Centennial Citizen 1209

DECEMBER 9, 2016

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CITY BOOSTS SNOW FLEET: Centennial officials have taken steps to improve winter driving conditions P4

REVVING UP: The project that will add toll lanes to C-470 is starting to move along P2

SOMETHING TO CHIRP ABOUT: Two local men hope protein powder made from crickets catches on P5 LIVING WITH WILDLIFE: City creates coyote management plan P7

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Earthwork has begun along C-470 as part of the expansion of the highway, which will cost $318 million when debt service is factored in.

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Work begins on C-470 expansion; nighttime lane closures underway

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Nighttime lane closures along C-470 have begun as work gets underway on an expansion of the freeway.

Flatiron Construction is continuing earthwork for the expansion behind temporary barriers between Lucent Boulevard and Quebec Street, as well

as realignment of Broadway under the freeway. Widening is set for the bridge over Big Dry Creek this month, with bridges over University and Erickson boulevards in January and February.

The biggest change to C-470 will be the addition of toll lanes, with two of them westbound between I-25 and Colorado Boulevard and one from Colorado to Wadsworth Boulevard,

and one eastbound toll lane from Platte Canyon Road to I-25.

Project manager Jerome Estes said that toll lanes were chosen over highoccupancy vehicle lanes in part to help pay for the project. The construction is mostly financed by loans that will be paid for using the collected tolls.

The project’s cost is $215 million, or

$318 million including debt service.

In addition to the express lanes, upgrades will include pavement reconstruction, auxiliary lanes at certain locations, curve realignment, widening or replacement of bridges and grade separations for the C-470 multi-use trail that runs parallel to the freeway. Work is expected to be completed in 2019.

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Centennial devotes five more vehicles to its snow force City puts more snowplow power into action this winter

BY BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Centennial officials are hoping to plow their way to better winter storm transportation this year.

“I think what we are doing is going to make a big difference,” said Travis Greiman, the city’s public works director. “It should offer for better service for residents and commuters.”

In the 2016 survey, 69 percent of residents wrote that they wanted to see the city work on improving the snow removal in the next 10 years. A total of 41 percent were happy with the existing snow removal efforts. The survey provided a represenative sample of of 484 Centennial residents.

Officials decided to purchase five new snowplows, approving $1 million in spending a year for the purchase, use and maintenance of the new trucks.

The roads in the city are categorized as priority one, two and three roads.

Priority one roads are the major arterial streets with four or more lanes.

Priority two, in general, connects residential streets to priority one streets.

Priority three streets are everything else.

The city of Centennial approved $1 million to improve the snow-removal program in the city. An additional five trucks will hit the ice and snow this year, improving the plow time on priority two roads. COURTESY PHOTO Some major roads that go through the city — such as I-25, Parker Road, University Boulevard and Arapahoe Road (I-25 to Parker Road)— are state highways that are maintained by the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Previously, 10 trucks would work on priority one streets and five would clear priority two. The additional five trucks, which cost about $260,000 each, will be dedicated to adding plow force to priority two streets.

“For a typical storm, we would be doubling the number of trucks on priority two networks,” Greiman said.

“We are really going to be plowing the network faster.”

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plows were in charge of clearing 38.2 miles of roads. With the additional five trucks, that number is reduced to 28.7 miles of road lanes per truck.

The decrease in lane miles per truck will reduce the clearing time and allow for more priority two roads to be cleared, Greiman said.

The addition of snowplows opened the door for 10 new employees to operate the vehicles. According to Greiman, the drivers were hired to cover two 12-hour shifts if necessary.

Priority three street plowing is contracted out to Terracare — a company that specializes in outdoor maintenance— due to smaller plows being needed. In 2009, priority three streets were plowed when 12 inches of snow were forecasted. This winter, the

city manager will take into account a projected 6 inches of snow, additional snowstorms predicted and freezing temperatures expected following the storm.

Greiman mentioned that ice can be a problem that occurs after the snow is cleared. Last year, the city ran a pilot ice-control program on priority three streets that removed ice on a citizen request basis. This year, the 10 employees hired to drive the plows will also be used to continue that program.

“We now have the resources available that when they are out in the area, they can take care of situations as they see fit,” Greiman said. “We hope that controls the ice situation in neighborhoods.”

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Brothers beat drum for bug-eating Pair hope Americans will jump at chance to eat cricket-based protein

Arapahoe High School graduates Dave, left, and Lars Baugh hope that American fitness enthusiasts will ditch their conventional protein bars and powders for replacements made from crickets.

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dave Baugh first ate bugs while serving in Southeast Asia in the Marine Corps.

“The first time, it was kind of weird,” he admits. “And then, the more places we went to, we ate different kinds of bugs.”

For many people, that experience may just become a story to tell their kids. For Dave and his twin brother, Lars, it was an idea for a business.

“It kind of started the conversation, the gears turning, with Lars and I,” Dave said.

“Why don’t people in America do this?” the 2006 Arapahoe High School graduates wondered.

Lars, who had embarked on a corporate sales career after graduating from the University of Arizona, told Dave — who had commissioned as a public affairs officer in the Marines after graduating from the University of Colorado — that he had heard of an American startup creating protein bars from crickets.

Last fall, after Dave left the Marines and Lars left his career, they started their own company, Lithic Nutrition, with hopes that cricket-based bars and powders will soon be seen as a direct replacement for whey and soy products.

They developed recipes with the help of a local food science consultant, Erin Price, and settled on three flavors of cricket-based protein bars: banana bread, blueberry vanilla and dark chocolate brownie.

They soft-launched in July and then started a crowd-funding campaign, raising more than $12,000 on Kickstarter to bring the bars and a protein powder to market. For now, the brothers make the bars themselves in a 120-square-foot “clean room” in a small commercial space in Aurora, but they hope to contract out the process as the business scales up.

In order to do that, the Centennial

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residents must convince Americans that not only is it OK to eat bugs, but desirable.

But why eat insects?

“The premise behind the name ‘Lithic’ is people have been eating bugs since the Paleolithic era,” Dave said. “Our bodies know how to process them. About 80 percent of the world still eats insects regularly.”

While that may be true, Western society may still shy away from eating them. The Baughs say that their target audience is the “nutrionally conscious athlete” — including climbers, triathletes and Crossfit enthusiasts.

“That audience is typically more concerned about the quality of fuel that they’re taking in,” Dave said.

They tout not only a high level of protein, but other nutrients like amino acids, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, iron, vitamin B-12 and fiber.

And raising crickets is easier on the environment than larger animals, which they hope resonates with green, outdoorsy Coloradans.

“It has the highest conversion ratio of input to output,” Lars said.

“You can feed them byproducts, like barley hops and cornstalks,” Dave added. “They’ll almost eat anything.”

They Baughs source their crickets from a farm in Thailand. They say that it takes less than a gallon of water to raise a pound of protein from crickets, compared to 2,800 gallons for a pound of beef. Crickets also have an advantage when it comes to land use.

“You can condense them into buckets, raise them vertically, compared to several acres for a pound of beef,” Dave said.

They also say crickets have an advantage over plant proteins, which do not contain essential amino acids that animal proteins do.

In Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, crickets are often deep-fried and eaten as a snack. But without knowing a Lithic bar contains about 60 of the tiny critters, you would never think you were eating insects by biting into one.

“It’s not like a barbecued scorpion on a stick or something like you might see in Thailand,” Dave said. “We inte-

grate everything as a powder, so you never see the insect to begin with.”

There are also no pictures of crickets on any of Lithic’s branding.

They have set up their tent and handed out samples at events around the area over the last few months, like the Denver Veterans Day 5K and 10K, and are encouraged by the response they’ve received.

“Almost 100 percent of people are at least willing to try it,” Lars said.

“There hasn’t been as large of a barrier as we perceived there would be.”

Why crickets?

“There are a couple other (types of insects) that I thought of, based on what I was eating all over Asia,” Dave said.

He said crickets are more readyto-farm, with fewer variations than other “There’s starting to be some more bugs popping up here and there,” Lars said. “Mealworms are probably going to be the next innovation.”

They think that their choice of cricket is better than their competitors. They chose Acheta domesticus, or the house cricket, which they say has superior taste to Gryllodes sigillatus, or the banded cricket, in use by the small number of other U.S. companies in the same market.

“You only get one chance to prove to people cricket can taste good,” Dave said.

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Louisiana native brings bayou to Littleton Restaurant offers Cajun comfort food along Santa Fe Drive

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Greg Jones said that he was reluctant to eat at The Lost Cajun restaurant in Breckenridge while on a ski trip to his place in Keystone, but his son insisted.

“I don’t eat Cajun food outside of Louisiana,” he remembered saying at the time.

Jones moved to Colorado two years ago from Alexandria, a city in the central part of Louisiana, so that his wife, Karin, could take a job as a nursing administrator at HealthSouth in Littleton, but he had spent most of his life in the Bayou State.

“As soon as I tasted it, I knew this was food from home,” Jones said.

The Lost Cajun is a small chain started by another Louisianian living in Colorado, Raymond Griffin, who opened the first restaurant in Frisco six years ago. It now boasts 11 locations, six in Colorado and the remainder in Texas, Tennessee and South Carolina.

After eating there, Jones set out to become a franchisee and open the first location of the restaurant in the Denver area, at 5350 S. Santa Fe Drive,

Louisiana native Greg Jones is bringing the food he is familiar with to Littleton by opening a franchise of The Lost Cajun.

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“I lived my entire life in Louisiana,” he said. “I know what this food is supposed to taste like.”

Jones is a retired accountant and his father was in the grocery business, but going back generations, his ancestors were farmers, fishermen and trappers.

He didn’t have restaurant experience, but he had an old friend who did, and happened to live in the area. He brought Jon Schaffer on board as a manager. He and Schaffer had served together in the Army in Germany 35 years ago, and Schaffer had 15 years

of experience in the restaurant business, including at a large casino in Las Vegas.

“He called me and said ‘I want to open a restaurant’ and I said ‘no, you don’t,’ ” Schaffer said.

Schaffer had no experience with Cajun food, but has grown to appreciate the complexity of its mainstays, like gumbo and jambalaya.

“The flavors, they just build and develop,” he said.

Jones is proud of having received compliments on the food from fellow Louisianians.

“This food is what is cooked in their momma’s kitchen,” he said. “Every Monday they had red beans and rice.

Every weekend they had gumbo. Four hundred years of culture — in Louisiana, our culture revolves around food.”

He’s also proud of repeat customers, a factor that he says is an important measure of success for restaurants.

Jones said he’s competing against himself to offer the best experience possible to his customers — comfort food combined with Southern hospitality — instead of competing against a pair of restaurants in the area with similar fare: Lucille’s Creole Café, located nearby on Bowles Avenue, and NoNo’s Café, off County Line Road.

He says the signature dishes are probably gumbo and jambalaya, which he calls “essential Cajun,” but he also sells a lot of catfish, and fried alligator is on the menu as well. He has a hard time saying what his favorite is.

“If I were pinned down, I’d have to say the roast beef po’ boy,” he said.

He doesn’t sell Colorado beers, other than Coors. Nothing against Colorado craft beer, but he says you can buy it anywhere here. He gets beer from Abita Brewing Company, a Louisiana brewer.

Jones has big plans for the location, in the Riverbend center along Santa Fe Drive, including a patio.

“We’ll be doing crawfish boils, we’ll be having live music,” he said. “We’re looking to turn this into a little corner of Louisiana right here.”

Arapahoe Community College opens education door wider Students with intellectual disabilities seek degrees in pilot program

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When she graduated from Heritage High School in 2013, Maggie Cullen didn’t think going to college was in her future.

Cullen has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as a mood disorder and a tic disorder.

But she’s getting her shot at higher education through the Elevate program at Arapahoe Community College, one of three pilot programs in the state designed to help students with intellectual disabilities go to college.

Cullen hopes to earn a certificate and go on to a career as a paraprofessional educator.

“I’ve been around those kids and I have a passion for them,” she said.

Cullen is one of seven students enrolled in the Elevate for its first semester. For now, the students are taking two classes as a cohort to help prepare them — one on interpersonal

Maggie Cullen listens to a lecture on time management in a college success course for students in the Elevate program at Arapahoe Community College. Elevate is designed to give students with intellectual disabilities a chance at earning an associate’s degree or a certificate.

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But as they move on at ACC, they will separate and take classes in their chosen fields alongside the general student population.

“All of these students are capable of learning,” said Jennifer Dena, a student access services specialist at ACC who coordinates the program.

“It’s just having the time to dedicate to them.”

Other students serve as peer mentors in the program, spending informal social time with them and talking with them about life, both in and out of school.

One of the mentors, Ruby Rendon, is studying to be a special education teacher and has an autistic son.

“When I heard about this program, I wanted to be a part of it,” she said.

Another of the Elevate students, Cassandra Hines, is seeking an associ-

ate degree in child care and hopes to teach music to young children.

“I love working with kids,” said the 2013 Arapahoe High School graduate.

Rachel Weir, director of student access services at ACC, said that programs like Elevate will allow those with intellectual disabilities to be more successful in life.

“They have dreams of getting a job and supporting themselves and they also want to get married and have families,” said Weir, who worked with a similar program at University of North Florida as an undergraduate student.

Elevate, along with similar programs at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of Northern Colorado, are is funded by a state Senate bill passed earlier this year and by the nonprofit Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education — although Weir said that the $75,000 per year allocated by the state does not go far.

Meanwhile, both Cullen and Hines are enjoying their time at ACC and are working with the student life office to form a club for the program.

They are meeting new challenges as well.

“The tests are definitely a lot harder than high school tests,” Cullen said.

“A lot of people had doubts, but I’ve proven them wrong,” she added.

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December 9, 2016

City implements plan to educate about coyotes Plan teaches how people can better co-exist with growing number of animals

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Because of increasing reports of pet loss from a growing coyote population in its neighborhoods, the City of Centennial is implementing an educational program to teach residents how to better co-exist with the animals.

“There have always been coyotes in the Denver metro area,” said Steve Greer, Centennial’s community development director. “It is not that they have all of a sudden appeared. The population is what changes year to year.”

Centennial, the Division of Wildlife and South Suburban Parks and Recreation partnered to create a coyote management plan that was presented to Centennial City Council in November.

The plan provides information about coyotes and guidelines about how to live with them and how to respond to coyote-related conflicts.

Key focuses are the importance of human safety and the sustainability of the area’s native ecology.

HOW TO LIVE WITH COYOTES Avoiding issues Keep pets on a 6-foot leash.

Do not leave garbage or pet food in accessible places.

Remove vegetation that might house potential prey.

Turn on lights when letting pets outside at night.

If approached Do not turn your back and run away.

Pick up small pets and children.

Make noise and attempt to look bigger.

Coyotes come around homes when they realize there is easily accessible food in human-populated areas, said Andy Jennings, director of Parks and Open Space for South Suburban Parks and Recreation.

“They have a tendency for doing well by humans,” said Jennifer Churchill, public information officer for the northeast region of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Coyotes can become unafraid of people, so we need to help them understand there is a fine line between us and them.”

Coyote activity has been observed in the Fox Ridge, Willow Spring and Walnut Hill neighborhoods, among other areas of the city. Staff from the three organizations has only recently begun to collect data on

How to protect from porch piracy

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Whether it is a gift from a loved one or an item received from online Christmas shopping, the holiday season means an increase in receiving packages. And shipping companies leave thousands of unprotected packages on home doorsteps in your city every day.

Unfortunately, this also is the peak season for porch piracy, which is the theft of a package before it can be collected by its recipient.

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When coyotes are in residential areas Initiate hazing, techniques to scare them, such as spraying a hose, making noise and throwing items.

If you see a coyote To report coyote sightings or interactions, go to http://www. centennialco.gov/AnimalServices/coyote-reporting. aspx or call Centennial Animal Services at 303-325-8070.

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Besides teaching residents how to live peacefully with wildlife, the city wants to monitor the wildlife activity so it can step in when necessary, Greer said.

Exact numbers for the increase in the coyote population are unknown because coyotes are difficult to track, Churchill said. But the concern is how many are becoming comfortable around people.

Part of the education initiative teaches residents hazing techniques or methods to deter an animal away from an area or discourage its behavior.

Coyotes, which can look similar to a dog, range from 20 to 50 pounds and travel either alone or in family groups. Their coats are

Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife

a tawny brown color with black and white spots. They typically eat rodents, rabbits and fruit but can go after small pets.

January and February is breeding season for the coyotes. They have their babies in March and April. When a human is walking close to a litter of coyote pups, Churchill said the coyotes may walk along with the human at a distance to ensure their offspring are safe.

The goal is to “get all the neighborhoods together to haze and push the coyotes back into the open areas,” Jennings said. “We need to let them know they are not welcome in the neighborhoods.

We want them to be in their own environment.”

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5 tips for

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inter weather made its debut in recent weeks — better late than never — temporarily causing slick roads and blurred visibility.

As the season enters full swing, travel experts advise motorists to drive with caution and adjust their vehicles for upcoming weather.

“The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office takes our roadway safety serious,” said Douglas County Traffic Sgt. Chris Washburn. “Your safety and the safety of your loved ones depends on your full attention to your driving.”

Below are five tips from traffic experts to ensure safe travels this winter.

Slow down Maneuvering on ice and snow requires slower speeds.

In an email correspondence, Washburn advised: “Increase your following distance and decrease your speed to allow more stopping room.”

The American Automobile Association agrees.

“The normal dry-pavement following distance of three to four seconds should be increased to eight to 10 seconds,” AAA’s Winter Driving

Tip webpage says. “This increased margin of safety will provide the longer distance needed if you have to stop.”

AAA also tells motorists to accelerate and decelerate slowly.

Applying gas gradually is the “best method for regaining traction and avoiding skids.”

Everything — including accelerating, stopping and turning — takes longer on snow-covered roads than on dry pavement, AAA says.

Check the dashboard Dashboard warning lights and measurements go hand in hand with safe driving.

A few quick tips from Washburn include: keep the windshield washer full, keep the gas tank above half, and use your wind-

shield wipers and headlights when needed.

AAA adds that motorists should make sure their tires are inflated, avoid using the parking brake in rainy or snowy weather, and refrain from using cruise control on any slippery surface.

Pay attention In 2013, 3,154 nationally people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver — which includes activities such as texting or eating — and 424,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Washburn asks drivers to “put the

cell phone down and please concentrate on safe driving habits.” Colorado law bans the use of cell phones while driving for motorists under 18 and texting for all motorists.

AAA recommends that motorists avoid driving while fatigued.

“Getting the proper amount of rest before taking on winter-weather tasks reduces driving risks,” the webpage says.

Make a winter safety kit A motorist traveling in winter conditions should make a winter safety kit and keep it in his or her car, Washburn recommends. The kit should include, at minimum, blankets, non-perishable

food, water and a flashlight.

For long-distance winter trips, AAA says motorists should also include a cellular phone with AAA’s number, blankets, gloves, hats and any needed medication.

In case of emergency In Colorado, many escape to the mountains for the weekend to ski or snowboard. Motorists should be prepared if weather conditions escalate while driving.

“If you are stranded or stuck on a winter road, only run your car periodically to keep warm,” Washburn said. “Stay with your vehicle and don’t attempt to walk through a major storm.

Help will arrive to you if you stay with

your vehicle.”

Motorists also should keep windows cracked while the motor is running to avoid carbon monoxide buildup in the vehicle, he said.

Finally, when it comes to winter driving, AAA says: “Stay home. If you really don’t have to go out, don’t. Even if you can drive well in the snow, not everyone else can. Don’t tempt fate: If you don’t have somewhere you have to be, watch the snow from indoors.”

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Five things you need to keep in mind today and every day to make life better WINNING WORDS

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s family and friends will tell you, I am a news junkie. Although I have left most social media sites with the exception of just a couple, I have many news apps on my phone and probably far too many Google alerts set up. It’s just my way of staying on top of what is happening in the world and in our community. Couple that with reading the newspaper and watching some of the news channels on television, you may see where I get the reputation of being a news junkie.

If I am in a rush, I actually like the new feature on most of the news apps such as “The Top 5 Things You Missed This Week,” or the “Top Things You Need to Know Today,” They are quick and summarize the news into a concise

format allowing me to click on the “More” link if I want to go deeper into a story. And when pressed for time, with a quick review of the front page of any newspaper I can get the news fix that I was looking for that day.

So what are the Five Things You Need to Know Today?

1. You are loved more than you know.

2. You are forgiven for all mistakes; so stop being so hard on yourself.

3. You are appreciated even when others can’t find the right words or ways to say thank you.

4. You are beautiful and brilliant, and you are gifted and gorgeous.

5. You are stronger than you give yourself credit for, and you can use that strength to

endure any season of life or to encourage others to persevere through any battle they may be facing.

How’s that for a short summarizing list of the Five Things You Need to Know Today? And by the way, the Five Things You Need to Know Today and Remember Every Day. Why are these so important? Because if I fall back on my addiction to the news and shared with you some of the very real and horrific things that I read or see in the news, and if I didn’t have the foundation above I could easily become depressed, stressed and angry. And none of those attitudes or perspectives I just SEE NORTON, P11

So it turns out they could, indeed, print it if it wasn’t true

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In wake of election, America, not Europe, will be the one doing the schooling GUEST COLUMN

“We will need to teach the president-elect what Europe is and how it works,” said European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker about President-elect Donald Trump.

Those are fighting words. If this was 15th-century Europe, an insult like that might result in war. But thankfully, our world has risen above the petty, internecine power struggles of the historical European continent, guided from those stormy waters largely by the ascendance of America and its great ideas: freedom, justice

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and democracy.

Mr. Juncker must think his continent a paragon of Western virtue, a place too sophisticated for America’s new sophomoric president-elect. Mr. Juncker wants to teach Donald Trump how Europe works.

The irony of Mr. Juncker’s statement is that Europe doesn’t work, and Europe doesn’t know what it is. When Mr. Juncker takes time to meet the incoming leader of the free world, it will be Mr. Trump revealing to him SEE BUCK, P11

ou’ve seen them. Lurid headlines luring you at the register.

“Atlanta woman has world’s smallest face!”

“Tom QUIET Cruise DESPERATION spends weekend on Mars!”

“Hillary headed to jail and looking forward to it!”

These things don’t write themCraig Marshall selves, any more than Smith this column writes itself.

In my case, it took years and years of home-alone introspection as a wellspring, and now it takes strong, black, mud-thick coffee to go along with it.

I know exactly how I wound up here, in front of you, but how does someone become a writer for something like the National Enquirer?

Was it a consolation prize?

The Times won’t take you, so you try for something a bit lower, then a bit lower than

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that?

Or is there some unrequited mischief in your marrow?

Maybe you’re just a schlub who doesn’t care and simply needs a job.

But now and then, you must have to disclose what you do for a living at social gatherings. And at the breakfast table.

“Dad,” your 5-year-old asks, “what do you do for a living?”

“Son, I’m a writer.”

“Noble profession, Dad. For whom?”

“National Enquirer.”

“Let me get this straight.

You write a story, knowing it’s untrue, and might hurt, offend and infuriate someone, like John Travolta, and it comes straight from the unplugged intestines of deceit and misinformation.”

“That’s it.”

There would be no National Enquirer, however, if there were no one reading it, buying it, and subscribing to it.

I have been around these parts and other parts of parts for a long time, and I have never met anyone who openly admitted to reading SEE SMITH, P11

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SMITH: Remember, don’t believe everything you read in the checkout line FROM PAGE 10

publications like the National Enquirer.

The headlines are always outrageous, and impossible to believe, like something out of a college humor magazine.

I know. I worked on one. But don’t bother, I had them all confiscated.

“Bigfoot kept lumberjack as love slave!”

“Adam and Eve were astro-

nauts!”

“Chris Christie thinks he’s a manatee!”

I’m guessing that anyone who reads them does it for recreational purposes only.

Perhaps to counteract the realities of existence. And for laughs.

But then what about the stories that have some truth mixed in? Like the “tanning mom” and the “balloon boy”?

What happens to us when

fact and fiction become a meatloaf ? (I like meatloaf.)

Falcon Heene, the actual balloon boy, is now 13, and is in a heavy metal band with his two brothers.

Falcon has hair down to his umbilicus, by the way.

I am in favor of creative thinking, but I am not in favor of slander, libel, or setting out to hurt feelings.

Feelings get hurt anyhow.

These are times of thin skins

and hypersensitivities. I’m sure that offenses are taken by some of the things I write about.

For example, I am in favor of a lengthy prison sentence for anyone who talks with their hands.

But then we would have to have prisons the size of Montana.

I can see how it might go in the wrong direction. I am tempted to make stuff up all

the time.

A long line of humorists preceded me and did the very same thing. That’s my excuse.

Did you know that Taylor Swift is secretly married to an Eddie Fisher impersonator?

It’s true.

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

BUCK: Trump’s election was repudiation of excessive regulatory state FROM PAGE 10

how Europe actually works.

Europe doesn’t work well right now because freedom has slipped from its lexicon. The European Union slaps regulations across its many, diverse states, believing that what works in Brussels works just as well in Scandinavia, the Balkans or the Iberian Peninsula.

In America, President Obama’s administration pursued the same philosophy. With enough red tape, they thought, all of America can look and act just like Washington, D.C.!

President-elect Trump’s election was a repudiation of this excessive regulatory state.

Europe also claims to be a land of justice, citing as evidence its refugee policies. To be sure, justice is indeed helping the world’s most vulnerable and innocent. But justice is also offering your citizenry the chance to live safe, fearless lives.

As President-elect Trump and the nation rethink our approach to refugee resettlement, that might mean leaving some refugees in safe, no-fly zones in the Middle East, where aid can be delivered more cheaply. When the conflicts in their home nations subside, these refugees can return to their homeland and rebuild their countries.

Finally, some Europeans may claim that America, in electing Mr. Trump, has taken a wrecking ball to the edifice of democracy. In reality, the election

of Mr. Trump is a validation of the American democratic experiment.

Our countrymen and women chose for President someone who will stand up to the special interests and lobbyists who own Washington, D.C. On Jan. 20, power in this nation will peacefully transfer to a new administration, and democracy will hold all elected officials accountable for their actions.

Europeans should know something about democracy. It’s required of member states wishing to enter the union. And democracy matters just as much when a sovereign member state chooses, by popular vote, to disengage from the EU. Some members of the EU democracy have already signaled against Mr. Juncker’s haughtiness. England and France decided to forgo an emergency EU meeting to address the election of Donald Trump. Probably better for Europe to hold an emergency meeting to address the economic and security concerns besetting its own continent.

After all, Europe has known freedom, justice and democracy in the past and will know these values again. America might even be able to help, despite Mr. Juncker’s contention that “in general the Americans take no interest in Europe.” Again, the EU Commission president is wrong.

In 1941, when fascism threatened the continent, Americans were very interested. American blood helped restore its freedom. Hopefully, when the hyste-

NORTON: We can all be difference makers FROM PAGE 10

listed would do anything to improve the situations, make my day any brighter, or place me in a better position to help others.

However, if I can love and be loved; if I can forgive and be granted forgiveness; if I can show appreciation and gratitude for all of my blessings and bless others; if I can believe that someone can see the beauty of my heart and I can see the giftedness of theirs; and if I can be strong in the face of adversity and patiently strong while coming alongside someone else in their time of need, I do believe that I can make a difference. And I believe that you can too. We can all be difference makers if we choose to do so.

So how about you? Do you get caught up in the mayhem, fear, uncertainty,

and doubt? And if you are already depressed, stressed, and angry, then I further encourage you to maybe save this column, even if you just take the Top Five list. Place it somewhere you can see it and use it as a helpful reminder that in a time of a divided culture and country, we can look internally and know that we are loved, forgiven, appreciated, beautiful, and strong.

I would love to hear all about your thoughts on the Top Five at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can find the peace that comes from our Top Five list, it really will be a better than good week.

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

ria around President Trump subsides, the continent will take a look across the pond to see a people free of government heavy-handedness, a society pursuing justice, and a government ruled by the people, for the people.

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, represents Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, which includes Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree, Elbert County and much of the state’s eastern plains.

OBITUARIES ASHBROOK

Jeffrey Mark Ashbrook

Jeffrey Mark Ashbrook passed away in Gilbert, AZ. Born in Monroe, LA to Mike and Loretta Ashbrook, Jeff was 45 years old.

Jeff was a graduate of Neville High School and also Louisiana Tech University where he received his degree in Architecture. He used his degree as a successful freelance architect and lived in Dallas, TX, Denver, CO and Gilbert, AZ. He enjoyed listening to bands, music, and riding his Harleys. Jeff was the proprietor of Triple 2’s Tavern in Arizona and loved “bussing” tables and visiting with his customers and friends.

the most by the friends he made throughout Louisiana, Texas, Colorado and Arizonia.

He is preceded in death by his father, L. Michael Ashbrook. Jeff is survived by his mother, Loretta Barkley Ashbrook; brother, Scott Ashbrook and his wife, Donna; three nephews, Lowell, Hunter and Archer and numerous family and friends. Jeff never missed a birthday of his mother, brother or nephews and would always find the funniest and humorous cards to send. Jeff lived life to the fullest and loved to travel. He will be missed

Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M., Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Jeff’s wishes were to be entombed in Kilpatrick’s Serenity Garden Open Air Chapel Mausoleum which will be private. Memorials in Jeff’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz. org.

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Football veterans come to Parker for preventive health screening Former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer among the athletes to take part

Living Heart Foundation co-sponsored a preventive health screening for 37 of its members on Nov. 20, giving the participants a heads-up on their health and providing important data for research on problems like sleep apnea, cardiac issues, obesity and concussions.

“I’m only 41,” said former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer. “It’s never too early to take care of your health, right?”

Cardiologist Dr. Archie Roberts, who had a brief career as an NFL quarterback with the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins, began the Living Heart Foundation 14 years ago in New Jersey.

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Three dozen members of the National Football League Players Association came together on a recent Sunday in Parker, but ultrasounds and echocardiograms, not Xs and Os, were the priority on this given Sunday.

The NFLPA, Centura Health and the

Former Denver Broncos linebacker Karl Mecklenburg gets some blood work done at the Centura Health Meridian Neighborhood Health Center on Nov. 20. Thirtyseven members of the National Football League Players’ Association met at the center for preventive healthcare screenings.

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important to track the health and the health outcomes of these players. Before that, there was no formal structure,” Dr. Roberts said. “We have seen over 4,000 players over 14 years.”

Tests included echocardiograms, CT calcium scores and carotid artery ultrasounds, performed by Centura physicians. Roberts said the data collected has led to special Oobesity programs and peer-reviewed papers for his group, in addition to the information on ongoing health issues for former players it provides to the NFL.

“Football players are susceptible to heart disease because of their body mass, yet they feel invincible because of their strength,” said Scott Perryman, chief operating officer of the Living Heart Foundation. “They enjoy this team-oriented setting where they can reconnect with old buddies.”

Former Broncos quarterback Shawn Moore said the invitation-only event was a chance to reconnect with teammates, but he made the long trip to put his health first.

“I live in Virginia but I flew in for the benefits of the testing,” Moore said. “Seeing the buddies is a bonus.”

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Snowshoes, oatmeal and pickles Unique family traditions make the holidays memorable

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Ornaments dazzle on a Christmas tree in Parker’s PACE Center on Nov. 22. TOM SKELLEY

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ach year, the holiday season brings the usual customs of brightly lit yard displays and holiday hold music, but the things people anticipate most are the special traditions they celebrate with their families.

Though customs like waiting for Santa Claus and lighting the menorah have storied and varied origins, the reasons

people cherish them have less to do with history than the way they modify the customs to fit their own family.

Be it frying latkes in the snow, arguing over the perfect Christmas tree or leaving breakfast for a snow gnome, the things people in the region do to celebrate the holidays are as unique as the people who celebrate them.

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“We always try to do what others do to celebrate Hannukah, giving a present each night, and usually the Sunday of Hanukkah the whole family gets together.

“One thing I do every year is I will fry latkes outside on the patio on a little electric frying pan, whether it’s winter weather or warmer weather.

Let me tell you, when you’re frying latkes and there’s snowflakes coming down and get-

ting into the oil, you do get burned a bit — but it makes it fun.”

“I have Icelandic heritage, so every year my daughter and I leave out a bowl of oatmeal for the Tomten.

He’s like a guardian of the land who helps families look after their farms.

It’s an Icelandic tradition to leave him a bowl of porridge on

the solstice, so every year since my daughter was about 2 we’ve done it.

“I have a box of organic oatmeal that she wouldn’t eat when she was a baby that we use every year.

Hopefully, the Tomten doesn’t mind that it’s reject oatmeal.”

“We’re Armenian, so the one thing we do that’s different is instead of doing Christmas presents on Christmas, we don’t give each other presents until New Year’s Day, and we leave the tree up until Jan. 6.

“We have the entire family over, and we have a big family for Christmas dinner. It depends on the year, but the most we have had was between 30 and 40 people all in the house.”

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“Our tradition is that every year we go up to Bailey or Frasier and cut down a tree. We get a permit through the National Forest Service.

It depends on what the weather is like, but it’s always an adventure. The kids are grown up, but they still rotate who gets to

pick the tree out every year.

“It’s just being family.

We can’t ever agree on a tree — my husband always goes off in a different direction than us and sometimes we argue. But it’s all about being out there together, then we have hot chocolate after.”

“My mom is Swedish, but we do the ‘German pickle’ ornament thing every year. I have no idea why. It’s just a little ornament that looks like a pickle, and every year my mom hides it somewhere on the tree.

I have two brothers, and whoever finds the ornament first gets to open the first gift of Christmas and ring the little bell from ‘The Polar Express.’ ”

“My kids are in Connecticut now and my parents have passed away, so my Christmas tradition now is snowshoeing.

Every year I go up to Brainard Lake near Nederland, and I just go out there with a friend, just seeing moose and being out in nature. It’s a great way to get rid of all the old stuff and bring in the new.”

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December 9, 2016

My glory day — meeting longtime music legend Bruce Springsteen LINER NOTES

What do you wear when you’re going to meet one of your heroes?

You don’t want to overdress and look like you’re trying too hard, but you also don’t want to look sloppy. Wearing that person’s T-shirt can seem a little on the nose, but you still want them to know

Clarke Reader

you’re a fan.

In the end, I decided on a green sweater and jeans when I met Bruce Springsteen at the Tattered Cover on Nov. 30. And in the moments after shaking hands and taking a photo with The Boss, I honestly couldn’t tell you what I wore.

Springsteen was in town promoting his autobiography, the aptly titled “Born to Run,” and a little more than 1,000 fans had the opportunity to meet the man himself and get an autographed copy.

The event sold out in 15 minutes or less.

I honestly don’t know if the Tattered Cover has ever seen a crowd that size.

It snaked through the entire store, right out the front door and around the building.

And what a crowd it was. Seniors to 6-year-olds (mostly) happily stood in line, swapping stories about the first time they saw Springsteen, arguing

Bruce Springsteen visited the Tattered Cover in Denver on Nov. 30 as part of his “Born to Run” book tour. After several hours in line, columnist Clarke Reader spent a glorious 10 seconds with The Boss. about what his best album is, and the times in their lives his music has meant the most to them.

One person talked about “Tunnel of Love” getting them through divorce, and my mother talked about “The Rising” helping her stay positive during her brother’s cancer diagnosis and treatment.

That got me thinking about the times Springsteen’s music helped me over the years, as the line moved slowly but steadily forward.

I thought about all the unrequited

loves I soundtracked in my head to “I’m On Fire.” Or how “Dancing in the Dark” is the best pop song ever written, and it never fails to cheer me up. And I thought about the hope I’ve always pulled from the lyrics to “Atlantic City,” or the last verse of “Darkness on the Edge of Town”: “Tonight I’ll be on that hill cause I can’t stop I’ll be on that hill with everything I got Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I’ll be there on time and I’ll pay the cost For wanting things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of town.”

It occurred to me that I should say all of that to the man himself during the 10 seconds I had to meet and get a photo with him. But of course, when you’re five feet away from a man who has touched millions of lives, who’s been both a conscience and inspiration for more than a decade of my life, and is just flat-out cooler than all but maybe five people on the planet, all you really want to do is not trip.

So I shook Bruce Springsteen’s hand, told him I was a big fan and his music has meant the world to me, got a photo and was guided out of the way to make room for the next person.

And while I’m sure he’s heard both those things more times than he can count, he heard me and said

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Childish Gambino’s “’Awaken, My Love!’” released on Glassnote records.

Review: Who would have expected Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) to have the kind of 2016 he did? His television show “Atlanta” is the best new show of the year, and now he’s delivered this funky, atmospheric third album. If you’re looking for rap, go somewhere else — Glover dives deep into Funkadelic-style soul, jazz rhythms and a dense swirl of moods. The result is one of the most surprising and rewarding listens of the year.

Favorite song: “Redbone” Most empowering lyrics: “Everyone just wants a better life They tried to kill us Love to say they feel us But they won’t take my pride.” thank you, and that’s more than I could’ve expected.

The thrilled laughs, unstoppable smiles and joyous tears I saw that day were proof that while it’s hard describing what it means to meet one of your heroes, we all shared that feeling.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night.

Check out his music blog at calmacil20. blogspot.com. And share your favorite Bruce Springsteen song at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

CURTAIN TIME Story time “Making Merry” is Stories on Stage’s annual holiday program, with actors reading holiday stories. “One Christmas” by Truman Capote, “The Demon Foiled” by Anne Roiphe and “The Christmas Bogey” by Pat Frank will be presented by GeRee Hinshaw, Josh Robinson and Erin Rollman with Gary Grundei. Performances: 2 p.m. on Dec. 10 at Chatauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder; 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the King Center, Auraria Campus, downtown Denver.

Tickets: storiesonstage.org, 303494-0523.

A different view “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”

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December 9, 2016D

It’s that time of year — the ‘Nutcracker’ season The refrain of Tchaikovsky’s beloved “Nutcracker” ballet surrounds us in December and the most elaborate SONYA’S local production is by Colorado SAMPLER Ballet, held at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver through Dec. 24.

Many area dance student children participate in the Sonya Ellingboe performance, making it part of their growing-up memories. Tickets range from $30 to $155, coloradoballet.org or 303-837-8888, ext. 2. Also still to come is a version

by Denver Ballet Theatre (David Taylor) on Dec. 22 and 23 (2 and 7 p.m.) at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver. Tickets: newmantix. com/dbt or 303-871-7720.

Break from winter Come in out of the cold and enjoy a “Tropical Trails Tour” in the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory at Denver Botanic Gardens, from 2 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 10 and 17. Lush vegetation, vibrant flowers, warmth of the rainforest. One hour tour. Visit botanicgardens.org for details. `Bach for the Holidays’ Englewood Arts Presents an afternoon of solo masterpieces by J.S. Bach — offering a welcome escape from the holiday rush, at Hampden Hall, second floor of the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. The program includes “Cello Suite No. 3 in C major” — Silver Ainome, cello; “Violin Partita No. 3 in E major” — Ben Ohdner, violin; “English Suite No. 3 in G minor,” — Mallory Bernstein, piano; “Chaconne from Solo Sonata in D minor” — Yi Zhao, violin. Concert time is 2 p.m. and tickets cost $20/$15, free under 18, englewoodarts.org.

Holiday’s Evening The Friends of the Littleton Library/ Museum group presents the annual “Holiday’s Evening at the Museum” on the museum grounds, 6028 S. Gallup St., from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 11. Tickets: FOL/M members — $7 adults, $3 ages 2 to 16; general public — $10, $4 ages 2-16.

Tickets available at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., and the Littleton Museum (cash or check only). Information: 303795-3950.

School showcase in the Ranch The Highlands Ranch High School Performing Arts Department (band, choir, orchestra and theater ensembles) will combine talents to perform holiday classics at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 10 in the school auditorium.

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Music and poetry “And on Earth, Peace” is a service with music and poetry at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. Chancel

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Christmas Bird Count begins Count the birds visiting the Audubon Nature Center feeders on Dec. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., shop in the Sweets ‘n Treats gift shop and make a holiday craft. Free for Audubon Society of Greater Denver members and families, at the Audubon Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. 303-9739530, denveraudubon.org. Bring binoculars, field guides, water and a snack.

Castle Rock Chorale “Go Tell it on the Mountain: Christmas in Castle Rock” is the title for a Dec. 16 concert by the Castle Rock Chorale. At 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 16, at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 Fifth Street in Castle Rock. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 students and seniors, free 12 and under. Bring a non-perishable food item to receive $1 off ticket price. Items will be donated to the Douglas/Elbert Task Force.

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December 9, 2016

‘Star Wars and the Power of Costume’ comes to Denver

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Queen Amidala, Obi Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Padme Amidela, Darth Vader, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, C-3PO and many more are there in “Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” a new exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.

Even those fans who have watched all of the “Star Wars” films will be amazed by a close-up look at the costumes exhibited on the second floor at the Denver Art Museum through April 2. Every tiny detail is perfect in Queen Amidala’s elaborate gowns, for example. Lace, tiny tucks, embroidery and beads are part of many costumes, indicating multiple days of handwork on each one.

Concept drawings for each character’s costumes are mounted at eye level, sometimes combined with bits of fabric, plastics and beads or braids. Headwear is equally impressive. Related videos are placed throughout the exhibit to explain the choices of materials and relevant lore.

Consider Queen Amidala’s rich red “Throne Room gown” and curving metallic crown from “The Phantom Menace” — they are so well recognized, they have become part of our society’s mythology — and here they are! As is iconic villain Darth Vader’s flowing black cloak, helmet and light saber from “Return of the Jedi.” In this exhibit, the visitor stands right in front of each image — many are free-standing, not encased.

We see a concept drawing, and a close-up pair of Wookie Chewbacca’s feet at the eye level of a 5-yearold, next to the whole furry costume on a tall mannequin. It was made for an actor who was 7’2’’ tall. And also at child height are R2-D2 and C-3PO up close and personal.

More than 60 handcrafted costumes are presented in a joined series of galleries. Some have interactive details, such as a button one can push to make the light sabers glow.

IF YOU GO THE DENVER ART MUSEUM is located on 13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock Street in downtown Denver. Metered parking is available on nearby streets and the Cultural Parking Garage entrance is on 12th Avenue, just west of Broadway.

Children are admitted free to the museum. Adults will need a timed ticket in advance. Plan ahead as the show is selling out on many days.

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Even very young children visiting the large exhibit seemed totally engaged and excited — and so wellbehaved that it was a joy to watch their excitement — and to hear the conversations with parents, who were obviously well-informed fans, having grown up with these legendary characters.

The exhibit was developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s Saul Sopici Drake, Myriam Springuel and E. Warren Perry Jr. Objects shown are loaned from the archives of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. (The not-yet-built museum is in the design phase by architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects.)

Laela French, director of arA life-sized, menacing Darth Vader from A concept drawing for Chewbacca is chives, Skywalker Ranch, Lucas “Return of the Jedi” brandishes his light satranslated into a furry costume for a Museum of Narrative Art, who ber in the Denver Art Museum’s new exhibit: very tall man to wear in the film, “A New has been overseeing the Star Wars “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” Hope.” collections of over 200,000 objects since 2001, was also heavily involved in choice of art to be displayed and worked with the DAM’s Stephanie Van Dyke, experience and interpretation specialist, who enjoyed several visit to Skywalker Ranch, north of San Francisco.

“Narrative Art” is defined on the museum’s website as “art which illustrates or tells a story. It usually describes self-explanatory events from daily life or those drawn from a text, well-known folk tale or myth,” according to the “Dictionary of Art Terms.”

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December 9, 2016D

‘Own an Original’ exhibition runs until early January

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Juror Sandra Clark chose “Artist and the Saint,” an intriguing two-sided bronze sculpture by Kim Kaminski of Littleton, as Best of Show in the 2016 “Own an Original” exhibit, which is at the Littleton Museum through Jan. 8, 2017. The faces and textured robes of the pair are different, but flow together in the sculpture, which is about 14 inches tall.

Carefully applied patina distinguished the two different robes, with a detailed blue-green on the artist and a golden hue on the saint. The artist’s nose is hooked, beak-like and polished.

The conical hat that tops both suggests Careers

an Asian temple spire. A tiny bird perches on a joint shoulder.

Clark, who is a textile artist, combines fiber and metal in some works, including two in this exhibit. She chose 60 pieces by Colorado artists for this exhibit. They are carefully placed in the Littleton Fine Arts Gallery, facing the front door, inviting the visitor to explore. Her statement reflects her choices in award winners: “My work reflects my interest in what happens when our inherent needs for organization and control collide with physiological forces that are out of our control, such as optical and emotional responses to stimuli.”

First Place was awarded to an oil painting by Austin Howlett of Denver for his “Desert Walkers,” depicting a

family of tall, thin African people walking away into a sandy landscape. You can almost hear the wind.

“Infinitude” is by Sean Yarbrough of Boulder, whose website shows many swirling “abstracted astral energy” forms that draw a viewer closer — as does his Second Place painting in this exhibit.

Littleton artist Stephan Begej created “Exuberance No. 19,” an exploded flute, mounted on a canvas, which won Third Place. It speaks of his background as an instrumentation and robotics engineer, featuring “found objects that are captured in a state of disintegration, fragmentation or dispersion …”

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Gershwins’ classic work gets revised treatment

‘Porgy and Bess’ appears in version that was first staged in 2011

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Lights go up on a sketchily-built Catfish Row, in Charleston, South Carolina, where Clara (Erica PapillionPosey) cuddles her baby and bursts into song — in a beautiful rendition of “Summertime.” She is joined in duet by her man Jake (David Sweet), who is a fisherman, as are many other locals.

And we know we are solidly into Gershwin territory.

The Aurora Fox production, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” was first performed in 2011 by the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, directed

by Diane Paulus. She described it as adapted from a three-hour-long opera (first performed in 1935, based on the novel “Porgy” by DuBose Heywood and a play by DuBose and Dorothy Heywood) to the musical theatre stage.

It’s said that George Gershwin kept working on and revising the score until his death in 1937. His brother, Ira Gershwin, and DuBose Heywood wrote the original lyrics.

The new version became a work of several years. Paulus hired Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks to write a script using words formerly sung, and musician/arranger

“THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS” plays through Jan. 1, 2017 at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays. Tickets range from $24 to $37. Aurorafox.org, 303-739-1970. Free parking.

Dierdre Murray to adapt the music.

They worked on a new production, initiated by the Gershwin and Heyward estates, to bring this musical treasure into the 21st century.

The Aurora Fox recruited a sterling cast of highly trained African-Ameri-

can actors and singers to work under the guidance of director donnie l. betts, bringing a regional premiere of this new version to Denver. It opened Nov. 25 and plays through Jan. 1, backed by a five-piece orchestra that fills the theater with George Gershwin’s familiar score.

Bess is portrayed by Tracy Camp, who comes to Colorado from San Francisco to play against Denver’s Leonard Barrett, as the disabled Porgy.

Their voices blend well and each is a fine soloist — as are many other cast members. The familiar songs sound especially fine, which means El Armstrong’s sound design is doing what it should.

Bess’ violent lover, Crown (Michael

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Peters), appears, joins a craps game and fights with and stabs Serena’s man, leaving her widowed and alone.

Anna High appears as Serena. Tyrell Rae, a frequent actor on Littleton Town Hall’s stage, plays Crown’s sidekick and Bess’ drug dealer, Sportin’ Life — a different sort of role for him — cocky, swaggering and a bad influence as he waves drugs under Bess’ nose, luring her to follow him.

The tragic love story twists and turns with Gershwin’s wonderful music ongoing and wraps with Porgy singing “O Lord, I’m on My Way” as he leaves Catfish Row to search for his Bess.

This production is probably a “don’t miss” for area theater lovers.

Blood Testing You Can Afford No Dr.’s Visit/Order Required Cholesterol • Hormone Panels • Thyroid HA1C • PSA • Vit D • And Many More Leonard Barrett as Porgy and Tracy Camp as Bess meet happily in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” at the Aurora Fox Arts Center. In the background is Shandra Duncan as Mariah.

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THINGS to DO

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Reunited at Christmas Dinner Concert: 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9201 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Dinner served at 6 p.m. Tickets for sale at www.gostandrew. com. Contact Mark Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com Arapahoe Philharmonic ‘Miracle of the Season’: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 S. Broadway, Littleton.

Maestro Devin Patrick Hughes will give a brief talk at 6:45 p.m. Tickets available at www. arapahoe-phil.org or by calling 303-781-1892.

Christmas with the Young Voices of Colorado: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Presented by the Littleton Symphony Orchestra, along with Young Voices of Colorado.

Tickets available at the Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec St., and at www. littletonsymphony.org. Call 303-933-6824.

Cherry Creek Chorale ‘Gloria!’: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Go to http://www. cherrycreekchorale.org.

Tidings from Bethlehem Christmas Concert: 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church, 10150 E. Belleview Ave., Englewood. Go to http://cherrycreekpres.org/christmas/.

Santa Visit: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in his little red house at the corner of Broadway and Plaza Drive. Santa visits are free and open to all.

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to celebrate squash and its flavor profiles and health benefits.

Call 303-471-9400.

this week’s TOP FIVE Snowball Dinner Dance Showcase, Am Jam: 4-8 pm. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Adventures in Dance, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Enjoy professional show and dance ballroom, Latin, salsa, swing and tango to your favorite DJ tunes. Call 720-2760562 or go to https://www.adventuresindance. com/event/dancing-with-the-mon-stars-dinnerdance-showcase/.

Family Love Letter: A Holiday Affair: 5-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 333 Perry St., Castle Rock.

Learn how to prepare for time of loss or incapacity. Workshop included. Contact http://conta. cc/2e01AzN. Steamworks: Physics in Motion: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Drop in and learn karate stances, strikes, kicks and punches that demonstrate the principles of force, kinetic energy and momentum. Presented by Karate Denver. All ages. No registration required; information at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Park at the Highlands Ranch Metro District parking lot at 62 Plaza Drive, and walk around the building to see Santa. For the safety of those attending and cars driving by, please do not park on Plaza Drive. Call 303-791-0430.

Lone Tree Arts Center Guild Holiday Party: a celebration and thank you to guild members on Saturday, Dec. 10. To join the guild, or for information on the holiday party, contact Tonya at 303-489-5533 or info@lonetreeartscenterguild. org.

Dan Navarro Performance: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Tuft Theatre, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver.

Contact Swallow Hill Music, 303-777-1003 or www.swallowhillmusic.org. Go to http:// www.dannavarro.com/dannavarro/bio.html.

Advent Recitals: noon Wednesdays at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9201 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Enjoy light soup lunch; $4 donation requested.

Contact Mark

Sweet and Savory GrainFree Baking: 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Natural Grocers, 1265 Sgt. John Stiles Drive, Suite M, Littleton. Learn easy, sweet and savory grain-free recipes that will allow you to take gluten free to the next level. Go to https://www.naturalgrocers. com/store-location/highlands-ranch/.

A Christmas Story, The Musical: through Friday, Dec. 30 at Town Hall Arts Center. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, with a 2 p.m. show on Saturday, Nov. 26 and 7:30 p.m. shows Wednesday, Dec. 12 ad Dec. 28. Tickets available at the Town Hall box office, online at townhallartscenter.org or by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 213.

and C-3PO. No registration required; information at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@gostandrew.com.

Recital schedule: Jubilee Handbell Choir, Dec. 14; Kay Coryell, Dec. 21.

EVENTS

Holiday Event: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10, at Metrum Community Credit Union, 6980 S. Holly Circle, Centennial. Visit from Santa Claus. Staff bake sale proceeds benefit The Children’s Hospital. Contact Karen Padrevita at 303-770-4468 ext.

104 or kpadrevita@metrumcu. org.

Practice Your English: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Intermediate to advanced-level English learners participate in lively, informal conversation on everyday topics. No registration required; more information at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Kids’ Zone, Star Wars Style: 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Grades 2-6; make mini light sabers and collages and take photos with R2-D2

Lego Club: 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. Ages 5-12; put the pieces together and build with Legos. No registration required; information at 303791-7323 or DCL.org.

Community Blood Drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, Cabela’s, 10670 Cabela Drive, Lone Tree; 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, Whole Foods, 5155 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton; 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14 at Envision Healthcare, 6200 S. Syracuse Way, Greenwood Village; 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14, Land Title Guarantee Co., 5975 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Greenwood Village; 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15, Greenwood Village City Hall, 6060 S. Quebec St., Greenwood Village; 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, Craig Hospital, 3425 S. Clarkson St., Englewood; 9:30-11:40 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 18, St. Louis Parish, 3310 S. Sherman St., Englewood; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org.

Commitment Day 5k Run/ Festival: 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 around the neighborhoods of Life Time Fitness in Parker. All levels and abilities welcome. Go to http://www.commitmentday.com/colorado/parker-aurora/ for registration. Contact Heather Crosby at hcrosby@ lifetimefitness.com.

A Hudson Christmas: 5-8 p.m. select days through Saturday, Dec. 31 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Go to www. hudsongardens.org.

Tickets available at AltitudeTickets.com.

HEALTH

Winter Wonderland Holiday Open House: 3-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties, 6538 S. Racine Circle, Centennial.

Dinner, music, games.

Networking opportunity for service providers, teachers, parents. Meet new board members.

Quick Class: Celebrate Squash: 3-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 at Natural Grocers, 1265 Sgt. John Stiles Drive, Suite M, Highlands Ranch. Fall is the perfect time

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

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@ coloradocommunitymedia.com 1Court Appointed Special Advocates Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court Contact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Denver Asset Building Coalition Provides low-income families with free tax preparation Need: Volunteers to join the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program Requirements: Volunteers are needed from Jan. 21 to April 17. No accounting background necessary; DABC trains all volunteers through an IRS-approved certification. Volunteers can choose their schedule and time commitment.

Contact: Marissa Stanger, volunteer coordinator, at 303-388-7030 or go to www.denverabc.org.

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

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

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

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

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

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other information: A volunteer open house is from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the center in Franktown. During the two-hour orientation, prospective volunteers will get an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. In addition, the $25 volunteer application fee will be waived for anyone who applies to be a volunteer during the open house. Volunteers must be 16 years old, pass a background check and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months. RSVP at www.ddfl.org.

Front Range BEST Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims. Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S.

Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303343-1856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter. com Girl Scouts of Colorado Youth organization for girls Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-4045708 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 Cafe 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 6:30 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 The Children’s Hospital of Denver, Highlands Ranch chapter Contact: 303-861-6887 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

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 Englewood, southern Jefferson County and western Arapahoe County Need: Drivers to deliver meals; volunteers to help prepare, box and label meals Requirements: Must dedicate one to two hours a week Contact: Phil or Mary at 303-798-7642

(from 8 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays) 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

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Photo Contest Park Meadows is covered in $1 million worth of holiday decorations this year. The mall aimed for a classic look with a touch of color.

Park Meadows chooses classic touch for holiday season Mall prepares for yearly influx with $1 million decorating budget

BY BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

This holiday season, Park Meadows is decorating with the purpose of getting customers in the door of the retail resort in Lone Tree.

“It is a very competitive market,” Park Meadows General Manager Pamela Schenck-Kelly said. “From an economic standpoint, you have to do everything to make sure the people choose you as a shopping destination.”

During the holidays, Park Meadows generates about 35 percent of its total retail sales for the year, Schenck-Kelly said. The usual 55,000 visitors a day almost triples the Saturday before Christmas, she said.

The mall invested more than a million dollars into decorating for the season.

“This year, we went a little wild and put in all these colored lights in the trees,” Schenck-Kelly said. “We wanted to go along with a classic theme. When you walk in, you walk into an alpine Colorado village.”

Complimentary gift wrap is made available to shoppers Thursday through Sunday, and every day after Dec. 15.

Holiday events also serve as a form of decoration for the mall. Schenck-Kelly said performers from the Lone Tree Arts Center will present parts from

“It’s a Wonderful Life” during the weekends leading up to Christmas. Santa is another holiday perk as he waits to interact with children in a North Pole escape near Dillard’s. While waiting in line, a holiday fairy interacts with children to ease the wait.

“I think it is all very classy,” Teavana employee Taylor Keivit said. “They did a nice job of decorating but not going overboard.”

Nordstrom is the most popular store at the shopping resort during the holiday season, Schenck-Kelly said. Park Meadows’ addition of new e-commerce stores, including Nespresso, Amazon and Apple, are add-ons that SchenckKelly believes will be popular this year.

Park Meadows recently added 14 new energy efficient solar panels in early November that will help with the extra electricity being used for the decorations. Schenck-Kelly said Park Meadows is reducing kilowatt usage in double digits every year.

With employees parking off site and being shuttled to their jobs, more than 500 parking spaces will be freed up this season. The usual 6,600 spots get to 95 percent capacity 200 days a year, Schenck-Kelly said. The parking spaces are even closer to being filled to capacity during the holidays.

“Our staff is trained to treat a visit like having your best friend over for dinner,” Schenck-Kelly said. “You don’t have to put a wreath on your front door or set the table nice, but when you love someone, or you love your customer, you want to make it demonstrative.”

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Valor Christian receiver Luke McCaffrey and teammates raise the trophy as the Eagles ended the day with the 30-14 victory in the 5A state final at Sports Authority Field.

PAUL DISALVO

Valor keeps grip on state crown Eagles win seventh state football championship in the past eight years

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a 1-3 start, which included a 23-16 setback to Pomona, Valor Christian picked up its share of doubters.

But on Dec. 3 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, the Eagles’ season concluded in the fashion Valor players, coaches and fans have become accustomed — with a state champhionship.

Valor defeated Pomona 30-14 for the Class 5A crown.

It was the seventh state football title in eight seasons in three different classifications for Valor and the second consecutive championship for the Eagles, who also beat Pomona in

last season’s state-title contest.

But this edition of the Eagles was distinct, according to Rod Sherman, who has been the Eagles’ head coach for the past four seasons and was the offensive coordinator for several previous campaigns. ”One thing as a coach that you want is to be better at the end of the year than you were at the beginning of the year,” Sherman said. ”If I was SEE FOOTBALL, P25

Eagles earn honors at wrestling tournament Heritage places fourth at Warrior Invitational

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Four Heritage High School wrestlers won matches they needed to finish in the top four of their respective weight division, plus their teammates earned points, so the Eagles finished fourth in the team standings at the Warrior Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Arapahoe High School.

“Our team will be OK this season.

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Jerin Crum, Heritage’s 113-pounder, gets ready to tie up with Kevin Meyer of Fossil Ridge at the Dec. 3 Warrior Invitational Wrestling Tournament.

Meyer won 4-2 in overtime but Crum won two consolation bracket matches before his wrestling day ended with a loss in the semifinals.

TOM MUNDS

here was something missing from the Class 4A and 5A state championship football games Dec. 3 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver.

The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in partnership with the Colorado High School Activities Association and the DenOVERTIME ver Broncos secured a great venue for these title games. Players and coaches love playing on the same field as the Denver Broncos and you don’t hear complaints.

However, the atmosphere lacked Jim Benton the kind of buzz you might find at a smaller venue.

With 9,502 fans combined for the two games in the 76,125-seat venue, it was hard to get a real sense of the zealous fans and students who were in attendance.

There was an empty feeling looking at the vast surroundings and the estimated crowd of 4,500 that watched the second game between Valor Christian and Pomona.

The answer might be to move the championship games to a high school stadium in the Denver area. But it would have to be to be a neutral site for the teams playing in the title contests.

Echo Park Automotive Stadium in Parker, Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood or Legacy Stadium in Aurora might be able to house a crowd of 10,000 with the addition of temporary end zone bleachers. All-City Stadium in Denver would be a great site, but it’s probably too small.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City is a soccer venue, but it’s the right size for a state football site. It’s big enough (18,061) to handle an overflow gathering for both games but a crowd of 9,000 to 10,000 would not be lost.

Cyclo-Cross champion Maurine Sweeney of Highlands Ranch won the UCI Masters CycloCross World Championships for the 6569 age group on Dec. 2 in Mol, Belgium.

Cyclo-cross is the national sport of Belgium and the races always involve sections where the racers must dismount and carry their bikes over powder-sugar sand. Some races involve sections in which bikes must be carried up stairs or over obstacles.

Vista Nation finishes 13th The Vista Nation girls cross country team — which represents Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch — was 13th in the recent Nike Nationals cross country championship in Portland, Oregon.

Freshman Jenna Fitzsimmons led the way, finishing 69th in the individual standings, with a time of 19 minutes, 1.2 seconds. Freshman Sarah O’Sullivan SEE BENTON, P31

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FOOTBALL: Valor senior Will Rodgers had three of six sacks on Pomona Pomona’s Billy Pospisil gets pulled to the ground by Valor Christian’s Noah Kuzma and Matthew Thibault.

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the athletic director, I’d probably ask myself why we can’t start playing better at the beginning of the year. ”I felt we have come a long way, more than anything, physically. Every single position, we are a lot better now than we were at the beginning of the season. Pomona was a very, very good team. This title was special through the perseverance and diligence (that) we had to show this year.”

The Eagles did not drop another game after their Sept. 23 loss to Pomona en route to finishing with an 11-3 record and securing the third seed in the state playoffs. Pomona, the topseeded team, finished 12-2. ”It feels amazing to win another state championship,” said Valor senior Christian Elliss, who plays offense and defense.

Senior Will Rodgers, who like Elliss is part of Valor’s linebacking corps, said the Eagles wanted to prove their grit after talk centered on how tough Pomona was at a press conference days before the game.

“Even though we are a Christian school, we’re pretty tough, too,” Rodgers said. “That was a chip on our shoulders.”

Rodgers had three of the six Valor Christian sacks during the game as the Eagles held Pomona to 29 yards rushing. The Eagles’ defense, which intercepted three Pomona passes, also had three tackles for losses.

On offense, Valor Christian senior quarterback Dylan McCaffrey completed 8-of-19 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns. He led the team in rushing with 72 yards on 16 carries and one score. ”It wasn’t a perfect game — if there is such a thing as a perfect game,” McCaffrey said. ”There were things

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Our offensive line kept battling for running yards and did a good job throughout the whole game, and then defensively, they were amazing. I can’t describe how well our defensive line and secondary did.”

The Eagles found themselves in an early deficit. Pomona grabbed a 7-0 lead, but then Valor scored twice in just over two minutes before the end of the first quarter and tallied 30 straight points to take a 30-7 lead in the final quarter.

Elliss caught a 61-yard scoring pass for the Eagles’ first touchdown and McCaffrey’s younger brother Luke hauled in a 5-yard scoring pass for Valor’s second touchdown.

Elliss, who rushed for 10 yards, caught two passes for 75 yards and was in on five tackles, had an interception to set up the McCaffrey-to-McCaffrey touchdown. ”I’m not going to roll over, and our team is not going to roll over,” Ellis said. “If someone had to give our team momentum, I would do it.”

Jack Walley intercepted a pass

by Pomona’s Ryan Marquez, leading to the Eagles’ initial touchdown.

Hayden Courier’s interception late in the game short circuted any Panther comeback hopes.

Valor Christian gained 312 yards on offense, while holding Pomona to just 209. ”I though we showed really good grit and resolve,” Sherman said. ”Again, I cannot be more proud of my team for something like that. It was tough to come back, but we showed heart and then, frankly, we controlled the game from the second quarter on.”2015 Valor Christian 29, Pomona 26 (5A) 2016 - Valor Christian 30, Pomona 14 (5A)

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Rock Canyon senior Sloane Stewartson hit .644 during the 2016 season with a .731 on base percentage and was named the Colorado Community Media South Metro Player of the Year.

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Stewartson, who has signed a letter of intent to play at Louisiana Tech, adapted when opposing teams pitched around her. She drew 17 walks and was hit by two pitches last season.

“It was a little frustrating but I could take it as respect,” said Stewartson. “If I don’t get a hit, I’m just relying to someone on the team to hit. It used to really bother me but I’ve gotten a lot better saying at least I’m on base for other people on my team.

“I worked a lot of basic fundamentals but I worked more on pitch selection because I knew they weren’t going to pitch me anything really good to hit. I worked on which pitches to hit and obviously if it’s a low pitch I’m not going to be able to hit that for a home run. I just wanted to make good contact.”

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Valor athlete had stellar season Ali Kilponen named South Metro Pitcher of the Year

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Valor Christian’s ace Alexandra (Ali) Kilponen is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Softball Pitcher of the Year.

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Valor Christian junior pitcher Ali Kilponen worked harder than ever this season.

She went 21-1, compiled a 0.47 earned run average, tossed five no-hitters, hurled 14 shutouts and struck out 283 batters in 149 innings pitched in leading the Eagles to their third consecutive Class 4A state championship.

Kilponen led the state in ERA, strikeouts and wins, and tied for the lead with no-hitters and for the second year was picked as the South Metro Pitcher of the Year.

“It goes without saying Ali is the best pitcher in the state,” said Valor coach Dave Atencio. “There’s nothing more you can say about Ali. She’s only a

junior and has three state titles.”

In three seasons, Kilponen is 65-3 with 722 strikeouts in 403.1 innings pitched, and she worked overtime to become more crafty for the 2016 season.

“I knew I had to work myself harder than I’ve SOUTH METRO ever worked,” said ATHLETE Kilponen. “I was OF THE YEAR: working myself practicing or workSOFTBALL ing out to be in PITCHER shape for the state tournament. Since I pitch so much I gave my off-speed curve time, I gave my changeup time and my rise ball to perfect every pitch.

I just did everything I could to deceive the pitch.”

“I just like to perfect the little things like my rise ball is my ace pitch,” she continued. “I just knew I had to have my changeup and it worked good.”

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TRUST. at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, season. I expect weat will bestRoom, in tournaments Former Lindenwood University Original women’s week, but on weekends they go to junior varsity 01/18/2017, the Eastdo Hearing County Grantor(s) NOTICE OF SALE Building, 5334 spots South Prince because weAdministration have some vacant in the lineup, tournaments to gain that all-important mat time hockey goaltender Nicole Hensley Pamela is oneKnight of the Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the Original Beneficiary(ies) do as in dual so they keep developing their wrestling skills.”

10 recipients of the NCAA Top 10 award The current holder of the Evidence of Debt sehighest and well best bidder for cash,matches.” the said real Mortgagethat Electronic Registration so we won’t cured bytournament the Deed of Trust, included described herein, and all interest of the wrestlers said Grantor(s), in the Inc., as nominee for Bank of A total ofproperty 15 teams entered Other area teams at the recognizes former student athletesSystems, for success in has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the America, N.A. as provided and by law Cherry and in said Deed of Trust. purpose of paying the indebtedness providedentries in Current Holder of Evidence of Debt early season tournament.

Individual tournament host Arapahoe Creek. the field, classroom and community . said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Bank of America, N.A. included many returning wrestlers who places Arapahoe finished eighth in the team Hensley, who went to Green Mountain High THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Date of Deed of Trust at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, andfor otherstate items allowed law, and will issue tocreate Junethe 24, 2009 or qualified last byyear, helping standings with 83 points and Cherry Creek was School, is now an assistant coach for Linden02/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as County of Recording a high level of competition across the weightCOMBINED 10th 80 points. Administration Building, 5334 South Prince wood women’s hockey team in Saint Charles, provided by law.

Arapahoe NOTICEwith - PUBLICATION Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the Date of Deed of Trust divisions.

CRS A §38-38-103 trio of Warriors placed in the top four of Missouri. She had a school-record Recording 2.52 goalshighest and best bidder for cash, the said real First Publication: 11/24/2016 August 07, 2009 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0560-2016 property all interest were of the said Grantor(s), Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Recording Information and/or Coronado won the team title Dec. 3 with 191 their weight divisions.

Theandplacers Kyle against average and a .922 saves percentage dur- (Reception No. heirs and assigns therein, for the of Publication: Littleton Independent Book/Page No.) To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given points andName Heritage was fourth with 109 points, who finishedGrantor(s)' third at 138, Gannon provided in ing her senior season. She is the NCAA all-time purpose of paying the indebtedness B9086131 with regard to theMackey, following said Evidence of Debt by the Deed of IF THE third-place SALE DATE IS CONTINUED Original Principal Amount Trust: just six behind Legend. TO A described Deed ofGosselin, who took third at 195, andsecured Anthony saves leader with 4,094.

Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NO$296,545.00 No Eagle won an individual weight division, Beltz, who earned fourth place at 295. and other items allowed by law, and will issue to TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE Outstanding Principal Balance On September 30, 2016, the undersigned Pubthe purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE $311,223.30 lic Trustee caused the Notice of Election and but Zack Arbuckle lost relating to the Cherry Creek’s won the Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Comprovided byRobb law.

EXTENDED; took second place as he Demand Deed of Trust describedChristian below to be recorded in the County weight of Arapahoedivision title. The other Bruins Pursuant you are in the 152-pound title match to returning state munity Media. He has been covering sportstoinCRS §38-38-101(4)(i), 195-pound First Publication: 12/8/2016 records.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of champion Gabriel of VIOLATED Lakewood. the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached atviolated as follows: who placed included Last KaiPublication: Blake,1/5/2017 who was second LENDER OR Dinette SERVICER HAS THE The trust have been failure to Name third of Publication: Littleton Independent Original Grantor(s)at 160, Bo Cole, who was REQUIREMENTS FOR included A SINGLE POINT OF pay principal and interest when due together other Eagles who placed Justin Duff, jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at at 120, and Billy Kevin Paul Orton CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE with all other payments provided for in the evidIF THEat SALE Original Beneficiary(ies) PROHIBITION ON182 DUALpounds, TRACKING Brandon IN SECence of debt secured by the deedwho of trustfinished and third at 303-566-4083.

Murillo, who was fourth 170.DATE IS CONTINUED TO A other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Public Notices LOT 5, BLOCK 2, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7939 S Race Court, Centennial, CO 80122.

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

Public Trustees

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes:

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0536-2016

C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 08/17/16 AT RECEPTION NO. D6090993 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 16, 2016, 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) Pamela Knight 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, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust June 24, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 07, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9086131 Original Principal Amount $296,545.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $311,223.30

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 2, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7939 S Race Court, Centennial, CO 80122.

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

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 08/17/16 AT RECEPTION NO. D6090993 IN THE RECORDS OF

Public Trustees

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/18/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 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: 09/16/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee

Notices

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

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

Public Trustees

DATE: 09/16/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, 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, P.C. 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 16CO00321-1 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.

Legal Notice NO.: 0536-2016 First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0560-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 30, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Kevin Paul Orton Original Beneficiary(ies) Liberty Mortgage Corporation (Georgia) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Branch Banking and Trust Company Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 13, 2002 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B2109492 Original Principal Amount $180,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $135,636.20 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

LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOLiberty Mortgage Corporation (Georgia) TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE Branch Banking and Trust Company EXTENDED; Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2002 IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A County of Recording LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE Arapahoe REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF Recording Date of Deed of Trust CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE June 13, 2002 PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECRecording Information (Reception No. and/or TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY Book/Page No.) FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO B2109492 ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONOriginal Principal Amount SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU $180,000.00 public OR notices 303-566-4100 BOTH.call THE FILING OF A COMOutstanding Principal BalanceTo advertise your(CFPB), PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOS$135,636.20 URE PROCESS. Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are Colorado Attorney General hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor trust have been violated as follows: failure to Denver, Colorado 80203 pay principal and interest when due together (800) 222-4444 with all other payments provided for in the evidwww.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A P.O. Box 4503 FIRST LIEN. Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A www.consumerfinance.gov Also known by street and number as: 3396 W DATE: 09/30/2016 Aksarben Ave, Littleton, CO 80123.

Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF The name, address, business telephone numTRUST. ber and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the NOTICE OF SALE indebtedness is: The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seDavid W Drake #43315 cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, Scott D. Toebben #19011 has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. 216 16th as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will Attorney File # 14CO00015-3 at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Administration Building, 5334 South Prince and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informaStreet, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the tion provided may be used for that purpose. highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), ©Public Trustees' Association Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the of Colorado Revised 1/2015 purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of 0560-2016 EXHIBIT A Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale THAT PART OF BLOCK D, SECOND and other items allowed by law, and will issue to AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS BEGINNING AT provided by law.

THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 17, BLOCK 9, SECOND First Publication: 12/8/2016 AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES Last Publication: 1/5/2017 WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WEST AKName of Publication: Littleton Independent SARBEN AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WEST AKIF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A SARBEN AVENUE TO THE EASTERLY LINE LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOOF SOUTH LOWELL BOULEVARD, THENCE TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE SOUTHERLY ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE SOUTHLOWELL BOULEVARD TO ITS INTEREXTENDED; SECTION WITH THE LINE OF CURVE “0” AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF SAID SECOND IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE “0” REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 17, BLOCK CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE 9, THENCE NORTHERLY ON SAID WESTPROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECERLY LINE OF LOT 17, BLOCK 9 TO THE TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THE WESTFILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ERLY 10 FEET CONVEYED TO THE BOARD ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONOF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ARSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU APAHOE COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES, (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMCOUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSADO URE PROCESS.

Public Trustees

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

Public Trustees

Legal Notice NO.: 0560-2016 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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