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Cohrs digs into new role as town manager Official oversees daily operation of Elizabeth government

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Elizabeth High School Rodeo Team members Taylor Swisher, left, and Kallie Russell chat as they wait their turns to compete in barrel racing on April 14 at the Golden High School Rodeo at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Swisher, an EHS freshman, competed in the high school division and Russell competed in the junior high school division. TOM MUNDS

Elizabeth High rodeo team is no easy ride Roster includes students from both Elbert and Douglas counties

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Instead of cleats and helmets, a number of young athletes wear Western boots and hats when they compete as members of the Elizabeth High School rodeo team.

The team is small and includes Elizabeth-area residents as well as those from other parts of Elbert County. There are also Douglas County residents on the team, and team members come from both high school and junior high grades.

Julie Atkinson, who competed

in high school and professional rodeo, is a member of the adult board of directors for the Elizabeth High School rodeo team.

“Our team is small, with about 30 kids and about half-dozen who regularly compete in high school rodeos. We really want our team to grow and, to do that, we need more kids and parents to join us,” she said. “Competing in high school rodeo is a demanding sport for the student and the parents.

For the student there is the time demand for school work, rodeo event practice, training the horse and competition in youth rodeos.

Three organizations in Colorado put on rodeos, so there are events almost every weekend.”

About 11 Colorado High School Rodeo Association events are held each year, some in the spring and some in the fall. In addition, there

Matt Cohrs officially became Elizabeth town manager on April 2. Each work day he is in town, spending time in his office or out attending meetings and gathering of groups like the chamber of commerce.

Cohrs grew up in the Chicago area, went to college at Arizona State University and stayed in the Phoenix area until he moved to Colorado in 2012.

He has been working in municipal government since 1999, first in Phoenix, then in nearby Glendale.

He came to Colorado in 2012 to Cohrs accept a job in Greenwood Village and was there until he took the Elizabeth position.

He took a few minutes from his busy schedule to anwer questions about how he got into public service and about the Elizabeth community.

are numerous Colorado Junior Rodeo Association and Little Britches Rodeo Association events held in the spring and fall. Young rodeo riders can participate in events put on by all three organizations.

Atkinson said being involved in youth rodeo involves parents or guardians as well as the young competitors. She said all events except bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding require a horse, so that means packing up and towing a horse trailer to the rodeo site, meaning at least one adult usually has to go along with the competitor.

“The Elizabeth High School rodeo team was one of the largest in the state a few years ago,” she said. “Now we are small and we just hope we can get more parents

What was your impression of Elizabeth when you decided to apply for the position of town manager?

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ElizBash plans nearly complete

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce has about wrapped up planning for the annual ElizBash, which is held May 31 to June 3 at the same time as the Elizabeth Stampede.

“ElizBash carnival and a street fair,” Trisha Ellis, chamber director, said.

“Everything is about set. The carnival will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and it will be held in the open area at Crossroads Circle which is just off Highway 86. We expect to have about 17 carnival rides and we have asked Wright Amusements to include a Fer-

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and students involved in our sport and the Elizabeth High School rodeo team.”

Members of the Elizabeth team competed in the Golden High School Rodeo, held April 14 and 15 at Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

Traci Swisher stood by the edge of the arena to watch her daughter, Taylor, ride in the high school barrel racing event.

“Our team is small and we really hope more cowboys and cowgirls will join us,” she said. “I raced barrels, my

ris wheel. We also expect to have about 100 vendors who will be at the event.”

This year’s Elizabeth Stampede events also will run May 31 to June 3, including Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeos, entertainment and dances. The stampede is held at Casey Jones Park east of Elizabeth on Highway 86.

The Elizabeth Stampede began as an amateur rodeo. According to a story in the 1952 Elbert County Rainbelt Echo newspaper, the first amateur rodeo was held at what is now Casey Jones Park. The amateur rodeo reportedly adopted the name Elizabeth Stampede in 1966. It is now a Professional Rodeo

Cowboys Association rodeo and the weekend activities include entertainment and dances. The carnival and street fair that are part of the Chamber of Commerce-sponsored ElizBash was started in 2008.

The carnival will be held May 31 through June 3 and the street fair is set for June 2 on Main Street in Elizabeth. The day’s festivities include the Elizabeth Stampede Parade along Main Street that begins at 10 a.m. Vendors will be set up along Main Street until 3 p.m.

Ellis said this is the third year for the event that was designed to bring more people to Elizabeth and

to provide another type of entertainment for people coming to the rodeo and stampede. She said she expect the June 3 street carnival and parade will bring crowds to downtown Elizabeth.

“The event has grown every year,” she said. “Each year the carnival is a little larger and we have more vendors at the events. We just hope the carnival and street fair are additional activities to bring more people to Elizabeth and to the stampede.”

For more information, call the Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce at 303-646-4287 or go online to www.elizabethchamber.org/elizabash and www. elizabethstampede.com.

daughter thought it looked like fun. She said she thought she would like to try it and recently she started competing.”

Elizabeth High School freshman Taylor Swisher competed in the barrel racing high school division at the Golden rodeo.

“I love barrel racing and I grew up around it,” she said. “My mother is a professional barrel racer and I wanted to follow in her footsteps.”

She said she is using her mother’s horse, Prince, and their best time so far is 16.2 seconds.

“You and the horse work have to work as a team,” she said. “Timing and the teamwork between you and your horse is essential to help you make faster times by making tighter turns around the barrels.”

Swisher said school activities keep her pretty busy, but she tries to ride at least three or four times a week. She said she likes a lot of sports including track, swimming and soccer, but barrel racing and rodeo are her favorite sport. She said she used to play soccer but now rodeo is her only sport.

Kallie Russell competes in the junior high school barrel racing events. She said she has been training her horse, Gus, to compete in barrel racing for about five months.

“My barrel racing horse was a mare named Candy, but she got arthritis so I began training Gus,” the Elizabeth athlete said. “Gus is still a little green but we are doing better.”

She said her friends got her into rodeo.

“I think rodeo is an amazing sport,” the junior high school student said. “I grew up around rodeo and barrel racing. I was awestruck by all that went into making a successful, fast run in barrel racing. I decided to try it and I love it.”

The barrel racing competition is held in an arena. The standard arena is 200 feet long and 130 feet wide.

Three barrels are placed around the arena in a triangle shape. The competitors race their horses out of the gate and circle all three barrels as quickly as possible. The time of the run is how long it takes horse and rider to leave the starting gate, circle around the barrels and race back across the starting gate. Knocking over a barrel adds 10 seconds to the time of the run.

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Castle Rock repeals pit bull ban Town council unanimously approves regulating dogs by behavior

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Rock has officially lifted its 26-year-old ban on pit bulls following a unanimous decision from town councilmembers on May 1.

The 5-0 vote, for which Councilmembers Jess Loban and Brett Ford were absent, concluded months of debate between groups on both sides of the breed-specific legislation issue. The revised animal code will go into effect June 1.

While some residents have argued the breed is too powerful, unpredictable and dangerous, defenders maintain incidents involving pit bulls are more often the result of irresponsible ownership. They view breed bans as discriminatory to the animals.

Following the May 1 decision, Castle Rock will now use a system regulating dogs on their behavior, not breed, by classifying them as “dangerous” or “potentially dangerous.”

The new system was criticized by some as a “bite-first” approach to regulating dogs, meaning dogs wouldn’t be flagged until they acted aggressively and potentially caused bodily harm.

Castle Rock’s town council has rescinded the town’s ban on pit bulls.

Five town residents, three nonresidents and a representative from Colorado Voters for Animals — an animal advocacy group focused on public policy — attended the meeting to speak on the issue. Two of the residents, George Hager and David Natalizia, were the only attendees in support of keeping the ban, and each spoke passionately for their cause.

Natalizia said he moved to Castle Rock 10 years ago and, at the time, felt

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neutral on pit bulls bans. Since then he says he’s met pit bull attack victims who have changed his mind. When the breed maims or kills, it’s often the first time they attack, he said.

Natalizia also criticized town staff ’s presentation to council and information disseminated to the public, calling it one sided and accusing staff of “cherry picking” research that supported lifting a ban.

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not acknowledging Colorado victims of pit bull attacks, specifically naming Susan Shawl of Conifer, killed in 2016, Jennifer Brooke of Elbert County, killed in 2003, and Gregg Jones, who lost an arm in a pit bull attack in 2005.

“It’s clearly something the public should be voting on,” he said.

Hager, who at one point considered petitioning to put the issue on the ballot, said he no longer intends to do so because he can’t personally finance the cost of such a campaign, which he estimated would be about $8,000.

Councilmember James Townsend approached Hager after the meeting and thanked him for being passionate and involved before the two men shook hands.

The vote was cause for celebration in other parts of the room.

Jen Dudley, of Castle Rock, and Brittany Higgins exchanged hugs following the council meeting. Higgins, a Littleton resident, told council she and her family wanted to relocate to Castle Rock but wouldn’t do so with a pit bull ban in place. She commended council and staff for considering regulations based on dog behavior.

“A system that just makes more sense,” she said.

Dudley, who’s advocated since January 2017 for the ban to be lifted and started the group End Castle Rock BSL, said the repeal felt surreal but exciting.

“I’m glad,” she said,” that the town council took the pragmatic approach.”

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1 million people sought to share DNA, health habits Study aims to find why some people avoid illness while others don’t

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wanted: A million people willing to share their DNA and 10 years of health habits, big and small, for science.

The U.S. government has opened a nationwide enrollment for an ambitious experiment: If they can build a large enough database comparing the genetics, lifestyles and environments of people from all walks of life, researchers hope to learn why some escape illness and others don’t, and better customize ways to prevent and treat disease.

“A national adventure that is going to transform medical care,” is how Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, describes his agency’s All of Us Research Program.

Congress has authorized $1.45 billion over 10 years for the project. It all hinges on whether enough people around the country will sign up, either online or through participating health centers.

There’s already interest: More than 25,000 people got early entry to the project over the past year through

an invitation-only pilot test run by participating universities and health providers.

Why study so many?

Most of today’s medical care is onesize-fits-all, based on what happened to the average person in short studies of a few hundred or thousand patients with a specific health condition.

And most people who volunteer for those studies are white, leaving questions about the best care for people of different races.

All of Us is part of a move toward “precision medicine,” using traits that make us unique to forecast and treat disease. Learning enough to individualize care requires studying a massive number of participants: the healthy and not-so-healthy, young and old, rural and urban, blue-collar and white-collar — and people of all races and ethnicities.

For now, participants must be at least 18. Later, the study will open to children, too.

While there are other big “biobanks” of genetic data from at least 100,000 people, the NIH project aims to be the largest and most diverse of its kind. At least half of the participants must be from groups traditionally under-represented in medical research, Collins stressed.

Genes aren’t the whole story Sure, what genes you harbor can raise your risk for various diseases.

But other factors can increase or reduce some genetic risks.

So first volunteers will share their electronic health records, and answer periodic questionnaires about their diet, sleep, environmental exposures and other lifestyle factors. They might wear fitness trackers and other sensors.

And they’ll give a blood sample that later this year will undergo genetic testing, initially to look for so-called ‘’variants’’ in DNA that affect disease risk, similar to what some private companies now sell, Collins said.

Fully mapping the genetic code is too pricey now for a million people, but that more comprehensive approach eventually will be used with some participants, too.

Among the first lessons Collins hopes to learn is about resilience: Why do some people stay healthy despite smoking or pollution or poor nutrition?

“We have no idea how those people escape those odds,” he said.

Learn your results Unlike with most medical studies, participants can choose to see their own test results and share them with their physician long before the study reaches any big-picture conclusions. A caution: There are still many questions about how best to use the results of genetic tests. Still, “we will try to help their doctors sort through what it means,” Collins said.

One result that might bring a quick benefit: Genetic variants can signal who is prone to side effects from more than 100 drugs, information that could be used to prescribe a safer drug if only their doctors knew, Collins added.

Protecting privacy The privacy of DNA databases made headlines recently when investigators used a free genealogy website to track down a suspected California serial killer.

That’s pretty different than the security under which medical DNA must be handled.

NIH said it has taken as many steps as possible to safeguard against would-be hackers. Volunteers’ medical data is stripped of identifying information and replaced with a code. Only scientists meeting specific security requirements will be cleared to study the data. NIH also said federal “certificates of confidentiality” prohibit disclosure to law enforcement.

Privacy wasn’t a worry for Michelle McNeely, 41, an early participant at Dallas’ Baylor Scot & White Health System. She underwent breast cancer treatment in 2016 and considers taking part in All of Us a way to give back.

“If they can use my genes and someone’s genes in California and someone’s genes in New York to find some common ground, to help discover some cure — they can use my genes all day long,” McNeely said.

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Capitol hosts proclamation to kick off Mental Health Month Speakers promote dialogue, understanding for all Coloradans STAFF REPORT

Together with public and private health organizations around the United States, Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne officially proclaimed May as Mental Health Month at a ceremony May 1 at the Capitol.

“I know I’m preaching to the choir, but that’s OK. We need a choir,” Lynne said in a news release, adding that mental health affects everyone, from those dealing with diagnosed depression or mental illness to people who’ve had a stressful week at home or work.

“Mental health needs to be integrated into all of our lives.”

Other speakers included Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, and Jordan Yates, a 19-year-old University of Northern Colorado student. Yates’s recent post “My Depression’s Name Is Sam” received more than 12,000 likes on the website Quora, and was featured on The Mighty, an online publication focused on empowering people with a variety of medical conditions.

Like Lynne, Yates emphasized that mental health is simply another component of health in general.

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“Everyone faces mental health challenges.”

Jordan Yates University of Northern Colorado student challenges. Our mental health is just another part of our overall health, and it’s time we treated it that way. It’s time we saw mental health as all of our responsibility,” Yates said in the release. “That can’t start until we talk about it.”

Yates is a spokesperson for the Let’s Talk Colorado campaign, a community-based effort encouraging Coloradans to talk to someone they know about their own mental health. The initiative comprises more than 20 public and private health organizations and community groups, including Romanoff ’s Mental Health Colorado.

The campaign’s bilingual website, www.LetsTalkCO.org, contains tips on how to reach out to others and talk about mental health, and a toolkit of resources to help individuals and groups address the subject within their family, community group or organization.

Memorial Day Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

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Hudson Gardens springing back to life Workers preparing sprawling grounds of Littleton venue for busy event season

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Nary a soul strolled the grounds of The Hudson Gardens & Event Center on the first day of May save a few maintenance crewmembers, who were busily prepping the 30-acre botanic gardens on South Santa Fe Drive and South Vinewood Street for spring to begin in earnest.

“Things are just starting to bloom,” said Lauren Kersey, Hudson’s marketing and communications specialist.

“We don’t have the annual flowers in the ground yet, but the crabapples and redbuds look marvelous. The bees are just going crazy.”

Indeed, at the gardens’ apiary, beehives buzzed with excited swarms making sojourns to feast on blooming trees. Nearby, facilities maintenance manager Nathan Frank surveyed the sprawling grounds.

“It’s exciting watching it all come together,” Frank said. “Even just seeing the hillsides get mowed makes it feel like spring is really back.”

The quiet calm of the gardens on May Day belied the hustle and bustle

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to come.

“Hudson plays host to 300 weddings a year, mostly in the summer months,” said rental sales manager Angela Wilkinson.

And, of course, there’s the famous concert series. Tickets went on sale April 23 but are quickly selling out, Kersey said. This year’s roster kicks off on June 10 with Brian Setzer’s

Rockabilly Riot!, with 38 Special, Chris Isaak, Third Eye Blind and Kenny Loggins yet to come (Sheryl Crow, on July 15, sold out almost as soon as tickets went on sale).

Coming crowds aside, The Hudson Gardens is an oasis in the city, Kersey said.

“People come from far around to see us,” Kersey said. “I haven’t encoun-

Where: 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, a half-mile south of Bowles Avenue and three miles north of C-470, across the street from Arapahoe Community College.

Hours: Open seven days a week April-October, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Admission: Garden admission is free. Ticket prices for summer concerts and events vary.

What else: The Hudson Gardens hosts numerous classes throughout the summer, some of which are free, on topics ranging from beekeeping to container gardening and more.

Contact: hudsongardens.org or 303-7978565. tered anything else quite like this place.”

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Nation’s air quality improvement stalls Nitrogen oxide levels hold steady as changes get tougher

BY SETH BORENTSTEIN ASSOCIATED PRESS

For decades America’s air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reductions leveled off, a new study found.

This means when tighter federal air quality standards go into effect later this year, many more cities may find themselves on the dirty air list.

There are several reasons for the flattening of nitrogen oxide levels, including hard-to-reduce industrial and truck pollution, said study coauthor Helen Worden, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.

The study, in the April 30 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used satellite and ground measurements to track nitrogen oxides, a major ingredient in smog.

Levels fell 7 percent from 2005 to 2009, but only dropped 1.7 percent from 2011 to 2015.

“We can’t say anymore it’s going down,” Worden said.

The results also show the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s computer models overestimate how clean the air really is, said University of North Carolina’s Jason West, who wasn’t part of the study.

Smog is created when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds cook in sunlight. Those chemicals come from vehicles and from power and industrial plants.

In 2015, the EPA proposed new air

“We can’t say anymore it’s going down.”

Helen Worden Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research

quality standards limiting smog levels to 70 parts per billion, down from the current 75 parts per billion. Those rules are slated to go into effect this fall, but that has been delayed once already. More than 170 counties in the United States are already exceeding the older clean air standard for smog, according to the EPA. Worden and colleagues tried to figure out what was happening, ruling out the flow of the smog ingredient from China since levels in that country went down after it tightened its air quality rules.

While the 2008 recession may have played a role in the slowdown, Worden said there were other bigger factors at play.

The biggest and easiest pollution reductions have already been achieved, leaving smaller, more difficult cuts, Worden said.

University of Maryland air scientist Ross Salawitch said exposure to elevated ozone can lead to coughing and difficulty breathing, and make respiratory diseases such as asthma worse.

For Worden, who lived in Los Angeles in the early 2000s when it was smoggier than it is now, she would bicycle to work and check ozone levels daily.

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take the safety of my readers very seriously. Therefore, I’d like to express my deepest condolences in advance to anyone who reads one of my columns while drinking hot coffee, driving, being fitted for a catheter, piloting a plane, or slicing green QUIET beans (diagonally), and experiencing an DESPERATION unfortunate incident.

Lawsuits are landing on peripheral laps all the time, and I want to be covered with a disclaimer, to lessen the chances that my bank account will be dwinCraig Marshall dled upon.

Smith “Your honor, I gasped when I read what he wrote. I swerved, barely missed a duck, and drove straight into a tree. It was his fault.”

My editor thinks I should cut back on all of the shocking comments

I make here.

I said it might turn me into a benign and innocuous shell of my former self.

“But it’s better to be safe than sorry.”

I am sitting on some blockbuster allegations because I don’t want to wind up in court.

For one thing, I already know what Prince Harry and that Markle girl are going to name their baby. And we haven’t even had the wedding yet.

I can’t wait. How about you? Royal weddings really get to me. There is nothing like a shameless display of wealth set against a meaningless monarchy.

All seriousness aside, the only “Royal Wedding” I care about is the film, and then only for a few minutes, when Fred Astaire is dancing on the ceiling.

It’s nearly wedding season.

I never cry at weddings, and do you know why?

I never go to weddings in the first place.

I know how much we relish our pomp and circumstances: proms, debutante balls, graduations, and weddings — but none of it interests me in an iota.

Likewise, we hand out awards left and right.

Song of the Year, Employee of the Month, Miss Castle Rock.

Maybe I am envious. Who wouldn’t want to be Miss Castle Rock?

I have to admit, I’d like the Pulitzer boys and girls to knock on my door.

(If it can’t be Ed McMahon).

Approbation means a lot. Even in small amounts.

Being commended for cleaning your room is a start.

I won an art award when I was in seventh grade. I didn’t know what to think. I wished it had been a sports award. There was a time when boys were not encouraged in the arts.

Now and then, you might read about a phenomenal pre-teen painter, but I’d be suspicious.

An 8-year-old hasn’t lived life (exceptions: Mozart, Picasso, Shirley

Temple, “He’ll Eat Anything” Mikey).

Art depends upon life experiences just as much as skill and creativity.

“The national average cost of a wedding day in 2016 shot up to $35,329,” according to a survey in The Knot. But not for me.

I went to my last wedding 20 years ago.

There was a tower of icing, there was a garter toss, there was a lower back tattoo on the bride.

Relatives who didn’t get along came to town from all over the country, and bickered.

Gifts that had been foregone in a presumptuous register were stacked.

And 18 months later, he was seeing someone else when he said he was “going to the office.”

Do me a favor. Read me while you are sitting down and sitting still.

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

If you’re out of tune, look at changing the soundtrack

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o, the other day I was listening to one of my favorite radio stations as I was driving to an early appointment. Loaded up with some coffee and great music I was on my way to a great start to the day. I was actually feeling like they WINNING were playing all of my favorite songs, it WORDS was awesome. And then they played a song, one of those songs that just gets stuck in your head all day long.

Have you ever been there? Maybe it happened to you today while you were Michael Norton getting ready for work or driving to the office, or just hanging around the house. You know the songs, right?

Sometimes it is one of our favorite songs and then other times, it’s a silly song or tune, or even just the chorus

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to a song and it gets planted in our brain. And sometimes it is a person who we run into and they are singing it and we just can’t erase it from our ears.

The only way we can stop it is by changing the soundtrack that is playing in our head. And life can be the same way too, can’t it?

There are days, weeks, months or longer where we get stuck listening to our own talk track in our heads.

Now when it’s a good and positive talk track, something that we play over and over again as we focus in on the pursuit of our goals and dreams.

There is so much evidence around the power of positive self-talk or listening to positive and motivational material or reading books, blogs and articles that give us great advice and powerful direction, that I highly encourage you to give it a shot if you haven’t tried it yet.

The other side of that and the problem is that sometimes we get so caught up in our own negative self-

talk, that we get focused on all of the things that are going wrong in our lives. That soundtrack keeps playing and unless we change the soundtrack, that will completely derail us from where we are trying to go. And what’s worse is when someone else is singing that negative tune for us, whispering words of discouragement into our ears, and sharing thoughts of their own failures. They try and guard us from their own worries, fears, and doubts.

And now their soundtrack is stuck playing in our head instead of our own positive soundtrack.

It is stuck there unless we change the soundtrack.

What is it you are trying to do?

Where is it you want to be? What are things that you want to have in this life?

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attitude towards life.

Zig Ziglar said it this way, “If you don’t like who you are, where you are, or what you are, you can change who you are, where you are, and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.” This is consistent with the other awesome saying, “You put the good stuff in, you get the good stuff out.”

So how about you? Is there a song stuck in your head? Is it a good one, a great one that has you motivated and excited? Or is there a negative talk track going on and you need to change the soundtrack? Either way I look forward to hearing your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can learn to put the “good stuff in,” 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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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-guide-paying-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 303-810-8504. 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.

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

Lawyers at the Library: 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, landlordtenant 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 800-825-0208 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.

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club: regular meetings on various weekday evenings and weekends at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery).

Open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. Contact Alison Collins

at 720-212-4788 or find us online at http:// www.meetup.com/Parker-FranktownElizabeth-Paper-Crafting-Club/ Ranchland Republican Women: 7 p.m. third Monday of each month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 Beverly St. Membership is open to Republicans only. Dues are $25 for a full voting member (women only) and $10 for a non-voting member (can be women or men). For a membership application and other information, go to www.RanchlandRepublianWomen.org.

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

Sky Cliff Center Caregiver Support Group: 10-11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month at 4600 E. Highway 86, Castle Rock. Caregiving for adults can be challenging at times, and you’re not alone. For information, or to let the center know if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 or email skycliffctr@skycliff.org. Go to www.skycliff. org Sky Cliff Center Stroke Support Group: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month at Christlife Community Church, 5451 E. Highway 86, Franktown (lunch provided). Also, 10-11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 Ridge Gate Parkway, Lone Tree. Call Sky Cliff Center at 303-814-2863.

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

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OBITUARIES SKALECKE

Richard D. Skalecke, Sr. 4/13/1924 - 5/3/2018

94, of Parker, CO, Entered into Heaven on May 3, 2018. WWII Veteran. Loving Husband of 71 years to Bernadine. Beloved Father of James CHASE

(Linda), Richard Jr., Anthony (Jackie) and Marc (Jennifer). 6 Grandchildren, 3 Great-Grandchildren. For details, see ponderosavalleyfunerals.com

Garry M. Chase

9/6/1934 - 4/29/2018

83, of Parker, CO, formerly of Franktown, CO, Received by God in the Kingdom of Heaven on April 29, 2018.

Loving Husband of 61 years to Patri-

cia. Retired US West. Funeral Service Monday, May 7, 2018. See ponderosavalleyfunerals.com for details.

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Letter carriers’ annual food drive is May 12 STAFF REPORT

Letter carriers around the country will collect donations May 12 as part of the 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, presented by the National Association of Letter Carriers.

To participate, customers simply leave donations of non-perishable goods next to their mailboxes before mail delivery May 12, and letter carriers will pick them up and deliver them to local food agencies. Participants are asked to leave a sturdy bag — paper or

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Southeast Beekeeping Club meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the North Pinery Firehouse, Parker. All levels of beekeeping welcome, from no-bees to wanna-bees to tons of bees. Our meeting time is spent solving beekeeping challenges, networking and refreshments. There is no fee for this meeting and a lending library is available. Call Linda Larsen at 303-776-3039 or email sebcbeemail@gmail.com.

Therapeutic riding: Promise Ranch Therapeutic Riding in Parker offers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled

plastic — with items such as canned soup, canned vegetables, canned meats and fish, pasta, peanut butter, rice and cereal.

Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food drive and usually takes place the second Saturday in May, said a news release from the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam participate.

Hunger affects about 50 million people around the country, including

children, seniors and veterans. Pantry shelves often fill up during the winter holidays, but are bare by late spring.

With most school meal programs suspended during summer months, millions of children must find alternate sources of nutrition.

Letter carriers see these struggles in the communities they serve and believe it’s important to do what they can to help, the release says.

National partners assist the letter carriers in the food drive including the U.S. Postal Service, the National

Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Valpak, United Way Worldwide, the AFL-CIO, the AARP Foundation and Valassis.

W Since the first food drive in 1993, Stamp Out Hunger has collected more than 1.5 million pounds of food, the release says.

Last year’s drive brought in a record 80 million pounds.

Learn more at nalc.org/food, facebook.com/StampOutHunger or twitter.com/StampOutHunger.

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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.

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

at the Elbert Library; 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Kiowa Library. Free STEAM activities for kids and parents. Call 303-648-3533 (Elbert) or 303-621-2111 (Kiowa) or go to L pplibraries.org.

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 foreign wars in Parker, Castle Pines and Castle Rock areas. Go to www.vfwpost4266. org. P.O. Box 4266, Parker, CO 80134. On Facebook at VFW Post 4266, Parker.

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Widowed Men and Women of America, a nonprofit organization of the state based in Denver, has more than 5o0 members.

The group sponsors social events for members to make new friends and have fun with people who have shared life experiences. Members live in the Denver metro area and surrounding communities.

Members are encouraged to visit different links to find the best fit for their interests.

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What’s up Wednesdays: 4 p.m. Wednesdays

Women’s Divorce Workshop: 8:30 a.m. to noon the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Check in from 8-8:30 a.m. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Legal, financial and social issues of divorce. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, E family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. Contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopO denver.com.

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THINGS TO DO Vintage Market Days: May 11-13 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, Castle Rock.

Upscale vintage-inspired indoor/outdoor market featuring original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade treasures, home décor, outdoor furnishings, food, plants and more.

bioidentical hormone balance, as well as the four major things that push people in to the chronic degenerative diseases of aging and how to avoid them with common supplements. Go to http://www.naturalgrocers.com

Welcome Back Turkey Vulture Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at Castlewood Canyon State Park, 2989 S. Highway 83, Castle Rock. Turkey vultures begin their arrival. See a turkey vulture up close with HawkQuest. Contact http://www.parks. state.co.us/Parks/castlewoodcanyon/ Pages/CastlewoodCanyonHome.aspx Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Go to http://coloradoestateplan.com/wills-trusts-and-estateplanning-may-12-2018/ Lessons and Lemonade: 9:30-11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturdays at Hobby Lobby, 10901 S. Parker Road, Parker. Parker Artist Guild classes for children in grades 4-8. Upcoming classes are May 12, Art Tissue Landscape with Judy Dvorak; and June 23, BrockArt with Toni Brock. Registration required; go to www.parkerartistsguild.com/ classes/youth. Contact judypendleton4@ gmail.com.

Prussia-Germany Genealogy: 1-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 12 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet, Conference Room B. Program of the Parker Genealogical Society focuses on German-Prussian-HolocaustMennonite research. The presentation will explore and demonstrate tools, techniques and effective research approaches. Go to www.parkergenealocialsociety.com.

How to Speak with Teens About Alcohol, Drugs and Mental Health: 5:30-6:50 p.m.

Tuesday, May 15 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane; Tuesday, May 22 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch; and Thursday, May 24 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Presented by the Douglas County Youth Substance Abuse Coalition, in partnership with All Health, Denver Springs, Douglas County Schools, and others are providing resources and support.

Elbert Woman’s Club Meeting: 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 12 at the Elbert Mercantile Building.

Learn About: Protecting Family Treasures: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 16 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Learn how to protect old family photos, books, fabrics and other treasures from a representative from History Colorado. For ages 50-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Over 50 Feeling 30: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 12 at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, 11402 S. Parker Road, Parker.

Seminar covers nutrition, exercise and total

Springworks: 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. May 18 at AerialWorks, 1050 Topeka Way, Unit 1, Castle Rock. Go to www.aerialworkscastlerock.com.

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Pancake Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 27 at the Elbert Mercantile Building.

Elbert Woman’s Club event.

Bingo: 6-9 p.m. Monday, June 4, at the Elbert Mercantile Building. Elbert Woman’s Club event.

DCL Presents: Author Karen Kingsbury: 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 at CU South Denver, 10035 Peoria St., Parker. Go to https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/dcl-presents-karenkingsbury-tickets-44450655106 or DCL.org/ authors-events.

Spring High Tea: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at the Event Center, Elbert County Fairgrounds, Kiowa. Cost is $20 and includes scones, finger sandwiches, desserts and tea. Gluten-free selections available.

Hats encouraged but not required. There will be door prizes and a Victorian doll house raffle at the tea. This is a fundraiser to benefit the Elizabeth and Kiowa libraries, sponsored by the Friends of the Elizabeth and Kiowa libraries. A limited number of tickets are available at both libraries now, along with raffle tickets. Call 303-646-3792.

Free Legal Clinic: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 12 at the Elizabeth Public Library, 651 W. Beverly St., Elizabeth. Clinic is for parties who have no attorney. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims,

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veterans’ issues, and civil protection orders.

Walk-ins welcome; everyone helped on first-come, first-served basis. Additional 2018 dates are July 10, Aug. 14, Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11.

Elbert Woman’s Club Meeting: 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 12 at the Elbert Mercantile Building.

Pancake Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, June 24 at Elbert Creekside 4-H. Elbert Woman’s Club event.

Faces of Freedom Sporting Clays Tournament: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 29 at Kiowa Creek Sporting Club, 46700 E. County Road 30, Bennett. Teams of four; sponsorships available. Benefits Freedom Service Dogs. Go to https://freedomservicedogs. org/event/fofdenver/ Elizabeth Library Book Sale: gently used books for children and adults for sale in the book sale room at the Elizabeth Library.

Stocked by Friends of he Elizabeth Library.

All donations from book sales benefit the Elizabeth Library.

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.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink.coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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St. Thomas More Catholic Parish & School

4825 N. Crowfoot Valley Road Castle Rock, CO. 80108 303-663-5751 www.CanyonsCC.org

Sunday Services: 9:30am – Traditional 11:00am – Contemporary (Nursery & Sunday School offered during 11am service)

Trinity Lutheran Church and School

Sunday Worship Times 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran School and ECEC (Ages 2 1/2 - 5; Grades K-8)

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Pine Lane Elementary South 6475 E Ponderosa Dr. Parker, CO 80138 303-941-0668

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G The new Red Rocks Beer Garden in Morrison features 12 Colorado beers.

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Breweries bring A-game to summer season Options abound for fans of beers and spirits alike

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For many in Colorado, summer often means cold drinks in the outdoors.

With more than 300 breweries in throughout the state — to say nothing of distilleries, cideries and wineries — the state is a smorgasbord of options for those in search of refreshing drinks and even better company.

“I grew up in Montana, so drinking outside, particularly on a river, is one of my favorite things,” said Paul Thompson, owner and founder of Morrison’s new Red Rocks Beer Garden. “There’s just a more social aspect to it, and people love drinking outside.”

Almost every brewery is going to celebrate the season in its own way.

Many are unveiling new or seasonal recipes, while others are hosting special events, including concerts and a brewery bike loop. And some, such as Thompson’s beer garden, see the coming months as the perfect time to launch a new business.

“There are so many breweries out there, we have to find ways to set ourselves apart. And this loop adds a sense of discovery to the event,” said Dave Bergen, co-owner and brewmaster at Joyride in Edgewater, which launched a new brewery bike loop with WestFax, Hogshead and Seedstock, also in the east Jefferson County area.

“It’s always more fun to do these kinds of events with groups of

people — and everyone is going to meet cool people along the way.”

(Keep on reading for more on this monthly event.)

People should visit websites and social media pages of their favorite breweries to see what has been scheduled. Here are some of the kinds of activities you to expect: A drink to break the heat There’s a beer or spirit for every season, and when it comes to summer, breweries and other businesses go for drinks that are light, cool and refreshing.

Longmont’s St. Vrain Cidery will soon reveal its Pink Guava cider, which is made by fermenting pink guava and apple juice together to create this tropical refresher.

Lone Tree Brewing has a seasonal Cucumber Wheat that is the perfect pairing for summer months, according to Emily Hutto, with the brewery. Lone Tree also unveiled the Hoppy Little Trees Project, a fresh year-round rotating IPA series.

These IPAs be available exclusively in Lone Tree’s tasting room and will include Cascade, Amarillo, Centennial, Willamette and experimental YCH hop varieties.

“We have a plethora of other hop varieties in the cooler,” explained head brewer Josh West. “This new IPA project will allow us to make some super hoppy IPAs while taking full advantage of our robust inventory, which give us brewers the chance to experiment with new hop combinations.”

Lone Tree also joined with the Trubucha Kombucha company to make drinks that employ tart cherry, blueberry, raspberry, lemon

lime ginger and more.

New breweries to visit Morrison is the kind of quaint small town that people love during the summer and its proximity to Red Rocks makes it a particularly popular place from May through September.

Which made the end of April the perfect time for Thompson to open Red Rocks Beer Garden at 116 Stone St. The garden features 100 percent Colorado beers, wines and foods, and offers a historic cottage and garden for customers’ drinking pleasures. Brews like Mountain Toad Brewing, Telluride Brewing Company, Dry Dock Brewing Company and Left Hand Brewing Company will all be available.

“We wanted to create a place that is more of a self-serve and self-seat instead of the formal restaurant atmosphere,” Thompson said. “We were inspired by places like Golden City Brewing that my wife and I love so much.”

Concertgoers can get $2 off their first beer by showing their event ticket, and there will be ticket giveaways to Red Rocks shows throughout the season.

The season will see numerous new breweries coming to the metro area, including the Burly Brewing Company in Castle Rock, Colorado Plus Cidery and Pub in Golden and Coal Mine Ave Brewing Company in Littleton.

Events that make the season bright Breweries and other spirit-related businesses take advantage of

rowing up, one of my favorite summer activities was finding some shade outside and spending the day with a good book or two.

Somehow, somebody at the Arvada Center must have magically picked up on the fact that it’s still one of the best ways to spend a day and created an event for book lovers like myself.

The first annual COMING Arvada Center Book ATTRACTIONS Fest will be held at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 19.

“We wanted to highlight the fact that we have programming related to all the arts,” said Leanne Cadman, the Clarke Reader center’s associate director of Corporate and Foundation Relations. “We wanted to offer more literary arts and humanities, and this kind of event is really exciting for us.”

Designed as an event for all ages, Book Fest includes hands-on activities and storytime for kids, panel discussions and staged readings, an all-day exhibit hall, writing workshops, and New York Times best-selling author Laura Moriarty as the special keynote speaker.

General admission allows visitors entry to the all-day exhibit hall with publishers, authors, rare books, games and more. Award-winning authors and poets will read and sign their works. A pop-up bookstore operated by BookBar will feature books available for purchase, and Steuben’s, Newk’s Eatery, La Patisserie Francaise and Hunter Bay Coffee will host an onsite pop-up café and coffee shop. There will also be panel discussions and staged readings throughout the day, as well as a spelling bee, trivia and read-off contests for adults and kids.

For an additional purchase, attendees can enjoy brunch and conversation with local authors, participate in writing workshops and seminars and attend the keynote speech. There will be workshops geared for teens, kids and adults, from the aspiring writer to the seasoned author. Topics include bookmaking, the business of writing, zine-making (mini-pamphlets or -magazines), and sessions on writing poetry, young adult fiction, mystery novels and more.

“We hope to bring in a lot of people who have never visited us before,” Cadman said. “Attendees will be able to

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Colorado’s beautiful summer weather in a variety of ways.

The Lone Tree Brewing Company hosts an annual summer solstice celebration to honor the longest day of the year on June 18. The brewery will also host a summer solstice market on June 23 and July 22, which will feature face painting for children, local clothing vendors, local snack vendors and more.

The West Side Brewery Bike Loop will be held on the last Saturday of

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meet authors they might not have read otherwise or find a new favorite book.”

To purchase tickets and for additional details, go to www.arvadacenter. org/bookfest.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The World Is A Beautiful Place at Larimer Lounge The members of The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have never been afraid of using their music to give a voice to the marginalized and misunderstood, and their take on alternative rock and emo is the perfect match for these fractious times we live in.

Outside of punk, rock hasn’t really contributed much to the political activism scene in the first half of the decade. Not only does The World Is A Beautiful Place bring some muchneeded righteous indignation to every performance, it also provide some catharsis to concert-goers.

Those looking for a great rock show won’t want to miss The World Is A Beautiful Place playing with Pianos Become the Teeth at the Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St. in Denver.

The show begins at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 12.

Be sure to show up early in time for Pianos Become the Teeth, who

the month through September and highlights the unique creations of four west metro breweries — Joyride, WestFax Hogshead and Seedstock.

As promised, here’s the details on the event.

The 6.7-mile loop was developed by Ginny Mason, a local cartographer, with a focus on creating a route that could be safely and casually traveled by cyclists of all skill levels. It begins at WestFax, 6733 W. Colfax Ave., at noon, and the longest portion is the first — a 2.2-mile ride from WestFax to Joyride, 2501 Sheridan Blvd. From there, it goes to Hogshead, 4460 W. 29th Ave., and ends at Seedstock, 3610 W.

Colfax Ave. “The tour was partly inspired by brewery bus tours that have popped up,” said Taylor Porter, taproom manager at Seedstock. “We’re all neighbors in this great brewery community, and this gives everyone an opportunity to meet each other and try new places.”

The highest profile events are the concerts at Breckenridge Brewery, a series of three charity concerts hosted in partnership with 97.3 KBCO. The first concert is on May 13 and includes Manchester Orchestra, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Phillip Phillips. Past performers include Na-

thaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats, Leon Bridges, Dispatch and Big Head Todd and The Monsters.

Ticket proceeds benefit 1 Million 4 Anna Foundation, which helps fight the battle to eradicate Ewing Sarcoma, a bone and soft tissue cancer primarily in children and young adults.

The other two entries in the series haven’t been announced yet, but the brewery is also hosting its 28th anniversary Hootenanny on July 7. The event will feature Mike Gordon, Hard Working Americans, Billy Strings and more.

Tickets and more information can be found at www.breckbrew.com.

released one of the year’s best rock albums in February.

For tickets, visit www.larimerlounge.com/event/1661342-world-isbeautiful-place-i-denver.

theater’s Film on the Rocks season has become one of the definite highlights of the summer. It’s tough to top some of the best movies in cinematic history on a massive screen, paired with live music or a comedian as an opening act, all for cheaper than most movie tickets.

Plus, you’re at Red Rocks, and that’s hard to beat.

This year’s film season is kicking off with Denver native Rian Johnson’s interstellar blockbuster, “The Last Jedi.” The latest entry into the Star Wars franchise will be shown at Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, in Morrison, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15.

For those who somehow missed the movie when it first came out around the holidays, “The Last Jedi” finds Rey working with Luke Skywalker to develop her Jedi skills, while the rest of the galaxy fights to stop the First Order.

For more information, visit www. denverfilm.org/film-on-the-rocks/.

together the passion of an actor and the grace of an acrobat, and takes audiences to a world of fun, comedy and exploration.

Corteo is coming to the 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, Broomfield, from Thursday, May 24, through Sunday, May 27.

The show tells the story of the clown Mauro, who recently died, but whose spirit remains. Instead of mourning, the funeral cortege celebrates the here and hereafter with laughter and exuberance. The show will bring laughter to everyone, with tumblers and players performing.

For more information and tickets, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com/corteo.

A train ride to Steampunk at the Station The Colorado Railroad Museum takes visitors back to a time when the world was moved by engines pounding down iron rails.

Which makes it the perfect place to take sci-fi fans to the world of steampunk, a genre that blends futurist ideas with technology from the 19th century’s Industrial Age. The genre has grown beyond literature to include music, clothing and art.

The Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Ave. in Golden, is hosting the Steampunk at the Station event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12.

Fans are encouraged to arrive in their steampunk attire and enjoy a range of events, including a rare “double-header” train pulled by two historic steam locomotives, Denver and Rio Grande, Nos. 346 and 491, buskers, entertainers, beers, food trucks and a lot more.

For more information, visit www. coloradorailroadmuseum.org/event/ steampunk-at-the-station.

Kick off the Film on the Rocks season with Star Wars Over the years, Red Rocks Amphi-

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Catch Cirque’s complex Corteo in Broomfield Somehow Cirque Du Soleil’s performances always manage to be thrilling and eerily beautiful, and that’s what its new show, Corteo, promises to audiences.

Corteo, which means “cortege” in Italian, is a joyous, festive parade imagined by a clown. The show blends

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Breastfeeding guidance, support offered at new Baby Cafe Facility will be first of its kind in Colorado

IF YOU GO WHAT: Baby Café WHERE: Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation, 5394 Marshall St., Suite 400, Arvada WHEN: The grand opening will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 18. The cafe will be open to new parents 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday following the opening.

INFO: Baby Café is a safe and cozy place where new and expecting parents can gather to support one another on their breastfeeding journey, while receiving free guidance and tips from a breastfeeding specialist. For more information, call 303869-1888.

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Motherhood can be an isolating experience for new moms. But Mothers’ Milk Bank and the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation are seeking to change that with the opening of the state’s first Baby Café in Arvada.

Baby Cafés offer free resources for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, including support from specially trained staff, opportunities to share experiences and make friends, refreshments, comfortable seating and open-forum discussions.

Mothers’ Milk Bank Baby Café will offer a space where parents can receive free breastfeeding guidance and support from a lactation specialist.

“Lactation support can often be very expensive, and we want to help all parents meet their breastfeeding goals,” said Abby Malman Case, international board-certified lactation consultant and manager of donor relations at Mothers’ Milk Bank.

Breastfeeding experts say the ideal timeline is one year of breastfeeding, said Samantha Rhodes, certified lactation consultant and donor relations coordinator at Mothers’ Milk Bank. But each woman has her own realistic goal.

The Mother’s Milk Bank Baby Cafe, a program of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation, opens to Colorado moms Friday, May 18.

SHANNA FORTIER “Every woman’s experience is very different, even child to child,” Rhodes said. “Some women do, or don’t, have to go back to work at six weeks. So when thinking about goals and timing, that comes into play. It’s making sure moms are comfortable with skinto-skin, but also with pumping.”

The café is modeled after a series of cafés established in the United Kingdom.

Moms and dads can relax with refreshments, share experiences, get tips and techniques, and socialize with others in a child-friendly space.

Everything is free including weight

checks for babies.

“Women sometimes think they’re feeding, but they aren’t, so weight is important,” Rhodes explained.

Moms can do a pre-feeding and postfeeding weight check to ensure their baby is feeding properly.

“Motherhood can be a very isolating time and Baby Café helps provide a cozy space where families can come meet other families, have a cup of tea and a snack and talk about this season of parenthood,” said Malman Case.

“Parenting is a bunch of highs and lows, and to have people to help you get through that is invaluable.”

An emphasis is put on building relationships, not just with fellow new parents, but also with lactation specialists.

“It’s about building that trust,” Rhodes said. “If we can build that trust and relationships with those moms, we can hopefully meet their goal.”

In April, UNICEF and the World Health Organization released a report declaring that hospitals should support breastfeeding because it saves lives.

“Many women are not supported to get a good start at breastfeeding and many women stop breastfeeding much earlier than they were planning,” said Dr. Victor M. Aguayo, chief of UNICEF’s nutrition program. “So support is of the essence.”

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Elway goes with maturity, experience in 2018 NFL draft Broncos hope to return to top ranks after two disappointing seasons

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Keeping the faith The Broncos’ decision to bypass a deep class of quarterbacks shows how much faith Elway maintains in Paxton Lynch, whom he moved up to grab in the first round out of Memphis two years ago.

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“I stayed another year and I worked on those things that some people saw as my weaknesses,” said Sutton, suggesting that decision did wonders for his maturity and his game.

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A AND E TIRE INC AUTO REPAIR ALERTSAM DUES CONFIDENTIAL COUNTY ADMINISTRATION ADVANCED QUALITY AUTO REPAIR AUTO REPAIR AIRGAS INTERMOUNTAIN Shop Supplies ALEX JAKUBOWSKI REIMBURSEMENT ALL ACCESS INC EQUIPMENT ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY Operating Expense ALL STITCHED UP Safety Supplies ALL TEMPERATURES CONTROLLED INCBuilding Repairs ALL TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS Equipment Parts AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE COMPANYBenefits Payable AMERITECH INC Office Supplies ANDREAS HARTMAN REIMBURSEMENT ARAPAHOE HEATING SERVICE INC HVAC SERVICE CONFIDENTIAL CHILD SUPPORT AUTO CHLOR SYSTEM OF DENVER Maintenance Agreement AV TECH ELECTRONICS INC Equipment Repairs BANK OF THE WEST CREDIT CARD BART GREER REIMBURSEMENT BASELINE ASSOCIATES Operating Expense BENDER MENDERS INSURANCE REPAIRS BERG HILL GREENLEAF AND RUSCITTI CONTRACT LITIGATION BLACK HILLS ENERGY UTILITIES BLUE TARP FINANCIAL INC Signs BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES Equipment Parts BORAL AGGREGATES INC. Sand Salt CAROLYN BURGENER Contract Services CARPET ELEGANCE Building Repair CDW GOVERNMENT Equipment CENTENNIAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC Medical Services CENTRAL STATES HOSE Water for Roads CENTURYLINK Telephone Maint CERTIFIED LABORATORIES Other Fluids CHAD CHURCH REIMBURSEMENT ChemTox Blood/Alcohol Analysis CHRISTIAN CONSTRUCTION Gravel CINTAS Uniforms COLORADO ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION Dues COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CONCJ1522 CHILD WELFARE COLORADO COMMUNITY Advertising COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT Fees COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CBI FEE COLORADO DEPT OF HEALTH AND ENVIROMENT VITAL STATISTICS COLORADO DEPT OF REVENUE Contract Services COLORADO INFORMATION SHARING CONSORTIUM Concealed Handgun Expend.

COLORADO ORAGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE Training COLORADO WELFARE FRAUD COUNCIL COUNTY ADMINISTRATION Corporate Billing LLC Equipment Parts CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE Medical Services COUNTY HEALTH POOL Benefits Payable CSU EXTENSION Training

$767.08 $80.00 $186.96 $1,731.38 $1,343.45 $145.57 $13,201.70 $115.00 $1,662.50 $265.69 $617.26 $18,732.91 $19.68 $307.50 $4,225.59 $1,078.34 $169.50 $2,531.00 $16,966.82 $28.53 $140.00 $7,620.85 $2,929.00 $2,937.84 $110.50 $98.08 $10,478.13 $400.00 $1,833.60 $172.27 $710.00 $1,751.91 $13,293.04 $135.98 $47.00 $410.00 $14,978.36 $807.76 $225.00 $158.00 $84.25 $1,120.00 $2,017.00 $83.25 $375.44 $687.21 $475.00 $440.00 $1,837.72 $20,197.92 $102,935.52 $50.00

PAYMENTS FOR PUBLICATION APRIL 2018

DANS TRASH DEEP ROCK Dellenbach Motors DENVER INDUSTRIAL SALES AND SERVICE CO INC DJ PETROLEUM INC DOUGLAS COUNTY DETENTIONS DIVISION DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF COLORADO EL PASO COUNTY ELbert County Health and Human Services ELBERT COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE ELBERT COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE ELBERT COUNTY TREASURER

ELBERT COUNTY TREASURER ELIZABETH FIRE DEPT ENERTIA CONSULTING GR LLC FAIR POINT COMMUNICATIONS FASTENAL COMPANY FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC G AND K SERVICES GALLS INC GENERAL AIR GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC GLASER GAS COMPANY GRAINGER GREAT WEST LIFE AND ANNUITY HEATHER HARCOURT HIGH PLAINS FOOD STORE HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICE HONNEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY HOUSE OF FLAGS HUTCHINSON SHOCKEY ERLEY AND CO ILENE ALLISON INTEGRATED ELECTRIC INTERMOUNTAIN COACH INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INTERMOUNTAIN SALES OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL INC INTERSTATE BILLING SERVICE INC INVENTORY TRADING CO IRON MOUNTAIN J&S CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO JESSICA RIDDLE JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL JOHN ELWAY CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM KIOWA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT KIOWA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT KIOWA MARINA KIOWA WATER & WASTE WATER AUTHORITY KL SECURITY ENTERPRISES INC KLINE ALVARADO VEIO PC KRIS JOHNSON KUBAT EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE CO KVA CONSULTING LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS LEGAL SHIELD LEWAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. LKQ 1808 WESTERN TRUCK PARTS MARSHALL & SWIFT (LPT) MATT MARTINICH MAUREEN PELLOWSKI MCCANDLES INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS OF COLORADO

UTILITIES Shop Supplies Capital outlay

$1,779.52 $11.45 $57,512.00

Crack Seal FUEL

$10,208.01 $43,151.27

Inmate Housing Expense DISPATCH SERVICE

$5,547.78 $40,634.00

Dues Autopsies

$250.00 $2,800.00

Contract Services

$3,031.61

FUEL

$8,959.61

VEHICLE MAINT INTRAGOVERNMENTAL /OPERATING Postage Blood/Alcohol Analysis Contract Services UTILITIES Equipment Parts CANINE UNIT Uniforms SUPPLIES Shop Supplies Road Maintenance Blding Repairs SUPPLIES Benefits Payable CONTRACT FUEL Blding Repairs EQUIPMENT PARTS Operating Expense

$1,317.07 $25,444.41 $127.42 $300.00 $14,520.00 $307.78 $288.62 $392.95 $794.98 $488.69 $441.04 $1,350.00 $176.48 $1,635.30 $67,506.36 $2,610.00 $1,377.25 $1,730.08 $2,969.85 $537.00

Contract Svs. Gravel Blding Repairs Equipment Parts

$18,000.00 $1,027.16 $2,150.50 $1,036.90

UTILITIES Grounds Maintenance Manuals Equipment Parts Uniforms NETWORK OPERATING EXPENSE EQUIPMENT Contract Services Equipment Parts

$8,438.53 $2,425.00 $13.93 $2,472.43 $196.00

Capital Outlay Blood/Alcohol Analysis Impact Fees REFUNDS

$26,954.00 $150.00 $4,298.28 $107.00

UTILITIES Operating Expense Contract Services REIMBURSEMENT

$2,000.41 $212.50 $40,805.50 $84.80

Capital Outlay Blding Repairs

$26,875.45 $2,500.00

CHILD SUPPORT Benefits Payable Copier Expense Equipment Parts Manuals IV-E WAIVER Contract Services

$114.00 $776.45 $807.60 $4,750.00 $644.20 $112.50 $240.00

EQUIPMENT PARTS

$791.98

$680.00 $9,537.60 $100.00 $831.93

MCKINNEY DOOR AND HARDWARE MEDVED COLORADO MHC KENWORTH-DENVER MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC M-PACT APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES N2IT PLUMBING NATIONAL TIRE WAREHOUSE NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS NUMERICA CORPORATION OFFICE FURNITURE EZ PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY COLLEGE PITNEY BOWES GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC POCKET PRESS PUBLISHING POWER EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC POWER MOTIVE CORP PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS LLC PUREWATER DYNAMICS INC QUILL CORPORATION RANCHLAND NEWS RATTLESNAKE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ROBERT L FAGER & PORTA POT RENTAL ROCK PARTS COMPANY RUBIN BROWN LLP RYDERS PUBLIC SAFETY SAFETY-KLEEN CORP. SAM ALBRECHT SIGNAL GRAPHICS SimplexGrinnell SOUTHWEST MOBILE STORAGE SPRINT STAPLES ADVANTAGE STATE OF COLORADO

Blding Repairs AUTO REPAIR EQUIPMENT UTILITIES Uniforms Blding Repairs Tires UTILITIES Concealed Handgun Expend.

Office Supplies Equipment Operating Training

$112.38 $1,109.62 $602.49 $460.85 $42.00 $150.00 $493.48 $2,688.87 $3,538.75 $411.00 $20,146.82 $20,070.42 $940.22

Postage Meter Operating Equipment Parts Equipment Parts CONTRACT Equipment Rental Office Supplies Advertising

$1,001.58 $395.56 $4,616.24 $254.16 $800.00 $75.00 $1,213.58 $18.00

Water for Roads

Equipment Rental AUTO REPAIR AUDITOR Uniforms Shop Supplies REIMBURSEMENT Office Supplies Contract Services CHILD WELFARE Telephone Maint.

Office Supplies MOTOR VEHICLE RENEWAL CARD STATE WIRE & TERMINAL INC Shop Supplies STAYING FIT & LOVIN IT Operating Expense STEEL CORNER Equipment Parts STERICYCLE Haz Waste Rem STONE OIL CO INC FUEL SYSCO FOOD SERVICES Prisoner Meals TASHA GOMEZ REIMBURSEMENT TEXAS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Benefits Payable THE DANNY PAUL ARDREY ESTATE TRUSTEquipment Rental TODD PEDERSON Contract Services TOWN OF SIMLA UTILITIES TRACKER SOFTWARE Professional Service TRANSDEV ON DEMAND YCCOS NEMT TRUDY SLACK REIMBURSEMENT ULTRAMAX AMMUNITION Operating Expense UMB BANK - CORPORATE TRUST Bond Interest UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC Copier Expense 745.50 USGS USGS Water Level Monitoring Program US BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE Copier Expense VERIZON WIRELESS Telephone Maint WAGNER EQUIPMENT CO INC Equipment Parts WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY Janitorial Supplies WESTSIDE TOWING AUTO REPAIR WINWATER Grounds Maintenance WITT BOYS-NAPA EQUIPMENT WOLD ARCHITECHTS AND ENGINEERS Capital Outlay WRIGLEY ENTERPRISES Operating Expense XCEL ENERGY TRAINING XEROX CORPORATION Copier Expense Y TIME Contract Services

$480.00 $195.00 $3,576.31 $2,500.00 $1,584.00 $280.94 $31.28 $138.00 $2,607.93 $306.00 $1,315.65 $2,631.02 $1,182.92 $83.26 $1,000.00 $888.55 $253.78 $16,345.13 $4,272.93 $1,913.03 $1,542.45 $600.00 $400.00 $102.16 7,700.00 309.70 50.00 7,864.00 9,278.75 6,012.00 538.74 7,263.62 1,653.00 3,487.03 198.00 12.97 13.16 8,025.00 160.00 42.17 4,763.25 76.60

Legal Notice No.: 24052 First Publication: May 10, 2018 Last Publication: May 10, 2018 Publisher: Elbert County News

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

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

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

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

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

Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls Need: Troop leaders, office support, adminis-

trative help and more Age requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708

local seniors.

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

Contact: Louise West at 303-841-5370.

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

Contact 303-698-6404

PeopleFirst Hospice: Denver hospice Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921

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

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

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

Parker Senior Center: Provides services to

Red Cross: Supports the elderly, international causes and social services Need: Volunteers to provide support Contact: 303-607-4768 or 303-266-7855 Sunset Hospice: Provides end-of-life support Need: Volunteer training is from 6-10 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesdays; they also meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every first and third Saturday Contact: Jami Martin at 303-693-2105 The Right Step Inc.: Therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with disabilities. Based in Littleton.

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

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

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

Volunteers of America, Foster Grandparent Program: Foster grandparents volun-

Colorado Community Media, a full service media company is looking to add to our team.

teer in early childhood centers and public schools focusing on literacy and numeracy for at-risk children and youth.

Need: Seniors on a low, fixed income who enjoy working with children. Volunteers work 15-40 hours a week.

Contact: 303-297-0408 or www.voacolorado.org.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who cannot afford a tax preparation service.

Need: Volunteers to to help older, lowerincome taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: 1-888-OUR-AARP (687-2277) or www.aarpfoundation.org/taxaide Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter: Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

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

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

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

EDITORIAL PAGE DESIGNER Colorado Community Media is looking for someone with a creative eye to join our production team in a fast-paced environment. The ability to design pages quickly and efficiently is a must as we publish 18 newspapers each week, but a successful candidate will be able to make these pages pop, while paying close attention to detail. Familiarity with InDesign and newsroom experience are preferred, but not required. Two years of experience at a weekly or daily newspaper are also preferred, but not required.

Duties will extend beyond page design, to include toning of photos and other related tasks. This full-time position comes with benefits that include health insurance and paid vacation time.

Send your resume, cover letter, references and three samples of page designs to efranks@coloradocommunitymedia.com

No phone calls please. Send resume and cover letter to efranks@coloradocommunitymedia.com