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Youngest DPS students show gains in reading scores Children in kindergarten through third grade improve on commonly used test

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Lometa Gaskin, 99, holds onto her lunch after receiving her daily Meals on Wheels delivery on Aug. 11. Gaskin lives alone in Denver and says talking with the delivery drivers is as important to her as the food.

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Service could have less food to go around Meals on Wheels faces federal funding cuts, uncertain future

BY THE NUMBERS Average number of seniors served Meals on Wheels in area counties by the Denver Volunteers of America Nutrition Program each year from 2015-17:

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Denver resident Lometa Gaskin, 99, stands behind her screen door, waiting for Meals on Wheels volunteer Wayne Chitwood. He asks how she’s doing as he comes up the sidewalk.

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Wayne Chitwood, an eight-year volunteer with Meals on Wheels, brings Lometa Gaskin her daily serving of lunch and conversation.

Adams: 411

Douglas: 53

Arapahoe: 585

Gilpin: 23

Clear Creek: 49

Jefferson: 667

Denver: 2,112

Total: 3,900

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Denver Public Schools is celebrating a double-digit jump from the beginning to the end of last school year in the percentage of its youngest students who are reading on grade level.

In the fall of 2016, 50 percent of Denver kindergarten through third-grade students who took the most commonly used reading test, called Istation, scored at grade level or above, according to district statistics. By the spring of 2017, that number had increased to 67 percent.

Denver schools can choose from four tests to measure students’ reading ability.

The majority — 80 percent — use Istation, officials said. Taking into account results from all four tests, the number of students reading on grade level in the fall compared to the spring increased by a more modest 14 percentage points, district statistics show.

Superintendent Tom Boasberg attributed the progress to a $3.8 million investment last year in early literacy, the bulk of which paid for a weeklong summer teacher training session that for the first SEE READING, P2

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City passes immigrant protections White House has threatened to revoke money from what it considers sanctuary cities ASSOCIATED PRESS

Denver’s City Council on Aug. 28 approved an ordinance aimed at protecting immigrants amid White House threats to revoke federal money from so-called sanctuary cities — but the effort falls short of legal challenges to those threats by Chicago, San Francisco and other cities.

Denver’s ordinance, which passed on a 10-0 vote, largely sets into law what is current practice. It’s designed to reassure the city’s immigrants while not formally declaring Colorado’s capital a sanctuary city.

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time was offered to paraprofessionals, as well. The district also funded curriculum updates and a dedicated teacher coach in each school

President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to revoke federal dollars from so-called sanctuary cities, broadly defined as places that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Trump says he believes such cities and counties are providing a haven for criminal activity.

Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit targeting new conditions for the federal aid. Lawsuits over constitutional concerns also have been filed in San Francisco, Seattle and other cities.

Mayor Michael Hancock and city councilors say Denver’s ordinance formalizes its current practice of prohibiting city employees from collecting information on immigration status and sharing it with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

It also bars local officers from immigration enforcement and ICE agents from access to jail inmates without a warrant. Denver currently allows ICE agents to interview inmates at the Denver County Jail.

Hancock has insisted that any measure address immigrants’ fears of ICE detention at courthouses or of making themselves vulnerable to arrest by cooperating with city police.

The mayor issued a statement after the vote praising the council.

“Tonight, with the unanimous vote

by City Council, Denver is sending a clear and resolute message to our community that we stand with the immigrant and refugee communities and are committed to remaining a city that is safe and welcoming for all,’’ Hancock said. “... Local government’s ability to protect and serve all of our people is enhanced when community members feel safe coming forward as either a victim of or a witness to a crime, regardless of their legal status.”

The ordinance notes that immigrants are less likely to report emergencies or testify or appear in court.

Denver does notify ICE before releasing certain inmates. But ICE

who specializes in early literacy.

Initiatives aimed at strengthening young students’ reading skills will continue to be funded this year and in the future by money set aside from a $56.6 million tax increase, or mill levy override, passed

by Denver voters in November.

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book display at Schmitt Elementary, a southwest Denver turnaround school that saw a 25 percentagepoint increase in the number of students reading on grade level from the fall to the spring last year, Boasberg credited the DPS school board with making a big — and successful — bet on early literacy.

Boasberg said that while it’s to be expected that students’ reading skills would improve over the course of the school year districtwide, “we’ve never seen gains like that.”

The results are similar to those seen on the most recent state standardized tests, which are given to students in grades 3 through 9.

More Denver third-graders scored at grade level in literacy in 201617 (38 percent) than in 2015-16 (32 percent).

The DPS school board has set an ambitious goal that 80 percent of Denver third-graders will be reading and writing at or above grade level by 2020. Research has shown that students who don’t meet that goal are four times more likely to drop out of high school.

A state law passed in 2012 called the READ Act requires schools to test students in kindergarten through third grade to identify struggling readers. The schools create special plans to help those students improve using a list of state-approved approaches.

The state provides extra money for students who score significantly below grade level, the lowest of three categories, and are thus identified as having a “significant reading deficiency.” Last year, schools got an additional $847 per student.

Students who score in the other two categories — below grade level, and at grade level or above — don’t get extra state funding.

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wants at least 48 hours’ notice, and some critics say Denver’s sheriff ’s department has fallen fall short.

Last year, the county jail gave ICE only 25 minutes’ notice before releasing Ever Valles, a 19-year-old who had been held on an auto theft charge.

ICE had flagged Valles as a Mexican national and gang member. After his release, Valles was involved in a fatal shooting at a Denver light rail station.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized Denver’s actions in the case.

Sessions has said cities must allow ICE agents into jails for interviews and provide the agency with at least 48 hours’ notice before releasing inmates or risk losing law enforcement grants from the Justice Department. Last year, Denver received about $690,000 in grants from the program.

Denver’s ordinance still allows the jail to notify ICE of inmate releases, but it includes language that requires that inmates be advised of their rights before.

Act data is available, 26 percent of Denver kindergarten through third-graders were identified as having significant reading deficiencies, according to state statistics.

By 2015-16, that number had dropped to 19 percent. However, disaggregated state statistics show the percentages were higher among low-income and special education students, students of color and English language learners.

In 2016-17, a majority of DPS schools switched from using the Developmental Reading Assessment tests to using the Istation tests. Because of that, DPS officials said it’s not possible to compare within-year gains from 2016-17 to within-year gains from previous years.

The state hasn’t yet published early literacy data from 2016-17; officials said it won’t be available until the spring. But numbers provided by DPS show that just 15 percent of kindergarten through third-grade students who took Istation tests were identified as having significant reading deficiencies at the end of the school year.

That’s a lower percentage than in previous years, but it doesn’t include results from all of the tests.

DPS officials also noted that the Istation tests are different than the previous DRA tests.

In a classroom at Schmitt Elementary, with books including “Where the Wild Things Are” propped up behind her, dean of instruction Carli Shock recalled the reaction of one of her young students when he scored at grade level, denoted by the color green, on his Istation test.

“He said, ‘Is there something higher than green? Because if there is, that’s what I want to be,’” she recalled. “I learned a valuable lesson: early success fosters future success.”

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“Whiskers wiggle. Eyes grow bright.

Mouse peeks out. The canyon’s white.

Snow — she blinks. She’ll grind dried corn.

Blue corn soup will keep her warm.”

— Caroline Stutson.

Wee Abuelita mouse concocts a hearty Southwestern soup/sopa which will taste delicious on a cold day — just enough for one small mouse — but her neighbors smell that aromatic pinon smoke drifting on the breeze … “Someone’s cooking something good.” Soon, rabbit, chipmunk and bear are at her door. But she doesn’t have enough! She suggests they all bring food to Bear’s house and combine forces. A delicious “Friendship Stew” is the result.

Littleton children’s book author/ storyteller Caroline Stutson had submitted two more of her charming poetic tales for little people to publishers before she passed away in 2015.

Sleeping Bear Press in Michigan has just released “Blue Corn Soup,” with especially appealing illustrations by Teri Weidner of New Hampshire.

And, there is a Blue Corn Soup recipe at the back, a hearty one we’ll want to test when the snow flies in

Colorado again, as we, hopefully, share the new book with special small relatives and friends.

Stutson had published 10 books for young children. Five are still in print: the new one plus “Cat’s Night Out,” “Mountain Meadow 123,” “By the Light of the Halloween Moon” and “Mama Loves You.” The new title is available locally at Tattered Cover and Bookies, according to Al Stutson, her husband of 50-plus years.

For many years, Caroline Stutson read and told stories at schools, libraries, and bookstores. She also offered some workshop sessions on creating children’s literature and was active in the Littleton Spellbinders and a board member of the Littleton Friends of the Library/Museum.

Stutson’s grandson Alec (her writing apprentice) added a note on the back inside end sheet: “I like to think that if Caroline could have dedicated this book, it would have been shared three ways, just like “Friendship Stew.”

First, to her beloved pets. She loved animals from her earliest days on Earth.

Second, to her family, for encouraging her chronic case of rhyming disease.

And lastly to you. She loved to tell stories, but she loved the people who heard them even more she loved that most of all.”

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Denver Bulldogs take football down under Aussie Rules team one of best in league

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There was a lot about Melbourne, Australia, that Troy Kirk missed when he moved to Colorado years ago with his wife — family, friends and football.

“I missed everything about the sport when I moved here but an old coach had told me there was an amateur league over here,” Kirk remembers. “I contacted the boys out here, and the rest is history.”

The boys he’s referring to are the Denver Bulldogs, Colorado’s only Australian Football club. The club has a men’s division one team, men’s division four team, and a women’s team, and was founded in 1997 — just a year after the United States Australian Football League (USAFL) was founded.

“Aussie Rules Football is very different to American Football, and in terms of movement is more like soccer or basketball, where the movement can be 360 degrees,” said Casey Robertson, co-coach of the Bulldogs’ division one team. “If someone wants to watch a continuous game, unlike American Football, there is a

FOR MORE INFORMATION For a full schedule, to interact with the team and learn more about Aussie Rules Football, visit facebook.com/DenverBulldogsAFC/ and www.denverbulldogs.com. lot of physical contact, spectacular plays and high scoring then a Bulldogs match is where to go.”

In Aussie Rules Football, the main method to move the ball is to kick it. Kicks can be anywhere from 10 yards to about 60 yards in length, but players can also move the football with what is called a “hand ball,” Robertson explained. A hand ball is when one player punches the ball to a teammate.

Teams accumulate points by kicking a goal or a point. The goals are four upright posts: two tall posts in the middle and a shorter post on either side of the large posts. A team scores a goal (worth six points) when they kick the ball between the two tall posts. A point (worth a single point) is when a team kicks the ball between one of the tall posts and one of the short posts.

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The Denver Bulldogs Aussie Rules Football club’s season runs through mid-October, which allows plenty of time for people to check out the sport that one player describes as “a game of hot-potato that looks like chaos.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF TROY KIRK teammates,” Vanica said. “The football club sports culture in Australia is also unique where entire communities and towns will revolve around the football club. It’s very special.”

With at least two months of games left, Kirk hopes more people will come out and see what Aussie Rules is all about.

“Australian Football is one of the most fast paced, exciting games in the world,” he said. “People will fall in love after one game.”

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running, and football, put it in a blender, you would have Australian Rules football,” said Andy Vanica, another member of the Bulldogs. “It’s very different from NFL as there are no pads, the field is round, and there are no set downs. It is often described as a game of hot-potato that looks like chaos.”

The USAFL is home to about 39 teams from all over the county, and the season usually runs from late May to mid-October.

In the 20 years since the club’s founding, the men’s team has won eight national championships, and the women’s team has won six, making the Bulldogs one of the most successful teams in the league, Kirk said.

One of the best things about the sport, according to the players, is the openness of the club and the culture if fosters. Club members come from all over the Denver Metro Area and beyond. Training sessions and games are held at Washington Heights Park, 6375 W. 1st Ave. in Lakewood, and at Denver City Park, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, on Saturdays. Not only are people encouraged to watch the training sessions, but they can participate if interested.

“I wish more people knew how much fun competing is, and the club is in general,” Robertson said. “The fact that the sport is full contact is loved by our American players as many of them have not played a full contact sport since high school or college. Our club is very welcoming to everyone, whether you are an athlete or not, a good player or not, experienced or inexperienced, young or old. If you just want to be part of the club off the field then we are happy to have you.”

For Kirk, Robertson and Vanica, football has given them another family and community to be a part of.

“It’s a very tough game, both physically and mentally, and there is a mutual respect that develops among

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Many have lost their way since phones became things to look at QUIET DESPERATION

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ut of necessity, my college syllabi expanded by the month, as new infractions were coming in all the time.

My first syllabus, in 1973, asked for no smoking, and that was about it.

By the end (2003), the list went on for about six pages.

No automatic weapons. No shouting, “I am the Messiah.” And no cellphone calls.

Cellphones weren’t on the market in 1973 — that’s why they weren’t on the list back then.

Hard to believe now — isn’t it? — that there was a time before mobile devices?

Unless you were Dick Tracy. Tracy used

to talk to his wrist.

Ironically, the first mobile phone call was made in 1973.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, “called a rival company and informed them he was speaking on a mobile phone (knowyourmobile. com),” albeit one about the size of a hiking boot.

It’s untrue that he said, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,” or asked for a medium, hand-tossed with everything.

While Cooper was on the phone, he reached for his coffee, misjudged the handle, and dropped and broke the cup. It was the first instance of what is now referred to

as “distracted talking.”

Distracted talking is illegal in Honolulu.

Stamford, Connecticut, may be next.

I like it. Give me more.

I admit that I am old-fashioned, and prefer it when people pay attention, and watch where they are going. But those days aren’t numbered.

Those days are over.

I can’t get from produce to frozen foods without pushing my cart defensively, because someone is making a life-changing call or a life-changing text and wandering in the aisles.

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I LETTER TO THE EDITOR Cobián will advocate for students, families As a teacher in southwest Denver, I know that our students need a strong advocate on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. That is why I am wholeheartedly supporting Angela Cobián in her candidacy for Denver Public Schools Board, representing District 2. I have known her my entire education career and know Angela is the school board member that my students and their families deserve.

Angela has experienced Denver Public Schools as a both a student and teacher. Having grown up in the district, this means that she under-

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Simply put, Angela has the experience and expertise to advocate for my students and their families as a part of the Denver School Board. I hope you join me in enthusiastically supporting Angela Cobián to represent District 2 on the Denver School Board.

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t is not a matter of devastation or disaster hitting us or someone we love at some point, it is just a matter of when. That is a reality and although this column always WINNING focuses on sharing WORDS a positive message, there are just sometimes when positive or flowery words are the last thing someone wants to hear. And that’s OK, because what someone who is facing devastation Michael Norton or disaster really needs is for us to be present in some way and to listen more than talk.

Many of us respond quickly with a donation of money when a natural disaster or some sort of catastrophic event happens. Others in the community are “doers” and they jump into action to do manual labor, volunteer at a shelter, and offer their time without even thinking about it, it is just how they are wired.

We all respond differently and that’s OK too. Some people are prayer warriors and spend hours praying for those facing the storms of life. Some of us are the people who rally others around a cause, they are the cheerleaders and

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champions who make sure the rest of us are doing are part and getting things done.

And as we all know, and hopefully always appreciate, there are the men and women on the front lines as first responders and all of the police officers, EMTs, firefighters, nurses, doctors, military personnel, rescue workers, the Red Cross, FEMA and other agencies who come from near and far to aid us as they battle floods, fires, terror attacks and any other threat to our communities. A big shout-out to each and every one of these heroes.

It’s not always about being the hero, so I would like to encourage anyone who may feel like they never know what to do when it comes to offering help or volunteering in some way to remember that it’s not the size of the effort that counts, it’s any effort at all that counts. Don’t feel or become paralyzed by confusion around what to do or how you can help. You may not be in a position to help many, but every little effort, every single dollar donated, every call you make or every call you take is appreciated by someone.

Even if your effort benefits or helps in some small way just one person or family, it matters. You may say, “Well what difference can my small donation make?” Or, “How can

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spending just a couple of hours volunteering at a shelter help?” Trust me, it matters to that one someone, it matters to that community, and it matters to the others who are shoulder-to-shoulder with you.

So how about you? Can you offer an ear to listen, a few words of prayer and encouragement, can you spare a couple of hours or a

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the increase in cellphone usage.”

Leaving the house is an adventure. Anything goes, and it’s all a part of living the good life, as it is now perceived, and non-stop calls and texts and self-indulgent selfies are as good as it gets, anytime, anywhere, no matter what.

A friend of mine just moved to La Veta. She said, “It is the strangest thing. People say hello to people on the street, not to people on the phone.”

I am retired, why not move to La Veta? Pack the dog and leave it all behind?

For one thing, Jennifer would be unable to go with me.

For another thing, I might run out of things to write about if I lived in a community where people appreciated the moment, and did one thing at a time.

No, give me Mr. and Mrs. Magoo in metro Denver.

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

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In Honolulu (of all places), smartphone use is illegal by pedestrians crossing streets.

Inevitably, there was a backlash.

“Why should the government dictate where I look?” one person said.

When a distracted driver flattens a distracted talker, who is a fault?

Further, who cares?

According to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths in the United States have been on the rise, and the two highest years were 2015 and 2016.

Statistics don’t show if the pedestrians were distracted, but Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York Department of Transportation, said, “When you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back-to-back largest, that tells you something. I don’t think it’s a leap of faith when you look at

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Suzi Melly, teacher at Horizon High School in Thornton, sets up the darkroom in her photography lab. PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER

Traditional photography comes back into focus Film photography is enjoying a revitalization

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or Samantha Koch, film photography is a portal to the past.

“You blur time with photography and film photography, especially,” said Koch, 23, who prefers to shoot with her 35 mm Minolta X-700 over her Nikon digital SLR camera.

“It makes it feel more like an art form... with negatives, it’s a true photograph from the moment you press the shutter button,” Koch said of her preference for film.

Koch said that moment in the darkroom of watching negatives turn into positives is magic.

“You’re literally watching the paper slowly change and your image appear,” Koch said. “It’s the coolest thing.”

Koch isn’t the only 20-something who is drawn to the world of film photography.

Englewood Camera in Littleton has seen a resurgence in the interest in film. This year the shop, located on Broadway, had sold 3,000 more rolls of film year-to-date than last year.

“It seems like the last couple years there’s been a renewed interest (in film), especially people in their 20s and 30s,” said Bryce Cole, manager and co-owner of Englewood Camera. “I think people like putting their hands onto a roll of film and pulling it through the camera. That and the aesthetics of it.”

Film gives a different look than digital, Cole said, adding that many

film shooters are buying expired film to experiment with the unpredictability of the outcome.

Englewood Camera sells expired film for $3 a roll, which is cheaper than regular film sold on average for $8 — a price that is rising each year.

The organic look that film brings is one quality that draws Koch to the medium.

“The images you get out of film, it’s like they have a hidden story to them,” Koch said. “It’s an aesthetic you don’t really get anymore. With digital, everything is so crisp, it’s like we’re seeing it with our own eyes. With film, you get this otherworldly feel to it like you’ve truly SEE FILM, P11

The darkroom at Horizon High School has 17 enlargers.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Stories on Stage, ‘A Little Help from My Friends’: 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.

Kindness and empathy never go out of style. Call 303-494-0523 or go to www.storiesonstage.org.

MUSIC

Opera as Popular Music: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Even though opera began as courtly entertainment, it became one of the most popular music styles in the 18th and 19th centuries. We’ll look at the development and public reception of opera from Baroque era superstars like Farinelli to the commercial opera industry in Italy and France in the 19th century (Rossini, Meyerbeer, Verdi). Call 303-322-7727 for information.

Kidz Bop Tour: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.

15 at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver. Doors open at 6 p.m. The “Best Time Ever” tour features the new class of Kidz Bop Kids, who take the stage and peform the best pop songs of the year. Go to www.kidzbop.com/tour.

To purchase tickets, visit: Ticketing AXS My Spirit Sings: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. The Augustana Arts Anima Chamber Ensemble is joined by Arvada West High School Vocal Showcase and Rocky Mountain High School Singers. Call 303-3884962 or go to www.AugustanaArts. org, or buy tickets at the door.

ART/FILM

‘The Western: An Epic in Art and Film’: open through Sept. 10 at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with extended hours until 8 p.m.

Fridays. Closed Mondays. Western genre, including moving pictures.

Requires special tickets. 18 and younger admitted free. Go to www.

DenverArtMuseum.org.

CherryArts Festival at Stanley: 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2501 N. Dallas St., Denver. Nationally juried art, live performances, family entertainment and a ticketed art brunch event. Nearly 100 exhibiting artists in 13 categories, including ceramics, mixed media, digital art, photog-

this week’s TOP FIVE ‘August: Osage County’: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; and 2:30 p.m.

Sundays through Oct. 15 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. After the Weston family patriarch disappears family tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Go to www. vintagetheatre.com or call 303-856-7830.

303-856-7830 or go to www.vintagetheatre.com.

‘My Brilliant Divorce’: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays from Sept. 8 to Oct. 15 at The Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver.

In this one-woman comedy, Angela recounts her journey back to happiness after her husband leaves. Tickets available online at http://www. avenuetheater.com or by calling the box office at 303-321-5925.

‘The Little Dog Laughed’: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, from Sept. 8 to Oct. 22 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Additional performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25. Mitchell Green is a movie star who could hit big if it weren’t for one teensy problem. Call

raphy, metalworks and drawing.

For a complete list of participating artists, go to http://cherryartsstanley.org/exhibiting-artists/. Art brunch served from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 17; tickets available at http://2017artbrunch.eventbrite. com.

Art on Film Summer Series: 7:30-10 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Each installment includes an outdoor screening of a critically acclaimed feature film, food for purchase and live music.

Series finale on Sept. 21 features “Network.” Go to artdistrictonsantafe. com.

‘Calder Monumental’ Sculptures: on display through Sept. 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver.

Sculptures by American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976). The Gardens also presents concerts this summer. Go to https://www. botanicgardens.org/ for details.

‘At the Water’s Edge: Floral and Fowl’: open through Sept. 30 at Old South Frame and Gallery, 1588 S. Pearl St., Denver. Features artwork of Michael Warren and Darryl Trott. Call 303-715-3828.

Water Line: A Creative Exchange: through Oct. 21 at Metropolitan State University of Denver Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Exhibit features 19 artists

‘The Mystery of Love and Sex’: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, from Sept. 9 to Oct. 7 at Firehouse Theater at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver. An unexpected love story of evolving friendship. Material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Call 303-562-3232 or go to www.firehousetheatercompany.com.

‘A Chorus Line’: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. Wednesday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from Sept. 12 to Oct. 1 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Preview performances are at 7 p.m. Sept. 8-10. Audience engagement events, including insider’s talkbacks and happy hours with the cast, are planned through the run of the show.

“A Chorus Line” spans one day in the lives of 17 dancers all vying for a spot in a chorus of a Broadway musical. Show kicks off the Arvada Center’s 42nd season. Call 720-898-7200 or go to www. arvadacenter.org for tickets and information.

working in photography, mixedmedia installation, video, ceramic and sculpture. Go to http:// msudenver.edu/cva/exhibitions/.

Dinos! Live Traveling Exhibit: through Oct. 31 at The Denver Zoo, 2300 N. Steele St., Denver. Exhibit features 21 life-sized dinosaurs, 18 of which are animatronic.

Sculptures will mostly be located near a Denver Zoo animal species that shares common traits. Go to DenverZoo.org for details about the exhibit and about the special events planned.

Photographs by Fazal Sheikh: through Sunday, Nov. 12 at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. “Common Ground’ features more than 170 portrait and landscape photographs by critically acclaimed photographer Fazal Sheikh (1989-2013). Go to http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/ common-ground-photographsfazal-sheikh-1989-2013.

EVENTS

Walleye Fish Fry: 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Trollheim Sons of Norway Lodge, 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. The fish is flown in fresh and is delicious. Come early and shop at Den Norske Butikken.

For cost and reservations, call 303989-4496 by Saturday, Sept. 9.

Water in Colorado: 1-2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Central Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Water may well become the most disputed natural resource of the 21st century. Population growth, climate change, urbanization and other factors

have put increasing pressure on a finite resource. Competing water interests have affected Colorado’s history for over 100 years. The legal right to divert and use water in Colorado has been debated, legislated and litigated since before the time of statehood in 1876. Join Active Minds as we seek to understand our water history, the current challenges, and what the future holds for our use of this precious resource.

Biennial of the Americas: Tuesday, Sept. 12 to Saturday, Sept. 16 at various sites in Denver.

Experts and leaders gather for four days of discussions, festivals, art exhibitions and engagement.

Registration and more information available at www.biennialoftheamericas.org.

Recovery Through Sport: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 12-13 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 14 at Common Ground Golf Course, 10300 E. Golfers Way, Aurora. Service members from the Semper Fi Fund’s Team Semper Fi team will learn beginning golf as part of their recovery.

Recovery Through Sport has proven to be an ideal outlet for injured service members to hone both physical agility and mental focus, skills that are critical to navigating their recovery. Learning and practicing alongside fellow wounded service members, they can also trade stories, share strategies for coping with their injuries, and forge lasting friendships. Go to www.semperfifund.org.

Somalia: 6:45-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St., Denver. Somalia’s

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history is a story of Colonialism yielding to authoritarianism dissolving into anarchy. Chaos has reigned since the early 1990’s with rampant wars between rival clans, with no functional government in charge. Severe famine prompted the United Nations and the U.S. to intervene in the 1990’s with decidedly mixed results. Join Active Minds to examine Somalia’s troubled path and where it may be leading.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer Reach & Raise: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at Cheesman Park Pavilion, East 8th Avenue and Franklin Street, Denver. Outdoors, all-levels yoga class incorporates live music, snacks and a healthy living expo. Registration open at Denver.ReachandRaise.org or follow the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ LBBCReachRaise.

Teddy Bears and Tea Cups High Tea: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver. Presented by the El Mejdel Daughters of the Nile. Vendors, 50/50 raffle and entertainment. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Space is limited; reservations required. Tickets on sale now through Saturday, Oct. 28. Contact Jo Ann Van Trump, 303-232-3542.

NATURE/OUTDOORS

Butterflies at Chatfield: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sept. 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. This seasonal habitat, in partnership with Butterfly Pavilion, is home to hundreds of native butterflies, such as swallowtails, monarchs, mourning cloaks and painted ladies. There are more than 50 native plant species in this garden. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.

HEALTH

‘ROAD CarFit for Seniors: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month through September, at Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing, 3401 Eudora St., Denver.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month through September, at AAA-Colorado Southglenn, 700 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Presented by the Reaching Older Adults Program, the 20-minute checkup is free but registration is requested. Call 303-991-5740 for an appointment.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

Public Notices Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LILLIAN M. HARPER, a/k/a LILLIAN MARIE HARPER, a/k/a LILLIAN HARPER, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30852

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harry J. Myers, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30956

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 January 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara Raskin Myers Personal Representative 210 University Blvd., Suite 900 Denver, CO 80206 Legal Notice No.: 8171 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Josephine Lopez, a/k/a Josephine Imelde Lopez, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30859 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 January 2, 2018, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Henry Lopez, Jr., a/k/a Henry Dalbert Lopez, Jr. Personal Representative P.O. Box 11815 Denver, Colorado 80211 and Norma Lopez Personal Representative 1446 Raleigh Street Denver, CO 80204 Legal Notice No : 8168 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOROTHY MARIE ADAMSON, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30977 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 December 28, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

JOHN VANN ADAMSON Personal Representative 6999 Yampa Drive Larkspur, CO 80118 Legal Notice No.: 8163 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: August 7, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Samuel Wagner, a/k/a Sam Wagner, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30976

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 December 24, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Darrell R. Wagner c/o Wayne Stewart Elder Law PC 3650 S. Yosemite Street, Suite 214 Denver, Colorado 80237 Legal Notice No.: 8164 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LILLIAN M. HARPER, a/k/a LILLIAN MARIE HARPER, a/k/a LILLIAN HARPER, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30852

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 December 26, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Edgar J. Harper, II, Personal Representative 7373 East Iowa Avenue, Apt. #1072 Denver, CO 80231 Legal Notice No.: 8165

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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 December 26, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Edgar J. Harper, II, Personal Representative 7373 East Iowa Avenue, Apt. #1072 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No.: 8165 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock St Rm 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: Harold Winter Attorney (Name and Address): Kathryn Kaeble, Kaeble Law LLC 14143 Denver West Pkwy, #100 Golden, CO 80401 Phone Number: 303.877.8921 FAX Number: 303.847.0912 E-mail: kathryn@kaeblelaw.com Atty. Reg. #: 16051 Case Number: 2016 PR 495 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Jason Daigle Last Known Address, if any: none A hearing on Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for a probate case to be commenced for Harold Winter and for the appointment of a personal representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: 09/25/2017 * Time: 8:00 am Courtroom or Division: Rm 230 Address: Denver City and County Building, 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 8167 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HOWARD L. THOMPSON, also known as HOWARD LOW THOMPSON, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30463 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 January 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy L. Thompson, Personal Representative 552 Monroe Street Denver, Colorado 80206 Legal Notice No: 8169 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Renee Arlene Anderson f/k/a Renee A. Rehg, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30918 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 December 26, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert F. Rehg Personal Representative 7749 N. Sunrise Trail Parker, Colorado 80137 Legal Notice No: 8166 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Tow Pros, LLC, located at 6150 East 49th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022, has the following abandoned vehicles available for purchase. Phone No.: (303) 548-7624 (1) 1987 Chevrolet S10, Pick-Up, Last Eight of Vin: H2180322 Legal Notice No.: 8172 First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice First Amended SUMMONS (Family Law) CITACION (Derecho familiar) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name): LIA EVELYN SALAZAR AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): You have been sued. Read the information below and on the next page.

Lo han demandado. Lea Ia informacion a continuacion y en Ia pagina siguiente Petitioner's name is: MANUEL JOSE FAJARDO Nombre del demandante CASE NUMBER (N0MERO DE CASO): 80648816 For Court Use Only (SOLO PARA USO DE LA CORTE) CONF0RMED COPY ORIGINAL FILED Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles APR 14, 2017 Sherri R. Cartet, Executive Officer By: Irma Labry, Deputy You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately.

Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (.www lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE-RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Tiene 30 dias de calendario despues de haber recibido Ia entrega legal de esta Citaci6n y Petici6n para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-12Q) ante Ia corte y efectuar Ia entrega legal de una copia a/ demandante. Una carla o 1/amada telef6nica o una audiencia de Ia corte no basta para protegerlo.

Sino presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, Ia corte puede dar 6rdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y Ia custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien /e puede ordenar que pague rnanutenci6n, y honorarios y costas legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, p6ngase en contacto de inrnediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (.www.lawhelpca.org) o poni{mdose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

A VISO-LAS ORDENES DE RESTR/CCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: Las 6rdenes de restricci6n estan en vigencia en cuanto a ambos c6nyuges o miernbros de Ia pareja de hecho hasta que se despida Ia peticion, se ernita un fallo o Ia corte de otras 6rdenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas 6rdenes puede hacer/as acatar en cualquier Iugar de California.

EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Sino puede pagar Ia cuota de presentaci6n, pida a/ secretario un formulario de exenci6n de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por cornpleto, las cuotas y costas de Ia corte previamente exentos a petici6n de usted ode Ia otra parte.

1. The name and address of the court are (EI nombre y direccion de Ia corte son): LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT 111 NORTH HILL STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (EI nombre, direcci6n y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante sino tiene abogado, son): EVANGELINA MALHOTRA, ESQ. SBN 112862 (562) 806-9400 MALHOTRA & MALHOTRA 7847 E. Florence Avenue, Suite 111, Downey, CA 90240

EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Sino puede pagar Ia cuota de presentaci6n, pida a/ secretario un formulario de exenci6n de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por cornpleto, las cuotas y costas de Ia corte previamente exentos a petici6n de usted ode Ia otra parte.

1. The name and address of the court are (EI nombre y direccion de Ia corte son): LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT 111 NORTH HILL STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

4. crear o modificar una transferencia no testamentaria de manera que afecte Ia asignaci6n de una propiedad sujeta a transferencia, sin el consentimiento por escrito de Ia otra parte o una orden de Ia corte. Antes de que se pueda eliminar Ia revocaci6n de·una transferencia no testamentaria, se debe presentar ante Ia corte un aviso del cambia y hacer una entrega legal de dicho aviso a Ia otra parte.

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Cada parte tiene que notificar a Ia otra sobre cualquier gasto extraordinario propuesto por lo menos cinco dias habiles antes de realizarlo, y cuenta a Ia corte de todos los gastos exTo advertise yourrendir public notices call 303-566-4100 traordinarios realizados despues de que estas 2. The name, address, and telephone number of 6rdenes de restriccion hayan entrada en vigenthe petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without cia. No obstante, puede usar an attorney, are: (EI nombre, direcci6n y nupropiedad comunitaria, cuasicomunitaria o suya mero de telefono del abogado del demandante, separada para o del demandante sino tiene abogado, son): pagar a un abogado que Jo ayude o para pagar los costos de Ia corte.

EVANGELINA MALHOTRA, ESQ. SBN 112862 (562) 806-9400 AVISO-ACCESO A SEGURO DE SALUD MAS MALHOTRA & MALHOTRA ECONOMICO: 7847 E. Florence Avenue, Suite 111, {.,Necesita seguro de salud a un costo Downey, CA 90240 asequible, ya sea para usted o alguien en su ARTER SHERRI R. C hogar? Si es asi, puede presentar una solicitud con Covered California. Covered California lo STANDARD FAMILY LAW puede ayudar a reducir el costa que paga por RESTRAINING ORDERS seguro de salud asequible y de alta calidad.

Starting immediately, you and your spouse or Para obtener mas informacion, visite domestic partner are restrained from: www.coveredca.com. 0 llame a Covered Califor1. removing the minor children of the parties nia al 1-800-300-0213. from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without ADVERTENCIA-IMFORMACION IMPORTthe prior written consent of the other party or an ANTE order of the court; De acuerdo a Ia ley de California, las 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transpropiedades adquiridas por las partes durante ferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiarsu matrimonio o pareja de hecho en forma conies of any insurance or other coverage, includjunta se consideran propiedad comunitaria para ing life, health, automobile, and disability, held fines de Ia division de bienes que ocurre cuando for the benefit of the parties and their minor chilse produce una disoluci6n o separaci6n legal dren; del matrimonio o pareja de hecho. Si cualquiera 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, de las partes de este caso //ega a fal/ecer antes concealing, or in any way disposing of any propde que se divida Ia propiedad comunitaria de erty, real or personal, whether community, tenencia conjunta, el destino de Ia misma quasi-community, or separate, without the writquedara determinado por las clausulas de Ia esten consent of the other party or an order of the critura court, except in the usual course of business or correspondiente que describen su tenencia (por for the necessities of life; and ej., tenencia 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a conjunta, tenencia en comun o propiedad nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the comunitaria) y no porIa presuncion de disposition of property subject to the transfer, propiedad comunitaria. Si quiere que Ia prewithout the written consent of the other party or sunci6n comunitaria quede registrada en Ia esan order of the court. Before revocation of a critura de Ia propiedad, deberia consultar con nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of un abogado. survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on Legal Notice No.: 8129 the other party.

First Publication: August 17, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 You must notify each other of any proposed exPublisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch traordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective..However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

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NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California.

Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care.

For more information, visit www.coveredca.com.

Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506.

WARNING-IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy r tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

ORDENES DE RESTRICCION ESTANDAR DE DERECHO FAMILIAR En forma inmediata, usted y su c6nyuge o pareja de hecho tienen prohibido: 1. llevarse del estado de California a los hijos menores de las partes, o solicitar un pasaporte nuevo o de repuesto para los hijos menores, sin el consentimiento previa por escrito de Ia otra parte o sin una orden de Ia corte; 2. cobrar, pedir prestado, cancelar, transferir, deshacerse o cambiar el nombre de los beneficiarios de cualquier seguro u otro tipo de cobertura, como de vida, salud, vehiculo y discapacidad, que tenga como beneficiario(s) a /as partes y su(s) hijo(s) menor(es); 3. transferir, gravar, hipotecar, ocultar o deshacerse de cualquier manera de cualquier propiedad, inmueble o personal, ya sea comunitaria, cuasicomunitaria o separada, sin el consentimiento escrito de Ia otra parte o una orden de Ia corte, excepto en el curso habitual de actividades personales y comerciales o para satisfacer las necesidades de Ia vida; y 4. crear o modificar una transferencia no testamentaria de manera que afecte Ia asignaci6n de una propiedad sujeta a transferencia, sin el consentimiento por escrito de Ia otra parte o una orden de Ia corte. Antes de que se pueda eliminar Ia revocaci6n de·una transferencia no testamentaria, se debe presentar ante Ia corte un aviso del cambia y hacer una entrega legal de dicho aviso a Ia otra parte.

Cada parte tiene que notificar a Ia otra sobre cualquier gasto extraordinario propuesto por lo menos cinco dias habiles antes de realizarlo, y rendir cuenta a Ia corte de todos los gastos extraordinarios realizados despues de que estas 6rdenes de restriccion hayan entrada en vigencia. No obstante, puede usar propiedad comunitaria, cuasicomunitaria o suya separada para pagar a un abogado que Jo ayude o para pagar los costos de Ia corte.

AVISO-ACCESO A SEGURO DE SALUD MAS ECONOMICO: {.,Necesita seguro de salud a un costo

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Melodene Kelly, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 30927

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 January 8, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

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FILM FROM PAGE 8

captured a moment in time. That’s why I like taking pictures with film.”

Koch alternates 50-50 between her film and digital cameras. Her favorite subject when shooting with film are street scenes.

“Street photography is very much a film photography thing for me,” she said. “Anything like urban decay, urban life, street life … I love taking film with that because it feels more real to me.”

Mechanical artistry is another aspect Koch likes about film.

“You have to know what you’re doing,” she said, spouting of the mechanics of a manual camera such as the light meter, the film speed and the patience involved. “Film is your basis to build on your technique.”

That technical basis is what is taught to beginning photographers at area high schools.

In Suzi Melly’s photography classes

at Horizon High School in Thornton, she teaches students the fundamentals of how light interacts with the camera before elements of design.

“I think it’s important not to negate film just because digital is here,” Melly said. “It’s holistic and I do think that it gives them an understanding of how photographic images are made.”

Melly teaches about 150 students throughout the school year. Her darkroom has 17 enlargers, which allow students to process and develop their film at school. Because of class time constraints and the sharing of equipment, it takes about two weeks for a student to complete the process of one image.

“The process takes such a long time and some students didn’t know it was going to be so hard and time-consuming,” Melly said, adding that this is a challenge because students are used to instant gratification.

Melly describes the typical photography student as someone with a sequential mind and interested in science, math and writing.

In her class, students not only learn how light interacts with the camera to create an image and how to develop and process an image, but they also have to think creatively about composition and execution of an image.

“I think imagining what you hope it will be like before you take the shot is something that digital loses,” Melly said. “So that’s a gap filler. They have to adjust controls in the camera and they have to imagine what it looks like.

The manual camera is often completely

foreign to them. I try to bridge the gap.”

The darkroom, Melly said, gives students a rich knowledge of how a photograph is made, in a way that digital doesn’t.

It’s these fundamentals that are taught to high school and college photographers with film and in the darkroom that give Koch hope that film is going to stick around.

“People think it’s gonna die,” Koch said. “But I think film is an art that won’t ever go away.”

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“If I was doing any better you’d think it was a frame-up,” Gaskin replies.

The paint in her living room is peeling in patches, but the house is clean. Gaskin says she’d rather die than move into assisted living, and she relies on Meals on Wheels for a daily serving of nutrition — and conversation.

“I enjoy meeting the people more than I enjoy the food,” she says.

Asked about how funding cuts to the program, included in President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, would affect her, she changes the subject.

“Let’s not go there,” she says.

The $4.1 trillion budget made headlines in March, proposing funding cuts to a number of social programs.

One such reduction is a 16.2 percent cut to the Department of Health and Human Services, which reduces revenues the Denver Regional Council of Governments could distribute to Volunteers of America and its Meals on Wheels program.

Congress has until the end of September to pass a federal budget, and as the deadline approaches, Dale Elliott grows anxious.

“We save lives every day,” says Elliott, division director of Aging and Nutrition Services for VOA. Drivers give some clients their only social contact of the day, as well as a nutritious meal. Three or four

Dale Elliott, division director for Aging and Nutrition Services for the Volunteers of America, has a laugh while a kettle at the Denver VOA kitchen gets a wash. Elliott says the organization reaches out to private individuals and corporations for Meals on Wheels revenue, but most people don’t appreciate the need for the program until they need it for themselves or a family member.

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times a year, Elliott says, they find seniors who’ve fallen and need medical help.

The budget cuts would take $307,300 from Meals on Wheels’ Denver branch, eliminating services to 620 seniors in the metro area, according to Elliott. Funds for “congregate meals,” offered to mobile seniors in 30 centers in the seven counties Elliott’s office covers, would lose

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Funding reductions would also take more than $30,000 from programs the VOA offers to provide safety-based home repairs and in-home exercise programs for seniors.

But Republican businessman and former state legislator Victor Mitchell, a Castle Rock resident and candidate for governor who has been delivering meals on Fridays for about a year, believes other funding mechanisms exist for the organization to make ends meet.

One solution could be “to change their model to the extent that they raise more money from private-sector dollars,” Mitchell says. “I think it’s a fantastic program and it does a lot of great things. I just believe there could be a great deal more done with funding the program with the private sector.”

Meals on Wheels receives 87 percent of its funding from government sources, 9 percent from private donations and 4 percent from client contributions, Elliott says.

“It’s not like we don’t do that,” he says. “The reality is we just don’t receive sufficient response.”

Herb Wager, 68, began visiting the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center

after his wife died in May, and enjoys the fellowship as much as the food.

He’s an unaffiliated voter and leans Republican, but like Elliott, he disagrees that private corporations or citizens can fill the gaps federal cuts would create.

“It won’t get done,” the Castle Rock resident says. “It would be nice in an ideal situation, but it’s not an ideal world.”

On a sunny Tuesday in August, Wager talks over baked chicken with Buzz Bowers, also of Castle Rock.

Bowers began bringing his wife to the center five years ago when her Parkinson’s disease confined her to a wheelchair. It was a way for his wife to socialize as her condition worsened, and the friends they made there were a comfort for Bowers when she died last year.

He says the fact that the government would consider cutting programs for seniors is evidence of “troubled times” in the United States, and he warns that decreasing funding won’t decrease the demand.

“I think it’s something that needs to be increased, not decreased,” Bowers, 84, said. “Seniors are living longer, and there’s going to be a lot more of us.”

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