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Rising rents causing turnover

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The White Palace building at South Broadway and East Bayaud Avenue sits vacant. Graffiti lines the windows of one space, while the windows of the other space are covered as renovations for a new, incoming business are set to start.

In a matter of months, the three businesses that lived in the White Palace building shuttered their doors for good — first Socorro’s Street Tacos and Bayaud Barber Shop in July, then Famous Pizza at the end of August.

The cause, Socorro’s owner, Joyce Schaeffer, said: rising rent.

“All three of us are gone because of the rent increase on the building,” said Schaeffer, who closed her restaurant at 19 E. Bayaud Ave. Her son owned the barbershop next door.

Rent is trending upward on Broadway as developments and new building owners come into the area. Building renovations cause the new owners to tick up the price, real estate agents say, and some local businesses can’t keep up, creating empty spaces like those in the White Palace building. Increasing property taxes from the city are also a factor.

Still, the vacancies don’t last long in Denver’s strong business market.

Changing landscape When Schaeffer first opened

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Ann Norris is a manager at Decade Gifts on South Broadway. She said that recent closures of several restaurants on the street have impacted the surrounding businesses. KAILYN LAMB Socorro’s in 2009, the building was owned by a woman who’d had it since the 1970s, Schaeffer said. A new manager took over and eventually bought the building.

The $2.8 million deal closed in April, according to city records.

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Although Schaeffer said the new owner did work with her on rent prices, the increase was still too much.

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Denver schools with persistently low test scores will have to present detailed improvement plans this fall, but they no longer face automatic closure or replacement.

The Denver school board on Oct. 15 agreed to a more flexible process for intervening in struggling schools. The changes mean the board will have more options and more discretion.

The process also seeks to give greater weight to information about a school’s culture, the demographics of the students it serves, and how school staff support those students socially and emotionally. In past years, school closure decisions were based overwhelmingly on academic factors, such how students fared on state literacy and math tests.

Ten low-performing schools are eligible for intervention this year. The board is set to vote in December and January on which actions to take at each school.

The Denver Nuggets, who opened the regular season last week, have not made the NBA playoffs since the 2012-13 campaign.

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Governor candidates keep slugging as election nears Health care, energy, guns in spotlight as rivals stage another debate

BY JAMES ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis clashed again over health care, guns and Colorado’s energy future in the fifth one-on-one debate of their gubernatorial race.

Stapleton again criticized Polis’ plans for a universal health care system, saying it will drastically boost taxes. “You won’t be able to afford to live in Colorado anymore,” he said during the Oct. 13 debate in Colorado Springs.

Polis insisted Coloradans already pay too much for medical care and prescription drugs, especially compared with other industrialized countries with universal systems.

“Coloradans are tired of being ripped off,” he said.

The debate in Colorado Springs was sponsored by The Gazette, Colorado Politics and KOAA-TV. Stapleton said Polis’ promotion of a 100 percent green energy grid for Colorado by 2040 would bankrupt Coloradans. Polis insisted his goal is both aspirational and market-

based and that Colorado’s economy and climate depend on an all-of-theabove energy plan.

Polis again called for restricting access to guns for those in crisis; Stapleton said he doesn’t support “unenforceable” gun restrictions.

Polis urged voters to elect a pro-abortion rights governor; Stapleton said he would be a “pro-life governor” who would uphold “the law of the land” after both were asked what they’d do if the U.S. Supreme Polis Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Stapleton seeks to capture a governor’s seat last held by a Republican in 2007. Democrats are banking on a Polis victory and an anti-Donald Trump “blue wave” to flip the state Senate and consolidate control Stapleton of Colorado’s statehouse. Colorado’s Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper is term-limited.

Earlier on Oct. 13, Stapleton had promised a good debate performance as he urged a small group of Denver Republicans to get out the vote.

“We don’t want a government telling us how to heat our homes or turn on our lights,” said Stapleton.

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parts, Polis’ audience — also can“This is a watershed election in so vassing on Oct. 13 — was energized. many ways for Colorado.”

“We’re going to win. We have no Polis rallied a group of women, option,” said Jessica Pettigrew, a some with children in tow, with the 35-year-old Denver nurse and midanti-gun violence group Mothers wife who became involved after her Demand Action at his Denver headfive-year-old son, Julias, participatquarters on Oct. 13. ed in a lockdown drill at school.

“Some of you didn’t choose to be She wore a T-shirt with the words activists in this cause,” Polis told “Thoughts them. “Gun vioand Prayers” lence chose you.” crossed out He renewed his and beneath call for a Colothem: “Policy rado “red flag” Change.” law that would “I refuse to prevent those pass down the deemed a threat epidemic of gun to themselves or violence to the others access to next generaguns — a proposal tion,” Pettigrew killed this year by Republicans who Jessica Pettigrew, said.

Coy Ebell, 35, control Colorado’s Denver nurse and midwife a downtown state Senate.

Denver precinct Polis noted that captain for Stapleton not only Stapleton and opposes a red flag tech engineer, said he was encourlaw but has said he would repeal aged despite Denver’s traditionally ammunition magazine bans and enDemocratic leanings. He said Suhanced background checks passed preme Court Justice Brett Kavanain Colorado after the 2012 Aurora ugh’s confirmation had rallied the movie theater shooting. party.

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The 525-square-foot space did not have a full kitchen and she could not afford $40 to $45 per square foot — nearly five times what she had been paying, she said.

“I just was not going to pay that kind of rent,” she said. “It’s tough for little small businesses.”

Vanderryst said that when he took over the building management in 2016, Schaeffer was on a monthto-month lease and was paying $400.

The payment didn’t cover insurance or the rising property taxes from the city, Vanderryst said.

“At $400,” he said, “the ownership was losing money to have her rent.”

Vanderryst said he did not raise any of the tenants rents when he assumed management. Instead, he worked with Famous Pizza and Schaeffer to keep them in the building for a short time. But taxes, as well as the cost to bring the building up to fire code and into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, meant he had to bring the rents closer to market value.

In addition to renovations, there’s on-going maintanence costs, Vanderryst said. At the White Palace building, Vanderryst updated lighting for safety. The building also gets tagged with graffitti three to four times a week, which he cleans up himself.

“To do all those things has a cost associated with it.That’s been the big killer as to why rents have gone up,” he said. “People think it’s the greed of the developers that’s leading to people not being able to stay in their spaces. It’s the cost of business in Denver.”

Michael Kendall, vice president with the Colorado branch of the CBRE, a national real estate firm that also does research on the state of the market, said he has seen this pattern with many of the older buildings on South Broadway. Longterm owners often have paid off loans and can afford to keep rent prices low. When new buyers comes in, they frequently make renovations to older buildings. This, and the cost of the building itself, drives prices up.

“They can’t afford to keep it at historic low rents,” Kendall said.

Prices on Broadway have generally been trending up over the past several years, said Kendall, adding that the real estate market tends to follow the residential market. And, he said, Broadway’s location as a main thoroughfare into downtown Denver, and the city’s improvements such as the addition of designated bike lanes, contribute to its appeal.

Besides Broadway, other areas in Denver where new development is changing the landscape of retail business includeTennyson Street in the Berkeley neighborhood and Colorado Boulevard, Kendall said.

“A lot of the older regime of retail is getting pushed out,” he said.

New businesses and customers But development also creates potential for a new customer base.

For instance, across the street from Famous Pizza, which closed in August after more than 40 years of operation, a 270-unit residential building is going up. The building was formerly the Security Service Credit Union.

And Oregon-based Voodoo Doughnuts, which opened its first Denver location at 1520 East Colfax Ave. in 2013, will be opening a second shop in the Famous Pizza space.

“We’re excited and happy to be part of the Denver community,” cofounder Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson said in a news release announcing the new store’s location, “and are looking forward to continuing to provide employment, fantastic doughnuts and smiles to a growing neighborhood.”

Other businesses in the area, such as Decade Gifts, are hoping that the development and new businesses, such as the popular Voodoo Doughnuts, will bring in a new group of customers.

But construction of the building has its price, said Decade’s manager Anna Norris. The store relies a lot on foot traffic, which can be difficult with a construction project. It also impacts parking in the area.

“Construction has hurt business,” she said. “Every day it’s less parking spaces.”

Decade has been on South Broadway for 20 years. Norris has been working at the store for the last six.

She said she has seen rising rents in the area begin to drive out the smaller businesses, which hurts the ones that stay.

With fewer businesses in the area to visit, there’s less incentive for customers to come, Norris said.

“The more businesses, especially retail, the better.”

But the empty spaces on Broadway aren’t likely to stay that way for long, as new businesses are thirsty for a place to sell product, Kendall said. Restaurants are becoming a more competitive industry as well, he added.

“There’s still a lot of folks chasing space,” he said. “Denver has a very competitive food scene. It’s getting a lot more exposure nationally.”

Hoping for a boom A little less than three miles down South Broadway, Schaeffer is still in the restaurant game.

She runs her own pizzeria, Joyce’s Famous Pizza at 2120 S. Broadway, and still has three years left on the lease there. She’s hoping now that she’s down to one restaurant she can dedicate more time to making it flourish.

As a small business owner, she does any and all jobs within Joyce’s Famous Pizza — dishes, delivery and advertising. The pizzeria relied mainly on word of mouth and foot traffic in the past. Now Schaeffer is hoping to bring in more business since she can concentrate her efforts on one spot.

The boom of development hasn’t made it this far on Broadway yet, but Schaeffer is hopeful.

“I think this neighborhood is getting ready to boom,” she said. “I can see it, but it’s just me getting my name out there.”

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How to improve struggling schools is a key question for urban school districts across the country. However, Denver Public Schools stands out nationally for adopting a policy in 2015 codifying that it should “promptly intervene” when a school is persistently underperforming and coming up with guidelines that set a clear path to school closure.

But the rollout of the policy was rocky, with critics attacking both the premise that closing struggling schools is good for students and the process the board used to do it.

The idea to change the process was first proposed in June by board member Lisa Flores. She cited several reasons, including frustration from teachers and parents who complained the board wasn’t considering the positive aspects of their schools, and a feeling among board members that the bright-line rules didn’t allow them to exercise their judgment.

Two other board members, Jennifer Bacon and Angela Cobián, spent the past several months working with district staff to come up with a new process. They presented it at a work session on Oct. 15, and all the board members in attendance gave their approval. The 2015 policy will remain the same, but the guidelines for carrying it out will be different.

“I do not think the `why’ has changed, and the `why’ is incredibly important: It’s about serving our children and serving our children well,” board president Anne Rowe said.

The old guidelines were strict but simple. They said that if a school earned the lowest rating on the district’s color-coded quality scale, denoted by the color red, for two years in a row, and its students did not show enough academic progress on the most recent state tests, the school would be designated for closure or replacement.

A school could also be closed or replaced if it earned a red rating in the most recent year and either a red or an orange rating, the second-lowest on the scale, in the previous two years. The ratings, released each fall, are largely based on state test scores.

Denver gives extra money — as much as $1.7 million over five years — to its lowest-rated schools in an effort to help them improve before interventions are necessary.

The new process is more complicated. It calls for red-rated schools to write an improvement plan with input from teachers and parents.

That plan can pull heavily from the “unified improvement plan” every Colorado school must already submit to the state education department each year per state law.

A committee of district staff members, community members, and outside experts that could include retired district principals will evaluate the plan’s strength, as well as data about the school’s academics and culture.

Based on that evidence, plus interviews with school leaders and their supervisors, the committee will recommend an intervention to the superintendent. The superintendent will then make a recommendation to

SCHOOLS ELIGIBLE FOR INTERVENTION John F. Kennedy High School West Leadership Academy Collegiate Preparatory Academy STRIVE Prep - Excel Girls Athletic Leadership High School Lake Middle School DSST: Cole Middle School Compass Academy McGlone Academy Stedman Elementary School the school board, which will vote on it.

Using previous guidelines, the board voted in 2016 to close one elementary school, Gilpin Montessori, and replace two others, Greenlee and Amesse. In 2017, the only school that met the criteria was a charter school that decided on its own to close.

Under the new process, the board could still vote to close or replace a school that earned back-to-back red ratings. But it has other options, too. It could decide to put the school on a “one-year performance plan,” meaning the school would have a year to show improvement. Or it could choose a “two-year performance plan with one-year monitoring,” which would give the school two years to improve with a formal progress check after one year.

Those same options, ranging from a two-year plan to closure, would also apply to schools that earned an orange rating and then a red one. In that way, the new guidelines are harsher than the old ones, which required two years of orange ratings before a red rating.

The new guidelines also call for the board to intervene in a whole other set of schools: those whose ratings drop from one of the top three colors on the scale — blue, green, or yellow — down to red in a single year.

Schools with such a “precipitous drop” would be put on either a twoyear or a one-year performance plan, but they wouldn’t face closure or replacement.

The decision-making timeline is quicker for schools with multiple years of low ratings than it is for those that experienced a precipitous drop.

Schools with multiple years of low ratings have until Nov. 12 to submit their improvement plans. The evaluation committee is scheduled to make its recommendations in early December, and the board is set to vote Dec. 20.

The schools in that category this year include two district-run schools, Stedman Elementary School and Lake Middle School, and one charter middle school, Compass Academy.

Schools that experienced a drop in ratings this year have until Dec. 10 to submit their plans. Recommendations are due in early January and the board is set to vote Jan. 24.

Those schools include three charters — STRIVE Prep - Excel High School, Girls Athletic Leadership High School, and DSST: Cole Middle School — and four districtrun schools: John F. Kennedy, West Leadership Academy, and Collegiate Preparatory Academy high schools, and McGlone Academy, which serves students from preschool through eighth grade.

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QUIET I don’t know how I got out of avoid, however, because the DESPERATION childhood alive. We didn’t have commercials that go along seat belts. with them irritate the Cap’n I think what we had was betCrunch out of me. ter drivers.

What I have noticed lately is Cars now have back-up camthat half of the commercials eras, and warning lights if a on television are trying to sell motorist is in your blind spot. me an automobile.

Drivers might not be as good During some programs — as they once were because sports — it’s more than half. of our overconfidence in the New cars all look alike, so new technologies. We think marketing has its hands full.

Craig Marshall they will compensate for our And the vehicles now come Smith indiscretions. Oh — and back with features I missed out on then, we didn’t have phones in our when I was a kid. cars either.

You can tell your car what song to

All of the commercials claim the same things: safety, reliability, attributes up the Yangtze, and, bless them, limited time only, once in a lifetime, sales.

“Thousands below MSRP.” How is that possible? It sounds like the manufacturers are getting cheated.

The most prominent push is with beautiful women and great sound systems. I guess if Rita Hayworth came with my next station wagon, I might consider it. But I don’t think Rita would be caught dead in a station wagon.

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Is everyone looking for their next car?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR There’s work to do now It’s hard to ignore that this is an election year. Everyone is thinking about what will happen in the next Congress, but let’s not forget that this current Congress still has three months of work to do. There are critical things on the agenda that need to be accomplished by this Congress.

One of those issues is global maternal and child survival. The Reach Every Mother and Child Act 1(S. 1730) ensures that women and children who are vulnerable of dying from preventable causes have access to available resources. I emphasize preventable because these women and children are dying from lack of vaccines, water, and food — all things which there is an abundance of. This implementation would not cost money; instead, it creates a strategy which ensures that every dollar spent on global maternal and child health is saving the most lives.

Let’s not let our urgency to get to the next Senate get in the way of making a difference on issues that this Senate needs to address.

There are already dozens of Republican Senate and House leaders cosponsoring The Reach Every Mother and Child Act. We need Sen. Gardner to cosponsor this bill immediately. We need our senators to care about the lives of 5.6 million children, especially when it requires very little effort on his part. Sen. Gardner already knows our saying, “5.6 seconds to cosponsor The Reach Every Mother and Child Act can save 5.6 million lives”.

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Support setbacks for oil, gas drilling Why support 112? It puts our families’ and kids’ health first, ahead of industry lies. Per independent university research, toxic risks

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from fracking include neurological, respiratory, hematological, and developmental health issues, a higher risk of cancer, babies born with neural tube defects and congenital heart defects, along with childhood leukemia; plus fires, explosions and blast evacuation zones.

Considering that this toxic, heavy industrial operation is rubber-stamped by the state, with no known examples of a permit application ever receiving a final denial, there must at least be appropriate buffer zones between those operations and our homes, schools, neighborhoods and families.

On jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (not the industry front groups in TV ads), the entire logging and mining sector in Colorado — which includes oil and gas extraction — employs about 30,000 people, 1% of our entire state labor force, and a far cry from the 200k-plus numbers used in some industry ads.

Modern fracking can drill out a mile and a half laterally underground. With 112, they will still be able to access many cubic miles of underground territory from each multiwell pad. A just-released Colorado School of Mines analysis found that, even if only using one-mile laterals, “42% of (Colorado’s) nonfederal subsurface would (still) be accessible, or nearly three times the available surface area.”

We shouldn’t have to accept fracking right next to our homes, schools, playgrounds, and neighborhoods. Please consider all the real facts carefully. I’m confident that, like me, you’ll support and vote for Proposition 112.

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On our last expedition, Jennifer and I were told, “Pick a car, any car.”

All of the trunks were open, and a key was in every ignition.

We actually shopped for about fifteen minutes before we decided.

There was an exciting baseball game on television recently. It was played in Chicago on a Tuesday night.

There was one automobile commercial after another between half innings and whenever there was a pitching change.

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Oct. 25 at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver. Enjoy spooky storytelling, hands-on crafts, games, cash bars, seasonal café specials and of course, a little trick-or-treating at this festive fall event.

Seasonal food and beverages are available for purchase. Visit www.botanicgardens. org for more information.

and appreciation for plants. Seedlings programs are offered for three different age groups and are modified to fit the developmental needs of each group. The Creepy Crawly Garden: Oct 30: Fall Foliage Fun. $11 for 18-36 months old, $9 member; $13 for 3-6 years old, $11 member. Visit www. botanicgardens.org for more information.

Final Friday Family Game Night: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at the Pop Culture Classroom, 760 W. 5th Ave., Denver.

Looking for a fun way to spend a Friday night with your family and friends? Come join Pop Culture Classroom’s Final Friday Family Game Nights - every last Friday of the month - as we open up our doors and our collection of games to the community.

Light snacks will be provided and expect the occasional special prize! Visit classroom.popcultureclassroom.org/programs/ pcc-workshops/ Homeschool Day: Plants and People of the Southwest: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver. Homeschool Days offer families the opportunity to explore plant-based themes through a variety of hands-on activities, tours and take-home projects that families can do together.

Activities are designed for children ages five and up, however all ages are welcome to attend. $12 per day per child; One adult per child is free of charge. $7 additional adults and non-participating siblings over the age of two. Visit www.botanicgardens.org for more information.

Music with Friends: Free concert with Ensemble Faucheux: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 at Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway. Concert is free to the public. Seating is limited - come early to grab a seat and enjoy some great happy hour food and drink specials. Questions? Call 303-3889839 or email tickets@friendsofchambermusic.com.

Ghosts in the Gardens Tour: Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28, 6-8 p.m. and 8:30-10:30 p.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver. Guides share haunting stories of the Gardens’ one hundred years of history, inside and outside of what used to be called “The Boneyard.” Visit www.botanicgardens.org for more information.

Active Minds presents: Italy: 2 to 4 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 1 at The Grove at Stapleton, 2980 N Syracuse St., Denver. After a contentious election in March 2018 that included rumblings about possibly leaving the European Union, Italy has formed a fragile government under the leadership of Giuseppi Conte. Join Active Minds as we review the rich history of Italy and its current turmoil. We’ll visit Italy’s roots in Holy Roman Empire, its rich artistic and scientific contributions of the Renaissance, its role during and after World War II, and its economic and political struggles over the past decade. RSVP: 303-731-2531

Seedlings: Tues-Wed: 3-6 years old, 9:30 & 11 a.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver. Thursdays: 24 to 36 months-old, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Fridays: 18 to 24 months old, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Seedlings classes offer a fun, hands-on way for young children to explore the plant world while developing an understanding

PRISM Workspaces announces Open Studios: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at PRISM Workspaces, 999 Vallejo, Denver.

PRISM Workspaces is opening its doors for its semi-annual event of open studios.

Over 50 artists and creative businesses display their new work. Come for a chance to meet creators and see their behind the

Boo at the Zoo: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27-28 at the Denver Zoo. Animal demonstratinos, trick-or-treat stations, family-friendly entertainment. Go to https://denverzoo.org/

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THINGS to DO scenes process and creative spaces, all under one roof. For more information, visit prismworkspaces.com.

Mile High Holiday Mart: Friday, Nov. 9 through Sunday, Nov. 11 at Gates Field House, University of Denver, 2201 E. Asbury Ave., Denver. Get into the holiday spirit at our 38th annual event featuring select merchants with unique, high-quality merchandise, a central location, and a fun, festive environment. $10 in advance at www.jld.org or at the door.

Active Minds presents: Saudi Arabia: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at Brookdale University Park, 2020 S Monroe St., Denver. With over 20% of the world’s proven oil reserves, Saudi Arabia continues to be important to the global economy.

Join Active Minds as we tell the story of this complex nation. We will cover Saudi history, the recent generational transition of power in the Saudi Royal family, and the complicated role played by the Wahhabi school of Sunni Islamic thought in the country and the region. RSVP: 303757-1404 Moderated Conversation Series `Still Coming Home’: 2:30 p.m., Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 at Denver Public Library, 2401 Welton St., Denver. Talk with the authors, editors, and other community members about their experience of war and challenges since returning to civilian life in this moderated conversation series. To learn more, visit coloradohumanities.org or call 303.894.7951.

ComedySportz Denver returns to Avenue Theatre: Runs through Nov. 24 at the Avenue Theater, 417 E 17th Ave., Denver.

A ComedySportz® match features two teams of players competing for laughs and points, with a referee keeping things moving and calling fouls. An average of seven to twelve games are played during a match, drawn from a repertoire of over a hundred improv games. Tailgating starts at 7:00 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. $18 adults, $15 students. Box Office: 303-3215925.

Free Fridays at Clyfford Still Museum: Free Fridays 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street. Minimalist showcase for the large-scale paintings & archives of the namesake Abstract Expressionist. Call (720) 354-4880 for more information.

The Jester’s Court Returns to The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse: 10 p.m., Fridays at The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse located at 1260 22nd Street, Denver. The Jester’s Court is proud to announce several new performances of its hilarious and very popular short-form improv comedy show.

Tickets are just $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Tickets are available online at www. jesterscourtcomedy.com.

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.

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species. How I can make the best possible life for them in zoo life.”

Valois said paying attention to the quirks of each animal is very important to their care. Specifically how the gorillas don’t like to get their hair wet. Or how the bachelor pair of young gorillas, Curtis and Charlie, are complete opposite personalities.

Curtis, the older bother, is pretty mellow and likes quieter interaction, she explained, while Charlie is a bit of a wild guy.

“It’s neat to see these two gorillas who are full brothers and grown up together to have totally different personalities,” Valois said. “When I come around the corner, Charlie is often waiting for me to play.

he history of cinema is the history of technology: For every great breakthrough in the world of tech, cinema has found a way to incorporate it into storytelling.

Recently, this relationship has gone beyond visual effects and sound design — audiences can now view the latest films at home instead of the theater and use virtual reality to actively participate in the stories.

But the 41st Denver Film Festival, held from Wednesday, Oct. 31, through Sunday, Nov. 11, is tapping these advancements to give attendees the deepest cinematic experience.

“At the Festival Annex, which is the festival’s hub, we have features like VR and inCOMING teractive experiATTRACTIONS ences,” said Britta Erickson, festival director. “We also have Hamlet Mobile, an immersive, traveling adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet staged for small audiences.”

The Denver Clarke Reader Film Festival has become one of the metro area’s biggest cultural events of the year. And scanning this year’s more than 200 screenings, it’s easy to see why. From three-to-five-minute short films to Red Carpet screenings of movies that everyone may be talking about come Oscar season, there is a great deal to explore.

Films will be shown all over Denver, including the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1385 Curtis St., and Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave. The Festival Annex will be housed at the McNichols Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave. “There are great ticket packages that allow audiences to pick several films that they’re interested in seeing, or they can buy individual tickets,” Erickson said. “We pride ourselves on providing a smooth customer service and viewing experience during the festival.”

One of the most eagerly anticipated movies is a piece of Colorado’s history — director Jason Reitman’s (“Up in the Air” and “Juno”) “The Frontrunner.” The film is about Colorado’s own Gary Hart (played by Hugh Jackman) and the affair that ended his political career.

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Zookeeper Michelle Valois said she loves the interactiion she can have with the apes at the Denver Zoo.

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ichelle Valois says a typical day at the Denver Zoo is a lot of fun and a lot of work.

Valois, a primate zookeeper, has been at the Denver Zoo for 17 years. Her job is to take care of the orangutans and gorillas in their separate exhibits in the Primate Panorama habitat.

The Denver Zoo is home to six critically endangered Sumatran orangutans and five western lowland gorillas. But the zoo is home to many more primates including golden lion tamarins, aye-ayes, ring-tailed lemurs and mandrills.

“In our primate department we have a really big collection,” Valois said. “I think it’s something we are really proud of and excited to have that many different kinds of primates to work with.”

Valois fell in love with primates while working as an intern at the Denver Zoo and helping with the revamp of the primates department and the construction of the ape building.

“For me it was always kids or animals, which I feel like have a lot of similarities,” Valois said. “When I got introduced to primates, I knew I had

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HALLOWEEN AT DENVER ZOO WHAT: Enchanted Hollows WHEN: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27 WHAT: It’s time to travel an eerie trail where the darkness has almost all but taken hold, where creatures and spirits infamous in stories and lore rise to life in the new night walk experience at the Denver Zoo. TICKETS: Buy tickets at www.denverzoo.org/ events/enchantedhollows.

WHAT: Boo at the Zoo WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 WHAT: The 34th annual Boo At The Zoo offers trick-or-treat stations, creepy crawly animal demonstrations and family-friendly entertainment under the canopy of the fall foliage at the Denver Zoo. TICKETS: All activities are included in the price of admission, or covered under membership. Buy tickets at www.denverzoo. org/events/booatthezoo. found where I needed to be. And I’ve stayed here ever since.”

The interaction the zookeepers have with the apes is one of the draws for Valois.

“I love the different personalities they present,” she said. “I love getting to know those different personalities.

And they’re not all easy to get along with. Part of what I take very seriously is how I can help each of these

Hesty was born at the Denver Zoo in 2010. During a light snow day in early October, she braved the wet and cold to play on the new structure in the outdoor orangutan enclosure.

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Gallery shows works by local women CORE New Art Space is among Denver venues on Santa Fe Drive

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Celebrate local artists! From 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 26, the large gallery space at CORE New Art Space at Ninth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive will host the opening for “Night Circus,” with works by Michelle Lamb (Littleton) and Claudia Roulier, and “Artropism,” art by Rochelle Dammel (Lone Tree), while in the Annex, “Green Verde Vert” presents art by members of the Colorado Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, juried by Molly Casey, who will present her awards at 7 p.m.

One will want to spend some time here — to absorb a rich assortment of two- and three-dimensional artworks and meet the artists. You might want to inquire not only “How did you do that?” but, “Why did you … ?”

The artists encourage visitors to come in costume, if they wish.

Lamb’s work is in assemblage and she issues an invitation like a circus barker: ”Come closer my friends and step right up … You won’t believe your eyes.” She “magically transforms common or obsolete objects into thoughtprovoking marvels … nature merges with machinery, metals mesh into clay,

IF YOU GO CORE New Art Space is at 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Street parking. Admission free.

Hours: Thursdays noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 5 p.m.; Sundays 12:30 to 3 p.m. coreartspace.com, 303-297-8428. the grotesque magnified into beauty.”

She is always on the lookout for objects that may combine with items she already has found — and can summon up an image of what they might become in a next iteration. Fine craftsmanship is an important skill, as well as an active imagination that constantly envisions the metamorphosis of an object at an estate sale.

The visitor to this exhibit will go home with a collection of new images and ideas for related stories!

Roulier’s work incorporates the curious, the odd, the enigmatic aspects of circus memories, with a warm sympathetic look at animal performers. She will exhibit paintings and assemblage pieces. Her website says “I explore urban decay, machines and beasts, the natural erosion, destruction and rebirth of all systems from life to political everything cycles.” It also says she constantly collects bones, which “are the perfect metaphor for the life cycle.”

While Lamb and Roulier will share half of the large gallery, Lone Tree artist Rochelle Dammel’s abstract paintings will fill the other half in her

“Woman” by Rochelle Dammel of Lone Tree. COURTESY PHOTO exploration of “Artropism.”

It is “the idea that we have an innate ability to emotionally react to art in a positive way, resulting in personal growth and the opportunity to greater understand those around us. Can art make us better human beings? How can we grow as people through our innate reaction to, and interaction with art?” Dammel says “artropism is an experience for novices and art collectors alike.”

In the CORE space called The Annex, the visitor will find yet another exhibit called “Green Verde Vert,”

with 37 pieces by members of the Colorado Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art. The juror was Molly Casey, co-founder and studio chief of the Nine Dots Arts Consulting Business in Denver. She selected from 126 entries in which artists were asked to interpret the theme in a variety of ways from using the color green to addressing the ecological green, the political green, the monetary green, or the age of green. Casey will present awards at 7 p.m. A catalog for this exhibit will be available for sale. (wcaco.org)

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Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

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Dress for Success A professional look is vital to job success Tabatha Stewart | Special to Colorado Community Media

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tudies show, that on average, it takes a human being approximately eight seconds to form an opinion of someone they have just met, according to Amara Martin, executive director of Dress for Success

Denver.

Those seven seconds of judgment are vital for women who are seeking employment, and for women served by Dress for Success, who may have trouble finding a job based on criminal histories, shelter addresses, or lapses in employment history due to hardships in life, it’s even more important to look the part of the job you are seeking.

“In our society, it takes someone eight seconds to judge you,” said Martin. “It all starts with a look. Once they see you, then you can tell them all about your talents and how hard you work. But you have to get past the first eight seconds.”

Dress for Success Denver is an affiliate non-profit

of the national Dress for Success, and was founded in 2006. Since it’s inception in Denver, the organization has helped more than 13,000 women all over the Denver metro area prepare and get jobs.

“Clothes are important, but it’s not just about pretty clothes,” said Martin. “Not knowing what to wear, or worse, wearing inappropriate clothes to work, can cause a lot of stress and anxiety for a woman. We are really helping women thrive in work and in life. We partner with over 200 agencies in the Denver metro area who help women, including shelters and workforce centers.”

The mission of Dress for Success, according to Martin, is to “empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.”

The non-profit offers services in professional suiting, career center coaching, career navigator

mentorship, a women’s employment network, pathways to education and a professional women’s group to help women retain jobs once they get them.

Martin, a Denver native, said she was lucky enough early in her career to have a female boss reprimand her for inappropriate work attire, and give her some advice that has stuck with her.

“I had an internship at 17, at a law firm in downtown Denver,” said Martin. “I went to work dressed like a standard teenager. The manager of the law firm is an amazing woman, and she brought me into her office and explained to me that you dress the way you want to be treated. If you want to be treated with respect, then you dress with respect. I bought a pair of black pants and looked and acted the part.”

Martin and her crew, along with some of the women they have helped, will be presenting a fashion show at the Women’s Health and Beauty Expo Oct. 20.

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ithin 12 local counties, Central Colorado Area Health Education Center (CCAHEC) connects students to careers, professionals to communities, and communities to better health.

“The Belmar Women’s Health & Beauty Expo is a unique opportunity to support health in Jefferson County while engaging our students and team members in activities that further their understanding in the importance of public health and wellbeing,” said Lin Browning, the Executive Director at CCAHEC.”

Expo participants are encouraged to learn their numbers with free health screenings from CCAHEC medical staff, students, and volunteers on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 at the Belmar Shopping Center Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check blood pressure, glucose, pulse, height, weight, and vision. Access to referral and health education resources will also be readily available.

As one of 261 Area Health Education Centers nationwide inspired by the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA) goals, CCAHEC develops and enhances education and training networks within communities, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. In turn, these networks increase diversity among health professionals, broaden the distribution of the health workforce, enhance health care quality, and improves health care delivery to rural and underserved areas and populations.

CCAHEC has developed a strong focus on healthcare career recruitment and retention activities. Programs aim to increase the potential for secondary, college, and health profession students from underrepresented populations, educationally disadvantaged, and rural backgrounds to successfully pursue a health profession career with an emphasis in public health. Partners include a variety of organizations including high schools, county workforce departments, education consortiums, and healthcare institutions. Through programs such as Health Careers Pre-Apprenticeships (real world experiences for 16 to 24-year-old students), AHEC

Scholars (clinical and didactic training for current health professions students), and a variety of career and health fairs around the region, CCAHEC guides and encourages students through the healthcare pipeline to increase health profession diversity.

CCAHEC programs aim to increase the potential for health profession students to practice in a rural or urban underserved community by immersing them in community experiences through community-based education training programs, field placements, and interprofessional education and training. During their rotations, health professions students complete community service learning projects created to address identified community health needs.

Working with programs such as the Colorado Health Extension System (CHES), the Regional Health Connectors (RHC), and the AmeriCorps Community Opioid Response Program (CORP), CCAHEC facilitates and supports Colorado healthcare practice transformation efforts. Program planning and participation with community partners promotes a patient- and data-centered, team-based approach, addressing social determinants of health to improve quality and community health outcomes in rural and medically underserved areas.

For more information about Central Colorado Area Health Education Center, please visit www.ccahec.org or contact support@centralcoahec.org.

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Need to schedule a mammogram?

SCL Health makes it easier than ever. You can now view available appointments and schedule your mammogram online, whenever and wherever it is most convenient for you.

Visit www.sclhealth.org/schedule-my-mammo to schedule your mammogram today!

*Screening mammography for women of average risk of breast cancer can begin at age 40. Talk to your doctor to decide what’s best for you.

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Women’s healthcare Advancements can make health care confusing Tabatha Stewart Special to Colorado Community Media

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wenty years ago women typically saw their doctor once a year, and received a breast exam and perhaps a recommendation for a mammogram, based on their age. Seldom were they asked about domestic violence in the home, or how their overall happiness was affecting their mood or quality of life.

Advancements in women’s health care, as well as taking a more wellrounded approach to a woman’s health, have changed the way women manage their health care concerns, and although beneficial, can be confusing today. It was once standard practice for women to have their first mammogram after the age of 40, while today’s recommendations are unclear based on each individual woman.

Dr. Lindsay Eun, a physician with Westside Women’s Health Clinic, said honest conversations with your doctor are imperative to maintaining your health.

“There are so many constant changes, it can become very confusing,” said Eun. “It’s important to see your doctor every year to discuss your needs.”

According to Eun, an annual exam should include a discussion with your doctor regarding your overall health, including screening for safety and domestic violence issues, birth control, and eating and exercise habits.

“We follow the American College of OBGyn guidelines, which recommend mammograms beginning at 40, and

colonoscopies beginning at 50,” said Eun. She also recommends women receive their first well-woman exam around the age of 16, to answer questions about your body, with a first pelvic exam being done around the age of 21, unless there are concerns.

For women of child-bearing age, Eun recommends speaking with your doctor about your plans for starting a family, and which birth control method might be best for you.

“There have been a lot of changes in the options for contraception,” said Eun. “There are some excellent long term options, which can last for several years, that have been improved over the years.”

For women past child-bearing years, Eun stresses its just as important to be honest with your doctor about your future plans, and decide the best treatment as you age, including mammograms, colonoscopies, and the possibility of permanent contraception.

While an annual doctor’s visit can screen for any problems, women need to take steps every day to keep themselves healthy, which, according to Eun, can sometimes be difficult.

“Women need to make taking care of themselves a priority,” said Eun. “It’s easy to get caught up in running a household and holding a job, but women need to be sure to get plenty of exercise and reduce stress when they can. It can be difficult, but finding a balance is the first step in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.”

“It’s important to see your doctor every year to discuss your needs.”

Dr. Lindsay Eun, physician with Westside Women’s Health Clinic

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Fighting breast cancer is hard enough.

GETTING TO THE BEST TREATMENT SHOULDN’T BE. A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan can be very overwhelming. The breast program team at Swedish is recognized across the region for their expertise in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. We provide compassionate, comprehensive treatment, working closely with patients and their families. And we do it all in a place that’s close to home.

For more information about the Swedish Breast Care Center call 303-788-2748 or visit SwedishHospital.com/breast.

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Swedish Medical Center strives for well-rounded health service programs for women From depth of service, to a whole team approach when it comes to caring for female patients, Swedish Medical Center works to set the standard in women’s healthcare in the Denver Metro Area.

Understanding that women’s needs are unique in all areas, Swedish makes it a priority to go beyond birthing and delivery for female patients. From the Rocky Mountain region’s leading stroke care, the latest cancer treatments and advanced heart care, Swedish offers some of the area’s most specialized services.

Christina Merritt, who joined Swedish as the administrative director of women’s services in May, said Swedish Medical Center has some of the best services in the region with doctors and medical professionals experience spanning decades. Some of the programs offered to women at Swedish include:

Pelvic Floor Disorder: The Comprehensive Pelvic Floor Center at Swedish is a multidisciplinary program that provides evaluation and treatment of patients with pelvic floor disorder. Providers work closely with each other to create individualized diagnosis and treatment plans that fit the needs of every patient.

Pregnancy and childbirth: Merritt said the important thing doctors and nurses in the labor and delivery area understand is that we live in changing times and every expectant mother has her own birthing plan. Swedish has a comprehensive team which includes; OB-GYNs, PNNPs, Nurse Midwives, seasoned nurses and a stellar Level III NICU, allowing them to provide great quality care and honor patients’ choices no matter their birth plan.

Breast Cancer Care: “Swedish has one of the area’s largest breast care programs,” said Merritt. As part of Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute and in partnership with Invision Sally Jobe and Oncology Rehab, Swedish’s comprehensive program includes nurse navigators to help guide patients from diagnosis and treatment through recovery and survivorship.

Included in the breast care center are specialized breast surgeons, Dr. Laura Hafertepen, Dr. Jane Kercher and Dr. Jodi Widner. These doctors have years of experience and expertise in the most current surgical techniques for the treatment of breast cancer. Surgeons at Swedish specialize in high-risk cases, prophylactic surgery and breast cancer surgery.

Gynecologic Oncology: Serving as the leading provider of gynecologic cancer services int the Rocky Mountains, Swedish Medical Center is committed to providing the highest quality of care and compassion to women with cancer of the reproductive system.

Going digital Serving parents after they leave the hospital is also a goal at Swedish Medical Center. Through a new app to be launched soon, Merritt explained that a new mom can have everything they need to know about recovery from childbirth, the baby’s health and a one-stop shop for the next 18 months to keep track of feedings, diaper changes and any issues that may arise between mom and baby.

“Currently, there are many separate apps available for each of these things,” Merritt said. “We are giving moms this information all in one place. Our care stays with them through the baby’s early development.”

Breast Cancer Reconstruction: With Dr. Lily Daniali leading the way, the reconstructive breast surgeons with Swedish Medical Center are experts and understand the full scope of breast reconstruction. Merritt said it’s in areas of plastic surgery that Swedish Medical Center is a true leader in meeting and understanding women’s needs.

Two primary areas of focus include: • Lymphedema: Often a side effect of cancer treatment, lymphedema happens when the lymph nodes are removed. At Swedish, some of the surgical treatment options include lymph node transfer, Lymphovenous Bypass or Lymphedema Liposuction.

• DEIP Flap: In DEIP flap reconstruction a surgeon uses fat, skin and blood vessels from the patient’s abdomen and then reattaches the blood vessels of the flap to blood vessels in the chest using microsurgery. This allows women to recover more quickly since no muscle tissue is removed

Learn more about Swedish Medical Center at www.swedishhospital.com.

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“A lot of people will remember when all this happened, and Reitman is really excited to be back at the festival to show the film,” Erickson said. “It’s great that we get to feature such a Colorado story.”

For more information and tickets, visit www.denverfilmfestival. denverfilm.org.

Arvada Center’s celebration of color For my money, the yellows, reds and oranges of autumn are nature’s best color show. And they make the Arvada Center’s fall exhibitions’ focus on color the perfect match for the season.

Running through Nov. 11 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Virginia Maitland Retrospective: 1965-Present, Connected by Color and Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy, showcase different explorations of color.

Housed in the Center’s Main Gallery, Boulder painter Virginia Maitland gets an expansive career retrospective. Through more than 45 works and archive materials, some dating back to 1965, visitors can see how she incorporates color, light and nature into her large-scale paintings.

The Upper Gallery’s Connected

by Color exhibit explores color’s limitless possibilities through the work of four artists. Patricia Aaron works in encaustic. Jennifer Ivanovic pours acrylic paint straight into her composition. Sue Oehme is a master printmaker. And Jodi Stuart creates ethereal sculptures using 3D printing pens.

In the Theatre Gallery, Laura Merage’s soft sculpture creations include huggable pillows and plush seats that allow visitors to enjoy the whimsical creations in style.

For more information on the exhibitions, visit www.arvadacenter.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week Brian Fallon and Craig Finn at Summit Music Hall Two of the best storytellers in rock music for more than 10 years have been The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn and The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon. So, the fact that they’re appearing on the same bill at the Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St. in Denver, should be cause for celebration. The show is at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27.

Fallon and Finn have been releasing solo albums over the last couple years, using the opportunity to explore different ways of writing and playing. But the results are just as rewarding. Last year, Finn’s “We All Want the Same Thing,” featured some truly novelistic songs that could just wreck a person. And Fallon’s “Sleepwalkers,” released in February, is one of this year’s best albums.

For tickets to this special show, visit www.summitdenver.com.

Don’t miss Boo at the Zoo One of the area’s best trick-ortreat options not only provides a plethora of candy stations, but also the chance to see some wild animals in the process.

The 34th annual Boo At The Zoo, hosted at the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St., and presented by Toyota Stores, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27 and 28.

The event offers trick-or-treat stations, creepy crawly animal demonstrations and exciting familyfriendly entertainment under the canopy of the zoo’s beautiful fall foliage.

For more information, visit www. denverzoo.org.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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Día de los Muertos events coming up Gardens, bar, art venue among places holding celebrations of Mexican holiday

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Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, isn’t anything like Halloween, despite skulls being involved with the holiday.

It’s a three-day celebration that originated in central and southern Mexico as a way to celebrate the passing of loved ones. Those who celebrate the holiday believe that the souls of deceased children come back from their resting at midnight on Oct. 31, and then reunite with their families on Nov. 1. The following day, deceased adults come visit their loved ones on Nov. 2.

Families who celebrate the holiday make one-of-a-kind altars that honor their loved ones who have passed. Those altars are decorated with pictures of the deceased whom the altar is dedicated to, that person’s favorite food, poems and more.

Other traditions include using sugar skulls to decorate gravestones of the deceased and spending time at the cemetery where families will eat, play music and sometimes spend the night to celebrate their loved ones.

“It’s the idea that death is a part of life. We think it’s a continuous cycle,” Ramon Del Castillo said. Castillo is a professor and chair of the Chicana/o Studies Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. “It’s a calling upon the spirits to come and be with us and to celebrate with them in some spiritual way.”

The metro area has events dedicated to Día de los Muertos coming up that honor the holiday. Here are three: Día de los Muertos Celebration at 40 West Arts: Where: 1560 Teller St. When: Nov. 2 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Cost: Free Contact: 303-275-3430 In conjunction with the art district’s first Friday, 40 West will hold a Día de los Muertos celebration. Wine and beer will be available for guests to enjoy as they eat food from a local food truck. Aztec

Marigold Venga to pair with food trucks. On Nov. 2, the bar will have live, festive music.

“Our bartenders are going to be educating about what the Day of the Dead is. We have awesome, Mexican inspired beers. We’re very excited, and we want everybody to be here,” said Maria Valenzuela, a marketing associate at Cerveceria Colorado.

A painting titled “Tu y Yo” inside Cerveceria Colorado. dancers will be performing in traditional costumers while fire artists will hand-spin fire. All of the art district’s galleries, studios and businesses will also be available, and there will be exhibits that are inspired by Día de los Muertos. The event is child- and family-friendly.

“There are great things happening here on West Colfax, and it’s not the same as it was 10 years ago. Come and visit us, West Colfax is back,” said Bill Marino, 40 West board chair and business improvement district director.

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Cerveceria Colorado: Where: 1635 Platte St. When: Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to midnight Cost: Sugar skulls can be purchased for $10, and the skulls include a free beer.

Contact: 720-279-8248 Cerveceria Colorado, a craft-beer bar that serves Mexican-style beers, is aiming to educate the community about what Día de los Muertos is all about. The bar will offer sugar skull painting, and the skulls that its guests paint will be added to a collage or altar to celebrate life and the community. It will also be tapping its

Día de los Muertos Celebration at Denver Botanic Gardens: Where: 1007 York St. When: Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: Free gardens and event admission Contact: 720-865-3500 Denver Botanic Gardens’ Día de los Muertos Celebration happens to fall on one of its free days. The gardens is encouraging its guests to dress in Día de los Muertos costumes as it prepares for its eighth year of celebrating the holiday. There will be face painting, children’s crafts, sugar skull decorating, local art, cultural entertainment, a costume contest, food and more. Depending on the weather, the venue plants to host Lucha Libre wrestling and live art demonstrations.

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ments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

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www.ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/Notices NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

PUBLIC NOTICES WHEREAS, on December 6, 1993, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Antonio R. Siller and Gertrude E. Siller, Grantors, in favor of Wendover Funding, Inc., as Beneficiary, and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on December 15, 1993 at Reception Number 9300172026 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

Public Notices callofWHEREAS, Sheree 303.566.4088 the beneficial interest of the Deed Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuMisc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS

BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION NICOLE MARIE MATTHEWS and NICHOLAS SCOTT MATTHEWS v. MARK E. MORGAN 18-CVD-14030 and 18-SP-69 TO: MARK E. MORGAN Take notice that a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights has been filed against you in the above-entitled proceedings, before the General Court of Justice District Court Division and a Petition for the Adoption of a Minor Child has been filed in the above-entitled special proceeding before the Clerk of Court. The nature of the relief being sought is for the termination of parental rights and the adoption of Peyton Avery Morgan, born March 31, 2009, in Denver County, Denver, Colorado, presently residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The child was born to Nicole Marie Matthews, her natural mother, and you were named as her natural father.

You are required to make defense to such Petition(s) not later than forty (40) days after the first date of publication of this notice on the 11th day of October, 2018. If you fail to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. Any parental rights you may have will be terminated upon entry of an Order and a Decree of Adoption.

This, the 1st day of October, 2018.

Kerry B. Everett Everett Law, PLLC 3440 Toringdon Way, Ste. 205 Charlotte, NC 28277 Legal Notice No.: 8659 First Publication: October 18, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE Date: October 25, 2018 and November 1, 2018

Holders of first mortgages (as shown on the recorded deeds of trust or assignments in Denver County, Colorado records) on lots at Highline Club are hereby advised of a proposed amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easement for Highline Club recorded February 22, 2017 at Reception No. 2017025407 with the Denver County Clerk and Recorder. This notice has been sent by certified mail to first mortgagees along with a consent form and a copy of the proposed amendment. A copy of the amendment and consent form can be obtained by contacting Kelly G. Morrow, Orten Cavanagh & Holmes, LLC, 1445 Market St., #350 Denver, CO 80202. (720) 221-9780.

Legal Notice No.: 8682 First Publication: October 25, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on December 6, 1993, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Antonio R. Siller and Gertrude E. Siller, Grantors, in favor of Wendover Funding, Inc., as Beneficiary, and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on December 15, 1993 at Reception Number 9300172026 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on February 16, 2005 at Reception Number 2005028055 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $182,608.22 as of September 20, 2018; and

ant to an assignment recorded on February 16, 2005 at Reception Number 2005028055 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and

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WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $182,608.22 as of September 20, 2018; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067, notice is hereby given that on November 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: LOTS FORTY-ONE (41), FORTY-TWO (42), BLOCK (4), FIRST RESUBDIVISION OF BRYN MAWR, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Commonly known as: 865 South Ogden Street, Denver, CO 80219.

The sale will be held at: 865 South Ogden Street, Denver, CO 80219.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not be accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure

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The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.

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The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $182,608.22 as of September 20, 2018, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Dated: October 3, 2018 Deanne R. Stodden, Foreclosure Commissioner 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 623-1800 Email: dstodden@messner.com Legal Notice No.: 8671 First Publication: October 18, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Andrew David Ferraro, also known as Andrew Ferraro, and as Andrew D. Ferraro, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31081 All persons having claims against the above named 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 February 11, 2019 or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas Edward Ferraro, Personal Representative 2479 Alta Canyon Circle Sandy, Utah 84093 Barbara Ann Dalvano, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representative Legal Notice No.: 8658 First Publication: October 11, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joe Angel Hernandez, a/k/a Joe A. Hernandez, a/k/a Jose Angel Hernandez, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31151 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 February 11, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hope Hernandez-Salazar, Personal Representative c/o Goddard & Hawkins, PC 1444 Blake Street Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 8661 First Publication: October 11, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Smith Torsch, a/k/a Carol S. Torsch, a/k/a Carol Torsch, Deceased

NoticePublic To Notice Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Smith Torsch, a/k/a Carol S. Torsch, a/k/a Carol Torsch, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 31118 All persons having claims against the above named 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 February 11, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Name: Elizabeth T. Wright, Personal Representative Address: 611 S. Clarkson Street Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No.: 8666 First Publication: October 11, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate GARY L. ANTONOFF, also known as Gary Antonoff, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31161 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 11, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas Scott Antonoff Personal Representative 930 S. Adams Way Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No.: 8667 First Publication: October 11, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilyn Zellmer, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31148 All persons having claims against the above named 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 February 11, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shirley M. Boardman Personal Representative 4831 South Clarkson Street Englewood, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No.: 8669 First Publication: October 11, 2018 Last Publication: October 25, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SHIRLEY L. SHEERS, a/k/a SHIRLEY LENORE SHEERS, AND SHIRLEY SHEERS, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31142 All persons having claims against the above named 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 February 19, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bryan F. Merritt Personal Representative 1845 South Vrain Street Denver, Colorado 80219 Legal Notice No.: 8670 First Publication: October 18, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202 In the Interests of: N. Elizabeth Jenkins, a/k/a Nancy Elizabeth Jenkins, a/k/a Beth Jenkins, Deceased Attorneys for Personal Representative and Trustee: Nancy L. Peterson, Reg. No. 35675 Mallory J. Hasbrook, Reg. No. 50176 Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C.

In the Interests of: N. Elizabeth Jenkins, a/k/a Nancy Elizabeth Jenkins, a/k/a Beth Jenkins, Deceased

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Attorneys for Personal Representative and Trustee: Nancy L. Peterson, Reg. No. 35675 Mallory J. Hasbrook, Reg. No. 50176 Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C. 1125 17th Street, Suite 2200 Denver, Colorado 80202 303-830-2500 npeterson@petersonlawllc.com Case Number: 17PR30222

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Scott Summers (presumably n/k/a Scott Granger); Alex Summers (presumably n/k/a Alex Granger); William Summers; Emma Jane Holt; Claire Louise Holt; Abagail Elizabeth Holt; and Adam Lucas Bagby Last Known Address, if any: Unknown

A hearing on a Motion for Approval of Residuary Beneficiary for the purpose of distributing the residuary balance of The Gil and Beth Jenkins Trust will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: Friday, April 5, 2019 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202 /s/ Nancy L. Peterson, Reg. No. 35675 Signature of Attorney for Party Giving Notice Legal Notice No.: 8672 First Publication: October 18, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jorrn H. McGuire, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31040

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them toh the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver,s Colorado on or before February 25, 2019, or them claims may be forever barred.

James P. McGuire, Personal Representative 1651 Saratoga Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 Legal Notice No.: 8674 First Publication: October 18, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Marvin Severini, aka Richard M. Severini, aka Richard Severini, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR031100

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All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them toF the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver,w Colorado on or before February 28th, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rose Mary Zapor with Lakewood Legal Center Attorney to the Personal Representative 7475 W. 5th Avenue, No. 202 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No.: 8678 First Publication: October 25, 2018 Last Publication: November 8, 2018 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Vincent Hernandez, also known as Vincent C. Hernandez, also known as Vincent Carman Hernandez, also known as Vincent C. Harnandez, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31181

All persons having claims against the above named 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 February 25, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Evelyn Hernandez Personal Representative 760 S. Canosa Ct.

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He likes to throw hay and beat on his chest and have his back scratched.”

While the gorillas are high-energy, social animals.

Valois said the orangutans, who live on the other side of the building, are more solitary animals and prefer a low-key environment with the exception of Eirina, an 11-year-old female, who is incredibly playful.

“She loves to swing,” Valois said. “She takes sheets and make hammocks for herself. She ties knots. She has what we interpret as a great sense of humor.”

Both the gorillas and orangutans have indoor/outdoor enclosures and a living space out of the public eye. This, Valois said, is important because while the apes acclimate to the colder Colorado weather, they’re not really made to be in the snow. Still, the big yards where the apes play outdoors are a point of pride for Valois and her team.

A new climbing structure was recently built in the orangutans’ outdoor enclosure to replace trees that are dying.

“We’re really lucky at Denver to have these yards with natural trees and opportunities for the animals to climb, especially for orangutans,” Valois said.

“These guys are made to be in trees. In a natural environment they would not come to the ground, not like ours do here. So having options like trees or like our new climbing structure is important to give them new ways to climb, to find food, places to take naps … Though a generous donation we were able to put up the new structure. The keepers and the orangutans really like it.”

NORTON FROM PAGE 6

Her first and immediate response was, “I have never given myself permission to take the pressure off.”

I am not saying that we don’t have to work hard or that we shouldn’t work hard. As a matter of fact, the compromise in work ethic in some areas is becoming a different problem and a topic for a future column. What I am advocating is that for those of us who work hard, maybe having multiple responsibilities within our existing job or holding down two or three jobs and volunteering, PUBLIC NOTICE we need to take the pressure NOTICE TO CREDITORS Vincent Hernandez, off of ourselves. also known as Vincent C. Hernandez, Here isaswhat I have also known Vincent Carmanfound.

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All persons having claims against the above named 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 February 25, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Evelyn Hernandez Personal Representative 760 S. Canosa Ct. Denver, CO 80219 Legal Notice No.: 8679 First Publication: October 25, 2018 Last Publication: November 8, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Aaron John Smith, a.k.a. Aaron J. Smith, Aaron Smith, and AJ Smith, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 31205

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 February 25, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathryn E. Gray, Personal Representative

ourselves too thin, we begin to second guess our work and our accomplishments. We start to put even more unnecessary pressure on ourselves to make sure what we do is accurate, excellent, and maybe even strive for perfection. I have also found that many of us are performing far above anyone else’s expectations, so we become our own worst enemy with our self-imposed expectations. We have to take the pressure off.

Finding balance is the key. I know, maybe easy to say and hard to do, I get it. If this is a problem area for you, please send me an email and we can talk about it. Setting boundaries around time, family, activities in life that bring joy and happiness, taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, and spirituallyPublic , these are all things Notice that we must maintain.

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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 February 25, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathryn E. Gray, Personal Representative 2509 E. Woodlyn Way Greensboro, North Carolina 27407 Phone: 336-317-9552 Legal Notice No.: 8680 First Publication: October 25, 2018 Last Publication: November 8, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Reinaldo Cardenes, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31187 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 25, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

up with the rush and crush of our current schedules. Sooner or later we will lose the battle if all we are doing is trying to keep up the pace of someone else’s race. We need to give ourselves permission to take the pressure off.

So how about you? Is it time to take the pressure off for yourself a little? Maybe a lot?

Or have you figured out your “Work smarter, and take the pressure off ” strategy? Either way I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we set our own boundaries, run our own race, and take the pressure off, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and Public Notice personal coach.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Reinaldo Cardenes, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR31187

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 25, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

David A. Simmental, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 9085 East Mineral Circle, Suite 190 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No.: 8681 First Publication: October 25, 2018 Last Publication: November 8, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Arthur Arshem, aka James A. Arshem, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 31028 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 February 11, 2019, or the

SMITH FROM PAGE 6

There is one (unnamed) manufacturer who continually shoots itself in the foot with commercials that boast the brand no longer conforms to past perceptions. If that’s true, marketing shouldn’t bring it up.

I realize I am not the demographic that these commercials are targeting. I don’t need a new car every two years, and I don’t want to start talking to my dashboard.

New cars are fun, and there are no French fries under the seats. Or dog hairs.

Jennifer has one of these new cars. It’s the consequence of our June hailstorm.

She won’t allow Harry to ride in it.

My car, the one she has been riding in these many years, has, if one looked closely, a number of blond hairs on the front, passenger side floor, and I treasure them, because they symbolize our love and devotion.

But the sentiment is not reciprocated when it comes to similar symbols in her car.

Therefore, no hair of the dog.

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

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