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TRAGEDY IN HIGHLANDS RANCH

Deputy killed, 6 people wounded

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colleagues of Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish, who was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 31, hold each other during a vigil Jan. 1 at Mission Hills Church in Littleton.

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Memories of Deputy Zackari Parrish are shared in vigil at local church

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman as Matthew Riehl, 37. Four other law enforcement officers were wounded in what Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock called “an ambush-type of attack.”

Two civilians sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the incident.

Parrish, 29, was raised in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Dallas Baptist University, a local news outlet reported. He had been with the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office for seven months and had previously served more than two years with the Castle Rock Police Department. He lived in Highlands Ranch with his wife, Gracie, and their two young daughters.

Thousands of people attended the Jan. 1 vigil to grieve, honor and remember Parrish. About a dozen men wearing black Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office uniforms stood in a line on one side of the room.

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Hardworking. Team player. Fun. Dedicated. Devoted. Father. Husband. Human.

This is how colleagues, friends and family members described Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish, who was killed in the line of duty Dec. 31.

“He had such an incredible zest for life,” Elizabeth police officer Sean Bigler said at a vigil the evening of Jan. 1 at Mission Hills Church in Littleton. “He will forever be one of my best friends.”

Parrish was responding to a domestic dispute at a residence in the Copper Canyon Apartments, 3380 E. County Line Road in Highlands Ranch on the morning of Dec. 31 when he was shot and killed.

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One deputy was killed and four other law enforcement officers were wounded in what Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock called “an ambushtype of attack” the morning of Dec. 31 in Highlands Ranch.

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman as Matthew Riehl, 37.

Riehl had barricaded himself inside a bedroom in an apartment near County Line Road and Colorado Boulevard and fired at least 100 rounds of ammunition at responding officers, Spurlock said.

The suspect was later shot to death by members of a regional SWAT team.

Two civilians, who were not in the apartment, sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the incident at Copper Canyon Apartments, 3380 E. County Line Road.

“Just regular people trying to live their life,” Spurlock said at a news conference at the sheriff ’s office’s Highlands Ranch substation.

The sheriff ’s deputy who died was Zackari Parrish, 29. Parrish is survived by a wife and two young children, Spurlock said. He had been with the sheriff ’s office for seven months and had previously served more than two years with Parrish the Castle Rock Police Department.

Spurlock described Parrish as someone who smiled a lot and was eager to serve.

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Fire districts tout benefits of CPR, defibrillators Emergency services build network of AEDs to fight cardiac events

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It takes emergency responders between four and six minutes to respond to a 9-1-1 call, said Jeremy Metz, division chief of EMS at West Metro Fire Rescue.

In the event of a sudden cardiac arrest, where the heart unexpectedly stops beating, those four to six minutes are crucial to a person’s odds of survival. Most people who experience sudden cardiac arrest die within minutes, according to the National Institute of Health.

That’s why local fire districts are working to better equip the public for just such an emergency. First, they encourage people to receive CPR training. The quicker someone receives CPR during a cardiac event, including the minutes before paramedics arrive, the better the odds of a good outcome.

There’s also a second line of defense — automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. In addition to CPR, the devices help save lives by sending electric shocks into the heart to restore its natural rhythm.

Denver metro fire districts and departments have sought to raise awareness around the use of AEDs in recent years.

“I’m seeing a dramatic increase of people installing AEDs in their businesses and public areas,” Metz said.

“Just the AEDs side of things alone has made a profound difference in public safety and saving lives.”

This awareness effort includes the North Metro Fire Rescue District, which in 2000 received a grant that helped the district place AEDs in Broomfield and Northglenn recreation centers, and in police patrol cars. In 2015, the district began offering free CPR courses as well.

“Since the program’s inception, we have trained hundreds in our community on CPR and AED use,” said Sara Farris, a spokeswoman for the district.

In an email interview, Farris explained the national survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims has risen from the 1990s to about 10

WHAT IS AN AED? According to the American Red Cross, sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The condition, in which the heart suddenly stops beating, can happen at any age with no warning signs in otherwise healthy people. Most people who experience cardiac arrest die within minutes.

Calling 9-1-1 and administering CPR as soon as possible is the best way to improve a victim’s odds of survival, but coupling that with the use of an automated external defibrillator, or an AED, can further improve the chance of survival.

In short, an AED is a portable medical device that analyzes the heart. When necessary, such as during a cardiac event, it sends shocks into the heart to restore its natural rhythm.

Although it’s encouraged, formal training isn’t required to use an AED. The devices come with instructions, and are often found in public places.

Sources: The American Heart Association, heart.org; the American Red Cross, redcross. org percent. She credited much of the change to CPR and AED use.

Although CPR training is strongly encouraged, she added, the public doesn’t need special training to use an AED. “The great thing about the AED machines is that they instruct bystanders through each step of CPR and how to use the AED. If the victim doesn’t need to be defibrillated, then the machine will let the bystander know so the victim will not be erroneously shocked,” Farris said.

At the community level, AEDs are often found in public places, like malls or businesses. In the south metro area, Castle Rock serves as one example.

The Castle Rock Fire and Rescue Department recently provided the Outlets at Castle Rock with two new AEDs and trained the security staff how to use them.

That adds to the already plentiful supply of the devices across town.

Castle Rock has placed AEDs in all town buildings, recreation centers, county buildings and in each police car, Fire Chief Art Morales said.

“They’re roving throughout the town so the most important thing

Castle Rock firefighters demonstrate how to use an AED at the Outlets at Castle Rock, where the department recently donated two of the devices.

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AEDs can be found in many public places, including municipal buildings and local businesses. for people to do is to call 9-1-1 in the event of a cardiac event and then send someone to see if they can access an AED,” Morales said, also stressing the use of CPR. That could be right in their office building, or across the street, if they’re close to a town facility, he said.

Farris recommended employers who provide an AED for their office make sure staffers know where to locate the device and how to use it.

“There wasn’t a big distribution of them around,” Morales said of AEDS in previous decades. “It’s probably in the last 10 years that AEDs have really caught on.”

AEDs may be prevalent in local communities, but departments are also utilizing technology to ensure the public knows doesn’t just know where an AED is located, but also when an AED is needed.

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West Metro Fire Rescue, and three other agencies use an app run

by PulsePoint, according to Metz.

PulsePoint’s goal is to build the most comprehensive registry of AEDs, although it isn’t available in all Denver metro areas.

Residents who do live in a PulsePoint service area can upload a photo and the location of public AEDs to the app, which the district verifies, Metz said.

The app displays each AED on an interactive map so residents can pinpoint the closest AED to them.

The app is also connected to their dispatching software, Metz said. Users trained in CPR can receive a notification when there is a cardiac event in a public place within a quarter-mile of them, so they can hopefully provide immediate help.

Overall, emergency personnel need community support, Metz said, to help improve survivability rates for cardiac arrest.

“Finding someone in cardiac arrest is a scary and high-stress event.

Anyone who is going to act to help someone should first consider their surroundings to ensure that they are not entering a harmful environment, potentially becoming another victim,” Farris said.

“However, early CPR is the best chance a person has to survive a cardiac arrest and good Samaritan citizens are key in this link of the survival chain.”

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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 Baker south metro area.

The city recently announced that it will enter into negotiations to join South Metro as well, 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 contemplating

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 to handle managing a larger-sized department.

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Girl’s illness leads mom to write children’s book about cancer Hopeful work is available online, with copies going to library, hospital

The fight against cancer has been a family effort for the Billups family. Gracie Billups, right, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2015. She stands besides her older sister Josie, left, younger sister Sophie and parents Elizabeth and Val. To help poeple and families in similar situations, Elizabeth wrote a children’s book about cancer.

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After finding out that her then 9-year-old daughter had leukemia, Elizabeth Billups went into her kids’ bedroom and collapsed on the bed. She stared into the darkness as glow-inthe-dark stars illuminated the ceiling.

“I had an epiphany,” said Billups, a mother of three young girls who lives in Highlands Ranch. “You can only see stars when you are in the dark.”

The theme of finding light in times of darkness is significant in her children’s book, “The Puddle Jumper’s Guide to Kicking Cancer,” which was released on Dec. 12. Billups started working on the book two years ago, when her middle child, Gracie, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a fast-progressing type of blood cancer.

In October 2015, Billups and her husband, Val, took Gracie to the doctor for a persistent high fever. Twelve hours later, she had a blood transfusion. She spent nine nights at Childrens Hospital Colorado in Aurora. For the next 2 1/2 years, she would endure 11 blood transfusions, daily and weekly chemo,

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15 spinal taps, intramuscular shots and endless nausea. She finishes treatment in February 2018, which will be followed by monthly blood drawings for the next five years.

“It’s a world that I wasn’t aware of that is awful but wonderful, in that medicine does great things,” said Billups. “But the process is so difficult.”

To learn about her family’s road ahead, Billups turned to books, but the confusing terms and tedious language

were difficult to digest. So she decided to write her own. The pages are colorful, the language is simple and the storyline is candid.

Billups, with the help of Gracie, her middle daughter Sophie and her husband, wrote the book to inform, comfort and give hope to children and adults dealing with cancer in themselves or a loved one. She spent two years writing and illustrating her book, which is told through Gracie’s

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Cops, university warned of suspect before deadly shooting Matthew Riehl frequently took to social media to complain about law enforcement

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As the investigation continued into the New Year’s Eve shooting that left one sheriff ’s deputy dead and four officers and two civilians injured, details about the suspect emerged.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock at first did not name the gunman who killed 29-year-old deputy Zackari Parrish, Riehl a husband and father of two, only saying he was known to law enforcement during a Dec. 31 news conference.

The coroner officially identified the suspect as 37-year-old Matthew Riehl later that day. Riehl was shot to death by SWAT officers after authorities say he unleashed at least 100 rounds on officers at a Highlands Ranch apartment complex early that morning. He did not have a criminal record prior to the event.

Riehl exchanged gunfire with law enforcement for nearly two hours before he was shot and killed inside the apartment, according to the sheriff ’s office.

Riehl was a veteran who served in Iraq and a law school graduate in Wyoming who made a slew of posts on social media to complain about local law enforcement in the months leading up to the shooting.

Deidre Forster, a spokeswoman for the Wyoming National Guard, said Riehl entered the Army Reserve in 2003 and the Wyoming National Guard in 2006. He was deployed to Iraq for a year in 2009 and was honorably discharged in 2012.

Chad Baldwin, a spokesman for the University of Wyoming, confirmed Riehl was a 2010 graduate of the university’s law school. Riehl became the subject of an investigation by school police after Baldwin said he made “alarming” social media posts mentioning the university’s law school and some of its employees.

University police opened an investigation into the posts in the fall, which included communication with Colorado law enforcement, Baldwin said. The school also increased security for the law school and warned students, faculty and staff about Riehl’s behavior.

In a Nov. 6 email from Assistant Dean Lindsay Hoyt, students were asked to notify university police if they saw Riehl or his vehicle near the law school.

“There have been no direct threats to faculty, staff or students, but as a precaution, students are being notified of this situation,” the email said.

Drawing closer to the Dec. 31 shooting, numerous videos were posted to a YouTube account belonging to Riehl.

In the posts, mostly uploaded in November and December, he frequently grinned at the camera, making most of his commentary from dimly lit rooms on topics ranging from Google Chromecast to video games, and including a five-minute video of him practicing with a yo-yo.

In one YouTube post, he shared a tutorial for sharpening knives, where several can be seen on a tabletop, and in another, alleged that law enforcement officers drive “stolen” Dodge vehicles.

But Riehl also used his YouTube account to call out members of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and the Lone Tree Police Department by name.

In one instance, Riehl wears an Iraqi Freedom veterans cap while lambasting Spurlock, claiming he planned to run against Spurlock for sheriff, and calls one deputy a “pimp.”

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Men and women from several other law enforcement agencies, also in uniform, were in the crowd. Tears were shed throughout the church, 620 Southpark Drive, as stories of Parrish were recounted.

Those who worked alongside him said he cared deeply about his profession and serving the community. On the job, Parrish often spoke of his wife and daughters. He was a mentor to many and he made others strive to be better.

“He put 10 hours into a 10-hour shift no matter what,” said Castle Rock police officer Matt Fellows, who went to the police academy with Parrish. “He never gave up and I’m going to miss him terribly.”

Lauren Barenberg, sister of Gracie Parrish, emphasized the deep love Parrish had for those around him. He was generous and kind, she said.

“He let his light shine bright in the darkest of times,” Barenberg said.

When George LeKander joined the Castle Rock Police Department, Parrish was “extremely welcoming” to him. Parrish helped him through personal problems and would often tell him, “Things will be good, brother,” LeKander said through tears at the vigil.

“He had a desire to continuously learn more in his profession,” LeKander said. “He touched a lot of people in a short amount of time.”

Parrish was a friend to Mike Pritchard. The two met through the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce three or four years ago, Pritchard wrote on a Facebook page. He gave Parrish career advice when Parrish was “transitioning from banking to law enforcement.”

“The things I’ll remember most about Zack were his strong faith, love of his family, his pure optimism and great sense of humor,” Pritchard wrote.

“He was just someone that you wanted to spend time with.”

In the aftermath of tragedy, several county residents have used social media to organize events, brainstorm ways to help and show support. Some white porch lights have been replaced by blue and blue ribbons are showing up throughout neighborhoods.

A sheriff ’s office vehicle parked in

Community members add to a growing memorial at the Highlands Ranch sheriff’s office substation Jan. 1 in honor of Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish, who was shot and killed on Dec. 31.

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O Flowers, balloons and messages cover a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office vehicle parked in front of the substation in Highlands Ranch. front of the substation in Highlands Ranch, 9250 Zotos Drive, is now a memorial, covered in flowers, balloons and messages.

A GoFundMe page created by family friend Tyler Scott for the Parrish family, www.gofundme.com/ZParrish, raised $225,124 as of Jan. 2.

The funeral for Parrish is scheduled for 11 a.m., Jan. 5, at Cherry Hills

Caution tape blocks the entrance to the apartment building in Highlands Ranch where the man who shot five law enforcement officers and two civilians lived. The suspect, Matthew Riehl, was shot and killed after a nearly two-hour standoff at Copper Canyon Apartments.

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A memorial grows on a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office vehicle parked outside of the sheriff’s substation in Highlands Ranch, 9250 Zotos Drive, in honor of Zackari Parrish.

Community Church, 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Scott met Parrish and his family through their church, Mission Hills.

On the GoFundMe page, Scott describes Parrish as a “true God-fearing man” who fed off adrenaline and dreamed of becoming a police officer.

“Working the graveyard shift and being a father of two young girls, Zack

always had energy during the day to play and take his girls to the park,” Scott wrote on the page.

“Zack was always there for his friends. Giving scriptural advice to friends in need of advice, or offering up his free time to help his buddies with home projects. Zack was selfless and a true friend to anyone that knew him.”

Neighbors react to tragedy at complex

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At about 6 a.m. the morning of Dec. 31, Jani Stern was woken up by what sounded like gunshots, she said. She heard people yelling outside of her residence in the Copper Canyon Apartment complex in Highlands Ranch and footsteps climbing across her roof. Then she heard pounding on her door.

It was members of a SWAT team.

“It’s absolutely scary,” said Stern, 23. “You never thought

this would happen in a neighborhood like this.”

Stern lives in an apartment just around the corner from Matthew Riehl, the suspected gunman who fired at least 100 rounds of ammunition at law enforcement officers, killing one and injuring four others. Two civilians, who were not in the apartment, sustained non-lifethreatening injuries during the incident.

Stern has lived in the complex since September with her boyfriend and two children. She didn’t know Riehl, nor did her

neighbors, she said.

“I never knew his name,” she said. “He always had his windows covered.”

She describes the apartment complex on County Line Road, between Colorado Boulevard and University Boulevard, as “tight-knit.” Other residents say the complex is quiet, sleepy.

Veranika Aliaksandrava, who lives in an apartment with her young son, wasn’t home when the incident happened. She said the neighborhood is generally “safe and good.”

“This,” she said, “is horrible.”

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“His wife told me he loved this job more than any he ever had,” Spurlock said. His eyes welled with tears as he described holding the hand of Parrish’s wife earlier that morning. “They had many hopes and dreams ...”

Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley said Parrish served the department with “honor and dignity.”

“He truly loved being a police officer and embodied everything it is to be one. He was an excellent officer, a good friend and Doyle a committed husband and father,” Cauley said.

Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered flags be lowered until sunset on Jan. 2 in honor of Parrish.

“The call to protect and serve too often leads to this ultimate sacrifice. We are grateful for the service Davis of Deputy Parrish, his fellow deputies and that of the Castle Rock police officer,” Hickenlooper said in a statement. “We pray for their and their families’ strength and resolve in the days and months ahead.”

Pelle The four injured officers were taken to area hospitals and were in stable condition. All but one was released from the hospital by the night of Jan. 1.

The wounded officers are Deputy Michael Doyle, 28; Deputy Taylor Davis, 30; Deputy Jeffrey Pelle, O’Donnell 32; and Tom O’Donnell, a Castle Rock police officer. Pelle remained in the hospital the morning of Jan. 2, but was expected to make a full recovery, according to the sheriff ’s office.

Riehl did not have a criminal record but was known to authorities, Spurlock said.

He said the first four of the officers to arrive “were shot very, very quickly.”

“They all went down almost within seconds of each other, so it was more of an ambush-type of attack on our officers,” Spurlock said. “He knew we were coming.”

All of the officers who were shot were wearing bulletproof vests but were hit in areas of their body not pro-

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Riehl also filmed himself playing body camera footage he obtained from a November incident in which a Lone Tree police officer stopped him for speeding. In one of the videos he uploaded about the traffic stop, he displays the body camera footage on a projector screen while he explains his version of events. He describes the officer as “harassing” him, lying to him and calls for the officer to be fired. He also called the cop “dirty” in a video title.

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District Attorney George Brauchler, left, and Castle Rock Chief of Police Jack Cauley, center, listen as Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock leads a news conference in Highlands Ranch on Dec. 31 after a shooting that killed Deputy Zackari Parrish, 29, and left four officers and two civilians wounded. Parrish served with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office for seven months and served more than two years with the Castle Rock Police Department.

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“My deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooting in Douglas County @ DCSheriff, and their families. We love our police and law enforcement - God Bless them all! #LESM” — President Donald Trump, via Twitter “My heart breaks for all of those affected by the terrible tragedy in Douglas County.

Jaime and I are praying for the citizens and Deputies injured at the scene, and our hearts go out to the family of the Deputy who was fatally wounded.”

— U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, via Twitter “Grateful for the bravery of our law enforcement in Douglas County. Our prayers are with the families of the deputy who was killed and the other officers injured in the line of duty.”

— U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, via Twitter “Heartbroken by the news out of Highlands Ranch today. As story develops, my prayers are with the family of the fallen officer, the wounded and all those in the @dcsheriff family. Thx you for your service!”

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tected by the vest, Spurlock said.

Officers first responded to the residence at approximately 3 a.m. after reports of a “verbal disturbance.”

No crime was committed at that time and officers cleared the scene at 3:44 a.m., according to a release from the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

Noise complaints and reports of a possible domestic disturbance again brought officers to the apartment about 5:15 a.m. Riehl and a male roommate lived at the apartment, Spurlock said.

The surviving roommate was cooperating with authorities, the sheriff said.

Officers were let into the apartment by the roommate and engaged in conversation with the shooter before he barricaded himself in a bedroom and began firing with a rifle — the specific type of firearm has not been disclosed.

The four deputies were shot, and three were able to pull themselves from the apartment while still under fire from the suspect, but because of their injuries were unable to pull out the fourth, unconscious deputy, who was Parrish, Spurlock said.

The suspect, later identified as Riehl, was killed by SWAT officers at approximately 7:30 a.m., almost two hours after the shooting began, Spurlock said.

O’Donnell was shot and injured by Riehl shortly before Riehl was killed, authorities said.

Officers were able to enter the apartment and recover Parrish’s body.

After speaking with Littleton Adven-

tist Hospital, Spurlock learned doctors wouldn’t have been able to save Parrish.

“The physician said that he had no ability to survive the injuries,” Spurlock said. “He was hit multiple times.”

The sheriff said he did not know what prompted Riehl to open fire on authorities, but said body cam footage would help determine how the situation escalated.

“This is going to be a several-day investigation as you can imagine, so I ask the community to have patience with us,” Spurlock said.

Major roads in the area were closed for hours following the incident.

An emergency shelter was set up at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd. in Highlands Ranch, for anyone displaced from their home by the shooting.

Neighbors were later allowed back into their homes except for those in the immediate location of the shooting.

Susan Drum, a Copper Canyon resident who sheltered at the rec center, said she heard gunshots about 6 a.m., though at first she believed them to be the sound of a car backfiring.

“You don’t think right away that, oh, wow, that was a gunshot,” Drum said.

She described the complex as quiet and safe and said she never felt uncomfortable during the past 15 to 16 months she has lived there.

Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas also spent time at the shelter to support residents.

“This is just heartbreaking,” said Thomas, who served for decades in law enforcement. “With my state patrol days, it just brings back that law enforcement is a family.”

Messages of condolence for the deputies also poured in on Twitter.

“If you are heading to church this morning, please say a few prayers for the officers battling in the hospital and the friends, families and coworkers of the fallen Officer. We can’t thank you enough for your service and sacrifice,” the Parker Police Department said on Twitter the morning of Dec. 31.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with our DCSO family. We are heartbroken by this morning’s incident,” Littleton Fire Rescue tweeted.

The American Red Cross assisted at the shelter and provided food and water for about 150 first responders involved in the investigation.

At the news conference, members from Castle Rock and Parker police departments, the district attorney’s office and Colorado State Patrol stood by Spurlock as he spoke. Spurlock, who is dealing with the first death of a deputy in the line of duty under his tenure, said there were too many agencies who aided in the event to name, but that he was grateful for the support from the community and neighboring law enforcement.

Parrish’s body was transported from Littleton Adventist Hospital to the Douglas County Coroner’s Office in Castle Rock in a procession that included dozens of law enforcement vehicles.

“This is a tragic day,” Spurlock said, “and a tragic day we’ll be feeling for a long time.”

lice Department confirmed the authenticity of the body camera footage and said the police department conducted an investigation into the traffic stop in response to Riehl’s complaints. They found no wrongdoing by the officer.

“Per his request, we actually provided that to him,” Beals said of the body camera video. “We responded with the information he wanted as far as the body camera footage, which he has a right to have. We had some interaction via emails and he just wasn’t satisfied with the answers we provided.”

Beals said in the past several weeks, Riehl contacted him and city courts and reached out to the agency through social media in hopes of getting the

ticket dismissed. Riehl also missed a court appearance scheduled in recent weeks, Beals said.

“We were aware that he wasn’t happy with the Lone Tree Police Department and internally we had sent out some information to our officers to exercise caution should they come into contact with him,” Beals said.

In a statement released Jan. 1, the police department said once Riehl’s behavior escalated, they alerted the sheriff ’s office.

“At that point, the Lone Tree Police Department immediately contacted the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office to investigate given that a Lone Tree police officer was being targeted by the

suspect’s harassing communication,” the statement said.

Beals said the police department is “fully supporting” the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office following the incident.

“It’s just tragic,” he said.

“Regardless of the information leading up to these events, the outcome is just absolutely tragic, and you know as an agency our hearts just go out to the families of those involved.”

An investigation into the shooting, including what motivated Riehl to open fire on officers, is ongoing. The 18th Judicial District’s Critical Response Team is leading that investigation, according to the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office Facebook page.

HOW TO HELP If you would like to donate to the Fallen Officer Fund of the Douglas County Foundation, go to www.dcsheriff.net/fallen-officer-fund/

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Before careers can soar, pilots must pay their dues Those who fly planes face intense training, uncertain market

Matt Stege, co-pilot of a Boeing 737 for a major airline, gets his picture taken in the cockpit of the plane.

Stege, 33, of Denver knew he wanted to be a professional pilot since he was 14.

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Matt Stege was 6 years old, three T6 World War II trainer planes flew over his house en route to an air show.

There was just something about it, he said, recalling that day when he stood on the front porch of his Aspen home and watched the planes fly overhead.

It was “seeing them in formation and the sound they made,” Stege said.

“I just got hooked.”

But it was at age 14, when he took off in a plane for the first time during an introductory training flight, that he knew someday he would become a professional pilot.

And that he did. Now, Stege, 33, a resident of Denver, is a first officer of a Boeing 737 for a major airline.

The topic of a shortage of airline pilots is popular in the headlines. Yet a straightforward answer to whether or not it exists is hard to come by.

The airlines are volatile industry, said Dan Callender of Arvada, a captain with a major airline. Any little change in the economy can hit the airlines up front, causing an effect — good or bad — in the airlines more quickly than in any other industry, he said. For example, a change of only a couple cents for a gallon of fuel can make a significant impact on the airlines.

Airlines are constantly evaluating what their forecasted needs may be, Callender said. That’s why there are times when there’s a lot of hiring of pilots happening, and other times when there’s a lull, Callender said. An airline pilot shortage would be based on forecasted need, and the number of pilots available, he said.

“If projection goes up, need goes up,” Callender said. “It’s all supply and demand.”

However, there are a few major contributors that can be associated with or attributed to a shortage of

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airline pilots, said Kevin Kuhlmann, a professor and the associate chair in the Aviation and Aerospace Science Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. These are: legislation that stems from the 2009 plane crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, a massive retirement rate of pilots and the cost of education and training.

Colgan Air Flight 3407 At about 10:15 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2009, in wintry weather conditions that consisted of light snow, fog and wind, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed into a house just outside of its destination city of Buffalo, New York. A total of 50 people died in the crash — 49 crew members, including the two pilots, and passengers, and one person in the house.

The incident triggered legislation.

New standards for first officers, also refered to as co-pilots, raised their minimum of flight experience level from 250 hours to 1,500 hours — the same amount that captains must accumulate. It took effect in August 2013.

How the new legislation plays into the potential shortage of airline pilots, Kuhlmann said, is it creates a vacuum of hireable pilots. The larger, major airlines, such as Delta and United, for example, want to hire the pilots

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who have a surplus of 3,000 to 4,000 in-flight hours. Often, pilots earn these hours from working at a smaller, regional airline, such as Frontier and Spirit, for example, or through corporate aviation or as charter pilots.

The regional airlines try to attract and retain the qualified candidates — those who have earned 1,500 in-flight hours and their Air Transport Pilot certificate — from other sources, such as instructors at flight schools or perhaps the military.

As it is, the number of pilots earning their ATP is barely keeping up with the number of job openings for airline pilots, Stege said.

One thing that may be helping to ease the crunch, Kuhlmann said, is some airlines are starting to look at colleges and interview aviation students, keeping in mind that they still have a ways to go before all the credentials are met.

Cost of education, flight training Being a pilot is “one of the best jobs you could ever have,” Stege said. But there’s no denying that it takes a lot of dedication and the initial flight training is expensive.

To earn a degree in aviation in addition to all the certifications needed, Stege said, it can cost a person upward of $80,000 to $100,000 or more.

Sarah Denton knew she wanted to pursue a career in aviation since she was a teenager.

“My grandpa is my role model and inspiration to become a pilot,” Denton said. “I remember walking up to my best friend one morning before school, and telling her that I wanted to fly like my grandpa did.”

Her grandfather is a fantastic storyteller, she said, so she grew up hearing his stories about the Vietnam War — he was a weapon systems operator and flew an F-4 Phantom II. Now, Denton, 25, is a private pilot and is working as a line service technician for Signature Flight Support at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. However, she was recently offered a position with Jeppesen where she will work as a navigation information analyst.

Denton received a couple scholarships that helped pay for her training, but she also had to take out loans. But for her, it was worth it, she said.

“Pilots are in high demand,” Denton said. But “it’s also just a fun industry with a variety of jobs both on the ground and in the air.”

She suggests taking jobs in the industry that will provide a variety of different perspectives.

“Enjoy the journey,” Denton said.

“Don’t let finances stop you, because there is always a way.”

Once a person has earned a commercial pilot certificate and a certified flight instructor certificate, he or she may teach at a flight school. Stege’s guess is that flight instructors can earn about $15 to $20 an hour, but it is difficult to do it as a full-time job.

Scott Frank, 27, of Broomfield graduated from Metro on Dec. 15 with a bachelor’s degree in aviation technology with a professional pilot concentration. This spring, he will be starting an internship with a major airline where he will work in the chief pilot’s office at Denver International Airport.

His long-term goal is to work for an international major airline.

“It’s a step-by-step process,” Frank said, but added that so far, it’s been the most rewarding thing he’s done.

Frank currently works as a flight instructor for Western Air Flight Academy out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, and he enjoys it because he likes seeing the smiles on people’s faces.

From the first day of students’ flight training when they know nothing about aviation to the “perma-grin” they get after their first solo, Frank said. “I love my job.”

Pay for pilots depends on what they are flying and for whom, said Jeff Price, an author and professor in the Department of Aviation and Aerospace at Metro. Some companies pay better than others, and the regional airlines typically pay less than the major airlines, Price said.

In general, during “the first few SEE PILOTS, P9

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years, they don’t make a lot at all,” Price said. But “then it really starts jumping.”

Some pilots can make as little as $18,000 to $23,000 in their early years, he said. Others, during their first few years at the charter and regional levels, can make somewhere between $25,000 to $45,000. A pilot of 10 or 20 years can easily be making an excess of six figures, with some into the $200,000 and up range with a major airline, Price said.

Retirement, employment cutbacks For about a decade prior to Sept. 11, 2001, airlines went through a rough patch of time, Stege said.

“Then 9/11,” he added, “and that hit them hard.”

In those years, Stege said, the industry was not hiring, employees suffered from pay cuts and furloughs, and pilot pensions were taken away.

Airlines were merging, and others went bankrupt.

Now that the economy is recovering, the airline industry is as well, Stege said.

But in his opinion, it’s still only been within the past few years that it’s beginning to bounce back.

Kuhlmann agrees.

After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, airlines cut the pay scale significantly, so there fewer people wanting to enter the industry, Kuhlmann said.

“We’re slowly seeing a rebound to that,” he said, “but there’s still not enough to fill the need.”

Another thing that airlines will need to keep up with so as not to experience a shortage of airline pilots is the number of pilots retiring, Stege said.

On July 15, 2009, the FAA issued a ruling that raised the mandatory retirement age of airline pilots from 60 to 65.

It helped pilots approaching retirement age in that period of time, Callender said.

However, within the next decade or so, there will be a massive retirement rate of pilots from the Vietnam era, Kuhlmann said. The time period for the Vietnam era, as defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is Aug. 5, 1964 through May 7, 1975, but begins in February 1961 for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period. It should be noted that not all pilots from that time period flew in the war, Callender added.

No matter which stance a person takes on whether there is or not a pilot shortage, one thing for certain is that pilots enter the career for the love of flying.

And to become a pilot, specifically a professional pilot, it takes true passion, Price said.

“If, when you’re not flying you wish you were, then a pilot career is what you need,” Price said.

“It’s a feeling that you must do this. Your life will have a hole in it that can never be filled if you don’t pursue it. Oh, and the view is pretty cool, too.”

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Scott Frank, 27, and Sarah Denton, 25, of Broomfield are pilots pursuing a career with the major airlines.

Both have known they wanted to fly professionally since they were children.

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Media company’s plans could hinge on stopping trash facility Redbarre’s much-touted announcement of 70-acre campus could be yanked

BY TABATHA DEANS STEWART TSTEWART@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Media and technology company Redbarre says if a trash-transfer/ recycling facility is built at a site in northern Douglas County, it could interfere with the company’s plans to build a 70-acre campus in Parker.

In a plan that was met with much fanfare over the summer, Redbarre announced intentions to build a $1 billion digital media and technology campus in Parker. Redbarre held a news conference at the state Capitol in August — with Gov. John Hickenlooper in attendance and touting the plan — to announce the development, which the company claims would bring 4,000 jobs to the area.

The campus would focus on feature film, television and digital media production.

Redbarre is eyeing the Compark area near E-470, about a mile south of the trash-transfer/recycling facility that Mountain Waste and Recycling plans to build in unincorporated Douglas County.

As of Dec. 28, Redbarre had not filed site plans with the town, a Parker spokeswoman said.

In short, it’s not a done deal that Redbarre is coming to Parker.

“The building of the (trash) facility would have a significant impact on our decision,” said Andy Boian, CEO of Dovetail Solutions, which handles public relations for Redbarre. “We have taken every opportunity to work with our neighbors, but this one will cause a problem. They (Mountain Waste and Recycling) claim the facility will be fully enclosed and that people in the neighborhood just don’t understand what they’re going to build. I respect his opinion, but our research says otherwise. This facility is exactly what neighbors think it is.

“We are not opposed to recycling.

All of us here would encourage re-

cycling. But having them next to our campus is not ideal.”

Opponents of the trash-transfer/ recycling facility have cited increased truck traffic, unwanted odors and the possibility of attracting large numbers of birds to the area. The facility would be located west of Chambers Road, north of Grasslands Drive and just southeast of Dove Valley Regional Park.

Mountain Waste and Recycling CEO Scott Eden purchased the land in 2016, after consulting with the Douglas County Planning Commission to determine which zone districts would allow a trash-transfer facility.

On Dec. 21, Parker officials announced the town had filed a lawsuit against Douglas County in an effort to prevent the facility from being built. Mayor Mike Waid said Douglas County is in violation of an intergovernmental agreement between the county and Parker that was established in 2002, which includes a Comprehensive Development Plan, agreed upon by both parties, regarding future development.

Parker officials claim the town master plan and the county master plan do not allow general industrial uses at the location proposed for the facility, and allowing the project to go forward would have negative effects on the residents of Parker. Douglas County officials have not commented on the lawsuit.

On the heels of Redbarre’s comments, Waid responded to a request for comment but did not specifically address the Redbarre situation, instead reiterating his position against the trash facility.

“Aside from not being a permitted use in this specific area based on the intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Parker and Douglas County, the extremely heavy industrial use and excessive truck traffic that will be created from this type of trash transfer facility would represent a significant negative impact on existing public roads, residential neighborhoods, private commercial operations and educational institutions that are permitted in this area,” Waid wrote in an email.

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Community scholarship application period opens Local high school seniors can apply through Feb. 26

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When Emily Pantoja was a senior at Mountain Vista High School in 2014, she applied for a scholarship through the Highlands Ranch Community Association. The process was fairly simple — she was asked to provide basic information including her involvement in extracurricular activities and community service.

Pantoja, now 22, walked away with $1,000. She used the money to buy art supplies for her freshman year at Colorado State University. She is now a senior studying graphic design.

“It was just one of those things going into college where I was trying to get as much as I could,” said Pantoja.

“It helped a lot in getting some of the basic foundational items that I was going to need for the next four years.”

Founded in 2003 by a committee of six people from local businesses in the community, the Highlands Ranch Community Scholarship Fund has awarded $300,000 in scholarships.

Recipients are high school seniors living in Highlands Ranch or attending a Highlands Ranch high school who will soon start their first year of higher education at an accredited institution or vocational-technical school, according to HRCA’s website.

Picked by the Highlands Ranch Community Scholarship Fund Committee and approved by the HRCA Board of Directors, recipients must demonstrate participation in their school and community, as well as strong academic performance and educational aspirations.

The scholarship program has grown from recognizing nine recipients in 2004 to an expected 20 in 2018, according to Linda Dorré, HRCA human resources manager. Next year’s recipients will each receive $2,500 — the

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under my skin, below the front of my shoulder.”

There is a glossary in the back, along with pages for the reader to write their accomplishments and struggles. The positive recollections Billups refers to as “star moments.”

“It’s the book I wish we had when she got diagnosed,” said Billups. “We couldn’t find any book that honored the struggle and yet was hopeful.”

The book “equips and encourages” people navigating the world of cancer, said Dr. Thomas Smith, a pediatric oncologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, in a media release.

“What a wonderful, thought-provok-

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must be dependent children entering their first year of post-secondary education.

Applicants must be students who are enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time course of study at an accredited institution or vocational-technical school. Students must enter class in the beginning of the 2018 academic year.

Awards will be determined by school and/ or community participation, career and educational aspirations, past academic performances, work and mentoring experience, extenuating or unusual personal or family circumstances and three letters of recommendations.

Applicants must submit, along with a high school transcript, an application to the Highlands Ranch Community Scholarship Fund postmarked or hand-delivered no later than Feb. 26, 2018.

Go to hrcaonline.org/scholarships for more information, or contact Linda Dorré at 303791-8958 or ldorre@hrcaonline.org. highest amount to date.

“Since HRCA is the community association for Highlands Ranch, the thought was to create a communitybased scholarship,” said Dorre, who has been with the association for 20 years. “We wanted to foster the idea of students learning to give back to the community.”

Community events, corporate sponsorships and individual donations fund the scholarships, Dorre said. The success of the 2017 Highlands Ranch Beer Festival — the program’s largest fundraising event — allowed the committee to increase the scholarship dollar amount for 2018.

The scholarship fund committee will accept applications until Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. Scholarship applications are submitted on hard copy either via mail or hand delivery.

Go to hrcaonline.org/scholarships for application materials.

On April 30, recipients will be recognized at an awards ceremony.

c h ing and uplifting book,” Smith said in w the release. “The information in this t book will provide comfort, compasw sion and understanding to children, whether they or someone they love W are fighting cancer.” d Billups is selling her book on Amazon and www.barnsandnoble.com. She w matched the first 40 she sold and plans e to donate copies to childrens hospitals.s She also plans to give a copy to James c H. LaRue Library in Highlands Ranch and the library at Childrens Hospital b I Colorado.

Her goal is to help those with cancer p I feel less alone in the fight.

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Douglas County changing precinct boundaries

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The foundation of my leadership won’t change. I believe that good leaders have a servant heart, a teachable spirit, and are compassionate and competent.

The day you retire, you should be better than you were the day before.

I’m working hard to make sure I’m prepared for the challenge, and that I’m deserving of it. Being in leadership is a huge honor, and especially in public safety.

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 Cali-

fornia, 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. Full unification would involve 11 different municipalities — 12 if you count Highlands Ranch (an unincorporated community). We want to stay in touch and connected with county commissioners, mayors and city managers.

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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Some Douglas County precincts are bursting at the seams, officials say. So, voters can expect changes to certain precincts once the county implements new boundaries come February, in time for the 2018 primary and general elections.

“We are in substantial growth in Douglas County and this is just one of the aspects of growth,” Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin r Klotz said.

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved plans to change precinct boundaries Dec. 19, although as Chairman Roger Partridge remarked, they didn’t have much choice.

State law allows the county a maximum of 2,000 registered voters in each precinct. Klotz said his office reviews population levels every two years to determine which precincts are nearing that limit.

They also look at where development is occurring to predict where growth is coming.

County legal staff explained that once officials are aware precincts have reached or outgrown the 2,000-person maximum, they are required to act. Failure to do so could result in a misdemeanor, with a penalty of fines or jail time.

Klotz said the county’s number of registered voters has grown approximately 17 percent, or about 35,000

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people. Boundaries were last redrawn in 2015 when the number of precincts went up from 145 to 155.

In 2018, they’ll jump to 168.

The process of determining which precinct boundaries to adjust and where to create new precincts altogether involved the clerk and recorder’s office, the county demographer, GIS representatives and leaders from each of the county’s registered parties.

That team identified areas like Sierra Ridge and Stepping Stone as needing new boundaries. The sizable Sterling Ranch development did not affect precinct boundaries this year, but likely will when boundaries are redrawn next, Klotz said.

“The next time, Sterling Ranch will probably do some slicing of precincts over there just because I expect them to be selling a substantial amount of houses,” Klotz said.

The county cannot change boundaries again until 2020, he explained, because current precincts will be used for the next census. And at the county’s pace of growth, Klotz said, he’s certain there will again be changes to precincts when that time comes.

“It’s your guess as to what we’re going to be in 2020,” Klotz said.

He added that the process of mapping out precincts can be tedious.

Boundaries should follow natural barriers, they shouldn’t overlap state House or Senate or county commissioner district lines or other similar boundaries.

With Colorado’s status as a mail-in ballot state, however, Klotz said the need for precincts has “diminished greatly.”

“It used to be a major function of the election itself,” Klotz said. “Today, it’s basically for the census and party needs.”

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he jails and prisons are overcrowded as it is, but there has to be room for a few more.

There’s no excuse. Maybe there’s a story, but there’s no excuse.

Anyone who leaves a shopping cart at a bus stop should spend time in the slammer.

I used to see it in Denver, but not out here.

I’m certain it’s symptomatic of other behavioral oversights and indifferences.

I know these people. You know these people.

They clip their nails at the office, and change their pants in their cubicle.

They litter. They hum in elevators.

They say, “At the end of the day,” and “With all due respect.”

They say, “Everything happens for a reason.”

What’s the reason for leaving a shopping cart at a bus stop?

If you have to take a cart to the bus stop, how are you going to

get your groceries on and off the bus?

“Just a minute, driver. This will take a while.”

Send them to Cañon City. Or at least make them watch an Adam Sandler marathon.

Have them learn the words to “Dust in the Wind” and sing it to some Hells Angels.

There are still a few of us left.

The ones who say, “Yes, please,” and “No, thank you.” Who say “Liberace and I,” not “Me and Liberace.”

All around, I see small failures to follow the written and unwritten codes of good form and polite behavior.

Which way does the blade face when you set your knife on your plate?

Do you walk on the inside or on the outside of a woman?

The answer is simple. You don’t walk on a woman at all.

But it reminds me of a Groucho Marx joke.

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Anxious anticipation can be perfect situation for strong transfiguration

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Enough complaining The community that has been sending in their editorials to complain about the new school board are demonstrating their immaturity, selfishness and how spiteful they are. They have complained almost weekly about the cost of a nationwide search for a new superintendent, shutting down the costly voucher system, and other issues. They also say that there is no way they will vote for an increase of taxes to help our schools in the future.

We will need a strong superintendent to help bring this divided community together, fix the budget mess that we are now due to the last board’s decisions, and to build back the trust with teachers.

To find a qualified person to do all that will take great effort and will cost money. I didn’t see these same people complain about Dr. Fagen’s outrageous salary and bonuses. Where were they when the JERRY HEALEY President

ell here we are again, the very first week of the year. Many of us have been filled with great anticipation as we awaited the arrival of the New Year.

Something new to look forward to, a shedding of the past, new goals, new people and a new attitude. It’s awesome, it’s wonderful, and we just can’t wait to get WINNING started. So let’s go.

WORDS And there are others of us who have had anticipation of the coming year as well. However, instead of great anticipation, they were filled with anxious anticipation.

Cautiously optimistic, hoping for anything better than last year, and nervous about the changes that are to take place. They too look forward to the shedding of the board, just last year, wanted to give $20,000 signing bonuses to some of the top-tier administers, yet Michael Norton past, however there is still a piece of them that is almost dreading settled on $10,000 instead? Why weren’t these same the new goals, new people, new job or other “new” people complaining about the teachers’ pay freeze thing that they have aspired to for the coming year. during that board’s tenure?

So, is it dread or is it anticipation? Could sound The ending of the costly voucher program is also something like this, “I am so excited for this year, a sore spot for this group. I bet that if the current this is the year I am going to get back into shape, board came up with the exact same plan they would lose some weight and eat right. I can’t wait to get finally see how ridiculous it is to take tax money started.” And then the alarm goes off, “I am dread- I away from our neighborhood schools to pay charter companies to manage charter schools or allowing ing going to the gym. There has to be an easier way.” that money to go to private schools that don’t have Or maybe it sounds a little like this, “I have been h to play by the same rules as public schools. happily anticipating my new role for the last two p Those sending in the editorials against the board months, this change is going to be terrific, new job, o don’t want to help the schools or the students, they new people, bigger responsibilities. This will be my n just want to complain. b year.”

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The revolution in artificial intelligence is everywhere around us now

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hat is artificial intelligence, commonly known as AI? Perhaps you think it is a silly sci-fi concept, but you’ve probably heard it mentioned frequently and you just don’t get it.

Many people are confused about AI because we associate it with the movies: “Star Wars,” “2001: LIVING & A Space Odyssey” or even “The JetAGING WELL sons.” But these are fictional stories and AI is anything but fictional. It can be confusing because it is such a broad topic, including everything from your smartphone to self-driving cars. Some people Pat Smith think AI and robots are the same thing, but they are not. AI is what powers the computer inside the robot.

The term AI was first coined in 1956

by John McCarthy. So why is it getting so much attention now? There are several reasons. Even though researchers in the 1950s thought they could build a computer that could mimic the human brain in about 10 years, realistically it has turned out to be far more complicated than they thought at the time.

However, in the last few years, several remarkable breakthroughs have heightened expectations again.

The first reason is the kind of breakthrough exemplified by IBM’s Watson computer built with artificial intelligence. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Watson suggests treatment programs for patients by reading through patient records, published studies and pharmaceutical data. The computer presents its findings in a “probabilistic” manner showing which treatments offer the best chance of success for an individual patient. A doctor normally reads about a half dozen medical research papers in a month, whereas Watson can read half a million in about 15 seconds. When you consider that one in five medical diagnoses are wrong or incomplete,

Watson can dramatically alter the survival rate of many patients. Watson is being used in many different fields and is an example of AI that is moving much closer to what is called “artificial general intelligence” or machines that can master the same kinds of tasks as humans.

The second reason is, AI is emerging in several forms that have the potential to help seniors live safely for longer. One of those technologies is monitoring devices: wearable devices and remote devices, and among them devices that cannot even be sensed or detected by the subject whom they are monitoring. These technologies could ensure senior citizens can be monitored around the clock to determine how serious a fall is or even to predict one. Depth sensors mounted on walls could detect subtle changes in elderly people including walking patterns or an increased shakiness and automatically alert family members or healthcare professionals. Conversational AI devices, like Amazon’s Alexa, could potentially be used to remind people to take their medicines and store previous conversations to help people with Alzheimer’s via memory games.

The third reason AI is so much in the news is because of the potential impact on working and jobs. A 2013 University of Oxford study concluded “that of the 702 occupations listed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 47 percent are at high risk of significant automation because of advances in machine learning … and artificial intelligence.” Careers in medicine, law, finance, as well as warehouse and factory jobs will all be impacted. It behooves us all to understand AI, how fast the changes are coming and what it will mean for the livelihoods of our children and grandchildren.

Pat Smith is a retired IT executive who facilitates courses on robotics and artificial intelligence at the University of Denver’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for adults 50 and older. For more information on the program, known as OLLI at DU, contact ollisouth@gmail.com or 720-339-1379.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR It’s time to use our brains Never before in human history have humans needed to use their brain power as much as now. The problems of the world seem overwhelming, numbing and painful to think about, but think about we must. Humans have invented unbelievable machines and artificial intelligence. Surely we can use our brains to solve our problems. No other creature’s brain compares to the human brain.

I believe it is time for all humans in all communities to use their brains to explore the solutions to these problems. We need to have discussions everywhere as to who we are and what should we do to enhance the lives of everyone on our planet, not just the few. I believe it is time to ask what we can do for all human beings and not what others can do for you. Discuss our moral responsibilities.

People of the world are greatly di-

vided on issues, and that’s why I believe vigorous discussions must be had to work out these differences. A world with nuclear swords is a scary world and adults need to make it less scary for the sake of innocent children.

Let us put aside our pride, our prejudice and our bullying and work together for solutions. I challenge every leader to bring people together for discussions and to get to know one another better for the good of all human kind. Religious, political and financial leaders can hold town meetings and forums for discussions.

Today we hear about corruption, misuse of power, scandals and sexual harassment. I believe it is time for decent, moral people to take up the cause and lead us toward a better world.

I believe it is time to think, discuss, debate and act.

Derald Hoffman Castle Rock

SMITH

FROM PAGE 12

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.”

This is an example of a misplaced modifier.

I’ll bet that anyone who would leave a shopping cart at a bus stop uses misplaced modifiers all over the place.

“Bus Stop” is a not-very-good film that stars Marilyn Monroe. She had just graduated from the Actors Studio. They should have kept her for another semester.

I took a cross-country bus once.

I was 16 and alone. I could tell you stories. I rode from San Francisco to Cincinnati, and met a few characters along the way.

We must have made a hundreds stops, but I never saw a single shopping cart at any of them.

Times have changed. People have

changed. Things that are said and done today would have been unacceptable back then.

No one dared to use the word “vibe.”

I’d send anyone who uses it now into the same cell as someone who has left a shopping cart at a bus stop.

The same goes for anyone who says, “We need the moisture.”

“Bus Stop” was a 1966 hit for the Hollies. Graham Nash, later a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash did not sing lead. It reached No. 5 in the United States.

We all have moments of cultural delinquency. Blame it on age or the Sudafed.

However, wheeling a cart a long piece from the store, and abandoning it, is not a momentary lapse, like a belch on Sunday.

It should be punishable. Sing Sing.

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

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Net neutrality and the role of Congress going forward GUEST COLUMN

Mike Coffman

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ach generation has its defining inventions. Over the past 20 years, the internet easily qualifies as this country’s most valuable and stunning success story.

But like most inventions, the internet has grown far beyond what the early pioneers could have ever imagined it becoming — a limitless tool for business, communications, education, entertainment, and so much more.

We have witnessed the tremendous growth of the internet to the point that it touches nearly every aspect of economic activ-

NORTON FROM PAGE 12

And then, “I am dreading this new commute. Why did I agree to take on these extra responsibilities? This is terrible. What was I thinking?”

As we try and avoid all of that negative self-talk, we can use our great anticipation and even anxious anticipation to create positive energy. And we can use that positive energy to fuel and drive our new initiatives, use it to pursue our wildest dreams, and leverage that positive energy to reach every goal we set for ourselves.

ity inside the United States and much of the world.

As such, what responsibility does government have to ensure that it remains a positive force for generations to come?

I believe an important one, and that is why I publically called the FCC to delay the net neutrality vote last month.

Unfortunately, over the past 15 years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has swung at least four times between differing rules governing broadband service that have left both businesses and consumers

It’s when we lose the nervousness or get too complacent or too comfortable with what we are doing that we allow ourselves to buy into any excuse that causes us not to make a positive change or walk away from a worthy goal.

Top professional athletes, motivational speakers and performers from all walks of life use anxious anticipation to prepare for a big game or fight, a keynote speech to a large audience, and to get ready to sing or perform in front a theater or an arena full of people.

Many of them will use anxious anticipation as tactic or strategy to make sure they are ready to give

confused. Just recently, on Dec. 14, the FCC repealed the “Open Internet” order that was instituted just two years ago, also referred to as “net neutrality.”

As in any other sector of our economy, frequent regulatory fluctuations are not good for internet providers nor for those who rely on network access for both business and personal purposes.

It is my view that light-touch regulations are necessary so that internet service providers, content creators and consumers have the regulatory certainty

it their very best while not taking their opponent or their audience for granted.

What is the one thing you are looking forward to the most next year?

There is a good chance you have already set a goal to achieve it or that it was probably on your New Year’s Eve list of resolutions.

Whatever it is, whatever you are anticipating happening, just remember that it is absolutely OK to be a little anxious. As a matter of fact, I highly recommend a little anxious anticipation to help you realize your dreams this year. So, don’t sweat the anxious anticipation, embrace it.

How about you? Does a little

they deserve so they can succeed — and that should originate in Congress.

With the FCC’s action, I believe that Congress now has a responsibility to provide clarity in this area so that the market can rely on transparent and consistent rules.

I appreciate my constituents who have expressed their concerns over this issue through my last tele-town hall meeting and in-person meetings.

After learning more about this SEE COFFMAN, P15

anxiousness make you even more unsettled or do you know the feeling of positive energy that comes along with anxious anticipation? I would love to hear your New Year story and what you are anticipating most at gotonorton@gmail.com.

And when we can keep a few butterflies in our stomach as we pursue every endeavor in the New Year, it really will be a better than good week and a Happy 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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COFFMAN FROM PAGE 14

complex issue, I have decided that it’s important to bring clarity to it so that the American people and businesses of all sizes have confidence in their future with the internet.

As your representative, I believe a decision of this magnitude, which will affect virtually everyone who

uses the internet, should be made by the people’s representatives in Congress — not by unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. Recently, I began drafting legislation that would uphold the broad principles of an open internet and ensure effective oversight of broadband internet service.

While I understand this is a complex issue that will take time and careful deliberation, it is also one of great importance to every American,

every small business, and even more so, to the success of future innovations in the coming years.

I want to thank everyone who has sent me an email, tweet, phone call, have met with me or mailed me letters on the issue.

I want you to know that as your representative in Washington, it is my job to see that your concerns are addressed and I want you to know that I am always listening.

The right to petition the government

for a redress of grievances can only be effective if the people’s representatives, those whom you elect to Congress, not unelected bureaucrats, are able to reflect the will of the people.

While the conversation on this subject has just started, rest assured I will continue the fight to keep the internet free, fair and open to all.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, which includes Aurora, Centennial, Littleton and Highlands Ranch.

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The Temptations make a stop in Lone Tree

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Anglers can try their hand at casting a fly rod at the Denver International Sportsmen’s Expo from Jan. 11 -14.

BRUCE TARBET.

Sportsmen’s Expo welcomes all Annual event’s offerings reflect a changing state

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There are many reasons why so many people have been moving to Colorado over the years, but one is certainly the plethora of opportunities for outdoor recreation.

The activity options seem to be ever-diversifying, and for 41 years, the Denver International Sportsmen’s Exposition has been growing with the times.

“The state has been going through major changes, and while we still feature booths and information on hunting and fishing, we’ve had to grow,” said John Kirk, director of communications with International Sportsmen’s Expos. “The businesses that come here have had to develop new strategies and customers, and we want to showcase them.”

This year’s expo is Jan. 11-14 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St. in Denver, and features more than 530 companies, from travel and RV companies to fishing and hunting retail and camping gear.

“We’ve been setting up at the expo for 27 years,” said Chuck Prather, with the Wheat Ridge-based Rocky Mountain Angling Club, which provides members exclusive access to about 45 catch-and-release sites in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. “It’s a chance to meet our members and put names to faces.

A lot of friends come by.”

In addition to all the booths, there will also be classroom clinics, a wilderness camp, archery tag, casting ponds, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife Outdoors Pavilion.

“Many of the new people who move to Colorado want to know what kind of activities they can do, how they can do them, and where,” Kirk said. “We want the expo to be a jumping-off point for everyone who comes through.”

It’s also important for the event to promote conversation and stewardship of open spaces and wildlife,

Archers step up to the line to take their shot at the Denver International Sportsmen’s Expo.

PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN’S EXPO

IF YOU GO WHAT: Denver International Sportsmen’s Exposition WHERE: Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St., Denver WHEN: Jan. 11-14 Jan. 11 and Jan. 12: Noon to 8 p.m.

Jan. 13: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Jan. 14: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

COST: Adult - $16 Children, 15 years old and younger - Free INFORMATION: www.sportsexpos.com/attend/denver/ which is why the expo makes sure to work with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and other similar organizations, Kirk added.

“Being outdoors teaches personal responsibility, and teaches us the connections between everything,” he said.

For the businesses who set up shop at the expo, many off which are local and independently owned, it’s a rare opportunity to show off their wares in front of thousands of visitors.

“We do a lot of business when we’re at the expo,” SEE EXPO, P17

his summer, one of my closest friends got married in a beautiful ceremony in Arvada. I was sitting with friends during the reception, when the DJ pressed play on perhaps one of the most famous guitar intros of all time — The Temptations’ “My Girl.”

It’s been 53 years since the song was first released by the Detroit group, but I’m here to tell you, when “My Girl” COMING is played loud, it still sounds ATTRACTIONS absolutely incredible. And that’s not the only classic The Temptations are responsible for — they also gave the world “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me),” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.”

The group, with the current lineup of Otis Williams (founder and original memClarke Reader ber of The Temptations), Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Larry Braggs and Willie Greene Jr., will be bringing its sweet sounds to the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6.

The Motown group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, released four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, and three of their songs are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

It seems like we’re losing musical icons all the time, and this is an opportunity to see one of the crucial soul groups perform live. Do not miss it.

To get your ticket, go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

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There are food and drink specials during karaoke, including two-for-one house wine, well drinks and all draft beer, as well as half-priced appetizers.

But the real draw is the karaoke setup, which includes more than 30,000 songs to pick from, as well as state-of-the-art audio, video and lighting. For newbies and old hands alike, it’s the popstar in the making’s dream.

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Getting lost in the woods in Lakewood In the local theater world, 2018 might be the year of Steven Sondheim, with several bringing the Broadway stalwart’s works to the stage.

Lakewood is the first up to the plate, hosting Performance Now Theatre Company’s production of “Into the Woods” at its Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Performances run Jan. 5 through 21.

The show brings together a variety of classic SEE READER, P17

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College to host Littleton Public Schools Art Exhibition

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rt teacher Anna Spillen at Options High School will organize the annual Littleton Public Schools Art Exhibition that runs from Jan. 17 to Feb. 6 in the Colorado SONYA’S Gallery of Arts at Arapahoe CommuSAMPLER nity College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. There will be a closing reception on Feb. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., with light refreshments. The exhibit will be open Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Sonya Ellingboe and Tuesdays.

Stampede Daily 45-minute tours are available for the new “Stampede” exhibit of animal art through the centuries that occupies the third and fourth floors of the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building.

Hundreds of art objects from the museum’s many departments are combined in new ways and should be a terrific way to familiarize kids and adults to the wide span of images and techniques artists can use. No reservations necessary. Free to members or with general admission. The Hamilton Building is now open seven days a week at 13th Avenue and Broadway in

This painting on canvas on board by Kacee McMaster, ninth grade, Heritage High School, will be included in the Littleton Public Schools Art Exhibition from Jan. 17-Feb. 6 at Arapahoe Community College.

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Genealogy Columbine Historical and Genealogical Society will meet twice on Jan. 16 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Guests and prospective members are invited. Free.

The first meeting is from 9-11:30 a.m., an early-bird class in “Beginning Genealogy” with member Barbara Elliott. Explore possibilities of researching family history in census records, digital databases and online searches.

The second meeting is from 1-3 p.m. and is on “Marriage, Separation and Divorce,” presented by Carol Cooke Darrow, certified genealogist. Records available and how to search them.

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Archers, both expert and novice, can participate in demonstrations and archery tag during the Denver International Sportsmen’s Expo.

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said Leo Lopez, one of the owners of Northglenn-based LCL Hunting, which sells custom-made hunting and kitchen knives. “We bring out products to our booth, which people can buy right there.”

Englewood’s 1 Shot Gear, which sells premium hunting gear, including clothing, optics, bags and other gear, also has found tremendous success setting up a booth at the expo.

“We’ve gone for the past four years, and are always very, very

busy,” said Zach Snoke, warehouse manager for 1 Shot. “We all have a passion for hunting, and it’s a great community event for everyone at the expo.”

The name of the expo has become a kind of misnomer, as a result of International Sportsmen’s Expos’ efforts to grow the scope of its community, Kirk said.

“Before these activities were mainly focused on men, but we’re seeing more women, couples and children looking to get started in many of these activities,” he said.

“Coming here is like a treasure hunt, where everyone can explore and find something that interests them.”

Walk the High Line While you can walk the Highline Canal by yourself, some will enjoy the company of leaders and a bit of history. Community walks are scheduled for five- to eight-mile segments through March at 9 a.m. on Sundays, Saturdays and Tuesdays at various locations. Each limited to 25 walkers. An Amble through Littleton (five miles) is scheduled on Jan. 13. Register at Walk2Connect.com. Highlinecanal.org.

Cowboy gathering Families will want to plan ahead to attend the 29th annual Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering Jan. 18 to 21 at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St. in Golden. Heritage, music, tall tales and the special brand of poetry that grew out of nights around a campfire. Reserve tickets in advance

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fairy-tale characters for a story that is both familiar and modern, with some truly wonderful music.

Tickets begin at $20, and can be purchased at 303-987-7845 or lakewood.showare.com.

Tennis at The Ogden Tennis, the Denver-based band made up of husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, have been slowly building up a following since 2010, when they released their debut album, “Cape Dory.”

Last year was perhaps their best to date, with the release of their fourth album, “Yours, Conditionally,” as well as an EP called “We Can Die Happy.” The pair have been sailing enthusiasts for years, and “Yours, Conditionally” was inspired by a trip to the Pacific Ocean. It was also released as the Denver-based Vinyl Me, Please record club’s “Album of the Month.”

Now Tennis will be taking to the stage at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. Tickets are available at www. ogdentheatre.com, and fans of astoundingly good indie pop shouldn’t miss the chance to support a local group.

for sessions you want to attend. See ColoradoCowboyGathering.com.

Chamber music “Winter Winds With CSO Winds” is a concert scheduled for 2 p.m. on Jan. at Hampden Hall, in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Program: “Bagatelles” by Ligeti; “Sextet for Winds and Piano” by Poulenc; “Quintet in E Flat’ by Mozart. Featured: Michael Thornton, horn; Julie Thornton, flute; Ian Wisekal, oboe; Jason Shafer, clarinet; Tristan Rennie, bassoon; Margaret McDonald, piano.

Tickets: $14/$20/free under 18. Englewoodarts.org. 303-806-8196.

‘Little Mermaid’ Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” plays Jan. 19 to Feb. 11 (some performances recently added) at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Based on Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved story. Tickets: 303-805-6800, parkerarts. org. Be sure to reserve in advance — these shows sell out!

‘Into the Woods’ Performance Now Theatre Company, based in Highlands Ranch, presents “Into the Woods” by Sondheim and Lapine through Jan. 21 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison, Lakewood. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 303-987-7845, www.lakewood.org/CulturalCenter/.

A front row seat to the Fetterman Fight Many may not have heard of the Fetterman Fight, but it was one of the biggest losses suffered by the U.S. Army in the 1800s.

History buffs can learn more about the battle thanks Dr. John H. Monnett’s Eyewitness to the Fetterman Fight: Indian Views.

The event will be from at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Lone Tree Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway in Lone Tree, and at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7, at The Fort Restaurant, 9192 Highway 8 in Morrison.

The fight occurred on Dec. 21, 1866 — during Red Cloud’s War, which was between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapaho tribes and the United States in Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868. An organized force of 1,500 to 2,000 Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors annihilated a detachment of seventy-nine infantry and cavalry soldiers—among them Capt. William Judd Fetterman.

There were no U.S. Army survivors, so Monnett’s lecture culls information from Lakota and Cheyenne participants.

For more information, visit www. tesoroculturalcenter.org/historiclecture-series.

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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Coloradan immersed in world of performing arts Stephanie Little graduated from Arapahoe in 1989 and now lives in New York

Stephanie Little directs a film shoot in Central Park.

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BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the late 1980s, when Stephanie Little was enrolled in Frank Early’s drama classes at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, she was so in love with theater that she once spent a Friday night amongst the props after rehearsals were over for the day.

(She and a friend had each told their mom that they would be spending the night with the other.) Her friends were in theater classes — all budding storytellers, she remembers. She says she still uses Early’s voice patterns to warm up for performances. When she graduated in 1989 at 17, she almost immediately headed to Los Angeles to launch her career. She enrolled at the Groundlings Theatre and School.

She has since attended numerous L.A classes, had private coaching and a summer intensive in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2008, she moved to New York City, although she says she is back and forth almost every six weeks.

That career now includes acting in a digital series called “The Other F Word,” now in a second series and available free on Amazon. It is about

a group of 40-something moms whose kids are grown to the point that the mothers feel a need to reinvent their own lives. Many women can relate to this storyline.

“It has a great female element,” Little says. (Although the industry views women of 45 as a “tough demographic,” according to online

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discussion of the series.) Shot in suburban Ridgewood, New Jersey, and in New York City’s Central Park, it has attracted more than 80,000 viewers, although Little would like to see it land network exposure. One approach is for women across the country to host a viewing party of one or more segments.

Producer Caytha Jentis, an indie film director, hired a cast including Little, who plays Amy; Holly Cate (Orly); Reiko Aylesworth (Trish); Lee Ann Hutchison (Diane); Steve Guttenberg; Judy Gold; Michael Boatman; and many more. Gold, she says, is 6-foot-3 tall and a well-known NYC comedian, who is especially fun to work with. She especially recalls shooting a scene with Gold driving in Harlem.

Little doesn’t know, at this point, whether a third series will be in the works — depends on Jentis.

In California, Little worked, enrolled in acting classes and made lifetime friends, then returned to Colorado, at her mom’s invitation, to live at home for a while and try to get caught up financially.

When we met for coffee at Solid Grounds in Littleton, she often mentioned how very supportive her mother, Judy Kendall of Highlands Ranch, has been — even sending her groceries in Los Angeles! While back in Denver, she married and moved to Arizona. (Drove three hours to L.A. for acting classes.) Divorce and a return to L.A. found her in a co-op film group, where members paid $50 a month and took turns writing, directing, acting and sending resulting films to festivals nationwide. “I learned a ton … Most are still friends and are still in Los Angeles,” she says.

Now that she writes, directs, produces and films her own stories, she always includes a part for Kendall in each one. She has two pieces out, making the festival rounds, and has written a full-length feature film she hope to shoot in New York next summer.

Central Park, always filled with characters to inspire stories, is just beyond Little’s front door (she lives in a 238-square-foot apartment in West Manhattan) and a great place to shoot films, she says. One of Little’s pieces is the comedic “Killing the Apologetic Girl,” the 22-minute first part of a proposed series, which she hopes to see as a network show. It has landed a spot on a digital network called “Funny or Die.” As an illustration of how technology has opened up her world, she says Domnik Johnson, the composer for “Killing the Apologetic Girl,” lives in London. He saw her post-production project hosted on “Funny or Die” and contacted her. The film, she said, “is an examination of my heighted selfin-process — I became less apologetic — trying to take more command.”

A composer in Rome found her film, “The Small,” on an IMDB site for post-production films and contacted her. Shot in Central Park, “The Small” is a “quirky, dark comedy about a young woman who can access the departed for five minutes.” The idea came from people who say “if only I had five more minutes with her/him” about someone who has recently passed away. This character meets people in Central Park who become clients.

Little has shot a supporting part in “Furlough,” a movie with Melissa Leo, and will play a wife to Christopher Stanley (“Mad Men”) in a Scott Adsit digital series, “Kick.”

She has an agent in New York to connect her with commercial jobs and a manager in Los Angeles who is in touch about possible film parts.

One can produce an audition bit almost anywhere, she says — and send it off. A friend shot one on her phone and her mother read lines with her and shot one in Colorado.

“It’s an exciting time for female filmmakers now — an opportunity to step up!” said Little.

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‘Vacation’ series is fanciful take in 12 paintings Hartman’s works are on display in Littleton’s Stanton Gallery

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About a year ago, we met Don Hartman’s six quirky boys in “On Vacation” in an exhibit at Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery in downtown Littleton. They were the start of a series, we now learn, as we anticipate “Wait a minute, I think I’ve seen these before.”

Hartman said that at that time, he had started working on girls on vacation to complete his envisioned series of “On vacation with the boys and girls.” The 12-painting series is now complete, he says, and the group will return to liven up Town Hall’s gallery from Jan. 8 through Feb. 16. Onstage at Town Hall will be a sort of delightful fantasy: “Peter and the Starcatchers.”

“Imagine otherworldly critters on vacation with family and friends taking selfies and vacation snaps and then sharing them. That is the show you see today …” says painter Hartman. “I transfer the sketch onto a canvas.”

He said there is no planned reception, but he will be present at the opening night of “Peter and the Starcatcher” on Jan. 12 to visit with people in the gallery. He will also have photos of his process as he painted these distinctive characters.

(Boys on white illustration board and girls on black background.)

“Starting with a simple sketch (of a clearly-envisioned critter that has sprung from Hartmann’s fertile imagination), I transfer the sketch to canvas, making minor changes in design and space layout,” he said.

“I then fill in the canvas with color on what I call a `block out.’ In this sitting I fill the canvas with paint, not worrying if it’s the right color or not. The goal of the `block out’ is to cover the white gesso primer with color and design and begin to envision the painting’s first breath. The next step is refinement of both color and design. Typically, my paintings take eight to 10 sittings to finish.

These sittings can be anywhere from four to six hours each with total time to complete a painting being 40-50 hours.

“The handmade frames are of my design and construction. Crafted from redwood and poplar, with a natural finish, the frames are intended to evoke memories of knotty pine walls in club basements, decorated with family photos.”

Hartmann, a native of Baltimore, studied arts and photography at The Maryland Institute College of

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Looking back and forward What was memorable about 2017 and what’s ahead in 2018?

Jerry Flannery, general manager of Highlands Ranch Community Association

Terry Nolan, general manager of Highlands Ranch Metro District

What was HRCA’s biggest accomplishment in 2017?

In 2017, the HRCA tackled the long overdue upgrade of our recreation and financial software systems. These systems were over 20 years old and outdated technology made them difficult to use on the administrative and consumer sides. The new recreation systems make registration for programs, classes and events much easier for the end user.

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one comprehensive account. This will not only make the accounting process simpler and much more efficient for the organization, but will ultimately streamline the process for members so they can check their assessment payments and recreation profile with one login.

What opportunity are you most looking forward to in 2018?

In February 2018, we will be reopening the Northridge Recreation Center, HRCA’s oldest center, after an extensive renovation that brings new features

Tracy Wilemon, Castle Pines, store manager of The Bundt Shoppe Highlands Ranch Town Center What made 2017 memorable for you?

Opening our store.

We opened The Bundt Shoppe in Highlands Ranch on Feb. 3. It was a great year meeting lots of people and being part of the community.

What are you most looking forward to about 2018?

Just becoming more well known and getting our cakes out in more homes so that people will come in and have us be part of their celebrations.

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What was the district’s biggest accomplishment in 2017?

The year-long extensive evaluation of fire and emergency services alternatives that led to the decision to unify with South Metro Fire Rescue and give voters the opportunity to vote in May 2018 to include Highlands Ranch in that outstanding district. The three primary reasons for this change are improved services, long-term financial stability and improved governance.

The renovations of Northridge Park and Broadway and University medians were also big accomplishments. Another significant accomplishment was the stabilization of Big Dry Creek Gulch in

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Cheese Ranch and the Links Golf Course.

What opportunity are you most looking forward to in 2018?

Elections: On May 8, 2018, Highlands Ranch voters will have the opportunity to vote in two elections at the same polling places or by absentee ballots: South Metro Fire Rescue will ask voters if they want to include Highlands Ranch in their district and the Metro District will ask voters to elect directors to four available seats.

Central Park: This unique park will open next year as the focal point of the Central Park development that will include the new UC Health Hospital.

and enhancements to the facility. The improved facility will be more efficient and offer new amenities to the community, including a hot yoga studio, golf simulator, and larger fitness and martial arts studios.

Our residents who frequent Northridge will be very excited about the new facility and we know that this will become a favorite location for many others. We always look forward to the opportunity to improve our facilities and are proud to offer our residents the latest equipment, programs and services.

George Kavorkian, Highlands Ranch, owner of Arts on Fire

What made 2017 memorable for you?

This is my first year at Embry-Riddle. I transferred — my family lives in Highlands Ranch. Fully getting emerged in college is a lot of fun.

What made 2017 memorable for you?

My wife surviving cancer. She had melanoma on her head and she had it removed. She is doing great.

What are you most looking forward to about 2018?

Probably next summer and what internships I will get to do. I’m hoping to intern at the Denver Zoo. I worked there last summer.

As a career, I want to be an elephant zookeeper.

What are you most looking forward to about 2018?

A great year with my family. My son is going to go work for Disney as a college intern so it will be cool to watch him do that. He’s in his last year at University of Denver.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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

Need: Volunteers to help older, lower-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

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

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

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

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

Angel Heart Project: Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses.

Need: Volunteers to deliver meals to clients in the south Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check. Training provided to all new drivers. Deliveries start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.

Contact: 303-830-0202 or volunteer@ projectangelheart.org.

Animal Rescue of the Rockies: Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado.

Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies. org.

Arthritis Foundation, Colorado/Wyoming Chapter: Helps conquer everyday battles through life-changing information and resources, access to care, advancements in sciences and community connections.

Need: Walk to Cure Arthritis committee members and general office volunteer support.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute Walk to Cure Arthritis. We combat arthritis every day, so support from volunteers so that we can serve people is crucial.

Contact: Amy Boulas, aboulas@arthritis.org, 720-409-3143.

ASSE International Student Exchange Program: Organizes student exchange programs.

Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of countries.

Contact: Cathy Hintz, 406-488-8325 or 800-733-2773 Audubon Society of Greater Denver: Provides engaging and educational birding and wildlife programs at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield State Park and

throughout the Denver metro area.

Need: Volunteers lead birding field trips and assist with nature programs, office projects, fundraising and community events.

Location: Chatfield State Park and offsite locations around Denver.

Age Requirement: 18 years or older for yearround volunteers; 13-17 for summer camp programs.

Contact: Kate Hogan at communityoutreach@denveraudubon.org or 303-9739530.

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.

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program: Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: Provide a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out online application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

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 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/

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Need: Victim advocates interact with and support victims of domestic violence. They also provide resource referrals and explain processes to victims.

Requirements: 20 hours of training required; volunteers must commit to one morning a week at the justice center in Castle Rock.

Contact: Mel Secrease, 720-733-4552 or msecrease@da.18.state.co.us.

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Battling Alzheimer’s, couple turns outward for holidays Sharing challenges of condition with others has helped bring support, understanding

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“You gotta get up, kid.”

That wasn’t a demand from a father to a young child, but words from Harold Arnold to his wife, Barb — both in their 80s — delivered with a joking smile, but casually enough for anyone to know that’s how Harold and Barb talk to each other regularly. Alzheimer’s disease and all.

About a year ago, Barb, 82, was diagnosed with the memory-affecting condition, and she and Harold knew they had to deliver the news.

“You need to tell people, but it’s hard,” said Harold, 84. It took “a lot of wrestling around with ourselves. How do we do this, do we want to do this — on and on, you know?”

The Arnolds, Centennial residents, decided to share the news last year in the first Christmas letter they ever sent to dozens of family and friends.

With Barb’s permission, Harold wrote it in her voice.

“So, may I introduce the new Barb,” the letter read, maintaining that trademark humor, even then. “Harold says I am a little shorter (aren’t we all), I seem to shake a lot, sometimes don’t remember, don’t drive, cooking has a little to be desired.”

Despite the difficult time in their lives, the letter still looked outward, ending, “(We) continue to have fun and enjoy life every day. We still value you as our friend.”

Harold saw himself and Barb as the ones who helped others — not the

Harold Arnold, left, stands with his wife, Barb, in front of the Christmas tree at their Centennial home Dec. 18. Barb Arnold, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, met Harold more than four decades ago, when Harold took his daughter to get bandaged after she cut her hand.

ELLIS ARNOLD other way around. So when people started reaching out, offering to clean their house or buy them ice cream, they didn’t know how to respond.

“It just blew me away to think someone would do that,” Harold said.

He and Barb have remained mostly self-sufficient, the way they prefer. But that hasn’t stopped a neighbor from giving them a homemade “coupon book” of fill-in-the-blank pages that they can use to ask for help with anything they need.

“I might take them up on the ice cream,” he laughed.

After media coverage of their story aired in early December this year, the Arnolds even got messages from people in places like Grand Junction reaching out to help.

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from around Colorado reaching out to the Arnolds as well. They use the page to share photos and memories that their friends and family contribute, making “a true memory book for the entire family,” as they called it. They continued to share their story with friends and family in a Christmas letter for 2017.

But before the attention, there was work. Soon after Harold and Barb found out about her diagnosis, they started going to classes and support groups to find out how to manage the condition. Harold’s gone to a program at Goodson Recreation Center, just about a mile from their home.

“No one knows what to do, and that’s the thing: There’s no right answer,” said Harold, who takes care of the shopping and cooking now for Barb — and she praises his cook-

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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 train-

ing. Barb needs a ride now and then, she’ll admit with a laugh, because her driver’s license was taken away due to her condition.

They laugh about a lot of things because they have to, Harold said.

“It was good that I was diagnosed,” Barb said. “I don’t wanna go running over anybody.” She misses not being able to drive the most.

Harold said it was hard to open up at first because Alzheimer’s is a different disease than other old-age challenges.

“I had a heart attack, but it wasn’t hard for me to tell (people) because they fixed me,” Harold said. “But I think (Alzheimer’s) is a different story.

It’s a different story.”

One big change for Harold, he said, is the way with which he views certain words.

“Understanding, giving, receiving, sadness, happiness — (they) have a pretty much clear meaning to us now,” Harold said. “And to us, it means enjoying every moment you have.

Because all that stuff, in the old days, it didn’t have that meaning.

“Alzheimer’s has taught us the true meaning of love, and that’s sharing,” Harold said.

Such reflections graced the page of the Arnolds’ Christmas letter this year. Barb and Harold are closer than they have been in years, the letter adds.

For other couples dealing with Alzheimer’s, Harold said sharing, understanding and maintaining a concept of dignity are important to remember. A person has to be able to say how they would like to be treated, he added.

For Barb, patience was the advice she offered. People need “to stop and think” sometimes to get through it, Harold said.

But Barb summed it up in a way that seemed only natural to the Arnolds.

“You just gotta laugh.”

ing session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age Requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 Global Orphan Relief: Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world.

Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

Contact: Those interested serving this faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

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

Parker. Topics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our political landscape. All welcomed.

Political

Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites.

Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Socialdiscussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www. dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.douglasdemocrats.org for more information.

Professional

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.

Business Leads Group meets at 7:15 a.m.

Wednesdays at LePeep at Quebec Street and County Line Road. Call Rita Coltrane at 303-792-3587.

Highlands Republican Club meets at 7 a.m. every last Friday of the month at Salsa Brava, 52 W. Springer Drive, Highlands Ranch. Speakers of local, state and national political office address the group. Contact Jeff Wasden, 303-683-5549 or hrbreakfast@dcgop.org.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at On the Rox Sports Bar, 11957 Lioness Way,

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for information.

CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Highlands Ranch networking event from 2-3:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Corner Bakery Café, 1601 Mayberry Drive, Highlands Ranch. 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 non-CERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required. More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http:// www.CertusNetwork.com.

Highlands Ranch Business Leads Inc., call Dale Weese at 303-978-0992.

Highlands Ranch Chamber Leads Group meets at 11:45 a.m. Mondays at The Egg and I in Town Center at Dorchester and Highlands Ranch Parkway. Call Jim Wolfe at 303-703-4102.

Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce, call 303-791-3500.

Highlands Ranch Leads Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursdays at Le Peep on South Quebec Street. Call Kathy at 303-692-8183.

Highlands Ranch Leads Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Thursdays at The Egg and I in Town Center at Dorchester and Highlands Ranch Parkway. Call Del Van Essen at 303-3023139.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-798-2939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

Recreation

Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fish-

ing, 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 Chess Club meets from 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Drop in to play a serious social game; no fees or charges. Clocks and ratings rarely used. Sets and boards provided. An informal ladder helps to pair you against your equals; all ages welcome. Contact Frank Atwood, 720-2601493 or highlandsranchlibrarychess.org.

Douglas County Elks Lodge 2873 meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Douglas County Fairgrounds & Events Center, Kirk Hall, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. The lodge is actively seeking a permanent venue in the Castle Rock area. All “Stray Elks” are invited to attend and to be involved in the growth and activities of this new social and community service organization.

Call 303-941-0135 or e-mail swgilbert@ comcast.net.

Falcon Youth Sports Association baseball board meeting is at 7 p.m. every fourth Thursday at Highlands Ranch Community Association offices, 48 W. Springer Drive.

Call 303-791-6244.

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Sunday Services:  9:30am – Traditional

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Trinity Lutheran Church & School

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School Bible Study 9:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Peter and the Starcatcher: Friday, Jan. 12 to Sunday, Feb. 4 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Additional shows at 2 p.m. Jan. 27; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21 and 12:30 p.m. Feb. 4.

Tickets: townhallartscenter.org/ starcatcher or at the box office.

Call 303-794-2787 ext. 5.

ART/CRAFTS

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.

Make a Mardi Gras Mask Pendant: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St., Centennial.

Teens 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.

Slimy Science: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Toddlers and preschoolers experiment with slime, Jell-O and other goopy stuff. Dress to get messy.

Call 303-762-2560.

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

Saturday, 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

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. Re-

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this week’s TOP FIVE Around the World: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Unit 200. Learn about the culture and celebrations of Australia through foods and craft projects.

For ages 6-12. Registration required; 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

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

Wednesday, 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.

Old Mining Town of Uravan: Castle Rock Historical Society presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. In the 1950s, business was booming on the Western Slope, uranium was all the rage and Grand Junction was at the heart of it all. So why did Grand Junction survive while Uravan disappeared? Not a vestige of it exists today, except the memories of the people who lived there and were forced to leave. Learn more from Cindy Malone.

Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, museum@

nowned 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.

Native American Musical Storytelling: 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Storyteller and musician Richie Castro will bring Native American culture to life through his story about courage. arapahoelibraries.org.

Jerry Barlow Concert: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 13 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Guitarist Barlow’s musical repertoire is a synthesis of traditional music from the British Isles and his original Celtic-inspired compositions. Call 303-795-3961.

FILM

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.

castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Admission is free.

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.

Kids and Teens Chess: 1:30-3 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 14 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. Kids and teens ages 5-17 are invited to play chess. All skill levels welcome. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

EDUCATION

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. Registration required. Call 303-762-2560.

Yikes! It’s the Yeti: 5:30-6:30 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.

Lifetree Café Discussion Group: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 (Make the Most of Your Life: A Perspective That Will Change Your Life Forever) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-8140142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Parkway. Book this month is “The Little Paris Bookshop,” by Nina George. New members welcome.

Call 303-762-2560.

Bad Movie Night: Ninja III: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Join us to watch awful and awfully entertaining movies for the sheer joy of laughing at some of the worst blunders to ever make it to DVD. “Ninja III” is rated R, Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Bottom of the Inkwell: Teen Writing Workshop: 3:30-5 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 14 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. Teens: Are you passionate about the written word? Do you have a story that is dying to be told? Get support and feedback on your writing and meet other writers. Bring copies of your work to read out loud, and we’ll offer up suggestions. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Classic Movie Night: The Devil and Miss Jones: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Watch some of the greatest movies to grace the silver screen.

Showing this month: Devil and Miss Jones (1941, Not Rated, 92 minutes). Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Lego Maniacs: 1-5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5; 1-5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. For school-aged children; parents welcome too.

Call 303-762-2560.

Topic Tuesday: Born in China: 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Showing “Born in China” (2016, Rated G, 79 minutes).

Journey into the wilds of China to follow three animal families: the panda, golden monkey and snow leopard. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

EVENTS

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

North Korea: 7-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Active Minds discussion. Call 303-542-7279.

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.

Soapy Smith: Con Artist and Gangster: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Performed by Mark Strivings. Call 303-795-3961.

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 303-7970600 to RSVP. Great Decisions: 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Explore world affairs through selected readings and discussions. Nine-part series for adults. Registration required; 303791-7323 or DCL.org.

Learn About Mindfulness: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. For adults. Registration required; 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

READING/WRITING

Thursday Sundown Book Club: 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11 at Englewood Library, Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood

Digital Drop-In: Tech Assistance: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

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

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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SPORTS

First-year challenges are nothing new for hockey coach

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The ThunderRidge poms team competes at the State Spirit Championships, which were held Dec. 8-9 at the Denver Coliseum. ThunderRidge claimed the Class 5A crown.

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE SHELPUK

ThunderRidge, Valor win titles at state spirit competition Grizzlies, Eagles take the 5A and 4A crowns

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It takes endurance, technical skills and consistency to deliver a championship poms routine.

That’s why ThunderRidge poms coach Ashley Harhigh was so confident.

ThunderRidge, led by senior captains Annabel Hiben and Maddie White, won the Classs 5A poms title at the State Spirit Championships, which were held Dec. 8-9 at the Denver Coliseum.

The Grizzlies, with a score of 94.2333, finished ahead of runner-up Grandview at 93.4833.

“It is a very athletic competition,” Harhigh said.

“Judges definitely look for synchronization, how well the dancers are together as a unit, technical ability, creativity and quality.

“Consistency is something definitely in the heart of our sport and especially the repetition of it. You do it over and over for months. I will say this was the most consistent team I’ve ever coached. Yes, there may be days on or off but I never once coached this season when I didn’t feel my team was capable of executing their routines to the best of their ability.”

Meanwhile, Valor Christian won a tiebreaker to capture the Eagles’ second straight Class 4A cheer championship. Valor had a higher cheer score of 44.8 to Thompson Valley’s 44.7 to give the Eagles the title.

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Valor Christian athletes pose with the trophy after winning their second straight Class 4A cheer championship.

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any years ago, I wrote a paper about the value of experience.

This is another tale about lessons than can be learned from experience.

Chaparral has a first-year hockey team competing in the Colorado High School Hockey Association’s Pinnacle Conference and has a coach in Ryan Finnefrock who knows what it is like to be included in an infant program.

Finnefrock played hockey for Ralston Valley when the OVERTIME program was getting started and now is in charge of launching the program for Chaparral.

“I played for Ralston Valley from 2006-10,” said Finnefrock. “I was part of the four straight Final Four runs and two losses in the state championship games. I was a Jim Benton freshman when it first started.

“I learned a lot from John McKibbon, my head coach in high school. Even today through the process of getting a team started I call him for advice. He’s been a great help.”

Finnefrock played hockey at St. John’s University. He is now a social studies teacher at Chaparral and the hockey coach for the first-year program which draws players from the Parker schools of Chaparral, Legend and Ponderosa.

“You have to have a lot of tools in place,” said Finnefrock. “Our athletic director, Rob Johnson, did a good job of supporting us in the beginning and we had a lot of interest and support from parents, and then the three coaches out here helping me out (Chuck Jones, Mike Koutecky and Tim Walsh) have seen these players since they were 5 years old.

“These kids play for Parker and get a chance to wear a uniform that supports their community. They all played for Arapahoe (youth) growing up and we were happy to get it going.”

Chaparral was ranked in the top 10 early in the season but entered the holiday break with a 4-3-0 overall record and a 3-3-0 mark in the Pinnacle Conference.

“We have a lot of work to do, but the potential is limitless for this team,” said Finnefrock. “If we buy into what we are preaching you’ll see some things come February that will surprise a lot of teams. We have the get a lot of guys to buy in right now.

“We have great senior leadership. John Fulton and Alex Walsh are two kids that grew up playing with each other. They are the right guys to lead this team. They know we have a lot of work to do. They know there are going to be some bumps in the road for a beginning-year team. When we get people to buy in, it’s going to be special.”

Fulton, a senior who attends Ponderosa, played last season for Castle View and was the 2017 Colorado Community Media South Metro Player of the Year.

In seven games so far this season, Tyler Johnson leads the Wolverines in scoring with 14 points on 10 goals and four assists. Fulton has 13 points with six goals and seven assists.

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Connor said. “All teams have a goal of winning but to actually do it is unexpected and exciting. We are so blessed to have seven amazing seniors who have led us this year.”

Valor saved the most proficient routine for last.

“I’m so proud of my team as they did their best routine of the season on the day of state,” Connor said. “We are so thrilled to bring Valor the first state championship of the year. Our cheer team has never gone back to back in state championships and after winning our first one last year we are so proud to do it again.”

In Class 5A, Harhigh, a ThunderRidge graduate, teacher and former

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“It’s different to be on a first-year team but it’s special because we have something to prove,” said Fulton. “No other team knows us, so when we go out there it is a challenge. We want to prove we can compete with anybody and I think we can. It’s a process to get going. We have some stuff to work on and that shows, but the harder we work the more we are going to surprise people.

“This year is more special because it’s the Parker schools. Before it was like Parker and Castle Rock. This is a little more like my team in a way.”

Woodland Park is the other new team in CHSAA hockey this season and the Panthers are 0-6-0 to start their initial season.

Best teams, overall record-wise, heading into the post-holiday schedule are Monarch at 7-0-0, Regis Jesuit at 6-0-0, Crested Butte at 5-0-0, Valor Christian at 6-1-0 and Cherry Creek at 5-1-0. Steamboat Springs, Standley Lake and Fort Collins are 4-1-0.

Denver Broncos cheerleader, realized she was coaching a special team.

“It’s the first time in our program history that we have won it,” she said.

“It meant a lot for our girls. I’m an alum and been involved for the past 14 seasons. We’re always in the running but we’ve never been able to capture it. I knew this team was special. We had a lot of experience and frankly they were tough. I knew all season they would be able to do it.”

ThunderRidge wrapped up the title with a stellar performance in the finals.

“That day when they got off the floor I thought we had won but we had to wait 2 1/2 hours before they announced the awards,” said Harhigh.

“I always coached them that no matter how you feel when you get off the floor nobody can place a value on that. Win or lose, I felt we were a championshipcaliber team.”

State basketball leaders In an effort to stay informed, I figured it was time to check the individual basketball leaders as teams resumed play Jan. 3.

There were many players from local teams among the state front-runners so to save space, just the state leaders will be mentioned.

In 5A girls, Cherry Creek’s Jana Van Gytenbeck leads the state with 7.1 assists per game and Castle View’s Madison Hema leads with 3.5 blocks per game. Brandon Romero of Mountain Range has made 35 3-pointers to lead the state’s 5A boys while Caden Sehr of Legacy is tops with 4.1 steals a game.

Golden’s MaKena Prey leads 4A girls in scoring with a 24.9 average and Savannah Martin of Standley Lake is the top rebounder with 12.8 per game.

Izzy Hren of Holy Family is averaging seven assists a game to lead the state and Alameda’s Angel Bernard is the steals leader with 6.3 per game.

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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DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 17-00290SH

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Legal Notice No.: 2017-0240 First Publication: 12/21/2017 Last Publication: 1/18/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0240 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/26/2017 4:32:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

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Original Grantor: MARQUIS M WARF Original Beneficiary: AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-R7 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/21/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 6/11/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004061029 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $342,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $303,637.45

SUMMONS

Pursuant to C.R.S. §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 of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 30, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 93-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9854 S Salford Ln, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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 you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/21/2017 Last Publication: 1/18/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/27/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 17-00290SH

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0240 First Publication: 12/21/2017 Last Publication: 1/18/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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WebBank v. Magellan Freight Lines Limited Liability Company, and Michael S. Somers, Civil No. 170906746.

The State of Utah to Magellan Freight Lines Limited Liability Company and Michael S. Somers: You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court, a written answer to Plaintiffs' Complaint, and to serve upon or mail to Plaintiffs' Attorney, Joseph M.R. Covey at 101 South 200 East, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801-532-7840, a copy of your Answer within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication, which is February 4, 2018.

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Read the Complaint carefully. You are being sued for damages of $170,515.39 plus late fees, attorney’s fees, and interest arising from a contract entered into with the Plaintiff on March 24, 2008.

Legal Notice No.: 8271 First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2017 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch and the Highlands Ranch Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: XAIDEN LUCKETT, D.O.B.: 7/23/2015; MIGUEL ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 9/11/2007; LEILANI ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 10/08/2005; ARIANA ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 7/28/2003; and JULIAN ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 5/30/2001, Children, And concerning: ALISON ZITLATL, D.O.B.: 5/27/1986, Mother; MIGUEL ZAMORA, (Father of Zamora children); and JOSE LAST NAME UNKNOWN, Possible Father of Xaiden Luckett; JOHN DOE, Possible Father of Xaiden Luckett, Respondents, And JULIE ROSENTHAL, (Maternal Grandmother), Special Respondent.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5325 Fax: (303) 479-9259 jthirkel@douglas.co.us lreigrut@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 17JV209 DIVISION 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2017.

TO: JOSE LAST NAME UNKNOWN; and JOHN DOE You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Amended Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is can be obtained through counsel for the Douglas County Department of Human Services.

A Return of Service, Adjudicatory Hearing and Permanency Planning Hearing, are scheduled on January 22, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to

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This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2017.

Public Notices The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.

The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at the same address.

TO: JOSE LAST NAME UNKNOWN; and JOHN DOE

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Amended Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is can be obtained through counsel for the Douglas County Department of Human Services.

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A Return of Service, Adjudicatory Hearing and Permanency Planning Hearing, are scheduled on January 22, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2017, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: January 4, 2018 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No: 932351 First Publication : January 4, 2018 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 29th day of JANUARY 2018, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and NORTH STAR DESIGN-BUILD, LLC for the 2017 FAIRGROUNDS REGIONAL PARK EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDING, INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #034-17 (PO#37545), in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said NORTH STAR DESIGN-BUILD, LLC for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 29th day of JANUARY 2018, to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commissioners, c/o Parks, Trails & Building Grounds, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas County Government.

Legal Notice No.: 932290 First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for 2018 ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2018-003, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of placement of hot mix asphalt overlays at various locations throughout Douglas County. Bid items include removal of asphalt mat, reset and adjustment of manholes and water valve boxes, removal and replacement of

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The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities:

• CONCRETE PAVEMENT (10 INCH) (CLASS P) – 6,636 SY • CONCRETE CURB RAMP (6 INCH) – 8,546 Separate sealed bids for 2018 ASPHALT SY OVERLAY PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY • CURB AND GUTTER, 2 (SECTION MS) To advertise your public notices callTYPE 303-566-4100 PROJECT NUMBER CI 2018-003, will be re(6 INCH) (6 FOOT – 6 INCH) – 16,247 LF ceived by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite have received prequalification status (active 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, status) with the Colorado Department of TransJanuary 30, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. This project portation to bid on individual projects of the size consists of placement of hot mix asphalt overand kind of work as set forth herein. lays at various locations throughout Douglas County. Bid items include removal of asphalt Any questions on the bidding process shall be mat, reset and adjustment of manholes and wadirected to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Enter valve boxes, removal and replacement of gineer at 303.660.7490. pavement markings, unclassified excavation and aggregate base course.

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System WebThe Contract Documents will be available after site.

10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 8, 2018, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Legal Notice No.: 932313 Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or First Publication: December 28, 2017 they may be obtained at the above address.

Second Publication: January 4, 2018 Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any Publisher: Douglas County News-Press other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s Public Notice responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) County will not be held responsible for misinNO. 042-17 formation received from private plan rooms.

TWO BRIDGES at BAYOU GULCH OPEN SPACE TRAIL DESIGN A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at and CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, The Division of Open Space and Natural RePhilip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite sources of Douglas County Government, herein220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are after referred to as the County, respectfully redue to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer, quests bids from responsible and qualified firms by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. for the provision of final design and trail conThe Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 struction for the Two Bridges at Bayou Gulch p.m. on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at the Open Space project. The Two Bridges at Bayou same address.

Gulch Open Space project is for approximately ten (10) miles of natural surface trail. Bayou The Project includes the following major items Gulch Open Space is located on Fox Sparrow and approximate quantities: Road in Parker, Colorado.

• REMOVAL OF ASPHALT MAT (PLANING) The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or (1 – 1/2 INCH THICKNESS) – 484,042 SY printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing • AGGREGATE BASE COURSE (CLASS 6) System website at www.rockymountainbidsys(SHOULDERING) – 4,643 TON tem.com. IFB documents are not available for • HOT MIX ASPHALT (GRADING SX) (75) purchase from Douglas County Government and (HAUL AND ASPHALT) (PAVING) can only be accessed from the above-men(2 INCH) – 82,165 TON tioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall accept electronic bid responses. have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of TransON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018 @ portation to bid on individual projects of the size 10:00AM THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY and kind of work as set forth herein.

PRE-BID MEETING RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY PRE-BID Any questions on the bidding process shall be MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTED directed to Daniel Roberts, P.E., PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS Project Engineer at 303.660.7490.

THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE Plan holder information, can be found on the FINANCE DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System ROOM, 100 THIRD STREET, SUITE 113, Website.

CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80104. ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ATTENDLegal Notice No.: 932225 ING THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING First Publication: January 4, 2018 WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A BID ON Last Publication: January 11, 2018 THIS PROJECT. Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID

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Three (3) copies of the bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 042-17, Two Bridges at Bayou Gulch Open Space” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown below prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 10:00 am, on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for 2018 SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CURB RAMP RETROFI T PROJECT; DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2018-001, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the removal and replacement of sidewalk, installation of new sidewalk, curb and gutter, inlet protection, and upgrading several curb ramps to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) throughout Douglas County. Bid items include hot mix asphalt for patching, unclassified excavation, and aggregate base course.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address.

Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.

The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • CONCRETE PAVEMENT (10 INCH) (CLASS P) – 6,636 SY • CONCRETE CURB RAMP (6 INCH) – 8,546 SY • CURB AND GUTTER, TYPE 2 (SECTION MS) (6 INCH) (6 FOOT – 6 INCH) – 16,247 LF Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project En-

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

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Legal Notice No: 932352 First Publication : January 4, 2018 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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