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Zoo sees birth of endangered okapi

Plasma transfusion needed to care for struggling animal STAFF REPORT

A rare okapi (oh-Kah-pee) calf was born Dec. 4 at the Denver Zoo. The seventh birth of his species at the zoo, Forest weighed just under 40 pounds.

“Shortly after he was born, zoo staff noticed that Forest was unable to stand and was therefore unable to nurse,” Brian Aucone, senior vice president for animal sciences, said in a news release.

“Our team took swift action to get the calf back on the path to health, and I’m happy to say he’s getting stronger each day.”

Based on blood work changes, veterinarian Betsy Stringer determined that Forest had not received vital antibodies from his mother and that he needed a plasma transfusion. She recruited the help of Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to overnight plasma for the new calf.

“We are very proud of the training that allows us to do voluntary blood draws with our okapi and other species,” said Patty Peters, vice president community relations at Columbus Zoo. “We all want to see Forest healthy and are thankful we could give aid in this way.”

Forest’s plasma transfusion was successful, and he is now strong enough to nurse on his own.

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Coffee shop wants to be Denver’s first legal pot club City voters OK’d plan to allow consumption venues in 2016

BY KATHLEEN FOODY ASSOCIATED PRESS

A rare baby okapi was born Dec. 4 at The Denver Zoo to mom Kalispell. Named Forest, the baby weighed just under 40 pounds at birth. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DENVER ZOO

Denver officials are reviewing the first application from a business seeking to be among the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs, a step that comes more than a year after city voters approved a bring-yourown pot measure.

Dan Rowland, a spokesman for the Denver department that regulates marijuana businesses, said the city received the application from the Coffee Joint on Dec. 8.

Co-owners Rita Tsalyuk and Kirill Merkulov plan to charge a $5 entry fee if they’re approved for the license. Customers could use edible pot products or vaporizing pens inside, and the shop would sell food, host events and provide free coffee or tea, she said.

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THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL

“We live in a world of incredibly talented and gifted people… And yet, on the other side, we also live in a world where mediocrity almost seems like an accepted norm.”

Michael Norton | columnist, Page 6 INSIDE

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DPS rating system draws flak for complexity, impact Rankings determine schools’ fate, but some see program as inaccurate

By Melanie Asmar Chalkbeat.org

Denver Public Schools’ comprehensive and increasingly complex system for rating schools is facing criticism this year from leaders and advocates on different sides of the education policy debate.

Some say the system is making bad schools look good. Others say the opposite. Many complain that frequent changes to the School Performance Framework make excellence a moving target in a district that promotes school choice — and one in which parents use the color-coded ratings to decide where to send their kids.

A record number of schools earned one of the top two ratings on the framework this fall, putting the state’s largest school district closer to meeting goals for raising the quality of schools citywide.

With student enrollment tied to funding, and in an era where low performance puts Denver schools on a path toward closure or replacement, the ratings carry real consequences.

“Lots of things get mentioned or murmured in the hallways,” said Chantel Maybach, an educator at George Washington High School.

“Instead of building up a school, that’s an easy way to start tearing it down from the inside, those fears and those concerns.”

Superintendent Tom Boasberg defended the ratings system, which put new emphasis this year on how well schools are educating traditionally underserved students. He also defended the academic gains schools have made and the high ratings they earned.

But he acknowledged that some measures weren’t as rigorous as they need to be, while others had the potential to be applied in a way that didn’t make sense. Correcting that will require more changes to the framework.

While the fluidity of the system is one of the most persistent criticisms, he said making those changes is critical if Denver is going to get it right.

“Do you not make improvements that clearly need to be made in the interest of saying, `No change?’” Boasberg said. “I think our view is that over time, as we learn more and listen to folks, we want to make those improvements. … If we have data that’s not doing a good job helping schools focus on how and what to improve, that’s a reason we want to improve our tool.”

Weighting controversial The concerns voiced by educators and advocates this year include that the framework too heavily weights the scores of less-rigorous early literacy tests taken by students in kindergarten through third grade, thereby inflating elementary school ratings.

Others complain that the new “academic gaps indicator” for all schools

‘Lots of things get murmured in the hallways.

Instead of building up a school, that’s an easy way to start tearing it down from the inside, those fears and those concerns.’

Chantel Maybach, Educator, George Washington High School does the opposite, unfairly penalizing those that serve a diverse population at a time when the 92,000-student district, where two-thirds of students are living in poverty, is trying to increase school integration.

The School Performance Framework was adopted by Denver Public Schools in 2008 under Boasberg’s predecessor, Michael Bennet, who is now a U.S. senator.

It awards schools points based on a long list of metrics. The number of points a school earns puts it in one of five color categories: blue (the highest), green, yellow, orange and red.

The system was meant to reward top performers and identify low ones, which from the beginning received extra funding to help them improve.

Bennet warned the ratings could have more dire consequences, too, including being used as a basis for school closure.

While the district has for many years closed schools due to poor performance, it solidified the framework’s role in those decisions in 2015 when the school board approved a policy setting consecutive low ratings as the first step toward school closure or restart.

So how are schools measured? State test scores have always been a big part of the metrics. But it’s more than just how many students score at grade-level or above, a factor the district calls status. In fact, the framework more heavily weights academic growth, or how much progress students make on the tests compared to peers who scored similarly to them in previous years.

When the framework debuted, Denver was among a first wave of large urban districts to emphasize growth over status. In 2008, growth accounted for about 60 percent of a school’s score, while status counted for about 30 percent, a ratio of 2-to-1.

As the district has added more growth metrics over the years, that ratio has stretched to 3-to-1 for elementary and middle schools. Growth accounted for 73 percent of an elementary school’s score this year, while status counted for 22 percent.

Boasberg is adamant that growth is more important than status. The latter, he said, is more a measure of where students start, which can depend on factors outside a school’s control. A school is not “good” because it serves more affluent kids, he said.

The traditional way of measuring schools based on how many students

pass a test “plays to your worst biases around privilege,” Boasberg said.

“The most important thing is for schools to make sure when kids come in, whatever level they’re at, that they grow.”

Disparities claimed But the district has been criticized, including by candidates in this year’s heated school board election, for giving high ratings to schools that may have above-average growth but where, for example, just 10 percent of thirdgraders can read and write at grade level.

The percentage of schools rated blue and green, the two highest ratings, has grown over the years. In 2010, 45 percent of schools were blue and green.

This year, more than 60 percent were.

The district’s goal is for 80 percent of schools in every neighborhood to be blue or green by 2020.

Sean Bradley, the president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, is concerned that all that blue and green is misleading to parents.

“The district has a duty to tell the truth,” he said. “And the current calculations that the district is putting out there may not be as accurate as we assume they are.”

Last year, just 9 percent of thirdgraders at Barnum Elementary in southwest Denver scored at grade level or above on the PARCC literacy test, which the state requires be given to students in grades three through nine and which it considers the gold standard measure of what students should know.

But 57 percent of those same thirdgraders scored at grade level or above on the iStation literacy test, another state-chosen test that’s given to students in kindergarten through third grade.

For the purposes of Denver’s school ratings, that 48-point gap and others like it are troubling to advocates like Van Schoales, CEO of the nonprofit education advocacy group A-Plus Colorado.

“What’s happened this year on the elementary school front, primarily because of the early literacy scores, threatens undermining the whole system,” Schoales said. “Most importantly, it is saying to families that schools are good when they aren’t.”

This year, the district increased the number of points schools could earn for doing well on iStation and other early literacy tests by adding metrics measuring how groups of tradition-

ally underserved students did, which district leaders consider key to closing achievement gaps.

That increase in the number of points came at the same time schools across Denver, including Barnum, saw big jumps in the number of young students scoring at grade level on iStation and other tests, which leaders credit to an increased focus and investment in early literacy.

As a result, Barnum earned nearly every possible point on the framework for its early literacy scores, while earning far fewer points for its PARCC scores, including zeroes in several categories. The school, which serves a primarily low-income student population, was rated green this year after being rated yellow the year before.

In a statement provided to Chalkbeat, Principal Beth Vinson said Barnum is proud to have been rated green. She said its focus on early literacy “is starting to show good results” that she hopes will lead to higher achievement in its upper grades.

Barnum was not the only green school with a big chasm between its third-grade early literacy scores and its third-grade PARCC scores. One of the biggest was at Castro Elementary, where 73 percent of third-graders scored on grade-level on iStation but just 17 percent did on PARCC. Castro jumped all the way from a red rating, the lowest, to green this year.

Superintendent shares concern Boasberg agrees that the misalignment between PARCC and tests like iStation is concerning. Because PARCC is relatively new, he said it was only recently that the district had enough data to confirm the mismatch.

To remedy it, the district announced this fall that it will raise the early literacy test cut points, which were previously set by test makers and the state. Doing so will make it harder for schools to earn points, which Boasberg suspects will affect ratings.

The higher cut points will go into effect for 2019, giving schools time to get used to them. Boasberg rejected an idea floated by some critics to eliminate the early literacy tests from the framework altogether. While he acknowledged they’re an imperfect measure, he said the district added them in response to complaints that elementary school ratings long ignored progress being made in the lower grades because those students don’t take PARCC. “We definitely agree the PARCC assessment is a stronger, higher quality assessment,” he said. But the early literacy tests are useful, too, he said, and the district is better off using them than nothing. “The question is,” he said, “`Do you let the perfect be the enemy of the good?’”

Another pervasive complaint this year has been how the district’s focus on academic gaps between more-privileged and less-privileged students is dragging down some schools’ ratings.

Two years ago, the district launched a new part of the framework it called the “equity indicator.” see RATING, p7

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Budget shortfall shutters Arapahoe House Substance abuse programs in metro-area cities to close

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A growing substance abuse problem but a lack of money to combat it has caught up with Denver-area treatment program Arapahoe House, forcing it close effective Jan. 2.

“It’s less about Arapahoe House and more about the systemic national problem with funding this disease,” Arapahoe House President and CEO Mike Butler said Dec. 15. “The pie is simply too small, and our piece of the pie is too tiny for the needs that are in our community. It’s a much bigger challenge than just Arapahoe House.”

The treatment program announced the decision Dec. 15 with a post to its web page saying it would no longer accept new patients and would conclude treatment for existing patients as of Jan. 2.

“This is probably one of the worst days of my career,” Butler said.

Arapahoe House, which has been in operation since 1975, treats between 4,000 and 5,000 patients annually, he said.

Arapahoe House operates four residential treatment programs — two in Thornton and programs in Westminster and Littleton — that are currently treating 40 people.

The program also is treating about 100 people on an outpatient basis at programs in Aurora, Denver, Lakewood and Thornton.

Butler said program administrators are working to find programs that will take the residential patients.

“Of course, there are more opportunities for people getting outpatient treatment,” he said.

Butler said Arapahoe House’s call center — which can be reached at 303-657-3700 — will remain open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, through Jan. 2.

The program has expenses of about

$11 million per year, he said. Most of its funds come from government programs like Medicaid or other subsidies.

“We are completely dependent on government funding, and that ebbs and flows,” he said. “And you know that on a national level, there is a lot of energy to shrink that funding in order to reduce taxes.”

Butler said Arapahoe House’s revenues have been about $1 million short for the past six years, forcing it to dip into its reserves. As of the end of 2017, those reserves are mostly depleted, he said.

It’s a problem that’s been building, he said.

“We have been trying to transition Arapahoe House for sustainability,” Butler said. “We have been providing so many services, but recently we’ve been trying to focus on programs that provide deep therapeutic treatment for our patients and shedding programs that were not at that level.”

Arapahoe House began closing auxillary programs this summer,

including the 24-hour detox program it operated for Adams County. Community Reach Center took over that program in June 2017.

“But despite all those efforts, there is just insufficient funding to continue,” Butler said.

Community Reach Center officials said it was too soon to determine how they would react to Arapahoe House’ latest announcement.

The decision will also take away the jobs for Arapahoe House’s 200 employees.

The irony is that substance abuse is considered a national problem, Butler said.

Arapahoe House’s news release notes that President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency, but Butler said those were empty words.

“It’s all talk; there is no funding,” Butler said. “To say that there is an epidemic and not allocate additional funding is like saying that a hurricane hit New Orleans, but not allocating any relief to help.”

Snarf’s plans two eateries along Federal Boulevard

Burgers, sandwiches coming to northwest Denver in 2018

BY ANDREW KENNEY AKENNEY@DENVERITE.COM

Denver Zoo staff work on Forest, the Denver Zoo’s baby Okapi. Forest needed a plasma transfusion shortly after birth. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DENVER ZOO

OKAPI FROM PAGE 1

He will remain behind the scenes for several weeks as he continues to develop and is prepared to step outside on our nicer winter days. When ready, he will be in the okapi yard near Toyota Elephant Passage.

Forest is the second birth for both of his parents.

His mother Kalispell (Kali, for short) was born at Denver Zoo in June 2009. Sekele, Forest’s father, was born in June 2009 at San Diego Zoo and arrived at Denver Zoo in November 2010.

Sekele and Kali were paired under recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species

Survival Plan, which ensures healthy populations and genetic diversity among zoo animals. Their first calf, Jabari, was born in February 2014 at Denver Zoo and was moved to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo in 2016.

Okapis look like a cross between zebras and giraffes. In fact, the species is the only living relative to the giraffe.

In addition to long necks, okapis have reddish bodies, black-andwhite striped legs and 12-inch, purple, prehensile tongues. Adult okapis weigh between 500 and 700 pounds and stand approximately five feet tall at the shoulder. Females are generally larger than males. The okapi’s gestation period is between 14 and 15 months.

Native only to the Ituri Forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo,

okapi survival is seriously threatened by unsettled political conditions and rebel military actions in that area. Population estimates for the species are extremely difficult to determine because the forest is so dense, but experts believe there are between 10,000 and 50,000 individuals and declining. Okapis are classified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Additional threats come from habitat loss and hunting.

This rare species was first discovered about 100 years ago. Very little is known about the behavior of the okapi in its native land due to its shy, elusive nature. Much of what is known has been learned in zoos during the past 45 years.

In addition to Sekele, Kali and Forest, Denver Zoo is home to Molimo, a male, and Almasi, a female.

The restaurant chain Snarf ’s plans to open two stores in northwestern Denver.

Both new locations — one will serve burgers, the other sandwiches — will stand near West 26th Avenue and Federal Boulevard.

A Snarfburger will replace a former check-cashing business at 2535 Federal Blvd. Snarf ’s Sandwiches will move into the former home of a marijuana dispensary at 2527 Federal Boulevard.

Both locations will open in 2018, according to Holly Moran, company spokeswoman. This will be the first Snarfburger in Denver. Snarf ’s is based in Boulder.

“I’m very excited that we’re going to have another walkable business,” said Leslie Twarogowski, executive director of the Federal Boulevard Business Improvement District.

The shops will be in one of the denser sections of Federal Boulevard, although the business district is still divided by the avenue’s four fast-rushing lanes of traffic. A popular Santiago’s Mexican Restaurant eatery stands nearby.

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THINGS TO DO

THEATER

EVENTS

The Nutcracker: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 22-23 at Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Call 303-8717720 or go to www.newmantix.com/dbt.

Presented by Denver Ballet Theatre.

Colonial Holiday Celebration: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 at Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver. Children ages 5-12 are invited to experience how colonial families celebrated the holidays. Sign up at arapahoelibraries.org.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: through Saturday, Dec. 23 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays; 1 p.m.

Wednesdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Call 720-898-7200.

Santa’s Flight Academy: through Dec. 24 at Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Children transform into elite members of Santa’s crew. Kids get an official badge, are fitted with a virtual flight suit, get to navigate a flight path and prepare Santa’s 22-foot-tall sleight before takeoff. Go to www.shopcherrycreek.com for hours and information.

Santa’s Big Red Sack: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 24 at Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. For mature audiences; this is a holiday show you should not take your kids to. Call 303-321-5925 or go to Avenuetheater.com.

Seussical, The Musical: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m.

Sundays through Dec. 30 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. No show on Dec. 24. Tickets available at the arts center box office, by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 5, or online at townhallartscenter.org/ seussical.

A Hudson Christmas: 5-8 p.m. select evenings through Dec. 31 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Tickets available at www.altitudetickets.com, or in person on event nights.

Go to www.hudsongardens.org.

Blossoms of Light: 5-9 p.m. through Jan. 1 at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver. Holiday lights extravaganza. Go to https://www.botanicgardens.org/

ComedySportz: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 31 at The Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Two teams compete for laughs and points, with a referee keeping things moving and calling fouls. Fans judge the scenes and games and ultimately decide the winners and losers.

Call 303-321-5925 or go to http://www. avenuetheater.com for tickets.

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

MUSIC

Evening of Jazz: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at La Cour Art Bar, 1643 S. Broadway, Denver. Seating is limited. Call 303-777-5000 or go to denversartbar.com for reservations.

NYE Great Gatsby 16th White Rose Gala: 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 31 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver.

Go to http://go.evvnt.com/142738-1.

ARTS/CRAFTS

Holiday Miniatures Show: through Dec. 31 at Abend Gallery, 1412 Wazee St., Denver.

Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Call 303-355-0950 or go to www. abendgallery.com.

Legacy: through Dec. 31 at the Denver Public Library, Vida Ellison Gallery, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Exhibition of prominent painters working in the field of realism today. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1-5 p.m.

Sunday. For additional information, go to http://www.gallery1261.com/

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Santa’s Village: Fridays to Sundays, through Dec 24 at Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Admission includes a hayride, short holiday movies at Santa’s Cinema, live reindeer, crafts with Mrs. Claus, pictures with Santa and craft vendors in Santa’s workshop. Go to https:// www.botanicgardens.org/chatfield-farms

The Magic Within: Psychic Explorations with Erica Sodos: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at Mercury Café, 2199 California St. Denver.

Call 303-294-9258.

Merry Mariachi Music: The Talisman Duo: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 23 at Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver.

Live performance of upbeat holiday hits.

Sign up at arapahoelibraries.org.

CALM AFTER THE STORM

HEALTH

EDUCATION

Spices: 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 at Windsor Gardens, 597 S. Clinton St., Denver. Join Active Minds as we trace the rise of spices from colonialism and the spice trade to the hundreds of varieties that are commonly stocked in nearby supermarkets.

Argentina: 3-4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 at Ross-University Hills Library, 4310 E. Amherst Ave., Denver. Join Active Minds as we review Argentina’s history, culture, status and future prospects.

Saudi Arabia: 6:45-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 at Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St., Denver. Join Active Minds for Saudi history, the recent transition in generational power of the Saudi Royal family, and the complicated role played by Wahhabi Islam and Sunni Islam in the country and the region.

The History of Tea: 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26 at Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Join Active Minds as we tell the story of tea, including the role it played in colonial empire building, the types of tea, how it is grown and processed, who grows and drinks the most (which are not the same), and much more. Call 303-322-7727.

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VOICES Looking for good things is a matter of life and life

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reader reminded me that it’s time for my annual “What Makes Life Worth Living” top 10 list.

She also reminded me that I listed our neighborhood rabbits years ago.

I had forgotten. I QUIET forget more and more DESPERATION these days. However, I forget some things I wish I didn’t, and can’t forget some things I wish I could.

These lists are impulsive. I could write a different one each day for a month.

Good music and good films would be on evCraig Marshall ery list. Other things would appear and Smith disappear, depending upon the moment and the whim.

I would include McDonalds’ French fries, but then I would hear my doctor say “poison,” and remove them.

He says the same thing about Diet

Coke. I have tried to wean. But asking for “sparkling water” just doesn’t sound right, coming out of an old piece of crust like me.

Coffee? Absolutely.

God and gods don’t make my lists.

This isn’t the place.

Jennifer? She’s at the top now. If you’re a faithful reader, you know why.

I realize this could be an opportunity to show off, and list something that might make me look good, or worldly.

Arromanches-les-Bains, France.

Great towels and sumptuous views.

I haven’t left the country.

I have been to the Degas room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and it needs to be on the list. If not this year, next year.

Likewise, the wall-length (502 inches) Monet at the Museum of Modern Art. Let’s get started.

Jennifer.

The English language. Not drabble, spew and slang: clarity, concision and cleverness.

“Stardust” by Louie Armstrong, recorded on November 4, 1931. The trumpet intro, the syncopation, and Armstrong’s vocal cadence are brilliant. Someone said “he sounds like he is gargling peanut butter.”

Peanut butter could be, should be, on the list. There’s not enough room this time around.

The best part of waking up is waking up. The second best part of waking up is a bowl of hot, black coffee.

Memories, good ones, old ones, new ones. Strange ones.

Walking into my eighth-floor art studio at UCLA and seeing Tony Curtis, sitting on a stool in the middle of the room. He was taking life drawing classes with my mentor. Thought I knew where he was. I didn’t.

“City Lights.” I have yet to watch the ending without tears in my eyes.

Documentaries. I can’t get enough of them. And I watch, and watch again, every episode of “Modern Marvels.” How something is made, like a toothbrush, captivates me.

Blue. Blue skies, blue eyes, blueberry pies. Let’s go Blue, “Am I Blue?,” “Kind of Blue,” “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”

That’s nine.

Who am I leaving out? “Whom,” that’s who.

I left out my house, my home. I can’t do that. This is the best place on earth.

I haven’t traveled far, but I know the difference between my home and anyplace else.

Being home, staying home, coming home.

The only sounds I hear now are my own sighs of contentment. (I lived in an apartment, the walls were so thin I could hear my neighbor’s stomach conjugate his lunch.)

I know my house was built fast (I watched, 1993), and it looks like all of the others. But inside, it’s one of a kind.

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

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Changing the way we look at the ‘now’ moments of life

J

immy Buffett sings about a tattoo being a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling. Maybe for some that’s true, and for others, their tattoo carries a reminder of something powerful and meaningful to them. It will be with them forever.

WINNING Whenever my WORDS family would take a vacation to the Jersey Shore, I would take them all out on a boat and we would go crabbing. I would take them to the same places that I fished and crabbed with my grandfather. It Michael Norton is a memory built for them and one that they still talk about, and one that, surely, I will remember forever as well.

I love when I hear or read stories about someone’s relative or friend who built that bridge, that school, that building, or that house. Or someone who worked on the railroad or pipeline decades ago, a railroad or pipeline that still exists and serves us to this day.

Have you stopped recently and

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thought about what you are building or have built? Maybe sometimes we feel like we are only in the here and now and that whatever our job is, it is only for today and not for tomorrow. If we are only there for the paycheck, we are missing a huge opportunity, regardless of the position we have. Who knows where that company will go, who will lead it, or maybe who will acquire it one day. But if you played any part of the company’s success, you built something that will last for a very long time.

Perhaps we have lost sight of the fact that even within our families and in our family time, we have the opportunity to build memories that will last forever. We are raising children who will one day grow up and change the world in some way. And they will raise children who will someday have an impact on this world too. Could be a small or little impact, or who knows, they could be the next Bill Gates.

This idea of instant gratification and getting caught up in what we can have right now has eroded our ability to think of the overall contribution we can make at home, at work, and in our community. The “now” is here, in this moment, as you read this column.

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Meant to shine a light on educational disparities, it measured how traditionally underserved students — low-income students, students of color, special education students and English language learners — were scoring on tests compared to set benchmarks, and how they were scoring compared to students not in those groups, so-called “reference students.”

The district warned schools that the following year, the equity indicator could count against them. If they didn’t score blue or green on the indicator, they couldn’t be blue or green overall.

During that hold-harmless year, 33 blue or green schools scored poorly on equity. The hold-harmless period also provided a chance to highlight issues with the indicator.

Some school leaders, for example, complained it was unfairly dinging them for having large gaps even though their traditionally underserved students were scoring better than average.

What sort of message was it sending low-income parents, they argued, when a school with a big gap between poor and affluent students but where poor students were doing above average was rated lower on equity than a school where all students were doing below average?

The district took those concerns into account and tweaked the indicator this year, Boasberg said. It still measures gaps within a school, but it awards twice as many points for whether traditionally underserved students are meeting the benchmarks, taking the emphasis off the comparisons and putting it on whether underserved kids are on grade level.

The district also gave the indicator a more precise name: the “academic gaps indicator.”

But concerns persist.

Charter raises questions The Downtown Denver Expeditionary School, a charter elementary school where about 40 percent of students are minorities and a quarter are low-income, scored red on the academic gaps indicator for the second year in a row and was rated orange overall.

School leaders acknowledge the school has work to do in closing its gaps. Last year, 61 percent of middleand upper-income third-graders scored at grade level on the state literacy tests, while just 23 percent of students who qualify for subsidized lunches did, for example.

But they said despite the district’s tweak, it continues to make little sense that schools with smaller gaps but 8 percent literacy proficiency are green, while their school is orange.

“This isn’t about not holding us accountable for our achievement gaps,” said principal Erin Sciscione.

“We want to be held accountable to that. We just don’t think the current system of measuring that is doing what it says it’s doing.”

Chantel Maybach, a special education coordinator at George Wash-

‘There’s no perfect way to do it. At the end of the day, it’s enormously helpful for teachers, for parents and for school communities to have a school performance framework that takes data from many different sources and brings it together in a way that’s understandable.’

Tom Boasberg, DPS Superintendent ington High, was among a group of teachers, parents and students who spoke publicly about the indicator at a recent school board meeting.

She said she was “discouraged and sickened” to learn from one of the school’s data specialists that if white students at George had just not answered every fifth question on the test, the school would done better on the indicator and been green overall instead of yellow.

Senior Emily Ostrander said the lower rating was unfair for a school that serves “some of the highest achievers in the district.” George Washington is home to a rigorous International Baccalaureate program that for years fueled a divide among students, often along racial lines, that the school is working to erase. About 72 percent of George Washington students last year were students of color, and about 55 percent qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

“In a way, it dings the school for being as diverse as it is,” said student Yemi Kelani.

Nine schools were downgraded this year because they didn’t score high enough on the academic gaps indicator. George Washington wasn’t among them, but Brown International Academy, an elementary school in northwest Denver, was. Kate TynanRidgeway, a third-grade teacher at Brown, wrote an opinion piece in The Denver Post calling the ratings misleading.

Sixty-one other teachers signed on in support of the opinion piece.

If Brown were located a few blocks west and over the border of Jefferson County, where there is no academic gaps indicator, Tynan-Ridgeway said, it’d be green and not yellow.

“The achievement gap worries us all,” she said. “As educators, we’re differentiating all the time.”

Fairness in spotlight But Tynan-Ridgeway said that with the indicator highlighting the performance of traditionally underserved students, “it feels to me that the district is saying those kids are far more important than what could potentially be the bulk of your student body.”

Boasberg responded with an opinion piece of his own explaining why the indicator exists. He wrote that it’s already showing promising results: The number of would-be green schools with poor indicator scores dropped by two-thirds from the hold-harmless year to this year.

The district is still fine-tuning the indicator, Boasberg said, and it’s pos-

sible more tweaks are coming. One issue, he said, is whether it should apply to schools where nearly all students belong to traditionally underserved groups. This year, the district decided not to downgrade the overall ratings of three high-poverty schools even though they did poorly on the indicator.

With such high stakes as funding, enrollment and even possible closure attached to school ratings, there are plenty of theories about the reasons behind the frequent changes.

Is the district embellishing the ratings to make its schools look better and insulate itself from criticism about closing low-performers? Or is it inventing new ways to drive traditional schools’ ratings down so it can justify replacing them with charter schools?

Boasberg insisted it’s neither. But he said he understands why people hold

such passionate, and often conflicting, opinions about the way the district rates its schools.

“There’s no perfect way to do it,” he said. “At the end of the day, it’s enormously helpful for teachers, for parents and for school communities to have a school performance framework that takes data from many different sources and brings it together in a way that’s understandable.”

While the district debates what to do about the academic gaps indicator and gives schools another year to get used to higher early literacy cut points, there is one change that’s definitely happening for the 2018 framework.

After lowering the bar in 2016 to essentially give schools a reprieve from the new and rigorous PARCC tests, all cut points for the literacy and math tests will go up next year, inching blue and green ratings a bit further out of reach.

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Breckenridge has been brewing the ale since 1993.

No spices are added to the recipe, but it has a hint of space courtesy of Chinook and Mt. Hood hops.

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The holidays are a time to gather together with friends, family, co-workers and other near and dear ones.

And to make that time a little more delicious, and possibly more bearable, many local breweries produce holiday and winter brews specifically for the season.

“The great thing about beer is how it brings people together. More than any other time of year, the holidays bring together family and friends in celebration time and time again,” explained Todd Usry, president and brewmaster at Breckenridge Brewery, headquartered in Littleton. “Seasonals allow us to get

Local breweries add orange, gingerbread, spices and other flavors

creative using ingredients that are common that time of year, introduce styles that have historic relevance to the time of year, or brew a beer that has flavors that reflect the emotions of the season.”

At Breckenridge, they offer a Christmas Ale, the Holidale which is a variation of the Christmas Ale that has rested in whiskey barrels, and a Nitro Chocolate Orange Stout, while at Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks, they offer Oh Snap!, a spiced winter ale that includes winter cookie spicing and sweet orange peel.

“We want our holiday brews to be fun, but not too over the top. As always, the primary goal is to make a high-quality beer,” said Chris Hill, who runs Arvada’s SEE BEERS, P9

A DEEP DIVE INTO HOLIDAY BEERS Breckenridge Brewery Christmas Ale — Breckenridge has been brewing the ale since 1993. It’s a fullflavored, well-balanced ale with lots of malty flavor and a warming 7.1 percent ABV (alcohol by volume). No spices are added to the recipe, but it has a hint of spice courtesy of Chinook and Mount Hood hops.

Holidale — A variation of Christmas Ale that has rested in whiskey barrel for several months. The barrels add notes of oak and whiskey to the caramel sweetness of Christmas Ale. Nitro Chocolate Orange Stout — An entry into the brewery’s Nitro Series is a roasty stout brewed with orange zest and locally sourced Cholaca, pure liquid cacao. The brew is topped by the velvety texture of the nitrogen head.

Through December, the Christmas Ale is available in six-packs and 12-packs, a five-liter mini keg that holds 10

pints, and a very limited supply of 240 one-liter gift bottles, signed and handlabeled by the elves at Breckenridge Brewery. The one-liter gift bottles are sold at the Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery, 2920 Brewery Lane in Littleton.

Holidale is available in 22-ounce bombers through December.

The Nitro Chocolate Orange Stout is packaged in four-packs of nitrogencharged cans and can be purchased through January.

Check out the beer locator (www.breckbrew.com/beer-locator) to find specific stores and pubs that carry them.

Lone Tree Brewing Company Cranberry Saison Horchata stout — A milk stout with chocolate and cinnamon Old Ale — Features gingerbread spices

The holiday beers are available in 22-ounce bombers, available on tap in the Lone Tree Brewing Company tasting room, 8200 Park Meadows Drive, No. 8222, and at several bars across the metro area.

The Cranberry Sasion and Old Ale are currently available, and should be through the end of December. The Horchata Stout will be released right before Christmas, and will be available for the rest of the winter.

Odyssey Beerwerks Oh Snap! — For the second year, the brewery is offering its Oh Snap! Spiced winter ale. It features a rich malt base with biscuit accents complimented by classic winter cookie spicing and sweet orange peel.

Available both on draft and in cans, through the end of the year at Odyssey, 5535 W. 56th Ave. No. 107 and craftbeer centric liquor stores throughout the Denver metro area.

When you live in a place long enough, you develop a routine of going to the same places for a bite to eat, or a quick drink.

But Megan Bucholz wanted to show residents and visitors alike that Denver’s dining scene is a dynamic and delicious place to eat.

To that end, she started Local Table Tours in 2010 with the goal of highlighting some of best bites.

“All our guides are really great, and connect to the food industry,” Bucholz said with a laugh. “But sometimes its fun to get a guide way cooler than I am.”

That’s why this DecemCOMING ber, Local Table Tours has ATTRACTIONS enlisted Orion Carrington as their newest tour guide. Carrington is known for hosting the Comcast television show, “Let’s Eat,” in addition to emceeing a variety of events around town including the Denver Burger Battle and RAW Artist — Denver. He’s had segments aired on CNN Travel Channel and interClarke Reader viewed cast members from HBO’s “True Blood” and AMC’s “The Walking Dead.”

As Bucholz explains, Carrington will take tourists to a variety of LoDo stops, including Hearth & Dram, Lucky Pie, Euclid Hall, Zoe Ma Ma, Coohills, The Kitchen, Kachina, Poka Lola Social Club, Tap 14 and Vesta.

Moving into 2018, Bucholz is looking to bring coffee and cocktail tours to the area as well.

“We’re always looking for new spins on the tour to develop,” she said. “So often people go to the same place over and over, but we want them to think outside the box.”

Carrington will host a selection of culinary tours in December and January. Custom tour dates and times are also available upon request. For more information, or to book a tour, call 303-909-5747 or visit www.localtabletours.com.

Celebrate the winter solstice outside Anyone who has visited Lakewood’s Bear Creek Lake Park knows it provides some truly spectacular views, not only of wildlife and the metro area, but also the night sky.

Those night sky views make the park, located at 15600 W. Morrison Road, the perfect place to celebrate the first official day of winter at the Winter Solstice Hike, from 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 21.

The evening event features a short night hike, followed by a merry gathering around a large campfire for a marshmallow roast and traditional burning of the yule log. Attendees should bring their own mug to enjoy a hot drink.

For the details, visit www.lakewood.org/ BCLPEvents.

Happy bassmas, everyone It’s pretty standard to go to a coffee shop or bar and hear the music of a singer, accompanied by just an acoustic guitar. It’s a little less common to see a singer and upright bass.

But, if you come up to Kachina Southwestern Grill, 10600 Westminster Blvd., from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21, that’s what you’ll see when Nalani performs.

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Odyssey Beerwerks with Deana, his wife. “We often tell people that ‘dark is a color, not a flavor’ so don’t be afraid of dark beers — especially this one.”

The Lone Tree Brewing Company adds a little fruit and gingerbread to its holiday beers, said Josh West, head brewer at the company. It also makes a Horchata Stout right before Christmas.

“Our goal is for the beers to not only be consumable independently but also

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porary covers of jazz, soul and blues, as well as her own writings, Nalani brings an approach to music that you won’t see all that often. She often brings in guest musicians with her, so you never know what the show will be like until she starts playing. For some pre-holiday fun, this is an event to not be missed.

A visit to www.kachinawestminster. com will provide all the info you need.

Martinis with the Griswolds Chevy Chase’s Clark Griswold is perhaps the only person who has a worse time at Christmas than Charlie Brown. But his misadventures are hilarious every time.

On Thursday and Friday, Dec. 21 and 22, people of drinking age and older can head to the University of Colorado South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St. in Lone Tree, to catch the holiday classic and get their drink on at Movie and Martini: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the movie begins at 7:30 p.m.

The all-inclusive evening includes two drinks (signature cocktails, beer or wine), a dinner menu prepared by the in-house culinary team, movie (with popcorn) and the classic film on the big screen. Attendees who arrive early can play trivia to win prizes

pair well with food when the beer is released,” he added. “We try to think of what types of beer will pair well with the season and create recipes based on popular seasonal flavors.”

As with the holiday season, the beers aren’t around for long. Most can be purchased through December, but some of the winter recipes go through January.

“Like most things in life, when people are happy, everything is more enjoyable. The holidays offer a great time for people to sit back, relax, and enjoy the moment,” Hill said. “Who wouldn’t want a great beer to be a part of that picture?” before the movie begins.

For tickets and information, visit www.southdenver.cu.edu/events/ event/national-lampoons-christmasvacation/.

The best Christmas music, live For my money, the soundtrack to 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is the best soundtrack for the holiday season. The arrangements and compositions of West Coast jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi beautifully captured the youthful and melancholy spirit of Charles Schulz’s comic and characters.

Music fans who feel the same as I do can see this timeless music performed by the Annie Booth Trio, featuring special guest Max Wellman on vocals, Patrick McDevitt on bass, and Alejandro Castaño on drums. Booth, a Denver-based jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator, has received numerous awards for her playing and contributions to the local jazz scene.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” with Annie Booth is at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 23 and 24, at Dazzle Denver, 1512 Curtis St. in downtown Denver. Visit www. dazzledenver.com for all you need to know.

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

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS To advertise your public notices 303-566-4100 Estate of call Kelvin L. Booker, aka Kelvin Lewis Booker, Deceased All persons having claims against the aboveCase Number: 2017 PR 31472 named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver All persons having claims against the aboveProbate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 9, 2018, or the named estate are required to present them to claims may be forever barred. the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Pierre LaCaille Colorado on or before April 14, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Dora Snyder Denver, Colorado 80207 Personal Representative 3105 E. 30th Avenue Legal Notice No: 8246 Denver, Colorado 80205 First Publication: December 7, 2017 Last Publication: December 7, 2017 Legal Notice No: 8268 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Jerome Sorensen, PUBLIC NOTICE aka John J. Sorensen, aka John Sorensen, Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case Number: 2017 PR 31416 Estate of Mary R. McCormick, aka Mary Roberta McCormick, All persons having claims against the aboveand Mary McCormick, Deceased named estate are required to present them to Case Number: 2017 PR 31239 the Personal Representative or to the Denver a Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, All persons having claims against the aboveColorado on or before April 7, 2018, or the named estate are required to present them tom claims may be forever barred. the Personal Representative or to the Denvera Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Robert Craig Sorensen Colorado on or before April 16, 2018, or thep Personal Representative claims may be forever barred. c/o Goddard & Hawkins, PC i 1444 Blake Street Gerald H. Jaggers l Denver, Colorado 80202 Attorney for Joseph R. McCormick, u Personal Representative Legal Notice No: 8247 c/o DiGiacomo, Jaggers, & Perko, LLP First Publication: December 7, 2017 t 5400 Ward Road, Building 111, Suite 200 Last Publication: December 21, 2017 Arvada, Colorado 80002 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peter Anthony Haber, aka Peter A. Haber, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31419 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before April 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lynita Blatchford Haber Personal Representative c/o Steven R. Hutchins, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No: 8254 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Maureen L. Bender, also known as Maureen Lois Bender, and Maureen Bender,Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31170

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 14, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Myra Louise Bender Personal Representative 800 Pearl Street #908 Denver, CO 80203-3342 Legal Notice No: 8256 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary G. Henry, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31460 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lucy Henry Abernathy Personal Representative 4144 Palmetto Way San Diego, CA 92103 Legal Notice No: 8265 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kelvin L. Booker, aka Kelvin Lewis Booker, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31472 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 14, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 8270 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gloria Sarah Kubel, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31466

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

Holly Winber Powers Co-Personal Representative 10467 White Pine Drive Parker, Colorado 80134 Kenneth David Winber Co-Personal Representative 2936 Sioux Court Des Moines, IA 50321 Legal Notice No: 8272 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate Margaret Dorothy Schott, Aka Margaret D. Schott, Aka Margaret Schott, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31450

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

Daniel D. Schott Personal Representative 4765 S. Clarkson Street Englewood, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No: 8277 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Alexander Craven, aka David A. Craven, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31490

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruth M. Cravan Personal Representative c/o Goddard & Hawkins, P.C. 1444 Blake Street Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No: 8278 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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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 January 8, 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:

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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.

Dealership donates toys, $10,000 to Santa Claus shop STAFF REPORT

Representatives from Larry H. Miller Dealerships donated $10,000 to Denver Santa Claus Shop during the opening of the annual Christmas pop-up shop.

The donation allows the shop to purchase toys, books and games for children ages newborn to 11 years old. The shop is open to pre-qualified, lowincome families, referred by social service agencies, whose children might not otherwise have a Christmas.

In addition to the monetary grant, Denver-area

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 LOT THIRTEEN (13) TO FIFTEEN (15), Public Notice impact the lives tooftheColoradans through thethe unexpiration of any extension period, Larry H. Miller dealerships collected toys in BLOCK NovemTHREEtively (3), CLAYTON ADDITION, used portion of the extension fee shall be apCITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF NOTICE goal OF DEFAULT holiday season.

Dealership employees Coloraber to support*CORRECTED* theAND nonprofit’s to provideCOLORADO. “a toy plied toward the amount across due.

FORECLOSURE SALE

to every girl and boy.” do are presenting $60,000 in monetary donations to If the high bidder is unable to close the sale Commonly known as: 3100 Vine Street, Denver, WHEREAS, on January 17, 2005, a certain Since 1931, Denver ClausbyShop has honored charitable programs, conducting collection drives in within the required period, or within any extenCO 80205.

Deed of TrustSanta was executed Roosevelt sions of time granted by volunteering the Secretary, the high Foster and Helene Foster, as Grantors, in fathe founder’s mission toB.provide toys to as many support of children and families, and bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deThe sale will be held at 3100 Vine Street, Denvor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary, posit,serve. or at the election of the foreclosure comchildren of and low-income families as possible at ver, CO 80205. in the communities they the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colormissioner after consultation with the HUD repas Trustee, and was recorded on February Christmas.ado Throughout the history of the orgaAssistance from Larry H. Miller the resentative, will be Charities, liable to HUD for any costs The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop4, 2005, at Reception Number 2005021729 in incurred as a result of suchis failure.

The Comment will bid the lesser amount ofarm the loan the office of 1 themillion Clerk andlocal Recorder of the nization, more than children have charitable ofbal-the dealership group, directed missioner may, at the direction of the HUD repance or the appraised value obtained by the County of Denver, Colorado; and benefited and received gifts during the holidays. toward women and children’s with ansecond resentative, programs, offer the property to the Secretary prior to sale. highest bidder for an amount equal to the WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by The donation was presented as part of the dealeremphasis on health and education.

Funds generhighest price offered by thatare bidder.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or oththe United States Secretary of Housing and Urbincome or liabilities, except that part, the pur-through employee contributions. an Development (the Secretary) pursuant to to the ships’ “5 Weeks of Giving” campaign helperposiated, in large

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, WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed Applicants have to show community started to review the application and a juana products often ask where they of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuto the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire When making their bids, all bidders except the ant to an assignment recorded on March 11, support for their proposal as part public hearing will probably be schedare allowed to legally use 2013 it, and empurchase price in accordance with the of terms of Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of at Reception Number 2013034565 in the the saleprocess. as provided herein, HUD does not guarthethree Secretary’s bid in the form of a the certified of the Clerk and Recorder the Countytwo of to licensing uledofwithin months. ployees have few answersoffice for tourists antee that the property will be vacant. check or cashier’s check made out to the SecDenver, Colorado.

Aubrey Lavizzo, a member of the In the meantime, Tsalyuk staying in hotels that ban marijuana FROM PAGE 1 retary of HUD. Aand deposit need not be accomThe scheduled foreclosure sale shall be canpany eachtheir oral bid.busiIf the successful bid is oral, WHEREAS, a default has been made want in the to La Alma Lincoln Park Neighborhood Merkulov open use, Tsalyuk said. celled or adjourned if it is established, by docua deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in mentedsaid written application of the mortgagor to the club backers beforeandthe end of the year Colorado law doesn’t address pot 9 (a) (i) hasness Denver voters approved the clubs in presented before the as bidding is closed.Association, The dethat Paragraph been violated; the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than posit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the two(3)ofdays their meetings and traditional shop.

For their clubs. In some cities, they are tolerated, a 2016 ballot measure, but it took nine three before the date of sale, or inotherpurchase price must be delivered withinattended 30 days WHEREAS, the entire a amount delinquent coffee is wise, that the default or defaults upon which.the of the salethey or at such other Secret-members $222,564.58 as of October 24, 2017; and to tour the dispensary 1,850-square-foot space, plan totime as thevited while others operate secretly . months for the city to start accepting foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of ary may determine for good cause shown, time “They’ve shown us that theyand really garage to a of space for “vape Other states with legal marijuana applications. Advocates have comservice of this notice of default foreclosure being the essence.

This amount, like the bid WHEREAS, byare virtue ofconvert this default,athe Secsale, or all amounts due under the mortgage deposits, must be delivered in the form want of a cer-to be retaryrules has declared the entire amount of the ingood neighbors,” said Lavizand paint” events, open a smaller room at a standstill for developing govplained that state restrictions preventagreement are tendered to the Foreclosure tified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the debtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be Commissioner, in has the form certified bidder,in hecomfortneed not pay the bidzo, amount due and payable; a veterinarian who hadofa aclinic for private eventshighest and put erning places to consumeimmediately pot products, ing pot use at any business with a cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conin the neighborhood for over 30 years. able furniture. including Alaska, where state regulaliquor license and the city’s own rules HUD, before the public auction of the property is veying fees, all real estate and other taxes that NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers completed. are a due on or after the delivery date of the revested inrules me by the Single “We Familywant Mortgage Merkulov said they are aware of the to give better name to tors have delayed discussion of unfairly limited potential locations for mainder of the payment and all other costs asForeclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et The amount that must be paid ifon the mortgage and global spotlight the is the cannabis industry betransfer goodoffor for retail shops until spring. the clubs. sociated and with the title. At thenational concluseq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is sion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessSecretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure industry.$222,564.58 residents, too,” Tsalyuk It could be months before Denver resFor instance, the city required pot as of October 24, 2017, plus all ful bidders said. will be returned to them.

Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reother amounts due hope under the No. 2017094067, is hereby given has the backing of a “It’s a new apex,”that he would said.be“We The proposal idents and tourists wouldception be allowed to notice clubs to be twice as far from schools mortgage agreement if payments under the The Secretary may grant an extension of time that on January 8, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. local time, thisofcan well and local association, which legally vape or eat pot products atpersonal the property and anywhere else children gather as deed trust be had managed not been accelerated, advertwithin which to deliver the remainder of to the prove payall real and at orneighborhood used in concosts and postage expenses incurred in All extension becity for 15-day with the followingsubmitted described premises safe.”ising a letterment. of support towill the . beincreCoffee Joint. The city saidnection it has just liquor stores. Customers buying marigiving notice, mileage by the most reasonable ments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the road distance for posting notices and for the extension fee shall be in the form of certified or highest bidder: Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior LOT THIRTEEN (13) TO FIFTEEN (15), Public Notice for title and lien record searches, the necessary to the expiration of any extension period, the unBLOCK THREE (3), CLAYTON ADDITION, out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure used portion of the extension fee shall be apCITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF *CORRECTED* NOTICE OF DEFAULT Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in plied toward the amount due.

COLORADO. AND FORECLOSURE SALE connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale Commonly known as: 3100 Vine Street, Denver, WHEREAS, on January 17, 2005, a certain within the required period, or within any extenCO 80205.

Public Notice Deed of Trust was executed by Roosevelt Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s sions of time granted by the Secretary, the high Foster and Helene B. Foster, as Grantors, in facheck or application for cancellation of the forebidder may be required to forfeit the cash deThe sale will be held at 3100 Vine Street, DenSUMMONS vor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary, closure sale shall be submitted to the address of posit, or at the election of the foreclosure comver, CO 80205. and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorthe Foreclosure Commissioner provided below. missioner after consultation with the HUD repIn the Third Judicial District Court, ado as Trustee, and was recorded on February resentative, will be liable to HUD for any costs The Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopSalt Lake County, State of Utah: 4, 2005, at Reception Number 2005021729 in Dated: November 30, 2017. incurred as a result of such failure. The Comthe office of the Clerk and Recorder of the ment will bid the lesser amount of the loan bal450 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84114.

Foreclosure Commissioner missioner may, at the direction of the HUD repCounty of Denver, Colorado; and ance or the appraised value obtained by the Deanne R. Stodden resentative, offer the property to the second Secretary prior to sale.

WebBank v. Magellan Freight Lines Limited 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300 highest bidder for an amount equal to the WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by Liability Company, and Michael S. Somers, Denver, CO 80202 highest price offered by that bidder. the United States Secretary of Housing and UrbThere will be no proration of taxes, rents or othCivil No. 170906746.

Telephone: (303) 623-1800 an Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the er income or liabilities, except that the purEmail: dstodden@messner.com There is no right of redemption, or right of posNational Housing Act for the purpose of providThe State of Utah to Magellan Freight Lines chaser will pay, at or before closing, his prosession based upon a right of redemption, in the ing single family housing; and Limited Liability Company and Michael S. rated share of any real estate taxes that have *This notice corrects the previous notice which mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosSomers: been paid by the Secretary to the date of the incorrectly listed the sale date as January 8, ure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed foreclosure sale.

2017. the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuYou are hereby summoned and required to file to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire When making their bids, all bidders except the ant to an assignment recorded on March 11, with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court, a writLegal Notice No.: 8251 purchase price in accordance with the terms of Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of 2013 at Reception Number 2013034565 in the ten answer to Plaintiffs' Complaint, and to serve First Publication: December 14, 2017 the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarthe Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of upon or mail to Last Publication: December 28, 2017 antee that the property will be vacant. check or cashier’s check made out to the SecDenver, Colorado.

Plaintiffs' Attorney, Joseph M.R. Covey Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch retary of HUD. A deposit need not be accomat 101 South 200 East, Suite 700, The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be canpany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, WHEREAS, a default has been made in the Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801-532-7840, celled or adjourned if it is established, by docua deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in a copy of your Answer within thirty (30) days mented written application of the mortgagor to presented before the bidding is closed. The dethat Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and after the last date of publication, which is the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than posit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the February 4, 2018. three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherpurchase price must be delivered within 30 days WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is wise, that the default or defaults upon which the of the sale or at such other time as the Secret$222,564.58 as of October 24, 2017; and If you fail to file and serve your Answer on time, foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of ary may determine for good cause shown, time judgment by default will be taken against you for PUBLIC NOTICE service of this notice of default and foreclosure being of the essence. This amount, like the bid WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secthe relief demanded in the Complaint. The Comsale, or all amounts due under the mortgage deposits, must be delivered in the form of a cerretary has declared the entire amount of the inplaint is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You Date: December 21, 2017 agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure tified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the debtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be can obtain a copy of the Complaint by requestCommissioner, in the form of a certified highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount immediately due and payable; ing one from the Clerk of the Court at the above Holders of first mortgages (as shown on the recashier’s check payable to the Secretary of in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conaddress or by calling 801-238-7300. corded deeds of trust or assignments in the City HUD, before the public auction of the property is veying fees, all real estate and other taxes that NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers and County of Denver, Colorado records) in completed. are due on or after the delivery date of the revested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Read the Complaint carefully. You are being units in the Brisbane Commons community mainder of the payment and all other costs asForeclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et sued for damages of $170,515.39 plus late are hereby advised of a proposed amendment The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is sociated with the transfer of title. At the concluseq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the fees, attorney’s fees, and interest arising to the Condominium Declaration for Brisbane to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure sion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessfrom a contract entered into with the Plaintiff Commons, recorded November 27, 1979 at Re$222,564.58 as of October 24, 2017, plus all Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reful bidders will be returned to them. on March 24, 2008. ception No. 025457 with the Denver County other amounts that would be due under the ception No. 2017094067, notice is hereby given Clerk and Recorder. This notice has been sent mortgage agreement if payments under the that on January 8, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. local time, The Secretary may grant an extension of time Legal Notice No.: 8271 by certified mail to first mortgagees along with a deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertall real and personal property at or used in conwithin which to deliver the remainder of the payFirst Publication: December 21, 2017 consent form and a copy of the proposed ising costs and postage expenses incurred in nection with the following described premises ment. All extension will be for 15-day increLast Publication: January 4, 2017 amendment. A copy of the amendment and congiving notice, mileage by the most reasonable (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch ments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The sent form can be obtained by contacting Lauren road distance for posting notices and for the highest bidder: and the Highlands Ranch extension fee shall be in the form of certified or C. Holmes, Orten Cavanagh & Holmes, LLC, Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary 1445 Market St., #350 Denver, CO 80202. sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred LOT THIRTEEN (13) TO FIFTEEN (15), of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior (720) 221-9780.

Public Notice for title and lien record searches, the necessary BLOCK THREE (3), CLAYTON ADDITION, to the expiration of any extension period, the unout of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure used portion of the extension fee shall be apCITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF Legal Notice No.: 8274 *CORRECTED* NOTICE OF DEFAULT Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in plied toward the amount due.

COLORADO. First Publication: December 21, 2017 AND FORECLOSURE SALE connection with the foreclosure prior to reinLast Publication: December 28, 2017 statement.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale Commonly known as: 3100 Vine Street, Denver, Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch WHEREAS, on January 17, 2005, a certain within the required period, or within any extenCO 80205.

Deed of Trust was executed by Roosevelt Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s sions of time granted by the Secretary, the high Foster and Helene B. Foster, as Grantors, in facheck or application for cancellation of the forebidder may be required to forfeit the cash deThe sale will be held at 3100 Vine Street, Denvor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary, closure sale shall be submitted to the address of posit, or at the election of the foreclosure comver, CO 80205. and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorthe Foreclosure Commissioner provided below. missioner after consultation with the HUD repado as Trustee, and was recorded on February resentative, will be liable to HUD for any costs The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop4, 2005, at Reception Number 2005021729 in Dated: November 30, 2017. incurred as a result of such failure. The Comment will bid the lesser amount of the loan balthe office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Foreclosure Commissioner missioner may, at the direction of the HUD repance or the appraised value obtained by the County of Denver, Colorado; and Deanne R. Stodden resentative, offer the property to the second Secretary prior to sale.

1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300 highest bidder for an amount equal to the WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by Denver, CO 80202 highest price offered by that bidder.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or oththe United States Secretary of Housing and UrbTelephone: (303) 623-1800 er income or liabilities, except that the puran Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the Email: dstodden@messner.com There is no right of redemption, or right of poschaser will pay, at or before closing, his proNational Housing Act for the purpose of providEvery day, the government makes decisions that this one to publish public notices since the birth session based upon a right of redemption, in the rated share of any real estate taxes that have ing single family housing; and can affect your life.*This Whether they are decisions on of the nation. Local newspapers remain the most notice corrects the previous notice which mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosbeen paid by the Secretary to the date of the zoning, taxes, new businesses orthe myriad other trusted incorrectly listed sale date as January 8, source of public notice information. This ure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, foreclosure sale.

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed governments play a big role in your life. newspaper publishes the information you need 2017. the Foreclosure Commissioner issues, will issue a Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuWhen making their bids, all bidders except the to the purchaser(s) upon receipt Governments of the entire ant to an assignment recorded on March 11, have relied on newspapers like to stay involved in your community.

Legal Notice No.: 8251 Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of purchase price in accordance with the terms of 2013 at Reception Number 2013034565 in the First Publication: December 14, 2017 the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guaroffice of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Last Publication: December 28, 2017 check or cashier’s check made out to the Secantee that the property will be vacant.

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- Aldous Huxley Publisher: Herald-Dispatch retary of HUD. A deposit need not be accomNotices are meant to beDenver noticed. pany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be canNational Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

chaser 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.

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