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HRCA offers fun with fitness

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Traditional and hybrid classes keep costs low

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brandon Lail, a lifeguard at Highlands Ranch Community Association and senior at Rock Canyon High School.

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Rock Canyon senior is HRCA lifeguard About me I was born in Indiana and moved out here when I was 9 years old for my parents’ work. I go to Rock Canyon High School — I’m going to be a senior. I play tennis and I was on the swim team. I have two brothers. I’m the middle child.

I’m on a search and rescue team called Arapahoe Rescue Patrol. I have to do six months of probation before I can officially become a member. We assist in finding missing people. I was called out to Loveland a couple of weeks ago to help search for a missing hiker.

Golden guard Each auditor from Ellis and

Associates — the company lifeguards get certified through at HRCA rec centers — can give one Golden Guard award for the year. The auditor comes to all four rec centers and looks at all of the lifeguards. It’s been eight years since HRCA had a lifeguard win an Ellis and Associates Golden Guard award. I got a certificate — I was a little surprised. I became a lifeguard last November and I’ve made one save.

Fun fact I’m in the Rock Canyon Fire Science Academy. It’s essentially a Firefighter 1 class. We learn all about firefighting. We took a field trip to Littleton Fire Rescue and our final was a big burn day at the fire academy.

I really want to work in public service in the future.

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Residents in need of a new workout routine should look no further.

The Highlands Ranch Community Association offers more than 100 fitness classes per week at its four recreation centers. And unlike some cost-prohibitive boutique fitness studios in the south metro area, HRCA’s classes average $5 to $10 for Highlands Ranch homeowners and guests.

“We just want you to come and work out,” said Dru Connolly, HRCA’s fitness coordinator.

Different from exercising solo in a gym, group classes offer a social experience in a fun atmosphere. Benefits include a safe and effectively designed workout, a consistent exercise schedule and an accountability factor for participating, American College of Sports Medicine says.

The HRCA offers a mix of traditional and hybrid classes. Below are five to try.

Kickboxing Set to energizing music, Cardio Kickboxing is a kickboxing-based workout featuring kicking and punching movements. No bags are used, but participants still get a totalbody workout, Connolly said. The format builds strength, alleviates stress and provides a self-defense element.

What: Cardio Kickboxing When: 5:15-6:15 a.m. on Tuesdays

Boot camp offers a high-intensity workout through a series of movements and stations. As of this year, the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s boot camp is the same price as its other fitness classes.

COURTESY SARAH NEUMANN PHOTOGRAPHY Where: Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd.

Barre Barre classes cater to people who are looking to “strengthen and lengthen,” Connolly said. The balletinspired workout features small isometric movements at a high repetition rate.

Benefits of the low-impact workout include improved balance, strength and flexibility and a stronger core.

What: Barre Conditioning When: 7:20-8:20 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays Where: Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road Cycling HRCA offers indoor cycling classes everyday of the week, suited for the beginner and seasoned cyclist. Classes include Indoor Cycle, an hourlong ride geared toward traditional cycling. Set to high-energy music, Cyclebeatz amps the intensity. A hybrid class, Cycle Yoga begins with 45 minutes of cycling followed by 25 minutes of yoga.

What: Cyclebeatz When: 9:15-10:15 a.m. on Tuesdays Where: Westridge Recreation Center, 9650 Foothills Canyon Blvd.

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Boot Camp Historically, Boot Camp was a contracted class that residents and nonresidents had to purchase separately at a higher cost.

The class moved in-house earlier this year and is now taught by HRCA instructors for the same price as other fitness classes.

The full-body routine includes partner work and exercise stations.

What: Boot Camp When: 9-10 a.m. on Wednesdays Where: Southridge Aqua Zumba Brand new to the schedule, Aqua Zumba teaches the Zumba format — described as a dance fitness party — in water. The class offers a joint-friendly, high-resistance workout without muscle soreness the next day. The instructor teaches from land and the class is set to upbeat music.

What: Aqua Zumba When: 7:05-8:05 p.m. on Wednesdays Where: Eastridge Recreation Center To view all HRCA fitness classes, visit hrcaonline. org/classes-camps-activities/recreation-centeramenities/schedules/ fitness-schedule.

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Q&A with school board candidate Grant Nelson Douglas County Board of Education District E

BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO MDIFERDINANDO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Editor’s note: This is one in an ongoing series of Q&As with each of the candidates for the Douglas County School District Board of Education.

Grant Nelson, 48, of Castle Pines, has lived in Douglas County since 1993. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder.

Nelson is the parent of three current students in Douglas County who have attended both neighborhood and charter schools.

He owns a commercial real estate business that operates throughout Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.

Nelson has served as the Colorado state director of the International Council of Shopping Centers as well as the government relations director for the council.

As part of the four-person Elevate Douglas County slate, Nelson will be running for the seat in District E. District E, which encompasses

Lone Tree, Acres Green, Castle Pines and eastern Highlands Ranch, is currently held by Steven Peck, who has not announced if he is running to keep the seat.

Why did you decide to run?

I’m the father of three kids currently in the school district.

For the last 11 years we have had them in both charter schools and neighborhood schools, and our experience has just been great. After being in Nelson the district for this long, you realize that the schools are part of our everyday lives and what a huge role they play in how they shape our kids. One of the most important things we can do in the community is educate our kids and get them on the right path.

What are the most important issues facing the school district?

The district has great opportunities, but we also have many challenges we need to correct and it needs to start from the top. Our slate of candidates is really committed to stopping the negativity and the nastiness the board has

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had over the last couple of years.

We really need to take the lead in how we take the district forward in a positive direction. One of the major issues we have is how we pay our teachers competitively compared to other districts. We have to make it competitive so we can keep our great teachers. We have to treat them like the professionals they are.

The board has been divided in recent years. How would you help bridge that divide?

The best first step that was taken was the departure of (former superintendent) Liz Fagen.

From my perspective, her tenure was not good. It was basically an unmitigated complete disaster.

She changed the curriculum and failed to address long-term budget needs. But the worst thing she did was create this culture of intimidation and fear. The district lost a lot of good teachers and a lot of good employees. It was awful.

We really need to work to create a culture where the district lifts up employees. We want people to be able to work, have successful careers and enjoy what they do, not live in fear for their job everyday.

Would you be supportive of a bond or

mill levy to bring more funding to the district?

I think the new superintendent has done a great job implementing her zero-based budgeting, and that’s a great first step. She was able to find $20 million in savings, which is great. But it won’t solve all of the issues. The mill levy in Douglas County is considerably lower than other metro school districts and it hurts us quite a bit. The flip side of that is, after living in Douglas County for a long time, residents are very resistant to raise their taxes. They don’t like it. I think we first have to work very hard to renew the trust between the community and the school district. Then, go explain to them why we need a new (mill levy override).

What do you want people to know about you?

I tell my kids all the time that we live in the best county in the best state in the best country in the world. I truly love our state. I love our county. (My family) has been here for over 100 years. We have deep roots here and education has been huge to everyone in my family. I’ve loved raising my kids here and I think the county has a huge, bright future.

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The 10-acre parcel of land where Ascent Classical Academy is proposed to be built sits on the corner of Cresthill Lane and Adelaide Circle, between South University Boulevard and East Wildcat Reserve Parkway. Some residents are fighting the charter school because of its size and impact on surrounding neighborhood schools.

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Residents oppose K-12 charter school in Eastridge neighborhood Board of education will vote on location at Aug. 15 meeting

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A group of residents is fighting a proposed K-12 charter school that would be built in Eastridge Terrace, an area between University Boulevard and East Wildcat Reserve Parkway where dozens of single-family homes line quiet side streets and cul-de-sacs.

Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County plans to build on a 10-acre parcel west of Cresthill Lane and south of Adelaide Circle. The Douglas County School District Board of Education approved the charter school in late June and will vote on the Highlands Ranch site at a meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Aug. 15 in the board room of the Wilcox Administration Building, 620 Wilcox St. in Castle Rock.

If the location is approved, the school would open in fall 2018 with 498 students in grades K-10, with room to expand to 728 students through grade 12, the school’s charter application says.

Neighbors of the site argue the school would increase traffic, pose a risk to family safety and hurt surrounding neighborhood schools that are already struggling with enrollment. Within close proximity are Arrowwood Elementary School, which the school district projects to be underutilized in the upcoming school year, Highlands Ranch High School and Cresthill Middle School. Several other neighborhood schools are within a five-mile distance.

“Why would we put another school in an area that would potentially draw another student from any of our other schools?” asked Breanna Hume, who lives in a cul-de-sac next to the site.

Ascent Classical Academy models the curriculum of Golden View Classical Academy in Jefferson County, which uses the Barney Charter School Initiative. It is a project of Hillsdale College, a liberal arts school in Michigan with locations across

the country, which promotes liberal arts and sciences and teaches “moral character and civic virtue,” according to its website.

Not the original plan The school would be the first classical-based learning school in Douglas County, board of education President Meghann Silverthorn said.

While she voted to approve the school — along with board Vice President Judith Reynolds and board members Jim Geddes and Steven Peck — Silverthorn said she is undecided about the Cresthill Lane location for reasons including the size of the plot, traffic and pushback of neighbors.

“We’re required to consider it,” Silverthorn said. “I’m not convinced that it is a great location for that school.”

Board members David Ray, Wendy Vogel and Anne-Marie Lemieux voted against the school. They raised concerns about the charter school’s impact on the district as a whole at the Aug. 1 board of education meeting.

“There’s no consideration to the effect on our overall health and financial implications on other schools,” Lemieux said at the meeting. “All of our public school choice can be negatively impacted if we don’t plan accordingly and wisely.”

Plans originally called for a location on a parcel of land in Meridian Village, near I-25 and Lincoln Avenue, according to board of education meeting minutes. The school withdrew its original site request and applied for the Cresthill Lane land on May 31 because the site has a utility infrastructure — which speeds up the construction timeline — and is a central location to the school’s current population of interested families, said Derec Shuler, director of the school’s education service provider and founder of Golden View Classical Academy.

“Based on the timelines imposed by the school district in our contract, this is the only site remaining that will allow us to build a new campus to open in the fall of 2018,” Schuler said in an email. “If the school delays a year, construction inflation is expected to increase facility costs by about $600,000-$700,000.”

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Drop off hazardous household chemicals between 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Aug. 12 at Highland Ranch’s Shea Stadium, 3270 Redstone Park. Participants will be asked for proof of county residency and a $25 contribution to help offset the cost of hazardous waste disposal. For more information, including a map and a list of acceptable items, visit www.tchd.org/250/ Home-Chemical-Waste

Open Space Day at Prairie Canyon Ranch August 19 Enjoy a date at the Prairie Canyon Ranch Sat., Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. to learn about local history, hike and explore the canyons, or take your horse for a scenic guided ride. Please register by Aug. 16 for the guided hike or ride at www.douglas.co.us and search: Open Space Activities.

LEPC meeting on August 17 Douglas County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 2 p.m. on Aug. 17 at the Douglas County School District Offices, 701 Prairie Hawk Drive in Castle Rock. The County’s LEPC provides a forum for emergency management agencies, first responders, industry members and the public to discuss and develop emergency plans. For more information visit www.dcsheriff.net

Back-to-School safety reminder for motorists Drivers please follow traffic laws - such as school zone speed limits. Pedestrians - please observe street-crossing safety procedures at all times. For additional street-crossing tips and associated traffic information please visit www.douglas.co.us and search: School Zones.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO

A day at the fair Douglas County residents turn out at the fair and rodeo on Aug. 5 Douglas County residents took advantage of the numerous activities offered during the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo on Aug. 5, the secondto-last day of the event at the fairgounds in Castle Rock.

While many families milled through the livestock barns to see the animals, others walked the midway enjoying carnival rides and popular fair food like turkey legs or fresh lemonade. Children participated in the stick horse rodeo and the Mutton Bustin’ event, where they rode sheep rodeo-style for as long as they could hold on. Earlier in the day, fairgoers of all ages got their hands dirty during the pie-eating contests.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GIBBS Attendees of the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo waved to loved ones as they enjoyed the carnival rides on Aug. 5.

Rebekah Eckert, 14, of Parker finishes up her round in one of the pie-eating contests held during the fair and rodeo.

Stock of ready-to-serve turkey legs, a popular snack item, never waned.

A popular ride Aug. 5 at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo carnival was the ferris wheel.

Cooper Lamb, 2, of Parker turns a barrel during the stick horse rodeo.

Crowds cheer for children in the Mutton Bustin’ competition, during which each participant hung onto sheep for as long as they could before falling off.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO

Boots, barrels, beers and bulls Xtreme Bulls kicks off Douglas County Fair and Rodeo

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County Fair and Rodeo got off to a rollicking start as nearly 40 professional cowboys came to the fairground arena in Castle Rock for the Xtreme Bulls competition, to compete for cash prizes and applause from the fired-up crowd that filled the bleachers.

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association returned Aug. 3, bringing the requisite cowboys, clowns and calamity to get the county’s big weekend off to an exciting start.

Rodeo clown and barrel man Ronnie Hodges kept the crowd laughing as competitors held on to their bouncing, bucking and bruising bulls. Mutton busting and a slapstick barrel race, overseen by Hodges, kept the energy up during breaks in the action.

Hodges and announcer Bob Edmunds encouraged the crowd to enjoy a Coors, or two, and to welcome riders from out of state. The audience obliged, though they saved their biggest applause for Colorado cowboys like Eaton native Dillon James Tyner.

Tyner earned the top spot, scoring 84.5 and earning $4,540 in cash for his ride on his bull, Summit Pro Rodeo’s “Road Trip.”

Rylan Wright of Utah and Jordan Spears of California tied for second, walking away with $3,234 each, and Iowa’s Freeman Yoder, the evening’s early leader, scored a 76.5 to win $2,058.

Dillon James Tyner catches some air on his bull Road Trip during the Xtreme Bulls competition on Aug. 3. Tyner won the competition with a score of 84.5 and took home $4,540.

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY

A dummy steer offers up miniature lassos for youngsters trying their hand at roping in the Fan Zone during the Xtreme Bulls competition at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo.

Sawyer Klain, 7, checks out the view at the first night of the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo.

Cordell Curtis of Monte Vista, Colorado, prepares to land after a ride on his bull for the night, Shenanigans. More than $13,000 was awarded to the winning riders at the event.

Kasen Jachetta, 4, gets a roping lesson from Zach Wyatt after the Xtreme Bulls rodeo event.

The fairground arena hosted the competition, accented by a truck giveaway and rodeo royalty from around the United States.

Mike Sparks of Caldwell, Idaho, holds on as his bull, Crophopper takes him for a spin at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo’s Xtreme Bulls event. Thirtynine cowboys rode in the fast-paced competition.

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BUSINESS

How food can transform community Local farmers’ markets provide ways to help out the greater community

IF YOU GO A look at some of the south metro area farmers’ markets: • Castle Rock Farmer’s Market: 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, through Sept. 29, at 314 Fourth Street between Wilcox and Perry streets.

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

• Parker Farmer’s Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out, every Sunday from Mother’s Day through the end of October, at Mainstreet and Victorian Drive.

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athan Mudd is a former attorney, and his wife Kimberly used to work as an accountant. But the two have always had a special dedication to the local economy and local food.

“Our passion is to increase local food in the state,” Kimberly Mudd said. “The demand is there, and the supply will grow as we connect urban and rural communities.”

Now, the two run the Main Street Markets — which operate farmers’ markets in Arvada and Westminster — and have a public-private partnership with the City of Brighton to operate a 10-acre working historic farm called Bromley Local Foods Campus.

Their focus on bringing healthy food to communities is part of a surging trend across the state and country that reflects a growing demand for knowing where your food comes from, supporting local growers and — perhaps most importantly — ensuring affordable access to healthy food across all income levels.

“Hunger is a silent problem,” said Jenna Metzinger, the farmers’ market Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) coordinator with Jefferson County Public Health. “It affects more people and families than we realize.”

The farm-to-table movement, in essence, has become more than just about supporting and eating locally sourced food. With its varying forms of programs sprouting up, it is transforming community, whether by connecting rural and urban populations with each other or providing ways to give back while battling food insecurity.

• Highlands Ranch Farmers’ and Street Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays, through Oct. 29, at Town Center South, 9288 Dorchester St. • Southwest Plaza Farmer’s Market: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. or sellout on Saturdays, through Oct. 28, at Wadsworth Boulevard and Bowles Avenue.

• Littleton Farmer’s Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sellout on Wednesdays, through Oct. 11, at Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive.

• Boulder’s Market: 3 to 7 p.m. on Fridays, through Sept. 29, Reinke Bros., 5663 S. Prince St., Littleton.

• O’Toole’s Farmer’s Market: Noon to 6 p.m. yearround, O’Toole’s Garden Center, 5201 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton Here are some other markets in the greater metro area: Denver Human Services and Chatfield Farms Veterans Farm Program farm stands: • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through October at Denver Human Services’ Richard T. Castro Center, 1200 Federal Blvd.

Chris Krabbenhoeft, a market grower with the Chatfield Botanic gardens who helps out with the Chatfield Farms Veterans Farm Program, loads the fresh veggies that will be available for purchase at one of the program’s food stands in Denver.

PHOTO BY SCOTT DRESSEL-MARTIN COURTESY OF THE DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS Strides to SNAP out hunger More local farmers’ markets are accepting SNAP benefits, including Main Street Markets and Metro Denver Farmers’ Markets, which has an Arapahoe County location in Littleton, a Douglas County location in Highlands Ranch and a Jefferson County location in Lakewood. SNAP is the former federal food stamp program, which offers offers nutrition assistance to eligible, lowincome individuals and families.

“In my experience, most people want to eat healthy,” Metzinger said, but added that most SNAP recipients receive only $1.41 per meal or $4.23 per day in benefits, making it a challenge to have enough money to buy healthy food for an entire month.

Last summer, SNAP launched a new incentive program called Double Up Food Bucks Colorado, also known as Double Up. It allows SEE BUSINESS, P37

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through October at Wellington E. Webb Office Building, 201 E. Colfax Ave. • 10 a.m. to 1.p.m. Fridays through October: Denver Human Services’ Arie P. Taylor Montbello Office, 4685 Peoria St. • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through October at Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St. Main Street Markets: • Arvada Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 2. Olde Town Square, West 57th Avenue and Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada.

• Westminster Farmers Market, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Saturdays through Sept. 24, but possibly may be open in October. Hidden Lake Center, 72nd Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, Westminster.

IN THEIR BUSINESS • HealthONE opened its first Parker clinic in July at the intersection of Parker and Hilltop roads.

The clinic is open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Learn more at CareNowDenver.com.

•The Perfect Fit, a children’s shoe store, opened the last wek of July at 10350 Progress Way, Suite 101, in Parker. The store offers

all varieties of dress and casual shoes for children, including shoes for schools with dress codes. For more information, go to perfectfitshoesforkids.com or call 720-7586108.

• The Used Tire Store recently opened a new location at Englewood at 4700 S. Broadway. The store, which has another location in Aurora, offers new and used tires and bills itself as the “home of the $25

tire.” Check theusedtirestore.com or call 720-381-0176.

• Scented Studio, where customers can create their own perfumes and colognes, recently opened at a new location at 3437 S. Broadway in Englewood. Customers can also customize fragrances to scent other bath and body products Scented Studio offers like lotion, body wash, massage oil and candles. For more information, go to scentedstudio.

com or call 303-333-3315.

• DartMania, an entertainment center that offers foam dart-tag games with obstacle-filled rooms, will have a grand opening in late August at 301 Englewood Parkway.

For more information, visit dartmania.com or call 303-761-5555.

• Keller Williams DTC, a Realtor office, opened its recently remodeled Centennial Location at 6300 S. Syracuse Way, unit #150.

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NEWS IN A HURRY Back-to-school safety More than 67,000 students are returning to school in Douglas County, and it takes everyone, including those driving in the vicinity of schools, to ensure they get there safely.

The Douglas County School District encourages students to walk, bike or bus to school whenever possible, causing less congestion with vehicles, and lessening the chances for accidents in and around school zones.

Students who walk, bike or skate to school are asked to choose a safe route with fewer traffic and intersections, avoid crossing busy or high-speed streets, look for traffic at driveways and intersections, and be aware of drivers in parked cars that may be getting ready to move.

Students are also reminded to obey all traffic signs and signals and wait to walk across the street until no traffic is coming, as well as listen to crossing guards and walk — not run, bike or skate — across streets.

For more tips, including those for drivers, such as to refrain from double-parking, not pass a vehicle stopped for pedestrians, or not drop children off across the street from the school, visit douglas.co.us and search: school zones.

Summer’s Sunset Concert Soak up what’s left of summer at a free outdoor concert at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd.

The free Summer’s Sunset Concert, hosted by the Highlands Ranch Metro

District, presents the Rumour Band, a crowd-pleaser that covers dance hits from all eras. On-site food trucks will include Simply Pizza, Burgerchief and Happy Cones Company.

For more information, visit highlandsranch.org.

Fall break fit kids camp The Highlands Ranch Community Association is hosting a fit kids camp over Douglas County School District’s fall break from noon to 3 p.m. on Oct. 9, 11 and 13 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road.

New this year, the camp is for ages 7-12 and includes a 60-minute fitness class, open swim and snack time.

The camp has 20 spots. Cost is $60 for residents and $66 for non-residents.

For more information, call 303-4717044.

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Wildcat Mountain races Wildcat Mountain trail races are right around the corner. The 10-mile and 10K begin at 7 a.m. on Sept. 2 starting at Douglas County East/West Trailhead at Rocky Heights Middle School, 11033 Monarch Blvd. The route runs through the Backcountry Wilderness Area. Registration fee is $40 for the 10K and $50 for the 10-mile until Aug. 17, when rates increase by $10.

Participants receive a shirt, custom finisher award, free pancake breakfast from Flippin’ Flap Jacks and a postrace party.

Space is limited. To register, visit raceroster.com/events/2017/11337/ wildcat-mountain-trail-races.

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Area gun store burglaries ‘not impulse crimes’ Recent theft in which 20 rifles were taken is one of many in recent months

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Thieves recently made off with 20 semiautomatic rifles from Warhorse Firearms of the Rockies in Littleton, the latest in a series of “smash-andgrab” burglaries at area gun stores in recent months.

Three or four suspects broke a large window and climbed a staircase into the store, located on the second floor above Grand Prix Motorsports at 3105 W. County Line Road a little after 2 a.m. July 26, according to the Littleton Police Department. Investigators are looking for a dark two-door Honda with a black spoiler on the back.

The rash of burglaries, which has included stores in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, is part of a larger trend of gun thefts from dealers statewide, authorities say. More than 270 guns were stolen in 2016, up from 121 in 2015 and 56 in 2014, according to information provided by

In one of numerous recent gun store burglaries in the metro area, firearms were stolen from the Triple J Armory at 311 E. County Line Road in Littleton in May. FILE PHOTO

HOW TO HELP The ATF is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in this year’s burglaries.

Anyone with information can call the tip line at 1-800-ATF-GUNS, or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP. They can also submit a tip at reportit.com or through the ATF’s “reportit” app.

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the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The trend also is reflected nationwide, with 9,281 guns stolen from dealers across the country in 2016, up from 6,163 in 2015.

The Denver-area burglaries are the No. 1 priority of investigators at the Denver field office of the ATF, said spokeswoman Lisa Meiman, adding that while it’s too early to say if the burglaries are a pattern or committed by the same group of people, there’s clearly thought behind them.

“These are not impulse crimes,” Meiman said. “We’re seeing an uptick pattern that’s very concerning. Anywhere there’s a sizable urban area with a lot of gun stores, you’re seeing this upward trend in gun thefts.”

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A free suicide alertness training class will be offered Aug. 23 by the safeTALK program run under the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

SafeTALK is a community program instructed by the sheriff ’s office’s Y.E.S.S. officers, which prepares people 15 and older to identify people with thoughts of suicide and connect them to resources. The Y.E.S.S. program is a partnership between law enforcement, schools and the community to help young people develop life skills.

Organizers will begin serving a dinner at 5 p.m. and training begins at 5:30 p.m., lasting until 8:30 p.m. The class will cover four steps to creating life-saving connections and will help participants learn how to talk about suicide and ultimately, prevent it.

Anyone over the age of 15 is welcome to attend, but the event is not designed for people who have recently experienced a suicide loss. Anyone grieving the death of a loved one to suicide is encouraged to join a support group or visit afsp.org.

The August safeTALK event will be held in the Gateway Mesa Conference Room at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, 2350 Meadows Blvd. To register for the event, email Phyllis Harvey at pharvey@dcsheriff.net. For questions, call 303-814-7033.

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don’t know about Hannah Baker, the fictional character in “13 Reasons Why.” I just now read about the Netflix series and why there has been a huge spike in searches for “suicide.”

The series was a success, and even though Baker ended her life, she is returning for the sequel. I no longer underestimate the profit motive in some of us.

Am I qualified to make informed remarks about suicide? Absolutely not, but it has crossed my mind: I think it should, just like a lot of other challenging subjects we all contemplate in life.

But I know that there is a World Suicide Prevention Day, a National Suicide Preven-

tion Week, and a Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. I don’t get it.

It seems to me that it should be yeararound. But we do like to compartmentalize some things, like Mother’s Day. Mother’s damn day is three hundred and sixty-five.

The possible causes of suicide I will leave to scholars, but I know depression is one of them. Things (people) constantly depress me, but I do not have chronic depression.

I know people who do, and when it takes over, the outcome can be tragic.

What makes life worth living? And what makes life worth dying?

Again, I am underqualified. But if I were a teenager right now, and knew what was going

on here and in the world, I might need all the help I could find. And all of the help that could find me.

The country has never been more divided, and it gets more so all the time.

An 11-day White House communications director said things, on record, that were so vile they had to be bleeped when they were reported.

Almost daily, some segment of the population is undermined or denunciated. For example, the LGBT community.

Maybe Baker was jilted. Overweight? Not pretty enough? How we are treated and SEE SMITH, P13

To get a smart start, begin with the beginning in mind

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These have been two of my own personal “Go To” quotes for many years. These were quick hitting powerful reminders that helped me shape my goals and to define Michael Norton success of the opportunities and projects I was involved in at the time. Basically, knowing what success looks like before we even begin.

As I have been speaking with different groups of people and individuals recently, it has become increasingly apparent that too many of us do not even know or understand what success looks like in the future or what they are hoping to accomplish in the near term, let alone down the road.

Now before the Ziglar and

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Time to embrace change Respect is a crucial ingredient in any relationship voters have with elected officials. That’s true of all elected positions at all levels. But it is especially true when it comes to elected school board members.

Recent years have shown a growing distrust between the community and the school board elected to serve them. Teachers have been scared, parents have been frustrated, and a variety of factions have done their level best to stoke the flames to benefit their political agenda.

It is pointless at this stage to lay blame at the feet of one “side” or the other. A more productive course of action is to elect leaders who seek to restore order in

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This November, I will not vote for candidates from either camp. We need new people, new ideas, and a renewed focus on rebuilding strained relationships. I believe Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel, and Grant Nelson, also known as the Elevate Douglas County slate, will provide all those things, and for that, they have my full support.

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Covey fans reading this column shout heresy, you should remember that one of Mr. Ziglar’s other quotes is this, “People who never take step one, can never take step two.” At first glance, these quotes may seem to contradict one another, but they really do not. The truth is that they complement each other quite nicely.

Let’s think about this for a minute. It is awesome to have a vision for the future, I highly encourage it. What I am hearing from some of you is that the world is changing so much and with such frequency that it is hard to think about goals and future plans. As difficult as it is for some of us, this may still be short-sighted thinking.

Maybe we can agree that it is important to have all; shortterm goals, mid-range goals, and long-term goals. Before we can set any of our goals, long or short, we do at least have to know what we hope to accomplish at any level. The excuse or cop-out is thinking that it’s OK to justify, explain, or defend the position of, “I don’t know what it is that I want to be or do in this life.”

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So now we go full circle, do we start with the end in mind or do we begin with the beginning in mind?

You may already have your own system for this, but if you don’t I would suggest looking at all three types of goals and write down only one thing in each area. Simply fill in the blank: My one short-term goal is ______. My one mid-range goal is ______. My one long-term goal is _______. Really, do not overcomplicate this, just think of one thing for each level of your goals. And if we want to get even more specific, my immediate goal is _______.

It is a pity if we are lost or get lost in the blur of a fuzzy future because

LETTERS FROM PAGE 12

Scrutinizing Coffman’s plan In response to “Plan has potential of moving ACA replacement forward,” a guest column by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman: Representative Coffman’s proposal for repealing and replacing the ACA presents information on healthcare and tax legislation in such a way that readers might come away misinformed on several issues.

Mr. Coffman’s refers to “able-bodied adults” now covered through the Medicaid expansion. This terminology implies that these folks do not deserve assistance. Yet, the Kaiser Family Foundation research finds most are working, but earning only up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. They cannot afford coverage.

Mr. Coffman goes on to say that “it makes no sense … that the federal government would favor (funding) able-bodied adults over all other Medicaid recipients such as disabled children, whose costs are reimbursed at 50 percent ....” The 90 percent federal funding for expansion was necessary to get states to buy into the program. As a result, the rate of uninsured American adults has fallen to 11.7 percent. If the federal contribution for the Medicaid expansion were to go to 50 percent, as Mr. Coffman proposes, it is likely that states now participating would not continue to do so and we would see our uninsured rates skyrocket once again.

Mr. Coffman proposes that taxes funding the healthcare exchange subsidies be addressed through tax reform; not healthcare legislation.

GOP tax reform proposals focus only on cutting taxes; not on revenue to fund the health of the American public (Information from the Tax Foundation).

Finally, Mr. Coffman suggests he is ready for a bipartisan effort to lower health insurance costs. This is his sixth term as U.S. representative from CD 6. Why has he waited so long and voted so consistently

we may never take step one. All we need is one little thought that we can build upon. Just a seed of an idea that motivates us enough to take only the first step. And when we do, steps two, three, four, and more will follow.

So how about you? Do you know how to get started and are already well on your way to achieving your hopes and dreams? Or are you in the place where you need to start with that first step? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can begin with the beginning in mind, it really will be a better than good day.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

against legislation that would support the well-being of so many “able-bodied adults” and disabled children?

Barbara Barlow Highlands Ranch We have a management problem This comment responds to U.S. Rep Mike Coffman’s recent guest column regarding ACA replacement.

I read independent reviews of healthcare systems in tier 1 countries. Other nations score higher than us on an “outcomes” basis. And citizens of those countries pay onehalf or less than us. What a boon to our economy given the quality and cost of other tier 1 countries.

We have a management problem: 1. U.S. healthcare has multiple systems. This defeats cost management and efficiency. Our systems include: insurance companies, the VA, the U.S. Congress, Medicare and Medicaid, local systems. Efficiency would be possible with a single system. If the GOP rejects a federal option, give the whole thing to Kaiser-Permanente. I think a system like Kaiser could work.

2. Healthcare is a basic need for everyone — it should not be tied to a profit. The agenda of insurance companies is to make a profit. I have no problem with private companies making a profit – they must or go out of business. But healthcare should have one agenda: the patient.

3. Remember the double-digit increases in medical insurance premiums, year after year, prior to the ACA? We’ve already tried the private sector running healthcare. Why did the ACA become law? Why return to a failed system? And please recall the rate of increases in medical premiums has decreased under the ACA. 4. Do you know people who would leave their job or elect early retirement and start a new venture – but don’t because they would lose employer-sponsored insurance? Consider the entrepreneurial explosion (and the boost in employment) if the U.S. had universal health insurance!

Jim Rankin Littleton

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mistreated by others when we are young can mean everything.

Actor George Sanders left three suicides notes, but only one of them gets quoted.

“Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.”

In the film “Wonder Boys,” Toby Maguire’s character recites all of Hollywood’s suicides, including Sanders’, by cause, in alphabetical order.

Suicides have been featured in films for as long as there have been films. One, “The Children’s Hour,” was very controversial for its time (1961), because it focuses on two women who run a girls’ school who are accused of being lovers. One of the women commits suicide.

In 2015, California became the fifth state to allow physician-assisted suicide. I had a friend who often asked me to take her to Oregon.

Oregon was the first to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.

None of the five makes provisions for disconnected youth. It’s a good thing.

Aren’t we all disconnected at one time or another, especially in high school?

My own circumstances — single, older, retired male — are ripe for checking out, too. I have no plans.

Many of us find comfort in faith, and then read about some faiths being targeted by graffiti, desecrations and violence.

What would I say to my son or daughter about suicide? Perhaps nothing. I would listen first.

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

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Coffman holds town hall after GOP failures on healthcare Support for wall draws boos, while support for immigrants spurs cheers

‘Most districts are so red or so blue. They have no reason to compromise.’

BY JAMES ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

It was Round Two for U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, who, unlike many congressional Republicans, engaged once again with anxious voters in the 6th Congressional District.

Coffman, who hosted a contentious April town hall, held another Aug. 1 with several hundred constituents who filled half of a high school gymnasium in Brighton — one of the Adams County cities in a purple district that also includes Aurora, Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Centennial.

The event came after the GOP-led Congress failed to act on President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. And it came as Coffman’s Colorado GOP colleague, Rep. Ken Buck, of Windsor, declared the Republican Party dead in a Denver Post commentary.

Buck said the party has accomplished little in Congress and “no longer has a vision for a better America.”

Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake, in a newly released book, “Conscience of a Conservative,” echoes that judgment, saying conservatives have abandoned limited-government tenets for their

Coffman, first elected in 2008 in a district that now has more Democrats than Republicans, previously avoided town halls, favoring private meetings with constituents or more scripted telephone town halls.

He bucked the House Republican majority by voting against healthcare legislation that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said would deprive millions of insurance. While favoring replacing the law, he wants to ensure continued coverage for preexisting conditions.

Coffman also has criticized President Donald Trump’s threats to end subsidies to insurance companies.

The congressman has opposed efforts to cut Medicaid coverage not only for those who enrolled under the Obama law’s Medicaid expansion but for those covered before the law.

Coffman has called for separating debate over cutting health law taxes for the wealthy from changes to the health law and including it in tax reform legislation. He wants a bipartisan effort to support struggling state health insurance markets.

Colorado state auditors say Colorado’s own health insurance exchange, which enrolls 178,000 people, may be financially sustainable for the next few years. But participating insurers have proposed drastic premium hikes for individuals next year, and many counties, especially on the Western Slope, have just one insurer in the exchange.

Mike Coffman, U.S. representative own self-interests in a dysfunctional government. Democrats are equally to blame, Flake says.

Coffman, an Aurora resident, ventured that gerrymandered congressional districts that create safe seats are to blame.

“Most districts are so red or so blue.

They have no reason to compromise,” Coffman said of both party leaders and the vast bulk of members of Congress.

His own district, in contrast, remains highly competitive, though Coffman has fended off a succession of Democratic challengers.

He said he was considering, along with other lawmakers he didn’t name, filing a brief in support of a lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the way districts in Wisconsin — and potentially across the country — are drawn.

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Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, asked what Coffman would do if independent counsel Robert Mueller, investigating possible Russian influence in the 2016 election, were fired.

“It would be a disaster,” Coffman replied.

Like Coffman’s April event, the Aug. 1 attendees needed tickets and photo IDs to get in. No signs bigger than a sheet of paper were allowed. A lottery determined who asked questions, though everyone with a question Aug. 1 had the chance to ask it. “No yelling, shouting or disruptive behavior,” read the congressman’s invitation.

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hirley Bradsby remembers when shopping for school supplies for her children — all now grown — was much simpler.

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These days, with longer lists that include technology and earbuds, getting kids ready for school can dig a deep hole in your pocket.

Especially with the pressure for children to have the coolest and latest designs and styles.

“Just to get all the supplies for one child can cost more than $100,” Bradsby said. “In this day and age there has to be a way to help others who are struggling, because we all really want the best for the kids.”

So Bradsby, along with countless other people in the metro area, found a way to give back — by donating school supplies.

Organizations like The Action Center in Jefferson County, where Bradsby volunteers, and Integrated Family Community Services in Arapahoe County; businesses like Larry H. Miller dealerships in Denver, Lakewood, Thornton, Littleton and Highlands Ranch; and county governments and school districts like Douglas County and Westminster Public Schools all host school supply drives to make sure students have everything they need to be successful in class.

“We want to offer what resources we can to our community and our students,” said Rand Clark, Community of Care navigator with Douglas County, which helps organize two Strive to Thrive Resource Fairs a year for families in the county. “We have a wonderful community with a lot of organizations who want to help, and we want residents to know help is available.”

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During the Aug. 1 Strive to Thrive event at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, 347 backpacks were handed out to students in need. And in Westminster, Steve Saunders, chief communications officer with Westminster Public Schools, said the district received 850 backpack donations from Staples for students.

Integrated Family Community Services in Englewood, which covers Arapahoe County and northern Douglas County helps about a thousand students a year by taking two approaches, Director of Development Todd McPherson said.

About 600 students are sponsored by businesses, organizations and churches, and have a

backpack and supplies picked out specifically for them by their sponsors. The other 400 or so students receive a generic backpack with generic supplies.

“For a family to participate, they need to be in our coverage area and be able to demonstrate financial need,” McPherson said.

“We’ve been doing this program for decades, and it helps a lot of kids.”

By working with 9News and the Volunteers of America Colorado branch, Larry H. Miller dealerships have hosted a “Stuff for Students” school supply drive for three years. School supply donations are collected throughout August and are distributed to more than 15 school districts around the state.

Approximately 23 percent of the

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• Composition books • Water color sketch pads

743,255 students in the counties served by Volunteers of America are living in poverty, compared to the state average of 14.7 percent, according to information provided

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Annual event fosters ties between police, community

Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Phil Domenico stands next to his horse, Scout, which he uses for mounted patrol. Dressed in a green jumpsuit, Domenico cleaned Scout in preparation of National Night Out on Aug. 1. “It fosters the relationship between the community and the sheriff’s office,” Domenico said of the event. “The horses help with that — the kids love to see them.”

ALEX DEWIND Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Jennifer Newton directs an eager group of small kids into a transport vehicle. At National Night Out on Aug. 1, law enforcement visited block parties throughout Highlands Ranch to interact with community members and educate children.

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Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Lacey Willie shows 8-year-old Scott Shipley what it feels like to be handcuffed at National Night Out on Aug. 1. “It was fun just for the experience,” Shipley said.

ALEX DEWIND Highlands Ranch kids get a special visit from Douglas County Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol at National Night Out on Aug. 1. The annual event is an effort to bring communities and law enforcement together.

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n a sweltering Tuesday afternoon, Douglas County Sheriff ’s Deputy Phil Domenico swapped out his black police uniform for a green jumpsuit and cowboy hat so he could clean his horse, Scout, without getting dirty.

Later that evening, he and Scout would visit neighborhoods across Highlands Ranch for National Night Out, a community-building campaign held every year on the first Tuesday in August to encourage positive police-community partnerships.

“It fosters the relationship between the community and the sheriff ’s office,” said Domenico, standing in the sheriff ’s substation parking lot next to his sturdy white-and-brown horse.

“The horses help with that — the kids love to see them.”

Mounted patrol — deputies on horseback who support crowd control, search and rescue missions and public events — were one of many special units that made an appearance at block parties across Highlands Ranch on Aug. 1. Others included a K-9 unit, SWAT team, community safety volunteers and Highlands Ranch Metro District park rangers.

At each street, driveway or culde-sac gathering, law enforcement mingled with adults and demonstrated their equipment to wide-eyed kids.

Deputy Lacey Wille playfully handcuffed Scott Shipley, an 8-year-old fascinated by police cars.

“It was fun,” Shipley said, “just for the experience.”

James Kettler, an energetic 10-yearold, jumped at the chance to sit in the rear cabin of a sheriff ’s office transport vehicle.

“I like seeing all the policemen,” said Kettler, “and learning about everything.”

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Eclipse is the best kind of shady deal

The Aug. 21 eclipse can be observed at a number of area libraries and at Arapahoe Community College, provided one has properly effective eclipse glasses. COURTESY PHOTO

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On Aug. 21, the U.S will experience its first total eclipse in more than 38 years. Next one to pass over Colorado will be in 2045. The effect won’t be total in the Denver area — a wee crescent will remain, but it’s really close and excitement will grow as the date draws near. (To experience in totality, one would have to travel north, such as to Casper, Wyoming, where accommodations have been booked for months, as they are all across the nation in targeted spots.)

Locally, some libraries (Arapahoe and Douglas County that we know of) are hosting related story and craft sessions in advance for children. “Coming to a Sky Near You” at Arapahoe’s branches includes facts and myths and a take-home eclipse viewer. For details, go to arapahoelibraries.org or call 303-LIBRARY. And, a follow-up: at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 28, Araphoe offers “Sun and Moon Stories,” describing how ancient civilizations explained why the moon is eating the sun and more (ages 5-12). Libraries in both districts will host viewing parties at 9 a.m. on Aug. 21. (Douglas County will have special viewing glasses until they run out.)

Important: Proper eclipse-viewing glasses are essential and sunglasses are NOT adequate protection from severe burns and even blindness. (A scientist on NPR half-joked that in a location like ours, one could get a

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Colorado school districts identify nearly 25,000 students statewide who are experiencing homelessness.

“We’ve received more than $26,000 in donations at our dealership locations,” said Todd Hoskins, general manager of Larry H. Miller Ford Lakewood. “We’re a pay-it-forward organization, and education is very important to us. We want to make sure we take care of everyone.”

Social media creates peer pressure Such items as backpacks, notebooks, pencils and other standard items are in demand, and will always be in demand, according to Barbara Penning, director of volunteer programs and in-kind donations with the Action Center.

“There’s all kinds of pressure for kids’ supplies to stay current with what’s popular, and they get even more from social media,” she said.

“Parents can sometimes skip a mort-

crescent-shaped burn.) The American Astronomical Society says to be certain the disposable glasses are ISO-certified. (It says so on the inside.) Suggested brands are: Rainbow Symphony, American Paper Optics and Thousand Oaks Optical, and they will be available in stores and from Amazon, but a scam warning says non-certified brands will also be around — be careful.

Arapahoe Community College’s Astronomy faculty head, Jennifer Jones, who some may have met at her Star Parties, says there will be a viewing event on the west patio at ACC from 9 a.m. on, with filters on the college’s two telescopes, to provide safe images. The college is at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton.

Aug. 21 is also the first day of classes at ACC, so it may get a bit hectic there.

It will be possible to download pictures from the telescopes, Jones said. Students from the active ACC Astronomy Club will head to Casper, to join other students across the nation with cameras mounted in NASA balloons. The club presently has about 12 members, she said, and new students will be welcome to join its activities, including space projects and monthly Star Parties (monthly in Littleton and once a semester at Castle Rock Campus — the public is welcomed to these as well).

Parker’s PACE Center also offers some astronomy instruction.

Some advanced reading with children about the related mythology could be fun. Ancient people were really astonished and frightened by eclipses and invented imaginative and sometimes wacky tales to explain. Observe animals as well — they may have unusual responses, according to writings ancient and modern.

gage or rent payment to pay for supplies, and that’s not a choice we want them to make.”

A key tenet of the Action Center’s approach is giving families a chance to shop for the supplies themselves during a five-day distribution event.

All supplies are free for the families, and volunteers make Stevens Elementary’s gym look like a store where parents and children can pick out the items they need.

“We accept donations year-round to make sure we have enough supplies for everyone, and we get businesses and organizations who donate hundreds to thousands of items,” Penning added. “We have all kinds of volunteers who work hard to get everything and ready out to families in need in a dignified manner.”

Which is where people like Bradsby come in, donating their time and resources to help in any way they can.

“With what we do, school supplies become one huge expense they don’t have to worry about,” she said of helping at the Action Center. “We all want to help our neighbors, and that’s who these people are — our neighbors.”

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Highlands Ranch charter school gets name change STEM School Highlands Ranch took effect mid-summer

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

STEM School and Academy will have a new look when students return from summer break on Aug. 9.

The K-12 school on Ridgeline Boulevard in Highlands Ranch has changed its name to STEM School Highlands Ranch and its tagline to “Never Stop Innovating.” Once nonexistent, its logo is now a yellow and blue circle with sunbeam rays inside.

The charter school of roughly 1,800 kids needed a name change to clear brand confusion, director Penny Eucker said. Many students and parents didn’t know what “academy” meant — which refers to the school’s enrichment program of clubs and after-school offerings — and the school was often

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When its doors opened in 2011, the school had about 400 students in grades six through nine. Today, the campus serves students in kindergarten through 12th grade and has a waitlist.

The yearlong rebranding process wasn’t easy, said Mark Alpert, chair of the school’s board of directors. The school received pushback from parents and students.

“Any change in name and in appearance is uncomfortable,” Alpert said. “We aren’t changing the essence of the school, we are just trying to clean up our image.”

Down the road, the school’s administrators hope to see the project-based learning model of STEM School Highlands Ranch — called the flagship school — replicated locally and nationally to “create a new generation of public school students who are engaged and in charge of their learning,” Eucker said.

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More authors Denver Author Peter Heller will appear at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, to read from and discuss his new book, “Celine,” about a private eye who reunites families — based partly on his mother’s life. Tattered Cover will have books available for sale and signing.

Also, Castle Rock Library, 100 Wilcox St., will host a Local Authors Showcase at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Ten writers will talk about their books.

More auditions Colorado Wind Ensemble will hold auditions at 5 p.m. Aug 29 for regular musicians: baritone sax, trumpet, horn; and alternates: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, piano, string bass, harp. Notify of interest by Aug. 11. Go to coloradowindensemble.org.

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Percussionist Amelia Webster, from Highlands Ranch, enjoyed playing with the Lone Tree Symphony at the Open Symphony concert on July 27 and plans to audition for a spot with the orchestra.

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Benefit comedy Stephanie Miller’s “Sexy Liberal Resistance Tour” plays its political comedy routines at the Newman Center at the University of Denver on Aug. 19, in a first Colorado visit — as a benefit for Planned Parenthood.

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7August 10, 2017 “Milestones,” a large collaborative work by the 2017 Design and Build artists, is created in papier mache and painted. It dominates the entrance to the Museum of Outdoor Arts Indoor Gallery, where there is an exhibit of participants’ work.

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A small group of early elementary age children, in bright turquoise matching shirts, stopped wide-eyed at the entrance to the indoor galleries at the Museum Outdoor Arts in Englewood on Aug. 1. On the right and left are original works by the 2017 Design and Build interns, who had just completed an eight-week intense experience led by artist-in-residence Cory Gilstrap, a master teacher. Centrally located is “Milestones,” a giant collaborative sculptural piece that looks like a cairn made of huge rocks. “How did they do that?”

“Milestones,” created with papiermache and paint, represents a cairn, used since ancient times “as a reference point for future navigation. They serve as markers for where we have been, where we are and where we are going …”

It creates the significance of the journey — an appropriate introduction to a visually exciting exhibit entitled “Inspire. Ignite. Innovate.” It will run through Sept. 22, and “Milestones” is a particular contrast to some of the small, beautifully crafted individual works, such as “Study in Weaving” by textile artist Keenan Ferguson, who explores traditional weaving techniques in an especially well-presented and lighted piece.

The “emerging artists” who participated this summer focused on creating collaborative public art as a team, based on their individual skills and philosophies. Materials, lighting, installation and other concerns they will face as professional artists were

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“Reliquias” by Marcelo Alejandro Ramirez Garcia-Rojas — small paintings mounted in hinged wooden boxes — “depicts the images of the Archangels St. Michael and St. Gabriel in my own likeness and that of my brother, respectively. The piece commemorates our ancestors, the martyrs, Ezequiel and Salvador Huerta Gutierrez …”

Larger collaborative works lead the eye toward the rear, including “Support for the Millennial Youth,” a floor-to-ceiling poster in the style of Soviet propaganda, a collection of portraits, a mysterious bit of mossy forest, a series of ceiling-high color spectrums …

In the very back gallery, lead artist Gilstrap and Kamla Presswalla of Imagined Creations invite the viewer into a magical aspen forest. It still smells earthy. Just look from the edges, a sign asks — which will be pretty tough for little people to accept!

In the dark back gallery is “Nexus,” another collaborative work, which symbolizes the need for human connection. Tiny lights, representing individuals, fade and relight in staggered timing, “signifying that energy and life is not stagnant, but constantly dimming, reemerging and syncing within a network of relationships.” It represents the show’s message.

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Boy Scouts stay busy in the Backcountry Eagle Scout projects help trail users, land and wildlife

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Carter Kavalec prefers riding his bike along dirt paths carved through the Backcountry Wildnerness Area to riding up and down a paved street.

And after seeing fellow riders break down on a trail, the 10-year-old wanted to help.

For his Eagle Scout project, Kavalec, of Troop 645, installed a Dero Fixit Service Station — a nifty gadget equipped with tools for basic bike repairs and maintenance — on Outlaw Trail, which runs west of Griggs Road in the Backcountry.

“This bike repair station is located on a commonly used trail,” said Kavalec, who completed his project on July 29. “It will allow riders access to tools for repairs and air for tires without having to hike a long distance if they break down.”

Kavalec is one of several Boy Scouts who are improving the Backcountry through Eagle Scout projects. Since 2010, between 10 and 15 projects are completed each year along trails and in camp areas.

Projects have included fire mitigation, planting trees around the Basecamp area — where recreation programs are held —, constructing

Carter Kavalec, of Boy Scouts Troop 645, stands next to a new Dero Fixit Service Station on Outlaw Trail, west of Griggs Road in the Backcountry Wilderness Area. An avid trail rider, Kavalec installed the station as his Eagle Scout project to help fellow riders.

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Association is or was an Eagle Scout project, said Mark Geibel, director of the Backcountry Wilderness Area.

“Local Boy Scout troops have played a significant role in improving wildlife habitat in the Backcountry,” Giebel said, “as well as providing important additions to our trails and program areas.”

The Highlands Ranch Community Association provides minimal funding for each project; a requirement of the Eagle Scout project is fundraising.

Kavalec, for example, raised more than $1,700 for the station from local businesses and family friends.

The money was used to purchase and build the Fixit station, which includes a set of tools for basic bike repairs — changing a flat tire, adjusting brakes — attached by stainless steel cables and tamper-proof fasteners.

Also on the station is a bike hanger for easy adjusting and an Air Kit pump for tire inflation.

Construction of the metal machine anchored in concrete wasn’t simple.

“I was excited that Carter came up with an idea he was passionate about and benefited the Highlands Ranch community,” said his dad, Dave Kavalec. “At the same time, I was worried about how a 13-year-old was going to get 500 pounds of concrete mix, enough water and tools to a semi-remote location.”

He did, with the help of his fellow Scouts. And he enjoyed it: “Being able to pour the concrete pad and install the station was the most fun,” Carter Kavalec said.

Above all, he was happy with the feedback he received.

“I couldn’t believe how many people commented that they could have used a repair station located there in the past,” he said. “It really made me feel good to know my project would help fellow riders.”

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Castle Rock Band recalls days of ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody Concert marks 100 years since death of iconic American showman

IF YOU GO The Castle Rock Band will perform music from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show at 2 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Miller Park Amphitheater. Miller Park is at 1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway, Castle Rock.

Admission is free.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s death, the Castle Rock Band, directed by history buff Andy Goodger, will present seldom-performed arrangements of band music once played internationally by Cody’s Wild West Cowboy Band. (Posters and historic photos of the entertainers are plentiful online.)

The community band’s free concert at 2 p.m. Aug. 19 will be its first appearance in Castle Rock’s new Miller Park Amphitheater.

The Wild West Show’s cast of 1,200 included sharpshooters (Annie Oakley and Frank Butler) and Native Americans, including Chief Sitting Bull, as well as musicians, when it played across America and Europe to large crowds from 1883 to 1913 — resulting in a desire among many in the audiences to visit the romanticized American West.

Castle Rock Band musician and co-founder Kent Brandeberry, who

The band of volunteer musicians welcomes new members. See castlerockband.org.

Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show traveled in Europe with more than 1,000 cowboys, sharpshooters, Native Americans, bison, horses and other animals. This poster, one of many, attracted hundreds of audience members to the shows.

COURTESY IMAGE has a special interest in the period and Cowboy Band’s work, gained access to original music the band used.

The band even had its own arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” before it became our national anthem in 1931.

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study at the University of Wyoming.

He contacted an acquaintance in Powell, Wyoming, who had uncovered originals in the basement of the National Archives, according to band publicist Erica Stull.

Photocopies allowed the band to step back in time and perform songs

as they were played at the turn of the 20th century.

Among the Wild West Band’s livewire arrangements, the Castle Rock Band will play Handel’s “See, the Conquering Hero Comes,” which was Buffalo Bill’s entry music. Close your eyes and imagine the Grand Entry parade ...

Also on the program: “The Color Guard March” by T.H. Rollinson; “Sweeney’s Cavalcade March,” by W. Paris Chambers; “Wyoming Days,”

by K. L. King; “Tenting on the Old Campground,” by W. S. Ripley; and “Buffalo Bill’s Farewell,” by Cowboy Band director William Sweeney.

Stull said that while individual scores exist for instrumental parts, there’s no conductor’s score, so Goodger is working from the trumpet part to produce this very special concert.

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‘If you saw a boat, you were lucky’ 99-year-old British veteran gives his account of Dunkirk rescue

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ritics and historians alike have praised the Christopher Nolan motion picture “Dunkirk” for its inspiring and accurate account of an important moral victory in the early months of World War II, when civilian mariners were called upon to sail whatever boats were available across the English Channel to rescue approximately 340,000 British troops from certain capture or defeat in northern France.

But John Carpenter didn’t need to see the blockbuster film to know what happened at Dunkirk in 1940.

He was there.

“It was chaos,” Carpenter said. “If you saw a boat, you were lucky.”

Carpenter, 99, was a private in the 48th Regiment of the British Army and has lived in Parker for seven years. His daughter, Pat Cowan, moved to the United States after marrying a member of the United States Air Force in 1956, and in the 1970s Carpenter and his late wife came across the Atlantic Ocean to be with them.

But at the outset of the war, he was stationed in the French town of Lille.

A photo shows the young Private Christopher John Carpenter of 48th Regiment of the British Army, taken near the beginning of World War II. Carpenter survived the Dunkirk rescue and served in the American Red Cross after being honorably discharged from the British Army.

COURTESY PHOTOY When his commander learned that the German army was about to surround British forces, the captain gave carpenter an order he almost couldn’t believe.

“He said `Get back to the beach as

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John Carpenter, 99, holds court in his Parker apartment and recounts his experiences in World War II. Carpenter was initially reluctant to see the film “Dunkirk,” which recounts a massive rescue of British troops at the outset of World War II, which he survived, but afterward said the movie was “excellent.”

TOM SKELLEY fast as you can,’ ” Carpenter said. “It was every man for himself.”

His captain disappeared after giving the order, leaving Carpenter and his friend Wally to find their way from Lille to the beach at Dunkirk alone.

Carpenter contends the film’s depiction of the evacuation was excellent, though it didn’t match his experience. When he and Wally eventually made it to the waterfront, there was no dock and no officers to direct troops to ships.

“Every man was all pushing and shoving,” Carpenter said. “We lost a lot of men, young boys really, all 20 and 21… The boys were just on their own.”

As he and Wally sat against a sand dune, resigned that they would be killed by a sniper’s bullet or one of the German Messerschmitt planes strafing the beach, they were surprised to see help on the way.

“It was a shock to me, because I

said `that is a pleasure boat coming in,’ ” he said. “Then I was made to understand there were a lot of small boats coming.”

Unable to swim, Carpenter was pulled onto the steamer, where dozens of other men lay trembling with cold and fear. German planes attacked the boats, including Carpenter’s, but he felt safe when the boat’s captain brought the men a cup of tea.

Upon his return to England, Carpenter and many other Dunkirk survivors were discharged with what would now be referred to as posttraumatic stress disorder. But he couldn’t sit out the war, so he joined the American Red Cross, crossing the English Channel to transport wounded soldiers to safety.

After the Allied victory, Carpenter largely put the war, and the events at Dunkirk, out of his mind. Though there was one reunion, by chance, on a London sidewalk, that he cherishes.

“He looked at me and said `Carpenter!’ ” It was Capt. Wright, the officer who gave him the evacuation order in Lille and promptly disappeared.

“I went to salute him,” he said.

Wright grabbed Carpenter’s arm to prevent the salute and embraced his former private.

“He got hold of me and said `Good boy, you got out alive.’ ”

While making their way to the beach at Dunkirk, John Carpenter and his friend Wally stumbled upon an abandoned house, where they took refuge for a few hours of rest. For protection, Carpenter took a crucifix and Rosary beads from the home, both of which he still cherishes.

Under the crucifix is his paybook from the British Army.

TOM SKELLEY

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Get ready to savor the Taste of Douglas County New this year are cooking demonstrations and craft beer presentations

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mike Boyle arrived to the newly opened Raising Cane’s chicken finger chain in Highlands Ranch shortly after 2:30 p.m. on a recent July afternoon. He’d missed the lunch rush but still there was a line both in the drivethru and inside at the counter.

Boyle, as a restaurant-themed radio show host and co-organizer of the Taste of Douglas County, felt a duty to try the renowned chicken fingers.

Especially, he said, after seeing Raising Cane’s listed as one of the top five fastest-growing food chains in the U.S. from a Business Insider article.

“Mmm, this is good,” he said after biting into the chicken with an audible crunch. A few minutes later, shaking his head and auspiciously holding up a chicken finger, Boyle seemed to reaffirm for himself: “This is good.”

In-between the crunches and bites, Boyle dished about the upcoming Taste of Douglas County slated for Aug. 17, which he plans with Castle Rock restaurant owner John De Lay. Raising Cane’s arrived in town too late to make this year’s lineup, he said, but true to tradition, the 2017 event will offer a range of options — from casual to fine dining and spanning cuisines from Mexican to Italian to exclusively dessert venues. There is also a mix of restaurant chains and local establishments, such as Old Stone Church or De Lay’s Pegasus restaurant, both in Castle Rock.

New this year is a craft beer demonstration, led by Castle Rock Beer Co., and cooking demonstrations.

The event started 15 years ago as a

When: Thursday, Aug. 17 Where: Douglas County Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock Tickets: $10 in advance, $20 at the door. The event center box office opens at 5 p.m. on Aug. 17. Children under 3 years old are free.

Information: For more information on participating restaurants, event history and purchasing tickets, visit tasteofdouglascounty.com. way to bring a food show to the area.

Boyle and De Lay expected a crowd of about 1,000 people. Instead they got 2,500. This year they expect approximately 2,000 people and plan to cap attendance at 2,200.

For that reason, they encourage those planning to attend to purchase tickets in advance, which run $10.

Tickets at the door on Aug. 17 will cost $20 — the box offices opens at 5 p.m. For either price, Boyle promises people will get their fill. He has more than 40 restaurants and food service companies on this year’s roster.

Those include El Meson Mexican restaurant, Black-eyed Pea, Old Chicago Pizza and Tap Room, Mama Lisa’s Little Italy and the B & B Café.

For De Lay, bringing so many restaurants together year after year is one way to show support for the restaurant industry.

“I am so proud of that,” he said.

He also sees the event as a rare opportunity for people to meet the owners and chefs of their favorites restaurants “face to face.”

Ultimately, Boyle said, they hope a Taste of Douglas County offers people an escape from their busy lives.

“This is an opportunity to break out of that,” Boyle said, “to find wonderful restaurants that you enjoy, to find restaurants you’ve wanted to try, maybe restaurants that you haven’t heard of.”

CURTAIN TIME Amazing coat “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” plays through Aug. 19 at BDT Stage (was Boulder Dinner Theatre), 5501 E. Arapahoe, Boulder. A 40th Anniversary repeat of the opening production for this longrunning theater, with performances Wednesdays through Sundays at various times, matinees and evenings. For tickets and information: 303-449-6000, BDTStage.com. Good family fare.

Mountain theater Creede Repertory Theatre, known for its very professional performances, continues into mid-September: “Talley’s Folly” (Pulitzer Prize); “General Store” (a new play). Information and tickets: creederep.org or 719-658-2540. Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre, 800 Grand Ave. in Grand Lake, plays through late August: “Mama Mia,” “Newsies,” “West

Community Recycling Event

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Saturday, August 19 Recycle old electronics, shred documents, and donate gently used clothing and shoes Join us on Saturday, August 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Chaparral High School, 15655 Brookstone Drive in Parker.

Recycle these items for free.

Donate gently used clothing and shoes.

Accepted items: • Three file boxes or kitchen-sized trash bags per person for paper shredding.

• All household electronics that plug into a wall, including televisions.

Items NOT Accepted: • Large home appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, etc.

• Toys or books.

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Side Story.” In September, “Almost Heaven” plays almost daily. Go to rockymountainrep.com, 970-627-3421.

Prince Charming “Cinderella: The Slipper and the Rose” is the regional premiere of a musical by the Sherman Brothers (Disney’s songwriting team) about a couple in love at the Colorado Candlelight dinner theater in Johnstown.

Sarah Gover and Matt LaFontaine (a recent Henry Award winner) play the lead parts, with Tom Mullin and Annie Dwyer as King and Fairy Godmother. Plays: evenings, Thursdays, Fridays Saturdays; matinees, Saturdays, Sundays. Dinner and show tickets, $52.95-$62.95; children $29.50.

970-744-3747, ColoradoCandlelight. com. The theatre is at 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown (exit I-25 at 254, just south of Johnson’s Corner).

www.douglas.co.us/community-recycling-event

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‘They should expect a party’ Smash Mouth set to rock the Discovery Park stage Aug. 19

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Alternative rock aficionados are no doubt marking their calendars for Parker Arts’ first concert of the 2017-18 season, as Smash Mouth is slated to bring its style of rock ‘n’ roll to the Discovery Park stage on Aug. 19.

Twenty years after its debut album “Fush Yu Mang,” the band is preparing to release a package of the original album and a semi-acoustic version of the LP. Paul Delisle, bassist and founding member of the band from San Jose, California, recently published “Walkin’ on the Sun,” an autobiography of the band’s career.

“We’re forever touring, we’re always on the road,” Delisle said. “We’re looking forward to coming to Colorado and having a good time.”

The band will take a different approach to this tour, playing smaller clubs and parks than they have in years past, a good fit for the park.

“We decided to try a stripped-down, semi-acoustic kind of event. We really enjoy it. It gives us the chance to engage with the fans and the crowd and the crowd seems to really dig it,” Delisle said.

The audience “should expect a party. We like to bring a lot of energy. It’s not going to be a sit-down fest, that’s for sure.”

Now veterans of the music industry with a string of hits like “All-Star,” “Then the Morning Comes” and “Walkin’ on the Sun,” Delisle said the band is looking forward to playing with bands the members listened to as kids, as well as looking ahead.

“One of the shows we’re playing is with The Romantics, and they’re celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band this year,” Delisle said.

“That kind of gives us hope we can make it another 20 years.”

IF YOU GO What: Smash Mouth with Denver ska/punk/hiphop band P-Nuckle When: 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 Where: Discovery Park, 19945 E. Mainstreet, Parker Tickets: $35 general admission, $70 for VIP privileges, including early entry and drink discounts at a private bar. Tickets are available for advance purchase at parkerarts.ticketforce. com and at the PACE Center box office.

The show will be held rain or shine, and all tickets are non-refundable.

Smash Mouth will kick off the Parker Arts 2017-2018 season with a performance at Discovery Park on Aug. 19.

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Need: Numerous volunteer roles for individuals, families and groups including one-time events and ongoing/weekly shifts. Human services, senior resources, open spaces, special events, etc. See website for complete list: www.arapahoegov.com/ volunteer.

Age: Ages 6 and older, depending on the opportunity.

Contact: Nira Duvan, volunteer coordinator, at 303-738-79387 or nduvan@arapahoegov.com Other: Arapahoe County Fair needs volunteers from July 28-31. Go to http://www. arapahoecountyfair.com/volunteer.html Mothers of Multiples A support club for parents of twins, triplets and quadruplets in the Denver Metropolitan Area, www.mothersofmultiples.com Need: Volunteers willing to work during our bi-annual consignment sale at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock on Aug. 11-12. Work can include sale set up and take down, organizing, unloading, cashiering and more.

Requirements: 15 years and older; must work minimum of one four-hour shift, but

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Need: Day-of volunteers to help in a variety e of capacities including registration, unloadt ing, paint, batteries and more. t Requirements: Ability to work outside, b in warm temperatures for an extended g period. t When: Saturday, Aug. 12 Location: Shea Stadium at Redstone Park in p O Highlands Ranch — Contact: Kari Larese, Highlands Ranch Metro District, klarese@highlandsranch.org m s a ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES o 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office f Domestic Violence Program Provides information and support to crime o victims i Need: Victim Adocates interact with and support victims of domestic violence. They t also provide resource referrals and explain b i processes to victims. s Requirements: 20 hours of training required; volunteers must commit to one L f morning a week at the Justice Center in a Castle Rock. b Contact: Mel Secrease, 720-733-4552 or msecrease@da.18.state.co.us.

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VOLUNTEERS FROM PAGE 26

Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute. Our Walk to End Alzheimer’s attracts more than 10,000 people, so planning committee members are essential.

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

Angel Heart Project Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses Need: Volunteers willing to deliver meals to clients in the South Denver area.

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

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

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

ACADEMY

FROM PAGE 5

The board of education approved Ascent Classical Academy in late June, despite a recommendation from the district’s Charter Application Review Team (CART) to deny it. The district’s Long Range Planning Committee, which studies facilities and capacity needs, also recommended to deny the location at an Aug. 2 meeting because of the impact to surrounding schools that are declining in enrollment, Ray said.

“It really is about us being strategic about where we place schools,” Ray said. “Nobody benefits when seats are empty.”

The CART report says the review team denied the academy’s application because of questions about its broad-based education program, governance, financial viability and the structure of its education service provider, Ascent Classical Academies.

Of the 20 standards CART considers — management, parent and community support, employees, serving students with special needs, budget and finance, educational program and others — Ascent Classical Academy fully met one, insurance, the report outlines.

An advocate for school choice, Hume isn’t opposed to a school being built on the parcel of land — it was set aside

by Douglas County for that purpose in 1996. But she is against a school of such magnitude being built. Cresthill Lane, the two-lane street going to and from the site, isn’t prepared for the amount of traffic a K-12 school would bring, Hume said.

Neighbors frustrated by school’s size If the site location is approved,

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

ASSE International Student Exchange Program Organizes student exchange programs Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of coutries.

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

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

Location: Chatfield State Park and offsite locations around Denver.

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

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

school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

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

Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Juli Asbridge, 720-733-2292 Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus, Highlands Ranch Contact: 720-777-6887 Colorado Humane Society Handles animal abuse and neglect cases Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925

Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country. In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home. Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens. Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl. org for information and volunteer application.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

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

Need: Host families for international high

Ascent Classical Academy will begin a formal traffic-mitigation process, Schuler said, which will include working with county traffic engineers on operations, turn lanes and site design.

The school’s preliminary proposal includes 1,800 feet for traffic on site, Schuler said.

“While we do expect traffic from a new school,” he said, “we are committed to working with the county and neighbors to mitigate the effects.”

Some residents worry that an increase in traffic would endanger children who bike and walk through the residential area. The site sits near University Boulevard and Wildcat Reserve Parkway, thoroughfares that already bustle with traffic during peak hours.

“We cannot absorb the additional vehicles,” Hume said. “If the conversation was they are going to build a neighborhood K-6, we wouldn’t be talking.”

Since finding out about the proposed school about two weeks ago, Hume and a handful of residents have used social media platforms to spread their opposition to a K-12 school being built in their neighborhood. Last Saturday, on Aug. 5, about 30 residents met at a block party and initiated a petition against the school. The group plans to continue public outreach until the Aug. 15 meeting, which they plan to attend.

The general mood among neighboring residents is frustration, said Tim Schumacher, who has lived down the street from the site for 11 years.

“Not because it’s a particular type of school,” said Schumacher, who has two children at Cresthill Middle School and Fox Creek Elementary School. “It’s really about the impact of putting that type of building with that type of population on that parcel of land.”

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‘The cattle thrive, the land thrives’ — a win-win for all Rangeland grazing project restores grasslands the old-fashioned way

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Parks and recreation crews usually drive lawn mowers or pickups, but Bob Welch, charged with restoring the grassland at Greenland and Spruce Mountain open spaces south of Larkspur has a more leisurely ride — his horse, “44.”

“Rather than a degradation or a loss of the resource, we’re going to restore and maintain that resource as it was originally created,” Welch said.

Owner of Welch Brothers Cattle LLC in Franktown, Welch has been working with the Douglas County Open Space department since 2012 in its grazing rangeland restoration project.

Welch’s two herds, totaling nearly 650 cows, each occupy one of 11 areas for a period of 14 or 15 days.

Then they’re moved to the next 200-acre pasture. The high-intensity, short-duration grazing mimics the habits of herds of bison that roamed the area long ago.

The cows eat noxious weeds and invasive plants, their cloven hoofs aerate the soil and their droppings provide all-natural fertilizer.

“The idea came from a need to find a better way to manage natural resources,” said Scott McEldowney, Douglas County’s assistant director of open space and natural resources.

“The bottom line is to help ensure continued existence of high-quality wildlife habitat, thriving vegetation and healthy soil while reducing noxious weeds … The cattle thrive, the land thrives, and it’s a win-win.”

Now halfway through his 10-year lease with the county, Welch says the system he and McEldowney implemented is running smoothly.

Maintenance is limited, consisting primarily of moving the solar-powered electric fence charger, cleaning filters at watering tanks and

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Bob Welch gets his herd moving out of the pen at the Greenland Valley Open Space in Douglas County near Larkspur. Welch’s herds graze for two weeks over confined areas to mimic the intense grazing patterns of the herds of bison that used to roam throughout the area.

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Two members of Welch’s herd enjoy the reward after a long walk through the Greenland Open Space. Cattle grazing on the land control vegetation growth and allow the plants to regenerate without the use of man-made fertilizers. transferring cattle between pastures on horseback with his wife Kristen and often with his son, Tate, 13, and daughter, Allie, 10.

McEldowney said public feedback

Franktown rancher Bob Welch directs his herd through the Greenland Open Space. Welch has been grazing his cattle at Greenland and Spruce Mountain Open Space since 2012 when the grazing rangeland restoration project began with the goal of improving the quality of the land and vegetation on the spaces.

he has received is overwhelmingly positive, and people call his office just to ask where the herds are so they can see them. Welch enjoys public involvement as well, espe-

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“As far as the rangeland and the cattle go,” Welch said, “I really think we’ve found our groove.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Prairie Home ‘Love and Comedy’ Show: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Presented

by Garrison Keillor. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.

Elf The Musical Auditions: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. Children ages 6-18 will spend 15 weeks learning singing, dancing and acting techniques while preparing “Elf the Musical.” Classes will take place from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays from Aug. 15 through November.

Performances are Dec. 1-2. Go to www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE.

MUSIC

Hudson Gardens Concert: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Tickets on sale at www.altitudetickets. com. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. For information, call 303-797-8565 or go to www.hudsongardens.org.

Parking is free. Lineup includes: Saturday, Aug. 19, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Sunday, Aug. 20, Kool & The Gang; Sunday, Aug. 27, The B-52s; Sunday, Sept. 3, YES featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.

Outdoor Concert: 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 on the front lawn at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Spinphony is an allfemale string quartet that plays a dynamic mix of rock, classical, pop and original tunes complete with choreography. The quartet has performed throughout the United States and internationally to rave reviews. Call 303-7953961.

ART

Learn Origami: 4-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane.

Learn and practice the art of folding paper creatively. Great for families.

No registration required; more info at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Juried Art Show Entries: Tuesday, Aug. 15 is the deadline for entries for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s annual This is Colorado juried art show. The show is open to all

this week’s TOP FIVE Western Welcome Week: Friday, Aug. 11 to Sunday, Aug 20 in downtown Littleton. Festival Day, which includes the Littleton Firefighter’s Children’s Parade, the 89th Grand Parade, the 58th annual Arts & Crafts and Home Improvement Fair, free entertainment and concessions, will be Saturday, Aug. 19. Go to http:// westernwelcomeweek.org/ for information.

Household Chemical Roundup: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Shea Stadium, 3270 Redstone Park Circle, Highlands Ranch. Douglas County residents can dispose of household chemicals, oil and batteries, among other items.

Proof of residency required; $25 per vehicle. A second roundup is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Town of Castle Rock Utilities, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock. Go to www.tchd.org/ hcroundup for a list of acceptable items. Call 303846-6249.

Centennial Under the Stars: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. The 12th annual event features a concert and laser light show featuring live music by the Tom Petty Project. Food trucks, face painting and a laser light show. Bring chairs and blankets.

Colorado residents and runs from Oct. 10 to Nov. 2. A prospectus and entry form are available at www.heritage-guild.com or contact show director Mary Kay Jacobus at 303-594-4667.

Save the Kiln: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Roxborough Fire Station Community Room, 6222 Roxborough Park Road.

Enjoy a presentation about the history and efforts to preserve the Silica Kiln, while raising money to match the grant from History Colorado State Historical Fund to restore the kiln. Presented by the Roxborough Area Historical Society. Original bricks made in the kiln will be on display and available.

EVENTS

Colorado Foodways: A Celebration of Local Food: 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 12, at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Celebrate Colorado history, music, food and cocktails featuring local chefs, tours and live music. Go to www.botanicgardens. org.

Kids Consignment Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Presented by Mothers of Multiples Society. Expecting moms and moms with babies under 6 months old may shop the new moms presale starting at 9 a.m. Go to www.mothersofmultiples.com.

Six Blocks for SECOR: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, starting at the Parker Fieldhouse and ending at Elk Mountain Brewery. The entire entry fee will go directly to SECOR (www.secorcares.com), which helps about 1,000 a month who are upside down.

Start with doughnuts and pastries, and end with pizza and beer. A first aid station will be set up at the 3-block mark, with nurses or doctors with stethoscopes, because walkers will be exhausted by then. Parker Police officers will walk and hold doughnuts. Go to https://www.classy.org/parker/ events/1st-annual-parker-1k-six-blocks-for-secor/ e136710

Walk ‘n’ Roll 3K: 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at Robert F. Clement Park, 7306 Bowles Ave., Littleton. Organized by the Rocky Mountain Rett Association to raise awareness and money to help find a cure for Rett Syndrome. Registration opens at 9 a.m.; free chuck wagon lunch, silent and live auctions, face painting, balloon magician, and fairy princesses for the kids.

Registration available at rmra. org; sponsorship information also available at www.rmrett.org.

Hog Roast: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 12 at Tony’s Meats and Market, 874 W. Happy Canyon Road, Castle Rock. Lunch plates include handmade sides such as potato salad, coleslaw and baked beans. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ events/190756854795003.

Wildfires: 7-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. For those who live in areas subject to fire, few things can be more frightening.

Join Active Minds as we as we address the issue of wildfires from a variety of perspectives. Call 303-542-7279 to RSVP. Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 (Coping with Grief); Monday, Aug. 21 (They Hijacked my Life); and Monday, Aug. 28 (Cocussions: A Former NFL Player Speaks Out) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-8140142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Third Thursday Mystery Group: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 at

Lone Tree Grill and Patio, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree.

Group will discuss Charles Finch’s book “Home by Nightfall,” his eighth book in the Charles Lenox detective series. Lenox is a Victorian detective. Forensics are different then, and he must solve mysteries using deductive skills, like Sherlock Holmes did. The mysteries take place in 1870s London. Call Sue at 303-641-3534.

Evening with NYT Bestselling Author: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Peter Heller, author of “The Painter” and “The Dog Stars,” will talk about his newest novel “Celine.” Registration required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

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103 of Littleton. Newly elected commander Al Rodriguez will lead the post through July 2018. Post members also will participate in the Littleton Welcome Week Parade on Saturday, Aug. 19.

Exploration and Potluck: 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 20, presented by Castle Rock Unitarian Universalist Community. Meeting place is 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Guest speaker is Kenny Wiley, “A UU Theology of Brokenness.” Go to www.cruuc.org.

NATURE/OUTDOORS

Butterflies at Chatfield: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sept. 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. This seasonal habitat, in partnership with Butterfly Pavilion, is home to hundreds of native butterflies, such as swallowtails, monarchs, mourning cloaks and painted ladies. There are more than 50 native plant species in this garden. Go to www.botanicgardens.org.

HEALTH

Car Seat Safety Event: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock.

Meet with certified child passenger safety technicians to discuss proper use of a car seat, including installation, daily use, and proper car seat selection as the child grows. No appointment needed; just drop by. Go to www.mothersofmultiples.com.

‘ROAD CarFit for Seniors: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month through September, at Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing, 3401 Eudora St., Denver.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month through September, at AAA-Colorado Southglenn, 700 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Presented by the Reaching Older Adults Program, the 20-minute checkup is free but registration is requested. Call 303-991-5740 for an appointment.

EDUCATION

Brews Bazaar: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 19 at The Farm House Restaurant at Breckenridge Brewery, 2990 Brewery Lane, Littleton. Contact Lauren Roadman or Alexa Taylor at 303-803-1380.

Go to https://www.facebook.com/ breckenridgebreweryfarmhouse/ Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the George C. Evans American Legion Post

Eyes and Ears: Lifelong Learning Fridays: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Learn about eye and ear health from local doctors. For adults 50-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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Denver Bulldogs take football down under

The Denver Bulldogs practices and plays in Lakewood’s Washington Heights Park and Denver City Park, and people are encouraged to attend and learn about the sport.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TROY KIRK

Aussie Rules team one of best in league

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here was a lot about Melbourne, Australia, that Troy Kirk missed when he moved to Colorado years ago with his wife — family, friends and football.

“I missed everything about the sport when I moved here but an old coach had told me there was an amateur league over here,” Kirk remembers. “I contacted the boys out here, and the rest is history.”

The boys he’s referring to are the Denver Bulldogs, Colorado’s only Australian Football club. The club has a men’s division one team, men’s division four team, and a women’s team, and was founded in 1997 — just a year after the United States Australian Football League (USAFL) was founded.

“Aussie Rules Football is very different to American Football, and in terms of movement is more like soccer or basketball, where the movement can be 360 degrees,” said Casey Robertson, co-coach of the Bulldogs’ division one team. “If someone wants to watch a continuous game, unlike American Football, there is a lot of physical contact, spectacular plays and high scoring then a Bulldogs match is where to go.”

In Aussie Rules Football, the main method to move the ball is to kick

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The Denver Bulldogs Aussie Rules Football club’s season runs through midOctober, which allows plenty of time for people to check out the sport that one player describes as “a game of hot-potato that looks like chaos.”

For a full schedule, to interact with the team and learn more about Aussie Rules Football, visit facebook.com/DenverBulldogsAFC/ and www.denverbulldogs.com. it. Kicks can be anywhere from 10 yards to about 60 yards in length, but players can also move the football with what is called a “hand ball,” Robertson explained. A hand ball is when one player punches the ball to a teammate.

Teams accumulate points by kicking a goal or a point. The goals are four upright posts: two tall posts in the middle and a shorter post on either side of the large posts. A team scores a goal (worth six points) when they kick the ball between the two tall posts. A point (worth a single point) is when a team kicks the ball between one of the tall posts and one of the short posts.

“It’s a mix of all American sports — if you take baseball, soccer, basketball, ultimate Frisbee, hockey, running, and football, put it in a blender, you would have Australian Rules football,” said Andy Vanica, another member of the Bulldogs.

“It’s very different from NFL as there are no pads, the field is round, and there are no set downs. It is often described as a game of hot-potato that looks like chaos.”

The USAFL is home to about 39 teams from all over the county, and the season usually runs from late May to mid-October.

In the 20 years since the club’s

founding, the men’s team has won eight national championships, and the women’s team has won six, making the Bulldogs one of the most successful teams in the league, Kirk said.

One of the best things about the sport, according to the players, is the openness of the club and the culture if fosters. Club members come from all over the Denver Metro Area and beyond. Training sessions and games are held at Washington Heights Park, 6375 W. 1st Ave. in Lakewood, and at Denver City Park, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, on Saturdays. Not only are people encouraged to watch the training sessions, but they can participate if interested.

“I wish more people knew how much fun competing is, and the club is in general,” Robertson said. “The fact that the sport is full contact is loved by our American players as many of them have not played a full contact sport since high school or

college. Our club is very welcoming to everyone, whether you are an athlete or not, a good player or not, experienced or inexperienced, young or old. If you just want to be part of the club off the field then we are happy to have you.”

For Kirk, Robertson and Vanica, football has given them another family and community to be a part of.

“It’s a very tough game, both physically and mentally, and there is a mutual respect that develops among teammates,” Vanica said. “The football club sports culture in Australia is also unique where entire communities and towns will revolve around the football club. It’s very special.”

With at least two months of games left, Kirk hopes more people will come out and see what Aussie Rules is all about.

“Australian Football is one of the most fast paced, exciting games in the world,” he said. “People will fall in love after one game.”

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Annual cycling race draws hundreds to downtown Littleton Littleton Criterium’s six races included two pro events that were ‘exciting to watch’

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Stretches of several streets belonged exclusively to cyclists speeding around the course during the six races that comprised the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium.

A criterium is a timed bicycle race around a closed course. Racers competing in the Littleton Twilight Criterium sped around an L-shaped eight-tenths-of-a-mile course that wound through portions of the downtown area with the start-finish line at Prince and Main streets. The event included six races. Each race was for specific category racers.

Racer categories are based on skill level and experience.

Race times varied from 40 minutes for some classifications to one hour for the professional women’s race and 80 minutes for the professional men’s race. Racers recorded top speeds of about 30 miles an hour.

“This is the fifth year for the Littleton Criterium and my third year as race director,” Aaron Hugen said. “One change I have noticed in my three years directing the race is everything is more organized, plus the event is drawing more spectators.”

About 120 people volunteered to assist with tasks like allowing spectators to use the crosswalks only when the track was clear and deal with many of the other tasks necessary to put on the event.

“The cooperation and assistance of the City of Littleton was a huge help in putting on the event,” Hugen, of Parker, said.

Besides watching the races, spectators could enjoy live bands, a beer garden, food trucks and for children, a climbing wall and face painting.

Most retail shops and restaurants along the course also were open.

Spectators lined up along the race barriers, ringing cow bells and cheering on racers. Rain led to a short suspension of racing and sent spectators scrambling for cover. But the rain let up and racing resumed and more spectators began gathering for the later races.

The pro women’s race ran an hour and began at 7:55 p.m. as it was getting dark. The men’s pro race started at 9:05 p.m. and was run entirely under the lights.

The pro races drew the largest crowds. Spectators stood shoulder to shoulder along many stretches of the course and the crowd was three and four deep in the areas around the start finish line.

“I like bike racing but this is the first time I have come to watch a criterium,” Mike Ballentine said as

Riders use skill and balance to make the 90-degree turns in the course during the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. There were six races on the L-shaped course that covered eight-tenths of a mile. A criterium is a timed event with riders making as many laps as possible during the time limit.

PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS

Sydney Bar, 12, tests her skill on the climbing wall that was among a number of activities available for spectators in the area just off the race track during the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium.

Activities for children included the climbing wall and face painting, plus there was live music, food trucks and a beer garden. he watched the pro women’s race.

“The riders really push their bikes, and that last lap the rider in second place was in line and inches behind the first-place rider. And the announcer said they were traveling at close to 30 miles an hour. That is exciting to watch.”

The Centennial resident said he likes the criterium better than watching a road race because the racers pass you many times and you can watch the maneuvers they make to move up in the pack.

“It is just a lot of fun to watch because there are only small breaks in the action going on right in front of you,” he said.

The racing isn’t just for fun. Top finishers receive prizes including cash and merchandise. The winners of each race also received a yellow winner’s jersey.

Lily Freitas, 6, pushes off at the start of the cruiser ride that was part of the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. More than 100 adults and children took the opportunity to ride their bikes around the L-shaped course that was set up for the bike racers. There were six events during the criterium and the cruiser ride was the only event that wasn’t a race.

Two couples move in close to the stage to listen to the band Message in a Bottle that was one of three groups providing live music during the Aug. 5 Littleton Twilight Criterium. Hundreds of spectators lined the barriers to watch the bike races and live music, and a number of activities for children were available for individuals who wanted something to do between races.

George Simpson received the yellow jersey as the winner of the men’s pro race with Greg Hecht finishing second and Zack Allison third.

Skylar Schneider won the women’s pro race with Stephanie Roorda and Slylar’s sister, Samantha Schneider, finishing second and third, respectively.

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Warhorse Firearms managerTony Zajicek would not comment on the recent burglary at his shop or on the store’s security.

The ATF, which licenses gun dealers, issues best practices guidelines for gun dealers but has no security requirements.

The recommendations include securing all firearms after business hours, investing in motion-detecting camera systems and reinforcing all windows and frames.

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Law enforcement agencies in Colorado have recovered 70 guns stolen from dealers since the beginning of 2017, Meiman said. One was recovered after a teenage boy allegedly shot another teenager with it in Edgewater in July.

“We’ve seen a few turn up in crimes,” Meiman said. “Stolen guns are often bartered or traded for drugs, given to criminal friends and associates. Some are sold, but the vast majority are never seen again.”

Besides the ATF, numerous agencies are working in close contact on the cases, said Littleton Police Department Division Chief Kim Ferber.

“County sheriffs, city police, gun dealers — this is big for all of us,” Ferber said. “We’re looking at forensics, monitoring social media — we’re working this a lot of different ways.”

Ferber said there were burglaries at a gas station on Broadway and another store on Littleton Boulevard almost at the same time as the Warhorse burglary, though investigators aren’t sure if they’re related. Littleton police tried to stop a red Ford pickup in one of the burglaries, but it got away. The truck, listed as stolen from Aurora, had the license plate 764-ITS.

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SNAP recipients who shop at participating farmers’ markets to have their purchase matched with a voucher worth up to $20 per visit, providing them with more access to fresh, healthy food options, Metzinger said.

Double Up started as a statewide partnership effort led by LiveWell Colorado, the Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado Farmers Market Association, Cooking Matters-Colorado, the City of Greeley and Boulder County Public Health.

In its inaugural year, 38 farmers’ markets and farm stand locations participated in Double Up. This year, 70 farmers’ markets statewide now offer Double Up. Among the newcomers is the Golden Chamber of Commerce’s Golden Farmers Market, which is managed by Colorado Fresh Markets.

“Golden has done a wonderful thing by creating a more welcoming, inclusive farmers’ market,” Metzinger said.

Veterans lend a helping hand In the spring and fall each year, the Denver Botanic Gardens and a Colorado-based organization called Veterans to Farmers work collaboratively to bring the Chatfield Farms Veterans Farm Program to men and women who have served the country.

The benefit to veterans is two-fold, said Erin Bird, communication manager for Denver Botanic Gardens. It provides horticulture therapy and an

opportunity to learn the necessary skills to pursue a career in agriculture after leaving the armed forces.

“They all love the program. They take so much pride in what they’re doing,” Bird said. “And there’s the camaraderie of working alongside others who have served.”

With the program, veterans grow produce at the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Chatfield Farms, a 700-acre native plant refuge and working farm in southern Jefferson County.

They receive hands-on experience with key farming topics, such as irrigation, harvesting, composting, canning/preserving and even beekeeping, in addition to learning business planning topics such as recordkeeping and marketing.

The program has seen its share of success stories, Bird said. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, and some have continued on to start or manage their own farms, while others have gotten jobs at nurseries or other similar organizations in the industry.

Once the produce is harvested from Chatfield Farms, it is delivered in a refrigerated truck to several weekly farm stands in the Denver area, located in neighborhoods that are either food insecure or within a food desert, meaning there is not easy access to healthy, fresh food. The farm stands, which accept SNAP benefits, are a partnership with Denver Human Services and are open from June to October.

“The community is thrilled to have this come to those who are in need,”

Bird said. “And it’s a great way to engage and support as many people as we can in the Denver area.”

Creating economic partnerships Creating partnerships among local and regional food vendors is also key to meeting the clamor for healthy food, while growing the local food economy.

“The demand is there, and the supply will grow as we connect urban and rural communities,” Kimberly Mudd said.

Farmers market shoppers tend to pay attention to their products’ food miles — a way to measure the transport of a food item from producer to consumer, Nathan Mudd said.

But, because not everything can be grown in Colorado, some vendors with Main Street Markets — where 90 percent of vendors sell food — have partnerships with other regional farmers.

For example, cherries from Colorado are already done for the season, but are still at their peak in Montana, Nathan Mudd pointed out. Having a partnership with a Montana cherry farmer can bring the product to Colorado farmers’ markets, while still providing shoppers with the knowledge of the food miles.

“If we can keep our food identity preserved with regional partners, then we’re allowing the shopper to always know where their food comes from,” Nathan Mudd said. “It’s a statewide and regional solution.”

Connecting community The main goal of the Edgewater

Farmers Market is creating a true neighbor-to-market experience, said Anthony Murray, the City of Edgewater’s market coordinator.

The market uniquely takes place on Thursday evenings — most other markets run during the daytime hours on the weekends — in a historic shopping district. People enjoy the variety of fruits and vegetable vendors, most of which come from within a 10-mile radius of the Denver metro area.

Among them is Sprout City Farms, a nonprofit organization that accepts SNAP and has the mission to cultivate education and urban farms to engage and strengthen communities.

But some of the produce to be found at the market also comes from Edgewater residents themselves, Murray said.

HEALthy Edgewater, a co-op of local residents, has two initiatives to promote healthy eating and active living in the community. One is bringing backyard farmers and gardeners to the market to sell their produce, Murray said.

What sets the city’s market apart from others, though, he said, is the diversity of entertainment: There’s also live music and children’s activities such as face painting and balloon animals to create an atmosphere of community getting together to experience an amazing sunset on a warm summer night.

“The farmers market is all about enjoying yourself,” Murray said. “It’s a time to unwind, listen to live music and shop for fresh produce and intricate arts and crafts.”

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Public Notices Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0154 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/15/2017 4:21:00 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: BARRY ELMER LEVIN AND CARYN FRUMER LEVIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/9/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 4/14/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010023040 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $412,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $366,312.63

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 119, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-U, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 10718 Amesbury Way, 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, October 4, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 17-00201SH

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2017-0154 First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Notices cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0147

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0138 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2017 2:48:00 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: DAVID A. BENAVIDES AND ANNETTE BENAVIDES Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL COLORADO , INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL COLORADO , INC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/25/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 5/10/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007038519 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $409,760.80 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $452,140.35 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 21, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 52-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1884 Mountain Sage Run, 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, September 27, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/3/2017 Last Publication: 8/31/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/8/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 17-015754 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0138 First Publication: 8/3/2017 Last Publication: 8/31/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0147

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/12/2017 2:33:00 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: RODNEY L. ALBERT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006HE1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/29/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 12/1/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005114886 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $181,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $162,917.86

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0153 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/15/2017 4:21:00 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: JONATHAN RAPISARDA AND FIONA GILLILAND Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR STERLING NATIONAL MORTGAGE CO. INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/6/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 2/6/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009008129 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $236,251.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $206,632.66

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 23, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLROADO.

Legal Description of Real Property: Condominium Unit 10D, Highland Walk Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Condominium and Special Subassociation Declaration for HighLand Walk Condominium Association, Inc. of Highlands Ranch Community Association, Inc. recorded on June 5, 2003 at Reception No. 2003084513, the Supplemental Condominium Declaration for Highland Walk Condominium Association, Inc. and Highland Walk Amenities Association, Inc. recorded on May 18, 2004 as Reception No. 2004050816 and the Condominium Map for Highland Walk Condominiums, Phase 6 recorded on May 18, 2004 at Reception No. 2004050817, in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, Colorado, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Which has the address of: 502 White Cloud Dr, 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, October 4, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/15/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-17-772654-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0147 First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

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SHEILA J FINN Colorado Registration #: 36637 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 17-015818

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0153 First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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Which has the address of: 10533 Ashfield Street Unit D, 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, October 4, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SHEILA J FINN Colorado Registration #: 36637 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

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‘Get out here once a week and sweat’ Fieldhouse inline hockey league serves up excitement, hold the ice

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When people think of hockey they typically picture Canadians, players with missing teeth and, of course, ice. But skaters at the Parker Fieldhouse’s inline hockPublic Notice ey league don’t resemble those stereotypes, though they may be NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION as feisty as icebound players.

FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED “They get ornery,” says Debbie To Every Person in Actual Possession or Rickard, Fieldhouse employee of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose eight years who keeps score, and Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or keeps track of the penalty clock.

Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To “Some of them are more ornery Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: than others.”

OCCUPANT - VSW TX Inc - Woods Cove III The fieldhouse hosts 10-game LLC - Guardian Tax CO LLC - VSW Inc - Aslan Development LLC - Board of County Commisseasons for men’s and coed sioners of Douglas County CO - Board of County Commissioners of the Countyleagues of throughout the year, ofDouglas - Castle Pines Homes Association Inc all the speed, energy and Castle Pines Land Company - Castle Pines fering Metropolitan District - Castle Pines North Golf Comcompetition of hockey without pany - Castle Pines North Metropolitan District the ice. Teams play four-on-four Castlewood Fire Protection District - Cherry Basin Authority - Civil Design Group Inc and there are no stoppages in Ron Firman ofCreek the team Dragonfl y Civil Design Group Inc formerly Centra Engineering - Colorado Pines Realty Inc play for icing or offsides, which moves the puck upInc the rink asCastle C.J. Piz Douglas County Planning Commssion - Edward suits Evan Meredith just fine. watches the defensive on JulyCastle 31. Pines MetC.J. Piz, left, skates past Mike Dalonski during an inline hockey game as referee Emily Ehmann Fieldzone Superintendent District -to Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd - Inter“It’s more open, there’s more the game Twine Time Redgate looks on at the Parker Fieldhouse on July 31. Checking is officially prohibited in the Dragonfly lostroplitan mountain Rural Electric Association - J Y Lagae and Ina Lagae - Jack A Vickers III Manager room … There’s more time for Hockey by a score ofM7-5. league, though physicality is still a part of the game.

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY Aslan Development LLC - Jack A Vickers III stick handling and stuff like President VSW Inc a Colorado Corporation Jack A Vickers III President of CPV Inc as ManPublic Notice that,” says Meredith, who’s ager of Rivendell Holdings LLC a Colorado limat the fieldhouse rink for ited liability company - Jack A Vickers III played ReNOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE gistered Agent Aslan Development LLC - Jae AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION almost 10 years. “It’s a lot of fun, Leist General Manager Castle Pines Homes AsFOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED sociation Inc - James C Worth Registered Agent to get out here once a week and Rivendell Holdings Limited Liability Company To Every Person in Actual Possession or sweat a little bit.” aka Rivendell Holdings LLC - James C Worth Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Registered Agent VSW TX Inc - Kenneth For I Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose more information on the Boggs Vice President Commercial Federal Bank Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Asvisit the Parker Reca Federal Savings Bank - Kevin Connelly leagues, Resessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or gistered Agent VSW Inc - Leroy E Tobler a Duly Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To reation Department website Registered Professional Land Surveyor - Leroy Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: E Tobler for and on behalf of Civil Design Group at parkerrec.com/1145/InlineInc - Mark Larson Registered Agent Castle OCCUPANT - VSW TX Inc - Woods Cove III Pines Homes Association Inc - Michael SHockey.

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Players’ inline skates, more colorful than their icy counterparts, stand poised for the drop of the puck during a face off.

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City and County 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,

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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 - VSW TX Inc - Woods Cove III LLC - Guardian Tax CO LLC - VSW Inc - Aslan Development LLC - Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County CO - Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas - Castle Pines Homes Association Inc Castle Pines Land Company - Castle Pines Metropolitan District - Castle Pines North Golf Company - Castle Pines North Metropolitan District Castlewood Fire Protection District - Cherry Creek Basin Authority - Civil Design Group Inc Civil Design Group Inc formerly Centra Engineering Inc - Colorado Castle Pines Realty Inc Douglas County Planning Commssion - Edward Ehmann Field Superintendent Castle Pines Metroplitan District - Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd - Intermountain Rural Electric Association - J Y Lagae and Ina M Lagae - Jack A Vickers III Manager Aslan Development LLC - Jack A Vickers III President VSW Inc a Colorado Corporation Jack A Vickers III President of CPV Inc as Manager of Rivendell Holdings LLC a Colorado limited liability company - Jack A Vickers III Registered Agent Aslan Development LLC - Jae Leist General Manager Castle Pines Homes Association Inc - James C Worth Registered Agent Rivendell Holdings Limited Liability Company aka Rivendell Holdings LLC - James C Worth

bler Registered Agent Civil Design Group Inc Development LLC - Board of County CommisNorth American Title Company of Colorado sioners of Douglas County CO - Board of Rivendell Holdings Limited Liability Company County Commissioners of the County of aka Rivendell Holdings LLC by CPV Inc a ColorDouglas - Castle Pines Homes Association Inc ado corporation its Manager - Rivendell HoldCastle Pines Land Company - Castle Pines Metings LLC a Colorado limited liability company – ropolitan District - Castle Pines North Golf ComRivendell Holdings LLC a Colorado limited liabilpany - Castle Pines North Metropolitan District ity company by CPV Inc a Colorado corporation Castlewood Fire Protection District - Cherry its Manager - Stephen M Buck Registered Agent Basin Authority - Civil Design Group Inc A Creek goalie at the Monday night inline hockey at the Fidelityleague Castle Pines Ltd - The Country Club at Civil Design Group Inc formerly Centra EnginCastle Pines FriedkinaCompanies C/O The eering Inc - Colorado Castle Pines Inc - a smile Parker Fieldhouse gives theRealty referee after- The making Friedkin Group - The Ridge at Castle Pines Douglas County Planning Commssion - Edward save.

North - US West Telephone Company nka CenEhmann Field Superintendent Castle Pines MetturyLink - VSW Inc a Colorado corporation roplitan District - Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd - Intermountain Rural Electric Association - J Y Lagae You and each of you are hereby notified that on and Ina M Lagae - Jack A Vickers III Manager the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Aslan Development LLC - Jack A Vickers III Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State President VSW Inc a Colorado Corporation of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Jack A Vickers III President of CPV Inc as ManWoods Cove III LLC the following described real ager of Rivendell Holdings LLC a Colorado limestate situate in the County of Douglas, State of ited liability company - Jack A Vickers III ReColorado, to wit: gistered Agent Aslan Development LLC - Jae Leist General Manager Castle Pines Homes AsLOT 1 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 15D 1.06 sociation Inc - James C Worth Registered Agent AM/L Rivendell Holdings Limited Liability Company aka Rivendell Holdings LLC - James C Worth and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of Registered Agent VSW TX Inc - Kenneth I purchase therefore to Woods Cove III LLC. That Boggs Vice President Commercial Federal Bank said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delina Federal Savings Bank - Kevin Connelly Requent* taxes assessed against said real estate gistered Agent VSW Inc - Leroy E Tobler a Duly for the year 2012. That said real estate was Registered Professional Land Surveyor - Leroy taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of E Tobler for and on behalf of Civil Design Group VSW Inc for said year 2012 Inc - Mark Larson Registered Agent Castle Pines Homes Association Inc - Michael S ToThat on the 28th day of March 2017 said Woods bler Registered Agent Civil Design Group Inc Cove III LLC assigned said certificate of purNorth American Title Company of Colorado chase to Guardian Tax CO LLC. That said Rivendell Holdings Limited Liability Company Guardian Tax CO LLC on the 27th day of April aka Rivendell Holdings LLC by CPV Inc a Color2017 the present holder of said certificate, has ado corporation its Manager - Rivendell Holdmade request upon the Treasurer of said ings LLC a Colorado limited liability company – County for a deed to said real estate; That a Rivendell Holdings LLC a Colorado limited liabilTreasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real esity company by CPV Inc a Colorado corporation tate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 16th its Manager - Stephen M Buck Registered Agent day of November 2017 unless the same has Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd - The Country Club at been redeemed. Said property may be reCastle Pines - The Friedkin Companies C/O The deemed from said sale at any time prior to the Friedkin Group - The Ridge at Castle Pines actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. WitNorth - US West Telephone Company nka Cenness my hand this 3rd day of August 2017 turyLink - VSW Inc a Colorado corporation

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Woods Cove III LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 1 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 15D 1.06 AM/L

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/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 931383 First Publication: August 3, 2017 Last Publication: August 17, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

Pursuant to §39-8-104 C.R.S., notice is hereby given that beginning September 5, 2017 the Douglas County Board of Equalization will meet to review the assessment roll of all taxable property located in the County as prepared by the County Assessor, and to hear appeals from determinations of the Assessor. All such hearings will be concluded and decisions rendered thereon by the Board of Equalization at a hearing held at 9:30 AM on October 30, 2017, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, located at the Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. All decisions of the Board of Equalization will be sent to the petitioner within five business days of the date on which such decision is rendered.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO Emily Wrenn, Clerk and Recorder Legal Notice No.: 931415 First Publication: August 10, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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