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Resolution that led to suit is repealed Transparency law had been violated, activist alleged

By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media In a move to settle a lawsuit filed by a local political activist, the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners voted 2-0 on March 29 to repeal a resolution to indemnify District 1 County Commissioner Robert Rowland.

The action by the BOCC addresses the second of two resolutions that became the subject of a lawsuit filed by Elbert County resident Rick Brown in October 2015 against the BOCC for votes taken at an April 8, 2015, meeting.

Brown, a retired lawyer who practiced in California and in Alaska and served as a member of the Elbert County Planning Commission until last fall, said: “I got

what I wanted. Repeal is what I wanted to see.”

In his suit, Brown alleged that votes taken to indemnify commissioners in April 2015 were not valid because they violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law, also Rowland known as the “sunshine” law, because the BOCC had not provided the public adequate notice before taking votes on resolutions 15-10 and 15-11.

Brown’s complaint also stated that Commissioners Larry Ross and Rowland recused themselves from voting on Resolutions 15-10 and 15-11, making the resolutions unlawful, because only a single commissioner, Kelly Dore, cast a vote. Dore was ill and not available to Suit continues on Page 4

County Attorney Wade Gateley, right, looks on as Rick Brown signs a settlement agreement with the county regarding an April 2015 indemnification vote. Brown was also awarded $300 in legal fees. Photo by Rick Gustafson

New device responds to respiratory challenges Wife’s illness drove Parker man to invent Vibralung

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Walmart store manager Tim Tribby and zone supervisor Tammy Abbromeit accept a plaque of appreciation from Pastor Jim Kimbriel for over 75,000 pounds of food donated to the Harvest Bible Church’s Helping Hands and Harvest Food Bank last year. Photo by Rick Gustafson

Food bank fills critical need Fresh food, including fruit, is made available through church effort

By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media Three times each week, volunteers from the Harvest Bible Church’s Helping Hands and Harvest Food Bank in Elizabeth make a trip across town to Walmart.

And three times a week, they come

away with a load of fresh produce and canned goods — around 75,000 pounds of food each year.

“This isn’t spoiled food. This is produce: bananas, strawberries, blueberries, and hams and turkeys,” said Robert Rowland, Elbert County commissioner and food bank volunteer at a special presentation to recognize Walmart’s contribution to the community during a Board of County Commissioners meeting on March 29.

“It allows us, through our church food bank, to serve those folks in a way

that is just critical to our friends and neighbors in the community.”

The food bank has been in existence since the church’s founding 19 years ago and last year provided food to more than 2,000 people.

“Walmart is a fantastic company to partner with Helping Hands and Harvest Food Bank,” said Chris Burnett, volunteer. “Their employees that work the back, they process the food to us. They’re just phenomenal people.

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Art Hughes had no way of knowing when he began tinkering with electronics in the fifth grade that he’d go on to invent a device that would change lives.

Hughes’ late wife, Linda, suffered from bronchiectasis, a degenerative lung condition. When she was well into her struggles with the disease, she asked her husband if he could invent a tool to loosen the thick mucus that built up in her lungs and made it difficult to breathe.

That’s when Art Hughes, who shared a love of and talent for music with his wife, began contemplating the properties of sound waves. The year was 1996.

For years, the Parker resident tried chest physical therapy — or CPT — a process that involved positioning his wife just right and clapping on her back for up to 20 minutes several times a day to loosen the phlegm. Before she died in 2003 from a third bout with cancer, Linda Hughes wrote about the origins of the Vibralung Acoustical Percussor.

“We asked ourselves, ‘Why couldn’t we vibrate the inside of the lungs instead of percussing the outside, and why couldn’t we resonate the mucus plugs rather than Device continues on Page 4

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Gun suicides spur quest for solutions Colorado program is focused on raising awareness

By David Crary Associated Press Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the rocky mesas of western Colorado. He’s a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms.

Yet now he’s also a willing recruit in a fledgling effort to see if the gun community itself — sellers and owners of firearms, operators of shooting ranges — can help Colorado and a swath of other Western states reduce their highest-inthe-nation suicide rates.

“Suicide is a tragedy no matter how it’s done,’’ said Carey, whose adult daughter killed herself with a mix of alcohol and antidepressants a few years ago on the East Coast.

However, he sees the logic in trying gun-specific prevention strategies in towns like Montrose, where guns are an integral part of daily life.

“It’s very expedient for people to commit suicide by a firearm, without too much forethought,’’ Carey said. “Unfortunately, it’s generally effective.’’

So at the urging of a local police commander, Carey agreed last year to participate in the Gun Shop Project, a statefunded pilot program in which gun sellers and range operators in five western Colorado counties were invited to help raise awareness about suicide. It’s a tentative but promising bid to open up a conversation on a topic that’s been virtually taboo in these Western states: the intersection of guns and suicide.

The counter in Carey’s tiny shop — where he repairs horns and woodwinds as well as guns — now displays wallet-sized cards with information about a suicide hotline. A poster by the door offers advice about ways to keep guns out of the hands of friends or relatives at risk of killing themselves.

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It’s very expedient for people to commit suicide by a firearm, without too much forethought. Unfortunately, it’s generally effective.”

“Consider offering to hold on to their guns or to help store their guns temporarily,’’ the poster says. “You may save a life.”

Carey says some of his customers take materials home, or ask a few questions.

But the conversations tend to be brief.

“Suicide is one of those morose subjects that a lot of us don’t want to talk about,’’ he said.

National trend Across the U.S., suicides account for nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths — far outnumbering gun homicides and accidental deaths. In 2014, according to federal data, there were 33,599 firearm deaths; 21,334 of them were suicides.

That figure represents about half of all suicides that year. But in several western Colorado counties, and in some other Rocky Mountain states with high gunownership rates, more than 60 percent of suicides involve firearms.

A map of state suicide rates reveals a striking pattern. Along with Alaska, the states with the highest rates form a contiguous bloc of the interior West — Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. All have age-adjusted suicide rates at least 50 percent higher than the national rate of 12.93 suicides per 100,000 people; Montana’s rate, 23.80, is the highest in the nation.

Between 2000 and 2014, gun suicides increased by more than 51 percent in those states, while rising by less than 30 percent nationwide.

Theories abound as to why residents of this Western region kill themselves at such high rates. Commonly cited factors

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include the isolation and economic hard times that are prevalent in rural areas of these states. A University of Utah psychiatrist, Perry Renshaw, contends that the lower oxygen levels of higher altitudes contribute to elevated suicide rates.

There’s also widespread belief that a self-reliant frontier mindset — admirable in many circumstances — deters some Westerners from seeking help when depression sinks in.

“We embrace the cowboy mentality,’’ says Jarrod Hindman, director of Colorado’s Office of Suicide Prevention. “If you’re suffering, suck it up, pick yourself up by your boot straps. But that doesn’t work very well if you’re suicidal.’’

Underlying all these explanations is the fact that firearms — the most effective of all the common means of suicide — are more ubiquitous in the West than in most other parts of the country.

Catherine Barber, a suicide prevention expert at the Harvard School of Public Health, says numerous studies show that residents of gun-owning homes are at substantially higher risk of suicide than other people — simply because a suicide attempt is more likely to involve a gun and thus prove fatal. According to federal estimates, suicide attempts involving firearms succeed 85 percent of the time, compared to less than 10 percent of attempts involving drug overdoses and several other methods that often allow a suicidal person to reverse course.

Looking to gun owners Colorado’s Gun Shop Project is modeled largely after a program pioneered in

New Hampshire a few years ago; it’s now being tried in Nevada and a few other states. Barber helped design the initiative and hopes that constructive collaboration on firearm suicide prevention can spread nationwide.

“In the past, people shut up about this issue because they thought raising it meant raising the issue of gun control,’’ she said. “It makes so much more sense to look at gun owners as part of the solution: Gun owner groups have a strong tradition of caring about safety.’’

The Colorado project is being expanded this year from five counties to nine, including San Miguel County, home to the Telluride ski resort and some of Colorado’s most spectacular mountains.

In a two-week span in late February to early March, the county of 8,000 people recorded three firearm suicides.

Hindman, who oversees the Colorado program, said that when he joined the state health department in 2004, talking about the role of firearms in suicide was discouraged. It’s still a sensitive topic, he said, but some funding has materialized for gun-specific initiatives. One of Hindman’s strategies is to emphasize the toll of firearm suicides, which run more than 5-to-1 higher than gun homicides in Colorado.

“Homicides and mass shootings are tragic,’’ he said. “But the vast majority of gun deaths are suicides, and we don’t have that conversation.’’

In Montrose, Police Cmdr. Keith Caddy has been around guns since childhood as a hunter, lawman, firearms instructor and licensed gun seller. Now he’s doing outreach for the Gun Shop Project — and most of the businesses he has visited agreed to display the suicide-awareness materials once they were assured it wasn’t a gun-takeaway program in disguise.

“Is it doing any good or not? That’s a tough thing to quantify,’’ Caddy said.

“It’s my duty to protect the community I serve. If I can go out there and spend Gun continues on Page 9

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attend the March 29 meeting.

At that meeting, the board repealed Resolution 15-11, which indemnified Rowland for a $1,000 fine levied against him by an administrative judge for the BOCC’s violation of the Colorado Fair Campaign Practices Act. The complaint that was made to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office by Jill Duvall, Elbert County Democratic chairwoman, specifi-

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shake the lung structure as in other methods?’” she wrote.

Not long after, Art and Linda Hughes “threw something together on the living room floor” that incorporated an empty Hatch green chili can, a signal generator and a small speaker.

The rudimentary device — the first prototype — immediately worked wonders when Linda Hughes inhaled through a tube connected to the can and let the perfectly frequenced vibrations take over.

She began coughing up thinned-out mucus and, within a short time, she was off the supplemental oxygen she’d been using for four years. She even ended up hiking at more than 12,000 feet on Hoosier Pass without the aid of her oxygen tank, a feat that Linda Hughes believed she’d never accomplish again.

Eighteen years worth of tweaks later, the retooled Vibralung Acoustical Percussor got approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May 2014. It went through clinical trials that not only proved its efficacy, but underscored its safeness. It also was tested on horses, cows and sheep with respiratory issues, and

April 7, 2016 cally named Rowland.

Rowland was reimbursed by the county for the fine, but has since returned the money.

The settlement between Brown and the county came as a result of negotiations between Brown and County Attorney Wade Gately, and in consideration for repealing resolution 15-11, the agreement releases the county from further claims and reimburses Brown $300 in legal fees.

In addition, the agreement states that the BOCC and Rowland “expressly deny liability or wrongdoing.”

In January, the BOCC addressed

another portion of Brown’s complaint regarding resolution 15-10, which indemnified Rowland, Ross and former Commissioner Kurt Schlegel, who were named along with the county in an ongoing wrongful termination civil suit brought by former county employee Cherie Radeker.

Commissioners passed three separate resolutions in January offering individual indemnification rather than the single blanket resolution offered by Resolution 15-10, thus allowing commissioners to recuse themselves but still achieve the required quorum.

improvement was observed across the board.

The pulsating tones emitted by the Vibralung sound like a UFO from a bad 1950s space alien movie lifting off. Regardless of its odd sound, it does the trick. More than 600 home health care units and hospital-based multi-patient units use the device across the United States and Canada, and that number is expected to grow exponentially.

With investment funds coming from their own pockets, as well as friends and family, there is no pressure to generate massive profits — the group behind the device, it’s worth noting, has turned down some lucrative buyout offers.

“The goal from day one was to try to get it out to as many people as possible,” Art Hughes said. “We’re more driven toward helping people than anything else.”

Jim Medford, a spokesman for Vibralung, said more than 119 different ailments create mucus. The Vibralung has proven effective in treating many of them, including COPD, asthma and cystic fibrosis, and there is still more research to be done.

Regulations in foreign countries are difficult to navigate and Art Hughes’ second wife, Lucille, who is also part of the executive team, says many challenges lie ahead in getting the device covered by Medicaid

and Medicare. The lack of coverage excludes those age 65 and older, and that population needs a revolutionary respiratory care method perhaps more than anyone, Lucille Hughes said.

“The one challenge with insurance reimbursements is you have to bill it on the home care side as a miscellaneous device, which leads to denials by the insurance company,” she said.

Vibralung’s home device retails at $5,600 for those paying cash, and an income-based patient-assistance program can get the price down to about $3,000.

It’s a small price to pay for improved quality of life; the device can be used multiple times per day by a patient without any harmful effects, Art Hughes said.

There was a point in 1996 when doctors, noticing that Linda Hughes’ condition was worsening, gave her three months to live. She surpassed their expectations by more than six years, and the Vibralung team is convinced that the patented airway clearance therapy is what led to her longevity.

When asked what his wife would think about the prospect of success with the Vibralung, and its potential to help millions of people breathe easier, Art Hughes spent a few moments contemplating.

“She’d be pretty excited,” he said.

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Events An Evening with Fantasy Author New York Times bestselling fantasy author Richelle Mead will talk about her new series “The Glittering Court” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Event is recommended for adults and teens. Mead is the author of the international bestselling series “Vampire Academy,” in addition to the “Bloodlines” series and “Soundless.”

A book signing will follow the presentation.

Book will be sold at this event courtesy of the Tattered Cover Book Store. Visit douglascountylibraries.org to register online, or call 303-791-7323.

Performing Arts Series: Ballet Children ages 6-10 can learn basic ballet techniques from members of the Colorado Ballet at the next Performing Arts Series program. Participants also can learn how ballet can help strengthen their bodies and brains. Program is at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

AniMap Presentation The Parker Genealogical Society will give a presentation on AniMap at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 9, at the Stroh Road Fire Station in Parker at 19310 Stroh Road.

AniMap displays more than 2,000 maps showing all the changing county boundaries in the 48 adjacent states for every year from colonial times to the present. It includes databases with more than 40,000 cities, towns and other populated places including more than 30,000 historical sites and a database of more than 100,000 cemeteries. Locations are easily plotted on the maps. All are welcome and presentation is free to the public. Contact us at ParkerGenealogical@yahoo.com.

Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-3632300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www. bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, April 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock; Friday, April 15, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Sunday, April 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock (Karen Johnson, 720-2721464); Wednesday, April 20, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Walmart, 2100 Legacy Circle, Elizabeth; Sunday, April 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker.

Stuart Little This endearing play about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family, has all the charm, wisdom, and joy of the E.B. White original classic. Shows run through Saturday, April 9 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For times, tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Music Students to Perform Students of the Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association will perform from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9, at Victorian House, 1960 Victorian Drive, Parker. Call 303-594-4882.

Art Stop on the Go Budding artists ages 6-12 will enjoy Art Stop on the Go, during which an artist from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art will present a book and lead participants in a literature-based art project. Session is at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive.

Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Reading Buddies Reading Buddies pairs trained teen mentors with struggling readers ages 5-9 to help kids maintain or improve their literacy and reading skills in an eight-week program. First meeting is at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Applications for

acceptance in the program are available in the children’s area of Douglas County Libraries. Contact 303-791-7323 or www.

DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Nonfiction Book Club Meets Parker Nonfiction Book Club meets from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the Parker Library. Discussion can continue afterward, if desired, at Kneaders. The book for April is “The Bully Pulpit,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Members also can read another book about the Roosevelts, Taft or the Golden Age of Journalism. Contact Evelyn Poulo at 971-275-3750 for details. The topic for May is the Civil Rights Movement. Meeting is from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Members can read a book about integration of the first high school, Martin Luther King, the Black Panthers, the Freedom Riders.

One suggestion is “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School,” by Charlotta Walls LaNier.

In June, the group will meet from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at 11008 Blackwolf Drive, Parker (Canterberry Crossing).

RSVP requested.

Ed Sardella to Speak The Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum welcomes renowned broadcaster and former Channel 9 News anchor Ed Sardella at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Sardella will discuss interesting news stories he has covered in his career and how news has evolved over the decades. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 p.m. Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org, www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Admission is free.

Page to Stage: Red Riding Hood Douglas County Libraries brings children’s theater to life with its Page to Stage program. Coming up for Page to Stage is “Red Riding Hood” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Program intended for ages 5 and older. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

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Astronomy Star Parties Explore the night sky with Arapahoe Community College faculty member Jennifer Jones from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14 at the Parker campus. Star parties are free and open to the public. Complimentary hot cocoa served. Contact jennifer.jones@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5839.

Denver Ballet Theatre to Present `Paquita’ Denver Ballet Theatre presents “Paquita” at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, and Friday, April 15 at the PACE Center in Parker. With original choreography by Joseph Mazilier and a score composed by Edouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus, Paquita tells a romantic Gypsy tale in which young love is tested, yet conquers all. For tickets, contact the PACE box office at parkerarts. ticketforce.com or at 303-805-6800.

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We’re very blessed as a church to have them as our partner.”

Bennet said that the 75,000 pounds of food donated last year only accounted for what was weighed, and estimated the actual weight, including canned goods, to

From hard swinging blues and beautiful ballads, to driving Latin tunes and the soulful vocals of Heidi Schmidt, this swingin’ jazz orchestra will dazzle the audience with the best of big band jazz. Savor the music of greats like Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and more. The big band classic performance is at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.

ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Castle Rock Coders Forming Castle Rock Coders is a group for all ages and all skill levels that will meet every other Saturday, beginning April 16, at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. Bring your laptop and spend some time collaborating with other amateur programmers during this informal drop-in program. The facilitator has 20-plus years of experience in software development. Contact Jane Smith at jsmith@dclibraries.org or call Jane at 303-7917323 if you have questions.

Authors’ Celebration The Castle Rock Writers group plans its Authors’ Celebration from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, April be 20 percent higher.

Jim Kimbriel, pastor of Harvest Bible Church, said that over the past year there has been a significant increase in the number of people using the food bank.

Historically, he has seen increases in times of economic downturns, but this year has seen a significant growth in traffic.

“It’s almost doubled in the last year,” he said. “I think a lot of that is we’ve had more people that are connected with the county, like Robert Rowland… He

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18, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Castle Rock Writers group members will share their recently published work. Hear how they did it. The celebration is open to members and the public. The group meets one Monday each month. RSVP to castlerockwriters@gmail.com or call Alice Aldridge-Dennis at 303-521-8615.

Outback Express March Schedule The Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit www.outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated. Go from Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs on Monday, April 18; go from Simla and Matheson to Limon on Thursday, April 28; go from Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs on Tuesday, April 19; go from Elizabeth to Colorado Springs finds people who are getting assistance through other programs and he directs them toward the food bank.”

According to Kimbriel, the donations

by Walmart reach across communities.

The food bank distributes around onethird of the food collected and delivers the surplus to other agencies in and out of Elbert County that have a need.

At the presentation, Kimbriel read the dedication inscribed on a plaque presented to Walmart Store Manager, Tim Tribby: “Helping Hands of Elizabeth Food Bank recognizes the support of Elizabeth Walmart. Thank you for partnering with

or Parker on Tuesday, April 12; Good Samaritan Nursing Home residents ride on Thursday, April 14.

Music Festival Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association plans its 21st festival from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Parker Bible Church, 4391 Mainstreet, Parker. More than 350 students from Douglas and Elbert counties will play before judges and take music theory tests. High level performers will play in the honors concert the following weekend. Large prizes will be given to “Stump the Musician” game winners. Call 303841-2976.

Lincoln Day Dinner Elbert County Republican Party plans its Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday, April 30, at the Elbert County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa. Doors open for cocktail hour at 5 p.m. and dinner is served at 7 p.m. Keynote speaker is Benjamin Collins, National Security Commentator and U.S. Army Special Forces veteran (Green Beret).

Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.

Go to www.ecrgop.com to purchase tickets. us to serve the needs of our community.”

“People come through our doors, every Monday Wednesday and Friday,” Kimbriel said. “They have something to walk away with that will help sustain them, because you are kind and generous as a corporate sponsor to our whole community, so thank you. Thank you very much.”

The Helping Hands of Harvest Food Bank is located at 826 S. Elbert Street, Elizabeth, near Running Creek Elementary school and is open from 9 to 11 a.m. every Monday Wednesday and Friday to anyone in need.

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month Did you know that there is a 24/7 hotline to report child abuse and neglect? If you suspect something and are worried, please don’t hesitate to call. Everyone can play a role in preventing child abuse and neglect. Call 303-663-6270 to speak with a Douglas County child protection professional any time of day or night or visit www. douglas.co.us and search child protective services to better identify signs and what to do if you believe a child is at risk.

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With a focus on better meeting the needs of residents with developmental disabilities, Douglas County is accepting grant applications through May 3 for projects or programs that address some of the unmet needs of this population. For more information, please visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Developmental Disabilities.

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Celebrate National Historic Preservation Month by learning about some of Douglas County’s first inhabitants — from mammoths of prehistoric times to pioneering homesteaders of the 1860s. A pair of free tours, starting at 9:30 a.m. May 14, will take interested parties on a trip back to the last Ice Age at Lamb Spring Archeological Preserve, as well as provide a glimpse inside the Miksch-Helmer Cabin, the oldest-standing structure in the Chatfield area. For more information, please visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Historic Preservation or call 303.660.7460. Space is limited for the tours.

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Joy more attractive than misery Maybe you have been part of a group discussion before where the initial conversation and topics seem benign and harmless enough. The tone and flow of the early discussion leads you to believe that you can probably enjoy spending time with the group, possibly offer some insights, and maybe even learn something along the way.

And then it happens, a light-hearted and seamlessly simple discussion turns sideways, and before you know it the differences of opinion stands out like a ketchup stain on a white glove. At the risk of not being liked or accepted, certain individuals will join the dark forces of discontent and misery, and either remain silent in their conforming to the negative but popular rhetoric, or will jump right on the bandwagon of gloom. Heck, this could even be a conversation between two people, never mind a group of people. Has it ever happened to you, have you ever been the instigator of such a discussion? Or have you ever just decided it’s easier and less confrontational to quietly listen, even if the torrent of sadness is nothing you agree with?

Don’t worry if your answer is yes, you are actually among the majority, as most of us would rather not engage in a conflict or battle. But what happens is this, we think about it, we go home or go to work and we share or propagate the misery as we retell the story and event that we just heard. And now, we are part of the misery trail, whether we wanted to be or not. But sooner or later, friends, family and coworkers will begin to avoid us. The old saying “Misery loves company” may be true, but the truth is that it is a temporary kinship or friendship. Misery is not sustainable. If it becomes sustainable it will contribute to

stress and other health issues.

The opposite is joy. And joy attracts companions, strangers, neighbors, friends and family. Joy can even attract a crowd, or it can be enjoyed individually or amongst a close intimate group of people, maybe even just one Michael Norton or two people. You see, misery can be viewed WINNING as infectious, kind of WORDS a negative connotation. Where joy is often associated with be contagious, like when someone you are with begins to laugh so hard and joyful, you can hardly contain yourself from laughing along with them. And usually we have no idea what they are laughing about, but we join in the fun because it seems and feels like the right thing to do.

Misery erodes relationships and contributes to the attrition of the people we had hoped to keep in our lives. And there is no doubt that joy attracts companions, companionship, love and trust, and fuels the positive energy of hope and encouragement that naturally draws others to us. And the best news of all is that we get to choose which path we want to pursue in our lives, the misery loves company path, or the joy that attracts companions path.

Too black and white for you? Maybe your personal style leads you to be more gray in this area, staying far enough away from the

negative conversations and misery so that you don’t get painted with that same brush, yet close enough to hear what they are wallowing in. And maybe even maintaining your safe distance from the jubilance and perhaps overly optimistic and joyful folks so that you don’t get caught up in the hype of happiness bubble. I mean it’s probably safer in the middle, right?

For me, I choose the benefits of joy attracting companions. The positive energy and conversations around possibilities and what can be achieved far outweighs the gloom and doom of the misery loves company group where limiting beliefs paralyze the potential for moving forward or ahead in life.

The next time you are out and about, meeting in a bar or restaurant, gathering at a dinner or party, try and pay attention to the conversations, tonality, and body language of those around you, whether in your group or not. I just bet you will be able to quickly pick up on the joyful groups or just as quickly identify the reasons you want to distance yourself from the misery-driven conversations.

How about you? Did you find this column to be a source of misery for you that will fuel a negative discussion, or did the column further strengthen your resolve as a joyful optimist? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can avoid the misery and attract the joy, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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Regenerative medicine helps fight diseases The development of regenerative medical treatments is one of the most exciting aspects of modern medicine. In fact, a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office states, “virtually any U.S. Rep. disease that results Mike Coffman from malfunctioning, damaged or GUEST failing tissues may COLUMN be potentially cured through regenerative medicine treatments.” These treatments, developed from adult stem cells, show potential to fully restore or establish normal function in damaged human cells, tissues, or organs.

Currently, the Food and Drug Administration oversees the development of regenerative applications based on a patchwork of regulations. The FDA simply does not have an approval process in place to best consider these new, innovative therapies. As a result, other countries, particularly Japan and the United Kingdom, are quickly outpacing the United States in the development of regenerative treatments.

I recently introduced the REGROW Act, which addresses the lack of FDA standards in the regenerative treatment field by creating standards that will lead to regulatory predictability regarding manufacturing processes and controls, and ensures the safety of these treatments.

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Let’s get serious about the business of joking Tell me if you have heard this one.

A snake goes into a bar.

The bartender says, “I can’t serve you.”

The snake says, “Why not?”

“Because you can’t hold your Craig Marshall Smith liquor.”

My father never QUIET told a single joke in DESPERATION my lifetime, at least not when I was around him.

Maybe he did when he was on one of his business trips, but I doubt it.

And he may have told a joke or two when he was growing up, or when he was stationed in Scotland during the war.

But again, I doubt it.

It also means that I never heard him tell a dirty joke.

I don’t tell dirty jokes, and I don’t listen to dirty jokes.

I am never going to a comedy club.

There aren’t many comedians I appreciate anymore.

It doesn’t mean that I am Mr. Rogers.

A skeleton goes into a bar.

The bartender says, “What can I get you?”

The skeleton says, “A beer and a mop.”

Looking back, and realizing that my father didn’t tell jokes, but that he was very witty, makes me think we had that in common too.

The truth is, I am witty.

And I give the credit to my father.

He found sideways humor in things, in the moment.

Obviously nothing was scripted or prepared like a Carson monologue.

It was off-the-cuff.

At one time, men wore paper cuffs and notes might be written on them, to remember later.

Therefore “off-the cuff” — meaning unprepared — really means that something was prepared.

I think the best kind of humor is off-thecuff and in the moment.

Few do it well.

Robin Williams was phenomenal to the point that it might have been a burden sometimes to be funny.

I make stuff up all the time, and I don’t have an audience.

Have you ever seen a laughing dachshund? Holding his sides?

Me either. But it doesn’t keep me from saying things to him, in hopes that some day I might hear some laughter coming out of that russet muzzle.

One day I said, “Smitty, if you can tell me how many chickens I have in this gunny sack, I will give both of them to you.”

No response.

I told him that I bought a thermos because it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold.

I pretended that he said, “What do you have in it?”

“Soup and ice cream.”

Nothing.

A Methodist, a Lutheran and a Catholic go into a bar.

The bartender says, “What is this? Some kind of a joke?”

There are people who tell jokes, are funny, and are funny-looking too.

Number one on that list is Rodney Dangerfield.

Dangerfield began writing one-liners for comedians when he was 15.

Humor starts early, like everything else.

Its reward is laughter.

Once you get a little laughter, you want more.

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Learn how to take care of snow-damaged trees Special to Colorado Community Media After the March 23 snowstorm that dumped up to 2 feet of wet, heavy snow in many parts of the Denver metro area, homeowners may be wondering how to protect and repair snow-damaged trees in their yards and neighborhoods.

Although the first impulse may be to start sawing when a tree is damaged, homeowners should first assess the situation to avoid hurting themselves or further damaging the tree, said Keith Wood, community forestry program manager for the Colorado State Forest Service.

Wood and the forest service offer the

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a little time talking to the gun shops, maybe the reward will be saving someone’s life.’’

Putting experience to use Throughout the region, prevention efforts are fueled to a large degree by people who’ve lost loved ones to suicide, often involving firearms.

Cindy Haerle, a teacher and board member of the Grand Junction-based Western Colorado Suicide Prevention Foundation, grew up in “a real gun family’’ in Salida, Colorado, and had her own gun by the time she was 5. But she gave up shooting after her brother John, a high school football star and later a sniper in Vietnam, killed himself with a pistol in 1980 at age 29 after prolonged struggles with depression.

Jim Doody, a former Grand Junction mayor and city councilor, serves on the foundation’s advisory board. He talks movingly about the suicide of a close friend, Matt Townsend, in 1989 at the age of 33.

They’d met in seventh grade at a parochial school and stayed close through high school and thereafter. But adulthood proved challenging for Townsend, who took painkillers after a motorcycle injury.

He told Doody at one point, “I think I’ll blow my brains out someday.’’

Doody says Townsend called him late one night, drunk but seemingly in good spirits, just a day before killing himself with his brother’s handgun. Even 27 years later, Doody feels some guilt for not picking up clues that his friend was on the brink of suicide.

Doody has joined in the recent appeals to gun owners to keep their weapons out of the reach of those at risk of suicide.

“Have we made a difference?’’ Doody wondered. “We won’t ever know about a life we might have saved.’’

Ranges face challenges Suicide presents a distinctive challenge for shooting ranges: Occasionally, someone will rent a gun, then use it to commit suicide at the site.

For Doug Hamilton, who operates the

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The legislation also protects approval pathways under sections 351 and 361 of the Public Health Service Act, while creating a new category for regenerative treatment products.

I think every American has lost a loved one to cancer or other deadly diseases. It’s devastating. That’s why I have introduced this bill and have made it

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I could sense that I was amusing my friends. Nothing has changed. I would rather amuse my readers than harumph on something.

But I am good at that too. True, I’m a curmudgeon.

following tips, adapted from International Society of Arboriculture recommendations: • Check for hazards. Before approaching a tree, examine your surroundings to avoid making contact with downed utility lines or standing under broken, hanging branches.

• Contact city officials if necessary.

Trees between the street and a city sidewalk may be the responsibility of city crews.

• Assess the damage. If a tree is healthy overall and still possesses its leader (the main upward branch), most of its major limbs and 50 percent or more of its

crown, the chance is good for a complete recovery.

• Be careful knocking snow off branches. This may cause the branches to break.

If you must remove snow, gently push up on branches from below to prevent adding additional stress.

• Remove broken branches. This minimizes the risk of decay and insects or diseases entering the wound. Prune at the branch collar — the point where a branch joins a larger one — and be mindful of potential pent-up energy if the branch is twisted or bent.

• Don’t overprune. With the loss of some branches, a tree may look unbal-

anced, but most trees quickly grow new foliage that hides bare areas.

• Don’t try to do it all yourself. If the job requires running a chainsaw overhead, sawing from a ladder or removing large branches or entire trees, contact an insured, certified arborist. Professionals often are listed in the phone book under “tree services.”

For more information about tree care and protection, visit the Colorado State Forest Service website at www.csfs.colostate.edu. To find an ISA-certified arborist, visit www.isa-arbor.com.

Family Shooting Center at Denver’s Cherry Creek State Park, there have been two such wrenching incidents since he began managing the range in 2004. One involved a young man upset by post-divorce problems; the other involved identical twin sisters from Australia who shot themselves with rented pistols — one died, the other survived.

Hamilton is open to letting his staff get some suicide-prevention training, though he’s unsure it would help. Those who killed themselves at his range exhibited no signs of stress beforehand.

“Suicide prevention brochures aren’t something that anyone’s going to pick up who has come out to our range to kill themselves,” he said.

In Grand Junction, a Gun Shop Project poster hangs on the bulletin board at the Rocky Mountain Gun Club, a state-ofthe-art shooting range with sections for pistols, rifles and archery.

The general manager, Josh O’Neal, says safety is a high priority; there’s a video system providing live views of all the ranges.

Yet he’s not confident of avoiding an onsite suicide attempt.

“We all feel in the back of our minds it’s a question of when, not if,’’ he said. “We’re not psychologists. A lot of unstable people are good at hiding that.’’

The challenges facing shooting ranges are familiar to Dr. Michael Victoroff, a physician in the Denver area whose leisuretime passion is competitive shooting. He’s a certified firearms instructor and was at the Family Shooting Center in Denver when one of the suicides occurred there.

“Nobody wants that,’’ he said. “It’s bad for your soul, it’s bad for business, it’s bad for the sport.’’

Due in part to that incident, Victoroff has become increasingly engaged in suicide prevention, and serves on a state working group seeking to raise awareness of the issue among primary-care doctors.

He also has provided firearms instruction to Jarrod Hindman and other suicideprevention specialists.

Differing from some gun enthusiasts, Victoroff asserts emphatically that the presence of a gun in a household is “an enabler of suicide.’’

“It’s a myth that people would just choose some other means if they didn’t have a gun,’’ he said. “There’s a particular attractiveness about suicide with a gun.”

Victoroff belongs to the American Medical Association and the National Rifle Association, and has qualms about both.

“The medical community has been content not to know anything about gun culture and gun safety,’’ said Victoroff, who offers presentations trying to bridge that knowledge gap.

As for the NRA, he’d like to see suicide prevention highlighted in its training materials.

Over the years, firearm suicide has not been a high-profile issue for the NRA; it worries that the topic might be used to advance a gun-control agenda. Though the NRA has no position on Colorado’s Gun Shop Project, it has endorsed a bill in Washington state encouraging gun dealers to participate in suicide prevention efforts, said spokeswoman Jennifer Baker.

The NRA views suicide as a mental health problem, she said.

“The goal is to prevent it regardless of how people kill themselves.’’

fered from depression for much of his life, including instances as a teenager when he considered suicide. As an enthusiastic gun owner who enjoys target shooting, he’s leery of proposals to deny gun rights to people diagnosed with mental illness.

“I meet that criteria,’’ he said. “That’s one of my biggest fears — legislation that I can’t have a gun.’’

It’s personal, too, for Ken Constantine, owner of Elk River Guns in Steamboat Springs.

“I don’t want to sell a gun to someone to commit suicide,’’ he said. “That happened once in this shop — it weighs on me.’’

He recalled the sale of a handgun to a woman several years ago: “She seemed completely normal. No telltale signs.’’

But he learned later from police that the woman, within a week of purchasing the gun, killed herself with it.

Having been through that experience, Constantine is troubled by the Gun Shop Project’s offer of training for shop employees so they can better identify customers at risk of suicide.

“I won’t assume the responsibility of a mental health professional,’’ he said, suggesting instead that therapists in the area should get permission from their at-risk patients to temporarily place their names on a private list of people who shouldn’t acquire guns.

one of my priorities in Congress to support the kind of medical research that seeks cures to prevent these heartbreaking losses.

I’m pleased to have the support of both Republicans and Democrats on this important legislation. Fighting and defeating diseases that devastate families is not a partisan issue, it’s an issue we can all support together.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, represents the 6th Congressional District, which includes Aurora, Centennial, Highlands Ranch and Littleton, among other areas.

But that does not mean that I am malevolent.

The best curmudgeons come with a side order of humor.

August Strindberg said, “I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t the guts to bite people themselves.”

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

Mental health The intersection of gun culture and mental health is complicated. And it’s personal for Ed Hagins in Montrose.

Deputy director of a local mental health center and active with the county’s suicide prevention coalition, he had a cousin who fatally shot himself.

Beyond that, Hagins says he has suf-

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CULTURE FA I T H FA M I L Y FOOD HEALTH

SOME TIPS FOR WARMING UP, COOLING DOWN, STRETCHING Warm up: Engage in five to 10 minutes of submaximal exercise, focusing on increasing intermuscular temperature and activating the cardiovascular system.

Choose dynamic movements that mimic exercises that will be completed during the workout or activity.

Cool down: A light, five- to 10-minute walk or jog will help gradually slow down heart rate and increase blood flow back to the heart.

Although the acute effects of stretching are debatable, a stretching routine should be included in your cool down as it can improve range of motion and physical function and help decrease blood pooling.

Grant Medina, exercise physiologist and health fitness specialist for MillerCoors’ Wellness Program, says stretching is just one part of a proper cool down following exercise. “A proper cool down is just as important as warming up,” he says. “Post exercise your heart is still beating faster than normal and your blood vessels are dilated, meaning a sudden stop in exercise will cause blood pooling in your extremities, and you can become dizzy or even faint. A light jog or walk for five to 10 minutes will aid in gradually slowing down your heart rate and increase the blood flow back to your heart.” Photo by Stefan Brodsky

T

he secret’s out.

Earlier this month, U.S. News called Denver the best place to live in all of America. Colorado Springs came in fifth.

While myriad attributes factored into the rankings — including job market, cost of living, schools and transportation — quality of life carried the most weight, accounting for 30 percent of a city’s scoring.

And in Colorado, all along the Front Range, quality of life is code for vast recreational opportunities and ample natural resources. After all, where else can a person go skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, sledding, tobogganing, snow tubing or snowshoeing in the morning, only to travel back “down the hill” and find opportunity for hiking, biking, running, golfing, kayaking, a mountain of team sports and a host of other outdoor activities?

With so much to choose from and lots of sunny skies to be had, it’s easy to get carried away. Which is why it’s important not to let ambition turn into affliction.

Downhill danger Ask Dr. Mark Wisthoff about the most serious winter sports injury he’s ever seen and his warm smile frowns at the corners and his tenor takes a somber tone.

“This dad was skiing with his 9-yearold kid. They were from the east coast, and they were not wearing helmets,” said Wisthoff, who recently joined St. Anthony North Campus in Westminster, working in primary care and sports medicine. “Well, the kiddo lost control and hit a tree.”

The child was transported by helicopter to a nearby trauma center, but “ended up passing a few hours later,” Wisthoff said. “It was one of those horrific accidents you never forget. That’s why it’s so important, whatever you’re doing, to just wear your helmet. It only takes a few seconds.”

That advice is a no-brainer, said longtime ski enthusiast Mike Wodzianski, of Golden, who likes to “get after it.”

“These days adrenaline is the only buzz for me, so I like to ski fast and take harder lines and kind of push myself,” said Wodzianski, who has skied injuryfree for four decades. “But when you push yourself you’re opening yourself up to the potential for more injuries … So, for me an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure.”

Prevention means stretching, proper training and nutrition, and gearing up for whatever he might find, below or above the tree line.

“I’m wearing a helmet but also the

Staying in the game Prevention trumps cure for those seeking asylum in Colorado’s great outdoors

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right gear, the right clothes,” Wodzianski said. “It’s better to have it and not need it.”

Similarly, insufficient food and water can lead to dehydration and fatigue, he added.

Improper nutrition “can predispose you to injury because you’re dehydrated and tired and hungry — everything kind of adds up and you get injured from that,” he said.

Start at the bottom So before even looking to the top of the mountain, Wodzianski and Wisthoff

recommend first starting slowly at the bottom.

“A lot of people have to drive to get to the slopes and are just sitting in the car, and then when they get there they jump out and just go for it,” Wisthoff said. “I know you want to get on the slopes, but you really need to be careful.”

Wodzianski stretches his legs, shoulders and back before strapping on his skis. Wisthoff recommended adding active warm-ups — slow cardiovascular Fitness continues on Page 16

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE While doctors and outdoor enthusiasts alike agree there’s a certain advantage to “staying loose” in terms of avoiding injury, being too loose can be equally dangerous.

“I know this is going to sound crazy in Colorado, but drugs and alcohol when you’re skiing is not a good idea,” said outdoors enthusiast and longtime skier Mike Wodzianski, of Golden.

Dr. Mark Wisthoff, who recently joined St. Anthony North Campus in Westminster, working in primary care and sports medicine, has witnessed firsthand the negative impacts.

“With collision-type injuries, you’re involving someone else,” Wisthoff said. “The most no-

table (I saw) was this lady, she was 82, skied in Colorado since she was 16 and had never, ever been injured. And a snowboarder came plowing down, out of control, intoxicated, and slammed into her. She fractured her hip.”

The chance of a collision is compounded by crowded slopes, Wisthoff added.

“At that intensity, where you’re coming down a mountain at a pretty good clip, where you could injure somebody else, you really want your senses to be top-notch,” he said. “If you’re blunting your senses with alcohol or marijuana or any other substance, your risk of injury goes up exponentially, as well as the risk of injuring others.”

Stretching: With stretching, stick with dynamic, static or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (active and passive) techniques. Avoid bouncing.

A routine of at least 10 minutes that focuses on major muscle/tendon groups is recommended post-exercise for most adults.

Only stretch to tension or mild discomfort. Stretching should not be painful.

Stretches could include: • Runners’ lunge with side stretch.

Begin in a low lunge position with your right (forward) knee bent above your right foot. Extend your left leg directly behind you. Extend your left arm directly above you and lean to your right side, and drop your left knee for deeper stretch. Repeat on the other side.

• Seated hamstring stretch. While seated, extend your legs straight.

Bend the unstretched leg in at the knee to protect your lower back. Then, lean forward, bending at the hips toward the foot of the straight leg until you feel tension. Repeat.

• Pigeon pose. Cross one leg in front of you with a bent knee while extending the other directly behind you. Place the outside edge of the forward leg on the floor, then lean forward, bending at your hips while keeping your hips squared forward. Repeat.

• Downward-facing dog. Begin on your hands and knees with your hands shoulder-width apart. Raise your buttocks into the air straightening your legs until you feel tension, then lower your head between your arms, straightening your spine. Push your heels into the ground until you feel tension.

• Twisted arm stretch. Bring your arms out in front of your body, bend your elbows to 90 degrees, and cross your arms one over the other. Twist your hands such that your palms are facing each other and try to touch your fingers together, then push your hands toward the ceiling to get a deeper stretch.

• Chest-opener stretch. In a standing or seated position, straighten your back and pull your shoulders down and back. Interlock your hands behind your back and, with straight arms, bring your hands toward your head until you feel tension.

Source: Grant Medina, a certified exercise physiologist and health fitness specialist for MillerCoors’ Wellness Program

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Schumann show set for Englewood stage Englewood Arts Presents, which now handles booking for Hampden Hall, will present one of its popular Saturday afternoon concerts at 2 p.m.

April 16 in Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Sonya Ellingboe Parkway. It will feature Colorado SONYA’S Symphony’s prinSAMPLER cipal cellist, Silver Ainomae, performing Schumann’s “Cello Concerto,” a work written late in the composer’s short life, but “enormous

in scope,” according to Englewood Arts’ Eric Bertoluzzi. The program will also include Sibelius’s “Impromptu in B Minor” and Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence.”

Featured musicians include Silver Ainomae, Yi Zhao, Ben Odhner, Anne Ainomae, Danielle Guideri and Brian McLean.

Tickets: $20, adults; $15, seniors, Free under 18. Englewoodarts.org or at the door one hour prior to concert time.

Little Free Libraries The Rotary Club of Centennial will place — and maintain — two Little Free Libraries in pedestrian-heavy South Suburban parks: at deKoevend Park, near the tennis courts, and at Willow Creek Park, adjacent to the playground. An April 9 dedication, with entertainment, a special Dr. Seuss reading and refreshments, will

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Camera club meets “World Travels With 1 Camera and 1 Lens” is photographer Don Mammoser’s topic for his April 12 talk to the Englewood Camera Club. He made a 21-month nonstop journey to 23 countries — a life-changing experience. He visited Florence, the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, but also tiny islands of Indonesia and remote Siberia. He is a nature, travel and wildlife photographer and nonfiction writer, who will share stories and images. The club meets at 7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of Before

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Milan Hejduk, retired Colorado Avalanche right winger, raises his hand to take a loyalty oath during a naturalization ceremony on March 28. The ceremony at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Building in Centennial naturalized 32 applicants as U.S. citizens. Photos by Tom Skelley

Natural goal scorer gets naturalized Retired Colorado Avalanche star forward Milan Hejduk becomes U.S. citizen

By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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Former Colorado Avalanche star Milan Hejduk, left, and Highlands Ranch resident Ken MacArthur were among the 32 people who became U.S. citizens at a ceremony in Centennial on March 28.

ilan Hejduk sits in the ceremony room at the Department of Homeland Security at 12484 E. Weaver Place, Centennial, awaiting his turn to become a United States citizen. The former hockey right winger wears an expression of anxious anticipation, a look Colorado Avalanche fans remember from his playing days as he sat on the bench, awaiting his next shift on the ice.

Hejduk, 40, a native of the Czech Republic, has lived in the United States since he began playing for the Avalanche in 1998. He and his family live in Parker. His wife, Zlata, 39, was naturalized three months ago and his twin 12-year-old sons, Marek and David, were born in the U.S. “I’m the last piece of the family to get it done,” he said.

Hejduk listens intently to a speech by senior immigration officer Tiffany Brown, who explains the new privileges and responsibilities Hejduk and his fellow initiates will share.

He occasionally cracks a nervous smile as the man seated next to him, Ken MacArthur, a Canadian national who lives in Highlands Ranch, leans over to whisper a joke. MacArthur, 48, got to know Hejduk as the coach of his son’s hockey team. On March 28, by coincidence, they become citizens together.

Scoring always came easily for Hejduk, who totaled 375 career goals before retiring after the 2012-13 season. But his transition to living, and playing, in the U.S. was more difficult.

“I didn’t speak any English,” he said.

“The first few months were tough. Guys and coaches… give you some instructions, but

what are you supposed to do? You have no idea what (they) are talking about.”

A tutor hired by the Avalanche helped Hejduk learn English after practices. Now he speaks clearly and with better grammar than many natural-born citizens, though MacArthur teases him about his accent.

“He’s a good guy,” MacArthur said. “If you can understand him.”

Hejduk didn’t need a tutor to pass the citizenship test. The most difficult part of the process may have been leaving a family vacation in Mexico before his wife and sons, who planned to return later in the week.

“The test was good,” Hejduk said. “I know quite a bit about American history … I got only six questions. Six were right and that was it. Good to go.”

Debbie Canon, public affairs officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, smiles as she checks in with Hejduk before the ceremony begins. Canon has watched many naturalization ceremonies from her office beside the ceremony room, but she says each one is special.

“Three times a week … people become new citizens,” Canon said. “I cry every time.

It’s just great to see people’s dreams come true.”

Thirty-two new citizens close the March 28 ceremony by taking a loyalty oath, saying the Pledge of Allegiance and, finally, receiving a certificate of citizenship.

Hejduk smiles as he did before the ceremony, but his face now belies more relief than anticipation.

He asks about getting a passport, poses for pictures and signs a few autographs.

He says he plans to stay in Colorado and continue coaching youth hockey to give back to the community. Though he and his family have long called Colorado home, Hejduk says a new part of his life is just beginning.

“It’s definitely closing one chapter,” he said. “Now it’s official and legal, and I’m a United States citizen.”

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SPORTS ROUNDUP ELBERT BULLDOGS

ELIZABETH CARDINALS BASEBALL Elizabeth 17, Fort Lupton 0 Elizabeth shut out Fort Lupton in the March 31 conference game.

Key performers: Kyle Savikas went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a double. Colin Steinke had three RBIs. Pitcher Dusty Lawson threw a one-hitter with three strikeouts.

Elizabeth 16, Fort Lupton 3 Elizabeth won the March 29 conference game on the road.

Key performers: Riley Saunders and Colin Steinke each went 2-for-2. Garret Warren hit a triple. In five inning pitched, Kyle Savikas threw six strikeouts.

Desert Edge 5, Elizabeth 3 Elizabeth lost the March 24 tournament game.

Key performers: Kyle Savikas went

2-for-4 with a double.

Wood River 3, Elizabeth 0 Elizabeth lost the March 23 tournament game.

Key performers: Sweet John and Garret Warren had hits. Corbin Kloppenberg hit a triple. Pitchers Kyle Savikas struck out five batters.

Joy Christian 11, Elizabeth 0 Elizabeth was shut out in the March 22 tournament game.

Key performers: Sweet John had the only hit for the team.

Elizabeth 16, Neah-Kah-Nie 4 Elizabeth won the March 21 tournament game.

Key performers: Jake Lawson went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Lawson, Ryland Corken and Garret Warren each hit triples. In four innings pitched, Dusty Lawson struck out five batters.

KIOWA/SIMLA BASEBALL March 29: Kiowa/Simla 11, Genoa-Hugo 7 The Cubs beat the Pirates in a league game with a strong offensive performance and consistent scoring throughout the game.

Key Players: Kasey Nusbaum hit twice and scored twice and Skeet Ericson had three hits and two runs.

Riley Lopez pitched 3.1 innings and struck out seven batters.

March 31: Sand Creek 7, Kiowa/ Simla 6 Four runs in the fourth inning by the Scorpions put the game out of reach.

Key Players: Skeet Ericson led the team with three hits and two runs. Kasey Nusbaum pitched four innings and had five strikeouts.

April 2: 11 a.m. Kiowa/Simla 13, Evangelical Christian 2 The Cubs won the first game of their doubleheader against the Crusaders. After trailing for the first four innings, a 4-run rally in the fourth and an 8-run rally in the fifth inning out the Cubs ahead.

Key Players: Skeet Ericson pitched five innings with a 1.40 ERA and batted 1.000 with three hits and two runs.

April 2: 1 p.m. Kiowa/Simla 7, Evangelical Christian 16 The Cubs lost a road game to the Crusaders despite a 4-run rally in the 6th inning.

Key Players: Riley Lopez hit twice and scored twice.

BASEBALL Colorado Community Christian 10, Elbert 0 The Bulldogs fell 10-0 to the Community Christian Crusaders in a nonleague game on April 1.

No individual stats were offered by the team.

Elbert Invitational: April 2 The girls team placed 13th out of 18 teams at the April 2 meet.

Key performers: Kaya Chamberlain finished ninth in the 200 meters with a time of 30.73. Devin Mayer finished fourth in the 100 meters with a time of 14.09. The 4x100-meter relay team finished fourth with a time of 56.82 seconds.

TRACK AND FIELD

KIOWA INDIANS TRACK AND FIELD Kiowa boys placed 13th at the Weld Central Early Invitational on March 21. The girls team placed 14th.

Key performers: Wyatt McKnight placed

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The boys 4x200-meter relay team placed third. Melanie Deering placed fourth in the 200 meter.

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Yet, all the preparation in the world won’t do any good if technique is poor or training is insufficient. And when it comes to training, Wodzianski said it’s imperative to seek certified instructors, rather than a relative, spouse or partner.

“For instance, a husband teaching a wife, not only is that a good way to get into a really big argument, but they’re probably going to learn bad habits,” he said. “Professional instruction is huge, and they should be up to speed with

April 7, 2016 their latest certifications, so you’re learning from somebody who has the latest and greatest training.”

Dr. Vance Schuring, who along with his wife co-owns Denver Sports Medicine in Lakewood, agrees.

“There’s huge importance in making sure athletes have the proper technique or foundation before they go out and exercise, so they don’t injure themselves,” he said. “Generally (injuries are caused by) either faulty training, shoes or musculoskeletal imbalances, not training before they go out and do sports specific activities, as well as not being properly evaluated by a training professional.

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Fine line between cavalier, confident After that, it’s a matter of knowing when to be confident rather than cautious, Wisthoff said.

“I definitely think there’s got to be a balance because I have a lot of people who get injured and then they’re too timid and wind up injuring themselves more,” he said. “But I see a lot, especially younger athletes … they just go for it and aren’t calculating. It’s best to start with something lower first and make sure you can do it before you just start going.”

Trail runner Ellen Lambert Bagnato, of Broomfield, said it was that cavalier approach that contributed to her broken ankle a year ago.

“I think that taking things for granted, your ability to avoid injury, to avoid hazards, is easy for some of us to do, but can ultimately lead to injury,” Bagnato said.

Once the commitment is made, however, Wodzianski said an athlete has to trust his or her abilities.

“You never know what you’re going to see when skiing, and so you have to be comfortable, relaxed with a lot of different conditions,” he said. “I think that keeps the body at ease and you’re a little looser.”

Spring forward Down the hill in Denver and along the Front Range, spring sports present their own pitfalls and potential for injury.

One of the most common roots of injury, according to Wisthoff, is essentially eagerness and foolish pride. In other words, spring fever causes many outdoor enthusiasts to forget how they spent the previous three to five months.

“For instance, we see (a lot of injuries) when people start running programs,” he said. “They go out and jog six or seven miles and when they come back they have all these injuries because they didn’t start slowly enough.”

Trail runner Greg Wobbema, of Lakewood, sees it happen all too often.

“I have already (heard) three stories about friends who upped their weekly routines too heavily and ended up with injuries,” he said. “The best advice I ever got was to start small. You make a mistake and hurt something this early in the season, it could have a drastic effect on your entire season.”

For some, the key to staying injury free is to simply keep moving. And that’s where the yearlong activities afforded to Colorado residents comes into play.

“The best way to not get injured in spring is to keep active in winter, whether that is running, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing or the gym,” said Denver all-around athlete, Amy Lease. “To avoid injury, stay active and think about the terrain that exists for your activity.”

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Readings set for Denver wine bar Events run through early May at unusual bookstore

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com More than 45 volunteer selectors have read entries in 15 categories to choose finalists for the 25th annual Colorado Book Awards. Finalists will be named at a to-be-announced ceremony date — probably in late spring, according to Marnie Lansdown of Colorado Humanities and Colorado Center for the Book, the event sponsors.

Before winners are announced, the Colorado literary community

will have the opportunity to attend a series of readings at the BookBar, 4280 Tennyson St., Denver: • April 10, 4 p.m., Juvenile Literature, Young Adult Literature • April 15, 7 p.m. Mystery, SciFi/ Fantasy, Thriller • April 21, 4 p.m. Children’s • April 22, 7 p.m. General Nonfiction, Anthology, Pictorial • April 29, 7 p.m., Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction • May 6, 7 p.m., Short Story, Historical Fiction, History.

Two south-area authors are in the running: Judith Robbins Rose, of Centennial, for “Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco,” a novel for middle grade readers; and Engle-

IF YOU GO BookBar is a combination bookstore/wine bar that hosts numerous literary events at 4280 Tennyson St., Denver, in an interesting area.

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wood resident John A. Murray for his entry in the Anthology category for “Abbey in America: A Philosopher’s Legacy in a New Century.”

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AREA CLUBS Ongoing Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industry-specific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at www.affordablecollegesonline.org/womens-guide-payingfor-college/.

Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-8143479.

The Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large. For more information or a membership application, go to www. elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

Elizabeth American Legion Post 82, a 96-year veterans association supporting veterans, their families, their survivors and the community, meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Legion Post Hall at South Banner Street and Elm Street in Elizabeth. All veterans are invited to attend these meetings to learn of their eligibility for membership in the National American Legion Organization.

The Elizabeth Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

Finding Our Way Together, a brand new group for anyone who is alone, left out, picked on or overwhelmed by life. Since it is just forming, the group will evolve to fit the needs of the participants. Group

will meet at 10 a.m. Saturdays at 34061 Forest Park Drive, in the lower level of Elizabeth Family Health. Leaders are Mary, 720-638-9770, and Karen, 303243-3658, and both welcome phone calls.

Group participation is free, and building is accessible.

Kiowa Creek Food Pantry is a distribution site for the State of Colorado TEFAP food program. Food is distributed monthly to low income individuals/ families that qualify. We also distribute low income senior food boxes for the state; those 60 and older may qualify for a monthly supplement. If you are in need of food assistance or know someone who is, we may be able to qualify you for one of these programs. Call the food pantry for more information at 303-621-2376, or come by from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; we are located in the Fellowship Hall at 231 Cheyenne Street, Kiowa.

Lawyers at the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, firstserved basis.

Mystery Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings.

Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org.

The Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln

counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips.

You may also visit outbackexpress.tripod. com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 1011 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club is open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. We meet regularly throughout the month on various weekday evenings and weekends. Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery).

Contact Alison Collins at 720-212-4788 for information or find us online at www. meetup.com/Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth-Paper-Crafting-Club/ Seniors meet in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425 for information.

Sky Cliff Adult Day Center Support Groups: Stoke Victors meets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month. Lunch is provided. Contact Sue Parson, 303-8142863. Evening Stroke Victors meets from 6-7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Cookies and coffee provided. Contact Sue Parson, 303-814-2863.

Caregivers Support Group meets from 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays. All groups meet at Sky Cliff Adult Day Center in Castle Rock. Contact Sky Cliff at 303-814-2863.

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Therapeutic riding. Promise Ranch Therapeutic Riding in Parker offers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled adults and children. Scholarship money is available for Douglas County residents to provide 10 therapeutic riding lessons. Call 303-841-5007 or visit www. promiseranchtherapeuticriding.com.

VFW Post 10649 meets monthly at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of every month at 24325 Main

VFW Post 4266, serving veterans of foreign wars in Parker, Castle Pines and Castle Rock areas, meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Pinery Fire Station, Community Room Lower Level, 8170 N. Hillcrest Way, Parker.

Go to www.vfwpost4266.org. P.O. Box 4266, Parker, CO 80134. On Facebook at VFW Post 4266, Parker.

Women’s Divorce Workshop covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce and is presented the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road,

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Parker. Meet in the community room. Check in from 8-8:30 a.m.; workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/ checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources. Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover

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Art show The Paint Box Guild opened an exhibit April 2 at Solid Grounds Coffee House, 6504 S. Broadway, Littleton, which will be on display through open hours until May 1. Media included are watercolor, oil, pastel and mixed media and all artwork is for sale.

Renoir film scheduled “Renoir: Revered and Reviled” is a film distributed in select theaters

by Fathom’s “Art and Architecture in Cinema” series at 7 p.m. April 21. Local theaters include Greenwood Plaza, Regal River Pointe, Bel Mar 16 and Highlands Ranch AMC 24.

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Salomess Stars Salome FOR RELEASE WEEK OF APRIL 4, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Regarding your upcoming challenges, the Aries Lamb should very quickly size things up and allow you to make the best possible use of whatever resources you have on hand. Good luck.

TAURUS (April 30 to May 20) You rarely blame others for missteps that worked against you.

But this time you need to lay out all the facts and insist that everyone acknowledge his or her share of the mistakes. Then start again.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might want to start making vacation plans. And don’t be surprised by unexpected family demands.

Maintain control. Be open to suggestions, but don’t get bogged down by them.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Work with both your Moon Child and Crab aspects this week to keep both your creative and your practical sides balanced. Your intuition sharpens, giving you greater insight by the middle of the week.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Big Cat finally should have all the information needed to move on with a project. If not, maybe you’ll want to give everything a new and more thorough check before trying to move on.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Too much emotional pain caused by someone you can’t win over as a friend? Then stop trying to do so. You have other things you need to work on this week. Go to it, and good luck.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) It’s a good time to reassess where and how your strengths can help you build, and where your weaknesses can hinder you. Remember to build on your strongest foundation.

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District Court, Elbert County, Colorado Court Address: 751 Ute Street P.O. Box 232, Kiowa, CO 80117 (303) 621-2131

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PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Elbert County, Colorado Court Address: 751 Ute Street P.O. Box 232, Kiowa, CO 80117 (303) 621-2131 Plaintiff: DANIEL C. JORDAN, an individual v.

Defendants: GERALD L. BAIR, an individual; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BARBARA LOUISE ALLEN SOLUM, aka BARBARA LOUISE SOLUM, aka BARB SOLUM, Deceased Case Number: 16PR30005

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BARBARA LOUISE ALLEN SOLUM, aka BARBARA LOUISE SOLUM, aka BARB SOLUM, Deceased Case Number: 16PR30005 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before August 1, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

Christopher Solum Personal Representative 737 Meadow Station Circle Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No.: 23385 First Publication: March 31, 2016 Last Publication: April 14, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

Notice To Creditors

Legal Notice No.: 23385 First Publication: March 31, 2016 Last Publication: April 14, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Elbert County, Colorado Court Address: 751 Ute Street P.O. Box 232, Kiowa, CO 80117 (303) 621-2131 Plaintiff: DANIEL C. JORDAN, an individual v.

Defendants: GERALD L. BAIR, an individual; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

PUBLIC NOTICE

District Court, Elbert County, Colorado Court Address: 751 Ute Street P.O. Box 232, Kiowa, CO 80117 (303) 621-2131

Plaintiff: DANIEL C. JORDAN, an individual v.

Defendants: GERALD L. BAIR, an individual; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

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Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): AARON W. BARRICK, #27981 LINSDAY J. MILLER, #42372 FOLKESTAD FAZEKAS BARRICK & PATOILE, P.C. 18 S. Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 688-3045 Case Number: 15 CV 30095 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): GERALD L. BAIR, and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

Public Notices Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): AARON W. BARRICK, #27981 LINSDAY J. MILLER, #42372 FOLKESTAD FAZEKAS BARRICK & PATOILE, P.C. 18 S. Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 688-3045 Case Number: 15 CV 30095 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): GERALD L. BAIR, and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION You are hereby summoned and required

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint for Quiet Title (“Complaint”) filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action: Plaintiff commences this suit to quiet title to the Property identified

Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name problems. Take a set of questions with you and Address): when you attend your next meeting.

AARON W. BARRICK, #27981 LINSDAY J. MILLER, #42372 AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your FOLKESTAD FAZEKAS BARRICK self-confidence should be coming back. That’s & PATOILE, P.C. 18 S. Wilcox Street, Suite 200 good news. But it might be a bit over the top Castle Rock, CO 80104 right now, so best to let it settle down before (303) 688-3045

you start making expensive decisions.

Case Number: 15 CV 30095 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your life, your decisions. Good enough. But be sure you have all the facts you need to put into the decision-maker mixing bowl and hope it will come out as it should.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): GERALD L. BAIR, and ALL UNKNOWN BORN THIS WEEK: You find much of your PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INcreativity with new people who give you much TEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION to think about.

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Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): AARON W. BARRICK, #27981 LINSDAY J. MILLER, #42372 FOLKESTAD FAZEKAS BARRICK & PATOILE, P.C. 18 S. Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 688-3045

Public Notices Christopher Solum Personal Representative 737 Meadow Station Circle Parker, CO 80138

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Change continues to be a strong factor in

Plaintiff: DANIEL C. JORDAN, many important areas. Keep on top of them, an individual and you won’t have to worry about losing conv. trol. A personal situation takes on a new look.

Defendants: GERALD L. BAIR, an individual; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION A business offer sounds intriguing. But if you

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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 District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before August 1, 2016 or the claims may be forever barred.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) That personal matter that seemed so hard to deal with should be less confusing now. Don’t rush.

Let things happen easily, without the risk of creating even more puzzlement.

Case Number: 15 CV 30095

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): GERALD L. BAIR, and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

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You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint for Quiet Title (“Complaint”) filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action: Plaintiff commences this suit to quiet title to the Property identified as: Section: 35 Township: 9 Range:65 Subdivision: KELLY AIR PARK AMENDMENT IV Lot: 55 (TOTAL: 5.060 A) 24428 BEN KELLY RD (APN# 9535301029)

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint for Quiet Title (“Complaint”) filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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To your advertise your notices call 303-566-4100 If you fail to file answer or otherpublic response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

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This is an action: Plaintiff commences this suit to quiet title to the Property identified as:

Request for Day Care Proposals

Section: 35 Township: 9 Range:65 Subdivision: KELLY AIR PARK AMENDMENT IV Lot: 55 (TOTAL: 5.060 A) 24428 BEN KELLY RD (APN# 9535301029) Dated: February 29, 2016 FOLKESTAD FAZEKAS BARRICK & PATOILE, P.C. /s/ Aaron W. Barrick Aaron W. Barrick, #27981 Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No.: 23367 First Publication: March 10, 2016.

Last Publication: April 7, 2016.

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Kiowa Schools in Kiowa, CO is accepting proposals to offer day care using campus facilities. Details are located on our website at www.kiowaschool.org. Look for the Day Care RFP link on the main page. The deadline to submit proposals is April 19, 2016 at 4:00 PM. If you have any questions, please call our business office at 303-621-2220.

Legal Notice No.: 23374 First Publication: March 17, 2016 Last Publication: April 7, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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Dated: February 29, 2016 FOLKESTAD FAZEKAS BARRICK & PATOILE, P.C. /s/ Aaron W. Barrick Aaron W. Barrick, #27981 Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No.: 23367 First Publication: March 10, 2016.

Last Publication: April 7, 2016.

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