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Husband and wife go ‘behind the music’ Stage for local musicians features talented Parker couple

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

He played basketball for a Christian college in Joplin, Missouri.

She liked him because he played the sport — she didn’t know he could sing.

Five years later, Kendall James and Elizabeth Frances, two 27-year-olds who live in Parker, are married and making a life around music in the Denver area.

“In many ways, we’re already living our dream,” said James, for whom music is a job at Summit Church in Centennial, along with Frances. “We get to do music every day.”

On Oct. 3, they brought their folktinged, rhythmic sounds to Koelbel Library, not far away at 5955 S. Holly St., for the Singer and Songwriter Showcase event in the building’s small, intimate Forum Theater.

Themed as a recurring “behind the music” event, it gives performers a chance to tell the backstory of their songs to the crowd.

That night, only a handful of people sat in the audience, but the couple, who has sung together for five years and been married for more than three, played like the bright lights were on. For about two hours, they ran through a line of original songs interspersed with a few covers.

Along the way, James shared personal stories about the songs: of making a change to treat women with more respect, of playing in a punk band, of people not believing in his decision to follow music. The couple has recorded music with other musicians.

“I’m honored to be here sharing with you,” James said, discussing at time when he closed himself off as an artist and didn’t write with other people in mind. “I was like that: `I’m just gonna write for me, man.’

“That’s not the way music was meant to be,” the guitarist said.

The couple ran through a cover of

At left, Kendall James performs on stage with his wife, Elizabeth Frances, Oct. 3 at The Forum Theater in Koelbel Library in Centennial. The duo performed about two hours of original music — with a few covers peppered in.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD Kendall James, 27, of Parker, performs on stage Oct. 3 at Koelbel Library in Centennial.

Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning,” an original song James wrote for them as a couple and a tune that proclaimed, “I told you so” to those who said his pursuing music was a waste of time.

Frances, originally from Longmont, said she enjoyed that many in the audience were musicians, unlike when playing at a bar.

“You have songs that are really important to you,” and you can be heard at events like the one at Koelbel, Frances said.

James, Frances and other collaborators are set to play Nov. 10 at Lincoln Station Coffee/Pizza/Music, a venue for open-mic nights and live performances in the Lone Tree area just south of Interstate 25 and C-470 along the light-rail line.

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‘This is our chance to leave a legacy’ School district seeking nearly $300 million from voters, mainly to address building woes

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Public Schools officials are asking voters to approve a nearly $300 million bond they say will help them better prepare students for life after school and begin replacing the district’s aging buildings.

The measure, which will appear on the ballot as Bond 4A and is worth $298 million, is the largest LPS has ever asked for, and would increase property taxes in the district by $29 to $49 per $100,000 of actual home value per year.

That means a resident with a home worth $500,000 could see an increase of $145 to $245 a year.

In return, district officials say, students would receive a laundry list of benefits: several elementary schools on the southeast side of the district in Centennial would be rebuilt or retooled, a new stadium would be built at Newton Middle School to ease pressure on Littleton Public Schools Stadium, and the district would outfit a career and technical education center where students could learn vocational skills.

“Voters of decades past left a legacy for us,” said Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert. “This is our chance to leave a legacy for future generations.”

Ewert said he sees the bond — which voters will be asked to approve on ballots that will be mailed out in mid-October — as the beginning of a longEwert term effort to replace the district’s buildings, which have an average age of 58 years.

“Many of our buildings are simply at the end of their lifespan,” Ewert said.

“Most of them have significant structural problems and issues with access for people with disabilities that area almost impossible to solve.”

Razing and raising More than half of the bond money would go toward projects to rebuild or revamp several schools.

Among the big projects, at roughly $75 million, would be to build a new, two-story school on the Newton Middle School campus at Arapahoe Road and Colorado Boulevard in Centennial while school is still in session at Newton. The district’s current timeline anticipates beginning construction in 2020, with completion in the fall of 2021.

Newton’s structural integrity is failing, Ewert said, and disability access issues mean that it can take a student on crutches or in a wheelchair 20 minutes to get from one side of the school to the other.

“We’ve talked to engineers who’ve told us that some of those structural issues simply can’t be fixed,” Ewert said, citing a sinking foundation and other

WHAT DOES IT COST? The range of the potential impact on taxpayers is because of some unknown factors, said Diane Doney, the district’s chief financial officer.

The first impact is whether Amendment 73 — a state ballot measure that would generate public school revenue mainly by increasing personal income taxes on those with higher incomes — passes. If it does, Doney said, property taxes on businesses would come down, thus shifting more of the tax liability in the district onto homeowners.

The second impact is whether the district chooses to obtain the bond money in one or two pieces, Doney said. If the district borrows the first half now, and the second half in a couple years, then next year’s tax increase would be smaller, she said. Doney said she’d like to seek the whole amount now, considering federal interest rates are expected to increase in coming years. problems.

Another quarter of the bond money would go toward a systematic retooling of elementary schools on the district’s southeastern side.

The time has come to build a new school on the site of the old Ames Elementary School near Dry Creek Road and Colorado Boulevard, one of two schools shuttered in 2008, Ewert said. The other closed school, Whitman Elementary, has since become the district’s alternative high school.

Though Ames was closed in part due to paltry enrollment, that corner of the district has seen an influx of new families in recent years, Ewert said.

Roughly 500 students in the old Ames “catchment” area are now bussed to Highland, Franklin and Lenski elementary schools.

“We’re bussing kids across town, past other schools,” Ewert said. “We’re adding to the traffic problems around town.

It just doesn’t make sense anymore.”

As well as rebuilding Ames, Franklin Elementary near deKoevend Park would get a new building while school was still in session at the old building.

Once the new building at Franklin is completed, Highland Elementary — which is less than a mile from Franklin — would be closed and its student body absorbed into Franklin.

District officials currently anticipate the Ames project would be complete by the fall of 2021, with Franklin’s rebuild completed by the fall of 2022.

Highland would then absorb some of the programming currently housed at Ames, including preschool programs and possibly TLC Meals on Wheels, which currently uses Ames’ kitchen.

Play ball The plans also call for Newton’s athletic fields to become a “junior stadium,” intended to offer an additional place for LPS sports teams to practice and play. Currently, the district has only one lighted stadium, at Littleton High School.

Finding time for all the district’s teams to use the facility has proven increasingly difficult, said Clay Abla, the district’s athletics director.

“There are a lot of growing demands

WHAT DOES IT PAY FOR? Littleton Public Schools’ proposed $298 million bond is more than triple the size of its last bond, which was $80 million, passed in 2013.

A breakdown of how the $298 million would be spent, according to a Littleton Public Schools website detailing the proposed uses of the bond: 26.9 percent: Replacing Newton Middle School 26.9 percent: Replacing Ames and Franklin elementary schools 10.1 percent: Outfitting the Career and Technical Education center 7.2 percent: Buying new

furniture for all schools, including the two charter schools 5.0 percent: Improving access for people with disabilities districtwide 4.0 percent: Miscellaneous projects 4.0 percent: Installing artificial turf fields: two at each high school and one at each middle school 3.4 percent: Security upgrades 2.9 percent: Building a junior stadium at Newton Middle School 2.4 percent: Technology upgrades

to use the stadium,” Abla said. “We’re hosting more music and band events.

Because of league affiliations, sometimes we’re trying to work around three different games in the same time period.”

This year’s change in school start times also crunches the number of hours the stadium can be used, Abla said, because local ordinance requires the stadium to be dark and quiet by 10:30 p.m.

Maintaining the stadium’s turf has also gotten more difficult in the face of higher use, said Terry Davis, the district’s director of operations and maintenance.

“It’s almost like playing on concrete,” Davis said.

The new stadium would be smaller than the main stadium, with 1,000 seats compared to 3,000. That would make it a great size for some of the smallerdraw sports like lacrosse and soccer, Ewert said.

District officials said they have heard concerns from homeowners near the proposed stadium who are concerned about a declining quality of life due to the noise, traffic and light the stadium could generate.

New technologies will limit light pollution, Ewert said, and parking will be structured to ensure effective ingress and egress. Ewert said he plans to meet with neighboring homeowners to hear their concerns.

Trading up Another of the big-ticket items that the bond could pay for is a new Career and Technical Innovation Center — essentially a large vocational training and trade school — to be housed at two old Schomp Automotive buildings just south of Littleton High School.

The district is under contract to buy the buildings for $7 million, Ewert said, though Schomp will rent them to Stevenson Automotive for the next two years, with the option for a third.

After that, though, the district plans to complete the sale, and has already put up earnest money on the property.

The center could become a real boon

1.7 percent: School kitchen upgrades 1.7 percent: Irrigation systems and xeriscaping upgrades 1.0 percent: Lighting improvements 1.0 percent: HVAC upgrades 0.7 percent: New play equipment 0.7 percent: Repurposing Highland Elementary School for new users 0.1 percent: Electrical upgrades (Total adds up to 99.7 percent due to rounding)

to students, said Michell Ansley, the district’s director of innovation and relevance.

“We want to expose students to workbased learning,” Ansley said. “Some could leave with certifications and apprenticeships.”

Business leaders have told the district they are hoping to see more students graduate with skills applicable to today’s job market, Ewert said.

“The district has been good for a long time at sending kids to college,” Ewert said. “But what we’re seeing is kids graduating with $100,000 in debt and moving back into their parents’ basement. With career education, a kid can graduate high school with a welding certificate and be making $50,000 pretty much right away.”

Local school districts partner with one another for vocational training, Ewert said, with kids going to Englewood for cosmetology training or Cherry Creek for aviation.

The LPS center could be a regional hub for welding, plumbing, automotive training and other skills, Ewert said.

Crunch time Ewert has planned a whirlwind tour of area schools and civic groups to stump for the bond ahead of the mailballot election, which culminates in the Nov. 6 Election Day. The stakes are high, Ewert said.

“I don’t like to try to scare voters, but if this doesn’t pass, we honestly will probably have to look at closing smaller neighborhood elementary schools,” Ewert said. “We just won’t be able to sustain a school of 300 students.”

Ewert said he’s confident about the bond, saying the community is supportive of its schools. Voters have approved all six of the district’s previous requested bonds and mill levies, dating back to 1988. The largest bond, at $85.4 million, was passed in 2002. The most recent bond, for $80 million, was passed in 2013.

“We’ve got one of the best, if not the best district in the state,” Ewert said.

“We’re proud to be part of this community.”

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Community grieves after two students die by suicide The sign at Arapahoe High School in Centennial offers words of encouragement on Oct. 4. Two Arapahoe students died by suicide within just days of each other, the school announced in letters to parents.

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BY DAVID GILBERT AND ELLIS ARNOLD STAFF WRITERS

Arapahoe High School staff, parents and students grieved together after two students died by suicide three days apart, Littleton Public Schools officials said. Classes were canceled Oct. 3 and resumed Oct. 4.

“There are no words to describe the grief we are experiencing,” Arapahoe High School Principal Natalie Pramenko wrote in a letter to parents. “Like you, we are struggling with this loss.

And while we, as adults, are grappling to understand, it’s important that we take care of our students, staff and parents.”

A male student, a senior, died on Sept. 29. Another senior, a female student, died the evening of Oct. 2.

Parents were informed of the deaths in letters from Pramenko.

After school was out for the day on Oct. 4, Cathy DeVoe, an Arapahoe sophomore, said the “atmosphere at school is very emotional.” She added that Arapahoe is “a very supportive community.”

Pramenko pointed parents to the district’s list of local resources and urged them to seek assistance for themselves or their children if needed.

“Teachers, mental health professionals, and administrators are engaged with students, parents and staff today and will be in the following days, as well,” Diane Leiker, Littleton Public Schools spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement Oct. 3.

While classes were canceled Oct. 3, students were invited to spend time at school through the day for activities in the gym, movies, studying in the library and checking in with the counseling office, according to the district. Additional counselors and mental health professionals were at school for the full day.

Pramenko thanked those who came to school and spent time with friends, teachers and other adults.

“It was a difficult day, but it was good to see students, staff and parents supporting one another in such positive ways,” Pramenko wrote.

Classes resumed Oct. 4 on a late-start

IF YOU NEED HELP If you are in need of mental health help, call Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255.

Arapahoe High School directed parents to Littleton Public Schools’ list of local resources, including mental health services, and urged them to seek assistance for themselves or their children if needed. The list is located at littletonpublicschools.net/ district/family-support-services schedule, and additional mental health professionals would be at the school that day and in coming days “for as long as we need,” Pramenko wrote.

Arapahoe officials canceled the school’s Oct. 5 football game against rival Cherry Creek High School. Parents were notified of the decision in an Oct. 4 letter from the athletic department.

“The Arapahoe Warrior Football team, in particular its upperclassmen, have been impacted significantly,” the letter states. “In light of the current condition of our boys and with memorial services pending, the athletic department, in collaboration with the coaching staff, has made the request that this Friday’s varsity football game between Arapahoe and Cherry Creek not be played. Recognizing that there is nothing more important than the social and emotional health of kids, Cherry Creek High School has graciously agreed to forgo the game. It has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.”

Arapahoe is working with mental health experts and district leadership to “make sure we are doing everything we can to reduce vulnerability and to provide the safest environment possible for our students,” Pramenko wrote.

On Oct. 3, students were able to spend time where they chose and use the day for being together, students interviewed after school on Oct. 4 said.

When classes resumed, some teachers took time to talk about students’ feelings, they added.

Pramenko urged parents to make sure kids are “supported and not alone.”

“It is important that we come together tomorrow and in the days ahead to support one another,” Pramenko wrote Oct. 3. “Hug your kids and tell them you love them. Our kids need us.

Now more than ever, Warriors take care of one another.”

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Staying connected I have a daughter and son living on Vancouver Island along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I keep in contact with them via email and Facebook.

I do meditation, take good care of myself and enjoy coloring. I also help people on my own and try every day to do what I call is my almsgiving ... just going out of my way to do something for someone. If I’m away from home and see someone who looks sad or disgruntled, I say, “Hello” with a smile and say a compliment about something they are wearing ... their response is heartwarming. It doesn’t take much effort to brighten someone’s day, and then the next person they see, they will do the same thing.

Centennial before Centennial I’m 92 years old, and I moved here in 1967 from Grand Junction and have lived in the same house ever since in the Southglenn area.

I have been the director of All Souls Catholic Church’s Food Bank in Englewood for approximately 25 years.

My husband and I started taking food to the church for the small food bank they had, and we always asked, “Is there anything we can do to help?”

One day they said, “Yes,” and I’ve been doing it ever since.

To the city I was born and raised in Rocky Ford and always wanted to live in the Denver area, so I was thrilled when I moved here to (the Littleton area).

At that time, it was unincorporated Arapahoe County, and the tax rate was around 3.5 percent, and I loved it. I supported and was involved with the incorporation to the City of Centennial.

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the worldwide flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.

More recently, last year’s flu season was record-breaking statewide, with 4,650 Coloradans hospitalized with flu, including 1,085 residents from Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, according to a Tri-County Health Department news release.

As flu season gets under way this fall, Tri-County Health Department encourages all residents ages 6 months and older to get a flu vaccine as early as possible, ideally during October.

“Given the seriousness of flu illness, getting an annual flu vaccine every fall is one of the most important steps you can take to protect your health and the health of people around you,” Dr. John M. Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health, said in the news release. “This year, the flu vaccine has been updated and there are more vaccine choices.”

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Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that approximately 49 percent of pregnant women received a flu vaccine last year in the United States, as well as 58 percent of children and 78 percent of healthcare workers, Douglas said in the release.

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5 things to know: Smart Cities Alliance

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As a years-long population boom continues in the Denver metro area and across the Front Range, 18 cities are keeping up a push to make the region “smarter,” brainstorming techheavy solutions on issues like transportation, public safety and more.

It’s a marriage of government resources and private innovation, and its co-founder calls it a “first-of-itskind” partnership in the nation.

“This new breed of public-private partnerships holds the potential to materially improve quality of life, even as we experience the pressure of the remarkable growth we are experiencing here in Colorado,” said Jake Rishavy, co-founder of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance.

With strong ties in the south metro area, the alliance — now a year old —

says it will draw economic development to that area and Colorado as a whole.

Here’s a few things to know about the project.

Laundry list of partners The cities — Arvada, Aspen, Aurora, Boulder, Centennial, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Golden, Grand Junction, Greenwood Village, Lakewood, Littleton, Lone Tree, Longmont, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster — plan to share best practices with each other through the alliance. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), University of Colorado, Xcel Energy and Arrow Electronics — an engineering and technology company — are among the private and public entities also in the partnership, Rishavy said.

Plan coming together A lab featuring a “full experimental technology stack” will soon open with the help of the

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alliance and Arrow Electronics to develop “Smart Cities” technologies, Rishavy said.

The Colorado Open Lab will be located on the ground floor of Arrow Electronics’ global headquarters at 9201 E. Dry Creek Road in Centennial and is expected to open in the second quarter of 2019. Sensors, software tools for data gathering and analysis, and a workspace for project design will be among the assets for experimentation, Rishavy said.

“Arrow has one of the broadest global technology networks of any company in the world, many of whom will be coming to work alongside alliance partners in the Colorado Open Lab,” Rishavy said.

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18 to exchange ideas in the downtown Denver area. Put on by the alliance and Arrow Electronics, it came almost a year exactly after the Sept. 25, 2017, ceremony for the alliance at the University of Colorado Denver.

Like with last year, Mayor Stephanie Piko was among the local officials at this year’s event, too. For Piko, smart city initiatives offer a way to address development and growth in the city.

“By embracing smart city solutions in the areas of transportation, infrastructure management and the environment, we are taking advantage of data and information that is in ‘real time’ to better embrace the opportunity to have a positive impact our residents’ quality of life,” Piko said in a statement the following week.

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter. The other worked as an assistant to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

One’s the elected district attorney in a south metro district of more than 1 million people. The other worked in President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

And one says his opponent wants Washington to dictate to Colorado, while the other says his rival’s background readies him for only 10 percent of the state attorney general’s job.

Republican George Brauchler, district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, and Democrat Phil Weiser, a professor and former dean at the University of Colorado Law School, stand opposite each other not only on political values, but in the approaches they would bring to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

And amid the starkly polarized governor’s race between Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, one veteran political analyst says the outcome of the contest for attorney general won’t necessarily be in line with the gubernatorial race.

“The preference for governor will not dictate the preference for attorney general,” said Dick Wadhams, political strategist and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. He added, “I think Colorado voters are very independent-minded.”

But another Colorado political analyst, Eric Sondermann, chalked the race up as a proxy fight that hinges on how Republicans and Democrats will fare in general this midterm season.

“I think this is going to be less a battle between Brauchler and Weiser,” Sondermann said, “than it will be between the generic Republican and generic Democrat.”

High stakes The attorney general is Colorado’s top legal official, known as the “people’s lawyer” who combats consumer scams, defends Colorado’s laws and protects its land, water and air, to name a few duties.

And despite the office’s lack of a role in the lawmaking process, Wadhams says the attorney general is integral in affecting public policy in Colorado.

He pointed to current Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican who has moved to support or oppose laws or rulings even when the governor disagrees with her decision.

“In the case of Cynthia Coffman, she actually took on the Obama administration on the Clean Power Plan,” said Wadhams, who argued the federal

George Brauchler, GOP candidate for state attorney general, speaks with a reporter at a Starbucks in Centennial on Sept. 17.

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Phil Weiser, Democratic candidate for state attorney general, meets with a reporter in an office space near the downtown Denver area on Sept. 25. rule that sought to put limits on power plants would have driven up consumers’ energy costs. He added, “I think Coffman demonstrated the independence of the attorney general and also the impact.”

In an era where President Donald Trump draws the ire of many officials in various states, that ability to act could be a key factor in Colorado’s direction.

Lawsuits against the president may factor into the race between Brauchler and Weiser, but the race is also “about how you define the job,” Sondermann said.

“Brauchler is defining it as you’d expect as a courtroom warrior,” Sondermann said. “Weiser is trying to define the job as more of an advocacy role and standing up to the president.”

Fork in the road Brauchler, a Parker resident, has aimed to paint Weiser, of Denver, as a partisan who aims to “link hands” with other activist attorneys general, he said, arguing Weiser’s approach to regulation would allow Washington to “dictate our existence.”

Colorado “has never been just about one thing politically,” Brauchler said.

“This election seems like we’re poised to become one thing, and that is extremely progressive. And I don’t think Colorado has seen that — not in my lifetime.”

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League of Women Voters to break down ballot measures STAFF REPORT

Voters who want to learn more about the 13 statewide ballot initiatives and referenda, including the nine to amend the state Constitution, are invited to a free presentation by the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties.

Attendees at the Oct. 17 event will learn about the ballot issues and hear arguments from supporters and opponents. Additionally, specific questions can be submitted to panelists for further discussion.

The purpose of the presentations is

to provide voters with the necessary information to be informed voters for the Nov. 6 election.

The presentation will last about 2 1/2 hours and will be divided into three segments, with a third of the measures covered in each segment.

Nonpartisan pamphlets produced by the league will be available.

The presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 17 begins at 6 p.m. in meeting rooms A and B at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. For information, contact Sonya Pennock at sonsu@ earthlink.net. Learn more at www. lwvarapahoedouglas.org/

House passes bills to rename post offices STAFF REPORT

Legislation to rename two U.S. Post Offices in Colorado in honor of officers killed in the line of duty was approved unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a news release.

The legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, proposes that the post office at 9609 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch, be named Deputy Sheriff Zackari Spurlock Parrish III Post Office, and that the office at 90 North 4th Avenue in Brighton become the Deputy Sheriff Heath McDonald Gumm Post Office.

“I’m honored the House unani-

mously approved my legislation to renamed these post offices in memory of deputies Parrish and Gumm,” Coffman said in a news release. “I’ll work with my Senate colleagues to get this across the finish line to ensure their legacies of service and sacrifice will be remembered by our community for future generations.”

Parrish, of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, was killed Dec. 31, 2017, as he responded to a domestic disturbance call in Highlands Ranch.

Gumm, of the Adams County Sheriff ’s Office, was killed Jan. 24, 2018, during a foot pursuit of a suspect in Thornton.

The bills now move on to the Senate for consideration.

Colorado Book Award submissions now accepted STAFF REPORT

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In their 28th year, the awards are presented in at least 10 categories including anthology/collection, biography, children’s literature, creative nonfiction, fiction, history, nonfiction, pictorial, poetry and young adult

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Award selectors and judges also are needed, and volunteers will be the first to read what leading members of Colorado’s book community are creating.

Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book seeks applications from a diverse mix of Colorado readers (e.g., scholars, librarians, booksellers, teachers, writers, reviewers and avid readers) from across the state.

There are two phases to the adjudication process — selection of finalists occurs from December 2018 to March 1, 2019; and judging of winners occurs in March 2019. To volunteer, complete the application form at coloradohumanities.submittable. com/submit.

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including consumer-protection cases, regulatory matters and legal advising, all of which “I have done,” Weiser said.

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On the other hand, Weiser frames his campaign as a fight for people’s basic rights and business accountability.

“You have the right to be free for discrimination,” Weiser said, and “to be protected as a consumer from fraudulent and deceptive behavior. Those rights are protected by our attorney general.”

The attorney general “fights for the people of Colorado, and that’s the type of attorney general I’ll be,” Weiser added.

But perhaps the largest contrast lies in the candidates’ backgrounds — Brauchler accused Weiser of never having practiced Colorado law, drawing experience from being a professor and dean at the University of Colorado School of Law rather than courtroom experience.

“Nobody picks a team captain from someone who’s never played the sport,” Brauchler said. He noted his near quarter-century of experience, including as a plaintiffs’ attorney and military attorney in addition to public prosecutor roles.

Weiser’s punch-back is that the attorney general’s office is about far more than courtroom experience, he said.

“His background prepares him very well for 10 percent of the job,” Weiser said of Brauchler, claiming less than 10 percent of the position relates to criminal prosecution.

“My background prepares me for the other 90 percent.”

The office governs a range of issues

On the issues The candidates do agree on some issues, like Colorado’s marijuana law and, to some extent, federal encroachment on state matters.

Weiser and Brauchler both say they would defend Colorado’s marijuana-legalization law against potential federal challenges.

“I was not a supporter of Amendment 64, but you know who was?

Fifty-five percent of Colorado voters,” said Brauchler, adding that he was able to embrace it while trying to protect against negative effects of the illegal pot market.

That acceptance is an example of his commitment to the rule of law, Brauchler said, charging that Weiser is more partial to ideology and wants to be akin to an “adjunct legislator.”

Weiser maintains that his vision of the office is the role of “protecting the people of Colorado” by bringing cases against irresponsible companies, contesting the federal government when appropriate and supporting regulations.

Weiser is for a ban on bump stocks — devices that alter the firing ability of semi-automatic firearms — and greater restrictions on access to military-grade weapons, his website says.

On other specifics, Weiser said defending equal rights, women’s access to birth control and the choice to have an abortion, and addressing climate change are among his priorities.

The candidates differ on a 2017 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Com-

mission case, in which that state office was sued for a refusing to adopt an environmental rule, drawing Coffman to back the office’s position, Braucher said. Weiser opposed Coffman’s move, a stance Brauchler said speaks to his ideology.

Weiser questioned those who wouldn’t support certain environmental rules, like Coffman, asking, “If you’re protecting Colorado, why would you be against (methane regulation)?”

Weiser also said the move to end the DACA program — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which gives protected status to people brought to the U.S. illegally as children — is against the law in his view. He’d fight against separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border, he added, a recent Trump administration practice that was later halted.

“My motivation is not a political motivation; it’s a human motivation,” Weiser said, arguing it’s in step with the rule of law to push against federal action the attorney general believes is illegal, whether the issue is of water or immigrants’ rights.

Brauchler said he hopes Congress comes up with a solution so that immigrants who were brought here illegally as children can stay, but on the issue of sanctuary cities, he said Congress and the Supreme Court have made clear that states have no role in immigration policy.

It’s “anathema to the rule of law” to allow cities to oppose federal immigration policy, Brauchler said.

What are the odds?

Who can pull off the win is an open

question between a prosecutor who has cultivated a tough-on-crime image, and a professor with less name recognition who has the opportunity to ride a wave of anti-Trump sentiment among Democrats.

Wadhams, the Republican strategist, said Weiser’s resume doesn’t come close to Brauchler’s.

“What propelled Brauchler to popularity in the GOP was his performance on high-profile cases — the Aurora theater shooting and others,” Wadhams said.

Wadhams bets on Brauchler to win because “I think George will be closer to where most Coloradans are on (the) issues,” he said.

Sondermann took a different view.

“I’d say advantage Weiser, and that has very little to do with Phil Weiser,” Sondermann said, arguing a win would have more to do with Democrats’ potential to have a strong electoral year in general.

Wadhams has mentioned voters in Colorado often “split” their ballot, voting for one party for governor but another for attorney general. Sondermann agreed but said that practice of “splitting” shrinks as the country gets more polarized.

“It’s not like the Colorado of 20 or 30 years ago,” where more of the electorate did that, Sondermann added.

Amid a political climate in which Sondermann has said 2018 could be a “deep-blue year” — and the polarized governor’s race — Wadhams argued the attorney-general contest will be its own.

“It’s a race Colorado voters look on as a very distinct one,” Wadhams said.

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As Bruegel would say, DIA is boorish and depressing QUIET DESPERATION

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his lively essay needs an image to go along with it.

Please look up Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting “The Fall of the Rebel Angels,” and have it handy when you read the following paragraph about an average day at Denver International Airport on Concourses A, B, and C. Myopia is on the upswing: Text call shove bump. Text call shove bump. Flash dash fling scatter smash. Flash dash fling scatter smash. Text text text text. Repeat.

It was just another day, but it had holiday numbers. Jennifer said, “We need a bigger airport.”

None of what an average traveler looks like, does, or goes through is ever covered in an airline commercial.

It is Black Friday in flip-flops.

Everyone is speeding into a new sunrise, head down, texting or calling, and dressed like it’s the Slobsville bus depot. Not sure when it started to happen.

Preface: I am not Yves St. Laurent or Emily Post. I have no in-

L LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vote for Sharpe It’s my pleasure to endorse Nancy Sharpe, who is running for re-election as Arapahoe County commissioner.

She is the type of honest person and collaborative community leader who makes lifelong friends and supporters out of everyone with whom she works and serves. It’s not just me. Both former mayors of Centennial, Mayor Cathy Noon and Mayor Randy Pye, have also endorsed Nancy because we have seen her in action — she has a proven track record of leadership and results-driven service.

Over her past seven years as commissioner, Nancy has bolstered economic development in the county and

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led efforts to manage growth responsibly so that our businesses, employees, and residents alike thrive. She’s balanced our budget, funded crucial road improvements, and implemented a child abuse hotline.

She is a true advocate for our community. Her dedication to the betterment of our community has led her to chair multiple local, regional, and national councils and caucuses, such as the Metro Area County Commissioners and the Transportation Management Association. Through these extracurricular commitments, Nancy not only advocates for our needs on a SEE LETTERS, P13

Midriff-baring shirts are acceptable. So are tank tops with spaghetti straps, micro-miniskirts and short shorts.

I can’t see any good coming from this, except the attendance rate overall will be higher than ever.

One 14-year-old boy (who is probably thanking his lucky stars) said, “If someone is wearing a short shirt and you can see her stomach, it’s not her fault that she’s distracting other people.”

terest in fashion and red carpets and who is wearing whom.

However, I don’t go to airports looking like Moondoggie.

Cole Porter referred to a “glimpse of stocking as something shocking.”

He didn’t live long enough to see that anything really goes.

A few days ago I read an article about the new, relaxed dress code at public schools in Alameda, California.

I am, thankfully, not an Alameda public-school teacher.

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Be extraordinary today — in an extra ordinary way

ooking at the title of today’s column may have some of you a little overwhelmed.

I mean some of you may be saying to yourselves, “Extraordinary? I am happy to just get through WINNING the day.”

WORDS Wow, “extraordinary,” that is a big word when we look at it through the lens of doing something so extraordinary, so fantastic, so incredible, or so fabulous and Michael Norton where we expect to have a massive impact or outcome in some area of our lives or in the lives of others.

What if we broke the word down just a little bit? What if we take some of the pressure off ? What if we agreed that we could all do something just a little extra ordinary each day?

What if we could all just do something a little extra ordinary once a week? How would that impact our lives, our relationships, and our work?

A big and massive outcome by doing something just a little extra ordinary, just a little different than we have been doing recently. A little

more unique and extra than those around us are doing?

Being extraordinary today can happen when we just do something out of the ordinary and unexpected.

Maybe for ourselves we can find 15 extra minutes of personal time or down time where we can focus on our own mind, body, and spirit.

Maybe we can catch a power nap or read a little more of the book we are enjoying so much.

We can go for a hike or walk or spend an extra 15 minutes in the gym. If our spirit needs a little attention, we can look to do a little more or extra in our prayer time or quiet time.

Be extraordinary today in our relationships. How would our day go if we just did something a little extra ordinary than what we have been doing lately?

What if we spent our mornings together having a cup of coffee and talking for a few minutes instead of rushing around and barely saying goodbye to one another as we escape out the door?

How long does it take to send a loving text to our spouses or children? When was the last time you called a friend and just told them how much they meant to you?

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Confessions of a conflict coach — I’m still learning

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rofessionally, I have worked with conflict for decades — finding tools and resources, teaching classes on conflict and anger management, and facilitating conflict conversations. In the state Senate, I learned how to navigate conflict with higher stakes — knowing people’s lives were sometimes depending on us to resolve our conflict. I’ve worked on alternative dispute resolution and restorative justice statutes and established Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado in the state Legislature. That’s what I’ve done in the public eye. I’ve loved it. I’m proud of it.

But how I’ve handled conflict in my personal life has been a different story. As I’ve been in seminary and chaplaincy training recently, we are not only studying theology, ethics, and social justice, but also examining ourselves internally. Through this soul-searching, I have discovered how I have dealt with conflict in my personal life, and it hasn’t always been healthy.

Growing up with an alcoholic father and co-dependent mother, I was taught well how to be the peace-

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regional stage, but also positions our county to benefit from the successes of other counties around the country.

I truly believe our county has benefited from her community-oriented, results-driven leadership and I urge you to cast your vote once again for Nancy Sharpe as Arapahoe County commissioner.

Stephanie Piko Mayor of Centennial Vote no on Proposition 112 Debates over the future of Colorado’s oil and gas industry can seem remote for residents in the southern suburbs of Denver. But ballot measures such as Proposition 112, which would cripple the state’s energy economy and cost tens of thousands of jobs, could have devastating effects for families and businesses in our area. It must be soundly defeated.

If passed, what would this measure do to our state’s economy?

A study by the Common Sense Policy Roundtable said the effect would erase nearly 150,000 jobs in the next dozen years, and more than three-quarters of all jobs lost would be outside of the energy industry.

These are big statewide numbers, and the economic body-blow will be felt in our area. An economic impact study done by the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado showed that nearly 2,800 jobs in Arapahoe County, generating almost $250 million in annual income, are

maker and avoid, ignore, or sweep conflict under the rug. That seemed to work well for me over the years.

I was always the optimistic one in the room, focusing on the goodness of life and every human and able to maintain a peaceful life. Then I married GUEST an alcoholic who COLUMN similarly had no training or counseling at that point, and I furthered my skewed rose-colored glasses worldview, just to keep peace in our household.

Now divorced, single with adult daughters, back in Linda Newell counseling and in seminary, I am discovering what I’ve done well, what I’ve done poorly, and what I’ve simply not been able to see at all. Due to the trauma I experienced (or tried to avoid), I am now discovering that I literally don’t share all the same memories of our household events as my daughters have. We each remember varying degrees of our experiences because

our brains, when in trauma, “select” which memories to retain consciously or hidden. And this is how we’re able to “handle” conflict healthily or not.

On one hand, I am very grateful our family survived much conflict, whether it was avoided or managed effectively. On the other hand, we are re-learning, together and separately, how to handle conflict directly and beneficially. “They” say it’s never too late. I believe you teach what you need to learn the most. I’m finding that’s very true … again. Publicly, when I’m aware and conscious, I’ve been able to prevent or manage conflict pretty darn well. Privately, I am unlearning my co-dependent ways and re-learning how to personally use what I teach.

So, it’s Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado, and before you think, “So what,” you may want to take an

internal look at yourself this year.

It’s amazing how relationships improve when we’re willing to look at ourselves, talk about it, and work it out together.

If you want to learn about preventing or managing conflict, there are workshops, classes, articles, books, and facilitation and mediation professionals available. Check out www.conflictresolutionmonth.org or email me.

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

tied to the energy industry. And in Denver, where many local residents commute to work, there are 18,000 jobs generating $2 billion in income.

We are sounding the alarm bell now to warn voters throughout our region that, for our future and that of our children and grandchildren, Proposition 112 deserves a no vote.

Robert Golden President and CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce Vote Brauchler for AG I’ve known him for more than 25 years. I’ve seen him in the courtroom, the classroom and the boardroom. I’ve seen his skill and zeal at work and I know his character.

George Brauchler will protect Coloradans and their values. I’m supporting George Brauchler for Colorado attorney general.

As someone in law enforcement, it is critical our next AG understands the criminal issues impacting our county like the illegal pot industry that is bringing an increase in crime to Colorado. The AG needs to be a watchman over our air, water and land from the federal government’s over-zealous attempts to control our state’s precious resources.

George will stand up to Washington. He has tried hundreds of cases at every level: municipal, state, federal and military. He is a district attorney for one of the state’s largest judicial districts. George has the experience. He has the qualifications. George Brauchler is the only real choice. The only candidate with the right experience to be Colorado’s next attorney general.

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escape room, there is no requirement to do an escape room to visit the social lounge. The Sanctuary offers adult beverages, entertainment such as chess and board games — “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead” Risk games, for example — in addition to free horror movie nights each Wednesday.

For food, Goodchild partners with Romano’s Italian Restaurant and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit for large-order catering.

he best science fiction isn’t just concerned with cool technology and chilling or thrilling plot twists. It makes the audience consider the effects that science, technology and other futuristic creations will have on humanity and society.

This is the kind of story that Benchmark Theatre is far more interested in telling, and they’ve stuck pay dirt with the regional premiere of Thomas Gibbon’s “Uncanny Valley.”

“This isn’t really your typical science fiction ‘robot’ play,” exCOMING director ATTRACTIONS plained Rachel Rogers.

“It’s much more philosophical, dealing with the questions of the accountability of the creator for the creation, what it means to be conscious and human, and how Clarke Reader to treat synthetic beings. In many ways, it’s an update on the Frankenstein story.”

“Uncanny Valley” is wrapping up its run at Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood, but there’s still time to catch a show through Saturday, Oct. 13. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m.

The show takes place in the notso-distant future, where a neuroscientist (Anne Meyers) pushes the limits of artificial intelligence and advanced robotics. When the creator/creation dynamic becomes blurred with her latest creation (Neil Truglio), she discovers emotional wounds that hadn’t healed nearly as well as she’d hoped.

“I’ve always loved plays that pose more questions than answers, ones that leave you discussing what you’ve seen for days afterwards.

This particular one brings up a lot of ethical issues that are important for us to think of now as the development of A.I. is becoming more rapid,” Rogers. “I found the storytelling fascinating, and I loved that it tackles the subject in a different way than most films and television shows do today. It’s more quiet and unobtrusive, which not the normal take when we’re dramatizing the future of robotics.”

Fans of shows like “Black Mirror” and “Westworld” won’t want to miss this one. Visit www.benchmarktheatre.com to purchase tickets.

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James Goodchild stands at the entrance of Lights Out! Escape Rooms and Social Lounge. Although horror-themed, the venue is not a haunted house and emphasis is put on solving the puzzles, rather than scare factor.

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Quirky combinations are unique attractions Cartography and cavities, scaredy-cats and hot dogs among unusual options

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he Denver metro area has it all — diverse entertainment in spectacular venues; vast shopping options from big box retail to small, family-owned businesses; and a variety of dining establishments.

But some local businesses go above and beyond, either through partnerships or collaborative work with others, to offer a unique experience all of their own. Here are some of the odder combinations that can be found.

Lights Out! and Harley’s: A Hot Dog Revolution, downtown Littleton James Goodchild, 34, has always had an interest in horror-themed movies and tales.

“I’m that kid who was watching Freddy Krueger at 8 years old,” he said. “Halloweens at our house are always the event of the year.”

Today, he took that passion and turned it into a business. He and his wife, Pamela, opened Lights Out! Escape Rooms and Social Lounge in Littleton in April.

“It started out as a Halloween concept at our house,” Goodchild said of the years he would set up a private horror-themed escape room in the garage for local residents and neighbors.

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“And it morphed into this. A lot of the props are from our family home.”

Although all are horror-themed, the emphasis is not on jump-scares, Goodchild said.

“This is not a haunted house,” he said. “We want your focus on the puzzles, rather than the scare factor.”

Difficulty level in the individual rooms range in from five to eight and each room plays differently.

The social lounge, called The Sanctuary, is open to the public. Although it is a place to gather before or after doing an

offers guided art gallery tours by appointment from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 303-2159949 to arrange a tour.

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Top-notch blues coming to stage

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eteran blues musicians Felicia P. Fields (Big Mama), Shake Anderson and Chic Street Man perform an after-hours jam session at the Chicago nightclub where they’re working in “Low Down Dirty Blues.” They share SONYA’S favorite tunes from Muddy Waters, Mae SAMPLER West, Ma Rainey, Sophie Tucker, Howlin’ Wolf, Pearl Bailey and more.

Performances are Oct. 18 through 28 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Directed by the team Sonya Ellingboe that brought “Muscle Shoals: I’ll Take you There” last season, with director Randal Mylar and musical director Dan Wheetman. Performances: 7:30 Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Saturdays, Sundays; 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Nathaniel Rateliff at Leavitt Pavilion Nathaniel Rateliff is one of the handful of Colorado musicians who have really made names for themselves on the national stage. He easily sells out Red Rocks and is sure to be a draw whenever he comes swings by the state.

On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, Rateliff is taking that fan dedication and directing it to a cause he is passionate about — reducing gun violence.

Rateliff ’s foundation, The Marigold Project, is hosting two events in Denver to support the prevention of gun violence. The non-partisan event kicks off on Oct. 13 with a selection of workshops, panels and training sessions at INDUSTRY, 3001 Brighton Blvd. in Denver. On the 14th, Rateliff will be joined by his band, The Night Sweats, as well as Fantastic Negrito, Los Mocochetes tand the Denver Children’s Choir, at the Leavitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave.

Hill Open Studio Tour (10-5) on Oct. 13-14. Free maps of studios and photos of work will be available. The free tour will be self-guided. Information: artgaragedenver.com.

Voices and wind instruments “Songs of Democracy,” by Howard Hanson, will be included in a joint concert presented by Voices West and the Colorado Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 at Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., Denver and on Oct. 13 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. The concerts celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Rox Arts The Roxborough Arts Council Gallery in Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, holds its Second Friday Open House from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 12. Wine, hors d’ouvres, chat with artists.

Dance!

“Wicked Bayou with Clay Rose and the Widow’s Bane” will be presented

by Wonderbound Dance Company at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and 2 p.m.

Oct. 21. Tickets: parkerarts.ticketforce. com.

Native American culture “Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture” by Dr. Chip Colwell, who won a 2018 Colorado Book Award.

Colwell will talk at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, about the efforts by native leaders to reclaim sacred objects and rebury their kin for the past five decades. Free.

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Colwell is senior curator of anthropology at Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Free. 303-795-3961.

Cherry Creek Theatre “My Name is Asher Lev,” adapted from the Chaim Potok novel, will be presented by the Cherry Creek Theatre Company in the Plus Theatre at Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver.

It runs Oct. 18 through Nov. 11 and plays on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Bernie Cardell directs, University of Northern Colorado student Josue Ivan Prieto plays the lead. For times and tickets, go to jccdenver.org/my-name-is-asherlev/.

‘Seussical’ “Seussical” is presented Oct. 10Dec. 29 at the Arvada Center, 6901

According to information from Marigold, the goal for the events is to unite communities in developing solutions to the issue of gun violence, particularly in cities/towns, schools, workplaces and in homes. Local organizations like Colorado Public Radio, Mental Health Colorado and more will be a part of the event.

For more information on the events, visit www.the-marigold-project.org/ notonemore/.

This is a film that will appeal to Coloradans because of the familiar locations, but reaches a deeper level thanks to Coors’ wisdom, which comes shining through. In addition to getting a look behind the scenes at the Coors world, it’s also a heartening exploration about overcoming anxiety and depression.

Learn more and find screening information here www.billcoorsthewilltolive.com.

Bill Coors’ cinematic ‘Will to Live’ At the Vail Film Festival in April, Scott Coors, the oldest son of Bill Coors, told a story about coming out to his father on the road to Aspen for Thanksgiving, and the empathy and understanding the elder Coors showed at this important moment for his son.

In Kerry David’s documentary, “Bill Coors: The Will to Live,” audiences are gifted with many such moments into the background of such a well-known Colorado figure. The film will be enjoying a limited one-week run in Denver beginning on Oct. 19 at the Harkins Northfield Theatre, 8300 E. Northfield Blvd. in Denver.

History class with Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of the few historians that large numbers of people may actually recognize by name.

Her studies of leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon Johnson and Theodore Roosevelt have provided illuminating looks at history-makers ahead of their time.

Goodwin has distilled her knowledge

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Guitarist visits library Two-neck guitarist Mark Kroos performs at 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Folk, indie, rock, Celtic, punk.

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Ballot issues Members of League of Women Voters will lead a discussion of 2018 ballot issues from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 17 at Koelbel Public Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

and channeled it into her new book, “Leadership: In Turbulent Times.” So, history aficionados won’t want to miss the chance to spend an afternoon with the author, courtesy of the Tattered Cover.

Goodwin will be at the Tattered Cover Colfax, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21.

This work provides an accessible road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field. She’ll be speaking and then signing her book. Tickets to the event include a copy of “Leadership” and guarantees you a spot in the singing line.

For tickets, head to www.tatteredcover.com.

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

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Providing coffee at an auto repair shop is not a new concept, Olde said.

But, “at many shops, you’re served a product you can get anywhere,” Olde said. “Novo Coffee and Sugar Bakeshop pastries are unique and better quality.”

It’s good to be able to partner with other small, local businesses where you can work directly with the owner, he added.

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Olde worked in a lot of coffee shops after college, he said, and he always enjoyed the aromas of fresh coffee and the friendly, relaxed environment.

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Harley’s is a well-known, reputable business that has been in operation for 5 1/2 years, said owner Ed Ginsburg.

It’s a good arrangement, and the escape rooms are a blast, Ginsburg added.

“They provide a lot of fun,” he said, “and we provide the good food.”

Canyon Point and Wander and Wonder World Maps, Golden Dr. Amy Shearer’s patients at Canyon Point Orthodontics and Dr. Paul Madlock’s patients at Canyon Point Implant and Oral Surgery were curious why all the walls in the large building were blank.

“It was honestly because we couldn’t find the right fit for our space,” Shearer said, adding she didn’t want to put up generic artwork purchased from a chain retail store. “We have these amazing spaces and were searching for the right artist.”

Shearer and Madlock, husband and wife, opened their separate practices in the same building in October 2010.

About a year ago, they met Golden artist Charlotte Bassin and a new partnership was formed — on Sept. 29, an opening celebration for the art gallery at Canyon Point took place.

Last year, Bassin left her job as a designer and photographer with the

Chris Smith, the service advisor at Lube & Latte in Lakewood, makes a latte on Oct. 4. The business opened in 2007 and offers Denver’s Novo Coffee and Sugar Bakeshop pastries.

CHRISTY STEADMAN Denver Zoo to pursue becoming a professional artist and start her own business, Wander and Wonder World Maps.

There are about 30 pieces of Bassin’s world maps on display at Canyon Point. All of it — both original and prints — is for sale. But the business not operated as a traditional art gallery, Shearer said. Bassin also takes commissions for for custom jobs.

The art gallery is open to the public

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during regular business hours, but to help protect patient privacy, people who want to visit the art gallery must call Canyon Point to arrange a guided tour.

“These business relationships fuel the economy,” Shearer said. “If this helps (Bassin) live her dream as a professional artist, I think that’s an incredible thing we did for someone in our community.”

Bassin is happy to have her art displayed in a non-traditional art gallery, she said, because it helps expose people to fine art that they might not otherwise see.

“They might not be art lovers, or know that they’re art lovers, because they don’t visit art galleries,” Bassin said. “My hope is that when people see them, they reminisce about places they’ve been or dream of places they have yet to go.”

Lube & Latte, Lakewood/Wheat Ridge It can be unpleasant sitting, waiting for your car to be serviced with a stale or instant coffee in hand, flavored only with powdered creamer.

“We’re creating a comfortable, clean environment,” said Lube & Latte owner Dustin Olde. “It makes the time go faster if you have something delicious to drink or snack on while you’re waiting.”

Lube & Latte opened in 2007. Olde partners with Novo Coffee, a familyowned and operated business in Denver, for the coffee it serves and Sugar Bakeshop, also a small business in Denver, for the pastry selection.

The auto mechanics are ASE certified and can work on all vehicle makes and models. Auto services include everything from scheduled maintenance, unexpected repairs, diagnostics and lube and oil changes.

The venue is small, but offers a clean restroom, free Wi-Fi, couch seating and a high-top bar area for those who would like to bring a laptop computer. In addition, the décor is not what you would normally find at a mechanic shop, Olde said — there are no windshield wiper displays or

Game Train, Highlands Ranch When Jo Ellen Christian of Centennial was a young girl, she would travel with her grandmother by train. During the trip, her grandmother would always ask the other passengers to play games, usually card games, with them.

And more often than not, they did, Christian said.

“It was a lot of fun,” she said. “We got to get to know people from all over the country.”

Today, she and her husband Kevin have taken that nostalgia and will be opening Game Train in December.

Dubbed “a board-game getaway” by the Christians, the venue will be a restaurant, simulated train and boardgame establishment.

“Our goal is to be a social place where people can have fun and interact face-to-face,” Christian said. “I enjoy being around people and watching them have fun.”

The establishment is currently under construction. The end result will offer patrons unlimited play of hundreds of board games for a $5 library fee and train simulators that will provide the rumble and sounds of riding in a real train car.

Décor will resemble a Victorian train station and seating will be strategically placed so people can enjoy private game play with their group.

Those who do not wish to play games are welcome to visit for dining only, Christian said.

“We have a great chef who inspired our menu,” she added.

The Christians are working with Erie’s chef Robert Corey, a renowned chef who has taught at The Art Institute of Colorado and at Johnson & Wales University. In his career, he has led or been on the opening team for about 25 restaurants across the U.S. and in Mexico. In Colorado, Corey has cooked for guests of the RedRum Mystery Dinner at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, in addition to opening his own restaurant, Seasoned — An American Bistro, in June last year.

Game Train is fashioned after the “bygone times of parlor games, inventions and travel,” its website states.

“We want to be a destination where people can relax and feel like they’re getting away from their everyday routine,” she said.

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Longmire story takes series hero across border Author Craig Johnson recently spoke about his craft in metro area

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire has been fighting Mexican drug cartel boss Tomas Bidarte for some time, but things truly took a bad turn at the end of Craig Johnson’s last Longmire book, “Western Star.”

Longmire’s beloved daughter, Cady, was kidnapped by Bidarte and is hidden in a remote village in northern Mexico.

The evil drug lord threatens to auction her off to the highest bidder.

Longmire, who of course must save her, doesn’t get much help from the American government, nor the Mexican one and must go alone to rescue her. Well, almost alone, with his American Indian sidekick, Henry Standing Bear, and Vic staying behind in Wyoming …

Move the scene to an old bar in Juarez, where supposedly, the margarita was invented …

Johnson immediately begins to introduce a cast of characters. The Seer is a humpback man with no legs, who has a driver in a big, pink

Craig Johnson’s latest Longmire book, “Depth of Winter” carries the Wyoming Sheriff, Walt Longmire, to Mexico.

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Then it’s Guzman, who gets him started on his quest, guided by young, almost silent (due to his tongue being cut out) but to-betrusted Isidro, who is Apache/Tarahumara and a fine marksman. More

names will appear in this imaginative cast …

Estante del Diablo, Shelf of the Devil, is the destination village, where the captive Cady is held, and Longmire is warned to trust nobody at all!

Johnson’s sense of humor underlies his storytelling although the landscape is grim and characters are violent … a bit too grim for this reader as an introduction to this popular series — “Depth of Winter” is No. 14, but I haven’t read the earlier books.

The village, when Longmire finds it, is a really awful, ugly place — the contrast of a sort of festival happening makes it seem even worse.

Of course, our hero is captured and more characters appear on the scene. Johnson really writes well as he keeps one in the moment, wherever Longmire is, as he gets near to his daughter and starts figuring out a plan … A reader can smell the village, feel the heat and see the worn buildings, including the one where Cady is imprisoned.

One can’t be alive and reading in the West and remain unaware of this legendary sheriff-and the related TV series. I will try an earlier story next.

When Douglas County Libraries brought Johnson here to speak recently, I was thoroughly engaged. He said he often starts a book with inspiration from a newspaper article in

his massive file of clippings. “You’re looking at an `executive creative consultant,’” he said with a happy grin.

Dispatches by sheriff ’s deputies are also a good source of stories.

A look at early reviews finds fans who disagree with his choice to wander from Wyoming and the sheriff ’s home territory. When he spoke at Lone Tree, he reminisced fondly about his American Indian friends, who live near his ranch in Wyoming. (“I say Indian,” he declared.) “But, these are my friends and neighbors— where is the tension? Hollywood relies on tension!” So he set out for dangerous northern Mexican cartel country with Longmire — which provides plenty of tension and still more characters and storylines.

“Do you ever write something that makes you laugh?,” he was asked in a following Q&A session. “If it doesn’t make me laugh, it won’t make you laugh,” he responded. And there are indeed funny parts in “Depth of Winter,” despite the desperate circumstances.

Suspend the logic and roll with Johnson as he leads Longmire in and out of one dangerous situation after another. Watch a master storyteller at work as he reassembles the puzzle pieces …

And picture this story on film eventually — it would seem to be a natural.

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Variety of works shown for expo announcement Rob Gratiot painting gets pride of place at Lone Tree event

“Gucci, Boston #1” by hyper realist painter Rob Gratiot won Best of Show at the 2018 Lone Tree Art Expo, which runs through Nov. 26 at Lone Tree Arts Center.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The lobby and hallway were filled with artists and art lovers/lookers on Sept. 26 when the Lone Tree Arts Commission hosted a reception/ awards announcement for its 17th Annual Art Expo, featuring 61 works of art, selected by juror Doug Kacena from a total of 217 entries in a variety of mediums.

The exhibit runs through Nov. 26. Art exhibit lighting at Lone Tree Arts Center has improved greatly in the main lobby, compared to the earliest days of the show, though the long hallway still does not present pieces of art in the best light and/or space as it goes on and on …

Sculptures, few in number, are exhibited at the far end of the lobby, and not well-lighted.

Perhaps a few well-designed pedestals or cases that might stand near the paintings would enhance all concerned.

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A string quartet from the Lone Tree Symphony provided soft, elegant background music as people looked, nibbled and awaited a talk by the juror.

Kacena, a local abstract artist, gallery owner and teacher, is recognized for offering special support to disabled artists. He said he was honored to be invited to serve as juror and puzzled about how the small images he saw while jurying would each look on the wall at full size.

“You have created a range of artwork,” he said and his printed statement said: “The works that resonated with me

began with unique subject matter and were well finished and skillfully executed. I believe the viewers will get a glimpse of my unique aesthetic as they approach the work.”

Located at the juncture of lobby and hallway is the striking Best of Show: “Gucci Boston # 1” by hyper-realist painter Rob Gratiot, whose command of his medium is really astonishing. He is known for his renditions of architectural images, with shining, transparent glass, and polished brass, with intricate layers of interior and exterior images — and this painting illustrates his skill: elegant, mysterious, so very engaging … with a story of yesterday

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by Matt Hedrick and Craig Marshall Smith; second — “Winter Road” by Dawna Quillin. Painting: first — “Alone Together” by Elizabeth Rowland; second — “Eloise”

by Raven Rohrig. Sculpture: first — “Turn Your Back to the World,” a small bronze piece

by Rik Sargent; 2nd-“Ising Illusion or My Grandfather’s Head” by Bennett Onsager.

Watercolor: first — “The Quilter,” a beautifully executed bit of nostalgia by Craig Davis; second — “Onamia” by Cindy Welch, which tells a family story, she said, focused on the old weathered mailbox.

Honorable mentions in painting were awarded to Rachel Saunder’s “Blue Palomino” and to Ralph Nagel for “Les Baux VI.” The catalogue printed by the commissioners divides the 217 submitted works: Sculptures — 27 submitted, eight invited.

Paintings — 117 submitted, 33 invited. Mixed media — 41 submitted, 13 invited. Drawing — 17 submitted, four invited.

Watercolor — 15 submitted, three invited. A total of 61 pieces by 48 artists were invited to be exhibited in the 17th Annual Lone Tree 2018 Art Expo.

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and today reflected. “Gucci, Boston #1” depicts the glitz of today’s high-fashion business and a reflection of the historic Boston architecture across the street-stylish in its time. Fine storytelling!

Viewers just stood there— staring.

We found an Art Gym interview that quoted the artist recalling a childhood with a father, uncle and grandfather who were painters.

They taught him and looked through art books with him … “I see the world on several levels,” he said. “So much of my art is solving problems — I enjoy the tough crosswords and sudokus and I like having tough problems to solve in canvases.” He published a recent book about his work: “11 Reflections: the Art of Robert Gratiot,” in April 2018.

Each award winner is invited to exhibit five examples of their work in an exhibit to follow this one — watch for an announcement.

Other awards selected by Kacena include: Drawing: first — “Quiet River” by Marcie Cohen; second — “Lily” by Barbara Veatch. Mixed Media: first — “Never Known,” a cooperative abstract work

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Carol Rossi, 81, tests out Ryan, an artificial intelligence robot designed to help dementia patients by being a social companion, at the Living & Aging Well Seminar at the Lone Tree Arts Center Sept. 29. The robot was developed by a group of University of Denver researchers, led by associate professor Mohammad Mahoor, pictured.

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Michelle Rahn took the lectern at the Lone Tree Arts Center Event Hall Sept. 29 and started with some words of encouragement.

“We need to learn right to the very end,” Rahn said.

The words opened up the Living & Aging Well Seminar, a lecture series featuring guest speakers to educate seniors about how to live fuller lives in a fast-changing technological world.

Rahn, the 2004 Ms. Senior America, emceed for the seminar’s guest speakers of the day: representatives of the Centennial Senior Commission and Mohammad Mahoor, an associate professor at the University of Denver.

While the Centennial Senior Commission educated the room of seniors on how to take advantage of technology to make traveling in the evergrowing city easier, Mahoor presented what could be the future of senior living.

Chris O’Mara gave a brief presentation on the Mobility Ambassador Program, a group of volunteers designed to help seniors plan a trip or find transportation services. Susan Pye followed after with a presentation on how to utilize transportation services like Uber and Lyft to ease the stress of navigating heavy traffic in and around the city, particularly in common situations like visiting the Park Meadows mall.

“Use it before you need it,” Pye said,

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in her blanket advice to seniors new to the technology. “Because when you need it, you’re not going to be thinking right.”

Mahoor introduced his artificialintelligence senior social companion Ryan, a robot designed to help patients with dementia by comforting and keeping them active through interaction. Ryan can reciprocate empathy and engage in conversations, as well as play familiar music and challenge users in cognitive brain games. Ryan can be used for reminders or simply as a friendly companion to talk to.

“It’s meant as a complement, not a replacement, to assisted-care givers,” Mahoor said. “They are super busy and do not have time to serve the population. Just to use the robot, to help them, at times when the caregivers are not available.”

The audience got to try out Ryan for themselves after the presentation.

Carol Rossi, of Centennial, tested out Ryan. She used to work with autistic children for 33 years and said the companion bot would serve well helping the students with cognitive disabilities.

“I think that would be a wonderful thing for them to be able to relate to,” Rossi said. “I’m 81, and I know that at some point I could be using the robot.”

The next seminar from the Lone Tree Living & Aging Well committee will be Oct. 15 when speakers will educate seniors on living options, like transitioning into an assisted-care home, what a person’s options are and how to have the difficult discussions to plan to move a loved one into assisted care.

Rahn’s words at the beginning of the seminar reconciled the purpose of the Living & Aging Well seminars.

“It has to be a choice,” she said, “that we remain active.”

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Painter’s unusual works spark imagination in show at museum Paul Gillis exhibit follows last year’s honors in ‘Own an Original’

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isit Paul Gillis’ exhibition at the Littleton Museum with a space for new stories cleared out in your mind.

They will be stories you invent as you walk through the gallery — and circle back again … What was THAT, anyhow?

Gillis won Best of Show in the 2017 “Own an Original” exhibit, entitling him to a solo exhibit the following year. The juror for 2017 was Katherine Charles, who grew up in Littleton, not far from the museum.

“The Dark That Was Is Here,” the show’s title, is the title and last line of a poem by Eli Seigal which speaks of the likeness between an ancient Greek girl and one who lives in Idaho today … history repeats itself …

And knowing that, plus reading Gillis’ quote on the invitation again, begins to give one a framework for enjoying these highly imaginative, skillfully executed works by a veteran Denver area painter.

explore how the experiences of people remain constant “The Dark That across time.”

Was Is Here” In “Do You runs through Remember Me?” Oct. 21 at pictured on publicthe Littleton ity for the show, Museum, there seems to be 6038 S. Gallup an underwater verSt., Littleton. sion of that camAdmission is free and there era, bead-clad, with is adequate a wisp of blue hair, free parking. perhaps interview303-795-3950. ing a couple of Littletongov. cheerful dancing org/museum. yellow tables, while above, a pink fish and a sort of reptile are meeting — or considering if they want to meet … And we’re off to inventing new stories!

Every one of the 30 paintings will lead a viewer somewhere else.

I think children will enjoy Gillis’ imaginary worlds too and hope parents, grandparents and schools will plan visits. It could lead to all sorts of conversations and hopefully some artwork as well — and perhaps a bit of storytelling. Kids in general will love the imaginary surround while their adults may extend meanings farther afield.

Gillis has been painting in Denver for a number of years and is represented by the prestigious RULE Gallery at 530 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.

He has recently exhibited at RULE’s gallery in Marfa, TX, with a show called “Now Rhymes With Then,” based on a Mark Twain quotation, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

RULE’s press release about the Marfa show said: “He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1941 and moved to Los Angeles with his parents at age 6. He spent several years in the Air Force … at several colleges … then moved to Colorado in 1967 and received a BFA from CU Denver in 1967 and MFA from CU Boulder in 1976.

He was influenced by a group of Colorado artists who became associated with Drop City and Criss-Cross and in 1979 with the founding of SPARK Gallery, and early cooperative gallery in Denver. (Still on Santa Fe Drive.) He is influenced by the Chicago Imagists movement, as well as the style of many underground comics of the’ 60s and ‘70s. His art has the feel of a comic book panel or the cell of an animated movie, inviting the viewer to build a storyline around each scene presented … In actuality, they reveal how the ages of civilization and the stories we communicate are all expressions of our fundamental realization that the more things change, the more they are the same.”

“The Dark That Was Is Here” runs through Oct. 21 at the Littletom Museum, 6038 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission is free and there is adequate free parking. 303-795-3950.

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“Do You Remember Me?” by artist Paul Gillis is included in an exhibit of his work, “The Dark that Was Is Here” at the Littleton Museum.

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world of buildings and machines.

I like to keep in mind where we’re coming from and that it’s also where we’re going.”

These paintings almost jump out from the wall with bright colors and fantastic images that immediately engage the imagination. Where am I? How does it sound? Can you smell it?

They’re painted with both oil and watercolor and Gillis’ careful layering of color and precise edges and textures clearly show the results of years of training and experience, although he takes you to places you haven’t visited before, to meet new images — Some are animals, some are robots perhaps, some may be dancing — or swimming — interacting with another image — or very alone …

A dark, all-seeing camera image appears repeatedly in his paintings.

Gillis is also a photographer. Does this represent him interacting in those magic worlds that have flowed from his brain through his hands to engage the rest of us? I’d like to think so — and that it’s an oftencurious, friendly sort of something — almost a someone.

The Littleton Museum’s online statement about Gillis says: “Deeply interested in the human narrative, Gillis takes common themes from across history to construct highly complex worlds within his paintings.

Set like stages, the complexities of his worlds are combined to a few symbolic actors and relationships, making for powerful scenes. Gillis uses images of ghosts, robots, animals, ancient scripts and objects to

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COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA’S VOTER GUIDE PART 1 OF 2 • This week: Q&As with candidates for state Legislature and county offices.

• Next week: Q&As with candidates for Congress, governor and other statewide offices. Plus, a comprehensive look at the state ballot issues.

• Online: More coverage at ColoradoCommunityMedia.com

Ready to vote? Here’s what you need to do STAFF REPORT

Ballots are scheduled to arrive in mailboxes by Oct. 19 to all active registered voters, and here’s how you can get squared away to have a smooth voting experience in the Nov. 6 election.

Check your registration at govotecolorado.com to make sure your residential and ballot-mailing addresses are current. Ballots will not be forwarded by post offices, even for those who recently moved and put in a change-of-address request to the post office.

The deadline to register to vote or update registration online or by mail, and receive a ballot by mail, is Oct. 29.

After that, you’ll need to visit one of the many Voter Service and Polling Centers throughout the county to register and request a ballot.

At those centers, you can drop off a mail ballot, register to vote, update registration, request a new ballot, request a replacement mail ballot or vote on an accessible electronic tablet.

To vote by mail You can return ballots by mail with paid postage or take it to any Ballot Drop-Off Location or Voter Service and Polling Center. Ballots must be received by 7 p.m. Nov. 6, which

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means you’ll need to mail it back by Oct. 30 to ensure it arrives on time.

Postmarks do not count.

You can see the status of your mail ballot online with the Arapahoe County Ballot Track system, online at arapahoevotes.com. You can also sign up for free text, email or phone messages when your ballot is mailed to you and received by Arapahoe County for processing in any election.

If you’re voting in Colorado for the first time and didn’t provide ID when you registered to vote, you’ll need to provide a photocopy of your ID in the official return envelope.

The instructions that come with your ballot will indicate in red on the front if you are required to provide a photocopy. Check out the Secretary of State’s Office’s guidelines at tinyurl.com/y8b93bs5 for acceptable

forms of ID. If you make a mistake, damage or lose your ballot, you may request a replacement ballot by calling 303-7954511 by Oct. 29, or by visiting a Voter Service and Polling Center between Oct. 22 and Nov. 6.

To vote in person You’ll need to show a valid ID at a Voter Service and Polling Center.

Check out the Secretary of State’s Office’s guidelines at tinyurl.com/ y8b93bs5 for acceptable forms of ID. Visit a Voter Service and Polling Center between Oct. 22 and Nov. 6. to vote in person — there are no assigned polling locations. Twelve locations will open Oct. 22, and 16 more will open Nov. 3. Check hours and dates at arapahoevotes.com.

For questions, call the county Elections Division at 303-795-4511.

Voter Service and Polling Centers • Arapahoe County Lima Plaza, 6954 S. Lima St., Centennial • Cherry Creek Schools Instructional Support Facility, 5416 S. Riviera Way, Centennial • Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial • Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial • Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial • St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial • Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway • Greenwood Village municipal building, 6060 S. Quebec St. • Arapahoe County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton • Arapahoe County Elections Facility, 5251 S. Federal Blvd. Littleton • St. Mary Catholic Parish, 6853 S. Prince St., Littleton • Arapahoe County CentrePoint Plaza, 14980 E. Alameda Drive, Aurora • Cherokee Trail High School, 25901 E. Arapahoe Road, Aurora • Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway • Mission Viejo Library, 15324 E. Hampden Circle, Aurora • Tallyn’s Reach Library, 23911 E. Arapahoe Road, Aurora For a full list of locations, including ballot drop-off-only locations, visit arapahoevotes.com.

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ELECTIONS 2018 State House District 3 Jeff Bridges (Incumbent) Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Greenwood Village Profession: Consultant Campaign website: bridgesforcolorado.com

Toren Mushovic Party: Republican City or town of residence: Greenwood Village Profession: Reserve naval officer, attorney Campaign website: Torenforcolorado.com

State House District 37 Tom Sullivan Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Centennial Profession: Retired Campaign website: sullivanforcolorado.com

Cole Wist (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Centennial Profession: Attorney Campaign website: colewist.com

State House District 38 Susan Beckman (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Littleton Profession: Legislator, House District 38 Campaign website: ElectSusanBeckman.com

What makes you the best choice for this office?

As a homegrown Coloradan, I believe in that frontier spirit of standing your ground and finding common ground. As your state representative, I stood up for our schools by bringing in more than $1 billion of new funding. I found common ground in a $3.5 billion bipartisan transportation plan — without raising taxes. I’ve fought and won for our community, and I would deeply appreciate your support in this next election. Let’s continue what we’ve started.

What can the Legislature do to ease the strain of rising housing prices on Colorado residents?

Anyone willing to work hard at a full-time job should be able to pay for housing and put food on the table. I sponsored legislation to create a tax credit for the development of affordable housing for home ownership and another to increase the development of multi-family for-sale units by reducing frivolous lawsuits. Colorado is one of the fastestgrowing states in the nation, and we must ensure that our strong economy works for everyone.

» Real experience — I learned leadership firsthand as a young naval officer. After the 9/11 attacks, I reported onboard USS Princeton, where I deployed to the Persian Gulf and returned to Iraq in 2009, where I focused on developing a strategy for prosecuting terrorists. After active duty, I focused on health care, and became the chief operating officer of IMMUNOe Health & Research Centers, which is on the forefront of immune related health and research.

What makes you the best choice for this office?

One key problem we have in Colorado is lack of supply. Unfortunately, my opponent voted for HB18-1262, a bill designed to increase construction litigation. This is the wrong approach, as it would reduce supply and drive up costs in the housing market. To ease the strain of rising housing prices, for construction-defect cases, I support arbitration instead of expensive litigation. This would help the economy and increase alternative home options for many families.

What can the Legislature do to ease the strain of rising housing prices on Colorado residents?

I have been fortunate enough to live the middle-class lifestyle many Coloradans find out of reach today, and I want to take that experience to our legislative body and stand up for working families in my district. Through my time in the Air Force and with the post office, I have served my state and country nearly my entire life, and I want to continue doing so by serving the people of House District 37.

Colorado must establish a sustainable and permanent attainable housing trust fund so that we can invest in homeownership initiatives for working Coloradans. We can do so without instituting burdensome taxes on our communities or gutting other key services and programs from our state budget.

In this era of division and partisan bickering, we need leaders who are willing to tackle tough issues and work in a bipartisan fashion. In my first two terms in the Colorado House, I have demonstrated exactly that kind of leadership and track record.

During the 2018 session, I sponsored 28 bills, each with bipartisan co-sponsors. Twenty-two of those bills have now been signed into law. I listen, I work hard and I get results.

We need more home-ownership options across the price spectrum. When I ran for re-election in 2016, I pledged to work on expanding the condominium market by reforming our construction-litigation laws. I fulfilled that promise by sponsoring and passing HB17-1279. Condominium construction is on the rise. However, construction costs remain too high. I am exploring various legislative options to further reduce litigation risk, increase the construction labor pool and to reduce insurance rates for builders.

What makes you the best choice for this office?

I have the commitment and the proven track record. My husband Bruce and I have lived in House District 38 for over 30 years. We raised two children and built our home and lives in this community. I served this area as a respected Arapahoe County commissioner for 12 years. As a Colorado state representative. I have made positive impacts in areas of attainable housing, health-care cost transparency, school safety, transportation and senior services.

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What can the Legislature do to ease the strain of rising housing prices on Colorado residents?

Keep property taxes low, especially for our senior citizens living on fixed income. Currently, the senior property-tax exemption provides some tax relief for seniors over 65. The Legislature has the ability to eliminate this exemption, and there has been much discussion this year about eliminating this tax relief.

Property tax is increasing, and seniors would be negatively impacted and feel the pain of tightened budgets. I support keeping the senior property tax “homestead” exemption.

» Chris Kolker Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Centennial Profession: Certified financial planner Campaign website: KolkerForColorado.com

I am willing to listen, act and legislate based on the values of residents throughout this district. I believe in common sense to guide my decision making. There is far too much partisan legislation from our current representative. We deserve a more open-minded approach from our representative than someone who votes against testing lead in our public schools’ drinking water or one who sponsored a bill to cut Medicaid funding to seniors in nursing homes.

We need to look at why these homes are unaffordable.

Wages are stagnating. Rising housing prices do not have to be an issue if wages can increase at a rate similar to the cost of housing. We can expand opportunities in apprenticeship programs that increase starting salaries. We must consider supply and demand. More supply will help reduce costs of housing.

We need to balance the needs of maintaining water supply with increased housing construction.

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ELECTIONS 2018 What can be done to ensure the state’s transportation system will be able to accommodate continued population growth?

What two issues demand more attention in the upcoming Legislative session than they received in the previous one?

Interstate 25 shouldn’t be Colorado’s largest parking lot.

Our transportation infrastructure is woefully inadequate for today’s population, and that’s true across our entire state. Earlier this year, I co-sponsored a major bipartisan transportation plan to invest $3.5 billion in our roads, bridges and transit — without raising taxes. We must continue to prioritize transportation funding so families don’t have to sit in traffic and goods and services can move freely across our state.

Colorado has one of the strongest economies in the nation, yet too many families feel like no matter how hard they work, they just can’t get ahead. We need to bring down the cost of health care, housing and higher education. We need to create more innovative public schools that give every kid a fair shot no matter where they come from. And we need to do even more to fight traffic.

We live in the greatest state with the best people — the kind who’ll smile and wave at a complete stranger. We believe in the frontier values of opportunity, independence and responsibility. We want courage in our leaders and results from our elected officials. Over the last two years I’ve had major wins on education, transportation and health care. Over the next two years, I look forward to continuing the fight to protect the Colorado we love.

Transportation challenges affect public safety, family time and increased insurance costs. Colorado requires long-term solutions that include changing technology and driving patterns and habits in the future. Solutions to Colorado’s congestion exist, but it will take hard work from legislators from both sides. With economic growth, we’ve got the necessary funds to have an aggressive strategy for transportation. This year’s transportation bill — sponsored by my opponent — was too small and kicked the can down the road.

We must recognize that Colorado’s health-care costs and trajectory under current leadership is unacceptable. Health care is more expensive in Colorado than any of our bordering states. I have skin in the game far beyond talk here: I decided to help lead Veros Biologics — a company focused on improving the quality of health and life for patients with complex conditions through innovative and cost-effective solutions. I’ll bring this same action to our state Capitol.

We all know talking is the easy part. Politicians tend to speak, then fold when asked for specifics. I always want to be honest and direct. Here are the issues I want to solve: Reduce runaway health-care cost without impacting care, prioritize general-fund dollars — without increasing taxes — to our congestion issues, and support teachers by fighting to keep money in the classroom.

What can be done to ensure the state’s transportation system will be able to accommodate continued population growth?

What two issues demand more attention in the upcoming Legislative session than they received in the previous one?

We have to start focusing on moving people instead of cars.

I support investing in multi-modal forms of transportation and repairing our roads and bridges. Doing so will make our state more accessible and also create good-paying jobs for local communities.

Workforce development and suicide prevention. We need to prepare our children for an ever-changing economy and help businesses attract the employment talent they need to succeed and grow our economy. Colorado is also currently in the top 10 states in the country for suicide deaths. I find this tragic, especially because so many of them arise from a firearm. These deaths are preventable, and I will work hard with my colleagues to address this head-on.

One of my top priorities is to pass an Extreme Risk Protection Order bill, commonly referred to as a “red flag” bill. This bill is in essence a suicide-prevention bill that will empower law enforcement officers to intervene in a dangerous situation when there is a firearm involved. We must end preventable gun violence and suicides, and this is a good first step toward that goal.

Colorado has a spending problem, which is unsustainable. While government spending on social programs has increased dramatically over the last 10 years, transportation and infrastructure spending has remained relatively flat. Our budget process is not working. Simply, more general-fund dollars need to be allocated to roads and bridges. I will also continue to support long-term bonding solutions for these projects. Families prioritize their budgets every day. Government must learn to do the same.

We need to do more work on criminal justice reform. Public safety must come first. However, our state corrections system (a nearly $1 billion line item in our budget) needs structural changes to improve efficiency and outcomes.

Our mental health system is failing to help citizens in crisis, placing law enforcement and our communities at risk. We need to expand resources in this area and more effectively coordinate state and local mental health initiatives.

Budget-process reform remains a top priority for me.

Currently, Colorado utilizes a six-member Joint Budget Committee to prepare our state’s budget. Despite the JBC’s best efforts, most of the substantive work is performed by unelected staff. This process does not hold elected officials accountable for budget priorities. I have proposed several measures that would broaden legislative oversight of state departments during the figure-setting process. We must continue to implement systemic changes to our budget process.

What can be done to ensure the state’s transportation system will be able to accommodate continued population growth?

What two issues demand more attention in the upcoming Legislative session than they received in the previous one?

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

In November, we have the opportunity to vote on initiatives to improve our transportation system. I support the ballot initiative “Fix Our Damn Roads.” This proposal would authorize the bonding of $3.5 billion to upgrade Colorado’s road and highway system with no additional taxes. This measure is similar to other successful voter-approved bonding efforts in Colorado. Hopefully, the voters will help the Legislature prioritize our budget and provide the citizens safer, better roads.

Health-care costs have skyrocketed. Higher out-of-pocket expenses can be mediated with true health-care price transparency. Public safety is eroded with illegal drug trafficking and urban encampments. Over 900 Coloradans lost their lives this year because of drug overdoses, many from illegal heroin and fentanyl. There has been a staggering increase of urban encampment across the state. These encampments are an immediate threat to the public health and public safety. Our communities must be safe!

Last year, over 700 legislative bills were introduced. That is insane. With all these new laws, we are negatively impacting our citizens, local governments, school districts and small businesses with a barrage of unneeded mandates and regulations that increase costs and restrict flexibility.

We need less legislation and less regulation. I would like to work in bipartisan effort to rewrite the rules and limit the number of bills a legislator may introduce. Less legislation, better results!

Right now, we do not even have enough money to fix and maintain our roads and bridges. We should start there. We must focus coordinating transportation districts between state, municipalities and counties to ease the use of mass transportation. Bringing these groups together will reduce cost and increase efficiency. Mass transportation should be more readily available. I would like to see it become a more efficient form of transportation. This will accommodate Colorado’s growth.

Last year, a Republican and a Democrat created a bill to address mental health and gun violence. This was the “Red Flag Bill,” voted against by our current representative. This was supported by the Douglas County sheriff and the Republican nominee for attorney general of Colorado. Second, funding classrooms was not given enough attention. HB181232 would have created a student-centric funding formula for schools, and I would like to sponsor a similar bill in 2019.

One measure of success is that I am going to focus on funding our public school classrooms. Secondly, I am committed to reaching across the aisle to work for the people of this district and state. Lastly, I want to be available, transparent and accountable to the people of this district and always stay in touch to assist with issues and answer questions, whenever they may occur. If I can accomplish all of these, I will consider my term as your representative a success.

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

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ELECTIONS 2018 Arapahoe County commissioner District 2 Nancy Sharpe (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Greenwood Village Profession: Arapahoe County commissioner Campaign website: electnancysharpe.com

Don Strickland Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Retired Contact: 303-349-1286

Arapahoe County sheriff Tyler Brown Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Centennial Profession: Police officer Campaign website: tylerbrownforsheriff.org

What makes you the best choice for commissioner?

What do you see as the most important responsibilities of a county commissioner?

I have a track record of leadership and service in Arapahoe County — as commissioner, mayor of Greenwood Village and as successful business executive. It’s important that we elect a qualified, collaborative commissioner. Some of my leadership experiences include: Chairperson for Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners, Metro Area County Commissioners, Metro Mayors Caucus, Denver Regional Council of Governments; Mayor, Council Member, Planning and Zoning Commissioner of Greenwood Village; Colorado Commissioner of the Year.

Jobs and economic development are my top priority, and I support a business-friendly Arapahoe County that manages growth responsibly. Our communities need stable businesses and employers to thrive and give citizens the jobs they need to support their families. I’m committed to budgeting conservatively, enforcing fiscal discipline and developing long-range plans.

I am an experienced public servant with cities, the county, and special districts with no further political ambition. I will be a proactive commissioner addressing problems before they become a crisis.

I will be a steward responsibly managing the budget of the county, addressing the needs of an aging infrastructure. I will save the taxpayer money by addressing problems before they become more costly. I will listen and respond to the voices of the citizens and not just to the moneyed special interests.

What makes you the best choice for sheriff?

I am a progressive, innovative leader who will create a progressive, transparent sheriff ’s office for the future. I’m going to create a bipartisan sheriff ’s office and create an agency that provides a professional service the all residents. I will empower the residents of Arapahoe County to be active participants to build a healthy, thriving and safe partnership with the sheriff ’s office.

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How has population growth affected crime in the county?

Population growth has affected crime across the state. One of the ways I want to ensure a safe community is to have the appropriate number of highly-trained deputies on patrol to engage in community policing efforts. I support and push for change throughout the community. I believe in empowering the residents of Arapahoe County to be active participants to build a healthy, thriving and safe partnership with the sheriff’s office.

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David Walcher (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Sheriff Campaign website: davewalcherforsheriff.com

Arapahoe County assessor PK Kaiser Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Real estate, finance Campaign website: vote4kaiser.com

My experience of being in my fifth year as sheriff, 37 years in law enforcement and my accomplishments. I’ve more than doubled the number of school resource officers we have, signed a new 10-year contract with Centennial, opening of a regional crime lab that will serve the entire Judicial District, increased patrol staffing to include the eastern part of Arapahoe County, and more and better training in dealing with people with mental health issues.

Why are you seeking this office?

What motivates me to serve as your county assessor is the opportunity to improve the fairness, accountability, efficiency and transparency of assessments and services to the Arapahoe County taxpayers about their real estate and personal business properties.

More people moving to, traveling through and spending time in Arapahoe County has increased calls for service, which result in increased criminal activity. We continue to be a safe community overall, but think about expanding single-family residential areas, multi-family housing developments, business development, increased traffic, and an increase in the prevalence of mental health related calls for service (which sometimes turn into criminal behavior) and drugs.

What makes you the best choice for assessor?

I have an MBA in finance and a master’s in accounting. I have been a real estate broker for about 13 years and ran a real estate brokerage company. I have worked for agencies like the Department of Revenue, School of Mines, City & County of Denver and Community Colleges system and US Postal Service.

I am an active political worker and I am well known and respected by communities across the county.

» Marc Scott (Incumbent) Party: Republican City/town of residence: Centennial Profession: Arapahoe County assessor Website: marcscottforassessor.com

Property tax in Arapahoe County supports nine school districts, 13 cities and towns, and numerous taxing authorities. The assessor’s office is an important part of the property tax cycle and needs an elected official who is well qualified for that position.

I bring those qualifications to the assessor’s office, along with an understanding of fair and equitable assessments. I was appointed assessor in January 2017 and have served Arapahoe County for more than seven years.

My career as an assessor and appraiser extends over 38 years.

For the past seven-plus years I have served the Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office as senior commercial appraiser, chief deputy assessor and assessor. In addition to being licensed in Colorado as a Certified General Appraiser, I am professionally designated as an MAI appraiser. Extensive experience and local expertise allows me to effectively lead the assessor’s office and manage the staff of more than 60 employees.

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ELECTIONS 2018 Has the board of commissioners responded well to population growth in recent years?

What is the biggest challenge facing the county, and how would you approach that challenge?

Our county has worked to balance the services provided by local governments with population growth, developing a regional approach to transportation improvements. Efficient transportation translates into quality of life, safety and cost savings. Arapahoe County commissioners were instrumental in funding road improvements for areas including the Arapahoe Road and I-25 interchange and Arapahoe east of Parker Road. We’ve made budget adjustments to provide for public safety, human services, judicial support, and road and bridge maintenance.

I co-founded a county coalition called “Not One More Child” that works to protect children from abuse and neglect. I support programs to prevent the financial exploitation and abuse of our elderly and ensure the sheriff has sufficient funding. I’ve approved funding to more than double the School Resource Officers in our schools, and I approved funding for a prosecutor and investigator dedicated to combating human trafficking.

Through my experience as a local elected leader, I’ve come to value the importance of listening to citizens, collaborating with all stakeholders and creating opportunities for all citizens to thrive in Arapahoe County. I work across party lines, and I’m known for my honesty, service to community and collaboration. If I continue to collaborate with, listen to and act in the best interest of our citizens, I will consider myself a successful Arapahoe County commissioner.

Overall the Arapahoe Board of County Commissioners has operated in crisis-management mode causing increased costs in the long run. It is less costly to manage problems head on instead of putting off action causing more cost to the taxpayers or deferring it to their grandchildren.

The pace of growth is outpacing the county’s infrastructure, which leads to many understaffed departments including the sheriff’s office and county clerk. We need to expand and rethink how we address mental illness, offering new solutions and programs. It is time to stop the endless cycle of the mentally ill and those with drug addictions going back and forth to jail and help them become productive citizens.

I hope to complete my term with plans and solutions well under way to address the deficiencies of the aging infrastructure, create more effective mental health programs, and seeing that the sheriff’s department, county clerk, and other departments are fully staffed. I hope to see the county moving forward dealing with the tremendous growth.

Do deputies need to be trained to better handle calls related to mental illness?

Should it be easier to take guns out of the hands of people with mental illness who have been deemed a threat to themselves or others?

What must you accomplish to consider yourself a successful commissioner?

What will your top priority be, if elected?

I believe trained law enforcement should have the ability to petition a court with the use of due process to remove weapons from people who have been deemed a threat to themselves or others.

School safety will be my top priority. I will work tirelessly to assist school districts throughout the county to ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff. I am truly passionate about this issue, as it is one that impacts so many people. A partnership between the professionally trained deputies and school district employees is imperative to the academic and social wellbeing of our children of Arapahoe County.

We can always use more and better training and tools to handle calls for service related to mental health issues.

However, we have trained our patrol staff in Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), as well as many of our dispatchers and our staff that works in the detention facility. We are also developing a “co-responder” program that will allow for mental health practitioners to handle calls with us and conduct follow-up services when needed.

If someone is an immediate threat to themselves or others, yes. If a person is armed and we take them into custody for a mental health hold, we will take their weapon. However, we’d take any weapon from a person that we take into custody for any reason (a crime, for example). The challenge are those individuals who are becoming an increasing threat to our community, who aren’t getting or responding to services.

We have an aging 32-year-old detention facility that is inefficient and deteriorating. Our staffing in our patrol function must keep up with the increased demand. We must continue our work in helping solve the mental health crisis in our community through programs (co-responders) and training (CIT). As our work is getting more challenging, we must provide the best services and environment possible to ensure our sheriff’s office staff is taken care of, too.

What are the most important traits or skills for an assessor to possess?

What must an effective assessor accomplish?

An assessor must know the nature of real estate and must be of and for the public. The assessor should know the state of technology available to aid and boost the assessments and services to the taxpayers. The assessor must know the methodology of mass assessments of real estate and business personal properties.

The assessor and assessor’s office must be transparent, accountable and fair. The assessor must be efficient and have a high level of integrity. The assessor must have a sense of sympathy and deep understanding of the socio-economic situation of the different communities. The assessor must be elected by the voters and shall not be appointed.

I will bring the data-driven mindset to the assessor’s office.

I will be making good use of technology and will improve the online contents which provide detailed information to property owners. The assessor’s office staff will be trained and cross trained for the best delivery to the taxpayers. I will bring every eligible taxpayer into the tax net so everyone pays their fair share of taxes.

Property tax in Colorado is ad valorem (“according to value”) and the assessor’s office is essentially the county’s appraisal office. The assessor starts the property tax cycle by discovering, classifying and valuing all property within the county. Having a professional, licensed appraiser with local expertise and management skills serving as assessor is advantageous to the county. An experienced appraiser will also understand real estate trends, market cycles, and have an appreciation of private property rights.

An effective assessor must thoroughly understand both the appraisal roles and the administrative reporting functions of the office. Final values are reported to taxing authorities via the Certification Report based on tax district boundaries. These values are also reported to the Colorado Division of Property Taxation on a property class basis in the annual Abstract Report. Finally, these values are reported on a parcel basis in the annual Tax Warrant Roll delivered to the treasurer.

My top priority will be to continue producing accurate valuations and meeting all reporting deadlines. Reporting accurate valuations is one of the core functions of the assessor’s office and one that has a direct impact on residents of Arapahoe County, including both property owners and tenants. It is important that the property values be as accurate as possible to appropriately distribute the tax burden while allowing for predictable revenue for schools and other taxing authorities.

The dedicated men and women of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office are well trained in dealing with many situations to include individuals with mental illness. It is important for law enforcement officers to recognize they may be dealing with an individual with a mental illness. It is my belief we can continually add training to expand our knowledge base, and be progressive in our interaction with people affected by mental illness.

What will your top priority be, if elected?

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ELECTIONS 2018 Arapahoe County clerk and recorder

Why are you seeking this office?

Matt Crane (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Littleton Profession: Arapahoe County clerk and recorder Campaign website: mattcraneforclerk.com

Joan Lopez Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Bookkeeper, motor vehicle/drivers license specialist Campaign website: joanlopez4countyclerk.com

Arapahoe County coroner

I am honored to have served as your clerk and recorder since 2013. I am passionate about my responsibility to administer secure, accessible and accurate elections and protect our right to vote. I’ve been honored to lead statewide innovations and usher in technology to better serve residents, and look forward to building upon our successful record. As a 37-year resident and 11-year employee of Arapahoe County, I remain dedicated to our mission of Service First.

I am the only candidate in this race with experience in management and public administration at city, county and state levels, including planning and overseeing elections, managing budgets, projects and people, and collaborating with legislators and state officials. As clerk, I have led numerous initiatives and committees to make government more efficient and effective. I have built my career in elections and public administration, and hope to continue to use these skills to serve citizens.

I have watched clerks come and go, and they have never improved this office, instead using it as a political stepping stone.

With 17 years of experience, I can make a visit to our offices much quicker. Procedural changes and improved training can drastically enhance our customer satisfaction and could have avoided the nearly 50 percent employee turnover rate the last few years. I am seeking this office to make it better, for the people.

This is my career — 17 years of experience. Hundreds of customers per day, all helped with a smile and balancing to the penny. A person can tell you how many committees and boards they have been a part of, but that’s just talk, not work.

This is a job! There is work to be done. 17 years of experience right here in my home town — that’s why I am the best choice.

Why are you seeking this office?

I am seeking re-election because I believe that this position should be held by a medical doctor who’s board certified to practice forensic pathology; no other person has the necessary medical education or experience in Arapahoe County to successfully run this office in accordance with nationally-recognized standards. The office of coroner should not be about partisan politics; my job as coroner is to respectfully serve the decedents and their families by upholding a medically-based system.

Kelly Lear (Unopposed incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Littleton Profession: Coroner/forensic pathologist Campaign website: kellylearmdforcoroner.com

Arapahoe County treasurer Sue Sandstrom (Unopposed incumbent) Party: Republican City/town of residence: Aurora Profession: Arapahoe County treasurer, certified public accountant Website: sandstromfortreasurer.com

What makes you the best choice for clerk and recorder?

Why are you seeking this office?

I’ve had the incredible honor of serving two terms as the county treasurer. With a highly qualified and dedicated staff, we have collected and distributed nearly $8 billion for Arapahoe County schools, cities, fire, libraries, recreation districts and many others with every distribution being on-time and accurate. We replaced a 30-year old computer system with no down time, under budget and with no negative effects on taxpayers. I would like to continue this record of success.

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What are the most important traits or skills for a coroner to possess?

The position of elected coroner is often seen as an outdated relic of colonial times. The coroner’s job is to decide who needs an autopsy and determine cause and manner of death; the forensic pathologist is the person who performs autopsies to make those determinations, and passes that information back to a coroner. Having a pathologist as coroner eliminates a layer of bureaucracy and puts the medical decisions into the hands of trained medical professionals.

What makes you the best choice for treasurer?

Littleton Public Schools will ask voters to approve a nearly $300 million bond, aiming to begin a long-term effort to rebuild a district whose buildings date back to the baby boom.

The bond, which if approved would be more than triple the

size of the previous largestever bond of $85 million in 2002, would be earmarked for numerous large-scale projects: replacing Newton Middle School with a new building; rebuilding and reopening the long-shuttered Ames Elementary School; consolidating Highland and Franklin elementary schools in a new building on the Franklin

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As a CPA for over 40 years, small business owner, former Aurora City Council member and 32-year resident of Arapahoe County, along with my eight years of experience as the Arapahoe County treasurer, my qualifications, experience and commitment to the taxpayers of Arapahoe County are unmatched. I have a combination of financial expertise, government experience and leadership skills that make me uniquely qualified to be treasurer.

Littleton Public Schools seeking money for projects

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site; establishing a Career and Technical Education center in a newly acquired building beside Littleton High School; and a laundry list of smaller projects across the district.

If approved, the bond would mean an additional $29 to $49 a year in taxes per $100,000 of actual home value for homeowners in the district, according to estimates

published on a district website, meaning someone with a house valued at $400,000 could expect to pay an additional $116 to $196 a year.

The district covers Littleton proper, as well as west Centennial, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley and small portions of Englewood and Greenwood Village.

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ELECTIONS 2018 What are the most important traits or skills for a clerk and recorder to possess?

What must an effective clerk and recorder accomplish?

The clerk and recorder should be qualified to lead an organization of 130 employees in five locations. The holder of this elected office is not a political figurehead, but rather a working executive who must understand how to administer and plan elections for more than 360,000 voters, oversee major strategic projects in three divisions, and implement new reforms and systems alongside the Legislature and state. The clerk must be poised, professional, collaborative, nonpartisan and strategic.

As chief election official for Arapahoe County, the clerk must seek new processes and technologies to make elections more accessible, trusted and secure. Under my leadership, we have adopted a new, more secure voting system, introduced 21 new 24-hour ballot boxes, added voting locations, and launched a best-in-kind elections website. We also led the state in conducting a risk-limiting audit, which is now a national best practice to verify the accuracy of your vote.

Along with running secure elections, I will continue delivering time-saving solutions, so you can enjoy what’s important to you. In 2017, I led efforts to bring self-service kiosks for license plate renewals to Colorado. It is my goal to expand the services on these machines to driver’s license renewals, tab replacements and more. I will also continue a statewide leadership role to ensure Colorado’s new motor vehicle system works efficiently for our staff and citizens.

The clerk and recorder should be knowledgeable, accurate, personable and meticulous, as well as open, honest, fair and accessible to all persons and political parties.

To be effective, the clerk will succeed in helping the public with their license and recording needs while increasing voter turnout and assuring the integrity of our elections. The clerk should keep up with new technologies and ideas to maintain security and efficiency while being budget-minded.

Properly training all employees, increasing their proficiency.

This will retain employees and reduces training costs. Voter registration update at every transaction. This will increase voter turnout and reduce the cost of mailed ballots going to bad addresses. An information center for each office will inform customers what paperwork they need for their specific transaction. This will ease tensions and lower wait times. The elderly, disabled, military and auto dealers need special accommodations for obvious reasons.

What must an effective coroner accomplish?

An effective coroner must use knowledge in both medicine and medicolegal death investigation to manage resources in determining appropriateness of autopsy; must knowledgeably and independently answer questions for family members, law enforcement, and attorneys surrounding individual deaths; and must provide information to public health officials and citizens regarding broader categories of death while championing prevention efforts to advance the health of our community.

What are the most important traits or skills for a treasurer to possess?

High level financial and management skills are required. The treasurer is responsible for managing a multimillion-dollar investment portfolio. We have invested the taxpayers’ funds with maximum safety while earning a reasonable return through one of the lowest interest rate periods in recent history. But equally important are the treasurer’s customer service skills. I am proud that my office provides first-class service to the citizens and businesses in Arapahoe County.

What have been some of your key accomplishments in the office so far?

My key accomplishments include achieving and maintaining national accreditation of the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office by the National Association of Medical Examiners, representing the gold standard of service to our constituents.

Only four coroner’s offices in Colorado, and approximately 75 offices nationwide hold this accreditation. My office has continued to be one of the largest referral offices to organ and tissue donation agencies, and maintains a respected position through collaboration with various community partners.

What will your top priority be, if elected?

What else should voters know about you?

I am a Colorado native, obtained my medical doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and have over 20 years of experience with the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. I hold positions on many local, statewide, and national committees and am a nationally-recognized expert in child death investigation and autopsy.

What must an effective treasurer accomplish?

What will your top priority be, if elected?

In addition to day-to-day oversight of the treasurer’s office, the treasurer should be a leader in the community, willing and able to work with a broad range of individuals, businesses and other organizations. I am proud to serve on several boards, such as Community College of Aurora Foundation, Colorado Public Plan Coalition, Colorado Surplus Asset Fund and Colorado County Treasurer’s Association.

My participation allows me to share my expertise, while learning best practices.

My top priority will be to continue to provide outstanding customer service, using the appropriate tools available, while being cost effective and a good steward of taxpayer dollars. An email I recently received from a taxpayer says it all: “Sue, you’re amazing & I am so grateful. Please let me know if there’s a survey I can fill out sharing how excellent you were today with customer service.”

Littleton Ballot Question 7B: fire inclusion

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ballot question 7B asks whether voters want to see Littleton included within the boundaries of South Metro Fire Rescue, a large consolidated fire protection district.

Littleton will dissolve its fire department and begin contracting with South Metro for fire protection

beginning Jan. 1, 2019.

Question 7B will determine what happens after 2019. If the question is approved, South Metro will expand its boundaries and fully incorporate Littleton.

Inclusion would trigger a change to property taxes: Homeowners in Littleton currently pay a mill levy of 6.662 to the city, which pays for fire protection among other ser-

vices. If the question passes, the city’s mill levy would drop to 2.0 in 2020 and thereafter, but homeowners would begin paying a mill levy of 9.25 directly to South Metro, resulting in a cumulative mill levy of 11.25.

The change would increase property taxes by about $10 a month on a residential property worth $370,000, according to city projections.

In return, proponents say, Littleton would receive improved fire service courtesy of a top-flight fire protection agency.

If voters reject the measure, the city would continue contracting with South Metro indefinitely anyway, but would pay the difference out of pocket. South Metro would hold successive elections seeking approval for inclusion.

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10:30 p.m. Saturdays at Wolhurst Adult Community Clubhouse, 8201 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Real people. Real weight loss. Affordable, effective weight-loss support. Try it free. Call 720-202-4568. Call 800-923-8677 or go to www.tops.org.

Support Sky Cliff Center Caregiver Support Group: 10-11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month at 4600 E. Highway 86, Castle Rock. Caregiving for adults can be challenging at times, and you’re not alone. For information, or to let the center know if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 or email skycliffctr@skycliff.org. Go to www.skycliff. org.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 6, serving the Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree and Littleton areas, is a social group that offers a variety of activities for its members. Group meets for happy hour at 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Salsa Brava, 52 W. Springer Drive, Highlands Ranch. Call Kay 303-749-0169 or Dorothy 303-484-8811.

Sky Cliff Center Stroke Support Group: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month at Christlife Community Church, 5451 E. Highway 86, Franktown (lunch provided). 10-11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 Ridge Gate Parkway, Lone Tree. Call Sky Cliff Center at 303-814-2863.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 8: 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Las Brisas Restaurant, 6787 S. Clinton St., Greenwood Village. Features card and game groups, theater and concert events, outdoor activities, special dining and local sight-seeing.

Call Shirley at 303-741-5484. Serves the Centennial, Aurora, Greenwood Village, Parker and South Denver area.

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Widowed Men and Women of America, a

nonprofit organization of the state based in Denver, has more than 5o0 members.

The group sponsors social events for members to make new friends and have fun with people who have shared life experiences. Members live in the Denver metro area and surrounding communities.

Members are encouraged to visit different links to find the best fit for their interests.

Contact Dorothy at 303-794-7547 or Les at 303-797-1209, or go to www.widowedamerica.org.

Women’s Divorce Workshop covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce and is presented the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Meet in the community room. Check in from 8-8:30 a.m.; workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources. Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. For information, contact 303-210-2607 or info@ divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Political Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:158:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-8772940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

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Meet Mayor Piko, a weekly event that allows the residents of Centennial to connect and communicate with Centennial’s mayor, is from 10-11 a.m. every Tuesday at the Civic Center building, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.

Parker Republicans meet at 7 a.m. the first Friday of each month at Rory’s Diner, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. Meetings have featured speakers and elected officials’ updates. Registration/social hour begins at 6:30 a.m. Attendance is free, coffee is $5 and a full breakfast can be purchased for $15 (all cash only). Contact Mark Hall at 720-984-4128 or e-mail via website at parkerbreakfastclub.com.

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

BNI Connections (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge

to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@ hmbrown.com.

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

Job Seekers group meets from 8-9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Call 720-550-7430.

League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-6083932 or joluvs10s@gmail.com for details.

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

Recreation Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com Denver Walking Tours Denver area residents and visitors are invited to experience downtown Denver through a free walking tour, a two-hour excursion that starts in Civic Center Park, winds through downtown past more than a dozen of Denver’s distinctive landmarks and ends in front of Coors Field. Tours are offered every day. No reservations needed. Tours are free, and tips are encouraged. Go to http://www. denverfreewalkingtours.com/ for details.

Duplicate Bridge ACBL sanctioned open game at noon Mondays at The Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree. Reservations are required; partners are arranged.

Call Sue at 303-641-3534.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Getting enough fiber Centennial was innovating even before the partnership, though, and its fiber backbone — an underground infrastructure of fiber-optic cable — is on schedule for completion around the end of the year.

That completed backbone will allow Centennial to enhance its system of traffic cameras and sensors, enabling the city to time its traffic lights more accurately to traffic flows. That Intelligent Transportation System is . already actively timing traffic lights on some roads, and the city is looking to expand that system to other streets, according to Allison Wittern, city spokeswoman.

and December. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or contact Bob Jenkins, CGHS president, at ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go to www.dtcrotary.org.

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Looking ahead Centennial is in early stages of researching initiatives with the alliance that could support what it calls “aging in community” — the city is also looking at short-term steps to educate residents about lowcost renovations to make homes more suitable for people of all ages, Wittern said. The city’s Mobility Ambassador Program, which educates about transportation options, aims to allow older residents to continue independent lifestyles without feeling tied to cars, Wittern said.

The alliance in general will convene its partners throughout the next year to work on projects, Rishavy said.

It aims to “co-develop and test emerging technologies that have the potential to positively impact issues ranging from transportation and mobility to public health, public safety and sustainability,” Rishavy said.

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

Knitted Knockers: 2-4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Piney Creek Yarn, 15422 E. Orchard Road, Centennial. Group connects volunteer knitters and crocheters with breast cancer survivors to provide free knitted knockers. Piney Creek Yarn is an affiliated store with KnittedKnockers.org, which provides approved yarns and distribution of knockers. Contact Mary Turek at 303-9955906 or visit http://www.facebook.com/

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Newcomers Club of Centennial, for people new to the area, meets regularly for parties, classes, movies, lunches, coffees and more.

E-mail newcomersdenver@msn.com.

MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) meets from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Child care is provided on-site for children ages birth to 4 years.

The first meeting is free. Come enjoy breakfast, support and encouragement, and meet some new friends. Call Holly at 303-249-3633.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

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 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.

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.

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/.

Contact: Erin Acheson, 303-781-1892 or erin@arapahoe-phil.org Arthritis Foundation, Colorado/Wyoming Chapter: Helps conquer everyday battles through life-changing information and resources, access to care, advancements in sciences and community connections.

Need: Walk to Cure Arthritis committee members and general office volunteer support.

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.

Contact: Amy Boulas, aboulas@arthritis.org, 720-409-3143.

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.

Contact: Cathy Hintz, 406-488-8325 or 800-733-2773 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.

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

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 Castle Rock Senior Activity Center: Provides services to local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Juli Asbridge, 720-733-2292 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 E 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, N 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 R 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.

C 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 F listed in each opportunity’s details.

Contact: Visit VolunteerConnectDC.org and search for Douglas County Libraries opm portunities. s p Douglas/Elbert Task Force: Provides asl sistance to people in Douglas and Elbert c counties who are in serious economic need, at m risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the food bank, H client services and the thrift store Treasures a on Park Street. m Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, ext. 32 o Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine a Center: Cares for homeless horses and other l equines. a Need: Volunteers to work with horses and d other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a y background check, and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months.

Contact: 303-751-5772.

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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 callouts 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

NORTON FROM PAGE 12

Opening a car door for our spouse, mom, grandmother, aunt, or girlfriend seems old-fashioned to some, but I can promise you it is something that is a little extra ordinary and when done consistently will send an extraordinary message to the people in our lives.

Be extraordinary today at work.

How much more work could we accomplish if we arrived just a few minutes earlier than normal?

What if we knew there was a task or project that needed to get done and our teammate or associate was a little behind schedule? Could we lend a quick hand, pitch in to get the job done?

Could we say, “please” and “thank you” just a little bit more, a little more

SMITH FROM PAGE 12

Back to DIA: It’s barefoot in the park at security. Flip-flops come off and all ages can be seen walking on flooring that is hopping mad with particulates.

I saw feet and other things that some people probably pay to see.

I dodged and Jennifer dodged.

People came at us (see Bruegel’s painting) from every direction, head down, intent and oblivious.

You might think I’m kidding here, but the place is obnoxious.

Jennifer became ill from it.

There is a different mentality at airports now that is no different than swap meets and garage sales. Come as you are. Be as rude as you want.

And don’t forget your phone.

And don’t forget that the man next to the man next to the man wants hear

turn it into the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office in Kiowa, “Attn: David Peontek.”

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 800-1,000 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 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 than we used to, and a little more than others might do? Showing appreciation is that little something extra ordinary that will have our customers, co-workers, employers, and employees seeing an extraordinary new attitude and change.

So how about you? When you see a word like “extraordinary” does it seem too big or too overwhelming? Does it make more sense when we look at it together as just doing something a little different and extra ordinary?

As always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can just do that little something extra in our lives, we can all be extraordinary today.

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. you yell-tell exactly when you’ll be home.

It’s too late. It’s over. We’re bums.

We’re selfish, self-absorbed bums, and there is nothing different or special about an airport.

An international airport is a 24-houra-day miracle of technology and organization and coordination. I see people who belch and cough and blurt, like they’re at home in a faux-wood paneled rec room, wearing unbuttoned pants after a bovine casserole.

I know Charles Dickens would love it if he were around. No one wrote about the foibles of human behavior better than he did.

Go back to Bruegel: That’s me, the inverted toad, bottom center. Conceded to what is happening all around me. Croak.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

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A group of zombies leave the Woodlawn Shopping Center for their travel west to Reinke Brothers for a free pig roast meal during the Littleton Zombie Crawl and Pig Roast on Oct. 6.

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couple hundred zombies gathered in downtown Littleton for the 15th annual Littleton Zombie Crawl and Pig Roast on Oct. 6. Led by Brothers of Brass band of Denver, at noon, the zombies traveled west from the Woodlawn Shopping Center, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., to Reinke Bros., 5663 S. Prince

St., where a free pig roast was served by the Littleton Elks Lodge 1650.

The event, sponsored by the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Association and Reinke Bros., was in conjunction with the grand re-opening of the Reinke Brothers Haunted Mansion, which has been closed for about three years because of roof damage, said Greg Reinke, co-owner of Reinke Brothers along with his brother Chris.

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This was the first year for Denver residents Amy and Chris Carroll to participate in the Littleton Zombie Crawl and Pig Roast, but the two have been longtime customers of Reinke Brothers costume shop.

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MUSIC

American Songbook III: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.

The timeless beauty of Morten Lauridsen’s masterpiece, Lux Aeterna, combined with the timeless appeal of the music of Disney make this performance one to be experienced this fall. Adults $20, Senior $16, Student $12, Child $5.

Visit cherrycreekchorale.org for more information.

Mission Concert Series kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Rd., Centennial. The fourth season kicks off on Friday, October 19th guitarist Mark Kroos, who plays two guitar necks at the same time with a tapping technique that involves both hands fretting the strings. Concerts are free of charge. To Benefit: St. Francis Center for the homeless.

To find out more about Good Shepherd’s Music with a Mission Concert Series, check out their website at www.gshep.org.

Piano Duet Concert: 2 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 21 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Elias-Axel Pettersson and Jessica Yam in concert as piano duo. The concert is free and open to the public. Contact Mark Zwilling, 3037942683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com.

Inside the Orchestra Tiny Tots Concerts: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 29 at Cielo at Castle Pines, 485 W Happy Canyon Rd., Castle Pines. Get truly inside the orchestra as you are seated on the floor surrounded by a 30+ piece orchestra. Get an up-closeand-personal performance in a casual, fun environment. $9.95 suggested, financial assistance available. For more information, visit insidetheorchestra.org/g1fall-tiny-tots-2018-cielo/.

this week’s TOP FIVE Littleton Symphony Opens Season with Bernstein Celebration: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. In honor of the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birthday, orchestra will perform the Overture to Candide, followed by his ballet, Fancy Free. After a birthday toast from Maestro de Lemos, we will conclude with the Dance Suite from West Side Story. Visit www. littletonsymphony.org.

Francis Menotti’s Original Mysteries: 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 12 and 13 at Theatre of Dreams Arts & Event Center, 735 Park St., Suites C & D, Castle Rock.

Magician and consultant, Francis Menotti has been performing since 2002. His shows are sought by the ABC show Deception to the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Presidential Inaugurations. Visit tickets. amazingshows.com.

Musical Feast: Mozart to Michael Jackson: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd. Enjoy a live string ensemble performance of

Central City Opera ‘Love Notes’: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Rd., Centennial. This delectable pastiche features a romantic duo and dynamic pianist from the Central City Opera Touring Artists: Judeth Shay Comstock, soprano; Jason Baldwin, tenor and Deborah Schmit-Lobis, pianist. Concerts are free of charge. To Benefit: St. Francis Center for the homeless. To find out more about Good Shepherd’s Music with a Mission Concert Series, check out their website at www.gshep.org.

Annual Free Children’s Concert: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. The Littleton Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jurgen de Lemos, announces their Annual Free Children’s Concert: ‘It’s About Animals.’ This annual event is for children of all ages! We will feature music about our friends in the animal kingdom. More information available at www.littletonsymphony. org or by phone at 303933-6824.

ART

Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild Show and Sale: Oct. 11 through Oct. 13 at 6065 S Jasmine St., Centennial. Thursday 4-8 p.m., Friday 10-6 p.m., Saturday 10-4 p.m. Looking to buy local this year?

Guild members bring their newest creative works to the annual sale--from hand-woven baskets to hand-made holiday ornaments--all created in

music from the classical period mashed up with contemporary scores performed by Denver Nexus Project. Light refreshments provided. All ages welcome. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Mapping Your Family History: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 13 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 East Mainstreet. Parker Genealogical Society’s presentation by Susie Wickman. Visit www.parkergenealogicalsociety.com.

Guitarist Mark Kroos: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Mark Kroos is one of the only people in the world touring as a 2 guitar neck playing artist. Drawing influence from folk, Celtic, indie, and even punk artists, Kroos has developed his own edge.

Call 303-795-3961.

Colorado. Free admission & parking. Visit www.rmweaversguild. org/fiber-arts-sale-2 Fall Craft Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14 at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Find that oneof-a-kind handcrafted gift. Admission is free. Call 303-791-2500 or visit www.HRCAonline.org.

Fall Fest: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, 10055 Library Way. Celebrate fall with games, crafts, a green-screen photo booth, and sweet treats. Costumes encouraged. Register at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

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Corn Maze: Runs through Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Fridays and Saturdays), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(Sundays) at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Rd., Littleton.

Get lost in our 7-acre Corn Maze at Chatfield Farms. The maze can be viewed from two 15-foot tall illuminated bridges. Visitors under the age of 10 can explore the corn mini-maze. The design this year thanks emergency first responders. $14 adult; $13 student, senior, military; $11 child (ages 3-12); $9 child member; Free for children 2 and younger. Pony rides and hamster balls are available for an additional fee. Visit www.botanicgardens.org for more information.

Pumpkin Festival: Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Rd., Littleton. $8 adult, $7 student, senior (65+) and military, $6 member adult, $6 child (ages 3-12), $5 member senior (65+), $4 member child (ages 3-12), children ages 2 and younger are free. Ticket price includes access to the 10-acre pumpkin patch and family and children’s activities. Pumpkin prices vary by size; the average price is $8. Visit www.botanicgardens.org.

The Hearts of Hope Silent Auction: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Fri-

Jewelry & Holiday Gift Fair: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

You’ll find everything from home décor items to jewelry to food to ornaments and more, from over 125 exhibits. Visit HRCAonline. org or call 303-791.2500, or www.

HRCAonline.org/Events.

Close Proximity: A Retrospective of Sculpture by Neil Goodman: On display through Nov. 17 at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood.

This exhibition will feature bronze sculpture spanning four decades of artist Neil Goodman’s work.

More information at moaonline. org/neil-goodman/.

EVENTS

Tale of Molly Brown and La Vivandiere: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at The Schoolhouse Theatre at Mainstreet, 19650 E Mainstreet, Parker. Ballet Ariel opens its 20th anniversary season of performances with the original ballet, Tale of Molly Brown.

Ballet Ariel will also perform La Vivandiere, a one-act ballet choreographed by the great dance duo Arthur Saint-Léon and Fanny Cerrito with music by prolific Italian composer, Cesare Pugni. Visit parkerarts.ticketforce.com.

AAUW meeting: On Wednesday, October 17th the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will host a speaker from the League of Women Voters who will give a Power Point presentation on this year’s election issues to include the thirteen amendments on the Colorado ballot. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Philip Miller Library on Wilcox Street in Castle Rock. The Public is welcome to attend.

Circuits, Ciders & Seasonals: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 at Northridge Recreation Center, 8800 Broadway, Highlands Ranch.

Strengthen, tone and sweat in this high-intensity, circuit-based, total body conditioning class.

Your ticket price includes an hourlong Circuit-based, total body conditioning class, a selection of seasonal beers and ciders, and light snacks. Must be 21+.

day, Oct 19 at 4670 E. 17th Avenue Parkway. The Hearts of Hope Silent Auction seeks to provide an additional 400,000 meals to meet the growing demand for food support. Tickets can be purchased for $25 each at the website: www.CoFeedingkids.org..

Discover ACC day: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive.

Prospective students will have the opportunity to connect with college departments, learn about services and programs, meet with ACC students and enter a drawing for a scholarship. Lunch will be provided. RSVP at www.arapahoe.edu/discoverACC. For more information or accommodations, please contact jazmyne.lewis@ arapahoe.edu / 303-797-5908.

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Calvary Littleton Trunk or Treat: 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at Bethany Evangelical Free Church, 6240 S Broadway, Centennial. Put on your Halloween costume and bring the whole family to Calvary Littleton’s Trunk or Treat! Event is free to the public.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at Douglas County Sheriff Office Highlands Ranch Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch. Dispose of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Visit www. dcsheriff.net or call the Metro District at 303-791-0430.

Free Community dinner: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Volunteers will prepare Halloween chili, corn chips, salad with cilantro, honey, lime dressing, fresh fruit; youth group will make handheld desserts. All are welcome to come and enjoy the meal and warm hospitality; no reservations required. Call 303-798-1389 or go to fpcl.org/dinner.

Mountain Pine Yuletide Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E. Plaza Dr., Parker. Free admission.

15th annual Bowl-a-Rama: Saturday, Nov. 10. 12:30 to 1:10 p.m. for check in and pizza.

1:30 to 3:30 bowling and awards. Event held at AMF Littleton Lanes, 2530 E. County Road., Littleton. Go to www.bessieshope. org to register your team and start collecting donations to win prizes.

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.

HEALTH

Anticoagulation Basics: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 15 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

This class provides an overview of warfarin therapy with an emphasis on safety. The class will also explore helping patients to make good decisions about what can affect this medication and how to monitor it appropriately. Class repeats monthly. Visit www.southdenver.com/calendar-of-events for more information.

Life’s Myths: What Really Leads to Happiness: 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital conference room, 2350 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. A group discussion supplemented with script and a video interview from an expert that debunks happiness myths. For more information, contact Roy Koerner 303-814-0142.

Nutrition for Heart Failure: 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Oct. 15 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

Learn more about the foods that can help your condition as well as tips on what to avoid. This class is for patients, caregivers, family or anyone wanting information. Cost: Free. Visit www.southdenver.com/calendarof-events.

EDUCATION

Learn About: Feng Shui: 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Learn some tools of the Feng Shui practice, including Bagua and the Five Elements. Adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Financial Peace University: 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at Joy Lutheran Church, 7051 E. Parker Hills Ct., Parker. Based on Biblically based principles, the class gives you the tools and step-by-step instructions on how to budget today and plan for tomorrow.

Go to https://www.financialpeace.com/ classes/1068846/registration Lawn & Landscape Lessons: 10 to 11 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18 at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Pines, 360 Village Square Lane, Castle Pines. Get expert tips and guidance for adding color and texture to your landscape with deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, as well as some perennials.

Presented by Craig Miller, manager of Castle Pines North Parks and Open Space. Adults.

The event is free, but registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Writing Children’s Fantasy with Author Stel Pavlou: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Award-winning screenwriter and author Stel Pavlou will talk about creating new worlds, characters and stories for young readers, followed by a book sale. Workshops are free, but registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Free Legal Resource Day: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 26 at Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S Potomac St., Centennial.

Free event to educate and inform members

of the public representing themselves in civil cases. For more information, contact Arapahoe County Self-Help Center (720) 568-4844.

Children’s auditions for ‘Frozen’: 4 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E County Line Rd #102A, Highlands Ranch. 12-week class teaches 3-9-year-old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a 20-min musical production! Classes are Thursdays from 4-4:45 pm from Nov. 1 until early February, when performances will take place.

Check out www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE. Children’s auditions for ‘Wizard of Oz’: Spotlight Performing Arts Center auditions are Nov. 13 at 5:30 pm. This 15-week class teaches 6-18 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a full-length musical production. Classes are Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. from Nov. 13 through early March, when performances will take place. Check out www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE. Children’s auditions for ‘Toy Story’: Spotlight Performing Arts Center auditions are Nov. 20 at 3:45 pm. This 12-week class teaches 3-9 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a 20-min musical production. Classes on Tuesdays from 3:45-4:30 pm from Nov.20 through February, when performances will take place. Check out www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink.coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Holiday

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

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Sunday Nov. 25

10am - 4pm

Jefferson County Fairgrounds

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.

Vendors Needed | Interested in selling your handmade crafts??

Contact Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com All applications must be approved to participate

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SPORTS

Arapahoe takes third in 5A state golf tourney Team has played better, but played well enough for event

Arapahoe’s Caleb Busta hits an approach shot over a pond on the 18th hole on Oct. 2 in the final round of the Class 5A State High School golf tournament held at the Colorado Springs County Club. Busta tied for 10th place with teammate Riley Rottschaefer and Arapahoe finished third in the team standings. JIM BENTON

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Arapahoe finished third on the team leaderboard at Class 5A State Golf Tournament held Oct. 1-2 at the Colorado Springs Country Club.

Senior Riley Rottschaefer was happy yet truthful when asked to evaluate how the Warriors played.

“We talked about it and realized there were a lot of things we could have done differently,” said Rottschaefer. “It’s frustrating because we played not very good and still got third.

“We will look back and we’ll be happy about it but we could have definitely played better than we did. We are still going to be happy with a third place in the state of Colorado.”

Rottschaefer and Caleb Busta wound up tied for 10th place on the individual leaderboard. Rottschaefer had rounds of 76 and 75 for a 151 tworound total and Busta opened with a 75 and had a final round 76.

Jack Tickle, the third-scoring Arapahoe golfer, came in with a 154 with rounds of 78 and 76 on the 7,030-yard course. Chris Jonell, the fourth senior on the team, had scores of 83 and 81.

Arapahoe was tied with Fossil Ridge for second place in the hunt for the team championship after the first day and was six shots behind firstround leader Lakewood. Fossil Ridge, sparked by a 5-under-par round of 66 by medalist Dillon Stewart, had a three-golfer total of 221 on the second day and won the state title with a 450 total aggregate.

Lakewood was second at 455, just a shot ahead of Arapahoe.

“We were hoping for a top three finish,” said coach Harry Buckner.

“I thought Valor Christian and Regis would be one, two and we would be battling for third but Lakewood and Fossil Ridge had some good players and that didn’t surprise me.

State golf: How they scored

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For Arapahoe, not playing was right move OVERTIME

Jim Benton

A

rapahoe High School officials made a tough decision last week.

But it was the right call to forfeit the school’s football game against rival Cherry Creek after the deaths of two students within three days. Both died by suicide.

Football coach Rod Sherman organized a get-together for students, cheerleaders, poms, dancers and parents at the school the

evening of Oct. 5, which was the same night the Warriors were supposed to be playing a Metro East League game against Creek at the Stutler Bowl.

“I felt like without a game, it was important to fill the void with something else, Sherman said.

A male student died on Sept. 29 and a female student on Oct. 2. Both seniors were close to several members of the football

team, according to the coach.

Warriors coaches met with players on Oct. 1.

“Our message to them was this is real.

As men we just can’t roll the football out and say suck it up and play,” Sherman said.

“That’s not good for them for the rest of their lives. It’s not a good message to teach SEE BENTON, P36

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“Driving accuracy on this course was pivotal. If you don’t drive the ball well, you won’t play well. This was an old course and there were too many trees. The players that stayed out of the trees did well, like Fossil Ridge.

“We’re used to playing at South Suburban where there are no trees, so it was tough for our kids to play here. And we had too many threeputts. But I saw some of the best shots that I have ever seen over trees, under trees, around trees and through trees.”

Rottschaefer is one of the longest hitters in the state and felt there was more to worry about than the trees.

“It was not as much the trees as I would say the course being long and the doglegs,” he said. “It was a pretty long course and there were a lot of doglegs and the trees came into play a lot more with the doglegs. That made the course pretty tough and then the greens were pretty tough too. Still,

BENTON FROM PAGE 35

high school young men to hide your emotions and suppress your feelings.

We have to deal with those things. If you’re struggling, you have to talk to someone. There are coaches here for you and there are counselors here for you.”

Two days after the Oct. 2 death, the Warriors announced the decision to forfeit the game.

“When we made the decision (that) we just can’t play, you saw a weight lifted off the shoulders of the team,” Sherman said. “I have great peace with the decision we made because it was the right decision and the best decision for our students. And high school football is a game that shall pass, but their emotions, their feelings and grieving are important things for them to deal with right now.”

Sherman praised Cherry Creek and specifically coach Dave Logan for help when considering the forfeit. Football was the only Arapahoe sport not to play scheduled games.

“I talked to two of our (coaches in other sports) and it was hard for their teams to take the field,” Sherman said.

“In a sport like football, if you are not into it, prepared and ready to go, you are going to get hurt.”

On second thought Lakewood boys golf coach Alan Gonzalez was in a familiar position, holding another trophy at the end of the Oct. 2 Class 5A State Golf tournament.

He had to tote yet an additional piece of runner-up hardware to the Tigers’ trophy case.

Lakewood has been the state runnerup three of the past four years, and last week at the Colorado Springs Country Club, the Tigers finished behind Fossil Ridge, which came from six strokes off the pace in the second round to win.

October 12, 2018O we’re happy with it but could have been better.”

Valor Christian, a perennial title contender in 4A, made its debut in the 5A tournament and came in fifth.

Ty Findlow had a final round 1-underpar 70 to lead the way for the Eagles with a 36-hole total of two-over-par 144 which put him in third place.

Other South Metro top 10 finishers were Tarek Salem of Highlands Ranch, who was sixth at 148, and Chaparral’s Jonas Graham, who tied for seventh at 150.

In the Class 4A state tournament played at the Flying Horse Golf Course in Colorado Springs, Ponderosa’s Mac Konrad was the runner-up for medalist honors with a 1-over-par 145 two-round total. He put together rounds of 73 and 72 and played consistently with 24 pars, six birdies, five bogeys and one double in the two rounds.

Westin Pals of Lutheran paced three South Metro golfers in the 3A tournament held at the Boulder County Club. He fired rounds of 75 and 72 to finish 10th with a 147 total.

For some, second place is a bitter pill. “Psychology Today” reported that Olympic athletes were more happy with bronze rather than silver medals, for example.

But to me, finishing second in a state tournament is a heck of lot better than what dozens of other teams playing 5A golf accomplished this season.

Lakewood was the first-round leader with a six-shot advantage over Fossil Ridge and Arapahoe but couldn’t match the torrid three-golfer pace of 221 of the Sabercats in the final round.

“We had a good run and we’re still having a good runs, it’s just that we’ve just not had quite enough to get over the hump,” said Gonzalez. “We’re just so young, with two freshmen and two sophomores. We can have growing pains.”

Sophomore Ryan Liao was fourth in the tournament with rounds of 71 and 74 and he didn’t play soccer this fall.

“Ryan got hurt in a soccer game the weekend before last year’s state tournament,” Gonzalez said. “He played on Monday but we withdrew him on Tuesday, he just couldn’t go. So this year was really his first full state tournament. He was mentally ready to go and we were fully prepared for him to be a contender, and he just (encountered) a kid that was hot with a 66 (Fossil Ridge’s Dillion Stewart).”

Noah DiBlase, Max Lange and Jace Wright were the other three golfers competing for the Tigers.

“For my two freshmen (Lange and Wright) those two days were invaluable. They learned over two days and thinking they had it good, then all of a sudden, the second day, it’s a different tournament. The pressure is different and you have to be confident.

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

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Arapahoe • Sophomore Jay Wolf took a pass from Centennial League points leader Cameron Gail and scored the game’s only goal in the second half to lift the boys soccer team to a 1-0 win over Mullen on Oct. 4. Senior Spencer Cobb made four saves in the shutout. In a 4-0 victory over Overland on Oct. 2, Zach Westerman, Ben Davis, Gail and Jacob Vogel collected goals and Cobb came up with five saves.

• The softball team ended a threegame losing streak with a 12-1 win over Heritage on Oct. 5 in the final

game of the regular season.

The Warriors collected 18 hits in the five-inning win over Heritage as Leah Cackowski, Kali March and Michelle Salazar each had three hits.

March and Salazar hit home runs.

• The boys tennis team played in the Region 2 qualifying tournament on Oct. 3-4 at Lifetime Fitness in Centennial and will send nine regional champion players, three in singles and three doubles teams, to the 5A state tournament, which will be held Oct. 11-13 at Gates Tennis Center in Denver.

Cherry Creek • All four doubles team won championships in the Region 4 state qualifying meet in Broomfield, while two singles players were second and No. 3 singles player Drew Hill stretched his record to 9-0 this season with a championship win in the tournament held Oct. 3-4. The Bruins qualified a maximum of 11 players for the 5A state tennis championship, which will be played Oct. 11-13 at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver.

• The volleyball team lost two of its first three games this season but the 3-0 win over Overland on Oct. 4 was the 12th straight victory for the Bruins. Junior Cali Clark had 11 kills and a 61.1 kill percentage, while Emily Ettel had 23 assists in the Overland win.

• Amelia McCarthy leads the state with 33 points and the top-ranked field hockey team remained unbeaten with a 6-0 win over Fossil Ridge on Oct. 1.

Englewood • The girls volleyball team won its seventh consecutive match with a 3-1 triumph over Weld Central on Oct. 4. Junior Lily Johnson continues to lead the team with 52 kills and 29 total blocks. Jayda Brown has 216 kills and Ashlynn Hainey is the team assist leader with 127.

• The softball team ended the regular season with a 24-1 romp over

Denver West on Oct. 3 and a 14-0 win over Platte Canyon on Oct. 5. Sophomore Emma Garcia had two hits including a homer and four runs batted in during the threeinning, mercy rule contest against Denver West. Maggie Swank, who led the team with a .564 batting average for the season, went 4-for-4 with four RBIs in the fiveinning victory over Platte Canyon.

Heritage • Joey Pontiff and Jake Carrington won the No. 3 doubles title at the Region 2 state qualifying tennis tournament on Oct. 3-4 at Lifetime Fitness in Centennial. Pontiff and Carrington will join singles players Chase Walters, Will Jones and Carson McLeod at the Oct. 11-13 5A State Championships at the Gates Tennis Center. Walters, Jones and McLeod

were runners-up in the qualifying tourney.

• Davis Branch scored for the boys soccer team in the 1-0 triumph over Chaparral on Oct. 4.

• The football team plays Aurora Central on Oct. 12 and will be out to rebound from a 54-28 setback to Montrose in a top 10 showdown on Oct. 5. Heritage came into the game unbeaten and fifth ranked.

Littleton • The boys tennis team will send three doubles teams to the Oct. 11-13 Class 4A state tournament in Pueblo. Sam Glaser and Nevo Gross won the No. 3 regional tournament title on Oct. 2-3 while the No. 2 team of Reid Fornstrom and Jake Beutelshies along with the No. 4 duo of Ethan and Ollie Montoya earned tickets to state with secondplace regional finishes.

• Nick Zirkle got the winning goal in the boys soccer team’s 1-0 win over Wheat Ridge on Oct. 3. Logan McLaughlin made six saves in the shutout.

• Senior Christian Sapakoff was fourth in the boys race at the Windjammer Invitational on Oct. 6. He was timed in 16:20.00.

Junior Hailey Lockhart was the leading Littleton girls finisher with a 20:22.00 run that was good for a 14th place finish.

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Daytime construction begins in I-25 median south of Castle Rock STAFF REPORT

Drivers on Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock will notice more construction this month as I-25 South Gap crews begin working in the median to build wider shoulders and the new express lanes.

This week, crews will prepare to remove asphalt inside the median near Castle Rock, between Plum Creek Parkway and Sky View Lane (Tomah Road).

By next week, crews will mobilize heavy equipment, and trucks will enter and exit the median frequently.

Work in the median will not require lane closures. However, drivers should continue to expect intermittent overnight lane closures on I-25 from 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays.

In addition, work along the east and west frontage roads will continue with daytime and overnight closures throughout the 18-mile corridor for drainage work and fiber optic installation. Daytime lane closures are planned between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and overnight work is planned between 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays. Flaggers will maintain home and business access.

Work along the 18-mile corridor has been under way since the August 2018

groundbreaking, but the most active construction is just south of Castle Rock between Plum Creek Parkway and Sky View Lane. The new express lanes and wider shoulders will be built in the median along that five-mile stretch.

About the I-25 South Gap project CDOT is improving 18 miles of I-25 from south of Castle Rock to Monument by widening the road from two to three lanes in each direction. The new lane will operate as an express lane, allowing motorists the choice of paying a toll to use the lane or driving the general-purpose lanes for free. Carpools with three or more people will be able to ride the express lane for free.

Other improvements include widening the shoulders, rebuilding bridges, building new wildlife crossings, resurfacing with new pavement and modernizing technology.

The cost of the project is $350 million.

Substantial completion of the project is expected late 2021 with the express lanes opening in 2022.

To stay up-to-date on the project, go to i25gap.codot.gov, call the construction hotline at 720-745-5434, or get email updates via i25gap@codot. us. Get text alerts by texting I25GAP to 21000, or check Facebook (ColoradoDOT) or Twitter (@coloradodot) for updates.

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First United Methodist Church

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Highlands Ranch

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Sunday Services - 10 a.m.

Congregation Beth Shalom

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Trinity Lutheran School and ECEC (Ages 2 1/2 - 5; Grades K-8)

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Cimarron Middle School 12130 Canterberry Parkway Parker, CO 80138 www.CSLParker.org

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October 12, 2018O Horse & Tack

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Garage Sales Arvada

Found - large CD Book is at Castle Rock Post Office Lost - Bracelet August 22nd in the evening between 5 & 7 Near Panera in Castle Rock, Black stones about, set in gold metal, white metal, Call 303-660-3798 leave message

Misc. Notices Arvada Church of God 7135 West 68th Avenue 1 time food bank for the Arvada Area Providing Food, Hygiene Items and Gift Cards Available one time only Call Carmen Terpin at 303-232-6146 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF ELECTRON FOUNDRY If you or someone you know worked for Electron Foundry in Littleton between 1953 and 1995 please call Rebecca at Simmons Hanly Conroy toll-free at 1-855-988-2537. You can also email rcockrell@simmonsfirm.com.

Garage/Downsizing Sale Thursday & Friday October 11 & 12 8am-4pm Saturday October 13 8am-2pm Lots of Tools and Tool Boxes Household Items, Big Craft De-stash New handcrafted items for sale 1960 fully restored Willies Pick up 6686 Arbutus Street in Arvada

Lone Tree

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Sons and Daughters of Italy 16th Annual

Holiday Gift and Craft Fair 5925 W. 32nd Ave, Wheat Ridge

Friday, October 19th 9:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Saturday, October 20th 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Over 25 booths, free parking, no entrance charge Everything from home baked goods to decorations and gift items

Lunch will also be available in our Luncheon “Cafe” Arts & Crafts Holiday Hills Village 2018 Art & Craft Fair

Saturday October 20th 2018 8am-4pm 2000 West 92nd Ave Federal Heights Featuring Prints, Wood Working, Home Made Bath Products, Quilts, Stained Glass, Sun Catchers, Jewelry, Crochet & Knitted Items, Doll Clothes, Yard Art, Items for Pets, Purses/Hats Ornaments, Baked Goods Free Admission

Bicycles

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Miscellaneous CEMETARY PLOTS

Crown Hill Wheat Ridge 2 very nice accessible plots, Block 17, Lot 19, Section 7 & 8 Asking $3500 each. Valued at $14,000 303-550-1110 Lots of small power and hand tools, antiques, pet items, BBQ utensils, new dishwasher in box.

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Café and Cookie Walk available to support our Nursery & Children’s Ministries.

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Autos for Sale 2014 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab, 4x4 V6 47,000 miles, loaded $25,000 (303)805-0301 FOR SALE 1996 Chevy 4 door Blazer in very good condition almost new tires, CD and Tape players 4 wheel drive, 6CYL Engine Good AC, Power Seats/Doors Interior in good condition $3200 Cash or best Cash offer 303-771-5645

Sell your merchandise on this page $25 for 2 weeks in 16 papers and online 303-566-4091 RV’s and Campers 1991 Dolphin Class C RV 70K miles $11,000 in excellent condition for more information call (303)862-9420

Selling Estate that includes 2018 Thor Ace 29.4 2 slides 2500 miles, Ford V10 $75,000 (303)805-0301

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October 12, 2018

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CR&R, a family owned company since 1963, is now hiring for the following positions.

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Current Positions available in Castle Rock

Class A Driver Needed • Double Endorsements Preferred • Seeking great commercial drivers to add to our team!

• Be part of a great company with a minimum of 2 years experience and a clean MVR.

Diesel Mechanics Needed NOW !!

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COOK SUPERVISOR Life Care Center of Evergreen Full-time cook position available for noon–8:30 p.m. Culinary/food services experience required. Supervisory experience preferred. We offer great pay and benefits in a team-oriented environment.

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NOW Hiring Personal Care Workers for our local communities. Nights/Weekends/ Days./Eves. Training provided. $12-$18/hr based on exp./shifts.

303.232.4473 Michelle

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Colorado Community Media, the Publisher of your hometown newspaper and the largest local media company in the state is looking to fill a If you strive to be a full time sales position.

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We are looking for experienced mechanics to help service our fleet of trucks, trailers small and large equipment.

The right candidate will have a good work ethic, needs to be able to follow direction and work independently repairing company fleet vehicles and light to heavy equipment. Also, have working knowledge of repair of light and heavy equipment, trucks, trailers, and small engines; minimum of 3 years’ experience; must have own tools.

Background check, physical exam, drug and alcohol testing are required.

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CLERKS/PROCESSORS/ PARALEGALS NEEDED

Law Firm located at I-25 and Lincoln Ave needs Full Time clerical or paralegal help.

Multiple positions available.

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King Features Weekly Service

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October 8, 2018

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A colleague might offer to open a door for you professionally. But before you walk through it, be sure this “favor” isn’t attached to an obligation you might find difficult to discharge.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your creativity, your persistence and your reliability could lead to a major career shift. Be sure to use that other Taurean trait, your practicality, when discussing what the job offers.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A changing situation might require some adjustments you might not have been prepared to make. However, flexibility in this matter could be the best course to follow at this time.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re in a period of fluctuating moods, which is not unusual for the Moon Child. Your emotions stabilize by the 26th. Meanwhile, try to hold off making major decisions until then.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) That keen sense of perception helps you hunt down those minute details that others overlook. And, of course, your Leonine ego will accept the expected praise with good grace.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be careful not to be confrontational when raising a work-related issue. Better to make a request than a demand. And, of course, be prepared to back up your case with facts.

RENTALS

Homes Kiowa 4 bedroom, 3 bath 2000 sq.ft. $1450/mo. (includes water/sewer/trash, monthly lot rent) No Smoking Great family home 303-587-8755 please leave message with return number Lakewood Bi-Level, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, huge deck, 2 car detached garage, area 1st / Wadsworth, Credit and Background check required, $2425 303-908-3200

Office Rent/Lease VARIOUS OFFICES 100-2,311 sq.ft. Rents from $200-$1750/month.

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InspirationColorado.com/OpenHouse LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your ego might be hurt when a colleague turns down your offer to help.

But accept it as a rejection of your offer, not of you. A friend from the past could re-emerge by week’s end.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A flow of positive energy turns a work project you didn’t want to do into something you actually love doing. Now, take that attitude into your social, intimate life — and enjoy what follows.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Working hard to meet your professional goals is fine. But don’t neglect your private life, especially where it concerns your more cherished relationships.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) “Patience” remains the key word in dealing with an emotionally sensitive situation involving a close friend or family member. Help comes your way by week’s end.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) With new information coming in, it’s a good time to rethink some of your goals without taking suggestions from others, no matter how well-meaning they might be.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Making progress on your project is relatively easy in the early part of the week. A problem could arise midweek. But all goes swimmingly once it’s resolved.

BORN THIS WEEK: Holding fast to your principles, no matter what, inspires others to follow your example.

Orchard Pointe Office Sublease Available

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Valencia Condominiums unit #2 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full Bathrooms, 55+ living Totally remodeled, hardwood floors, granite countertops, new S/S appliances, A/C units Rent includes heat and water, no pets allowed, pool and community room, secure entrance Call Erin @ 720-253-7940 or ebinco8@hotmail.com

Westminster/Thornton Area 3 bedroom, 1 bath, fenced yard close to schools/bus/highways no smoking of any kind no pets, near 70th and Huron $1575 720-648-8429

Condos/Townhomes Thornton 2nd floor, extra large living room 2 bedroom, remodeled, Great view of city lights, 2 minutes to I25, multiple shopping choices all directions pool, tennis courts, near spacious park across the street parking close by $1185 + deposit, small pet OK lapointevidence@earthlink.net Golden Area

Applewood Townhome

1400 + square feet 2 bedrooms, 1 & 1/2 baths, Patio, 2 car carport, Basic Cable included Swimming Pool/Playground Washer/Dryer, Air Conditioning, Fresh Updates, No Pets, No Smokers, $1545/month $1545 deposit 303-345-5749

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October 12, 2018

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0341-2018

www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

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

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

On July 10, 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.

DATE: 07/10/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Original Grantor(s) Elizabeth J Thompson and Eric W. Thompson Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust November 12, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 15, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0117565 Original Principal Amount $369,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $315,324.43

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

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

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October 31, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3134522 Original Principal Amount $279,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $78,420.40

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PUBLIC NOTICES Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Croke #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-814168-LL

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Public Trustees NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0071-2018

To: Record Owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust and Notice of Election and Demand: Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled A. Denise Tautfest Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner's interest 3325 S Clay St, Englewood, CO 80110 Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 09, 2004 Recording Information B4024216 Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand February 09, 2018 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand D8013033

Legal Description of Property THE EAST 150 FEET OF OT 24, BLOCK 1, BOULEVARD GARDENS ANNEX, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Street Address of Property 3325 S Clay St, Englewood, CO 80110 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 6/13/18, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and, unless the funds are claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale, the funds due to you will be transferred to the general fund of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, or to the State Treasurer as part of the "Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 9/27/18 Last Publication: 10/25/18 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date: 9/14/18 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0071-2018 First Publication: 9/27/18 Last Publication: 10/25/18 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0341-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 10, 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) Elizabeth J Thompson and Eric W. Thompson Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust November 12, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 15, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0117565 Original Principal Amount $369,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $315,324.43 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

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 70, BLOCK 2, HERITAGE GREENS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7744 S Elm Crt, Centennial, CO 80122.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/07/2018, 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: 9/13/2018 Last Publication: 10/11/2018 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: 07/10/2018 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: Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Croke #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-814168-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0341-2018 First Publication: 9/13/2018 Last Publication: 10/11/2018

First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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.

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS THIRTY-SIX (36) AND THIRTY-SEVEN (37), BLOCK SIXTY-EIGHT (68), HARLEM, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4743 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. 0341-2018 First Publication: 9/13/2018 Last Publication: 10/11/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0350-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 17, 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) Curtis L Moore Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Bank of America, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, NA. Date of Deed of Trust June 19, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 09, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5074751 Original Principal Amount $276,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $261,192.39 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 24, BLOCK 1, CHERRY HILLS MANOR, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 6116 S Adams Dr, Centennial, 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, 11/14/2018, 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: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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

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: 07/17/2018 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: Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Croke #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-832543-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0350-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0393-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 3, 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) CONSTANCE C. VARNER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust October 25, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 31, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3134522 Original Principal Amount $279,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $78,420.40 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS THIRTY-SIX (36) AND THIRTY-SEVEN (37), BLOCK SIXTY-EIGHT (68), HARLEM, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4743 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein,

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, 12/05/2018, 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: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 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: 08/03/2018 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 # 00000007751753

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.: 0393-2018 First Publication: 10/11/2018 Last Publication: 11/8/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0343-2018

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

On July 10, 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) DENISE M VANEPPS AND JEFFREY L. MORIARTY Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

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relating to the Deed of Trust described below to 46 Centennial Citizenof Arapahoe records. be recorded in the County

Original Grantor(s) DENISE M VANEPPS AND JEFFREY L. MORIARTY Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust November 06, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 19, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3249853 Original Principal Amount $206,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $175,341.60

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 106, VILLA DEL SOL, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4999 EAST PEAKVIEW AVENUE, CENTENNIAL, 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, 11/07/2018, 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: 9/13/2018 Last Publication: 10/11/2018 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: 07/10/2018 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) 706-9990 Attorney File # 18-018950 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.: 0343-2018 First Publication: 9/13/2018 Last Publication: 10/11/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0345-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 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) Ten X LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) D.H. Carlson Current Holder of Evidence of Debt D.H. Carlson Date of Deed of Trust October 05, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 06, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7114424 Original Principal Amount $272,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $272,500.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS 35-36 BLK 4 WYNETKA HTS Also known by street and number as: 3741 S. Logan St., Englewood, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. 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, 11/14/2018, 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: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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: 07/13/2018 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: R. Scott Fitzke #35293 Shortridge, Fitzke & Hultquist, P.C. 4 Inverness Court East, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 694-2000 Legal Notice NO.: 0345-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0351-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of

Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0351-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 17, 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) Anthony Griego and Robin Griego Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for First Franklin A Division of Nat. City Bank of IN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., As Trustee For The Holders Of The First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FFA, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FFA Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 07, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6084458 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 06, 2006 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6098418 Original Principal Amount $50,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $45,482.22 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 156, BLOCK 4, SOUTHCREEK SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 16152 E Phillips Drive, Englewood, CO 80112.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/14/2018, 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: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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: 07/17/2018 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:

Public Trustees

Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Nigel G Tibbles #43177 THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO180115 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.: 0351-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0355-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 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.

Original Grantor(s) Kathleen D. Nelson and Nickolas B Nelson Original Beneficiary(ies) Washington Mutual Bank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for registered Holders of Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-11 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-11 Date of Deed of Trust October 13, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 19, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6149868 Original Principal Amount $212,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $208,024.58 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 2, BLOCK 38, BROADWAY ESTATES FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 6332 South Lafayette Street, Centennial, CO 80121.

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

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

Public Trustees

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

DATE: 07/18/2018 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: Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 80365-SPS

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.: 0355-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0357-2018

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

On July 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.

Original Grantor(s) Kelly Scott Cambron Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for lender, The Mortgage Outlet Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee, On Behalf Of the Holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-2 Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-2 Date of Deed of Trust December 20, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 30, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4224306 Original Principal Amount $153,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $160,418.86

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.

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.

SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/14/2018, 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.

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

First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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.

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

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

Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Nigel G Tibbles #43177 THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 9745 E.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244

Also known by street and number as: 5712 S Lowell Blvd, Littleton, CO 80123.

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, 11/14/2018, 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: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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 FORECLOS-

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

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: 07/18/2018 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: Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 80368-SPS 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

0357-2018 EXHIBIT “A” CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 1, BUILDING NO. B, THE LEFT BANK CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE “LEFT BANK CONDOMINIUMS” FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, RECORDED JANUARY 24, 1972 AS RECEPTION NO. 1269988 AND THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR “THE LEFT BANK CONDOMINIUMS” RECORDED JANUARY 21, 1972IN BOOK 1989 AT PAGE 167 OF THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0357-2018 First Publication 9/20/2018 Last Publication 10/18/2018 Name of Publication Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0365-2018

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 20, 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) JOSEPH W O’ROURKE Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS. SUCCESSOR INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-F Date of Deed of Trust April 12, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 19, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6060340 Original Principal Amount $31,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $30,250.51

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 19, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6060340 Original Principal Amount $31,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $30,250.51

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 30, SHERMAN PARK, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1074 W PEAKVIEW CIR, 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, 11/14/2018, 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: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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: 07/20/2018 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) 706-9990 Attorney File # 18-018865 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.

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) 706-9990 Attorney File # 18-018865

Public Trustees

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.: 0365-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0376-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 27, 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) Patricia S. Pacheco Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for SWBC Mortgage Corp.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt SWBC Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust March 10, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 11, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6025057 Book: n/a Page: Original Principal Amount $120,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $116,224.25 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 2, BLOCK 21, BROADMOOR 5TH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5919 South Broadway, Littleton, 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, 11/28/2018, 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: 10/4/2018 Last Publication: 11/1/2018 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.

Last Publication: 11/1/2018 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;

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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.

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.

LOT 13, BLOCK 7, SECOND AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

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: 07/27/2018 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 # 18CO00355-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0376-2018 First Publication: 10/4/2018 Last Publication: 11/1/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0361-2018 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 20, 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) DOROTHY BURKE AND MICHAEL L. BURKE Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust December 27, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 13, 2006 and/or Book/Page No.) B6006019 Original Principal Amount $172,072.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $167,738.68 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 13, BLOCK 7, SECOND AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Public Trustees

Also known by street and number as: 3374 W. BELMONT 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, 11/14/2018, 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: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 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: 07/20/2018 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 # 18-019046 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: 0361-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO.: 0365-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

LOT 30, SHERMAN PARK, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1074 W PEAKVIEW CIR, 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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/14/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince

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: 07/27/2018 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:

Also known by street and number as: 3374 W. BELMONT AVENUE, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

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

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NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 11/14/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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