Elbert County News 1117

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

NEW SCHOOL:

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ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO

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HONORING SERVICE:

Elizabeth students hear from veterans about military’s role P4

ELECTION COVERAGE: Check out a roundup of last week’s results P3

TEAM SPIRIT: Elizabeth team members cheer each other on to state success P18

THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL

‘We weren’t thinking anything major at first ... but the idea kind of ballooned.

It was more about getting them to know who we were and helping us to know Elizabeth Police Sgt. Melvin Berghahn | Page 2 the kids.’

INSIDE

CALENDAR: PAGE 6 | VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | SPORTS: PAGE 18

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Academy offers youths glimpse into policing Elizabeth officers reach out to students in high school

with police officers, providing them firsthand experience and training. Recruitment for the program began at the end of the school year.

“We weren’t thinking anything major at first … but the idea kind of ballooned. It was more about getting them to know who we were and helping us to know the kids,” said Berghahn.

Starting in September, sessions were held Wednesdays after school for three hours.

The graduation ceremony was held Oct. 26.

The academy appealed equally to both genders, with nine girls and nine boys in the graduating class.

Berghahn said the program

BY JODI HORNER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Senior Elijah Curry drives through the coned course as Officer Sean Bigler hangs on for the ride. Photo courtesy of Mary Peavler COURTESY PHOTO

The two officers knew they wanted to reach out to their community, but weren’t sure how. Elizabeth Police Chief Stephen Hasler and Sgt. Melvin Berghahn were brainstorming for ways to make a connection with their community last April when they landed on the idea of a student police academy.

They created an eight-week program that placed highschool students side-by-side

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Elbert County election roundup Elizabeth lodging tax turned down; Simla voters say no to marijuana STAFF REPORT

The board of commissioners in Elbert County has two new members and another who won his first election to the board after being appointed earlier. In addition, the county will have a new face representing it in Denver this legislative session.

The following are results from the Nov. 8 general election: County commissioner, District 1 Chris Richardson, Republican, 73 percent; Jill Duvall, Democrat, 27 percent Richardson, a U.S. Army veteran

24.5 percent Lewis, a cattle rancher who lives in La Junta, will join the state House.

She previously had defeated incumbent Tim Dore in the Republican primary in June.

Richardson

County commissioner, District 2 Daniel Willcox, Republican, 77.2 percent; Donald Charobee, Democrat, 22.8 percent Willcox, a retired firefighter, will join the board full time. The county Republican party appointed Willcox to the seat in August, following the

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resignation of Kelly Dore.

County commissioner, District 3 Grant Thayer, Republican, 79.3 percent; Barbara Miller, Democrat, 20.7 percent (12,705 votes counted) Thayer, an engineer and cattle rancher, replaces Larry Ross, a Republican who decided against a re-election bid.

State House, District 64 Kimmi Lewis, Republican, 75.5 percent; Kathleen Conway, Democrat,

18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, Republican, 100 percent Brauchler, a Parker resident, ran

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4th Congressional District Ken Buck, Republican, 64.1 percent; Bob Seay, Democrat, 31.3 percent; Bruce Griffith, Libertarian, 4.6 percent Incumbent Buck, a Windsor resident, won a second term. The district includes Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree, Elbert County and much of the state’s rural eastern plains.

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Veterans share stories, experiences with students Social studies, history classes hear accounts of military service

BY JODI HORNER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Retired Lt. Col. Richard Smith speaks to Colleen Wells’ social studies class on Veterans Day. JODI HORNER

Members of American Legion Post 82 served as ambassadors at Elizabeth High School on Nov. 11 to commemorate Veterans Day. The veterans spoke in U.S. history and social studies classes to inform students about the importance of the U.S. military.

Students in Kaitlyn Vite’s U.S. history class sat with their attention fixed on Army veteran Chris Richardson, as he shared about his time in the service. He recounted how he repeatedly had chance meetings with a buddy from his unit over the years, first in

Saudi Arabia, then Iraq and Kuwait, then back on U.S. soil 20 years later.

“You never know who you’re going to meet up with,” he reminisced.

Kiowa Police Chief Sam Swofford also spoke to the class. Swofford has the distinction of having served in the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force. With a captivating style, he shared an array of stories and experiences with the students. “We have a lot of freedom here taken for granted.

Our ancestors gave everything for what we have,” he told the class.

To contrast the freedoms we have in America, Swofford described the restrictions placed on citizens from other countries, such as North Korea.

There are restricted times they can be outside, he said, and “they’re allowed one child only. In Israel everyone serves in the military, it’s required,” SEE VETERANS, P5

Is carpet cleaning on your holiday checklist?

As we prepare for guests this holiday season, many of our to-do lists include carpet cleaning.

A simple thing like professional carpet cleaning could pollute our stormwater. Water used in the cleaning process contains yucky stuff that nobody wants in the waterways.

If carpet cleaning is on your list, make sure the water is disposed of in the toilet or down a floor drain. Ask your professional how they dispose of the carpet cleaning liquid. And remember never dump it in the street.

Local stormwater agencies are teaming together to bring you this message. We take this so seriously that we posted this ad rather than send you more garbage in the mail.

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VETERANS: ‘We have a lot of freedom here taken for granted’ FROM PAGE 4

he told the class.

Swofford defined for the students what a veteran is: “Someone who has, will, or is serving right now for the freedom you have.”

He shined a light on the broken situation within the veterans’ healthcare system. “Care for the vets had to be taken care of. I am missing one-third of a lung and they told me `you’ll be fine,’” he shared. “When you hear about how bad the health care is for the vets, does that make you want to join the military?”

Next door in Colleen Wells’ social studies class, retired Army Lt. Col. Richard Smith spoke to the students.

“The military afforded me the opportunity to travel the world,” he said. “It’s one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. If you travel the world and see the rest of the nations, you start to see other ways of doing things.”

“If you want to learn a skill, that’s the place to be,” Smith said. “If you join the reserves or active military, they will help you pay off loans.

You can become a doctor, lawyer, or nurse.”

The veterans took the time to explain how rank is determined within the branches, the significance of the American flag, and the origin of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Thanksgiving Douglas County offices will be closed Nov. 24 & Nov. 25 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

Public comment needed With a focus on clarifying the County’s water review process, public comment is invited at a workshop on Monday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. Visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Zoning Proposed Amendments for details.

Veteran Chris Richardson, right, and Kiowa Chief of Police Sam Swofford diagram the structure within a platoon for students at Elizabeth High School on Veterans Day. JODI HORNER

“I loved every bit of it and I’d go back in a heartbeat,” Swofford said of his time in active service.

Richardson said the best way for civilians to honor veterans is “just a recognition. Having people say thank you.”

Ever wondered if you need flood insurance?

If you live in unincorporated Douglas County, flood insurance rate maps and zone information are available by request. For more information visit www.douglas.co.us and search for flood plain information.

Funds available to serve at-risk veterans Emergency assistance is available to veterans struggling with housing (mortgage & rent payments), transportation, employment, healthcare or other emergency needs. To apply visit www.douglasveterans.org or call 303-6636200.

Discover new public art countywide New outdoor art just blossomed in your parks, near recreations centers, libraries, and art centers throughout Douglas County. Find the art locations and vote for your favorite. Visit douglas.co.us and search for Art Encounters.

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THINGS TO DO Kiss the Sky, The Jimi Hendrix Re-Experience: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at Tailgate Tavern, 19552 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Contact 303-841-7479.

Drama ministry performance: 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Scenes from “Talking With …” and “The Good Doctor” performed. Call 303660-0057 or go to www.newhopepres.org.

Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association Ensemble Recital: 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 19, at Parker Bible Church, 4391 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Open to the public. Call Ann Riggs at 303-841-2976.

Free Dinner for Elbert County Seniors: noon Saturday, Nov. 19, at Russell Gates Mercantile Building, 24223 Eccles St., Elbert. Provided by Elizabeth VFW Post 10649.

DO YOU SUFFER FROM SLEEP PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LEWY BODY DEMENTIA? Trouble Sleeping? Moving or Talking in Your Sleep?

Vivid or Intense Dreams?

Experience Sleep Disturbances?

You may qualify for a research study that is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a new investigational medication that may help to reduce the symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia or Parkinson’s Disease Dementia if: • You are aged 50 - 85 years with a diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies • You regularly experience issues sleeping or reaching REM sleep • You are willing to take part in Overnight Sleep Lab studies • Medications you take have been on a consistent dose for at least 4 weeks

For More Information, Please Contact Rocky Mountain Movement Disorders Center, Dr. Rajeev Kumar or Jessica Jaynes at (303) 357-5456

Stamp a Stack: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Elizabeth Library. Make cards for Christmas or any occasion. Call 303-6463416 or go to pplibraries.org.

Castle Rock Starlighting: Saturday, Nov. 19 in downtown Castle Rock. Ceremony starts at 5 p.m. and the star will be lit up about 5:30 p.m. Booths, entertainment, outdoor ice skating, visits with Santa and more.

Go to http://www.castlerockculture.com/ starlighting/ Journey Toward Wholeness Exploration and Potluck: 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at New Hope Presbyterian Church,

3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock.

Hosted by the Castle Rock Unitarian Universalist Community. Guest speaker is Elizabeth Mount. Go to http://cruuc. org/exploration-potluck-sundaynovember-20-2016/, or contact Gary Wyngarden, gwyngarden@kellin.net or 720-584-2600.

Outback Express: public transit the provides an economical, efficient means of travel in the region. Reservations required; call Kay Campbell, 719-541-4275 or http://outbackexpress.tripod.com.

November schedule: Monday, Nov. 21: Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs.

Legislators pick new leaders for Colorado House, Senate ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado’s state Legislature isn’t changing hands between parties — but both the House and Senate have elected new bosses because of term limits.

House Democrats chose Rep. Crisanta Duran of Denver to be speaker on Nov. 10, and Senate Republicans chose Sen. Kevin Grantham of Canon City to serve as president.

Republicans have a majority in the Senate, and Democrats control the House. The ruling parties needed to choose new leaders because the previous president and speaker are retiring because of term limits.

Both of the new leaders have previously served on Colorado’s budgetwriting committee, the Joint Budget Committee. That means they have specialized knowledge of how Colorado manages its pocketbook.

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New pediatric helicopter to serve 120-mile radius Smallest patients need most medical equipment

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Flight For Life Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado have announced a new addition to their

emergency services — a helicopter uniquely designed to transport pediatric patients and newborns within a 120-mile service area of metro Denver.

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“For several years our newborn team has been traveling substantial distance by ground to respond to critically ill infants,” said Kathleen Mayer, director of Flight For Life Colorado.

Flight For Life Colorado is the critical care transport service of Centura Health, a network including 17 hospitals, two senior living communities and more than 100 other physician practices in the region. Children’s Hospital Colorado was founded in 1908. Its 16 locations in Colorado — including Highlands Ranch — provide a network of pediatric care.

The new aircraft will allow Children’s pediatric teams to respond more quickly and efficiently, Mayer said.

“The metro-area traffic is getting to be more and more of a factor for us,” she said.

The helicopter, an Airbus H130 T2 leased by Air Methods Corp., also provides some independence. The pediatric crew was previously sharing a helicopter with teams focused on treating older patients, Mayer said.

However, the needs of pediatrics crews are more than what it could offer.

The other aircraft performs well at high altitudes, Mayer said, particu-

larly during rescues. And it has good horsepower. What it lacks is the space required for equipment used in pediatric and infant care.

Joe Darmofal, director of the flight team, outreach and education at Children’s Colorado, said the pediatric helicopter will have approximately double the interior space and will carry an incubator weighing more than 300 pounds, plus other equipment used in newborn transport.

Pediatric teams would typically serve about 1,000 patients a year, he said. That number is expected to grow with the new helicopter’s help.

Children’s has brought on a second pediatric team, he said, so two crews will be available 24/7.

“We’re doing quite a bit of training between now and when the helicopter rolls out,” he said.

The training of crews, which typically consist of three to four people, will include night-vision goggle training, safety training, survival training and training of how medical crews interact with pilots during calls.

Also new to the force are two additional ambulances. Flight For Life Colorado expects to transport approximately 4,000 pediatric patients by ground transport annually among the Children’s Colorado Network of Care facilities throughout the Denver metro area.

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POLICE: Student police academy allows local officers to make connection with community FROM PAGE 2

came at zero cost to the students.

Fueled by his longtime interest in becoming a police officer, freshman Tyler Teague signed up for the academy. He said he got “a closer connection to the police department, and a lot more understanding of the police.”

Outlining the program, Berghahn explained, “The first two weeks were (about) introducing them to the police department,” which included an introduction to Tasers and gun training. “We did a firearms course in safety and then a firearms program. The students got to shoot a shotgun, an assault rifle and handgun.” Quail Run Sports sponsored the group by allowing them to practice at their facility — free of charge.

“One of the major drill points for us was CPR. We liked that idea because we’d have students that were trained with us that were certified … that was actually a two-week process,” Berghahn said.

Elizabeth High School contributed by allowing the use of school grounds for a lesson in drivers’ safety. The officers put together a cone course and, in golf carts, the

students “got to drive with a police officer, who helped them understand the mechanics of driving,” said Berghahn.

In addition to driving practice, an officer trained as a master motorcycle driver facilitated a motorcycle introduction and safety class.

The DUI and accident investigation training was a key element to the program. “We brought in an instructor … showed them how we do roadside — they did that on each other. We discussed accidents, how they happen, when they happen, (and) how they investigate them,” Berghahn said.

At the graduation dinner, each student was presented with a first aid certificate and a certificate of completion for the academy.

For Teague, his biggest takeaway was seeing “how hard it can be to make the right call at the right second.”

Although the students gained invaluable training from the academy, the experience was not lost on the sergeant. “It was pretty awesome,” said Berghahn.

Recruitment for the next Student Police Academy will start at the end of the school year, with sessions beginning in September.

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Dear Douglas County Election Workers: As we wrap up the 2016 general election, I’d like to take a moment to express my thanks and give recognition to the many citizens of Douglas County who worked side by side with elections staff.

Together you provided voters with the opportunity to exercise their most fundamental privilege. From the implementation of the election itself, to processing more than 190,000 ballots and tabulating the results, it was your hard work and dedication that ultimately made the elections process a success.

During the 2016 general election, the election workforce grew from fewer than 11 members of staff to 375, including staff and workers, all who spent many hours preparing and training for the elections process, in their dedication to preserving the integrity of this democratic process. Each member of the elections team received specific training related to their role. These civic minded citizens became our mail ballot processing team and were caretakers of the ballots they handled from beginning to end, ensuring the accuracy of each vote cast.

We simply could not hold an election without our outstanding team of citizens. The people who do so exemplify the spirit of public service and epitomize the phrase “Champions of Democracy.”

As the County’s chief elections officer, please accept my most sincere thanks.

Respectfully yours, Merlin Klotz Douglas County Clerk and Recorder

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VOICES Even adversity contains grounds for gratitude

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n last week’s column we revisited the attitude of gratitude and just how important it is to be sincerely appreciative for all of our blessings, successes and people in our lives.

And to show our appreciation by recognizing and giving thanks for all the people who have impacted our lives.

Showing gratitude in times of success or when receiving help is easy. We are usually riding the wave of achievement, happiness, or relief and we get caught up in thanking everyone around us. Many times you will hear people thanking God, or see people pointing to the sky to recognize God and show their gratitude while giving credit where credit belongs.

We see this every week in sports when someone

scores a touchdown, hits a home run, or sinks a 50-foot putt.

Now what about the title of this column and maybe a harder topic, like finding the attitude of gratitude during times of trouble and adversity? Again, showing gratitude when things are going really well is much easier for most of us than it is to be appreciative and giving thanks when things are not quite going our way.

Many times we feel frustrated and we only see the trouble immediately in front of us. And when this happens our defense mechanisms kick into gear, and we have blinders on when it comes to the good that can possibly come from the trouble and adversity we are facing. And when this happens it can diminish our ability

Election leads to uncertainty

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n Nov. 8, Donald Trump became the president-elect.

This sent the futures market into deep decline in the overnight hours. However, after his acceptance speech, markets worldwide started to calm down and recovered nicely as of this writing.

While the world digests the news, we expect markets to be volatile, as there remains uncertainty around

what the new agenda for the White House will look like, even though for the moment, the markets appear to be favoring the change. This includes rallies initially in investments that will benefit from healthcare reform, infrastructure improvement and defense expansion, among others. Those areas where trade may SEE KUMMER, P14

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Trump used system to advantage Throughout this improbable election season, a rising chorus was heard asking, why do we never seem to be able to muster a truly viable thirdparty candidate? I submit that Trump actually was that third party candidate, ensconced within the technical trappings of running as a Republican, with all the benefits and advantages ascribed to main-party contenders. No alternative-party candidate in modern times has ever won a single electoral vote (the last successful one being Lincoln).

Even Ross Perot, who in 1992 created the short-lived Reform Party and stunned the political establishment with 19 percent of the popular vote, came up with zero electoral votes.

Early on, numerous Re-

publican luminaries flatly stated that Trump was not a Republican. This was based on their opinion that many of his espoused policies and positions differed from Republican orthodoxy, that he was a registered Democrat for seven years in the early 2000s, on his refusal to defer to Republican party leadership and on his shockingly impolite, glovesoff pounding of establishment Republicans running against him, as well as party icons like George W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney, etc.

This populist wolf successfully hijacked the Republican sheep’s clothing as a necessary formality, in order to avoid the sure defeat of trying to create an entirely new party structure while concomitantly capturing the JERRY HEALEY President jhealey@coloradocommunitymedia.com

presidency. Another benefit of not pursuing the presidency via a third party, is that in the general election he had to face only one other major party candidate, not two as Perot did. He trounced all his traditional Republican challengers in the nomination process, thereby clearing them from the general election field entirely. He accurately gauged the mood of the electorate in the states he needed to win.

And despite being outspent and out ground-gamed heavily, he captured the prize.

As a patriot, I sincerely hope that his skill at winning the presidency as an insurgent candidate, will be matched by his skill in executing the duties of the office.

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to show appreciation and compromise our attitude of gratitude.

Let me share a quick story with you. When I was a young 5-year-old boy my father had died.

My mom remarried a couple of years later, however that marriage ended in divorce. My mom remarried again and unfortunately her husband died a couple of years later as well.

Looking around at all of my other friends who still had their biological dad in their lives I often found myself angry and resentful. Very wrong attitude for sure, but I was young and it just didn’t seem right or fair.

But two things happened along the way. I got SEE NORTON, P11

After the election, still putting one foot in front of the other

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t’s the mourning after.

I am having serious doubts about my countrymen and women.

In college, and until I could afford a single Craig Marshall home, I lived Smith wall-to-wall with a lot of people I had nothing in common with.

I was conjoined by two things: affordability and convenience. I thought that if and when my income improved, I would live around more likeminded people.

Nothing has changed.

The percentage of human beings with whom I connect is actually shrinking.

And there are two ways to go with that.

Drink and disappear, and I know just how to do it. It’s even easier now than it once was.

I am on a pension, and all of my bills are paid automatically.

I’d have to get someone to mow the lawn and shovel the snow, and that’s about it.

During sober-enough passages, I would go to the grocery store and the liquor store.

Of course, I would lose Jennifer.

Of course, I would lose one friendship after another.

Of course, I would lose every opportunity as an artist that might still be out there for me.

There would be no happy ending. Not even a chance. But I would be in good company.

Dylan Thomas.

On Nov. 3, 1953, Thomas spent most of the day in bed drinking in a New York City hotel. He went out drinking that evening, returned to his hotel, and then left at 2 a.m., to drink some more.

He later said, “I had 18 straight whiskeys. I think that’s the record,” although the bartender disputed it.

He drank for the next few days, and died at noon on Nov. 9.

Other writers: O. Henry, Raymond Chandler, James Thurber.

The list of painters who drank themselves to death would fill out this column.

The country is askew. Or I am. I am not in tune. That would be a good excuse.

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NORTON: During these times, we can look for the good news amid the bad news FROM PAGE 10

to spend so much quality time with my grandfather, whom I regarded as the greatest man alive. And although I was unsure of what I was missing by not technically having a dad, I had a grandfather who loved me and was more of a dad than I could have imagined or hoped for. The second thing that happened occurred in my early 20s. I was working as a youth group director and one of the kids coming to youth group seemed troubled and acted like a bit of a loner. After speaking with her, she shared with me that she had lost her father, her mom remarried, got divorced, remarried again, and got divorced again. In an instant I realized that the troubles and adversity that I had faced was just a way of preparing me for this very moment.

It would have been so easy to say something like, “I think I know how you feel.” And that may have shown sympathy and concern, but by having the ability to say, “I know exactly how you feel because I lived the same story,” was so very powerful. I still remember the feeling of gratitude and appreciation that I had because I was able to

relate and help someone else find their own attitude of gratitude during their time of trouble and adversity.

It is not a matter of “if ” challenges and difficult situations find us, it’s really only a matter of “when” they find us. And it is during these times that if we can look for the “good” in the mountains of what appears to be the “bad” piling up around us and maintain our attitude of gratitude, it is there that we will be able to see the opportunities, learning moments and teaching moments that can bring us back to joy and happiness.

How about you? Is there something in front of you right now that is causing you anxiety, stress, trouble or grief ? If so, I would love to hear all about how you still recognize the “good” and find the ability to give thanks even in the midst of your challenges at gotnorton@gmail.com. And when we can find gratitude in adversity it really will be a better than good week.

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

SMITH: People I have nothing in common with are celebrating results of this election FROM PAGE 10

But a good excuse is not a good reason.

The unthinkable validation of one man is not why I am here. It’s taken a long old time to figure out why I am here, and he is not any part of it.

Not a particle, not a shred.

I have been disgusted before (O.J.), and I am sure I will be again.

Twenty years ago, I’d be on my third drink by now, and it’s only 8 in the morning.

The little green monkeys would come in and take me away from America.

Instead, by 8 o’clock this morning, this had been started.

And I looked at the floor and saw my dog. I looked at a photograph of Jennifer.

If you think I am being melodramatic, try an addiction on for size.

Smitty and I walked at sunrise, and the sun did rise.

I opened a box of new paints and new brushes.

I turned up the volume on Richard Ray’s morning program on KVOD. For a few moments in the middle of the night, I felt meaningless.

I heard fireworks that woke me, and I knew exactly what that meant.

People I have nothing in common with were celebrating the election of someone I have nothing in common with.

Next to me, Smitty, who is losing his hearing, didn’t wake.

I looked across the room, and saw a portrait I’d done of my girlfriend. And smiled.

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

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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or people like Highlands Ranch resident Devyn St. Aubin, a traditional gym setting or running program doesn’t work.

Two years ago, she stumbled across a The Ballet Physique — a ballet barre studio in Lone Tree — and she hasn’t looked back.

“I have bad knees, so running is out of the question for me,” said St. Aubin, 26. “I needed to find a workout that would hit all my areas.”

And that’s what the workout that focuses on small movements does.

“It doesn’t look intense, but it builds a really prominent burn in your muscles that you’re not going to get from some of the other classes out there,” said Ballet Physique owner Kristen Zurek.

From ballet barre in Highlands Ranch to pole dancing in Arvada to UFC fighting in Westminster, metro-area residents are looking for alternative ways to stay in shape.

Zurek, who has a professional dance background, discovered the ballet barre form of fitness while studying in New York City.

When she moved to Colorado in 2008, the workout had yet to make it to Colorado. So Zurek started a studio from scratch and opened in downtown Littleton in 2010. She opened her second studio in Lone Tree in 2014.

Over the years, the workout has become more popular throughout the Front Range.

“When I came here, I couldn’t find a studio,” Zurek said, “and now there 50 of them.”

But although “ballet” is in the name, Zurek noted that the workout is not ballet. The low-impact workout uses the ballet bar to help stabilize and leverage body weight.

It’s designed to sculpt and tone long, lean danceresque muscles.

Students at The Ballet Physique run the full spectrum, from teenagers who are trying to stay fit to 75-year-old women.

“The nature of the workout appeals to many parts of the population because everyone wants to have strong and sculpted muscles,” Zurek said. “Mostly women between the ages of 30 and 60 — not dancers and not athletes.

A lot of them have had kids and are just ready to get back into shape.”

Cori Ham concentrates on her bag during a kickboxing conditioning class at UFC Gym in Westminster.

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The philosophy behind it is that it’s a workout for everybody, no matter your fitness level, your age, weight or whatever you’ve done in the past.

Jenna McNamar, owner of Rockstar Pole Fitness

Pole dancing gaining steam Another dance form that is growing in the workout world is pole dancing. Colorado now has 12 pole dance fitness studios, with the majority located in Denver, Colorado Springs and Boulder. Two are in the Denver metro area: Vertical Academy Workout in Highlands Ranch and Rockstar Pole Fitness in Arvada.

“The philosophy behind it is that it’s a workout for everybody, no matter your fitness level, your age, weight or whatever you’ve done in the past,” said Jenna McNamar, owner of Rockstar Pole Fitness, which opened two years ago in Olde Town Arvada.

McNamar starting practicing pole

fitness 10 years ago and has been teaching it for eight years.

“When I first started, people wouldn’t talk about it because people relate it to exotic dancing,” she said.

“It still is and we at Rockstar want to have a huge part in that, too, because that’s where it came from. But I think when people realize the strength it takes to do this stuff — it is hard and it is challenging and I think that’s why it grows.”

Madeline Haenel, 42, had been looking for a workout routine she could stick with for a while. After attending pole class for the first time two months ago, she found it.

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Instructor Rebecca Dolana demonstrates moves at Rockstar Pole Fitness in Arvada.

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EXERCISE: Alternative workout methods give other options for fitness FROM PAGE 12

“The first experience was so fun and amazing and freeing that the next week, I signed up for two classes and now I have the monthly membership,” Haenel said.

But for her, it’s not just about the sore muscles and full body workout.

It’s also about the personal empowerment found at the studio.

“For me, taking a pole class has been a really empowering thing,” Haenel said, adding that she is transgender and recently had gender confirmation surgery. “It’s really a whole new perspective on me and my body, and it’s a whole new freedom that I have.”

The studio has also been a source of community for Haenel and others.

“There’s this whole community of people that are very supportive,” Haenel said. “Ladies that go there of all shapes and body types. You don’t have to be a specific body type to pole dance. It breaks some of the preconceived notions that people might have.”

Mixed martial arts a complex workout On the other end of the spectrum, UFC gym in Westminster is giving people motivation to break the cycle of weights and the treadmill.

“I like it because it hits your whole body,” said James Camire, who attends classes at the gym and trains twice a week. “The intensity, it’s really hard to get similar intensity

The Ballet Physique in Lone Tree focuses on combining the ballet bar with light weight training. doing other things.”

Dalton Grinstead, coach and personal trainer at UFC in Westminster, said the mixed martial arts workout helps teach problem-solving skills for the real world.

“You can always get a cheap membership somewhere and wait for the macho man to get off the machine and do your curls for the girls, but you’re kind of turning your brain off there,” Grinstead said. “These workouts, it’s a complex movement pattern and it’s fast-paced. So you understand what

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Where’s my head? So you’re constantly problem-solving both hemispheres of the brain.”

Walking into a UFC gym, which are also located in Highlands Ranch and Parker, is not the scene many people expect, Grinstead said.

“It’s kind of surprising because we’re a UFC gym and if you ever watch the UFC, it’s blood and, really, some people say violent fighting,” he said. “But our UFC gym is totally

different. There’s only a small handful of guys here that want to compete in fighting. Really, 80 percent of the people here want to lose weight. A large percentage of that also want to learn self defense as well.”

People also are surprised that the gym has more female than male members, Grinstead said.

“That little bit of extra money you’re spending is so much more valuable because you’re learning a skill,” he said. “It’s something totally different than most gyms can offer.”

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unopposed in his bid for re-election. The district encompasses Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

University of Colorado regent, District 4 Sue Sharkey, Republican, 65 percent; Bob Owens, Democrat, 35 percent The incumbent Sharkey, of Castle Rock, won another term.

The district includes Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree, Elbert County and much of the state’s rural eastern plains.

University of Colorado regent, at large Heidi Ganahl, Republican, 52.5 percent; Alice Madden, Democrat, 47.5 percent

Ganahl, a resident of Superior, was elected by voters across the state to join the board.

Town of Elizabeth Ballot Issue 2B (3 percent lodging tax) Yes: 37.4 percent No: 62.6 percent Town of Elizabeth Ballot Issue 2C (publish ordinances by title only) Yes: 34.6 percent No: 65.4 percent Elizabeth Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 5A (extend existing tax) Yes: 65.8 percent No: 34.2 percent Town of Simla Ballot Question 2A (recreational marijuana sales) Yes: 31 percent No: 69 percent

KUMMER: Most analysts agree that current economic conditions do not point to recession FROM PAGE 10

be affected will be challenging, such as Emerging Markets.

Since 1928, the Standard & Poor’s 500 — a widely watched benchmark of U.S. large-cap companies — has dropped in presidential election years that don’t include an incumbent seeking reelection. While we saw the year relatively flat and the month of October negative, this appears to be in line with history so far this year.

Most analysts agree, we are not headed into recession and the general trend of the markets could very well continue, barring extreme cases such as terrorism or total misses of hitting economic growth targets for China.

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limbo or perhaps a waiting game, and there has not been much movement in either direction.

Recent elections have been very close and therefore caused some angst for about half of the population when their candidate is not elected. Therefore, markets will react to the emotional aspect, if only temporarily.

We are also at the tail end of earnings season and anticipating a possible interest rate hike in December. This, along with the uncertainty that comes with a new president, may be unsettling for many investors. In reality, the markets will predict the health of the economy over longer periods of time once the emotional reactions settle down.

Meanwhile, investors wait to hear what will come out of any new policies.

There are some positive and negative aspects at first glance. Here is an outlook from Invesco’s chief strategist Robert Waldner Jr., CFA. • Fiscal easing may be a by-product of Trump’s promise to lower corporate and individual tax rates. This could potentially boost growth in the U.S. and lead to better corporate profits.

• Deregulation has been a touted in the campaign. This will likely start with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act along with reduced regulation in the energy sector and in the Dodd-Frank Act. • Trump focused on an anti-trade message and he will have the power to implement tariffs and change trade deals. The total impact here is unknown but could be a positive for better trade deals and more corporate growth in the U.S., but could also pull down foreign investments.

• Stronger growth could push interest rates higher and increase the strength of the U.S. dollar, which could fuel inflation.

While we don’t yet know the make-up of Trump’s advisers or the Cabinet, it is safe to say we will be seeing some changes. Hopefully those changes equal economic growth in the long run. We would expect stock values to fluctuate, sometimes significantly, as new policies are implemented. There could also be pressure on bond prices as interest rates rise.

It has never been more important to make sure you are positioned with your portfolio for the expected decline in fixed-income instruments along with a long-term outlook for your equity positions. Keep in mind, it is important for investors to stay focused on their strategy. It could be just as dangerous to miss an opportunity as it is to miss a market correction.

In the larger scheme of things, economic prosperity is what investors want, and the economy looks to be on a trend toward expected growth.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 30 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch.

Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www.kummerfinancial.com for more information or call the economic hotline at 303-683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

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Vitamin D deficiency seen as overestimated Doctors say much testing isn’t needed

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it’s not the “we need more” news you might expect.

Instead, they say there’s too much needless testing and too many people taking too many pills for a problem that few people truly have.

The nutrient is crucial for strong bones and may play a role in other health conditions, though that is far less certain. Misunderstandings about the recommended amount of vitamin D have led to misinterpretation of blood tests and many people thinking they need more than they really do, some experts who helped set the levels write in the Nov. 10 New England Journal of Medicine.

Correctly interpreted, less than 6 percent of Americans ages 1 to 70 are deficient and only 13 percent are in danger of not getting enough.

That’s concerning, “but these levels of deficiency do not constitute a pandemic,” the authors write.

Yet people may think there is one.

Blood tests for vitamin D levels — not advised unless a problem like bone loss is suspected — are soaring.

Under Medicare, there was an 83-fold increase from 2000 to 2010, to 8.7 million tests last year, at $40 apiece. It’s Medicare’s fifth most common test, just after cholesterol levels and ahead of blood sugar, urinary tract infections and prostate cancer screening.

“I’m not sure when it got popular to check everybody for vitamin D deficiency,” but patients often ask for it, especially baby boomers, said Dr. Kenny Lin, a Georgetown University family physician and preventive medicine expert.

Vitamin D pill use also grew, from 5 percent of Americans in 1999 to 19 percent in 2012.

That may be due to many reports suggesting harm from too little of “the sunshine vitamin,” called that because our skin makes vitamin D from sun exposure. It’s tough to get enough in winter or from dietary sources like milk and oily fish, though many foods and drinks are fortified with vitamin D and labels soon will have to carry that information.

Too much vitamin D can lead to high levels of calcium in the blood, which can cause nausea, constipation, kidney stones, an abnormal heart rhythm and other problems.

“We’re not saying that moderatedose supplements are risky, but more is not necessarily better,” said Dr. JoAnn Manson of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She and several other advisers to the Institute of Medicine, which set the RDA, or recommended dietary allowance, wrote the journal article.

People vary, biologically, in how much of any vitamin they need. The

In addition to sunshine, vitamin D can be found in several types of food incluing eggs, cheese and salmon. institute estimated this by comparing various intake and blood levels with measures of bone health. They estimated that, on average, people need about 400 international units of vitamin D per day, and 600 for people over 70.

To be safe and ensure that everyone gets enough, they set the RDA at the high end of the spectrum of the population’s needs — 600 to 800 units, depending on age. So by definition, nearly everyone’s true requirement is below that.

Many people and their doctors regard the RDA and its corresponding blood levels as a threshold that everyone needs to be above, the authors write. As a result, people often are told they are inadequate or deficient in D when, in fact, they’re not.

“If you’re chasing a lab number, that will lead to many people getting higher amounts of vitamin D than they need,” and labs vary a lot in the quality of testing, Manson said.

The bottom line: Get 600 to 800 units a day from food or supplements and skip the blood test unless you have special risk factors, Manson said.

A big study she is helping lead is testing whether higher levels lower the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, memory loss, depression, diabetes, bone loss or other problems.

Nearly 26,000 people have been taking 2,000 units of D-3 (the most active form of vitamin D, also known as cholecalciferol) or dummy pills every day for five years. Results are expected in early 2018.

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he Colorado Wind Ensemble will present a multimedia experience with famed photographer John Fielder at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd. in Highlands Ranch, and on Dec. Sonya Ellingboe 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the King Center Concert Hall, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver (Auraria Campus). “Outdoor Exposure,” the program’s title, speaks not only to Fielder’s work, to be shown on a large screen behind the orchestra, but to the CWE program, which includes Aaron Copland’s “Outdoor Overture,” Eric Whitacre’s “Cloudburst,” Ola Gjelo’s “Serenity,” William Pitts’ “Conniption,” Bruce Broughton’s “Silverado”

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Fielder has especially focused on the National Park Service’s centennial and will feature many treasured Colorado locations. Tickets: $15/$12/$5, coloradowindensemble.org.

Historic topics Ben Martin will present “The Birth of Liberty and the U.S. Military,” the 2016 annual veterans program, for the Highlands Ranch Historical Society from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Highlands Ranch Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road.

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Pastel workshop Artist Diane Edwards of Fort Collins will present a “Loose and Fun Pastel Painting” workshop for members and guests of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 3 at Littleton First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. She will lead participants as they learn to paint snow, water and reflections in winter scenes. Artists 18 and older are welcome. Cost is $30 for HFAG members and $50 for non-members. (Cost of membership is $35.) To register and see supply list: heritageguild.com/current-workshops.

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SAMPLER: Star Wars performance highlights costumes FROM PAGE 16

hoofers from Minneapolis, will appear with their big brass band at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at Lone Tree Arts Center.

“Heatbox” the human beatbox, will appear with the seven-piece funk band.

Tickets: 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org Hudson Gardens lights up “A Hudson Christmas” holiday Light show will turn on for 24 nights, beginning Nov. 25 and running through Dec. 31. Open 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 25, 26, 27; Dec. 2, 3, 4 and 9, 10, 11; 16-24 and 26-31. Tickets: Altitude Tickets or at the door.

Costume exhibit “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” is open at the Denver Art Museum through April 2. More than 70 hand-made costumes and 100 additional accessories and other pieces from George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch in California. The exhibit is developed by the Smithsonian Institution in partnership with the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. There is an admission charge, with timed tickets.

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

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

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Cardinals take third at state Elizabeth girls amass 176.625 points in bid for team title

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Elizabeth fans cheered and applauded and teammates shouted encouragement whenever Cardinals athletes prepared to compete during the Nov. 4 Class 4A State Gymnastics Championship Meet.

Gymnastics involves competition in four events: the uneven parallel bars, the vault, the balance beam and floor exercise.

Meets are both an individual and a team competition.

Individual gymnasts seek to win each event in which they compete. At the same time, they earn team points based on their individual scores. A team can enter eight gymnasts in an event and the sum of the top five scores are added together to determine the team score for that event.

Green Mountain won the team title with 182 points and Niwot, defending champion, finished second with 177.775.

The gymnasts in the distinctive red uniforms scored the points needed for Elizabeth to finish third in the team standings with a score of 176.626.

Elizabeth Coach Stacey Folmar said it was apparently a misunderstanding that led to the early season report Elizabeth would move up to 5A. “There were some 5A teams that moved to 4A but we are now and probably always will be a 4A team,” she said before the start of the meet. “Elizabeth is the fourth smallest school in the state that has a gymnastics team so, unless everyone is made 5A we will be always be a 4A team.”

The coach said the Cardinals are a very young team with one senior and two juniors on the roster of Elizabeth gymnasts competing in the state meet.

“While we are young, our team is wonderful this season and we are ready to compete. It will be a very competitive meet with a lot of good performers so it is anyone’s ball game,” Folmer said before the meet began. “Our team is a very close-knit group and they really respond under pressure.”

Emily Schaefer makes her approach as the Elizabeth gymnasts competes in the vault during the Nov. 4 Class 4A State Gymnastics Championship at Thornton High School. The performances of the Cardinals’ gymnasts provided the points enabling Elizabeth to finish third in the team standings.

PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS The coach said floor exercise is a strong event for the Cardinals.

“Floor is strong for us because I have a great group of performers on the team this year,” she said. “Our floor exercise competitors just love to get out on the mat and perform.”

Amanda Taylor was one of the two Cardinals gymnasts in the all-around competition.

“My best events are vault and bars,” Taylor said. “They are just the two events where I do best. They also are the two events where I feel I can put all my power into the competition.”

She said her mother put her in gymnastics when she was very little.

“I didn’t have a choice to start gymnastics but I liked it and stuck with it,” the Cardinals junior said. “I have been with the same club coach since I was in first grade. It is just my sport and I love it.”

Taylor said performing on the balance beam is stressful.

“You really have to control your nerves to do well on the beam,” she said. “It is a little scary at times, like when you do a back flip. But you just have to rely on your training and trust yourself to complete the flip properly.”

Ashley Lindsey and her Elizabeth teammates warm up on the balance beam before the start of the Nov. 4 Class 4A State Gymnastics Championship Meet. Lindsey’s performance on the beam earned a score of 9.175 as she and her teammates piled up 176.725 points. Elizabeth finished third in the team standings.

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Some cancer drugs may pose rare cardiac risks

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doctors have found a disturbing downside to some powerful new drugs that harness the immune system to fight cancer: In rare cases, they may cause potentially fatal heart damage, especially when used together.

“The problem is, no one has this on their radar,” so patients are not routinely checked for it, said Dr. Javid Moslehi, head of a Vanderbilt University clinic specializing in heart risks from cancer therapies.

He led a report Nov. 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine describing two patients who died of heart trouble two weeks after receiving their first doses of two Bristol-Myers Squibb drugs, Opdivo and Yervoy, for the deadly skin cancer

the immune response if trouble develops.

Besides melanoma, the Opdivo-Yervoy combination is used to treat some lung cancers, though at different doses. Other checkpoint inhibitors include Genentech’s Tecentriq, for bladder cancer, and Merck & Co.’s Keytruda, which former President Jimmy Carter received for melanoma that spread to his brain. Many more are in testing.

There have been occasional, previous reports of heart troubles with these drugs.

After the two recent deaths, doctors asked Bristol-Myers to check patient safety records on Opdivo and Yervoy.

As of April, 18 cases of serious heart inflammation were found among 20,594 patients receiving either or both drugs,

a rate of 0.09 percent. It was more severe and more common among people on both drugs, affecting 0.27 percent of those patients. Bristol-Myers scientists helped write the journal report, and some other authors consult for the company.

Studies have shown that the drug combination gives a stronger anti-cancer effect than either drug alone, but “we’ve known this is a double-edged sword” because of the risk of over-stimulating the immune system, said Dr. Jeffrey Sosman of Northwestern University in Chicago, who treated the two patients who died.

“The big question is, is there enough advantage to using the combination, which is much more toxic, than a single drug,” he said.

That’s a larger question

facing the cancer field, not just with immune therapies. Some of the newer gene-targeting drugs also have produced major side effects when used in combination. Yet many doctors believe that combos may be the best way to get cancer to go into remission and stay there longer, by shutting down multiple pathways the tumor employs at once.

Dr. Michael Atkins, deputy director of the GeorgetownLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, believes the heart problems with checkpoint inhibitors will turn out to be treatable in most patients.

“It just gives us a moment of pause,” said Atkins, who led a study that included one of the two patients who died. “This is a rare event ... but it’s a particularly serious one.”

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Hepatitis C-infected kidneys eyed for use in transplants

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD ASSOCIATED PRESS

A bold experiment is giving some patients a chance at cutting years off their wait for a kidney transplant if they agree to a drastic-sounding option — getting an organ almost sure to infect them with hepatitis C. Betting on new medications that promise to cure hepatitis C, two leading transplant centers aim to use organs that today go to waste, a bid to put a dent in the nation’s long transplant waiting list.

Pilot studies are underway at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University to test transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C into recipients who don’t already have that virus. If the groundbreaking research eventually pans out, hundreds more kidneys — and maybe some hearts and lungs, too — could be transplanted every year.

“We always dreaded hepatitis C,” said Dr. Peter Reese, a Penn kidney specialist who is helping lead the research. “But now hepatitis C is just a different disease,” enough to consider what he calls the trade-off of getting a new kidney years faster but one that comes with a hopefully treatable infection.

It’s a trade-off prompted by an organ shortage. More than 99,000 people are on the national kidney waiting list, but only about 17,000 people a year get a transplant and 4 percent a year die

‘This is giving people in my situation new hope.’

Irma Hendricks waiting, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).

“If we had enough organs, we wouldn’t do this,” said Dr. Niraj Desai, who is leading the Hopkins study. But, Desai said, “most patients are pretty open to the idea once they hear what the alternatives are.”

Doctors had told 66-year-old Irma Hendricks of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to expect at least a five-year wait for a kidney transplant. Dialysis three times a week was keeping her alive, but leaving her with no energy for even routine activities. “I call it the zombie syndrome,” she said.

She jumped at the chance to enroll in Penn’s study, even though doctors made clear they hoped for but couldn’t guarantee a hepatitis cure.

“My son said, ‘Mom, this is a nobrainer. Just do it,’” Hendricks said.

She swallowed an anti-hepatitis pill daily for three months, in addition to the usual post-transplant medications.

Testing showed the drugs rapidly cleared hepatitis C out of her bloodstream. With her new kidney functioning well, she now has enough energy

to play with her toddler grandson.

“This is giving people in my situation new hope,” Hendricks said.

Specialists weigh research Kidney transplant specialists are closely watching the research.

“It makes sense to me,” said Dr. Matthew Cooper, a transplant surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital who is not involved in the research. He cautioned that the studies should use only kidneys that are young and otherwise high-quality, and that patients must understand the risks.

“They need to know you place their safety as the highest priority,” Cooper said. “But at the same time, recognize that we have these obstacles. We don’t want people to die on dialysis, and there are not enough organs available for everybody.”

Hepatitis C is a simmering infection that, if untreated, over two to three decades can quietly destroy someone’s liver.

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Now, breakthrough drugs promise to cure 95 percent of hepatitis C cases with fewer side effects — for people who can afford them. Treatment costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Normally, hepatitis C-infected organs are transplanted only into patients who already have hepatitis C themselves, so as not to further spread the virus.

Giving hepatitis C-positive organs to hepatitis C-negative recipients is allowed if the patient agrees, but it’s rare, said Dr. David Klassen, UNOS’ chief medical officer. UNOS statistics show a few dozen such transplants, mostly kidneys, last year, presumably when doctors feared their patients wouldn’t survive the wait for a healthier organ.

More often, hospitals discard hepatitis C-infected organs.

Reese and fellow Penn physician Dr. David Goldberg found only 37 percent of hepatitis C-positive kidney donations between 2005 and 2014 were transplanted. The discards could have helped more than 4,000 patients during that time period, they reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last year.

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CURTAIN TIME Favorite story “A Christmas Story: the Musical” plays through Dec. 30 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Directed by Nick Sugar.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, Nov. 26; 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. Tickets: 303-794-2787, ext. 5. Townhallartscenter.org.

New holiday musical “I’ll be Home For Christmas,” by Arvada Center’s Musical Director David Nehls and Kent McLaughlin, plays through Dec. 23 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Director is Gavin Mayer. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m.

Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Arvadacenter.org, 720-898-7200.

New by Christian Munck “One Death Please?,” a new dark comedy by local actor/playwright Christian Munck, plays through Dec. 3 at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver

Highlands. Patrick Brownson directs.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door. EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.

Gershwin The Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” plays Nov. 25 to Jan. 1 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:p.m. Sundays. Tickets: Aurorafox. org.

Fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” plays Nov. 25 through Jan 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 Sundays. Tickets: vintagetheatre.com.

Scrooge “A Christmas Carol,” based on Charles Dickens’ novel, plays Nov. 25 through Dec. 23 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesday, Dec. 21; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: minersalley.com.

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

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

Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industry-specific scholarships and funding for special groups.

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Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver.

We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com Castle Rock Bridge Club plays a friendly, ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock.

For assistance in finding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303-810-8504. Go to www.castlerockbridge.com.

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

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

Elbert Game Night: 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Elbert Library. Board and card games for all ages.

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

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

Elizabeth Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food.

Hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

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young organs that, absent an infection risk, would be sought after.

The small Penn and Hopkins trials are a first step. Much larger studies are needed to prove whether more routine use of these organs in immunesuppressed transplant recipients really works.

Cost also is a question. Merck & Co. is helping to fund the pilot trials, donating its medication Zepatier, which costs $54,000 for a round of treatment.

That’s still cheaper than a lifetime of a dialysis, which costs about $75,000 a year, UNOS’ Klassen noted.

While the studies began with kidneys because of their demand, “I don’t think there’s any reason, if it proves safe and effective in kidneys, that we wouldn’t want to try it in other organs,” Penn’s Goldberg noted.

Even if the hepatitis C-infected organs prove useful, the nation still is “desperate for more donors,” cautioned Hopkins’ Desai. “It’s a practical solution to help some of the people. It won’t solve the problem.”

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

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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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lawrence C. Phipps, III, Deceased.

Case Number: 16PR30054

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Barry Russell Finck Attorney to the Personal Representative 4800 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Ste. #400 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 No. 303-832-2770 Legal Notice No.: 23513 First Publication: November 3, 2016 Last Publication: November 17, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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nished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or subcontractor, may in accordance with Section 38-26-107(1), C.R.S., file with Ron Patera, Director of Finance with Elizabeth School District C-1, 633 Dale Court, Elizabeth, Colorado 80107, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed and received on or before noon on November 19, 2016.

Notice To Creditors

Lawrence C. Phipps, IV Personal Representative 522 Corona Street Denver, CO 80218 No: 303-877-7444

Seniors meet in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch.

Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership.

Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303646-3425 for information.

Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Knitting Group: 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Kiowa Simla Open Mic Night: 6:30 p.m. Fridays, Lincoln counties and provides an economical Library. Knit and chat. All skill levels welcome.

Simla Library. Share poetry, music, dance, and efficient means of travel for the fourCall 303-621-2111 or go to pplibraries.org. comedy or painting (inter alios), or just come county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at and watch.

719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG Lawyers at the Library, a free legal clinic for office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservaparties who have no attorney, will be offered Sky Cliff Center Support Groups A Stroke tions for any of the trips. You may also visit from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every support group meets from 6-7:30 p.m. the month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly first Tuesday, and from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Public Notice http://outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, the second and last Wednesday (lunch NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT reservations are appreciated. help fill out forms and explain the process included). The Care Giver support group for Notice is hereby given that Elizabeth School and procedure for the areas of family law, adults meets from 10-11:30 a.m. the third District C-1 in the County of Elbert and State of PUBLIC NOTICE Colorado will in Late-October, 2016, make final Overeaters Anonymous meets from 10-11 civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, Tuesday of each month. Caregiving for adults settlement for the Elizabeth School District’s FOR DESIGN-BUILDER a.m. and from 7-8 p.m.REQUEST Wednesdays in the probate law, collections, appeals, can be challenging at times and you’re not Re-Roof landlordof Singing Hills Elementary at 41012 QUALIFICATIONS COLSMAN TUNNEL Madridorders.

Avenue,WalkParker, Colorado (“Project”), to at New Hope Presbyterian Sedalia Room tenant law and civil protection alone. For information, or to let the center REHABILITATION PROJECT LE Roofing, LLC (“Contractor”) of Pueblo, Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock. ins are welcome. EveryoneColorado. will be helped on a know if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 The Southgate Sanitation District is issuing a R e q u e s t f o r Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s ( R F Q ) for r o email m first-come, first-served basis. skycliffctr@skycliff.org. Go to www.

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Public Notices All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before March 3, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

ing Club is open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. We meet regularly throughout the month on various weekday evenings and weekends. Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery). Contact Alison Collins at 720-2124788 for information or find us online at http://www.meetup.com/Parker-FranktownElizabeth-Paper-Crafting-Club/

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.

Notice is hereby given that Elizabeth School District C-1 in the County of Elbert and State of Colorado will in Late-October, 2016, make final settlement for the Elizabeth School District’s Re-Roof of Singing Hills Elementary at 41012 Madrid Avenue, Parker, Colorado (“Project”), to LE Roofing, LLC (“Contractor”) of Pueblo, Colorado.

Any person, co partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or subcontractor, may in accordance with Section 38-26-107(1), C.R.S., file with Ron Patera, Director of Finance with Elizabeth School District C-1, 633 Dale Court, Elizabeth, Colorado 80107, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed and received on or before noon on November 19, 2016.

Elizabeth School District C-1 By: Mr. Ron Patera, Director of Finance Legal Notice No.: 23518 First Publication: November 10, 2016 Last Publication: November 17, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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Elizabeth School District C-1 By: Mr. Ron Patera, Director of Finance

Legal Notice No.: 23518 First Publication: November 10, 2016 Last Publication: November 17, 2016 Publisher: The Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR DESIGN-BUILDER QUALIFICATIONS COLSMAN TUNNEL REHABILITATION PROJECT The Southgate Sanitation District is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from Design/Build (D/B) firms with experience related to sanitary sewer tunnel rehabilitation, sewer tunnel replacement, sewer collection systems, wetwells, bypass pumping, bridge improvements, civil site work, and other complimentary work. The project, known as the “Colsman Tunnel Rehabilitation,” consists of rehabilitating, upgrading, and/or replacing the District’s existing sanitary sewer tunnel to produce a safe and highly reliable system. The Colsman Tunnel, located in Greenwood Village, CO is approximately 8,500 lineal feet long, irregularly shaped, and with access only on both ends. The existing sewer tunnel is experiencing deterioration/corrosion and needs to be rehabilitated, upgraded, or replaced. The Project is to be designed and constructed using a progressive design-build delivery method using a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract to be negotiated with the selected team.

Statement of Qualification (SOQ) submittals for the Colsman Tunnel Rehabilitation project will be received by the Southgate Sanitation District at their offices, 3722 East Orchard Road, Centennial, CO 80121, until 3:00 P.M. local time (MT) on December 7, 2016. Only prequalified D/B teams will receive future request for proposal documents and be allowed to submit proposals.

RFQ documents including: project description, qualification procedure, scope of work, project goals, and other procedures, may be obtained via a request sent to Christina Baca cbaca@southgatedistricts.org beginning November 3, 2016.

Specific questions regarding this SOQ process may only be submitted in writing electronically to cbaca@southgatedistricts.org.

The District will review the submitted prequalification packages and post a list of D/B Contactors pre-qualified to submit proposals on the District’s website www.southgatedistricts.org by approximately December 29, 2016.

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tunnel replacement, sewer collection systems, wetwells, bypass pumping, bridge improvements, civil site work, and other complimentary work. The project, known as the “Colsman Tunnel Rehabilitation,” consists of rehabilitating, upgrading, and/or replacing the District’s existing sanitary sewer tunnel to produce a safe and highly reliable system. The Colsman Tunnel, located in Greenwood Village, CO is approximately 8,500 lineal feet long, irregularly shaped, and with access only on both ends. The existing sewer tunnel is experiencing deterioration/corrosion and needs to be rehabilitated, upgraded, or To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 replaced. The Project is to be designed and constructed using a progressive design-build delivPUBLIC NOTICE ery method using a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract to be negotiated with the selecNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ted team.

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Statement of Qualification (SOQ) submittals for the Colsman Tunnel Rehabilitation project will Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, be received by the Southgate Sanitation District December 20, 2016, at 7:00(P.M.), or as soon at their offices, 3722 East Orchard Road, as possible thereafter, a Planning Commission Centennial, CO 80121, until 3:00 P.M. local time hearing will be conducted and on Wednesday, (MT) on December 7, 2016. Only prequalified February 8, 2017, at 9:00 A.M., or as soon as D/B teams will receive future request for propospossible thereafter, a Board of County Commisal documents and be allowed to submit propossioners hearing will be conducted. Hearings will als. be conducted in the Hearing Room of the Elbert County Commissioners at Kiowa, Colorado, or RFQ documents including: project description, at such other time and place as these hearings qualification procedure, scope of work, project may be adjourned. Public hearings will be goals, and other procedures, may be obtained heard upon the application on file with Elbert v i a a r e q u e s t s e n t t o C h r i s t i n a B ac a County Community and Development Services, cbaca@southgatedistricts.org beginning Courthouse Annex, 221 Comanche Kiowa, ColNovember 3, 2016. orado, 621-3136, by Dan Ardrey, for a Special Use Review pursuant to the current Elbert Specific questions regarding this SOQ process County Zoning Regulations. The affected propmay only be submitted in writing electronically to erty is located northwest of the intersection of cbaca@southgatedistricts.org.

Elbert Road and County Road 102.

The District will review the submitted prequalificReason: To permit the expansion of the effluation packages and post a list of D/B Contactent transfer facility on site. ors pre-qualified to submit proposals on the DisProject Name and Number: SU-14-0019 trict’s website www.southgatedistricts.org by apLegal Description of Property: MINE: ELBERT proximately December 29, 2016.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Special Use Review for Effluent Transfer Station.

Legal Notice No.: 23525 First Publication: November 17, 2016 Last Publication: November 17, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press The Elbert County News

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at 7:00(P.M.), or as soon as possible thereafter, a Planning Commission hearing will be conducted and on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at 9:00 A.M., or as soon as possible thereafter, a Board of County Commissioners hearing will be conducted. Hearings will be conducted in the Hearing Room of the Elbert County Commissioners at Kiowa, Colorado, or at such other time and place as these hearings may be adjourned. Public hearings will be heard upon the application on file with Elbert County Community and Development Services, Courthouse Annex, 221 Comanche Kiowa, Colorado, 621-3136, by Dan Ardrey, for a Special Use Review pursuant to the current Elbert County Zoning Regulations. The affected property is located northwest of the intersection of Elbert Road and County Road 102.

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