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January 30, 2020J

Economists discuss ways to ‘keep Colorado competitive’ Annual forum claims south metro economy is poised for another strong year

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The economy of Denver’s south metro area will look a lot like last year’s, experts say, and the speed bumps to the region’s growth remain present as ever.

Colorado continues to be a national model of economic growth. The state is a leader in tech jobs and workforce education, yet it slipped nationally, from fourth to ninth in one year, in a Forbes ranking for the best places to do business. Sustaining that growth will require a look at the state’s funding sources and local policies, local economists say.

“The risks to Colorado’s economy are, frankly, not economic risks,” said JJ Ament, CEO of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation.

“The risk to Colorado’s economy in 2020 is politics and policy … We can’t let complacency develop of having it

so good for so long that we don’t pay attention both at the Capitol in Denver and Washington.”

The South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce held its annual Economic Forecast Breakfast Jan. 24 at CU South Denver in Lone Tree, a meeting of local economists, politicians and business leaders to discuss the state of the local economy.

Ament said the 2020 economy will look similar last year’s economy. The same problems in the region remain, namely the state’s local politics and policies, Ament said. Ament said the minimum wage increase, which went into effect this year, was one example of a policy that could end up hurting more than it helps.

“Everything I told you last year about Colorado’s economic forecast for 2019 is the same for 2020,” Ament said. “In almost every respect it’s the same. It’s going to be great. Colorado is riding a fantastic economic wave.”

“I’m not going to focus on the economic forecast,” Ament continued, “because everything is going to hold true for this year, we think.”

Instead, Ament focused on how to stoke Colorado’s competitiveness with states such as California, Arizona,

Washington, Oregon, Georgia, Utah and Texas—states that Colorado is in constant competition with, Ament said.

Utah, for example, spends double on roads what Colorado does, a factor that could affect Colorado’s economy in the long run, Ament said.

“For the first time in six years, on I-70, my wife and I turned around Friday afternoon and drove back instead of finishing the route,” Ament said.

“Don’t think for a second that Utah isn’t explaining that to every single person they meet. It’s not just the mountain traffic, it’s everything else.”

Ament added that Utah grows faster than Colorado in job growth. Supporting that claim was a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics study released last year showing Utah was the No.1 state in the country, at a rate of 3.7%. As of 2018, Colorado’s rate hovered around 1.8% The presentation and panel discussion centered around “keeping Colorado competitive.” Ament said Colorado is slipping in some categories that could hurt its job growth in the long run, specifically the state’s trouble with transportation funding.

“The systems that we have that

support our economy, support people’s lives and make Colorado great have a connection to what the future will be like,” said Henry Sobanet, chief financial officer of Colorado State University. Sobanet’s presentation suggested the systems that brought Colorado to this point may not bring the state to the same level of vibrancy in the future.

Attracting and retaining skilled workers locally will be important to maintain the state’s upward trajectory.

Colorado ranks second in the nation (behind Massachusetts) in workforce education level, Ament said.

“There’s very good evidence that an advanced education will make your life better if you measure it by how much money you make,” Sobanet said, citing a statistic from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Therefore, it translates into better tax revenue and the vibrancy we have in Colorado.”

Sobanet said to remain competitive, the state needs to invest in its public transportation system. Sobanet referred to the incremental revenue growth seen from fuel taxes — from $4.5 million in 2003 to about $6 million

Douglas County agrees to continue allowing refugees Trump executive order required action for acceptance to go on

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County recently agreed to continue allowing refugees to be placed in the community in response to a recent executive order from President Donald J. Trump.

The move came after Executive Order 13888 was signed in September. The order mandates that refugees fleeing violence

or oppression in their home countries can only be resettled in communities that have explicitly consented in writing to their presence.

County Manager Doug Debord and the county’s director of human services, Dan Makelky, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stating that the county agreed to initial refugee resettlement in Douglas County.

Other Front Range communities that have consented to refugee resettlement include Littleton, Denver, Arvada, Centennial, Golden and Arapahoe and Jefferson counties. Gov. Jared Polis signed a statewide

consent letter in mid-December.

More than 60,000 refugees have been resettled in Colorado since the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980, according to state data. During the past two fiscal years, six refugees have been placed in Douglas County. Almost all came from Burma, with one from Ukraine.

To be granted refugee status, a person must prove that they have a reasonable fear for their life due to their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.

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CORRECTIONS Markie Arendelle, quoted in the article “Modern libraries are much more than books” in the Jan. 23 edition, uses they/ them pronouns.

A Jan. 23 article about the widening of Highway 85 misstated the total amount that Douglas County has contributed to the project. The correct amount is about $8 million.

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January 30, 2020

Douglas County awards school district $6.8 million for security Grant process shows DCSD sought more than $12 million following STEM tragedy

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than $6.8 million is on its way to the Douglas County School District to bolster student safety, while STEM School Highlands Ranch — the site of a fatal shooting last year — is set to receive $56,000 from the same grant program.

Douglas County commissioners in May opened $10 million in onetime grant dollars to public, private and charter schools in the county.

Schools could apply for mental health resources and physical security projects.

“We knew that our community was hurting, and we wanted to come together alongside of them and our school board and the rest of our schools,” Commissioner Lora Thomas said.

Commissioners on Jan. 14 approved an intergovernmental agreement with the school district awarding it $6.8 million. The funds were to be paid in a lump sum within 30 days of executing the agreement. The board will approve contracts with the charter and private schools that applied at a later meeting.

Commissioners thanked staff for their time working on the grant process — one marked by many unknowns and uncharted territory.

“I don’t think any of us had any idea what kind of workload we were putting on staff when the three of us came up with this idea,” Thomas said.

Questions such as how schools should apply, what sort of contract they would use, if the county would issue large checks or pay in some other form and how public the schools’ plans might be made in the process lingered as commissioners announced their plan to offer the grants.

Many were ironed out over weeks and months as staff set up the program and in close consultation with district attorneys.

Douglas County School District Assistant Superintendent Ted Knight said he was not aware of previous partnerships between the county and schools of this kind.

Securing school buildings A key question throughout the grant process was if and how the county would maintain oversight of the public’s tax money once it was in the hands of schools.

The district’s agreement allows the board of commissioners to audit the district’s grant projects and inspect the project areas. A report is due to the board within 90 days after the

completion of a project or at the end of the school year if a project is ongoing.

“Focus your answers on how the project was beneficial to the students served and the outcomes you observed,” the agreement states. “Provide as much narrative as needed to demonstrate success and tell your story.”

Also of interest was how schools would focus the grants to make students safer, whether that be through hardening its buildings or supporting students’ mental health.

The district’s application showed a significant interest in funding physical security projects. It requested $11.35 million to heighten the physical security of its schools.

Funds would help implement recommendations for the commissioners’ physical safety committee, which have been kept vague, but generally included improving communication and consistency in programs across county schools.

Commissioners formed two committees — one focused on mental health and the other on physical security of buildings — that compiled recommendations for the type of projects the grants should fund and guided schools in how to apply.

As for mental health support, the district requested $1.2 million in funding. The money could go toward an extensive list of tools, according to the application. School climate surveys,

social and emotional learning curriculum and training for teachers and staff in a variety of programs.

The county ultimately approved funding $823,182 in mental health projects for the district, according to the intergovernmental agreement.

Projects include a climate and culture survey, social emotional curriculum, mental health training, pay for trainers’ salaries when training falls outside regular school hours and pay for substitutes.

Nancy Ingalls, the district’s personalized learning officer, said part of the training will focus on providing students with trauma-informed care.

Children often have adverse experiences, she said, and teachers need to know how to spot signs of trauma and be sensitive to that in the classroom.

“If adults understand the needs of kids, they’re better able to provide the supports that kids need, which leads to a culture of safety,” she said.

How the remaining $6.8 million grant will be spent was redacted because it involves the physical security of schools. Some projects are underway or will begin this summer, while other could take longer to implement.

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Bill aims to repeal Colorado death penalty After Dems’ failed attempts in prior years, two key GOP votes may change outcome

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After years of coming up short, advocates of repealing the death penalty may finally cross the finish line this year with newfound support from two Republican senators.

“From a philosophical perspective, I now don’t think the state should have power over life and death,” said state Sen. Jack Tate, a Centennial Republican who was undecided on the issue last year.

Tate and Colorado Tate Springs state Sen. Owen Hill, a Republican who also has voiced support for a repeal this year, may be enough to give Democrats the edge. The state Legislature has recently seen repeated attempts to overturn the death penalty: It failed in 2013, 2017 and 2019, despite Democrats controlling both the state House and Senate last year.

Democrats haven’t been united on the issue. Two of the three people on death row in Colorado — Sir

Mario Owens and Robert Ray — were sentenced to die in connection with the 2005 murder of the son of state Sen. Rhonda Fields, an Aurora Democrat. Her son was a witness in another murder case involving Owens.

The experience places Fields firmly in opposition to repealing the death penalty, and last year, at least a few other Democrats hadn’t publicly committed to the repeal.

In the state House, Rep. Tom Sullivan, whose son was killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, argues there are certain cases where capital punishment is warranted.

“There’s no question in my mind that the man that murdered my son and 11 others — 58 others shot, traumatized an entire community — there’s Sullivan no question in my mind that he should be put to death,” said Sullivan, a Democrat from Centennial.

The jury in theater shooter James Holmes’ case did not unanimously agree on the death penalty, so Holmes was not sentenced to death.

‘Irreversible mistakes’ Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler argues that the death penalty is a useful negotiation tool, pointing to the case of

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On the issue of whether the death The American Civil Liberties penalty deters criminals, the NaUnion of Colorado calls the death tional Research Council reviewed penalty “an expensive, ineffective, research and found no credible eviand unjust government program dence that the death penalty deters that risks making irreversible miscrime any more than long prison takes by executing innocent people, sentences, ACLU Colorado cites. delays justice for victims’ families, The National Research Council is and wastes millions of dollars that an arm of the National Academy of could be better used on programs Sciences, a nonprofit that studies that actually save lives and increase national and world issues. public safety,” its website says. At The 2012 report “concludes that least 166 people have been exonerresearch to date on the effect of ated from death rows across the capital punishment on homicide country, an ACLU Colorado fact rates is not useful in determining sheet says. whether the death penalty increasThe organization also argues that es, decreases, or has no effect on in Colorado, racial minorities are these rates,” the National Acaddisproportionately likely to face the emy’s website says. death penalty.

Research has found “you can’t Sullivan, whose House district draw conclusions one way or the includes east and central Centenother,” Brauchler said. nial, Foxfield, and nearby areas, The district said he may be attorney arwilling to tackle gued that for some aspects inmates with of the death life sentences penalty, such as for murder, the uncertainty taking away the in whether it death penalty deters crime and would remove that it is pursued more often the potential for in wealthier juGeorge Brauchler, further punishdicial districts. if they kill 18th Judicial district attorney, ment “But in an a prison guard speaking of a consequence of or another ininstance that I was personrepealing the death penalty mate. ally involved in “It will esand I see more sentially say people persononce you do ally involved with, as I’ve said, I’m your first murder, the rest are free,” not going to be the one to tell those Brauchler said. other families that they’re not going to be able to pursue the justice they Rare application want,” Sullivan said.

This year’s proposal, Senate Bill Along with Owens and Ray, the 20-100, would repeal the death penonly other inmate on death row in alty for offenses charged on or after Colorado is Nathan Dunlap, conJuly 1, 2020. victed of murdering four people in Gov. Jared Polis has said that if 1993 shooting at an Aurora Chuck E. the Legislature repeals the death Cheese. All three are black men who penalty, he’d consider commuting attended Overland High School in Colorado’s death row inmates’ senAurora at different times. tences. A vote for the repeal bill is Fields, whose Senate district sits a vote for that outcome, Brauchler near Overland, said race is a coincisaid. dence in those cases.

The last time Colorado executed “I think they just happened to an inmate was in 1997, and the most be black,” Fields said. Dunlap “is recent time before that was in 1967. black, but he killed (people) that Fields, Sullivan and Brauchler all should be alive today.” prefer the question of repealing the “I don’t think it’s about color — I death penalty to be answered by votthink it’s about murder,” Fields ers in a statewide ballot question. added.

Tate said he understands that Brauchler, whose judicial district preference but that he has a “traincludes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert ditional view of the role of the and Lincoln counties, said there lawmaker.” recently have been Colorado death “I notice that we don’t send every row inmates of other races and tough decision at the Capitol to a some death penalty sentences were vote of the people,” Tate said.

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January 30, 2020

Bond set at $250,000 for woman charged with daughter’s murder

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A former Highlands Ranch resident who was charged with the murder of her daughter has been granted bond.

A grand jury charged Kelly Turner, 41, with 13 counts, including murder, child abuse, theft and forgery in October. The charges came after she convinced doctors in 2017 that her 7-year-old daughter, Olivia Gant, was terminally ill, according to the indictment.

Turner raised funds for the child’s sickness and had a Make-A-Wish party for her daughter, according to the indictment. Then she allegedly refused care for her daughter against a doctor’s advice.

Turner Within weeks, Olivia died.

Judge Patricia Herron granted Turner a $250,000 bond during a Jan. 21 hearing. Turner was still being held at the Douglas County jail as of Jan. 22.

The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s office asked the judge to set the bond at $4 million, claiming Turner was both a flight risk and a danger to the community. Turner was living in a hotel at the time of her arrest, suggesting her life in Colorado isn’t permanent, said Christopher Gallo, chief deputy district attorney.

Gallo also pointed out that Turner has two

prior felonies in Texas involving fraud and crimes against children. He added that when speaking with the child’s grandparents, they said they wanted the highest possible bond and a life sentence for Turner.

Public defender Ara Ohanian asked for the bond to be set at $10,000, claiming Turner was not a flight risk because of how much family she has in the area. Ohanian said a $4 million bond was the same as denying bond because Turner wouldn’t be able to afford it.

Ohanian added that once the child’s doctors were able to testify, they would counter the prosecution’s evidence strongly. He also said that if he had been able to cross-examine the witnesses for the grand jury indictment “you would be hearing very different things.”

Herron said she would go in the middle of the two options.

“I’m less concerned about Turner’s appearance in court…than I am about community safety,” she said.

Turner told doctors and media that her daughter had multiple conditions including a seizure disorder, autism and malfunctioning intestines. An autopsy later showed she was not facing many of the conditions her mother claimed, according to the indictment.

While Turner lived in Highlands Ranch at the time of Olivia’s treatment, she was arrested at a Glendale hotel.

Turner’s next court appearance will be 10 a.m. Feb. 28.

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in 2019 — compared to the 43% rise in prices in that time.

Sobanet presented a diagram illustrating how Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights clashes with the state’s requirement for increasing public school funding (Amendment 23) and limits to property tax growth (the Gallagher Amendment), forcing the state to foot high education bills, which detracts from funding for public roads.

No one suggested TABOR should be repealed or modified, but both Ament and Sobanet suggested the state needs to find better sources of funding for transportation. Voters last year turned down Proposition CC, which would have allowed the state to retain dollars for education and transportation funding above the TABOR spending cap.

The Denver region can expect to add about 30,000 jobs and 10 million square feet of office space in 2020, Ament said.

Many of those jobs will come in the tech industry. Colorado ranks fourth in technology job concentration in the country.

“The reality is, if you have more than 10 employees in your company, you’re a tech company,” Ament said.

The third panelist, Skillful CEO Beth Cobert, suggested to employers in the audience to focus on skills.

Cobert spoke about Skillful’s mission. Skillful is an initiative to create a skills-based labor market from the Markle Foundation, a nonprofit tech and health care company.

Cobert said 80% of today’s jobs require at least a moderate or high level of certain skills. Cobert encouraged employers in the audience to consider hiring people on a skill-based platform over strictly looking at experience or credentials.

Cobert gave the example of a local sushi chef who rose to a high-ranking position because the employers were looking for a specific set of skills—attention to detail, ability to do repeatable tasks, etc.

“That’s what we mean when we’re saying looking for talent in different ways,” Cobert said. “That’s the kind of model we can unleash across Colorado.”

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No charges for STEM security guard who injured students Shamson Sundara will enter a diversion program, per agreement with victims

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The privately hired security guard on duty during the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting injured two students and was illegally carrying a weapon on school grounds, 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May said in an announcement on Jan. 24.

But the guard also detained and disarmed one of the suspects, possibly saving more lives, May said, and acted in compliance with state law by using deadly force in an effort to stop the shooting.

The guard, identified

by May as Shamson Sundara, will not face charges but will enter an adult diversion program, incorporating a restorative justice forum with the shootSundara ing victims.

The forum will be mediated by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which began investigating the guard’s actions during the May 7 shooting after 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler forwarded the case to the office. Brauchler’s office is prosecut-

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they’re helping with communication, they’ll help with observations, they help train folks,” Knight said. “I think we’ve got a pretty good 360 on this.”

Little detail District charter schools are represented in the district’s request and will receive some of the $6.8 million grant. But charters were allowed to apply individually for additional grant dollars as long as the projects were different from the district’s proposals.

STEM requested $253,000 to put toward $290,950 worth of work at the school, according to its grant application, provided to Colorado Community Media through a public records request.

The application, heavily redacted, provides little detail about STEM’s plans to boost the security of its building.

County and school officials have said repeatedly they were leery of exposing sensitive security details about local schools.

Under a section labeled, “Specify how funds will be used,” STEM’s application begins by saying, “Creating a safer, smarter and more engaging learning environment educators and

ing the shooting suspects, Devon Erickson, 19, and Alec McKinney, 16. A spokeswoman said the office had no comment on May’s announcement.

As part of the agreement, Sundara will also complete 50 hours of community service.

“It should be noted that this agreement was reached in consultation with the injured victims and their families, law enforcement and the Douglas County School District,” May wrote.

Video played in court hearings for McKinney, who’s accused of masterminding the attack, shows the 16-year-old walking through the school halls with a gun pointed to his head, attempting to take his life when the guard discovered him.

Sundara was able to detain and disarm McKinney, who will face trial for 43 felony charges, including murder and attempted murder.

Several students were injured in the shooting. Senior Kendrick Castillo, 18, died while rushing Erickson.

Shortly after encountering McKinney, Sundara saw an individual dressed in street clothes round the hallway and then saw the muzzle of a gun, May said. He fired two shots in the direction of the gun.

Both shots missed the person but went through the wall of a nearby classroom and injured two students.

The person Sundara shot at turned out to be a law enforcement officer.

“As soon as the law enforcement officers identified themselves, Mr. Sundara immediately and fully complied

Whitus said Sundara can still work with their commands,” May said. in the field if he would like to.

The guard’s contract with STEM “We wouldn’t stop him from doing prohibited him from carrying a that,” Whitus said. weapon on school grounds, but May Sundara is a military veteran who said state statute permitted his use saw combat in the Middle East, servof deadly force in the situation. ing in the U.S. “Our invesMarine Corps tigation has from 2008-12. determined He returned that his actions home and were in complijoined the Jefance with the ferson County applicable law,” May said.

Sheriff ’s Office Sundara, 30, as a deputy has worked in 2013, stayat BOSS High ing until 2017.

Level ProtecWhitus worked tion for apas a sergeant proximately for the sheriff ’s one year. BOSS office at the president time until he Grant Whitus left to start his said the comsecurity firm pany holds and later hired Sundara as a Sundara. hero who saved Whitus said lives the day of Grant Whitus, he could not the shooting. on BOSS High Level Protection president comment “We didn’t why Sundara believe from was armed at the beginning STEM despite that Shamson would be charged his contract prohibiting it or why he with anything, so we’re happy,” fired his weapon toward the respondWhitus said. “He’s certainly a key ing law enforcement officer. witness going forward and he’s “I hail both of them for what they happy to help out the prosecution.” did but in the chaos in mass shootHe was not disciplined following ings, things occur,” Whitus said.

STEM and has been promoted to an “He’s a witness for this prosecution, administrative position overseeing so he’s going to have to tell his story the company’s hiring and recruiting. during these trials.”

‘We didn’t believe from the beginning that Shamson would be charged with anything, so we’re happy. He’s certainly a key witness going forward and he’s happy to help out the prosecution.’

cation,” Comstaff must stay missioner Abe at the forefront Laydon said. of innovation to A spokeswomdeliver a superian for STEM or teaching with provided a stateholistic safety ment regarding environment,” its grant, but the before trailing school declined off into blacked an interview out line after about the grant blacked out line. process.

Also redacted “We are very were the findings grateful that the of a safety and Douglas County security assessBoard of Comment for the missioners has school, as well accepted our as details about grant proposal any improveto further our ments made as to cona result of that Ted Knight, ability tinue improving assessment.

Douglas County School District the safety of STEM’s project was slated to assistant superintendent our school for our students begin and end in and staff,” the 2020 and would statement said. require a bidding “This funding will enhance security process. at STEM School Highlands Ranch.

Commissioners said STEM was We look forward to implementing the awarded $56,000, roughly 20% of its improvements that this funding will request, because they were careful provide.” not to approve projects that were represented in the district’s application, ‘Our schools are safe’ could be funded elsewhere or were School district officials said they an on-going expense, such as a school were relieved by how commissioners resource officer. steered the grant process following “The focus was on economies of the shooting at STEM that left one scale and that there was not dupli-

‘It’s pretty well understood that our schools are safe for kids and staff right now, and this great, collaborative partnership has helped to enhance that safety for everyone.’

student dead and eight others injured in May. School shootings often spur hyper-political conversations about student safety, Knight said.

“That could have happened here,” Knight said. “We were able to not get involved in that and instead just stay focused on school safety.”

Knight and the district’s director of school safety and security, Rich Payne, said the committees, comprising experts in each field, were instrumental in keeping the grant dollars directed toward research-based tools.

By the time the committees presented their recommendations in July, Knight and Payne said they mostly suggested resources already used in the district.

“It’s pretty well understood that our schools are safe for kids and staff right now,” Knight said, “and this great, collaborative partnership has helped to enhance that safety for everyone.”

Commissioners said they spent hours discussing school safety with district officials. Thomas felt she gained a “very excellent understanding” of safety measures already in place through the process.

“All of this brought me much closer to our school board,” she said. “I spent many hours with (school board president) David Ray. They weren’t always happy hours, but we debated, and we talked, and I have a respect for President Ray.”

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Family members of slain teen speak out about toxic relationship Mya Pena’s mother and sister want girls to learn warning signs, self-defense

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The mother and sister of a teenage girl recently murdered in Highlands Ranch will help their loved ones’ legacy live on by helping teach girls about toxic relationships, they said in an interview shared with media.

The two spoke about Mya Pena, 17, after the teen was killed Jan. 14 by her boyfriend, Samuel Hoffman, 18, who later killed himself, according to the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

“We want to empower other young ladies,” Mya’s mother, Audra Pena, said in the interview. “That’s our mission now.”

Audra Pena and Alexis Pena, Mya’s older sister, hope to form a foundation in Mya’s name with the goal of teaching girls about the red flags in unhealthy relationships and providing schools with counselors trained in dealing with these situations.

In the interview, recorded by FOX31, Alexis Pena told the public for the first time how her sister died.

“She did fight for her life,” she said.

“He did not shoot her. It was a strangulation and she did fight...”

That’s why Audra and Alexis want

Mya Pena, 17, was killed in what is being investigated as a murder-suicide Jan. 14. Pena was a soccer player and student at Mile High Academy in Highlands Ranch.

COURTESY PHOTO to help provide self-defense classes in middle schools through their foundation.

“I think that if there’s more awareness and more information about self-defense … I think it could save a lot more lives,” Alexis said.

Mya’s story has already inspired some people, her mother said.

“I received a message from a young lady yesterday that said `I cut off a toxic relationship because of Mya’s story,’” she said. “To know that Mya’s story is going to inspire women to cut toxic relationships off is giving us strength and hope.”

While they hadn’t been in a relationship for long, Mya knew about

Hoffman’s battle with mental illness, Audra Pena said. Hoffman had previously been placed on an M1 hold after visiting Mya at her school, Mile High Academy in Highlands Ranch, Sheriff Tony Spurlock said. He was also being investigated for a domestic violence incident in a separate relationship.

“Because she had such a big heart, she tried to help him. She was trying to save him,” Audra said.

While Mya confided in some family members about the relationship, her mother feels there was a certain line she couldn’t cross with family, she said.

“It would have been helpful had she been able to go to somebody,” Audra said. “That’s why we want that to be implemented in schools all around our country…to be able to have that outlet for young girls.”

Hoffman, who lived in Centennial, picked Mya up from school Jan. 14 and within about 15 minutes, he killed her, Spurlock said. That night, Hoffman shot himself as law enforcement officers approached his vehicle in El Paso County.

While Audra and Alexis Pena say their pain has been unimaginable, they’ve found peace in their faith and the belief that they will see Mya again someday.

“She wanted to be here,” Audra said.

“We’re going to fight back for her and we’re going to make her life live on forever.”

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Sensory-friendly program provides art for all Unique program gives kids with disabilities a place to enjoy arts

George Metherd presents a culture “passport” to Robin Scurto of the Lone Tree Arts Center moments before a Jan. 12 sensory friendly program.

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Metherds are still new in town but have found a community at the Lone Tree Arts Center and its sensoryfriendly shows.

The family of four moved to Lone Tree from Houston in September and instantly felt at home at the Lone Tree Arts Center and its sensory friendly programming, a unique program that for sensitive and disabled children that gives families like the Metherds an opportunity to enjoy the arts without worrying about aggravating their sons’ sensitivities to sound.

Cheryl and Jon Metherd, and their sons, George and JJ, have every monthly sensory-friendly show of the season marked on their calendar at home.

“We love them all,” Cheryl Metherd said. “It’s just people wanting to help your child.”

The Metherd are patrons of the arts and want to give their sons a chance to experience the theater. The family enjoyed a Jan. 12 sensory-friendly showing of a children’s opera, Hansel and Gretel, at the arts center.

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Every month, the arts center holds a modified show for people with sensitivities to light or sound. The sensoryfriendly arts program was designed to give families of children with disabilities a place to enjoy the arts together.

Fernando Barros and his family, his wife and two daughters, 7 and 5, went to their first sensory-friendly show Jan. 12 and said they will be returning.

“We try to take them to events as much as I can, but the kids at this age don’t pay attention for an hour” at a time, said Barros, of Highlands Ranch. Barros said it’s nice to have a place where they’re not concerned about bothering others during the show. “In this case, we can walk out whenever we want … It’s really good for the kids.”

A sensory-friendly program doesn’t look much different from a kids’ show.

The house lights are half-lit. No flashing lights. There aren’t any sharp, loud noises. Any scary characters are introduced before the show starts.

Kids are even provided a storybook about what they might experience at the performance — from ushers, to actors, to the moment they leave the theater.

The performers are trained to soften their deliveries. In lieu of clapping, the audience motions its applause in American Sign Language, waving their hands above their heads like jazz hands.

The theater provides fidget toys and bean bags to play with during the show. Kids who need to talk during or through the show are welcome. Kids

who need headphones can pick them up at the entrance. Around the corner from the theater is a designated quiet space for kids who need a break or feel overwhelmed.

It’s a balance between adding more to the experience and limiting certain elements, said Robin Scurto, annual giving manager for the Lone Tree Arts Center, who helps manage the program.

“However they enjoy the arts, they are allowed to do that,” Scurto said.

The sensory-friendly program began at the Lone Tree Arts Center in 2012.

Since then it has shared the Denver Mayor’s Award with its partner, the Phamaly Theater Company, and in 2019 it won the Rex Morgan Award from the Science and Cultural Facilities District. Scurto said the Lone Tree Arts Center has led the way for many similar shows around the Denver area. Now, sensory-friendly programming is offered at places like the Denver Botanic Gardens and History Colorado Center.

The Lone Tree Arts Center offers sensory-friendly programming about once a month. The next show is Feb. 9 at 4 p.m., “Once Upon a Dance with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance.”

“Families are hungry for this type of experience, and we’re hoping to get more organizations on board,” Scurto said. “I believe the arts should be for all and it’s not that hard to make some changes to let people enjoy the environment.”

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Property tax bills are out — questions, frustrations are in Assessor’s office has heard a few main concerns from residents

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After property tax bills were sent out the week of Jan. 20, questions, comments and concerns began pouring into the Douglas County assessor’s office.

“We have had about three times the normal number of phone calls and walk-ins in our office in the last few days,” Assessor Lisa Frizell said.

Many of those calling and walking in are asking the same questions about appealing their home valuations, applying for the senior property tax exemption and where their money is going.

The senior tax exemption allows longtime property owners over the age of 65 to reduce the taxable value of their property. For this year’s bill, it can only help those who were eligible and applied in 2019. Residents can apply for next year’s exemption until July 15.

Another major question from residents is why their property taxes seem to constantly increase, Frizell said.

This most recent year was an assessment year, meaning home values were reassessed by the county based on comparable home sales. Single-family home values in Douglas County in-

creased on average by nearly 15%.

Residents who believe their home’s valuation, which makes up part of the property tax bill, is incorrect can file an abatement appeal within two years of the date taxes are due.

Only those who didn’t appeal their valuation when it was initially set in 2019 can apply for this. The process can take up to six months and doesn’t extend the due dates on a tax bill.

Frizell predicted that people would be shocked by how much their bills went up this year due to value increases and state-set assessment rates.

Many people have also asked about what happens to this revenue once they submit it, Frizell said. That often leads to the assessor’s office explaining metro districts and how they came to exist, since there are so many in Douglas County.

“Over two-thirds of the taxing authorities are metro districts,” Frizell said.

Often, the assessor’s office directs folks to their website, douglas.co.us/ assessor, or an online tool called YourDougCoTaxes.com. Both allow residents to see what taxing districts exist where they own property.

“That really explains how your tax distribution looks,” Frizell said.

There are two options when paying these bills: Residents can pay one installment or split the tax into two equal payments. If one payment is selected, it’s due by April 30. If the tax is split, the first payment is due Feb. 29 and the second is due June 15.

Coronavirus test results come back negative at St. Anthony Hospital

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood’s St. Anthony Hospital confirmed results of a coronavirus test from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention came back negative after a patient came to the hospital on Jan. 24.

The patient visited the hospital with a respiratory illness, according to a release from the hospital.

That person had previously traveled to Wuhan, China — an area where the coronavirus has killed 80 people, according to CNN. Nearly 2,800 cases of the virus have been confirmed in China, and 13 other parts of the world have also confirmed cases of it, including the United States, France, Australia and Canada, CNN reported.

At this time, there haven’t been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Colorado, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Education.

When the patient arrived to the hospital, they were placed in an isolated

unit, a common practice for patients of the hospital who present respiratory symptoms, according to Gianna Lisac, a spokesperson for St. Anthony Hospital.

The virus likely stems from an animal, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Patients who have had the virus reported having a fever, troubles breathing and a cough, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says.

St. Anthony Hospital is encouraging people to wash their hands, keep a distance from others who are sick, to stay at home when you are sick and to practice good health habits.

“At this time of year, there are many causes of respiratory illness in Colorado and around the globe. It’s understandable that people may be worried about the appearance of a new virus, but the health risk to the general public in Colorado remains low,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state communicable disease epidemiologist of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in a statement.

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Highlands Ranch celebrates Chinese New Year

Children from the Great Wall Chinese Academy perform an umbrella dance during a Chinese New Year Celebration at Southridge Recreation Center.

PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ragons, dumplings, calligraphy and martial arts were on display for Highlands Ranch residents during a Chinese New Year celebration put on by the community association Jan. 25.

The annual celebration is created by the Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association in coordination with the Great Wall Chinese Academy.

Chinese dishes and desserts, Boba tea, origami and traditional Chinese

clothing were on sale at the event at the Southridge Recreation Center.

The event also featured a series of performances, including a giant dragon dance, a martial arts demo and folk dances.

The holiday, also known as the Lunar New Year, marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat in Chinese Zodiac. The Year of the Rat is the first sign in the Chinese Zodiac cycle, according to an HRCA pamphlet.

People born in the year of the rat are “likeable by all,” as well as optimistic and reliable, according to the pamphlet.

A little girl ponders which origami doll she wants at the Highlands Ranch Chinese New Year Celebration Jan. 25.

Dancers from the Great Wall Chinese Academy perform a Tibetan folk dance during a Chinese New Year Celebration put on by the Highlands Ranch Community Association on Jan. 25.

A young girl enjoys her Boba tea, a traditional Taiwanese drink, during the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s Chinese New Year celebration.

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Sportsman’s Warehouse to open in Parker Retailer takes over site of former Gander Mountain

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sportsman’s Warehouse will open in February in Parker in the building that previously housed Gander Mountain.

The Alaska-based sports and outdoors retailer will be located at 18420 Cottonwood Drive, replacing Gander Mountain, which opened in 2016, reopened in 2018 and ultimately closed last year. The facility is 57,000 square feet.

“As we continue to grow our brand and business, we are excited to expand our presence in Colorado and Califor-

nia,” Sportsman’s Warehouse CEO Jon Barker states in a press release from Jan. 16.

Two new California stores are planned to open in 2020, one in Brentwood and one in Corona.

“While other competitors deemphasize or exit the space, Sportsman’s continues to opportunistically open new stores and grow our business through both ecommerce and store locations,” Barker states. “We look forward to serving these communities through providing outstanding gear and exceptional service to inspire outdoor memories.”

The release states additional openings will be planned “in the near future.” Sportsman’s Warehouse will have 107 stores in 27 states once the three new locations open. Colorado has seven Sportsman’s Warehouse

locations.

Camping World Holdings Inc. bought the bankrupt Gander Mountain in 2017.

Camping World planned to reopen as Gander Outdoors with slight changes in 2018.

The building was built amid a development boom in 2016, when the Gander opened a slew of stores across the country, many of which shuttered within their first four years.

The building on Cottonwood Drive, across from Costco near E-470, was built specifically for a sportsman-type retailer, outfitted with a reinforced gun room and plenty of floor space.

Matt Carlson, economic development director for the Town of Parker, said the store closed because of a corporate bankruptcy and had nothing to do with the Parker Gander Mountain

location’s success.

Sports and outdoors retailers, like Cabela’s, Carlson said, were an area of “retail leakage” the town identified—a case of sales tax dollars leaving the town for services not offered in Parker.

Big 5 Sporting Goods is the only other similar store in Parker.

The next closest sports and outdoors retailer is Cabela’s in Lone Tree, which opened just west of I-25.

“There’s enough difference there in the makeup of their products and their price points we think they will differentiate themselves,” Carlson said.

And, Carlson said, the new store could be a regional draw for the town.

There are two other Sportsman’s Warehouses in the Denver area, one in Sheridan and another in Thornton.

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

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

We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com 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, 720-260-1493 or highlandsranchli-

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Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited: 6:308:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Cresthill Middle School, 9195 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. Go to www.cutthroatctu.org/ Douglas County Elks Lodge 2873 meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Calf Building at Lowell Ranch, 2330 S. East I-25 Frontage Road, Castle Rock.

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VOICES

In the war of words, the words are losing ead” not only means “first,” “foremost” and “front,” lead is a heavy metal, hence Led Zep-

pelin.

QUIET An old adage in journalism is “don’t DESPERATION bury the lead.”

Journalists are not supposed to begin a story with details of secondary importance.

However, I am uncertain what my lead is this week. Perhaps by the time I have Craig Marshall finished I will know.

Of course, by then Smith it will be too late.

If I had to take a guess, I’d say my lead is the wonderful conundrum of language, as per the following (non-

sense).

I read the news today and while I was reading the news I was wearing a red sweater I bought in a store in Redding, California.

There was an article in the paper about a bicycle race that took place in Leadville. The woman who was in the lead most of the way fell back because, she said, “I couldn’t get the lead out.”

As I dwindle and fade, I am fascinated by things I wasn’t when I was younger and had other considerations on my mind, such as the birds, the bees, and how to osculate.

Now, as I swan song my way into the arms of oblivion, it’s often words that fascinate me, and it’s why I am saddened by the abuse of them as I have noted many times before.

Chiefly: the preternatural use of “like,” to qualify, clog and clutter almost everything that is said by almost

everyone under the age of 40.

Why? Why? Why? What if journalists for this publication and for the major dailies were equally lax and leisurely when they reported, oh, let’s say an impeachment hearing?

“There were like all these men and women in this big room and they were like arguing, you know, and this one guy Mitch-something he, uh, boy, was he upset about something.”

I may not know what my lead is, but I know exactly what I am doing.

I am defusing something of great importance with something of little importance. It’s what I do — it’s what we do — in order to survive.

Current national and international news is awful.

Closer to home, if there is an illness or a death in the family, it can be overwhelming and unmanageable.

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So something is said about the shirt your husband wears to your son’s funeral.

That’s another one of my film references.

It comes from “Ordinary People,” a movie directed by Robert Redford that stars Mary Tyler Moore who gave the best performance of her career.

She is the controlling matriarch of a family in disrepair after the oldest son died.

She scolds her husband, portrayed

by Donald Sutherland, on the day of the funeral because of the color of the shirt he has chosen to wear.

I have isolated that scene numerous times. There’s a lot in it.

It also changed my opinion of Mary Tyler Moore. I didn’t think much of either of her situation comedies.

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Think of abundance, not scarcity, and win consistently

t has been said that the fear of loss is more powerful than the possibility of gain. It has also been said that some of us live with an abundance mentality while others choose to live with a scarcity mindset.

In a recent strategic and tactical planning session with a few clients, WINNING this very topic WORDS became one of the drivers of our conversations. We were discussing potential partnerships for the company, and as we did, one person championed the idea while another person shot down the idea. The person Michael Norton championing the idea was convinced that the partnership would yield additional results and revenue. The person who was against the partnership felt like effort would create problems, as they already had competing partners, projects, and priorities.

Basically, the opinion was that the pie was already too small and creating another slice might dilute the best interests of everyone involved.

As I facilitated the discussion and listened to both sides, I stopped the conversation and asked if it would be helpful if I shared a story about a company and individuals facing a similar situation and where some advice that I had been given really paid off. The team said yes, and I shared some of the greatest pieces of wisdom that I had ever received.

As we revisited the abundancy versus scarcity mentality, I first shared with them the following statement, “There is money and opportunity everywhere.” A former colleague of mine who had decided to leave the position he was in to take an executive role with another company had written an email to all of us as he finished up and was about to leave the organization. It was motivating and encouraging with just the right sense and tonality appropriate for his departure.

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Aging Resources of Douglas County: Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County.

Need: Volunteers to help provide transportation, companionship, handyman and homemaker needs to seniors living in Douglas County. Very flexible. You choose how often you want to serve.

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

Contact: Lori at ardc@douglas.co.us.

Nonprofit Wildlife Group: Works to protect

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The burning question on everyone’s mind was why. Why was he choosing to leave? For some, they believed he saw a bigger and greater opportunity ahead, albeit risky, and he was stepping out to take a chance and believe in the abundance mentality. Others believed he left because he saw the company as having hit their peak and that any opportunity for future growth was going to be limited. Fewer deals, fewer sales, and less earning potential. This was a scarcity mentality that invoked fear for those who couldn’t see the bigger picture.

By the end of our strategy session, we all agreed that the partnership made sense and created a plan to manage the existing partnerships, priorities, and projects to maximize success while also creating a plan to optimize the new partnership. The abundance mmentality had won the day.

Outside of business, how often do we choose the scarcity mentality, afraid of what could go wrong instead of planning for what will go right?

Our defensiveness kicks in and we condition ourselves to think or say

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Redford knew there was more to her than exclaiming “Rob” and “Murray.”

Where was I? The English language.

Raymond Chandler, in response to a proofreader who corrected one of his split infinitives, replied, in part, “Would you convey my compliments

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While refugees are able to move around wherever they want once they’re placed in the United States under the executive order, they will only be able to receive services from

native wildlife in Greenwood Village.

Need: Volunteers help protect wildlife.

Requirements: Must work two hours per week, schedule flexible.

Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org Outreach Uganda: Empowers impoverished people in Uganda, especially women and children, to overcome poverty through income generation, education, training and other holistic endeavors.

Need: Volunteers weekly to provide office support with fair trade craft show preparation, mailings and miscellaneous office work.

Office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Office located at 9457 S. University Blvd., Suite 410, Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Melanie Schnathorst, 303-6838450 or office@outreachuganda.org.

Paladin Rescue Alliance: Christian non-government organization dedicated to rescuing

“No” first. We see life through the lens of loss instead of gain. Then one day, someone shares with us exactly what we need to hear, that money and opportunity are everywhere, all we have to do is pursue it and take the actions necessary to get after each opportunity.

If we never ask the questions we want to ask, the answer will always be no. If we leave every putt short, the ball will never go into the hole.

Regardless of our career, role, or interests, there is opportunity everywhere, and not only is opportunity everywhere, it is available to each and every one of us. It just becomes so much easier with an abundance mentality instead of a scarcity mentality.

How about you? Do you see the obstacles or the opportunities? Is your belief system a limiting belief system or an expansive belief system? As always, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can see the abundance of opportunities everywhere, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes. to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois, which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and when I split an infinitive, (expletive), I split it so it will remain split.”

Small favors in times of travail.

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

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communities that have consented.

The county provides multiple services including housing assistance, schools, health navigation and cultural orientation, according to a fact sheet created by the state’s three resettlement organizations.

The executive order is currently being challenged in court and a judge has filed an injunction against it.

human trafficking victims and building alliances to combat trafficking locally, nationally and internationally.

Need: Volunteers to help organize supplies; donations of supplies. All donations are taxdeductible. Needed items include cleansers, skin cream, ointment, disinfectants, dressings, bandages, rolls, sponges, pads, dressing tape, gloves, alcohol pads, asprin, Tylenol.

Age Requirement: All ages can participate.

Contact: www.paladinrescue.org; Paladin Rescue Alliance, P.O. Box 79, Littleton, CO 80160; 888-327-3063.

Parker Senior Center: Provides services to local seniors.

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

Contact: Louise West at 303-841-5370.

PeopleFirst Hospice: Denver hospice.

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

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921

equipment to developing countries around the world.

Need: Groups of 7-15 people to help sort medical supplies; those with medical/clinical backgrounds to become Sort Team Leaders; truck drivers to help pick up donations (no CDL required).

Age Requirements: Ages 15 and older (if a large group of ages 15 and younger is interested, we can try to accommodate different projects).

Location: 10377 E. Geddes Ave., Centennial Contact: Kelyn Anker, 303-792-0729 or 720341-3152; kelynanker@projectcure.org; www. projectcure.org.

Red Cross: Supports the elderly, international causes and social services.

Need: Volunteers to provide support Contact: 303-607-4768 or 303-266-7855 Seniors’ Resource Center: Nonprofit onestop shop of community-based services and care designed to keep seniors independent and at home for as long as possible.

Project CURE: Delivers medical supplies and

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Community service groups push for younger recruits amid membership challenges

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hey help distribute eyeglasses to people in need in other countries. They make sure cancer patients get Valentine’s Day gifts. They light children’s faces up with much-needed school supplies.

They’re the smiling faces at community concerts and other events.

And yet many people have no idea they exist.

“The name is not out there,” said Mike Shaw, a 63-year-old Lakewood resident who volunteers with the Kiwanis Club of Belmar, a local chapter of the international Kiwanis service organization. He didn’t know what Kiwanis was until around the time he joined, now 13 years ago.

Familiar names to older crowds — such as the Rotary and Lions, similarly minded service groups — have been struggling for decades as participation has declined. A bevy of news stories in recent years — and not-so-recent years — has pointed to that trend. As far back as 1992, a New York Times story sounded the alarm about membership decline for various possible reasons, such as Americans staying less rooted in one place or young people possibly feeling like the clubs were “out of synch with the times.”

“On balance, I think the Rotary has declined in membership and has not appealed to younger generation or women,” said Lynn Hoffman, professor of business management at Metropolitan State University of Denver and a Rotary member since 1994. “My particular club has been a little better about getting women and diversity and younger people in, but that’s not true generally.”

One president of a small Lions club in the Northglenn-Thornton area remembers the Lions being much more of a local fixture.

“I can remember as a kid we would have Lions picnics with all the families together,” said Zoe Reese, whose father was a founding member of her club in 1959. Reese felt the club was more connected to the community back then.

Clubs such as Reese’s have experi-

enced shrinking numbers. That trend may be due in part to an aging membership base, something that Rotary clubs in general have experienced and are focusing on, said Gail Lehrmann, a Parker resident and president of the Rotary Club of Parker.

Many members have died or moved away, Reese said of her club.

The overall trend is a loss in clubs in her north Denver metro area, she said, but some, such as in Arvada and Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood, are new or revitalized.

“Yes, it’s smaller, but we ain’t dead yet,” Reese said.

Theories abound on why, including the idea that young people may not identify with an older crowd. Then there’s the societal change that social media has brought about, allowing young people to find connection without the aid of community groups.

“I think (that’s) partially correct there,” Hoffman said. “I don’t think that’s the whole answer, but yes, they’re meeting their social needs totally differently than we are.”

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Chris Coleman, 68, right, speaks during a meeting Jan. 23 of the Kiwanis Club of Belmar at Sunrise Sunset restaurant in Lakewood. Next to her is Jane Braithwaite, 69, past president of the club.

An old bell bearing the logo of Kiwanis International sits at a Jan. 23. meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Belmar. It came from an antique store in Canada, according to club member Mike Shaw. Local clubs generally receive bells from the international organization and ring them at the start and end of their meetings, according to the Belmar club.

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From left, Mike Shaw, 63, of Lakewood; Shirley Otto, 70, of Lakewood; Jane Braithwaite, 69, of the Columbine area; Steve Otto, 69, of Lakewood; and Dominick Breton, 35, of Wheat Ridge, pose next to a banner for the Kiwanis Club of Belmar, a community service organization in Lakewood.

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Dance performance never grows old

“P

eter Pan,” J.M. Barrie’s classic tale, as interpreted by Colorado Ballet, continues through Feb. 9 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver Center for Performing Arts. Check on ticket availability before you go — coloradoballet.org.

Next on the company’s calendar: “Tour de Force” on March 6-8, featuring “Feast of the Gods,” “Celts,” and SONYA’S a world premiere SAMPLER

by Julia Adams and “Ballet Masterworks” April 3-12.

Way high!

“Aureum” is an acrobatic adventure tale coming to Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., at 8 p.m. on Feb. 21. Original Sonya Ellingboe music and choreography bring a time traveler tale …

Tickets: $38-$48: 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Immigration workshop Immigrant Pathways presents “Across Borders: an Active Immigration Workshop” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 1, at Arapahoe Community College, Half Moon Room. The campus is at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Register through Eventbrite, $20, $25. Lunch, snacks, materials included.

Kirkland Museum “Process and Print” will run Feb. 29 to April 5 at the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, 1201 Bannock St., Denver, as part of “Mo’Print,” Denver’s month-long celebration of printmaking. Kirklandmuseum.org, 303-832-8576. Admission is charged for non-members.

Frankie and Johnny Miners Alley Playhouse, 1200 Washington Ave., Golden, presents Terrance McNally’s “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune” through March 1. Performances: 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Warren

Sherrill directs. William Hahn and Jessica Robblee perform. Performances: 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.

Adult language, onstage nudity — for adults. Tickets: minersalley.com, 303-933-3044. Miners Alley also offers good children’s theatre: “Hansel and Gretel” will play Feb. 1-29 on Saturdays at 1 p.m., plus 11 a.m. on Feb. 22, 29. Tickets: $12, 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.

Arapahoe Phil “The Jazz Age: Works by Ellington, Still, Gershwin — plus a selection of Big Band tunes” is the Arapahoe Philharmonic’s concert at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. The orchestra will be joined by students and faculty from Denver School of the Arts.

Tickets: Arapahoe-phil.org/event/ concert-4-the-jazz-age. 303-781-1892.

Fellowship entries sought History Colorado is seeking three individuals for the third annual

Women’s History Fall Fellowship at the Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers Evans House Museum in Denver. Selected fellows will complete their work Sept. 1-Dec. 1, 2020. Part of the Women’s Vote Centennial. Information: h-co.org/ womensfellowship or email: jillianallison@state.co.org, 303-620-4933.

Black History Live Tour Colorado Humanities’ Black History Live Tour will celebrate Rosa Parks, portrayed by actor/scholar Becky Stone, at six metro area presentations Feb. 23-March 3. Two are in our south area: *Feb. 27, 6 p.m. — Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial, and Feb. 28, 2 p.m. at Bemis Public Library. 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Free.

Parker Symphony Works by women composers will be featured by the Parker Symphony Orchestra, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at the PACE Center, 20000 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: 303-805-6800, parkerarts.org.

Memoir recounts longing, looking for birth mother

Seattle author has roots in area around Littleton

Sara Easterly’s book, “Searching for Mom,” is set mostly in Littleton, where she grew up as an adopted child. She held a book discussion and signing at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove on Jan. 12.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sara Easterly recently introduced her newly published memoir, “Searching for Mom,” to an audience at Littleton’s Tattered Cover, where the book sold out. Easterly, a Seattle resident for 20 years, says she still has Littleton area connections and memories: Her dad lives in Castle Pines and her sister is in Highlands Ranch.

When we spoke via phone recently, she recalled growing up in the Littleton area: living on Windermere Way and in Centennial (Highlands 460) and attending Powell Middle School, Arapahoe High School and CSU, where she minored in English, as a start on a broadcast journalism career. “I just didn’t do that,” she continued. “You have to start in a small market …”

Instead, she headed west to Seattle, to work in high-speed data processing, which didn’t work out — and met her husband, which did work out ...

“I consider myself a children’s and young adult author,” she said, adding that she’s presently working on a YA novel. She has worked in publicity for books as a career — and always includes Tattered Cover when planning tours for authors.

She started writing as a young girl, she says in this memoir of growing up an adoptee, with a loving home, but still … She was compelled to seek out her birth mother and be reassured about her origins before she could get on with her adult life

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smoothly. “In adoption circles, there’s a phrase: `living in the fog,’” Easterly said.

“Searching for Mom” opens, sadly, with back-to-back trips for Sara, struggling with her mom’s impending death, searching and finding spiritual help and launching into childhood memories of herself as a 7-year-old, caring for a dying butterfly and discovering her family church and its teachings, as her mother became more involved there … At 9, she was able to express her feeling that her birth mother hadn’t wanted her — “threw her away …”

And her struggle to find that birth mother — and to define “the perfect mother” — stayed with her, despite a loving home and parents who supported her. Her adoptive mother did later give birth to her sister, Amy, who married and had a baby named Kenna, with whom Sara fell in love … and for whom she grieved when a genetic lung disorder took the baby’s life.

Sara married Jeff happily and tried to be a “Perfect Parent” to daughters Violet and Olive, but the search for her mother continued, aided by her loving husband … and an adoption search agency.

It had been a “gray market” adoption, rather than one conducted through an agency, because the mother was only 15 when Sara was born and she was immediately pressured to consider adoption, so conventional

search channels did not work. When that mother was finally located, Sara refused to accept her at first, having dreamed up idealized figures resembling Madonna or Rebeca, a psychologist who headed a group counseling program. Here was a woman who looked like her …

And her adoptive mom really wanted nothing to do with finding the birth mom.

“Couldn’t all three hearts be honored?’ Sara wondered. But as she learned of the obstetrician’s pressure on the young mother, Diane, to give the child up for adoption — and societal pressures, she backed off.

The book continues to its last pages as Sara and Amy travel final days with their mom and Sara finds increasing certainty about her faith.

A contributing factor was a genetic predisposition to a lung disorder, which took baby Kenna and eventually, Sara and Amy’s mom. Later, Sara developed lung problems, and survived a double lung transplant.

Throughout, her faith carried her through and it enters into her final sentence …

“Searching for Mom” by Sara Easterly is available from bookstores.

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Wings Over the Rockies opens drones exhibit STAFF REPORT

With drone applications for home use, entertainment, homeland defense, and more, will people continue to make the critical decisions or will computers take over the controls? Find out in “Drones: Is the Sky the Limit?” the latest traveling exhibition coming to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum.

Over 75 years, drones have evolved from remote-controlled planes used for target practice into versatile and highly specialized aircraft.

As these aircraft fill the skies, they raise concerns about airspace, privacy, and ethics in modern warfare, according to a news release. But these concerns are eclipsed by excitement for their potential: someday drones will explore Mars, serve as pilotless flying taxis, and deliver packages and groceries to our front doors.

Opening Saturday, Feb. 1, “Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?” features real drones, in-depth label paneling, and rich audio-visual content. In addition, it displays a drone racing video interactive, and provides a birds-eye view of the aeronautics, engineering, science, technologies and innovations of one of the most intriguing topics dominating our culture.

Developed by subject experts from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, “Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?”

‘Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?’ features real drones, in-depth label paneling, and rich audio-visual content. The exhibit opens Feb. 1 at Wings Over the Rockies and is included in the price of admission.

COURTESY OF WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES explores the modern phenomenon of drones, their uses throughout history, and the possibilities of the future role that drones will play in our society.

“With drones becoming such a big part of our culture, it’s essential to better understand their evolution and role in contemporary society,” Tom

Zaller of Imagine Exhibitions said in the release.

“Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?” will be open daily to the public through

Friday, May 8 at 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver. The exhibit is included in the price of museum admission. Learn more at WingsMuseum.org/Drones.

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which to give back to the community.

Many of Hoffman’s students said they’d consider joining a service club after graduation, though.

In this era, service clubs have made efforts to cater to younger people who are interested in volunteering but are too busy for weekly meetings.

The Rotary started online “eclubs,” where people can get involved in projects and meet online instead of having meetings physical places, Hoffman said.

For years, branches of clubs for a younger crowd — such as the Rotary’s Interact Clubs for middle- and high- school students and Rotaract for ages 18 to 30 — have made a direct effort to get young people involved, Hoffman said.

And still, all over the metro area, groups as small as four and some large as dozens meet at local restaurants and offer free lunch or breakfast for members, planning their volunteer efforts and enjoying each other’s company.

Shaw’s Belmar Kiwanis club has gone door-to-door at local businesses and makes pitches for recruitment while volunteering at Lakewood events such as the city’s summer concert series. The club hasn’t gotten many bites, but it isn’t giving up.

Dominick Breton, a 35-year-old Wheat Ridge resident who rose up the ranks to become lieutenant governor of a Jefferson County region of Kiwanis clubs, emphasized the importance of service clubs in communities.

“Kids need Kiwanis,” Breton said, echoing a slogan of the club. “We’re all about kids and giving back to the community. It gets you going at the start of your day.”

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Lehrmann chalked it up to society becoming “so fast and so computerized and go-go-go.”

“If I look at what I went through in high school, it doesn’t compare at all to what kids in middle school and high school do now,” said Lehrmann, 68, pointing out that parents in this era support kids’ sports teams and other activities. “Kids have so many more opportunities than I had when I grew up.”

Young people today also face added pressure to succeed economically, possibly pushing them to be busier than youth in past decades were.

Many students at Metropolitan State are in their mid-20s and don’t have time for community service while working and attending school, Hoffman said.

“I know they’re worried about doing as well as their parents. When you ask a class, you get half ” who think they’ll do as well, Hoffman said. “Ten years ago, most people would say yes.”

One of Hoffman’s classes is small — only 10 students — but just two out of that 10 said they’ve heard of clubs such as the Rotary and Kiwanis.

“I think going to school is so stressful for people” that they don’t have time for service, said Eloy Moya, a 22-year-old in Hoffman’s class. “I don’t think it’s the fact that we don’t want to help other people — I just don’t know what those clubs are.”

Moya worked at a nonprofit and noted there are other avenues by

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Periodic fasting gains followers Diet trend calls for long periods without food, despite lack of evidence of benefits

BY CANDICE CHOI ASSOCIATED PRESS

A diet that forbids eating for hours on end might seem doomed in a culture where food is constantly available, but apps and Facebook groups are popping up for people practicing “intermittent fasting.”

Bri Wyatt, a 32-year-old Tennessee resident, tried it last summer.

“At first I was like, there’s no way,” she said.

But after reading more about it, she thought it might not be that hard.

She started by skipping breakfast and nighttime snacks, and later moved on to a 60-day challenge of fasting every other day.

Melissa Breaux Bankston, a Crossfit instructor in New Orleans, Louisiana, also tried intermittent fasting as a way to curb her snacking. “I wanted to limit the amount of time that I was eating,” she said.

Studies on the potential health benefits of intermittent fasting are still limited, including for its effectiveness with weight loss. But many are wondering whether it could help them get in better shape.

When, not what Like other diets, intermittent fasting helps you lose weight by setting boundaries around food. But instead of limiting what you eat, it restricts when you eat.

“It’s really another way of fooling your body into eating less calories,” said Krista Varady, who studies intermittent fasting at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Proponents say intermittent fasting helps with weight loss in other ways. They say it forces your body to start burning its own fat for fuel after depleting the energy it normally gets from food. But any effects would depend on the specific approach you take, and Varady said there isn’t strong evidence yet that intermittent fasting has any unique effects compared with other diets.

Regardless, people should consult their doctor before trying it. It’s not advised for children, people on certain medications and people with a history of eating disorders.

Fasting menu One of the more popular approaches to intermittent fasting is to limit eating to an eight-hour window and to fast during the day’s other 16 hours. This is called time-restricted feeding and isn’t as difficult as other approaches, since the fasting period can include the time

you’re asleep.

Many people tailor the eating window to be shorter or longer. Some eat just one meal a day, while others fast entire days a couple times a week.

On fasting days, people may allow themselves around 600 calories if needed. But Dr. Jason Fung, who has written books on intermittent fasting, says skipping food altogether might actually be easier, since eating small amounts could stimulate appetite.

Whatever the method, people aren’t supposed to gorge when they stop fasting. Fung says it’s a myth that fasting leaves you famished.

Sumaya Kazi, who posts about her intermittent fasting online and offers coaching services on the diet, says it seems more difficult than it is partly because overeating has become the norm. “Intermittent fasting is more of a mental challenge than a physical challenge,” she says.

But people react differently to diets, and fasting may be a lot harder for some than for others, says Dr. Fatima Stanford, a Harvard Medical School obesity specialist.

“There’s no one size fits all,” she said.

Fasting on trial Obesity experts have become interested in intermittent fasting, but studies on the diet are still emerging.

For now, limited research suggests it may not be any better for weight loss than conventional calorie-cutting over the long term.

“Unfortunately, intermittent fasting gets a little hyped,” said Courtney Peterson, who studies the diet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Still, some fasting approaches may be more effective than others. And Peterson notes the difficulty of designing studies that definitively capture a diet’s effects. That’s in part because so many other variables could be at play.

For instance, researchers are looking at whether any benefits of intermittent fasting might be tied to when the eating period falls and fluctuations in how well our bodies process food throughout the day.

Some health experts say intermittent fasting might be too difficult for many people. They point to a study of 100 people where those placed in the alternate-day fasting group lost around the same amount of weight as those on conventional calorie-restriction diets over time. But the fasting group had a dropout rate of 38%, compared with 29% for the conventional diet group.

But intermittent fasting may be easier than other diets for people who already skip meals when they’re too busy, said Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

To make weight loss stick, she said people should pick diets that resemble how they already eat.

“Different diets do work for different people,” she said.

The doctor is in the office. And in your neighborhood.

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Watoto African Children’s Choir: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 at Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock. Concert is a fundraising event for Watoto.

The choir’s members are orphans and other vulnerable children; many of them have suffered the loss of one or both parents and now live in a Watoto village. Go to visitcastlerock.org/archives/ event/watoto-african-childrenschoir?instance_id=523985.

Mission Hygiene Kits: Families will put together kids for those experiencing homelessness in Denver. Supplies needed; drop off Sunday, Feb. 2 or Feb. 9 at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock.

Items needed are regular-sized shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, disposable razors, shaving cream, bars of wrapped soap. Kits will be assembled Feb. 12. Learn more at https://newhopepres.org/nh-events-.

Amahl and the Night Visitors: 7 p.m. Feb. 7-9 in the Sanctuary at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock.

Learn more at https://newhopepres.org/nh-events-. A timeless tale of forgiveness, redemption, and grace. Admission is free.

Daddy Daughter Ball: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock.

This year’s theme is masquerade ball. Dancing, refreshments, prizes and professional photographs.

For tickets and information, and to print the picture order form, go to CRgov.com/ddball20.

Paca Buddies Alpaca: 10 a.m. Feb. 8-9 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Selfie booths, educational seminars, vendors and more. At 2 p.m. each day, a fashion show will display some of the amazing products at the event. Go to http:// www.pacabuddies.org/ index.html

Centennial

The Civil Rights Act: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of federal legislation that outlawed major forms of discrimination against minorities and women. Join Active Minds as we examine the act over 50 years later and evaluate its impact on civil rights in the United States today. Call

Lone Tree

this week’s TOP FIVE Seedlings: Animal Exploration with the Colorado Ballet: 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 4 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Learn how to shake, shimmy, and slide like your favorite animal. Play with props, sing songs, and read fairytales.

Call 720-509-1000 or go to https:// www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Front Range Corridor Paleontology: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Adult lecture series led by Ian Miller from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. RSVP requested. Call 303-805-6800 or email PACEedu@ parkeronline.org. Learn more at http://parkerarts. org/1837/Adult-Lecture-Series.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 at Hampden Hall, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Presented

by Christian Youth Theater. Get tickets and more

303-542-7279 to RSVP. Reduce Your Energy Use: Energy Efficiency as You Age in Place: 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Centennial Public Works Facility, 7272 S. Eagle St., Centennial. Interactive workshop; free LED bulb kits with a solar phone charger while supplies last. Registration required; go to https://www. centennialco.gov/CalendarLanding-Page.

Clay Heart Painting: 5:30-8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6 at SoSu Artist Collective, 2154 E. Commons Ave., #306, Centennial, at the Streets at SouthGlenn. To sign up, email sosuartists@ gmail. com. Presented by the South Suburban Artist Collecitve, a small group of Centennial-area artists.

Onesie Brew Run: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at Halfpenny Brewing Company 5150 E. Arapahoe Rd Unit D1-B, Centennial. For runners and walkers of all paces and ages. Learn more at https://www.rockymountainbrewruns.com/onesie

information at https://www.cytfrontrange.org.

Preparing for a Research Trip: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at the Highlands Ranch Family History Center, 9800 Foothills Canyon Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society program.

Learn how to make the most of your genealogy research trip. Go to https://hrgenealogy.wordpress.com.

Colorado Dulcimer Festival: Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8 at St. James Presbyterian Church, 3601 W. Belleview Ave., Littleton. Two-day festival featuring nationally known instructors from all over the country, teaching hammered and mountain dulcimer from absolute beginners to advanced players.

In the evenings, at 7-9 p.m., our instructors put on concerts featuring these unique instruments, often accompanied by fiddle/guitar and more. Go to www.coloradodulcimerfestival.com.

Englewood

Paris: Biography of a City: noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Join Active Minds for the story of the City of Lights. We will trace the city’s history from its Celtic origins through modern times. In the process, we’ll visit with some of the city’s most colorful characters and notable places, including the Eiffel Tower, which was despised

by Parisians in its day. Call 303762-2660 to RSVP.

Highlands Ranch

ThunderRidge Student Art Show: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Wednesday, Feb. 5 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Winter Cultural Series, Ballet Ariel: 7-8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6 at Cherry Hills Community Church, 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Ballet Ariel performs.

Go to https://hrcaonline. org/about-us/guides-communication/calendar-schedules/ event-details/winter-culturalseries-129

Littleton

Exploring Pastel Painting and Cloudscapes: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Led by Kathy Beekman, a professional artist known as the master finger-paint-

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Non-Surgical Treatments for Joint Pain and Orthopedic Conditions: noon to 1 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 31 at Centeno-Schultz Clinic, 10465 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 105, Lone Tree. Free lunch and learn program. Light lunch provided. RSVP at https:// centenoschultz.com/stem-cellseminar.

Let’s Talk Immigration: 2:304:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Meeting of Littleton Indivisible. Michelle Warren, candidate for Senate, will speak on immigration policy.

Learn more at https://www. meetup.com/Resist-Littleton/ events/267783444 International Guitar Night XX: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Celebrating 20 years of U.S. touring. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www. lonetreeartscenter.org.

er in the west. Learn more and register at http://www. heritageguild.com.

Contact Mary kay Jacobus at mkstudio@ comcast. net.

First Impressions, New Member Show: through Sunday, Feb. 2 at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Show displays the art of the nine new members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild. Go to http://depotartgallery.org.

Cholesterol and Your Heart: 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Register at https:// www.southdenver.com/eventregistration/?ee=9172. Basics of cholesterol and how to manage cholesterol with both medication and natural alternatives.

Lone Tree Sustainability Committee Inaugural Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree. Committee objectives are to influence city policies related to sustainability, educate residents, and take actions to improve Lone Tree.

Shaun Boothe Presents The Unauthorized Biography Series: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Life stories of cultural icons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Malala Yousafzai. Call 720-5091000 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Parker

Cocktails with the Curator from the Denver Art Museum: 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 4 at The PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Members events. For tickets, go to http://www.parkerarts.org.

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Need: Drivers to help transport seniors to doctor’s appointments, the grocery store, the hair salon and more. You choose the areas, days and times that work for you. Seniors live in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties. Mileage reimbursement and excess auto insurance provided. Drivers may use their own car or one provided by the center.

Requirements: Must be able to pass a background check (paid for by the center) and have a good driving record.

Contact: Pat Pierson, 303-332-3840 or ppierson@srcaging.org. Go to www.srcaging.org SMARTS! South Metro Arts Center Need: Help with public relations, marketing to

Spellbinder Storytellers, Douglas County Chapter: Connects the generations through storytelling.

Need: Adults to tell stories to children in schools Age Requirement: Must be 50 and older Contact: Denise Rucks, 303-921-8462 or drrucks@me.com. For other chapters, go to http://spellbinders.org/ South Metro Medical Equipment Loan Closet: Loans durable medical supplies to those 18 and older in the South Metro area.

Need: Volunteers to help answer phones 2-3 times a month for a day. Calls are taken on your cell phone and you make the appointment at the convenience of you and the client to accept donations or hand out equipment Monday

through Friday.

Requirement: Must be 18 or older; periodic training provided as needed.

Contact: Donna Ralston, 720-443-2013.

South Platte Park Need: Help with programs ranging from hikes, overnights, gold panning, sunset canoeing or HawkQuest events Contact: 303-730-1022 Sunset Hospice: Provides end-of-life support.

Need: Volunteer training is from 6-10 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesdays; they also meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every first and third Saturday

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Homeowner Building Class: 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Ask building-related questions to town staff, who will take you through the permit process, explain fees and discuss required inspections. Call 303-841-1970 or go to http:// parkeronline.org/464/Homeowner-BuildingClasses.

Lessons and Lemonade: Cell Phone Photography: 9:30-11 a.m., 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at Parker Hobby Lobby, Mainstreet and Parker Road. Led by Kate Brunetti. All three classes are identical.

Open to ages 9-14 (grades 4-8). Presented by the Parker Artists Guild. Registration required; go to www.parkerartistsguild.com/youthworkshops.

Creative Media Concepts: Podcast: 1-3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8 at Douglas County Libraries

Contact: Jami Martin at 303-693-2105

The Right Step Inc.: Therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with disabilities. Based in Littleton.

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

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

Contact: volunteercoordinator@therightstepinc. org or go to www.therightstepinc.org. in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Learn how to produce, market and distribute your podcast from an industry professional. Recommended for ages 15-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

“Matilda, the Musical”: on stage through Feb. 9 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Inspired by the Roald Dahl novel about an extraordinary girl who, armed with wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers, takes a stand. Get tickets at https://parkerarts.org.

When Will They See Us? on display through March 11 at the PACE Center Art Gallery, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tya Anthony, Rochelle Johnson, Autumn Thomas, Ella Marie Ray, and Brigitte Thomas shine a light on contemporary issues for black women artists. Go to https:// parkerarts.org.

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Aiden Okamura has been taking part in sport for 13 years

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iden Okamura is in his 13th season of wrestling and still learning.

Okamura, a 126-pound senior on the ThunderRidge team, was sixth at last year’s Class 5A state tournament and is out to improve this season.

“This is my 13th year of wrestling,” said Okamura. “My dad just kind of put me in it and at first I didn’t want to wrestle at all. I just kind of got a love for the sport the more I did it.

“I learn every day in practice. I definitely want to place higher at state this season. I have a lot of goals that I haven’t finished in my high school career and placing higher in state is just one of them.”

COACH’S TAKE: ‘He is the most accomplished wrestler in our practice room. He is a silent leader in the room. He sets example for younger guys.’

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Q&A with Okamura Who is your favorite athlete and why?

Patrick Mahomes. He is a great team leader and an allaround good athlete.

What music do you listen to before a match and why?

Hip-hop music because it gets me pumped up for my match.

What or who motivates you most to excel in sports?

Definitely my Dad (Kyle), and my grandpa (Randy) is always there for me and I try to do good for him.

What is your favorite class in school and why?

Math. I have just always been better at math than writing.

What do you like to do away from wrestling and school?

I like to hang out with my friends.

What are your plans after high school?

I definitely want to go to college for wrestling. I am talking to a couple coaches but I yet don’t know what I want to do either.

What is your favorite TV show?

“Hawaii Five-O” because I just love cops. My dad is a cop and I just love cop shows.

What is the toughest thing about wrestling for you?

The mentality and your mental toughness. If you don’t step out on the mat thinking that you can win the match, you are not going to win the match.

How hard is it to be the leader in the practice room?

I just try lift up those around me to be the best that they can be.

Key stats | Okamura, ranked fifth among 5A 126-pound wrestlers in the Week 7 On The Mat rankings, was 19-5 and champion of the Lewis-Palmer and Legend tournaments.

ometimes for Rocky Beers and his sister Raegan, it is difficult not to bring what happens on the basketball court home with them.

Rocky, a 6-foot-6 senior, and Raegan, a 6-3 sophomore, are having good seasons so far for the Valor Christian boys and girls basketball teams.

However, often OVERTIME what happens on the basketball floor winds up coming home.

“Usually when we get home we talk about our school day and our practice and what happened because we Jim Benton didn’t see each other’s practice, so we talk about what happened,” said Raegan, who is averaging 14.6 points and 9.3 rebounds for the Eagles.

“A lot of it goes home,” agreed Rocky, who was a tight end on the football team and is scoring 7.9 points and grabbing 8.5 rebounds for the basketball team. “College basketball is always on our TV at home.”

“We’re a pretty close family so we tell each other pretty much everything about what is going on, mostly basketball,” added Raegan. “Usually all the stuff about basketball comes home.”

Both admit to being competitive with each other.

“Yeah we are competitive,” said Raegan. “We race to everything to who is going to shower first or who eats what first and like who gets the leftovers.”

Both almost simultanously utter that Rocky is usually first.

The siblings got to watch each other play several times during the preseason but not during the Jeffco conference season because of scheduling.

So what is the reaction when they do watch the other play?

Are there positive or negative responses?

“I get to see most of her tournaments during the offseason,” said Rocky. “That’s pretty fun. For me it’s more like healthy criticism, like `you could do this better’ or it’s like `hey, make your free throws.’

“For her, she is more encouraging.”

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Honor roll Each week performances of South Metro athletes and teams will be highlighted. This week’s performances were selected from games, matches, meets held between Jan. 17 and Jan. 23.

Andrew O’Conner and JT Waufle each had two goals in Chaparral’s 7-0 hockey win over Steamboat Springs on Jan. 20 that saw Wolverines goalie Evan Crawford make 14 saves.

Lyndsey Wehr won the 50 (23.91) and 100 (52.67) freestyle events to help Arapahoe’s girls swim team finish first on Jan. 18 at the Arapahoe Warrior Invite.

Mountain Vista’s girls basketball team, led by 16 points from senior MacKenzie Gamble, shot 55% from the field on Jan. 23 in a 67-30 win over Castle View.

Junior Nolan Marold scored 18 points as the ThunderRidge boys basketball team rallied in the second half to down Douglas County, 64-50, on Jan. 23.

Julian Hammond III made 11 of 16 field goal attempts and had 26 points as Cherry Creek’s boys basketball team edged Eaglecrest, 60-57, on Jan. 22.

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.

Aspen, an Australian cattle dog mix from Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue, will compete to win the Lombarky trophy STAFF REPORT

An Australian cattle dog mix from Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue will represent Colorado in the 2020 Animal Planet Puppy Bowl XVI. Aspen was born in May 2019. She and her seven littermates were found in Gallup, New Mexico, where their mother dug a hideout for them near the river and train tracks, according to a news release. They along with their mother, Molly Mae, were transferred to Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue at one week of age.

They all grew big and strong in their foster homes. Aspen’s siblings have since found homes. Aspen will be available for adoption after Super Bowl Sunday.

Based in Broomfield, Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue is the only rescue representing Colorado this

Aspen, an Australian cattle puppy from Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue, will represent Colorado in the 2020 Animal Planet Puppy Bowl XVI. COURTESY PHOTO year in the Puppy Bowl. Since August 2010, Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue’s mission is to save cats, kit-

tens, puppies and adult dogs from being euthanized in overcrowded kill shelters. They place these rescues with foster families until they are adopted to their forever homes.

The rescue promotes its mission through education about spaying and neutering, proper exercise, feeding, grooming, training and always adopting first. Combined with its NM Spay It Forward Spay Neuter Program, the rescue’s transfers and adoptions have brought over 8,000 animals to safety.

Aspen will be one of seven puppies to be featured in the Puppy Bowl’s behind the scenes “Pup Close and Personal” segments. Aspen’s segment was filmed on a trail in Estes Park. In years past, 100 percent of the puppies and kittens that have participated in the Puppy Bowl have been adopted.

Animal Planet continues this tradition this year with a new set of animals that are ready to tumble and fumble into their new homes across the nation. While we will be sure to keep score of touchdowns and puppy penalties, these pups playing the game are sure to go big and go home.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0242

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/2/2019 11:10:00 AM 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.

Original Grantor: Barbara Leger Clark Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Primelending, a Plainscapital Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/4/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 9/9/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015065089 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $292,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $274,890.73 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: failed to make the monthly mortgage payments as required by the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust.

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 165, ACRES GREEN FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 195 Olympus Cir, Littleton, CO 80124-2817 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.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Trustees Highlands Ranch

NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0243 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/2/2019 10:25:00 AM 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.

Original Grantor: JACK W HAWKINS, CARYLON S HAWKINS, AND JEFFREY W. ZALESAK Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/6/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 10/8/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003148414 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $199,599.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $137,561.27 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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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 38, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO 8, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9189 South Woodland Drive, 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, March 25, 2020, 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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 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.

First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 12/2/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Dated: 12/2/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

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

ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 19-023119

SANDRA J. NETTLETON Colorado Registration #: 42411 3600 SOUTH BEELER STREET SUITE 330, DENVER, COLORADO 80237 Phone #: (303) 353-2965 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO190136

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0242 First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0243

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/2/2019 10:25:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2019-0243 First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0224 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/6/2019 10:54:00 AM 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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Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0224

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0240

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To Whom It May Concern: On 11/22/2019 3:46:00 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.

Original Grantor: Amy M. Webb Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc., its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/17/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 9/29/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009075775 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $199,450.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $159,185.92

Original Grantor: LARA M. NARDELL AND KEVIN L. NARDELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, RELATING TO HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE TRUST SERIES 2007-2, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/8/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 8/28/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006073753 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $81,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $55,083.99

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/6/2019 10:54:00 AM 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.

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: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 15, BLOCK 2, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 89-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8898 Chestnut Hill Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 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 26, 2020, 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.

First Publication: 1/2/2020 Last Publication: 1/30/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/7/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ERIN CROKE Colorado Registration #: 46557 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-19-871451-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0224 First Publication: 1/2/2020 Last Publication: 1/30/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0240 To Whom It May Concern: On 11/22/2019 3:46:00 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.

Original Grantor: LARA M. NARDELL AND KEVIN L. NARDELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRON-

Public Trustees

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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 37, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 84-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2105 Weatherstone Circle , 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, March 11, 2020, 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.

First Publication: 1/16/2020 Last Publication: 2/13/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/25/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 19-022981 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0240 First Publication: 1/16/2020 Last Publication: 2/13/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0244 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/2/2019 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.

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0244

Public Trustees

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/2/2019 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.

Original Grantor: My Dung Thi Tran AND Chap Le Original Beneficiary: KeyBank National Association Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: KeyBank National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/3/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 4/17/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006031644 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $60,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $59,332.38

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: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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: A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE S T A T E O F C O L O R A D O , C O U N T Y OF DOUGLAS, WITH A STREET LOCATION ADDRESS OF 4911 MONTVALE DR; HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80130-6902 CURRENTLY OWNED BY CHAP VANLE AND MYDUNG T TRAN HAVING A TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF 0428081 AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK/PAGE OR DOCUMENT NUMBER 9970 DATED 2/3/2006 AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOT 189 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 122-Q 0.179 AM/L. Which has the address of: 4911 Montvale Dr, Littleton, CO 80130 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, March 25, 2020, 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.

First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/2/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: STEVEN BELLANTI Colorado Registration #: 48306 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-19-874144-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0244 First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0245

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First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/9/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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Public Trustees

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0245

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/6/2019 4:30:00 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.

Original Grantor: YVETTE R PAULSEN AND SHAWN C PAULSEN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MICHIGAN MUTUAL, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/24/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 7/28/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015052899 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $333,841.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $325,535.46

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 86, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10264 Cherryhurst 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, March 25, 2020, 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.

First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/9/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

RANDALL CHIN Colorado Registration #: 31149 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000008591174

RANDALL CHIN Colorado Registration #: 31149 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000008591174 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0245 First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A public hearing will be held on February 11, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. before the Board of County Commissioners, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO for approval of an agricultural lease between Douglas County and Mountain View Farms and Ranches LLP for approximately 107 acres of land located on Open Space Tract H of High Prairie International Polo Club (aka Two Bridges) in Section 25, T7S R66W. For more information call Douglas County Open Space & Natural Resources (303) 660-7495.

Legal Notice No.: 936580 First Publication: January 30, 2020 Last Publication: January 30, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements 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 February 23, 2020, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Chato’s Concrete, LLC for the 2019 Sidewalk Repair and Curb Ramp Retrofit Project, CI2019-011 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Chato’s Concrete, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 February 23, 2020, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Bids and Settlements

Failure on the part of 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: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Legal Notice No.: 936496 First Publication: January 23, 2020 Second Publication: January 30, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for 2020 CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT; Douglas County Project Number CI 2020-004 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, February 18, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the removal and replacement of concrete pavement throughout Douglas County mainly on Crowfoot Road.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 27, 2020, 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, February 5, 2020, 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 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.

The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • 10,050 Sq. Yards Concrete Pavement • 620 Ton Aggregate Base Course Shouldering • Removal and Replacement of Pavement Markings • Removal and Replacement of Delineators 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.

Failure on the part of 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.

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 Engineer at 303.660.7490.

Bids and Settlements

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No.: 936497 First Publication: January 23, 2020 Second Publication: January 30, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184 Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for BELFORD AVENUE PHASE 2 PROJECT; CI 2020-011 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, February 25, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the removal and replacement of the eastern limits of Belford Avenue to Peoria Street in Douglas County.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020, 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, February 12, 2020, 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, February 18, 2020.

The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • 15,616 sq. yd. 9-inch Concrete Pavement • 7,659 Ln. Ft. of Concrete Curb and Gutter • 5,216 tons Aggregate Base Course • Sprinkler Work • 438 SF Pavement Marking 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 Engineer at 303.660.7490.

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No.: 936577 First Publication: January 30, 2020 Second Publication: February 6, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No.: 936497 First Publication: January 23, 2020 Second Publication: January 30, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

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Highlands Ranch Herald 31 Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - CITADEL STATION ASSOCIATES AKA CITADEL STATION ASSOCIATES, A COLORADO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - KW LANE LTD - RIO STAR LLC - THE DENVER BRICK COMPANY AKA THE DENVER BRICK COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION - CT CORPORATION SYSTEM AS REGISTERED AGENT FOR THE DENVER BRICK COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION - ED WATSON AS SR VP OF PRODUCTION OF THE DENVER BRICK COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION - DAVID H FEINBERG AS PRESIDENT OF W D DEVELOPMENT CORP GENERAL PARTNER OF CITADEL STATION ASSOCIATES, A COLORADO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - THE DENVER BRICK COMPANY, A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O ACME BRICK COMPANY - WD DEVELOPMENT INC AKA W D DEVELOPMENT CORP - RUSSELL N WATTERSON JR AS REGISTERED AGENT FOR WD DEVELOPMENT INC AKA W D DEVELOPMENT CORP - ATTN: CHARLIE J SMITH BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK LLP

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: ALL MIN INT IN PART E1/2NE1/4 10-8-67 & PART W1/2NW1/4 11-8-67 MIN INT = 13.00 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of CITADEL STATION ASSOCIATES for said year 2011

That on the 28th day of October 2019 said DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER assigned said certificate of purchase to KW LANE LTD.

That said KW LANE LTD on the 28th day of October 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 14th day of May 2020 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 30th day of January 2020 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 936524 First Publication: January 30, 2020 Last Publication: February 13, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer at 303.660.7490.

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*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Legal Notice No.: 2019-0245 First Publication: 1/30/2020 Last Publication: 2/27/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his 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 February 23, 2020, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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