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Candidates for governor juggle local issues ‘Trump factor’ weighs in governor’s race, but issues at home abound

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

To hear the candidates, their campaigns and political ads tell it, voters might get the impression the race for Colorado’s governor seat is all about President Donald Trump.

But up close, the Republican candidate says otherwise.

“This is a race between Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis,” said Stapleton, of Greenwood Village, when asked how heavily Trump will weigh on the race. “I’ll stand up to Washington regardless of who’s in power.”

That comment comes after months of campaigning that saw Stapleton, the current state treasurer, touting his support for Trump and making plays to the conservative base. Polis, at times, attempts a moderate tone after months of positioning himself as the anti-Trump warrior — he voted in Congress to consider impeachment proceedings for Trump but has said he can work with the president if needed.

“I’ll always put Colorado first, ahead of the dictates of any” Republican or Democrat, said Polis, the Democrat from Boulder. “I think there’s concern that Trump has his own arbitrary way of thinking that isn’t always in the interests of Colorado.”

Polis, the U.S. representative for Colorado’s 2nd District, said he’d stand up to “this president or any president” to protect Colorado’s public lands, just one item in a long list of such local issues as energy, immigration and transportation that have taken up the front burner this campaign season.

Trump looms large over the midterm elections in general: More Republicans and Democrats say a congressional candidate’s stance on Trump will influence their vote most, compared to the weight of local or national issues, a recent poll said. But a longtime local analyst argued issues will still reign supreme in the gover-

FOR MORE FROM THE CANDIDATES Read Q&As with Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton in this issue’s Voter Guide. nor’s contest.

“Voters really want specifics by candidates on the fundamental issues,” said Dick Wadhams, political strategist and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. Victory depends on who “can articulate an agenda Colorado can relate to and support.”

Both candidates sat down with Colorado Community Media leading up to the election.

Here’s what they, and local analysts, had to say about the race, the issues and who has the upper hand.

‘The Trump factor’ Despite the candidates’ embrace of the far left and far right during the race in what’s often pegged as a “purple” state, independent political analyst Eric Sondermann wasn’t surprised.

“I think it’s more predictable than not,” Sondermann said. “Both parties become more polarized. The Republican Party is the party of Donald Trump. You don’t see Stapleton or others deviating much from Trump orthodoxy. The Democrats have shifted as much to the left as the Republicans did to the right.”

Polis has taken direct aim at Trump, and though his website’s main pages appear to consciously avoid mentioning the president, more specific pages on the site and his Twitter accounts lob frequent attacks, such as for “Trump’s Washington attacking women’s reproductive rights.”

Although Stapleton said he doesn’t think opinions on Trump will weigh much on the race, he’s emphasized his support for the president in TV ads and has said he hasn’t made “one disparaging comment” about him.

He appeared with former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, known for his hardline immigration stances and whitenationalist ties, at a campaign event where Tancredo praised Trump and “making America great again,” The Colorado Independent reported.

Polis, on the other hand, has

Jared Polis is the Democratic candidate for governor of Colorado.

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Walker Stapleton is Colorado’s GOP candidate for governor.

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the selfproclaimed Democratic Socialist, set to campaign for him. And to match Trump’s recent endorsement of Stapleton, Polis has garnered former President Barack Obama’s support, and Hillary Clinton was to appear at a fundraiser with him.

Despite “the Trump factor” playing a likely role in the race, governor’s contests tend to spend ample time on specific issues, Wadhams said — and the candidates offer a clear choice.

have every opportunity to have good jobs in green energy going forward,” Polis said. His website says he’d move to incentivize a transition, but he’s suggested on Twitter that it wouldn’t involve a requirement.

Polis, who represents north-central Colorado up to the state line, voted against the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, a proposed 2017 law that would outlaw so-called “sanctuary cities” where officials don’t aid the federal government in deporting undocumented immigrants. Boulder, which sits in Polis’ district, has proclaimed itself a sanctuary city.

Stapleton said he supports the federal government coming up with a path to citizenship for “Dreamers,” those who arrived in the U.S. as children and have protected status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA. He has made opposing sanctuary cities a central tenet of his campaign.

“All immigrants have value,” said Stapleton, adding that sanctuary-city policies only affect people who have committed a felony in addition to entering the country illegally.

On the issues Polis supports a path toward making Colorado a 100 percent renewable-energy state by 2040, a policy Stapleton has labeled an “extremist plan” that will increase cost of living.

“Polis’ radical agenda will make it even harder for Coloradans to afford their utility bills,” Stapleton said, according to his website.

The Democrat counters that Xcel Energy says new wind energy costs 20 percent less for consumers than existing coal energy, and that a transition would produce “good green jobs that can never be outsourced.”

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umpkins, apples and fall fun abounded in the south metro area this month with nearby communities hosting festivals to celebrate the season.

Ali Loomis, of Centennial, brought her two sons to pick pumpkins at the Schweiger Ranch Fall Festival in Lone Tree, which came complete with a petting zoo, live music, food trucks, hay-wagon rides and a pumpkin patch.

We came last year,” Loomis said. “Just love it.”

The City of Lone Tree and the Schweiger Ranch Foundation hosted the Oct. 6 event.

In Littleton, the popular Littleton Museum held its annual Harvest Festival, which drew children and families to the farms at 6028 S. Gallup St. Besides pumpkin-picking, activities included storytelling, horse-drawn wagon rides and snacks.

But even after the harvest, there’s still fun to be found at the living-history farms that replicate life in the 1860s and 1890s, longtime volunteer Barbra Miller said. “We’re open from 8 until 5 on business days and 1 to 5 on Sundays,” she said, “and the best part about it is, it’s free — it’s always free.”

Bright red apples float in bins of water waiting for children and their families to try at bobbing for apples at Littleton Museum’s Harvest Festival.

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Ali Loomis of Centennial traveled to Lone Tree’s Schweiger Ranch Fall Festival with her two sons to pick their pumpkins.

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The beautiful fall weather allowed for fun outdoor activities like running around a corn maze at the Littleton Museum’s annual Harvest Festival.

KALYCA MCGUIRE The blacksmith at Littleton Museum, explaining the process, works on a project while families stand nearby and watch during the Oct. 13 Harvest Festival.

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People waited in lengthy lines for hay rack rides on horse-drawn wagons at the Schweiger Ranch Fall Festival.

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Matthew Switzine looks to his father, Sebastian, while having fun in the pumpkin patch at Schweiger Ranch on Oct. 6.

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City requires buffer between homes, new hotels Fears of crime around proposed facility led to temporary ban

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than half a year after residents in several neighborhoods raised a clarion call to halt a proposed extended-stay lodging facility in south Centennial, the city will now require new hotels to be built nearly a football field’s length away from residential property.

The move to establish a 300-foot buffer between commercial lodging facilities and single-family homes comes after residents’ concerns that crime could spill into the Willow Creek area if the extended-stay facility were to be built across South Yosemite Street from that neighborhood, near East Dry Creek Road.

Initially, the Centennial City Council considered a buffer of at least 150 feet, suggested during the summer by city staff. That’s wider than Centennial’s major roads, essentially barring hotels sitting across the street from residential neighborhoods, according to staff.

Mayor Stephanie Piko, at the Oct. 1 meeting where council approved the buffer requirement, questioned whether moving potential new hotels

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Since then, city staff and council discussed matters surrounding hometro Denver is also exwere planned, according to How many new hotels could tels at length, extending the moratopected to slow as populathe report. Eight were built be built in Centennial rium until Nov. 29. tion growth slows and before 2001, when the area depends on a mixed bag of A local law enforcement leader tight labor markets limit incorporated to officially factors. told the city that adding more comemployment growth,” the become a city. All others mercial lodging would not likely report said. “These factors were developed since 2015.

Centennial has 12 commerincrease workload for the sheriff ’s will likely affect future cial lodging locations — office any more than adding an hotel development within Growth in hotel construction hotels or similar businesses apartment complex would.

Centennial.” in Centennial has followed — according to a May city Glenn Thompson, public safety buregional and national staff report. Most sit near reau chief for the Arapahoe County Visibility from I-25 and from economic trends, includEast Arapahoe Road and Sheriff ’s Office, and Andrew FiresArapahoe Road is a draw ing office and population Interstate 25, extending for hotels, but the bulk of growth, according to a July south toward East Dry tine, Centennial’s assistant city manvacant land in Centennial staff report.

Creek Road. Two more ager, presented data at a summer is outside those areas, achotels were under concity council meeting that showed cording to the city.

“The rate of growth within struction, and another two calls for service to law enforcement for the city’s hotels — calculated per room, per year — are similar to calls like apartments, do not need to be a at two apartment complexes near the just one lot away from a major street certain amount of space away from a city’s hotels. would be enough. new hotel under the law.

“I wasn’t really sure of if, just beCraig Tangeman, an investigator The issue rose to prominence when with the sheriff ’s office, told the cause it’s set back one lot, that would a gathering of more than 150 resichange how any of the people in that council that law enforcement isn’t dents packed a community meeting area would have reacted to the develseeing many trafficking cases in Feb. 22 for the Willow opment,” Piko said. the Centennial Creek neighborhood Councilmember Candace Moon area. that discussed the felt the choice of spacing width was “I do believe proposed extendeda dilemma of “either hurting the that traffickstay facility, a Studio developers or hurting the citizens,” ing does occur 6 with three stories she said. in Arapahoe and 115 rooms at 9105 But ultimately, with an appeal for County and E. Mineral Circle more distance from Councilmember in the City of that the residents Mike Sutherland, the council passed Centennial,” feared would be a the 300-foot requirement on a 7-0 said Tangeman, dangerous hub for vote. Councilmembers Ron Weida member of potential crime. mann and Ken Lucas were not at the the FBI’s Rocky After a flurry meeting. Multi-family developments, Mountain Innoof emails to councence Lost Task cil and continued Force, which concern, the counfocuses on child cil unanimously sex trafficking. passed on March 19 “However, I do a temporary ban, or not believe that moratorium, on new building any hocommercial lodging, tel or motel will to last until Aug. 31. increase (that) It halted applications activity.” for new lodging uses, The city including hotels and hasn’t received motels, that weren’t any applicafiled with the city tions or conby March 5. The tacts from developer for the Stephanie Piko companies proposed Studio 6 fawanting to Mayor of Centennial build new comcility, M1B1, had not submitted a formal mercial lodging application by that uses during the date. moratorium, Many residents Wittern said. had expressed worries about human The city believes developers won’t trafficking — the practice of transtake a hit. porting people for the purpose of Losing potential lodging space forced labor or sexual exploitation at The Streets at SouthGlenn shop— and cited concerns about nearby ping center came up as a possible hotels and motels. drawback to a buffer during the Oct. The city voiced several reasons 1 meeting, but Wittern said the shopwhy a hold on new lodging was ping center still has an allowance for necessary, including an increase in hotels and that the city anticipates a Douglas County Fairgrounds Event Center commercial lodging uses in the city minimal impact, if any, to how many 500 Fairgrounds Way in recent years, according to city potential hotels could be built in the Castle Rock, CO 80104 spokeswoman Allison Wittern. The city given a 300-foot buffer rather council considered a “timeout,” the than 150 feet.

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Bond would address access issues at Newton, officials say Students with disabilities at disadvantage at aging school, principal says

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Students, staff and parents with disabilities are at a serious disadvantage when navigating Newton Middle School, according to Littleton Public Schools officials, forcing staff to adjust student schedules to minimize their time in classrooms that can take up to 20 minutes to reach via wheelchair.

On ballots that are being mailed out this week, district officials are asking voters to pass a nearly $300 million bond, which among numerous bigticket projects, would allocate roughly $75 million to rebuild Newton, which sits at Arapahoe Road and Colorado Boulevard in Centennial.

The district estimates that the Newton rebuild, which would be accompanied by similar rebuilds of nearby Ames and Franklin elementary schools, would kick off in 2020 and be complete by fall of 2021. The Ames rebuild could be complete around the same time, with the Franklin rebuild estimated to be done by 2022.

The bond, if passed, would see property taxes for homeowners in the district — which mainly comprises Littleton and west Centennial — in-

Newton Middle School Principal James O’Tremba stands beside an electric wheelchair lift that traverses a four-stair rise, which he said can take eight to 10 minutes to utilize.

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crease by $145 to $245 a year on a home valued at $500,000, according to district estimates.

While the bond would set aside money to address districtwide compliance issues with the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, Newton sits highest on the priority list.

“It’s by far the worst in the district for ADA compliance,” said Littleton

Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert at a Sept. 25 open house to discuss the bond package at Franklin Elementary School.

“We can’t just keep putting BandAids on these issues,” he said.

“Making Newton accessible to students with disabilities would be greatly improved with a new building.”

The problem, said Newton Principal

James O’Tremba, is that the school was built in 1962, long before not only the ADA, but also before laws that saw kids with disabilities “mainstreamed” into public schools instead of institutions or private schools.

“The building was laid out to match the topography it sits on, so it’s on multiple different levels and layers,” O’Tremba said while walking through the school’s hallways.

While the school is technically ADA compliant, O’Tremba said, students using wheelchairs depend on electric wheelchair lifts to navigate the building’s numerous small staircases, some only four or five steps high. Each lift, however, must be operated by a trained staff member, meaning even the smallest staircases can take eight to 10 minutes to traverse in a wheelchair.

Getting from the front door to a lower-level classroom can take upward of 20 minutes, O’Tremba said, meaning school staff try to structure the schedules of students who use wheelchairs to minimize the time they spend in those classrooms.

“We work really hard to ensure that all kids are getting the same access to the same education, but this building makes that really tough,” O’Tremba said.

Beyond ADA access, the old building has other structural issues that are becoming increasingly difficult to address, O’Tremba said.

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Shooting suspect pleads guilty to second-degree murder Nicholas Locascio, 30, charged with killing worker at business

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Accused of fatally shooting an employee at a wholesale electrical supply business in Centennial in 2017, Nicholas Locascio pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Locascio, 30, had faced charges of first-degree murder and possession of a controlled substance. His plea was entered Oct. 5, and he’s set to be sentenced Feb. 15, with a likely sentence between 16 and 42 years, according to the DA’s office.

At a Sept. 7, 2017, preliminary hearing in Arapahoe County District

Court for the man accused of killing employee Justin Doe at Quality Electrical Distribution, prosecutors laid out evidence pointing to Locascio — possibly high on methamphetamine and later caught at a 24 Hour Fitness.

According to that hearing: Security camera footage shows Locascio in the parking lot at QED at 7000 S. Jordan Road at the time of the March 22, 2017 shooting and fleeing Locascio on foot after it, according to an investigator’s testimony.

Locascio’s DNA was identified on a cigarette butt found underneath the body of 32-year-old Doe, which lay in that parking lot next to a splattering of blood on a brick wall. He was shot once in the head.

Doe’s manager at QED, Nathan

VanDusseldorp, didn’t hear what happened outside between Locascio and Doe that morning, but when he heard a gunshot, he came out the back door and saw Doe lying on the ground, he told the court.

VanDusseldorp said no one could hear what may have transpired between Locascio and Doe because the building walls are brick.

Surveillance video from StorQuest Self Storage, one parking lot over from QED, caught a man authorities said is Locascio on camera standing between cars and the building wall in the QED lot. He reached into the bed of a truck near Doe’s car and then walked behind Doe’s car, out of view of the camera, before Doe appeared to reach into it. Doe’s blood trails down the pavement in the video, and Locascio is seen fleeing on foot, said Kristin McCauley, investigator with the sheriff ’s office.

After the shooting, Aurora police arrested Locascio about 1 p.m. at the 24 Hour Fitness at 15900 E. Briarwood Circle, about a mile from QED, after employees at that business called police about a man acting suspicious during a gym tour.

Locascio was carrying a black pouch with methamphetamine, a scale, a glass pipe with white residue, cigarettes and nine syringes, Deputy Brian Robinson with the sheriff ’s office said.

Locascio’s defense counsel implied that his alleged shooting of Doe was most likely due to a random act influenced by drug use.

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Local business start-ups compete for winning prize money Teen mental health organization among winners of ‘Shark Tank’-style competition

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Under the bright lights in the theater at the University of Colorado, South Denver campus in Lone Tree Oct. 14, three students from ThunderRidge High School in Highlands Ranch stepped into the “shark tank.”

Melanie Zhou, Rohan Nipunge and Mia Hayden had formed a start-up they call Oasis to promote mental health and holistic living in high schools.They drove home their pitch in under three minutes and answered questions from celebrity judges about how to sustain and grow their organization.

By the end of the night, they had walked away with a $5,000 grant for their start-up and an additional $5,000

in vendor support.

Sunday evening’s “Shark Tank”-style competition was the culmination of a 26-hour weekend where participants fine-tuned their pitches and business models. The event was inspired by the TV show “Shark Tank,” where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to celebrity judges, who can choose to invest.

Founders of 10 start-up companies pitched their ideas, vying for one of three awards worth a total of $10,000 in grant money and vendor support.

Heidi Ganahl, founder of the Fight Back Foundation, led the effort to help the budding entrepreneurs gain exposure and investors.

“For most of us, we’re driven by the passion and we have experience in one area. We don’t maybe have experience

in all the areas,” said Saralyn Ward, founder of Mama Sagas, a blog and online video series to empower moms through crowdsourcing.

Each participant gave a three-minute pitch and answered questions about how they would grow their ideas.

The judges were Josh Scott, founder of Craftsy; Pete Coors, chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Company; and Mark Randall, a community ambassador for the Denver Nuggets and former NBA player. Fight Back Foundation, an incubator working with entrepreneurs aspiring to do social good in the community, hosted the event. People from a range of ages and backgrounds competed.

The teens pitching Oasis ran away with the audience vote. Foster Together, a start-up to “play match-maker” between potential foster parents and foster kids, and Visible Network Labs, a data science company to give kids and

adults a voice to express mental health challenges, founded by Danielle Varda, also took home grants of $5,000 and vendor support of $5,000.

Among the non-winners were an array of ideas from an app to block dangerous YouTube videos via crowdsourcing and a book educating kids on the values of ethics.

Ganahl founded Camp Bow Wow, a $100 million pet franchise. She was named one of Fortune Magazine’s Top 10 Most Promising Entrepreneurs and won the 2016 Colorado Brave Leader Award. Ganahl launched the Fight Back Foundation in 2014 after selling Camp Bow Wow. “I thought, ‘Wow, I bet there’s a lot of people out there with great ideas that aren’t being paid attention to or don’t know how to start a business,’” Ganahl said. “And since I know how to start a business, I think that’s the best way I can help them.”

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Slicing — not skating — on the ice Texas Roadhouse butchers compete in qualifier for national prize

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Usually, onlookers might see hockey players or leisurely ice skaters at South Suburban Ice Arena, but Oct. 8 was a day for chopping raw meat.

Nearly 30 butchers from Texas Roadhouse restaurants in Colorado and surrounding states came to the ice rink, at 6580 S. Vine St. in Centennial, to do what they do daily: hand-cut beef. But here, they competed in a qualifier round to attempt to advance to the semi-finals for the 2018 National Meat Cutting Challenge for Texas Roadhouse meat cutters.

“Everyone wants to be the best and compete for pride and money,” said Mathew Lang, a kitchen manager in Greeley.

Lang, 32, came with two meat cutters who lined up to face between 30-40 pounds of beef each — every participant received one sirloin, one filet and one ribeye to cut, according to a news release for the event. Whoever could cut the most steaks with the highest quality in the least amount of time won.

Keeping the scene at 38 degrees on the ice assures the quality of the meat, the release said, but the cold didn’t stop

the group’s intensity.

Using rulers, meat tenderizers, scales and other tools, the group — some from Thornton, Sheridan, Parker, Littleton and Arvada — went to work, meticulously slicing fat off of cuts and displaying the skills they use on the job.

Meat cutters hand-cut the steaks served at Texas Roadhouse, the release said.

“It’s the best job I’ve ever had,” said Nathan Garness, a 29-year-old from Rapid City, South Dakota. “I love my job.”

The competition is part of the Meat Hero program, created in 2001 to recognize daily efforts of Texas Roadhouse meat cutters, the release said.

This year, Camerino Segura of Thornton and Auder Revelario of Longmont advanced to the semi-finals. That stage and the final competition will be held in March in Orlando, Florida.

The Meat Cutter of the Year receives $20,000.

During the competition, Gabe Aumack, 20, stood to the side as a judge, watching the scale at the table in front of him to ensure the meat’s weight fell within the parameters.

“I wanted to learn a bit,” said Aumack, who came from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A training coordinator at Texas Roadhouse, Aumack is in the learning stages of cutting meat.

“It’s really cool to be a part of that,” Aumack said. “You learn a lot about the business.”

Jonathan Cecil, 33, from Farmington, New Mexico, concentrates on cutting meat at a qualifier for the 2018 Meat Cutting Challenge Oct. 8 at South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial.

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Meat cutters from Texas Roadhouse locations in Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming compete in the Oct. 8 qualifier for the 2018 Meat Cutting Challenge.

The event for Texas Roadhouse meat cutters was hosted at the South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial.

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would be. McCauley said Locascio had trouble keeping his eyes open, asked for water, didn’t know what day it was and kept saying he wasn’t on drugs.

Police had not found the weapon used to shoot Doe, even after a search of open space and businesses in the area where Locascio went.

But in addition to Locascio’s DNA being located on a cigarette butt found

underneath Doe’s body, a bloodhound used by investigators tracked Locascio’s scent at QED, at 24 Hour Fitness and a winding trail of places in between.

A jail inmate spoke of a “methinduced insanity” Locascio was under and said he believed the shooting was random and that he didn’t think Locascio knew he was doing it because he was so high, the defense said.

Phone records showed no correspondence between Doe and Locascio. Police had not “determined any association” between them, McCauley said.

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VOICES Cast a vote for the future of our schools

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he price tag to install an elevator at Newton Middle School — which would shorten the 20 minutes it now takes a wheelchair-bound student to get to the second floor using lifts — comes in at $1 million.

But to make the west Centennial school completely compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act — and remove asbestos still lingering in the school — would cost about $20 million, Littleton Public Schools officials say.

Which is why they say it makes more sense to construct a new Newton, which would cost the district about $75 million.

The proposal is part of Littleton Public Schools’ $298 million bond request that not only would renovate aging buildings but also provide new spaces to meet evolving educational needs of the future.

This is LPS’ largest bond request, more than triple the amount of the last bond, an $80 million measure passed in 2013 to maintain and repair

OUR VIEW aging facilities and improve safety and security. It also is the first that will directly increase taxes. Former bond measures have replaced expiring debts, so residents did not see any increases in taxes.

But the district has made a compelling argument for Bond Issue 4A to ensure continued quality education for its students — and we support its vision for the future.

That means, if passed, the owner of a home valued at $500,000 would pay $145 to $245 more in property taxes a year. Monthly, the amount breaks down to $29 to $49. The range is due to some unknown factors, school officials say: the outcome of Amendment 73 — a state ballot measure that would generate public school revenue primarily by increasing personal taxes on those with higher incomes — and whether the district decides to obtain the bonds all at once or split them into two segments.

There’s no question: The district is growing old.

The average age of its buildings is 58 years and much of their structural integrity is diminishing, school officials say. Going forward, to maintain an average age of 62 years, the district would need to replace a school every three years, according to the citizenbased Long Range Planning Committee. This would be the first time since 1981 that new schools are built.

The district also needs new spaces to meet evolving learning and teaching programs. It must find ways to decrease or eliminate the busing of elementary students across the district.

It must figure out how to accommodate the growing activities in music and sports — particularly in girls sports — that make it increasingly difficult to schedule time at the district’s lone stadium.

“While we’re not growing in terms of enrollment,” Superintendent Brian Ewert said, “we do need new spaces for new programs.”

I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vote for Kaiser PK Kaiser was born in India during war time. His parents first belonged to a united India after the battle line was drawn, and his family found themselves in the new state of Pakistan. PK quickly came to an understanding of the fragile nature of political systems and the value of democracy.

PK has lived in many places around the world, including Thailand. In every new

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One of the most exciting possibilities the bond would help realize is the creation of a new Career and Technical Education and Innovation Center on property the district has already purchased behind the old Schomp Automotive, now the Tesla dealership, and across from Littleton High School.

Essentially a large vocational training and trade school, it would provide students with work-based and real-life learning, certifications and apprenticeships to meet a much-needed and growing demand from business leaders.

Communities in the district have historically supported their schools: Voters have approved all six of the district’s previous requested bond and mill levies, dating back to 1988.

“We’re building a legacy for the future,” Ewert said. “In the 1950s and 1960s, someone did this for us. Are we going to do it for them? Are we going to set the stage for future generations?”

We urge voters to say yes.

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you know what I mean.

I want to optimize my environment and celebrate my framework, and double down, because I am doing Craig Marshall this “for the children.”

Smith Where was the word “empower” 10 years ago, when I needed it?

I’ll tell you where it was: safely tucked away in the dictionary where it belongs.

But its time has come, and out it came, to co-parent with “infrastructure,” and that SEE SMITH, P19

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Smartest person in the room may be the one who’s listening

ne of the common situations I hear about or questions I get asked by the community or from someone in a training session is this, “Sometimes I feel embarrassed in a team meeting because I don’t feel like I contribute enough, or I don’t think I know as much as everyone else, and I have a little fear of speaking in group setting. What can I do to gain more confidence, so that I can participate more often?”

Here is the approach that I encourage others to follow, and if you find yourself in the same position as the one mentioned above, or know someone who is, I encourage you to try this as well and maybe pass it along.

The first thing to do is to prepare yourself mentally. By preparing mentally I recommend that you do as much research on the topics that will be discussed and have your own materials prepared and ready to go.

Taking the time to over-prepare will immediately increase your confidence in the room. Don’t go into the room thinking that you have to be the smartest person in the room, or that you have to try and compete with the subject matter experts.

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Bad Boy “transparency.”

An airline paid someone in marketing a lot of money to add the word “transparency” to its current advertising strategy.

Lake Superior University’s listings of Banished Words and Expressions banished “transparency” in 2008.

No problem. (“No problem” was banished in 1980.)

A university not far from here spent $500,000 for a slogan that was already being used by another university.

I contacted the school, and a representative said the school was aware of the duplication.

“No worries. We use a different font.” (“No worries” was banished in 2012.)

Who does Lake Superior University think it is? I guess it thinks it’s, like, superior.

I just used the word “like” extragrammatically.

“Like” came out of the 1960s smelling like patchouli, and it still smells.

I started to hear it in my classroom in the 1980s, and figured it had a shelf life. It doesn’t.

Whenever I hear it now, I disregard the point being made. It’s a belch, really. It’s often said without the speaker knowing it was said.

When I hear someone who is 50, 60,

You were invited WINNING to the meeting for WORDS a reason, so take the pressure off yourself.

The second thing to do is to prepare a list of questions to ask. Have at least five or 10 questions ready to go. By asking questions, good, smart quesMichael Norton tions, you take the pressure off yourself but still participate. People who get nervous when speaking in front of a small or large group find that by asking questions, it helps them feel like they are contributing. Asking good and well-thought-out questions also sends a signal that you are pretty smart too. You may not get to all your questions, but again, having them ready to go will provide you with a greater sense of security.

The third thing I highly recommend is that you take notes, lots of notes. The more notes you take, the more engaged you will be. The more engaged you will be, the more thoughtful and creative you will be.

And the more thoughtful and creative that you are, you will begin to

or 70 still liking it up, I close my eyes, wince and growl.

By the way, I saw Wince and Growl at Red Rocks this summer. They were edgy. I felt their vibe all the way home.

A great place to find doublespeak (thanks, George Orwell) is on a menu.

Whenever I read “only the freshest ingredients,” I become suspicious.

What else is there?

Some are and some aren’t?

“Grilled to perfection” is another one. Again, what else is there? And if I see “heaping helping” of anything, I excuse myself from the table.

One time, the menu said “crispy lettuce,” and “crispy chicken,” and “crispy fries.”

The waiter asked me what I wanted to drink, and I told him, “A glass of crispy lemonade.”

“Huh?” I wrote a negative review for a pair of dress socks that came undone the first time I wore them.

A representative of the brand asked me to remove the review, and promised they would “leverage” the product.

I think if she had just said “improve” instead of “leverage” I might have done it.

Oh, the temptations of a thesaurus.

Well, it’s time for breakfast, and this morning I think I’ll start with a synonym roll.

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

form opinions and ideas about what the group is discussing.

This will give you the confidence and courage to either offer your opinion or form even more questions based on what others are saying and the notes you are taking.

Writing up a succinct version of your thoughts, notes, and observations and sending those around is also a great way to have others see you in a different light.

If we take the time to prepare ourselves with knowledge and information, and then we write down some questions to ask the group, and then as people are responding to our questions or they are delivering other information and we are engaged in taking notes, we will find ourselves in a very comfortable and confident position on the team. The smartest person in the room isn’t always the one doing all

the talking. As a matter of fact, the smartest person in the room most often is the one seen doing all the listening, taking notes, and asking questions.

So how about you? Do you spend a lot of time in meetings or on conference calls? Do you sometimes struggle with speaking up or contributing? Do you have your own process for participating and the confidence to speak up? Either way, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we can be better prepared, ask good questions, take solid notes, and actively listen, it really will be a better than good meeting.

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Dale Smith prepares for Halloween by shopping for costumes inside Disguises, a costume shop in Lakewood.

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‘Everyone’s a kid on

HALLOWEEN’

Lots of ways to get dressed up and satisfy your sweet tooth this month

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ew holidays afford the creativity of Halloween — Christmas has its trees and presents, Independence Day has its explosives, but Halloween is celebrated many ways.

Far transmuted from its murky Celtic roots, Halloween in the Denver area runs the gamut from costume parties and balls to haunted houses and a variety of trick-or-treating options for youngsters.

Playing dress-up October is an exciting time at Disguises, a sprawling costume shop on West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood.

“We’re here year-round, but the place really comes to life leading up to Halloween,” said Tess Heinonen, who’s worked for Disguises for six years.

Superheroes are big this year, Heinonen said.

“Black Panther is still popular,” Heinonen said. “The Avengers, too. So are villains like the Joker and Harley Quinn — that’s a fun couples’ costume.”

The gut-buster outfit this year is a big floppy T-rex, Heinonen said.

“It’s pretty much impossible not to laugh when somebody’s wearing one,” she said.

Disguises also offers professional makeup consulting for those who want to take their costume up an extra notch.

“We can turn you into lots of the creepy stuff you see in TV and movies,” said David Caballero, Disguise’s artistic director, who’s been doing theatrical makeup for three decades. “If you bring in a picture, we’ll figure out how to do it.”

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‘We can turn you into lots of the creepy stuff you see in TV and movies.

If you bring in a picture, we’ll figure out how to do it.’

David Caballero Artistic director, Disguise

n the movies that were churned out during Hollywood’s classic era in the 1930s, journalists mainly handled stress with a bottle of bourbon in their desks and an unending string of half-lit cigarettes.

Luckily, there COMING are healthier ways ATTRACTIONS to deal with stress these days — as former Denver Post employee and longtime banjo player Barry Osborne can attest.

“I was the home page editor, so it required I stayed on top of breaking Clarke Reader news, and you had to balance the interests of all the different desks and editors and drive up page views,” Osborne said. “It was a great job, but very stressful. I turned to music to destress. I started taking banjo lessons at Swallow Hill — where I now work — and got my technique down.”

Osborne recently released his debut EP “Back of the Title Page” — the culmination of years of tinkering with songs and lyrics going as far back as college. At the time, he played bass; it wasn’t until after college that he took up the banjo.

“I loved the sound, and I sort of loved that some people dislike the banjo,” he said. “I like instruments — and other things — that never completely fit in.”

After honing his skills at Denver’s Swallow Hill, an organization that connects people to music through learning, performances and more, Osborne started putting his recent experiences to melodies.

“I was inspired by getting older.

I’m in my early 40s, which I don’t consider old or anything, but I’ve gained some perspective on life,” he explained. “I name-check some friends I’ve known since high school that have stayed creative in music, literature and activism. They stayed creative and passionate in their endeavors, and I take inspiration from that. I want to be like them — creative and willing to reinvent myself and be passionate about it.”

Recorded in the homes of Osborne and engineer, producer and mixer Brian Nelson, “Back of the Title Page” is a warm and personal album that deepens the more time listeners spends with it. Osborne performed at Denver’s Underground Music Showcase earlier in the year and is working on setting up more shows.

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Site-specific art is woven from flexible saplings

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tickwork, a site-specific art installation by nationally recognized artist Patrick Dougherty, is a large-scale sculpture constructed from natural materials Denver Botanic Gardens’ Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton (off Wadsworth BouleSONYA’S vard at the south SAMPLER end of Chatfield State Park). Dougherty weaves flexible saplings into architectural forms, which remain on view until they fall apart.

(Some have lasted for years.) Some saplings are chokecherry, gathered at Chatfield.

Sonya Ellingboe Also — through Oct. t28, the Corn Maze.

Always there — a historic farm, miles of trails illustrating different ecosystems, native plants and more … Coming up soon will be a Santa’s Village display with lights and fun. 720-8653500, botanicgardens.org.

Rox Arts Gallery moves From Oct. 21-24, you’ll see artists lugging their paintings, pottery, jewelry and other work out of the present Rox Arts Gallery, north along the sidewalk at Aspen Grove shopping center in Littleton, to a new, larger space at Unit 330, near Starbucks. More on this next week. Mark your calendar for

READER FROM PAGE 14

Stay up to date on Osborne’s musical efforts and get his EP at www. barryosbornemusic.com.

Down with the blues at Lone Tree Arts Center The blues is the keystone for practically all American music — one that is always reinventing itself and finding new vessels to carry on its ministry.

A genre this important and farranging can’t be adequately explored in one evening. But the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. in Lone

“Stickwork,” a site specific art installation

by Patrick Dougherty, is placed at Chatfield Farms, a division of Denver Botanic Gardens in Littleton. Created from freshly-cut saplings, including some from Chatfield Farms, it will remain in place until it naturally disintegrates, which is Dougherty’s process with all of his works, made from natural materials. He is internationally-known for his unique art.

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a silent auction in the new space on Nov 4-9. There will be space to include more artists.

Library facelift The renovation schedule is announced for the James H. LaRue Library in Highlands Ranch, starting with Oct. 15-19: Drive-up book return closed; Nov. 12: Shea Meeting Room closed for duration; Dec. 19: Library will close except for limited services of holds pick-up, returns, Your Lucky Day Items. April 6, 2019 Grand Reopening Celebration.

Applewood Arts in Highlands Ranch Applewood Arts Festival holds its 31st annual sale at Highlands Ranch

Tree, will give it a go with “Low Down Dirty Blues.” The show runs from Oct. 18 through 27.

Brought to life by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, the creative team behind “Muscle Shoals: I’ll Take You There,” the show is a music revue that features such veteran musicians as Tony Award nominee Felicia P. Fields.

The musicians gather for an after-hours Saturday night jam session to swap stories and share their favorite blues tunes from the likes of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Robert Johnson and many more.

The show features well-known tunes like “Rough and Ready Man,” “Born Under A Bad Sign,” “Shake Your Money

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Maker” and “Change is Gonna Come.”

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Troye Sivan at Fillmore Auditorium One of the most exciting aspects about the pop landscape in 2018 is how diverse and eclectic it has become. For so long, only certain kinds of artists were given the spotlight, but South African Troye Sivan is rising to superstardom on his own terms.

He came out to the public as gay in a Youtube video in 2013 and since then has made no attempts to hide or apologize for who he is. This self-acceptance is a great example for everyone, and that alone makes Sivan worth celebrat-

W. Littleton Blvd. Her multi-layered landscapes, created with paint and collage are widely known. The workshop will walk attendees through her steps.

Cost: $40 members, $50 non-members Registration required. Heritage-guild. com.

Jazz orchestra The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, directed by Art Bouton of Lone Tree, plays “CJRO Goes Latin” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 on the Main Stage at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Think Maynard Ferguson’s “A Night in Tunisia.” Heidi Schmidt will be vocalist. Tickets: arvadacenter.org/on-stage/Coloradojazzrepertory-orchestra. 720-898-7200.

Benchmark Theatre Second Annual Fever Dream Festival plays Oct. 19-21 and 26-28, featuring new scripts in science fiction, fantasy and horror themes: some full-length, some one-act and some short (10 minutes). Fridays: 8 p.m.; Saturdays: 3 and 8 p.m.; Sundays 3 p.m. Tickets for a day or full festival passes. Benchmarktheatre.com.

Drummer in Centennial Three-time “Country Drummer of the Year” Rich Redmond appears Oct. 19 and 20 at Denver Percussion, 7399 S. Tucson Way, Ste. B2, Centennial.

Master Class 7 p.m. Oct. 19 — $100.

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ing. On top of that, he makes truly topnotch pop tunes.

Sivan is bringing the tour for his excellent sophomore album “Bloom” to the Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson in Denver, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22. He’ll be joined by Kim Petras.

“Bloom” is an album full of love songs, at times silky and sexy and at others bighearted and yearning. Songs like “My! My! My!” and “Animal” are the kinds of music that can lead a full and happy life bouncing around in your head.

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

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Characters from “American Horror Story” are big this year, Caballero said, as are the Mad Hatter from “Alice in Wonderland” and Pennywise, the evil clown from “It.” The tools of Caballero’s trade have remained largely the same over the years, he said, though alcohol-based paints are getting more popular because they stay in place for days.

“You can get made up once and hit up a few parties,” Caballero said.

Shopping local beats the pop-up costume shops for Halloweenies who want to bring their A-game to the costume party, Caballero said, because the quality of the costumes is higher and staff is more knowledgeable.

Thrift stores, too, can be a boon to partygoers on a budget or for those who want some inspiration, said Lloyd Lewis, president of ARC thrift stores.

Halloween is among the busiest times of year for ARC’s 27 locations along the Front Range, said Lewis.

“Not only do we carry the latest and greatest Halloween

Thomas Walker checks out costumes at Disguises. costume trends, but we’ve got all kinds of unique recycled clothing and items,” Lewis said.

Plus, Lewis said, shopping at ARC helps support people with developmental disabilities, many of whom are employed by the company.

Lewis said his son, who has Down syndrome, already put together his costume from an ARC store: Steve from “Blue’s Clues.”

Hitting the streets for treats For the younger set, Halloween’s big appeal is, of course, candy.

However, going trick-ortreating door-to-door seems to be waning, said officer Rick Redmond, a spokesman for the Littleton Police Department.

“I couldn’t tell you why it seems to be fizzling out,” Redmond said. “When I was a kid, the streets were just crawling

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with kids. Now the folks I talk to say they see just a few kids each year.”

Fears about tainted or poisoned candy are largely baseless, Redmond said.

“Razor blades in apples and all that stuff are urban legends,” he said. “Still, it’s never a bad idea for parents to inspect their kids’ candy before they eat it.”

Redmond had some other tips for trick-or-treaters and

their parents: • Make sure you’re visible to drivers by using light-colored costumes or adding reflective tape to darker ones.

• Try to go in groups, with adult supervision.

• Cross streets at intersections instead of zig-zagging across the road.

• Consider doing face-painting instead of masks, which can limit a kid’s vision.

Lots of other activities are taking the place of door-todoor trick-or-treating, with an internet search pulling up dozens of “trunk-or-treat” events hosted by area churches and police departments, where kids can make their way through a cordoned-off parking lot for sweet treats.

Some events are more elaborate. The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, for example, will host their annual Trick or Treat Train event on Oct. 27 and 28.

Kids can ride railroad cars from the 1800s and make stops to get treats from train conductors in full costume, said Andrea Bestor, the museum’s guest services manager.

“It’s a great place to trick-ortreat in the daytime, without worrying about cars,” Bestor said. “The costumes are great, and there’s such excitement in the air. Everyone’s a kid on Halloween.”

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CORE New Art Space is at 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Street parking. Admission free. Hours: Thursdays noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 5 p.m.; Sundays 12:30 to 3 p.m. coreartspace. com, 303-297-8428.

Celebrate local artists! From 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 26, the large gallery space at CORE New Art Space at Ninth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive will host the opening for “Night Circus,” with works by Michelle Lamb (Littleton) and Claudia Roulier, and “Artropism,” art by Rochelle Dammel (Lone Tree), while in the Annex, “Green Verde Vert” presents art by members of the Colorado Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, juried by Molly Casey, who will present her awards at 7 p.m.

One will want to spend some time here — to absorb a rich assortment of two- and three-dimensional artworks and meet the artists. You might want to inquire not only “How did you do that?” but, “Why did you … ?”

The artists encourage visitors to come in costume, if they wish.

Lamb’s work is in assemblage and she issues an invitation like a circus barker: ”Come closer my friends and step right up … You won’t believe your eyes.” She “magically transforms common or obsolete objects into thought-provoking marvels … nature merges with machinery, metals mesh into clay, the grotesque magnified into beauty.”

She is always on the lookout for objects that may combine with items she already has found — and can summon up an image of what they might become in a next iteration.

Fine craftsmanship is an important skill, as well as an active imagination that constantly envisions the metamorphosis of an object at an estate sale.

The visitor to this exhibit will go home with a collection of new images and ideas for related stories!

Roulier’s work incorporates the cu-

rious, the odd, the enigmatic aspects of circus memories, with a warm sympathetic look at animal performers. She will exhibit paintings and assemblage pieces. Her website says “I explore urban decay, machines and beasts, the natural erosion, destruction and rebirth of all systems from life to political everything cycles.”

It also says she constantly collects bones, which “are the perfect metaphor for the life cycle.”

While Lamb and Roulier will share half of the large gallery, Lone Tree artist Rochelle Dammel’s abstract paintings will fill the other half in her exploration of “Artropism.”

It is “the idea that we have an innate ability to emotionally react to art in a positive way, resulting in personal growth and the opportunity to greater understand those around us. Can art make us better human beings? How can we grow as people through our innate reaction to, and interaction with art?” Dammel says “artropism is an experience for novices and art collectors alike.”

In the CORE space called The Annex, the visitor will find yet another exhibit called “Green Verde Vert,” with 37 pieces by members of the Colorado Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art. The juror was Molly Casey, co-founder and studio chief of the Nine Dots Arts Consulting Business in Denver. She selected from 126 entries in which artists were asked to interpret the theme in a variety of ways from using the color green to addressing the ecological green, the political green, the monetary green, or the age of green. Casey will present awards at 7 p.m. A catalog for this exhibit will be available for sale. (wcaco.org)

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Don’t miss Women’s Health & Beauty Expo at Belmar Shopping District Fashion show, music and myriad wellness services offered at Lakewood event

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Dress for Success is a nonprofit organization that prepares women for job interviews, from coaching to helping them pick out the right outfits for interviews and in the workplace. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a touch of pink will be on display in the fashion show, Martin said. The show starts at 11 a.m. in the center of the Belmar Shopping District Plaza.

“This fashion show is a celebration of Colorado and all the diverse women who bring their style to life,” Martin said. “The event will feature a variety of designers. Also, women served by our program will strut the runway. Dress for Success Denver is dedicated to improving the lives of women and thrilled to partner with Belmar and Colorado Community Media to support such an amazing event.”

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the Women’s Health and Beauty Expo is about covering both mental and physical health. CCM donated several booths to local nonprofits, including Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence, the Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation and the local group, YANAM2M, a foundation developed to help moms dealing with depression.

Other services at the event include acupuncture and alternative health, chiropractic services, neurofeedback, self-defense, healthy food choices, fitness, mental health and wellness. Local hair salons, nail care and fashion also will be featured.

The first 250 in attendance to the free event will receive a gift bag of coupons, event information and free gifts from DIY Beauty, CCM and Natural Grocers.

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Colorado Community Media is hosting the 2018 Women’s Health and Beauty Expo presented by Aqua Spas on Oct. 20 at the Belmar Shopping District, 464 S. Teller St., Lakewood, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The free event will provide health screenings at no charge throughout the day from the Central Colorado Area Health Education Center. Lin Browning, executive director of the health education center, said it’s important to provide community health services at public service events.

“CCAHEC partners with communities to improve health education and outcomes,” she said. “The Women’s’ Health and Beauty Expo at Belmar is a unique opportunity to support health ... while engaging our students and team members in activities that further their understanding in the importance of public health and wellbeing.”

The health education center is also providing information on opioid addiction.

Providing entertainment for the event will be Dancin DJ services and Dress for Success, which will host a fashion show starting at 11 a.m. Amara Martin, executive director of Dress for Success Denver, said they are excited to be involved in an event promoting women’s health and

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Primarily, O’Tremba said, the building is settling, meaning some hallways slant as much as five inches from one side to the other, and concrete under some exterior doors must be regularly ground down to ensure the doors still open and shut.

Other issues include leaky roofs and spotty electricity, he said.

Addressing the building’s ADA issues could mean big things for students who use wheelchairs, said Dana Barton, director of the Rocky Mountain ADA Center, a federally funded program that offers technical

assistance to companies and agencies regarding disabilities access.

“Any time you can help students with disabilities participate in mainstream activities, such as going to school in the same manner as the kids next to them, is a positive thing,” Barton said. “We have to make efforts to integrate people with disabilities into everyday life. Normalizing education for them helps them integrate into the workforce, which makes for a brighter economy.”

Reducing barriers for students with disabilities also can help their non-disabled peers learn to treat them in a more inclusive fashion, Barton said.

“It starts at a young age,” Barton said.

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GOVERNOR

Polis said, adding he has a campaign office in Grand Junction.

He’s also seen accusations he avoided paying taxes. Polis, an FROM PAGE 2 entrepreneur, has said he didn’t pay income taxes in years his expenses Colorado should have a uniform were greater than his income — set of law enforcement policies, cases where he wouldn’t owe income he said, so officials like police and taxes, Colorado news outlets have district attorneys “know that the reported. government of Colorado has their “Of course, I paid all my taxes,” back.”

Polis told Colorado Community MeOn transportation, Polis said he dia. He said that includes all income differs from his opponent in suptax owed in all years. porting not only lane expansion on Stapleton has faced scrutiny over roads, but also bike, rail and bus a blind trust, an arrangement set up transit, which he said would help to allow others to manage a public families save money. official’s financial matters to avoid Colorado needs “to think outside conflict of interest. Denver-area outthe box and provide other options to lets have reported that documents get cars off our roads,” Polis said. show Stapleton had influence over a Stapleton’s website focuses only trust, Rocky Mountain Trust LLC. on roads and bridges and says Stapleton said Rocky Mountain he’ll put pressure on the Colorado Trust LLC is not Department of the blind trust Transportation. and that the “As your govercorrect entity nor, I will remind is the Walker R. CDOT that they Stapleton Blind work for you and Trust, according make them find to Denver-area the money in their outlets. existing budget,” “I put all my Stapleton said, acassets in a blind cording to the site. trust the first Eric Sondermann year I became In the dirt Both candidates Independent political analyst treasurer,” Stapleton told have had to wade Colorado Comthrough the mud munity Media, on the way to saying accuElection Day, with sations of improper actions are claims ranging from Stapleton lying untrue. about finances to Polis rebuffing the Western Slope.

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Wadhams said it revealed “an Stapleton points out his opponent arrogance” on the part of Polis has spent about $20 million on the when he declined to participate in race, and Wadhams found his spenda September debate by Club 20, a ing troublesome. prominent organization of coun“Polis bought the (primary) electies, communities and businesses in tion — he spent $11 million,” Wadwestern Colorado. hams said. “I think a lot of DemoPolis said he had a prior family crats are terribly uncomfortable obligation on that night and pointed with that. I think a lot of Democrats to the Oct. 6 debate he had with are not as far left as he is.”

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COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA’S VOTER GUIDE PART 2 OF 2 • This 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

RACE FOR GOVERNOR

Who will replace John Hickenlooper?

Q&A with Jared Polis Party: Democratic City of residence: Boulder Profession: Entrepreneur, member of Congress Campaign website: polisforcolorado.com In the realm of politics, past or present, whom do you most admire?

Pat Schroeder, for breaking barriers and her steadfast commitment for equal rights for women. She was a pioneer and fought and won hard fights for women and humanity.

Of your accomplishments in elected office, what are you most proud of?

I was proud to work with Democrats and Republicans to replace No Child Left Behind with a system that serves our kids much better. I was also proud to lead the fight to ban lobbyist gifts to lawmakers in Colorado — because elected leaders should answer to the people, not special interests.

Describe your leadership style.

I’ve led businesses, started schools and served as an elected official, and

in each situation, I’ve found the most important thing is to respect the people who work for and with you — by building a culture where people feel comfortable bringing up good ideas, and where everyone feels their contributions are valued.

What must be done to improve Colorado’s K-12 education system?

It’s time for us to stop just talking about investing in our kids and actually start doing it. We need to raise teacher pay, end the teacher shortage and provide our schools with the resources they need to provide every child with a great education. My plan also calls for bringing free, full-day preschool and kindergarten to every family, so that each child in Colorado gets off to a strong start.

What must be done to ensure the state’s transportation system can meet the demands of a growing population?

Colorado drivers are being forced to pay an average of nearly $300 per year in car repairs.

SEE POLIS, P28

Q&A with Walker Stapleton Party: Republican City of residence: Greenwood Village Profession: Treasurer of Colorado Campaign website: stapletonforcolorado.com In the realm of politics, past or present, whom do you most admire?

Sen. Al Simpson because he used humor and wit to bridge partisan divisions, and he was a pragmatic problem solver.

Of your accomplishments in elected office, what are you most proud of?

As treasurer, I have accomplished a lot for Colorado taxpayers. Every year I have invested Coloradans’ tax dollars, the state has beat investment benchmarks. I also worked to set up the Land Trust Investment Advisory Board that will result in more money for public education, without raising taxes.

Describe your leadership style.

I will be a governor who works with both parties to get things done. I am a results-oriented person who wants

to tackle tough problems Coloradans face. I’m not afraid to compromise, and I will not let politics get in the way of helping hardworking Coloradans.

What must be done to improve Colorado’s K-12 education system?

An overview of Colorado Department of Education data reveals from 2011 to 2017, student population grew by 6.3 percent, teachers grew by 8.1 percent, and administrators grew by 34.6 percent. As governor, I will make sure we are using our education dollars to pay our teachers and get more money into classrooms to help students succeed. We need to increase transparency in the budgeting process and direct dollars to the teachers and the classrooms, not outof-control administrative costs.

What must be done to ensure the state’s transportation system can meet the demands of a growing population?

As governor, I will demand results from the Department of Transportation (CDOT).

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ELECTIONS 2018 Attorney general George Brauchler Party: Republican City or town of residence: Parker Profession: District attorney for the 18th Judicial District Campaign website: george2018. com

Phil Weiser Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Denver Profession: Professor of law, and dean emeritus, University of Colorado Law School Campaign website: philforcolorado.com

Secretary of state Jena Griswold Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Louisville Profession: Small-business owner, voter-protection attorney Campaign website: jenaforcolorado.com

Wayne Williams (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Colorado Springs Profession: Current secretary of state Campaign website: winwithwayne.org

State treasurer Brian Watson Party: Republican City or town of residence: Denver Profession: Commercial real estate Campaign website: brianwatson.vote

Dave Young Party: Democratic City/town of residence: Greeley Profession: Educator, representative for state House District 50 Website: daveyoungforcolorado. com

What makes you the best choice for this office?

What are the most important duties of the attorney general?

Experience and commitment to Colorado. I am a Colorado kid from middle-class Lakewood who has practiced Colorado law for nearly one quarter-century as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, plaintiff ’s and civil defense counsel, military prosecutor and defense attorney, Chief of Military Justice (northern Iraq), and I’ve tried cases in municipal, state, federal and military courts. I handled the felony cases from the Columbine massacre and led the successful prosecution of the Aurora theater shooter.

The attorney general represents all of Colorado government, except for the Legislature. A good AG works vigorously to keep our communities safe. The AG is a defender of Coloradans by enforcing our laws without regard to ideology or political agenda. The AG is a protector of Colorado, its natural resources, environment and its precious water. The AG is a guardian of our constitutional rights and the rule of law. That has been my entire career.

I have dedicated my life to law, justice and public service — with experience at the state and federal levels, leading teams of lawyers, building innovative programs and fighting for constitutional protections for all. As a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, leader at the Justice Department, adviser at Barack Obama’s White House and dean of CU Law, I have the best experience to lead this office of over 500 people dedicated to protecting Coloradans.

The attorney general is the lawyer for the state of Colorado and its people. Led by an innovative and committed AG, the office defends our constitutional freedoms, stands up for workers and consumers, and protects our land, air, and water.

As AG, I will fight for equal treatment and opportunity under the law.

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What makes you the best choice for this office?

Describe your leadership style.

It’s time for fresh leadership and new ideas in the Secretary of State’s Office. I am the only candidate who can vow that my undivided attention will go to ensuring that Colorado has the securest elections and the most transparent government in the nation. I will make elections more accessible and secure, champion transparency and work to stop dark money in Colorado campaigns.

Collaborative. It’s critical to get expert advice from government and the private sector. Colorado was targeted by a Russian cyberattack in 2016. Colorado’s statewide voter system went down in 2016, causing two- to three-hour delays. We have great cyber and IT resources in Colorado in the private sector. As SOS, I am going to work with the top minds in government and private-sector cyber experts to ensure that we are ready for 21st century challenges.

» I am the only candidate who has actually run an election. As secretary of state, I oversee voter registration and elections.

Under my leadership, it’s easier than ever before to register, and Colorado leads the nation in voter registration. I am the only candidate who has experience registering businesses and charities. Since taking office, Colorado has added over 100,000 businesses, thanks partially to an inexpensive and easy process available to Coloradans to start new businesses.

I am the only candidate that understands that there is nothing political about running clean elections and making it easy for Coloradans to start new businesses. My re-election is being supported by election officials across the political spectrum. Among them are county clerk and recorders that include Republicans, unaffiliated clerks and many of the Democrats. I have earned their support because they know that I’m a principled leader who believes in transparency and accountability.

What makes you the best choice for this office?

Describe your leadership style.

My core principles are built around people-driven solutions, stewardship and fiscal responsibility. I have dedicated my life to building bridges and finding solutions to complex problems — the types of problems that our next state treasurer will face on day one. I am the only candidate for state treasurer who has worked in the private sector serving in a fiduciary role, making me uniquely qualified for this important office.

As one of my campaign pledges, I will not take a salary from the government for serving as Colorado’s treasurer, as I want to truly serve you and set a precedent from day one of saving every tax dollar possible. My goal is always to bring people together to solve problems. Our state needs a treasurer willing to make hard decisions and find innovative solutions to problems, and I will work tirelessly on your behalf.

As a teacher and a legislator on the Joint Budget Committee, I’ve had a front-row seat into the most pressing financial issues facing our state. I know that our schools are underfunded and that our roads and bridges need to be repaired. I’m a pragmatic problem solver. For years, I have written and balanced our state’s $30 billion budget in a way that improves lives across Colorado.

I like to begin with the end in mind and make sure everyone is well equipped and resourced to complete the task at hand. My role as a leader is to make sure people have the tools they need to be successful and support them as necessary so they can accomplish at their full potential.

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What policy changes would you implement?

Would you defend Colorado’s marijuanalegalization law against federal challenges?

If elected, what will your top priority be in January?

I will be an attorney general for all of Colorado. I intend to decentralize the AG’s office by creating regional offices in the parts of Colorado with fewer resources to tackle some of the biggest issues affecting community safety, such as the opioid crisis, burgeoning meth epidemic, environmental crimes and the expanding black-market marijuana grows throughout Colorado. I will expand statewide the attack on human trafficking I have led as DA in our community.

Yes. Defending Colorado from federal overreach, regardless of who occupies the White House, is an obligation of the AG. Coloradans know best how to govern ourselves, not bureaucrats 1,500 miles away. I will defend our constitution and laws, whether I agree with them or not. As a father of four great kids in public schools, I’m committed to continuing the fight against violators of our marijuana laws who put our children and communities at risk.

I will protect our families and defend our state by enforcing our laws and actively serving as a check against an overreaching federal government and a state government that exceeds its lawful authority in governing Colorado.

Whatever partisan path there is to election, as AG, I will not be an AG for any party or ideology. I will be an AG for all of Colorado and all Coloradans. More Colorado, less Washington, D.C.

The AG is well positioned to lead on a number of important policy areas, like addressing the opioid epidemic by treating it as a public health crisis and managing our water when there is less of it — and more demands for it — on account of climate change. I will also work to advance fair and sensible reforms to our criminal justice system, with incarceration alternatives for those who are not a threat to public safety.

Yes. As attorney general, I will protect our state’s sovereignty against federal overreach and ensure that Colorado maintains the right to decide how we legislate and manage marijuana. I will work with law enforcement officers across the state to ensure that the expected benefits of legalized marijuana are experienced to the fullest extent, and I will defend the rights of counties to decide how they manage marijuana within their jurisdiction.

Fair treatment and opportunity for all Coloradans is the heart of my vision. To achieve this, it is imperative to address the opioid epidemic and take on irresponsible drug companies who lied to people, made huge profits and now must be held accountable. Once we win this case, we will use the funds from this settlement to spur the development of drug treatment across Colorado, providing an important alternative to putting drug users in jail.

What are the most important duties of the secretary of state?

What improvements can be made to the way elections are run in Colorado?

If elected, what will your top priority be in January?

The Colorado secretary of state oversees our elections, campaign finance and business registration, among other duties. The secretary of state is critical to making sure that Colorado has safe and secure elections and that eligible voters are able to vote.

In 2016, our election system went down, causing two- to three-hour delays. I will work to ensure that this does not happen again. We also received a B ranking in cybersecurity and must take immediate steps to ensure our elections are safe against Russian cyberattacks. It’s critical that we improve our elections so that every eligible Coloradan can have their voice heard.

I am running for secretary of state because I believe that every eligible Coloradan, Democrat, Republican or unaffiliated, should have their voice heard. That’s why I plan to expand automatic voter registration. I will stop secret political spending in Colorado elections and make the Secretary of State’s Office into a business resource center for first-time business owners and entrepreneurs.

I’ve worked hand-in-hand with county clerks to rapidly and safely modernize Colorado’s ability to conduct and oversee elections of all sizes, recently directing the statewide implementation of new voting systems. I’ve placed a great deal of emphasis on election integrity and, in 2017, oversaw Colorado’s first ever statewide risk-limiting audit, designed to catch election errors. It’s no surprise that the Washington Post recently called Colorado “the safest state to cast a vote.”

Under my leadership, Colorado has become a national model of excellence for innovation and cybersecurity. In 2016, when Russian hackers attempted to interfere with U.S. elections, Colorado was ready because, “The state invested in security when the only reward was public trust, not national interests.” Thanks to our recently implemented risk-limiting audit, we can safely say that no votes were changed by foreign actors. But, as cyber threats evolve, we must continue to be ready.

My top priority will be to maintain the standing of the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office as a national model of innovation, fairness, transparency and excellence. Under my leadership, Colorado has won seven national awards in the areas of innovation and cybersecurity, and my expectation is that we will continue to increase our national standing in my next four years as secretary of state.

What are the most important duties of the state treasurer?

What policy changes would you implement?

If elected, what will your top priority be in January?

Being a steward of every taxpayer dollar is paramount. This includes investing taxpayer dollars responsibly and making our state government more transparent and accountable. Serving on the PERA (Public Employees’ Retirement Association) board is the greatest challenge for the state treasurer. The $32 billion unfunded liability our state faces is unsustainable, but the state treasurer must be peopledriven in order to find a solution that works for both our public employees and the taxpayers. This task is priority number one.

The treasurer’s office is responsible for managing the Great Colorado Payback, a program that seeks to reunite over $600 million in cash and assets to their rightful owners. I would reform this program to become more proactive in finding the lawful owner of this cash and property. I would also urge the General Assembly to reinstate a moratorium on unclaimed property that would block the state from appropriating the property for its own use.

My first goal will be to reach out personally to each board member of PERA and meet with them — something that no state treasurer has done before. We must create relationships and build bridges to have the conversations necessary to address this enormous challenge. I will also look at our state’s investments and find opportunities for greater return and more realistic expectations so that we do not face further shortfalls in PERA.

The most important thing a treasurer can do is ensure our state’s public dollars are invested safely, transparently and productively. The treasurer is a voting member of the PERA (Public Employees’ Retirement Association) board and can play an active role in restoring PERA to solvency. PERA is Colorado’s pension plan for public employees, and it’s severely underfunded. Finally, the treasurer oversees the Great Colorado Payback program and the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund.

As treasurer, I will work to make sure our public dollars are invested here in Colorado. I will work with the PERA board, the Legislature and governor to restore PERA to solvency in a way that doesn’t leave our seniors out in the cold during retirement. I will solve issues plaguing the Great Colorado Payback program. Right now, the process for people to get their property back from the treasurer’s office is too bureaucratic.

Putting PERA on a sustainable pathway while protecting the defined-benefit plan is my top priority for January. We need to make sure our seniors are not left out in the cold during retirement. In fact, making sure that all citizens in Colorado are planning well for retirement, and saving effectively for their family’s post-secondary education needs, is vitally important. As treasurer, I’ll make sure government works for all of Colorado.

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ELECTIONS 2018 1st Congressional District Diana DeGette (Incumbent) Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Denver Profession: Member of Congress Campaign website: degette. com

Casper Stockham Party: Republican City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Entrepreneur, sales Campaign website: casperforcolorado.com

6th Congressional District Mike Coffman (Incumbent) Party: Republican City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Member of Congress Campaign website: coffmanforcongress.com

How would choosing you for this office improve the lives of residents of the district?

I’ve made it a priority to fight for expanding health care access, securing funding for medical research, and supporting medical professionals and patient protections. I’m a leading voice on environmental issues in Congress and am working to protect both Colorado’s public lands and our global environment. I’m a strong proponent of women’s reproductive rights. Constituents can count on my continued dedication to these efforts and more if they honor me with re-election this fall.

What should Congress do to address the nation’s opioid epidemic?

We need to understand the role of drug manufacturers and others in bringing the opioid epidemic to the point where it claims 115 Americans’ lives daily. For more than a year, the Energy and Commerce Committee on which I serve has been investigating how issues with the controlled-substances supply chain in this country may have contributed to the epidemic.

Additionally, we need to ensure that the federal fight against opioid addiction is sufficiently funded.

» I’m not of the swamp in any way. I feel called to run for this office, and it is not my life’s goal to live in Washington, D.C. Residents of this district will see me a great deal more than the current incumbent. It’s called servant leadership. My goal is to empower and enhance the lives of the people in the district. A secondary goal is to end the absentee reign of the incumbent.

How would choosing you for this office improve the lives of residents of the district?

My constituents would have an independent voice representing them — someone who is willing to challenge both parties when they’re wrong. They would have someone who deeply understands the district, having grown up in the district and started a small business here. I understand the challenges of the rapidly rising cost of living, which is why I authored legislation that would allow families to save money, tax-free, for the down payment on their first home.

Congress should repeal all laws banning cannabis. As former NFL player, Eugene Monroe said his “pain is never going away. My body is damaged. I must manage it somehow.

Managing it with pills was slowly killing me. Now, I’m able to function and be extremely efficient by figuring out how to use different formulations of cannabis.” Cannabis is a non-addictive alternative to highly addictive opioids. End the ban. The opioid addiction problem is severely reduced.

What should Congress do to address the nation’s opioid epidemic?

We need to crack down on the over-prescription of addictive pain medication, better support people suffering from opioid addiction through expanding opportunities for substanceabuse treatment and improve monitoring of those with access to these drugs. I have voted for and authored bills that take on the opioid epidemic with both Democrats and Republicans.

This is a problem that cannot be fixed in a partisan manner — we need to work together to combat the issue.

» Jason Crow Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Aurora Profession: Attorney Campaign website: jasoncrowforcongress.com

7th Congressional District Mark Barrington Party: Republican City or town of residence: Lakewood Profession: Small business owner Campaign website: www. barringtonforcolorado.com

Ed Perlmutter (Incumbent) Party: Democratic City/town of residence: Arvada Profession: Attorney Website: www. perlmutterforcolorado.com

Coloradans deserve a fighter who puts people over politics and country over party. Our current representation has failed to deliver on its most fundamental promises — from reforming our immigration system to expanding access to quality and affordable health care. I’ll bring servant leadership back to Washington and never forget to put Coloradans first.

The opioid epidemic is the worst drug-overdose crisis in American history. The number of opioid-related overdoses rose by nearly 28 percent between 2015 and 2016. The Trump administration and its Republicans allies in Congress have simply been too slow to respond. I’ll commit to partnering with local communities to solve this crisis with all the best practices we can find at the national level. Some communities have made real headway here — it should be the federal government’s job to provide the resources and the expertise Colorado needs to make a difference.

How would choosing you for this office improve the lives of residents of the district?

What should Congress do to address the nation’s opioid epidemic?

I have the drive, determination and passion to break things loose in Washington. I’ll work with fellow Representatives to break the log jam in a bipartisan way and start getting things done. I will focus on that not working to please party bosses. I will work to make sure our residents have access to affordable health care and make tax cuts permanent. I will help balance the budget so our children aren’t burdened with debt.

Congress should support states efforts to curb the opioid crisis but do so with caution so those who need opioids have access.

When my mom was diagnosed with cancer the drugs she was prescribed made her last months tolerable. It gave us quality time to enjoy being with mom as a family. So we shouldn’t go overboard on restricting opioid use. Congress can require more education when opioids are prescribed so patients know the risks.

Since I was elected I have never lost sight of the number one reason why I do this job: to help the hard-working folks of the 7th Congressional District. I help improve the lives of Coloradans by focusing on our infrastructure needs, ensuring access to affordable health care, and supporting public education, public lands, and a strong economy with good-paying jobs with opportunities to pursue the training and skills needed to get those jobs.

The first priority is to deliver the much-needed funding and resources for communities fighting this deadly epidemic. There is no one size fits all solution, but we must work to both treat those suffering from this illness and also address the root causes of this epidemic. I voted for the SUPPORT Patients and Communities Act, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, and the INTERDICT Act to take meaningful steps to combating the opioid epidemic.

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What is your position on immigration reform?

What can be done to improve the nation’s health care system?

What are two other issues that demand attention from Congress, and why?

There are many ways in which our nation’s immigration system is broken. Congress must come to a consensus on what needs repairing, and how. From the disgrace of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of separating refugee families at the border to the ongoing heartbreak of Dreamers in our communities who just want to remain in the only country they’ve ever known, there is much that needs fixing. As a nation, we are better than this.

After wasting nearly a year on trying to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the current Republican majority in Congress has finally come to realize that there must be a better way. GOP colleagues have approached me to say they’d like to work on bipartisan solutions. We need to find common ground on matters of mutual concern affecting all our constituents, such as the high cost of health care — especially prescription drugs.

Climate change is the moral imperative of our generation.

Protecting our environment is a top priority. It is also important that Congress stand up for the safety of our citizens and school children. It is time we say “no” to the powerful lobby and “yes” to sensible gun-safety legislation.

Build a wall with border enforcement that regulates trans-border traffic while making it easier for legal immigration — protecting our Colorado citizens. Violations for visa overstays must have greater penalties. Guest-worker penalties should include revocation of legal status, a mandatory return to the home country of the violator and the prohibition of re-entry. Legislation with teeth that increases the penalties for both the illegal immigrant and any company employing illegal immigrants.

Get the government out of health care. We need to reduce government regulations and get out of the way of the doctors and researchers to the greatest extent possible. In effect, the solution is the exact opposite of what President Obama proposed in almost every way. For example, let health insurance be sold across state lines. Let customers be rewarded for finding lower costs with HSAs, preventive care, alternative care to include, chiropractic care, massage, acupuncture.

Two of the biggest issues are cronyism (campaign finance) and corruption. Congressional members and members of the Cabinet must have bans on their working for lobbyists or lobbying themselves for a period equal to the length of their elected or appointed office. Financial disclosures upon election must be compared to financial disclosures at the end of service and the difference, if greater, must be explained under oath. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — Lord Acton

What is your position on immigration reform?

What can be done to improve the nation’s health care system?

What are two other issues that demand attention from Congress, and why?

I believe we need to fix our broken immigration system in a manner that keeps families together, secures our borders and strengthens our economy. I have worked across the aisle to author legislation that would give the young people who were brought to this country illegally as kids, through no fault of their own, a path to citizenship. We need immigration laws that are both humane and enforced.

First and foremost, we must preserve protections for those with pre-existing conditions. That is why I voted against the health care bill last year — because it didn’t include those necessary protections. We must reduce the cost of defensive medicine by ending the giveaways to the trial lawyers lobby.

We also need to stabilize the individual insurance market, which has seen unaffordable and annual increases ever since Obamacare was passed.

President Trump has proposed a new Space Force, which would mean billions in new Pentagon bureaucracy. As a longtime opponent of wasteful spending at the Pentagon, I plan on fighting it, as I believe it space operations are best dealt with by the Air Force, and not another level of bureaucracy. We also need to deal with our ballooning deficits and national debt. We can’t keep putting more and more debt on future generations.

The current leadership in Washington has failed to get it done — despite enjoying complete control of Congress and the White House. My policies will focus on a few key elements: smart border control that upholds our laws and protects American interests, legal immigration reform, protection and a path to citizenship for those who came to America as children, keeping families together, and a clear path to citizenship for those who want to follow the law and contribute to our community.

This administration’s efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act are immoral and unproductive. Health care is a right, not a privilege. That means all our efforts should be dedicated toward expanding coverage to every American — not kicking them off their current coverage. We can start by allowing the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and introducing a federal public option into the marketplace. Plans like Medicare X will also make immediate progress by reducing costs and ensuring quality coverage.

Our campaign finance system is in desperate need of reform. I’ve challenged my opponent to join me in refusing to take any corporate PAC money. That money makes our politicians more accountable to big business than to the people they represent. I will also vigorously oppose any effort to privatize the VA. Our government has an obligation to care for the veterans it sends to war on its behalf, and that means keeping their care out of the hands of profitseeking companies that don’t have their best interests at heart.

What is your position on immigration reform?

What can be done to improve the nation’s health care system?

What are two other issues that demand attention from Congress, and why?

We need comprehensive immigration reform to protect our citizens and ensure criminals aren’t coming to our country.

We need to enforce our laws so those legally waiting in other countries have a fair opportunity to come to our country. We also need to treat those new to our country fairly and with compassion. Most of us are immigrants to this country; we need to treat others with the respect we would want for our ancestors.

Like many families, we experienced an increase in our insurance premium and our annual deductible. For one trip to the hospital for stitches for our son we received a bill for $4000.

To improve our health care system we need to manage the profits of hospitals lowering costs and we need insurance companies to be able to compete across state lines so insurance costs decrease.

Two issues needing attention are controlling our escalating national debt and fixing crumbling infrastructure. We need to reduce our national debt and balance the federal budget so our children aren’t responsible for paying the bills we rack up. We need to spend only the money the government brings in every year. And we need to invest in our roads and bridges to be sure we have the infrastructure to support commerce and protect our country.

I strongly support comprehensive immigration reform and believe we need to establish a path to citizenship for people who have not committed any crimes, pay taxes, and are learning English. This includes securing our borders with new technologies, cracking down on organized crime and human trafficking, and streamlining and modernizing the visa process. We must also allow young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to remain here legally.

The Affordable Care Act has helped millions of Americans and thousands of Coloradans gain access to quality healthcare coverage and protecting individuals with pre-existing conditions. I will work with anyone to improve the ACA and I will continue to fight against attempts to repeal or replace it. I believe we must demand transparency in healthcare prices by requiring public disclosure for every healthcare product, service and procedure so patients can make informed decisions about their healthcare.

Here in Colorado and in many places across the country, we must make sure local infrastructure can keep up with growth and be sustainable for generations to come.

Instead of massive tax cuts for those at the top, we need to fix our roads, bridges, electrical grids, broadband, and water infrastructure. In addition, I believe Congress should pass common sense gun reforms like universal background checks, banning bump stocks, limiting assault weapons, and allowing law enforcement the discretion to intervene if red flags appear warning of impending gun violence. Too many families in Colorado and across the country have been impacted by senseless and preventable gun violence.

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Get to know the state ballot measures Voters in November will rule on 13 state-level issues

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado voters will decide on 13 state-level measures, addressing big issues like education and road funding, oil and gas setbacks, and congressional redistricting.

The measures are of three types: numbered amendments begin as citizen initiatives, and would be added to the Colorado Constitution. They cannot be altered without another popular vote.

Numbered propositions also begin as citizen initiatives, but if approved become state law, not constitutional amendments.

Lettered amendments are created in the state Legislature and referred to voters for approval.

Amendment 73: school funding Among the more high-profile measures on this year’s ballot, Amend-

ment 73 aims to create new revenue for public education by instituting a complex graduated income tax increase on individuals earning more than $150,000 a year, and increasing the corporate income tax rate from 4.63 percent to 6.0 percent. The measure would also fix residential property tax rates at 7.0 percent, preventing them from falling further due to the Gallagher Amendment.

Proponents say the measure would generate $1.6 billion per year for public education in Colorado, which has seen reductions totaling $7.2 billion since 2010. Colorado’s schools suffer from underfunding, proponents say, leading to inadequate special education and mental health counseling, as well as increasing class sizes and other detrimental outcomes.

Opponents say tax revenue is increasing without tax rate increases, and the measure does not guarantee improved student performance. Tax increases are burdensome on individuals and businesses, they argue, and the measure’s income tax brackets won’t be adjusted for inflation, thus pushing more earners into the brack-

4th Congressional District Karen McCormick

Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Longmont Profession: Veterinarian and small business owner Campaign website: www. mccormickforcongress.org

ets over time.

Amendment 74: compensation for property devaluation Though Colorado law already requires government to compensate property owners if their actions totally devalue private property, such as through eminent domain or by enacting regulations that bar construction, Amendment 74 would allow property owners to petition the state for reimbursement of lost partial value of a property due to new laws or regulations, for example if government limited natural gas development on private property, an owner could sue for reduced mineral rights value.

Proponents say the law would help protect real estate, which is the most significant asset many people own.

Opponents say the measure could have unintended consequences, and make governments gun-shy about making decisions beneficial to the state’s environmental health.

Amendment 75: campaign contributions Seeking to level the playing field in state-level elections, Amendment

How would choosing you for this office improve the lives of residents of the district?

Our large and diverse district needs a problem-solver, not a politician, and solving problems starts with compassion, cooperation and listening to what people actually want: Coloradans throughout our district have urged me to fight Washington corruption, secure affordable healthcare, create a fairer economy and bring good jobs to our state, improve our school system, strengthen our trade deals and protect our Colorado way of life. That’s exactly what I’ll work hard to do in Congress.

75 would allow political donors to increase their campaign contributions to candidates to five times the current limits if one or more of the other candidates in the race contributes $1 million or more of their personal funds to the campaign.

Proponents say the measure would reduce the unfair advantages enjoyed by wealthy candidates in political races, and give a better shot to smallfry candidates seeking to get their message out.

Opponents say the measure only increases the money in state politics, thus sending campaign expenditures ever higher.

Proposition 109: bonds for highway projects Previously called the “Fix Our Damn Roads” initiative, Proposition 109 directs the state to borrow up to $3.5 billion to address up to 66 different road and bridge projects around the state. The funds would be raised through bond sales with a total repayment of up to $5.2 billion.

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What should Congress do to address the nation’s opioid epidemic?

Congress should improve access to appropriate medical treatment to help people recover from addiction; create a stronger nationwide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program with better training for medical professionals, and fight the factors that lead to addiction such as pain, poverty and depression.

We also need to hold drug manufacturers accountable for misleading patients. I support ongoing funding to Medicaid to help people recover, but my opponent’s plan to cut Medicaid would only worsen this crisis.

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Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, the incumbent Republican candidate for the 4th Congressional District, did not return Colorado Community Media’s questionnaire.

CU regent, at-large Ken Montera Party: Republican City or town of residence: Colorado Springs Profession: Retired corporate executive Campaign website: MonteraForCURegent.com

Lesley Smith Party: Democratic City or town of residence: Boulder Profession: Scientist, educator Campaign website: www.

LesleyforCU.org

Why are you seeking this office?

I was the first in my family to have the opportunity to go to a university thanks to the Presidents Leadership Scholarship offered by CU and Colorado business and civic leaders. This opportunity not only built the foundation for my career but my entire life. After enjoying a successful career I wanted to give back to my university and the state I grew up in, I want to insure every qualified student has the same opportunities I had.

What makes you the best choice for this office?

For the past 30 years, I have worked in increasing levels of executive responsibility for four Fortune 200 companies establishing strategies for growth financially and culturally.

Most recently, I was EVP of Retail Operations for the parent company of VICTORIA’S Secret and Bath&Body Works, where I was directly responsible for over 40,000 associates and a multi-billion dollar operating budget.

» CU faces big challenges — public funding has been cut dramatically while tuitions are through the roof, and there are persistent gaps in enrollment and graduation rates for students of color. I believe Colorado’s flagship university system should be affordable and accessible to every Coloradan.

Whether a student is a Boettcher Scholar, first generation or a non-traditional student (or all three!), I want to ensure that they have the opportunity to attend CU, thrive, and graduate.

I’ve lived in Colorado for 30 years, as a CU scientist, CU educator, CU mom, and Colorado taxpayer. I held a similar position to Regent as a School Board Member for eight years, overseeing a $400 million budget, managing the superintendent with 3,500 employees, and serving 30,000 students, all during the 2008 recession when schools faced devastating funding cuts.

Plus, I have experience increasing diversity and equity in our schools — a challenge for CU.

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The money raised would not be enough to cover the total cost of all 66 projects, and project priorities would be determined by the Colorado Department of Transportation and the state Transportation Commission.

Proponents say the measure would address Colorado’s neglected road infrastructure, which they say contributes to traffic congestion and reduces the safety of motorists.

Opponents say the measure could divert funds that could be used for other state priorities, such as education, health care and other infrastructure maintenance.

Proposition 110: sales tax and bonds for transportation Another bill to address Colorado’s roads, Proposition 110 would raise the base state-level sales tax rate from 2.9 percent to 3.52 percent for 20 years to fund transportation projects around the state. The proposition would also authorize the Colorado Department of Transportation to borrow up to $6 billion, with a total repayment cost of up to $9.4 billion, to fund a variety of

transportation projects. A Colorado family making $74,000 a year would pay roughly $130 more a year in sales taxes.

Proponents say the measure would go a long way toward improving Colorado’s deteriorating highways, and that costs only increase the longer maintenance is deferred while population increases.

Opponents say the state should fund road projects with money it already collects, and that sales tax increases disproportionately impact low-income residents.

Proposition 111: reducing payday loan rates Payday loans are big business in Colorado, with 207,000 individuals taking out 414,000 payday loans totaling $166 million in 2016, according to state data. Proposition 111 would limit the annual percentage rate for repayment of the small, short-term loans, lowering the maximum APR to 36 percent down from the current average of 129 percent. Other fees can bring the APR up to roughly 180 percent. Under the proposition, repayment on a $500 loan would be no more than $553, as opposed to the current maximum, which could be as high as $793, not including fees that the proposition would eliminate.

Proponents say the measure would protect low-income consumers in financial crisis from predatory lenders, and give them a better chance to repay loans without becoming trapped in a cycle of debt.

Opponents say the measure could have the unintended consequence of eliminating the payday loan business in Colorado altogether, stripping consumers of easy access to quick cash that can help stave off bounced checks or utility shutoffs.

Proposition 112: oil and gas setbacks Easily the most contentious issue on Colorado’s ballot this year, Proposition 112 would increase the distance that oil and gas development can be built to 2,500 feet from homes, up from the current limit of 500 feet for homes and 1,000 feet from high-occupancy structures. The measure reflects increasing tensions over the presence of oil and gas development in Colorado, where oil production doubled between 2013 and 2017, according to state data. In 2017, there were 54,000 producing wells in Colorado, an increase of 48 percent from 2007. Oil and gas producers paid nearly $500 million in property taxes in 2017, and had many other wideranging economic impacts.

Current oil and gas sites would be

grandfathered in, but the law would render 85 percent of non-federal land in Colorado off-limits to future oil and gas development.

Proponents say the measure protects residents from potentially harmful health effects of living near oil and gas development, and protects vulnerable natural environments from pollutants. As both residential and resource development encroach on one another, the measure would allow residents greater certainty about the location of future oil and gas apparatus.

Opponents say the measure could have devastating effects on Colorado’s economy, majorly scaling back an industry that provides a wide range of jobs that support other industries.

The measure could also significantly reduce tax revenue that supports numerous state and local agencies.

Amendment A: eliminating slavery in the state constitution A revision of a failed 2016 measure, Amendment A would strike a provision in the Colorado Constitution that bans slavery “except as punishment for a crime.” The idea is to ensure that the state constitution unambiguously bans slavery.

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What is your position on immigration reform?

What can be done to improve the nation’s health care system?

What are two other issues that demand attention from Congress?

We need comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform, and cooperation in Congress is the only way to achieve lasting policies we can agree and rely on. Like the vast majority of Coloradans, I support an immediate halt to the cruel separation of children from their families. My constituents have urged me to support a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and a federal guestworker program to help our district meet our labor needs. Like any complex challenge, we need to seek out evidence-based solutions.

No American should face bankruptcy or fear losing their insurance due to illness or injury. We can guarantee affordable healthcare to all Americans by using resources wisely, improving access and transparency, making it easier and more affordable for small businesses to provide insurance, and encouraging insurers and providers to compete. I support a public buy-in option for the popular and cost-effective Medicare system and harnessing the negotiating power of Medicare to reduce prescription drug costs.

A fair economy: We’re working harder than ever before, but incomes haven’t kept pace with our productivity or the cost of living. Fair tax reform will help more Americans build wealth and hang onto the earnings we work so hard for. A better school system: We simply can’t afford to continue neglecting our schools. I will fight to ensure that our teachers and schools get the resources they need.

What are the most important responsibilities of a regent?

What would your top priorities be, if elected?

What else should voters know about you?

Establish and oversee strategic planning and key financial decisions that will directly impact the well being and success of almost 70,000 students and additional thousands of faculty and administration. Selection and oversight of the university system president and senior leadership. Ensure that our flagship state school is affordable for Colorado families.

1) Evaluate and ensure that the cost of a CU education is affordable for Colorado families. 2) Foster and nurture an environment of free speech where critical thinking skills can be developed through vigorous debate. 3) Create an environment on the board where our overarching objectives will be driven by the success of our students not individual objectives. 4) Provide degree programs that enable our students to be competitive and successful in the open market once they leave CU.

I’m a fourth-generation Coloradan who grew up in a blue-collar family from Pueblo. I learned at an early age the importance of self reliance and responsibility from a working mother and a steelworker father of which neither had the opportunity for higher education. Between my scholarship and jobs I paid for 75 percent of my college education and I relished every credit hour I achieved as a step to a better life.

The Board of Regents hires and oversees the President of the University of Colorado system, oversees the University’s $4.5 billion budget (including setting tuition), and develops and oversees the governing policies for CU.

No. 1, hire a new president who is a visionary leader, can collaborate with the University’s diverse stakeholders and is an effective advocate for public and private funding for CU. Number 2, improve affordability for Colorado residents, in spite of drastic cuts to CU’s funding by the Legislature.

Recent efforts by the Boulder campus to keep tuition flat for incoming students and drop class fees are a step in the right direction.

One fun fact: I was the first woman aquanaut to live and work in the Aquarius Underwater Research Lab (think: underwater space station), and I’ve done aquatic research in the Amazon, the Artic and alpine lakes in Colorado. As a woman scientist, I’ve seen the gender gap in the scientific community firsthand, and I would love to see STEM enrollment reach 50/50 at CU.

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The commission would consist of four Republicans, four Democrats, and four unaffiliated voters. Lobbyists and politicians would be prohibited from participating, and the commission’s work would be subject to public oversight and commentary. The Supreme Court would rule on the commission’s district maps.

Proponents say the measure makes the redistricting process more transparent and limits the role of partisan politics, and establishes clear criteria for establishing new district boundaries.

Opponents say the commission’s members are not subject to being voted out like members of the Legislature, and that the presence of unaffiliated members could unintentionally stack the commission with partisan members who simply haven’t declared their allegiance.

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The 2016 measure failed because of wording that could be construed as banning judicially imposed community service, inmate labor, and probation requiring offenders to maintain employment. While jail inmates in Colorado are not required to work, they face loss of privileges or delayed parole eligibility if they don’t.

Proponents say the measure unequivocally confirms Colorado’s commitment to striking from the books outdated language that prolongs the legacy of slavery.

Opponents say the measure is merely symbolic and could create legal confusion over offender work requirements.

Amendment V: lowering minimum age for state Legislature Colorado’s current minimum age for serving in the state legislature is 25, but Amendment V would lower the minimum to 21. The measure would bring Colorado in line with 43 other states that set the minimum age for serving in state legislative bodies between 18 and 21. About half of states, however, have higher thresholds for serving in state senates — generally between ages 25 and 30.

Proponents say lowering the minimum age encourages young people to participate in the civic process, and allows voters to decide whether a candidate has sufficient maturity to hold office.

Opponents say lack of experience and maturity could make young legislators ineffective.

current ballot language mandates a separate question for each judge up for retention, reading: “Shall justice/ judge … be retained in office?”

Under Amendment W, all judges up for retention would be listed under a single banner reading “Shall the following justices/judges be retained in office?” Each judge’s name would appear next to bubbles for yes or no.

Proponents say the measure makes the ballot more user-friendly and efficient, and may save printing costs for counties with numerous judges or those that print in English and Spanish.

Opponents say the measure is unnecessary and may give voters the impression they’re voting in a multicandidate election.

Amendment W: simplifying ballot language for judicial retention The Colorado Constitution mandates that while the vast majority of the state’s judges are appointed by the governor, they face regular popular votes to decide if they should retain their seat on the bench. Amendment W would change the way retention votes appear on the ballot. The

Amendment X: industrial hemp definition With Colorado now the nation’s largest producer of industrial hemp — a form of the cannabis plant used in commercial applications, with no psychoactive effect — Amendment X would strike the definition of the crop spelled out by Amendment 64, which legalized recreational use of marijuana, and replace the definition with

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We need to invest in long-term infrastructure repair and projects that manage our growth smartly. I support using existing and new sources of revenue to fund projects without sacrificing funding for health care or public schools, connecting Fort Collins to Pueblo with high-speed commuter rail that also supports transitoriented housing development, while making expanding broadband available to every community.

What is the biggest opportunity for economic growth in Colorado?

One of Colorado’s greatest strengths is our diverse economy.

Our future success will depend on ensuring we create good-paying jobs in many different industries across

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our state. That’s why we need to unlock the power of our renewableenergy sector, create good-paying Colorado jobs that can never be outsourced; protect and grow our outdoor recreation economy; make sure our agriculture industry can thrive in the face of drought; and make sure Colorado remains a great place to start a business.

If elected, what will your top priority be in January?

Once elected, my administration will immediately get to work to bring universal, full-day preschool and kindergarten to every Colorado community. No child should start off at a disadvantage simply because their parents can’t afford to spend thousands of dollars on a preschool. I’ve been working on education throughout my career — I started schools for at-risk youth — and I’m ready to make it a priority as governor.

the one used in federal law. The idea would be to streamline cooperation with federal law in the event that the U.S. Congress adopts pending legislation loosening restrictions on growing industrial hemp.

Proponents say striking the state definition reduces any potential conflicts between state and federal law as the regulatory landscape for industrial hemp evolves.

Opponents say that the current definition was enacted through the popular initiative process, and changing the wording could weaken voters’ original intent.

Amendment Y: Congressional redistricting Colorado is expected to add a new congressional district after the 2020 census, bringing the state’s number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to eight, and requiring a redrawing of district lines to carve out the new one. Previous redistricting efforts, which are conducted by the state legislature, have ended up in lengthy court battles. Amendment Y would create a state commission to conduct congressional redistricting.

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CDOT has refused to find room in their budget for ongoing maintenance and keeps attempting to return to the taxpayers for more of your hard-earned dollars. As your governor, I will remind CDOT that they work for you. I will restore transparency and accountability to CDOT to ensure our tax dollars are being properly spent on projects for taxpayers, not special interests and bureaucrats.

What is the biggest opportunity for economic growth in Colorado?

Small businesses are the driving force behind Colorado’s economy.

Creating a positive business environment that does not pick winners and losers, and works for businesses big

Amendment Z: legislative redistricting Similar to Amendment Y, Amendment Z would create a new commission to redraw Colorado’s state House and Senate districts after the 2020 census. Currently, Colorado has 35 state senators and 65 state representatives. The state redistricting process is conducted by the Colorado Reapportionment Commission, which consists of 11 members, six of whom can be from the same political party.

Amendment Z would create a commission composed of four Republicans, four Democrats and four unaffiliated members. The commission would be subject to the same public oversight as in Amendment Y, and its maps would have to be approved by the state Supreme Court.

Proponents say the measure makes the redistricting process more transparent and limits the role of partisan politics, and establishes clear criteria for establishing new district boundaries.

Opponents say the commission’s unaffiliated members could unintentionally stack the commission with partisan members who simply haven’t declared their allegiance, and that the redistricting criteria could be applied subjectively.

and small, will be essential to restoring economic growth in all corners of our great state. As governor, I will work with the Legislature to promote commonsense solutions that will create jobs and improve the lives of families across our state.

If elected, what will your top priority be in January?

I’m running for governor to ensure future generations have abundant economic opportunity.

As governor, I will focus on education, health care, transportation, affordable housing and building a strong economy with plenty of jobs.

I believe this election will have a massive effect on the future fiscal health of Colorado, and that in order for Colorado to remain the greatest state in the nation, strong and proven economic stewardship is vital to building a better future for our children.

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to earn his United States citizenship. He remembers it as the day where his commitment to serving people could be fully actualized.

He’s had the privilege of a multistate, multi-country and multicultural education that make him uniquely qualified to serve as the Arapahoe County assessor.

PK’s life’s mission is to ensure the promise of government remains aligned with the interests of the people. This is a man dedicated to transparency and accountability.

As county assessor he will protect property tax dollars, increase exemptions for seniors and work to expand affordable housing. PK Kaiser is a man with integrity and a long history of public- and private-sector service providing him an in depth understanding of how government works, and why good candidates are so badly needed. This election please join me in electing PK -Kaiser.

Angela Engel Littleton Despite being purple in voter registration and winning state and local seats, Democrats have never won any of these county positions. It is time to end this way of winning elections and elect the candidates that are best suited for the positions. Vote for these qualified Democratic candidates: Tylor Brown for Arapahoe County Sher-

iff, Joan Lopez for Arapahoe County Clerk, and PK Kaiser for Arapahoe County Assessor.

Susan Meeker Littleton Vote no on 112 I work in the oil and gas industry, and it goes without saying that oil and gas is a major part of my life.

What I’m willing to bet you don’t realize is that even if you don’t, oil and gas is a major part of your life, too. That’s why I’m encouraging you to vote no on Proposition 112.

Proposition 112 will make setbacks for drilling 2,500 feet from any occupied building, waterway and other “areas of special concern” which are areas that haven’t even been determined yet by local governments. In effect, Proposition 112 will disallow new oil and gas drilling on 85 percent of the private and state lands in Colorado. The oil and gas industry cannot survive here if you remove this much inventory.

How this affects you is that Colorado-produced oil and gas contributes substantially to the services we all use and the quality of life we all enjoy. We’re talking $30 billion in GDP. Hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue that goes to things like K-12 funding, municipal services like fire districts, and lowcost energy that heats our homes and cooks our food. Remove locallyproduced energy from the equation and your bills are going to go up.

So don’t vote no on Proposition 112 for my sake. Do it for all of ours.

Justin Shoulders Englewood

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Sanctuary housing exotic animals is something wild Weld County facility lets visitors view amazing creatures from elevated walkway

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A view from the high walkway at the Wild Animal Sanctuary: in the distance: a pair of large male lions basking in the sunshine, forgetting stressful circus days. Midway, a lion peeks from a wooden shelter-people-watching, perhaps?

PHOTO BY KIRSTEN ORAHOOD

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It was a sunny, pleasant fall day for a drive through the plains in southern Weld County and many of the inhabitants of the Wild Animal Sanctuary were basking — on the grass, on platforms, in the openings to underground shelters, next to small wooden structures — at home on the Colorado prairie, although they are certainly not native species, with a few exceptions. Each one has a story and most were rescued from truly difficult situations. A guidebook tells their stories ...

Before the animals came to the sanctuary, they were often confined in cages, without adequate food or veterinary care — some came from badly run zoos, others from roadside attractions — or from owners who bought a cute baby tiger or bear cub at an exotic animal auction and soon found it was not a cuddly pet after all. They may have been confined in a rickety building or a concrete pen without fresh air or sunlight or enough food ...

Fortunately, the sanctuary has an on-site veterinary hospital and two veterinarians who can supervise care as needed. The veterinary school at Colorado State University is also available to help.

Each animal has a name: Mafalda, who had serious dental problems, and Walter, who had been declawed and is blind, are grizzlies from a terrible zoo in Argentina, where fortunately, concerned citizens and some government employees complained. The zoo was forced to close and the grizzlies were rescued and now live in a large area, with brick paths to help Walter navigate to his den and to food and water. (Also rescued from that zoo were two lions and three tigers.)

Readers who have lived in the metro area for a while may recall an account of the rescue of 25 lions from Bolivian circuses in 2011 after a law was passed there forbidding using animals in circus performances. Included: Bam Bam, Morena, Marta, Rosa, Rosario and Campeon.

Lions live together in prides in nature and these social organizations seem to occur at the sanctuary with patient management that introduces animals slowly under a watchful eye.

Also on the grounds, in separate areas: wolves, jaguars, black bears, wolf hybrids, mountain lions, a few coati mundis and a few kit foxes, a porcupine, an emu and some al-

IF YOU GO

The Wild Animal Sanctuary is at 2999 County Road 53, Keenesburg (the location is east of Hudson in southern Weld County). It’s open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $30, adults; $15, ages 3-12. One watches an orientation video upon arrival, then goes up to the overhead walkway. There are picnic tables for those who want to bring a lunch and food and beverages available for purchase. A friendly, well-mannered resident bunch of dogs in all sizes and shapes, who live with the manager, serve as a greeting committee when one arrives. You’d think you walked into a Disney movie! wildanimalsanctuary.org, 303-536-0118. pacas. Included are some who were among 18 caged animals found in a “wildlife education” exhibit in a mall in Iowa that was closed down by the USDA. We saw a black bear happily swimming in a large pool, while another sat and watched. We didn’t see any feeding times, although my daughter and son-in-law recall a happy bear who was very possessive of a watermelon on a previous visit they made.

At another spot on the land, there is a special tiger pool, where animals can be introduced to each other in a spot that isn’t anyone’s territory. Tigers are naturally very territorial and may be slow to become accustomed to another like animal, so supervised swim time can help the getting-acquainted process along ...

We were impressed by the volunteers in orange shirts, who interacted with visitors, telling about individual animals like the 1,000-pound male grizzly bear and his 900-pound female mate, easily spotted.

Soon, it will be time for the resident bears to tank up on food and hibernate in their provided underground dens, so a mid-winter visitor won’t be likely to see them, although we were told that they do come out briefly at times for a snack.

One views the animals from a mile and a half long walkway that carries one high above the furry residents. Apparently, when one stands behind a fence looking in, animals feel uncomfortable and territorial behavior results, but we were told that they aren’t concerned by overhead visitors.

Recent good news: The Wild Animal Sanctuary, which is pretty well filled, has been able to buy a large piece of ranch land near La Junta, with natural caves, rock formations, trees and more, where safe spots can be available for future needy animals. The owner is willing to carry a loan and it will be paid through donations, allowing space for many more needy animals as years go by.

Called a refuge, it will probably not be open for visitors as this remarkable sanctuary is.

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October 19, 2018

Teen video contest encourages value of saving money

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STAFF REPORT

Sunflower Bank is accepting submissions for its Lights, Camera, Save! video contest, which enourages teens to use video to communicate the value of saving money and inspire peers to become livelong savers.

“Lights, Camera, Save!” gives students an opportunity to harness their creativity, learn about using money wisely and communicate those lessons in a fun and engaging way,” Mollie Carter, Sunflower Bank chairman, said in a news release. “A strong finanical education is critical to a successful future and we are thrilled to participate in a contest that reinforces that message and complements our mission to create

possibility in the lives we touch and the communities we serve.”

Students ages 13-18 must create a video, 90 seconds or less, on saving and using money wisely. A link to the video, along with a completed entry form, must be submitted by Dec. 3.

The bank will host the first round of judging and select a winner, who will compete in the national contest for a prize up to $5,000, plus a scholarship for a teacher at the winner’s school to attend the annual Jump$tart National Educator Conference.

Videos will be judged on quality, message, content and the criteria set forth by the contest’s official rules.

Learn more at https://www.sunflowerbank.com/lights-camera-save.

Philanthropy Day honorees announced STAFF REPORT

National Philanthropy Day in Colorado celebrates giving, volunteering and charitable engagement. The day highlights the contribution that philanthropy, and those involved in the philanthropic process, makes to society and the world.

In Colorado, 12 honorees will be celebrated for their commitment to philanthropy at the National Philanthropy Day in Colorado luncheon Nov. 9 at the Seawell Grand Ballroom in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Nearly 800 community members are expected to attend. National Philanthropy Day is a nationwide program created and promoted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

A wide-ranging group of community representatives, including members of the nonprofit/foundation, business and government sectors, was used to determine the winners. The Outstanding Youth and Outstanding Youth Group winners will receive $3,000 scholarships for continuing education. The scholarships are provided through a grant from the Daniel’s Fund.

For more information about the luncheon or to purchase tickets,

visit afpcc.org. The event is presented by Rose Community Foundation with support from numerous sponsors.

2018 honorees Outstanding Large Business Noble Energy, Denver Outstanding Small Business Security Central, Centennial Outstanding Foundation Xcel Energy Foundation, Denver Outstanding Philanthropist Laura Barton, Denver Outstanding Professional Fundraiser Bonnie Downing, Littleton Outstanding Professional Grantmaker Ted Harms, The Anschutz Foundation, Denver Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Greg Poschman, Aspen Outstanding Service Organization Impact100 Metro Denver, Denver Outstanding Volunteer Bob Bell, Arvada Outstanding Youth Amaya Garcia-White Buffalo, Antonito Outstanding Youth Group Mountain Vista High School Student Leadership, Highlands Ranch Lifetime Achievement David Henninger, Denver

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

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 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-8772940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

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 member-

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

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-608-3932 or joluvs10s@ gmail.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.

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. The club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Thursday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Centennial.

Ranch Raconteurs Toastmasters. Learn to improve your personal and public speaking skills, listen effectively, develop leadership abilities and build your confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Group meets at 6:55 p.m. every Thursday at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visitors welcome. Contact Debbie Fuller at vpm-873616@toastmastersclub.org.

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Original Ports of Call Singles Club for ages 55 and older is a great way to meet new friends and get out among others in your situation! We call our selves a” Circle of Friends. We have a variety of interests, cards, theater, tours, dinners, lunches, golf , bowling and dances etc. It meets every second Monday at Sr. Ric on Miss. from 4-6 p.m. in Aurora. Call JoAnn at 303-7515195 or just come. It meets every fourth Tuesday at Chads South of Sixth Avenue in Lakewood form 4-6 p.m. Call Mary Riney at 303-985-8937. The third Wednesday at the Three Margaritas at 5130 S Wadsworth Blvd from 5-7 p.m. Call Jean Fox 303-7302804.

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Social OPOCS Singles Club, ages 55-plus, meets all around the metro area. Meet new friends.

Sign up and receive a monthly newsletter that lists all monthly activities. Contact JoAnn Cunningham, membership chair, 303-751-5195, or Mary Riney, president, 303-985-8937.

Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place from 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-389-7707), and the fourth Tuesday of each month at Chads in Lakewood (contact Darlene at 303-233-4099). Denver meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at Baker St. Pub, 8101 E. Belleview, in the Tech Center (contact Harold at 303-693-3434). For information and a monthly newsletter, call JoAnn, membership chairperson, at 303-751-5195, or Mary, president, at 303985-8937.

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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.

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

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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.

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

The Rotary Club of Centennial, meets for breakfast from 7-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Embassy Suites Hotel, 10250 E Costilla Ave, Centennial. Professional men and women come together to provide local and global humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, build goodwill and peace in the world. First meeting is complimentary. For more info: www.bestrotary.com or call John Gile at (303)523-9998, or email john_gile@ comcast.net.

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October 19, 2018

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.

Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

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

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

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

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

Tuesday to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull Foundation.

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

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

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Highlands Ranch Community Association: Works with Therapeutic Recreation Program and Special Olympics.

Need: Volunteers to help teach classes, coach Special Olympics, provide athletes support during Special Olympics practices, assist with special events, and help participats succeed in the therapeutic recreation program.

Contact: Summer Aden, 303-471-7043 or www.hrcaonline.org/tr Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

Contact: 303-698-6404 Hospice of Covenant Care: Nonprofit, faith-based hospice.

Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Integrated Family Community Services: provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Need: Volunteers to assist serving clients in the food and clothing bank.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the front office greeting clients, answering phones, verify client eligibility, completing food/ clothing orders and assist where needed.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS enrichment events including Mother’s Day, Ready, Set, School! and Thanksgiving and

Holiday programs.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS fundraising events including Nibbles and Sips event, Puttin’ for a Purpose event (mini golf); Boo-a-thon event (bowling) Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: Kendrab@ifsc.org or call 303789-0501.

Literacy Coalition of Colorado: Volunteer to support literacy in MetroDenver and impact state-wide literacy programs.

Need: Volunteer for special projects, training classes or provide clerical and administrative support. Volunteer for a few hours a week or occasionally as needed.

Contact: literacyvolunteercolorado@ gmail.com or 720-251-3141. Go to Literacycolorado.org to volunteer for literacy providers nearest you.

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Lone Tree Police Department Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS): Provides assistance within the Police Department in both Administrative and Patrol functions.

Need: Volunteers are needed to assist with many areas within the Police Department to include patrol functions, fingerprinting, and fleet maintenance.

Requirements: Must attend the Lone Tree Police Department Citizen’s Police Academy, and submit to a background check. Additional training is provided based on area of interest. Patrol volunteers must commit to a minimum monthly hour requirement.

Contact: Tim.Beals@cityoflonetree.com or 720-509-1159.

Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program: We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home.

Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufficiency and helping them learn about their new home.

Requirements: Must be 18 or older (although children of volunteers are welcome to participate). One-hour training and orientation required.

Contact: David Cornish, 303-225-0199 or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; go to www. lfsrm.org.

Meals on Wheels: Delivers meals to residents in south metro Denver, including Littleton, western Centennial, Englewood, and parts of Jefferson County.

Need: Regular and substitute drivers, kitchen and office volunteers.

Requirements: Drivers must be 18 or older and background check is required.

Contact: Complete application online at http://tlcmealsonwheels.org/apply/.

Neighbor Network: Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County.

Need: Volunteers who can provide transportation, light housekeeping, handyman and companion services to seniors.

Requirements: Must be at least 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Contact: 303-814-4300, neighbornetwork@douglas.co.us or dcneighbornetwork.org.

Nonprofit Wildlife Group: Works to protect native wildlife in Greenwood Village.

Need: Volunteers help protect wildlife.

Requirements: Must work two hours per week, schedule flexible.

Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org

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

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Country Drummer of the Year: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 and 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20 at Denver Percussion’s retail store and studio, located at 7399 S. Tucson Way, Ste. B-2, Centennial. The three-time awarded “Country Drummer of the Year” by Modern Drummer, Rich Redmond, will be presenting an intensive residency.

To purchase tickets for either the master class or drum clinic, or to sign up for a lesson time with Rich, visit Denver Percussion’s website, www.iwantdrums.com.

Parker Symphony “Salute”: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Parker Symphony and Parker Arts commemorate the WWI Armistice with “Salute”. Visit parkerarts.ticketforce.com for more information.

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/.

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 SchmitLobis, 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.

Symphonic Triumphs: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Fisher Auditorium on the Englewood High School Campus, 3800 S. Logan Street, Englewood. The Arapahoe Philharmonic presents its second installment of “Symphonic Triumphs,” reflecting themes of despair and renewal, triumph over adversity, through works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Ludwig van Beethoven and Sarah Kirkland Snider. Single tickets and season ticket packages, offering discounted pricing and a number of additional benefits, are available. Pricing and benefits are outlined on our website at www.

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EDUCATION

this week’s TOP FIVE 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 hour-long Circuit-based, total body conditioning class, a selection of seasonal beers and ciders, and light snacks. Must be 21+ to attend this event. IDs will be checked. No Children.

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.

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 current ACC students

arapahoe-phil.org/events/buytickets/.

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 303-933-6824.

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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. Admission is free. For more information, visit HRCAonline.org or call 303791.2500, 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.

and enter a drawing for a scholarship. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at www.arapahoe.edu/discoverACC. For more information or accommodations, please contact jazmyne. lewis@arapahoe.edu / 303797-5908.

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.

An Evening with Bestselling Author Cynthia Swanson: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 East Mainstreet. Don’t miss the award-winning author of the book club favorite “The Bookseller” at Douglas County Libraries in Parker. She’ll talk about her new suspense novel, “The Glass Forest,” followed by a book sale and signing. Adults. This event is free to attend, but registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

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

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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.

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’: 7 p.m.

Oct. 25, 26 and 27 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. `Peter and the Starcatcher’ is the prelude to `Peter Pan,’ about the adventure that led to Peter Pan and everyone in Neverland to become the characters we know. Tickets are $10 at the door. You can also go to hrhsthespians.com and buy your tickets there.

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 Dr., Highlands Ranch. Dispose of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs at the National Prescription Drug Take-Back event. For more information visit www.dcsheriff. net or call the Metro District at 303-791-0430.

Movie Matinee: Solo: a Star Wars Story: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Enjoy free popcorn and lemonade. Visit Littletongov.org for more information.

Free Community dinner: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Our volunteers will be preparing Halloween Chili, Corn Chips, Salad with Cilantro, Honey, Lime Dressing, Fresh Fruit and Our Youth Group will be making Delicious Handheld Desserts. All are welcome to come and enjoy the meal and warm hospitality with no reservations required. Call 303798-1389 or go to fpcl.org/dinner for more information.

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.

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 East 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. Additional writing workshops in the series include: Writing Mystery with Author Cynthia Kuhn, Thursday, October 25, 6:308:30 p.m. Writing Teen & Adult Fiction with Author Colleen Oakes, Thursday, November 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Adults. The workshops are free, but registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknowns: 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Learn about our nation’s most hallowed ground from Tom Tudor, a former relief commander at Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For more information call the library at 303795-3961.

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 SelfHelp Center (720) 568-4844.

Tap Great Barbara Duffy Returns to Colorado: 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 28 at Parker Dance Academy, 19557 E. Parker Square Dr., Parker. Barbara Duffy, tap dancer, company director, and internationally-regarded master teacher is teaching master classes. RSVP with Claire Sheek, clairesheek@gmail.com.

Author talk: 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Author Bob Puglisi discusses his latest novel Unassisted Living, created from an old screenplay he wrote in the seventies. Puglisi will discuss how the screenplay and novel evolved, and read excerpts. Visit seniorsbluebook.com for more information.

Encountering God: What Ancient Practices Can Teach us Today: 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital-conference room, 2350 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. This session will feature a short film depicting how various groups and individuals have tried to grow spiritually.

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RIDING for a cause Motorcyclists take to streets to benefit Englewood flood victims

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sometimes, community is dressed in black and barreling down a highway.

About two dozen motorcycle riders — along with a few in cars — participated in a charity poker run in the south Denver metro area Oct. 13 to benefit the victims of the July 24 flooding in Englewood. The event, in which riders collect a playing card at each location along a route, began that morning at Platte River Bar and Grill at 5995 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton.

“We’re helping out the residents of Englewood, helping them get back on their feet,” said Audrey Paulus, 53, from Thornton. Paulus, with the group Cool Biker Lunch and Rides, organized the event with JJ Margiotta, owner of the motorcycle parts and repair shop Knuckleheads on South Broadway in Englewood.

Money collected from the event was to go to benefit flood victims, and the route ended at The Englewood Tavern on South Broadway near East Quincy Avenue.

Jackie Ortega, 45, volunteered with the event, keeping track of riders’

Audrey Paulus, 53, holds onto Michael Shepherd, 50, as he pulls into the parking lot Oct. 13 at Piper Inn at 2251 S. Parker Road in the Denver area.

Riders arrive at the Piper Inn bar at 2251 S. Parker Road in the Denver area during a charity poker run in the south Denver metro area Oct. 13 to benefit the victims of the July 24 flooding in Englewood.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD cards. She lives in Denver, but her friend lives just down the street from one of the hardest-hit areas of the flood that took one woman’s life and displaced several others.

“The whole neighborhood was upside-down that day,” said Shana

Garcia, 45, who volunteered along with Ortega. She lives on the 4400 block of South Bannock Street and remembers seeing emergency vehicles during the flood.

“We’re doing our part in trying to help,” Ortega said.

Riders prepare to take off just moments before starting a charity poker run in the south Denver metro area Oct. 13 to benefit the victims of the July 24 flooding in Englewood.

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Jack of all trades gets around Jack Kail of Littleton High School is a rare three-sport athlete

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ack Kail is a three-sport senior at Littleton, and multisport high school athletes are rare these days.

Longer high school seasons and the pressure to specialize in one sport during the off season have helped make three-sport athletes a rarity.

Kail, however, plays football, basketball and baseball for the Lions and right now is a multipurpose performer on the gridiron “It really depends on the time of year,” he answered when asked which sport his favorite. “I like the contact part of football. It’s fun to get out there and knock heads with somebody. And, I like to run. Each sport complements the other. They kind of overlap.”

Kail, at 5-foot-9, 150 pounds, is a versatile contributor to the football team. He is running back, slot back, free safety, cornerback, plays on special teams and anywhere else coach Kurt Krantz asks.

“I love it,” said Kail. “During a game, I play 90 percent of the plays and afterward I’m pretty beat. Right after a game, I’m pretty much unable do much for a while.

“I’m more of an offensiveminded football player. Playing on offense helps when you are on defense. When you are on offense and you are running and see a hole or something, then you go on defense, you know where that hole is going to be.”

COACH’S TAKE: ‘Three-sport athletes are hard to find these days. He is a great kid who comes from a good family. He does everything we ask him to do and is a good leader.’

Kurt Krantz Littleton football coach

Nothing simple about football playoff format

Jack Kail holds up three fingers representing the number of sports in which he participates. Multi-sport athletes are rare these days.

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Q&A with Kail Who is your favorite athlete?

Overall, I would say LeBron James. He’s just so dominant and works really hard too.

What or who motivates you most to excel in sports?

Definitely my dad.

He motivates me the most and talks to me about every game. If not my dad, also my brother.

What would be a perfect performance in football?

A win most importantly. A perfect game for me would be a rushing touchdown, a

receiving touchdown and a special teams touchdown.

What is your favorite class in school and why?

History, it interests me and I enjoy it.

What are your plans after high school?

Go to college but I am not sure where yet.

Sports is not out of the question but nothing has really come my way right now.

How hard is it with new rules to make a tackle without getting a penalty?

Certainly with the new rules we’ve gotten

called for a couple helmet-to-helmet hits.

But for a little guy like me that’s not too much of a concern because I go low for the legs and I don’t hit high.

As a running back, is there a tendency to lower your head which might cause a helmetto-helmet hit?

If I’m running through the line with the ball and someone is filling the gap, I raise up a little bit and throw my shoulder into them, give them a pop and that protects you a little bit more than running straight up.

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Key stats | In six games, Kail has accounted for 350 rushing yards and 103 yards with receptions.

He has been in on 13 total tackles on defense with nine solo tackles.

here are still two weeks remaining in the regular season, but it’s never too early to review the format for the state football playoffs.

OVERTIME The Colorado High School Activities Association revealed the post-season plan before the season, and CHSAANow. com recently released the format again.

Jim Benton So here’s what to expect in the playoffs — except for winners and losers. And it is probably best not to try to figure out the ratings percentage index (RPI). Just wait for the standings to be updated.

If anybody does want to figure out an RPI standing for a team, the formula calculates combining 37.5 percent of a team’s winning percentage, 37.5 percent of the opponent’s winning percentage and 25 percent of opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage.

So, here’s the basic, nondetailed outline for the Class 5A playoff bracket.

The six league winners receive automatic berths into the playoffs and draw first-round byes. The next 17 teams in the RPI rankings will advance into the post-season with the exception of a second team from the Metro 10 Conference.

That’s 23 teams with the last spot in the 24-team 5A playoffs going to an at-large team selected by the seeding committee.

The Metro 10 will have its champion advance into the playoffs, but the league can only have a second team qualify through an at-large berth.

Final RPI rankings, common opponents, strength of schedule, head-to-head matchups and, hopefully, a little common sense will be used to seed teams.

RPI standings change weekly and, with two more weeks remaining, there should be a lot of movement.

The Oct. 7 RPI standings for 5A had a bunch of bubble teams around the all-important 24th spot.

Lakewood was 21st, followed in order by Far Northeast, Horizon, Boulder, Fossil Ridge, Northglenn and Legend.

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Back-to-back runner-up finishes frustrate Cherry Creek

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek junior Nick Svichar had fun celebrating with his tennis teammates, taking turns holding a trophy and posing for pictures with it.

However, it was a state runner-up prize, and Svichar later took some time Oct. 13 to share the reality of the situation on the court at Gates Tennis Center.

“Yeah, most teams would like to get a runner-up trophy,” said Svichar.

“But we have been the state runnersup for the past two years and that’s not what is expected for Cherry Creek. We just have to go back to work for next season.”

Regis Jesuit won the state championship with 76 points to 65 for Creek.

Arapahoe came in fifth with 25 points and Valor Christian rounded out the top 10 with 11 points.

Regis and Creek locked up in the battle for state supremacy but, as Svichar admits, the Bruins were outArapahoe Cole Trautman ran second Oct. 11 in the Centennial League cross country championships with a time of 16:37.00. The junior helped the Arapahoe boys to a third-place finish in the team standings. Sophomore Megan Bergstrom was the leading Warriors runner in the girls race with a 17th-place finish.

The softball team competed in the Region 5 state qualifying tournament at Rolland Moore Park in Fort Collins on Oct. 13. The Warriors edged Castle View, 4-3, but then lost to Fossil Ridge, 1-0. In the game to determine the second regional qualifier to the state 5A tournament, Arapahoe lost 5-0 to Castle View and saw its season end with a 17-9 record.

Grandview rolled up 399 yards in total offense on Oct. 11 in recording a

Cherry Creek junior Nick Svichar begins his serve in his third place, No. 2 singles match on Oct. 12 at the 5A state tournament at the Gates Tennis Center.

Svichar defeated Boulder’s Alex McCoy, 6-4, 7-6.

JIM BENTON played in the semifinal rounds.

Both Regis and Creek had three singles and three doubles teams advance into the semifinals on Oct. 12.

However, Creek won only two semifinal matches, while Regis won five of the six semifinal matches, which gave the Raiders a commanding lead going into the final round of the three-day tournament.

On campus: 42-14 win over the football team. The Warriors face Eaglecrest on Oct. 18.

The boys soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to Cherokee Trail on Oct. 11 in a game to determine first place in the Centennial League. Cameron Gail scored for the Warriors (11-1-2), which saw their 13-game unbeaten streak snapped.

Cherry Creek The football team, topranked in the CHSAANow.com poll, overcame six penalties, poor punting and a 13-0 deficit after the first half to rally for a 14-13 win over

Making the right PHOTO: GUSTAVO ESPÍNDOLA/UNSPLASH.COM

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Arapahoe takes fifth at state tennis tourney

fourth-ranked Eaglecrest on Oct. 12.

Creek, which forced three turnovers during the game as Vance Brazile recovered two second-half fumbles, used a 3-yard touchdown run by Jayle Stacks, along with Mac Willis’ extrapoint kick, to gain a 14-13 lead with 7:54 left in the game. Eaglecrest had an extra-point conversion after its second touchdown foiled by a bad snap, and the Raptors missed a 35-yard field goal with 59 seconds to play in the game.

Sophomore Parker Wolfe was crowned the Centennial League boys cross country champion after winning the league meet on Oct. 11 with a time of 16:14.00. The Bruins boys won

the team championship as the next four scoring runners finished 15th, 18th, 19th and 20th. Freshman Riley Stewart was second in the girls race with a time of 18:32.00 and the girls had five girls in the Top 10 but came in second behind Cherokee Trail. The seven Creek girls runners were all underclass athletes with three freshmen, one sophomore and three juniors.

The top-ranked field hockey team tied Kent Denver, 1-1, on Oct. 13 with Isabella Balbona scoring the goal for the Bruins.

In the Oct. 13 Region 3 softball tournament, the Bruins lost to Regis Jesuit, 12-2, but then earned a 6-5 win over Northglenn. Regis downed the Bruins, 5-4, in the game to determine the second regional team to advance into the 5A state tournament. Creek finished the season with 15-11 record.

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when they announced the opening matches. I was able to track down five of the nine players. It was hard to believe that was 40 years ago, so that was nice.”

In other matches involving players from South Metro schools, Arapahoe senior Tyler Landen downed Creek’s George Cavo in the third-place match in No. 1 singles to avenge an earlier loss to Cavo.

“I think I played pretty well since I lost to him in three sets in the regular season,” said Landen. “I had a different mindset. I knew what I was going to do and came out and executed pretty well. I knew I could beat him if I put my mind to it — which I did.”

Valor Christian’s Nick Solimene garnered nine of the 11 points scored by the Golden Eagles as he captured third at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ryan Wood of Arapahoe.

“I hurt my knee again and had to play through that,” said Solimene. “I played well. I just rallied and came in on balls that were short. I had a torn ACL and it gave out, but I played my game and it worked out. Last November I had ACL and PCL surgery, but right before I was getting cleared I found out I had torn my ACL again.

But I just played through it this season.”

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Cherry Creek did well in the playbacks but not enough to make a difference in the final standings.

The Bruins’ No. 2 doubles team of Andrew Marocchi and Matt Batmunkh defeated Will Franks-George Weaver, Denver East, 6-1, 6-1, to win Creek’s lone state title. Svichar downed Boulder’s Alex McCoy, 6-4, 7-6, to get third at No. 2 singles and was one of four third-place finishes for Creek.

In the past 46 seasons, Creek’s boys tennis teams have won 42 state titles, which makes the past two secondplace finishes so unusual. Fairview edged the Bruins to take the 2017 title.

It was Regis’ performance in the semifinals that made a big difference as the Raiders took a nine-point lead into the finals, and only needed three wins on Oct. 13 to claim the school’s second state crown in eight seasons.

The Raiders won state championships in three positions, were second in two others and claimed one thirdplace finish. Four victories came during the final round.

“We had six semifinalists and they had six, but they put five into the finals,” said Creek coach Art Quinn.

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In 4A, 3A and 2A conference champions receive automatic tickets into the playoffs with the remaining teams advancing based on RPI rankings.

Playoff brackets will have 16 teams.

Ponderosa was hanging on to the 15th spot in the Oct. 7 RPI standings in 4A and Standley Lake was 16th. But remember all this will likely change.

National leader Colorado Mesa University volleyball player Kasie Gilfert, a redshirt sophomore from Legend, is a national leader in NCAA Division II statistics.

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Englewood According to a Hudl recap, the football team had 467 total yards in a 31-24 win over Alameda on Oct. 12. The win gave the Pirates a 5-2 overall record and a 2-1 mark in the 2A Colorado League. The Pirates face Bishop Machebeuf, tied for the league lead, on Oct. 19.

The volleyball team expanded its winning streak to nine matches with a 3-0 victory over Riverdale Ridge on Oct. 11. The Pirates won by an average of 17 points a set against Riverdale.

Heritage Ian Kelly captured the Continental League cross country championship on Oct. 10 when the senior ran a 16:06 and helped the Eagles’ boys to a secondplace team finish. Cory Kennedy was fifth and Max Tenbraak 10th to lead the team. In the girls race, senior Faith Henderson was the top Eagles runner with a 16th-place finish with a time of 20:04.00.

Gilfert, who has won back-to-back Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors, holds the national statistical lead for hitting percentage at .443. She has hit at a .400 percent or better clip in 10 matches this season, and before matches against Dixie State and Westminster on Oct. 12-13, Gilfert had 246 kills with 44 errors in 456 total attempts.

Gilfert, a 6-foot middle blocker/ right side hitter who transferred from Northern Arizona, was a four-year letterman at Legend and set single-season school records as a junior for hitting percentage (.428) and blocks (158).

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com The football team scored all 41 points in the first three quarters of a 41-0 romp over Aurora Central on Oct. 12. According to a Hudl recap, the Eagles had 399 yards of total offense.

The Eagles face Denver South on Oct. 19. The Eagles have lost the past two games played against the Rebels.

Freshman Darby Knamp ended the regular softball season with a teamleading .407 average and collected hits in all but three of 19 games.

Littleton Christian Sapakoff and Christian Olsen finished fifth and sixth in the boys 4A Jefferson County League cross country championships held Oct. 11. Sapakoff was clocked in 16:58.00 and Olsen had a time of 17:10.00. The boys team was second.

Freshman Grace Valentine was the first Littleton girls runner to finish — she was 16th with a time of 20:25.00.

Omar Serano collected the goal as the boys soccer team earned a 1-1 tie with Standley Lake on Oct. 10.

Highly touted Palmer Ridge quarterback Ty Evans passed for 233 yards and four touchdowns as the Bears scored all their points in the first half in a 42-7 win over the football team on Oct. 12.

The winless Lions (0-7) travel to Parker to face Lutheran (2-5) on Oct. 19.

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Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in Colorado for 23 6 years.

Residential/Commercial/ Farm & Ranch Fencing Low rates, Free estimates

Scott, Owner - 720-364-5270 D & D FENCING

Commercial & Residential All types of cedar, chain link, iron, and vinyl fences. Install and repair. Serving all areas.

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Garage Doors

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• Home Renovation and Remodel • 30 years Experience • Insured • Satisfaction Guaranteed Highly rated & screened contractor by Home Advisor & Angies list

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• Springs, Repairs • New Doors and Openers • Barn and Arena Doors • Locally-Owned & Operated • Tom Martino’s Referral List 10 Yrs • BBB Gold Star Member Since 2002

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Painting

Landscaping/Nurseries

Come to a Medicare Information Workshop!

Painting

Interior • Exterior Residential Specialist Woodworking, Decks

Saturday, October 27th • 10 AM Parker Library Thursday, November 1st • 6:30 PM Philip S Miller Library

Karl Bruns-Kyler 303-416-6304

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Solving All your Remodeling & Repair Problems – Just Ask!

DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE SERVICE Over 30 Years Experience Licensed & Insured

Eric DeSpain 303-840-1874

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JIM 303.818.6319

“HONEY-DO’S DONE… THAT YOUR HONEY DON’T DO.” — SMALL JOBS INSIDE AND OUT —

Hauling Service

PEREZ PAINTING LLC

Serving the Front Range Since 1955

PROFESSIONAL

Heating • Cooling

OUTDOOR SERVICES

Furnace and Boiler Specials!

TREES/ SHRUBS TRIMMED

•AC Specials •Furnaces •Install •Boilers •Water Heaters •Replace

Planted, Trimmed & Removal • Sod Work • Rock & Block Walls • Sprinklers • Aeration • Stumps Ground • Mulch

720-327-9214

FuRnACe & AIR CondItIon SpeCIAlS

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Small Jobs Welcome

HANDY MAN Screwed up your plumbing?

CALL DIRTY JOBS Plumbing repair & Drain Cleaning

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Trash / Rubbish / Debris and Junk Removal Professional and Reliable Year Round Service Rubin (720)434-8042 Kerwin (720) 519-5559

Installation, Removal & Repairs Stone Work • Patio’s/Walkways • New Construction Water Features • Fire-Pits • Synthetic grass • Retaining Walls • Drainage/Re-grading • Sprinkler Systems Outdoor living areas

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Lawn/Garden Services

Yard Clean-up, Raking, Weeding, Flower Bed Maintenance, Shrubbery Trimming Soil Prep - Sod Work Trees & Shrub Replacement also Small Tree & Bush Removal Bark, Rock Walls & Flagstone Work

FREE Estimates

Family owned business with over 35 yrs. exp.

Call or email Ron 303-758-5473 vandergang@comcast.net

DICK 303-783-9000

720-298-3496

Lighting

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Robert Dudley Lighting

Plumbing

For all your indoor & outdoor lighting needs, plus…

• Internet/TV Cable & Outlets •Ceiling Fans •Thermostats •Wall-Mounted TV’s • And many more services Free Estimates All Work Guaranteed

Call 720-456-8196

Misc. Services

PLUMBING & SPRINKLERS

Scrap Metal, Batteries, Appliances, Wiring, Scrap Plumbing/Heating, Cars/Parts, Clean out Garages/Yards, Rake, Yard work done w/chainsaw, Certified Auto Mechanical / Body Work & paint available Also can do inside or outside cleaning 303-647-2475 / 720-323-2173

A&M Lawn Service Landscaping & Lawn Care Services • Sprinkler Blowout & Fall Winterizing • Fall Clean Up / Aeration/Pruning / Fertilization • Sprinkler Start-Ups / Repair • Landscaping • Flagstone or Pavestone • Shrub / Tree Installation & Pruning •Lawn Maintenance - Commercial & Residential Licensed & Insured • Family Owned & Operated Serving Littleton and Jeffco for 39 years

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Painting

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We can make dreams a reality

We Warranty Everything we install FREE Estimates

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Satisfying Customers for Over 23 Years

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Heating/ Air Conditioning Handyman

By Jim Myers

Fences: pressure washing / Drywall patch Free Estimates • Great Winter Rates

Al Vinnola 720-404-3525

Calling this number will direct you to a licensed sales agent.

A licensed sales agent will be present with information and applications.

Handyman

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Alpine Landscape Management

Weekly Mowing, Aerate, Fertilize, Fall Clean Up, Snow Removal Trim Bushes & Small Trees, Senior Discounts

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L.S. PAINTING, Inc.

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ANCHOR PLUMBING

Residential: Hot Water Heat • Forced Air Water Heaters • Kitchens • Baths Service Repair • Sprinkler Repair

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303-948-9287

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PH: 303-472-8217 FX: 303-688-8821

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Painting We paint over 700 Homes Per Year No Deposit Ever Satisfaction Guaranteed 5 year, 7 year and 9 year Exterior Warranties 2 Yr. Interior Warranty Licensed & Insured up to $2 Million Locally Owned and Operated since 1989 Free Color Consulting & Samples

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Each office is independently owned and operated

Pet Care & Services

Got Poop? We Scoop!

Enjoy a clean, safe, and pet-waste free yard year-round.

*Offer cannot be combined with any other offer

Plumbing

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Roofing/Gutters Tile

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Tile

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Family Owned 30 Years’ Experience Accepting all major credit cards “We Believe in Quality, Insured Bonded Integrity & & Proficiency

720-275-4020 or 303-935-1753 Family Owned & Operated. Low Rates.

Have a Hail Damaged Roof?

- Call Dave Vaughn 720-427-7422 - davegoldenspikeroofing@gmail.com

DIRTY JOBS Drain Cleaning & All Plumbing Repairs

Roofing/Gutters

- Call Golden Spike Roofing - We are 100% Local & Have Great References - Roofing • Siding • Paint • Windows • Gutters

Twice a week, once a week, and every other week.

We guarantee our service 100% or will re-clean your yard for free!

Mobile: 303.408.7118 Office: 303.452.3300 Or online at: edvaughnhomes.com

Thomas Flooring & Tile • All Types of Tile • • Granite-Ceramic • • Porcelain • • Natural Stone •Vinyl • 32 Years Experience • Work Warranty

303-781-4919 FREE Estimates

Tree Service

ANYTHING TILE

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Remodeling is my specialty!

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(303) 646-0140

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Windows

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Castle Rock/Franktown

Classic

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Sunday Worship 9:00am & 10:45am - Worship 9:00am - Sunday School

Castle Rock/Franktown

Trinity Lutheran Church and School

Sunday Worship Times 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran School and ECEC (Ages 2 1/2 - 5; Grades K-8)

www.tlcas.org

New Church Starting in Franktown!

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Little Blessings Parents Day Out www.littleblessingspdo.com

7249 E. Park Dr. Franktown, CO TIME: 10:30 PM PHONE: 303-688-1004

Classifieds

Call Karen at 303.566.4091

First United Methodist Church 1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

Advertise with us to find a good home for your favorite Ford

Seven Sunday Masses Two Daily Masses Confessions Six Days a Week

Meeting at the Franktown fire station @ 1959 North State Highway 83 Bible Study Sunday Evenings @ 5PM

Call Pastor Jim Carroll for more info 719 237-4245

Cimarron Middle School 12130 Canterberry Parkway Parker, CO 80138 www.CSLParker.org

STM Catholic School Preschool – Grade 8

8035 South Quebec Street ServingCO the southeast Centennial, 80112 303.770.1155 area

For Local News Anytime Greenwood Village of the Day Visit BibleOurColoradoNews.com Baptist Church 303-841-4660

Sunday Services - 10 a.m.

Denver

www.stthomasmore.org

Congregation Beth Shalom Serving the Southeast Denver area

Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org

303-794-6643

Pine Lane Elementary South 6475 E Ponderosa Dr. Parker, CO 80138 303-941-0668

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call Karen at 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com

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Wanted

Looking for inexpensive Hypo Allergenic Dog 1year and up 303-919-4925

Horse & Tack GARAGE

SALES

MERCHANDISE ANTIQUES SPORTS

Misc. Notices

Statewide To Advertise call Karen Colorado 303.566.4091 Classified Advertising Network

To place a 25-word COSCAN Network ad in 91 Colorado newspapers for only $300, contact your local newspaper or call Colorado Press Association Network at 303-571-5117.

WANTED

COLORADO PRESS ASSOCIATION NETWORK

Cash for Mineral Rights Free, no-risk, cash offer. Contact us with the details: Call: 720-988-5617 Write: Minerals, PO BOX 3668, Littleton, CO 80161 Email: opportunity@ecmresourcesinc.com

Buy a 25-word statewide classified line ad in newspapers across the state of Colorado for just $300 per week. Ask about our frequency discounts!

Contact this newspaper or call Colorado Press Association Network 303-571-5117

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Garage Sales Arvada

Misc. Notices 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.

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

Garage Sale at 8635 Dover Court Arvada 80005

Friday & Saturday October 19 & 20 8am-4 pm Furniture, nice dishes and glassware, linen, some custom jewelry and Christmas Items, Bicycle USA Micar GTS,

Lone Tree

Friday October 12th 8am-3pm & Saturday October 13th 9am-1pm 10627 Montecito Drive (Ridgegate Parkway & I25) Holiday, Household, Small Kitchen Appliances, Decorative Items, Furniture and much much more!

EQUIPMENT

PETS AUTOS &

Arts & Crafts

kearhart@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Sons and Daughters of Italy 16th Annual

Holiday Gift and Craft Fair

A social club offering many exciting social activities and friendships.

Link 10 social hours, 4-6 P each Thur at Innsider Bar and Grill, Holiday Inn, 7390 Hampton Ave., Lkwd.

Visit widowedamerica.org or contact Bob, 303-979-0181.

Experience the career that will affect everyone throughout their lifetime.

Castle Rock

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

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

Estate Sale - All must go!

Furniture, Bronco Memorabilia Lots of Tools/Yard Equipmet, Athletic Equipment including Scuba Diving Gear Towels, Bedding, Table Cloths, Napkins Anything Kitchen, Christmas, Easter, Fall Decor Framed Art, Modern China, Collectibles, Lots of Glasses/Crystal, Patio Furniture, Entire household must be sold CASH Only 2421 Fairway Wood Circle Castle Rock 80109 Thursday - Sunday 9am-3pm 18th, 19th, 20th & 21st

www.denverexploring.org/horancares

Email Scot Fuller at scot.fuller@scouting.org or call 720-266-2126

Arts & Crafts Family in Christ Church 11th Annual Craft Fair 55+ Vendors

Friday, October 26th, 10am-4pm & Saturday, October 27th, 9am-3pm 11355 Sheridan Blvd., Westminster Suggested admission is nonperishable food for the Growing Home Food Pantry.

Café and Cookie Walk available to support our Nursery & Children’s Ministries.

Firewood

Holiday Hills Village 2018 Art & Craft Fair

Split & Delivered $300 a cord Stacking available extra $35 Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

Lawn and Garden Toro Gas Lawn Mower w/electric spark $150 Toro Electric Snow Blower + 100' cord $150 Black & Decker Electric Leaf Blower $30 Cash Only Call 303-466-7709 leave message

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

MERCHANDISE

Young adults 14-20 come to our Open House to learn what it means to work at a Funeral Home.

In our program, we will touch on what happens at death, what happens to those that pass, and teach how to care for their community when they pass.

October 25th, 2018 • 6:30–8:00pm At Horan & McConaty HeartLight Center (11150 E. Dartmouth Ave, Aurora, CO 80014) To RSVP, go to

Boarding for Retired Horses

High quality, low cost all-inclusive Horse Boarding for retired and senior horses.

Contact Blue Rose Ranch 303-796-7739 Springfield, CO www.bluerosehorseretirement.org

TRANSPORTATION

Cash for all Vehicles!

Estate Sales WIDOWED MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICA.

MORE!

New & Used Electric Bikes & Trikes Starting at $995 The Largest ebike Store in the Country Best Selection & Discount Prices

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Denver, CO 80204 ElectricBicycleMegaStore.com

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Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s Any condition • Running or not Under $500

(303)741-0762

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

Bestcashforcars.com

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 Selling Estate that includes 2018 Thor Ace 29.4 2 slides 2500 miles, Ford V10 $75,000 (303)805-0301

Wanted

Lots of small power and hand tools, antiques, pet items, BBQ utensils, new dishwasher in box.

Details and photos. nealheyer@yahoo.com 303-726-5298

Cash for all Vehicles!

Musical

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

Selmer (Paris) Mark VI Saxophones: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, including accessories 303-756-0994

Wurlitzer Grand Piano Model C143, Blonde Color Perfect Condition $4500 (303)805-0301

Wanted to Buy Mr. Baseball, coming to Colorado buying sports cards and memorabilia (203)767-2407

Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s Any condition • Running or not Under $500

(303)741-0762

Bestcashforcars.com

DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK, BOAT, RV; Running or not, to www.developmentaldisabled.org Tax deductible! 303-659-1744.

20 years of service

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To Advertise call Karen 303.566.4091

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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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FirstBank is an EOE/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

CLERKS/PROCESSORS/ PARALEGALS NEEDED

TECHNOLOGY Visa Technology & Operations, LLC., a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, CO location for:

Law Firm located at I-25 and Lincoln Ave needs Full Time clerical or paralegal help.

Multiple positions available.

Foreclosure, title, closing, mortgage experience helpful but not required.

Must be ACCURATE, reliable, and able to work in high volume fast paced office. Several benefits available including medical, dental, vision and a generous PTO policy.

Email Cover Letter, Resume, and Salary Requirements to: janewaylawhiring@gmail.com with your name and where you saw our ad in the subject line Customer Service Representative needed for busy State Farm Insurance office in Parker. Dedicated to provide prompt, accurate and friendly customer service. Provide quotes, complete applications and necessary paperwork.

Previous sales experience and licensing in Property and Casualty preferred but are willing to train for the right candidate.

Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills. Email resume to joey@danieldfarland.com.

LEGITIMATE WORK AT HOME

No Sales, no Investment, No Risk, Free training, Free website. Contact Susan at 303-6464171 or fill out form at www.wisechoice4u.com

NOW Hiring Personal Care Workers for our local communities. Nights/Weekends/ Days./Eves. Training provided. $12-$18/hr based on exp./shifts.

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Send us your resume to ggarvey@coloradocommunitymedia.com We are locally family owned and operated, provide training, offer a competitive salary, commission and a full benefits package that includes paid time off, health, dental, vision and 401K.

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- Application Programming Analysts (Job# REF11590O) to contribute to the overall integrity and availability of the Debit Processing Switch, Open File Delivery (OFD) and associated applications. Maintenance and support of all applications and services running on the HP Nonstop Blade and Itanium platforms.

To apply, please reference Job #s above when mailing resume to: LJ, Visa, Inc., MS: M1-12 SW, 900 Metro Center Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404. EOE

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HOMES APARTMENTS COMMERCIAL OFFICE INCOME PROPERTY STORAGE ROOMMATES

To Advertise call Barb 303.566.4125

bstolte@coloradocommunitymedia.com Home for Sale

Income/Investment Property ®

Greenwood Village Office Space For Lease

Located at 5700 S. Quebec St., the Quebec Court I building is one of south Denver’s most desirable business addresses. Currently there is 10,395 sf available for lease. It can be demised into a smaller suite and this suite has a separate outside entrance. Offered at $14.50/sf NNN. Call David Gagliano, Mike Haley or John Becker for additional information.

Fuller Real Estate, 5300 DTC Pkwy., #100 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

Southwest Nebraska Home with 2 garages $45,000 cash, small town living in Fishing, Hunting, Boating and Retirement Community 970-472-5978

Senior Housing

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

Condos/Townhomes Littleton Condo Pinnacle at the Highline 3 bedroom, 2 bath near lightrail and canal Garage, Pool, Rec Center, New Carpet/Paint Must See $1800 720-257-1032

Duplexes, Multiplexes AVAILABLE NOW

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

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Home for Sale

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www.ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/Notices 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

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

PUBLIC NOTICES 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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0345-2018

Original Grantor(s)

Ten X LLC Public Notices callTHE Sheree 303.566.4088 Original Beneficiary(ies) LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A D.H. Carlson FIRST LIEN.

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

Public Trustees

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 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

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

Legal Notice NO.: 0071-2018 First Publication: 9/27/18 Last Publication: 10/25/18 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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:

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. 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

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

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.

Public Trustees

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

October 19, 2018O

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0351-2018

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

legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of

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 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.

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Public Trustees

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 num-

Public Trustees

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:

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

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

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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;

Public Trustees

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 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. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A. Also known by street and number as: 5712 S Lowell Blvd, 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.

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.

Public Trustees

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: 07/18/2018 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 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 AR-

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.

Public Trustees

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. ©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

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

Public Trustees

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 2, BLOCK 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. 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

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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.

Public Trustees

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. 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

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0361-2018

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 18-019046

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

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

On 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.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

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

Legal Notice NO: 0361-2018 First Publication: 9/20/2018 Last Publication: 10/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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