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July 21, 2016 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 25 | 75¢

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County OKs building of cell tower near Simla 195-foot structure may go up in next few months By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Scottish and Irish clans march in the clan parade. This year 38 clans were represented at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival. Photos by Rick Gustafson

Showing Celtic pride By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

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ipers, clans and even the occasional fairy converged in the shade of Casey Jones Park for two full days of celebrations honoring Celtic heritage and tradition at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival on July 16 and 17. Re-enactors treated guests to demonstrations of Viking culture from the early eighth and ninth centuries, traditional Scottish culture beginning with the risings of the 17th and 18th centuries, along with an assortment of fighting demonstrations by Castle Wall Productions and Renaissance Scots. Celtic continues on Page 9

Teresa and Victoria Davis show off a dragon and catapult made in the Children’s Glen. Scottish dancer Cady Davis places first in the novice category. Cady and her family traveled from Oklahoma City to compete in Saturday’s competition at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival.

The Elbert County Board of County Commissioners granted Bridger Wireless Inc. a special-use permit for the construction of a cellular tower along with associated equipment buildings on a 68-acre parcel near the town of Simla at a regularly scheduled BOCC meeting on July 6. Darren Hunter of Centerline Solutions in Golden made the original presentation on behalf of Bridger Wireless at a public hearing during a BOCC meeting on May 25. Though the approval of the tower does not include provisions for antennas or dishes, the 195-foot tower one mile south of Simla will have the ability to accommodate up to four wireless carriers. Bridger Wireless is currently in negotiation with an undisclosed wireless carrier to provide service to the area, and hopes that construction can begin in the next few months. “The last hurdle was getting the zoning approval,” said Derek Dye of Bridger Wireless. “As soon as I have a signed lease, I will start construction.” Once Bridger reaches agreements with individual carriers, the carriers must apply to the county for use permits to mount antennas. “It’s definitely less than a 60-day process for the tower to get constructed,” said Dye. “It’s kind of like building a house. It sure looks like a lot goes on in the first three months, and then it looks like nothing is happening while everybody’s inside doing the finish work.” Though in negotiations with a single carrier, Dye anticipates that additional companies will express interest in leasing antenna space. “We have designed and built the tower with the foundation to support four wireless carrier tenants. In a perfect world, we would have four on every tower we ever build. Traditionally, we start out with interest from one or two when we start a project, but we have the space and capacity for up to four,” Dye said. In addition to the wireless companies who will lease space on the tower, Bridger has made space available to Elbert County Emergency Services at no cost. “We don’t traditionally like to do that because that’s how we make our living, but in this case the county worked with us pretty nicely, and we did allow them to place some equipment on the tower.” The original application for the tower was made in November, and the Elbert County planning commission reviewed and recommended approval on May 3. “I wish I could start on it tomorrow,” Dye said. “We’re at the hard phase, which is wrapping up negotiations with our tenant.”

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Douglas County Fair beefs up first weekend Free concert, carnival expand variety in early stages of annual event By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com In an effort to offer more for attendees to do, the 2016 Douglas County Fair and Rodeo is amping of its first weekend of festivities by offering a free concert and opening the carnival. “We’re trying to build the first weekend as a fun, family, local-flavor-type event to give more variety for our guests,” said Todd Spenser, chairman of the fair and rodeo board. “One of the biggest driving factors for expanding the first weekend was building up to the 100th anniversary of the fair, which is in a couple years.” The fair and rodeo will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018 and Spenser said guests can expect the first weekend to expand each year leading up to it. One of the biggest additions is a free concert by multi-platinum-selling country music group

WHAT TO EXPECT

2 p.m. Doo-Wah Riders (Midway Stage)

Saturday, July 30

4 p.m. Dutch Oven Cook-off Judging and Samples (Midway)

Hometown Day 9 a.m. Dutch Oven Cook-off (Midway)

5 p.m. Hometown Rodeo starting with the Crowning of Fair Royalty (Outdoor Arena)

9 a.m. Junior Division Exhibit Day (Kirk Hall)

5 p.m. Odessa Rose (Midway Stage)

3 p.m. Mutton Bustin (Outdoor Arena)

9 a.m. 4-H Cloverbud Primary Fair (Events Center)

The 2016 Douglas County Fair and Rodeo will kick off July 30. File photo

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We’re trying to build the first weekend as a fun, family, local-flavor-type event to give more variety for our guests.”

Todd Spenser, Douglas County Fair and Rodeo chairman

BlackHawk, which will rock the midway stage at 3 p.m. July 31. BlackHawk exploded onto the country music landscape in 1993 with their self-titled album and top-10 hit single “Goodbye Says It All.” Three more hit singles followed, “Every Once In A While,” “I Sure Can Smell The Rain” and “That’s Just About Right,” propelling their first album to platinum status. “Several years ago, we did have a concert on the second weekend,” Spenser said. “But (it was) moved away to bring in other events. There’s been some call from our guests to bring in a big concert again. So, we did for the first Sunday.” Other new events this year are the Junior Division Cat Show, which is also new for the Douglas County 4-H, and Westernaires, a youth horse drill team out of Jefferson County. This is also the first time the carnival will open during the first weekend. Rides will gear up at noon July 30 and run until 11 p.m. Rides will also run noon to 6 p.m. July 31. The fair runs through the following weekend, ending on Aug. 7, a Sunday.

9 a.m. Junior Division Exhibit Day (Kirk Hall) 10 a.m. Junior Division Llama Show followed by Open Division Llama Show (Pavilion) followed by Learn with a Llama (Public interaction with a Llama) 11 a.m. Junior Division Cat Show (MPB South) 11 a.m. Interstate Cowboys (Midway Stage) Noon to 11 p.m. Carnival Open 1 p.m. Junior Division Utility Goat - Obstacle Course (Pavilion) 1 to 2 p.m. Westernaires (Outdoor Arena)

Sunday, July 31 8 a.m. Junior Division Horse Show (Indoor Arena) Working Ranch following by English 11 a.m. Coles Whalen (Midway Stage) Noon to 6 p.m. Carnival Open Noon to 4 p.m. Creative Arts Open Division Fine Arts, Home Ec., Home Arts, Quits & Senior Citizen Exhibit Entry Receiving (Events Center) 3 p.m. Free concert - Blackhawk For the full fair schedule, visit www.douglascountyfairand rodeo.com/schedule/

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THINGS TO DO Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis. 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 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils. org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, July 23, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St.,

Castle Rock; Sunday, July 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock (Karen Johnson, 720-272-1464); Sunday, July 24, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Crossroads Community Church, 9900 S. Twenty Mile Road, Parker; Saturday, July 30, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Music Saves Lives, Walmart, 11101 S. Parker Road, Parker. Comedy, Magic Show Comedy and magic collide at the Chipper Lowell show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 22, to Saturday, July 23 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Chipper has been chosen as a headliner for the ninth annual Great American Comedy Festival, and he will appear for his third season with the Masters of Illusion series on the CW Network. Reservations required. Buy tickets at http:// tickets.amazingshows.com or call 303-660-6799. Walking Tour of Castle Rock The Castle Rock Historical Society plans its walking tour of historic Castle Rock at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 23, at the Courtyard on Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and will conclude at the Castle Rock Museum, 420 Elbert St., Castle Rock. Group and bike tours are available by reservation. Contact 303-8143164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. ‘Climb the Rock’ Walk The Falcon Wanderers and Rocky Mountain Wanderers of Denver plan a joint walk Saturday, July 23, in downtown Castle Rock. Enjoy an invigorating walk that will start at Philip S. Miller Library at 100 S. Wilcox St. in Castle

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Summer Wizard Camp Learn magic and performance skills by professional magicians Carol Massie and Joe Givan at Summer Wizard Camp at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Camp dates are Monday to Friday, Aug. 1-4 (more dates may be added). Camp runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon each day. Cost includes all supplies and recital show for family. Open to ages 7 and older. Call 303-660-6799 for details and to sign up. Go to www.AmazingShows.com. Community Carnival Enjoy bounce houses, carnival games, cotton candy, snow cones, food and more at the Harvest Bible Church community carnival from 3-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at 826 S. Elbert St., Elizabeth. Call 303-646-3699 or go to www. go-harvest.org. Open Saddle Series Cowboy Up Kiowa presents its second Open Saddle series. The 2016 Gymkhana schedule Saturday, Aug. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a 1 p.m. start.

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July 21, 2016

Former senator’s life, passion remembered Thousands gather for funeral to remember Bill Armstrong By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com

William L. Armstrong is remembered as a man of success — in business, politics, family and faith. The theme of his funeral service was a phrase he often recited: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” “There’s no more fitting theme to Bill’s life,” said Cherri Parks, vice president of academic affairs of Colorado Christian University, “no more fitting theme to this service.” Parks delivered the eulogy at Armstrong’s funeral service on July 15 at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch. Thousands of guests, including political leaders, businesspeople and Christian families, gathered in the church’s auditorium to honor the life of the former U.S. senator, who died July 5 at the age of 79 following a five-year battle with cancer. The church’s auditorium radiated rich hues of blue with two photos of the political leader sitting center stage. A remembrance video kicked off the service with a recollection of memories, political milestones and personal tributes. The day of the service marked the 54th wedding anniversary of Armstrong and his wife, Ellen. He’s survived by her, their two children and eight grandchildren. Armstrong’s death marked “a five-year fight with cancer but more importantly, a life well lived,” Parks said at the service. Armstrong served in the state House Bill Armstrong’s granddaughters, Kathryn Armstrong, left, and Elisabeth Armstrong, read scriptures at his funeral held at Cherry Hills (1963-64) and state Senate (1965-72), before Community Church on July 15. Photo by Alex DeWind serving in the U.S. House (1973-79) and Senate (1979-1991). During his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Armstrong was a member of the finance, budget and banking committees and spent six years as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. Anne Armstrong Nordby, He was also a man of many business endeavors: Daughter of Bill Armstrong

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He had a way of making you feel like you were the most important person in the room and he was really glad to be with you. And guess what — he was.”

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• Armstrong landed his first real job as a radio disc jockey at 11 years old. He then pursued an interest in broadcast and served as the president of Denver radio stations KEZW and KOSI-FM. • He worked in several different busi-

nesses with his son Wil, including Cherry Creek Mortgage Company. • He was the founder and chairman of Blueberry Systems, a financial software solution company, and the director of several public companies, including Oppenheimer Funds and International Family Entertainment Inc. • Armstrong served as president of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood since 2006 — although he never graduated from college.

“It was the last thing on Bill’s mind when he was approached to become the president of Colorado Christian University,” Parks said, fighting back tears. “He called his work at the university ‘the most significant, energizing and rewarding work I’ve ever undertaken.’” In February, Armstrong announced he would be retiring as president of Colorado Christian later this year. Armstrong’s daughter, Anne Armstrong Nordby, remembered her father as a

humorous man devoted to his faith and family. He enjoyed ice cream for dinner, she said. He considered his dog the world’s most wonderful canine. He made his family laugh every single day. And he took care of them every single day. “He had a way of making you feel like you were the most important person in the room and he was really glad to be with you,” she said. “And guess what — he was.”

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July 21, 2016

Water study says methane not always tied to drilling Other causes range from coal seams to unknown By Dan Elliott Associated Press The oil and gas industry may not be to blame if northeastern Colorado tap water is so full of methane it can be set on fire, researchers say. Fewer than 5 percent of the region’s water wells that were checked for methane pollution had been tainted by oil and gas leaks, according to a study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. About 18 percent had methane that came from coal seams that underlie the area, the researchers said. The other wells either had methane that couldn’t be definitively traced or had no detectable methane at all. Dramatic videos of residents igniting water running from a faucet occasionally surface in communities near oil and gas wells, including in Colorado, and the images are sometimes cited as evidence of the danger posed by energy development, including fracking. “I think it’s important for people to realize that being able to light your tap water on fire in many cases is a natural occurrence,” said Owen Sherwood, lead author of the study and a research associate at the University of Colorado. “However, accidents do happen, leaks do happen,” he said.

The study looked only at the DenverJulesburg Basin, an energy-rich formation in northeastern Colorado. The findings don’t necessarily apply to other formations because of differences in geology, drilling history and regulation, Sherwood said. The $200,000 study was funded by the National Science Foundation and got no money from the energy industry, Sherwood said. Sherwood and five other researchers reviewed public records from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state’s energy regulator, from 1988 to 2014. The records showed that 924 individual water wells were tested for methane after residents complained about pollution. Of those wells, 593 had detectable levels of methane, including 169 with methane that could be traced to coal beds and 42 with methane that could be traced to oil and gas production. Researchers can distinguish between the two because they have distinct chemical footprints, Sherwood said. Methane from oil and gas production is also mixed with ethane, propane and butane, he said. If the study couldn’t determine the source of the methane, it was usually because regulators hadn’t finished their investigation at the time the researchers retrieved the data in 2014, or because the case was so old that the available technology couldn’t identify the source. Regardless of the source, the methane

gets into water wells by first infiltrating an aquifer, a natural underground water reservoir, Sherwood said. It’s then drawn up into the well. Researchers were able to trace groundwater methane pollution to a leak in a specific oil or gas well in 11 instances. In each case, the culprit was the surface casing — the lining inside the upper part of the well bore — in an older petroleum well drilled under nowobsolete rules, Sherwood said. In all 11 instances, the well casing was too shallow by current standards for new wells. Six of those wells also had leaks in the casings. The current rules, adopted in the mid-1990s, require the surface casing to extend 50 feet below the deepest aquifer in some areas. In the Denver-Julesburg Basin, that can be as deep as 1,200 feet, Sherwood said. In none of those 11 instances could the leak be attributed to hydraulic fracturing, Sherwood said. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, injects water,

sand and chemicals into a well bore to break open underground formations and release oil and gas. In 2010, drilling companies began high-volume fracking, injecting the fluids perhaps 20 times at different locations in the same well, compared with three or four times under previous practice, Sherwood said. But the number of documented incidents of water wells polluted by methane from oil and gas production each year didn’t change, he said. “It’s relatively rare, a rate of about two cases a year” since 2000, Sherwood said. Rob Jackson, an earth sciences professor at Stanford University who wasn’t involved in the research, said he thinks the study is sound, although he said a potential weakness is whether water sampling techniques were consistent over the years covered. “I still like what they’ve done,” he said. The study highlights the importance of oil and gas well casing, he said.

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Slash-mulch site open Dispose of branches and shrubbery AND return home with fresh mulch. The County’s slash-mulch site in Castle Rock is open Saturdays from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. through Oct. 29. For directions and more, visit www.douglas.co.us and search for mulch.

Need flood zone information? If you live in unincorporated Douglas County, flood insurance rate maps and zone information are available by request. Simply visit www.douglas.co.us and search for flood plain information. A form may also be requested by calling 303-660-7490 or visiting the Public Works Engineering Office at 100 Third St. in Castle Rock.

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If you don’t want to lose it — use it Have you ever heard that saying, “Use it or lose it?” It is probably one of those messages we have all heard time and time again, so much so that maybe it has lost some of its power or meaning, or we have conditioned ourselves to ignore it. It is like when we do not use our creativity, our minds can become dull. When we do not work out, our muscles can atrophy or shrink. We either “use it or lose it.” How many of us have bookshelves or libraries in our home or office filled with books we have never read? Maybe we have downloaded a vast library of books onto our Kindle or other e-reading device. We have had the very best of intentions to read the books when we purchased them or received them as a gift, but somehow or somewhere along the busy highway of life, the books have become part of the decor as opposed to providing us with a source of education, information or entertainment. This “use it or lose it” scenario always reminds me of something that Zig Ziglar used to say all the time, “People who do not read are no better off than the people that can’t read.” What about our home gym equipment? The same can be said of that for many of us. Perhaps you have a treadmill, some weights, a stair-stepper or total gym in your home. This equipment may be in your basement or garage, or maybe even in your office so you can get your workout in while working. Are

we using the equipment for working out or has it also become part of the decor? I have seen in some homes and offices where the gym equipment became another place to store things or hang the laundry on. And how many ads do we see where Michael Norton people are trying to WINNING sell their “almost new” or “like new” gym WORDS equipment? Go to any garage sale and there is probably better than a 50/50 chance that you will find sort of gym equipment for sale. Now what about our network? Many of us have a social network that we are a part of or a business community that we work in and support. Do we tap into our friends when we are needing support or help? Or do we try and get through the tough times alone? Do we energize others or become energized by sharing our successes and celebrating our wins with those closest to us? As part of a business community we have associates and customers. If we do not actively pursue growth opportunities, seek referrals or new opportunities we can certainly fall into the trap of “using it or losing it.” I

was speaking with one of my customers who is a sales professional. She shared with me that she had stopped asking her clients for referrals. Not because she didn’t know how, she just became complacent about it. Her wake-up call came when she finally remembered to ask a good customer for a referral only to be told that they had just referred someone else to their contacts. One of the things I enjoy most in my network is the time I spend with people whom I know I can learn from. My trusted advisers and people who give me great ideas when we have a chance to brainstorm is one way that I maximize my network and keep myself sharp. Whether it’s our creativity and our minds, our bodies or our connections, if we do not use what we have right in front of us, we will lose it as any area that is ignored and stays ignored will atrophy. So how about you? Are you “using it or losing it”? Are your books, gym equipment and networks collecting dust? I would love to hear all about how you are maximizing everything at your fingertips at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we make the most of what we have, 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.

Taking a ‘So’ is so, well, so, look back, when it’s not so-so and ahead The worst, most unbearable, It is never comforting when you hear Wall Street analysts predict high volatility, below-average earnings and continued uncertainty around the globe. This would be enough to cause any investor to stick their head in the sand for a few years and Patricia Kummer see if things get better FINANCIAL later. But you can’t be STRATEGIES Rip Van Winkle or an ostrich. Investors need to work at earning money every day. Whether your goal is in a few years or a few decades, decisions in 2016 could affect you indefinitely. Last month we learned that static allocations alone may not be enough to reduce the new risks that are creeping into accounts due to global issues. Since that last article we had Britain vote to leave the European Union and, with that, triple-digit market volatility for several weeks. Last week we had an unusual jobs report for June, showing 287,000 new nonfarm jobs created after a disappointing May report of only 38,000 new jobs. These extreme fluctuations in just two months’ time put the markets into another whirlwind. Now we are entering earnings season once again, where major companies report their second-quarter earnings and forecast for the remainder of the year. The last four consecutive quarters, earnings have been negative. This equates to an “earnings recession” which can pull back the possibility of good returns on equity investments in the near term. This quarter, the reports are expected to be “less negative.” This is a new term we are learning to mean as a good thing. However, less of a vacuum is still a difficult environment. As dismal as these economic indicators appear so far, there is always opportunity somewhere. Growth is the necessary fuel for the economic engine that moves us forward, Kummer continues on Page 9

So, how’s your cat? Certain words are reborn from time to time, and get used over and over. And over. “So” is one of them. I am so honored, so thrilled, and so Craig Marshall Smith happy. And you may have noQUIET that “so” is DESPERATION ticed being used a lot lately to begin a sentence. “Transparency” is still having its day. It’s understandable, because the synonyms are inconvenient. For example: “pellucidity.” Instead of explaining why someone or something is superior, we chose the word “arguably” to cover everything, as in, “She is arguably the best ventriloquist in Castle Rock.” You can just leave it at that, and not go into any depth. It’s awesome, dog. The word “about” is very handy too. A friend of mine said, “It’s not about the penguins. It’s about you and Jennifer.” I said, “I thought it was about the penguins, but you’re saying that it’s about Jennifer and me? I am going to have to think about this.” Any seemingly unusual experience is “surreal.” Salvador Dali was a surrealist. He was once asked if he took drugs, because his paintings seemed so, well, surreal. His answer was perfect. “I am drugs,” he said. Movie promotions say things like, “Daniel Craig is James Bond.” “Kirk Douglas is Spartacus.” “Patty Duke is Helen Keller.” How can that be? It’s an attempt to convince an audience in advance that a portrayal surpasses metaphysics and the laws of reality. I am happy just to be me, but now and then I wouldn’t mind being Anne Hathaway.

atrocious song of the 20th century was ‘I Dig Rock and Roll Music.’ It was cliché ridden. An attempt by a group whose time had come and gone to appropriate trending words. Peter, Paul and Mary. Thankfully, a few words and phrases have been shelved. For instance, “for sure.” Anyone sporting the word “groovy” might be in for some scowls, and should be. I’ll bet you haven’t heard “dig” in a while either. I had a drawing teacher who used to ask us if we understood what he had just said simply by saying, “Dig?” The worst, most unbearable, atrocious song of the 20th century was “I Dig Rock and Roll Music.” It was cliché ridden. An attempt by a group whose time had come and gone to appropriate trending words. Peter, Paul and Mary. “I figure it’s about the happiest sound goin’ down today.” It’s execrable straight off, but it worsens. “The message may not move me or mean a great deal to me, but, hey, it feels so groovy to say.” I have always thought that the lyrics were actually mocking the performers and the music. For instance, the Mamas and Papas are commended “when (their) words don’t get in the way.” The song wraps up with horrific references to Donovan and the Beatles, and “I dig, oh, rock and roll music, I could really get it on in that scene.” It’s torture. Smith continues on Page 9

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Alana Wolner, president of the Elizabeth Celtic Festival board of directors, said many of the groups who offer the demonstrations and re-enactments have a long-standing tradition in Elizabeth. “Many of these groups have been coming here for years,” she said. “They are like family.” Celtic competitions included Heavy Scottish Athletics, where both men and women compete in nine events, which involve throwing various heavy objects, most notably 19-foot tree trunks (caber toss) weighing up to 175 pounds. The Highland Dance drew competitors from around Colorado and surrounding states. Novice level dancer Cady Davis from Oklahoma City, breathlessly said dancing in the thinner, Colorado air was definitely a challenge. Despite the 5,000-foot altitude difference, Davis managed to sweep the three dances at her level and take home first place. The win was her fifth as a novice, and she needs to place in one more competition to advance to the intermediate level. Both the Scots and the Irish are known for their spirit, and no Celtic festival would be complete without sampling a bit of what each has to offer. A whiskey tasting in the Heritage Pavilion on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons offered attendees (21 and over) an opportunity to learn about and taste the differences between Scotch, Irish whiskey, and American whiskey. Whiskey expert Chelsea Houser explained how most American whiskies are distilled by a single distillery and often not by craft labels. Irish whiskies, on the other hand, are required to be distilled on the Emerald Isle, and even tighter regulations govern spirits

Andrew Heaton tosses the heavy weight (56 pounds) for distance. Scottish Athletics is open to both men and women, and contestants compete in a total of nine events. Photo by Rick Gustafson branded as Scotch. The offering of American whiskey at the festival was provided by the Steward’s Solera, a Colorado distilled and aged bourbon. The company is in the process of setting up a cordial distillery and opening a tasting room in Elizabeth, which it hopes to open in the fall.

The Elizabeth Celtic Festival began in 1993 and was originally held in conjunction with the Elbert County Fair. Beginning in 1995, organizers offered the

festival as a standalone event in Kiowa for 11 years, and in 2006 moved the festival to the trees of Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth.

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pays down debt and allows for expansion. Consumers may be losing patience as this has been one of the longest recoveries in history, 27 quarters so far. It feels like a slow uphill battle at a snail’s pace, but we are making progress. The bright spots are improving employment, solid housing prices and continued low inflation and low interest rates. The Brexit pushed back the Federal Reserve Board’s decision to increase interest rates last month along with some countries in Europe issuing bonds at negative interest rates. This has caused significant fluctuations in U.S. bond prices, and yields hit an all-time low. Investor demand from around the world pushed domestic bond prices higher as fewer Europeans wanted to invest in negative bonds of their own. This makes owning equities a bit more attractive than fixed income given these circumstances. Keep in mind that equities are a longterm solution as volatility remains escalated especially during earnings season and Fed rate hike uncertainty. One of the best outlooks may be in Emerging Markets, in particular China. Their economic recovery could be a significant driver of worldwide growth over the next five to 10 years. You deserve to have a custom strategy

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I began this because there is a word that is going around and around that I wish would take a holiday. Namely “icon.” That’s the Word of the Day. What does it take to qualify? I am an icon to my dog. Have you heard of Mallory Pugh yet? She’s was a local high school soccer icon. There is much more of Pugh on the way.

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based on your goals and time frame to help navigate these unprecedented times. Don’t guess … it could be an expensive lesson. Take the time to evaluate your needs and goals and update your financial plan. Take time to build the next layer of your portfolio based on the global economy going forward. Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 29 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www. kummerfinancial.com for more information or call the economic hotline at 303683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only.

Then there are the iconic icons. Muhammad Ali, Prince, David Bowie, Pat Summit and Scotty Moore were all iconic icons. You don’t know Scotty Moore? He died recently. He was Elvis Presley’s guitarist, and he was great. Keith Richards said, “Everyone else wanted to be Elvis. I wanted to be Scotty.” Well, I can make that happen. “Keith Richards is Scotty Moore.” Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@ comcast.net.

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July 21, 2016

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

Jay Pathak plays a shot during batting practice with the Littleton Cricket Club. Pathak is an all-rounder, meaning he both bats and bowls for the team. Photos by Mike DiFerdinando

Cricket builds lasting bonds Expats in Denver area keep cultural ties through sport By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@colorado communitymedia.com

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J

ay Pathak takes the crease for batting practice at Cornerstone Park. He taps the ground with his bat to gain his rhythm and stares down the pitch. Pathak leans forward, drops to one knee and smacks the bouncing ball away with an elegant strike. His skills are polished, the result of years of practice. His team, the Littleton Cricket Club, play on a synthetic pitch — a concrete rectangle covered in artificial turf. In the Denver metro area, this surface on South Windermere Street on the Littleton-Englewood border is about as close as it gets to a proper wicket. For many many expatriates from cricket-playing nations living in the Denver area, the sport connects them to their families and traditions while fostering a sense of community in their new home. Pathak, 21, was born in India and grew up in New Zealand before moving to the United States with his family at the age of 15. He spent his childhood playing on well-maintained grounds. A traditional wicket — the hard 22-yard batting and running surface in the middle of a cricket field with stumps on either end — is made of manicured grass that has been trimmed and compacted so that it is hard, allowing the ball to bounce.

Growing the game

Haram Patel, 26, began playing with the Littleton Cricket Club when he was 13 years old. His father played cricket in Mumbai, India. “In India, I used to get private lessons,” said Pathak, who moved to New Zealand at the age of 6. “I learned how to bat and bowl. The basics of the game.” In New Zealand, he began playing competitively for the local club and spent hours practicing his batting in nets he set up in his backyard. “My dad was very enthusiastic about cricket. He used to give me three or four hours of practice every day to try and help me,” Pathak said. He now lives and works in Denver and is a hopeful for the U.S. national team. “I have toured Sri Lanka. I’ve toured India with the U.S. team. So, I’m working my way up trying to get into the national team again,” Pathak said. “It’s pretty special.” Cricket continues on Page 12

CRICKET CLUBS IN DENVER METRO AREA Boulder Cricket Club: www.bouldercricketclub.com Coal Creek Cricket Club: www.bouldercricket.org Colorado CrossBats: ccb-mc@googlegroups.com Front Range Cricket Club: www.frontrangecricket. wordpress.com Littleton Cricket Club: www.littletoncricketclub.org Rockies Cricket Club: www.rccdenver.weebly.com Find information about the Colorado Cricket League at www.coloradocricket.org

In addition to playing the game themselves, cricketers in the Denver metro area are also focused on growing the game locally. In the last year, representatives from the Colorado Cricket League have visited Pioneer Elementary and Cimarron Middle schools in Parker as well as schools and youth programs in the Cherry Creek School District and in Fort Collins to show the sport to local kids. “We have been trying to reach out to schools to introduce cricket,” said CCL president Suresh Talatoti. “We are also hoping to make it happen quickly with the International Cricket Council (cricket’s governing body) coming to Colorado Springs soon and with the idea of (expanding) youth cricket development with their help.” The ICC Americas office had been located in Toronto, but officials announced in April that they would be moving to Colorado Springs. There are plans to build an international-level cricket facility either there or in Denver. Talatoti said most of the kids had not been exposed to the sport before. “It’s always hard to introduce a new thing to anyone or in any country — particularly in the USA where everything is well established with other sports,” he said. Haram Patel, 26, grew up playing cricket in the Denver area and said he has seen the sport grow in the area over the last decade with added exposure from the internet and more expats moving to the area. However, he said the goal is to get more American kids to pick up the sport at a young age. Patel compared cricket to baseball and said many of the same skills would translate for kids who are interested in trying something new. “In school you learn kickball, you learn pickleball, you learn everything, why not cricket?” said Patel. “It’s the second most watched and followed sport in the world (behind soccer). I think that stat in and of itself should be a reason why you should teach kids how to play.”

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Mirror Palace is peak experience in mountains The Crested Butte Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this summer and brags about its new Mirror Palace venue — it’s a semi-permanent Spiegeltent named “Victoria,” originally built in the 1930s by the Klessens Sonya Ellingboe family. They were SONYA’S built from about 1900 on in Belgium SAMPLER and used as traveling dance halls and fairs. The numerous Spiegels (mirrors) inside the tent allowed people to establish eye contact discreetly and became a symbol of wild fin-de-siecle nightlife. “La Boheme” is this weekend’s selection and there’s a Prohibition Party Aug. 2. For information, see crestedbutte-

musicfestival.org. Wildflowers should be at their peak in this gorgeous area too. Hikes scheduled The Denver Botanic Gardens offers summer nature hikes: One is at Cherokee Ranch and Castle on Aug. 6 from 8:30-11:30 a.m, led by Panayoti Kelaidis and Lynn Willcocksen ($25, $20 member). On Aug. 2, 4 and 6 at 8:45 a.m., there will be Mount Goliath guided wildflower hike for those wanting to enjoy Alpine tundra; the hike itself is free, but entry requires payment at the Mount Evans Forest Service Fee Station. Also, visitors at the gardens at 1007 York St. and join tours of “Stories in Sculpture,” the collection from Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, through October. For information on hikes and tours, go to botanicgardens. org. Englewood history The Englewood Historic Preservation Society has two programs next week. On

July 25 at 6:30 p.m., Josh Goldstein will tell about the original Englewood High School that was built in 1919 and became Flood Middle School in 1951, located at the site now occupied by the Alta Cherry Hills apartment complex. Goldstein’s presentation will be held at The Brew on Broadway at 3445 S. Broadway. Then on July 28 from 6 to 8 p.m., the group will hold a second town hall meeting on historic preservation in Englewood, a plan and the possibility of “certified local government” designation to help with funding. Citizen input is invited at the meeting in the Community Room at Englewood Civic Center, second floor, 1000 Englewood Parkway. When you303-242-3257, protect your historicenglewood.org. ®

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Haram Patel, 26, grew up in the Denver metro area and has been playing competitively with the Littleton Cricket Club since he was 13. Patel split his time between high school baseball and cricket before eventually moving to England to play cricket for Durham University, where he earned his undergraduate degree. “My parents are both from India. My dad is from Mumbai. My dad actually played at a high level in Mumbai,” Patel said. “So it’s in my blood.” Bodhayan Chakraborty moved to Denver from India in 2009. He spent a year without the sport before a friend told him about cricket in Colorado. He is now the captain of the Little Cricket Club, playing with teammates Pathak and Patel. “In our part of the world — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka—we grew up playing cricket. From our childhood we start playing and it is just like football over here,” Chakraborty said. “We just love playing cricket.” Cricket in Colorado The Littleton Cricket club draws players from around the metro area and is one of eight top-division teams in the Colorado Cricket League, which was founded in 1985. Players says members join particular clubs more because of their connection

July 21, 2016 with the group than location, with some driving as far as from Denver to Colorado Springs to play for a team. The CCL has players with roots in Asia, the Middle East, Australia and the Caribbean. Suresh Talatoti, originally from India, is the president of the CCL and a member of the Boulder Cricket Club. He said through cricket, players are able to make a community of their clubs. “We travel together to go and play games in the Denver metro area from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs (and) Albuquerque, where we have couple of clubs that are part of CCL, ” Talatoti said. Teams in the CCL play among themselves but also travel out of state to compete regionally and nationally. Players from Colorado also participate on state and regional teams that compete nationally. The gentleman’s game Cricket is a bat-and-ball game with its origins in 16th-century England. It was popularized during the Victorian age and became the game of the British Empire. It was spread to all corners of the globe with international teams in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean and the Indian subcontinent, where more than a billion people treat the sport as religion. “Cricket is called a gentleman’s game, and in my opinion, no other sport compares in terms of the number of skills displayed and the blend of quality, entertainment, sudden thrill and sustained intellectual interest,” Talatoti said Cricket can be confusing. There are 11 players per side, scores run into the hun-

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dreds and games can last from a couple hours to several days. Chakraborty said once you understand the game, you will fall in love with it. Long stretches of monotony can be punctuated by moments of exhilaration as the drama and tension builds over time. “I didn’t know about American football. I thought ‘this is just pushing and pulling and that kind of game.’ I didn’t know the rules. Once I knew the rules, I found it very interesting. Cricket is the same,” he said. “If you know the rules, if you know what the bowler is doing, what the batsman is doing, then you will find it very interesting.” While a player may walk up to bat with plans on making runs all day, he also may be bowled out on his very first ball. “If you’re an opening batsman and you get out on the first ball of the day, you’re sitting there for the rest of the (game) feeling like you didn’t do you job for the team,” Patel said. “It can get to you if you get out on the first ball because you don’t have a redemption until the next match.” A family affair On a recent Wednesday, the Littleton Cricket Club was preparing for a rivalry game with the local Colorado Cross Bats Cricket Club, which practices at a new ground in Green Valley Ranch near Denver International Airport. “Our families come. Our friends come. It’s obviously not crowded like the football games, but we have found some supporters here who come and cheer us on,” Chakraborty said. The cricket community is building. It’s a place to connect with family, friends and places far away from Colorado. While its advocates try to convert more locals to the sport, there is a group of Coloradans born with roots in the sport. “I’m definitely going to have the option of cricket there for my kids. I’m sure a lot of these guys, once they have children, will think the same,” Patel said. “The kids are always going to take up something that is going to be watched and followed within the house, so if you’re in an American house, baseball, basketball, football are what is watched. Cricket is what is watched in our houses.”

CRICKET TERMS Batsman: Two players at a time bat for a team at each end of the wicket. When a batter is dismissed — or makes an “out,” as would be the case in baseball — the next player in the batting lineup takes their place. Bowler: The person who delivers the ball — similar to a pitcher in baseball — for the batter to hit. Bails: The two small pieces of wood that lie on top of the stumps. Ball: The round object that the batsman attempts to strike. Boundary: The perimeter of a cricket field. If a batsman hits the ball to, but not over, the boundary it counts for four points. If the ball goes over the boundary, it counts for six. Century: When a batsman scores 100 runs in a match. Crease: One of several lines on the pitch near the stumps where the batter stands. Dismissal: To get one of the batsmen out. A batsman is out if he allows the ball to hit the stumps and knock off the bail, is hit with the ball or if one of the fielders catches the ball. He also can be put out if a fielder knocks the bail off a stump before the batter safely reaches the opposite end of the wicket. Duck: A score of 0 for a batsman. Innings: One player or one team’s turn to bat or bowl. Over: The delivery of six consecutive legal balls by one bowler. Games typically are measured in terms of the number of overs, often of 20, 40 or 50. Wicket: The 22 yards between the stumps. Can also be used when a batter is dismissed. Example: The batter has lost his wicket. Wicket-keeper: The player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the batting end wicket whose job it is to catch balls that are missed or tipped by the batsman — similar to a catcher in baseball. The wicket-keeper is the only player in the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg guards. Stumps: A set of stumps sits on each end of the wicket. The act of hitting the stumps results in the dismissal of the batsman. Source: International Cricket Council

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Caddies take the road less traveled The money is nice, but for young caddies caddying is a labor of love By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Carmen Garcia is enjoying her second year as a caddie. “The opportunity was offered to me... and I thought it was interesting and different,” said Garcia, a sophomore-to-be at St. Mary’s Academy in Cherry Hills Village. “I never played golf but I’m getting the hang of caddying.” Garcia is among the dozens of youths taking part in the Solich Caddie and Leadership Academy at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora. The academy is part of an effort by the Colorado Golf Association to keep caddies in the game. Caddies, while very visible on the professional tours, seem to belong to a bygone era when it comes to amateur golf, where most players opt to traverse the course in a cart. But in the Denver metro area, the trade of carrying a golf bag for money is amid something of a resurgence. Jake Pendergast, who will be a junior at Regis Jesuit, is a caddie at Colorado Golf Club in Parker. “I picked up caddying because I love golf and learning about the game,” he said. “There’s not too many ways to make money and have fun. Caddying is fun.” The evolution Caddies go back to the beginning of golf. Historians believe that Mary, Queen of Scots, came up with the term caddying in the late 16th century. She grew up in France, where military cadets carried golf clubs for royalty. The game began to rise in popularity in the United States in the 1900s and caddies were a fixture on public and private courses alike — for at least the first half of the century, until the emergence of the golf cart. “Since the mid-1950s the spread of the motorized golf cart has been popular with golfers and a financial boon for the courses,” the Professional Caddies Association states on its website. “Carts have quickly become the caddie’s worst enemy. Caddies, and walking, aren’t in the equation. By the mid-1970s the conversion was virtually complete. Even the cost of a cart rental is less expensive than hiring a caddie.” In Colorado, though, Caddies were down but not out. The Colorado Golf Association purchased and re-designed the former Vista Mira Golf Course and in 2009 opened CommonGround, located near East Alameda Avenue and Havana Street. The Solich Caddie and Leadership Academy was started there in 2012. Today, there are 11 Denver-metro area caddie programs, including the Solich Academy, which is the only one at a public course. Ed Mate, Colorado Golf Association executive director and a former caddie at Denver Country Club, calls the program a “game changer.” CommonGround has 45 eighth- and ninth-grade students as caddies this summer and has tutored more than 100 caddies since the Solich Academy started. Five have been awarded prestigious Evans scholarships to the University of Colorado. After two summers, CommonGround caddies are placed in existing Denver-area caddie programs. And there are hundreds of caddies in those programs. Columbine Country Club, which saw its caddie program go by the wayside 15 years ago, has 60 caddies working this summer. Cherry Hills Country Club has one of the top caddie programs in Colorado with 155 caddies working this summer. There are 50 caddies at Lakewood Country Club, and there has been a noted increase in loops — rounds caddied — so far this summer.

Nick Mayhan, a student at Mullen High School and a first-year caddie at Columbine County Club, smooths out the bunker near the tenth green at Columbine. Photo by Jim Benton

DENVER-METRO AREA CADDIE PROGRAMS • Bear Creek Golf Club, Denver

• Columbine Country Club, Columbine Valley

• Boulder Country Club

• Denver Country Club

• Cherry Creek Country Club, Denver

• Glenmoor Country Club, Cherry Hills Village

• Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village

• Lakewood Country Club

• Colorado Golf Club, Parker

• Meridian Golf Club, unincorporated northern Douglas County

• CommonGround Golf Course, Aurora What they do Caddies must have a certain measure of physical fitness. They carry bags that average about 25 pounds — though many bags have double straps, which make them more like backpacks. Years ago, bags were leather, as opposed to today’s lighterweight materials, and single-strapped, making them more difficult to tote. It’s been estimated that caddies probably walk about seven miles during a day’s work, depending on the loops. During their treks, caddies do more than carry the bag. How much they do depends on their skill and experience level. All will help locate balls, rake bunkers, tend the flagstick and clean clubs and balls. More advanced caddies also help players make the proper club selection and read the greens on putts. In pro golf, “the caddie just has a gigantic role now,” said Bill Loeffler, owner of The Links at Highlands Ranch course and a former PGA Tour player. “He’s a coach, mental coach and father figure sometimes,” Loeffler said. “He’s a guy to lean on in bad times and enjoy good times, too. There are a lot of friendships.” Local caddies have a more reserved responsibility. “These are 15- and 16-year-old kids, and the best ones are the most attentive and don’t get distracted,” said Pilo Troup, Lakewood Country Club assistant caddiemaster. The payoff Through caddying, young loopers learn about the game, earn money and some even secure college scholarships. The Evans Scholarship, awarded by the Western Golf Association, provides full tuition and housing to students attending

one of 14 universities across the country, including CU. Recipients must perform well as caddies, be strong academically and show good character, leadership and demonstrate financial need. The scholarship is named for Chick Evans, a top amateur golfer who won the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in 1916. Keane McClintock, a Cherry Creek High School graduate, Evans scholar and sophomore at CU, still caddies at Cherry Hills. “When I started caddying five years ago, the main goal was to win a scholarship,” he said. “It’s a great summer job just based on the amount of money you make — and you’re outside and not in an office building.” While caddies on the PGA Tour can earn hundreds of thousands to more than a million dollars a year, local loopers are paid on a more modest scale. They usually get a base salary plus gratuities from golfers. There are basic rates depending on the skill and experience of a caddie and the country club. For example, the rate at Cherry Hills is $25 for a rookie, $30 for a “B” caddie, $35 for an “A” caddie and $40 for an honor-class caddie. CommonGround, on the other hand, uses an educational grant to pay caddies, so golfers don’t have to pay, except for tips. For many, the money is nice, but it’s really a labor of love. Molly Lucas, a Cherry Creek graduate who will enroll as a freshman at North Carolina State next month, has completed 45 loops this summer after racking up 100 last year. “Golf is a passion of mine,” Lucas said. “I feel there is not a better place to be than a place you love, being outdoors, great work, you meet amazing people — and I couldn’t ask for a better job.”

Decades-old movie still in play By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Caddyshack” has acquired a large cult following and been acclaimed by many as one of the funniest sports movies ever. The movie, released in 1980 and often shown today on cable TV, features comedy legends Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and Bill Murray. Among other things, the film focuses on a young caddie looking to earn money for college, golf course gambling and a destructive gopher. Many golfers — and even nonplayers — can quote dozens of lines from the movie. So what do local caddies and officials think of the movie? Here’s a look at some responses: “It’s all accurate. There is not much stretch there.” — Steve Oberst, Cherry Hills caddie “Our office watches it all the time. We love that movie.” — Emily Olson, Colorado Golf Association manager of caddie development “It was great. I quote it all the time and there are members that quote it all the time out here.” — Molly Lucas, Cherry Hills caddie “It’s my favorite movie. It sort of resembles what goes on here between caddies being scratched, people showing up and people not showing up. Then, hearing the complaints and comments about each member when they (caddies) come in.” — Kevin Shafer, one of Cherry Hills’ caddiemasters “It’s a good interpretation of what goes on. It shows how fun golf can be.” — Pilo Troup, assistant caddiemaster at Lakewood Country Club “I’ve never seen ‘Caddyshack.’” — Jake Pendergast, caddie at Colorado Golf Club

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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 industryspecific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at http:// www.affordablecollegesonline.org/womens-guidepaying-for-college/. Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com 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, 303-814-3479. 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 http://www.elbertcountysheriff.com/ posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-6465456. 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, 303-243-3658, 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, first-served 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. Clubs continues on Page 19

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Musical hilarity “The Big Bang” by Jed Feuer and Boyd Graham plays July 22 to Aug. 14 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, remounted by Spotlight Theatre, directed by Kate Mangett. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Monday, Aug. 1; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. (A pair of desperate actors improvise a backer’s audition.) Tickets: $30/$24/$12 on Aug. 1,

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industry night; 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com. In the foothills “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” by Stephen Sondheim plays through July 31 at Conifer’s Stage Door Theatre, 25797 Conifer Road, Conifer. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays July 23 and 31. 303-838-

Over the rainbow “The Wizard of Oz,” in the Royal Shakespeare Company version, plays July 21 to Sept. 11 at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, with Annie Dwyer as the wicked witch. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays, preceded by dinner. Tickets, $49.50

to $59.50, depending on date and time. Adult show-only tickets $29.50. ColoradoCandlelight.com, 970-744-3747. Shakespeare fest Colorado Shakespeare Festival on the CU-Boulder campus continues with “Equivocation” on July 28, 29, 30; “Troilus and Cressida” on July 28, 29; “Comedy of Errors” July 30. See coloradoshakes.org or

call 303-492-8008. Hollywood tale “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers,” about the famous Hollywood agent, written by John Logan, plays through July 31 at the Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Tickets: theedgetheater.com. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays, except 2 p.m. July 31.

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gineer, and currently stores water. A map The water rights claimed herein will be showing the location of Milliken Reservoir used, in conjunction with the water rights is attached as Exhibit 1. Water will be diclaimed for 70 Ranch Reservoir, as deverted from the South Platte River at the scribed below in Paragraph 6. 2.11. Name Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Crafting diversion facilities described below in and Addresses Paper of the Owner of the Storparagraph 2.2. 2.2. Diversion Facilities. age Structure and the Facilities Club is open to anyone interested in Diversion card making 2.2.1. South Diversion. A point of diverListed Above, and lands on which those sion for Milliken Reservoir be located facilities will regularly be located. throughout 2.11.1. Milliken andmay scrapbooking. We meet Reservoir. Milliken Reservoir and its diveradjacent to the Jay Thomas Ditch Diveron various andowned week-by sionweekday and outletevenings facilities are sion Dam on the east the bankmonth of the South Continued from Page 17 United Milliken Reservoir Enterprise, Platte River in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of ends. Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake L.L.C. (8301 E. Prentice Ave. Suite 100, Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 67 Trail, Parker (in theGreenwood Pinery). Contact Collins Village, Alison Colorado, 80111). West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, ColorUnited executed a Water Storage Lease ado (referred “South Diversion”). The Outback Express is a public transit serviceto as the at 720-212-4788 for information or find us online Agreement on February 1, 2016 that auA diversion facility at the Jay Thomas provided through the East Central Council of LocalDam willatonly thorizes it to store water in Milliken ReserDitch Diversion be construchttp://www.meetup.com/Parker-Franktownvoir. 2.11.2. Jay Thomas Ditch Diversion ted by United pursuant to an Governments is open and available toagreement alland resi-used Elizabeth-Paper-Crafting-Club/ Structure. The Jay Thomas Diversion with the owner, Public Service Structure and the land on which it is locof Colorado. 2.2.2. North Diverdents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit CarsonCompany and Lincoln ated are owned the Public sion. A point of diversion for Milliken Seniors meet in Elizabeth every by Monday at 11Service a.m. counties and provides an economicalReservoir and efficient Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy, Inc. 1800 may be located on the South for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior CenLarimer Street, Suite 1300, Denver, ColorPlatte River downstream of the conflumeans of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay adoBring 80202.a dish The Applicant will not ence with the St. Vrain ter, River in the S.NE1/4 Banner St. for potluck on conthe Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may alsoof Section 26,823 struct a diversion structure for Milliken of the SW1/4 Township 4 Monday of each month. bring North, Range 67 Westfirst of the 6th P.M., Reservoir atOther the JayMondays, Thomas Diversion call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make Weld County Colorado (referred to as the site or utilize land or structures owned by a sack lunch. games andCompany, socializing. “North Diversion”). facility Bingo, at Public Service untilNew it has acreservations for any of the trips. You may also visit A diversion this point of diversionleadership. will only be conquired the legal right to or do Carol so. 2.11.3. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 at http://outbackexpress.tripod.com. Tostructed ensureand that a by United pursuant to Western Mutual Ditch. The Western Mutuused information. an agreement with the 303-646-3425 owner, United Mil- for al Ditch Company owns the Western Museat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are liken Reservoir Enterprise, L.L.C. 2.2.3. tual Ditch, including its headgate. The adMilliken Pumps. A pump is currently locdress of theGroups Western A Mutual Ditch Comappreciated. Sky Cliff Center Support Stroke ated in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Secpany is P.O. Box 282, LaSalle, Colorado, support group from 6-7:30 p.m. the first Wa4 North, Range 67 Westmeets 35, Township 80645. 3. Description of Conditional Overeaters Anonymous meets fromtion 10-11 a.m. of the 6th P.M., Weld Tuesday, County, Colorado. Ranch and fromter 10Storage a.m. toRight 12:30– 70 p.m. the Reservoir second and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in theASedalia Room pump may also be constructed near the 3.1. Name of Structure: 70 Ranch Reserconfluence of the South Platte and voir. 70 Ranch Reservoir willCare be a lined and lastRiver Wednesday (lunch included). The at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows the St. Vrain River in Section 34, Townoff-channel reservoir located in the S1/2 of Giver for adults meets4 from ship 4 North, Range 67 Westsupport of the 6thgroup Section 3, Township North,10-11:30 Range 63 Parkway, Castle Rock. P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 2.2.4. West of the 6th P.M., and a portion of the NE1/4 of Section 10, Township 4 North, Western Mutual Ditch Headgate. The Range 63 West of the 6th P.M., all in Weld point of diversion for the Western Mutual County, Colorado. 70 Ranch Reservoir is Ditch Headgate is located on the South currently under construction. A map showPlatte River in the SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of ing the location of 70 Ranch Reservoir is Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 67 attached as Exhibit 2. Water will be diverWest of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorted from the South Platte River at the diado. Water will be delivered to Milliken version facilities described below in paraReservoir through an interconnect graph 3.2. 3.2. Name of Diversion Facilbetween the Western Mutual Ditch and ities and Outlet Structures. 3.2.1. Surface the Reservoir. The Western Mutual Ditch Diversion. The surface diversion facility for is owned by the Western Mutual Ditch the 70 Ranch Reservoir will be located in Company, P.O. Box 282, LaSalle, Colorthe NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 34, ado, 80645, and water diverted pursuant Township 5 North, Range 63 West of the to a decree entered in this case will re6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. The quire a written agreement with the Westexact location of the surface diversion ern Mutual Ditch Company. 2.2.5. The aggregate diversion rate for any or all of the may change upon completion of the points of diversion described above will design. 3.2.2. 70 Ranch Reservoir Outlet not exceed 260 cfs. Diversion structure Structures. The preliminarily designed capacities may be larger than 260 cfs for outlet structure for 70 Ranch Reservoir will diversion of other water that can be lawallow releases from the Reservoir by gravPublic Notice fully stored in Milliken Reservoir under ity flow back to the South Platte River at a other decreed water rights. The design point in the SE1/4 of Section 34, TownDISTRICT COURT, and locations of the proposed diversion faship 5 North, Range 63 West of the 6th WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO cilities have not been finalized to provide P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. The exAPRIL 2016 WATER RESUME distances from section lines and may act location of the Outlet Structure may PUBLICATION change. United may correct the locations change upon completion of the design. of the diversion structures as designs are Water may also be released to the Hardin TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED finalized. 2.3. Outlet Structures. 2.3.1. Seep Canal and delivered to the South IN WATER APPLICATIONS Milliken Reservoir Outlet Structures. MilPlatte River through an existing return IN WATER DIV. 1 liken Reservoir has several outlets with ditch in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Secthe capability of returning water to the tion 2, Township 4 North, Range 63 West Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. notified that the following is a resume of all South Platte River at the following loca3.3. Source. South Platte River. 3.4. water right applications and certain tions: (1) the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of SecAmount and Rate Claimed. 6,000 acreamendments filed in the Office of the Wation 2, Township 3 North, Range 67 West feet conditional, with one refill in the ter Clerk during the month of APRIL 2016 of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; amount of 6,000 acre-feet per year condifor each County affected. (The following (2) the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 35, tional. The designed intake rate is apresume was not included in the original Township 4 North, Range 67 West of the proximately 100 cfs, which rate may newspaper publication in May). 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; and (3) change upon completion of construction. the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 26, 3.5. Date of Appropriation. February 1, 16CW3059 United Water and SanitaTownship 4 North, Range 67 West of the 2016. 3.6. How Appropriation was Initition District, acting by and through the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 2.3.2. ated. The appropriation date is based on United Water Acquisition Enterprise The North Diversion structure described in United’s execution of a contract allowing (“United” or the “Applicant”), c/o Paragraph 2.2.2 above can also operate it to store water in 70 Ranch Reservoir, Robert Lembke, 8301 East Prentice as an outlet from Milliken Reservoir. 2.4. and the execution of water supply conAve., #100, Greenwood Village, ColorSource. South Platte River. 2.5. Amount tracts obligating United to provide water to ado 80111, (303) 775-1005. APPLICAand Rate Claimed. 3,000 acre-feet condi70 Ranch, LLC and 70 Ranch Resource TION FOR CONDITIONAL WATER tional, with one refill in the amount of 3,000 acre-feet per year conditional. The Development, LLC, dated February 1, STORAGE AND EXCHANGE RIGHTS, designed intake rate is approximately 260 2016. These agreements were disclosed AND FOR APPROVAL OF AN AUGcfs. 2.6. Date of Appropriation. February to all parties in Case Nos. 13CW3180, MENTATION PLAN IN ADAMS, AR1, 2016. 2.7. How Appropriation was Ini13CW3182, 13CW3183, and 14CW3173, APAHOE, DENVER, DOUGLAS, ELtiated. The appropriation date is based on the applications for which were subBERT, MORGAN AND WELD United’s execution of a contract allowing sequently withdrawn pursuant to the WaCOUNTIES. Please send all pleadings it to store water in Milliken Reservoir, ter Court Order dated April 21, 2016. 3.7. and correspondence to: Tod J. Smith, dated February 1, 2016; and the execuDate Water First Applied to Beneficial Esq., Law Office of Tod J. Smith, LLC, tion of water supply contracts obligating Use. Not applicable, conditional water 2919 Valmont Road, Suite 205, Boulder, United to provide water to 70 Ranch, LLC right. 3.8. Total Capacity. 70 Ranch Colorado 80301, tod@tjs-law.com, (Atand 70 Ranch Resource Development, Reservoir has a currently estimated total torney for Applicant). 2. Description of LLC, also dated February 1, 2016. These capacity of up to approximately 6,000 Conditional Water Storage Right – Milagreements were disclosed to all parties acre-feet, which may change upon comliken (f/k/a Gilcrest) Reservoir. 2.1. Name in Case Nos. 13CW3180, 13CW3182, pletion of the Reservoir. 3.9. Uses. The of Structure: Milliken Reservoir. Milliken 13CW3183, and 14CW3173, the applicawater rights claimed herein will be used, in Reservoir, formerly known as Gilcrest tions for which were subsequently withconjunction with the water rights claimed Reservoir, is a lined off-channel reservoir for Milliken Reservoir, as described below located within a part of Section 2, Towndrawn pursuant to the Water Court Order in Paragraph 6. 3.10. Name and Adship 3 North, Range 67 West and Secdated April 21, 2016. 2.8. Date Water First dresses of the Owner of the Storage tions 23, 26, 34, and 35, Township 4 Applied to Beneficial Use. Not applicable, Structure and the Diversion Facilities LisNorth, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M. in conditional water right. 2.9. Total Capated Above, and lands on which those facilWeld County, Colorado. Milliken Resercity. Milliken Reservoir has a currently ities will be located. 3.10.1. 70 Ranch voir will consist of a series of lined, interplanned total capacity of approximately Reservoir. 70 Ranch Reservoir and its diconnected gravel pit cells, one of which 18,465 acre-feet, which may change upon version and outlet facilities are owned by has been lined, approved by the State Encompletion of the Reservoir. 2.10. Uses. 70 Ranch, LLC (8301 East Prentice Ave., gineer, and currently stores water. A map The water rights claimed herein will be Suite 100, Greenwood Village, Colorado showing the location of Milliken Reservoir used, in conjunction with the water rights 80111). A portion of the Hardin Seep Ditch is attached as Exhibit 1. Water will be diclaimed for 70 Ranch Reservoir, as deand the return ditch described above in verted from the South Platte River at the scribed below in Paragraph 6. 2.11. Name paragraph 3.2.2 are located on lands diversion facilities described below in and Addresses of the Owner of the Storowned by TH Ranch, P.O. Box 189, Kerparagraph 2.2. 2.2. Diversion Facilities. age Structure and the Diversion Facilities sey, Colorado, 80644. 4. Plan for Aug2.2.1. South Diversion. A point of diverListed Above, and lands on which those mentation. 4.1. General Description. sion for Milliken Reservoir may be located facilities will be located. 2.11.1. Milliken Reservoir. Milliken Reservoir and its diverUnited seeks approval of a plan for augadjacent to the Jay Thomas Ditch Diversion and outlet facilities are owned by mentation to replace the out-of-priority desion Dam on the east bank of the South United Milliken Reservoir Enterprise, pletions resulting from the pumping of Platte River in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of L.L.C. (8301 E. Prentice Ave. Suite 100, wells on lands owned by 70 Ranch, LLC Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 67 Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111). and/or United, described below, when reWest of the 6th P.M., Weld County, ColorUnited executed a Water Storage Lease placement of those depletions is legally ado (referred to as the “South Diversion”). Agreement on February 1, 2016 that aurequired in the South Platte River to preA diversion facility at the Jay Thomas thorizes it to store water in Milliken Reservent injury to senior water rights at or beDitch Diversion Dam will only be construcvoir. 2.11.2. Jay Thomas Ditch Diversion low the 70 Ranch. United will replace ted and used by United pursuant to an Structure. The Jay Thomas Diversion those out-of-priority depletions in time, locagreement with the owner, Public Service Structure and the land on which it is location, and amount from the sources of Company of Colorado. 2.2.2. North Diverated are owned by the Public Service substitute supply listed below. 4.2. Strucsion. A point of diversion for Milliken Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy, Inc. 1800 tures to be Augmented. 4.2.1. NFC Wells. Reservoir may be located on the South Larimer Street, Suite 1300, Denver, ColorThe NFC Wells, described below, were Platte River downstream of the confluado 80202. The Applicant will not condecreed in Case No. 88CW264(B) for use ence with the St. Vrain River in the NE1/4 struct a diversion structure for Milliken at the National Hog Farms’ swine facility, of the SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 4 and an augmentation plan was also apNorth, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Reservoir at the Jay Thomas Diversion proved for them. A separate augmentaWeld County Colorado (referred to as the site or utilize land or structures owned by tion plan for the NFC Wells was also ap“North Diversion”). A diversion facility at Public Service Company, until it has acproved in Case Nos. 02CW404/03CW442. this point of diversion will only be conquired the legal right to do so. 2.11.3. The augmentation plan described herein structed and used by United pursuant to Western Mutual Ditch. The Western Mutuwill replace depletions from the NFC an agreement with the owner, United Milal Ditch Company owns the Western MuWells, to the extent they are not replaced liken Reservoir Enterprise, L.L.C. 2.2.3. tual Ditch, including its headgate. The adunder the augmentation plans approved in Milliken Pumps. A pump is currently locdress of the Western Mutual Ditch ComCase Nos. 88CW264(B) and ated in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Secpany is P.O. Box 282, LaSalle, Colorado, 02CW404/03CW442, or any other augtion 35, Township 4 North, Range 67 West 80645. 3. Description of Conditional Wamentation plan, with the replacement supof the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. ter Storage Right – 70 Ranch Reservoir plies described below. 4.2.1.1. Well No. A pump may also be constructed near the 3.1. Name of Structure: 70 Ranch ReserNFC-W1, decreed for 2.67 cfs, with an apconfluence of the South Platte River and voir. 70 Ranch Reservoir will be a lined propriation date of September 14, 1988, the St. Vrain River in Section 34, Townoff-channel reservoir located in the S1/2 of located in the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Secship 4 North, Range 67 West of the 6th Section 3, Township 4 North, Range 63 tion 35, Township 5 North, Range 63 West P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 2.2.4. West of the 6th P.M., and a portion of the NE1/4 of Section 10, Township 4 North, of the 6th P.M., in Weld County, Colorado. Western Mutual Ditch Headgate. The Range 63 West of the 6th P.M., all in Weld 4.2.1.2. Well No. NFC-W3, decreed for point of diversion for the Western Mutual County, Colorado. 70 Ranch Reservoir is 3.34 cfs, with an appropriation date of OcDitch Headgate is located on the South currently under construction. A map showtober 3, 1990, located in the NE 1/4 of the Platte River in the SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of ing the location of 70 Ranch Reservoir is SE1/4 of Section 35, Township 5 North, Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 67 attached as Exhibit 2. Water will be diverRange 63 West of the 6th P.M., in Weld West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorted from the South Platte River at the diCounty, Colorado. 4.2.1.3. Well No. NFCado. Water will be delivered to Milliken version facilities described below in paraW4, decreed for 5.57 cfs, with an approReservoir through an interconnect graph 3.2. 3.2. Name of Diversion Facilpriation date of June 22, 1992, located in between the Western Mutual Ditch and ities and Outlet Structures. 3.2.1. Surface the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 7, the Reservoir. The Western Mutual Ditch Diversion. The surface diversion facility for Township 4 North, Range 62 West of the is owned by the Western Mutual Ditch the 70 Ranch Reservoir will be located in 6th P.M., in Weld County, Colorado. 4.3. Company, P.O. Box 282, LaSalle, Colorthe NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 34, Sources of Substitute Supply. 4.3.1. The ado, 80645, and water diverted pursuant Township 5 North, Range 63 West of the water storage right for Milliken Reservoir to a decree entered in this case will re6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. The claimed in this application. 4.3.2. The waquire a written agreement with the Westexact location of the surface diversion ter storage right for 70 Ranch Reservoir ern Mutual Ditch Company. 2.2.5. The agclaimed in this application. 4.3.3. If degregate diversion rate for any or all of the may change upon completion of the creed for augmentation use, United water points of diversion described above will design. 3.2.2. 70 Ranch Reservoir Outlet stored in United Reservoir No. 3, an offnot exceed 260 cfs. Diversion structure Structures. The preliminarily designed channel reservoir located in the S1/2 of capacities may be larger than 260 cfs for outlet structure for 70 Ranch Reservoir will Section 26 and the NE1/4 of Section 34, diversion of other water that can be lawallow releases from the Reservoir by gravTownship 1 South, Range 67 West of the fully stored in Milliken Reservoir under ity flow back to the South Platte River at a 6th P.M. in Adams County, Colorado. other decreed water rights. The design point in the SE1/4 of Section 34, Town4.3.4. Recharge credits available to United and locations of the proposed diversion faship 5 North, Range 63 West of the 6th from the Haren Recharge Pond which is cilities have not been finalized to provide P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. The exlocated in the SW1/4 of Section 16, Towndistances from section lines and may act location of the Outlet Structure may ship 4 North, Range 66 West of the 6th change. United may correct the locations change upon completion of the design. P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 4.3.5. Nonof the diversion structures as designs are Water may also be released to the Hardin tributary water available to United from the finalized. 2.3. Outlet Structures. 2.3.1. Seep Canal and delivered to the South Bell Mountain Well Field located, generMilliken Reservoir Outlet Structures. MilPlatte River through an existing return ally, in the NE1/4 of Section 34, and the liken Reservoir has several outlets with ditch in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of SecNE1/4 and the SW1/4 of Section 35, all in the capability of returning water to the tion 2, Township 4 North, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. Township 8 South, Range 67 West of the South Platte River at the following loca3.3. Source. South Platte River. 3.4. 6th P.M., in Douglas County, Colorado. tions: (1) the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of SecAmount and Rate Claimed. 6,000 acre4.3.6. Sources of replacement water of tion 2, Township 3 North, Range 67 West feet conditional, with one refill in the limited duration, and additional and alternof the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; amount of 6,000 acre-feet per year condiative sources of replacement water if such (2) the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 35, tional. The designed intake rate is apsources are decreed or lawfully available Township 4 North, Range 67 West of the proximately 100 cfs, which rate may for such use or are part of a substitute wa6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; and (3) change upon completion of construction. ter supply plan approved pursuant to the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 26, 3.5. Date of Appropriation. February 1, C.R.S. § 37-92-308, or an interruptible waTownship 4 North, Range 67 West of the 2016. 3.6. How Appropriation was Inititer supply agreement approved pursuant 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 2.3.2. ated. The appropriation date is based on to C.R.S. § 37-92-309. 4.4. Augmentation The North Diversion structure described in

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SW1/4 of Section 14, Township 3 South, Outlet Structures. Described above in 70 Ranch, LLC (8301 East Prentice Ave., Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., City and paragraph 2. 3. 5.2.2. 70 Ranch ReserSuite 100, Greenwood Village, Colorado County of Denver, Colorado. 5.3.7. voir Outlet Structures. Described above in 80111). A portion of the Hardin Seep Ditch Brighton Lateral Reservoir Intake/Outlet paragraph 3.2.2. 5.2.3. Accretion Point for and the return ditch described above in a.m. the third of each month.70Caregiving vfwpost4266.org. P.O. BoxThe 4266, Parker, CO Reservoir 80134. Facility. Brighton Lateral Ranch Irrigation Return Flows. Irrigaparagraph 3.2.2Tuesday are located on lands Intake/Outlet Facility can act as an outlet tion return flows resulting from the irrigaowned by THcan Ranch, P.O. Box 189,at Kerfor adults be challenging times and you’re On Facebook at VFW Post 4266, Parker. (exchange-from) point or a diversion (extion of land on the 70 Ranch will accrue to sey, Colorado, 80644. 4. Plan for Augchange-to) point. The location of the Faone or more points in the South Platte mentation. 4.1. information, General Description. not alone. For or to let the center Divorce Workshop covers the legal, 5.2.7 River from which UnitedWomen’s will exchange the cility is described in Paragraph United seeks approval of a plan for augknow if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 email return or flows. The most financial downstream point above. The Exchange-To are mentation to replace the out-of-priority deand social issues of divorce and toisPoints presentat which 70 Ranch irrigation return flows shown on the map attached the applicapletions resulting from the pumping of skycliffctr@skycliff.org. Go to www.skycliff.org. accrue to the South Platte River is loction asofExhibit 5.4. Sources of Substiwells on lands owned by 70 Ranch, LLC ed the fourth Saturday each3B. month at Southeast at the west section line of Section 23, tute Supply. 5.4.1. Applicant’s water and/or United, described below, when reTherapeutic riding. Promise Ranch ated Therapeutic Christian 9650 Parker. Township 4 North, Range 62 WestChurch, of the stored Jordan in MillikenRoad, Reservoir. 5.4.2.Meet Applicplacement of those depletions is legally 6thriding P.M., Weld County,inColorado, as the ant’s water stored in 70 Ranch Reservoir. required in in Parker the South Plattefree Rivertherapeutic to preRiding offers for the community room. Check in from 8-8:30 section line intersects with the South 5.4.3. Other water owned or leased by vent injury to senior water rights at or bedevelopmentally children. workshop from 8:30 a.m. to noon. River. However, a.m.; some of the irriga- runs United if decreed for such uses. 5.4.4. Irlow the 70 Ranch. disabled United willadults replaceand Platte tion return flows will accrue above the Birigation return flows from irrigation of the those out-of-priority depletions in time, locScholarship money is available for Douglas County Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver. jou Canal headgate. The accretion points 70 Ranch and other lands owned by 70 ation, and amount from the sources of and quantities flows will be fi-registration Ranch and/or United when quantified substitute listed below. 4.2. Struc- riding residentssupply to provide 10 therapeutic lessons.of return com. Advance costs $35; at the door,in a nally determined in a future water court future water court proceeding. 5.4.5. Aptures to be Augmented. 4.2.1. NFC Wells. CallNFC 303-841-5007 or visit www.promiseranchcostRecharge goes toAc$40 (cash/checks only). Attendees proceeding. 5.2.4. Haren plicant’s water recharged at the Harenwill ReThe Wells, described below, were cretions. The point atget which re- thecharge Site by thatgetting accretes to the South decreed in Case No. 88CW264(B) for use therapeuticriding.com. helpwater taking next step unbiased charged at the Haren Recharge Site acPlatte River. 5.4.6. Applicant’s water at the National Hog Farms’ swine facility, information and resources. LearnLateral the options availstored in Brighton Reservoir. 5.4.7. cretes to the South Platte River is located and an augmentation plan was also apVFW Post 10649 meetsaugmentamonthly at 8:30 theof Section Applicant’s water stored in United Reserin the a.m. SW1/4 8, Township 4 proved for them. A separate able and next steps to take positive action steps. voir No. 3. 5.5. Rates of Flow: 5.5.1. From North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., tion plan for the NFC Wells was also apfirst Saturday of every month at 24325 Main St., ElMilliken Reservoir discharge 260 cfs Weld County, Colorado. 5.2.5. St.community Vrain proved in Case Nos. 02CW404/03CW442. Discover resources, and talk with– other bert. Go to http://www.vfwpost10649.org. Contact 5.5.2. From 70 Ranch Reservoir disConfluence. The confluence of St. Vrain The augmentation plan described herein women similar charge – 100life cfs changes. 5.5.3. From Volunteer 70 Ranch IrCreek and the South Platte Riverexperiencing which is will replace depletions from the NFC Alan at 303-435-2560 for questions. rigation Return mediator, Flows – rates to be delocated in the SW1/4 ofpresenters the NE1/4 of SecWells,Beebe to the extent they are not replaced include an attorney, therapist termined in a future water court proceedtion 34, Township 4 North, Range 67 West under the augmentation plans approved in VFW veterans foreign ing.Discussion 5.5.4. From the pointinclude of accretion on the 6thwars P.M., Weld and County, Colorado, C a s e Post N o s4266, . 8 8 Cserving W264(B ) a n d of of wealth manager. items the South Platte River from the Haren Refrom which the water will be exchanged to 02CW404/03CW442, or any other augin Parker,plan, Castle Pines and Castle co-parenting, childcharge support, coping, tax– 38 cfs Site,family described above theareas, St. Vrain Pipeline located as dementation with the replacement sup- Rock 5.5.5. From the St. Vrain spouses Pipeline disscribed below in paragraph 5.3.4. 5.2.6. property plies described below. Well No.of every meets at 7 p.m. the 4.2.1.1. third Monday month consequences, division, hostile charge – 50 cfs 5.5.6. From the Brighton St. Vrain Pipeline Discharge. The point of NFC-W1, decreed for 2.67 cfs, with an apat the Pinery Station, 14, Community Room Lower more. Fortoinformation, contact Lateral discharge – 50303-210-2607 cfs 5.5.7. From disdischarge from the St.and Vrain Pipeline propriation date Fire of September 1988, charge at United Diversion Facility No. 3 – thetoSouth Platte River will be located in located in the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sec- Go Level, 8170 N. Hillcrest Way, Parker. www. or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com. 50 cfs 5.6. Date of Appropriation. April 29, one of the following locations: (1) at a tion 35, Township 5 North, Range 63 West point located upstream of the Highway 66 2016. 5.6.1. How Appropriation was Initiof the 6th P.M., in Weld County, Colorado. Bridge as it crosses the South Platte River ated. The appropriation date is based on 4.2.1.2. Well No. NFC-W3, decreed for which will deliver water to the South Platte the filing of this application. 5.7. Date Wa3.34 cfs, with an appropriation date of OcRiver in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Secter First Applied to Beneficial Use. Not tober 3, 1990, located in the NE 1/4 of the tion 19, Township 3 North, Range 66 West applicable, conditional water right. 5.8. SE1/4 of Section 35, Township 5 North, of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; Uses. The water exchanged pursuant to Range 63 West of the 6th P.M., in Weld (2) at a point upstream of the Highway 66 this conditional exchange right will be County, Colorado. 4.2.1.3. Well No. NFCBridge as it crosses the South Platte used for the purposes described below in W4, decreed for 5.57 cfs, with an approRiver, which will deliver water to the South Paragraph 6. 5.9. Name and Addresses of priation date of June 22, 1992, located in Platte River in the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of the Owner of the Exchange-From and the the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 7, Section 24, Township 3 North, Range 67 Exchange-To Points Listed Above. 5.9.1. Township 4 North, Range 62 West of the West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, ColorMilliken Reservoir. See Paragraph 2.11 6th P.M., in Weld County, Colorado. 4.3. Toofadvertise your public notices call ado or the E1/2 Section 25, Township 3 above. 5.9.2. 70 303-566-4100 Ranch Reservoir. See Sources of Substitute Supply. 4.3.1. The North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Paragraph 3.10 above. 5.9.3. Riverside water storage right for Milliken Reservoir Weld County, Colorado; or (3) at a point Canal. The Riverside Irrigation District claimed in this application. 4.3.2. The wanear the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section owns the Riverside Canal headgate. 5.9.4. ter storage right for 70 Ranch Reservoir Haren Recharge Pond. The Haren Re11, Township 3 North, Range 67 West of claimed in this application. 4.3.3. If decharge Pond and the land on which the the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. creed for augmentation use, United water pond is located are owned by the Central 5.2.7. Brighton Lateral Reservoir stored in United Reservoir No. 3, an offColorado Water Conservancy District, Intake/Outlet Facility. The point of dischannel reservoir located in the S1/2 of 3209 West 28th Street, Greeley, Colorcharge from the Brighton Lateral to the Section 26 and the NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the ado 80634, and the Applicant. 5.9.5. St. South Platte River will be located within 6th P.M. in Adams County, Colorado. Vrain Pipeline. The St. Vrain Pipeline will either the NW1/4 of the NW1/4, or the 4.3.4. Recharge credits available to United be owned by the Applicant. The currently NE1/4 of the NW1/4, both of Section 18, from the Haren Recharge Pond which is planned diversion structure will be located Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the located in the SW1/4 of Section 16, Townon land for which the Applicant has a per6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.2.8. ship 4 North, Range 66 West of the 6th manent easement. The downstream alUnited Reservoir No. 3 Discharge. The P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 4.3.5. Nonternative is at the Goose Quill Diversion point of discharge from United Reservoir tributary water available to United from the Structure which is owned by the Public No. 3 to the South Platte River is located Bell Mountain Well Field located, generService Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel on the east bank of the South Platte River ally, in the NE1/4 of Section 34, and the Energy, Inc., 1800 Larimer Street, Denver, in the SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 1 NE1/4 and the SW1/4 of Section 35, all in Colorado 80202-1414. 5.9.6. United DiSouth, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, located 1,636 Township 8 South, Range 67 West of the version Facility No. 3. The United Diverfeet east of the west line and 1,531 feet 6th P.M., in Douglas County, Colorado. sion Facility No. 3 is owned by the Silver north of the south line of said Section 26. 4.3.6. Sources of replacement water of Peaks Metropolitan District, 8301 East The Exchange-From Points are shown on limited duration, and additional and alternPrentice Ave., Suite 100, Greenwood Vilthe map attached to the application as Exative sources of replacement water if such lage, Colorado 80111. 5.9.7. Burlington hibit 3A. 5.3. Exchange-To Points. 5.3.1. sources are decreed or lawfully available Canal. The Burlington Canal Headgate is Milliken Reservoir Diversion Points. See for such use or are part of a substitute waowned by the Farmers Reservoir and Paragraph 2.2, above. 5.3.2. 70 Ranch ter supply plan approved pursuant to Canal Company, 80 South 27th Street, Reservoir Surface Diversion. See ParaC.R.S. § 37-92-308, or an interruptible waBrighton, Colorado 80601. 5.9.8. Brighton graph 3.2, above. 5.3.3. Riverside Canal ter supply agreement approved pursuant Lateral. The Brighton Lateral discharge Headgate. The existing headgate for the to C.R.S. § 37-92-309. 4.4. Augmentation will be owned by the Applicant. 6. Uses. Riverside Canal Intake is located on the Requirements. The replacement water to By this application, United seeks a decree north bank of the South Platte River in the offset out-of-priority depletions from pumpgranting the right to use the above-deSW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 20, Towning the wells described above will be owed scribed conditional water rights as follows: ship 5 North, Range 63 West of the 6th to the South Platte River in the vicinity of 6.1. Directly or as a source of augmentaP.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.3.4. St. 70 Ranch. 4.5. Lagged Well Depletions. tion and substitute supply for irrigation, stock watering, industrial, oil, gas and minPumping of the wells described above will Vrain Pipeline Diversion. The St. Vrain eral production, domestic, commercial, be metered and recorded on a daily basis Pipeline Diversion (United Diversion Faciland uses ancillary thereto (including but and summarized on a monthly basis. ity No. 5) will be located at one of the folnot limited to farm and road equipment URFs will be calculated to determine the lowing locations or any point between maintenance and washing, and dust suplagged depletive effects of pumping. 5. these two locations: (1) 500 feet west and pression activities). The volume of water Conditional Appropriative Rights of Ex200 feet north of the SE corner of Section claimed herein is intended to provide wachange. 5.1. Background. United seeks 20, Township 3 North, Range 67 West of ter for the claimed beneficial uses and to conditional appropriative rights of exthe 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; or protect against periods of drought. 6.2. change between various discharge points (2) the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 10, Directly or as a source of augmentation and diversion points as set forth below. Township 3 North, Range 67 West of the and substitute supply to meet, if required, One of these exchanges will allow United 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.3.5. contractual obligations to ACWWA and to provide water stored in 70 Ranch United Diversion Facility No. 3. United DiECCV. 6.3. Directly or after exchange and Reservoir to 70 Ranch, LLC for direct irrigversion Facility No. 3 is located on the storage for use on lands known as the ation use. Another exchange will allow east bank of the South Platte River in the Highlands Property located in the Beebe United to recapture irrigation return flows SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 1 South, Draw in portions of Sections 29 and 32, and exchange them up to storage, reRange 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, located 1,636 feet east Township 1 North, Range 65 West of the charge, or to the Riverside Canal for dirof the west line and 1,531 feet north of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, for muect application to irrigable lands on the 70 south line of said Section 26. 5.3.6. Burlnicipal, commercial, domestic, irrigation Ranch. Other exchanges will allow United ington Canal Headgate. Burlington Canal and uses ancillary thereto. The volume of to move water among reservoirs, into the Headgate is, pursuant to a changed point water claimed herein is intended to Beebe Draw, and into recharge ponds to of diversion decreed in Case No. provide water for the claimed beneficial maximize the beneficial use of the water 02CW403, located on the east bank of the uses to protect against periods of drought. rights decreed herein. 5.2. ExchangeSouth Platte River in the NE1/4 of the 6.4. United intends to maintain dominion From Points. 5.2.1. Milliken Reservoir SW1/4 of Section 14, Township 3 South, and control over the wastewater effluent Outlet Structures. Described above in Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., City and and lawn irrigation return flows resulting paragraph 2. 3. 5.2.2. 70 Ranch ReserCounty of Denver, Colorado. 5.3.7 . from use of the subject water rights on the voir Outlet Structures. Described above in Brighton Lateral Reservoir Intake/Outlet Highlands Property. In addition, United will paragraph 3.2.2. 5.2.3. Accretion Point for Facility. The Brighton Lateral Reservoir quantify the return flows resulting from ir70 Ranch Irrigation Return Flows. IrrigaIntake/Outlet Facility can act as an outlet rigation of United and 70 Ranch, LLC tion return flows resulting from the irriga(exchange-from) point or a diversion (exlands in the future, and claims them for fution of land on the 70 Ranch will accrue to change-to) point. The location of the Fature recapture, use, reuse and successive one or more points in the South Platte use. United asks the Court to decree that River from which United will exchange the cility is described in Paragraph 5.2.7 it has the right to use, reuse, successively return flows. The most downstream point above. The Exchange-To Points are use and dispose of by sale, exchange, at which 70 Ranch irrigation return flows shown on the map attached to the applicaaugmentation, or otherwise, to extinction accrue to the South Platte River is loction as Exhibit 3B. 5.4. Sources of Substiall water lawfully diverted and/or impounated at the west section line of Section 23, tute Supply. 5.4.1. Applicant’s water ded, as claimed herein or pursuant to a Township 4 North, Range 62 West of the stored in Milliken Reservoir. 5.4.2. Applicseparate decree. 6.5. As a replacement 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, as the ant’s water stored in 70 Ranch Reservoir. supply for the augmentation plan desection line intersects with the South 5.4.3. Other water owned or leased by scribed in this application or future augPlatte River. However, some of the irrigaUnited if decreed for such uses. 5.4.4. Irmentation plans if separately decreed. 6.6. tion return flows will accrue above the Birigation return flows from irrigation of the As a source of water for future recharge jou Canal headgate. The accretion points 70 Ranch and other lands owned by 70 projects, which will be adjudicated under a and quantities of return flows will be fiRanch and/or United when quantified in a separate decree. 6.7. As a source of subnally determined in a future water court future water court proceeding. 5.4.5. Apstitute supply for the exchanges claimed proceeding. 5.2.4. Haren Recharge Acplicant’s water recharged at the Haren Reherein or future exchanges if separately cretions. The point at which water recharge Site that accretes to the South decreed. (13 pages, 3 exhibits). charged at the Haren Recharge Site acPlatte River. 5.4.6. Applicant’s water stored in Brighton Lateral Reservoir. 5.4.7. cretes to the South Platte River is located Applicant’s water stored in United ReserTHE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY in the SW1/4 of Section 8, Township 4 voir No. 3. 5.5. Rates of Flow: 5.5.1. From THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Milliken Reservoir discharge – 260 cfs PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS Weld County, Colorado. 5.2.5. St. Vrain 5.5.2. From 70 Ranch Reservoir disCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICConfluence. The confluence of St. Vrain charge – 100 cfs 5.5.3. From 70 Ranch IrATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND Creek and the South Platte River which is rigation Return Flows – rates to be deOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS located in the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sectermined in a future water court proceedMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN tion 34, Township 4 North, Range 67 West ing. 5.5.4. From the point of accretion on THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, the South Platte River from the Haren ReBE FOREVER BARRED. from which the water will be exchanged to charge Site, described above – 38 cfs the St. Vrain Pipeline located as de5.5.5. From the St. Vrain Pipeline disYOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any scribed below in paragraph 5.3.4. 5.2.6. charge – 50 cfs 5.5.6. From the Brighton party who wishes to oppose an applicaSt. Vrain Pipeline Discharge. The point of Lateral discharge – 50 cfs 5.5.7. From distion, or an amended application, may file discharge from the St. Vrain Pipeline to charge at United Diversion Facility No. 3 – with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, the South Platte River will be located in 50 cfs 5.6. Date of Appropriation. April 29, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement one of the following locations: (1) at a of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why point located upstream of the Highway 66 2016. 5.6.1. How Appropriation was Initithe application should not be granted, or Bridge as it crosses the South Platte River ated. The appropriation date is based on why it should be granted only in part or on which will deliver water to the South Platte the filing of this application. 5.7. Date Wacertain conditions. Such Statement of OpRiver in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Secter First Applied to Beneficial Use. Not position must be filed by the last day of tion 19, Township 3 North, Range 66 West applicable, conditional water right. 5.8. AUGUST 2016 (forms available on of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado; Uses. The water exchanged pursuant to www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s (2) at a point upstream of the Highway 66 this conditional exchange right will be office), and must be filed as an Original Bridge as it crosses the South Platte used for the purposes described below in and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of River, which will deliver water to the South Paragraph 6. 5.9. Name and Addresses of each Statement of Opposition must also Platte River in the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of the Owner of the Exchange-From and the be served upon the Applicant or Section 24, Township 3 North, Range 67 Exchange-To Points Listed Above. 5.9.1. Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, ColorMilliken Reservoir. See Paragraph 2.11 certificate of such service of mailing shall ado or the E1/2 of Section 25, Township 3 above. 5.9.2. 70 Ranch Reservoir. See be filed with the Water Clerk. North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Paragraph 3.10 above. 5.9.3. Riverside Weld County, Colorado; or (3) at a point Canal. The Riverside Irrigation District Legal Notice No.: 23423 near the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section owns the Riverside Canal headgate. 5.9.4. Haren Recharge Pond. The Haren ReFirst Publication: July 21, 2016 11, Township 3 North, Range 67 West of charge Pond and the land on which the Last Publication: July 21, 2016 the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. pond is located are owned by the Central Publisher: Elbert County 5.2.7. Brighton Lateral Reservoir Colorado Water Conservancy District, Intake/Outlet Facility. The point of dis3209 West 28th Street, Greeley, Colorcharge from the Brighton Lateral to the ado 80634, and the Applicant. 5.9.5. St. South Platte River will be located within Vrain Pipeline. The St. Vrain Pipeline will either the NW1/4 of the NW1/4, or the be owned by the Applicant. The currently NE1/4 of the NW1/4, both of Section 18, planned diversion structure will be located Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the on land for which the Applicant has a per6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.2.8. manent easement. The downstream alUnited Reservoir No. 3 Discharge. The ternative is at the Goose Quill Diversion point of discharge from United Reservoir Structure which is owned by the Public No. 3 to the South Platte River is located Service Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel on the east bank of the South Platte River Energy, Inc., 1800 Larimer Street, Denver, in the SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 1 Colorado 80202-1414. 5.9.6. United DiSouth, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, located 1,636 version Facility No. 3. The United Diverfeet east of the west line and 1,531 feet sion Facility No. 3 is owned by the Silver north of the south line of said Section 26. Peaks Metropolitan District, 8301 East The Exchange-From Points are shown on Prentice Ave., Suite 100, Greenwood Vilthe map attached to the application as Exlage, Colorado 80111. 5.9.7. Burlington hibit 3A. 5.3. Exchange-To Points. 5.3.1. Canal. The Burlington Canal Headgate is Milliken Reservoir Diversion Points. See owned by the Farmers Reservoir and Paragraph 2.2, above. 5.3.2. 70 Ranch Canal Company, 80 South 27th Street, Reservoir Surface Diversion. See ParaBrighton, Colorado 80601. 5.9.8. Brighton graph 3.2, above. 5.3.3. Riverside Canal Lateral. The Brighton Lateral discharge Headgate. The existing headgate for the will be owned by the Applicant. 6. Uses.

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“I really, couldn’t hardly walk. They wanted to replace both my knees, and I did not want both my knees replaced.” “Since I had the treatment I had been able to walk, I was able to walk up the steps. I was able to bend my knee and I’m able to shop in the supermarket with the carriage, which I was never able to do all the time - now I’m able to walk down the street and able to walk in the park. I’m able to even lift things and go up the steps which is a miracle. I just thank God for the treatment.” “It made me feel like a new woman. It was amazing.” ”I can’t thank that doctor and staff enough for what they had done for me. I would tell anyone who has gone through what I have to take the step.” ”I wish I’d known about this option years ago.”

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treatment, “It’s the best thing I ever did. It’s just - now I can play golf, I can walk, I can climb stairs, I can do things I did many years ago.” And then there is Shirley S. who could barely walk and was facing total knee replacement in both How It Works: Advanced medical technology has knees and after treat- now made it possible to safely relieve knee arthritis ment said, “I just pain for many. thank God for the When you have knee arthritis, the natural lubricating fluids in treatment... It made your knee “dry up.” This causes abnormal friction. Bones rub me feel like a new against each other, leading to stiffness, pain and eventually woman.” total joint destruction. This treatment works so well because Are These Result a special lubricating gel is put directly into the arthritis joint... Instantly allowing the joint to glide more smoothly. Imagine Typical? putting oil on a rusty door hinge. Osteo Relief uses state-ofLet’s be very clear about this: this the-art digital imaging to see inside the knee joint to make sure the FDA-Approved lubricating gel medicine is placed is not a “miracle precisely where you need it to get the best possible results. cure” for arthritis. This is a real medianyone) who gets this prom- ising treatment a cal treatment that treatment is going to get try. has worked very well for That’s why they are thousands and thousands the same results others have gotten. offering a no-risk, noof people. As with all medical obligation knee screenBut we are not sugtreatments the response ing designed specifically gesting that everyone (or is individual. And no one to see if this treatment can say what your remight help you. sponse to treatment will But the biggest probbe. lem is keeping up with But we can say with the overwhelming de100% accuracy that mand. That’s why they countless people have have had to limit the lessened or even eliminumber of screenings per nated their pain - and month. The good news gotten their active lives is, if you call 719-323back after this treatment. 6612 within the next 2 And that is en- tirely days - you are guaranpossible for you, too. teed a screening. And that’s why people from all over the area are “The treatment was wonflocking to Osteo Rederful” lief Institute to give this “Five years ago I had knee surgery, had a replacement, and I was not happy with it. The therapy was painful and I’m still numb on one side and you can’t – you cannot kneel on your knee once you have that done.” “I was not sleeping at night, my leg was pounding, I knew it was getting near the point where it was a knee replacement or find something new.” “The first treatment I felt great and each treatment for the five weeks that followed it became better and better. I mean I was going out dancing. I have grand kids, I play with them, I run with them. I volunteer and... do playtime with little children and you know it’s picking up toys and I volunteer at a nursing home. So I’m walking around, I take animals to the nursing home, so I’m walking the different floors and I have no problem – no problem whatsoever.” Karen R.

***While OsteoRelief cannot say results like this are typical, we can say they are possible. Every patient is individual and results vary. Last names witheld for privacy.

Non-Surgical Spine Pain, Neuropathy, And Joint Arthritis Treatment

How To Guarantee You Get A No-Risk, No-Obligation Knee Screening The popularity of this treatment is amazing. Osteo Relief Institute receives an overwhelming number of new patient inquires every month. But because this is real medical treatment - it is not for everyone. That’s why the experts have set-up a quick and easy NoRisk screen- ing visit. This screening will help determine if you are a candidate for further examination and treatment. This screening is offered without any obligation what-soever, and you will get all of your questions

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