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Answering the call to kindness

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Redstone Elementary students participate in national challenge

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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tudents at Redstone Elementary School in Highlands Ranch took part in the Great Kindness Challenge, a national call for compassion, the week of Jan. 27.

Each day, the school hosted spirit days to highlight the acts of generosity completed by their students.

The challenge, organized by a nonprofit founded in California, comes with a checklist of acts of kindness.

The list includes things like picking up trash, complimenting someone and hugging a friend.

“Our students have been challenged to do acts of kindness throughout the week,” according to a statement from the school.

On the morning of Jan. 31, the last day of the school week, students were greeted with music and high-fives from local police officers and firefighters.

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February 6, 2020F

Douglas County awards more school safety grants Two charter schools and one private school receive grant money

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County approved agreements with three more local schools on Jan. 28 as it continued awarding grant money aimed at making students in the county safer. School leaders grew emotional thanking the board for the grants, stating projects would not be possible without them.

Commissioners launched the grant program following a fatal shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in May. The one-time, $10 million offer was available to be split among private, charter and district neighborhood schools for either mental health programming or the physical security of their buildings.

The county already awarded the

Douglas County School District $6.8 million to work on projects and programming at its 91 schools, including charter schools.

On Jan. 28, the board awarded American Academy $259,636, Platte River Academy $331,605 and Southeast Christian School $263,337.

American Academy is a K-8 charter school enrolling 2,700 students across its three campuses, one in Castle Pines and two in Parker. The K-8 charter school Platte River Academy enrolls 486 students and is based in Highlands Ranch.

All of both schools’ grant dollars will go toward the physical security of buildings. Details of the projects have not been made public by the county to prevent exposing sensitive information about security.

Mike Munier, director of strategy and development at Platte River, choked up talking about the school’s plans, which he said were formed roughly two years ago but were not possible before the county launched this grant process.

“Platte River Academy is going to be a safer place and this summer we’re going to completely remodel the front end of our school and create a very secure place for our children and staff,” he said. “Securing the perimeter, or in this case, securing our facility is one of the critical things that we can do to allow us to be safe.”

Southeast Christian is a private school in Parker enrolling 450 students in preschool through eighth grade. It will conduct an emotional resilience program with the funds at a cost of $14,600. That leaves $248,737 of its grant for physical security projects.

Southeast Principal Nathan Teigland said he has already met with mental health providers to discuss rolling out the school’s projects. He thanked commissioners for including private schools and thanked commissioners for swift action following the shooting at STEM. “I have three of my own in school with me and I know what it’s like to hear the questions from second-

graders about safety, and I hear these things younger and younger and younger,” he said.

Commissioner Lora Thomas thanked Teigland for representing private schools at the meeting. She said commissioners initially “took some heat” for including private schools in the grant process, which awarded the grants using public tax dollars.

“We didn’t understand how a child who went to a private school was different from any other child,” she said.

Board Chairman Roger Partridge thanked the schools for their hours dedicated to the grant process, and Commissioner Abe Laydon said the school officials’ compliments mean “the world to us.”

“I’m incredibly honored to be here serving with my fellow commissioners that are actually doing more than words,” Laydon said. “They’re putting their hearts into action and making a significant difference for the mental health and physical school security of these schools.”

Governor, commissioners address county business leaders Elected officials point to highlights from 2019, goals for 2020

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Gov. Jared Polis and the Douglas County commissioners spoke to local business leaders during the Chamber of Northwest Douglas County annual breakfast Jan. 31, emphasizing their points of pride from the previous year’s work and outlining priorities for the coming one.

Polis focused on his goals of reducing both health care costs and income tax and improving air quality.

“We also continue to work on growing our green energy economy,” he said. “The Denver area was just rated the fourth worst in the country for air quality, so we want to approach that in a number of ways.”

Polis also highlighted a recent designation awarded to the county.

“There’s so much exciting work that we need to keep doing to keep our state moving and to keep our economy moving, and I look forward to working with all of our great partners in the healthiest county in the state of Colorado,” he said.

Commissioners Lora Thomas, Roger Partridge and Abe Laydon took the stage to give a presentation about their recent work in the county.

They began by showing a list of their top priorities: historic and natural resources, transportation, public safety, health and human services and economic foundations.

“The three of us have decided that we are going to allocate your tax dollars to these five priorities,” Thomas said.

Laydon outlined specifics regarding upcoming and ongoing traffic projects, adding that C-470 is slated to be completed by June.

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“We have avoided taking anyone to jail or to an emergency room,” Thomas said.

The commissioners also discussed their legislative priorities this year, including splitting the 18th Judicial District and adding a three-digit mental health phone line for the state.

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February 6, 2020

Centennial Water election could broaden board base Change would not cause rates to change or alter service area

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Directors of the Centennial Water and Sanitation District voted Jan. 27 to hold an inclusion election in May to expand its boundary.

If approved by voters, the district’s service area would not change. Instead, it would broaden the communities where residents are eligible to be board members for the water district.

Currently, only residents living in some areas of Highlands Ranch are able to serve as representatives.

“Expanding the boundaries would give all residents the opportunity to serve as board members,” according to a release from the water district.

Mirabelle Metro District, which is west of Highlands Ranch, has always been a part of the Centennial

Water and Sanitation service area, but it never had any properties until now, director of finance Stephanie Stanley said. Shea Homes recently began building Solstice, a 380-acre development that will have about 1,100 homes.

The infrastructure for delivering services to these newly constructed homes is already in place, district spokesperson Sherry Eppers said.

The inclusion would not have any financial impact on residents, Stanley said.

“Rates and fees are reviewed annually and will continue to increase over time due to inflation, capital replacement and regulatory requirements,” according to the release.

The master-planned community always intended to complete the inclusion once the area was at or near buildout, Stanley said.

The first election for new board members would be in May 2022, according to the release.

The inclusion election will be May 5 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hendrick Office Building, 62 Plaza Drive.

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February 6, 2020F

Request for gun violence awareness week spurs debate County commissioners reject plea for proclamation

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Roughly a dozen women sat in the front row at the Jan. 28 Douglas County Board of Commissioners meeting, their arms wrapped around one another for support, their eyes fixed steadily on commissioners, as they readied to share their experiences with gun violence.

Nara Altmann told how the May 7 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch traumatized her family. The sounds of screams and gunfire left her daughter, then in sixth grade, afraid of fireworks, she told Colorado Community Media.

“She’s doing OK,” Altmann, of Lone Tree, said. But “the main issue is establishing trust.”

The women were there to to urge commissioners to formally recognize National Gun Violence Survivors Awareness Week, which runs from Feb. 1-8, saying it honors victims and spurs community conversations. The board, however, said no, fearing the proclamation could be a lightning rod sparking contentious gun debates.

“Gun violence is real,” said Commissioner Abe Laydon — who lost a close friend in a recent fatal shooting — in a Jan. 30 email in response to questions about the board’s concerns from Colorado Community Media. “The individuals that spoke at our hearing were heard by name and we grieved alongside them with our hearts open. That said, ceremonial statements on gun violence prevention can be highly polarizing and prevent productive dialogue.”

But Sue Tassaddikari, who came to support the proclamation in honor of her grandson, a STEM freshman during the shooting that

gun violence,” Highlands Ranch resident Jenny Guenther, a co-leader of Moms Demand Action in Douglas County, told commissioners at the meeting. “You will acknowledge all of the gun violence survivors in our county, regardless of political affiliation or ideology.”

Saying it hoped to honor all crime victims, the Republican board ‘Deeply impacted’ instead proposed a plan to pass a The group who attended the proclamation in April recognizing Jan. 28 meeting included mothNational Crime Victims’ Rights ers, relatives and close friends of Week, which includes victims of children killed, injured or nearly gun crimes but hurt in shootalso those of ings. Most are any crime. Such Douglas County a proclamaresidents who tion, they said, discussed shootwould be more ing incidents inclusive of in the county. all victims of One mother told violence. about her son’s In a Jan. 14 death in Aurora. statement to Another woman Guenther and in and her family conversations were neighbors with Laydon, and friends of however, comTy Tesoriero, a 10-year-old killed Jenny Guenther, missioners also said they by his father speaking to the Douglas County wanted to avoid in a September murder-suicide Board of Commissioners politicizing gun violence in Lone Tree. A by declaring few are involved the awareness in national gun week. violence preven“We also recognize that despite tion groups. best intentions,” the statement said, Beyond their personal stories, “requests can also fall prey to unthe group believes high-profile gun necessary politicization.” violence incidents in the county Guenther first asked commissionpoint to a local problem that needs ers for the proclamation in Decemattention. ber. The board intially responded The December 2017 shooting through its office manager, who said death of Deputy Zackari Parrish the board believed in “calling out by a mentally ill Highlands Ranch the rights of all victims, not just resident, multiple murder-suicides victims of gun violence,” and would of parents and children and other do so in April. tragedies that didn’t grab headlines Guenther responded, asking comall shook the community in addition missioners to reconsider. Commisto the STEM attack, they said. sioners then co-authored the state“Douglas County has been deeply ment sent via Laydon, maintaining impacted by the ripple effects of killed one student and injured eight others, strongly disagreed. Her eyes brimmed with tears at the board’s rejection.

“Anything that the community can do for anybody that’s a survivor of gun violence of any type,” she said, “is a positive thing.”

‘I feel like we need to change the narrative so that talking about gun violence doesn’t need to be political.’

WHAT IS EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY?

Everytown for Gun Safety launched a campaign to shine a light the stories of gun violence victims in 2019 with the release of its report, “A Nation of Survivors: The Toll of Gun Violence in America.”

The national gun violence prevention organization was co-founded in 2006 under a different name by 14 mayors, including then-mayor of New York City, Mike Bloomberg, now a Democratic presidential candidate who has made gun control one of his top platforms. The group merged with Moms Demand Action, founded by Shannon Watts, in 2013 to form Everytown.

According to Everytown, by each February, the United States counts more gun deaths than other high-income nations experience in an entire calendar year.

Everytown for Gun Safety partners with its branches Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action to recognize National Gun Violence Survivors Week.

Year round, the groups advocate heavily for gun control measures. On Jan. 27, the organization’s support fund announced it would pour $60 million into 2020 elections. Among plans are trying to flip seats in the U.S. Senate. A memo detailing the spending initiative names Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner as an “initial target,” among other elected officials. their position.

The women said they felt the board’s suggestion excluded gun violence survivors who were not victims of a crime — such as accidental shootings or suicides. They also didn’t want gun violence combined with other crime victims.

Guenther and other members particularly criticized the board’s stance that the proclamation would politicize gun violence. The proclamation does not discuss gun rights or gun control.

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February 6, 2020

Douglas County School District weighs capacity solutions Some facilities in urgent need of seats, district officials say

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District is growing, and as it plans to address issues with capacity among its schools, it asked for the community’s input.

The district recently completed a survey open to the entire community and more than 15,300 people responded.

Most respondents, about 78%, were

parents. Teachers and students were the next biggest participants. Roughly 2,000 teachers and 1,500 students completed the survey.

Participants weighed five different ways the district could address capacity issues in coming years.

Those were: constructing new buildings and/or adding portable classrooms, modifying neighborhood boundaries, moving the sixth grade out of crowded elementary schools and into middle schools, expanding the number of K-8 schools, or using open enrollment policies.

The most favored options were new construction or using portables, modifying boundaries and using poli-

cies to manage enrollment, according to survey results presented to the school board on Jan. 21. At least 80% of participants agreed or strongly agreed with those three options.

Students, parents and teachers all showed the least support for expanding the number of K-8 schools.

“The K-8 scenario was less favored but not dismally so,” said Shannon Bingham of Western Demographics Inc. Participants who attended schools that already place the sixth grade in a middle school were more likely to support this option and those where the sixth grade is in elementary schools were not.

Parents’ and teachers’ top option

was modifying boundaries — 90% of teachers agreed or strongly agreed with this scenario — while students’ favorite option was new construction or portables.

Bingham also broke down results by geographic area. Respondents were asked to note where they live so the board can understand which options are most supported in different areas of the district.

Most survey respondents came from Highlands Ranch, Parker or Castle Rock. Support for moving the sixth grade was strong in Parker, Castle Pines and Franktown.

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February 6, 2020F

Metro District chooses location for senior center

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Highlands Ranch Parkway facility will be built by Ridgeglen Way

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Highlands Ranch is one step closer to having an estimated 30,000-square-foot senior center after the metro district’s board of directors voted on its location Jan. 28.

The $12 million project will be built at Highlands Ranch Parkway and Ridgeglen Way. In September, metro district staff provided three feasible options to the board of directors, including the option on Highlands Ranch Parkway, one on Plaza Drive and another near Toepfer Park.

The board of directors waited to decide on the location after General Manager Terry Nolan brought up the need for a community survey.

The survey, originally slated to take at least six months, was expedited and only took about four.

The results of the survey, completed by National Research Center, were shared during the Jan. 28 meeting. The questions covered a variety of topics, including quality of life, snow removal and the need for a senior center.

One question, which asked if the

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respondents felt the metro district already has adequate senior facili-

ties, was met with contention by the audience and directors. Most respondents agreed the community has enough facilities, according to this survey question.

Director Mark Dickerson wondered if this was because respondents weren’t clear on the difference between the metro district and the Highlands Ranch Community Association.

“I think we as a board are left with a squishy number here,” he said.

Director Allen Dreher pointed out

that regardless of the responses to that question, according to the survey about half of the respondents n said they felt that adding a new v senior center is essential or very c important. Another question asked t if respondents support construction D of the senior center, which wouldn’t t result in a tax increase. Nearly 80% v said they support it at least somes what.

Older residents and women were f more supportive of the project than t younger people and men, according d to the survey.

Respondents, who were randomly P selected from registered voters, g also ranked what services they d would like to see in a senior center. Top priorities included fitness l h rooms and informal spaces for r socializing. o Following the presentation on survey responses, the board of di- s rectors unanimously voted to begin c r the project on Highlands Ranch Parkway. s A large group of seniors in the audience responded to the directors’ p p vote with a round of applause. w “All of the seniors in Highlands Ranch will appreciate the fact that t you’re moving forward,” Sue From- z f melt, senior club vice president, said to the board. “We’re excited.” a t The next steps will be to select architects and a construction team, t o Nolan said.

“I think that you’ll be able to c appropriate funds for design in D March,” Nolan said. “It might be P April.” a While a full timeline is still S uncertain, the entire project will likely take more than two years to o complete, a spokesperson with the t a metro district said.

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“I feel like we need to change the narrative so that talking about gun violence doesn’t need to be political,” said Guenther, who learned of the awareness week through Moms Demand Action, a branch of Everytown for Gun Safety, a national gun violence prevention organization.

But, she said, she was not representing the organization in asking for the proclamation and she and the others came as individual residents and survivors.

an election year,” Preuhs said.

How an awareness week is recognized is up to individual communities that proclaim it, Guenther said.

And she doesn’t believe the organizations’ advocacy work should cloud the group’s mission of declaring National Gun Violence Survivors Week in Douglas County, which is to honor survivors, she said.

“It’s become so political we can’t talk about it,” she said. “That’s why we did not come to them as members of Mom Demand Action.”

‘That follows you forever’ The women left the Jan. 28 meeting feeling frustrated and unheard.

“Having one week of remembrance would give survivors time Political implications and place to honor ourselves and Politics around gun control and our experience,” said Stacie Penar, a gun violence issues, however, is Highlands Ranch resident. difficult to ignore in largely RepubThe group’s criticism in general lican Douglas County, which has struck a chord with commissioners, historically shown support for gun who spent months after the STEM rights. The three commissioners shooting working on initiatives to often rely on the county’s citizen boost safety and security in local survey, which shows a divided schools. county when it comes to Colorado’s Commissioner Lora Thomas listed red flag law. many of the In the 2019 board’s efforts survey, 53% of and disputed participants supany notion the ported the law, county was not a which allows the statewide leader temporary seiin student safety. zure of firearms Three weeks from someone after the STEM a judge deems shooting, the to be a threat to board announced themselves or a grant process others. splitting $10 milRobert Preuhs, lion in one-time chair of the funds among Department of local schools, Political Science she noted. It at Metropolitan a comState University Stacie Penar, launched munity response of Denver, said Highlands Ranch resident team, which the national pairs a law enand state polarforcement officer ization on gun with a mental violence “tends health clinician, to work with to bleed down into local politics as youths at home and school. It also well.” approved more than $330,000 to pay “Gun control is a really salient for more school resource officers in issue, so it becomes even more obvithe district. All show the board has ous to those decision makers that been focused on solutions to gun there are potentially repercussions violence, she said. to making decisions like this,” he Commissioners thanked the said of the awareness week. women for sharing their stories and He predicted most of the county asked them to participate in the would have been fine with the April awareness week. proclamation or not have seen the “We just pray for your hearts to be political implications, although a healed however they can be,” board vocal constituency would have most Chairman Roger Partridge said. likely raised those concerns in com“Thank you for speaking up today.” missioner meetings and electoral But Tassaddikari wanted more politics. Some ideas to avoid politics than thanks. She wanted greater could be to declare a similar awareacknowledgment for survivors. ness week during different dates She tears up thinking about her and under a different name, he said, grandson listening to a lockdown or designate a remembrance site to warning playing on a loop in his honor gun violence victims. classroom as the sound of screams Preuhs also noted 2020 is an elecand gunshots echoed through the tion year — two Douglas County school on that May day. commissioner seats are up for elecAlthough he still has difficulty tion — and the state legislative seswith sirens and loud noises, “I sion is likely to include gun issues, think he’s doing OK now,” she said. including continued debate of the “But he will always be a survivor red flag law, raising the stakes when of a gun shooting. That follows you it comes to gun issues. forever.”

“You just can’t escape politics in

‘Having one week of remembrance would give survivors time and place to honor ourselves and our experience.’

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A perfect place for those who love cats and toes rnest Hemingway kept six-toed cats at his home, now a museum, in Key West, Florida.

They’re called “polydactyl

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The Ernest QUIET Hemingway Home and Museum current- DESPERATION ly has 40-50 polydactyl cats roaming around.

Cats normally have five front toes and four back toes.

Six-toed cats were often taken on ships for two reasons: They were good at ridding rodents, and they Craig Marshall were thought to be lucky.

Smith Hemingway was given his first polydactyl cat, named Snow White, by a ship captain.

In general, people are thought to prefer dogs or cats, not both.

I prefer dogs, and I prefer a specific breed. I am on my fourth (and final) Dachshund.

I don’t hold much with folklore, as fascinating as it is. I doubt if Hexe, Badger, Smitty or Harry have brought me greater luck than the fortune of knowing them.

Harry has allergies. Determining what they were was expensive.

Bloodwork was done and sent to a laboratory in Mesa, Arizona. The results came back in a book that looked like the one Ralph Edwards used to read from on “This Is Your Life.”

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The dry and hard food cannot be purchased without a prescription.

He takes a pill a day too.

None of this has brought me luck.

But, as I said, knowing him does.

How does your dog or cat look to you these days?

My guess is your dog or cat looks better than ever.

Harry and I read the newspaper together each and every morning.

I look at the front page and moan, groan, mumble and mutter, and all he does is give me two brown eyes that shine with the bliss of joyful ignorance.

Ignorance in the sense he is uninformed.

Harry is smart, but he’s not in the

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Honor victims and heroes My family has lived in Douglas County for seven years. My 12-yearold daughter is a survivor of the STEM shooting. Recently, the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners rejected the proposal to declare the first week of February National Gun Violence Survivors Week.

We protect ourselves and those we love from pain and it’s only natural that we avoid acknowledging the threat and long-lasting traumatic and ripple effects of gun violence. This creates an invisible wall that inhibits many survivors to share their stories and the community to show empathy when others risk sharing.

A Gun Violence Survivor Week would eliminate the wall by providing a place in time for the community to heal together honoring victims and survivors of gun violence.

Just as the directors of the movie “After Parkland” stayed with the community as opposed to simply showing up, as they had done many times before covering mass shootings, I am asking if you will stay with gun violence survivors for this first week of February. Will you extend your compassion regardless of where each one of us stands in the gun rights debate? Acknowledging the pain of a community does not take away from honoring concealed weapon owners who have saved people. Our community has the capacity to honor both

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victims and heroes, for our capacity for compassion and gratitude is stronger than our differences in opinion.

Commissioners are not extending their compassion through a proclamation, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t.

Nara Altmann Lone Tree What about the state constitution?

When reading the news article online regarding the Douglas County commissioners granting public taxpayer money to Douglas County schools, something caught my eye.

News reporter Jessica Gibbs writes that approximately $250,000 has been given to Southeast Christian in Parker. Will additional private religious schools be receiving public tax dollars?

The Colorado State Constitution is very clear. Article IX, Section 7, titled “Aid to private schools, churches, sectarian purpose, forbidden,” states that no county may pay from any public fund or moneys whatsoever to any school control by any church or religious denomination. The Colorado Constitution is silent regarding the end use of any public funds, but is very clear that any distribution is forbidden.

So I have a question for the three Douglas County commissioners — SEE LETTERS, P9

Top Ten. Here’s the list: Border Collie, Poodle, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Doberman Pinscher, Shetland Sheepdog, Labrador Retriever, Papillon, Rottweiler and Australian Cattle Dog. Dogs at the bottom of the list will be listed at the bottom of the column.

As for cats?

Who cares?

Oh, OK: Abyssinian, Burmese, Cornish Rex, Siamese, Scottish Fold and Eartha Kitt.

Remember Cat Stevens?

He was born Steven Demetre Georgiou. He changed his name to Cat Stevens and then to Yusuf Islam.

Like Cher, he now goes by a mononym: Yusuf. That’s four names in one lifetime.

My name isn’t very cool. And cool is SEE SMITH, P9

When intent is more important than technique

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ave you ever heard a really bad joke? Or maybe just a very funny joke told really poorly? We can probably all say yes to that one, couldn’t we? We have also probably been told a story that missed its desired mark or that was shared in such a way that we didn’t quite make the connection.

WINNING But sometimes WORDS we just have to put things in the right context. What if the intent of the joke or story being told, regardless of how poorly it was told, was to lift the spirits of someone who was feeling down or needed encourMichael Norton agement? When we think of it in those terms, maybe we can start to see where intent could be equal to or even more important than technique.

Now you might be thinking, is that kind of like, “It’s the thought that counts”? Yes, I am sure that it is in some way. However, is it

always true? Some may argue that it cannot always be true. Again, let’s put perspective and context ahead of judgment for a moment. Let’s pretend that it is always 100% true, assuming of course that we are all in agreement that we are discussing the intention of a positive nature, not malintent. Then again, we are talking about our readers and community here, so we know that the readership here is always operating with positive intentions.

“Put your heart into it.” “How about we try that again, this time with feeling.” We have heard and know these sayings and others all too well. When used as a weapon or spoken with harsh words and tonality of sarcasm, they are demoralizing and demotivating. But, when used properly and spoken with love and hope, they evoke heartfelt feelings of encouragement and inspired motivation.

Could we imagine what our world, our lives, and our relationships would be if we focused on our intent as much as we focused on our

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Patients, physicians work in partnership

s we settle into the new year, one of the best resolutions we can choose for our health is making the commitment to engage in an active partnership with our physician. Whether we’re just getting to know a new physician or want to further build our relationship with our current one, there are three areas we can focus on to strengthen our partnership.

They include preparing for our appointment, prioritizing concerns during our appointment and an area perhaps overlooked, understanding our physician’s perspective while making our perspective understood, as well.

Many of us may have experienced our blood pressure being much higher than usual when it’s taken at the

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techniques, processes, and skills? I am not talking about just our personal lives and relationships; I am also including our work environment and relationships. By acting with the very best of intentions, each and every one of our experiences and relationships could be altered for the better. Good intentions foster trust, and trust is better than good at work and at home.

Even when we falter or stumble in our attempts, even when someone may feel initially hurt, angry, or upset because of our best of intentions plans, words and actions, when the positive intention is ultimately recognized, understanding and appreciation will almost always win the day.

Here’s the other thing, a positive attitude and intention go hand-in-hand.

It would be hard to have a negative attitude and a positive intention at the same time. A positive attitude is very important, and sometimes we can have a positive attitude without taking any action. And we can also have very good intentions but fail to follow through on things. As we harness the power and energy of a positive atti-

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the word you want.

There are no hyphens, apostrophes or nothing. And it is easy to spell and to pronounce.

I have a boomer name.

If you have ever wondered about “Boomer” Esiason, here’s the skinny.

He was born Norman Julius Esiason in East Islip, New York.

He was given the nickname “Boomer” before he was born because of

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Abe Laydon, Lora Thomas and Roger Partridge. Do you plan on giving more

doctor’s office. This phenomenon, also known as “white coat syndrome” is quite common.

Although we may not be able to eliminate it completely, the way we prepare for our appointment can help to minimize it. For instance, if we’re not a morning Angie Felts person and our busiest day of the week is Monday, making an early morning appointment on a Monday is probably not wise. Unless we have an urgent issue that needs to be addressed immediately, we need to plan ahead and schedule an appointment during our

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tude and good intentions, the change we begin to see in ourselves will make the journey tremendously amazing.

Let’s add one more word to our formula for today, gratitude. Good intentions fueled by a positive attitude and founded on the basis of gratitude.

That’s right, being positively grateful for the opportunity to serve others and being absolutely grateful when others point their very best intentions in our direction. Wouldn’t you agree that it is so much easier to live and work with good intentions when we live with the attitude of gratitude and by placing our good intentions right up there with, and maybe even ahead of our techniques, processes and skills?

How about you? Do you believe intent is sometimes equal to or even more important than technique?

I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can apply a positive attitude and grateful heart to our good intentions, 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. the loud noises he was making in the womb, not because he attended “Boomer Sooner” Oklahoma. He went to Maryland and was, therefore, a Terrapin.

The bottom ten: Shih Tzu, Bassett Hound, Mastiff/Beagle (tie), Pekingese, Bloodhound, Borzoi, Chow Chow, Bulldog, Basenji, Afghan Hound. (All of whom can outsmart the smartest cat ever made.)

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net. taxpayer dollars to additional private religious schools in direct violation of Article IX, Section 7 of the Colorado State Constitution? A simple yes or no answer is sufficient.

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best time of day on our least busy day of the week. Making the time of our appointment work best for us can reduce anxiety and help us feel more relaxed during our visit.

Another extremely important area of preparation is having a current list of our medications with us that include the name of the drug, the dose and the frequency. With the Food and Drug Administration reporting over 7,000 deaths in the United States annually due to medication errors, this absolutely must be a top priority for all of us. We cannot assume that the list of medications our doctor has on file for us is current. Perhaps our primary care physician referred us to a specialist and that doctor added a medication or changed the dose of another medication. In a perfect world this information would be communicated to our primary care physician.

However, this doesn’t always happen, so it’s our responsibility to make sure

every doctor involved in our care is on the same page when it comes to our medications.

Current data indicates that in an average visit, the actual time a physician spends face to face with a patient is less than 20 minutes. With this limited amount of time, we must prioritize our concerns as clearly and concisely as possible. We can’t present a laundry list of ailments and expect them all to be addressed during the same visit. Instead, we need to focus on one or two issues that are impacting our health and our quality of life the most. Having a family member or a trusted friend with us as an advocate to express these concerns and keep us on track can also be helpful.

Perspective may potentially have the most impact on our ability to build and maintain our relationship with our physician.

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Comedian Zac Maas headlined the show at Max Taps brewery in Highlands Ranch Sat. Jan. 25. Maas’ jokes produced laughter, shock and applause.

Comedy shows adjust to outlying audiences

Michael Jeffries hosted and produced the standup show at Max Taps Jan. 25. He began the show about two years ago.

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hen local comedian Michael Jeffries stepped up to the mic at Max Taps Brewery in Highlands Ranch, the room was filled with a variety of suburbanites.

Folks just getting off work, couples young and old, friend groups and beer lovers filed into the seats in the back room of the brewery on Jan. 25. Minutes before, the room was occupied by a crowd from a funeral reception.

Jeffries, 29, who produces and hosts the show, opened with a joke apologizing for his appearance.

“I made the mistake of sleeping on my hair last night,” he said. “I know I should start sleeping on a mattress instead, but mattresses are expensive and the hair is free if you don’t ask any stupid (expletive) questions.”

When Jeffries first started the suburban showcase, he was asked to only book comics who will remain clean and non-political. The crowds in the suburbs tend to skew older and more conservative, after all.

The problem, he said, is that leaves

almost no one to perform. So, he asked the owner to trust him and after one show, he was given full authority to just book the funniest people possible.

“Just because you live in the suburbs doesn’t mean you don’t like to laugh,” Jeffries said. “Even if the joke is dirty … or even against your political beliefs.”

Jeffries is just one of the Denverbased comedians capitalizing on the fact that while everyone enjoys laughing, not everyone wants to sit in an hour of traffic to do it.

A world away While solid comedy is generally successful everywhere, there are some big differences between the suburban and

urban comedy scenes. Those distinctions just might be the reason downtown’s shows are experiencing huge growth and the outskirts are seeing a slower uptick.

For starters, the suburbs are much more spread out, meaning ride-sharing services can get expensive quickly, said Wende Curtis, owner of Comedy Works, which has locations in downtown Denver and Greenwood Village.

Curtis opened up Comedy Works’ suburban club in 2008 after market research showed that’s where the bulk of people are moving, she said.

“It’s 13 1/2 miles from the original location downtown … but it’s a world away,” she said.

Even if suburban crowds still like to

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laugh at the not-so-clean jokes, producers still tend to book people who lean away from dirtier humor in their sets.

“My philosophy is on a Saturday night if I’ve got tickets available and people can walk in and buy a ticket, I want to appeal to (our audience),” Curtis said. “Chances are you might get somebody a little edgier walking in downtown and you’re going to get somebody a little cleaner if you go south.”

Another factor challenging the comedy scene in the suburbs is the demographics. Josue Flores, a Denverbased comedy producer, describes his target ticket buyer as between the ages of 21 and 34. In the city center, there’s a higher density of this group. A few miles from downtown, the crowds tend to skew a little older, more conservative and less diverse, Flores said.

That’s why the suburbs tend to be a place where local comics can really put their jokes to the test said Korey David, a local comedian and producer.

“The suburban rooms are where you find out what your material actually is,” David said. “It’s easy to pander to audiences in the urban area because everyone agrees with you.”

David, who hosts a traveling show called “Rotating Taps” at breweries in places like Centennial, Lakewood and Parker, has realized you often have to SEE COMEDY, P13

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Photographers share views of world in show at church Outdoor scenes, including night skies, included among works

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tim Kathka and Bill Knoll, both members of the active Littleton Fine Arts Guild (and both Nebraska natives), will exhibit their photographs in the gallery at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch from Feb. 7 through March 12. The pair will hold a reception from 10:30 to noon, between services, on Feb. 9 so they can talk about their special shots with art lovers.

Guild member Kathy Meyers is active with the Art at St. Andrew program and invited them to exhibit their images.

Kathka, a retired architect who especially worked on churches, and Knoll, a retired electrical engineer, share a special interest in the night sky and Milky Way, but both are interested in other aspects of nature as well — birds, animals, wildflowers, mountains, lakes, rivers and what else occurs in the world around them.

Knoll is also an accomplished woodworker and will bring some of that art as well to display in glass cases …

He said he was accepted as a Guild member based on his 3-D art and he

Bill Knoll’s “Super Worm Moon” is exhibited in a joint exhibit with Tim Kathka at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch.

COURTESY PHOTOS likes to work with “rescued wood.” If he sees a tree being cut down, he stops to ask for wood. What about drying it, we wonder. Green wood is easier to carve, so he forms a piece and then lets it dry, weighing it to track on drying.

Fine finishing follows. If it has a knothole or cracks, he has a food-safe liquid product that can repair it and he is careful that finishes are also food-safe.

Kathka first learned about manual shooting from a couple of Navy buddies, he said and these artists both talked about how today one can “just shoot and look at the computer to see if it works well.” Post processing is a whole different story, they agreed, talking of subscriptions to Photoshop (Knoll has

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pening Outward: Sculpture by Jeff Globe Wise” opened Jan. 24 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton and will continue through March 1 during museum hours. It features wood, concrete, wood, gold plating and bronze, and is carefully ex- SONYA’S hibited with lightSAMPLER ing that creates interesting shadow patterns on walls and ceiling. Free.

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LPS art Works by Littleton Public Schools K-12 students are exhibited in ColoSonya Ellingboe rado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, through Feb. 11. Closing reception Feb. 11, 5 to 7 p.m. Free.

Depot Art Gallery “Animals, Tame and Wild” runs through March 1 at the Depot Art

Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. New hours: 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Cats, dogs, chickens, cows, Oh My! Free. 303-795-0781, depotartgallery. org.

Black History Live Tour Actor/scholar Becky Stone will portray Rosa Parks at two south area libraries later in February: 6 p.m. on Feb. 27 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial; 2 p.m. on Feb. 28 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Programs are sponsored by Colorado Humanities.

Free.

Japanese beetles “Battling the Japanese Beetle” will be a Denver Botanic Gardens program about options for dealing with both adult beetles and larvae from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at 1007 York St., Denver. $31, $26/member. Botanicgardens.org.

New Gardener Boot Camp The Denver Botanic Gardens will also offer a full day about planning, soils, vegetable gardening, annuals SEE SAMPLER, P15

used it for 30 years) and other products one can subscribe to. They recommend wide-angle lenses. Knoll also has a longer lens that allows him to merge three shots to create panoramic prints — which he’ll include in the exhibit.

“I’m back to an old film camera for that,” Knoll commented. But he can use the lens on his newest camera as well.

They share satisfaction that grandchildren are being taught to do manual shooting in school classes. Teachers realize the importance of understanding how it all works.

Both use full-frame Nikon cameras and agree that they “make what you’re doing better …” And to shoot the Milky Way, you want as little light as possible. You look for something interesting for the foreground — e.g., a small lake, a pond …

Happy accidents happen too. Kathka spoke of being set up for a night shot at Echo Lake, after time shooting on Mount Evans, when a car appeared, sweeping lights across the lake. “It lit the foreground nicely,” he said. They also speak of “the blue hour” before sunrise.

They attended a Len Randall class in Rocky Mountain National Park, where they were all too aware of light pollution from Denver. Another lesson learned that night: Kathka fell and Knoll, a first responder, was able to give him some needed care. “I don’t need to be out by myself, alone!”

Kathka said.

FIND WHAT SPARKS YOUR INTEREST.

IF YOU GO St. Andrew United Methodist Church is located at 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. It is open seven days a week, beginning at 8 a.m. The public is invited to enjoy the ongoing art exhibits. Information: gostandrew.com/connect/music/ art/. Kathka and Knoll will have a reception from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Feb. 9. (Artists interested in exhibiting their work email The Arts Ministry: thearts@gostandrew. com).

The Milky Way offers challenges — Knoll went to the Caribbean, seven degrees north of the equator, before Thanksgiving, where he could use the ocean in the foreground and skies are very dark ... and it was positioned differently — “opposite of what I was used to.”

Kathka said his “In the Beginning” project grew out of a special friendship with a woman who lost everything, including her art collection, in the recent Datura Apartment fire. She saw Kathka’s night photography and wanted one to start replacing lost works.

She also told him of her work with LOVE Inc. in Littleton, which was very involved in helping fire victims with their varied needs. Kathka donated a photo for the fall fundraiser and made some cards as well. Knoll donated wooden bowls. Both are members of the organization.

“Between us, we’ll have close to 90 works,” they say.

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THINGS to DO

Centennial

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

Englewood

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

The Jazz Age: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave. Arapahoe Philharmonic concert featuring music by Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, George Gershwin and a medley of big band tunes. Pre-concert talk begins at 6:45 p.m.; children’s corner presentation at 7:10 p.m. Tickets and information available at https:// www.arapahoe-phil.org/event/ concert-4-the-jazz-age/.

Highlands Ranch

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.

Art Exhibit: on display Feb. 8 to March 11 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Ave., Highlands Ranch. Features photographer Tim Kathka and photographer/woodworker Bill Knoll.

“A Mini Frozen 2 Musical” Auditions: 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb 13 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. Ages 3-9 years will learn singing, dancing and acting techniques while preparing a musical production.

Performance is in May. Go to www. spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE.

Littleton

Colorado Dulcimer Festival: Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8 at St. James Presbyterian Church, 3601 W. Belleview Ave., Littleton. Twoday 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

this week’s TOP FIVE Arts in the Afternoon: The Denver Dolls: 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720509-1000 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

All-female trio performs in the tradition of the beloved female groups of the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

Nutrition Lecture Series, The Health Benefits of Chocolate: 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. 13 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

Register at https://www. southdenver.com/eventregistration/?ee=9175. Discover the hidden health benefits of one of nature’s most delectable treats.

“Grease”: 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 13-15 and Feb. 20-22, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 at Douglas County High School, 2842

concerts featuring these unique instruments, often accompanied by fiddle/guitar and more. Go to www.coloradodulcimerfestival. com.

Your Encore Life: Some Assembly Required: 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Presentation

by Lynette Reiling, certified life coach and volunteer recruitment manager at Boomers Leading Change.

Learn about five tools necessary for building an Encore Life. Call 303-795-3961.

Diabetes, Prediabetes and Insulin Resistance: 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Feb. 10 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Register at https:// www.southdenver.com/eventregistration/?ee=9173. Learn the ins and outs of diabetes.

Active Minds: Kashmir: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 at Aspen Grove Shopping Center, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Explore Kashmir and seek to understand its pivotal role in South Asia. Call 303-470-7050.

Anticoagulation Basics: Learning to Live with Warfarin/Coumadin: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Register at https://www.southdenver.com/

Front St., Castle Rock. Enjoy a 1950s soda foundation at 1 p.m. both Saturdays. Buy tickets and learn more at https://dchs.dcsdk12.org/ Works by Women Composers: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 at the PACE Center. Parker Symphony Orchestra concert features music written by women as early as the middle ages all the way to the twentieth century.

Tickets are available at parkerarts.org, at the box office, and by phone at 303-805-6800. Learn more about the Parker Symphony Orchestra at parkersymphony. org.

Lifelong Learning: 1970 the Great Divide: 1:303:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd. A quick look back at the 1970s and a teaser taste of why it’s known as The Great Divide decade, presented by Pat Paul. For ages 50-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

event-registration/?ee=9174. An overview of warfarin therapy with an emphasis on safety.

Leonardo da Vinci: 3-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 12 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. A look at the life, work and impact of inventor, artist, scientist, engineer, architect and philosopher Leonardo da Vinci. Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP.

Be My Valentine: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Valentine’s Day concert by the Littleton Symphony Orchestra. Go to www.littletonsymphony.org or call 303-933-6824.

Lone Tree

25th Anniversary Celebration: 12:45-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. A familyfriendly afternoon featuring the No. 1 movie from 25 years ago, “Toy Story!” Character parade, costume contest, food, games and much more. Free event; ticekts required. Go to https://www.

lonetreeartscenter.org/showinfo. php?id=1194 Passport to Culture: Once Upon a Dance: 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Sensory friendly performance from 4-5:30 p.m. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble presents a colorful tapestry of movement and storytelling. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Living and Aging Well Speaker Series Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree.

Speaker will be Connie Shoemaker, local author and co-founder and director emerita at Spring International Language Center.

She will speak about her latest book, “Taste the Sweetness.” Reservations required; go to https://www. eventbrite.com/e/ living-and-aging-wellin-lone-tree-luncheontickets-21531891467 Workplace Health Symposium: 7 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. 13 at CU South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St., Lone Tree.

Features Laura Putnam, CEO of Motion Infusion and expert on wellbeing in the workplace. Presented by the American

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Heart Association. Brings together Colorado’s workplace health s leaders to understand the larger s context of wellbeing and how t employers can address it and act l differently toward wellbeing. Register at http://workplacehealth- t colorado.heart.org. d s Evening with Giada Valenti: From c Venice with Love: 8 p.m. Satur- r day, Feb. 15 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone A Tree. Call 720-509-1000 or go to c www.lonetreeartscenter.org. b t

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E Stuffed Animal Sleepover: dropoff from 6-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. G 7 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. t p Mainstreet, Parker. Enjoy crafts and snacks, then tuck stuffed animals in for a sleepover. Pickup c party at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. c 8. For ages 2-5; one stuffed animal s per child. Registration required. Go c to https://www.dcl.org/parker B What to do with Your DNA: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb 8 at the Parker e Library, 20105 E Mainstreet. Parker s p Genealogical Club program on using GED match and DNA Painter to give you a way of analyzing your s t data.

h 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/ youth-workshops.

Creative Media Concepts: Podcast: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at Douglas County Libraries 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.

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

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start safe at the suburban shows, he said. That’s because many people in these areas have never seen a show like this.

“You’re just dealing with different types of people who are going to find different types of comedy funny,” he said. “Once you start getting repeat customers, then you can take more risks.”

David also hosts a regular show in Arvada called Hootenanny, which combines live music and comedy.

“A lot of times people think it will be rough (in the suburbs) but it’s actually quite the opposite,” he said.

In Parker, stand-up comedian Rion Evans and improv comedian Grant Garrison are also both working to distinguish the small town as a strong place for comedy.

“I want to turn Parker into the city that’s known for having the best comedy scene in Colorado,” Garrison said. “I don’t want to commute for my comedy.”

Build it and they will come While the audiences tend to be extra appreciative of these live shows close to home, they can also be pickier.

“When you’re older, you’re more selective,” Curtis said. “You just want to see who you want to see.”

Another reason the community hasn’t taken off more is because of

Local comedian Mandy Kay delivers her set at a suburban stand-up showcase in Highlands Ranch.

ELLIOTT WENZLER a lack of open mics for people to try out comedy for the first time, said Harrison Garcia, another local comic working the suburban crowds.

“I wouldn’t say that any places in (suburban Denver) have their own distinct scene,” he said, “Most of the time a comedy scene needs a few venues that are willing to regularly host not only shows but open mics allowing new comics to try things out.”

As Denver and its comedy scene continue to grow, spaces like the ones Garcia described will continue to pop up, Curtis said. But will the same happen in the suburbs?

“I think the more urban (shows) are going to have a better success rate than the suburban ones, but you know, eventually something’s going to stick,” Curtis said. “Build it and they will come and if it’s strong enough … they’re going to come back.”

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Rock Canyon’s Jalen Ashley (1) shows off his leaping ability, grabbing a rebound before Heritage’s Carlos Chavez (3) can get there.

Ashley was strong on scoring too, leading all with 25 points for the night.

The visiting Jaguars held off a late rally by Heritage to win 60-51 on Jan. 31 in Continental League action.

PAUL DISALVO

Still trying to warm up to esports

irst of all, I admit that I’m a little old school.

I generally like and prefer the way things used to be handled.

Which brings me to the first Esports League of Legends state championship for the pilot sport, which was held Jan. 25.

I’m having a hard time welcoming esports into the Colorado High School Activities Association.

Esports, or electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games.

It is a controversial point for debate whether esports is a sport. It is gaining popularity, and most of the world considers electronic sports to be a sport because of the planning, timing and execution required.

CHSAA wanted to bring the competition into the schools and have a bigtime championship, which I applaud, but it is still not a physical sport and it will take a while for esports to attract interest from me.

Ryan Casey, the CHSAA director of

digital media, called the first esports championship amazing and labeled esports as a good pilot program.

Casey wrote about the first championship, which was won by Cherry Creek with a 2-0 win over Gateway.

Highlands Ranch OVERTIME and Bear Creek were the other two semifinal teams among the 56 teams that were in the first pilot program season.

Reading Casey’s story was like reading Greek to me, with plenty of words Jim Benton I did not understand — like towers, eliminations and dragons.

Don’t ask what any of the terms mean. This is all new to me.

According to Casey, Vlad Dolzhenko dealt 56,327 damage, had a 13-4 kill/death ratio and 28 assists to lead the Bruins in the finals.

Casey also pointed out that Gate-

way’s Leonid Chyzhykov had what apparently is an outstanding KDA line of 18/2/11 against Bear Creek in the semis.

Stay tuned for more on esports since the spring season begins in March and will compete in Rocket League.

Honor roll Each week, performances of South Metro athletes and teams will be highlighted. This week’s performances were selected from games, matches and meets held between Jan. 24 and Jan. 30.

Senior Reece Kelly scored 28 points and junior Ben Bowen had 20 as Mountain Vista’s boys basketball team capped a strong second-half performance with a 74-65 win over Chaparral on Jan. 25. Continental League scoring leader Kobe Sanders had 27 points for Chap.

Heritage got goals from seven different players in a 7-2 hockey win over Castle View on Jan. 25.

Leighton Walsh assisted on two third-period goals as the Regis Jesuit hockey team edged Monarch, 3-2, in a Jan. 25 contest.

Liberty Line and Katherine Higgins each had 21 points in a 52-27 win over Heritage for the Ponderosa girls basketball team on Jan. 25. Higgins also had 15 rebounds in the game.

Julian Hammond III and Myles Purchase each had 20 points to help Cherry Creek’s boys basketball team, ranked No. 7, toppled second-ranked Smoky Hill, 76-65, on Jan. 29.

Valor Christian sophomore Raegan Beers had a double double of 21 points and 10 rebounds in a 78-41 girls basketball conquest for the second-ranked Eagles over No. 5 Ralston Valley on Jan. 29.

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

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and perennials, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 29, including lunch. $80/$60, member. Register at botanicgardens. org.

Cynthia Erivo/CSO “Legendary Voices: An Evening with Cynthia Erivo” is scheduled by the Colorado Symphony for 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 at the Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver. (Simone, James, Beyonce, Bassey, Holiday, Franklin and more). Tickets: ColoradoSymphony.org.

Littleton Symphony “Be My Valentine” is the Littleton Symphony’s concert at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14. Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy;” Piazolla’s songs, arranged for electric cello and orchestra; Beethoven’s romantic “Pastoral Symphony.” At Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. Tickets: littletonsymphony. org or 303-933-6824.

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Being honest about how we view our health and the way we want our concerns managed should align with our physician’s point of view. If we prefer a more holistic approach to our medical care, working with a doctor who practices a blend of Eastern and Western medicine may be a better match for us than a doctor who only practices traditional medicine. When patients and physicians have rapport it strengthens the patient physician partnership and creates a mutually beneficial relationship. Now that’s good medicine!

Angie Felts is a registered nurse, co-

Miners Alley “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune,” by Terrance Mc Nally, plays through March 1 at Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden through March 1. Directed by Warren Sherrill. Plays at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: minersalley.com, 303-935-3044.

Wonderbound Wonderbound dancers present “The Sandman,” with Gasoline Lollipops on Feb. 14-23. Based on a story written by Clay Rose, Gasoline Lollipop’s frontman. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 15; 2 p.m. Feb. 16; Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Federal Heights. Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23, 2 p.m. at PACE Center, Parker, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Wonderbound.com.

Arapahoe Phil The Arapahoe Philharmonic plays Ellington, Still, Gershwin in “The Jazz Age” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.

Devin Patrick Hughes conducts. Tickets: Arapahoe-phil.org, 303-781-1892.

owner/administrator of Castle Rock Assisted Living & Home Care, and a local author and speaker. Information about these services can be found at www.CastleRockSeniorCare.org.

This column is hosted by the Seniors Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next meeting on March 5 at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker. Our business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Our presentation and community conversation will begin at 10:15 a.m.

Angie Felts, RN will present the Patient Physician Relationship — Working Together to Keep You Healthy. Our meetings are FREE and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas.co.us or call 303-663-7681.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

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 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 Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0249 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/13/2019 9:42:00 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: AMANDA MONTANO

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0249

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

Public Trustees

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: AMANDA MONTANO Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/5/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 6/7/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017038546 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $382,837.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $370,201.18

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 12/13/2019 9:42:00 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: 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 2, ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 12-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8115 Eagleview Drive, Littleton, CO 80125 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, April 1, 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: 2/6/2020 Last Publication: 3/5/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/16/2019 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 #: 19-023442 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0249 First Publication: 2/6/2020 Last Publication: 3/5/2020 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

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.

PUBLIC NOTICE 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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AWARD WINNERS grown from its humble beginnings to one of The following awards were announced the largest privately held banks in the counduring the Chamber of Northwest Douglas try. They make giving back a priority. Their County annual breakfast Jan. 31: employees give of their time to volunteer Small office/home office: Columbine in their communities. FirstBank financially Property Inspections LLC. “Owner Derrick supports many non-profits and local orgaSova is very active in the business communizations, and is a major partner for Douglas nity and a great collaborator and connector.

County Gives day and Colorado Gives Day.” He operates his company with honesty and Nonprofit: Arapahoe Community College integrity and his expertise in his field and Foundation. “The Arapahoe Community compassion for homeowners set him apart,” College Foundation led the cultivation and Small business: The Oddo Group, Leaddevelopment of the largest philanthropic erOne Financial. “Michelle and Tim Oddo’s gift in the history of the Colorado Community passion and commitment to educating College System for up to $10 million for the people about finance makes them unique. new Sturm Collaboration Campus right here They are committed to doing the right thing in Douglas County. ACC Sturm Collaborafor homeowners and first-time buyers and PUBLIC NOTICEis a game changer for Douglas tion Campus are experts in working with people with all Highlands Ranch County and has set the national stage for income levels and consistently in the top NOTICE OF SALE collaborating across the talent pipeline sales for their company.”

Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0245 ecosystem.”

Medium-sized business: Sterling Ranch To Whom It May Concern: On 12/6/2019 Elected Offi cial:Trustee George Brauchler, District Development Company. “Sterling Ranch 4:30:00 PM the undersigned Public caused the Notice of Election18th and Demand relatAttorney, Judicial District. “Mr. Brauchler Development Company is a trend setter in ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. himself as a District Attorney and has proven development. Their commitment to preservworks toRprotect the rights of citizens and ing our precious resources, their innovation Original Grantor: YVETTE PAULSEN AND SHAWN Cenforce PAULSEN the rule of law. He is involved in the in technology, and thoughtful planning has Original Beneficiary: communities and makes community outreach led to a premier development in Douglas MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INC. ACTING SOLELY AS of hisMUTUAL, office’s INC. mission. He not only serves County. One that has been recognizedSYSTEMS, NOMINEE FORpart MICHIGAN Current Holder the of Evidence of Debt: District but serves as a Colo18th Judicial nationwide.”

PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC in(DOT): the Colorado Large business: FirstBank. “FirstBank Datehas of Deed ofnel Trust 7/24/2015 National Guard.”

Roger Partridge, the chairman of the Douglas County board of commissioners, speaks to local business owners during a presentation from the board Jan. 31.

ELLIOTT WENZLER

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

LEADERS

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are FROM 2 hereby notified that thePAGE covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together “Weprovided monitor every with all other payments for in the Evid- single bill that ence of Debt secured by the Deed ofthe TrustLegislature,” and goes through Laydon other violations of the terms thereof.

said.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A The board will oppose FIRST LIEN.

a proposed a bill that would give the county authorThe property described herein is all of the ity toby grant property encumbered the lienbusiness of the deed licenses in the of trust. area, he said.

Legal Description“We of Realdon’t Property: think that government creLOT 86, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. ates Laydon said. “It’s you all.”

122-C, COUNTY OF jobs,” DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Public PUBLICTrustees NOTICE 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

Which has the address of: 10264 Cherryhurst Ln, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Public Trustees

CAPACITY

Board President David Ray said he was surprised parent engagement wasn’t happening sooner in the process, particularly when some schools’ capacity concerns are at an FROM PAGE 5 emergency point.

“It was my understanding that we There was very weak support for expanding the number of K-8 have a couple schools that we’re very schools in Highlands Ranch, Castle concerned about that we might need Rock and Franktown, Bingham to implement some strategies for said. next year,” Ray said.

New construction, modifying Assistant Superintendent Ted boundaries and using policies to Knight said he’s already begun manage enrollment were consistentvetting solutions for three to four ly supported around the district. schools in Castle Rock and Parker Bingham has walked through each that will have a shortage of seats of the district’s 91 schools with adnext school year. ministrators to assess how they are “I’d rather not name them quite being utilized and their capacities. yet because we have not talked with Many of the buildings are aging, their communities yet and I don’t Public Notice he said, and are between 20 and 30 want to put anybody in a panic,” he PUBLIC INVITATION TO to BID years old. They also weren’t built said. support theSeparate number ofbids non-teaching sealed for BELFORD AVENUEAmong three schools, two in CasPHASE 2 PROJECT; CI 2020-011 will be repositions that have grown in poputle Rock and one in Parker, there will ceived by the Owner, Douglas County GovernDepartment of Public Works Engineering, larity sincement, district schools were be roughly 200 more seats needed Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite constructed. by next school year. The shortage is 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, 25, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. This project “When I February started my career 35 due to more housing construction in consists of the removal and replacement of the years ago, there were maybe twototo those communities, bringing more eastern limits of Belford Avenue Peoria Street in Douglas County. five non-classroom-based profession- families to the district, Knight said.

The Contract Documents will20, be available als in buildings.

Now it’s 18 to and after“If you’ve got five seats left this 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020, in those older prototypes, folks don’t System year and 100 new kids coming in through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or have a place to work,” he said. next year, we’re going to have to do they may be obtained at the above address. versions the Plans obtained by any The nextElectronic steps will beofholding something. There literally will not other means than as described above may not Notice community houses in April be enough desksPublic in a few schools,” beopen complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of he the said.

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE and May with continued updates to Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION the board about which are for misin-Knight planning to present County will not beoptions held responsible FORwas ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED formation received from private plan rooms. viable in the district. ideasTo for thePerson mostin stressed schools Every Actual Possession or OccuPRE-BID CONFERENCE will be heldat at thepancy of the Feb. hereinafter Described Land, DirectorASusan Meek asked how board’s 4 meeting.

TheLot or 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name Bingham would solicit of more district then get furtherAssessed, at the Department Publicinput Works Engineering, the would Same was Taxed or Specially Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite and to all Persons Interestschool or Title of from people underrepresented in the community input having fromanthose 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom survey. He due said he would work with communities and decide how to adIt May Concern, and more especially to: to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. staff to do The so. Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. dressOCCUPANT the capacity problems “as soon - CITADEL STATION ASSOCIATES AKA CITADEL STATION ASSOon Tuesday, 25, 2020, at the same “I think only 3% ofFebruary the responas possible.”

CIATES, A COLORADO LIMITED PARTNERaddress. dents were people without children “We’re toLTD make as SHIP -trying KW LANE - RIOdecisions STAR LLC - THE DENVER BRICK COMPANY THE DENThe Project includes the following in the schools and we know the major items quickly as possible so thatAKA they have VER BRICK COMPANY, A COLORADO CORand approximate quantities: CT thoughtfully CORPORATION SYSTEM AS vast majority of individuals fit that time, PORATION but also-as as posREGISTERED AGENT FOR THE DENVER • 15,616 sq. yd. 9-inch Concrete Pavement category,” she said.

Knight said.A COLORADO CORPORABRICK COMPANY, • 7,659 Ln. Ft. of Concrete Curb and Guttersible,”

Bids and Settlements

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 *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

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.

• 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.

Bids and Settlements

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

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

TION - 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

Misc. Private Legals

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

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