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Final ride with band of brothers the gift of a lifetime

C

hristian Redman always knew the late-stage colon cancer he has furiously fought for three years was incurable.

But he had hoped for remission, a chance to grab as many extra years as possible, to watch his 17-year-old daughter graduate from college, to walk her down the aisle.

The come-to-Jesus sobering reality check, as he called it, came in November: eight to 16 months left. In early February, he and his doctor had the hospice talk.

To ease his mind, he planned his funeral.

But the question from someone he didn’t know more than 1,800 miles away hovered above Ann Macari him, a spark of joy Healey to hold onto: “What do you think, a last hurrah?”

A last hurrah. A last ride with his band of brothers — friends and strangers bound by a fiercely loyal bond who have lifted him up, so that he can be with his daughter on her 18th birthday, then sink his toes, one last time, in the sand of a Key West beach.

“Life keeps going on around you, but you’re kind of stuck in a pause mode,” Redman, 51, says about his battle with this ruthless enemy, as he sat recently in the clubhouse of his Parker condominium complex, his words consistently interrupted by the beep of the small pump that delivers pain medication into his body six times an hour, 24 hours a day. “The trip is giving me the opportunity just to be one of the guys again. For a little while.”

••••• The guys are the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, an Army unit also known as the Blackhorse Regiment, who also describe themselves as a Band of Brothers, the words splayed across the back of Redman’s black sweatshirt.

Formed in 1901 as a mounted regiment to help with territorial administration following the Spanish-American War of 1898, the regiment today is a mechanized unit that has been involved in just about every national and global conflict since. Ask any

Christian Redman sits in the clubhouse of his Parker condominium complex, wearing the sweatshirt of his beloved Blackhorse regiment. Blackhorse veterans are planning a last ride for Redman, who is dying of cancer.

ANN MACARI HEALEY Blackhorse trooper and he’ll tell you this: There is no unit more steadfast, more devoted, regardless of whether they know each other.

It’s like this, says Blackhorse veteran Ray Simpson, 72, a first sergeant who fought in Vietnam and lives in Colorado Springs: You’re at Popeye’s, waiting to order, when you see the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment crest on another man in line. “You look at him and you say, ‘Hey, brother.’ You shake his hand, maybe give each other a hug, because you know — it’s just a thing .… When you’re in it, you’re all in, you don’t half-step … you just go all the way with it.”

“It’s the weirdest experience you could ever have,” says Rocky Cuda, a retired sergeant and president of the Florida chapter of the Blackhorse Regiment Cavalry Motorcycles. “All

you do is see that badge and you’re connected.”

Which is why Cuda and Simpson, without knowing Redman, have powered into his life.

They all connected on the Blackhorse Association Facebook page, which Redman helped start in 2006.

Every now and then, Redman would post an update on his health. Before Christmas, he shared that he was reaching the end of the line.

It was Cuda’s idea: What about a kind of make-a-wish last ride for Blackhorse troopers, with Redman as the inaugural event? Call it Maverick’s Last Ride, after Redman’s call sign from his Army days. He would leave from Parker March 4, get to Louisville, Kentucky, in time for his daughter’s birthday on March 10, head to Daytona Beach, Florida, for the world’s largest motor-

cycle gathering and finish in Key West, Redman’s all-time happy place.

There would be other stops along the way, too, and Blackhorse troopers and veterans, either on motorcycles or in cars, would join in to form a caravan of brotherly love, cavalry-style.

Redman loved the idea. But he didn’t know how to make it happen.

He hasn’t been able to work since soon after his July 2016 diagnosis. The cancer treatments, hospitalizations and medications depleted his bank account and shuttered his burgeoning construction business. Friends and strangers rallied a little more than a year ago to raise about $23,000 to help with his rent, medical costs and bills.

Over the past year, he has sold his treasured ’70 SS cobalt blue Chevelle with the silver stripes, two Harleys and Kentucky Derby and NFL memorabilia to pay bills. He will move in with his parents next month because he can no longer pay the rent.

Then Simpson stepped in. He would drive them in his Ford pickup — the back seat is outfitted with a memory foam pad for comfort — pulling a 36foot camper for sleeping and eating. A small trailer attached to the camper will have Simpson’s Harley and a Sportster, a smaller, easier-to-handle Harley loaned by a fellow trooper to Redman, which he’ll try to ride when he feels well enough.

Simpson knows about cancer. And suffering. His oldest son, who underwent 53 surgeries related to spina bifida, died of an aggressive form of cancer at 45.

“He’s a brother,” Simpson says simply, about why he’s doing this.

“He’s been through the hardships that I’ve been through, that we’ve all been through.”

Cuda and Simpson estimate gas will cost about $2,000 for the almost 5,000-mile roundtrip. Mike Endres, 69, a retired Army health care administrator and service officer for Parker American Legion Post #1864, is working with Redman’s friends Ron Meier and Bob Nobles, owner of the Parker restaurant Takoda Tavern, to help raise money to cover that and other related costs of the trip.

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Metro district decides against site for senior center Inadequate parking at Town Center location led to the decision

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Plans for a senior center at a site near Town Center have come to a halt amid parking concerns.

The Highlands Ranch Metro District, in partnership with Shea Properties, intended to build the community’s first senior center, with attached apartments that Shea calls affordable senior housing, on a plot of land next door to James H. LaRue library, at the corner of Ridgeline Boulevard and Dorchester Street. An opening date was projected for mid-to-late 2021.

Shea Properties’ affordable housing complex is moving forward, with construction expected to begin in 2020.

At a metro district study session on Feb. 20, board members and John Kilrow, senior vice president of Colorado development for Shea Properties, agreed that inadequate parking prohibited the senior center from moving forward. The 2-acre plot of land can accommodate 130 parking spots for tenants of the affordable housing. The senior center would raise that number to 200 to 250.

“I don’t think that’s attainable on this site,” Kilrow said in a presentation to board members, metro district staff and about 20 community members. “It’s a 2-acre site, it’s tight. The numbers are the numbers.”

Jim Worley, chair of the metro district board of directors, agreed.

“I’m not convinced this is our site,” he said. “I think there are too many

John Kilrow, senior vice president of Colorado development for Shea Properties, outlines plans for an affordable senior housing complex on a plot of land next door to James H. LaRue library, at the corner of Ridgeline Boulevard and Dorchester Street.

Shea Properties intends to start construction in 2020.

ALEX DEWIND hurdles on it.”

The 22,000-square-foot senior center — owned by the metro district — would have housed a lounge, café, kitchen, event space, activity rooms and exercise room. Using bonds, Shea would cover the cost of the land.

Over the past two months, a group of seniors from the Highlands Ranch Senior Club — comprising about 300 members — voiced concerns over the Town Center site. For several years they’ve advocated for a senior center, but they worried about the lack of space for parking and expansion at the sought-after location, as well as overcrowding from tenants of the af-

fordable housing.

“I think the seniors will be glad, as I am, that the board decided not to go there,” John Holmes, a Highlands Ranch resident, said. “The seniors will be disappointed, as I am, that it will take the senior center much longer to become a reality. However, I think it is better to do it right rather than rush it.”

The metro district board of directors advised metro district staff to explore other possible locations in the community. An already started traffic study on parking needed for a 22,000-square-foot senior center will continue.

As will Shea Properties’ plans.

Its affordable housing complex calls for a four-story building with 130 units — reduced from five floors with 150 units after pushback from community members in surrounding neighborhoods.

The complex will not be Section 8 or subsidized housing, Shea Properties Vice President Benjamin Wullschlager said in a presentation at the Feb. 20 study session.

Shea Properties will use low-income housing tax credits, meaning it will work with Douglas County to secure housing bonds that act as a loan, allocated by the federal government.

The model provides affordable housing for residents 55 and older who earn 60 percent of Douglas County’s median income. The requirement for a single-person household income would be $35,000 to $40,000, and no more than $45,000 for a two-person household, according to Wullschlager.

In 2018, monthly rent and utilities for senior affordable housing in Douglas County — set by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development — came out to $945 for a studio, $1,012 for a one-bedroom and $1,215 for a two-bedroom.

A similar project is Apex Meridian, developed by Shea Properties in 2014, which brought 156 affordable apartment units to the northern border of Douglas County near I-25 and C-470.

The complex is equipped with a pool, fitness center and community room.

All units are full and there is an ongoing wait list of about 1,000 people, according to Wullschlager.

Shea Properties is still in the preliminary planning stages of the Highlands Ranch project. The county has yet to receive an application from Shea Properties.

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She hand decorates every vanillaalmond flavored sugar cookie.

Owner of Gimme Some Sugar is certified home baker A Colorado native I was born in Englewood. My parents bought a house in Highlands Ranch in the 1980s. I’ve lived here since 1982 — a very long time. I went through elementary and middle school and graduated from Highlands Ranch High School.

I went to the University of ColoradoBoulder and studied psychology.

I graduated in 2002 and worked a variety jobs. I dabbled in education, insurance, chiropractic. I’ve been artistic my whole life and I’ve always loved baking.

I’ve been married for 16 years. I have three kids ages 12, 8 and 3.

My business It kind of happened overnight. It wasn’t anything that we set out planning to do. A friend and I were baking some cookies together and someone commented that they liked the cook-

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Advertising has happened through word-of -mouth.

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ago and I’ve been solo for two years.

It’s a cookie business out of my home.

I’m a certified home baker under the cottage industry. I make detailed sugar cookies for anyone who is looking for cookies for celebrations — anything

from baby showers to weddings to birthday parties.

I also work part-time as a preschool coordinator for Mountain View Community Church.

My product I bake vanilla-almond flavored sugar cookies. It’s the same recipe and same icing. I use a lot of buttercream frosting. I think the most fun is when a customer sends me an inspiration.

It’s really fun to run with their theme or imitate their invitations. It’s hard to pick a favorite — they are all so different. Rarely do I repeat a design. It’s been a fun way for me to merge what I love to do with bringing in an income.

I love being able to stay home with my kids and I love all the people I work with. I’m always working with someone for some celebration, so the people I work with are generally pretty happy.

Fun fact I’m a family girl and a homebody. I love to be at home.

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Business Awards given at Annual Luncheon The Chamber of Northwest Douglas County and the Northwest Douglas County Economic Development corporation held their annual luncheon on February 1, 2019. Business awards were given as part of the event. Congratulations to: Stonebridge Financial Solutions – Small Office/Home Office Business of the Year Blue Olive Properties- Small Business of the Year MountainStorm Insurance – Medium Sized Business of the Year ProDispoal & Recycling – Large Business of the Year Franchise of the Year – B.O.R Restoration Non Profit of the Year – James Resource Network People’s Choice – Rock Bottom Brewery and Christian Brothers Automotive Ambassador of the Year – Michelle Colaizzi, Allstate Elected Official of the Year – Representative Polly Lawrence, House District 39

UPCOMING EVENTS Visit our website at www.thechambernwdc.org to find out about upcoming events.

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What do you most like about your job? No two days are alike! I love the variety of my work and having the opportunity to help people transform their living situation. A well executed Reverse Mortgage will create more cash flow and a greater sense of financial peace of mind for Seniors. It’s an honor to help my clients plan a more secure financial future.

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you would like people to know about? I love to travel with my family, ski and fish as much as possible. My family loves living in Highlands Ranch with access to so many options and things to do.

How do you spend your free time? I love to participate in all types of outdoor activities and just enjoy all the great amenities of living in such a beautiful state as Colorado.

What do you like most about being an Ambassador for the Chamber? I really like the sense of community that exists at the Chamber and I am excited to be a part of that community and be able to extend that to others. I really like living in Highlands Ranch and the opportunity to meet and become friends with more folks right here in my own backyard.

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A chance to dance Volunteers Paige Hunter and Hayley Callister move across the dance floor, bringing young adults with special needs into the center to dance. The event was run by volunteers who did everything from help set up, to dance with the hiphop class on stage. “This forces me to come out and actually socialize and speak to other human beings, which is something that I don’t get very often with my job,” Leslie Spencer, a parent and volunteer, said.

As a part of the entertainment for the Therapeutic Recreation Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 22, Seamus Rollins, 16, strikes a pose onstage. The students apart of rec center’s hip-hop class were given the chance to perform in front of the audience. “This is my first time actually coming here (to the dance), but it’s a lot of fun just to hang out, and I got the opportunity to dance in front of people,” Rollins said. “ I was expecting a party, and that’s what I got.”

BY DREW BATY SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

For Mara Dillon, the annual Valentines-themed dance at Southridge Recreation Center is a chance to dance to her heart’s content.

“I’m in the hip-hop group that performs on stage,” said Dillon, who has been dancing hip hop for 2 1/2 years.

“I love dancing on stage and I love seeing all of the people while I’m up there. Since I have cerebral palsy it’s harder for me to dance, but since it’s therapeutic it’s easier for me.”

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For more than 15 years, the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center has held the Therapeutic Recreation Sweetheart Dance to provide young adults with special needs physical activity and a way to socialize with others in the community. This year’s event, held Feb. 22, drew about 60 people, including family members.

A hip-hop class from the recreation center, also made up of young adults with physical and intellectual disabilities, provided the entertainment.

Volunteer Leslie Spencer and her son, Scott, 32, and greeted people as

they entered the rec center’s front doors, has been a part of the tradition since the beginning.

“He starts looking forward to the next one pretty much the day after the dance, so he’s been talking about it, saying things like ‘Mom, have you looked at your work schedule?’ or ‘Have you asked off so you can help with the dance?’ “ Spencer said.

“It’s a huge event for him and I don’t think it diminishes from year to year, no matter how many times he experiences it. It’s still a huge deal to him.”

Melissa McHugh’s daughter, Madeline, 20, has been coming to the dance for the past two years.

“She looks forward to these dances,” McHugh said. “I think this is great for our community because these kids don’t have too many things they can go to.”

Spencer agreed.

“They need to have fun and they have to have recreation,” she said.

“You have to have a complete experience. This dance really adds to that ... It’s a beautiful experience for special needs kids.”

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February 28, 2019

Bill would allow temporary removal of guns from high-risk owners Democratic state legislators introduce ‘red-flag’ measure

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Introduced on the anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, a bill to allow law enforcement to remove firearms from those shown to be a risk to themselves or others has emerged again at the state Capitol after last year’s defeat by a then-Republican Senate.

“We are on the clock of trying to save people’s lives,” said state Rep. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat whose son was killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting.

Bearing the name of a Sullivan Douglas County sheriff ’s deputy who was killed when a reportedly mentally ill man shot him and four other officers on Dec. 31, 2017, the Deputy Zackari Parrish III Violence Prevention Act faces a different political landscape than last year.

Now with a majority in the state House and state Senate, Democrats are expected to pass the measure —

known as a “red flag” bill — which comes with some changes from last year’s version that have alienated some Republicans.

The prior proposal enjoyed the support of then-state Rep. Cole Wist, a top sponsor of that bill, and 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler — both Republicans.

“There are significant material differences in this year’s bill,” Wist, who in November was unseated by Sullivan, said in a tweet. “I am opposed and urge the General Assembly to vote no.”

Along with Sullivan, House Majority Leader Alec Garnett, of Denver, and Sens. Brittany Pettersen, of Lakewood, and Lois Court, of Denver — all Democrats — are top sponsors of the bill, which was introduced Feb. 14. It passed the House Judiciary Committee a week later to move closer to a full vote.

‘No bill perfect for everyone’ Under the bill, a family or household member or a law enforcement officer can petition a court to allow officers to remove a person’s guns.

The requester must prove that the person poses a “significant risk” to self or others in having or purchasing a gun. A temporary extreme risk protection order can prohibit a person from having firearms for up to 14 days. After that, if the requester can prove the person is a risk — under a

higher standard of evidence — the court can issue a continuing order, preventing the person from having or buying a gun for 364 days. The court would appoint an attorney, at no cost, to represent the person during that second court hearing.

At issue for Wist are the longer time periods a person can remain without their guns: This year’s bill doubles the length of both the temporary and continuing orders, compared to last year’s.

It also shifts the burden of proof to the person whose guns are taken, rather than the person who requested the order, to prove to the court that the guns should be returned before the 364 days end. That’s another issue for Wist and Brauchler.

“I don’t want you to say there’s no form of this bill that I’d support,” said Brauchler, the DA for the district comprising Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. “To Sullivan and Garnett’s credit, they’ve made some changes.”

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, also a Republican, has been in meetings with lawmakers at the Capitol, pushing for changes like keeping the burden of proof on the requester rather than the person who may be a risk. But like last year, Spurlock is in favor.

“I have issues with it as well, but there’s no bill that is perfect for everyone,” Spurlock said. “Way too

many politicians are making this about guns, and it’s not. This is about mental health issues.”

Spurlock noted the court would be able to put a person under a 72-hour mental health hold, with evaluation and treatment, if they’re shown to be in need of it.

“The goal is not to Spurlock break down someone’s door and take his guns,” Spurlock said.

The process of taking someone’s guns wouldn’t always start that way, Spurlock added — if a person isn’t in mental health crisis, law enforcement would have a conversation with them.

On the question of that situation escalating to use of force, Spurlock said people shouldn’t think that would be frequent.

“That’s looking into a crystal ball,” Spurlock said. “We contact people every day with mental health issues that (involve) no use of force.”

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, said the bill is constitutional and annouced his support for it in a news release Feb. 21, saying “reasonable restrictions” on some groups, including those with mental illness, are permissible based on a Supreme Court decision.

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ShamROCK Stampede REMOVAL benefits those with PTSD FROM PAGE 7

‘Violation of due process’ The bill isn’t aimed squarely at preventing mass shootings, which are often a “sudden instance,” Sullivan said.

“This is another tool that law enforcement has been asking for to help them to do their job as effectively as they can,” Sullivan said. “And that’s what we should be doing.”

Brauchler, who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, said he hopes such a bill could have an effect on mass shootings, but it’s difficult to tell.

“Even the Aurora theater (shooter), I don’t know that this law, had it been on the books before July 20, 2012, would have stopped it,” Brauchler said. “But for Zack Parrish’s case, I’m pretty convinced that there would have been an intervention that stopped that from happening.”

Deputies were attempting to place Parrish’s shooter on a mental health hold when he opened fire, but deputies had contacted him multiple times before, Spurlock said. The suspected shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland also was known to local law enforce-

involvement in the Castle Rock community as we prepare for the opening of the ACC Collaboration Campus at Castle Rock this fall.”

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Presented by Arapahoe Community College, the inaugural ShamROCK Stampede for PTSD festivities runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16 at Festival Park in Castle Rock.

The family-friendly course spreads out over East Plum Crek Trail with a kids’ 1K Sham-Scram, a 5K and a 10K Grand-Sham. Other festivities for the day include a health and wellness expo, medals, local breweries, local food vendors, and an Irish Sham-Jam after party featuring local bands.

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Some oppose the proposal in more broad terms, though, like Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a gun-rights group that says it has more than 200,000 members and supporters statewide.

“Colorado gun owners loudly oppose so-called ‘red flag’ schemes because they are a gross violation of due process protections,” said Dudley Brown, executive director of the group, in a news release.

“The bill will do nothing to prevent another Columbine, Aurora, or Parkland.”

Democrats “missed the chance” to write a bill that protects Coloradans’ civil rights, House Minority Leader Patrick Neville said in a Feb. 21 news release.

“The very real threat exists that innocent people will be stigmatized as dangerous.

“I have seen this happen with veterans and friends of mine that I served with in the military,” said Neville, R-Castle Rock. “People who actually need help will be dissuaded from seeking it out of concern about their rights being taken away.”

‘Reducing these tragedies’ Under the bill, the person whose guns are taken can ask the court once to end the order, and they would also have the burden of proving

that the order should end. The requester could ask for an extension of the order before it expires if they can prove the person still poses a risk.

“We’re not infringing on someone’s Second Amendment right,” Spurlock said.

“We’re not taking those guns permanently. They’re removed until someone is treated and cared for.”

On potential changes to the bill, Spurlock wants to see if the guns could be transferred to a family member instead of law enforcement taking them.

He also seeks more support for entities that provide treatment for behavioral health, adding that an emergency room is “no place for someone who’s in crisis.”

Thirteen states have enacted extreme-risk protection order laws, Spurlock and House Democrats said.

Parrish’s parents put out a statement through Democratic state senators at a news conference Feb. 14 that announced the legislation, saying “it is incumbent upon us” to support it, according to a news release.

“This is not about taking gun rights away from anyone; it is about protecting our first responders, families and the community at large,” the parents’ statement said, “thus reducing these tragedies in the future.”

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February 28, 2019

HRCA drops idea of building performance and events center ‘It was so much more than we ever thought’

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Following a two-year study, the Highlands Ranch Community Association determined that an events and performing arts center is not feasible at this time, citing lack of support from the community and steep costs.

“We heard loud and clear that our community does not want to spend a dime with anything not associated with their personal needs,” Jamie Noebel, community relations manager at the HRCA, said at a Feb. 19 delegate meeting at Eastridge Recreation Center.

In the late 1980s, the Highlands Ranch Metro District proposed a similar idea. It was put on the ballot, which residents ultimately voted against. The need wasn’t there, Noebel said, because the community was in its infancy stage.

The idea resurfaced in 2016 to accommodate a need for space for a range of activities: theater productions, meetings and conferences, weddings, senior services and more — similar to the Lone Tree Arts Center and Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center.

HRCA called the concept a “community hub for local groups and organizations.”

Current venue options in Highlands Ranch are limited. The HRCA’s four recreation centers are primarily used for fitness. High school auditoriums have limited access during the school year. The Highlands Ranch Mansion is cost-prohibitive.

In July 2017, the HRCA, in partnership with St. Luke’s Performing Arts Academy — a nonprofit along Broadway that has drastically grown since it opened in 2006 — initiated a feasibility study. Surveys asking for input on an

events and performing arts center and its uses were emailed to residents and sent to homes.

The topic garnered support and opposition from residents. While some said it would fill a need of venue space for cultural arts in the community, others worried about location and funding.

HRCA decided to move forward and hired firm Johnson Consulting, based in Chicago, to conduct a two-phase market, financial and feasibility study.

Each phase cost about $25,000, according to Noebel.

Completed in August 2017, phase one determined that a need for such a venue was evident due to a gap in programming and supporting facilities. The consulting firm outlined a building with 750 seats — 500 on the main level and 250 on a balcony level — a black box theater and event space, rehearsal space, classroom space, lobby and support spaces. Visitors would include residents from Highlands Ranch and the surrounding region.

HRCA’s board of directors gave the OK to move to phase two of the project to determine the potential locations, size, partnerships and funding opportunities.

Results revealed costs of $40 million to $45 million. Without community support, funding the project would be a challenge. The potential site, on a plot of land adjacent to Town Center and James H. LaRue library, is no longer available. In December, Shea Properties announced plans for senior affordable housing at the same location.

“The overall costs were unworkable,” Noebel said, referring to the concept as the “Rolls-Royce” of performing arts centers. “It was so much more than we ever thought.”

The study, Noebel said, contained helpful information for planning future projects. She’s not giving up on a performing arts and event center in the Ranch.

“It’s just on hold for now,” she said.

Douglas County School District receives budget award STAFF REPORT

The Douglas County School District again received a Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials, according to a news release.

The award recognizes excellence in budget presentation during the 201819 budget year. The Association of School Business International’s MBA and Pathway to the MBA programs promote and recognize best budget presentation practices in school districts.

The Meritorious Budget Awards program promotes and recognizes excellence in school budget presentation and enhances school business officials’

skills in developing, analyzing and presenting a school system budget, the news release says.

After a review by financial professionals, the award is conferred only to school districts whose budgets have met or exceeded the program’s stringent criteria, the release says.

ASBO International, founded in 1910, is a nonprofit organization that represents approximately 30,000 school business professionals worldwide through its members and affiliates. The organization is committed to providing programs and services that promote the highest standards of school business management.

For more information about the award, go to www.asbointl.org/MBA.

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February 28, 2019F

Time to tackle barriers to the blind, advocates tell Crow Congressman urged to support legislation to assist those with vision disabilities

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Blind people face systemic barriers to independence, and it’s time to address them.

That was the message from leaders in the blind community at the Colorado Center for the Blind to U.S. Rep. Jason Crow during a tour of the Littleton facility on Feb. 19.

Blind people face high unemployment rates, low wages, hard-to-use technology and steep prices for necessary assistive devices, the center’s leaders told Crow, and they’re hoping a host of bills currently making their way to or through Congress can help.

Crow, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District — which includes Littleton, Centennial, Highlands Ranch and Aurora, among other areas — became the first member of Congress to visit the center. He got a rundown of the facility’s wide-ranging programs — and of legislative efforts championed by the center and the National Federation of the Blind, or NFB.

Congressman Jason Crow, left, and Scott LaBarre, the president of the National Federation for the Blind of Colorado, tour Littleton’s Colorado Center for the Blind on Feb. 19. LaBarre and the center’s leaders urged Crow, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District in Congress, to support a host of legislative efforts to reduce barriers to success for the blind.

DAVID GILBERT “The NFB believes blind people can live the lives they want, but they need the opportunity, the training, and a fair shake,” said NFB Colorado President Scott LaBarre.

The center, which draws students from around the world for an immersive life skills curriculum aimed at instilling independence, is the showpiece of NFB Colorado. But the center’s efforts can’t conquer the systemic barriers faced by the nation’s

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roughly 2 million legally blind people, LaBarre said.

Home appliances and devices are increasingly difficult for blind people to use as manufacturers transition from knobs and buttons to touch screens, LaBarre said.

“Thank God I have one of the last washing machines without a touch screen,” said LaBarre, who is blind.

Many medical devices are also transitioning to touch screens, said Julie

Deden, the center’s director.

“Many blind people are diabetic, and insulin pumps often aren’t accessible without help,” Deden said.

The Greater Accessibility and Independence through Nonvisual Access Technology (GAIN) Act would compel manufacturers to include audible screen reading technology in new devices, according to NFB materials.

The act has not yet been introduced to Congress.

Another agenda item, the Access Technology Affordability Act, would provide a refundable tax credit for crucial access devices that are often hugely expensive, LaBarre said.

Braille reading and writing devices can cost thousands of dollars, according to NFB materials, but can prove invaluable to helping blind people maintain employment and stay connected to the world. The devices are seldom covered by medical insurance, LaBarre said.

The bill enjoys bipartisan support, but is currently stalled out in Congress.

Another act would address employment barriers. Nearly three-quarters of blind people are unemployed or underemployed, according to NFB materials, and often find themselves hampered by antiquated training programs that relegate the blind to menial, repetitive tasks.

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February 28, 2019

New trial date set for suspect in trooper’s death

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A district court judge on Feb. 20 set new trial dates in the case of Noe Gamez-Ruiz, the man who has now twice gone to trial after pleading not guilty to charges in the 2016 death of Colorado State Trooper Cody Donahue.

Gamez-Ruiz’s third trial is set for July, roughly five months after District Court Judge Shay Whitaker declared a mistrial in the case for the second time. He faces a felony charge of criminally-negligent Gamez-Ruiz homicide; careless driving resulting in death, a misdemeanor; and careless driving, failure to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a traffic infraction.

The first mistrial was declared in September and the second in February, both under similar circumstances in which defense attorneys were not made aware of certain information before it was offered in court.

The third trial was set within six months from the latest mistrial after Gamez-Ruiz waived his right to a 90-day speedy trial. By statute, prosecutors would have been required to bring the case back to trial within 90 days following the mistrial. Defense attorneys instead requested a six-month timeframe.

Donahue, a husband and father of two from Parker, died in November 2016 while investigating a car accident on the right shoulder of I-25 south of Castle Rock. He was killed when

Gamez-Ruiz, of Denver, passed the accident driving his U.S. Foods truck in the far-right lane, striking the trooper and killing him on impact, according to authorities.

Gamez-Ruiz’s attorney, Harvey Steinburg, declined to comment following the Feb. 20 hearing. Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler said the prosecution would have preferred to try the case again in 90 days, but he did not object to the defense’s request.

The second mistrial was declared when a Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office deputy who was assigned to drive Gamez-Ruiz’s truck away from the scene testified in court. The deputy testified he felt the truck pull to the right, but that observation was not included in his reports provided to defense attorneys prior to trial.

Six months will give the defense and their expert witnesses more time to assess that information, Brauchler said.

“If they want the time to have their experts weigh in on this,” he said, “they should get that time.”

Prosecutors have argued that GamezRuiz had sufficient time and training as a truck driver to avoid hitting Donahue, saying troopers’ lights were visible from well over a mile away and there was no sign he’d attempted to merge lanes.

Defense attorneys urged jurors to see it as a tragic accident, not a felony crime, Gamez-Ruiz was unable to change lanes because of a quickly-approaching vehicle in the middle lane, they said, and that he’d significantly slowed his speed to about 20 miles under the speed limit.

Second suspect arrested following chase, fatal crash in Littleton

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver police arrested a second suspect in connection with a police chase that ended with a deadly crash in Littleton on Feb. 6, according to a news release.

Mario Juan Jose, 24, was arrested in Denver on Feb. 19, according to the release from the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

Jose is suspected of being the driver of a stolen Jeep — one of two vehicles pursued by Douglas County deputies during a chase that began near Castle Pines on Feb. 6, according to the release.

The chase ended when the other vehicle, a stolen Mitsubishi allegedly driven by Deanna Bixby, 20, crashed into an unrelated car at the intersection of Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue while fleeing Douglas County deputies. The occupants of the unrelated car, Ryan Carter, 27, and Jayne Davicsin, 25, were killed.

The Jeep was found abandoned nearby.

Jose was charged with four felony counts: aggravated motor vehicle theft, vehicular eluding, trespassing and violating bail bond conditions. He is being held in the Douglas County jail on $1 million bond.

“I am very pleased by the arrest,” Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in the release. “I had no doubt that our detectives, who were working around the clock, would find the driver of the stolen Jeep. As stated before, my message to those criminals that want to victimize my community: Think twice about it because we will catch you. Great job to all those involved.”

Jose also faces charges of vehicular eluding in Adams County.

Police did not immediately release a photo of Jose.

Jose’s criminal record includes guilty pleas to car theft in Jefferson County and assault in Adams County, according to court records.

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VOICES Life choices resonate like the sound of a gong

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’ll take Door Number 2.

We’re all vulnerable to the choices we make.

The college we go to, the city we move to, the job we take, the man or woman we date or marry, and whether to have children or not, all can have everlasting consequences.

I bought my house when it was under construction, and I was too excited about it to notice that the master bedroom faces the morning sun, and the living room faces the setting sun. Both have high non-rectangular windows that are almost impossible to find treatments for, and they let in enough heat in July to bake a casserole without an oven.

I took a full-time job at a school

without high admission standards, knowing I am an admission standards snob. Why? I was young, and QUIET wanted a full DESPERATION simply time job.

I once dated the most beautiful woman in town, who wrote the book on dramatics, and washed her hair in a stranger’s sprinkler after a disappointing haircut.

Why did I date Craig Marshall her?

You can probSmith ably guess.

I have thought about the choices

Shanann Watts and Kelsey Berreth made, and the tragic outcomes, far more consequential than bedroom casseroles in July.

I have watched lesser outcomes but soul-crushing ones in marriages that began on sunny afternoons with bridesmaids and promises that turned into the War of the Roses.

Some of the choices people make are great for narratives, in films and novels, but not that great to come home to, if they happen to us.

On the other hand, I can look back now at some decisions I made that turned out very favorably, even though I may not have done enough research in the first place.

My first choice was journalism at a

university that didn’t have an undergraduate journalism department.

Uh. My second choice was fine art. It turned out to be where I belonged in the first place.

I chose a dachshund puppy when I was 5. I am now on my fourth (and final) dachshund, and inextricably devoted to the breed.

We make decisions all the time: CNN or Fox (or neither). Republican or Democrat (or neither). God or no God. There is nothing better than freedom, and that includes the freedom of choice.

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What to say when it’s all been said already

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A political move I was dismayed to read that Meghann Silverthorn was chosen for a position on the Douglas County Library Board of Trustees. Her extreme rightwing ideology was part of the destruction of the Douglas County School District until we the people decided to take back our district from Ms. Silverthorn and her friends, and rescue our schools before it was too late.

Toward the end of the article, Sean Duffy of the Board of Trustees says “...the library board has never been about politics.” Well Mr. Duffy, it is now.

County Commissioner Lora Thomas, who was part of the selection committee, said in the article, “We won’t make any apol-

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ogies to the public for this board’s commitment to our conservative principles.” That’s not political?

My dismay has now turned into a fierce determination to get involved, and watch closely the decisions of Meghann Silverthorn and her extreme right-wing conservatives on the library board to make sure that what happened to the DCSD doesn’t happen to our wonderful libraries.

Robert Clarke Highlands Ranch It doesn’t add up If Colorado Republicans want to whine about Democrats trying to equalize our broken system of counting votes, they should SEE LETTERS, P13

times before, there is someone out o you ever feel like it’s all been there right now in our community who said already? I mean how many needs to hear it again, or maybe hear times can we really talk about hope and encouragement, a them for the very first time. And maybe positive attitude, kindness, charity, they need to hear them from you too. goodness, love, forgiveness, commitMany of you have shared your own ment, endurance, thoughtfulness, stories, which by the way I appreciate goals, dreams and actions? How many so very much, and you have shared reminders do we need to say thank you, parts of your own life story where you please, or I love you? were having a bad day, bad week, or a The question really isn’t how few bad months. And then you many times can we really talk decided for whatever reason to WINNING about these things, the question pick up the paper on a given day WORDS is: How often should we talk or find the column online, and about them? And the answer how the nudge and reminder is, constantly or at least more that we can choose our outlook often than we currently do. It’s and actions completely turned been said that repetition is the around your attitude. mother or father of all learnAnd not just this column, but ing. The more often we can resomehow coming across a posipeat these words, affirm others tive message from someone, a with these feelings, and apply motivational blog or podcast, them in our own lives, the more a loving note, or witnessing an they become habit, and part Michael Norton act of kindness, and how seeing of our values and core belief or hearing those positive affirsystem. Imagine that outcome. mations and words of encouragement Each week as I write this column, I made a huge difference in your day, think about it. Each time I speak to a week, month or life. group or class, I think about it too. I “The doors of hope swing widest on think about the fact that ever since I the hinges of encouragement” — Zig was introduced to these concepts myZiglar self, they have literally changed my life.

We can never talk about hope, faith, And although I write about them and love, kindness, gentleness, commitspeak about them so often, it never gets ment, trust, a positive attitude, forgiveold or tired for me, because I know that ness, goals, dreams, or success enough. even though I have shared this message and these winning words so many SEE NORTON, P13

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NORTON FROM PAGE 12

We should never stop filling the ears of our children, our spouses, our family, and our friends with reminders about how important and life-changing these words and actions can be if we can buy into them and internalize them. And we can never fill our own minds and our own hearts and fuel our own conviction enough when it comes to these as well.

The good news is that you get to choose, you get to make the decisions, and you can determine what you want to put into practice and what values you will choose to live by. You can even choose to stop reading this column if you truly believe that there is nothing more to say when

it seems like it’s all been said before. But before you make that choice, I hope you will also remember that common sense is not always common practice and that repetition is the mother and father of all learning.

So how about you? Have you heard it all before? Or can you live with a few more reminders about just how important our outlook is and how our outlook and actions can impact others, improving our own lives at the same time? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can find our words, values, and actions to live by, it really will be a better than good week.

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I can get into my car and drive in any direction I want to, for as long as I want to, and listen to whatever I want to.

I read about a man named Joaquin Guzman who was convicted of numerous crimes, and was sentenced to spend the remainder of his life in a seven-foot by twelve-foot

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take a 1,500-mile trip east to my home state of West Virginia. West Virginia is a beautiful poverty stricken

cell with a single window three feet high by four inches wide.

He’ll be incarcerated right down the road, in Florence, 40 miles south of Colorado Springs.

A former warden, Robin Hood, said, “This place is not designed for humanity. It is not designed for rehabilitation. Period. End of story.”

I have no sympathy for Guzman, but I have thought about what would happen to someone who

was confined and isolated as he will be, and if that wouldn’t be a virtual death.

This morning at 5:30 a.m., Harry and I went to the grocery store. I bought his favorite food. We came home. I fed him. I drank black coffee, read the daily paper, and listened to KVOD. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net.

state that is a leader in opiod addiction and obesity. That little state has five electoral college, votes while Colorado, with 300 percent greater population, has nine.

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LIFE

Staycations can be perfect for

Get lost in ‘The Moors’ on area stage

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Those taking advantage of the Castle Rock Zipline Tours fly over Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock.

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For some, sticking around is how they (don’t) roll

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or many families, spring break is a prime time to travel — the perfect week for an escape to the mountains, a road trip to another state or a flight to a beach destination.

But for others — who may be stuck at home because of work, schedule conflicts or the cost of traveling — spring break is just another week.

Luckily, your kids don’t have to suffer. The Denver metro area has a plethora of activities for all ages.

Whether it’s an overnight stay at a historic hotel downtown, a day camp in Arvada or an outdoor adventure in Castle Rock, we’ve got what you need to plan the ultimate “staycation.”

Check out a new hotel Downtown Denver and surrounding neighborhoods are home to some of the metro area’s oldest, most luxurious and unique hotels.

Looking for a mom-daughter spa day? The Four Seasons Hotel Denver, 1111 14th St, is a one-stop-shop for hair and nails, a massage and access to the hotel’s five-star spa facility, equipped with a steam room and whirlpool. Spa guests must be 18 years or older, but teens between the ages of 14 to 17 are allowed in with a

Looking for activities to do over spring break? Visit with an elephant at the Denver Zoo. The facility is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

COURTESY OF DENVER ZOO signed waiver from a parent.

Historic hotel For an option rich in history, try a night or two at Denver’s second longest operating hotel, the Brown Palace, 321 17th Street. Built in 1892, the hotel has seen nearly every president, the Beatles and a long list of famous socialites. The elegant interior and famous cigar lounge are reminiscent of another era, a flashback in time.

While you’re there: spend an afternoon in the tea room, complete with scones and finger sandwiches, or take a personally guided tour of the hotel.

Sign up for a camp Keep the kids busy over spring break with one of the metro area’s many day camps.

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or aficionados of a certain kind of English novel, the phrase “the moors” conjures up images of a mysterious, fog-shrouded lowlands where romance and danger go hand-inhand.

In her 2016 work with that same title, playwright Jen Silverman took the conventions that writers like the Brönte sisters and Arthur Conan Doyle built into this location and turned them into a dark comedy.

“One way we’re describing the show is ‘Wuthering Heights’ meets COMING Addams FamATTRACTIONS ‘The ily,’” explained actor Jessica Robblee. “There are a lot of mysteries to it, but there’s also a lot of fun in the play as well.”

The regional premiere of “The Moors” runs at the Arvada Center, Clarke Reader 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through May 18. The show is the second of three repertory productions at the center, with performances taking place at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. There will also be select Saturday matinées at 2 p.m.

The show focuses on two sisters, their depressed mastiff dog (Geoffrey Kent) and their lonely life out on the moors. But with the appearance of a governess and a mooorhen, everyone’s life gets thrown into chaos. Robblee takes on the role of Huldey, one of the sisters, and Regina Fernandez plays Emilie, the home’s new governess.

“The show reminds me of the great gothic thrillers like ‘Rebecca,’ but there’s also bits of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as well,” Fernandez said. “While it might seem like just a period piece, it’s really easy to access for modern audiences.”

One thing the show has in common with the other two productions of the Black Box season — “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Sin Street Social Club” — is a strong sense of location. Fernandez said the English moors are a vibrant character in the play, which adds to the emotional and darkly funny nature of the play.

“Really, it’s just a beautiful show,” Robblee said. “There’s a real journey in the play, with a lot of nice SEE READER, P15

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Animals are featured attraction in art show

rt Students League of Denver has an appealing exhibit, “Man’s Best Friend: Animal Portraiture” that runs through April 5 at the school, 200 N. Grant St., Denver. Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays-Sundays. Artwork in 2D and 3D is exhibited by staff and students. Admission free. 303-7786990, asld.org.

Neil Simon classic “The Odd Couple,” an all-time favorite comedy, is a fine way to say farewell to the famous American playwright, Neil Simon, who passed away last August at age 91. Actor Brian Walker-Smith plays Oscar and Damon Guerrasio is neatnik Felix in the production directed by Christopher Willard. It runs March 8-17 at the Schoolhouse Theatre in Parker. Tickets: ParkerArts.org or 303-805-6800.

South Suburban art South Suburban’s Temporary Art Exhibits for March include: Buck Recreation Center: South Suburban Therapeutic Adaptive Recreation (STAR) Artists, who enjoy programs to improve motor skills and enhance creativity, self-expression and socialization. Lone Tree Recreation

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surprises along the way.”

To get tickets, call 720-898-7200 or visit www.arvadacenter.org/themoors.

Scale some of the most challenging peaks while sitting down If there’s one thing Coloradans appreciate, it’s the mountains. It’s hard not to — they’re just right there. But not all of us are built to be climbers or off-roaders. Luckily, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour has mountain appreciators of all kinds covered.

Hosted by the Colorado Mountain Club, the tour will be stopping at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place in Denver, from Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3.

The tour brings some of the films from the annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival held in Banff, Canada, out on the road.

Head to http://bit.ly/cmcbanff19 for all the details you need.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Meek Mill at Fillmore Auditorium It’s probably a safe bet that Robert Rihmeek Williams, better known as Meek Mill, didn’t expect that his rap career would lead to a role as a public advocate for criminal justice reform. I guess that’s what happens when the justice system fails you. y Meek had a booming rap career before his highly publicized incarceration and subsequent release from prison in April 2018. Since his release, he’s joined the national

Center: Paintings by Nicole Anderson of Englewood, flowers and more from nature. Goodson Recreation Center: Paint Box Guild, 40 active artists work in varied media and techniques. Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel: Photographs

by Sheldon SpiegelSonya Ellingboe man of Littleton (through April 15).

Artists can find a list of guidelines for exhibitors online at ssprd.org or by calling Darcie LaScala, 720-2452601.

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Revival “Rock of Aging” makes a return visit to Firehouse Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Tickets: 303-562-3232 or firehousetheatercompany.com.

‘I Love a Mystery’ Stories on Stage features storytelling actors Jim Hunt, Anne Penner and Laurence Curry to spin mystery stories at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. on March 9 at El Centro Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Tickets: $15-$28: storiesonstage.org, 303-494-0523. conversation about criminal justice disparities and injustices and is working with leaders like Jay-Z and 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin to address institutional issues.

Now the Philadelphia rapper going on a large national tour, and will be stopping by the Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 N. Clarkson St., at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. He’s bringing upstarts Melii, Kash Doll and Lil Durk along with him, and it promises to be quite the show.

For tickets, visit www.livenation. com.

Eye of the Camera The 53rd annual Eye of the Camera photography exhibit, juried by Gary Emrich, is open through March 24 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Open to all Colorado photographers. Open during museum hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission free. 303-795-3950.

Dance collaboration Colorado Ballet, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Wonderbound will collaborate in a program at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, “Tour de Force,” on March 8-10 with three distinct works: “MOVE/ment” by Cleo Parker Robinson; Amy Siewart’s “Traveling Alone” by Colorado Ballet; and Beethoven’s “Creatures of Prometheus” by Wonderbound. Performances: 7:30 p.m. March 8 and 9; 2 p.m.

March 9 and 10. Tickets: $30-$155: ColoradoBallet.org or 303-837-8888, ext. 2.

Littleton Museum summer camps Registration began Feb. 1 for three summer camps at Littleton Museum: “Adventures in History” for kids going into grades 4, 5, 6; “Critters and Crafts” for those entering kindergarten and first grade; “Young Pioneers” for grades 2 and 3 (an abbreviated adventures in history). musw@littletongov.org, 303795-3950. (May be full.)

Rockapella concert The vocal group Rockapella will

bring its contemporary song styling to Lone Tree Arts Center for an 8 p.m. concert on March 15 at 10025 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

March at museum “Returning the Gaze: Paintings

by Jordan Casteel”; “Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead”; and “Stampede: Animals in Art” continue through March at the Denver Art Museum, while “Dior: Paris to the World” ends on March 17. (Special tickets required for this one.) “Eyes on: Erika Haarsch,” a multi-media installation comprised of imagery, music, text and furnishings referencing circumstances faced by immigrants and refugees subject to the DREAM Act. Logan Lecture speaker on March 13 is Simphiwe Ndzube, who lives and works in Los Angeles and Cape Town, South Africa. On March 20, artist Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe) speaks on “Indians in the wilderness.” Challenging perceptions … The museum is between 12th and 14th avenues on the west side of Broadway in downtown Denver.

Concerts in Littleton Town Hall Arts Center concert series: March 3, 7 p.m. The Nacho men; April 7; Hazel Miller and the Hazel Miller Band. Townhallartscenter.org, 303-794-2787, ext. 5, 2450 W. Main St. in Littleton.

TREASURES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

Romance from orchestra While February might be the month many people associate with love, the Lakewood Symphony Orchestra is moving its celebration of the romantic arts to March.

The LSO’s “Romance” concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at March 7 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

According to information for the symphony, Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet,” a classic of the repertoire will be accompanied by an older and equally tragic love story — Lancelot and Elaine. Fans of classic Arthurian legends, especially Sir Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” — will be familiar with the story. Faure’s “Pavanne,” Maquez’s “Danzon No. 2” and SaintSaëns “Baccanale” round out the program.

For tickets or information, call 303987-7845 or visit www.lakewoodsymphony.org.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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‘Dames at Sea’ is upbeat production Forget the chill of late winter with warmth of fun musical

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In his director’s notes, Robert Wells speaks of those elaborate 1930s film musicals — “kaleidoscopic camera treatments of scores of beautiful women ... dozens of dancing sailors ...

Busby Berkeley musical numbers ...”

In his opening greeting to the audience for “Dames at Sea” on Feb. 9, he smiled widely and added: “We do it here with six actors!”

And indeed they do at Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton, in an upbeat production of “Dames at Sea,” first presented in 1966 off-Broadway with new performer Bernadette Peters.

A live band accompanies the musical, with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and lyrics

by Jim Wise. Wells, also with the improv group “Chicken Lips,” is an ideal director for this tongue-in-cheek look at a theater form gone by.

“Dames at Sea” continues at Town Hall Arts Center through March 17.

And the Stanton Gallery features a pleasant new art exhibit — related more by title, “Women on Water,” than by content. Works are by local painters Darcie Kurtak and Kimberly Con-

ship quickly and cleverly, due to “Dames at Sea” plays clever design through March 17 work by veteran at Town Hall Arts Michael Duran.

Center, 2450 W. Thumps and Main St. in downbumps during town Littleton. the first act turn Performances are at out to be a bull7:30 p.m. Thursdays, dozer, starting Fridays, Saturdays; 2 to tear down the p.m. Sundays — plus theater. What 2 p.m. on March 2 shall we do?? and 6:30 p.m. on Stage the show March 10. Tickets on the ship, of cost $24-$44. Call course! Mona 303-794-2787, ext. knows just how 213 or buy online at to convince the townhallartscenter. captain, an old org/damesatsea. acquaintance, Ten value seats at and action shifts $10 each will be on deck for Act available on a first- II, where rocome, first-serve mances develop basis at the box and there’s time office one hour prior for more music to published curtain and dance. time.

Kelly Kates’ choreography carries the show, summoning up images of lots of chorus girls and happy dancing sailors, for those who may recall those old movies--or see them occasionally on TV. Especially note: “The Beguine” with Mona and The Captain.

What a great remedy for the February blahs!

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Mary McGroary as an over the top Mona woos Stephen Turner — the reserved ship captain.

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Mary McGoary, playing tough older actress Mona Kent, comes onstage singing and tapping in the opening number, “Wall Street,” to start the action, and before she finishes, a wide-eyed frightened Ruby (Chrissy Keane-Schmidt) stumbles onto the 42nd Street stage — just off a bus from Utah.

“I want to be in a Broadway show,” she says. Of course she does — and has tap shoes in her suitcase! And of

course she can dance and the director signs her on!

And — of course a sailor, Dick (Matt LaFontaine), on leave, who is also a songwriter and from her home town, shows up! “It’s You!” they sing.

Also cast: Stephen Turner, who is Hennesey, the director as well as a very funny ship’s captain; Carrie Millard as Joan, a chorus girl, and John Mackey, Lucky, also a sailor (and dance captain). When this cast is all onstage, singing and tapping, they fill the theater, which transforms from stage to battle-

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Douglas County School District: March 18-22

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Cherry Creek School District: March 18-22

“They’re designed for all ages and stages of ability and adventure,” Jamie Noebel, community relations manager at the Highlands Ranch Community Association, said of its day camps. “Some of the camps are just several hours a day, or you can drop your child off all day and have them be busy for the week.”

The HRCA offers a long list of options the week of March 18-22 —Douglas County School District’s spring break. Day camps have a number of themes, including jewelry making, cupcake baking and swimming. Also offered are one-day classes. For a full list of camps and prices, visit https:// bit.ly/2TcjoxC. After a successful round of summer camps, Arvada Center for the Arts asked its leaders to return the week of March 25-29 — JeffCo Public Schools’ spring break. The arts center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., hosts weeklong, morning and afternoon camps in drama, comedy, arts and more. For a full list, visit https://bit. ly/2GA0vyv.

For families at Adams 12 Five Star Schools and Westminster Public Schools, the city of Westminster offers a day camp to keep your kids busy the week of March 25-29. Each day has a different theme —Monday’s “Fins and Pins” includes a visit to the Denver Aquarium and bowling at Brunswick Zone. Tuesday’s “Jumping Dragons” features a movie followed

Littleton Public Schools: March 25-29

WHEN IS SPRING BREAK?

Englewood Schools: March 25-29 Denver Public Schools: March 25-29 JeffCo Public Schools: March 25-29 Adams 12 Five Star Schools: March 25-29 Westminster Public Schools: March 25-29 by an afternoon at Jump City. To register, visit https://bit.ly/2BKB5ud.

Get outside Outdoor lovers, there are familyfriendly options for you, too.

Spend a day with 4,000 animals at the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St. Gates are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Or check out a safari camp for kids in grades pre-K through third. The creaturethemed day camp is offered the week of March 25-29 — Denver Public Schools’ spring break. For more information, visit denverzoo.org/ spring-safari.

Touted by reviewers on TripAdvisor as a must for tourist and locals, Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours is a weekend experience. On Saturdays, a rickety-looking wooden school bus, filled with couches and recliners, takes guests on a 90-minute interactive tour of Denver’s rich history — ghost stories included.

Children under 5 ride free with an

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Let it fly And if you want the ultimate outdoor adventure, head down south.

At Castle Rock Zipline Tours, 1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway, soar along a 10-line zip course at speeds reaching 50 mph, over 1.5 miles of untouched land. While you’re there, check out a 42-foot climbing wall and a ninja warrior course.

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THINGS to DO

MUSIC

Inside the Orchestra’s Tiny Tots Concerts: 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 2 at The Falls Event Center, 8199 Southpark Ct., Littleton. Kids get truly inside the orchestra as they are seated on the floor and surrounded by a 30+ piece orchestra. This winter, take a musical walk through the four seasons. insidetheorchestra.org/ tiny-tots-events/ Music from New York: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Join the Littleton Symphony for this concert featuring cellist Matthew Zalkind performing the Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, one of the two most performed of all cello concerti in the world. More information and tickets available at www.littletonsymphony.org or by phone at 303-933-6824.

EVENTS

Ballet Ariel presents Ballerina by Degas: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker. Ballerinas by Degas enchants as his paintings come to life, by telling the story of a young dancer, Simone, her rapid rise within the Paris Opera ballet company and the Impressionist artists, Degas, who records it all.

Discounted ticket prices are available for Seniors (65+), Students, and Children (12 & under) by using dropdown menus by the appropriate seats in your shopping cart prior to checkout. For information on purchasing these tickets visit balletariel.org or call (303) 945-4388.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 28, Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2, 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 2 in the Mary Gill Theatre, Chaparral High School. 15655 Brookstone Dr, Parker. The Gold Honor award winning Chaparral High School Theatre Department would like to invite you to our production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, written by Jeffrey Lane, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek.

Adult tickets are $12 and student tickets are $8. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at seatyourself.biz/chaparralhs.

La Liga Basketball: 6 to 8 p.m.

Mondays, March 3, 11 and 25 at Castle Rock Elementary School, 1103 Canyon Drive, Castle Rock.

Adult Spanish/English speaking coaches. Team jerseys will be

shamrock. All are invited to join the crew. For more information contact startrekpost@gmail. com.

this week’s TOP FIVE My Yard! Lawn & Landscape Ideas & Tips: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Pines, 360 Village Square Lane, Castle Pines. Learn the basics of xeriscape, including the seven principles of xeriscape, and take away some great ideas for retrofitting your existing landscape or installing a new one! It’s more than just cactus and rocks. Presented by Castle Pines North Parks & Open Space Manager Craig Miller. Adults. The event is free, but registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Walk with a Doc at South Denver Cardiology: 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Dr., Littleton. Participants will have the opportunity to walk and talk with the providers of South Denver Cardiology. We will have coffee and light snacks for walkers. Visit southdenver.com/ event-registration/?ee=8411 for more information.

Mind Twister: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at Douglas County Libraries in Roxborough, 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd. #200, Littleton. Put your

provided. For more information or to sign up contact: Marsha (303) 814-5327.

Career Fair: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, March 7 at Embassy Suites Denver - Tech Center, 10250 E. Costilla Ave., Centennial.

Inside Sales Reps, Outside Sales Reps, Account Executives, Retail Managers, Account Managers, Insurance Sales, Customer Service, Technical Sales, Sales Managers, Pharmaceutical Sales, Telesales, Sales Trainer, Merchandiser, Mortgage Brokers, Financial Planner, Route Sales, Retail Sales, Retail Management, Human Resources and much more! Visit hirelive.com for more information.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7 at Fox & Hound, 9239 Park Meadows Dr., Lone Tree. You don’t have to be from Douglas County, or even be Libertarian to join us but we do request that if you have fun, let a friend know, or bring a friend to the next one! Topics will include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to

mind to the test with puzzles, brainteasers, and interactive challenges for all ages! Enjoy pizza and dessert, and a special video message from “Book Scavenger” author Jennifer Chambliss Bertman.

Ideal for families. Last check-in to the event is 7PM. All ages welcome. The event is free, but registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Americana Music Night and Military Mail to Soldiers Benefit: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at Hilltop Schoolhouse, 5748 Flintwood Road, Parker.

On March 2nd at the Hilltop Schoolhouse, the Hilltop Station Band will perform Americana Music and facilitate an informal jam fest. Visitors may donate for musicians’ talent and for refreshments.

Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society: International Genealogy Resources: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 at the Family History Center, 9800 B Foothill Canyons Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Join us for a series of workshops about online genealogical research tools MyHeritage, Ancestry International, FindMyPast, and Scandanivian resources. This time of year, inclement weather is always a possibility.

In the event of snow, check the HRGS website at https://hrgenealogy.wordpress.com before venturing out.

make a difference in our political landscape. For additional information on this Meet-Up or the LP of Douglas County please email board@lpdc.org.

Castle Rock Elementary Sock Hop: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 8 at Castle Rock Elementary School, 1103 Canyon Dr., Castle Rock. It’s a tradition that includes every grade level learning several coordinated dances (the jitter bug, the Macarena, the popcorn dance and several others) and performing these dances together in the gym on one special night.

The cost is $15 per student and Free for Adults and Children under 3. Call (303) 387-5000 for more information.

Lenten Fish Fry: 4 to 6:30 pm.

Fridays, March 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5, 12 in the Brownstein Hall at Ave Maria Church, 9056 E. Parker Rd., Parker. The Knights of Columbus are having a fish fry every Friday night in Lent except Good Friday. We serve delicious fried fish, baked fish or nuggets with cole slaw, fried or baked potato, mac and cheese, and dinner rolls. Ice tea, lemonade and coffee are free. Prices: Family, $29.00, over 12 years, $10.00, 5 - 12 years, $5.00, and kids under 5 are FREE! Homemade desserts are $.50 to $1.00. Take-out / drive-thru are available. Come and enjoy a delicious fish dinner in Brownstein Hall at Ave Maria Church. Call Len Bertagnolli at 720-468-2630 for more information.

Visit the Kids Consignment Sale by MOMS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 9 at The Douglas

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County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Join the hundreds of people to shop for your baby and children’s items, including children’s clothing, baby gear and activities, toys, books, games, bedding, sports equipment, backpacks, Easter attire, furniture (including cribs), nursing equipment, maternity wear, and more. For more information about the sale or to find out about Mothers of Multiples Society, visit mothersofmultiples. com.

Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum’s Monthly Presentation: 6:45 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 14 at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock.

Come hear stories of the old courthouse fire, the first church in town, the wild times at the Keystone Hotel and many more fun stories. Refreshments will be served at 6:45pm with the presentation beginning at 7:00pm at the Philip S. Miller Library 100 S. Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104.

For more information check out our website at castlerockhistoricalsociety.org or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-8143164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Paddy Party with Crew & Brew: Noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at St. Patrick’s Brewery, Bowles Ave., Littleton. USS Trinity crew will meet for an Irish lunch at St. Patrick’s Brewery in Littleton to celebrate Saint Patrick and his

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Which Genealogy Site Should I Use?: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at the Parker Genealogical Society, 20105 E Main Street, Event Hall B, Parker. Should you use Ancestry.com, FamilySearch. org, Findmypast.com or MyHeritage.com? Or should you be using more than one site to accomplish your family history goals? Learn how these genealogy giants compare for historical records, online trees, DNA tools and access options. This overview of each site’s strengths and weaknesses will help you know which to use now and which to keep in mind when your research interests or budget change. Call (303) 791-7323 for more information.

Peter Pan auditions: Spotlight Performing Arts Center is auditioning for “PETER PAN” on Tuesday, March 5 at 5:30 pm.

This 15-week class teaches 6-18 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a full-length musical production! Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30-7 pm from March through June, when performances will take place. Check out spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for more info and current tuition rates!

Two Week Cancer Workshop: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, March 9 and March 23 at the Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree.

Lead by a three-time cancer survivor, you will learn how to write about coping with the problems that will occur on the road to recovery. Included in the workshop are two books, a diary and a workbook for your personal use. Cost $24. Call South Suburban 303-798-5131 to register or email sueviders@ comcast.net or darciel@sspr.org for more info.

An Evening with Bestselling Author Steve Berry: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet. International and New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry (steveberry.org) will talk about his latest thriller, “The Malta Exchange.” For more information, call 303-791-7323.

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Bluebird volunteers: Protecting the songs of spring: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 at The Millhouse at Philip S. Miller Park, 1381 W. Plum Creek Parkway, Castle Rock. a local division of the Colorado Bluebird Project, the town’s residents have been helping to create and monitor nesting boxes for 12 years.Visit CRgov.com/bluebird or contact Barbara Spagnuolo, Natural Resource Specialist, at 720-733-2294, or bspagnuolo@CRgov.com.

Art & Music Video Camp: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 22 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet.

Many mediums will be explored. A professionally edited final product will be posted online. For ages 7-11. Register at DCL.org or call 303-791-7323.

Superhero Movie Making & LEGO Camp: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 22 at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Rock, Philip S. Miller, 100 S. Wilcox St. Kids will create a live-action superheroes vs. villains mini movie. A professionally edited final movie will be posted online. For ages 7-11. Register at DCL.org or call 303-791-7323.

Around the World with Cooking & Art Camp: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 22 at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, 10055 Library Way. Young chefs will cook foods from around the globe and explore customs, songs, geography and languages associated with each recipe. Ages 6-10. Register at DCL.org or call 303-791-7323.

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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“We want to make this trip doable,” Endres says. “That group of men — the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and its veterans — they are a national treasure.

“They love each other as brothers .… I’m inspired by their togetherness, their closeness, their desire to make this happen.”

Having some money to cover expenses would be nice, Simpson and Cuda say. But they aren’t worried —they’re going regardless.

“I don’t know him personally,” Cuda says of Redman, “but I’m taking him personally …. As long as he’s one of our Blackhorse, I’ll take care of him.”

The generosity of spirit has overwhelmed Redman.

“They said ‘All you got to do is show up and be healthy — we’ll take care of it,’ ” he says quietly. “Can you believe that? Isn’t that something?”

••••• Being on the receiving end of generosity has been humbling to Redman, known in the community for being the one to always help others. He was the can-do guy, the problem-solver, the man “with a heart of gold” as friends say, ready to step in when needed.

A cavalry scout stationed in Germany near the border with the Soviet Union when the Chernobyl nuclear explosion occurred in 1986,

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Local veterans, along with several of Christian Redman’s friends and neighbors, are hoping to raise about $10,000 to help cover expenses for Maverick’s Last Ride, as well as for medical and other bills. About $1,200 had been collected as of Feb. 23. If you’d like to help, here are three ways:

lar restaurant and bar among military personnel and veterans, for a fundraiser on Saturday, March 9, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. A portion of the day’s sales also will be donated to the fundraiser. The Tavern is at 12365 Pine Bluffs Way, Parker. 720851-5302.

• Stop by Parker’s Takoda Tavern, a popu-

• Mail a check made payable to “Christian Redman” to Ron Meier, P.O. Box 2984, Parker, Colorado 80134. Meier, a close friend of Redman, will make sure the money gets to him.

Redman later taught armor operations warfare and was called up in the reserves during Desert Shield/ Desert Storm. He was a police officer for 23 years in Kentucky before moving to Parker to help care for his aging parents. He worked construction and started his own business.

But the cancer, which has spread to his liver and stomach, has ravaged Redman, leaving him with an ileostomy bag outside his stomach area to collect waste products from his body, whittling him down from a “maverick” 230 pounds to 140 pounds at one point. He has since gained back 40 pounds, despite the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiation that make it difficult to eat.

There have been dark days, where he’d sit in his condo, watch TV and not open the door for four or five days.

“Just couldn’t summon the energy,” he says.

His daughter, prayer, talking scriptures with his brothers have helped

him move forward. His dad, Dave Redman, 78, a retired Navy master chief, has been a constant presence — the rock — who still takes him to every appointment.

But this chance to live with joy for a little while has been an unexpected, spirit-lifting gift.

“I get to see brothers I haven’t seen in years, meet new brothers, be with my daughter on her birthday,” says Redman, his voice tinged with a soft longing. “Go down to Florida, get up in the middle of the night and walk down to the beach, feeling the breeze in your hair, smelling the salt, looking up and seeing the palms. It just calms your soul.”

He pauses, remembering.

“And it’s never bad to feel the sand beneath your toes.”

Ann Macari Healey writes about people, places and issues of everyday life. An award-winning columnist, she can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia or 303-566-4100.

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Local teams advance in girls basketball playoffs STAFF REPORT

op-seeded Highlands Ranch and five other south metro Class 5A girls basketball teams notched second-round victories and advanced to the Feb. 26 Sweet 16 round of the CHSAA state playoffs.

The Great 8 is scheduled for March 1 at the Denver Coliseum.

All second-round games were held Feb. 22.

Highlands Ranch (23-1) jumped to a 58-14 halftime lead and rolled to an 85-27 win over No. 32 Liberty as Autumn Watts and Kasey Neubert each scored 18 points and Jamie Bain added 17.

Freshman Raegan Beers had 26 points and 15 rebounds as No. 3 Valor Christian (22-9) beat No. 35 Columbine, 49-37.

No. 4 Cherry Creek (20-4) pulled away in the second half and topped Centennial League rival Arapahoe, 55-26. No. 12 Mountain Vista (17-7) made an early lead stand up and advanced with a 40-30 victory over No. 44 Fairview. Amy Holland led Vista’s balanced scoring with nine points.

No. 14 Legend (17-7) held Continental League opponent Douglas County scoreless in the first quarter and posted a 39-28 second-round victory.

Kassie Rembisz and Kinzie Whitehead each had eight points to spark the Titans’ offense.

No.22 Chaparral (15-10) rallied in the second half and sank three free throws late in the game to upset No. 11 Vista Peak, 61-59.

In first-round playoff action Feb. 13, three south metro teams won.

Arapahoe, seeded 29th, notched a 7337 win over No. 36 Bear Creek as Eliana McClarie and Kathleen Wortman each scored 16 points for the Warriors. No. 22 Chaparral was helped by 16 points from Sydney Speights and eliminated No. 43 Grand Junction Central, 69-26, and No. 46 Douglas County surprised No. 19 Mountain Range, 54-41.

Dakota Ridge, the No. 17 seed, posted a 47-30 first-round win over No. 48 Rock Canyon, and No. 40 Castle View dropped a 47-40 decision to No. 40 Legacy. No. 36 Columbine edged No. 30 ThunderRidge, 46-40.

In the 4A playoffs, No. 31 Littleton was ousted in the first round as No. 34 Glenwood Springs recorded a 40-26 victory.

Ponderosa (17-7) advanced to the Sweet 16 on Feb. 22 as the 11th-seeded Mustangs never trailed in a 53-38 win over Skyline.

Sophomore Stephanie Schultz scored 16 points to help Lutheran, the top seed in the 3A Metro district

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Mountain Vista’s Mackenzie Gamble (3) tries to create some room as Fairview’s Kailey Page defends. Gamble had 7 points as her Golden Eagles won their Class 5A second-round playoff game 40-30 on Feb. 22.

PAUL DISALVO tournament, defeat No. 2 SkyView Academy, 46-28, in the championship game on Feb. 23. Both teams earned berths into the regional/state tournament bracket.

First-round games are set for March 1.

The Lions got past No. 8 Jefferson Academy, 44-31, in the first round as

Kate Webster was one of the leaders with 12 points and seven steals.

Lutheran topped Colorado Academy, 52-29, in a second-round game on Feb. 21.

SkyView Academy advanced to the semifinals with a 54-29 win over Manual and edged Faith Christian, 41-36, to move into the title game.

ollin Romero doesn’t feel like an icon or whatever you call a role model these days.

The Rock Canyon senior is a three-sport athlete, and these competitors are becoming harder to find in OVERTIME this age of specialization for athletes.

It has become more common for athletes to specialize and concentrate on one sport to help their chances to play at the next level and obtain possible Jim Benton college athletic scholarships.

The only place that three-sport athletes are common is at smaller Class A schools where athletes are needed to fill rosters for fall, winter and spring sports.

Romero was a standout wide receiver on the Jaguars’ football team, a point guard on the basketball team and will be at shortstop for the baseball team after the basketball season concludes.

“I feel real good about being a three-sport athlete,” said Romero. “A lot of people once they get into high school drop down to one sport but I really tried to play all three. I wasn’t really interested in playing college basketball but I still wanted to play that sport.

“A lot of people feel that it helps to put all their eggs into one sport.”

The transition between sports sometimes isn’t easy.

“It’s tough not having that break between seasons,” admitted Romero.

“It is kind of tough on your body, especially if you get like a little dink in another sport, but you have to continue on to the next sport. So you really can’t take any days off to recover.’’

Romero believes his involvement in three sports has helped him focus his free time on meaningful things and his academic studies.

Many college recruiters and coaches welcome multi-sport athletes, and playing multiple sports helps build different muscles. Athletes competing in different sports tend to have a lower injury rate.

The 5-foot-9, 160-pound Romero was the Most Valuable Player on last fall’s Rock Canyon football team and holds s eight school records including career s a receptions (79) and career return yards (1,172). p SEE BENTON, P21

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Local wrestlers fare well at state tourney Valor Christian senior Jake Welch, right, and Pomona’s Franklin Cruz on the podium Feb. 23 at the Pepsi Center.

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA

There were 11 wrestlers from Douglas County schools that were on the podium on the final night of the 5A state wrestling tournament at the Pepsi Center.

Ponderosa, which was second in the team standings behind state champion Pomona, had a pair of individual champions.

Mosha Schwartz won the 126-pound title and 285-pounder Cohlton Schultz wrapped up an unbeaten 46-0 season by winning his fourth straight state championship as he defeated Legend’s Colin Lavell in the title match.

Valor Christian senior Jake Welch lost 9-4 to Franklin Cruz of Pomona in the

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180-pound championship match. Valor’s Payton Polson was fourth at 170 pounds and Jack Howell was sixth at 152

pounds.

“It was a good season, I prepared well,” said Welch who lost only three of 41 matches.

Top-seed and defending state champion Regis Jesuit and No. 2 seed Valor Christian moved closer to a title game rematch with quarterfinal victories on Feb. 23 in the CHSAA state hockey playoffs.

Regis eliminated Cherry Creek with a 3-1 victory as Luke Flay collected the only Bruins’ goal in the third period, which pulled Creek to within 2-1 with more than seven minutes left in the game.

Colby Browne scored the game winner in the second overtime at Valor edged Monarch, 1-0, with goalie Trey Hirschfield making 26 saves.

Regis (20-1-0) will play No. 4 Chaparral (16-5-0) in one semifinal game on March 1 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, while Valor (17-3-1) will challenge No. 6 Dakota Ridge (14-5-2) in the second semifinal.

The state championship game will be held March 4 at the Pepsi Center.

Goalie Evan Crawford made 28 saves, Xander Sakadinsky scored two goals and Dylan Florit had three assists in Chaparral’s 4-0 quarterfinal win over Denver East.

Mason Hoehn and Colton Carson each scored twice and added an assist as Valor blanked Ralston Valley, 6-0, in one of the secondround games that were played on Feb. 22. Goalie Jack Kuzla made 19 saves in the shutout.

Cherry Creek downed Doherty, 4-2, in a secondround contest. Blake Benson scored two of the Bruins’ goals, including one of the two power-play goals to start the third period.

Chaparral twice came back from one-goal first-period deficits and recorded a 7-4 second round win over Crested

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He had baseball offers from several schools but decided to take a scholarship offer to play football next season at Colorado School of Mines.

With the basketball season wrapping up and baseball practice start-

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Butte. Florit had a hat trick and finished with five points in the victory.

Heritage was eliminated after a 4-1 loss to Monarch. Mountain Vista lost to Fort Collins, 7-1.

Cherry Creek, Heritage and Mountain Vista secured first-round victories on Feb. 19, but Castle View saw its season end with a 5-1 loss to No. 11 Pine Creek.

Creek scored six goals in the third period to rally for a 7-4 over Standley Lake with two power play goals by Flay, igniting the comeback from a two-goal deficit.

No. 10 Heritage scored power-play goals and a shorthanded tally in a 5-1 victory over No. 23 Cheyenne Mountain.

Josh Cox scored the game-winning goal in the second period as No. 14 Mountain Vista edged No. 19 Resurrection Christian, 3-2.

ing, Romero will be walking up the incline to the Rock Canyon baseball field.

“With baseball it is a little different,” Romero said. “I have been swinging a bat but you need to throw the baseball. It will take a week and a half to go full out with the arm throwing the baseball.”

Evans scholarship winners There were five area caddies among

the 160-pound runner-up as he lost 5-1 in the championship match to Marquez Salazar of Adams City.

Sophomore Randy Myers of Castle View was second at 132 pounds as he lost a tough 1-0 decision to Justin Pacheco of Pomona in the championship finale when he couldn’t get a takedown to pull out a win.

Myers, who wound up with a 19-6 record, knows the title match and season could have been better.

“I didn’t finish my shots, I wasn’t going to say lazy but I didn’t finish the shots I should have,” said Myers.

Myers’ senior teammate Adrian Marquez was fourth at 120 pounds after losing 4-1 in the third-place match to Dawson Collins of Grand Junction.

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Hockey semifinals: Regis, Chaparral, Valor, Dakota Ridge STAFF REPORT

“I prepared the best I could for the match and it was a tough loss. I was just thankful to have the opportunity.”

ThunderRidge had two wrestlers place as Aiden Okamura was sixth at 120 pounds and Brock Schilling came in sixth at 180 pounds.

Douglas County High had four podium finishers.

Freshman Justin Kelchen was sixth on Feb. 23, losing the 106-pound fifth place match 4-0 to Kieran Thompson of Grand Junction.

Sophomore Max Black was third at 113 pounds after his 9-8 win over Alec Betran of Horizon.

Senior Jared Cabonoc finished with a 15-7 win over Brayden Roman of Pine Creek to take fifth at 138 pounds and senior Austin Kelchen was

Six south metro-area teams won second-round games on Feb. 23 in the CHSAA boys state basketball playoffs.

Sweet 16 games were scheduled for Feb. 27 with Great 8 games set to be played March 2 at the Denver Coliseum.

Top-seeded Chaparral (20-4) downed Fossil Ridge, 84-55, as senior Bryce Matthews led the team with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

No. 2 Mountain Vista (22-2) had to go into overtime before eliminating No. 34 Rocky Mountain, 48-45.

Ben Grusing topped the Golden Eagles with 16 points.

Senior Kevin Sax scored 21 points as No. 5 ThunderRidge (19-5) downed No. 28 Poudre, 63-46. No. 11 Rock Canyon (17-7) advanced with a 77-55 win over Brighton. Junior Brode Aho paced the Jaguars’ balanced scoring output with 13 points.

No. 23 Highlands Ranch (16-9) upset No. 10 Regis Jesuit, 49-48, on Ryker Cisarik’s last-second layup.

No. 24 Cherry Creek (13-12) surprised No. 9 Columbine and pulled off a 77-65 victory. No. 7 Smoky Hill ousted No. 26 Douglas County, 82-67. No. 13 Eaglecrest

this year’s 13 Evans Scholar recipients from Colorado.

All five will receive full-tuition and housing scholarship to attend the University of Colorado. Evans scholarships are awarded to highachieving caddies with significant financial need.

The area winners were Chloe Bowlen of Castle Rock, who attends Colorado Early College in Parker, Samuel Dahm of Chaparral High

ended the season for No. 20 Legend with a 75-67 victory.

Four teams advanced out of the first round on Feb. 20.

Cherry Creek downed No. 41 Doherty, 61-45, with Myles Purchase leading the way for the Bruins with 19 points. Legend got past No. 45 Aurora Central, 53-41.

Highlands Ranch beat Vista Peak, 49-38 and No. 26 Douglas County turned back Far Northeast, 64-54.

Valor Christian had its sevengame win streak snapped as the No. 30 Eagles were eliminated after a 69-66 first-round loss to No. 35 Windsor despite a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds from junior Roger Rosengarten.

In a 4A first-round game, Ponderosa downed Silver Creek, 62-48, and the Mustangs, seeded 33rd, lost 69-52 to top-seeded Lewis Palmer in the second round.

In the 3A Metro District championship game on Feb. 23, third-seeded Lutheran (17-5) downed top-seed Manual, 6852, and earned a berth in the 3A regional/state tournament, which starts March 1. The Lions beat Jefferson Academy, 41-32 in a Feb. 19 first-round game and got past Faith Christian, 58-45, in the semifinals.

School, Michael Corrigan, a 2018 graduate of Legacy, Grant Gorman of Lakewood High School and Amelia Moenster of Rock Canyon High School.

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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Douglas County weighs how to open Sandstone Ranch to the public Master Plan process underway, far from over, director says

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Last year, Douglas County bought a sprawling ranch located within its borders near the foothills, taking it off the public market and adding it to the list of properties the county has acquired to then maintain as public open space.

After closing on the sale, the dilemma became crafting a plan to open the land for the public in a way that wouldn’t endanger its natural resources.

The 2,038-acre Sandstone Ranch sits roughly five miles west of Larkspur and borders the Pike National Forest for 3 1/2 miles on its southern and western boundaries. Douglas County purchased it in January 2018 for $18.75 million

from Texas-based company AR Sandstone LLC. “Sandstone Ranch isn’t just a celebration of the West,” Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon said. “It’s a celebration of what keeps the West wild.”

Sandstone has been in operation since the 1870s and remains a working ranch complete with a cattle herd roaming its fields. Red rock formations project toward the sky, hundreds of animal species dwell in its forested canyon, some endangered, and it generally serves as a reminder of the county’s historical roots in agriculture.

Staff knew they’d need a master plan for the property, and they knew compiling it would be a long process, said the county’s director of open space, Cheryl Matthews. It’s far from over, she said, but there’s a draft in the works.

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NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0295

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To Whom It May Concern: On 12/28/2018 8:57:00 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.

LOT 58, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 100-L, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-20CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-20CB Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/14/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 4/25/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005035846 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $206,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $158,483.62

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Which has the address of: 8701 Mallard Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

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PUBLIC NOTICES Original Grantor: MARY MAYBEE Original Beneficiary: REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 7/1/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013054843 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $513,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $305,770.31

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 pay property charges, including but not limited to property taxes and/or hazard insurance, as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 17, 2019, 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.

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0295 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/28/2018 8:57:00 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: MARY MAYBEE Original Beneficiary: REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 7/1/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013054843 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $513,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $305,770.31

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 pay property charges, including but not limited to property taxes and/or hazard insurance, as 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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Public Trustees

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 58, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 100-L, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8701 Mallard Place, 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, April 17, 2019, 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: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

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: A default in payment required by the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A

FIRST LIEN. legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Public Trustees

First Publication: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/3/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-846921-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0295 First Publication: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0292 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/27/2018 4:41:00 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.

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0292

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/27/2018 4:41:00 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.

Public Trustees

Original Grantor: BRIAN PATRICK AOYAGI AND CARRIE ANNE AOYAGI Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-20CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-20CB Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/14/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 4/25/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005035846 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $206,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $158,483.62 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: A default in payment required by the 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 216, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 111-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 216, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 111-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Public Trustees

Which has the address of: 2532 Cove Creek Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 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 17, 2019, 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: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/3/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of Original Grantor: BRIAN PATRICK AOYAGI the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of AND CARRIE ANNE AOYAGI the indebtedness is: Which has the address of: Original Beneficiary: 2532 Cove Creek Court, Legal Description of Real Property: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION KAREN J. RADAKOVICH Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 LOT 58, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. SYSTEMS, INC. AS Colorado Registration #: 11649 100-L, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF NOMINEE FOR FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE 4750 TABLE MESA DRIVE, COLORADO. The name, address and telephone numbers of NOTICE OF SALE COMPANY BOULDER, COLORADO 80305-5575 the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Phone #: (303) 494-3000 Which has the address of: 8701 Mallard the indebtedness is: The current holder of the Evidence of Debt THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE Fax #: Place, secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, BANK OF NEW Attorney File #: 7192-12730 Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 COURTNEY WRIGHT has filed written election and demand for sale as YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEColorado Registration #: 45482 HOLDERS OF Public CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE Notice COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE OF SALE 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, LOAN TRUST 2005-20CB, MORTGAGE TREASURER'S STATEMENT DATES on the Public Trustee website: CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursementsthe first possible sale date (unless the sale is http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Phone #: (877) 369-6122 SERIES 2005-20CB TREASURER'S STATEMENT For the 6 months Ended December 31, 2018continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, Fax #: Date ofStatement Deed ofofTrust Cash (DOT): Receipts 4/14/2005 & Disbursements Legal Notice No.: 2018-0292 has filed written election and demand for sale as Attorney File #: CO-18-846921-LL 2019, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Recording Date of DOT: 4/25/2005 For the months December 31, 2018 First Publication: 2/21/2019 provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at pubReception No.6 of DOT:Ended 2005035846 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE lic auction to the highest and best bidder for DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

ABATED AND TOTAL TOTAL Publisher: Douglas County NewsTREASURER Press THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on DATES on the Public Trustee website : cash, the said real property and all interest of Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: the first possible sale date (unless the sale is BEGINNING http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES $206,400.00 ABATED AND TOTAL TOTAL TREASURER continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, therein, for DISBURSEMENTS the purpose of paying OUT the indebtedOutstanding Principal Amount IN as of the date CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS AND TRANSFERS AND TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD BEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES 2019, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Legal Notice No.: 2018-0295 ness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured hereof: $158,483.62 Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell atCASH pubFirst Publication: 2/21/2019 the Deed of Trust, plus the TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS IN AND TRANSFERS by DISBURSEMENTS OUT attorneys’ ANDfees, TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD COUNTYtoFUNDS lic auction the highest and best bidder for Last Publication: 3/21/2019 expenses of sale and other items allowed by Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificcash, the said real property and all interest of Publisher: Douglas County News Press hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of NTY FUNDS ate of Purchase, all as provided$155,600.00 by law. If the $2,320,415.18 saidCAPITAL Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns trust have been violated A default in $3,601,059.59 $1,971,019.64 $3,251,664.05 325.04 EXPENDITURES $37,650.80 ($571.62) $780.41 $0.00 as follows: $3,563,200.00 $2,164,815.18 sale date is continued to a later date, the deadtherein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedpayment required by the Deed of 36,018.00 Trust. $3,125,472.14 $3,084,814.29 CAPITAL REPLACEMENT 0.00 0.00 0.00 666,324.15 $702,342.15file a notice of 0.00 743,000.00 intent to cure by those $743,000.00 provided in said Evidence of Debt secured $1,971,019.64 $3,251,664.05 325.04 Lness EXPENDITURES $37,650.80 ($571.62) $780.41 $0.00 $3,563,200.00 $3,601,059.59 line to$2,164,815.18 $155,600.00 $2,320,415.18 $4,327,117.41 $3,782,867.57 CONSERVATION TRUSTplus attorneys’ fees, the 0.00 0.00 0.00 LIEN FORECLOSED 637,376.63 0.00 BE A $637,376.63 1,181,626.47 0.00 $1,181,626.47 may also be extended. the Deed of Trust, THE MAY NOT $3,125,472.14 $3,084,814.29 Lby REPLACEMENT 0.00 0.00 0.00 666,324.15 36,018.00 $702,342.15 parties entitled 0.00to cure 743,000.00 $743,000.00 expenses sale and other items allowed by $98,397,819.10 $51,465,285.58 23,601.00 COUNTY of GENERAL 2,720,282.10 (43,784.60) 56,563.75 91,023,779.14 10,744,752.83 $104,501,593.22 140,523,807.74 10,910,319.00 $151,434,126.74 FIRST LIEN. $4,327,117.41 $3,782,867.57 RVATION 0.00 0.00 0.00 637,376.63 0.00 $637,376.63 First Publication: 1,181,626.47 2/21/2019 0.00 $1,181,626.47 law,DEBT andTRUST will deliver to the purchaser a Certific$2,578,536.66 $92,096.66 SERVICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,824,960.00 $1,824,960.00 4,311,400.00 0.00 $4,311,400.00 $51,465,285.58 23,601.00 Yate GENERAL 2,720,282.10 (43,784.60) 56,563.75 91,023,779.14 10,744,752.83 $104,501,593.22 10,910,319.00 $151,434,126.74 Last 140,523,807.74 Publication: 3/21/2019 of Purchase, all as provided by law.$98,397,819.10 If the The property described herein is all of the $1,938,601.65 $473,928.75 1,892.70 DISABILITIES 217,460.32 (3,629.19) 4,548.59 0.00 0.00 $218,379.72 1,683,052.62 0.00 $1,683,052.62 Publisher: Douglas County News saleDEVELOPMENTAL date is continued to a later date, the $2,578,536.66 deadproperty encumbered by the lien of the deed $92,096.66 ERVICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,824,960.00 $1,824,960.00 4,311,400.00 0.00 Press $4,311,400.00 $5,864,802.02 $4,414,544.70 0.00 SERVICES 38,424.81 (1,020.90) 1,397.07 1,045,994.00 $5,302,840.04 6,153,847.36 599,250.00 $6,753,097.36 lineHUMAN to file a notice of intent to cure by $1,938,601.65 those of trust. 0.004,218,045.06 $473,928.75 1,892.70 OPMENTAL DISABILITIES 217,460.32 (3,629.19) 4,548.59 0.00 $218,379.72 1,683,052.62 0.00 $1,683,052.62 Dated: 1/3/2019 parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

INFRASTRUCTURE $16,791,219.55 $24,848,618.40 1,845.33 209,974.31 (118.10) 4,404.99 0.00 8,100,000.00 $8,314,261.20 256,862.35 0.00 $256,862.35 $5,864,802.02 $4,414,544.70 0.00 SERVICES 38,424.81 (1,020.90) 1,397.07 4,218,045.06 1,045,994.00 $5,302,840.04 CHRISTINE 6,153,847.36 599,250.00 $6,753,097.36 DUFFY Legal Description of Real Property: INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB & PROP INSUR $5,312,673.12 $5,719,254.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 999,345.98 0.00 $999,345.98 592,764.83 0.00 $592,764.83 $16,791,219.55 $24,848,618.40 1,845.33 TRUCTURE 209,974.31 (118.10) 4,404.99 0.00 8,100,000.00 $8,314,261.20 DOUGLAS 256,862.35 0.00 $256,862.35 COUNTY Public Trustee First Publication: 2/21/2019 LOT HIGHLANDS $2,471,011.90 $2,831,745.25 INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 216, 9,497,453.25 RANCH FILING 0.00 NO. $9,497,453.25 9,136,719.90 0.00 $9,136,719.90 Last Publication: 111-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF $5,312,673.12 $5,719,254.27 AL SERVICES LIAB &3/21/2019 PROP INSUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 999,345.98 0.00 $999,345.98 592,764.83 0.00 $592,764.83 $2,729,505.50 $3,243,118.63 INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,453,436.00 0.00 $1,453,436.00 939,822.87 0.00 $939,822.87 Publisher: News Press $2,471,011.90 address and telephone numbers of COLORADO. $2,831,745.25 AL SERVICESDouglas MEDICALCounty SELF INSUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,497,453.25 0.00 $9,497,453.25 The name, 9,136,719.90 0.00 $9,136,719.90 the attorney(s) representing legal holder of $18,414,769.68 $35,350,312.27 $32,371,834.82 JUSTICE CENTER SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 14,561,292.23 875,000.00 $15,436,292.23 8,693,991.83 the9,720,777.85 $2,729,505.50 $3,243,118.63 AL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,453,436.00 0.00 $1,453,436.00 the indebtedness 939,822.87 is: 0.00 $939,822.87 Dated: Which $625,040.08 $625,040.08 L.I.D.1/3/2019 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 0.00 0.00 0.00 has the address 0.00 of: 0.00 $0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $35,350,312.27 $32,371,834.82 ECHRISTINE CENTER SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 14,561,292.23 875,000.00 $15,436,292.23 8,693,991.83 9,720,777.85 $18,414,769.68 DUFFY 2532 Cove Creek Court, $23,723,742.18 $14,842,253.23 5,933.10 LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY 1,559,191.99 (8,205.68) 14,161.30 1,365,300.84 0.00 $2,930,448.45 11,811,937.40 0.00 $11,811,937.40 DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee Highlands0.00 Ranch, CO 80129 $625,040.08 $625,040.08 APITAL CONSTRUCTION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 KAREN J. RADAKOVICH 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 LINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVEMENT 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,470.21 0.00 $3,470.21 Registration 3,470.21 0.00 $3,470.21 Colorado #: 11649 $23,723,742.18 $14,842,253.23 5,933.10 NFORCEMENT AUTHORITY 1,559,191.99 (8,205.68) 14,161.30 1,365,300.84 0.00 $2,930,448.45 11,811,937.40 0.00 $11,811,937.40 TheOPEN name, address and telephone numbers of 4750 TABLE MESA DRIVE, NOTICE OF SALE150,000.00 SPACE SALES & USE TAX $7,764,019.13 0.00 0.00 0.000.00 0.00 3,470.216,096,767.04 $6,246,767.04 1,640,478.28 $4,127,719.21 $9,883,066.96 $0.00 Nthe STATION SALES-representing TAX IMPROVEMENT 0.00 0.00 $3,470.21 3,470.21 0.002,487,240.93 $3,470.21 attorney(s) the legal holder of $0.00 BOULDER, COLORADO 80305-5575 $10,436,951.69 $10,024,459.73 PARKS SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 362,886.11 1,293,720.93 $1,656,607.04 1,933,081.00 136,018.00 $2,069,099.00 the indebtedness #: (303) 494-3000 PACE - SALES & USE is: TAX $7,764,019.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 $6,246,767.04 Phone1,640,478.28 2,487,240.93 $4,127,719.21 $9,883,066.96 The6,096,767.04 current holder of the Evidence of Debt PUBLIC TRUSTEE ($752,882.79) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00herein, $175,573.95 173,446.06 0.00 $173,446.06 ($750,754.90) secured by the175,573.95 Deed1,293,720.93 of Trust described $10,436,951.69 $10,024,459.73 SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 362,886.11 $1,656,607.04 Fax #: 1,933,081.00 136,018.00 $2,069,099.00 COURTNEY Attorney File #: 7192-12730 ($683,620.29) ($474,157.89) RMHIDTA WRIGHT 0.00 0.00 0.00filed written 1,267,227.07 0.00sale as $1,267,227.07 1,057,764.67 0.00 $1,057,764.67 has election and0.00 demand for TRUSTEE ($752,882.79) 0.00 0.00 0.00 175,573.95 $175,573.95 173,446.06 0.00 $173,446.06 ($750,754.90) Colorado #: 45482 provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. $65,105,590.89 $44,184,617.23 8,291.88 ROAD &Registration BRIDGE 7,857,059.97 (14,516.06) 19,867.25 13,269,250.46 0.00 $21,131,661.62 40,052,635.28 2,000,000.00 $42,052,635.28 ($474,157.89) TA 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,267,227.07 0.00 $1,267,227.07 *YOU 1,057,764.67 0.00 $1,057,764.67 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, ($683,620.29) MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE $45,370,857.26 $54,886,983.19 ROAD SALES &COLORADO USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 18,571,346.32 0.00 $18,571,346.32 8,173,780.41 881,439.98 $9,055,220.39 80112 DATES on the Public Trustee website: $65,105,590.89 $44,184,617.23 8,291.88 &CENTENNIAL, BRIDGE 7,857,059.97 (14,516.06) 19,867.25 13,269,250.46 Notice Is Hereby 0.00 Given $21,131,661.62 40,052,635.28 2,000,000.00 $42,052,635.28 THEREFORE, that on $375,674.51 $355,804.72 SOLID DISPOSAL SITE 0.00 0.00 0.00first possible 58,408.31 0.00sale is $58,408.31 78,278.10 0.00 $78,278.10 Phone #: WASTER (877) the sale date 0.00 (unless the SALES & USE TAX 369-6122 $45,370,857.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 18,571,346.32 $18,571,346.32 http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ 8,173,780.41 881,439.98 $9,055,220.39 $54,886,983.19 FaxSOLID #: WASTER DISPOSAL SITE $0.00 ($250.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 250.00 0.00 $250.00 continued*) at 10:000.00 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, $375,674.51 $355,804.72 WASTER SITE 0.00 0.00 0.00 58,408.31 0.00 $58,408.31 78,278.10 0.00 $78,278.10 AttorneyDISPOSAL File #: CO-18-846921-LL Legal Notice No.: 2018-0292 2019, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox $0.00 ($250.00) WASTER DISPOSAL SITE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Rock, Colorado, 0.00I will sell at pub$0.00 First Publication: 250.00 2/21/2019 0.00 $250.00 Street, Castle TREASURER'S CASH &FORECLOSURE INVESTMENT Last Publication: 3/21/2019 *YOU MAY TRACK SALE lic auction to the highest and best bidder for DUE TAXING AUTHORITIES Publisher: Douglas County News Press DATES on&TO the Public Trustee website: cash, the said real property and all interest of URER'S CASH INVESTMENT http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS $57,469,465.46 34,751,034.83 (146,988.59) 297,442.08 143,738.00 88,068,067.98 0.00 $88,068,067.98 $4,446,623.80 76,411.20 said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and0.00 assigns $35,045,226.32 UE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES therein, for the purpose of paying the indebted($212,671.95) ($11,972.42) MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 28,716,348.87 0.00 $28,716,348.87 28,515,649.34 0.00 $28,515,649.34 IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS $57,469,465.46 34,751,034.83 (146,988.59) 297,442.08 143,738.00 0.00of Debt$35,045,226.32 88,068,067.98 0.00 $88,068,067.98 $4,446,623.80 76,411.20 Legal Notice No.: 2018-0295 ness provided in said Evidence secured$290,792,811.13 $2,787,108.15 $4,101,420.75 MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 290,792,811.13 0.00 289,478,498.53 0.00 $289,478,498.53 First Publication: 2/21/2019 ($212,671.95) ($11,972.42) ISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $28,716,348.87 28,515,649.34 0.00 $28,515,649.34 by28,716,348.87 the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the Last Publication: 3/21/2019 expenses of sale and other0.00 items allowed by $2,787,108.15 $4,101,420.75 ISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 290,792,811.13 $290,792,811.13 289,478,498.53 0.00 $289,478,498.53 Publisher: Douglas County $6,720.93 $233.81 33.31 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GIDNews Press 3,976.92 0.00 78.06 0.00 0.00 $4,054.98 10,542.10 0.00 $10,542.10 law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the $6,720.93 $233.81 33.31 MOOR MOUNTAIN GID 3,976.92 0.00 78.06 0.00 0.00 $4,054.98 10,542.10 0.00 $10,542.10 sale date $483,880,180.75 is continued to a later date, the dead-$559,089,291.32 TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS $392,874,086.21 $47,395,056.05 ($218,834.74) $399,243.50 $27,633,645.76 $646,636,590.51 $27,633,645.76 $674,270,236.27 $277,693,141.26 $118,333.56 line to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be $559,089,291.32 extended.

L COUNTY FUNDS $392,874,086.21 Legal $47,395,056.05 ($218,834.74) $399,243.50 $483,880,180.75 $27,633,645.76 $646,636,590.51 $27,633,645.76 $674,270,236.27 $277,693,141.26 $118,333.56 Notice No.: 934808 | First Publication: February 28, 2019 | Last Publication: February 28, 2019 | Publisher: Douglas County News-Press First Publication: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/3/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Douglas County Report

Highlands Ranch 2.28.19 * 1

February 28, 2019

First Publication: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/3/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Public Trustees

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KAREN J. RADAKOVICH Colorado Registration #: 11649 4750 TABLE MESA DRIVE, BOULDER, COLORADO 80305-5575 Phone #: (303) 494-3000 Fax #: Attorney File #: 7192-12730

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0292 First Publication: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0294 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/28/2018 8:43:00 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: MARY B. YUST AND MARVIN JAY YUST Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ONE REVERSE MORTGAGE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/11/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 3/17/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015016372 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $938,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $395,969.92 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 pay property charges, including but not limited to property taxes and/or hazard insurance, as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 39, ROXBOROUGH PARK NORTH, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 11164 W Yucca, 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 17, 2019, 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: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/3/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-846962-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0294 First Publication: 2/21/2019 Last Publication: 3/21/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #010-19 LIFE, DISABILITY,

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #010-19 LIFE, DISABILITY, and LEAVE ADMINISTRATION The Department of Human Resources of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified insurance companies offering Basic Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life, STD administration, Long Term Disability, and leave administration services, including FMLA and county-sponsored leaves (see Exhibits), and possibly including ADA. STD and Leave Administration services should be quoted on a go-forward basis. Any claim beginning on 7/1/19 or after would be administered by the new carrier. Claims before this date will continue to be processed in-house. Thus, there is no need for takeover and history data sharing as part of the implementation.

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

Please submit your electronic proposal response to Annie Wells, anne.wells@aon.com (yes, anne for the email even though she goes

by Annie) and Carolyn Riggs, criggs@douglas.co.us by 5:00 pm, local time, March 21, 2019. All pieces of the electronic version should be in original format, e.g., Excel, not PDF. It is the sole responsibility of the respondent to see that their proposal response is received on time. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time stated.

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

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

Legal Notice No.: 934815 First Publication: February 28, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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 - WILLIAM M GUTH - ROBERT DINSMORE - LINCOLN LTD - FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC - SHARON L GUTH

Public Notice

Misc. Private Legals 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 - JANETT C MALLARD ROBERT DINSMORE - LINCOLN LTD - SHERI L THOMPSON - PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD - ROXIE R TURK REGISTERED AGENT PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD - JANE S MEISLAHN SECRETARY PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION JANE S MEISLAHN SECRETARY PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION - BUD TURK AKA BUD R TURK PRESIDENT PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2015 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Lincoln LTD the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 6 BLK 14 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.486 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Lincoln LTD. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2014. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Janett C Mallard for said year 2014 That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of Feburary 2019 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 934759 First Publication: February 14, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press 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:

LOT 55 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 254-830 0.500 AM/L

OCCUPANT - WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH & PHYLLIS ARLENE SMITH REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST - ROBERT DINSMORE - LINCOLN LTD - COLORADO LAKEFRONT LLC COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR PRESIDENT, COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KENNETH J WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - THE WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH AND PHYLLIS ARLENE SMITH REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST - WILLIAM R SMITH AND PHYLLIS A SMITH

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Lincoln LTD. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2014. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of William M Guth for said year 2014

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Lincoln LTD the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

LOT 42 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 TOTAL ACREAGE 0.526 AM/L

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2015 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Lincoln LTD the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of February 2019 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 934760 First Publication: February 14, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Lincoln LTD. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of William Robert Smith & Phyllis Arlene Smith Revocable Living Trust for said year 2013 That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of February 2019 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer

ficate, 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of February 2019

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/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 934761 First Publication: February 14, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press 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 - HUGH E FELLS & DAWN REYNOLDS-FELLS - ROBERT DINSMORE LINCOLN LTD - SHERI L THOMPSON - PROGRESSIVE MORTGAGE CO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - REN FREDERICS REGISTERED AGENT PROGRESSIVE MORTGAGE CO INC - REN R FREDERICS VP MARKETING PROGRESSIVE MORTGAGE CO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - HUGH E FELLS AND DAWN REYNOLDS-FELLS AKA DAWN GAY FELLS - DAWN REYNOLDSFELLS AKA DAWN GAY FELLS AKA DAWN GAY REYNOLDS - CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2015 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Lincoln LTD the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 62 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 257-454 0.506 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Lincoln LTD. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2014. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Hugh E Fells & Dawn Reynolds-Fells for said year 2014 That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of February 2019 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 934762 First Publication: February 14, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

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year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Kenneth Paul Campbell for said year 2013 That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

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That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of February 2019 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 934763 First Publciation: February 14, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press 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 - MORGAN S TYLER III & STEVEN G TYLER & PAMELA H TYLER SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST - ROBERT DINSMORE - LINCOLN LTD - FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - DONALD B WEIXELMAN AS PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KAA KILPATRICK AKA KAA Y KILPATRICK AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - MORGAN S TYLER JR AND NORMA H TYLER - NORMA H TYLER - MORGAN S TYLER III - PAMELA H TYLER - STEVEN G TYLER - MORGAN S TYLER III AKA MORGAN SEYMOUR TYLER III - PAMELA H TYLER AS TRUSTEE OF THE PAMELA H TYLER SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Lincoln LTD the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 6 BLK 18 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.507 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Lincoln LTD. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Morgan S Tyler III & Steven G Tyler & Pamela H Tyler Separate Property Trust for said year 2013

That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 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 30th day of May 2019 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 14th day of February 2019

“Trust Us!”

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or

/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer

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:

Legal Notice No.: 934764 First Publication: February 14, 2019 Last Publication: February 28, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

OCCUPANT - KENNETH PAUL CAMPBELL ROBERT DINSMORE - LINCOLN LTD - COLORADO LAKEFRONT LLC - RITA M TRAUGHBER - VICTOR SERRANO JR AKA VICTOR L SERRANO - VICTOR SERRANO JR AKA VICTOR SERRANO - THERESE ANN FRYREAR AKA THERESE A FRYREAR KENNETH PAUL CAMPBELL AKA KEN PAUL CAMPBELL - RITA M TRAUGHBER AND VICTOR SERRANO JR AND THERESE ANN FRYREAR You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Lincoln LTD the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 6 BLK 23 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.523 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Lincoln LTD. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Kenneth Paul Campbell for said year 2013 That on the 16th day of November 2018 said Lincoln LTD assigned said certificate of purchase to Robert Dinsmore.

That said Robert Dinsmore on the 16th day of November 2018 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That

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She cautioned ideas discussed to date are still conceptual and likely to change.

So far, they include a trail system on the eastern portion of the property — about 15 1/2 miles worth combined — served by a parking lot on the southeast end, along Highway 105. They hope to steer people away from the western half of Sandstone, where more sensitive habitat now thrives.

Douglas Land Conservancy Executive Director Patti Hostetler said the ranch “has a longstanding reputation for agricultural operations.” That makes it important to preserve. But so does its borders with the Pike National Forest.

“Being adjacent to the Pike National Forest, it provides a critical migration corridor for big game,” she said, naming deer, elk, bears and mountain lions.

“Not to mention any other species that are used to not seeing the public on a daily basis.”

County staff suggest offering expert-guided tours on that portion rather than letting people roam it freely, as they would on the eastern trails. The ranch is still closed to the public but the county, in partnership with the Douglas Land Conservancy, be-

February 28, 2019F gan offering guided tours in May. Scott McEldowney, Douglas County’s assistant director of open space and natural resources, said the plan aims to balance the land’s historical and natural resources with preserving its ranching operation and public access.

“I think we have a really, really interesting trail system, first of all, without compromising ranch operations and secondly,” he said, “without overusing the resource.”

McEldowney said they want a sizeable parking lot to prevent overflow or parking along the highway. County commissioners have aired some concerns about road cyclists using the lot to park and then ride along Highway 105, potentially creating conflict between vehicles and cyclists.

The county underwent a public outreach process after buying the ranch to gauge how the public would like to see it used. Community survey results showed 85 percent of respondents believe preserving the habitat and wildlife on Sandstone Ranch is very important.

When asked what type of uses are appropriate, hiking earned the highest mark with 18 percent of respondents favoring that activity. Access to the Pike National Forest, educational programs, horseback riding, running and biking events all received roughly 10 percent of votes.

Their largest concern was overuse of the land, followed by allowing motorized vehicles to access it, such as ATVs. County staff also engaged stakeholder groups, and some felt the property was too special to open to the public, officials said.

Commissioner Roger Partridge understands the concerns.

At a Feb. 19 meeting among commissioners and staff, he pointed to other popular spots in Colorado, naming Hanging Lake as an example of highly-trafficked areas that are sometimes abused.

“I have seen some Denver mountain parks that I have been to that are just really beat up,” said Lora Thomas, chairwoman of the board of county commissioners. “We don’t want this to be beat up.”

But closing the ranch is not an option, Partridge said.

“I certainly didn’t make a decision to use taxpayer dollars to shut it down,” he said. “We want to be able to offer the public what they invested in.”

As they wait to see what the master plan will look like, Hostetler said preserving Sandstone means residents can get in touch with the county’s heritage and connect with wildlife.

“By the county purchasing this property and protecting it,” she said, “it just provides great, unique opportunities for the public.”

BLIND FROM PAGE 10

The Disability Employment Act would reform training programs, tax incentives and government contracts to prioritize workers who are blind or disabled, according to NFB materials. The bill has not yet seen the floor of Congress.

A recently added legislative priority would address a decades-old law that allows employers to pay employees who are blind or disabled less than minimum wage.

The law was originally written with the intent that employers would provide training and vocational programs, LaBarre said, but “in practice, we’ve seen that almost never happens.”

The Transition to Competitive Employment Act would phase out sub-minimum wages over six years. Two forms of the bill are currently before the House and Senate.

The legislative agenda could mean a world of difference to blind people nationwide, Deden said — and pressed that the numbers of blind people are growing.

“As baby boomers age, macular degeneration is increasing,” Deden said.

Crow wasn’t ready to confirm his support of the legislative agenda, saying he needed to read the text of the bills first.

But he said, “these seem like things that are consistent with my values: giving everyone an opportunity to succeed and fulfill their potential.”

LaBarre said he was pleased with the meeting.

“It’s always reassuring to work with elected officials who listen and take a genuine interest,” LaBarre said. “We’re encouraged.”

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