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New public works director familiar with area Q&A with Michael DeVol

BY JODI HORNER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

M Elizabeth quarterback Nick Ball hands off the ball to Reece Ullery as coach Mike Zoesch checks on how the play is being run during the team’s Aug. 17 practice. A long list of returning starters will anchor the team that begins its season with a Sept. 1 home game against Woodland Park.

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Veterans anchor Cardinals on field Elizabeth’s football roster includes long list of returning starters

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About 50 Cardinal players execute jumping jacks as they go through warm-up exercises at the start of the Aug. 17 practice for the Elizabeth High School football team. A number of returning veterans anchor this year’s team.

The first day in full pads, a bright sun and quick-moving drills combined to have sweat flow freely on Aug. 17 as the Elizabeth High School football team prepared for the coming season.

“We have a lot of kids coming SEE FOOTBALL, P14

ichael DeVol has been selected to serve as public works director for the Town of Elizabeth. He and his wife, Kelly, have lived in the town of Elbert for 32 years. They have been married 29 years and have three children and two grandchildren. DeVol spends his free time with family, and going hunting, DeVol fishing and camping.

What was your previous role with the city?

I’ve been employed with the Town of Elizabeth for over eight years as public works operator/supervisor.

Can you provide an overview of your previous experience related to public works?

I worked for Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority for nine years serving as water and wastewater lead operations, and construction projects manager.

Why did you choose to go into public works?

I entered into public works to protect the environment and drinking water supply for future generations. Clean wastewater discharges protect downstream users and ensure clean waterways for humans, recreation, wildlife, and domestic livestock.

What do you see as the biggest challenges the Town of Elizabeth is facing today?

The biggest challenges for the town are SEE DEVOL, P14

THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL

‘People of disparate party views can disagree and still work together. Our country will be stronger when we’ll be able to listen to people we disagree with.’

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, at a town hall in Lakewood | Page 4 INSIDE

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Entertainment, media campus could create 4,000 jobs Redbarre plans to bring facility to Parker by 2020

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A big player in the world of entertainment and digital media plans to bring 4,000 jobs and a 70-acre campus to Parker by 2020.

At an Aug. 11 press conference at the state Capitol in Denver, Gov. John Hickenlooper, Parker officials and Redbarre executives announced plans to create the Redbarre Digital Media & Technology Campus in the Compark area just north of E-470. The 1.9 million-square-foot, mixeduse development will focus on feature film, television and digital media production.

“Something like that can be transformational,” said Dennis Houston, CEO of the

Gov. John Hickenlooper addresses an estimated crowd of 150 people at the state capitol on Aug. 11 to announce plans for the Redbarre Digital Media and Technology Campus. Company executives said Redbarre plans to build a 70-acre facility in the Compark area of Parker by 2020, creating an estimated 4,000 jobs.

COURTESY PHOTO Parker Area Chamber of Commerce. “It’s life changing, what it could mean for the town and for the region.”

The company has yet to submit a site plan application, but according to Parker Business Recruitment Manager

Matt Carlson, a portion of the property is under contract and the remainder of the required property is under

contract with a right of first refusal, meaning the land is available to Redbarre first if needed for the development.

Carlson cautioned that nothing is official yet and that the project is still in its infancy, but added that the fact the governor endorsed the project means that all signs are promising. Carlson added that ancillary businesses generated by the studio would have a significant impact on the entire south metro region.

“Hollywood is not a monolith,” he said. “Those people have to eat somewhere.”

Mayor Mike Waid echoed Carlson’s take, adding that retail space, office buildings and a boutique hotel would likely follow in the studio’s wake.

“The uniqueness of Parker is what allows catalyst projects like this,” Waid said. “This type of project lends itself to the cultural environment we’ve created in Parker.”

THINGS TO DO Elizabeth Library Book Sale: gently used books for children and adults for sale in the book sale room at the Elizabeth Library.

Stocked by Friends of the Elizabeth Library.

All donations from book sales benefit the Elizabeth Library.

Elizabeth Farmers Market: open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through September at 165 Main St., Elizabeth. No market Aug. 19. Market includes vendors selling produce and other mercantile items. Go to www. townofelizabeth.org/farmer-smarket.html.

Community Yard Sale: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock. Donations for the Cantril sale accepted through Aug. 23. Stop by to see what treasures you can find. Call 303-4825552 for information on either sale.

John Ford Coley/Little River Band: 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 26 at the Philip S. Miller Amphitheater, Castle Rock. John Ford Coley

is best known as half of the Grammy-nominated duo England Dan & John Ford Coley.

Active throughout the 1970s, they released 11 albums and nine singles, including bestknown single “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight.” Go to http://www.johnfordcoley. com. Little River Band performs at 8:30 p.m. Between 1976 and 1983, chart success included “Lonesome Loser” and “Cool Change.” For tickets and information, go to http://crgov.com/2618/Summer-ConcertSeries Downtown Walking Tour: Saturday, Aug. 26 starting at The Courtyard on Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and concluding at the Castle Rock Museum. Tour lasts 45 minutes. Contact the museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

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Art Center Reception: 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Colorado Springs. Get a preview of “Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings,” which shows through Sept. 25. Call 719-295-7200 or go to www.sdc-arts.org.

Free Legal Clinic: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

12 at the Elizabeth Public Library, 651 W. Beverly St., Elizabeth. Clinics are for parties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation. Walkins welcome. 2017 dates are Oct. 10, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12. First come, first served.

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Craft Fair: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 at Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 724 E. Kiowa Ave. Browse through a variety of craft items, from jewelry to salsa. Homemade cinnamon rolls and other baked goods also available. Hot dogs, chili, chips and a beverage will be served for lunch; proceeds will help the Elbert County Coalition for Outreach. Call 303-646-1870.

Outback Express: public transit service provided by the East Central Council of Local Governments. To ensure a seat is available, 24-hour notice appreciated. Call Kay Campbell, 719- 541-4275, or 800-825-0208 for reservations. Go to http://outbackexpress. tripod.com.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Senator gets chided by constituents at town hall Cory Gardner caps off day of three town halls in Lakewood, his first in more than a year

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s constituents had a lot of questions for him at his first Denver metro area town hall in more than a year on Aug. 14 at Colorado Christian University’s event center in Lakewood.

But it was difficult for most to hear the Republican from Yuma over the boos and profanities he received over and over from the more than 300 attendees who filled the center.

“People of disparate party views can disagree and still work together,” Gardner said at one point, following a particularly raucous response to one answer. “Our country will be stronger when we’ll be able to listen to people we disagree with.”

The town hall in Lakewood was the final meeting in a series of three the senator held that day — the others were in Colorado Springs and Greeley.

The town halls followed months of the Cardboard Cory Gardner campaign, where constituents, frustrated

A small group of supporters of President Donald Trump were stationed outside the Colorado Christian University event center, following a town hall with Sen. Cory Gardner on Aug. 15.

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by Gardners lack of face-to-face meetings with residents, made six cardboard cutouts of the senator and took them to impromptu town halls.

“It’s amazing he’s finally hosting a town hall, and I want to see what he has to say,” said Denver resident Amanda Mininger, before the town hall started. “He represents us, and he should be able to speak to us in person.”

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Gardner faced questions and criticism from constituents on a variety of topics, ranging from relations with North Korea, Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and his support of President Donald Trump.

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in Virginia on Aug. 12, leaving one person dead and 19 injured.

“There is no moral equivalency between the two sides,” Gardner said at the beginning of the town hall, referencing the white supremacists and their counter protesters. “We have to fight racism and bigotry in our country. Any and all white supremacists should go back to their caves.”

Several attendees received standing ovations for asking questions about Gardner not supporting hate groups, but supporting a president who does not explicitly condemn them and has White House officials like Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka, who have been tied to white nationalist groups.

“I’m glad to see you giving real responses to questions, but how can you still support a president who puts people like that in power?” asked Denver resident Jonathan Rose.

In response, Gardner reiterated that hate groups are unacceptable, but said it wasn’t his place to ask the president to remove members of his staff.

Many voiced concerns about cuts to Medicare and the price of insurance if the ACA were to be repealed. One attendee was even ejected from the town hall because he wouldn’t stop screaming, “You’re taking our health care” over other peoples’ questions and Gardner’s answers.

But a couple conservative constituents also chided Gardner for his health care approach from the other side.

“I know the majority of people in this room are here to say the ACA should continue, but I want to remind you of who put you in your seat,” said one woman. “I want to know when

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Coloradans in Washington, D.C., and across the state. An effective way to reach out to constituents is through tele-town halls. Just this year we have had six tele-town halls where we had over 57,000 constituents join the call.

They are a great way to speak with thousands of constituents at once and to discuss a variety of issues important for our state. I also held several employee town halls at businesses across the state that allowed me to meet with employees and see what I can be doing to better serve them.

What did you learn during the Aug. 4 town hall in Durango, with Gov. Hickenlooper, Sen. Bennet and Rep. Tipton?

I was glad to participate and hear from some great people in Durango.

Sen. Bennet and I stayed for about an hour after the town hall originally ended to take questions, and it was a good opportunity to highlight the strong working relationship he and I have together.

While it got overshadowed in the media, one of the reasons why we were all in the Durango area was because of EPA Administrator Scott

Labor Day Sen. Cory Gardner faced a raucous crowd during his town hall at Colorado Christian University on Aug. 15. Many of the senator’s responses to questions were met with boos and curse words.

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you’re going to repeal and replace?”

Gardner also heard from constituents who wanted to ensure he would protect the state and world’s environmental health and sustainability.

“We have an incredible outdoor legacy, and I want to do right for my children,” Gardner said. “I do believe the (Environmental Protection Agency) has overreached at times. We shouldn’t be doing something if the cost outweighs the benefits.”

By the end of the hour-and-a-half town hall, the audience allowed Gardner to speak more completely, even if they didn’t like what they heard. And some issues weren’t brought up at all, like education.

“I wanted to ask what he was going to do to protect our Title I students,” said Angela Anderson, a Jeffco resident, referencing the many students who are on the free and reduced lunch program. “I also wanted to ask how we could work on educating our students about the damage that racism does to a society. So many don’t understand racism exists in ways for all of us.”

Pruitt. He followed through on his commitment to me to come see firsthand the area around the Gold King Mine Spill near Silverton. Unlike the last administration’s EPA, he promised to not leave the people behind that were impacted by this spill. It was an important moment for the community, and I appreciated his time in Colorado.

What are your top priorities while in session?

Our nation has one of the most confusing tax codes in the world that discourages businesses from bringing new jobs to the United States, and makes it difficult for small businesses to grow. I’m working with my colleagues to cut taxes for middle-class families and create new jobs across the state.

I also chair the foreign relations subcommittee that oversees East Asia and the Pacific so the situation in North Korea has been and will continue to be something I am very involved in. This rogue regime has the ability to start a nuclear war and we must do everything we can to stop that. I’ve authored legislation that sanctions nation’s aiding North Korea’s economy and believe that is one of the several ways we can deescalate the situation.

Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 4 for Labor Day. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

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The Douglas County Office of Veterans Affairs is here to serve veterans and their families. Assistance is available for vocational training, disability compensation, and benefits. Visit www.douglasveterans.org for details.

Back-to-School safety reminder for motorists Drivers please follow traffic laws - such as school zone speed limits. Pedestrians - please observe street-crossing safety procedures at all times. For additional street-crossing tips and associated traffic information please visit www.douglas.co.us and search: School Zones.

Youth Congress seeks youth delegates Douglas County youth, 9-12th graders, have an opportunity to become involved as youth delegates at the Douglas County 2017 Youth Congress on Monday, September 25 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the State Capitol in Denver. To complete your online registration or to learn more about the 2017 Youth Congress visit douglas. co.us and search: Youth Congress.

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Turkey bones may help trace fate of ancient cliff dwellers Academic paper says ancient people left Mesa Verde for Rio Grande Valley CALM AFTER THE STORM

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Researchers say they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde area of Colorado more than 700 years ago: DNA from the bones of domesticated turkeys.

The DNA shows the Mesa Verde people raised turkeys that had telltale similarities to turkeys kept by ancient people in the Rio Grande Valley of northern New Mexico — and that those birds became more common in New Mexico about the same time the Mesa Verde people were leaving their cliff dwellings, according to a paper published last month in the journal PLoS One. That supports the hypothesis that when the cliff dwellers left the Mesa Verde region in the late 1200s, many migrated to northern New Mexico’s Rio Grande Valley, about 170 miles to the southeast, and that the Pueblo Indians who live there today are their descendants, the archaeologists wrote.

The cliff dwellers would have taken some turkeys with them, accounting for the increase in numbers in New Mexico, the authors said.

Researchers have long debated what became of the people sometimes called Ancestral Puebloans, who lived in the elaborate Mesa Verde cliff dwellings and other communities across the Four Corners region, where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet.

Archaeologists believe the Ancestral Puebloans were a flourishing population of about 30,000 in 1200, but by 1280 they were gone, driven off by a devastating drought, social turbulence and warfare.

Because they left no written record, their paths are not known with certainty. Many archaeologists and present-day

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Pueblo Indians believe the Ancestral Puebloans moved to villages across New Mexico and Arizona, and that their descendants live there today.

Scott Ortman, a University of Colorado archaeologist and a co-author of the PLoS One paper, said the turkey DNA supports the explanation that many migrated to an area along the Rio Grande north of present-day Santa Fe, New Mexico.

“The patterns that we found are consistent with several other studies and several other lines of evidence,” he said in an interview.

Jim Allison, an archaeologist at Brigham Young University who was not involved in the paper, agreed the findings mesh with other evidence of a southeastward migration.

But a weakness of the study is the number of DNA samples used, he said.

Researchers examined DNA from nearly 270 sets of turkey remains — some from before 1280 and some from after that date. But only 11 sets of remains came from the Rio Grande before 1280.

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10 times as many,’’ Allison said, but they were not available.

Ortman acknowledged that the turkey DNA alone is not conclusive evidence of migration to the Rio Grande Valley.

The New Mexico turkeys could have come from someplace other than the Mesa Verde region, or turkey-herding communities could already have sprung up in New Mexico before the Ancestral Puebloans left their Mesa Verde communities, he said.

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Tim Hovezak, an archaeologist at Mesa Verde National Park, said he is not convinced the Ancestral Puebloans moved to the Rio Grande, but he tries to keep an open mind.

“I think it’s still a mystery, and it’s a very compelling one,’’ he said.

Ortman said other evidence besides the turkey DNA points to the migration.

The Tewa language spoken by some northern New Mexico Pueblo Indians today includes vocabulary “that seems to harken back to the material culture of the Mesa Verde area,’’ he said.

The Tewa term for the roof of a church translates roughly to “a basket made out of timbers,’’ Ortman said.

That better describes the roofs used on

kivas — ceremonial rooms — in ancient Mesa Verde communities than it does the churches in New Mexico, he said.

Another line of evidence is similarities in the facial structures of the remains of ancient people from the Mesa Verde region and New Mexico, Ortman said.

Examining human DNA from Ancestral Puebloan remains would provide a more definitive answer, Ortman said. But some contemporary Pueblo Indians object to doing that, and Ortman and others said they respect their wishes.

Theresa Pasqual, a member of the Acoma Pueblo in northwestern New Mexico and the pueblo’s former preservation director, said she knows of no pueblos that would consent to DNA testing on ancestral remains because

of spiritual and cultural concerns.

Pasqual, who is studying archaeology at the University of New Mexico, said she was heartened by the turkey DNA study because it supports the oral traditions of Acoma and other present-day pueblos that point to ancestral ties to the Mesa Verde region.

Some Acoma families still raise domestic turkeys and hunt wild ones, but it would be difficult to trace that tradition to the Ancestral Puebloans, Pasqual said.

The Ancestral Puebloan sites are a key factor in what she called Acoma’s “migration narrative.’’

“These places have been a part of our narrative and a part of our history and a part of our present-day life for as long as we can remember,’’ Pasqual said.

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QUIET DESPERATION

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hree little words — “back to school” — have the impact of hundreds, including, “Oh, no.”

I think I was supposed to dread it, but inwardly I looked forward to strapping on my button-down shirts and khakis and returning to the classroom.

My educational path was a lesson in American geography. I attended eight schools in four states. My father was either transferred or promoted. At least, that’s what he said. Maybe we were one step ahead of the feds.

A new school year always meant my mother and father would give me a couple of new shirts, and something else: a three-

ring binder with a blank, blue canvas cover.

Budding artists will draw or paint on anything that is blank. My new binder was my annual opportunity to show off.

Late summers were spent considering the new school year’s drawing. I understood that pencil drawings smeared, and markers didn’t exist. That left me with ball-point pens.

The majority of my drawings featured animals, like wolverines and bruins.

The animals didn’t stop there: I studied with Miss Bird and Mrs. Hare. Miss Bird was 100 years old (that’s what we all thought), and a caricature of mean-natured, elderly schoolmarm.

Mrs. Hare was as meek as her name. She was in her first year of teaching, and in her first year of marriage. Double jeopardy. I hope she was more successful at home.

Back then, schools provided just about everything we needed — except for binders and Pee Chees.

Things have changed.

One Jefferson County school asked every student to bring five dozen pencils, because of the school’s low supply.

Costs overall have rocketed. One article (The Denver Post) stated, “In the last decade, the price of supplies and extracurSEE SMITH, P9

Empowering kindness is the best choice to make in life

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he contrarian point of view here could have been “Enabling Meanness,” but really, who really wants to focus on WINNING being mean WORDS instead of being kind anyway?

I guess perhaps we can accept the fact that some people have a mean streak, or Michael Norton they are mean-spirited, or maybe they have just become a self-proclaimed meanie over time.

As I wrote this column the question I found myself asking was: Why do some folks choose to be mean instead of being kind? Why do some people look so hard for the bad that they completely miss the smallest bit of good and kindness right under their noses? Is it because we have fostered a culture of meanness at home or at work? Do we enable and permit people to be mean to us and to others for the sake of maintaining a very

unhealthy relationship? Or have we lost our nerve and just accept any behavior so we don’t rock the boat, even if it is mean behavior?

Now here’s the deal, we can choose to enable meanness or we can empower kindness.

You see, we get to choose, don’t we? Sometimes we have to accept sadness just like sometimes we know that bad things do happen to even the best of people. Yet even with that said, we never have to accept being treated meanly by anyone, especially when we can choose to empower kindness and receive kindness.

Kindness is and should be a two-way street. Most times we do get back what we give out, not 100 percent of the time, but my experience tells me most times. When we say hello, we usually get a hello back. When we smile, most times we get a smile back.

When we are courteous to others we are typically greeted with courtesy in return.

Again, not always, there are times where we try our best to be polite and kind only to be met with the unpleasant-

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somehow played a critical role in their process of change. I also know that as I’ve navigated my own hurdles in life, feeling listened to — and genuinely heard — has felt like a precious gift.

Regularly, I’m struck by the number of people I meet who report not feeling heard by those with whom they are closest. It makes me wonder how we got to this place.

Why has the art of listening become such a challenge?

True listening requires a willing-

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ricular activities increased by 88 percent for elementary school students, 81 percent for middle school students, and 68 percent for high school students.”

When I changed sides and became an educator myself, a new school year meant that I had as many as 120 eyes (three classes worth) giving me the once over.

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ness and wrath of someone who chose to be mean that day.

And I don’t know about you, but one of my very favorite things to observe is watching an interaction between two people where one person is berating the other person, thinking that a tone of anger and rising voice will get them what they want.

And yet the other person remains calm, confident, helpful and rooted in kindness. Two people, same conversation or interaction, and yet one chooses to be mean while the others chooses kindness. Which one are you? Which one do you want to be?

Kindness is a behavior. Kindness is an attitude. Kindness is a choice.

Kindness is all around us if we just look for it and are open to receiving

ness to focus and be fully present with another human being. It requires patience and the ability to quiet our own mental chatter. I’ve learned that it’s often as much about what isn’t said as the words that are spoken. Listening is simple, but it requires that we be intentional.

Many of us spend our lives buzzing around, juggling multiple roles and tasks, as we conduct much of our communication via technology rather than in face-to-face conversation. It’s not uncommon to walk into a restaurant and notice a group of people sitting at a table appearing disengaged and absorbed with their phones. This scene appears

tremendously lonely.

Tweeting has become the new platform for expressing feelings and ideas, while texting has become the norm for working out everything from dinner or travel plans to interpersonal dynamics and relationship woes. No doubt these so-called advances in technology have taken a toll on our capacity to communicate, and to listen.

What might happen if we put our phones away? How might this change the quality of our relationships?

So, here is where I’d like to offer readers a challenge. Today, I’d like you to practice listening. Maybe it looks like sitting through din-

ner without your phone. Maybe it means inviting a friend for a walk or a cup of coffee, and paying attention to your friend’s words without focusing on your internal dialogue.

Or maybe it simply means practicing ways to be more present in your life. Sit quietly and pay attention to your surroundings. What do you hear?

My very first morning as a college educator is an indelible memory. I am glad it is not on YouTube. I think I said, “I am the walrus. Goo goo goo joob,” and dismissed them.

Much later on in my career, I walked around the classroom on opening day with a sense of command and a sense of humor.

I’d tell them I learned to draw in “Pencil-vania,” and wait for the laughter to die down.

I’d tell them that Van Gogh had a good ear for music.

When I was in high school, art classes were perceived as a version of recess. However, college art classes are far from it (or should be) and that often surprised my incoming freshmen.

I enjoyed seeing their eyes widen when I handed them the nine-page syllabus.

I heard gulps.

Do I miss teaching? Yes and no.

Yes, because I worked with some very talented, intelligent, involved, and hard-working artists and scholars.

No, because I worked with the opposite, and too many students who were grade-driven and often grade-obsessed.

Increasingly, faculty were expected to do a hill of accountability paperwork.

And not only that, most collegelevel drawing students are a little sketchy.

it.

One of my favorite quotes when it comes to kindness is this one by William Penn, “I expect to pass through this life but once. If, therefore, there may be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I may do to any fellow being, let me do it now and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

How about you? Does it depend on the day or even the moment if you choose kindness or is kindness part of your everyday being? Either way I would love to hear your kindness story at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we can remember that kindness is a choice, it really will be a better than good week.

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

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Confidence is biggest lesson at school for the blind Students learn life skills in encouraging environment

make an audio game.

“I had no idea how to make an audio game, but I said let’s figure it out.”

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tucked away on a quiet residential street in Littleton above the railroad tracks, the Colorado Center for the Blind goes unnoticed by many. But the school, housed in an old YMCA, is world-famous among blind people, who strive for years to attend the center’s intensive nine-month program that builds confidence along with life skills.

The center offers an array of classes, from using technology to reading braille to self-defense and woodworking.

But the most important thing the center teaches is self-assurance.

“We want our students to feel good about being blind,” said Julie Deden, the center’s executive director. “People think it would be so terrible to be blind, but we don’t think anything of it.”

The center, at 2233 W. Shepperd Ave., received a perfect score in May after an inspection by the National Blindness Certification Board.

Joining the school was a dream come true for Jayaram Lamichhane, a 21-year-old from Nepal. He’s been at the school for four months.

“It’s frustrating to be blind in Nepal,” Lamichhane said.

“Your parents treat you badly.

Society doesn’t want to talk to you, because according to Hindu mythology, if you are blind, you committed some crime in your previous life, like a curse or a sin. Then, there is no infrastructure or support. I used to say I wish I had been born without legs instead. Here, you and me talking, I don’t feel blind anymore.

Chris Parsons, a technology teacher, said blind people may often be able to navigate the internet more quickly than sighted people, thanks to keyboard shortcuts.

Chaz Davis, 23, makes curry chicken wraps for fellow students to prepare for a celebration of his graduation. Davis will start his master’s degree studies at DU in the fall.

PHOTOSO BY DAVID GILBERT I feel confident now, like I can do whatever you can. Now I’m happy to be blind.”

Getting around The Independence Training Program is the cornerstone of the school’s offerings — an immersive nine-month program focused on home management, technology, braille literacy, and “cane travel” — the use of a long white cane to walk around.

Cane travel is the most visible of the center’s activities, with students roaming Littleton and the greater Denver area practicing wayfinding and public transit. Students who still retain partial sight

often wear “sleepshades,” eye masks that totally occlude light, in order to prepare them for a possible future of total blindness.

“Our goal is for people to go anywhere in the world they want to go,” said David Nietfeld, a cane travel instructor.

“We start off with the basics, sending people around the center, using stairs and doors.

Then we go to the bus station.

Then we go to taking buses and trains and crossing different kinds of intersections, including Santa Fe. We often know the city better than sighted people, because we memorize the street grid. People using GPS can’t even paint a picture

in their mind where they’re going.”

An advanced lesson is called a “drop project,” where students are driven in circles and dropped in a mystery spot in the city, given a flip phone, and instructed to find their way back to the center.

The final project is to travel solo to four different cities in the metro area in a day using public transit, and visiting a place of interest in each city.

Tech skills A computer for the blind looks odd — there’s no monitor or mouse. But for the center’s students, it’s an essential life tool.

“We do everything from keyboarding to programming, but mostly it’s stuff in between,” said Chris Parsons, a technology teacher. Her classes cover word processing, email, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and beyond. “I’ve had students who wanted to make websites.

I had another who wanted to

Reading and writing In the 1960s, almost half of blind children learned braille — “reading” raised dots on a page with their fingers — but today it’s only one in 10, said Dan Burke, the center’s public relations specialist.

“A blind person who can’t read braille is illiterate,” Burke said. “It’s become a crisis. We’re working hard on changing it.”

In Jennifer Spears’ braille class, students run their fingertips over what appear to be blank pages.

“People think braille isn’t important anymore because of technology,” Spears said. “But there are so many uses, especially reading signs in public.

Plus, if you know braille, you’re more likely to be employed.”

At the table with Spears’ students, Mickey Payne sat punching a braille slate with a stylus, writing each letter and word backward so it would be right when she flipped it over.

“This means a lot to me,” Payne said. “I can read and write now.”

Among braille’s limitations are how much size it takes up.

The center’s braille library’s dictionary is 72 volumes.

“Gone with the Wind” takes up nine huge binders.

The center offers classes beyond the core skills. Students in the woodworking class use power saws, drills and hammers to build a variety of furnishings and projects.

“I’m finishing up a cake stand,” said Libby Connor of Arizona, tapping footers into an elegant stand composed of locally harvested cottonwood.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Animal Rescue of the Rockies Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies. org.

ASSE International Student Exchange Program Organizes student exchange programs Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of coutries.

Contact: Cathy Hintz, 406-488-8325 or 800-733-2773 AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Steph Schroeder, 303-688-9498 Colorado Humane Society Handles animal abuse and neglect cases Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925 Court Appointed Special Advocates Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court Contact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious

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Public learns, too The center aims to educate the public as well, Burke said.

“One of the biggest misconceptions about the blind is that we don’t know where we are,” Burke said. “My person is not as private as a sighted person.

People might grab my hand without asking, thinking I need help.”

Deden said the public could stand to appreciate the blind better.

“The unemployment rate among blind people is 70 percent,” Deden said.

“We need the public to understand that blind people are very valuable, and to give blind people an opportunity and a chance.”

Deden said many blind people rely on Social Security and Medicaid. She said

Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a background check, and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months.

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other information: A volunteer open house is from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the center in Franktown. During the two-hour orientation, prospective volunteers will get an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. In addition, the $25 volunteer application fee will be waived for anyone who applies to be a volunteer during the open house. Volunteers must be 16 years old, pass a background check and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months. RSVP at www.ddfl.org.

Elbert County Sheriff ’s Posse Supports the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management with detentions support, patrol, administrative duties, event security, emergency

services support, and call-outs as need arises.

Need: With proper training and clearances, volunteers help with patrol, fingerprinting, records keeping, community event security services, disaster response and management (wildfire, tornado, blizzard, flood, disaster relief, etc.).

Requirements: Must be 21 years of age or older; retired individuals are great. Must complete a employment application, pass a background check, and complete interviews. After being sworn in, in the first three months of membership, complete a minimum of 45 hours of orientation and training curriculum. After this 90-day probationary period, members must log a minimum of 10 hours of month and attend monthly training meetings. Persons ages 15-20, may join the Elbert County Sheriffs Explorer POST that is associated with the Posse.

Contact: David Peontek at djp1911@msn. com or 303-646-5456. Go to http://www. elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html; print out and complete an employment application and turn it into the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office in Kiowa, “Attn: David Peontek.”

Girl Scouts of Colorado Youth organization for girls Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 SEE VOLUNTEERS, P19

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it all together.”

Other classes and events include art, rock climbing, skiing, canoeing, and whitewater rafting.

For those who had sight into adulthood, the center is a lifesaver.

“I went blind my senior year of college,” said Kosy Asabere, 28, from Pennsylvania. “I had to stop going because I just didn’t have the skills. I couldn’t use a computer, I couldn’t read my textbooks. I didn’t know how to get to class.

I was just stuck. The center gave me the tools to go back and finish. I feel like I can go for my master’s too. I came here for the tech skills, and now I’ve learned to program. I found my calling here.”

economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the food bank, client services and the thrift store Treasures on Park Street.

Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, ext. 32

The Aurora-South Metro SBDC helps existing and new businesses grow and prosper through workshops and consulting.

Business Plan in a Day Jayaram Lamichhane, 21, stands in the center’s garden. He said the center has given him confidence that was hard to come by in his native Nepal.

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80 percent of the center’s students go on to college, vocational training, or jobs.

Chaz Davis, who graduated at the end of July, will go on to graduate school at the University of Denver.

“Right now I’m making a big meal for everyone to celebrate my last day here,” Davis said, chopping veggies and herbs for curry chicken salad wraps. “I lost my sight about 3 1/2 years ago. It was a genetic thing I didn’t know I had. I was in the middle of college and didn’t know how to navigate life.”

Davis said he was a runner in college, but didn’t let blindness stop him — he competed in the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this year.

“I feel extremely independent now, and that’s what it’s all about. There are so many blind people who are confined to their blindness because they don’t have the skills to travel, to be employed.

That’s what they teach here. So many people who have come through this program have gone on to great things.”

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Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute. Our Walk to End Alzheimer’s attracts more than 10,000 people, so planning committee members are essential.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@alz.org.

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LIFE

Chasing the

culinary dream Chris Johnson, 56, a student in the American Culinary Federation Colorado Chefs Association apprenticeship program, arranges a salad in the kitchen at West 29th Restaurant and Bar Aug. 8. His mentor chef, Cory Matthews, watches over him.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD

Apprenticeship gives aspiring chefs hands-on training

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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n the kitchen at West 29th Restaurant and Bar, Chris Johnson, 56, whips up intricately plated dishes and feels the heat as flames dance off the stove. He throws a meat-based pasta sauce in a pan as his mentor, chef Cory Matthews, handles another dish behind him.

He places a portion of house-made pasta in the pan, then pours it all into a bowl.

And the dish is complete.

In the Denver metro area, you don’t need to try out for a Food Network show to be a bona fide chef.

An apprenticeship program in the Denver, Boulder and Greeley areas prepares aspiring chefs for “the real world,” as one mentor chef said.

For Johnson, 56, the program was the natural next step after a life of bouncing between different careers, including working as the maintenance director at a Georgia private school and running his

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED The program runs for two years — September through mid-July for the first year and August to the end of July for the second year. Enrollment ends Aug. 28.

Total tuition including books, uniforms, knife kits and food supplies is $6,750. Students need not have any prior restaurant experience, but must have a high school diploma or equivalent and be 17 or older. own business, one that made statues and molds.

“I always wanted to cook and open up a restaurant, basically,” said Johnson, who searched for a cooking program after being laid off from a previous job. A Lakewood resident from Savannah, Georgia, he cooked as a hobby for events like birthdays and wedding receptions, but never professionally.

So Johnson decided to spice things up after hearing about the American Culinary Federation’s apprenticeship program. That organization’s local chapter, Colorado Chefs Association, oversees the program, which allows students to take two years of weekly classes at Metropolitan State University of

DID YOU KNOW? Students take one five-hour class per week and work 40plus hours in hands-on training the rest of the time. Students also take three online classes — sanitation, nutrition and management.

An apprentice can make anywhere from $9.50 to $14.50 an hour starting pay. Some of the bigger locations that apprentices work at offer health benefits and vacation.

Denver and to get real-world experience as an apprentice under a mentor chef at hotels, country clubs and restaurants in the area.

“I looked at the price between Johnson and Wales and this,” Johnson said. “It’s affordable. You learn just as much.”

The price can be a big difference — about $7,000 for the apprenticeship compared to up to $60,000 for some culinary schools, said Christopher Moore, a mentor chef for the program. But the main draw is a gulf of difference in experience students get. They need none to apply and get paid for the hours they work.

And you’re never too old to reinvent yourself — Moore

Most graduates pass the test for sous chef certification at the end of the program, said Christopher Moore, a mentor chef. Those who don’t pass still earn the certified culinarian title. Moore said most that get that certification go on to get their certified executive chef title.

To register, call 303-222-0057 or email Monica Leonard, apprenticeship coordinator, at mleonard@acfcoloradochefs.org. sees students from 19 to 50 years old. Apprentices “come from everywhere,” he said.

One graduating this month is from Austin, Texas. Johnson’s nephew from out of state will join the program in September, too.

Not just book learning An apprenticeship provides the hands-on learning that can’t be obtained in a classroom, said Matthews, Johnson’s mentor chef and the executive chef at West 29th Restaurant and Bar in Wheat Ridge.

Students get “more technique, more basics,” Matthews said. “It also ensures that the person is dedicated to continuing in the industry. You get sous chef certification at the

• Colorado has had its apprenticeship program since the 1970s.

• The first American Culinary Federation Apprenticeship Program was started in the 1970s by the Pittsburgh chapter. Since then, it’s grown to 70 programs with more than 2,000 culinary apprentices in training across the country. end of the program.” A sous chef is the second-in-command chef in a kitchen.

Most culinary schools don’t focus as much on practical knowledge these days, said Moore, executive chef at The Club at Ravenna, which is just south of Chatfield State Park.

“A lot of times, I’ll interact with people, and they say they’ve never done (a certain cooking skill) before, whereas when I went to school, it was the exact opposite,” said Moore, who attended Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Arizona in the 1990s.

Moore said he’s seen a shift toward those schools having a more theoretical focus in the past three years because they often lack an outlet, like a student café, for the food SEE APPRENTICE, P13

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Portrait collection focuses on diversity of community

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n 1998, Littleton residents the late Dr. Richard and Michelle “Shelli” Steckel started traveling and taking thousands of photographs of international SONYA’S children and adults to promote cultural SAMPLER tolerance. The collection was named “The Milestone Project” and was widely exhibited and published. A special project was initiated by Arapahoe Community College: a portrait Sonya Ellingboe collection to show the diversity in its community, consisting of friends, neighbors, merchants and students who live and work in Littleton. Phase I has been exhibited on the second floor at ACC since 2007 and Phase II debuted on the first floor in 2015. The Colorado Gallery of the Arts at the college, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, will host a show of this work through Sept.

11. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, Tuesdays until 7 p.m. Admission is free. Information: trish.sangelo@arapahoe.edu.

General Iron Works As Englewood’s old General Iron Works property begins a new phase, the Englewood Historic Preservation Society presents a program on Aug. 28 on its history by Roger Kinney, a longtime salesman for the company.

He will bring stories of patents the company held. Two examples from General Mills: a machine to make potato chips and another that formed

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students would make.

“It was explained to me early on in my career that chefs pass on their knowledge, and what used to be passed on generation to generation, father to son,” Moore said. “With culinary school, that doesn’t really happen anymore. So my responsibility is to pass it on to future chefs.”

Students have written tests every week as well, Johnson said. The program provides 43 credit hours that are transferable to any community college in Colorado, said Sarah Beatty, a program spokesperson.

But the bulk of working as an apprentice is being thrown into the fire, going through the full process of preparing dishes.

“Knife skills, sanitation, how to really stick to a recipe” and techniques like how to break down a chicken are some of what students learn on the job, Johnson said. “Just things that ... you wouldn’t think about at the house.”

Time management, dishwashing and cleaning up are also part of the learning package, Johnson added, as the goal is to transition into restaurant jobs,

This portrait of a woman, by the late Dr. Richard Steckel, is part of the large group of international portraits that make up The Milestones Project Exhibit now showing through Sept. 11 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College.

COURTESY IMAGE the little round Cheerios from oats.

General Iron Works developed the machines, and built production facilities.

The program will be offered at 2:30 p.m. at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, and at 6:30 p.m. at Brew on Broadway, 3445 S. Broadway.

Admission is free. 303-242-3257.

Dearfield lecture Charleszine “Terry” Nelson, special collection and community resource

some of which come where students worked as apprentices.

“When you get into the real world, you have to (do food preparation),” Moore said. “If you go to an apprenticeship program, you learn what you need to know to actually cook.”

Learn from the veterans The people that get you there are experts who take you through every step — Matthews has been a chef and sous chef for years.

“You can’t teach willingness and drive and good attitude, which is something an apprentice always has,” Matthews said. “Seeing them succeeding, learning, getting better every day and knowing that once the program’s over ... they’re going to succeed” is the reward.

Matthews graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York, now called the International Culinary Center, and worked for Garden of the Gods Club in Colorado Springs and the Denver Country Club.

As a young child, he’d climb onto his mother’s back to watch how she would cook.

“My mom, a single mom ... she was just always a great cook,” Matthews said.

Cooking “takes time, effort and love, and that’s what I’ve grown up with.”

Now, he gets to pass that on, along with what he’s learned professionally.

manager at the Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library in Denver, will speak at 7 p.m. on Aug. 30 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Her topics will be Dearfield, Colorado, (about 30 miles east of Greeley) and Nicodemus, Kansas, both towns settled after the Civil War by African-Americans. Free.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments. 303-795-3950.

Colorado Ballet is looking for schools in October, November and January that might want to schedule assemblies with excerpts from productions. Recently retired principal dancer Maria Mosina will be choreographing and working with the Colorado Ballet Studio Company dancers to prepare these programs. For information, contact the Community Engagement Dept.: 303-339-1619.

Macy Dorf featured Potter Macy Dorf, who lives in Littleton, will be the featured artist in September at his gallery/artists’ studio collective, Artists on Santa Fe, 747 Santa Fe Drive, in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District. His exhibit, “an exploration of technique and surface,” will open on First Friday, Sept. 1, 6 to 9 p.m., and will add an artists’ reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 8. 303-573-5903.

Gardeners invited The Littleton Garden Club will meet at 6 p.m. on Sept. 6 and on the first Wednesdays of the month through the school year, except Dec. The long-running club welcomes visitors and new members. They meet at the Educational Services Center Lunch Room, 5776 S. Crocker St. Enter from Ida Street on the south side. (6 p.m. is social time; 6:30 p.m. is the meeting.)

Louisa May Alcott Storyteller/author Linda Batlin will portray the life of celebrated author Louisa May Alcott at 2 p.m. Aug. 28 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Free. 303-795-3961. Bestknown for the children’s novel, “Little Women,” she was a prolific writer of children’s books, as well as thrillers and adult novels.

Benefit for youths Colorado Youth for a Change, devoted to decreasing dropouts, will host their annual Back to School Night at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village. Comedian Monty Franklin will headline. Presentation of “You Count” Awards. Tickets, $50: youthforchange.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/BTSN2017.

Free community dinner All are welcome from 6 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 29 for First Presbyterian Church of Littleton’s August Free Healthy Dinner. Menu: chicken or beef tacos, with all the fixings, fresh fruit and hand-held desserts. Information: littletonpresbyterian.org, 303-798-1389.

Ballet assemblies

Free concert “Let Them Roar,” with special guests, The Cody Sisters, will perform at 6 p.m. Aug. 31 at Curtis Park, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village.

Free ice cream. This is the closing event in the first ever Village Read program, where the book was Mark Stevens’ “Lake of Fire.”

Under Matthews’ direction, Johnson is on his way to becoming a sous chef.

“I would love to own my own

restaurant, a small bistro type,” Johnson said. “But that’s a dream.”

After he graduates next summer, it might be more than that.

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It’s Almost Here!

Elizabeth linemen got through blocking drills during the Aug. 17 first practice in full pads. Coaches put the team through a variety of drills as the team prepared for the season opener Sept. 1 at home against Woodland Park.

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back and our strength is in our upper class. We also have pretty good depth, particularly at the skill positions,” Cardinals coach Mike Zoesch said as he watched the team warm up. “We have pretty good size but, of course, you always wish you had bigger kids.

But what our guys lack in size, they make up in heart and determination.”

Eight players from the 2016 team graduated, and since five of them were starters, the coach expected experienced players in just about every position, and he believes Elizabeth will be a stronger team this year.

The Cardinals were 4-5 overall and 3-2 in Class 2A League last season. The team scored 198 points and opponents scored 178 points against them. They are in the same league this season.

League opponents include Kent Denver, Elizabeth and Sheridan.

Zoesch did say the said the turnout was a little less than last year, with 58 on the roster so far this season. He said he is going to try to field three teams — varsity, junior varsity and C-level — but he will see how that works out with the number of players available.

“Offensively we’ll keep the ball on

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responsible growth, increased water consumption, reuse of wastewater, storm drainage, parks, traffic volumes, streets, and parking.

What are you going to do to address these challenges?

I plan to work with all town staff as a team to implement planned procedures and innovative ideas to help ensure the growth of the town is done responsibly.

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the ground most of the time,” the coach said. “Our strength will be and has always been our defense. Defensive has always been our focus and we will probably be a salty defensive team this season. We have strength in the defensive line, at linebackers and in the secondary.”

Senior Nate Spidel will play defensive end and offensive tackle for the Cardinals this season.

“I feel I will be a much better player this season because of the experience I have had and the things I have learned playing varsity football for the Cardinals for the last two seasons,” he said. “I like playing offense but I really like playing defensive tackle because I like hitting guys on the other side of the ball.”

He said defensively the toughest play he has to deal with is the counter, which appears to be going in one direction but the runner comes back the other way.

“It is a hard play to defend,” he said.

“But you just have to learn to read the other team’s offense and be ready to fill the gap when they do run the counter.”

He said his personal goal is to be dominant at both positions he plays, but he also said his goal is to be a leader, help his team pull together to win games and make it to the playoffs.

munity residents to understand and support? How will you help them understand and support it?

Public Works serves as the first line of defense for the environment, responsible growth, and overall well-being of the great community of Elizabeth for generations to come, and I believe that can be accomplished through listening to the public while using my experience to serve the public.

What aspect(s) of this role are you most looking forward to?

Communicating with the public as a team member along with town staff and board of trustees to make educated decisions and implementing well-planned processes.

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Castle Pines man completes 192-mile cycling event, the Pan-Mass Challenge

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Bow Winder of Castle Pines bikes 192 miles this month for cancer research in the Pan-Mass Challenge

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

I live in Castle Pines North with my wife, Emily, and two sons, Griffin, 4, and Declan, 2. I’m originally from a small town north of Boston where I grew up, but moved to Colorado in 2004.

The plan was to stay a year or two, but I met my wife and couldn’t leave this beautiful state. I work downtown for a company called P2 Energy Solutions as a director of finance.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to support cancer research. The event took place on Aug. 5 and 6, gathering more than 6,200 participants from 40 states with a goal of raising $48 million. Cyclists can choose from 12 routes of varying mileage, and range in age from 15 to 84 years old. While some are cancer survivors, other riders complete the race in honor of a loved one.

How long have you been involved in cycling?

I’ve been cycling for about four years, mainly road biking.

To be honest, I’m not passionate about cycling, but got into it as I became involved in the Pan Mass Challenge.

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Why did you participate in the Pan-Mass Challenge?

I heard about the Pan-Mass Challenge through my cousin Stirling Winder. She participated in the ride for four years while battling osteo-sarcoma (bone cancer). For those that don’t know about the Pan-Mass Challenge, the event raises money for pediatric and adult cancer research and continues to be the largest contributor to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The ride raises more money for charity than any

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What was your experience like on the 192-mile ride?

The feeling while riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge is incredible as it’s an overwhelming culmination of emotions and experiences that still leave me in awe.

Never have I seen the human spirit so fully dedicated and engaged on achieving a goal, to fight cancer.

other single athletic fundraising event in the country, over $546 million in its 37-year history.

Stirling passed away in 2012, just days before the PMC and I have ridden three out of the last four years in her memory with team Stirling Strong, a group of 10 to 12 riders pedaling in her name.

In preparation for the 192mile ride from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to Provincetown, Massachusetts, I trained for three months, mainly around Douglas County.

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Would you participate in the Pan-Mass Challenge again?

With two young children and a demanding job, it’s difficult to commit to the PMC year after year. I plan to ride it again, just uncertain when at this point.

about mental illness IT’S OK TO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS, MANY OF US DO. One in four Coloradans experience a mental illness each year. Mental illnesses are treatable health conditions, but people are still afraid to talk about them due to shame, misunderstanding, negative attitudes and fear of discrimination.

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IT’S OK TO REACH OUT. If you think you know someone struggling with mental illness, what can you do? Talk. Listen. Replace awkward silence with questions and understanding.

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Drill preps for real deal Emergency responders prepare for the worst in realistic multiagency drill

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Smoke and screams filled the air as emergency responders from several regional agencies converged on a field of debris in the Inverness business park near County Line Road and I-25 on Aug. 8.

Actors, covered in artificial blood and gory simulated wounds, played the part of dying and disoriented explosion victims so convincingly that passers-by could be forgiven for not realizing the whole thing was fake.

For the EMTs involved with the simulated bomb blast, creating a realistic, stressful environment was the whole point.

“We’re taking the lessons learned from Boston and applying them here,” said Einar Jensen, South Metro Fire Rescue’s community risk reduction specialist, referring to the bombing at the Boston Marathon in 2013 that killed three and wounded more than 260 people.

Firefighters from South Metro and the Cunningham and Franktown Fire Protection Districts teamed with deputies and bomb squad personnel from the Douglas, Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties sheriff ’s offices, as well as investigators from the FBI. Victims, many of whom are secondyear Rocky Vista University students, lay on the ground or wandered about the parking lot, screaming for help as responders prioritized patients, applied tourniquets, performed emergency surgeries and neutralized the threat of further explosions.

“It’s a great way to see what to do and what not to do from the other side,” said William Robinson, an Aurora resident and student at Rocky Vista in Parker.

After the scene was cleared, victims were transported to Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, where staff continued the training exercise, including mock surgeries.

Bryan Muscutt, a firefighter with West Metro Fire Rescue, would normally be one of the trainees, but heard about the drill from a friend and volunteered to be a victim.

Without a hint of humor, he explained that though the exercise had serious implications, he came for the fun.

“It sounded like a blast,” he said.

A volunteer actor portrays a disoriented and wounded bombing victim as a South Metro Fire Rescue responder tries to keep her from the EMTs treating the actor playing her boyfriend. The incident was in some ways modeled after the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013.

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Emergency Medical Technicians treat volunteer actor Morgan Stanley during a simulated explosion training exercise. Stanley and many other volunteers are secondyear students at nearby medical school Rocky Vista University.

A Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy pulls a volunteer actor through smoke to safety during a simulated disaster behind an office building in the Inverness area on Aug. 8. Responders had to work their way through smoke, screaming actors portraying disoriented and disobedient victims to cooperate with responders from several other agencies during the exercise.

Bryan Muscutt, a firefighter from West Metro Fire Rescue district, holds still as Deidre McGee, coordinator of surgery simulation at Rocky Vista University, applies the finishing touches to his makeup.

Sara Shedd of Littleton, a volunteer prtraying a bleeding victim of an explosion, laughs just before a training exercise begins in the Inverness area on Aug. 8.

The exercise simulated a bomb blast with multiple victims and many agencies coordinating their work in a stressful environment.

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CLUBS Ongoing AA If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-322-4440, or go to www.daccaa.org.

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.

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-guide-paying-for-college/.

Elbert Game Night: 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Elbert Library. Board and card games for all ages. Call 303-648-3533 or go to pplibraries.org.

Castle Rock Bridge Club plays a friendly, ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock. For assistance in finding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303-8108504. Go to www.castlerockbridge.com.

Chess: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at the Simla Library. All skill levels and ages welcome. Call 719-541-2573.

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.

Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of 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. Hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

Game Night: 4 p.m. Mondays at the Kiowa Library; call 303-621-2111. 5 p.m. Wednesdays at the Elbert Library; call 303-6483533. Enjoy board, card, and video games for all ages.

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 303-6212376, or come by from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; we are located in the Fellowship Hall at 231 Cheyenne Street, Kiowa.

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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 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@ gmail.com

Elizabeth American Legion Post 82, a veterans association supporting veterans, their families, their survivors and the community, meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Legion Post Hall at South Banner Street and Elm Street in Elizabeth. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., and the regular business meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. All veterans are invited to attend these meetings to learn of their eligibility for membership in the National American Legion Organization.

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Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 5414275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http:// outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

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Knitting Group: 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Kiowa Library. Knit and chat. All skill levels welcome. Call 303-621-2111 or go to pplibraries.org.

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.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

LEGO Master Brickster: 3:45 p.m. Thursdays at the Kiowa Library. Build LEGO stuff together. Call 303-621-2111 or go to pplibraries.org.

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.

Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club is open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. We meet regularly throughout the month on various weekday evenings and weekends. Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery). Contact Alison Collins at 720-212-4788 for information or find us online at http://www.meetup. com/Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth-PaperCrafting-Club/ Seniors meet in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425 for information.

Simla Open Mic Night: 6:30 p.m. Fridays, Simla Library. Share poetry, music, dance, comedy or painting (inter alios), or just

come and watch.

Sky Cliff Center Caregiver Support Group: 10-11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month at 4600 E. Highway 86, Castle Rock. Caregiving for adults can be challenging at times, and you’re not alone. For information, or to let the center know if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 or email skycliffctr@skycliff.org. Go to www.skycliff. org.

Sky Cliff Center Stroke Support Group: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month at Christlife Community Church, 5451 E. Highway 86, Franktown (lunch provided). 10-11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 Ridge Gate Parkway, Lone Tree. Call Sky Cliff Center at 303-814-2863.

Teen Tuesday: 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Elbert Library. Play card and video games. Call 303-648-3533 or go to pplibraries.org.

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

VFW Post 10649 meets monthly at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of every month at 24325 Main St., Elbert. Go to http://www. vfwpost10649.org. Contact Alan Beebe at 303-435-2560 for questions.

Rock areas, meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Pinery Fire Station, Community Room Lower Level, 8170 N. Hillcrest Way, Parker. Go to www. vfwpost4266.org. P.O. Box 4266, Parker, CO 80134. On Facebook at VFW Post 4266, Parker.

Waste Not Wednesdays: 4:15 p.m. Wednesdays, at Simla Library. Kids craft and learn with repurposed stuff. Call 719-541-2573 or go to pplibraries.org.

What’s up Wednesdays: 4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Elbert Library; 3:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Kiowa Library. Free STEAM activities for kids and parents. Call 303-648-3533 (Elbert) or 303-621-2111 (Kiowa) or go to pplibraries.org.

Women’s Divorce Workshop covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce and is presented the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Meet in the community room. Check in from 8-8:30 a.m.; workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources.

Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes.

Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager.

Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more.

For information, contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com.

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Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

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Red Cross Supports the elderly, international causes and social services Need: Volunteers to provide support Contact: 303-607-4768 or 303-266-7855

Hospice of Covenant Care Nonprofit, faith-based hospice Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Meals on Wheels Delivers meals to residents in Englewood, southern Jefferson County and western Arapahoe County Need: Drivers to deliver meals; volunteers to help prepare, box and label meals Requirements: Must dedicate one to two hours a week Contact: Phil or Mary at 303-798-7642 (from 8 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays) Neighbor Network Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County Need: Volunteers who can provide transportation, light housekeeping, handyman and companion services to seniors.

Requirements: Must be at least 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Contact: 303-814-4300, neighbornetwork@ douglas.co.us or dcneighbornetwork.org.

Parker Senior Center Provides services to local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to the center for a hot meal, to appointments, to the grocery store, and more.

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Sunset Hospice Provides end-of-life support Need: Volunteer training is from 6-10 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesdays; they also meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every first and third Saturday Contact: Jami Martin at 303-693-2105 The Right Step Inc. Therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with disabilities. Based in Littleton.

Need: Volunteers to help with horses before, during and after lessons, as well as to walk alongside clients as they ride to help keep them securely on their horses. Volunteers also needed to help with administrative tasks and fundraising.

Requirements: Volunteers who help with lessons must be at least 14 years old and attend a three-hour training session.

Contact: volunteercoordinator@therightstepinc.org or go to www.therightstepinc.org.

Volunteers of America, Foster Grandparent Program Foster grandparents volunteer in early childhood centers and public schools focusing on literacy and numeracy for at-risk children and youth.

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Public notice is given on July 31, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Elbert County Court.

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In the Interests of: Shelby LeighAnn Dixie Rivers Party Without Attorney: Michael Groft 41274 S. PineField Circle, Parker, CO 80138 Phone Number:(303) 646-5048 E-mail:michaelgroft@live.com Case Number: 2017PR-6: Division 1, Courtroom 1 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Charles Lee Rivers Last Known Address: Unknown A hearing on September 26th, 2017 for an Appointment of a Permanent Guardianship for Shelby LeighAnn Dixie Rivers will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the Hearing may be continued: September 26th, 2017 * Time: 8:30 a.m.

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Purpose: Consideration of adopting a resolution which establishes a Public Improvement District, board jurisdiction over the Public Improvement District, declaring a PID formed or organized, the BOCC acting as governing body of PID, and the ordering of the submission of tax and debt questions to eligible electors of the PID in a specific service area, in an election to be conducted in accordance with Section 20 of Article X (“TABOR”) of the Constitution of the State of Colorado.

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