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September 24, 2015 VOLUME 120 | ISSUE 34 | 75¢

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Posse rides to assist sheriff Elbert County group helps with law enforcement duties

By Geraldine Smith Special to Colorado Community Media

Kari Rittey, a volunteer for Drifter’s Hearts of Hope, says hello to Milagra, a 3-week old horse that survived two brushes with death. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

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Saving lives, one horse at a time

Group with special needs rescues horses, adopts them out

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t’s only appropriate the 50th horse saved

by Drifter’s Hearts of Hope is so full of life.

On a recent rainy day on a ranch near the Douglas-Elbert county line, Milagra sprinted alongside her mother, Cabo, the 38th horse rescued from slaughter by the nonprofit.

Milagra, a 3-week-old filly with boundless

energy, watched intently as her mom rolled around in the dirt and strode proudly around the perimeter of her corral. Minutes later, the foal was enveloped in hugs from volunteers who simply couldn’t help themselves.

The loving scenes would have never taken place without the intervention of Drifter’s Hearts of Hope.

The beginning Just over a year ago, in July 2014, Parker resident Jean Kirshner, her daughter, Bella, and close friend Jacqui Avis attended their

In days of yore, if the sheriff needed assistance, he canvassed Main Street, including the saloons, deputizing any able-bodied man and the horse he rode on.

Today, Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap does not need to solicit help in nooks and crannies. He has a well-organized Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse integrated into his force.

Heap is especially grateful for the extra manpower the posse provides when a 10-year study shows that the sheriff’s department answered 5,800 calls in 2006 and 16,000 calls last year.

Heap can assign posse members to calls and tasks that do not require law enforcement personnel. Some responsibilities are mandated by statute but do not require deputy participation.

“For instance, I am mandated by statute to arrange for the civil service process,” he said.

Civil service process — serving official court documents on individuals to summon them to court or to advise them of a civil proceeding — is an example of a duty handled by the posse. With limited resources and a large county as far as land area, Heap uses posse members for such duties, freeing his deputies to interact with the public.

Previously known as the Elbert County Posse, it was independent from the sheriff’s office for eight years before Heap was elected in 2010. During that time, the independent posse worked in a supporting role for other Posse continues on Page 2

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Victims’ rights pioneer retires Feldman helped start programs in Littleton, across region

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@colorado communitymedia.com Nancy Feldman spent nearly 40 years helping people through the most terrible times in their lives.

“One of the nice things about starting in 1975, before there was victim assistance, is having the opportunity to see it develop into a field,” she said on the afternoon of Sept. 10, 10 days into her retirement from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.

Feldman, who has lived in Littleton since 1977, helped

Nancy Feldman spent nearly 40 years fighting for victims’ rights in the south metro area.

Photo by Jennifer Smith pave the way in the southmetro area for ensuring victims of crime were heard.

She began her career in 1975, working in the 18th Judicial

District Attorney’s Office as one of the first counselors hired in what was then the new juvenile diversion program.

That experience led to a position with the Littleton Police Department as a youth counselor. Being a sworn officer was a requirement of the job, and she became one of just four women in her class at the police academy.

“I feel like it’s kind of false advertising to say I was a police officer,” she said. “It was so I could do child-abuse cases, for when I had to take the child out of the house.”

At the time, Littleton police had just one female officer.

“So for sexual assault calls, if they requested a woman Pioneer continues on Page 6

Carol and David Peontek stand beside the Elbert County Sherrif’s Office’s humvee. They are part of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse, volunteers who help the department with tasks that do not require law enforcement personnel, such as traffic control and corralling animals on the loose. Courtesy photo

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law enforcement agencies in the county. Up until 2002, the posse was always associated with the sheriff’s office.

Dave Peontek, lieutenant of the posse, approached Heap after the election and suggested affiliating with the sheriff’s office once again. Heap readily agreed and they revamped the program to transform the posse. Heap instituted a policy of accountability, definite goals and delineated volunteer duties to establish high standards for the program.

“We have to apply standards because there have to be policies and procedures or we put the county at risk,” Heap said.

Posse members are insured by the county when they are on official county business, and the county is responsible for their actions.

Peontek is retired, and he has been a prominent member of the posse for 15 years and logs countless hours each year. His second in command, Ken Bettis, still works full time as an operations manager for Martin Marietta, but managed to log some 500 hours this year. Their dedication and commitment is evidenced by time invested and the obvious pride as they speak of opportunities to serve.

It is important to these volunteers that the community sees them as help and not as a threat.

“Even,” Peontek said, “if it is keeping kids out of a beer tent.”

Nothing pleases them more than the many people who actually approach them and thank them for their service.

Most people think they are deputies, Bettis said, and then ask, “What is the posse?”

Bettis believes the smallest contribution, such as herding animals off the roads, is worthy of note.

“It is for the safety of the animals and residents,” he said, “and it can take from five minutes to over an hour to solve an animalon-the-loose issue...”

WHAT IS THE POSSE?

Applicants to the Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse are intensely screened and trained.

The volunteer application is the identical form for a potential deputy candidate and volunteers are subject to a two-tiered background check.

The initial screening process includes a lengthy telephone interview in which the interviewer takes special note of goals, attitude, willingness to commit to 10 hours a month and motives for volunteering.

“We don’t want anyone badge heavy,” said Ken Bettis, the posse’s second-in-command.

Bettis uses this term to describe potential volunteers who are impressed by the badge, the uniform and the idea of wielding authority who do not understand it is a community service position.

The next parts of the process are to contact all references, conduct a second more extensive background check and a panel interview. At this juncture, Dave Peontek, who oversees the posse, Bettis and fellow panelists look for the ability to communicate effectively, motive for joining and history of volunteerism.

Successful candidates are sworn in by the sheriff and begin a 90-day probationary period during which they undergo training monitored by a mentor in the posse. With the mentor, the potential volunteer learns by observation and participation. If all goes well, a nine-month probationary period begins and they remain closely scrutinized by Peontek, Bettis, deputies and other volunteers.

For more information, contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456 or email him at dip1911@msn. com.

Elbert County is one of Colorado’s largest counties, covering 1,854 square miles. The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office has 35 people on patrol to cover this entire area. The posse provides another set of eyes and ears for law enforcement.

The 17 members of the posse work in tandem with deputies as their pioneer predecessors did, yet carry no weapons, have no power to arrest, and serve in supporting roles. Responsibilities include administrative duties, providing security at local events and support in emergencies, and patrolling the vast area of the county. Dave Peontek, lieutenant of the posse, and Ken Bettis, his second in command, say handling such issues frees up deputies to respond to serious issues in the county, such as car crashes, crime or domestic disputes.

Administrative duties include concealed gun permits, processing traffic tickets and working with inmates at the jail. Volunteers are present at most every event from rodeo to motorcross. In an emergency, they work traffic control or coordinate emergency responders. Basically, they assist at the request of deputies. On patrol in specially marked posse cars, they serve civils, track license plate fraud or respond to “call-outs” for minor issues. Law enforcement throughout the country will respond in force if a volunteer calls for assistance.

There is no pay for posse members. Compensation, they say, comes in the satisfaction of contributing to the good of the community.

“We live here and this our way to give back,” Bettis said.

Peontek agreed.

“This is a service business,” he said, “and we provide service to the people of the community.”

CLUBS Ongoing 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. Posse members support the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, all law enforcement in the county, and the community at large. For more information or a membership application, go to http://www.elbertcountysher-

iff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

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

The Elizabeth Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in

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

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.

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Volunteers Sande Nokes, 15, and Kari Rittey give some love to Milagra. Photos by Chris Michlewicz

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Kirshner, of Parker, hangs out with Cabo in his stall.

Milagra, the 50th horse saved by Drifter’s Hearts of Hope, a nonprofit established in July 2014.

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first horse auction in Fort Collins.

Bids were based on weight, and acquisitions would soon be sent either to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.

For $1,500, the trio bought three horses to save.

To date, the nonprofit has rescued 54 horses and adopted out 29 of them. It wasn’t until Cabo — suffering from placentitis among other ailments — tried to abort her foal that Drifter’s Hearts helpers realized they’d actually saved two horses when they bought malnourished Cabo.

The baby equine was dubbed “Milagra,” a more feminine version of the Spanish word for “miracle.”

“She escaped death before she was born — twice,” Jean Kirshner said.

Lots of love The aforementioned hugs were bestowed by Bella Kirshner and Sande Nokes, two bubbly 15-yearolds with special needs, and Kari Rit-

tey, who began volunteering for the nonprofit organization after seeing a post on the group’s Facebook page.

Bella Kirshner is thrilled to be part of the operation, and her mother says helping Drifter’s Hearts of Hope succeed has given her daughter purpose and instilled “a sense that she’s needed.”

“I like to get the horses. I like them to be alive,” Bella Kirshner said. “My favorite thing about the horse is grooming them to be beautiful.”

She also touts her stall-mucking skills, and she and other young adults with special needs routinely congregate to make oat-filled horse cookies. The cookies are sold and proceeds used to rescue more horses. The special needs crew also receives regular updates on the horses they have saved. And the nonprofit entered its first show with the rescues, with the group winning ribbons for its hard work in getting the equines show-ready.

“They’re using these horses that were on the truck to go,” Jean Kirshner said. “It’s so exhilarating for them, because they’re competing against peers (without special needs) and winning.”

A good problem to have The sight of a new horse discovering its fleet-footedness never seems to get old. Avis and Jean Kirshner laugh as Milagra tries to keep up with mom, then kicks its legs in the air in a fit of joy.

“Milagra was No. 50, but we’ve rescued (four) more since she was born,” Jean Kirshner said. “Jacqui can’t stop.”

Smiling, Avis chimed in: “Yeah, I have problems.”

But the “problems” have opened doors for youths who have had the chance to acquire skills, have fun and, best of all, save the lives of grateful, gentle giants.

Drifter’s Hearts is aiming for a larger space within the next year or two. It is currently at capacity and is keeping some horses on neighboring ranches. Despite some attachment to the rescues, the organization’s goal is to not keep them for a long time. They nurse the horses back to health before finding a “forever home,” whether through Facebook or word-of-mouth, Jean Kirshner said.

For more information or to donate, visit www.driftersheartsofhope. org or its Facebook page.

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The expansion of Castle Rock Adventist Hospital’s labor and delivery unit is expected to be complete in December. Photo by Shanna Fortier

Increasing births leads hospital to expand Labor and delivery addition should be completed in December

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com With Castle Rock’s population rising, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital felt the need to grow as well — with a $1.5 million expansion to the labor and delivery unit.

Last year, the hospital delivered 686 babies. Since the addition is expanding the labor and delivery unit by about 50 percent, the hospital expects to handle about 50 percent more births, said Kathy Podorsek, the hospital’s director of women’s services..

“With the growth in Castle Rock and the volume that we’ve been seeing,” Podorsek said, “we need to have more rooms so that we’re able to keep our moms here on the unit, able to deliver here and keep moms and babies together.”

Now under construction, the expansion will add five labor, delivery, recovery and post-partum (LDPR) suites to the eight that already exist. An additional nurses station also will be added. The project is expected to be complete by December Each new room will have a soaking tub, which coincides with the unit’s goal of crafting a personal birthing experience.

“Parents are really looking for an experience,” said Jacque Northrup, birth concierge and education coordinator. “Here at Castle Rock, we offer a lot of amenities including soaking tubs, aromatherapy, birthing

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balls and the LDBR suites, where a mom labors, delivers, recovers and post-partums all in one room.”

A group of midwives also contract with the hospital to create a proper birthing environment for those patients.

“I think that the care that we give here is exceptional and we are able to personalize the experience to what each mom wants,” Podorsek said. “That’s probably the biggest strength that we have.”

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Rape victims gain a new option for comfort, justice Team at Littleton Adventist Hospital can treat those assaulted and collect evidence

HOW TO GET HELP The Blue Bench is a local rapecrisis center. Call its 24-hour hotline at 303-322-7273 for English, 303329-0031 for Spanish. RELAY Colorado is available for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault recommends these next steps: • Get to a safe place and address medical needs.

• Be patient with yourself and/or your loved one.

• Understand that there are many responses to this traumatic event.

You may experience anxiety, depression, panic attacks, flashbacks, memory loss, rage, numbness or flat affect, sleep disturbances, etc.

• If you choose to go to police, campus security and/or the hospital, you can be accompanied by a friend and/or a victim advocate.

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Imagine you’ve just survived a nightmare and need medical treatment, but when you show up in the emergency room, you’re turned away.

It can happen to rape victims if they go to a hospital that doesn’t have doctors certified to collect evidence.

But it won’t happen at Littleton Adventist Hospital because it has SANE, which stands for sexual assault nurse examiner and provides a seven-member team certified to not only treat victims of sexual assault, but also to collect evidence to turn over to police.

“We’re really passionate about making sure our patients have access to this kind of care when they need it,” said Lauren Brendel, manager of marketing and public relations. “We’re blessed and honored we can offer this program to our community.”

The team, funded by the Littleton Adventist Hospital Foundation, has been operating for nearly a year. It celebrated with a recent open house to get the word out that the program exists. Littleton and the Medical Center of Aurora are the only south-metro hospitals that have such a program, though Littleton Adventist also provides the service for Porter Adventist Hospital.

“The longer the wait time, the less chance the victim is going to continue to cooperate, and they might never cooperate after that,” said Leni Sutton, a forensic nurse heading up the hospital’s SANE program.

In a case where a victim has not called police and decides to transport herself to a hospital without SANE, she might very well be told evidence can’t be collected there, said Sutton. If she doesn’t want pollice involved or the expense of an ambulance, she must either get herself to another hospital that can collect evidence e in case she changes her mind. Or, as often occurs, she may choose not to seek treat-

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Littleton Adventist Hospital’s seven-member team of SANE — sexual assault nurse examiner — provides special care to rape victims and is certified to collect evidence for police.

Because they work with rape cases, they asked their names not be printed. The hospital is one of only two in the area with the program. Courtesy photo ment at all.

“They can work with law enforcement or not,” Sutton said. “It’s very patient-driven, whatever it is they need and feel that they want to do. But sometimes after we see them, they realize somebody believes in them, and they convert and agree to talk to police.”

Although it’s the patient’s decision, Sutton encourages victims to allow a forensic nurse to properly collect evidence as soon as possible.

“Let’s collect the evidence now,” she said. “That way in six months, you won’t have to sit back and wish you had collected it, and now it’s gone.”

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“It’s calmer than the emergency room,” Sutton said, “and a little bit more homey and tucked away.”

SANE nurses also provide pregnancy prevention, STD protection and drug testing in cases where a date-rape drug is suspected.

Her team sees about three victims a week, Sutton said. Three victims they’ve seen in the past year have been male.

“It’s out there, so we really should be talking about it,” she said. “And we really want people to know that it’s not their fault, and they’re going to be believed. We make sure they’re going to be able to move forward in the best way possible.”

One in five women and nearly one in 59 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape. More than one-quarter of women and approximately one in nine men have experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact.

Source: 2014 study by National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statewide: Nearly one in four women living in Colorado report having been raped. When other sexual crimes are added, such as unwanted sexual contact and other types of coercion, that number rises to one in two women and one in four men in Colorado.

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NEWS IN A HURRY Sheriff’s office seeks help identifying suspect On Sept. 16 around 2:24 p.m., the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a man grabbing a woman’s arms while she was walking on the Diamond K trail near Venneford Ranch Road in Highlands Ranch. The woman yelled at the man and pulled away. The man then walked away. Deputies were on scene within three minutes of getting the call.

Although the area was saturated with deputies looking for the man he was not found.

The suspect was described as a white male, fair skin with freckles in his late teens to early 20s. His height is 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-1, weighing between 140-155 pounds, with a medium build. He has brown, bushy hair, with bangs that reach the eyebrows. He was wearing a light gray short-sleeve T-shirt with white words or logo on it and dark gray shorts.

If you have any information, call the sheriff’s office tip line at 303 660-7579.

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and she wasn’t available, there I was,” said Feldman. “That’s when I started getting interested in the victim-assistance field.”

With the department’s blessing, she rounded up some volunteers and started LPD’s first rape-response program. One of those volunteers, Linda Suttle, today heads up Littleton’s victim-advocate program, which evolved from Feldman’s team.

“Nancy is the best,” said Suttle. “She has been instrumental in every piece of legislation for crime victims, including the victim-compensation law and the victim-rights amendment. When Littleton City Council passed the municipal victimcompensation ordinance, Nancy was the first one I called to be on the board that reviews claims from victims of property crimes. She has been an inspiration and a force for victims, and I’m very lucky to consider her my friend.”

Not long after that, Arapahoe County

County’s slash-mulch site open through October Douglas County’s slash-mulch site, at 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock, will remain open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays only in September and October, closing for the season on Oct. 31. New this year is the pine needle drop-off, open on Saturdays only during October. A designated area for pine needles will make it easier to isolate needles from other slash.

Other items accepted at all times include tree branches and shrubbery with a maximum length of 6 feet and maximum diameter of 12 inches. All loads must be covered when they arrive at the site and pine needles must be separated from branches and shrubbery before drop-off.

Items not accepted at any time include appliances, dirt, grass, trash, lumber, rail-

Get rid of expired, unused and unwanted prescriptions Castle Rock will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Drug Take Back Initiative 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26. Bring unused pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medicines to the Castle Rock Police Department, 100 N. Perry St. CRPD now also accepts prescription drugs during regular office hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 100 N. Perry St. Both services are free and anonymous — no questions asked. Some items, however, will not be accepted, including needles, mercury thermometers, oxygen containers, liquid medicines, chemotherapy/radioactive substances, pressurized canisters and illegal drugs.

Prior methods of disposing of unused medicines, such as flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash, pose potential safety, health and environmental hazards. It is important, therefore, to dispose of the drugs properly.

Update on Meadows Parkway bridge On July 20, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began a $1.4 million project along the overpass of Founder’s Parkway over I-25 to improve traffic operations as growth in Castle Rock continues.

The project adds an additional lane to the on-ramp from eastbound Founders Parkway to northbound I-25. Motorists can expect the roadway to be in its final alignment — with new additional lanes open for the northbound I-25 ramp — by the end of September.

During the remainder of the project, motorists can expect various lane closures during overnight hours on eastbound and westbound Founders/Meadows Parkway as final striping is completed. Throughout the rest of construction, two-lane traffic will continue to be maintained during peak travel times. Lane closures will only take place overnight.

In addition to the new ramp lane, the project repaired portions of the roadway, sidewalk and bridge in the area along with new ADA curb ramps for pedestrians.

Sheriff Ed Nelson decided his office needed a program for victims, too, and that Feldman was just the person to have on board. She cofounded that program as well, and both continue strong to this day.

“It was really a new concept at the time,” she said. “Arapahoe County was one of the first ones that handled all types of cases, not just sexual assaults. … Officers weren’t used to working with civilians. When we introduced the victims program, it was just a whole different change of culture. It’s definitely the most challenging job I’ve had, but that made it also the most rewarding.”

Feldman later went back to the DA’s office to continue on her path of advocacy.

While there, she worked with Gallagher and Patty Moschner to build Sungate Child Advocacy Center, now known as SungateKids. It was designed as a safe place for child victims to tell their stories to trained interviewers and to cut down on how many times they had to relive them.

“Bob Gallagher was just a really innovative person,” she said. “With kid sex abuse, they just had to go through so

many interviews. It was endless. He just said, ‘We need to do this.’ ” She finally landed as manager of the office for victim programs in the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, where she was instrumental in finding federal money for assistance of victims in large tragedies like the Aurora theater and Platte Canyon High School shootings.

Although those cases garnered worldwide attention, sometimes the quieter ones were the most haunting. Feldman remembers two in particular, both in Littleton. In the first, a man killed his wife, leaving her body in a Dumpster.

“They had two boys, 19 and 15,” she said. “Their mother was dead and their father was arrested. They were totally parentless. The older one was going to try to take care of the younger one, but he was only 19.”

The other was the 1985 murder of Denise Davenport, a student at the University of Northern Colorado who went missing in February of that year. Her remains were found in the South Platte River that April. Davenport grew up in Littleton and her mother, Carrie, still lived there, so

LPD handled the victim assistance.

“I stayed in contact with Carrie for years,” said Feldman. “That was always hard, especially since it was never solved.

She never really got over it before she died. I was the person she could talk to about it for years and years, when everybody else had gone on.”

With those memories and happier ones, Feldman now looks forward to making more happy ones with her family and, especially, her first granddaughter, 7-month-old Audrey Grace. She might even save a little time for her husband, Ethan, Littleton’s municipal judge.

“In my not unbiased opinion, Nancy has been a pioneer in victim advocacy in Littleton and Arapahoe County and Colorado,” said Judge Feldman. “She has been a most valuable citizen and public servant for our city, county and state. She has had a career that actually matters, that has touched many lives. … It’s interesting how victims’ rights have evolved. Back then, there was no such thing as a domesticviolence case. It was all hidden. The new emphasis on victims has really shined some light on what happens in society.”

host a CPR class from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 26 at Fire Department Headquarters, 300 N. Perry St., Castle Rock. Participants will learn CPR and how to use an AED to earn certification through the American Heart Association. Cost is $40. Call 303-6601066.

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‘Smooth’ start will launch arts series The title “Smooth Operator” tells something about Central City Opera’s selections for the free program scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Littleton United Methodist Church. Think of “Sweeney Todd,” “La Traviata,” “The Music Man,” “Carmen” … The 90-minute program highlights infamous schemers in a program that begins the LUMC Fine Arts series. The church is at 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Information: 303-794-6379.

1970s music Boogie Machine plays hits from the 1970s outdoors at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial, from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Food trucks will be available.

Tie-dye shirts, platform shoes and bell bottoms encouraged. Free. Arapahoelibraries.org.

Mustangs on screen “Unbranded,” an award-winning documentary about four men riding wild mustangs on a 3,000-mile journey from

the Mexican border to the Canadian border, will show at AMC Highlands Ranch 24, 103 Centennial Blvd., on Sept. 25. Information: 303-471-6911.

Opera films coming “Il Trovatore” Sonya Ellingboe

by Guiseppi Verdi opens the season of SONYA’S Metropolitan Opera SAMPLER film presentations in local theaters on Oct. 3 at 11:55 a.m., followed by “Otello.”

Look up schedules at www.fandango. com/denver_+co_movietimes.

Takacs Quartet The world-famous, Colorado-based Takacs Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. They will

play Haydn Quartet op. 74 no. 3, Shastakovich Quartet No. 3 and Dvorak Quartet op. 105 in the Main Stage Theater. Tickets: $41/$37/$33, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Gallery 1261 Small-scale works in multiple genres will fill Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St., Denver from Oct. 2 to 31. The limit is 12 inches by 16 inches in dimension, with pieces ranging from bronze to porcelain to watercolor and oil. An opening reception will be 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 2. Gallery1261. com, 303-571-1261.

Opera on Tuesday Members and guests of the Denver Lyric Opera Guild, which includes many south area residents, will meet for the monthly Opera on Tuesday luncheon and program (CSU Department of Music) at 11 a.m. on Oct. 6 at Denver Country Club, 1700 E. First Ave., Denver. Cost: $35, checks by Oct. 1 to Mary Sharon Wells, 3081 Kendrick St., Golden, CO 80401-

1335, or pay through PayPal: denverlyricoperaguild.org. New members welcome.

Nostalgia Music Group The Nostalgia Music Group, with guests Chuck Pyle, Harry Tufts and Zelda Blu, will perform “Autumn Acoustics 2015” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets: $15 to $22, 303-9877845, www.nostalgiatimemachine.com/ autumn-acoustics-12.html.

‘White Mirror’ Denver’s Public Art Program has commissioned “White Mirror,” a site-specific dance performance for Babi Yar Park, at South Savannah Street and East Yale Avenue. Choreographed by Robert SherMachherndl of Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, it will be performed by Lemon Sponge Cake dancers and Sharon Wehner, principal dancer with Colorado Ballet. Performance will be at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 4. Bring a blanket and picnic.

CURTAIN TIME Sondheim squared “Sondheim on Sondheim,” conceived

by James Lapine, plays Oct. 2 to 25 at Cherry Creek Theatre, Shaver-Ramsey Showroom, 2414 E. Third Ave., Denver.

In addition to songs and music, the show features archival and interview footage with the composer. Pat Payne directs. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $34/$29, cherrycreektheatre.org, 303-800-6578.

‘Mockingbird’ on stage “To Kill a Mockingbird,” adapted by Christopher Sergel from Harper Lee’s novel, is presented Oct. 10 to Nov. 17 by Spotlight Theatre at the John Hand Theater,

7653 E. First Place, Denver. Bernie Cardell directs. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, Oct. 31 (No evening performance on Oct. 31.) Tickets: $19-$22, 720-880-8727, thisisspotlight.com.

High-energy musical “Grease” by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey plays Sept 24 to Oct. 3 in the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre at Metro State’s King Center, Auraria Campus. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Tickets: $20/ students with ID $10 (Metro students free). Tickets: 303-556-2296.

Theatre Or “My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding” by David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff will be presented Oct. 3 to Nov. 8 by Theatre Or at the Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. 1st Ave., Denver (new venue). Richard Pegg of Highlands Ranch is director. Performances: 8 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m.

Sundays. Except for Fridays, the show is co-presented by the Neustadt JAAMM Fest, Mizel Arts and Cultural Center at The Soiled Dove Underground. Tickets: $23-$37, soileddove.com, 303-830-9214.

Evergreen Chorale “Chicago” by Kander and Ebb is pre-

sented by the Evergreen Chorale through Oct. 4 at Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Directed by Tim Kennedy. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $24/$20, 303-674-4002, evergreenchorale. org.

Durang comedy “Miss Witherspoon” by Christopher Durang plays through Sept. 26 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver’s Highlands. Verl Hite directs. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 and 26, $18/$15, bugtheatre.org, 303-477-5977.

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is a new congregation that is open to anyone and everyone who desires a deeper spiritual journey with God and who wishes to live in love with all people. We are excited to join the Lone Tree/Parker Communities and we would love to meet you!

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP Tapestry Church invites you to join us for worship at The Wildlife Experience/CU South at 9:30am on the last Sunday of every month. Our next worship experience will be on September 27th and will immediately be followed by the first in a series of discussions exploring the various World Religions. Come join us for one or both!

MONDAY NIGHTS AT CARIBOU COFFEE – “THE LOOM” Every week at the Caribou Coffee shop on Lincoln Ave (directly across from The Wildlife Experience) Tapestry hosts “The Loom,” a time of friendship and discussion on a wide range of topics that bring our spirtual lives into our everyday. Great Coffee, Great Discussions, Great People.

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Longing to be different and shorting yourself “You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best ‘you’ in existence.” — Zig Ziglar One of the things I have heard from other people throughout my life is that they wish they could be like someone else. I have heard things like, “I wish I was as pretty as she is,” or “I wish that I could play tennis like he can.” Maybe it sounds like this too, “I wish I could sell like she can,” or “I wish I could remember and tell jokes like he can.”

We see and hear it time and time again, don’t we? We see and hear others who want to behave, act, look or sound like someone else. And in their quest to become something or someone that they are not, they completely compromise who they are and sell themselves short on their ability to achieve and receive all that life has to offer.

And it’s not just individuals. We can observe the same thing happen in business and when we watch professional sports as well. Companies see a competitor doing something that on the surface may look like a good idea so they try and emulate or copy their competition, leaving the very foundation that helped build their business and brand. They compromise who they really are by trying to live up to something they are not, and probably do not believe in, either.

Teams or professional athletes that are enjoying success sometimes change their

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game plan based on their opponent. It makes sense to adapt and adjust a little bit to capitalize on strengths and exploit weaknesses, but how many times do we witness a team or athlete overcompensate, make a departure from how they play and how they execute their game plan, only to find themselves playing their opponent’s game and not their own? It usually ends up in an

upset or a loss.

Every one of us has the ability to assess where we are in life and how we are currently going about our personal and professional lives. If a change is necessary to help each one of us achieve a goal or to reach a higher level of success, we can and should certainly make the changes necessary to meet and exceed our goals. But if we are changing just to try and become like someone else, we will never be satisfied and happiness will continue to elude us.

Just stop and think about your own traits, values, and track record of success. You may

sell yourself short, but I would just bet that you have no idea how many people wish they could be just like you too. They wish they had your looks, work ethic, loyalty, capacity to love, ability to forgive, your eye for fashion, commitment to fitness, happiness, calm demeanor, thoughtful insights, listening skills, ability to speak in public, salesmanship, parenting skills or depth of faith.

You see, you don’t have to be anyone else.

You don’t have to compete with anyone else or on anyone else’s level. You don’t have to change your game plan to try and win, you just have to be true to yourself and who you are. Stay in your game, stay within yourself, reaching higher when you are ready and when you decide that you want to reach higher, not because you feel like you have to change to be like someone else or for something else.

How about you? Have you ever felt the need to change who you are and what you are for the sake of someone else or do you stay true to who you are? Either way, I would love to hear your thoughts about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we are true to ourselves it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www. candogo.com.

Tripping over roots on memory lane Autumn is a good time to reminisce.

Bare trees are partly responsible.

Nature is about to doze. It’s not a renewal like spring.

It’s a gentle reminder of time and tide.

In October, seven years ago, my sister and I left our mother and father in Ann Arbor. One under a tree and the other in Michigan Stadium.

Ashes to ashes.

There is not a day — or night, in dreams — that I don’t think about both of them. Memories of each of them are very different.

Our mother was difficult. A “Long Day’s Journey into Night” difficult.

Harry was the opposite. He was a truly warm and kind man.

Our mother, who had been excessively orderly and driven by cleaning everything around her, ended up in diapers, in bed, watching “Cops” all day.

She refused to eat anything. She drank dietary supplements, and thought that was good enough.

She was on the brutal edges of dementia.

Our father was hospitalized for the final six months of his life, progressively having more and more technology attached to his shrinking body.

Nothing now will ever grieve me more than watching him like that.

Indicators in my readership tell me that I am not alone.

Friends often send me obituaries now. Parents and even brothers and sisters.

Mom and dad were like theater masks, one

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frowning and one smiling.

I have some of each in me.

My mother could find a complaint on a sunny day.

My father could make me smile on a cloudy day.

Together they looked like a couple that had been joined by a prankster.

Opposites may attract. At first.

But the oppositions will eventually

take it down.

I was attracted to an opposite. She was most beautiful girl in town. I am not the most beautiful boy in town.

This will give you some idea. Her hair meant everything to her. She colored it and modeled it and chopped it.

One day after a haircut, she cried in the car and asked me to pull over in a residential neighborhood.

One lawn was being watered. She went to a sprinkler and stuck her head in the water.

The true love of my life and I had 999 things in common. The one thing we did not have in common was very important. Children.

Shirley and Harry didn’t seem to have anything in common. Other than Cindy and

Craig.

There is almost nothing more disturbing and strange than the absence of my mother and father.

If it has happened to you, you know.

We moved and moved and moved, but at the end of each move, they were there. Constantly and consistently. Not two other people.

I was lucky.

The “Wednesday’s Child” feature on local news breaks the heart of an old bit of crust.

Me. One boy, I wanted to adopt.

He looked just like I did, except that he had been in one foster home after another.

They have the kids play. This one threw a baseball, and he knew how.

I was a Little League star, and I rode my bike home. To our home, and I never gave it much thought.

I do now.

It was my home, but it was full of impossibilities.

I am difficult. I know that, and I know where it comes from.

But I think I have a sense of humor, and I know where that comes from too.

Someone said, “The leaves are falling like they are in love with the ground.”

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

Scoring the second Republican debate I didn’t watch CNN’s telecast of the Sept.

16 Republican debate because I was there in person.

For some reason — maybe it was my last name — I was able to score three secondrow seats at the Reagan Library for the two debates.

More than 20 million people around the world tuned in, apparently making the threehour debate CNN’s highest-rated show ever.

It was a long night of politics and entertainment. I just hope my fellow conservative Republicans watching on TV saw the same political reality show I did — and learned some lessons.

It’s pretty clear to everyone from Joe Scarborough to The New York Times editorial board that the three big winners were Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio.

All three shined on stage when it came to substance, but Fiorina made herself a national household name overnight.

She was smart, tough, passionate and quick on her feet, proving why she deserves to be on the main stage. She had several big “moments” and demonstrated a phenome-

nal grasp of the issues.

Christie did well, connecting with voters, hitting several questions out of the park and reminding us why he was once a favorite in the 2016 race.

Rubio still looks like he’s in grad school, but he showed he’s done his foreign policy Michael Reagan homework and knows GUEST what makes America great.

COLUMN Meanwhile, the good doctor Ben Carson was a clear loser.

He offered virtually no specifics, had no “moments” and showed that while he’s a nice guy and a great surgeon, the presidency is out of his league.

The biggest loser of the night was Donald Trump, who was as awful in person as he reportedly appeared on millions of splitscreen TVs.

He made crazy faces, offended people, refused to apologize when he should have, spoke in his usual platitudes and never said a substantive sentence.

I heard more than a few groans and complaints from the Republicans sitting behind me.

Most of the other candidates — the governors and others who were not there because of their celebrity — did OK. They didn’t hurt themselves but they didn’t stand out, either.

Jeb Bush did better than last time, which isn’t saying much, but he’s in for the long haul. He’ll do better when there are fewer candidates left and the debates turn more serious.

Scott Walker did better too, though he seemed to disappear sometime late in hour two. Last time I remember seeing him, he was staring at fiery Fiorina and nodding in agreement like a bobblehead.

Ted Cruz was correct on all the issues, but he’s not as likable as Rubio, whose only flaw is he still looks like he’s in grad school.

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Health event set for Inverness is boomer blowout Boom!, a celebration of the upside of aging with Boomers Leading Change in Health, is holding an event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at The Inverness Hotel & Conference Center, 200 Inverness Drive West, off Interstate 25 and Dry Creek Road in Arapahoe County.

Boomers Leading Change in Health is part of a larger, national movement created to provide adults 50-plus with meaningful volunteer opportunities that will enable and empower them to affect significant social change in nine local communities across the United States.

The organization’s mission is to harness the experience, energy and conviction of adults 50-plus to make a difference in the lives of individuals and families across the seven-county Denver metro area by creating healthier, better informed, more confident health-care consumers and improving access to health care for all.

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The Melt is open on 16th Street Mall They had me at Veuve Clicquot.

The Melt, a fast-casual concept that opened Sept. 16 on Champa Street and the 16th Street Mall in Denver, threw a goodtime hearty party last week on the mall’s median that divides the free shuttle buses.

And, yes, the Veuve (as in love) flowed freely.

The Melt, a rapidly growing restaurant chain serving an all-natural, chef-inspired menu of premium burgers, grilled cheese,

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fries, mac ‘n’ cheese, fresh salads and homemade soups along with wine and a selection of locally brewed Colorado beers, now has its second Colorado location with its opening downtown.

Additional restaurants are planned to open across the Front Range in the near future.

For more information, go to www. themelt.com.

Engvall coming to Paramount Bill Engvall will be performing live at Paramount Theatre at 8 p.m. Jan. 30. Ticket prices range from $39.50 to $59.50. A very limited number of VIP tickets for $154 are available, which include a meet and greet.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets can be purchased at AltitudeTickets.com or by phone 303-893-TIXS (303-893-8497).

Engvall is a Grammy nominated, multiplatinum-selling recording artist and one of the top comedians in the country. Most recently, Bill was a contestant on season 17 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” and as a fan favorite, he made it to the finals.

A native of Galveston, Texas, Engvall moved to Dallas and worked as a disc jockey with plans of becoming a teacher.

While in a nightclub one evening, he tried his hand at stand-up comedy and found that making people laugh was truly his

forte. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles and went on to star in the Showtime special, “A Pair of Jokers,” hosted A&E’s Evening at the Improv and appeared on “The Tonight Show” and “Late Show with David Letterman.”

More information is available at www. billengvall.com.

Racines goes for football crowd Racines restaurant at 650 Sherman is celebrating the football season and our home team with a special offer for football fans who want to enjoy the game at Racines on its seven wide-screen high definition televisions.

Guests can choose an entree and beer combo for $10 from two entrees and three beers. The special will be available through the football season from 2 p.m. to close on Sundays; from 5 p.m. until close on Mondays and Thursdays.

Entrees include three chicken parmesan sliders served with fries or a buffalo jalapeño cheddar bratwurst from Denver’s own Continental Sausage, also served with fries.

The three local draught beer choices include Coors Light, New Belgium Fat Tire or Wynkoop B3K Black Lager.

For more information, go to www.racinesrestaurant.com or call the restaurant at 303-595-0418.

Junior League Holiday Mart at DU The Junior League of Denver’s 2015 Mile High Holiday Mart has found a new location at the Gates Field House on the University of Denver campus.

The year’s event takes place from Nov.

13-15. The 36th annual mart features a central location accessible via RTD light rail with ample space, select merchants with high-quality merchandise, and a unique and exclusive shopping experience.

All proceeds support the JLD’s mission of developing women as well as the League’s community focus, improving literacy rates for children birth through third grade in the Denver metro area. Funds raised by events enable the League to provide substantial financial and volunteer support to community partners.

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12. Hope he had a yummy Mexicali salad, my personal fave ... CBS4’s Dr. Dave Hnida visiting with doctors and nurses at Concentra Health downtown on Sept. 16.

Overheard Eavesdropping on a man discussing corporate phrases that wouldn’t work at home: “We need a deep-dive readout with our son’s teacher to drill down on collaborative skills; this is table stakes for his advancement to third grade.”

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at parkerp1953@gmail.com or at 303-619-5209.

Eleven-Mile Reservoir is home to real lunkers

I don’t know of many lakes or reservoirs in the state besides Eleven-Mile Reservoir where you can consistently catch trout ranging from 2 to 5 pounds and where fish over 10 pounds are not just a dream. Rainbow, brown, cutbow, Snake River cutthroat, and northern pike make up the bulk of this cold-water fishery south of Lake George in Colorado’s South Park.

Another species that once thrived here and was prized as table fare is the kokanee salmon. However, these once abundant tackle-busters are rarely being caught these days. Apparently, an infestation of gill lice has sent their numbers plummeting like a bad day on Wall Street.

Eleven-Mile Reservoir trout grow rapidly from the day they are stocked

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Mike Huckabee got in a lick or two, but he’s still beating the drum for his Fair Tax, which everyone except him knows will never go anywhere.

Rand Paul was there, I think. So was Gov. John Kasich. Kasich was Kasich — solid and substantive.

He’s a winner who knows how to govern Ohio sensibly, but he probably should have been included in the preliminary debate with Rick Santorum, George Pataki, Bobby Jindal and Lindsey Graham.

The opening debate, which Graham . stole with his humor and GOP team spirit, was better in some ways because without the 2,000-pound celebrity in the room it was all substance.

I’m concerned about Trump for a lot of reasons. Yet for all the trouble he’s

because of the ideal lake conditions and natural food supply. However, finding and then catching fish in this 3,400-acre reservoir is not always easy, and success rates will vary depending upon techniques, feeding patterns and weather conditions. Knowledge of the lake and the most productive methods can be the difference between a good day on the water or a great day on the water.

Trolling at various depths with typical trout lures and baits is one of the more popular methods, allowing anglers to reach areas of the lake only accessible by boat. Float tubes, wading and casting the shallow coves or just setting up a chair along the shoreline and waiting for a prowling fish to take the bait are other options that can produce big trout.

One of the most productive methods I use is to work a fly, such as a large woolly bugger, over weed beds in six to 10 feet of water. There is nothing like the feel of a powerful fish on the end of your line as it makes a hard run for deep water, sending your drag into overtime. It’s the moment of truth that will push adrenaline levels off the charts.

If trout are not active in the shallows, they can often be found in deeper water.

My largest fish this season was a 27-inch causing the GOP, his celebrity presence is actually doing real conservatives a great favor.

He’s already brought tens of millions of new eyeballs to the debate broadcasts that otherwise would never have been made aware of the existence of candidates like Fiorina or Kasich.

I just hope those millions of viewers saw what I saw at the Reagan Library — that Emperor Trump had no clothes on and most of the other real Republican candidates were well dressed.

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rainbow taken in 20 feet of water by bouncing a Texas rigged woolly bugger just off the bottom with light spinning tackle and 6-pound mono. This technique works well when surface conditions are fairly calm, but when the notorious winds of South Park come a-blowing, heavier

lures are needed to maintain contact with the bottom. Whatever method you use, the key is to have plenty of patience and a line in the water when the bite turns on …

Tony Lane, the former police chief of Castle Rock, is an avid outdoorsman and wildlife photographer.

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‘We’re assisting with the advancement of medical research and training, and bridging a gap between donors and institutions.’

Karl Rexroat, who opened Lone Tree Medical Donation

Whole-body donation a free option that benefits science

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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e’ve all heard touching stories of organ donors nobly saving one life at a time. But what if a way exists for one person to help save all of humanity?

There is, says Karl Rexroat.

In 2011, after 17 years as a funeral director, Rexroat opened Lone Tree Medical Donation at the northwest corner of County Line and Broadway in Littleton. It’s the only locally owned and operated private facility in the area that accepts donations of whole bodies for science.

“For me, personally, even though it’s similar, this is even more fulfilling than being a funeral director,” he says.

“We’re assisting with the advancement of medical research and training, and bridging a gap between donors and institutions.”

The state has accepted whole cadavers under the auspices of the Colorado State Anatomical Board since 1927, when it was created by statute to receive donated bodies for the purpose of education and research.

“Human anatomy is the basis of all medical knowledge and can only be learned by anatomical study,” reads its website. “The giving of one’s body at the time of death for anatomical study is truly a noble and commendable act. It is a gift of inestimable value both now and to future generations.”

But the need is far greater than the demand: Lone Tree processes about 10 cadavers a month, Rexroat says, but turns down many more.

Statistics on whole-body donations are hard to come by. According to Donate Life America, more than 121,000 people were on the waiting list for an organ transplant in 2014.

The average wait time for a trans-

plant organ is seven years, which greatly reduces the survival rate; 21 people on the list die every day.

One reason for that rift, Rexroat says, is large numbers of those registered end up being unable to donate for health reasons. But private companies like his are working to help fill in the gap and let people know there is another option.

The state requires a donor to register specifically for whole-body donation before death. But Lone Tree can accept donations after death from legal next-of-kin. It also accepts bodies of people who registered only as organ donors but ultimately couldn’t have that wish fulfilled because of issues such as communicable diseases or obesity. Lone Tree has fewer limitations on the cadaver’s condition, though it does decline those with communicable diseases like HIV/ AIDS or Ebola.

“We don’t want to put any of our employees, or anybody else down the line, at risk,” donor liaiason Angela Karl Rexroat Hoffman says.

Most bodies received by Lone Tree go to local medical universities to be used in training of future doctors, because tissue must be recovered within eight hours to be useful in many research applications, including cancer.

“It’s one of the uphill battles we have,” Rexroat says. “The decision has to be made very quickly.”

Another benefit to whole-body donation is that it’s free, eliminating funeral or cremation costs. Once the corpse is processed, usually six to eight weeks, Lone Tree sends the remains to Drinkwine Mortuary for cremation. The family then receives them in a rosewood urn, along with two death certificates.

“It’s a good option for families with limited means,” Hoffman says.

“Or they could spend the money on something else, like a headstone or a memorial park bench.”

Rexroat says Lone Tree staff deals with each family the same way he did as a funeral director, with dignity and respect in their hour of bereave-

‘It’s one of the uphill battles we have. The decision has to be made very quickly.’

In 2011, Karl Rexroat opened the area’s only locally owned and operated company formed to accept whole-body donations for medical research and training. Photo by Jennifer Smith

WHOLE BODY RESEARCH Here is a noncomprehensive list of medical research endeavors that whole-body research supports: n Alzheimer’s/Parkinson’s n Dementia n Asthma & COPD n Cystic fibrosis n Heart/Kidney/Liver disease n Arthritis n Cancer n Diabetes n Leukemia n Osteoporosis n Multiple sclerosis n Muscular dystrophy

ment.

Kate Hendren believes they accomplish that.

“I want to thank you so much for the professional way you and your organization handled (her) passing,” she wrote in a note to Lone Tree. “Your thoroughness was much appreciated. I did receive her ashes yesterday and was never expecting such a beautiful cherrywood box to be included.”

Medical students who receive the wisdom the bodies have to offer are also grateful.

“Even though none of us knew

your loved ones before their death, their lives and legacies will live on through each and every single one of us as a result of the nine weeks that we intimately spent with them,” said Alek Blubaum, University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Class of 2018, during the annual Donor Memorial Ceremony the school holds for families. “And even though our anatomy course is said and done, your loved ones continue to live on with us in our hearts and minds, having had the invaluable impact of being our first patients.”

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September 24, 2015

Various ways you can put pumpkins to use Metro Creative Connection

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ew items signal the fall harvest season more than the bright, orange pumpkins that dot fields and liven up displays outside of homes and businesses. Come fall, many pumpkins are turned into grinning jack-o-lanterns just in time for Halloween. But there are many other uses for pumpkins as well.

Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America. Early Native Americans relied on pumpkins as a source of food that helped them survive long winters. Pumpkins could be roasted, baked, boiled, and dried, and they were eaten and used as medicine. Pumpkin blossoms were added to stews. The shells of the pumpkins could be dried and used as eating and storage vessels.

While pumpkins may now be symbolic of Halloween, the following are a handful of additional ways this versatile fruit can be put to use.

Beauty regimen Pumpkins contain a number of essential vitamins and minerals that can help replenish the skin. Pumpkin purée can be mixed with honey, aloe vera gel, olive oil, and a bit of cornmeal to create an exfoliating mask for the face or body. Pumpkin also can be used to rejuvenate dry or tired skin from cold weather.

Honey, pumpkin and yogurt can be mixed together and used to condition hair. Let the mixture sit for 15 to 20 minutes, and then wash it out and shampoo.

Foods and beverages Pumpkin purée is the basis for many tasty, pumpkin-infused treats.

Purée can be used in pies, cakes, muffins, breads, and many additional

foods. Pumpkin purée also may be found in certain beverages, such as smoothies and shakes. A bit of spiced purée may appear as flavoring in teas and coffees.

Roasted pumpkin seeds make a healthy treat. Foodies suggest using the seeds from “sugar pumpkins” or the ones best for making pies. Boil the seeds for a few minutes before draining. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray and put the seeds in a single layer. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Allow to cool and serve.

Pumpkin wines and beers are popular as well. There are many recipes for developing sweet, fermented beverages, which tend to be especially popular in the fall.

The “guts” of the pumpkin can be simmered along with aromatics and other vegetables to create a vegetable stock perfect for soups and broths.

Decorations Pumpkins can also add to one’s home décor during the fall. Pumpkins can be carved for Halloween displays, hollowedout to hold tealights or simply left on tables and used as centerpieces. Larger pumpkins may be used as natural flower pots for mums or other seasonal floral displays. As the Native Americans once did, pumpkins can be hollowed-out and used as bowls to serve favorite soups and dips.

Use a hollowed, small pumpkin as a natural aromatic candle holder. Cut holes in the sides to vent the exhaust. Rub aromatic spices, such as cloves, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and vanilla bean, on the inside of the pumpkin. Insert a beeswax candle in the bottom of the pumpkin and let it send inviting aromas into the air.

Pumpkins are a versatile fruit that can serve many purposes beyond just jack-o-lanterns and pies.

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September 24, 2015

Lone Tree Symphony plans strong season New executive director looks forward to wide range of events

IF YOU GO

The Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra will perform “Planetary Pleasures” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets, $7-$17, Lone Tree Arts Center box office, lonetreeartscenter.org (see map for available seats) or 720-509-1000.

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com As the Lone Tree Symphony looks ahead to a new concert season, it has added energy from a new executive director, Rich Duston, who is eager to reach out more often into the community. Watch for more performances by small ensembles at local events.

Duston, a professional trumpet player as well as arts administrator, said he has some traditional German Oktoberfest music that a brass quartet might play. String ensembles will appear at chamber of commerce events and elsewhere — “in front of as many people as possible!” He looks forward to collaborating with other arts organizations — for example, he plans on a joint concert with the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra next year.

The community orchestra, which started in 2000, has about 50 members. (More at times for a special concert.) Several professional musicians lead string and percussion sections, with the rest being volunteers who love to make music with others.

Duston hopes to visit schools and perhaps do a side-by-side concert in the future. And he plans on family-oriented concerts that will appeal to kids, as well as inviting children up on the stage to inspect instruments (and musicians) face to face.

Coming up soon is an Oct. 2 concert at 7:30 p.m. at Lone Tree Arts Center, with the title “Planetary Pleasures,” geared to carrying an all-ages audience on a space trip. The program will include Holst’s “The Planets,” Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra” and John Williams’ “Star Wars Suite.”

Other plans this season include “Happy Holly Days,” “A Water Wonderland” and “Artistry in Rhythm,” featuring the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s versatile principal timpanist Bill Hill.

Like many orchestras, the LTSO is cur-

Jacinda Bouton conducts the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra, which will perform at Lone Tree Arts Center on Oct. 2. Courtesy photo rently auditioning for the active roster: violin, viola, cello, bass, percussion, piano,” according to its website (although auditions are usually in May and August).

The orchestra rehearses at Cornerstone Church, 9941 Lone Tree Parkway, and per-

forms at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Members may be involved in other careers, but have a strong music background, perhaps starting with early piano lessons and some other instrument through high school and college.

Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; Wednesday, Oct. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Walmart, 2100 Legacy Circle, Elizabeth; Friday, Oct. 16, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Monday, Oct. 19, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Douglas County Government, 301 Wilcox St., Castle Rock (Andrea Marks, 303-660-7446).

Castle Rock Museum, 420 Elbert St. Group and bike tours are available by reservation. Contact 303-814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org Tours are free. Go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

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 space-available basis.

Events ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ Hilarious situations and snappy dialogue are in the forecast for this golden age movie musical that is sure to have you singin’ along with a downpour of unforgettable songs. Parker Arts presents “Singin’ In the Rain” from Friday, Sept.

25, to Sunday, Oct. 11, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and

information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

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, Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Walmart, 11101 S. Parker Road, Parker; Saturday, Sept. 26, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock; Tuesday, Sept. 29, 9:30-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Town of Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker (contact Diane Lewis at 303-841-2332); Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

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WONDERBOUND The Seven Deadly Sins

Oct. 17 and 18

A groundbreaking new collaboration between the Colorado Symphony and the incredible choreography of Wonderbound.

GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS

Opening Night Gala Lone Tree Arts Center celebrates the opening of the 2015-16 season with its opening night gala at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the center.

Gala tickets include access to the pre-show gala dinner and cocktails, tickets to the opening season performance of “Motown to Jersey,” and a champagne/dessert after-party with music and dancing. Single tickets are $150. Cocktail attire, black-tie optional. Reserved sponsored tables of 10 are available for $2,000 by calling 303-9087939. Reservations available now from the Lone Tree Arts Center box office at 720-509-1000 or online at www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Women’s Divorce Workshop The more information and support women have when facing a divorce, the better decisions they can make for themselves and their children, and the more hopeful they are about the future.

Meetings are from 8 a.m. to noon the fourth Saturday of every month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Upcoming meetings are Saturday, Sept. 26; Saturday, Oct. 24; and Saturday, Nov. 28. The mission is to provide education, support and guidance to women. The workshop is affiliated with Second Saturday, founded by non-profit WIFE.org.

Registration may be done at the door, or register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Walking Tour of Historic Castle Rock Join the Castle Rock Historical Society at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, for a walking tour of historic Castle Rock. The 45-minute tour will begin at The Courtyard on Perry Street, between 3rd and 4th streets, and will conclude at the

Olkjer’s Oat Threshing Watch 1916 CASE steam engine and thresher working with draft horse and wagon teams gathering oat bundles at the Olkjer’s Oat Threshing at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, 5 miles south Elbert, off Elbert Road. Signs posted. Smoked pig provided by Running Creek Ranch; bring a potluck dish. Anyone wishing to bring a team and wagon is welcome. Vintage tractors and cars also.

Outback Express A public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275, or the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. Go to http://outbackexpress. tripod.com. To ensure a seat is available on the bus, 24-hour advance reservation is appreciated.

In September, the service schedule includes rides from Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs on Monday, Sept. 28.

Free Legal Clinic A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney is open from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St., Elizabeth. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain processes and procedures for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Help offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Clinics are offered the second Tuesday of each month; future clinics are offered Nov. 10, Dec. 8.

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Ponderosa comes up short in top 10 showdown Visiting Vista Ridge defeats Mustangs 57-35

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Ponderosa needed to play a flawless game to stay with a talented, explosive Vista Ridge football team.

That didn’t happen as the Wolves, ranked fourth in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A poll, beat seventh-ranked Ponderosa 57-35 in a nonleague game Sept.

18 at Sports Authority Stadium.

The Mustangs turned the ball over five times, missed a field goal and yielded 698 yards to the unbeaten visitors from Colo5rado Springs and lost for the first time in three games.

“They’re a good football team,” said y Ponderosa coach Jaron Cohen. “We t needed to play a near-perfect game.”

Key moments Ponderosa converted a Wolves turnover into a 21-18 third quarter lead.

Mustangs’ junior Mikey Thomas returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown to end the third quarter and pulled Pondo back to within 34-28 of Vista Ridge, but the Wolves responded with a 65-yard TD drive and added two more touchdowns before the Mustangs got a consolation score in the closing minute.

Player players/ statistics No question Vista Ridge had the key players as senior quarterback Elway Tubbs completed 27 of 39 passes with one interception for 416 yards and six touchdowns.

Marquez Trunnell hauled in 12 passes from Tubbs for 167 yards and two scores.

Louie Quinones rushed 28 times for 240 yards and a touchdown.

Ponderosa senior quarterback Nick Smith completed 26 of 47 passes for 217 yards and one touchdown; he was also intercepted twice and rushed for one

Ponderosa senior running back Kelton Whitehead has his sights set on a good game during the Sept. 18 match against Vista Ridge.

Whitehead scored two touchdowns in the 57-35 loss to the Wolves. Photo by Jim Benton

touchdown. Senior Kelton Whitehead was the Mustangs’ top rusher with 58 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns; he also caught five passes.

Senior tight end/defensive end Matt Brady had eight receptions for 64 yards and a TD for the Mustangs.

They said it “We’re 2-1, we’re OK,” insisted Cohen.

“We were trying to match up and take away the pass,” added Cohen. “It was a real difficult offense to defend. They had a talented quarterback and three of four receivers that could hurt you. And they

had a good running back. It was a good high school football game.”

Going forward Ponderosa travels to Pueblo Sept. 24 to challenge Pueblo Centennial (0-3) at Dutch Clark Stadium.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

ELIZABETH CARDINALS SOFTBALL Elizabeth 9, Skyview 0 Pitcher Madi Biller threw a shutout with 11 strike outs in the Sept. 17 win against Skyview.

Key performers: Lindsey Hundley had three RBIs, two singles and a double, and stole two bases. Sarah Geislinger also had two stolen bases, three hits and scored two runs.

Elizabeth 16, Englewood 5 Elizabeth had 17 hits in the Sept. 15 win against Englewood.

Key performers: Taylor Schleisman went 3-2 scoring three runs and with an RBI. Junior Adison Bernier hit a double.

BOYS SOCCER Elizabeth 1, Thomas Jefferson 0 Junior Zenaido Guerara scored for Elizabeth in its Sept. 17 nonconference

win against Thomas Jefferson.

Key performers: Goalkeeper Zach Davis had 12 saves.

VOLLEYBALL Elizabeth 3, Skyview 0 Kyla Green had 9 kills and 5 aces in the Sept. 17 conference match against Skyview.

Key performers: Sophomore Callista Moore had four aces and senior Jordan Speicher had seven kills. Alyssa Morgan has 17 assists.

Elizabeth 3, Alameda 0 Autumn Wendler and Alyssa Morgan each had six aces in the Sept. 15 conference win against Alameda.

Key performers: Sophomore Kyla Green and senior Jordan Speicher each had six kills. Wendler also had nine assists.

SIMLA FOOTBALL Merino 20, Simla 6 The Cubs fell at home to the Rams in a nonconference game Sept. 11.

Simla scored its 6 points in the fourth quarter.

Key performers: Simla did not enter any individual player stats.

VOLLEYBALL Simla 3, Peyton 0 The Cubs took all three sets in a conference road match Sept. 18. The third set went 26-24.

Key performers: Simla did not enter stats for the game.

Evangelical Christian 3, Simla 2 The Cubs lost on the road during a

conference match Sept. 15. The fifth set went to the home team, 15-5.

Key performers: Senior Kaitlyn Erickson and sophomore Jerraldawn Rector combined for 26 kills, and freshman Riley Maranville, Erickson and freshman Kegan Hamacher each had 26 digs.

Kiowa 3, Simla 2 The Cubs were beat on the road in a conference game Sept. 10 against the Indians, which took the fifth set 15-7.

Key performers: Sophomore Jerraldawn Rector had 11 kills and 13 digs and freshman Kegan Hamacher notched 18 digs and 7 kills. Senior Chloe Duffy had 23 assists.

ELBERT FOOTBALL Kiowa 40, Elbert 12 The Bulldogs fell at home in a conference game against the Indians Key performers: Quarterback Joel Smith went 5-for-10 for 105 yards, as well as 103 rushing yards and a touchdown. Junior Logan Pumroy had 75 yards receiving and freshman Taylor Dahm had 12 carries for 72 yards.

VOLLEYBALL Elbert 3, Hanover 0 The Bulldogs won in convincing fashion in a home conference match against the Hornets Sept. 18.

Key performers: Junior Emily Pranger had 14 kills and 11 total blocks. Senior Devin Mayer had 10 of the teams 27 digs.

Senior Nycci Dickinson notched 30 assists.

Kiowa 3, Elbert 0 The Bulldogs lost in a nonconference road match Sept. 17. Elbert had 17 points in the second set.

Key performers: Junior Emily Pranger had seven kills and sophomore Mercedez

Boardman-Sells added five. Pranger also had 10 total blocks. Senior Nycci Dickinson had 19 assists.

Elbert 2, Sierra 1 The Bulldogs beat Sierra in a neutral tournament match Sept. 12. Elbert lost the first set, but stormed back to take the second set 25-12.

Key performers: Freshman Casey Cornelius had eight kills and seven digs.

Senior Nycci Dickinson had 32 assists and three aces.

Fountain Valley 2, Elbert 0 The Bulldogs fell against the Danes in a neutral tournament match Sept. 12.

Key performers: Freshman Casey Cornelius had nine kills and six digs. Senior Devin Mayer had 10 digs.

Evangelical Christian 2, Elbert 1 The Bulldogs lost to the Eagles in a neutral tournament match Sept. 12. The Bulldogs took the first set, 25-19.

Key performers: Sophomore Mercedez Boardman-Sells had six kills and five blocks, and senior Nycci Dickinson notched four aces. Senior Devin Mayer successfully received eight serves.

KIOWA INDIANS FOOTBALL Kiowa 40, Elbert 12 Senior Jacob Gabriel threw 150 yards, two touchdown passes and rushed for a touchdown in the Sept. 11 win against Elbert.

Key performers: Wyatt Mcknight rushed for 68 yards with two touchdowns and had a sack. Coleton Wenz led the defense with eight tackles.

Other touchdowns were made by Logan

Link, Tino Armijo and Willie Neighbors.

VOLLEYBALL Elbert 3, Kiowa 0 Kiowa was shut out by Elbert in a Sept. 17 nonconference match at home.

Colorado Springs 3, Kiowa 1 Kiowa fell three games to one to Colorado Springs in the Sept. 15 conference match at home.

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September 24, 2015

‘La Sylphide’ opens Colorado Ballet season Classic work from 1836 returns to Denver

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com “La Sylphide,” a classic ballet dating back to Paris in 1836, will open Colorado Ballet’s season on Oct. 2 at

the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex. It’s been almost 20 years since the company has performed this tale, choreographed by August Bournonville, with music by Herman Severin Lovenskiold.

A young winged sylph discovers young Scotsman James, who is about to marry another, and falls in love with him. He follows her into the forest, while a witch tells his fiancée he

loves the sylph. Drama follows as he pursues the spirit and eventually loses everything.

The performance will have live music by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra and will highlight Principal Dancer Maria Mosina, who, with Sharon Wehner, is celebrating 20 years with the ballet company. (Wehner will be featured in “Alice (in Wonderland)” in February 2016.

IF YOU GO “La Sylphide” will be presented Oct. 2 to 11 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2, 3, 9, 10; 2 p.m. Oct. 3, 4, 11. Tickets: ColoradoBallet. org, 303-339-1630.

Salomess Stars Salome FOR RELEASE WEEK OF SEPT. 21, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Personal matters claim a good deal of the Lamb’s time in the early part of the week. But by midweek, pragmatic considerations (work, school, job-seeking, etc.) begin to take priority.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The seasonal shift ignites the Bovine’s creative aspects. You could do well if you try to combine your penchant for innovation with the more pragmatic demands of the week.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Ideas come easily to you this week. And never mind that some might suggest they’re unworkable and/or impractical. It’s your vision that counts. Work them out and see what turns up.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Personal matters continue to dominate the early part of the week.

By midweek, more workaday issues once again begin to emerge. Balance your time to give both the attention they need.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A new contact could provide an expanded opportunity. But be sure you get all the facts before you consider signing on. Ask questions, and be wary if you don’t get the right answers.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) An unexpected development could cause some supposedly resolved disagreements to reignite. Deal with the situation before it leads to some really serious problems.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A clash of work-linked viewpoints needs to be discussed openly, honestly and calmly by all concerned before it can impede progress on an ongoing project.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The Scorpion’s pragmatic side helps you accept the possibility that a change of plans might be the wise thing to do. Be sure to weigh all your considerations carefully.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Some people might not take no for an answer.

Never mind. Keep your resolve if you’re sure you don’t want to be involved in a potentially sticky situation.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) All other facts and figures aside, it’s what you learn about potential colleagues that can be most helpful in assessing any decisions you’re likely to make regarding a new project.

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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might want to reconsider some of your outside commitments if they continue to demand more time than you can spare. Be honest with yourself when making a decision.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Pay attention to that inner voice of Piscean wisdom counseling you to remove those rose-colored glasses and take an honest look at any decisions you might face this week.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a penchant for persuasion that would make you a fine candidate for a political career.

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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR NONTRIBUTARY DETERMINATION

Lori A. Ellefson Personal Representative 34105 County Road 50.

Simla, CO 80835

Notice is hearby given that LT Environmental, Inc., on behalf of Mustang Creek Operating, LLC, has filed a petition for nontributary determination pursuant to Rule 17.5 of the State Engineer’s Produced Nontributary Ground Water Rules, 2 Code of Colorado Regulations 402-17 for ground water withdrawn to facilitate or permit the mining of minerals through oil and gas wells to be constructed within a geographically delineated area of deep bedrock units as described in the petition.

The Subject Area of the petition includes portions of Elbert, El Paso, and Lincoln counties, Colorado. Colorado regulations require that public notice be given and 30 days be allowed for submittal of comments regarding the petition. The 30 day comment period ends October 25, 2015.

All comments may be submitted to Mr. Matthew Sares via email at matt.sares@state.co.us or via mail at Matthew Sares, Hydrogeological Services, Division of Water Resources, 1313 Sherman St, Room 818, Denver, CO 80203.

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Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Timothy Cameron Ellefson, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2015PR30025

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to or to District Court of Elbert, Colorado on or before January 17, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01563 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: CHRIS & CAROLYN ALLISON You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to A. DENNIS OLIVER the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 22 Township: 10 Range: 59 (TOTAL 0.156 A) Subdivision: MATHESON ADDITION NO. 2 Block: 2 Lot: 13 THRU:-Lot: 16:N 68’, :N 68’, :N68’,:N 68’ and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to A. DENNIS OLIVER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011;

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GLENDA BLACK You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to A. KAY BOOTH the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 14 Township: 10 Range: 59 PAR IN SW4SW4 558' x 78'; 200' x 75'; 58,370 SQ FT (TOTAL 1.340 A) Subdivision: MATHESON TOWN LIMITS Block: ARB Lot: E AND:- Lot: C AND:- LOT: D 37191 BROADWAY AVE and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to A. KAY BOOTH. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011;

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o'clock P.M., on the 28th day of December, A.D. 2015, unless the same has been redeemed.

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED TSC# 2012-01625 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: DELIA S CLARK You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tro lien sale to CAMERON D MEE the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 6 Township: 12 Range: 59 :PAR IN W2 (TOTAL 35.63 A) Subdivision: RURALO and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to CAMERON D MEE.

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of DELIA S CLARK for said year 2011.

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

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That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 6th day of January, A.D.2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Legal Notice No.: 23229 First Publication: September 24, 2015 Last Publication: October 8, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County News

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED TSC# 2012-01532

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of GLENDA BLACK for said year 2011.

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011;

Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County

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That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of CHRIS & CAROLYN ALLISON for said year 2011.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 15th day of September, 2015 A. D.

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estate for the year 2011;

September 24, 2015

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o'clock P.M., on the 28th day of December, A.D.2015, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed. Witness my hand this 1st day of September, 2015 A. D. Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23213 First Publication: September 10, 2015 Last Publication: September 24, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01652 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed,and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: DESTINY VENTURES II LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A. D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to JACK D ENGLAND DOPC the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County

Legal Description: Section: 13 Township: 8 Range: 65Subdivision: RURALO PAR IN SE4NE4:13 8 65 DEED OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT B684 P020 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to JACK D ENGLAND DOPC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011;

Legal Notice No.: 23212 First Publication: September 10, 2015 Last Publication: September 24, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County News

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of DESTINY VENTURES II LLC for said year 2011.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed. Witness my hand this 1st day of September, 2015 A. D.

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED TSC# 2012-01532

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 5th day of January, A.D.2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 5th day of January, A.D.2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 8th day of September, 2015 A. D.

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Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County

Legal Notice No.: 23216 First Publication: September 17, 2015 Last Publication: October 1, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County New Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2011-01485 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: JOHNNIE VAN DUSEN You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 8th day of November A.D. 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRUCE A HASS the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 3 Township: 13 Range: 57 W2SW4 (1/8 INTEREST 80 ACRES TOTAL NET ACRES 10) Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRUCE A HASS. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JOHNNIE VAN DUSEN for said year 2010.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 5th day of January, A.D.2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 8th day of September, 2015 A. D. Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23217 First Publication: September 17, 2015 Last Publication: October 1, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County New

County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to ELBERT COUNTY the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 166839 SERIAL: 1269K MAKE: SIERRA SIZE: 14 X 62 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63

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Legal Notice No.: 23227 First Publication: September 24, 2015 Last Publication: October 8, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01561 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: PATRICIA DIANE PUHL You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to A. DENNIS OLIVER the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: Section: 14 Township: 10 Range: 59 (TOTAL 0.172 A) Subdivision: MATHESON ORIGINAL Block: 2 Lot: 1 AND:-Lot: 2:E50’, :E50’ and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to A. DENNIS OLIVER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011;

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MOBILE HOME AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 6th day of January, A.D. 2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

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Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 15th day of September, 2015 A. D.

STEVEN L MURRAY You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 15th day of November A.D.2007 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to ELBERT COUNTY the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Legal Description: MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 166839 SERIAL: 1269K MAKE: SIERRA SIZE: 14 X 62 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to ELBERT COUNTY. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2006;

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01562

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described and said County Treasurer issued a certiLand, Lot or Premises, and to the Person ficate of purchase therefore to ELBERT in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or COUNTY. That said tax lien sale was Specially Assessed, made to satisfy the delinquent taxes asand to all Persons having an Interest or To said advertise your notices callin303-566-4100 sessed against real estate for public the Title of Record or to the said Premises year 2006; and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: The certificate of purchase was therefore then assigned to RONALD M AND SALLY PATRICIA DIANE PUHL You and each of PIPPIN on September 14, 2015.who paid you are hereby notified that on the 20th all fees and interest thereof. day of November A.D. 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, That said real estate was taxed or spein the State of Colorado, sold at public tax cially assessed in the name(s) of STEVEN lien sale to A. DENNIS OLIVER the followL MURRAY for said year 2006. ing described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: That a Certificate of Ownership will be issued for said real estate to the said Legal Description: Section: 14 TownElbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on ship: 10 Range: 59 (TOTAL 0.189 A) the 19th day of October, A.D.2015, unSubdivision: MATHESON TOWN LIMless the same has been redeemed.

ITS Block: ARB Lot: GPAR BEG AT SE COR OF BLK 2 E 55’ N 150’ W 55’ S Said property may be redeemed from said 150’ sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Certificate of Ownership. Witand said County Treasurer issued a certiness my hand this 14th day of September, ficate of purchase therefore to A. DEN2015 A. D. NIS OLIVER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes asRichard Pettitt sessed against said real estate for the County Treasurer of Elbert County year 2011;

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of PATRICIA DIANE PUHL for said year 2011.

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

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Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23228 First Publication: September 24, 2015 Last Publication: October 8, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2012-01562 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

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That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of PATRICIA DIANE PUHL for said year 2011.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 6th day of January, A.D. 2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 15th day of September, 2015 A. D. Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23230 First Publication: September 24, 2015 Last Publication: October 8, 2015 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2011-01406

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

FARMER BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 8th day of November A.D. 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to CAMERON D MEE the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

Legal Description: Section: 18 Township: 8 Range: 64Subdivision: ELIZABETH KLOUSER ANNEXATION, Subdivision: ELIZABETH PHILLIPS ADDITION Block: 13 Lot: 2 THRU:- Lot: 6PARCEL A DESC IN B575 P391 444 S MAIN ST

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to CAMERON D MEE. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010;

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of FARMER BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT LLC for said year 2010.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Elbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 6th day of January, A.D. 2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 15th day of September, 2015 A. D.

Said property may be redeemed from said Notice is hearby given that LT Environsale at any time prior to the actual execumental, Inc., on behalf of Mustang Creek tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my Operating, LLC, has filed a petition for hand this 8th day of September, 2015 A. nontributary determination pursuant to To Every Person in Actual Possession or Richard Pettitt D. Rule 17.5 of the State Engineer’s ProOccupancy of the hereinafter Described County Treasurer of Elbert County The certificate of purchase was therefore duced Nontributary Ground Water Rules, Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person then assigned to RONALD M AND SALLY in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or PATRICIA DIANE PUHL You and each of Richard Pettitt 2 Code of Colorado Regulations 402-17 Legal Notice No.: 23231 PIPPIN on September 14, 2015.who paid Specially Assessed, and to all Persons for ground water withdrawn to facilitate or you are hereby notified that on the 20th County Treasurer of Elbert County First Publication: September 24, 2015 all fees and interest thereof. having an Interest or Title of Record in or permit the mining of minerals through oil day of November A.D. 2012 the then Last Publication: October 8, 2015 to the said Premises and To Whom It may and gas wells to be constructed within a County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, Legal Notice No.: 23216 Publisher: The Elbert County News That said real estate was taxed or spegeographically delineated area of deep Concern, and more especially to: in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax First Publication: September 17, 2015 cially assessed in the name(s) of STEVEN bedrock units as described in the petition. lien sale to A. DENNIS OLIVER the followLast Publication: October 1, 2015 L MURRAY for said year 2006.

The Subject Area of the petition includes GLENDA BLACK You and each of you ing described real estate situate in the Publisher: The Elbert County New portions of Elbert, El Paso, and Lincoln are hereby notified that on the 20th day of County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: That a Certificate of Ownership will be counties, Colorado. Colorado regulations November A.D. 2012 the then County issued for said real estate to the said require that public notice be given and 30 Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the Legal Description: Section: 14 TownElbert County at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on days be allowed for submittal of comState of Colorado, sold at public tax lien ship: 10 Range: 59 (TOTAL 0.189 A) the 19th day of October, A.D.2015, unments regarding the petition. The 30 day sale to A. KAY BOOTH the following deSubdivision: MATHESON TOWN LIMPublic Notice less the same has been redeemed. comment period ends October 25, 2015. scribed real estate situate in the County of ITS Block: ARB Lot: GPAR BEG AT All comments may be submitted to Mr. Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: SE COR OF BLK 2 E 55’ N 150’ W 55’ S PaymeNts for PublicatioN august 2015 Said property may be redeemed from said Matthew Sares via email at 150’ geNeral fuNd $332,049.48 cTSI VoLUNTEER KaLI $36.96 RobERT RoWLaNd REIMbURSEMENTS $33.00 sale bENSoN at any time prior to theREIMbURSEMENTS actual execumatt.sares@state.co.us or via 010 mail at MatLegal Description: health fuNd 015 $9,910.30 INSURaNcE oPERaTINg ExPENSE $198.80 KELLEY SHEILa g.

REIMbURSEMENTS RobS SEPTIc SVc coNTRacT SERVIcES $1,800.00 tion of said Certificate of Ownership.

Witthew Sares, Hydrogeological Services, DiSection: 14 Township: 10 Range: 59 and said$1,382.70 County Treasurer issued a certiroad & bridge fuNd 020 $164,651.96 cUMMINS RKY MTN oPERaTINg ExPENSE $1,300.00 KIM ESTES FaIR jUdgE $75.00 RocK PaRTS co oPERaTINg ExPENSE $5,350.88 ness my hand this 14th day of September, vision of Water Resources, 1313 SherPAR IN SW4SW4 558' x 78'; 200' x 75'; ficate of purchase therefore to A. DENsales & use fuNd daN caRPENTER REIMbURSEMENTS $209.11 KIMbaLL SHoP SUPPLIES $1,352.15 RKYtax MTN SPRINg & SUSP. oPERaTINg ExPENSE $236.19 2015 A. MIdWEST D. man St, Room 818, Denver, 025 CO 80203.

58,370 SQ$1,450.00 FT NIS OLIVER. That said lien sale was lea fuNd petition as well040 $1,795.95 daNa HERRERa REIMbURSEMENTS $75.81 KIoWa SToRagE oPERaTINg ExPENSE $60.00the delinquent Rod WILSoN coNTRacT SERVIcES $100.00 The complete as all sup(TOTAL 1.340 A) Subdivision: MATHmade to satisfy taxes ashumaN services fuNd 050 $22,402.43 daNS TRaSH TRaSH $1,415.00 KIoWa WaTER & WaSTE WaTER FoR RoadS $6,147.31 RoSE MaRY LogRIE FaIR jUdgE $82.70 Richard Pettitt porting technical ESON TOWN LIMITS Block: ARB Lot: E sessed against real estate for theLUbE aUTo REP & MaINT imPact fuNd documentation 085 is avail$37,259.69 daRcYE INHULSoN coNTRacT SERVIcES $360.00 KIRbY bREFIELd adVERTISINg $250.00 saidRUNNINg cR QUIcK $368.01 County Treasurer of Elbert County able for viewing attrust AND:- Lot: C AND:- LOT: D year 2011; coNservatioN daRLENE NEMNIcH FaIR jUdgE $138.00 KoIS bRoTHERS EQUIP oPERaTINg ExPENSE $1,888.73 SaFE bUILT coNTRacT SERVIcES $22,051.11 http://www.ltftp.com/mustangcreek/petifuNd 090 $5,855.04 daVE joLLY FaIR jUdgE $104.75 KYLE FENNER REIMbURSEMENTS $300.10 SaM’S cLUb oPERaTINg ExPENSE $37.49 Legal Notice No.: tion/Petition.pdf.

37191 BROADWAY AVE real estateSaNdRa was taxed or spedEbbIE WRIgHT FaIR jUdgE $332.75 L.g.

PRINTINg co 23227 oFFIcE SUPPLIES That said$205.75 HaWMaN FaIR jUdgE $99.50 First Publication: 24, jUdgE 2015 cially assessed name(s)coNSTRUcTIoN of PATRItotal all fuNds $575,374.85 dEbRa SaMHoURI, dVM FaIR VET $200.00 LajEaN caMPIoN SeptemberFaIR $149.90in theScHMIdT oPERaTINg ExPENSE $56,041.58 Last Publication: October 8,FaIR 2015jUdgE CIA DIANE PUHL forSHaRoN said year 2011.

Legal Notice No.: 23218 and said County Treasurer issued dEEP RocKa certiSHoP SUPPLIES $8.45 LaRRY QUEEN $143.05 LoNER FaIR jUdgE $96.35 Publisher: The Elbert County News First Publication: September 17, 2015 ficate of purchase to VaHLINg A. KAY Name descriPtioN amouNt therefore dELbERT FaIR jUdgE $200.00 LaRRY RoSS REIMbURSEMENTS $192.50 SHaWN caRPENTER REIMbURSEMENTS $40.66 That a Treasurer’s will bePRINTINg issued for Last Publication: September 24, 2015 BOOTH. That said tax lien sale was made SaLES aSPHaLT REPaIR dENVER INdUSTRIaL $636.16 LEESa MccUE FaIR jUdgE $107.20 Deed SPRadLIN PRINTINg $65.00 said real$2,959.64 estate to theSTadIUM said Elbert Publisher: Elbert County News to satisfy the delinquentdjtaxes assessed 4 RIVERSThe EQUIPMENT oPERaTINg ExPENSE $2,001.04 PETRoLEUM FUEL $27,712.05 LEgacY TELEdaTa SVc oPERaTINg ExPENSE aUToCounty PaRTS aUTo REP & MaINT $75.00 on the adVaNTagE 6th day of against said$8,517.50 real estate dRIVE for theTRaIN year 2011; a & E TIRE oPERaTINg ExPENSE INdUSTRIES EQUIPMENT PaRTS $4,543.81 LEgaL SHIELd PaYRoLL PaYabLE at 3:00 o’clock $540.05P.M.,STaPLES oPERaTINg ExPENSE $818.37 2016, unless theco same has aa PEST PaTRoL gRoUNdS MaINTENaNcE $180.00 dUNRIgHT WELdINg oPERaTINg ExPENSE $85.00 LESLIE SMITH REIMbURSEMENTS January, A.D. $300.00 STaTE oF oPERaTINg ExPENSE $5,422.24 That said real estate was adVaNcEd QUaLITY aUTo aUTo REP & MaINT $2,110.21 E470taxed or speTRaVEL $3.15 LEWaN & aSSocIaTES, . coPIER ExPENSE been redeemed. $30.00 STaTE WIRE & TERMINaL oPERaTINg ExPENSE $270.54 cially assessed in the EaSTcENTRaL name(s) of GLaFd PaVEMENT MaRKINg oPERaTINg ExPENSE $28,033.44 coUNcIL dUES $4,500.00 LINcoLN cTY dEPT oF H/S IV-E WaIVER ExPENdITURE $409.23 STERIcYcLE oPERaTINg ExPENSE $473.73 ENDA BLACK for saidEdyear 2011.

Said property may beSToNE redeemed from said aFLac PaYRoLL PaYabLE $2,005.07 joHN FaIR jUdgE $174.50 LINda RoPER FaIR jUdgE $138.35 oIL co FUEL $15,712.75 time priorSUNdaNcE to the actual execuagaTE MUTUaL TELEPHoNE PHoNE $26.39 EIdE baILLY FINaNcIaL $4,445.00 LoRENE dENSoN REIMbURSEMENTS sale at any $100.80 PRINTINg adVERTISINg $237.60 That a Treasurer's will be issued tion of said $87.25 Treasurer’s Deed. Witness agaTE WaTER aSSoc. WaTER $29.50DeedEL PaSo cTY for aUToPSIES $6,750.00 LYNda dIRKSE FaIR jUdgE SUZaNNE SNIdER my FaIR jUdgE $108.25 to the said Elbert County hand this $108.00 15th day ofSWEEP September, 2015 A. aIRgaS INTMTN SHoP SUPPLIES said real estate $940.73 ELaINE NoEL FaIR jUdgE $83.40 M-PacT aPPaREL UNIFoRMS STaKES UNLIMITEd PRoFESSIoNaL SERVIcE $50.00 aLL accESS bUILdINg REPaIRS $4,274.42 cTYday coMM oPERaTINg ExPENSE $350.00 MaRK bRENNEMaN FaIR jUdgE $99.40 SYSco Food SVcS PRISoNER MEaLS $4,629.75 at 3:00 o'clock P.M., onELbERT the 28th of aTHY D. aMbER FELMLEE FaIR jUdgE $94.25 Road & bRIdgE gaSoLINE $9,171.47 MaRTIN MaRIETTa oPERaTINg ExPENSE $10,637.82 TaMMI ScHNEIdER adVERTISINg $2,983.55 December, A.D. 2015, ELbERT unless cTY the same aNgELa MaNNIcK FaIR jUdgE $462.25 ELbERT cTY SHERIFF PoSSE Fb EVENTS oTHER $200.00 MaTT LEWIS FaIR jUdgE $423.20 TESSa bREWER FaIR jUdgE $114.90 has been redeemed.

Richard Pettitt aRaPaHoE HEaTINg bUILdINg REPaIRS $905.33 ELbERT cTY TREaSURER gaSoLINE $2,339.32 MaTT MaRTINIcH coNTRacT SERVIcES $391.00 ofTHE LIgHTHoUSE EQUIPMENT PaRTS $140.00 County Treasurer Elbert County aUTo gLaSS gUYS aUTo REP & MaINT $200.00 ELIZabETH cHaIN SaW EQUIPMENT REPaIRS $40.00 MaUREEN bERgENFELd FaIR jUdgE $106.85 THIMgaN INc. coNTRacT SERVIcES $29,000.00 Said property may be redeemed from said baNK oF THE WEST oPERaTINg ExPENSE FIRE dEPT oPERaTINg ExPENSE $150.00 McaFEE INc. NETWoRK $363.78 THoMaS REUTERS coNTRacT SERVIcES $103.50 sale at any $5,280.39 time prior to ELIZabETH the actual execuLegal Notice No.: 23230 baRbIE gaRNETT FaIR jUdgE $178.20 ENERTIa coNSULTINg gR PRoFESSIoNaL SERVIcE $1,450.00 Mcc&LES INTLL TRUcKS oPERaTINg ExPENSE $4,105.00 September TIFFaNY24, HERMES REIMbURSEMENTS $120.24 tion of said Treasurer's Deed.

Witness my First Publication: 2015 baRT gREER REIMbURSEMENTS FaIR PoINT2015 coMM PHoNE $252.03 MEdVEd EQUIPMENT PaRTS Last Publication: $16.05October Todd coNTRacT SERVIcES $200.00 hand this 1st$290.00 day of September, A. 8,PEdERSoN 2015 bENdER MENdERS aUTo REP & MaINT $281.95 FRoNT RaNgE KUboTa EQUIPMENT PaRTS $83.16 MgT oF aMERIca oPERaTINg ExPENSE $5,680.00 ToWN oF SIMLa WaTER $81.55 D. Publisher: The Elbert County News bEST coNSELINg coNTRacT SERVIcES $60.00 FRoNTIER bUSINESS PRod. coPIER ExPENSE $1,692.87 MHc KENWoRTH oTHER FLUIdS $1,949.00 TRaNSWEST TRUcKS EQUIPMENT PaRTS $207.47 bILLIE MILLS REIMbURSEMENTS $171.36 FRoNTIER coMM. coPIER ExPENSE $506.64 MINES & aSSoc oTHER bENEFITS $280.78 TRENa SMITH TRaVEL $14.00 Richard Pettitt bLacK HILLS ENERgY NaTURaL gaS County Treasurer $799.77of Elbert FRoNTLINE bUILdINg REPaIRS $601.00 MoUNTaIN VIEW ELEc ELEcTRIc $354.18 TRI cTY HEaLTH dEPT. oPERaTINg ExPENSE $7,753.15 CountySEcURITY bLUE TaRP FINaNcIaL oPERaTINg ExPENSE $391.73 g & K SVcS UNIFoRMS $81.10 NaTIoNaL RIFLE aSSoc. TRaININg $1,785.00 TRUcKHUggER oPERaTINg ExPENSE $864.69 bRENda KWaNg FaIR jUdgE $94.18 oPERaTINg ExPENSE $559.92 NExTEL coMM TELEPHoNE $2,804.63 TRUE VaLUE HaRdWaRE SIgNS $697.59 Legal Notice No.: 23213 g NEIL bRITTNEY caRPENTER REIMbURSEMENTS $600.00 gabRIEL jUVERa coNST. bUILdINg REPaIRS $2,130.36 NILEx REcLaMaTIoN $1,176.00 TYLER HodgSoN FaIR jUdgE $419.30 First Publication: September 10, 2015 bUILd a SIgN oPERaTINg ExPENSE $616.00 gcR TIRE cENTERS TIRES $1,030.84 NITV FEdERaL SVcS TRaININg $1,690.00 TYLER TEcHNoLogIES oPERaTINg ExPENSE $16,162.00 Last Publication: September 24, 2015 caRoL EgbERT FaIR jUdgE $198.30 gREaT WEST LIFE & aNNUITY PaYRoLL PaYabLE $53,048.68 oFFIcE FoR LESS oFFIcE FURNITURE & EQUIP $4,500.00 UPS oPERaTINg ExPENSE $15.88 Publisher: The Elbert County News caRoLYN bURgENER oPERaTINg ExPENSE $200.00 gREENLEES PRo aUTo caRE aUTo REP & MaINT $484.25 PaMELa Y WaLSH FaIR jUdgE $75.00 UTILITY LocaTES oF co, . UTILITIES $180.00 cENTURYLINK TELEPHoNE $407.50 HaREST KENNEL dog coNTRoL $126.00 PaRKER PoRT-a-PoTTY . EQUIPMENT RENTaL S/T $227.00 VERIZoN WIRELESS TELEPHoNE $1,970.30 cHEMTox oPERaTINg ExPENSE $795.00 HaRboR FREIgHT TooLS EQUIPMENT PaRTS $257.00 PaRTMaSTER EQUIPMENT UNdER $5,000 $518.55 WadE gaTELY REIMbURSEMENTS $188.56 cHIEF SUPPLY oRaTIoN oPERaTINg ExPENSE $180.46 HaYdEE ULLRIcH FaIR jUdgE $103.20 PaT c&ELaRIa FaIR jUdgE $86.20 WagNER EQUIPMENT co EQUIPMENT PaRTS $352.48 cHRISTINE M PRIcE FaIR jUdgE $208.85 HoME dEPoT cREdIT SVc bUILdINg REPaIRS $81.85 PaUL aRNoLd coNTRacT SERVIcES $2,590.00 WHISLER INdUSTRIaL SUPPLY EQUIPMENT PaRTS $476.08 cLaY caRLSoN FaIR jUdgE $403.95 HoNNEN EQUIPMENT co EQUIPMENT PaRTS $2,589.92 PERRY bREWER FaIR jUdgE $114.90 WITT boYS oPERaTINg ExPENSE $1,695.67 cbI oPERaTINg ExPENSE $118.50 ILENE aLLISoN gRaVEL $266.50 PoTESTIo bRoTHERS bLadES, TEETH $658.33 WoodRoW d. SMITH VET FEES $400.00 co coMMUNITY adVERTISINg $298.25 INTEgRaTEd ELEcTRIc oPERaTINg ExPENSE $3,900.00 PoWER EQUIPMENT co oPERaTINg ExPENSE $5,422.00 xERox oRaTIoN coPIER ExPENSE $2,077.73 co dEPT oF HEaLTH oPERaTINg ExPENSE $343.50 IREa UTILITIES $8,233.59 PoWER MoTIVE EQUIPMENT REPaIRS & MaINT. $113.52 Y TIME coNTRacT SERVIcES $63.10 co dEPT oF REVENUE coNTRacT SERVIcES $43.00 ISToNISH SoFTWaRE SUPPoRT $2,376.00 PoYSTI & adaMS FINaNcIaL $1,786.79 ZEE MEdIcaL SaFETY SUPPLIES $106.85 co HEaLTH SVcS coNTRacT SERVIcES $95.00 jacKIE HEIN FaIR jUdgE $182.90 PRo ag SoLUTIoNS oPERaTINg ExPENSE $2,003.60 co MoSQUITo coNTRoL oPERaTINg ExPENSE $400.00 dHS cLIENT dHS cLIENT $122.56 PRoFoRMaNcE aPPaREL UNIFoRMS $84.00 PUREWaTER dYNaMIcS SHoP SUPPLIES $100.00 cSU oPERaTINg ExPENSE $6,650.00 jERRI SPEaR REIMbURSEMENTS $62.50 $273.15 QUILL oRaTIoN oFFIcE SUPPLIES $53.98 coMcaST oPERaTINg ExPENSE $433.14 jodY RoSNIK FaIR jUdgE legal Notice No.: 23226 joE jULIaN FaIR jUdgE $92.50 RaLPH HINToN FaIR jUdgE $346.55 coMMUNITY MEdIa oF co adVERTISINg $73.00 first Publication: september 24, 2015 joHN dEERE FINaNcIaL bUILdINg REPaIRS $19.98 RaYLENE oWEN FaIR jUdgE $110.50 coRPoRaTE bILLINgS EQUIPMENT PaRTS $2,723.19 joHN HEIKKILa dVM FaIR VET $200.00 RHoMaR INdUSTRIES bRIdgE REPaIR $858.44 cTY HEaLTH PooL PaYRoLL PaYabLE $98,847.46 last Publication: september 24, 2015 jUdY baRTH FaIR jUdgE $228.75 RIcH cLaWSoN coNTRacT SERVIcES $8,475.00 cTY SHERIFFS oF co TRaININg $100.00 Publisher: elbert county News jUdY gLaSER FaIR jUdgE $79.90 RobERT L FagER EQUIPMENT RENTaL S/T $195.00 cREdIT UNIoN oF co FEES $33.80

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