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children will push through the turnstiles to watch or take part in events including rodeos, equestrian events, stock judging events and auctions.

While entertainment draws a lot of attention, much of the event’s focus is on stock shows.

There are judging competitions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, bison, yaks, poultry and rabbits. Ten livestock associations hold their national shows at National Western.

There also are a number of livestock sales where millions of dollars change hands as prize animals are sold to new owners.

The City of Denver has secured millions of dollars to install new traffic signals and other upgrades at a series of problematic intersections, including several on Federal Boulevard.

“These are all going to be major intersection rebuilds,” said David DiGiacomo, a traffic engineer for the city.

The upgrades are happening because the city was unusually successful in the yearly ritual of asking for money from the Colorado Department of Transportation. CDOT has promised about $4.5 million to upgrade a total of nine intersections around Denver.

And the winners are: • Federal and 38th Avenue • Federal and Kentucky Avenue • Federal and Mississippi Avenue • Federal and Jewell Avenue • Colorado Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard • Fifth Avenue and Broadway • Fifth Avenue and Lincoln Street

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Stock Show ready for another ride Iconic trade show brings animals, visitors, fun to north Denver

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Each January for the past 112 years, Western has been the preferred fashion in Denver during the run of the National Western Stock Show.

This year’s festivities kick off Jan. 6 and the schedule of event wraps up Jan. 21. During that stretch of time about 400,000 men, women and

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Death toll creates urgency in fight against opioid abuse Heroin, pills draw more people into lethal lifestyle

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One Coloradan died approximately every 27 hours on average from a prescription opioid-related overdose in 2015, according to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment data. While that death toll dropped by 9 percent in 2016, the number of heroin-related overdose deaths increased 43 percent.

“Right now, we’re seeing about 60 percent of overdose deaths due to pills, with about 40 percent due to heroin,” said Robert Valuck, director of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention.

“Heroin is making a comeback.”

“Overdose deaths across the nation have doubled in the past 15 years,” said Lindsey Myers, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s violence and injury prevention branch chief.

The increase in deaths over the long term has led lawmakers in all states to examine ways to combat the problem.

Colorado’s legislative Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee recently voted to move forward with a six-bill pack-

age of legislation, aimed to help treat, prevent and intervene if possible when opioid addiction occurs.

Will the legislation help? The following is a look at what some area healthcare professionals have to say.

• One bill proposes to “create training programs for health professionals, law enforcement and at-risk communities for safe opioid prescribing, medication-assisted treatment and overdose prevention.”

“Historically, doctors refer patients out for substance-abuse disorders,” Valuck said. “We really need doctors and physician assistants to take responsibility for their patients, and treat their disorder as they would any other disease.”

According to Valuck, physicians and health-care providers could benefit from learning more about medicationassisted treatment and utilizing that treatment with their patients.

• Another bill would limit most opioid prescriptions to a seven-day supply for acute conditions, and, in many cases, mandate that medical professionals check the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database before writing prescription refills.

Dr. John Douglas, executive director of the Tri-County Health Department, which serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, said restricting prescriptions for acute conditions could be effective.

“I actually think it’s a very good

idea. The vast majority of acute pain won’t need more than seven days (worth of treatment),” Douglas said.

“Sometimes, not even that is necessary. Combining certain drugs, which are not opiates, can sometimes work better.”

The part of the bill that would require medical professionals to check the PDMP database could pose a problem, according to Myers. Pharmacists are required to update the system every time they fill a prescription for narcotics, so in theory every physician could pull up their patient and assess their history.

In reality, the current PDMP system is underutilized by physicians because it is cumbersome and takes too much time to deliver the information, Myers said.

“I think providers want to use the system, but it’s underutilized in Colorado,” she said. “The main reason is it is a system that lives outside the workflow of providers. But we are pilot testing ways to make the system easier to incorporate into records.”

• A third bill would pave the way for a pilot project for a supervised injection facility in Denver.

Offering a safe place, supervised by medical professionals, for addicts to inject may seem radical, but according to Valuck, such places work.

“Supervised injection facilities work, we are in support of them,” he said. “First and foremost, these

are human beings. Everyone knows someone with a substance use disorder. Secondly, SIFs decrease the spread of disease, such as HIV and hepatitis.

These diseases put first responders and physicians at risk.”

Tri-County Health already supports a syringe-access facility in Aurora, which has served about 150 clients within its first year. The program is a street-based program, and those with substance-abuse disorders can exchange dirty needles for clean ones, Douglas said.

• Another of the bills proposes to expand the Colorado Health Services Corps program. The program currently includes financial incentives for health care professionals who agree to work in underserved areas. Historically, the program has only included physicians.

“It would now include substance abuse counselors through Colorado Health Services Corps,” Myers said.

“The new bill would expand program to incentivize people to move and work in areas where there are not addiction counselors.”

• A fifth measure would significantly increase access to residential treatment to qualifying people with substance-use disorders.

One of the biggest problems is a lack of treatment for substance-abuse disorders, Valuck said.

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The first wave of the thousands of animals will begin arriving at the National Western Stock Show complex as the new year is ushered in, because stabling the animals requires coordination due to the hundreds of animals coming to the show and the limits on stable space.

The cattle barns are the temporary home for animals being shown or put up for auction. When it is time for them to be shown, the cattle are brought inside, filling the barn with the splash of water and the hum of clippers as each animal is washed, blow-dried and combed to get them looking their best. In one barn, a sign over a wash area for cattle identifies it as “The Bovine Beauty Shop.”

Once that breed’s shows are complete, the animals are either auctioned off or loaded up to be taken home, so the stalls are cleaned and made ready for the next occupants.

The National Western Stock Show is Colorado’s largest trade show. The hall of education is filled with vendors offering items ranging from custom embroidered jackets to farm machinery. The estimated economic impact is about $115 million and the event generates about $6 million in local and state taxes.

The Denver Coliseum is home to the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, the first event on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association schedule.

Each rodeo performance features competition in bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping and barrel racing, plus there are specialty acts booked to perform during breaks in the rodeo.

The rodeo events are in the Coliseum while, at the other end of the National Western complex, the Events Center will be equally busy as the site of horse competitions for a number of breeds and styles.

There will be shows and competitions as well as activities that include the Grand Prix jumping event, an evening of dancing horses and a daily schedule of riding and performance competitions.

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the Denver Coliseum. The event is designed to provide a challenging, educational and entertaining opportunity for local and national equestrians to be involved in the stock show within a growing and evolving discipline.

Horse and rider teams will be faced with various obstacles and tasks testing their confidence in each other.

The press release on the National Western Horseman’s Challenge stated it will offer schooling time followed by competition phases including individual timed practice rounds, a team competition and individual speed challenges. Obstacles and tasks will vary to accommodate all levels and ages of riders and horses.

The show events are spread among a number of facilities. Stock show activities are centered at the National Western Stock Show Arena and Hall of Education near 46th Avenue and Humbolt Street, the Events Center at 1515 E. 47th Ave. and the Denver Coliseum. For information, tickets, the event schedule and event locations, call 303-297-1166 or go online to nationalwestern.com.

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Doubts cloud rosy portrayal of children’s reading abilities Letters will go out in January to families of early elementary students in Denver

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Early elementary school families in Denver will get individual reading progress reports from the school district in January explaining how their children are doing against higher standards meant to better predict whether students will be reading on grade level by third grade.

The letters are being sent in response to mounting concerns that scores from early literacy tests taken by students in kindergarten through third grade are painting too rosy a picture of their reading abilities. The state-required early literacy tests are less rigorous than the state-required reading and writing tests taken by students in grades three through nine.

The leaders of six civil rights and community groups recently issued a joint letter echoing concerns from some education advocates that the district is “significantly overstating literacy gains.” Denver uses scores from the early literacy tests to help rate elementary schools, which the groups said has led to inflated ratings that are misleading parents.

At a school board meeting Dec. 21, representatives from the six groups and other community leaders repeated a call for Denver Public Schools to revise the color-coded school ratings before February, when families will begin to choose schools for next year.

“At a time when this country is at

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• Seventh Avenue and Josephine Street • Seventh Avenue and York Street The changes: The designs aren’t finalized yet, but they will partially focus on reducing crashes for left-turning vehicles. That will mostly affect vehicle crashes, and not so much the pedestrian deaths that have made Federal notorious.

Currently, most of the intersections give drivers a protected green left arrow, but that arrow disappears and is replaced by the standard green ball. In other words, people get into crashes as they try to make left turns in front of oncoming traffic.

The new signals will try to change that by giving each lane their own signals. If you’re in the left turn lane, you’ll only be allowed to proceed during a special protected green arrow.

“My thinking was that we’d be mak-

war on truth, we have an obligation to Denver families to give them a true picture of their schools’ performance,” state Sen. Angela Williams, a Denver Democrat, told the school board and Superintendent Tom Boasberg.

Boasberg reiterated at the meeting that the district would not change this year’s ratings, which were released in October. However, he said it will issue reports to families of students in kindergarten through third grade about their student’s reading progress.

“At the end of the day, the most important goal here is that our students get on track,” he said.

Disparity between tests Many students who scored well on the early literacy tests, the most common of which is called iStation, did not do as well on the more rigorous state tests, which are called PARCC. The state and the district consider PARCC the gold standard measure of what students should know.

Third-graders are the only students required by the state to take both tests.

Some Denver schools had wide gaps between the percentage of thirdgraders who scored at grade level on iStation and the percentage who did on PARCC. Examples include: • Castro Elementary in southwest Denver, where 73 percent of thirdgraders scored at grade level or above on iStation, but just 17 percent did on PARCC. • Farrell B. Howell in far northeast Denver, where 74 percent of thirdgraders scored at grade level or above on iStation, but only 11 percent did on PARCC. • Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment in east-central DenSEE READING, P7

ing these either left-on-green-arrow only, or left-on-green-arrow during certain times of day,” DiGiacomo said.

That means no one should be turning left across oncoming traffic — unless you’re one of those drivers who tries to squeeze in when the arrow is obviously red.

The rebuilds also will include pedestrian ramps that improve accessibility.

Design and construction may take a couple years — no timeline has been published.

The city also has been pursuing other improvements on Federal Boulevard. Most recently, some signals were changed so that they always include a walk phase, whether or not somebody presses the button.

The city also is ready to start rebuilding about 0.6 mile of Federal from West Seventh Avenue up to Lakewood Gulch, which will include a new lane, new lighting, raised medians and sidewalks.

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he jails and prisons are overcrowded as it is, but there has to be room for a few more.

There’s no excuse. Maybe QUIET there’s a story, but DESPERATION there’s no excuse.

Anyone who leaves a shopping cart at a bus stop should spend time in the slammer.

I used to see it in Denver, but not out here.

I’m certain it’s symptomatic of Craig Marshall other behavioral Smith oversights and indifferences.

I know these people. You know these people.

They clip their nails at the office, and change their pants in their cubicle.

They litter. They hum in elevators.

They say, “At the end of the day,” and

“With all due respect.”

They say, “Everything happens for a reason.”

What’s the reason for leaving a shopping cart at a bus stop?

If you have to take a cart to the bus stop, how are you going to get your groceries on and off the bus?

“Just a minute, driver. This will take a while.”

Send them to Cañon City. Or at least make them watch an Adam Sandler marathon.

Have them learn the words to “Dust in the Wind” and sing it to some Hells Angels.

There are still a few of us left. The ones who say, “Yes, please,” and “No, thank you.” Who say “Liberace and I,” not “Me and Liberace.”

All around, I see small failures to follow the written and unwritten codes of good form and polite behavior.

Which way does the blade face when you set your knife on your plate?

Do you walk on the inside or on the

outside of a woman?

The answer is simple. You don’t walk on a woman at all.

But it reminds me of a Groucho Marx joke.

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.”

This is an example of a misplaced modifier.

I’ll bet that anyone who would leave a shopping cart at a bus stop uses misplaced modifiers all over the place.

“Bus Stop” is a not-very-good film that stars Marilyn Monroe. She had just graduated from the Actors Studio.

They should have kept her for another semester.

I took a cross-country bus once.

I was 16 and alone. I could tell you stories. I rode from San Francisco to Cincinnati, and met a few characters along the way.

We must have made a hundreds stops, but I never saw a single shopping cart at any of them.

Times have changed. People have changed. Things that are said and done today would have been unacceptable back then.

No one dared to use the word “vibe.”

I’d send anyone who uses it now into the same cell as someone who has left a shopping cart at a bus stop.

The same goes for anyone who says, “We need the moisture.”

“Bus Stop” was a 1966 hit for the Hollies. Graham Nash, later a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash did not sing lead.

It reached No. 5 in the United States.

We all have moments of cultural delinquency. Blame it on age or the Sudafed.

However, wheeling a cart a long piece from the store, and abandoning it, is not a momentary lapse, like a belch on Sunday.

It should be punishable. Sing Sing.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

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Anxious anticipation can be perfect situation for strong transfiguration

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ell here we are again, the very first week of the year.

Many of us have been filled with great anticipation as we awaited the arrival of the New Year. Something new to look forward to, a shedding of the past, new goals, new people and a new at- WINNING titude. It’s awesome, WORDS it’s wonderful, and we just can’t wait to get started. So let’s go.

And there are others of us who have had anticipation of the coming year as well. However, instead of great anticipation, they were Michael Norton filled with anxious anticipation. Cautiously optimistic, hoping for anything better than last year, and nervous about the changes that are to take place. They too look forward to the shedding of the past, however there is still a piece of them

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that is almost dreading the new goals, new people, new job or other “new” thing that they have aspired to for the coming year.

So, is it dread or is it anticipation?

Could sound something like this, “I am so excited for this year, this is the year I am going to get back into shape, lose some weight and eat right. I can’t wait to get started.” And then the alarm goes off, “I am dreading going to the gym. There has to be an easier way.”

Or maybe it sounds a little like this, “I have been happily anticipating my new role for the last two months, this change is going to be terrific, new job, new people, bigger responsibilities.

This will be my year.” And then, “I am dreading this new commute. Why did I agree to take on these extra responsibilities? This is terrible. What was I thinking?”

As we try and avoid all of that negative self-talk, we can use our great anticipation and even anxious anticipation to create positive energy.

And we can use that positive energy to

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It’s when we lose the nervousness or get too complacent or too comfortable with what we are doing that we allow ourselves to buy into any excuse that causes us not to make a positive change or walk away from a worthy goal.

Top professional athletes, motivational speakers and performers from all walks of life use anxious anticipation to prepare for a big game or fight, a keynote speech to a large audience, and to get ready to sing or perform in front a theater or an arena full of people. Many of them will use anxious anticipation as tactic or strategy to make sure they are ready to give it their very best while not taking their opponent or their audience for granted.

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it was probably on your New Year’s Eve list of resolutions. Whatever it is, whatever you are anticipating happening, just remember that it is absolutely OK to be a little anxious. As a matter of fact, I highly recommend a little anxious anticipation to help you realize your dreams this year. So, don’t sweat the anxious anticipation, embrace it.

How about you? Does a little anxiousness make you even more unsettled or do you know the feeling of positive energy that comes along with anxious anticipation? I would love to hear your New Year story and what you are anticipating most at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can keep a few butterflies in our stomach as we pursue every endeavor in the New Year, it really will be a better than good week and a Happy New Year.

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.

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ver, where 81 percent of third-graders scored at grade level or above on iStation, but 30 percent did on PARCC. All three schools were rated “green” this year, the district’s second-highest rating.

Most Colorado districts use the state’s school rating system, which does not take early literacy test scores into account. Denver uses its own rating system, called the School Performance Framework, which does. Including early literacy scores provides a more comprehensive look at how all of a school’s students, from kindergarten to fifth grade, are performing, Boasberg said.

Due to a change this year in the School Performance Framework formula, the early literacy scores made up more of an elementary school’s rating than in past years.

Superintendent points to state Boasberg said it has become clear

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“We are at about an 85 percent treatment gap,” Valuck said. “The state

that scores from iStation and other early literacy tests don’t line up with PARCC scores. He emphasized that it’s a statewide issue. A state law called the READ Act requires students to take the early literacy tests, and the “cut points” the district uses to score students were set by the state.

He previously announced the district would raise the cut points for the early literacy tests starting in 2019.

The higher cut points will be used to calculate school ratings, making it harder for elementary schools to earn top marks.

The district will continue to use the state cut points to identify students who qualify for help under the READ Act. The law requires the state to send extra money to districts to help students who score “significantly below grade level” in reading. Melissa Colsman, the associate commissioner of student learning for the Colorado Department of Education, said the state cut points are meant to identify the most struggling students, not to indicate whether students will be proficient on PARCC. “Scoring above the cut scores on the

reading assessments does not mean a student is proficient,” she wrote in an email.

“It just means the student is not significantly below grade level. There is a gap between being significantly deficient and being proficient.”

The individual reports Denver Public Schools will send to families in January will make clear whether their children are hitting the targets, or “aimlines,” they need to hit on the early literacy tests to be on track to score at grade level on the third-grade PARCC test, Boasberg said.

Sean Bradley, the president of the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver and one of the leaders who expressed concerns, said that while the district’s promise to send individual reports to families doesn’t alleviate those concerns, “it’s progress.” He said the bigger issue is whether the district should be using results from the less rigorous early literacy tests to rate schools at all.

“That’s where the real public policy discussion needs to continue to happen,” Bradley said. “There’s some progress being made but we still have work to do.”

would have to come up with money to help pay for residential treatment.”

• The final bill would improve “prior-authorization” standards to ensure insurance companies and Medicaid give timely approval for medicationassisted treatment. This bill also aims

to reduce copays for physical therapy, acupuncture and chiropractic alternatives to narcotics.

“This is really a good start,” Valuck said. “We have to shift the language, and the way we think of people with substance-use disorders.”

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There are many reasons why so many people have been moving to Colorado over the years, but one is certainly the plethora of opportunities for outdoor recreation.

The activity options seem to be ever-diversifying, and for 41 years, the Denver International Sportsmen’s Exposition has been growing with the times.

“The state has been going through major changes, and while we still feature booths and information on hunting and fishing, we’ve had to grow,” said John Kirk, director of communications with International Sportsmen’s Expos.

“The businesses that come here have had to develop new strategies and customers, and we want to showcase them.”

This year’s expo is Jan. 11-14 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St. in Denver, and features more than 530 companies, from travel and RV companies to fishing and hunting retail and camping gear.

“We’ve been setting up at the expo for 27 years,” said Chuck Prather, with the Wheat Ridge-based Rocky Mountain Angling Club, which provides members exclusive access to about 45 catch-and-release sites in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. “It’s a chance to meet our members and put names to faces.

A lot of friends come by.”

In addition to all the booths, there will also be classroom clinics, a wilderness camp, archery tag, casting ponds, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife Outdoors Pavilion.

“Many of the new people who move to Colorado want to know what kind of activities they can do, how they can do them, and where,” Kirk said. “We want the expo to be a jumping-off point for everyone who comes through.”

It’s also important for the event to promote conver-

Archers step up to the line to take their shot at the Denver International Sportsmen’s Expo.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: Denver International Sportsmen’s Exposition WHERE: Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St., Denver WHEN: Jan. 11-14 Jan. 11 and Jan. 12: Noon to 8 p.m.

Jan. 13: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Jan. 14: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

COST: Adult - $16 Children, 15 years old and younger - Free INFORMATION: www.sportsexpos.com/attend/denver/ sation and stewardship of open spaces and wildlife, which is why the expo makes sure to work with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and other similar organizations, Kirk added.

“Being outdoors teaches personal responsibility, and teaches us the connections between everything,” he said.

For the businesses who set up shop at the expo, many off which are local and independently owned, it’s a rare opportunity to show off their wares in front of thousands of visitors.

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his summer, one of my closest friends got married in a beautiful ceremony in Arvada. I was sitting with friends during the reception, when the DJ pressed play on perhaps one of the most famous guitar intros of all time — The Temptations’ “My Girl.”

It’s been 53 years since the song was first released by the Detroit group, COMING but I’m here to tell you, when ATTRACTIONS “My Girl” is played loud, it still sounds absolutely incredible. And that’s not the only classic The Temptations are responsible for — they also gave the world “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me),” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.”

The group, with the curClarke Reader rent lineup of Otis Williams (founder and original member of The Temptations), Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Larry Braggs and Willie Greene Jr., will be bringing its sweet sounds to the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6.

The Motown group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, released four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, and three of their songs are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

It seems like we’re losing musical icons all the time, and this is an opportunity to see one of the crucial soul groups perform live. Do not miss it.

To get your ticket, go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Start 2018 off with karaoke “American Idol” is returning this year, so prospective singers can get their vocal warmups at Spotlight Karaoke every Thursday from 10 a.m. to close at Tavern Tech Center, 5336 DTC Boulevard, in Greenwood Village.

There are food and drink specials during karaoke, including two-for-one house wine, well drinks and all draft beer, as well as half-priced appetizers.

But the real draw is the karaoke setup, which includes more than 30,000 songs to pick from, as well as state-of-the-art audio, video and lighting. For newbies and old hands alike, it’s the popstar in the making’s dream.

Head to www.tavernhg.com/tech-center for more information.

Getting lost in the woods in Lakewood In the local theater world, 2018 might be the year of Steven Sondheim, with several bringing the Broadway stalwart’s works to the stage.

Lakewood is the first up to the plate, hosting Performance Now Theatre Company’s production of “Into the Woods” at its Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Performances run Jan. 5 through 21.

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“We do a lot of business when we’re at the expo,” said Leo Lopez, one of the owners of Northglenn-based LCL Hunting, which sells custom-made hunting and kitchen knives. “We bring out products to our booth, which people can buy right there.”

Englewood’s 1 Shot Gear, which sells premium hunting gear, including clothing, optics, bags and other gear, also has found tremendous success setting up a booth at the expo.

“We’ve gone for the past four years,

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The show brings together a variety of classic fairy-tale characters for a story that is both familiar and modern, with some truly wonderful music.

Tickets begin at $20, and can be purchased at 303-987-7845 or lakewood. showare.com.

Tennis at The Ogden Tennis, the Denver-based band made up of husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, have been slowly building up a following since 2010, when they released their debut album, “Cape Dory.”

Last year was perhaps their best to date, with the release of their fourth album, “Yours, Conditionally,” as well as an EP called “We Can Die Happy.”

The pair have been sailing enthusiasts for years, and “Yours, Conditionally” was inspired by a trip to the Pacific Ocean. It was also released as the Denver-based Vinyl Me, Please record club’s “Album of the Month.”

Now Tennis will be taking to the stage at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. Tickets are available at www.ogdentheatre.com, and fans of astoundingly good indie pop shouldn’t miss the chance to support a local group.

and are always very, very busy,” said Zach Snoke, warehouse manager for 1 Shot.

“We all have a passion for hunting, and it’s a great community event for everyone at the expo.”

The name of the expo has become a kind of misnomer, as a result of International Sportsmen’s Expos’ efforts to grow the scope of its community, Kirk said.

“Before these activities were mainly focused on men, but we’re seeing more women, couples and children looking to get started in many of these activities,” he said. “Coming here is like a treasure hunt, where everyone can explore and find something that interests them.”

A front row seat to the Fetterman Fight Many may not have heard of the Fetterman Fight, but it was one of the biggest losses suffered by the U.S. Army in the 1800s.

History buffs can learn more about the battle thanks Dr. John H. Monnett’s Eyewitness to the Fetterman Fight: Indian Views. The event will be from at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Lone Tree Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway in Lone Tree, and at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7, at The Fort Restaurant, 9192 Highway 8 in Morrison.

The fight occurred on Dec. 21, 1866 — during Red Cloud’s War, which was between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapaho tribes and the United States in Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868.

An organized force of 1,500 to 2,000 Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors annihilated a detachment of seventy-nine infantry and cavalry soldiers—among them Capt. William Judd Fetterman.

There were no U.S. Army survivors, so Monnett’s lecture culls information from Lakota and Cheyenne participants.

For more information, visit www. tesoroculturalcenter.org/historiclecture-series.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Public Notices Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of: William Ivey, aka William S. Ivey, aka William Shawn Ivey

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 19, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child was filed with the Denver County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Abenezer Mebratu be changed to Abenezer Hadera Mebratu Case No.: 17 C 02298 By: Kim C., Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 8281 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 19, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child was filed with the Denver County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Tinsae Mebratu Hadera be changed to Tinsae Hadera Mebratu Case No.: 17 C 02298 By: Kim C., Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 8282 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald F. Branwell, Jr., aka Donald Francis Branwell, II, Deceased Case Number: 17PR31389 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before April 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

William Branwell (Personal Representative for the Estate) 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Suite 575 Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No.: 8273 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 15-12-801 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: CARLOS LOPEZ, AKA CARLOS CAZARIN LOPEZ, AKA CARLOS C. LOPEZ, Deceased Case No. 2017PR31403 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court on or before April 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elaine Lopez, Personal Representative c/o CHAYET & DANZO, LLC 650 S. Cherry St., #710 Denver, CO 80246 (303) 355-8500 Legal Notice No.: 8276 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: William Ivey, aka William S. Ivey, aka William Shawn Ivey Attorney: 3iLaw Colby S. Weber, Esq. #34881 Chuong M. Le, Esq. #37949 3900 E. Mexico Ave., #530 Denver, CO 80210 Phone Number: (303) 481-6360 E-mail: cweber@3ilaw.com FAX Number: (303) 481-6310 cle@3ilaw.com Case Number: 2017PR301453 AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

Attorney: 3iLaw Colby S. Weber, Esq. #34881 Chuong M. Le, Esq. #37949 3900 E. Mexico Ave., #530 Denver, CO 80210 Phone Number: (303) 481-6360 E-mail: cweber@3ilaw.com FAX Number: (303) 481-6310 cle@3ilaw.com Case Number: 2017PR301453

Notice To Creditors

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Dixie Peters, Robert F. Ivey, and Christy Zamora Last Known Address, if any: Dixie Peters: 3720 Quail Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, Robert F. Ivey: unknown, Christy Zamora, 1465 S. Utica Street, Denver, CO 80219.

A hearing on the Petition for Formal Appointment of Special Administrator for: Seeking appointment of Melissa R. Schwartz as Special Administrator of the Estate of William S. Ivey.

Will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: January 23, 2018 Time: 8:00 am: Courtroom/Division: Probate Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 8275 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LANA E. PROFFITT, also known as Lana Evelyn Proffitt, Deceased, Case Number: 2017PR31512 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

John B. Proffitt Personal Representative 2400 E. Cherry Creek South Drive, #302 Denver, Colorado 80209 Legal Notice No.: 8279 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeanne M. Nelson, a/k/a Jeanne Marie Nelson and Jeanne Nelson, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31445 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 4, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine A. Clinton Personal Representative 1021 Pentrelew Place Victoria BC Canada V8V-4J6 Legal Notice No.: 8284 First Publication: January 4, 2018 Last Publication: January 18, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nikki C. Jersin, aka Naomi C. Jersin, aka Naomi C. Kramer, Deceased Case Number: 17PR0567 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 4, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tami Beckham Personal Representative 3200 S Oneida Way Denver, CO 80224 Legal Notice No.: 8287 First Publication: January 4, 2018 Last Publication: January 18, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary G. Henry, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31460 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lucy Henry Abernathy Personal Representative

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary G. Henry, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31460

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Lucy Henry Abernathy Personal Representative 4144 Palmetto Way San Diego, CA 92103 Legal Notice No: 8265 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gloria Sarah Kubel, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31466 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Holly Winber Powers Co-Personal Representative 10467 White Pine Drive Parker, Colorado 80134 Kenneth David Winber Co-Personal Representative 2936 Sioux Court Des Moines, IA 50321 Legal Notice No: 8272 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate Margaret Dorothy Schott, Aka Margaret D. Schott, Aka Margaret Schott, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31450

Plaintiff(s): THE HUNT CLUB HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION

Defendant(s): RHEA M. MERIDITH-FLOYD; PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE INC.; WAYNE E. VADEN, DENVER COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq.

To advertise yourAddress: public Tobey notices call 303-566-4100 & Johnston, P.C.

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice SUMMONS In the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, State of Utah: 450 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84114.

WebBank v. Magellan Freight Lines Limited Liability Company, and Michael S. Somers, Civil No. 170906746.

The State of Utah to Magellan Freight Lines Limited Liability Company and Michael S. Somers: You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court, a written answer to Plaintiffs' Complaint, and to serve upon or mail to Plaintiffs' Attorney, Joseph M.R. Covey at 101 South 200 East, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801-532-7840, a copy of your Answer within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication, which is February 4, 2018.

If you fail to file and serve your Answer on time, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Complaint is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You can obtain a copy of the Complaint by requesting one from the Clerk of the Court at the above address or by calling 801-238-7300.

Read the Complaint carefully. You are being sued for damages of $170,515.39 plus late fees, attorney’s fees, and interest arising from a contract entered into with the Plaintiff on March 24, 2008.

Legal Notice No.: 8271 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch and the Highlands Ranch PUBLIC NOTICE Third Judicial District Court, State of Utah, Salt Lake County

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

In the matter of the adoption of A.B., Case No. 172900463 STATE OF UTAH TO: Unknown father of A.B and/or spouse of C. Hopson

Daniel D. Schott Personal Representative 4765 S. Clarkson Street Englewood, Colorado 80113

A petition for adoption has been filed in the Third Judicial District Court, State of Utah, regarding a child born on October 17, 2017, in Utah to C. Hopson.

Legal Notice No: 8277 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

IF YOU INTEND TO INTERVENE IN OR CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST FULLFIL THE REQUIREMENTS OF UTAH CODE § 78B-6-110(6), INCLUDING FILING A MOTION TO INTERVENE WITH THE COURT, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT, THE COURT WILL ENTER AN ORDER THAT YOU HAVE WAIVED ANY RIGHT TO FURTHER NOTICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CHILD, FORFEITED ALL RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE CHILD, AND ARE BARRED FROM THEREAFTER BRINGING OR MAINTAINING ANY ACTION TO ASSERT ANY INTEREST IN THE CHILD.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Alexander Craven, aka David A. Craven, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31490 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruth M. Cravan Personal Representative c/o Goddard & Hawkins, P.C. 1444 Blake Street Denver, Colorado 80202

Any motion must be filed with the Third Judicial District Court, 450 S. State Street, P.O. Box 1860, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, and a copy mailed to Larry Jenkins, 50 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. A motion must set forth specific relief sought accompanied by a memorandum specifying factual and legal grounds on which the motion is based. For a copy of the petition, contact Mr. Jenkins at (801) 328-3600.

Legal Notice No: 8278 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No: 8280 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOLORES I. MOORE, aka DOLORES MOORE, aka DELORES I. MOORE, Deceased Case No.: 17PR31573 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 10, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ original signature on file in office of Palmer, Goertzel & Associates, P.C. Gregory A. Moore 916 Linley Ct Denver, CO 80204 303.820.2023 Legal Notice No: 8285 First Publication: January 4, 2018 Last Publication: January 18, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO 1437 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80202 Plaintiff(s): THE HUNT CLUB HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION Defendant(s): RHEA M. MERIDITH-FLOYD; PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE F O R P L A Z A H O M E M O R T G A G E I N C .; WAYNE E. VADEN, DENVER COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 Case Number: 2017CV33859 Div.: 215 SUMMONS

6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 Case Number: 2017CV33859 Div.: 215

Misc. Private Legals SUMMONS

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE:

You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served upon the United States or one of its agencies.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice to you.

The following documents are also served with this Summons: Complaint in Foreclosure, District Civil Case Cover Sheet and Notice of Commencement of Action (Lis Pendens).

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DATE: October ___, 2017 TOBEY & JOHNSTON, P.C. By: /s/* Richard W. Johnston *Original signature on file at the office of Tobey & Johnston, P.C.

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This formT should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE ISSUED BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUMBER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. THE PLAINTIFF HAS 14 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND O B TA I N TH E C A S E N U M B E R . I F TH E PLAINTIFF FILES THE CASE WITHIN THIS TIME, THEN YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS. IF THEB PLAINTIFF FILES MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU, THE CASE MAY BE DISMISSED UPON MOTION AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ATTORNEY’S FEES FROM THE PLAINITFF.

Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately Legal Notice No.: 8283 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 25, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202 Court Phone: 720-865-8301

PLAINTIFF: THE DORCHESTER CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: ERIC CRESPIN; FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION; DEBRA JOHNSON PUBLIC TRUSTEE; and WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Attorney: David S. Dubinsky, Reg No. 45575 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490 Firm: HindmanSanchez P.C. Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.8999 E-mails: ddubinsky@hindmansanchez.com jsmith@hindmansanchez.com Our File No.: 9950.0083 Case No.: 2017CV032345 Div: 424 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of Plaintiff, as set forth in the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within twenty-one (21) days after service upon you if within the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after service upon you if outside the State of Colorado or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the time required, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

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Resurfacing project along U.S. 40/Colfax Avenue complete for CDOT to complete as it brought the highway up to standards and provides many safety improvements that will benWith the completion of the U.S. 40/Colefit both pedestrians and motorists.” fax Avenue resurfacing project, motorists APC Construction Co. was the prime will experience a smoother surface and contractor for this $2.9 million project safer driving conditions. that began in June. Work along this The Colorado Department of Transstretch of roadway included asphalt reportation project spanned Interstate 70 surfacing, ADA curb ramp improvements, to Kipling Street, and included updated bridge deck repairs, updated signs and traffic signal equipment and bridge deck updated traffic signal equipment. repairs.

For information on travel conditions “We know and understand that convisitNotice COTrip.org, sign up for GovDelivery, struction projects can be an inconvePublic nience to motorists,” Paul Jesaitis, Region or call 511. Updates are also available via DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, @coloradodot and CDOT’s Face1 transportation director, said in a news STATETwitter OF COLORADO Court Address: 1437 Bannock book page atStreet Facebook.com/coloradodot. release. “This project was very important Denver, CO 80202

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Neil Simon’s `Rumors’: showing from Jan. 6 to Feb. 3 at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver. Show times are 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, Saturdays, and Monday, Jan. 15; 2 p.m. Sundays; and 2 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 3. No show Feb. 2.

Call 720-530-4596.

The Penny Savers: 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at Su Public Notice Teatro Cultural and PerformDISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, ing ArtsSTATE Center, Santa Fe OF 721 COLORADO CourtDenver.

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DEFENDANTS: ERIC CRESPIN; FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION; DEBRA JOHNSON PUBLIC TRUSTEE; and WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.

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If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the time required, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action affecting the real property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as a proceeding in personam.

Dated: December 27, 2017 Respectfully submitted, HINDMANSANCHEZ P.C.

Original signature of David S. Dubinsky is on file with the law offices of HindmanSanchez P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7). /s/ David S. Dubinsky David S. Dubinsky, No. 45575 Jeffrey B. Smith, No. 40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.8999

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It’s the Yeti: 3:30-4:30 DEFENDANTS: ERIC CRESPIN; FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION; p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11 at Sheridan DEBRA JOHNSON PUBLIC TRUSTEE; and WELLS FARGO MORTGAGE, INC. Library, 3425HOME W. Oxford Ave., Den-

ver. Call him the yeti,Reg abominable Attorney: David S. Dubinsky, No. 45575 Jeffrey B. Smith, Metoh Reg No. 40490 snowman, or Kang-mi, Firm: HindmanSanchez P.C. Address: 555aZang Street, Suite 100 thing. it’s still giant scary snow Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Children ages 5-8 are invited to Phone Number: 303.432.8999 E-mails: hear ddubinsky@hindmansanchez.com some yeti stories and make jsmith@hindmansanchez.com yeti or two. Save your spot at Our Filecraft No.: 9950.0083 Case No.: 2017CV032345 Div: 424 arapahoelibraries.org.

SUMMONS

FILM

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

Teen Movie Night: Goosebumps: You are hereby summoned and required to ap4-6 p.m.

Friday, Jan. at of Plaintiff, pear and defend against the 12 claims asSheridan set forth in the Complaint filedW. with the Court Library, 3425 Oxford in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court Denver.

Join a anAve., Answer or other Teens: response.

Youus arefor required to movie file yourand Answer or other response snacks.

Your com- within twenty-one (21) days after service upon you if within the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five mentary and jokes are welcome, (35) days after service upon you if outside the because talking during the movie State of Colorado or if served by publication pursuant to makes C.R.C.P. it 4(g).

If served by publication, only more entertaining. service shall be complete on the day of the last Showing: Goosebumps (2015, publication.

A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

Rated PG, 103 minutes). Save your If you failat to arapahoelibraries.org. file your Answer or other response spot

to the Complaint in writing within the time required, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

EVENTS

This is an action affecting the real property deGamers Guild: Laser 4:30-6 in scribed in the Complaint and Tag: is a proceeding rem as well as a proceeding in personam. p.m.

Monday, Jan. 8 at Eloise May

Library, 1471 27, Parker Dated: December 2017 Road, Denver.

Respectfully submitted, Teens: If you like variety, then HINDMANSANCHEZ P.C.

you’re in for a treat. This month’s

Original signature of David S. Dubinsky is on file game is laser Save your spot with the law officestag. of HindmanSanchez P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7). at arapahoelibraries.org. /s/ David S. Dubinsky David S. Dubinsky, No. 45575 MakeB.and Take Workshop: Early Jeffrey Smith, No. 40490 555 Zang Street, Suite to 100Go: 6:30-8 Literacy Tools Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 at Eloise May 303.432.8999

Library, 1471 Parker Road, Denver.

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF THE DORCHESTER CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC. Address of Plaintiff: Dorchester Condominiums Association, Inc./The c/o Hammersmith Management-Greenwood Village 5619 DTC Parkway, #900 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Misc. Private Legals

“Trust Us!”

Legal Notice No.: 8286 First Publication: January 4, 2018 Last Publication: February 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Without public notices, the government wouldn’t have to say anything else.

Public notices are a community’s window into the government. From zoning regulations to local budgets, governments have used local newspapers to inform citizens of its actions as an essential part of your right to know. You know where to look, when to look and what to look for to be involved as a citizen. Local newspapers provide you with the information you need to get involved.

Notices are meant to be noticed.

Read your public notices and get involved!

Join us for fresh ideas to make early literacy and learning fun. We provide tips, book suggestions, materials and equipment needed to make literacy tools to use with your young children at home.

Parents, grandparents, foster parents, neighbors and other caregivers of children ages 0-5 are welcome. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Job Search Help: 1-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver.

Need a space to learn about the job search process and work on applications? Our librarians are here to help with resumes, job search sites, LinkedIn and more. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Sales, Retail and Management Career Fair: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 11 at DoubleTree

by Hilton Denver Tech, 7801 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village. Register at https://denversalesandmanagementjobfair. eventbrite.com. Go to www.HireLive.com for information. Email resume to 17503-21-mh2006@ apply.maxhire.net.

Task Party: 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 at Anythink Perl Mack, 7611 Hilltop Circle, Denver. Kids in grades K-5 participate in this improvisational event during

which they are given open-ended tasks to compete using the available materials. No registration required. Call 303-405-3576 or go to anythinklibraries.org.

FOOD/COOKING

Pizza Taste-off & Turtle Power: 1-2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5 at Anythink Perl Mack, 7611 Hilltop Circle, Denver. Help decide which local spot delivers the best slice all while watching turtles who may also love pizza. Best for tweens and teens. No registration required.

Call 303-405-3576 or go to anythinklibraries.org.

HEALTH

Workplace Health Symposium: 7:15 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Feb. 14 at the Cable Center, 2000 Buchtel Blvd., Denver. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 31.

Go to workplacehealthcolorado. heart.org to register and for cost and other information.

EDUCATION

Take a Bite of the Big Apple: 2-4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5 at MorningStar Senior Living at Dayton Place, 1950 S. Dayton St., Denver. Join Active Minds for a virtual visit to New York City. Call 303-751-5150 to RSVP.

North Korea: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Join Active Minds for a discussion of the history of North Korea and the development of the North Korean nuclear program. Call 303-3227727 for information.

Saudi Arabia: 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Heather Gardens, 2888 S. Heather Gardens Way, Aurora.

Call 303-751-1811 to RSVP. Join Active Minds for the story of this complex nation.

Wine: 6:45-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11 at Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St., Denver. Join Active Minds as we describe the history of wine as well as give an overview of the various types of wine and their most salient characteristics.

North Korea: 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at Central Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Join Active Minds for a discussion of the history of North Korea and the development of the North Korean nuclear program.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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