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Development will be under special districts Six entities will be responsible for financing, management of Independence community Elizabeth senior Reece Ullery (31) pulls away from a would-be tackler during the Sept. 14 non-league football game against Bishop Machebeuf. Ullery gained 112 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Cardinals won the game, 41-0.

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While the offense was in high gear, the defense added to the Cardinals’ score. The defense put points on the scoreboard with 5:12 left in the first half when the Buffaloes set up to punt from near their own goal line. The snap was low and as the Machebeuf team was scrambling to try to scoop up the ball, Cardinals defenders tackled him in the end zone for a safety to help Elizabeth build a 27-0 lead at halftime.

Approximately 18 months from now, the first homes will be available for move-in at the new Independence community in Elbert County, according to Tim Craft, principal of the developer, Craft Companies. When completed, the community will include 920 single-family homes, a water resource and recycling plant and a school.

All of the development will be financed and managed by special districts. Special districts in Colorado are political subdivisions of the state, and were created to fill the gaps that may exist in the services counties provide and the services the residents may desire, according to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs.

“Special districts were formed for governance and financing,” said Joe McConnell with the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. “There are currently 2,287 special districts, and 1,659 metropolitan districts in Colorado.”

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Cardinals rack up a big win Elizabeth plays dominating home game against Buffaloes

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Elizabeth High School football team played at home Sept.

14 and gave their fans a lot to cheer

about as they scored first and often, posting a 41-0 non-league win over Bishop Machebeuf.

The Cardinals set the tone for the night as they scored on their first possession of the initial quarter on a long run by Reece Ullery.

In the second quarter, Reece scored a pair of touchdowns, Dalton Hitt took the ball into the end zone and Elizabeth’s third touchdown of the quarter was scored by Ryan Schmidt.

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MuckFest is proof that grime does pay Muddy mess raises funds for fight against multiple sclerosis

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The eighth annual Denver MuckFest MS fun run brought thousands to Parker’s Salisbury Park to run, dive and roll around in the mud for charity on Sept. 15.

The 2018 muddy fun run came to Parker for the third straight year in its Colorado history. Mounds of dirt and gallons of water were on hand to provide as much muck as possible for the eager participants.

“It’s an event that everybody can do alongside people living with MS,” said Jim Hennessey, the MuckFest MS national marketing director.

“And it turns into a general party. People will help each other, they’ll laugh at each other in good humor. It just becomes a lot of fun.”

The event raised money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a charity for MS awareness and research. MuckFest is put on by a group that travels place to place across the country for mud runs like the one at Salisbury. The mess is set up and cleared within two days of the event, with not a dollop of muck left behind.

The Denver MuckFest raised $183,987.14, which stays in Colorado.

Courtney Hudnall came out to MuckFest for her fourth year. Hudnall has been diagnosed with MS. “I just like playing in the mud,” she said. This year, Hudnall’s family flew in from Oregon to join Hudnall in getting muddy.

“It’s actually a really good time for me to have my support network with me, and it’s just a good time to encourage each other and build rapport with other people in the community,” Hudnall said.

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Muckfest participants fling mud on a fellow runner to kick off their course full of muddy and unusual obstacles.

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Runners in the 2018 Muckfest in Parker run (or slip) out of the gates to begin their 5K muddy run of odd obstacles. stacles, designed to get the runners as muddy as possible, were laid out along the north end of Salisbury Park.

From a giant inflatable yoga ball forest to a zipline with a muddy destination, there was no shortage of chances for the runners to get dirty.

For a group of co-workers from Jeppesen, an aerospace informational company

headquartered in Inverness, the mud brought them closer together. More than 70 Jeppesen employees made the run.

“Having the entire company coming together and helping each other get through it is a great experience,” said Amelia Cerbin.

Her co-worker, Jamie Arthur, chimed in: “We’re thicker than mud.”

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FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

While the Elizabeth team was in high gear, the Cardinals defense made positive yardage hard to come by for Machebeuf. The Elizabeth defenders kept the Buffalo attack in check so well that Bishop Machebeuf was never able to mount a serious scoring threat.

“We needed this win. It is big for our kids to get this decisive win after losing our first two games of the season,” Cardinals Coach Mike Zoesch said after the game. “We are a running team and we have a misdirection run we thought would work well against them. That play did work well for us, but of course, everything starts up front, and our linemen did great job opening holes for our runners and getting down field to provide additional blocking for the guys with the ball. We also have guys carrying the ball with good speed who can capitalize on the openings the blockers provided.”

He said a lot of kids got to see varsity playing time in the game which is good for the program, helping prepare the kids who are

Defenders Abram Leonard (51) and Koby Ullery (8) sack the Bishop Machebeuf quarterback for a loss during the Cardinals non-league football game. Elizabeth’s defense kept the Buffaloes offense in check as the Cardinals won the game, 41-0.

TOM MUNDS reserves when they get to play in a varsity game. He said he appreciates the fan support and the fact that the sizable contingent of Cardinal supporters cheered

loudly for their team.

Reece Ullery was the leading rusher for the Cardinals as he carried the ball 12 times for 112 yards and scored two touchdowns.

“I think we executed better tonight than our first two games and I also feel we played with more intensity tonight,” he said.

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tonight was everyone was doing their jobs so we could execute our plays. The offensive line made great blocks to give all our guys carrying the ball the openings so we could gain yardage. They had two defensive linemen on one side of our center so we attacked that side hard. Defensively our guys were great. They were all over the place and kept Bishop Machebeuf ’s offense from getting their game going.”

He said the win is important for the team as they move forward in the season.

“It feels great to know we can compete with highranked teams,” he said.

“This game meant a lot to us. We know we had to go out and do our best and I feel we did that tonight.

Personally it makes me feel good that I was able to do what I could to help our team accomplish this win.”

The win over Bishop Machebeuf raises the Cardinal record to 1-2 in non-league play. They were to wrap up non-league play Sept. 21 on the road against 1-3 Summit. The Cardinals then return home Sept. 28 for their first league game of the season at home against Manitou Springs, a team that was 1-2 after last week’s 42-7 loss to Faith Christian.

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DISTRICTS FROM PAGE 1

Six special districts have been created for the Independence community, including four metropolitan districts (infrastructure districts), the overlay metropolitan district, as well as the water and sanitation district, all of which are addressed as the Independence Metropolitan District collectively. The Independence Metropolitan District will not provide emergency medical or fire protection services.

According to the service plan submitted by Craft Companies, which received approval from the state, local planning

commissioners and the Elbert County commissioners, improvements the district makes “are intended to be for the use and benefit of all of the taxpayers, residents and owners of real property within the district boundaries.”

Independence Metropolitan District will be responsible for streets, water, sanitary sewer, traffic and safety controls, street lighting, parks and recreation, landscaping and storm drainage facilities.

The infrastructure districts will finance the acquisition, construction and installation of the improvements, while the overlay district will own, operate and maintain certain public park, recreation, open space and

landscaping improvements, and provide covenant design control, review and enforcement services within the boundaries of the districts.

A water and resource recycling plant will be built in the community, which will be financed through the water district.

Details of funding The Independence Metropolitan District service plan states that “the district intends to rely primarily upon developer advances, until such time as it includes a portion of the inclusion property into its boundaries.”

After the development has reached that stage, the district will also “receive revenue from an ad valorem mill levy upon

all taxable property in the districts as a primary source of revenue for repayment of debt service and for operations and administration purposes. The district may also receive interest income derived from the reinvestment of construction funds, capitalized interest or annual tax receipts, and specific ownership tax revenues.

“The district will also be authorized to establish a system of fees, rates, tolls, charges and penalties, in accordance with the act, to generate revenues for the payment of debt service and operating costs.”

Districts will hold elections Each district will be governed by five elected board members.

Board members are elected by

“eligible electors” within the district, both of whom must live within the district. An initial board of directors currently exists for each district, on which Craft serves.

As Independence is built out, and homeowners move into the development, buyers become “eligible electors” within the Independence Metropolitan District, as well as new property owners. All electors are eligible to run for a seat on the board, as long as they are a resident or property owner, according to McConnell.

Every special district is required to have an election, held in May of even years. Only eligible electors of the district can run.

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Virtual reality offers way to defeat phobias High-tech therapy gives hope to people who battle crippling fears

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Dick Tracey didn’t have to visit a tall building to get over his fear of heights. He put on a virtual reality headset.

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Unaffiliated voters on rise, but impact unclear Eyes are on Colorado voters who shun party registration

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado’s status as a “purple” state often gets tossed about, and in the battle to tilt the state to Republicans’ and Democrats’ liking, unaffiliated voters are caught in a tug-of-war.

Just how mixed the electorate really is sparks debate in a state that voted for Democrats in the last three presidential elections but where support for President Donald Trump has been high among Republicans. Statewide, active registered Democrats have inched past Republicans, compared to this time two years ago. Democrats now lead with about 994,000 voters to Republicans’ 973,000, whereas the GOP held onto a 3,000-voter lead over Democrats in 2016.

But in the 2018 midterm elections, unaffiliated voters — those who don’t officially identify with a political party — are in high demand, viewed as having the potential to blur the red and blue lines. Unaffiliateds account for roughly 1.21 million of Colorado’s active voters, or 37 percent of the total.

“When you talk to people, nobody’s quite sure what the turnout is going to be this year — that’s part of why there’s so much focus on the unaffiliated voters,” said Matt Crane, Arapahoe County’s clerk and recorder, who oversees elections there.

In a time of increasingly polarized national politics — and even a strongly divided state climate — unaffiliated voters have grown as a group

over the last decade, overtaking both major parties as the state’s largest voting bloc.

But don’t count them all as true independents, analysts say.

“I don’t think the impact of the unaffiliated voters will be huge,” said Seth Masket, a political science professor at the University of Denver.

He added: “They tend to act a lot like partisans.”

How much of a wild card the group will actually be is far from certain, but with the loudest voice in the room, unaffiliated voters are under the microscope this season.

Brewing for years The passing of Proposition 108 in 2016, which allowed voters to participate in a major party’s primary elections without officially aligning with that party, put the spotlight on undeclared voters. But they’ve been quietly gaining for years, Crane said.

“We’ve seen an uptick in unaffiliated registration since 2006 or 2007,” Crane said of the pattern in Arapahoe County. “It goes back that far, where you see people leaving both parties and going unaffiliated.”

Statewide, comparing year-by-year each August, unaffiliated active registered voters surpassed Republicans and Democrats, respectively, by 2013, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Frustration with major parties likely plays a role, and Colorado’s state Legislature has been among the most polarized in the country — in terms of how far the parties are from each other in ideology — according to research by Boris Shor of the University of Houston and Nolan McCarty of Princeton University.

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ACTIVE-VOTER REGISTRATION BY COUNTY AUGUST 2018 County

Democrat

Republican

Adams

81,781

57,725

91,797

Arapahoe

116,272

97,708

130,689

Denver

185,298

51,446

136,683

Douglas

42,582

92,471

73,331

Elbert

2,143

9,898

5,771

111,920

108,167

143,244

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Democrat

Republican

Adams

77,202

55,540

76,727

Arapahoe

109,965

100,540

112,113

Denver

178,211

53,944

117,858

Douglas

40,089

91,596

60,939

Elbert

2,189

9,369

4,884

109,140

111,374

128,938

AUGUST 2016

SOURCE: COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE

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“When the choices seem so far apart between the parties, it tends to push people to register as unaffiliated,” said Robert Preuhs, political science professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

It’s common for millennials to register as unaffiliated, said Crane, a Republican running for re-election in November.

And, as with several facets of Colorado life, high population growth may play a role.

“New migrants from any other state tend to be more likely to register as unaffiliated until they get a sense of how the party operates in their state,” Preuhs said. More hard-line conservative or liberal voters may forgo the caution, he

added, but newcomers to the state likely add to the unaffiliated count on the margins.

Even Western individualism may have shaped Colorado’s makeup, Preuhs said, referencing the idea that the Mountain West identity may not fit easily into Republican or Democratic policy positions.

“Relative to other states, Colorado has had a high proportion of unaffiliated voters dating back (a few) decades,” Preuhs said.

Eyes on the prize Both major parties, in and out of Colorado, are spending money to target unaffiliated voters, Crane said.

“There’s a real science behind trying to figure out how to woo the unaffiliated voters,” Crane said.

Television ads, literature dropped at doors and social-media efforts are among the methods used to chase those voters in areas of the state where they’re prominent, and

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key messages from campaigns can be part of that targeting, he added.

Both parties have their work cut out for them because they’ve moved to further to the left and right in recent years, said Dick Wadhams, political strategist and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. For example, Sen. Bernie Sanders did well in Colorado during his presidential run, he said.

“But it becomes more difficult to appeal to the more unaffiliated voters” the more that happens, Wadhams said.

To be a Democratic nominee today, a candidate has to lean far left, and Republicans “have to pass the Trump test,” said Eric Sondermann, a Colorado political analyst, while discussing the governor’s race.

“You don’t see (Walker) Stapleton or others deviating much from Trump orthodoxy,” Sondermann said, referencing the Republican candidate for governor.

Judging by the June primary election, Democrats will hope more unaffiliated voters turn out to vote, while Republicans would likely be content with a normal election scenario, Preuhs said.

“Republicans tend to turn out more than Democrats and unaffiliated voters in midterms,” Preuhs said.

In the June primary, unaffiliated voters chose the Democratic ballot over the Republican one by roughly 70,000, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Parties that aren’t in power “tend to have more momentum,” Sondermann said previously. “It doesn’t determine what’ll happen in November, but I’d rather be holding the Democratic cards than the Republican cards.”

On the fence?

It’s popular to point out that unaffiliated voters are Colorado’s largest voting bloc — making up more than one-third of the elector-

ate — but practically, Sondermann said, that’s inaccurate.

“There are many unaffiliated voters that are tacit Republicans or Democrats,” Sondermann said.

True unaffiliateds who can go either way would likely make up somewhere around 10 percent to 20 percent of unaffiliated voters, Sondermann guesses — which works out to just under 4 percent to 8 percent of all voters in Colorado.

But they’re still the “gold mine of politics,” he added.

“They’re the group that elected (President Barack) Obama and then switched and elected Trump — elected (Sen. Mark) Udall and then Cory Gardner,” Sondermann said.

Moving the needle For the midterms, “the big question” is how many in the group will actually vote, Preuhs said.

“Even when they have stable preferences, unaffiliated voters are still less likely to vote” than affiliated ones, Preuhs said.

Their potential to pull politicians to the middle may not be monumental, according to Masket.

“In other states, at any rate, when we see primaries open up to unaffiliated voters, we don’t really see much of an effect on the elected officials themselves,” Masket said.

“They don’t seem to become any more moderate, in large part because unaffiliated or independent voters simply don’t vote in very high numbers.”

Whether more unaffiliated voters participating will cause a shift in Colorado politics will take years to become clear, Preuhs said. And even this midterm election may not shed much light — identifying patterns is difficult given the uniqueness of the Trump administration and its influence, he added.

“For the real answers, we’re going to have to see,” Preuhs said.

“We need more data to see what shift is going to occur, if any.”

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The warning from the Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 12 cited recent data that points to a sharp increase in underage use of the handheld nicotine products, including Juul and others.

It marks a shift in the agency’s tone on e-cigarettes. Since last year, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb and other federal officials have discussed e-cigarettes as a potential tool to wean adult smokers off cigarettes, although that benefit hasn’t been proven.

But Gottlieb said in an address at FDA headquarters that he failed to predict the current “epidemic of addiction” among youth, mainly driven by flavored products.

“The disturbing and accelerating trajectory of use we’re seeing in youth and the resulting path to addiction must end,” Gottlieb told agency staffers and reporters. “It’s simply not tolerable.”

E-cigarettes are vapor-emitting devices that have grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry in the U.S. despite little research on their long-term effects, including whether they are helpful in helping smokers quit. They’re generally considered a

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less dangerous alternative to regular cigarettes. But health officials have warned that nicotine in e-cigarettes is harmful to developing brains.

The e-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, and sometimes flavorings like fruit, mint or chocolate.

Health advocates have worried about the popularity of vaping products among kids and the potential impact on smoking rates in the future. A government-commissioned report in January found “substantial evidence” that young people who use e-cigarettes are more likely to try cigarettes.

Gottlieb cited unreleased federal data and research that he says will be made public in coming months.

“We didn’t foresee the extent of what’s now become one of our biggest challenges,” he said, in prepared remarks. “Hindsight, and the data that’s now available to us, fully reveal these trends.”

In June, a government survey found teen vaping seemed to be holding steady last year. Some experts were cautious about the results, however.

They noted the survey did not ask specifically about Juul, a sleek, heavily marketed e-cigarette brand that exploded onto the market and accounts for 70 percent of U.S. sales, according to analyst estimates.

“I think it became clear to FDA that if they didn’t get their arms around this issue the use of these products by kids across the nation would undo decades of progress,” said Matthew Myers of the Campaign for TobaccoFree Kids. His group and several other medical and anti-smoking groups are suing the FDA over a decision to delay federal review of most e-cigarettes.

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hen my DVD remote was being made, they added beef flavoring to the liquid plastic before it was

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The remote still worked, but its grisly appearance was unwelcome.

You can find anything online, and I found an unused replacement that had been picked up at a Santa Clara estate sale.

I put blue tape on the new one. It was supposed to remind me not to leave it bedside.

I like to watch a few minutes of old movies before I meet the arms of Morpheus, and I just leave the remote

on the table next to the bed when that time comes.

In the morning, I’m supposed to remember where I left it the night before, but I am not that accountable, and Harry knows it.

QUIET Sitting at my DESPERATION computer this a.m., I heard gnawing and looked down.

The little tubular fiend and I were separated for no more than two minutes since leaving the bedroom earlier, but that’s all it took.

It could be worse.

Craig Marshall I have heard much Smith worse. One reader lost three pairs of expensive shoes, she said.

Belts, others have claimed, slippers, sandals, table legs, seat cushions, gloves, knick knacks, and paddy whacks.

One evening, the Red Avenger approached me with what looked like a stuffed mouse and dropped it at my feet, and smiled at me.

Harry doesn’t own a stuffed mouse.

It was the real thing, deceased, and relatively fresh.

I said, “We are not a cat, Harry.”

I explained to him the use of the editorial “we.”

“We” replaces the first person in an editorial, thereby lifting the onus of accountability from one person to the entire editorial board.

My use of it with Harry, however, was intended to blunt my disapproval.

With this particular hound, I am not a very tough tactician.

I know better, but he is not, as it were, on a short leash.

However, I don’t want to encourage cat behavior in him. Cats bring their prey to you, and sit aloof in corners and lick their paws all day, and that’s about it.

Harry will be 1 next month, or 7, de-

pending on how you look at it. These are wonderful times with him. In a blink he will be 5, then 10.

He moved here in February, but by all appearances we have been best friends for years, even decades.

If you can take it, watch something called “Owen and Haatchi” on “E:60.”

Owen, a boy, has Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, and Haatchi, a dog, is missing a leg and his tail. Haatchi was tied up — intentionally — next to train tracks and a train ran over him. But he survived.

It’s a short documentary, and there’s also a book.

Every time I watch it, I hope that Owen’s parents have prepared him for the one bad day all dog owners face.

Harry’s appetite for things that are not intended for him has cost me less than $100. He’s worth it, and more.

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

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

What we do and what we say — it really does matter

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nce again, I have to say thank you to the community for your emails and responses. I truly enjoy hearing from you as you share your own stories with me. Your stories are the reason I am inspired each week to keep writing, so thank you.

Although my column and many other columns, blogs, podcasts, and seminars collectively reach millions of people, I am confident that most of the authors and folks who blog, record, or speak from the stage would agree that one of the most rewarding things, if not the most rewarding part of what we do, is when even just one person reaches out and lets us know that what we shared made a difference in that person’s life.

Zig Ziglar would say it all the time, whether there were five people in the room or 50,000 people in the stadium, Zig would say, “This will be a success even if we change just one person’s life.” It is why we do what we do. And I share this with you because even though you may not write a column, post a blog, record podcasts, or speak from the stage, you, and yes, I do mean

you, can change someone’s life for the better. You have the ability every day to be a difference maker.

One of my favorite quotes is by Dag Hammarskjold, “It is more noble to give yourself completely to WINNING one individual than WORDS to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.” Such a powerful quote when we really stop and think about it.

Of course, there are organizations we support and plenty of opportunity to Michael Norton help all people, but it all can start with just one person. And that one person can then become a difference maker to one more person. It is the pebble in the ocean effect, the ripple effect.

And you never know what you can do or say that will start that ripple, that ripple that will make a difference. Sometimes you will see it immediately, and other times you will hear from someone six months or a

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When we live and work with the intention of doing our best, and doing our best for others, the odds are high that we will have a positive impact on someone’s life. As a matter of fact, I will bet that you already have, you have made a difference and the world is a better place for it. And that one person who you were a difference maker for, probably tells your story over and over again and you don’t even know it.

That’s OK, because we don’t need to know it, it’s just about recognizing that we have the power to be a difference maker and change lives in all that we do. A word, a hug, living by example, giving hope and encouragement, sharing a life lesson, giving someone a second chance, sharing our faith, offering unconditional love and forgiveness, and mentoring someone through a tough situation or opportunity, all of these and more are ways that we, you, are already changing lives for the better, and doing it one person at a time.

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The truth is that people want to place their hope and trust in the people that have the ability to change their lives. Now look at the word “trust” again, look at the two letters in the middle, “us.” We are all in this together, we are all the “us” in “trust.”

We may not even know we are doing it, and some of us are very intentional about doing it, but if we can all remember that what we do and say, each and every day, has the ability to make all the difference to at least one person, that by itself makes all the difference.

So how about you? Has someone made a difference in your life? Do you know where you have made a difference? As always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can remember that what we do and say each day counts, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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Fundraiser to benefit Colorado Feeding Kids STAFF REPORT

Unity on the Avenue plans its 2018 community outreach fundraiser to benefit Colorado Feeding Kids, a local nonprofit that provides nonperishable meals to Colorado kids and families through food banks and schools, and to disaster areas around the world.

The Hearts of Hope Silent Auction is Friday, Oct., 19 at Unity on the Avenue, 4670 E. 17th Ave. Parkway, Denver. The event goes from 6:309:30 p.m. and hopes to provide an additional 400,000 meals to meet the growing demand for food support.

Tickets can be purchased for $25 each at www.CoFeedingkids.org.

Colorado Feeding Kids is an allvolunteer organization headed by Ken Bradley, president of the board of trustees. Cash donations are used to buy the raw material to make the packages containing six meals each.

Each serving costs 25 cents, mean-

VIRTUAL FROM PAGE 6

Exposure works by gradually taking the oomph out of panic. Sweaty palms and pounding hearts ease.

Fears shrink to manageable levels.

By riding it out, a person learns the feelings are survivable.

The best studies on VR exposure therapy have been small with fewer than 100 patients. Increasingly VR therapy will be delivered at home via the internet, a still largely unstudied area, said Katharina Meyerbroker, a researcher at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, who has published reviews of research done in the field.

Harrell’s therapist is helping fieldtest VR content for a company called Limbix, an arrangement between the company and the National Mental Health Innovation Center at University of Colorado’s medical school.

Such ties are important for VR companies, which need scientific credibility to sell their products to therapists.

Researchers gain too.

“We’ve all been piggybacking on this technology that was initially developed for video gaming,” said Hunter Hoffman, a research scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle who developed an early VR therapy called Spider World two decades ago. He didn’t license his

ing $1 provides four meals.

Meal packing takes place at the FERN Warehouse at least monthly and sponsored meal packs take places at various churches and clubs throughout the city and state.

“Colorado Feeding Kids’ goal is to end hunger in Colorado,” Bradley said in a news release. “This year we have distributed over 630,000 meals so far and in our 10-year history close to 6 million. But the demand is growing right here at home. We are receiving more calls from food banks and schools for our new offering, Backpack Meals. The backpack contains three six-meal packages providing a total of 18 meals and snacks for the weekend.”

According to the news release, one in five Colorado kids does not know when he or she will receive his or her next meal. One in eight Colorado seniors and families face food insecurity; seniors often have to choose between food and medicine.

arachnophobia project like other early researchers who’ve teamed up with companies to sell VR platforms and content.

Children may someday use VR to learn to cope with anxiety, said Stephen Whiteside, director of the Mayo Clinic Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic, where a study targets kids with schoolwork anxieties.

In the VR scenario, a classroom teacher hands back a school paper with a bad grade.

“You hear the voices of other kids laughing and saying you didn’t do so well,” Whiteside said. “When I first watched it, I had a visceral response myself. It made you nervous.”

The Mayo researchers say children prefer the VR experience to traditional exposure therapy. Next they’ll test whether it works as well.

Whiteside said VR researchers everywhere must demonstrate benefits that outweigh treatment costs, which can reach $200 per session in some specialty clinics.

“The cheaper and more accessible it gets,” Whiteside said, “the easier that will be.”

VR therapy made life simpler for Tracey. After seven VR sessions, he now easily parks his car atop a multistory garage. He stood on the flat roof of his house to clean his carport.

“I would never have dreamed of doing that before,” he said. “I now know how much the fear of heights restricted my everyday life.”

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Under regulations developed by the Obama administration, manufacturers were supposed to submit most products for review by August 2018. But last year Gottlieb said he would delay the deadline until 2022.

He said both the agency and industry needed more time to prepare.

The decision was criticized by anti-smoking advocates who say ecigarette makers are targeting kids with candy and fruit flavors and aggressive marketing.

Under the Sept. 12 announcement, the five largest e-cigarette manufacturers will have 60 days to produce plans to reverse underage use of their products. The companies sell Vuse, Blu, Juul, MarkTen XL and Logic e-cigarette brands, which ac-

count for 97 percent of U.S. e-cigarette sales, according to FDA. San Francisco-based Juul said it is working to prevent underage use of its products but added that flavors can help adult smokers quit cigarettes.

“By working together, we believe we can help adult smokers while preventing access to minors,” the company said in a statement.

The FDA also announced 1,300 warning letters and fines to online and traditional stores that have illegally sold Juul and other e-cigarettes to minors.

Gottlieb criticized e-cigarette companies’ handling of underage use of their products, saying they approached it as “a public relations challenge rather than seriously considering their legal obligations.”

“I’m here to tell them today that this prior approach is over,” he said.

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THINGS TO DO Anime Nights: Watch and discuss anime, snacks provided. 1st & 3rd Mondays 7-9 p.m. at the Kiowa Library; 2nd & 4th Mondays 7-9 pm at the Elizabeth Library. pplibraries.org.

Voice-Over Class: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 2 at Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. Parker. Wendy Shapero will show you how you could actually begin using your speaking voice for commercials, films, videos and more! Fee: $30 Resident/$33 Non-Res. Limited Seating. Ages 18+. Registration Link: bit.ly/2NRwhqU. Venue Phone: (303) 805-6800.

Tale of Molly Brown and La Vivandiere: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at The Schoolhouse Theatre at Mainstreet, 19650 E Mainstreet, Parker. Ballet Ariel opens its 20th anniversary season of performances with the original ballet, Tale of Molly Brown. Ballet Ariel will also be performing La Vivandiere, a one-act ballet choreographed by the great dance duo Arthur Saint-Léon and Fanny Cerrito with music by prolific Italian composer, Cesare Pugni. Adults $25, Students/Seniors $20, Children $15. Visit http://parkerarts.ticketforce.com.

Craft Show: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 at Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 225 West Kiowa Ave., Elizabeth. A variety of crafts from jewelry to salsa, and beyond will be available. We need more crafters. Call Faye Asmus - 303-284-9849 or 720-266-8194 or mail registration form to her at 33814 Bluebird Lane, Elizabeth, Co. 80107. Forms available at church office on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Or email Mary at mary@sunwestco. com 303-877-8895.

Kiowa Shooting Chapter: 2:30 p.m.

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Book Clubs: Sci-Fi/Fantasy book club 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month 5:30-6:30 pm at the Elizabeth Library; Kiowa book club 4th Monday of the month 7-8 pm at the Kiowa Library. Elizabeth book club: Third Tuesday of the month 7-8 pm at the Elizabeth Library; Brown Bag book club 4th Thursday of the month 11 am-1 pm at the Elizabeth Library; Elbert book club last Thursday of the month at the Elbert Library, Diverse & Rowdy book club 2nd Saturday of the month 9:30-10:30 am at the Simla Library. pplibraries.org

Chapter will give women of all experience levels the opportunity to be introduced to issues important to women shooters, learn safe gun handling skills, and train together.

Participants will be required to pay $10 range fees for non-members and no charge for members of Quail Run plus the cost of ammunition. Annual Chapter membership dues of $50 offers members local and national discounts, chapter hat and member kit, and is used to cover chapter expenses, insurance and events. First time attendees are not required to join. Send e-mail to TWAWKiowaColorado@gmail.com to reserve your spot. Women interested in learning more can contact Suzanne Freehauf at TWAWKiowaColorado@gmail.com or visit TWAW Shooting Chapters, Inc. website at www.twawshootingchapters.org

Garden Clubs: Seedy Ladies 4th Monday of the month 1-3 pm at the Elbert Library; Gardeners/Homesteaders 3rd Saturday of the month 11 am-12 pm at the Simla Library. pplibraries.org GED Preparation & Career Online High School: Get started with GED preparation and coaching throughout the process.

COHS allows students 19+ to earn a certified high school diploma. Call 303-6463416 for more details. pplibraries.org Knitting & Crocheting Groups: Simla Witty Knitters Tuesdays 3:30-5 pm at the Simla Library; Close Knit Crochet Group Wednesdays 2-3 pm at the Kiowa Library; Hats for the Homeless Thursdays 11 am-1 pm at the Elizabeth Library. pplibraries.org SEE CALENDAR, P15

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Finding fellowship in COSPLAY Three participants’ mission is to bring practice back to art form

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I

t took Chris Clarke about five minutes to completely transform from plainclothes civilian to cosplay hero.

First, he pulled his armor, made of ethylene-vinyl acetate foam, over his legs. Then came the chest plate. The final piece, a converted motorcycle helmet with foam aesthetics was placed on his head, and he was Altera Blademaster, a humanoid from the video game “Monster Hunter: Frontier G.” The suit won Clarke the Best in Show at GalaxyFest and Cheyenne Comic Con, as well as a judge’s award at Denver Comic Con, all in 2017. He carefully measured every edge and curve to fit the exact model of the blademaster’s complicated armor. The armor, helmet and scepter took months to finish and cost about $400.

“A lot of people are like, ‘I want to be that character,’” Clarke said. “I just picked mine because it was big and it was spikey.”

On this hot summer evening at Lions Park in Golden, as the Sept. 16 cycling race rolled into town, Clarke, 34 of Commerce City, and two friends had

Elena Mathys cosplays as Bandit Sivir from the video game “League of Legends.” She feels cosplay is important to create a sense of community. “It should be about art, the effort, the friends that you make and the community,” she said.

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over his all-black elastic heat gear and leggings.

Cosplay — a combination of “costume” and “play” — is the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book or video game. It’s mostly popular in the realms of manga or anime, traiditional Japanese animations, and is used as an outlet of expression, either based on relation to a certain character, resemblance to a character or for the challenge of the costume itself.

Clarke’s costume is specific for competition, but the meaning of cosplay is deeper to him than just for winning trophies. He started an online group, Colorado Academy of Cosplay, to be a home for a community of about 350 cosplayers from around the state that specializes in educating beginners into the art of cosplay.

As Clarke strode across the parking lot at Lions Park, his form even resembled some sort of animation, walking almost robotically yet powerful and confident. He met his two co-founders of the Colorado Academy of Cosplay, Jennifer “Suvi” Losty, 33 of Lone Tree, and Elena Mathys, 21, of Golden. Losty cosplays as Valka, a main character from the movie “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” and Mathys cosplays as Bandit Sivir, a battle mistress from the video game “League of Legends.”

Chris Clarke cosplays as Altera Blademaster from the video game “Monster Hunter: Frontier G.” His costume cost about $400 and won him three competition awards in 2017, two Best in Show awards from Cheyenne Comic Con and GalaxyFest and a judge’s award from Denver Comic The three formed the Colorado Academy of Cosplay in June as a group designed “for cosplayers, by cosplayers” to essentially bring back the purity of the art form. The group took off in just three months.

They were frustrated by what they saw as tarnishing the name of cosplay.

First of all, they said, the changing competition rules from local conventions made it difficult for serious competitors to compete. Mathys also explained how the art of cosplay has been diluted by people seeking attention and by followers, using the opportunity to dress in skimpy or scandalous outfits that is common among cosplay outfits.

“At a lot of competitions, there’s a lot of body-shaming … That should not be happening,” Mathys said. “Cosplay is for everyone. Cosplay is for anyone.

Cosplay shouldn’t be about followers.

It should be about art, the effort, the friends that you make and the community.”

Clarke, Losty and Mathys take pride in the details of their costumes — Losty spent more than $500 on hers.

To them, there’s a constant drive to approach perfection, even though they admittedly won’t ever be completely satisfied.

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CALENDAR

p.m. and Fridays 4 to 5:15 p.m. at the Simla Library; Wednesdays 4-6 p.m. at the Kiowa Library. pplibraries.org

FROM PAGE 12

Lawyers at the Library: 6 to 8 p.m. 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Elizabeth Library. Free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney.

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, landlordtenant law and civil protection orders. Walkins welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis. pplibraries.org

Story Time: Help your little one build literacy skills by interacting with engaging stories, followed by a craft. Kids and adults alike make new friends. Mondays at 2 pm at the Elbert Library; Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at the Elizabeth Library; Wednesdays at 1:30 pm at the Simla Library; Fridays at 11 a.m. at the Kiowa Library. pplibraries.org

Movie Night: Popcorn and movie of your choice. Every Friday night 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kiowa Library. pplibraries.org

Teen Game Night: Enjoy table top and video games. Mondays 5 to 6 p.m. at the Simla Library; Thursdays 6-9 pm at the Kiowa Library; Fridays 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Elizabeth Library. Want pure competitive gaming?

Teen Tournament League every Tuesday 6-9 pm at the Kiowa Library. pplibraries.org

Playing Cards: Go fish, slap jack, black jack you name it. Mondays 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Elbert Library; Thursdays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Elizabeth Library. pplibraries.org

Trading Card Club: Bring your cards (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gathering) and have fun. Every Monday 3:30-7 pm at the Kiowa Library. pplibraries.org

STEAM Activities: Science/Technology/Engineering/Art/Math fun for kids. Mondays 1:30 to 3 p.m., Wednesdays 4:14 to 5:45

We Create: Make art and more from old book every Thursday from 4-5 pm at the Simla Library. pplibraries.org

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Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

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

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

Contact: Steph Schroeder, 303-688-9498

Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse: Supports the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management with detentions support, patrol, administrative duties, event security, emergency services support, and call-outs as need arises.

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

Requirements: Must be 21 years of age or older; retired individuals are great. Must complete a employment application, pass a background check, and complete interviews.

After being sworn in, in the first three months of membership, complete a minimum of 45 hours of orientation and training curriculum. After this 90-day probationary period, members must log a minimum of 10 hours of month and attend monthly training meetings. Persons ages 15-20, may join the Elbert County Sheriffs Explorer POST that is associated with the Posse.

Contact: David Peontek at djp1911@msn.com or 303-646-5456. Go to http://www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html; print out and complete an application and turn it into Peontek.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force: Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

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

Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, ext. 32 Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center: Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Outback Express: public transit service provided by the East Central Council of Local Governments; 24-hour notice appreciated.

Call Kay Campbell, 719- 541-4275, or 800825-0208 for reservations. Go to www. eccog.com for reservations, information and each month’s schedule.

Downtown Walking Tours: 10:30 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month from June to September. The 45-minute tour begins at The Courtyard on Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and will conclude at the Castle Rock Museum, 420 Elbert St. Contact 303-814-3164 ormuseum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

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How to get your garden ready for winter Winter watering, mulching key to keeping plants happy

Greene said. “If we have another dry winter like last year, mulching makes a big difference.”

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Though the scorching summer of 2018 stuck around for a long time, the first freeze is likely just around the corner — usually in mid-October in the Denver area.

Here are some tips from Lucinda Greene, the Master Gardener Program coordinator at Arapahoe County’s CSU Extension office, on how to prepare your landscape to hunker down for winter.

Turf war “Fall fertilizing is the most important fertilization of the year,” Greene said. “It’s also a great time to aerate. It gives your grass the best chance to start spring with healthy roots.”

Consider taking the bag off your lawn mower to let the clips fall where they may, Greene said, and if you have a mulching mower, consider simply mowing over fallen

Master Gardener Donna Farley-Wade fertilizes peppers in Hudson Gardens’ veggie beds in July. Now’s the time to prep your garden for winter, said Lucinda Greene of the Colorado State University County Extension program.

DAVID GILBERT leaves instead of raking them up to add organic material to the soil.

Clean up your act Clean up dead plants from the veggie garden, Greene said, to avoid providing a breeding ground for pests and disease. Resist the urge to till up the ground, though, because that can inadvertently plant weed seeds that may have been sitting on top of the soil.

On the other hand, more gardeners are leaving perennial flowers and shrubs alone

through the winter to provide extra visual appeal and a shelter for birds, Greene said, and ornamental grasses, sedum and coneflower make a nice decoration in winter months.

Mulch madness Adding mulch around perennials and trees — especially recently planted ones — can go a long way toward retaining moisture and regulating temperatures that can fluctuate wildly in winter months, Greene said.

“We want to hold in as much moisture as we can,”

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Plan to plant Fall can be a great time to plant, Greene said, especially with local garden centers running great deals on summer stock.

“You can absolutely still plant perennials and shrubs,” Greene said. “You can even plant some food crops: garlic, for instance, can go in now. If you’ve got a cold frame or row covers, you can still do lettuce and spinach, almost right up until Christmas.”

Water, water everywhere Not enough gardeners water through the winter, Greene said.

“It’s really crucial in our arid environment to provide regular water to your landscape plants and lawn,” Greene said. “If this winter is as dry as last year, we’re talking about at least once a month.”

If you don’t feel like unrolling all the hoses again, landscaping companies can stop by with a water truck, Greene said, adding that leaving

lawns dry through the winter makes them susceptible to spider mites.

Beetle battle Japanese beetles, the scourge of south metro area gardeners, are laying their eggs in the lawn this time of year, Greene said.

CSU Extension publishes a lengthy fact sheet on fighting back, but Greene said among the most pollinator-friendly soil treatments are those containing Bacillus thuringiensis — BT for short — and beneficial nematodes.

“Keep in mind that the adults can fly a long way,” Greene said. “Just because you treat your yard doesn’t mean all your neighbors did too. You might still see plenty of beetles next year.”

Batten down the hatches There are plenty of other fall chores to do, Greene said, such as wrapping young trees with tree wrap to prevent sunscald, unhooking and cleaning rain barrels, and taking stock of what worked and what didn’t in the garden this year.

“It’s a busy time for gardeners,” Greene said.

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September 27, 2018

COSPLAY FROM PAGE 14

Cosplay also provides social opportunities. Mathys goes to the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Clarke is a lab technician and Losty works in software.

“By nature,” Losty said, “we’re all introverts.”

Nearby, the “Golden Giddyup” mountain bike race drew a crowd of hundreds to Lions Park. For the most part, the trio of cosplayers drew confused stares and gaping mouths,

with the exceptional thumbs-up or passing biker shouting “You guys are my heroes.”

In a situation when most people would feel awkward or uncomfortable dressed up as if they’re going to a costume party — as one little boy pointed out — dressing together in cosplay provided almost a heightened sense of self-confidence.

“I’m not super social,” Mathys said. “Personally, going out and seeing people, talking to strangers isn’t something I do on the normal.

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

Affordable Colleges Online: guidebook includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industry-specific scholarships and funding for special groups. Go to http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/womens-guidepaying-for-college/ Camping Singles: 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. Membership ranges from 40s to 60-plus. Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire.

We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. Contact campingsingles@gmail.com Castle Rock Bridge Club: 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock.

Friendly, ACBL-sanctioned duplicate games. For assistance in finding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303810-8504. Go to www.castlerockbridge. com.

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

Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ Association: 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Mainstreet. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse: a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large.

Go to http://www.elbertcountysheriff. com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

Elizabeth American Legion, Post 82: a veteran’s association supporting veterans, their families and the community, meets the first Monday of every month (except when the first Monday is a holiday, in which case the meeting is the second Monday) at the Legion Post Hall at South Banner Street and Elm Street in Elizabeth. Social hour begins at 5:30 and the regular business meeting starts at 6:30. Friday Afternoon Club meets from 5-7 p.m. every Friday and Veterans Coffee Club meets every Wednesday

from 8-11 a.m. for social time with other veterans. All Veterans are invited to all meetings, we’d like to see you. Website: aml82.org.

Elizabeth Food Bank: 12:30-3 p.m.

Friday and 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday at 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church); available to help anyone who needs food.

Other times by appointment.

Game Night: 4 p.m. Mondays at the Kiowa Library; call 303-621-2111. Also, 5 p.m. Tuesdays and 5 p.m. Wednesdays at the Elbert Library; call 303-648-3533.

Enjoy board, card, and video games for all ages. Go to pplibraries.org.

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

Call the food pantry at 303-621-2376.

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Lawyers at the Library: 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney. 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 welcome.

Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.

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

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

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

Outback Express: public transit service provided by the East Central Council of Local Governments. To ensure a seat is available, 24-hour notice appreciated. Call Kay Campbell, 719- 541-4275, or 800825-0208 for reservations. Go to eccog. com. Outback Express runs from Simla

and Matheson to Colorado Springs on the first and third Monday of each month; from Simla and Matheson to Limon on the fourth Thursday of each month; from Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs on the first and third Tuesday of each month; from Elizabeth to Colorado Springs or Parker on the second Tuesday of each month. Good Samaritan Nursing Home Residents may ride the bus on the second Thursday of each month.

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

Seniors Meet: 11 a.m. Mondays at the Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425.

Simla Open Mic Night: 6:30 p.m. Fridays at the Simla Library. Share poetry, music, dance, comedy or painting (inter alios), or just come and watch.3333

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club: regular meetings on Sky Cliff Center Caregiver Support various weekday evenings and weekends Group: 10-11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the of each month at 4600 E. Highway 86, Pinery). Open to anyone interested in card Castle Rock. Caregiving for adults can making and scrapbooking. Contact Alison be challenging at times, and you’re not Collins at 720-212-4788 or find us online alone. For information, or to let the center at http://www.meetup.com/Parker- Public Notice if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 Franktown-Elizabeth-Paper-CraftingNOTICE OF PURCHASEknow OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE or email skycliffctr@skycliff.org. Go to Club/ AND OF APPLICATION FOR www.skycliff.org ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED Parker Republicans meet at a.m.Person the in Actual Possession or OccuTo 7 Every of the hereinafter Land,Center Lot or Stroke Support Group: Sky Cliff first Friday of each monthpancy at Rory’s Diner, Described Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second and last 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker.

Meetthe same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having InterestWednesday of Title of Record of each month at Christlife ings have featured speakers and elected in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especiallyCommunity to: Church, 5451 E. Highway officials’ updates. Registration/social 86, Franktown (lunch provided). Also, hour begins at 6:30 a.m. Attendance is ALLISON MAE KERN 7035 Ecan MAPLEWOOD PLACE a.m. the third Wednesday of each 10-11:30 free, coffee is $5 and a full breakfast CENTENNIAL, CO 80111 month at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 be purchased for $15 (all cash only). ConYou and each of you are hereby notified that on Parkway, Lone Tree. Call Sky tact Mark Hall at 720-984-4128 e-mail the 19thorday of NovemberRidge 2015, Gate the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State Cliff Center at 303-814-2863. via website at parkerbreakfastclub.com. of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Elbert County the following described mineral rights

situate in7the County of Elbert, State of ColorSoutheast Beekeeping Club meets from Ranchland Republican Women: p.m. ado, to-wit: 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of evthird Monday of each month at the ElizaSection: 9 Township: 6 Range: 63 NE4, 1/3RD eryOFmonth at the North Pinery Firehouse, beth Library, 651 Beverly St. Membership INTEREST OF 1/23 INTEREST 160 ACRES 2.318 MRASubdivision: MINERALS Parker.

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Teen Tuesday: 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Elbert Library. Play card and video games.

Call 303-648-3533 or go to pplibraries. org.

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

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

VFW Post 4266: 7 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Pinery Fire Station, Community Room Lower Level, 8170 N. Hillcrest Way, Parker. Serving veterans of Public Notice foreign wars in Parker, Castle Pines and NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL Castle Rock areas.

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Elbert County.

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 19th day of November 2015, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Elbert County the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2014;

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: ALLISON MAE KERN 7035 E MAPLEWOOD PLACE CENTENNIAL, CO 80111

That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ALLISON MAE KERN for said year 2014;

That on the 13th day of September 2017, said Elbert County assigned said certificate of purchase to HAI CONSULTING, INC.;

That said HAI CONSULTING, INC. on the 13th day of August 2018, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights;

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 19th day of November 2015, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Elbert County the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

been redeemed;

Section: 9 Township: 6 Range: 63 NE4, 1/3RD INTEREST OF 1/23 INTEREST OF 160 ACRES 2.318 MRASubdivision: SEVERED MINERALS

Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

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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 Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

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and said County Treasurer assigned a certificate of purchase to ELBERT COUNTY.

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2014;

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Elbert County.

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2014; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ALLISON MAE KERN for said year 2014; That on the 13th day of September 2017, said Elbert County assigned said certificate of purchase to HAI CONSULTING, INC.; That said HAI CONSULTING, INC. on the 13th day of August 2018, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights;

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 19th day of November 2015, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Elbert County the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to HAI CONSULTING, INC. on the 3rd day of January 2019, unless the same has been redeemed;

Section: 9 Township: 6 Range: 63 NE4, 1/3RD INTEREST OF 1/23 INTEREST OF 160 ACRES 2.318 MRASubdivision: SEVERED MINERALS

Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

Certificate Number: 2015-02165

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on September 20, 2018, September 27, 2018 and October 4, 2018.

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Elbert County.

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said

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Richard Pettitt, Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 19th day of November 2015, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Elbert County the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

Legal Notice No.: 24132 First Publication: September 13, 2018 Last Publication: October 4, 2018 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED 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 Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: M J HIGGINS, HERSHEL HIGGINS ESTATE % MILDRED J HIGGINS MORRIS 3939 TEASLEY LANE DENTON, TX 76210 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 19th day of November 2015, the then

Certificate Number: 2015-02159 and said County Treasurer assigned a certificate of purchase to ELBERT COUNTY. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2014; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of M J HIGGINS, HERSHEL HIGGINS ESTATE for said year 2014; That on the 13th day of September 2017, said ELBERT COUNTY assigned said certificate of purchase to HAI CONSULTING, INC.; That said HAI CONSULTING, INC. on the 13th day of August 2018, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the

assessed in the name(s) of M J HIGGINS, HERSHEL HIGGINS ESTATE for said year 2014;

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That on the 13th day of September 2017, said ELBERT COUNTY assigned said certificate of purchase to HAI CONSULTING, INC.;

That said HAI CONSULTING, INC. on the 13th day of August 2018, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights; That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to HAI CONSULTING, INC. on the 3rd day of January 2019, unless the same has been redeemed;

Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on September 20, 2018, September 27, 2018 and October 4, 2018.

Witness my hand this 6th day of September 2018 Richard Pettitt, Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 24133 First Publication: September 13, 2018 Last Publication: October 4, 2018 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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