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owner rejected the final financial offer and decided against the sale.

Denver City Councilmember Kevin Flynn announced the details in a newsletter emailed to area residents in early May, explaining that Catellus, based in California, failed to reach agreement with the campus’s owner, the Japan-based Teikyo University Group.

Millennials are getting older and mortgages are getting more expensive.

For these reasons, the cost of buying a home in Denver is likely to keep rising for at least two more years, according to new projections from CoreLogic.

Let’s start with interest.

Interest is essentially how much it costs to borrow money. When the interest rate goes up, so does the cost to pay your mortgage — and the rate is definitely going up.

“We’ve enjoyed some really low mortgage rates the last couple years,” said Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic, at a recent housing summit hosted by the city of Denver’s Office of Economic Development.

That increase in borrowing costs, combined with rising home prices, could drive up monthly payments by 20 percent in a single year in some cases, he said.

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After more than a year of meetings held by community members in southwest Denver,

residents still don’t have a clear picture of what the future holds for the former Colorado Heights University campus, a historic property that sits at one of the highest points in the city.

The 70-acre campus at 3001 S. Federal Blvd., a once-Catholic college that grew out of an effort by the Sisters of Loretto that dates back to 1891, was expected to be owned by Catellus Development Corporation, but the campus’s

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Construction industry giving ex-offenders road to success Trades have big need for workers as construction booms after economic downturns

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Stephanie Miller was living in Texas with her young children when, one night, her husband came home drunk again. She knew what was likely to happen next.

“He was pretty abusive when he drank,” she recalled, saying she grabbed a knife to protect herself from a likely beating.

Her then-husband called the police, and pretty soon Miller was facing charges. She landed in prison when she violated her probation. Then, when she was released, she fell into another abusive relationship and ended up back in jail.

“Being locked up, that sparked a flame for me to want to operate,” she said. That is, to operate cranes.

Miller was looking for a fresh start when she relocated to Denver. She was trained as a nurse but, “With the charge,” she said, “all aspects of that were out the window.”

Instead she found a new path in construction, an industry currently clamoring for workers — and one that’s traditionally welcomed people with similar pasts. Today, you’ll find her at work on a Mortensen construction site operating a crane.

She’s perhaps one of the only women in that position in the state.

“My life has done a complete 180 since then,” she said. “I worked (hard) to get there.”

The 2008 recession left a deep dent on the industry.

In Denverite’s wide-ranging tour of job sites over the last few months, one contractor after another said that skilled trades are hurting for qualified employees. Big projects languish as they wait for electricians or HVAC installers to make their way down long lists of work orders.

Small contractors say they’ve had to pass on opportunities because they don’t have enough manpower to take on new jobs.

According to Census data, construction in Colorado lost more than 50,000 employees between 2007 and 2009, many of those between 25 and 54 years old. A decade later, those numbers have finally rebounded.

“Construction has just outpaced all other industry in terms of growth, employment growth, over the last four, five years,” said Ryan Gedney, senior economist with the Colorado Department of Labor.

But construction is an aging industry, he said, and that resurgence of workers might not last long.

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“We have fewer young people working in construction than, say, they did 10-15 years ago,” and this poses a “longer-term, systemic problem,” even as demand for those services in the city remains high.

There’s been a renewed push among industry advocates to bring aboard new, young workers.

They’re looking in some places where they weren’t looking before.

In April, the Denver Institute for Faith & Work, a religious organization focusing on the workforce, held a discussion event meant to raise these issues and promote initiatives that might bring new workers onto job sites.

“How do we recover the dignity and worth of people working in the industry today?” asked Jeff Haanen, the institute’s founder. There’s a stigma, he said, that’s kept younger workers from entering the field.

“These are the people who built America.”

Among the presenters was Josh Geppelt, a member of the Denver Rescue Mission’s Senior Leadership Team. Geppelt shared about a program that helps homeless and addicted people find jobs and, ultimately, attain housing.

Construction, he told Denverite, is “becoming more and more popular with men who are seeking employment.”

Next to him was Scott Flores, founder of The Master’s Apprentice, a program that steers young people into skilled trades and away from potentially bad situations.

“These are diamonds in the rough.

They got rough edges,” Flores said to the crowd. “Most of the kids that we work with are looking for a break.”

Breaks, as it happens, abound.

Katrina Wert, a director at the Community College of Denver’s Center for Workforce Initiatives, also made an appearance on one of the Denver Institute for Faith & Work’s panels.

“It is an industry that I think is easy for people to access,” she told Denverite. “Given the current economy, many employers are willing to go outside their traditional hiring channels.”

There’s a continued interest among construction hirers to keep the doors open to anyone willing to put in a hard day’s work.

“If they have that desire to get ahead and they’re coachable, than they can go anywhere,” Flores said.

“They have tremendous potential.”

Construction isn’t the only industry trying to keep doors open.

Jack Regenbogen is an attorney and policy advocate for the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, which focuses on the re-entry population, among other things. He said construction isn’t alone in experiencing worker shortages.

At a recent career fair for the formerly incarcerated, he said, “Construction companies were well represented, but they weren’t alone.”

The hospitality industry, he said, also showed up in force.

Two bills passed through the Legislature this session that aimed to give people with criminal histories a fair shot at employment. Both, House Bill 1418 and House Bill 1344, are awaiting approval from the governor.

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Approved schools hit backup as they await buildings Denver board torn over deciding whether to close current operations with poor performance

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In a split vote, the Denver school board recently approved three more middle schools — but none will open right away.

Though they are modeled after successful existing schools, and though district officials feel an urgency to improve school quality district-wide, the three will wait with more than 20 others until a school building becomes available.

That could happen if the district closes a struggling school or builds a brand-new one. But slowing enrollment growth means it will likely not build many schools in the coming years.

The number of approved schools on hold until they find a campus has grown over the years, even as the school board adopted a policy in 2015 that calls for replacing chronical-

ly low-performing schools with new ones deemed more likely to succeed.

This approach earned Denver a national reputation in education reform circles, but the growing backlog of schools with no clear path to opening has led to frustration among charter school operators and questions from some supporters about how committed Denver is to this model.

The makeup of Denver’s school board has changed, and not all of the new members believe closing struggling schools is good for students. In voting on the three new middle schools, three of the seven board members expressed concerns about the concept of keeping approved schools “on the shelf ” because it presupposes existing schools will be shuttered.

Carrie Olson, a former Denver teacher, campaigned last year for a board seat on a platform of opposing school closures. Her candidacy was backed by the Denver teachers union, which also supported board member Jennifer Bacon, another former teacher.

Olson and Bacon voiced the strongest reservations about approving the three schools, temporarily called Beacon Network Middle Schools 3, 4, and 5. The schools

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Haynes voted yes on all three. Angela Cobián, who was elected last fall along with Olson and Bacon, voted yes on two schools and abstained from voting on the third.

Cobián said her votes were meant to reflect that she supports the Beacon schools but shares her fellow board members’ concerns. She said she’s committed to making sure the district supports existing schools so they don’t get to the point of closure or replacement.

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would be run by the same administrators who oversee Kepner Beacon and Grant Beacon middle schools.

Kepner Beacon and Grant Beacon are “innovation schools,” which means they have more financial and programmatic freedom than traditional district-run schools but not as much independence as charter schools. The two schools focus on personalized learning, partly by giving students access to technology that allows them to learn at their own pace. Each is rated “green,” the second-highest rating on Denver Public Schools’ color-coded scale.

Olson and Bacon said they don’t doubt additional Beacon schools would serve students well. Rather, Bacon said, she’s concerned about having too many of the same type of school and about the length of time schools should be allowed to wait before opening. Being approved by the school board doesn’t guarantee that a school will open.

In the end, the three Beacon schools were approved to open in the fall of 2019 or thereafter. Olson voted no on all three. Bacon voted no on two of them and yes on the third.

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In 2000, Colorado taxpayers footed 68 percent of the costs of a college degree, with students chipping in about onethird.

Two decades and two recessions later, that ratio has nearly flipped as state funding has been cut and tuition has steadily risen to replace it. Even after a 9 percent boost to higher education funding was secured this legislative session, top state budget writers don’t expect tuition to drop any time soon.

The public’s ongoing disinvestment in higher education is not unique to Colorado. A State Higher Education Executive Officers analysis released this year found that, for the first time, more than half of states rely on student tuition and fees to fund the majority of the cost of public higher education.

But the trend is particularly stark.

In 2017, Colorado was the fourth lowest in spending on higher education per student, and the fourth lowest per $1,000 of state income, according to the College Board. A Georgetown Public Policy Institute study expects by 2020, Colorado’s economy will require the second most educated workforce in the country, with 74 percent of jobs needing some post-high school training. But only 55 percent of Colorado adults have a degree or certificate today.

To close that gap, the Colorado Department of Higher Education created a master plan aimed at boosting that attainment rate to 66 percent by 2025.

Kim Hunter Reed, the outgoing executive director, is confident the state will hit that target one way or another.

“The question is will they (employers) be able to find talent here,” Reed said. Because if not, she says, companies will simply recruit better-educated workers from out of state.

Unless policymakers can find a way to contain the costs of tuition, she fears that’s exactly what will happen.

Following the Great Recession, tuition in Colorado jumped 44 percent, while the typical household’s income increased just 18 percent, according to state budget analysts. Meanwhile, state spending dropped 15 percent annually from 2008 to 2012, and has made only minimal gains since then.

Andy Carlson, the vice president of finance policy for the nonprofit State Higher Education Executive Officers, says that’s a typical political response to a recession. When tuition goes up to make up for cuts in state support, “that kind of becomes the new normal,” he said. “You don’t see tuition going down, you just see a new level established.”

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ered 29 percent of the costs of higher education nationwide. Afterward, it rose to 36 percent before leveling off.

After the Great Recession, it jumped to as high as 48 percent. In Colorado, tuition today covers 65 percent of college costs.

That’s resulted in record levels of student debt at a time of stagnant wages and rising income inequality. But politically, higher education continues to take a back seat to other public services.

“Higher education is the most discretionary item in the budget,” said Scott Wasserman, president of the Bell Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank based in Denver. “There’s really nobody advocating for it in the way that interest groups are advocating for transportation, education and PERA.” PERA is the state employee pension.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they want to increase funding to higher education, but there’s simply not money in the budget. Tax hikes are a non-starter. The state has strict constitutional limits on spending, and voters have consistently rejected attempts to raise taxes for more popular services, such as K-12 schools and roads.

Meanwhile, state legislative economists expect another recession to hit within the next few years.

“I do think this is all coming to a head,” Wasserman said. “We are all walking down a shrinking hallway, and at some point the cuts are going to be so great that we need to do something drastic. And I think that’s coming in the next four years.”

Absent more funding, policy-makers have looked at other ways to at least limit costs for students. The Colorado Department of Higher Education wants to increase access to two-year programs and vocational training, and boost concurrent enrollment, which allows high school students to complete college credits at a lower cost. Lawmakers passed a bill this year requiring the department to provide students information on their return on investment for various degrees, a tool aimed at steering students toward higher-paying jobs that will allow them to pay off their student loans.

Nationally, Carlson said, “there certainly seems to be more appetite to try to reverse course a little bit.” Washington state, for instance, recently cut tuition costs by up to 20 percent, after raising student costs steeply during the recession.

Colorado’s $82 million increase next year will help. But tuition costs are still expected to grow by 3.7 percent at the University of Colorado-Boulder and 3 percent at Colorado State University.

“I hope it’s a matter of time before the tide turns,” said state Rep. Millie Hamner, a Democrat from Dillon who chairs the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. “But I don’t see that happening given our current budget constraints.”

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Native American artist has major Denver exhibit Jeffrey Gibson, born in Colorado, lives and works in New York

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“Like a Hammer” at the Denver Art Museum is the first exhibition in a major museum for artist Jeffrey Gibson (Mississipi Band Choctaw/ Cherokee). The exhibition just opened on the first floor of the Hamilton Building and runs through Aug. 12, with a mix of traditional design and contemporary presence.

Gibson was born in Colorado Springs in 1972, lives and works in New York, teaches at Bard College and incorporates his heritage into distinctive, contemporary works, including abstract sculptures, paintings and prints. Materials include rawhide, beads, sterling silver, wool blankets, metal cones, beads, fringe and sinew, as well as paint.

Introductory comments at a press preview told of Gibson’s extreme unhappiness with his art in the middle of the first decade of this century, which led him to razor paintings from their frame, head for a coin laundry and wash them in hot water and detergent. Fragments of those paintings appear in textile works in “Like a Hammer,” looking pale and stressed, compared to the vibrant newer coloration exhibited today.

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Music has been very important for Gibson. Lines from popular songs are incorporated into his works and background music plays from a song list he provided. “It adds an extra sensory dimension,” curator John Lukavic commented. “Gibson seamlessly blends indigenous aesthetics and contemporary methods … His work offers or visitors an experience that doesn’t exist elsewhere and challenges the generic categories of art, presenting a new way of conceptualizing what people see and experience.”

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“I Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” by Jeffrey Gibson combines his interest in American pop music and Native American art. It has tipi poles as legs, trimmed blankets and a ceramic head.

IF YOU GO Jeffrey Gibson’s “Like a Hammer” exhibition will be at the Denver Art Museum through Aug. 12. It is being shown on the first floor of the Hamilton Building, between 12th and 13th avenues on the east side of Bannock Street in downtown Denver. The exhibit is included with regular admission.

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figure in dance attire, with a cet ramic head and legs made from tipi s poles. Haunting, it and other similar e m figures “speak of effigy pots from v Gibson’s Choctaw-Cherokee background,” Lukavic commented. “He e draws from the past, creates futuris- g tic work …” Gibson on several occa- a sions revealed his displeasure with p the art world’s tendency to consider p Native American art as craft or s decorative arts.

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PrideFest expected to draw more than 350,000 Civic Center in downtown Denver is site of two-day gathering STAFF REPORT

More than 350,000 visitors are expected to attend Denver PrideFest, the annual celebration of LGBT pride, June 16-17 in Denver’s Civic Center, 101 W. 14th Ave. The free festival will feature live entertainment on three stages and more than 200 vendors offering crafts, food and drink.

Proceeds from PrideFest support the GLBT Community Center of Colorado, a nonprofit organization that serves more than 47,000 people at its facility in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Center, as the organization is called, offers programs for LGBT youth and seniors and Colorado’s transgender community, and training and legal programs.

The festival is The Center’s largest annual fundraiser.

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that people could connect with,” said Lukavic. “Gibson blends indigenous aesthetics and contemporary methods … His work offers our visitors an experience that doesn’t exist elsewhere and challenges the generic categories of art, presenting a new way of conceptualizing what people see and experience.”

Gibson pointed out greenish patches of those earlier paintings in several new pieces, adding that this was the first time he’d seen his work together.

Gibson was an artist-in-residence at DAM in 2014 and was allowed access to the archives to research, assisting with a “challenge for artists who are not central.” It offered new connections for Gibson. (A video made during his residency is shown in the last gallery in this exhibit.

Allow time to watch it.)

“I realized that art history is not inclusive of native artists,” he said as he talked about his punchingbag series — some covered with Osage-type beadwork and named “Everlast.” The series resulted from a recommendation that he work out frustration by boxing. The image suggests white power, violence — and peacefulness.

Another work, “I Am Woman,” refers to huge numbers of missing native, indigenous women.

“My use of color is free, exuberant … a choice of rawhide versus beaded

The centerpiece of the festival is the Coors Light PrideFest Parade, which begins at 9:30 a.m. June 17, at Cheesman Park and traveling via Colfax Avenue to Civic Center.

The parade includes more than 200 entries that celebrate the color and diversity of the LGBTQ community and the many groups, religious institutions and businesses that support it. This year’s parade grand marshals are Charlie Craig and David Mullins.

The Denver Pride Rally for Equality will take place on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol immediately following the parade. The Colorado LGBT Legislative Caucus, state leaders as well as activists and groups from throughout the Denver community will speak out for LGBTQ civil rights.

The Pride 5K begins at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, starting and ending at the Capitol. The 3.1-mile race is open to walkers and runners.

Find information about all Denver PrideFest activities at www.denverpride.org, or on Facebook at www. facebook.com/DenverPrideFest.

offers a lens of indigenous perspective that changes how we read them … These are not specific to any particular tribe,” Gibson said.

The figures are “an artifact of the future,” Lukavic added, like Kachina figures or those guarding the tombs in the past.

Gibson also pointed out a large, predominantly black and white, rectangular piece that reads: “American History is longer — larger — more beautiful …” quoting the black, openly gay American writer James Baldwin, who chose to live in Europe — and has been an influence.

“There is a widespread message that voices are not always heard.”

With the appearance of a large work in the DAM collection — a travois used to carry goods — Lukavic said, “it’s closer to (Claus) Oldenburg than traditional indigenous art.”

In the fourth portion of the exhibit, the video shows people responding to items in the museum’s collection rooms … a Navajo man talked to a wooden Navajo weaving comb, as though to his grandmother: “I miss you grandma … are the sheep still there? I cherish the memory of you.”

In the Kiowa language, objects were asked their permission to use them in the exhibit … Patterns in dancer’s costumes are referenced in Gibson’s works. For example, a woman in a jingle dress steps off an elevator and dances down the hall …

“I think my work offers a countervision to other things happening in the world,” Gibson said.

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THINGS TO DO THEATER “Giselle,” A Ballet in Two Acts: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at 6740 E. Hampden Ave., Denver. Presented by Classical Ballet Academy and Ballet Mélange. Go to www.classical-ballet-academy.com Superior Donuts: playing through Saturday, June 9 at The John Hand Theater, Colorado Free University, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver. Show times are 7:30 p.m.

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Course in Creative Expression: Saturday, June 9 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday, June 10 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at The Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Enliven confidence by stepping out of your comfort zone; with Billy Galewood and Kerstin Caldwell. Go to http://gainingperspective. com/vantagepoin Singer-Songwriter Billy Galewood: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 10 at The Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Call 303321-5925 or www.avenuetheater.com.

Little Shop of Horrors: on stage through June 16 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Presented by Equinox Theatre Company. Performances at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays. Parking is free. Go to www.EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.

“A Hymn to the Goddess: An Egyptian Tale”: playing through June 17 at the BiTSY Stage, 1137 S. Huron St., Denver.

Show times at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Additional shows at 7:30 p.m. May 23-24.

Admission is free; donations are accepted.

Reservations required. Contact www. bitsystage.com.

Mile High Magicians Society Close-Up Show: 7 p.m. Monday, June 18 at Lumber Baron Mystery Mansion, 2555 W. 37th Ave., Denver. All ages. Go to www.milehighmagicians.com.

Elizabeth Rex: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, June 22 to July 14, at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Tickets available at www.lostandfoundproductions.net.

Guys and Dolls: July 27 to Aug. 18 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver.

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Atomic: Nov. 9 to Dec. 1 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Presented

by Equinox Theatre Company. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Parking is free. Go to www.EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.

The Dinner Detective: 6-9 p.m. Saturdays through July 7 at Embassy Suites Denver Downtown, 1420 Stout St., Denver. Large interactive murder-mystery comedy dinner show; tickets include four-course plated dinner. Some shows sold out. Go to www.thedinnerdetective.com.

Agnes of God: on stage through July 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora.

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Livingstone is charged with assessing the sanity of a novice nun accused of murdering her newborn. Who killed the infant and who fathered the tiny victim?

Livingstone’s questions force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love leading to a dramatic, compelling climax. Tickets at vintagetheatre.org or 303-856-7830.

MUSIC Sun Drenched Music Fest: 2-9 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at Denver Beer Co. Canworks, 4455 Jason St., Denver. Go to http://sundrenchedmusicfest.com Denver Dance Festival: June 23-24 at the University of Denver. Main Stage concert “New & Now” is in the Byron Flex Theatre.

The free Public Stage concert “No Walls” is on the Boettcher Center Lawn. Information available at http://presentingdenver. org/pd-dance-festival/.

ART Spring Art Show and Sale: open through June 20 at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada Fine Arts Guild annual show features more than 180 pieces of artwork. Awards presentation from 1-3 p.m. May 12. Go to https://janaguild.fineartstudioonline. com/ “Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer”: on display through Aug. 12 at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Go to https://denverartmuseum. org/exhibitions/jeffrey-gibson EVENTS National Get Outdoors Day: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 9 at Sloan Lake Park, Denver.

Fishing classes, paddling activities, live music, rock climbing, bike riding and more.

Earn Junior Ranger Badge from National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. Info: www.getoutdoorscolorado.org/ngod Firecracker 5K: 8 a.m. Saturday, June 30 at Clement Park, Littleton. Free hot dogs, apple pie and frozen yogurt at the finish line. Kick off the holiday weekend while supporting Bonfils Blood Center. Prizes, refreshments and free stuff in the partner village; face painting and balloons for the kids. Go to RunningGuru.com and search “Firecracker 5K” to sign up.

Colorado Companies to Watch Gala Awards Dinner: 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 22 at Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver. Celebrate the 50

winners and 10 years of innovation, talent and leadership. Go to https://coloradocompaniestowatch.org/ Denver Undy RunWalk: 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Saturday, June 23 at City Park, Denver.

Fundraiser for colorectal cancer. Register at www.undyrunwalk.org.

Speakeasy Summer Soiree: 4:45-8:45 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Room & Board, 1700 Vinte St., Denver. Patio party benefits Youth on Record. Live music, dancing and catered food. Go to https://speakeasysoiree.com/tickets/ The Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s Annual Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver. Go to www. wfco.org/connect/annual-luncheon. Supports women’s economic advancement, while raising vital funds for the foundation.

MBA, Professional Networking Event: 4:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at The Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis St., Denver.

Go to https://go.evvnt.com/2224490?pid=4951. Twenty-plus business schools, seminars, networking, scholarships and more.

Making Spirits Bright: 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th St., Denver. Cocktail tasting of more than 20 Colorado craft distillers. Event benefits Montessori School of Evergreen. Go to http://www.comakingspiritsbright.com.

HEALTH Veterans Free Monthly Non-Narcotic Care Pop Up Clinic: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 9 at VFW Post 1, 41 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Go to http://www. healingwarriorsprogram.org. Therapies include acupuncture, craniosacral therapy and healing touch therapy. Bring proof of military service, i.e. DD214 or military ID. Jodi’s Race for Awareness: 7-10:30 a.m.

Saturday, June 9 at Denver City Park, Colorado Boulevard and 23rd Street.

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There’s also a secondary effect. Since it’s getting more costly to buy a home, people are less likely to sell their homes.

“An increase of about 1.5 percentage points means that there are roughly about 100,000 less homes listed for sale per year in the United States,” he said.

Mortgage rates fell from a pre-recession high near 7 percent to a recent low of about 3.5 percent. Rates could pass 5 percent again around 2019, according to CoreLogic projections. CoreLogic is a real-estate data company.

That would accelerate the biggest problem that already faces would-be homebuyers: There aren’t enough homes for sale. Denver has one of the smallest supplies of housing relative to demand, placing it near Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco as of August.

“The inventory of homes available for sale in the market is really, really low,” Nothaft explained to the crowd at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Denver. “It’s increasingly lean.”

Home values grew 8 percent in Denver last year, he said.

And demand is likely to stay

strong, in large part because young people are getting older.

“The largest part of the millennial cohort here in Colorado, right now, are those who are aged 25, 26, 27,” he said. And the average first-homebuyer’s age is 31, he said.

See where this is going?

There could be a lot more people looking to buy homes in the near future.

“We’ve got this acute shortage of supply, and this rising demand, because the economy’s pretty good and because of the millennial cohort,” he said. “It translates to strong price pressure, and it’s a major reason why prices are rising rapidly in the U.S.” His firm expects that the United States home-price index will increase in value by 6 percent per year in 2018 and 2019.

In Denver, it could be 7 percent.

“The affordability challenges here in Denver are far more severe than we see in other places in the country,” Nothaft said.

The average home price in Denver is up 83 percent over 2011, compared to a 54 percent gain nationally, according to CoreLogic figures.

Denver’s home prices surpassed CoreLogic’s overall U.S. home-price index around 2016, and the gap is expected to keep widening.

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The following are the median sales prices of single-family homes in April, the most recent month with available data, for communities throughout the Denver metro area, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

At right is the percentage increase or decrease as compared to April 2017.

Littleton: $475,000 (+8.3 percent)

Lone Tree: $775,000 (-8.6 percent)

Wheat Ridge: $440,000 (+4.9 percent)

Golden: $670,000 (+15.3 percent)

Englewood: $415,000 (+7.5 percent)

Highlands Ranch: $550,000 (+22.2 percent)

Thornton: $398,000 (+10.3 percent)

Denver: $500,000 (+17.6 percent)

Arvada: $468,750 (+10.9 percent) Castle Rock: $465,300 (+0.1 percent) Metro median: $455,000 (+3.4 percent) Lakewood: $445,000 (+11.3 percent)

Westminster: $396,000 (+4.9 percent)

Parker: $490,000 (+7.7 percent)

Aurora: $367,750 (+12.6 percent)

Centennial: $480,000 (+5.7 percent)

Northglenn: $325,000 (-0.6 percent)

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VOICES There’s a lot to be said for a moment of silence

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an goes to see his doctor and says, “Doc, every time I hit my hand with a hammer it hurts.”

Doctor says, “Stop hitting your QUIET hand with a hamDESPERATION mer.”

That’s one of the oldest jokes I’ve ever stolen, but there is some wisdom in it, and I think it might have a contemporary application that would solve a number of probCraig Marshall lems.

Smith I think we could do away with the national anthem, played or performed, before all athletic events, and not miss it.

What’s wrong with, “Play ball”?

Would it be traitorous?

I don’t think so. It’s simply a tradition. Not a mandate.

What, exactly, directly, and specifi-

cally does the national anthem have to do with a professional football game (for example)?

The anthem is an important and meaningful acknowledgment of the freedoms we enjoy in America, as well as a salute to the men and women — past and present — who have served this country in the armed forces (and I would include law enforcement officers).

A professional football game is a game, not an occasion of solemnity or a function that generally or specifically pertains to anyone’s vigorous support of the United States.

It’s entertainment.

The anthem isn’t played before a concert at Red Rocks, before a symphony at Boettcher, or before bingo on South Federal.

The anthem has been in the news ever since quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee. It’s in the news right now, because the National Football League has decided players must stand for it.

Good luck with that.

However, players can remain in the

locker room.

Good luck with that.

President No. 45 said if they don’t stand maybe “they shouldn’t be in the country.”

Brilliant, as ever.

We like to manufacture controversy where there doesn’t have to be any.

I am sure there are those would think the sky had fallen if the national anthem were no longer played.

I would like to recommend something else.

Silence. Silence is golden.

Simply ask everyone to respect a moment of silence, and let people contemplate whatever they wanted: the United States of America, veterans, God, friendship, sobriety, peace, Krispy Kremes, Ford F-150s, Kurt Vonnegut, “Stairway to Heaven.”

I’m not kidding.

How about a quiet moment before these overpaid clods collide?

As it is right now, the anthem is not being respected by everyone else in the stadium. What about them?

Will the day come when technology

will pick them out like flawed apples being scanned at the sauce factory?

The guy behind you has his cap on backwards. The girl in front of you is texting. The couple down the row is taking a selfie.

And there are others who feel exactly like some of the football players do, and they sit.

I will never understand why we impose our beliefs on others. It leads to arguments and lawsuits and riots and deaths.

I realize my suggestion won’t be taken seriously. With traditions come obstinacy, and a general unwillingness to change. In this case, over a nearly-impossible-to-sing song, that is a symbol, albeit a good symbol, of something that has nothing to do with what ensues. A game.

If the song doesn’t rise, the game will go on just as it would have, and there would be no recriminations.

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

Grabbing that low-hanging fruit can help you reach mountaintop

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ne of my favorite quotes is this, “The fruit we eat on the mountaintop was grown in the valley.” I have heard this quote many times and it is usually attributed to either Fred Smith WINNING or Billy Graham, WORDS and either way I would consider those very credible sources of information and inspiration.

And then there is another common philosophy about going after the low-hanging Michael Norton fruit in life and in business. Basically, that means that we look for those things that we can accomplish quickly and easily without too much effort or resistance. And although I subscribe to the philosophy of tackling the most difficult tasks first, I am also

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a huge proponent of going after the low-hanging fruit as it builds confidence, momentum and success that can propel us forward towards the achievement of other goals and dreams.

A selling professional may have some prospects and customers that are immediate candidates for their products and services. The fit is perfect for both the salesperson and the prospect or customer. The product or service solves a problem and is available within the budget.

Still takes effort, but typically the low-hanging fruit opportunities are a much easier climb than other more complicated and prolonged sales cycles.

When recruiting for a new position or a replacement position, and if we have been keeping an active recruiting funnel going, we can typically backfill a position or hire a new person relatively easily — more low-hanging fruit. Again, some effort will be required, but

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or interviewed have shared their story of hard work and growing the fruit in the valleys of life. And along the way they grabbed whatever low-hanging fruit they could find to help drive their purpose and passion as they worked toward the mountaintop.

So how about you? Are you looking at the mountaintop and wishing you were there? Or are you in the valley, putting in the time and effort that it takes to get yourself to the mountaintop? Either way, and as always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com.

And when we can grab the lowhanging fruit along the way, and learn to enjoy it on the mountaintop, it really will be a better than good week.

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“The university has gone back to three of the other (potential) buyers and may be reaching a deal soon, but I don’t know when,” Flynn said May 30. “I fully expect that the next buyer will understand the vision that the community has expressed.”

The sprawling campus — still affectionately known as Loretto Heights to area residents — is visible for miles around in the south Denver metro area, and its reddish-brown administration building with a tower is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Concerned about the historical value of the campus and its future, several local residents held meetings through 2017 on April 12, June 29, July 17 and Oct. 25. Catellus also held meetings in January and February with the community — more than 130 attended the latter — but it will now be up to another developer to field residents’ concerns.

Catellus said that despite the deal’s end, it’s still interested in the property.

“We do think the Colorado Heights University campus is still a great opportunity for future development,” said Jessica Reynolds, director of marketing for the company. “We remain interested and look forward to continuing conversations into the future.”

Catellus’ ideas were “cookie cutter,” said Jim Gibson, a leader who has organized community meetings about the campus.

“I was pleased with (Catellus) reaching out, but I wasn’t pleased with the content of their reaching out,” Gibson said. “I don’t think they were showing much imagination.”

Catellus had envisioned singlefamily homes, apartments along South Federal Boulevard and a possible charter-school operator using the administration building, Gibson said.

“We just didn’t want to see another cookie-cutter residential development,” said Gibson, adding that a housing plan that doesn’t consider the history of the site wouldn’t be satisfactory. “We want to see some open space there, but we didn’t want to be too prescriptive.”

In community meetings, residents proposed restaurants, gathering places, an art museum, affordable housing, a park or a multi-use complex with artists’ lofts and a theater as development options they would support.

Another desire was to have the campus continue as an educational institution.

Formally, Gibson’s community group voted within itself in favor of preserving views of the administration building, to explore whether a historic-landmark

‘We just didn’t want to see another cookie-cutter residential development.’

Jim Gibson, community organizer

STEEPED IN HISTORY Originally owned by the Sisters of Loretto, Loretto Heights Academy opened in 1891 after their original building in downtown Denver — the Catholic girls’ school St. Mary’s Academy of the Loretto Order, which opened about 1864 — grew to take up nearly the whole block by 1880, a 1985 schoolnewspaper article said.

In 1948, the southwest Denver facility became Loretto Heights College, solely a four-year Catholic college for women, and later admitted male students. It closed in 1988, and three

designation by the City of Denver would be appropriate and to try to manage any adverse effects new developments on the campus might pose to nearby neighborhoods, among other ideas. Nearly 40 community members at the Oct. 25 meeting, called a “Community Conversation,” at the Loretto Denver Center at 4000 S. Wadsworth Blvd. voted overwhelmingly for the ideas.

Flynn’s newsletter said that Fred Van Liew, president of the former Colorado Heights University, reiterated the owner’s requirement that the administration building and adjoining chapel be preserved by the eventual buyer. That building was originally part of Loretto Heights Academy, which opened in 1891.

Colorado Heights will continue to work with Catholic organization Sisters of Loretto on its offer to donate the campus’s cemetery to it, Van Liew said in a November statement. Sixty-two dead nuns lie there, according to Flynn.

“The guarantee of preservation for the historical administration building in the chapel is still in place,” said Flynn, who represents the city council’s District 2, the southwest corner of the city. “That is a condition of the sale no matter who the buyer is. Also, the cemetery will be preserved as part of the sale no matter who the buyer is.”

In June 2017, Flynn said the city would become involved only if a buyer wanted to add uses that currently aren’t permitted, such as retail. Zoning regulations already permit multi-unit housing on the property because of the existing

tion. Also a factor were problems the United States Department of Education found with the agency that accredited its programs.

of its academic programs moved to what was then called Regis College, according to a Regis article.

Teikyo Loretto Heights University opened on the campus in 1989 and focused on international students. The Japan-based Teikyo University Group opened Colorado Heights University, a private, not-for-profit institution, in 2009.

Colorado Heights University announced its decision to close in November 2016 due to an insufficient student popula-

All students of the university either completed their programs of study or successfully transferred to other educational institutions, primarily in the Denver metro area, a statement

by Catellus Development Corporation said. About 500 students were enrolled in the university around the time it announced its closing.

college dorms, Flynn said.

On April 17 this year, a group of about two dozen, called the Loretto Heights Community Initiative Steering Committee, met to discuss updates on the campus with

Flynn. A prospective, unidentified charter school that worked with Catellus remains interested in possibly occupying the administration building, according to the meeting minutes.

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The Presenting Denver Dance Festival is the result of several years work by several organizations to start building up Denver as a hub for the art.

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ttend many festivals and large parties around the metro area, and there’s usually a dance component to them — everything from cultural and traditional to more modern styles.

But that is just a taste of Denver’s growing dance scene, so Meredith Hutson, executive director of Presenting Denver, wanted to find a way to showcase the many facets of the form.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: Presenting Denver Dance Festival WHERE: The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24 TICKETS/INFORMATION: www.presentingdenver.org/pd-dance-festival/ and www. newmantix.com/pd

According to Meredith Hutson, executive director of Presenting Denver, the goal of the festival is to inspire audiences to recognize and celebrate all the forms of modern dance.

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t is easy to get swept up in all the glitz and celebrity when attending Denver Comic Con, but it’s the writers and artists who are responsible for creating the worlds we love to get lost in.

One of my favorite COMING parts about the con is ATTRACTIONS visiting Authors Alley, where writers are friendly and eager to discuss what exciting things they’ve been working on.

“I love meeting fans and finding new ones who are shopping around for their next favorite Clarke Reader author or series,” said local author Sue Duff. “I love doing giveaways and watching attendees get excited about magic props/tricks, disappearing ink and other magicrelated or super hero items I’ve found throughout the year.”

Duff recently completed her series, “The Weir Chronicles,” with the release of fifth book “Dim the Lights” this past February.

Fans can also participate in educating and enlightening panels, where their favorite authors will discuss everything from publishing tips to story origins. They’re usually game to answer questions from attendees as well.

“My favorite thing is the panels,” said local author Liv Hadden, who recently released the third edition of her thriller sci-fi novel, “In the Mind of Revenge.” “I love talking about books and craft with great writers and fans.”

There’s still time to get tickets to Comic Con at www.denvercomiccon. com.

Lone Tree announces eighth season The Lone Tree Arts Center is going beyond the theatrical with the announcement of its 2018-2019 season. This is the eighth season for the center, 10075 Commons St., which has grown in stature and draw in less than a decade.

For fans of the stage, the season kicks off in October with “Low Down Dirty Blues,” which features favorite blues tunes from the likes of Muddy Waters, Mae West, and Howlin’ Wolf.

In December, audience favorite “Home for the Holidays” is back by popular demand. And the final theatrical offering is “Beehive: The ‘60s Musical” in April. The show is a tribute to female pop stars of the era, including Lesley Gore, Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin.

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“The dance community has a lot to offer, and we’re working to make the area a dance hub,” Hutson said.

“We’re doing that by increasing accessibility of dance information and wanted to be able to show people the range of talent.”

Presenting Denver partnered with The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts to host the first Presenting Denver Dance Festival, which will be held on June 23 and 24. Performances will be held at g the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave. in Denver.

Festival Artists were selected by a pool of jurors, including Darrell Anderson, visual artist; Laurence Anthony Curry, actor, dancer and choreographer; Mary Louise Lee, First Lady of Denver and accome plished performer; and Stephen W. Seifert, former Executive Director of g the Newman Center for the Performing Arts.

The Main Stage concert, “New and Now,” will take place on both days in the Byron Flex Theatre. “New and Now” will be a concert of world premieres by Colorado artists Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement, Edgar L. Page, Gregory Gonzales, Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Helanius J. Wilkins, Kristen Demaree, Moraporvida Contemporary Dance, and The Schiff Dance Collective.

“It’s been a really great process

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The season also continues the National Geographic Live speaker series, which combines breathtaking r photography and videography with first-person accounts of exploration and discovery. Topics this year include exploring the Arctic, ancient Egypt and wildlife study.

Last year the center started its Classic Albums Live series, and it continues this year with replaying of The Eagles’ “Hotel California,” The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Chronicle, Vol. 1.”

There’s even more for music fans — the season starts on Sept. 15 with Lannie Counts performing “The Greatest R&B Songs Ever Written.” Counts is a longtime performer in Las Vegas, having performed with the Las Vegas Tenors and more. Other notable performers in the 2018-19 season include Sons of the Pioneers featuring Roy Rogers, Jr., International Guitar Night, legend Jim Messina, Canadian crooner Matt Dusk singing the music of Frank Sinatra, traditional Russian song and dance with Barynya, a capella favorites Rockapella, The Choir of Man, and Broadway star Lea Salonga.

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The first ever Presenting Denver Dance Festival will be held at the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts on June 23 and 24.

JAMIE KRAUS PHOTOGRAPHY for me, especially since I am also writing my own music and doing the costumes,” said Demaree. “This kind of project is one I’ve always wanted to do, but never had the opportunity before.”

For her world premiere piece, Demaree is taking ballet back to its roots by incorporating older dance forms like the tarantella and medieval dancing mania.

Kahn said the chance to premiere a completely new work is rare and thrilling opportunity — and more than a little nerve-wracking.

“My work is usually pretty abstract, and this one is as well, but I would say it’s not a typical piece for me,” she said. “We don’t know if our pieces will be effective, but it’s an interesting challenge.”

In addition to “New and Now,” there will be a performance of “No Walls” at the Boettcher Center Lawn at 4:30 p.m. on June 23. This free, family friendly, outdoor concert will feature new and previously created works by additional local artists David Taylor’s Zikr Dance Ensemble, Mary Lynn Lewark, Maureen Breeze Dance Theater, Nile H. Russell, NuWorld Contemporary Danse Theatre, Parasol Arts, and Thomas Dance Project.

“As a choreographer, it’s a luxury to be able to just focus on the word side of things, instead of marketing and all that,” said Lewark. “It can be really daunting to put on together a show on your own, and it can be a leap of faith for the dancers.”

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might recognize from “That 70’s Show,” or “The Jim Gaffigan Show.”

Jim Gaffigan is making the trip north to Loveland’s Budweiser Event Center, 5290 Arena Circle, at 7:30 p.m. on June 10. To score tickets, visit www. budweisereventscenter.com/home.

Taste the best of Jeffco restaurants, breweries Sometimes it feels like there’s a new restaurant in Jeffco opening every week. But diners and drinkers looking for a one-stop shop of some of the county’s best places to chow down won’t want to miss the Taste of the West.

The West Metro Chamber of Commerce’s annual Taste of the West will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave. Frontage Road in Golden.

Food vendors include Yard House, 240 Union, Enstrom Candies and Espy’s Street Eats. Beverage vendors include Ironworks Brewery and Pub, Flights Wine Café and Vanjak Vodka.

Tickets include unlimited food tastings and 5 alcohol tastings. For tickets and information, visit www.members. westchamber.org/events/details/tasteof-the-west-2018-11687.

An interactive tribute to The Beatles Downtown Denver and its immediate suburbs are usually where the toptier comedians go to perform, so it’s worth celebrating when one ventures outside of the area.

Jim Gaffigan is one of my favorite working comedians, and one you

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Ryan Adams at Red Rocks Ryan Adams has been one of the most prolific and eccentric alt-rockers of this century, and I say that as a compliment. No matter what he’s doing in the studio, Adams is rarely anything less than a top-notch live performer, and as someone who has seen him scorch Red Rocks before, it’s the show to see this week.

Ryan Adams will be stopping by Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 14.

Opening for Adams is First Aid Kit, a completely lovely Swedish duo that put out one of 2018’s loveliest albums, “Ruins,” in January.

This is a pairing that will make for a fantastic show, so don’t miss it. Get tickets at http://www.redrocksonline. com/events/detail/ryan-adams.

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.

dance studio, Lewark has recently been looking for ways to blend the forms of ballet and gaga, an Israel style of dance. The performance she’s doing is called “Bone House North,” and is inspired by words and images from Seamus Heaney’s poem “Bone Dreams.”

Kevin Gaël Thomas, artistic director and choreographer of Thomas Dance Project, has firsthand experience with Denver’s festival circuit, since he created the Thomas Dance Project to perform at these events.

But he’s also performed as a soloist with the Colorado Ballet.

“I want to create choreography that can inspire the community and serve a greater purpose,” Thomas explained. “I’m not a politician or a doctor, but I think using art to create humanitarian works can serve that larger purpose.”

For his contribution to “No Walls,” Thomas will be performing “Requiem,” which uses the music of French jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt to express the sorrow and loss of the Holocaust.

For all the choreographers and dancers, the festival isn’t just an opportunity to perform — it is also a chance to connect with peers and new audiences alike, and further along the goal of making Denver a dance hub.

“This is a great opportunity for all kinds of dancers to come together,” Demaree said. “I hope audiences will want to investigate and celebrate Denver’s dance world after seeing all we have.”

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June 7, 2018

State funding improves access to fresh produce STAFF REPORT

More Coloradans will have access to fresh, local food thanks to new funding in the state budget. Hunger Free Colorado worked with the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee to secure $500,000 for food pantries and food banks to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables and other Colorado Proud products.

“The ability to purchase food produced in our own state will help our food pantry provide the nutritious food we would otherwise have difficulty acquiring,” Joyce Neufeld, executive director of Community Ministry of Southwest Denver, said in a news release from Hunger Free Colorado.

“As we strive to create healthier communities, funding resources are essential to helping us achieve that goal.”

The Hunger Free Colorado release relayed a story about the power of access to fresh food: “An older woman was struggling to make ends meet and came to get food to aid her until the end of the month. As she rounded a corner, she saw fresh plums and tears filled her eyes. When she picked one out, she shared that it had been years since she tasted one, her favorite fruit. On a limited budget, they were beyond her reach.”

With warm days, cool nights and lots of sunshine, Colorado’s climate is perfect for producing delicious fruits and vegetables. This funding allows food pantries to stock their shelves with the juicy peaches and hearty potatoes everyone should have the chance to enjoy, the release said.

“Ending hunger in Colorado has to be a collaborative effort. Food pantries cannot do the work we do without financial resources, so it’s encouraging to see our legislators

band together and commit to the idea that no Coloradan should be hungry,” Lyndsey Williams, director of La Puente’s Food Bank Network of the San Luis Valley, said in the release. “Further, we’re very excited that these funds will be used to purchase food from local producers. When someone eats locally, they’re doing a favor for themselves and for their community’s economy.”

Colorado has more than 400 locally funded and staffed food pantries, in addition to five food banks that serve different regions of Colorado. As a state with wide-ranging cultural needs, this grant program will help food banks and food pantries to better align their offerings with the preferences of Coloradans of all ages, backgrounds, and zip codes, while supporting local farmers and ranchers, the release said.

Food pantries and food banks can apply to receive up to $50,000 in funds per year. While 90 percent of funds must be used specifically for the purchase of Colorado Proud products, up to 10 percent may be used for indirect costs associated with the purchase of foods grown and produced in Colorado, such as transportation, refrigeration and storage. The Colorado Department of Human Services will select a third-party community foundation to serve as the fund administrator.

The funding is the outgrowth of the Full Pantries, Full Lives Leadership Institute, a two-year project launched in 2014 by Hunger Free Colorado.

Client survey data showed customers would like more fresh fruits and vegetables, but given limited resources, food pantries determined they needed additional funding to ensure the foods they stock align with customer preferences.

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Broncos’ Miller pumped for pass-rush summit Linebacker to hold event in Missouri that’s expected to draw some of the NFL’s elite

BY ARNIE STAPLETON ASSOCIATED PRESS

Von Miller doesn’t get too excited about how guys look this time of year.

“You really can’t put too much into OTAs,” Miller said recently when asked how much improvement he saw in Denver’s revamped offense.

“Last year, I thought during OTAs we were going to win the Super Bowl.”

Asked what it was like playing with a healthier Shane Ray and with rookie Bradley Chubb, the top defender in last month’s draft whose selection sent him into a tizzy , Miller again demurred.

“I mean, it’s the same thing that I said about the offense, you really can’t put too much into it,” Miller said. “You really can’t get too high off a sack in practice out here. I

mean, I think that’s a joke.”

If you really want to get Miller going, however, bring up his passrushing summit.

Miller is hosting his second annual gathering of the league’s top quarterback tormentors June 27-29 at the Bass Pro Shops’ Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, Missouri.

“Some guys said they were coming but I don’t want to say their names yet. You know how it is when you’ve got big-money guys walking around they commit to something two months out,” said Miller, who was all smiles now. “We should have a good group of young guys. We got a good group of vets and retired guys that are going to come talk about pass rush and come up with ways on how to beat up some quarterbacks.”

Miller’s first such summit came about organically last year in California .

At the behest of his former position coach Richard Smith, Miller contacted Falcons defensive end Vic Beasley so they could work out together at Stanford University during their summer break between OTAs and training camp.

When word got out, “the media

kind of dubbed it the Von Miller Pass Rush Summit,” Miller said.

“I was reading the article and I’m like, I should make this happen. So, I invited all the guys that I knew.”

On short notice, he lured Khalil Mack, Olivier Vernon, Malik Jackson, the recently retired DeMarcus Ware, Shane Ray, Cassius Marsh and Cliff Avril, among others.

Miller’s inspiration was former teammate Peyton Manning, whose family holds an annual quarterback camp and who used to gather receivers along with brother Eli at Duke University during his playing career.

“That definitely was the blueprint,” said Miller, who figured if quarterbacks could gather in the offseason to share trade secrets, why shouldn’t pass rushers?

“Whenever you can get guys together who do the same thing that you do to share thoughts, it helps develop you as a pass rusher,” Miller said. “It helps develop the young guys and it’s better for our sport. It absolutely helps the game of football.”

He told The Associated Press at the Super Bowl in Minneapolis that he’d obtained a title sponsor and expected

his second annual camp to be even bigger and better than the first. He said he’d invite offensive linemen, too.

“It’s a great space where we can go share knowledge,” Miller said. “It’s the only place where you can do that, it’s the only place where you can get Khalil Mack and Vic Beasley in the same spot — other than the Pro Bowl — and talk about just straight pass rush, what it takes to be a great pass rusher.

“It’s great for everybody around.”

Miller doesn’t have a head count yet, but he’s not worried.

“I just call the guys around the league. It’s a small fraternity of guys.

I know guys on every team,” Miller said. “So, Justin Houston, I can just call him and tell him to invite Dee Ford and the other guys. Andre Branch with the Miami Dolphins, I can just call him and tell him to invite all the guys. Aric Armstead and Cassius Marsh with the San Francisco 49ers, they were already there last year, so tell them to invite the other guys.

“You put the word out and it’s like the `Justice League,’ all the (pass rushers) just come out of nowhere.”

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Notices FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Case Number: 17JA284 Division: 2H Courtroom: 2H

June 7, 2018

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carl William Vetter, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30543 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 September 24, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maureen Dehne Personal Representative 1177 E. Amherst Ave. Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No.: 8509 First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VIVIAN J. MILLIGAN, also known as VIVIAN JOAN MILLIGAN, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30479 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 September 25, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Laura E. Milligan, Personal Representative 2998 S. Richfield St. Aurora, CO 80013 Legal Notice No.: 8510 First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Letitia Agos, also known as Tish Agos, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30600 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 September 24, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Andreas Agos Personal Representative 1811 Wayside Lane Sacramento, California 95864 Legal Notice No.: 8512 First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Viola V. Lashley, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30575

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 September 24, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet A. Rehberger Personal Representative 5771 South Beech Court Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Legal Notice No.: 8514 First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeanne Elbe Balkin, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30202 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Louis J. Davis, Attorney Attorney to the Personal Representative 5600 S. Quebec St., 148B Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 8515 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Irven Dickey, a/k/a David Irvin Dickey, a/k/a David I. Dickey, a/k/a David Dickey, a/k/a David Irwin Dickey, Deceased

NoticePublic To Notice Creditors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Irven Dickey, a/k/a David Irvin Dickey, a/k/a David I. Dickey, a/k/a David Dickey, a/k/a David Irwin Dickey, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31575 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. Personal Representative 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No.: 8516 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bruce E. Dines, a/k/a Bruce Eaton Dines, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30541 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bruce E. Dines, Jr., Personal Representative c/o Griffin H. Bridgers, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No.: 8517 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jack Louis Pedersen, aka Jack L. Pedersen, aka Jack Pedersen, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30587 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela K. Pedersen c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No.: 8518 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael C. Eschmann, a/k/a Michael Eschmann, a/k/a Mike Eschmann, and Michael Charles Eschmann, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30434 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Trina Dahlin, Personal Representative 330 Crystal Water Way Carson City, NV 89701 Legal Notice No.: 8521 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elizabeth L. Hofenstine, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30609 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 October 8, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephen L. Vernon, Personal Representative c/o Groves Law, LLC 281 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No.: 8532 First Publication: June 7, 2018 Last Publication: June 21, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of: SAMUEL LAMAR JONES, SAMUEL L. JONES, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR030572 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 September 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maryse Elaine Osborn, Personal Representative c/o Jane G. Ebisch, Esq. 12600 W. Colfax Ave., Suite C-400 Lakewood, CO 80215 Legal Notice No.: 8522 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Eugene Hawkins, aka Richard E. Hawkins, and Richard Hawkins, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30524 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 September 24, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Hamby Personal Representative c/o Jarod L. Balson, Esq. Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 8511 First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Katherine Elizabeth Bowman, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30372 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ed Bowman Personal Representative 1565 S. Raritan Street Denver, CO 80223 David P. Reiter Attorney to the Personal Representative 1660 S. Albion Street, No. 343 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No: 8520 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peter John Veenendaal, aka Peter J. Veenendaal, aka Peter Veenendaal, aka P.J. Veenendaal, aka Pete Veenendaal, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR30602 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 October 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Fern Veenendaal Personal Representative 2897 W. Riverwalk Circle, Apt. 204 Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No: 8523 First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 14, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John P. Hatzenbiler, also known as John Hatzenbiler, aka John Peter Hatzenbiler, aka John P. Hatzenbiler, Jr., aka John Hatzenbiler, Jr. and John Peter Hatzenbiler, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30513 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 October 8, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John P. Hatzenbiler, also known as John Hatzenbiler, aka John Peter Hatzenbiler, SUMMONS ANDcall NOTICE CONCERNING To advertise your public notices 303-566-4100 aka John P. Hatzenbiler, Jr., PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENT-CHILD aka John Hatzenbiler, Jr. LEGAL RELATIONSHIP AND PETITION and John Peter Hatzenbiler, Jr., Deceased FOR CUSTODIAL ADOPTION Case Number: 2018PR30513 TO: IVON DE LOS ANGELES AND ANY AND All persons having claims against the aboveALL UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHERS, named estate are required to present them to A/K/A JOHN DOE, RESPONDENTS the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, You are hereby notified that the Denver County Colorado on or before October 8, 2018, or the Juvenile Court will hold a hearing on the Peticlaims may be forever barred. tion for Custodial Adoption and Petition to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationships Neil D. Stock, Personal Representative filed by the Petitioners, and involving the child, 1050 S Monaco Parkway Unit #60 Evelin Edith Guevara, born on February 19, Denver, CO 80224 2001, in Guatemala.

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Legal Notice No: 8528 First Publication: June 7, 2018 Last Publication: June 21, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Daniel Collins, also known as Jamey Collins, Deceased; Case Number: 2018PR30662 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver County Probate Courton or before October 8, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

John N. Collins Personal Representative 6440 Gentry Circle, Apt 102, Clemmons, NC 27012 Legal Notice No: 8529 First Publication: June 7, 2018 Last Publication: June 21, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Patricia Shanahan, aka MaryPat Shanahan, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30693 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 October 8, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brian Arthur Shanahan Personal Representative 510 Virginia Avenue San Mateo, California 94402 Legal Notice No: 8531 First Publication: June 7, 2018 Last Publication: June 21, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Earl Wesley Law, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30691 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 October 12, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeremy W. Law Personal Representative 6538 Slabtown Road Wilson, NC 27893-8003 Legal Notice No: 8533 First Publication: June 7, 2018 Last Publication: June 21, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Denver County Juvenile Court, Colorado Court Address: 520 W. Colfax Ave., #125 (Clerk’s Office) Denver, CO 80204 (720) 337-0570 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: KEITH THOMPSON AND SUSAN THOMPSON FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Case Number: 17JA284 Division: 2H Courtroom: 2H Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Kathleen M. Glynn, Esq. Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone Number: 303-679-8266 E-mail: katie@grobeirich.com FAX Number: 303-679-8960 Atty. Reg.#: 39115 SUMMONS AND NOTICE CONCERNING PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENT-CHILD LEGAL RELATIONSHIP AND PETITION FOR CUSTODIAL ADOPTION TO: IVON DE LOS ANGELES AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHERS, A/K/A JOHN DOE, RESPONDENTS You are hereby notified that the Denver County Juvenile Court will hold a hearing on the Peti-

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The Court will hold the hearing on February 27, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. in Division 2H, Courtroom 2H of the Denver County Juvenile Court, State of Colorado, 520 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204.

Unless within thirty-five (35) days after the publication of this Summons and Notice you file an answer with the Court, or appear before the Court, your parental rights to the Child may likely be terminated. You have the right to waive your right to appear and contest, and your failure to appear and contest, either in person or by a representative, will result in the Court forever terminating your parent-child legal relationships and granting the requested adoption.

Submitted by: Kathleen M. Glynn Attorney for Petitioners Legal Notice No: 8530 First Publication: June 7, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

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