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WHAT’S INSIDE

New superintendent: The new leader of Littleton Public Schools sits down for a Q&A. See Page 2

To the rescue: Pat Craig will talk about his passion for rescuing carnivores at event. See Page 18

Volunteer Steven Berger, left, and Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec visit with Suzanne Bryan while dropping off St. Patrick’s Day lunch from TLC Meals on Wheels. Photo by Jennifer Smith

Program nourishes bodies, souls

Heritage heats up: The Eagles score 11 runs in recent victory over Littleton. See Page 25

TLC Meals on Wheels marks 50th anniversary

THEATER NIGHT BENEFITS TLC Who: The Marvelous Wonderettes

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@colorado communitymedia.com

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When corned beef and cabbage arrived at John Mee’s door on March 17, he was pleasantly surprised.

“I forgot it was St. Patty’s Day,” he said to Annie Berger, the TLC Meals on Wheels volunteer who delivered the dish to him.

It’s that kind of personal contact that keeps Berger and her husband, Steven, rolling through Littleton once a week, making sure seniors and those with disabilities get at least one hot meal a day.

“We can interact with the people,” said Annie Berger. “Some are more receptive, but some just want the meal.”

On St. Patrick’s Day, the Bergers were joined on their route by Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec to help celebrate TLC Meals on Wheels’ 50th anniversary.

“I’ve never met the mayor before, and I’ve lived here 50 years,” client Janice Nicoles said with a laugh upon being Meals continues on Page 12

Slain Arapahoe student’s parents seek records, support legislation

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Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec and volunteer Annie Berger chat with Bob Bitts, a regular on Berger’s TLC Meals on Wheels route. Photo by Jennifer Smith

Claire Davis’ family wants answers

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jsmith@colorado communitymedia.com After more than a year of talking about little more than forgiveness, Arapahoe High School shooting victim Claire Davis’ parents have come out of the silence swinging.

“All we know today is that whatever the school did or didn’t do resulted in two kids dying,” Michael Davis said in a statement re-

leased March 12. “If we can all fully understand what led up to Dec. 13, 2013, then all schools can more easily establish the basis of reasonable care when dealing with potentially dangerous students.

“On the other hand, if schools are allowed to continue to not disclose any information, then reasonable care is left in the hands of individuals who can independently decide to remain anonymous or who may be unwilling and afraid to come forward, no one will learn from this tragedy, and we will have done absolutely nothing to prevent tragedies like this from repeating in the future.”

Michael and Desiree Davis recently took two major steps.

The first was to come out in support of two pieces of proposed state legislation designed to keep students safe when they’re at school.

The first bill recognizes the responsibility of schools to protect their students, faculty and staff from reasonably foreseeable acts of violence within Davis school facilities and at schoolsponsored events. The measure also provides a narrow definition of the circumstances in which a suit can be brought against a school for

breaching that responsibility and sets a cap on the damages that can be recovered.

The second would create a permanent committee on school safety and youth mental health and charge it with examining ways to improve how schools and the mental-health system deal with troubled youths.

“We’re not looking to place blame or point fingers,” said Desiree Davis in the statement. “We just want answers, and we want those answers to be used to prevent any other parents from going through the terrible loss that Mike and I have suffered.”

Davis continues on Page 12

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March 26, 2015

Ewert talks about move to Littleton Englewood superintendent looks for more career growth

By Tom Munds

tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Englewood Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert has directed the course of the district for five years and, last week, announced he was leaving to accept a position as the new superintendent of Littleton Public Schools.

On March 29, Ewert took a break from his role in the contract negotiations with Englewood teachers to talk about his career, his time in Englewood and the expected challenges of the new job.

Why did you apply for the Littleton position?

When I arrived in Englewood five years ago, I told the school board I absolutely guaranteed them I would be with the district for five years. I committed to that, I fulfilled my promise and I would have continued to stay in Englewood except that this opportunity presented itself for me professionally. I know it’s going to be an entirely a different challenge — there are unique challenges to Littleton just like there were challenges unique to Englewood when I got here. The Littleton challenges are not good, not bad, not better or not worse, but challenges that are unique to

Englewood Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert listens to comments at a recent school board meeting. Ewert has been named the new Littleton Public Schools Superintendent. His contract with Englewood runs through June 30. File photo Littleton.

This was an amazing professional opportunity. I felt I had to throw my hat into the ring for this position because I didn’t want to look back on my career and ask: What if? Englewood’s school board has been supportive, understanding that I need to grow professionally.

What do you feel you bring to Littleton?

I think one of the big things I bring is I am student-focused. It makes no difference if I

am in Englewood, Littleton, Douglas County or San Bernardino, California, my No. 1 focus is working to make sure we are doing all we can to prepare kids for what comes after high school.

I think I have had some really good experiences here in Englewood offering after-graduation pathways for kids. Littleton already has some of those programs in place. But I bring to Littleton my experience creating the culinary arts program, my experience creating the STEM programs for all kids, and my experience redesigning a system for 21st-century education.

Here in Englewood I also was able to deeply re-engage a community that was to some degree disenfranchised with their school district. Littleton has a community highly engaged in its school district and I feel that I can maintain that and build good relationships regardless of different perspectives about public education. I believe I have the ability to bring in and pull people together around the common good of public education.

Do you plan to make a lot of changes in Littleton?

I am not a person who comes into a new position and tears things up. For me, everything is about continuous improvement. I will take time to look at where Littleton is today.

They are a high-performing system but I want to see how we can be better the next day, the next week and the next month. That is what

I did in Englewood. Littleton has done much of that work already, so I can I continue to engage the community to see what is next and how we move forward.

The district overall is a high-performing district, but there are Littleton schools with demographics just as challenging as the demographics of the schools in Englewood regarding diversity and poverty. For example, about 80 percent of students at Field and East elementary schools are on free or reduced lunch and about 50 percent are English as a Second Language students. That is a tremendous challenge for those schools. Their data looks good given the challenge they are facing, but I think we can look at what they are doing and listen closely to what they have done so far to see if my experiences can expand the success of what they are doing.

How will your public education experience benefit Littleton?

In my career as an educator I have worked in schools in Nebraska, the inner city of San Bernardino, California, the Academy 20 district, the Douglas County district and now the Englewood district. That means, as a public educator, I have experience in a rural district, in a district where there is abject poverty, in affluent districts and in a blue-collar district.

You sometimes don’t think about where you have been in the past, but all those Ewert continues on Page 11

Details drive LPS superintendent decision Hiring Ewert involved hours of discussions, negotiations

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com After the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education members emerged from a twohour negotiating session with Brian Ewert on March 19, they confirmed he is their final choice to replace retiring Superintendent Scott Murphy in June.

Board president Jack Reutzel said the deci-

sion to offer Ewert — the Englewood Schools superintendent since 2010 — the position came March 16 after a 3½-hour closed meeting.

“It was frank, it was rich, it was good,” said Reutzel. “Principally, it was about what was best for LPS students. We all felt that any one of the four candidates could lead Littleton Public Schools.”

So, said Reutzel, it came down to details.

The fact that the Colorado Association of School Executives chose Ewert as the superintendent of the year last year played a large part in the decision, said Reutzel, as was his active lobbying of the state Legislature to re-

store funding to local districts.

“The process was incredible,” said Kelly Perez, board member. “It was a journey. It was one of the most stressful decisions we’ve ever had to make, and I hope we don’t have to do it again for a long time.”

Ewert was chosen over Amy Oaks, Littleton High School principal; Clay Abla, LPS director of secondary education; and Jackie Kapushion, Mapleton Public Schools deputy superintendent. They were the final four out of about 20 applications, said Reutzel.

In addition to the board interviews, all four finalists were questioned by two volunteer committees composed of district staff and

community members who made up their own questions. Without making a recommendation, the committees summarized their thoughts on each of them for the board’s consideration.

“That was invaluable,” said Reutzel. “They got a wide swath of questions regarding values that are near and dear to the LPS community.”

Ewert was the human resources director for the Douglas County School District from 2006 until taking the Englewood superintendent job.

Murphy has been with LPS for 25 years, serving as superintendent since 2006.

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March 26, 2015

Babies to benefit from diapers and wipes drive Organization helps families who can’t afford the basic hygiene products

By Christy Steadman

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If demand for the product gets too high, they may have to start a potty-training drive, joked Cindy Bakula Streater, but for now, they will be sticking with diapers and wipes.

From March 1-14, Streater, of Highlands Ranch, hosted a neighborhood diapers and wipes drive to benefit the Rocky Mountain Diaper Depot, a Colorado nonprofit that collects disposable diapers for families living at, or below, poverty in the Denver-metro area.

“Diapers and wipes are basic needs that not everybody has heard of,” said Bill Youmans, who along with his wife, Joan, runs the Rocky Mountain Diaper Depot. “It’s like a food drive, but for diapers.”

The Rocky Mountain Diaper Depot is all-volunteer, and is based in the Centennial/Littleton area but helps people organize Cindy Bakula Streater hands Bill Youmans a box of diapers March 20 from the pile her neighborhood collected for a diapers and wipes drive benefitting the Rocky Mountain Diaper diapers and wipes drives all over the south- Depot, a Colorado non-profit that collects disposable diapers for families living at or below poverty in the Denver metro area. Photo by Christy Steadman metro area. In 2014, drives collected 80,342 diapers, and 1,972 packaged wipes. $100 a month or more. Diapers cannot be all sorts of issues that all start with diapers.” believes in, she said. As a real estate agent in The organization distributes the dia- bought with food stamps or WIC, he added.

Streater’s drive collected about 30 large Highlands Ranch for 15 years, Streater felt the pers and wipes collected from the drives Therefore, families living at poverty level boxes, which she counted to be 4,139 diapers diapers and wipes drive was something she through Denver agencies such as The Gathmay have to choose between paying bills, and 1,044 wipes — a total of $1,000-$1,200 of and the neighborhood “could rally around” ering Place, a safehouse and drop-in daycare because the community is very family oriputting food on the table or buying diapers. the products. center for individuals who are experiencing “Without enough diapers for routine “There are lots of little kids who will be ented. She added there are lots of mothers poverty or homelessness, which is located in downtown Denver near Colfax and Broad- changes, you start reusing dirty diapers, cre- benefitting from the Highlands Ranch drive,” and grandmothers in Highlands Ranch.

“I wanted to do something to involve ating rashes and health problems. Your baby Youmans said. way.

Streater got involved with the drive be- the neighborhood,” she said. “Families love A typical baby needs six to 10 diapers per cries more, stress levels go up, and parenting rday, Youmans said, which can cost a family just got tougher,” Youmans said. “There are cause she wanted to support a cause she Highlands Ranch.” r DONATE DIAPERS AND WIPES - The Rocky Mountain Diaper Depot Methodist Church: 9203 S. Streater will deliver them to St.

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will soon be launching its Mother’s Day diapers and wipes drive.

“Honor your mother by helping another mother,” said the Rocky Mountain Diaper Depot’s executive director Bill Youmans.

Drop-off locations are at: Year-round: St. Andrew United

University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

The church has a marked spot for the donations.

Through Mother’s Day, May 10: Cindy Bakula Streater’s residence: 3770 Mallard Drive, Highlands Ranch. People may leave their donations on the front porch, and

Andrew United Methodist Church.

Youmans can be contacted at bill@ rmdiaperdepot.org. To learn more about Rocky Mountain Diaper Depot, visit www.rmdiaperdepot. org. The organization can also be found on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

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March 26, 2015

Murder suspect pleads not guilty Hoppe held in jail on $2 million bond

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Joshua Hoppe pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and possession of a dangerous weapon on March 18, and his trial was set to begin on Aug. 24.

Hoppe has been in jail since being arrested on Aug. 19 of last year, charged in the shooting death of James Barnes.

The incident took place at the home of Don and Maria Schenkeir on West Peakview

Avenue in Littleton on Aug. 13. Police said Hoppe and the Schenkeirs’ daughter, Donella, had an on-again, off-again romance for several years. After the most recent breakup, Barnes rented a room in the Schenkeirs’ basement.

Testimony in the preliminary hearing showed Hoppe was none too happy Hoppe with the situation, and a series of texts between the two men clearly shows there was animosity between them, said the judge.

At 7:35 p.m., as Hoppe was sitting in a

van outside the home, he sent a text that said “Get the (expletive) out or leave another way, but No. 2 is not a very good choice.”

Then, just nine minutes before police were dispatched at 8:07 p.m., Hoppe sent a final text: “Come on out, (expletive).”

Most of the witnesses interviewed by police agree about what happened next. The Schenkeirs said Barnes and their daughter came out of the house, he with a machete and either a chain or a knife, and she with a double-edged blade. Hoppe emerged from the van, and the two sides began to approach each other. There was a popping noise, Barnes fell onto his back, and Hoppe took off on foot toward the Options campus

on Acoma Street. Barnes was taken to Littleton Adventist Hospital, where he died later that night.

Hoppe was unemployed and homeless at the time of his arrest. He has three prior felony convictions, two for drugs and one for forgery, and missed court dates in all of them. The same is true for his three prior misdemeanors on drugs and weapons charges. There was also a request pending to revoke his probation on the last conviction at the time the shooting occurred.

“That is nothing short of a deadly combination on the streets of our community,” said Judge Michelle Amico in February, upon setting his bail at $2 million.

LITTLETON CITY COUNCIL ROUNDUP: MARCH 17

Action The city will switch to a 15 percent late charge for sewer and storm-drainage bills, rather than continuing the tiered system it has used for the last three years that started at 10 percent and grew over time. Prior to that, the late fee was 25 percent. City staff said the tiered system resulted in about 500 calls from citizens confused about how much they were supposed to pay.

Newspaper vendors will no longer have to pay $25 and obtain a permit to place racks on city sidewalks. City staff said the fee was intended to cover administrative costs, but most of those costs came from issuing the permits and collecting the fees.

Council agreed to remove Santa Fe Sand and Gravel, The Melting Pot, the Little House, Gary Sutton’s property and a small parcel in unincorporated Arapahoe County from the Santa Fe urban-renewal plan area. It also agreed not to start the “time clock” on the portion north of Mineral Avenue that would allow use of tax-increment financing. If any of those property owners want back in the plan, or if any developers want to use urban-renewal tools in the northern section, a vote of the people will be required

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Lawmakers reach deal on immigrant driver’s licenses Funding will allow for three offices

By Ivan Moreno Associated Press

Colorado lawmakers reached a deal last week on a standoff over how to pay for a program that lets immigrants get driver’s licenses regardless of their legal status, an initiative that Democrats passed without Republican support two years ago.

The deal approved unanimously by the six-member Joint Budget Committee allows enough funding for the program to operate three offices where immigrants can get licenses, driving permits and identification cards. State officials had only one such office available to immigrants since February because of the legislative stalemate.

At issue was a request from the state Department of Revenue to collect and spend $166,000 in fees from immigrant applicants to keep up with high demand for the program and potentially expand it.

After weeks of negotiations, legislative budget writers readjusted the request to $66,000. That will allow the revenue department to serve immigrant applicants at three motor vehicle offices in the state, instead of having just one location in Denver. The two other locations have not been determined.

When the program started in August, there were five offices around the state, but with temporary staff. Democrats and the department wanted the $166,000 to make staff at those locations permanent and open more offices if enough fees came in.

Democrats and immigrant advocates

feared that with only one location open some applicants would have to wait years for their turn to get a license.

Rep. Millie Hamner, one of the Joint Budget Committee members who negotiated the agreement, said both sides had to budge.

“It’s one of those things where nobody is ever fully happy,” she said.

The agreement still needs to be approved by each chamber — a likely outcome because it’s backed by the Joint Budget Committee and legislative leaders.

Democrats passed the program in 2013 when they controlled both chambers of the statehouse. Every Republican lawmaker opposed the program then.

Democrats kept control of the House after November’s elections, and Republicans took over the Senate for the first time in 10 years. That gave them power over an initiative that they argued legitimized illegal immigration. That made a potential expansion an unpalatable proposition for the party.

“We still have concerns over the overall program. But we were able to come to some compromise here on this one, and we’re happy with it,” Republican Sen. Kevin Grantham said.

Supporters of the program argue it improves public safety because immigrants will know the rules of the road and can be properly identified during accidents.

Police chiefs and sheriffs wrote lawmakers last month in support of the licenses.

Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, a Democrat who sponsored the bill to implement the program, applauded the Joint Budget Committee’s deal.

“I see this as a first step to demonstrate that this is a vital public safety program,” he said.

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March 26, 2015

Democrats reintroduce ‘Frack Pack’ regulations DeGette measure would regulate hydraulic fracturing

By Mead Gruver Associated Press

A group of bills called the “Frack Pack” announced last week by four Democratic congressmen would impose more stringent federal environmental regulations on a domestic petroleum industry lately suffering from its own success amid a persistent downturn in oil prices.

The Western Energy Alliance petroleum industry group criticized the measures as unnecessary in part because they duplicate existing state regulations.

“All of these bills are based on false information about supposed gaps in state and federal regulations that are actually talking points from the environmental lobby, and not based on reality,’’ the Denver-based group’s vice president of government and public affairs, Kathleen Sgamma, said in a statement.

The bills all have been introduced before without success. They attempt to address problems associated with a recent surge in domestic oil and gas development made possible by advances in techniques including hydraulic fracturing, the process of blasting pressurized volumes of water mixed with fine sand and chemical products underground to crack open oil- and gasbearing deposits.

The production surge has contributed to a global slump in oil prices that in recent months has led to a sharp decrease in drilling nationwide.

One of the reintroduced bills addresses fracking directly: Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette’s FRAC Act, which would regulate fracking under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The bill also would require public disclosure of chemicals used during hydraulic fracturing.

“I support fracking so long as it’s done responsibly. Unfortunately, the current regulatory framework does not make sure this is the case. Our laws are riddled with loopholes that exempt fracking from protections that

are vital to the safety of people and communities,’’ DeGette, D-Denver, said on a conference call hosted by the Environment America federation of environmental groups.

A bill brought by Colorado Rep. Jared Polis, the BREATHE Act, would end exemptions to federal air pollution rules for the petroleum industry. The bill would require air pollution from many small sources to be regulated collectively rather than just individually.

“One or two fracking pads might not make much of a difference. But you suddenly put thousands of them in a limited area, it has an enormous impact on air quality which is currently exempt from the Clean Air Act,” Polis said.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois wants to require pollution testing of water sources before and during petroleum development under her SHARED Act. Under the FRESHER Act, oil and gas producers would need to get permits for development that would increase stormwater runoff. There is no good reason to exempt the oil and gas industry from federal envi-

ronmental regulations that apply to other industries, said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania.

“It’s not like the oil and gas companies are less likely to pollute than other companies.

It’s just that they are more able to strong-arm amendments and grant themselves exemptions here on Capitol Hill,” Cartwright said.

States with significant oil and gas development have adopted their own regulations to address pollution from the oil and gas industry.

Wyoming, for example, recently implemented a rule that requires oil and gas developers to test nearby groundwater for pollution before, during and after drilling.

Wyoming also was the first state to require companies to disclose to state regulators the ingredients in the chemical products used during fracking.

“All other states with oil and natural gas production have stringent rules and exemplary safety records that don’t require new, redundant federal regulations,” Sgamma said.

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March 26, 2015

Sternberg was artist with ties to Littleton Celebration of life will be held at museum

By Sonya Ellingboe

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Dan Shields, a dad with Boy Scout Troop 444, works on the troop’s new trailer before it went missing sometime between March 15 and March 19. Courtesy photo

Boy Scouts’ trailer goes missing Brand new last year, it held troop’s camping gear

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Boy Scout Troop 444 has been meeting at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton for 85 years, but the trailer they bought last year was brand spanking new.

And now it’s disappeared out of the church parking lot on the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.

“We just thought, ‘Oh no, now what are we going to do?’” said Trevor Border, committee chair for the troop, on the morning of March 20. He and some of the other parents discovered it missing the night before, when they showed up for the troop’s regular meeting.

They had paid about $4,000 for the 18-foot trailer, but what was inside was worth far more. Canvas tents, standup cook stoves, a high-end first-aid kit, a turkey fryer — everything the boys need for their monthly camping trips, and for the big annual trip to Yellowstone coming up in

May. Border estimates the loss at up to $25,000.

The trailer and all the equipment were purchased through the boys’ hard-earned dues and fundraising efforts over the years, said mom Jennifer McKee. And while most of it can someday be replaced, two items in particular can’t.

Gone are an American flag sent by a soldier in Afghanistan, and a 1950s hand-painted wooden sign that once marked their campsite as belonging to “Troop 444, Mountaineers.”

“We’re just heartsick,” said McKee. Border said he and some other dads spent about six weeks and $2,000 fitting the trailer with shelving and other items to suit their needs. It’s silver and white, with no Boy Scout logo.

“That would just be advertising for people to take it,” he said. “Somebody either got really lucky, or knew exactly what they were looking for.”

The 47-member troop serves boys ages 11 through 18 from throughout the south metro community, so the leaders hope everyone will pitch in to keep an eye out for the kids’ sake. They themselves are checking Craigslist and have filed a police report.

If you have any information that can help Troop 444, contact Littleton police at 303-794-1551.

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Artist Natalie Sternberg, who lived in Littleton for many years, died in Denver on March 7. A celebration of her life is planned from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 24 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. Area friends are welcome to visit with her family and enjoy an exhibit of her paintings and sculptures.

Natalie Sternberg was born in 1926 in Malden, Mass., near Boston — the next to youngest of five children born to Russian Jewish immigrants Harry Benjamin Cloper and Annie Irene Cloper.

Always interested in art, she made a brave choice for her time, according to her daughter Kathy North. Although her parents expected her to work to supSternberg port the family when she finished high school, she moved to her own apartment and worked as a waitress so she could earn a degree at Massachusetts School of Fine Arts.

During that time, she met Alan Sternberg and was married in 1947, and they were together for 27 years.

The couple moved to Boulder and eventually to Littleton, where Alan Sternberg was city attorney for a period.

They raised four children: Kathy North, Peter Sternberg, Wendy Kawakami and Daniel Sternberg.

In the mid-1980s, Natalie Sternberg moved to San Diego, joining her brother, Bob Cloper, and older sister, Sylvia Rosenthal. During her San Diego years, she traveled extensively with friends and her companion Lee Solomon, who died in 2006. She returned to Denver in 2008 to spend time with family.

She pursued her artwork throughout her life by teaching classes, working as an interior decorator and creating and selling paintings and sculptures. Paintings and sketches depicted Boston, Colorado, California, France, Italy and Mexico. She was active in the Sculptors Guild in San Diego and spent many hours in the Guild studio in Balboa Park.

She is survived by her four children, four grandchildren — Brooke Hutchens, Jesse Hutchens, Yuri Luneau and Haji Kawakami — cherished nieces and nephews and three great-grandchildren.

The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado, 455 Sherman St., Suite 500, Denver, CO 80203.

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Poll: Income inequality not a rising concern Public’s focus on the issue relatively unchanged over the last few decades Associated Press Interest in income inequality is all the rage in public debate nowadays, with political figures from Sen. Elizabeth Warren on

the left to Republican presidential prospect Jeb Bush on the right decrying the widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else.

But Americans aren’t nearly as fascinated by the issue as their leaders seem to be. The public’s focus on income inequality has remained stagnant over the past 36 years, according to the General Social Survey, which measures trends in opinion.

Republican support for the government

doing something to narrow the gap between rich and poor reached an all-time low in 2014, and even Democrats were slightly less interested in government action to address the issue than they were two years ago.

The survey is conducted by the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago. Because of its long-running and comprehensive set of questions about the public, it is a highly re-

garded source of data about social trends.

Numbers from the 2014 survey came out last week and an analysis of its findings on income inequality was conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the General Social Survey.

Less than half of Americans — 46 percent — say the government ought to reduce Income continues on Page 8

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Committees approve construction-defects reforms Bills are portrayed as ways to boost condos

By Amy Woodward

awoodward @coloradocommunitymedia.com Senate committees last week approved two pieces of legislation dedicated to reforming the state’s construction-defects laws.

Proponents looking to reform the laws have argued that lessening the rigid process between homeowners seeking arbitration with home builders over construction defects will increase the production of condos and townhomes.

Opponents argue that any reform may prevent a homeowner from resolving construction defects related to their home.

Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy reported that no condos have been built in Lakewood since 2006. After the state failed to address construction-defects reforms in the 2014 legislative session, Lakewood developed and passed its own

construction-defects ordinance.

“If by any chance the state doesn’t do something there will be a lot of dominos that fall,” Murphy said in regard to other Colorado cities that may pass their own ordinances if the state fails to address the issue again this year.

Senate Bill 91: The bill would decrease the statute of limitation for a homeowner to sue a builder, architect, contractor, or builder vendor, engineer, or inspector performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, inspection, construction, or observation of construction of any improvement to real property from eight years to four years.

Sponsors of the bill made amendments that reduced the time from eight years to six years and took out the bill’s application to multi-family units Passed with amendments: 3-2 Senate Bill 177: “The Arbitration Bill” concerns homeowners’ associations and prerequisites that are needed before pursuing resolution disputes associated with construction defects.

Passed with amendments: 6-2

“What we’ve done is ensured that there is a remedy — an ability for homeowners to get an issue resolved if there is a defect,” said Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, DWestminster. “This protects their ability to get a remedy but at the same time it provides certainty that the alternative dispute resolution methods that are potentially outlined in a declaration are the ones that you’re going to use.”

Patricia Pacey of Pacey Economics Inc. in Boulder testified that the housing market contributes to the drop in multifamily units.

“There is really no direct economic tie or link from relaxing the constructiondefect law to increasing condos in the urban centers,” Pacey said. “It will reduce costs, certainly, of building a condo.”

What civic leaders are saying about Senate Bill 177: “The Fair Housing Act requires local elected officials to No. 1 identify the impediments to fair housing, No. 2 to eliminate the impediments to fair housing and No. 3 to affirmatively further fair housing in all of our communities,” said Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella. “The

OBITUARIES FRIA

Harriet Altmix

March 31, 1921 – March 12, 2015

Died Thursday, March 12th, at the age of 93. He was born in Philadelphia, PA., in 1921.

He grew up a ward of the Stephen Girard College, a home for fatherless boys, when, at the age of 7, his father was killed, graduating there with a high school degree in 1939. He joined the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. soon after and worked there for 45+ years.

He served during WWII in the US Army Air Corps, honorably discharged in 1945.

A resident of Littleton since 1956, “Tony” was one of the first 6 men from the Martin Co. assigned to construct their missile factory in Waterton, Co. As head of Procurement he purchased everything for the factory from heavy machinery to furniture.

He later headed the Manufacturing Division in Waterton and helped build the Titan Missile, an

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important part of the defense system of the United States.

He was a lifelong member of the American Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Tony served with the Service Corps of Retired Executives, helping many entrepreneurs start their own businesses.

Tony joined with Joseph Gunnel in the mid-’60’s to form Colorado’s first youth soccer leagues, and then coached and refereed the children of Littleton.

He also served on the Arapahoe County Zoning Commission’s Board of Appeals, and taught

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Anthony Joseph Fria

Spanish through the South Suburban District Education Department.

Tony was a member of Holy Trinity Luther Church for more than 50 years and will be placed there in the columbarium.

He married Audrey Dobart in 1941, and she preceded him in death in 1989. Together they raised 3 sons: Robert, Escondido, CA; Dennis, Panama; and Richard, Bellevue, WA. He had 4 grandchildren: Nicole, San Diego; Matthew (deceased); Dennis II, Aurora, CO; and Erin, Albuquerque, NM. He also had 5 great-grand-daughters, and one great-grandson.

1/3/1921 – 3/15/2015

Harriet ‘Tip’ Barker Altmix, 94; Memorial services, Saturday 3/28/15 at 2 PM at Drinkwine Family Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders. Full obit at drinkwinemortuary.com

Tony lived in Littleton for 59 years, the last 46 at his condo on So. Sycamore.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Littleton on April 17th at 3PM.

James Kenneth McWhorter Oct. 20, 1934 – Mar. 11, 2015

James Kenneth McWhorter, born October 20, 1934, to Roy Lee McWhorter and Lillie Velma (Choate) McWhorter in Texarkana, TX, passed away on March 11, 2015, from complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Ken grew up in Texarkana and attended Texarkana High School where he played football for the Tigers. He graduated from the University of North Texas. He joined the United States Air Force in 1956 and achieved the rank of Captain. In 1966 he was hired by Braniff International Airlines. He was a B-727 Captain when his flying career ended.

Ken loved to travel. He took beautiful photos. He enjoyed the outdoors and skied, bicycled, camped, hunted and rode his motorcycle. He was also a glider pilot and flew sailplanes.

He was a member of Littleton United Methodist Church and the Littleton Optimist Club. He was a volunteer with Boy Scout Troop 114.

Survivors include Karalee McWhorter, son Andrew (Karin), grandchildren Collin and Anna McWhorter, daughter Allison (Brennon) Morris.

He was preceded in death by his father Roy; mother

Velma; and brother Emory Foster McWhorter.

Burial will be at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO, on March 27, 2015 at 2:15 PM with military honors. A reception immediately following the service will be held at Arrowhead Golf Club, Roxborough Park.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift in honor of Ken may be made to The Braniff Silver Eagles Charitable Fund, 720 Highridge, Little Elm, TX 75068 or Boy Scout Troop 114, Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura Street, Littleton, CO 80120.

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lack of access to adequate multi-family options is one of the identified impediments to fair housing in Douglas County … a failure to address this issue in a way that Senate Bill 177 can will be a failure under the federal mandate.”

“Would-be first-time homebuyers have significantly fewer options and are increasingly being forced into the skyrocketing rental market,” said Jeffco Commissioner Don Rosier. “Jeffco is home to the largest populations of adults over the age of 65 in the state; this lack of owner-occupied multi-family options also leaves behind many of our seniors who are looking to downsize from their single-family homes.”

“Any vibrant, successful city depends on a true mix of housing types to accommodate the needs of various populations,” said Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. “This includes attainably priced for-sale, multi-family homes that appeal to our growing population of young millennials, first-time homebuyers, and older residents looking to downsize their homes,” he said.

“But here in Denver, we are not seeing this market grow like we would hope.”

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income differences between the rich and the poor, a level that has held fairly steady since the survey began asking the question in 1978. Thirty-seven percent say the government shouldn’t concern itself with income differences, while the rest don’t feel strongly either way.

Division between Democrats and Republicans on the issue is at its widest point ever, with 64 percent of Democrats, but only 24 percent of Republicans, saying the government ought to do something to address it.

The survey also finds a significant gap between different income groups. Only a third of those making more than $75,000 a year, but more than half of those making less than $30,000, want the government to take action. Younger adults — those under age 35 — are more likely than older adults to say the government should do something about the gap.

“This is an elite debate, and it’s filtered through partisan lenses,” said John Halpin of the liberal Center for American Progress in Washington. “It hasn’t been strong enough to change the public’s mind.”

It’s not necessarily the case that Americans don’t see income inequality as a problem. A Pew Research Center poll conducted in 2012 found 65 percent of Americans think the income gap has grown in the past 10 years, and 57 percent think that’s a bad thing. Halpin noted that polls consistently find high support for increasing taxes on the wealthy.

And an AP-GfK poll conducted in January and February found 66 percent of Americans think the government does too much to help the wealthy, while 72 percent think it does too little to help the middle class and 58 percent think it does too little for the poor. Even among Republicans, half think the government does too much to help the wealthy and 74 percent think it does too little to help the middle class. But only 38 percent think it does too little to help the poor.

Still, the new poll findings suggest limited interest in government action to change that.

The results also find that American attitudes are sensitive to the way the issue is talked about. For example, 6 in 10 Americans think the country spends too little on “assistance to the poor.” But only 2 in 10 think it spends too little on “welfare,” a word that is more likely to carry negative connotations.

Veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres has tested extensively whether Americans respond more to cries to do something about income inequality or to increase middle class opportunity. The latter is a key part of the platform of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, whose nascent presidential campaign Ayres is advising.

“Defining the problem as the difference between the rich and the poor is fundamentally not resonating with the vast majority of Americans — that is a more European definition,” Ayres said. “Most Americans don’t believe inequality is the problem. They want to make sure there are avenues of success for their children.”

Ayres’ ideological opposite, Larry Mishel, president of the liberal Economic Policy Institute, agreed — to a point. “People may not rally around income inequality — that’s a bloodless thing,” he said. But then he noted some common political applause lines. “If someone is talking about the middle-class squeeze, wage stagnation or trying to lift people out of poverty, they’re talking about income inequality,” he said.

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One sport has a slide, not a decline

s It’s almost time to get out your memodries. e It seems like only yesterday that you -were rubbing linseed oil into your new sbaseball glove, tying it up with a ball, and sputting it under your mattress so that a kpocket could be formed. s Then sleeping and dreaming on it. s The Rockies’ home opener is April 10 ragainst the Chicago Cubs.

It got me thinking about the Cubs, the sfutility of the Cubs and about a poor sap -named Steve Bartman.

- There are a lot of Cubs fans in Colorado.

-I wonder what they think of Steve Bartman dnow. l If they are good baseball fans, they -know that Bartman didn’t cost them that dplayoff game in 2003. And neither did a bilrlygoat. Or a black cat.

If not, and they still hold a grudge gagainst Bartman, they are complete idiots.

The fans’ reaction that night to Bartman’s (possible) interference with a foul ball was vile and despicable.

He was pelted with beer and profanities — one in particular. Did it make an unfavorable impression on the kids who were in Wrigley Field, and who were watching at home, or did it fuel their current sports events behavior?

The incident was featured in an ESPN documentary, “Catching Hell,” that compared it to Bill Buckner’s gaffe in the 1986 World Series.

Buckner’s fielding error is what most half-baked fans remember about Buck-

ner. I’m betting that they don’t know that Buckner had more career hits than both Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio.

I stopped going to games.

Baseball is just about the only team sport remaining that is free from the juvenilia that mars other sports, like football and basketball. Players are full of self-congratulations, posing, body slams, teeth-baring and fists in the air — because they deflected a pass.

Do something like that in baseball and the next time you are up, you will be brushed back or knocked down.

I played four years of Little League baseball. Those were the happiest days of my life.

I think I might have made a decent Division III shortstop at a school no one has heard of.

I loved the clarity in the game, and even the distances. It’s still very difficult to steal second. It used to be difficult to dunk a basketball. Not now.

I appreciated the distances between one teammate and another. We had our own

little areas. You could groom them.

In just about every other team sport, you are more intimate with everyone, scrumming and diving and hugging and groping.

I don’t get too excited when the Rockies win or when they lose. I know better. But if you were here in 2007, you might have great memories of a scrapbook season.

They were nine games under .500 at one point.

The Rockies improbably won 14 of their final 15 regular season games, then another eight straight, and eventually wound up in the World Series.

The highlights are replayed on Root and it’s still a thrill.

Every spring, the faithful fans of all 28 teams walk into major league ballparks with high hopes and great expectations.

Even if you lose that first game, you are only one game out of first.

When I was a kid, there were only two leagues, and no divisions.

Some teams were out of it by the Fourth of July.

Now there are six divisions. It was a clever way to ensure that most teams will still be around in September. Like the 2007 Rockies.

If you know your baseball, you know that there are 30 teams, not 28.

Rest in peace, Ernie, and let’s play two.

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

Careful consideration trims task overload I am not sure about you, but these first three months of 2015 have been incredibly busy for me. I mean, I have found myself lately telling people that I am just too busy right now to do anything else.

After carefully considering that remark, I had to laugh at myself. Am I really too busy to do anything else? Obviously the answer is no, I am not too busy. But you know what I mean, right? Sometimes it just feels like we are too busy, too many projects, too many things on our plate, and just juggling too many balls at one time. We feel like we are simply spread way too thin.

Although we acknowledge that this could be a problem, I would suggest that it is a good problem. It really is better than the alternative, wouldn’t you agree? Having nothing to do only leads to boredom and maybe even trouble. A couple of proverbs speak directly to this, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop” and “Lazy hands make for poverty; but diligent hands bring wealth.”

So where do we find the balance?

Because right now if I shared my calendar, you would say to yourself that there is no

room for anything else as I am already double-booked and triple-booked on certain days and at specific times.

Here’s what I did: I went back into my list of tasks, obligations and follow-up items. And I carefully analyzed the level of importance of each item, thought about who I can ask for assistance or better yet, who I could delegate the task to. I also went back to my personal goals list and tried to see where my priorities were aligning with my goals and where they were actually disrupting my path toward the achievement of my goals. Basically looking at what I want to be doing, what I should be doing versus what I am actually doing, and where I am spending my time.

The next question I had to ask myself was this: “What are the things I can say no to, in order to say yes to the things I want to do or should do?” Sometimes saying no is harder than it seems, at least it is for me anyway.

Now don’t get me wrong, I recognize that we all have things that we “have to” do.

And whenever I think about those “have to do” items I think of the quote by Zig Ziglar: “Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them.”

Are you too busy? Are you struggling with where to spend your time? Are you compromising the things you want to be doing? I would love to hear all about it and maybe offer up some tips if you will email me at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we realize that we are really never too busy, 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.

Some final tweaks might lower taxes Income tax laws changed over a year ago, and it is not for the better. Those getting ready to file 2014 taxes are probably remembering this by now. Brackets went up and some deductions went down.

Investments were profitable, so some brokerage 1099s reported taxable earnings. Medicare tax has a 0.9 percent kicker on incomes over $250,000 and those in the highest brackets get to pay an extra 3.8 percent on investment returns. All in all, taxes have risen.

There might be a few last-minute things you can do that will help reduce your tax liability.

Consider funding an IRA account. You have up to your tax filing date to contribute for last year. Most employees who have a 401(k) plan have forgotten they might also be eligible for an IRA as well. If you are married filing jointly and only one spouse has a 401(k) plan, the other spouse may be eligible for a $5,500 deduction or $6,500 if over the age of 50. Check the IRS limits for adjusted gross incomes that range from $181,000 to $191,000. Those with two qualified employer plans with incomes under $96,000 can both write off the full contribution. This may be enough to

reduce other factors, such as eligibility for the education tax credits. It is not a good idea to over-fund an IRA where you don’t get the tax deduction. There is no reason to be subject to IRS restrictions when there is no deduction on after-tax deposits.

Self-employed individuals may be eligible for a SEP (simplified employee pension). These limits can be substantially higher than an IRA based on business or consulting income. Most plans allow for deductible contributions similar to 401(k) limits — which for 2014 were $17,500 with an over-age-50 catch-up provision of another $5,500. For higher-income earners, you may also be eligible for a profit-sharing contribution up to 25 percent of your business profit up to $52,000, depending on your business structure.

It is crucial to get with your tax or financial advisor immediately to see what plans and limits you are eligible for.

Consider maximizing your health savings accounts for last year if they have not already been funded. You may be eligible if you had a high-deductible health insurance plan starting no later than Dec. 1, 2014. An individual can contribute a taxdeductible amount of $3,300 with a $1,000 catch-up provision for anyone over age 55 by December 31. Households with one spouse on family coverage can contribute $6,550 plus the catch-up for over age 55.

You can fund college savings plans that are eligible for the state income tax deduction for children or grandchildren.

It is never too early to start tax planning for this year. Make sure you are maximizing your 401(k) contributions through your employer. There was a slight increase for 2015 to $18,000 plus a $6,000 catch-up. If you are self-employed, consider establishing an individual 401(k) plan, which must be set up by October this year. You may be eligible to contribute up to $53,000, depending on your income.

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Why I believe Iran can’t be trusted The president believes that if Iran is diplomatically treated with the same trust and respect afforded to responsible governments, Iran will somehow suddenly begin to conduct its affairs in a responsible and rational manner.

I disagree: My belief is that the Iranian government cannot be trusted and is based upon my personal experiences in the Middle East. Simply put, so long as Iran legitimizes state-sponsored terrorism, publicly states that Israel has no right to exist, and continues to develop delivery systems that can target Israel (as well as its regional neighbors), it cannot be trusted to negotiate, in good faith, an agreement to give up its quest for a nuclear arsenal.

The conduct of this authoritarian theocracy has not changed since November 1979, when the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran allowed the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 American hostages for 444 days.

Only months later, in the fall of 1980, I was deployed off the coast of Iran as a rifle platoon commander in a battalion landing team, prepared to deal with Iranian threats to shut down shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran did

not shut those sea lanes down, but not because of any concern for the world’s economy or a recognition that responsible governments don’t cut off the world’s fuel supplies. No, the reason Iran held back was the presence of an American military force backed by a credible threat of its use.

In August 1982, I transferred from active duty to the Marine Corps Reserve and returned to Colorado. The following year, the battalion I had previously served in off the Strait of Hormuz was ordered to take up positions at the abandoned airport in Beirut, Lebanon. On Oct. 23, 1983, a truck, laden with explosives and driven by an Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighter, drove into the building that provided the offices and billet-

ing for the headquarters staff. The building collapsed in the explosion, killing 241 Marines, making it the largest loss of life, in a single day, for the U.S. Marine Corps since World War II. Many of those Marines were my friends and colleagues and I have not forgotten them.

My point is that Iran’s threats should not be taken lightly. They have taken American lives before and won’t hesitate to do so again if they think they will not suffer significant harm from doing so.

More recently, in June 2005, I took a military leave from the office of Colorado state treasurer to return to the U.S. Marine Corps for an assignment in Iraq.

The vast majority of U.S. casualties at that time were from roadside bombs or “improvised explosive devices.” To better protect our troops against IEDs, the exterior metal armor of our vehicles consistently increased. However, in 2007, a much more sophisticated and lethal “explosively formed projectile,” which could easily penetrate the enhanced armor of U.S. military vehicles, made its way into Iraq. The EFPs were provided by Iran specifically to kill U.S. military personnel serving in Iraq and they, unfortunately, did just that.

President Obama sees Iran as he wants it to be, and those of us who served in the region see Iran for what it is — a murderous regime that wants to wipe Israel off the map and continues to provide support to terrorist groups across the globe.

President Obama threw a lifeline to the leadership of Iran when he unilaterally reduced sanctions merely to bring them to the negotiating table. The only realistic path to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is to impose economic sanctions that are so severe that the leadership of the country concludes that unless it agrees to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, Iran will face economic collapse, threatening the continued rule of the “mullahs.”

Instead the president has chosen to trust Iran’s extremist leaders. I do not.

Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman sits on the House Armed Services Committee.

He has a combined 21 years of military service and is a veteran of the first Gulf War and the Iraq War. He is an Aurora resident and represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District.

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Littleton names new public-works director Mark Relph began career in Colorado Staff report Littleton City Manager Michael Penny announced on March 23 that Mark J. Relph has been selected as the city’s new director of public works. Relph was chosen from a pool of 64 candidates following a nationwide search. He will start his position with the city of Littleton on April 14.

“Mark is an accomplished professional with an impressive background in continuous improvement, innovation, visioning, strategic planning and performance man-

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experiences both good and bad have made me what I am today as a public educator, a person who believes we have a strong public education system. I feel there has been

agement,” Penny said. “He is a proven leader, and I’m eager for him to set the direction for the growth and development of our public works staff and operations.”

Relph has more than 25 years of experience in the public-works arena. Most recently, he was the director of public works and Relph utilities for the city of Shoreline, Wash. He was responsible for street maintenance and operations, storm-water utility, solid-waste collection, transportation planning and coordination, development-review engineering, traffic sys-

a misguided attack on public education. Some of that may be partially our fault because we may not always have been as transparent as we should have been. But I feel the need to be in the community showing people the work we are doing with the resources we have so they can see they are getting a really good bang for their buck. Littleton pro-

tems and capital improvements.

Relph has worked extensively in Colorado, serving as director of public works and utilities in Grand Junction and director of engineering and community development in Delta. His private-sector experience includes engineering and project management on water and wastewater systems, transportation improvements, bridges and structures throughout western Colorado.

Relph earned his master’s degree in public administration from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from California State University at Pomona. He is a registered professional engineer in both Washington and Colorado.

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“I am excited to return to Colorado and be part of the Littleton community and city organization,” said Relph. “Littleton has so much to offer and is a great match for my passion for public service.”

Relph replaces Charlie Blosten, who retired Feb. 28 after a 44-year career with the city. In January, he offered some advice to whomever his successor would be: Blosten says he has no regrets and is looking forward to having some fun. As for advice for the next person to take on the job?

“Be patient,” he said. “It’s amazing how long things take. Be patient, and have trust in your fellow employees. This job takes a huge amount of patience and incredible teamwork.”

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Future LPS Superintendent Brian Ewert sits in the front row listening to a report from the district’s security/mental-health advisory committee. Tom Mauser, father of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser, sits behind Ewert. Photo by Jennifer Smith

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The Littleton Public Schools Board of Education took the temperature of its new Security and Mental Health Advisory Committee, formed in the wake of the Arapahoe High School shootings, during its March 19 regular meeting.

“It was purposeful that we brought together a broad spectrum,” said board president Jack Reutzel. “We did not want to be driving the conversation. We didn’t want to be giving you an agenda. We didn’t want to be driving you down a particular path.”

The four representatives who presented the committee’s interim report assured him they didn’t feel like that was happening.

“We’re driving this ship, but I don’t know where it’s going,” said committee member Nancy Seavall.

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Seeking information

To that end, they also sent a letter to the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education demanding all relevant information about Karl Pierson, the Arapahoe High School student who shot and killed their daughter and himself inside the school, and any and all details pertaining to what led up to the tragedy. In exchange, they would promise not to sue the district.

“Karl Pierson was an adolescent that allowed himself to become filled with confusion and darkness, and he failed to see any love around him or any hope for the future,” wrote the Davises in October 2014, when the final report was released.

“As we all consider this report in greater detail, our family wishes to ask school officials and other stakeholders — particularly our state legislators — to thoughtfully and expeditiously explore how to create positive and safe school climates that are better prepared to prevent and change inappropriate behaviors, as well as better address the emotional and psychological needs of adolescents in our schools.

The people of Colorado deserve more than to have to sit idly waiting for the next student in imminent crisis to harm or kill another person or themselves.”

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introduced.

Cernanec called the experience, and the services provided by TLC, amazing.

“It’s that personal contact that can help folks live independently in their homes,” he said. “As Americans, we like to be near our stuff. This is a little helping hand with that.”

The nonprofit was born in 1965 as “Town of Littleton Cares” in the home of Virginia Baker, who also was a leading force in the creation

They said district staff has been cooperative in providing whatever information they asked for, unless they couldn’t for legal reasons, and in engaging informative and unbiased speakers.

Reutzel also worried that the committee wouldn’t be able to finish work before the deadline it has been given, two weeks before Superintendent Scott Murphy steps down on June 15.

“We’ll let you know,” said Mary McGlone, former board president and current chair of the LPS Foundation. “I think if we need more time, I feel like we’re more than comfortable asking for it.”

“And we’re committed to doing it right,” added Seavall.

Since convening at Murphy’s request in January, the committee members have heard from district staff about practices in place before the December 2013 tragedy, and those implemented in its wake — weekly coordinated meetings between security and special-services staff, for example, which allow the two teams to compare notes on individual students.

They’ve also invited leaders in the

fields, who have reassured the members that LPS policies are mostly in line with state and national standards while admitting there is always room for improvement at all levels.

“We feel like the more we learn, the more we need to know,” said committee member Tammy Harimon.

During its twice-a-month meetings, which are open for the public to observe, the committee is working its way through finding gaps in services, looking at budget issues and finding consensus among differing opinions.

“We are really looking at the whole child,” said Seavall. “We want to make sure LPS remains high in academic achievement, but also provides a safe and healthy learning experience.”

Board member Mary Nichols serves as the liaison to the committee and said she’s been impressed by its commitment.

“I know it was messy at times, getting organized at first,” she said. “But the board did that on purpose. We didn’t want it to be board-directed or staff-directed. We needed it to come from the community. We needed it to be from this more organic place.”

Murphy didn’t refuse, but said the district’s attorneys and school board would review the request on March 19 privately, then publicly during the week of March 30.

“The tragic events of Dec. 13, 2013 have caused the Littleton Public Schools community to examine every aspect of our safety and mental health processes and protocols,” he wrote in a statement. “We have released every piece of information requested by all of the various law enforcement agencies as part of their investigations, including Karl Pierson’s records. We have always been transparent with all law enforcement agencies and all members of our community.”

Tom Mauser, father of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser, attended the March 19 meeting in support of the Davis family. He moved two daughters to LPS after the 1999 tragedy at the Jefferson County school that took his son’s life, and one still attends Heritage High School. He recalled the difficulties he and other Columbine families had getting information, and expressed amazement that little had changed since then.

“We need to do the things we teach our kids,” he said. “Do unto others, and put yourself in the shoes.”

Vicki Hoffman, whose daughter graduated from Arapahoe last year, also asked the board to release the records.

“We owe it to the Davis family and

the rest of the community to start hearing some answers,” she said.

“Every day we send our kids to school, and we expect them to come home,” agreed LPS parent George Culpepper.

Murphy emphasized the steps the district has taken since the tragedy, including adding school-resource officers, the formation of the Safety and Mental Health Advisory Committee, partnering with the family on Clarity Commons memorial park and spending nearly $1 million for additional counselors, social workers and psychologists.

“Two students’ lives were lost on Dec. 13, 2013,” he said. “Nothing we can say or do can change that. We learn from our past. We continue to look for ways to improve our processes and procedures within the resources available to us, because while academic achievement is our purpose, nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our students.”

Katy Atkinson, spokeswoman for Mike and Desiree Davis, said the family looks forward to hearing a response from LPS by the end of March.

“When you consider that the Davises have waited 15 months to get all of the facts surrounding the murder of their daughter, it’s not surprising that they are a bit disappointed that Littleton Schools wants to postpone making a decision on the Davises’ offer to waive any claims against the district, if the district will agree to the proposed process that allows rigorous discovery of the facts,” she said.

of Arapahoe Community College. It spent its teenage years in the kitchen of Bradley House senior community, and has reached maturity in the Littleton Public Schools Ames building in Centennial, where it moved in 2009.

Today, TLC serves about 360 meals a day to people on 23 routes throughout Arapahoe County and southern Jefferson County. Diane McClymonds, executive director, said that’s up 25 percent from when she took over two years ago.

“As promised, the baby boomers have arrived,” she said.

About half of the clients are able to pay the whole $4. About 25 percent pay what they can, and the rest

are served at no charge.

“It means a nutritious meal that I can afford,” said Suzanne Bryan. “I love Littleton. I used to have friends here. That’s why I moved here, to be close to them. But they have both died. That’s what you run into when you get to be my age.”

Along with Cernanec, Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon, Englewood Mayor Randy Penn and Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky joined volunteers along their routes.

“It’s a way of helping those that need help,” said Rakowsky. “It allows them to remain a member of the community, in their homes, near familiar neighborhoods and close friends.”

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Drill preps county crews for emergency Arapahoe officials, employees practice confronting disaster

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com It hasn’t happened, but it could.

On the afternoon of March 17, it certainly felt like a real emergency at the Arapahoe County Administration Building on Prince Street in Littleton. First responders swarmed the scene as reports of gunshots came across the airwaves. All 300 or so employees, including the county commissioners, fled for their lives as lights flashed and alarms blared.

Fortunately, the bad guy was Littleton Police Cmdr. Mike Eyman, and his gun was firing blanks at hired actors.

But the first shot was as startling as if it were real, said Yvette Yeon, communications specialist.

“It was intense,” she said after the drill was over. “People did a really good job reacting like this was a real scene.”

She was inside the building taking photos, as she might well be doing if it had been the real thing. Likewise, Andrea Rasizer, director of communications, was herding reporters outside.

“It’s as real of a non-real emergency as we could produce,” said Rasizer. “So if and when it ever really happens, our employees won’t have to wonder what to do, they’ll know what to do.”

Emergency preparedness emerged as a high priority for Arapahoe County residents on the 2014 Align Arapahoe survey.

So Lt. Nate Fogg, the emergency coordinator for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, worked with the building’s emergency-response team to conduct the event, the first-ever active shooter drill in an Arapahoe County building.

“It went pretty well,” said Fogg after police finished “clearing” the building. “We met all of our objectives, and we caught the bad guy.”

Joleen Sanchez, head of the response team, said the drill illuminated a need for more radios throughout the building, so department managers could better communicate with the team.

Littleton Police officers rush the Arapahoe County building on Prince Street to take down an “active shooter” during an emergency drill March 17. Photos by Jennifer Smith “It was pretty eye-opening,” she said.

Commissioner Nancy Doty said the employees knew too much about the drill to react realistically, but added that it was a good opportunity for the response team to find out what was working and what wasn’t.

“In real life, we would have ended up discussing whether it was a fire, or just a drill,” she said. “We would have tried to figure out what was going on. But having the discussion about what really happened and what could have happened is good.”

Commissioner Nancy Jackson agreed.

“Once you’re prepared, you feel more secure because you know what to do,” she said. “There are a lot of reasons people get mad at government, and it’s something we have no control over.”

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Centennial to finish citywide rezone Final phase to be implemented in April

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com In April, the City of Centennial will implement the third, and final, phase of its rezoning process — one that spans the entire city and includes more than 32,000 properties.

The rezoning, known as the 2011 Land Development Code, was adopted in the spring of 2010, and city council directed it to be implemented in three phases at a November 2010 meeting. The new code became effective in September 2011.

The original land-development code, known as the Legacy Code, developed under Arapahoe County, was outdated, said Derek Holcomb, the city’s principal planner.

The new code, he said, is modernized and includes a set of “high-quality, predictable development regulations.”

A land-development code is a “comprehensive set of land-use regulations and development standards that govern everything from building heights to signs and lighting,” Holcomb said. It includes a list of permitted and restricted land uses.

The land-development code “can be thought of as a tool,” Holcomb said, to promote “context-sensitive development, protect stable residential neighborhoods and enhance the character of the city.”

The 2011 Land Development Code “is one of the biggest things the city has done,” Holcomb said, “and hopefully, everybody sees the benefits of it.”

The rezoning has been seven years in the making.

“Researching and analyzing over 32,000 properties takes a lot of time and effort to

complete,” Holcomb said. “Careful research and analysis has been performed at each phase of rezoning to ensure that the city gets it right the first time.”

The rewrite of the code began in 2008, and took about two years, Holcomb said.

City council adopted Phase 1 in August 2011, which included more than 30,000 residential properties. Phase 2 was adopted in December 2012, and 331 parcels of land were rezoned, which included 34 special districts such as government entities and school districts. Additionally, Holcomb added, more than 30 “unique” rezoning applications were submitted to the city “from commercial property owners seeking inclusion” into the new code.

“This was a recognition that the 2011 LDC was a more attractive option than the Legacy zoning,” Holcomb said.

Phases 1 and 2 were completed in 2011 and 2012, and encompassed about 95 per-

cent of all the properties in Centennial, Holcomb said. The remaining commercial properties, about 1,760, are included in Phase 3, which was adopted on March 16.

The city did extensive outreach and notification during the process, Holcomb said, which included 60 public meetings, nearly 40,000 pieces of individualized notice in the form of letters and postcards, plus recurring published articles and newsletters made available to the public.

There was no formal opposition through the entire process, Holcomb said. The community expressed a “great display of support,” he added, and attributes this to being able to present them with “a high-quality code, a robust outreach strategy and exceptional transparency in operations.”

“The 2011 LDC has proven to be a desired commodity,” Holcomb said. “The city will now be able to implement its vision and values for the community.”

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Area residents enjoyed a day of free swimming at the ribbon-cutting celebration for Waterworks Aquatics Swim

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A group of third-grade thespians perform a scene from “Harry Potter and the Cauldron of Doom” for about 45 senior residents at Holly Creek, a retirement community in Centennial on March 20. Photos by Christy Steadman

Harry Potter comes to Holly Creek Third-grade thespians perform for retirement community

By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com

Eight-year-old thespians got to display their talent to a group of 80-year-old thespians on March 20 — but the only judging going on was that of a potionmaking contest.

The kids, a group of about 30 thirdgraders from William Roberts elementary, a K-8 Denver public school in Stapleton, performed a scene from “Harry Potter and the Cauldron of Doom” for about 45 senior residents at Holly Creek, a retirement community in Centennial.

Being able to perform for seniors is a great opportunity for the kids, their drama teacher, Maureen Hines, said. And the seniors benefit, she added, because the kids bring a lot of energy and joy.

“It’s a win-win situation for everybody,” she said.

The third-graders worked on the skit for about three months, once a week after school on early-release days for two hours, Hines said.

Thursday Thespians, Holly Creek’s thespian group of about 25 residents, designed the set and made the backdrop and props for the skit, said the group’s founding member, Jack Hull.

“We’ve been wanting to do something with an intergenerational group,” he said,

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A group of third-grade thespians from a Denver County public school visited Holly Creek Retirement Community to perform a skit for about 45 senior residents on March 20. but mostly, Thursday Thespians were there to simply welcome the children and their talent, added the group’s director Norma Austermann.

Holly Creek always welcomes opportunities where the residents get to work

with and engage younger generations, said April Henderson, the retirement community’s director of life enrichment.

“The children can learn from our residents,” she said, “and we can learn from the children.”

`Seven Last Words’ to be performed at church 1867 work will be part of anniversary celebration

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) was an important organist, composer and teacher in a period in Paris where the arts were especially important. He directed the Paris Conservatory from 1896 to 1905 and was a contemporary of Faure, Gounod and Saint-Saens.

His best-known work is “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” composed in 1867. Little-

Denver Botanic Gardens has earned the distinction of being the most visited public garden in North America, with 1,411,116 visitors in 2014. The major increase in attendance is attributed in large part to the hugely successful Chihuly exhibition that attracted visitors from around the globe, but the addition of two new structures (the Science Pyramid and the outdoor Hive Garden Bistro) as well as the opening of the Ellipse garden contributed as significant draws. The popular Summer Concert Series, Blossoms of Light, Trail of Lights, Pumpkin Festival, corn maze and plant sales also spurred attendance.

In addition to the attendance record, the Gardens is included in the North American Garden Tourism Conference’s “Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For” 2015 Awards.

Full recipient list (in alphabetical order): The Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia; Chanticleer Garden, Wayne, Pennsylvania.; Denver Botanic Gardens; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami; Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.; Jardín Botánico de Culiacan, Culiacan, Mexico; Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal; Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

ton United Methodist Church will present the work at 7:30 p.m. on April 3, Good Friday.

The special Holy Week performance is part of the church’s 125th anniversary celebration. It has been performed through the decades in one of Littleton’s original churches. (The congregation met at a numForsberg ber of locations in downtown Littleton before the present church was built.)

Director of music and worship ministries David Kates said: “Dubois’ setting of the final sentences Jesus uttered from the

IF YOU GO Littleton United Methodist Church is located at 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. The “Seven Last Words of Christ” will be performed in a 7 p.m.

Good Friday service. 303-794-6379. cross has been continuously performed in Europe and the U.S. since its composition in 1867. The work is highly dramatic and employs the soloists and chorus to play all of the roles associated with the crucifixion. The powerful LUMC organ, expertly played by Kathy Forsberg, will depict everything from angelic harps to rancorous crowds and an apocalyptic earthquake.”

Tom Curley has been named general manager of The Westin Denver International Airport. Curley comes to the hotel from The Westin Denver Downtown, where he has served for the past 12 years as general manager. Curley will continue to serve as area managing director for Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Colorado overseeing Westin, Sheraton and St. Regis brand hotels.

“We were delighted that Tom has been named GM for The Westin Denver International Airport,” said Denver International Airport CEO Kim Day. “He is a well-respected professional, a wonderful community partner, and we look forward to working with him in his new position.”

The Westin Denver International Airport is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of this year. The 14-story hotel is part of the new Hotel and Transit Center, which also includes an outdoor plaza and a public transit center with rail service to downtown Denver.

Fine dining at Wind Crest

Windows Restaurant, which has opened at Wind Crest retirement community at 3235 Mill Vista Road in Highlands Ranch, offers residents and guests a fine dining experience.

The 80-seat, reservations-only restaurant serves a seasonal dinner menu with two daily chef specials. A wall of windows overlooks the Denver skyline and Rocky Mountain foothills.

Inside, modern light fixtures hang from a vaulted two-story ceiling.

Chef Ed Kent, who worked closely with Dining Director Marcus Cordova and Wind Crest’s team of chefs, designed the Windows menu from scratch. Kent pulled from his diverse experience in the restaurant industry. The menu features classic American fare.

For reservations, call 303-876-8476.

Grammy’s opens in Wheat Ridge

Wheat Ridge’s newest restaurant, Grammy’s Goodies at 4601 Harlan St., celebrated the opening of its first brick-and-mortar location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 21 featuring Wheat Ridge Mayor Joyce Jay. For the past decade, Vickie Corder and her Parker continues on Page 18

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Arapahoe Community College’s fine arts students will exhibit work in a juried show from March 30 to April 14 in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, in the Annex at ACC Main Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. A public reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on April 3. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays; Tuesdays until 7 p.m. The juror is Heritage Fine Arts Guild first vice president Beatrice Drury.

Outnumbered Gallery at 5654 S. Prince St. in Littleton is holding First Friday evening openings with entertainment and featured artists, with hours each month from 6 to 9 p.m. and the next event set for April 3. Other Littleton galleries are expected to take part in First Friday as the year goes on. We hope to see this grow — please let me know if your business is participating by writing to sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Denver Lyric Opera Guild

Opera on Tuesday is the name of Denver Opera Guild’s monthly luncheon meeting. On April 7, the program will be at Pinehurst Country Club, featuring the winners of the 2015 competition hosted by the DLOG, which helps young singers with professional growth. New members are welcome. Cost is $40. Send Check to Dr. Lyn Barber, 32 Pinyon Pine Road, Littleton, CO, 80127-3507.

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Jefferson Action Center, which assists people throughout the county, holds its annual Beautiful Junk Sale on March 27 (8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and March 28 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Ave., Golden.

Admission is $3, with $1 off for donation of two or more nonperishable food items. ($20 ticket for early-bird sale from 7 to 8:30 a.m. on March 27.) Admission benefits the Jefferson Action Center. 303-237-7704.

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Vivaldi concert

The Colorado Women’s Chorale will present the “Vivaldi Gloria” at 7:30 p.m. March 28 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Conductor Jennifer Ferguson welcomes the Douglas County High School Belles to join the chorale and a chamber orchestra for the concert. She is associate director of music at St. Luke’s. Tickets: $24/$15/$8 at the door.

Art during break

Kids 18 and younger receive free admission during spring break, through April 5, at the Denver Art Museum. The theme is “Painting Dreams,” with activities related to the new Joan Miro exhibit, with special performances by Buntport Theater: “Miro, Magic and the Night” at 10:30 a.m. March 28, April 25 and May 30 in the Sharp Auditorium and in the gallery at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. April 1 and 3. Create ‘n’ takes, bilingual storytelling in the galleries and family backpacks or Art Tubes available. See denverartmuseum.org, 720-865-5000.

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Animal caregiver to hold presentation Sanctuary provides space for many large carnivores

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia. com The Lone Tree Arts Center Guild will feature “An Evening with Pat Craig” in the Mainstage theater at Lone Tree Arts Center from 7 to 9 p.m. April 17.

The event is a fundraiser for both The Wild Animal Sanctuary (headed by Craig) and the Guild. Last year, Craig presented a program in the multipurpose room at the center and about 100 people attended, raising about $1,000, said publicist Gayle Spelts. This year, the Guild decided to rent the large theater and plans to draw larger numbers of animal lovers to Craig’s program.

Craig has focused on rescuing and caring for large carnivores for 34 years, starting on his family’s farm outside of Boulder. The population has grown to more than 350 animals and the sanctuary is now located on a 720-acre property at Keenesburg, about 30 miles northeast of Denver, where 130 volunteers help feed more than 20,000 pounds of food each week.

Education about what he calls “The Captive Wildlife Crisis” is part of Craig’s multi-faceted mission, in addition to rehabilitating and caring for lions, tigers,

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husband Jeff have been dishing up Italian specialties at outdoor festivals across Colorado. With the opening of Grammy’s Goodies, fans of Corder’s giant pizza and Bada Bing burgers can now satisfy their cravings for Vickie’s homemade fare indoors year-round.

Grammy’s menu will include many festival favorites as well as Italian mainstays as lasagna, garlic knots, sausage and pepper sandwiches and an array of sweet treats all based on reci-

These drowsy lions enjoy the sun at the Wild Animal Sanctuary. Sanctuary Director Pat Craig will speak on April 16 in “An Evening With Pat Craig” at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photos bears, wolves and other animals in need.

He estimates that 30,000 captive large carnivores are living outside the zoo system — often in small cages, with inadequate food and care. His website says that 4,000 tigers are living as “pets” in private homes in the state of Texas alone — more than exist in the wild.

“The sanctuary has developed a unique system of rehabilitating rescued animals and then releasing them into large acreage natural habitats where they can roam freely and live with others of their kind,” said Spelts.

pes from Vickie’s 92-year-old grandmother, Grammy. “Opening Grammy’s fulfills a longtime dream for me and my family,” said Corder, who grew up in Wheat Ridge. “It’s so nice to come back home.”

Grammy’s will operate from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Swallow Hill names new CEO

Swallow Hill Music announced that Paul M. Lhevine has been appointed chief executive officer of the 36-year-old Colorado home for roots, folk and acoustic music. Lhevine’s appointment comes at the end of a six-month national search guided by Arts Consulting Group. He will begin his duties at Swallow Hill

IF YOU GO “An Evening with Pat Craig” will be at 7 p.m. April 17 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $15/$8, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

This tiger is among the big cats that have found shelter at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keeneesburg. Director Pat Craig will appear April 16 at the Lone Tree Arts Center to tell stories about the animals, sponsored by the LTAC Guild.

The facility is open to the public year round, and a recently constructed “Mile Into the Wild” leads guests through the sanctuary and to the Bolivian Lion House, where more than 25 rescued lions live.

Craig will tell of recent worldwide rescues and discuss the future of The Wild Animal Sanctuary.

Tickets cost $15 for adults and $8 for children 8 and under.

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“On behalf of our entire music community, we are excited to welcome Paul as our new CEO,” said Swallow Hill Music Board Chairman Saul Rosenthal. “Paul brings a commitment to innovation, a love of music and a remarkable record of success in community outreach, leadership and civic engagement to his new position. We expect great things from Paul as he builds on the significant growth Swallow Hill Music has enjoyed these last six years and leads our organization to new heights.”

the jazz group playing an original waltz written for sisters at Nocturne: “I wish I liked my sisters well enough to write a waltz for them.”

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Stage manager Heidi Echtencamp, director Steven Cole Hughes and assistant stage manager Randy St. Pierre coach actor John Di Antonio who plays Hannay in the fast-moving “39 Steps” at Lone Tree Arts Center April 2-11. Courtesy photo

`The 39 Steps’ staged as farce Lone Tree show is based on 1935 Hitchcock thriller

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Richard Hannay is running for his slife across the top of a moving train as -lights go up and is in pretty constant emotion as “The 39 Steps” plays out.

Originally a big, serious blackand-white Alfred Hitchcock classic r film in 1935, the version we will see t was reshaped into a farce in 2006 by e Patrick Barlow and won Britain’s Olt ivier Award — the equivalent of our sTony. t It appeared on Broadway two years later and has been entertaining American audiences since.

Lone Tree Arts Center is producing it from April 2 to 11, with a cast of four

playing more than 150 zany characters as Hannay flees a mysterious organization called “The 39 Steps.”

He goes out for an evening, meets a woman with a strong accent, who claims to be a spy, and takes her home with him. During the night, she is murdered — and we’re off on a search/chase/manhunt.

John DiAntonio plays Hannay and Heather Hughes plays the spy and two other women with whom Hannay connects.

Actors Sammie Joe Kinnet and Graham Ward play all the others in the show, with lightning-fast changes and considerable dexterity.

Steven Cole Hughes, local actor, playwright and director, makes his Lone Tree debut as director, and DiAntonio, Hughes and Kinnet are appearing for the first time at Lone Tree.

Ward appeared in Creede Repertory’s “Harry the Great” at Lone Tree in

CURTAIN TIME Spring at Buntport

“Middle Aged People Sitting in Boxes” is a new play from those inventive minds at Buntport Theater. It runs from April 10 to May 2 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and April 27; 3 p.m. April 19 and 26. Tickets cost $16/$13, buntport.com, 720-946-1388.

IF YOU GO “The 39 Steps” plays at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, April 2 to 11. Performances: 7:30 p.m. April 2, 9; 8 p.m. April 3, 4, 10, 11; 1:30 p.m. April 4, 11, senior matinee April 8. Tickets: $33-$55, 720-509-1000 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays), LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

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Costume designer Karen Horney has created 1930s costumes that meet the play’s demands for fast changes, and set designer Michael Duran had made a flexible set for this fast-paced farce.

This piece is probably not appropriate for the very short set, but older kids and their parents should be delighted.

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History play

“The Lion in Winter” by James Goldman will be presented April 4 to May 2 by Firehouse Theater Company at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver.

Directed by Rick Bernstein. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and 6:30 p.m. three Sundays (no show on Easter, April 5). FirehouseTheaterCompany.com.

Swing, tango, waltz …

“Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks” by Richard Alfieri plays through May 2 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Directed by Craig A. Bond. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and May 2.

Tickets: $28 ($24 advance), 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre. com.

McDonagh at Bug

“The Pillowman” by Martin McDonagh will be presented by 11 Minutes Theatre Company April 3 through May 2 at Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Olivier winner.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and April 30 (industry night.). Directed by Janine Ann Kehlenbach.

Tickets; $20 ($12 industry night.) 720-230-3304, 11minutestheatre.com.

Jonathan Larson’s journey

“tick…tick…BOOM,” with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, who wrote “Rent,” will be presented by Ignite Theatre from April 17 to May 17 at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and April 27; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $28/$20, ignitetheatre.com, 866-811-4111.

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Zi p l i n e s s ta r t zo oming

The course, which opened March 14, features 1.5 miles of lines and reaches speeds of 50 mph

By Mike DiFerdinando

mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Drake Bebout celebrated his 10th birthday by being the first paying customer to ride the new zip line course at Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock.

Drake and his father Mark, who are from nearby Franktown, were joined by their family in Castle Rock for the big day March 14.

“We’ve been watching it go up and it was opening day on his birthday, so we thought `that’s so cool,’ ” said Heidi Robertson, Drake’s aunt.

Drake showed no nerves before the inaugural voyage.

When asked what he was most excited about he said “the big one” pointing to the dual racing line coming down from the top of the park’s challenge staircase — the fastest line of the 10 on the course where speeds can hit 50 mph.

The rides taken by Drake and his family were the culmination of some 23 months of planning and building by Castle Rock Zip Line Tour owner Ty Seufer.

“It’s super exiting,” Seufer said. “We’re so blessed to have such an epic, perfect, weekend to do it. We’re talking record-breaking temperatures.”

Construction of the 1.5-mile course has been going on since October.

Riders can sign up and pay to ride at the counter inside the Miller Activity Complex. Then, outside the MAC, Ty and his crew fit and strapped guests into their harnesses and equipment before a quick ATV ride up to the first line.

“It’s an adventure park,” Seufer said. “Everything about it, from the kids’ playground to the seven miles of trails, everything they’re doing is about adventure. Getting people outdoors and experiencing real Castle Rock, Colorado.”

In addition to the traditional zip lines, the “Head Rush”

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Mark Bebout, of Franktown, zips along the course at Castle Rock’s Philip S. Miller Park March 14. Photos by Mike DiFerdinando Epic Adventure Tower will be opening in May. The Epic Adventure tower will consist of a 42-foot climbing wall, four rappelling stations and a 70-foot eagle’s nest platform.

The tower also includes a 45-degree cable drop and will combine a zip line and auto belay line to provide an exciting drop to the ground below.

There is not an age range as the tours are based on weight ranges, which are 50 to 250 pounds. Children ages 5-15 must be accompanied by an adult, but must be able to participate independently of the adult.

The full guided zip line tours last up to three hours. Participants under the age of 18 must have a signed waiver by a parent.

The cost for is $59 for Castle Rock residents and $89 for non-residents.

“We want to be a regional draw,” Seufer said. “That was one of the things the town of Castle Rock wanted to see happen. Get some tourism created and get people to come into this 30 million facility that’s world class.”

Spencer Robertson and his family pile into a ATV and make the ride to the start of the zip line course.

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March 26, 2015

Focus of festival is art by women

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “Harm’s Way” by Marilyn Kriegel is playing in a world premiere at the Aurora Fox Studio Theater through April 5, while workshop productions of four new plays written by women are also playing there at various times. The Athena Project Arts Festival has been running and continues into April, celebrating new art created by women.

Karen Grassle, who stars in “Harm’s Way,” is best known for her role as Caroline Ingalls, the mother, in the “Little House on the Prairie” television series from 19741982, and she has appeared in many movies. She plays Maggie, in a play set in the first decade of the 21st century, when security concerns are at a peak.

She arrives in Paris to visit her son and his wife, in a fragmented state. Is she just jet-lagged and confused — or a security risk? Her son blocks attempts to find out, but his French wife insists on solving the puzzling behavior — at a risk.

This play runs through April 5 at 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Monday, March 30 and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $22/$20, 303-739-1970, AthenaProjectFestival.org.

Workshop productions fill in the festival period. Each play will get two readings and have audience feedback. One of these will be selected for full production in the 2016

festival. Tickets: $12 a play.

Workshop productions are: • “The Draper’s Eye” by Fengar Gael (April 4 at 5 p.m. and April 5 at 7 p.m.). In Spindle’s Fabric Shop, people appear to be vanishing through holes that lead to a parallel universe.

• “We’ll Never Get to Moscow” by Rebecca Gorman O’Neill (March 26 at 7 p.m.; March 28 at 1 p.m.). Emma and Jackson want to divorce, but have to spend 36 hours in a Rocky Mountains cabin first.

• “Two Degrees” by Tira Palmquist (March 28 at 4 p.m. and March 29 at 7 p.m.)

A renowned climate scientist testifies in Washington and is haunted by her past.

• “Sheltered” by Catherine Wiley (April 2 at 7 p.m. and April 4 at 1 p.m.). Martha searches for her mother in a homeless shelter and glimpses the complexities of women’s lives.

Also included in the festival were a Girls Write playwriting program for seventhgraders, art gallery shows at five locations, an evening of world dance. Still to come: • March 29, 7 p.m., Music Festival at Cervantes Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Tickets: $12 advance, $15 at the door. AthenaProjectFestival.org or 303219-0882.

• April 1, 8 p.m., Truth and Perception Fashion Show and Boutique at Weston Solutions, 1435 Garrison St., Lakewood.

Tickets: $25, AthenaProjectFestival.org or 303-219-0882.

Karen Grassle and John Goold appear in “Harm’s Way,” part of the Athena Project Arts Festival. The play runs through April 5 at Aurora Fox Studio Theatre. Courtesy photo

Review: ‘Insurgent’ could use more divergence

By Jake Coyle

Associated Press Given that conformity is the scourge of the “Divergent” series and much of its young-adult ilk, it’s a shame that the films, including the new “Insurgent,” do so little to stray from well-worn YA paths.

For a series that waves the banner of individualism, they make a poor case for it. Instead of throbbing with a teenage spirit of rebellion — or things like youthful wildness, humor or sex — the two “Divergent” movies are curiously content to eke out a rigid, lifeless fable in drab futuristic environs.

The answer, here, to the question of what are you rebelling against isn’t “Whaddya got?” but the slightly less visceral “An elaborate, highly metaphorical dystopian system of militaristic control.”

But even faint, fantastical whiffs of teen insurrection carry enough potency to drive feverish young audiences. Why? Much of it has to do with the stars.

Say what you will about YA movies, but they’ve been an efficient star-making machine that’s produced Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Stewart and Shailene Woodley. We should be happy to have them: good actresses all, who easily lead their respective films over their male counterparts.

The YA men aren’t as fine a bunch but here include the hunky Theo James and the excellent Miles Teller. Predictably providing “Insurgent” with its only lively, comedic moments, Teller looks as if he didn’t get the note that all must be sullen and serious.

A quick summary. Based on Veronica Roth’s trilogy of best-selling novels, the “Divergent” films are set in a walled, postapocalyptic Chicago, where survivors are ritualistically sorted into five factions. Ev-

ery 16-year-old is tested for which faction suits them, and then must choose one and remain there forever.

Tris (Woodley) chose Dauntless, who are known for their bravery and, it seems, their proclivity for train hopping. But her test revealed her to be “divergent” — someone who has no dominant characteristic but a plethora — and this makes her uncontrollable. In “Divergent,” Tris came to embrace her fate, find a boyfriend in Dauntless leader Four (James, who has a natural chemistry with Woodley) and stop a plot by the city’s overlord, Janine (Kate Winslet) to make zombies of its citizens.

“Insurgent,’’ the full name of which is the suitably clunky “The Divergent Series: Insurgent,” finds the tale largely spinning its wheels and features many redundant confrontations. Along with an underground revolutionary leader played by an underused Naomi Watts, Tris and Four organize a revolt against Janine.

Allegiances are in constant flux; Teller’s sarcastic operator switches sides with the wind. The plot (which includes Tris’ brother, played by Ansel Elgort and Jai Courtney’s burly enforcer) progresses less in a forward motion than in a repetitive cycle of escapes, surrenders and rescues, often taking place in the same hallways.

Executions at gunpoint and frequently threatened suicide add to the cheery atmosphere.

Much of the drama takes place in a virtual reality in which Tris frequently faces various simulation challenges, forcing her to reconcile her guilt in the death of her parents, as seen in the first installment.

These “sims” are where “Insurgent” flashes its fanciest effects, but this dream state just further removes the film from any tangible reality. “Insurgent” is already an allegorical

fantasy.

The way of many YA adaptations is to make the first film cheaply and then, once its popularity has been proven, boost the production value in subsequent sequels.

That’s the case with the 3-D “Insurgent,” where director Robert Schwentke (“R.I.P.D.’’) takes over for “Divergent” helmer Neil Burger. The result is a bigger, glossier and better made action film with less embarrassing fight choreography. But any appeal still depends entirely on the talent of its cast.

The final “Divergent” book will be split into two movies, a future that is indeed a little dystopian. Much brighter, though, are the blossoming careers of Woodley and Teller, who were best together in the indie “The Spectacular Now.” Movies, thankfully, come in factions, too.

“The Divergent Series: Insurgent,” a Summit Entertainment release, is rated PG-13 for “intense violence and action throughout, some sensuality, thematic elements and brief language.” Running time: 118 minutes. Two stars out of four.

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Chef Rhett Montague poses with his lamb street tacos. Montague won the award for best dish at Colorado Ag Day. Courtesy photo

Ag day celebrated with showcase dishes Golf-course chef wins first place for lamb street tacos

By Mike DiFerdinando

mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado celebrated National Agriculture Day at the Capitol in Denver with food that showcased products grown and raised in the state.

Chefs Danny Flanagan and Rhett Mon-

tague of Sanctuary Golf Club in Sedalia took part March 18, each preparing a dish that showcased a local ingredient.

“We get paired with a senator or representative and then a producer,” Flanagan said. “A lot of the producers will bring down a showcase rancher or family. With the senators, most of them are tied into something agricultural. It’s amazing to see how involved they are. Some of the people are from rural communities where that’s a big part of life.”

Montague won the tasting competition

in 2014 with pulled pork. He was able to defend his title this year with lamb street tacos that utilized Colorado lamb and tortillas made from local corn.

“Everybody wants that pat on the back from their peers saying ‘You killed this dish.

That was awesome,’” Montague said.

Flanagan was paired with the Colorado Wheat Council and made a carrot cake.

They pair fed close to 600 people.

“Everybody is there, and all of the aides and all of the lobbyists,” Flanagan said. “So it gives the senators and reps who really

have a lot staked in agriculture their one big day to remind those that come from, let’s say, Denver or Aurora about how much agriculture means to the state of Colorado.”

According to the pair of chefs, there is one ag day compliment that stands above all others.

“Oh, Gov. Hickenlooper. You want to be the one he mentions,” Flanagan said. “He does know food. He’s not just a foodie, as far as he’s gone to a bunch of charity dinners. It’s where he got his start at. He’s been in the business.”

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THINGS DO THEATER/SHOWS

Swedish Folk Dance The Swedish Folk Dance Club of Denver will perform Swedish folk dances at 5 p.m.

Friday, March 27, at IKEA’s Paskbord dinner. The club performed at last year’s Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Estes Park, and will return again this year. New members are welcome; bring your partner and enjoy learning Swedish dances in beginning classes. Classes met from 8:15-9:15 Wednesdays at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Monthly registration done through www.HRCAonline.org or by calling 303-471-8858. Bring hard-soled shoes for dancing.

Contact MaryannSoderberg@comcast.net for information or view the Swedish Folk Dance Club of Denver on Facebook.

Marvelous Wonderettes Town Hall Arts Center presents “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” an off-Broadway hit that takes you back to the 1958 Springfield High School prom. The production opens Friday, March 27, and continues through Sunday, April 26. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, with a 2 p.m. show on Saturday, April 11 and a 6:30 p.m. show Sunday, April 19. Tickets are available at the center’s box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/ marvelous-wonderettes.

Caregiver Wellness Workshop

The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties, The Colorado Respite Coalition and Easter Seals Colorado presents Caring for Caregivers from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties, 6538 S. Racine Circle, Centennial.

Caring for a loved one requires mental and physical resilience.

Participants will be equipped with the resources, information, and support they need to be at their best so they can provide the best. For information or to RSVP, email kim@arc-ad.org or call 720-457-1032.

Author Talk, Book Signing

Thomas McGuane, an award-winning author, screenwriter and director, will talk about his new book “Crow Fair: Stories” at a free event at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. McGuane is known for his novels, “Driving on the Rim” and “Gallatin Canyon,” and for his screenwriting credits “Tom Horn” and “The Missouri Breaks.” A book signing will follow his presentation. Register at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Lion King Auditions Spotlight Performing Arts Center will have auditions for its production of “Lion King.”

Children ages 5-18 are invited to audition through March by appointment.

Performances will be done in late June. For information, tuition rates or to schedule an audition, contact Spotlight at 720-44-DANCE or www.spotlightperformers.com.

Spotlight is at 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch.

The 39 Steps Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of screwball comedy and you have “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theater. This Tony award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, more than 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance. Show runs from April 2-11 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720509-1007 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter. org.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Littleton Symphony Concert The Littleton Symphony Orchestra performs Fantastic Piano Concertos and Great American Masterworks: Tchaikovsky in Spring at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. in Littleton. Tickets available at www.littletonsymphony.org or at Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec St., B206 in Centennial. Tickets are also available at the door on concert night (cash/checks/credit cards accepted). Contact 303-933-6824 or info@littletonsymphony.org.

Elvis Impersonator to Perform Castle Country Assisted Living will welcome Elvis Presley impersonator Don Garcia for a performance at each of its three houses Friday, March 27. Garcia will perform at 11 a.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and at 3 p.m. at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. Event is free and open to the public but space is limited. For more information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.

Rosetta Space Mission

Learn about the Rosetta space mission, which succeeded in landing the first spacecraft on a comet. Dr. Joel Parker, one of the scientists on the Rosetta mission, will take audiences through Rosetta’s expedition so far, offer a glimpse of what will happen next, and share the excitement of why we study comets and what they can tell us about the solar system billions of years ago and today. Not only will Rosetta escort and study the comet for more than a year, but its lander, which touched down on the comet in November 2014, has already examined it in greater detail than ever before. Program is from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Call 303-795-3961.

Basketball Skills Clinic

Douglas County High School basketball coach Earl Boykins, former Denver Nuggets player, along with his coaching squad and players, will present a basketball skills clinic for boys and girls in grades 3-8, from 6-8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, from April 1-29, at Douglas County High School, 2842 Front St., Castle Rock. A portion of proceeds benefit basketball programs at Douglas County High School.

Players will be grouped by age/skill level. Registration available online at http://boykinsbasketball.com, or onsite on the first day of the clinic.

Federal Student Aid Workshop

The Arapahoe Community College Parker Campus will host “Keep Calm and Complete Your FAFSA” from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 2. Trying to figure out how to finance your college education? Our hands-on workshop, complete with placement-testing vouchers, can help you. Students and parents can work together to complete their free application for federal student aid.

Refreshments provided. Register at http://www.arapahoe.edu/ more-about-acc/locations/campus-maps/parker-campus/keepcalm-and-complete-your-fafsa. Contact the ACC Parker Campus at parkercampus@arapahoe.edu or 303-734-4822.

Women’s Chorale Concert Augustana Arts presents Colorado Women’s Chorale and the Douglas County High School Belles performing Vivaldi’s Gloria in D RV589 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch Go to www.augustanaarts.org for tickets and information.

St. John Passion Lutheran Chorale presents “St. John Passion,” by Bob Chilcott, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Chilcott’s mighty setting of words from the Gospel of St John is a dramatic yet uplifting retelling of the Passion story. A free will offering (and nonperishable food donations) will be collected at both concerts to benefit local food banks. Visit www.thelutheranchorale. org or email thelutheranchorale@Comcast.net.

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Healthcare Foundation in support of the hospital. About two dozen original pieces of artwork on nature-inspired themes will be on view for the enjoyment of patients and the general public. The display will be in the gallery, in the corridor between the main hospital entrance and the outpatient entrance. Following the close of this art show, the exhibit will travel to the Parker Adventist Hospital from May 5 to July 6. Selected pieces will remain at the facility’s Cancer Center for an additional month.

EVENTS

Red Hat Society Luncheon Castle Country Assisted Living will host a Red Hat Society luncheon at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, March 31 at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock.

Enjoy lunch and entertainment by musical duo Just the Two of Us. Cost of admission is $5. The Red Hat Society is an international organization committed to connecting and supporting women of all ages. This event is open to the public but space is limited. For more information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.

Law Enforcement Career Day Law enforcement agencies throughout Colorado will be on hand to answer questions and distribute applications from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the Arapahoe Community College law enforcement and criminal justice career day. The fair is in Room 1900 of the Littleton campus. Two breakout sessions will be offered in the Half Moon (Room M1800), from 10-10:30 a.m. (Englewood SWAT), and 10:45-11:15 a.m.

(Littleton PD K9 Unit). All applicants must be 21 years of age. Event is free and open to the public. Contact Kayla Maestas at the ACC Law Enforcement Academy at kayla. maestas@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5793.

Genealogy Fair The Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society presents its annual Genealogy Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Meet other genealogy enthusiasts and learn to get started researching your heritage. If you are already on the road, learn how to get past the brick walls. Go to http://hrgenealogy.wordpress.com Easter Egg Hunt More than 52,800 candy-filled eggs, along with prizes such as bikes and iPods, will be up for grabs for children 12 and younger at an Easter worship events Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, at Mammoth Heights Elementary School, 9500 Stonegate Parkway, Parker. Worship times are 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m. April 4, and 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. April 5. The kids experience will feature bounce houses, video games, popcorn, cotton candy, face painting and more. Five weekend getaway prizes will be given away - one at each of the five events. Visit www.thrivechurch.com/ easter-at-thrive.

Free Tax Help Taxpayers who cannot afford professional tax assistance can visit the Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, for free tax help from IRS-trained volunteers. Tax assistance will be offered from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays through April 11. No registration required.

HEALTH

South Metro Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils. org. Upcoming blood drives are: Friday, March 27, 9-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., WholeFoods SouthGlenn, 6853 S. York St., Suite 119, Littleton; Saturday, March 28, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock; Friday, April 3, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cabela’s, 10670 Cabela Drive, Lone Tree; Sunday, April 5, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock.

Watercolor Society Exhibition

Seminars on Aging, Retirement Planning

The Colorado Watercolor Society’s 24 annual state exhibition runs through March 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Many of the exhibiting artists are expected to attend the opening reception; refreshments will be served. Go to www.

LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

In response to the growing needs of Colorado’s baby boomers, a series of free Lunch and Learn Workshops, “Aging and Retirement Planning Solutions,”are planned. Space is limited; for reservation information, call 303-468-2820 or go to www.seniorlifecare.info. Future workshops are from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 30 at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 Powers Ave., Littleton. Workshops will be catered by Panera Bread. Space is limited; call 303468-2820 to RSVP or to inquire about additional dates. Scheduled speakers include Jim Brown, long-term care specialist and senior advisor to the Council of Aging in Jefferson, Douglas and Arapahoe counties; and Skip Reynolds, J.D., MBA, elder law and long-term care specialist.

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Art Stop for Kids Budding artists will cultivate their inner Picassos at Art Stop on the Go! at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 1, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. An artist from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art will present a book for children ages 6-12, then lead them in a literature-based art project. Register at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Heritage Fine Arts Guild Exhibit Member artists of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will be featured in an exhibit through Monday, May 4, at Littleton Adventist Hospital. The art exhibit is sponsored by the Healing Arts Program of the Rocky Mountain Adventist

Alzheimer’s Basics Learn the facts about Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado presents the Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia & Alzheimer’s from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at Chelsea Place, 14055 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora; from 9-11 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at Kaiser Aurora Center Point Clinic, Amethyst Room, 14701 E. Exposition Ave., Aurora; 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 11, at Village at Lowry, 150 Quebec St., Denver; 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at Brookdale, 9160 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch; 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 29, Covenant Village, 9153 Yarrow St., Westminster.

Free Nutrition, Cooking Class Free Heart Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1 (After the Winter Detox); Wednesday, April 8 (Mind Over Matter); Wednesday, April 15 (Guard Your Gut); Wednesday, April 22 (Eating on the Go); Wednesday, April 29 (Latest Research on Fats and Cholesterol) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,”along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

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BEYOND DIVORCE: Rebuilding When

Your Relationship Ends helps individuals through the emotional roller-coaster ride of separation or divorce and addresses such topics as grief, anger, denial, guilt, letting go, self-esteem, and dating again. The series is taught by trained facilitators and involves education presentations plus discussion groups. There is no charge for attending the first meeting of the 10-week series. Sessions are on-going and meetings are in the west and south metro areas. Call 303-978-9865 or go to divorceseminarcenter.com for more information.

BLUE STAR Mothers of America Denver Chapter 3 meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Hope United Methodist Church, 5101 South Dayton Street, Greenwood Village. We are mothers who now have, or have had, children honorably serving in the military. We are a nonprofit service organization supporting each other and our children while promoting patriotism. Contact Lynne Hunt, 303-683-2676 or lynnebhunt@gmail.com for information.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY meetings. Support,

encouragement and tools to overcome addiction at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at The Salvation Army Centennial Corps, 3900 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial. 303-779-9662

FAMILIES FIRST operates a support line every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for parents who want information on parenting and child development, community referrals or someone to listen. Call 303-695-7996. The organization also sponsors A Plus Parenting and Appreciating Your Adolescent classes from 6-8:30 p.m. Mondays at First Presbyterian Church in Littleton. There is a free children’s group during the meeting. Call the support line for more information.

FOOTPRINTS, ST. Mary’s grief support group, meets the first Thursday each month from 7-9 p.m. in the Pastoral Center, 6853 S. Prince St., Littleton. Anyone grieving a loss is welcome. Call 303-798-8506.

HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE Society of America, Rocky Mountain Chapter, sponsors a monthly support group from 7-9 p.m. the fourth Wednesday each month at Columbia Swedish Medical Center, Hampden Avenue and Clarkson Street. Call Kay Kelly at 303-321-5503.

JOB SUPPORT Network Group helps people

seeking new employment for whatever reason. Resources and professional career counseling are presented. Group meets Wednesdays from 8:15-9:15 a.m. at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Call Phil Green at 303-794-6379.

LITTLETON LUPUS Support Group of the Colorado Lupus Foundation meets every third Saturday of each month in the greeting card section at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch. Call 303-771-9205 or 303-688-8047.

LOSS AND Grief Support Group meets from

7-8 p.m. Tuesdays at Littleton United Methodist Church, 1313 W. Shepperd, Room M-13. Call Lee Root at 303-791-6287.

NAMI CONNECTION. Consumer-run recovery

support group for persons living with mental illnesses meet from 7-8:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, 61 W. Davies Ave. N, Littleton. For more information contact June at 303-788-0776 or Carol at 303-790-1055

NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness Arapahoe-Douglas Counties provides support, education, and advocacy for families and friends of persons with brain disorders, and for persons with brain disorders.

Examples of brain disorders are schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, previously called manic depression, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Meetings are at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 8565 S. Poplar Way, Littleton. Call Janet at 303-740-9383 or visit www.NAMIADCO.org.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 10-11

a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY Support Group The Denver Branch meets from 3:30-5 p.m. the first

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and third Thursdays of every month at Christ Church United Methodist, 690 Colorado Blvd., Denver; parking and entrance in the back. For information about the Denver Branch meetings, call Dorothy Miller at 303-814-2112 or email dorthy_miller@hotmail.com.

A SUPPORT group for seniors who are vi-

sually impaired meets at 10 a.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Buck Recreation Center in Littleton. Contact Don Freeman at 303-798-8985 for further information.

TWIN CONNECTION support group for parents of multiples meets from 7-9 p.m. every fourth Tuesday at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 11195 W. Belleview Ave. Call 303429-0607 or 303-659-7819.

WINGS PROVIDES therapist facilitated support groups for women and men in which survivors are believed, accepted and no longer alone. There is a women’s group on Tuesday evening and one on Thursday evening. We are also starting a Loved Ones Group for family and friends of survivors. For more information contact the WINGS office at 800-373-8671.

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Volunteer

ANGEL HEART Project volunteer drivers deliver meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses. The mission of Project Angel Heart is to promote health, dignity and self-sufficiency for people living with AIDS, cancer and other illnesses. Pick-up time is at 1 p.m.

Saturdays. Call Emily at 303-830-0202 ext 24 or e-mail emily@projectangelheart.org.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY is offering very unique volunteer opportunities for residents. Whether it’s helping build futures for today’s youth or lending a helping hand to a senior or disabled citizen in need, Arapahoe County needs volunteers. Be a mentor and help children, youth or teen parents who are going through the child welfare system.

Break the cycle of abuse and neglect by building a healthy, trusting relationship through clear communication and appropriate boundary setting. The county is specifically in need of male mentors. Or help run the Kidz Night Out program for foster kids. Engage in fun activities with foster children and give foster parents a night off. Background checks are required for these opportunities. When the snow flies, many seniors and disabled citizens end up stuck in their homes, without the help of volunteers. By volunteering for Arapahoe County’s snow shoveling program, you are matched with a senior or disabled resident in need of sidewalk and driveway snow shoveling during storms. If you’d like to volunteer for any of these opportunities, call Arapahoe County’s Volunteer Connections at 303-738-7938.

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COLORADO HUMANE Society volunteers provide temporary care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters and homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or who are recovering from surgery or injuries. Call foster care coordinator Teresa Broaddus at 303-961-3925.

COLORADO SYMPHONY Guild, Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree chapter, meets at 1 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Room 212, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. The group is the largest support group of the Colorado Symphony. Contact 303-308-2462, admin@coloradosymphonyguild.org or www. coloradosymphonyguild.org.

COURT APPOINTED Special Advocates get to know abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert or Lincoln counties and speak up for them in court to help ensure their best interests are served. Call 303695-1882 or visit www.adv4children.org.

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complishments of the program, as well as current and proposed programs and their implications for the future. Program is at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. If parking in the lot, get a pass from inside the center.

The Pedaling 4 Parkinson’s bike ride is Saturday, June 13, at Sweetwater Park in Lone Tree. The ride will have three routes: Century (100 miles), Metric Century (62 miles) and a 10-mile ride. The fundraiser will benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The ride starts at 7 a.m. An expo will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Riders will be treated to lunch, a beer garden, live music, sponsor booths and activities.

Live music will continue into the evening as Lone Tree presents the first show of its summer concert series. Registration is now open at www.pedaling4parkinsons.org.

A free event to help parents explore five critical areas of kindergarten readiness is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Register at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, March 27, for a look back at one of the U.S. government’s most successful benefit programs, The G.I. Bill. We will discuss the historical ac-

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY Sheriff’s Office volunteer openings include mail/delivery room personnel, internal mail delivery/pick-up personnel, creative people with publishing experience and fingerprint technicians.Citizen Academy graduates will be given priority consideration. All other applicants must pass a background screening. Call Lt. Steve Curti at 720-874-3936.

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March 26, 2015

SPORTS

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Eagles post win over Lions Heritage takes the non-league contest against Littleton

By Tom Munds

tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Heritage combined strong pitching and timely hitting to post an 11-1 March 20 victory over Littleton in non-league baseball action.

“We are a lot different team than we were last season when we started two freshmen and four sophomores,” Eagles coach Scott Hormann said. “We lost a lot of one-run games last year. The experience gained last season really helps us this year. Also, this is the hardest working team I have had in a long time so I expect good things for us.”

Littleton Coach Micah Bernhordt said his team wasn’t the team that played against Heritage.

“We have a lot of depth and guys that can swing the bat,” he said. “The problem was we didn’t play good defense. We had a tough time with defense which allowed them to get extra bases and score extra runs that wouldn’t have happened if we had made the plays defensively.”

Both coaches said they expect this to be a good season.

“Pitching should be a strength for our team because 16 of the 18 players on our roster can pitch,” Bernhordt said.

Littleton will play in the Jefferson County League this year for the first time.

The coach said he knows little about individual teams, but he knows it will be competitive and the Lions will have to be ready to play good baseball every game.

The Eagles coach said his team is strong.

“We are solid up and down our lineup,” he said. “The practices are intense and business-like as the kids get ready to play.

Our team strength will probably be our pitching because we have four or five guys who can be starters for us. We are hitting the ball and scored in double figures our last two games, so I expect we will do well this year.”

League play will be tough like it always is, he said. There are always outstanding teams in the Continental League, where every team is good and rolls out a good lineup of pitchers, he said. Every game should be competitive because he feels the Eagles are in the best league in the state.

The rivalry game was the last time on the local diamond for both teams because the schools are on spring break.

But both teams will be playing a lot of baseball in Arizona during spring break Heritage will play in the huge Coach Bob Invitational at Shadow Ridge High School in Surprise, Ariz. There are 114 teams from seven states that will be divided into seven divisions for the tournament.

Heritage runner Tom Skufca slides to avoid a tag by Littleton catcher Jared Dreiling during the Eagles-Lions non-league baseball game. The run helped the Eagles win the game, 11-1. Photo by Tom Munds The Eagles will play three tournament games in three days, March 24, 25 and 26.

Heritage returns home and resumes play April 1 at home against Prairie View and then are at home April 3 against Arapahoe and April 6 against Highlands Ranch.

Littleton’s team will play in the Greenway Festival in Glendale, Ariz. Like Heritage, the Lions will play three games in three days, March 24, 25 and 26. The team returns to local action April 1 at Ponderosa.

On March 20, Heritage scored a pair of runs in the first inning and the Lions made the game close by scoring a run in the home half of the second inning. The Eagles responded by scoring five runs in the top of the third to assure them of the win.

The Eagles collected 12 hits. Cole Boos banged out three hits with two stolen bases while teammate Jack Brouilette had three hits and drove in one run.

Casey Opitz had a pair of hits, drove in two runs and stole three bases and Bill Moreland had a pair of doubles and drove

in two runs.

Freshman Riley Egloff got the win as he pitched the first four innings, giving up one run, two hits and striking out six. He now has two wins and a save in the team’s three games.

Dalton Thorpe pitched the fifth inning, struck out two and got the save.

“When I was young, I caught almost my whole life, but I also pitched most years, too,” he said. “My dad was a major league pitcher, and I made the change so it is sort of my second choice.”

One big challenge for a pitcher is being able to have good control and move the ball around in the strike zone, he said.

“The other challenge is keeping your mind in the game,” he said. “You have to ignore making a bad pitch or the team having a bad inning.”

He felt the team was going to be good but he is surprised at how well the team has done so far this season, he said.

Egloff said his best pitch is his fastball.

“I probably throw consistently about 85 miles an hour, and the favorite target for

Senior steps up for Heritage Hard work pays off for Moser with game-winning goal

By Jim Benton

jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com The wait is over for Cassie Moser.

The Heritage senior has worked in the Eagles soccer program for the past three years and finally is one of the key players on the varsity.

Moser scored her first varsity goal March 17 and it was the lone tally in the Eagles’ 1-0 Continental League win over Legend at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.

“Luckily it went in,” said Moser. “It

was kind of shocking. I didn’t know it actually went it. Everybody was running up and hugging me.

“I’ve gone through the program and worked my way up. Now as a senior, it’s nice to be playing varsity. It was nervewracking at first to be on the varsity, but you kind of get into a groove.”

Moser’s goal came with 24 minutes remaining in the second half, and the Eagles staved off a late Legend flurry to earn the win in the league opener for both schools.

“Cassie’s come through the program, and this is her first opportunity on the varsity,” said Heritage coach Adam Buseck. “She’s really developed as a player. She has taken advantage of the program and has made herself better. We only have three seniors. We’re a young team.”

Heritage’s junior keeper Kelly Morine

stopped a penalty kick early in the second half and made six saves.

“Kelly has been with us for three years but doesn’t have a ton of experience in goal,” explained Buseck. “She played fantastic. The PK save was a good save but she made one later on in the game that was fantastic.

“You have to have a good goalie to win games. We made the plays we need to make against Legend.”

Moser’s goal was just Heritage’s second in four games.

“We have a good mentality,” added Buseck. “Scoring in soccer is your mentality. We talk to the girls about the mentality of wanting to get in the box and make plays. You have to keep shooting.”

Heritage (2-2 overall) is off until a March 31 match against city rival Arapahoe at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.

my fastball is high and inside,” he said.

Littleton’s Joe Drenan and Jared Dreiling each had one of the two Littleton hits.

Dreiling was credited with driving in the run for the Lions.

David Levine was the starting pitcher for the Lions. He pitched four innings, gave up four earned runs, 11 hits and struck out three.

Drenan played first base for the Lions and said after the game he plays where the coach puts him, but he feels comfortable at first.

“I like playing first base, and I feel the fact I am tall so I can reach for some throws,” he said after the game. “I think the hardest thing about playing first is figuring where the throw will be coming in to me. Another challenge is digging out balls that comes to me and are in the dirt.”

Drenan said he isn’t sure just what is ahead after graduation but he has already been appointed to the Air Force Academy and will possibly receive senatorial appointment to U.S. Military Academy at West Point and to the Naval Academy.

Heritage senior Cassie Moser (12) scored her first varsity goal March 17 in the Eagles’ 1-0 win over Legend at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.

Photo by Jim Benton

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SPORTS ROUNDUP Girls Soccer

Arapahoe 4, Pomona 0 - The Warriors solidified their No. 2 spot in the latest CHSAANow.com 5A Girls Soccer rankings with a road win on March 17. The Warriors used three second-half goals to knock off Pomona. Sydney Maxson scored a brace and Grace Parsons and Alexandra Jackson each scored in the win.

Lewis-Palmer 7, Englewood 0 The Pirates allowed four first-half goals in a home loss on March 18.

Lewis-Palmer entered the contest ranked No. 8 in the CHSAANow. com 4A Girls Soccer rankings.

Englewood 2, Lincoln 0 Junior keeper Ty Lucas notched eight saves to preserve a home shutout for the Pirates on March 17. Sydney Gonzales and Tina Selimagic scored each side of the halftime break in the win.

Heritage 1, Legend 0 - Eagle keeper Kelly Morine recorded six saves, including a penalty stop, to lead her team to a win over the Titans on March 17. Cassie Moser scored the second-half gamewinner for the Eagles.

Littleton 4, Centaurus 0 - Katie Puchino scored a brace and the Lions benefitted from a goal apiece from Laura Puchino and Taylor Hancock in a home win on March 19. Shayna Watkins notched her third clean sheet of the season in goal.

Smoky Hill 1, Littleton 0 Shayne Watkins recorded 11 saves in net for the Lions, but her great play was not enough as the Lions fell to a second-half goal on March 17.

Ralston Valley 2, Cherry Creek 0 - The Bruins and the Mustangs were two of four teams to drop out of the latest CHSAANow.com 5A Girls Soccer rankings, but the Mustangs responded with a win on March 18. Rachel Bolin scored a goal and set up Jenna Giambrocco for the second to lead the attack at home. Renee Roemer went the distance in goal picking up the clean sheet with four saves.

Cherry Creek 2, Pine Creek 1 - Emma Maloney scored a firsthalf brace to lead the Bruins past Pine Creek at home on March 16.

Devon Peterson and Alexa Groesser assisted Maloney’s goals. Pine Creek entered the contest ranked No. 5 in the latest CHSAANow. com 5A Girls Soccer rankings.

Doherty 4, Heritage 0 - The Eagles placed six shots on goals but could not convert as they fell on the road on March 16. The Spartans three first-half goals made it difficult for the Eagles to pose a threat.

Boys Lacrosse

Cherry Creek 8, Wheat Ridge 5 - The Farmers, No. 9 in the CHSAANow.com 5A Boys Lacrosse rankings, led the top-ranked Bruins 3-1 after the first quarter but the Bruins rallied for a win on March 19. Cherry Creek outscored Wheat Ridge 6-2 in the second half for the comeback.

Arapahoe 16, Grandview 9 The Warriors led 14-3 after three quarters as they claimed another win at home on March 18. Austin Shindoll led the attack with four goals and two assists with Brian Wilson contributing three goals and two assists. Troy Golding scored three times and Grant Evans scored twice with two assists in the win.

Overland 20, Englewood 4 Overland netted 11 times in the second quarter to take full control of the contest with the Pirates on March 18.

Englewood 13, Denver South 12 - The Pirates’ Joe Hall found the Rebel net with 59 seconds remaining in the game to secure a win on the road on March 16. Hall finished with three goals and two assists as he was one of four Pirates to notch at least three goals in the contest. Austin Trail finished with four goals and two assists as Caleb Medina and Luke Hall each found the net three times.

Littleton 11, Heritage 10 - The Lions outscored the Eagles 7-3 in

the second half of their March 20 contest to secure their first win of the season on the road. Joe Timm scored three times and assisted three others with Donovan Crabtree finding the net three times in the win. Matt Simonton saved 12 of the 22 shots that came his way for Littleton.

Kent Denver 15, Heritage 5 - Heritage fell at home to Kent Denver on March 16.

Thompson Valley 11, Littleton 2 - Littleton placed 15 shots on goal but fell down 9-0 at the end of the first half to fall at home on March 18.

Evergreen 8, Littleton 3 Five second-period goals from Evergreen put their contest with Littleton out of reach on March 16. Chase Bouck, Will Gast, and Louis Schiebel each found the net as Joe Timm provided two assists for the Lions.

Girls Lacrosse

Rampart 13, Heritage/Littleton 1 - Kira Palazzo provided the only goal as the Gryphons fell to the Rams on the road on March 19.

Cherry Creek 8, Wheat Ridge 5 - The Bruins outscored the Farmers 6-2 in the second half to record a comeback victory and solidify their position at No. 3 in the CHSAANow.com rankings.

Cherry Creek 10, Centaurus 9 - The No. 3 Bruins held off the No. 2 Warriors in a battle of two of the top three girls lacrosse programs in the state, according to the latest CHSAANow.com rankings, on March 18. The Bruin attack managed 18 shots on goal in the contest.

Air Academy 14, Arapahoe 10 Alexis Linhardt scored three times and added three assists but the Warriors, No. 5 in the CHSAANow. com Girls Lacrossee rankings, fell to No. 4 Air Academy at home on March 18. Kienan Linhardt added a goal and three assists and Atlee Witt scored twice in the loss.

Arapahoe 11, Grandview 9 -

Arapahoe found the net six times in the second half of their contest with Grandview to win in comeback fashion on March 17. Alexis Linhardt provided three goals and two assists as Kienan Linhardt matched her with three goals. Meg Hanson and Atlee Witt scored two times apiece for the Warriors.

Arapahoe 10, Kent Denver 7 The Warriors solidified their No. 5 ranking in the CHSAANow.com Girls Lacrosse rankings with a win over No. 10 Kent Denver on the road on March 16. Araphoe held Kent Denver to a single secondhalf goal while scoring four of their own to earn the win.

Baseball

Heritage 11, Littleton 1 - Riley Egloff allowed a single run on two hits and struck out six over four innings to pick up the win and hand Littleton their first loss of the season on March 20. Casey Opitz went 2-3 at the plate with two RBIs and three runs scored as Cole Boos and Jack Brouillette each went 3-3.

Littleton 9, Palmer 6 - Ben Horvat allowed two runs on four hits and struck out three in four innings of work to pick up the win for the Lions at home on March 18. Horvat exited the mound with a 6-2 lead that Littleton extended to 9-2 after five innings before holding on for the win.

Araphoe 3, Regis Jesuit 0 Desmond Pineda threw a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts as the Warriors knocked off CHSAANow.com’s No. 1-ranked 5A Baseball team in the Raiders on March 20. Max Whitehead scored twice in a 2-3 day at the plate and Clay Hanson finished 2-4 with two RBIs. Arapahoe 6, Chatfield 4 Arapahoe scored two runs in each of the second, fourth, and seventh innings to secure a season-opening win on the road on March 17.

Connor Williams led the offense finishing 3-3 with two doubles, a homer, three RBI, and three runs

scored. Garret Connor picked up the win in relief of starter Trevor Johnson. Connor lasted 4.1 innings allowing a run on two hits and striking out three.

Mountain Vista 5, Cherry Creek 1 - Will Dixon lasted six innings allowing an unearned run on five hits and striking out four to earn the win as the Golden Eagles knocked off the No. 2 team in the CHSAANow.com Baseball rankings on March 20. Tanner Gillis drove in two and scored once as Brady Subart and Cooper Shearon tallied three hits apiece in the win.

Blake Goldsberry finished 2-3 at the plate for Cherry Creek.

Cherry Creek 13, Legend 3 Blake Benedetti drove in four runs and scored three times finishing 4-4 at the plate with two triples in the Bruins win on March 18. Tanner O’Tremba finished 3-3 with a homerun, two RBIs, and three runs scored and Aeneas Roberson scored three times in a 3-3 day.

Cherry Creek 6, Regis Jesuit 5 - The Bruins scratched across a run in the top of the eighth inning on March 16 to take a win on the road. Parker Jax finished 3-5 at the plate and courtesy runner Ethan Widoff, running for starting pitcher Carter Van Gytenbeek, crossed the plate three times in the win. Nick Ulmer pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh and struck out two to pick up the win as Blake Goldsberry earned the save striking out two in a perfect eighth. The latest CHSAANow. com 5A Baseball rankings listed Regis Jesuit at No. 1 and Cherry Creek at No. 2.

Englewood 24, Fort Lupton 6 Englewood’s Cecil Ondack, Colton Korinek, Josh Yohe, and Chad Burkey each recorded muilt-hit days with three RBIs to lead on offensive outpouring from the Pirates on March 20. Mason Stepanich and Sam Westra crossed the plate four times apiece in the win.

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Get Yourself Back in Motion

Hip Replacement Surgery: Myths, Truths, and Advancements Are problems with your hips keeping you from doing the things you love? Have you been considering hip replacement surgery but still have unanswered questions? If so, we invite you to join us for an evening of learning as Dr. Craig Hogan reviews the facts and latest advances of the procedure that will help you get back to the life you love.

Thursday, March 12 6:00 – 7:30 pm Lone Tree Health Center 9548 Park Meadows Drive Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 www.lonetreehealth.org

Cost: Free To RSVP: lonetreehip.eventbrite.com or 720-848-7104

Presenter: Craig Hogan, MD Assistant Professor Orthopedics

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Plenty of champs back to defend track and field titles Staff report

Four individual state champions from south metro school will be back to defend titles.

Cherry Creek senior Jordyn Colter won both the Class 5A 800- and o1,600-meter runs. She will be seeking her third consecutive titles in each event.

Lutheran’s Chris Youngs was also a double winner last season, winning the Class 2A 100 and 200-meter dashes.

Ben Morgan of Highlands Ranch is the defending Class 5A long jump champion and Valor Christian’s Haley Showalter won the Class 4A discus title.

Lutheran’s boys 4x400 relay team ran first last May but only Kent Harris returns from the team. Cherry Creek’s boys won the Class 5A championship in 4X400 relay and

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4 - The Pirates scored three times in the top of the first and held off a late rally to win on the road on March 18. Nate Andrews allowed four runs on nine hits with nine strikeouts in 6.2 innings. Sam Westra was called upon to record the final out after Fort Lupton struck for three runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Englewood 14, Denver South 4 - The Pirates powered out 11 hits, drew six walks, and used six errors to grind out a win on the road on March 16. Englewood scored four times in the first, twice in the third, three times in the fourth, and tacked on five in the fifth to end the game early.

Girls Tennis

Colorado Academy 5, Cherry Creek 2 - The 3 Doubles and 4 Doubles tandems were the only Bruins to record match wins as they fell to the Mustangs on March

Elizabeth boys were the Class 4A champs in the 4x100 relay.

Other things to note for this season: • One CHSAA major change is that one qualifying meet per team will be allowed on the 12th week prior to the state meet, whether it is a league meet or invitational.

• The state meet for all classes will be May 14-16 at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.

• Starting heights and increments have been set for the high jump and pole vault. For high jump warm ups, the bar will be set four inches below the last qualifier’s height. At the start of competition, the bar will be at two inches below the last qualifier’s height, and there will be two inch increments until five jumpers remain. Then, the increment will be one inch.

• Pole vault warm-ups will start

12 inches below the last qualifier’s height and six inches below the last qualifier’s height at the start.

There will be six-inch increments until there are five finalists and then three-inch increments.

The following is a list of most individual athletes who qualified for last year’s state meet. Returning relay team members may not be included.

Class 5A Boys Arapahoe: David Merkel, Austin Lienemann, Zachary Ray, Luke McDaniel Castle View: Forrest Barton, Parker Strahler, Christopher Linnin, Christian Mueller, Chaparral: Javon Spencer, Devin Reasoner, Dominic Compoz, Dane Goldwasser, Cheery Creek: Joseph Parker, Daniel Book

Heritage: Weston Gardner Highlands Ranch: Ben Morgan, Trevor Rex, Zeke Dynes, Jason Phou, Matt Davenport, Brent Blanton Mountain Vista: Paxton Smith, Hayden Williams Rock Canyon: Jack Lamb ThunderRidge: Paul Moore, Josh Warren Girls Arapahoe: Julia Hall Castle View: Savanna Dalton, MacKenzie Pettit, Christina Stathakis, Angela Graves, Sierra Suazo Chaparral: Olivia Perry, Jennifer Calascione Cherry Creek: Ashley Miller, Jordyn Colter, Lillian Markusch, Highlands Ranch: Darbie Francis, Jordan Kelsey Mullins, Morgan Trusoe Legend: Tara Pelton, Catherine Liggett ThunderRidge: Kamryn Hart,

Emma Atwell, Megan Wenham, Dallas Petties, Gabrielle Smith Rock Canyon: Abby Rinerson, Class 4A Boys Valor Christian: Vincent Hood, Ben Waters, Jarred Kendziorski, Bubba Watson Ponderosa: Phillip Reid Girls Elizabeth: Tegan Alexander Valor Christian: Gianna Tesone, Sam Sherwood, Haley Showalter Ponderosa: Sarah Lark, Miranda Goes, Emily Banks Class 2A Boys Lutheran: Chris Youngs, Kent Harris, Josh Clausen, Kj Hall, Brendan Edgerley Girls Lutheran: Kristin Vigil, Callie Benson

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Allison Gelwick each picked up straight set wins in 2 and 3 Singles, respectively. Doubles tandems of Shelby Fox and Adah Fretwell, Kaitlyn Mares and Kelly Miller, and Adilynn Trahant and Aimee Bui each won in straight sets as the 4 Doubles team won due to withdrawal.

taking fourth in the discus and fifth in the shot put.

meet against Lewis-Palmer on March 17.

D’Evelyn 302, Valor Christian 133, Littleton 84 - Adam Tinucci recorded the lone win for Littleton as they fell in a three-team meet on March 17. Tinucci won the 100 Back in a time of 1:00.37.

Heritage 5, Legend 2 - The Eagles picked up wins in 2 and 3 Singles as wells as 2, 3, and 4 Doubles to march to a win on March 17. Caitlin Hearty and Lauren Thomas took the two Singles victories for the Eagles.

Doubles teams of Peyton Pendleton/Katy Cohen, Caitlin Jackson/ Emma Young, and Olivia Woods/ Jo Stroup each recorded straightset wins.

Littleton 6, Golden 1 - Noelle Cohn notched the only win for the Demons in 1 Singles as the Lions took the match win on March 17.

Littleton’s Singles wins came from Anna Sonju and Lauren Sehgal.

Doubles wins came from teams of Rachel Pearson/Madeline Hicks, Jennifer Trigg/Katrina Froelich, Annalise Froelich/Abbey Vankooten, and Reganne Fornstrom/Tian Maguire.

Bear Creek 6, Englewood 1 - Addison Silfast notched a 6-4,6-1 victory in 1 Singles for the Pirates but it was the only match they would win on March 16.

The Bears’ Miranda Aballo and

Boys Track and Field

DPS Qualifying Meet - Englewood - 6th - The Pirates were one of 14 teams to compete in DPS Qualifying on March 18, finishing in sixth place. Sean Bowering notched the top finish of the day with a second place finish in the shot put. Bowering added a fourth place finish in the discus. The 4 x 200m relay team finished the event in third and Chad Glover took fourth in the 3200m.

Girls Track and Field

DPS Qualifying Meet - Englewood - 11th - The Pirates finished in 11th place, out of 15 teams, at the DPS Qualifying Meet on March 18. Maddy Ostrowski had the two best finishes of the day

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2015 Dick Rush Coaches Invitational - Cherry Creek 264, Arapahoe 142, Heritage 100, Englewood DNP, Littleton DNP Ninety-eight swim teams competed in the 2015 Dick Rush Coaches Invitational at Thornton on March 21 with the Cherry Creek Bruins driving home victorious. Cherry Creek’s Samuel Coffman won the 200 Free and the teamed with JJ Strain, John Cremer, and Hunter Fuqua to win the 200 Free Relay.

Cherry Creek 109, Cherokee Trail 76 - The Bruins notched event wins in the one-meter, 100 Back, 200 Individual Medley, 500 Free, and the three relay events to claim their meet win on March 19.

Samuel Coffman led the way for Cherry Creek notching individual wins in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free and was part of the team wins in the 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay.

Arapahoe 217, Lewis-Palmer 143 - Arapahoe won their home

Hockey

Cherry Creek - All-State teams have been released and the State Champs are well represented.

Coach Jeff Mielnicki has been recognized as the State Coach of the Year. Brady Mielnicki, senior goalie, was voted as First Team All-State. Senior forward Chris Nitchen was voted Second Team and Nick Chavez was an Honorable Mention selection.

Basketball The Centennial League girls All-League first team selections included Molly Rohrer, senior, Cherry Creek, Laura Pranger, sophomore, Cherry Creek and Jennah Knafelc, senior, Arapahoe.

Cherry Creek’s Chris Curneen was named as girls Coach of the Year.

SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2015

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) A pesky health problem should clear up soon. Meanwhile, travel -- both for personal as well as for business reasons -- is strong in the Aries aspect this week, and well into the next.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Look for Bovines to be on the move this week, whether it’s traveling for fun or for business. Other “moves” include workplace adjustments and, for some, relationship changes.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Geminis who have just gone through a hectic period involving job and/or family matters might want to take some well-earned time out to relax and restore those drained energy levels.

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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) A romantic situation seems to have stalled, just when the Moon Child was expecting it to go forward. Could that be a bad case of miscommunication going on. Talk it over openly and honestly.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Showing a genuine interest in something that’s important to a friend, family member or colleague could open a communication line that had been pretty much shut down for a while.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Making a potentially lifechanging decision takes as much knowledge as you can gather, plus determination and patience. Take your time working it out. Don’t let anyone rush you.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) You should be back on schedule and heading in the right direction after clearing up a misunderstanding. But there could still be some setbacks. If so, correct them immediately.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A business matter keeps you pretty busy, but try to squeeze in time to be with family as well as close friends. You need the good vibrations you get from people who care for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Investing in an attractive prospect (business or personal) with little or no information can be risky. Avoid future problems by getting all the facts before you act.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Someone close to you might have an unexpected reaction to a decision you feel you’re prepared to make. Listen to his or her point of view. It could prove to be surprisingly helpful.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Don’t give up yet.

That once warm, personal relationship that seems to be cooling off fast could recover with some tender, loving care, and who better than you to provide it?

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Career matters are strong this week. You might want to enter a training program to enhance your skills. Also, consider getting professional help in preparing a brilliant resume.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of respecting the feelings of others, which is one reason people feel comfortable having you in their lives. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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EMPOWER COLORADO, South Metro Support Group for parents of children

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GATEWAY BATTERED Women’s Shelter volunteers assist Gateway staff members in such areas as crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services. Volunteers must attend a 26-hour training session that provides a comprehensive overview of battering dynamics and causal factors related to domestic violence. Gateway provides services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence and reside in Aurora and Arapahoe County. Bilingual skills welcome. Also accepted are used cell phones, younger than four years old, to give to victims so they can access emergency personnel. Excess inventory is sold to companies that refurbish them, and the money goes directly to fund Gateway’s programs. Donations are tax-deductible. Mail phones to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood. Call Jeneen Klippel-Worden at 303-343-1856 or e-mail jkworden@gbws.attbbs.net.

MEALS ON Wheels volunteers help deliver meals to residents in need in the Englewood, southern Jefferson County and western Arapahoe County areas. Meals are prepared, boxed and labeled by 11 a.m. Drivers deliver on a prearranged route. Interested people who are able to dedicate an hour or two a week can call Phil or Mary at 303-798-7642 between 8 a.m. and noon Mondays through Fridays.

NON-PROFIT WILDLIFE group seeking sincere volunteers to assist in protecting native wildlife in Greenwood Village. Only two hours per week, flexible schedule.

E-mail BarbJAdams13@aim.com RED CROSS volunteers provide support to the elderly, international and social services

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SMARTS! VOLUNTEERS help with public relations, marketing to public officials,

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SOUTH PLATTE Park volunteershelp with programs ranging from hikes,

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VOLUNTEER CONNECTION, an Arapahoe County volunteer program, is

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Original Principal Amount $164,430.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $112,732.50 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 6, Block A, Glenn Oaks Subdivision - Second Filing, as amended by Plat recorded in Plat Book 21, Page 95, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7131 South Vine Circle West, Centennial, CO 80122.

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

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0017-2015

Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0005-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 6, 2015, 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) ROBERT A BUTTS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR DUNKELD HOLDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust November 13, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 27, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6166281 Original Principal Amount $133,305.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $120,529.27 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. ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Also known by street and number as: 7440 SOUTH BLACKHAWK STREET 3106, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 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 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/06/2015 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: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-004460 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT R-3-106, WINDMILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON JANUARY 3, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON MAY 10, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2087517, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. AND CONDOMINIUM UNIT G-3-A, WINDMILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON JANUARY 3, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON MAY 10, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2087517, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0005-2015 First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0017-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 7, 2015, 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.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 7, 2015, 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) CARLOS CADAVID Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust September 22, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 03, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3218452 Original Principal Amount $181,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $178,625.31 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 27, BLOCK 6, SOUTHCREEK SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7979 S KITTREDGE WAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/12/2015 Last Publication: 4/9/2015 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 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/07/2015 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: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-004165 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0017-2015 First Publication: 3/12/2015 Last Publication: 4/9/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0018-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 7, 2015, 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) Mary A. Mazurek Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Nations Direct Mortgage, LLC, A California Limited Liability Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 09, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9035646 Original Principal Amount $164,430.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $112,732.50 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 6, Block A, Glenn Oaks Subdivision - Second Filing, as amended by Plat recorded in Plat Book 21, Page 95, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7131 South Vine Circle West, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CUR-

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 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 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/07/2015 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: Susan Hendrick #33196 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Klatt, Odekirk, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 3532965 Attorney File # CO141053 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0018-2015 First Publication: 3/5/2015 Last Publication: 4/2/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0040-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 27, 2015, 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) Verona Justine Scott Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for AMPRO MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust August 19, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5128315 Original Principal Amount $145,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $158,814.15 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 34, BLOCK 28, BURNS AURORA, FOURTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 11612 Del Mar Parkway, Aurora, CO 80120.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/20/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/26/2015 Last Publication: 4/23/2015 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 FINAN-

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cured 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: 3/26/2015 Last Publication: 4/23/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

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

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Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/27/2015 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: Lauren Tew #45041 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 Attorney File # 9696.100327.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0040-2015 First Publication: 3/26/2015 Last Publication: 4/23/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0043-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 28, 2015, 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) Terry D Aumiller Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. As Nominee For Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Liberty Home Equity Solution Inc. Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 10, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3086582 Original Principal Amount $528,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $178,970.19 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated for reasons including, but not limited to, borrower non-occupancy THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 16, BLOCK 6, ABERDEEN VILLAGE, EXCEPT THAT PART OF SAID LOT 16, BLOCK 6 LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND FIVE FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 16, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6138 S Lakeview St, Littleton, CO 80120.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/20/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/26/2015 Last Publication: 4/23/2015 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 Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 DATE: 01/28/2015 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: Holly Shilliday #24423 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Iman Tehrani #44076 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 150, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-14-648391-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for AND OCCUPANT the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Attorney for Plaintiff(s): By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. The name, address, business telephone Gary H. Tobey, Esq. number and bar registration number of the Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. attorney(s) representing the legal holder of 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 630 the indebtedness is: Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Holly Shilliday #24423 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 Iman Tehrani #44076 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Joan Olson #28078 gtobey@tobeyjohnston.com Erin Robson #46557 Atty. Reg. #: 19823 & 1093 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 150, Centennial, CO No.: 14CV33341; Division 14 80112 (877) 369-6122 To advertise your publicCase notices call 303-566-4100 Attorney File # CO-14-648391-JS SUMMONS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE debt. Any information provided may be OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) used for that purpose.

NAMED ABOVE: ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or Legal Notice NO.: 0043-2015 other response to the attached Complaint First Publication: 3/26/2015 within twenty-one (21) days after this sumLast Publication: 4/23/2015 mons is served on you in the State of ColName of Publication: Littleton Independent orado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside Public Notice the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION upon the United States or one of its agenCRS §38-38-103 cies.

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0034-2015 If you fail to file your answer or other reTo Whom It May Concern: This Notice is sponse to the Complaint in writing within given with regard to the following dethe applicable time period, judgment by scribed Deed of Trust: default may be entered against you by the On January 21, 2015, the undersigned Court for the relief demanded in the ComPublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elecplaint, without any further notice to you. tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in The following documents are also served the County of Arapahoe records. with this Summons: Complaint in ForeOriginal Grantor(s): RODNEY MCCURDY closure, District Civil Case Cover Sheet AND KATHERINE MCCURDY and Notice of Commencement of Action Original Beneficiary(ies): PREFERRED (Lis Pendens).

MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DATE: December 30th, 2014 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST TOBEY & JOHNSTON, P.C. FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG By: /s/* Richard W. Johnston BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST *Original signature on file at the office 2006-WL3, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICof Tobey & Johnston, P.C. ATES, SERIES 2006-WL3.

Date of Deed of Trust: September 16, This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 2005 4, C.R.C.P., as amended.

County of Recording: Arapahoe A copy of the Complaint must be served Recording Date of Deed of Trust with this Summons.

September 23, 2005: Recording This form should not be used where serInformation vice by publication is desired.

(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): B5144184 WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE Original Principal Amount: $168,500.00 ISSUED BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED Outstanding Principal Balance: NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUM$175,178.82 BER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. THE are hereby notified that the covenants of PLAINTIFF HAS 14 DAYS FROM THE the deed of trust have been violated as DATE THIS SUMMONS WAS SERVED follows: failure to pay principal and inON YOU TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE terest when due together with all other COURT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR payments provided for in the evidence of CONTACTING THE COURT TO FIND debt secured by the deed of trust and othOUT WHETHER THE CASE HAS BEEN er violations thereof.

FILED AND OBTAIN THE CASE NUMTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE BER. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES THE A FIRST LIEN. CASE WITHIN THIS TIME, THEN YOU LOT 19, BLOCK 3, SOUTHCREEK SUBMUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN DIVISION, FILING NO.1, COUNTY OF THIS SUMMONS. IF THE PLAINTIFF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. FILES MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER Also known by street and number as: T H E D A T E T HE S U M M O N S W A S 7848 SOUTH KALISPELL CIRCLE, SERVED ON YOU, THE CASE MAY BE ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112.

DISMISSED UPON MOTION AND YOU THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN MAY BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ATTORIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURNEY’S FEES FROM THE PLAINITFF. RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Amended and Adopted by the Court, En OF THE DEED OF TRUST. Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately NOTICE OF SALE Legal Notice No.: 56060 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt First Publication: March 12, 2015 secured by the Deed of Trust, described Last Publication: April 9, 2015 herein, has filed Notice of Election and Publisher: Littleton Independent 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, 05/13/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Public Notice Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real propCounty Court Arapahoe County, erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Colorado Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. the purpose of paying the indebtedness Littleton, Colorado 80120 provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' In the Matter of the Petition of: fees, the expenses of sale and other items Parent/ Petitioner: Claudia Zepeda allowed by law, and will issue to the purFor Minor Child: Kevin Humberto Hernanchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as dez Zepeda provided by law.

To Change the Child’s Name to: Kevin First Publication: 3/19/2015 Humberto Rivera Zepeda Last Publication: 4/16/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Case Number: 15 C 300273 IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PARENT BY PUBLICATION

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Notice to: Carlos Humberto Hernandez, non custodial parent.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLNotice is given that a hearing is schedATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A uled as follows: SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBIDate: April 30, 2015 TION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTime: 9:00 AM TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE Division A1 COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Littleton, Colorado 80120 THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), For the purpose of requesting a change of OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMname for Kevin Humberto Rivera Zepeda.

PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. At this hearing the Court may enter an orColorado Attorney General der changing the name of the minor child.

1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 To support or voice objection to the pro(800) 222-4444 posed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Date: March 16, 2015 P.O. Box 4503 Tammera Herivel Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Clerk of Court (855) 411-2372 Legal Notice No.: 56101 DATE: 01/21/2015 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Last Publication: April 23, 2015 the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorPublisher: Littleton Independent ado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee PUBLIC NOTICE The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the Public Notice of Petition attorney(s) representing the legal holder of for Change of Name the indebtedness is: Holly L. Decker #32647 Public notice is given on February 20, Toni M.N. Dale #30580 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name Jolene Kaminski #46144 of an adult has been filed with the Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Arapahoe County Court.

Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 The petition requests that the name of Attorney File # 15-922-28146 Eunice Wanjira Munyi be changed to The Attorney above is acting as a debt Eunice Wanjira Mwebi. collector and is attempting to collect a Case No.: 2015 C 300193 debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

By: Dana E. Murray, Deputy Clerk ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No: 56069 First Publication: March 19, 2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0034-2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 First Publication: 3/19/2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent Last Publication: 4/16/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

March 26, 2015

Public Trustees

Public Trustees

Name Changes

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff(s): DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendant(s): ROBYN N. SIMON; AND OCCUPANT Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. Gary H. Tobey, Esq. Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 630 Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com gtobey@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 & 1093 Case No.: 14CV33341; Division 14 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE: You are summoned and required to file

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on March 2, 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Kelechi Vincent Jr. Onyeali be changed to Casey Vince Kelechi Onyeali.

Case No.: 2015 C 300216 Tammera Herivel By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 56078 First Publication: March 19, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on March 13, 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Kevin Humberto Hernandez Zepeda be changed to

Name Changes

The petition requests that the name of Kevin Humberto Hernandez Zepeda be changed to Kevin Humberto Rivera Zepeda Case No.: 15C300273 Tammera Herivel By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 56100 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 17, 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Marcelo Aguilar Diaz be changed to Vicky Aguilar Diaz Case No.: 2015 C 300283 By: Judge C.N. Chauche Legal Notice No: 56106 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon Lynn Scala, Deceased Case Number 15PR30212

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Scala Personal Representative 4704 Routt Street Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No.: 56068 First Publication: March 19, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda Elizabeth Adams, a/k/a Linda E. Adams, a/k/a Linda Adams, Deceased Case Number: 15PR30101 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before July 20, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

James R. Adams Personal Representative 9195 East Lehigh Avenue, Unit 163 Denver, CO 80237 Legal Notice No.: 56077 First Publication: March 20, 2015 Last Publication: April 3, 2015 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ethel M. Wick, Deceased Case Number 14PR30935 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 19, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ralph T. Mathews Name of Co-Personal Representative Doris Kaminski Name of Co-Personal Representative c/o Debra Piazza Montgomery Little & Soran, PC 5445 DTC Parkway, Suite 800 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 56085 First Publication: March 19, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Arapahoe County, CO Notice to Creditors

By Publication Case Number: 2015 PR 30003 In the Matter of the Estate of Eric Wiese, deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Arapahoe County District Court on or before July 27, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Merhia Wiese 5826 So. Crocker St., Littleton, CO 80120 303-625-3330 Legal Notice No.: 56092 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jane S. Shortt, a/k/a Jane Shortt, a/k/a Jane Speaker Shortt, a/k/a Jane Ina Shortt, a/k/a I. Jane Shortt, a/k/a Ina Jane Shortt, Deceased Case Number 15PR30254 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Caren A. Voeller Personal Representative 6545 Warriors Run Littleton, CO 80125 Legal Notice No.: 56104 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frank Adrian Thacker, Deceased Case Number 2015 PR 30227 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 26, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Todd Thacker Personal Representative 12165 South Bowles Place Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No.: 56105 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lorraine Quiner Kellogg, a/k/a Lorraine Q. Kellogg, a/k/a Lorraine Kellogg, Deceased Case Number: 15PR30228 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark K. Kellogg Personal Representative 49 Graystone Ln Orchard Park, NY 14127 Legal Notice No.: 56112 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD CHARLES CURRANCE, a.k.a. DONALD CURRANCE, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30015 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of El Paso County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Phillip Lynn Currance Personal Representative 10374 Blossom Court Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No: 56083 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Beverly Ann Loechel, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30179 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 13, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Anthony H. Veto, No. 459 Attorney for the Personal Representative 6595 West 14th Avenue, Suite 204 Lakewood, Colorado 80214 Legal Notice No: 56058 First Publication: March 12, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent And the Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Eugene Keller, Deceased Case Number 14PR30663 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Eric J. Keller Personal Representative 319 Alderwood Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Legal Notice No: 56062 First Publication: March 12, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Paul R. Danborn (24528) Attorney for the Personal Representative Frie, Arndt & Danborn, PC 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., No. 201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 303-420-1234

Notice To Creditors

Bok Yang Kim Personal Representative 19250 E. Progress Avenue Centennial, Colorado 80015 303-829-2079 Legal Notice No: 56066 First Publication: March 12, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James David Marshall a/k/a James D. Marshall a/k/a James Marshall, Deceased Case Number: 15 PR 30175 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Frank Gardiner, Personal Representative 7070 West Arlington Drive Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No: 56067 First Publication: March 20, 2015 Last Publication: April 3, 2015 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Breen Roberts, aka Patricia B. Roberts, aka Patricia Roberts, aka Pat Roberts, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 030249 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Shaun Kealy Roberts Personal Representative 2505 S. Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80210 Legal Notice No: 56088 First Publication: March 19, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ARLETTE G. BAER, A/K/A ARLETTE BAER, Deceased CASE NO. 2015PR30155 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 56094 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No: 56063 First Publication: March 12, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Lora K. Carlile Co-Personal Representative 6036 So. Chester Way Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Norman B. Pester, aka Norman Bernard Pester, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30176 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Hinda Faye Pester Personal Representative 4734 South Clayton Court Englewood, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No: 56065 First Publication: March 12, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent And the Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Chin H. Kim, aka Chin Ho Kim, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30221 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Paul R. Danborn (24528) Attorney for the Personal Representative Frie, Arndt & Danborn, PC 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., No. 201

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL CASE NO. 2014CV32013, Division 408 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE AND NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE AND RIGHTS TO REDEEM DOVER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Plaintiff v.

FRANCIS TEAGUE a/k/a FRANCIS JOSEPH TEAGUE a/k/a FRANCIS J. TEAGUE, SR., an individual; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY, a Colorado corporation; and CYNTHIA D. MARES, in her official capacity as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; Please take notice: This is to advise you that a foreclosure proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Court Order re: Default Judgment and Entry of Order for Foreclosure dated November 10, 2014, and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq., by Dover Homeowners Association, Inc. the current holder of a statutory lien, evidence of which was recorded on May 5, 2014 at Reception No. D4037068 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure was initiated due to non-payment of assessments pursuant to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Dover Subdivision Filing No. 1, recorded on October 30, 1984 at Reception No. 2466979, in Book 4295 at Page 60, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Dover Homeowners Association, Inc. on the subject property and improvements legally described as follows: Lot 9, Block 8, Dover Subdivision, Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, also known as 2184 South Waco Street, Aurora, CO 80013

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Marla J. Gentry Co-Personal Representative 6893 So. Chapparal Cr. West Centennial, Colorado 80016

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No: 56114 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Mr. Bryan G. Baer Personal Representative 5111 Preserve Parkway North Greenwood Village, CO 80121

Eric J. Keller Personal Representative 319 Alderwood Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Legal Notice No: 56064 First Publication: March 12, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Tammera Herivel By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. **

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Macejak Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203

The petition requests that the name of Edward Osei Akoto be changed to Edward Kwame Ansah.

Case No.: 2015 C 300284

Dr. David A. Baer Personal Representative 5581 S. Jamaica Way Englewood, CO 80111

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Public notice is given on March 18, 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Ms. Simmie A. Baer Personal Representative 3770 South Albion Street Englewood, CO 80112

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Caroline Louisa Keller, Deceased Case Number 14PR30706

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James J. Macejak, aka James Macejak, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30207

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

You may have an interest in the real property being foreclosed, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joline D. Weiss, aka Joline Donna Weiss, and Joline Weiss, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30142

PUBLIC NOTICE

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Jodi L. Dyce Co-Personal Representative 5194 So. Williams Cr. Greenwood Village, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No: 56098 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Ann Jenkins, aka Patricia A. Jenkins, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30194 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

David R. Jenkins Personal Representative 8175 South Adams Way Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No: 56099 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Fisk Jevons, aka Richard F. Jevons, aka Richard Jevons, aka Dick Jevons, Deceased Case Number: 2015 PR 30150 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 26, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffrey Lee Foster Personal Representative c/o Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC Attorneys for the Estate of Richard F. Jevons 931 Walnut Street, Suite 200 Boulder, Colorado 80302 303-442-6514 Legal Notice No: 56113 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 9, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 18, 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on April 23, 2015, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (720) 874-3935. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Reagan Larkin, Esq., Atty. Reg. #42309 Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC 1125 17th Street, Suite 2100 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 296-3377 Dated: January 21, 2015 David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Deputy Daniel Dugdale Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 55736 First Publication: February 26, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Published In: Littleton Independent 7315 S Revere Pkwy, Ste 603 Centennial CO 80112 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address:

7325 South Potomac Street

Centennial, Colorado 80112 CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC, AS ASSIGNEE OF RBMG, INC., Plaintiff, v.

MELISSA FOWLER A/K/A MELISSA LATKA, WILLIAM CLARK, SECURED FUNDING CORP., MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NOMINEE FOR HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION, HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP., and CYNTHIA D. MARES, in her official capacity as PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY, and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendants.

Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Chase Home Finance, LLC, as assignee of RBMG Susan J. Hendrick, Atty Reg. No. 33196 Marcello G. Rojas, Atty Reg. No. 46396 Klatt, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Ste. 400 Denver, Colorado 80231 Phone Number: 303-353-2965 FAX Number: E-mail: shendrick@klatt-law.com mrojas@klatt-law.com Case Number: 14CV032878 Div.: 22 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Defendant: Secured Funding Corp.

2955 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 200 Costa Mesa, CA 92626

All unknown person who may claim an interest in the subject property.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publica-

sponse within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

Misc. Private Legals

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is a C.R.C.P. 105 quiet title action for determination of interest in the property legally described as: LOT 7, BLOCK 1, SUMMER VALLEY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, which is commonly known as 1300 Benton Street, Lakewood, CO 80214 (the “Property”).

Dated: February 19, 2015 Susan J. Hendrick, #33196 Counsel for Chase Home Finance, LLC, as assignee for RBMG Legal Notice No.: 56042 First Publication: March 5, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff(s): PINEY CREEK MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION, INC. and PINEY CREEK RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant(s): STEVEN S. SHAVER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. acting solely as nominee for MARKET STREET MORTGAGE CORPORATION; FITZSIMONS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; DEUTSCHE BANK HOLDINGS, INC. d/b/a DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee of the INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005AR27. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AR27 under the POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1, 2005; and CYNTHIA D. MARES as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee MOELLER GRAF, P.C. David J. Graf, #26070 Timothy M. Moeller, #31150 Eric McLennan, #34468 K. Christian Webert, #43739 Address: 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Phone Number: (720) 279-2568 Case No.: 14CV32637 * Division: 15 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages seeking to foreclose a statutory lien on the following property: Lot 15, Block 1, Piney Creek Filing No. 13, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Dated February 27, 2015 MOELLER GRAF, P.C. /s/ K. Christian Webert, #43739 Legal Notice No.: 56053 First Publication: March 5, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Government Legals Public Notice

CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The regular meeting of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals is scheduled for April 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado.

Case # 2015-002. APPLICANT: Chris Gibbons The applicant is requesting variances to encroach 5 feet into the required 10 foot west side setback and to encroach 10 feet into the required 10 foot east side setback in order to construct a new storage building. These are variances to Table 16-61.1 of the Englewood Municipal Code.

PREMISES: 1997 West Iliff Avenue Case # 2015-003. APPLICANT: Mitchell Powers The applicant is requesting a variance to exceed the three (3) foot maximum fence height by three (3) feet within the twenty-five (25) foot front setback. This is a variance to Table 16-6-6.2 of the Englewood Municipal Code.

PREMISES: 3295 South Franklin Street Case # 2015-004. APPLICANT: Nathan Wagoner The applicant is requesting a variance to exceed the three (3) foot maximum fence height by three (3) feet within the twenty-five (25) foot front setback. This is a variance to Table 16-6-6.2 of the Englewood Municipal Code.

PREMISES: 2799 South Downing Street Copies of the application is on file in the Community Development Department and may be reviewed upon request. Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the Public Hearing at the previously cited location, date, and time.

By Order of the City Board of Adjustment and Appeals /s/ Nancy G. Fenton Nancy G. Fenton Recording Secretary Legal Notice No.: 56102 PUBLISHED: March 27,March 2015 26, 2015 First Publication: Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Government Legals Public Notice CITY OF LITTLETON PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING MATTER

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY OF LITTLETON AT THE CITY CENTER, 2255 WEST BERRY AVENUE, LITTLETON, COLORADO: TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE TO THE NUMBER OF SIGNS WITHIN THE B-2 ZONE DISTRICT AT 5549 SOUTH BROADWAY. ALL THOSE WISHING TO BE HEARD SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE STATED BELOW. FOR MOR E IN FOR MATION , C ALL TH E LITTLETON PLANNING DIVISION AT 303-795-3748.

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING AT 7:00 P.M. ON APRIL 16, 2015 APPLICANT: 3 S INVESTMENTS, LLC CITY STAFF CONTACT: phall@littletongov.org Legal Notice No.: 56082 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be held on April 7, 2015 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Englewood City Council Chambers, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110.

Case #2015-01 Administrative Adjustments and Variances: The issue to be heard before the Commission is a change to the Administrative Adjustments in the Unified Development Code, to allow the City Manager or designee greater scope of authority to vary the minimum lot width and minimum lot area for development. Alternately, the Variance Criteria may be changed to achieve the same result.

A copy of the proposed amendment may be reviewed in the Community Development Department.

Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the Public Hearing at the previously cited location, date, and time.

By Order of the City Planning and Zoning Commission Julie Bailey Recording Secretary Legal Notice No.: 56103 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: March 26, 2015 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF LIENED PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that a public sale will be held on or after APRIL 21, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at 101 E. Centennial Avenue, City of Englewood, County of Arapahoe, Colorado. BROOKRIDGE SELF-STORAGE will sell to satisfy the lien on the property stored at 101 E. Centennial Avenue, Englewood, CO 80113 by the following persons. The inventories listed below were notated by the tenants at the time of rental. BROOKRIDGE SELFSTORAGE makes no representation or warranty that the units contain said inventories.

E205: MATTHEW T. JONES 6041 Castlegate Dr. W #2331 Castle Rock, CO 80108 Bike, Misc. Boxes E243: JOSEPH ELI SIEP 2165 West Warren Avenue, Englewood, CO 80110 Appliances, Furniture, Bedding, Electronics, Misc. Boxes & Bags F038: MARTHA B. MUNOZ 140 W. Grand Ave. #201 Englewood, CO 80110 Electronics, Furniture, Boxes

F040: JOHNNY RAY DENTON 2087 W. Caley Pl. Littleton, CO 80120 Musical Equip. Electronics, Appliances, Furniture, Lawn Equip.

Purchases must be made with cash and paid for at the time of purchase. No one under the age of 18 is allowed to attend the sale. The landlord reserves the right to bid at the sale. All purchased goods are sold “as is” and must be removed by 6:00 PM on the day of the sale. Buyers must provide a current original or a photocopy of their original resale permit at time of sale in lieu of sales tax. This sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party.

Legal Notice No.: 56093 First Publication: March 26, 2015 Last Publication: April 2, 2015 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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for Change of Name March 26, 2015

Public notice is given on March 13, 2015 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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