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SECURITY IN SPOTLIGHT

Attention turns to keeping students safe at local schools P5 STEM School Highlands Ranch graduate Jordon Monk accepts Kendrick Castillo’s diploma at a May 20 commencement ceremony at the Broncos Training Facility. Castillo, who would have graduated with his classmates, was killed in a school shooting two weeks before.

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‘We are STEM strong’ Graduates honor the past, look to the future

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Standing tall in their royal blue gowns, STEM School Highlands Ranch graduates ignored the dark skies, light rain and dropping temperatures May 20 to walk proudly

through a tunnel of family and friends, cheering and waving posters in the air, into the Broncos Training Facility.

The posters, decorated in STEM’s blue and yellow school colors, read “STEMstrong.”

The term began circulating on social media on May 8, a day after two students opened fire at the Highlands Ranch charter school, killing one student and leaving eight others injured. It would soon be

painted on cars, used as a hashtag on social media and printed on signs placed in front of homes and businesses across Highlands Ranch.

“It’s a small community,” said Kristen Rollin, whose son, a ninth grader, performed with the school band at the graduation ceremony. “We are strong.”

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Community members welcome students back with words of love STEM School has reopened on a modified schedule

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On a cloudless day, the sun beaming down, a small group of parents and children stood along Barrons Boulevard in Highlands Ranch waving posters with words of encouragement.

“You are smart.”

“You are what this world needs. We are proud of you.”

“You are brave and courageous.”

On May 15, students at STEM School Highlands Ranch were given the option to return to school. Eight days earlier, a school shooting had killed one student and left eight others injured.

The K-12 charter school reopened on a modified schedule, according to a statement from a spokesperson.

Students who were interested and able to finish the year were welcomed back. Other students, who felt they weren’t ready, didn’t have to return to the school. Graduation was still scheduled to take place on May 20, though no students, families or staff were required to participate.

Krystal Jensen, joined by her

A memorial sits outside of STEM School Highlands Ranch, where a shooting on May 7 left one student dead and eight others injured. Students were able to return to the school eight days after the tragic incident.

Krystal Jensen, left, and her 12-year-old daughter Kierra greet STEM students with words of kindness and encouragement on May 15. It was the first day back for elementary school students after a school shooting on May 7 that killed one student and left eight others injured.

PHOTOS BY ALEX DEWIND 12-year-old daughter and friend, planned the welcome-back posters to show support for a community that has experienced so much devastation.

“They need all the love they can

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Passengers in cars waved as they drove past. Many had words written on the back window in blue and yellow, the school’s colors.

“STEMStrong,” they read.

Kait Bateman and her two young children welcome elementary students back to STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 15. Students had the option of returning for the remainder of the academic year if they felt they were ready to do so.

Legislators forming committee to focus on school safety Panel to be named

by June 1 in response to attack at STEM School STAFF REPORT

Legislators are prioritizing school safety following the May 7 shootings at STEM School Highlands Ranch.

On May 17, members of the state House and Senate announced the pending formation of an interim committee focused on studying school safety in Colorado, according to a news release. The committee will look at issues related to school safety, mental health and the prevention of threats to students, staff and volunteers statewide.

Supporters of the committee include House GOP Leader Patrick Neville, of Castle Rock, and Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, RParker.

In the release, Holbert pointed out that 178 school districts in Colorado operate under local control, per state constitution.

“We also have voluminous state statute already on the books regard-

ing emergency response planning and armed security in our public schools,” Holbert said. “This interim committee will begin its work by reviewing those statutes, the division of constitutional authority between school districts and state government, and then they will move forward on proposing solutions to better protect students.”

Neville pointed out what has been done.

“We began the process last year by providing financial assistance to schools to secure their facilities and fund trained personnel to enhance physical protection,” he said in the release. “We’ve also provided funding to enable professionals to come alongside students to assist with their personal needs should tragedy strike. We will do more.”

Two members from each caucus in both chambers will serve on the bipartisan committee, which will have the opportunity “to seek testimony from a wide range of experts to aid in their mission.” Members of the committee — who will be appointed

by June 1 — will meet three times during the interim session and have the ability to recommend legislation.

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Juvenile STEM shooting suspect charged as adult Cases remain suppressed for at least two weeks

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Approximately three hours before they would attend a memorial service for their slain son, 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, Maria and John Castillo sat in the front row of a Douglas County district courtroom during hearings for his alleged killers.

They are a strong couple, said 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who said they intend to be at every hearing for the suspects in the May 7 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which also left eight other students injured.

The Castillos watched as two key revelations emerged during the May 15 hearing in Castle Rock, the second court appearances for the two suspects, Devon Erickson, 18, and Alec McKinney, 16.

First, their cases will remain suppressed for at least two weeks, meaning many details of the allegations against them remain sealed. Authorities have not released any information on a possible motive for the attack.

Second, Brauchler has decided to charge the juvenile suspect as an adult.

Prosecutors filed formal charges against McKinney in court on May

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15 and requested the juvenile version of the case be dismissed. Defense attorneys immediately discussed their request to transfer the case back to juvenile court.

Colorado Community Media did not name McKinney before the decision to charge the teen as an adult. Although he is referred to by his legal name of Maya Elizabeth McKinney on court documents, he goes by the name Alec, his attorney said.

On May 7, the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office identified him as a male but said the next morning further interviews revealed McKinney to be female.

His attorney told presiding District Judge Theresa Slade McKinney prefers male pronouns.

Both he and his co-defendant, Erickson, will return to court in June for status hearings as attorneys reconvene to discuss the ongoing investigation and what evidence is available in discovery.

From there, the court will schedule preliminary hearings.

Brauchler, in a media conference after the hearings, declined to comment on information about the case not discussed in open court because Slade chose to keep files sealed. That included the affidavit and probable cause statements.

But court records made available online earlier in the day show each suspect faced 48 charges going into the hearings.

Erickson faces a variety of murder charges, including first-degree murder after deliberation, first-degree murder with extreme indifference and attempted first-degree murder after deliberation.

He also was accused of burglary, arson, theft and providing or permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun, among other charges.

McKinney was charged similarly, along with possessing a handgun as a juvenile, among numerous other charges. Brauchler said he planned to charge him with first-degree murder.

In his first court appearance May 8, Erickson sat stooped deep in his seat, head hanging low and speaking only when Slade required he verbally answer a question. On May 15 he sat upright and peered at the judge through dark-framed glassed beneath hair half-dyed pink.

On May 15, McKinney entered the courtroom and smiled slightly at his attorneys. He did not speak except when responding to the judge, smiling again at attorneys after answering Slade’s questions. At one point he appeared to look back toward his family, expressionless.

Brauchler opposed setting a status hearing between the May 15 appearances and a preliminary hearing. The status hearing calls for Erickson to be back in court June 7 and McKinney on June 14. Preliminary hearings have not yet been scheduled.

“We are only drawing out this pro-

cess,” he said.

Defense attorneys for both suspects said they had not received any items of discovery and wanted time to review that information once it is made available.

They expected it to be voluminous, said McKinney’s attorney, public defender Ara Ohanian.

Slade granted the requests for status hearings so attorneys could be prepared best as possible, she said.

A portion of the STEM school where the shooting occurred May 7 remained closed off as of May 15 and under investigation, even as some students returned to classes. Brauchler said defense attorneys had been given access to the remainder of the site, which he described as about “97 percent” of the school.

He also had suggested unsealing case files except for the affidavit and probable cause statements.

Defense attorneys requested the case remain suppressed to protect witness statements from being tainted by information made public if files were released.

After the hearing, Brauchler told media he had referred an investigation into a private security guard who worked at STEM to 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May after news reports surfaced that the guard may have fired his weapon in the direction of a sheriff ’s office deputy as law enforcement responded to the school May 7.

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Experts weigh benefits of school resource officers STEM School relies on private security firm rather than SRO

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Leaders in school safety and law enforcement agree that school resource officers offer more than security.

They provide education about issues like cyberbullying and dating violence and engrain themselves in the student body, said Lt. Lori Bronner, who oversees the SROs at Douglas County School District. When threats are made against schools, they work with administrators to track down the origin.

“They are part of that school community,” Bronner said at a May 13 work session held by Douglas County commissioners, when additional funding for school security was discussed.

“They are friends, they are family.

That school, those students are part of their heart and their soul.”

STEM School Highlands Ranch, where a school shooting on May 7 left one student dead and eight others injured, doesn’t have an SRO. For more than a year it has contracted with a private security firm that employs men and women with military backgrounds as guards.

In the wake of tragedy, questions linger on the effectiveness of an SRO versus a private security firm and the future of security at Douglas County schools. A large barrier to school security, experts in education and law enforcement say, is funding.

Douglas County School District and county officials say they are working toward solutions. On May 13, Douglas County commissioners held a special work session to discuss allocating $10 million to heighten school safety in Douglas County following the STEM tragedy.

Their work session motion named “physical entryway security technology and mental health services for children,” as well as “a community response team for kids in schools, with the option to consider safety on-site specialists” and to “specifically train school resource officers dedicated solely to school security.”

Commissioners unanimously approved directing staff to prepare a supplemental budget item for their May 28 meeting that allocates the one-time $10 million toward school safety. That is when the decision to dedicate the money will be formally considered.

Most community members agree that change is imminent. What that looks like is up for debate.

Severing ties At the end of the 2017-18 school year,

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the sheriff ’s office ended its existing contract with STEM that provided an SRO to the school half time. STEM paid $26,925, the same amount as SkyView Academy, the school it shared the SRO with, according to a copy of the contract. The sheriff ’s office covered the remaining $53,850, for a total cost of $111,850 for the year.

Sheriff Tony Spurlock said STEM did not properly use its SRO, who was mainly asked to direct traffic, citing that as a main reason for the discontinuation of the contract, according to documents released by the sheriff ’s office on May 10.

The charter school — which under Colorado law operates on its own as a separate nonprofit entity but receives public funding — began contracting with the private security company BOSS High Level Protection, based in Greenwood Village. A security guard was on site at the time of the shooting and reportedly helped detain one of the suspects. The owner of the firm declined to say if the guard was armed.

“The unfortunate fact is that schools with and without SROs have experienced violence,” reads a May 10 statement from STEM’s public relations firm. “With regard to the tragedy on May 7, 2019, we credit both the actions of our private security guard, the team of DCSO law enforcement officials who were on scene within two minutes, and the heroic students and

staff members at STEM for minimizing the number of fatalities and casualties.”

After news reports surfaced that the guard may have fired his weapon in the direction of a sheriff ’s office deputy as law enforcement responded to the school May 7, 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler told media he had referred an investigation into the private security guard’s actions.

‘A spectrum’ John McDonald, who is in charge of school safety and security at Jefferson County Public Schools, the state’s second largest school district with 85,000 students, doesn’t know if there is a gold standard for school safety, he said.

He does know that it begins with a good climate and culture. McDonald is recognized nationally for rebooting his district’s security protocols following the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.

“School safety is a spectrum. It’s mental health, threat assessment, target hardening, active shooter planning,” McDonald said. “It’s focusing on working with our kids so that schools are a place where they are free of threat and intimidation and bullying, and they are a place where kids thrive and learn and grow.”

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Parents, community members seek school security solutions Board of education meeting draws public comment on a variety of options

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

David Ray, president of the Douglas County Board of Education, opened a May 14 school board meeting with a moment of silence for Kendrick Castillo, who was killed in the May 7 school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch. Eight other students were injured in the attack.

“As a board of directors, I want you to know that we are parents and grandparents, and we want nothing more than our students to feel safe and be safe at school,” Ray said to a crowded boardroom of parents,

MENTAL HEALTH AND YOUTHS Douglas County operates special law enforcement units called the Community Response Team that pair a mental health professional with an officer to handle calls with a mental health component.

CRT data shows 37 percent of the mental health calls it responded to in 2018 were for youths ages 5-19. Deputy County Manger Barbara Drake said this reaffirms mental health conditions emerge in adolescence and shows a need for county government, law enforcement, the school district and other stakeholders to work together when providing young people support. teachers, Douglas County citizens and a handful of camera crews from area media.

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McDonald stresses three types of school security: SROs, armed security teams and private security firms.

SROs and security teams — who are trained to operate in schools and work closely with local law enforcement, unlike private security firms, which serve public and private clients — tend to be highly trained in areas of de-escalation and active shooter response, as well as student engagement. Most have law enforcement backgrounds.

By definition, an SRO is a sworn, certified law enforcement officer, according to Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers. They’re deployed in the school community in a “policing-based strategy” and differ from other types of security in that their main goal is to bridge the gap between law enforcement and youths, Canady said.

“SROs have an opportunity to gather a lot of valuable intelligence,” Canady said. “Relationship are not just built with students but also with parents, with education personnel. It’s a very holistic, if you will, approach to this. It’s not just, put an armed guard in place and hope they can stop the event. It’s much more in-depth than that.”

Common protocol McDonald’s concern with private security firms, such as the one utilized by STEM, is training.

“It’s important to make sure there is a training component to your hiring,” McDonald said. “Training has to be aligned with the training of your local law enforcement agencies.”

Grant Whitus, owner of BOSS Level Security, would not disclose details about the company’s training, citing the ongoing investigation by the sheriff ’s office.

He confirmed that he trains his guards using the standard response protocol, a universal response to school emergencies that includes lockdowns, lockouts and evacuation procedures. A lockout is used when there is a threat outside of the school. A lockdown is used when the threat is inside of a school.

DCSD’s safety and security department uses the same protocol. In the STEM shooting, deputies were on scene within minutes of the call. A sheriff ’s substation is located less than a mile from the school.

Tragedies like the STEM school shooting force schools and districts to take a hard look at what they want and need in terms of security measures, as well as climate and culture, McDonald said.

“Today, it’s not just that our students and staff need to feel safe,” McDonald said. “They need to be safe.”

— Colorado Community Media reporter Jessica Gibbs contributed to this report.

ment on security at Douglas County schools. Three common themes were metal detectors, armed staff and more mental health resources.

District staff recorded notes and questions.

Last year’s election gave the district a funding boost for school security, and more money may be on the way.

About $15 million of a $250 million bond approved by voters in November is going toward physical security measures, such as door locks and cameras. Of a $40 million mill levy override, $6 million is helping fund 85 additional counselors in elementary, middle and high schools.

In addition, Douglas County commissioners held a special work session May 13 to discuss allocating $10 million to improve school safety throughout the district following the shooting.

While most speakers at the May 14

meeting agreed that mental health must be a priority, suggestions on physical security measures varied.

Marni McMillan, a Parker parent, wants the district to act immediately by installing metal detectors at all middle and high schools, with one way in and out, she said. Down the road, she would like to see money go toward hiring more counselors and training armed personnel.

“We need action now and a solution now,” McMillan said to the school board. “One that allows us to drop off our kids this fall and not have a sick feeling in the pit of our stomach.”

Jen Shocker, who has an 8-year-old son in the district, said she opposes metal detectors, citing studies that deem the measure ineffective in certain settings.

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SROs and Douglas County schools What do they cost and how many are there?

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Costs to fund a school resource officer are typically split between the law enforcement agencies providing them and the organizations receiving services.

The Douglas County School District, the state’s third largest, has agreements with local law enforcement agencies to cover half the cost of each officer. Salaries vary by jurisdiction and officer, but the average cost covered by the school district is $62,934, according to the school district.

Today, the school district says 11 resource officers from three law enforcement agencies — the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, the Parker Police Department and the Castle Rock Police Department — serve county schools. An officer’s primary coverage area is the high school he or she is assigned to, but the officer also assists at a middle school.

A resource officer is on campus at each of the district’s nine neighborhood high schools and SkyView Academy, a pre-K through 12th-grade charter school in Highlands Ranch, as well as Valor Christian, a private high school.

The schools range in size from Valor’s roughly 1,100 students to Mountain Vista’s more than 2,300.

Thirteen school marshals from four jurisdictions — the sheriff ’s office and the Castle Rock, Parker and Lone Tree police departments — also serve the district. The law enforcement officers cover elementary schools but are not assigned to any particular campus. Rather, they make multiple, unannounced daily visits to various schools That’s all in a school district of 68,000 students, roughly the population of Castle Rock.

This means some SROs are responsible for overseeing more than 2,000 high school students in addition to assisting the middle schools that feed into them. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock has said that’s not sufficient.

Previous recommendations were to place one SRO per 1,000 students, according to the National Association of School Resource Officers, but the organization recommends considering factors like campus size, school climate and location when determining a number.

HIGH SCHOOLS WITH RESOURCE OFFICERS Here’s a list of high schools in Douglas County that are assigned an SRO: • ThunderRidge High School, 1,996 students • Highlands Ranch High School, 1,663 students • Chaparral High School, 2,202 students • Mountain Vista High School, 2,332 students • Rock Canyon High School, 2,291 students • Ponderosa High School, 1,407 students • Douglas County High School, 1,811 students • Castle View High School, 2,175 students • Legend High School, 2,196 students • SkyView Academy, 1,300 students • Valor Christian High School (private school), 1,094 students

NASRO Executive Director Mo Canady said less than half the nation’s 100,000 school buildings have an SRO, and some officers are responsible for overseeing five to six buildings alone.

He believes that’s mostly because of a lack of funding.

“That is not effective,” Canady said. “There definitely are not enough SROs.” NASRO challenges federal, state and local governments to fund at least one SRO for every school building in the community, he said. SROs differ from approaches like an armed guard or private security because they focus on building a stronger relationship between youth and law enforcement, Canady said. He added SROs also gather intelligence from the school community, and in some case have investigated the information and stopped acts of violence before they occurred.

Here’s a snapshot of other security measures in Douglas County schools, according to a county report compiled in April from sheriff ’s office and school district sources: • Each high school and middle school campus has on-site campus security specialists with a total of 54 unarmed security specialists. The specialists promote proactive security services and a safe school environment, according to the school district.

• A school district Dispatch Communications Center operates 24 hours a day and staffs a combination of 18 employees, armed personnel and security technicians.

• Schools are monitored by cameras, doors have locks and some windows are covered with a ballistic film — a bullet-resistant glass. Radios allow for constant communication between schools and law enforcement agencies.

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STEM FROM PAGE 1

After the May 7 tragedy, members of STEM leadership inquired about using the training facility, which is near Centennial Airport in unincorporated Arapahoe County, for graduation. The Broncos, Eucker said, “didn’t hesitate.”

The inside of the venue, an expansive turf field lined with rows of white seats, filled with a culturally diverse crowd of hundreds of grandparents, parents and young children. Law enforcement from Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, Colorado State Patrol and South Metro Fire Rescue stood in small groups on the outskirts, watching over the crowd.

“We’ve always been a STEM family, but the recent events made us even stronger,” senior Kathryn Naherny said. She started at STEM in the sixth grade and was ecstatic to be graduating. “It’s mostly just brought the STEM community closer together.”

The 121 graduates took over the first six rows. A single seat remained empty. On it rested a framed photo of Kendrick Castillo, the only fatality in the shooting, who died when he charged the shooter to save others.

“On May 7 we lost our innocence when we lost one of our own — Kendrick Castillo,” Penny Eucker, STEM’s executive director, told the graduates.

“Kendrick Castillo was the best example of STEM character traits. He has inspired all of us to be kind, inclusive, and to strive to be our very best.”

Mike Shallenberger, an engineering teacher who shared a close bond with Castillo, gave the graduation speech he had planned before May 7 happened. It was the speech he would’ve wanted Castillo to hear, he said.

Continue to care for one another, Shallenberger said. Remember to invest in friends and family. Be compassionate. Be kind.

“I hope that someday it is as easy for us to talk about loving one another as it is to talk about a new TV show, movie or something we saw online,” Shallenberger said.

Salutatorian Rooya Rahin thanked l“the heroes of room 107.” Along with Castillo, seniors Brendan Bialy and Joshua Jones helped take down one of the two suspects. Jones was injured but is recovering; Bialy was not injured. Her recognition received a standing ovation from the crowd.

STEM students “defy and embrace the stereotypes that make a nerd,” Rahin said. They know how to master all-things science, tech, engineering and math. They also know how to laugh at memes, goof around and dance their hearts out at homecoming celebrations.

“We are STEM kids and the sense of community we have created for ourselves is one of acceptance and support,” Rahin said. “These difficult days have only reinforced that while our school may not be invincible, while we may not be invincible... we are STEM strong.” e The graduates, beaming with excitement, lined up to receive their diplomas. Despite the recent devastation at their school, this was their moment, their time to shine, taking with them

Kendrick Castillo is remembered at the May 20 commencement ceremony for STEM School Highlands Ranch graduates. Castillo was the sole fatality in a school shooting on May 7.

PHOTOS BY ALEX DEWIND

STEM School Highlands Ranch graduate Jordon Monk accepts Kendrick Castillo’s diploma at a May 20 commencement ceremony in Centennial. Castillo was Monk’s best friend. knowledge learned and shared memories.

The road ahead for STEM is not linear, Eucker said the morning after graduation. She has been seeking recommendations from other school leaders who have endured tragedy, such as Frank DeAngelis, principal at Columbine High School when a 1999 mass shooting killed 12 students and one teacher. More than 12 mental health professionals remain at STEM to assist staff and students.

“Everything we do is a struggle because of the grief, but we also know Kendrick would’ve wanted our school to emerge stronger,” Eucker said. “I think, with abundant mental health support and community support, we are all taking one step at a time.”

Graduates of STEM School Highlands Ranch close one chapter at a May 20 commencement ceremony at the Broncos Training Facility in Centennial.

STEM School Highlands Ranch graduating seniors wait to be seated at their May 20 commencement ceremony. Hundreds of guests showed up to support the graduating class.

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‘We have to say thank you’

BY NICK PUCKETT AND ELLIS ARNOLD STAFF WRITERS

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hen Doug Till saw the television news about a Jeep processional to honor Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old who died while trying to protect other students during a shooting at his school, he decided he had to pay his respects.

“Our society is getting to where we have to lay down our lives to protect other people,” said Till, who lives in Arizona but was visiting in Westminster, “and that’s what Kendrick did.”

About 250 Jeep enthusiasts gathered in Highlands Ranch on May 15 to ride in a procession ahead of a celebration of life service for Castillo.

Vehicles came from outside the metro area, with some having Arizona, Wyoming and Utah license plates, to honor the teen killed in the May 7 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting. He was one of three STEM students who reportedly subdued one of the shooting suspects.

Castillo was passionate about his green Jeep Cherokee and enjoyed working on cars, friends say.

“There’s probably 2 percent (of participants) that know the family, let alone Kendrick, but that’s what this Jeep community is about,” said Doug McDowell of Highlands Ranch. “For me, it’s for the family.”

The Jeep lovers gathered at a spot about a mile away from Cherry Hills Communiity Church, where the celebration of life was to take place in the early afternoon. The Jeeps were escorted by Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office deputies on their ride to the church.

It’s rare that a civilian receives a processional led by law enforcement, but officials said Castillo embodied the spirit of the officers by giving his life to protect others.

“For us, our sheriff wanted to honor Kendrick and the school, because it’s what we do. We’re here to protect people,” said Tim Ralph, the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office chaplain. “We have to say thank

Bonnie Alexander, 68, waves a peace sign at drivers in a motorcade of more than 200 Jeeps and some other vehicles toward a May 15 memorial service for Kendrick Castillo. Castillo “was an angel in our midst,” said Alexander, a Highlands Ranch resident.

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you.”

About 20 students from Valor Christian High School — just across the street — walked over to line Grace Boulevard before the processional.

Bendor Shallow and Connor LeFebre, Valor sophomores, were among them.

We wanted to show “love in this community in the face of all this tragedy,” said Shallow, standing beside a guitar-playing LeFebre, who sang songs of faith.

Said LeFebre: “God’s going to be there in the darkest times.”

People lined up along the road hold up an American flag as a motorcade of more than 200 Jeeps drove by for a May 15 memorial service for Kendrick Castillo.

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Charles Burroughs, Sr., tapes a poster to the grill of a Jeep leading the procession in honor of Kendrick Castillo May 15. The sign reads “Jeep in Paradise Kendrick.”

NICK PUCKETT

One of the more than 200 Jeeps that drove in a motorcade through a stretch of Highlands Ranch to Cherry Hills Community Church for a May 15 memorial service for Kendrick Castillo, the STEM School Highlands Ranch student who was killed in the May 7 shooting that wounded several others. “Convoy 4 Kendrick” was painted on this Jeep’s windshield. Castillo was known as a car enthusiast and loved his Jeep. ELLIS ARNOLD

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May 23, 2019

‘When I think of Kendrick, I think of love’ Thousands from community honor Kendrick Castillo at celebration of life

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Live like Kendrick Castillo. Be brave. Be industrious. Have integrity.

Show love.

That was the overarching message at a May 15 celebration of life service at Cherry Hills Community Church.

More than 3,500 people gathered at the church to honor Castillo, the sole fatality in the May 7 school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch that left eight other students injured. Less than two weeks away from graduating, the 18-year-old charged one of the two suspects to save other students.

The crowd — a mix of STEM students and families, law enforcement, politicians, Douglas County School District leaders and local residents — filled the sanctuary of the Highlands Ranch church to celebrate Castillo, a young man who, by most accounts, lived and learned more in his 18 years than most do in a lifetime.

“Kendrick just seemed to be happiest when he was serving others, but he did this humbly,” Charlene Molis, Kendrick’s principal at Notre Dame School from kindergarten through eighth grade, said to the crowd. “We are all better people for having known Kendrick, and now he is our guardian angel.”

A group of young men, friends of Kendrick, carried a gray casket, adorned with bouqets of bright yellow roses down an aisle to the front of the sanctuary. On the stage were a kayak, black and red dress jackets hanging from the ceiling and an elaborate robot, all pieces of Castillo’s life. He wore the red jacket when he ushered at his church. He was on two robotics teams at STEM. And he loved to adventure outdoors.

Friends, family and teachers who spoke at the service painted a picture of Castillo and the impact he had on others.

Molis remembers Kendrick’s first day of kindergarten. He saw a kid crying across the room, so he walked over, put his arm around the child and told him it was going to be OK. He gave 110 percent in everything, Molis said. When he dressed up as a cowboy, he was the best-dressed cowboy in the room.

“When he went to Mass, he wore his signature, three-piece suit,” Molis said. Guests in the audience chuckled.

Castillo was a friend to many.

He met Jordon Monk in an engineering class. The two had a lot in common — detailing cars, tinkering with electronics, the movie “Wayne’s World,” the song “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

“No matter how silly or crazy we looked, we didn’t care — because we had the time of our lives doing it,” Monk said.

Two pastors and a reverend, who each represented a different church in the Denver metro area, encouraged

Maria and John Castillo, the parents of Kendrick Castillo, who was killed in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting, walk off stage at a celebration of life service on May 15. “I love you all,” John Castillo said minutes earlier. “Thank you for loving my son.”

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Some of Kendrick Castillo’s favorite items, along with an assortment of photos, sat on a table outside of the sanctuary at Cherry Hills Community Church on May 15. Guests were invited to the church to celebrate the life of Castillo, who was called a “guardian angel” by his former school principal. hope, love and healing in the community. A member of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal service organization to which Castillo belonged, along with a few of Castillo’s teachers, reflected on the difference Castillo made in the world.

Mike Shallenberger, Castillo’s engineering teacher for four years, laid over Castillo’s casket an honor cord for his involvement in STEM’s Technology Student Association.

“When I think of Kendrick,” Shallenberger said, “I think of love.”

In his father’s eyes, Castillo was a “gift” and a “hero.”

He was a man of faith, John Castillo told the audience. He knew right from wrong. He cared deeply about his family and friends.

“To carry on his life’s message, we need to be more like him,” said John.

Douglas County School Board President David Ray and board member Krista Holtzmann walk into a celebration of life for Kendrick Castillo on May 15 at Cherry Hills Community Church. Castillo was remembered as a kind young man who made a positive difference in the lives of those who knew him.

A few of Kendrick Castillo’s favorite things, his red usher coat, a robot and a kayak, were center stage at a May 15 celebration of life service at Cherry Hills Community Church. Castillo was called a “gift” and a “hero” by his father at the service.

His wife, Maria, was seated behind him. “When somebody is struggling and moving into darkness, you need to sit down with them and figure it out.”

John emphasized the importance of making time for one another, of being

present. He wants to do just that for the friends Kendrick left behind. His door is open, he said. He’s a phone call away. He wants to hear the stories of his son.

“Love is simple,” John said. “I didn’t teach him that, he taught me.”

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Robots line the walkway to Cherry Hills Community Church May 15 during a memorial service for Kendrick Castillo. The robots bore signs including Castillo’s name and heart symbols.

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FIRST robotics teams bring robots to memorial service

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On the stage at Cherry Hills Community Church, a robot stood in honor of Kendrick Castillo, who was killed in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting.

That robot was built by STEM Impulse — or team 4418 — a group of robotics enthusiasts that included Castillo.

“We want to have people remember Kendrick’s love for robotics,” said Miles Gregg, a 17-year-old from Highlands Ranch and a member of another local robotics team. “He wanted to become an engineer.”

Those teams are part of FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — a notfor-profit engagement program for science, technology, engineering and math worldwide.

SECURITY FROM PAGE 6

Shocker, whose professional background includes implementing security solutions for military and defense clients in Washington, D.C., wants to see evidence-based solutions, she said.

“The reason people think of (metal detectors) is because studies have shown that metal detectors reduced the number of firearms in urban school environments that had high levels of gang violence,” Shocker, of Highlands Ranch, said. “So, the effectiveness of metal detectors for preventing gang violence shouldn’t be applied to our suburban schools.”

Metal detectors would only increase anxiety, she said. “We need to protect mental health now more than ever.”

Robots by teams from around Colorado lined the walkway to the church at a May 15 memorial service in Highlands Ranch for Castillo.

“The teams, students, are here today,” said Tom Inkel, an official with FIRST, which is based in New Hampshire. “The community is really bonded.”

Two members on Gregg’s team are STEM School students and also attended the service, Gregg said.

On May 9, two days after the shooting at STEM, a blog post on FIRST’s website noted Castillo’s death.

“I don’t have the words for this blog,” the post by Frank Merrick read.

“They are all too small to encompass how senseless this all is, our pain for Kendrick’s family, team and community, and how much it hurts for us to lose a wonderful FIRST family member most of us didn’t even know we had.”

Castillo rushed a shooter during the incident and possibly prevented other deaths, witnesses have said, as the post noted.

“He is being rightly hailed as a hero,” it said.

Parker resident Joy Overbeck encouraged the board to host a town hall and invite Laura Carno from FASTER Colorado, a conceal-carry program that provides gun training to teachers and administrators. She said she supports arming teachers because in the event of a school shooting, “proximity is critical.”

“Staff would be the first responders,” Overbeck said. “I challenge the board to overcome hatred and distrust of firearms.”

Superintendent Thomas Tucker thanked community members for expressing concerns and sharing suggestions. Neither he nor school board members offered specifics on school security moving forward.

“Tonight has been a good night for us in which we haven’t engaged in fingerpointing,” Tucker said. “We need to fix and improve security at every last one of our schools.”

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May 23, 2019

Messages of faith, hope as Kendrick Castillo laid to rest

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ore than 80 men, decorated in red, purple and green regalia, gathered in front of St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton. The Knights of Columbus traveled from across Colorado to honor Kendrick Castillo, a young man who aspired to be one of their own.

Friends and families — many parents arrived hand-in-hand with their young ones — trickled into the church for the May 17 funeral. Inside the sanctuary, surrounded by windows of colorful stained glass, Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez spoke of faith and hope to the crowd of hundreds.

Castillo, the 18-year-old killed in the

May 7 school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, has “left this world of evil to be with God,” Rodriguez said.

The procession led guests to Seven Stones, a cemetery and botanic garden near Chatfield State Park, about eight miles south of the church. Golden rays beamed through a cloud-covered sky as a soft breeze blew through aspen trees, woven among manicured grass and headstones of granite, glass and metal. The mountains, a place where Castillo loved to fish and hunt, stood tall in the background.

There, surrounded by the epitome of Colorado beauty, is where John and Maria Castillo laid to rest their son, a hero who risked his life to save the people he loved.

Bishops at St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton lead the Castillos out of the church following the May 17 funeral of their son, Kendrick Castillo.

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Friends and family gather at Seven Stones, a cemetery near Chatfield State Park, on May 17 for the burial of Kendrick Castillo.

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VOICES Contest launched, and headline is clue

W

illiam Shakespeare wrote, “Brevity is the soul of wit.”

Dorothy Parker wrote, “Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”

Now, on the same footpath as the 17-syllable haiku contest comes this: a six- QUIET word story contest.

DESPERATION Your due date is 11:59 p.m. June 14.

One entry per author, please. Try not to plagiarize.

There are no prizes, but I will site salient examples.

Please include your name and city.

Craig Marshall This is an unoriginal contest: There Smith

he swiped the idea.

In 1906, when Hemingway was 7, in a newspaper classified section called “Terse Tales of the Town,” a similar sounding item appeared: “For sale, baby carriage, never been used. Apply at the office.”

The first time I read Hemingway’s six words, I might have said, “How sad.”

But then my sense of interpretation kicked in.

Maybe the shoes were too small, and nothing else. Or maybe the kid was born with two left feet. Or someone who was faking a pregnancy and went as far as buying clothing for a baby, and painting a spare bedroom with clouds and clowns, got psychiatric help, and backed her way out of the deception, and ultimately placed an

have been others, partially stemming from the myth of the first six-word story, allegedly written by Ernest Hemingway.

One version is Hemingway won a $10 bet by writing this complete story in six words.

“For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.”

The website Open Culture states, “The extreme terseness in this elliptical tragedy has made it a favorite example of writing teachers over the past several decades, a display of the power of literary compression, in which, writes a querent to the site Quote Investigator, `the reader must cooperate in the construction of the larger narrative that is obliquely limned by these words.’”

(A “querent” is “one who seeks.”)

Hemingway may have won a bet with that composition, but it appears

O LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We must arm teachers, staff On May 14, the DougCo Board of Education heard ideas from citizens and students on how to prevent tragedies like STEM. I told the board that brave Kendrick Castillo, not the police, was the first responder. He died tackling the shooter and doubtless saved lives. We cannot permit more precious kids to die as first responders. Even though the police were only three minutes away, Kendrick was murdered and eight were wounded. The only way to protect students is expert, well-trained, volunteer armed school staff and teachers right on scene, as was Kendrick, as the attack is unfolding or a room or two away.

I challenged the board to hold a town hall where FASTER Colorado founder Laura Carno can explain

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the program to board, parents, teachers and answer questions. Her expert trainers from the military and police have trained 150 school staff in 30 Colorado school districts.

All are volunteers, and most already have their concealed carry permits.

There have been NO incidents that the anti-gun lobby fears: No teacher has accidentally shot anyone, no student has wrestled a gun from a staff member, etc. And this training is virtually free, paid for by donations.

The deterrent is not actually the guns; it’s that the attacker doesn’t know who has firearms or where.

Killers don’t want to get killed before they kill – that’s why the SEE LETTERS, P20

ad for baby shoes that had never been worn. Simple as that.

One way or another, it is evocative.

Do a search for “Six-word story contests,” and you will find pages of guidelines and examples, although the only true guidelines needed are: be original, and stick with six words.

I think the best six-word story is only three words long.

“Less is more.”

An entire symposium could be based on it. It’s credited to architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohr, who adopted it from a Robert Browning poem.

Others have amended it.

“Less is a bore,” and “Less is less,” and “More is more.”

SEE SMITH, P13

Number three success blocker is empty gratitude bucket

ver the past two weeks we covered the contributing factors of complacency and lack of authenticity and the impact of both as we pursue our success. Today we will touch on the role and the power of gratitude and appreciation in relation to our success.

Consistent with the spirit of gratitude and appreciation, I would like to thank our community for all the emails that I received and our comWINNING munications regarding the first two topics. WORDS Many of you used the complacency column as a trigger to take action, and many more were brave enough to share where you are on the authenticity scale, recognizing a need for change.

Authentically genuine, Michael Norton and I sincerely appreciate hearing all your life stories as we exchange emails.

One of the topics I deal with when speaking with individuals and companies is time management. When this subject comes up, I usually start with a question, “What are you trying to make time for?” Typically, the response comes after a long pause, “Well, everything,” they say. After digging deeper

and forcing them to become very specific relative to what they are trying to make time for, we almost always get to a point of self-awareness. They realize it’s not so much time management, it’s what they are willing to make room for in their life or in their business.

Where does gratitude and appreciation fit into this? Everywhere.

Most of us are willing to overcommit, double book ourselves and our time, and make room for things that are important to us, that benefit us in some way, and maybe even make room for things and activities that don’t involve those closest to us. And what happens here is that this pressure builds up as we are spread too thin, we try and meet too many demands, and we become our own worst enemies.

In a time-compressed world where we are overcommitted and double booked, and we are feeling pressure and stress, we can still make room for gratitude and appreciation.

When it comes to time, let me ask you, how long does it take to say, “Thank you”? How many seconds does it take to tell someone, “You rock!” Does it take more than 30 seconds of time to write an email to someone or the team saying, “Great work, the team crushed it.”

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May 23, 2019

Final wishes need to be discussed in advance

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y father-in-law just took a serious fall. So far, he has spent 45 days in the hospital in Missouri. Modern medicine is bound to find something wrong at age 90. This should have been a wake-up call for his kids to start asking questions about his final wishes if they never did before.

It seems the generation raised by the Depression-era parents have a difficult time talking about money or health or death.

They don’t want to d worry their kids or FINANCIAL have never shared STRATEGIES finances with them before and don’t know where to start.

Add to this equation any possible dementia or fear of loss of independence and you are not likely to come by information easily.

The time to open Patricia Kummer these conversations is before there is an emergency. Many adult children don’t want to seem nosy, or don’t know how to broach the subject. Perhaps a good place to start is to share your own estate plan with Mom or Dad. Approach the situation with concern that their wishes will be granted, and therefore need to be known.

NORTON FROM PAGE 12

How long does it take to walk around to the other side of the car and open the car door for our spouse?

How many clicks does it take to order and send a thank you gift online?

How many seconds does it take to leave a note of hope and encouragement for a friend or family member?

Can we send a text that says thank you, I love you, I appreciate you in less than 10 seconds?

It has been said that gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The challenge or problem is that we are running and gunning so hard as we pursue greatness or chase down our goals, our quotas, our objectives, our hobbies, and everything else that we have left our gratitude bucket empty.

We have forgotten those who have lifted us up when we needed it. We have

SMITH FROM PAGE 12

If you are wondering about “More is more,” among the longest English sentences is Molly Bloom’s soliloquy in James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” It is 3,687 words long, or seven times the length of this column.

Annually, I try to read “Ulysses,” but invariably quit after the first page.

“For sale: `Ulysses.’ Never been read.”

In addition to six-word stories, there

In a perfect world every adult should have an estate plan that includes a will or trust, a living will, a financial Power of Attorney and a health care agent. Settling estates in this country is a very robust industry. It takes time, money and legal assistance on average taking about 18 months and costing about $12,000.* Large or complex estates of course are more expensive and can be tied up for years. These are definitely things worth planning for.

Money aside, health and comfort for your loved one should be the first focus. Part of the estate plan should include a living will and Advanced Medical Directive that instructs the health care agent how to handle care and prolonged efforts to stay alive.

No one thinks in these terms if you are just going in the hospital with the flu. It seems there is never a good opportunity to discuss feeding tubes or ventilators. Perhaps when you are all together at the family barbecue?

Probably not, and thus many families are unprepared.

First be aware of the HIPAA laws designed to protect your parent’s privacy. What this means is you can’t really have a meaningful conversation with the doctor without the proper documentation.

Next, make sure there are proper care directives. This could be a matter of opinion of different family memstopped appreciating the little things that people have done for us for many years. We begin to think that everything we have and everything we have accomplished, we achieved on our own.

So I ask you, what are you making room for in your life? What are you trying to make time for? If you will trust me on this, I can help you.

Success, your success, can be built by replacing complacency with action, being the real authentic you, and by having a gratitude bucket that is overflowing.

Thank you all again for the emails and communications. I would love to hear your success story and how I can help at gotonorton@gmail.com.

And when we focus on these building blocks of success, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the chief revenue officer at Eventus Solutions Group, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach. are six-word memoirs. There’s a book of them edited by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser.

“Her dreams kept her reality warm.”

“Please do not sit on me.”

“Maybe art school was a mistake.”

That last one? Hits home, Craig?

Not at all. Art’s an antidote.

Have some fun with the contest.

Say something in six, send along.

“Sorry, soldier, shoes sold in pairs.”

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

bers. Having written instructions will help keep the sibling rivalry to a minimum. Also, it is easy to get scared and want to change your mind at the last minute, which you can do, but stop and think of what the purpose of the living will is in the first place. Most likely it is to ensure quality of life and that probably has not changed.

These guidelines are also important when placing Mom or Dad in an extended care center. You will need to know what kind of care is available and what is realistic in the ratio of patients to medical staff before you move in.

Patients without elder care insurance may be tempted to cut corners on the level of care they sign up for. Make certain you leave the hospital with a Plan of Care.

This helps keep everyone on the same page and makes the providers aware of their responsibilities. The

family will be busy enough with personal care, visiting, paying bills etc. It would be difficult to also be the person providing care as well.

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May 23, 2019M

Grizzlies celebrate milestone at Magness

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hunderRidge High School held its graduation commencement ceremony May 14 at Magness Arena at the University of Denver, celebrating 469 students earning their diplomas.

The ceremony began with a performance by the ThunderRidge Symphony of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and the ThunderRidge choir of “A Million Dreams.”

Thousands packed Magness Arena to watch the hundreds of graduates.

The senior class president and student body vice president, Brendon O’Hearn and Makenna Green, respectively, presented the class of 2019 gift, a woodburned portrait of a grizzly bear, the school’s mascot.

Principal Nikki Ballow announced the certification of the class of 2019 as students walked across the floor to receive their diplomas. The top valedictorian, Aubrey Schafer, joined Ballow in presenting the graduates to close out the ceremony.

A student waves at her parents as she walks into Magness Arena at the University of Denver for the 2019 ThunderRidge commencement ceremony May 14.

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A ThunderRidge graduate receives his diploma and hugs administrative dean Casey Paul during the 2019 commencement ceremony at the University of Denver.

Two students smile at each other during the 2019 commencement ceremony on May 14 after being asked to stand in recognition for receiving cords for theater at ThunderRidge High School.

Student body president Madeline Cassic welcomes the guests, dignitaries and faculty to open the 2019 ThunderRidge High School commencement ceremony at the University of Denver May 14.

Summer reading program to hold kickoff events Douglas County Libraries program doesn’t require tracking of hours STAFF REPORT

Douglas County Libraries patrons of all ages are encouraged to read as part of the district’s Great Summer Reading Road Trip program. All branches kick off the program June 1 with life-sized games, live DJs, bounce houses, food trucks, a book fair and

more. The celebrations last from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The annual reading program is open to all ages and runs from June 1 to July 31. Children, teens and adults can register at any of the kickoff parties, or online at DCL.org/summer-reading.

Participants will receive prizes from Texas Roadhouse and the Colorado Rapids for signing up.

New this year: Tracking the time spent reading is not required. Participants are encouraged to enjoy the read instead and may collect a prize just for having an awesome summer. Adults and kids who like a challenge may still track their reading on a DCL log, or

SCHOOL CONTEST RETURNS The friendly fundraising competition among K-12 schools affiliated with Douglas County School District is back this year. The elementary, middle and high schools with the most summer reading sign-ups by July 31 will win a $250 prize — one winning school at each level. Some rules and restrictions apply; visit DCL.org/summer-reading for details. they may create their own goal and track their time online.

If Douglas County Libraries meets this year’s community goal of 16,775 registered reading program partici-

pants, the DCL Foundation will donate $500 to Nature’s Educators.

Volunteers are needed for the summer reading kickoff parties June 1 and throughout the summer. No special skills or prior experience is needed, and teens can earn community service credit toward graduation requirements. Interested volunteers may learn more and/or sign up via VolunteerConnectDC.org; search Douglas County Libraries opportunities.

For more information about the Great Summer Reading Road Trip, registration, and associated events and activities, visit DCL.org/summerreading or call 303-791-7323.

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May 23, 2019

New rail stations a vision of future Southeast Rail Extension now serving riders in Lone Tree

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet got off the light rail train at the new Lone Tree City Center Station and walked across to the other side of the tracks, toward a sea of prairie to the east as far as the eye could see. Millet was there with officials from the city and the Regional Transportation District a few days ahead of the grand opening of the Southeast Rail Extension.

“Let’s envision a future,” Millet said May 14, referring to an area that will eventually be considered by many to be the heart of Lone Tree.

On May 17, the grand opening celebration was the culmination of a long journey. It fulfills the promise that initially attracted major employers, such as Charles Schwab. It completes rail transit through Lone Tree with the end-of-line RidgeGate Station near the 24-year-old city’s southern border. And it means major economic growth, setting the stage for RidgeGate East, with plans including attainable housing and a “downtown” area.

As Millet spoke May 17 at RidgeGate Station, she asked former mayors Jim Gunning and Jack O’Boyle to join her on stage, where she handed each a track baton, a symbolic gesture to the way the three mayors have passed the baton to complete the project.

“We have been waiting for this extension almost since the day the city was founded,” Millet said. “As the south metro area continues to grow, this is going to be a vital link for the community…This one element of transit brings all the communities of Douglas County together and we are honored to be here today acknowledging that.”

O’Boyle credited Gunning, mayor from 2008-16, for laying the groundwork for the project.

“Without the persistant tenacity of Mayor Gunning, it is not likely that we would be here today,” O’Boyle, mayor from 1996 to 2008, said. “Without your good works, ideas, vision and plan, it would still be just a dream.”

Though the wait for the project has spanned years, dating to before Sky Ridge Medical Center opened in 2003, RTD officials touted the project for being on time and under budget. With contributions from private dignitaries and a $92 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration, the 2.3-mile rail extension has been a priority for businesspeople and politicians alike. The $233 million project is expected to make an economic impact on the city surpassing $1 billion, officials say.

As gusts swept through the RidgeGate Station, Keith Simon, vice president of Coventry Development, the master developer of RidgeGate, joked “it’s the winds of development.”

The project brings three new light

RTD board chair Doug Tisdale and RTD CEO Dave Genova reveal the plaque dedicated to the collaborators of the Southeast Rail Extension project.

Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet gets off a train at the Sky Ridge Station near Sky Ridge Medical Center, the northernmost stop of the Southeast Rail Extension, which opened officially May 17.

PHOTOS BY NICK PUCKETT rail stations south of Lincoln Station for the E, R and F lines.

“It’s a significant time period from conception to realization,” RTD CEO Dave Genova said. “We’re more than just about serving people, we’re about economic develpement too, and it’s going to be exciting watching this over the next few years.”

The Sky Ridge Station is the largest of the three and the only one completely built out so far. At the doorstep of Sky Ridge Medical Center and a stone’s throw from the Charles Schwab campus, it is projected to be the most used station out of the gate.

It includes a statue mirroring the iconic Lone Tree city logo.

To get to the Lone Tree City Center Station, the train travels over I-25 on a new bridge, making the rail the only route that goes over I-25 in the entire light rail system. It brings passengers to the currently empty RidgeGate East neighborhood.

The RidgeGate Station includes a new Park-N-Ride parking garage and a piece of art made up of different brands of nearby ranches, including the “JS” brand for Schweiger Ranch, just south of the station.

Doug Tisdale, RTD board chairman, emceed the May 17 event and gave a nod to the amount of collaboration it took from private and public partners to complete this project.

“This project is all about vision,” Tisdale said. “Vision from local leadership and a vision for the future.

From where I am standing now, it’s a truly great vision. Before you know it, this area will be an economic epicenter.”

Doug Tisdale, chair of the RTD board, rides the light rail from the newly built Sky Ridge Station to the RidgeGate Station during the grand opening celebration of the Southeast Rail Extension on May 17.

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Historic depot memorialized in painting by noted artist

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astle Rock’s museum is housed in the 1875 Denver and Rio Grande Depot, built with rhyolite from the local quarry. It partnered SONYA’S with the Castle Rock Historic PresSAMPLER ervation Board and the Public Art Commission to sponsor a new painting of the depot by watercolorist Cindy Welch, a 30-year town resident, who has painted images of a number the city’s hisSonya Ellingboe of toric buildings. The original watercolor will be permanently displayed at the museum, and limited-edition signed prints will be available.

Welch will donate 10% of sales of the print to the museum. Visit castlerockhistoricalsociety.org for a listing of programs of the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum.

The Alder family - from left Ash, Jason and Kendra - say one of their favorite parts of the annual Denver Pop Culture Con is cosplaying as some of their favorite characters. Planning for their outfits can begin as early as January.

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Denver Pop Culture Con honors comic roots while appealing to all generations

ed to include various fandoms and guest attractions and activities based on fan feedback.”

That growth is reflected in the event’s name, now Denver Pop Culture Con instead of Denver Comic Con.

Ainomae Ensemble to perform Englewood Arts presents a program featuring Silver Ainomae, cellist/conductor, and members of the Colorado Symphony in a concert at 2 p.m. May 25 in Hampden Hall, 1000 Englewood Parkway (Englewood Civic Center). The program will feature the “Boccherini Cello Concerto,” Tchaikovsky’s “Andante Cantabile” for cello and string orchestra from the second movement of his “String Quartet No. 1”; Arvo Part’s “Fratres for String Orchestra and Percussion”; Bryce Dessner’s “Lachrime (St. Carolyn By the Sea”; Kancheli’s “Eine Kliene Daneliade.” Tickets at the box office one hour before concert time: $20/$15, free under 18.

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lot can change in eight years — something Littleton residents Kendra, Jason and Ash Alder can readily attest to when it comes to how Denver Pop Culture Con has evolved since its first iteration in 2012.

“When we first started going, it wasn’t nearly as big as it has become,” Kendra said. “When I was growing up, nerd culture was very taboo, but it’s done a complete 180.

When I would mention a lot of this stuff, people had never heard of it.

Now everyone knows.”

This year’s event returns to the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1, and 10 a.m. to

Shopping for issues missing from a collection is still one of the most common pastimes at Denver Comic Con. Mile High Comics offers shelves and shelves for readers to browse through.

FILE PHOTO 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 2. And it looks to be the biggest yet, with more booths, artists, celebrities and cosplayers.

“The con was borne out of a passion for pop culture, and using pop culture as a tool to connect with reluctant readers,” convention director Christina Angel wrote in an email interview. “The event grew exponentially in the early years, and expand-

Phamaly celebrates 30th anniversary Phamaly, the active theater company for actors with disabilities, will hold a series of family concerts to celebrate its 30th anniversary. On May 24, 25 and 26: Aurora Fox Theatre, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. On June 1 and 2: Elaine Wolf Theatre, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. On June 6: Levitt Pavilion, 1350 W. Florida Ave., Denver. The June concerts will be ASL-interpreted.

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The newer name reflects a wider swath of mediums and influences than comics alone.

“Since inception, our event has been about inclusivity and bringing different fandoms together for a weekend-long celebration; comics culture has always been a key component but not the entire focus,” Angel wrote. “While it’s true that ‘comic con’ is often synonymous with pop culture conventions, we didn’t feel that it told the whole story.”

The worlds created in comics from Marvel, DC and countless other studios remain the wellspring for many films and television shows that have made nerd culture everyone’s culture — and the con is a great way to bridge the gap between these fans.

“At our store, that’s one of the things we talk about the most — how to connect people who see all the movies with the stories we have at our store,” said Jonthan Garnett, owner of Hall of Justice Comics and Collectibles in Parker, which has had a booth at the con for about the past five years. “If you’re a fan of something you’ve seen onscreen, there’s a good chance we have something that will scratch that itch.”

Kendra and Jason, who used to own a comic book store, said the con works hard to balance a celebration of all mediums while acknowledg-

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Chris Clarke cosplays in the Altera Blademaster armor from the video game “Monster Hunter: Frontier G.” The costume won an award at a previous Denver Comic Con competition.

Cosplay from sources like video games, movies and Japanese animation is very common at the Denver convention. FILE PHOTO ing that comics are the source and are constantly evolving.

“They want all kinds of people to keep coming back, and that’s why they do,” Kendra said. “You can do what you want, be free, and not be ashamed of what you like.”

Another way the con works to keep bringing people back is by fostering the next generation of nerds.

The event is a program of the Pop Culture Classroom, a nonprofit focused on youth literacy, Angel said.

The work the group does all year is supported by the con. As for the actual event, all kinds of options exist beyond shopping and getting a photo with a favorite celebrity.

“Programming also includes exciting kid- and teen-focused activities and events in The Lab, which is a large space on the show floor dedicated to young folks,” Angel wrote. “The lab activities can include anything from learning to draw a famous character, to presentations and workshops, to finding out how to one day work for NASA or become an actor.”

For Garnett and many other attendees and exhibitors, the con is a chance for real connection with fans of all ages.

‘They want all kinds of people to keep coming back, and that’s why they do. You can do what you want, be free, and not be ashamed of what you like.’

Kendra Alder, Littleton resident and former comic book store owner “We get to talk to consumers and fans, not just from the area, but all over the country,” he said.

Kendra said Ash particularly enjoys the con’s cosplaying aspect.

But she loves immersing him in comic culture because of the positive way it affects him and other children.

“We take our niece as well, and their favorite part is taking pictures with as many cosplayers as possible,” she said. “I think it’s all a great influence on kids, and especially is great for reading. I always see it like going to Disneyland — you’re meeting the characters you’ve seen on the big screen, right there.”

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The Bible Speaks – Why?

On May 7 a school shooting occurred in Highlands Ranch resulting in the death of a promising young man. We instinctively ask “Why, why, why.

Why do these tragic events happen”? We will probably never know for sure, but the Bible gives us some clues as to how we should react to such events. One such event happened in Jesus’ time when a tower fell & killed 18 people. Jesus gave no answer as to why, but taught that we all must be ready for our death through repentance (Luke 13:1-5). He continued that lesson by saying that God is patient & not willing that any should perish (Luke 13:6-9).

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eing a climber for more than half his life, Kegan Minock has never heard an excuse that he thinks should deter someone from trying bouldering.

It doesn’t matter your age or weight, he said, or even if you have a fear of heights.

“Often, when people think of rock climbing, they think of going really high,” Minock said. “With bouldering, you’re not super high off the ground.

But it’s just as challenging.”

Minock, 27, general manager of ROCK’n & JAM’n gym in Centennial — ROCK’n & JAM’n also has a location in Thornton — has been climbing for 16 years and started focusing on bouldering about a decade ago.

“To me, it’s more fun,” Minock said, adding he enjoys the gymnastics skills required and the problem-solving aspect of it. “It’s physical, but also mentally challenging.”

In his blog written to serve as a beginner’s guide to bouldering, Willis Kuelthau, editor and climbing gear tester for 99Boulders.com, defines bouldering as “climbs that are protected by (landing/crash) pads rather than ropes.” He adds that bouldering is the physical act of completing “relatively short sequences that prioritize power and technique over long-term endurance.”

A “boulder problem” is the common term for the climbing challenge, or route. It is “the sequence of holds (which have) a start point and end point,” Kuelthau wrote. Boulder problems have “various levels of difficulty.”

Scott Rennack, marketing manager for The Spot Bouldering Gym, believes the term is coined boulder problems because of the problem-solving skills required to complete them.

“You have to figure them out,” he said. “You can try a move 20 or 30 times before you figure it out. Even a hundred times isn’t that uncommon.”

Rennack, 42, was introduced to climbing as a youth in the Boy Scouts, and “after 25 years, I’ve tried just about everything,” he said. Rennack was involved with starting the American Bouldering Series in 1998 — a competition that has since merged with USA Climbing and is now known as USA Climbing’s Bouldering Open National Championships. It took place this year on Feb. 1 and 2 in Redmond, Oregon.

National championship titles went to Ashima Shiraishi for women and Sean Bailey for men.

“Colorado has kind of always been in the center of the bouldering world,” Rennack said. And The Spot can also claim it contributed to the history, he added.

The Spot’s Boulder location, which opened in 2002, was the first bouldering-only gym to open in Colorado. It “missed the title for all of the U.S. by about two months,” Rennack said. “A

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Scott Rennack, marketing manager for The Spot Bouldering Gym who has been climbing for about 25 years, sets a route when the gym’s Boulder location opened in 2002. The Spot Denver opened on April 18.

COURTESY PHOTO place in Salt Lake City opened just before (The Spot) did.”

Just south of downtown, The Spot Denver opened on April 18.

Though English mountaineer Oscar Eckenstein, circa 1880s, and French alpinist Pierre Allain, in the 1930s and 1940s, preceded him, many climbers point to John Gill as the father of modern bouldering.

According to Gill’s website, www. johngill.net, he “initiated a gymnastic approach to short rock climbs, specifically bouldering, in America in the 1950s.” Gill’s article “The Art of Bouldering,” published in the American Alpine Club Journal in 1969, “encouraged the recognition of bouldering as an authentic form of climbing,” states Gill’s website.

According to an article by Alex Beale, owner and editor of 99Boulders. com, John “Verm” Sherman created the V Scale — now the standard grading scale for the boulder problems in the U.S. — in the late 1980s while climbing in Hueco Tanks, Texas.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing’s (IFSC) website states that climbing competitions largely began in Europe in the 1980s. The site states that “in 1991, the first World Championship was organized in Frankfurt, Germany,” and bouldering “was officially introduced as a new

climbing discipline” in 1998.

As fun as bouldering may be, Rennack would remind people that there are dangers that can come with it — injuries due to not knowing how to fall properly or adverse outdoor elements, such as no padded landing spots.

Luckily, bouldering is a “very social” sport, said Hilary Harris, founder and co-owner of EVO Rock + Fitness in Louisville.

“Everyone gets to try” the boulder problem, she said, “and everyone

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Outdoors According to Nomad Colorado, an online travel and outdoor guide specific to Colorado, two popular spots for beginner outdoor bouldering — just outside of the Denver area — are Castlewood Canyon State Park in Castle Rock and Morrison Bouldering in Morrison.

For an outdoor inner-city experience, but still outdoors, Nomad Colorado suggests the man-made boulders/walls at Westlands Park in Greenwood Village and Central Park in Stapleton, Denver. cheers each other on.”

Minock “absolutely recommends” that anyone going bouldering outdoors for the first time should go with someone who has some experience with the sport. But, he said, it’s probably best for people to start out in a gym to get SEE BOULDERING, P21

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Citizens rally at Capitol for gun rights Rally for Our Rights urges people to push back against ‘red flag’ law

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dennis Gatchalian has lived in the Unites States since 1984, the year he left his home in the Philippines. He’s resided in Denver for 35 years.

On May 18, he stood in front of the state Capitol listening to speakers at the pro-gun event, Rally for Our Rights, which drew more than 100 people. His experiences growing up under a regime that instated martial law in the 1970s, and watching his brother arrested, jailed and sentenced to hard labor for possessing a leaflet, brought him to the steps of the Capitol that day.

“I know what oppression is and I can see the parallels here,” he said.

Throughout the day, a common theme emerged. Gun rights proponents believe the right to bear arms protects all other rights, and they worry issues including Colorado’s

Robert Wareham speaks to the crowd at the Rally for Our Rights event at the Colorado Capitol.

JESSICA GIBBS red flag law are one more step toward their biggest fear — a total disarming of the public.

Gatchalian was one of several attendees who spoke with Colorado Community Media or held signs stating their fear the nation is on a path toward

disarming citizens.

The rally opened with a speech from Robert Wareham, the attorney leading recall efforts against Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock. Wareham maintained Colorado’s new red flag law is unconstitu-

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tional and gun grab legislation.

“This is going to be abused,” he said from the podium.

Wareham spoke to a crowd that booed Spurlock’s name and cheered at the mention of recalling him. Spurlock had violated their trust, they believed, by backing the law.

Booths offered information on recall efforts against Spurlock and Gov. Jared Polis.

Judith Cody drove from her home in Colorado Springs to participate. Cody feels pro-gun citizens have compromised with gun control advocates on numerous issues, naming bump stock bans as one example, but that further gun restrictions like the red flag law, also called an Extreme Risk Protection Order, keep coming.

“We give and we give but it’s not enough,” she said.

Cody attended with her 20-year-old son, Thomas, who also dislikes ERPO and called it “the most relevant issue right now” in Colorado related to gun debates.

“I’m concerned that it takes due process out of the equation,” he said. “It puts you in a he said, she said situation.”

Thomas said his interest in guns is first because owning them is a constitutional

right, second because they provide a method of selfdefense and lastly because he enjoys sports shooting.

Throughout the day, Tony Genella of Centennial held a sign on one side reading “97.8% of mass shootings are in gun-free zones.” He’d like for teachers to carry weapons on school grounds if they want to and if they have undergone conceal carry classes.

“I strictly oppose gun-free zones,” he said. “I believe that our schools are the most vulnerable areas.”

The event took place 11 days after Colorado’s most recent school shooting, which left an 18-year-old senior at STEM School Highland Ranch, Kendrick Castillo, dead and eight others injured.

Speakers at the event urged citizens to support recalls of Spurlock, Polis and state Rep. Tom Sullivan and to push back against gun control measures like the red flag bill.

Cody listened, and like Gatchalian, worried the government would succeed a disarming people completely if people don’t protest.

“I know people say, `Oh, it never will,’” she said. “They’re trying.”

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Melting Pot owners withdraw pergola proposal Plan to build structures drew heavy opposition; temporary tents coming down

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Facing a bulwark of opposition, the owners of Littleton’s Melting Pot restaurant withdrew their proposal to build a pair of pergolas in front of the historic building on May 7.

Amy and Kyle Reed, who own the high-end fondue restaurant housed in the historic former Carnegie library at the west end of Main Street, had sought a rollback of a longstanding easement that prohibited them from obstructing the view of the landmark that bookends the downtown strip.

Their business depends on outdoor seating, the couple said.

The proposal encountered pushback in April: City staff published a recommendation against the proposal,

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Aurora theater killer picked a theater with a no-guns-allowed sign. The same sign at our schools! Please email Superintendent Tucker — tstucker@ dcsdk12.org — ask him to schedule FASTER Colorado Townhall – for our kids.

Joy Overbeck Parker

We must secure firearms To those who can make a change for the better in our state: Have we not had ENOUGH mass shootings in Colorado to take gun control into our own hands as a state? Have we not understood, YET, that we cannot control human behavior but we CAN control inanimate objects? Will you please, please begin the process of tightly securing arms and ammunition in this state?

I am writing to all those who have the power to begin and sustain a substantive discussion to keep the populace of Colorado safer than the rest of the country. Should you choose to take the Second Amendment into account, please note “well-regulated militia” and realize that this is not 1775, the population is greater and therefore in much closer quarters, we have a military, police, and a national guard AND the ability to store arms and am-

and the city’s Historical Preservation Board voted unanimously against it.

Historic Littleton Inc., a nonprofit preservation group, opposed the proposal in a letter-writing campaign.

The Reeds had one last shot: a hearing before city council, which was scheduled for May 7.

But the couple pulled the proposal the day of the hearing, saying it was clear they didn’t have the necessary support.

“We didn’t see any point in moving forward,” Amy Reed said. “Hopefully we can come to a compromise with the city that doesn’t involve changing the conservation easement.”

Littleton Mayor Debbie Brinkman said city council would have given the Reeds a fair shake, but said the opposition from city staff and a city board definitely carried weight.

“That would certainly have an impact on council’s decision-making,” Brinkman said. “Those are trusted advisers. When historic things go away, they go away forever. You don’t build history — you preserve his-

tory.”

The Reeds sought permission to build permanent structures in front of the building after city staff directed them to remove a pair of temporary tents used to keep outdoor diners warm in the winter in recent years, Amy Reed said.

A letter from the city planning department mandating the removal of the tents, sent last November, outlined the Reeds’ one possible recourse: ask the city for an amendment to a 1983 law preserving the view of the building’s facade from Main Street.

Amy Reed said she felt miffed that the city laid out the course of action, then issued a recommendation to deny the proposal.

Mike Sutherland, the head of the city’s planning department, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

The withdrawal of the pergola proposal means the tents need to come down and stay down, Brinkman said, adding she’s glad the city will get the

vista of the old library back.

Getting an unobstructed view of the library back will help restore an important element to Littleton’s iconic main drag, said Gail Keeley, the director of Historic Littleton Inc. “Downtown is a historic district, bounded on one end by the library and the other end by the old courthouse, and we haven’t been able to enjoy that view down Main Street for years,” Keeley said.

Being forced to go without outdoor seating in the winter could spell trouble for the Melting Pot’s future, the Reeds said in April, saying years of minimum wage increases and rising health care costs meant they needed the extra tables to stay afloat.

Still, Amy Reed said she’s hopeful F there are other options to be explored.

“We have a long history with the city of Littleton,” Reed said. “By and large they’ve been supportive and worked with us. I’m hopeful we can come to a compromise that works for everybody.”

munition safely in a depository would satisfy the militia’s need more aptly than arms and ammunition in private households/businesses. Thank you.

Darcelia Beck Parker

low of 500,000 and divide it by two, yielding 250,000. The 48 (1970 to 2018) years times 250,000 would show an estimate of 12 million defensive uses protecting persons and property.

Further, FBI data show that about 40% to 45% of firearms deaths are suicides. Suicide is logically the ultimate “it’s my body, it’s my choice”.

We all want the mentally ill and criminals controlled. We all mourn the horrific violence, but only focusing on one side of the debate is not helpful Mr. Smith.

G. Arthur Bentzen Castle Rock

Polluted site a disgrace I have lived on the Vista Trail open space for 21 years. I frequently walk this trail from my house to the Cheese Ranch just east of Quebec.

This trail passes Platte River Academy and Cresthill Middle school and is used by hundreds of adult recreation users, Academy, Cresthill and Highlands Ranch High School students each week.

I don’t see much pollution on Vista Trail and was shocked when a picture of a massive polluted site was published in the paper on May 2.

This was adult pollution on a grand scale.

This was adult pollution that could be fatal to anyone within a mile of the polluted site. This is an unregulated outlaw shooting area in western Douglas County.

I have owned guns for over 70 years and have some trophies on my walls that most hunters would die for. I believe there is no such person as a responsible gun owner who does not have a hunting license or a gun club membership in their pocket. Why? Because we are regulated and all other gun owners are not.

I don’t have too many election cycles left in my life, but I am going to be opposing any elected county officials who do not have the welfare of every Douglas County resident first and foremost on their agenda.

Roy Legg Highlands Ranch

A misleading column Regarding Craig Smith’s column where he asserts that the Second Amendment is untouchable, I suggest a road trip. Perhaps he could drive to places like California, New York, New Jersey, or Washington D.C. with an unloaded .38 revolver on his front seat.

Just for fun be sure to get pulled over.

As the D.C. cop is putting on the cuffs, Smith can protest that the Second Amendment is untouchable. He’d be charged with a felony.

There are federal, state and local gun laws all across the nation. Maybe Smith could do a column enlightening us on which other constitutional rights have so many restrictive laws.

Untouchable, really?

Smith says we must talk about gun wrongs, not just rights. He then cites a billboard that claims 1.4 million gun deaths from 1970 to present. As is typical, only the wrong is presented.

He must be unaware of a Centers for Disease Control study done after the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy. CDC found that almost all national surveys estimate private citizen defensive uses of firearms range from 500,000 to over 3 million per year. Given the change in population since 1970, let’s take the

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Time for more on mental health I noted with interest in the May 9 edition that five of the CCM journalists won awards for their reporting on the state of mental health in Douglas County.

Just before the paper came out, there was the STEM shooting followed by the students walking out of a vigil and chanting “mental health.” I have now seen several reports from school superintendents all saying the same thing: They need more mental health programs and resources for their students.

May I suggest that the five reporters focus on a new series: the state of mental health programs in Colorado schools, or the lack thereof, and what must be done to “fix” this very obvious problem.

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BOULDERING FROM PAGE 18

a foundation for bouldering, then transition to the outdoors.

Rennack agreed. An indoor gym is a controlled environment and it’s “cactus-free, guaranteed.”

In addition, many gyms offer introductory clinics and/or safety briefings.

Coloradoans in general are enthusiastic about the outdoors, Minock said. “People come from all over the world to test out what we have to

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offer,” he added. “We (indoor climbing gyms) try to bring that experience to everyone. But it doesn’t matter if you’re bouldering indoors or outdoors, as long as you’re just enjoying the climb.”

One reason indoor gyms are becoming more popular may be because they are making bouldering more accessible to everyone, Harris said.

Bouldering gyms “are popping up all over the country,” Harris said, “especially in urban areas where people don’t have access to the outdoors.”

Harris, 51, has been climbing for

more than 30 years. She did some competitive climbing while living in Europe in the early 1990s, but it was her background as an architect — along with her love of the sport — that inspired her to open EVO Rock + Fitness. EVO Bouldering Golden, which will be a boulderingonly gym expected to open in the winter of 2020, will be the fourth EVO gym in the U.S. “Climbing is a canvas to let people discover their full potential,” Harris said. “You have to face challenges that you think are impossible, but you work it out, move by move.”

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menu: barbecue chicken, Italian pasta salad, strawberry fruit salad, fruit and desserts. No reservations needed. Info: 303-798-1389, fpcl.org/dinner.

Plein air workshop Artist Pat Barr Clarke will hold a plein air workshop, sponsored by Heritage Fine Arts Guild, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 1 at Hudson Gardens and Events Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Cost: $35 HFAG members; $50 non-members. See heritage-guild. com to register. (Note that membership costs just $40.) Info: Mary kay Jacobus, mkart1224@gmail.com, 303-594-4667.

New play “The Language Archive” by Julia Cho is presented in its regional premiere through June 16 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. (George is a man consumed with preserving dying languages, but communication with his wife is failing him …) Tickets: vintagetheatre.com or 303-856-7830.

Community dinner is free The First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., will host its monthly free dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. on May 28. (Enter from Windermere.) Volunteers cook a favorite

Singer at Dirt Coffee Bar Alaskan singer Emma Hill will play an all-ages show to support her new album, “Magnesium Dreams,” at 5 p.m. on May 20 at Dirt Coffee Bar, 5767 S. Rapp St., downtown Littleton. The

Hilary Harris, co-owner of EVO Rock + Fitness in Louisville, climbs a boulder in 2016. Harris, now 51, has been climbing for more than 30 years and will be opening EVO Bouldering Golden in the winter of 2020.

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title song is based on a dream world and the show is built around it. Hill and producer/bandmate Bryan Daste have made seven records and toured widely across the U.S., Canada and Europe. 303-635-6674.

“Something is Rotten,” described as “three peculiar men trying to outperform Hamlet.” Opens May 24 at 8 p.m. and repeats May 25, 30, 31, June 1 at 8 p.m. and at 3 p.m. on May 30. Tickets: stuff@buntport.com.

Plein air painting The Douglas Land Conservancy will again sponsor its annual “Capturing the Beauty of Open Land” plein air painting event, where invited artists will paint on private properties in Douglas County. The resulting large collection of artworks in different media and sizes will be exhibited for show and sale at the White Pavilion, 414 Perry St., Castle Rock; June 22, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; June 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Parker’s Concerts in the Park Free summer concerts in Discovery Park, Parker begin May 30 with Wash Park and continue at 6 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 1. See Parkerarts.org for future concerts. Bring a picnic or buy from the food truck.

Buntport repeat Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver will present a repeat of its hit,

Bemis lecture “A Celebration of State Capitals”

by Richard Gibson features interesting small towns across America who claim to be the Capitol of this or that: “Troll Capitol, Jackalope Capitol, etc.”

7 p.m. on June 4. At Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

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Castle Rock

Burly-versary: May 24-27 at Burly Brewing Co., 680 Atchison Way, Castle Rock. Kickoff at 11 a.m. May 24 with release of Black Forrest Birthday Cake Beer. Face painting, magic, juggling and other party activities by Simply Smiles on May 25. Call 720-486-0541 or go to www.BurlyBrewing.com.

Patriotic Concert with Castle Rock Band: 2 p.m. May 26 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Free concert and flag ceremony to celebrate Memorial Weekend. Presented with American Legion Post 1187.

Go to www.CastleRockBand.org.

An Encounter With God: May 26 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, Ridgeline Conference Room, 2350 Meadows Blvd. Group discussion about former prime minister of Ethiopia, Tamrat Layne, who, after serving his position, was found guilty of corruption. While serving 12 years in prison, he claims to have had a supernatural visit from God. Contact Roy Koerner at 303-814-0142 or roykoerner@ msn.com.

Elephant Rock Cycling Festival: June 1-2 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Four road routes and two gravel routes offered. Colorado Bike Expo and packet pickup is June 1, from noon to 7 p.m. Ride day and party on June 2. New this year, a portion of the proceeds benefits the CE Shop Foundation, which provides weekend meals to school children and their families. Go to https://www.rollmassif.com/ elephantrock/ Summer Reading Kickoff Party: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 1 at Douglas County Libraries branches in Castle Rock, Castle Pines and Roxborough. Kick off summer reading with life-sized games, a live DJ, and a bouncy castle. All ages. Registration required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Write and Workshop Series: 6:308:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-521-8615 or go to www.castlerockwriters.com. 2019 schedule: June 3, Write-out and Workshop; July 1, “Out-of-Date Stereotypes in Character Development,” by Bonnie McCune; Aug. 5, Write-out and Workshop; Sept.

27-28, Writing-in-Progress conference; October, Write-out and Workshop; Nov. 4, Write-out and Workshop; and Dec. 2, Holiday Party.

this week’s TOP FIVE Chip in for Kidz: Friday, May 24 at The Ridge at Castle Pines Golf Course, 1414 Castle Pines Parkway. Proceeds benefit veteran families, Colorado youth and disadvantaged kids across the Front Range. Sponsorships available. Learn more at www.4kidzsports.org or call 720-436-4026.

Veterans Memorial Celebration: May 26 at Englewood High School Veterans Memorial, 3800 S. Logan St., Englewood.

Memorial pavers for sale; contact Paul at pj2skis@skizinski. com or 303-482-6184.

Highlands Ranch Memorial Day Service: 11:45 a.m. May 27 at the Highlands Ranch Veterans Monument, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Participants to include the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, the Highlands Ranch Concert Band, local volunteers

2019 Ducky Derby: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June 8 at Festival Park in downtown Castle Rock. Presented by the Rotary Clubs of Castle Rock.

Event includes a street festival.

Go to visitcastlerock.org/archives/ event/2019-ducky-derby.

and emcee David Simonson. Go to www.highlandsranch.org or call 303-791-0430.

Harmony Horse Expo: noon to 5 p.m. Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 at the Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center, 5540 E. Hwy. 86 in Franktown. Take guided tours of the 168-acre property, attend free horsemanship workshops and training demonstrations and meet adoptable horses.

Go to https://harmonyequinecenter.org/harmony-horseexpo/ “Sister Act”: on stage through Sunday, June 16 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and 2 p.m.

Sundays. Call 303-794-2787 x5, stop by the box office, or go to townhallartscenter.org/sisteract.

S. Parker Road, Centennial. Call 303-690-4722 or go to www. tagawagardens.com.

Tea Gardens: Growing Your Own Tea: 2-3 p.m. June 1 at Tagawa Garden Center, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial. Call 303-6904722 or go to www.tagawagardens.com.

Perennials for Your Xeriscape: 1-2:15 p.m. June 2 at Tagawa Garden Center, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial. Call 303-690-4722 or go to www.tagawagardens.com.

Meet 32 of the toughest, most colorful perennials for your waterwise garden.

Centennial

Intro to Theater: Improv the Spolin Way: 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 29 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Explore improv through games and activities. Go to https://arapahoelibraries.org/ Summer Reading Kickoff: 5:307:30 p.m. May 31 at Centennial Center Park. Dress up and celebrate favorite characters and fandoms. Bounce houses, face painters and more. Summer reading runs from June 1 to July 28. Go to https://arapahoelibraries.org/ news/summer-reading-2019/ Gardening for Birds and Hummingbirds: 10-11 a.m. June 1 at Tagawa Garden Center, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial. Call 303-690-4722 or go to www. tagawagardens.com. Learn which flowering perennials will draw more birds and hummingbirds to your garden.

Tried & True: Perennials and Annuals: noon to 1 p.m. June 1 at Tagawa Garden Center, 7711

Greenwood Village

Celebrating the Art of Pastels: Pastel Society of Colorado’s Mile High National Pastel Exhibition is on display through June 29 at the Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village.

Go to www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org or contact exhibition cochairs Sandy Marvin at sjmarvinart@yahoo.com or Marla Sullivan at marlasullivan@comcast.net.

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hrhotrod.com or call Ron at 720201-7007.

Camp DCL: Zoofari Animal Art: 1:30-5 p.m. June 3-7 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Camp for ages 7-11 includes 2-D and 3-D projects. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Dance and Music Class: sevenweek class for ages 3 months to 5 years begins June 5 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. Program teaches age-appropriate dance and music with a different theme each week.

Go to www.spotlightperformers. com or call 720-44-DANCE. Adult Swim Night: 5:30-8 p.m.

June 5, July 10, Aug. 7 at Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd. Bring a picnic dinner or social snacks. Ages 21 and older; IDs will be checked. Proceeds benefit the Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association. Go to https://hrcaonline.org/about-us/ guides-communication/calendarschedules/event-details/evr/1/ adult-swim-night

St., Highlands Ranch. Pack a picnic and enjoy music at the park. Concert lineup: June 6, Mostly Harmless; June 13, Michael Friedman Band; June 20, Forever in Blue Jeans; June 27, The Long Run; July 11, Deja Blu; July 18, A Country Music Project; and July 25, That Eighties Band. Go to https://hrcaonline.org/about-us/ guides-communication/calendarschedules/event-details/evr/1/ summer-concert-series-7 “Little Mermaid”: Theater classes for ages 3-9; classes from 3:454:30 p.m. Tuesdays or 4-4:45 p.m.

Thursdays through August at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. Performance in August. Children learn singing, dancing and acting techniques while preparing a musical.

Go to www.spotlightperformers. com or call 720-44-DANCE.

Littleton

Paint Box Guild Juried Show: on display through May 31 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Go to https://www. paintboxguildlittleton.org/ Capitals of the World: 7 p.m. June 4 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Presented

by Richard Gibson, author of “A Celebration of State Capitols.”

Photographic survey of 25 selfproclaimed capitals, from the Troll Capital to the Jackalope Capital, and learn why they make their claim. Call 303-795-3961.

57th Anniversary Show: on display through June 16 at Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Littleton Fine Arts Guild members’ works. Go to http:// depotartgallery.org/ or call Mary Clark 720-951-5380.

Lone Tree

Fables, Folklore, and Fairy Tales: 6:30 p.m. May 29 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Evening of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and tap.

Presented by Summit Dance. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www. lonetreeartscenter.org.

Coppelia: 6:30 p.m.

May 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Presented

by Summit Dance.

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

Culture on the Green: 6:30-8 p.m.

May 24, June 28 and July 26 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Pack a picnic and enjoy live entertainment. Go to https://hrcaonline. org/about-us/guides-communication/calendar-schedules/eventdetails/culture-on-the-green Saturday Classic Car Cruise: 4-9 p.m. Saturdays, May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24 and Sept.

28. Presented by the Highlands Ranch Hot Rodders. Go to www. hrhotrod.com for a map of the cruise route. Contact info@

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Summer Concert Series: 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays from June 6 to July 25 at Highland Heritage Regional Park, 9651 S. Quebec

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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Class of 2019

SkyView Academy encouraged to challenge limits

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ust shy of 60 SkyView Academy graduates tossed their caps into the air, signaling the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next. The May 18 commencement ceremony took place at the Highlands Ranch K-12 charter school, 6161 Business Center Drive.

During his speech, high school principal Jon Ail used a white board covered in algebra problems to get across three points: Always diverge from the easy path, reach out for support and challenge limits.

“Life is a lot like our approach to mathematics. We want life to remain clean and simple and straightforward and uncomplicated,” Ail said. “But that’s just not how life is.”

SkyView Academy graduates toss their caps into the air at a May 18 commencement ceremony at the school in Highlands Ranch. Roughly 60 students made up the class of 2019.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: How to Make a Difference listings are published free, on a spaceavailable basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a listing, or to change or delete an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www.ddfl.org.

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims.

Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora,

CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

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

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

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

GraceFull Community Café: Provides a place in Littleton where people of all backgrounds can gather, eat well and be inspired to give back. Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull Foundation.

Need: Opportunities for food preparation, guest service, cleaning and dishwashing.

Location: 5610 Curtice St., Littleton Contact: Sign up for volunteer opportunities at http://gracefullcafe.com/volunteer/

Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Highlands Ranch Community Association: Works with Therapeutic Recreation Program and Special Olympics.

Need: Volunteers to help teach classes, coach Special Olympics, provide athletes support during Special Olympics practices, assist with special events, and help participats succeed in the therapeutic recreation program.

Contact: Summer Aden, 303-471-7043 or www.hrcaonline.org/tr Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

Contact: 303-698-6404 Integrated Family Community Services: provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Need: Volunteers to assist serving clients in the food and clothing bank.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the front office greeting clients, answering phones, verify client eligibility, completing food/clothing orders and assist where needed.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS enrichment events including Mother’s Day, Ready, Set, School! and Thanksgiving and Holiday programs.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS fundraising events including Nibbles and Sips event, Puttin’ for a Purpose event (mini golf); Booa-thon event (bowling) Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: Kendrab@ifsc.org or call 303-7890501.

The Learning Source, nonprofit resource for adult education classes and family literacy Need: volunteers in Aurora, Centennial, Denver and Thornton. Join the volunteer pool of more than 130 individuals to help tutor adult students. Volunteer tutors help with one-on-one instruction or small group work.

Contact: debby@thelearningsource.org.

Learn more at TheLearningSource.org or call 303-922-4683.

Literacy Coalition of Colorado: Volunteer to support literacy in MetroDenver and impact state-wide literacy programs.

Need: Volunteer for special projects, training classes or provide clerical and administrative support. Volunteer for a few hours a week or occasionally as needed.

Contact: literacyvolunteercolorado@ gmail.com or 720-251-3141. Go to Literacycolorado.org to volunteer for literacy providers nearest you.

Lone Tree Police Department Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS): Provides assistance within the Police Department in both Administrative and Patrol functions.

Need: Volunteers are needed to assist with many areas within the Police Department to include patrol functions, fingerprinting, and fleet maintenance.

Requirements: Must attend the Lone Tree Police Department Citizen’s Police Academy, and submit to a background check. Additional training is provided based on area of interest. Patrol volunteers must commit to a minimum monthly hour requirement.

Contact: Tim.Beals@cityoflonetree.com or 720-509-1159.

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Festival features local bands, wide variety of music STAFF REPORT

Families can enjoy jazz, swing, show tunes, concert and classical performances in June when Highlands Ranch’s annual music and arts festival returns to Civic Center Park.

The 14th annual festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 22 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 23 in the amphitheater at 9370 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Free parking is available at the RTD garage in Town Center and the RTD lot across from the library.

Live pops, patriotic and movie music will also be performed by area bands.

This year’s featured groups include Mile High Big Band, Rocky Mountain Brassworks, The Original Cowboy Band, Swing Shift, Academy Jazz Ensemble, The Blue 88s Big Band, Denver Concert Band, Thorton Community Band, Highlands Ranch Concert Band, Rootin’ Tootin’ Dixlieland Band, The V.F.W. Band of Colorado, Golden Eagle Concert Band and Over the Hill Concert Band.

A beer garden and Festival Marketplace will feature an assortment of booths to shop and explore, featuring local artists, crafters and food vendors. A list of featured vendors will be updated regularly at http://hrconcertband.org/festival/vendors-list/.

The hosting organization, Highlands Ranch Concert Band, is a nonprofit organization of volunteer professional, amateur and high school musicians that provides free performances throughout the year, promoting an educational experience for musicians and the community through music, arts, entertainment and cultural opportunities.

The Highlands Ranch Concert Band is sponsored in part by the Metro District of Highlands Ranch, the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District and through the support of patrons and community businesses. Contributions and comments are always welcome.

Information on future concerts or how to join the Highlands Ranch can be found at http://hrconcertband.org.

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SeaQuest wildlife license suspended after repeated violations State investigation finds numerous unreported bites, burns at aquarium and zoo

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

SeaQuest Littleton must remove hundreds of animals after state officials issued a two-year license suspension, according to a ruling from the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife.

Inspectors found the aquarium and zoo housed in Southwest Plaza Mall exhibited a “negligent and intentional disregard for human safety and for wildlife,” according to the ruling.

Staff failed to report numerous injuries to visitors and animals, according to a CPW investigation, and repeatedly failed to comply with orders from inspectors to improve conditions.

The facility will be required to remove roughly two dozen species of fish, birds and mammals that fall under CPW’s definition of wildlife, totaling roughly 200 animals, said agency spokesman Jason Clay.

“We care about the care of the animals,” Clay said. “It’s one of our missions to ensure the protection of our natural resources, including wildlife, and the safety of the public around animals.”

The ruling, issued on April 1, gives SeaQuest 60 days to remove animals that fall under the facility’s state zoological license.

The affected animals have already been sent to SeaQuest’s other locations in other states, said Elsa MacDonald, SeaQuest’s vice president of marketing.

SeaQuest Littleton plans to stay open, MacDonald said, and has already replaced the removed animals with others that don’t fall under the CPW licensing umbrella.

“We’re making changes to ensure a happy, fun experience,” MacDonald said.

CPW inspectors have not yet confirmed that the animals have been removed, Clay said.

CPW’s concerns with SeaQuest Littleton date back to the facility’s opening in spring 2018, according to the department’s ruling.

A SeaQuest representative called CPW in January 2018 to inform the agency of their planned opening, and was told that obtaining a license for such a facility could take months and required proof that the animals would be properly cared for.

No license was issued, but two months later, CPW personnel learned the facility was opening from a news article.

The facility was exhibiting

hundreds of exotic species, investigators found. Management also did not inform Jefferson County officials that the facility would house numerous animals that would interact with visitors.

One manager was found to be keeping a two-toed sloth and two capybaras in her house, and later moved the animals to SeaQuest in violation of a state order.

The facility was issued a cease and desist order by the Colorado Department of Agriculture for numerous violations including exhibiting birds in overcrowded cages in July 2018, according to the ruling, but SeaQuest staff did not inform the CPW of the order as required by law.

Staff also failed to report the death of an Australian kookaburra bird in August 2018, according to the ruling.

In September 2018, a newly hired manager informed CPW that he found numerous unreported injuries to visitors in company files, including animal bites.

Staff also failed to report a sloth that burned itself on a heat lamp in October 2018, investigators found.

They also failed to report when the sloth burned itself more severely on the same heat lamp weeks later.

Upon learning of the injuries, “SeaQuest staff misled investigators in reporting that a veterinarian had been consulted, with turned out to be false,” the ruling found.

The sloth has since been moved to SeaQuest’s newly-opened Minnesota location, MacDonald said.

“Slash is doing awesome, and doing a great job of interacting with customers,” MacDonald said of the sloth.

MacDonald chalked up the issues to misunderstanding of state rules and regulations.

“In terms of those incidents and injuries, when you consider the hundreds of thousands of people who flow through the facility, a lot of those were relatively minor,” MacDonald said. “Everything is treated equally and everything is reported.”

SeaQuest Littleton is one of seven SeaQuest locations nationwide, according to the company’s website. Three more locations are slated to open in coming months.

The chain’s other locations have drawn numerous violations and public protests, according to news reports.

SeaQuest offers guests the chance to get up close and personal with a variety of animals, according to its website. Guests can snorkel in a large pool with stingrays, for example, or feed a variety of animals.

MacDonald said the facility is going strong.

“There are still many animals for guests to interact with,” MacDonald said.

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Students honored for strength, perseverance

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Administrators’ Scholarship Program at Douglas County School District honors students who have overcome personal challenges and excelled in school. Since its inception in 1988, the program has awarded $175,000 in scholarships to nearly 200 recipients. Administrators and staff help contribute $1,000 to each student.

For the past two years, a DCSD family has matched that amount.

This year, 12 students received $2,000 apiece to go toward college expenses.

Ben Rogers, Castle View High School To help support his mom and siblings, Rogers held a job through his four years of high school. He continues to save up so he can go to college in Alaska. “It was a situation I was put in. I don’t think I could’ve changed it,” he said. “I did what I had to do.”

Alexia and Kelci Droogan, Chaparral High School Three years ago the Droogan twins lost their mother to cancer. School, they say, became a source of strength.

This fall, Alexia will attend Colorado State University and Kelci will go to the University of Denver.

Alexandra Nance, Douglas County High School In seventh grade Nance, struggling with anxiety, began self-harming. She spent the next several years rebuilding her life. She’s currently working on a novel and plans to study criminal law in college.

Maci Ruder, Eagle Academy After a stint in rehab, Ruder decided

Fallen officers golf tourney set for Aug. 12 STAFF REPORT

The Meridian Golf Club is holding a golf tournament in support of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Fallen Officers Fund Aug. 12. Tee-off time is 8:30 a.m. and all proceeds go toward the fallen officers fund. There are currently 120 players in the field. Deadline to register for the event is July 1.

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“From my point of view, there’s no greater sacrifice than giving your life in the line of duty for the benefit of the citizens of your county,” said owner and general manager Tom Lyneis. “It’s a huge thing that these officers take on every day. It’s an opportunity to participate in helping with some of their families as needed.”

to make a change. She poured herself into work and school and relied on her family for support. She hopes to work as a rehab therapist someday.

Juliana Joyner, Highlands Ranch High School Joyner’s single mom taught her the value of working hard and having fun. In the past four year she’s fully immersed herself into Highlands Ranch High School. She will attend Florida State University this fall.

Andrew Voss, Legend High School Voss, who was born with two-thirds of his intestines removed, wants to study nursing in college to help others with physical challenges. “It’s always been, like, I’m just a normal kid who has to do a little extra to succeed,” he said.

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Mitch Lukes, Ponderosa High School Doctors were unsure if Lukes would survive a tragic mountain biking accident last fall that left him in a coma. He credits prayers and hope for his recovery. This fall he will attend Montana State University in Boze-

man, where he will study business management.

Sawyer Benson, Rock Canyon High School Benson, who was born with a rare disease that causes a smaller rib cage and lungs, has to carry a backpack with an oxygen tank inside. That doesn’t get in the way of his love for academics and computer science.

This fall he will attend Neumont College of Computer Science in Salt Lake City.

Samantha Golden, ThunderRidge High School Golden’s expectations for her senior year changed when her father became ill. She planned and spoke at his funeral, while keeping up with school. “She grieved but yet she was still standing strong,” said Meghan Cofer, her school counselor.

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Valor Christian senior Anna Hall wins the 100-meter hurdles on May 18 at the CHSAA State Track Championships at Jeffco Stadium.

Hall also won the 300 hurdles and anchored two record-setting relay teams and help lead the Valor girls to the state championship.

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Valor girls, boys take titles Eagles win crowns in first season of 5A competition

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a banner meet for Anna Hall, Cole Sprout and the Valor Christian girls and boys track teams.

Valor, in its first season in 5A competition, won both the girls and boys team championships at the CHSAA State Track Championships May 16-18 at Jeffco Stadium.

The Eagles girls team, the 2018 4A state champs, easily captured the team title with 149 points, with Fort Collins finishing second with 66 points. Cherry Creek was third (54 points), Grandview fourth (53) and ThunderRidge (50) fifth.

Valor’s boys team wound up with 90 points compared to runner-up Fort Collins with 57 points and third-place Highlands Ranch (40 points).

“There was no adjustment going

Valor Christian won both the girls and boys Class 5A team titles at the CHSAA State Track Championships held May 16-18 at Jeffco Stadium. into 5A, 400 meters is 400 meters,” said Eagles girls and boys track coach Brian Kula. “Obviously there were some big schools we had to compete against but I was proud of how our

kids stepped up. It was a really a team effort and we were really a complete team during the weekend.”

herry Creek baseball coach Marc Johnson has had an impact on many of his players and he learned recently of the power of social media.

Johnson’s baseball team beat Arapahoe 12-2 on May 13 to give the 74-year-old coach his 800th career victory in his 47th season as the Bruins’ head baseball coach.

“My phone has been bombarded with phone calls OVERTIME and text messages from players from the past,” said Johnson.

“I got a cool one from Josh Bard, the bench coach for the Yankees, and I got a one from Darnell McDonald who Jim Benton is an Arizona League coach with the Cubs, and from lots of guys who played with me in the past.”

Johnson, who also coached the Creek boys soccer for 28 years and guided the Bruins to five state title and three runner-up finishes, took an 800-200 record into the regional playoffs on May 18.

Cherry Creek has won or shared 32 league baseball championships, won eight state crowns and been in the state title game 13 times. Creek’s only losing season under Johnson’s tutelage was in 1972, his first year as coach.

“I know I’m not really up on social media and I was just floored that it got out everywhere so fast,” he said of the news about the 800-win milestone. “I got congratulatory calls from France, Italy and Afghanistan. I got a call from a former student who lives in Paris, Bobby Corso who played for me and he’s in Afghanistan, and my son happened to be in Italy on a trip. I got calls from two or three college coaches that I’ve been close to over the years.

“I had a coach that just won the state championship in Utah and he texted me, and he said something like, `It would take me 110 years to get that many wins.’”

Johnson’s 800 wins are second to former Eaton coach Jim Danley who recorded 807 victories and is the winningest baseball high school coach in Colorado.

Johnson, Danley and Denver Christian basketball coach Dick Katte are the only coaches with over 800 wins at the same school.

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Valor, Highlands Ranch fall in boys lacrosse semifinals

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Top-seeded and undefeated Valor Christian and upstart Highlands Ranch played in the Class 5A semifinal doubleheader of the state boys lacrosse tournament on May 15, but both Highlands Ranch schools lost at Legacy Stadium.

Kent Denver, last season’s state runner-up, scored with 50.8 seconds remaining to hand the Eagles a 12-11 setback and their first loss of the sea-

son after 17 wins.

No. 10 Highlands Ranch, which upset No. 7 Monarch and No. 2 Arapahoe, to advance to the semifinals, didn’t score until there was 9:17 left in the game and was ousted after a 14-3 loss to third-seeded Cherry Creek.

Valor coach Josh Hoffman, who was hired to replace John Grant Jr. in January, spent a lot of time shaking hands and hugging his players after the loss.

The players didn’t go through much of a transition period under Hoffman,

who took over a program that won back to back 4A state championships in 2016 and 2017 and has now has compiled a 77-15 record in five seasons.

“I probably have a different mindset about coaching than a lot of guys,” Hoffman said. “My job as a coach is to develop and their job is to love each other. I am very proud of them. Kent didn’t do anything we didn’t expect.

“With a brand new coach and the first year of being in 5A, I think we made a statement. Seeing the way our guys stepped in, fought and played

all season, again, I couldn’t be more proud of what they accomplished this year. Valor is an awesome school and it’s been a very smooth transition. It’s been drinking from the fire hose, of course, but it’s been unbelievable.”

Senior Lance Tillman, who had three goals and seven points in the semifinal game against Kent, led the Eagles in scoring with 39 goals and 34 assists.

Highlands Ranch finished with a 12-6 record. Senior Logan Naves had 35 goals and 60 points to lead the Falcons in scoring.

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Girls soccer Defending champion Grandview and Centennial League rival Arapahoe notched semifinal victories at Echo Park Automotive Stadium in Parker on May 18 in a doubleheader in the Class 5A girls state soccer tournament.

Grandview, which played for its fourth state title in five years in the May 22 championship game, posted a 1-0 win

over Ralston Valley. Shalom Prince scored in the 53rd minute for the game’s only goal and pushed the secondseeded Wolves (16-2-1) into the championship contest.

Arapahoe, which has won nine state championships but none since 2006, used a goal

by Lauren Walters to down Rocky Mountain, 3-2.

The Warriors, seeded 12th, took a 15-3-1 record into the title game and gave coach Mark Hampshire a chance to win two soccer titles in the

Girls lacrosse Top-seeded Colorado Academy and No. 2 Cherry Creek won semifinal games and clashed for the fifth consecutive season in the championship game, which was held May 22.

Cherry Creek defeated No. 6 Regis Jesuit in a May 18 semifinal game at the Univer-

sity of Denver when Ameila McCarthy scored the game winner in the final minute of play to send the Bruins to the title game for the 22nd time in 22 seasons.

Colorado Academy, which has won the past four state titles, advanced with a 14-8 semifinal victory over No. 5 Valor Christian.

Baseball Defending 5A state champion Mountain Vista won one of the eight regional qualifying

tournaments on May 18 and will join Grandview, Heritage, Cherry Creek, Chaparral and Regis Jesuit as south metro teams advancing into the double-elimination state tournament.

The tournament will be held May 24-25 and continue May 31 and June 1.

In the Region 1 tournament, Mountain Vista overpowered Mullen, 12-1, and belted Dakota Ridge, 20-2.

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Hall, a senior headed for the University of Georgia who recovered from a sprained ankle sustained during a mid-April training session, won the 100-meter hurdles (14.18) and the 300 hurdles (41.70) to give her seven individual career 4A and 5A state titles.

She also anchored two record-setting relay teams on May 18.

Sadie McMullen, Camille Peisner, Destiny Grimes and Hall set a Colorado state and meet record in the preliminaries of the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:37.00 and came back to win in the finals with a 1:37.39 clocking.

Reese Dragovich, Peisner, Quincy McMahon and Hall set a Colorado and state meet record of 3:41.89 in taking first the 4x400 relay in the final race of the three-day meet.

“Probably the 4x4 stood out more just because we all came together and suffered with our legs to get that record,” said Hall, who set a national pentathlon record of 4,302 points before the start of the 2019 high school track season.

“I got injured five and half weeks ago and missed a lot of the high school meets in Colorado. I just got back last week in time to qualify. I felt good during the meet. We were really aggressive in my rehab and I came back two weeks earlier than they thought I would and my body healed really quickly.”

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Valor Christian’s Anna Hall hugs teammate Maddy Ortman after the finish of the 300-meter hurdles race. Hall won and Ortman was fourth.

JIM BENTON prep 3,200 record of 9:01.53 earlier this season, was the 1,600 meter champ with a 4:13.78 effort and won the 3,200 in 9:11.84.

“There is pressure but I’ve learned to block it out the best I can,” said Sprout, who is a two-time state cross country champion and last season’s

4A winner of the 1,600 and 3,200 races.

“A lot of people expected me to win. I love to compete. If I finish second and it’s a good race and I give it my all, that’s all I can ask for.

“We lost one of our best sprinters during one of the prelims for the relays and we weren’t really sure how it would turn out running without him but it turned out good.”

Hall and Sprout had plenty of help in piling up points for the Eagles.

Sophomore Taylor Whitfield won the girls 3,200 race (10:47.57), McMullen was the long jump champion (19-09.50) and senior Jane Powers was first in the shot put (40-02.25).

The Valor boys had to compete without standout freshman sprinter Gavin Sawchuk who pulled his hamstring on the first day of competition. Cian Quiroga stepped up and was the discus champion ( 182-04) and the Eagles’ boys won both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays.

Max House, Kaden Keefe, Jack Ranson and Dane Palazzo were the 4x100 state champs (42.46) while House, Ranson, Palazzo and Cayden Hawkins captured first in the 4x200 finals (1:27.16).

There was one other state champion from a school in Highlands Ranch in addition to a relay team.

Highlands Ranch senior Drake Nugent won his third straight 5A shot put championship withy a throw of 56-02.76 and the ThunderRidge girls sprint medley relay team of Leah Prochazka, Teagan Zwaanstra, Anna Hart and Kylie Bahr won with a time of 1:44.37.

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“On a personal basis I’m very proud of it (800 wins) and very proud of the consistency,” added Johnson. “A lot of the recognition goes to the kids that played here, their parents, the coaching staff and even the girls that managed. I am more proud of what the kids that played here have went on to do. It’s a chance to make an impact on kids. This is a personal thing and I’m proud of it, but I want the kids to get the best out of the experience as they possibly can.”

Johnson points to a few wins as being most memorable.

“Obviously all of the state title wins stand out,” he said. “In ‘95 and ‘96 when my son played (Tyler), that was a big thing on a personal basis that I will never forget — 1995 and 96 started a five-year run where we won state championships.

“Those teams were so loaded it was unbelievable. In ‘98 and ‘99 we didn’t have near that talent, they were just so used to winning that everybody expected it. That was special because it made you feel like you really coached.”

Johnson wants to coach at least a couple more seasons.

“One of the things Josh Bard said to me, which was a real nice compliment, and he said, `Thank you for investing in my life.’ I told him that means the world to me. You have a chance to impact. I’ve always said when I feel that I can’t relate and I’m not enjoying it, then that’s the time to quit.

“Eight hundred wins really means two things. It means I’m old and also means I’ve weathered the storms and coached for 47 years at the same school which is pretty rare. When I go to national conventions, people always bring that up, they say: `At the same school?’”

Rubley at Ranch T.J. Rubley has been appointed the

interim football coach for the 2019 season at Highlands Ranch.

He has been the Falcons’ offensive coordinator for the past two seasons, where his son, junior-to-be Jake Rubley, has been the quarterback.

T.J. Rubley — who saw action in 10 games during a five-season career as an NFL quarterback in the 1990s — hopes to bring some stability to the program that has had four head coaches in the past three seasons.

Mark Robinson started the 2017 season as head coach but resigned before the first game following an incident during a routine drug sweep. He was replaced by interim David May. John Trahan was hired and was the coach last season but Trahan is under investigation for fraud allegations and is on leave. Rubley was asked to take over the program.

“I am not sure what `interim’ means in this situation, but I love working with our kids and watching them work their tails off,” said Rubley, who was the quarterbacks coach at Mountain Vista where his older sons Ryan and Brock played for the Golden Eagles. “They have been awesome through some of the happenings and continue to get better. I am really excited to continue to help them on their journeys.”

Hall of Famer Colorado High School Activities Association Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green will be inducted into the University of Nebraska Hall of Fame on Aug. 30.

Blanford-Green, a 1981 Aurora Central graduate, was an 18-time Big Eight track champion and eight-time All-American while competing for the Huskers from 1982 to 1985. She was an executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association for three years.

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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Cleaning

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Residential and Commercial Cleaning • 15yrsexperience •WindowCleaning • Detailed,Honest, •Insured&Bonded Dependable •GreatCustomerService

Call Ali @ 720-300-6731 Concrete/Paving

All Phases of Flat Work by

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Construction

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Any job over 400 SF give us a call!

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ESIGNS, INC

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Call Ron @ 303-726-1670 For a free estimate

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FREE ESTIMATES

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Heating/ Air Conditioning

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A PATCH TO MATCH

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FOR ALL YOUR GARAGE DOOR NEEDS!

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Handyman

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Call Ed 720-328-5039

General Construction Handyman Framing-Finish Carpentry-Plumbing Doors-Electrical-Windows-Drywall Decks-Tile-Paint Serving Castle Rock and surrounding areas

Handyman

Hauling Service

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Trash / Rubbish / Debris and Junk Removal Professional and Reliable Year Round Service Rubin (720)434-8042 Kerwin (720) 519-5559

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Over 25 years experience • Residential Expert • All electrical upgrades • No Job Too Small • Senior Discounts – Lic/Insured

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Residential or Commercial Ask about our Senior Citizen and/or Veteran discounts.

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DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE SERVICE Over 30 Years Experience Licensed & Insured

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Kitchens • Baths • Basements No Job too small • Licensed & Insured Angies List 2018 Gold Star award Handyman Services Available

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*Karl Bruns-Kyler is a Private Insurance Broker, a Certified Senior Advisor, CSA, with no affiliation to Medicare, CMS or any governmental organization.

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Licensed/Insured

Lawn Mowing

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Tile

Tile

Thomas Flooring & Tile

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(303) 646-0140

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Windows

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PETS

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TRANSPORTATION

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Motorcycles/ATV’s

Immaculate 1990 GMC 2500 Raised Roof Starcraft Conversion Van Original Owner, 81K miles, Fully Loaded, Like New Inside/Out Must see to appreciate $10,000 Serious Inquires Parker 303-549-4737

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Price negotiable.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 ANTHONY S NOWAK the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

ALL MIN INT IN PT SW1/4 17-7-65 (PARCEL 14 - EVANS RANCH) MIN INT = 35.341 AM/L

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To Whom It May Concern: On 2/22/2019 2:50:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MICHAEL A HURDLE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE COMPANY LLC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/27/2016 Recording Date of DOT: 5/27/2016 Reception No. of DOT: 2016033847 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $464,432.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $446,471.75

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 167, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 150, 4TH AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 3017 Veneto Court, 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, June 26, 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: 5/2/2019 Last Publication: 5/30/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/27/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOSEPH D. DEGIORGIO Colorado Registration #: 45557 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000008067878

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2019-0048 First Publication: 5/2/2019 Last Publication: 5/30/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), with assistance from local watershed sponsors, has completed a draft watershed plan supplement and environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding Structure (FRS) No. FP- B1 of the FranktownParker (Baldwin Gulch) Watershed, Douglas County (Baldwin Gulch Dam No. FP- B1). The sponsoring local organization for the project is: Douglas County Board of Commissioners A public meeting is scheduled for: PINE LANE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (CAFETERIA) 6485 E. PONDEROSA DRIVE PARKER, CO 80138 MAY 30, 2019 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM; MST The public meeting is to seek input regarding Watershed Project Plan Supplement No. 1 and Environmental Assessment (EA). A copy of the completed document and this public notice may be downloaded for review from the links below.

Public comments will be accepted at the public hearing held on May 30, 2019 or submitted in writing (see instructions below). https://www.douglas.co.us/water/floodcontrol/baldwin-gulch-dam/ The project is a federally assisted action authorized by section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 16 U.S.C. Section 1012, as amended by section 313 of Public Law 106-472. This section authori zes NRCS to provide technical and financial assistance to local sponsors for rehabilitation of aging dams constructed under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 83-566).

FP B1 Dam was originally built in 1963 for the primary authorized purpose of flood prevention and to protect property within the FranktownParker and Cherry Creek Watershed project area from floodwater, sediment, and erosion damage. The Hazard Classification of Dam FP B1 was raised from low to high hazard by the Colorado Division of Water Resources, Dam Safety Branch in a letter dated December 2, 2016. The dam is also classified as high hazard by the NRCS. Due to this, the dam does not meet current Colorado or NRCS dam performance and safety standards. The purpose is to perform maintenance rehabilitation for Dam FP B1 to meet current NRCS and Colorado Dam Safety and engineering standards and maintain the present level of flood control benefits.

The recommended plan is to rehabilitate the dam by constructing a roller compacted concrete (RCC) spillway section and abandoning the existing earthen spillway.

The principal spillway will be replaced to meet NRCS design standards for a dam with a high hazard classification.

Submit written comments and inquiries to Robert Molacek, P.E., Civil Engineer, Engineering, USDA-NRCS, Denver Federal Center, Building 56, Room 2605, PO Box 25426, Denver, Colorado 80225-0426. Written comments must be submitted and received by 5:00 PM, MST at this office on or before June 27, 2019 which is within 28 days after the public meeting held on May 30, 2019.

CO-NRCS will distribute Watershed Project Plan Supplement No. 1 and Environmental Assessment (EA) for interagency public review on May 9, 2019, which begins the public comment review period.

Legal Notice No.: 935218 First Publication: Thursday, May 9, 2019 Second Publication: Thursday, May 16, 2019 Third Publication: Thursday, May 23, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 28, 2019 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to ANTHONY S NOWAK. 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 GETRADO LIMITED for said year 2013

OCCUPANT - CHRISTOPHER D BRECHER TTLBL LLC - KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM INC REGISTERED AGENT MICHAEL E DEE VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - M MICHELE MARKHAM SENIOR COORDINATOR DAILY UNITS PROCESSING KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - MICHAEL E DEE, VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION M MICHELE MARKHAM, SENIOR COORDINATEOR, DAILY UNITS PROCESSING KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - MICHAEL E DEE, VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM INC REGISTERD AGENT - M MICHELE MARKHAM, SENIOR COORDINATOR, DAILY UNITS PROCESSING, KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEMS INC REGISTERED AGENT - CHRISTOPHER D BRECHER AKA CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS BRECHER - LEWIS MARK KLING AND REBECCA S KLING IRREVOCABLE TRUST FBO CHRISTOPHER BRECHER - LEWIS M KLING AND REBECCA S KLING IRREVOCABLE TRUST FBO CHRISTOPHER BRECHER - REBECCA S KLING AKA REBECCA SUE KLING - REBECCA S KLING AND LEWIS M KLING RESIDENCE TRUST - LEWIS M KLING AKA LEWIS MARK KLING - MERIDIAN VILLAGE 7E HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O MSI LLC REGISTERED AGENT - N. BILLINGER, MANAGING AGENT, MERIDIAN VILLAGES 7E HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O MSI LLC REGISTERED AGENT - E HARRINGTON, MANAGING AGENT, MERIDIAN VILLAGES 7E HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O MSI LLC REGISTERED AGENT - MERIDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O COLORADO MANAGEMENT & ASSOCIATES INC - MERIDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O COLORADO MANAGEMENT & ASSOCIATES INC, W R PETERSON REGISTERED AGENT - MARK RISNER, MANAGING AGENT, MERIDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O COLORADO MANAGEMENT & ASSOCIATES INC - MERIDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O ADVANCE HOA MANAGEMENT INC, REGISTERED AGENT - MERIDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O ADVANCE HOA MANAGEMENT, REGISTERED AGENT JUDY SMELTZER, AUTHORIZED AGENT ADVANCE HOA MANAGEMENT FOR MERIDIAN VILLLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC - MERIDIAN VILLAGES 7E HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O MSI LLC REGISTERED AGENT - REBECCA S KLING, TRUSTEE AND LEWIS M KLING, TRUSTEE MERIDIAN VILLAGE NORTH OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O HINDMAN SANCHEZ, ATTORNEY

legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com That said ANTHONY S NOWAK on the 2nd day

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 28, 2019 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the 2019 adopted budget. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed amendment to the budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

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Legal Notice No.: 935266 First Publication: May 23, 2019 Last Publication: May 23, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE This Ordinance was originally published on May 2, 2019, in the Douglas County News Press and was adopted at the May 14, 2019, Public Hearing by the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners.

ORDINANCE NO. O-019-001 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO DOUGLAS COUNTY STORMWATER O R D I N A N C E R E G A R D I N G G R A D I N G, ER OSION A N D SED IM EN T C ON T R OL ; DRAINAGE, EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES; ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION AND ELIMINATION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. The Ordinance is available on the Douglas County website: www.douglas.co.us Legal Notice No.: 935277 First Publication: May 23, 2019 Last Publication: May 23, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184

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

of January 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of August 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 16th day of May 2019.

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/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935205 First Publication: May 16, 2019 Last Publication: May 30, 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 - PAT M REGAN - TTLBL LLC KEVIN V HAWKINS AND DENISE L HAWKINS AKA KEVIN V HAWKINS V AND DENISE LIRA HAWKINS - PAT M REGAN AKA PATRICK M REGAN 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 TTLBL LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 2 BLK 1 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 69A 0.103 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to TTLBL LLC. 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 PAT M REGAN for said year 2014 That said TTLBL LLC on the 25th day of February 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 5th day of September 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 23rd day of May 2019

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

/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County

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.: 935262 First Publication: May 23, 2019 Last Publication: June 6, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

OCCUPANT - GETRADO LIMITED ANTHONY S NOWAK - HAI CONSULTING INC - GRACETON LP - JEFFREY A WEINMAN AS DULY QUALIFIED AND ACTING CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GENE C GEIGER AKA EUGENE GEIGER - GETRADO LIMITED A BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COMPANY C/O DENNIS BROVARONE ATTORNEY AT LAW 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 ANTHONY S NOWAK the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: ALL MIN INT IN PT SW1/4 17-7-65 (PARCEL 14 - EVANS RANCH) MIN INT = 35.341 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to ANTHONY S NOWAK. 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 GETRADO LIMITED for said year 2013 That said ANTHONY S NOWAK on the 2nd day of January 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of August 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 16th day of May 2019.

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 - CHRISTOPHER D BRECHER TTLBL LLC - KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM INC REGISTERED AGENT MICHAEL E DEE VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - M MICHELE MARKHAM SENIOR COORDINATOR DAILY UNITS PROCESSING KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - MICHAEL E DEE, VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION M MICHELE MARKHAM, SENIOR COORDINATEOR, DAILY UNITS PROCESSING KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - MICHAEL E DEE, VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM INC REGISTERD AGENT - M MICHELE MARKHAM, SENIOR COORDINATOR, DAILY UNITS PROCESSING, KB HOME COLORADO INC A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEMS INC

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2019 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to TTLBL LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 30 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER 7E 0.117 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to TTLBL LLC. 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 CHRISTOPHER D BRECHER for said year 2014

That said TTLBL LLC on the 25th day of February 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 5th day of September 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 23rd day of May 2019 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935263 First Publication: May 23, 2019 Last Publication: June 6, 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 - WAYNE LEADER & RACHEL LEADER & LORNA LEADER - TTLBL LLC RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION - TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION

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South Suburban church welcomes fifth senior pastor Isaac Nicholson installed during April 28 service STAFF REPORT

The Rev. Dr. Isaac W. “Ike” Nicholson was installed April 28 as the fifth senior pastor at South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 S. Broadway, Littleton.

South Suburban Christian Church was founded in 1957 when 30 people

gathered at Grant Junior High School for the first service. The congregation is now one of the largest in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, a branch of the StoneCampbell Movement that traces its history back to the Second Great AwakNicholson ening of the early 19th century, according to a news release.

Nicholson is a native of Snow Hill, Maryland, was ordained in 1995 and has served congregations in Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky, before coming to Colorado. He is a graduate of the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky, and Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia.

In addition to his work in local churches, he also served as an adjunct faculty member at Kentucky Chris-

tian University. He has also worked for years with various organizations and companies encouraging economic development and education with Christians in the Middle East. At his previous church, he led an effort partnering with the World ConvenPublic Notice tion of the Christian Churches to build a church in PURCHASE HussainOF Khan Wala, NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION Pakistan.AT FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED Nicholson and his wife, Shauna, To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occuhave three children, Isaac, Analiese pancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name and Eleanor. 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:

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Legend lost a chance to advance with a 14-8 setback to Rocky Mountain in the finals of the four-team Region 2 meet.

Grandview edged Ralston Valley, 12-11, and then whipped Windsor 11-0 in Region 3 while Douglas County dropped a 9-8 decision to Legacy in the Region 4 title game.

Regis Jesuit got shutout pitching in 6-0 and 4-0 victories over Monarch and Chatfield in Region 5 while Chaparral continued its season with a 4-3 win over Loveland and a 7-3 conquest of Pine Creek in Region 6.

Heritage, last season’s 5A runners-up, won the Region 7 playoffs with an 4-0 shutout over Mountain Range and an Notice 8-4 triumphPublic over Rock Canyon, which had edged Boulder, 6-5, NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE ATan TAXopening LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION in game.

FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED Cherry Creek downed defendTo Every Person in Actual Possession or Occuing 4A champion ValorLand, Chrispancy of the hereinafter Described Lot or Premises, and in to the Person in Name tian, 11-1, Region 8 Whose and then the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, nipped Horizon, Horizon and to all Persons having 8-7. an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom had eliminated ThunderRidge, It May Concern, and more especially to: 6-5.

OCCUPANT - WAYNE LEADER & RACHEL LEADER & LORNA LEADER - TTLBL LLC RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION - TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT OF RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT, RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - TAMMY ZINK, PRESIDENT OF RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - WAYNE H LEADER AKA WAYNE LEADER AND RACHEL LEADER AS JOINT TENANTS WAYNE H LEADER AND RACHEL LEADER WAYNE LEADER AND RACHEL LEADER AND LORNA LEADER AS JOINT TENANTS WAYNE LEADER & RACHEL LEADER & LORNA LEADER AKA WAYNE H LEADER & RACHEL IRENE LEADER I & LORNA WAYNETTE LEADER - THE HEARTH AT HIGHLANDS RANCH HOA C/O HAMMERSMITH MANAGEMENT INC - THE HEARTH AT HIGHLANDS RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC C/O HAMMERSMITH MANAGEMENT INC

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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 TTLBL LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 292 HIGHLANDS RANCH 122-Y 0.179 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to TTLBL LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the

FROM PAGE 24 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 - WAYNE LEADER & RACHEL LEADER & LORNA LEADER - TTLBL LLC RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION - TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT OF RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION TAMMY ZINK, DIVISION PRESIDENT, RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - TAMMY ZINK, PRESIDENT OF RICHMOND HOMES OF COLORADO INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY - WAYNE H LEADER AKA WAYNE LEADER AND RACHEL LEADER AS JOINT TENANTS WAYNE H LEADER AND RACHEL LEADER WAYNE LEADER AND RACHEL LEADER AND LORNA LEADER AS JOINT TENANTS WAYNE LEADER & RACHEL LEADER & LORNA LEADER AKA WAYNE H LEADER & RArapahoe’s ACHEL IRENE L E A D E Hahn, R I & Lright, O R N Auses her feet Maddie WAYNETTE LEADER - THE HEARTH AT to keep the ball away from Rocky Mountain’s HIGHLANDS RANCH HOA C/O HAMMERSMITH MANAGEMENT INC - THE HEARTH Mikayla Eccher.

The No. 12-ranked AT HIGHLANDS RANCH HOMEOWNERS AS- Warriors SOCIATION INCto C/O HAMMERSMITH continued advance in the MAN5A state soccer AGEMENT INC

tournament, winning 3-2 May 18 at EchoPark

Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program: We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home.

Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufKATES AND BRIAN M KATES UNDER THE ficiency and helping them learn about COLORADO UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS their new home.

Nonprofit Group: to- MDC ACT Wildlife CREATED BY 73 C.R.S.Works 11-50-101 LAND CORPORATION A Greenwood COLORADO CORPublic Notice Requirements: Must be 18 or older protect native wildlife in PORATION - MDC LAND CORPORATION A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE CORNOTICE PURCHASE OF (although children ofOF volunteers areREAL ESTATE Village.

PORATION COMPANY REGISTERED AGENT AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION welcome to participate).

One-hour Need: Volunteers help AKA protect wildlife.

- JERRY C STEELE JERALD C STEELE FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED - SETH D STEELE - EMILY K STEELE training and orientation required.

Requirements: Must work two hours AKA per EMILY KRISTINE STEELE AKA EMILY To Every Person in Actual Possession or OccuContact: Davidpancy Cornish, 303-225-0199 week, scheduleDUNN flexible.

KRISTINE - ALISON R STEELE AKA of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or ALISON RENEE STEELE - JENNIFER E Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; goortoSpecially www. Assessed, Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org KATES AKA JENNIFER ELLEN KATES - BRIthe Same was Taxed AN M KATES - CAROL A KATES, TRUSTEE and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of lfsrm.org.

OF THE STEELE FAMILY TRUST - GEORGE Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom Uganda: EmpowersINimpovE STEELE AS ATTORNEY FACT FOR It May Concern, and more especially to: Outreach ROBERT M in STEELE - GEORGE E STEELE Meals on Wheels: Delivers meals to erished people Uganda, especially AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR CAROL A OCCUPANT - LOIS LOREE STEELE & residents in south metro Denver, women and children, to overcome KATES - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY NANCY LOREE EARLS - LOIS LOREE IN FACT FOR LOIS LOREE STEELE, COSTEELE AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE including Littleton, Centenpoverty through income generation, TRUSTEE - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTOROF THE western ESTATE OF ALBERT LEE STEELE NEY INtraining FACT FOR NANCY LOREE EARLS LOISand LOREE STEELE AND NANCY LOREE nial, Englewood, parts of Jefferson education, and other holistic AS CO-TRUSTEE - GEORGE E STEELE AS EARLS AS CO-TRUSTEES - DOUGLAS County. endeavors.

ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR JERRY C STEELE COUNTY - HAI CONSULTING INC GEORGE E STEELE AS to ATTORNEY FACT GRACETON LP - drivers, GEORGE E STEELE Need: Regular and substitute Need: Volunteers weekly provideINofFOR NANCY L EARLS - GEORGE E STEELE ROBERT E STEELE - ARZELLA L STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN trade FACT craft FOR JANET ROBERT M STEELE - CAROL A KATES - support kitchen and office volunteers. fice with fair show L ROBERTS - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORLOIS LOREE STEELE AS CO-TRUSTEE Requirements:NANCY Drivers mustEARLS be 18 AS or CO-TR USTEE preparation, mailings and miscellaNEY IN FACT FOR ROBERT M STEELE AS LOREE CUSTODIAN FOROffice SETH Dhours STEELE, EMILY AKA NANCYcheck L EARLS -required.

JANET L ROBERTS older and background is neous office work. are 9 K STEELE AND ALISON R STEELE UNDER CAROL A KATES AKA CAROL ANN KATES Contact: Complete application at a.m. toTHE 3 p.m.

MondayUNIFORM to Friday.GIFTS OfficeTO COLORADO ROBERT M STEELE online AS CUSTODIAN FOR MINORS ACT CREATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50SETH D STEELE, EMILY K STEELE AND ALhttp://tlcmealsonwheels.org/apply/. located 9457 S.EUniversity Blvd., IN 101at - GEORGE STEELE AS ATTORNEY ISON R STEELE UNDER THE COLORADO FACTHighlands FOR CAROL Ranch.

A KATES AS CUSTODIUNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS ACT CRESuite 410, AN FOR JENNIFER E KATES AND BRIAN M ATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50-101 - CAROL A Neighbor Network: thatFOR JENNIFER Contact: Melanie Schnathorst, 303KATES UNDER THE COLORADO UNIFORM KATES Nonprofit AS CUSTODIAN E GIFTSor TOoffice@outreachuganda.

MINORS ACT CREATED BY 73 KATESstay ANDindependent.

BRIAN M KATES UNDER THE helps older adults 683-8450 C.R.S. 11-50-101 COLORADO UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS ACT CREATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50-101 - MDC Serves all of Douglas County. org.

You and each ofmoving you are hereby that on title game.

Stadium, on tonotified the state the 5th day of November 2015 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State PAUL DISALVO Public Notice of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to TTLBL LLC the following described real estate situNOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE ate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION to wit: FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED LOT 292 HIGHLANDS RANCH 122-Y 0.179 To Every Person in Actual Possession or OccuAM/L pancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, purchase therefore to TTLBL LLC. That said tax and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom taxes assessed against said real estate for the It May Concern, and more especially to: year 2014. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of WAYNE OCCUPANT - LOIS LOREE STEELE & LEADER & RACHEL LEADER & LORNA LEADNANCY LOREE EARLS - LOIS LOREE ER for said year 2014 STEELE AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ALBERT LEE STEELE That said TTLBL LLC on the 25th day of FebruLOIS LOREE STEELE AND NANCY LOREE ary 2019 the present holder of said certificate, EARLS AS CO-TRUSTEES - DOUGLAS has made request upon the Treasurer of said COUNTY - HAI CONSULTING INC County for a deed to said real estate; That a GRACETON LP - GEORGE E STEELE Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real esROBERT E STEELE - ARZELLA L STEELE tate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 5th ROBERT M STEELE - CAROL A KATES day of September 2019 unless the same has LOIS LOREE STEELE AS CO-TRUSTEE been redeemed. Said property may be reNANCY LOREE EARLS AS CO-TRUSTEE deemed from said sale at any time prior to the AKA NANCY L EARLS - JANET L ROBERTS actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. WitCAROL A KATES AKA CAROL ANN KATES ness my hand this 23rd day of May 2019 ROBERT M STEELE AS CUSTODIAN FOR SETH D STEELE, EMILY K STEELE AND AL/s/ David Gill ISON R STEELE UNDER THE COLORADO County Treasurer of Douglas County UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS ACT CREATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50-101 - CAROL A Legal Notice No.: 935264 KATES AS CUSTODIAN FOR JENNIFER E First Publication: May 23, 2019 KATES AND BRIAN M KATES UNDER THE Last Publication: June 6, 2019 COLORADO UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ACT CREATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50-101 - MDC LAND CORPORATION A COLORADO CORPublic Notice PORATION - MDC LAND CORPORATION A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE CORNOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE PORATION COMPANY REGISTERED AGENT AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION - JERRY C STEELE AKA JERALD C STEELE FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED - SETH D STEELE - EMILY K STEELE AKA EMILY KRISTINE STEELE AKA EMILY To Every Person in Actual Possession or OccuKRISTINE DUNN - ALISON R STEELE AKA pancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or ALISON RENEE STEELE - JENNIFER E Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name KATES AKA JENNIFER ELLEN KATES - BRIthe Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, AN M KATES - CAROL A KATES, TRUSTEE and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of OF THE STEELE FAMILY TRUST - GEORGE

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OCCUPANT - LOIS LOREE STEELE & NANCY LOREE EARLS - LOIS LOREE

STEELE AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Need: Volunteers to help provide transOF THE ESTATE OF ALBERT LEE STEELE LOIS LOREE STEELE ANDhandyman NANCY LOREE portation, companionship, EARLS AS CO-TRUSTEES - DOUGLAS and homemaker needs COUNTY - H A I C Oto N Sseniors U L T I N G living INC GRACETON LP Very - GEORGE E STEELE in Douglas County. flexible.

You ROBERT E STEELE - ARZELLA L STEELE chooseROBERT how often you want to serve.

M STEELE - CAROL A KATES LOIS LOREE STEELE AS CO-TRUSTEE Requirements: Must be at least 21 years NANCY LOREE EARLS AS CO-TR USTEE AKA NANCY L EARLS - JANET L ROBERTS old and have a valid driver’s license andCAROL A KATES AKA CAROL ANN KATES auto insurance.

ROBERT M STEELE AS CUSTODIAN FOR SETH D STEELE, K STEELE AND ALContact: Kathryn at EMILY 303-814-4300, ISON R STEELE UNDER THE COLORADO neighbornetwork@douglas.co.us or CREUNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS ACT ATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50-101 - CAROL A dcneighbornetwork.org.

KATES AS CUSTODIAN FOR JENNIFER E

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LAND CORPORATION A COLORADO CORPORATION - MDC LAND CORPORATION A COLORADO CORPORATION C/O THE CORPORATION COMPANY REGISTERED AGENT - JERRY C STEELE AKA JERALD C STEELE - SETH D STEELE - EMILY K STEELE AKA EMILY KRISTINE STEELE AKA EMILY KRISTINE DUNN - ALISON R STEELE AKA ALISON RENEE STEELE - JENNIFER E KATES AKA JENNIFER ELLEN KATES - BRIAN M KATES - CAROL A KATES, TRUSTEE OF THE STEELE FAMILY TRUST - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR ROBERT M STEELE - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR CAROL A KATES - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR LOIS LOREE STEELE, COTRUSTEE - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR NANCY LOREE EARLS AS CO-TRUSTEE - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR JERRY C STEELE GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR NANCY L EARLS - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR JANET L ROBERTS - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR ROBERT M STEELE AS CUSTODIAN FOR SETH D STEELE, EMILY K STEELE AND ALISON R STEELE UNDER THE COLORADO UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS ACT CREATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50101 - GEORGE E STEELE AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR CAROL A KATES AS CUSTODIAN FOR JENNIFER E KATES AND BRIAN M KATES UNDER THE COLORADO UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS ACT CREATED BY 73 C.R.S. 11-50-101

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 DOUGLAS COUNTY the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

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 DOUGLAS COUNTY the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer

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1/10 MIN INT IN NW1/4, W1/2SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 4-10-65 TOTAL = 362.9 AM/L MIN INT = 36.29 AM/L

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1/10 MIN INT IN NW1/4, W1/2SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 4-10-65 TOTAL = 362.9 AM/L MIN INT = 36.29 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to DOUGLAS COUNTY. 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 LOIS LOREE STEELE & NANCY LOREE EARLS for said year 2014

That on the 26TH day of January 2018 said DOUGLAS COUNTY assigned said certificate of purchase to HAI CONSULTING INC.

That said HAI CONSULTING INC on the 30th day of January 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of August 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 16th day of May 2019.

Legal Notice No.: 935221 First Publication: May 16, 2019 Last Publication: May 30, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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