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GETTING READY FOR 2017: The new

year means a new chance for healthy living. P16

DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

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FULL SPEED AHEAD:

A $3 million donation will help build a new track for sheriff’s deputies to practice driving maneuvers P6

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Teen court experience prompts woman to earn law degree P5

A NEW ERA: Today’s basketball players bring an eclectic set of skills to the court P30

HAVE YOU HEARD? Noise is down in the area surrounding Centennial Airport P7

THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL

‘Clearly you don’t want a situation where some kids are in a different district even though they go to the same elementary school.’

Anne-Marie Lemieux, school board member | Page 4 INSIDE

VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 28 | SPORTS: PAGE 30

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December 22, 2016D

MY NAME IS

TIA YARYAN

Castle Rock teacher bakes 1,000 cookies as holiday gifts About me I grew up on a small cattle farm in Montana. Besides raising beef and occasionally chickens, we also had a large garden. I also had grandparents in the restaurant business. So between family meals on the farm and behind-the-scenes work in restaurants, cooking and baking were a part of life.

My husband, Chris, and I have been married for 14 years. Chris teaches biology and zoology and he also works at Castle View now.

We have two young children.

Brayden is 10 and in the fifth grade and Peyton is 7 and in the second grade. We live in Castle Rock.

Cookies galore I started baking cookies the weekend before finals while I was teaching at Harrison High School in Colorado Springs. It started out as several dozen cook-

ies for my closest friends, but within a year or two I began making cookies for the entire staff. It didn’t take long for it to become a tradition. When I moved to Castle View in 2007 I kept the tradition alive. I bring in large trays of cookies for each of the four teacher offices as well as one for the custodians and one for the front office. I also give plates of cookies to my neighbors.

I usually make hundreds of cookies, but this year I ended up with just over 1,000 cookies (17 different kinds). My kids will help a little. They like cutting out the sugar cookies and helping with the frosting and, of course, taste testing. The rest is all me with some dish washing help from my husband. Needless to say, I don’t do much else but bake over the weekend. I usually get a couple of things done Friday night, but most is done on Saturday and Sunday.

While one batch is baking, I get the next one started.

Teaching in Castle Rock I am a proud member of the mathematics department at Castle View High School. I am currently in my 10th year at Castle View and

From our family to yours...

my 17th year of teaching.

More than the math, I truly enjoy working with teens.

I have been blessed to have met some amazing young people over the years. Building relationships with the students is so rewarding, and I really can’t imagine doing anything else.

‘I love to eat so therefore I run’ I have a great group of friends that also enjoy running and I love the social aspect of our running group. I also enjoy gardening (veggie and flower) and spend a lot of time working in my yard in the spring and summer.

Cooking is, of course, a hobby of mine. My husband and I both enjoy cooking and take turns making dinners and/or cook together.

He’s from Louisiana, so we often have a Cajun flair to our meals. I find baking bread, cookies or cakes as a way to relax. Nothing tastes better after a stressful day than fresh baked banana bread.

Advice: Life’s too short to eat bad food.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is..., contact Jessica Gibbs at jgibbs@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Tia Yaryan of Castle Rock bakes hundreds of cookies as gifts each holiday season. This year, she baked 1,000 cookies.

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The boundaries dividing the Douglas County Board of Education’s representation areas have been updated in an effort to ensure equality and account for population growth.

The school board voted 4-3 to approve newly drawn director district boundary

lines Dec. 13.

There are seven director districts represented by the letters A-G, with each school board member assigned to a district.

Every four years, state law requires the board to revise the districts to ensure they contain “substantially the same number of persons.”

Population growth in the county in recent years meant the boundaries needed tweaking so that that the number of residents in each district were equal.

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School board tackles issues as year comes to an end

BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO MDIFERDINANDO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County Board of Education met Dec.13 for its final meeting of 2016. The board approved a new charter school, approved a resolution to support legislation to help fund growth-related school construction and considered a new contract for athletic trainers.

Charter school approved The board of education approved a new charter school in Castle Rock that is expected to open in the fall of 2018.

The school board voted 6-1 to approve Apex Community Elementary’s charter contract with the district and to enter into a long-term lease for the zoned land in The Meadows to build the school. The site is just off of Meadows Parkway.

The school is expected to help accommodate the growing number of students in the rapidly expanding area of town.

The Apex curriculum is centered on The Core Knowledge Sequence, which is “designed to provide systematic background knowledge to students in order to improve critical thinking and comprehension,” according to the school’s website.

New contract for athletic trainers?

The Douglas County School District is considering a partnership with Panorama Orthopedics to provide athletic trainers for school sports.

Currently, athletic trainers are employed by the district, with many of them working as teachers or coaches during the day. The estimated cost to the district for the 2017-18 year is $560,000. Contracting the work out to Panorama — which has offices in Golden, Westminster and Highlands Ranch — would cost $450,000, providing $110,000 in savings for the district.

Panorama has agreed to hire all athletic trainers employed now by DCSD

at their same salary and allow them to continue at their present school.

“We raised participation fees this year just to keep our current athletic offerings,” said Derek Chaney, director of alternative education, activities and athletics. “We are still going to need some more money from the general fund despite that raise.”

Concerns were raised by board members about district employees switching hats to become private employees. In addition, the change would affect retirement benefits of those already employed by the district, as they would become Panorama employees in their athletic training capacity.

“I can understand and appreciate that we need to save money where we can, but when it’s with folks who directly affect our kids, I’m really concerned about that,” board member Wendy Vogel said. “Yes, we are realizing a cost savings, but at the expense of our employees.”

The matter will come back to the board in January for possible approval.

Growth-related school construction With a 7-0 vote, the board approved a resolution to support state legislation to require developers building new large-scale subdivisions to also build new schools.

“I’m of the opinion that the growth is going to occur one way or another, and this resolution would require that (developers) put the schools in communities such as Sterling Ranch,” said board member James Geddes, who proposed the resolution.

Geddes said he did not believe it would impede the growth of the county.

“The developer would distribute the cost of building the school to the customers that would be buying the houses,” Geddes said.

The Douglas County School district is expected to double its enrollment of 67,000 students by 2040.

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December 22, 2016

‘I knew I was making a difference’ Highlands Ranch woman uses Teen Court experience, earns law degree

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Since she was a little girl, Cynthia Griffin wanted to be a lawyer.

“Once I learned I couldn’t be a princess or a professional ballet dancer I knew I wanted to have a career in law,” Griffin said. Lawyers “looked so powerful, so important, I remember thinking it seems like a pretty cool gig.”

As she entered high school at Englewood’s St. Mary’s Academy, watching “Law and Order” and debating her parents gave way to serving as a student attorney in Parker’s Teen Court program. Her experiences there gave her the leg up she needed to graduate in May with a law degree from Creighton University in Nebraska. And now she’s looking for that first cool gig.

Sue Ratcliff, Parker’s court administrator who started Teen Court in 2005, remembers Griffin as a “shining star” in the program.

When she learned Griffin had passed the bar she was elated.

“I had no idea Cynthia had gone to law school,” Ratcliff said. “I couldn’t be any more proud of her if she was my own daughter.”

Parker’s program was modeled after similar alternative sentencing programs around the country, Ratcliff said. Lone Tree and Castle Rock have since followed Parker’s lead and implemented similar programs. Griffin served

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The new lines were drawn by Shannon Bingham of Western Demographics, a Boulder-based company that specializes in demographic analysis, enrollment projection and operational planning for school districts. Bingham provided the board with four maps as choices.

The board decided on one based on elementary school boundaries, dividing the population of the district

in the court from October 2005 to August 2009.

Juveniles who are convicted are sentenced to community service, including serving on a jury for a future teen court trial. Once they complete their sentencing obligations, the teens earn a clean record.

The students volunteering as attorneys, judges and jury members gain real-world experience working in a courtroom, representing clients and deciding their fates with a bare minimum of adult supervision. In addition to skills learned, Ratcliff hopes they gain a sense of empathy.

“I hope they learn compassion and respect for other people,” she said. “These are good people who just made mistakes. That doesn’t have to be a fatal flaw in their life.”

Ratcliff is happy Griffin took her experience from Teen Court to the next level. But she’s equally pleased her star pupil took the notion of mutual respect to heart.

Griffin wants to be a staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York City someday — she’d like to work her way up by representing clients who need her most.

“Obviously, the money’s better in private practice,” Griffin said. “But my heart is into being a public defender. There are a lot of people in the legal system in need of quality legal help.”

Unlike many of her peers entering the legal world, Griffin has had the experience of being in a courtroom with the fate of a client in her hands. Thanks to her years in Teen Court, she’s also had the experience of helping someone get their life back on track.

“In my mind, I knew I was making a difference,” Griffin said. “I knew if I could do that for the rest of my life I’d be a happy person.”

as evenly as possible based on the elementary schools’ geographic footprint. Each district represents an average of 48,387 people.

Historically, the boundaries had been drawn based on population alone. The new map only represents a slight change with the boundaries closely resembling their historic patterns.

The board discussed the possibility of aligning the districts by voting precincts instead, which board President Meghann Silverthorn and board members James Geddes and Steven Peck preferred.

NEWS IN A HURRY Candlelight services As Castle Rock’s Season of the Star draws to a close, visit Festival Park on Dec. 24 for candlelight services hosted by several town churches on Christmas Eve. The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. and is located at 300 Second Street in Castle Rock. For more information visit www.

CRgov.com or call 720-724-2007.

VA offering The Department of Veterans Affairs now offers eligibility determination for internment in a VA national cemetery prior to the time of need. Those interested can submit a form and other supporting documentation to the VA National Cemetery Scheduling Office by toll-free fax at 1-855-840-8299, email Eligibility.

PreNeed@va.gov or mail to the National

Cemetery Scheduling Office, P.O. Box 510543, St. Louis, Missouri, 63151. For more information or for the required form, visit www.douglas.co.us.

New Year’s Day hikes at Castlewood canyon Volunteer naturalists at Castlewood Canyon State Park will guide three separate hikes beginning at 10 a.m. on Jan. 1.

The hikes range from a family-friendly two-mile trek to a challenging, much longer hike. Hikers should meet at the Castle Point parking lot, 2989 S. State Highway 83, Franktown, and dress for the weather.

All hikes are free with a valid Colorado State Parks pass, $7 per vehicle for a day pass, and will be followed by hot chocolate, snacks and soup at the Canyon Point Event Center.

Judge Kevin Sidel swears in Cynthia Griffin in Parker’s council chambers on Oct. 7 after her passing the bar.

TOM SKELLEY

“Obviously this is something that we don’t discuss very often but precincts and director districts are both political boundaries, so having them aligned is perhaps in the best interest of the district,” Silverthorn said.

The board was advised by Bingham to base the boundaries on Census data instead to ensure they meet federal law.

“I’ve done over 130 of these in the last 33 years and I haven’t done any where I aligned to precincts,” Bingham said. “I’ve never used those as a building block.”

Director district boundaries were

last evaluated and updated in 2012.

According to the Douglas County Community Development department, the county’s population has increased by approximately 26,210 people since 2012.

School board member Anne-Marie Lemieux said since board members are elected at large — meaning by all voters in the county — the important thing is “keeping continuity for our children.”

“Clearly you don’t want a situation where some kids are in a different district even though they go to the same elementary school,” she said.

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Commissioners approve $372.6 million budget Spending plan continues focus on transportation and public safety

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County’s budget for 2017 continues to focus on transportation and public safety, also its biggest priorities in 2016.

The board of county commissioners unanimously approved a 2017 budget of $372.6 million on Dec. 13. That’s up 8 percent from the 2016 budget of $346 million.

The proposed budget was amended during the commissioner’s meeting before the vote. The amended version included the board’s approval of $15.2 million for a regional crime lab. The money will only be spent if the project comes to fruition, a decision that’s still pending.

Similar to last year, the 2017 budget places an emphasis on public safety — about 39 percent of expenditures are planned in this area.

Transportation needs follow public safety with 38 percent of planned spending.

The board’s five goals — public safety, transportation, economic foundations, natural resources and community

The Board of Commissioners in Douglas County adopted a 2017 budget of $372.6 million on Dec. 13. Here is the allocation of expenditures.

COURTESY IMAGE services — are guiding principles when drafting the budget, said Martha Marshall, assistant finance director for Doulgas County.

Operations will consume $191.6

$3 million kick-starts county’s law enforcement training center

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

During the Douglas County Board of Commissioners’ Dec. 13 meeting, Tim Moore, chief deputy with the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, walked to the front of the room and handed the county manager a note for more than $3 million.

“Don’t always see that many numbers on a check coming to us,” District 3 Commissioner Jill Repella said amid applause.

The money was a gift from RE/MAX CEO Dave Liniger and his wife, Gail, who together founded the Denverbased real estate company in 1973.

The money will help build a new driving training track for the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office. It will be near the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility located off Highway 85 north of Castle Rock, which will also manage and operate the track.

“There are far too few places to train and too many officers that need the training,” Moore said.

The Linigers could not be reached for comment, but their $3.3 million donation is approximately half the cost for the first phase in building an Emergency Vehicle Operations

Center. The first phase will include a driving course, skid pads and improvements to existing structures.

In time, with anticipated revenue from the driving track, the county could approve a supplemental public works center and fleet services center.

In 2014, the county purchased land near Moore Road in northwest Douglas County. A parcel has been reserved for the track while needs assessments and site plan research were completed.

The need arose when the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office’s former training location was shut down.

The office had conducted driver training at Dawson Ridge, an abandoned subdivision neighborhood southwest of Castle Rock, since the 1980s. The area was closed in 2013 because of deteriorating road conditions.

In its search for a new location, and through the needs assessment study, the sheriff ’s office ruled out existing tracks as new training locations and developed plans to build the training center on county-owned land.

Centers in Arapahoe County and Golden were too small and in too high demand, Moore said. Other locations SEE TRAINING, P29

million of the budget, a $16.2 million increase from 2016, mostly impacting the general fund. The operating budget funds staffing, and there are 12 new positions recommended.

Revenues for 2017 are forecast at $288 million. Most will come from property tax, sales and use tax, plus a combination of other sources like donations and charges for services or permits.

State law requires the budget to be balanced. The $84.6 million difference in revenue and expenditures is covered by the planned transfer of funds from reserves, Marshall said.

More specific projects among new and one-time expenditure requests include: • $3.5 million, matched by a $3.3 million donation, for a new law enforcement training center to be managed by the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility.

• $15 million for road repair, maintenance and extending pavement life in unincorporated Douglas County.

• $2.4 million to extend light rail to RidgeGate, a project done in partnership with the City of Lone Tree and the Regional Transportation District.

• $10 million for improvements to the U.S. Highway 85 Corridor.

• $3.2 million to extend the East-West Regional Trail between the City of Lone Tree and the Town of Parker.

“I know there was a lot more that was requested,” District 2 Commissioner Roger Partridge said to staff, “and you whittled it down to meet what our board goals are.”

Visit www.douglas.co.us for the full 2017 budget.

Douglas County allocates $15.2 million for crime lab

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County commissioners had some members of the audience on the edge of their seat during the board’s Dec. 13 meeting.

Officers from the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, Aurora Police Department, Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office and more anxiously waited while commissioners deliberated allocating $15.2 million to build a regional crime lab.

Steps still remain to get the multijurisdictional project approved, but the board’s Dec. 13 decision could have killed the project. Instead, the three commissioners unanimously voted to approve the money for the project.

For two years, the Douglas County and Arapahoe County sheriff ’s offices and Aurora police have researched building a joint crime lab to alleviate expenses and long wait times they experience by relying on other labs to process their forensic evidence.

The plan stipulates that Douglas County would pay for constructing the lab if Aurora and Arapahoe help supply staff and technology.

Although the county’s Justice Center Sales and Use Tax can fund the project, commissioners needed to ap-

prove allocating the money — which Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock called the biggest step toward making the lab a reality.

He was confident an inter-governmental agreement and purchase of land — the remaining pieces to the puzzle — were done deals. The lab would likely be built in northern Douglas County.

Representatives from all three partnering agencies answered questions from District 1 Commissioner David Weaver and District 2 Commissioner Roger Partridge before the board’s vote.

Weaver said public safety is one of the board’s number one goals. He offered support once he felt assured a partnership among the agencies is more efficient and economical than Douglas County building its own lab.

Partridge said based on the lab’s potential to benefit law enforcement and victims, building it is an easy choice, before also saying he’d lost sleep over the issue.

“It’s a tough decision when you talk about the dollars,” he said.

However, based on the data and research, Partridge said, “I think we’re in a safe place” to move forward.

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6December 22, 2016

Study: Smaller noise footprint for Centennial Airport Improved technology helps reduce the number of people impacted

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A year-long study by Centennial Airport — the second busiest general-aviation airport in the United States— shows a significantly reduced noise footprint in the surrounding area.

The study, which forms the basis of the airport’s recently completed Noise Exposure Map draft, shows the boundaries of areas affected by planes taking off and landing has shrunk by 960 acres and no longer includes any homes.

In 2008, the last time the noise exposure map was updated, the area included 1,300 homes.

Centennial Airport attributes the reduced noise primarily to the improvement of aircraft design and technology, the elimination of outdated jet engines and the improvement of GPS for better route mapping, said Aaron Repp, Centennial Airport noise and environmental specialist.

Airport officials wanted to update the map to identify noise-sensitive areas for potential homeowners, developers, hospitals, libraries and other establishments that might want to locate nearby.

“Part of this is the noise exposure, but another part is the land use around the area and making sure there is compatible land use,” said Mike Fronapfel, Centennial Airport director of planning and development. “We want to provide the cities and counties with as much information as possible to make the right decisions for their residents.”

Easily assembled, Centennial Airport’s portable noise monitoring system can be on site and online, delivering data to the system, within 30 minutes.

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MOST NOISE COMPLAINTS COME FROM THE SAME PEOPLE The number of households complaining about airport noise has been on the decline since 2014, the year the airport made its complaint system available online, airport officials said. Through the first 11 months of this year, complaints have been received from 258 households. In 2015, there were 281 households that complained, and the year before, there were 307.

At the same time, the number of complaints has risen. The airport has received 9,690 complaints through the first 11 months of this year. That’s up from 6,636 for all of 2015 and 2,956 in 2014. What those numbers do not show is that the vast majority of complaints are coming from only a handful of addresses.

More than two-thirds — or 6,725 — of all noise complaints this year have come from one household in Highlands Ranch, according to the Centennial Airport Monthly Noise Report. The airport has conducted noise measurements near the resident’s home in eastern Highlands Ranch and determined that there are not high levels of aircraft noise in the area, said Mike Fronapfel, director of planning and development for the airport.

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About the study Five households have accounted for Centennial Airport straddles 7,925 complaints — or about 80 Arapahoe and Douglas counties just percent — this year. Last year, the top east of I-25, south of Arapahoe Road five complaining households were and north of E-470. Among generalresponsible for 4,748 complaints, or aviation facilities, only Deer Valley about 72 percent.

Airport in Phoenix is busier than Centennial, which averages more than 800 take-offs and landings a day. ministration, projects existing sound The study focused on the airport’s types of aircraft flown throughout conditions for the next five years. the year and takes into account facinfluence area, which extends from tors such as topography.

Yosemite Street on the Map beneficial to development west, Parker Road on the MORE INFORMATION The noise exposure The Heritage Hills neighborhood measurements are not east, Belleview Avenue on near I-25 and Lincoln Avenue in the north and RidgeGate To read the full report, go tostagnant. Similar to the Lone Tree, about eight miles from Parkway to the south. It www.centennialairport. amount of traffic on I-25, the airport, is one of the residenlooked at data between Oct. com. Under the “Noise they shrink or expand tial areas no longer included in the 1, 2014 and Sept. 30, 2015.

Map Update” drop-down depending on operational noise exposure area, according to the Fronapfel said the opera- menu, click “NEM Docu- volume and the direction draft. of traffic. ments and Comment” tional data was gathered Homeowner association president where the Noise Exposure “What is important to from a noise and operaPam Ladnier said she has not reMap Update draft will be understand is that this is tions monitoring system and then put into a model- available in three parts. just a snapshot,” Fronapfel ceived any formal complaints about the airport from residents in her said. “This is a static iming program to create the three years as president. age of a year-long colleccontours, or the footprint The noise map shows that a Holition of what the operational noise is of the noise-affected area. day Inn and Suite, scheduled to open around the airport.”

The model used to create the conin late December at 6638 S. Nome The map, which is awaiting final tours, which essentially visualizes Court in Centennial, is the only approval by the Federal Aviation Adaircraft noise, records the different

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noise-sensitive establishment in the defined area of aircraft noise. The hotel is two miles from the airport.

According to Tony Sprouse, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, the hotel worked with the airport to ensure noise would not be an issue.

Windows are triple-paned and the building has extra insulation.

“Of course, we did not want irritated guests giving us noise complaints,” Sprouse said. “I really don’t think it will be an issue. It was a concern to me at first, but after being in the building, it really isn’t. (The hotel planners) took the right precautions and did the right construction to alleviate that noise.

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Community rallies for veteran in Walmart parking lot Christmas Douglas County offices will close at noon Dec. 23 through Dec. 26 for the Christmas Holiday. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

Christmas tree recycling For drop-off locations, times and dates, as well as instructions on how to prepare a tree for recycling, visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Christmas tree recycling.

Apply for 2017 Community Safety Volunteer Academy The 10-week Academy is offered through the Douglas County Sheriff’s office. Application deadline is Dec. 31, 2016. Visit www.dcsheriff.net and search for academies.

Need help with heating costs?

Eligible low income households in Douglas County may apply for energy assistance through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP). For more information or to download the application please visit www.douglas.co.us and search for LEAP or email LEAPHELP@discovermygoodwill.org

Philip S. Miller Grant applications due Jan. 31 Applications are accepted through Jan. 31, 2017 for the 2017 Philip S. Miller funds. For applicant requirements and details visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Miller Grants or contact Dru Campbell at 303-660-7401.

Post on Facebook sparks compassion, outpouring of support

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITY

About two weeks ago, David Brown was living in his RV parked out front of Walmart in Highlands Ranch. Brown, an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was down on his luck — he had few belongings and his heat wasn’t working.

Because of one Facebook post, all of that changed.

“I just wanted him to have a little traffic visiting him — to experience some extra kindness so he knows he is loved,” said Emily Adams, who posted about Brown’s situation on a Highlands Ranch page called Word of Mouth, on which the community posts comments, questions and recommendations. “What I was expecting is that maybe a couple of people had some extra blankets.”

Adams, who spent 10 years in the Active Guard Reserve, served in Iraq with Brown, who fought in combat. The two reconnected through a Facebook group for veterans a couple of years ago.

Within two days of Adams’ post, residents gifted Brown a new generator for his RV, a space heater, food, warm clothing and blankets. One resident helped Brown set up a P.O. box. Another helped him fix the broken headlight on his RV. Someone reserved a hotel for Brown and his girlfriend for two nights. And a GoFundMe page raised more than $5,000 for Brown to find an apartment.

Michelle Morley, who donated the generator, said she contributed because she simply likes helping people.

“It makes me feel good. I know what it’s like to be in a bad spot because I’ve had some myself,” the Highlands Ranch resident said. “And it’s Christmas. And it’s really cold.”

Brown found a deeper meaning to the gifts.

“The materials aren’t as big of a thing as what I’ve seen from people — the compassion and caring,” said Brown, a tall and slender 41-year-old.

Brown, a Colorado native, spent 10 years in the service and has been out for

David Brown, 41, stands outside of his RV that is parked in front of Walmart off Business Center Drive in Highlands Ranch. Within days, the community rallied to help and support Brown, a veteran.

ALEX DEWIND six years. He spent some time in Pennsylvania before moving back to Denver a couple of years ago to look for work.

He recently picked up shifts at Walmart through Labor Finders, a staffing company for commercial, industrial and construction jobs. His girlfriend is also employed at Walmart, he said, which is why they are able to overnight park in the store’s parking lot.

Brown, who said he suffers from PTSD, said he is still adjusting to life out of the service.

“The way of life is completely different,” he said. “There is a structured framework in the military. You have to figure out the framework yourself here.”

On a recent windy day, he commented on the bustle of sounds — cars passing by, leaves rustling.

“Every little movement in some way, shape or form triggers me,” he said.

Following the outpouring of support, Brown said he felt overwhelmed and anxious, but more than anything “extremely grateful.”

Brown hopes his situation helps other struggling veterans.

“There is hope,” he said. “We as people need to do what’s right and take care of each other.”

Adams has similar feelings.

“The war that they fight when they get home is worse than the one they fight over there,” she said. “We can’t be dormant and complacent in our efforts to recognize that he is one of thousands that need help every day.”

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Nationally, approximately 16 percent of homeless populations are veterans, according to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. In metro Denver, 11.5 percent of the homeless population has served in the military.

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans attributes homelessness of veterans to a shortage of affordable housing, livable income and access to health care. Other factors include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse and a lack of family and social support networks, the organization says.

Mike Coffman, U.S. representative for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, which includes Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Littleton and Aurora, is a Marine Corps combat veteran. On Dec. 2, his Fairness for Veterans Act — a measure that is part of his initiatives to provide veterans with better access to mental health services — was added to the final version of the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act. “As a Marine Corps combat veteran, I know the sacrifices our veterans have made to keep our country safe,” Coffman said in an email correspondence. “We owe it to them to keep our promise, and make sure that every veteran has access to the services that they need and deserve.”

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FBI may probe claims that VA lied about hospital costs Aurora facility under construction has had huge cost overruns

BY DAN ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Justice Department is considering whether to investigate allegations that Department of Veterans Affairs executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a $1.7 billion VA hospital under construction in Aurora.

The FBI’s Washington field office is reviewing the allegations, the Justice Department said in a letter to Congress. The letter was dated Dec. 9 and made public Dec. 13.

The FBI is part of the Justice Department.

Lawmakers accuse VA executives of lying when they testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee in 2013 and 2014 about the cost of the hospital in Aurora. The current projected price tag is nearly triple the 2014 estimate.

The VA declined to comment on the lawmakers’ allegations. In a written statement, the department said it has already acknowledged mistakes on the project and made changes to its construction practices.

A bipartisan group of 21 lawmakers on the Veterans Affairs Committee asked for an investigation in September. The request came after the VA’s internal watchdog office said Glenn Haggstrom, formerly the department’s top official in charge of construction projects, knew the hospital cost was

soaring but didn’t tell Congress.

The lawmakers also asked the Justice Department to look into congressional testimony by Stella Fiotes, director of the VA’s Office of Construction and Facilities Management.

Haggstrom and Fiotes told the committee that no cost overruns were expected and that the project would be finished at or near its budget of about $604 million, according to transcribed excerpts from the committee.

Haggstrom retired in 2015, one day after he was questioned by VA officials about what went wrong, department officials have said.

Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., said the Justice Department should investigate the two officials’ testimony.

“This case is a slam dunk, and it’s imperative for Department of Justice officials to ensure justice is served,” Miller said in a written statement.

“It is an absolute fact that numerous VA officials repeatedly misled Congress regarding cost overruns,” he said.

Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., a member of the committee, also said the FBI should investigate.

“If they don’t, and there are no consequences for federal officials of the executive branch to lie when they’re under oath, then Congress simply cannot exercise its oversight,” he said.

Investigations into the hospital project have said mismanagement, delays and lax oversight by the VA added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost and delayed it by years.

Construction on the 184-bed facility is expected to be done in January 2018.

It will replace an aging, overcrowded facility still in use in Denver.

Nation’s fight against obesity sees hope among babies, toddlers

BY LINDSEY TANNER ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chubby babies and toddlers at risk for later obesity are on the decline in a government food program serving millions of kids, a glimmer of good news in the nation’s fight to slim down.

The trend was found in a study on children up to age 3 enrolled in the WIC nutrition assistance program for low-income women and children. Half of all U.S. infants up to 12 months old are enrolled in the program.

The portion of youngsters at risk for obesity fell during the study, from almost 15 percent in 2010 to 12 percent overall in 2014, researchers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The rate declined in all ages studied. It was lowest — about 8 percent in 2014 — for the youngest infants, from 3 to 5 months in age, versus almost 15 percent among toddlers.

The results echo a reported decline in older WIC children and were unexpected, given rising rates earlier in the decade, said CDC researcher David Freedman, the lead author.

“People are thrilled,” he said.

Previous CDC data showed a similar decline in all U.S. youngsters aged 2 to 5 years old, from about 14 percent in 2004 to 9 percent in 2014, coinciding with national campaigns targeting childhood obesity. Obesity rates tend to be higher in children from low-income families, including WIC participants.

Freedman said reasons are uncertain for the decline in heavy WIC babies, but it came amid changes designed to improve nutrition and health in WIC food packages, including more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Also, breastfeeding among participating women increased in 2009 and that can protect against obesity.

The study was published Dec. 13 in Pediatrics.

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Douglas County receives $27,600 grant for trail work Money will help clear overgrown pathways

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Great Outdoors Colorado, which invests Colorado lottery proceeds into parks, trails, wildlife, rivers and open spaces, has awarded a $27,600 Youth Corps grant to Douglas

County Open Space for trail projects.

Crews from the Mile High Youth Corps will help with clearing paths, erosion control and surface work along 10 miles of trail within Douglas County’s Nelson Ranch Open Space, south of Roxborough State Park and west of Sedalia, and the nearby Pike Hill Open Space, north of Highway 67 at the forest line.

The Mile High Youth Corps is a nonprofit organization that enables youths to earn income

while working jobs in their community. Their crews will help remove overgrowth on Swallowtail Trail, located on Nelson Ranch, and Ringtail Trails, accessible to hikers from the Roxborough State Park visitor center, which resulted in narrow paths and in some places, complete obstruction.

This type of encroachment reduces visibility, increases wildfire risk and attracts unwanted wildlife along trails, according to a release from

Great Outdoors Colorado.

Trails on these properties provide key nonmotorized access to the Pike National Forest and Colorado Trail for Douglas County. The goal will be to create a 5-foot-wide trail for hikers, bikers and equestrian use.

Youth Corps grants are funded through the Colorado Youth Corps Association, a statewide coalition of nine accredited youth corps working with land, water and energy conservation.

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Online purchases get closer to tax collection High court declines to take up case that challenged Colorado law

BY KRISTEN WYATT ASSOCIATED PRESS

Buying things online could get pricier following the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a case, a decision that could ultimately lead to states collecting billions of dollars in sales taxes lost to increasingly popular internet retailers.

The court would not hear a challenge to a Colorado law requiring online sellers such as Amazon.com to notify customers and the state how much they owe in taxes. State officials have estimated that Colorado alone has been missing out on as much as $172.7 million a year.

At least three other states — Louisiana, Oklahoma and Vermont — have passed similar laws that could take

effect given the resolution of the Colorado case.

Though the court didn’t endorse Colorado’s law and could even weigh in against it if given a different case, other states are likely to see the Dec. 12 move as a green light to step up collection efforts. That comes despite a 1992 Supreme Court decision saying retailers must have a physical presence in a state before officials can make them collect sales tax.

Online shoppers always have owed state sales taxes on their purchases, but the rule has been widely ignored.

States have spent years examining ways to capture those lost tax dollars, but their options are limited when the retailers are not based in the state.

So-called Amazon taxes that started in New York have not been adequate to fill the widening gap, said Mark Behlke, director of budget and tax policy for the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Sales taxes account for about a third of revenue in many states,

more in those with no income taxes, such as Texas and Florida. And with online sales going up about 15 percent a year, states are increasingly feeling the effects of those taxes going unpaid.

The Colorado Legislature found a possible solution in 2010 when it passed a law requiring online retailers to notify customers to pay sales tax and report purchases to the state.

That’s not the same as demanding tax payments from out-of-state retailers.

The Data and Marketing Association sued, and a federal judge put the law on hold in 2012. A year later, a federal appeals court sided with Colorado. The association appealed to the nation’s highest court, arguing that the law would meddle in interstate commerce.

The marketing group said the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case could have far-reaching implications for online shoppers.

“It will only encourage other states to adopt similar laws and regulations that are designed to put arbitrary

burdens on out-of-state sellers,” association vice president Emmett O’Keefe said in a statement.

Supporters of Colorado’s law agreed it sends a strong signal that reporting requirements don’t infringe on constitutional protections for interstate commerce.

“This settles the issue, once and for all, that the 2010 law is constitutional, it was not an undue burden on business,” said Tim Hoover, spokesman for the Colorado Fiscal Institute, which supported the law.

George S. Isaacson, who represented the marketing group and teaches constitutional law at Bowdoin College, said the high court may simply be waiting to see more states copy Colorado.

“Colorado was the first state to pass such a law, and the Supreme Court may be waiting to see how other state legislatures and lower courts deal with this type of highly controversial state legislation before addressing the constitutional issues,” Isaacson said in a statement.

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Gift of you may be the very best present you can offer in this holiday season WINNING WORDS

Michael Norton

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ere we are again at that time of year where most of our shopping is finished and we are gathering with family and friends to celebrate the holidays. We exchange and open gifts that have been carefully wrapped, and in some cases like mine, not so carefully or artistically wrapped.

Many times we receive a gift that we really wanted or needed, and sometimes we receive a gift that someone else thought we wanted or needed. And there is really nothing like the feeling of knowing that you have just been re-gifted or you are already planning how you will re-gift the same gift to someone else. And if re-gifting is not your thing, there is always

the gift receipt and you can exchange the gift for something that may be more appropriate for you or at least in your right size.

There is a gift that can be given, will more than likely never be re-gifted or exchanged, and is probably more appreciated than any store-bought gift that can be purchased, and that is the gift of you. The gift of you can be given in so many ways and it can also be a gift that keeps on giving once you start.

A friend of mine shared a story with me about a time when he was really short on money and his employment was in jeopardy due to a pending reorganization within his company. He wasn’t sure he would have his job or any job come January. He has a very

loving and giving heart and Christmas has always been special to him as a season to not only honor God, but to honor his friends and family with unique gifts that he would find for each person. With funds being low and a less than certain future in front of him, he decided to find ways to give himself to others.

I know many of you already do this and many of you give homemade gifts and cards. Some of you give gifts and give the gift of yourself also. But for those of you who haven’t tried it before I would encourage you to give it a try and watch as your own gratiSEE NORTON, P13

No-show shows us that singer is no show-off

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Confusing ideology Re: Last week’s letter, “Vouchers are a scam” Robert White and many other voters recently do not seem to have a clue as to what they just voted for.

In this letter, he calls on “all true conservatives in Douglas County to contact the school board and tell them to stop with the liberal school voucher nonsense.”

As a true conservative, I can only guess as to who Robert voted for in the recent election and being the astute conservative

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that he is, I am sure that he is aware that Betsy Devos, as the nominee for Secretary of Education, is a vocal proponent of charter schools, voucher programs, and virtual education — but not of public schools.

The irony and confusing ideology in this one letter, and in many recent decisions, is simply astounding.

Jim Martin Highlands Ranch SEE LETTERS, P13

ow I know the rest of the story. Most of it.

Bob Dylan didn’t go to Stockholm, QUIET to DESPERATION Sweden, accept the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Singersongwriter Patti Smith attended on his behalf, and sang “A Hard Rain’s Craig Marshall A- Gonna Smith Fall.”

She sang it twice, because she blanked out the first time.

“I apologize. I’m sorry, I’m so nervous,” she said.

Smith made it through the second time around, moving many to tears.

I thought that she was a good choice, and I would like to know how it was made.

Some might have wanted Joan Baez, once Dylan’s girlfriend, who wrote “Diamonds and Rust,” about him and them.

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involved with a singer-songwriter, because I knew that I might turn into the subject of a song after the fall.

The same goes for dating photographers. They can ruin your life afterwards, with what are called “revenge” photos. In my case, it would be me and Smitty, in the bathtub with our toys. I suggest you pass this information down to your children.

George Will of the Washington Post Writers Group wrote a ping-pong piece about Dylan. It kept going back and forth. I couldn’t figure out if he was in favor of the award being awarded to Dylan or not.

But, typically, it was thought-provoking stuff.

There is some kind of awards ceremony going on every week. I avoid all of them.

Do your job and do it well.

You don’t need something else on the shelf to dust.

Andrew Ferguson of the Weekly Standard said, “Dylan has proved two propositions that seemed increasingly unlikely in the SEE SMITH, P33

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Year-end planning can play a part in reducing tax burden FINANCIAL STRATEGIES

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any taxpayers are still getting used to the tax law changes from 2013. Tax brackets are rising slightly for 2016, indexed up 0.4 percent.

Medicare tax has a 0.9 percent kicker on incomes over Patricia Kummer $250,000 and those in the highest brackets get to pay an extra 3.8 percent on investment returns. All in all, taxes have been on the rise. Therefore it is important to take every advantage to reduce your tax bill for 2016. Here are a few last-minute things you can do that will help reduce your tax liability.

Consider funding an IRA account.

Most employees who have a 401(k) plan have forgotten they might also be eligible for an IRA as well. If you are married filing jointly and only one spouse has a 401(k) plan, the other spouse may be eligible for a $5,500 deduction or $6,500 if over the age of 50. Check the IRS limits for adjusted gross incomes that range from $184,000 to $194,000. Those with two qualified employer plans with incomes under $98,000 can both write

LETTERS FROM PAGE 12

Vouchers not a liberal cause I had to do a double take after reading Robert White’s letter in last week’s paper. I agree with everything he said except for the last paragraph. I have never before heard anyone attribute school vouchers to the liberal cause. School vouchers are strictly a conservative

NORTON FROM PAGE 12

tude bucket begins to overflow.

Giving of our time, giving of our talents, and just giving of ourselves is so very rewarding to both the giver and the recipient. And it can be as simple as giving a smile to someone who doesn’t have one, a hug to a friend in need, volunteering at the hospital or a charity event, helping a family member move or clean out their basement, doing something for the community, or any such gift of your time and talents to someone who would appreciate them. And even if they don’t appreciate it, the gift of giving of yourself will be the best gift you can ever receive.

Here’s another gift you can consider this holiday season when you consider the gift of you. Instead of focusing on the presents you will give or receive, focus on just being present. It is all too common these days to be at a family function or gathering of friends and

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

Self-employed individuals may be eligible for a SEP (Simplified Employee Pension). These limits can be substantially higher than an IRA based on business or consulting income. Most plans allow for deductible contributions similar to 401(k) limits — which for 2016 are $18,000 with an over-age-50 catch-up provision of another $6,000. For higherincome earners, you may also be eligible for a profit-sharing contribution up to 25 percent of your business profit up to $59,000, depending on your business structure.

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

Consider maximizing your health savings accounts for the year if they have not already been funded. You may be eligible if you had a highdeductible health-insurance plan starting no later than Dec. 1. An

endeavor, as evidenced by our right wing school board members for the last seven years. They are attempting to implement the ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) education plan.

The ultimate goal of that plan is to make public education a for-profit enterprise and put an end to the public school system we’ve known all of our lives. School vouchers are key to that plan.

Gary Bills Parker

everyone is searching their phones, texting, looking at email, or cruising social media. The gift of you this year could be as simple as just leaving your cell phone in your pocket or car or in a drawer somewhere and encouraging others to do the same. Simply be present with one another, talk, be truly in the moment. And not just in a gathering of many, but giving the gift of you to even one person who needs a shoulder to cry on or an understanding ear to listen can be the greatest gift you can give.

How about you, even if you have been blessed enough to purchase gifts for those you love, have you considered the gift of giving of yourself ? I would love to hear from you at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can make this season the starting point of giving of ourselves and being present instead of just giving presents, it really will be a better than good week.

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

individual can contribute a taxdeductible amount of $3,350 with a $1,000 catch-up provision for anyone over age 55 by Dec. 31. Households with one spouse on family coverage can contribute $6,750 plus the catchup for over age 55.

The penalty for not having health insurance increased this year to $695 per person or 2 percent of income. You can apply during open enrollment this month to avoid this penalty in 2017 as well.

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

If you pay quarterly estimated tax payments, consider paying your fourth-quarter state taxes before year-end. Then you will be able to deduct it on your Schedule A next April.

To help reduce unwanted tax-

able investment income, meet with your financial advisor for tax loss harvesting and to structure your investments to be tax-efficient. After all, the goal is to keep more of your hard-earned dollars working for you. Plan to take advantage of every deduction you are eligible for and make estimated tax payments on time. Then you won’t have to pay any more than necessary.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 30 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www.kummerfinancial.com for more information. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

OBITUARIES WILCOX

Joseph Paul Wilcox 3/11/1943 – 12/3/2016

Joseph Paul Wilcox, age 73, of Castle Rock, Colorado, passed away December 3, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born March 11, 1943, in Jefferson City, Missouri, he was the son of the late Alois and Rita (Boehm) Wilcox, and is the third of six children.

Joseph leaves his beloved wife of 51 years, Bonita (Jenkins) Wilcox; along with five children and their spouses; Kelly and the late Randall Quiring of Fairmont, MN, Joseph Jr. and Julie Wilcox of Monument, CO, Michael Wilcox and Juan Guillen of Avon, CO, Lieutenant Colonel Brian and Jennifer Wilcox, U.S. Marine Corps of Safety Harbor, FL, and Regan and Jerry Price, of Windsor, CO, his 12 grandchildren, Jordan Nadel, Nicholas, Quincy, Braede, Noah, Zachary, Wyatt, Abigail, Rayah, Dainian, Thales, and Melia, and one greatgrand-child Shayla.

Joseph is proceeded in death by his parents, one brother, and son-in-law Randall Quiring.

Joseph was a 1961 graduate of Ward High School in Kansas City

Boy Scouts of America, he once took fourteen boy scouts on a road trip/ canoeing adventure to the Canadian wilderness.

He enjoyed the Colorado outdoors, especially the Taylor Reservoir and River areas. He was avid about camping, and traveling throughout the United States; exploring as many National Parks as he and a 1965 graduate of could. He admired and the University of Kansas embodied the spirit of the where he earned a degree in business. Upon American West, sharing these loves and ideals graduation, he moved with his family. Joseph to Colorado and here also enjoyed tracking established his family’s current events, political roots. Joseph was a long matters and satire. He time resident of Douglas was a generous, curious, County, moving to the compassionate and Happy Canyon area of simple man, greatly loved Castle Rock in 1975. His and remembered by his primary occupation family, friends, and even was as a comptroller for chance acquaintances.

Ideal (Holnam) Basic He was interested in Industries. everyone he met; he will Joseph’s pride-and-joy was his family and always be missed.

Memorial services being a loving husband, for Joseph Wilcox were father, and “gramps” held at 10am, on 10 to his grandchildren.

December at the Sacred Joseph would go any Heart Retreat House in distance for his children Sedalia, Colorado. In and grandchildren. As lieu of flowers, memorial an active member of the community, he served in donations may be sent to the Knights of Columbus, Father Woody’s Haven of and as a church volunteer. Hope: 1101 W. 7th Avenue Denver , CO 80204 As a parent leader in the

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SkyView Academy student creates birthday blessing Siena Negron asks others to donate to California charity

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITY

Most kids look forward to their birthday for several reasons: cake, a party and presents galore.

But not Siena Negron.

For her 10th birthday, Negron asked classmates, friends and family members to donate to a charity of her choice instead of giving presents. She picked Project Night Night, a San Francisco-based charity that provides packages to homeless children 12 years old and younger.

“If I go to a sleepover, I feel more comfortable and at home with a blanket,” said Negron, a soft-spoken fifthgrader at SkyView Academy in Highlands Ranch. “All of the bags have a book, blanket and a stuffed animal.”

Negron did it all on her own, said her father Javier Negron, a leadership teacher at SkyView. She proposed her idea to the middle school principal and a room of more than 300 students.

“I did not help — I really did not help,” a teary-eyed Javier said. “To say I’m proud is an understatement.”

Elementary and middle school students spent about a

Siena Negron, right, fills bags with books, stuffed animals and blankets for children in need on Dec. 8.

Instead of receiving birthday presents, Negron, 10, wanted all gifts donated to Project Night Night — a charity that provides packages to homeless children. “It feels really great to help somebody else,” she said.

ALEX DEWIND month and a half collecting items. The beige canvas bags say Project Night Night on the front and are decorated with an animated sheep. Inside each bag is a children’s book, a stuffed animal and a new blanket.

Staff and students at SkyView set a goal to collect

items for about 50 bags. They ultimately filled 150 bags and had about 180 blankets and 500 stuffed animals to spare for other charities.

Community outreach is nothing new to the K-12 school. Service learning is one of five pillars of foundation SkyView is built upon.

Other pillars include core knowledge, classical college prep, character education and world languages.

Students in several grades participated Negron’s endeavor. Kindergarten and first grade collected blankets; second and third grades collected books; fourth and fifth grades

collected stuffed animals; and middle school students were in charge of the canvas tote bags.

“I’m proud that I did it,” Negron said, “but I’m even more proud of all the students who were involved.”

Classmate Olivia Barrett was elated when Negron shared her idea.

“This project really brought the school up,” the 11-year-old said. “I think it made everyone realize how lucky they are.”

Kyle Finley, a seventh-grader in Javier’s leadership class, praised Negron for thinking of others on her birthday.

Finley helped sort the bags.

“I thought it was cool,” he said. “Instead of wanting stuff, she wanted to give back to the community. It made me happy.”

The bags were dropped off to GIVE Denver the week of Dec. 12, just in time for the holidays. GIVE Denver, a program of Denver Human Services, leverages contributions, volunteers and community partnerships to bring hope and happiness to foster children, the homeless and the city’s most vulnerable communities, its website says.

For Negron, the experience was humbling.

“Sometimes, I take all of the things that I have for granted,” she said. “Doing this helps me realize that I do have a lot, and it helps me be thankful for what I have.”

Walking away from pain Parker Adventist partners with nonprofit for free surgeries STAFF REPORT

Parker Adventist Hospital recently partnered with Operation Walk USA to give patients a chance to step into 2017 free from incapacitating pain.

Between Dec. 5 and Dec. 10, three patients at Parker Adventist and two patients at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver received free hip and knee replacement surgeries. Across the United States, an estimated 80 people received the transplants through the program this year.

“Our mission is to improve the quality of life for the people within our community,” said Derek Johnson, a Parker Adventist Hospital orthopedic medical director and surgeon. “OpWalk is a collaborate initiative that provides hope and

a pain-free life to underserved patients.”

The nonprofit Operation Walk USA has been offering the free surgeries with volunteer surgeons and medical providers since 2010. The program covers all aspects of treatment — surgery, hospitalization and pre-and post-operative care — at no cost to patients who don’t qualify for government health coverage, don’t have insurance or can’t afford surgery on their own.

“The debilitating pain of end-stage hip or knee degenerative disease makes even the most simple of daily tasks excruciatingly painful,” Operation Walk’s website states. “Although more than 1 million hip and knee replacements are performed in the United States each year, thousands of uninsured or underinsured men and women continue to live with severe arthritic pain and immobility.”

Nearly 650 patients have received transplants from the group through the annual program since 2010. Total value of the services adds up to more than $17.3 million.

Patients Winifred Okoye, front left, and Prema Jayamanna, front right, pose with their care teams after receiving free joint surgeries from Parker Adventist Hospital and Operation Walk USA. The annual venture between the hospital and nonproft group provides free joint replacement surgeries for patients who otherwise couldn’t afford the procedures. Pictured in the back row from left to right are: Alyona Dmitruk, RN, Jennifer Dentino, PT, Melissa Lanskey, CNA, Lilia Malicay, RN and Britta Buehler, RN. COURTESY PHOTO

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Year, lifestyle

Turning a New Year’s health resolution into a way of living

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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athan Lemon always made resolutions to get healthy, but in 2009 he decided to take it seriously: He lost 100 pounds in six months and now owns F.I.T. Gyms in Lone Tree, Thornton, Littleton and Loveland.

“I had the time to go to the gym two times a day and stopped eating (unhealthy) food,” Lemon said.

“When I saw the results, it was easy to keep going. That was exciting.”

The key is consistency, he said.

“Until you really commit yourself to it, a resolution is only as good as the words you say.”

Studies show living a healthier life has long been the most popular New Year’s resolution.

Whether the resolution is working out more, losing weight, eating better or drinking more water, a research conducted by University of Scranton in October found that 38 percent of Americans want to lose weight and live healthier in 2017.

The difficult part is following through.

Lemon noted that people who participate in early morning fitness tend to stick with it more. His 5 a.m. classes are the most popular and the participants come to the gym more times a week on average.

During the evening, it’s easier for someone to skip a workout if he gets out of work late, she wants to spend

time with family or anything else gets in the way.

In the morning, “you get in the door, get your workout done and feel so much better throughout the day,” Lemon said. “The morning people can’t make excuses about a happy hour or a Bronco game — they just have to get out of bed.”

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WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? “I am just trying to get through the holiday season. I’ll probably choose to try and get fit so I can wrestle the mannequins I dress at work better.”

Deb Clark, Centennial “I am like everybody else — I want to have good health and ramp up my job search. My dream job would be working at a university. I also want to start going to the gym again. I used to work out every day, but I haven’t found the time to go to the gym since I wake up so early to go to my current job.”

Dwain Yazzie, Lakewood “My New Year’s resolution is to say yes and be open to new experiences. I want to get out and travel more.”

Hanna Trainor, Roxborough

“My family and I used to sit down and write our resolutions together. This year, I want to start living healthier. I have some thyroid issues that have always caused weight issues. I want to get control of that.”

Ashla Williams, Denver “I work two jobs and I am trying to go back to school. Resolutions are the last thing on my mind. In the past, I tried to cut back on soda. It lasted about two months; I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it.”

Ash Curtis, Denver “I want to stop smoking. It has been my resolution for three years now. It is unhealthy; it is just bad for you. I am already trying to cut back at work.”

Maddison Damore, Aurora

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Here are some songs for those less-than-cheery holiday moments

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t’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? That all depends on who you ask.

Sure, driving down the street at night around Christmas is going to offer the opportunity to see LINER some beautiful NOTES light displays. And I suppose it’s fun to watch capitalism at work at the packed malls and department stores as the holiday gets closer and closer. But all of this doesn’t add up to fun for everyone.

In his first animatClarke Reader ed special, Charlie Brown became the avatar for many who are lonely and sad this time of year when he said, “I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess.

I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I’m still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed.”

In addition to fictional characters like Charlie Brown, Ebenezer Scrooge and The Grinch, pop musicians have created some fantastic work out of feeling out of step with the season.

I picked a few of my favorite sad holiday songs, so grab some eggnog to cry into, and follow me: “Baby, Please Come Home” — Darlene Love This 1960s classic has been covered by everyone from U2 and Mariah Carey to Michael Bublé and Death Cab for Cutie, and it gets points for being one of the most upbeat somber holiday songs.

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Lemon laughs at the excuses he hears now that he owns his own CrossFit gyms, whose members include individuals who are obese, pregnant or missing limbs.

“I think people can get intimidated, thinking they can’t make it through the workout,” Lemon said. “The workouts can be scaled or modified for anybody in any CrossFit gym. Anyone can do it — they just have to want to do it.”

According to the University of Scranton study, 75 percent of people maintain their resolutions through the first week of making them. The number of people working to achieve their resolutions continues to decrease as the year goes on.

“I think a big part of backing away from a resolution is that it really is hard to stick to a routine and dedicate the time,” said Kelsey Whisler, fitness manager at South Suburban Parks and Recreation. “They may get disappointed that they may not be able to accomplish what they set out to do, so they give up altogether.”

Whisler encourages people to set realistic goals. If someone’s goal is to run a marathon, he or she should start training for a 5k race first.

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: The Candles “Matter + Spirit” released on TheEndRecords.

Review: The Candles do double duty as its own group, as well as Norah Jones’ touring band, and its third effort is full of

the kind of folk-rock that wouldn’t sound out of place coming from 1970s Laurel Canyon. The kind of soft, warm music that’s the perfect soundtrack to your morning coffee, or an evening by the fire.

The song is told from the perspective of someone who finds himself or herself without their beloved during Christmastime, and is more a plea to that person than any kind of recognition of the holiday. Based on such lyrics as “If there was a way/I’d hold back this tear/But it’s Christmas Day,” and “They’re singing ‘Deck The Halls’/But it’s not like Christmas at all,” it’s not going well.

“Blue Christmas” — Elvis Presley Few musical voices can do brokedown and lonesome like The King, and he brought all his powers to bear on his 1957 version of this melancholy torch song.

A clever homage and flip of the famous “White Christmas,” Presley and producers drenched the song in minor chords and plaintive moans. As if a chorus like this needs any help: “And when those blue snowflakes start falling That’s when those blue memories start calling You’ll be doin’ all right, with your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas.”

Whisler said her resolutions have always been small. For 2016, she vowed to drink more water.

“It is always easier said than done,” Whisler said. “Go back to taking the small steps. Don’t think too big to start.

Small changes will lead to a big difference.”

Taking advantage of trainers, being led through group fitness and learning how to use equipment are great starting points for healthy goal achievement, Whisler noted.

The most popular classes at South Suburban recreation centers are Zumba, BodyPump and yoga, Whisler said.

Lemon is a fan of all fitness. Getting out and moving in a way that interests an individual will make a huge difference in how likely he or she is to achieve their goals.

“Any fitness is good fitness,” Lemon said. “There are classes like Pilates, yoga and Zumba, but you won’t find me there because they don’t interest me. Also, I have no rhythm. But people should try new things to get the momentum going.”

It is important to remember that improved fitness is a gradual process.

“Most people who come to the gyms aren’t looking to be fitness models or John Elway,” Lemon said. “They are trying to be the best versions of themselves. We should support those kinds of people.”

Favorite song: “Sunburned” Best song to make you forget The Chainsmokers and Halsey duet: “Move Along” featuring Norah Jones

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” — Bing Crosby The holiday season is best enjoyed surrounded by the people you love, but what happens when you’re away from everyone who means something to you? If you take the advice of this 1943 classic, sleeping it off is probably your best choice.

The song was originally written from the point of view of a soldier stationed abroad during World War II, which makes the lines “I’ll be home for Christmas/If only in my dreams” particularly poignant. It has since gone on to apply to anyone away from home during the holidays, and can positively devastate you if you’re in the right mood.

“The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot” — Nat King Cole Cole is responsible for “The Christmas Song,” which rightfully belongs in any conversation about the best Christmas songs ever. But I’m not sure what was going for when he covered Vera Lynn’s 1937 weeper about an orphan child who gets nothing for Christmas.

With lyrics like this, the song feels more like an excerpt of a Charles

Dickens novel than something you’d hear on the radio: “In the street he envies all those lucky boys, Then wanders home to last year’s broken toys.

I’m so sorry for that laddie, He hasn’t got a daddy, The little boy that Santa Claus forgot.”

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

“Please Come Home for Christmas” — Charles Brown R&B stands for Rhythm and Blues, so artists in this genre are particularly well-suited to songs that make you want to reach for the nearest bottle. Blues is in the genre’s title, for heaven’s sake.

Brown’s original 1960 version is still the quintessential rendition of the song, but The Eagles and Bon Jovi both turned in popular versions over the years.

Just check out the opening lyrics of this one: “Bells will be ringing this sad, sad New Year’s Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues.

My baby’s gone I have no friends To wish me greetings once again.”

Who else needs a drink?

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he hopes “Christmas and New Year’s will find you home/ Where there’ll be no more sorrow no grief and pain.” Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share your favorite sad Christmas songs at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

CURTAIN TIME Family production “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” plays through Jan. 15 at the Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora.

Clay White is director of this all-agesappropriate musical sugar plum.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $28-$31, vintagetheatre.com or 303-8567830.

Don Quixote’s story “Man of LaMancha,” inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote,” adapted by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh, plays Jan. 6 to 22 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, presented by Highlands Ranch-based Performance Now Theatre Company.

Kelly Van Oosbre is director and choreographer and Eric Weinstein is music director. Daniel Langhoff sings the lead. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $20-$35, performancenow.org or 303-987-7845.

A different look at Oz “The Wiz,” a musical retelling of L. Frank Baum’s “Wizard of Oz,” set in the context of African-American culture, plays Jan. 7 to 29 at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave.,

Aurora. Directed by Keith Rabin Jr. and Amy Osatinski. Seven-time Tony Award winner in 1975. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Monday, Jan. 16; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $28/ $26/$20.

Ignitetheatre.com, 866-811-4111.

Rothko “RED,” by John Logan, a story of art world star Mark Rothko, plays Jan. 6-28 at Breckenridge Backstage Theatre, 121 S. Ridge St., Breckenridge. Tickets: backstagetheatre.org.

Guy group “Forever Plaid,” plays Jan. 12 to March 12 at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Performances 6 p.m.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and noon Sundays, beginning Jan. 21. Tickets: coloradocandlelight.com.

For the kids “Junie B. Jones: The Musical,” adapted from the favorite series of books by Barbara Park, plays through Dec. 30 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Performance times to be announced.

Call 720-898-7200 or see arvadacenter. org/on-stage/junie-b-jones-the-musical-fall-2016.

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Denver Art Museum offers rare variety of exhibitions SONYA’S SAMPLER

Families can visit that galaxy “far, far away,” 16th-century Venice, the Japanese fashion scene, and/ or the Southwestern Indian country in a half day at the Denver Art Museum.

“Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” on the second floor of the Hamilton Sonya Ellingboe Building, is a specially-ticketed exhibit and requires some early planning, because tickets are selling out for many time periods. See denverartmuseum.org to learn what’s available and ticket prices. The other exhibits are included with general admission (kids are free). “Venetian Treasures,”

on the first floor in the Hamilton Building, in Denver until Feb. 12, includes exquisite paintings from 14th- and 15th-century Venice, when it was trading center for the world and very wealthy. Many of these artworks have never before left Italy.

The Japanese fashions and extensive Native American collections are in the North Building. The museum is on West 14th Avenue Parkway at Broadway in downtown Denver.

Also at the DAM Family-Friendly Theater, featuring the original play, “Art Emergency @: Code Redder!” will play at the Denver Art Museum. Audience members will assist Chuck and Joanne as they try to plan an upcoming exhibit. There will be stories and details about objects in the collection, which kids can

go locate. Free for members/ included in general admission (kids admitted free). Plays daily at 11 a.m. (except Mondays) Dec. 22 to Jan. 8 in the Sharp Auditorium on the lower level of the Hamilton Building.

MOA news The next exhibit at the Museum Outdoor Arts indoor gallery in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, is “Lumonics Then and Now: A Retrospective of LightBased Sculpture by Dorothy and Mel Tanner.” It opens with a reception, 6 to 10 p.m. on Jan. 13 and runs to March 24. Admission is free. MOAonline.org. 303-806-0444.

Cirque Du Soleil A possible holiday gift might be tickets for the next Cirque Du Soleil, “Luzia,” scheduled in Denver June 1

to 25, 2017. Inspired by an imaginary Mexico, the show is said to be a “waking dream.” Information: cirquedusoleil.com/luzia. For a preview: cirk. me/LuziaPreview.

SCFD director Deborah Jordy, executive director of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, has been selected to become director of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), following Peg Long, who will retire at the end of the year.

Jordy has also directed the Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation and Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, and has worked as an associate curator at the Denver Art Museum. The SCFD, with nearly 300 organizations under its umbrella, has recently been renewed by voters for another 10 years.

Cast members of “4X’MAS,” presented at the Bug Theatre by Lost and Found Productions.

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Holiday theme brings inventive production

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Recently formed Lost and Found Productions presents a collection of four (actually, five) short plays by prolific American playwright George Cameron Grant. “4X’MAS” features four female directors, plus one male, who each give a different flavor to the script they work with.

The versatile Cameron, an East Coast resident, has written many oneact plays and a number of full-length productions. He is also a composer/ pianist, book author, graphic artist and screenwriter. His plays have been produced across the nation.

The run of “4X’MAS” through Dec. 22 has brought interesting work to the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver Highlands.

Directors: • Elizabeth Neuhauser, who is codirector/producer for Lost and Found, directs “The Office Party,” with Linda Swanson Brown, Mike Moran and Jackson Learned. It has a surprise twist following a bit of office hanky panky …

• Katie Mangett, who is also on the board of Spotlight Theatre Company and recently directed “Marley’s Christmas Carol” for Vintage is director for “Santa’s Clara,” with Xandra PrestiaTurner as the down-and-out Clara, who

is rooting through a dumpster for food as lights go up and Todd Black as a tolerant Santa, who cheers her up.

• Kasey Learned, a Denver native, returned after 16 years on both coasts, is director of “The First Noel” featuring his wife, Alison Learned.

• Deb Flomberg is director of “Balls,” which is the strongest play in the group. We meet five actors: Green (Todd Black), Silver (Linda Button), Blue (Greg West), Red (Linda Swanson Brown) and Gold (Suzanna Wellens).

Each plays a glass ornament in a traditional box, and they wait to be displayed on the tree, but no one appears.

They are concerned about Gold, who is broken and needs repair, if possible.

Each recounts his/her experiences.

• The final play, “Santa Comes to the King David” takes place in a Jewish nursing home, where residents Marsha (Xandra Prestia-Turner), Tim (Mike Moran) and Stella (Linda Button) reminisce and Nurse (Suzanna Wellens) tries to assist. Allison Learned is director. This collection follows the company’s opener, “The Taming of the Shrew.”

The next production by Lost and Found Productions will be Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” directed by actor/director/playwright Christian Munck at the Bug From April 21 to May 13. (LostandFoundProductions.net).

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New Year’s Eve sparks celebrations in Denver Downtown will host plethora of events as celebrants ring in 2017

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On New Year’s Eve, south-metro residents will be joining locally to greet 2017 at each other’s homes and at local food and beverage spots. Some will seek out a high place to observe fireworks along the Front Range. Others will head into Denver where a large assortment of activities await, according to a news release from Visit Denver (visitdenver.com). A selection follows.

• Fireworks on the 16th Street Mall at 9 p.m. and again at midnight are free and an attraction for families. They are shot off from a couple of tall buildings each year (location not announced in advance.). Exciting, colorful and crowded if the weather is pleasant!

• Before 9 p.m., there is the traditional “Night in Vienna” performance at 6:30 p.m. at Boettcher Concert Hall — enjoy waltzes, polkas, marches and more, then walk over to 16th Street to enjoy fireworks.

• Also earlier: Zoo Year’s Eve, with a countdown at 9 p.m. for younger folks.

Note: There is an exhibit at the Denver Zoo called “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea” that features 15 giant sculptures made from trash collected from beaches.

• Still earlier, The Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus hosts Noon Year’s Eve from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with confetti, giant bubble wrap to pop and a ball that drops after a countdown.

Shades of Times Square!

• Again, at night: There will be three parties at Denver Union Station: New York DJs in the Great Hall for dancing; a Speakeasy Party will be in the basement from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.; and guests at Cooper Lounge will raise a commemorative flute of champagne at midnight.

• New Year’s Eve Party at Club Wings, Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, a World War II aircraft hangar at Lowry. Dance from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. to music by DJ Wonder and performances

by Sur Ellz.

• White Rose Gala, with a 1920s Great Gatsby theme at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House with costumed guests, flappers, more than 40 performers, music and dancing.

• Resolution New Year’s Eve 2017 will be held at the Curtis Hotel with DJs, live bands, performers, balloon drop, light show …

Hotel packages are available throughout downtown Denver.

Note: If you decide to head to downtown Denver, the light rail trains and RTD buses will be free through the night, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., with no service between the Theatre District stop and 18th and California from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. due to the fireworks. For more information, see: VisitDenver.com or MileHighHolidays.com.

HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Meals on Wheels Delivers meals to residents in Englewood, southern Jefferson County and western Arapahoe County Need: Drivers to deliver meals; volunteers to help prepare, box and label meals Requirements: Must dedicate one to two hours a week Contact: Phil or Mary at 303-798-7642 (from 8 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays) Neighbor Network Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County Need: Volunteers who can provide transportation, light housekeeping, handyman and companion services to seniors.

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

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

Nonprofit Wildlife Group Works to protect native wildlife in Greenwood Village Need: Volunteers help protect wildlife Requirements: Must work two hours per week, schedule flexible Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org Outreach Uganda Empowers impoverished people in Uganda, especially women and chil-

dren, to overcome poverty through income generation, education, training and other holistic endeavors.

Need: Volunteers weekly to provide office support with fair trade craft show preparation, mailings and miscellaneous office work. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Office located at 9457 S. University Blvd., Suite 410, Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Jennifer Dent, 303-683-8450 or office@outreachuganda.org.

Paladin Rescue Alliance Christian non-government organization dedicated to rescuing human trafficking victims and building alliances to combat trafficking locally, nationally and internationally Need: Volunteers to help organize supplies; donations of supplies. All donations are tax-deductible. Needed items include cleansers, skin cream, ointment, disinfectants, dressings, bandages, rolls, sponges, pads, dressing tape, gloves, alcohol pads, asprin, Tylenol.

Age requirement: All ages can participate.

Contact: www.paladinrescue.org; Paladin Rescue Alliance, P.O. Box 79, Littleton, CO 80160; 888-327-3063 PeopleFirst Hospice Denver hospice Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921

Festive fireworks mark Denver’s New Year’s Eve celebration on the 16th Street Mall, with a display at 9 p.m. and another at midnight.

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Race winner comes from way behind

Driver in vintage series starts last after setback in qualifying

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Scot Morton was beginning to feel like he might be snakebit once again.

Morton, a Douglas County resident who started vintage racing four years ago along with his wife Paula, did not qualify because of mechanical failures in the past two Sportscar Vintage Racing Association national championship events.

He qualified second in this year’s SVRA Nationals at the Circuit of Americas facility in Austin, Texas, but then ran out of fuel on the final lap of the qualifying race that determined starting positions for the featured race.

“At first I wasn’t sure I had run out of fuel and thought, ‘oh no, here we go again,’” Morton said. “After I got that thought out of my head, I realized I just ran out of gas on the last lap.”

Since Morton did not finish the qualifying race, he had to start last in the main event to determine the national champion, and he was hoping to avoid being snakebit.

He eluded a wreck in the main event, won the Group 5 7 race on Nov. 5 and was crowned the national champion.

“There were two classes of cars in the group,” said Morton. “I had to get through all the slower cars to catch up to the faster guys. I was charging pretty hard. My main competitor (defending champion and top qualifier Cal Meeker) was at the front. His car broke and he crashed into the wall right at the start.

“He hit another car and another car swerved to miss him. The car that was swerving hit me. He barely tapped me and cracked some of the fiberglass on the side and I was able to continue after the race was red-flagged for 15 minutes. As Cal was spinning, I just barely

Scot Morton of Parker won the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association’s Group 5 7 national championship on Nov. 5 in Austin, Texas.

COURTESY PHOTO got by as he went spinning across the track. It was a close call.”

Morton’s margin of victory was 1.964 seconds with an average speed of 87.078 in his Ralt RT4-CanAm. He had the best lap time of 2:16.177 on the 3.5-mile loop with a top speed of more than 160 mph.

Morton, 58, raced a variety of vintage cars in his 20s and 30s and then took a 25-year break for family obligations. He and his wife Paula, who is the crew chief for the couple’s Scooteria Motorsports team, raised a daughter and now have two grandsons.

They purchased a car four years ago that belonged to formula racer John Lloyd.

“My wife talked me into it,” said Morton, who sells telecommunication services. “I kept looking at these vintage race cars and I wanted to go vintage racing. I was looking at one of those vintage racing magazines and Paula said, ‘why don’t you just do it?’

So I did it and now we’re doing it.”

Paula, 52, is a consulting director for Eventus Solutions Group and enjoys being Scot’s crew chief. She is quick to

Scot Morton hugs his wife and crew chief Paula after winning the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association national Group 5 7 championship on Nov. 5 in Austin, Texas.

COURTESY PHOTO Scot Morton drives his Ralt RT4-Can Am to the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association national championship with a 1.964 second victory in the Group 5 7 main event on Nov. 5 in Austin, Texas.

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point out that she wasn’t at the qualifying session when the car ran short of fuel because of commitments at work.

“I’m usually there for the entire week and I can assure you I would have made sure there was enough fuel in the vehicle,” she said. “I think my dad secretly wanted a son when I was born, so I was raised underneath a car and got the opportunity to learn a lot.

“I have to make sure the race car driver stays on the track and keeps his wits about him. Somebody has to look

out for him. I definitely have to use all my project management skills.”

Scot Morton knows his success starts with his wife.

“She helps me, she helps the mechanics, she helps the whole process of getting the car on the track and making sure we look after everything,” he said.

The Mortons compete in only three or four races a season including the annual Race Against Kids’ Cancer held at High Plains Raceway, east of Denver in Byers.

CLUBS Editor’s note: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Douglas County Republican Party meets on second Saturday each month. Visit www. dcgop.org or call 303-730-0100.

Political Douglas County Democrats. Contact 720509-9048 or info@DouglasDemocrats.org.

Social-discussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www. dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

Douglas County Libertarian Development Group meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Rio Grande Restaurant, 9535 Park Meadows Drive. Go to LPDG.org.

The group also has a very active Facebook page. In addition, we are also recognized by the State Libertarian party. Contact Wayne Harlos at 303-229-3435.

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.douglasdemocrats.org for more information.

Douglas County Young Republicans meets the last Monday of the month. Call Brett Olkowski at 303-257-5275 or e-mail brettnbrew@aol.com for more information.

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December 22, 2016

‘A View from the Bridge’ brings classic to Lakewood IF YOU GO

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An outline of the New York skyline surrounds and contains the plain, worn-looking 1950s living room, home to Italian-American longshoreman Eddie Carbone, his wife, Beatrice, and Catherine, the orphaned niece they have raised.

Foghorns, the slosh of water and other harbor sounds fade in and out.

It’s 1955 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, as “A View from the Bridge” opens at Lakewood’s The Edge Theater.

Among passers-by is Alfieri (Kevin Hart), who interacts with/advises Eddie (Rick Yaconis) at times and at other times serves as a sort of Greek chorus, lending insight to the story.

This is a traditional Italian-American family where the father comes home, expecting to be waited on a bit — Oand definitely to be in charge. Beatrice (Abby Apple Boes) bridges into more contemporary ways of thinking when Eddie is not present — and she’s concerned about his feelings for Catherine

“A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE” by Arthur Miller plays through Dec. 31 (with a New Year’s Eve party) at The Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. (The handsome exhibit of abstract paintings in the galleries includes works in pastel by Susan Blosten of Littleton.)

PERFORMANCES: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Thursday, Dec. 22 (no show Dec. 24, 25); 6 p.m. Sundays.

TICKETS: $28, available at theedgetheater.org, 303-232-0363. as the girl approaches womanhood.

Attractive 17-year-old niece Catherine (Denver School of the Arts senior Amelia Corrada) is doing well in stenography school and looking forward to getting a good job and becoming independent, while Eddie doesn’t want her dating or going out at night — or becoming an adult.

At this point, two of Beatrice’s Italian cousins, illegal immigrants seeking work, appear on the scene, adding

“A View from the Bridge” plays at the Edge Theater in Lakewood through New Year’s Eve. PHOTO BY RACHEL D. GRAHAM another layer to the story as they live with the Carbone family.

Marco (Jonathan Brown) is a middleaged, married father of three. He hopes to work on the docks and send money back to his family in a small Italian town where there are no jobs. Young, attractive blond Rodolpho (Benjamin Cowhick) works as a longshoreman, but also likes to sing, dance and cre-

ate clothing, which Eddie considers feminine pursuits. This is troubling to Eddie in a time when there was little or no acceptance of less-than-masculine behavior — and then, there’s the possibility of romantic interest developing …

While the social expectations are dated, the play is surprisingly timely on the subject of immigrants.

This solid cast is well-directed by John Ashton and takes the audience through a wide range of emotional involvements as issues surface. The set by Michael Duran carries the story without distracting scene changes, as other characters appear around the edges and Kenny Storms’ subtle sound background blends into the expert storytelling Edge is tying in with the move across American theater this year to honor the 100th birthday of the American playwright Arthur Miller. The play is an American classic that reflects a slice of post-World War II city life.

Not jolly holiday fare, but well worth a visit.

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

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Lone Tree Chabad Jewish Center South Metro Denver Synagogue, Preschool, Hebrew School & Much More! www.DenverJewishCenter.com

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Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve

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

Sunday Services - 10 a.m.

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Joy Lutheran Church Sharing God’s Love

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Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 • ELCA • www.joylc.org

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

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CLUBS FROM PAGE 20

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for information.

Professional American Business Women’s Association Top of the Rockies Chapter of Douglas County meets every third Tuesday. New members are welcome. Call Bev Phillips at 303-841-2080 or visit www.abwa.org.

AAUW (American Association of University Women), founded in 1881, is the old-

est women’s organization in the United States. It has a mission of promoting equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research. Scholarships are provided to Douglas County women who are in college, and cash awards are presented to senior girls from Douglas County high schools who have an interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). Meetings are in Castle Rock the third Wednesday of the month, at various times and locations. Go to douglascounty-co.aauw. net. Contact Beryl Jacobson at 303-6888088 or berylmjacobson@gmail.com.

BNI Castle Rock Business Leaders chapter meets from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Castle Rock Recreation Center, 2301 Woodlands Blvd. Call 303-993-9973 with any questions or visit www.BNIColorado.com.

BNI Connections (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@ hmbrown.com.

Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

Castle Rock Writers meets from 6:308:30 p.m. one Monday each month at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. The group features

established writers such as Mary Taylor Young, Pam McCutcheon, Terry Whalin, Annie Dawid, and Anne Randolph in leading workshops relevant to new and advanced writers. For exact dates each month and workshop topics, go to www. castlerockwriters.com. Bring paper or a fully-charged laptop. RSVPs to castlerockwriters@gmail.com appreciated, or call Alice Aldridge-Dennis at 303-5218615.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303798-2939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

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Contact this newspaper or call SYNC2 Media, 303-571-5117

Academy for Dental Assisting Careers Winter Classes

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Full Time/Part Time MA, LPN or RN in Highlands Ranch/Ken Caryl area for busy pediatric office.

Includes Saturday mornings Please fax resume to Nita 303-791-7756

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Administrative Assistant - Part Time Colorado Community Media, a full service media company is hiring for a part time Administrative Assistant to work in our Highlands Ranch office.

Position will assist the advertising department with various duties. 20 hours a week, flexible schedule.

Please send resume to eaddenbrooke@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Castle Rock, South Metro Parker & area.

Castle Rock Centennial Areas • Part-time hours • Adaptable route sizes • No suit & tie required!

C.N.A. / Caregiver needed 9:00am-5:00pm. My son is extremely fragile and needs in-home care with 24/7 line of sight supervision and full care.

Must be patient, caring, gentle, one person transfers. North Parker.

Call 303-646-3020. Training provided.

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Drivers CDL-A: Dedicated Round Trip to CA! Avg. $1400/wk!! Home Weekly!

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Inovant, LLC, a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, Colorado location for: - Sr. Staff Web Engineers (Job# 165129) to analyze and develop web applications using C# & .NET 2.0 – 4.5. Design, develop, document and implement new functionality, as well as enhancements, modifications, and corrections to existing software.

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Visa U.S.A. Inc., a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, Colorado location for:

- Senior Technical Support Analysts (Job# 164509) to manage 2nd level technical support and operational customer service needs for Visa Client Institutions using one or more of the Visa supplied software products and provide reporting and portfolio management for assigned products.

- Directors (Job# 165119) to work with Visa Inc. specifications for electronic payments and well as the ISO 8583 specification. Work with all the regional payment networks to ensure fast and accurate transaction flow between Visa Inc.’s issuer processing platform and the regional networks.

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This position is an inside/outside advertising sales position that is responsible for growing new business revenue. New business includes inactive advertisers and undeveloped business categories. This position will spend 80% of each work week actively selling Colorado Community Media print and digital advertising solutions to local clients. Full Time.

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HOLIDAY

6485 Ponderosa Drive Parker, CO 80138 303-941-0668

WORSHIP Bring the Family!

Parker United Methodist Church

Sunday Morning Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Education Hour: 11:00 am

PASTOR DAVID FISHER

www.SpiritofHopeLCMC.org

Hope is Born!

Christmas Eve Service ~ 7:30

9030 Miller Road, Parker, CO 80138

Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship: 4, 6, & 8 pm Christmas Day Carol Worship: 10 am Trinity Lutheran Church and School 4740 N Hwy 83 Franktown, CO 80116

Find us on the web at: www.tlcas.org

Christmas Eve Services:

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Our 2 and 4 p.m. services are especially for children.

Come and celebrate between services with a Happy Birthday Jesus Party.

We’ll have fun crafts and yummy treats!

11805 S. Pine Dr. • 303-841-3979 • www.parkerumc.org *All services include carols and candlelight.

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tapestry umc JOIN US FOR WORSHIP AT CU SOUTH DENVER

10035 Peoria Street Meeting every Sunday at 9:30

Christmas Eve service is held at CU South Denver at 7pm on 12/24

All are welcome!

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Associate & Youth Pastor Mike Bennett • 15 year involvement in ministry • Servant leadership, evangelism, discipleship training, substance abuse awareness, and youth ministries.

YOUTH GATHERINGS (6th-12th grade regardless of school or religious affiliation) • Friday Nights 6:30-9:30pm starting 1st Friday of January Email: Mike Bennett: lilbaldmike@yahoo.com

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Meeting Jesus will be the most important thing that any person will ever have the opportunity to do.

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Sunday School Program: 12/18 6:00 p.m.

Christmas Eve Worship Services: Afternoon Service (12/24) 1:00 p.m.

Evening Service (12/24) 7:00 p.m.

Christmas Day Worship Service: Morning Service (12/25) 10:00 a.m.

New Years Day Worship Services: 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Holy Cross Lutheran Church, LCMS 9770 Foothills Canyon Boulevard Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 303-683-1300 www.HolyCrossHRCO.org Rev. Bruce Skelton, Pastor

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish Christmas Eve

4:00pm in the Church, McCallin Hall & School Gym 6:30pm in the Church (Youth Mass) & McCallin Hall 12:00am Midnight Mass in the Church (music begins at 11:30pm)

Christmas Day

7:00am, 8:30am & 10:30am in the Church 12:30pm in the Church & McCallin Hall 8035 S. Quebec Street, Centennial, CO 80112 303.770.1155 u stthomasmore.org

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Belle and the Beast sneak away from rehearsals at the PACE Center for a trip through downtown during the Christmas Carriage Parade on Dec. 10. “Beauty and the Beast” will run at PACE from Jan. 20 to Feb. 12, 2017.

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Horsey holidays in Parker parade

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Parker residents continued their pre-holiday celebrations as another of the town’s anticipated holiday festivities, the annual Christmas Carriage Parade, rolled through downtown on Dec. 10.

Hundreds lined the streets to watch horse-drawn wagons, coaches and carts complete the loop from PACE Center Drive to O’Brien Park and back.

A rider from times past gallops through downtown during Parker’s Christmas Carriage Parade on Dec. 10. Hundreds of residents lined Mainstreet and Victorian Drive to soak up the sunshine and wave to the horses and riders throughout the hourlong event.

Marching bands from Chaparral, Legend and Ponderosa high schools played carols to put attendees in the holiday spirit, as temperatures in the low 60s made it easy to forget that it was mid-December.

Parker residents Chris and Katie Shannon have been coming to the parade for five years, and brought their 6- and 3-year-old daughters to see the “Rodeo Queens” and enjoy the festive atmosphere.

“It’s just nice to see the whole community come together,” Katie said.

A merry participant pauses during Parker’s Christmas Carriage Parade on Dec. 10. Attendance for the event was helped by clear skies and temeratures in the low 60s.

Equestrian enthusiasts from Oz wave to the crowd during Parker’s 2016 Christmas Carriage Parade on Dec. 10.

Spectators were delighted by the horses, ponies and miniature horses that pulled the carriages and carts through downtown.

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Tech Together Assistance: 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Get one-on-one help with tech gadgets. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DCL.org.

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Thursday, Dec. 29, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Grades 2-6. Make New Year’s party supplies. No registration required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DCL.org.

A Christmas Story, The Musical: through Friday, Dec. 30 at Town Hall Arts Center. Show times are 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, with a 7:30 p.m. show Wednesday, Dec. 28. Tickets available at the Town Hall box office, online at townhallartscenter.org or by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 213.

A Hudson Christmas: 5-8 p.m. select days through Saturday, Dec. 31 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Go to www. hudsongardens.org. Tickets available at AltitudeTickets.com New Year’s Eve Noon Countdown, Celebration: 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Hat decorating, storytimes, balloon drop. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DCL.org.

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Apex Church Christmas Service: 6 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 23, at 6228 S. Carr Court, Littleton. Cookies and hot chocolate served after the program. Nursery care provide. Call 720355-9571 or go to www. theapexchurch.com.

Saturday Surprise: 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Drop in and learn something new. No registration required; information at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Great Influenza Topic of Book Club: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.

18 at an undisclosed location in Littleton. Get the book now and read ahead, “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” by John M. Barry. Join the conversation of the Jefferson County League of Women Voters nonfiction book club. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128 for details on location.

Mystery Book Discussion, Lunch: 11:30 a.m. Jan. 19 at the Lone Tree Golf Club Grille, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. The Thursday Mystery Group will discuss “The Fixer,” by Joesph Finder. Call Sue at 303-641-3534.

Community Blood Drives: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; 12:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, Columbine Library, 7706 Bowles Ave., Littleton; 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 27, Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www. bonfils.org.

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

EDUCATION

Rock Ridge Elementary School Kindergarten Registration: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 7; 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 10; or 12:302:30 p.m. Jan. 12.

Children who will be 5 on or before Oct. 1, 2017, may register for kindergarten. Call Aubrey at 303-387-5157.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week.

Send listings to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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December 22, 2016

TRAINING FROM PAGE 6

were not designed to simulate urban and highway skills needed by officers, a project report said, and they charged fees.

Aside from the sheriff ’s office’s need for the center, Moore also told commissioners the new track and training center would be a publicprivate partnership.

Other area law enforcement agencies could lease the track for training sessions. A survey conducted by the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Foundation found at least 30 local agencies said they’d use the new training center if it were available.

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Driver’s education companies could also lease it as a location for advanced driving classes and help new drivers learn skills like crash avoidance. Moore said companies have approached him with interest in using the center for such a class.

“We’re certain that there’s revenue to be gained,” said Moore, who told commissioners the project’s future phases for site improvements are planed to be at no cost to the county. Those would be funded by fees charged at the center or through donations such as the Linigers’.

Repella said she couldn’t remember a private donation of this size to the county in her tenure.

“It is extremely generous of them,” she said.

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District 3 Commissioner Jill Repella was vocal in her support for the lab but said she respected Weaver and Partridge for their questioning.

The crime lab also has the support of 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler.

Brauchler attended the meeting to explain how the lab would assist not only law enforcement but also prosecution. He said DNA evidence, one of the more influential services the lab would bring, helps convict and clear those facing charges.

DNA evidence also impacts the flow of a court proceeding, he said.

The long wait times associated with

forensic results can be used against him in the courtroom, Brauchler said, as sometimes a defense team’s tactic is to rush a case before results are available.

All in all, he said, speedy DNA and forensic results means a faster court system.

“To me, that makes that money absolutely worthwhile,” Brauchler said.

The issue is expected to come before the commissioners again.

The Dec. 13 decision only authorized allocating money for the project. A land sale for the potential project site was still under negotiation Dec. 13 and the lab has yet to be given official approval in the form of an inter-governmental agreement that must be signed by both counties and Aurora.

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In today’s high school basketball, players must be able to do it all

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

George Mikan started a trend in the 1950s that is rarely seen today at any level of basketball, including boys and girls high school action.

Mikan, a 6-foot-10 center who dominated with his scoring, rebounding and shot-blocking skills, paved the way for other legendary players like Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.

Those players could govern play in the paint defensively and offensively with dunks, sky hooks and short, fall-away jumpers.

They were back-to-the-basket players whose existence in modern basketball is limited because the game now demands that all players be able to handle the ball, rebound, play defense and hit mid-range and 3-point jumpers. In the NBA, superstars like Russell Westbrook and LeBron James epitomize this.

“In today’s world, versatility is premium,” Highlands Ranch boys coach Mike Gibbs said. “Unless you are a true point guard because everybody has a spot on their team for a point guard.”

Jake Belknapp is a 6-8 senior who is listed as a center, forward and power forward for Mountain Vista’s fastpaced boys team.

“You can’t just play one position,” Belknapp said. “Like if you’re a post player and just score inside or if you’re just a shooter. You have to have an all-around game.”

Lakewood’s girls team has junior

Jake Belknapp, Mountain Vista’s 6-foot8 forward, puts the ball on the floor and drives to the basket in an early season game against George Washington. JIM BENTON

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Lakewood’s 6-foot-4 forward Camilla Emsbo tries to get off a jump shot during an early season game against Arapahoe TOM MUNDS twin sisters Camilla and Kira Emsbo, who are both 6-4 forwards.

“We know when we get to college there will be girls as tall and even taller than we are, so we have to

work to be better all-around players both on defense and offense,” Camill said. “My sister and I have been working to improve our outside shooting. Personally, I like taking

JULIA DOHERTY

What is your favorite precompetition meal?

Spaghetti because it’s tasty and it’s one of the best meals to eat before a game because it gives you a lot of energy.

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What is your favorite subject in school?

Why? I would have to say English because I think it’s fun to write about a certain subject, and I love

SEE VERSATILITY, P31

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

KEEPING SCORE WITH...

What is your favorite movie?

“Marley and Me,” because it tells an amazing story of a family and a dog that grew up together, and I love animals.

outside shots and it is fun to shoot 3-pointers.”

For most high school teams, boys and girls, there are no budding Mikans or Chamberlains.

“In high school, the back-to-the basket guy is sort of obsolete,” said Skyview High School boys coach Paul Barringer. “Being a hybrid, that’s what it’s coming to.”

F Mountain Vista girls coach Mike Willahan is trying to develop his players into that hybrid mold.

“I want my bigs to be able to shoot from the outside and handle the ball,” he said. “I want our guards

to be able to freely express my opinions about an essay or a book.

Do you play video games?

The only game that I normally play is “Call Of Duty.” It’s really fun, and I’m really good at it.

Do you have any pre-competition superstitions or rituals?

Before every game, my team and I always say a prayer. We then do a chant, run out, and touch the top of the ceiling of the doorway. Being part of my independent personality, I’ll tend to sit farther away from my team before games and listen to music before I come back together with them before the game.

KEEPING SCORE WITH... is a Q&A with high school athletes in the south metro area. Email sports writer Jim Benton at jbenton@ coloradocommunitymedia.com if you or some you know would llike to participate.

Eliana Kearby, basketball, senior, Arapahoe: She scored only two points in the Warriors’ 48-47 win over Chaparral on Dec. 15, but her rebound and follow-up basket with three seconds remaining lifted Arapahoe to the victory.

JJ Woods, basketball, senior, SkyView Academy: He scored 30 points, had four rebounds and four assists in the 95-29 romp score over Aurora West College Prep.

Corey Seng, basketball, senior, ThunderRidge: Seng, the Grizzlies’ leading scorer with a 21-point average, tallied 23 points in an 74-72 overtime win over Lakewood on Dec. 12 and it was his buzzer-beating layup that boosted ThunderRidge to the win.

Kylie Andrews, swimming, sophomore, Heritage: She won the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.28 on Dec. 17 at the Colorado Coaches Invite swimming meet.

Tate Samuelson, wrestling, junior, Castle View: He record pins in five of his six matches to win the 170-pound title Dec. 17 at the Northern Colorado Christmas Tournament.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@ coloradocommunitymedia.com

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December 22, 2016

Huskies seeking way to build momentum Liberty sprints to 71-55 win over Douglas County

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County High School’s boys basketball team is loaded with potential but has stumbled in its effort to get off to a good start this season.

The host Huskies, looking to secure their first winning campaign in eight seasons, played from behind the entire game, failing to convert on several scoring attempts in the lane, and dropped a 71-55 decision to Liberty on Dec. 16.

It was the second straight loss for the Huskies, who saw their record drop to 2-3, while the Lancers snapped a two-game losing streak to even their record at 4-4.

Key moments Liberty had four runs in which it combined to outscore the Huskies 47-18.

The Lancers jumped to a 10-0 lead to begin the game and after the Huskies tied it at 22, Liberty went on an 11-6 run to end the second quarter. Liberty opened the second half with a 12-4 spurt and outscored Douglas County 14-8 to finish the game.

Key players/statistics Mozamil Doria paced Liberty and

Douglas County senior forward Nick Scrivens looks to drive past Liberty’s Jacob Burns during the Huskies’ 71-55 loss to the Lancers during a Dec. 16 non-league game in the Douglas County gym. Scrivens scored 17 points in the setback.

PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON was the game’s leading scorer with 18 points.

Nick Scrivens, a 6-foot-4 senior forward, paced Douglas County with 17 points, while 5-8 sophomore Davon Walker added 13 points.

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to be able to go post up and score and I want our bigs to be able to square up and go to the basket, run the floor and things like that.”

Lakewood girls coach Chris Poisson said most coaches would love to have a slew of versatile players.

“Anything that makes your team harder to guard helps your chances in being successful,” Poisson said.

Even if a team wants a traditional, post-playing center, it takes luck to land one, Arapahoe girls coach Jerry Knafelc said.

“They are not a commodity that grows on trees,” he said. “In girls basketball, finding somebody that can just hunker down and play and be really strong in the post — those are kind of like fourleaf clovers.

“If your post players can’t handle the ball, that’s a liability. You used to have those lumbering posts that never touched the ball until somebody threw it to them at the block. Now they are expected to handle the ball.”

That versatility is also valuable in the boys game.

“We have a lot of 6-3, 6-4 kids,” Ponderosa boys coach Steve Ketchum said.

“They can handle the ball on the perimeter, they can shoot the 3, but also go inside and post up and guard somebody a little smaller than them as well, and that is very advantageous.”

They said it Douglas County’s coach, former NBA player Earl Boykins, after a stop in the dressing room to get his coat, headed toward the exit without commenting. Assistant coach Matt Rogers also was unavailable.

Douglas County head coach Earl Boykins talks to his team about a play he drew up during the Huskies’ 71-55 loss to Liberty on Dec. 16.

Going forward Following pre-holiday break games against Bear Creek and Palmer, Douglas County faces Columbine on Jan. 3.

The Huskies also have games scheduled against Gateway and Lincoln before beginning Continental League play Jan. 13 against Highlands Ranch.

All-league football selections STAFF REPORT

The following are firstteam all-league selections of players from area schools that were reported from the various conferences: Mount Antero (Class 5A) Bear Creek: Barry Westley, OL; Andre Renteria, RB; Ethan Simmons, RB; Neil Vanlerberghe, WR; Walker Rumsey, AP Douglas County: Agustin Marczuk, OL; Dylan Leston, DL; Jake Archuleta, LB; Aaron Kim, DB Legacy: Seth Hill, OL; Ross Smith, OL; Alex Lewis, QB; Anthony Lyle, WR; Brendon Fannin, DL; Ryan Lynch, DB; Kyle Freeburg, P Mount Wilson (5A) Castle View: Nolan Laufenberg, OL; Hunter Slater, OL; Jake Kane, DT; Ryan Brink, DT; Riese Lutz, DB; David Gonzalez, P Arvada West: Brady Legault, OL; Chase Dixon,

WR; Garrett Shipman, LB; Tony Cass, DB Ralston Valley: Cade Peratt, TE; Ben Rayon, PK; Shayne Whitmyer, AP; Henrik Brandt, DL; Colby Kelter, LB Mount Cameron (5A) ThunderRidge: Heston Paige, OL; Zeke Johnson, RB Mountain Range: Donovan Lemos, P; Tyler Smith, OL Mount Evans (5A) Chaparral: Ethan Reed, OL; Kijana Philips, RB; Tristan Deitz, LB; Semaj Stewart, DB; Peyton Ross, returner Mountain Vista: Peter Park, OL; Judd Erickson, QB; Tristan Dean, WR; Jake Frane, DL; Zach Hammer, DB; Mason Folz, PK Pomona: Drew Johnson, OL; Isaac Lopez, OL; Cameron Gonzales, RB; Billy Pospisil, WR; Isaiah Hunter, DL; Brandon Micale, DL; Garrett Zanon, LB; Uriah Vigil, DB; Max

Borghi, Offensive Player of Year; Zanon, Defensive Player of Year Mount Lincoln (5A) Highlands Ranch: Austin Johnson, OL; Drake Nugent, OL; Kobe Eller, RB; Ray Robinson, DB Lakewood: Steven Romero, LB; Brock Miller, returner Legend: Tate Wildeman, DL; Chad Muma, LB; Justin Boyd, DB Valor Christian: Ben Anderson, OL; Hayden Courier, OL; Preston Rose, OL; Dylan McCaffrey, QB; Joshia Davis, RB; Jack Walley, WR; Noah Elliss, DL; Will Rodgers, DL; Christian Elliss, LB; Noah Kuzma, DB; Luke McCaffrey, AP; Dylan McCaffrey, Offensive Player of Year; Rodgers, Defensive Player of Year; Rod Sherman, Coach of the Year Foothills League (4A) Ponderosa: Mikey Thomas, RB; Garrett Dunn, TE; Drew Beh-

rends, LB; Max Bruner, OL; Sterling Osthadl, QB; Quinton Osthahl, LB; Mason Knighton, OL Mountain League (4A) Thornton: Ethan Anderson, DL; Fred Otero, LB; Devin Mattorano, specialist Standley Lake: Caesar Gutierrez, OL; Jack Anderson, DL; Alexander France, DB Wheat Ridge: Payton Dietrich, RB; Carlos Shippley, WR; Nikolos Schnebly, DL West Metro (3A) Green Mountain: Kyle Clabaugh, OL; Zachary McCaslin, OL; Cade Casterline, RB; Benjamin Schleiper, DL Lutheran: Will Willis, QB; Nick Ciccio, WR; Tyler Essegian, WR; Trey Bolts, DL; Jack Dack, DL; Ciccio, Offensive Player of Year; Bolts, Defensive Player of Year Skyview: Pedro Gomez, OL; Deyvon Butler, RB; Dominic Lujan, DL

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December 22, 2016D

The hits kept coming for Highlands Ranch senior Evans led Class 5A in kills en route to being named player of the year

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Highlands Ranch senior volleyball player Melissa Evans led all Class 5A players in kills with 483 this season, so it’s not surprising that Falcons coach Lou Krauss sometimes took cover during practice.

“She hits it real hard,” Krauss said. “In SOUTH METRO practice, she has ATHLETE knocked a lot of OF THE YEAR: people down. She even knocked MELISSA EVANS somebody out last year who was standing right next to me. Luckily, it wasn’t me because it probably would have killed me.”

Evans, a 6-foot-1, opposite-side, left-handed hitter, has been named the 2016 Colorado Community Media South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year.

“She’s a good choice,” Krauss said. “She’s a player that is very competitive and carries a team on her shoulders. Early in the year, we

Highlands Ranch senior Melissa Evans is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year. really didn’t have the offense that we could put the ball away with different people.

“You can see from her stats at the beginning of the year she was getting set 50 to 60 times a match and getting 25 kills. She’s the type of player that could do that. She’s very physical...

She has that competitor’s mindset.”

Evans averaged five kills a set and finished the season with a 48 percent kill percentage. She also led the team with 341 digs. Evans wound up with 1,341 career kills.

“They set me a lot,” said Evans, who plans to enroll and play volleyball at North Carolina State with her older sister and Highlands Ranch

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“I carried this team because I’m a senior and brought energy to the team. Being a senior really helped.

This was the first time I played outside for a full year. At first it was really difficult for me to back into it.

But it went pretty good.”

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age of media saturation: You can shun publicity and still be hugely famous, and you can be hugely famous and not be obnoxious about it.”

Someone send those thoughts to the presidentelect, who will not be named by name in this column for the next four years.

Approbation is very meaningful. It can be simple, and it can be kept simple.

From a pat on the back from a father to a daughter, to someone sending me a note complimenting a column, to having stretches of highways named after you.

There is a temptation to take it further.

I think Taylor Swift should be cut off. No more awards.

Remember when Marlon Brandon refused to accept

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Derek Holcomb, Centennial’s deputy director of community development, said the city is excited about using the map to help determine future development.

Jeff Holwell, Lone Tree’s director of

an Academy Award, and Sacheen Littlefeather, who later appeared nude in Playboy, accepted on his behalf ?

The sanctity of the awards ceremony appeared to be breached.

Trying to decide who acted better in disparate films seems like a breach of artistry.

But we love our trophies.

On Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a woman boarded a bus. (I still don’t

economic development, echoed Holcomb and noted that developers interested in the east side of Lone Tree have been working with the airport for years.

“In the very big picture, the presence of Centennial Airport is a great economic asset to the community,” Holwell said. “That is an asset that we are very excited about and protective of. We want to be a partner to the airport and the influence area they have.”

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She was arrested for not giving up her seat in the “colored section” to a white passenger.

There are stretches of highways named after Rosa Parks. She received the Congressional Gold Medal. She has been featured on a USPS postage stamp.

Andrew Ferguson lamented that, “it is evidently impossible to take Dylan for what he is, an impressive

man worthy of admiration, affection and respect, and leave it at that.”

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Ordinance No. 16-07

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO, AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE, SELL AND DELIVER GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS USING CITY STREETS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY, PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS AND OTHER CITY PROPERTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO: ARTICLE 1 – AUTHORITY The City of Lone Tree (the “City”) is a home rule municipality operating under the Lone Tree Home Rule Charter (the “Charter”) adopted on May 5, 1998 and a Municipal Code (the “Code”), codified and adopted on December 7, 2004. Pursuant to the Charter, the Municipal Code and the authority given home rule cities, the City may adopt and amend Ordinances.

ARTICLE 2 – FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The City currently has in effect a franchise agreement with Public Service Company of Colorado (“PSC”), a Colorado corporation and an Excel Energy company, dated January 7, 1996, for a twenty year term.

2. The City has negotiated a new franchise agreement with PSC (the “Franchise Agreement”) for the payment of franchise fees, and granting PSC the right to provide, sell and deliver gas and electricity to the City and its residents using City streets and rights-of-way, public utility easements and other City property, with additional terms and conditions.

3. The City Council finds it is in the best interest of the public to enter into a new and continuing Franchise Agreement with PSC subject to the terms and conditions of the Franchise Agreement.

4. The City Council has determined that the approval and adoption of the Franchise Agreement by ordinance is desirable and necessary.

ARTICLE 3 – ADOPTION OF PSC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT The Franchise Agreement (Exhibit A), attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, enacted and adopted in its entirety.

ARTICLE 4 - AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE The provisions of the Franchise Agreement (Exhibit A) shall go into effect on January 7, 2017.

ARTICLE 5 – SAFETY CLAUSE The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare.

ARTICLE 6 – CAUSES OF ACTION RETAINED Nothing in this Ordinance hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby amended, repealed or replaced; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Ordinance.

This Ordinance shall not be construed nor shall it be deemed to constitute any waiver or release of any legal rights, authority, permits, franchises or written agreements that the City of Lone Tree may have with Public Service Company of Colorado.

ARTICLE 7 – SEVERABILITY If any part or provision of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such part, provision, or application shall not affect any of the remaining parts, provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision, part or application, and to this end the provisions and parts of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.

ARTICLE 8 - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days following publication after the first reading if no changes are made on second reading, or twenty (20) days after publication following second reading if changes are made upon second reading.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 6TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2016.

CITY OF LONE TREE Jacqueline A. Millet, Mayor ATTEST: Jennifer Pettinger, CMC, City Clerk Exhibit A – Franchise Agreement FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS ARTICLE 2 GRANT OF FRANCHISE ARTICLE 3 CITY POLICE POWERS ARTICLE 4 FRANCHISE FEE ARTICLE 5 ADMINISTRATION OF FRANCHISE ARTICLE 6 SUPPLY, CONSTRUCTION, AND DESIGN

ARTICLE 7 RELIABILITY ARTICLE 8 COMPANY PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS ARTICLE 9 BILLING AND PAYMENT ARTICLE 10 USE OF COMPANY FACILITIES ARTICLE 11 UNDERGROUNDING OF OVER HEAD FACILITIES ARTICLE 12 PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION ARTICLE 13 MUNICIPALLY PRODUCED UTILITY SERVICE ARTICLE 14 ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION ARTICLE 15 TRANSFER OF FRANCHISE ARTICLE 16 CONTINUATION OF UTILITY SERVICE ARTICLE 17 INDEMNIFICATION AND IMMUNITY ARTICLE 18 BREACH ARTICLE 19 AMENDMENTS ARTICLE 20 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ARTICLE 21 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this franchise agreement (“Franchise”), the following words and phrases shall have the meaning given in this Article. When not inconsistent with context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural include the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. The word “shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. Words not defined in this Article shall be given their common and ordinary meaning. §1.1 “City” refers to the City of Lone Tree, a municipal corporation in the State of Colorado. §1.2 “Clean Energy” means energy produced from Renewable Energy Resources, eligible energy sources, and by means of advanced technologies that cost-effectively capture and sequester carbon emissions produced as a by-product of power generation. For purposes of this definition, “cost” means all those costs as determined by the PUC. §1.3 “Company” refers to Public Service Company of Colorado, a Colorado corporation, and an Xcel Energy company and its successors and assigns including affiliates or subsidiaries that undertake to perform any of the obligations under this Franchise. §1.4 “Company Facilities” refers to all facilities of the Company reasonably necessary or desirable to provide gas and electric service into, within and through the City, including but not limited to plants, works, systems, substations, transmission and distribution structures and systems, lines, equipment, pipes, mains, conduit, transformers, underground lines, gas compressors, meters, meter reading devices, communication and data transfer equipment, control equipment, gas regulator stations, street lights, wire, cables and poles as well as all associated appurtenances. §1.5 “Council” or “City Council” refers to and is the legislative body of the City. §1.6 “Distribution Facilities” refers to those lines designed to operate at the utility’s distribution voltages in the area defined in the Company’s Tariffs including substation transformers that transform electricity to a distribution voltage and also includes other equipment within a transforming substation which is not integral to the circuitry of the utility’s transmission system. §1.7 “Electric Gross Revenues” refers to those amounts of money that the Company receives from the sale or delivery of electricity in the City, after adjusting for refunds, net write-offs of accounts, corrections, or regulatory adjustments.

Regulatory adjustments include, but are not limited to, credits, surcharges, refunds, and pro-forma adjustments pursuant to federal or state regulation. “Electric Gross Revenues” shall exclude any revenue from the sale or delivery of electricity to the City as a customer of the Company. §1.8 “Energy Conservation” means the decrease in energy requirements of specific customers during any selected time period, resulting in a reduction in end-use services. §1.9 “Energy Efficiency” means the decrease in energy requirements of specific customers during any selected period with end-use services of such customers held constant. §1.10 “Force Majeure” means the inability to undertake an obligation of this Franchise due to a cause that could not be reasonably anticipated by a party or is beyond its reasonable control after exercise of best efforts to perform, including but not limited to fire, strike, war, riots, terrorist acts, acts of governmental authority, acts of God, floods, epidemics, quarantines, labor disputes, unavailability or shortages of materials or equipment or failures or delays in the delivery of materials. Neither the City nor the Company shall be in breach of this Franchise if a failure to perform any of the duties under this Franchise is due to a Force Majeure condition. §1.11 “Gross Revenues” refers to those amounts of money that the Company receives from the sale of gas and electricity within the City under rates authorized by the Public Utilities Commission, as well as from the transportation of gas to its customers within the City, as adjusted for refunds, net write-offs of uncollectible accounts, corrections, or regulatory adjustments. Regulatory adjustments include, but are not limited to, credits, surcharges, refunds, and pro-forma adjustments pursuant to federal or state regulation.

“Gross Revenues” shall exclude any revenues

from the sale of gas or electricity to the City or the transportation of gas to the City.

§1.12 “Industry Standards” refers to standards developed by government agencies and generally recognized organizations that engage in the business of developing utility industry standards for materials, specifications, testing, construction, repair, maintenance, manufacturing, and other facets of the electric and gas utility industries.

Such agencies and organizations include, but are not limited to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and specifically includes the National Electric Safety Code (NESC). §1.13 “Open Space” refers to privately-owned property protected by real covenant, or publiclyowned property protected by covenant and/ or designated by ordinance or resolution of the City Council, which covenant or designation designates the property for use as one (1) or more of the following: a community buffer; a wildlife corridor and habitat area; a wetland; a view corridor; agricultural land; an area of archeological, historical, geologic or topographic significance; an area containing significant renewable and/or nonrenewable natural resources; and/or other undesignated, typically non-irrigated, undeveloped land uses. Open Space shall not include Parks. §1.14 “Other City Property” refers to the surface, the air space above the surface and the area below the surface of any property owned by the City or directly controlled by the City due to the City’s real property interest in the same or hereafter owned by the City, that would not otherwise fall under the definition of “Streets,” but which provides a suitable location for the placement of Company Facilities as specifically approved in writing by the City. Other City Property does not include Public Utility Easements. §1.15 “Parks” refers to land area owned by the City, either independently or with another governmental or quasi-governmental entity, that is developed and maintained for active or passive recreational use and is open for the general public’s use and enjoyment; which, by way of example only, may include public playfields, courts, and other recreation facilities, or may include greenways, water features, picnic areas, or natural areas. §1.16 “Private Project” refers to any project which is not covered by the definition of Public Project. §1.17 “Public Project” refers to (1) any public work or improvement within the City that is wholly owned by the City; or (2) any public work or improvement within the City where fifty percent (50%) or more of the funding is provided by any combination of the City, the federal government, the State of Colorado, or any Colorado county, but excluding all entities established under Title 32 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. §1.18 “Public Utilities Commission” or “PUC” refers to the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado or other state agency succeeding to the regulatory powers of the Public Utilities Commission. §1.19 “Public Utility Easement” refers to any platted easement over, under, or above public or private property, expressly dedicated to, and accepted by, the City for the use of public utility companies for the placement of utility facilities, including but not limited to Company Facilities. §1.20 “Relocate,” “Relocation,” or “Relocated” refers to the definition assigned such terms in Section 6.8.A of this Franchise. §1.21 “Renewable Energy Resources” means wind, solar, and geothermal resources; energy produced from biomass from nontoxic plant matter consisting of agricultural crops or their byproducts, urban wood waste, mill residue, slash, or brush, or from animal wastes and products of animal wastes, or from methane produced at landfills or as a by-product of the treatment of wastewater residuals; new hydroelectricity with a nameplate rating of ten (10) megawatts or less; and hydroelectricity in existence on January 1, 2005, with a nameplate rating of thirty (30) megawatts or less; fuel cells using hydrogen derived from a Renewable Energy Resource; and recycled energy produced by a generation unit with a nameplate capacity of not more than fifteen (15) megawatts that converts the otherwise lost energy from the heat from exhaust stacks or pipes to electricity and that does not combust additional fossil fuel, and includes any eligible renewable energy resource as defined in §40-2-124(1)(a), C.R.S., as the same shall be amended from time to time. §1.22 “Residents” refers to all persons, businesses, industries, governmental agencies, including the City, and any other entity whatsoever, presently located or to be hereinafter located, in whole or in part, within the territorial boundaries of the City. §1.23 “Streets” or “City Streets” refers to the surface, the air space above the surface and the area

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ARTICLE 2

GRANT OF FRANCHISE

§2.1 Grant of Franchise.

A. Grant. The City hereby grants to the Company, subject to all conditions, limitations, terms, and provisions contained in this Franchise, the nonexclusive right to make reasonable use of City Streets, Public Utility Easements (as applicable) and Other City Property: (1) to provide Utility Service to the City and to its Residents under the Tariffs; and (2) to acquire, purchase, construct, install, locate, maintain, operate, upgrade and extend into, within and through the City all Company Facilities reasonably necessary for the generation, production, manufacture, sale, storage, purchase, exchange, transportation, transmission and distribution of Utility Service within and through the City.

B. Street Lighting and Traffic Signal Lighting Service. The rights granted by this Franchise encompass the nonexclusive right to provide street lighting service and traffic signal lighting services as directed by the City and, where applicable, the provisions of this Franchise shall apply with full and equal force to street lighting service and traffic signal lighting service provided by the Company pursuant to its Tariffs. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Franchise and the Tariffs, the Tariffs shall control. Wherever reference is made in this Franchise to the sale or provision of Utility Service these references shall be deemed to include the provision of street lighting service and traffic signal lighting service C. New Company Facilities in Other City Property, Excluding Parks and Open Space. For all Other City Property that is not a Park or Open Space, the City’s grant to the Company of the right to locate Company Facilities in, on, over or across such Other City Property shall be subject to the Company’s already having or first receiving from the City approval of the location of such Company Facilities, in the City’s reasonable discretion; and (2) the terms and conditions of the use of such Other City Property shall be governed by this Franchise as may be reasonably supplemented to account for the unique nature of such Other City Property; by way of illustration and example only, the City may want to condition the use of Other City Property that is a golf course upon the Company not constructing Company Facilities in fairways or greens or during peak golf season. Nothing in this subsection C. shall modify or extinguish pre-existing Company property rights. Further, this paragraph shall not prohibit the Company from modifying, replacing or upgrading Company Facilities already located in Parks or Open Space in accordance with the terms and conditions of the City license agreement, permit or other agreement that granted the Company the right to use such Other City Property or, if there is no such license agreement, permit or other agreement, in accordance with this Franchise.

D. New Company Facilities in Other City Property that are Parks or Open Space. The City’s grant to the Company of the right to locate Company Facilities in, on, over or across Other City Property that is a Park or Open Space shall be subject to (1) the Company’s already having or first receiving from the City a revocable license, permit or other agreement approving the location of such Company Facilities, which the City may grant or deny in its sole discretion; and (2) the terms and conditions of such revocable license agreement, permit or other written agreement. Nothing in this subsection D. shall modify or extinguish preexisting Company property rights. Further, this paragraph shall not prohibit the Company from modifying, replacing or upgrading Company Facilities already located in Parks or Open Space in accordance with the terms and conditions of the City license agreement, permit or other agreement that granted the Company the right to use such Parks or Open Space or, if there is no such

license agreement, permit or other agreement, in accordance with this Franchise. §2.2 Conditions and Limitations.

A. Scope of Franchise. The grant of this Franchise shall extend to all areas of the City as it is now or hereafter constituted that are within the Company’s PUC-certificated service territory; however, nothing contained in this Franchise shall be construed to authorize the Company to engage in activities other than the provision of Utility Service.

B. Subject to City Usage. The right to make reasonable use of City Streets to provide Utility Service to the City and its Residents under this Franchise is subject to and subordinate to any City usage of said Streets.

C. Prior Grants Not Revoked. This grant and Franchise is not intended to revoke any prior license, grant, or right to use the Streets, Other City Property or Public Utility Easements and such licenses, grants or rights of use are hereby affirmed.

D. Franchise Not Exclusive. The rights granted by this Franchise are not, and shall not be deemed to be, granted exclusively to the Company, and the City reserves the right to make or grant a franchise to any other person, firm, or corporation. §2.3 Effective Date and Term.

A. Term. This Franchise shall take effect on January 7, 2017 and shall supersede any prior franchise grants to the Company by the City. This Term of this Franchise shall terminate on January 6, 2037, unless extended by mutual consent.

ARTICLE 3 CITY

POLICE POWERS

§3.1 Police Powers. The Company expressly acknowledges the City’s right to adopt, from time to time, in addition to the provisions contained herein, such laws, including ordinances and regulations, as it may deem necessary in the exercise of its governmental powers. If the City considers making any substantive changes in its local codes or regulations that in the City’s reasonable opinion will significantly impact the Company’s operations in the City’s Streets, Public Utility Easements and Other City Property, it will make a good faith effort to advise the Company of such consideration; provided, however, that lack of notice shall not be justification for the Company’s non-compliance with any applicable local requirements. §3.2 Regulation of Streets or Other City Property.

The Company expressly acknowledges the City’s right to enforce regulations concerning the Company’s access to or use of the Streets, and Other City Property. In addition, the Company acknowledges the City’s right to require the Company to obtain permits for work in Streets, Other City Property , and Public Utility Easements. §3.3 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall promptly and fully comply with all laws, regulations, permits and orders lawfully enacted by the City. Nothing herein provided shall prevent the Company from legally challenging or appealing the enactment or applicability of any laws, regulations, permits and orders enacted by the City. To the extent that the Company believes that any City regulations, permits and orders are inconsistent with Industry Standards, the City agrees to meet with the Company upon the Company’s written request for consideration of the matters at issue within a reasonable period of time. §3.4 Industry Standards. In enacting laws and regulations and issuing permits that affect the Company’s access to or use of the Streets, Other City Property and Public Utility Easements, the City agrees to make good faith efforts to make its regulations and permit conditions consistent with Industry Standards to the extent practicable, and the Company agrees to make good faith efforts to advise the City of Industry Standards that affect the Company’s operations within the City. Without limiting the City’s police power in any way, the City will take into consideration any input from the Company on new regulations and permit conditions that the Company believes unnecessarily increase its cost of operations within the City.

ARTICLE 4 FRANCHISE FEE §4.1 Franchise Fee. A. Fee. In consideration for this Franchise, which provides the certain terms related to the Company’s use of City Streets, Public Utility Easements and Other City Property, which are valuable public properties acquired and maintained by the City at the expense of its Residents, and in recognition of the fact that the grant to the Company of this Franchise is a valuable right, the Company shall pay the City a sum equal to three percent (3%) of all Gross Revenues. To the extent required by law, the Company shall collect this fee from a surcharge upon City Residents who are customers of the Company.

B. Obligation in Lieu of Fee. In the event that the Franchise fee specified herein is declared void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, unless prohibited by law, the Company shall be obligated to pay the City, at the same times and in the same manner as provided in this Franchise, an aggregate amount equal to the amount that the Company would have paid as a Franchise fee as partial consideration for use of the City Streets, Public Utility Easements and Other City Property.

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Continued * Page 2 * 930368 - 930272 Such payments shall be made in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Further, to the extent required by law, the Company shall collect the amounts agreed upon through a surcharge upon Utility Service provided to City Residents who are customers of the Company.

C. Changes in Utility Service Industries. The City and the Company recognize that utility service industries are the subject of restructuring initiatives by legislative and regulatory authorities, and are also experiencing other changes as a result of mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations.

Some of such initiatives and changes may have an adverse impact upon the Franchise fee revenues provided for herein. In recognition of the length of the term of this Franchise, the Company agrees that in the event of any such initiatives or changes and to the extent permitted by law, upon receiving a written request from the City, the Company will cooperate with and assist the City in making reasonable modifications of this Franchise in an effort to provide that the City receives an amount in Franchise fees or some other form of compensation that is the same amount of Franchise fees paid to the City as of the date that such initiatives and changes adversely impact Franchise fee revenues.

D. Utility Service Provided to the City. No Franchise fee shall be charged to the City for Utility Service provided directly or indirectly to the City for its own consumption, including street lighting service and traffic signal lighting service, unless otherwise directed by the City in writing and in a manner consistent with Company policy. §4.2 Remittance of Franchise Fee. A. Remittance Schedule. Franchise fee revenues shall be remitted by the Company to the City as directed by the City in monthly installments not more than thirty (30) days following the close of each month.

B. Correction of Franchise Fee Payments. In the event that either the City or the Company discovers that there has been an error in the calculation of the Franchise fee payment to the City, either party shall provide written notice of the error to the other party. Subject to the following sentence, if the party receiving written notice of the error does not agree with the written notice of error, that party may challenge the written notice of error pursuant to Section 4.2.D of this Franchise; otherwise, the error shall be corrected in the next monthly payment. However, if the error results in an overpayment of the Franchise fee to the City, and said overpayment is in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), correction of the overpayment by the City shall take the form of a credit against future Franchise fees and shall be spread over the same period the error was undiscovered or the City shall make a refund payment to the Company. If such period would extend beyond the term of this Franchise, the Company may elect to require the City to provide it with a refund instead of a credit, with such refund to be spread over the same period the error was undiscovered, even if the refund will be paid after the termination date of this Franchise. All Franchise fee underpayments shall be corrected in the next monthly payment, together with interest computed at the rate set by the PUC for customer security deposits held by the Company, from the date when due until the date paid. Subject to the terms of the Tariffs, in no event shall either party be required to fund or refund more than five (5) years of any overpayment or underpayment made as a result of a Company error which occurred more than five (5) years prior to the discovery of the error.

C. Audit of Franchise Fee Payments.

(1) At the request of the City, every three (3) years commencing at the end of the third year of this Franchise, the Company shall conduct an internal audit, in accordance with the Company’s auditing principles and policies that are applicable to electric and gas utilities that are developed in accordance with the Institute of Internal Auditors, to investigate and determine the correctness of the Franchise fee paid to the City. Such audit shall be limited to the previous three (3) calendar years.

The Company shall provide a written report to the City Clerk summarizing the audit procedures followed along with any potential findings.

(2) If the City disagrees with the results of the audit, and if the parties are not able to informally resolve their differences, the City may conduct its own audit at its own expense, in accordance with generally accepted auditing principles applicable to electric and gas utilities, and the Company shall cooperate by providing the City’s auditor with non-confidential information that would be required to be disclosed under applicable state sales and use tax laws and applicable PUC rule and regulations.

(3) If the results of a City audit conducted pursuant to subsection C(2) concludes that the Company has underpaid the City by two percent (2%) or more, in addition to the obligation to pay such amounts to the City, the Company shall also pay all reasonable costs of the City’s audit. The Company shall not be responsible for the costs of the City’s audit when the underpayment is caused by errors from information provided by an entity certified by the Colorado Department of Revenue as a “hold harmless entity” or other similar entity recognized by the Department of Revenue.

D. Fee Disputes. Either party may challenge any written notification of error as provided for in Section 4.2.B of this Franchise by filing a written notice to the other party within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written notification of error. The writ-

ten notice shall contain a summary of the facts and reasons for the party’s notice. The parties shall make good faith efforts to resolve any such notice of error before initiating any formal legal proceedings for the resolution of such error.

E. Reports. To the extent allowed by law, upon written request by the City, but not more than once per year, the Company shall supply the City with the names and addresses of registered gas suppliers and brokers of natural gas that utilize Company facilities to sell or distribute natural gas in Colorado. The Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential or proprietary information. §4.3 Franchise Fee Payment Not in Lieu of Permit or Other Fees. Payment of the Franchise fee does not exempt the Company from any other lawful tax or fee imposed generally upon persons doing business within the City, except that the Franchise fee provided for herein shall be in lieu of any occupation, occupancy or similar tax or fee for the use of City Streets, Public Utility Easements and Other City Property under the terms set forth in this Franchise.

ARTICLE 5 ADMINISTRATION OF FRANCHISE §5.1 City Designee. The City Clerk shall designate in writing to the Company an official having full power and authority to administer this Franchise. The City Clerk may also designate one or more City representatives to act as the primary liaison with the Company as to particular matters addressed by this Franchise and shall provide the Company with the names and telephone numbers of said City representatives. The City Clerk may change these designations by providing written notice to the Company. The City’s designee shall have the right, at all reasonable times, to inspect any Company Facilities in City Streets and Other City Property. §5.2 Company Designee. The Company shall designate a representative to act as the primary liaison with the City and shall provide the City with the name, address, and telephone number for the Company’s representative under this Franchise.

The Company may change its designation by providing written notice to the City. The City shall use this liaison to communicate with the Company regarding Utility Service and related service needs for City facilities. §5.3 Coordination of Work.

A. The Company agrees to coordinate its activities in City Streets, Public Utility Easements and Other City Property with the City. The City and the Company will meet annually upon the written request of the City designee to exchange their respective short-term and long-term forecasts and/ or work plans for construction and other similar work which may affect City Streets, including but not limited to any planned City Streets paving projects. The City and Company shall hold such meetings as either deems necessary to exchange additional information with a view toward coordinating their respective activities in those areas where such coordination may prove beneficial and so that the City will be assured that all applicable provisions of this Franchise, applicable building and zoning codes, and applicable City air and water pollution regulations are complied with, and that aesthetic and other relevant planning principles have been given due consideration.

B. In addition to the foregoing meetings, the Company and the City agree to use good faith efforts to provide notice to one another whenever a) the Company initiates plans to significantly upgrade its infrastructure within the City, including without limitation the replacement of utility poles and overhead lines; and b) third party applicants within the City initiate private land uses and projects or the City initiates a public project that requires significant upgrade to future gas and/or electric utility development by the Company, in order to allow for mutual City and Company input and consultation for beneficial coordination of activities.

ARTICLE 6 SUPPLY, CONSTRUCTION, AND DESIGN §6.1 Purpose. The Company acknowledges the critical nature of the municipal services performed or provided by the City to the Residents that require the Company to provide prompt and reliable Utility Service and the performance of related services for City facilities. The City and the Company wish to provide for certain terms and conditions under which the Company will provide Utility Service and perform related services for the City in order to facilitate and enhance the operation of City facilities. They also wish to provide for other processes and procedures related to the provision of Utility Service to the City. §6.2 Supply. Subject to the jurisdiction of the PUC, the Company shall take all reasonable and necessary steps to provide a sufficient supply of gas and electricity to Residents at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with reliable supplies. §6.3 Charges to the City for Service to City Facilities. No charges to the City by the Company for Utility Service (other than gas transportation which shall be subject to negotiated contracts) shall exceed the lowest charge for similar service or supplies provided by the Company to any other similarly situated customer of the Company. The parties acknowledge the jurisdiction of the PUC over the Company’s regulated intrastate electric and gas rates. All charges to the City shall be in accord with the Tariffs. §6.4 Restoration of Service.

A. Notification. The Company shall provide to

the City daytime and nighttime telephone numbers of a designated Company representative from whom the City designee may obtain status information from the Company on a twenty-four (24) hour basis concerning interruptions of Utility Service in any part of the City.

B. Restoration. In the event the Company’s gas system or electric system within the City, or any part thereof, is partially or wholly destroyed or incapacitated, the Company shall use due diligence to restore such system to satisfactory service within the shortest practicable time, or provide a reasonable alternative to such system if the Company elects not to restore such system. §6.5 Obligations Regarding Company Facilities.

A. Company Facilities. All Company Facilities within City Streets and Other City Property shall be maintained in good repair and condition.

B. Company Work within the City. All work within City Streets and Other City Property performed or caused to be performed by the Company shall be done: (1) in a high-quality manner that is in accordance with Industry Standards; (2) in a timely and expeditious manner; (3) in a manner that reasonably minimizes inconvenience to the public; (4) in a cost-effective manner, which may include the use of qualified contractors; and (5) in accordance with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations.

C. No Interference with City Facilities. Company Facilities shall not unreasonably interfere with any City facilities, including without limitation water facilities, sanitary or storm sewer facilities, communications facilities, or other City uses of the Streets, Public Utility Easements or Other City Property. Company Facilities shall be installed and maintained in City Streets and Other City Property so as to reasonably minimize interference with other property, trees, and other improvements and natural features in and adjoining the Streets and Other City Property in light of the Company’s obligation under Colorado law to provide safe and reliable utility facilities and services.

D. Permit and Inspection. The installation, renovation, and replacement of any Company Facilities in the City Streets or Other City Property by or on behalf of the Company shall be subject to permit, inspection and approval by the City in accordance with applicable laws. Such permitting, inspection and approval may include, but shall not be limited to, the following matters: location of Company Facilities, cutting and pruning of trees and shrubs and disturbance of pavement, sidewalks and surfaces of City Streets or Other City Property; provided, however, the Company shall have the right to cut, prune, and/or remove vegetation in accordance with its standard vegetation management requirements and procedures. The Company agrees to cooperate with the City in conducting inspections and shall promptly perform any remedial action lawfully required by the City pursuant to any such inspection.

E. Compliance. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3, the Company and all of its contractors shall comply with the requirements of applicable municipal laws, ordinances, regulations, permits, and standards lawfully adopted, including but not limited to requirements of all building and zoning codes, and requirements regarding curb and pavement cuts, excavating, digging, and other construction activities. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to require that its contractors working in City Streets and Other City Property hold the necessary licenses and permits required by law. §6.6 As-Built Drawings.

A. Within thirty (30) days after written request of the City designee, but no sooner than fourteen (14) days after project completion, the Company shall commence its internal process to permit the Company to provide, on a project by project basis, as-built drawings of any Company Facility installed within the City Streets or contiguous to the City Streets. The Company shall provide the requested documents no later than forty-five (45) days after it commences its internal process.

B. If the requested information must be limited or cannot be provided pursuant to regulatory requirements or Company Tariffs, the Company shall promptly notify the City of such restrictions.

The City reserves the right to challenge the Company’s position. The City acknowledges that the requested as-built drawings are confidential information of the Company and the Company asserts that disclosure to members of the public would be contrary to the public interest. Accordingly, the City shall deny the right of inspection of the Company’s confidential information as set forth in C.R.S. §24-72-204(3)(a)(IV), as may be amended from time to time. If an Open Records Act request is made by any third party for confidential or proprietary information that the Company has provided to the City pursuant to this Franchise, the City will immediately notify the Company of the request and shall allow the Company to defend such request at its sole expense, including filing a legal action in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent disclosure of such information. In any such legal action the Company shall join the person requesting the information and the City. In no circumstance shall the City provide to any thirdparty confidential information provided by the Company pursuant to this Franchise without first conferring with the Company. Provided the Cityconfidential information provided by the Company pursuant to this Franchise without first conferring with the Company. Provided the Cityconfidential

information provided by the Company pursuant to this Franchise without first conferring with the Company. Provided the City C. As used in this Section, as-built drawings refers to hard copies of the facility drawings as maintained in the Company’s business records and shall not include information maintained in the Company’s geographical information system.

The Company shall not be required to create drawings or data that do not exist at the time of the request. §6.7 Excavation and Construction. Subject to section 3.3, the Company shall be responsible for obtaining, paying for, and complying with all applicable permits, in the manner required by the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the City. Although the Company shall be responsible for obtaining and complying with the terms of such permits when performing Relocations requested by the City under Section 6.8 of this Franchise and undergrounding requested by the City under Article 11 of this Franchise, the City will not require the Company to pay the fees charged for such permits. Upon the Company submitting a construction design plan, the City shall promptly and fully advise the Company in writing of all requirements for restoration of City Streets in advance of Company excavation projects in City Streets, based upon the design submitted, if the City’s restoration requirements are not addressed in publicly available standards. §6.8 Restoration. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.5.D, when the Company does any work in or affecting the City Streets or Other City Property, it shall, at its own expense, promptly remove any obstructions placed thereon or therein by the Company and restore such City Streets or Other City Property to a condition that is substantially the same as existed before the work, and that meets applicable City standards. If weather or other conditions do not permit the complete restoration required by this Section, the Company may with the approval of the City, temporarily restore the affected City Streets or Other City Property, provided that such temporary restoration is not at the City’s expense and provided further that the Company promptly undertakes and completes the required permanent restoration when the weather or other conditions no longer prevent such permanent restoration. Upon the request of the City, the Company shall restore the Streets or Other City Property to a better condition than existed before the Company work was undertaken, provided that the City shall be responsible for any incremental costs of such restoration not required by then-current City standards, and provided the City seeks and/or grants, as applicable, any additional required approvals. If the Company fails to promptly restore the City Streets or Other City Property as required by this Section, and if, in the reasonable discretion of the City immediate action is required for the protection of public health, safety or welfare, the City may restore such Streets or Other City Property or remove the obstruction therefrom; provided however, City actions do not interfere with Company Facilities. The Company shall be responsible for the actual cost incurred by the City to restore such City Streets or Other City Property or to remove any obstructions therefrom.

In the course of its restoration of City Streets, Public Utility Easements or Other City Property under this Section, the City shall not perform work on Company Facilities unless specifically authorized by the Company in writing on a project-byproject basis and subject to the terms and conditions agreed to in such authorization. §6.9 Relocation of Company Facilities.

A. Relocation Obligation. The Company shall temporarily or permanently remove, relocate, change or alter the position of any Company Facility (collectively, “Relocate(s),” “Relocation(s),” or “Relocated”) in (i) City Streets, or (ii) in Other City Property at no cost or expense to the City whenever the City determines such Relocation is necessary for the completion of any Public Project. In the case of Relocation that is necessary for the completion of any Public Project in a Public Utility Easement that is not in a City Street, the Company shall not be responsible for any relocation costs. For all Relocations, the Company and the City agree to cooperate on the location and Relocation of the Company Facilities in the City Streets or Other City Property in order to achieve Relocation in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, once the Company has Relocated any Company Facility at the City’s direction, if the City requests that the same Company Facility be Relocated within two (2) years, the subsequent Relocation shall not be at the Company’s expense. Nothing provided herein shall prevent the Company from recovering its Relocation costs and expenses from third parties.

B. Private Projects. Subject to Section 6.9.F, the Company shall not be responsible for the expenses of any Relocation required by Private Projects, and the Company has the right to require the payment of estimated Relocation expenses from the party causing, or responsible for, the Relocation before undertaking the Relocation.

C. Relocation Performance. The Relocations set forth in Section 6.9.A of this Franchise shall be completed within a reasonable time, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days from the later of the date on which the City designee requests, in writing, that the Relocation commence, or the date when the Company is provided all Supporting Documentation. The Company shall receive an extension of time to complete a Relocation where the Company’s performance was delayed due to Force Majeure or the failure of the City to provide adequate Supporting Documentation. The Company has the burden of presenting

evidence to reasonably demonstrate the basis for the delay. Upon written request of the Company, the City may also grant the Company reasonable extensions of time for good cause shown and the City shall not unreasonably withhold or condition any such extension.

D. City Revision of Supporting Documentation.

Any revision by the City of Supporting Documentation provided to the Company that causes the Company to substantially redesign and/or change its plans regarding Company Facility Relocation shall be deemed good cause for a reasonable extension of time to complete the Relocation under this Franchise.

E. Completion. Each such Relocation shall be complete only when the Company actually Relocates the Company Facilities, restores the Relocation site in accordance with Section 6.7 of this Franchise or as otherwise agreed with the City, and properly abandons on site all unused Company Facilities, equipment, material and other impediments.

F. Scope of Obligation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Franchise, the Company shall not be required to Relocate any Company Facilities from property (a) owned by the Company in fee; or (b) in which the Company has a property right, grant or interest, including without limitation an easement but excluding Public Utility Easements, which are addressed in Section 6.9.A. G. Underground Relocation. Underground Company Facilities shall be Relocated underground.

Above ground Company Facilities shall be Relocated above ground unless the Company is paid for the incremental amount by which the underground cost would exceed the above ground cost of Relocation, or the City requests that such additional incremental cost be paid out of available funds under Article 11 of this Franchise.

H. Coordination.

(1) When requested in writing by the City designee or the Company, representatives of the City and the Company shall meet to share information regarding anticipated projects which will require Relocation of Company Facilities in City Streets and Other City Property. Such meetings shall be for the purpose of minimizing conflicts where possible and to facilitate coordination with any reasonable timetable established by the City for any Public Project.

(2) The City shall make reasonable best efforts to provide the Company with two (2) years advance notice of any planned Street repaving. The Company shall make reasonable best efforts to complete any necessary or anticipated repairs or upgrades to Company Facilities that are located underneath the Streets within the two-year period if practicable.

I. Proposed Alternatives or Modifications. Upon receipt of written notice of a required Relocation, the Company may propose an alternative to or modification of the Public Project requiring the Relocation in an effort to mitigate or avoid the impact of the required Relocation of Company Facilities.

The City shall in good faith review the proposed alternative or modification. The acceptance of the proposed alternative or modification shall be at the discretion of the City. In the event the City accepts the proposed alternative or modification, the Company agrees to promptly compensate the City for all additional costs, expenses or delay that the City reasonably determines resulted from the implementation of the proposed alternative. §6.10 New or Modified Service Requested by City. The conditions under which the Company shall install new or modified Utility Service to the City as a customer shall be governed by this Franchise and the Company’s Tariffs and the Tariffs shall control in the event of a conflict. §6.11 Service to New Areas. If the territorial boundaries of the City are expanded during the term of this Franchise, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, extend service to Residents in the expanded area at the earliest practicable time if the expanded area is within the Company’s PUC-certificated service territory. Service to the expanded area shall be in accordance with the terms of the Tariffs and this Franchise, including the payment of Franchise fees. §6.12 City Not Required to Advance Funds. Upon receipt of the City’s authorization for billing and construction, the Company shall install Company Facilities to provide Utility Service to the City as a customer, without requiring the City to advance funds prior to construction. The City shall pay for the installation of Company Facilities once completed in accordance with the Tariffs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the provisions of this Section to allow the City to not advance funds prior to construction shall apply unless prohibited by PUC rules or the Tariffs. The parties agree that as of the date of execution of this Agreement, Company Tariff Sheet R120 governs the terms of installation of Company Facilities for the City and allows installation of Company Facilities without the City advancing funds prior to construction. §6.13 Technological Improvements. The Company shall use its best efforts to incorporate, as soon as practicable, technological advances in its equipment and service within the City when such advances are technically and economically feasible and are safe and beneficial to the City and its Residents.

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6December 22, 2016 City of Lone Tree Continued * Page 3 * 930368 - 930272 §7.1 Reliability. The Company shall operate and maintain Company Facilities efficiently and economically, in accordance with Industry Standards, and in accordance with the standards, systems, methods and skills consistent with the provision of adequate, safe and reliable Utility Service. §7.2 Franchise Performance Obligations. The Company recognizes that, as part of its obligations and commitments under this Franchise, the Company shall carry out each of its performance obligations in a timely, expeditious, efficient, economical and workmanlike manner. §7.3 Reliability Reports. Upon written request, the Company shall provide the City with a report regarding the reliability of Company Facilities and Utility Service.

ARTICLE 8 COMPANY PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS §8.1 New or Modified Service to City Facilities. In providing new or modified Utility Service to City facilities, the Company agrees to perform as follows: A. Performance. The Company shall complete each project requested by the City within a reasonable time. Other than traffic facilities, where the Company’s performance obligations are governed by Tariff, the parties agree that a reasonable time shall not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the date upon which the City designee makes a written request and provides the required Supporting Documentation for all Company Facilities other than traffic facilities, including a copy to the Area Manager as designated in Section 21.4 below. Provided that the City provides the Company’s designated representative with a copy of the Supporting Documentation, the Company shall notify the City within twenty (20) days of receipt of the request if the Supporting Documentation is sufficient to complete the project. The Company shall be entitled to an extension of time to complete a project where the Company’s performance was delayed due to Force Majeure. Upon request of the Company, the City designee may also grant the Company reasonable extensions of time for good cause shown and the City shall not unreasonably withhold any such extension.

B. City Revision of Supporting Documentation.

Any revision by the City of Supporting Documentation provided to the Company that causes the Company to substantially redesign and/or substantially change its plans regarding new or modified service to City facilities shall be deemed good cause for a reasonable extension of time to complete the Relocation under this Franchise.

C. Completion/Restoration. Each such project shall be complete only when the Company actually provides the service installation or modification required, restores the project site in accordance with the terms of this Franchise or as otherwise agreed with the City and properly abandons on site any unused Company Facilities, equipment, material and other impediments. §8.2 Adjustments to Company Facilities. The Company shall perform adjustments to Company Facilities that are consistent with Industry Standards, including manhole rings and other appurtenances in Streets and Other City Property, to accommodate City Street maintenance, repair and paving operations at no cost to the City. In providing such adjustments to Company Facilities, the Company agrees to perform as follows: A. Performance. The Company shall complete each requested adjustment within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date upon which the City makes a written request and provides to the Company all information reasonably necessary to perform the adjustment. The Company shall be entitled to an extension of time to complete an adjustment where the Company’s performance was delayed due to Force Majeure.

Upon request of the Company, the City may also grant the Company reasonable extensions of time for good cause shown and the City shall not unreasonably withhold any such extension.

B. Completion/Restoration. Each such adjustment shall be complete only when the Company actually adjusts and, if required, readjusts, Company Facilities to accommodate City operations in accordance with City instructions following City paving operations.

C. Coordination. As requested by the City or the Company, representatives of the City and the Company shall meet regarding anticipated Street maintenance operations which will require such adjustments to Company Facilities in Streets or Other City Property. Such meetings shall be for the purpose of coordinating and facilitating performance under this Section. §8.3 Third Party Damage Recovery.

A. Damage to Company Interests. If any individual or entity damages any Company Facilities, to the extent permitted by law the City will notify the Company of any such incident of which it has knowledge and will provide to the Company within a reasonable time all pertinent information within its possession regarding the incident and the damage, including the identity of the responsible individual or entity.

B. Damage to Company Property for which the City is Responsible. If any individual or entity damages any Company Facilities for which the City is obligated to reimburse the Company for the cost of the repair or replacement, to the extent

permitted by law, the Company will notify the City of any such incident of which it has knowledge and will provide to the City within a reasonable time all pertinent information within its possession regarding the incident and the damage, including the identity of the responsible individual or entity.

C. Meeting. The Company and the City agree to meet periodically upon written request of either party for the purpose of developing, implementing, reviewing, improving and/or modifying mutually beneficial procedures and methods for the efficient gathering and transmittal of information useful in recovery efforts against third parties for damaging Company Facilities.

ARTICLE 9 BILLING AND PAYMENT §9.1 Billing for Utility Services.

A. Monthly Billing. Unless otherwise provided in the Tariffs, the rules and regulations of the PUC, or the Public Utility Law, the Company shall render bills monthly to the offices of the City for Utility Service and other related services for which the Company is entitled to payment.

B. Address for Billing. Billings for service rendered during the preceding month shall be sent to the person(s) designated by the City and payment for same shall be made as prescribed in this Franchise and the applicable Tariffs.

quired to make such an offer in any circumstance where such use would constitute a safety hazard or would interfere with the Company’s use of the transmission right-of-way. In order to exercise this right, the City must make specific, advance written request to the Company for any such use and must enter such written agreements as the Company may reasonably require. §10.4 Emergencies. Upon written request, the Company shall assist the City in developing an emergency management plan that is consistent with Company policies. The City and the Company shall work cooperatively with each other in any emergency or disaster situation to address the emergency or disaster.

ARTICLE 11 UNDERGROUNDING OF OVERHEAD FACILITIES §11.1 Underground Electrical Lines in New Areas.

Upon payment to the Company of the charges provided in the Tariffs or their equivalent, the Company shall place all newly constructed electrical distribution lines in newly developed areas of the City underground in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and orders of the City.

Such underground construction shall be consistent with Industry Standards.

D. Annual Meetings. The Company agrees to meet with the City designee on a reasonable basis at the City’s request, but no more frequently than once a year, for the purpose of developing, implementing, reviewing, and/or modifying mutually beneficial and acceptable billing procedures, methods, and formats which may include, without limitation, electronic billing and upgrades or beneficial alternatives to the Company’s current most advanced billing technology, for the efficient and cost effective rendering and processing of such billings submitted by the Company to the City.

§11.2 Underground Conversion at Expense of Company.

A. Underground Conversion Program. The Company shall budget and allocate an annual amount, equivalent to one percent (1%) of the preceding year’s Electric Gross Revenues, for the purpose of undergrounding its existing overhead electric distribution lines in the City in City Streets (excluding alleys and access easements) and Other City Property, as may be requested by the City designee (the “Underground Program”), so long as the underground conversion does not result in end use customers of the Company incurring any costs related to the conversion and does not require the Company to obtain any additional land use rights. If the City requires Relocation of overhead electric lines in the Streets and Other City Property and there is no room to relocate the lines overhead, the Company may relocate the lines underground, and may charge the cost of undergrounding to the Underground Program.

§9.2 Payment to City. In the event the City determines after written notice to the Company that the Company is liable to the City for payments, costs, expenses or damages of any nature, and subject to the Company’s right to challenge such determination, the City may deduct all monies due and owing the City from any other amounts currently due and owing the Company. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Company may request a meeting between the Company’s designee and a designee of the City to discuss such determination. The City agrees to attend such a meeting.

As an alternative to such deduction and subject to the Company’s right to challenge, the City may bill the Company for such assessment(s), in which case, the Company shall pay each such bill within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of such bill unless it challenges the validity of the charge. If the Company challenges the City determination of liability, the City shall make such payments to the Company for Utility Service received by the City pursuant to the Tariffs until the challenge has been finally resolved.

B. Unexpended Portion and Advances. Any unexpended portion of the Underground Program shall be carried over to succeeding years and, in addition, upon request by the City, the Company agrees to advance and expend amounts anticipated to be available under the preceding paragraph for up to three (3) years in advance provided there are at least three (3) years remaining under the term of this Franchise. Any amounts so advanced shall be credited against amounts to be expended in succeeding years. Any funds left accumulated under any prior franchise shall be carried over to this Franchise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City shall have no vested interest in monies allocated to the Underground Program and any monies in the Underground Program not expended at the expiration or termination of this Franchise shall remain the property of the Company. At the expiration or termination of this Franchise, the Company shall not be required to underground any existing overhead facilities pursuant to this Article, but may do so in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE 10 USE OF COMPANY FACILITIES

C. System-wide Undergrounding. If, during the term of this Franchise, the Company should receive authority from the PUC to undertake a system-wide program or programs of undergrounding its electric distribution lines system wide, the Company will budget and allocate to the program of undergrounding in the City such amount as may be determined and approved by the PUC, but in no case shall such amount be less than the one percent (1%) of annual Electric Gross Revenues provided above.

C. Supporting Documents. To the extent requested by the City, the Company shall provide all billings and any underlying Supporting Documentation reasonably requested by the City in an editable and manipulatable electronic format that is acceptable to the Company and the City.

§10.1 City Use of Company Electric Distribution Poles. The City shall be permitted to make use of Company electric distribution poles in the City, subject to the Tariffs, without a use fee for the placement of City equipment or facilities necessary to serve a legitimate police, fire, emergency, public safety or traffic control purpose. The City shall notify the Company in advance and in writing of its intent to use Company distribution poles and the nature of such use unless it is impracticable to provide such advance notice because of emergency circumstances, in which event the City shall provide such notice as soon as practicable. The City shall be responsible for costs associated with modifications to Company electric distribution poles to accommodate the City’s use of such Company electric distribution poles and for any electricity used. No such use of Company electric distribution poles may occur if it would constitute a safety hazard or would interfere with the Company’s use of Company Facilities. Any such City use must comply with the National Electric Safety Code and all other applicable laws, rules, regulations and Industry Standards. §10.2 Third Party Use of Company Electric Distribution Poles. If requested in writing by the City, the Company may allow other companies who hold franchises, or otherwise have obtained consent from the City to use the Streets, to utilize Company electric distribution poles in City Streets and Other City Property, subject to the Tariffs, for the placement of their facilities upon approval by the Company and agreement upon reasonable terms and conditions, including payment of fees established by the Company. No such use shall be permitted if it would constitute a safety hazard or would interfere with the Company’s use of Company Facilities. The Company shall not be required to permit the use of Company electric distribution poles for the provision of utility service except as otherwise required by law. §10.3 City Use of Company Transmission Rightsof-Way. The Company shall offer to grant to the City use of transmission rights-of-way which it now, or in the future, owns in fee within the City for trails, parks and open space on terms comparable to those offered to other municipalities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be re-

D. City Requirement to Underground. In addition to the provisions of this Article, the City may require any above ground Company lines in Streets and Other City Property to be moved underground at the City’s expense. §11.3 Undergrounding Performance. Upon receipt of a written request from the City, the Company shall underground Company Facilities pursuant to the provisions of this Article, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.

A. Estimates. Promptly upon receipt of an undergrounding request from the City and the Supporting Documentation necessary for the Company to design the undergrounding project, including a copy to the Area Manager as designated in Section 21.4 below, the Company shall prepare a detailed, good faith cost estimate of the anticipated actual cost of the requested project for the City to review and, if acceptable to the City, the City will issue a project authorization. The Company shall notify the City within twenty (20) days of receipt of the request if the Supporting Documentation is insufficient to prepare the cost estimate for the project. The City and the Company agree to meet upon the request of either party during the period when the Company is preparing its estimate to discuss all aspects of the project toward the goal of enabling the Company to prepare an accurate cost estimate. At the City’s request, the Company will provide all documentation that forms the basis of the estimate that is not proprietary. The Company will not proceed with any requested project until the City has provided a written acceptance of the Company’s estimate.

B. Performance. The Company shall complete each undergrounding project requested by the City within a reasonable time considering the size

and scope of each project, not to exceed two hundred forty (240) days from the later of the date upon which the City designee makes a written request or the date the City provides to the Company all Supporting Documentation. The Company shall have one hundred twenty (120) days after receiving the City’s written request to design project plans, prepare the good faith estimate, and transmit same to the City designee for review. If City approval of the plans and estimate has not been granted, the Company’s good faith estimate will be void sixty (60) days after delivery of the plans and estimate to the City designee. If the plans and estimate are approved by the City, the Company shall have one hundred twenty (120) days to complete the project, from the date of the City designee’s authorization of the underground project, plus any of the one hundred twenty (120) unused days in preparing the good faith estimate.

At the Company’s sole discretion, if the good faith estimate has expired because the City designee has not approved the same within sixty (60) days, the Company may extend the good faith estimate or prepare a new estimate using current prices.

The Company shall be entitled to an extension of time to complete each undergrounding project where the Company’s performance was delayed due to a Force Majeure condition. Upon written request of the Company, the City may also grant the Company reasonable extensions of time for good cause shown and the City shall not unreasonably withhold any such extension.

undergrounding the facilities of other companies or the City.

C. City Revision of Supporting Documentation.

Any revision by the City of Supporting Documentation provided to the Company that causes the Company to substantially redesign and/or change its plans regarding an undergrounding project shall be deemed good cause for a reasonable extension of time to complete the undergrounding project under this Franchise.

§12.1 Municipal Right to Purchase or Condemn.

D. Completion/Restoration. Each such undergrounding project undertaken pursuant to this Article shall be complete only when the Company actually undergrounds the designated Company Facilities and restores the undergrounding site in accordance with Section 6.7 of this Franchise, or as otherwise agreed with the City. “Unused” for the purposes of this Section shall mean that the Company is no longer using the Company facilities in question and has no plans to use the Company Facilities in the foreseeable future. When performing underground conversions of overhead lines, the Company shall make reasonable efforts consistent with its contractual obligations to persuade joint users of Company distribution poles to remove their facilities from such poles within the time allowed by this Article.

E. Report of Actual Costs. Upon completion of each undergrounding project undertaken pursuant to this Article, the Company shall submit to the City a detailed report of the Company’s actual cost to complete the project and the Company shall reconcile this total actual cost with the accepted cost estimate. The report shall be provided within one hundred twenty (120) days after completion of the project and written request from the City.

F. Audit of Underground Projects. The City may require the Company to undertake an independent audit of up to two (2) undergrounding projects in any calendar year. The City shall make any such request in writing within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of the report of actual costs, as referenced in Section 11.3.E. Such audits shall be limited to projects completed within twelve (12) months prior to the date when the audit is requested. The cost of any such independent audit shall reduce the amount of the Underground Program balance. The Company shall cooperate with any audit and the independent auditor shall prepare and provide to the City and the Company a final audit report showing the actual costs associated with completion of the project. If a project audit is required by the City, only those actual project costs confirmed and verified by the independent auditor as reasonable and necessary to complete the project shall be charged against the Underground Program balance. §11.4 Audit of Underground Program. Upon written request, every three (3) years commencing at the end of the third year of this Franchise, the Company shall cause an independent auditor to investigate and determine the correctness of the charges to the Underground Program. Such audits shall be limited to the previous three (3) calendar years. Audits performed pursuant to this Section shall be limited to charges to the Underground Program and shall not include an audit of individual underground projects. If the City has concerns about any material information contained in the audit, the parties shall meet and make good faith attempts to resolve any outstanding issues. The independent auditor shall provide to the City and the Company a written report containing its findings. The Company shall reconcile the Underground Program balance consistent with the findings contained in the independent auditor’s written report. The costs of the audit and investigation shall be charged against the Underground Program balance. §11.5 Cooperation with Other Utilities. When undertaking an undergrounding project the City and the Company shall coordinate with other utilities or companies that have their facilities above ground to attempt to have all facilities undergrounded as part of the same project. When other utilities or companies are placing their facilities underground, to the extent the Company has received prior written notification, the Company shall cooperate with these utilities and companies and undertake to underground Company facilities as part of the same project where financially, technically and operationally feasible. The Company shall not be required to pay for any costs of

§11.6 Planning and Coordination of Undergrounding Projects. The City and the Company shall mutually plan in advance the scheduling of undergrounding projects to be undertaken according to this Article as a part of the review and planning for other City and Company construction projects. The City and the Company agree to meet, as required, to review the progress of the current undergrounding projects and to review planned future undergrounding projects.

The purpose of such meetings shall be to further cooperation between the City and the Company in order to achieve the orderly undergrounding of Company overhead lines. Representatives of both the City and the Company shall meet periodically to review the Company’s undergrounding of Company overhead lines and at such meetings shall review: A. Undergrounding, including conversions, Public Projects and replacements that have been accomplished or are underway, together with the Company’s plans for additional undergrounding; and B. Public Projects anticipated by the City.

ARTICLE 12 PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION

A. Right and Privilege of City. The right and privilege of the City to construct, own and operate a municipal utility, and to purchase pursuant to a mutually acceptable agreement or condemn any Company Facilities located within the territorial boundaries of the City, and the Company’s rights in connection therewith, as set forth in applicable provisions of the constitution, statutes and case law of the State of Colorado relating to the acquisition of public utilities, are expressly recognized. The City shall have the right, within the time frames and in accordance with the procedures set forth in such provisions, to condemn Company Facilities, land, rights-of-way and easements now owned or to be owned by the Company located within the territorial boundaries of the City. In the event of any such condemnation, no value shall be ascribed or given to the right to use City Streets or Other City Property granted under this Franchise in the valuation of the property thus sold.

B. Notice of Intent to Purchase or Condemn. The City shall provide the Company no less than one (1) year’s prior written notice of its intent to purchase or condemn Company Facilities. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed or construed to constitute a consent by the Company to the City’s purchase or condemnation of Company Facilities, nor a waiver of any Company defenses or challenges related thereto.

ARTICLE 13 MUNICIPALLY PRODUCED UTILITY SERVICE §13.1 Municipally Produced Utility Service.

A. City Reservation. The City expressly reserves the right to engage in the production of utility service to the extent permitted by law. The Company agrees to negotiate in good faith long term contracts to purchase City-generated power made available for sale, consistent with PUC requirements and other applicable requirements. The Company further agrees to offer transmission and delivery services to the City that are required by judicial, statutory and/or regulatory directive and that are comparable to the services offered to any other customer with similar generation facilities.

B. Franchise Not to Limit City’s or Company’s Rights. Nothing in this Franchise prohibits the City from becoming an aggregator of utility service or from selling utility service to customers should it be permissible under law, nor does it affect the Company’s rights and obligations pursuant to any Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity granted by the PUC. ARTICLE 14 ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION §14.1 Environmental Leadership. The City and the Company agree that sustainable development, environmental excellence and innovation shall form the foundation of the Utility Service provided by the Company under this Franchise.

The Company agrees to continue to actively pursue reduction of carbon emissions attributable to its electric generation facilities with a rigorous combination of Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency measures, Clean Energy measures and promoting and implementing the use of Renewable Energy Resources on both a distributed and centralized basis. The Company shall continue to cost-effectively monitor its operations to mitigate environmental impacts; shall meet the requirements of environmental laws, regulations and permits; shall invest in cost-effective, environmentally sound technologies; shall consider environmental issues in its planning and decision making; and shall support environmental research and development projects and partnerships in our communities through various means, including but not limited to corporate giving and employee involvement. The Company shall continue to explore ways to reduce water consumption at its facilities and to use recycled water where feasible. The Company shall continue to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop and implement avian protection plans to reduce electrocution and collision risks by eagles, raptors and other migratory birds with transmission and distribution lines. If requested in writing by the City on or before December 1st of each year, the Company shall provide the City a

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Continued * Page 4 * 930368 - 930272 written report describing its progress in carbon reduction and other environmental efforts, and the parties shall meet at a mutually convenient time and place for a discussion of such. In meeting its obligation under this Section, the Company is not precluded from providing existing internal and external reports that may be used for other reporting requirements. §14.2 Conservation. The City and the Company recognize and agree that Energy Conservation programs offer opportunities for the efficient use of energy and possible reduction of energy costs.

The City and the Company further recognize that creative and effective Energy Conservation solutions are crucial to sustainable development.

The Company recognizes and shares the City’s stated objectives to advance the implementation of cost-effective Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation programs that direct opportunities to Residents to manage more efficiently their use of energy and thereby create the opportunity to reduce their energy bills. The Company commits to offer programs that attempt to capture market opportunities for cost-effective Energy Efficiency improvements such as municipal specific programs that provide cash rebates for efficient lighting, energy design programs to assist architects and engineers to incorporate Energy Efficiency in new construction projects, and recommissioning programs to analyze existing systems to optimize performance and conserve energy according to current and future demand side management (“DSM”) programs. In doing so, the Company recognizes the importance of (i) implementing cost-effective programs the benefits of which would otherwise be lost if not pursued in a timely fashion; and (ii) developing cost-effective programs for the various classes of the Company’s customers, including low-income customers. The Company shall advise the City and its Residents of the availability of assistance that the Company makes available for investments in Energy Conservation through newspaper advertisements, bill inserts and Energy Efficiency workshops and by maintaining information about these programs on the Company’s website. Further, at the City’s request, the Company’s Area Manager shall act as the primary liaison with the City who will provide the City with information on how the City may take advantage of reducing energy consumption in City facilities and how the City may participate in Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency programs sponsored by the Company. As such, the Company and the City commit to work cooperatively and collaboratively to identify, develop, implement and support programs offering creative and sustainable opportunities to Company customers and Residents, including low-income customers. The Company agrees to help the City participate in Company programs and, when opportunities exist to partner with others, such as the State of Colorado, the Company will help the City pursue those opportunities. In addition, and in order to assist the City and its Residents’ participation in Renewable Energy Resource programs, the Company shall: notify the City regarding eligible Renewable Energy Resource programs; provide the City with technical support regarding how the City may participate in Renewable Energy Resource programs; and advise Residents regarding eligible Renewable Energy Resource programs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Company assistance is needed to support Renewable Energy Resource Programs that are solely for the benefit of Company customers located within the City, the Company retains the sole discretion as to whether to incur such costs. §14.3 Continuing Commitment. It is the express intention of the City and the Company that the collaborative effort provided for in this Article continue for the entire term of this Franchise. The City and the Company also recognize, however, that the programs identified in this Article may be for a limited duration and that the regulations and technologies associated with Energy Conservation are subject to change. Given this variability, the Company agrees to maintain its commitment to sustainable development and Energy Conservation for the term of this Franchise by continuing to provide leadership, support and assistance, in collaboration with the City, to identify, develop, implement and maintain new and creative programs similar to the programs identified in this Franchise in order to help the City achieve its environmental goals. §14.4 PUC Approval. Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to require the Company to invest in technologies or to incur costs that it has a good faith belief the PUC will not allow the Company to recover through the ratemaking process.

ARTICLE 15 TRANSFER OF FRANCHISE §15.1 Consent of City Required. The Company shall not transfer or assign any rights under this Franchise to an unaffiliated third party, except by merger with such third party, or, except when the transfer is made in response to legislation or regulatory requirements, unless the City approves such transfer or assignment in writing. The City may impose reasonable conditions upon the transfer, but Approval of the transfer or assignment shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. §15.2 Transfer Fee. In order that the City may share in the value this Franchise adds to the Company’s operations, any transfer or assignment of rights granted under this Franchise requiring City approval, as set forth herein, shall be subject to the condition that the Company shall promptly pay to the City a transfer fee in an amount equal to the proportion of the City’s then-population provided Utility Service by the Company to the then-popu-

lation of the City and County of Denver provided Utility Service by the Company multiplied by one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Except as otherwise required by law, such transfer fee shall not be recovered from a surcharge placed only on the rates of Residents.

ARTICLE 16 CONTINUATION OF UTILITY SERVICE §16.1 Continuation of Utility Service. In the event this Franchise is not renewed at the expiration of its term or is terminated for any reason, and the City has not provided for alternative utility service, the Company shall have no obligation to remove any Company Facilities from Streets, Public Utility Easements or Other City Property or discontinue providing Utility Service unless otherwise ordered by the PUC, and shall continue to provide Utility Service within the City until the City arranges for utility service from another provider. The City acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right to use Streets, Other City Property and Public Utility Easements during any such period.

The Company further agrees that it will not withhold any temporary Utility Services necessary to protect the public. The City agrees that in the circumstances of this Article, the Company shall be entitled to monetary compensation as provided in the Tariffs and the Company shall be entitled to collect from Residents and, upon the City’s compliance with applicable provisions of law, shall be obligated to pay the City, at the same times and in the same manner as provided in this Franchise, an aggregate amount equal to the amount which the Company would have paid as a Franchise fee as consideration for use of the City’s Streets and Other City Property. Only upon receipt of written notice from the City stating that the City has adequate alternative utility service for Residents and upon order of the PUC shall the Company be allowed to discontinue the provision of Utility Service to the City and its Residents.

ARTICLE 17 INDEMNIFICATION AND IMMUNITY §17.1 City Held Harmless. The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold the City harmless from and against claims, demands, liens and all liability or damage of whatsoever kind on account of or directly arising from the grant of this Franchise, the exercise by the Company of the related rights, but in both instances only to the extent caused by the Company, and shall pay the costs of defense plus reasonable attorneys’ fees. The City shall (a) give prompt written notice to the Company of any claim, demand or lien with respect to which the City seeks indemnification hereunder; and, (b) unless in the City’s judgment a conflict of interest may exist between the City and the Company with respect to such claim, demand or lien, shall permit the Company to assume the defense of such claim, demand, or lien with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the City. If such defense is assumed by the Company, the Company shall not be subject to liability for any settlement made without its consent. If such defense is not assumed by the Company or if the City determines that a conflict of interest exists, the parties reserve all rights to seek all remedies available in this Franchise against each other. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify, defend or hold the City harmless to the extent any claim, demand or lien arises out of or in connection with any negligent or intentional act or failure to act of the City or any of its officers, agents or employees or to the extent that the City is acting in its capacity as a customer of record of the Company. §17.2 Immunity. Nothing in this Section or any other provision of this Franchise shall be construed as a waiver of the notice requirements, defenses, immunities and limitations the City may have under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (§24-10-101, C.R.S., et. seq.) or of any other defenses, immunities, or limitations of liability available to the City by law.

ARTICLE 18 BREACH §18.1 Change of Tariffs. The City and the Company agree to take all reasonable and necessary actions to assure that the terms of this Franchise are performed. The Company reserves the right to seek a change in its Tariffs, including but not limited to the rates, charges, terms, and conditions of providing Utility Service to the City and its Residents, and the City retains all rights that it may have to intervene and participate in any such proceedings. §18.2 Breach.

A. Notice/Cure/Remedies. Except as otherwise provided in this Franchise, if a party (the “Breaching Party”) to this Franchise fails or refuses to perform any of the terms or conditions of this Franchise (a “Breach”), the other party (the “NonBreaching Party”) may provide written notice to the Breaching Party of such Breach. Upon receipt of such notice, the Breaching Party shall be given a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days in which to remedy the Breach or, if such Breach cannot be remedied in thirty (30) days, such additional time as reasonably needed to remedy the Breach, but not exceeding an additional thirty (30) day period, or such other time as the parties may agree. If the Breaching Party does not remedy the Breach within the time allowed in the notice, the Non-Breaching Party may exercise the following remedies for such Breach: (1) specific performance of the applicable term or condition to the extent allowed by law; and (2) recovery of actual damages from the date of such Breach incurred by the Non-Breaching Party in connection with the Breach, but excluding any special, punitive or consequential damages.

B. Termination of Franchise by City. In addition to the foregoing remedies, if the Company fails or refuses to perform any material term or condition of this Franchise (a “Material Breach”), the City may provide written notice to the Company of such Material Breach. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall be given a reasonable time, not to exceed sixty (60) days in which to remedy the Material Breach or, if such Material Breach cannot be remedied in sixty (60) days, such additional time as reasonably needed to remedy the Material Breach, but not exceeding an additional sixty (60) day period, or such other time as the parties may agree. If the Company does not remedy the Material Breach within the time allowed in the notice, the City may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Franchise. This remedy shall be in addition to the City’s right to exercise any of the remedies provided for elsewhere in this Franchise.

Upon such termination, the Company shall continue to provide Utility Service to the City and its Residents (and shall continue to have associated rights and grants needed to provide such service) until the City makes alternative arrangements for such service and until otherwise ordered by the PUC and the Company shall be entitled to collect from Residents and, upon the City complying with applicable provisions of law, shall be obligated to pay the City, at the same times and in the same manner as provided in this Franchise, an aggregate amount equal to the amount which the Company would have paid as a franchise fee as consideration for use of the City Streets and Other City Property. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Company shall be entitled to collect such amount from Residents.

C. Company Shall Not Terminate Franchise. In no event does the Company have the right to terminate this Franchise.

D. No Limitation. Except as provided herein, nothing in this Franchise shall limit or restrict any legal rights or remedies that either party may possess arising from any alleged Breach of this Franchise.

ARTICLE 19

AMENDMENTS

§19.1 Proposed Amendments. At any time during the term of this Franchise, the City or the Company may propose amendments to this Franchise by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the other of the proposed amendment(s) desired, and both parties thereafter, through their designated representatives, will, within a reasonable time, negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon mutually satisfactory amendment(s). However, nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to require either party to consent to any amendment proposed by the other party. §19.2 Effective Amendments. No alterations, amendments or modifications to this Franchise shall be valid unless executed in writing by the parties, which alterations, amendments or modifications shall be adopted with the same formality used in adopting this Franchise, to the extent required by law. Neither this Franchise, nor any term herein, may be changed, modified or abandoned, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing, and no subsequent oral agreement shall have any validity whatsoever. Any amendment of the Franchise shall become effective only upon the approval of the PUC, if such PUC approval is required.

ARTICLE 20 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY §20.1 Economic Development. The Company is committed to the principle of stimulating, cultivating and strengthening the participation and representation of persons of color, women and members of other under-represented groups within the Company and in the local business community.

The Company believes that increased participation and representation of under-represented groups will lead to mutual and sustainable benefits for the local economy. The Company is committed also to the principle that the success and economic well-being of the Company is closely tied to the economic strength and vitality of the diverse communities and people it serves. The Company believes that contributing to the development of a viable and sustainable economic base among all Company customers is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. §20.2 Employment.

A. Programs. The Company is committed to undertaking programs that identify, consider and develop persons of color, women and members of other under-represented groups for positions at all skill and management levels within the Company.

B. Businesses. The Company recognizes that the City and the business community in the City, including women and minority owned businesses, provide a valuable resource in assisting the Company to develop programs to promote persons of color, women and members of under-represented communities into management positions, and agrees to keep the City regularly advised of the Company’s progress by providing the City a copy of the Company’s annual affirmative action report upon the City’s written request.

C. Recruitment. In order to enhance the diversity of the employees of the Company, the Company is committed to recruiting diverse employees by strategies such as partnering with colleges, universities and technical schools with diverse student populations, utilizing diversity-specific media to advertise employment opportunities, internships, and engaging recruiting firms with diversityspecific expertise.

D. Advancement. The Company is committed to developing a world-class workforce through the

advancement of its employees, including persons of color, women and members of under-represented groups. In order to enhance opportunities for advancement, the Company will offer training and development opportunities for its employees.

Such programs may include mentoring programs, training programs, classroom training and leadership programs.

E. Non-Discrimination. The Company is committed to a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disability or any other protected status in accordance with all federal, state or local laws. The Company shall not, solely because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, military status, national origin or ancestry, or physical or mental disability, refuse to hire, discharge, promote, demote or discriminate in matters of compensation, against any person otherwise qualified.

F. Board of Directors. The Company shall identify and consider women, persons of color and other under-represented groups to recommend for its Board of Directors, consistent with the responsibility of boards to represent the interests of the Shareholders, customers and employees of the Company. §20.3 Contracting.

A. Contracts. It is the Company’s policy to make available to minority and women owned business enterprises and other small and/or disadvantaged business enterprises the maximum practical opportunity to compete with other service providers, contractors, vendors and suppliers in the marketplace. The Company is committed to increasing the proportion of Company contracts awarded to minority and women owned business enterprises and other small and/or disadvantaged business enterprises for services, construction, equipment and supplies to the maximum extent consistent with the efficient and economical operation of the Company.

B. Community Outreach. The Company agrees to maintain and continuously develop contracting and community outreach programs calculated to enhance opportunity and increase the participation of minority and women owned business enterprises and other small and/or disadvantaged business enterprises to encourage economic vitality. The Company agrees to keep the City regularly advised of the Company’s programs.

C. Community Development. The Company shall maintain and support partnerships with local chambers of commerce and business organizations, including those representing predominately minority owned, women owned and disadvantaged businesses, to preserve and strengthen open communication channels and enhance opportunities for minority owned, women owned and disadvantaged businesses to contract with the Company. §20.4 Coordination. City agencies provide collaborative leadership and mutual opportunities or programs relating to City based initiatives on economic development, employment and contracting opportunity. The Company agrees to review Company programs and mutual opportunities responsive to this Article with these agencies, upon their request, and to collaborate on best practices regarding such programs and coordinate and cooperate with the agencies in program implementation.

ARTICLE 21 MISCELLANEOUS §21.1 No Waiver. Neither the City nor the Company shall be excused from complying with any of the terms and conditions of this Franchise by any failure of the other, or any of its officers, employees, or agents, upon any one or more occasions, to insist upon or to seek compliance with any such terms and conditions. §21.2 Successors and Assigns. The rights, privileges, and obligations, in whole or in part, granted and contained in this Franchise shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, its successors and assigns, to the extent that such successors or assigns have succeeded to or been assigned the rights of the Company pursuant to Article 15 of this Franchise. Upon a transfer or assignment pursuant to Article 15, the Company shall be relieved from all liability from and after the date of such transfer, except as otherwise provided in the conditions imposed by the City in authorizing the transfer or assignment and under state and federal law. §21.3 Third Parties. Nothing contained in this Franchise shall be construed to provide rights to third parties. §21.4 Notice. Both parties shall designate from time to time in writing representatives for the Company and the City who will be the persons to whom notices shall be sent regarding any action to be taken under this Franchise. Notice shall be in writing and forwarded by certified mail, reputable overnight courier or hand delivery to the persons and addresses as hereinafter stated, unless the persons and addresses are changed at the written request of either party, delivered in person or by certified mail. Notice shall be deemed received (a) three (3) days after being mailed via the U.S. Postal Service, (b) one (1) business day after mailed if via reputable overnight courier, or (c) upon hand delivery if delivered by courier. Until any such change shall hereafter be made, notices shall be sent as follows: To the City:

City Clerk City of Lone Tree 9220 Kimmer Drive, Suite 100 Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 To the Company: Regional Vice President, Customer and Community Relations Public Service Company of Colorado P.O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 With a copy to: Legal Department Public Service Company of Colorado P.O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 and Area Manager Public Service Company of Colorado P.O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 Any request involving any audit specifically allowed under this Franchise shall also be sent to: Audit Services Public Service Company of Colorado P.O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 §21.5 Examination of Records. The parties agree that any duly authorized representative of the City shall have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, and records of the Company reasonably related to the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Franchise. Information shall be provided within thirty (30) days of any written request. Any books, documents, papers, and records of the Company in any form that are requested by the City, that contain confidential information shall be conspicuously identified as “confidential” or “proprietary” by the Company. In no case shall any privileged communication be subject to examination by the City pursuant to the terms of this Section. “Privileged Communication” means any communication that would not be discoverable due to the attorney client privilege or any other privilege that is generally recognized in Colorado, including but limited to the work product doctrine.

The work product doctrine shall include information developed by the Company in preparation for PUC proceedings.

(1) The City will maintain the confidentiality of the information by keeping it under seal and segregated from information and documents that are available to the public; (2) The information shall be used solely for the purpose of determining the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Franchise; (3) The information shall only be made available to City employees and consultants who represent in writing that they agree to be bound by the provisions of this subsection; (4) The information shall be held by the City for such time as is reasonably necessary for the City to address the Franchise issue(s) that generated the request, and shall be returned to the Company when the City has concluded its use of the information. The parties agree that in most cases, the information should be returned within one hundred twenty (120) days. However, in the event that the information is needed in connection with any action that requires more time, including, but not necessarily limited to litigation, administrative proceedings and/or other disputes, the City may maintain the information until such issues are fully and finally concluded. §21.6 Confidential or Proprietary Information. If an Open Records Act (§§24-72-201 et seq. C.R.S.) request is made by any third party for confidential or proprietary information that the Company has provided to the City pursuant to this Franchise, the City will promptly notify the Company of the request and shall allow the Company to defend such request at its sole expense, including filing a legal action in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent disclosure of such information. In any such legal action the Company shall join the person requesting the information and the City.

In no circumstance shall the City provide to any third party confidential information provided by the Company pursuant to this Franchise without first conferring with the Company. The Company shall defend, indemnify and hold the City harmless from any claim, judgment, costs or attorney fees incurred in participating in such proceeding.

Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, the following information shall not be provided by the Company: confidential employment matters, specific information regarding any of the Company’s customers, information related to the compromise and settlement of disputed claims including but not limited to PUC dockets, information provided to the Company which is declared by the provider to be confidential, and which would be considered confidential to the provider under applicable law. §21.7 List of Utility Property. The Company shall provide the City, upon request not more than once every two (2) years, a list of electric utility-related real property owned in fee by the Company within the County in which the City is located. The list shall include the legal description of the real property, and where available on the deed, the physical street address. If the physical address is not available on the deed, if the City requests the physical address of the real property described in this Section 21.6, to the extent that such physical

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6December 22, 2016 Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0265 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/17/2016 12:19:00 PM 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: ERIC W BLANCHARD AND JOY M BLANCHARD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR M&T BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: M&T BANK Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/24/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 5/31/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013044752 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $247,204.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $236,029.15

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/or other violations of the terms thereof.

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 22, BLOCK 1, BRADBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2D, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10789 Appaloosa Court, Parker, CO 80134 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 8, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/15/2016 Continued * Page 5 * 930368 - 930272 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press street address is readily available to the Company, the Company shall provide such address to Dated: 10/17/2016 the City. AllDUFFY such records must be kept for a miniCHRISTINE mum of three (3) years or such shorter duration if DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee required by Company policy.

The name, address and telephone numbers of §21.8 PUC Filings.

Upon written request byofthe the attorney(s) representing the legal holder the indebtedness is:shall provide the City non-conCity, the Company fidential copies of all applications, advice letters SCOTT TOEBBEN and periodic reports, together with any accomColorado #: 19011 panying Registration non-confidential testimony and exhibits, 216 16TH SUITEwith 1210, filed

by STREET the Company the Public Utilities DENVER, COLORADO 80202 the foregoing, noCommission.

Notwithstanding Phone #: (720) 259-6710 tice regarding any gas and electric filings that may Fax #: Utility Service rates in the City shall be sent affect Attorney Fileupon #: 16CO00455-1 to the City filing.

line to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/17/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16CO00455-1 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0265 First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0242 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2016 8:51:00 AM 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: KYLE R SMITH AND JANEL G. SMITH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/28/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 3/30/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012023460 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $263,155.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $243,114.80 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: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

FIRST LIEN.

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The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 17, BLOCK 9, STROH RANCH FILING NO. 12, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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Which has the address of: 18062 Callabra Avenue, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 18, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

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If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Dated: 9/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Which has the address of: 10747 Longs Way, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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.

JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-742850-LL

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2016-0242 First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

§21.10 PaymentNotice of Taxes and Fees.

THEREFORE, Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m.as Wednesday, A. Impositions.

Except otherwise January provided 18, 2017, the Publicshall Trustee’s office, 402 Wilherein, theatCompany pay and discharge as cox Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at theyStreet, become due, promptly and before delinquenpublic auctionassessments, to the highest and charges, best bidder for cy, all taxes, rates, license cash, the said real property and all interest of fees, municipal liens, levies, excises, or imposts, said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ andorassigns whether general or special, orheirs ordinary extraortherein, the purpose of paying the indebteddinary, offorevery name, nature, and kind whatsoevness providedallingovernmental said Evidencecharges of Debtofsecured er, including whatsoby thename, Deednature, of Trust, plus attorneys’ the ever or kind, which mayfees, be levied, expenses of sale and other items by assessed, charged, or imposed, orallowed which may law, and will deliver to the against purchaser Certificbecome a lien or charge thisaFranchise ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If shall the (“Impositions”), provided that the Company sale is continued a later the deadhavedate the right to contesttoany suchdate, Impositions and line file to curesoby those shalltonot beainnotice breachofofintent this Section long as it parties entitled to cure may also be extended. *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE §21.9 Information. Upon written request, the is actively contesting such Impositions.

DATES onshall theprovide Public Company theTrustee City Clerkwebsite: or the City IfB.you lender http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Citybelieve Liability. that The your City shall notor beservicer liable for Clerk’s designee with: has failed toofprovide a single point conthe payment late charges, interest or of penalties tact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuLegal Notice No.: 2016-0265 A. A copy of the Company’s or its parent com- of any nature other than pursuant to applicable ing foreclosure even though you have subFirst Publication: 12/15/2016 pany’s consolidated annual financial report, or Tariffs.

Last Publication: 1/12/2017 alternatively, a URL link to a location where the mitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have Publisher: Douglas County News Press same information is available on the Company’s §21.11 Conflict of Interest. The parties agreeacthat cepted a loss mitigation option website; no official, officer or employee of (38-38-103.2 the City shall CRS), youpersonal may fileor a complaint with the Colhave any beneficial interest whatsoGeneral (720-508-6006) the B. Maps or schematics indicating the location of orado ever inAttorney the services or property describedorherein Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855specific Company Facilities (subject to City ex- and the Company further agrees not to hire or 411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a ecuting a confidentiality agreement as required by contract for services any official, officer or emcomplaint in and of itself will not stop the Company policy), including gas or electric lines, foreclosure ployee of the process.

City to the extent prohibited by law, located within the City, to the extent those maps including ordinances and regulations of the City. or schematics are in existence at the time of the First Publication: 11/24/2016 §21.12 Certificate12/22/2016 of Public Convenience and Nerequest and related to an ongoing project within Last Publication: the City. The Company does not represent or Publisher: cessity. The City agrees support the CompaDouglas CountytoNews Press warrant the accuracy of any such maps or sche- ny’s application to the PUC to obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to exercise matics; and Dated: 9/26/2016 its rights andDUFFY obligations under this Franchise.

CHRISTINE C. A copy of any report required to be prepared for DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee a federal or state agency detailing the Company’s §21.13 Authority. Each party represents and warThe name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

City of Lone Tree rants that except as set forth below, it has taken all actions that are necessary or that are required by its ordinances, regulations, procedures, bylaws, or applicable law, to legally authorize the undersigned signatories to execute this Franchise on behalf of the parties and to bind the parties to its terms. The persons executing this Franchise on behalf of each of the parties warrant that they have full authorization to execute this Franchise.

The City acknowledges that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company requires a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the PUC in order to operate under the terms of this Franchise. §21.14 Severability. Should any one or more provisions of this Franchise be determined to be unconstitutional, illegal, unenforceable or otherwise void, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective; provided, however, to the extent allowed by law, the parties shall forthwith enter into good faith negotiations and proceed with due diligence to draft one or more substitute provisions that will achieve the original intent of the parties hereunder. §21.15 Force Majeure. Neither the City nor the Company shall be in breach of this Franchise if a failure to perform any of the duties under this Franchise is due to Force Majeure, as defined herein. §21.16 Earlier Franchises Superseded. This Franchise shall constitute the only franchise between the City and the Company related to the furnishing of Utility Service, and it supersedes and cancels all former franchises between the parties hereto. §21.17 Titles Not Controlling. Titles of the paragraphs herein are for reference only, and shall not be used to construe the language of this

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 14, BLOCK 1, TOWN AND COUNTRY VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 17, BLOCK 9, STROH RANCH FILING NO. 12, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, efforts comply with federal and state air and has filedtowritten election and demand for sale as water pollution provided by lawlaws. and in said Deed of Trust.

Original Grantor: GREGORY L. BROWN Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/31/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 9/9/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015065245 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $117,100.94 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $116,080.66

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

NOTICE OF SALE

To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2016 10:56:00 AM 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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Which has the address of: 18062 Callabra Avenue, Parker, CO 80134

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0244

Franchise. §21.18 Applicable Law. Colorado law shall apply to the construction and enforcement of this Franchise. The parties agree that venue for any litigation arising out of this Franchise shall be in the District Court for Douglas County, State of Colorado. §21.19 Payment of Expenses Incurred by City in Relation to Franchise Agreement. The Company shall pay for expenses reasonably incurred by the City for the adoption of this Franchise, limited to the publication of notices, publication of ordinances, and photocopying of documents and other similar expenses. §21.20 Costs of Compliance with Franchise. The parties acknowledge that PUC rules, regulations and final decisions may require that costs of complying with certain provisions of this Franchise be borne by customers of the Company who are located within the City. §21.21 Conveyance of City Streets, Public Utility Easements or Other City Property. In the event the City vacates, releases, sells, conveys, transfers or otherwise disposes of a City Street, or any portion of a Public Utility Easement or Other City Property in which Company Facilities are located, the City shall reserve an easement in favor of the Company over that portion of the Street, Public Utility Easement or Other City Property in which such Company Facilities are located. The Company and the City shall work together to prepare the necessary legal description to effectuate such reservation. For the purposes of Section 6.8.A of this Franchise, the land vacated, released, sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the City shall no longer be deemed to be a Street or Other City Property from which the City may demand the Company temporarily or permanently

First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Relocate Company at thePress Company’s Publisher: DouglasFacilities County News expense.

Dated: 9/26/2016 IN CHRISTINE WITNESS DUFFY WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Franchise be executed DOUGLAS COUNTYtoPublic Trustee as of the ______ day of _______________, 2017.

The name, address and telephone numbers of CITY LONE TREE theOF attorney(s) representing the legal holder of ATTEST: the indebtedness is: Mayor, City of Lone Tree Clerk, CityRof Lone Tree DAVID DOUGHTY APPROVED AS TO FORM: Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, PUBLIC SERVICE COLORADO COMPANY OF COLORADO, ENGLEWOOD, 80112 a Colorado Phone #:corporation (303) 706-9990 Fax #: By:Attorney Jerome File Davis, Regional Vice President, #: 16-012850 Customer and Community Relations *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF COLORADO ) DATES on the Public Trustee website: )SS. http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ COUNTY OF DENVER ) Legal Notice No.: 2016-0244 First Publication: 11/24/2016 The foregoing instrument was acknowledged Last me Publication: before this _ 12/22/2016 day of ___________, 2016 Douglas CountyVice News Press Cusby Publisher: Jerome Davis, Regional President, tomer and Community Relations of Public Service Company of Colorado, a Colorado corporation.

WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL. Notary Public My Commission expires: _______________.

Legal Notice No.: 930368 - 930272 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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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.

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-012850 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0244 First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0247 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2016 10:57:00 AM 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: JANETTE V. AMEN AND ROBERT W. AMEN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR NEW LINE MORTGAGE, DIV. OF REPUBLIC MORTGAGE HOME LOANS, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WEST COAST SERVICING, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/3/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 2/23/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005015766 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $34,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $35,622.17 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: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 16, BLOCK 7, THE MEADOWS, FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4905 Buena Vista Boulevard, Castle Rock, CO 80109 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, January 18, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer

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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

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If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-740261-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0247 First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0250 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/29/2016 12:21:00 PM 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: JOHN WINTERHALDER AND BARBARA WINTERHALDER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PEOPLES MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 3/4/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009014786 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $190,867.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $141,083.34 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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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 26, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 10A, FIRST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8935 Cloverleaf Circle, Parker, CO 80134 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.

has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/3/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ELIZABETH S MARCUS Colorado Registration #: 16092 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-012854 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0250 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0251 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/3/2016 3:25:00 PM 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: JACK M. EVANS Original Beneficiary: COMMUNITY BANKS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ODS FINANCING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/3/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 9/15/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004096265 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $200,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $230,637.51 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 make payments pursuant to the terms of a Promissory Note.

CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Public Trustees

HARRY L. SIMON Colorado Registration #: 7942 10200 EAST GIRARD AVENUE BUILDING B, SUITE 120, DENVER, COLORADO 80231 Phone #: (303) 758-6601 Fax #: Attorney File #: EVANS/ODS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0251 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0253 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/3/2016 3:26:00 PM 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: CHRISTEL M. MATER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, IDEAL HOME LOANS, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/7/2011 Recording Date of DOT: 10/13/2011 Reception No. of DOT: 2011062323 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $251,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $244,152.76 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 monthly installments due Note Holder.

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 22 IN HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Which has the address of: 9801 Chatswood Trail, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

NOTICE OF SALE

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 73, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 54A COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 73 Falcon Hills Drive, Littleton, CO 80126 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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Dated: 10/3/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HARRY L. SIMON Colorado Registration #: 7942 10200 EAST GIRARD AVENUE BUILDING B, SUITE 120, DENVER, COLORADO 80231 Phone #: (303) 758-6601

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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

December 22, 2016D Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0252 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/3/2016 3:20:00 PM 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: ROSS HARTMAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/24/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 10/27/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014061884 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $203,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $198,892.92

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.

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 17, "ACRES GREEN", FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 540 Aries Court, Littleton, 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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/3/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6714 Fax #: (720) 259-6709 Attorney File #: 16CO00400-1

Dated: 10/3/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY RYAN Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 16-945-29527

Legal Notice No.: 2016-0252 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0253 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0254 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/3/2016 3:26:00 PM 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: WYVETTER A. LIVINGSTON AND STANLEY E. LIVINGSTON

Douglas County * 6

Castle Rock 6December 22,NOTICE 2016 OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0254

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/3/2016 3:26:00 PM 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.

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Original Grantor: WYVETTER A. LIVINGSTON AND STANLEY E. LIVINGSTON Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION 2005-D TRUST Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/27/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 4/29/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004043101 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $860,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $685,070.71 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: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 11, BLOCK 1, DIAMOND RIDGE ESTATE FILING TWO, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 455 Rose Quartz Place, Castle Rock, CO 80108 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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/3/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-744547-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0254 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0255 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/11/2016 9:15:00 AM 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: HILLTOP PINE BLUFFS, LLC Original Beneficiary: RUN MANAGEMENT, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RUN MANAGEMENT, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 6/25/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014033746 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $2,800,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $4,650,000.00

Original Grantor: HILLTOP PINE BLUFFS, LLC Original Beneficiary: RUN MANAGEMENT, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RUN MANAGEMENT, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 6/25/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014033746 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $2,800,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $4,650,000.00

Public Trustees

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: declares that the covenants of said Deed of Trust, as amended, have been violated for reason including, but not limited to, the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust, as amended, and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby, and for the failure to perform obligations under prior deeds of trust. Therefore, the owner of the Evidence of Debt has elected to accelerate the entire indebtedness.

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: A PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF PARKER, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, PROPOSED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWNHOME UNITS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AND KNOWN AS PINE BLUFF FILING NO. 3B, AMENDMENT NO. 1, LOTS 1 THROUGH 84, AND TRACTS F, G, H, AND J, PINE BLUFFS FILING NO. 3B, RECORDED AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2009002669 OF THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, NOW KNOWN AS LOTS 1 THROUGH 84, AND TRACTS A, B, C, AND D BASED ON THE REPLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2014066576 ON NOVEMBER 14, 2014 OF THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 27 AND SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF PARKER, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO; SAID PARCEL CONTAINS AN AREA OF 482,160 SQUARE FEET OR 11.07 ACRES MORE OR LESS EXCEPT THOSE LOTS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, WHICH WERE EITHER RELEASED OR DEEDED THROUGH FORECLOSURE OF A SENIOR DEED OF TRUST:LOTS 40-43 WHICH WERE RELEASED, AS EVIDENCED BY THE PARTIAL RELEASE OF DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON AUGUST 3, 2016 IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2016051577;LOTS 44-47 WHICH WERE DEEDED TO RIVER BEND CORPORATION

BY PUBLIC TRUSTEE CONFIRMATION DEED RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2016062357; LOTS 62-65 WHICH WERE DEEDED TO RIVER BEND CORPORATION BY PUBLIC TRUSTEE CONFIRMATION DEED RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2016062367; LOTS 66-74 WHICH WERE RELEASED, AS EVIDENCED BY THE PARTIAL RELEASE OF DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON AUGUST 3, 2016 IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2016051577; AND, LOTS 75-79 WHICH WERE DEEDED TO RIVER BEND CORPORATION BY PUBLIC TRUSTEE CONFIRMATION DEED RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 IN THE RECORDS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2016062365.

Which has the address of: Vacant Land, Parker, CO 80134 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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 10/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Public Trustees

Dated: 10/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6714 Fax #: (720) 259-6709 Attorney File #: 16CO00349-1

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

LAUREN SELINGER Colorado Registration #: 39316 8480 E. ORCHARD ROAD, SUITE 5000, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 740-8494 Fax #: (303) 740-8495 Attorney File #: HILLTOP

Legal Notice No.: 2016-0259 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0255 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0259 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/11/2016 9:17:00 AM 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: BRAD M. WANN AND AMBER K. WANN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 3/26/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009020836 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $381,359.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $377,688.81 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.

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 6, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 86C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9426 Wickerdale Ct, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6714 Fax #: (720) 259-6709

PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0261 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/17/2016 12:14:00 PM 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: PHILLIP MADIGAN Original Beneficiary: TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/31/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 4/17/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006031625 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $260,181.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $213,827.17

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To Whom It May Concern: On 10/12/2016 9:15:00 AM 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: BRAD R SULLIVAN AND ABBY L MOORE AND GEORGE J KENNEDY Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/25/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 9/6/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005084599 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $234,820.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $185,841.25

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.

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.

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7, BLOCK 2, STROH RANCH FILING NUMBER 9G, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Which has the address of: 12615 Buckhorn Creek Street, Parker, CO 80134

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 248 HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-W, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10891 Towerbridge Road, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 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 8, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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 1, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/13/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Dated: 10/17/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

WELDON P. PHILLIPS JR Colorado Registration #: 31827 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 4500.101929.F01

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Publ ic Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

SHEILA J FINN Colorado Registration #: 36637 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 16-013048

Legal Notice No.: 2016-0260 First Publication: 12/8/2016 Last Publication: 1/5/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0261 First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0263

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/17/2016 12:17:00 PM 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: JOHN D. MCBRIDE AND ERIN D. MCBRIDE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

Douglas County * 7

Parker 44 The News-Press NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0263

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/17/2016 12:17:00 PM 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.

Public Trustees

Original Grantor: JOHN D. MCBRIDE AND ERIN D. MCBRIDE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CLARION MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/11/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 10/18/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004106965 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $166,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $133,975.79 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: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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, BLOCK 1, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILIN G N O. 1 A MEN D ED PLA T, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 17683 Ponderosa Ave., Parker, CO 80134 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 8, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/17/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-743977-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0263 First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0267 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/17/2016 12:23:00 PM 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: CYNTHIA L ZALESAK AND JEFFREY ZALESAK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/31/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 2/14/2003

ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: CYNTHIA L ZALESAK AND JEFFREY ZALESAK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/31/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 2/14/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003020205 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $313,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $241,254.68

Public Trustees

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on 10/17/2016, under Reception No. 2003153110.

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 68, HIGHLANDS RANCH- FILING NO. 107-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4142 E Sandhill Lane, Littleton, CO 80126 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 8, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/17/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 16-013087 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0267 First Publication: 12/15/2016 Last Publication: 1/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE Franktown NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0271 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/26/2016 11:35:00 AM 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: DONALD D. GILBERT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INC., AS A NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/15/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 10/22/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013085357 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $725,500.50 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $331,023.90 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: the failure to pay property charges, including but not limited to

AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/15/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 10/22/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013085357 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $725,500.50 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $331,023.90

Public Trustees

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: the failure to pay property charges, including but not limited to property taxes and/or hazard insurance, as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 22, BURNING TREE RANCH, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8576 Burning Tree Drive, Franktown, CO 80116 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 15, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/22/2016 Last Publication: 1/19/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/31/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-16-743924-LL

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0248

INEE FOR PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2016 11:32:00 AM 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.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/4/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 11/12/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002120009 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $300,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $233,948.55

Public Trustees

Original Grantor: EMMA C. BRADSHAW Original Beneficiary: FIRST FRANKLIN, A DIVISION OF NAT CITY BANK OF IN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: UNITED GUARANTY RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/22/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 7/25/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005068167 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $39,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $35,688.15 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 make payments pursuant to the terms of a Promissory Note.

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 2, BLOCK 4, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 4946 East Barrington Avenue, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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, January 18, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on t he Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Dated: 9/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Legal Notice No.: 2016-0271 First Publication: 12/22/2016 Last Publication: 1/19/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Unclaimed Property, Douglas County Public Trustee To Whom It May Concern: On August 31, 2016, the real property owned by Thomas M Parisi, located at 7153 EAGLE ROCK DR., LITTLETON, CO 80125 was sold at the foreclosure sale conducted by the Douglas County Public Trustee. The sale number is 2016-0123.

The amount the property sold for exceeded the total amount owed to the lender, Wells Fargo Bank, by $102,222.50. This amount is now owed to Thomas M Parisi less the cost of this publication notice. The legal description of the property is: LOT 68, ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 14A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. To claim the funds, contact the Douglas County Public Trustee, 402 Wilcox, Castle Rock, CO 80104, 303-660-7417.

If the funds are not claimed by the owner entitled thereto before March 1, 2017, the funds will be transferred to the Colorado State Treasurer as part of the “Unclaimed Property Act”.

Legal Notice No.: 2016-0123 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: January 19, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0248 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2016 11:32:00 AM 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: EMMA C. BRADSHAW Original Beneficiary: FIRST FRANKLIN, A DIVISION OF NAT CITY BANK OF IN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: UNITED

HARRY L. SIMON Colorado Registration #: 7942 10200 EAST GIRARD AVENUE BUILDING B, SUITE 120, DENVER, COLORADO Phone #: (303) 758-6601 Fax #: Attorney File #: BRADSHAW *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0248 First Publication: 11/24/2016 Last Publication: 12/22/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0165 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/22/2016 6:52:00 AM 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: KATHLEEN C NEEL AND MARK H NEEL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/4/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 11/12/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002120009 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $300,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $233,948.55

December 22, 2016D

Public Trustees

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: the failure to make timely payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

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: A parcel of land lying within Section 8, Township 9 South, Range 66 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Douglas County, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows: NOTE: For the purpose of this description the bearings are based on the EastWest Centerline of said Section 8 bearing North 89°18'20" East, 2645.00 feet. Monumented by a 3 1/4" aluminum cap on pipe at the West Quarter Corner and 2 1/2" aluminum cap on 30" pipe at the Center Quarter of said Section 8. Commencing at the West Quarter Corner of said Section 8; Thence North 00°00'41" West, 1180.49 feet, along the Westerly line of said Section 8 to the True Point of Beginning; Thence continuing North 00°00'41" West, 150.00 feet, along said Westerly line to the Northerly line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 8; Thence North 89°32'00" East, 2636.11 feet, along said Northerly line to the Northeast Corner of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 8; Thence North 89°32'18" East, 1312.68 feet, along the Northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter to the Northeast Corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 8; Thence South 00°18'19" East, 1314.92 feet, along the Easterly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 8 to a point on the East-West Centerline of said Section 8; Thence South 00°17'54" East, 1320.35 feet, along the Easterly line of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 8 to a point on the Northerly line of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 8; Thence North 89°54'49" East, 497.78 feet, along said Northerly line to a found monument; Thence North 88°15'01" East, 200.84 feet, continuing along said Northerly line to a point on the Westerly line of an ingress egress easement as described in Book 759 at Page 605 of the Douglas County records; Thence South 17°57'46" East, 131.08 feet, along said Westerly line; Thence South 39°10'59" West, 273.94 feet, continuing along said Westerly line; Thence South 89°54'49" West, 714.15 feet; Thence North 00°17'54" West, 1650.07 feet; Thence North 00°18'19" West, 915.22 feet; Thence South 89°32'18" West, 1161.88 feet; Thence North 00°25'12" West, 250.00 feet; Thence South 89°32'00" West, 2637.18 feet, to the Point of Beginning; County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Which has the address of: 5275 Garton Rd, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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, January 25, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/1/2016 Last Publication: 12/29/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/22/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-012024

Douglas County * 8

6/22/2016 6Dated: December 22, 2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Public Trustees

NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-012024

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0165 First Publication: 12/1/2016 Last Publication: 12/29/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on November 17, 2016 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Cadence Faith Oliver be changed to Cady Francis Oliver Case No.: 08 DR 909 By: Michael Spear, District Court Judge Legal Notice No: 930321 First Publication: December 8, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mark Lewis, aka Mark J. Lewis, aka Mark Joseph Lewis, Deceased Case Number: 16 PR 30430

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah Ann Lewis Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C. 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, No. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No: 930324 First Publication: December 8, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Connie C Santini, aka Connie Cay Santini, Deceased Case Number: 16PR30425 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffrey Workman Personal Representative 83 S. Bannock Street Denver, CO 80223 Legal Notice No.: 930318 First Publication: December 8, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DAVID LEWIS, aka DAVID J. LEWIS, aka DAVID JAY LEWIS, Deceased Case Number: 16PR30375 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative in care of: Mindi L. Conerly Millican Ryan F. Callahan Attorney for the Personal Representative Conerly & Callahan, LLC 333 S. Townsend Ave Montrose, CO 81401 And to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 17, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Mindi L. Conerly Millican Ryan F. Callahan Attorney for the Personal Representative Conerly & Callahan, LLC 333 S. Townsend Ave Montrose, CO 81401 Legal Notice No.: 930335 First Publication: December 8, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Notice To Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS JOHN E. CAVEY, JR., A/K/A JOHN EDWARD CAVEY, JR., A/K/A JOHN CAVEY, JR., A/K/A JOHN CAVEY, Deceased Case Number: 2016PR30434 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 24, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jack E. Reutzel, Personal Representative 4903 Christensen Drive Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No: 930365 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: January 5, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Stephen W. Trenton, a/k/a Stephen Trenton, a/k/a Stephen William Trenton, Deceased Case Number: 2016PR030437 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 24, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven Emery McCain, Personal Representative 1507 Lehman Street Houston, TX 77018 Legal Notice No.: 930388 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: January 5, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard A. Bowers, Jr., aka Richard A. Bowers, aka Rich Bowers, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 030427 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Krystal K. Woodbury Attorney for the Personal Representative The Law Center, P.C. 300 Plaza Drive, Suite 200 Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 Legal Notice No: 930331 First Publication: December 8, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Newton Patterson, Jr., aka James N. Patterson, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30422 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

C. Denise Curran Personal Representative c/o Mark A. Weseman, Esq. 2 Garden Center, Suite 305 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No: 930334 First Publication: December 8, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice To Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vera C. Snyder, aka Vera Carolyn Snyder, aka Vera Snyder, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 030431

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 21, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

George S. Snyder Personal Representative 8535 W. 59th Avenue Arvada, Colorado 80004 Legal Notice No: 930347 First Publication: December 15, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ethel D. Dohner, aka Ethel Dohner, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30435 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 15, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Ann Goebel Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 930353 First Publication: December 15, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Howard Hughes, a/k/a David Hughes, Deceased Case Number: 2016PR030404 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or the District Court of Douglas on or before April 24, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol Hughes 8539B Goldpeak Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 Home Phone #: 720.341.8071 Legal Notice No: 930420 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: January 5, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Amendment, a Replant of Lots 1-18, Block 5, Lots 11-39, Block 7, Tract F, Tract J and Tract O, County of Douglas, State of Colorado;

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $53,424.20

Also known as: 1950 Rough Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109

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All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-814-7089. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Jeremiah B. Hayes #34002 Taherzadeh, PLLC, 5001 Spring Valley Road, Suite 1020W, Dallas, Texas 75244 (469) 729-6800 Tony G. Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado By: Ron Hanavan, Deputy Legal Notice No.: 930197 First Publication: December 1, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Published In: The Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015CV030610, Division/Courtroom 3 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 2016-00002241 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Ridgegate West Village Community Association, Inc., Plaintiff v.

CHRISTI BLANCHARD; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Defendant.

Regarding: Lot 69, Ridgegate - Section 15 Filing No. 6, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Also known as: 9295 Kornbrust Circle, Lone Tree, CO 80124 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 19th day January, 2017, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-663-7703. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid.

Please telephone 303-663-7703 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have one hour following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

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BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $ 8,502.02.

DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016CV30230, Division/Courtroom 5 Sale No. 2016-00002193 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff, v.

DOUGLAS L. BASH, AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK, NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, DEPT. OF THE TREASURY – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, WAKEFIELD & ASSOCIATES, INC., and CAVALRY SPV II, LLC, Defendant(s).

Regarding: Lot 6, Block 4, Stonegate Filing No. 6B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado; Also known as: 16362 Bluebonnet Drive, Parker, Colorado 80134-3502.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-663-7703. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Hal R. Kyles, Esq., ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 221-9780.

Tony G. Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado By: Robert Rotherham, Deputy Legal Notice No.: 930249 First Publication: December 1, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Published In: The Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013CV820, Division/Courtroom 1 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 2016-0002304

Frances M. Osterberg Personal Representative 1166 Berganot Trail Castle Rock, Colorado 80108

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 a.m., on the 20th day of January, 2017, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-814-7089. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid.

Please telephone 303-814-7089 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have one hour following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

Plaintiff: RED HAWK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION v.

Defendants: ARTHUR B LUBLINER; WARREN S. LUBLINER; DIANNA L. LUBLINER; US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAG E PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-NC1; CIT SMALL BUSINESS LENDING CORPORATION; WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC; LIBERTY ACQUISIONS LLC; AND GEORGE KENNEDY AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

Legal Notice No: 930346 First Publication: December 15, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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

Lot 11, Block 7, Red Hawk Filing No. 1, First Amendment, a Replant of Lots 1-18, Block 5, Lots 11-39, Block 7, Tract F, Tract J and Tract O, County of Douglas, State of Colorado;

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $53,424.20

Also known as: 1950 Rough Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nina P. Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 30403 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before April 18, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vera C. Snyder, aka Vera Carolyn Snyder, aka Vera Snyder, Deceased Case Number: 2016 PR 030431 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-814-7089. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is

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OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on July 18, 2013, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

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Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on July 18, 2013, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 9th day February 2017, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-663-7703. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid.

Please telephone 303-663-7703 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have one hour following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded Transcripts of Judgment are in the amount of $11,839.28

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-663-7703. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Brianna L. Schaefer, Reg. #34078, Hindman Sanchez P.C., 5610 Ward Road, Suite 300 Arvada, Colorado 80002-1310 303-432-8999.

Dated December 15, 2016, Castle Rock, CO Tony G. Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado By: Robert Rotherham, Deputy Legal Notice No.: 930364 First Publication: December 15, 2016 Last Publication: January 12, 2017 Published In: The Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

In the Court of the First Additional Subordinate Judge of Coimbatore I.A. No. 404 of 2014 I.P No. 8 of 2001 S.V. Nachmuthu (died) & 2 others, Petitioners -VS-

10. R. Sampathkumer @ Sampath Ranganathan Son of Let G. Kondasamy, residing at No. 343, Laverne Drive Apartment No. 6, Greebay 54311-4715 WI, USA (920) 857-3671 11. Roja Rani, 9867 Castle Ridge Cir Highlands ranch, CO 80129 (303) 346-1263 Respondents 10 & 11 Proposed Parties NOTICE

Please take notice that the above I.A. No. 404 of 2014 filed by the petitioner is posted to January 5, 2017 for your appearance. You are nearby directed to appear before the 1st Additional Subordinate Judge of Coimbatore on January 5, 2017 either in person or through counsel at 10:30 a.m., failing which the application will be decided in your absence. /s/ N. Sridhar, Advocate 225, Sathyamurthy Road Ramnagar Coimbatore-641 009 nsridharadv@gmail.com Legal Notice No: 930374 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Highlands Ranch Herald PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Douglas County, Colorado Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: OWEN PEDROZA, D.O.B.: 1/20/2011; and NATHANIEL PEDROZA, D.O.B.: 10/28/2005, Children,

And concerning: NICOLE PEDROZA, D.O.B.: 5/28/1984, Mother; SAMUEL SWAIN, (Parental Rights Relinquished), Father of Owen Pedroza, and MATTHEW BEDFORD, Father of Nathan, Respondents, And MARY SAUER, (Maternal Grandmother) and DAN SAUER (Maternal Step-Grandfather), Special Respondents.

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NATHANIEL PEDROZA, D.O.B.: 10/28/2005, 46 The News-Press Children,

And concerning: NICOLE PEDROZA, D.O.B.: 5/28/1984, Mother; SAMUEL SWAIN, (Parental Rights Relinquished), Father of Owen Pedroza, and MATTHEW BEDFORD, Father of Nathan, Respondents, And MARY SAUER, (Maternal Grandmother) and DAN SAUER (Maternal Step-Grandfather), Special Respondents.

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Counsel for Douglas County Department of Human Services R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-663-7726 303-688-5894 (fax) lreigrut@douglas.co.us Case Number: 16JV169 Division 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

TO: MATTHEW BEDFORD, You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address.

A Review hearing and Return of Service on Matthew Bedford has been set for January 23, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment 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 provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, 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: December 5, 2016 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 930366 First Publication: December 15, 2016 Last Publication: December 15, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: RODRIGO POSADA, D.O.B.: 8/22/2009; and LUCIA DECKARD; D.O.B.: 2/10/2004; The Children, And concerning: CARMEN DECKARD, a/k/a BERNARDA DECKARD, D.O.B.: 5/20/1975, Mother; ENRIQUE POSADA, D.O.B.: 8/02/1972, Father of Rodrigo Posada, DARRELL JEREMY JONES, D.O.B.: 11/08/1981, Father of Lucia, Respondents.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 663-7726 FAX 877.285.8988 jthirkel@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 16JV218 DIVISION 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

TO DARRELL JEREMY JONES: 5360 W. ALAMEDA AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is being served upon you. The following documents are also being

of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

TO DARRELL JEREMY JONES: 5360 W. ALAMEDA AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226

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You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is being served upon you. The following documents are also being served upon you: Motion in Furtherance of Investigation Order in Furtherance of Investigation;; Advisement for Dependency and Neglect; Relative Affidavit; ICWA Declaration; Application for Court Appointed Counsel and Dependency and Neglect Handbook and Order dated September 19, 2016.

A hearing has been set for JANUARY 4, 2017 AT 10:00 A.M. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment 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 provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, 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: December 13, 2016 John Thirkell, #13865 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No: 930421 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE is hereby given that Castle Oaks Metropolitan District No. 3, of the Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado (the “District”), will make final payment at 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000, Centennial, Colorado, on or after January 9, 2017, at the hour of 8:00 a.m. to PREMIER EARTHWORKS & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., a Colorado Corporation, for all work done by said Contractor in construction or work on the TERRAIN – MCMURDO GULCH AND VALLEY VIEW EXTENSION, performed within Castle Oaks Metropolitan District No. 3, Douglas County, Colorado.

Any person, partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Castle Oaks Metropolitan District No. 3 on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Castle Oaks Metropolitan District No. 3, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CASTLE OAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys for the District Legal Notice No.: 930388 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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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 23rd day of JANUARY 2017, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and RICHDELL CONSTRUCTION for the 2015 JUSTICE CENTER SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #044-15 (PO#35650), in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said RICHDELL CONSTRUCTION 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 23rd day of JANUARY 2017, 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 Facilities Management, 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: 930381 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 16-08 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, the Castle Pines City Council considered the following ordinance on second and final reading: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE, 2015 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE, 2015 EDITION, EACH AS PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL; REPEALING ARTICLES 1 AND 2 AND ARTICLES 4 THROUGH 10 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE CASTLE PINES MUNICIPAL CODE; READOPTING ARTICLES 1, 2, 4 THROUGH 10 THEREOF; AND ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE 8.5 The complete text of all ordinances is available through the City Offices and on the City’s official website: www.castlepinesgov.com.

By: Sharon Washington, CMC City Clerk Legal Notice No: 930382 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 16-09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, the Castle Pines City Council considered the following ordinance on second and final reading:

CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 16-10 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, the Castle Pines City Council considered the following ordinance on second and final reading:

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO REPEALING SECTION 27 OF THE CASTLE PINES ZONING ORDINANCE CONCERNING SITE IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND READOPTING SECTION 27 OF THE CASTLE PINES ZONING ORDINANCE The complete text of all ordinances is available through the City Offices and on the City’s official website: www.castlepinesgov.com.

By: Sharon Washington, CMC City Clerk Legal Notice No: 930384 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 5th day of January, 2016, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Consolidated Divisions, Inc., for the completion of Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B Blanket Around Townhomes, and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Consolidated Divisions, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 5th day of January, 2016, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, PE, Director of Public Works & Engineering.

Legal Notice No: 930385 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 5th day of January, 2016, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Consolidated Divisions, Inc., for the completion of Pine Bluffs Filing No. 3B Grading and Dewatering, and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Consolidated Divisions, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 5th day of January, 2016, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, PE, Director of Public Works & Engineering.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO AMENDING SECTION 11 OF THE CITY OF CASTLE PINES ZONING ORDINANCE TO ELIMINATE THE PRINCIPAL USE OF AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION WITH GASOLINE PUMPS AND RECLASSIFY PARKING LOT – PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FROM A PRINCIPAL USE TO AN ACCESSORY USE

Legal Notice No: 930386 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The complete text of all ordinances is available through the City Offices and on the City’s official website: www.castlepinesgov.com.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 5th day of January, 2016, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Kolbe Striping, Inc., for the completion of 2016 Townwide Pavement Markings-Long Line Project (CIP16-008), and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Kolbe Striping, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 5th day of January, 2016, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such state-

By: Sharon Washington, CMC City Clerk Legal Notice No: 930383 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 16-10

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, the Castle Pines City Council considered the following ordinance on second and final reading:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 23rd day of JANUARY 2017, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CASTLE PINES, COLORADO REPEALING SECTION 27 OF THE CASTLE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO

count of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 5th day of January, 2016, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, PE, Director of Public Works & Engineering.

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Government Legals

Legal Notice No: 930387 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice INVITATION TO BID

Sealed Bids for the Castle Pines Metropolitan District 2017 Capital Improvement Road Rehabilitation Project consisting of asphalt overlay, slurry seal, cape seal, and other miscellaneous patching as described in the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, will be received at the office of Castle Pines Metropolitan District; 5880 Country Club Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80108 until 10:00 am local time, December 30, 2016, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

BIDS received after the announced date and time will not be considered.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined on or after December 15, 2016, at the following location: Castle Pines Metropolitan District Mr. Dan Montano 5880 Country Club Drive Castle Rock, CO 80108 303-688-8330

Sets of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained during the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on or after December 15, 2016, at the office of Castle Pines Metropolitan District upon payment of $50.00 per set, nonrefundable.

The successful BIDDER will be required to furnish Performance and Payment Bonds in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the CONTRACT PRICE, in conformance with the requirements of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. Castle Pines Metropolitan District is a tax exempt entity. No sales tax shall be included in the bid.

The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all BIDS, waive any informalities in the bidding and to accept that BID or combination of BIDS, if any, which in its sole and absolute judgment will under all circumstances, best serve all the OWNER’S interest. It is the intent of the OWNER to award all Bid Schedules, which in aggregate, are within the OWNER’S budget, to one BIDDER. The OWNER reserves the right to award the CONTRACT(S), in a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of BID opening.

By: Jeff Coufal, District Manager Castle Pines Metropolitan District Legal Notice No.: 930350 First Publication: December 15, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Date: December 8, 2016 Project Title: 2016 Concrete Pavement Restoration Project Town of Castle Rock Contractor: PLM Asphalt & Concrete, Inc. 3313 Moline St., Aurora, CO 80010 Notice is hereby given that the Town of Castle Rock intends to start processing the Final Payment to the above-named contractor on January 9, 2017, provided no claims are received.

Any person or firm having debts against the Contractor must file a proper written notice with the Public Works Director, Town of Castle Rock, 4175 North Castleton Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109, on or before January 9, 2017.

TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK By: Aaron Monks, Project Manager Legal Notice No.: 930363 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to the laws of the State of Colorado: REVOLUTION RESTAURANTS, INC. d/b/a UNCLE MADDIO’S PIZZA JOINT 3990 LIMELIGHT AVENUE, UNIT A CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO

REVOLUTION RESTAURANTS, INC d/b/a UNCLE MADDIO’S PIZZA JOINT has requested the Liquor Licensing Authority of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado to grant a HOTEL & RESTAURANT License to REVOLUTION RESTAURANTS, INC, as provided by law, at the premises located at: 3990 LIMELIGHT AVENUE, UNIT A Castle Rock, Colorado 3990 LIMELIGHT AVENUE, UNIT A

A Public Hearing on this application will be held before the Liquor Licensing Authority at the hour of 10AM or as soon thereafter as possible, on JANUARY 12, 2017 at the Town of Castle Rock Offices, 100 Wilcox St., Castle Rock, Colorado.

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Castle Rock, Colorado to grant a HOTEL & 6December 22, 2016 RESTAURANT License to REVOLUTION RESTAURANTS, INC, as provided by law, at the premises located at: 3990 LIMELIGHT AVENUE, UNIT A Castle Rock, Colorado 3990 LIMELIGHT AVENUE, UNIT A

Government Legals

A Public Hearing on this application will be held before the Liquor Licensing Authority at the hour of 10AM or as soon thereafter as possible, on JANUARY 12, 2017 at the Town of Castle Rock Offices, 100 Wilcox St., Castle Rock, Colorado.

At said time and place, any interested persons may appear and be heard for or against the granting of said license.

The completed application and supporting documentation was received, and reviewed for filing, on NOVEMBER 9, 2016. REVOLUTION RESTAURANTS, INC has listed the following officers: CRAIG TAPPIN. Legal Notice No.: 930373 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of the vesting of property rights under Chapter 17.08 of the Castle Rock Municipal Code.

Notice is hereby given that the Town Council did adopt Ordinance No. 2016-042, An Ordinance Amending the Town’s Zone District Map by Approving the Miller’s Landing Interchange Overlay Planned Development Plan; the Miller’s Landing Interchange Overlay Planned Development Zoning Regulations; the Miller’s Landing Development Agreement; and Vesting a Site Specific Development Plan through December 31, 2036, during its Regular Meeting on December 6, 2016 , which commenced at 6:00 P.M. at the Castle Rock Town Council Chambers, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, CO 80104 A site specific development plan denominated as Miller’s Landing Interchange Overlay Planned Development Plan and approved on December 6, 2016 will vest property rights in the real property described in this notice pursuant to the terms of such approval and the provisions of Chapter 17.08 of the Castle Rock Municipal Code and Article 68 of Title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Copies of the Site Specific Development Plan plan are available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during normal working hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 930375 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Code and Article 68 of Title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Copies of the Site Specific Development Plan plan are available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during normal working hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Government Legals

Legal Notice No.: 930375 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Town of Castle Rock, Colorado Date: 14 December 2016 Project Title: Town of Castle Rock 2016 CIPP Project Contractor: Insituforn Technologies, LLC 17988 Edison Avenue, Chesterfield, MO 63005 Notice is hereby given that The Town of Castle Rock intends to start processing the Final Payment to the above-named contractor on January 9, 2017, provided no claims are received.

Any person or firm having debts against the Contractor must file a proper written notice with Josh Hansen, Project Manager, Town of Castle Rock, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109, on or before January 7, 2017.

TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK By: Josh Hansen, P.E. Project Manager Legal Notice No: 930377 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Final Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Exclusion of real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the West Douglas County Fire Protection District. The Board of Directors has fixed Wednesday, the 18th day of January, 2017, at the hour of 6:30 p.m., at West Douglas Fire Station #4, 4037 N. Platte Avenue, Sedalia, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard.

Government Legals

The name and address of the Petitioner is: Banbury Cross Farm LLC 3550 S. Gilpin Street Englewood, CO 80113 The property to be excluded from the District is generally described as follows: A portion of the NW/4 of Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 68 West, Douglas County, Colorado Also known as State Parcel Number: 2353-152-01-001 A portion of the NE/4 of Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 68 West, Douglas County, Colorado Also known as State Parcel Number: 2353-151-01-001 All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEST DOUGLAS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. By: /s/ Marjorie Nockels, Secretary Legal Notice No.: 930376 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR EXCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY FROM THE WEST DOUGLAS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 and the Construction Agreement, dated May 27, 2015, final settlement with BrightView Landscape (fka Valley Crest Landscape Maintenance) ("Contractor") will be made by The Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 4 ("District No. 4") on January 9, 2017 for the project:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Exclusion of real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the West Douglas County Fire Protection District. The Board of Directors has fixed Wednesday, the 18th day of January, 2017, at the hour of 6:30 p.m., at West Douglas Fire Station #4, 4037 N. Platte Avenue, Sedalia, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard.

The name and address of the Petitioner is: Banbury Cross Farm LLC 3550 S. Gilpin Street Englewood, CO 80113

2015 Enderud Landscape Renovations (D1999) Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or such supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of its subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done, and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or his subcontractors, at anytime up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a Verified Statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with District No. 4, c/o Cimarron Consultants, Inc., 6551 S. Revere Parkway, Suite 265 Centennial, CO 80111 or Facsimile No. (303) 790-4035 on or before January 9, 2017. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement, will release District No. 4, its Directors, Staff, Agents, and Employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim and for making payment to the said Contractor.

Public Notices The property to be excluded from the District is generally described as follows: A portion of the NW/4 of Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 68 West, Douglas County, Colorado Also known as State Parcel Number: 2353-152-01-001

Public Notices are a way for government agencies to get information to the public.

State law requires that these notices be printed in a “Legal Newspaper” allowing the public to be informed.

A portion of the NE/4 of Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 68 West, Douglas County, Colorado Also known as State Parcel Number: 2353-151-01-001

All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEST DOUGLAS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. By: /s/ Marjorie Nockels, Secretary

Legal Notice No.: 930376 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

("Contractor") will be made by The Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 4 ("District No. 4") on January 9, 2017 for the project: 2015 Enderud Landscape Renovations (D1999)

Government Legals

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or such supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of its subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done, and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or his subcontractors, at anytime up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a Verified Statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with District No. 4, c/o Cimarron Consultants, Inc., 6551 S. Revere Parkway, Suite 265 Centennial, CO 80111 or Facsimile No. (303) 790-4035 on or before January 9, 2017. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement, will release District No. 4, its Directors, Staff, Agents, and Employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim and for making payment to the said Contractor.

Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 4 By: O. Karl Kasch Title: District Manager First Publication: December 22, 2016 Second Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY(IES) ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PINE BLUFFS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that a vacancy or vacancies exist on the Board of Directors of the Pine Bluffs Metropolitan District, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Qualified eligible electors of the Pine Bluffs Metropolitan District who wish to be considered to fill a vacancy must file a letter of interest within ten days of the date of publication of this notice. A letter of interest may be filed on or before January 2, 2017 with the Board of Directors of the Pine Bluffs Metropolitan District c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 225, Denver Colorado 80237.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: PINE BLUFFS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE A Professional Corporation

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may be filed on or before January 2, 2017 with the Board of Directors of the Pine Bluffs Metropolitan District c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 225, Denver Colorado 80237.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: PINE BLUFFS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No.: 930422 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publish In: Douglas County News-Press 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 January 21, 2017 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. for the 2016 Asphalt Overlay Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2016-003 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 January 21, 2017, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Public Works Engineering Director, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel Roberts, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of 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: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Director.

Legal Notice No: 930380 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 29, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Legal Notice No.: 930422 First Publication: December 22, 2016 Last Publication: December 22, 2016 Publish In: Douglas County News-Press

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