the Beach,” a large abstract painting by Karen Scharer, while Tawnya Williams’ portrait, “Chalk it Up!,” skillfully rendered with colored pencil, received Third Place.

Aaron says 1,400 people have visited Curtis Center for the gallery in the Arts is at 2349 July and three E. Orchard Road in a red brick schoolpieces had sold house. It is open when we talked Monday to Saturday. last week.

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Curtis Center com/curtis. Admisfor the Arts is sion free. open Mondays through SaturDepot Art Gallery days. Admisis in a red Atchison, sion is free and Topeka and Santa there is parkFe depot that once ing just east of served Littleton. It the building, was moved to 2069 which sits at W. Powers Ave. and the edge of is open Tuesdays Curtis Park. through Sundays.

A line of art 303-795-0781. lovers waited to step inside the little red Depot Art Gallery when its All Colorado Art Show opened on Aug. 3. (It was also First Friday in downtown Littleton, which has been well-attended.)

The annual exhibit is part of Littleton’s Western Welcome Week celebration.

Juror Joan Kresek was on hand to announce winners: three 2D and three more in 3D, which is a nice plan. Kresek, who is presently on the faculty at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, calls her own art “contemporary realism.”

She said there were 174 entries, with 64 works by 56 artists accepted for the Littleton show.

Her choice for First Place in 2D was “In My Dream I Burst,” an oil painting by Paula Peacock, a traditionally painted still life, with a dark background, carefully lit vase and bouquet of branches with balloons floating on string.

Fine technique plus a sense of humor … That humor continued to the delightful First Place 3D work: “Study in Resilience III” by Cumee Fink. Reminiscent of the many trophy heads displayed across the West, it is a really clever assemblage piece, with a traditional brass drawer pull snout and its bovine head filled with empty shells — and some flowers.

Big ears flap at the sides and a collection of gear chains, cogs and other hardware look ready to clank at any minute. A straight face is not an option for the visitor!

Laurie Sorkin’s Second Place oil painting, “Iris in Sunlight,” is a skillfully rendered image of three big sunny orange/pink flowers that are so welcome in spring gardens.

The wall in the back room is an especially harmonious collection of Western color canyon photography by guild members.

The colors just radiate and invite one to look at other smaller works in the room — and at a nice selection of note cards by members, which are a great little gift in themselves.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Angel Heart Project: Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses.

Need: Volunteers to deliver meals to clients in the south Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check. 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.

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: Provide a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out online application and pass background check.

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

Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation: connecting People to Agriculture through authentic educational programs and community projects.

Need: Teachers or teachers at heart to lead or assist during outdoor field trips at CALF’s Lowell Ranch. Weekdays. Opportunities available April through October.

Requirements: Must be available during the week between 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Background check. We provide the training.

Contact: Kim Roth, 303-688-1026 or kim@ thecalf.org www.thecalf.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.

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Need: Regular care and feeding of CALF’s livestock. This is the perfect opportunity to learn if your children are truly passionate about owning and caring for an animal.

Once per week. Morning or evening shifts available.

Requirements: None. We will train you.

Contact: Brooke Fox, 303-688-1026 or brooke@thecalf.org, www.thecalf.org

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Arapahoe Philharmonic: Littleton-based orchestra Need: board members to join a team in the oversight and policy-making of a local cultural institution.

Requirements: Must have an appreciation for classical music, a commitment to music education, and some understanding of the Denver area cultural scene, as well as professional experience in one or more of the following areas: leadership, strategic planning, arts education, management, law, information technology, fundraising, finance, project management, marketing, human resources or nonprofit administration. Must attend monthly board meetings, assist with projects, attend concerts and events.

Info: https://www.arapahoe-phil.org/aboutus/join-ap-board/.

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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 Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

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

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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who cannot afford a tax preparation service.

Need: Volunteers to help older, lower-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: 1-888-OUR-AARP (687-2277) or www.aarpfoundation.org/taxaide

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute Walk to Cure Arthritis. We combat arthritis every day, so support from volunteers so that we can serve people is crucial.

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Juvenile Justice Ministry Volunteer Orientation A volunteer orientation for new Juvenile Justice Ministry volunteers is Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Youth For Christ National Office, 7670 S. Vaughn Court, Englewood. RSVP by Aug. 27. Contact francine@yfcdenver.org.

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Western Welcome Week activities designed to include all ages

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@OURCOLORADONEWS.COM

The annual fishing derby, a car show and a long list of activities for kids headlined the events Aug. 11 and 12 that helped kick off 2018’s Western Welcome Week activities in Littleton.

Activities run through Aug. 19.

Events last weekend included the Aug. 11 fishing derby and a variety of games and activities Aug. 12 that included the annual pancake breakfast, and activities for kids, including the Bruce Wolf Stick Horse Rodeo at Arapahoe Community College. Meanwhile, on the streets near the Littleton Elks Lodge, cars dating from the early 1900s those just a few years old were on display at the annual car show.

In keeping with tradition, the banks of Geneva Lake were lined with kids and their adult helpers taking part in the annual fishing derby.

“Some of my son’s friends go fishing with their parents and he wanted to try the sport,” Same Peterson said.

“I’m not a fisherman but I decided we’d try it. It was great the way people around us helped us with my son’s new rod and reel. He hooked a fish that was a few inches long and his

Jackson Rue is mounted and ready to enter the Aug. 12 annual Bruce Wolf Stick Horse Rodeo held at Arapahoe Community College as part of the Western Welcome Week activities. Rue was among about 70 children and adults who entered this year’s stick horse rodeo.

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smile lit up the area. If he doesn’t catch anything else, the day is a success for us.’

It is a catch-and-release event. The lake is stocked and fish caught are taken to the check-in tent, measures and then returned to the lake.

Maria Escobar accompanied her children to the derby.

“We have come for a couple years and the kids really enjoy it,” the Centennial resident said. “I am glad there

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Mason Morales, 5, holds the 22-inch catfish he and his dad Jason reeled in during the Aug. 11 fishing derby at Geneva Lake. The fishing derby attracted at least a couple hundred adults and children to the lake for the derby that is held annually as part of wide variety of events held during Welcome Week. are people here to help us because I don’t like fish and I don’t like fishing but I wouldn’t miss being here because the kids enjoy it so much.”

Activities shifted from the lake to ACC and the Littleton Elks Club on Aug. 12.

The school’s cafeteria hosted the annual pancake breakfast. The people at the grills were kept busy as, for a while, the line waiting to get in stretched out the door.

Those waiting for pancakes watched kids of all ages taking part in the games and activities that included the games of old and the stick horse rodeo.

The Aug. 12 schedule included the annual Littleton Elks Custom Car Show. The Elks parking lot and both sides of the streets around the lodge were lined with cars of all sizes and shapes.

Bill Gallagher said he loves cars and always enjoys the Western Welcome Week event.

“I am restoring a ‘32 Ford Roadster and I come to the show because I am looking for ideas for my project,” the

Olivia Stuchell, 7, takes a turn tossing hoops at a target during the Aug. 12 games of old activities held at Arapahoe Community College. Sack races, stilt challenges and a number of other games were part of the annual event held during Western Welcome Week.

Lakewood man said. “There usually are a few rat rods on display and, if there owners are around, I can talk to them about ideas that I can use to help me restore my car.”

REGISTER BY AUGUST 23, 12PM The sun reflects off the highly polished paint and chrome of the vehicles on display at the Littleton Elks Custom Car Show. Rare vehicles like a 1930 Pierce Arrow were on display along with custom hot rods and classics at the show that is annually part of Western Welcome Week.

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HABITAT FROM PAGE 12

Once a family is accepted to become residents of a Habitat home they are sent a list of the properties under construction. When they select a site for their home, they are required to put in the “sweat equity” that is part of their agreement.

As the home is being built, the family attends 11 to 15 hours of classes about what is expected of homeowners, such as maintaining the property and the home.

“The families sign a 30-year mortgage agreement.” Burns said.

“The payment is never more than 30 percent of their income and the mortgage is at below market rate. Every effort is made to help the family successfully purchase their new home.

We feel it is working because Habitat has a less than 2 percent foreclosure rate.”

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For information about the apprenticeship, contact ACC Dean of Business, Technology and Workforce Partnerships Eric Dunker, Ph.D., at eric. dunker@arapahoe.edu or 303797-5859.

Many of the volunteers spending July 25 helping construct one of the 63 Habitat for Humanity homes that will make up the Sheridan Square Project were Wells Fargo employees. Fifty-three of the homes are completed; about half of them are occupied.

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South Suburban received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its 2018 budget. South Suburban’s finance director, Steve Shipley, and accounting manager, Linda Addison, along with the finance department, were recognized for their skills in budget presentation.

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VOLUNTEERS FROM PAGE 23

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 Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program: Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country.

In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home.

Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other Details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens. Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl. org for information and volunteer application.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

Court Appointed Special Advocates: Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court Contact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Douglas County Libraries: elevates our community by inspiring a love of reading, discovery and connection.

Need: Volunteer opportunities consist of event assistance, weekly shelving or bookstore shifts, tutoring, Storytime helpers, and more.

Requirements: Attend an orientation. We will provide training. Specific requirements are listed in each opportunity’s details.

Contact: Visit VolunteerConnectDC.org and search for Douglas County Libraries opportunities.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force: Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

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

Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, ext. 32 Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center: Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a background check, and be able to commit

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Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www.ddfl.org.

Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse: Supports the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management with detentions support, patrol, administrative duties, event security, emergency services support, and call-outs as need arises.

Need: With proper training and clearances, volunteers help with patrol, fingerprinting, records keeping, community event security services, disaster response and management (wildfire, tornado, blizzard, flood, disaster relief, etc.).

Requirements: Must be 21 years or older; retired individuals are great. Must complete an employment application, pass a background check, and complete interviews. After being sworn in, in the first three months of membership, complete a minimum of 45 hours of orientation and training curriculum. After this 90-day probationary period, members must log a minimum of 10 hours of month and attend monthly training meetings. Persons ages 15-20, may join the Elbert County Sheriffs Explorer POST that is associated with the Posse.

Contact: David Peontek at djp1911@msn. com or 303-646-5456. Go to http://www. elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html; print out and complete an employment application and turn it into the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office in Kiowa, “Attn: David Peontek.”

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org

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Contact: 303-751-5772.

Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims.

Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age Requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 Global Orphan Relief: Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world.

Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

Contact: Those interested serving this faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

GraceFull Community Café: Provides a place in Littleton where people of all backgrounds can gather, eat well and be inspired to give back. Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull Foundation.

Need: Opportunities for food preparation, guest service, cleaning and dishwashing.

Location: 5610 Curtice St., Littleton Contact: Sign up for volunteer opportunities at http://gracefullcafe.com/volunteer/ Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org

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This Franktown community is part of a growing trend of similar communities centered around community gardens or agriculture, which are popping up all around the country, according to Becca Jablonski, a food systems economist at Colorado State University. Communities around Colorado, even in more urban areas have sprouted. It’s an attractive way for people to live healthier lifestyles, even if they don’t have a farming background.

“There’s a lot of these more innovative models of community agriculture that have emerged over the past decade,” Jablonski said.

“This is just another kind of hybrid

model for this.”

A community of hundreds of acres along the I-76 corridor in Adams County is being developed into several one-to-10-acre farms for sustainable living. People in cities like Detroit and Chicago are making use of vacant lots by farming sustainably.

Jablonski said that while these community gardens and farms are not very profitable, they offer a larger social and educational impact to its residents.

“For people being able to participate, they’re more likely to support Colorado Proud products,” Jablonski said. “There’s something around the educational and health benefits that really resonates with people.

“As we have 80 percent of our population that live in urban areas,” Jablonski said, “they want some connection to the land.”

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THINGS to DO MUSIC

Josh Turner: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Info: 303-7978565 or www.hudsongardens.org.

David Pack’s Legends Live: Saturday, Aug. 18 at the amphitheater at Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock. Four legendary rock icons on one stage in Castle Rock. It’s a once in a life time experience any music lover should not miss. The gates open at 6 p.m. Bring a low-profile lawn chair or blanket and be ready for an epic evening. Tickets range from $25 to $40. Kids are $10 in the lawn. Head to CRgov.com/ PSMConcerts to get tickets.

Summer Sunset Concert: 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 24 at Civic Green Park, 9370 S Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. This is a free concert presented by the Highlands Ranch Metro District and Highlands Ranch Community Association.

Food trucks will have food and drinks available for purchase. The food trucks will be ready to serve at 6 p.m. and the band will begin at 6:30 p.m. Arrive early to buy food and find a seat.

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Affordable Arts Festival: Every year in August, on the Sunday before Labor Day weekend, over 160 artists from around the country come to Colorado to offer art patrons the unique opportunity to buy fine art for $100 or less. Visit affordableartsfestival.com.

Pastel Paintings Dazzle at Mile High National Pastel Exhibition: on display through Aug. 27 at Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center. 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker. The Mile High National Pastel Exhibition featuring 80 luminous pastel paintings from artists across the country. Visit www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org for more information.

EVENTS

Film in the Park: 8:30 to 10:30 Friday, Aug. 17 at Civic Green Park, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Bring a blanket and enjoy great free family movies.

Parental Guidance suggested.

Snacks available for purchase from Cornzapoppin and Kona Ice. Sorry, no dogs allowed in the park.

For more information, visit www. hrcaonline.org/events.

Auditions for Young Voices of Colorado: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 at 99 Inverness Drive East, Suite 150, Englewood. Young Voices of Colorado, a premier children’s choir, is holding auditions for children in 2nd-10th grades for the 2018-2019 season. Auditions are free, visit www.youngvoices.org for more information.

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this week’s TOP FIVE Country Western Dance Party: 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17 at Adventures in Dance, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. DJ country and western themed ballroom, Latin, salsa, swing and tango dance. Call 720-276-0562 or email info@adventuresindance. com.

City of Centennial’s Movie Night - ‘Sing’ (rated PG): 7 to 9:30 p.m Saturday, Aug. 18 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Join us for an outdoor screening of the animated movie, ‘Sing’ (rated PG). The movie starts at dusk. Event is free. Visit centennial.gov/Things-To-Do for more information.

for a fun, family event that includes a barbecue, bake sale, cakewalk, free face painting, games, and crafts. Admission is free. For more information, go to: www.tlcmealsonwheels.org or contact Korri Stainbrook at 303-798-7642.

Local Author Showcase: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Rock, Philip S. Miller, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Enjoy light refreshments while 15 local authors talk about their books. Genres include fiction, nonfiction, biography, juvenile fiction, YA fiction, and more. A book sale and signing will follow the authors’ talks. Adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

TLC Meals on Wheels Celebrates 50 Years with a Community Birthday Party: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 at TLC Meals on Wheels Office at Ames Elementary School, 7300 S Clermont Dr., Centennial. Are you looking for something fun to do with your family?

Join TLC Meals on Wheels as we celebrate 50 years of driving away hunger

Spinphony Concert: 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

See the hit group Spinphony on the front lawn. The high-energy, all-female string quartet will play a dynamic mix of rock, classical, pop and original tunes complete with choreography. The quartet has performed throughout the United States and internationally to rave reviews. Hot dogs, brats, burgers, beverages and ice cream will be available for purchase beginning at 5 p.m. For more information call the library at 303795-3961.Travel Club: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree.

Travelers will share information about great destinations and trips taken, including tips and tricks.

Join us to share some of your own.

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

Love Your Body Women’s Circle: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at Koelbel Library, 5955 South Holly Street, Centennial. The Love Your Body Women’s Circle will support you to connect with yourself in a new way, empowering you to release inner blocks of hate, comparison, judgment, dis-ease, and pain. Cost is $20.

RSVP at bodylovewomenscircle. eventbrite.com.

Caturday Morning & Dog Day Afternoon: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 East Mainstreet.

This afternoon of fun includes activities, crafts, pet adoptions, and more.

Kids and families. No registration required; more information is available at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Real Life Wizard School: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m Saturday, Aug. 18 at Douglas County Libraries in Roxborough, 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd. #200, Littleton. Join us for fun magical-themed lessons in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Costumes are encouraged! Kids and families. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Legal Night with the Arapahoe County Bar Association: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura Street, Littleton. Register to meet with an attorney, freeof-charge, for up to a 30-minute consultation Puppy Power 5K: 9-11 a.m. Aug. 25, 3952 Butterfield Drive, Castle Rock. Info:puppypower5k.com Parker Knit-a-Thon to Benefit Breast Cancer Survivors: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at Parker Library, Event Room B, 20105 Mainstreet. Needle workers are gathering in Parker Saturday, August 25 for a Knit-aThon! Reserve your spot today to join this fun project making Knitted Knockers to donate to postmastectomy breast cancer survivor.

Natural Grocers 63rd Anniversary Celebration: 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 16 at Parker Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, 11402 South Parker Road, Parker. Come celebrate the 63rd Anniversary, including free ice creamwww.naturalgro-

cers.com for more information.

Brews and Views Beer Festival: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Featuring craft beers from over thirty-five Colorado breweries, stunning views encompassing thirty acres of natural, open spaces, dishes from Colorado’s premier food trucks, local vendors, music, games, and more. Visit hudsongardens.org or call 303-797-8565.

Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society meeting: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4 at James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. What’s all this fuss about DNA testing for genealogy? To find out, join us in September at the Highlands Ranch Library for “Cracking the Code: DNA Testing Myths & Reality.” For more information about the Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society, visit our website at hrgenealogy.wordpress.com.

Centennial Car Show & Concert: 11 a.m. to noon. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. The City’s 3nd annual Car Show will feature an exciting collection of classic and exotic cars. Visit www. centennialco.gov.

Scotland, more than kilts and bagpipes: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Rox Arts (Aspen Grove Shopping Center) in Littleton.

Scotland may be greener than the Emerald Isle, you be the judge. Art and travelogue regaling a country worth a visit. Come witness Scotland, and prepare for travel.

Cost is $25 including refreshments. Sign up online at www. roxartscouncil.org or in the gallery.

Doggie Splash: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m Saturday, Sept. 8 at Recreation Center at Westridge Outdoor Pool, 9650 Foothills Canyon Blvd, Highlands Ranch. Summer is winding down so come and have a ball and cool off with your favorite four-legged friends and family at the Westridge outdoor pool (no humans in the pool). 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. is reserved for small dogs only. 15 pounds and under and/ or 15 inches in height and under. $7 in advance per dog, $10 at the door. Info: HRCAonline.org or 303791-2500.

Thrilling Thursdays: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Special Needs Thrilling Thursdays (Ages 16 and up). Join the therapeutic recreation staff on Thursdays and participate in gym activities, fitness activities, art classes, cooking classes, swimming classes and more. $120 HRCA Member/$138 Non-members. Call (303) 471-7020 for more information.

Downtown Walking Tours: 10:30 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month from June to September.

The 45-minute tour begins at The Courtyard on Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and will conclude at the Castle Rock Museum, 420 Elbert St. Contact 303-814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

EDUCATION

Free Lung Cancer Screening Seminar: 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 RidgeGate Pkwy, 80124, Board Room, Garden Level, Lone Tree. For those who are interested in learning about lung cancer screening, either for themselves or a loved one. Visit lungseminar. com for more information.

Car Seat Safety Event: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive in Castle Rock.

Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPST) andwill discuss proper use of a car seat, including installation, daily use, and car seat selections.

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Lifelong learning center offers dozens of classes for seniors STAFF REPORT

Seniors looking to “learn for the fun of it” will have 43 classes to choose from this fall at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Classes begin the week of Sept. 17 and take place at Valley View Christian Church,11004 Wildfield Lane, near Titan Road and Santa Fe Drive in Douglas County.

OLLI South is entering its

10th year and offers more than 120 classes each year, spread over three eight-week semesters. Each term includes classes in history, arts, current events, science, technology, health, philosophy and culture, among others. Some classes include field trips, and members enjoy social activities along with classroom sessions.

OLLI South is one of five Denver area sites for the

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The Real George Custer, Separating Fact From Myth: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch.

Come and join us for a review of Custer’s achievements from the 1860’s to 1876 that shows who he really was. Contact 720-5071639 Active Minds Presents: North Korea: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 22 at Douglas

Osher Institute, which is affiliated with the University of Denver. Registration fee is $130, which allows access to an unlimited number of classes at any of the institute’s locations.

Among the classes offered at OLLI South this fall are: • What Makes Life Worth Living: A look at what contributes to a well-lived and fulfilling life, including topics such as happiness, positive

County Libraries in Roxborough, 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd. #200, Littleton. Active Minds will facilitate a discussion of topics about North Korea, including the country’s leadership, development of nuclear weapons, international trade and human rights issues, and what the future may hold.

Adults. Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Taming Big Data: 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 at CU South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St., Lone Tree. Learn how to use big data to improve strategic decision-making and develop a data-savvy team. Visit southdenver. cu.edu/portfolio/taming-big-data.

thinking, character strengths and values.

• Matinee at the Bijou: Halloween: Solve mysteries with ghosts, goblins, haunted houses and lots of bodies, all in a humorous vein.

• Women in Vietnam: Investigate female military, Red Cross volunteers, USO, journalists, government and NGO workers and the strength required to be a woman in a war zone.

Practice Your English: 10:30 to noon, Saturday, Aug. 25 at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd.

Lively, informal conversation on everyday topics for intermediate to advanced English learners of all cultures and language backgrounds. Facilitated by trained volunteers.

Ages 17-plus. Registration is required at 303791-7323 or DCL.org.

Improv Acting Camp: 4 to 4:45 p.m Thursdays, Aug. 30 to Sept. 27 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E County Line Rd #102, Highlands Ranch. Spotlight will be hosting a 5-week “Who’s Line Is it Anyway?” Camp. This camp will focus on

• Great Churches of the World: Visual tour of the art, architecture and theology of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings.

• Journalism, All News is Not Created Equal: Recognizing real from fake news is a critical skill. This class helps build tools by examining fake vs. real examples.

A full listing of classes is available at https://portfolio. du.edu/ollisouth.

improv and acting techniques. For more information, visit spotlightperformers.com.

‘Nemo’ Musical 12-week camp: Spotlight Performing Arts Center will be holding a 12week “Nemo” camp on Tuesdays from 3:454:30 pm for ages 3-12 years. This camp will teach singing, dancing & acting techniques.

For more information, visit spotlightperformers.com.

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Craft Show and Mini-Market Admission is free to the public Saturday Nov. 24

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Sunday Nov. 25

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15200 W. 6th Ave. Golden, CO.

Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

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August 17, 2018 Misc. Notices In preparation for a periodic evaluation by Higher Learning Commission accrediting agency, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design is seeking comments from the public about the College.

RMCAD will host a visit on December 3-5, 2018 with a team from the Higher Learning Commission. RMCAD has been accredited by the HLC since 2000. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation.

The public is invited to submit comments regarding RMCAD to the following address: Third-Party Comment on Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604-1411 The public may also submit comments online at www.hlcommission.org/comment.

Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs. Comments must be in writing.

All comments must be received by November 5, 2018.

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Misc. Notices Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

Garage Sales Wheat Ridge MorningStar Senior Living of Wheat Ridge Community Sale / Fund Raiser Proceeds go to Alzheimer's Association 38th & Kipling 10100 West 38th Avenue Saturday August 18th 9am-4pm Furniture Household/Office Desks Books, Clothes, Camping, Children's, Craft Supplies, Collectibles; Pewter Pitchers, Bell Collection (Glass, Brass, Foreign), Steins, 40's Vinyl Records, Tons of Stuff, Too much to list

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Redecorating and Selling Furniture in good condition Roll Top Desk $60 Desk and Book Shelf $50 Dining Room Table and Chairs $125 China Cabinet & Server $100 More furniture available (303)521-8154

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Companion sites include granite placements. 40% discount from Horan and McConaty. Your price is $4,611. County Line and Holly. 303-551-4930 CEMETERY LOTS

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SPORTS

August 17, 2018A

PREVIEW

TRAINING takes new direction Athletes are working smarter in an effort to gain flexibility and power

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s often easy to distinguish a good athlete by the way he or she moves.

That starts with strength training and conditioning, which have advanced over the years into a science.

There is more to training that just lifting heavy weights and moving fast in a straight line.

The ability to change direction.

The speed to stop and start quickly.

The ability to generate explosive power.

Those are some of the things coaches want to see from their athletes.

With that in mind, high school athletes preparing for the fall sports season have been working out during the summer, and many old-fashioned training methods have been expelled in favor of smarter techniques.

No doubt, the landscape of high school sports training has changed over the years, according to Mountain Range assistant softball coach Russ Gallivan, a strength and conditioning coach who owns 5280 Fitness and Sports Performance in Westminster.

But he says, “a handful of coaches still treat it like it was 1995.”

Much of the training that goes on in the weight room these days is not sport-specific but can benefit most young athletes, trainers say.

Working out with a medicine ball can help athletes develop power in a different way than barbells.

Athletes are using programs and moves like these: • Sportsmetrics, a knee-injury prevention program originally designed for women that involves jumping and strength training.

• Spinal conditioning exercises, which are helpful for athletes with lower-back pain.

• Force-velocity profiling, which is a way to evaluate force and velocity capabilities during exercises, like jumping and sprinting. A coach can determine whether an athlete is deficient on a given movement — for instance, the vertical jump — and tailor workouts to improve. Smartphone applications have been developed to identify an athlete’s profile.

• Push/pull/carry workouts, which help athletes gain strength during the off-season by picking up heavy objects and walking, pushing, pulling or carrying them.

• Medicine ball throws, in which athletes try to release the ball with power from varying positions, such as from the side or overhead.

Gallivan, like most strength and conditioning specialists, doesn’t like athletes to specialize too soon.

“Good coaches train an overall athlete,” he said. “We don’t like to specialize a kid for one sport.”

Castle View strength/conditioning coach and physical education teacher Patrick McHenry said with younger athletes, the main thing is to get them

BOYS TENNIS Overview There have been only five seasons in the past 47 years that Cherry Creek has not won the boys state team championship.

One of those seasons was 2017, when Fairview dethroned the Bruins. So one of the questions this season is whether Creek can re-establish itself against the challenges of teams like Fairview and Regis Jesuit.

Mountain Vista, Rock Canyon and ThunderRidge should also figure into the title picture.

Vista had seven underclass players qualify for last season’s state meet, while Rock Canyon and ThunderRidge each had five underclass players gain state tournament experience.

A new coaching protocol from the CHSAA major committee report says that a coach may coach a player any time during a match as long as the coach is off the court and the coaching

does not interfere with play.

Top returning players Returning players from south metro-area teams who participated in last season’s state tournaments: Tyler Landen, Arapahoe; Alex Gordon, Cherry Creek; Chris Swanson, Rock Canyon; Chase Walters, Heritage; Jared Green, Arapahoe; Max Probst, Mountain Vista; Henry Cox, Ponderosa; George Cavo, Cherry Creek; Will Jones, Heritage; Drew Hill, Cherry Creek; Collin Bean, Mountain Vista; Reece Kelly, Mountain Vista; McClain Easton, Mountain Vista; Matthew Gresh, Rock Canyon; Chris Du, Rock Canyon; Nick Law, ThunderRidge; Chase Scherschel, ThunderRidge; Andrew Gardalen, ThunderRidge; Trevor Fone, Mountain Vista; Henri Wessels, Mountain Vista; Tyler Liberati, Pon-

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to be able to “handle the rigor of the sport.”

“From a training aspect, with the younger kids that have been here one or two years, we want to make sure they learn how to use the (weight) room correctly,” he said. “Then we can start looking at things more specific.”

Ultimately, some specialization is hard to ignore.

“A cross country person is going to go out and run, run and run,” said McHenry. “That’s their sport, so they are going to be in a different energy system than a volleyball player or a football player. From a conditioning standpoint, that is very sport-specific.

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BOYS GOLF derosa; Nick Svichar, Cherry Creek; Zach Kennedy, Heritage; Carter Logan, Valor Christian; Blake Knudsen, Heritage; Josh Roberts, Rock Canyon; Tyler Quirk, Rock Canyon; Ryan Ohr, ThunderRidge; Christopher Bratcher, ThunderRidge; Devin Brownstein, Cherry Creek; Max Duque, Mountain Vista; Nick Solimene, Valor Christian; David Borngaars, Valor Christian; Ozzie Froelich, Littleton; Truman Osburn, Valor Christian; Ben Finlow, Valor Christian; Matt Friedberg, Littleton; Brady Olitsky, Valor Christian.

State competition • Regionals must be completed

by Oct. 6.

• Class 4A and 5A state championships are scheduled for Oct. 11-13. The Class 4A tournament will be at Pueblo City Park and the 5A tournament is slated for Gates Tennis Center in Denver.

Overview One change this season is Valor Christian, which was a five-time Class 4A state champion between 2009 and 2015, moves up to 5A this season.

Regis Jesuit will once again likely be a contender for the 5A state title with Fossil Ridge, Lakewood, Grand Junction, Cherry Creek and Denver East as other teams to watch.

Players to watch Returning players from south metro-area schools who finished in the top 40 of last year’s state touraments.

Evan Kalac, ThunderRidge; Carter Kovarik, Cherry Creek; Jake Welch, Valor Christian; Ty Findlow, Valor Christian; Westin Pals, Lutheran; Tyler Mulligan, Chaparral; Cade Kilkenny, Cherry Creek; Tarek Salem, Highlands Ranch; Tyler Mulligan, Chaparral; Elisandro Aragon, Mountain Vista.

State competition • Regional tournaments are scheduled for Sept.

17-21.

• State championships will be held Oct. 1 and 2.

Class 5A is at Colorado Springs Country Club, 4A is at Flying Horse Golf Club in Colorado Springs, and 3A is at the Boulder County Club.

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FALL 2018 SPORTS PREVIEW CROSS COUNTRY

VOLLEYBALL Overview This season’s state tournament will use a double-elimination bracket format until the semifinals and then single-elimination through the finals. This is a change from the old format, which often involved burdensome tiebreakers in pool play.

Castle View edged Cherry Creek in five sets to win the 2017 Class 5A state championship and both teams were sparked by senior leadership that will have to be replaced. There were nine seniors among the 13 varsity players on the Castle View roster and nine of Creek’s 14 varsity players were seniors.

5A semifinalists Chaparral and Fossil Ridge, along with 4A state runner-up Valor Christian and 3A runner-up Lutheran return experienced rosters.

Chaparral returns nine players off last season’s team and Fossil Ridge had just four seniors on last year’s team. Valor Christian had only three seniors on its 14-player player roster from 2017 while Lutheran

has nine members of last season’s team with remaining eligibility.

Top returning players Some of the top returning players from south metroarea teams: Leanne Lowry, Castle View; Kira Thompson, Chaparral; Juliana Dalton, Chaparral; Kyla Gerson, Chaparral; Cassie Davis, Highlands Ranch; Jill Borgerding, Highlands Ranch; Laryssa Myers, Rock Canyon; Ashley Larson, Valor Christian; Courtney Lane, Valor Christian; Payton Brgoch, Lutheran; Ai Leitner, Rock Canyon; Cassie Pyles, Mountain Vista; Jaeda Davis Colliher, Heritage; Kennedey Johnson, Lutheran; Alyssa Naples, Douglas County State competition • The regular season for 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A teams must be completed by Oct. 28.

• The state tournaments are scheduled for Nov. 8-10 at the Denver Coliseum.

Overview Mountain Vista’s girls and boys are the defending Class 5A team champions and are considered title contenders again in 2018. In fact, the Golden Eagles’ girls team looks very strong, with individual state champ Jenna Fitzsimmons and three other runners from last year’s title team returning this season.

Broomfield, Rock Canyon and Valor Christian are other 5A girls teams to keep an eye on.

The 5A boys team outlook starts with Vista, but Dakota Ridge is also a preseason favorite.

One of the state’s top runners, Easton Allred, who ran for Rock Canyon last season, is ineligible after transferring to Mountain Vista.

Valor Christian’s Cole Sprout, the defending 4A individual, will be running in 5A this season.

Rules 4-3-1, 4-3-1b and 4-3-1-c have been clarified this season so that a uniform is considered legal if the school approves individually purchased items as part of the school uniform.

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Boys Ethan Rouse, Mountain Vista; Jack O’Sullivan, Mountain Vista; Cole Sprout, Valor Christian; Tyler Scholl, SkyView Academy; David Fine, Elizabeth, Christian Sapakoff, Littleton; Wes Beckham, Rock Canyon; Derek Fearon, Rock Canyon; Nolan Getchell, Legend; Ian Kelly, Heritage; Cory Kennedy, Heritage; Parker Wolfe, Cherry Creek; Ryan Johnson, Legend; Caleb Ream, Chaparral; Josh Welo, Chaparral; Carter Struhs, Chaparral; Max Tenbraak, Heritage; George Maldonago III, Chaparral; Jace Owen, Legend; Stephen Haysley, Arapahoe State competition • Regionals must be completed by Oct. 18-20.

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John Elway’s much-celebrated 2018 draft class is turning heads at the Broncos’ training camp, particularly ex-SMU receiver Courtland Sutton, a second-round pick whose spectacular catches have become a daily occurrence.

Big applauses also greet draft picks Bradley Chubb, Josey Jewell and DaeSean Hamilton along with another rookie who went undrafted.

Phillip Lindsay, a 5-foot-8, 180-pound running back who was born in Denver, grew up in Aurora, attended Denver South High School and the University of Colorado and is drawing praises from coaches and teammates.

“No. 2 has shown explosion,” coach Vance Joseph said, referring to the rookie by his jersey number.

“He’s a shifty little back,’’ said linebacker Todd Davis. “He can definitely make people miss.”

“We’re definitely going to have some things planned for Phillip,” predicted Von Miller, who sees Lindsay carving a niche in a diverse backfield that includes veteran Devontae Booker, second-year speedster De’Angelo Henderson and rookie draft picks Royce Freeman of Oregon and David Williams of Arkansas.

Lindsay is leading the way in plays that draw reactions from the crowd.

“Guys like that in the league, you just can’t cover them,” Miller said.

“They’re just assets to the offense. You have to have a back like that and we definitely have one.”

Uninvited to the NFL combine and bypassed on draft weekend, Lindsay signed a contract with his hometown team that would pay him $480,000 this season and included a $15,000 signing bonus.

By comparison, Freeman’s signing bonus was $997,020 and Wil-

liams’ was $93,900.

A Colorado alum himself, Joseph was no stranger to Lindsay’s talents.

“It’s hard to believe he didn’t go to the combine,” Joseph said. “Obviously he’s a Buff, so I’ve watched Phillip for three years as a starter in a major conference. He was a great player. We were all surprised he didn’t go to the combine, and obviously signing him as a free agent was tough because we drafted two backs. We pursued him heavy and he stayed home.”

Lindsay’s college coach, Mike MacIntyre, said he has no doubt his former pupil will make it in the NFL because of his versatility, tenacity and willingness to make the most of any morsel of playing time he gets.

“In college he covered kicks, returned kicks, he could play on all four big phases,” MacIntyre said. “And then he’s a guy that can catch the ball really well, so he could be a third-down back.

He’s a guy that could block well, could run well, so when you take him to the game, even if he doesn’t play a lot of running back early, he’s going to play a lot of plays for you. So he’s valuable for you as a coaching staff and a team.

“He’ll be the special team coaches’ dream, I promise you that.”

MacIntyre got that right.

“I love Phillip,” Broncos special teams coordinator Tom McMahon declared. “Phillip works his butt off.’’

He garnered the nickname “Tasmanian Devil” in college because of the frenetic energy he brings to the team as the undersized underdog he’s been all his life.

“I always bring a chip on my shoulder, not because I’m mad but because I know what I have to do,’’ Lindsay said.

“For me, I’m a running back that’s 5-8 and 190 pounds and I have to go and get my respect for the NFL now.’’

It’s nothing new.

“I mean, since when have I not been the underdog?’’ Lindsay said.

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players to help. andon Williams was OVERTIME “When you say at the beginnear tears, Andrew ning, hey, do you want to come Grout was happy to out and help with yard work, make a difference and they said it is our day off and Dan Brite will continue we don’t want to do that,” exto be a faithful fan of the plained the 6-foot-4, 285-pound Castle View football team. senior tackle. “But once you Williams, Grout and a kind of give them knowledge group of 11 football players that this is a cop and this is why got together on a hot July 31 we are doing it, then kids were to landscape the new, wheelJim Benton a lot more on board to do it.” chair-accessible home of Brite was in attendance at the Aug. Douglas County Sheriff ’s Deputy Dan 10 Back the Cats night, which featured Brite, who was critically injured in a former Denver Bronco Karl MecklenSeptember 2016 shooting in Parker. burg as the guest speaker. Brite was The players spent eight hours workmade an honorary Castle View captain ing on the yard, and Brite’s smile for the upcoming season. of thanks was noticed by Williams, “He (Brite) came to our Back The a 6-foot, 230-pound senior defensive Cats night and has been a supporter end/tight end. of Castle View football,” said Grout.

“It was 95 degrees that day,” said “So when you get the opportunity to Williams. “And it was hard work movlandscape, give back to somebody in ing those rocks and getting everythe community and especially to law thing planted. When the officer came enforcement, it’s a big deal for me. around the corner he had a big smile “When we started there were piles on his face. It was like, wow, there’s of rocks and piles of mulch. By the a reason I am here, to make people time we were done, we had done the happy. Just seeing the smile on his outlining and filled in the rocks. It face made me almost tear up. It was was good to walk around the house awesome.” and see all the work we had done. I Grout, with help from Bret Hribar think I’ll look back on this and just of the Castle View Gridiron Club, think it was something that took one organized the landscaping, and it day and made a difference.” didn’t take him long to convince other

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Sabercats players plan to return this fall when the weather is cooler to plant trees and bushes, but money is needed to purchase the materials.

Donations can be made to the Castle View Gridiron Club, P.O. Box 1941, Castle Rock, CO 80104, or through the website at www.CastleViewFootball. com.

Castle View coach Todd Casebier will make sure there will be enough players on hand to finish the landscaping job at the Brite home.

“In this culture about kids and society, it is all about me,” said Casebier.

“So when you are giving back to Mr. Brite that’s not about you. It’s about him. That’s what we want our kids to understand, that they are part of the community.

“That landscaping we did was a small example of what we can do to help somebody. We’re going to do more this fall and we’re going to have more guys there. It’s something we want to do, not just for him but for other people too.”

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

“You get into the lifting and the cross country athletes need higher repetitions because it is high endurance. Football, volleyball, softball and soccer are going to lift a little less as far as repetitions.”

Injury prevention is another major goal of today’s training programs.

While it’s impossible to completely prevent injuries, conditioning has improved to the point that some injuries can be dramatically reduced.

“Ultimately, we are stress masters,” said Valor Christian Director of Sports Performance Bryan Glover. “We take the body, we stress it physically, mentally, and some of the biggest changes are how quick and faster that athletes can recover from that stress. So now the trick is how do we balance overtraining and making sure athletes aren’t doing too much?

“Each sport will have its own variety of injury tendencies. Our job is to look at that and put athletes in a position to prevent those injuries and keep their bodies in a balanced state to make sure those injuries are minimized. A stronger athlete that has experience with performance will heal faster.”

The potential is within all athletes to improve, Gallivan said.

“Everybody is born an athlete,” he said. “It’s all about the amount of exposure to the training.”

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Original Grantor(s) ARIEH SZIGETI AND JAN Z. SZIGETI Original Beneficiary(ies) WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CIT Date of Deed of Trust December 02, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 24, 2002 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B2247444 Original Principal Amount $945,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $916,199.98

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 28, THE PRESERVE AT GREENWOOD VILLAGE, FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 5091 EAST PERRY PARKWAY, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80121.

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, 09/19/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 7/26/2018 Last Publication: 8/23/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/18/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the

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Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007431901 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.: 0260-2018 First Publication: 7/26/2018 Last Publication: 8/23/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0273-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 5, 2018, 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) LISA VASKIN AND DAVID VASKIN Original Beneficiary(ies) U.S. BANK N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust March 12, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 19, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5026824 Original Principal Amount $204,725.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $196,126.69 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 3, BLOCK 5, AURORA HILLS FILING NO. ONE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 11718 E. ALASKA AVENUE, AURORA, CO 80012.

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

First Publication: 8/9/2018 Last Publication: 9/6/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

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First Publication: 8/9/2018 Last Publication: 9/6/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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

Public Trustees

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 06/05/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007584238 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.: 0273-2018 First Publication: 8/9/2018 Last Publication: 9/6/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0271-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 25, 2018, 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) THE FALLS OF LITTLETON, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) RLS CAPITAL, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt RLS CAPITAL, INC. Date of Deed of Trust May 23, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 07, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6059465 Original Principal Amount $2,500,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $2,479,510.46 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR RECORDED ON 5/17/2018 AT RECEPTION NO. D8047978 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 8199 SOUTHPARK COURT, LITTLETON, CO 80120-5637.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 5/17/2018 AT RECEPTION NO. D8047978 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. 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, 09/26/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince

TRUST.

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5)

WEST HILLTOP DRIVE; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE, THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) COURSES:

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1. NORTH 89 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 114.55 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; 2. THENCE 39.93 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 30 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 09 SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 75.00 FEET; 3. THENCE NORTH 59 DEGREES 23 NOTICE OF SALE MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 76.59 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seTHENCE 82.76 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF cured by the Deed of Trust, To described herein, advertise your4.public notices call 303-566-4100 A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A CENThas filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale RAL ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 55 as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 125.00 FEET; 5. THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 40 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE 09/26/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County OF 31.84 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; Administration Building, 5334 South Prince 6. THENCE 22.89 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 87 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 01 highest and best bidder for cash, the said real SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 15.00 FEET property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OFGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the WAY LINE OF SOUTHPARK CIRCLE; purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OFTrust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale WAY LINE, THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) and other items allowed by law, and will issue to COURSES: the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as 1. NORTH 09 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 45 provided by law.

SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 90.80 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; First Publication: 8/2/2018 2. THENCE 294.02 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF Last Publication: 8/30/2018 A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CENTName of Publication: Littleton Independent RAL ANGLE OF 17 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 49 SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 966.50 FEET; IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A 3. THENCE NORTH 07 DEGREES 32 LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOMINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE OF 100.60 FEET TO A POINT OF PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE CURVATURE; EXTENDED; 4. THENCE 132.37 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A CENTIF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A RAL ANGLE OF 07 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 1083.50 FEET; REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF 5. THENCE NORTH 00 DE GREES 32 CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECOF 255.45 FEET; TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 27 MINUTES ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU 56 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 14.00 (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMFEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSOF SAID LOT 2, SOUTHPARK SUBDIVISION URE PROCESS. FILING NO. 5; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EASTColorado Attorney General ERLY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 255.45 FEET TO 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor THE POINT OF BEGINNING, Denver, Colorado 80203 EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION (800) 222-4444 OF PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov LITTLETON IN STATUTORY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 15, 2000 UNFederal Consumer Financial DER RECEPTION NO. B0148527.

Protection Bureau THE BASIS OF BEARINGS IS THE SOUTH P.O. Box 4503 LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF Iowa City, Iowa 52244 SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE (855) 411-2372 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN www.consumerfinance.gov WHICH BEARS SOUTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST AS SHOWN DATE: 05/25/2018 ON THE RECORDED PLAT OF SOUTHPARK Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 5, THE SOUTHWCounty of Arapahoe, State of Colorado EST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 32 IS A By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee CDOT MONUMENT IN A RANGE BOX, PLS 25384 AND THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER The name, address, business telephone numOF SECTION 32 IS A 3 1/4" ALUMINUM CAP ber and bar registration number of the IN A RANGE BOX, PLS 28 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Legal Notice NO.: 0271-2018 First Publication: 8/2/2018 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Last Publication: 8/30/2018 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., CRS §38-38-103 Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0249-2018 9990 Attorney File # 18-018510 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Trust: and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

On May 11, 2018, the undersigned Public Trust©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Reee caused the Notice of Election and Demand vised 1/2015 relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

0271-2018 LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF Original Grantor(s) LOTS 1 & 2, SOUTHPARK SUBDIVISION - FILMARCO ROJANO QUEZADA ING NO. 5, SITUATED IN THE SOUTH ONE Original Beneficiary(ies) HALF OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MERIDIAN, CITY OF LITTLETON, COUNTY OF AMERIFIRST FINANCIAL, INC., ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt LOWS: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER November 09, 2016 OF LOT 2, SAID SOUTHPARK SUBDIVISION County of Recording FILING NO. 5 FROM WHENCE THE SOUTH Arapahoe 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 32 BEARS Recording Date of Deed of Trust SOUTH 00 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 04 November 10, 2016 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 996.10 Recording Information (Reception No. FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 32 and/or Book/Page No.) MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE D6129684 EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 1 AND ALSO BEING Original Principal Amount THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF $270,019.00 SAID SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 266.50 Outstanding Principal Balance FEET; THENCE SOUTH 57 DEGREES 03 $265,173.83 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 398.42 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEPursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are GREES 06 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, A hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of DISTANCE OF 204.92 FEET TO A POINT ON trust have been violated as follows: failure to THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF pay principal and interest when due together WEST HILLTOP DRIVE; with all other payments provided for in the evidTHENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHTence of debt secured by the deed of trust and OF-WAY LINE, THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) other violations thereof.

COURSES: THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A 1. NORTH 89 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 00 FIRST LIEN. SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 114.55 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; LOT 6, WEBERS SUBDIVISION, 2. THENCE 39.93 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CENTSTATE OF COLORADO RAL ANGLE OF 30 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 09 SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 75.00 FEET; Also known by street and number as: 3. THENCE NORTH 59 DEGREES 23 6158 SOUTH HILL STREET, MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE LITTLETON, CO 80120.

OF 76.59 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; 4. THENCE 82.76 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A CENTOF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENRAL ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 55 CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF SECONDS, AND A RADIUS OF 125.00 FEET; TRUST. 5. THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE NOTICE OF SALE OF 31.84 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; 6. THENCE 22.89 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seLEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 5/17/2018 AT RECEPTION NO. D8047978 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.

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Also known by street and number as: 6158 SOUTH HILL STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

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

Public Trustees NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/12/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 7/19/2018 Last Publication: 8/16/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/11/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-018482 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.: 0249-2018 First Publication: 7/19/2018 Last Publication: 8/16/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0250-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 11, 2018, 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) ALBERT J. ERRETT AND BETTY O. ERRETT Original Beneficiary(ies) CITYWIDE BANKS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust November 15, 2001 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 21, 2001 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B1200052 Original Principal Amount $156,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $135,885.06 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 4, BLOCK 10, SUNRIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE,

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.

Public Trustees

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 4, BLOCK 10, SUNRIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 96 SOUTH FRASER CIRCLE, AURORA, CO 80012.

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, 09/12/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 7/19/2018 Last Publication: 8/16/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/11/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 15-008193 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.: 0250-2018 First Publication: 7/19/2018 Last Publication: 8/16/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0255-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 15, 2018, 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) NEIL J. BUTTERFIELD Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FINANCE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust February 27, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 08, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0022742 Original Principal Amount $190,250.00

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust February 27, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 08, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0022742 Original Principal Amount $190,250.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $173,052.94

Public Trustees

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A. Also known by street and number as: 5400 SOUTH WINDERMERE STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/12/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 7/19/2018 Last Publication: 8/16/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/15/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-018596 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 0255-2018 LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PART OF BLOCK 1, STARK BROTHERS NORTH WOODLAWN ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 1, THENCE SOUTH 90 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE EAST 140 FEET; THENCE NORTH 90 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1; THENCE WEST 140 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Legal Notice NO.: 0255-2018 First Publication: 7/19/2018 Last Publication: 8/16/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

ber and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

August 17, 2018A

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0256-2018

Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-018102

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

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.

On May 18, 2018, 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.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Public Trustees

Original Grantor(s) ANITA C. BRANCH Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust February 12, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0015908 Original Principal Amount $212,657.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $177,740.71 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 16, BLOCK 9, TOLLGATE CROSSING SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 23787 E. BELLEWOOD DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80016.

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, 09/19/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 7/26/2018 Last Publication: 8/23/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/18/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-018102

Public Trustees

Legal Notice NO.: 0256-2018 First Publication: 7/26/2018 Last Publication: 8/23/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0276-2018

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

On June 5, 2018, 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) ELLIS N. ABBEY Original Beneficiary(ies) BANKERS EXPRESS MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-5 Date of Deed of Trust March 29, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 05, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4060788 Original Principal Amount $191,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $274,792.13

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 3, SETTLERS VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO.2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 15092 EAST WALSH DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80012.

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

First Publication: 8/9/2018 Last Publication: 9/6/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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

DATE: 06/05/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the

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Denver, Colorado 80203

(800) 222-4444 August 17, 2018 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Public Trustees

DATE: 06/05/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-018751 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.: 0276-2018 First Publication: 8/9/2018 Last Publication: 9/6/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0291-2018

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 8, 2018, 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) Kevin Paul Orton Original Beneficiary(ies) Liberty Mortgage Corporation (Georgia) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Branch Banking and Trust Company Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 13, 2002 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B2109492 Book: n/a Page: Original Principal Amount $180,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $143,664.95

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A Also known by street and number as: 3396 W Aksarben Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

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

First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444

TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Public Trustees

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 06/08/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 14CO00015-4 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 0291-2018 EXHIBIT A THAT PART OF BLOCK D, SECOND AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 17, BLOCK 9, SECOND AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WEST AKSARBEN AVENUE; THENCE WESTERLY ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WEST AKSARBEN AVENUE TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SOUTH LOWELL BOULEVARD, THENCE SOUTHERLY ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SOUTHLOWELL BOULEVARD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE LINE OF CURVE “0” AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF SAID SECOND AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE “0” TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 17, BLOCK 9, THENCE NORTHERLY ON SAID WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 17, BLOCK 9 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THE WESTERLY 10 FEET CONVEYED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0291-2018 First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0293-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 8, 2018, 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) James Pachorek and Tina Pachorek Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Acting Solely as Nominee for Lender, American Liberty Mortgage, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust May 20, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 22, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3063895 Original Principal Amount $417,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $388,277.58 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 29, BLOCK 2, SADDLE ROCK R A N C H E S , CO U N T Y O F A R A P A H O E , STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6151 South Netherland Way, Centennial, CO 80016.

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,

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.

Public Trustees

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

First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 5, THE FARM AT ARAPAHOE COUNTY FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Public Trustees

Also known by street and number as: 6047 South Walden Court, Aurora, CO 80016.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) GRANTOR'S NAME HAS BEEN CORRECTED

BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 11/9/2012 AT RECEPTION NO. D2130107 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. 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.

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.

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

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

First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 06/08/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 80261-FMC 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.: 0293-2018 First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0296-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 8, 2018, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) John S Wegienka and Cheryl S Wegienka Original Beneficiary(ies) Universal Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust January 31, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 08, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7017499 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 04, 2007 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7057122 Original Principal Amount $252,583.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $232,060.46 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 5, THE FARM AT ARAPAHOE COUNTY FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 6047 South Walden Court, Aurora, CO 80016.

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: 06/08/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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Jacquelyn Glenn Original Beneficiary(ies) FirstBank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FirstBank Date of Deed of Trust May 19, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 19, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6052062 Original Principal Amount $588,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $571,649.50

Public Trustees

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 33, CHERRY CREEK EAST FILING NO.4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6050 South Olathe Street, Centennial, CO 80016.

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

First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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

Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Croke #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452

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

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-828148-LL

DATE: 06/13/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0296-2018 First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0303-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 13, 2018, 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) Jacquelyn Glenn Original Beneficiary(ies) FirstBank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FirstBank Date of Deed of Trust May 19, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 19, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No.

Trevor G. Bartel #40449 Lindsay L. McKae #39200 Stephen Johnson #10226 ROBERT S. ARTHUR #9614 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP 1200 17th St, #3000, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-9000 Attorney File # 230374-00299

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.: 0303-2018 First Publication: 8/16/2018 Last Publication: 9/13/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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