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January 24, 2013

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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 2

Employers may still enforce pot ban Amendment 64 doesn’t trump workplace rules, according to experts

By Glenn Wallace

gwallace@ourcoloradonews.com

Construction crews work near the future site of the Charles Schwab corporate campus Jan. 22. Schwab is consolidating its three leased offices around the Denver area on a site at Lincoln Avenue and Park Meadows Drive, in Lone Tree’s rapidly growing RidgeGate development. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

Schwab announces local campus Company chooses RidgeGate after 18-month negotiation

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com The Charles Schwab Corp. will start construction of its $230 million Lone Tree campus in February, with its 2,100 Denver-area employees reporting to work there in late 2014, company officials said.

The Fortune 500 company is consolidating its leased offices in downtown Denver,

Denver’s Cherry Creek area and Centennial onto a 57-acre site at the southwest corner of Lincoln Avenue and Park Meadows Drive.

The property is part of the rapidly growing RidgeGate development.

Negotiations were ongoing for 18 months as RidgeGate wooed Schwab, along with several other metro-area developers.

“It certainly ranks right up there with Sky Ridge Medical Center, which really launched RidgeGate,” said Keith Simon, Director of Development for Coventry, RidgeGate’s developer. “It was a great announcement to be made, and certainly a really great validation of RidgeGate as a location for corporate America.”

Lone Tree’s location was a deciding fac-

tor for Schwab.

“It’s relatively close to our existing (Centennial) facilities,” company spokeswoman Sarah Bulgatz said. “The amenities looked great to us. Just all around it seemed like it would be the right choice.”

In exchange for the creation of 480 new jobs in the next five years, Schwab will receive tax credits from Colorado’s Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit.

“The new campus gives us the flexibility to add jobs as we need them,” company spokeswoman Sarah Bulgatz said. “Obviously, growth is going to be very dependent on the economic and business environment.”

Schwab continues on Page 12

Simpson targets debt in talk Former senator sees entitlements, defense spending as unsustainable

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com Pushing a plan to reduce the nation’s debt, former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming made an exclusive stop in Centennial, mobilizing business and grassroots support for his Fix the Debt campaign.

Simpson spoke at the invitation of John Brackney, South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce president and co-chair of Fix the Debt’s Colorado chapter.

More than 150 people turned out for a Jan. 21 reception at the chamber to hear the 81-year-old, 6-foot-7 curmudgeon discuss what his nonpartisan project can do to improve the country’s fiscal health.

“It’s not an issue of how we got here, it’s what do we do about it now,” said Simpson, a Republican. “You sent guys like me to Washington to bring home the bacon, and if we didn’t, we didn’t get re-elected ... and we all made promises we couldn’t keep, and that’s pretty much where we are today.”

Simpson, along with former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, chaired the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, commissioned by President Obama in 2010. The Simpson-Bowles plan — which garnered a number of highprofile supporters but didn’t gain congres-

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming says the nation’s “addiction to debt” and polarization on entitlement funds put the nation’s future at risk. Simpson spoke Jan. 21 at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, urging individuals and businesses to actively engage the government in fiscal responsibility. Photo by Deborah Grigsby sional approval — pledged to reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion, stabilize public debt by 2014, reduce debt 60 percent by 2023 and eventually eliminate it by 2035.

The federal debt now tops $16 trillion.

Speaking without reserve, a salty Simpson insisted that when it comes to Social Security entitlements and their effect on the budget, the numbers speak for them-

selves, saying the program has a $900 billion negative cash flow.

“When I was a freshman at the (University of Wyoming), had hair, weighed 260 pounds and thought beer was food, there were 15 people paying into Social Security and one person taking out,” he said. “Today Simpson continues on Page 12

The passage of Amendment 64, legalizing recreational marijuana use — at least at the state level — may seem like a monumental shift in drug policy. But according to pot proponents as well as labor lawyers, not much will change in the workplace.

“Amendment 64 clearly states that employers will be able to keep any enforcement policy that they’ve had,” said Mason Tvert, one of the co-directors of the amendment’s campaign.

Tvert, now director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, said that in the workplace, the pot status quo will remain. Employers who want to ban all drug use, including marijuana, would still be able to fire an employee who fails a drug test.

“One thing that seems to be occurring is that some workers may not understand the scope of employers’ rights to continue to have drug-testing policies and procedures,” Denver labor lawyer Emily Hobbs-Wright said.

Hobbs-Wright said there is a Colorado statute that protects employee rights to participate in legal activities outside of the workplace, which has been cited by some medical marijuana users to protest a firing.

“The problem with the argument is it goes back again to federal law, where it’s still illegal,” Hobbs-Wright said.

That is bad news for anyone at a drugfree workplace who was hoping to enjoy a little weekend weed. Unlike tests for alcohol that typically show levels of intoxication, marijuana tests usually indicate just that the drug has been used some time in the past. A standard employee drug urine test can be positive weeks after the last joint. Heavy users have reported positive tests even months after their last usage.

“But quite frankly, I think employers will get away from firing and rehiring employees over off-the-job marijuana use,” Tvert said. He added that as cultural perception of marijuana changes, he expects business policies to become more lenient.

Denver publication Westword, which features a medicinal marijuana critic on staff, has announced that it has not conducted drug tests, and will not.

So far, Westword is in the minority. A 2011 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found 57 percent of U.S. employers conduct drug tests as a part of the hiring process.

Any business that complies with the federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 has little option over its marijuana stance.

It remains a criminalized substance at the federal level, and any business or organization that receives a federal grant or contract must comply with the act. Likewise, any business with major safety requirements for its employees or the public will likely continue to follow federal regulations, since any accident could trigger steep Occupational Safety and Health Administration Marijuana continues on Page 12

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January 24, 2013

When you wish upon a car . . .

The elfin 1970 Saab sits in front of the house — unmoving, somewhat fraillooking — like an aging body worn down by time and circumstance. Patches of rust spot the beige paint; dents bend the chrome bumper; a milky film clouds the windows, shielding the torn upholstery inside.

Much to his wife’s dismay, Larry Beetham towed it home almost six months ago, from a barn where it had rested for more than 20 years.

“We just don’t have the space,” she told him. “We have a two-car garage and now four cars and a motorcycle.”

And then, something remarkable happened. Call it luck, fate, maybe divine intervention.

Larry’s not sure.

All he knows is the little car given to him for free turned out to be a priceless gift — a road trip back to his childhood and his dad, who died six years ago. Along the way, he rediscovered the depth of a father’s commitment to his family.

“It was a connection, not a destiny,” Larry says of the car. “But by some design it came to me.”

The story begins in the mid-1960s when James Beetham and his two sons — Larry was about 6 then — saw their first Saabs at the Denver car show. It was, almost, love at first sight. By the end of 1966, James owned a Saab franchise in Greeley.

“I spent my childhood riding around in these little Saabs,” Larry, now 53, remembers.

Developed by airplane engineers, the Swedish cars became known for aerodynamic shapes and innovative differences — ignitions on the floor, electric window locks in the middle console — and their devoted fans.

To this day, Saab owners are unwavering in loyalty and passion.

At 19, Larry bought his first, a 1973 bright yellow Saab, from his father. He

his green Saab and pulled into his brother’s car wash in Golden to spray out the pine needles in the fender and the gray dust and spiderwebs blanketing the engine.

Then he parked it outside his Littleton home. Ann suggested Larry name the car Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes, which also happened to be his dad’s favorite saint.

“That’s it, Dad!” son Kyle, 16, agreed enthusiastically. “We’re gonna name it Jude!”

And here, the story takes its twist.

The previous owner never retitled the car when he bought it in 1988 and the address of the original owner was a J.F. and A. Garcia of Greeley. “What are the odds your dad sold him the car?” a Saab club member asked Larry.

One August weekend, when Larry was helping his mother around her Greeley home, down in the basement he rummaged through his dad’s old, steel work desk — still packed with files. As he flipped through a stack of envelope-sized slips, he noticed a sales transaction that read “June 13, 1970, Saab, Garcia.”

He opened a drawer and a white card “jumped out” and fell on the floor. “It wanted me to find it,” Larry recalls.

It was a Saab owner identification card, which contained the serial number of a demo car received by Larry’s dad on Jan. 22, 1970.

The serial number matched the Saab number on the title of the car parked outside Larry’s home.

Larry started laughing: “I’ve got a car that my dad actually sold and, not just that he sold, but that he had.”

That day, poignant memories rose from the papers, mingling amid the excitement of discovery, to remind Larry about the challenges his dad faced trying to support a family of eight children while running a business.

“He would come home when I was a kid and he didn’t know how he was going to

bought his second, a red 1977 Saab, in 1982. In 1988, he married Ann, the daughter of a Midwest auto mechanic who understood and appreciated cars and could recite models of just about any car that passed.

“That’s one of the things that drew me to Ann,” Larry says. “I thought, ‘OK, she might put up with some of my stuff.’”

Ann was driving an Acura. With no space or money for car registrations and licenses, they sold the Saabs and bought a Jeep. Two sons came. A series of cars, including a van, came and went from the driveway. A Saab, a 1998 green 9000, didn’t re-enter Larry’s life again until 2004. By 2008, the non-Saabs had been replaced by two more Saabs, one black, the other a flirty red convertible.

The year Larry bought the green Saab he also joined the Rocky Mountain Saab Club. Last summer, one member, moving from Evergreen for health reasons, wanted homes for three old Saabs stored in his barn.

Two other members made their choices first; Larry took the one left, a Savannah beige 96 that had been towed into the barn in 1988 as a parts car.

Larry inspected it closely. A little rust.

Solid floorboards under the soiled carpet.

Door panels in good condition. Weatherstrip around the doors in good condition.

Headliner in excellent condition.

Although the engine didn’t run, Larry declared it “a solid car,” trailered it behind

The City of Lone Tree will host a Bonfils Blood Drive at the Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, from 10 a.m.3:30 p.m. Jan. 29.

To donate during this blood drive, visit www. bonfils.org and click on the link “Donate Blood,” call the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or email Kristen Knoll at kristen.knoll@ cityoflonetree.com.

For eligibility questions, please call 303-363-2202 or visit www.bonfils.org.

Football teams forming

Registration is under way for South Suburban flag football leagues for K-8 boys and girls.

The season begins April 6 and ends May 18.

The non-contact sport is open to players of all

athletic abilities and experience. Games are between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturdays at David A. Lorenz Regional Park, located at County Line Road and Colorado Boulevard. Practices are held an hour before the Saturday games, though some coaches may choose to schedule an optional practice during the week.

The registration fee is $85 for a non-resident of the South Suburban Parks and Recreation district, and $70 for a resident.

Registration is available online at www.ssprd.org, or in person at South Suburban’s Athletics Office at 6631 S. University Blvd. in Centennial. The registration deadline is March 15.

Volunteer coaches also are needed. For more information, call 303-798-7515.

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make it work.” Larry’s voice thickens and falters as he remembers. “He would pray to St. Jude. St. Jude would look over him and get him through.”

And “sometimes,” Larry says, a smile brightening his face, “he would come in with a roll of bills and say, ‘Let’s take a test drive and go to Johnson’s Corner for dinner.’”

His father, who died at 90, was 60 years old when he gave up the Saab franchise.

“It was hard when he sold the dealership,” Larry says.

The discussion about the coincidence of the Saab, St. Jude and Larry’s dad continues.

“One of my sisters said ‘Dad’s guiding that from heaven,’” Larry says.

“I don’t think certain things happen by chance,” Ann says. “I think there’s more a spiritual connection with certain things.”

Larry’s still not sure.

But one thing is certain. “If it was designed that way,” Ann says, “it’s Larry’s obligation to bring it back to its original condition.”

He’s working on it. Parts are on the way.

He will soon move the car from the cold curb into the warmth of the garage where he can tinker when time allows.

With help from a friend, he started the engine last summer. His son turned the key. Neighbors watched. Larry documented the event on video.

“It has life,” he said happily as the car blew a cloud of accumulated exhaust. “It’s not a hopeless cause.”

And that, for the time being, is the end of the story.

Luck. Fate. Divine intervention?

You decide.

Scholarships offered

A total of 15 scholarships ranging between $500 and $1,250 are being awarded by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Youth Education in Safety and Schools program affiliated with the department.

The scholarships are limited to students who are permanent residents of Douglas County, are graduating seniors from a Douglas County public high school, accredited private high school, or qualifying home school, and who are enrolled in, or applying to, a vocational school, college or university full- or part-time for the fall of 2013.

Information about the different scholarships, as well as applications, can be found at www.dcsheriff.net. Applications must be submitted no later than March 29.

Exotic outing. The National Western Stock Show is a different world for city dwellers. Page 7

Moving forward.

Eagle Academy, Douglas County’s night high school, graduated 29 students in a Jan. 17 ceremony. Page 5

Modest proposal. It would be a fun prank to get rid of all pranksters, columnist Craig Marshall Smith writes. Page 8

High hopes. A restaurateur is confident that his pizzeria will succeed in a site that has housed four failed eateries. Page 10

Historic battle. A Parker teacher joined forces with a co-author to create a book about the pivotal World War II battle of Bastogne.

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Area housing market looking good Six vie for Lone Tree Economist says police chief position sales, prices on their way up

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Patricia Silverstein, president of Jefferson County-based Development Research Partners, compares the country’s economic recovery to a long traverse up a big mountain — slow, steady, treacherous and frustrating.

“There are times when you’re going straight across and it feels like you’re getting absolutely nowhere,” she said.

Speaking Jan. 15 to the South Metro Denver Realtor Association, Silverstein said the news is good for the metro-area housing market. A normal year would see an average of 17 homes sold for

every 1,000 people in the state; Silverstein predicts the number will be 16.6 in 2013. There was a 17.5 percent increase in sales in 2012 over the year before, and prices are well above the national median — $257,000 here, compared with $178,000 nationally.

“Our expensive housing market might a little bit of a detriment,” for potential employers looking for a location, she said, but she notes that its relative stability could offset that.

Foreclosure filings are decreasing in the seven-county Denver metro area, down to 15,516 last year from a peak of 26,520 in 2007.

Silverstein predicts there will be 14,895 this year.

She asked the Realtors if they were falling over each other for the slim pickings of new units. Last year 8,000 were built in the metro area, as compared to 27,000 in 2000. They look different, as well

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— about a third are apartments, more than the usual quarter. Silverstein attributes that in part to aging baby boomers who no longer want to care for a big house.

“The idea of the white picket fence may not be as appealing as it once was,” she said.

The demand for housing declined during the Great Recession as families consolidated — kids moving back home or empty nesters moving in with elderly parents, for example.

“But people are now at a point where they want their own place to live,” said Silverstein, creating a great opportunity for sellers.

She notes that while people say they’re still uncertain about the economy, overall spending is on the rise — up 5 percent nationally from 2011 in 2012.

“Our actions are kind of speaking louder than our words right now,” she said.

New top cop of affluent city likely will be named by mid-February

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Six men are candidates for Lone Tree’s new police chief, five of them from the Denver metro area.

The six candidates include Parker Police Capt. Ronald Combs, Arvada Deputy Police Chief Gary Creager, Greenwood Village Police Cmdr. Joseph Harvey, Wheat Ridge Police Division Chief James Lorentz, Lakewood Police Cmdr. Jeffrey Streeter and Beverly, Mass., Police Chief Mark

Ray. City officials will conduct interviews the week of Jan. 28, and the new chief likely will be named by mid-February.

A total of 90 people applied for the position.

Former Lone Tree Police Chief Steve Hasler was fired without cause in late August. Though Hasler believes the dismissal was a form of retaliation from City Manager Jack Hidahl, a reason never was given for his dismissal.

The new chief will lead a force of 47 officers in one of the fastestgrowing, most affluent communities in Colorado.

Starting pay for the position ranges from about $104,000 to $135,500.

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Weather stopped schools cold Officials say frozen pipes don’t point to larger issues

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com School officials say the closing of five schools and a burst pipe at another Jan. 14 was not an indication of a larger problem, but an unfortunate set of near-simultaneous problems caused by bitterly cold temperatures.

Four schools -Cherry Valley, Franktown and Sedalia elementary schools

and Parker’s Sierra Middle School — suffered only frozen pipes, and were closed because the buildings temporarily had no water supply.

In two others, pipes froze and then burst. At Legend High School in Parker, damage to ceiling tiles and flooding caused by a broken sprinkler system was enough to close the doors for the day. At Northridge Elementary in Highlands Ranch, classes continued with students and staff working around the problems.

“These are individual issues,” said Douglas County School District Chief Operations Officer Bill Moffitt. “Three out of the four that froze were wells, and those were external to the build-

ing. At one, we had a water pipe coming up just inside the boiler room that has an outside entrance.

“Two of the well sites had never frozen before, and those schools are 30-plus years old,” he said, referring to Franktown and Cherry Valley Elementary schools. “That was a complete anomaly for us.”

The immediate problems have been fixed, and the district now is working to ensure they don’t recur.

“Our goal is to provide a learning environment for kids every day,” Moffitt said.

“We weren’t happy about the situation, but we certainly hope to learn from it.”

Lisa Casper, program specialist for Douglas County Libraries, surrounds herself with books by local authors. The library is introducing local author showcases, kicking off with one March 10 in Highlands Ranch. The showcases will run throughout the year at different library branches. Photo by Ryan Boldrey

Spotlight shines on local authors Douglas County Libraries hosts series of showcases

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Douglas County Libraries is providing the stage to introduce dozens of new area authors to the community in 2013.

With the launch of a fourpart local author showcase series, spread out throughout the year, DCL will be giving different authors the opportunity to talk about, read from and sell their books at each of the four major county branches.

The application period is closed for the first event, March 10 in Highlands Ranch, but the Parker, Castle Rock and Lone Tree showcases all have space available, and while authors need to be local they need not be from the specific town where the event is held.

The showcases are open to authors in most genres who have published or selfpublished after Jan. 1, 2011.

“Any time you can encourage a new author it’s really important because the more choices you have in books and e-books the better the world is, really,” said Lisa Casper, program liaison for the district and the brains behind the series.

“I’ve been working with local authors who live in or around Douglas County for some time. A lot of them are self-published and some of them are very small press, so they tend to have their books but they aren’t plugged in with the big publisher so marketing is harder because they are doing it themselves.”

Casper has done individual book events with many of them, but for a lot, only family and friends were showing up because they weren’t getting the word out. The showcases, she says, will provide an 2013 LOCAL AUTHOR SHOWCASES/ APPLICATION DEADLINE

March 10, Highlands Ranch Library - Closed May 19, Parker Library - March 22 Aug. 11, Castle Rock Library - June 14 Nov. 10, Lone Tree Library - Sept. 13 • All showcases are from 2-4 p.m. Authors need not be from the specific town of each event, but they do need to be from nearby. Refreshments will be served.

Highlands Ranch scheduled authors for March 10 Davin Colten - “The Assassin Dominic Monroe” Quinn Kayser-Cochran - “Glorieta” Anthonette Klinkerman - “Battle of the Grandmas” Kristen DeBeer - “I Believe in You - A Mother’s Message to Her Son with Learning Differences” Michael Hanna and Tami Leino Hanna - “Crazy: A Creative and Personal Look at Mental Illness” Pat McNulty - “Great Music Radio.com” Mark Stevens will be representing the late Gary Reilly’s books - “The Asphalt Warrior” and “Ticket to Hollywood”

opportunity for authors to network and introduce themselves to each other’s audiences as well as other library patrons.

“Discovering new authors is one of our core values at the library,” Casper said. “We want to give everyone a great experience and that’s what our goal is with these four showcases. Some of our patrons are authors and we want to make sure they feel at home here and that they get good information and have a chance to reach other readers.”

For more information on the Local Author Showcase events or to obtain an application, contact Casper at Lcasper@dclibraries.org or 720-348-9522.

Author marketing workshops

In addition to the showcase events, Douglas County Libraries is also hosting two workshops for new authors to help answer questions about marketing their books.

Both workshops will feature a panel of experienced self-published authors and professionals from the publishing industry.

Topics will include getting the word out, getting books and e-books into libraries and bookstores, social media, websites, getting reviews and resources for those who have selfpublished.

The first workshop is slated for 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Feb. 11 at the Highlands Ranch branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd, and the second one will be July 15 in Castle Rock.

To register for the Highlands Ranch event, call 303-791-7323 or visit www. douglascountylibraries.org.

Registration is not yet open for Castle Rock’s.

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MILESTONES Education Jennifer Ball, of Lone Tree, was named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Leylin N. Marroquin, of Lone Tree, was named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at Bucknell University. She is the daughter of Alfredo Marroquin and Edith Farro, of Lone Tree, and a 2010 graduate of Highlands Ranch High School.

Bruce C. Zheng, of Lone Tree, was named to the dean’s honor roll at Texas A&M University. Zheng is a sophomore studying applied mathematical sciences.

Haylie McComb, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. McComb is the daughter of Mark and Dana McComb.

Ryan N. Carter, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Claire Elizabeth Butler and Michael Christopher Hart, of Highlands Ranch, were named to the fall 2012 president’s honor roll at the University of Wyoming.

Brandon Phillips, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Xavier Wright points to his family in the audience after receiving his diploma from Eagle Academy on Jan. 17, in a ceremony held at Rock Canyon High School. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

Night high school grads walk tall 29 get diplomas from Eagle Academy

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Xavier Wright once was advised to drop out of high school and pursue his GED. Instead, with prompting from a Highlands Ranch High School counselor, he enrolled in the Eagle Academy night high school. On Jan. 17, with his baby son watching, Wright graduated.

“All this hard work is for you,” he said, scanning the auditorium for his child’s face, “and to give you the life I wish I’d had.”

Wright was among 29 graduates — some young parents, others teens with full-time jobs, and all students who can’t or chose not to attend Douglas County’s traditional high schools. Instead, Eagle Academy’s 12o students report to Highlands Ranch High School from 3:15 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, walking in to their wing of the building as hundreds of other high school students are walking out.

“I have kids who live on their own, kids who are teen parents, kids who are taking care of a family member,” Principal Doug Seligman said. “There’s no way they could go to day school. This is a really good option.”

Eagle Academy’s graduation requirements match those of other Douglas County School District high schools, with graduates continuing on to four-year colleges, vocational school, the military or the workforce — just as in any other high school.

“Alternative schools get all kinds of interesting reputations,” Seligman said. “What all my kids have in common is the previous

school, for whatever reason, just wasn’t the right fit.

“My students have to want to be at my school. They chose to come here. It’s up to them whether they can stay.”

The school’s only requirements are that students be at least 16, and have attempted at least one year at a traditional high school.

Sommer Hinkley, another of the 29 graduates, fit that description. She started high school at Rock Canyon, but felt out of step there.

“Abercrombie and Fitch with bottled blond hair is not my style,” she said. “Classmates harassing me made it hard for me to get out of bed in the morning.”

She enrolled at Eagle Academy in 2010, and felt a sense of connection with her new classmates she hadn’t previously known.

“We are not losers,” she said during her commencement address. “We are not burnouts. Most of us have jobs during the day.

Eagle kids are some of the hardest-working people you will ever meet.”

Hinkley’s sentiments were re-echoed throughout the graduation ceremony. Students not only gave one another kudos, but repeatedly credited the staff for helping them make it to the graduation stage.

The evening was enough to bring Seligman, in his ninth year as principal, near tears.

“I taught for a decade at various high schools and middle schools, but we get so much more face-to-face and hands-on interaction with kids (here),” he said.

That’s in addition to the connections that form among students and staff in the smaller, unconventional setting.

“Our ties are pretty strong,” Seligman said. “I hate to brag about having the best job around, but I really feel that way.”

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Douglas GOP hosts school board Elected officials share views on education reform

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Several Douglas County School Board members shared their views on education reform, the dissolution of its relationship with the teachers’ union and other headline-making issues during a Jan. 16 Douglas County Republicans public forum.

Their comments met with rousing applause from their politically friendly audience. All six current board members are Republicans.

Though Colorado school boards are designed to be nonpartisan, the school board’s political affiliation and support are not hidden.

The Douglas County Republicans endorsed the six current members — as well as recently resigned seventh member Doug Gerken — in the 2009 and 2011 elections.

The board’s fast-paced reform efforts have triggered mixed reactions, but board members say they have support from across party lines.

Franceen Thompson, a member of the

nonprofit, pro-school-choice group Great Choice Douglas County, kicked off the forum with a brief address.

The grassroots Strong Schools Coalition, which bills itself as a nonpartisan source of school district information, is distributing misleading information to the public, she said.

“We really need to get our message out,” Thompson said, suggesting yet another group - the nonpartisan Douglas County Parent Alliance, as “a great source if you just want to get the facts.”

School board member Kevin Larsen, who took the floor first, said the group’s united vision and direction works to its benefit as it tries to implement a “worldclass education.”

But parents, he said, “are the ultimate decision-makers.”

“It’s been a year of change,” he said, briefly describing the introduction of a market-based-pay teacher compensation system, new measurements of teacher performance and the 2012 expiration of the long-held collective bargaining agreement with the teachers’ union. All those changes have given rise to questions, concerns and fears, he said.

“When those kinds of things change in a system, it’s important to get a pulse,” said Larsen, who’s been talking with staff at dozens of schools to hear their concerns.

‘We want fewer decisions to be made at the Wilcox (administration) building and more at schools.’

School board member Craig Richardson “When you open up that door and have that dialogue, a lot of the fear is alleviated.”

Board member Craig Richardson said the board also is allowing principals to determine the best use of their school’s district-allocated funds — either spending it each year or carrying it over from one year to the next.

“We want fewer decisions to be made at the Wilcox (administration) building and more at schools,” he said, adding the district also wants to get away from “the boom-and-bust funding that typified the district.”

Board members fielded a variety of anonymous, written questions from audience members on the court-embattled voucher program, among other issues.

The program, instituted in 2011 and quickly halted by a lawsuit and subsequent Denver District Court injunction, now is awaiting a ruling from the Colorado Court of Appeals. But that likely won’t be the final

word.

“There is a possibility the case will go to the U.S. Supreme Court,” Richardson said.

“Our program was modeled on programs that have been approved by (federal judges).”

Some of Colorado’s constitutional amendments don’t apply at the federal level, and if the choice program is approved there, it could open the door for many other states to enact similar changes.

Highlands Ranch-based Republican state Sen. Ted Harvey, among the audience members, declared his support.

“You’re fighting the fight of angels and we are on your side,” he said.

The public forum was one of the first such events hosted by the local Republican Party, said vice chair Tanne Blackburn.

“A lot of people don’t really know what the school board’s doing, or what their plans are,” Blackburn said. “It was a matter of providing information.”

DOUGLAS COUNTY NEWS IN A HURRY Libraries go on virtual tour

Douglas County Libraries launches a tour of Colorado with a free four-part Colorado travel series.

“Exploring the Four Corners” is at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Highlands Ranch branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd. Travel photographer Bob Dean will host a visual journey through the Southwest, and the library will provide tastings of regional salsas.

“Offbeat Colorado Destinations” is at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Parker branch, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Hosted by Eric Peterson, author of “Ramble Colorado,” the second installment will include samples of some of Colorado’s more famous beverages.

The library will follow the spring local travel series with a fall series on international cuisine. Additional information on the spring series is available online at www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. To register for one or more sessions, call 303-7917323 or visit the library’s website.

Freeze Your Buns Off 5K set

The Freeze Your Buns Off 5k run is a 5k chip-timed race with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Project Recycle. The run launches the Douglas County Healthy Living Expo at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock, 500 Fairgrounds Drive.

Participants will have access to an after-run yoga and stretch cool down with Studio Fit, goodie bags, a long-sleeve T-shirt and continental breakfast. Results will be posted and the awards table will be located at the Xperience Colorado booth in the Expo area; winners will be announced at the main stage of the Expo.

The run begins at 9 a.m. Feb. 9 at the events center. No dogs; strollers will be permitted. Register online at http://freezeyour-buns-off.com/ or at 8 a.m. the day of the race.

State parks seek volunteers

Roxborough State Park is recruiting volunteer naturalists. The park will host a prospective volunteer open house from 10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 6 at the visitors’ center auditorium at 4751 E. Roxborough Drive.

Volunteers receive a comprehensive four-week training course, periodic brush-ups and a state parks annual pass in exchange for 48 service hours within a calendar year. Prospective volunteers must be at least 18 years old, enjoy working with children and enjoy being in the outdoors.

The park has a special need for volunteers that are available Tuesday through Saturday to work with school and Scout groups.

For more information and to register, please call the park at 303-973-3959. Training will begin in April.

Chatfield and Castlewood Canyon state parks also will host prosepective-volunteer open houses.

Chatfield’s will be from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the park headquarters, Wadsworth and C-470. For more information or to RSVP for the open house, contact Laura Wilder at 303-791-7275, ext. 120.

Castlewood Canyon will host an open house from 9:30 a.m.-noon Feb. 23 at the park’s visitors’ center, 2989 S. Highway 83, Franktown. For more information or to RSVP for the open house, contact James Masek at 303-688-5242.

Volunteers who contribute more than 48 hours in a calendar year at those parks also are eligible to receive a free annual state parks pass.

Work to close part of trail

A half-mile portion of the East Plum Creek Trail will close Jan. 21 for about 90 days as crews work to improve the nearby creek.

Crews will install a drop structure in East Plum Creek to raise the channel bed and protect the recently constructed bridge at Plum Creek Parkway from stream erosion.

During this work, the East Plum Creek Trail, which runs along East Plum Creek, will be closed from near Second and Wilcox streets to South Wilcox Street, south of Rio Grande Drive.

The trail closure is required to maintain safety, as there will be construction traffic on the trail. In addition, portions of the trail will be removed and then repaired as the drop structure is installed.

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go tows.com said. rams The sights, sounds and udg-activities make the National Western Stock Show an adionalventure trip, because those deralare not the daily sights, ovedsounds and activities most othercity dwellers experience.

A visit to the sprawling National Western complex lican enceis an entry to the world of livestock judging, horse andshows, displays of farm equipment and demonstrafirsttions on different subjects.

For those who like to shop, there is a vast array of vendors offering an almost endless variety of merchandise.

The National Western is called “the Super Bowl of livestock shows” with judging and sales of cattle, sheep and a number of other animals. People come from all over the United States and several other countries, and thousands of animals pass through the grounds during the run of the show.

“We drove 17 hours to show our cattle,” Josh Lorenz of Grand Park, Ill., said as he cleaned up his animal tied in an outside pen. “I came out with a neighbor family to help them out and to show my animals. We are readying the cattle to move inside the barn because

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Littleton resident Roy Carter lets an Alaskan eagle spread its wings during a HawkQuest demonstration at the National Western Stock Show. HawkQuest has a number of birds and puts on the demonstration about every hour.

we’ll be showing our animals pretty soon.”

Inside the barns and stock show arena there is a beehive of activity. Owners wash their animals in an area dubbed “The Bovine Beauty Shop.” Then the animals are taken back in the barn where they are blowdried, clipped and readied to go into the arena to be judged and, in some cases, to be sold at auction.

For those who like shopping, the opportunities are almost endless, as there are about 900 vendors in the exhibition hall.

Food is readily available.

A customer can choose from about 40 vendors offering menus varying from chips and salsa to a steak dinner.

But education is important, too. The Parker-based HawkQuest organization’s attracted visitors to get an up-close look at live birds including a falcon, owl and eagle.

“These birds are so cool,” Arapahoe County 9-yearold Mike Redman told his mother. “They are beautiful and I want to use my money to buy a T-shirt so I can remember them.”

Dana Remy had the microphone, explaining something about each bird.

“This is a busy time of year for us,” the Parker resident said.

“In addition to the National Western and the Sportsmen’s Expo, we accept invitations to visit schools around the metro area. We take the live birds

Josh Lorenz cleans up one of the cattle he will show at the National Western Stock Show. Lorenz, from Grand Park., Ill., traveled 17 hours with a neighbor family in order to show his animals. The National Western, called “the Super Bowl of livestock shows,” brings visitors from all over the U.S. and other countries. Photos by Tom Munds

with us to all our demonstrations. Adults like to see them and the kids love them.”

The booth was staffed by volunteers including Littleton resident Ray Carter.

“I went to a HawkQuest demonstration to take pictures and fell in love with the birds,” he said.

“I have been a volunteer for about seven months now and I love it. It is a good way for a retired police officer from Iowa to spend his time.”

Parker resident Travis Klee also is a HawkQuest volunteer. He is studying zoology at Colorado State

University and said it is a plus for him to work with the birds.

He said he first saw HawkQuest as a Boy Scout, got interested, and not long ago, a neighbor talked him into volunteering and he is glad he did.

Education is also the focus of the third floor of the exhibition hall, where activities are geared to children.

There is a miniature train for kids to ride and a wide variety of displays, including a petting zoo.

Lines of youngsters on field trips from their schools make their way up the steps to the petting zoo, learn

about the uses of corn, see how eggs get from the hens to the house and a several other hands-on demonstrations.

“This is an annual field trip for us,” Douglas County resident Lydia O’Connell said as she guided her preschool students to the petting zoo.

“Most of these kids live in urban areas and many of them never see a live sheep, goat or cow and don’t have any idea how food is grown.

It is an educational experience for them and I learn new things about the farm life every year I come down here.”

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OPINIONS / YOURS AND OURS

Helping the nation starts at home Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson pulls no punches. He is crusty, direct, sometimes profane and he isn’t all that concerned with what people think of him. But he certainly cares about the future of this country.

The outspoken Republican from Wyoming was in the Denver area on Jan. 21 to share his views on the topic he has grown synonymous with in recent years, the national debt. He has some complex, controversial and detailed ideas on reducing that $16 trillion mountain.

But when Simpson took some time to speak with us before addressing an audience at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, what stood out most was his call to action for everyday people.

“If you love your country, get involved,” he told us.

We strongly endorse that message. And Simpson sets a great example as someone who has spent many of his 81 years being

OUR VIEW involved.

He served briefly in the Army in the 1950s, was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in the 1960s, and served in the U.S. Senate from 1979-1997.

In 2010, as the co-chair of a commission tasked with tackling the nation’s fiscal challenges, Simpson and Erskine Bowles, chief of staff for President Clinton, authored a plan that gained some popular support but not approval of Congress or the president.

Simpson did not give up and is still taking on the debt, now as a co-founder, along with Bowles, of the nonpartisan Campaign to Fix the Debt.

South Metro Chamber President John

Exiling pranksters … now, that’s funny Have you heard about Prank Island? I think it’s great. We now have someplace to send everyone who thinks that pranks are cool, where they can be pranked by prankers who think that pranks are cool.

Ashton Kutcher is the Big Chief. Kutcher created a piece of crap called “Punk’d.”

“Punk’d” was a hidden camera, practical joke reality show. I kept hoping I’d hear that someone had knocked Kutcher’s teeth down his throat. No one did.

The friends he victimized just laughed it all off. They should get rooms on the island too.

The island has rooms for high school boys who instigate senior pranks. There are even rooms reserved for anyone who gives surprise parties. Author David Mamet said that surprise parties were “an act of aggression.” Someone gave me one once. I walked out and burned the friendship.

Every April the island has a wait list for the schmoes who perpetrate April Fools’ gags. There’s a sucker born every minute, and they all can get suckered each and every day on Punk Island.

The place is full of hidden cameras and actors and actresses who pretend to be something they are not. In the morning, cafeteria workers unscrew the tops on the salt and pepper shakers. What a riot when someone literally ruins their meal with all of that salt and pepper!

Some surprises are fine, some are great, and wonderful, even generous. We hear about good surprises all the time, like the cop who placed a $100 bill with a ticket because the motorist couldn’t afford to renew his registration and feed his children.

That’s not getting punked. No one was embarrassed or degraded. Nothing was damaged. No one let the air out of all the school bus tires. Hardy har har.

A few years ago some boys thought it might be fun to remove the stop signs at a four-way stop in rural eastern Colorado.

Guess what? Cars went through the

intersection, ran into each other, and someone died. School rivals like to punk each other. That’s been going on for years.

Sometimes it’s harmless and sometimes the cleanup costs hundreds or thousands of dollars. Boys will be boys? I just think that dumb boys will be dumb boys.

Did you read about the 17-year-old boy who went to a movie theatre in Boulder wearing a Joker mask last November? He wanted to scare his friends. I guess some of the other movie-goers were scared too. The idiot was arrested and admitted that he knew about the Joker who shot up people in Aurora last summer. Somehow that didn’t sink in. Send him to the island.

We’re seeing a lot of school closures amid scares, right after Sandy Hook. Bomb threats, kids bringing guns to school.

When I was in high school the misbehavers played mailbox baseball. Now mischief is much more serious, isn’t it?

An extreme form of pranking is called “gaslighting.” It’s kind of crazy, literally.

“Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making a victim doubt his or her own memory, perception, or sanity,” a Wikipedia entry says. “Instances may range simply from the denial by an abuser that previous incidents ever occurred, up to the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of Smith continues on Page 9

What are your top movie picks of 2012?

We asked a sampling of movie fans at the AMC Highlands Ranch 24 movie theater complex for their top picks of 2012.

Their choices ranged from animated happy romps to serious award nominees based on historical events.

“‘Argo.’ It had an interesting story line and was based on a true story. I thought it was well directed. And it had a happy ending.”

Jane Lockheart, Sedalia

“‘Lincoln.’ I loved the actor, Daniel Day Lewis, and the story.

I just thought it was incredibly well done, and very intense.”

Gary Lockheart, Sedalia

“‘Ice Age: Continental Drift.’ It was just kind of like it brought the kid spirit back out in me. Most sequels aren’t as good as the first one, but I thought that one was better than the original.”

Kaira Brothers, Highlands Ranch

“‘Hunger Games.’ I liked the action. I liked how it kept you on the edge of your seat, and it leaves you wanting to see the next one.”

Chelsea Rich, Highlands Ranch

prepared to challenge and to be challenged.

Above all, be prepared to compromise because politics is like a good marriage in this regard: If one side insists on getting his or her way 100 percent of the time, not much constructive is going to happen. But through give and take, things can progress, as Simpson knows, having been married nearly 60 years.

“If you think compromise is a dirty word, don’t get into politics,” Simpson says.

He knows compromise, having taken his share of heat from both the left and his own party. His politics could be viewed as too liberal for the GOP and too conservative for Democrats, and that’s just fine with him.

Whether you like his politics or not, like what he says or not, Simpson has a passion for service. And for sharing that, we owe him a great debt.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We have the right to be safe from guns

I am a patriotic American citizen, and my family have been loyal Americans going back a long, long way. My great-greatgreat-great-grandfather, Abraham Clark, signed our Declaration of Independence.

That document, passed 15 years before the Bill of Rights was amended to our Constitution, contained this statement: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Those who vigorously advocate for the Second Amendment, guaranteeing the right to bear arms, must also recognize our right not to have those arms turned against us, thereby depriving us of our right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

They must also acknowledge our First Amendment right to free speech, viz: • Our right to raise an alarm and ask that they be detained, if we detect behavior on their part that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that they intend to harm us while exercising their Second Amendment rights with firearms.

Furthermore, they must respect the Ninth Amendment, which protects rights not specifically enumerated elsewhere in the Constitution, namely: • Our right not to be terrorized or murdered by someone exercising his Second Amendment right to bear arms.

• Our right to government protection from harm by such persons exercising their Second Amendment rights.

• Our right to assurance that mentally deranged people do not enjoy Second Amendment rights.

• Our right not to be held hostage, in the courts or the Congress, by a lobby that

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Nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards were released Jan. 10, with a few surprises.

One that wasn’t a surprise: “Lincoln” leads the list with a total of 12 nominations. The 85th annual Academy Awards will take place Feb. 24.

Brackney, it should be noted, is a member of the steering committee for the campaign’s Colorado chapter. Brackney and the chamber, like Simpson, should be applauded for working to bring attention to the debt.

So what can you do to get involved?

Go to town halls. Ask questions. Write letters to the editor. Challenge your government officials when appropriate. Praise them when appropriate. These are basic, but effective, ways to make a difference as a citizen — whether your mission is debt reduction or saving a playground from being turned into a parking lot.

And for young people thinking of going into politics, Simpson suggests they focus on the work itself and enjoy it, rather than worrying about climbing the political ranks.

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favors an originally unintended interpretation of the Second Amendment.

• Our right through proper legislation to deny ownership of firearms or other weapons which have no place in a civilized society, and which have no other conceivable purpose than to wage war and wreak wholesale carnage.

Lawrence B. Perkins Highlands Ranch

What would Wyatt do?

If we are to believe the NRA, the solution to mass killings such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School is still more guns, maybe even in the hands of classroom teachers — perhaps a return to the days of the Old West where we take prevention and retribution into our own hands.

Is there a more iconic Old West town than Tombstone, Ariz., or a more iconic Old West figure than Wyatt Earp? On April 19, 1881, Town Marshal Earp enacted Ordinance Number 9 in Tombstone, which required everyone arriving in town to leave their guns with him and not get them back until they were leaving town.

Time magazine reports in its Jan. 14 issue that we Americans own 88.8 guns per 100 people (by far the highest in the world) and have a gun homicide rate of 3.2 per 100,000. Canada with tighter gun controls has comparative figures of 31.3 and 0.1.

Australia’s numbers are 15.0 and 0.1. Japan 0.6 and 0.0. So our gun homicide rate is about 32 times that of other countries that are “like us.”

Even Wyatt Earp could figure it out.

When will the rest of us learn?

Gary Wyngarden Sedalia

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Our financial future and what lies ahead The 113th Congress was sworn in with a tough road ahead of us and a great amount of work to be done getting the economy back on track.

The numbers still paint a very disturbing picture for our children and grandchildren’s future. The debt hit $16 trillion in September 2012 — which is more than the entire U.S. economy produced in goods and services last year. Adding to our financial woes, President Obama’s first term was marked by four years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits.

The Senate’s bill to avoid the manufactured “fiscal cliff” — a combination of tax increases and spending cuts — was a huge disappointment that did nothing to address deficit reduction, and I ultimately could not support it.

Spending cuts were kicked down the road, and the Senate’s bill actually gave government coffers more money. Additionally, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate bill will add to our national deficit over the next 10 years. Our nation deserves better ideas and bigger thinking than that.

The president campaigned on taxing millionaires and billionaires. With the pas-

sage of the fiscal cliff bill, he got his wish and more. Now every effort must be made to prevent a debt depression.

As we gear up for another battle over the debt ceiling, I will continue to insist on spending cuts and entitlement reforms.

If the president believes that more tax increases on American households and businesses are the way we are going to solve this deficit and debt crisis, he is absolutely wrong.

I expect President Obama to come together and work with Congress to find serious and meaningful reforms to address our spending and encourage pro-growth tax reform. The debt ceiling debate will be another chance for Washington to break free from a long line of big spending and

anti-growth policies.

It is also high time that both chambers of Congress agree on a budget. The House has passed budget resolutions for the past two years, but the Senate has failed to do its part — having not passed a budget in nearly four years. Without a budget framework there is no end in sight to the tax-and-spend-as-you-go policies of the Obama administration. Finding common ground on a budget that cuts spending and implements much needed entitlement reform won’t be easy, but it is time that Washington stops playing political games and make the difficult decisions that we were elected to make for the American people.

For example, with 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day, it is no secret that our health-care costs will only continue to skyrocket. Medicare spending is projected to grow over 7 percent per year for the next decade, and the fund will be exhausted by 2024.

The House-passed budget proposed a plan for tackling this that allows those 55 and older to keep their traditional Medicare benefits while simultaneously preserving Medicare for our children and

grandchildren — those under 55. This is the kind of forward thinking that we need more of in Washington.

There are also spending cuts Congress must consider that can help rebuild the trust of the American people. I regularly hear from constituents who are frustrated by the inefficiencies and waste in the federal government.

The Government Accountability Office releases an annual report that identifies duplicative programs, like the more than 100 programs dealing with surface transportation issues and the 82 federal programs that monitor teacher quality. To be fair, I recognize that consolidating these programs is not enough to solve our debt crisis, but it should be addressed. It is flatout wrong for government to ask taxpayers for more money when government isn’t doing the best possible job it can with the tax dollars it has already been given.

As Congress takes on the colossal task of reducing our debt and deficit, let’s not leave any stone — big or small — unturned.

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner serves Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.

Ask yourself: What’s the good word?

One of our very astute readers from the community reached out last week to thank me for all of the columns over the past few years. Jim shared with me that although he began reading my column with skepticism and doubt, eventually the consistency in each column finally won him over.

The consistency he mentioned was the choice of words that I use.

Jim used several examples of specific words from prior articles that he said helped him finally make some changes in his own life. Words like positive, joy, passion, hope, encouragement, success, love, kindness, enthusiasm, achievement and commitment were included among the many in the “word bank” he is now keeping for himself.

You see, Jim had been raised in a less than positive home and environment.

He felt like he had surrounded himself with friends and acquaintances that also exuded a less than energetic and enthusiastic attitude. He even said that his current

family situation had become one in which no one was happy, positive or motivated.

Jim made a choice a several months ago to start collecting the words from this column and include them in his vocabulary with everyone he came in contact with. He shared that although he started slowly using just one or two words a day, before he knew it every sentence he used included some form of positive, uplifting, encouraging, inspiring and motivating words. And here is the part of the email that really got me:

Smith: ‘Gaslighting’ comes from drama Smith continues from Page 8

disorienting the victim.”

“The term comes from the play ‘Gas Light’ and its film adaptations.” The most notable version, “Gaslight,” starred Ingrid Bergman.

A friend told me about a classmate at an art school who used to sneak into his professor’s office every night and move everything about an inch to the left or to the right.

He thought it was conceptual art. One night, the prankster walked in on his professor playing “hide and seek” with a coed. The student was expelled. Now he’s one of Kutcher’s cabinet members.

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

“It was funny Mr. Norton, the more I used those words, the better I felt about myself and the more I smiled. I almost couldn’t help myself but smile and everyone around me started smiling too.”

Now I certainly didn’t invent those words, and I am not the master motivator as some such authors and experts are, but I am and will continue to be a messenger of a positive message. We should all have a “Jim” in our lives and if we don’t, maybe we can also become a little like Jim and adopt that positive outlook, build our own word bank of the words that resonate with us, and then share our powerful and positive new vocabulary with everyone we meet or greet as a part of our everyday conversations.

Do you think you can add those words, say them out loud and not smile or look happy? I have to believe that the answer is no.

I am absolutely convinced that we can all make such a huge difference in our

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Pizza franchise seeks success at site of four failed restaurants

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com The curse of the former Blue Rox Grill restaurant site in Lone Tree is about to be broken, restaurateur Shane Purcel believes. In June, he will open the Mellow Mushroom in the same space that’s so far housed four failed restaurants.

“We plan on totally redoing the building, and having a big patio with glass garage doors we’ll be able to use year-round,” Purcel said. “Tens of thousands of cars drive by there every day. It’s up on top of a hill. It’s got grew views of the mountains. There is no reason for a resultant to fail there.”

The building, which opened in 1999 in the city’s Entertainment District, has housed Hops, Kassai, Grazio and the Blue Rox restaurants, all of them short-lived. It’s been shuttered since 2010, with inquiries from Fascinations, Hooters and others.

The Mellow Mushroom, with pizza-tossing cooks and colorful decor, seems a good fit for the familyfriendly shopping center, city leaders believe. The 120-site franchise already has earned a reputation in the metro area with its Streets at Southglenn and downtown Denver locations.

“There are pizza restaurants everywhere,” Purcel said.

“But a good pizza restaurant is hard to find. Ours is different than anything else you’ve had.”

The decor will be different, too.

Purcel plans to gut the Park Meadows Drive building, add a patio and splash the interior with color.

“In Centennial, we’ve got this psy-

The Mellow Mushroom’s Centennial site features its trademark whimsical decor. Photo by Deborah Grigsby chedelic tavern look,” Purcel said.

“In Lone Tree, we’re doing to do this retro ’70s look. A lot of the colors, shapes and materials will remind you of things you thought probably never would come back into style — and probably never will — but it will be cool in the restaurant.”

Exterior colors that include shades of orange and blue nearly proved the restaurant’s undoing, earning it split votes from both the planning commission and city council. But one planning commissioner, who described the current building as bland and uninviting, thinks the colors may be keys to the Mellow Mushroom’s success and a draw for the Entertainment Center.

City Councilmember Harold Anderson, who voted against the proposal, said the exterior colors were his only concern.

“To me, colors like that get your attention, but I’m not sure if it brings people there to shop,” he said. “But I

can understand why they did it.”

Longtime resident Anderson said the gaudy appearance of some buildings and a desire to limit such designs played a major role in the decision to incorporate Lone Tree in 1995. That history was on his mind when he cast his “no” vote.

Purcel muted the orange and blue to appease city officials, but wouldn’t let it go entirely. “If you look around the Entertainment District, they have some kind of crazy colors going on there already,” he said. “We have no interest in making a tacky building. It’s going to look good.”

Community development director Steve Hebert is optimistic the whimsical exterior that is part of Mellow Mushroom’s marketing scheme will have a broader impact.

“Maybe the Entertainment District is an appropriate place for that,” he said.

“Hopefully, it creates a synergy with the movie theater.”

CLUBS IN YOUR COMMUNITY

A DREAMPOWER Animal Rescue / PAALS adoption for cats, dogs and more meets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Park Meadows PetsMart. Call 303-688-9503.

Meadows Drive, at the corner of Yosemite and Park Meadows. We are a growing club with 51 members. Our mission is assisting communities and “at risk” children in difficult home environments with financial and personal help and mentoring. Call Frank Zieg at 303-796-1213.

DTC KIWANIS Club meets at 7 a.m. every Tuesday at Mimi’s Cafe, 9555 Park

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each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lone Tree Library. Reading selections are short—plays, short stories, essays, or excerpts from longer works—and new members can come in at any time. We also watch Teaching Company lectures on “The Art of Reading.” Call Kerri Martin at 303-688-7628 or David Williams at 303-708-8854.

LONE TREE Fine Arts Group is a

nonprofit group that encourages exploration of the fine arts in monthly community workshops. The group meets in the artist-friendly workspace at the Lone Tree Civic Center at 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, in Lone Tree, the third Saturday each month. Visit www.cityoflonetree. com and the link is “interest groups and involvement.”

LONE TREE Optimists meets from noon to 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays at LePeep Restaurant, 7156 E. County Line Road. Call Miles Hardee at 303-973-6409.

ORIGINAL PORTS of Call Singles Club for ages 55 and older is a great way to meet new friends and get out among others in your situation! We call our selves a” Circle of Friends. We have a variety of interests, cards, theater, tours, dinners, lunches, golf , bowling and dances etc. It meets every second Monday at Sr. Ric on Miss. from 4-6 p.m. in Aurora. Call JoAnn at 303-751-5195 or just come. It meets every fourth Tuesday at Chads South of Sixth Avenue in Lakewood form 4-6 p.m. Call Mary Riney at 303-985-8937. The third Wednesday at the Three Margaritas at 5130 S Wadsworth Blvd from 5-7 p.m. Call Jean Fox 303-730-2804.

TALK SHOP. The Writing School presents a free Sunday afternoon gathering for writers of all genres and skill levels, where they can talk about their work and brainstorm with other writers. Meet from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sundays at the Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, just west of the Lone Tree Library.

Contact sviders@thewritingschool.org THE WRITING School presents “Shop

Talk,” a free Sunday afternoon gathering for writers of all genres and skill levels, where they can talk about their work and brainstorm with other writers.

1:30-3:30 pm Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, just west of the Lone Tree Library. sviders@thewritingschool.org

WIDOWED MEN and Women of America Link 8 Social Hour meets every Tuesday for a Social Hour at Las Brisas Restaurant at 6787 S. Clinton St. Greenwood Village at 5 p.m. Any questions contact Kathy at 303 779-7970.

WORDS FOR the Journey Christian Writers Guild meets from 9:30-11 a.m.

Tuesdays at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road in Parker. The group has a guest speaker from 7-9 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8374 S. Willow St. in Lone Tree. Visit www.wordsforthejourney.org then go to the Rocky Mountain Region link for more information.

SUPPORT DOUGLAS COUNTY Association for Gifted and Talented. DCAGT aims to provide education, advocacy, and a community for families with gifted children in Douglas County. DCAGT welcomes families with kids in preschool through high school and in public, private, charter, and home school. Free evening parent meetings on various topics are held every few months at locations throughout Douglas County. To join or for more information, e-mail information@ dcagt.org or go to www.dcagt.org or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/douglascounty.gifted KIDS, KIDS In Divorce Survival, group meets to address the challenges and difficulties faced by divorcing families.

A five week session, KIDS learn coping skills to help them through these trying times. Intake and registration required.

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Pair aim to shake up politics Brackney, Vogt plan ‘Common Sense Party’

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Together, they’ve helped create things as simple as the Haunts of Littleton ghost tour, as worthy as the Greater Littleton Youth Initiative and as complex as the entire city of Centennial. Now John Brackney and Brian Vogt are taking it national, aspiring to create a new brand of politics they’ve dubbed the “Common Sense Party.”

Longtime friends and conspirators, Brackney succeeded Vogt as the president of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, where he remains today. Vogt went on to head up Denver Botanic Gardens.

“This is not a chamber event,” Brackney told the 40 or so people who showed up at Romancing the Bean coffee shop for an inaugural meeting Jan. 19. “This is a John and Brian crazy-idea event.”

As crazy as it sounds, the two are approaching it quite seriously, saying they don’t want to be just a group of people sitting around complaining.

“I’m a rationalist,” said Vogt. “I look at things and think you can always solve a problem. … I like to get stuff done.”

Joining the two as group organizers are Andrew Graham, John Vachalek and Patrick Pratt. The plan was born of their frustration with the debilitating effects of today’s extreme polarization in politics, they say.

“Prudent management of government should not be the great cause of our time. It should be a given,” they write on their Meetup page.

“Competence is not a transcendent mission, a rallying cry for a nation. Yet, we cannot move on to bigger and bet-

John Brackney, at far right, explains his vision for the Common Sense Party to those who attended its inaugural meeting at Romancing the Bean on Jan. 19. Photo by Jennifer Smith ter visions until we get our house in order. No dessert until we finish the vegetables.”

Vogt offered a theory about how things have gone so awry: The Greatest Generation sacrificed everything for its children, but ended up raising them to never be stressed, never want for anything.

“We’re the most spoiled generation that American’s ever seen,” he said.

“That embarrasses me as a boomer.”

Attendees spanned personal, professional and political spectrums: young, old and in between; Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliateds; attorneys, students, entrepreneurs and politicians.

Common bonds included dissatisfaction with a broken system, a desire to bridge gaps, concern about the economy and valuing a grassroots, local approach.

“If we think that what’s going on around us is irrational, then we need to work toward rationality,” said Vogt.

Many expressed the notion that in reality, more things unite than divide them.

Vogt stressed an initial focus on finding those things and acting on them, then moving on to more contentious matters. He asked the members to form four working groups to get started immediately: one to establish core values, one to identify tangible opportunities, one to study the lessons of history, and one to come up with workable tactics.

He urged attendees to spread the word and recruit like-minded folks to the movement.

“There are incredible ways that the smallest things, anywhere in the world, can really catch on and catch fire,” he said.

Carrying handgun not for everyone Class explores psychology of concealed weapons

By Deborah Grigsby

dgrigsby@ourcolorado news.com Talk of federal gun control has emptied sporting goods stores of both ammunition and weapons, and caused many who may have never fired a weapon in their lives to consider purchasing a handgun.

But what one local mental health professional wants people to know is that choosing not to own a weapon is OK, too.

According to Dr. Charles Allen, a Centennial psychologist who is also an NRA basic firearms instructor

and range safety officer, it’s important for individuals to understand the reasoning behind their desire to own a gun, long before the purchase.

“How do you feel when you hold a weapon?” asked Allen.

“How do you think you’d feel carrying a concealed weapon into the grocery store?”

These are just some of the tough questions he poses to students in his Psychology of Carrying a Gun course, taught at the Centennial Gun Club in Centennial.

“Students who aren’t comfortable with pulling the trigger, as well as accepting the responsibility with what goes along with that decision, shouldn’t

own a gun at all,” said Allen.

“And there’s absolutely no shame in choosing not to own or carry. I think that’s important to point out.”

Allen, a former Marine who worked for more than two decades with veterans suffering from PTSD, said all the hype around gun control has put some in the difficult position of choosing between fear and what is comfortable.

In some cases, the elderly or disabled feel a gun is an equalizer.

Allen said his students mostly range between 30 and 60 years of age, with the oldest being 90.

“People have different reasons for owning a weapon, and that’s what we explore in the class.”

The highest volume of

students, according to Allen, comes from the medical field.

“Doctors, cosmetic surgeons, nurses and other medical professionals are among the majority of those I see applying for a concealed weapons permit,” he said.

“Basically because of their ability to access drugs.”

Allen also teaches classes for people recovering from trauma and gun-related violence.

“Gun violence has a farreaching impact,” he said.

“School shootings a thousand miles away have parents here in Colorado trying to explain what happened.”

For more information on classes and training, call Allen at 303-898-7001.

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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING. The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and Douglas County Deputy’s Association, with cooperation from The Wildlife Experience, the Police Unity Tour and Colorado Auxiliary of Wives Behind the Badge, is hosting the screening of a new documentary film titled “Heroes behind the Badge.” The documentary involves surviving and victim officers of police related shootings, and their journey through the event and healing process. The movie screening is at 7 p.m. Jan. 24, at The Wildlife Experience, 10035 Peoria St. Tickets can be purchased online for $15, http://coput.org/hbtb, or at the door for $20. All proceeds go to the National Police Memorial Fund or the Police Unity Tour.

JAN. 29 TO FEB. 10 NOISES OFF. The Lone Tree Arts Center presents “Noises Off,” a

comedy that follows the on- and off -stage antics of a mediocre touring company as they stumble from dress rehearsal to disastrous last night of their comedy play. The show runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 10 on the Main Stage Theater at the center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter. org. Tickets start at $29. Senior half-price matinee performance is Feb 6 at 1:30 p.m.

FEB. 2 GO RED. Park Meadows has partnered with the American Heart Association and Macy’s in the fight against heart disease

with Go Red for Women and Girls Night Out from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 2. Shoppers will receive information and tips on keeping a healthy heart. Supporters will also enjoy dark chocolate tastings, a wine charm craft station, music and giveaways. For more information, visit parkmeadows.com or call 303-792-2999.

FEB. 5 SEEDLINGS: LINDA the Jungle Lady. The Jungle Lady performs Feb. 5 in a fun, safe educational shows featuring live animals at the Lone Tree Arts Center Event Hall. She helps make these amazing creatures approachable. Come join this exciting, unusual show, and have an opportunity to touch some of the snakes, bugs, lizards, turtles and a hedgehog. The center is at 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter. org. Tickets are $3.

FEB. 7 ECONOMIC MEETING. Denver South Economic Development Partnership will meet from 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Presenting will be Andrew Hudson, of Andrew Hudson’s PR Jobs List, and Aaron Kennedy, Colorado’s chief marketing officer. A continental breakfast will be served. RSVP to Lynn Myers, lynn@denversouthedp.org.

FEB. 13 “VELVETEEN RABBIT” Lone Tree Arts Center presents “Velveteen Rabbit,” produced by Enchantment Theater, is presented at 10 a.m. and noon Feb. 13 on the Main Stage, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets are $8 for individuals or $5 for groups of 10 or more. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

CHAMBER MUSIC A trio of piano, violin and cello perform the haunting melodies of Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio as we travel back to Napoleon’s reign. Enjoy live music mixed with scenes from the movie Colonel Chabert, a story of the rise and fall of Colonel Chabert (Gerard Depardieu), one of Napoleon’s officers.

Also performed are Brahms’ Hungarian Dance #2 for violin and piano and Schubert’s Impromptu, Opus 90 for piano. Betsy Schwarm will provide live program notes. The show is at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 13, in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org. Tickets are $15 and include refreshments after the performance.

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there are three people paying in and one person taking out; in three years, there will be two people paying in and one person taking out.”

Simpson added that on any given day, more than 10,000 Americans are turning 65 and the nation’s life expectancy in three years will close to 80, rendering the entire system, as it stands, unsustainable.

By 2031, Social Security checks will be 25 percent less, and in two and a half years, Social Security disability insurance will be gone due to overuse.

Defense spending was also on Simpson’s list of targets.

“Our defense budget is $740 billion,” he said. “The defense budget of the top 17 countries on earth, including Russia and China, combined is only $540 billion.”

Department of Defense school systems, Medicare, hospitals, the home mortgage deduction, taxes and tort reform — Simp-

son left no stone unturned.

Businessman Jim Lambatos, who owns Ivy, an upscale restaurant in Centennial, said Simpson’s ideas are refreshing.

“I really got a lot of insight into why most Americans don’t understand the situation this country is in, and it’s sad,” said Lambatos.

“From today’s event I’m really taking away a philosophy of working smarter, more efficiently and focusing on sustainability.”

“We have many of the same challenges in local and state politics as there are at the federal level,” said Phil Cernanec, Littleton city councilmember.

Simpson closed with a warning.

“Hang on, because when March comes, we’re just gonna kick the can down the road,” he said of the upcoming vote by Congress to raise the debt ceiling. “And if any 30-year-old can’t figure out what’s gonna happen to them when they turn 65, they don’t need any help from me. They are gonna get creamed.”

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The initial influx of Schwab workers likely will be from 9-to-5 only, however. Because the current employees already work for the company and are established in the Denver area, Bulgatz doesn’t expect many of them to buy homes or rent apartments in Lone Tree.

Lone Tree’s Planning Commission gave the project a preliminary review during its Jan. 22 meeting, but the first phase of construction still must undergo review by both the commission and city council.

The Rampart Range Metro District, which serves RidgeGate, already is moving dirt on Schwab’s future site. That includes construction of a new street that will feed into Lincoln at Heritage Hills Circle, creating a four-way intersection. The new street, Bellwether Lane, will extend south to RidgeGate Parkway, tracing the west side of Schwab’s campus. Bellwether likely will open to traffic in September.

Schwab is headquartered in San Francisco, but has more than 300 branch offices and employs about 13,000 people in 45 states, London and Puerto Rico.

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penalties.

Hobbs-Wright suggests businesses review their drug policy, and make sure their employees know what the rules and penalties will be regarding marijuana.

“Some employers might want to tighten

up the definition of illegal drugs in their policy, to explicitly mention marijuana,“ Hobbs-Wright said.

So what would have to change for an employee to be able to smoke marijuana at the company picnic without fear of firing?

“I think ‘legal’ would have to mean legal at all levels,” she answered.

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f you either are or have been a landlord or tenant, you undoubtedly have heard of Colorado’s treble damage statute pertaining to security deposits.

Knowing that the statute exists is not enough. It is important to understand how it really works.

The purpose of a security deposit is to provide the landlord with a financial resource in the event of a default by the tenant or for damages done by the tenant to the property. However, the money, although held by the landlord, still belongs to the tenant.

Colorado law requires that at the end of one month after the termination of a lease or surrender of the premises, whichever occurs last, the landlord must ei-

ther return the full amount of the security deposit to the tenant or provide the tenant with a written accounting of the damages incurred and how that portion of the security deposit is to be withheld and applied by the landlord to repair damages. This is true, whether there is a written lease or not. The landlord may, in a written lease, extend the one month time period to no more than sixty days from the lease termination or surrender of the premises.

If the landlord fails to either return the full amount of the security deposit or does not provide the written accounting required by the statute, together with the check for the remainder of the security deposit, the landlord forfeits all of his rights to recover any part of the security deposit. The landlord then also becomes potentially liable for treble the amount of the security deposit, plus attorney fees and court costs, in the event that suit is brought against him. However, in order for the tenant to recover treble damages, attorney fees and court costs, he must send a written notice to the landlord providing him with a seven day notice that a suit will be brought in the event that the full amount of the security deposit is not returned.

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It is then too late for the landlord to get a second bite of the apple and refund only that portion of the security deposit after damages are deducted. The landlord must return the full amount of the security deposit since he has forfeited all of it in failing to comply with the original one month or 60 day deadline called for by the statute, under C.R.S. 38-12-103. T o o often landlords think that they can provide a list of damages within the seven day notice period and return only that portion of the security deposit that they feel the tenant is entitled to because of the damages incurred. However, the landlord has missed the boat

landlord to include in his lease a 60 day time period within which to return the security deposit in order to give him sufficient time to assess the amount of damages, if any, that were incurred. It is also important to note that the landlord may retain the security deposit in full for non-payment of rent, abandonment of the premises, non-payment of utility charges, repair work or cleaning contracted for by the tenant. He may not retain any portion of the security deposit for normal wear and tear.

Knowing how the statute works is essential to understanding your rights, whether you are a landlord or tenant.

and is now responsible for the full amount of the deposit despite any damages that may have been done to the premises.

If the case is brought to court, the landlord will be stuck with treble damages, attorney fees and court costs, but may be allowed an offset for the damages incurred.

If he fails to request that offset, he might have to bring a separate court action only on damages incurred to the premises, but in both cases, he will still be stuck with treble damages, attorney fees and court costs, all of which will make his oversight, even if an offset is allowed, a losing proposition.

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Highlands Ranch Metro District has a Forestry Technician position now open! 2 years urban forestry exp. is req. For details & application visit www.highlandsranch.org.

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available for locally owned community bank. Competitive salary and great benefits. Cash handling and customer service preferred.

Fax resume to Robin at 303-6889882. EOE

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married male quadrapeligic. P/T mornings and evenings. $8-$12 an hr. DOE. Must live within 15 min. of I-36 and Church Ranch Rd. and have dependable trans. Call 303487-1336 for details.

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AND ASSISTANTS NEEDED FOR SOUTH EAST DENVER AREA, HIGHLANDS RANCH, PARKER, CENTENNIAL, AURORA AND ELIZABETH FOR SPANISH PROGRAM AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR RESUME TO: spanishenrich@aol.com OR FAX 303-840-8465

Town of Parker

is accepting applications for Victim Advocate Volunteers and for more information and to apply, go to www.parkeronline.org.

Valet Attendant openings in Black Hawk CO.

Valet Attendant openings in Black Hawk CO. The properties are open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, year round with positions available on ALL shifts. Weekend availability is preferred and flexible schedules are available.

Candidates must be 18 years of age with a valid Driver’s License and be able to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen. Individuals should apply at www.townepark.com.

Personal Caregivers and Homemakers

needed Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock. Reliable, dependable, exp. preferred. bi-lingual Korean helpful for 1 client. Call Personal Touch Senior Services (303)9725141

Ranch Hand needed for 4

hrs in the mornings for general horse care and maintenance.

Castle Rock / Larkspur area. Additional hours and possible live-in arrangements available for the right person. Please call 303-961-4818.

Western Summit Constructors, Inc. is seeking

Receptionist

Littleton Public Schools is looking for a receptionist responsible for greeting and directing individuals visiting the Education Services Center; answering the District telecommunication system and directing calls to appropriate individuals throughout the District. This is a full time, year round position in support of the Superintendent’s and the Communications offices. Fluency in Spanish is required.

Apply online: www.littletonpublicschools.net.

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for busy pediatric practice in Castle Rock. Full time/part time.

Please Fax (303)814-0717 or email

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Formwork Carpenters (including Foremen, Leadmen & Helpers), Concrete Finishers, Concrete Placing Foremen, Pipefitters, Yard Pipe (Operators, Layers & Laborers) and Tower Crane Operators for Metro Denver area projects (58th & York and Chambers & Hess). Applications will be taken at 9780 Pyramid Ct, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112, from 8 -5 M-F. Send resumes to Careers@westernsummit.com or call (303)325-0325. WSCI is an EEO Employer.

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Instruction Violin Lessons - Castle Rock

Beginning - Intermediate $25/1/2 hr.

Prefer elementary - middle school age. FREE Consultation (303)814-9240

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TO SELL YOUR GENTLY USED ITEMS, CALL 303-566-4100 GARAGE & ESTATE SALES Estate Sales 6466 Ammons Street January 26th & 27th 8am-3pm Antiques, Linens, Housewares, Furniture, Tools and much more 4 blocks West of 64th and Wadsworth

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Don’t dawdle, Denver diners

Skiers have been enjoying the powder at Vail Resorts for 50 years. The resort has hosting celebrations all winter to mark the anniversary. Photo courtesy of Vail Resorts

Ski areas celebrate across Colorado Vail man grew up lucky with three resorts

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Pete Seibert Jr. doesn’t know life without a pair of skis.

Like so many Coloradans, his first taste of the Centennial State’s winter wonderland took place at Loveland Ski Area, which his dad managed in the 1950s. It was when he was 7, though, that his dad changed the face of Colorado ski country forever.

Along with a tight-knit group of friends, all of whom were serious skiers, Pete Seibert Sr. turned an empty valley full of vision into the reality now known as Vail.

That was 50 years ago, and this winter Vail is one of a handful of resorts across the state celebrating a landmark birthday.

Loveland just blew out a cake with 75 candles on it Jan. 12.

“We had a couple things working against us, with the cold and the Broncos playoff game, but everyone that came up had a great time,” said Loveland marketing director John Sellers, adding that the resort’s celebration will continue through the end of March with its 75 days of giveaways and plenty of specials. Tommyknockers, the nearby Idaho Springs brewery, has also made a special anniversary beer.

Loveland has just 31 percent of its terrain open, but has eight of nine lifts running.

“We are hopefully one good storm from dropping some ropes and getting a lot more open,” Sellers said. “It looks like there’s going to be a shift in the weather pattern and we’ll finish out the month snowy, but weather is hard to predict beyond a week out.”

Down the road at Vail, skiers and boarders are enjoying having 30 of 31 lifts and 98 percent of the terrain open, and although their big bash is behind them too, there is plenty going on the rest of the winter to help celebrate the resort’s history.

There will be interactive ice sculpting at the Gore Creek Promenade through Feb. 10 and guests can visit the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum all season long. Vail’s original marketing director, Roger Cotton Brown, also created a special documentary for the 5oth, titled “Vail, the Rise of America’s Iconic Ski Resort,” which will be showing in the Lionshead Welcome Center through April.

Keeping the party going

Other resorts in nostalgic party mode this season include Copper Mountain, which celebrated its 40th anniversary opening weekend, Eldora, which turned 50 this winter, and Steamboat, which just concluded a 10-day party to commemorate 50 years. Steamboat Springs’ Howelsen Hill — the training ground for 79 Olympians — will hold its 100th Winter Carnival Feb. 6-10.

“We used to go down to the winter carnival at Steamboat each year when we were

Jeremy Jones of Truckee, Calif., eyes Loveland Ski Area from the top of the ridge. Loveland is offering 75 days of giveaways and other specials to mark its 75th anniversary season. Courtesy photo by Dustin Schaefer

Bruce Ruff of Golden enjoys some fresh powder at Loveland Ski Area. The closest big mountain to Denver, Loveland is celebrating its 75th season this winter.

Courtesy photo by Dustin Schaefer kids,” Seibert Jr. said. “We grew up on the east side of Eagle County, where sheepherders were replaced by the skiers, but going down there you’d get into the thick of cowboy country. We’d go on a ski tour through town and the cowboys would pull us.”

While Seibert Jr. has skied all over Colorado and the West, most of his memories stem from his days as a youth in Vail, where he has been selling real estate for the last 20 years and still takes advantage of as many powder days as possible each season, some of them with his dad’s friends who helped make Vail what it is today.

“It was just an incredible stroke of good luck to be born into that situation and have a chance to experience it,” he said. “It was (my dad’s) creativity, energy and effort, not mine, though, that made it all happen.”

Seibert Sr. died 10 years ago, but left behind one of the world’s most visited resorts.

“The town has changed a lot over the years, but what makes Vail ‘Vail’ is all of the local places, many of which have been around since the beginning,” Seibert Jr. said. “Once you get to the backside of Vail it is a lot like it was in the late ‘50s though, before there were lifts. It helps keep you grounded.”

At that time, Seibert Jr. recalls, summers were like “a real Huck Finn sort of thing, out in the woods and playing in the creek.”

He also remembers days when the town of Minturn was where you had to go for groceries or a movie and when the doctor left the mountain each spring when the snow melted.

As much as things have changed though, the freedom found in skiing will last forever.

Hoping for a 7 p.m. reservation at Barolo Grill, Elway’s Cherry Creek or Ocean Prime during Denver Restaurant Week(s)?

Prime time seats at those foodie favorites are filled.

The menus for the 9th Annual Denver Restaurant Week(s) (Feb. 23 to March 8) last week went live at www.denverrestaurantweek.com, and many of the most popular spots were “fully committed” (restaurant speak for “you’re out of luck, pal”) before the end of the work day with the exception of early (5 p.m.) or late (after 9) reservation slots.

But with more than 300 restaurants already participating in the event that charges $52.80 per couple ($26.40 for one) for a three-course meal, there are plenty of eateries to go around. But, if you snooze, you lose. One way to check reservation availabilities is to go to www.opentable. com.

“The great fun of restaurant week is gathering together friends, exploring the hundreds of menus on the website, and then experimenting and trying new restaurants or revisiting old favorites,” said Richard Scharf, president & CEO of Visit Denver, the owner and organizer of the event.

More than 300 restaurants have already signed up to participate in 2013 with more coming on board every day. “We will continue to post menus on the site as we get them from the restaurants, so it pays to check the site frequently,” Scharf said.

While the event continues to grow — with 339 restaurants participating last year, Denver broke all records for restaurant weeks across the country — some beloved fine dining spots opted out this year.

Perhaps most notably, was the decision

by Bonanno Concepts, the restaurant company owned by chef Frank Bonanno, to “86” its two white tablecloth spots, Mizuna and Luca d’Italia, from the Denver Restaurant Week(s) menu.

Other lower priced Bonanno Concepts restaurants — Osteria Marco, Russell’s Smokehouse, Lou’s Food Bar and Bones (which are all wonderful) — are still part of the program.

“Frank gives his chefs freedom when it comes to menu creation and events, and the chef teams at Mizuna and Luca d’Italia have decided to decline participation in this year’s Denver Restaurant Week because they simply prefer to run business as usual,” said Lauren Hendrick, PR and marketing coordinator for Bonanno Concepts. “It’s really as simple as that.”

A new feature on the www.denverrestaurantweek.com website allows diners to share their “Must-Dine” lists with their friends on Facebook, giving them yet another way to make their plans.

Based on surveys, a record 404,400 meals were served during DRW 2012, up 12 percent over the 360,480 total meals served in 2011. Website traffic at the DRW site saw 7 million page views in 2012.

Scharf encouraged diners to make reservations early, but sent a word of warning to “no shows.”

“Please honor your reservations,” he said. “One of the most frustrating things about the event is when people make a reservation, and don’t show up, denying other diners that time slot. Don’t be a no-show!

Please notify the restaurant if your plans change so they can fill that table.”

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January 24, 2013

‘Noises Off’ turns comedy on Physical show set for run at Lone Tree

IF YOU GO “Noises Off” runs Jan 29-Feb. 10 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Performances are daily except Monday. See: lonetreeartscenter.org for times and prices, which start at $29. Or call the box office, 720-5091000 (Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “It’s one of the funniest contemporary farces — a difficult show to do” director Nick Sugar said about Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off.” It will play Jan. 29 to Feb. 10 at Lone Tree Arts Center, produced by LTAC and Starkey Productions.

“We have a group of talented, fun, energetic actors,” Sugar added. They are an essential component of a successful production of this fast-moving show. These actors are skilled in physical comedy and the splitsecond timing that’s needed to pull it off.

Frayn had the idea for the play after watching the backstage dynamics of a cast.

The first act shows a rehearsal of a not-verygood acting company, on tour with a fictional British sex comedy, “Noises Off.” Act II is a mad series of interactions in a country house. Act III is the final night performance.

“It’s all in the timing,” Sugar said. “Act II is all physical — basically choreographed.”

This veteran director is an experienced choreographer as well. “In Act II, we say

Trina Magness (Dotty); Anna Gibson (Brooke); Michael Bouchard (Garry); Rachel Bouchard (Poppy); Lauren Bahlman (Belinda); and Evan Marquez (Freddie) appear in “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photo ‘OK, your body has to move this way, while you’re holding this prop…’ We need to tell the story very cleanly.”

The script requires a two-story building, with lots of doors, set on a revolving stage.

Sugar said Lone Tree Arts Center was able to borrow it from the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, which produced the farce last summer.

He has been able to have it set up in the

rehearsal space, and then they’ll take it apart and rebuild it on the stage — “a real luxury.” Usually, actors have to imagine the set while they are rehearsing, until the last week or so.

This cast started rehearsing on weekends in December.

“We’re laughing a lot,” Sugar says of the rehearsal process. “This comedy took me out of the musical theater realm to the drama realm and an exploration of accents too” — a pleasant change for a busy director. “I can’t help but love those guys,” he says of cast members Lauren Bahlman, Michael Bouchard, Rachel Bouchard, Kurt Brighton, Scot Calhoon, Anna Gibson, Trina Magness, Evan Marquez and Ron Welch.

Sugar, whose next project will be “Hair” at Town Hall, serves as a board member at Town Hall and helped arrange a partnership wherein Town Hall fans could get $10 off tickets for the Lone Tree production by using the code TOWNHALL when they order tickets.

Concert is case of military brass The six musicians in the United States Air Force Stellar Brass Ensemble perform in a broad range of musical styles: Renaissance music, American folk songs, Latin style, jazz, marches, barbershop …. The versatile sextet will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 1 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

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The Air Force’s Stellar Brass Ensemble will perform a free concert at Littleton United Methodist Church. Courtesy photo

Lender’s Panel The South Metro Denver SBDC and SCORE are hosting a panel of experts to discuss various lending options available for small businesses

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 6:00 pm– 8:30 pm $10 per person

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 342 Centennial, CO 80122 Don’t miss out on this chance to get all the information you need about funding your business!

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‘Blue Notes’ show coming

“Blue Notes” is the title of the first free concert in 2013 by the Highlands Ranch Concert Band. It will perform at 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The program includes “Rhapsody in Blue”

by George Gershwin; a march, “True Blue” by prolific band composer Karl King; and “The Blue and the Gray (A Civil War Suite)” by Clare Grundman, an influential composer of band and wind ensemble repertoire. For information on this event or on how to join the Highlands Ranch Concert Band or Swing Shift, its Big Band offshoot, contact band president Kelley Messall,

Dance students to perform

Colorado Ballet Central and South Academy students in the pre-professional division will showcase their dancing in a program at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, at 4 p.m. Jan. 27. Tickets, $10/$5, are available at Lakewood. org/culturalcenter or at 303-987-7845.

‘Hair’ auditions slated

Audition notice: “Hair” at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

Director is Nick Sugar. Auditions

Paperback Palooza

The Friends of the Arapahoe Library District host the annual Paperback Palooza from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Jan. 26 and 1-4:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 Biscay Circle, Centennial.

Thousands of paperbacks for 50 cents and an expanded better books section at various prices. Stock up for winter reading and help your library.

Last year, the Friends granted the library more than $100,000.

Parker: Grand champ steer will visit Brown Palace Parker continues from Page 19

And, on another note, please remember to tip your server on the real bill’s total, not just on the discounted $52.80 price tag. Mangia!

No bull

It’s always an event worth stampeding to when the 2013 Grand Champion Steer visits The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25.

The Grand Champion Steer will trot down a red carpet in the iconic property and make an appearance in the lobby, spending the afternoon grazing amongst guests enjoying the hotel’s afternoon tea service. The tradition, which began in 1945, is open to the public and will include opportunities to have pictures taken with the Grand Champion Steer as well as with the 2013 Rodeo Queens.

Comedy Works makes list

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held noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 2, with callbacks 6-10 p.m. Feb. 3. Prepare 36 bars of music in the style of the show. You may sing from the score. Accompanist provided. Resume and headshot required. Must be over 18. Nudity and hair are not required to be considered.

All ethnicities encouraged to audition.

Video submissions will be considered.

Rehearsals will start April 14 and performance dates are May 17 to June 16. Be familiar with the show. For appointment, contact Kim: kdrennan@ townhallartscenter.com, 303-7942787 ext. 5.

Stand-up comic Amy Schumer included the Denver Comedy Works club in a lauded list of her top 10 topflight comedy clubs in the country, which she shared with USA Today in its Friday edition.

Longtime Comedy Works own-

er Wende Curtis, who has locations on 15th near Larimer and in the Landmark development in Greenwood Village, has created a national reputation for her clubs among standout stand-up comedians.

Schumer, whose Comedy Central series “Inside Amy Schumer” premieres April 30, told USA Today that “the layout, the staff and the type of crowd all help make for a memorable show.”

Curtis said she was thankful that her club was included in such a list of luminaries. “I think I speak for all of us who know we have created something really special in Comedy Works,” she said.

“The comics, the staff, the management, the crowds and the spaces themselves … well, they speak for themselves. And we know how comics feel about Comedy Works. They tell us week after week.

“And now more of the nation knows.”

ect Angel Heart), Lori Midson (Westword), Lisa Hidalgo (Denver’s 7), Mark McIntosh (Mile High Sports Radio 1510-AM, 93.7-FM), Joan Brewster (American Culinary Foundation) and local celebrity Artie Guerrero at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, Colfax and Monroe, for the “Best Tasting Green Chili Contest” from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 26.

Pat “Gabby Gourmet” Miller will be covering the “heated debate” live on her Gabby Gourmet radio show on KHOW 630-AM. Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs will donate 10 percent of all hot dog sales on the day of the event to Project Angel Heart.

There will be plenty of green to share from more than 20 entries.

(Yikes, what have I gotten myself into?)

For more information, contact Gina Dickerson at 720-4359241 or via e-mail at info@chowdownforcharity.com, or visit the event’s website at www.chowdownforcharity.com.

Eatin’ of the green

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area.

Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@ blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

Finding the best green chili in Denver is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it — and one of those people may as well be me.

Join me along with other judges Jon Emanuel (executive chef, Proj-

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One finds recipes for Breakfast and Brunch; Little Snacks and Nibbles; Soups and Stews; Breads; Chicken, Meats and Other Mains; Pasta and Pizza; Salads and Sides; and Sweets.

Among the Mains is Mexican lasagna, which sounds like a good bet for most family dinners.

She says not to worry if tortillas come in a different size — just estimate the bulk. And to make this or other recipes calling for beef lower-calorie, substitute ground turkey, Byrn advises.

Mexican lasagna (serves 6 to 8)

¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 garlic clove, crushed in a garlic press 12 corn tortillas (8 inch) 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Mexican lasagna is a family dinner recipe from “Unbelievably Gluten-Free.”

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Studio combines ballet, strength training DVDs let clients take workout on road, home

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews. com Creating the ability to take barre fitness — a blend of ballet and strength training — on the road or into the living room, Littleton’s Ballet Physique fitness studio has launched a pair of DVDs for dancers.

Barre fitness, around for 50 years, is hitting a stride of popularity of late. Designed to work one’s muscles to the limit using balletinspired positions, the method increases flexibility and is perfect for those just starting to get in shape or those already there.

“We’ve seen many of our studio clients rapidly transform their bodies and gain confidence, energy and grace through our workouts,” said owner Kristen Zurek, the lead instructor on the 60-minute “Signature Sculpt” DVD. “I wanted to produce our DVD collection for people who aren’t able to take our classes regularly, so everyone can have affordable access to this incredible fitness method.

“Whatever you want to tone, shape, get rid of or strengthen, this workout will do. It works faster than any other workout … and

Kristen Zurek instructs proper form during a class at The Ballet Physique Jan. 18. Zurek founded the barre fitness studio and recently released two at-home workout DVDs. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen it’s a good burn.”

Zurek said one of the highlights of barre is that workouts are never the exact same, causing muscle confusion and adding core strength without the added bulk.

“Women are finding that they

are stronger than they’ve ever been, but also smaller,” Zurek said. “Although the workout is for men and women, it really hits the parts of a woman’s body that most of us are concerned about, the thighs, the glutes.”

“It’s really for anybody,” said Kristin Skordahl of Highlands Ranch, the lead instructor in the 45-minute “Amped Up” video.

“The clients love it because if they have a crazy schedule or go on vacation, they can feel like they are

right in the class. The workouts are very similar to what you get in the studio.”

The DVDs present different levels of exercise and workouts, perfect for a beginner or experienced dancer — which is a similar concept to how the studio is run.

“For someone who has not done a lot of ballet, it’s not the type of stuff that takes years to figure out,” said Vanessa Graziano, one of three instructors at the studio from Highlands Ranch. “The videos and the classes at the studio both (highlight) basic ballet positions that beginners understand but trained dancers appreciate.”

“Amped Up” is a more accelerated workout that focuses on building strength and boosting metabolism through the use of five- to eight-pound weights and fast-paced exercises.

Zurek’s “Signature Sculpt” works with lighter weights in the two- to four-pound range and focuses on body toning, gracefulness and more ballet-inspired techniques.

The Ballet Physique, Colorado’s first independently owned barre fitness studio, is located at 2539 W. Main St. in Littleton.

For more information, call 303955-1698 or visit www.theballetphysique.com.

The videos are available for sale at the studio as well as online.

Each DVD costs $19.95, but one can purchase both and get a free workout ball for $34.95. Introductory packages at the studio start at $20 for 10 days.

Book details pivotal WWII battle Parker history teacher spent five years on research, writing

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History teacher and Parker resident Don Cygan co-authored a book called “No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne.” He spent five years researching, interviewing and writing. Courtesy photo by Justin Cygan

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Turning hundreds of individual battle stories into one narrative is like putting together a complex jigsaw puzzle. Good thing history buff Don Cygan is a patient man.

Over the years, Cygan had read differing accounts of the Battle for Bastogne, a pivotal Christmas 1944 engagement in which paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, along with other units, stubbornly held out against the German onslaught despite a dangerous lack of supplies and poor weather conditions.

Cygan, an eighth-grade history teacher at Parker’s Sagewood Middle School, can’t point to the exact reason why he gravitated toward the story, spending five years conducting interviews and pulling military records from American and German sources.

He says the battle has surprisingly received little attention from historians, and he was compelled to reconcile the contradictory versions of the events.

“In battle, there’s always varying accounts because of what they call the `foxhole-eye view,’” Cygan said. “You’re only aware of what’s going on within a hundredyard radius, but when you overlap the stories with the reports, you get a bigger picture.”

The 49-year-old first-time author was enthused when he was able to get in contact with those who fought at Bastogne, including American veterans in their late 80s and early 90s. He even interviewed a German soldier named Ludwig Lindemann, who was forthcoming about his involvement in World War II and candid about his former belief in Hitler’s plans.

The missing pieces of the story were filled in by Leo Barron, a fellow historian from Arizona who served in Iraq and had been doing his own research on the Battle for Bastogne. The co-authors traveled to the site in Belgium and spoke to the descendentgs of those who lived in the area at the time of the Battle of the Bulge, of which the Battle for Bastogne was a turning point.

The complementary partnership result-

Parker resident Don Cygan co-authored a book about a WWII engagement called “No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne.” Courtesy image ed in a “remarkable story” with heroics that previously had not been documented. Cygan, a retired Army and National Guard Reserve serviceman, said many veterans told him they had never shared their story, not even with their wives.

“There are still huge stories coming out of World War II, things that people never got full information about because so much was going on,” he said. “It’s hard to realize the impact.”

After Cygan retained an agent, the 320page book, “No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne,” was quickly snapped up by the New American Library, a subsidiary imprint of Penguin Publishing. The authors have been encouraged by the book’s popularity since being released in November: Nearly 5,000 physical copies had been sold as of Jan. 18.

Cygan is scheduled to appear during a book signing and discussion at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 7 at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Highlands Ranch. The book is also available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other retailers, and can be purchased as an e-book.

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Audience favorite returns to Littleton ‘Forever Plaid’ on stage at Town Hall

IF YOU GO “Forever Plaid” plays through Feb. 10 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Jan. 26; plus 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 27. Tickets cost $20 to $40, 303-794-2787, ext. 5, Townhallartscenter.com.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Lights go up at Town Hall and you’re in the cocktail bar. It’s Feb. 9, 1964. The bandstand, surrounded by marquee lights, holds Donna Debreceni at the grand piano, which is draped in a swath of plaid fabric — and bassist Austin Hein.

The show on stage is “Forever Plaid” by Stuart Ross — an audience favorite in its third run at Town Hall since the theater opened 25 years ago. (Debreceni has played all three.)

Enter four young guys out of the mist, in white tux jackets and carrying candles.

They chant “Deus ex Plaid,” explaining that they were a start-up group, on the way to play a senior prom when they were broadsided and killed by a bus filled with Catholic teens, en route to the Ed Sullivan Show to see the Beatles.

Temporarily back on earth with a chance to do that one show, they immediately launch into: “Three Coins in a Fountain,” “Undecided” and “Moments to Remember” — dedicated to anyone who has ever been to a prom.

Tim Howard (Sparky), Jacob Villareal (Smudge), Barret Harper (Jinx) and Mark Middlebrooks (Francis) in their Ed Sullivan Show appearance during “Forever Plaid.” Courtesy photo Mark Middlebrooks (Francis), Barret Harper (Jinx), Jacob Villareal (Smudge) and Tim Howard (Sparky) are the four Plaids, who reminisce about their rehearsals, local performances and high school days in small-town Pennsylvania, longing for a bigtime gig.

They sing in perfect harmony, each with a distinct personality and move/dance, choreographed by director Nick Sugar, who observed that this is “a really sweet show.”

And it is. One leaves the theater smiling.

The first act continues with several more popular songs, ending with an entertaining

Economic Development Group Hear Optimistic Forecast at First Meeting of the Year by Manny Gonzales mgonzales@bestchamber.com

The future of economic development in the Denver area lies in innovation, technology, taking advantage of entertainment district opportunities and providing support to small businesses owners through federal loans. This was the report from city and state economic development directors to the South Metro Denver Chamber’s Economic Development Group (EDG) last week.

Paul Washington, the city of Denver’s economic development director, and Deborah Cameron, the director of Business Development at the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade, were the featured speakers at the EDG’s first meeting of 2013. They shared encouraging outlooks for business development in the metro area and the rest of the state.

“Work is currently underway to determine what’s our Colorado business brand that will help position us to recruit

a lot of new companies to the state,” Cameron said.

Cameron pointed to recent priorities set by Gov. Hickenlooper’s office that will result in the legislature considering a bill that provides economic development incentives for startups.

The bipartisan-supported Advanced Industries Accelerator Act would allow the state to funnel funding to early-stage technology companies and concepts, she said. Typically those companies lack the profits initially to allow them to take advantage of tax credits provided through current state incentives.

“The new year is off to a fabulous start, “ she said. “Those industries are critical to the economy.”

Washington told the 80 business executives in attendance that Denver’s future economic growth would rely heavily on the prosperity of businesses in the metro region as a whole and said the city would make moves in the future to provide assistance to businesses outside Denver’s boundaries.

The first pillar of Denver’s economic development strategy will be centered on business retention, Washington said.

The city is focused on retaining the more than 26,000 businesses within its boundaries and is creating a database of all major commercial leases so

that city officials can track and meet with business leaders before they start thinking about leaving Denver.

“We’ve already been able to retain one of our largest headquartered businesses thanks to this initiative,” Washington said.

He also revealed future development plans, such as developing the area south of Sports Authority Field as an entertainment district that will keep fans in the area before and after Denver Broncos games. Another future strategy will be to develop the National Western Stock Show area into a yearround center devoted to education and understanding the “Spirit of the West.”

“The stock show and the stadium are really going to fit into a broader range of thinking,” he said.

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collection of “Caribbean Plaid” songs (think Harry Belafonte) with a Latin beat — as palm trees sprout onstage.

The second act continues with more nostalgic numbers, culminating in the act they imagine performing for the Ed Sullivan Show (my personal favorite). To the strains of “Lady of Spain,” played on the accordion

by Jinx in sombrero, slapstick takes over as they deal with Smudge’s fire-eating act in the background, plus juggling and various other stuff …

A box arrives (an order they didn’t receive before the accident). It contains four plaid tux jackets, which allow them to finish the act looking as they’d originally planned — and singing “Scotland the Brave,” a switch from the rest of the repertoire.

As they fade back into the mist, the audience is heard commenting on how they hadn’t heard this or that song for years — and how they enjoyed this light, pleasing musical, lovingly polished by Sugar, Debreceni and the four Plaids.

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3:00 pm: Presidents Leadership Forum: Mark Pieffer, President of Colorado Technical University The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial 4:00 pm: Chamber Unplugged hosted by the American Cancer Society The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

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4:30 pm: Chamber Connectors Meeting The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

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5:00 pm: Women in Leadership: MAKERS Women Who Make America Rocky Mountain PBS, 1089 Bannock St., Denver

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4:00 pm: The Fiscal Cliff, Our National Debt, and What It All Means The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

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7:30 am: Healthcare Policy Taskforce The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial 4:00 pm: FastTracks New Investor Orientation The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

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BY THE NUMBERS

Number of points scored by the H o l y Family girls basketball team in the final 9:52 of a 41-27 loss to Lutheran last week.

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Career wins for Highlands Ranch girls basketball coach Caryn Jarocki. She could reach the 500 victory milestone later this season.

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Number of free throws made in 61 a t tempts by ThunderRidge’s Zach Rusk heading into play this week. Rusk’s 85 percent accuracy is the best in the Continental League from the charity stripe.

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THEY SAID IT

“The Regis game was the beginning of a tough stretch for us. Regis is the best team in the state. They are going to beat a lot of teams.”

Castle View girls basketball coach Matt Hema on playing top-ranked Regis Jesuit

“Credit to those kids (Highlands Ranch), they do what they do, it wasn’t a surprise.”

Chaparral basketball coach Tony Speights on his girls 71-36 setback to Highlands Ranch last week

Soccer standouts leap to next level Highlands Ranch natives picked in MLS Superdraft

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Two rounds, 19 teams, 38 players selected and two from Highlands Ranch. That’s the makeup of the 2013 Major League Soccer Superdraft.

Longtime best friends Drew Beckie and Taylor Kemp have spent the last four years honing their skills at their respective colleges — Beckie at the University of Denver and Kemp at the University of Maryland — but this week each is in Orlando beginning his first week of training camp as a professional soccer player.

The two defensemen, who played club soccer together at Real Colorado throughout their high school careers, were both selected in the Jan. 17 Superdraft.

Kemp was taken 17th overall by D.C. United and Beckie was plucked 28th by the Columbus Crew.

“This is a common ground that we’ve always shared and for it to materialize for both of us on the same day is just a dream come true for both of us,” said Kemp, who led Mountain Vista to the 2007 state championship and was named to the All-American Freshman team his first year at Maryland.

The two, who stayed in touch on a weekly basis throughout college, have a friendship that runs deep.

Their girlfriends are roommates at Colorado State, and when it came time to head to the draft combine, they traveled together and hung out daily.

“To go through this with him, it’s just been a total blessing,” Kemp said. “We’ve been able to support each other and bounce ideas off each other, to keep each other level-headed. When I saw him drafted I was just so happy. He is an unbelievable kid and he deserves everything that is coming to him. I can’t wait to see what he’s going to do.”

Neither player knows exactly what their respective roles in the pros will be, but both are ready to step on the pitch when their number gets called.

“Getting drafted was cool, and I’m glad I got to be in Indianapolis to experience it firsthand, but now is when the real work starts,” said Beckie, the Centennial League Player of the Year his senior year at Arapahoe High School.

Taylor Kemp, one of two soccer players from Highlands Ranch drafted in the Jan. 17 MLS Superdraft, works out at the Adidas MLS Player Combine Jan. 11. Kemp, who led Mountain Vista to the 2007 state title and played college ball at Maryland, was drafted in the first round by D.C. United.

Courtesy photo by Andy Mead/MLSsoccer.com “I don’t expect to go in and play right away, but I’ll do whatever they need. If they need me, I’ll be ready.”

The two friends never played against one another in college, but Columbus and D.C. will square off twice this year; March 23 in the nation’s capital and April 27 in Ohio.

As for a homecoming, Columbus will not travel to Colorado this season, but D.C. will appear July 7 in Commerce City to face the Rapids.

“I’ve already marked it down on my calendar,” Kemp said.

“That one will be tons of fun. To have friends and family and everyone come see a game, I already can’t wait.”

D.C. United is coming off an Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2012, while the Columbus Crew was the first team outside of the playoff picture in the East. Kemp trained regularly with United in the offseason while he was at Maryland.

Drew Beckie of Highlands Ranch was drafted Jan. 17 in the Major League Soccer Super Draft. Beckie played at the University of Denver and was chosen 28th by the Columbus Crew. Courtesy photo by Rich Clarkson and Associates Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson

‘Getting drafted was cool, and I’m glad I got to be in Indianapolis to experience it firsthand. I don’t expect to go in and play right away, but I’ll do whatever they need. If they need me, I’ll be ready.’

Drew Beckie

Valor Christian pulls away down the stretch Eagles blow by Heritage in second half

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com HIGHLANDS RANCH - The game was probably closer than it should have been at halftime.

However, Valor Christian’s girls pulled away from Heritage in the second half and cruised to a 55-29 win last Saturday afternoon at the Valor Christian gym.

Valor Christian forced Heritage into 16 first half turnovers but make only 6-of-25 field goal attempts to grab a 17-12 halftime lead.

“Our defense was okay,” Valor Christian coach Sherryl Klosterman said.

“Holding a team to 12 points at half, you should have a bigger lead. We shot better in the second half.”

Caroline Bryan, a 5-10 sophomore, hit Valor’s first three shots in the third quarter to spark an 18-1 run that pushed the home-standing Eagles to a 35-13 lead and put the game out of reach for the Continental League Eagles.

Valor wound up shooting 40 percent for the game but the real key was the pressing, trapping defense that forced Heritage into 31 turnovers.

“We pride ourselves on our press,” admitted Klosterman. “We play a zone press. We can go full court, half-court or three quarter-court with it and we change it up and mix it up.”

‘We pride ourselves on our press. We play a zone press. We can go full court, half-court or three quarter-court with it and we change it up and mix it up.’

Valor Christian coach Sherryl Klosterman Heritage played without Mary Cavanaugh and Kira Hines-Ike who were sidelined and coach Ron McClurg noted that the turnovers crippled his team.

“They say the number is 14 so that (31) kept us way off,” he said. “The bad stretch in the third quarter hurt.

“We’re not fully comfortable attacking the basket. Sometimes that affects you too so that when your offense is struggling and you are turning it over, that’s kind of a tough combo.”

Heritage, which had played 18 hours earlier in an 86-71 loss to Mountain Vista, shot 32.1 percent for the game and were led Jenna Lowthian and Baily Cechini who each had seven points.

Kendall Bradbury, a 5-11 sophomore, paced Valor with 12 points and Bryan added 10 with eight coming in the second half.

“Bradbury is always tough but she’s going to draw double teams because she’s our leading scorer,” Klosterman said. “We got Caroline Bryan back with us. She’s only been playing about week and half. She missed the entire

first part of the season with a stress fracture.

She adds a lot to our team.”

Valor, a Class 4A school, improved its record to 7-11 but Klosterman hopes to gain a spot in the state tournament. MaxPreps has Valor ranked 20th among possible Class 4A tournament teams.

“I feel pretty good about our season,” said Klosterman whose team plays at Ponderosa Saturday.

“Our wins and losses aren’t the same as what they were last year but our schedule as a whole is a whole lot more difficult. We are playing mostly 5A teams. That’s making our kids a lot stronger. Hopefully it will pay off for us come tournament time.”

Heritage is 2-11 and has lost seven straight games.

The Eagles had a Tuesday Continental League game against Legend. Heritage plays at Highlands Ranch Friday.

“It is what it is,” McClurg said. “There are five games that are going to be long nights and six we have a shot at winning.”

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Chaparral Wolverines Natalie Baker (14) defends the basket attempt by Highlands Ranch Falcons Madison Montgomery (11) Photos by Ron Chenoy

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Highlands Ranch Falcons Shelby Hickey (23) controls the basketball as Chaparral Wolverines Kyleighh Rees (3) defends.

Falcons soar past Chaparral in league opener Wainwright pours in 24 to pace Highlands Ranch

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com PARKER - The showdown wasn’t much of a show.

Highlands Ranch, the state’s third ranked girls basketball team, used a smothering first half defensive performance and shellacked a rusty No. 6 Chaparral team 71-36 in the Continental League opener for both teams last Friday.

“The first half we came out on fire and ready,” Highlands Ranch coach Caryn Jarocki said. “Our defense was awesome. We only allowed them one shot on offense when they were shooting. That allowed us to start our fast break.”

The Falcons’ defense, rebounding and fast breaks helped Highlands Ranch run to a 15-4 first quarter lead which was increased to 33-6 at halftime.

“We had played one game in 29 days,” Chaparral coach Tony Speights said. “We couldn’t buy one, we couldn’t do what we wanted to do. They had all the momentum working. We fell behind and just couldn’t catch them.”

The first half wasn’t pretty for Chaparral fans watching in the Wolverines gym.

Chaparral made only two of 19 field goals opening 16 minutes and committed 14 turnovers. The Wolverines had scoring droughts of 6:07 and 7:34 in the first half.

“I thought Abriana Lujan did a real nice job on Bacovcin (Katrina) and CC (Ciera Morgan) on Longwell (Katie),” Jarocki said.

Bacovcin, Chaparral’s leading scorer, had only five points. Longwell finished with 19 points but 17 came in the second half both teams started to sprinkle reserves into the lineup.

“We came out and we were fired up,” Lujan said. “Coach told us in order to win the game to fire up the defense first. I felt our trap was everywhere and we didn’t let them have an open shot or an open pass. We were

Highlands Ranch Falcons Kelsey Wainright (25) looks to pass the basketball against the Chaparral Wolverines. always in the passing lane.”

Chaparral surpassed its first half point total in the first 2:24 of the third quarter as the Wolverines perked up their game in the second half.

“You saw from the first half to the second half a little bit of difference,” said Speights.

“We played much better in the second half.

We played a little looser.”

The Falcons knew they couldn’t let down in the second half.

“At halftime we said we can’t let down because they would come out ready to go,” said junior forward Emily Childress. “We kind of had a letdown at the beginning but then pulled it together. It was our first league game and our coach said it was a good proving game for us.”

Kelsey Wainwright, a 5-foot-11 senior, led the Falcons with 24 points. Madison Montgomery and Shelby Hickey each had 10 points. Lujan, a 5-10 senior, finished with nine points while Morgan and Childress each had eight points.

Highlands Ranch, 10-3 overall, played at Douglas County Tuesday and entertains Heritage Friday.

Chaparral, 9-3, traveled to Castle View Tuesday before playing at top-ranked Regis Friday.

“It doesn’t get any easier but that’s okay,” said Speights. “We will be prepared and go forward. We’ll make a run in this league.

We’ll be fine.”

Girls hoops: Jags impressive in win over Ponderosa

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Highlands Ranch jumps all over Chaparral in league action

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Rock Canyon’s top three scorers stepped forward last Friday to lead the Jaguars to a 65-32 win over Ponderosa in the Continental League girls opener for both teams.

Kendall Koslosky had a game-high 19 points for fifthranked Rock Canyon (1-0, 11-2) while Erin McClarie added

18 points and Lexy Thorderson finished with 13 points.

The league’s leading scorer, Kari Keogh, had 13 points to pace the Lady Mustangs (0-1,3-8).

Keogh was averaging 16.1 points per game heading into this week’s action.

DOUBLED UP - Mountain Vista led 39-13 at halftime and went on to double up Heritage, 50-25, in the league opener.

Karlee Schwartzkopf and Maddie Whetstone each had eight points for the Golden Eagles (1-0, 11-2).

Freshman Paige Keller finished with 10 rebounds and six steals.

VALOR GOES 2-1 - Valor Christian lost 67-39 to Palmer last week but recovered with a 59-42 win over Pine Creek and a 55-29 victory over Heritage.

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January 24, 2013

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Commissioners Proceedings, December 2012 Vendor Name Total 1 DERFUL ROOFING & RESTORATION $209.25 1 STOP TIRE & AUTO SERVICE 4,309.27 402 WILCOX LLC 15,474.51 A J VENTURES INC 2,700.00 ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC 1,575.60 ADAME, LESA 1,562.88 ADDERLY, CHERYL ANN 955.00 ADVANCED SYSTEMS GROUP 45,549.76 ADVANCED TRAFFIC PRODUCTS INC 350.00 AECOM USA INC 4,515.00 AESTHETIC TREE SERVICE INC 845.00 AEXCEL CORPORATION 4,140.00 AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES 38,962.08 ALLEN, ANITA LOUISE 25.00 ALPINE ROOFING CO INC 341.00 ALRECO ALUMINUM SURPLUS SUPPLY 78.00 AM SIGNAL INC 14,275.00 AMAILCO INC 452.09 AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 1,502.00 AGFINITY INC 2,247.70 AMICK, MARSHA ANN 895.00 ANDREWS, CAROLYN 123.23 ANIXTER INC 7,508.95 APEX AUTO BODY 27,942.51 APPLE INC 10,304.00 APPLIED PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY INC 14,619.51 APTITUDE A DIVISION OF HARRIS COMPUTER 10,028.34 ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK 7,735.05 ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS WORKS 5,000.00 ARC OF ARAPAHOE & DOUGLAS COUNTIES 125,000.00 ARCHITERRA GROUP, THE 12,192.24 ARGUS EVENT STAFFING LLC 431.80 ASPEN FAMILY SERVICES INC 12,793.97 AT CONFERENCE 14.42 AT&T MOBILITY 181.24 ATKINS NORTH AMERICA 35,305.25 AUTO IMAGE INC 15,955.93 AWARDS WITH MORE 25.00 AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC 2,880.00 BAHR, TROY 87.87 BALDRIDGE, SAM 300.00 BALDWIN, MARY 353.56 BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC 140.00 BASF CORPORATION 453.95 BECHT, NICOLE 486.77 BEDROCK LLC 8,771.50 BEST CHOICE WELDING INC 2,300.00 BEST WESTERN PLUS 804.95 BEYER, DAVID 266.25 BEYOND TECHNOLOGY INC 3,584.67 BJORK, PATSY LEE 452.41 BLACK HILLS ENERGY 28,760.29 BLX GROUP LLC 18,500.00 BOB MASSEY CAP INC 100.00 BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES LLC 33.29 BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES LLC 68.85 BOHNE, HENRY 550.00 BOKOSKI PRODUCTIONS 700.00 BOYNTON, JOSHUA 120.00 BRAVERMAN, ALICIA LYNN 287.53 BREAK THROUGHS INC 2,500.00 BRONCO FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS INC 150.00 BROWN , EDWIN FLETCHER 25.00 BUCK, DAVID 54.60 BURRIS, ADAM 123.39 CANAVAN, THOMAS EDWARD 25.00 CANNON, TERRENCE PATRICK 50.00 CAPSTONE GROUP LLC 14,000.00 CARE TRAK INTERNATIONAL INC 1,366.11 CARNAHAN, PEGGY ANN 4,917.83 CAROL CHAMBERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY 524,876.24 CASI ASPHALT & CONCRETE 3,113.50 CASTELLANO, DEREK 205.09 CASTER, KIM 697.50 CASTLE PINES WINWATER 220.86 CASTLE ROCK EYE CENTER 100.00 CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER 766.93 CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION 262.00 CAWTHERN, DIANTHE EDLYN 362.48 CBM FOOD SERVICE INC 27,518.83 CCMSI 67,250.20 CENTURY LINK 1,834.73 CENTURY LINK 5,378.59 CERTIFIED BUSINESS SERVICES INC 1,029.84 CHARM-TEX INC 226.50 CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC 69,207.92 CHAVEZ, TERI LYNN 1,200.00 CHRISTENSON, BILL 120.00 CHURCHILL, JACQUELINE A 362.50 CINTAS FIRE PROTECTION 13,724.68 CITY ANIMAL DISPOSAL 2,175.00 CITY OF AURORA 2,411.08 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 67,208.24 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 2,858.00 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 1,227.32 CITY OF LITTLETON 33.50 CITY OF LONE TREE 2,876.00 CITY OF LONE TREE 188,234.69 CLANTON, PAUL 378.48 CLEAN AIR TRANSIT COMPANY 2,145.10 COALITION FOR THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE 750.00 CODDINGTON, ERIC C 395.60 COLAS, TODD R 185.00 COLORADO ASSESSORS ASSOCIATION 264.43 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 180.00 COLORADO CODE CONSULTING LLC 4,440.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 7,588.71 COLORADO COUNTIES INC 75.00 COLORADO CUSTOM WARE INC 80,633.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 210.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES1,400.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT 230.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 545.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 47.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 39.50 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 1,984,633.68 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 16,566.60 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 6,296.60 COLORADO MEDICAL WASTE 1,008.00 COLORADO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPANY93,873.69 COLORADO SEAMLESS SYSTEMS INC 5,987.00 COLORADO SEAMLESS SYSTEMS INC 6,292.00 COLORADO STATE ARCHIVES 28.75 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 100.00 COLORADO WELFARE FRAUD COUNCIL 60.00 COMPUTRONIX INC 78,890.00 CONCRETE WORKS OF COLORADO INC 393,559.01 CONOVER, KAREN 86.60 CONSOLIDATED DIVISIONS INC 3,584.48 CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC 446.58 CONTINUUM OF COLORADO 2,500.00 COOKS CORRECTIONAL 655.12 COOSEMANS DENVER INC 117.27 COPLAND, ANDREW 83.37 COPYCO QUALITY PRINTING INC 318.48 CORE CONTRACTORS 97.25 CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT INC 120,755.28 COUTCHER, CONNIE 200.00 COX, TROY A 54,845.50 CRAFCO INC 23,892.93 CRL ASSOCIATES INC 32,454.96 CROWN LIFT TRUCKS 85.00 CSU UNIVERSITY RESOURCE CENTER 60.00 CULLIGAN 10.00 CUMMINS ROCKY MOUNTAIN LLC 529.74 CUMMINS ROCKY MOUNTAIN LLC 1,683.50 CUNNINGHAM, DWIGHT 9,452.33 CVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC 3,754.00 DAVID R KEMP PLUS INC 1,450.00 DAVIDSON FIXED INCOME MANAGEMENT 2,916.67 DAVIS, KELLI NEWTON 4,625.75 DEEP ROCK WATER 74.96 DELL MARKETING LP 70,232.26

Description Roofing Permit Fees-Refund Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Building/Land Lease/Rent Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Traffic Signal Parts Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Other Professional Services Paint & Road Striping Aggregate Products Election Judge Fees Other Repair & Maintenance Services Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Other Equipment Service Contracts Professional Membership & Licenses Fuel Charges Election Judge Fees Travel Expense Improvements Insurance Claims Computer-Related Other Professional Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Other Professional Services Other Professional Services 2012 ARC Building Acquisition Parks & Recreation Improvement Service Contracts Other Professional Services Telephone/Communications Cell Phone Service Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Insurance Claims Recognition Programs Arch/Design/Planning Travel Expense Other Professional Services Travel Expense Recruitment Costs Other Construction & Road Maintenance Travel Expense Parks & Recreation Improvement Other Repair & Maintenance Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Operating Supplies/Equipment Metro Area Meeting Expense Utilities Debt Issuance Costs Clothing & Uniforms Consumable Tools Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Clothing & Uniforms Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Training Services Improvements Election Judge Fees Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Clothing & Uniforms Election Judge Fees Election Judge Fees Other Professional Services Operating Supplies Other Professional Services Legal Services Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Clothing & Uniforms New Freedom Grant Distribution Water & Sewer Travel Expense Inmate Meals Workers Compensation Claims Data Communication Lines Telephone/Communications Office Supplies Operating Supplies/Equipment Major Maintenance of Assets Other Professional Services Clothing & Uniforms Election Judge Fees Service Contracts Other Purchased Services Due to Aurora - MV License Fees Due to Castle Pines Auto Use Tax Due to Castle Pines MV License Fees Intergovernmental-Castle Pines Due to Littleton-MV License Fees Due to Lone Tree-MV License Fees Intergovernmental-Lone Tree Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Other Purchased Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Professional Membership & Licenses Professional Membership & Licenses New Elevator Installation Inspections Newspaper Notices/Advertising Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Due to State-PH Marriage License Fees Due to State-HS Marriage License Fees Books & Subscription Medical, Dental & Vet Services Service Contracts Direct Relief Payments Due to State - MV License Fees Due to State -Drivers License Fees Improvements Biohazard Waste Removal Fuel Charges Insurance Claims Major Maintenance Repair Projects Printing/Copying/Reports Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Professional Membership & Licenses Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Roads, Streets, Drainage-Construction Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Printing/Copying/Reports Roofing Permit Fees-Refund Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Insurance Claims Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Services Operating Supplies Operating Supplies/Equipment Other Repair & Maintenance Services Service Contracts Other Professional Services Support & Maintenance Other Repair & Maintenance Services Accounting & Financial Services Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Computer Equipment

DENOVO VENTURES LLC 11,773.45 DENVER MODEL & TALENT LTD 1,150.00 DENVER SAMOYED ASSOCIATION 200.00 DENVER WATER 31.53 DESIGN CONCEPTS CLA INC 5,590.15 DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PARTNERS INC 300.00 DILLIE AND KUHN INC 8,558.06 DINKEL, JUDI 193.83 DINO DIESEL INC 8,050.00 DISCOVER GOODWILL OF SOUTHERN & WESTERN COLORADO 4,552.93 DISH NETWORK 15.82 DLH ARCHITECTURE LLC 2,376.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 455.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY DOLPHINS 900.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES 3,500.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 18,845.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 610.24 DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS RE-1 281.45 DOUGLAS COUNTY SENIOR FOUNDATION 7,400.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 70.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION ALLIANCE 75.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY TEMPORARY SERVICES INC 9,203.64 DOUGLAS COUNTY VETERANS MONUMENT 100.00 DOUGLAS LAND CONSERVANCY 9,810.00 DRAKE, BARBARA 296.05 DRIVERS LICENSE GUIDE CO 70.00 DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE 6,141.00 DUPONT CRP 2,500.00 E-470 PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY 170,164.00 E-470 PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY 197.86 EHMANN, MIKE 12.77 EIDE BAILLY LLP 21,350.00 ELK CREEK SAND AND GRAVEL LLC 84,522.41 ELMRIDGE PROTECTION PRODUCTS LLC 3,066.96 ELSON, VALERIE 318.00 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 2,575.00 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 732.00 EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC 175.00 ENGINUITY ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LLC 10,765.00 ENTERPRISE 800.09 ENTERSECT 158.00 ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC 19,748.69 ENVISION NETWORKS INC 3,245.00 ERGONOMIC SOLUTIONS LLC 200.00 ESKER SOFTWARE INC 342.08 EVANS, SANDRA A 7,273.42 EVANS, SANDRA A 591.42 EWING IRRIGATION GOLF INDUSTRIAL 907.69 EXTREME WEED CONTROL 29,052.64 FACILITY SOLUTIONS GROUP 96.35 FACILITYDUDE.COM 2,891.00 25.00 FARRELL, DON EDMONDS FASTENAL COMPANY 134.29 FECHTER MEDIATION & ARBITRATION SERVICES2,125.00 FEDERAL PUBLISHING LIMITED INC 278.50 FEDEX 243.91 FEHER, JOHN J 25.00 FEITEN, LOUIS R 19.00 FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG 28,554.24 FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG 1,785.09 FESKER, MAUREEN & RYAN 79.97 FILE & SERVEXPRESS LLC 93.02 FISHNET SECURITY INC 15,256.20 FLEMING, DONALD WILLIAM 25.00 FLYNT, DARLENE KAY 39.96 FOOTHILLS PAVING & MAINTENANCE INC 3,600.00 FOOTPRINTS CONSULTING & TRAINING INC 117.90 FORENSIC TRUTH GROUP LLC 1,000.00 FOWLER, JOE 34.68 FRAME , RICHARD J 25.00 FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC PC 881.28 FREDERICKS, FRANK 242.10 FRONT RANGE TIRE RECYCLE INC 130.50 FRONTIER SURVEYING INC 145.00 G&K SERVICES 1,359.14 GADES SALES COMPANY INC 3,775.74 GAGEN, DANIELLE LEIGH 474.36 GALLAGHER, REILLY WILLIAM 25.00 GALLS LLC 1,881.50 GARDA CL NORTHWEST INC 2,011.00 GENERAL DYNAMICS SATCOM TECH INC 694.63 GENTILE DDS PC, JOSEPH 300.00 GEROU, DAN 177.92 GIBSON, TRACEY 100.00 GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE TRAINING LLC 2,275.25 GLOISTEN , KATHLEEN M 830.00 GLYNN, JAMES M 300.00 GMCO CORPORATION 8,908.00 GNIDZIEJKO, ROBERT JOSEPH 25.00 GOODLAND CONSTRUCTION INC 263,817.09 GORMAN, THOMAS J 198.00 GORMAN, THOMAS J 14,006.92 GOSS, RON 108.23 GOVCONNECTION INC 1,212.36 GRAINGER 118.27 GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY INC 1,563.55 GREEN, GREG 88.14 GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC 5,696.00 GRUNDMAN, TODD & JONI 79.57 GYSIN, CLAY 35.00 HAMILTON, D H 110.00 HAMM, TARA 150.00 HANAM, DONALD L 181.24 HARBISON EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE INC 5,316.36 HARPER, TRACY J 1,252.00 HARRIS, JULIE A 631.00 HARRIS, LAWRENCE TODD 25.00 HARTSON ENTERPRISES INC 3,195.00 HEALTHONE CLINIC SERVICES 1,005.00 HEALTHONE CLINIC SERVICES 1,458.00 HEFNER, GEORGE WILLIAM 25.00 HELGESEN, BREANNA 150.00 HICKS, JEANETTE M 331.22 HIGH PLAINS CATTLE SUPPLY LLC 242.08 HIGH VOLTAGE INC 9,466.36 HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS 325.00 HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS 30,461.71 HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS 17,018.40 HILER, RANDY LEN 25.00 HILL, DEWEY 59.99 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 5,000.00 HOHNSTEIN, MELISSA 221.29 HOLLAND AND HART 10.00 HORIZON DISTRIBUTORS INC 1,962.50 HORIZON LABORATORY LLC 2,840.50 HOV SERVICES 434.83 HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 21,650.23 HULL, BRENDA EILEEN 147.50 HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK REGION 31,808.33 HUNTER + GEIST INC 527.20 IBM CORPORATION 5,320.00 IDEAL IMAGE PRINTING 338.00 IMPACT RECOVERY SYSTEMS INC 330.84 IMS PRINTING & SIGNS 916.10 INCAPTION INC 19,824.65 INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONSULTING 3,944.11 INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONSULTING 243.00 INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONSULTING 612.05 INGALLS, MELISSA ANN 194.07 INSIGHT GLOBAL INC 5,565.00 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC 11,952.03 INTEGRATED VOICE SOLUTIONS 3,000.00 INTEGRATED VOTING SOLUTIONS 194,825.25 INTERMOUNTAIN TRAFFIC LLC 12,000.00 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSESSING 1,035.00 IREA 125,435.90 IRISH, SCOTT KERRY 25.00 ITS PARTNERS LLC 17,452.54 J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS 1,562.00 J P MORGAN CHASE BANK 316,377.20 JACKSON, DAVID C JAG EXPRESS COURIER JAMIESON, KATIE JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES JENNIE S LISTON CONSULTING INC JOHNSON & SONS CONSTRUCTION LLC

Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Water & Sewer Parks & Recreation Improvement Other Purchased Services Traffic Signals - Construction Travel Expense Cars, Vans, Pickups Other Professional Services Service Contracts Design/Soft Costs Security Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Other Professional Services Election Judge Fees (Students) Metro Area Meeting Expense Metro Area Meeting Expense 2012 Miller Grant Other Purchased Services

Professional Membership & Licenses Contract Work/Temporary Agency Veterans Memorial Contribution Other Professional Services Travel Expense Books & Subscription Other Purchased Services Escrow Payable Due to E-470 Authority Due to State-E470 Road Fees Travel Expense Accounting & Financial Services Aggregate Products Operating Supplies Travel Expense Student & Instructor Travel Facility Rental Recruitment Costs Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Travel Expense Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Salt & Other Ice Removal Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Operating Supplies/Equipment Support & Maintenance Other Professional Services Travel Expense Operating Supplies Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Election Judge Fees Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Other Professional Services Office Supplies Postage & Delivery Services Election Judge Fees Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Legal Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Election Judge Fees Travel Expense Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Other Training Services Recruitment Costs Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Other Professional Services Clothing & Uniforms Traffic Signal Parts Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Operating Equipment Accessories Service Contracts Other Repair & Maintenance Services Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Election Judge Fees Other Professional Services Dust Suppressant Election Judge Fees Parks & Recreation Improvement Fuel Charges/Fleet Outside Repairs Other Professional Services Travel Expense Operating Supplies/Equipment Operating Supplies/Equipment Improvements Travel Expense Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Operating Supplies Other Professional Services Election Judge Fees Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Repairs-Equipment/Motor Vehicle Other Professional Services Clothing & Uniforms Election Judge Fees Improvements Recruitment Costs Medical, Dental & Vet Services Election Judge Fees Election Judge Fees Travel Expense Operating Supplies/Equipment Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Driveway & Street Cut Permits-Refund Roads, Streets, Drainage-Construction Water & Sewer Election Judge Fees Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Debt Issuance Costs Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Repair & Maintenance Services Forensic Testing Other Repair & Maintenance Services Security Services Election Judge Fees Animal Control Services Legal Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Printing/Copying/Reports Sign Parts & Supplies Sign Parts & Supplies Support & Maintenance Computer-Related Office Supplies Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Travel Expense Contract Work/Temporary Agency Computer Software/License Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Postage & Delivery Services Computer-Related Professional Membership & Licenses Utilities Election Judge Fees Computer Software/License Sign Parts & Supplies Purchasing Card Transactions 11/05/12-12/04/12 45.00 Election Judge Fees 73.46 Postage & Delivery Services 50.00 Equipment Fee Refund

3,130.32 Other Professional Services 6,353.52 Other Professional Services 40.00 Driveway & Street Cut Permits-Refund

JOHNSON, ADRIENNE L 25.00 JOHNSON, CHERYL LYNN 434.60 JOHNSON, KRISTINE 496.51 JOHNSON, MARVIN OR CAROLE 334.83 JOPLIN, DEANNA J 25.00 JORDAN PHD, KENYON P 525.00 K-9 COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE 300.00 KB CONSTRUCTION INC 45,149.15 KEITH, DONALD JIM 1,221.50 KEN CARYL GLASS INC 2,442.29 KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 11,206.00 KENNEDY, MICHAEL D 76.16 KERN, BRIAN & APRIL 82.97 KING & GREISEN LLP 131,393.00 KING, THOMAS 76.00 KJAR, JUDY LYNN 25.00 KOCHHEISER, DAVID 42.36 KOENIG, KENNETH CARL 25.00 KOLBE STRIPING INC 704.32 KRUG, SHANNON LEIGH 402.93 KUMAR AND ASSOCIATES INC 360.00 KUSTOM SIGNALS INC 7,138.00 KWANG, BRENDA 554.18 L G EVERIST INC 25,460.58 LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS 304.00 LAMB-STAR ENGINEERING LP 45,000.00 LARABEE, WILLIAM LEROY 54,458.00 LARSON, ALEXANDER 376.29 LAYTON TRUCK EQUIPMENT CO LLC 21,500.00 LAYTON, KEVIN 54.43 LEVINSKY, MORTON PAUL 100.00 LEWAN AND ASSOCIATES INC 4,707.62 LEWAN AND ASSOCIATES INC 598.06 LEXISNEXIS FILE & SERVE 106.22 LEXISNEXIS INC 1,422.00 LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT 300.25 LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT 1,243.60 LIGHT, KELLY & DAWES PC 883.66 LIGHT, KELLY & DAWES PC 2,748.00 LIGHTING ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS 3,017.86 LIGHTING ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS 35.00 LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 102.00 LINDEMAN JR, GILBERT LEONARD 1,415.59 LIVINGSTON, CYNTHIA W 25.00 LODA ENTERPRISES INC 224.91 LONG, HEATHER 4,291.65 LOSS PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES 8,570.00 LOUVIERS WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 7,049.28 LSI RETAIL II GEMSA 837.97 LYLE SIGNS INC 1,785.00 LYLES, CELESTENE (TENA) 227.29 LYTLE WATER SOLUTIONS LLC 1,557.00 M4 ROOFING & GUTTERS 139.25 MACCHIA, MATTHEW JOSEPH 66.57 MAKELKY, DAN 249.20 MAKI, DIANE LYNN 142.50 MALMSTEIN, STEFANIE LYNN 961.79 MANATRON INC 3,600.00 MARK VII EQUIPMENT INC 1,953.12 MARKLIN, BRYAN S 1,500.00 MARSHALL, MARTHA 171.16 MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC 644,034.67 MARX, CHELSEA BRANDON 6,231.08 MASURA, MILO 150.00 MATTHEW BENDER & COMPANY INC 760.60 MAXWELL, DAVID 300.00 MCAFEE INC 615.31 MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, THE 128.00 MEDICAL ARTS PRESS 231.98 MEYER, JOEL 86.99 MIDWEST SURVEILLANCE.COM 15,593.95 MIKE’S BACKHOE SERVICES 1,500.00 MILLER ARCHAEOLOGY CONSULTING 2,800.00 MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL STRATEGIES LLC 10,000.00 MILLER, DONNA MAE 25.00 MINICK, GREGORY W 60.00 MODIS 12,603.12 MONROE, SHERYL 94.49 MONSSON, GEORGE N 3,195.00 MOON JR, LYNN DOUG 6.88 MOORE, DONALD FRITZ GERALD 90.02 MORTGAGE SERVICES 15.00 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 16,335.70 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 1,355.90 MOUNTAIN STATES EMPLOYERS COUNCIL INC 4,025.00 MOUNTAIN VIEW WASTE SYSTEMS 99.50 MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO INC 151.20 MTM RECOGNITION 1,564.01 MUDGETT, TRACEY 24.44 MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC 2,480.73 MULLIKEN WEINER BERG & JOLIVE PC 216.75 MURRAY, DONNA LORENE 407.50 MURRELL, TIM 61.20 NAS RECRUITMENT COMMUNICATIONS 402.25 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC 462.00 NELSON, BECKY 196.63 NEVE’S UNIFORMS INC 15,287.24 NEW DAY IN HOME SUPPORT & RESPITE SERVICES INC 5,000.00 NEW WORLD SYSTEMS INC 7,062.68 NEWMAN TRAFFIC SIGNS INC 2,902.95 NILEX CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP 2,780.50 NORITSU AMERICA CORPORATION 2,950.00 OLSSON ASSOCIATES 535.00 O’NEIL ALLEN, VIKKI 53.00 OPEN PLAN SYSTEMS 17,438.00 ORACLE AMERICA INC 13,935.77 OSTLER, CLAUDIA 392.94 OVERTON, PENNY J 150.00 OWENS, SEAN 477.39 PALS, JAMES HAROLD 25.00 PARKER SENIOR CENTER INC 20,000.00 PCS MOBILE 124,862.50 PECK, SHAFFER & WILLIAMS LLP 35,000.00 PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO L.P. 9,564.00 PEPPERDINE’S MARKING PRODUCTS 109.00 PERRY PARK WATER AND SANITATION 1,500.00 PETERSON APPRAISAL COMPANY 5,100.00 PETROSEVICH, STACEY 257.60 PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC 2,072.32 PIKES PEAK RABBIT BREEDERS ASSOCIATION 200.00 PINE VALLEY ELECTRIC 1,375.00 PINELA, DAVE 39.89 PINERY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC 350.00 PINERY WATER & WASTEWATER 759.22 PIONEER SAND COMPANY INC 2,460.48 PIPS TECHNOLOGY INC 3,000.00 PKM DESIGN GROUP INC 820.00 PLATTE VALLEY SIGNS 2,806.00 PLATTE VALLEY SIGNS 393.00 PLUM CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH 300.00 PMAM CORPORATION 2,494.76 POINT BLANK BODY ARMOR INC 100.00 POTTER, SHAWNA 32.24 PR DIAMOND PRODUCTS INC 1,415.00 PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 508.39 PRO FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT 6,928.16 PROGRESSIVE DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 625.14 PROGRESSIVE LAND TITLE AGENCY LTD 15.00 PROTO TEST LLC 10,012.50 PSI -PLOTTER SUPPLIES INC 148.20 QUALITY LANDSCAPE AND SOIL PRODUCTS 1,378.30 QUIGLEY, DALE 961.37 QUINN, TERENCE T 466.41 QUINTANILLA, ATILIO 32.17 REAL COLORADO 795.00 REALAUCTION.COM LLC 7,448.00 REDWOOD TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY INC 87.25 REIS SERVICES LLC 3,000.00 REMEDY ROOFING 181.25 REPELLA, JILL 6,994.72 RICHARD L MARKS STUDIOS INC 65.00 ROBERTS, TERRELL LEE 25.00 ROBERTSON, CHERIE LEA 450.00 ROBINSON TEXTILES 846.21 ROCKLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION 300.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VISA 484.63

Election Judge Fees Metro Area Meeting Expense Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Election Judge Fees Recruitment Costs Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Parks & Recreation Improvement Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Services Building/Land Lease/Rent Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Legal Services Books & Subscription Election Judge Fees Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Contractor Road Marking Travel Expense Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Computer-Related Travel Expense Salt & Other Ice Removal Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Insurance Claims Travel Expense Other Machinery & Equipment Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Copier Charges Equipment Rental Legal Services Legal Services Other Purchased Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Insurance Claims Legal Services Cars, Vans, Pickups Repairs-Equipment/Motor Vehicle Other Purchased Services Election Judge Fees Election Judge Fees Operating Supplies/Equipment Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Services Water & Sewer Building/Land Lease/Rent Sign Parts & Supplies Metro Area Meeting Expense Other Professional Services Roofing Permit Fees-Refund Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Tuition Reimbursement Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Insurance Claims Travel Expense Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Other Professional Services Election Judge Fees Books & Subscription Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Newspaper Notices/Advertising Office Supplies Clothing & Uniforms Other Equipment Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Election Judge Fees Clothing & Uniforms Other Professional Services Travel Expense Legal Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Computer-Related Service Contracts Other Professional Services Waste Disposal Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Recognition Programs Travel Expense Other Professional Services Legal Services Election Judge Fees Travel Expense Recruitment Costs Other Repair & Maintenance Services Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms Developmental Disabilities Grant Computer Software-Non Capital Sign Parts & Supplies Other Construction & Road Maintenance Service Contracts Other Purchased Services Travel Expense Furniture/Office Systems Support & Maintenance Travel Expense Election Judge Fees Travel Expense Election Judge Fees 2012 Miller Grant Computer-Related Debt Issuance Costs Vehicle & Equipment Rent/Lease Printing/Copying/Reports Water & Sewer Other Professional Services Travel Expense Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Other Repair & Maintenance Services Clothing & Uniforms Other Purchased Services Water & Sewer Aggregate Products Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Other Professional Services Improvements Other Professional Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Alarm Administration Expenses Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Operating Supplies/Equipment Firearms/Tasers Insurance Claims Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Aggregate Products Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Participation & Concession Fee-Refund Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Other Professional Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Roofing Permit Fees-Refund Travel Expense Sign Parts & Supplies Election Judge Fees Election Judge Fees Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Recognition Programs

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January 24, 2013 Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2012-1445 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/31/2012 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: BRETT R JOHNSON Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/26/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 1/2/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008000156 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $380,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $384,711.28 Pursuant to C.R.S. §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 of the terms thereof.***Loan Modification Agreement Effective November 01, 2010 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, LONE TREE FILING 13B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7530 Indian Wells Place, Lone Tree, CO 80124 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/27/2012 Last Publication: 1/24/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/14/2012 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1068.05653 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/14/2012 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1068.05653 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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Legal Notice No.: 2012-1445 First Publication: 12/27/2012 Last Publication: 1/24/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 19th day of FEBRUARY 2013, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and SABELL’S ENTERPRISES LLLP for the FAIRGROUNDS PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (PO#32527), in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said SABELL’S ENTERPRISES LLLP for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 19th day of FEBRUARY 2013, to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commissioners, c/o Parks, Trails, and Building Grounds, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas County Government.

Legal Notice No.: 921038 First Publication: January 17, 2013 Last Publication: January 24, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

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Occupant - 95 Ltd. Liability Co., a Colorado limited liability company - American Legal Notice No.: 2012-1445 Telephone Telegraph Company c/o Public Notice And PAULAand LINARD, Grandmother/ First Publication: 12/27/2012 AT &T - Angela Cody - Brinker RestaurLast Publication: 1/24/2013 ant Corporation, a Delaware Corporation DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Legal Custodian Publisher: Douglas CAG Properties LLC, a California limited 4000 Justice Way County News Press Respondents. liability company by Gatecapital ProperCastle Rock, CO Attorney for Department: John Thirkell ties, a California Ltd. Liab. Co Douglas County, CO 80109 4400LLC Castleton Ct. Castle Partners Four Ltd by Castle WhitCastle Rock, CO 80109 ney Four LLC, Financial Security AssurTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE (303) 663-7726 ance Inc -Castle Partners One Ltd a ColFAX 303- 688-5894 orado Limited Partnership by Castle WhitOF COLORADO Atty.Partners Reg. #: 13865 ney LLC, a Colorado Ltd. Liab.

In the Interest of: E-mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.us Co., General Partner - Castle Partners NATALIE LINARD Three Ltd, a Colorado limited liability partand CASE NUMBER: nership

by Castle 12JV40 Whitney Three, LLC, a JORDAN LINARD DIVISIONLtd. 2 Liab. Co., General Partner Colorado Children, Castle Pines Commercial c/o Clifton LarDEPENDENCY SUMMONS son Allen LLP - Castle Pines Commercial And concerning: Filing 3 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP SARAH PAYNE, Mother, This Summons is initiated pursuant to Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan GEORGE PAYNE, Father, Rule 2.2 RulesAllen of Juvenile District Noof1the c/oColorado Clifton Larson LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 2 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 3 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 4 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 5 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP - Castle Pines Holdings Inc - Castle Pines Partners Two, LLC -Castle Rock Factory Shops - Castle Rock Factory Shops Partnership, Continued From Last Page 921065 and 921066a Colorado General Partnership aka Castle Rock Factory Shops PartnerROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES 40,909.05 Postage &Fire Delivery Services District ship - Castlewood Protection ROCKY MOUNTAIN WINDOW TINT LLC 100.00 Repairs-Equipment/Motor Vehicle Catherine A Griffin, Assistant Vice PresidRS RUGGLES & COMPANY INC Office Supplies ent 28.64 c/o McDonald's Corporation - Chairman, Town of Castle Rock - CNL APF RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC 156.92 Operating Supplies/Equipment Partners a Delaware RYAN, KEVIN 87.44 LP Travel Expense limited partnership - Colorado Factory Services Shops Limited RYSER, GARY C. 300.00 Other Professional Partnership Colorado S D SECURITY CONCEPTS LLC 3,350.00 Other Equipment Restaurant Management Inc. aExpense Colorado Corporation SANDERSON, JACKIE 332.45 Travel Community Director c/o SAYER, TIMOTHY 241.89 DataDevelopment Communication Lines Town of Escrow CastlePayable Rock - Core/Whitney SB MERIDIAN VILLAGES LLC 27,060.58 Partnerships, aka Core/Whitney PartSEMPERA 1,567.50 OtherLLC Professional Services nerships Colorado limited liability SENTER, GOLDFARB & RICE LLC 2,849.00 LLC Legal aServices company -Core/Whitney Partnerships, SEXTON, PATRICK 17.74 Travel Expense LLC aka Core/Whitney Partnerships LLC SHADY TREE SERVICE LLC 1,585.00 Other Professional Services Colorado limited partnership SHAW CONTRACT FLOORING SERVICES INC a7,672.12 Other Repairliability & Maintenance ServicesD/V Ltd., Liability Co., a Colorado Limited SHEA HOMES COMPANY INC 231,053.10 Escrow Payable Liability - David C Nesbitt c/o SHERMAN & HOWARD LLC 563.75 Company Legal Services Devlin Realty a &Kansas Corporation SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 827.88 OtherInc., Repair Maintenance Supplies Devlin Realty aka Devlin Realty Inc. a SHRED-IT 339.00 OtherInc Professional Services SHURGARD TRC SELFSTORAGE DEVELOPMENTKansas corporation - Dev-Vic Ltd - DevVic Ltd Liability LLC 9,775.00 EscrowCompany Payable aka Dev-Vic Ltd. Liability a Colorado limited liability SIERRA DETENTION SYSTEMS 4,380.00 Co., Computer-Related company Donald Jones, Mayor c/o SKAGGS, INDHIRA B 145.27 Fee Refunds K - Clerk & Recorder Town of Castle Rock - Elizabeth A C. Asst SKY RIDGE MEDICAL CENTER 55.50 Medical, Dental & Vet Services Vice President c/o Zions First National SMITH, KAREN A 300.00 Election Judge Fees Bank & Trustee -Engineering Division c/o SOFTAIRE DIFFUSERS INC 8,950.00 Improvements Town of Castle Rock Felsburg Holt & SORONEN , HEATHER ELIZABETH 25.00 Election Judge Fees Ullevig First Supplies American Title Insurance SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS 3,283.50- Office Co Attn: Brian S - Fru-Con Development SPAULDING, MELINDA 344.10 Travel Expense Corporation & Bilfinger-Berger BauakSPECIALIZED PATHOLOGY CONSULTANTS PC 12,746.00 Medical, Dental & Vet ServicesOutlet tiengesellschaft - GbR Factory SPLIT RAIL FENCE COMPANY 3,993.00 MajorColorado/ MaintenanceUSA of Assets Castle Rock, Joint VenSPRINT NEXTEL 1,808.05 Cell Phone Service ture - Hercules Capital LLC - Iowa-Des SPRINT NEXTEL 568.98National Pager & Bank Wireless Moines - Jack A Vickers III, STARKEY, VICTORIA 45.18 Travel Expense Manager, Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Company STATE OF COLORADO 2,911.32 Other Professional Services Jack A Vickers, III - Jack A Vickers, III, STATE OF COLORADO 32,643.78 Printing/Copying/Reports Manager c/o Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Co a STATE OF COLORADO/OIT 432.85 Data Communication Lines - Jack Colorado limited liability company STIGALL, JERRY 90.76 Travel Expense c/o 95 Ltd Liability A Vickers, III, Manager STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO DISTRICT Water &limited Sewer liability company Co809.73 a Colorado STREFFCO CONSULTANTS INC 12,426.00 Contract Agency Jay L Tobin, ViceWork/Temporary President c/o Brinker STUART, RAVEN 116.55 Travel Expense Restaurant Corporation - John A Whitney, SUDS FACTORY CAR WASH & DETAIL CENTER Manager, 250.00 Fleet Outside Repairs Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC SUMMIT LABORATORIES INC 475.00 Service Contracts a Colorado Limited Liability Company SUMMIT TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS 23,105.00 Other Machinery & Equipment John A Whitney, Manager, Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Partnership - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Four Ltd by Castle Whitney Four LLC, Financial Security Assurance Inc - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners One Ltd a Colorado Limited Partnership by Castle Whitney Partners LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co., General Partner - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Three Ltd, a Colorado limited liability partnership

by Castle Whitney Partners LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co., General Partner - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Two Ltd., a Colorado Limited Liability Company, General Partner - Karen Alton, Vice President c/o Wells Fargo Bank N.A. - Kirby D Martin, Vice President c/o Norwest Bank Colorado, National Association Mark C Williams, Mayor c/o Town of Castle Rock - McDonald's Corporation, a Delaware Corporation - Michael C Creg-

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tiengesellschaft - GbR Factory Outlet Castle Rock, Colorado/ USA Joint Venture - Hercules Capital LLC - Iowa-Des Moines National Bank - Jack A Vickers III, Manager, Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Company Jack A Vickers, III - Jack A Vickers, III, Manager c/o Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Co a Colorado limited liability company - Jack A Vickers, III, Manager c/o 95 Ltd Liability Co a Colorado limited liability company Jay L Tobin, Vice President c/o Brinker Restaurant Corporation - John A Whitney, Manager, Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company John A Whitney, Manager, Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Partnership - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Four Ltd by Castle Whitney Four LLC, Financial Security Assurance Inc - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners One Ltd a Colorado Limited Partnership by Castle Whitney Partners LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co., General Partner - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Three Ltd, a Colorado limited liability partnership

by Castle Whitney Partners LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co., General Partner - John A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Two Ltd., a Colorado Limited Liability Company, General Partner - Karen Alton, Vice President c/o Wells Fargo Bank N.A. - Kirby D Martin, Vice President c/o Norwest Bank Colorado, National Association Mark C Williams, Mayor c/o Town of Castle Rock - McDonald's Corporation, a Delaware Corporation - Michael C Cregger, Prof. Land Surveyor c/o TST Inc. of Denver - Michael L Fowler, Vice President c/o SunAmerican Inc. A Delaware Corporation - Michael R Dall - Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company Nalin Gopal - North American Title Insurance Company - Northern National Gas Company - Norwest Bank Colorado National Association aka Norwest Bank, Denver NA - Paul Bacry - Planning Director, Town of Castle Rock - Public Trustee of Douglas County - Public Works Department c/o Town of Castle Rock - Robert A Bourne, General Partner c/o CNL APF Partners LP a Delaware limited partnership - Robert A Bourne, President of CNL, APF GP Corp, General Partner - Robert J Slentz, Town Attorney c/o Town of Castle Rock - Sally Misare, Town Clerk c/o Town of Castle Rock – Security Title Guaranty Company - Silver Heights Mutual Water and Sewer Co - Silver Heights Water & Sanitation District – State Highway Department c/o Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) - SunAmerican Inc, a Delaware Corporation - Susan E Krause - The Bailey Company, a Colorado limited partnership - The Erie County Investment Co., an Ohio Corporation, General Partner - Tim J Schmidt, President c/o Colorado Restaurant Management Inc - Town of Castle Rock - Town of Castle Rock Attn Town Attorney Town of Castle Rock, a municipal corporation - TST Inc of Denver - Wells Fargo Bank N.A. -William Brendemuhl, Vice President c/o North American Title Insurance Company - William D Whitehurst, General Partner c/o The Bailey Company - William D Whitehurst, Vice President c/o The Erie County Investment Co - William Graham - William J Hatch, Managing Member, CAG Properties LLC by Gatecapital Properties LLC - Zions First National Bank & Trustee

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

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Occupant - 95 Ltd. Liability Co., a Colorado limited liability company - American Telephone and Telegraph Company c/o AT &T - Angela Cody - Brinker Restaurant Corporation, a Delaware Corporation CAG Properties LLC, a California limited liability company by Gatecapital Properties, LLC a California Ltd. Liab. Co Castle Partners Four Ltd by Castle Whitney Four LLC, Financial Security Assurance Inc -Castle Partners One Ltd a Colorado Limited Partnership by Castle Whitney Partners LLC, a Colorado Ltd. Liab.

Co., General Partner - Castle Partners Three Ltd, a Colorado limited liability partnership by Castle Whitney Three, LLC, a Colorado Ltd. Liab. Co., General Partner Castle Pines Commercial c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP - Castle Pines Commercial Filing 3 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 1 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 2 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 3 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 4 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District No 5 c/o Clifton Larson Allen LLP - Castle Pines Holdings Inc - Castle Pines Partners Two, LLC -Castle Rock Factory Shops - Castle Rock Factory Shops Partnership, a Colorado General Partnership aka Castle Rock Factory Shops Partnership - Castlewood Fire Protection District Catherine A Griffin, Assistant Vice President c/o McDonald's Corporation - Chairman, Town of Castle Rock - CNL APF Partners LP a Delaware limited partnership - Colorado Factory Shops Limited Partnership - Colorado Restaurant Management Inc. a Colorado Corporation Community Development Director c/o Town of Castle Rock - Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC aka Core/Whitney Partnerships LLC a Colorado limited liability company -Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC aka Core/Whitney Partnerships LLC a Colorado limited liability partnership D/V Ltd., Liability Co., a Colorado Limited Liability Company - David C Nesbitt c/o Devlin Realty Inc., a Kansas Corporation Devlin Realty Inc aka Devlin Realty Inc. a Kansas corporation - Dev-Vic Ltd - DevVic Ltd Liability Company aka Dev-Vic Ltd. Liability Co., a Colorado limited liability company - Donald K Jones, Mayor c/o Town of Castle Rock - Elizabeth A C. Asst Vice President c/o Zions First National Bank & Trustee -Engineering Division c/o Town of Castle Rock - Felsburg Holt & Ullevig - First American Title Insurance Co Attn: Brian S - Fru-Con Development Corporation & Bilfinger-Berger Bauaktiengesellschaft - GbR Factory Outlet You and each of you are hereby notified Castle Rock, Colorado/ USA Joint Venthat on the 12th day of November 2009 ture - Hercules Capital LLC - Iowa-Des the then County Treasurer of the County Moines National Bank - Jack A Vickers III, of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold Manager, Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Company at public tax lien sale to Hercules Capital Jack A Vickers, III - Jack A Vickers, III, LLC the following described real estate Manager c/o Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Co a situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado limited liability company - Jack Colorado, to wit: A Vickers, III, Manager c/o 95 Ltd Liability Co a Colorado limited liability company LOT 6 CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL Jay L Tobin, Vice President c/o Brinker #3. 1.590 AM/L Restaurant Corporation - John A Whitney, Manager, Core/Whitney Partnerships, LLC and said County Treasurer issued a certia Colorado Limited Liability Company ficate of purchase therefore to Hercules John A Whitney, Manager, Core/Whitney Capital LLC. That said tax lien sale was Partnerships, LLC a Colorado Limited Limade to satisfy the delinquent taxes asability Partnership - John A Whitney, Mansessed against said real estate for the ager c/o Castle Partners Four Ltd by year 2008; That said real estate was taxed Castle Whitney Four LLC, Financial Seor specially assessed in the curity Assurance Inc John A Whitney, Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules required to defend against the name(s) claims in of Dev-Vic Ltd IF Liability Co TO forAPPEAR, said year Manager c/o Castle Partners Ltd a of Civil Procedure, and Section One 19-3-503, this petition.

YOU FAIL 2008.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be isColorado Limited Partnership by Castle C.R.S. 2012.

THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR sued for saidWITHOUT real estate to the said HerWhitney Partners LLC, a Colorado Ltd ABSENCE, FURTHER cules Capital LLC at1:00 o’clock P.M., on Liab Co., General Partner John A WhitTO THE RESPONDENTS NAMED NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICAthe 2nd day of May 2013, unless the ney, Manager c/o Castle Partners Three ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a TORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A same has been redeemed. Said property Ltd, a Colorado limited liability partnership petition has been filed which alleges that JUDGMENT

BY DEFAULT THEREBY may be redeemed from said sale at any

by Castle Whitney Partners LLC, a Colorthe above-named children are dependent ADJUDICATING CHILDRENof said time prior to the YOUR actual execution ado Ltd Liab Co., General Partner - John or neglected as per the facts set forth in AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this A Whitney, Manager c/o Castle Partners the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a CHILDREN. 3rd day of January 2013.

Two Ltd., a Colorado Limited Liability copy of which may be obtained at theAlton, ofCompany, General Partner - Karen fice of John Thirkell, at the above address.

You haveA. the right to request a trial by jury /s/ Diane Holbert Vice President c/o Wells Fargo Bank N.A. at the adjudicatory of this petition.

County Treasurer ofstage Douglas County - Kirby D Martin, Vice President c/o NorwA hearing has been set for February 4, You also have the right to legal represenest Bank Colorado, National Association 2012, C at 9:00 a.m. inMayor Divisionc/o 2, Douglas tation Notice at every stage of the proceedings Legal No.: 921019 Mark Williams, Town of CountyRock District Court, 4000 Corporation, Justice Way, a by counsel of your own choosing, First Publication: January 17, 2013or if Castle - McDonald's Castle Rock, Colorado,-80109. you are without sufficient financial Last Publication: January 31, 2013 means, Delaware Corporation Michael C Cregappointment of counsel

by News-Press the Court.

Publisher: Douglas County ger, Prof. Land Surveyor c/o TST Inc. of Your presence before this court is PresidTermination of your parent-child legal relaDenver - Michael L Fowler, Vice ent c/o SunAmerican Inc. A Delaware Corporation - Michael R Dall - Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company Nalin Gopal - North American Title Insurance Company - Northern National Gas Company - Norwest Bank Colorado National Association aka Norwest Bank, Denver NA - Paul Bacry - Planning Director, Town of Castle Rock - Public Trustee of Douglas County - Public Works Department c/o Town of Castle Rock - Robert A SVENDSEN, SHARON 62.10 Travel Expense Bourne, General Partner c/o CNL APF SWEEPSTAKES UNLIMITED limited partner315.00 Other Purchased Services Partners LP a Delaware ship - RobertBUILDERS A Bourne,INC President of CNL, 187,348.50 Construction SWINERTON APF GP Corp, General SWITSER , FRANCES P Partner - Robert J 25.00 Election Judge Fees Slentz, Town Attorney c/o LLC Town of Castle TALLBULL CONSTRUCTION 43.27 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Rock - Sally Misare, Town Clerk c/o Town TAYLOR, VIVIAN A 8,718.00 Other Professional Services ofTELERUS Castle Rock INC – Security Title Guaranty 750.00 Telephone/Communications Company - Silver Heights TELESPHERE NETWORKS LTDMutual Water 1,001.77 Telephone/Communications and Sewer Co - Silver TESTING SERVICES INC Heights Water & 1,030.00 Parks & Recreation Improvement Sanitation District – State Highway DeTHOMAS, BRETT 429.00 Professional Membership & Licenses partment Colorado Department of THORNTON,c/o LUKE 21.63 Clothing & Uniforms Transportation (CDOT) - SunAmerican TIERRA GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD 7,777.89 Other Professional Services Inc, a Delaware Corporation - Susan E TILLSON, JENNIFER 1,114.44 Travel Expense Krause - The Bailey Company, a ColorTITLE LICENSING & COURIER 12.20 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder ado limited partnership - The Erie County TO THE RESCUE 5,916.00 Developmental Disabilities Grant Investment Co., an Ohio Corporation, TO THE RESCUE 4,940.00 New Freedom/JARC Grant Distribution General Partner - Tim J Schmidt, PresidTORNBLOM, CAROL 48.01 Travel Expense ent c/oPROPERTY ColoradoINC Restaurant ManageTOTAL 660.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Services ment Town of Castle Rock - Town 285,394.08 Due to Castle Rock-Auto Use Tax TOWNInc OF-CASTLE ROCK ofTOWN Castle Rock Attn OF CASTLE ROCKTown Attorney - 13,056.50 Due to Castle Rock-MV License Fees Town Castle Rock, a municipal corporaTOWNofOF LARKSPUR 84.00 Due to Larkspur-MV License Fees tion TST Inc of TOWN OF PARKER Denver - Wells Fargo 194,687.45 Due to Parker - Auto Use Tax Bank N.A. -William Brendemuhl, Vice TOWN OF PARKER 11,187.00 Due to Parker - MV License Fees President c/o North American Title Insur- 176,909.48 Intergovernmental-Parker TOWN OF PARKER ance CompanySERVICES - William D Whitehurst, TPM STAFFING 1,043.75 Contract Work/Temporary Agency General Partner c/o The Bailey Company TRACKER SOFTWARE CORP 9,998.75 Computer Software/License - TRANSLATION William D Whitehurst, Vice President & INTERPRETING CENTER,c/o THE 157.50 Other Purchased Services The Erie County Investment Co - William TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT 747.83 Oversight Inspection Services Graham - William J Hatch, Managing TULLEY, STEPHANIE 150.00 Election Judge Fees Member, CAG Properties LLC by GateTUMEY,Properties PHYLLIS A LLC - Zions First Na147.50 Election Judge Fees capital ULTRAMAX AMMUNITION 23,280.00 Firearm Supplies tional Bank & Trustee UMB BANK 1,462.32 Banking Service Fees UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 5,000.00 Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering You and each of you are hereby notified UNITED PARCEL 3.15 Postage & Delivery Services that on the 12thSERVICES day of November 2009 UNITED SUPPLY INCCounty 63.70 Service Contracts the then REPROGRAPHIC County Treasurer of the SITEinSERVICES INC 35.00 Waste Disposal Services ofUNITED Douglas, the StateOF ofCOLORADO Colorado, sold INC 208.67 Other Repair & Maintenance Services atUNITED publicSTATES tax lienWELDING sale to Hercules Capital US BANK 2,762.86 Banking Service Fees LLC the following described real estate US BANK 15.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder situate in the County of Douglas, State of US POSTAL SERVICE 29,500.00 Postage & Delivery Services Colorado, to wit: USA MOBILITY WIRELESS INC 14.06 Pager & Wireless USA WRESTLING 942.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground LOT 6 CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL UTAH NARCOTIC 3,000.00 Other Professional Services #3.

1.590 AM/L OFFICERS ASSOCIATION UTAH STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS 1,535.00 Student Travel UTILITY CENTER OF COLORADO 1,642.20 Other Professional Services and saidNOTIFICATION County Treasurer issued a certiVANCEofBROTHERS ficate purchase INC therefore to Hercules 33,548.91 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Capital LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Co for said year 2008. That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Hercules Capital LLC at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 2nd day of May 2013, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 3rd day of January 2013.

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Hercules Capital LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

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LOT 6 CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL #3. 1.590 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Hercules Capital LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Dev-Vic Ltd Liability Co for said year 2008. That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Hercules Capital LLC at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 2nd day of May 2013, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 3rd day of January 2013.

• Removal of Bridge – 1 EA • Removal of Asphalt Mat – 1,263 SY • Embankment Material (complete in place) – 1,931 CY • Structure Excavation – 1,650 CY • Hot Mix Asphalt – 700 TON • Concrete Class D – 484 CY • Reinforcing Steel – 46,690 LB • Reinforcing Steel (Epoxy Coated) – 28,760 LB

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Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process may be directed to Sean P. Owens, P.E., Project Manager at 303.660.7490.

For Planholder Information, Please Call 303.660.7490 (Front Desk) Account Number: 00012184 Legal Notice No.: 921039 First Publication: January 17, 2013 Last Publication: January 24, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County

Public Notice

Legal Notice No.: 921019 First Publication: January 17, 2013 Last Publication: January 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

Public Notice

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for HAYSTACK ROAD OVER SELLARS GULCH BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2007 – 017 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Community Planning and Sustainable Development, Engineering Division, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 2:00 p.m.

This project consists of channel improvements and replacing the existing bridge, built in 1975, with a three cell, cast-inplace concrete box culvert that carries Haystack Road over Sellars Gulch.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the above address after 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, and copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained upon payment of $35.00 for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (Additional charge if mailing is required.)

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Department of Community Planning and Sustainable Development, Engineering Division, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • Removal of Bridge – 1 EA • Removal of Asphalt Mat – 1,263 SY • Embankment Material (complete in place) – 1,931 CY • Structure Excavation – 1,650 CY • Hot Mix Asphalt – 700 TON • Concrete Class D – 484 CY • Reinforcing Steel – 46,690 LB • Reinforcing Steel (Epoxy Coated) – 28,760 LB Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

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Any questions on the bidding process may be directed Sean P. Owens, P.E., tionship to freetoyour children for adoption Project Manager is a possible remedyatin303.660.7490. this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled For Information, Please to a Planholder hearing before a Judge. You also Call 303.660.7490 Desk) have the right, if(Front you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, Account Number: one expert witness00012184 of your own choosing Legal Notice No.: 921039 at any hearing on the termination of your First Publication: January 17, 2013 parent-child relationship.

If you are a miLast Publication: January 24, 2013 nor, you have the right to the appointment Publisher: Douglas County News-Press of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as pro-

Occupant - James B Oexmann - James B Oexmann c/o James C Recht - Barbara A Johnson by James C Recht as her Attorney in Fact c/o James C Recht - FRHL LLC & UMB Bank Colorado NA Residential Real Estate LLC - James P Roth – Paul K Johnson and Barbara A Johnson You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to James P Roth the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 4 BLK 3 PERRY PARK 2 CP 0011113 0.89 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to James P Roth. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of James B Oexmann for said year 2008.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said James P Roth at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of May 2013, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 16th day of January 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 921071 First Publication: January 24, 2013 Last Publication: February 7, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Government Legals vided by sec. 19-1-108(5), C.R.S. 2009, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: January 17, 2013. ss//John Thirkell John Thirkell Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 921073 First Publication: January 24, 2013 Last Publication: January 24, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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VARI, DAVID 308.62 VELOCITY CONSTRUCTORS INC 150.00 VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES 17,182.08 VERNON COMPUTER SOURCE 15,300.00 VERTEX INC 6,240.00 VILLALOBOS CONCRETE INC 167,378.93 WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY 19,159.55 WASTE MANAGEMENT - WOODLAND PARK 2,235.25 WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC 10,472.50 WEBB, ROSS CAMERON 70.00 WEIGHT WATCHERS NORTH AMERICA INC 512.46 WEITKUNAT, CURT 70.56 WEMBER INC 17,047.72 WESCO DISTRIBUTION INC 2,400.73 WEST ELECTRIC GROUP INC 140.67 WEST PAYMENT CENTER 466.92 WEST PAYMENT CENTER 5,597.00 WEST, CHRISTOPHER M 2,000.00 WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC 12,105.70 WESTSIDE TOWING INC 1,251.50 WILDCAT SHOPPING CENTER LLC 17,924.49 WILKERSON IV MD PC, JAMES A 1,045.50 WILLCOX, BETH 32.39 WILLIAMS, CHRIS 71.97 WILLIAMS, KELLY ANN 468.98 WILLIAMS, MATT 402.29 WILSON & COMPANY INC 18,249.90 WIRELESS ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS 156.75 WISE, JIM 174.63 WL CONTRACTORS INC 13,470.50 WOMEN’S CRISIS & FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER 3,090.40 WORLDSCOUT CORPORATION 996.00 XCEL ENERGY 7,293.16 ZIEMBA, REBECCA 71.04 TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2012

Travel Expense Driveway & Street Cut Permits-Refund Cell Phone Service Computer Equipment Service Contracts Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Waste Disposal Services Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Election Judge Fees Wellness Program Travel Expense Design/Soft Costs Traffic Signal Parts Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Vehicle Tow Services Building/Land Lease/Rent Medical, Dental & Vet Services Office Supplies Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Travel Expense Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Traffic Signals - Construction Other Professional Services Service Contracts Utilities Travel Expense

$9,471,701.49

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2012 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Legal Notice No.: 921065 and 921066 First Publication: January 24, 2013

Last Publication: January 24, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

When government takes action, it uses local newspapers to notify you. Reading your public notices is the best way to find out what is happening in your community and how it affects you. If you don’t read public notices, you never know what you might miss. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 921019 First Publication: January 17, 2013 Last Publication: January 31, 2013

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