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South Metro Denver chamber selects board chair

MY NAME IS Public Works Director Keith Reester has worked as a canoe guide and wildland firefighter.

Michele McKinney works in University of Colorado system

DAVID GILBERT

STAFF REPORT

KEITH REESTER

City of Littleton public works director invites public’s questions About me I’ve lived in Colorado for 20 years. I’ve been a public works director, a consultant, expedition canoeing and rafting guide, ski patroller, wildland firefighter, all those things.

I came from the East Coast — I worked in waste management in Boston, Massachusetts and Connecticut, doing environmental health and safety. Prior to that I was a public works director in New York.

I moved out here because I loved it here.

Public workings Having spent time in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, and as a consultant providing services to local government contractors, I’m a big believer that we’re in the business of community building. That’s what we’re here to do. We’re here to make a community where people want to live, do business, raise their kids, and grow old. We focus on roads, sewers, community buildings, the vehicle fleet, and all those have to fit together to make a community great.

We’ve got a long history of an engaged community, which is a great thing. It can be challenging at times, but it really is positive. I think in the public works arena, we’re not where we need to be when it comes to strategic planning and long-term capital planning when it comes to roads, facilities, utilities, infrastructure and sustainability.

Looking ahead As we look forward, we need to build strong capital plans that have a good underpinning from a financial perspective. We need to build in community resiliency and sustainability. We need to be looking not just to next year or the year after, but 10 or 20 years out, so we can build the community we want over time.

If people are interested in learning about Public Works, reach out to us. We love spending time with people on the ground, and we want people to be engaged in making our community better. If you have suggestions for My Name Is, please contact David Gilbert at dgilbert@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Michele McKinney has been selected to chair the South Metro Denver Chamber board of directors. The term is one year.

McKinney is from the University of Colorado system. She served as vice chair of the board last year, and also as chair of the chamber’s Legislative Action Committee.

McKinney is the assistant vice president of external relations and advocacy for the University of ColoMcKinney rado system, serving all four CU campuses, as well as CU South Denver in Lone Tree. Her operations are part of CU President Bruce Benson’s office.

“The chamber is both honored and excited to have Michele serve as our chair. Her vision, enthusiasm and pragmatic leadership style fit well with our organization as we continue to grow and thrive prosper in the South Metro Denver area” said Robert Golden, the group’s president

and CEO. McKinney is the first higher education representative to serve as the chamber’s chair of the board of directors.

McKinney, who has been in her position with CU for more than six years, had been a speechwriter and chief spokesperson for two CU presidents from 2002-2008. She also has worked for Colorado State University and Metropolitan State University of Denver. Before entering higher education, she worked in medical device sales and public relations.

The chamber’s board includes a variety of representatives of the south Denver business and civic communities. About one-third of the board are new members this year.

“I am excited to work with the board to tap their expertise to not just lead the chamber, but to create and support programs and services that benefit our members,” McKinney said. “The south Denver region is growing by leaps and bounds, which is exciting and a sign of economic strength, but growth needs to be thoughtful and strategic, particularly with transportation, water and our school systems. The chamber will be monitoring policies and growth areas to see where we can help influence policy and development.”

E-470 widening project now complete STAFF REPORT

The addition of a third lane in each direction along E-470 from Quincy Avenue to Parker Road is complete. Part of the eight-mile Road Widening Project, the new lanes will allow the toll road to accommodate projected growth and continue to maintain flow of traffic.

A 2014 study of the E-470 Public Highway Authority indicated that the section of roadway between Quincy Avenue and Parker Road would need to be widened by 2018 to continue operating at the same level of service desired by customers.

Work began in spring 2016, and the new lanes opened Oct. 16, two months ahead of projected.

Final work on signage, landscaping and lighting is expected to wrap up in the coming weeks. Cost of the project is about $90 million.

The project also included the construction of a regional trail along the west side of E-470, between Quincy Avenue and Ireland Way. The trail opened Dec. 1.

The trail has been constructed past the designated endpoint at Ireland Way, along the E-470 right of way to the Arapahoe/Douglas County line, although this section is not yet open to the public.

The Town of Parker is working with neighboring jurisdictions to determine the connectivity and final design for the trail reaching to the Cherry Creek Trail west of Parker Road.

E-470 officials see the construction of the trail as laying the groundwork for future connections and travel options in the area through partnerships with the local jurisdictions.

“The Road Widening Project provided us with an opportunity to explore other steps, like the trail and added lanes, that we could take now to prepare for enhanced connectivity and options in the future,” Tim Stewart, E-470 executive director, said in a news release. “The larger focus of the project — adding roadway capacity — will allow us to meet customer demand and continue to provide a safe and reliable journey for travelers.”

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Q&A with South Metro Fire Chief Bob Baker Littleton to enter talks with department after partners announce changes

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Fire Rescue, Littleton’s city fire department, may soon be no more, after its partners — Littleton Fire Protection District and Highlands Ranch Metro District — announced they are severing ties with the city and joining South Metro Fire Rescue, a large district that covers much of the south metro area. The city recently announced that it will enter into negotiations to join South Metro as well,Baker a move that would create the state’s second-largest fire protection agency.

We talked to South Metro’s Chief Bob Baker about what unification will look like.

Why should Littleton and its fire partners join with South Metro?

South Metro, as well as Littleton Fire Protection District, Highlands Ranch Metro District, Littleton Fire Rescue, Cunningham Fire District and even Castle Rock had been contem-

plating the idea of a consolidated fire department since the mid-1990s.

There have been four or five studies on the efficacy of combining our fire departments that go back more than 20 years. Many times, the consultants have said unification makes sense, but the timing was never right. About a year or so ago, the fire chiefs from Littleton Fire Rescue, Cunningham, and myself met with the presidents of our labor organizations and began discussions about combining fire departments.

This has been a grassroots effort.

We would not do this if it were not the right thing to do. We said it has to improve service to our citizens, improve safety for our personnel, be the most cost-effective model, and be sustainable into the foreseeable future. We worked really hard to evaluate the efficacy of combining our organizations, and we feel very confident it will do all those things.

What challenges does South Metro face?

The Denver metro area is doing very well economically. We’re adding more people to the state every minute.

Our challenges are similar to others in the area: Traffic congestion is one.

Another is the Gallagher Amendment, which reduces the mill levy assessment for residential properties. That has a direct impact on our budget. Hiring paramedics is another — there are only so many, and everybody wants

them.

With regards to unification, some of the immediate challenges are the inclusion elections for citizens in Highlands Ranch and in the LFPD. Those take place in May. We’ll be asking the electorate to vote to include themselves in South Metro.

The organization, if it’s fully unified, would serve half a million people over 285 square miles, with a budget north of $100 million, not to mention hundreds of employees. One of our challenges will be to maintain the culture that has made us an exceptional fire department, which is taking care of our citizens like family members.

We don’t want to lose that as and just become a large organization providing a service. South Metro employs about 450 people, and we’ll be adding hundreds. Integrating those personnel into our organization and making sure we have a shared culture will require reconciling operating guidelines and policies and procedures.

LFR is 190 people, and Cunningham adds 70 people. We’d also be building another fire station and adding another 25 or so people to that, and we may have more administrative personnel.

What will it mean for South Metro to absorb these new departments?

We’re pretty used to change, because we’ve done this in the past. South Metro is an amalgamation of several other organizations. This isn’t our

first rodeo. What it means is the challenge of integrating the new personnel into the organization and developing an operational model that best serves the whole of the community.

We’ll be the second-largest fire department in Colorado. The next largest would be Colorado Springs, and we’d be significantly larger than them.

Also, Colorado Springs is a municipal department, and their administration is in the city government. South Metro is a fire district, so all of our administration is in our workforce.

How will you manage the transition/onboarding of the new departments?

We want the best people in the right positions. If you’ve got a strong succession model, and you’ve prepared people for future opportunities, you’re set up for success.

One of the things that sets us apart is education. If somebody wants to be promoted to a company officer, they need an associate’s degree. If they want to advance to battalion chief or captain, they need a bachelor’s degree. Anyone on the executive team needs a master’s degree. We believe a profession requires professionals. Our organization has the best qualified people of any department in Colorado with the highest educational standards. That’s how we prepare people SEE BAKER, P24

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Council debates LIFT appointments Number of vacancies on urban renewal board unclear

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton residents have until Jan. 8 to apply to join the city’s urban renewal board, although how many seats are up for grabs isn’t immediately clear amid controversy over the actions of board chair and City Councilmember Kyle Schlachter.

Though in a normal year the deadline for new applicants would be Jan. 31, city council voted at its Dec. 19 meeting to bump up the deadline in an effort to restaff the board of Littleton Invests for Tomorrow, or LIFT, after the election of Schlachter and LIFT board member Karina Elrod to council and the resignation of Vice Chair Ryan Toole. The city charter prohibits councilmembers from sitting on the LIFT board.

Elrod and Toole have already resigned, but Schlachter has remained on the board — he says after consulting with City Attorney Steve Kemp — as Schlachter is the board’s designated signer, and the process of transferring signatory powers would be better suited to a handover to a newly appointed chair.

Schlachter canceled LIFT’s December meeting, he said because of a lack of agenda items and out of a desire to wait for the seating of a new board.

Schlachter is “holding the LIFT board hostage,” said Carol Brzeczek, a LIFT board member who ran against Elrod and Schlachter for city council’s at-large seats but came in last in a four-way race.

Brzeczek said the board discussed at its last meeting in October that the terms of current members may be out of alignment, and that the seven-member board may have as many as five vacancies. She said the matter could have been resolved at the December meeting but was not addressed because of the cancellation.

“Mr. Schlachter has made his intentions very clear: he will retain his chairmanship of the LIFT board until new appointments have been made,” Brzeczek said. “Mr. Schlachter does not intend to hold a meeting, nor does

he intend to chair a meeting or create an agenda for a meeting.”

Brzeczek recommended that the city council request Schlachter’s immediate resignation from the LIFT board.

City Clerk Wendy Heffner said in a phone call that an analysis of the board’s membership terms is in its final stages.

Councilmember Carol Fey joined Brzeczek in calling for Schlachter’s resignation from the LIFT board, or for him to recuse himself from the vote on whether to expedite the search process for new members, calling his presence a conflict of interest.

“There’s not an actual conflict here,” Kemp said. “Councilman Schlachter receives no personal benefit from whether this recruitment is expedited or not … The purpose of the conflict of interest law is to prevent an individual from receiving any kind of substantial benefit.”

Fey was steadfast.

“You’re the attorney, but going back to Section 37 of the city charter, what I see there is it says (councilmembers should recuse themselves from votes) if a matter impacts a councilmember.

It doesn’t say impacts the councilmember financially. I would guess there are ways a councilmember could be positively impacted, such as span of control and influence, that are not financial.”

Kemp reiterated his stance that voting to bump up the deadline for new appointments to the board gave Schlachter no discernible benefit.

Mayor Debbie Brinkman said she supported Kemp’s stance that Schlachter’s participation in the vote was proper.

“Expediting this shows there’s a value on council in the importance of doing this at a different pace,” Brinkman said. “As quickly as we can we’re going through the process so they can get back to business.”

Schlachter said after the meeting that he retained his seat on the board in order to continue acting as its signer, and canceled the December meeting due to a lack of significant agenda items.

The motion to expedite the search process passed unanimously. A subsequent amendment by Fey to not start interviews for new board members until the city has received a report on the total number of vacancies passed 4-3, with Elrod, Schlachter and Patrick Driscoll voting against.

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Opinions divided on ‘scraping’ in older neighborhoods

Old housing stock makes way for larger new homes

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Scrape-offs — homes demolished and replaced with larger, newer ones by developers — have remade vast swaths of Denver in recent years, with hundreds popping up in trendy neighborhoods like Highland, LoHi and Washington Park.

Now, as land prices skyrocket in posh parts of Denver, the controversial practice is beginning to move into the suburbs.

Englewood, which issued only two demolition permits in 2012, has seen houses scraped at breakneck pace in recent years, with 75 demolition permits issued since the beginning of 2015.

Though the process of replacing single-family homes with often much larger stock has gotten less attention than gargantuan new apartment complexes, city planners are taking notice.

Pushback Many of the scrapes are multi-family units, said Rick Muriby, Golden’s planning director.

“People feel they’re detrimental to the area,” Muriby said. “A lot of the existing pattern has been singlefamily housing. When you introduce multiple units at a larger size, that’s when people push back.”

Scrape-offs do little to help the need for workforce and starter housing, Muriby said.

“These tend to be luxury units,” Muriby said. “We’re talking about $750,000 for a townhome. People ask who’s affording them, but obviously somebody is. It’s hard to stop market forces.”

The rise in adjacent property values associated with scrape-offs can be a double-edged sword, said Brad Evans, a local housing activist and administrator of Denver FUGLY, a Facebook page where metro-area residents discuss the impacts of rapid growth.

“Let’s say I bought my house in 2003 for $200,000,” Evans said. “My property taxes back then were $580 a year.

Now, my taxes have tripled. If I’m

Scrape-offs — older houses demolished and replaced by developers — are making their way from Denver into the suburbs. This duplex on South Elati Street in Englewood, built by developer Gilda Zaragoza, replaced a 1950s bungalow with a notably taller pair of homes worth a cumulative $1.3 million.

DAVID GILBERT someone on a fixed income, that can be a real problem.”

Renters in neighborhoods with lots of scrapes can fare even worse, Evans said.

“There’s not a lot of help for people who have been there long-term,” Evans said. “If people don’t own, they’re out. Renters get bumped out and now they’re driving farther, and traffic gets worse. If a thousand people who could walk or bike to work start driving, that’s a thousand more cars on the road.”

Scraping by To developers, scrape-offs are a boon to neighborhoods with aging housing stock that is often smaller than current consumer demands.

“The homes that are in the neighborhoods that people want to live in are not suitable for today’s lifestyles or energy requirements or transportation needs or aging-in-place needs,”

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said Dave Jackson of Jackson Design Build, which has built scrape-offs around the metro area. “We’re replacing it with current modern architecture. The prior architecture is often an 800-square-foot ranch. When you have to pay half a million dollars for that piece of ground, you can’t build an 800-square-foot ranch on it. It can be razed and replaced with a three- or four-plex.”

Jackson acknowledges that scrapeoffs can change the feel of a neighborhood.

“We’re seeing a generational turnover, and there are a lot of people who like contemporary styles and those who don’t,” Jackson said. “Some people would call it gentrification. I don’t know. I’m really not a scholar.

Some see it as revitalizing old neighborhoods, some people see it as people being pushed out, and that’s true. It’s happening.”

Much of the criticism around scrape-offs on the Denver FUGLY page centers around the aesthetics of scrape-offs, which are often of a new architectural style called Transitional Urban Contemporary, typified by a boxy appearance and often bright colors.

“Some people hate them, and I’m aware of that,” said Gilda Zaragoza, a developer who has built 10 of Englewood’s new homes, and has eight more currently in the works. “But they tend to sell faster than traditional homes.”

Zaragoza said the size demands of modern buyers can push the margins of a lot.

“They’re trying to maximize the square footage of these homes on a smaller lot, and that does sacrifice some of the yard,” Zaragoza said. “It’s challenging trying to have a yard, garage, and as much square footage as possible.”

Zaragoza sees what she does as a labor of love.

“I’m trying to provide a good home to families,” Zaragoza said. “I want to build a good product that helps the town. I’m trying to help property values. I hope people see that a lot of passion goes into it.”

Zaragoza said she determines where to buy and build by looking at a block’s potential for further scrapes in the future. Though much of her activity in Englewood — and those of other scrape-off developers — have been focused on the town’s northern border with Denver, she recently completed a home south of Hampden on South Elati Street in which she bought a two-bedroom, 720-square-foot bungalow built in 1953 and replaced it with a towering duplex, each side of which features four bedrooms and four bathrooms, and is for sale for $645,000 per side.

Does Zaragoza want to see all of Englewood scraped?

“Well, there are a lot of older homes that won’t be scraped because the lot sizes are too small,” Zaragoza said.

“But I think Englewood is a wonderful town now. The reality is that this is happening because of demand. As long as people want to move here and want these products, developments will continue to happen.”

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Steven Herring, left, and Stacie Hengy snuggle up under the lights. Hengy said Herring scored big points for a good date night.

One of the Gardens’ two “signature trees.” Planning for the event starts in August, and setup takes about a month.

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Still time to enjoy Hudson Garden lights

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The days are short this time of year, but the long nights give ample time to enjoy the galaxy of gorgeous lights at Hudson Gardens’ annual Christmas light walk.

A Hudson Christmas turns the sprawling botanic gardens beside the South Platte River into a twinkling masterpiece, where the eyes of chil-

dren are as aglow as the night sky.

Santa will make his last appearance at the event on Dec. 23 before he flies off to deliver presents, but the event runs every night from 5 to 8 p.m. through New Year’s Eve. Hudson Gardens is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

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Lighting contest winners to be announced in January Tradition honors residents who put festive decor on homes in Englewood

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Judges evaluated the entries in this year’s Englewood Holiday Decorating Contest and the winners will be honored at the Jan. 2 city council meeting.

For about 30 years, Keep Englewood Beautiful has sponsored the contest, with lighting entries judged on artistic effect, craftsmanship and originality.

The commission selects a group of people, including members of the city council, to judge the contest entries.

The judging usually takes place in early December. Entries are judged and awards presented in a number of categories, including Mayor’s Choice and Lifetime Holiday Spirit.

When the winners are honored at the Jan. 2 council meeting, the addresses will be announced and each winner will receive a festive ribbon.

When the tradition of decorating trees and homes around the Winter Solstice is unclear but believed to be thousands of years old, according

Colored lights, lighted candy canes and figures on the front of the home are only part of the decorations of the home at 2987 S. Cherokee St. that is one of the entries in this year’s Englewood Holiday Lighting Contest. The winners of the contest will be named and receive awards as part of the Jan. 2 city council meeting.

TOM MUNDS the website history.com. The website information also stated Germany is credited with starting the tradition of decorating trees for Christmas. It also said Martin Luther began the tradition of lighting the trees when he

placed candles on his tree in honor of the star the wise men followed.

Englewood had a lighting contest in the 1950s and 1960s but it died out.

About three decades ago, the Keep Englewood Beautiful Commission

Yates looks back on serving city ‘with many good souls’ Former at-large member of council talks transparency success, fondness for Englewood

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Steve Yates, who has lived in Englewood for more than 30 years, is a former at-large city councilmember whose term came to an end Nov. 20 after Cheryl Wink prevailed in a three-way race for the seat.

Yates is the owner and operator of Mr. Fire Sprinkler and Extinguisher, a company that installs fire sprinklers and services extinguishing systems. He was elected in 2013 and ran unsuccessfully for re-election Nov. 7. Here, he reflects Yates on his time on city council.

What do you feel is your best accomplishment in your time on city council?

I think that I was really able to offer a lot on council. Specifically, I was able to help encourage and usher in a whole new level of transparency. Through working with the city manager, we were able to institute the iCompass system that brought forward streaming audio and video as well as the OpenEnglewood platform that put the city’s checkbook, finances and salary online. This was a huge step forward with helping to build trust in the community. Additionally, I feel that I brought a level of pragmatism and reality to the council as it approached operational policy and governance.

What’s a story about a citizen you met or interacted with that touched you? Anything that stuck with you?

This is not about just one person but about many people in our community I learned of who spend many hours each week helping an elderly or disabled person on their block with daily needs, so the person can stay in their home instead of having to go to a group home.

Englewood is truly blessed with many good souls.

What did you learn about your city during your tenure that you might not have known before?

How complex and resourceful Englewood is compared to other cities of the same size.

Leaders before me took some incredible risks with land and water purchases that have insured a bright future for our small city. The work that has been done over the past 100 years positioned Englewood so it controls its own future, even though we are surrounded by big cities.

What was your most challenging moment on council? What do you think is the biggest upcoming challenge for the next council?

Dealing with difficult personalities was the biggest challenge. Dealing with difficult personalities will still be a challenge. Formulating a strategy and policy for where the community will go in the future will be a challenge, along with determining the means of financing this strategy and the existing infrastructure that will need maintenance and replacement.

What would you like to say to your constituents?

I say this with all sincerity and warmth of the heart. It has been a real honor and privilege to serve our community. Now, everyone, go out and be proud of Englewood and continue to build a wonderful community. A community where reason, civility, truthfulness and compassion are used to get the work done. God bless Englewood.

stepped up and sponsored the contest as an annual event.

City Planner Will Charles helped the commission organize the contest.

He said while hundreds of residents decorated their homes, only a handful entered the contest.

“All our entries were beautiful and in the spirit of the season,” he said.

“While judging the contest we saw a lot of nicely decorated homes. It would be nice if more people entered their decorations in the contest. Hopefully next year we could do more to let people know about the contest, and more residents would enter it.”

Juan Garcia said there was a time when putting up holiday decorations was a big deal from just about everyone in Englewood.

“There was a city lighting contest back in the 1960s but I guess it wasn’t as important to residents, and since there were only a few entries, it just sort of went away,” the longtime Englewood man said.

“I was glad to see the city has the contest again. I hear there are still few entries but I think I’ve seen more homes lit up since they renewed the contest. I love driving around and looking at all the lights, and I keep hoping more and more people would put up lights whether or not they enter the contest.”

Ground broken for district preschool in Englewood

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A new preschool building at 700 W. Mansfield Ave. will replace the existing Maddox Early Child Education Center, with students expected to occupy the new building in January 2019. Groundbreaking for the project brought Englewood Schools and city officials together to celebrate Dec. 6. Work will continue through December 2018.

The new building will be “entirely focused on these little guys and what they need,” representatives from RB+B Architects recently said to the district’s board of education. It features high ceilings and a lot of daylight, but perhaps the biggest standouts in the plan are the indoor playground spaces.

Those multipurpose spaces, as they’re called, will have jungle gym-style playground equipment, a tricycle track and carpeted floors. The board and other district officials have been excited about the possibility of the new building boosting enrollment numbers and attracting more young families to the district.

Englewood Schools officials officially break ground at the Maddox Early Child Education site Dec. 6, where a new building for the preschool will soon serve students. From left: Board of Education members Sharon Scheminske, Jen Hubbard, Kevin Ebert and board President Tena Prange; Superintendent Wendy Rubin; Director Leigh Pytlinski; and Assistant Supervisor of Operations and Maintenance Mark DeHaven.

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Nationally, one person in five has some type of mental health issue.

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BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One in five adults nationally and in Colorado lives with a mental illness. The number is the same for young people 13 to 18 years old.

Mental health experts have found no one is immune from society’s fast-paced, competitive, technology-driven environment. Stressors of work, pressure of academics, the emotional unrest caused by social media — combined with the stigma associated with mental illness and high costs of insurance and treatment — make it difficult to achieve a positive state of mental health, they say.

“We just need to normalize that all of us have small or large, or a different variety of, behavioral health problems,” said Dr. Kaan Ozbayrak, chief medical officer at AllHealth Network, which provides behavioral health services to Douglas and Arapahoe counties.

“It is as normal as having diabetes or high blood pressure. We should be talking about it more.”

Kelly Kast with the Jefferson Center for Public Health, serving Jefferson County, agrees.

Mental illness sparks community conversation, collaboration

“Our health is intrinsically tied to mental health — a state of well-being involving our thoughts, emotions and behaviors that supports our ability to participate in life and accomplish our goals,” Kast said.

Among mental illnesses, two are most commonly diagnosed: Nearly 42 million Americans live with anxiety disorders, the National Alliance on Mental Illness reports. About 16 million adults live with major depression, also the leading cause of disability worldwide.

NAMI calculates that depression costs $193.2 billion in lost earnings every year.

In Colorado, the number of suicides jumped from 910 cases in 2011 to 1,058 in 2014. Colorado’s suicide rate that year was 19.4 per 100,000 residents, the seventh highest in the country, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports.

Mental illness doesn’t have to be fatal, said Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, an organization that advocates for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental health and substance-use disorders.

“We are trying to help more people under-

This week, we begin ongoing coverage of the state of mental health in Colorado and the barriers that can prevent needed care. We will look at how mental health challenges and illnesses affect our communities. With one in five Coloradans living with mental illness, it’s truly time to talk. stand that mental illness is not a character flaw or a figment of imagination, it’s a medical condition,” Romanoff said. “Mental illness doesn’t have to be a death sentence — it’s treatable.”

‘If people are in crisis, they shouldn’t have to wait’ Cost of treatment often gets in the way of care

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jo Ann Mahoney, 34, used to be insured by Medicaid, the federal public health insurance program for low-income people. It allowed her to see a therapist for depression and anxiety.

Therapy, she said, was a safe place for her to discuss her life and struggles as a mother of three young children.

The therapist, Christian-based and in private practice, helped her work through, among other issues

dating back to her childhood, the pre-partum depression she was experiencing before the birth of her third child.

Her therapist was available by phone or text whenever she needed to talk.

“He let me say whatever I wanted,” without judgment, she said. “He was a father himself, so he had an understanding.”

Then her husband switched jobs. His company covers his insurance but not hers, and he makes too much for her to qualify for Medicaid. The result: She can no longer afford to see a therapist.

“There are so many of us Americans all over the SEE CRISIS, P11

When she no longer qualified for Medicaid, Jo Ann Mahoney was forced to look for other ways to manage her mental health challenges.

Today, she confides in close friends and attends support groups for moms.

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Connecting the dots for treatment proves challenging Fragmentation of services is an obstacle to good care

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Knowing whom to call or where to go for mental health care can be daunting and overwhelming.

“When you are mentally ill,” said William Henricks, CEO of AllHealth Network, which provides mental health services to Arapahoe and Douglas counties, “it is very difficult to connect the dots.”

Fragmentation of mental health services is an obstacle everywhere, Henricks said, even within the two counties in AllHealth’s network. That means healthcare providers are available, but they aren’t working together to make treatment more accessible to and easier for the patient. An example is a therapist who doesn’t accept insurance and doesn’t know where to refer a patient. Or when a primary care doctor makes a referral but doesn’t follow up with the patient.

“We need to work together, collaboratively,” Henricks said. “The challenges are so big that no one organization can do it on its own.”

Mental health treatment can include therapy, hospitalization, case management, support groups and alternative medicine, according to Mental Health America.

Within those categories are specialists, ranging from a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor to a family therapist to a licensed professional counselor.

A major challenge complicating the fractured service structure is a shortage of psychologists in Colorado and across the country, said Dr. Kaan Ozbayrak, chief medical officer at AllHealth Network.

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country where it’s the same story,” she said. “We make too much to get help but not enough to be able to afford it.”

Cost can be prohibitive Nationwide, 28.2 million people, or 10.4 percent, under age 65 are uninsured, according to a 2016 National Health Interview Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Of the insured, 65 percent have private insurance and 26.3 percent have public health insurance, which includes Medicaid and Medicare, which insures people 65 and older.

Signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, the Affordable Care Act — according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — has provided one of the largest expansions of mental health and substance use disorder coverage in a generation, by requiring that most individual and small employer health insurance plans cover mental health and substance use disorder services.

To Patti Boyd of Tri-County Health Department, the current administration’s unsuccessful attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act show how important mental health care coverage and public engagement on the issue are to the country’s citizens.

“If people are in a crisis, they shouldn’t have to wait,” said Boyd, manager of strategic partnerships for the public agency that serves Douglas, Arapahoe and Adams counties.

HOW TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH Let’s Talk Colorado, launched in May, is a statewide campaign created by Tri-County Health Department and other partner organizations to combat the stigma of mental illness. In English and Spanish, Letstalkco.org defines mental health and stigma, as well as provides links to local and statewide resources.

The campaign also provides tips on how to talk about mental health, such as: • Be nice.

• Keep in contact.

• Offer help.

• Listen.

• Keep the conversation moving.

• Don’t ignore it.

MakeItOk.org is a national campaign to combat the stigma of mental illness. On its website, visitors can learn about mental illness, answer a questionnaire on stigmatic behaviors and read about individual experiences with stigma.

The campaign provides resources that can be used to teach, share, learn and speak about mental illness and stigma.

Below are phrases the campaign recommends to use and to

avoid when discussing mental health.

Try saying: • “Thanks for opening up to me.”

• “How can I help?”

• “I’m sorry to hear that. It must be tough.”

• “I’m here for you when you need me.”

• “I can’t imagine what you’re going through.”

• “People do get better.”

• “Can I drive you to an appointment?”

• “How are you feeling today?”

• “I love you.”

Avoid saying: • “It could be worse.”

• “Just deal with it.”

• “Snap out of it.”

• “Everyone feels that way sometimes.”

• “You may have brought this on yourself.”

• “We’ve all been there.”

• “You’ve got to pull yourself together.”

• “Maybe try thinking happier thoughts.”

For every 1,000 residents in Colorado, there is less than one behavioral health employee, according to numbers provided by Mental Health Colorado, a mental health advocacy organization. Behavioral health employees include clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists.

“We do not have enough workers to take care of everyone that needs us,” Ozbayrak said.

AllHealth is piloting a service in the next couple of months that would allow primary care doctors to refer patients to one of AllHealth’s nine locations that

provide behavioral health therapy and counseling services for all ages.

“We have to make it easier for people to access care when they need help,” Henricks said.

For Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of the advocacy organization Mental Health Colorado, integrating mental health care and primary care in one place rather than separating the two makes sense.

“Right now you go to one place to treat your body and another place to treat your head,” Romanoff said. “But it turns out your body is connected to your head.”

HEALTH INSURANCE IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY BY THE NUMBERS • 51.5 percent of residents are covered by employer-sponsored insurance.

• 12.7 percent of residents are covered by Medicare.

• 21.2 percent of residents are covered by Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+).

• 6.6 percent of residents are covered by individual insurance.

• 7.1 percent of residents are uninsured.

Source: Colorado Health Institute

The Medicaid expansion portion of the Affordable Care Act helped the Jefferson Center for Mental Health serve more people, said Kiara Kuenzler, the chief operating officer and vice president of clinical services at Jefferson Center for Mental Health.

If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, it could result in funding cuts and a huge gap with being able to provide services to tens of thousands of people locally, according to Kuenzler.

“It would impact the whole country,” Kuenzler said. “We certainly are concerned about the people that could lose access to Medicaid.”

For those who have no health insurance — and even for some who do — the cost of mental health services can be prohibitive.

A Google search of several private counseling and therapy services in the Denver area shows a price of $60 to $200 per session without insurance.

Some private practices take insurance or have a sliding scale, where cost is dependent on the client’s income. Of-

tentimes, finding those practices takes some searching.

Individuals insured by Medicaid in Colorado have access to behavioral health services in each county, which are listed at www.colorado.gov/pacific/ hcpf/behavioral-health-organizations.

Even with commercial insurance coverage, the wait for mental health services can be lengthy, said Dr. William Henricks, CEO of AllHealth Network, which provides behavioral health services for Douglas and Arapahoe counties.

Because of the amount of time it takes to find a specialist and get authorization from a health insurer for the mental health service, “you may have to wait 60 days to see a psychiatrist,” he said.

The process, he said, can be frustrating.

No guarantee of care But having insurance doesn’t mean it’s always easy to access needed care.

Finding a health care provider that takes health care insurance is one reason some 60 million Americans with mental illness don’t get the treatment they need, National Alliance on Mental Illness found in a recent study titled “The Doctor is Out,” which looks at disparities in access to mental and physical health care.

In a nationwide online survey of 3,177 individuals, more than half of respondents who looked for a new mental health provider in the last year contacted psychiatrists who were not accepting new patients or who did not accept their insurance.

A third of respondents reported difficulty finding any mental health

prescriber who would accept their insurance.

“When people cannot find a provider, many have to go out-of-network and pay high out-of-pocket costs, including co-pays,” NAMI reports. “When people face higher out-of-pocket costs, it may lead to them seeking less care — or going without any care at all.”

Kuenzler said many organizations, including her own, strive to provide aid to people wherever and whenever they need it, as part of the Colorado Crisis Services network, state’s resource for mental health. A mental health crisis is not a nine-to-five thing, she added.

“Timing and accessibility is critical.”

Mahoney, who lives in Elizabeth on the outskirts of Parker, says she knows this well.

She learned to advocate for herself when she didn’t like the therapists initially assigned to her through a public health department.

When she lost her insurance coverage, she started confiding in loved ones and attending groups for moms, such as Mothers of Preschoolers in Elizabeth and You Are Not Alone — Mom2Mom in Highlands Ranch, which hosts free weekly meetings for moms to feel connected and supported.

One time, when she had a panic attack while driving, she dialed Colorado Crisis Services. The person on the line helped calm her down.

Today, she is successfully managing her depression and anxiety with the support system of the moms’ groups and close friends.

“I pride myself on being resourceful and reaching out,” Mahoney said. “But there are so many that can’t advocate for themselves or reach out.”

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LOCAL

VOICES

Whether it’s gewgaws, gadgets or gigabytes, the less the merrier

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My echo, my shadow, and me.”

If you were to walk into my house right now, that’s about all you would see.

“We three, we’re QUIET all alone, living in a DESPERATION memory.”

I am not going anywhere, and my furniture wasn’t garnisheed.

(I have been waiting six years to use that word — “garnisheed.”

I am not entirely certain I have used it correctly, but close Craig Marshall enough.)

The place is going to Smith be re-carpeted, so everything is neatly stacked in the studio.

Except for whatever I need every day.

It turns out what I need every day isn’t very much.

The major appliances sit on hardwood flooring, so they are still in place.

All that’s left in the master bedroom is the bed and the television. The computer is still on duty in the office. But the guest room is as bare naked as it was when I moved in here in 1993.

The look of the house right now is unexpectedly wonderful. The sight lines are quiet. There are no unneeded objects anywhere. There were very few to begin with.

Curmudgeons generally don’t collect figurines, gimcracks, or doodads.

The house as it is won’t be featured in anyone’s Parade of Homes. But I like it, and I wish that it could stay this way.

Of course, I need a couch, and living room chairs, and my bookshelves in my office, and what else?

I have been in homes that looked like three-dimensional scrapbooks. Family photographs everywhere, mementos of travel, endless end tables, and decorator pillows.

I have decided to rely more and more on my memory than on objects to remind me of memories.

Bloomberg View’s Shira Ovide wrote an article about the technologies that have engulfed our lives. Said she is “falling out of love” with them.

Me too.

Partly because of technologies and the ability to scrutinize, to hack, to bully — anonymously and privately — we live in a treacherous world.

A former local secondary school staff member is being investigated for allegedly recording clandestine cell-phone videos.

Ovide calls the voice-activated speak-

ers from Amazon “creepy.”

I would add vacuum cleaners that wander around on their own.

And iPhones.

Yup. It’s 2017, and I still don’t have a cell phone. And I am doing all right.

I know I am a freak. Don’t need one.

Maybe if I had children.

Jennifer has an application on her phone that allows her to locate her three children — with their permission — any time of day or night.

Facebook? Not on it. Nor do I tweet like Number 45. I have never sent a text. I wouldn’t know how. And I’m still standing.

Am I an out-of-touch and arrogant codger, who thinks his home is Walden or a Zen garden? No. I know what is going on.

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o lately I have been testing a theory, and I have to tell you it has been so much fun. I have written about this quote before, I have been familiar with it for more than two decades, and I have read it hundreds of times, and I wanted to finally test the concept and see if it F WINNING really did work.

“If you see someone without a WORDS smile, give them one of yours.” — Zig Ziglar Seems simple enough right? We have all probably experienced this effect in one way or another. Someone catches our eye or attention and we smile, they smile back. Or someone smiles at us, and most times we smile back ourselves. Probably basic human nature.

Michael Norton Now, we have all probably experienced the other side of that too, meaning we offer a smile and get greeted with a scowl. Or someone smiles at us and we have no idea who they are, but they must want something from us, so we duck for cover, head down, and try not to make eye contact, let alone smile.

So I had this bright idea that I would actually test this theory over a period of time and in different locations. I happened to be vacationing in Hawaii and each morning would go for a power walk, a run, or a

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casual, less intense walk. And yes, it was Hawaii so most people should be happy or smiling anyway. However, you would be surprised at how many people just didn’t appear happy at all and a smile was the furthest thing from their face.

As I walked or ran, I started to smile.

And not just smile, an over-exaggerated smile, kind of like eating a banana sideways. I made eye contact with people from 20 yards away coming in the opposite direction. And whether they were smiling at the time or not, by the time we were side by side, more than 90 percent of the people smiled back and even gave me a warm “good morning,” or “Aloha.” On the other hand, 5 percent of the people never made eye contact, and about 5 percent made eye contact but didn’t smile back. I will take 90 percent as a win.

I tested the theory in the stores I have gone to as well. The grocery store, the hardware store, walking down main street, and the results were exactly the same. Now maybe, you could argue that my ridiculously over-exaggerated smile caught people’s attention. And maybe their smile back was just the beginning of a snicker or laugh, but it was still a smile. Not only did people smile, they engaged in conversations, asked questions as if I worked at the store, and

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qualified employer plans with incomes under $99,000 can both write off the full contribution. This may be enough to reduce other factors, such as eligibility for the education tax credits, another item not expected to be available after tax reform takes place.

Self-employed individuals may be eligible for a SEP (Simplified Employee Pension). These limits can be substantially higher than an IRA based on business or consulting income. Most plans allow for deductible contributions similar to 401(k) limits — which for 2017 are $18,000 with an over age 50 catch-up provision of another $6,000.

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wished me a good day or merry Christmas. Again, 90 percent success rate.

My final test came this weekend, the weekend before Christmas. The venue I chose was the mall. Yikes. I tried to smile while finding a parking spot and as I came close to seeing one open up, I was outmaneuvered by a faster car with a driver who wasn’t smiling, but rather sneering in victory. After finally getting lucky and finding a pretty sweet spot, I entered the lions’ den. My attitude was good, my confidence high, and my resolve to smile and be positive was unwavering. The bigger I smiled, the more people turned away. It was more like 10 percent of the people smiled in return and 90 percent of the people kept their head down and blazed through the mall with purpose, no time for that smiling nonsense.

Like everyone else I did have a purpose for being at the mall. There was a gift I needed to pick up. Still smiling and feeling good, maybe not as good as I felt on vacation, but my attitude and resolve were strong. And as I approached the counter to pay, there were three women working the registers. I greeted them with my ridiculously overexaggerated smile and a hearty Merry Christmas, and they stood looking at me for a moment like a deer caught in headlights.

For a split second I thought that maybe I had overdone it just a bit. And then, they all looked at one another, turned back to me, smiled, and said “Thank you.” They thanked me because they

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said almost everyone that had been in the store so far that day had been rude, and they were not feeling the Christmas love or appreciated at all. So I shared my little testing of this Zig Ziglar theory, and they returned my smile and shared with me that no matter who else came in, they would smile back, even a ridiculous over-exaggerated smile filled with Christmas cheer. A little win but a huge victory.

It’s almost the new year. We can go into the new year with a frown and avoid making eye contact with others, or when we see someone without a smile, we can make a commitment for the new year to give them one of ours. I would love to hear your smiling story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can help just one other person to smile, it really will be a better than good week and an amazing new year.

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

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Maybe if I were (much) younger, I would be just as inextricably linked to a phone as everyone else is.

It is now possible to appear to be clever-minded, articulate, informed, humorous, or interesting by pulling out a phone and sending a message, but only after doing a bit of a search.

But in person, on the spot, extemporaneously, those attributes have become more difficult to encounter.

We are, sometimes, what we can look up.

Look who is talking. Without the internet, I would sound like, uh, well, hmm, uh.

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Arrest made in 2010 slaying of teacher in Elbert County Daniel Pesch, 34, charged with killing Kiowa High teacher Randy Wilson

an officer, and attempt to escape. Further details were withheld per a court order.

Wilson’s body was found with his hands tied behind his back, a belt around his neck

BY DAVID GILBERT and a bag over his head DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM Pesch in a field in northern Elbert County on June The Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office 14, 2010, according to a Denver Post announced it has arrested Daniel article from the time. Wilson taught Pesch, 34, in connection with the 2010 physics and calculus at Kiowa High death of Kiowa High School teacher School for a decade.

Randy Wilson.

Wilson, who was originally from Pesch was arrested on Dec. 19 in Montana, was 52 when he was killed, Littleton by Elbert County investigaaccording to an obituary. He was the tors, according to a sheriff ’s office father of five sons, and had taught in news release.

Pesch was charged with first-degree schools around the country and as far away as the South Pacific. murder, resisting arrest, obstructing

Wilson was last seen at a gas station in Bennett, heading back to Kiowa from visiting family in Montana, on the night before his body was found, according to a Colorado Community Media story from the time.

His car was found abandoned in the same area as his body, near the intersection of county roads 194 and 53, a remote area about halfway between Bennett and Kiowa.

Investigators in 2011 interviewed two people who may have spoken to Wilson at the gas station, but no arrests were made at the time.

Pesch appears to have moved to the south metro Denver area in recent months from Summit County, according to social media posts.

A LinkedIn profile appearing to belong to Pesch shows he worked

as a chef, lived in Summit County until earlier this year, and held a degree from the University of Central Florida. Pesch’s Facebook features pictures of his young daughters, as well as a variety of furniture and children’s toys posted to a local yard sale page in late November and early December.

Court records show that eviction proceedings were filed against Pesch and his partner in September 2017.

Pesch was charged with several crimes in Breckenridge in November 2016, including criminal possession of ID documents from multiple victims and illegal possession of a weapon, though the charges were dismissed.

It is unclear whether Pesch knew Wilson.

Educator crunch could spur call for better pay

BY NIC GARCIA CHALKBEAT.ORG

As part of a broad plan to increase the number of high-quality teachers in Colorado, state officials are considering asking lawmakers to establish a minimum teacher salary requirement tied to the cost of living.

Officials from the state departments of education and higher education are

finalizing a list of recommendations to address challenges to Colorado’s teacher workforce.

The report, assembled at the request of the Legislature, also proposes a marketing campaign and scholarships to attract new teachers to rural areas.

The Colorado Department of Education recently briefed the State Board of Education on their proposed recommendations in advance of the Dec. 1

deadline for it to be finalized.

The impending report — based on thousands of responses from educators, students and other Colorado residents in online surveys and town halls across the state — is a sort of first step for the state Legislature to tackle a problem years in the making.

Since 2010, Colorado has seen a 24 percent drop in the number of college students graduating from the state’s

traditional teacher colleges. There’s also been a 23 percent drop in enrollment in those programs.

Residency programs, which place graduate students in a classroom for a full year with an experienced teacher, and other alternative licensure programs have seen a 40 percent increase in enrollment. But those programs produce far fewer teachers and can’t keep up with demand.

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Red Rocks hosts its first New Year’s Eve concert

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

I Children take to the ice at one of Boulder Creek Events two ice rinks. In addition to skating, visitors can get concessions and even ride a horse-drawn carriage.

PHOTO COURTESY BOULDER CREEK EVENTS

Outdoor ice rinks offer recreation, family fun

Front Range provides a setting for every personality

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Finding something to do outdoors in the cold winter months can be a tricky proposition, especially if it doesn’t include heading to the mountains for skiing or snowboarding.

But in every part of the Front Range area — from urban shopping districts, to small towns, and even mountain communities — there’s a chance to tap into a bygone era and get some fresh air at the same time.

Taking to the ice at outdoor skating rinks.

“One of the most common remarks is from parents in awe that their children would choose a healthy outdoor activity over their more typical couch potato tendencies,” said Meg Denbow, director of communications at Boulder Creek Events, which hosts Boulder and Louisville outdoor rinks. “There are countless opportunities available for families to participate together in a Colorado winter experience without

having to drive all the way to the mountains.”

We looked at three different options for ice skating during the winter.

Skating in the city OPTIONS: The Rink at Belmar 464 S. Teller St., Lakewood 303-742-1525 www.belmarcolorado.com Through Jan. 28 Southwest Rink at Skyline Park 16th and Arapahoe, Denver 303-534-6161 www.downtowndenver.com Through Feb. 14 COMMENTS: The Belmar Rink is entering its 13th season, and the 7,000-square foot outdoor ice rink located on the Belmar Plaza has been a popular skating stop for all ages.

“We get about 20,000 skaters a season who take to the ice here,” said Janelle Hinton, marketing director at Belmar. “It’s amazing to see how many people come, and it’s because of the whole experience they can have here. Visitors can skate, grab a bite to eat, and see a movie, all in the same place.”

The busiest times are evenings and weekends, but with such warm weather this season, Hinton said

visitors are hard pressed to find a bad time to skate. But the best is during the night, when all the decorations light up.

“The environment at the rink is so beautiful, and has such great energy,” she added. “We have many repeat customers who come back over and over during the season.”

Small town memories OPTIONS: WinterSkate at Boulder Teahouse Plaza 1780 13th St., Boulder 303-442-2826 www.bceproductions.com/winterskate Through February WinterSkate at Historic Downtown Louisville Steinbaugh Pavilion 824 Front St., Louisville 303-604-1010 www.bceproductions.com/winterskate Through February COMMENTS: The Boulder rink is celebrating its 19th year, and the Louisville location is starting off its 14th season. The Louisville location features 6,500 square feet of ice, as well as all the components of a classic Christmas.

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n 2017, the year of “resist,” no genre of music embraced the fractured culture like rap and hip-hop. The genre’s artists were all over the place, some delving into the political and sociological, while others tried to help us forget COMING through catharsis ATTRACTIONS and dancing.

And now, some of the biggest names in rap are coming together for a significant first — the first New Year’s Eve on the Rocks concert.

Held at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Clarke Reader and organized by La Contes, Feyline, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and KS107.5, the evening features Migos, Young Thug, Lil Yachty, Post Malone, Dizzy Wright and King Green (of RDGLDGRN).

Migos had a breakout hit at the end of 2016, with “Bad and Boujee,” and that hot streak carried into 2017, with the release of their most popular, and best, album, “Culture.” The trio — Quavo, Offset and Takeoff — made several of the year’s best music videos, with “T-Shirt” and “Get Right Witcha.”

Young Thug has been one of the most dynamic and eccentric voices in hip-hop, and after releasing multiple albums in 2016, he released the countryinfluenced “Beautiful Thugger Girls” in June. The blending at first appears more than a little odd, but the end result is one of the year’s most enjoyable listens.

Lil Yachty and Post Malone both had a remarkable year as two of rap’s most notable and up-and-comers. In particular, Post Malone’s “Rockstar” has dominated the Billboard chart for eight weeks.

This show is not only an opportunity to be a chance of Red Rocks history, but also to see some of the best in the rap game take the stage.

Doors open at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31, and for more information and tickets, visit www.redrocksonline.com.

Casino night for a good cause Broomfield’s Avenues Crofton Park, 12431 King Court, will host a Casino Night fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28 to to benefit Brent’s Place, the only Children’s Hospital Colorado approved Safe-Clean housing facility for immune-compromised patients and their families.

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“WinterSkate is more than a mere skating rink — it’s a full experience for all five senses,” said Meg Denbow, director of communications at Boulder Creek Events, which hosts both locations. “As families huddle around the open fire to warm their hands, the aroma of warm apple cider and the tune of classic holiday favorites waft through the air; in the distance, the clip-clop of the horse-drawn carriage can be heard approaching the pavilion as children gather in line to purchase hot chocolate from the concessions window.

It’s a sweet little Rockwellesque experience for families of all ages.”

With a set-up like that, it’s not difficult to understand why these rinks have become the site of many family memories.

“It’s really amazing watching the kids grow up and come back to WinterSkate year after year, having so much fun with their friends and family,” Denbow said.

“In fact, much of our WinterSkate staff is made up of local

Evergreen Lake is the world’s largest Zamboni-groomed outdoor ice rink at 8.5 acres.

PHOTOS COURTESY EVERGREEN PARKS AND RECREATION

teenagers who have grown up skating at this little neighborhood rink.”

A quick trip to the mountains OPTIONS: Evergreen Lake 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen 720-880-1391 http://www.evergreenrecreation.com/facilities/ evergreen_lake_house/hockey_skating.htm Dec. 28 through March 4

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Guests will get to spend the night be serviced by professional dealers, who will host games of blackjack, poker and roulette on full-sized tables. Attendees will receive a $200 voucher for chips, and additional vouchers can be purchased during the event for a donation to Brent’s Place. The suggested donation for attendance is $20.

If you’re one of the evening’s top three winners, you’ll receive special prizes. Light appetizers and drinks will be served.

To RSVP, and more information, call 720-328-9548, or visit www.LiveTheAvenues.com.

COMMENTS: People looking for an authentic mountain ice skating experience would be hard pressed to find a better place than the short drive to Evergreen Park and Recreation’s 8.5-acre rink, the world’s largest Zambonigroomed outdoor ice rink.

The lake is home to 11 pond hockey rinks and a huge public skating rink.

“People have been coming up here for skating since the

Best bet for New Year’s Eve concert New Year’s Eve is a great night for live music, and concertgoers are really spoilt for choice. The best bet for a truly fantastic evening of live music to ring in the new year is any one of My Morning Jacket’s three-night run at the 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane.

The Kentucky-based band has provided me with several top-notch concerts over the years, and their blending of folk, funk, prog rock and pop is best experienced with a bunch of other people singing along. It doesn’t hurt that lead singer Jim James has one of the best voices in contemporary music — it’s truly a wonder to hear.

The band is playing on Friday through Sunday, Dec. 29, 30, and 31. Go to www.1stbankcenter.com for tickets.

Robert & Shirley’s 60th Anniversary!

In honor of Robert (Dr. Bob) and Shirley Boardman, their children want to celebrate and recognize their 60 years of marriage. They were married on December 28, 1957. A short history of their love story starts with a young couple meeting at a college dance in the upper midwest. They decided to marry and then headed out west for their honeymoon with a stop in Colorado. Right then they decided to make Denver their home. After living in Fort Collins, they eventually bought a home and settled in Englewood where they raised 3 children, Michael (Portland, OR), David (Springfield TN) and Karen (Johnstown, CO). They both retired in the mid-1990s and have enjoyed living in the same house while spending time traveling, entertaining their grandkids, gardening and other civic activities. We wish our parents, Dr. Bob and Shirley, a very happy 60th wedding anniversary with many more years to come. With love, Michael, David and Karen.

The 8.5 acres of Evergreen Lake are home to 11 hockey rinks. Broomball, which is a mix of hockey and soccer, can also be played on the rinks.

1920s,” said Brad Bednar, recreation supervisor at the Lake House. “There’s so much to do here, including skating at night and broomball, in addition to hockey.”

The rink is a natural one, which means that it is entirely weather dependent. Due to the warm winter, Bednar said the lake will hopefully open for skating at the end of December or early January.

Once it does, visitors can also

Go back to the 1940s to celebrate 2018 Swing dancing, five course dinners, and hot jazz. Wait, what year is this again?

While we all make our way into 2018, the Viewhouse Centennial is taking guests back to the 1940s for its New Year’s Eve celebration.

The 1940s New Year’s Eve Ball begins at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31 at the multi-story Centennial location, 7101 South Clinton St. The evening will feature a live dinner performance by an acoustic jazz trio, music from Barron’s Little Big Band, a rooftop DJ, a five-course Prix-Fixe dinner menu, complimentary midnight champagne toast, and much more.

To get your ticket or make a reservation, call 303-816-3160 or visit www.

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stop by the Evergreen Lake House, to enjoy hot chocolate and snacks from the concession area near the giant stone fireplace.

“We’re a family-friendly place, and people can bring sleds and strollers for their kids,” Bednar said. “It’s all about the setting up here.

This is a real lake, surrounded by the mountains and trees. There are fish swimming under skaters’ feet.”

Get your organic food for a health new year Most farmers markets close up shop for the winter months, but if you’re still craving that local, artisan atmosphere, it can still be found at the Saturday Winter Farmers Market in Wheat Ridge.

The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays throughout the season at 7043 W. 38th Ave. The free indoor market features live music and community classes and events, food samples, and everything else that can be found at a farmers market — weather be damned.

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.

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GIVE BLOOD. Southwest Littleton Community Donor Center 5066 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Ste. 111 Open six days a week from 7 am - 7 pm, closed on Wednesdays.

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he 25th Annual Coors Western Art Show opens with a reception and sale on Jan. 3 and continues through Jan. 21, in coordination with the 2018 National Western Stock Show. Dan Young’s “Super Moon on the Colorado River” is SONYA’S the signature paintSAMPLER ing/poster this year.

The show features 60 contemporary realists from North America and Europe. Proceeds help with scholarships for students in agribusiness, veterinary and human medicine who help create Sonya Ellingboe a future for Western culture.

Douglas County Christmas Bird Count Across the nation since 1900, birdwatchers have become citizen scientists collecting data on bird populations. On Dec. 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., volunteers will work within a 15-mile radius. See denveraudubon.org/ uncategorized/2017-annual-audubonchristmas-count/#douglas_county_ cbc for more information and to take part.

Harmony at University of Denver Yale University’s famed Whiffenpoofs will return to sing at the Newman Center at the University of Den-

ver on Jan. 6 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $17/$15 students. Newmantix. com or 303-871-7720.

“Supermoon on the Colorado River” by painter Don Young, who is the featured artist in the 2018 Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale for 2018.

Englewood Camera Club Alex Burke, a professional landscape photographer from Greeley, will speak to the Englewood Camera Club at 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. He will talk about landscapes on large format film, graduated neutral density filters anf filter usage in general in the field — and about trip planning. Guests and new members welcome.

‘Sonata’ screening Shohini Ghosh (Highlands Ranch), Anuradha Mukherjee, Nishika Ramaswami and Surupa Sengupta are presenting a screening of the film in English: “Sonata” by Aparna Sen, at 4 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2018, at the Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfield. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at door. tickethungama.com/ order/10433/denver-co-aparna-sensbollywood-movie-in-english-sonata.

Sue Mengers “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers” by John Logan, directed by Bernie Cardell, will bring award-winning actress Emma Messenger back in a role she performed previously at the Edge Theater. It will run one night only at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora.

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Mengers was a Hollywood agent who represented Barbara Streisand, Cher, Steve McQueen, Burt Reynolds and many others. Tickets: $25, vintagetheatre.com, 303-856-7830.

‘Magnets on the Fridge’ Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver, brings back its popular “Magnets on the Fridge” series after an 11-year hiatus. Episodes are based on audience suggestions and will play once a month on the first Wednesday at 8 p.m., starting Jan. 3. Tickets: $8 advance/$10 at the door. buntport.com.

Call for entries The 52nd Annual “Eye of the Camera” photography show in Littleton will accept entries through midnight on Jan. 5, 2018. See: CallforEntry.org.

Exhibition will be Feb. 16 to March 25 at the Littleton Museum. Juror to be announced.

New Year’s Eve “Jazz and Jive New Year’s Eve” will be celebrated at the Centennial ViewHouse, 7101 S. Clinton St. Five-course dinner, champagne, dancing. Reservations required: 303-816-3160. Seating times: 7, 7:30, 8, 9 p.m.

CLUBS Editor’s note: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Political Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-8772940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

Citizens Alliance for a Sustainable Englewood (CASE): 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at The Brew on Broadway, 3445 S. Broadway, Englewood. For Englewood and Littleton residents who want to see their local governments adopt nonpartisan, environmentally and economically sustainable policies and projects. Contact Geoff Frazier at gfraze@gmail.com.

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.

Meetings are usually the second Monday of each month, September through May,

at Southglenn Library, Vine and University in Centennial. Social time at 6:30 p.m. is followed by a short business meeting and informative programs. Contact membership chair Barb Pyle at barbpyle@yahoo.com.

Art viewings: by appointment Monday through Saturday at Creations to Constance, 5104 S. Taft Way, Littleton. Featuring original paintings by world renowned visual contemporary artist Domingo Domingo. Contact 303-597-8401 or www. creationstoconstance.com.

American Business Women’s Association meets on the second Wednesday each month at 6:30 p.m. welcoming women, working or not, to Success Chapter programs for success and positive living. Call Lori Smith at 303-688-3100 ext. 360 or e-mail loris@intermountain-rea.com for upcoming speakers and events at Marriott Denver South, 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton.

BNI Connections (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@ hmbrown.com.

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CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Littleton networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 3702 River Point Parkway, Littleton. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business . of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 nonCERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required.

More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http://www.CertusNetwork. com.

Contacts Unlimited is a business and professional leads group that meets at Courtesy Ford, 8252 S. Broadway, Littleton in the meeting room on the first, second, and third Thursday of every month. Meeting time is 8-9:15 a.m. Visitors are welcome. Call Jenifer at 303-221-6550.

Non-Practicing and Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-794-0354.

Women Investment Group Master Mind Group meets to empower all women to build a real financial freedom through the power of real estate in any market condition. We network, share ideas, leads, resources and encourage each other. We meet once a month. For meeting information, call Lorena 303-981-6539 or e-mail WomenInvestmentGroup@comcast.net.

Recreation Adventures in Dance offers a number of dance classes for adults. Line Dance Aerobics is Mondays; West Coast swing is Tuesdays; Merengue and bachata is Wednesdays; Viennese waltz and slow waltz is Thursdays; and a social Latin dance sampler is offered over two Fridays. Adventures in Dance is at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to www.adventuresindance. com for details and to sign up.

Art Viewings: by appointment Monday through Saturday at Creations to Constance, 5104 S. Taft Way, Littleton. Featuring original paintings by world renowned visual contemporary artist Domingo Domingo. Contact 303-597-8401 or www. creationstoconstance.com 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 Denver Walking Tours Denver area residents and visitors are invited to experience downtown Denver through a free walking tour,

a two-hour excursion that starts in Civic Center Park, winds through downtown past more than a dozen of Denver’s distinctive landmarks and ends in front of Coors Field.

Tours are offered every day. No reservations needed. Tours are free, and tips are encouraged. Go to http://www.denverfreewalkingtours.com/ for details.

Draw from Life sessions are offered from 6-8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at The Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center. Class offers a chance to work with a clothed model with a variety of pose times. Reserve space with Cheryl at mbadamsjr@msn.com. Cost is $5. Call 303-795-0781.

Duplicate Bridge If you enjoy duplicate bridge, come join us for an ACBL sanctioned open game at 12:30 p.m. every Monday at The Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree. Please arrive by 12:15. All are welcome; it’s a fragrance-free environment. Partners are arranged. Call Sue Bauer at 303-6413534.

MILESTONES John Baer, of Englewood, graduated from the University of Kansas with a certificate in anesthesiology.

Sarah Doxon, of Englewood, graduated in December with a master of arts in teaching in the biological sciences from Miami University through Project Dragonfly.

Since joining the Advanced Inquiry Program in 2015, Doxon has taken courses on the web from Miami University while participating in on-site and field studies at The Denver Zoo. She works as a senior museum educator at Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus.

Holly Beck, of Littleton, graduated in November from Spring

Arbor University with a master’s degree in nursing.

Aric Joseph Rastrelli, of Littleton, graduated from the University of Kansas with a certificate in anesthesiology.

Bethany Schilling, of Littleton, participated in four Christmas at Concordia concerts that brought more than 3,000 Concordia students, faculty and staff, alumni and community members to St. John Lutheran Church near campus.

The concerts featured the Women’s Cantamus Choir, Male Chorus, Concordia Handbell Choir, University Brass Ensemble, University A Cappella Choir and University Symphonic Band.

Friday Dance Night Saint Patrick’s Brewing Company offers First Friday Dance Nights.

Dance floor complete with lights and DJ. Outdoor beer garden with fire pit right on the river at Santa Fe and Bowles. Call 720366-9147.

Colorado Woodworkers Guild: 6:30-8:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in the basement of Rockler Woodworking, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodworking is welcome. Contact vicepresident@coloradowoodworkersguild.org.

Ladies Golf League at Raccoon Creek Golf Course, Littleton, is accepting new members. Call 303-973-4653.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303768-9600 or go to www.orvis.com/s/parkmeadows-colorado-orvis-retail-store/620.

Meadows Women’s Golf League offers relaxing Tuesday mornings of friendly golf for ladies at the Meadows Golf Course, 6937 S. Simms St., near Ken-Caryl Ranch. The league plays 18 holes weekly from mid-April to mid-October. This fun group competes for prizes while playing from the red tees.

Afterward, lunch can be ordered on the patio overlooking the course. Call Laura at 303-526-9598.

Oil painting classes are offered at The Depot Art Gallery from 1-4 p.m. Mondays at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center. Class is taught

by Jennifer Riefenberg. Join anytime; pay by the session or the month. Contact JenniferRief@comcast.net. Call 303-795-0781.

Peer critique of art offered at 9 a.m. the fourth Friday of every month, except November and December, at The Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center.

Any medium welcome. In conjunction with The Colorado Watercolor Society. Free. Call 303-795-0781.

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December 28, 2017D Rodeo action will be part of the 2018 National Western Stock Show that will be in Denver from Jan. 6-20.

The National Western is the first major stop in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association schedule and annually draws top competitors in all events.

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National Western Stock Show prepares for January events Iconic trade show brings animals, visitors, fun to north Denver

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Each January for the past 112 years, Western has been the preferred fashion in Denver during the run of the National Western Stock Show.

This year’s festivities kick off Jan. 6 and the schedule of event wraps up Jan. 21. During that stretch of time about 400,000 men, women and children will push through the turnstiles to watch or take part in events including rodeos, equestrian events, stock judging events and auctions.

While entertainment draws a lot of attention, much of the event’s focus is on stock shows. There are judging competitions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, bison, yaks, poultry and rabbits. Ten livestock associations hold their national shows at National Western.

There also are a number of livestock sales where millions of dollars change hands as prize animals are sold to new owners.

The first wave of the thousands of animals will begin arriving at the National Western Stock Show complex as the new year is ushered in, because stabling the animals requires coordination due to the hundreds of animals coming to the show and the limits on stable space.

The cattle barns are the temporary home for animals being shown or put up for auction. When it is time for them to be shown, the cattle are brought inside, filling the barn with the splash of water and the hum of clippers as each animal is washed, blow-dried and combed to get them looking their best. In one barn, a sign over a wash area for cattle identifies it as “The Bovine Beauty Shop.”

Once that breed’s shows are complete, the animals are either auctioned off or loaded up to be taken home, so the stalls are cleaned and made ready for the next occupants.

The National Western Stock Show is Colorado’s largest trade show.

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The rodeo events are in the Coliseum while, at the other end of the National Western complex, the Events Center will be equally busy as the site of horse competitions for a number of breeds and styles.

There will be shows and competitions as well as activities that include the Grand Prix jumping event, an evening of dancing horses and a daily schedule of riding and performance competitions.

A new equestrian event this year is the National Western Horseman’s Challenge that will be held Jan. 8-10 in the Denver Coliseum. The event is designed to provide a challenging, educational and entertaining opportunity for local and national equestrians to be involved in the stock show within a growing and evolving discipline. Horse and rider teams will be faced with various obstacles and tasks testing their confidence in each other.

The press release on the National Western Horseman’s Challenge stated it will offer schooling time followed by competition phases including individual timed practice rounds, a team competition and individual speed challenges. Obstacles and tasks will vary to accommodate all levels and ages of riders and horses.

The show events are spread among a number of facilities. Stock show activities are centered at the National Western Stock Show Arena and Hall of Education near 46th Avenue and Humbolt Street, the Events Center at 1515 E. 47th Ave. and the Denver Coliseum. For information, tickets, the event schedule and event locations, call 303-297-1166 or go to nationalwestern.com.

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Natural Grocers store to open in Centennial Starbucks, additional tenant to be named also included in retail project STAFF REPORT

A retail project in The Ridge development on the northeast corner of Arapahoe Road and Nome Court in Centennial broke ground recently on a 13,000-square-foot space that will soon house Natural Grocers.

Colorado-based Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage will relocate from its existing space on Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village to the larger space.

The expected move date will be in the third quarter of 2018.

The project represents Natural Grocers’ new store prototype, which will include a nutritional education center with a health coach, in addition to its

organic and natural groceries, dietary supplements and body care products.

Besides Vitamin Cottage, the 20,000-square-foot Confluent Development project includes a 2,000-squarefoot Starbucks site, which opened in September, and a third tenant still to be named. The third of the freestanding buildings will measure 4,200 square feet.

“We are pleased to welcome Natural Grocers to the area,” Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon said in a news release. “We look forward to working with Confluent Development to continue enhancing the Arapahoe Road corridor.”

The Ridge at Centennial, a 15-acre development, is in the Lincoln Executive Center and includes a Holiday Inn, Centennial Gun Club, two office buildings and additional retail/restaurant buildings.

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Englewood Public Library hosts two days of events for writers Mid-January retreat features help from array of authors, editors

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What could be a more appealing way to start a new year for area writers than a free weekend workshop with accomplished professionals, who aim to inspire the next story, memoir, article, novel — or whatever else is circling at the back of your mind, seeking a way out?

The Writer’s Retreat will take place on Jan. 13 (10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and Jan. 14 (1:30 to 4:30 p.m.) at the Englewood Public Library in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

This workshop presents seven experienced writers to discuss concerns from “Getting Into Gear,” with facilitator/ Colorado Book Award Winner Warren Hammond to “Publishing Your Work,” with publisher, author and Hugo-winning editor Jason Heller.

Registration in advance is required, with a simple phone call to 303-7622555, during normal business hours, or register online: englewoodco.gov/

IF YOU GO THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY is in the Englewood Civic Center (first floor) at 1000 Englewood Parkway. There is free parking in a public garage and elevated lot just south of the building; check the signs for parking time limits in various areas. The Writer’s Retreat is free, but registration in advance is required: 303-762-2555 during normal operating hours. Or register online at englewoodco. gov/government/city-departments/library/ writersretreat. government/city-departments/library/ writersretreat/agenda.

The precise online agenda says: “Each one-hour track will comprise an opening mini-lecture of 15 minutes; guided, interactive exercises and/or Q&A for 40 minutes; and a closing statement for five minutes.”

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• Jan. 13 sessions, starting at 10:30 a.m.: 1. “Kick Your writing Into Gear” with facilitator Warren Hammond: Starting is never easy ... ways to spark your project and keep momentum going.

Hammond authored science fiction novels, short stories and will release a

graphic novel, co-written with Joshua Viola, in 2018.

2. “Writing about Your Life” with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, author of “Fig.” The challenge and rewards of writing about your life — and the different forms it can take, from fiction to memoir. Schantz’ first novel, “Fig,” was selected by NPR as a 2015 Best Read of the Year and won the Colorado Book Award in 2016. She has published short stories and essays and teaches at Front Range Community College.

3. “Making Characters Come Alive” with Mario Acevedo, Colorado Book Award-winning author. Dialogue, description and point of view and other methods can help you create characters that pop off the page. Acevedo is author of the best-selling Felix Gomez detective-vampire series.

4. “Writing About Your Favorite Thing” with Colorado Book Award winner Erin Blakemore. Turn your passion for everything — music, food, books, sports, science, etc. — into exciting writing. Blakemore is a Boulder-based journalist and professional bookworm, with work published in Time, The Atlantic, the Washington Post and more, as well as “The Heroine’s Bookshelf ” (Harper 2010).

• January 14 sessions, starting at 1:30 p.m.: 5. “Writing Comics and Graphic Novels” with R. Alan Brooks, author of “The Burning Metronome.”

Creating comics and graphic novels presents unique challenges and rewards to writers. Brooks is a writer, musician and hosts a popular comics podcast. He writes educational children’s comics and is creator of “The Burning Metronome,” a supernatural murder mystery graphic novel.

6. “Balancing Life and Writing” with Molly Tanzer, World Fantasy Award-nominated author. Finding time and motivation to write isn’t easy when you have a busy life, but it’s both possible and energizing.

Tanzer is the author of “Creatures of Will and Temper” and two forthcoming titles plus others novels and short fiction.

7. “Publishing Your Work” with journalist, author and Hugo-winning editor Jason Heller. It’s never too early to start thinking about where, when, why and how your writing might be published. Heller is a former nonfiction editor of “Clarkesworld,” novelist, and author of nonfiction articles. A nonfiction book is due in 2018.

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Sterling Ranch names new general manager STAFF REPORT

A fifth-generation Coloradan has been named general manager of the Community Authority Board in Sterling Ranch, 3,400-acre mixed-use master-planned walkable community in Douglas County projected to have 12,000 residences and approximately 33,000 residents once the community is fully built out in 20 years.

Donald Rosier, who grew up in Arvada, now serves as a Jefferson County commissioner. He was elected in 2010 and again in 2014. His term ends in 2018, but Rosier will resign as commissioner to begin his general manager post in January.

Rosier graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in civil engineering, and he brings cross functional and cross industry experience to his new position.

“I am both excited and humbled to have been offered this amazing opportunity. Throughout my career, I have accomplished a track record of success in managing complex design projects, acquisitions, entitlements, land development and construction projects,” Rosier said. “Accepting the position of general manager for the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board equates to a city manager’s position in a medium-sized town with all of the oversight that goes with it, but much more forward-facing to our residents, which is the most important asset we have.”

Rosier serves or has served on 15 boards and coalitions in a variety of capacities while a commissioner including being involved with the planning, design and ultimate completion of the Jefferson County Parkway. He is probably best known for forming and chairing the WestConnect Coalition, bringing former

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“Don’s ability to approach issues in a manner of respect for all parties and with professionalism while listening to the concerns and creating new strategies to solving problems was a key trait we looked for in our new general manager,” said Diane Smethills, principal of Sterling Ranch and community authority board member.

In his position, Rosier will work with contractors, homebuilders, home buyers, residents and staff.

Rosier’s 25 years of private sector experience includes civil engineering design, project management, acquisition, entitlement, land development, construction and management with companies such as Metropolitan Homes, Neumann Homes, Sunrise Colony Company, Alliance Commercial

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Wheelers for the Wounded comes through for veterans Parker nonprofit offers trips to enjoy the outdoors

A LOOK AT VETERANS • There are an estimated 95,000 disabled veterans in the United States.

• About 7 percent of Coloradans are veterans.

BY TABATHA DEANS STEWART TSTEWART@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Veteran Morgan Huston served as a staff sergeant in the Air Force, and was deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. The physical demands of his service caught up with him after he was discharged in 2006, and he found himself unable to enjoy some of the activities he previously had, and isolated from fellow veterans who had similar experiences both while on active duty and after returning to civilian life.

Parker resident and fellow veteran John Walters wanted to help veterans like Huston, so he started the nonprofit organization Wheelers for the Wounded of Colorado last year, which takes veterans out into the wilderness for a weekend of camping, camaraderie and extreme four-wheeling.

“We wanted to do something for veterans who maybe can’t get out and enjoy the wilderness because of disabilities or issues caused by their service,” said Walters. “So we decided to combine a love of the outdoors with the chance to help veterans.”

Source: John Walters — Wheelers for the Wounded of Colorado

Walters served in the Navy, and comes from a military family background. He’s also passionate about off-roading in his tricked-out Jeep and camping. His organization arranges for an all-inclusive camping trip and fourwheeling experience for veterans, including transportation, entertainment, food, lodging and companionship.

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One of the things I talk to my board about is spending time with other organizations that have gone through this. There aren’t many, but in California, there’s Orange County, Los Angeles, and Sacramento’s departments that have gone through similar endeavors. I’ll be spending time with the leaders of those organizations to learn from their successes and challenges.

Maintaining connectivity to the folks in government and the elected officials in the areas we serve is key.

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This is not South Metro leading this initiative.

This is a very collaborative strategy that’s been facilitated and communicated by three fire chiefs and three labor representatives. That’s pretty much unprecedented. Many organizations gobble up smaller ones, but that we would hold hands and believe that this is the right thing to do for our citizens and employees is an anomaly.

It speaks very highly of my counterparts. We’re in positions to lead with principle and integrity, and I feel like we’re doing that.

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“The camping is really just an excuse to get together with other veterans and talk about things that they might not be able to talk about with other people,” said Walters. “A lot happens around the campfire, and they open up a lot about combat experiences.”

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group in September, and said it was not only fun, but therapeutic, and he hopes to make it an annual event.

“I got pretty beat up in the service, so I don’t get out a lot now to do physical things,” said Huston. “It was pretty impressive to see what they can do in the Jeeps. I haven’t had that much fun in a long time.”

Huston said he hopes to establish some lifelong friendships through the camping trips.

“I don’t really get a chance to hang out with other vets,” he said. “It’s nice to reconnect with some guys who have been out there.”

Wheelers for the Wounded of Colorado hosts several events throughout the year, and is always looking for volunteers, donations or participants.

For more information visit https:// www.wheelersforthewoundedofcolorado.com/.

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Open house at the new Opera Colorado Center featured a ribbon cutting: Left to right: Kevin O’Connor, Board Chairman; Linda Olson, Englewood District 2 Councilmember; Joe Jefferson, Mayor of Englewood; Paul Deckard, Managing Director of Opera Colorado; Greg Carpenter, General Director of Opera Colorado; Randy Penn, Executive Director of Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce.

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Englewood Mayor Joe Jefferson happily sliced through the yellow satin ribbon, held across the doorway that separates the two parts of the 7,000-square-foot, 1930s industrial warehouse. He said “this takes us to a whole new level — the success of nonprofits is our success,” citing Englewood’s long cooperation with the Museum Outdoor Arts. Many in the community thought the interesting structure would be scraped for more apartments, he noted.

Development was completed in late 2016 by Brue Baukol Capital Partners, in partnership with Littleton Capital Partners, who have won awards in Littleton for careful renovation of several historic buildings. The Opera Center stands between apartments and the railroad, ready for a new life.

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The opera’s business office was housed in the Oxford Station apartment complex for several months, while the new space was designed and built out.

Because of the excellent natural light, all office walls and doors are clear glass. The main entrance is at the north end of the building, which is reached by driving through the road separating the apartment units.

It features “beautiful natural light, exposed brick and a bow-shaped truss ceiling,” according to Opera Colorado’s Tamara Vallejos. She said the staff is really happy with the light after many years in a basement office.

Rehearsals have been held at the Loft at Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver, where Opera Colorado usually performs. Now artists can ride the light rail to Oxford Station and enjoy the spacious south part of the new Opera Center, devoted to rehearsal use.

Opera Colorado’s next production is a world premiere of “Steal a Pencil for Me,” which will be presented Jan. 25 to 30 at the Wolf Theatre, Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. We visited briefly with Sahar Nouri, Opera Colorado’s chorus master and repetiteur, who talked about the dramatic story of a couple, Jaap and Ina Polak, Dutch Jews who escaped the Holocaust, surviving imprisonment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Tickets are available at operacolorado.org.

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GOCO awards grants to Sheridan, South Suburban STAFF REPORT

Great Outdoors Colorado awarded a $1.7 million Inspire Initiative grant to the City of Sheridan for its Sheridan Inspire program, which works to get kids and families outdoors by addressing barriers such as lack of awareness, language barriers, cost, safety and lack of transportation.

With the grant, Sheridan Inspire can implement plans that have been developed for two years and build on the momentum started by a coalition working to improve the lives of Sheridan youth and families. Those partners include the Sheridan School District, South Suburban Parks and Recreation, Mile High Youth Corps, Earth Force and Groundwork Denver.

The coalition is working to create places and programs that improve education, health and economic opportunities in the community, while growing youth civic engagement, stronger families and an appreciation for the outdoors.

One project of the coalition is improved signs and maps that will help Sheridan residents access and enjoy nearby outdoor places, including River Run Park, Carson Nature Center, Bear Creek Natural Areas, and Bear Creek Lake Park. In addition, the coalition will invest in creating inspiring outdoor spaces at Alice Terry Elementary School and Fort Logan Northgate.

Programs to teach self-reliance through engaging, hands-on, outdoor activities will focus on family participation (for youth ages 5-14), adventure (for youth ages 10-18), and jobs (for youth ages 13-24). Programs will connect families with resources, teach youth how to get

to nearby outdoor places, and educate families on how to access Colorado’s great outdoors.

Youth will also be exposed to experiences such as volunteer activities, skills training, and job opportunities that could inspire future careers in natural resources.

Sheridan Inspire’s work will create 162 youth jobs and three additional community jobs and will impact more than 7,200 youths.

The grant to Sheridan is one of nine Inspire Initiative implementation awards given, with $14.125 million awarded in all. Inspire invests in places, programs, and pathways to get Colorado kids and their families outside. The program is being looked at as a national model in connecting youth with the outdoors.

The funding brings GOCO’s investment in Inspire to more than $29 million, including a $4 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, a $75,000 grant from the Boettcher Foundation for rural communities, and a $50,000 donation from DaVita.

Separately, South Suburban Parks and Recreation received an $18,000 Youth Corps grant from GOCO to remove invasive plants at South Platte Park in Littleton.

The Youth Corps grant is given through the Colorado Youth Corps Association, a statewide coalition of nine accredited youth corps that train youth, young adults and veterans (ages 14-25) to work on land and water conservation projects.

Corps members earn a stipend for their fulltime service and an AmeriCorps education award to use toward college or reducing existing student loans. The organization serves 1,700

young people annually.

With the help of GOCO funding, South Suburban will employ crews from Mile High Youth Corps to remove saplings of invasive Russian olive trees around the lakes in South Platte Park.

Crews will also remove common buckthorn that has become a dense infestation in the park.

Both plants crowd out native plants, where wildlife species live and get their food. Removing these invasive plant species will also benefit visitors with a more aesthetically pleasing park and better wildlife viewing opportunities.

Youth Corps projects also include educational and professional development opportunities for corps members. This project will help corps members learn about weed and water management in urban areas as well as career opportunities in natural resources.

To date, GOCO has invested $29.7 million in projects in Arapahoe County and has conserved more than 1,500 acres of land there. GOCO funding has supported multiple phases of the High Line Canal, Triple Creek Greenway, and South Platte River Trail, among other projects.

Great Outdoors Colorado invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces. GOCO’s independent board awards competitive grants to local governments and land trusts, and makes investments through Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Created when voters approved a Constitutional Amendment in 1992, GOCO has since funded more than 5,000 projects in all 64 counties of Colorado without any tax dollar support. Go to GOCO.org for information.

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December 28, 2017

THINGS to DO

ART/CRAFTS

Tick Tock, Make a Clock: 5-6 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 29 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial.

Tweens ages 9-12 are invited to make every second count by making their own clock to celebrate Tick Tock day. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Library for All: Creative Club: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. Program designed especially for our community with developmental or intellectual disabilities and their caregivers, but all patrons are welcome. Enjoy crafts, art creation, story times, games, musical play, library exploration and more. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Winter Crafts: 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Make a variety of fun winter crafts.

Call 303-762-2560.

Make a Mardi Gras Mask Pendant: 4-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Teens are invited to use clay to make an impression of a doll’s face. Add a little paint and pizzazz to turn it into a Mardi Gras mask pendant to wear. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Art Workshop, Abstracted Realism: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton.

Presented by Heritage Fine Arts Guild and led by Denver artist and teacher Victoria Kwasinski.

Registration required; go to www. heritage-guild.com for form and materials list.

Lessons and Lemonade: 9:30-11 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Jan. 13 (Rock Painting with Carm Fogt); Feb. 10 (Glass Painting with Portia Patterson); March 10 (Color Field Painting with Jo Ann Nelson and Judy Pendleton) at Hobby Lobby, Colo. 83 and Mainstreet in Parker. For ages 9-14. Registration required; go to www.parkerartistguild.com/classes/youth.

MUSIC

Performer: Cowboy Steve: 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Call 303-7622560.

FILM

Lifetree Café Discussion Group: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1 (Inside the Gun Debate: To hunt? To defend?

To assault?); Jan. 8 (Make the Most of Your Life: A Perspective That Will Change Your Life Forever); Jan. 15 (Care for Caregivers: Meeting the Unique Needs of Those Who Sacrifice for Others);

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this week’s TOP FIVE Noon Year’s Eve Party: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Projects and crafts that celebrate the old year and prepare for the new year begin at 11 a.m. Count down to the New Year at noon and wrap up with some New Year’s treats and activities. Call 303-762-2560.

Seussical, The Musical: 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 30 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Show at 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 10. No show on Dec. 24. Go to townhallartscenter.org/seussical.

A Hudson Christmas: 5-8 p.m. select evenings through Dec. 31 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Outdoor holiday walking tour. Share Christmas wishes with Santa; take a photo on Santa’s sleigh. Tickets

available at www.altitudetickets.com, or in person on event nights. Go to www.hudsongardens.org.

Great Outdoors: Historic Homesteads: 5 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 4 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Explore the histories, locations and details of historic homestead sites in Douglas County.

Registration required. Call 303-7917323 or go to DCL.org.

Native American Flute Performance: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Relax the senses with the soothing sounds of the Native American flute. Renowned musician and storyteller Eric Many Winds Herrera can’t wait to share the beauty of Native American culture through his live musical performance and stories. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Jan. 22 (News from the Future: A Futurest Gives a Sneak Peek); Jan. 29 (Friends for Life: 10 Buddies.

38 Years, One Weekend a Year) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Writers Group: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 3 at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Writing discussion and practice with prompts and exercises. All experience levels welcome.

For adults. Call 303-762-2560.

Movie Day: Trolls: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Bring stuffed animals, pillows and blankets. Call 303-762-2560.

Writer’s Retreat: Saturday, Jan. 13 and Sunday, Jan. 14 at the Englewood Civic Center, Community Room, 2nd Floor. Two-day, multi-session event features insight from award-winning authors and activities. For adults & teens. Registration is required. Go to http://www.englewoodco.gov/ government/city-departments/ library/writersretreat.

LGBT Movie Night: Rent: 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 4 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Showing Rent (2005, Rated PG-13, 135 minutes). The film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Frozen: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 6 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Stay in your PJs, load up on cereal and join us for Saturday morning cartoons. We will be watching Frozen (rated PG, 102 minutes). Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

READING/WRITING

Young Writers’ Guild: 4:30-6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. For ages 12-18. No registration required. Call 303-7917323 or go to DCL.org.

EVENTS

Lego Maniacs: 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

For school-aged children and their parents. Call 303-7622560.

Open Play: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Storytime room will be open with a variety of toys that will spark the imagination. Call 303-762-2560.

Special Needs Sports Camp: 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 2 and Thursday, Jan. 4 at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Learn the skills necessary to play a variety of sports. Also learn the rules of the games, focus-

ing on good sportsmanship, and teamwork. For ages 8 and older.

Call 303-471-7043. Go to www. hrcaonline.org/tr.

Legos: 1-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Call 303-7622560.

Open Play: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 6 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Call 303-762-2560.

Yikes! It’s the Yeti: 5:306:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 8 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Call him the Yeti, Abominable Snowman, Metoh or Kang-mi, it’s still a giant scary snow thing. Children ages 5-8 are invited to hear some yeti stories and make yeti craft or two.

Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

HEALTH

Cholesterol and Your Heart: 3-4 p.m. Jan. 2 at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Presented by Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Renee Julien, RN. Learn to manage cholesterol with medication, lifestyle and natural alternatives.

Call 303-744-1065 or go to www. southdenver.com for information and to register. Class is free.

After the Holiday Detox: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the

South Denver Heart Center, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Presented by Susan Buckley, RD, CDE. Call 303-744-1065 or go to www. southdenver.com for information and to register. Class is free.

EDUCATION

Ancestry, FamilySearch Help: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Learn tips and techniques from Family HIstory Center experts Sandee Brooks and Perry Hillegas. Show up at 6:30 for snacks and discussions with fellow genealogists. Go to https://hrgenealogy.wordpress.com.

French Conversation Circle: 1-2 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 3 at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Practice French language skills in a supportive, immersive environment. All skill levels welcome.

For adults. Call 303-762-2560.

Microsoft Excel, the Basics: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 6; and 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21 at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Learn the basics of Excel, including inserting text, basic functions, AutoSum, AutoFill and more. Registration required. Call 303-762-2560.

Digital Drop-In: Tech Assistance: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Get help with computers and mobile devices.

No registration required. Call 303791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

North Korea: 7-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Join Active Minds for a discussion of the history of North Korea and the development of the North Korean nuclear program. Call 303-542-7279 to RSVP. Gonzales and Paiz Families from Northern New Mexico to Early Colorado: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Presented by Denise Lovato Duran, president of the Colorado Hispanic Genealogy Society. Go to www.ColumbineGenealogy.com.

North Korea: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Join Active Minds for a discussion of the history of North Korea and the development of the North Korean nuclear program. Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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LOCAL

SPORTS THE 2017 ALL-SOUTH METRO FOOTBALL TEAM

OFFENSE Quarterback: Alex Padilla, 6-2, 190, junior, Cherry Creek Had a 125.6 quarterback rating, passing for 2,678 yards and 40 TDs.

DEFENSE Defensive line: Mason Knighton, 6-5, 240, senior, Ponderosa Force up front with 64 tackles and four sacks.

Defensive line: Trevor Szilagyi, 6-5, 260, senior, Valor Christian MVP of the defensive front with 24 tackles despite often being double teamed.

Defensive line: Tate Wildeman, 6-6, 250, senior, Legend Highly regarded prospect had 61 tackles, six sacks in eight games.

Running back: Dominic Bettini, 5-9, 170, junior, Highlands Ranch Rushed for 1,679 yards and 16 TDs and had only one fumble in 240 carries.

Running back: Spencer Lambert, 5-9, 180, junior, ThunderRidge Carried the load as a dual threat and had 1,265 rushing yards.

Wide receiver: Dimitri Stanley, 6-0, 178, senior, Cherry Creek All-purpose standout that caught 81 passes for 1,192 yards.

Wide receiver: Ryan Thibault, 6-3, 190, senior, Valor Christian Versatile big-play receiver who averaged 18.8 yards per catch.

Wide receiver: Tristan Smith, 5-11, 170, senior, Mountain Vista Offensive captain had 880 receiving yards and 13 of the team’s 25 TD receptions.

Offensive line: Blake Carette, 6-3, 280, senior, Arapahoe Air Force commit is a three-time all-conference lineman.

Offensive line: Max Bruner, 6-3, 280, senior, Ponderosa Big help to an offense that averaged 370 yards and 40.7 points a game.

Offensive line: Preston Rose, 6-3, 255, senior, Valor Christian Inspired by family football culture and anchored line with twin brother Peyton.

Offensive line: Drake Nugent, 6-2, 260, junior, Highlands Ranch State shot put champion was a standout two-way player.

Offensive line: Michael Lynn, 6-3, 300, junior, Cherry Creek Hard worker who has developed into a highly regarded prospect.

Utility: Luke McCaffrey, 6-2, 180, Jr., Valor Christian All-purpose athlete was a quarterback, receiver and kickoff returner.

Cherry Creek’s Dimitri Stanley, a versatile wide receiver, scored 20 touchdowns in 2017.

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Chaparral linebacker Jacob Stanton registered 19 tackles for losses in 2017.

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Stanley, Stanton stood out Seniors from Cherry Creek and Chaparral are offensive and defensive players of the year

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek’s Dimitri Stanley and Jacob Stanton of Chaparral headline the 2017 Colorado Community Media All-South Metro Football Team.

Stanley, the all-around senior wide receiver, was selected as the Offensive Player of the Year. Stanton, a senior linebacker, was honored as the Defensive Player of the Year.

The 26-player All-South Metro team was selected by CCM’s sports staff, with input from area coaches. Players were eligible from schools in the Littleton Public Schools District, all public and private schools in Douglas County, and Englewood and Cherry Creek high schools.

Stanley, the 6-foot, 178-pound University of Colorado commit, did a little bit of everything for the Bruins. He was a wide receiver, occasionally ran the ball, played some cornerback, returned kickoffs and punts, and was the team’s punter.

“I could have had a better year for the amount of targets I had but the time I actually had the ball I did pretty well,” said Stanley, whose father Walter played two seasons at CU and 11 seasons in the NFL. “It was better than last year definitely and it was kind of the way I

wanted it to go.”

He finished with 81 receptions for 1,192 yards and 20 touchdowns. He had 1,526 all-purpose yards. As a junior, Stanley caught 65 passes for 970 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Despite being double and triple covered at times, Stanley made several highlight reel receptions.

“We work on those in practice, and practice makes perfect,” he said. “I strive to make those catches in a game, and when I do, that just makes it that much better.”

Stanton was the leader of the Chaparral defense and had 128 total tackles with 19 tackles for losses, including four sacks. He intercepted one pass, had three pass deflections, caused seven fumbles and recovered two.

The 6-foot-2, 220 pounder was also a force on special teams, with two blocked punts and two blocked field goals.

“With all the hard work I put in during the off-season, I came out and had a way better season,” Stanton said. “It was a pretty decent year for me.

“I didn’t set any goals for myself, I just wanted to go out and have a good season. So I guess that would be a goal of mine and I reached that for sure.”

Stanton averaged 11.6 tackles a game as a senior and 9.1 in four seasons at Chaparral.

Linebacker: Jacob Stanton, 6-2, 220, senior, Chaparral Had 128 tackles and four blocked kicks.

Linebacker: Nick Clancy, 6-1, 195, senior, Douglas County Finished season with 96 tackles including 6.5 sacks.

Linebacker: Issac Wilson, 6-2, 190, junior, Chaparral Had 109 tackles, including 13 sacks among 24 tackles for losses.

Linebacker: Ethan Fraiser, 6-1, 215, junior, ThunderRidge 11 tackles for losses among total of 109 tackles.

Defensive back: Justin Boyd, 6-1, 175, junior, Legend Ball hawk had seven interceptions and 30 tackles.

Defensive back: Zach Wilson, 5-9, 159, senior, Rock Canyon Had five interceptions, 10 deflections and 45 tackles.

Defensive back: Chad Muma, 6-3, 200, senior, Legend Returned from injury and had 77 tackles, three sacks and an interception.

Defensive back: Chris Ditzenberger, 6-2, 172, senior, Cherry Creek He was in on 65 tackles, had four interceptions and four deflections SPECIAL TEAMS Punter: Issac Power, 6-2,185, senior, Ponderosa Averaged 41.3 yards with 12 of his 20 punts inside the 20-yard line.

Place kicker: Brian Brogan, 5-8, 160, soph., Valor Christian Had 60 kicking points, going 36-36 on PATs and on 8-9 field goals.

Returner: Brelan Griffin, 5-8, 155, senior, Highlands Ranch Averaged 27.1 yards on kickoff returns and 19.6 on punt returns.

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‘True leader’ showed volleyball spirit for Rock Canyon Keeley Davis, bound for Creighton, honored as player of year

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rock Canyon senior Keeley Davis was a state leader as well as a team leader during the volleyball season.

Davis led Class 5A players with 577 kills and was selected as the 2017 Colorado Community Media South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year.

“We had one senior on the team and probably one of the best players in the state,” said Rock Canyon coach Angela Nylund-Hanson. “Keeley has matured more and more. She was that senior on the team.

“She is the greatest player and not only is she skilled, she’s a wonderful person, great teammate and a humble player. She is a true leader. She stepped up in every way she could.”

Davis, who has signed to play next season at Creighton University, took on her leadership duties with the same intensity as with her attacking skills.

“Everyone came to me for everything,” said Davis. “I’ve done that before in club season. It was definitely a good role to be in to help younger girls achieve their goals.

“It was a great year. We didn’t know we would go to the state championships because we were a young team. We just came together, played as a team and I was really proud of the team for giving it their all and wanting to win.”

Davis was named a first team Under Armour All-American and has been invited to play in the All-America match on Dec. 15 in Kansas City.

Besides 577 kills and a 42.1 kill percentage, Davis had 355 digs. 58 aces, 46 blocks and 35 assists during her senior season. In her four-year career Davis finished with 1,592 kills.

“The kills grew grown ever since I became taller and got more athletic,” said Davis. “It was definitely about going out and practicing a lot.”

Rock Canyon senior Keeley Davis is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year.

TOM MUNDS

CHSAA will soon end mysteries of ‘next year’

W

ait until next year” is a familiar catchphrase for many sports fans.

The next year is approaching and Colorado high school enthusiasts are waiting for the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Committee to approve several proposals which could go OVERTIME into effect for the 2018-2012 cycle.

There are 15 committee reports and additional proposals waiting for approval at the Jan. 5 meeting.

It’s a new year and time for some changes, especially the reports and proposals for football and baseball that have drawn the most attention.

The football committee report Jim Benton outlined two-year alignments for leagues that are more logical than the waterfall format we’ve been stuck with for the past two seasons. Waterfalls are striking to view in the mountains but not as a football league setup.

Also the football committee endorsed expanding the 5A playoffs to 24 teams, and one proposal backed by the committee would align football with the National Federation calendar, which would mean practice could start Aug. 6 rather than Aug. 13. Postseason dates would not be changed.

Another proposal that hopefully will be adopted is to lengthen the baseball season from 19 to 23 games during regular season for classifications

other than 1A and 2A, which play district tournaments.

This would be a long-overdue change since it has been 52 years since Colorado has increased the maximum number of baseball games allowed.

Spring weather in Colorado is fickle. Decades ago when I was coaching youth teams, I always said the last week of February was usually nicer than the weather in March, April and even May. So the extra games could be played in tournaments or something called doubleheaders, which used to be more common years ago.

Other Northern states that sanction baseball allow a maximum of more regular-season games than Colorado. For instance, North Dakota allows 36 games on 23 dates and Idaho rules say teams are not to exceed 24 games.

There are many more proposals and committee reports that need to be passed, including the volleyball committee’s new bracket format for the state tournaments, cross country recommending a “run six athletes and score four” format, and creation of Foundation Benefit Contests for all sports to allow schools to raise funds for their programs.

Swimming rankings Mountain Vista swim coach Rob Nasser once again has been busy compiling rankings of individual girls swimmers and teams in hopes of gaining more publicity for the sport.

In the Dec. 20 rankings, Fossil Ridge and Fairview are ranked first and second in Class 5A

with Cherry Creek third, Arapahoe fourth, Rock Canyon eighth, Mountain Vista ninth and Castle View/Douglas County 10th.

Heritage is third in the Class 4A rankings, with Valor Christian fourth and Highlands Ranch eighth.

Individually, Arapahoe junior diver Franny Cable has the best 5A score recorded in the state so far at 506.85 points, with Castle View/Douglas County’s Sam Tamborski second with 465.45 points and Ralston Valley freshmen Isabel Gregerson third with a 458.80 score.

There are several local swimmers ready to challenge with second place times. Horizon’s Charlotte Fieeiki’s time of 55.85 is second in the 100-yard backstroke, Jessica Beckwith of Rock Canyon has the runner-up time of 56.41 in the 100 butterfly and Delaney Smith of Arapahoe has clocked the second fastest time of 2:03.33 in the 200 IM. Cherry Creek’s 200 medley relay team is second with a 1:46.83 clocking but all the above times need to be faster to catch the leaders.

In Class 4A, Heritage’s Kylie Andrews has recorded the top times of 23.76 and 51.29 in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Valor Christian’s Ella Kirschke is tops in the 200 IM with a 2:06.96 clocking. Valor also has the fastest time in the 200 freestyle relay of 1:36.85.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

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LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Public Notices Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0563-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) FIKRET SELIMAGIC Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for SOUTHSTAR FUNDING, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor in interest to all permitted successors and assigns of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trustee for MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2005-1, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-1 Date of Deed of Trust November 19, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 24, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4204288 Original Principal Amount $112,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $102,806.67

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 35 & 36, BLOCK 1, TAYLOR'S ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3053 S GALAPAGO ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/14/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/21/2017 Last Publication: 1/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 10/18/2017

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DATE: 10/18/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007026529 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0563-2017 First Publication: 12/21/2017 Last Publication: 1/18/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0531-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 3, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Charlene J Hadynski Original Beneficiary(ies) Bank of America, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust April 25, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 08, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3057287 Book: n/a Page: Original Principal Amount $77,900.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $72,240.92 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 40, BLOCK 3, ROUNDTREE PHASE I DENVER TECHNICAL CENTER (AMENDED), ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF FILED MAY 23, 1972 IN PLAT BOOK 22 AT PAGE 41 AND THE FIRST AMENDED DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 1973 IN BOOK 2103 AT PAGE 599, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5977 S Willow Way, Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 09/13/2017 AT RECEPTION NO. D7104308 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/31/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in

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the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 09/13/2017 AT RECEPTION NO. D7104308 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/31/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 12/7/2017 Last Publication: 1/4/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 10/03/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 17CO00334-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0531-2017 First Publication: 12/7/2017 Last Publication: 1/4/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0242-2017 To: Record Owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust and Notice of Election and Demand: Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled HIGH PLAINS PROPERTIES I Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner's interest 4671 SOUTH DECATUR STREET #230, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110 Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 08, 1986 Recording Information R2619344 Book: 4642 Page: 534 Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand May 10, 2017 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand D7052711 Legal Description of Property SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Street Address of Property 4671 S Decatur St 230, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 8/30/17, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale

R2619344 Book: 4642 Page: 534 Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand May 10, 2017 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand D7052711 Legal Description of Property

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THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Street Address of Property

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

4671 S Decatur St 230, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday,

To advertise your01/24/2018, public notices call Hearing 303-566-4100 at the East Room, County

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

Public Trustees

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 8/30/17, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and, unless the funds are claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale, the funds due to you will be transferred to the general fund of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, or to the State Treasurer as part of the "Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 11/30/17 Last Publication: 12/28/17 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date: 10/3/17 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 LEGAL DESCRIPTION UNIT NO. 230, BUILDING NO. 200, CENTENNIAL CROSSING CONDOMINIUMS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SPENCER'S LANDING CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED ON JANUARY 31, 1984 IN BOOK 4077 AT PAGE 237, AND RESTATED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 12, 1985 IN BOOK 4596 AT PAGE 505 AND MAP RECORDED ON JANUARY 31, 1984 IN BOOK 72 AT PAGES 6 AND 7 OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 0242-2017 First Publication: 11/30/17 Last Publication: 12/28/17 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0526-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 28, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Randall R Scott and Dawn J Scott Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Metro Funding Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PROF-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust IV, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee Date of Deed of Trust August 05, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 18, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5122733 Original Principal Amount $354,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $341,293.47 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 49, BLOCK 1, OVERLOOK AT PLATTE VALLEY, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4401 W Jamison Pl, Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/24/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to

Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 11/30/2017 Last Publication: 12/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 09/28/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Deanna Lee Westfall #23449 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Weinstein & Riley, P.S. 11101 West 120th Ave., Suite 280, Broomfield, CO 80021 (303) 5398601 Attorney File # 47548550

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0526-2017 First Publication: 11/30/2017 Last Publication: 12/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0539-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On October 4, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) DENISE M VANEPPS AND JEFFREY L. MORIARTY Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust November 06, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 19, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3249853 Original Principal Amount $206,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $178,271.44

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 106, VILLA DEL SOL, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4999 EAST PEAKVIEW AVENUE,

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pay principal and interest when due together

with allThe other payments provided for in the evid36 Independent - The Herald ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Public Trustees

LOT 106, VILLA DEL SOL, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4999 EAST PEAKVIEW AVENUE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80121.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/31/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/7/2017 Last Publication: 1/4/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 10/04/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 17-016690 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0539-2017 First Publication: 12/7/2017 Last Publication: 1/4/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0544-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 4, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) DOUGLASS A SPRINGER AND JESSICA L SPRINGER Original Beneficiary(ies) EDWARD JONES MORTGAGE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust October 17, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 23, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2121184 Original Principal Amount $216,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust October 17, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 23, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2121184 Original Principal Amount $216,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $193,914.44

Public Trustees

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 10, BLOCK 70, CONSERVATORY SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 20933 E GIRARD DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/31/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/7/2017 Last Publication: 1/4/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 10/04/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 17-016418 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0551-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees

On October 16, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Deborah A. Diver Original Beneficiary(ies) America's Mortgage, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust September 08, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 12, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6131652 Original Principal Amount $175,595.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $145,015.86 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ALL OF LOT 9, EXCEPT THE EAST 2 FEET THEREOF, AND THE EAST 3 FEET OF LOT 10, BLOCK 4, KIMBLE-KROFT PARK, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1230 East Bates Parkway, Englewood, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/07/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/14/2017 Last Publication: 1/11/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 10/16/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Attorney File # 17-00319SH The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Public Trustees

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO.: 0551-2017 First Publication: 12/14/2017 Last Publication: 1/11/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0577-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Barbara Ann Massengale Original Beneficiary(ies) World Savings Bank, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Date of Deed of Trust July 26, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 08, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7102522 Original Principal Amount $216,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $196,709.15 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 AND 17, EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2354 AT PAGES 51 AND 52, BLOCK 10, JACKSONS BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4054 S GALAPAGO ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/21/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/28/2017 Last Publication: 1/25/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Public Trustees

Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-784440-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0577-2017 First Publication: 12/28/2017 Last Publication: 1/25/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 6, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Samantha Catherine Swauger be changed to Samantha Catherine Lyon Case No.: 2017 C 101016 Shana Kloek By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59860 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 4, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Abiy Birhanu be changed to Abera Birhanu Berara Case No.: 17 C 101009 Shana Kloek By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59869 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 7, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Regina Chong A Han be changed to Regan Chong A Han-Easker Case No.: 17 C 101021 By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59897 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Palmer Samuel Kauffman, aka Sam Kauffman, aka Palmer Kauffman, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31156

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 28, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 10/25/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Legal Notice No: 59893 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0551-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

On October 16, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Legal Notice NO.: 0551-2017 First Publication: 12/14/2017 Last Publication: 1/11/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482

Original Grantor(s)

December 28, 2017D

Suzanne Petry Woodard, aka Suzanne P. Woodard, aka Suzanne Woodard, Personal Representative c/o Walter M. Kelly II, Miller & Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

David A. Shore #19973 Janice Hofmann Clark #7264 Martin H. Shore #1800 Stephen A Hall #38186 Hellerstein and Shore PC 5347 S. Valentia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 573-1080 Attorney File # 17-00319SH

Legal Notice NO.: 0544-2017 First Publication: 12/7/2017 Last Publication: 1/4/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charlene Jeanne Hadynski, a/k/a Charlene J. Hadynski, a/k/a Charlene Hadynski, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31119

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charlene Jeanne Hadynski, a/k/a Charlene J. Hadynski, a/k/a Charlene Hadynski, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31119

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 14, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jennifer Lynn Miller Personal Representative 5977 South Willow Way Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 59762 First Publication: December 14, 2016 Last Publication: December 28, 2016 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Craig Miller Granzow, a/k/a Craig Granzow, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30941 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 14, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Cordelia S. Granzow, Personal Representative co Dymond Reagor PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No: 59763 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROBERT MICHAEL PASH, a/k/a ROBERT M. PASH, Deceased Case Number: 17PR31098

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 14, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rosanne DeMattia Pash Personal Representative 8463 E. Hawaii Lane Denver, CO 80231 Legal Notice No.: 59864 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dolores Nancy Sazpansky, a/k/a Dolores N. Sazpansky, a/k/a Dolores Sazpanksy, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR496

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Ann Guttery, a/k/a/ Nancy A. Guttery, a/k/a/ Nancy Guttery, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31192

Notice To Creditors

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol Guttery Personal Representative 915 James Ave. Redwood City, CA 94062 Legal Notice No.: 59900 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Norma A Norwood, a/k/a Norma Adeline Norwood, a/k/a Norma Norwood, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31148 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patti Bornhofen Personal Representative 10693 Briarglen Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 Legal Notice No.: 59901 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Virginia P. Littler, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31196 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

MidFirst Bank 101 Cook Street Denver, CO 80206 Legal Notice No.: 59902 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Loretta M. Foster, a/k/a Loretta Foster, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31217 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol Foster-Breeze Personal Representative c/o Richard W. Kautt, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Jeff Althaus, Attorney for Lawrence J. Sazpansky, Personal Representative Althaus Law, LLC 11150 Huron Street, Ste. 100 Northglenn, CO 80234 (720) 340-2783

Legal Notice No.: 59907 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 59885 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edward John Muhr, a/k/a Edward J. Muhr, a/k/a Edward Muhr, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31173

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruth Ann Muhr a/k/a Ruth A. Muhr, Personal Representative 5652 South Delaware Street Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No.: 59886 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Ann Guttery, a/k/a/ Nancy A. Guttery, a/k/a/ Nancy Guttery, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31192

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott A. Boylan, a/k/a Scott Andrew Boylan, a/k/a Scott Boylan, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR31224 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly K. Boylan Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 59908 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CATHERINE M. GEMMILL, a/k/a CATHERINE MOORE GEMMILL, and a/k/a CATHERINE ELIZABETH MOORE GEMMILL, Deceased Case Number 2017 PR 31100 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 16, 2018,* or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Nancy G. Miller a/k/a Nancy J. Miller 521 Paseo de la Playa Redondo Beach, California 90277

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Case Number 2017 PR 31100 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 16, 2018,* or the claims may be forever barred.

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Personal Representative: Nancy G. Miller a/k/a Nancy J. Miller 521 Paseo de la Playa Redondo Beach, California 90277 Legal Notice No: 59850 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rex A. Welsh, aka Rex Allen Welsh, aka Rex Welsh, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31053 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Addison Welsh Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 59851 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Keith Allen Rageth, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30179 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Rageth Personal Representative 8192 Locust Drive Littleton, Colorado 80125 Legal Notice No: 59866 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael Don Walters, aka Michael D. Walters, aka Michael Walters, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31107

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 2017CV30118 Division: 202

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before May 4, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shari Walters Personal Representative 6103 S. Avenue Kearney, NE 68847 Legal Notice No: 59890 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lori Kay McLemore, a/k/a Lori K. McLemore, and Lori McLemore, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31038 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 28, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Vicki Chapman, Personal Representative c/o Kerri L. Klein, Esq. Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 59892 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Raymond D. Stansberry, aka Ray Stansberry, aka R.D. Stansberry, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30966

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO CASE NUMBER: 2016CV32421 Division: 202

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffrey R. Young Attorney to the Personal Representative 2221 E. Arapahoe Road, No. 2919 Littleton, Colorado 80161 Legal Notice No: 59872 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Anastasia Nickels, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 473 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before May 1, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Olivia M. Grogan Personal Representative 5224 Camargo Road Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No: 59884 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Helen Grace Phillips, aka Helen G. Phillips, aka Helen Phillips, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31182 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gary W. Phillips Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 59887 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: TOWER PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: LEONARD C BYRD; SHAWNA BYRD; WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; WALLACE TRUST UTD 062813; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and CYNTHIA MARES, AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY Regarding: LOT 25, BLOCK 6, TOWER PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.; Also known as: 2782 S. Walden Way Aurora, CO 80013.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10 O’clock A.M., on the 1st day of February, 2018, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3935. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $11,050.66.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3935. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is David Firmin, Esq., HindmanSanchez P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 802281011, 303.432.8999.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 31st day of October 2017.

David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59740 First Publication: December 7, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Published In: Littleton Independent 4 West Dry Creek Circle Suite 100 Littleton, CO 80120

Plaintiff(s): QUAIL RUN ASSOCIATION, INC.

Defendant(s): DREAM REAL ESTATE 2015, LLC; AND OCCUPANT

On September 19, 2017, the Arapahoe County District Court issued its Order: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order of Judgment, and Decree of Foreclosure.

Original Grantor(s): Dream Real Estate 2015, LLC Original Beneficiary: Quail Run Association, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Quail Run Association, Inc. Date of Lien: October 18, 2016 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Lien: October 24, 2016 Recording Reception Number: D6121301 Original Amount: $2,075.50 Outstanding Amount: $6,047.30

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the provisions of the Quail Run Association Declaration (“Declaration”) have been violated as follows: Failure to pay common expense assessments as that term is defined in 38-33.3-316 C.R.S., together with all other payments provided for in the Declaration or by Colorado Statute secured by the Assessment Lien.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN: Condominium Unit 283, in Building 47, Quail Run Condominiums Phase IX County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 18172 E. Arizona Ave., Unit F, Aurora, CO 80017

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on January 25, 2018, at the Offices of the Arapahoe County Sheriff, 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3935, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Assessment Lien, plus attorney fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE**

The name, bar registration number, address, and telephone number of the attorney is: Richard W. Johnston, Reg. No. 19823, Tobey & Johnston, P.C., 6855 S. Havana Street #630, Centennial, CO 80112-3813, telephone number (303) 799-8600.

DATED at Arapahoe County, Colorado, this 26th day of October, 2017.

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59716 First Publication: November 30, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Published in: Littleton Independent 4 West Dry Creek Circle Suite 100, Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2016CV32334 Division: 202 Courtroom: Plaintiff(s): SAN FRANCISCO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant(s): KIMBERLY MCNEILL; SUE SANDSTROM, as the Arapahoe County Treasurer; and CYNTHIA D. MARES as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Order: Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated June 19, 2017, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the San Francisco Homeowners Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on July 27, 2016, at Reception No. D6081726. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions San Francisco Subdivision Filing Number One recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on January 19, 1982, in Reception No. 2139555 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the San Francisco Homeowners Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows:

Lot 16, Block 1, SAN FRANCISCO SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as 1651 South Blackhawk Way #B,

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corded, establish a lien for the benefit of the San Francisco Homeowners Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows:

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Lot 16, Block 1, SAN FRANCISCO SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as 1651 South Blackhawk Way #B, Aurora, CO 80012.

In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on February 8, 2018, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720-874-3850. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3850. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: K. Christian Webert, #43739, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: November 7, 2017 David C. Walcher Sheriff, County of Arapahoe State of Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59761 First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: January 11, 2018 Published in: Littleton Independent 4 W. Dry Creek Cr. 100, Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 2017CV31120 Plaintiff: Murphy Creek Master Association, Inc. v.

Defendants: Rick R. Harrington; Jan L. Harrington; Litton Loan Servicing, L.P..; The Parkways at Murphy Creek Neighborhood Association, Inc.; Cynthia D. Mares, as Arapahoe County Public Trustee; Sue Sandstrom, as Arapahoe County Treasurer NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Lot 4, Block 3, Murphy Creek Subdivision Filing No. 10, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known as: 1317 South Duquesne Court, Aurora, CO 80018.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff's Department of County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 am, on the 15th day of February, 2018 at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Civil Unit located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO, 80112, phone number (720) 874-3850, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, CIVIL UNIT, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO, 80112, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $7,887.85.

Attorney for Murphy Creek Master Association, Inc. WesternLaw Group LLC Gabriel Stefu, #34616 9351 Grant Street #120 Thornton, CO 80229 gtefu@westernlawgroup.com DATED in Colorado this 7th day of November, 2017.

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59762 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 18, 2017 Published In: Littleton Independent 4 W. Dry Creek Cr. 100, Littleton, CO 80120

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE:

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DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2017CV31205 Division: 202 Courtroom:

Plaintiff(s): NEW YORK BAKERY CORP, INC., a Colorado Corporation, vs.

Defendant(s): HA RIM CORPORATION, INC, a Colorado Corporation and JONG GYU OH, AND JUNG GI LEE, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A HONEY BAKERY. And Plaintiff(s): HA RIM CORPORATION, INC, a Colorado Corporation, JONG GYU OH, AND JUNG GI LEE Defendant(s): NEW YORK BAKERY CORP, INC., a Colorado Corporation, And YONG WOON KIM AND CHOON GI LEE additional parties Case No.: 09CV403 Div./Crt.: 402 Attorneys for Defendants & Judgment Creditor: Robert L. Pitler, #1139 Kristen M. Tarrin, #37974 PITLER AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. 10800 East Bethany Drive, Suite 250 Aurora, CO 80014 (303) 758-2221 Telephone (303) 755-5113 Fax robertlpitler@rpitlerlaw.com ktarrin@rpitlerlaw.com COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE This Notice concerns the Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure or Alternatively Sell the Property via Real Estate Agent and Transcript of Judgment described as follows: Original debtor/defendant: Yong Woon Kim and Choon Gi Lee Original creditor/plaintiff: Jong Gyu Oh and Jung Gi Lee Current holder (“Holder) of Evidence of Debt (“Debt”) secured by the Transcript of Judgment: Jong Gyu Oh and Jung Gi Lee Transcript of Judgment date: June 23, 2011 and January 3, 2011 Transcript of Judgment recording date: June 27, 2011 and April 29, 2011 Transcript of Judgment recording information: D1060477 and D1040850 Order and Decree of Foreclosure date: September 7, 2017 Original principal balance of Debt: $100,403.00 and 35,000.00 Principal balance of Debt on date of this Notice: $224,598.29 (combined judgments with 8% interest through October 19, 2017 Description of property (“Property”) presently encumbered by Transcript of Judgment: LOT 16 BLOCK, 10 STERLING HILLS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 9, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 2579 S. Flanders Ct., Aurora, CO 80013-7694 YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: The Holder of the Debt secured by the Transcript of Judgment has filed written election and demand for sale with the undersigned Sheriff under the terms of the Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure or Alternatively Sell the Property via Real Estate Agent.

The name, address and telephone number of attorney representing the Holder of the debt is as follows: PITLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Robert L. Pitler, #1139 Kristen M. Tarrin, #37974 10800 E. Bethany Dr. Suite 325 Aurora, CO 80014 (303) 758-2221 THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Sheriff will at 10:00 o’clock A.M., on the date of February 15, 2018, at the Office of the Sheriff, 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado, phone number 720874-3935, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor, the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Transcript of Judgment, Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure or Alternatively Sell the Property via Real Estate Agent, attorney fees, and the expenses of sale, and will deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: November 14, 2017 David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Legal Notice No.: 59777 First publication: December 21, 2017 Last publication: January 18, 2018 Published in: Littleton Independent 4 West Dry Creek Circle Suite 100 Littleton, CO 80120

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Plaintiff: Tyndall Green II Homeowners Association, Inc., v.

Defendant(s): Lorena J Bruce Testamentary Trust, Lot 15, Block 1, Paula Dora Subdivision Filing No. 6, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known as: 9792 East Hawaii Place, Aurora, CO 80247 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff's Office of County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 am, on the 22nd day of February, 2018 at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Civil Unit located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO, 80112, phone number (720) 874-3851, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, CIVIL UNIT, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO, 80112, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $6,011.35.

Attorney for Tyndall Green Homeowners Association WesternLaw Group LLC Gabriel Stefu, #34616 9351 Grant Street #120 Thornton, CO 80229 gtefu@westernlawgroup.com DATED in Colorado this 21st day of November, 2017.

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59808 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 25, 2018 Published In: Littleton Independent 4 West Dry Creek Circle Suite 100., Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice Clarkson Dental will be disposing of patient records for patients not seen since 2009. If you would like your records, please contact the office at 303-762-8048 or 3601 S Clarkson St. #310, Englewood CO 80113.

Legal Notice No.: 59838 First Publication: December 7, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff(s): WILLOW AT HIGHLINE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendant(s): MARY ELLEN BLEY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as nominee for COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.; CYNTHIA MARES, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 Case Number: 17CV31853 Div.: 402 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE: You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served upon the United States or one of its

You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served upon the United States or one of its agencies.

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If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice to you.

The following documents are also served with this Summons: Complaint in Foreclosure, District Civil Case Cover Sheet and Notice of Commencement of Action (Lis Pendens).

DATE: August 21, 2017 TOBEY & JOHNSTON, P.C. By: /s/* Richard W. Johnston *Original signature on file at the office of Tobey & Johnston, P.C. This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE ISSUED BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUMBER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. THE PLAINTIFF HAS 14 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND OBT AIN T H E C ASE N U M B E R. I F TH E PLAINTIFF FILES THE CASE WITHIN THIS TIME, THEN YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU, THE CASE MAY BE DISMISSED UPON MOTION AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ATTORNEY'S FEES FROM THE PLAINITFF. Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately Legal Notice No.: 59870 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 18, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 303-649-6355 In the Matter of the Petition for the Adoption of a Child RYAN JOHNSON, Petitioner, And TRAVIS LEE MOORMAN, Respondent.

Attorneys for Petitioner: The Harris Law Firm P.C. Nevene Hullender 1125 17th Street, Suite 450 Denver, Colorado 80202 303-515-5000 Nevene@HarrisFamilyLaw.com Attorney Registration No. 38977 Case No: 15JA29 Division: 35 NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING AND SUMMONS TO RESPOND PURSUANT TO §19-5-105(5), C.R.S. To the above named Respondent(s): You are hereby notified that a Petition for Adoption has been filed and if you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Notice is served on you.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1315) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after service, and, in the case of an alleged father, your failure to file a claim of paternity under Article 4 of Title 19, C.R.S., within 35 days after service, if a claim has not previously been filed, may likely result in termination of your parental or your alleged parental rights to the minor child.

The following documents are also served herewith: • Petition for Stepparent Adoption • Petition to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship • Affidavit of Abandonment • Consent to Adopt – Custodial Parent • Statement of Fees Charged • Affidavit of Diligent Efforts Dated: December 28, 2017.

THE HARRIS LAW FIRM, P.C. By: Nevene Hullender, #38977 Attorneys for Petitioner Legal Notice No.: 59909 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 25, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 303-649-6355

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DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 303-649-6355 In the Matter of the Petition for the Adoption of a Child RYAN JOHNSON, Petitioner, And TRAVIS LEE MOORMAN, Respondent.

Attorneys for Petitioner: The Harris Law Firm P.C. Nevene Hullender 1125 17th Street, Suite 450 Denver, Colorado 80202 303-515-5000 Nevene@HarrisFamilyLaw.com Attorney Registration No. 38977 Case No: 15JA28 Division: 35 NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING AND SUMMONS TO RESPOND PURSUANT TO §19-5-105(5), C.R.S. To the above named Respondent(s):

You are hereby notified that a Petition for Adoption has been filed and if you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Notice is served on you.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1315) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after service, and, in the case of an alleged father, your failure to file a claim of paternity under Article 4 of Title 19, C.R.S., within 35 days after service, if a claim has not previously been filed, may likely result in termination of your parental or your alleged parental rights to the minor child.

The following documents are also served herewith: • Petition for Stepparent Adoption • Petition to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship • Affidavit of Abandonment • Consent to Adopt – Custodial Parent • Statement of Fees Charged • Affidavit of Diligent Efforts Dated: December 28, 2017.

THE HARRIS LAW FIRM, P.C. By: Nevene Hullender, #38977 Attorneys for Petitioner Legal Notice No.: 59910 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 25, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY

Call for Candidates. Petitions for Town Trustee and Mayor Candidates will be available and may be circulated for the first time on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Persons interested in running for office can pick up nomination petitions on January 2, 2018 from 8:00am to 4:00pm at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123.

The signed petitions must be returned to the Town Office by 4:00pm, Monday, January 22, 2018.

The petitions need a minimum of 10 signatures.

Each signature must be a registered elector residing within the Town limits. No registered elector shall sign more than one nomination petition for each separate office to be filled. The 2018 ballot will list the Mayor position, open for a two-year term, and four Trustee positions, three open for four-year terms, and one open for a two-year term. /s/ J.D. McCrumb, Town Clerk

“Trust Us!”

Legal Notice No.: 59880 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Without public notices, the government wouldn’t have to say anything else.

Public notices are a community’s window into the government. From zoning regulations to local budgets, governments have used local newspapers to inform citizens of its actions as an essential part of your right to know. You know where to look, when to look and what to look for to be involved as a citizen. Local newspapers provide you with the information you need to get involved.

Notices are meant to be noticed.

Read your public notices and get involved!

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Castle Rock Senior Activity Center: Provides services to local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Juli Asbridge, 720-733-2292 Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus, Highlands Ranch Contact: 720-777-6887 Colorado Humane Society: Handles animal abuse and neglect cases.

Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925 Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program: Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country. In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home. Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other Details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens.

Court Appointed Special Advocates: Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court Contact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children. org.

Douglas County Libraries: elevates our community by inspiring a love of reading, discovery and connection.

Need: Volunteer opportunities consist of event assistance, weekly shelving or bookstore shifts, tutoring, Storytime helpers, and more.

Requirements: Attend an orientation. We will provide training. Specific requirements are listed in each opportunity’s details.

Contact: Visit VolunteerConnectDC.org and search for Douglas County Libraries opportunities.

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.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

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

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www.ddfl.org.

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

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

Requirements: Must be 21 years or older; retired individuals are great. Must complete an 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

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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

After Thirty (30) days from December 28, 2017 the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, Owner, will pay to Levi Contractors, Inc., Contractor, the full balance due on the Project, “Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District – Construction of 6” Water Main Replacement On South Morning Glory Lane In Bow-Mar South Third Filing", Specifications No. A7-033. All persons having claims for labor, rentals, materials and services, shall present the same to the Owner in writing and verified prior to date specified above, or the Owner shall be free of all liabilities for attempting to obtain payment to such persons by the Contractor. All Notices of Claim shall be sent, First Class mail, to the following address:

TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 3826-107, C.R.S., that on January 15, 2018 final settlement with Insituform Technologies, LLC., will be made by South Arapahoe Sanitation District for the “2017 Capital Improvement Program Project” subject to satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the District. Any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity that has furnished labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or its subcontractor, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied laborers, 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, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim with South Arapahoe Sanitation District, c/o, Darryl Farrington, Semple, Farrington & Everall, PC, 1120 Lincoln Street #1308, Denver, CO 80203, on or before the date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to final settlement will release the District, its Board of Directors, officers, employees and agents of and from any and all liability for such claim.

Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District c/o ENS Consulting, LLC 1200 S. Wadsworth Blvd., #100 Lakewood, Colorado 80232 Legal Notice No.: 59888 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE VACATION OF AN EASEMENT LOCATED ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT ONE THIRD (1/3) MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HUNTER RUN AND SOUTH PLATTE ROAD PURSUANT TO THE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY ZONING REGULATIONS. THE PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JANUARY 16, 2018 AT THE HOUR OF 6:15 PM OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER AS THE AGENDA OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PERMITS, AT 2 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, COLUMBINE VALLEY, COLORADO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING (303) 795-1434.

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s/s South Arapahoe Sanitation District Legal Notice No.: 59881 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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EXHIBIT A: A ROADWAY EASEMENT 30 FEET WIDE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF NW1/4NE1/4, SECTION 29 AND FROM AND TO THE NEVADA DITCH, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY /S/ J.D. MCCRUMB, TOWN CLERK Legal Notice No.: 59911 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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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.”

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims.

Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com

City and County Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The regular meeting of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals is scheduled for January 10, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado.

Case # VAR2017-020. APPLICANTS: APPLICANT: Gage Enterprises. The applicant is requesting a variance to exceed the maximum lot coverage for an office use in an MU-R-3-A zone district. The Englewood Municipal Code allows for a maximum of 50% lot coverage, whereas the applicant is proposing a lot coverage of 66%. This is a variance to Table 16-6-1.1 of the Englewood Municipal Code.

PREMISES: 3700 South Inca Street.

Copies of the application are on file in the Community Development Department and may be reviewed upon request. Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the Public Hearing at the previously cited location, date, and time.

By Order of the City Board of Adjustment and Appeals /s/ Shelly Worek Shelly Worek Recording Secretary Legal Notice No.: 59906 PUBLISHED: December28, 28,2017 2017 First Publication: December Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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VOLUNTEERS

Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl.org for information and volunteer application.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

It’s your right to know what the city and county governments are changing and proposing. ~~~ See the ordinances on these legal pages. ~~~ Read the public notices and be informed!

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A few people representing Occupy Denver, a community activist group, attend Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ homeless persons’ memorial vigil on Dec. 21 in downtown Denver.

Holding signs that protest Denver’s urban-camping ban, from left, are Janet Matzen, Caryn Sodaro and Brian L.

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A crowd of a few hundred people endured 19 degrees weather on Dec. 21 to attend Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ 28th annual We Will Remember: Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil.This year, 232 men, women and children were remembered at the memorial, which took place on the on the front steps of the Denver City and County Building, 1437 Bannock St. This is the largest amount of people to ever be memorialized in all the years the organization has put on the event, said John Parvensky, president of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

And “for many, this will be the only memorial they’ll have,” he said. The nonprofit strives to work collaboratively to prevent homelessness and create lasting solutions for homeless and atrisk families, children and individuals throughout Colorado. To learn more, visit www.coloradocoalition.org.

Cody Peterson of Denver cups his hand around his candle to keep the wind from blowing out the flame during the 28th annual We Will Remember: Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil, which took place on Dec. 21 on the front steps of the Denver City and County Building.

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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ President John Parvensky gives an introductory speech at the nonprofit’s 28th annual We Will Remember: Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil on Dec. 21. This year produces the largest amount of men, women and children who died homeless, he said. And “for many, this will be the only memorial they’ll have.”

An attendee of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ homeless persons’ memorial vigil on Dec. 21 holds the flame of her candle up to her program to read the names of the 232 Denver-area people who died homeless in 2017. After each name was read, the crowd followed with, “we will remember.”